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Friday 8 August 2014 • 12 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6151 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Reports on runaway Cases in courts workers can be lodged on Metrash2 DOHA: The Ministry of Interior has added an extra drop despite service on its popular Metrash2 service list. From now on sponsors can use the facility to lodge com- population rise plaints about their ‘missing’ or ‘absconding’ workers, the minis- try announced. The message will immediately Council releases latest data reach the Search and Follow-up Department at the ministry. DOHA: Despite Qatar’s gallop- inheritance and children have Sponsors can also submit the ing population rate, the number been growing over the past few passports of the absconding of cases coming up before courts years. The number rose from workers within 48 hours to the is fast declining. 5,251 in 2011 to 5,351 in 2012, but department. The latest data released by the dropped slightly to 5,345 in 2013. The ministry is constantly Supreme Judicial Council show However, a section of legal improving and simplifying its that cases, including those reach- experts were of the view that the services delivery channels. ing criminal courts, have declined data does not reflect reality. It introduced Metrash2 to significantly. They attributed the steady A Palestinian child sits on a mattress on the rubble of a house destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Abasan, east of enable citizens and residents to The population grew by 33 per- decline in the number of cases the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis and close to the border with Israel, yesterday. benefit from a wide range of serv- cent between 2009 and 2013, how- to the government’s decision to ices through their smartphones ever, cases before courts dropped restrict visas to certain countries. and laptops within and outside by nearly 6 percent during the “It’s true that Qatar’s popula- the country. period. tion rate is growing at an expo- Gaza tense as truce deadline looms For instance, cases in the courts nential rate. But the fact is there Bahrain strips 9 in 2009 totalled 85,911. The data is a huge decrease in expatriate GAZA CITY: Fears rose yes- ceasefire,” the official added. Najib Habib, 35, a labourer from shows total cases in the courts in family visas. terday that the Gaza conflict A spokesman for Hamas’s Shejaiya, one of the worst-hit of nationality 2013 dropped to 81,169, despite a “Single workers make up a could resume as a temporary armed wing, the Ezzedine Al areas. Four weeks of bloodshed huge increase in the population large percentage of new popu- ceasefire entered a final nine- Qassam Brigades, warned that between Israel and Hamas killed DUBAI: A Bahraini court has rate. lation inflow and cases like civil hour stretch and Palestinians fighting would resume if their 1,886 Palestinians, and 67 on the stripped nine Shias of citizen- The total number of cases suits, which make up a major accused Israel of stalling at demands were not met, first and Israeli side, mostly soldiers. ship, for the first time imple- that reached the courts in 2011 chunk of total litigation, hardly truce talks in Cairo. foremost to open a sea port to the UN figures indicate that 73 menting a 2013 law which was 86,980 and dropped to 81,452 emerge from them,” said a lawyer. Israel has said it is ready to blockaded Palestinian enclave. percent of the Palestinian vic- revokes the nationality of terror in 2012 and to 81,169 in 2013. Dr Saud Al Azba, leading extend the 72-hour lull “indefi- “If there is an agreement, it will tims — or 1,354 — were civilians, convicts, a judicial source said Between 2011 and 2013, the pop- Qatari criminal lawyer, said: “I nitely” but Hamas has so far be possible to extend the truce, including at least 429 children. yesterday. ulation rate grew by 25 percent. haven’t seen the council’s latest hedged its bets, with an official but if there is not, we will ask Hamas and Palestine Liberation The nine men were found guilty Except civil suits and cases data. There may be a drop in the on the negotiating team saying a the delegation to withdraw from Organisation officials have laid on Wednesday of “forming a ter- related to administrative dis- number of cases. Given my expe- decision would be taken later. talks,” a spokesman using the demands, starting with the lifting ror organisation to smuggle weap- putes, cases across various seg- rience, I hardly believe there is a But as nightfall loomed, a sen- nom-de-guerre Abu Obeida said of Israel’s eight-year blockade on ons to Bahrain and help detainees ments came down in 2013. The significant drop in the number of ior Palestinian official accused in a televised address. Gaza. They also want the cross- to escape,” the source added. number of civil cases increased criminal cases.” Israel of procrastinating, warn- In Gaza, residents resigned ings with Egypt and Israel reo- They were part of a group of to 16,780 from 15,394 in the pre- Another leading Qatari law- ing it could lead to a resumption themselves that the truce could pened and the release of around 15 tried over a “terrorist plot” vious year. yer said: “Ideally, the number of of the fighting when the deadline be in jeopardy. Many are shelter- 125 key prisoners from Israeli against the kingdom, for spying The total number of registered cases should have gone up with expires at 0500 GMT today. ing in schools, reluctant to return jails. for Iran, and accused of possess- civil suits, which also cover labour the increasing population. “The Israeli delegation is to their damaged homes without In Gaza, Hamas spokesman ing weapons to attack security disputes, was 24,119 in 2011. The But what’s really happening is proposing extending the cease- a lasting truce. Fawzi Barhum said there was no forces. One defendant was acquit- number marginally dropped to a reversal. There are a number fire while refusing many the “Everything is possible, eve- official stance on either renewing ted, while the others, including 24,100 in 2012 before edging up of reasons.” Palestinian demands,” he said. rything is ready, if there are no the truce or resuming the fight- the nine, were jailed for between to 26,167 in 2013. THE PENINSULA “If Israel continues its procras- demands (met at talks), there ing. AGENCIES five and 15 years. Family cases related to Continued on page 2 tination, we will not extend the will be more destruction,” said See also page 4 AGENCIES

Saudi stops Haj Free Aljazeera scribes: Obama WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama once again called for visas to countries the release of Aljazeera English journalists, jailed for seven years in Cairo on June 23. On the last day of the US-Africa Summit on hit by Ebola virus Wednesday, he said the US demands the freedom of journalists to report, a basic tenet of a civilised society. “On the specific issue with DOHA: The Saudi Ministry Aljazeera journalists in Egypt we have been clear publicly and pri- of Health has stopped issuing vately that they should be released. We have been very consistent visas for Haj and Umrah to peo- in pushing governments not just in Africa but around the world to ple of the countries affected by respect the right of journalists to practise their trade as a critical Ebola virus. part of civil society and a critical part of any democratic norm,” he The ministry said it had quar- said. Al Anstey, Managing Director, Aljazeera English also renewed antined all people who had come the call for the immediate release of their staff. in contact with the Saudi man who died yesterday because of US mulls military action in Iraq Ebola. All these people will be under observation for 21 days WASHINGTON: The US warned yesterday a jihadist offensive which is the incubation period of in northern Iraq could provoke a “humanitarian catastrophe,” the virus. It stressed that there amid reports that President Barack Obama was considering mili- were no new suspected cases of tary action. A Pentagon official said the US military is helping the Ebola in the kingdom. Baghdad government coordinate air drops of humanitarian aid to FROM LEFT: Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager, Katara, Dr Yahya Zakaria Al Agha, Adviser, It denied media reports about a civilians and the White House did not rule out future direct action. Palestinian embassy, Munir Ghannam, Palestinian Ambassador, and Ahmad Yousef Al Khulaifi, Chairman, Qatar new case in Jeddah and stressed The UN Security Council was to hold an emergency meeting on Iraq, Photographic Society, look at one of the photos at ‘Gaza ... Hope’ expo which opened in Building No 18, Katara, its keenness on transparency, after Islamist militants seized the country’s largest Christian town yesterday. BAHER AMIN commitment to informing the of Qaraqosh. The meeting was requested by France. See also page 4 community about contagious dis- eases and raising awareness about Mufti rejects Badie death proposal preventative measures according Palestinian lensman skips expo opening to best international health prac- CAIRO: Egypt’s top religious authority has rejected the death sen- tices, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) tence proposed for the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood said. and 13 associates for murder and violence, but was asked by a court as Gaza home razed by Israeli attacks Khaled Markelani, a spokes- yesterday to reconsider. Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s general man for the ministry, told CNN guide, and the others were sentenced on June 19, but Egyptian law DOHA: Award-winning Katara Building 18. being able to draw a line between that the ministry had sent sam- requires any capital sentence to be referred to Grand Mufti Shawqi Palestinian photographer Ali Open until September 8, his life and the message he wanted ples to International Referral Allam for an opinion before any execution. The mufti’s reports Nurudeen could not attend the the expo showcases 50 photos to convey through his camera. Laboratories in the US and are not normally made public, but one of the three judges in the opening of his exhibition at depicting the suffering of people “It is not easy because many Germany and they have been case said the mufti had said “investigations and evidence were not Katara yesterday because he in Gaza and challenges they are times I find myself and my family coordinating with World Health enough to carry out the death sentence”. was forced to stay with his fam- facing daily in the absence of basic and people I love being essential Organisation for many months. ily as his home in Gaza had been supplies. part of my story. He said the ministry was World powers, Iran to meet next month destroyed by Israeli attacks. Nurudeen told organisers by “In 2012, my house was expecting to get the result soon Katara General Manager, the telephone that this was not destroyed by an Israeli missile; and will announce it immediately. WASHINGTON: The six major powers and the European Union Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al the first time he was not able to I heard the news that one house The ministry has a strict moni- would meet Iran in advance of this September’s UN General Sulaiti, Palestinian Ambassador, attend the opening of his exhi- was destroyed, not knowing it was toring system based on immediate Assembly. The location for the meeting has yet to be decided, State Munir Ghannam, and Qatar bition overseas because of such mine and that my son and sister reporting of any suspected cases Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said yesterday. US and Photographic Society Chairman, situation. were seriously injured. and monitoring who have came in Iranian officials had a “constructive discussion” about Tehran’s Ahmad Yousef Al Khulaifi, opened He said one of the difficulties THE PENINSULA contact with those affected. nuclear programme in Geneva, she said, without providing details. Nurudeen’s ‘Gaza..Hope’ expo at he faced as photographer was not Continued on page 2 THE PENINSULA AGENCIES FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Asean anniversary celebrated Embassies of seven member states mark group’s foundation DOHA: Embassies of Ambassador to Qatar Nordin “Our youths are the next gen- aimed at fostering greater seven member states of the Ahmad, who is the chairman of eration of leaders and by pro- understanding and friendship Association of Southeast the Asean Committee in Doha moting Asean awareness at an among the Asean community Asian Nations (Asean) joined (ACD), underscored how Asean early age it will help us to move here. hands to celebrate the 47th leaders had envisioned Asean forward in unity to a peaceful Philippine Ambassador Asean Founding Anniversary nations as “outward looking, and prosperous community,” Crescente R Relacion, in his yesterday at Philippine School living in peace, stability and said the ambassador. speech, said the celebration, Doha (PSD). prosperity, bonded together in He said the Asean Committee aimed at instilling awareness Brunei Darussalam partnership in dynamic devel- in Doha had been playing an and deeper understanding Ambassador Nordin Ahmad, opment and in a community of important role through its among the Asean community, Indonesian Ambassador to caring societies.” various steps “to promote was a fitting tribute to the Qatar Deddy Saiful Hadi, “At the 24th Asean Summit and achieve the vision of an efforts of the founding fathers Malaysian Ambassador Dato’ this year in Nay Pyi Taw, Asean community, to further of Asean 47 years ago. Ahmad Jazri Mohd Johar, Myanmar, our leaders stressed strengthen mutual understand- Relacion emphasised the Philippine Ambassador the importance of cooperation ing and solidarity amongst significance of Asean Socio- Crescente R Relacion, among Asean member states Asean member states.” Cultural Community, one of Singaporean Ambassador Wong and the realisation of an Asean To this end he announced the three pillars of the Asean Kwok Pun, Thai Ambassador community that is politically the ACD’s plan to organise Economic Community set to be www.swiss-belhotel.com Piroon Laismit and Vietnam cohesive, economically inte- the Asean Festival Week in established by next year. Embassy Charge d’ Affaires grated and socially responsible,” the coming months, featuring Officials from the embassies, Tel Ho Khac Hoa graced the func- said Ahmad. activities such as traditional the ambassador’s spouses, the Fax tion, which showcased the rich Thanking the host school dances, a fashion show, musical PSD Board of Trustees and diversity of the seven nations PSD, he said celebrating Asean performances, a food exhibition, PTA officers as well as school through cultural performances Day “amongst the young gen- a tourism exhibition and handi- officials, teachers, and stu- by PSD students. eration of students was one step crafts stalls. dents attended the colourful Tel Addressing the gather- in moving towards a people-ori- He asked for full support to programme. Fax ing, Brunei Darussalam’s ented Asean community.” ensure the success of the event THE PENINSULA

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Tel Fax Personal life part of story: Photographer ‘Judicial processes quite slow’ Tel Continued from page 1 world through his camera. of the festival of solidarity in Fax “This makes me say that One of the photos displayed support of Gaza tonight. He my personal life is part of the at the exhibition which had a called upon the private sector Continued from page 1 story,” Nurudeen said. profound impact on him was of to contribute to this initiative “Qatar’s judicial processes are www.renaissancedoha.com He stressed how journal- a family which had lost most to help alleviate the suffering quite slow and it takes too long ists put their lives at risk just of its members. He could only of people in Gaza. before cases come to the courts. Tel +974 44195000 to provide the public with take two or three photos of “The photos displayed in the This may be one reason for the Fax +974 44195100 facts as they cover armed them. expo reflect the daily problems declining number of cases at vari- conflicts, poverty, political “I couldn’t take more pho- people in Gaza are facing. The ous courts,” said Fawas Yousef conflicts and human rights tos because I was afraid of their people show hope and determi- Al Sada. The undue delay in the issues, adding that he was reaction. I sat and cried with nation amid suffering caused by judicial system is making litigants determined to continue his them instead of taking more the destruction of buildings and opt for out of court settlements. mission regardless of the dif- photos,” he said. challenges of the siege imposed Qatar is increasingly witnessing ficulties he might face and he Dr Al Sulaiti said the exhibi- since 2007,” said Al Khulaifi. such settlements, he added. would convey the truth to the tion was in line with the launch THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 ISLAM www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 War and peace in the Holy Quran

he Holy Quran Discrimination and proportion- is the supreme ality should be strictly observed. authority in Islam Only the combatants are to be and the primary fought, and no more harm should source of Islamic be caused to them than they have Law, including laws caused. (Quran 2:194) Tregulating war and peace. Wars and weapons of destruc- The second source is the tion that destroy civilians and Hadith, traditions of Prophet their towns are ruled out by the Muhammad’s (Peace Be Upon Quran and the word and deed of Him) acts and deeds, which can the Prophet, these being the only be used to confirm, explain or binding authority in Islamic law. elaborate Quranic teachings, but The prohibition is regularly may not contradict the Quran, reinforced by, “Do not transgress, since they derive their authority God does not love the transgres- from the Quran. sor”. Transgression has been Together these form the basis interpreted by Quranic exegetes for all other sources of Islamic as meaning, “initiation of fighting, law, such as ijma’ (consensus of fighting those with whom a treaty Muslim scholars on an opinion has been concluded, surprising regarding any given subject) and the enemy without first inviting qiyas (reasoning by analogy). them to make peace, destroying These and others are methods crops or killing those who should to reach decisions based on the be protected” (Baydawu’s com- texts or the spirit of the Quran mentary on Quran 2:190). and Hadith — the only binding Orders are always couched in sources of Islamic law. restraining language, with much Nothing is acceptable if it con- repetition of warnings, such as tradicts the text or the spirit of “do not transgress” and “God does these two sources. Any opinions not love the transgressors” and arrived at by individual scholars “He loves those who are conscious or schools of Islamic law, including of Him”. These are instructions the recognised four Sunni schools, given to people who, from the are no more than opinions. beginning, should have the inten- The founders of these schools tion of acting “in the way of God”. never laid exclusive claim to the Linguistically we notice that truth, or invited people to follow family unit is to foster affection Quran gives a clear instruction on earth or spread corruption. jihad, which must have a right- the verses always restrict actions them rather than any other schol- and mercy, and creating a baby that there is no compulsion in (Quran 28:83). eous intention, it then becomes in a legalistic way, which appeals ars. Western writers often take in its mother’s womb is to form religion (Quran 2:256). It states an obligation — for defending strongly to Muslims’ conscience. the views of this or that classical bonds of blood and marriage that people will remain different RIGHTEOUS INTENTION religious freedom (Quran 22:39- In six verses (Quran 2:190-5) we or modern Muslim writer as “the between people: It is He who cre- (Quran 11:118), they will always Righteous intention is an 41), for self-defence (Quran find four prohibitions (do not), six Islamic view”, presumably on the ated the human being from fluid, have different religions and essential condition. When fight- 2:190) and defending those who restrictions: two “until”, two “if”, basis of assumptions drawn from making relationships of blood and ways and this is an unalterable ing takes place, it should be fi sabil are oppressed: men, women and two “who attack you”, as well as the Christian tradition, where the marriage. (Quran 25:54) fact (Quran 5:48). God tells the illah — in the way of God — as is children who cry for help (Quran such cautions as “in the way of views of people like St Augustine Sowing enmity and hatred Prophet that most people will not often repeated in the Quran. His 4:75). God”, “be conscious of God”, “God or St Thomas Aquinas are often among people is the work of believe “even if you are eager that way is prescribed in the Quran It is the duty of the Muslims to does not like aggressors”, “God is cited as authorities. Satan: Satan wishes to sow enmity they should”. (Quran 12:103) as the way of truth and justice, help the oppressed, except against with those who are conscious of In Islam, for any view of any and hatred between you with intoxi- All battles that took place dur- including all the teaching it gives a people with whom the Muslims Him”, “with those who do good scholar to gain credibility, it must cants and gambling. (Quran 5:91) ing the Prophet’s lifetime, under on justifications and conditions have a treaty (Quran 8:72). deeds” and “God is Forgiving, demonstrate its textual basis in Division into warring factions the guidance of the Quran and the for the conduct of war and peace. These are the only valid jus- Merciful.” the Quran and authentic Hadith, is viewed as a punishment that Prophet, have been surveyed and The Prophet was asked about tifications for war we find in The Quran, in treating the and its derivation from a sound God brings on people who revert shown to have been waged only those who fight for the booty, the Quran. When war becomes theme of war, as with other linguistic understanding of these to polytheism after He has deliv- in self-defence or to pre-empt an and those who fight out of self- necessary, we find that there is themes, regularly gives reasons texts. ered them from distress: ...He able imminent attack. aggrandizement or to be seen as no “conscription” in the Quran. and justifications for any action it Ijtihad — exerting one’s reason to divide you into discordant factions For more than 10 years in a hero. He said that none of these The Prophet is instructed only demands. Verse 2:191 begins: Slay to reach judgments on the basis and make you taste the might of Makkah, Muslims were perse- was in the way of God. The one to “urge on the believers” (Quran them where you find them and expel of these two sources is the mecha- each other... (Quran 6:65) cuted, but before permission was who fights in the way of God is he 4:64). The Quran and the Hadith them from where they expelled you; nism by which Muslims find solu- War is hateful (2:216), and the given to fight they were instructed who fights so that the word of God at greater length urge on the persecution [fitna] is worse than tions for the ever-changing and changing of fear into a sense of to restrain themselves (Quran is uppermost. (Hadith: Bukhari) Muslim fighters (those defending killing. evolving life around them. safety is one of the rewards for 4:77) and endure with patience This expression of the word of themselves or the oppressed) in “Slay them wherever you find The closing of the door of ijti- those who believe and do good and fortitude: Pardon and for- God being “uppermost” was mis- the strongest way: by showing the them,” has been made the title of had’ is a myth propagated by deeds (Quran 24:55). That God give until God gives his command. understood by some to mean that justice of their cause, the bad con- an article on war in Islam. many Western scholars, some of has given them the sanctuary of (Quran 2:109; see also 29:59; 16:42) Islam should gain political power duct of the enemy, and promising In this article “them” is whom imagine that “the door” Makkah is a blessing for which its After the Muslims were forced over other religions. However, if great rewards in the afterlife for removed from its context, where still remains closed and that people should he thankful (Quran out of their homes and town, and we use the principle that “dif- those prepared to sacrifice their it refers back to “those who Muslims have nothing to fall 29:67). Paradise is the Land of those who remained behind were ferent parts of the Quran inter- lives and property in such a good attack you” in the preceding back on except the decisions of Peace - Dar Al Salam (Quran subjected to more abuse, God gave pret each other”, we find (Quran cause. verse. “Wherever you find them” the schools of law and scholars of 6:127). His permission to fight: Permission 9:40) that by simply concealing is similarly misunderstood: the the classical period. is given to those who fight because the Prophet in the cave from his WHO IS TO BE FOUGHT? Muslims were anxious that if Scholars in present-day Muslim JUSTIFICATIONS AND they have been wronged, and God trackers, after he had narrowly DISCRIMINATION AND their enemies attacked them in counties reach their decisions on CONDITIONS FOR WAR is indeed able to give them victory; escaped an attempt to murder PROPORTIONALITY Makkah (which is a sanctuary) laws governing all sorts of new War may become necessary those who have been driven from him, God made His word “upper- We must discuss two verses in and they retaliated, they would be situations, using the same meth- only to stop evil from triumph- their homes unjustly only because most”, and the word of the wrong- the Quran which are normally breaking the law. The Quran gave odology based on the Quran and ing in a way would corrupt the they said, “Our Lord is God” - for doers “lowered”. This could not quoted by those most eager to the Muslims permission to fight Hadith and the principles derived earth (Quran 2:251). had it not been for God’s repel- be described as gaining military criticise Quranic teachings on those enemies, whether outside or from them, without feeling neces- For Muslims to participate ling some men by means of others, victory or political power. war: 2:191 (“slay them wherever inside Makkah, and assured them sarily bound by the conclusions of in war there must be valid jus- monasteries, churches, synagogues Another term misunderstood you find them”) and 9:5, labelled that the persecution committed any former school of law. tifications, and strict conditions and mosques, in which the name of and misrepresented is jihad. This the “Sword Verse”. Both have by the unbelievers against them In the Quran and Hadith, the must be fulfilled. A thorough sur- God is much mentioned, would cer- does not mean “Holy War”. “Holy been subjected to decontextu- for believing in God was more fundamental sources of Islamic vey of the relevant verses of the tainly have been destroyed. Verily War” does not exist as a term in alisation, misinterpretation and sinful than the Muslims killing teachings on war and peace are Quran shows that it is consistent God helps those that help Him - lo! Arabic, and its translation into misrepresentation. those who attacked them, wher- to be found. throughout with regard to these God is Strong, Almighty - those who, Arabic sounds alien. The term The first verse comes in a pas- ever they were. rulings on the justification of war, if they are given power in the land, specifically used in the Quran for sage that defines clearly who is to The whole passage (Quran NORMAL RELATIONS and its conduct, termination and establish worship and pay the poor- fighting is qital. Jihad can be by be fought: Fight in the way of God 2:190-5) comes in the context of The Islamic relationship consequences. due and enjoin what is good and argumentation (25:52), financial those who fight against you, but do fighting those who bar Muslims between individuals and nations War in Islam as regulated by forbid iniquity. (Quran 22:39-41) help or actual fighting. Jihad is not transgress. God does not love the from reaching the Sacred Mosque is one of peace. War is a contin- the Quran and Hadith has been War is seen as justifiable and always described in the Quran as transgressor. (Quran 2:190) in Makkah to perform the pil- gency that becomes necessary at subject to many distortions by necessary to defend people’s right fi sabil illah. On returning from a “Those who fight against you” grimage. This is clear from verse times, under certain conditions. Western scholars and some to their beliefs, and once the military campaign, the Prophet means actual fighters - civilians 189 before and verse 196 after Muslims learn from the Quran Muslim writers due either to believers have been given victory said to his followers: “We have are protected. The Prophet and the passage. In the same way, the that God’s objective in creating misconceptions about terminol- they should not become trium- returned from the minor jihad to his successors, when they sent out verse giving the first permission the human race in communi- ogy or using quotations taken out phant or arrogant or have a sense the major jihad — the struggle of the an army, gave clear instructions to fight occurs in the Quran, also ties was that they should relate of context. of being a superpower, because individual with his own self.” not to attack civilians - women, in the context of barring Muslims to each other peacefully (Quran Nowhere in the Quran is the promise of help given above old people, religious people from reaching the Mosque to 49:13) changing people’s religion given and the rewards are for those who JIHAD AS AN OBLIGATION engaged in worship, nor destroy perform the pilgrimage (Quran The objective of forming the as a cause for waging war. The do not seek to exalt themselves When there is a just cause for crops or animals. 2:217).) (www.islamicity.com)

slam is a religion of peace — peace do good.”(Abu Dawood). to humanity and one and all. It is a At other place in the Quran, Allah religion to lead mankind from the asks the believer to keep the door for Idepths of darkness and ignorance Islam, tolerance and non-violence peace wide open. The door of peace is towards the path of light and knowledge. many mischievous people has given a bad This is the foundation for tolerance those who spread violence, how can He open all the time in Islam, even in a bat- The literal meaning of Islam, derived name to this ‘religion of peace’. But, peo- towards every religion and their peo- legislate violence in His Deen? These two tle field. Allah says, “… If the enemy incline from the Arabic word ‘Salaam’, means ple should know that Islam is not what X ple. There is no force, no compulsion on opposites can never exist in Islam. towards peace, you (also) incline towards peace. The word ‘Islam’ has another root or Y says. It is not this scholar’s or that any individual to accept Islam. If he or The biggest violence – killing innocent peace, and trust in Allah…” [Sura Anfal derivation — Slim — which means sur- scholar’s interpretation; Islam is what she wants to accept Islam, it has to be people – is repudiated in such strong 8:61]. render or submission. Islam means peace the Holy Scripture — the Quran says necessarily out of their free will, not at words the likes of which are found in Even in retaliation, a Muslim is not acquired by humans by submitting their and what Muhammad (Peace Be Upon the point of sword. This is the essence no other religious scripture: “…if any supposed to transgress. If you have been will to the Will of Allah. Him) — the Prophet of Islam says. They of Islam. Islam is an open invitation to one kills a person - unless it be for murder wronged by some person, you have no Islam not only fosters love between fel- are the two primary sources of Islam. mankind and they have the right to or for spreading mischief in the land - it right to wrong them or any other person low Muslims; rather it is merciful for all Islam is against compulsion in reli- accept or reject it. would be as if he killed the whole humanity: to take revenge. of humankind. The ‘peace’ of Islam has gion. It is enshrined in the Holy Quran Islam is non-violent and tolerant. and if any one saved a life, it would be as if And, if you are helpless and unable to got many dimensions: peace with Allah, that there is no compulsion in Islam. Violence is not in the dictionary of Islam. he saved the life of the whole humanity…” do anything, Islam orders you to cling to peace with society and peace with all of Muslims are prohibited from forcing There is no place for violence, neither [Sura Mai’dah 5:31] patience. There is no permission for vio- mankind irrespective of caste, creed and people of other faiths to accept Islam. in the Holy Quran nor in the Sunnah This verse explicitly denounces any lence, whatsoever, in Islam at any point religion. Islam guides people to the path There is no tolerance for one who forces (Prophetic traditions). It is mentioned innocent killing. Even in retaliation of time. of non-violence and tolerance and shows another person to submit to his/her will at several places in the Quran that Allah or in war, Muslims are not supposed Reflecting on the following Hadith: “If the path of righteousness and piety. and convert to the religion unwillingly. does not like those who spread mischief to kill innocent people. In a Hadith, anyone harms (others), Allah will harm A religion with such high values Allah says: “Let there be no compulsion in on this earth. One verse is: “…Allah does Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said: him, and if anyone shows hostility to enshrined in its very name is misunder- religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: not love those who do mischief…” [Mai’dah “Go out in the name of Allah and by the others, Allah will show hostility to him.” stood by the bulk of humans as violent whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah 5:64]. help of Allah, following the way of the (Abu Dawood), makes it clear that com- and intolerant. If any Muslim commits a has grasped the most trustworthy hand- ‘Mischief’, in Arabic is Fasad, and it Messenger of Allah. Do not kill any old plete tolerance, peace and perseverance wrong, it is directly or indirectly attrib- hold, that never breaks. And Allah hears can refer to murder, corruption, evil and man, infant, child or woman… spread good- are the virtues ascribed by the religion. uted to Islam. The misinterpretation of and knows all things. ” [Baqara 2:256] violence. So, when Allah does not like ness and do good, for Allah loves those who (www.islamonline.com) FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Gaza casualties shock Red Cross chief International law may have been violated: Official

JERUSALEM: The scale of of destruction and the amount of civilian losses during the four- victims.” But, in keeping with week conflict in the Gaza Strip ICRC’s strict principles of neu- must not happen again, the head trality, Maurer declined to blame of the International Committee either side, saying each and every of the Red Cross said yesterday. incident would be investigated. Speaking to reporters after vis- The organisation would com- iting Gaza, ICRC President Peter pile a confidential report and Maurer said he was “deeply dis- share recommendations with all tressed and shocked to see the sides “to ensure... this amount impact of violence on the civilian of victims” does not happen population”. again, he told a news confer- His visit came as the two sides ence in Jerusalem at the end of a were observing a 72-hour cease- three-day visit to Israel and the fire due to expire at 0500 GMT Palestinian territories. today, with Maurer calling for the ICRC would also investigate the truce to be extended. precise circumstances in which Palestinian officials say 1,886 medical personnel and Palestinian Palestinians were killed during Red Crescent colleagues were four weeks of fighting between killed, he said. A Palestinian rides past residential buildings in Beit Lahiya town, hit by Israeli shelling and air strikes, in the Israel and Hamas. The United “I’m moderately optimis- northern Gaza Strip, yesterday. Nations has said more than 1,300 tic from the signs of goodwill I were civilians. have encountered in all places to Israel lost 64 soldiers and three A Palestinian removes Israeli engage with the ICRC to make civilians, one of them a Thai agri- products from his shop in the West our assistance and protection Israel not against Gazans: Netanyahu cultural worker. Bank city of Nablus yesterday. more meaningful,” Maurer said. Maurer indicated there may Maurer met political leaders WASHINGTON: Israel has On the high number of have been some violations of “The Geneva Conventions have in Gaza, Ramallah, Jerusalem “nothing against the people Palestinian civilian casualties that international humanitarian law. been designed to protect and and Tel Aviv. Israeli Prime of Gaza” and wants to help Hamas rally has provoked international con- “The law hasn’t been accurately assist people, and I cannot be sat- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on them deal with the “tyranny” GAZA CITY: Hundreds of demnation, Netanyahu described and ambitiously implemented in isfied ... when after four weeks of Wednesday called Israel’s opera- of Hamas rule, Israeli Prime Palestinians poured onto the such deaths as inevitable in the this armed conflict,” he said. armed conflict we see the amount tion in Gaza “proportionate”. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu streets of Gaza City yester- heat of battle. ICRC was determined to nar- told Fox News yesterday. day to attend a Hamas vic- “Those casualties are cruel, but row the “enormous discrepancy” “I’m not sure the battle is tory rally, chanting support they’re unintentional,” he said. Most Hamas rockets self-made: Israel between the need and the capacity over,” he told the cable network’s for resistance against Israel. “Israel acts that way. It attacks of aid organisations to protect and “Hannity” programme, a month Loudspeakers mounted by combatants and accidentally kills JERUSALEM: The vast Over the course of the con- assist civilians in areas of conflict, after the start of the Israel offen- the roadside blared out Hamas non-combatants — but in the case majority of rockets fired by flict, the de-facto rulers of Gaza Maurer said. sive that has claimed nearly 2,000 victory songs as the crowd — of the terrorists, it’s the exact Hamas at Israel over the past fired over 3,300 rockets and And it would immediately work mostly Palestinian lives. most of them men but with opposite.” month were made in Gaza using mortar shells at Israel, with to reestablish supplies of water, “I think we’ve degraded their some children dressed in com- Netanyahu also warned civilian materials, a senior over 500 rockets intercepted by sanitation and electricity, as well (Hamas) capabilities signifi- bat fatigues gathered in the Americans that “the great- Israeli military official said yes- the Iron Dome defence system, as assisting the displaced and cantly,” he said, adding there square outside the parliament est danger we face” is terrorist terday. The coastal Palestinian according to the Israeli military. increasing medical assistance in may still remain tunnels dug by building. AFP groups or nations, backed by Iran, enclave was the setting for “The vast majority of those Gaza, he said. Hospitals in Gaza Hamas under the Gaza-Israel equipped with nuclear-tipped the 28-day conflict with Israel, launched were homemade, only had been inundated with casual- border that have yet to be found. He added: “We have nothing rockets and missiles. during which Israel set out to a small minority were Fajr 5 ties, but they were well equipped “It really depends on whether against the people of Gaza. In “Look at the danger we face seriously impair the Islamist made by Iran,” the official told to deal with current cases, pro- they want to continue this battle. fact, we want to help the people when they have rockets and mis- movement’s military abilities. reporters. AFP vided the ceasefire continues. I think we have to find a peaceful of Gaza who are suffering under siles,” he said. AFP solution, if we can,” he added. this terror tyranny.” AFP Air Algerie flight broke up on impact, say investigators

PARIS: An Air Algerie flight the plane did not break up into civil aviation accident commis- that crashed in Mali killing all several pieces while in flight. This sion, told reporters there would 116 people on board broke up on does not exclude that damage was be a fresh progress report in impact after losing air speed caused during the flight,” he said. mid-September. and banking sharply, investiga- “I don’t think we can at this “There will be no further tors said yesterday. point exclude the possibility of a updates until then,” he said. Presenting the initial find- deliberate act but we cannot say French Foreign Minister ings of a probe into the July 24 more for the moment,” he said. Laurent Fabius has already tragedy, Remi Jouty, the head of The black box flight recorder, said that the pilots of the jet, France’s Bureau of Investigations which was usable, showed there which took off on July 24 from and Analyses (BEA) air safety was a sudden loss of air speed Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso agency, also told reporters that before the plane banked sharply to bound for Algiers, had asked to the cockpit voice recording was the left then plummeted towards turn back as bad weather struck. currently unusable. the ground amid stormy weather International investigators “The tape was a little bit dam- conditions. have toiled at the crash site in aged. We were able to extract it... It took only around a second highly inhospitable conditions and The BEA laboratory was able to for the plane to fall from its extreme heat. restore the tape. Unfortunately last recorded altitude of around Forensic experts have resorted the recordings are so far unus- 500 metres, or 1,600 feet, to the to using DNA samples to iden- able,” Jouty said. ground in the Malian desert. tify the dead, because the power The recording device appeared Authorities initially thought of the impact shattered the bodies to have been faulty before the 118 passengers and crew had of those on board and scattered crash and the defects were not died in the disaster but it later debris from the plane over a wide caused by the impact, he added. emerged that two people did not area. Jouty said the investigation was board the plane. Jouty said that nothing unusual not sufficiently advanced to offer France bore the brunt of had been found at the crash site a definitive cause for the tragedy the tragedy, with nearly half of that “should not have been there”. but explained that the McDonnell the victims and in some case, Patrick Touron, deputy head Douglas 83 jet had fallen out of whole families were wiped out. of the French police’s Criminal the sky vertically at an extremely Other passengers came from Research Institute, told report- high speed and was apparently Burkina Faso, Lebanon, Algeria, ers on Tuesday on returning from intact when it hit the ground. Spain, Canada, Germany and Mali that more than 1,000 sam- “When we look at the trajec- Luxembourg. ples had been taken from the site. tory, this leads us to believe that N’Faly Cisse, the head of Mali’s AFP

220 UN staff evacuated from S Sudan

UNITED NATIONS: UN peacekeepers evacu- concrete results. ated 220 staff and aid workers from northeast At least five South Sudanese aid workers were South Sudan on Wednesday after militias killed killed Tuesday by the militia blamed for murder- at least six relief workers, a UN spokesman said. ing an aid worker in the same area the day before, The troops from the UN mission in South Sudan according to the UN. The Mabanese Defense Forces were expected to continue evacuations yesterday appear to be targeting civilians of ethnic Nuer ori- from Bunj, in Upper Nile State, where a local mili- gin, apparently in revenge for losses they suffered tia — the Mabanese Defense Forces — was blamed in clashes with defecting Nuer soldiers. for the killings. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US “The peacekeepers are in the process of collecting Secretary of State John Kerry condemned the national staff members of humanitarian aid organi- attacks on the aid workers and called for progress sations deemed to be at risk and who need to be in peace talks. evacuated as soon as possible,” said deputy spokes- “The people of South Sudan are paying a horrific man Farhan Haq. price for the failure of their leaders to resolve this The violence in Upper Nile State came as South senseless conflict,” said Kerry in Washington. Sudan is facing what the UN has said is the worst The UN chief called for an investigation of the food crisis in the world and Ethiopia-brokered attacks and for armed groups to keep relief workers peace talks between rival factions have yet to yield safe. AFP FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Christians flee as Islamic State advances Militants take over Iraq’s biggest Christian town; some Yazidis rescued ‘US considering air strikes’ WASHINGTON: President fast-moving train.” Obama came ARBIL, IRAQ: Islamist mili- Barack Obama is considering to office determined to end US tants surged across northern ordering US air strikes against military involvement in Iraq and Iraq towards the capital of Sunni extremists in northern in his first term oversaw the the Kurdish region yesterday, Iraq and humanitarian food withdrawal of the huge ground sending tens of thousands of drops to beleaguered civilians, force deployed there since the Christians fleeing for their lives, reports said yesterday. 2003 American invasion. in an offensive that has alarmed US media, citing senior White But recent rapid gains by the the Baghdad government and House officials, said Obama Islamic State, a successor group world powers. was weighing military options to Al Qaeda’s former Iraqi and Reuters photographs showed after jihadists from the so- Syrian operations, compelled Islamic State fighters controlling called “Islamic State” attacked him to send military advisors a checkpoint at the border area Christian and Yazidi minority back to Baghdad evaluate the of the Kurdish semi-autonomous communities. situation. The UN Security region, little over 30 minutes’ “There could be a humani- Council was to hold emergency drive from Arbil, a city of 1.5 mil- tarian catastrophe there,” an talks on the crisis later yester- lion that is headquarters to the official told the New York Times, day, and France has pledged Kurdish regional government and warning that a decision on support for forces “engaged in of many businesses. military action was expected battle” against the IS radicals. Sunni militants earlier cap- “imminently — this could be a AFP tured Iraq’s biggest Christian town, Qaraqosh, prompting many residents to flee, fearing they the Yazidis, are streaming to the and television channels broadcast would be subjected to the same border with neighbouring Turkey footage of Kurdish peshmerga demands the Sunni militants to flee the fighting, Turkish offi- fighters driving around the town. made in other captured areas — cials said. The mainly Christian town of leave, convert to Islam or face In Kirkuk, a strategic oil town Tilkaif, as well as Al Kwair, were death. in the north held by Kurdish overrun by militants, according The Islamic State, considered forces since government troops to witnesses. more extreme than Al Qaeda, melted away in June, 11 people The Islamic State poses the sees Iraq’s majority Shias and were killed by two car bombs biggest threat to Iraq’s integrity minorities such as Christians and that exploded near a Shia mosque since the fall of Saddam Hussein Yazidis, a Kurdish ethno-religious holding displaced people, security in 2003. Its fighters and their community, as infidels. and medical sources said. Sunni allies also control a big In Rome, Pope Francis appealed In other violence, a car bomb in chunk of western Iraq. to world leaders to help end what a Shia area of Baghdad killed 14. The group has deepened sec- the Vatican called “the humani- Gains by the Islamic State tarian tensions, pushing the coun- tarian tragedy now under way” in have raised concerns that mili- try back to the dark days of the northern Iraq. France called for Iraqi security forces and volunteers take part in a mission to secure an area from militants of the Islamic State, in tants across the Arab world will civil war that peaked in 2006-2007 an emergency meeting of the UN Udhaim district, north of Baghdad, yesterday. follow their cue. At the weekend under US-led occupation. Security Council to “counter the the Sunni militants seized a bor- Bombings, kidnappings and terrorist threat in Iraq”. forces still control the dam, Iraq’s flee the town of Sinjar for sur- displaced people urgently need der town in Lebanon, though they executions are routine once Shares in energy companies biggest. Yesterday, two witnesses rounding mountains. water, food, shelter and medicine, appear to have mostly withdrawn. again in Iraq, an OPEC member. operating in Iraqi Kurdistan told Reuters by telephone that Some of the many thousands he said. A spokesman for the UN The Islamic State, which has Religious and ethnic minorities plummeted on news of the sweep- Islamic State fighters had hoisted trapped on Sinjar mountain have agency for children said many declared a caliphate in the areas that have lived in the plains of the ing Islamist advance towards oil- the group’s black flag over the been rescued in the past 24 hours, of the children on the mountain of Iraq and Syria it controls, northern province of Nineveh are fields in the region. dam, which could allow the mili- a spokesman for the UN Office for were suffering from dehydration clashed with Kurdish forces particularly vulnerable. The militant group said in a tants to flood major cities or cut the Coordination of Humanitarian and at least 40 had died. on Wednesday in the town of Sunni militants have been statement on its Twitter account off significant water supplies and Affairs said, adding that 200,000 Yazidis, seen by the Islamic Makhmur, about 40 miles south- purging Shia Muslims of the that its fighters had seized 15 electricity. had fled the fighting. State as “devil worshippers”, west of Arbil, the capital of the Shabak and ethnic Turkmen towns, the strategic Mosul dam The Sunni militants inflicted “This is a tragedy of immense risk being executed by the Sunni Kurdish autonomous zone. minorities from towns and vil- on the Tigris River and a military a humiliating defeat on Kurdish proportions, impacting the lives militants seeking to establish an Witnesses said the militants lages in Nineveh, and last month base, in an ongoing offensive that forces in the weekend sweep, of hundreds of thousands of peo- Islamic empire and redraw the had seized Makhmur, but Kurdish set a deadline for Christians to began at the weekend. prompting tens of thousands from ple,” spokesman David Swanson map of the Middle East. officials told local media their leave the provincial capital Mosul Kurdish officials say their the ancient Yazidi community to said by telephone. Many of the Thousands of Iraqis, most of forces remained in control there, or be killed. REUTERS Erdogan govt ratchets up 1,700 Syrian refugees drive against Islamic cleric return home ISTANBUL: A battle between Hizmet (Service) crumbled due to critics condemn as a symptom Turkish Prime Minister Recep disagreements on policy and gov- of Erdogan’s tightening grip on Tayyip Erdogan and Islamic ernment moves to rein in Gulen’s power. from Arsal cleric Fethullah Gulen inten- movement. The rupture became The Vatan newspaper said some LABWEH, LEBANON: At sified yesterday, with police public in December, when a cor- 50 members of the MIT national least 1,700 Syrian refugees have arrests, a government move ruption probe targeting Erdogan intelligence agency were demoted left the Lebanese town of Arsal, against an Islamic lender and a and his inner circle became pub- and put under investigation in where troops have been battling reported purge of the domestic lic, leading to the resignation of Ankara in an operation targeting jihadists for days, to go back intelligence agency. three cabinet ministers. the “parallel structure”. Members to Syria, a nun helping them Erdogan accused support- As Erdogan spoke, a judge in of an MIT commission coordinat- return said yesterday. ers of US-based Gulen of a “vile Istanbul remanded in custody ing intelligence by different state The departure appeared to be betrayal” of Turkey, as he cam- four police officers who were agencies were transferred back to the first time a group of refugees paigned for a presidential election among 32 detained on Tuesday the police force, accused of being has left Lebanon en masse to on Sunday which opinion polls in a widening investigation of Hizmet members. return to Syria, and comes after forecast he will win. wiretapping that has allegedly In a speech which focused heav- days of fighting in the border “There are threats, blackmail, targeted Erdogan, defence law- ily on his battle against Gulen, town that has killed 17 soldiers plots, money extorted from busi- yer Omer Turanli said on Twitter. Erdogan also stressed what he and dozens of militants. nessmen,” he said in a speech to Nearly 150 officers have been said was the business dimension A Lebanese security services businessmen, calling for their held since July in a probe aimed of Hizmet. official confirmed that the group support in fighting Gulen’s move- at what Erdogan calls a “paral- “They tried to redesign not just had left Arsal and was headed ment, which he accuses of seeking lel structure” within the police, politics, the police and judiciary, to the Masnaa border crossing to overthrow him. judiciary and other institutions but the business world as well,” to leave the country, putting the “Yesterday they stabbed us in loyal to Gulen. he said, alluding to a range of number of refugees heading out the back. Tomorrow they will Erdogan accuses Gulen of being companies allegedly run by Gulen at 1,500. stab their current colleagues in behind a plot to oust him and has sympathisers. The Syrian nun facilitating the back if they get the chance,” vowed to “go into their lairs” and They include Islamic lender their return, Sister Agnes, who he said. “I call on those who are carry out a “witch hunt” to catch Bank Asya, which has come is close to the Syrian regime, told still silent in the face of this those involved. under pressure to sell assets AFP that “1,700 men, women and vile betrayal to reconsider their Gulen, whose followers say they after major investors withdrew children have left the Arsal area positions.” number in the millions, denies deposits amid hostile govern- for Syria”. Gulen’s supporters in the judi- using his worldwide Islamic ment comment about the bank. “They are mostly from the ciary and police are believed to movement to scheme against State-owned companies and Qalamun region, particularly have played a key role in helping Erdogan from self-imposed exile institutional depositors loyal to from Qara,” she said, referring to Erdogan neuter rivals in the then in the United States. Erdogan have withdrawn 4bn lira a Syrian area just across the bor- dominant military and secular Yesterday’s arrests follow a ($1.8bn), some 20 percent of the People walk in front of a poster of Turkish Prime Minister and presidential der from Arsal, which was largely establishment through a series wave of purges of the police, bank’s total deposits, according to candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. The Turkish recaptured by regime forces ear- of high-profile court cases. judiciary and other state institu- media reports. presidential election is scheduled for Sunday. lier this year. But Erdogan’s alliance with tions this year which government REUTERS Sister Agnes, who heads a convent in Qara, said some of the 47,000 Syrian refugees in Arsal had contacted her around a month ago requesting her help in returning to Syria. Kuwait vows crackdown on terrorism and its funding “The formalities were com- plicated because of the pres- ence of some men who had not KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait said to fight terror and its financing accusing them of raising money men are Kuwaitis. The ambas- But the two have expressed done their military service,” she yesterday it was committed to and has established the executive for Al Nusra front, a jihadist sador said he will follow up on clear views against the Islamic said. fighting terrorism and its fund- tools to implement it,” the ambas- group fighting in Syria. Washington’s decision with the State, accusing it of having links But the Syrian government ing after the United States sanc- sador told the official KUNA news Both men are said to be US State Department. with the Syrian government, Iran “has put no obstacles in the way tioned three Kuwaitis accused agency. Kuwaiti. The two Ajmis are very popular and even the United States. of their return.” of providing money, fighters and “The state of Kuwait contin- A third man, Abdulrahman figures in Kuwait for championing Following the US decision, the The nun, who has mediated weapons to extremist groups. ues to cooperate with the United Al Anizi, whose nationality was campaigns to raise funds for the Twitter accounts of the two Ajmis, between regime and rebel forces “Kuwait is committed to fight- States and the international com- not disclosed, is accused of sup- “Syrian and Palestinian peoples”, who together had around 800,000 on several occasions inside Syria, ing terrorism and its funding,” munity in combatting this dan- porting the so-called Islamic State according to advertisements on followers, were suspended. They said Lebanon authorities were its ambassador to Washington gerous phenomenon,” he said. jihadist group, which launched a social networks, especially Twitter. could not be reached for comment. also facilitating the departure of Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al Jaber The United States on devastating offensive in north- Their campaigns have been Anizi did not have an account the refugees, some of whom had Al Sabah said. Wednesday imposed sanctions on western Iraq on June 9. sponsored by leading Kuwaiti on Twitter. entered the country illegally. “Kuwait has passed legislation Shafi Al Ajmi and Hajjaj Al Ajmi, KUNA said that all three clerics. AFP AFP FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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he Islamic State’s pernicious premise of using faith for sowing division among Muslims and going on an incessant killing campaign for territorial gains Tis another example of extremist ideology that is walloping the Middle East and causing untold suffering. Why do two Americans get Ebola Islamic State, earlier known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) recently declared a ‘caliphate’ in areas taken over by its members under the shadow of the gun. serum while Africans die? Propped up by terrorist backers, who want to promote a BY ARTHUR L CAPLAN destructive line of thought, the Islamic State has taken on the hospital than in rural West Africa, that have only been tried on animals. might of the Iraqi state so much so that the armed forces have where no such infrastructure exists. Without an organisation pushing, no hat should happen if a And because of the drug’s experimen- one might have received access to any been outdone and the government virtually taken hostage. massive viral outbreak tal nature, it’s unclear that it should go sort of treatment. The chance of a poor The militants, who promote a strain of what they call actual appears out of nowhere to anyone else. Even if the drug is cooled African getting an experimental drug is Islam, aim at derailing the Iraqi state by dislodging Prime Wand the only possi- correctly, success in a few monkeys (less about the same as Donald Trump con- Minister Nouri Al Maliki’s government. The Iraqi army has ble treatment is an untested drug? than 20) tells us little about what will tracting Ebola (which is apparently his been rendered ineffective by the warring militants who have And who should receive it? The two happen in a lot of humans who’d had greatest current fear). American missionaries who contracted the infection for more than two days. No Even if logistical and economic obsta- also decided to eliminate thousands of Kurdish and Yazidis. the almost-always-fatal virus in West one knows how much drug to give, how cles could be surmounted, is there The minority Yazidis, mostly concentrated in the mountains, Africa were given access to an experi- often, what other pre-existing medical a case for giving Zmapp to Africans have been besieged by the militants. 40,000 Yazidi families have mental drug cocktail called ZMapp. It conditions might influence its efficacy still dying from Ebola? Many Africans been stranded in the mountains without food and water. They consists of immune-boosting mono- or even what route is best, be it IV, pill, were infected more recently than the are in danger of starvation and dehydration on the top, and clonal antibodies that were extracted syrup, or even surgically right into the Americans now being treated in Atlanta, would be killed by the Islamic State if they came down. from mice exposed to bits of Ebola DNA. liver. With an untested drug, there is so they better fit the conditions in which Now in isolation at an Atlanta hospital, always a chance you will kill the first the drug was tried in the monkey lab. Amid the instability in Iraq, the lashes of the Islamic State they appear to be doing well. human subject who might otherwise But there is no accepted set of rules are proving too painful for Maliki. The panicked Iraqi leader It’s an opportunity the 900 Africans have lived. And the two Americans for a sick person to request compas- has become desperate enough to egg on Kurd fighters, his who’ve died so far never had. Is there who got it in Africa had been infected sionate access to drug that is experi- former sworn enemies, to take on a case to suspend ethical norms if lives for more than a week, making its effi- mental, expensive and in short supply. the Islamic State. might be saved by deploying an experi- cacy completely unknown. Still, because And access to experimental drugs The rise of the Jihadis, as the militants mental drug? they are a small group in such a care- remains a long shot full of risk. While The reasons for fully controlled setting, they are bet- the American Ebola patients gave their Islamic State are popularly called, have also different treat- ter candidates for the drug than others consent, and while most people would complicated the Syrian crisis. ment are partly might be. want to do something rather than has added a The plethora of groups fighting With an untested about logistics, But it’s about more than logistics. nothing, the decision about gaining new dimension President Bashar Al Assad’s drug, there is always partly about Drugs based on monoclonal antibodies access is more in the hands of the drug regime will have a dangerous economics and, usually cost a lot — at least tens of thou- manufacturer than the would-be sub- a chance you will partly about a sands of dollars. This is obviously far ject. The dying may feel more cavalier contender to deal with. The to the already kill the first human lack of any stand- more than poor people in poor nations about entering a drug experiment — the chaotic Middle spillover of the fighting from Syria subject who might ard policy for giv- can afford to pay; and a tiny company rewards (life) could justify the risks into Lebanon has been precipitated ing out untested won’t enthusiastically give away its small (since death approaches anyway) — but East. by the Jihadis. The Lebanese army otherwise have drugs in emergen- supply of drug for free. It is likely that a company may still withhold a drug has lost senior personnel to the lived. And the two cies. Before this if they were going to donate drugs, it from a willing volunteer for fear that militants, creating a situation in Americans who outbreak, ZMapp would be to people who would command it will fail and reduce investor interest had only been a lot of press attention and, thus, inves- or increase attention from malpractice which Sunni clerics had to intervene. got it in Africa tested on mon- tors and government money for further attorneys. The ideologies of the Islamic State are so extreme that in had been infected keys. Mapp, the research — which is to say, not to poor An ethical case can surely be made some cases even Al Qaeda doesn’t agree with them. Lately, it for more than a tiny, San Diego Liberians, Nigerians or Guineans. for an organisation that puts health- is Iraqi Christians who are their target. This has created panic based pharma- The medical missionaries got the care workers in harm’s way to acquire among the minority community in the country, forcing many week, making its ceutical company experimental drug because the evan- access to experimental drugs and bring to flee or migrate to other countries. efficacy completely that makes the gelical Christian International Relief staff home to get the best possible care. drug stated two organisation they work for, Samaritan’s But that is neither a fair nor just pol- Hardline groups like the Boko Haram and Islamic State unknown. years ago: “When Purse, reached out to the CDC and the icy for deciding what to do when an have shadowed the extremism propagated by Al Qaeda, which administered one NIH to find out if there was any drug emergency arises and rationing is the was founded by Osama bin Laden, who made terrorism history hour after infection [with Ebola], all to give to them. They were referred to only option. This Ebola outbreak has on September 11, 2011. The resurgence of new Islamist groups animals survived. . .Two-thirds of the Mapp Pharmaceuticals and evidently taught us two things: that we need to is becoming a practice that needs to be studied by security and animals were protected even when struck some kind of deal to get the act quickly to shut down emerging epi- the treatment, known as Zmapp, was drug to their employees who were in demics wherever they occur, and it is strategy analysts for social and economic indicators fuelling administered 48 hours after infection.” Africa at the time. (Technically, African long past time to have a transparent their rise. But privileged humans were always health ministries could make a similar public policy about what to do when not The world has to be sensitised to the rise of new Islamist going to be the first ones to try it. request.) The FDA has little oversight everyone gets a chance to live. groups and ways and means of stanching their aspirations. If ZMapp requires a lot of refrigeration over what goes on abroad, and the fed- Caplan is the director of the Division of it continues like this, the day is not far when new avatars of Al and careful handling, plus close moni- eral government has no programme Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Qaeda will sprout every day. Let us guard against this• toring by experienced doctors and sci- to consider appeals for use — much Center’s Department of Population Health. entists — better to try it at a big urban less payment — of experimental drugs WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of The EPA fills a void the day

ndustry groups, environmentalists to protest the spoiling of the planet for worthwhile even if some countries have get addressed any time soon without and various other activists pushed future generations. not yet committed to cutting their emis- serious US buy-in and leadership. The alternate versions of reality. The In this ongoing back and forth, the sions. Yet high levels of uncertainty consequences of unabated warming IEPA’s proposed greenhouse-gas Obama administration has tried to about the economic consequences are somewhat uncertain — yet the program “threatens to dismantle our produce specific numbers to justify its of unabated climate change, how possibility of very negative, perhaps Cambodians have nation’s economy, fundamentally alter plan. In June, the EPA calculated that energy technology will develop and catastrophic, global outcomes is too the American way of life and severely the various benefits of its new anti-car- other important factors make these distinct to do nothing. received a small hamper US energy independence bon rules — both in terms of fighting estimates more general indications Congress has failed to pass a plan and leadership,” according to Lauren global warming and in terms of cleaner than precise outlines of the relevant tailored to cut US greenhouse emis- measure of justice Sheehan of the American Coalition air — outstrip the inevitable costs many economic considerations. sions over the next few decades. So for Clean Coal Electricity. Those on times over. On Tuesday, the Council of Still, general indications are enough. the EPA has had to rely on the tools and a reminder that the other side of the debate argued Economic Advisers released a sepa- Here’s the reality: The world is warm- Congress gave it in the Clean Air Act to justice may not be that those sorts of things would rate analysis finding that each decade ing, scientists say humans are respon- jury-rig a carbon-reduction system suf- happen without strong efforts to slash action on carbon emissions is delayed sible, the United States has contributed ficiently ambitious to give the US cred- swift, but justice is greenhouse emissions. Punctuating the increases the cost of meeting carbon more than any other nation to the ibility to demand meaningful sacrifices resolute. point, the Moms Clean Air Task Force targets by 41 percent, and that act- carbon dioxide that is already in the from other nations. John Kerry brought children to EPA headquarters ing in a timely manner is economically atmosphere, and the problem won’t WP-BLOOMBERG US Secretary of State FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Ukraine invasion threat is beyond bluff

to get into lockstep with them. If Ukraine backs But even though Putin still prefers the intervention route, it makes sense down on a siege of for him to brace for invasion. The mere threat has strategic benefits: it’s pri- marily a deterrent against Ukrainian the rebel stronghold President Petro Poroshenko, demon- strating the consequences for a siege of cities — or fails Donetsk and Luhansk. In addition, it makes the West focus on the question of ‘Will Russia invade or not — we are still in invade?,’ drawing attention away from the blurrier forms of intervention that Putin the long game of is already engaging in. Make no mistake: Putin’s preparations are not just a bluff to deter and obfus- intervention. That cate—it’s also his backup plan. If Ukraine backs down on a siege of the seems most likely, rebel stronghold cities — or fails — we are still in the long game of intervention. given the difficulties That seems most likely, given the dif- ficulties of the Ukrainian military engag- ing in street-to-street urban warfare. But of the Ukrainian if the Ukrainian military does rout the separatists, invasion may be the only card military engaging Putin has left. How would he go about invading? He has already laid the groundwork: it will in street-to-street be under the guise of a peacekeeping mis- sion, responding to the rebels’ calls for urban warfare. humanitarian assistance. There are reports of Russian vehicles retrofitted with peacekeeping insignias BY IAN BREMMER already present on the border. Putin did “respect” the Donetsk and Luhansk krainian troops have made People attend a rally against Russia on Kiev’s Independence Square on March 2, 2014. referenda declaring their independ- huge headway routing the ence from Ukraine: he could conceivably separatists in the east. They At all costs, Vladimir Putin wants unable to concede this. So Putin can get foremost, the Russian people are opposed. invade and still make the incredible claim are in the process of choking to keep Ukraine in Russia’s orbit. That it the hard way (intervention), or the While the vast majority of Russians agree that it is not truly Ukrainian territory. off the cities of Luhansk and requires two guarantees: harder way (invasion). with Putin’s current Ukraine policy, a The peacekeeping pretext would not UDonetsk, to which many of the separatists 1) That Russian influence over south- Sustained intervention is Putin’s cur- recent Levada poll revealed that 51 per- soften the harsh American response. have retreated. The Ukrainian military east Ukraine will remain intact, and rent and preferred approach, where he cent of Russians oppose an invasion and But perhaps it could keep some appears primed to besiege the cities. As 2) That Russia has a de facto veto over can foment enough instability through only 29 percent are in favour. European countries dragging their feet— Ukraine has gained, Putin has prepared Ukrainian Nato membership. The way the separatists that a unified Ukraine Taking and holding the territory would and other BRICS countries firmly on the Russia for invasion: 20,000 combat-ready he gets these guarantees is through deep cannot pull away from Russia. The “long come at tremendous economic cost, sidelines. troops are amassed at the border. The federalisation, where Ukraine’s eastern game” is more Russian arms provi- and once Slav-on-Slav bloodshed gets For now, Putin’s best option is still chance that Russia invades is certainly regions can set their own foreign eco- sions and economic pressure until Kiev broadcast back in Russia, Putin’s popu- intervention over invasion. But Ukrainian going up. nomic policy and veto approaches to is forced to accept a deeply Russia- larity would plummet. Also, overt inva- military gains could shift his calculus. But it’s still Russian President Vladimir Nato. influenced federal system. sion would elicit a move towards much Invasion is more than just a bluff and a Putin’s Plan B. Here’s why that’s the case Of course, Ukrainian President Petro Direct invasion would come with a more acute, Iran-like sanctions from the bargaining chip — the risk is very real. … and what could change his mind. Poroshenko is completely unwilling and much more staggering price tag. First and United States, with Europe more willing REUTERS

US immigration action echoes emancipation Violence or vaccines: Which path will US take in Africa?

There’s just one problem: The US BY MICHAEL SHANK system does not let the president frica is the new frontier for the US Defence Department. The Pentagon has applied counterterrorism tactics throughout make laws on his own, no matter the Middle East and, to a lesser extent, Central and South AAsia. Now it is monitoring the African continent for coun- terterrorism initiatives. It staged more than 546 military exercises on how good his intentions. the continent last year, a 217 percent increase since 2008, and is now involved in nearly 50 African countries. US military and police aid to all Africa this year totalled nearly BY CHARLES LANE Still, its impact would be $1.8bn, with additional arms sales surpassing $800m. In terms of ensur- dramatic, and might define ing Africa’s safety and security, however, the return on this investment ot since Abraham Obama’s legacy as powerfully as is questionable. What if, for example, that money was instead spent Lincoln pondered the Emancipation Proclamation eradicating pervasive viruses that are undermining Africa’s future? his Emancipation defined Lincoln’s. Yellow fever vaccination doses cost less than $1.00 and hepatitis B NProclamation in 1862 There’s just one problem: Our vaccination doses cost 25 cents or less. These viruses, and their deadly has a president considered order- system does not let the president bedfellows like Ebola, are the real threats terrorising African com- ing a more sweeping adjustment make laws on his own, no matter munities — and more deserving of US defence dollars. to membership in the American how good his intentions. The Pentagon’s serious ramp-up in funds and focus is an apparent community than the mass relief Lincoln himself was aware Relatives talk to deported immigrants through the US-Mexico border fence. response to the rise of groups like Boko Haram in Nigeria, Al Shabaab for illegal immigrants that that he needed constitutional in Somalia and the various insurgencies throughout Mali, Libya and President Barack Obama is said authority for the proclamation, Of the top ten countries accept- do about it. Uganda. Yet the heavy US military footprint is doing little to address to be contemplating. invoking, plausibly, his power as ing resettled refugees in 2006, the Immigrants are motivated to the pressing socioeconomic needs of impoverished people in the Horn There is obviously no analogy commander in chief: Depriving United States accepted more than leave their countries for a vari- of Africa or politically and economically marginalised communities in between slavery and the dis- the South of forced labour and twice as much as the next nine ety of reasons, including a desire West Africa. advantages the undocumented making erstwhile slaves potential countries combined. for economic prosperity, politi- The violence in these countries — from Nigeria in the west to Somalia face today. Among many other Union soldiers would help win the The president himself put the cal issues, family re-unification, in the east — is getting worse, despite increasing US drone strikes, airs differences, the undocumented war, he argued. point rather well in 2011 when he escaping conflict or natural disas- trikes, military advisers, joint special operations and other counterter- arrived voluntarily, searching, The proclamation rather deftly said that “there are enough laws ter, or simply the wish to change rorism tactics. Relying on hard power in Africa does not address the often successfully, for a better life. calls itself “an act of justice war- on the books by Congress that one’s surroundings. root causes behind the many extremist groups. Also, they established residence ranted by the Constitution upon are very clear in terms of how Congress could pass a law over- Consider Somalia. US military and police aid to this war-torn coun- unlawfully, for which there must military necessity.” we have to enforce our immi- riding his action, which he would try totals more than $72m this year, which includes weapons acqui- be some reckoning. With no war or other crisis gration system that for me to veto. Impeachment also would sitions, military training and tactical support on the ground. Yet in Still, the essentially permanent to invoke, Obama would have to simply through executive order fail, and wouldn’t necessarily Mogadishu, where I visited last year, Al Shabaab reportedly recruits presence of some 11 million people rely on more tenuous sources of ignore those congressional man- undo his order even if it suc- unemployed youth with little more than $20 and a cell phone. whose labour and cultural contri- authority, presumably an exten- dates would not conform with my ceeded. The next United States In a country where one in five Somali children dies before age 5, butions benefit the United States sion of the prosecutorial discre- appropriate role as president.” president could rescind it — at we can and must do better — especially given the entirely prevent- — yet who must exist on the mar- tion he cited in his order relating Since then, Obama, like Lincoln great political hazard. able famine that killed 250,000 Somalis in 2010-2012. If we care about gins of society — creates dilemmas to childhood arrivals. before him, has been heavily lob- As for a lawsuit, who, exactly, curtailing recruitment by extremists on the Horn of Africa, we need both practical and moral. However, naturalisation of bied by the most ideologically would Obama’s order harm, in the to offer better alternatives with sustainable livelihoods. And the issue has this in com- aliens is an area over which the committed members of his politi- sense of a “concrete, particular- Cameroon is another example. When I was a US congressional mon with slavery: It’s a long- Constitution expressly grants cal base. ised injury” that the law requires staffer in 2011, we helped the Cameroon government launch an anti- standing debate over fundamental authority to Congress, and about Like Lincoln in 1862, he is also for standing to sue in federal malaria campaign. We delivered insecticide-treated mosquito nets rights that the nation’s demo- which Congress has legislated, facing losses in a mid-term elec- court? that cost roughly $10 per bed. In 2014, US military and police aid cratic institutions have proven abundantly, in the past. tion and weighing the benefits of Perhaps a state, or a business, to Cameroon came to nearly $1.5m, along with at least $7m in arms incapable of resolving, leading Obama might not be in pleasing party activists against that had to pay benefits to a newly sales. Combined, the total $8.5m could have bought 850,000 bed nets. to increasingly bitter partisan Supreme Court Justice Robert the costs of alienating those more waived-in immigrant could sue on If it’s about saving lives in Cameroon, the answer is more likely found conflict. Jackson’s permissive “zone of comfortable with the status quo. the grounds that the immigrant in bed nets than bombs. The ideological concept behind twilight,” where Congress retains Lincoln laboured over his con- is still illegal because Obama’s Going forward, the African continent will need to work with the Obama’s grand slicing of the concurrent authority over a cer- stitutional case for the proclama- action was unconstitutional. international community to counter security threats facing each coun- Gordian knot of immigration, if tain issue generally but has nei- tion not only because he felt it was But we’re really getting hypo- try, whether food-, water- or resource-related, or problems with non- he attempts it, would be akin to ther granted nor denied authority his duty to do so, but also because thetical now; the slaveholder com- state actors. The question is how. that which drove Lincoln’s action: for a specific presidential action. he knew that a sound constitu- plaint that Lincoln feared was More big-business engagement by multinationals like Coca-Cola the president as liberator. He could instead be tak- tional argument would fortify the more readily imaginable. (which pledged to invest $5bn in Africa over six years) and Marriott The proposal that’s being ban- ing measures “incompatible measure politically. In short, the broadest measure Hotels, as President Barack Obama promised on Tuesday in Washington died about — offering up to 5 mil- with the expressed or implied He also wanted to forestall Obama is considering would be at the US-Africa Leaders Summit, won’t directly or immediately help lion undocumented parents of will of Congress” — albeit past post-war court challenges by constitutionally dubious, politi- the impoverished and unemployed on the streets of Mogadishu or the US citizens and others the same Congresses — where, according aggrieved slaveholders. The 13th cally explosive and flatly con- marginalised in northern Nigeria. two-year renewable reprieves to Jackson, “the authority of the Amendment abolishing slavery tradictory to his own recently Africa-centric agendas, however, require longer game plans, with from deportation plus work per- President is at its lowest.” made that a moot point — which expressed views. development strategies that are locally owned, locally administered mits that Obama already ordered US immigration law distin- is one reason Lincoln fought so It would also bring many hard- and sustainably funded. The quick fix of a drone strike will likely only for undocumented residents who guishes between “immigrants” hard for its passage. working people out of the shad- increase the continent’s instability. The same applies to the quick fix arrived as children — wouldn’t who become lawful permanent In that regard, Obama’s pro- ows, make generations of Latinos of top-down corporate funding or aid relief. The real terror on the cover all illegal immigrants any residents and “non-immigrant” spective order might have an into Democrats and secure a place continent remains the elusiveness of a sustainable, grass-roots devel- more than Lincoln’s proclama- who may remain lawfully in the advantage over Lincoln’s: Even if in history for its author. opment agenda that is genuinely inclusive. tion freed every slave. (It omitted US for years, but who do not its constitutional basis is weak, And it might be impossible to That should be Washington’s focus. It’s time to stop looking at Africa Union-held territory.) obtain permanent resident status. it’s hard to see what anyone could stop. WP-BLOOMBERG through the barrel of a gun. REUTERS FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Russia bans Western food imports Move to hit West as Moscow bought $43bn worth of food last year Nato chief urges Russia MOSCOW/KIEV: Moscow imposed a total ban on imports of many Western foods yester- to withdraw troops day in retaliation against sanc- tions over Ukraine, a stronger KIEV: The head of Nato called than expected measure that iso- on Russia to “step back from No need for more US lates Russian consumers from the brink” of war by pulling its world trade to a degree unseen troops back from the Ukrainian military aid: Obama since Soviet days. border and warned further In eastern Ukraine, a Dutch intervention in Ukraine would WASHINGTON: US recovery team called off its work bring it greater isolation in the President Barack Obama at the site where Malaysian air- world. said Ukraine did not need liner MH 17 was shot down over Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the additional military assist- rebel held territory last month, US-led alliance’s secretary gen- ance to help fight insurgents saying the frontline location had eral, made his call yesterday dur- in the eastern part of the become too dangerous. Ukraine ing a visit to Ukraine in a show of country but a Russian inva- said the halt to the recovery solidarity after Nato warned of a sion would raise “a different meant it would stop observing a possible invasion by Russia which, set of questions.” ceasefire at the site, where it is it said, had massed 20,000 troops “Well keep in mind that the battling rebels that the West says near the frontier. Russian army is a lot bigger are armed and funded by Moscow. Saying Russia’s support for the than the Ukrainian army. So Russian share prices fell after rebels was growing in “scale and the issue here is not whether the announcement of Moscow’s sophistication”, Rasmussen said: the Ukrainian army has some one-year ban on all meat, fish, “I call on Russia to step back from additional weaponry,” Obama dairy, fruit and vegetables from the the brink, step back from the bor- said, noting that the sepa- United States, the 28 European der and not use peacekeeping as ratists had not been able to Union countries, Canada, Australia an excuse for war-making.” match the Ukrainian army’s and non-EU member Norway. Earlier, he and Ukrainian Prime strength so far despite causing Russia bought $43 billion worth Minister Arseny Yatseniuk dis- a lot of violence. REUTERS of food last year. It has become by cussed possible Western alliance far the biggest consumer of EU A worker arranges cheese for sale at a grocery store in Moscow yesterday. support for Ukraine’s defensive government forces had clashed fruit and vegetables, the second strength — excluding lethal aid 19 times with separatists in the biggest buyer of US poultry and suggested he might exclude some — even as the Kiev government’s 24 hours up to yesterday morning, a major global consumer of fish, popular products. But in the end, Russia threatens to block overflights forces continued losing men in often coming under artillery and meat and dairy. the bans announced by his prime clashes with pro-Russia separa- missile fire from within Russian President Vladimir Putin minister, Dmitry Medvedev, men- MOSCOW: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned that tists in the Russian-speaking east. territory. ordered his government to adopt tioned no exceptions. Russia could block overflights between Europe and Asia in The Kiev government “In the past 24 hours we have the measures to retaliate against Farmers in specific sectors in retaliation for Western sanctions. Medvedev said the Russian announced it was suspending a lost seven servicemen, and 19 Western countries who imposed Western producing countries are government was considering a series of measures in response to ceasefire with the rebels at the received wounds,” Lysenko said. sanctions on Russia’s defence, oil likely to suffer, but much of the Western sanctions that shut down the country’s first low-cost crash site of the Malaysian air- Regional authorities in and financial sectors over its sup- pain will be borne by Russians, airline. “First is a ban on using the airspace of our country for liner that was shot down on July Donetsk, the east’s main indus- port for rebels waging an insur- who will face higher prices and transit flights by European and US airlines in the ... Asia-Pacific 17, after an international mission trial hub and now the main rebel rection in east Ukraine. shortages of some goods, with region,” said Medvedev. halted recovery work there for redoubt, said one person had been He had promised to ensure inflation already rising, the rou- “Of course this is a severe measure. Nevertheless, we need to security reasons. killed at a medical facility when a that the measures would not ble falling and the economy hurt mention it,” he added. AFP Defence spokesman Andriy shell struck after a night of inten- hurt Russian consumers, which by capital flight. REUTERS Lysenko told journalists that sive artillery attacks. AFP

Russia grants Snowden Putin’s approval rating soars to 87 percent in Russia

MOSCOW: Russian President approved of Putin’s policies when the country is “moving in the But his positive image at home three-year residence Vladimir Putin’s domestic the study was conducted at the right direction”, against 19 per- contrasts sharply with how the approval rating has soared to beginning of August. cent who said Russia is on the Russian leader is viewed around MOSCOW: Former US intel- way to South America. 87 percent, pollsters said yes- The figure is just one per- wrong path. the world. ligence contractor Edward He was initially granted per- terday, the highest level in six cent lower than the Kremlin Putin’s rating shot up from 65 A poll by Pew Research last Snowden has been granted a mission to stay in Russia for one years as Russia is locked in a strongman’s historic popularity percent at the start of 2014 after month showed that Europeans three-year residence permit year, and the rapid deterioration standoff with the West over peak in August 2008 when Russia annexed Crimea in March and Americans view Russia more in Russia, his lawyer said yes- in the country’s ties with the US Ukraine. Moscow fought a brief war with and his popularity remains strong negatively than they did last year, terday, in the latest blow to made it increasingly unlikely that Nearly one in 10 Russians Georgia. as Moscow continues its show- with the percentage of Americans Moscow’s deeply strained rela- Snowden — a major public rela- polled by the independent In the August poll, 66 percent down with the West over the cri- holding an unfavourable view of tions with Washington. tions trophy for Moscow — would Levada research centre said they of Russians said they think that sis in eastern Ukraine. Moscow up 29 percent. AFP “The request was accepted and be forced to leave. accordingly Edward Snowden was Kucherena said to his knowl- given a three-year residence per- edge there had been no discus- mit” which allows him to move sion of handing Snowden over about freely and travel abroad, to the United States, nor had lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told Washington made any recent Prince William journalists. “In the future Edward requests for his extradition. will have to decide whether to Snowden’s lawyer added he to become air continue to live in Russia and had had no recent contact with become a citizen or to return to US officials. the United States,” Kucherena Snowden has led a reclusive life ambulance pilot added. in Moscow, with his exact loca- The 31-year-old is wanted in tion kept a close secret. He has LONDON: Britain’s Prince the United States on espionage given only a handful of interviews William, second-in-line to the charges. The former National and made no public appearances, throne, is to start work as an air Security Agency contractor shook although several sightings in ambulance helicopter pilot next the American intelligence estab- Moscow have been reported by year, his office said yesterday. lishment to its core with a series Russian media. Kucherena said William, 32, was previously a of devastating leaks last year on Snowden “moves about relatively search and rescue pilot with the mass surveillance in the US and freely and visits stores, museums Royal Air Force and took part in around the world. and theatres.” over 150 search and rescue opera- The revelations sparked a mas- On Tuesday, pro-Kremlin tions. William will be based at sive row over the data sweeps website Life News ran a close- Cambridge and Norwich Airports conducted by the United States up picture of a smiling Snowden in eastern England, flying both day domestically and in allied nations, wearing a suit and sitting near a and night shifts, his office said in including of their leaders. gilded pillar, saying it was taken a statement. Starting as co-pilot, Relations between Washington at the historic Bolshoi theatre he can qualify as a helicopter and Berlin, for example, have during an opera in July. commander after a minimum of faced rare turbulence because Commenting on reports that five months training, ending in 14 of revelations that German Snowden is working as a risk ana- examinations and a flight test. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell lyst, Kucherena was evasive, but William starts training in phone was tapped. said that the computer specialist September and will be an employee Snowden ended up in Russia is “working within his profession”, of Bond Air Services, making him a year ago after spending weeks had a salary, and was acting as Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge and the wife of Prince William, at the ‘Blood swept Lands and Seas of Red’ the first member of the royal fam- in the transit area of Moscow’s a sort of consultant. He added poppy installation in the Tower of London in London. Cate Blanchett and Lupita Nyong’o, both Oscar-winning ily in the direct line of succession to Sheremetyevo airport. His US Snowden had also been helping actresses and favourites on Hollywood’s red carpet, made Vanity Fair’s 2014 international best dressed list and sign an employment contract with passport had been revoked on his as a rights defender. AFP Catherine was named to its Hall of Fame. a civilian employer. REUTERS

Ebola sparks states of emergency across Africa Spanish priest with Ebola MADRID: A fast-spreading Since breaking out earlier this and were infected with Ebola There is no proven treatment flies home for treatment Ebola epidemic sparked states year, the epidemic has claimed while taking care of patients in or cure for Ebola and the use of emergency in overwhelmed 932 lives and infected more than Monrovia were taken back to the of the experimental drug has MADRID: An elderly Spanish missionary infected with the deadly west African nations yesterday 1,700 people across west Africa, United States for treatment in sparked controversy as Ebola Ebola virus in Liberia landed in Madrid yesterday, the first patient as the death toll neared 1,000. according to the World Health recent days. experts call for it to be made in the fast-spreading outbreak to be evacuated to Europe for treat- In Liberia, where the dead lay Organisation. They have been showing signs available to African victims. ment. A specially equipped military Airbus A310 carrying 75-year-old in the streets, lawmakers gath- Ebola causes severe fever and, of improvement after being given Liberia President Ellen Roman Catholic priest Miguel Pajares landed at the Spanish capital’s ered to ratify a state of emergency in the worst cases, unstoppa- an experimental drug known as Johnson Sirleaf declared a state Torrejon air base at 8:15 am (0615 GMT), the Defence Ministry said. while Sierra Leone sent troops to ble bleeding. It is transmitted ZMapp, which is hard to produce of emergency of at least 90 days The priest tested positive for Ebola at the Saint Joseph Hospital in guard hospitals and clinics han- through close contact with bodily on a large scale and have been on Wednesday, saying extraordi- the Liberian capital Monrovia where he worked with patients suffering dling Ebola cases. Nigeria held out fluids, and people who live with or showing signs of improvement. nary measures were needed “for from the hemorrhagic fever. The plane, hurriedly equipped with plastic hope it could receive an experi- care for patients are most at risk. The vast majority of those the very survival of our state”. isolation tents before being dispatched from Madrid, also brought back mental US-developed drug to halt Two Americans who worked for infected face a far inferior level Liberia’s parliament is to ratify Spanish nun Juliana Bonoha Bohe, who had worked at the same hospital, the spread of the virus. Christian aid agencies in Liberia of health care at home. the decision. AFP the ministry said. AFP FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Former Khmer Rouge chiefs jailed for life Duo guilty of crimes against humanity: Judge

PHNOM PENH: Two former “It is unjust for my client. He me. It is a victory and an historic Khmer Rouge leaders were did not know or commit many of day for all Cambodians,” she said. jailed for life yesterday after these crimes,” Son Arun, a lawyer She was among tens of thou- being found guilty of crimes for Nuon Chea, told reporters. sands forced from her home in against humanity by Cambodia’s Prosecutors had sought the the capital at gunpoint in 1975 UN-backed court, the first-ever maximum life terms for the by the Khmer Rouge’s peasant sentences for leaders of the defendants, who played key army, as the regime tried to cre- murderous regime. roles in a regime which left up ate a communist agrarian utopia. “Brother Number Two” Nuon to two million people dead dur- The plan spectacularly back- Chea, 88, and former head of state ing the “Killing Fields” era from fired, leading to the collapse of Khieu Samphan, 83 -- the most 1975-1979. the economy and mass starva- senior surviving Khmer Rouge Nuon Chea, wearing his trade- tion, while Khmer Rouge cad- leaders -- betrayed no emotion mark sunglasses, sat in a wheel- res embarked on a bloody purge in the dock, but regime survi- chair in the dock as the verdict of perceived enemies of their vors outside the court wept and was read, while Khieu Samphan revolution. applauded as the sentences were stood next to him. The defendants had throughout handed down. The ruling, which follows a the trial denied knowledge of the Cambodia’s former Khmer Rouge president Khieu Samphan (left) and ‘Brother Number Two’ Nuon Chea listen as Judge Nil Nonn said the pair two-year trial, is likely to bring regime’s crimes at the time. But their verdicts are delivered by the court, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh yesterday. were “guilty of the crimes against a level of relief to those who sur- they both eventually expressed a humanity, of extermination... vived the Khmer Rouge years. level of remorse for the suffering political persecution, and other “This is the justice that I have inflicted on the Cambodian people while still on trial. His wife Ieng their advanced age and the large In its breakthrough first trial, inhumane acts.” been waiting for these last 35 by the Khmer Rouge. Thirith was released in 2012 after number of accusations. the court in 2010 sentenced Their lawyers said they would years,” said 70-year-old survivor Despite the verdict, many being ruled unfit for trial due to Led by “Brother Number One” former prison chief Kaing Guek appeal the verdict, but the judge Khieu Pheatarak, one of a few observers and victims fear the poor health. Pol Pot, who died in 1998, the Eav, better known as Duch, to 30 said the gravity of the crimes dozen survivors at the Phnom ageing Khmer Rouge leaders may The complex case against Nuon Khmer Rouge dismantled mod- years in prison -- later increased meant they “shall remain in Penh-based court to hear the ver- not survive to serve much of their Chea and Khieu Samphan was ern society with regime atroci- to life on appeal -- for overseeing detention until this judgment dict. “I will never forget the suf- sentence. Former foreign minister split into a series of smaller tri- ties affecting virtually every the deaths of 15,000 people. becomes final.” fering but this is a great relief for Ieng Sary died aged 87 last year als in 2011 for reasons including family in Cambodia. AFP

Dhaka protest Malaysian suspects admit killing UK students

KUALA LUMPUR: Four The medical students were on when the two Britons, who had had prior criminal records. Malaysian men arrested in a six-week placement in a hos- been drinking, began arguing Malaysia is generally a safe connection with the stabbing pital in Kuching as part of their loudly between themselves in a country for foreign visitors but deaths of two British medical studies. local bar. some recent incidents have sullied students have confessed to the Police have arrested four male The four Malaysian suspects, that image. killings that occurred after an suspects, aged between 19 and who had also been drinking, con- Malaysian police in early June alcohol-fuelled argument, police 30, and confiscated a knife they fronted the medical students and found the body of 34-year-old said yesterday. believe was used in the killings. told them to be quiet, he added. British tourist Gareth Huntley The bodies of the two Newcastle “All the four men have admit- “Then one of the British stu- on the resort island of Tioman. University students were found ted to the crime. We are inves- dents slapped one of the locals, They are yet to announce the early Wednesday lying in a road tigating them for murder,” Chai turned over a table, and walked cause of death. in Kuching, capital of the state of Khin Chung, Sarawak’s deputy out,” he said. Last month, a court sentenced Sarawak on Borneo island. police chief, said by phone. They The locals followed in a car, and to death a Malaysian shopkeeper The victims have been iden- could face the death sentence. one of them attacked the Britons for the killing of French tourist tified as Neil Dalton and Aidan Chai said initial investigations with the knife. Stephanie Foray in May 2011, also Brunger, both 22. indicated the incident started Chai said some of the suspects on Tioman. AFP

China to build lighthouses on five isles Chinese rights lawyer freed BEIJING: China plans to build of the sea, at odds with Vietnam Drummond Island and Pyramid lighthouses on five islands in the and the Philippines in particular. Rock are in the China-controlled South China Sea, state media The state-run China News Paracel Islands - more than 100 from detention reported yesterday, in defiance Service said Chinese authorities small coral islands and reefs also of calls from the United States had been surveying sites for light- claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. BEIJING: A Chinese human and the Philippines for a freeze houses on five islands, known in It was not clear whether the rights lawyer whose secret on such activity to ease tension English as North Reef, Antelope other three islets where light- detention and alleged tor- over rival claims. Reef, Drummond Island, South houses will be built are also in ture by Communist authori- At least two of the islands upon Sand and Pyramid Rock. disputed waters. ties prompted an international which China said it will put up The survey began on July 27, The proposal to freeze activi- outcry was released yesterday lighthouses appear to be in waters and “as of August 4 construction ties that could stir tension in the after a three-year jail sentence. also claimed by Vietnam. sites and alternative locations for sea, such as building installations Gao Zhisheng, who defended Overlapping claims in the lighthouses on the five islands and and exploiting resources, was put some of China’s most vulnerable South China Sea have fuelled con- reefs had been initially decided forward by the United States people including Christians and frontation in recent months with upon,” the news service said, quot- last month and taken up by the coal miners, has been held largely Policewomen, armed with tear gas and batons, forcing a garment work- China, which claims 90 percent ing a Chinese navigation official. Philippines. REUTERS incommunicado by authorities. ers union leader out of a factory yesterday. Some 400 workers had been “He is out (of jail), but he has staging a 10-day hunger protest for back pay and holiday bonus. not returned home -- he’s at his Asean meet venue father-in-law’s house in Urumqi,” Gao’s relative said by telephone. The relative added that Gao’s HK tycoon to sue Google over ‘triad’ health was “normal, good,” but asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. HONG KONG: A billionaire suggested when Yeung’s name is “attribute negative connotations” It was not clear whether Gao, Hong Kong tycoon has said he typed in to the Google search box. to any individual. 50, will still be subject to some will sue Google over search The names of triad gangs “14k” But a high court judge dis- form of house arrest. His wife results which link him to and “Sun Yee On” also come up missed Google’s bid to stop the Geng He, who fled to the United organised criminal gangs, after when the business tycoon’s name lawsuit on Wednesday. States, said she was “worried” he a court dismissed the Internet is searched. “There is a good arguable case would face further restrictions giant’s objections. Google asked a local court to that Google is the publisher of the following his release. Albert Yeung first filed a law- discharge the case in December words and liable for their publica- Gao was convicted of “sub- suit against Google in August 2012, saying it did not have any tion,” judge Marlene Ng said in version of state power” in 2006, 2012 when it refused to stop the merit. the ruling. and given a suspended sentence word “triad” being linked to his The company argued that “Yeung said his personal and of three years in prison. He was name through the search engine’s no human input was used for business reputation had been immediately placed under house “auto-complete” function. its auto-complete search func- “gravely injured” by the offend- arrest and put on probation for A guard walks at the lobby of the Myanmar International Convention “Triad” is automatically tion and that the results did not ing words. AFP five years. AFP Center, the venue for the 47th Asean Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Naypyidaw. The three-day meet starts today. Thailand opens national assembly, junta tightens grip on power

BANGKOK: Thailand inau- Vajiralongkorn, was yet another confidence they will look inwards The country became increas- Three members have since Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, gurated a new national assem- demonstration of the army’s tight and listen less to public opinion. ingly divided along political lines stepped down leaving a 197 mem- Thaksin’s sister. bly dominated by military grip on power after it seized con- Long- term we could see more after his ouster. On the one ber assembly in charge of appoint- The NLA is likely to nominate figures yesterday, in what the trol in May following months of rumblings of discontent because side are Thaksin’s supporters ing an interim prime minister in junta chief General Prayuth Chan junta has said is a step toward political conflict. let’s not forget there are still and on the other are the urban the coming weeks. Ocha, the commander who led the the transition of power back to “This is a public show of unity many critics of the military.” middle class and ultra-nation- The army seized power in May May coup, as the new prime min- democratic government. by the military. They appear more In 2006 the army ousted then- alists aligned with the royalist after months of street protests ister, some of its members said. A But for some the muted cer- confident than the last set of coup premier Thaksin Shinawatra, establishment. left the country teetering on the temporary constitution adopted emony, attended by senior leaders,” Kan Yuenyong, an ana- known for his populist policies The junta appointed a National brink of more bloodshed after last month laid the framework for military officers in crisp white lyst at the Siam Intelligence Unit, which won him legions of loyal Legislative Assembly (NLA) of sporadic violence over the months a national reform plan rolled out military uniforms and presided said. voters among the rural and urban 200 people, including military killed at least 30 people. The dem- by the junta. over by Crown Prince Maha “The danger is that with this poor. officers and police last week. onstrations helped to oust Prime REUTERS FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PHILIPPINES Govt assures peace Weapons check talk won’t collapse Both sides remain determined to come up with draft

MANILA: Malacañang yes- to change the Constitution to enough time to hold a plebiscite terday doused speculations accommodate the demands of the and organize the Bangsamoro that talks between the govern- Milf, Coloma said both sides were Transition Authority. ment and the Moro Islamic working on finding a common The Bangsamoro Transitional Liberation Front (Milf) on the ground and not concentrating on Authority will govern until the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law areas that were unacceptable to election of the first official lead- are on the verge of collapse. both panels. ers of the Bangsamoro political Presidential Communications The government and the entity in 2016. Operations Office Secretary Milf last March signed the Milf chief negotiator Mohaqher Herminio Coloma Jr appealed Comprehensive Agreement on Iqbal said they could not accept to all sectors not to spread base- the Bangsamoro seeking an end the proposed draft law of the gov- less reports that might lead to to armed conflict in Mindanao. ernment, as they would “lose face conflict. Both sides are currently ironing if we agree to this.” Coloma stressed both sides out a draft bill of the Bangsamoro “Their version clearly departed remain determined to come up Basic Law before it is submitted from the letter and spirit of the with a common draft. to Congress. peace agreement, which was the General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr (right), Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, inspects a marine’s He explained there could be no The government originally basis in crafting the proposed weapon during his visit to the Philippine Marine Corps’ headquarters in Taguig City, south of Manila, yesterday. radical provisions in the draft that planned to endorse the draft law law,” he said. Iqbal added about would violate the Constitution to Congress in May but the dead- 70 percent of the nearly 100-page and require Charter change. line was not met. draft Bangsamoro law was either Coloma said no one should The Milf previously said the deleted or revised by Aquino’s sow doubt at this time when Constitution has to be amended to lawyers who reviewed the docu- PLDT buys there were hurdles to overcome finally put to rest the Mindanao ment for two months after it No term extension to finally bring lasting peace to conflict, an opinion not shared by was submitted in late April for 10pc stake in Mindanao. the government. vetting. He said government chief nego- Differing views between the two Under the pact, Milf agreed tiator Miriam Coronel-Ferrer had panels have delayed the submis- to disband its guerrilla force and for Aquino in 2016 Rocket Internet declared that both the govern- sion of the draft law to Congress. rebuild communities in exchange MANILA: Philippine Long ment and the Milf would endeav- Malacañang hopes that once for wider powers to control the MANILA: It’s a free country support for reforms instituted in Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), our to have an acceptable draft. the draft bill is passed and region’s economy and society. where people can propose any- government. the country’s leading telecoms Asked if there would be a need becomes a law, there would be THE PHILIPPINE STAR thing, but Malacañang assured “That was my impression of provider, said yesterday it was the public yesterday that him. The President is thankful buying a 10-percent share in President Aquino is commit- that the people continue to sup- German Internet developer ted to serve just one fixed term port him and his righteous path Rocket Internet for $445m. of six years and will step down policy,” he said. The partnership will allow from office in 2016. However, the option to stick to the two companies to “jointly Graphic smoking warnings delayed “The President is only count- just one fixed term of six years develop mobile and online pay- ing the remaining months, days remains and has not changed, ment technologies and services in office before he finally steps Coloma said. in emerging markets”, a PLDT down. He hasn’t even thought Thus, calls for a term extension statement said. “The strategic under ‘pressure from tobacco lobby’ of extending his term of office,” is nothing but a sentiment – no partnership will allow us to lev- Press Secretary Herminio Coloma more, no less, he stressed. erage our combined strengths in Jr said yesterday. He said Aquino Coloma’s statement was issued developing online and mobile pay- MANILA: Graphic warnings smoking even as it encourages a It is in the right direction but is not giving serious thought to after an online petition was made ment solutions in emerging mar- on Philippine cigarette packets politically powerful tobacco-grow- there are features we don’t like,” proposals of term extension. calling for Aquino to have six kets,” PLDT president Napoleon will not appear for almost two ing industry. he said. “The President is not giving more years in office, implying Nazareno was quoted as saying. years despite the law techni- The warnings will not appear The law mandates that the particular attention to those amendments in the Constitution PLDT cited its “experience and cally coming into force yes- on cigarette packs until about graphic warnings, showing the things nor is he encouraging to remove the provision that lim- intellectual property in mobile terday, with health officials May 2016, Calvadores said. harmful effects of smoking, anyone to make the move. It’s all its the tenure of a sitting presi- payments and remittance plat- blaming pressure from a pow- “The rationale was to give cig- should cover the bottom half of part of free expression in a free dent to just one term. forms”, often used by the many erful tobacco lobby. arette manufacturers a chance the cigarette pack. society,” Coloma said. Presidential spokesman Edwin Filipinos working abroad to send “We wanted only a six-month to use up the supplies that are Rojas described the provi- Asked why the President’s Lacierda on Wednesday gave hints money back home. (transition) period. But that is already in the market,” she added. sion giving cigarette companies allies had raised the idea at all, that while Aquino is opposed to It also cited the Berlin-based what the legislators said. There is Emer Rojas, head of the New 20 months to put out the warn- Coloma said it was a way to gauge charter change and does not want Rocket’s ability “to provide nothing we can do,” the leader of Vois Association, an anti-smok- ings and exhaust their stocks public sentiment and get feed- to extend his stay in power, he products and services for the the department’s tobacco control ing group, said a powerful bloc of of unmarked packs as “delaying back, adding that Aquino himself would be willing to listen to his ‘unbanked, uncarded and uncon- office, Marilisa Calvadores, said. legislators from tobacco-growing tactics”. had declared in a previous event “bosses” – the Filipino people. nected’ population in emerg- President Benigno Aquino regions had successfully watered Officials of the country’s that he wanted to know if he still “The President is sensitive to ing markets”. The investment signed the bill into law in July down the law. tobacco industry association could enjoyed public support. the voice of his boss, so let us just will entitle PLDT to one seat on after political wrangling by a “This (law) was a compromise not be contacted for comment. Coloma said Aquino has wait for it,” Lacierda said. Rocket’s nine-member supervi- government that discourages but it is far better than nothing. AFP been thankful for the people’s THE PHILIPPINE STAR sory board. AFP

The Sokol helicopter inside the camp of 103rd Army Brigade in Kampo Ranao Marawi City, Southern Philippines, yesterday. Military escort chopper crashes in Marawi

MANILA: Two persons were Division chief Maj Gen Airport in Cagayan de Oro at explode so no one among us hurt after a Sokol helicopter Ricardo Visaya, 4th Infantry about 3.13pm. died,” Visaya said. carrying an Army general Division Inspector-General Col Armed Forces chief Gen The government acquired a and providing escort to two Alexander Macario, five staff Gregorio Catapang has ordered total of eight Sokol combat util- cabinet officials crashed in members of Gazmin and four Air Force chief Lt Gen Jeffrey ity helicopters worth P2.8bn Marawi City yesterday after- crew members, including two Delgado to determine the cause from Polish firm PZL-widnik noon, officials said. pilots. of the accident. SA. The package includes Reports reaching Camp “As a result of the crash, Visaya said he was in Marawi ground support equipment, Aguinaldo said the ill-fated one crew from the chopper to accompany Gazmin, Roxas spare parts, support services aircraft crashed at 2.23pm was wounded in action while and Energy Secretary Jericho and training for aircrew and upon its take off at the 103rd another civilian was injured,” Petilla as they try to solve the maintainers. Infantry Brigade headquarters Armed Forces public affairs power problems in the area. The first batch, which con- in Marawi City. chief Lt Col Ramon Zagala He said the helicopter sisted of four helicopters, The helicopter, a backup for said. appeared to have difficulties arrived in February 2012 while another Sokol carrying Defence Cpt Franco Suelto identified flying about two to three min- the second batch, which con- Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and the wounded persons as Air utes after it took off. The heli- sisted of two Sokols, was deliv- Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, Force S/Sgt Darius Valdes and copter was about 50 feet from ered nine months later. The reportedly lost control after it Santiago Savedra. the ground when the problem final batch composed of two was struck by heavy winds. The other Sokol carrying manifested. helicopters arrived February The helicopter that crashed Gazmin and Roxas arrived “The helicopter turned left last year. was carrying 4th Infantry safely at the Langundingan and then crashed. It did not THE PHILIPPINE STAR FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Cleric threatens march to topple govt Islamabad denies arrests of Tahir-ul-Qadri’s supporters

LAHORE: A populist cleric after cricket hero turned oppo- against Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri fol- threatened yesterday to march sition leader Imran Khan lowing a complaint by a citizen,” on the Pakistani capital and announced he would hold “the Mashhood said. overthrow the government of biggest protest in the history of “Appropriate action will be Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan” on August 14, the date taken if needed,” he added. days after an opposition leader of the country’s creation, to force Khan, who leads the third promised a massive anti-gov- the government into holding fresh largest party in Pakistan’s par- ernment rally to push for fresh elections. liament, has long complained elections. Qadri, who is normally Canada- of massive rigging in the 2013 Tahir-ul-Qadri alleges that based, returned to Pakistan in general election which saw more than 500 of his followers June to lead what he terms a the country’s first transition have been arrested by police in a ‘peaceful revolution’. of power from one civilian-led campaign of intimidation, leaving The cleric had previously government to another, though him with no choice but to revolt announced a mass prayer ses- foreign observers said the poll if it continues. sion for the victims of June’s vio- was ‘credible’. A statement released by his lence to be held on August 10 in Analysts have said the protests Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) the eastern city of Lahore but it risk undermining Pakistan’s frag- cited Qadri as saying: “If the is unclear whether he plans to ile democracy and emboldening government continues with the march on the capital the same the all-powerful army, which has arrests of PAT workers or tries to day. ruled the country for half its mod- arrest me, we will have no option A religious moderate, Qadri ern history. left to immediately announce a commands tens of thousands of Protest marches have played call for the revolution.” followers and held a disruptive a key role in Pakistan’s political Authorities have so far denied four-day sit-in protest against history, most recently in 2009 that any arrests have been made. the government in 2013, months when Sharif and lawyers held a But clashes between Qadri sup- ahead of the election that saw so-called ‘long march’ to restore porters and police in June this Sharif sweep to power. controversially sacked judges. year left 14 activists dead in a Punjab law minister Rana Slain former premier Benazir rare example of political violence Mashhood said that police had Bhutto led a similar march with in the relatively peaceful Punjab launched an investigation into hundreds of thousands of sup- province. Qadri over charges relating to porters in 1993 which contrib- Police stand guard as barricades, razor wire and trucks are placed to block access to the home of activist cleric Qadri’s announcement will add civil disobedience. uted to the removal of Sharif’s Tahir-ul-Qadri, in anticipation of supporters gathering in front of the premises, in Lahore yesterday. to pressure on the government “A case has been registered first government. AFP

Sri Lankan leader to visit Pakistan Security forces nab Imran Khan wants vote recount ISLAMABAD: Sri Lankan ISLAMABAD: Pakistan constituencies of the National government opted to concede to President Mahinda Rajapakse Indian border guard Tehrik Insaf (PTI) Chairman Assembly where the PTI candi- the proposals of the PTI leader, will visit Pakistan later this Imran Khan’s demands for dates had to suffer defeat. the decision would be communi- month, official sources said immediate resignation of Prime Khan didn’t attach any other cated to the JI leaders today. yesterday. LAHORE: Pakistani security well,” she told a press briefing. Minister Nawaz Sharif and condition with the demand that It is understood that the gov- The announcement of Sri forces have arrested an Indian “A contact between the mili- holding of fresh polls in the he has sent to the prime minister. ernment would also submit coun- Lankan president’s visit to border guard for allegedly vio- taries of two countries was made country aren’t part of the sug- The premier has assured the ter proposals for a settlement. Islamabad came as the two coun- lating their de-facto border in yesterday and another contact is gestions to end the prevailing Jamaat delegation that he would Baloch, offering his comments tries concluded their fourth round the disputed Himalayan terri- expected soon.” political stalemate that he con- discuss with his colleagues about carefully, said that now the ball of foreign secretary level political tory of Kashmir, officials said “If he is not linked with any signed to the prime minister the proposal of the PTI leader is in the court of the government consultations. yesterday. matter harming our security, and through the Jamaat Islami (JI) and respond in due course after and the onus of finding a way No dates have been given for “An Indian national has appears clear in the investigation, chief Sirajul Haq, sources said deliberations. for normalising the situation is the visit. been arrested who crossed into he may be released after complete yesterday. When contacted, Baloch, to a squarely on the shoulders of the Foreign Office Spokesperson Pakistani territory,” a senior offi- investigation of the matter,” she Haq met Khan at his Islamabad specific query, made it clear that government. Tasneem Aslam said that dates cial from the paramilitary rangers added. residence on Wednesday and later Khan didn’t refer to his demands He was of the view that things for the visit have not been final- said without elaborating on the The two countries have fought had a meeting with Sharif at the for the resignation of the prime must be settled in a decent man- ised as yet. circumstances of the arrest or the two of their three wars as well as PM’s House. minister and holding of fresh ner without creating a situation. “The consultations prepared exact location. a smaller conflict over the terri- JI Secretary General Liaquat elections in the country or dis- He said that the Constitution ground for President Mahinda Tasnim Aslam, a spokeswoman tory, one of the most militarised Baloch and former member of banding of the current Election and democratic norms must be Rajapakse’s visit to Pakistan later for the Foreign Office, confirmed zones in the world. the National Assembly from Commission of Pakistan. respected and upheld as both this month,” the joint statement the incident, which occurred on About a dozen rebel groups Islamabad Mian Aslam also The JI is the major coali- the parties must demonstrate issued after the secretary level Wednesday. have been fighting Indian forces accompanied him. tion partner of Khan’s party in maturity while dealing with the parleys said. “Yes, we have arrested an in the Muslim-majority region According to Baloch, Khan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province issues. Leaders of Pakistan and Sri Indian border security official. since 1989 for Kashmir to be has extended the sole demand and its leaders are returning to The Jamaat wants to play an Lanka during the upcoming visit He is currently under investi- made independent or incorpo- to the prime minister regard- Lahore. honest broker’s role. of President Rajapakse would gation and being treated very rated within Pakistan. AFP ing fair counting of votes in 35 It is likely that if the INTERNEWS ‘take stock of the bilateral rela- tions and identify potential areas for cooperation to the mutual Arms haul benefit of the countries and its people.’ Azadi Train from August 11 ISLAMABAD: State- managed Pakistan Railways will run ‘Azadi [Independence] Train’ on August 11 in con- nection with Independence Day celebrations and to create awareness among the masses especially younger generations about efforts and sacrifices rendered in creation of the motherland. The train will start its month- long journey from Peshawar on August 11 and reach Karachi on September 11. Two compartments of the train have been allocated to the Inter- Services Public Relations (ISPR) to various aspects of the Freedom Movement and services of armed forces. INTERNEWS Security officials display firearms seized during an operation in Zari district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, yesterday. At least 171 Taliban militants and 37 policemen were killed during the operation. Kerry hopes to defuse Afghan poll deadlock

KABUL: US Secretary of in the second round of voting could take until the end of the Under the deal agreed ver- State John Kerry arrived in is underway, neither candidate month for a winner to emerge bally during Kerry’s last visit, Afghanistan yesterday for his has openly endorsed the process at the earliest. the winning candidate will take second visit in under a month and the deadlock has raised the “We are hopeful the secre- the role of president and form to push a deal between the spectre of violent conflict along tary can obtain a commitment a government of national unity, country’s two presidential ethnic lines. by both candidates to a time- while the loser will assume the candidates on how to share Afghanistan’s Western back- line for completing the audit position of chief executive. power after an audit of a dis- ers hope the audit will pro- and agreeing on the details of The structure of that govern- puted election is complete. duce a legitimate president a national unity government,” ment, however, still needs to Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah before a Nato summit in early said a senior State Department be hammered out and the two Abdullah shook hands on an September, and Kerry will official who briefed reporters en candidates have widely diver- agreement to resolve the elec- meet both candidates as well as route to Kabul. gent views on how it should tion row after Kerry’s visit President Hamid Karzai to drive Nato desperately wants function. in July, but they remain far forward the deal. Afghanistan to have a leader A Western diplomat said the apart on critical components While Karzai has said the at the summit that was to be candidates had a friendly meet- of their pact to form a united next president will be inaugu- a crowning moment of its mis- ing earlier this week, agreeing government. rated on August 25, most offi- sion of more than a decade, and on five points, although much Although a painstaking audit cials involved in the process say before Western combat troops progress remained to be made. of all eight million ballots cast the deadline is optimistic and it withdraw at the end of 2014. REUTERS FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Cabinet nod to FDI hike in railways, defence Left parties criticise move, industry applauds decision NEW DELHI: India’s cabi- Left-wing parties accused needed after years of neglect. net has approved plans to open the government of “selling off” India struggles to fund upgrades its defence and railways indus- national assets, while industry of the network, partly devel- tries to foreign investment as applauded the move as critical for oped under British colonial rule, new Prime Minister Narendra moderisation of the sectors. because most of its revenues are Modi’s right-wing administra- The government, which spent on operating costs, and fears tion moves to reform and revive unveiled both plans in the budget of a major public backlash if fares the ailing economy. last month, is attempting to push are lifted. The cabinet agreed late on ahead with reforms after sweeping Railway and defence shares Wednesday to increase the limit to power at elections in May with were mostly trading up yesterday on foreign direct investment in the biggest mandate in 30 years. on the cabinet approvals, on the defence to 49 percent from 26 per- But its efforts hit a major hur- Bombay Stock Exchange. cent, and allow unlimited invest- dle this week, when the opposition Industry body FICCI said lifting ment in railway infrastructure, blocked its attempts to introduce the railway cap was critical “for officials said. legislation to lift investment in the introducing high-speed trains, Railway Minister Sadananda insurance sector. suburban corridors and dedicated Gowda yesterday said that for- Modi’s government wants to freight line projects” with public eigners would still be barred from speed up modernisation of its private partnerships. investing in railway operations, Soviet-era military after years But analyst Vishwas Udgirkar, a amid uproar in parliament over of slow procurement and the col- director of Deloitte India, warned the measures. lapse of deals over corruption against expecting a rush of invest- A youth makes his way through floodwaters at Kakharubasta village, near Kanas block in Puri district, some 55 “As far as the operating portion allegations. ment, saying foreign companies kilometres from Bhubaneswar in Odisha, yesterday. of the railways is concerned, cer- Investment in India’s vast and would first form joint ventures tainly we are not allowing FDI. (It crumbling state-run railway net- with India firms before taking is) only in infrastructure and other work, which carries 23 million cautious steps. areas,” Gowda told reporters. passengers a day, is desperately AFP Death toll from Odisha floods India offers to buy more US helicopters reaches 35; 1.8 million affected NEW DELHI: India has order of 39 AH-64D Apache factor that in, in the price negoti- offered to increase an order for helicopters in addition to the 22 ations,” said the defence ministry BHUBANESWAR: The floods He said the floods had affected Hirakud dam on the Mahanadi US Apache helicopters to drive now being negotiated, a defence official, asking not to be named in triggered by heavy rains in the nearly 1.8 million people and half- river in Sambalpur district were down costs as the two sides race ministry official said. The two line with ministry policy. past week have affected nearly a-million livestock while destroy- opened on Wednesday evening to close a $1.4bn deal, officials sides have been wrangling over The two sides are also in 1.8 million people in Odisha ing 15,943 houses so far. following heavy rain in the upper said, the first big military con- the price of the gunships in a deal talks to finalise a contract for with the death toll rising to 35, Crops over 208,911.9 hectares catchment area. tract since a new government estimated to be worth $1.4bn. the Indian Air Force to buy 15 an official said yesterday. have been damaged and 69,430 The released dam water has took office in New Delhi. The initial batch of helicopters CH-47F Chinooks, a twin-rotor Eight more deaths were people have been evacuated after already passed the delta head The Apache gunships and a is meant to replace the Indian Air helicopter capable of lifting heavy reported from 24 of the state’s rainwater flooded homes and Mundali in Cuttack and it is well deal for Chinook helicopters, both Force’s ageing fleet of Soviet-era loads, also valued at $1.4bn. 30 districts, taking the number streets. within the safe limit. built by Boeing, top the agenda aircraft and will be armed with Hagel’s trip is focused on con- of those killed in rain-and flood- A total of 243 free kitchens are “Therefore, the possibility of for visiting US Defence Secretary Hellfire and Stinger missiles. verging US and Indian interests related incidents since July to 35, being run to provide meals to the high flood in the downstream Chuck Hagel’s talks today with The Indian army has separately in the Asia-Pacific, the Pentagon a revenue and disaster manage- flood-affected. area is ruled out,” the official India’s administration led by requested a fleet of at least 39 of said. ment department official said. As many as 11 National said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. these attack aircraft, some of Hagel will discuss ways to Although the situation is fast Disaster Response Force teams Chief Minister Naveen Washington is keen to step up which will be deployed as part strengthen military cooperation becoming normal, the water and 30 Odisha Disaster Rapid Patnaik, who made an aerial defence cooperation with India, of a new mountain division it is with India, including exercises, level in the Mahanadi, Devi and Action Force teams are assisting survey of the flood-hit districts, which it sees as a key strategic raising along the disputed border defence, trade, co-production and Baitarani rivers is above the dan- the administration in rescue and said the situation was improving partner in Asia in the face of an with China, an army official said. co-development, Pentagon press ger mark at some places, he said. relief operations, he said. and announced that the flood- increasingly powerful and asser- “The point is we are looking secretary Navy Rear Admiral The situation continues to Authorities were anticipat- affected people will be provided tive China. at 60 to 70 pieces eventually, so John Kirby said. remain grim in Bhadrak and ing several coastal districts will relief for the next seven days. India has offered a follow-on the expectation is the vendor will REUTERS Jajpur districts, he added. be flooded after 50 gates of the IANS

Tendulkar fails to attend Tata, Trinamool in war of words Landslide rescue called parliament KOLKATA: A day after Ratan Firhad Hakim said the industri- has lost his mind,” Hakim said. off after 151 bodies found Tata said he could not see much alist might have “lost his mind” Asserting that Mitra’s anger NEW DELHI: As a crick- industrial activity in West after retiring as chairman of the was needless, Tata said in a state- MUMBAI: Rescue workers at belonging to the villagers, accord- eter, he enjoyed the status Bengal, the ruling Trinamool conglomerate. ment on Twitter that he would the site of a huge landslide in ing to the NDMA. of a deity in India. But just Congress in the state yesterday “He should carry on with his be delighted if the minister could western India last week yester- Officials visiting the site after months after hanging up his launched a scathing attack on hobby of flying. I am surprised show him the industrial projects day said they had called off their the disaster expressed concern boots, Sachin Tendulkar has the Tata Sons’ chairman emeri- that his company officials did not that he had missed out. search after finding 151 bodies. about the environmental balance come in for rare criticism for tus, saying he was “suffering brief him properly. He does not “Mitra might believe that I have Only eight survivors were res- in the area, where significant failing to attend a single ses- from delusion” and had “lost his know about the expansion of his lost my mind. I would be delighted cued from the mud and debris deforestation has taken place. sion of parliament this year. mind”. own group companies in West if he could show me what indus- after a hill gave way following Neighbours in the landslide- The 41-year-old, considered The veteran industrialist subse- Bengal... he is suffering from delu- trial development projects I missed heavy rains and came crash- prone area said they feared they one of the all-time cricketing quently hit back, saying he would sion,” Mitra said. while driving through Rajarhat. If ing down on a remote village in could be next. greats, promised to be a vocal be delighted if shown the develop- He said there was a long list of he cannot, then I would have to Maharashtra state on July 30. Roughly 20 households remain supporter of sport when he was ment projects he had missed out. industries eager to set up shop in conclude that he has a very fertile The relief effort, which was in Malin village, which was hit sworn in as a member of the He clarified that the comments Bengal. imagination,” Tata said. hampered by ongoing monsoon by the landslide, and they will upper house of parliament in concerned only his drive from the Continuing the attack, Hakim “I made no comment about downpours, was brought to a halt now be moved to a safer area, June 2012. Kolkata airport to a hotel via the asked why Tata wasn’t joining the industrial development of the late on Wednesday after the bod- a spokesman for the office of But parliamentary records Rajarhat area, and not the state. politics when he was making such state. Mitra’s comments are there- ies of all those feared trapped were Maharashtra’s chief minister said. show the former batsman has While state Finance and comments. fore, surprising,” he said. recovered, a spokeswoman for the “They have lost everything. not attended a single session Industries Minister Amit Mitra “Even a blind can see the devel- The ministers’ attack on Tata National Disaster Management Even then, the remaining people this year. He made it to just said Tata was suffering from opment that has happened around. was sharply criticised by political Authority (NDMA) said. are not ready to move, but we will three in 2013 and has so far not delusion and advised him that he Why doesn’t he join politics and rivals, who said the state’s indus- “The state government will convince them. A special officer participated in any debates in should indulge in his hobby of fly- directly jump into the fray instead trial scenario was precarious. now take over to decide on the will be assigned to look after the House. ing, Urban Development Minister of making comments. It seems he IANS future of the village,” she said. the whole rebuilding effort,” the Although Indian legislators Bulldozers and excavators also spokesman said. are notorious for failing to plucked out scores of dead cattle AFP show up, Tendulkar has the worst record of all, with just Flagging independence three percent attendance last year, according to the moni- toring group PRS Legislative Research. 204 Indians return from Libya The batsman was expected to be more of a presence this NEW DELHI: With 204 Indians returning yesterday and a flight year after retiring from cricket with another 216 set to leave today, about 1,500 Indians would have last November, and some law- left strife-torn areas of Libya by the end of this week. makers ventured veiled criti- External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin yester- cism of him on Wednesday day said: “Following the return of 204 Indian nationals today who — although none dared to men- have been brought back from Libya by a special Air India flight from tion him by name. Djerba (Tunisia), another Air India flight will bring back 216 Indians “These MPs were selected tomorrow.” so that they can be present The government had told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that the and make a difference in the Indian embassy in Tripoli has been issuing regular advisories to Indians, society. But I have never seen giving an update on the security situation while advising them to avoid him in the House,” Samajwadi conflict areas and to exit Libya with the facilitation of the embassy. Party MP Naresh Agarwal IANS told parliament on Wednesday, in an apparent reference to Tendulkar. D P Tripathi, an MP of the Nationalist Congress Party, said people who are not seri- Street food makes 70 children ill ous about attending parliament KOLKATA: Seventy children were admitted to a hospital in West should not be nominated to the Bengal’s Hooghly district yesterday when they fell ill after consum- House. “Their performance in ing street food, an official said. According to state health services the House has been despicable director B R Satpathi, the children fell ill after consuming ‘phuchka’. to say the least. This is an insult They were initially admitted to Khanakul Rural Hospital. “As many to the Indian parliament.” Workers prepare Indian national flags for Independence Day celebrations, at a shop in Mumbai yesterday. as 40 of them were referred to the Arambagh hospital. It was a case of AFP The country celebrates the anniversary of its independence from Britain on August 15. food poisoning due to ‘phuchka’. They are stable now,” Satpathi said. IANS FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Ukraine crisis threatens Kim’s day out EU recovery, says ECB Keeps borrowing rates at record low levels

FRANKFURT: The Ukraine crisis has heightened risks to the eurozone’s weak and une- ven economic recovery, and a tit-for-tat sanctions war could compound the problem, the European Central Bank said yesterday as it held borrowing rates at record low levels. ECB President Mario Draghi cited instability across the Middle East as well as tensions between Russia and Western countries over the conflict in Ukraine among factors weighing on growth North Korean leader Kim-Jong-un visits the Pyongyang Hosiery Factory, in this undated photo released in the single currency area. by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang yesterday. At a news conference after the bank’s monthly policy-setting meeting, he stressed the ECB was ready to resort to quantita- tive easing — printing money to World food prices hit six-month low buy securities — if the outlook ECB President Mario Draghi arrives for the news conference in Frankfurt. for inflation fell further. But he ROME: Global food prices hit a Abbassian said. “The first casual- used as a gauge of global food secu- brushed off July’s 0.4 percent The decision by the ECB’s measures like ABS purchases, like six-month low in July led mainly ties would be the domestic mar- rity. July’s price index figure was 1.7 reading, the lowest in more than Governing Council, with rep- QE, if our medium-term outlook by sharp declines in grains, ket, however it will have some percent below July 2013, its fourth four years, as a glitch due to tem- resentatives from the 18 coun- for inflation were to change,” the oilseeds and dairy, which bal- implications for the farmers in the consecutive monthly fall. porary energy and food price falls. tries that use the euro, had been ECB chief said. anced out rising meat and firm producing countries,” Abdolreza The Food and Agriculture “Geopolitical risks are height- expected by economists. The ECB expected strong sugar prices, the United Nations Abbassian said, pointing to a pos- Organisation’s (FAO) price index, ened, are higher than they were Many are now shifting their take-up for next month’s flood of food agency said yesterday. sible rise in unsold surplus stocks which measures monthly price a few months ago. And some attention to next year, when cheap money for banks to lend to Food prices are set to be stable in some exporter countries which changes for a basket of cereals, of them, like the situation in they hope the ECB will follow businesses, he said, adding that over the next 10 years, after glo- could depress prices further. oilseeds, dairy, meat and sugar, Ukraine and Russia will have a the United States and other real interest rates in the euro bal producers responded to price “I’m wondering what Poland averaged 203.9 points in July, greater impact on the euro area major central banks in launching zone would remain negative for shocks which led to violent pro- will do with all those extra apples down 4.4 points or 2.1 percent than they ... have on other parts a quantitative easing program. far longer - up to five years - tests in the last decade by raising and where the poultry from the from June. Global cereal prices of the world,” Draghi said. Draghi explicitly mentioned than in the United States. While output, the United Nations and United States is going to end up,” dropped thanks to excellent pro- Having cut interest rates to that option along with the possi- Thursday’s news conference did FAO said last month. Abbassian said. duction and export prospects in record lows in June, the euro- bility of buying asset-backed secu- not signal any change in policy, An import ban imposed by Abbassian said out that the many major producing countries, zone’s central bank kept them rities (ABS), despite the stated some economists said events could Russia to stop countries that have Russian ban — on imports of FAO said, bringing its cereal price steady, waiting to see whether reluctance of Germany’s influen- make the ECB act. “The euro- sanctioned Moscow over Ukraine fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk index to 185.4 points in July, down schemes such as the ultra-cheap tial Bundesbank. “I can only reaf- zone is at a crossroads and the from selling food there for the and dairy from the United States, 10.7 points or 5.5 percent from four-year loans to banks it will firm that the Governing Council economy can go either way,” said next year will likely have a lim- European Union, Australia, Canada June and as much as 36.9 points launch in September will prompt is unanimous in its commit- James Knightley, an economist ited effect on global food prices, and Norway — does not affect major below its level this time last year. them to lend more. ment to also use unconventional with ING. REUTERS senior FAO economist Abdolreza commodities like grains which are REUTERS Foreign oil firms brace for Mexico comeback QE index MEXICO CITY: Foreign The Congress had approved United States-Mexico Chamber to go to jail over trying to win to reassure companies that the posts 1.55pc energy firms have wanted to constitutional changes to of Commerce in south Texas, said. a bid and not doing it the right process will be “clean” and free return to Mexico since they the country’s energy laws in “Before people start to invest way,” Garcia said. of corruption, he said. were kicked out 76 years ago. December, but investors were millions of dollars they want to In Mexico City, local executives Raymundo Tenorio, econom- weekly gain Now that they have been invited waiting for lawmakers to pass the make sure they understand all from ExxonMobil and British ics director at the Monterrey back in, they are cautiously pre- final legislation that outlines the the legalities,” said Garcia, whose rival BP head an “energy task Technological Institute, said high paring their comeback. legal nuts and bolts. organization represents 100 firms force” to monitor developments taxes may temper some of the DOHA: Qatar Exchange index Well before Mexico’s Congress While the reform says foreign in America’s energy hub, includ- in the sector for the American excitement at first. gained 199.02 points, or 1.55 voted on Wednesday to imple- firms can sign profit- and pro- ing oil giant ExxonMobil. Chamber of Commerce of Mexico. “The tax burden will initially percent, in the past week as ment historic reform reopening duction-sharing contracts, they “We cannot yet run with the The two companies declined to discourage private initiatives to the bourse closed trading at the state-controlled sector to pri- will only see the fine print when ball because we are still taking comment. arrive in the way that we expect,” 13,076.33 points yesterday. vate investors, foreign companies the first auctions open next year, baby steps here. We still don’t But before bidding for contracts Tenorio said. “It’s a brutal tax During the week the trading followed every step of the legisla- experts say. have ‘project one’ yet,” he said. to drill for shale gas or deep- burden that will gradually come value surged to QR3.36bn from tion, hired lawyers and consulted Other concerns for inves- The chamber of commerce has water oil, companies will weigh down.” the previous week’s QR473m. tax experts. tors include navigating Mexico’s recently entered a “strategic alli- the risks, benefits and tax burden, Opponents of the legislation say The trading volume soared to President Enrique Pena Nieto notoriously corrupt institutions ance” with Pemex’s procurement said David Shields, a Mexico City- Mexicans are the ones who will be over 85 million shares from 11 must now sign the centrepiece of as well as drug cartel violence in office in Houston to help US com- based author of books on Pemex. on the losing end of the reform. million shares. his reform drive, which will break the oil- and gas-rich north. panies through the process. “It’s obvious that the big inter- The left fears that Pemex, The market capitalisation the monopoly held by state com- “There are a lot of attorneys Several companies are also national companies are interested Mexico’s main source of tax rev- increased to QR695bn, any pany Pemex since then president who have lots of work right now,” making sure their employees are in coming, but they want to see enue, will be privatized and that increase by 0.77 percent. Banks Lazaro Cardenas nationalised the Pete Garcia, executive director familiar with US foreign corrup- more,” he said. the country’s oil riches will leave and financial services led traded sector in 1938. of the Gulf Coast chapter of the tion laws because “nobody wants The government will also have the country. AFP value accounting for 30.37 per- cent of the total traded value. Real estate accounted for 29.13 percent. Industries accounted for Jeep, Dodge push Chrysler sales 18.12 percent, and consumer goods and services accounted for sector, which accounted for 11.60 percent. BoA likely to pay Real estate topped the number of transactions this week account- ing for 28.8 percent of the total $16-17bn settlement transactions. Banks and finan- cial services accounted for 26.82 percent. Industries accounted NEW YORK: Bank of America There is still a slim chance the for 22.74 percent, and consumer has tentatively agreed to pay a deal could fall apart, the source goods and services accounted for record $16bn to $17bn settle- added. 9.56 percent. ment to resolve allegations it The sum now being discussed is Of the 43 listed companies, misled investors on mortgage- billions above the level BofA said 38 companies ended this week linked securities, a person it was willing to accept earlier in higher, while five fell. familiar with the matter said. the talks, according to reports on Mazaya Qatar topped the The Justice Department settle- Wednesday in the New York Times traded value accounting for 11.96 ment — covering securities alleg- and the Wall Street Journal. percent of the total traded value. edly mis-sold ahead of the housing It would also exceed a record United Development Company bust — is expected to be revealed $13bn pact between JPMorgan accounted for 8.75 percent and by next week, according to the Chase and the Justice Department Industries Qatar accounted for source, who spoke on the condi- last November over similar 6.66 percent. tion of anonymity and confirmed allegations. Yesterday, the main index reports in US media. Large US banks continue to dropped 27.12 points, or 0.21 per- Under the preliminary agree- face massive settlements with US cent, to finish at 13,076.33 points. ment, the latest covering bank agencies over their work to pre- The trading value reached misconduct before the housing pare and sell securities that mis- QR829.767m with a volume of bust, BofA would pay a roughly represented the risk of underlying 13 million shares from 7,182 $9 billion cash penalty to the US mortgages, often rating the loans transactions. Treasury. as safe when they were high-risk All sector indices closed higher Negotiations are currently and later went bust. Kelly Brown (right) helps Saul Scherl shop for a Jeep at a car dealership in New York City. Chrysler barring industries which dropped focusing on the remaining por- Citigroup in July agreed to pay Group LLC’s profit gained 22 percent in the second quarter, bolstered by sales of Jeep SUVs and by 0.86 percent. Islamic Holding tion of the agreement covering $7bn to settle similar claims. Dodge trucks, owned by Chrysler group. led the gainers yesterday, signifi- consumer relief, the source said. AFP cantly up by 9.72 to QR79. QNA FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Growth to dip as populations age: Moody’s Alitalia set to seal Etihad Economies will be held back and growth trends will slow sharply in the next 20 years investment, PARIS: As populations age amounting to 0.9 per cent, it said. government debt bonds. frequently considered a long- estimated. It said that all coun- around the world, economies Analysing the impact of a major When a population ages faster term problem, is upon us now and tries, with the exception of a will be held back and growth shift in the age demographics of than it is replaced by people of will significantly lower economic handful in Africa, face either a secure jobs trends will slow sharply in the workers around the world, the working age who produce goods, growth,” said Elena Duggar, a sen- declining working-age population, next 20 years, a report forecast agency said that more than 60 services and wealth, the costs of ior vice-president at the agency or a slower growth rate. ROME: Loss-making Italian yesterday. percent of countries which fea- providing for the aged can out- and one of the authors of the The working-age population airline Alitalia will seal its tie- The mismatch of old peo- ture in its credit ratings will be strip public and private resources Moody’s Investors Service report. will fall by more than 10 percent up with Gulf carrier Etihad ple to the numbers of people at classified as ageing by next year, available, over-stretching pen- “The demographic dividend that in about 16 countries, including today, the government said, a work is no longer a shadow only with more than seven per cent sions systems, over-burdening drove economic growth in the Germany, Russia, Ukraine and deal that comes as the country’s over advanced economies; it now of their populations aged over 65. public finances and pushing up past will turn into a demographic Japan, between now and 2030. flagship airline was on the brink extends to emerging markets as By 2020, it said, the number interest rates on the bond market. tax that will ultimately slow this The authors highlighted a of bankruptcy and that protects well, a report by rating agency of “super-aged” societies, where In its report, which was based growth for most countries world- number of policy areas in which more than 10,000 jobs. Moody’s said. This demographic more than a fifth of the popula- on a sample of 33 developed and wide,” the report added. governments can mitigate the After a final meeting between time bomb, and related drop in tion are 65 and older, will increase 22 emerging market countries, The global working-age popu- impacts of an ageing society on government officials and the household savings, could reduce from three today to 13. By 2030, Moody’s concluded that ageing is lation will grow nearly half as the economy, such as by increas- chief executive of the Abu Dhabi the trend of annual growth world- the number will reach 34. no longer “just a developed-world fast in the years to 2030 as in ing the number of women and carrier James Hogan yesterday wide by 0.4 per cent by 2019. US-based Moody’s monitors problem”, with a broad spectrum the previous 15 years, increasing young people who are available for morning, Transport Minister Between 2020 and 2025 the the resilience of public finances of countries affected. by only 13.6 per cent, down from work, and by raising the retire- Maurizio Lupi announced an impact could be “much larger”, and issues credit ratings for “Demographic transition, growth of 24.8 per cent, Moody’s ment age. AFP agreement that followed several months of negotiations. The deal foresees Etihad taking a 49 percent stake in Alitalia and investing €1.2bn ($1.6bn) in the airline over the next three years, China imposes new said Lupi, who hailed the tie-up as a major boost for Italy’s strug- gling economy, which has slipped back into its third recession in six restrictions on instant years. “This is a very important signal, with all that’s been said about Italy on its knees and in messaging tools recession,” he told reporters. “This is a great business alliance with great investments planned for the BEIJING: China will force or reprint political news. Public future.” real-name registrations on account users must also sign an For Etihad, the deal will open public accounts of instant agreement with the service pro- up Europe’s fourth-largest travel messaging tools and require vider when they register, prom- market and extend its reach in those wishing to publish or ising “to comply with the law, Europe, where it already has reprint political news to seek the socialist system, the national stakes in Air Berlin and Ireland’s prior approval, state media interest, citizens’ legal rights, Aer Lingus. Lupi said an industrial and Tencent Holdings Ltd said public order, social moral cus- plan foresees Alitalia breaking yesterday. toms, and authenticity of infor- even by 2017 and becoming profit- Last year, China launched a mation,” Xinhua said. able thereafter, creating jobs and campaign to clamp down on online These new regulations could reviving Italy’s airport system. rumour mongering and ‘clean up’ have a similar effect to the one Under the agreement, existing the internet. The crackdown has seen on Weibo last year. Alitalia shareholders, including led to an exodus of users from The rules “could cool down post office operator Poste Italiane Twitter-like microblog platforms the traffic of WeChat public will group their holdings in a new such as Weibo Corp’s Weibo after accounts and discourage journal- so-called “mid-company” that will authorities detained hundreds of ists from setting up individual control 51 percent of shares in the outspoken users. WeChat public accounts,” said restructured airline. The latest restrictions will Fu King-wa, an assistant pro- Portugal’s Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque (right) arrives to speak about the BES bailout in parliament A €300m capital increase affect hugely popular mobile mes- fessor at the University of Hong in Lisbon yesterday. was sealed earlier this month to saging apps such as Tencent’s Kong’s Journalism and Media ensure the airline’s immediate WeChat, which has almost 400 Studies Centre. Tencent said it funding needs are covered. million users. Other instant mes- would work within the new reg- Portugal cuts BES bailout to €3.9bn Rival airlines have expressed saging tools include Tencent’s ulations which it stressed would concern that the deal could QQ, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s only apply to public accounts and LISBON: Lisbon will cut its in a more direct and immediate loss last month, while three of its amount to illegal state aid but Laiwang app, NetEase Inc’s Yixin not to everyday users. “We will bailout for stricken Portuguese manner,” the minister said in parent companies had filed for Lupi said Rome was confident and Xiaomi Inc’s Miliao. take measures against offensive lender Banco Espirito Santo parliament. bankruptcy amid allegations of that European authorities would Public, or official, accounts and abusive activities to ensure to €3.9bn thanks to contribu- “The repayment of the loan accounting fraud. not pose any problems. “We have can send out single messages to compliance with relevant regula- tions from the financial sector, to the Treasury and taxpayers On Sunday it was announced it followed all the European Union’s a much larger number of follow- tions,” a spokeswoman said in an Finance Minister Maria Luis will take place, no matter the will be split into two banks: Novo requirements. In September we ers than individual users and are e-mailed statement. Albuquerque said yesterday. time or the amount for which Banco will take the capital injec- will present a document in which commonly used by media organi- Alibaba declined to comment. The state had initially pledged the new bank will be sold,” said tion and all of the bank’s viable we will explain step by step how sations and companies. Xiaomi declined to provide imme- €4.4bn in aid as part of a Albuquerque. assets, while the so-called “bad the Alitalia affair has been man- Accounts that haven’t been diate comment by telephone, €4.9bn rescue package for BES “The responsibility belongs bank” BES will house all of its aged,” Lupi said at a press confer- approved by the instant messag- while NetEase was not available announced on Sunday in a bid to exclusively to the financial sec- toxic assets. ence in Rome. The majority of the ing service provider are forbid- for immediate comment by phone. stop its collapse plunging the frag- tor,” she added, adding that the The opposition had alleged that trade unions representing Alitalia den to publish or reprint political As apps like WeChat have ile economy into further crisis. loan will be paid back in the next rescuing the bank could place a workers have given the green news, the official Xinhua news grown in popularity, they have “The state will grant a loan, two years. fresh burden on taxpayers already light to jobs cuts of about 1,635 agency said. It added that service increasingly come under the rul- which now is limited to 3.9 billion BES, once one of Portugal’s struggling with austerity meas- out of a workforce of some 12,800, providers must verify and publicly ing Communist Party’s gaze. euros because the banks wanted largest lenders, was in dire ures imposed during the eurozone less than the 2,250 requested by mark accounts that can publish REUTERS to take on their responsibilities straits after reporting a record debt crisis. AFP Etihad. REUTERS

Samsung in reinvention challenge Australia’s

SEOUL: As its smartphone jobless rate hits sales stutter and a generational leadership succession looms, 12-year high Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is under pressure to reinvent itself SYDNEY: Australia’s unem- — to be more innovative, but ployment rate spiked to a 12-year not lose the rigor and focus that high of 6.4 percent in July, data made it a global powerhouse. showed, lowering expectations One effort this summer to fos- of a near-term hike in inter- ter a more worker-friendly envi- est rates as the economy shows ronment and a more creative signs of weakness. culture is to allow staff at its main The surprise jump in the job- Suwon campus south of Seoul to less rate, which was up from the wear shorts to work at weekends. decade-high of 6 percent in June, Working hours are more flex- saw 300 positions lost from the ible, and female staff can take economy, the Australian Bureau maternity leave without worrying of Statistics said. about job security. The flagship of Full-time positions increased by South Korea’s dominant conglom- 14,500 but 14,800 part-time roles Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee with reporters after touring erate, or chaebol, is also trying to were shed. Analysts had expected address shifting cultural values the Samsung booth at the CES in Las Vegas. 12,000 jobs to be added in the at home by curbing some of the month. The number of unemployed excesses hardwired into corporate decline. Chairman Lee Kun-hee, But doing so would jeopardise its rose by 43,700 to 789,000 in July. Korea. Forced late-night drink- 72, who has famously managed greatest existing cultural asset, The Australian dollar lost more ing sessions, long a staple of local Samsung with a sense of “perma- its militaristic hierarchy, which than half a cent after the data office life, are out. nent crisis”, remains hospitalised enables it to operate at lightning was released, falling from 93.55 “It’s 1-1-9 for evening company following a May heart attack. speed to outpace the competition.” US cents to 92.96 US cents. The outings now: one type of alcohol, The ascension of his son and Samsung has long emphasised participation rate, which measures in one place and only until 9pm,” heir-apparent, the Harvard- the need for creativity while the proportion of adults in work or said a Samsung employee in his educated Jay Y. Lee, 46, could be hiring more foreign talent as it looking for it, lifted by 0.1 percent- eighth year at the firm. “Younger a breath of fresh air, but effect- operates in increasingly diverse age points to 64.8 percent. staff are no longer forced to stay, ing wholesale change in the way markets. Along with relaxed Economists said the figures, and the senior workers will be the sprawling company operates rules on work hours, it stresses were worse-than-expected. The careful not to upset their subor- would be a Herculean task and a “Work Smart” philosophy to latest data also meant Australia’s dinates,” he said, asking not to be could prove a mistake. reduce unnecessary time spent jobless rate was above the named as he was not authorised “The company is in somewhat at the office. United States’ for the first time to speak to the media. of a Catch-22 when it comes to While it’s hoped a looser envi- since 2007. Samsung last month posted changing its culture,” said Jay ronment will help stir new ideas, But they cautioned against an unexpectedly sharp drop Subhash, a former senior prod- some insiders say progress is slow reading too much into the report, in second-quarter earnings, uct manager who left Samsung against what’s often described as saying it could be a “noisy print” squeezed by falling market share in April. “It desperately needs to an entrenched culture of rigid, — a fluctuation that reflects An unemployed man holding a sign offering to work for food for his children in smartphones, and with no obvi- adopt a culture that fosters open- top-down management. the volatility of month-to-month as Australia’s unemployment rate spiked to a 12-year high of 6.4 percent. ous driver in sight to reverse the ness, creativity and innovation. REUTERS data. AFP FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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TOKYO: Asian champions Japan will face Brazil in a Besiktas to victory friendly in Singapore on October 14, in a high-profile test for new coach Javier Aguirre, the Japan Football Association (JFA) said Celtic bow out of Champions League yesterday. The 55-year-old Mexican, set BERNE: A Demba Ba hat- took a 2-1 lead to Salzburg, only Chelsea forward Ba, who slotted to arrive in Japan this weekend, trick sent Besiktas into the to be sunk by two-first half goals into the net with his right foot. has a potentially tricky start with Champions League play-off from Martin Hinteregger as they Elvis Manu lobbed an equaliser home friendlies against Uruguay round at the expense of former lost 2-0 to the Austrians in the for Feyenoord in the 74th minute on September 5 and Venezuela on winners Feyenoord and past third qualifying round, second but Senegalese forward Ba replied September 9. champions Celtic were humili- leg tie. with two goals in the last 10 min- Japan, whose World Cup flop ated 6-1 on aggregate by Legia Moldova’s Sheriff Tiraspol utes as the Turks won 3-1 to com- led to the resignation of Italian Warsaw on Wednesday night. lost 2-1 on aggregate to Slovan plete a 5-2 aggregate win. coach Alberto Zaccheroni, will Ludogorets Razgrad went Bratislava after a goalless draw Cypriot league runners-up also play Jamaica in Niigata on through on away goals after a at home to the Slovakians and AEL, who took a 1-0 lead to October 10 before flying out to dramatic 2-2 draw at 10-man Kazakhstan’s Aktobe were beaten Russia, had Danielzinho sent off face Brazil, who they have yet to Partizan Belgrade and Zenit St 2-1 at former champions Steaua in the 27th minute but held out beat in 10 previous meetings. Petersburg scored three second- Bucharest, going out 4-3 on until 10 minutes into the sec- Aguirre, poised to become half goals to end a brave challenge aggregate. ond half when Venezuelan Jose Besiktas Istanbul’s Demba Ba (up left) celebrates with his team-mates Japan’s highest-paid coach ever from AEL Limassol Napoli, Porto, Athletic Bilbao, Rondon headed in for Zenit. after scoring the 2-1 lead during the UEFA Champions League third with an estimated annual salary Scotland’s Celtic, who reached Bayer Leverkusen and Arsenal The Russians avoided extra qualifying round second leg match against Feyenoord Rotterdam in of almost $2.5m, led Mexico to the last 16 two seasons ago and enter the fray in the final qualify- time when Danny and Aleksandr Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday night. the last 16 of the 2002 and 2010 beat Barcelona on the way, were ing round with the draw at UEFA Kerzhakov, from a penalty, scored World Cups. humbled 6-1 on aggregate by headquarters in Nyon on Friday. in the last three minutes to give The former Espanyol manager Legia Warsaw after losing the Besiktas, who finished third them a 3-1 aggregate win. them a 2-0 lead with a quickfire Anders Jacosben scored twice, recently told Spanish daily Marca second leg 2-0 at home. in the Turkish Super League Cypriot champions APOEL brace midway through the first the second a thunderbolt from the he had been unimpressed with Michal Zyro and Michal last season, only qualified in a Nicosia qualified, however, when half, only for Partizan to hit back edge of the penalty area, to give Japan’s performance in Brazil, Kucharczyk scored in each half to knock-on effect because champi- Cillian Sheridan and Tomas De with a Petar Skuletic double in them a 2-0 away win to overturn where they picked up just one take the Polish champions within ons Fenerbahce are serving the Vincenti’s penalty gave them a 2-0 the space of five minutes. the Croatians’ 1-0 opening victory. point in three games, calling for two games of their first group second of a two-year ban over win over HJK Helsinki for a 4-2 The Serbs lost momentum, Other teams to qualify were “a more competitive edge and stage appearance since 1995-96. domestic match-fixing in 2011. aggregate win. however, after their centre back FC Copenhagen, who beat Dnipro Latin cunning”. Moldova, Azerbaijan and Leading 2-1 from the first leg, Bulgarian champions Branislav Trajkovic was shown Dnipropetrovsk 2-0 after a goal- Meanwhile, Bert van Marwijk, Kazakhstan’s hopes of being Besiktas extended their lead Ludogorets, under new coach a red card for slapping an oppo- less draw in the first leg, and 1979 who led the Netherlands to the represented in the group stage after 28 minutes when Mustafa Georgi Dermendzhiev, knocked nent in the face shortly before runners-up Malmo, who qualified 2010 World Cup final, is inter- for the first time ended as their Pektemek raced clear down out Partizan for the second sea- halftime. on away goals after beating Sparta ested in taking over as coach champions were all eliminated. the left and played in former son running. Danish champions Aalborg BK Prague 2-0 for a 4-4 aggregate of South Korea’s national team Azerbaijan’s Qarabag Agdam Hoffenheim, Newcastle and Brazilian Marcelinho gave stunned Dinamo Zagreb when draw. AFP and negotiations are set to con- clude next week, the head of the KFA’s technical committee said yesterday. Lee Yong-soo told report- MLS All-Stars edge Bayern in friendly ers in Seoul he had flown to the Netherlands earlier this week and PORTLAND: Landon English striker Bradley 2-1. Guardiola offered the referee- held a meeting with Van Marwijk, Julian Green (37) Donovan’s goal in the 70th Wright-Phillips of the New York ing panel a token handshake and who has also managed Dutch side of Bayern Munich minute yesterday gave the Major Red Bulls, a former Southampton quickly disappeared into the tun- Feyenoord and German teams leaps over Bobby League Soccer All-Stars a 2-1 and Manchester City forward, nel. “I understand he doesn’t want Borussia Dortmund and Hamburg Boswell (32) of the victory over German champi- answered for the MLS squad in his players to get hurt. They’re SV. MLS All-Stars dur- ons Bayern Munich in a friendly the 51st minute, powering a left- not great tackles but they’re not Hong Myung-bo resigned as ing their game at marred by rough tackles. footed kick from just outside the the worst tackles I’ve ever seen coach in July after South Korea’s Providence Park in The Los Angeles Galaxy striker penalty area into the net. and I hope Schweiny’s not hurt,” woeful World Cup campaign in Portland, Oregon on took a high centering pass on the Wright-Phillips is the younger Donovan told ESPN. Brazil, where they earned only Wednesday night. run up the middle of the field, brother of England interna- Most of the Bayern first-team one point and finished bottom of eluded two defenders and netted tional Shaun Wright-Phillips of regulars started on the bench in their group. the deciding goal. England’s Queens Park Rangers the team’s sixth pre-season game. “I met with coach Van Marwijk “Any time you can beat Bayern and the son of former England In the 79th minute, four of and heard from him that he is Munich, that’s a good beat,” and Arsenal standout Ian Wright. Germany’s World Cup-winning interested in South Korea’s foot- Donovan said. An angry Pep Guardiola did team - Bastian Schweinsteiger, ball team,” said Lee, who also “We came out and played them not shake hands with his oppo- Philipp Lamm, Thomas Muller headed the committee in 2002 hard and that was an entertaining site number after his star-stud- and Mario Gotze - came on when Guus Hiddink coached the game for sure.” ded side lost to the MLS All-Star simultaneously in a mass sub- Koreans to fourth place at the The Bundesliga side opened team. The Spaniard gave Caleb stitution, though Schweinsteiger World Cup on home soil. the scoring on an eighth-minute Porter a one-fingered wave-off, left the game before the end “We talked for an hour and 50 strike from Robert Lewandowski, apparently angry at some of the after a challenge that may have minutes .... There was no concrete who tucked a right-footed blast tackles by the MLS players as the prompted Guardiola’s subsequent result but we’ve confirmed his just under the crossbar. German champions were beaten ire. AGENCIES interest.” AGENCIES Blanc wary as understrength PSG begin title defence today

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain coach first time against the club where he started Laurent Blanc knows it will be difficult his playing career. PSG end Di Maria for his team to hit the ground running as “It is symbolic but I am thinking more they begin the defence of their Ligue 1 title than anything about my players. My job transfer talks away to Reims today. here is to take the team and the club for- The capital club are odds-on favourites ward. That comes before anything else,” said PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain have to win a third consecutive French crown Vasseur, who also began his coaching career pulled out of talks with Real Madrid and go to the Stade Auguste-Delaune fresh at the Parc des Princes, working with the over the transfer of Angel Di Maria from defeating Guingamp 2-0 in Beijing last club’s youngsters. because the Argentine midfielder is weekend in the season-opening Champions “When you have a game like this for the too expensive, club president Nasser Al Trophy. first match of the season there is not much Khelaifi said yesterday. However, a quartet of key players will not I need to say to motivate the players.” “We spoke with Real Madrid presi- be involved in Champagne country having While PSG have strengthened further dent Florentino Perez, but Di Maria was only just started pre-season training after with the recruits of Luiz and Serge Aurier, too expensive and we stopped talks,” a post-World Cup holiday. Reims have lost influential Polish midfielder Khelaifi said during the unveiling of None of Argentina’s Ezequiel Lavezzi or Grzegorz Krychowiak to Spanish side Sevilla. Brazil defender David Luiz. Brazil trio Thiago Silva, Maxwell and new The most likely threat to PSG’s suprem- PSG have to bow this season to signing David Luiz will be considered for acy continues to come from Monaco, despite Financial Fair Play restrictions imposed selection against Reims as a result. a summer in which they have lost playmaker by European football’s governing body, “This month is going to be strange because James Rodriguez to Real Madrid and last UEFA. we have so many players coming back at dif- season’s leading scorer Emmanuel Riviere The Qatari-owned capital club, ferent times and not everyone is in the same to Newcastle United. along with Premier League champions physical condition,” admitted Blanc. The principality club have a new coach Manchester City, were in May slapped “We have done a lot of tiring physical in Leonardo Jardim, but after the lav- with a fine of 60m euros for breaching work. The games in August will be difficult ish spending of last year, the 40-year-old FFP regulations, namely accruing losses but we are not worried.” Portuguese has yet to see any marquee in excess of the 45m-euro limit over the Reims, who finished 11th last season, have signings arrive. course of the past two seasons. a new coach, with Jean-Luc Vasseur replac- As they prepare to host Lorient -- who The French champions, in addition, ing Hubert Fournier, who has taken over have a new coach of their own in Sylvain agreed not to increase the club’s wage bill at Lyon. Ripoll -- in their opening game on Sunday, for the next two campaigns and to “sig- It is quite the baptism of fire for Vasseur, veteran defender Ricardo Carvalho is confi- nificantly limit spending” in the transfer 45, who arrives from Ligue 2 Creteil and dent that last season’s runners-up can enjoy market while curbing losses to no more takes charge of a top-flight game for the another successful campaign. than 30 million euros next year. “We have a new coach, with a different With PSG having already forked out mentality and methods to those of (Claudio) around 50m euros to secure Luiz’s serv- Ligue 1 Fixtures Ranieri,” he said. “Our pre-season has been ices from Chelsea, Real’s valuation of Di (Kick-offs 1900 GMT unless stated) a bit tiring. We have travelled a lot but we Maria at nearly 60 million forced them Today worked well. to back away from transfer talks. Reims vs Paris Saint-Germain (1830 GMT) “It is an advantage that we now know one Khelaifi added that he didn’t think Tomorrow another better. Two or three players should Luiz had been expensive. still join us but we are already stronger than SC Bastia vs Marseille, Evian TG vs Caen, Guingamp v Saint- “He’s a great player. It’s the price. last season.” Etienne, Lille vs Metz, Montpellier vs Bordeaux, Nantes vs Lens, There were lots of big clubs who wanted There are seven matches on Saturday, Nice vs Toulouse to buy him and I’m very glad he came with the pick seeing Marseille travel to here,” he said. AFP Sunday Corsica to face Bastia in a meeting of two Lyon vs Rennes (1500 GMT), Monaco vs Lorient teams with new coaches. AFP FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Qatar announces 23-member squad for Youth Olympic Games Selected athletes to take part in seven disciplines from August 16 to 28 in China

DOHA: The Qatar Olympic go until the Games, many of the and are also testament to initia- Committee (QOC) yesterday qualified athletes are already tives such as the Schools Olympic announced a 23-member team preparing to compete against Program which many of our ath- that will compete at the upcom- the most talented young athletes letes took part in as an important ing Summer Youth Olympic in the world at intense training step on their sporting pathway. Games in Nanjing, China, from camps. Supporting talent from grassroots August 16 to 28. Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman right through to the elite level is This marks Qatar’s largest Al Thani - Secretary General of a core part of QOC’s mission and Idriss Yousef of Qatar athlete delegation at a Summer QOC, said: “We are extremely today is a very proud day for us.” in action in this file Youth Olympic Games after the proud of all our athletes that the Secretary General added. picture. Yousef will inaugural Games in 2010 which are participating at this world- The following athletes will represent Qatar at saw a team of six compete in class event. To reach the Youth represent Qatar in the 2014 the Summer Youth Singapore. Olympic Games is a huge achieve- Summer Youth Olympic Games: Olympic Games in The 23-member team will ment and we are delighted to see Idriss Yousef –in Men’s 800m, Nanjing, China, from compete across seven disciplines so many of our country’s talented Hamad Al Qadi in Equestrian, including athletics, shooting, young athletes going to Nanjing Rahma Al Dulaimi in Artistic August 16 to 28. The gymnastics, equestrian, table ten- this year.” Gymnastics, Nadine Wahdan 23-member team will nis, handball and swimming. “Their places at the Youth in Trampoline, Abdullah Al compete across seven With less than two weeks to Olympic Games are well deserved, Sunaidi in Shooting 10m Air Rifle, disciplines including Waleed Daloul in Swimming, athletics, shooting, Abdulrahman Mohsen in Table gymnastics, equestrian, tennis and Handball Men’s team table tennis, handball (16 athletes). and swimming. Rahma Al Dulaimi, 15, and Nadine Wahdan, 17, will be rep- resenting Qatar in gymnastics. “I practice six times a week and each session lasts between 4 to 6 hours, so I hope this hard work Swimmer Waleed pays off during the Games and Daloul in action in I make it to the top 24,” Rahma this file picture. said. The team’s Chef de Mission, for any young athlete, to rep- 28 sports featured on the summer “It’s an incredible feeling to Eisa Al Harami, said: “To see resent your country on a glo- programme. Fans can keep up represent Qatar and I hope to so many Qatari athletes secure bal stage, and the experience to date on the progress of Team push myself and do my best to their places alongside some of the will be invaluable for everyone Qatar on their journey through make my country proud.” world’s leading sporting nations involved.” the Youth Olympics at: Twitter: An estimated 3,600 athletes just shows the dedication each The Youth Olympic Games are @qatar_Olympic, Facebook: will compete in the Games, ensur- and every athlete puts into their an elite sporting event for young QatarOlympics, Instagram: ing that the competition will be quest to be amongst the best in people from all over the world. qatarolympic and Website: an arduous test of the athletes’ the world. The Youth Olympic The sports programme is based on www.olympic.qa. dedication, strength, and focus. Games is an aspirational event that of the Olympic Games, with THE PENINSULA

McCann Djokovic crashes to Tsonga in Toronto dazzles in TORONTO, Canada: World time that Tsonga had beaten a Toronto ATP number one Novak Djokovic world number one after putting slumped to a lacklustre 6-2, 6-2 out Rafael Nadal at Queen’s Yankees’ win Masters Results defeat to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga three years ago and defeating in the Toronto Masters third Roger Federer in Canada in NEWE YORK: Brian McCann TORONTO, Canada: Results round yesterday and was joined 2009. hit a go-ahead home run with from the third day of the ATP at the exit door by third-seeded Tsonga also fired eight aces one out in the seventh inning as Toronto Masters yesterday (x doubles partner Stan Wawrinka. in victory and next plays Andy the New York Yankees recorded denotes seeded player): Newly-married Djokovic, who Murray who made the quarter- a comfortable victory over the Second Round: Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt needed almost three hours to get finals without hitting a ball when Detroit Tigers yesterday. Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/2); past Gael Monfils in his opening scheduled opponent Richard The Yankees completed their Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x13) bt Jeremy Chardy tie this week, looked under-pre- Gasquet, the French 12th seed, run of opposing three former Cy (FRA) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4; Richard Gasquet (FRA x12) pared against Tsonga, the power- withdrew with an abdominal Young Award winners in succes- bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 5-7, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3; Andy ful French 13th seed. strain. sive games by winning two of the Murray (GBR x8) bt Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 6-2, Wimbledon champion Djokovic South Africa’s Kevin three. They beat Max Scherzer 6-2; Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt Fabio Fognini finished with 18 unforced errors Anderson beat Australian Open on Monday but lost Tuesday in (ITA x16) 7-5, 6-2; Julien Benneteau (FRA) and dropped serve four times. champion Wawrinka 7-6 (10/8), 12 innings in David Price’s Tigers bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT x11) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Tsonga saved a break point in 7-5. debut. Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-4, the final game of the 63-minute “It was an okay match, for sure, According to the Elias Sports 3-6, 7-6 (7/5); Marin Cilic (CRA x15) bt Malek rout, with the heavy hitter pound- but it’s tough to lose that one,” Bureau, it was the third time in Jaziri (TUN) 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7/4); Tommy Robredo ing over a serve which Djokovic said Wawrinka, who will now franchise history that New York (ESP x17) bt Gilles Simon (FRA) 7-5, 6-4; David could not handle on match point. head for the Cincinnati Masters have faced three former Cy Young Ferrer (ESP x5) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-4, Djokovic came to Canada hav- next week, his final tune-up for winners in succession. 2-6, 6-1; Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x7) bt Donald ing won five of the last six Masters the US Open which gets under Meanwhile, Dan Haren ended a Young (USA) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Milos Raonic (CAN events he had contested. way on August 25. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France celebrates his win against Novak Djokovic personal losing streak at five and x6) bt Jack Sock (USA) 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/4); Yesterday’s loss was only his “In general he served really of Serbia during Rogers Cup at Rexall Centre at York University in saved his spot in the rotation with Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) fifth of the season against 38 wins. well. It was tough to return, a Toronto, Canada, yesterday. one of his best performances of 7-5, 6-4; Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) bt Lu Yen- The victory marked the third little bit windy.” AFP the year, throwing 7-1/3 innings Hsun (TPE) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4. in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ win over the Los Angeles Angels. Third Round: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x13) bt Israel stripped Pablo Sandoval and Mike Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 6-2, 6-2; Andy Murray Morse each drove in three runs (GBR x8) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x12) - walko- Serena storms past Stosur of Davis Cup as the San Francisco Giants beat ver (abdominal strain); Kevin Anderson (RSA) bt the Milwaukee Brewers. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x3) 7-6 (10/8), 7-5. home tie MONTREAL: Even a rain “But there’s always room for “It’s always quite different, no Right-hander Ryan Vogelsong delay barely slowed defend- improvement Always keep that matter how much you train, you (7-8) gave up seven hits and a WTA Montreal ing champion Serena Williams in mind, that I can continue to try to prepare for that. walk but held the Brewers to a LONDON: Israel will not in her 6-0, 6-2 progress past improve. So that’s one thing “Once you step on the court, run while striking out three. Results be allowed to stage the Davis Samantha Stosur yesterday at that I definitely want to work you feel a little bit more from The Atlanta Braves ended a Cup World Group tie against the WTA hardcourt tourna- on.” the crowd, the energy. You get disastrous West Coast road trip MONTREAL, Canada: Argentina in Tel Aviv in ment in Montreal. French Open champion Maria inspired by everything. But you’re with their eighth consecutive loss, Results yesterday from the September because of the conflict Williams, the world number Sharapova had to rally for a ultimately a bit rusty. falling to the Seattle Mariners. third day of the WTA Montreal between Israel and Hamas, tour- one and top seed, had seized the three-set victory over Garbine “I was just happy that I got The losing streak is Atlanta’s tournament (x denotes seed): nament chiefs said yesterday. first set and they were knotted Muguruza to reach the third through that and won today longest this season and marked Second Round: Serena Williams (USA) The tie, set for September 12-14 at 1-1 in the second when rain round. because I had a very tough the first time since May 2012 they bt Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6-0, 6-2; Lucie at the Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv, halted play. The fourth-seeded former opponent.” have lost eight successive games. Safarova (CZE x15) bt Magdalena Rybarikova will either be switched to a neutral The American showed no ill- world number one fought back to Sharapova had rallied from REUTERS (SVK) 6-4, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x11) venue. “The Davis Cup Committee effects when they returned to the beat the rising Spanish talent 4-6, a set and 5-4 down to beat bt Klara Koukalova (CZE) 6-1, 6-2; Maria determined that, while the mili- court, wrapping up the victory 6-3, 6-1 to set up a meeting with Muguruza in the quarter-finals Baseball Results Sharapova (RUS x4) bt Garbine Muguruza tary conflict seemed to be slowing over the unseeded Australian in another Spaniard, Carla Suarez of the French Open. down, there was no certainty that 58 minutes. Navarro, who was a 6-1, 3-6, This time, too, Muguruza San Diego 5 Minnesota 4 (ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Carla Suarez Navarro Texas 3 Chicago White Sox 1 (ESP x14) bt Karolína Pliskova (CZE) 6-1, 3-6, this would be the case at the time “I’ve just been working on some 6-3 winner over Czech Karolina gained the early momentum, Tampa Bay 7 Oakland 3 6-3; Angelique Kerber (GER x6) bt Caroline of the tie that is due to take place things, working hard,” Williams Pliskova. going up a set and a break before Garcia (FRA) 6-4, 6-1; Heather Watson (GBR) in five weeks,” said an International said. Sharapova, playing her first the Russian superstar stormed Seattle 7 Atlanta 3 bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x10) 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), Tennis Federation (ITF) state- “Hopefully they’ll come match since a surprise fourth- back, winning four of five games NY Yankees 5 Detroit 1 7-6 (7/5); Sabine Lisicki (GER) bt Madison Keys ment. “The Committee felt that together. I’ve just been waiting.” round exit at Wimbledon, was a to force a third set that she Washington 7 NY Mets 1 its first priority was to ensure the Williams stretched her career runner-up at this event in 2009 dominated. (USA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Jelena Jankovic (SRB Philadelphia 10 Houston 3 safety of the players, officials and record over Stosur to 7-3. The when it was held in Toronto. “I was happy that I was able x7) bt Sloane Stephens (USA) 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, Pittsburgh 7 Miami 3 7-6 (7/4); Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Elena the public and regretfully decided Australian stunned Williams in She was pleased to get her to turn it around,” Sharapova Toronto 5 Baltimore 1 Vesnina (RUS) 6-3, 6-2; Venus Williams (USA) that the tie would not be held in the final of the 2011 US Open, but campaign off to a winning start said. bt Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 6-3, 6-2; Petra Kvitova Israel as originally scheduled.” Williams has now won all three of against a player who won her first “I didn’t feel good. I made a lot Cincinnati 8 Cleveland 3 (CZE x2) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-3, 6-2; Israel has now been stripped their meetings since. career singles title at Hobart this of errors in the first set. When San Francisco 7 Milwaukee 4 Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB of two tennis events in four days Williams still found flaws she year and has four career wins over you’re able to finish stronger than Boston 2 St Louis 1 after the ATP’s planned inaugu- wants to improve. top-10 players on her resume. your start, that’s always a posi- x9) 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (9/7), 6-4. Colorado 13 Chicago Cubs 4 ral Negev Israel Open in Tel Aviv “My toss was a little every- “It’s been a few weeks since I’ve tive because you give yourself an Kansas City 4 Arizona 3 Third Round: Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x11) bt next month was called off because where. I think I wasn’t as relaxed been in that competitive atmos- opportunity to keep playing in the Shelby Rogers (USA) 6-1, 6-0. of security concerns. AFP as I wanted to be,” Williams said. phere,” Sharapova noted. tournament.” AFP LA Dodgers 2 LA Angels 1 FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 21 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

South Africa vow not to give Six-star Broad puts Zimbabwe an easy ride

CAPE TOWN: In terms of their status in the test arena there is England on top scarcely a bigger mismatch in world cricket, but South Africa do not intend to go lightly on Zimbabwe in their one-off test India equal record of six individual ducks in a Test innings at the Harare Sports Club start- Tiger Woods of the United States ing tomorrow. catches a golf ball on the practice MANCHESTER: England fast The Proteas regained top spot range during the first round of bowler Stuart Broad took six in the ICC test rankings with the 96th PGA Championship at wickets to skittle out India for a first series win in Sri Lanka Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, 152 and the hosts finished on 113 in 21 years last month, while Kentucky, yesterday. for three in reply to take control Zimbabwe are coming off a dis- on an absorbing opening day of appointing home drawn one- the fourth Test yesterday. day international series against Broad and James Anderson Afghanistan. Westwood reduced India, who won the toss, There looks to be only one to eight for four and only a defi- potential winner, but new South ant 71 by the touring side’s cap- Africa captain Hashim Amla, so tain Mahendra Singh Dhoni saved impressive in his debut series in in tie for them from complete collapse. Sri Lanka having taken over the England lost openers Sam reins from Graeme Smith, said Robson, for six, and Alastair Cook they will play as hard as if it were Valhalla (17) but Gary Ballance and Ian Australia in front of them. Bell added 77 for the third wicket “For us it will be business as before Ballance was trapped lbw usual. Test cricket and interna- lead for 37 by Varun Aaron just before tional cricket, you can never let the close. your guard down. It’s quite impor- LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: Bell will resume on 45 not tant to keep the winning ways and Lee Westwood stormed into a out with night-watchman Chris that’s what we intend on doing,” share of the early lead with five Jordan on nought. he told reporters. birdies in his last six holes at The start was delayed by half “We are going to try and play the PGA Championship yester- an hour due to overnight rain and the game as intensely as we play day as four-time winner Tiger Anderson and Broad took full every test match. Test cricket is Woods struggled in the opening advantage of favourable condi- not something that you take for round. tions, obtaining prodigious swing granted whether you’re ranked Englishman Westwood, long to send back Gautam Gambhir, at the top or the bottom. On any regarded as one of the best play- Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli and given day someone can perform, ers in the game who has yet to Cheteshwar Pujara in the space so we are not going to be taking clinch a major title, fired a six- of 13 balls. it any lightly.” under-par 65 on a muggy day at It was a fine performance on That suggests there will be Valhalla Golf Club to finish joint his home Old Trafford ground little tinkering with the team top with American journeyman by Anderson, who was cleared to that won in Sri Lanka, injuries Kevin Chappell. play after being found not guilty aside, and having retained the “I played well, hit a lot fair- of breaching the ICC’s code of England’s Stuart Broad holds the ball as he leaves the field after taking six wickets during the fourth Test match same squad that did duty on the ways, putted nicely,” former conduct in an incident with against India at the Old Trafford in Manchester yesterday. sub-continent, South Africa are world number one Westwood told India’s Ravindra Jadeja during unlikely to take their big-guns on reporters after racking up a total the first test. stopped the rot with a fighting tour for a rest. of nine birdies, one bogey and a Gambhir, recalled to the side, fifth-wicket partnership of 54 as Scoreboard The likes of opener Alviro double. was first to go for four when he conditions for batting improved. Petersen and leg-spinner Imran “I gave myself a lot of chances. India (I innings): 6-63, 7-129, 8-137, 9-152, 10-152. got a leading edge to a full deliv- Resuming in the afternoon Tahir will seek to use the oppor- All in all, there were no real M Vijay c Cook b Anderson ...... 0 Bowling: Anderson 14-3-46-3; Broad 13.4-6- ery from Broad and the ball flew session on 63 for five, India soon tunity secure much-needed runs weaknesses out there.” G Gambhir c Root b Broad ...... 4 25-6; Woakes 10-1-43-0 (1w); Jordan 9-4-27- straight to Joe Root at gully. lost Jadeja for a duck, lbw to and wickets respectively as ques- Westwood rebounded from a C Pujara c Jordan b Broad ...... 0 1. Vijay, on nought, prodded at a Anderson. Dhoni received solid tions have been raised about their double-bogey at the par-four first, V Kohli c Cook b Anderson ...... 0 England (I innings): perfect outswinger from Anderson support from Ravichandran positions in the side after a poor his 10th hole of the day, with bird- A Rahane c Bell b Jordan...... 24 A Cook c Pankaj Singh b Aaron ...... 17 and Cook took a straightforward Ashwin, however, and the pair showing in recent times. ies at the fourth, sixth, seventh, M S Dhoni c Jordan b Broad ...... 71 S Robson b Kumar ...... 6 opportunity at first slip. added 66 runs in quick time. The last occasion these teams eighth and ninth to end his round R Jadeja lbw Anderson ...... 0 G Ballance lbw Aaron ...... 37 Two balls later the out-of-form The Indian captain reached met was nine years ago on South with a spectacular flourish. R Ashwin c Robson b Broad ...... 40 I Bell (batting) ...... 45 Kohli fell in identical fashion for fifty with his 11th four but African soil when the Proteas Chappell, who missed the cut B Kumar b Broad ...... 0 C Jordan (batting) ...... 0 a duck and Pujara drove loosely Broad struck again, bowling won both games by an innings. on his PGA Championship debut V Aaron (not out) ...... 1 Extras (LB-4, W-2, NB-2) ...... 8 at a full ball from Broad, Jordan Bhuvneshwar Kumar for nought. A teenage Brendan Taylor, at Oak Hill last year, recorded Pankaj Singh b Broad ...... 0 Total (for 3 wkts) ...... 113 clutching a sharp catch at third He then bowled Pankaj Singh, con- now captain of the side, played three birdies on each nine as he Extras (B-10, LB-1, W-1) ...... 12 Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-36, 3-113. slip to leave India in tatters at demning India to equal the world for Zimbabwe then and he has and Westwood set the early pace Total (all out) ...... 152 Bowling: Kumar 9-4-17-1; Singh 11-1-50-0; eight for four. record of six individual ducks in a optimistically promised a better in the year’s fourth and final Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-8, 3-8, 4-8, 5-62, Aaron 8-2-26-2 (2nb, 2w); Ashwin 7-0-16-0. Dhoni and Ajinkya Rahane Test innings. REUTERS showing. REUTERS major. Dutchman Joost Luiten and Englishman Ian Poulter opened with 68s in relatively calm condi- tions at Valhalla but Woods, who Pakistan take charge of first Test pronounced himself pain-free on Wednesday after suffering a back GALLE, Sri Lanka: Younus appeal to the TV umpire went scare on Sunday, struggled on the Khan smashed 177 during a val- Scoreboard in vain. Sri Lanka came close to way to a three-over 74. iant fightback with the lower removing Khan when he was on Watched by huge galleries order batsmen as Pakistan Pakistan (I innings): 156, but seamer Shaminda Eranga after teeing off from the 10th gained the upper hand in the Khurram Manzoor lbw Prasad ...... 3 spilled a sharp return catch as the in a high-profile grouping with first Test against Sri Lanka in Ahmed Shehzad b Prasad...... 4 batsman failed to keep a drive former champions Phil Mickelson Galle yesterday. Azhar Ali b Herath ...... 30 along the ground. and Padraig Harrington, Woods Khan, who came in to bat Younus Khan c Vithanage b Perera ...... 177 Off-spinner Dilruwan Perera, looked rusty as he mixed four at 19-2 on the first morning, Misbah-ul Haq c Dickwella b Herath ...... 31 who had gone without a wicket bogeys with a lone birdie and anchored the innings admirably Asad Shafiq lbw Herath ...... 75 for four sessions, struck five times totalled 30 putts. to enable the tourists to pile up Sarfraz Ahmed c Mathews b Perera ...... 55 in the post-lunch period to hasten He dropped his first shot of the 451 all out by tea on the second Abdur Rehman c Sangakkara b Perera .....50 the end of Pakistan’s innings. day at the par-three 11th where day. Saeed Ajmal c Jayawardene b Perera ...... 12 Perera ended Khan’s vigil soon he missed the green to the right, Sri Lanka replied with 99-1 by Mohd Talha (not out) ...... 9 after lunch by beating the well-set then chipped 13 feet past the cup close, comfortably tackling both Junaid Khan c Jayawardene b Perera ...... 0 batsman in the air, resulting in an before failing to make the par pace and spin, but the batsmen Extras (LB-4, NB-1) ...... 5 easy catch at short mid-wicket, a putt coming back. will remain wary of the turn and Total (all out) ...... 451 soft dismissal that came against His tee shot at the par-three bounce that will increasingly Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-19, 3-56, 4-156, the run of play. 14th sailed way left and again come into play over the next three 5-293, 6-359, 7-388, 8-424, 9-451. Pakistan’s wicket-keeper he failed to get up and down for days. Bowling: Eranga 31-13-78-0 (nb1); Prasad Sarfraz Ahmed made 55 and par, but he picked up an unlikely Left-arm seamer Junaid Khan 24-3-81-2; Mathews 15-7-25-0; Herath 38- shared a sixth-wicket stand of 66 birdie at the par-four 16th when trapped Upul Tharanga leg- 9-116-3; Perera 31.5-1-137-5; Vithanage with Khan when he too lobbed he holed out from 34 yards in the before for 19 in the fifth over, 1-0-10-0. an easy catch to mid-on to give middle of the fairway. but Kaushal Silva and Kumar Sri Lanka (I innings): Perera his second wicket. Out in one-over 37, Woods Sangakkara settled in to put on U Tharanga lbw Junaid ...... 19 The off-spinner had Saeed dropped further shots at the 75 for the second wicket. K Silva (batting)...... 38 Ajmal and Junaid caught at leg- par-four first, following another Silva was unbeaten on 38 and K Sangakkara (batting) ...... 36 slip by Mahela Jayawardene, wayward drive, and also at the Sangakkara was on 36 with Sri Extras (B-1, W-5) ...... 6 taking the retiring former Sri par-four second, where he cursed Lanka still 352 runs behind the Total (for 1 wkt) ...... 99 Lankan captain’s tally to 202 Test loudly after his tee shot ended up tourists. Fall of wicket: 1-24. catches. in a water hazard to the left. “This game is still wide open Bowling: Junaid 10-3-38-1; Talha 7-3-26-0 Only India’s Rahul Dravid has He parred the last seven holes even though there is some turn (w5); Ajmal 12-4-19-0; Rehman 5-0-15-0. taken more catches (210) by a to end his round a distant nine and bounce in this wicket,” said fielder other than a wicket-keeper. strokes off the lead. Younus Khan. playing his 90th Test, batted for Tailender Rehman, essentially Fan favourite Mickelson, “The third day’s play tomor- eight hours and 16 minutes, hit- a left-arm spinner, showed his who clinched the 2005 PGA row will be very crucial. If we can ting 15 boundaries and a six in his batting skills by hammering six Championship at Baltusrol, get some early wickets, then we 24th Test century. fours and a six while making 50, fought back from a poor start can put them under pressure. I Pakistan, who resumed at their his second Test half-century. with three late birdies to card a thought we were unlucky not to overnight score of 261-4, went to Rehman’s heroics enabled 69 while Australian world number get more than one wicket today. lunch on 347-5 with Asad Shafiq Pakistan to add 92 for the last four two Adam Scott opened with a 71. “But Sri Lanka too have some making 75 during a fifth-wicket wickets after Khan’s dismissal. British Open champion and very good batsmen who are capa- stand of 137 with Khan. “This is a different Galle pitch,” world number one Rory McIlroy, ble of putting up a big score. A lot The visitors added 32 runs said Herath. “There may be some the pre-tournament favourite will depend on how our spinners, in the first hour when left-arm turn and bounce, but it is also Pakistan batsman Younus Khan (centre) and Asad Shafiq (right) run who is bidding for a third con- Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman, spinner Rangana Herath broke easier to score runs. If we put up between the wickets during the second day of the first Test match against secutive victory on the PGA Tour, bowl in the morning.” through for Sri Lanka by trapping a huge total, it could be an inter- Sri Lanka in Galle yesterday. was among the day’s late starters The 36-year-old Younis, who is Shafiq leg-before. The batsman’s esting game.” AFP at Valhalla. REUTERS FRIDAY 8 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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MUSCAT 38/30 Mostly cloudy 37/29 Partly cloudy MAKKAH 45/31 Partly cloudy 43/30 Partly cloudy A newborn bottlenose dolphin swims in a marine mammal park in Harderwijk, The Netherlands, yesterday. The dolphin was born on Wednesday. KUWAIT 45/31 Clear 45/28 Clear BAHRAIN 39/34 Partly cloudy 38/33 Partly cloudy SANAA 28/17 Thunderstorm 28/17 Chance of storm RIYADH 41/32 Partly cloudy 43/31 Partly cloudy King Richard III DUBAI 41/28 Clear 42/29 Clear BAGHDAD 43/27 Clear 41/27 Clear S Africa village first to to be re-buried THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER be powered by fuel cells next March LONDON: ATHENS 33/25 Clear 33/26 Clear England’s King KROONSTAD: A South is a cost-competitive alternative in areas beyond the reach of the Richard III, whose body was WASHINGTON 29/22 Partly cloudy 29/17 Chance of showers African village has become the to grid electrification in these grid and millions more through- discovered under a municipal SYDNEY 22/10 Partly cloudy 21/08 Partly cloudy first in the world to be powered remote areas and could acceler- out the continent. car park two years ago, will be LONDON 22/13 Chance of rain 25/19 Clear by fuel cells, companies behind ate access to electricity,” Amplats Fuel cells use a chemical reac- reburied next year near where PARIS 27/18 Chance of storm 23/20 Mostly cloudy the project have said, in a new said. tion and offer a cleaner alterna- he was slain in battle 500 ISTANBUL 28/23 Partly cloudy 27/24 Chance of storm scheme which could help remote Amplats is investing around tive to lead-acid batteries. They years ago, Leicester cathedral areas of the continent access $20m in the “mini-grid”, which are already used for in indus- authorities said yesterday. MANILA 30/26 Chance of storm 30/25 Chance of storm electricity for the first time. will function independently from trial machinery and domestic The king’s reinterment in DHAKA 31/26 Chance of storm 31/27 Chance of storm South Africa suffers from the national grid. refrigerators. the cathedral on March 26 will DELHI 31/27 Chance of storm 34/29 Chance of storm power shortages and state-run The pilot system can generate The fuel cells use methanol, defy the objections of some of ISLAMABAD 34/26 Chance of storm 33/27 Chance of storm utility Eskom is struggling to 15 kilowatts (kW) and a maxi- hydrogen and platinum to pro- Richard’s distant descendants, keep up with rising electricity mum of 60 kW when extra bat- duce electricity and a wider roll who wanted him buried in York, demand, while around two mil- teries kick in, which will be used out of the pilot could give some his northern power base during lion poorer households live with- to power up 34 homes in a remote support to South Africa’s strug- his 26-month reign. out any access to the grid. community in Naledi in the Free gling platinum sector. Richard, notoriously cast as a Monkey selfie sparks “What we have here is a world State province for a 12-month If the fuel cell system is widely Machiavellian hunchback in his first,” said Chris Griffith, chief trial period. adopted about 7,500 ounces of namesake Shakespearean play, executive of Anglo American Amplats and Ballard will cover platinum will be used in pro- was the last English monarch to Platinum, which is partnering with the pilot scheme costs but hope to duction over the next 15 years, die in battle. copyright row Canadian-listed Ballard Power make the fuel cell system profit- Amplats and the government After his transportation on Systems in piloting the project. able by tapping into an estimated said. March 22 from the University of “Fuel cell mini-grid technology 600,000 South African households REUTERS Leicester via Bosworth, accom- LONDON: The Wikimedia Slater was with a party of panied by a cortege, Richard Foundation insisted yester- Dutch researchers on a small will lie in repose for three days day it would not remove from group of Indonesian islands when in the cathedral so the public its website a “selfie” taken by the curious primates began rum- can pay their respects before his a mischievous monkey, despite maging through his possessions. reinterment. claims from the British photog- He described how one snatched His death in the battle of rapher whose camera was used his camera and began pressing ‘Zonkey’ born at Crimean zoo Bosworth Field near Leicester in that it breached his copyright. the shutter button, in the proc- central England in 1485 brought David Slater says he is the ess taking a perfectly composed BELOGORSK: A zoo in the family is not unheard of, although uncomfortable in her enclosure at an end to the Plantagenet owner of the photo of the grin- selfie. Black Sea peninsula of Crimea it is rare that the zebra is the the private zoo founded two years dynasty, which had ruled for 300 ning black crested macaque that Slater argues that Wikimedia’s has welcomed its latest arrival mother. ago about 30 kilometres from years and finished the 30-year went viral when he posted it defence is based on a technicality, — a “zebroid”, or “zonkey”, which But the breeding of zonkeys or Crimea’s main city Simferopol. power struggle of the War of the online in 2011, and is threatening and that there is “a lot more to was born after a lonesome zebra other hybrids is normally frowned “So on the advice of a zoolo- Roses. to sue Wikimedia for lost earn- copyright than who pushes the got intimate with a donkey. upon by the zoo community. gist we moved her in with sev- The whereabouts of Richard’s ings of up to $30,000 (€22,500). trigger on the camera”. Named Telegraph by keepers at “Such things don’t happen in eral other hooved animals and grave were a mystery until his But the not-for-profit founda- “I own the photo but because the Taigan zoo park in southern civilised zoos, but can occur at she really liked the donkey. As a skeleton, identified by a curved tion, which oversees Wikipedia the monkey pressed the trig- Crimea, the foal’s head and body private zoos or on farms,” said result of their affection for one spine and head wounds, was among other online resources, ger and took the photo, they’re are the solid brown of a donkey Anna Kachurovskaya, a spokes- another we’ve gotten Telegraph,” found by Leicester University refuses to remove the picture claiming that the monkey owns but his legs have the characteris- woman for Moscow Zoo. Zubkov said in an email. archaeologists, with DNA tests from its bank of royalty-free the copyright,” he said. tic black stripes of a zebra. “This sort of marketing is not Telegraph was named after a confirming it was indeed the slain photographs. The dispute came to light on Born last week, “Telegraph is justified or scientific... zoos are local newspaper which recently king. “Under US laws, the copy- Wednesday when Wikimedia very popular with visitors” who for preserving wild species, that celebrated its fifth anniversary. A specially constructed, fos- right cannot be owned by a published its transparency can watch him romping around is one of their most important Russia seized the Ukrainian sil-stone tomb in the cathedral non-human,” Wikimedia spokes- report, which revealed that it with his mother, according to zoo goals.” peninsula of Crimea in March in will house the king’s body. The women Katherine Maher said. granted none of the 304 requests director Oleg Zubkov. Zubkov said Telegraph’s a move hotly contested by Kiev coffin will be made by Richard’s “It doesn’t belong to the mon- to remove or alter content on its Cross-breeding between zebras mother, who had not had a mate and the international community. sixteen-times-great nephew key, but it doesn’t belong to the platforms over the last two years. and other members of the equine for a long time, was lonely and AFP Michael Ibsen, a furniture maker, photographer either,” she added. AFP his only named and confirmed modern-day relative. “We are now very well advanced in our plans and look forward to reinterring Richard next year with dignity and with Beyonce to be honoured at honour,” said David Monteith, Dean of Leicester Cathedral, in a statement. MTV Video Music Awards The government has allowed the university to reinter the king NEW YORK: US pop star collaboration with Jay Z for her at Leicester despite the objec- Beyonce, currently on a US hit “Drunk In Love,” and will tions of the Plantagenet Alliance tour with rapper husband Jay compete for Video of the Year that he should be buried in York. Z, will receive a special award against Australian rapper Iggy Although Richard was king of and perform at the MTV Video Azalea. England before the Reformation, Music Awards this month, R&B singer Usher and when the Anglican Church sepa- the cable TV network said Australian rock group 5 Seconds rated from Rome, services sur- yesterday. of Summer will also perform at rounding the reinterment will Beyonce, who received eight the show. be conducted by the Church of nominations, will be awarded the The Video Music Awards England. Michael Jackson Video Vanguard began in 1984 and helped propel As the king has already been Award at the show, one of the the cable channel, now owned buried with a Christian funeral, industry’s top ceremonies that by Viacom Inc, as a player in the albeit a simple medieval one, the will be aired live from California entertainment industry. cathedral will instead hold three on August 24. Singer Miley Cyrus shocked contemporary Christian services. “As a performer, Beyonce has audiences at last year’s award The cathedral hopes to include delivered some of the most mem- show in New York with her in the events other faith com- orable performances in VMA his- raunchy performance with Robin munities from modern-day tory,” MTV said in a statement. Thicke of his hit “Blurred Lines,” Leicester, which is home to many Beyonce, 32, earned nomi- which dominated the headlines. A hybrid of a zebra and a donkey (front) plays with his mother at the Taigan zoo outside Simferopol. Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. nations for best video and best REUTERS REUTERS