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SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 • 16 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6509 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 QA refutes US Emir meets Malaysian PM in Kuala Lumpur 75pc humidity forecast tonight DOHA: High humidity the country has top 3 carriers’ been experiencing over the past few days is expected to continue today. The Meteorology Department yesterday said humidity level would be as high as 75 per- cent at night and 53 percent in the evening. subsidy claims However, it would increase to 80 percent on Sunday night. Today’s forecast puts the maximum tem- Submits ‘open skies policy’ white paper perature between 43 and 48 degrees Celsius and the minimum between 29 and 31. DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA), that the many of the market In Doha, day temperature is likely to reach in a ‘white paper’ submitted to changes complained of by the 44 degrees and night temperature to 33. the US, has refuted the subsidy Big 3 are not the product of Al Khor would be the coolest today with the allegations against it by the “unfair competition” (or any- day and night mercury levels hovering over 29 ‘Big 3’ US carriers. thing remotely related to sub- and 40 degrees, respectively. The submission comprehen- sidy), but are the by-product of Abu Samra is expected to witness day tem- sively addressed and answered all advances in aircraft technology perature of up to 48 degrees, while the mercury issues raised in the Open Skies and demographic changes. would fall to 29 at night. debate, which has put into ques- With ultra-long range B777 The department has issued no warning for tion the long-standing US policy and B787 aircraft, passengers to today but said the weather would be hazy and of allowing carriers to fly to and the Middle East and India can partly cloudy and misty by night. from the country with minimal now over-fly congested European Wind direction will be southeasterly to government interference. hubs and enjoy convenient one- northwesterly with speeds from five to 15 knots. The Big 3 – American, Delta stop services to their destina- Offshore, it will be northeasterly to south- and United (and their unions) tions instead of making longer easterly with speeds up to 15 knots at times. — have been pressing the US two-and three-stop journeys. Visibility is forecast to be between four and government to depart from QA also demonstrated that Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at his residence Malaysian Prime Minister 8km and less than 3km at times. its pro-Open Skies stance and although US carrier market Mohammad Najib Tun Abdul Razak in the capital Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They reviewed THE PENINSULA impose unilateral limits on share of the Indian subcontinent cooperation in various fields and regional and international developments. services operated by Gulf air- may have shifted over time, the lines, though the US Open Skies market has grown and US car- policy was designed by the gov- riers are carrying more traffic in ernment to ensure that US car- absolute terms. riers were free to operate their QA also disproved the claim extensive networks without for- that its services harm any US Houthis lose ground in Yemen’s south eign government restrictions on carrier, noting that it does not the level and routings of their compete against any US carrier ADEN: Southern Yemeni fight- president Ali Abdullah Saleh have soldiers were killed and 30 administration in exile flew to services, QA said in a statement on any nonstop route. ers backed by a Saudi-led air carried out similar attacks on wounded in a car bombing at an Aden on July 16 to make prepara- yesterday. In addition to benefiting coalition seized more territory southwest Saudi Arabia during army base by suspected Islamist tions for the government’s return, The biggest US carriers have American travellers, QA has from Houthi militiamen near the four-month-old conflict. militants in southern Hadramout four months after it was pushed made ample use of their behind- supported the US aerospace Aden yesterday, while three Yesterday, southern Yemeni province. out by Houthi forces. country (Sixth Freedom) traffic industry. As of today, the airline Saudi soldiers were killed when fighters and army units loyal to The coalition said it aimed first Asseri said the Houthis ought rights, and fought hard to pre- has 162 aircraft flying to 150 des- the kingdom came under shell- Hadi won full control of Houta to help bring Yemen’s government to implement UN Security serve their access to these rights tinations, of which over 40 per- ing from Yemen, in an apparent town, capital of Lahej province back from exile to Aden and then Council Resolution 2216, which and carry Fifth Freedom (third cent are Boeing jets worth over Houthi attack. north of Aden, in heavy clashes. return it to Sana’a if possible via calls for the Zaydi Shia move- country) traffic. $19bn. The Saudi interior ministry Fourteen Houthis were killed and peace talks with the Houthis. But ment to withdraw from cities Given that these policies were Akbar Al Baker, Chief said the three were killed and 40 captured. if the Iranian-allied Houthis did under their control, return seized created by and for US carriers, Executive, QA Group, said: “QA seven border guards wounded in Southern fighters and pro-Hadi not agree to quit Sana’a, the gov- arms and allow Hadi to return it is ironic that they are now was a relatively unknown airline Dhahran Aljanoub, a governo- army units also drove Houthi ernment would have the right to from exile. The Houthis have describing the use of these traf- when it first launched a service rate in the Saudi border region of fighters from Lowdar town in “get them out” by force, coalition rejected the resolution. UN aid fic rights “unfair” when exercised to the US in 2007. Aseer. It did not say who carried southern Abyan province and spokesman Brigadier General chief Stephen O’Brien said over by Gulf carriers. THE PENINSULA out the shelling, but Houthi rebels captured several Houthi fighters. Ahmed Asseri said. 4,000 people had been killed and In its report, QA demonstrated Continued on page 3 and forces loyal to former Yemeni In a separate incident, nine Senior members of Yemen’s 19,800 wounded in the war. AFP

Palestinian baby dies in home attack 11 new public parks planned DUMA: Suspected Jewish settlers torched a Palestinian DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has home in the occupied West announced plans to develop 11 new public parks across the country. Bank yesterday, killing an The plans include parks Bu Sidra, Al Mearad, As Sayliyah, Mebaireek, 18-month-old boy and seriously Al Manaseer and other areas. According to plans of the Public Parks injuring his parents and elder Department, two new parks will be developed in Bu Sidra, four in Al brother, an act Israeli Prime Mearad, two in As Sayliyah, one in Mebaibreek and two in Al Manaseer. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The ministry ruled out the possibility of establishing new public described as terrorism. park in the New Industrial Area due to the nature of activities there The house in Duma, a village and said public parks are mainly designated to serve residential areas. near the city of Nablus, had its The ministry was responding to a report by the Arabic daily Al windows smashed and fire bombs Raya. There was a demand in the report to open more public parks in thrown inside shortly before Constituency No. 13, which includes the aforementioned areas. dawn as the family slept, the THE PENINSULA military and witnesses said. Graffiti in Hebrew reading India, Bangladesh in land swap “revenge” was scrawled outside, below a Star of David. DASHIAR CHHARA: India and Bangladesh swapped tiny islands Toddler Ali Saad Dawabsha’s of land, ending one of the world’s most intractable border disputes parents and brother, 4, were that had kept thousands in stateless limbo for since 1947. As the flown by helicopter to an Israeli clock struck one minute past Friday midnight, thousands living hospital where they were said to without schools, clinics or power for a generation erupted in cheers be in serious condition. A second at their new citizenship. house, which was empty, was A total of 162 tiny enclaves — 111 in Bangladesh and 51 in India — also set ablaze. were officially exchanged after both struck a border agreement in June. It was the worst attack The swap means some 50,000 living without a state since 1947 will by Israeli assailants since a now become part of India or Bangladesh that surround their homes. Palestinian teenager was burned In Bangladesh, thousands staged patriotic marches and lit 68 candles to death in Jerusalem a year ago. to mark the end of “68 years of endless pain and indignity”. Officials That followed the kidnapping Palestinians look at the damage to the house where Ali Saad Dawabsha died, yesterday. The feeding bottle from both countries will hoist their national flags over their new terri- and killing of three Israeli teen- used by the 18-month-old is seen among the charred remains as a youngster displays pictures of the toddler. tories this morning. The enclaves date back to ownership arrangements agers by Palestinian militants in centuries ago between local princes. Bangladesh endorsed a deal with the West Bank. “I saw two masked men out- Hundreds marched at Ali’s assailants. Abbas said he would India in 1974 to dissolve the pockets, but India signed a final agreement The Israeli military boosted side,” he said, adding he went to funeral procession, calling for submit the attack as evidence to in June when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Dhaka. forces to search for the suspects, get help and when returned, they retribution. “With our souls International Criminal Court. “It described by a spokesman as “two had gone. We found the parents and blood we shall redeem you, is a war crime, a humanitarian masked terrorists”, and prevent outside with burns, they said martyr,” they chanted as the crime,” he told reporters. Tunisia extends emergency any escalation in violence. there was another son inside. flag-draped body was carried His spokesman Nabil Abu The Palestinian Islamist group We brought him out and then for burial. Rdainah held Israel responsible. TUNIS: Tunisia has extended state of emergency for two more Hamas called for revenge. they said there was another boy After visiting Ali’s brother at Police said a special task-force months, the presidency said yesterday, in a security crackdown Ibrahim Dawabsheh of Duma inside, but we couldn’t reach the hospital, Netanyahu said he had was investigating the killing, launched after an Islamist militant shot dead 39 people at a seaside said he heard people shouting for bedroom because of the fire. He phoned Palestinian President along with Shin Bet security tourist hotel in June. A statement said the extension was effective help from the house and rushed was left inside until rescue forces Mahmoud Abbas and said Israel service. AGENCIES from August 30 and was decided after consultations with the prime to it. arrived.” was committed to finding the Related reports on page 5 minister and parliament speaker. See also page 5 AGENCIES SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Indian embassy receives 2,402 complaints

DOHA: The Indian embassy has received of Mission R K Singh and other officials met is 165. The number of deaths registered in 2,402 labour complaints from workers complainants and discussed their problems. 2014 was 279. since January, an official statement said. Arvind Patil, President, Indian Following requests from Qatari authori- The number stood at 2,027 at June-end Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF), ties for travel documents for inmates at the and rose by 375 in July. The labour and which works under the aegis of the embassy deportation centre, the embassy issued 14 community welfare section received 3,943 for the welfare of workers, was present. emergency certificates in July and seven air complaints last year. A total of 198 Indians were at the depor- tickets to Indians in distress to return home. The statement follows the monthly Open tation centre and 94 in the central prison ICBF provided six air tickets to those who House the embassy holds to address urgent and an embassy team visited the facilities could not afford travel expenses to facilitate consular and labour-related problems of its to enquire about their welfare. their deportation. It also supports workers nationals. The embassy registered 18 deaths in July, with financial and medical assistance. Ambassador Sanjiv Arora, Deputy Chief while the number registered since January THE PENINSULA UNCTAD urged to build growth visions on Doha heritage www.swiss-belhotel.com Tel Fax Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage addresses UN meeting in Paris

PARIS: Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Tel Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Fax Kuwari stressed the impor- tance of global change agen- das as the essence of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Tel identity. Fax He said despite pressure, G77 + China remained united and cooperative with each other for their interests. Dr Al Kuwari made the Tel + 974 44298888 remarks as he addressed a Fax UNCTAD meeting at the Unesco headquarters as part of preparations for the 14th ses- sion of UNCTAD. Tel He called on UNCTAD Fax members to build development visions on Doha heritage, hop- Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari speaking at the forum. ing that the 14th session in the Tel Peruvian capital of Lima will be He said developing countries their goals clearly. role of culture in achieving sus- Fax promising and have a positive have adopted a defensive strat- Dr Al Kuwari also visited tainable development, particu- outcome. egy in the past 15 years as rapid Rome to take part in a confer- larly as Expo Milano is being Dr Al Kuwari highlighted changes and lack of stability in ence for culture ministers of held under the theme ‘Feeding the importance of the meeting the global order led to suspi- countries participating in Expo the Planet, Energy for Life’ Tel to reiterate the commitment cious feelings. Milano 2015, at the invitation of with food shortage regarded of member states not only to However, he said matters the organising committee. as the major challenge facing Fax the organisation but also to have started to calm down and The Minister will address world population. humanity. UNCTAD members must set the conference today on the QNA www.doha.hilton.com

Tel 44233333 974+ Fax 44233000 974+ PSG team discovers Qatar of tomorrow DOHA: The Paris Saint- Germain (PSG) handball team took time off from train- ing to participate in activities organised by Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA). The team is in Qatar since Tel July 27 for annual pre-season Fax training tour, hosted by QTA. In four groups, the players went on to discover the Qatar of the future and took part in Tel tourist activities around inno- vation and new technologies. Fax The tourist break also pro- vided the players with oppor- tunity to forge stronger team Tel spirit and integrate newcomers into the team. Fax Thierry Omeyer, Fahrudin Melic, Daniel Narcisse and Nikola Karabatic took advan- tage of the break to discover Tel a new sporting scene in a unique place — horse riding in Fax Al Shaqab, member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Paris Saint-Germain handball team tours several facilities across Qatar. Science and Community Development (QF). and Igor Vori explored Qatar Luka Karabatic and Henrik ambitions for the future, Luc Tel It is one of the most mod- Science and Technology Park Mollgaard had an artistic Abalo, Robert Gunnarsson, Fax ern stables in the world and a (QSTP), also a QF member afternoon at Mathaf — Arab Mikkel Hansen and Samuel tribute to the Arabian horse and an incubator for many of Museum of Modern Art in Honrubia embarked on a jour- and tradition of equestrian Qatar’s technological research Doha. After a tour of exhi- ney through time, exploring excellence. projects and developments. bitions featuring the best of the past, present and future of After a visit to the breed- After touring facilities modern and contemporary art Qatar’s architecture. Tel ing department where Arabian and labs, the players went to of the Arab world, the players The players were then taken Fax pure-bred horses are preserved Qatar Robotic Surgery Centre took part in the creation of a to Doha Fire Station, a former along with the tradition, the (QRSC) that offers training digital fresco. Equipped with firehouse and now a studio for players on a carriage toured the through surgical simulation and digital pens and in teams of two, artists that hosts local talent, venue, from Equine Academy assisted procedures. they expressed artistic talent helping them develop art. to Endurance Training Centre, The Parisians saw the dexter- and tried to reproduce one of Using a connected object that passing through the historic ity required for robotic surgery, the pieces of art. creates music from body move- Ottoman-era stables. thanks to the simulator. At Msheireb Enrichment ments, the players took time William Accambray, Jeffrey Patrice Annonay, Xavier Centre, an education portal out to try to compose music. M’Tima, Sergiy Onufrienko Barachet and new recruits showcasing Qatar’s past and THE PENINSULA Tel Fax

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Tel + 974 44195000 Fax + 974 44195100 SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 HOME / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QA: No US airline competes US urged to reject calls to freeze Open Skies with us in nonstop market agreement with Qatar DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) Continued from page 1 to block air services that compete has made it clear that it is not “Since then, we have built up a with their own.” in competition with US carri- significant brand presence on the QA also rebutted each allega- ers in nonstop markets and has routes we operate to the US. Our tion, noting that US carriers ben- no nonstop route that overlaps passengers have come to know us, efit from many of the same policies with any US carrier. not through size alone, but by the they have attacked. Indeed, claims “Given the tenor of claims of signature service and quality of of subsidy advanced by the Big 3 the Big 3 US carriers, one might the product on board — and the include items of support US car- imagine that QA is their head- breadth of our network. riers have received for decades, to-head competitor in dozens of “There has been significant and items that have never been nonstop markets. The reality is demand for our services from the viewed as a form of subsidy. far different,” QA said in a ‘White US, not just to the Middle East In fact, many airlines (includ- Paper’ to the US government. but beyond where no other car- ing US carriers) have acknowl- QA’s home market, Doha, is riers fly. This makes us a natural edged publicly that they and the almost 8,000 miles from the US. choice for consumers, and is a Big 3 have been long-time benefi- No US carrier offers nonstop reflection of how globalised our ciaries of subsidies and favourable service from the US to Doha. world has become. US policies and support. Indeed, no US airline competes “People are travelling further While QA is used to strong with QA in any nonstop market. than ever before and it is impor- competition, it expressed con- Aside from the fact that it has no tant that in an economy focused cern about efforts of the Big 3 to nonstop route that overlaps with on open market principles, our persuade the US government to any US carrier, QA also notes wings remain open for business, refer to rules that do not apply that it has almost no one-stop rather than closed.” to aviation to resolve their com- overlap with US carriers either. QA also demonstrated that its plaints. The application of WTO Other than offering limited services are lawful and consistent trade principles and US domestic service to Mumbai and Delhi, US with the US-Qatar Agreement, trade laws to these complaints — carriers provide almost no non- which in Article 11.2 says “nei- rules that apply solely to trade in stop service to the markets QA ther party shall unilaterally limit goods — would be unlawful. serves behind Doha. share of global traffic. shares of European carriers are The US government should the volume of traffic, frequency Al Baker added: “It is puzzling United offers nonstop service The Big 3’s assertion is also being driven by the fact that QA reject specious claims of any or regularity of service, or the to see the biggest US carriers from the US to Mumbai, Delhi, false in absolute terms. The offers one-stop service to many causal connection between QA’s aircraft type or types operated describe QA a ‘threat’, given our Kuwait, Bahrain and Dubai, while markets that feed QA’s Doha-US secondary points in India, Sri launch of new services and by the designated airlines of the small size and lack of direct com- Delta offers service to Dubai. traffic are largely unserved by US Lanka, Bangladesh and else- Lufthansa and/or Air France’s other party’. petition with them. American Airlines offers no serv- carriers. where, that are only served on a exit from given markets. Despite this, the Big 3 are urg- “Their long-standing focus on ice to the Middle East/GCC/SE While the Big Three complain two (or more) stop basis from the QA offers service to 12 cities in ing the US government to ignore other markets, and large (and Asia region. about harm suffered by their US by US carriers, together with India, including six served neither its obligations by imposing a uni- growing) profits undercut this Given US carriers’ lack of com- European joint venture partners, their European partners. by any of the US Big 3 nor any of lateral limit on QA’s capacity. claim. petitive exposure to QA, their the fact is that the networks of Lufthansa and Air France/ their European JV partners. Other US airlines have noted “The Open Skies model was claims of threatened harm fall Air France, KLM and Lufthansa KLM have asserted that they have A recent study on the value of that foreign governments often developed by American carriers flat. cover far fewer points in India, withdrawn from certain markets Open Skies confirms explosive try to block competition from and has demonstrated how Open QA takes exception to any and the Indian subcontinent than as a result of the introduction of growth of the US-India market strong US airlines by challeng- Skies paves the way for an open assertion that it “steals” traffic does QA. services by Gulf carriers. and growth in demand for service ing “excess” capacity offered by economy. from US carriers. As a practical For example, Air France offers QA has reviewed these claims to/from airports supporting sec- US carriers, and cautioned the “We are concerned to see the matter, carriers do not own or service to only three points in and found them to be demonstra- ondary cities in India. US government against deviat- Big 3 seek to change the rules have any entitlement to “their” India — Mumbai, Delhi and bly false. For example, Air France QA serves nonstop 12 cities in ing from a free trade policy that of the game as soon as they see passengers, who are free to choose Bangalore. A Delta passenger claims that it was “driven out” of India from Doha. While these has worked to the overwhelming US consumers respond well to their service based on price and travelling to destinations in India Hanoi, but QA entered that mar- include Mumbai and Delhi (the benefit of US airlines. services offered by a competitor. convenience. other than these three, is faced ket in November 2010, a month only markets served by US car- Al Baker said: “The US gov- QA is proud of its signature five- International Airlines Group, with a connection at Paris, and after Air France exited (October riers), QA offers service to points ernment should reject calls to star service, brand identity and the parent company of British another connection in India, an 2010). Similarly, QA launched neither served by US carriers ‘freeze’ the US-Qatar Open Skies high standards we deliver to our Airways, has squarely (and per- option far from convenient or service to Asmara more than 18 nor their European joint venture Agreement, and recognise these passengers on board,” Al Baker suasively) rejected that US car- attractive. months after Lufthansa exited partners. allegations for what they are — a added. riers have any claim to “their” Changes in relative market the market. THE PENINSULA transparent attempt by the Big 3 THE PENINSULA

Qatar, Turkey ties reviewed Ministry backs 1,350 productive families DOHA: The Department of Productive Families Development at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is supporting over 1,350 produc- tive families through projects, Al Sharq reports. Support includes training for families which set up their projects. Families keep coop- erating with the ministry after establishing projects and continue to supply products to the local market. The ministry supports families Turkish Minister for National Defence Vecdi Gonul yesterday met Minister to become self-sustained, develop of State for Defence Affairs and Cabinet Member H E Major-General skills and capabilities through Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah and discussed means of enhancing relations training, market products and in the military field. establish contacts with parties related to their businesses. In collaboration with spe- cialised entities such as Qatar Projects Corporation, families receive support, including vis- Traffic services soon ibility studies, training, advice on how to establish business and attract permanent costumers, and display and offer products. for HIA, HGH visitors To get support from the The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs helps productive families display, market and sell their products. department, each family must DOHA: Visitors to Hamad department. have a small or medium produc- To make families competitive consumption. Meera branches in addition to General Hospital (HGH) and These offices provide all serv- tive project and product(s) must and help them maintain qual- It also helps families sell prod- facilitating their participation Hamad International Airport ices related to selling vehicles, be produced locally. The family ity, the department holds spe- ucts and provide them with in expos such as ‘Made in Qatar’ (HIA) will soon be able renewal of vehicles registration must be registered and there is no cial training courses on crafts, shops. It has allocated six shops and in Souq Waqif where produc- access services of the Traffic (isthimara), driver’s licence, age limit for family members who marketing, customer service, in Barwa Commercial Complex tive families are provided with Department. changing GCC driving licences, will be in charge of the project. savings and rationalisation of in Al Wakrah and outlets in Al free stalls. THE PENINSULA New offices will open in addi- changing colour of vehicles and tion to the 15 functioning under payment of violation penalties, the department, to reduce the said Captain Al Azbah rush at branches and make it easy However, cancelling cars regis- for the public to access services. tration, providing special number The offices provide all type of plates, and giving permits to Israel enacts law to force-feed prisoners services, except for cancellation export vehicles are done at the of car registration and importing department in Madinat Khalifa JERUSALEM: The Israeli par- in prisons have become a means to Israeli Medical Association, which Mendez and UN Special vehicles, said Captain Ali Rashid and Industrial Area. liament yesterday approved a threaten Israel.” The law, passed warned it would “order doctors to Rapporteur on the Right to Health Mohamed Al Azbah, Head of traf- All services provided at offices law allowing prisoners on hunger by 46 votes to 40, “will be used only act solely according to the rules Dainius Puras called on Israel to fic offices at the department at are processed through Matrash strike to be force-fed if their life if a doctor determines that the of ethics, and not feed or nourish halt the legislation. the Ministry of Interior. 2 facility and soon customers will is in danger or they face chronic continued hunger strike will cre- hunger strikers against their will.” “Feeding induced by threats, Offices will also be opened in receive their final documents for health problems, a spokesman ate an immediate risk to the life of According to Association for coercion, force or use of physical Mesaimeer and Messaied, he told services through post. said. a prisoner or long-term damage to Civil Rights in Israel, the major- restraints of individuals, who have the latest edition of Al Shurtha Also, an online link will be cre- The law, which seeks to prevent his health,” David Amsalem of the ity of prisoners who go on hunger opted for the extreme recourse Mahak – the police magazine ated between traffic offices and imprisoned Palestinian militants ruling Likud party said. strike are Palestinians in admin- of a hunger strike to protest published by the Public Relations insurance companies to provide from pressuring Israel by refusing But opposition members decried istrative detention, under which against their detention, are, even Department at the ministry. all services from one venue. food, was approved by cabinet in the new measure, with the Arab they held for renewable six-month if intended for their benefit, tan- Traffic offices function together The department also plans to June 2014 at the height of a mass Joint List of parties criticising “a periods without charge. tamount to cruel, inhuman and with other service centres in Al open new technical inspection hunger strike of Palestinian pris- law to torture Palestinian pris- The association was among 10 degrading treatment,” Mendez Shamal, Al Zain, Umm Salal, Al offices (Fahas) in addition to the oners, during which dozens were oners to uproot their legitimate rights groups which warned that said in a statement. “The way to Khor and other places. ones operating in Al Shamal, hospitalised. struggle”. the law’s aim was “to break the end hunger strikes is not to force- However, the number of offices Dukhan, Shahaniya, Al Wakrah While the law does not mention It said the law reflected Prime spirit and body of administrative feed hunger strikers but to address in Al Rayan, Al Mamoora, Al and Mesaied in collaboration with Palestinians, Internal Security Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s detainees and prisoners expressing underlying human rights violations Mathar, Al Wakrah and Souq Waqood. The department receives Minister Gilad Erdan, who led the government’s “distorted take on protest in a non-violent way.” against which they are protesting Waqif technically and admin- over 12,000 visitors a month. legislation, said it was necessary fundamental democratic values.” United Nations Special — the practice of administrative istratively function under the THE PENINSULA since “hunger strikes of terrorists The law had been opposed by Rapporteur on Torture Juan detention.” AGENCIES SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Kurdish attack kills two Turkish cops Police HQ attacked in Adana; probes against co-leaders of pro-Kurdish party HDP; jets bomb PKK targets

ISTANBUL: Two more Turkish police Yuksekdag made on July 19 supporting were killed yesterday in an attack Syrian Kurdish groups which Turkey blamed on Kurdish militants as ten- links to the banned PKK. sions in the country boiled over amid As a riposte, Demirtas filed a complaint the military’s cross-border bombing with Ankara prosecutors requesting a campaign against extremists in Syria criminal investigation against Davutoglu and Iraq. and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. With Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu He said they should be charged with vowing to pursue the bombing campaign seeking to influence the judiciary with to the end, criminal investigations were comments that encouraged criminal pro- also opened against the co-leaders of ceedings against the HDP and its leaders. Turkey’s largest pro-Kurdish party. The PKK’s more-than-three-decade- Ankara has launched a two-pronged long insurgency for greater rights and anti-terror offensive against Islamic State powers for Turkey’s Kurdish minority (IS) jihadists in Syria and Kurdistan has left tens of thousands dead. The cur- Workers Party (PKK) militants at their rent violence has ripped apart a ceasefire bases in northern Iraq after a wave of declared in 2013. deadly attacks in the country. German Foreign Minister Frank- But so far air strikes had targeted Walter Steinmeier urged Turkey not mainly the PKK, which is itself bitterly to abandon the Kurdish peace process opposed to IS, raising tensions in Turkey despite the tension. with its large Kurdish minority. Demirtas accuses Erdogan of orches- Deadly attacks on the security forces trating the current security crisis in the blamed on the PKK have become a daily hope of calling early elections to secure event, raising fears of a return to the an outright majority for the ruling party dark days at the peak of its separatist after its lacklustre performance in June 7 insurgency in the 1990s. polls. With Turkey still without a perma- In the latest violence, two Turkish nent government as coalition talks drag police were killed in a gun attack on on, Erdogan said early elections should a police headquarters in the southern be called “immediately” if the negotia- region of Adana. tions fail. Suspected PKK gunmen fired on police “If we expect them (coalitions) to bring headquarters in the city of Pozanti, benefits to our country, it is in vain,” sparking clashes which left two police as Erdogan told reporters on his plane while well as two militants dead, the Anatolia travelling on an official visit from China Hurriyet news agency said. FROM LEFT: Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Speaker of Parliament Ismet Yilmaz, Turkey’s to Indonesia, the newspaper and According to an AFP tally, at least 13 Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the father of killed member of security forces Hamza Yildirim and Chief of Staff General Necdet Ozel other media reported. members of the security forces have been Speaking in Indonesia, he also fiercely pray in front of Yildirim’s flag-draped coffin during his funeral ceremony at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara, yesterday. killed in attacks blamed on the PKK in denied as “black propaganda” suggestions 10 days of violence. Turkey had assisted IS in the past. Some 30 Turkish F-16 planes yesterday an Arabic acronym for IS. both co-leaders of the pro-Kurdish face up to 24 years in jail, it added. Turkey is now set to open its Incirlik launched a new wave of strikes against “If needed, we are ready to sacrifice our Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). Meanwhile, prosecutors yesterday base outside Adana to US warplanes to PKK targets in northern Iraq, NTV tel- sons and ourselves for this homeland,” he Its charismatic male co-leader announced a probe against its female bomb IS in a long-awaited move. evision said. told a conference in Ankara. Selahattin Demirtas is accused of inciting co-leader Figen Yuksekdag — the party The Radikal daily online quoted an offi- “The operations will continue until The first shots were also fired in what people to take up arms during October splits its top post between a man and a cial as saying Turkey was waiting for US weapons are laid down, armed groups may prove a long-running legal process 2014 protests that left dozens dead, woman — for “making propaganda for a Air Force units to arrive at Incirlik before leave Turkey and Daesh stops being a against pro-Kurdish political forces, with Anatolia said. terror group”. beginning broader operations against IS. threat in Syria,” Davutoglu said, using prosecutors announcing probes against If the case comes to court, he could The investigation relates to comments AFP

Fuming Iraqis Islamic State kills take to the Tunisia extends emergency streets after TUNIS: A state of emergency because Tunisia remained “at war “A strong and democratic seven Libyan troops imposed in Tunisia after a against terrorism”. Tunisia is vital for the stability jihadist gunman killed 38 for- The decision was not the result of Europe,” EU foreign affairs power shortage eign tourists in June is to be of a specific threat “but because chief Federica Mogherini said in BENGHAZI: Seven Libyan military equipment. It said it had extended for two months, the the causes (of its initial imposi- a statement. soldiers were killed yester- attacked 200 soldiers. BAGHDAD: Several hundred president’s office announced tion) are still there,” Sinaoui said. A state of emergency, granting day when Islamic State mili- Islamic State has exploited Iraqis took to the streets of yesterday. The state of emergency was special powers to the police and tants stormed a checkpoint a growing security vacuum in Baghdad yesterday to vent their “After consultations with the one of a raft of measures intro- army, was in force for three years manned by forces loyal to the Libya, where two governments anger at the chronic electricity prime minister and the speaker, duced by the authorities after the up until March 2014, following official government, military and parliaments are fighting for shortages, which they blamed the president has decided to seaside massacre, which dealt a longtime secular president Zine officials said. control four years after the top- on government corruption. extend the state of emergency in heavy blow to Tunisia’s key tour- El Abidine Ben Ali’s ouster in a Five soldiers were killed and pling of Muammar Gaddafi. “Thieves, thieves, thieves,” force nationwide for two months ism industry. 2011 revolution. 15 have been missing since the The official prime minister has chanted the crowd, mostly mid- from August 3,” a statement said. The government began arm- Apart from allowing the bar- Islamic State fighters attacked been based in the east, working dle-class Baghdadis, as they The decision was criticised by ing tourism police for the first ring of strike action, the measure the checkpoint outside the east- with his cabinet out of hotels, marched before dusk in the cen- rights groups, who warned that time and reinforced them with authorises the authorities to raid ern town of Ajdabiya, near the oil since the capital, Tripoli, was tre of the capital. Tunisia’s new security meas- troops in a bid to reassure foreign homes at any time of the day and port of Bregaattack, one military seized by a rival group that set Iraq’s infrastructure was ures were “open to abuse” by governments. to keep tabs on the media. official said. Two more soldiers up its own government. severely damaged during the authorities. But Britain, whose nation- Tunisia last week passed a new were killed when the govern- Both sides command loose 2003 US-led invasion that ousted On July 4, eight days after als accounted for 30 of the dead, anti-terror bill, which approved ment sent reinforcements. Five coalitions of former anti-Gaddafi Saddam Hussein and the country the shooting massacre at the warned against all but essential the imposition of the death pen- were wounded. rebels. After Gaddafi’s ouster, the has suffered chronic power short- Mediterranean resort of Port El travel to Tunisia, saying more alty for “terrorist” crimes. “Fighting is continuing some various factions split along politi- ages ever since. Kantaoui, President Beji Caid needed to be done to make it a Eight advocacy groups, includ- 100 kilometers outside Ajdabiya,” cal, regional and tribal lines. The government has repeat- Essebsi ordered a state of emer- safe holiday destination. ing Human Rights Watch, said one official said. Militants loyal to Islamic State, edly promised an end to the crisis, gency for an initial 30 days. Yesterday, the European Union yesterday that the new law Islamic State claimed respon- the group which has seized much compounded by insurgent attacks Presidency spokesman Moez said it was providing ¤116.8m to “imperils human rights”, call- sibility for the attack in a state- of Syria and Iraq, has built up since 2003, but shortages have Sinaoui told AFP the state of Tunisia as part of annual funding ing on parliament to implement ment on social media, saying it a large presence in Sirte, to the continued and private generators emergency had been extended aimed in part at boosting security. safeguards. AFP had captured ammunition and west of Ajdabiya. REUTERS flourished as an alternative. Power from the national grid is on only a few hours a day in most of the country, making life deeply uncomfortable in the sear- ing summer heat. Born during war, babies in Yemen The government declared Thursday and Sunday national holidays because the temperature broke the 50-degree Celsius (122 hospital suffer from malnutrition Fahrenheit) mark. “We are demonstrating against SANA’A: Born just before began in March, between the of the financial means to help a failed government, a govern- the outbreak of Yemen’s dev- country’s Houthi movement and their children. Wadha said: “We ment that has disappointed the astating war, Ali Mohammed an exiled government backed by had a decent life before the war hopes of the people,” said Nahida Al Tawaari may well not sur- Gulf Arab states, hundreds of for- started, we had a business and Ahmad, a middle-aged woman vive it. eign, mostly Asian, medical staff were cultivating crops. But now employed at the ministry of Damaged by a lack of skilled members, were evacuated to their diesel became expensive and my culture. medical care at a critical moment countries, leaving their jobs in husband cannot pay for water.” “We have no services; have they in his early weeks, the six-month- Yemeni hospitals. Even before the war, Yemen no shame? For years, we have old infant struggles for life in a Local medics, nurses and doc- had one of the highest child been telling them they are fail- hospital in the bomb-damaged tors also left the places they were malnutrition rates in the world, ures, they are thieves, they are capital Sana’a. working in, to go back to their according to the World Food corrupt. Have they no shame?” Ali suffers malnourishment home areas. Programme. Around half of all Many of the demonstrators and complications from a botched The rural district three hours children under five are stunted; were civil servants who were not circumcision performed by an from Sana’a where Ali’s family too short for their age as a result afraid to criticise the government. unqualified practitioner. lives was one of the areas that of malnutrition. Yemen normally “We despair of this govern- “He is dying, you can see it,” lost qualified medical staff. imports almost 90 percent of its ment we elected and we are tired said his mother Wadha, watching Without their skills, routine basic food from abroad. The UN of being submitted to those cow- his tiny skeletal figure, clothed in problems can turn lethal. emergency food agency said on ards,” said Dawood Akram, an green pyjamas. “I want to turn him Wadha said that Ali’s problems July 30 that the impact of trad- engineer at the Ministry of Water to the Kaaba,” she said, referring to began when he was circumcised ers being unable to import enough resources. the ancient cubic shrine in Makkah incorrectly. He bled for a whole food and safely move it inside the “Thirteen years with no water, which all Muslims face when they day after the operation and later country has led to a severe rise in no electricity, no services and pray and when they are buried. suffered diarrhoea. prices, increasing the suffering of with low salaries. The people He was admitted on Wednesday When he arrived at Sabeen “his the poorest and most vulnerable. have had enough,” he said. Other to an intensive care unit at condition improved the first day, The UN children’s agency demonstrations have been staged Al-Sabeen hospital in the city’s but now it’s deteriorated.” UNICEF said on July 10 it was elsewhere in the country over Haddah neighbourhood, where Malnutrition complicated Ali’s stepping up screening for mal- the power shortages.Earlier this nurses treat infants suffer- condition. Disruptions of daily life nutrition, vaccinations and month, a young man was killed A nurse feeds a newborn in a special care unit at a hospital in Sana’a, ing malnutrition, their skin caused by war have also deprived other life-saving interventions during a protest near the south- Yemen. Due to lack of skilled medical care at a critical moment, many stretched tight over the bones of many Yemenis of their livelihoods, for millions of Yemeni children. ern oil hub of Basra. AFP infants struggle for life in a hospital in the bomb-damaged capital Sana’a. wasted figures. 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A Palestinian protester throws stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron yesterday after Jewish extremists in an arson attack killed a Palestinian infant and severely injured other members of his family in a village on the northern West Bank earlier in the day. RIGHT: Israeli soldiers advance towards Palestinian protesters during clashes near the Jalazoun Palestinian refugee camp and the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. UN, US condemn arson attack that killed baby Hamas calls for retaliation as killing sparks protests and clashes Israeli troops shoot UNITED NATIONS: The United States and homes had been torched by two masked men, with the 50 and to women. Some stone-throwing erupted out- United Nations yesterday condemned the killing child killed and four family members wounded, includ- side the Old City, police said, with one officer lightly of an 18-month-old baby in an arson attack by ing the baby’s parents and four-year-old brother. injured. In the West Bank city of Hebron, stone- dead Palestinian teen suspected Jewish settlers in the Israeli-occupied The attack added to tensions between Israelis throwing clashes between Palestinians and Israeli GAZA: Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian West Bank. and Palestinians, sparking protests by hundreds soldiers broke out after Friday prayers. teenager near the border fence in the northern UN chief Ban Ki-moon called on the perpetrators of people and sporadic clashes. Ban said he “urges Near Ramallah Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Gaza Strip yesterday, Palestinian medical offi- of what he called a “terrorist act” to face justice, both sides to take bold steps to return to the path Palestinian who threw a fire-bomb at them, the cials said. and expressed condolences for the family of the dead of peace.” military said and medics said he was seriously An Israeli military spokeswoman said several sus- baby, Ali Saad Dawabsha. “Continued failures to effectively address impu- injured. The police said a special task-force was pects approached the fence at two different points “The Secretary-General strongly condemns nity for repeated acts of settler violence have led investigating the killing, along with the Shin Bet and did not heed calls by soldiers to stop. She said today’s murder of a Palestinian child in the West to another horrific incident involving the death of security service. Israeli Police spokeswoman Luba one group threw stones at the security fence and Bank and calls for the perpetrators of this terrorist an innocent life. This must end,” he added. “The Samri said the torching appeared to have been a that soldiers fired warning shots in the air before act to be promptly brought to justice,” a spokesper- absence of a political process and Israel’s illegal “Price Tag” attack, a reference to settlers who exact firing at the “suspects’ lower extremities.” son for Ban said. settlement policy, as well as the harsh and unnec- retribution for Israeli government curbs on settle- Gaza hospital officials identified the teenager as “He expresses his deepest condolences to the fam- essary practice of demolishing Palestinian houses, ment expansion. Israel tore down two illegal struc- Mohammed Al Masri, 17. ily of Ali Dawabsha, who were themselves severely have given rise to violent extremism on both sides.” tures in the Beit El settlement near Ramallah and Israel enforces a 300-metre-(1,000-foot)-deep, injured in the arson attack.” Hamas spokesman Hussam Badran called for removed dozens of people from another settlement security no-go zone on the Gaza side of the fence. The White House condemned in the strongest retaliation. “This crime has made occupation sol- near Nablus on Wednesday, prompting protests. The frontier has been largely quiet since a 2014 war possible terms the “vicious” arson attack. diers and settlers everywhere legitimate targets,” The “Price Tag” group has been blamed for torch- between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in According to Palestinian security officials, four sus- he said. ing a number of mosques and homes in the West which more than 2,100 Palestinians and 73 Israelis pected settlers set fire to the family’s house before Fearing the killing would provoke violence in Bank in recent years. Those attacks caused damage were killed. dawn before fleeing to a nearby Jewish settlement. Jerusalem, police restricted entrance to Al-Aqsa but no casualties. REUTERS The Israeli military and army radio said a total of two mosque for Friday prayers to men over the age of AGENCIES

Bahrain protest Obama tells Nusra Front holds backers of Iran deal to make US-trained voice heard WASHINGTON: US President militants in Syria Barack Obama yesterday told groups that support the Iran BEIRUT: Al Qaeda’s Syria wing this year. The latest incident nuclear deal to make their said yesterday it had detained highlights the difficulties the voices heard to Congress to members of a Syrian rebel group United States faces in its efforts counter the millions of dollars who had just returned from US to train and equip rebels to fight in lobbying by those who want training, in a direct challenge to Islamic State, which is a rival of to derail the agreement. Washington’s plan to train and Nusra Front. “Right now the opponents equip insurgents to combat the Nusra Front said it had elimi- of this deal have been flooding hardline Islamic State group. nated fighters who the United Congressional offices,” Obama In a statement that appeared States had sought to embed in said on a call with groups to contradict comments from the Syria in the past two years. including the Washington- Pentagon, Nusra Front said the It said Division 30 had coordi- based think tank Center for men it was holding had entered nated air strikes with the US-led American Progress. Syria several days prior and had alliance against its positions, a Groups who opposed the deal, been trained under the supervi- reference to fighting between the such as American Israel Public sion of the Central Intelligence sides yesterday. The strikes “left a Protesters hold placards with photos of opposition leader and head of Al Wefaq party Ali Salman during a Affairs Committee known as Agency. number of martyrs and wounded protest after Friday prayers in the village of Diraz, west of Manama, Bahrain, yesterday. Hundreds marched AIPAC, have spent $20m in TV It described them as agents of in our ranks”, the statement said. asking for the release of Salman sentenced to four years in jail last month. ads to put pressure on members America and warned others they The Syrian Observatory for of Congress, Obama said. should abandon the programme. Human Rights monitoring group “They start getting squishy It also said a US-led coalition said yesterday that warplanes because they’re feeling the politi- had mounted air strikes against believed to be part of the US-led cal heat,” Obama said of members Nusra Front positions during alliance had bombed Nusra Front of Congress he has met with in fighting between the group and positions in an area near the town Working mothers in Iran face recent weeks. the rebels. of Azaz, north of Aleppo city. Obama did not thank the Syrian opposition sources and It said at least 18 Nusra Front groups for any of their support a monitoring group said ear- fighters had been killed in the air so far, but rather pressured them lier this week that Nusra Front strikes and ground fighting, while sack after maternity leave to step up their efforts. had detained the leader of the seven rebel fighters had died in He drew comparisons to the US-trained rebel “Division 30” the clashes. TEHRAN: Tens of thousands has been passed yet there are no would likely worsen. “If maternity lead up to the Iraq war, noting and a number of its members. Nusra Front attacked Division of working mothers have been funds to pay its estimated 3.2 tril- leave is increased to nine months, that groups who opposed it were The Pentagon cast doubt on the 30 and other rebels overnight, sacked in Iran since the start of lion rial ($985m) bill, according to the number of women getting not vocal until it was too late. reports on Thursday, saying no rebel groups and the Observatory 2014 because employers found welfare bosses. sacked, upon returning to work “In the absence of your voices, members of the “New Syrian said yesterday, escalating tension cheaper staff, an official said “So far, not one rial has been after using maternity leave, will you are going to see the same Force” had been captured or between rival insurgents near the yesterday, warning that a new allocated,” Mohammad Hassan increase much more.” array of voices that got us into detained. Turkish border. maternity pay policy remains Zeda, a deputy at Iran’s Social According to the Statistical the Iraq war, leading to a situa- “We warn soldiers of (Division The fighting points to one of unfunded. Security Organisation, told Centre of Iran, the unemploy- tion in which we forego a historic 30) against proceeding in the the major complications facing The comments highlight the the ISNA news agency in an ment rate was 10.8 percent in opportunity and we are back on American project,” Nusra Front US and Turkish plans to jointly financial pressures on families interview. 2014, though unofficial sources the path of potential military con- said in a statement distributed sweep Islamic State militants and on the Iranian government, He said studies showed that estimate the number is as high flict,” Obama said. online. “We, and the Sunni peo- from northern Syria. despite this month’s nuclear deal from 145,000 women who had as 20 percent. If upheld, the deal is certain to ple in Syria, will not allow their Yesterday, Division 30 said with world powers that could pave gone on a six-month maternity Unemployment is particularly shape Obama’s legacy as he pre- sacrifices to be offered on a golden Nusra Front fighters attacked the way for an economic rebound. leave in the past 18 months, 47,000 bad among women (19.2 percent) pares to leave office. He said he platter to the American side.” its headquarters at 4.30am (0130 An austerity budget passed in of them — almost a third — were and youths (25 percent). has never been more certain of a Nusra Front, one of the most GMT) in the area near Azaz. March after a precipitous drop sacked when they tried to return. Underemployment has also policy decision. powerful insurgent groups in Five members of Division 30 were in global oil prices has left key “This is because right now due become common in Iran, accord- Congress is currently reviewing northern Syria, has a record of killed as they held off the attack- Tehran ministries, including to the situation in the job mar- ing to the World Bank, with a the deal that the United States crushing rebel groups that have ers, it said. education and oil, struggling to ket, there are many individuals weak labour market leaving only and other world powers negoti- received support from Western Another rebel group in the pay wages. with higher education who are 36.7 percent of the population ated with Iran to limit its nuclear states, including the Hazzm area said it had also clashed with A new law enshrining nine prepared to work for lower sala- economically active. capabilities in exchange for a movement that collapsed earlier Nusra Front. 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HE Palestinian issue has again burst into the Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate headlines with the killing of an eighteen-month-old Palestinian infant in an arson attack by extremist TJewish settlers in the West Bank. The world reacted in horror. Within hours, the Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu was forced to condemn the attack as an “act of terrorism”, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Why the West may miss Abbas denounced it as a war crime, and the European Union and United Nations demanded swift action to bring the perpetrators to justice. The White House too condemned the attack in the strongest terms possible. And thousands of Palestinians attended Ali’s funeral and other protests in the the Taliban’s Mullah Omar West Bank, their anger fuelled by a litany of settler violence BY DAVID ROHDE and intimidation. The news pushed itself to the top in a between senior Afghan and Taliban hopes they could help bring the Taliban region which is at war with itself. officials in a decade. A second round to the negotiating table. The Palestinian issue has been struggling for attention EPORTS yesterday that reclu- of negotiations is scheduled on Friday. In a piece of rare good news from sive Taliban leader Mullah But the emergence of actual negotia- Afghanistan, Ghani’s gambit has paid after the Arab Spring, and secondly, due to the Fatah- Omar had died will be rightly tions has placed enormous strain on the off. After sheltering Taliban leaders for Hamas divisions which plunged to such ridiculous depths Rhailed by some as the demise Taliban and widened a dangerous rift the past 14 years, Pakistani military offi- that Arabs and the world preferred to keep away. Israel has of an American nemesis. But the death inside the group. cials are putting intense pressure on the been the biggest beneficiary of these developments. It went of the one-eyed Afghan commander may In the past few weeks, two different Taliban to attend the talks. on an unprecedented settlement expansion and oppression of also scuttle the most promising peace militant groups once allied with the Pressure from China, the Pakistani Palestinians as the world watched helplessly. But nature has talks in Afghanistan in a decade. Taliban have issued statements declar- military’s most important ally, appears Omar’s direct role in day-to-day ing Omar is dead. Their goal was to call to have played a central role, accord- a way of exacting justice. The brutal killing of an innocent Taliban operations had been declining into question the authority of his deputy, ing to Barnett Rubin, a former senior infant has forced the world to look at the atrocities which for years, according to Western dip- Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor, to State Department official and expert on Israel has been committing. From a victim of so-called lomats in Afghanistan. Even if he is lead the group. Afghanistan. Chinese officials increas- terrorism, Israel is slowly and inevitably alive, the former leader of Afghanistan Omar’s 26-year-old son, Yaqoob, ingly see militancy in the region as a securing notoriety as the perpetrator is believed to be severely ill. and other hardliners oppose the peace threat to Beijing’s plans for economic From a victim of terrorism. This will further weaken But the myth talks, according to a recent story by growth and political stability in western that surrounds a veteran Pakistani journalist with China, which borders both Afghanistan of so-called the support for Israel in the West, Omar is a key close ties to the Taliban. The hardlin- and Pakistan. terrorism, especially Europe, where Israel is element in deter- ers opposed Mansoor’s decision to send As Rubin wrote in the “New Yorker” Israel is slowly increasingly seen as an aggressor, After decades mining whether a delegation to direct peace talks on yesterday: forcing governments to recognize of using peace talks can July 7. Mansoor later issued a state- “An increase in terrorist attacks and inevitably the Palestine state despite vehement succeed. With ment purported to be from Omar that connected to a separatist movement Islamic State supported the talks. in the Xinjiang Autonomous region, opposition from Tel Aviv. Afghanistan as a securing and other jihad- The worrying trend is that this dis- some of whose fighters received train- notoriety The world will be watching to see battleground for ist groups vying pute reflects deep tribal divisions within ing in Pakistan and Afghanistan, had what action Netanyahu will take. He for the loyalty the Taliban that could divide the entire led China to regard the stability of as the said: “The state of Israel takes a strong proxy war, the of young Taliban movement. Ideological rifts exist as Afghanistan as crucial to its internal perpetrator of line against terrorism regardless of major powers fighters, it is well. Some hardline factions that have security as well as its economic future.” who the perpetrators are.” But, so far, unclear whether declared allegiance to Islamic State now As odd as it may seem to some terrorism. that exacerbated any leader except often engage in gun battles with tradi- Americans, Omar’s death could not the response of the Israeli authorities Omar can hold tional Taliban groups. come at a worse time. Omar’s brutal- to the perpetrators of settler violence the country’s the movement At the same time, the Obama admin- ity was medieval. But for more than a is has been different to the response to internal divisions together and then istration’s withdrawal of the vast major- decade, he served as the unifying force Palestinian attackers. The coalition politics in Israel - where get its members ity of US troops has bolstered the efforts of the Taliban. extremist settlers enjoy huge influence and whose support is are finally on the to accept a peace of the Taliban hardliners. The insur- The talks on Friday and their vital and inevitable for the life of the government - has tied settlement. gents have made sweeping military progress in the weeks ahead could help same page. “The night- gains in the country’s north. determine whether Afghanistan follows the hands of Netanyahu. mare is if nobody Afghan government forces are experi- the route of Syria, Yemen and Libya The Palestine Liberation Organisation has said a total respected the leadership anymore in encing a 50 percent increase in casualty toward state collapse. As the rise of of 369 attacks were committed by Israeli settlers from the Taliban,” said Graeme Smith, an rates. Roughly 4,100 Afghan soldiers and Islamic State has shown, an even more the beginning of 2015 up to July 27 – an average of more International Crisis Group senior ana- police were killed and 7,800 wounded in radical group could rise out of the dis- than 12 attacks each week. They include harassment lyst who is based in Kabul, “because the first six months of this year, accord- integration of the Taliban. then you have no one to talk to.” ing to news reports. A rare moment of consensus among and intimidation, the destruction and theft of olive trees, After decades of using Afghanistan as Afghanistan’s new president, Ashraf international powers and their long- the poisoning of wells, stone-throwing, firing with live a battleground for proxy war, the major Ghani, has also come under withering time Afghan proxies exist. But it may ammunition at people and property, assaults, verbal abuse, powers that exacerbated the country’s criticism from fellow Afghans for a bold be too late to halt the centrifugal forces vandalism and the spraying of graffiti on property. The spike internal divisions are finally on the same diplomatic gamble. Since taking office, unleashed in Afghanistan by both inter- in attacks has been blamed on Netanyahu’s reluctance to page. Two weeks ago, as Chinese and US the US-educated anthropologist has nal and external actors over the past punish the guilty. The Jewish state will have to pay a price for diplomats stood by, Pakistani officials openly wooed Chinese and Pakistani 40 years. convened the first direct peace talks officials. He made many concessions in REUTERS its excesses – some day. The other side Quote of Stepping up escalator safety the day

HETHER it is safe to fact that the majority of accidents should also be strict rules about the service providers from entering the use an escalator or took place because of poor or non- qualifications and credentials of the sector. Those who allow unqualified elevator is a question existent maintenance suggests that companies that provide maintenance companies into the sector by bend- that is now on many some of the deaths could have been services. ing the rules should receive due We’ve come a long Wpeople’s minds after a young woman avoided. It has been reported that vicious penalties. way from my days was killed on Sunday when the panel With an increasing number of ele- competition has brought down And any property management at the top of an escalator gave way vators or escalators being in service prices considerably, and some small firms that use unqualified mainte- going door-to-door beneath her. for many years, proper maintenance companies that are not sufficiently nance companies should receive Reportedly, there were 49 acci- is essential to ensure their safety. qualified get work simply because heavy fines. Rules should stipulate for the Children’s dents involving escalators or eleva- A preliminary investigation into the they offer a much lower price. If true, heavy fines for companies that are Defence Fund and tors nationwide in 2014, which tragedy has found that the access this will considerably compromise found to be responsible for fatal resulted in the deaths of 37 people. cover was not properly fixed in place. elevator and escalator safety, putting elevator or escalator accidents to earning $16,450 as a The accident rate is not that high There should be strict rules about users in danger. bring home to them the importance young law professor given the millions of escalators and how regularly an elevator or escala- The watchdogs need to have strict of sound maintenance of their prod- elevators in the country. Yet, the tor needs to be checked. And there rules in place to prevent unqualified ucts. CHINA DAILY in Arkansas. Hillary Clinton US presidential candidate SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 GOP weighs wooing black electorate

something that isn’t ever going responsible for new voting restric- Even as to go away, or should we fix the tions — some of which will come problems that lead to injustice? If into effect for the first time next Republicans we just place energy in grievances year — that have passed across all the time, all we’re going to do the country, including in several is stir up resentment.” crucial swing states. map new Herman Cain, a black busi- A new flurry of laws requir- nessman who ran for the 2012 ing voter identification, which territory, the Republican nomination and critics argue disproportionately briefly surged into a lead, shared affect minority populations, began some of Carson’s concerns. in 2010, the year that the tea- ground may be “If you want to talk about party wave elected conservatives the struggles we’ve had racially in statehouse and state execu- shifting. Bush over the last few years, you don’t tive offices across the country. In do it by excluding other lives,” addition, Republican majorities Cain said. “The position the in states such as North Carolina learned that Republicans ought to take is that began work to undo provisions all lives matter, and here’s what allowing early voting and Sunday recently when we do to improve law enforcement voting, which are widely thought and community relations.” to boost black voter participation. he balked at Some Republicans have “It’s ironic that the Republican already adopted that approach. Party chose the anniversary of the Kasich responded to the fatal Voting Rights Act to hold their how Black Lives police shooting of Tamir Rice, a first presidential debate, because 12-year-old Cleveland boy, by con- not a single candidate on that Matter activists vening a task force to review law stage will champion policies that enforcement conduct. Sen Tim broaden access to the ballot box,” Scott, R-SC, the upper house’s said Michael Tyler, a spokesman had jeered the only black Republican, said for the Democratic National in an interview that his party Committee. “They’ve all chosen term “all lives was leading on criminal justice to implement or embrace policies reform in Washington and else- that disproportionately disen- where, and that black voters were franchise minorities, women and matter” at a taking notice. young people.” “Republican governors have Efforts to implement new vot- progressive Republican presidential hopeful Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is interviewed during a campaign stop at the done a magnificent job on that,” ing restrictions were strengthened famed Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, Illinois. Scott said. “I’ve got legislation on by the Supreme Court’s Shelby requiring body cameras for police County v Holder decision in 2013, conference. officers, which resonates very well which stripped the Voting Rights BY DAVID WEIGEL, SEAN in the 2016 race, will also address John Kasich won the county by can see it in African-American in the African-American commu- Act of its “preclearance” for- SULLIVAN and WESLEY the gathering, then head to an 22,333 ballots, in a landslide that communities too, that there’s still nity. I hope we are building new mula. Under preclearance, many LOWERY Illinois conference of black con- has become part of his story to discrimination. But in my life, it’s connections, because the effects of Southern states were required servatives. Carson, Bush and Republican primary voters. important to acknowledge this Democratic policies on black com- to obtain Justice Department the wider GOP see an opportu- Frost spread around the credit and to act about that.” munities have frankly not been approval for any change to vot- leveland was no place nity to win black votes from a for that. Kasich himself aggres- Many Republicans also see successful.” ing rules or procedures. to be a Republican on Democratic Party that will not sively pitched black voters, and Marco Rubio, a youthful Cuban Democrats have left fewer “Since the Shelby Decision, November 6, 2012. It be led by President Obama for the local party started a con- American senator from Florida, openings for the GOP on another the Supreme Court has given the Cstarted out well: The much longer. versation with some open-door as a candidate who can build new issue: voting rights. One of the green light to discrimination in Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan presi- “What I have seen and what debates. In October, for example, bridges to black voters. After a major drivers behind Ohio’s 2012 voting,” said Katherine Culliton- dential ticket made a surprise I have heard tells me that we’re black Wall Street Journal column- campaign stop in Greenville, SC, black turnout was the decision Gonzalez, director of voter protec- Election Day fly-in, thanks to at a moment in time when the ist Jason Riley came to midtown this week, Rubio said he thinks by Republicans to cut back on tion for the Advancement Project, internal polling that had the black community is receptive,” Cleveland as the conservative the country has a “painful, com- early-voting days. Steele noted a nonpartisan civil rights group campaign thinking that it would said former Republican National voice in a GOP-hosted debate. plicated” history with racism. that the first televised debate that closely monitors voting rights. take Ohio, and the White House. Committee chairman Michael The party collected the names of “I think its impacts are still felt of the Republican primary will “This is the first presidential elec- Then the votes came in, and Rob Steele, the first black man to about 200 sceptical voters who in many communities across the tion since Shelby, and black vot- Frost, chairman of the Cuyahoga hold that job. “As we transition showed up, then stayed in touch country,” Rubio told reporters. He ers will be subject to many voting County Republican Party, from the Obama administra- with them. It was a soft sell — one acknowledged that some black restrictions they would not have, watched precinct after precinct tion and the Obama leadership, of many — and it seemed to work. communities in south Florida feel had it not been for that decision.” build President Obama’s lead. The they are looking. They have not “We really believe that every “deeply disadvantaged,” and with Many, especially Democrats, historic lines of black voters, bent sold themselves on Hillary. They vote in every neighborhood of reason. have argued that the GOP has around city blocks, had made the have not bought into the Bernie Cuyahoga County is winnable for “I think that it’s important To shrink the pushed these voting restrictions difference. Sanders socialist view of the Republicans,” Frost said. “We are for us to confront these issues Democrats’ 10-to-1 specifically to undercut the black “We still saw a lot of strong sup- world. They are suspicious of in a fight where we want to win because we can’t fulfill our vote, in part because the party port for Romney,” Frost remem- Martin O’Malley.” every vote.” promise as a nation if you have a or 20-to-1 margins knows it cannot compete for the bered. “We thought enough had It would not take that many Romney won just 17 percent significant percentage of the pop- among black voters, bulk of minority voters. GOP offi- been done to carry Ohio. To say black votes to complicate the of the non-white vote in 2012, ulation feeling as if the American cials and candidates have consist- we were surprised by the result Democrats’ electoral map. Neil down a bit from the 19 percent Dream is out of reach for them,” Republicans will do ently insisted that voter ID laws would be an understatement. Our Newhouse, a veteran Republican John McCain won in 2008 and a Rubio said. plenty of explaining. are about protecting the integrity faith was shaken, and we said, pollster working for a super PAC steeper drop from the 26 percent Still, even as Republicans map of elections, but some Republican okay: We’d had a blind spot here.” supporting Bush, said in an e-mail George W Bush won in 2004. new territory, the ground may They say they’re strategists have recommended the Frost, who has chaired the that the “demographic challenges” Had Romney performed as well be shifting. Bush learned that ready for it — and party move away from champion- party in his urban county for 10 facing whomever the GOP nomi- as Bush among non-white voters, recently when he balked at how ing new voter restrictions. years, began an aggressive cam- nates are “real and significant” he too would have won Ohio. Black Lives Matter activists had so is a post-Obama “Ultimately, what can harm our paign of black voter outreach. but fixable. The 43rd president’s brother jeered the term “all lives mat- black electorate. efforts is miscommunication and So did much of the Republican “The payoff can be significant,” has not shied away from ques- ter” at a progressive conference. letting voter ID be demonised,” Party. Yesterday, former Florida Newhouse said. “It doesn’t take tions about race, confronting the Asking for the political conver- Frost said. “When I observed vot- governor Jeb Bush was to appear much of a swing in minority votes issue more directly than many sation to centre on white privi- ing last year, I saw 99 percent of before the National Urban to make a difference. Winning past Republican candidates. He lege, as those activists demanded, people pulling out their driver’s League’s annual conference in even 10 to 14 percent of African has talked about Sandra Bland, was too much even for some coincide next Thursday with the licences as they headed to the Fort Lauderdale, in his home American votes in states like whose recent arrest and death in of the most prominent black 50th anniversary of the signing of polls. If that truth gets lost, then state, where he plans to talk about Ohio, Florida or Virginia could a Texas jail cell prompted an out- Republicans. the Voting Rights Act, which the shame on us for not doing a better how his education reforms helped put those states in the GOP col- cry; he has opined on the Black “I certainly think that black Supreme Court in 2013 stripped job of explaining it.” black students, his removal of the umn in ‘16.” Lives Matter movement; and he lives matter,” Carson said in an of a key provision providing fed- To shrink the Democrats’ Confederate flag from the state Cuyahoga County and has recounted in Spanish the interview. “Of course, all lives eral oversight of changes to state 10-to-1 or 20-to-1 margins among capitol and his gubernatorial Cleveland, which will host the taunting his half-Hispanic chil- matter. The sooner we can get voting laws. Steele said the law black voters, Republicans will do record on diversity: During his first Republican primary debate dren endured because of their away from the politics of identity is “languishing,” and debate par- plenty of explaining. They say tenure, he will tell the crowd, “we next week, have been laborato- skin colour. in everything, the better off we ticipants must be prepared to say they’re ready for it — and so is a increased the number of black ries for that theory. Obama had “It’s a good lesson to learn, to are. We should be concerned with how they plan to address it. post-Obama black electorate. Floridians serving in the judici- won the county by a 256,613- always remember that we still every life in the city, and part of “What are you prepared to do “We have a saying on my radio ary by 43 percent” and “the state’s vote margin, which boosted him don’t have a country of com- that is crisis going on with young now? What would you say to the show: ‘Save the saveable,’” Cain use of minority-owned businesses to a 166,272-vote statewide win. plete justice,” he said in a recent black males. Is there injustice? Republican [congressional] lead- said. “You’re not going to save tripled.” In some Cleveland precincts, Spanish-language interview with Of course there is. Will there be ers?” Steele asked. everybody with the facts and the Retired neurosurgeon Ben Romney won no votes at all. Just Telemundo, recalling the diffi- injustice tomorrow? Absolutely. Democrats say that many truth. But you can save a whole Carson, the only black candidate two years later, Ohio Governor culty his son George faced. “You Should we spend all our time with Republican-led legislatures are lot of them.” WP-BLOOMBERG Brazil’s crackdown on corruption isn’t just a PR exercise graft probe that already has snared doz- and a white collar a fast pass to impunity. executive of Latin America’s biggest motion, can work the legal code’s many Just 322 of Brazil’s ens of oil executives and public officials, Just 322 of Brazil’s 607,000 prisoners builder: Brazilians can hardly drive to indulgences to keep their clients on a hobbled President Dilma Rousseff and, by were serving time for corruption last work, board a plane or flip a light switch treadmill of appeals, sometimes until the turns, angered and fascinated this nation year, and in 23 Brazilian states with reli- without gracing one of the Norberto statute of limitations expires. 607,000 prisoners of 200 million as much as the primetime able judicial records, none of the 160,000 Odebrecht Organization’s oeuvre. And The Car Wash team looks determined telenovela. convicted drug felons was behind bars yet this week, federal judge Sergio Moro to break the logjam. Prosecutors have were serving time Dubbed Operation Radioactivity — for money laundering, Brazilian reporter accepted charges for corruption and turned 23 defendants into state witnesses the police scribes must have their fun Jose Casado found. money laundering against the 46-year-old with plea bargaining deals, shattering the — the Eletronuclear bust opens a new Brazil has prosecuted only one foreign mogul and a handful of other construc- cozy pact of silence among thieves. (On for corruption flank to the so-called Car Wash case. bribery case since 2000, when the coun- tion caciques. Thursday, Beatriz Catta Preta, an attor- What started as a crackdown on politi- try joined an international anti-bribery Driving the Car Wash probe is a cadre ney representing several of those key state last year. cal apparatchiks raiding the state oil convention. Such numbers feed the old of young investigators, auditors and fed- witnesses, told Brazil’s TV Globo that she company, Petrobras, to top up campaign Brazilian saw that even the worst cor- eral police — honours to the fiercely decided to quit the case and close down BY MAC MARGOLIS funds now threatens to spread through ruption capers “end up in pizza,” a refer- independent Ministerio Publico, or her law practice after receiving anonymous the public sector. As federal prosecutor ence to the Sao Paulo soccer club whose prosecutors office — who are well paid, threats.) The result so far: 119 indictments or anyone who thinks the vast cor- Athayde Ribeiro Costa told reporters: feuding owners supposedly settled their tutored in the tricks of organised crime for corruption and 30 convictions. ruption case engulfing Brazil will “Corruption in Brazil is endemic and scores not with fists but around a table at and proud (or arrogant) enough to defy More may come. Federal judge Sergio Flead to just a wink and a nod, look tending to metastasis.” a pizzeria, serving up an enduring meta- traditional power brokers and snub party Moro named 13 new Car Wash defend- again. Other than the sheer bulk of this case phor for Brazilian scandal management. politics. ants this week, and any day now Attorney On Tuesday, Brazilian federal police — already involving the country’s largest The recipe may be changing. “These are Brazil’s brightest minds, General Rodrigo Janot is expected to arrested Othon Luiz Pinheiro da Silva, contractors, four dozen public officials A veritable “VIP club” of builders is and they have a fierce sense of doing indict the case’s first lawmakers and the former head of a government nuclear including ruling party higher-ups and answering to charges of manipulat- justice,” said political scientist Carlos perhaps order some to jail. energy authority, fingered for taking at least $23bn in public works contracts ing contracts and shunting bribes from Pereira, of the Getulio Vargas Foundation. And if the judges waver, don’t bet bribes to rig public works contracts for — the Car Wash is notable for another numbered Swiss accounts to bagmen for Of course, that is no guarantee that on that patented Brazilian shrug. The a nuclear power plant. The arrest kicked reason. It’s shaking the timeless Brazilian Brazil’s ruling political parties. justice will prevail in Brazil’s gridlocked next national protest is scheduled for off a new phase of the rolling bribe and certainty that public office was a bequest Consider Marcelo Odebrecht, the chief courts, where clever lawyers, paid by the August 16. WP-BLOOMBERG SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE / AMERICAS Bomb hurled at France foils Lula’s foundation SAO PAULO: A homemade bomb thrown from a car caused minor damage and no injuries at the foundation of former 1,000 bids to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, authorities said yesterday. The Lula Institute, located in downtown Sao Paulo, said no one cross Channel was hurt in the Thursday night explosion that damaged a garage entrance. It called the blast a UK vows measures to tackle crisis “political attack” against the left- ist leader, who has not ruled out CALAIS, FRANCE: French security than on previous days,” seeking the presidency again. police said they had prevented said 20-year-old Reza from Once adored for leading the more than 1,000 desperate Afghanistan, rubbing his eyes country during an economic boom attempts by migrants to get into after a short night’s sleep as he and lifting millions of Brazilians Britain via the Channel Tunnel stepped out of his tent. from poverty, Lula has seen his yesterday, as London vowed “We didn’t have a chance last reputation tarnished by a mas- further measures to tackle the night. There were too many sive corruption scandal that has crisis. policemen, even more than implicated his Workers’ Party and “More than 1,000 attempts before,” said Baby, 27, from its allies in power. were thwarted last night, with Eritrea, who has been in camp- Lula himself is under inves- around 30 arrests,” the source ing out in Calais for more than tigation for allegedly using his said, adding there were no reports two years. A police source said influence to favor contracts for of migrants injured in their bid to that, while the reinforcements Brazil’s largest engineering firm enter the undersea tunnel linking had helped, “the pressure of the Odebrecht. Its chief executive France and Britain. migrants is still there” and the officer, Marcelo Odebrecht, is in Police reinforcements appeared “situation remains difficult to deal jail on charges of paying bribes on to be having an impact, as the with”. French gendarmes attempt to block a migrant after he entered the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles near Calais, northern overpriced contracts with state number of nightly attempts However, this source said there France, yesterday. French authorities said a migrant had died from head injuries suffered in a weekend attempt oil company Petrobras. Lula has to penetrate the Eurotunnel had been far fewer migrants man- to cross the Channel into England, bringing the number of such deaths to 10 since June. denied any wrongdoing. premises has roughly halved since aging to enter the Eurotunnel its peak at the beginning of the platforms and get on the train French company Scop SeaFrance fencing, more resources, more Speaking on a visit to Vietnam, week. shuttles going to England. are protesting against plans to sniffer dog teams,” Cameron said, Cameron referred to a “swarm of UK grants Chinese France has sent 120 additional During the night, a journalist sell off some of their ferries to warning that the cross-Channel people” wanting to come to his police officers to the northern saw people descend onto the rail- rival Danish firm DFDS, a move migrants issue would last for the country to seek better lives and artist new visa port city of Calais to stem the ways close to the Eurotunnel site expected to result in hundreds of next few months. “I’ll be speaking find employment. crisis, as the number of deaths only to be halted by police. job losses. to President (Francois) Hollande The prime minister’s comments LONDON: Britain’s inte- since June reached 10. At least a dozen made it past Jean-Marc Puissesseau, presi- later today. I want to thank him earned him criticism from act- rior minister ordered officials One man died in the early the cordon, but ran straight into dent of the port of Calais, branded for the extra police resources that ing opposition Labour Party Friday to grant Chinese dis- hours of Wednesday, apparently a second line of officers waiting a the latest action “the straw that have been put in, which have had leader Harriet Harman, who said sident artist Ai Weiwei a six- crushed by a lorry as he tried to hundred metres (yards) further broke the camel’s back”, and some effect.” Cameron should “remember he is month visa, reversing a decision make it into the tunnel. down the line. accused authorities of “abandon- “We are keen to offer more and talking about people, not insects”. to restrict him to a short trip A spokesman for Eurotunnel Around 3,000 people from ing” the port. work hand in glove with them to The Refugee Council, a lead- that had prompted condemna- said there had been “much less countries including Syria and The crisis has become a hot reduce pressure on that side of ing British charity which works tion from rights groups. disruption” since the reinforce- Eritrea are waiting in Calais as political issue on both sides of the border.” with asylum seekers, said it was Home Secretary Theresa May ments arrived to bolster the they try to cross into Britain ille- the Channel and British Prime Hollande confirmed he would “awful, dehumanising language “was not consulted over the deci- 300-strong police contingent gally by clambering on board lor- Minister David Cameron held be speaking with Cameron, and from a world leader”. sion to grant Mr Ai a one-month already stationed in the city. ries and trains. a meeting of his government’s told reporters that “everyone London has pledged £7m visa”, a spokeswoman for her At least four coaches of riot Adding to the Calais difficul- COBRA emergency committee must take responsibility”. (¤10m, $11m) to improve fencing department said. police were guarding the entrance ties, hundreds of French sailors on the crisis. Cameron has come under fire around the Eurotunnel rail termi- “She has reviewed the case and to the tunnel, where the situation blocked the city yesterday, using After the meeting, Cameron for controversial comments on nal at Coquelles, northern France. has now instructed Home Office was calm. burning tyres to prevent access to vowed more security fencing and the crisis that has dominated Cameron also said that defence officials to issue a full six-month “I didn’t make it into the sta- the port in the midst of the peak sniffer dogs to aid French police. British media all week, with furi- ministry land would be used to visa. We have written to Mr Ai tion this time... It was very dif- holiday travel period. “The situation is not accept- ous truck drivers blocked on the park trucks waiting to cross to apologising for the inconvenience ficult, there was much more The roughly 300 workers from able... We’re going to put in more English side of the channel. Calais. AFP caused.” Campaigners noted that the previous visa would have allowed Ai to attend an exhibition of his work at London’s Royal Academy from September but meant Germany suspends treason he would not be in Britain for Warship compensation deal Chinese President Xi Jinping’s probe against website state visit in October. BERLIN: Germany has suspended a treason investigation into a news website while experts decide whether its articles on plans to Locusts threaten reached with France: Russia increase state surveillance of online communications constituted a revelation of state secrets. crops in Russia MOSCOW: Russia has reached agreement on the termination of could make Paris revisit the The probe opened on Thursday after a criminal complaint by a compensation deal with the contract as soon as possible,” situation. the domestic intelligence agency, the Office for the Protection of MOSCOW: Swarms of locusts France for the non-delivery he added. The first ship was due for deliv- the Constitution (BfV), over articles about it that appeared on the are threatening thousands of of two Mistral warships, a French Prime Minister Manuel ery in 2014, while the second was Netzpolitik.org blog on Feb. 25 and April 15. hectares of farmland in south- Kremlin aide has said, but Paris Valls said Friday that Paris would to be delivered this year. Netzpolitik acknowledged in its reports that excerpts it had cited ern Russia, state media said yesterday refused to confirm a speak about the matter “in a few The compensation could were either intended to be dealt with by a closed parliamentary com- yesterday, broadcasting strik- final agreement. days, in a few weeks.” amount to some ¤1.16bn mittee or from a restricted official document. ing images of what they claim The fate of the two Mistral “Important decisions on this ($1.27bn) and a deal definitively However, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said on Friday that he had to be the worst locust invasion helicopter carriers has plagued matter will be made the end of inked in the first ten days of doubts about whether the journalists had intended to harm the state. in years. France-Russia ties for more than the summer,” Valls said. August, Russia’s business daily The federal prosecutor’s office, which was accused by the German Darkening southern Russia’s a year, following Paris’ decision French President Francois Kommersant reported, citing press association DJV of attacking press freedom, said an expert study blue skies, a locust invasion is in November to put the ¤1.2bn Hollande said on Monday that unnamed sources. would determine whether the documents concerned contained state raging in sixteen districts of the ($1.3bn) deal on ice as the West he would decide “in the coming In April, Russian President secrets. “The investigation will be paused until the expert report comes southern region of Stavropol, slapped sanctions on Moscow weeks” whether or not to scrap Vladimir Putin downplayed in,” Federal Prosecutor Harald Range told the Frankfurter Allgemeine forcing authorities to treat some over its annexation of Crimea the contentious contract to supply the importance of the ships Zeitung daily newspaper. 90,000 hectares of farmland with and alleged backing for separatist the two warships to Russia. but insisted that the French Netzpolitik.org specialises in Internet politics, data protection, free- pesticides, regional officials said rebels in Ukraine. A French source close to the side reimburse Moscow “all dom of information and digital rights issues. The two articles in question this week. “The negotiations are com- situation said that an agreement expenses” if the contract were to reported on how the BfV was seeking extra budget funding to increase its Russian authorities down- pletely finished, everything has had indeed been reached but that be terminated. online surveillance, and on plans to set up a special unit to monitor social played the scale of the infesta- already been decided, both the some details still “needed to be A spokesperson of Dmitry media. The allegation of treason against journalists carries echoes of the tion, saying its results would not time-frame and the amount,” finalised”. Rogozin, Russia’s deputy prime 1962 “Spiegel Affair”, a Cold War-era scandal widely seen as a landmark be catastrophic. President Vladimir Putin’s Hollande said earlier this minister who oversees the defence in ensuring freedom of the press in postwar Germany. “The locusts have settled in a adviser for military and techni- year that the conditions for the industry, refused to comment on Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss was forced to resign after few corn fields,” the state RIA cal cooperation, Vladimir Kozhin, delivery were “still not right” the deal yesterday, as did the treason charges were brought against the news weekly Der Spiegel Novosti news agency quoted a told state news agency RIA Novosti and suggested that only the country’s state-owned military for a cover story alleging that West Germany’s armed forces were spokesperson of the agriculture on Thursday evening. full implementation of a tenu- exporter. unprepared to defend it against the communist threat in the Cold War. ministry as saying yesterday. “I hope we will sign the ous ceasefire in eastern Ukraine AFP REUTERS AGENCIES

Save taxi protest Hillary Clinton given clean bill of health by her doctor

WASHINGTON: Democratic in December 2012 after con- seasonal allergies and had bouts of presidential candidate Hillary tracting a stomach virus while deep vein thrombosis in 1998 and Clinton is healthy and “fit to traveling abroad and becoming 2009. She broke her elbow in 2009. serve” with no lingering effects dehydrated. A March 21 physical exami- from a 2012 concussion that She had been forced to wear nation showed Clinton with caused a health scare when she special glasses for a while to some healthy vital statistics: was secretary of state, her per- counteract double vision that Cholesterol of 195, a resting heart sonal physician said yesterday. resulted from the concussion, rate of 72 and blood pressure of The Clinton campaign released which caused a blood clot in her 100 over 65. a statement from her doctor, Lisa head that dissolved through the The statement said Clinton Bardack of Mount Kisco, New use of anticoagulant medicine. takes thyroid medicine to correct York, that detailed the health The doctor’s statement said her hypothyroidism, a common status of Clinton, the front-run- Clinton’s symptoms were resolved malady in which the body lacks ner to represent the Democratic in 2013 but that she continues to sufficient thyroid hormone. Party in the November 2016 presi- take a daily anticoagulant. She does not smoke and drinks dential election. “She is in excellent physi- alcohol occasionally, the state- One of the questions about cal condition and fit to serve as ment said. It added that she exer- Relatives and supporters of taxi drivers hold a demonstration outside of the headquarters of Transport for the 67-year-old Clinton’s health president of the United States,” cises regularly, including yoga, London, in London, yesterday. Protesters demonstrated over the alleged failure of the organisation to properly has been whether she had com- the statement said. swimming, walking and weight regulate the capital’s taxi industry. pletely recovered from a concus- The statement said Clinton training. sion suffered when she fainted suffers from hypothyroidism and REUTERS SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Vietnam mines deluge raises Roxas named Aquino's successor health concerns HANOI: Heavy rainfall in Interior minister seen as the best person to advance the party's anti-corruption reforms northern Vietnam has killed 17 people and inundated major MANILA: Philippine President of the area’s poor. coal mines, causing concern Benigno Aquino endorsed long- Heydarian also warned that among environmentalists about time ally Manuel Roxas yes- Roxas and Poe could split Aquino’s contamination of local commu- terday for the country’s 2016 support base, giving Binay an nities and the waters of a top presidential election, saying the edge. tourist attraction, Halong Bay. interior minister was the best Aquino yesterday downplayed Six days of rain in Quang Ninh person to advance anti-corrup- Roxas’ poor polling numbers. province have displaced thou- tion reforms. “If something is really impor- sands of people, with houses and “We choose the one who is cer- tant, you must work hard for it, roads deluged by floodwater that tain to pursue the straight and fight for it,” he told an audience environmental groups said is filled narrow path,” said Aquino, allud- of senators, congressmen, mayors with coal dust. ing to his hallmark anti-graft and campaign organisers. Halong Bay, with its floating vil- crusade that he says ushered in Binay said he was looking for- lages, vast caves and green-tinged unprecedented economic growth ward to a rematch with Roxas, limestone rocks, is a UNESCO in the impoverished archipelago after beating him in the 2010 vice World Heritage site visited by nation. presidential election. millions of tourists each year. “I believe that person is none “If this were boxing, we fought The region is also a major other than Mar Roxas,” the presi- as lightweights, now we’re wel- source of coal, thousands of dent told cheering members of his terweights,” Binay told reporters. tonnes of which were swept away Liberal Party, using the minister's Senator Poe, after wishing in the floods, according to the nickname. Roxas well and pledging support country’s top mining firm, state- The Philippines elects a new for Aquino’s corruption fight, owned Vietnam National Coal and leader in May 2016. Contenders remained coy about her political Mineral Industries Corporation must register their candidacy ambitions. (Vinacomin). ahead of a mid-October deadline. Aquino is unable to run for Damage so far was estimated at The interior minister is likely another stint in office, thanks to 2tn dong ($91.7m), half of which to run against Vice President the country’s single-term limit affects Vinacomin, according to Jejomar Binay, who is being set by a constitution that his late the government. investigated by a special prose- mother, former president and Vinacomin’s chairman said cutor over graft allegations, and democracy icon Corazon Aquino, operations at many of its coal the popular Senator Grace Poe, endorsed in 1987 to prevent a mines were suspended. who had also sought Aquino's repeat of the 20-year dictatorship Heavy rain is likely to continue endorsement. of the late Ferdinand Marcos. until Monday and spread to other Supporters in yellow clapped “I do not wish to open the pos- northern provinces, according to and chanted “Roxas Now” as President Benigno Aquino III (left) with his Interior Secretary Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas III at a party meeting in San Juan sibility for an individual to stay the national weather centre. the 58-year-old grandson of the in power their whole life,” Aquino city, eastern Manila, yesterday. Donna Lisenby of Waterkeeper Philippines’ first president choked said, adding that he has rejected Alliance, an international envi- back tears and thanked Aquino. calls to rewrite the constitution. ronmental group campaigning for “I accept the challenge,” said the end chose Roxas, even though Richard Javad Heydarian, a polit- family owns one the capital’s larg- Thousands of dissidents were clean water resources, said “Coal Roxas. “I will never stray from he has been polling poorly. ical science professor at Manila’s est commercial centres. killed or went missing during waste facilities are ticking time the straight and narrow path.” However, analysts say Aquino’s De La Salle University said. According to recent polls, the rule of Marcos, who has been bombs if they are not properly Aquino said he interviewed pick was laden with risk. “But he lacks the popular Roxas trails Binay, whose popu- accused of plundering billions of constructed to withstand large three potential candidates ahead “On paper, he looks like a com- touch,” Heydarian said of the list policies as mayor of Manila’s dollars from the nation's coffers. rainfall events.” REUTERS of yesterday's endorsement, but in petent technocrat and successor,” interior minister, whose wealthy financial district won the hearts AFP Philippines to protest Close to solving MH370 mystery: Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: confirmed that it is from a Boeing waste from Canada Investigators are “moving 777 aircraft,” he said. close to solving the mystery The wing component found on MANILA: The Philippines informed the Philippines it has of MH370,” Malaysia’s deputy the French island of La Reunion will file a third diplomatic pro- no domestic law to compel local transport minister said yes- bears the part number “657 BB”, test with Canada for export- exporters to take the shipment terday, adding that a piece of according to photos of the debris. ing tonnes of solid waste two back.” wreckage found in the Indian The two-metre (six-foot) long years ago, the foreign ministry This is the third diplomatic Ocean has been confirmed as piece of wreckage, known as a fla- said yesterday, asking Ottawa protest after Canada’s embassy coming from a Boeing 777. peron, has been sent to France to take back the shipment of in Manila did not take action on “I believe that we are moving for analysis. household and street garbage. two earlier note verbale, saying close to solving the mystery of Hopes are rising fast that the Customs officials discovered the shipment was a commercial MH370. This could be the con- part can soon be conclusively that 48 containers, designated transaction and was not backed vincing evidence that MH370 identified in order to resolve one as carrying plastic scrap, con- by its government. went down in the Indian Ocean,” of aviation’s great mysteries. tained solid waste when they were Neil Reeder, Canada’s ambas- Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said. Abdul Aziz said the most defin- opened in May. sador to Manila, has said the two He said a part number sten- itive confirmation of its origin The shipment was left states are working together to cilled on the piece of wreck- would have to come from Boeing, unclaimed at the Manila resolve the garbage issue. age recovered on the Indian saying the aircraft manufacturer International Container Port in “It was not our choice to bring Ocean island of La Reunion on An aerial view of Saint-Andre, on the French Reunion Island in the Indian performed modifications to the 2013. “The protest was to request that waste here,” Reeder has said. Wednesday confirms it came from Ocean, shows the shore where a plane debris and a piece from a luggage flaperon that would make it easy the Canadian government to take Several containers were a Boeing 777. were found. to identify. action,” Charles Jose, a foreign dumped at a landfill north of The ill-fated jet, which van- “There have been some modi- ministry spokesman said. the capital Manila weeks ago, ished 16 months ago with 239 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing There have been no other fications to internal beams in the “We wanted Canada to take resulting in protests by the local people aboard, was a Boeing 777. in March of last year and later crashes of that aircraft model in flaperon. Only Boeing can verify back the shipment or help with community. Investigators believe it mysteri- crashed in the southern Indian that part of the world. (that the flaperon came from the garbage problem. Canada has REUTERS ously diverted off its flight path Ocean. “From the part number, it is MH370).” AFP Suicide bomber kills six at market in Nigeria Canadian pastor’s KANO: A female suicide bomber on a tricycle killed six people yesterday in a new attack Korean confession on a market in Maiduguri, wit- nesses said, as Nigeriaand its SEOUL: The head pastor of 100 times since 1997 and has neighbours finalise a force to one of Canada’s largest congre- helped establish an orphan- fight Boko Haram. gations who has been detained age and a nursing home there, “We took seven dead bod- by North Korea since February according to the church. He has ies, including that of the female appeared before media in lived in Canada since 1986 and is bomber, to the hospital. Eight Pyongyang and confessed to a Canadian citizen. other people were injured and are crimes aimed at overthrowing Canadian media have reported now receiving treatment in a hos- the state. on Lim's extensive business deal- pital,” Babakura Kolo, a vigilante The KCNA news agency ings in North Korea, includ- in the northeastern town said. said Hyeon Soo Lim, of the ing ramen and wig factories, The blast was the latest in a 3,000-member Light Korean gas stations, farms and fishing wave of attacks on busy markets - Presbyterian Church in Toronto, operations. many by teenage girls - in Nigeria, “honestly admitted to all crimes” Church spokeswoman Lisa Pak Chad and Cameroon, which he was accused of committing. said she was aware of the latest claimed at least 130 lives and left KCNA quoted Lim as telling a North Korean reports. scores injured this month. news conference he had traveled “That’s the most that we know, “The attack (on the Gamboru) to North Korea in the guise of that the press conference hap- market happened around 6:30 am humanitarian work and gathered pened and he admitted, I use (0530 GMT) as the grocers were information that he used in ser- that word very lightly, to some arriving in the market which mons outside the country in a bid charges,” Pak said. starts early,” according to Kolo, to drive the regime to a collapse In a statement provided by who became a vigilante to help “with the love of God.” the church on Thursday, Lim's the Nigerian army combat Boko His purpose was to “overturn family said it had no comment Haram. its social system by taking advan- regarding the charges and “From accounts we gathered A man scouts for valuables near a taxi damaged in an explosion at Gomboru market in Maiduguri yesterday. the tage of the hostile policy against allegations, “except that the from people around, the woman blast was set off by a female suicide bomber who arrived on a taxi tricycle. it sought by the South Korean humanitarian aid projects arrived on a taxi tricycle, as every authorities and set up a base for that Mr Lim has both initiated woman grocer does. She blew victims and burning rickshaws,” military campaign against them. Chad region as a hideout to fall building a religious state,” KCNA and supported in the DPRK have herself up as soon as the tricy- a local resident said. The Chadian army yesterday back from offensives. It lies where quoted him as saying. been for the betterment of the cle stopped in the midst of other The extremist sect, whose name said it had killed 117 jihadists the borders of Cameroon, Chad Lim also said he worked with people.” tricycles dropping traders off,” roughly translates as “Western in the past fortnight during an and Nigeria converge. South Korean and US authori- Officials at Canada’s Foreign Kolo said. education is forbidden”, has car- ongoing search of islands on Lake Police arrested a boy of 15 ties to “lure and abduct” North Affairs department have sought “I was at home when I heard ried on its campaign of attacks Chad to root out the jihadists. carrying “explosives in a plastic Koreans in a campaign of aid- consular access. a loud explosion that sent me on security forces, suicide bomb- Two soldiers had died and two bag”. Two suspected Cameroonian ing defectors from the country, Canada suspended diplomatic rushing out of my house. It was ings and bloody raids on villages were injured, a military spokes- “accomplices” were later picked KCNA said. relations with Pyongyang in 2010. coming from the Gamboru mar- across Nigeria’s north and eastern man said. up for questioning, the source South Korean-born Lim has been detained by North Korea. ket... The place was littered with borders despite a major regional Boko Haram has used the Lake said. AFP visited North Korea more than REUTERS SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN

Sharif forms Mullah Mansour to head Taliban panel to review criminal laws New leader known as a moderate who supports peace talks with government ISLAMABAD: In an attempt to improve the justice sys- KABUL: The new Afghan 1996 until it was ousted by the tem, Pakistani Prime Minister Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar US-led invasion in 2001, when he Nawaz Sharif constituted a Mansour has a reputation as a fled again to Pakistan. committee of nine jurists to relative moderate who favours In 2010 his name came up in review the criminal laws of the peace talks with the govern- a bizarre episode in which an country. ment -- but his leadership impostor claiming to be Mansour The ministry of law, justice already faces challenges to its duped US and British intelli- and human rights divisions, in a legitimacy. gence, reportedly receiving tens statement, revealed that the com- For some Mansour was the of thousands of dollars from them mittee has been asked to present obvious choice to succeed Mullah in goodwill payments, before its recommendations within six Omar, the one-eyed warrior- disappearing. months. cleric who led the Taliban from Officials and militants have The notification further says its rise in the chaos of the Afghan said Mansour is a pragmatic man that it is expedient to improve civil war of the 1990s. strongly in favour of pursuing the criminal justice system of Born in the same southern dialogue with Kabul to try to end Pakistan and make it more prac- province, Kandahar, some time Afghanistan’s long, bloody war. ticable in terms of meeting cur- in the early 1960s, Mansour was He has shown his ability to nav- rent requirements of the country. part of the movement from the igate between different currents “For the improvement of the start and has effectively been in in the Taliban movement, from criminal justice of Pakistan and charge since 2013, according to the Quetta Shura to the “political making it more practicable, it Taliban sources. office” in Qatar to commanders is necessary to review all laws Like Omar, he shuns public on the ground in Afghanistan. relating to that system and for appearances. The few pictures To take the leadership he out- the matters connected,” the state- believed to be of him show a manoeuvred Mullah Yakoub, ment said. thickset man with the dark beard Omar’s son who was favoured by According to the notification, and turban that are virtually the some commanders as the new Attorney General for Pakistan uniform for senior Taliban cadres. leader but judged too young and Salman Aslam Butt will be head- Mansour spent part of his life in inexperienced at 26. Pakistani members of Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) offer funeral prayers for the Taliban chief Mullah Omar, in Peshawar, ing the committee The commit- Pakistan, like millions of Afghans But there are already rumblings yesterday. tee has been constituted on the who fled the Soviet occupation. of discontent -- some Taliban are proposal of the apex body of law- There he reportedly developed unhappy at the thought Mansour and it is notable the Taliban him of being little more than an As well as fighting on the yers because they believe that the links with the country’s Inter- may have deceived them for over a announcement did not confer ISI puppet. ground and coming under pres- establishment of military courts Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, year about Omar’s death and oth- the title “leader of the faithful”, He faces a huge challenge in sure from all sides to negoti- is a temporary measure and the which nurtured the Taliban in the ers accuse him of riding rough- by which the old chief was known. trying to unite a movement that ate, the Taliban also faces the federal government should review 1990s and even now is regularly shod over the process to appoint Moreover his longstanding ties is already showing signs of frag- challenge of halting the expan- criminal laws for a permanent accused of fuelling the insurgency. a successor. to Pakistan -- viewed by many menting and questions about his sion of the Islamic State group solution. He served as civil aviation min- While Mansour was close to Taliban as a capricious, unreli- legitimacy at the highest echelon in Afghanistan, which has been “Members of committee have ister in the Taliban government his predecessor, he does not have able ally motivated solely by self- of the Taliban will not bolster his recruiting disaffected fighters. been taken from all provinces,” which ruled Afghanistan from Omar’s aura of religious authority interest -- has led some to suspect position. AFP he said. INTERNEWS

150 Punjab prosecutors Walkout at Taliban leadership meeting

PESHAWAR: At the Taliban deputy who has been effectively Wednesday’s leadership meeting delegation to meet Afghan offi- quit jobs, become judges meeting this week where Mullah in charge for years, favours talks held in the western Pakistani city cials in the Pakistani resort of Akhtar Mohammad Mansour to bring an end to more than of Quetta, according to three peo- Murree earlier in July, Mansour ISLAMABAD: The state’s ‘desertions’, there would be was named as the Islamist mili- 13 years of war. He recently ple who attended the shura. sparked new criticism. ability to successfully prosecute around 500 prosecutors available tant group’s new head, several sent a delegation to inaugural “Actually, Mansoor had invited Members of the Taliban’s criminals and terrorists was with the provincial prosecution senior figures in the movement, meetings with Afghan officials only members of his group to political office in Qatar, insisted dealt another blow when 150 department against the sanc- including the son and brother hosted by Pakistan, hailed as a pave the way for his election,” only they were empowered to prosecutors from Punjab quit tioned strength of over 1,200, of late leader Mullah Omar, breakthrough. said a senior member of Taliban negotiate. their jobs to become part of the sources said. walked out in protest. But Mansour, 50, has power- in Quetta. “People ... were not happy with lower judiciary. In addition to the civil judges, The display of dissent within ful rivals within the Taliban who Mansour leads the Taliban’s Mullah Mansour when he agreed During the last week, the scores of prosecutors have also the group’s secretive core is the oppose negotiations, notably bat- strongest faction and appears with Pakistan ... to hold a meet- Lahore High Court (LHC) applied for the posts of additional clearest sign yet of the challenge tlefield commander Abdul Qayum to control most of its spokes- ing with Kabul,” said a Taliban announced the results of tests district and sessions judges. The Mansour faces in uniting a group Zakir, a former inmate of the US men, websites and statements, commander based in Quetta. “The conducted for 378 posts of civil LHC is scheduled to hold the already split over whether to pur- prison in Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay. said Graeme Smith, senior Qatar office wasn’t taken into judges in the subordinate judici- exam for the ADSJ posts from sue peace talks with the Afghan Zakir is pushing for Mullah Afghanistan analyst for the confidence before taking such an ary. As many as 150 of the suc- August 1. government and facing a new, Omar’s son Yaqoob to take over think-tank International Crisis important decision.” cessful candidates belonged to the Two prosecutors of the Punjab external threat - Islamic State. the movement, and a sizeable fac- Group. The Quetta shura has sent a Punjab prosecution. government working in the Anti- Rifts in the Taliban leadership tion also supports Yaqoob. But some intelligence officials six-member team to Qatari capi- A couple of months ago, 100 Terrorism Courts Rawalpindi also are likely to widen after confir- Yaqoob and his uncle Abdul estimate Mansour only directly tal Doha to meet with one of its prosecutors had also left their obtained leave for participating mation this week of the death of Manan, Omar’s younger brother, controls about 40 percent of fight- leaders, Tayyab Agha, seeking his jobs to become civil judges. in the exams for the ADSJ posts. elusive founder Omar. were among several Taliban ers in the field, he said. support for Mansour. With these two waves of INTERNEWS Mansour, Omar’s longtime figures who walked out of last And by sending a three-member REUTERS

Demolished Afghan homes Imran’s party is down but not out after poll report: Experts ISLAMABAD: No doubt reforms and the commission’s when he said the commission’s the report of the Inquiry report would lead to that. findings made the results of last Commission on the veracity of In a frank, off-the-record dis- general elections more suspicious the 2013 general elections has cussion, a senior PTI leader said to him. Many in the PTI, includ- put the Pakistan Tehreek-i- everybody in the party was look- ing a key office-bearer, have now Insaf in a tight spot, more so its ing for a new beginning. set their eyes on the ruling of the chairman Imran Khan. ‘What One option, according to him, election tribunal in the case of next?’ looks the bigger issue for was that “we accept the com- NA-122. the party than explaining away mission’s report in totality, Imran Khan had challenged the big blow to its downcast start our political movement the return of Speaker National supporters. afresh and focus on electoral Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq Some analysts believe the reforms and govern the Khyber from that constituency, and PTI is down but not out. They Pakhtunkhwa better and play the the Supreme Court decision on think it can take heart that the role of the opposition at the cen- railway minister Khawaja Saad three-judge inquiry commission tre effectively.” Rafique’s challenge to the rul- predicated its conclusion that the For a real new beginning, ing of an election tribunal which evidence before it did not prove though, the party leadership deseated him. the charge that the 2013 general needs to introspect where and “A decision in our favour in elections were systematically how it failed its rallying cry the case of NA-122 can lift the rigged with the words “despite of “Change” that made PTI a party’s sagging spirits. At least some lapses by the Election ‘third force’ in the country and we will have something to fall A man retrieves belongings from the debris of his house which was demolished by authorities on the outskirts Commission of Pakistan.” gained it power in one province back upon at this despond- of Islamabad yesterday. According to local media, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has started to Imran Khan has since tried to - the turbulent, tribal Khyber ent stage when everyone is demolish illegal settlements where Afghan refugees and people from Pakistan’s tribal area have camped after lift the pall of gloom hanging over Pakhtunkhwa. deriding us,” said the PTI escaping military operations. the party workers by saying that However, the PTI chairman office-bearer. his fight was also about electoral looked stuck in the same old grove INTERNEWS Haqqani network founder ‘dies,’ but family denies reports BY HAJI MUJTABA AND years and has given up most day- safe and sound and alive,” a close Mohammed Omar had some to Pakistan’s feared Inter Services Mullah Akhtar Mansour has a JIBRAN AHMAD to-day control of his Taliban- family member said. time ago, signifying a major shift Intelligence. reputation as a relative moder- allied militant network to his son, However, a third member of in Afghanistan’s militant leader- The Haqqanis have been ate who favours peace talks with WANA/PESHAWAR: Family Sirajuddin. the family said the reports were ship. The Afghan government said blamed for some of the most the government -- but his leader- members yesterday denied Two other family members true. Haqqani “died of a brain he died in 2013. spectacular attacks against ship already faces challenges to reports of the death of Jalaluddin insisted Haqqani was not dead haemorrhage a year and half ago. Mullah Omar’s replacement, American targets in Afghanistan, its legitimacy. For some Mansour Haqqani, founder of the fear- after Pakistani media reported He is buried in the Zadran area Mullah Akhtar Mohammed a raid on Kabul’s top hotel, an was the obvious choice to succeed some Haqqani militant network his demise. of Khost province,” this person Mansour, appointed Sirajuddin assassination attempt on then- Mullah Omar, the one-eyed war- blamed for some of Afghanistan’s “Maulvi Jalaluddin Haqqani, said. Haqqani as his deputy, underscor- President Hamid Karzai and a rior-cleric who led the Taliban deadliest suicide attacks. no doubt, has become aged and The contradictory reports ing the links between the Afghan suicide bombing at the Indian from its rise in the chaos of the Haqqani, in his 70s, is reported suffering from different diseases come a day after the Taliban con- insurgency and the Haqqani net- Embassy. Afghan civil war of the 1990s. to have been in ill health in recent but by the grace of Allah, he is firmed that its founder Mullah work, who are believed to be close The new Afghan Taliban leader AGENCIES SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 IS abducts four Indians Rahul supports FTII Two freed, efforts continue for the release of the other two: Officials students, slams RSS PUNE: Congress vice president community, and that can be be NEW DELHI / HYDERA said he spoke to her on last Rahul Gandhi yesterday urged resolved through talks. He also BAD: Four Indian nationals Wednesday over phone and the Narendra Modi government questioned why the government were abducted in Sirte in Libya informed that he was coming “not to impose its will” on stu- was feeling insecure by the (stu- where the Islamic State group home via Tunis. He also told her dents of FTII here while attack- dents’) protests. holds sway. Two men were not to worry as his mobile phone ing the RSS for promoting Gandhi also said: “A person who released yesterday, the govern- will be switched off during the “mediocrity”. The BJP hit back is mediocre has been put on top ment said. two-and-half hour long journey with its activists protesting his of people who don’t want to be External Affairs Minister from the university to Tripoli. presence, and party leaders mediocre...The RSS and its wings Sushma Swaraj tweeted: “Four “There was no phone call from questioning his own credentials promote mediocrity. I have seen Indians abducted in Libya - I am him after that and yesterday we for being his party’s second in this everywhere...They will say happy we have been able to secure came to know about this inci- command. you are anti-national, anti-Hindu. the release of Lakshmikant and dent,” she said. Gandhi’s arrival here was met They are scared of you. That is Vijay Kumar. Trying for other “We came to know that they with protest by BJP activists, who the nature of a bully.” two.” were stopped and taken into cus- took out a procession, brandishing In reaction, Finance Minister Of the two men released, one tody while car driver was sent saffron and black flags and raising Arun Jaitley tweeted: “Does Rahul belongs to Raichur and the other back. We don’t know what hap- slogans against him for “politicis- Gandhi’s statement at FTII, Pune to Bengaluru, said officials. pened after that,” a family mem- ing” the issue. about ‘Mediocrity on the Top’ also External affairs ministry ber said. However, Gandhi continued apply to the Congress Party.” spokesperson Vikas Swarup The family members also con- to support the over 200 strik- BJP spokesperson G V L. tweted: “Welcome news from tacted Indian embassy in Tripoli. ing Film and Television Institute Narsimha Rao told reporters: Libya. 2 of the 4 detained Indians A relative holds up a photograph of Balaram, one of the four abducted in The embassy officials told them of India (FTII) students, who, “Want to ask Rahul Gandhi on brought back safely to University Libya, at his residence in Hyderabad. that the issue will be sorted out since 50 days, have been oppos- what merits had Congress pro- of Sirte. Our efforts continue for in a day or two. ing the appointment of actor and moted him to be vice president? the remaining two.” to have carried out the kidnapping. neighbouring Andhra. The kidnapping comes even as BJP member Gajendra Chauhan Doesn’t he represent lowest form Earlier, Swarup said the Indian The Andhra Pradesh and Family members of the fate of 39 Indians kidnapped as FTII chairman. He said their of mediocrity in politics? Before mission in Tripoli came to know at Telangana governments yester- Gopikrishna said they had no in June 2014 from Mosul in Iraq demand was “justified” and the you start throwing stones at oth- 11pm. on July 29 that four Indian day said they were making all information whether the four remains unknown. The 39 were government “must talk” to the ers look at your own glass house.” nationals who were returning to efforts to seek the safe and early were kidnapped by ISIS or some kidnapped by the Islamic State student community. Actor-turned-politician and India via Tripoli and Tunis were release of two men from the state other group. militants. The government main- “If they talk, it will only BJP MP Paresh Rawal also took “detained” at a check point, 50 km who were among the four Indians Relatives and friends of tains the men, all labourers from increase the government’s stat- a dig at Gandhi, saying: “I have from Sirte. kidnapped. Gopikrishna gathered at their mostly Punjab, are still alive. ure... the students are here only not listened to Rahul Gandhi’s In a statement, he said two of Andhra Pradesh NRI Affairs residence in Nacharam in The Indian government had to study. But, now their academ- questions. He has got a topic. them are from Hyderabad and Minister Palle Raghunath Reddy Hyderabad after learning about last year issued an advisory ask- ics are getting affected... I feel the We should at least allow him to one from Raichur and one from said the state government was the kidnapping. ing its citizens to leave Libya. government must have a dialogue be happy and celebrate. We will Bengaluru. making efforts with the help of Gopikrishna has been work- Libya has been hit by continu- with them,” Gandhi, attired in a answer him later. Three were faculty members the Indian government and Libya ing as an assistant professor at ing violence with various militias dark t-shirt and blue jeans, urged “I just want to ask the students at the University of Sirte and to secure release of Balram, a University of Sirte since 2007. and factions battling it out for while addressing the media after at FTII if they are seeing a politi- one was working at the Sirte native of Srikakulam district in According to family members, he control since Muammar Gaddafi his interaction with the students. cal worker in Gajendra Chauhan, University branch at Jufra, he north coastal Andhra. has been coming home on leave was overthrown and killed in He added that the students feel then are they also seeing an actor said. One of them, Gopikrishna, is every year for 45 to 50 days. 2011. the government is attempting “to in Rahul Gandhi?” The Islamic State is suspected from Hyderabad. Balram is from Kalyani, wife of Gopikrishna, IANS impose its will” on the student IANS

Cancer awareness SC gives CBI just three weeks to take over Vyapam cases

NEW DELHI: The Supreme vacancies, let DoPT appear in the from the Special Task Forces Court yesterday gave CBI three court,” said Chief Justice Dattu as (STF) working under the Special weeks time to take over the Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar Investigation Team (SIT). charge of all Vyapam - admis- said: “That will go a long way.” He told the court that CBI sion and recruitment - scam The court sought the presence wanted to first take over the cases in Madhya Pradesh while of the department after Solicitor cases where investigation is declining to grant, for now, the General Kumar urged the court underway and the cases where probe agency’s request for six to for direction to Madhya Pradesh investigation has been completed eight weeks’ time. government make it available the and charge sheet filed can wait “If there is a substantial com- services of about 250 personnel before taking them under its pliance (of our order), we will give who would be under its supervi- umbrella. you more time,” said a bench of sion and entrusted with the inves- The court was told of the 34 Chief Justice H L Dattu, Justice tigation of non-Vyapam cases alleged Vyapam related death Arun Mishra and Justice Amitava being probed by it. cases, where no FIR was filed, Roy as Solicitor General Ranjit He told the court that the the CBI registered PE in 11 cases. Kumar told the court that inves- Madhya Pradesh High Court by Ranjit Kumar told the court tigating agency will come back a July 24, 2015 notification has set that out of total 185 cases, in 78 after three weeks. up 20 courts across the state for cases the investigation is com- The court gave the investi- the trial of cases. plete, charge sheet has been filed Students form an 'awareness ribbon' as they create a mosaic of more than 2,500 umbrellas at a beach in gating agency six weeks time to He said that if five courts, and trial is going on. Thete are Mumbai yesterday. The feat by students from over 40 city colleges was an attempt to set a new record for appoint independent lawyers to dedicated for the trial of Vyapam thirty four cases involving “highly the largest umbrella mosaic with the aim of supporting cancer survivors and spread awareness about their lead its cases before the special cases, could be set up in Bhopal, influential people including public emotional trauma and the daily insensitivities they endure. CBI courts trying Vyapam scam then it would be far easier for the servants”. cases. CBI to appoint public prosecutor As of now 78 cases involving The court also sought the pres- for them to lead probe agency’s impersonation and cheating in Salman fan ence of Attorney General Mukul cases. the examinations conducted by Left’s Raja moves RS for Rohatgi on August 7 as it said At the outset of the hearing, as Vyapam are, for now, not the pri- that it would ask the department Ranjit Kumar started addressing ority of the investigating agency. crosses border of personnel and training to fill the court, Chief Justice Dattu The court was told that STF abolition of death penalty vacancies in the CBI which were asked him: “We asked you two have registered 55 cases out of with no papers coming in the way of investigating question.. what is (the answer which 26 are under investigation NEW DELHI: As a debate the death penalty statute, India agency probing various cases on for) that.” and in 29 cases the trial is already rages over the hanging of should put a moratorium on capi- CHANDIGARH: In a case its own steam instead of seeking Ranjit Kumar told the court underway. The court was told 130 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub tal punishment,” Raja said. of life imitating art, a young to rely on borrowed manpower that CBI needed six to eight cases were investigated by the Memon, the Rajya Sabha yes- “Research demonstrates the Pakistani woman crossed the from the states. weeks time to complete the task state police. terday admitted CPI leader D disproportionate use of death border into India without valid “We will direct the filling up of of taking over the Vyapam cases IANS Raja’s private member’s resolu- penalty against disadvantaged travel documents - a la Salman tion to abolish the death sen- groups,” Raja's the CPI leader’s Khan in Bollywood blockbuster tence in the country. resolution said. The resolution ‘Bajrangi Bhaijan’, albeit in the A private member’s resolution asked the government to recon- reverse direction - and landed Rising rivers is moved by an individual member sider its stand and make nec- in police custody yesteday. and not by the government. essary amendments to laws to Claiming to be from Karachi “Snatching away somebody’s abolish capital punishment and city in Pakistan, Chanda Khan life for crimes committed is not declare a moratorium on all exe- alias Fauzia, 27, told police offi- in consonance with the evolving cutions till the abolition of capital cials she had come to India to jurisprudence, which embraces in punishment. meet Bollywood heartthrob its scope measures to reform the It said the Supreme Court had Salman Khan. person and transform psychology itself admitted errors and miscar- Chand - who arrived in India in tune with the values of compas- riage of justice due to arbitrary without a passport, visa or sion and humanism,” the resolu- application of death penalty. ticket - was off-loaded from the tion by the Communist Party of “Law Commission Chairman Samjhauta Express link train at India parliamentarian read. Justice A P Shah (retd) also Jalandhar, about 160 km from D Raja’s resolution cites a study said there is a serious need to here, late Thursday night. by the National Law University re-examine the issue of death She gave different statements students indicating that 94 per- penalty since there are several to police regarding her travel cent of those awarded death sen- inconsistencies in the system, across the border even as rail- tences for terror-related cases which led to arbitrariness and way police in Punjab arrested her belonged to the Dalit castes or discrimination in the imposition yesterday. religious minorities. of death penalty,” Raja added. The woman was booked under “The commission of a crime Meanwhile, DMK parliamen- the Foreigners Act and Passport by somebody does not contract tarian Kanimozhi said on last Act for illegally entering India. the scope to reform him or her; Thursday that she would also After initial questioning, she rather an approach to address move a private member’s bill in was taken back to Amritsar the hidden faculties for realis- the Rajya Sabha to abolish death for further questioning by ing human worth is now the penalty. At present, death sen- Government Railway Police accepted proposition in criminal tence is given in the rarest of (GRP) officials yesterday. jurisprudence and this is true for rare cases. She was taken off the link train all human beings, including those Parliament attack convict at Jalandhar railway station after who have been convicted for hei- Afzal Guru and 2008 Mumbai Railway Protection Force (RPF) nous crimes,” it said. terror attack convict and personnel found her travelling “India should say no to capi- Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab without documents. The train was A man takes a dip in the river Ganga as the water levels of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers rose in Allahabad. tal punishment...till the govern- were hanged. stopped at Jalandhar after special ment and parliament decide upon IANS permission. IANS SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Prayers for Memon Jammu AIIMS Govt rapped for protest leads to clash with police JAMMU: A three-day shut- fudging figures down here over the govern- ment’s delay in announcing an AIIMS-like facility in the Jammu region turned violent yesterday when protesters on lost children clashed with police. Police used batons and tear smoke shells to disperse protest- SC blames Ministry official ers shouting anti-BJP slogans as they tried to force entry into the NEW DELHI: The Supreme Rajya Sabha that 79,721 children party office in Kachi Chaawni Court yesterday took excep- had gone missing during 2013- area of the city. tion to huge discrepancy in the 2015, whereas the ministry’s affi- A committee of lawyers, trad- number of missing children davit in the court put the figure ers, industrialists and civil society given to it and those placed in at 25,834. members called for a three-day parliament, saying such a situ- He dubbed the gap as “glaring”. shutdown beginning yesterday, ation would “not be tolerated”. Asking officers who filed the accusing the central government The apex court’s social justice affidavit to be on the guard, the of going back on its promise of bench, comprising Justice Madan court said that cost on any mis- setting up an All India Institute B Lokur and Justice Uday Umesh leading affidavit in future would of Medical Sciences. Lalit, imposed a fine of `25,000, be recovered from the officer fil- Normal life was hit as shops, to be paid to the Supreme Court ing it. public transport and other busi- Legal Services Committee. Referring to the Juvenile nesses were adversely affected. Observing that “ideas can Justice (Care and Protection of Muslims offer special prayers the day after the execution of convicted bomb plotter Yakub Memon, in Kolkata However, government offices, change but numbers can’t Children) Act, 2000, the Supreme yesterday. Memon was executed for conspiring in the deadliest attack against the nation, by causing a series banks and post offices functioned change”, the apex court said Court said none of its mandate normally. of blasts that killed hundreds in Mumbai two decades ago. somebody was “misleading” the was being implemented by the “The Jammu region will remain court. government. shut on July 31, August 1 and 2,” “I don’t think the minister is Flaying the government’s lack- Abhinav Sharma, chairman of misleading parliament. It seems adaisical approach on its imple- the committee and president of under secretary in the ministry mentation, the court wondered Kalam’s birthday to inspire Tamil youth Jammu Bar Association said at of women and child development, why it was there at all. a hurriedly convened midnight Navin Yadav, is misleading the “This is a clear indication of CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief money of `500,000 and an eight Day. Kalam was born on press conference. “It became clear court,” the court said. a complete lack of sensitivity Minister J Jayalalithaa yester- gram gold medal. October 15, 1931, in Tamil Nadu’s on July 20 that BJP had taken The court’s strong disap- and apathy the ministry has for day said as a mark of respect to She said the award would be Rameswaram. recourse to dirty politics as it proval came after counsel for the children and also a complete dis- A P J Abdul Kalam, her govern- given to a person who is a resident He was laid to rest on last failed to stand by its commitment petitioner NGO Bachpan regard for the law enacted by par- ment has designated October of the state and working for the Thursday in Rameswaram with to ensure that AIIMS for Jammu Bachao Andolan, which filed the liament. We expect the ministry 15, the former president’s birth- development of science, student full military honours. He died region is announced,” he said. public interest litigation, told to wake up and take stock of the day, as “Youth Inspiration Day”. welfare and humanity. on last Monday in Meghalaya’s DCM and BJP leader Nirmal the apex court that the union law enacted by parliament,” the Jayalalithaa said she has According to Jayalalithaa, the Shillong city following cardiac Singh had given a written assur- minister for women and child apex court said. ordered institution of ‘Dr A P J award would be given from this arrest. ance that AIIMS would be development had told the IANS Abdul Kalam Award’ with a prize year onwards on Independence IANS announced before July 21. IANS All-party meeting tomorrow to end parliament logjam NEW DELHI: With even with both the government and the again and again”. The Lok Sabha saw several for the next session. The house Anand Sharma, however, said the second week of the ongo- opposition blaming each other for Though the protesting mem- adjournments through the day, was adjourned for the day shortly the stalemate in parliament was ing monsoon session of parlia- the stalemate in parliament. bers went back to their seats before it was finally adjourned at afterwards. because of the “obduracy and ment almost washed away, the In the Lok Sabha, opposition while Home Minister Rajnath 3.30 pm. “The government is always arrogance” of the prime minister Narendra Modi government has members put up placards and Singh made a statement on the Similar situation prevailed in willing to find a reasonable way and his government. called an all-party meeting on moved near the speaker’s podium, terror attack in Gurdaspur dis- the Rajya Sabha, where Congress out of this impasse. We are ready “The opposition is doing its Monday to end the logjam over shouting slogans like “Pradhan trict of Punjab, they were back leader Anand Sharma said “the for an all-party meeting,” union duty by raising issues that are in the Lalit Modi and Vyapam mantri jawab do (prime minis- near the speaker’s podium as soon prime minister should respond to Parliamentary Affairs Minister the public domain,” Sharma said. issues. ter please reply)” and “We want as he had finished. our demand for accountability”. M. Venkaiah Naidu told the media “We have made a very reason- Both the Lok Sabha and the justice”. “Neither the country, nor par- After seeing several adjourn- here yesterday. “We wanted an able proposition to the govern- Rajya Sabha witnessed uproarious Parliamentary Affairs Minister liament should look divided on ments, when the house met at all-party meeting yesterday. But ment... Prime Minister (Narendra scenes yesterday, facing several M Venkaiah Naidu asked the terrorism which is the biggest 2.30 pm, the opposition and the the Congress leaders are still to Modi) in particular has till today adjournments and verbal spats speaker to take action as “they challenge to the country,” Rajanth government agreed to suspend confirm their participation,” the made no effort,” he added. even outside the houses as well, (opposition parties) are doing it Singh said. the day’s private member business minister said.Congress leader IANS

Court to hear police slur case Congress coined against Delhi the term ‘Hindu chief minister

NEW DELHI: A court here terrorism’: Rajnath yesterday took cognisance of a defamation case against NEW DELHI: The govern- Singh Chouhan over the Vyapam Delhi Chief Minister Arvind ment and the opposition locked scam. Kejriwal for recently using horns in the Lok Sabha yes- In his remarks, the home min- a derogatory word for Delhi terday, with Home Minister ister said terrorism did not belong Police personnel. Rajnath Singh accusing the to any caste, colour or religion Metropolitan Magistrate Anu Congress of coining the term and “a terrorist is a terrorist”. Aggarwal granted opportunity “Hindu terrorism” and weaken- “The UPA (government’s) to the complainant, constable ing the fight against terror. home minister had coined a new Harvinder, posted at Govindpuri The Congress hit back and terminology of Hindu terror- police station in south Delhi, to alleged that “RSS and BJP ism and LeT chief Hafiz Saeed substantiate his allegation made attempted to link terror with had congratulated him,” Rajnath in the complaint by leading fur- religion”. Singh said. ther evidence. Making a statement in the Rajnath Singh gave details and The court listed the matter for house on the terror attack in said that the analysis of GPS data September 10 for examining the Dinanagar town in Gurdaspur indicated that the terrorists had complainant’s witnesses. district of Punjab on July 27, infiltrated from Pakistan. Station House Officer Rajnath Singh took digs at the “Neither the country, nor par- Govindpuri and a head con- A woman wades through a flooded street at the Suvasgram village in south of Kolkata, yesterday. Congress and said the Congress- liament should look divided on stable, who are witnesses in led United Progressive Alliance terrorism which is the biggest the case, were asked to appear government “diluted the issue of challenge to the country,” Rajnath before the court on the next date terrorism and Sharm-al-Sheikh Singh said. of hearing. and Havana”. Congress members stopped The court was hearing a private West Bengal flood toll rises to 39 “I am surprised that the oppo- their protests over the Lalit Modi complaint filed by Harvinder, who sition is not ready to discuss the and Vyapam issues when the has alleged that Kejriwal’s usage KOLKATA: The death count stretches in Burdwan, Birbhum, west-northwest-wards and important issue of terrorism,” minister was making his state- of word ‘Thulla’ had harmed the in West Bengal floods has gone Hooghly, Howrah, North 24 weaken in a depression during Singh said during his statement ment, but protested vociferously reputation of the complainant up to 39, with many areas in Parganas and South 24 Parganas next 24 hours, the IMD update on the Dinanagar terror attack. after the union home minister in the eyes of the general public, six districts inundated, Chief districts were submerged. said. “Cheen chheen desh ka gulab made remarks about the previ- including his family, relatives and Minister Mamata Banerjee said “We have decided to give ex- “Heavy to very heavy rainfall le gaya, Tashkand me vatan ka ous United Progressive Alliance friends. here yesterday even as the met gratia payment of Rs.4 lakh to would occur at a few places with lal so gaya; Yeh sulah ki shakal ko government’s record on dealing The complaint, filed by advo- department predicted heavy to families of those have lost their isolated extremely heavy falls over sanvarate rahe, jeetane ke baad with terrorism. cate L N Rao, claimed “the very heavy rainfalls in parts of lives due to floods,” she announced. Gangetic West Bengal and north baazi harte rahe. Later, talking to media persons, ‘Thulla’ remark made by a person the state over the next 48 hours. She appealed to the centre to Odisha. Heavy to very heavy (China took away the rose Congress spokesperson Anand of the stature of chief minister However, bringing some relief, repair the national highways and rainfall would occur at isolated of the country, country’s son Sharma said terror had no face demoralised Delhi Police and it cyclone ‘Komen’ weakened into a said the state PWD would take places over sub-Himalayan West [Lal Bahadur Shastri] died in or religion. was intended to provoking breach deep depression, triggering mod- care of the state highways. Bengal,” the IMD said. Tashkent. They [Congress] kept “It is an effort of the RSS and of peace”. erate rainfall of 21.3 mms since Meanwhile, the Indian “High winds would prevail along improving terms of engagement the BJP to link terror to reli- “...Using a derogatory and last Thursday night in the city Meteorological Department said and off West Bengal. Fishermen and kept losing the initiative gion. This raises a question on demeaning term like ‘Thulla’ and surrounding areas. ‘Komen’ over northeast Bay of are advised not to venture into despite winning),” Singh said. the country’s secularism. People to refer to police personnel is “Thirty people have died so Bengal moved northwestwards, the sea along and off West Bengal The Congress is demanding the belonging to different religions equivalent to referring to all Delhi far in the flood situation due to weakening into a deep depres- and north Odisha coasts. Squally resignations of External Affairs are linked to terrorism. You can- Police officials as lethargic and various reasons like electrocution sion and lay centred at 5.30am winds speed reaching 40-50 kmph Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan not say that terrorists who are unproductive,” the complainant and snake bites,” Banerjee after yesterday over Bangladesh, about gusting to 60 kmph would prevail chief minister Vasundhra Raje operating from across the border said invoking sections of the IPC meeting with the state disaster 85 km east-southeast of Jessore over Gangetic West Bengal and over their help to former IPL are bad and the ones here are related to defamation and breach management committee. (Bangladesh). Mizoram and Tripura,” it said. chief Lalit Modi and of Madhya not,” Anand Sharma said. of peace. IANS The chief minister said It would move IANS Pradesh chief minister Shivraj IANS SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Sanctions on two Iran oil

Protest against job cuts Shell resumes firms lifted offshore oil EU move comes after nuclear deal drilling in Arctic WASHINGTON: Oil giant LONDON: The European growing oversupply, with core Shell has resumed offshore Union has removed two Iranian Opec producers pumping near drilling operations in Alaskan oil companies from its sanctions record levels. waters, the company said yes- list, the first such action since A Reuters monthly survey of terday, after one of its icebreak- Iran reached a nuclear agree- output from the Organization ers was delayed for nearly two ment with world powers earlier of the Petroleum Exporting days by protesters dangling this month, a notice from the Countries yesterday showed the from a bridge. British finance ministry said cartel has pumped more than 32 Greenpeace activists were sus- yesterday. million barrels per day (bpd) this pended from a bridge and in kay- Petropars Operation and month, up 140,000 bpd from June. aks in the water for more than Management and Petropars But a fall in the dollar after 40 hours in an effort to block the Resources Engineering had been weaker-than-expected US Fennica icebreaker from traveling pressing for their removal from employment data limited price to the Transocean Polar Pioneer a list of sanctioned companies declines. The dollar was down rig in the Arctic Ocean. for months on the grounds that more than 1 percent against a Shell said drilling operations there was insufficient evidence to basket of currencies. resumed Thursday at 5:00 pm include them. Brent crude oil was down 25 (0100 GMT) at the “Burger J” The companies, which are cents at $53.06 a barrel by 1350 prospect in the Chukchi Sea, off the part of a group involved in GMT US light crude was down the northwest coast of Alaska. extracting natural gas from Iran’s 30 cents at $48.22 a barrel. It said work would continue South Pars field, appealed to the Commerzbank’s head of com- after the 116-meter (380-foot) EU court in May to allow their modities research in Frankfurt, Fennica icebreaker arrived at removal from the list. Eugen Weinberg, said Opec must the rig. The court removed the compa- eventually cut back on produc- “In the days to come, the team nies after receiving no objection tion to avoid much lower oil aboard the Transocean Polar from the European Council. The prices. Pioneer will work to complete the Council itself could not immedi- “We are also hopeful that Opec top portion of the well in anticipa- Striking employees of the My Ferry Link company block the access to the harbour with burning tyres in Calais, ately be reached for comment. will agree on a stricter quota tion of drilling to total depth once northern France, following the failure of negotiations with French government concerning job cuts. The court at the same time discipline at its December meet- the Fennica arrives on site,” the declined to remove two other ing,” Weinberg said. The fall in company said in a statement. companies, Petropars Iran Co oil mirrored a general sell-off in “We remain committed to and Petropars Oilfields Services commodities on worries about operating safely and responsibly Co, from the list because of the demand in China, the world’s big- and adding to Shell’s long history larger stakes those entities have gest user of energy and many key S&P affirms DIC ratings at ‘A’ of exploration offshore Alaska.” in parent group NIOC. materials such as copper. Fennica set off Thursday after While the decision to remove China’s state planner said on DUBAI: Standard & Poor’s insurer’s competitive position to successfully raised Qatari rial it was blocked by the activists, the two groups was not related Friday a slowing economy must Ratings Services yesterday strong from adequate, the state- 437m ($120m) from a rights including those suspended from to the recent nuclear agreement, not be allowed to morph into affirmed its ‘A’ insurer finan- ment said. issue to existing shareholders. a bridge in hammock-like devices. a lawyer for the two said she was social risks as the volatile Chinese cial strength and counterparty “We expect that DIC’s expense The funds were used to increase Other protesters were stationed hopeful the warming relations stock market fell again. credit ratings on Qatar-based base will not further increase in the company’s capital base, which on the bridge while some floated between Iran and the west would “All commodities are down,” Doha Insurance Co. QSC (DIC). 2015 and that claims will remain we view as extremely strong. in kayaks in the water. ensure her clients stay off the list said Abhishek Deshpande, oil The outlook remains stable. at a similar level as in previous DIC’s risk position continues to A US judge on Thursday of sanctioned companies. analyst at Natixis. “Commodities “The affirmation reflects our years. We therefore anticipate be moderate, reflecting our view threatened to fine the protesters “Because this is the first annul- face weak demand, excess supplies view that DIC’s capital base will a combined ratio of less than 81 of its relatively large exposure for every hour they continued to ment that happened after the and weakness in China. More remain extremely strong and percent in 2015. Furthermore, to high-risk assets, some invest- block the Shell icebreaker. Iran agreement ... we are hoping weakness is ahead of us.” support the company’s business we expect that the company will ment concentrations to banks, Later Thursday, all of the hang- that the council has not appealed Brent headed for its fifth con- expansion plans outside of Qatar,” diversify its premium income out- and a potential slower economic ing protesters had evacuated the in good faith,” said Pavani Reddy, secutive weekly fall. the S&P said in a statement. side of Qatar, from where it cur- growth rate in Qatar leading to a site, but Greenpeace said it would managing partner of law firm Opec members produced Although the company’s oper- rently generates all of its income, potential increase in capital and continue to fight Shell and urged Zaiwalla and Co Solicitors, adding around 31.25 million bpd in the ating performance deteriorated once its new Dubai-based entity earnings volatility. US President Barack Obama to that applying new charges against second quarter, about 3 million in 2014 as a result of higher is fully operational. Our over- “We think that the insurer’s stop Shell’s exploration activities them would be “a waste of time bpd more than daily demand, a expenses, mainly in relation to all assessment of the company’s financial flexibility remains ade- in the region. and resources”. separate Reuters survey showed set-up costs of its Dubai entity, business risk profile remains ade- quate, based on DIC’s demon- “The 13 #ShellNo climbers European courts in the past earlier this week. the company continued to outper- quate, reflecting sector risks and strated track record in accessing have come off the bridge. Now all nullified sanctions against the The surplus oil has filled stock- form its peers with a combined the company’s continued depend- funds through the capital mar- eyes are on President Obama to National Iranian Tanker Co piles around the world, driving (loss and expense) ratio of 79.9 ence on reinsurance protection. ket, if required. The stable out- save the Arctic,” the organization (NITC), Iran’s biggest tanker prices down sharply. Both major percent (versus 75.3 percent in “We continue to view DIC’s look reflects our view that DIC’s said on Twitter. firm, only to put it back on the crude oil benchmarks are down 2013). Also, we view favourably financial risk profile as strong extremely strong capital base will In May, Obama authorized oil list later. more than 50 percent from a DIC’s diversification plans and the based on its very strong capi- support the company’s expansion drilling in the Arctic, a decision Meanwhile, oil prices stead- year ago. Chart analysts said oil relatively high level of controlled tal and earnings, moderate risk and growth plans over the next that infuriated environmental ied yesterday as a sharp fall in futures looked weak. distribution. We have therefore profile and adequate financial two years,” the statemen added. groups. the dollar balanced evidence of REUTERS changed our assessment of the flexibility. In April 2014, Doha THE PENINSULA AFP In rural China, shoppers go online with a little help

TONGLU, CHINA: Cheng the others come in. Alibaba has to choose where to set up shop, Yonghao left his village in cen- been on a recruitment drive to open a Taobao account, operate at tral Henan province almost find and train local ‘partners’, village level, and match products 20 years ago, not expecting to who set up service centres in to consumers. return. He’s now back home, their home villages, helping locals “There’s pressure for us to go and this week opened a vil- shop online. out and promote the company,” lage store to help locals shop Partners — mostly younger, said Zhu Ling, 25, who runs a online. educated, and more familiar with service centre in Zhejiang prov- Cheng is just one of an army navigating websites like Taobao, ince. “But it’s difficult as I know of local recruits who are part of Alibaba’s online emporium - go most people here and they’re Alibaba Group’s big bet on rural through a written exam, compu- skeptical of my motives.” e-commerce as China’s internet ter test and interview. Alibaba declined to say how giants invest billions in outpost More than 1,000 applied for many partners it has trained, service hubs to tap a market twice one batch of 50 jobs, said one but it has said it plans more than the size of the United States. applicant from Henan. Training 100,000 rural service centres. E-commerce growth in the takes place at local government countryside now outpaces that in business offices over 2-3 days SHIFTING LANDSCAPE major cities, though fewer than in groups of around four dozen. There are signs the rural retail one tenth of online purchases Trainees are asked about their landscape is shifting. made on Alibaba platforms were aspirations and how they can “I’m planning on retiring early, shipped to rural areas in the first reach their potential. it’s getting too tough to do busi- quarter of this year. Alibaba esti- “My dreams aren’t that big,” ness here,” said Chen Tiehua, mates the potential market at 460 said Cheng, 29. “I just want to live 45, who runs a lighting store bn yuan ($74bn) by next year. in the countryside and give back in Zhejiang’s Tonglu county. “A Rival JD.com also says that to the people there so they can lot of my friends who run small developing rural e-commerce is have the same quality of life as businesses face the same prob- a key strategy this year. people in cities.” lem: we can’t compete against While the rewards are entic- Having some of its surplus of e-commerce.” ing, few are making money yet. university graduates return to the A half-hour’s drive away, vil- “We don’t know when our countryside also fits government lagers in Yuzhao fetch packages A customer shops at an Alibaba rural service centre in Jinjia Village, Tonglu, Zhejiang province, China, yesterday. rural e-commerce operations policy for developing the rural and check on orders at a Taobao will become profitable, but economy. service centre —little more than the cheapest, but I tell them not the walls are lined with orange everything.” While the potential there’s value in what we’re doing, “Some are university students, a dusty computer and wall- to,” she said, adding some villag- and green Taobao posters. Inside, is vast, these are early days, and there’s consumer demand,” Gao others have spent a couple of mounted TV in a corner of the ers worry that online shopping is the computer is switched off, and Jin Jianhang, Alibaba Group pres- Hongbing, director of Alibaba’s years working in cities and want village general store. a scam or that products ordered the store owner is out back play- ident, concedes that China still research arm, told reporters ear- to come home, some have been “I tell people to buy what- online won’t be as good as those ing mahjong. lacks rural infrastructure. lier this month. working in the village all along,” ever’s ranked highest in terms bought in the store. “People come to order things “Bluntly, China’s county-level Before it can reap the rewards, said Xing Guanjie, who trained of sales,” said Zhu, scrolling Zhu said she makes around after work,” said Shen, 52. “I buy towns are built like European Alibaba is having to teach a rural with Cheng. “You’ve got all kinds, through recent orders that 1,000 yuan ($161) from Taobao everything on Taobao now. My ones, but its villages are like population - which tends to be but almost everyone is between 20 include a child’s bike, underwear, sales each month. online order for dog food just African ones,” he said in a speech older, poorer and less comfortable and 35 years old.” phone data packages, industrial In nearby Duji, Shen Zhixiang arrived, I’ll take it home later,” he promoting rural e-commerce this with technology - how to browse Training also covers Alibaba’s gloves and a tent. and his friends sit outside the vil- said. “Not just dog food, but corn, month. and buy. That’s where Cheng and corporate values and history; how “They often just want to buy lage’s small general store, where flour, rice, millet, clothes, shoes, REUTERS SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Opec output hits new high in market push Iraq exports reach record and Iran supply edges up; oil prices drops for fifth week LONDON: Opec oil output information from sources at oil market could absorb extra oil close to June’s levels despite ten- sanctions are lifted, increased day also weighed on prices, despite reached the highest monthly companies, Opec and consultants. from Iran. sions between Baghdad and the supply slightly in July with a sale a weaker dollar, which would nor- level in recent history in July, The group has upped produc- If the total remains unrevised, Kurdistan Regional Government of crude from floating storage. mally support commodities. a Reuters survey found yes- tion by more than 1.7 million bpd July’s supply would be Opec’s over budget payments. The only significant decline in Diverting some attention from terday, as Saudi Arabia and since it decided in November 2014 highest since 2008 — when oil Those tensions do not appear output occurred in Libya, where crude., heavy hedging activity in other key members show no to defend market share against prices hit a record $147 a barrel to have significantly curbed actual supply remained disrupted by gasoline and diesel futures ahead sign of wavering in their focus rising output from rival produc- before collapsing, and production export volumes, although a sabo- unrest and negotiations to reo- of front-month contract expira- on defending market share ers. This month’s deal between was above 32 million bpd until tage attack on the pipeline car- pen closed oil facilities had yet to tion dominated play on the petro- instead of prices. world powers and Iran over Indonesia left the group at the rying crude to Turkey from Iraq succeed. leum complex. The latest boost from the Tehran’s nuclear work could fur- end of the year. earlier this week halted pump- Oil prices fell yesterday, with Futures of global benchmark Organization of the Petroleum ther add to supplies in 2016. July’s output from Opec’s ing, highlighting the potential for US crude looking set to post the Brent and US crude oil were Exporting Countries adds to Some analysts say there are current 12 members is their disruption. largest monthly drop since the down more than 2 percent on the excess supply in the market signs Opec’s efforts to discourage highest since Reuters survey Top exporter Saudi Arabia 2008 financial crisis after signs day. Brent was down 5 percent without the significant rise in growth in more expensive-to- records began in 1997. The big- has kept output steady or higher that top producers in the Middle on the week, declining for a fifth demand Opec hopes will happen develop rival supply sources are gest increase in July has come than in June, which was a record, East were continuing to pump at week in a row. in the second half of the year and bearing fruit. from Iraq, one of the main driv- sources in the survey said, as record levels despite a growing Through July, US crude was in 2016. Opec shows no sign of chang- ers of the rise in Opec output Riyadh meets higher demand global gut. down 20 percent, its largest Opec supply has risen in July ing course despite the price drop. this year. internationally and from domestic A higher US oil rig count for a monthly decline since October to 32.01 million barrels per day Secretary-General Abdullah Al Exports from southern Iraq power plants and refineries. second week in a row added to the 2008, when oil had an epic col- (bpd) from a revised 31.87 million Badri, on a visit to Moscow on have climbed above 3 million bpd Iran, eager to reclaim its tra- market’s downside. Uncertainty lapse at the outbreak of the finan- bpd in June, according to the sur- Thursday, dampened the pros- and shipments from Iraq’s north ditional spot as Opec’s second- ahead of key US oil production cial crisis. Brent fell 18 percent on vey, based on shipping data and pect of output cuts and said the via Ceyhan in Turkey remain largest producer if and when and rig count data due later in the the month. REUTERS

IMF approves Tech meeting Wintershall to join $1.7bn loan Russia-Germany installment to Ukraine pipeline expansion BERLIN: Energy company Wintershall, a subsidi- WASHINGTON: The ary of German chemicals group BASF, said yesterday International Monetary it planned to help Russia’s Gazprom enlarge the Nord Fund announced yesterday Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. the approval of a $1.7bn loan “BASF subsidiary Wintershall intends to participate installment to Ukraine despite in expanding the capacities of the Nord Stream pipeline, uncertainty about the country’s which delivers Russian natural gas to European custom- debt sustainability and a con- ers via the Baltic Sea,” it said in a statement. flict with separatist forces. Wintershall with its memorandum of understanding The IMF executive board joins Anglo-Dutch Shell, Germany’s E.ON and Austria’s backed the release of the loan, OMV in plans to build two new pipelines with a capacity part of a four-year $17.5bn sup- of 55 billion cubic metres per year, the statement said. port program awarded in March Russia and the West have been locked in a bitter as Ukraine’s economy neared col- standoff over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine conflict. lapse after more than a year of civil Russia has sought more routes to deliver its gas to war. The IMF said in a statement the European Union avoiding crisis-hit Ukraine, despite the rescue program is to “sup- the 28-nation bloc insisting it wants to cut its energy port the government’s economic dependence on Russia. program, which aims to put the In the statement, Gazprom deputy chairman economy on the path to recov- Alexander Medvedev said the project “will help to ery, restore external sustainabil- further improve the security of the gas supply for the ity, strengthen public finances, European continent”. and support economic growth by BASF executive board member Hans-Ulrich Engel advancing structural and govern- said the company “looks forward to working with ance reforms, while protecting Gazprom and further European partners on this impor- the most vulnerable.” Visitors and participants attend the Rise technology conference in Hong Kong yesterday. Start-up entrepreneurs and industry tant infrastructure project”. The first two Nord Stream The IMF originally conditioned big hitters converged in the city for the inaugural RISE tech conference. lines, in which Wintershall has a 15.5 percent stake, were its Ukraine aid program on the opened in 2012. AFP country achieving a deal with pri- vate creditors that would reduce its debt payment burden by $15.3bn over the coming four years. Kiev has sought a write-off of some of the debt but the Ad Hoc Committee of Ukraine’s Recovering Spanish banks see quarterly profits rise Bondholders — mainly four US investment and hedge funds — MADRID: Major Spanish growth cycle continues,” said the In the second quarter, the bank euros over the first six months quarterly profits surged 17.2 per- say that lengthening the pay- banks reported a surge in quar- bank’s president, Carlos Torres, more than doubled its profit from of this year — a 75-percent surge cent to 1.7 billion euros on growth ment period on the debt would terly net profits yesterday as in a statement. The Bilbao-based its business in Spain to 462 mil- from a year ago. in markets including Britain and be enough to achieve the goals. earnings soared in a sector that lender generated gains of 144 mil- lion euros from a year earlier. The bank, which concentrates a weak euro. Cash-trapped Ukraine moved just three years ago had to be lion euros in the quarter from BBVA said losses from expo- mostly on the Spanish market, The earnings were lower than a step closer earlier yesterday bailed out. exceptional events including the sure to Spain’s construction said it was boosted by “intense forecast by analysts however and to avoiding a devastating default BBVA, Spain’s second-biggest sale of a stake in Chinese bank sector, whose collapse in 2008 commercial activity” and by its disappointed investors. thanks to a new offer that would bank by market capitalisation, CNCB. triggered the crisis, also lessened takeover of British bank Barclays’ BBVA shares were 0.78 percent see its creditors accept a small said net profits rose 73 percent It echoed other Spanish banks in the first half of this year by 35 operations in Spain. lower in mid-morning trading debt write-off. The proposal that to ¤1.2bn ($1.3bn) in the second in saying that the country’s eco- percent from a year earlier, to 300 Another Spanish bank, Banco on the Madrid stock exchange sources said was submitted by quarter. nomic recovery since 2013 after million euros. Popular, said Friday its quarterly Friday. Franklin Templeton and three The third-biggest, CaixaBank, several years of recession was In the United States, one of its profits rose by seven percent in CaixaBank shares were 1.8 other US financial titans to Kiev said its net earnings doubled to boosting lending. major markets, BBVA saw its prof- the second quarter to 96.5 mil- percent lower and Banco Popular this week is still far short of the 333 million euros. Spain received a ¤41bn bailout its in the first half of 2015 rise by lion euros. down 3.7 percent, in an IBEX bond value reduction sought by In the case of BBVA, “robust for its banks from eurozone part- nearly 19 percent to ¤286m. On Thursday Spain and stock index that was down by 0.29 the war-torn former Soviet state. activity and an excellent margin ners in 2012 to save its financial Catalan lender CaixaBank said Europe’s biggest bank by capi- percent overall. AFP performance confirm the profit sector from collapse. it made net profits of 708 million talisation, Santander, said its AFP

Boosting production EU opens anti-trust probe into FedEx/TNT Express tie-up BRUSSELS: The EU yesterday a statement. “The Commission constraints from the only two opened an anti-trust probe into must therefore make sure that remaining players,” UPS and FedEx’s ¤4.4bn ($4.8bn) deal to FedEx’s takeover of TNT would DHL, the Commission said. buy Dutch rival TNT Express, not impede effective competi- “This could lead to higher a key tie-up for the e-commerce tion and would not lead to higher prices for business customers and delivery business. prices for consumers,” she added consumers,” it added. EU Competition Commissioner after the Commission announced In a statement from the south- Margrethe Vestager said Brussels “an in-depth investigation” into ern US city of Memphis, FedEx will examine whether the deal the proposed acquisition. said the investigation was the would lead to higher prices for In her quest to break down “next step” in a process the firm consumers who are increasingly digital barriers in the 28-nation started on June 26 to obtain buying online and getting pack- EU, Vestager has been very approval from the Commission. ages delivered direct to them. active, recently charging six top “We will continue to work The deal announced in Hollywood studios and Sky TV of together with TNT Express to April came two years after the breaching antitrust laws by using meet the European Commission’s Commission, the European movie licenses to block access to need for additional due diligence Union’s powerful executive arm, pay TV content in other coun- and are confident that the com- torpedoed a bid by FedEx’s US tries in Europe. It follows simi- bination of both companies will rival UPS to buy TNT Express. lar moves against Internet giant increase competition and cre- “Many businesses, and in par- Google and Russian energy behe- ate benefits for customers,” said ticular e-commerce, rely heav- moth Gazprom. David Binks, president of FedEx ily on affordable and reliable As FedEx and TNT Express Europe. “We continue to make small package delivery services, are “major global players” in progress on all of the necessary A farmer plants saplings in a paddy field on the outskirts of Agartala in India yesterday. India is to buy oilseeds and many consumers depend on delivering small packages, the regulatory steps around the world and pulses directly from farmers for the first time this year, in addition to its existing purchases of wheat and these services to ensure rapid Commission said it has concerns that would allow us to complete rice, to boost production and close a supply gap that has driven its annual import bill up to $12bn. and safe delivery of goods they that the merged entity would this transaction in the first half have bought,” Vestager said in “face insufficient competitive of 2016,” he added. AFP SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

The mystery ingredient for Bailouts are for banks, great economic growth BY NOAH SMITH lmost nothing in economics is more important, or mys- more than citizens terious, than productivity. It means the amount of stuff BY BARRY L RITHOLTZ - goods, services, economic value - produced for a given intended beneficiaries of the suffered literally no losses. deal with rate increases. More Aamount of input. It is productivity that separates today’s bailouts, nor were Irish citizens American International Group? losses that could have compro- rich, modern consumer societies from subsistence farmers living on always find it amus- in that bailout. Indeed, home- Zero losses. Government spon- mised the banking industry’s the edge of starvation. The Industrial Revolution created technolo- ing whenever someone owners in the U.S. were little sored entities Fannie Mae health were likely. gies such as electricity, turbines and internal combustion engines expresses surprise that more that incidental recipients and Freddie Mac? Zero losses. Which brings us back to that supercharged productivity, which is why we live incomparably the financial bailouts for of aid as a percentage of total Banking giants Citigroup and Greece. better lives than those of our great-great- grandparents. If pro- Greece haven’t benefitted rescue spending. Bank of America? Zero losses. Its leaders never learned the ductivity slows, we can expect our living standards to stagnate, no IGreek citizens. “Bailout Money You probably learned the Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, lesson that Ireland eventually matter what other steps we take. Goes to Greece, Only to Flow phrase “moral hazard” during Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns? figured out and tiny Iceland The problem is, productivity growth is slowing. After decades Out Again” in the New York the financial crisis. In short, Zero losses. understood from the start. The of robust growth, it flatlined in the 1970s and 1980s, only to surge Times is just the latest exam- what it means is that the bail- Even the Federal Reaserve’s phrase systemic risk is nothing ahead again in the 1990s and early 2000s. But for the last decade ple. “The cash exodus is a small outs rescued leveraged, reckless zero interest rate policy (ZIRP), more than code; what it actually or so, productivity has stumbled again, and the worry is that the piece of a bigger puzzle over speculators from the results of in place for so long that there means is that a politically con- information-technology revolution was only a minor, short-lived why — despite two major inter- their unwise professional folly hasn’t been a rate increase in nected banker wants the gov- reprieve from an inexorable stagnation. This pessimistic case has national bailouts — the Greek and gave them an incentive to more than nine years, is there ernment to cover losses on bad been made by economists Robert Gordon and Tyler Cowen. As economy is in worse shape and do it all over again. to help rescued banks. For years investments. they see it, scientists and engineers have simply picked most of the more deeply in debt.” Do you think I am exaggerat- after the financial crisis, their In the case of Greece, the low-hanging fruit of knowledge available in the universe. Unfortunately, this is a fea- ing? Consider the U.S. bailout in balance sheets remain festooned money flows in large part from A new report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and ture of bailout, not a bug. its manifold forms, from TARP with so many bad mortgages European governments and the Development, however, paints a more nuanced picture. The organi- A plethora of financial res- to ZIRP to QE. How many and soured loans that an early International Monetary Fund zation, which is made up of the world’s major developed nations, cues during the past decades has bondholders suffered losses from increase in rates would have through Greece, and then to looked at productivity not at the global or national level, but at proven quite convincingly that their poor investment decisions? put those portfolios at huge various private-sector lend- the corporate level. Different companies have different technolo- this isn’t an aberration. Follow With the exception of holders risk. . With foreclosures down ers. We all call it a Greek bail- gies, different management systems and different levels of talent. the money instead of following of Lehman Brothers’ debt and tremendously from their peak, out, because if it were called What the OECD found was startling. At a small number of com- the headlines. That’s how you a handful of banks that weren’t the banks can tolerate interest the “Rescue of German bank- panies, productivity growth hasn’t slowed at all. If you look at only learn who profits from a bailout. deemed too big to fail, just about increases. ers from the results of their these “global frontier” companies, there has been no productivity Look around the world - every other bondholder was Despite plenty of evi- Athenian lending folly,” who slowdown at all! This is especially true in services industries. Japan, Sweden, Brazil, Mexico, made whole, 100 cents on the dence that the economy could would support it? The top performers have blazed ahead, while other companies Ireland, the US and now Greece dollar. have absorbed interest rates Our moral compass informs have stagnated or even become less productive. to learn who is and isn’t helped Thanks to rescue plans such increases almost two year ago us that bailouts shouldn’t work Why is this happening? Here we should turn to the research by these enormous government- as the Trouble Asset Relief -- the economy met the Fed’s to the benefit of the reckless and of New York University economist Paul Romer, one of the most backed bailouts. No, it isn’t the Program, holders of bonds own parameters at that time -- irresponsible. Reality teaches us influential theorists of economic growth. Much of Romer’s research Greek people, nor even their from a diverse assortment of bank mortgage portfolios were a very different lesson. is about “excludability,” or the degree to which companies can stop banks. They never were the failed and failing companies still shaky, and not in shape to BLOOMBERG other companies from learning their secrets. Excludability means that new technologies don’t necessarily flow from one company to another. Romer has shown that excludability is, at least in theory, very important to economic growth. If technology has become more excludable - if ideas and tech- nologies are not spreading from company to company the way they used to - then we’re in trouble. The OECD report suggests that this is happening, but it doesn’t give us a clear answer as to why. In fact, no one really knows. One possibility is that technology “spillovers” between compa- nies - the term for when methods and practices jump from one company to another - are slowing as globalization runs its course. Companies that interact with each other via supply chains will naturally tend to exchange ideas, as each company in the chain sees what the others are doing. The burst of globalization in the 1990s and early 2000s might have allowed a huge transfer of knowledge along these supply chains; that burst might be coming to an end as the integration of East Asia into the global economy is completed. Another possibility - one not suggested by the OECD report - is that intellectual property law is making it harder for companies to use ideas developed at other companies. There has been anexplosion in the number of patents granted in the US since the early 1980s. In Japan the increase has been even more dramatic. Some of the fastest growth has been in patents for business methods -- exactly the kind of thing that ought to diffuse across companies and equal- ize productivity. In earlier ages, businesses could freely copy each other’s way of doing things; now, it is often illegal. Some level of patent protection, of course, is necessary to encour- age innovation. But many economists believe that we now give out far too many patents, often for innovations of questionable originality. This is something we would expect to increase the gap between the most productive companies and the rest. Whatever the reason for the divergence between companies, we need to find it and fix it if we can. The divergence could be affect- ing a lot more than productivity. A torrent of research in the past decade suggests that much of the increase in wage inequality in developed countries is due to differences in wages between differ- ent companies -- work for a good company and you get better pay, work for a bad one and you’re out of luck. Fixing the productivity divergence might help us fight inequality as well. So governments in the developed world should be thinking about how to break down the walls between companies. Our economic future could depend on it. BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Alternative to student loans, but not replacement BY MEGAN McARDLE startup competition sometime money, have to repay a very high lender. Take regulation. Income this sort of enterprise, you need to of high debt, could be attractive. around 2000. It has failed at at percentage of their income over a share agreements look enough be able to show potential backers Students who follow the rules of ome days, it seems as if least one startup, and it may never number of years. like student loans that they might what their cash flows might look Islamic finance could also benefit you can’t swing a cat in take off in a huge way. There are Or at least, that’s how it works fall under those rules -- with per- like. But since the product has from a more equity-like means of Washington without send- definitely good use cases for this in a frictionless economic model. verse effects. For example, state only ever been tried on a small paying for college. Sing it wailing through a product - - but those probably do In the real world, there are usury laws might end up capping scale, no one really has that kind Religious schools might benefit panel on student loans. Articles not include the majority of col- complications. Even people who loan payments for the best-off of data. And we wouldn’t for a in another way. Think of Gordon are written, bemoaning the bur- lege students in the United States. intend to be high earners may graduates, forcing financing com- while: At first the market may College, a Christian school in den that lashes graduates to a Making income share agreements place a very high value on the panies to jack up rates on people suffer from more, or less, adverse Massachusetts that was at risk debt mountain, keeping them available to even a minority of insurance that an equity-finance who make less money. And should selection and moral hazard than of losing its accreditation because from taking amazing nonprofit students is daunting. model offers, for example. Or the these obligations be discharged it would as a mature financial the college opposes “homosexual jobs or buying a home. And eve- The first major issue is simply financiers can price discriminate, in bankruptcy? At the expense market. So it’s hard to get the practice.” There’s growing worry ryone has a proposed fix, usually asymmetric information: College charging engineers a lower per- of other creditors, or last? These data so you can get the money so among conservative religious peo- involving the federal government students know more about their centage than English majors. You issues will probably need to be you can make the investments so ple that these schools will have spending even more money on work ethic, academic ability and could imagine some interesting ironed out if these products are you can get the data. to choose between their princi- college students. career plans than you do. As long side effects, like engineering pro- to become widespread. These problems are not neces- ples and their access to federal Here’s one fix that doesn’t as they have a choice between tak- grams charging more to capture Another question is whether sarily fatal. It’s hard to see how an student loans, which are contin- require the government to open ing on debt with a fixed balance, some of the benefits of this easier servicing costs end up being par- income share agreement, either gent on accreditation. The income up the faucet of tax dollars: and debt that requires them to finance. Even so, you could even- ticularly high. Figuring out the non-profit or for-profit, is going share approach might well let income share agreements. That’s repay some substantial portion of tually reach equilibrium where pricing may end up being more to be able to compete. these schools survive without like taking an equity stake in a their future income, you’re likely some percentage of the popula- complicated than it is for mort- Dave Ramsey, the evangelical student loan money. student. Funders advance college to see people with high expected tion and an adequate number of gage lenders, which just turn to personal finance guru, discourages There may be other limited tuition against a certain percent- future incomes looking to finance investors were interested in this FICO scores and mechanical debt people from taking on debt, even uses for income share agree- age of future income, payable over their education through debt, form of finance. ratios. And complicated under- “good debt” like student loans. ments, maybe as a supplement a set number of years. I attended, while those with lower income However, that is only the first writing is expensive. Collections When he tries to talk his listen- when student loans aren’t quite yes, a working group meeting on prospects want to take on the problem. There’s also moral haz- could be as well. Though in theory, ers through alternative methods, enough. But in America, at least, the topic yesterday, and while the equity finance. In order to com- ard after I take out my loan. an income share should be less there’s often a moment where income share agreements seem meeting itself was off the record, I pensate for this, the price of the Knowing that I have to give the susceptible to default than a tra- you think: “Yeah, that’s not really destined to be a niche product came away with a lot of thoughts equity finance -- the percentage lender 5 to 10 percent of my ditional student loan, especially if going to work for most traditional for students who would otherwise to share. of income that they will have to income no matter what, do I it stipulates an income threshold college students whose parents struggle. They won’t substantially I went into the working group repay -- will rise, until this is an choose a lower-paid job that offers below which no payments are due. don’t happen to live in a city with cut student loan debt. Or reduce pretty skeptical. The notion has attractive financing model only me, say, more vacation time? Finally, there’s the problem of a good state school.” For Ramsey the number of angst-ridden pan- been around for a long time -- I for the worst income prospects, And then there are the prob- getting a new finance product off adherents, equity finance, which els on the topic. first heard it at a business school who will, while earning little lems outside of borrower and the ground. To raise capital for minimizes the catastrophic risks BLOOMBERG SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CLASSIFIEDS

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JOHANNESBURG: infrastructure needs to be put in Basketball stars including Chris place, basketball courts that are Paul of the Los Angeles Clippers modern, and they also need balls and Luol Deng of Miami Heat and all that,” said Diaw during Tiger Woods hits warmed up yesterday for the training. from a green side NBA’s first game in Africa, as He said he was confident that sand trap to the the sport looks to expand into development was starting to take fist green during the continent. place in Africa, despite challenges. the first round The sold-out exhibition “I see it in Senegal and lots of of the Quicken game at the Ellis Park arena in things are done in other countries Loans National at Johannesburg today will pit a too,” he said. the Robert Trent team with African links captained Team World will feature Jones Golf Club by Deng against a “world team” Bradley Beal of Washington on Thursday in captained by Paul. Wizards, Pau Gasol of Chicago Gainesville, Virginia. “I think what makes it so spe- Bulls and Evan Turner of Boston cial is that it’s the first game over Celtics, with Brooklyn Nets coach here,” said Paul. Lionel Hollins in charge. “We want to make sure we give The teams have been involved the fans a great game,” added the in charity work ahead of the clash, NBA star. including fitness sessions with Five-time NBA Champion children and a basketball clinic in Gregg Popovich will coach Team a township outside Johannesburg. Africa, which includes Deng, who The game of basketball is stead- was born in South Sudan, Luc ily gaining popularity in Africa, Mbah a Moute from Cameroon, with more than 35 players from Senegalese Gorgui Dieng and the continent featured on NBA Frenchman Boris Diaw, whose rosters since Hakeem Olajuwon father is from Senegal. was drafted in 1984. “The first thing they need The NBA opened an office in Woods recovers after is infrastructure. Sports Johannesburg in 2010. AFP bad start at National Eight-time NBA All-Star Chris Paul Former World No.1 boosts confidence after birdie binge and captain of Team World, takes part GAINESVILLE, US: in a training Struggling tournament host session in Tiger Woods recovered from Johannesburg, another woeful start with yesterday, a back-nine birdie binge on ahead of an Thursday to spark some confi- dence that the form which won exhibition 14 major titles might return match today. consistently. Former world number one Woods opened with bogeys on Retief Goosen three of his first four holes but of South Africa rallied to start the back nine with watches his four consecutive birdies to fire a drive on the third three-under par 68 to share 27th at the US PGA Quicken Loans hole during the National. first round of the “It was nice to actually turn it Quicken Loans around,” Woods said. National at the “I felt like I hit the ball well Robert Trent enough. I didn’t do anything dif- Jones Golf Club Padres edge out Mets ferent. I said stay patient and it on Thursday will turn, which it did and I mean in Gainesville, I had a run there.” Virginia. Goosen Woods said he turned a so-so led in the first as Nationals pip Marlins round into a good one better than round after NEW YORK: he has since he shared 17th at the carding 63. Justin Upton hit the side in order to notch his Masters, his best showing of the a three-run homer with two outs 30th save. year. in the top of the ninth inning to Nationals 1, Marlins 0 “You’ve got to score and I made complete the San Diego Padres’ First baseman Ryan a lot of key putts,” Woods said. stunning comeback in an 8-7 Zimmerman hit a solo home run “The last time I did it is probably victory over the New York Mets and right-hander Max Scherzer Augusta.” in a game that featured two rain pitched seven scoreless innings, Woods denied rumours he delays totalling leading the has split with swing coach Chris more than 3-1/2 Washington Como, who is not at the Robert hours. Baseball Results Nationals to a Trent Jones Golf Club this week, The Padres Washington 1 Miami 0 1-0 win over the and took his first look ahead at trailed 7-1 in the San Diego 8 NY Mets 7 Miami Marlins. 2016 Rio Olympic golf, in which seventh when Detroit 9 Baltimore 8 Jonathan he was once expected to star but and Olympic golf, with US PGA crown since the 2008 US Open. rough with his approach at three first baseman Philadelphia 4 Atlanta 1 Papelbon pitched now at 266th in the rankings is playoffs and Europe’s defense of Woods, whose 79 career PGA and missed a 12-foot par putt at Derek Norris hit Toronto 5 Kansas City 2 a scoreless ninth almost certain to miss. the Ryder Cup at Hazeltine to fol- titles are only three shy of Sam the fourth. a grand slam. inning to earn Boston 8 C White Sox 2 “I don’t have to worry about the low in short order. Snead’s all-time record, has not But he birdied the par-5 fifth The Mets still his first save Olympics right now. It’s not really “Don’t forget on the backside won any event since the WGC and eighth holes and caught fire led 7-5 enter- Cincinnati 15 Pittsburgh 5 as a Nationals a concern of mine,” Woods said. of it we still have the Ryder Cup,” Bridgestone Invitational two at the turn, dropping a nine-foot ing the ninth St Louis 9 Colorado 8 player.. “Some of the top players, there’s Woods said. “It’s going to be a lot years ago. birdie putt at the 10th, a seven- before heavy Texas 7 NY Yankees 6 Blue Jays 5, going to be a schedule concern. of events all in a row with very In his most recent starts, footer at the par-3 11th and land- rain arrived and Houston 3 LA Angels 0 Royals 2 Right now that’s not the case for little rest. A lot of Euros have to Woods missed the cut at the US ing his approach inches from the umpires waved Chicago Cubs 5 Milwaukee 2 Dioner me. It’s going to be interesting play their home Open. It’s doubly and British Opens and shared cup at the 12th. the teams off the Minnesota 9 Seattle 5 Navarro hit a to see what players, do how they tough for them.” 32nd at the Greenbrier Classic. Finding a bunker off the 13th field. two-run homer Cleveland 3 Oakland 1 pace themselves.” Asked if he still worked with Having struggled most of last tee looked to end his run, but Play resumed as the Toronto Next season’s schedule, Como, Woods said, “Yeah, is there year due to back surgery and this Woods blasted out to 12 feet and 44 minutes later Blue Jays announced on Thursday, has only a problem?” year with swing changes, Woods sank the putt. He found the sand before heavy rain again began defeated the Kansas City Royals. two weeks between the British Woods, chasing the record looked set for more troubles early. again off the par-5 14th tee and falling as Upton hit the first pitch Designated hitter Russell Open and PGA Championship 18 career majors won by Jack Woods lipped out a four-footer began a run of pars into the club- he saw from Familia (2-1) beyond Martin and third baseman Josh and only two weeks between that Nicklaus, has not claimed a major for par at the first, found the house. AFP the center-field wall for his 18th Donaldson added solo shots as the homer of the season. Blue Jays celebrated the acquisi- Play finally resumed again after tion of left-hander David Price in Quicken Loans a 2:52 delay and Padres right- an earlier trade with the Detroit National Scores Els shuns kidney stone worries hander Craig Kimbrel retired Tigers. AGENCIES Gainesville, US: Leading scores GAINESVILLE, US: Ernie spasm. “I haven’t played with a lot Cups staged at Robert Trent on Thursday after the first Els put behind him a fear over of confidence and you can’t play Jones Golf Club. San Diego round of the US PGA Quicken potential kidney stones and the this game without having confi- That familiarity with the Padres left Loans National: disadvantage of no pre-tourna- dence,” Els told Golf Channel after course was certainly a bonus for fielder Justin 63 Retief Goosen (RSA), Ryo Ishikawa (JPN) ment practice rounds this week rocketing up the leaderboard with the 45-year-old South African Upton (right) 64 Justin Leonard, Kevin Chappell, Ernie Els as he surged into contention for an eagle at the par-five 14th, six after his concern over the possible receives a 65 Steve Wheatcroft, Jeff Overton, Mark the Quicken Loans National in birdies and a bogey. kidney stones earlier in the week. high five Hubbard, Andy Sullivan (ENG) Virginia on Thursday. “I didn’t have the most perfect “I’ve got an L-10 (problem) and from San 66 Patrick Rodgers, Greg Owen (ENG), The big South African, who has warm-up into the week,” said the normally the pain shoots into my Diego Padres Jonas Blixt (SWE), Justin Rose (ENG), struggled for consistency on the golfer. left side,” said Els, who has not second Justin Thomas, Gonzalo Fernandez- 2014-15 PGA Tour, fired a seven- “I didn’t play any practice won on the PGA Tour since his baseman Castano (ESP), Arjun Atwal (IND), Ollie under-par 64 on a rain-softened round or in the pro-am but I felt victory at the 2012 British Open Jedd Gyorko Schniederjans layout at Robert Trent Jones Golf good this morning and my putter event. after hitting Club in Gainesville to end the felt good. “The pain was kind of on my 67 Jason Bohn, Rickie Fowler, Danny Lee a home (NZL), Pat Perez, John Peterson, Adam opening round just one stroke off “I kind of like the course so I back and then it went to the run in the Hadwin (CAN), Robert Allenby (AUS), the lead. just fed off a little bit of Presidents right and I thought maybe it was Charles Howell, Bill Haas Els was delighted to shoot his Cup experience, and I played quite kidney stones. I guess I am just third inning against the 68 Jason Gore, Chad Campbell, Mark lowest score on the US circuit nicely.” a wuss. Wilson, Noh Seung-Yul (KOR), Jonathan this season, having pulled out of Els, a four-times major cham- “It was pretty sore, and they New York Byrd, Cameron Tringale, Jim Herman, Wednesday’s pro-am competi- pion who is popularly known as say kidney stones are really, really Mets at Citi S.J. Park (KOR), Daniel Summerhays, tion after experiencing pain in the ‘Big Easy’ represented the painful. Luckily there was nothing Field on Nick Taylor (CAN), Tiger Woods, David his right side before medical tests Internationals against the US wrong. It’s just a muscle spasm,” Thursday. Lingmerth (SWE) confirmed it was just a muscle in the 1996 and 2000 Presidents he said. REUTERS SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Stockholm Diamond League Results Qatar’s Balla triumphs at Stockholm Diamond League results on Thursday: Men’s 200M: 1. Alonso Edward (PAN) 20.04; 2. Anaso Jobodwana (RSA) 20.18; 3. Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 20.27. 400M: 1. Machel Cedenio (TTO) 44.97; 2. Luguelín Santos (DOM) 45.21; 3. Martyn Stockholm Diamond League Rooney (GBR) 45.41. 800M: 1. Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla (QAT) 1:45.33; 2. Andreas Bube (DEN) 1:45.78; 3. Barshim consolidates first position in rankings with second finish Michael Rimmer (GBR) 1:45.97. 1,500M: 1. Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) 3:33.33; 2. Jakub Holusa (CZE) 3:34.26; 3. Ilham Tanui STOCKHOLM: Musaeb Özbilen (TUR) 3:34.40. Abdulrahman Balla made 3,000M Steeple: 1. Hicham Sigueni (MAR) Qatar proud in Stockholm when 8:16.54; 2. Brahim Taleb (MAR) 8:16.56; 3. he cruised home to victory in Hillary Kipsang Yego (KEN) 8:19.14. the 800m Men’s race IAAF 110M Hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s): 1. Orlando Diamond League in Stockholm Musaeb Abdulrahman Ortega (CUB) 13.18; 2. Sergey Shubenkov (RUS) on Thursday. 13.22; 3. David Oliver (USA) 13.24. On the other hand, Qatari star Balla (centre) High Jump: 1. JaCorian Duffield (USA) Barshim Mutaz Essa came second of Qatar reacts as he wins the 2.32m; 2. Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.29; 3. with a 2.29m jump in the Men’s Gianmarco Tamberi (ITA) 2.29. high jump event. men’s 800m Long Jump: 1. Greg Rutherford (GBR) 8.34m; Balla overcame Bube Andreas event ahead 2. Marquis Dendy (USA) 8.09; 3. Godfrey Khotso of Denmark to the second position of Andreas Mokoena (RSA) 7.87. while Rimmer Michael was third Bube (left) of Discus: 1. Piotr Malachowski (POL) 65.95m; 2. with 1:45.97. Denmark at the Philip Milanov (BEL) 64.97; 3. Robert Urbanek For Barshim, the results con- IAAF Athletics (POL) 63.25. solidated his overall first position Diamond Women 100M (wind: -0.2 m/s): 1. Shelly- in the Diamond League rankings League meeting with 12 points to make him a hot Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 10.93; 2. Tori Bowie at Stockholm (USA) 11.05; 3. Natasha Morrison (JAM) 11.22. contender for the top prize at the Olympic end of the season. 200M (wind: +1.6 m/s): 1. Tiffany Townsend Stadium, “I did some good jumps and I (USA) 22.67; 2. Anna Kielbasinska (POL) 23.07; Sweden, on wasn’t too far from winning,” said 3. Jodie Williams (GBR) 23.09. the Qatari. Thursday. 800M: 1. Renelle Lamote (FRA) 1:59.91; “Now, my main objective is to RIGHT: Mutaz 2. Lynsey Sharp (GBR) 2:00.29; 3. Brenda win the world title and to do that Essa Barshim Martinez (USA) 2:00.54. I have to improve technically,” of Qatar reacts 3,000M: 1. Katie Mackey (USA) 8:52.99; 2. added the star athlete. during the high Renata Plis (POL) 8:53.58; 3. Betlhem Desalegn In other races, Shelly-Ann jump men’s (UAE) 8:53.75. Fraser-Pryce swept to victory event of the 400M Hurdles: 1. Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) in 100m with a 10.93sec triumph IAAF Diamond 54.37; 2. Sara Slott Petersen (DEN) 54.42; 3. which sent out a powerful mes- League. Cassandra Tate (USA) 54.88. sage to her world championship High Jump: 1. Sofie Skoog (SWE) 1.89m; 2. rivals. Eleriin Haas (EST) 1.89; 3. Erika Kinsey (SWE) The Jamaican sprinter, who is 1.83. the reigning Olympic and world Pole Vault: 1. Yarisley Silva (CUB) 4.81m; 2. champion, edged out Tori Bowie of Nikoléta Kyriakopoúlou (GRE) 4.76; 3. Fabiana the United States (11.05sec) and Murer (BRA) 4.71. compatriot Natasha Morrison be the defending champion. The China.” Fraser-Pryce said she will Spain’s Orlando Ortega won in should be assured of the Diamond Long Jump: 1. Jana Veldáková (SVK) 6.60m; (11.22sec). Fraser-Pryce, 28, was Jamaican star is also the reigning now head for Japan for a train- 13.18sec ahead of European cham- League title at the season finale in 2. Erica Jarder (SWE) 6.55; 3. Xenia Stolz (GER) running for the first time since world champion in the 200m and ing camp ahead of the August pion Sergey Shubenkov of Russia Brussels on September 11. 6.49. setting the season’s best time in 4x100m relay. 22-30 world championships in the (13.22sec). The 31-year-old won the the sprint at Paris a month ago. “There will always be a lot of Chinese capital. Defending world champion Stockholm leg of the series with Triple Jump: 1. Caterine Ibargüen (COL) Her performance on Thursday pressure to cope with. I am the “There are still many things to David Oliver of the United States a best of 14.60m. 14.69m; 2. Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 14.30; 3. was a resounding reminder defending champion so I will be work on – the start, the transi- was third in 13.24sec. Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova Kimberly Williams (JAM) 14.22. to her rivals just three weeks the number one target,” she said. tion, the finish. I am not just going Colombia’s Caterine Ibarguen (14.30m) was second with Javelin: 1. Barbora Spotáková (CZE) 65.66m; away from the world champion- “But I am not worried and I to sit around and wait.” registered her 28th successive Kimberly Williams of Jamaica in 2. Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 64.03; 3. Linda Stahl ships in Beijing where she will am looking forward to going to In the men’s 110m hurdles, women’s triple jump win and third spot (14.22m). AGENCIES (GER) 64.02. Rudisha eases to final at Kenyan trials World record holder ‘King’ NAIROBI: Olympic and world performance at the 2012 London Saturday: Job Kinyor, who pushed Commonwealth champion David Rudisha 800 metres record holder David Olympics. “I am happy with the him all the way to finish second in Joyce Chepkurui was third in sprints during Rudisha began his bid to qualify way my body is responding and I 1:44.6, and Ferguson Rotich, who 33:00.1. Some of the seasoned the 800m for next month’s world cham- am getting back my speed,” said also clocked 1:44.6 in winning the athletes dropped out of the race, race of the pionships when he cruised to Rudisha after the race. first semi-final. including the London Olympic Kenyan Trials victory in the Kenya trials “Mentally it has been been Former double world champion 10,000m silver medallist Sally for the World yesterday. tough for me. But the good thing Vivian Cheruiyot made a trium- Kipyego, the 2009 world cham- The 26-year-old, who has is that I am building up gradually phant return to the women’s pion Linet Masai and the reigning Championships, struggled with injuries over the and I am almost there. I thank 10,000m to book her ticket to the world half marathon champion in Nairobi, last two years, won the second my fellow Kenyans for their great world championships in Beijing. Florence Kiplagat. yesterday. semi-final in a time of 1:44.2 to concern and keeping their faith Cheruiyot, who is returning The Kenya team for the world advance to Saturday’s final. in me.” from a two-year maternity break, championships and Pan Africa But Rudisha showed he still Rudisha faces potentially held off the challenge of US-based Games in Congo Brazzaville will has to do to regain the form tougher opposition from a cou- newcomer Betsy Saina to win in be selected on the final day of the which took him to a world record ple of youngsters in the final on 32:58.4. trials on Saturday. AFP Lochte out to bounce back from ‘worst year’ KAZAN: US swim star Ryan the right direction, this meeting Lochte is looking to bounce is just a stepping stone for what back from what he describes as I want to accomplish next year,” his ‘worst year’ in 2014 when the he added. world swimming championships Lochte says his confidence is begin tomorrow. coming back as he looks to match With 15 world championship the hat-trick of gold medals he gold medals to his name, Lochte is won in Barcelona two years ago one of the most decorated swim- and could feature for the US mers at the Kazan world champi- team in Sunday’s 4x100m free- onships and is hunting his fourth style relays. straight gold in the 200m indi- “The biggest improvement this vidual medley. year has definitely been my confi- But a poor performance by his dence,” he said. own lofty standards at last year’s “Now that I’m back in shape, USA trials means Lochte will Ryan Lochte I’m getting my confidence back swim just the 200m IM and 200m and now everything is looking freestyle in Kazan – the fewest good for 2016.” individual events he has ever medals at a major meeting since A year out from the Olympic raced at a major international his debut on the world stage at Games in Rio de Janeiro, Lochte meet in 11 years. the 2004 Athens Olympics. said fans can expect to see some- Kazan will be a low-key event “After 2012, I didn’t have a bad thing new in the Kazan pool. for him compared to both the 2011 year in 2013, but 2014 was one “It’s never too late to keep world championships in Shanghai of the worst of my swimming learning and one of the things I’ve and 2012 London Olympics when careers. I just wasn’t there men- changed is my turns,” he revealed. he swam four individual events. tally or physically,” he said. With US star Michael Phelps He is the first to admit 2014 was Gone are the days of pizza and suspended for Kazan after last a significant blip in his glittering chicken wings on a Friday night year’s drink driving incident and career after returning too soon as he knuckled down to some seri- Japan’s Kosuke Hagino injured following torn knee ligaments ous training. with a fractured elbow follow- after an over-zealous female fan “The main thing I changed was ing a bike accident, Lochte will ran into him in November 2013. that I started to train again prop- be without two of his main rivals. Gold medalist, team Russia, celebrates on the podium of the Team Free final event during the synchronised He won just one gold at last erly,” he admitted. “I’m definitely bummed that swimming competition at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, yesterday. Hosts Russia remained August Pan Pacific Games in “Last year I didn’t do as much Hagino won’t be there, I have unbeaten in the synchronised swimming team free event after winning a fifth straight gold at the world Australia in the 4x200m freestyle as I wanted to do. raced against him for so many championships. Russians have won the team free gold at every championships since the event was introduced relay and thoughts of retirement “I’ve been more focused and years now,” admitted Lochte. in Melbourne in 2007. The Russians claimed gold with a winning tally of 98.4667 points as China took silver with entered the 30-year-old’s mind. taking care of my body inside and “I have travelled overseas to 96.1333 pts and Japan claimed bronze with 93.9000 pts. The hosts have now won seven of the eight synchronised It was the first time Lochte outside of the pool. race those guys and they put a swimming events in Kazan, with only the free routine combination still to come. failed to win multiple individual “Everything has been moving in beating on me in the past.” AFP SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Walcott and Cazorla extend contracts with Arsenal

LONDON: England forward the club’s top earners. Walcott Theo Walcott and Spanish mid- missed the early part of last sea- fielder Santi Cazorla have both son due to a knee injury sustained agreed contract extensions with in January 2014, making his first Arsenal, the Premier League appearance in November and his club announced yesterday. first start in January. Walcott, 26, announced on But he finished the campaign Twitter that he had signed a four- strongly, netting a hat-trick year contract, but the length of against West Bromwich Albion on Cazorla’s deal was not disclosed. the Premier League season’s final “We’re delighted to have day and scoring the opening goal extended the contracts of Santi in Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Aston and Theo,” Arsenal manager Villa in the FA Cup final. Arsene Wenger told the club’s Having signed from website. Southampton aged 16 in 2006, “Both are top quality players Theo Walcott Walcott is Arsenal’s longest-serv- who are hugely important and ing current player and has made Real Madrid players celebrate after winning the pre-season friendly match against AC Milan in Shanghai, China, influential to our squad. over 300 appearances for the club, Thursday. “As well as their huge contribu- Emirates Stadium pitch, accom- scoring 76 goals. tions on the pitch, they both have panied by the caption: Playing in a deep-lying mid- a great deal of experience and are “This is my home! Happy to field role, Cazorla, 30, enjoyed very popular off the pitch. have signed a new 4 year deal,” a fine 2014-15 season and was “We’re very pleased with them he said. Arsenal’s most-used player with both signing contract extensions, Neither Walcott nor Arsenal 53 appearances. as it provides our squad with fur- revealed financial details of his The Spain international Real edge AC Milan ther stability of quality.” contract, but British press reports signed from Malaga in 2012 and Walcott tweeted a picture of estimated that it is worth around has made 148 appearances for himself wearing Arsenal’s home £140,000 ($218,000, 199,000 euros) Wenger’s side, scoring 27 goals. kit and standing beside the a week, putting him on a par with AFP 10-9 on penalties Veteran Drogba relishing Milan reserve goalie’s miss gives Real win ‘beautiful challenge’ of MLS SHANGHAI: A miss by AC Milan’s 16-year-old reserve goal- MONTREAL: Didier Drogba keeper gave Real Madrid a 10-9 said he is looking forward to the penalty shoot-out victory in an “beautiful challenge” of finish- exhibition match in Shanghai on ing his career in Major League Thursday. Soccer after being unveiled The shoot-out followed a 0-0 before hundreds of Montreal stalemate after 90 minutes and Impact fans here on Thursday. sealed victory for Real Madrid The veteran Ivory Coast and in the China edition of the former Chelsea icon addressed Ivorian International Champions Cup. a crowd of fans at Montreal’s striker Didier Both teams’ goalkeepers ended Saputo Stadium, a day after jet- Drogba (left) up having to take a spot-kick with ting into the Canadian city after applauds the score still tied after all out- wrapping up his MLS move ear- as Montreal field players had taken a turn. lier this week. President Madrid goalkeeper Kiko Casilla “I am a man of challenges and Joey Saputo confidently strode to the penalty there is a beautiful one before me,” (right) looks spot before hammering the ball Drogba said alongside Impact on at a press past Milan teenager Gianluigi President Joey Saputo. conference Donnarumma to put his side 10-9 Saputo said Drogba was arriv- ahead. ing at a great time “for the on Thursday in Montreal. The keepers then swapped posi- AC Milan’s Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumm reacts during the Impact, the city of Montreal, and tions with Donnarumma needing International Champions Cup match bagainst Real Madrid in Shanghai the MLS.” to score to keep AC Milan in the on Thursday. “I’m proud that he decided to game, but the young Italian fired pursue his career here, and his directly at Casilla who saved eas- arrival will be beneficial at all ily to seal victory for the Spanish Shanghai Stadium. It wasn’t until Celsius heat and relative humid- levels, both on and off the pitch,” club. the 39th minute that Real Madrid ity of 60 per cent – which saw Saputo added. The dramatic climax was the were seriously tested when AC the match being stopped for reg- “I just want to say, no pressure,” highlight of an otherwise disap- Milan forward M’Baye Niang ular water breaks and multiple a smiling Drogba added before an pointing match in which neither made a dangerous run into the substitutions. ovation from supporters. side came close to scoring from box only to collide with Casilla Both teams were playing their The two-time African at the airport on Wednesday. “I wanted to play regularly after a free play. before being able to unleash a second and final games in China Footballer of the Year said he didn’t expect that,” he said, add- farewell season at Chelsea last Both clubs fielded strong line- shot. as part of their extended summer had decided to join Montreal after ing that he did not think his new year where he was used mostly ups – Real Madrid started with In the first minute of the sec- tours. being impressed by Saputo. team-mates would treat him like as a squad player. the world’s two most expensive ond half Niang then forced a Real Madrid had on Monday “The president’s speech per- a superstar. “I wanted to be out on the pitch footballers in Cristiano Ronaldo classy save from Casilla with a sealed a comprehensive 3-0 win suaded me. It was very simple, “It’s only the way the people more,” Drogba said, explaining and Gareth Bale – but despite rasping drive from the right edge over Inter Milan in Guangzhou, very warm,” he said. look at you – in the dressing room his decision sign an 18-month the talent on display there was of the area. while on Saturday AC Milan Drogba, meanwhile, revealed all the players are the same,” he contract, adding that he still little notable action for the near- The match was played in swel- beat city rivals Inter Milan 1-0 in he had been surprised by the said. Drogba added he had sought “dreamed of winning trophies,” capacity crowd at the 60,000-seat tering conditions – 32 degrees Shenzhen. AFP turnout that marked his arrival a move to the MLS because he he added. AFP Lambert leaves Reds Costa, Cahill fit for Chelsea’s to join West Brom

LONDON: Rickie Lambert including 28 in two campaigns in (pictured) has left Liverpool the Premier League. He was part Wembley date, says Mourinho after a solitary season at of England’s World Cup squad Anfield to join West Bromwich in Brazil and earned a move to COBHAM, UK: Chelsea man- Albion on a two-year deal, the Liverpool, but struggled to claim ager Jose Mourinho revealed clubs said yesterday. a regular place at Anfield despite yesterday that striker Diego Lambert, who has 11 caps for the club’s struggles up front last Costa and centre-back Gary Chelsea’s English England, leaves Merseyside for an season. Cahill will be fit to face Arsenal defender Gary undisclosed fee, estimated to be He was frequently left on the in this weekend’s Community Cahill (centre) around £3m ($4.7m), according bench as Liverpool manager Shield. to British media reports. Brendan Rodgers often chose to The pair were injured in kicks a football The forward use Raheem Sterling Tuesday’s friendly against during a team never established in a lone centre for- Barcelona in Washington DC, training session himself at Liverpool, ward role, even when Costa was forced out of the at Chelsea’s scoring only three though it was not his game with a hamstring problem training ground in times in 36 appear- preferred position. and Cahill suffered a suspected Stoke D’Abernon, ances, and had fallen He is likely to get broken nose. South of London, down the pecking far more first-team But speaking ahead of the tra- yesterday, ahead order following the opportunities under ditional Wembley curtain-raiser of their FA arrivals of strikers Pulis, whose side between the Premier League Community Shield Christian Benteke, begin their Premier champions and the FA Cup match against Divock Origi and League campaign holders tomorrow, Mourinho Arsenal tomorrow. Danny Ings in the at Manchester confirmed the two players were close season. City on August 10. available to face Arsene Wenger’s “Rickie is a good, Meanwhile, Aston side. strong, solid player Villa have signed “They are both good, everyone who is a great char- French midfielder is available,” he said. acter, good in the dressing-room Jordan Veretout from Ligue 1 Costa’s hamstring problem go match after match. Fantastic – fuelled by the Arsenal man- always try to play for a result and and good on the pitch,” West club Nantes on a five-year con- provided a reminder of the Spain group of strikers. So no problem.” ager’s failure to beat his Chelsea the Community Shield has a moti- Brom manager Tony Pulis told tract, the Premier League side international’s injury woes from He added: “I have three top counterpart in 13 attempts – vation, obviously different than the club website. said yesterday. last season, when the forward suf- strikers. If one is injured, we means the game carries added just a friendly or just a summer “We are very pleased to have The 22-year-old has joined for fered a succession of injuries. have two. I have no concerns, no significance. tournament. I would say it’s the him on board. an undisclosed fee reported in But Mourinho believes Costa protections. It’s a position where “It’s not a friendly like against start of the competition.” “He’s a player of great pedigree British media to be around seven has resolved last season’s prob- we’re very strong.” Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain But he added: “I just want and we look forward to integrat- million pounds ($10.9m). lems and with Radamel Falcao The outcome of tomorrow’s or Arsenal against Wolfsburg,” my club to get the best possible ing him into our squad.” “I’m really pleased Jordan and Loic Remy also at his dis- meeting will offer nothing more Mourinho said. “It’s more than results. Lambert, 33, started his career decided to choose Aston Villa over posal, he feels he has sufficient than a pointer with regards that, but it’s less than a Premier “It doesn’t matter if it’s in Liverpool’s academy and, after the other options he had and opt cover in attack. to the coming Premier League League match. Arsenal. It doesn’t matter about spells at several lower league to continue his development with Asked if Costa was now injury- campaign. “We lost against Red Bull (the the (opposing) manager. I just clubs, joined Southampton where us,” manager Tim Sherwood told free, Mourinho said: “I believe, But the lingering enmity New York Red Bulls) and we were want my team, to try to get the he scored 117 goals in five seasons, the club’s website. AGENCIES but I’m not worried about it. I between Mourinho and Wenger not happy. So it’s normal that we best possible results.” AFP SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Reactions to Beijing’s Selection Beijing clinches historic Reactions to Beijing’s selec- tion as host of the 2022 Winter Olympics: “You put a huge effort into bidding on the Winter Olympics. I hope your persistent efforts, solid work, the strong support of all the nationali- ties of the people of the country, will make the 2022 Winter Games vote 2022 Winter Olympics a splendid, extraordi- nary and outstanding Olympic meet” – Chinese President Xi Jinping. “This day will go down in history. The first time in Rights groups slam decision; Kazakhstan reacts with regret and relief Olympic history that a city will host both a sum- mer and a winter Olympic years. In 120 years this is unprecedented. We are overwhelmed” KUALA LUMPUR: The snow – Beijing mayor Wang Anshun. will be fake, but the very real financial muscle China boasts “The Olympic motto of ‘higher, faster, and proved decisive yesterday when stronger’ is a perfect description of the Chinese Beijing won the right to host the government’s assault on civil society: more 2022 Winter Olympics. peaceful activists detained in record time, sub- Games officials meeting in ject to far harsher treatment. In choosing China Kuala Lumpur voted for the to host another Games, the IOC has tripped on Chinese capital over the lure of a major human rights hurdle” – Human Rights Watch China director Sophie Richardson. a winter wonderland offering from Kazakhstan’s Almaty, in a “We are very, very excited about what we clear sign that the International achieved here today. It is an exciting journey Olympic Committee is craving that is now starting” – China’s former NBA solidity and security after a series All-Star Yao Ming. of problems and headaches. “A safe and historical choice. With the great While Rio scrambles to make experience of China hosting major international up lost time in its building for sports events, it’s a safe choice. We know China the 2016 Olympics, and Tokyo is will deliver ion its promises” – IOC President embroiled in a stadium drama the Thomas Bach. allure of a megacity with a cast- “I think the IOC chose certainty in this vote. We iron financial guarantee proved know how the Chinese work. There is a familiar- irresistible. ity. Kazakhstan is bigger than (Western) Europe That Beijing will deliver what and has 17 million people. I think there was a Chinese President Xi Jinping is degree of uncertainty” – IOC Vice-president calling “excellent and extraordi- Craig Reedie. nary Games” is without doubt, “By bidding for the Winter Games we showed and IOC members voted for that the world the amazing progress that Kazakhstan security. has made since its independence. This alone “It’s symbolic and it is a meas- is a major victory for our country” – Andrey ure of confidence,” former IOC Kryukov, the Vice-chairman of Almaty’s President Jacques Rogge said. bid team. “It’s a good day for the Olympics.” “I regret that Almaty was not chosen to Not all shared his enthusiasm. host 2022 Olympics. I am very sorry for The New York-based Human Kazakhstanis, our friends. I know how much Rights Watch group declared “in soul and heart Kazakhstan put in preparations” choosing China to host another – Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko. Games, the IOC has tripped on a “This will be a memorable event at the foot of major human rights hurdle.” the Great Wall for the whole Olympic Family, Beyond the slopes, it was a good the athletes and the spectators that will further day for sports equipment and enhance the tremendous potential to grow win- apparel manufacturers who will ter sports in our country, in Asia and around the now gain exposure to China’s hun- world” – Beijing 2022 bid team. dreds of millions of aspirational Members of the Beijing delegation celebrate after Beijing was awarded the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, defeating Almaty in the final round of voting, “Pyeongchang, Tokyo, and now Beijing – in middle classes. Beijing mayor and during the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. quick succession Asian cities have been bid leader Wang Anshun dangled bestowed with the honour and privilege of the prospect of 300 million new km (22 miles) from the Olympic “Hooray! The Olympics will be rights record. Human Rights Watch, but that hosting the Olympic Games. However, we also converts. Village. held in China, and our budget will Human Rights Watch, which outside the context of the Games, share a huge responsibility. All of us at Tokyo are “We will leverage this success By contrast, Beijing’s winning not be plundered.” was highly critical of both China the IOC had to respect the laws looking forward very much to joining forces with to popularise and develop win- bid features repurposed 2008 The IOC membership did keep and Kazakhstan during the bid of sovereign states. our fellow Asian cities Pyeongchang and Beijing ter sport in China,” Wang told Summer Olympic venues in the it real, though, and this meant process, was quick to voice its “With our Olympic values of to further contribute to the promotion of the reporters. capital and events an hour away following the money and a tried- displeasure. tolerance, respect, excellence, Olympic Movement” – Tokyo 2020 President The enormous cost of the at two mountain ranges. and-tested Olympic city. “The Olympic motto of ‘higher, non-discrimination, we send a Yoshiro Mori. sporting spectacle — Russia’s With little snow on the Yanqing Beijing’s victorious bid team faster, and stronger’ is a per- strong message to the world — Sochi games cost a record $51bn and Zhangjiakou ranges, these were euphoric, with Wang declar- fect description of the Chinese the strong message spread by International Olympic Committee — weighs increasingly heavily. Games will be “brown, brown, ing a historic day. government’s assault on civil the athletes living together in the to decide the host of the 2022 Stockholm, Krakow in Poland and brown” one senior IOC member “This day will go down in his- society: more peaceful activists Olympic Village in a community Winter Games failed yesterday, Oslo all pulled out in the course said, and will depend on man- tory,” he told reporters. “The first detained in record time, subject where all people are equal.” prompting a return to the tried of the bidding. made snow. time in Olympic history that a to far harsher treatment,” HRW’s China has long argued that it and tested ballot paper, IOC Vice-president Craig Reedie “Keeping it Real” had been city will host both a summer and China director Sophie Richardson is unfairly singled out for criti- President Thomas Bach said. said the IOC had chosen cer- the Kazakhs’ motto, a cheeky dig a winter Olympics. In 120 years said in a statement. cism of its rights record and says The voting system using elec- tainty in China. “We know how at Beijing’s reliance on artificial this is unprecedented. We are The Games body has been criti- other governments should exam- tronic tablets was put to use for the Chinese work. There is a snow. overwhelmed.” cised by human rights groups for ine their own records before mak- the first time. familiarity.” In Almaty, though, Kazakhs But back home the response years, most notably after award- ing accusations. After the 85 IOC members had It was a close-run thing, reacted to losing with a mixure was a little more muted with lit- ing the 2008 Summer Games The Beijing 2022 bid committee voted, however, the process was though, with the Chinese winning of disappointment and relief. tle of the public displays of joy to Beijing and the 2014 Winter did not immediately respond to cancelled due to problems. by 44 votes to 40 — just two vot- President Nursultan Nazarbayev, which had greeted the decision to Games to Sochi. a request for comment, but said “It came as no surprise to me ers’ difference. who has ruled for 26 years, had award the 2008 Summer Games It has since added anti-dis- this week sport should be kept when one device (tablet) after Many were charmed by said the Games would “make the to Beijing. crimination clauses to the host separate from politics. the other was handed back,” Bach Almaty’s promise of a picture names of Kazakhstan and Almaty By selecting Beijing, the IOC city contract. China’s Foreign Ministry also said. “Many had an uncomfort- postcard event blanketed in snow ring out across the world”. also appeared willing to accept IOC President Thomas Bach did not immediately respond to a able feeling. So I decided that this in the former Soviet state. The Lawyer Ruslan Dzhusungaliyev, what looks certain to be a seven- had said on Thursday the com- request for comment. round of voting would not happen Kazakh offering was an intimate a 45-year-old Almaty resi- year barrage of questions and mittee had been speaking to a Meanwhile, a new electronic electronically but with a paper one, with no venue more than 35 dent, said on his Facebook page: criticism over China’s human wide range of groups, including voting system adopted by the ballot.” REUTERS Lausanne chosen as host city Rio Olympics security force of 2020 Winter Youth Olympics double that of London games KUALA LUMPUR: RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de and other security forces, while national media or discussions of Lausanne, the Swiss city where Janeiro will deploy double the 38,000 troops will provide secu- preparations for the Games. the International Olympic number of security personnel rity in the five other cities host- Brazil’s security forces have Committee (IOC) is based, was for next year’s Olympic Games ing Olympic football matches: Sao limited experience with counter- chosen yesterday to host the than were used in the 2012 Paulo, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, terrorism but officials say they 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. London games, officials said on Salvador and Manaus. are working with counterparts Lausanne easily won a secret Thursday. Brazil has one of the world’s from more than 90 countries to ballot of IOC members at a con- Some 85,000 personnel will be worst crime rates, with an esti- protect against militant attacks vention centre in downtown deployed, including 38,000 mili- mated 52,000 murders a year, or cyber attacks. Kuala Lumpur, beating the only tary troops, Rio’s security secre- compared to just over 14,000 in “Until now, there have been no other candidate, the Romanian tary, Andrei Passos Rodrigues, 2013 for the United States, which threats, but we are alert,” said city of Brasov, which hosted the told a news conference. has a population more than 100 Saulo Moura, from the intelli- 2013 European Youth Olympic “It will be the biggest inte- million people greater. gence agency ABIN. Winter Festival. grated operation in the history In Rio itself, crime has dropped The government says it has Lausanne won the ballot in a of our country,” he said. over the last year, but there previously invested 1.17bn reais landslide, collecting 71 votes to 10. The huge security presence were still 625 murders between ($354m) in security for mega “This year we are celebrating will dwarf that of London, where January and June, as well as 1,267 events and that another $280m the 100-year anniversary of the 40,000 personnel were used, attempted murders. Robberies is being budgeted for the Olympic IOC’s presence in Lausanne,” including 18,000 troops. were up. Games. IOC president Thomas Bach told Despite high crime rates, Apart from the street crime, a In addition to the impres- reporters. Brazilian security chiefs say they high profile international event sive numbers of armed officers “It is great we will now be able have enough experience at polic- like the Olympics is inevitably who will be out on the streets, to continue this until 2020.” IOC President Thomas Bach (right) hands a document to Lausanne mayor ing mega events, such as the 2012 seen as a major potential target unarmed national guards The Youth Olympics are Daniel Brelaz after the Swiss city won the bid to host 2020 Youth Winter UN Rio+20 environmental sum- for militant groups. soldiers will help with security restricted to athletes aged Olympic Games, in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. mit attended by 191 countries, a The 1972 massacre by inside the stadiums, while prison between 14-18, and 2020 will be 2013 visit by Pope Francis, the Palestinians of Israeli athletes in guards will boost numbers at the third edition of the initia- As part of their proposal, Summer Olympics three times Confederations Cup in 2013 and Munich still looms over Olympic entrance points and metal detec- tive from former IOC president Lausanne’s bidders said they but lost out on each occasion. the World Cup in 2014. history, but today’s potential tor posts. Jacques Rogge to encourage more planned to stage some skiing Swiss officials hinted that Because the Olympics is mostly threats — including the feared The Olympics, the first to be young people to stay in sport. events in neighbouring France, Lausanne could possibly bid the concentrated within Rio, the use of amateur drones — have held in South America — Mexico The first Winter Youth Games embracing the IOC’s new Agenda for future Winter Olympics. security response will be “very greatly multiplied. was the first Latin American were held at Innsbruck, Austria 2020 proposals encouraging bid- Switzerland has hosted the intense,” Rodrigues said. Brazil has such a low profile in host in 1968 — will open August in 2012 and Lillehammer, Norway ding cities to adopt more flexible Winter Olympics twice before, in The city will have 47,500 mem- world conflicts that the subject 5, 2016 and close August 21. will host the second edition next and cheaper strategies. 1928 and 1948, both in St Moritz. bers of the paramilitary police receives little attention in the AFP year. Lausanne has bid for the REUTERS Most Popular Bangladeshi Newspaper

SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2015 PROTHOM ALO WEEKLY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Published every Thursday 22 Available in all leading stores in Qatar       Tel: 4465 0600 Email: [email protected] ‘I need to contribute,’ Ashes series swings in says Clarke BIRMINGHAM: Australia captain Michael Clarke said his side had been “playing with 10 players” as his lean spell with the bat continued during an eight- England’s favour again wicket defeat by England in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston. In his past 28 Test innings, Bell guides hosts to victory; Anderson to miss fourth Test due to injury Clarke has reached 25 just six times. “The form of number four cer- BIRMINGHAM, UK: Ian tainly concerns me. We’ve been Bell delighted a capacity crowd playing with 10 players and the at his Edgbaston home ground captain’s got to come off the plane with a sparkling unbeaten fifty and contribute,” the 34-year-old as England defeated Australia told Sky Sports. by eight wickets to win the third “England deserve credit, Test yesterday. they’ve bowled well to me and Victory, achieved with more found a way to get me out early than two days to spare, saw in my innings.” England go 2-1 up in the five- England captain Alastair Cook match Ashes series. had a measure of sympathy for his England, set a modest victory Australian counterpart. target of 121, finished on 124 for “I’m sure he’ll come through at two shortly before tea on the some stage but hopefully not in third day yesterday. the next couple of games,” he said. Bell, promoted to number Someone back in the runs at three after his place was called Edgbaston was England’s Ian Bell. into question following a run of There had been speculation low scores, was 65 not out — his that Bell, who had been strug- second fifty of the match. gling to impose himself on this Joe Root, who struck the win- series, might be dropped for the ning boundary off Mitchell Marsh, third Test. was 38 not out in an unbroken But he was promoted to stand of 73. number three instead, with Gary This match represented a Ballance axed. remarkable turnaround from Bell, on his Warwickshire England’s humiliating 405-run home ground, responded with a defeat in the second Test at Lord’s first-innings 53 and then made which saw Australia level the an unbeaten 65 yesterday to see series at 1-1. England to victory. AFP But whereas that clash had taken place on a largely placid pitch, the course of this Test Rain washes owed much to Australia captain Michael Clarke’s decision to bat out second day first on a seaming surface offering sideways movement. in Dhaka James Anderson, England’s all- DHAKA: time most successful Test bowler England’s Ian Bell (right) and Joe Root celebrate after beating Australia in the third Ashes Test, at Edgbaston in Birmingham yesterday. The entire second but wicketless at Lord’s, led the day’s play in the second and way with an Ashes-best six for 47 guide Australia to a first Ashes But Bell took charge with a It appeared to get to the left- The two not out batsmen final Test between Bangladesh as Australia were dismissed for series win in Britain in 14 years, flurry of four fours in seven balls arm quick, who aborted his run- overnight, Peter Nevill and and South Africa was wiped out just 136 in their first innings. said: “It’s very hard to explain. off Mitchell Starc, including one up for one delivery and then Mitchell Starc, both went on yesterday as rain continued to And recalled fast bowler Steven “Credit has to go to England, down the ground and a classic bowled from well behind the to make fifties after five of wreak havoc in the series. Finn, the man-of-the-match, took they bowled well on day one and cover-drive. crease before he was taken off. Australia’s top six failed to get to Heavy downpours washed out a Test-best six for 79 in Australia’s we didn’t bat anywhere near we’d He was, however, given a Australia resumed yesterday on double figures in the innings. the morning session and rain was second innings 265. have liked. reprieve on 20 when, with England 168 for seven, 23 runs ahead. AFP pouring again in the afternoon, But yesterday Anderson was “I still would have batted 35 for one, he edged Starc to sec- prompting the match official to been ruled out of both the remain- first, you can see the wicket has ond slip only for Clarke to drop abandon play after lunch. der of this match and next week’s deteriorated. the two-handed catch. Scoreboard When and if the action resumes fourth Test at Trent Bridge with a “It swung and seamed through- It summed up a miserable Australia (I innings): ...... 136 6-111, 7-153, 8-217, 9-245, 10-265. today, Bangladesh will continue side strain suffered while bowling out the whole game. We probably match for Clarke, whose run of England (I innings): ...... 281 Bowling: Anderson 8.3-5-15-1; Broad 20-4- on 246 for eight after opting to on Thursday. had the best batting conditions, low scores in Tests continued Australia (II innings): 61-1; Finn 21-3-79-6; Ali 16.1-3-64-1; Stokes bat first at Mirpur’s Shere Bangla “It’s an amazing game, isn’t it?,” we just didn’t execute with bat with innings of 10 and three at C Rogers lbw Broad ...... 6 11-3-28-1; Root 2.3-0-7-0. National Stadium. Bell, a member of the England and ball.” Edgbaston. D Warner c Lyth b Anderson ...... 77 England (II innings): The weather also intervened in side that won the first Test by 169 England captain Alastair Bell’s late-cut boundary off S Smith c Buttler b Finn ...... 8 A Lyth lbw Hazlewood ...... 12 the drawn first test in Chittagong Sky Sports runs in Cardiff, told . Cook added: “The way Jimmy Starc saw him to his second fifty M Clarke c Lyth b Finn ...... 3 A Cook b Starc ...... 7 with only 221 overs bowled as rain “It was a tough week after (Anderson) bowled in that first of the match, off 68 balls with A Voges c Bell b Finn ...... 0 I Bell (not out) ...... 65 curtailed play on the second and Lord’s. The bowlers set the tone innings was fantastic, but I don’t seven fours. M Marsh b Finn ...... 6 J Root (not out) ...... 38 third days before washing out the on day one, it’s been a great week think it was a 140 all out pitch. As England neared victory, P Nevill c Buttler b Finn ...... 59 Extras (W-2) ...... 2 last two days. for us but there’s a lot of hard “You always wonder whether there was mass barracking of M Johnson c Stokes b Finn ...... 14 Total (for 2 wkts) ...... 124 While the rain in Dhaka com- work for next week as well.” cricket has a sting in the tail, but Australia fast bowler Mitchell M Starc c (sub-Poysden) b Ali ...... 58 Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-51. promises the prospect of a result As for his own efforts at it’s good to see Ian Bell back in Johnson, repeatedly taunted J Hazlewood c Root b Stokes ...... 11 Bowling: Starc 6-1-33-1 (2w); Hazlewood again, Bangladesh, who stunned Edgbaston, the 33-year-old Bell, form.” with a derogatory song regard- N Lyon (not out) ...... 12 7-0-21-1; Lyon 11-1-52-0; Johnson 7-3-10-0; the Proteas in the one-day series, who was appearing in his 113th England saw Cook and fellow ing his accuracy that became Extras (B-2, LB-9) ...... 11 Marsh 1.1-0-8-0. are unlikely to mind a drawn Test, said: “I hope that’s the start left-handed opener Adam Lyth commonplace during England’s Total (all out) ...... 265 Result: England won by eight wickets. series against opponents who sit of me getting back in form.” both fall cheaply in their run- 2010/11 Ashes series win ‘Down Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-62, 3-76, 4-76, 5-92, Man-of-the-match: Steven Finn (ENG). eight places above them at the top Meanwhile Clarke, looking to chase yesterday. Under’. of Test rankings. REUTERS So Beloved takes Mile honours Nadal beats Cuevas, reaches semi-finals of Hamburg Open

HAMBURG: Top seed Rafael Nadal defeated fifth seed Pablo Cuevas 6-3, 6-2 yesterday to set up a Hamburg semi-final clash Rafael Nadal against Italian veteran Andreas of Spain Seppi. in action Nadal, 29, broke the Cuevas against serve five times on his way Pablo to a second triumph over the Cuevas of Uruguayan this year, having Uruguay also beaten the South American during their in the Rio quarter-finals in quarter-final February. Nadal is playing in Hamburg match at the for the first time since 2008, when ATP tennis he won the trophy with victory tournament over Roger Federer, as the left- in Hamburg, hander looks to breathe life back Germany, into his flagging season. yesterday. “I played I think 90 per cent of the match doing the right things, doing the right shots every time and waiting for my moment,” said Seppi trails Nadal 5-1 in career French qualifier Lucas Pouille Nadal, who is chasing his 47th clashes with his only win coming face Italy’s Fabio Fognini. clay-court title. in 2008 in Rotterdam. World number 85 Pouille Seppi, who knocked Federer “He’s a great player,” said Nadal defeated countryman Benoit out of the Australian Open this of the Italian. “He’s a very con- Paire, who was champion on clay year, enjoyed a walkover into sistent player that has very, very at Bastad last weekend, 6-3, 6-2. Daniel Tudhope on So Beloved (centre) wins the Betfred Mile race at Goodwood Racecourse near Chichester, Saturday’s semi-finals when com- solid shots from the baseline and Eighth seed Fognini beat West Sussex, yesterday. patriot Simone Bolelli withdrew changing very well the direction.” Britain’s Aljaz Bedene 6-4, 7-5. due to gastroenteritis. The other semi-final sees AFP Terminator Genisys(2D/Action) 9:30 &11:50pm 9:00 &11:00pm Bajrangi Bhaijaan(2D/Hindi) Pixels Paper Towns (2D/Drama) Paper Towns (2D/Drama) SCREEN 3 Ant Man(2D/Action) SCREEN 2 Sakalakala Vallavan Appatakar(2D/Tamil) Bajrangi Bhaijaan(2D/Hindi) Drishyam (2D/Hindi) SCREEN 1 Dark Places(2D/Drama) Hayaty Mebahdela(2D/Arabic) SCREEN 3 Bajrangi Bhaijaan(2D/Hindi) Drishyam (2D/Hindi) SCREEN 2 Ant Man(2D/Action) SCREEN 1 Baby Blues By Jerry Scott andRick Kirkman Scott Baby Blues ByJerry Syndicate York New Times /The International Arts Cartoon Sudoku. a normal like solved is Sudoku aHyper Otherwise, once. only appear 1to 9can from numbers the regions Inall regions). standard nine the with overlap regions 13 (four unlike Sudoku regions has Sudoku Hyper A cells. blank 1 to 9intofrom the numbers by the filling solved is Puzzle Sudoku A Hyper Sudoku: Hyper play to How HYPER Dark Places(2D/Drama) Acha Din(2D/Malayalam) SCREEN 3 Ant Man(2D/Action) SCREEN 2 Sakalakala Vallavan Appatakar(2D/Tamil) SCREEN 1 SCREEN 9 SCREEN 8 SCREEN 7 SCREEN 6 SCREEN 5 SCREEN 4 Paper Towns (2D/Drama) SCREEN 3 Ant Man(3D/Action) SCREEN 2 Minions SCREEN 1 Dark Places(2D/Drama) SCREEN 10 Baahubali Acha Din(Malayalam) Appatakkar (Tamil) Baahubali Bajrangi Bhaijaan Dhrishyam (Hindi) MALL NOVO ROYAL PLAZA LANDMARK ASIAN TOWN (2D/Animation) (3D/ Minions Terminator Genisys(2D/Action) Pixels Minions (Tamil) (Hindi) Dark Places(2D/Drama) Ant Man The Vatican Tapes (2D/Horror) Pixels Hayaty Mebahdela(2D/Arabic) Bajrangi Bhaijaan(2D/Hindi) Terminator Genisys(2D/Action) Ant Man(2D/Action Minions Paper Towns (2D/Drama) Acha Din(2D/Malayalam) Minions Dark Places(2D/Drama) Acha Din(2D/Malayalam)

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SYDNEY: Etihad Airways yesterday vowed to keep fighting a lawsuit brought in Australia by a man who claims he hurt his back after being seated next to a sick, obese passenger. Brisbane man James Bassos, 38, is seeking damages, report- edly Aus$227,000 (US$165,000), after claiming he suffered per- manent health problems from being forced to twist and contort his body to avoid contact with the other passenger “whose body encroached into his seat”. The District Court in Brisbane on Thursday heard that the obese passenger also frequently coughed and “expelled fluid from his mouth” during the flight in economy class from Abu Dhabi to Sydney in 2010. Bassos claimed that after five hours of discomfort he com- plained, but his request to be given another seat was refused. He was eventually allowed to use a crew seat, the Brisbane Courier Mail reported. Etihad’s lawyers last week attempted to have the case thrown out but District Court Judge Fleur Kingham refused their request and ordered Bassos to undergo a medical assessment. The Abu Dhabi-based airline said it would continue to fight the lawsuit. “Etihad Airways will continue to oppose the action and now that Mr Bassos will finally face a medical assessment in December 2015, as directed by court, we believe that the matter will proceed to an early conclusion,” the carrier said in a state- ment Friday. “The safety and comfort of Etihad Airways passengers and crew is of paramount importance and the airline has a zero tol- erance policy towards unruly behaviour.” AFP

Visitors look at a Diplodocus replica during the opening of the Dinosaur Park in Minsk in Belarus, yesterday.

Facebook’s solar-powered Calls for extradition of lion’s killer drone to beam HARARE: The American dentist returned to the United States before the making,” said Muchadehama. Internet from who killed Cecil the lion was a “foreign authorities were aware of the controversy. As with many African countries, poacher” who paid for an illegal hunt and “It was too late to apprehend the foreign Zimbabwe issues annual hunting permits the sky he should be extradited to Zimbabwe poacher because he had already absconded for big game such as elephant, buffalo and to face justice, environment minister to his country of origin,” Muchinguri said. lion, arguing that the revenue generated WASHINGTON: Facebook has Oppah Muchinguri (pictured), said Cecil’s death has sparked global outrage, can be used for wildlife conservation. completed the production of its yesterday. with intense social media reaction against Last year, the southern African nation, first full-scale solar-powered In Harare’s first official comments since Palmer, protests outside his practice, and which is still recovering from billion-per- internet drone that will deliver Cecil’s killing grabbed world headlines this calls for him to be extradited. cent hyperinflation a decade ago, earned wireless internet with lasers week, Muchinguri said the Prosecutor The White House said on Thursday $45 million from hunting, Zimbabwe Parks from the sky in parts of the General had already started the process to it would review a public petition with and Wildlife Management Authority head developing world where internet have 55-year-old Walter Palmer extradited more than 100,000 signatures demanding Edison Chadziya told reporters. availability is still a dream. from the United States. Palmer’s extradition. Zimbabwe had an estimated 2,000 lions Mark Zuckerberg has Muchinguri, a senior member of Under a 1998 treaty between the United on private and government-owned reserves announced the completion of President Robert Mugabe’s ruling States and Zimbabwe, which have not and issued hunting quotas of 50 to 70 lions Aquila, Facebook’s first unmanned ZANU-PF party, described Cecil, a rare enjoyed cordial relations in the latter part every year, Chadziya said. plane that beams down internet black-maned lion well-known to tourists of Mugabe’s 36 years in charge, a person However, permitted trophy hunting is connectivity from the sky, as part in the Hwange National Park, as an “iconic can be extradited if he or she is accused of far from universal in Africa. of his project with Internet.org. attraction”. chief of the mission, said Zimbabwe takes an offence that carries more than a year in The government in neighbouring “It has the wingspan of a Boeing “The illegal killing was deliberate,” she the case very seriously and noted that two prison. In Zimbabwe, the illegal killing of Botswana where it is illegal said the Cecil 737, but weighs less than a car and said at a news conference. “We are appeal- Zimbabwean men face court proceedings a lion is punishable by a mandatory fine of case illustrates the risks. can stay in the air for months at a ing to the responsible authorities for his for helping Palmer. $20,000 and up to 10 years in prison. “It is our stern belief that safari hunting time,” Zuckerberg said in a state- extradition to Zimbabwe so that he can On Wednesday, a Zimbabwean court Lawyer Alec Muchadehama said of threatened species such as lions has the ment posted on his Facebook blog. be held accountable for his illegal actions.” charged local professional hunter Theo no American had been extradited to potential to undermine our regional anti- “We have also made a break- Palmer has admitted killing the 13-year- Bronkhorst with failing to prevent Palmer Zimbabwe since the treaty was signed, and poaching efforts as it encourages illegal through in laser communications old lion, who was fitted with a GPS collar as from unlawfully killing Cecil. that Harare would face legal and political trade, which in turn promotes poaching,” technology. We have successfully part of an Oxford University study. “People really feel strongly that he must hurdles with Palmer. it said in a statement. tested a new laser that can trans- He said in a statement issued by a pub- also face trial,” Chibuwe said of Palmer in First, it has to apply to US courts and The shooting is also being investigated mit data at 10 gigabits per sec- licist this week that he had hired profes- a telephone interview. satisfy them that Palmer committed an by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ond,” he continued. sional guides and believed the necessary The US Justice Department said it does offence and that he would be jailed for see if it was part of a conspiracy to violate “That is 10 times faster than hunting permits were in order. not comment on extradition requests. more than a year if convicted. Courts in U.S. laws against illegal wildlife trading, any previous system, and it can The Minnesota dentist and trophy Palmer must be charged in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe consider a fine first for lion a source close to the case told Reuters on accurately connect with a point hunter has not been seen since his iden- before he can be extradited. poachers before imposing a jail term, he Thursday. the size of a dime from more than tity was revealed this week by Zimbabwean Muchinguri said Palmer’s use of a bow said. Despite global media coverage of Cecil’s 10 miles away,” Zuckerberg said. conservationists. and arrow to kill the lion, who is said to “They (US courts) may actually doubt killing, the big cat’s untimely demise has Aquila’s wings are made of a In Washington, a Zimbabwean diplomat have been lured out of Hwange National the competence of the judiciary here to gone largely unnoticed in Zimbabwe, where type of material called carbon fibre. said the embassy was not aware that extra- Park with bait before being shot, contra- try him in an objective manner, particu- average annual income is just over $1,000 “When the carbon fibre material dition proceedings had been initiated by vened Zimbabwean hunting regulations. larly given these prejudicial pronounce- and unemployment is higher than 80 per- undergoes a kind of heating proc- his government. Richard Chibuwe, deputy Palmer, a lifelong big game hunter, ments that the politicians are already cent. REUTERS ess known as curing, it can become “stronger than steel for the same mass of material,” Yael Maguire, Facebook Connectivity Lab direc- tor, wrote in a blog post. The drone Welsh park offers world’s has been developed by Facebook’s Connectivity Lab which is part of Facebook’s Internet.org initiative to longest man-made ride bring the internet to places where there is a lack of connectivity. DOLGARROG,UK: A surf and 70 centimetres high, it is This effort is important park on the edge of Snowdonia pitched at families, enthusiasts “because 10 percent of the National Park in Wales opens and elite surfers alike, and hopes worldÂ’s population lives in areas today, a 300-metre (985-foot) to attract 75,000 visitors a year. without existing internet infra- long lagoon that promises the “All of a sudden surfing is structure. To affordably con- longest man-made surfable about to become accessible,” said nect everyone, we need to build waves in the world. Steve Davies, managing director completely new technologies,” The £12m ($18.7m, ¤17m) of Surf Snowdonia. Zuckerberg informed. project will see barrelling waves Jo Dennison, a former British In an accompanying video, crash back and forth across the surf champion and head coach at Facebook engineers said that lagoon, offering a 20 second ride. the Welsh centre, said the lagoon the drone will fly from 60,000 to The waves are created once a was “big news” for the world of 90,000 feet above the Earth and minute by a plough-like weight surfing. stay in the sky three months at that moves underwater along The sport has been shortlisted a time. a central pier, using technol- for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic IANS ogy from Spanish company Games and Dennison said the Wavegarden. technology could boost the case Wavegarden has a prototype for inclusion by offering a level surf centre near San Sebastian playing field in competition. in northern Spain but Surf She said the lagoon would Snowdonia, built on a former never replace ocean surfing, but aluminium works, is the first to said: “The waves are fantastic. be open to the public. It’s just a brilliant way to prac- Offering waves measuring tise your surfing, your manoeu- Surfers experience a 300m long and 110m wide artificial lagoon known as Surf Snowdonia during a photocall variously two metres, 1.2 metres vres.” AFP in the village of Dolgarrog in north Wales yesterday.