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THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 • 17 Dhul-Hijja 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6570 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar first in PM attends Saudi Embassy celebrations Russia launches Syria air strikes MOSCOW/WASHINGTON: Russia launched air Mena region strikes in Syria yesterday in the Kremlin’s biggest Middle East intervention in decades, but Moscow’s assertion that it had hit Islamic State was immediately disputed by the United States and rebels on the ground. The air strikes plunged the four-year-old civil war in in WEF index Syria into a volatile new phase as President Vladimir Putin moved forcefully to assert Russian influence in the unstable region. The attacks also raised the dangerous specter of Competitiveness up from 16 to 14 Washington and Moscow running air strikes concurrently and in the same region, but without coordination. DOHA: Qatar has moved two Zealand, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Russian defence ministry said it carried out about notches up, from 16 to 14, in the Australia and France are listed 20 flights over Syria, hitting eight Islamic State targets latest Global Competitiveness below Qatar. Switzerland tops and destroying an Islamic State command post and an Index (GCI) to emerge on top the Global Competitiveness operations centre in a mountainous area. among the countries in the Index for the seventh year in Syrians living in rebel-held areas of Homs province said Middle East and North Africa a row. It leads the world in its the violence unleashed by the Russian air force unleashed (Mena) region. capacity to innovate and scores a whole new level of devastation on their towns. Jets flying In the 2015-2016 competitive- high for its education system and at higher altitudes than the Syrian air force emitted no ness report prepared by World labour market efficiency. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al noise to alert the people below to raids reported to have Economic Forum (WEF), Qatar, Qatar’s strength is a stable Thani attended celebrations of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the killed at least 33 civilians, including children. grabbing the coveted 14th slot, macroeconomic environment, occasion of the 85th anniversary of the foundation of Saudi Arabia, which was held at REUTERS finds its place just below Canada driven by public budget sur- See also page 12 Doha Sheraton Hotel yesterday. in the global index and is placed pluses and low government debt , far above other GCC countries. cited the Global Competitiveness The report notes that Qatar Index. The report is an annual ranks first globally in terms of assessment of the factors driving ease of access to loans and placed productivity and prosperity in its stable macroeconomic envi- 140 countries. ronment in the second position. Qatar’s stable macroeconomic UK strengthening presence in Gulf: Dunne Qatar’s businesses and individuals environment is a result of high use latest technologies and widely windfall revenues from energy BY MOHAMMED IQBAL “The objective of this visit is to Gulf is part of a new national use Internet. Additional strengths exports. However, the recent take standing from senior mem- strategy that lays more empha- include high efficiency in goods decline in the prices of oil and DOHA: Britain is in the proc- bers of the government and to sis on defence spending. and services and a very high level gas is not captured in this year’s ess of strengthening its military show that Britain is back… Today “Following the general elec- of physical security. edition because of the time lag in presence in the Gulf amid grow- I met with the Prime Minister, tions in the UK in May, the new “Currently government pro- the data. It may undermine the ing threats to the security and Defence Minister and the Chief government has come out with curement plays a key role in pro- country’s performance in future, stability of this region, British of Staff. UK is back in terms of more clarity of purpose about moting innovation in Qatar. With the WEF report has cautioned. Minister of State for Defence looking to find more opportunities defence and security. We have a imports standing at 30.77 percent To maintain its strong posi- Procurement Philipp Dunne to provide regional security,” said mandate to deliver three things of GDP, promoting inward trade tion, Qatar will have to invest its (pictured) said here yesterday. Dunne in an interview with The to UK defence. First, to renew and investment could contribute exceptional wealth in the types Dunne was in Doha on the Peninsula. strategic deterrent to the level of to bringing in new technologies and of innovation and transfer of last leg of a Gulf tour which also He said he also visited the UAE nuclear submarines. Second, to know-how and enhancing a culture technology and know-how that covered the UAE and Kuwait. and Kuwait to convey this mes- was not intended to make any maintain the level of our armed of innovation,” the report said. can translate into future eco- Yesterday he met with the Prime sage to leaders there while the military deals with Qatar but forces and third to increase Among its GCC peers, the nomic growth. Minister HE Sheikh Abdullah bin UK Defence Secretary has been only to “explain the strate- expenditure on defence.” UAE ranked 17th and Kuwait THE PENINSULA Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and visiting Oman and Bahrain. gic context”. Consolidating the Continued on page 8 34th. Countries such as New See also page 21 other senior government officials. Dunne, however, said his visit British military presence in the THE PENINSULA Iran boat with arms for Houthis seized DUBAI: Saudi-led coalition forces said yester- anti-armoured Concourse shells, 54 anti-tank shells, day that they had seized an Iranian fishing boat shell-battery kits, firing guidance systems, launchers loaded with weapons on its way to deliver them to and batteries for binoculars. Houthi fighters in Yemen. “The Command of the Coalition ... foiled an The announcement came a day after tribal fight- attempt to smuggle weapons destined to the Houthi ers backed by the coalition won control of a strategic militias, on an Iranian fishing boat,” the statement dam in central Yemen from Houthi forces following said, adding the vessel was seized on Saturday, some weeks of fighting east of the capital Sana’a. 150 miles off Salalah in southern Oman. There was The coalition, which also includes Bahrain, Qatar, no immediate comment from Iran. The coalition Egypt and the UAE, has been battling the Iranian- has long accused Iran of arming the Houthis, who backed Houthis for more than six months. It aims seized control of Yemen starting in September last to restore to power President Abdrabuh Mansur year, claiming they were out to fight corruption and Hadi’s government, forced out by the Houthis, and to force Hadi to bring them into the government. contain what Gulf Arab states see as Tehran’s grow- The seizure of the Marib dam is the biggest suc- ing influence in their backyard. cess for several weeks for the Yemeni militia fighting As part of the campaign, Saudi-led naval forces alongside Gulf troops. Together they have pushed have imposed a near-blockade to prevent weapons toward the Houthi-controlled capital Sana’a, 110km from reaching the Houthis, resulting in long delays west of the dam, but progress has been slowed by and mandatory searches for shippers in the region. landmines and stiff resistance from Houthi forces A coalition statement said 14 Iranian sailors in rugged mountains. REUTERS were detained on the boat, which was carrying 18 See also page 9

Palestinian flag flies at UN Bahrain uncovers large bomb-making factory DUBAI: Bahraini security forces have discovered a large bomb-making fac- tory and arrested a number of suspects linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, the interior ministry said yesterday. The Interior Ministry said that the bomb-making facility in Nuweidrat, a residential district south of Manama, con- tained more than 1.5 tonnes of high-grade explosives, making it one of the biggest finds in the kingdom. “The facility had been adapted to accommodate an elabo- rate network of hidden underground bun- The Palestinian flag flies after being raised by President kers and an above-ground manufacturing Mahmoud Abbas in a ceremony at the United Nations General operation,”the statement said. Assembly at the United Nations in Manhattan, New York, yes- Chief of Police Major-General Tariq Al terday. Even though Palestine is not a member of the UN, the Hasan said Iran was responsible for the plant. General Assembly adopted a Palestinian-drafted resolution “This significant discovery marks yet another disturbing incident in which relentless Iranian that permits non-member observer states to fly their flags actions are attempting to undermine security alongside those of full member states. See also page 8 and stability within Bahrain and the wider region,” he said. REUTERS

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Emir condoles PM meets UK defence minister with Saudi King DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh FM chairs Syria Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a cable of condolences to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on the death of his Special Adviser meet in New York Prince Nawaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, praying to Almighty Allah to rest the departed soul in Paradise and grant patience Dr Al Attiyah also heads GCC meetings with EU, Australia and solace to his family. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh NEW YORK: Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed also sent a cable of condolences Al Attiyah yesterday chaired a to King Salman. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin ministerial meeting of the GCC Prime Minister and Interior Khalifa Al Thani met British Minister of State for Defence Procurement countries and the European Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Philip Dunne and his delegation yesterday. Talks dealt with cooperation Union on the sidelines of the Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent between both countries and ways of developing and strengthening it, 70th session of the United a similar cable to King Salman. especially in the security field. Nations General Assembly. It dealt with ways of enhancing cooperation between the GCC and the EU. Dr Al Attiyah also chaired a ministerial meeting of the GCC and Australia, with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and discussed ways of enhancing Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah and other officials cooperation. pose for a group photo at the meeting. Separately, Dr Al Attiyah took part in a meeting on Syria. It followed a call by US Secretary crisis in Europe. Dr Al Attiyah also met Gabon of State John Kerry and was The meeting followed a call by Foreign Minister Emmanuel attended by many countries con- German Foreign Minister Frank- Issoze-Ngondet and discussed cerned with the Syrian crisis. Walter Steinmeier. Germany cur- ways of enhancing relations and Dr Al Attiyah also attended a rently chairs the G7 Group of issues of common interest. meeting to discuss the refugee industrialised nations. QNA Ahmed Nasr Al Nasser, Assistant Undersecretary for Social Affairs at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, chaired the meeting yesterday. GCC unified building code discussed Qatari envoy presents credentials in Mauritius PORT LOUIS: Mauritius President DOHA: The GCC secretariat is code project. It is understood that Labour and Social Affairs chaired Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim received likely to announce a time frame the code primarily aims to protect the meeting. He stressed the Qatari Ambassador Extraordinary and for member countries to discuss the safety of building occupants importance of sharing experiences Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) Yousef bin and finalise a unified building and support sustainable develop- of GCC countries to overcome Mohammed Al Mahmoud who presented his code. ment. It will also ensure highest difficulties and address obstacles credentials. The GCC states have agreed in quality of building construction facing the housing sector. The ambassador conveyed greetings of Emir principle to have a code but have and that buildings have reduced Talking about Qatar, Nasser H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to not been able to have it in place. energy use and preserve Islamic Mehanna Al Ramal, Director of the president and wishes of best health and A code is a set of rules that and Arab heritage. Housing at the ministry, told happiness and the government and the people specify minimum standards for Qatar chaired the meeting that reporters on the sidelines that further progress and prosperity. building and construction projects discussed other topics, including since a new housing law was Dr Gurib-Fakim asked Al Mahmoud to con- in the GCC states. rules of housing information and enforced here some five years vey her greetings to the Emir and her wishes The undersecretaries from GCC award in housing, reports ago, 17,000 applications have been to the Qatari people of further growth and housing ministries of the GCC QNA. received for housing (from nation- prosperity. Mauritius President Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim with Qatari states met here yesterday ahead of Ahmed Nasr Al Nasser, als). He said plans are afoot to She wished the ambassador success in Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) housing ministers’ meeting sched- Assistant Undersecretary for ensure citizens could soon apply enhancing friendship and cooperation between Yousef bin Mohammed Al Mahmoud. uled for today. They discussed the Social Affairs at the Ministry of online. THE PENINSULA both countries. QNA THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Qatar-UK ties reviewed ‘Focus on Qatar’ opens with first feature film Clockwise Three-day event to highlight Qatari film industry’s successes in past five years

DOHA: Qatari film industry’s at regional and international achievements over the past film festivals. five years are being celebrated This screening will cele- at the inaugural ‘Focus on brate the fifth anniversary of Qatar’ festival for three days. Clockwise’s release, to be pre- Organised by Doha Film ceded by an overview of the his- Institute (DFI), the event will tory of cinema in Qatar. be held until Friday at Museum ‘Focus on Qatar’ also of Islamic Art, showcasing more includes screenings as part of than 15 short films. ‘Next Generation Short Film Following a red carpet wel- Programme’ and ‘Innovation Minister of State for Defence Affairs and Cabinet Member H E Major come to participants, the event Films Showcase’. General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah yesterday met British Minister of State began with a special screening Tomorrow, the event will for Defence Procurement Philip Dunne and his delegation. Talks dealt with of Qatar’s first feature-length highlight achievements of bilateral relations and ways of developing them. Chief of Staff of Qatari film Clockwise by Khalifa Al Innovation Films, a company Armed Forces Major General (Pilot) Ghanim bin Shaheen Al Ghanim, Muraikhi. that has been at the forefront British Ambassador Nicholas Hopton and top officers from the armed ‘Focus on Qatar’, being part of Qatar’s cinematic rise. forces were present. of Hekayat Khaleejiya screening It includes works of inde- series, will showcase homegrown pendent filmmakers that have talent and key achievements emerged in Qatar over the past that have contributed to the FROM LEFT: Abdul Rahman Al Abbasi, nephew of deceased filmmaker five years and Innovation Films. growth of film culture in Qatar. Ali Mirza who acted in Clockwise; Saad Borshaid, Director and Actor; and The industry programme Arab culture committee The event includes industry Mehdi Al Ali from DFI during the red carpet welcome at Museum of Islamic scheduled for today and tomor- programmes that celebrate Art yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP row brings together Qatari the birth of cinema in Qatar filmmakers and local indus- concludes meet in Doha to give a glimpse of filmmakers She said the modern day film as a career”. try professionals for ‘Meet the and production companies con- industry of Qatar since its birth Clockwise was made in 2010 Production Houses’ that intro- DOHA: The standing commit- during a meeting here last May tributing to Qatari industry’s in 2009-2010 has come a long and Al Muraikhi’s feature debut duces participants to key pro- tee on Arab culture concluded — Jordan, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, growth. way within a short time. highlights the folktale of how duction companies in Qatar to its meeting yesterday. Iraq, Oman, Lebanon and Egypt. ‘Focus in Qatar has been Al Remaihi said though the fijiri, the entrancing music of encourage future collaborations The two-day meeting was This meeting came as a road designed to celebrate achieve- film industry in Qatar lacks Khaleeji pearl drivers, came to and a panel, ‘How to Distribute hosted by the Ministry of Culture, map for the Arab decade for the ments and the nation’s talented full-time filmmakers, “there are be. Your Film’, that explores dis- Arts and Heritage, in cooperation cultural right, she said. filmmakers who have contrib- many enthusiastic people inter- The film had its world pre- tribution possibilities available with Arab League Educational, Dr Al Qurmazy said outcomes uted to developing the industry, ested in filmmaking, but they do miere in Doha as part of Qatar’s to independent filmmakers for Cultural and Scientific of the meeting will be submit- said Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO, it while studying or working. We Arab Capital of Culture celebra- wider reach. Organisation (ALECSO). ted to the standing committee DFI. need people to take filmmaking tions in 2010 and was screened THE PENINSULA It featured the Arab Decade on Arab culture for approval by for Cultural Right to develop a ALECSO. vision to identify the most impor- Then Arab countries would tant features of the decade so as make observations over the out- to make Doha discussions a start comes in the light of international of the first practical step towards agreements on human rights Ministry recalls Lenovo laptop battery 2010-2011 models adoption of the Arab decade. signed by them, she said. Dr Hayat Al Qurmazy, Dr Al Qurmazy said the out- DOHA: The Ministry of Economy and ministry to ascertain dealers’ commitment to procedures to fix defects. Director, Department of Culture, comes would also be submitted Commerce, in collaboration with Ensure follow up defects and repair them to protect It urged consumers to report any abuse ALECSO, said the meeting dis- to the ministers responsible Services, the dealer of Lenovo laptop bat- consumers’ rights. or irregularities by communicating with the cussed perceptions presented by for cultural affairs in the Arab tery in Qatar, has announced the recall of The ministry has affirmed that it will coor- Department of Consumer Protection and representatives of Arab states world in their 20th session which Lenovo laptop battery 2010-2011 models due dinate with Ensure Services to follow up nec- Commercial Fraud Combat which receives and members of the committee, will be held in Tunis by the end to the battery overheat. essary maintenance and repair processes and complaints, suggestions and inquiries through which was formed by the stand- of 2016. The recall comes within the framework of communicate with clients to ensure the success its communication channels. ing committee on Arab culture QNA the ongoing coordination and follow-up by the of the recall campaign and implementation of THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Ooredoo to unveil iPhone 6s and Plus Qatar showcased at IFTM expo on October 10 QTA joins travel market show in Paris, plans to promote joint Qatar-Oman visa DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday announced that customers will be able to pre-order the latest DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority including Chantilly Arts & Elegance model of Apple iPhone — iPhone 6s and iPhone (QTA) is participating in IFTM and Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. 6s Plus this week. (International French Travel Since establishing its Paris rep- They can pre-register their interest in the Market) Top Resa 2015, France’s resentative office in 2013, QTA has devices from today via Ooredoo eShop and will premier travel industry event which developed relations with the travel be able to pre-order and pay for the phones on opened in Paris on Tuesday. trade in France, and there are some tomorrow so that they can collect new devices on QTA is showcasing Qatar’s increas- 20 French tour operators featuring the day of launch. ingly diverse offering through a 100sqm Qatar. iPhone 6s and Plus are will be launched in exhibition stand that highlights the In addition, over 500 French travel Qatar on October 10 and will bring a powerful country’s leisure and recreational agents have signed up for QTA’s new dimension to iPhone’s revolutionary multi- facilities. ‘Tawash’ online destination training touch interface with 3D touch, which senses force Based on research showing high course, and 189 of them have gradu- to enable intuitive new ways to access features interest from French travellers in ated to become qualified Qatar tour- and interact with content. Oman, QTA plans to promote joint ism experts. Ooredoo has an exciting launch planned, where Qatar-Oman visa. Tawash aims to develop a powerful customers can be among the first in Qatar to get Rashed Al Qurese, Chief Marketing and enthusiastic network of knowl- their hands on the devices. and Promotions Officer, QTA, said, edgeable partners promoting and sell- The new iPhones introduce a transforma- “The eight percent increase in French ing Qatar’s tourist attractions directly tive new approach to photography called Live visitors to Qatar in the first half of 2015 to their markets. Photos, bringing still images to life by capturing reflects the success of our initiatives “IFTM Top Resa provides Qatar a moment in motion. promoting interest in the destination with an important platform for fur- Live Photos, 3D touch, 12-megapixel iSight among the French travel trade and the ther expanding the highly successful camera, five-megapixel FaceTime HD camera general public. online destination training programme with retina flash and more are powered by Apple- “France is Qatar’s second largest for travel agents and other tourism designed A9 chip, the most advanced in a smart- market in Europe and we welcomed professionals in the French market,” phone, delivering faster performance and great nearly 43,000 visitors last year. We Al Qurese said. battery life. believe there is greater potential for Visitors at Qatar pavilion at the event. He said visitors to the QTA stand iPhone 6s and Plus are designed with retina further growth in the future,” he said. will have the opportunity to sign up for HD displays made from the strongest glass on any According to him, awareness of ‘Tawash’ and meet some of the gradu- smartphone and 7000 series aluminium, the same Qatar as a destination has been grow- through Qatar Airways and QTA’s Qatar has also had a presence in ates. alloy used in the aerospace industry, in gorgeous ing, thanks to expanding aviation links partnership with Paris Saint-Germain. several high-profile French events, THE PENINSULA metallic finishes that include rose gold. Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, Director of Public & Community Relations, Ooredoo, said: “Ooredoo is a proud partner of Apple and we know that our customers are eagerly anticipating the new iPhone 6s and Plus. We’ve designed Ooredoo Supernet to provide incredible coverage and First annual GCC Handicrafts Exhibition from Tuesday speed for state-of-the-art devices like these so that people in Qatar can get the most out of this DOHA: The First annual GCC It will take place on the sidelines of Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA). exhibition aims to portray GCC cul- new wave of innovation.” Handicrafts Exhibition will open the Second GCC Tourism Ministerial “A year ago, the exhibition was a ture and heritage. It comes after an Ooredoo is an official distributor of Apple to visitors at Sheraton Doha Hotel Meeting and showcase works of 30 suggestion made at a meeting, and initial agreement during the first iPhones in Qatar, and the strong connection Al Majlis Hall on Tuesday. craftsmen from the GCC. today it is a budding success that will GCC Tourism Ministerial Meeting between both companies means that customers The five-day expo is being organ- “Qatar is proud to host the first grow with every cycle. in Kuwait last year. can enjoy latest software upgrades and the secu- ised under the theme ‘Woven with exhibition, showcasing varied and “We look forward to taking action The exhibition is open from 9am to rity of a one-year guarantee for iPhones. The the Thread of Heritage’ under the exceptional expressions of a shared with our partners to turn more of our 1pm and from 4pm to 9pm. company has also confirmed it will have stocks in patronage of GCC ministers of heritage,” said Saif Al Kuwari, ideas into reality,” added Al Kuwari THE PENINSULA stores in response to significant demand in Qatar, tourism. Director, International Cooperation, To grow cultural attractions, the as well all pre-orders. THE PENINSULA Qatar Airways to add Sydney to its network from March 2016 DOHA: Qatar Airways has announced its highly and Perth with 14 serv- stage for more robust partnership destinations across QA’s expand- 2,500 in NSW, and contribute to and from Sydney in Business anticipated daily direct services from Doha to ices a week. opportunities in the near future. ing global network. over $240m to the Australian Class on board Boeing 777 can Sydney starting from March 1 next year, the third Akbar Al Baker, “We look forward to carry- “We’re looking forward to wel- economy. enjoy one of the most comfort- Australian city in QA network. Group Chief Executive, ing more travellers to and from coming QA to Sydney Airport. As “QA’s service will also provide able fully-flat beds in the sky with QA operates daily non-stop flights to Melbourne QA, said: “We are Australia across our extensive Skytrax’s 2015 Airline of the Year, greater air cargo access to the 78-inch seat pitch. delighted to debut our global network and providing QA will provide passengers with a Middle East and the growing The on-demand à la carte daily Sydney flights next them with another world-class quality product and greater con- Qatar market, which is great for menu service allows Business March. experience on board and on the nectivity to destinations around NSW exports.” Class passengers to order any- “The expansion of ground at Hamad International the world,” said Kerrie Mather, The Doha-Sydney daily flight thing from the menu at any time our Australia services Airport in Doha,” he added. Managing Director and CEO, will be operated by Boeing 777- during the flight. The aircraft will undoubtedly boost The evening departure tim- Sydney Airport. 300 aircraft which offers QA’s also features state-of the-art and strengthen trade ings in both directions provide “The new daily service will sig- award-winning in-flight hospital- Oryx One entertainment system, and commercial links convenient travel times for pas- nificantly boost inbound tourism ity and luxurious comfort across with more than 2,000 options on between Qatar and sengers and enhance connectivity to New South Wales and create both cabins. individual screens in all classes. Australia, setting the to attractive business and leisure an estimated 3,000 jobs, including Passengers travelling with QA THE PENINSULA Student turnout improves at Independent schools DOHA: Thanks to strict discipli- Normally, student turnout ratios take periodical tests and terminal them and their children nary rules introduced by state- used to be relatively lower on the examinations. If they failed to fulfil about the need for stu- backed Independent schools, first few days after Independent the requirement, they would not be dents to attend the school student turnout has improved schools reopened following longer allowed to take tests and terminal regularly. drastically. vacations. exams and many were barred from Schools are in touch with Independent schools reopened Education authorities, how- sitting for tests and exams in the parents and send them yesterday after Eid Al Adha holi- ever, announced strict rules in last school year. SMSs regularly on their days with managements reporting the last school year which fixed Independent school administra- mobile phones about their 85 to 90 percent student attendance a minimum attendance require- tions are in contact with parents children’s behaviour, attend- in schools for boys and girls. ment for students to be eligible to and have raised awareness among ance and absence. This has helped improve student turnout ratios in Independent schools. “Parents take active inter- est and make it a point that their children attend the school regularly and meet the minimum attendance requirement,” said a school official. Student absenteeism rate has gone down after new rules were introduced, added the official. Jassem Al Mohannadi, Director and Operator, Umer bin Abdulaziz Secondary Independent School for Boys, said stu- dent turnout on the first day yesterday was between 85 and 90 percent. He said parents of students who did not turn up were told that absenteeism would affect their children’s academic performance. An official from Al Wakrah Secondary School for Boys said parents are now more aware and keen to ensure their children take active interest in studies and do not skip classes. Parents know that disciplinary action awaits those students who do not fulfil minimum attendance requirements. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 QEERI organises Qatar’s first industrial catalysis workshop Three-day event reviews catalysis research needs within global perspective

DOHA: Qatar Environment In general, almost 90 percent The workshop was chaired Additives Company Limited; and Energy Research of the chemical industry has by Dr Emilio Bunel, Argonne Qatar Shell; ORYX-GTL; Qatar Institute (QEERI), a research catalysis-related processes that National Labs, US, and co-chaired University; and Texas A&M and development entity contribute about four percent by Professor Matthias H Beller, University at Qatar participated under Hamad Bin Khalifa of total investment to any Head, Leibniz Institute for in the workshop. Scenes from Peter Pan - The Never Ending Story. University (HBKU), recently chemical process. Catalysis, Rostock, Germany. At the end of the event, organised Qatar’s first Dr Mohammad Khaleel, It began keynote speeches delegates made recommendations industrial catalysis workshop Executive Director, QEERI, delivered by experts in the to initiate such a programme in entitled ‘A Roadmap for emphasised the role the catalysis industry from Germany, Qatar. Catalysis Research-Qatar’s institute plays in developing Canada, the UK, the Netherlands As part of QEERI’s continued Peter Pan opens Perspective’. human capital to achieve and the US, followed by three efforts to address critical national Held at Qatar National Qatar National Vision 2030 and roundtable breakout sessions. issues concerning energy, water Convention Centre for three transition to a knowledge-based Topics included, ‘Hydrocarbon and the environment, the strategic days, the workshop aimed economy. Processing Technology and development of a catalysis to understand the needs for “The catalysis research Energy Related Catalysis’; ‘Gas to research portfolio at QEERI will tonight at QNCC catalysis research in Qatar programme built on QEERI’s Value Addition’; and ‘Bulk & Fine provide an opportunity for the within a global perspective. skills and resources will provide Chemical Industries and Green oil and gas sector to build robust DOHA: Peter Pan, international “As the venue of choice for fam- Catalysis is a science efficient and cost-effective ways Catalysis’. relationship with the institute in musical production of JM Barrie ily entertainment shows, espe- that accelerates chemical for the petrochemical, fertiliser, Representatives from Qatar addressing challenges in R&D opens tonight at Qatar National cially those willing to travel from transformations leading to more oil and gas sectors in Qatar to Petroleum; Qatar Gas, Qatar related to petrochemicals, energy, Convention Centre (QNCC). nearby countries and immerse complex molecules for versatile address future opportunities,” Petrochemical Company; Qatar water and environment. Performed on the custom- themselves in international and applications. he said. Fertiliser Company; Qatar Fuel THE PENINSULA built stage in the centre’s 4,000- regional theatre, we are thrilled seat exhibition hall, Peter Pan to bring Peter Pan to life,” said - The Never Ending Story tells Ken Jamieson, General Manager, the enchanting tale of a boy who QNCC. refuses to grow up. “We are committed, today more It will be brought to life by an than ever, to elevating Qatar as Hospitality Qatar set to draw over 10,000 visitors international cast performing an entertainment hub for friends dazzling flying sequences utilis- and families from around the ing state-of-the-art suspension region. BY RAYNALD C RIVERA equipment. “Our ambition is to completely The hi-tech production also align ourselves with our leader- DOHA: Hospitality Qatar 2015 features exciting visuals com- ship and bring Qatar National is expected to attract more than bined with pop, opera and clas- Vision 2030 to life by contrib- 10,000 visitors to 111 stands rep- sical music. uting to the social environment resenting 12 countries spread The centre will provide expert that encourages tourism,” said on over 5,000sqm exhibition sound and lighting equipment as Saleh Johar Al Mohammed, Chief space, say organisers. well as its projection system that Operating Officer, AMLAK. Peter George Ayache, General will elevate the show with sur- Pan runs until October 9. Tickets Manager, IFP (International rounding CGI projections, which can be purchased at Virgin Fairs and Promotions), organis- will provide the audience with Megastore. ers of the event, said this year’s one-of-a-kind experience. THE PENINSULA edition of the exhibition has wit- nessed a record number of exhibi- tors and massive exhibition space. Ayache was speaking at a Post-Eid traffic press conference yesterday at InterContinental The City. “The exhibition does reflect the growth the hospitality sector is going through in Qatar,” he said, FROM LEFT: Sleiman Gerges, F&B Manager, Pascal Eggerstedt, General Manager, Intercontinental Doha-The stressing efforts of the govern- ment towards the sector. City, Chef, Baran Yucel, Chairman, QCP, George Ayache, General Manager, IFP Qatar LLC, Imad Askar, Director of Hospitality Qatar 2015, the Operations, Askar, Carla Ghaleb, Country Manager, Boecker, and Khalid Yousef, Business Development Manager, 360°Hospitality and HORECA Elegancia Hospitality Group LLC, during a press conference yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP (Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes) show, is scheduled from October 13 to 15 at Doha Exhibition tastiest mocktail in Doha. international competitions. jury in the live cooking section Centre (DEC) under the patron- Chef Baran Yucel, Chairman, “We believe chefs are the pil- making sure chefs are follow- age of Minister of Economy and QCP, said as a platform for chefs lars of the hospitality industry ing international standards of Commerce H E Sheikh Ahmed bin and hotelier professionals com- and through the years of opening food safety,” said Carla Ghaleb, Heavy traffic is seen on the Corniche Road at the end of Eid Al Adha Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani. mitted to supporting chefs and more high-end hotels and restau- Country Manager, Boecker. holidays yesterday. The three-day event will fea- promoting Qatari food tradition rants in the country the calibre THE PENINSULA ture B2B matchmaking, Salon worldwide, QCP is supporting the and the bar have been raised to Culinaire, Mocktail competi- event to further show commit- meet international standards of tion and workshops organised ment to the expanding hospitality excellence,” he said. by Boecker and Qatar Culinary industry in the country. Boecker will act as hygiene Professionals (QCP) association. “Implementation of the Salon jury and conduct free training on The Salon Culinaire, co-organ- Culinaire in the past years has HACCP and basic food hygiene ised by QCP, will be supervised been a great platform for chefs to awareness for food handlers. by World Association of Chefs showcase and grow their skills,” “Hospitality Qatar is a large Societies for Africa and the said Imad Askar, Director of platform for us to increase aware- Middle East (WACS) and judged Operations, ASKAR, official ness on food safety among food by 10 regional and international kitchen sponsor. handlers and we want to elevate experts. At Mocktail Competition, Askar said the contest will the level of food safety in the hos- bartenders will showcase knowl- be a good preparation for chefs pitality sector. edge and ability to create the for future and larger-scale “We will be the official hygiene

New traffic signal between Al Hazara, Najma streets soon

DOHA: A traffic light Road will also be developed as part of cyclists. To construct a flyover for signal is being built the projects so that motorists could pedestrian crossing at E-ring Road between Al Hazara take a U-turn. was also included in the project. Street and Najma Street. The source said there was a plan The projects are estimated to cost The project is in the to build a signal at Aqba Bin Nafi QR240m and expected to be com- final stage and expected Intersection along with Najma pleted fully by the beginning of 2017. to be completed soon. Street and make separate lanes for THE PENINSULA It is part of road development projects on E-Ring Road and Najma Street and expected be opened for traffic within a few days, Al Sharq said, quoting a source from the Public Works Department - Ashghal. Development works on E-Ring Road and Najma Street began in the third quarter of this year and are scheduled to be completed within eight months. The projects aim to develop a 3.3km stretch from E-Ring Road to Najma Street by increas- ing lanes from two to four on each side and build two intersections. The conversion of Al Thomama Roundabout into a traffic signal is also part of these projects. The signal located at Al Matar Street and E-Ring THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 HOME / GULF/ MIDEAST 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Minister: UK committed to stability, security of region

Continued from page 1 said Dunne. “This is a major turnaround On the perceived threat posed in putting defence at the heart by Iran to the Gulf region, he of our national security,” said offered his country’s support in Dunne. He said the UK is the this regard. He hoped that rela- only country to meet the Nato tions between Iran and the Gulf commitment to put aside two states would improve. percent of the GDP for defence “ That is why we are seeking and security. to provide reassurance to the “In the Gulf this is going to Gulf states to help and support be drawn out in two particular on the security level. By engag- ways; We have put our com- ing with Iran, we are persuading mitment to the region onto a them to be part of the interna- permanent footing. We have a tional order, rather than to be standing commitment to have a isolated from it.” www.swiss-belhotel.com presence in the Gulf and to use Britain has a modest diplo- that presence to promote stabil- matic presence in Iran but no Tel ity and security in the region,” military cooperation with that Fax said Dunne. country until now. He said sanc- “The first stage is to set up tions on Iran will end once Iran a permanent naval base in fulfils its obligations as part of Bahrain and we are now estab- British Minister of State for Defence Procurement Philipp Dunne the nuclear deal. Tel lishing shore side capability as speaking to The Peninsula in Doha yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT Dunne said it is most unlikely Fax well,” he added. to see a significant move towards Asked about the reasons for “pursue it deep on the ground,” and the coalition forces were peace in Palestine until a new further strengthening British as in Iraq. able to recover about 25 percent president takes over in the US. military presence in the region, Asked about the percep- of the territories captured by IS. “ I am one of the few British he said: “We have a continuing tion that Western powers are “ It is a complex issue. It is ministers who visited Gaza Tel presence here. What is different directly or indirectly responsible not easy to pinpoint who they before I became minister. I Fax (now) is that we are recogniz- for the emergence of IS, Dunne are and where they are. Young saw the situation myself and the ing that the threat environment said, people are getting radicalised deep desire to see the conflict is changing with new problems “ IS has come out of the con- through easy access to technol- resolved,” said Dunne. emerging in the region.” flict in Syria. They came from ogy. Social groups and universi- On the issue of refugees, he Tel + 974 44298888 He said the strategy is more Syria to Iraq. Conditions in ties should try to dispel the IS said the UK does not believe in to do with threats posed by IS Syria helped them to flourish as propaganda. Locally, efforts are an “open-door policy”. Fax (Islamic State). UK is already a result of the actions of Assad. required to restrain their abil- Britain has allocated 0.7 per playing a very significant part In Iraq the situation is differ- ity to capture territories,” said cent of its GDP for international in the coalition against the IS, ent. There is a government in Dunne. aid as part of the Millennium Tel with 13 to 14 per cent of the Iraq seeking to pull the country He underlined the need for a Development Goals and remains missions over Iraq. “This week together. It is important to sup- political solution to the Syrian one of the largest donors sup- Fax we marked the anniversary of port El-Abadi (Iraqi President) crisis. The forthcoming meet- porting the displaced people in that involvement,” he said. and work alongside other com- ing in New York will tackle this Syria and Yemen. The UK is continuously munities like Kurds in the north issue. “ We are trying to improve Tel reviewing its involvement in the and Sunni tribes to provide for “ The actors engaged in Syria the condition of refugees Fax coalition. He didn’t rule out the a political coalition to fight need to be encouraged to come through humanitarian aid, possibility of a military strike Daesh.” forward. Assad has no long rather than encouraging them to prevent IS from capturing There was “some success” in term role in Syria. He is part of to flee to Europe,” said Dunne. more territories in Syria and to the anti-IS operations in Iraq the problem, not the solution,” THE PENINSULA Tel Fax www.doha.hilton.com Tel 44233333 974+ Proud day: Palestinian flag flies at UN Fax 44233000 974+ UNITED NATIONS: The the realization of two states for Nations, deserves full recogni- explosive situation in Jerusalem Palestinian flag was raised two peoples,” he said. tion and full membership,” he and the remaining Palestinian at the United Nations in a The red, black, white and said. occupied territory.” symbolic gesture yesterday green Palestinian flag was then Abbas said that Israel’s Israeli Prime Minister as leader Mahmoud Abbas hoisted under dark clouds that refusal to release Palestinian Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly called on the world body to threatened rain. The huge prisoners and continued Jewish denounced his speech as “deceit- grant them full membership crowd, which included French settlement activity in the West ful” and accused Abbas’s words amid stalemate in the peace Foreign Minister Laurent Bank and east Jerusalem, meant of encouraging “incitement and process. Fabius, diplomats from around that Palestinians could no longer destruction in the Middle East. Tel UN Secretary-General Ban the world and journalists, broke feel bound by past agreements. A recent poll found that Ki-moon and Abbas presided out into cheers when it started “They leave us no choice but Palestinians are increasingly Fax over a packed and slightly cha- to flutter in the gentle breeze. to insist that we will not remain exasperated with his leader- otic ceremony in the rose gar- In Ramallah, the seat of the only ones committed to the ship and Israel’s right-wing den as Palestinian frustration Abbas’s administration in the implementation of these agree- government. grows at home and tensions rise West Bank, dozens of people ments, while Israel continuously A majority favour a return to Tel in Jerusalem. gathered to watch the flag-rais- violates them,” he said. armed uprising in the absence of Fax The Israeli-Palestinian peace ing by TV link. When they saw “We cannot continue to be peace talks and two-thirds want process fell into the doldrums Abbas on the screen, they stood bound by these signed agree- Abbas to resign. after the latest US initiative cheering and then fell silent to ments with Israel and Israel Later yesterday, the UN collapsed last year, on the back listen. must assume fully all its respon- chief will also chair talks with Tel burner as the international The General Assembly voted sibilities as an occupying power.” the Diplomatic Quartet seek- Fax community focuses on the war September 10 to allow the flags Abbas said Palestinian ing a political settlement to the in Syria. of Palestine and the Vatican patience “has come to an end” conflict. “In this historical moment, — both have observer status — and described the current situ- The peace process has been I say to my people everywhere: to be raised at the world body ation as “unsustainable.” in the doldrums since the lat- raise the flag of Palestinians alongside those of member Clashes in recent weeks est US diplomatic effort failed Tel very high because it is the sym- states. between Israeli police and in April last year. Fax bol of our identity,” the 80-year- The resolution was backed by Palestinians at the sensitive In a shift, Egypt, Jordan, old Abbas told the crowd. “It is 119 countries, with 45 absten- Al Aqsa mosque compound in Saudi Arabia and the Arab a proud day.” tions and eight votes against, Jerusalem have prompted Abbas League have been invited to the Israel and the US opposed the including Australia, Israel and to warn of the risk of a third meeting, along with the foreign Tel flag raising as a symbolic ges- the US. intifada, or uprising. ministers of Russia, the United ture that would not serve the Abbas used his speech at the “I call on the Israeli govern- States and EU foreign affairs Fax cause of peace. General Assembly to appeal for ment to cease its use of brutal chief Federica Mogherini. But Ban said symbols were “countries that have not yet rec- force... particularly its actions Israeli Prime Minister “important” and could lead ognized the state of Palestine at the Al Aqsa mosque,” Abbas Benjamin Netanyahu will to action. “Now is the time yet, to do so” and to launch a told the Assembly. address the UN on Thursday Tel to restore confidence by both searing attack on Israeli policy. “Such actions will convert the and call on Palestinians to Fax Israelis and Palestinians for a “Palestine, which is an conflict from a political one to stop “incitement to violence.” peaceful settlement and, at last, observer state in the United a religious one, thus creating a AGENCIES

QC distributes meat in Syria China again calls for Tel political solution for Syria Fax BEIJING: China’s foreign minister has repeated a plea for the crisis in Syria to be resolved politically, during a meeting of the permanent members of the Tel UN Security Council, the Xinhua state news agency Fax reported yesterday. Russia and the US, two other permanent members, agreed on Monday to look for a diplomatic end to the www.marriottmarquisdoha.com civil war but clashed over the central question of whether President Bashar Al Assad should retain power. Tel + 974 44195000 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the meeting at Fax + 974 44195100 the UN that the five permanent members “should unite and seek the opportunity to politically solve the Syrian crisis as the parties are showing more willingness to do so,” Xinhua said. A Qatar Charity volunteer distributes mutton to children in a Syrian village outside The convening of a third Geneva peace conference at Damascus as part of a charity drive during Eid Al Adha. Meat was also distributed an appropriate time “should be considered and conditions to people in other cities and towns of Syria. A total of 43,200 families benefited. conducive to the opening of such a conference should be actively created”, Wang said. REUTERS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Yemen-bound weapons seized US judge dumps Gulf-backed Yemeni September 11 case against forces retake Marib Saudi Arabia NEW YORK: A US judge yes- terday dismissed claims against Two Red Crescent volunteers killed in air strike Saudi Arabia by families of vic- tims of the September 11, 2001, SANAA: Tribal fighters backed Yemen since March, trying to dis- killed in a reported air strike on attacks, who accused the coun- by a Saudi-coalition won con- lodge it from areas it has seized a wedding hall near Mokha on the try of providing material sup- trol of a strategic dam in cen- since last year and to Hadi. Red Sea. port to Al Qaeda. tral Yemen from Houthi forces Arab Gulf countries see their Riyadh has denied that a US District Judge George but lost ground in the south intervention as a part of a wider Saudi-led coalition which since Daniels in Manhattan said Saudi near the port of Aden, where struggle by Sunni states against March has been carrying out air Arabia had sovereign immunity President Abd-Rabbu Mansour what they see as meddling by raids on Shiite Houthi rebels in from damage claims by families Weapons, said to be seized by Saudi-led coalition forces on an Iranian boat, Hadi’s government is based, Shi’ite Iran, a charge Tehran Yemen carried out the attack on of the nearly 3,000 people killed are seen in a picture released by the Media Office of Saudi-led Coalition residents and officials said. denies. the wedding. in the attacks, and from insurers The seizure of the Marib dam Condemning Hadi’s gov- “Indiscriminate air strikes In Yemen. that covered losses suffered by by militiamen fighting along- ernment as a tool of the Gulf and shelling have been going on building owners and businesses. side Gulf troops is their biggest monarchies and the imperial- in many parts of Yemen for more “The allegations in the com- success in several weeks of an ist West, the Houthis say their than six months, causing huge significant loss in weeks, a district The Saudi-led coalition again plaint alone do not provide this armed push toward the Houthi- spread through the country is a suffering to the civilian popula- in the southwestern Taiz province denied responsibility for an air court with a basis to assert juris- controlled capital Sanaa 110km revolution. tion,” the ICRC said. fell to the Houthis and their allies strike on a wedding party in Taiz diction over defendants,” Daniels West that was slowed by land- Meanwhile, two Red Crescent Fuad Al Makhazy, secre- in Yemen’s army on Tuesday. province on Monday which med- wrote. mines and stiff resistance from volunteers were killed in an air tary general of the Yemen Red Residents and local officials also ics said killed 131 people, in one of The victims had sought to Houthi forces ensconced in rug- strike south of Yemen’s capital, Crescent Society, said eight of said they appeared to be mobiliz- the deadliest attacks on civilians supplement their case with new ged mountains. the Red Cross said yesterday. his staff and volunteers have now ing their forces for a southern in the war. allegations to avoid that result, Pictures printed on the front Qaed Faisal, 28, and Omar been killed. push in the nearby area of Kirsh, “No air strikes were launched in including based on testimony they pages of Gulf dailies showed the Fareh, 31, died along with several The Saudi-led campaign seized about 75km from Aden. that area in the past three days... secured from Zacarias Moussaoui, foreign troops and local tribes- other civilians in a raid Monday in Aden and other southern prov- Six months of civil war and it’s not true that every explosion a former Al Qaeda operative men planting the flags of the Al-Swaida area of Taez province, inces from the Houthis in July but hundreds of coalition air strikes that happens in Yemen is caused by imprisoned for his role in the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain said the International Committee has struggled to take over other have killed more than 5,400 peo- the coalition,” alliance spokesman attacks. and Saudi Arabia over the dam. of the Red Cross (ICRC). population centres and cement ple in Yemen, according to the Brigadier General Ahmed Asseri Daniels said even if he allowed A coalition of Arab states has It noted in a statement that the their authority in the increasingly United Nations, and exacerbated said in comments carried by the the plaintiffs to assert those new been attacking the attack took place on the same day lawless region. already widespread hunger and UAE’s state news agency WAM. claims, doing so would be “futile, Iran-allied Houthis across that more than 130 people were In pro-Hadi fighters’ first suffering. AGENCIES however, because the additional allegations do not strip defend- ants of sovereign immunity.” Lawyers for the plaintiffs said they would appeal. Sean Carter, one the lawyers, said he believed the ruling was also the conse- 16 Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq returns home quence of the US government’s decision to keep classified evi- ANKARA/BAGHDAD: any problems. We were released from travelling from Turkey to dence that could be favourable Sixteen Turkish workers because of the government, we’re Iraq, and cut the flow of “stolen oil to their cause. “Obviously, we abducted by militants in Iraq very thankful,” one of the work- from Kurdistan through Turkish respectfully disagree with Judge arrived back in Turkey to emo- ers, Coskun Yilmaz, said. territory”. Daniels’ ruling,” he said tional scenes on Wednesday Their release had been prom- Over the past 18 months, doz- A lawyer for Saudi Arabia night after more than a month ised in an online video on Tuesday, ens of Turks have been kidnapped declined comment. in captivity. after the United Nations backed a but later released in Iraq by the The ruling came just over 14 The men were snatched on deal to extricate Syrian villagers Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, years after the September 11, September 2 from a stadium they under siege from rebels supported which overran large parts of the 2001, attacks, in which airliners were building on the outskirts of by Turkey. country last year. hijacked by Al Qaeda militants Baghdad, apparently by an armed Ambassador Kaymakci earlier But Sadr City, where the brought death and destruction group that used a familiar Shi’ite in the day told Reuters that no 18 Turks were kidnapped, is a upon the United States. Muslim slogan and threatened to terms of release had been dis- stronghold of Shiite paramilitary Most of the 19 attackers were attack Turkish interests in Iraq if cussed with the kidnappers. forces opposed to the jihadists. Saudi nationals who hijacked its demands were not met. In a series of tweets from A soldier was killed earlier this planes and flew them into the They were released earlier New York where he is attend- month when security forces clashed World Trade Center in New yesteray, before being flown from ing the United Nations General with the Tehran-backed Shiite York City, the Pentagon near Baghdad back to the Turkish Assembly, Prime Minister Ahmet militia Ketaeb Hezbollah while Washington, DC, and into a field capital, where they were greeted Davutoglu said he had spoken to searching for a person allegedly in Pennsylvania after passengers by Deputy Prime Minister some of the men by telephone involved in the kidnappings. revolted. Yalcin Akdogan and other senior since their release. This is not the first hostage The case against Saudi Arabia officials. “Thankfully, they are in good crisis Turkey has suffered. Last has had a complicated history, The families of the hostages health and are preparing to year Islamic State took 46 Turkish with trial judges including Daniels waved Turkish flags as the men, return (home) in the shortest nationals hostage in the Iraqi city twice before ruling that Saudi many in tears, disembarked from possible time,” Davutoglu stated. Mosul, before releasing them Arabia was entitled to immu- the plane. Baghdad has struggled to rein unharmed after more than 100 nity under the federal Foreign “I’ve missed my dad,” one young in Shi’ite armed groups, seen as a days in captivity. Sovereign Immunities Act. girl who gave her name as Ayse critical deterrent against Islamic Earlier this month it was But in 2013, the 2nd US Circuit Malek said as she waited on the State militants who control large reported that a soldier who had Court of Appeals in New York tarmac. swathes of the north and west. gone missing close to Turkey’s revived the lawsuit, in light of a Speaking to reporters, the The city has also seen a pro- Syria border was in the hands of 2011 decision that allowed simi- men said they had been released liferation in recent years of well- Islamic State. The soldier’s cap- lar claims to proceed against by their captors with no expla- armed criminal gangs carrying ture is potentially a major liability, Afghanistan. nation outside Baghdad, and out contract killings, kidnappings coming as it does just months after The case is In re Terrorist had then been collected by the and extortion. Ankara finally stepped up its opera- Attacks on September 11, 2001, Turkish ambassador to Iraq, The kidnappers had said tions against the militants, open- US District Court, Southern Faruk Kaymakci. Turkey must order rebel forces ing its airbases to US-led coalition District of New York, No. Faruk Kaymakci, the Turkish ambassador to Iraq (left) and the freed Turkish “They treated us very well to stop besieging Shia villages in warplanes. 03-md-01570. workers stand in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. where they kept us, we didn’t have northern Syria, stop militants AGENCIES REUTERS

Naval cadets graduate Turkey military bombs 24 Signs of increasing suicides Kurdish in devastated Gaza Strip militant targets GAZA CITY: Muammar alarm over the number of patients The United Nations develop- Quider was set to marry, but he having ingested toxic substances, ment agency said recently that ISTANBUL: Turkish war- reached his breaking point as he but they say the police have the Gaza could become uninhabitable planes struck 24 targets in a dealt with the unique pressures final word on the causes of such for residents within five years. bombardment of Kurdistan of life in the Gaza Strip. poisonings. “The social, health and secu- Workers’ Party (PKK) positions The 21-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Assi has been rity-related ramifications of the in the southeastern province of recently tried to kill himself by among them, having spent several high population density and over- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) congratulating the Hakkari late on Tuesday, the swallowing rat poison. days in a coma after swallowing crowding are among the factors troops during a graduation ceremony of naval cadets in the northern military said. “All doors were closed for me,” poison. He said that “at 30 years that may render Gaza unliveable city of Nowshahr yesterday. The targets destroyed in border he said after having survived and old, I did not even have enough by 2020,” it said. towns of Yuksekova and Daglica been treated, explaining that to feed my young children”. “I The crisis is so acute that were mainly weapon emplace- police had repeatedly arrested preferred to die instead of seeing 52 percent of Gazans want to ments and shelters, the army said him and shut down his fruit stand, them die in front of me,” he said. leave the territory, a recent poll Obama handshake triggers in a statement yesterday. depriving him of an income. Gaza is filled with despera- showed, but closed borders pre- Turkey has been bombarding Signs have emerged of an tion, particularly following last vent many from doing so. Some PKK positions in the mountains increase in suicides and suicide summer’s conflict that left more have attempted the treacherous anger in Iran parliament of northern Iraq as well as the attempts in the Gaza Strip, the than 100,000 people homeless and journey across the Mediterranean mainly Kurdish southeast follow- Palestinian enclave run with an killed more than 2,200. to try to reach Europe. TEHRAN: The Iranian foreign ISNA news agency. ing the collapse of a ceasefire in iron fist by Islamist movement The small territory of 1.8 million Abu Assi said that the last minister’s reported handshake But hardline lawmakers went July in the most intense fighting Hamas and devastated by three people faces an Israeli blockade straw for him was when police with US President Barack Obama on the offensive against Zarif. between Kurdish militants and wars with Israel since 2008. and a closed border with Egypt, closed his small seaside cafe triggered chants of “Death to “With whose permission the state since the 1990s. It is impossible to obtain offi- and rebuilding following the 2014 named “Poor People’s Roots”—a America” in Tehran’s parliament have they met Obama?” deputy More than 120 security per- cial figures on the subject, which war has been extremely slow. play on the name of the fancier yesterday and a warning against Bahram Biranvand asked angrily. sonnel and hundreds of mili- remains taboo in a territory Access to water and electricity “Roots” hotel and restaurant “another kind of spying”. “Last time they talked to Obama tants have been killed since the where traditional and religious is limited, while the unemploy- nearby. The foreign ministry has con- on the phone and this time, with ceasefire, initiated by Turkish values dominate. Police insist that ment rate is among the highest in Hamas authorities regularly firmed a “completely accidental” whose permission” did Iran’s min- President Tayyip Erdogan more it has not become widespread. the world at 42 percent, according close stalls or shops they deem encounter between Obama and ister shake hands with the US than two years ago, broke down. But a source within the secu- to the World Bank. to be illegal. Foreign Minister Mohammad leader? Erdogan said on Tuesday more rity services said on condition of More than 60 percent of young Abu Assi said he had lost all Javad Zarif on the sidelines of Biranvand was referring to than 30 Kurdish militants had anonymity that the numbers were people do not have work, while hope of providing for his family, the UN General Assembly in President Hassan Rouhani’s been killed in cross-border opera- “frightening”, saying there were 39 percent of the population lives who live in a tiny flat of 30 square New York on Monday, without historic telephone call with his tions last Friday. cases on a “near-daily” basis. below the poverty line and 80 per- metres. denying there was a handshake American counterpart in 2013. REUTERS Doctors have also expressed cent depend on various forms of aid. AFP as reported by Iran’s semi-official AFP THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 10 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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WO DAYS after the Taliban took their first major city in 14 years, the Afghan and coalition forces are struggling to retake the city. A fierce battle is going Ton. The Taliban are giving a tough fight. Insurgents are besieging the airport outside the northern city of Kunduz Across arc of conflict ‘Obama that was captured by the Taliban this week. Kunduz is the first provincial capital to fall to the Taliban since the hardline Islamist movement was toppled from power in 2001. The worst fears of Afghan government and the Doctrine’ shows sign of failure international community have come true – that a resurgent Taliban will be difficult to be tamed after the exit of the US BY MATT SPETALNICK and strongly suggests that Obama will leave always been clear this will need to be a and NATO forces, and will make their advances. PHIL STEWART some of the world’s most intractable long-term commitment.” The fate of Kunduz will decide the fate of Taliban and the conflicts to his successor when he leaves The official took Obama’s critics to task new government in Afghanistan. If Afghan forces are unable n Syria, US-trained rebels sur- office in January 2017. for failing to offer good alternatives. “Is the to recapture the city, Taliban will capture more territories, render supplies and ammunition “Things aren’t looking good in these solution to every Iraq and Syria to insert thus threatening the very existence of the government to Al Qaeda-linked insurgents. places and they’re not getting get much 150,000 US troops? That is not something In Iraq, the battle by American- better anytime soon,” said Douglas this president will do, nor is it something in Kabul and rewriting the history of Afghanistan with backed government forces against Ollivant, former senior US National the American people want,” the official said. disastrous consequences. The swift re-taking of the city IIslamic State is at a stalemate. In Security Council official on Iraq for Obama Undergirding Obama’s overall strat- promised by President Ashraf Ghani has failed to materialise, Afghanistan, the Taliban seize a pro- and his predecessor George W Bush. egy is a speech he gave to graduating as Taliban fighters dig into positions around the city and vincial capital for the first time since “That’s the problem of working through West Point cadets on May 28, 2014. mine roads to prevent reinforcements from reaching weary their ouster in 2001. partners. They’re not always capable.” There he carefully circumscribed the Afghan forces. And even if Taliban are defeated and the city Less than a year and a half after Options could include stepping up rationale for use of US military force — President Barack Obama used a West support for Kurdish fighters in Syria, only “when our core interests demand retaken finally, it wouldn’t mean much. The insurgents would Point speech to lay out a strategy for cooperation with Russia to seek an end it” — and made clear his effort would continue their fight with unpredictable consequences. The relying on local partners instead of large- to the conflict there, and a slowdown be to “partner with countries where ter- government of Ghani hasn’t been able to defang Taliban since scale US military deployments abroad, of the planned US withdrawal from rorist networks seek a foothold.” coming to power. there is mounting evidence that the so- Afghanistan. The administration is also That has proven far from a fool-proof The fight against the Taliban is called “Obama Doctrine” may be failing. weighing a proposal to scale back its failed method in the fight against Islamic not going well. In major setback, Despite the US $580m programme to train Syrian rebels militancy. investment of at to battle Islamic State, US officials said. On Syria, the failure of the US effort nearly 200 Afghan security least an estimated The Obama doctrine has floundered to build a rebel fighting force became The capture personnel abandoned Bala Hissar $90bn in these partly due to weak national governance clear this month when the Pentagon of Kunduz city hill, an outpost in Kunduz that Russia’s sudden counter-terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the failure acknowledged just four or five of the overlooks the city’s main roads efforts, Obama has of moderate Syrian opposition groups to fighters were in combat. by the Taliban after running out of ammunition moves to seize found few reliable overcome their rivalries. The White House insisted that Obama allies to carry the Still, many critics put the blame was not to blame since he had always and food. Troops fled the strategic poses a major the initiative in load on the bat- squarely on Obama for what they see been reluctant while others, including position in pick-up trucks and tlefield — and he as an overly cautious approach that has Republican critics, had pressed him to threat to Humvees and dozens headed for the Syria and seems to have few given the perception of a White House approve the training program. shelter at Kunduz airport, where Iraq crises in good options to fix lurching from crisis to crisis. Russia’s swift build-up in Syria stands Afghan forces. thousands of police and soldiers the situation. The image of Obama as a sometimes in contrast to what Obama’s critics say have already retreated in the last recent weeks Obama also passive world leader has been fed by is a reluctant, slow-moving US mili- appears hemmed perceptions that he has allowed the civil tary strategy in Syria. “In an absence two days of fighting. have stunned US in by his deep war in Syria to fester and has not acted of American leadership, the vacuum is Ghani has spent a considerable aversion to seeing forcefully enough to halt Islamic State’s going to be filled by bad people,” said amount of time of his presidency officials and laid America drawn onslaught there and in neighboring Iraq. Republican US Senator John McCain, a exploring the possibilities of peace talks with the Taliban, bare the erosion back into unpop- Fresh concerns about Obama’s frequent critic of Obama’s foreign policy, while the latter has been focusing all its energies on ular Middle East Afghanistan policy have been ignited by referring to the gains made by militants consolidating and expanding its position. Ghani enlisted the of Washington’s wars after pulling the fall of the northern city of Kunduz across the arc of conflicts. US forces out of to Taliban fighters this week. In Iraq, the Shia-led government, help of Pakistan to start talks with Taliban and his efforts influence in the Iraq in 2011. US officials say the Taliban’s sudden locked in sectarian tensions with the made so progress, but slowed down and later seem to have Russia’s sudden gains against Afghan forces add a new country’s Sunni minority, is still strug- fizzled out. A victorious Taliban is unlikely to choose the path region. moves to seize the dimension to discussions about whether gling to make headway against Islamic of dialogue, which is what is happening now. Ghani must initiative in the to upend current plans and instead keep State. The security forces are trying to instead focus on defeating Taliban in the battleground. It’s Syria and Iraq a sizeable force in Afghanistan beyond rebuild after melting away last year in the crises in recent the end of 2016. face of a militant offensive that captured not easy. Even after years of intense training, Afghan forces weeks have stunned US officials and Obama and his aides have staunchly Mosul, the country’s second-largest city. are incapable of taking on Taliban. laid bare the erosion of Washington’s defended his approach even as problems US officials privately have voiced frus- Afghan lawmakers called on Ghani to resign over his influence in the region. have escalated on multiple war fronts. tration with the pace of Iraqi operations, government’s “shameful” handling of the battle, the latest Faced by the mounting setbacks, “We’ve never been under the illusion including preparations for a campaign blow to the leader whose first year in office has been marred Obama will probably only make mod- that our strategy of partnerships would to retake the Anbar provincial capital of by political infighting and escalating violence. Ghani is now est changes in strategy, according to be a short-term fix,” a senior admin- Ramadi, which Islamic State seized in May. current and former US officials. That istration official said. “In fact, we’ve REUTERS fighting many battles at the same time. The other side Quote of Pump-priming growth the day ESERVE Bank of India to substitute for weakening global about price gains being unlikely to pose by critics. For, Dr. Rajan had, less than Governor Raghuram demand in order that the domestic a near-term threat to the economy, two weeks ago, flagged the risks of Rajan has opted to send investment cycle picks up”, Dr. Rajan prompting it to lower its Consumer too much stimulus fanning inflation an unequivocal message has underlined the fact that local Price Index inflation projection for and deficits, stressed the importance Rthat as long as the domestic growth demand and investment hold the key to January to 5.8 per cent. of anchoring inflation expectations from momentum remains tentative and price sustaining an incipient recovery. Clearly, That growth appears to have for a longer-term perspective, and cited We cannot continue pressures don’t pose a threat to the the US Federal Reserve’s decision the moment taken pre-eminence and the example of the meltdown in Brazil. to be bound by these central bank’s inflation target, monetary earlier this month to continue to been placed front and centre in the Indeed, the latest policy statement itself policy will remain accommodative. The maintain the funds rate near zero in the RBI’s reasoning for its policy decision acknowledges that inflation is likely to signed agreements RBI’s decision to surprise markets and backdrop of heightened uncertainties in is, however, cause for some concern. start accelerating for a few months from with Israel and Israel cut the benchmark repo rate by a sharp the global economy, including in China As central bankers down the ages have September as “favourable base effects 50 basis points to 6.75 per cent — the and the emerging markets, has fed reiterated, there are two key elements reverse”. And the central bank goes must assume fully all lowest level in more than four years into Dr. Rajan’s calculations. So has that form the bedrock of any commu- on to stress the role that the govern- — is the most emphatic signal that it the fragility evidenced in the financial nication emanating from the monetary ment needs to play to ensure food price its responsibilities as stands ready to help boost domestic markets following the devaluation of the policy authority — consistency and stability by proactively managing the an occupying power. demand and investment. In saying that yuan. And slowing inflation appears to credibility. It is the consistency of mes- supply side so as to head off any pres- Mahmoud Abbas “more domestic demand is needed have made the central bank sanguine saging that may now be questioned sures. THE HINDU Palestinian President THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Why Putin wants the West to forget Ukraine

BY MARC CHAMPION

ikheil Saakashvili tends to be eas- If Russian President Vladimir Putin has ily dismissed. The former throttled back his war in eastern Ukraine Georgian presi- and pivoted to Syria, it is in large part to Mdent’s impulsiveness and habit of exaggeration have always made distract attention. There is no need for him him controversial, and when he let himself be lured into firing the to incur the cost of further military action first shot in a war with Russia in 2008, his reputation seemed to destabilise Ukraine. unlikely to recover. Yet Saakashvili has re-emerged. For three months he has been running Ukraine’s Odessa region, where he is proving popular and also right about what Ukraine as that Saakashvili brought to by them all the time. That’s a a whole needs. In some ways, the Georgia, after its so-called Rose huge difference. Georgian has never have been Revolution of 2003. He gave the “Right now there isn’t a single better suited to a job than the one corrupt businessmen who sucked radical idea that cannot fly well he has now: shaking things up in a that country dry after independ- with Ukrainian society. It’s amaz- mafia-ridden region of a country ence an ultimatum: Pay a large ing. They (the population) have that isn’t his own. lump sum in arbitrary “back also such a force that all the elite That’s just as well, because taxes” and get out of the way, or in Kiev is quite scared of them. if Russian President Vladimir go to jail. It worked. Empty coffers Also local elites.” Putin has throttled back his war were filled, enabling him to make And this is Saakashvili’s pitch: in eastern Ukraine and pivoted to other changes. He amended the He may not wield absolute power, Syria, it is in large part to distract constitution to give himself more but he can stir up public sup- attention from here. There is no powers at the expense of parlia- port to use as a battering ram need for him to incur the cost of ment, jailed undesirables, fired to change or defeat Ukraine’s further military action to desta- traffic police whose sole function deeply entrenched vested inter- Pro-Russian militants stand on tanks during training on a shooting range near Torez city, about 75km from bilise Ukraine. By Saakashvili’s had been to extort bribes, win- ests. That’s what he did to get the Donetsk, Ukraine. own calculation, Ukraine’s pro- nowed unwanted civil servants legislative changes for his police Western government has as lit- and sold off all the state assets and prosecutorial reforms from tle as six months to get radical he could. the parliament in Kiev, “scream- economic reform underway or The big question is whether ing” in public after weeks of quiet A few changes are starting to Ukraine’s 2004 presidential would be seen from Moscow as a collapse. Saakashvili can repeat his lobbying got him nowhere. materialise. On top of the new- election for former president US provocation. What Odessans So President Petro Poroshenko’s Georgian reforms without having That’s also what will be look police force, Saakashvili has Viktor Yanukovych, triggering do care about is that he should experiment in sending Putin’s the Putinesque powers he wielded required to drive through customs persuaded businessmen respon- the country’s first, “Orange” change the system and build the bete noire to Odessa is in real- in Georgia. Won’t he simply get reform, enabling him to automate sible for a half-built terminal at revolution. Meeting Kivalov is road to the European Union he ity a Hail Mary pass, designed to sucked into the same reform- customs at Odessa’s port and so Odessa airport to restart con- like meeting Yanukovych’s twin promised — a pledge every gov- break the reform logjam before blocking morass as the govern- remove the discretionary pow- struction — ostensibly by threat- brother: He has the same stiff ernor in memory has made and it’s too late. Speaking late at night ment in Kiev? ers that enable corruption that ening to open a new airport. On bouffon hair, the same nose flat- failed to deliver. in his Soviet-era governor’s office “True, but not fully,” says greases wheels all the way to Kiev: Friday, he inducted the new (all- tened like a street-fighter’s and Kivalov is a good example of in Odessa, Saakashvili explained Saakashvili. Poroshenko gave “In parliament, they will try young, nearly all-female and sti- a similar rough-diamond style. how much harder this will be to do why: him the right to put a new chief to sabotage the reform package. lettoed) staff of a one-stop office He even, like Yanukovych, owns in Ukraine than it was in Georgia. “Because within six months, prosecutor in place (a Georgian) Look, for instance, at electronic for registering passports and an over-the-top home that sup- He’s too powerful to ignore, but if real change doesn’t happen, and purge the office — an essen- customs. There is a whole class businesses in minutes rather than posedly belongs to the state and will seek to make sure the system the state apparatus, the state tial step as Ukraine’s prosecutors of customs brokers who would weeks or months, due to open on is filled with gilded furniture. It’s he helped to build stays intact (for bureaucracy, is going to disin- protect the corrupt. Saakashvili basically just go out of business October 10. known here as the “Harry Potter example, he’s pressing for judges tegrate. Look we have a state recently replaced the region’s as a result. With no more queueing and house.” to be locally elected, rather than bureaucracy that people don’t top 10 prosecutors, as well as “So of course they will try to bribing, the center will be popu- So can Saakashvili also work appointed from Kiev, ensuring a realise is not getting salaries any 26 district heads of administra- block it through technical means; lar. Which is probably why one with Kivalov? “Hardly,” he says. hostile government in Kiev can’t more. It is not getting paid. As tion. The president also let him but once you make this debate of the two men who effectively “Kivalov still runs this whole eradicate his influence). a result we can get all kinds of install a new police chief (another very public, then again this whole run Odessa, Mayor Gennadiy ring of judges and prosecutors So far, though, Saakashvili has chaotic elements taking over, or Georgian), and with US aid he has crisis of the public makes it very Trukhmanov, who faces re- elec- he used to control and basically just laid foundations for the big trying to take over and causing already put through his signature difficult for them to publicly reject tion next month, decided to back they are corrupt and that’s the changes he needs to make — his more chaos.” reform from Georgia: retraining it.” the document-registration center. point; it’s why I have doubts new prosecutors now need to As if to make his point on and rebranding the police. The Clearly, this strategy can only Saakashvili thinks there’s more to about that.” build cases, for example. It’s hard Sunday, a bomb went off outside Governor of Kharkiv, a large work if Saakashvili and his mes- it, though. At the induction, the Kivalov took me around the to see how, on his own timetable, the offices of Ukraine’s security Ukrainian region on Russia’s bor- sage are popular, which they seem mayor was eloquent in promot- impressive sports stadium, rare he will have time to drive change service in Odessa. der, now says he wants a similar to be. On a walkabout with US ing transparency and attacking books collection and reading through in Ukraine’s corrupt and Devaluation and inflation have US package for police and pros- Senator John McCain last week corruption. “The ‘C’ word would rooms of the law academy he has chaotic democracy: If Ukraine hit hard. Without sweeping cor- ecution reform. in downtown Odessa, and at a never have been mentioned by him run since its creation. “If I was has six months, he gives himself ruption trials and reforms to Just as important as the law concert to boost tourism at a a few months ago,” Saakashvili corrupt, how could we have built only another three-to-four in demonstrate that the kleptoc- enforcement leverage Poroshenko former Ottoman fortress along says. all this?” he asked. He finished Odessa. racy Ukrainians revolted against provided is having popular back- the coast, under-30s wanted self- “I would never think that in by showing off the rooms where And that’s why it benefits Putin almost two years ago is com- ing for the reforms he wants, says ies with the new governor. Older Georgia such people can change. Saakashvili’s new chief prosecu- for Western attention to drift ing to an end, patience with the Saakashvili: generations were more cautious, Here I have my second thoughts. tor is restructuring the prosecu- away from Ukraine right now; new regime is running out fast. “In Georgia we had all the time sceptical of yet another promise Maybe part of them can change. tion service. “I voted for these time is on his side. All the more Support for Prime Minister to initiate reforms, sometimes not to change the system, but willing Because this is a critical situation, reforms, I’m helping them,” said reason for the EU, as well as the Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s People’s even to ask them about them and to wait and see; they too like what they understand the country is Kivalov, a legislator in Ukraine’s US, to get behind Poroshenko’s Front party, the largest in par- just do it and drag society after he says about fighting corruption. standing on the edge of the abyss parliament. Hail Mary pass in Odessa, and liament, has fallen to just two us. Here society is leading the In a city split roughly half and and something needs to be done.” People in Odessa don’t seem then in other regions. If that percent. reforms. Here society wants the half between those who identify Maybe. But the other man to care greatly about the issue means the EU getting over its The good news is that reforms, they can articulate the with Western Europe and Russia, who runs Odessa is Sergey most international commentary personal wariness of Saakashvili, Ukrainians, tired of corrup- reforms, they can tell you exactly there have — remarkably — been Kivalov, the powerful law acad- focused on after Saakashvili’s and of his toxic relationship with tion, hardship and inept govern- what they want. You can follow no significant protests against emy chief. He headed the elec- appointment, namely that he Putin, then it’s time. ment, want the radical change them rather than being followed Saakashvili’s appointment. tion commission that stole was a foreigner whose insertion WP-BLOOMBERG Portugal brain drain spells lasting headache for poll winner

BY ANDREI KHALIP Portugal will provide enough with a business plan. describing the exodus as “bleeding well-paid, career-building jobs While Portuguese emigrants Portugal’s best resources linked to ortugal heads into a national any time soon. Emigration has become a major campaign traditionally used to be unskilled, innovation”. election on Sunday with a “My heart is split. I love Lisbon, now most are educated urban While more than 70 percent Psounder economy than four but I don’t see myself coming issue in a tight-fought election race professionals. of the survey’s 1,011 respond- years ago. But the austerity that back in the near future,” said A popular Internet caricature ents earned below ¤1,000 per made it more competitive has led 29-year-old postgraduate Mailis that has clear winner in view. A total of juxtaposes the moustachioed, month in Portugal, more than to a mass exodus of youthful tal- Rodrigues, who works on a music 485,000 people left Portugal between 2011 stick-carrying country bumpkin a half now make over ¤2,000 ent that will set back the recovery technology project in Montreal of previous decades with today’s abroad. regardless of who wins. co-funded by the Canadian and 2014, including almost 200,000 as hip young man with a backpack But whereas in previous Emigration has become a major government. full of university diplomas. Both decades, emigrants sent gen- campaign issue in a tight-fought “I had no prospects to speak of permanent emigrants. look sad-eyed and worried. erous remittances home and election race that has clear win- in Portugal. Had I stayed I guess The brain drain is also a had houses built for them in ner in view. I would have found a job, but not downer for the economy, entail- Portugal, “now we see mainly The opposition has promised to with the same conditions,” said ing hundreds of millions of euros middle-class children of qualified bring back the best and bright- Rodrigues. “I’d like policies to monthly wage of ¤1,300 ($1,460) government advised citizens to in future lost tax revenues and a professionals, so remittances are est. But with the conditions that change, but realistically I don’t in 2012, still considered a hefty seek work abroad if they could general ageing of the population no longer important, building caused them to flee seemingly expect much from any new paycheck back home. find none at home. that puts additional strain on the a house here is not a priority,” entrenched, notably an unem- government.” “The economy is now better, The pragmatic advice upset pension system. Cerdeira said. ployment rate affecting one in Halfway across the globe in but I don’t think the situation many, however, and the opposi- A study put Portugal’s expendi- Portugal’s construction sec- three young people and available Hong Kong, 30-year-old civil will change sufficiently for peo- tion — which promises to pri- ture on education that other tor has slumped 40 percent since jobs often badly paid and without engineer Tiago Sacadura has ple to stay ... And I don’t believe oritise youth job creation and countries will reap the benefits 2010. firm contracts, that promise will similar concerns. Like many, he’d the Socialists can make much improve long-term employment of at least $11.5bn. The end the study means the be tough to keep. prefer to live in his sun-kissed of a difference,” said Sacadura, opportunities under a plan that “The country has thrown away end of scholarships for three A total of 485,000 people left homeland with sandy beaches, who describes himself as is short on detail — has chastised 10 years’ worth of public invest- researchers, including 31-year-old Portugal between 2011 and 2014, good food and wine and a laid- left-leaning. the government on the issue ever ment in higher education,” said Rafaela Ganga who, with a hir- including almost 200,000 as per- back atmosphere. After years of net immigration since. Luisa Cerdeira, economics profes- ing freeze in force in the public manent emigrants, with most “It was pondering my pros- into Portugal, EU data shows, the While unemployment has sor at Lisbon University and one education system, is already pros- aged 30 or under, according to pects in five years’ time that trend inverted in 2010 and stayed fallen from an early 2013 peak of of the authors of the study. pecting for jobs abroad. official data. made me leave. I’m always think- that way to at least 2013 when nearly 18 percent to 12 percent, It showed that nearly 70 per- “That begs the question Even as the main opposition ing about going back - my friends a net 36,000 left. That was the youth joblessness has held above cent of emigrants with university whether it’s worth investing in Socialist candidate Antonio and roots are in Portugal. But it largest outflow in western Europe 30 percent. degrees living in Europe — prima- our future in Portugal,” she said, Costa poses with young sup- would mean taking a huge step after Spain, from where experts Passos Coelho now urges young rily Britain, Germany and France having seen her previous teach- porters in “I don’t want to emi- back in terms of career and pay,” say more non-nationals left for emigrants to come home, but a — plan to stay for good. ing job in a private university grate” T-shirts or opens a “Vote he said. other countries. government programme with that “It’s hard to be in the class- scrapped in 2013. for Return” portal trying to cap- He had two promotions in the At the height of the economic aim has been ridiculed for target- room sometimes trying to cheer “I don’t see much light at the ture the expatriate vote, many past two years and earns about crisis in 2011, officials in Prime ing just 20 people, to be picked up students who know that they’ll end of the tunnel here.” of those who left doubt that four times his last Portuguese Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s next year from a list of applicants likely have to emigrate,” she said, REUTERS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GULF / MIDDLE EAST

Russian strikes France launches probe Israel undermines peace again expose US’ efforts: Abbas tells UN Syria policy gaps NEW YORK: Russia’s dra- into Assad war crimes UNITED NATIONS: “You are all aware that matic entry yesterday into the Palestinian President Israel undermined the efforts Syrian war has put the United Mahmoud Abbas yesterday made by the administration States on the back foot once Syria president must step down, insists Kerry accused Israel of sabotaging of President Barack Obama in again and allowed Moscow to US efforts to broker peace and past years, most recently the seize the military and diplo- PARIS: France has launched said that Israeli security oper- efforts of Secretary of State matic initiative. a probe into Syrian President ations at the Al Aqsa mosque John Kerry aimed at reaching As US Secretary of State John Bashar Al Assad’s regime for in Jerusalem could lead to a a peace agreement through Kerry was in New York trying alleged crimes against human- religious war. negotiations,” Abbas told the to coordinate with his Kremlin ity, a judicial source said yester- In an address to the United 193-nation General Assembly. opposite number Sergei Lavrov, a day, after world powers sparred Nations General Assembly He also praised French efforts Russian officer contacted the US at the United Nations over the ahead of a ceremony for the to revive stalled peace negotia- embassy in Baghdad. embattled leader’s fate. raising of the Palestinian flag tions and called for a national His message was simple: Paris prosecutors opened a pre- at UN headquarters in New unity government that would Russian jets are about to launch liminary inquiry on September 15 York, Abbas said that the unite the fractious Palestinian air strikes in Syria, please stay into alleged crimes committed by Palestinian Authority no longer political scene. out of their way. the Syrian government between considered itself bound by the “We are determined to pre- Kerry quickly protested to 2011 and 2013, the source said. accords signed with Israel in the serve the unity of our land Lavrov that this was not in the The French investigation is mid-1990s. and our people,” Abbas said. spirit of Moscow’s promise to agree largely based on evidence from a Repeating what the “We seek to form a national a “de-confliction” mechanism former Syrian army photographer Palestinian Authority has been unity government that func- to ensure Russian flights do not known by the codename “Caesar,” saying for at least half a dec- tions according to the program interfere with US-led operations. who defected and fled the country ade, Abbas said the agreements of the Palestine Liberation According to a senior US offi- in 2013, bringing with him some would not apply as long as Israel Organization, and we seek to cial, speaking on condition of 55,000 graphic photographs. supports settlements of Israelis hold presidential and legislative anonymity, Kerry told Lavrov the Foreign Minister Laurent A general view of deserted streets and damaged buildings in the central in the West Bank and refuses elections.” action was not helpful and “the Fabius said France had a “respon- Syrian town of Talbisseh in the Homs province. to release Palestinian prisoners. REUTERS de-confliction discussions need to sibility” to take action. begin immediately.” But the strikes “Faced with these crimes that in Syria, apparently in support of question Russia’s real intentions were already underway, potentially offend the human conscience, Assad’s battle against rebel groups in fighting ISIL or protecting the altering the balance of power in this bureaucracy of horror, faced threatening his hold on power. “If Assad regime,” he warned. Syria back in favor of Bashar Al with this denial of the values of Russia’s recent actions and those Early reports of Russia’s strikes Assad’s regime, and Washington humanity, it is our responsibil- now ongoing reflect a genuine yesterday suggested they hit areas was looking at a fait accompli. ity to act against the impunity commitment to defeat that organ- where other opposition groups, seen Lavrov’s next move was clear, of the assassins,” Fabius said in ization then we are prepared to by the United States and its allies he was to bring a motion before a statement. welcome those efforts,” Kerry said. as moderates, have been fighting the UN Security Council to coor- While Assad is unlikely to ever US forces, he added, are ready Assad’s forces. “We have informed dinate “all forces standing up take the stand in a French court, to “de-conflict” with Russian Russia that we are prepared to hold against Islamic State and other the inquiry could add to politi- forces — communicate to avoid these de-confliction talks as early terrorist structures.” cal pressure on the Syrian leader accidental encounters on the bat- as possible: this week,” Kerry said. This would be a plain victory in the midst of a diplomatic row tlefield — “thereby increasing the “But let me be clear, the United for Bashar Al Assad, who invited between the West and Russia and military pressure on ISIL.” States and the coalition will con- the Russians to join his battle to Iran over his fate. “But we must not and will not tinue our ongoing air operations cling on to power, and a defeat Meanwhile, Secretary of State be confused in our fight against as we have from the very begin- for the United States, which has John Kerry said yesterday the ISIL with support for Assad,” ning,” he said, referring to the demanded he step down. United States does not oppose he insisted. “Moreover we have year-old US-led campaign. The attacks came despite Russian air strikes in Syria if they also made clear that we would “We have conducted a number President Barack Obama sitting target the Islamic State group, also have grave concerns should of strikes against ISIL targets down with Russia’s Vladimir Putin but Assad must step down. Russia strike areas where ISIL in Syria over the past 24 hours on Monday at the United Nations Kerry was addressing the and Al Qaeda affiliated targets including just an hour ago, and for 90 minutes of what both camps United Nations Security Council are not operating,” he said. these strikes will continue.” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) with Palestinian called “business-like” talks. hours after Russian jets hit targets “Strikes of that kind would AGENCIES President Mahmoud Abbas during the Annual UN General Assembly AFP in New York yesterday.

Lebanon arrests 40 Palestinians High rate of civilian deaths in Syria fuelling refugee crisis PARIS: A quarter of the more the corresponding figure was 16 “But our findings indicate that of various weapons on different specifies the combatant or civilian believed leaving than 200,000 civilians killed in percent. When it comes to cause for Syrian children these are the categories of civilians in Syria’s status of those killed as well as Syria’s conflict since 2011 have of death, however, the contrast is weapons most likely to cause civil war. the means of death. for Europe been women and children, and sharper. death.” “We found evidence that chil- The study examined the 78,769 the high rate of non-combatant Three-quarters of children This same pattern held during dren and women had higher odds deaths registered by the group. BEIRUT: Lebanese security deaths has likely fuelled the who died in parts of the country the nearly decade-long conflict in of death by explosive weapons The vast majority of these — forces arrested 40 Palestinians refugee crisis, a study released controlled by non-state armed Iraq. But child deaths from bomb- and chemical weaponry, relative 77,646 — occurred in non-govern- yesterday as they tried to leave yesterday said. groups were killed by shelling and ing and shelling during the 1991- to shootings and compared with ment-held areas. by boat from the northern city The proportion and cause of air bombardments, mostly from 95 war in Croatia were very rare, civilian men,” the researchers “Our study shows that civilians of Tripoli for a journey towards these civilian deaths differed in regime forces. the study said. wrote. become the main target of weap- Europe, the National News government-held and rebel areas, In government-held areas, no In Syria, it is not known to A UN report found that from ons and bear a disproportionate Agency said. said the study, published in the child deaths were due to air bom- what extent children have been March 2011 to April 2014, there share of the burden of bombings,” The group, which included British Medical Journal. bardment, with two-thirds of the deliberately targeted, or are “col- were 191,369 verifiable violent it said. men and women, was aiming to In zones governed by the fatalities caused by shelling alone. lateral damage”. deaths in Syria, combatants and “If we are looking for root reach Germany and had come regime of Syrian president “The government and rebel The study, led by Debarati civilians combined. causes of the migrant and refu- from the large, long-established Bashar Al Assad, 23 percent of factions in Syria typically claim Guha-Sapir, a professor of disas- Of the various statistical gee crises in Europe today, this is Ain Al Hilweh Palestinian refugee civilians who died were children. that the targets of their bombs ter epidemiology at the Universite sources — mostly NGOs and surely a major contributor,” the camp in Lebanon’s south, NNA In areas held by either the Islamic and shells are enemy combatant Catholique de Louvain in Brussels, monitoring groups — only one, the authors conclude. said. The boat’s owner was also State or other opposition groups, strongholds,” the study notes. is the first to analyse the impact Violations Documentation Centre, AFP detained. There was no immediate com- ment from Lebanese justice authorities, but it is an offence to enter Tripoli’s port area without a security clearance or ferry ticket. Kurds take ground from IS in Iraq In the past three months thou- sands of Syrian refugees from the neighbouring country’s civil war ERBIL: Kurdish forces said Kurdish counter-terrorism forces The Kurds took full control of have been leaving Tripoli on pas- they drove Islamic State out said in a statement they, along with Kirkuk last summer when Iraqi senger ferries towards Turkey with of several villages near the oil the peshmerga, had driven the mili- soldiers abandoned their bases the aim of reaching Europe, which city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq tants out of four villages southwest in and around the city as Islamic is struggling to cope with hundreds yeserday after US-led coalition of Kirkuk. State militants overran around of thousands of people fleeing the airstrikes targeted insurgent “At six in the morning, the a third of the country including Middle East, Asia and Africa. positions overnight. peshmerga and counter-terrorism Hawijah, around 55km to the west. Lebanon has taken in over 1 The assault, which began at dawn, forces began to advance as part of a Kurdish leaders say they will million Syrian refugees, one of is the latest of a number of offen- plan to clear several more villages never give up the ethnically mixed the highest number per capita in sives to consolidate Kurdish control from Daesh terrorists and advance city, which sits outside the formal the world, and has increasingly over Kirkuk and drive the militants to the vicinity of the Hawijah dis- boundary of their region on some become a transit point for Syrians away. It also brought the peshmerga, trict,” read the statement. of Iraq’s largest oil reserves, but trying to reach the European the military forces of Iraq’s auton- Daesh is a widely used Arabic to which they, as well as Turkmen Union via Turkey. Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters drive their military vehicle after capturing omous Kurdistan region, closer to name for the Islamic State group, and Arabs, lay claim. REUTERS several villages from Islamic State on the outskirts of Kirkuk yesterday. the insurgents’ bastion of Hawijah. also known as ISIL or ISIS. REUTERS Gulf states, G7 pledge $1.8bn for United Nations refugee aid

UNITED NATIONS: The G7 international aid organisations Separately at the United World War. Four million have fled because it was impossible to sus- needed and only a third of the group of leading economies, of the United Nations, especially Nations, Japan’s Prime Minister the war in Syria, with hundreds of tain their lives in their first coun- money requested for Syria. European countries and Gulf the UN refugee agency and the Shinzo Abe announced a $1.5bn thousands travelling to Europe to tries of asylum,” Guterres added. Steinmeier said international states pledged $1.8bn in funding World Food Program,” German commitment by Japan to help try to rebuild their lives. The UNHCR chief noted that aid organizations are “dramati- for UN aid agencies struggling Foreign Minister Frank-Walter counter the growing Middle East UN High Commissioner for “the generosity of the interna- cally underfunded” and are now with the worst refugee crisis in Steinmeier told reporters. refugee crisis. Refugees Antonio Guterres tional community has not dimin- “calling for aid themselves.” 70 years. The pledge was announced It would include $810m to assist thanked Germany and donor coun- ished” over the past few years, Germany committed ¤100m The commitment, which in after a meeting of foreign minis- refugees from and within Syria tries for stepping up with financial with donations actually on the ($113m) to UN agencies as part part reflects earlier pledges, came ters of the G7 — Britain, Canada, and Iraq — triple the amount contributions. “We were financially rise. “But unfortunately, the needs of the $1.8bn. after UN Secretary-General Ban France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Japan provided last year — and broke,” he said, adding that UN have increased in a much more The individual breakdown of Ki-moon told world leaders at the the United States — with their $750m for peace building in the agencies were unable to provide dramatic way,” he said. the sum was not immediately opening of the General Assembly counterparts from Austria, the Middle East and Africa. the “bare minimum” for refugees The United Nations is asking clear but Western sources said debate that UN humanitarian Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, The United Nations is strug- in countries neighboring Syria. for a record $20bn to meet this that the pledge reflects at least agencies were “broke.” Switzerland, Turkey, Kuwait, gling to help some 60 million people “This was one of the reasons year’s needs. UN appeals for Iraq, in part earlier commitments by “We have agreed to pro- Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the displaced by conflict, the highest why we were witnessing more and South Sudan and Yemen have the European Union and others. vide together $1.8bn for the United Arab Emirates. number since the end of the Second more refugees moving onwards received about half of the funds AFP THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Bangkok bomber confesses to his Tense calm returns to Bangui crime: Lawyer President makes an appeal for peace and urges citizens to return to their homes BANGKOK: The foreigner accused of planting a bomb at BANGUI: Peacekeepers and MINUSCA denied reports that a Bangkok shrine has admit- protesters yesterday removed its troops last Monday killed three ted involvement in the deadly barricades set up in the Central Two killed in Central African Republic clashes people and injured others after attack, his lawyer said yester- African Republic capital Bangui opening fire on a crowd of several day, reversing earlier denials of during a wave of violence that BANGUI: At least two peo- five-day outburst of fighting One of the dead was killed in hundred demonstrators heading a confession. killed at least 36 people and forced ple died in clashes between between UN peacekeepers and a mainly Muslim district and towards the presidency to demand The comments by lawyer 30,000 to flee. gangs and militias in Central Christian, Muslim and other the other in a clash near the Samba Panza’s resignation. Schoochart Kanpai confirmed Interim president Catherine African Republic’s capital, groups, the worst the city has airport, witnesses said, without UN spokesman Rupert Colville the Thai authorities’ version of Samba Panza was on her way home where peacekeepers and pres- seen this year. giving further details. Officials said in Geneva that some 500 pris- the complex investigation into the from the UN General Assembly sure from international lead- The fresh violence has raised say at least 39 people have died oners had escaped from Bangui’s August 17 blast which killed 20 after cutting short her visit to New ers have failed to halt more doubts about plans to hold elec- since last Saturday, but streets main prison last Monday night, people. York amid fears of a return to sec- than two years of violence, tions on October 18, meant to appeared calmer on yesterday. adding to the climate of insecurity. Earlier this week Schoochart tarian conflict. witnesses said. restore democracy in an impov- Mostly Muslim rebels, united The International Committee had questioned whether the man For the first time however since Mourners brought one of erished country at the heart under the umbrella group of the Red Cross said Tuesday it — whom police have named both the latest wave of unrest broke the bodies to Bangui’s main one of Africa’s most combusti- Seleka, seized power in the was “alarmed by the deteriorating as Bilal Mohammed and as Adem out at the weekend, looting abated morgue in a cart early yes- ble regions following a rebellion mostly Christian country in humanitarian situation in Bangui” Karadag — had confessed. overnight. Four petrol stations reo- terday, the latest victim in a and years of turmoil. 2013. REUTERS and had been unable to work in the The lawyer said his client pened, as did several shops. capital since Sunday. had previously insisted he was A tense calm returned after The UN humanitarian coor- not in the country on the day Samba Panza made an appeal for were killed and 27,400 fled their barricades on many of Bangui’s pitting Christians against Muslims. dinator in the country, Aurelien of the attack. But after meeting peace and urged citizens to return homes in just three days since main thoroughfares. Last Monday members of Agbenonci, strongly condemned his client yesterday, Schoochart to their homes in an address over the latest violence erupted last The inter-religious violence the feared “anti-balaka” (anti- attacks against aid organisa- reversed his position. national radio last Tuesday. Saturday, according to UN figures. raised fears of a return to the con- machete) Christian militia, which tions, adding: “All perpetrators “I met Adem this morning for UN peacekeepers and French The trigger was the murder of flict that erupted more than two sprang up in 2013 to fight the of crimes against humanitarians about an hour and he said he con- soldiers deployed in the country a motorcycle-taxi driver in central years ago in the landlocked, impov- Seleka rebels, had begun gather- will be held accountable.” fessed voluntarily to planting the since December 2013 began yes- Bangui’s Muslim-majority PK-5 erished country after president ing in Bangui. Looters targeted the offices of bomb,” the lawyer said. terday removing the barricades neighbourhood, angering Muslims Francois Bozize, a Christian, was Some 20,000 terrified residents the UN World Food Programme, It was not immediately clear blocking the roads around Bangui who carried out reprisals against ousted by mainly Muslim Seleka fled to camps by the airport, where French medical NGO Premiere if authorities were present dur- international airport, where some Christians in nearby districts using rebels, triggering the worst crisis French and UN peacekeepers from Urgence and the Dutch NGO ing the yesterday’s meeting. Last 20,000 people have taken refuge grenades and guns. Around 100 since independence in 1960. the 10,000-strong MINUSCA force Cordaid, police said, indicating Saturday police said they were near French and UN bases. people were wounded in the blood- Unlike other parts of the city, the are based. that they had repelled them in now convinced that Mohammed International and Central shed, prompting the government PK-5 and the eighth districts were One in 10 Central Africans — several places. was the same man seen in CCTV African troops patrolled the streets to impose a curfew on the capital. still very tense yesterday, residents 460,000 people — have sought ref- Presidential and legislative footage wearing a yellow T-shirt side by side, asking protesters to The murder also prompted wide- said. In 2013 and early last year, uge outside the country, mainly in elections are due by the end of and placing a backpack at the clear the roads. Fear still gripped spread protests against Samba the PK-5 area was the epicentre of Cameroon, Chad, DR Congo and the year, but have already been Erawan shrine moments before the streets after at least 36 people Panza, with activists setting up an unprecedented wave of violence Congo, since 2013. pushed back several times. AFP the explosion. AFP

Anti-corruption march Buhari to take charge as oil minister Burkina army LAGOS: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was yester- day expected to finally nominate his cabinet, after announcing hunts for last he intended to take personal charge of the country’s crucial oil portfolio. putschists The long-awaited list was due to be submitted to parliament for approval, four months after he took office vowing to tackle endemic OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina corruption in Africa’s most populous nation. troops were yesterday hunting Last Tuesday evening, Buhari said in New York, where he has the remaining guards behind a been attending the UN General Assembly, that he would appoint coup a day after storming their himself minister of petroleum resources. barracks as the EU hailed the A junior minister will oversee the day-to-day affairs in the sector, end of the unrest and urged which provides the majority of government revenue, his spokesman speedy elections. Femi Adesina confirmed. Last Tuesday night’s raid saw Buhari, 72, has made stopping the rot in the oil sector a priority, as troops in the capital Ouagadougou he seeks to cut graft and put the country’s crippled, crude-dependent firing heavy weaponry at the bar- finances on a firmer footing. racks of the elite presidential Buhari has prior experience of dealing with the oil industry. In guard (RSP) who staged an abor- 1977, he was oil minister under General Olusegun Obasanjo and tive coup on September 17. helped establish the NNPC. He was later in charge of the Petroleum Although the unit formally Trust Fund during the time of General Sani Abacha in the 1990s. abandoned their coup efforts last week, allowing the interim leader- Suspected Islamist rebel appears at ICC ship to resume office, they refused to disarm under the terms of a AMSTERDAM: A suspected Islamist rebel accused of destroy- peace deal, creating fresh tension ing ancient monuments in Mali’s Timbuktu appeared before the with the military which came to International Criminal Court yesterday, the first person to face a head last Tuesday. It was still charges for damaging mankind’s cultural heritage at the court. unclear if anyone had been killed Julius Malema (centre), leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters party takes part in an anti-corruption march The ICC has been examining events in Mali since 2012, when or wounded in the assault. against the Government, in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday. According to reports, members of some 29 civil Islamist Tuareg rebels seized large parts of the country’s north and AFP organisations and eight unions marched through the streets of South Africa’s capital to hand over a memo- imposed strict Muslim religious law. They began desecrating ancient randum to Government officials. shrines, mosques and monuments in Timbuktu, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. French and Malian troops pushed them back the following year. Prosecutors say that Malian citizen Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi led an Islamist morality squad called al-Hesbah, which helped execute the decisions of the Islamic court of Timbuktu. They accuse him N Korea threatens to scrap family reunion also of belonging to Ansar Dine, an ally of Al Qaeda in the Maghreb (AQIM). SEOUL: North Korea has she urged the international authorities’ reckless confronta- limited number can be chosen threatened to cancel a reun- community to join in pushing tion row, not only North-South each time. Brother of disgraced ex-officer sacked ion for families separated by Pyongyang down a different path. relations but the reunion of sepa- Pyongyang has a lengthy the Korean War, after “reck- She also called on Pyongyang to rated families ... has been put at track record of manipulating the BEIJING: A younger brother of a disgraced former senior less” remarks by South Korean improve its human rights record serious peril,” the spokesman said. divided families’ issue for political Chinese military officer, who has been accused of corruption, has President Park Geun-Hye on in the wake of a report by a UN “The event may prove com- purposes, refusing proposals for been sacked from his position as a senior provincial official, state Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons Commission of Inquiry which pletely abortive,” he added. regular reunions and cancelling media said yesterday. programme and human rights concluded that North Korea Millions of people were sepa- scheduled events over some per- Guo Boquan has been removed as head of the civil affairs depart- record. was committing rights violations rated during the 1950-53 Korean ceived slight. ment of the northwestern province of Shaanxi, the official Xinhua Scrapping the October 20-26 “without parallel in the contem- conflict that sealed the division There has been widespread news agency said, without providing any details. event would effectively tear up porary world”. between the two Koreas. speculation that the North is Chinese media reports have identified him as a younger brother an agreement the two Koreas A statement issued last Most died without having a planning a satellite rocket launch of Guo Boxiong, who was a vice chairman of the powerful Central reached in August to de-escalate Tuesday by a spokesman from chance to see or hear from their to mark the 70th anniversary of Military Commission until he retired in 2012. Guo Boxiong was tensions that had pushed them to the North’s Committee for the families on the other side of the the ruling Workers’ Party on accused of bribery and abuse of power in July. the brink of armed conflict. Peaceful Reunification of Korea border, across which all civilian October 10. It was not possible to reach Guo Boquan for comment, and it was Addressing the UN General (CPRK) said Park’s comments communication is banned. The reunion programme began not clear if he was being accused of any wrongdoing. Assembly in New York last were “utterly bereft of reason” About 66,000 South Koreans, in earnest after a historic North- Guo Boxiong’s son, Major General Guo Zhenggang, was put under Monday, Park said the North’s and proved she was “hell-bent” many of them in their 80s or South summit in 2000, and was his own graft investigation in early March. pursuit of a nuclear deterrent on confrontation. 90s, are on the waiting list for an initially an annual event. No family members have been given an opportunity to defend constituted a global threat and “Due to the south Korean eventual reunion, but only a very AFP themselves in public and it was not clear if any had lawyers. China arrests two Japanese for spying

BEIJING: China has arrested two Japanese for spying, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday, and Japan said the two had Multiple letter bombs been held since May and diplomats were doing all they could to help. Japan’s Asahi newspaper said the two men were from the private sector. One was taken into custody in China’s northeast province of claim six lives in China Liaoning near the border with North Korea and the other in the BEIJING: Six people were killed Nanguo Morning News, a local eastern province of Zhejiang near a military facility, the paper said. yesterday when 15 letter bombs newspaper, cited police as saying. The newspaper added China appeared to be looking into whether exploded in southern China, They included a prison, a govern- the men were acting under instructions from the Japanese state media reported, with blasts ment office and a shopping centre, government. reported in more than 10 loca- it said. State broadcaster CCTV Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a daily news tions including government cited a local police chief as saying briefing that “relevant authorities” had arrested the two “in accord- offices. the blasts were caused by several ance with the law for engaging in espionage activities in China”. Dozens more were injured by different explosive devices, adding Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed that the explosives apparently placed that “the case is understood to be a two Japanese had been in custody since May, but declined to give in express delivery packages, the criminal one”. The blasts occurred any further details. official Xinhua news agency said at the seat of Liucheng county and “Diplomats are taking all appropriate steps and providing all pos- of the blasts on the eve of China’s the surrounding areas, Xinhua said. sible assistance,” he said, declining to give any details. national day holiday. Pictures online showed a build- Asked about reports that a third was being held, he said the A building damaged in explosions that hit Liucheng county, Guangxi Zhuang The explosions occurred in at ing half-collapsed. Witnesses also government was only aware of two. least 13 locations in a rural county saw damaged vehicles on the road, AGENCIES Autonomous Region, yesterday. in China’s Guangxi region, the Xinhua said. AFP THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PAKISTAN

Myanmar truce Nepal accuses India of supply blockage talks likely to fall Scores of Indian trucks stranded at key border checkpost for the past week short of its goals YANGON: A ceasefire agree- KATHMANDU: A Nepali Kathmandu’s handling of the con- As oil and other trucks remain ment soon to be signed by lawmaker, tipped to be the stitution, has denied being behind stranded at the key import hub, Myanmar’s armed rebel groups next prime minister, yester- the blockade and urged dialogue officials say cargo movement and the government is likely to day accused neighbouring giant with the protesters to end the through other border checkpoints fall short of its goals and will India of deliberately blocking stand-off. has also declined sharply since exclude a major group, offi- vital supplies into the land- Nepal, which imports all its fuel last week. cials involved in the talks said locked country, as the govern- from India, announced a three- With anger mounting against yesterday. ment announced fresh fuel day ban on buying fuel for private New Delhi, Nepal’s cable opera- President Thein Sein has restrictions. vehicles from today, as the coun- tors said last Tuesday they were made a wide-ranging peace Scores of Indian trucks have try faces a looming shortage and suspending Indian television deal a top priority, and the fail- been stranded at a key border consumers keep up long queues at channels. ure to bring more armed eth- checkpost for almost a week, halt- petrol stations. The new constitution, nic groups together is a blow to ing fuel and other supplies, follow- Nepal began rationing supplies Nepal’s first to be drawn up the ruling Union Solidarity and ing protests by ethnic minorities nationwide last Monday, while by elected representatives, Development Party ahead of a over the Himalayan nation’s new drivers have only been allowed on is the final stage in a peace November 8 general election. constitution. the roads on alternate days since process that began when Maoist One group which has contin- K P Oli, chief of the rul- last Sunday. rebels laid down their arms ued to hold out is the Kachin ing UML party, said the Indian “There is no gas, no vegetable in 2006 after a decade-long Independence Organisation, government, rather than pro- supplies, no fuel for vehicles, no insurgency. which controls vast areas of testers on the border, was fuel for airlines, and life is about Work on the new constitu- Kachin State. responsible for the blockade, in an frozen,” Oli said. People in Nepal take part in a protest as they chant anti-India slogans near tion began in 2008 after the As recently as this week its unofficial protest against Nepal’s “We don’t want this type of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, yesterday. Maoists won parliamentary armed wing clashed with gov- adoption of the constitution on friendship.” elections and abolished the ernment troops in the north- September 20. “India should not violate ethnic minorities who say a new India. Oli is seen as the top can- monarchy. But power-shar- east. Peace talks have dragged “India is saying those peo- the treaties and agreements federal structure laid out in the didate when parliament votes on ing squabbles between parties on for over two years. The latest ple (protesters) are in no man’s between our two countries, constitution will leave them a new prime minister to head stymied progress. round of negotiations, among 19 land, they are blocking the roads one. Second, India shouldn’t under-represented in the national the government in coming weeks Lawmakers finally reached groups, was held in Chiang Mai so (Indian trucks) are not being undermine and violate the parliament. in the wake of the constitution’s agreement in June this year, in Thailand and ended yesterday. able to supply, that’s not true,” Oli international norms and rights New Delhi, fearing instabil- adoption. spurred by a massive earth- Min Zaw Oo said he expected said in an interview. of the landlocked countries ity on the border, has criticised His comments signify a quake two months earlier that between seven and nine groups Public anger is mounting over in general.” Nepal for rushing the constitu- stronger stand against India killed nearly 8,900 people to sign a ceasefire agreement fol- New Delhi’s perceived meddling More than 40 people have been tion rather than resolving the which has traditionally exerted and left half a million people lowing another meeting between in Nepal’s internal affairs. killed in clashes between police concerns of the minorities, many significant political influence in homeless. parties on Saturday in Yangon. India, which has criticised and protesters representing of whom have relatives living in Nepal. AFP REUTERS Singapore detains two for plan to join IS US-led forces battle Taliban in Kunduz city

SINGAPORE: Singapore has detained two men who the gov- KABUL: Special forces from hours of yesterday. The heavily ernment said yesterday were planning to travel to Syria to join the US-led military coalition in armed troops, wearing night- the Islamic State group (IS). Afghanistan battled insurgents vision goggles, left the airport Mohamed Shamin bin Mohamed Sidek, 29, and Muhammad yesterday near the northern and killed the assailants before Harith Jailani, 18, were detained in August under an internal secu- city of Kunduz that was cap- returning, added the official, who rity law, which allows for detention without trial, the Ministry of tured by the Taliban this week, spoke on condition of anonymity. Home Affairs said. a coalition spokesman and An undisclosed number of The two were radicalised online by accessing propaganda material Afghan official said. coalition troops were dispatched from IS, the ministry said in a statement. It was the first report of on- to Kunduz this week to support Shamin was initially jailed for three months in May for “inciting the-ground clashes between the Afghan army and police who religious violence” through his pro-IS postings on social media, the Taliban militants and foreign have failed so far to retake the ministry said. troops supporting their Afghan city from the Taliban. He was rearrested under the Internal Security Act after he con- allies during three days of some- “They are in a non-combat tinued to express support for the terror group while in prison, and times heavy fighting for control role. That said, they also main- investigations showed he planned to travel to Syria once he had of the strategic city of 300,000. tain the right to defend,” Tribus raised enough money to fund the trip. Kunduz is the first provincial said of the coalition forces. “He had also decided that if he was unable to join ISIS, he would capital to fall to the Taliban since NATO had more than 100,000 consider fighting alongside a regional militant group that he consid- the hardline Islamist movement troops in Afghanistan at its peak, ered to be aligned with ISIS,” the ministry said, referring to another was toppled from power in 2001. Members of Afghan security services and National Army secure a road but most had withdrawn by the name used for the group. The swift re-taking of the city leading to the Baghlan-Kunduz provincial border, yesterday. end of 2014 and the far smaller promised by President Ashraf mission now is designed to “train, Life term for two for assassination plot Ghani has failed to materialise, two days of fighting. overnight, including the troops’ assist and advise” local forces. as Taliban fighters dig into posi- To the south, in neighbour- nationalities. Despite assurances by the COLOMBO: Two people were yesterday sentenced to life long tions around the city and mine ing Baghlan province, a group “Coalition special forces advis- Afghan government that progress prison terms by a Sri Lankan court for an assassination bid on roads to prevent reinforcements of 800 Afghan troops on its way ers, while advising and assisting was being made in Kunduz, the former President Chandrika Kumaratunga. from reaching weary Afghan to reinforce Kunduz repelled a elements of the Afghan Security lack of reinforcements and the Velayuthan Vartharajah was sentenced to 290 years’ imprison- forces. Taliban ambush and was waiting Forces, encountered an insur- Taliban’s aggressive tactics point ment, to be served in 30 years, and Chandra Ragupathi was sen- In a major setback, nearly for bomb squads to clear the road gent threat in the vicinity of the to a potentially long and bloody tenced to 300 years’ imprisonment, to be served in 30 years, by the 200 Afghan security personnel into the city, said Afghan army Kunduz airport at approximately fight. Colombo high court. abandoned Bala Hissar hill, a key officer Sayed Ahmad Mujahid. 1am, 30 September,” Tribus said. Wahidullah Maya, a spokesman A third accused, Vasanthi Ragupathi, was acquitted. The two outpost in Kunduz that overlooks They had only advanced about He confirmed special forces for the Public Health Ministry, attempted to kill Kumaratunga in 1999. They were also found guilty the city’s main roads, after run- one kilometre during the day, he fought the insurgents, but said on Twitter that 30 people for the bomb explosion that claimed the lives of 26 people. The blast ning out of ammunition and food added. added: “This was done out of had been killed and more than left 26 people dead while Kumaratunga sustained injuries on her supplies, said an Afghan security At least three US air strikes self-defence. When they encoun- 200 injured in Kunduz fighting. eye and face. official. have also targeted Taliban posi- tered the threat, they defended “Around 90 percent of them Troops fled the strategic tions near the city. themselves.” are civilians,” he said. Seven Indian fishermen held in Lanka position in pick-up trucks and Coalition spokesman Col. A senior Afghan security offi- Many civilians fled during Humvees. Dozens headed for Brian Tribus gave few details cial said about 100 members the surprise attack early on last COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Navy has assisted its Coast Guard to shelter at Kunduz airport, where about the foreign troops’ of US special forces fought off Monday, but thousands remain arrest seven Indian fishermen in the seas of Baththalangunduwa thousands of police and soldiers engagement with insurgents Taliban attackers threatening to trapped. in Kalpitiya. have already retreated in the last while supporting Afghan forces breach the airport in the early REUTERS More than 500 kg fish catch and three GPS instruments were seized from the arrested fishermen last Monday, the Colombo Page reported. The detained fishermen will be handed over to the department of Farewell ceremony fisheries and aquatic resources for further investigations, the navy said. The navy last week arrested 21 fishermen from Tamil Nadu UN urges Lanka to probe for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters. Singapore population rises 1.2 percent secret jails, lost people SINGAPORE: Singapore’s population rose 1.2 percent year-on- year to 5.54 million as of June 2015, the National Population and GENEVA: Sri Lanka must of detainees still held under the Talent Division (NPTD) said yesterday. investigate reports of secret Prevention of Terrorism Act, Total population growth in 2015 was the slowest in more than places of detention and set up Zeid said, citing credible reports a decade, non-resident growth has also been falling since 2012, a “credible and independent” from activists that 19 people have Xinhua news agency quoted “Population Trends, 2015” by NPTD body to clarify the fate of peo- been arrested this year and some report. ple missing since the long war have been tortured. Surveillance The number of citizens rose to 3.38 million, through births and that ended in 2009, the United and interference continue in the immigration, while the number of permanent residents remained Nations said yesterday. mainly Tamil areas in the north stable at 0.53 million, the report showed. Some Tamils allege that the and east, “including harassment The report is the 11th edition of an annual series that puts military maintains detention cen- and intimidation by military and together different aspects of demographic statistics in one volume, tres and tortures former Tamil intelligence services”, he said, which comprises five sections, namely, population, households rebels who surrendered after calling for fundamental reform and housing, family formation and dissolution, fertility as well Servicemen attend a farewell ceremony at the Vaziani military base defeat. The military rejects the of the security sector. as mortality. outside Tbilis, yesterday. Georgian soldiers are leaving for Afghanistan charge. Tamils who went missing He was addressing the UN AGENCIES to take part in the Nato-led Resolute Support mission. in the war’s final phase are alleged Human Rights Council in Geneva to range from many thousands to by videolink from New York a day a few hundred. before the 47 member state forum “Reports have continued to is expected to adopt a resolution. Indonesia probes attack on Rohingya women suggest the existence of secret Reformist President and unacknowledged places of Maithripala Sirisena has pledged detention. These require urgent to pursue perpetrators and in BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA: Indonesian languishing in the camp since they came It was not clear where they were going, investigation,” Zeid Ra’ad al-Hus- an address to the UN General police were yesterday investigating claims ashore in May. but many who leave the camp head for sein, UN High Commissioner for Assembly in New York. that several Rohingya women were sexually They arrived during a regional migrant neighbouring, more affluent Malaysia, the Human Rights, said in a speech. A judicial process with teeth assaulted by local men outside a camp hous- crisis sparked by a crackdown on long-estab- favoured destination for many of the region’s The presidential commission would hold out a realistic pros- ing members of the Myanmar minority who lished human-trafficking routes. migrants. to investigate missing persons pect of punishment for senior had arrived as migrants by boat. Four Rohingya women, aged from 14 to 28, Rumours of the alleged attack spread should be “disbanded and its figures in ex-president Mahinda The probe came a day after anger at the said they were attacked by a group of men on around the camp the following day, prompt- pending cases transferred to a Rajapaksa’s government and alleged attack sparked a mass walkout. Monday evening shortly after sneaking away ing a mass walkout by hundreds of refugees, credible and independent insti- military, as well as Tamil Tiger Hundreds of Rohingya, a Muslim group from the camp, in Blang Ado, western Aceh many taking their few possessions with them, tution”, he said. rebels, who waged a bitter battle which has long suffered persecution in province, with three children and two men, according to police. The government has yet to in which up to 40,000 people were Buddhist majority Myanmar, have been police said. AGENCIES clarify the number and identity killed. REUTERS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 ASIA / INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ‘Make full use of Iranian deal’ Fading colour Pranab says future dependence on imported energy is a stark reality

CHANDIGARH: President energy supplies and its collateral “Our approach to both the size and scale to pull the entire Pranab Mukherjee yesterday geo-strategic benefits. regions has been to build bridges subcontinent along on the path to said India needs to make full use “The Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) of friendship and cooperation, growth and development,” he said. of the opportunities offered by gas pipeline can also be revived establish greater physical and “All this has yielded posi- the recent Iranian nuclear deal, since Iran has already built the people-to-people connectivity tive results. The resolution of including pursuing the TAPI section of the pipeline in its ter- and foster closer integration for the decades-old Land Boundary pipeline project and reviving ritory. Such energy projects could overall progress and well-being,” Agreement and settling the mari- the Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) also prove to be game chang- he said. time boundary with Bangladesh, gas pipeline. ers for geo-strategic stability,” “South Asian neighbours are supply of water to the Maldives “We need to make full use Mukherjee pointed out. clearly our highest priority in suffering from breakdown of of the opportunities offered by “While India enjoys goodwill keeping with our neighbourhood water supply system, India’s the recent Iranian nuclear deal and a cultural connect with the first policy. Our approach to immediate assistance to Nepal which opens the possibility of Central Asian nations, the lack South Asia has always been one after the devastating earthquake, establishing connectivity with of physical connectivity so far has of seeking shared prosperity and continuing its close cooperation the region through the develop- hindered the realisation of full security. with Bhutan, and pursuing proac- ment of Chahbahar Port in Iran,” potential of trade and economic “Our South Asian neighbours tive cooperation with the new Mukherjee said after inaugurat- cooperation with the region,” he are our most indispensable part- government in Sri Lanka have ing the concluding conference of said. ners. However, it is also a fact all signalled India’s willingness a programme on “Cooperative While admitting that regional that the region remains amongst to pursue this strategy. Development, Peace and Security integration had eluded countries the least integrated and devel- “With Pakistan, our efforts in South and Central Asia”, in South Asia and the goals of oped. Clearly, there is need for have not yielded the desired organised by the Centre for Rural SAARC had been undermined, greater effort and energy to meet progress for reasons that are and Industrial Development here. Mukherjee said, “This approach our many shared challenges,” he known to all of you,” he said. “This also opens up the pos- of foreign policy for economic pointed out. “The South Asian landscape sibility of implementing the progress and development is Commending the Narendra and its geo-politics present its International North South nowhere more relevant than in Modi government for trying to own set of challenges. Despite geo- Corridor for a competitive and our South Asian neighbourhood foster closer ties with neigh- graphical contiguity, the promise quick route to Eurasia for India. and the extended neighbourhood, bouring countries in South Asia of regional integration has eluded “India’s future dependence on including Central Asia. by inviting leaders for the swear- us and undermined the goals of imported energy, mainly oil and “Both South and Central Asia ing-in ceremony in May 2014, SAARC, solemnly adopted at gas, is a stark reality that will also face enormous challenges with Mukherjee said the government summit-level meetings. require creative and diversifying regard to development as well had “articulated a desire to pur- “Hence, we must push ahead sources of supply. as security. These range from sue a policy of three Cs — greater with sub-regional coopera- “The Central Asian States have ensuring economic growth and connectivity, closer cooperation tion such as through the BBIN considerable surplus and the TAPI stability to dealing with transna- and broader contacts to promote Growth Quadrangle and pursue Tourists visit the Taj Mahal in Agra, yesterday. The iconic Taj Mahal will (Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- tional security threats such as the closer ties in the region”. its bilateral ties with like-minded need nine years of mud packs to remove yellow stains from its white Pakistan-India) pipeline project is scourge of drug-trafficking and “It has conveyed a clear mes- countries in the region,” he said. marble walls caused by air pollution. worth pursuing both for sourcing terrorism. sage that India wishes to use its IANS

CBI official held in graft case

NEW DELHI: A 32-year-old Central Bureau of Investigation Stop ending lives, CM’s appeal to farmers (CBI) official has been arrested for taking a bribe of `1lakh from a cloth merchant here, police said yesterday. HYDERABAD: Telangana `9,000cr required for waiver of the loan waiver scheme in install- sector. Reiterating his vision to Amit Prakash, who was deputed in the CBI in 2012 as a sub- Chief Minister K farm loans. He said that ful- ments and blamed it for increase turn Telangana into ‘seed bowl of inspector, was arrested from Uttam Nagar in west Delhi last Chandrasekhar Rao yesterday filling its election promise, the in farmers’ suicides. the world’, he assured the assem- Tuesday. assured farmers that his gov- Telangana Rashtra Samithi It demanded that the remain- bly that his government will take Police said Prakash was held for extorting money from cloth ernment will stand by them, (TRS) government has already ing amount be released at once all steps in this regard. merchant Ashok Kumar. and appealed to them not to released `8,000cr to waive loans to provide some relief to farmers. He said 364 seed companies “We arrested Amit Prakash red handed on a tip-off,” said a police commit suicides. of 36 lakh farmers. Stating that farmers’ sui- based in and around Hyderabad officer. A CBI official said that the sub-inspector has been suspended Replying to the two-day debate The chief minister said the cides was not a problem of only will adopt a ‘mandal’ each for the and an internal inquiry has been ordered against him. in the state assembly on farmers’ state has to get `3,000cr from Telangana, KCR said it was a seed production. suicides, the chief minister said the 14th Finance Commission nationwide problem, and the He cited lack of irrigation NIA arrests top NDFB-S leader his government was evolving a with expected increase of Fiscal neighbouring states recorded facility, depleting ground water, strategy to solve the problems Responsibility and Budget more suicides than Telangana. deforestation, poor rainfall and NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has faced by farmers. Management (FRBM) limit. While appealing to farmers lack of research in agriculture arrested a top leader of the Songbijit faction of the National He listed out some steps taken The state government hopes to not to end their lives, KCR said as other reasons for farmers’ Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) from Guwahati. Amal in the last 16 months and also mobilise another `3,000cr from Telangana state was not achieved suicides. Mushahary, a resident of Kokrajhar in Assam, was arrested last revealed what he proposed to do sale of government land. He said for farmers to commit suicides. An agricultural officer will be Monday. in the coming days. another `4,500cr was expected as He blamed the neglect and appointed for every 5,000 acres. Mushahary is the finance member of the NDFB-S and also the KCR, as the chief minister is tax arrears. injustice suffered by Telangana He told the house that the agri- personal secretary of the outfit’s commander-in-chief G Bidai, popularly known, said his gov- The opposition criticised the in the undivided Andhra Pradesh culture department has 5,000 the mastermind of the December 2014 massacre in which ernment would mobilise another government for implementing for the crisis in the agriculture vacancies. IANS 76 adivasis were gunned down at five places in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts. “Mushahary’s arrest was shown when he was brought before a Special NIA Court in Guwahati...,” said a NIA official. Mushahary Patel’s press briefing has been taken into police custody for five days, the officer said. AP mulls crowd-funding for new capital SC to hear plea over

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government plans to launch a crowd-funding initiative for development of new state J&K beef row order capital Amaravati. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the unique initiative NEW DELHI: The Supreme the high court. The state govern- while laying the foundation stone for the new capital on October 22. Court will hear on October ment yesterday urged the apex Under the initiative, there will be a digital brick on which people 5 a plea by the Jammu and court to either constitute a bench can have their names engraved and make a contribution to the new Kashmir government seeking of the high court to hear the two capital from any place in the world. its intervention on the conflict- matters or transfer to itself the Presiding over a meeting in Vijayawada on the arrangements for ing orders passed by state high matters and decide them. the foundation stone laying ceremony, Chief Minister N Chandrababu court benches on pleas seeking The Jammu bench by its Naidu discussed the proposed initiative with the officials. prohibition on the slaughter September 8 order asked the “This will bring a sense of ownership of the capital,” the chief and sale of beef in the state and director general of police to minister said. another challenging it. enforce the provisions of the As many people from across the state will be willing to attend An apex court bench of Chief Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) which the event, the chief minister asked officials to expand the capacity Justice H L Dattu and Justice prohibits voluntary slaughter and of the event to over one lakh people. Arun Mishra agreed to hear the sale of bovine animals. The event will also have a special performance called “Raithu matter after counsel Amarendra The Srinagar bench by its Vandanam”, thanking farmers for their contribution to the capital. Convenor of the 'Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti' movement, Hardik Sharan mentioned the state gov- September 16 order issued notice Naidu also asked officials to ensure that all the pots in which Patel looks on ahead of the start of a press conference in New Delhi, ernment plea seeking the court’s to the state government on the the soil from 16,000 villages will be brought are placed properly to yesterday. Patel led recent protests in Gujarat demanding preferential intervention in the wake of the plea challenging the vires of the retain the holiness. treatment regarding jobs and university places for the Patidar caste. conflicting orders by the Jammu RPC provision. He suggested that the capital should reflect the 'blue and green' bench and the Kashmir bench of IANS theme, indicating water and greenery. “The people's capital will be a symbol of sustainability and simul- taneously reflect the historic roots to Buddhism,” he said. Convicted for graft, IRS official gets bail Pakistani gets life sentence

NEW DELHI: An Indian Revenue Services (IRS) official posted at the Indian High Commission in Tanzania was yesterday sen- in 1995 Jammu blasts tenced to two-and-a-half years in jail by a special court here for misappropriation of visa fees. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yes- Awarding him imprisonment for life, the The court, however, granted him bail pending his appeal in the terday sentenced Pakistani national court yesterday said, “We have reversed the Delhi High Court. Ghulam Nabi Guide to life in prison for acquittal (by the TADA court). Apart from Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Rakesh Syal engineering three bomb blasts on January confession (by Ghulam Nabi), there is noth- sentenced Rajeshwar Singhal in a forgery-cum-corruption case. 26, 1995, at the Maulana Azad Memorial ing (by way of evidence). We can’t give him The court also slapped a fine of `4lakh on Singhal, who was posted Stadium in Jammu in which eight people maximum or consecutive sentence. We can’t as the first secretary in the high commission in Dar es Salaam in were killed and 18 seriously injured. give less than that sentence.” Tanzania from 1997 to 2000. The bench of Justice A K Sikri and Justice The court also declined the CBI plea to He was convicted by the court last week under various charges U U Lalit pronounced the sentence after award him three life imprisonments as he dealing with criminal breach of trust, forgery of the Indian Penal holding Ghulam Nabi guilty. He was person- was convicted under three different provi- Code and criminal misconduct under the provisions of the Prevention ally present yesterday in pursuance to the sions of law, and that the sentences should of Corruption Act. court’s July 1, 2015, direction. run consecutively. However, the court granted him bail after he said he will file an The court by its July 1 judgment had set Earlier, counsel Dushyant Parashar, appeal before the Delhi High Court. aside the March 2, 2009, TADA court verdict appearing for Ghulam Nabi, urged the apex Singhal prayed that the sentence be suspended and he be released in which Ghulam Nabi was acquitted of the court to take a lenient view in awarding on bail till filing of the appeal. charges of terror along with Indian national sentence as the man was 76 years old and The agency alleged that during his posting at Dar es Salaam, Wasim Ahmed Malik. was suffering from various ailments. The Singhal issued visas to applicants by falsifying the receipts of vari- The apex court, while reversing the TADA court was told that Ghulam Nabi, who was ous categories. IANS court verdict, convicted Ghulam Nabi but arrested on October 25, 1995, has been in confirmed Malik’s acquittal. continuous incarceration till date. IANS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA

Kejriwal, Mamata Death for five in Mumbai blasts case share Delhi Life sentence for seven; Relatives of convicts to challenge the verdict in Bombay High Court stage ahead of

MUMBAI: A special court yes- and on the run. They include Arguing for stringent punish- Bihar elections terday awarded death penalty 13 Pakistani nationals. Stunned ment to all the convicts, Thakre NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief to five people and life in prison by the punishment, relatives of said the evening peak hour tim- Minister Arvind Kejriwal and to seven others, all convicted for the convicts who were awarded ings chosen and the targets his West Bengal counterpart the July 11, 2006, serial blasts death sentence, said they would (packed suburban trains) on Mamata Banerjee shared a stage on Mumbai’s suburban trains challenge the court verdict in the the Churchgate-Virar section here in a declaration of sorts of which killed 189 people, in one Bombay High Court. showed their extreme mental- a joint front of non-NDA state of the worst attacks on the Special Judge Shinde found ity as it would inflict maximum governments. The message was city’s crowded public transport that M Faisal Attaur Rehman casualties. clear — disenchantment with system. Shaikh, who was awarded death The trial continued for eight the Narendra Modi-led central On September 11, Special penalty, went to Pakistan twice years in which the prosecution government. Maharashtra Control of for training. examined 192 witnesses, including Both chief ministers said this Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) He also sent youth to Pakistan policemen, civil servants, medicos, meeting was just the beginning of Judge Y D Shinde found all the for training, harboured Pakistanis officials of various government putting in motion the implemen- 12 people guilty of their role at his home, and received money departments, commuters, survi- tation of a federal structure that in serial blasts in the subur- by the hawala route. vors and a person summoned as was being impinged upon by the ban trains, which also injured Similarly, Kamal A Ansari a court witness, with their depo- central government. 817 commuters rushing home was also trained in Pakistan, sition running into over 5,500 “Declaring (state government) during the peak hours that rainy transported Pakistanis from pages. orders null and void is not good... evening. the Nepal border to Mumbai, Starting at 6.23pm, the seven What is happening in Delhi and Those awarded the death pen- procured explosive material powerful RDX-laden bombs other states is not co-operative alty were Kamal A Ansari, 37; and planted the bomb which ripped off trains at Matunga federalism. It is a danger,” said Ehtesham K Siddiqui, 30; Faisal exploded in the suburban train Road, Mahim, Bandra, Khar Banerjee, while addressing the Attaur Rehman Sheikh, 36; Asif at Matunga. Road, Jogeshwari, Borivali and gathering at a city hotel, in an Khan alias Junaid, 38; Naved Naved Hussain Khan surveyed Mira Road stations spanning obvious reference to the ongoing Hussain Khan, 30. the trains, transported a bomb Mumbai and Thane districts. Lieutenant Governor-CM spat in The seven who were awarded from Govandi to Bandra, planted The explosions, using around Delhi. life term in jail were medico one bomb on the train which 15-20 kg of RDX, were so power- Speaking about her own state, Tanvir A Ansari, 37; Mohammed exploded at Khar station. ful that they blew off the double- Banerjee said decisions were Sajid Ansari, 34; Sheikh Asif Khan alias Junaid pro- layered steel roofs and walls of the being taken by the West Bengal Mohammed Ali Alam Sheikh, cured the explosive material used seven train compartments. governor, without informing her. 40; Mohammed Majid Shafi, 30; to make the bomb, and planted The Anti-Terrorism Squad “Security forces were requested Muzammil Sheikh, 27; Soheil one which exploded in the train had claimed that the suspects by the governor from centre Mohammed Sheikh, 43; and at Borivali. Police officers escort one of the accused at Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, belong to Pakistan’s Inter- ahead of the West Bengal munic- Zamir Ahmed Sheikh, 36. Ehtesham K Siddiqui, the yesterday. Services Intelligence (ISI), LeT ipality elections, and I was not During the prolonged Maharashtra joint secretary of and the banned Students Islamic even told. Thanks to ministry of arguments of nearly three banned orgainsation SIMI, rec- and then back to Bangladesh Ehteshan Siddiqui, Asif Khan Movement of India (SIMI). home affairs that informed me weeks on the quantum of sen- ced local trains, transported after the terror blasts. alias Junaid, and Naved Hussain The trial started in June 2007, about the move. This is an exam- tence, Special Public Prosecutor Pakistanis to Mumbra in Thane Mohammed Sajid Ansari pro- Khan. but was stayed in February 2008 ple of running a parallel govern- Raja Thakre demanded death district, was present when the vided the electrical circuits for He sought life terms for after one of the 13 accused, Kamal ment which is not co-operative penalty for eight of the 12 con- bombs were made at a house in the bombs which went off with Mohammed Majid Shafi, Ansari, challenged the phrase federalism,” Banerjee asserted. victs, terming them “merchants Govandi, and planted the bomb precision at the intended targets Muzammil Sheikh, Soheil ‘promoting insurgency’ in defining Banerjee said, “You can expect of death”. which exploded in the train at that evening. Mohammed Sheikh, Zamir organised crime in the MCOCA as something good to come out of A teacher, Abdul Wahid Mira Road. Earlier, during the arguments, Ahmed Sheikh, arguing that “unconstitutional”. this (meeting). We all will meet Sheikh, was the lone accused who Five among the seven con- Thakre had demanded death pen- they were guilty of offences which In April 2010, the Supreme again very soon.” was acquitted in the case, while victs awarded life sentence alty for eight convicts — Kamal A attract multiple life imprison- Court dismissed his petition, Kejriwal pointed to the 30 another prime accused, Azam were trained in Pakistan, while Ansari, medico Tanvir A Ansari, ments, so they should be sen- which paved the way for the trial orders of the Delhi govern- Chima, alleged to be linked with Mohammed Majid Shafi helped Mohammed Sajid Ansari, Sheikh tenced to life till the end of the to resume and complete this ment declared “null and void” the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), is transport Pakistanis from Mohammed Ali Alam Sheikh, lives in jail, or not less than 60 month. by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb among the 17 who are missing Bangladesh border to Mumbai Mohammed Faisal Sheikh, years. IANS Jung. IANS

`1m ex-gratia for lynched man’s family

GREATER NOIDA: The Uttar Pradesh government has given K N Tripathi `1m as ex-gratia to the family of a man from a Greater Noida vil- Biggest locally built warship lage who was killed by a mob over sacrificing a cow. sworn in as new The government also ordered free treatment of the injured mem- bers of the man’s family who were admitted to a private hospital Tripura governor in Noida. INS Kochi commissioned “In the meantime, investigation is on to ascertain whether the AGARTALA: West Bengal cow was scarified or was it just a rumour,” said Gautam Budh Nagar Governor Keshari Nath MUMBAI: India’s biggest These will be followed by a Alert Radar (MF-STAR) which Senior Superintendent of Police Kiran S. Tripathi, who has been given the indigenously built warship, INS mega-project of nearly `30,000cr provide target data to Long Range Tension prevailed in Greater Noida area after 50-year-old Afzal, a additional charge of Tripura, Kochi, was commissioned to to construct four more stealth Surface-to-Air Missile systems resident of Bisara, was allegedly dragged from his house and lynched was yesterday sworn in as the the Indian Navy here yesterday destroyers at the MDL. (LR-SAM). last Monday midnight for sacrificing a cow. He was taken to a hos- state’s 17th governor. by Defence Minister Manohar INS Kochi, designed by the The MF-STAR and LR-SAM pital where he died of his injuries, police said. Tripura High Court Chief Parikkar. Indian Navy’s Directorate of have been jointly developed by Police said a case was registered against 10 people, of whom six Justice Deepak Gupta admin- Parikkar described the 7,500 Naval Design, incorporates major DRDO and Israel Aerospace have been arrested. Following the arrests, irate residents blocked istered the oath of office to tonnes vessel, capable of speeds advancements in weapons, sen- Industries Ltd. roads and set a police vehicle afire. The agitators also pelted stones Tripathi, 80, at the Durbar Hall of 30 knots, to be “as good as any sors and manoeuvring capabilities To protect itself from incom- at police personnel. Police had to use force to disperse the mob, and in Raj Bhavan here. foreign ship”. compared to its forerunner, the ing air-borne or surface attacks additional personnel have been deployed to maintain peace. Acting Chief Minister Aghore INS Kochi has been built Delhi Class. at medium and close range, the Debbarma, his cabinet colleagues, as the second in the series of Spanning 164 metres and ship has been fitted with 76 Actors Vijay, Samantha’s houses raided legislators and leaders of various the three Kolkata-Class (Project 17 metres at the beam, it is mm Super Rapid Gun Mount, political parties and top security 15A) Guided Missile Destroyers powered by four gas turbines AK630 Close In Weapon System, KOCHI: Searches were conducted at the residences and offices of and civil officials were present at at the Mazagon Docks Ltd which can achieve at least 30 BrahMos surface-to-surface mis- southern actors Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nayanthara the brief swearing-in ceremony. (MDL) in Mumbai at a cost knots speed. siles, indigenous rocket launchers yesterday”following reports that some investment made in ‘Puli’ Tripura Chief Secretary Y P of `4,000cr, and joins the The warship comes armed with (IRL), indigenous twin-tube tor- is unaccounted for”, sources said. Singh conducted the programme. Indian Navy fleet as its 10th a wide range of state-of-the-art pedo launchers and bow-mounted According to sources, a total of 32 places were raided by authori- Earlier in the day, on his destroyer. weapons like a vertical launch new generation HUMSA Sonar ties in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Hyderabad. arrival from Kolkata, Tripathi The first of the Kolkata-Class missile system for long distance Dome. The searches were conducted at Nayanthara’s home in Kochi as was received at the airport by destroyers, INS Kolkata was engagement of shore and sea- It can also operate two Sea well as her ancestral home in Thiruvalla in central Kerala besides the chief secretary, Director commissioned in August 2014, based targets. King or Chetak helicopters on at Chennai. General of Police K. Nagaraj and while the third and final INS It is only the second Indian board and accommodate 40 offic- top officials. Chennai is due for induction by Naval warship to have a Multi- ers and 350 sailors. Court to hear Maggi case on Oct 8 IANS end-2016. Function Surveillance and Threat IANS

NEW DELHI: The apex consumer court yesterday said it will hear Nestle’s arguments on fresh tests to be conducted on its popular Maggi noodles on October 8, and take up the larger class Asset disclosure action suit filed against the Swiss giant by the end of next month. The decision was taken after a 30-minute initial hearing of argu- Free home flights for ments at the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, regarding the class action suit filed by the central government against Nestle India for alleged unfair trade practices. A bench of the NCDRC, comprising Justice V K Jain and Justice expats stranded in Gulf B C Gupta, said the court will meet again on October 8 to hear the arguments of Nestle India over the fresh tests. The final arguments THIRUVANANTHA- we decided that we will fly our will be heard on October 30. PURAM: The Kerala govern- people from the Middle-East, who Appearing for the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Additional ment yesterday assured free have not come home for long, for Solicitor General Sanjay Jain sought more time from the commis- flights home to expatriates from free,” the chief minister said. sion to discuss on the fresh tests of 27 sealed samples of different the state working in the Middle- “For this, our Diaspora Maggi variants collected from the market, to which Nestle had East who have not been able to Minister K C Joseph has got in raised objections. visit their kin for a long time. touch with various Kerala asso- Announcing this after the ciations in the Middle-East to UP students fall ill after drinking milk weekly cabinet meeting, Chief prepare a list of people who have Minister Oommen Chandy said not returned home for 10 years, AGRA: Around 90 schoolchildren fell ill yesterday after drink- that with the government’s dream seven years and five years. ing milk supplied as part of the school mid-day meal programme project Air Kerala still hanging “Some airlines have offered us in Uttar Pradesh’s Khairagarh town. fire on account of existing avia- free seats, while we have now got Senior officials including District Magistrate Pankaj Kumar and tion rules in the country, “we have sponsors who have offered to help Senior Superintendent of Police Parminder Singh rushed to the decided to move forward on our charter flights to bring these peo- school as over a dozen ambulances were pressed into service. own”. ple who are unable to meet the The district magistrate has ordered an inquiry into the incident “The whole purpose of Air high air fares,” Chandy added. Meanwhile, police said the person who supplied the milk is Kerala was to charge reason- The chief minister said he absconding. Parents accused village headman Holi Ram of supply- able air fares from the Kerala recently came across a person ing adulterated milk but the latter said he carefully supervised the diaspora. We all know that the who was not able to come home process and it was “not his fault”. numerous airlines operating the for even his daughter’s marriage. Police said some children were rushed to the nearby public health route are just fleecing passengers Even though there were people centre, while others were sent to Agra district hospital and Sarojini from the Middle-East,” he said. ready to provide funds to launch Naidu Medical College. The condition of around 15 children contin- “Numerous requests to relax Air Kerala, it is yet to take off A saleswoman helps a model put on jewellery at an event in Hyderabad ues to be serious. Khairagarh PHC’s doctor in-charge Sanjay Solanki rules and thereby allow Air Kerala because of the present aviation recently as the deadline for declaring illegal assets expired yesterday. said there was something wrong with the milk. to take wings neither moved the rules that require an airline Billions of rupees hidden in foreign bank accounts or funnelled into IANS previous UPA government nor the to operate for five years in the property abroad will emerge into the light, the government hopes. present central government. So domestic sector. IANS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 EUROPE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 Woman and Germany prints statute child drown as boat sinks in Arabic for refugees off Lesbos MYTILENE: A migrant Police clear migrant camp on France-Italy border woman and a child drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos after BERLIN: Germany has trans- “No one is forced, when he in English reading: “We want their boat sank, police said yes- lated the first 20 articles of the comes to Germany, to change his freedom to cross the border.” terday, adding 45 other passen- country’s constitution, which religion, to alter his private life. Ventimiglia mayor Enrico gers had been rescued. outline basic rights like freedom But what is important for our Ioculano told Italian media: The Greek harbour police of speech, into Arabic for refu- culture is that the principles of “They have to move, I’m not sure did not give the victims’ ages gees to help them integrate. our democratic society apply to at the moment where they’ll be or nationalities and it was not Germany is struggling to cope everyone,” Gabriel added. taken... but this situation could clear if the two were related. with an expected influx of some Refugees had to accept princi- not go on. We understand why Migrants and activists face off with Italian police on the seawall at the Saint According to testimony from 800,000 people this year, both ples such as the division of church they are protesting but the camp Ludovic border crossing on the Mediterranean Sea between Ventimiglia, the survivors, 49 people were on economic migrants and asylum and state, equal rights for men was illegal.” The camp holds up Italy and Menton, France, yesterday. BELOW: A migrant holds a banner board the dinghy when it capsized seekers fleeing war in the Middle and women, the right to be homo- to 250 people depending on the reading “We want freedom to pass the border”. in the Aegean Sea off the north- East and Africa. sexual and freedom of expression, day, according to local officials, ern coast of Lesbos. Aside from the cost and prac- he said. He also pointed out that who said a number of people had Twenty-year-old Nilofa ticalities of looking after so many anti-Semitism is not tolerated in left on Tuesday after news of the Ghonami, an Iranian-born Afghan people — almost one percent of Germany. impending evacuation broke. woman, said that the boat they Germany’s population — many Meanwhile, Italian police Tents and personal belongings were sailing in—which was only voters are worried about how they cleared a camp of migrants and from the camp — which sprawls supposed to hold 14 people — had will integrate into society. activists from the border of under an overpass some 100 broken in half. “There was water Vice-Chancellor Sigmar France and Italy yesterday, with metres from the French border (in) the boat and all the people Gabriel, also chairman of the cen- the occupants moving to rocks on — were being removed by garbage stand up in one group and the tre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the shoreline to avoid arrest and trucks. middle of the boat broke and all told Bild daily that refugees were refusing to move. Maggese said the police were the people went to the sea,” the welcome but that they have to The camp of around 50 people trying to convince the migrants survivor said. make an effort to fit in. at Ventimiglia — the town which and activists to get off the rocks, “Turkish police saw us and “People who come here must became a flashpoint at the start adding “we are studying all didn’t help us, a second boat com- not only learn the German lan- of Europe’s migrant crisis earlier options before intervening”. A ing from Turkey to Greece saw us guage, but also learn the rules this year— was cleared because similar eviction in June ended and (called) the Greek police who of the game of living together,” its occupants were using electric- in clashes which left one police helped us,” she said. “We were two Gabriel told the newspaper. ity and water without paying for officer injured. hours in the sea, it was very hard,” “I am convinced that the first it, a police spokesman said. Police said a dozen migrants with the non-profit Doctors of the into the sea, it’s dangerous, not said Ghonami, who was studying 20 articles of our constitution Some 30 migrants and 20 had been arrested early yesterday, World organisation, described the everyone can swim,” said Teresa to become an engineer in Iran. “In are what shape our culture,” he Italian activists, who had been including a Bosnian wanted under evacuated camp as “a rest camp Maffeis, founder of the Democracy Iran, we are just living, we are not said, adding Germany had printed warned ahead of the evacua- an international arrest warrant. before crossing the border, a tran- Association in Nice. alive. I want to improve my level 10,000 copies for distribution tion, moved to the coastal rocks The bishop of Ventimiglia, sit camp where you never see the “It is abominable, these of living,” she said. among refugees at registration before dawn to be well clear once Suetta Antonio, was allowed same people”. MdM had been migrants are fleeing wars and The island of Lesbos has centres. police arrived, deputy police chief through the cordon after request- carrying out rounds of the camp come here seeking a better life. become one of the main points of Germany’s “Basic Law” was Giuseppe Maggese said. ing to speak to the protesters in three times a week, and described And this is Italy’s answer.” Many entry to the EU for thousands of adopted in 1949 and sets out the A cordon of about 30 policemen the hope of urging them to aban- it as highly organised. A group of who fled the camp sought shel- migrants from the Middle East principles which underpin the stood along the shoreline in front don “their precarious situation”, French activists hoping to cheer ter in a reception centre near the and Asia arriving from Turkey legal system and the division of of the migrants, some of whom but failed to convince them to on the migrants in their protest town’s station run by the Italian which lies just eight nautical power between central govern- were threatening to jump into the move. were moved on by Italian police. Red Cross. miles away. ment and 16 regional states. sea, while others held up a banner Anne de Botton, a volunteer “The migrants want to jump AGENCIES AFP

Breakaway Ukraine, rebels agree full small weapons withdrawal vote: Catalan KIEV: Kiev and pro-Russian sides’ mortar shells and rockets leadership and the Moscow-allied insurgents struck a vital agree- with a calibre of less than 100 mil- insurgents still remain far apart ment yesterday to withdraw limetres moved 15km away from over rebel plans to soon stage their leader slams their entire arsenal of smaller the so-called “line of contact”. own local elections that Kiev has weapons from the buffer zone Both the rebel leaders and Kiev branded as “fake”. The Ukrainian splitting eastern rebel-held hailed the deal’s signature and military also insists on grabbing lawsuit lands from the rest of Ukraine. vowed to implement its terms. back full control of its Russian bor- International monitors said the “We view this is as a diplomatic der by the end of the year. BARCELONA: Catalonia’s two sides’ February commitment victory,” Ukrainian military Moscow has said it would like president Artur Mas yesterday to pull back heavy weapons from spokesman Andriy Lysenko told the fulfilment of some terms accused the Spanish govern- the 500km line separating their reporters in Kiev. agreed in February by the same ment of suing him because its forces was repeatedly violated, “We are certain that this is four leaders meeting Friday in “pride was hurt” by his bids to causing more than 1,000 deaths. another step toward establishing Paris pushed back into 2016. let his region vote on independ- But a new truce that went into peace in the conflict zone.” Ukraine and its Western allies ence from Spain. effect on September 1 has been Donetsk separatist leader accuse Russia of orchestrating A court on Tuesday summoned strictly observed, raising hopes Alexander Zakharchenko called and arming the rebel revolt in Mas to face possible charges for that the fighting in which more the bitter enemies’ ability to revenge for Kiev’s decision last holding a 2014 symbolic ballot on than 8,000 have died since early reach a compromise after nearly year to pull out of Moscow’s Catalan independence, which is last year is finally approaching four months of acrimonious nego- orbit and hitch its future to the fiercely opposed by Madrid. an end. tiations “undisputed progress”. European Union. The case dates back to last The long-debated small weap- The self-declared “People’s Moscow denies the charges year but the summons came just ons pullback should also add impe- Ukrainian servicemen repair the roof of a kindergarten in the town of Republic of Donetsk will unequiv- and says all Russian fighters cap- two days after separatist groups tus to high-stakes talks between Luganskoye in the Donetsk region yesterday. ocally implement its part of the tured in the Ukrainian war zone won an absolute majority in the President Petro Poroshenko and agreement,” he said in a statement are either volunteers or off-duty Catalan parliament in a separate his Russian counterpart Vladimir toward securing the ceasefire the (February) agreement have published on the separatists’ offi- servicemen. The 17-month crisis regional election. Putin in Paris tomorrow that in eastern Ukraine,” German still to be implemented. I hope cial news site. “However, the length has seen Moscow’s relations with “It was the reaction of a proud will also include the leaders of Foreign Minister Frank-Walter both Kiev and Moscow are pre- of this negotiating process gives us the West plunge to a post-Cold government whose pride was Germany and France. Steinmeier said in a statement. pared to work toward this.” reason to doubt the sincerity of the War low that analysts fear might hurt, a rabid, clumsy one incapa- “The withdrawal of weap- “However, this is not enough,” Wednesday’s pact will take 41 Ukrainian side,” he added. take many years to repair. ble of dialogue, which acts brut- ons...is an important step he added. “Many other points of days to implement and see each Ukraine’s pro-Western AFP ishly and is doing all it can to try to get rid of me,” Mas said. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy rejected Mas’s claims of victory in Sunday’s UK to attempt first womb transplants election, in which Mas and fel- Sarkozy disowns ally over low separatists won control of the LONDON: Britain will attempt to carry out its womb from a donor who is classed as brain dead regional parliament but fell short first womb transplants after a clinical trial ena- but whose heart is still beating. of an absolute majority of votes. ‘white race’ comments bling 10 women to undergo the procedure was In the transplant in Sweden, the replacement The separatists claimed approved, doctors said yesterday. organ came from a live donor — a 61-year-old fam- Sunday’s regional election result PARIS: Former French presi- of white race, which is attract- Surgeons hope to replicate the success of the ily friend of the recipient who had been through gave them a mandate to push on dent Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday ing foreigners. I want France world’s first-ever effective womb transplant, con- menopause seven years earlier. towards a declaration of inde- removed one of his staunchest to remain France. I don’t want ducted on a 36-year-old woman in Sweden who gave The baby boy was born by Caesarean section at pendence by 2017. The Catalonia allies from his conservative par- France to become Muslim.” birth last year. More than 100 women have been 31 weeks last October to a woman whose genetic high court on Tuesday called Mas ty’s list for December regional The 51-year-old EU lawmaker approved as potential recipients ahead of the trial condition meant she was born without a womb. to go before a judge on October 15 elections, punishment for saying from eastern France, one of which is set to start in the first half of next year, Two other transplant attempts have been reported for questioning on accusations of France was a “white race” coun- Sarkozy’s closest supporters for after ethical approval was granted by the Imperial elsewhere, but neither resulted in a live birth. civil disobedience, abuse of power try that must stay that way. years and a former minister, College London. The first, carried out in Saudi Arabia in 2000, and embezzlement of public funds After four days of silence over insisted she had said nothing The procedure has previously also been attempted ended in failure after three months when the in last year’s vote. the latest outburst from outspo- wrong. Sarkozy aides said on ini- in Saudi Arabia and Turkey but in both cases did uterus became necrotic and had to be removed. He and two other officials are ken lawmaker Nadine Morano, tially that he disagreed with her not lead to live births. Richard Smith, a consultant The second, carried out in Turkey in 2011, accused of breaking the law by Sarkozy said her comments comments but did not plan any gynaecologist at the Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea entailed a uterus that was transplanted from a organising the ballot on November harmed The Republicans party’s sanctions. Hospital in London, will lead a team of surgeons deceased donor, resulting in a pregnancy that mis- 9 in defiance of an injunction by image and could not stay without However, as the controversy carrying out the trial following 19 years of research. carried within six weeks. Sophie Lewis, 31, hopes Spain’s Constitutional Court. If consequences. grew and local officials asked for “There’s an innate desire for many women to to be among the first to undergo the transplant in found guilty they could be banned The case illustrates the chal- her departure, he decided to cut carry their own baby and this procedure has, poten- Britain, The Times reported. from public office. lenge posed to Sarkozy in his bid her from the party’s list of can- tially, the capacity to satisfy that innate desire,” “To be told at 16 you can’t have children, and Mas said yesterday that the to unite a divided party which is didates. “Her latest comments do Smith told BBC radio. Around one in 5,000 women then to be given the opportunity to feel your baby November vote was “a great act struggling in particular to decide not correspond to what France is born without a womb, while others lose the organ grow inside you—it’s too much to say no to,” she told of democratic rebellion”. Catalan its line on immigration under is or to the values supported by as a result of cancer. the newspaper. Ahead of the trial, embryos will be nationalists say they get a raw pressure from an increasingly The Republicans,” Sarkozy said in Smith said it was “heartrending” to meet those created and frozen using each woman’s eggs and deal from the central government popular far-right National Front. a statement. “All those who seek women affected. Ten women will be selected for sperm from her partner. which redistributes their taxes. Sarkozy himself has taken a to attract publicity that harms the trial subject to certain criteria being met. They The women must take immunosuppressant drugs Mas said he was read for dialogue tough line on immigration as he The Republicans’ credibility must be aged 38 or under, have a long-term partner to prevent their body from rejecting the womb, with Madrid, but Rajoy has refused seeks to secure his party’s ticket must understand there will be and be a healthy weight. which will be removed either six months after the any talks on independence. for the 2017 presidential elections, consequences.” However surgeons currently only have funds for birth or after the woman has had a second child. Rajoy has rejected their calls but he has stayed clear of such Her eviction from the party’s “one or maybe two cases” said Smith, adding that If successful, the baby would be delivered by for greater autonomy and called comments on race. election ticket is set be rubber- they were “desperate” for more funding to complete Caesarean section to prevent the donor womb for unity as the eurozone’s fourth- Morano told French TV on stamped by its election commit- the £500,000 ($759,000) trial. undergoing the strain of labour. biggest economy recovers from Saturday evening: “France is tee at a date that has not been In a six-hour operation participants will receive a AFP recession. AFP a Judeo-Christian country ... announced yet. REUTERS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com AMERICAS Hurricane House, Senate to send Joaquin strengthens Obama spending bill in Atlantic

Bill to prevent repeat of govt shutdown two years ago WASHINGTON: Hurricane Joaquin strengthened in the WASHINGTON: A temporary Senate Majority Leader Mitch Obama to take federal funding Atlantic yesterday and could funding measure that would McConnell, said on Tuesday away from Planned Parenthood. become a major storm, the US keep the government open that he and House Speaker John Instead, Boehner and National Hurricane Center past a midnight deadline was Boehner spoke with Obama McConnell opted for the prag- said, although forecast mod- to make its way to President recently and that he expects talks matic route — a bipartisan meas- els did not agree on whether Barack Obama yesterday with to get underway soon. ure that steers clear of the furor it would make landfall in the time to spare. At issue are efforts to increase over Planned Parenthood and United States. The measure has already helped the operating budgets for both avoids the risk of a partial gov- Joaquin, the third hurricane topple the top House GOP leader the Pentagon and domestic agen- ernment shutdown — over the of the 2015 Atlantic season, is a and exacerbated painful divi- cies still operating under auto- opposition of the most hardline Category 1 on a scale of 1 through sions between more pragmatic matic spending curbs that would conservative Republicans. Senate Majority Leader Republican Mitch McConnell (right) walks from 5, with maximum sustained winds Republicans and a tea party wing effectively freeze their budgets at Republicans have long targeted the Senate floor with a staffer after a vote in which the Senate approved of 135kph. It is about 305km east- that is increasingly dominant, current levels. Republicans are Planned Parenthood, and the a measure to avert a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in northeast of the central Bahamas especially in the rough-and-tum- leading the drive to boost defense group’s top official appeared before Washington, DC, yesterday. and continues to strengthen, the ble House. while Obama is demanding equal a House panel on Tuesday to defend center said. Tea party forces are frustrated relief for domestic programmes. it in the wake of videos released this It is expected to move near that the bill, which would prevent The conversation among summer that raise questions about the negotiating position that we Eight Republicans did not sup- or over portions of the central a repeat of the partial shutdown McConnell, Boehner and Obama its practices in providing fetal tis- defund everything that’s objec- port that measure, leaving it short Bahamas yesterday night and of the government two years ago, took place earlier this month sue for scientific research. tionable, all the wasteful spend- of a simple majority, much less the Thursday, the NHC said. fails to take away federal funding — before Boehner announced Republicans say the videos, ing, all the duplicative spending, 60 votes required to overcome the “Additional strengthening that goes to Planned Parenthood. he was stepping down. Many of made by abortion foes posing as let’s defund it all and if there has filibuster. After last week’s vote is expected, and Joaquin could The Senate and then the the conservative GOP lawmak- private purchasers of fetal organs, to be negotiation, let’s start from failed, McConnell on Monday become a major hurricane during House are scheduled to vote on ers who brought Boehner down show Planned Parenthood has defunding it all and see where orchestrated a bipartisan 77-19 the next couple of days,” it said. the stopgap spending measure on want to preserve stringent “caps” broken federal laws including a we get,” Paul said in a Senate vote on a funding bill — stripped A complicated atmospheric Wednesday. It would provide 10 on the spending bills Congress ban on for-profit fetal tissue sales. speech. of the Planned Parenthood provi- pattern has made Joaquin partic- weeks of time to negotiate a more passes every year. But Senate The organization says it has acted “But it would take courage, sion — to force a final vote. ularly difficult to track, according wide-ranging budget deal for the Republicans are generally more legally and says the videos were because you have to let spend- “This bill hardly represents to Weather Channel forecasters, rest of fiscal 2016, which ends on eager to revisit the 2011 budget deceitfully edited. ing expire,” he said. “If you’re my preferred method for fund- who said it was too soon to deter- Sept. 30, 2016. deal that put them in place. One of the Republicans’ presi- not willing to let the spending ing the government, but it’s now mine what impact Joaquin could Having dodged the immediate Boehner’s surprise resignation dential aspirants, Sen. Rand Paul expire and start anew, you have the most viable way forward have on the US East Coast start- threat of a government shutdown, announcement on Friday followed of Kentucky, on Tuesday endorsed no leverage.” after Democrats’ extreme actions ing this weekend. congressional Republican leaders unrest by arch-conservatives in a partial government shutdown Last week, Democrats led a forced our country into this situa- The last hurricane to make are looking ahead to talks with his conference who wanted to use as a way to gain leverage over filibuster of a Senate stopgap tion,” McConnell said on Tuesday landfall in the continental United President Barack Obama on a the pending stopgap spending bill Obama. measure that would have blocked of the stopgap measure. States was Arthur, which hit long-term budget pact. to try to force Democrats and “Why don’t we start out with money to Planned Parenthood. AP North Carolina as a Category 2 storm in July 2014, bringing high winds, driving rain and storm surge up the East Coast of the United States. In October 2012, Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New York Georgia executes woman for first time in 70 years metropolitan area, killing more than 120 people and causing some ATLANTA: The first woman man who died because of me,” the crime was committed. Gissendaner’s earlier appeals. for lethal injection, despite an $70bn in property damage, prima- executed in Georgia in 70 according to television reporter The man who carried out But the family of Doug appeal from Pope Francis for the rily in New York and New Jersey. years cried and sang “Amazing Jeff Hullinger, who witnessed the kidnapping and murder, Gissendaner said she showed him inmate to be spared. White House spokesman Grace” before she died early the injection. Gissendaner was Gissendaner’s then-boyfriend, no mercy. “As the murderer,” the Glossip was found guilty of Joshua Earnest said the Federal yesterday, according to a wit- the 16th woman executed in the Gregory Owen, received a life family said in a statement before recruiting fellow motel employee Emergency Management Agency ness, following pleas by the pope United States since the Supreme sentence. The board refused the execution, “she’s been given Justin Sneed to carry out the was monitoring the storm and and her children for her life to Court reinstated the death pen- Gissendaner’s request on Tuesday more rights and opportunity over 1997 murder of owner Barry Van preparing for a possible hit. be spared. alty in 1976. to commute her sentence to life in the last 18 years than she ever Treese. He was subsequently con- Joaquin could raise tides up to Kelly Gissendaner, 47, died Pope Francis, who concluded a prison and the US Supreme Court afforded to Doug who, again, is victed based on the testimony of 1.3 metres above normal, create by injection at 12.21am EDT six-day US trip on Sunday and is later denied last-minute requests the victim here.” Sneed, who pleaded guilty and dangerous waves and bring up to at Georgia Diagnostic and an outspoken opponent of the death for a stay of execution. Gissendaner’s scheduled execu- was able to negotiate a life sen- 50cm of rain over San Salvador Classification Prison in Jackson, penalty, had urged officials to com- Prison spokeswoman tion was called off in February due tence by claiming his co-worker and Rum Cay in the Bahamas, the a prison spokeswoman said. mute Gissendaner’s death sentence. Lisa Rodriguez-Presley said to bad weather affecting roads had masterminded the plot. hurricane center said. Gissendaner had been the lone But members of Georgia’s Gissendaner, who completed a the- and again in March when officials In a September 21 letter to state Joaquin-generated swells in the woman on Georgia’s death row Board of Pardons and Paroles ology program in prison, requested noticed what they believed was a Governor Mary Fallin, the pope’s Bahamas will begin to affect parts after being sentenced for plot- were not swayed by her lat- a final prayer before she died. problem with the injection drug representative asked that Glossip’s of the US southeastern coast by ting the killing of her husband, est appeal for clemency, which Gissendaner’s supporters they were about to use. sentence be commuted, writing it Thursday, according to the center. Douglas, in 1997. emphasized her remorse and included her three adult chil- Meanwhile, Oklahoma was would “give clearer witness to the The swells are likely to cause life- In the execution chamber, model behaviour in prison. dren and a former Georgia scheduled to execute a man yes- value and dignity of every person’s threatening surf and rip current Gissendaner prayed and called Gissendaner’s lawyers also Supreme Court justice who said terday who had challenged the life,” broadcaster NBC reported. conditions, it said. her former husband an “amazing noted she was not present when he was wrong to deny one of legality of the drugs used there AGENCIES REUTERS

Honour for fallen heroes Pope secretly met dissident Kentucky clerk

LOS ANGELES/VATICAN: A roadblocks to the unions. message that the pope wants to said, ‘Stay strong.’ That was a Kentucky county clerk who had Alabama Probate Judge Nick convey.” great encouragement,” Davis said. been jailed for refusing to issue Williams said he would be will- The plaintiffs who sued Davis Davis said knowing that the marriage licenses to gay couples ing to follow Davis. “Absolutely, in federal court indicated the pope agreed with what she secretly met Pope Francis dur- I feel the same way. This is a pope’s meeting has no legal was doing “kind of validates ing his visit to the United States cause worth standing up for,” said effect. “The pope is not an everything.” last week, a meeting she called Williams, who ordered his depu- American citizen, and he is not a ABC reported that the pope greatly encouraging. ties in Washington County not to member of our government. He gave Davis a rosary, which she The Vatican confirmed the issue any licenses at all since the is entitled to meet with whoever plans to give to her Catholic pope’s meeting in a brief state- court’s June decision. he likes and have any opinion he parents. ment yesterday. The pope, returning home from wants to have,” Joe Dunman, an The Vatican has not yet Rowan County Clerk Kim a 10-day trip to the United States attorney representing the plain- released pictures and it was not Davis and her husband met the and Cuba on Monday, said gov- tiff couples suing Davis, said in clear if they would. pope during the Washington leg ernment officials had a “human a statement. Neither Davis nor Staver could A firefighter climbs on a firetruck ladder beside a large US national flag hung of his US visit, she and her lawyer right” to refuse to discharge a The Davis couple traveled to be reached for comment. near the US Capitol Building to honour the 87 firefighters that fell in the line told American media. duty if they felt it violated their Washington and met the pope Davis was jailed for five days in of duty across the United States in 2014, in Washington, DC, yesterday. With the issue of same-sex conscience. at the Vatican embassy last September for refusing to com- marriage dividing Americans, The US Supreme Court made Thursday, ABC News and CBS ply with a judge’s order to issue the pope’s meeting with Davis and same-sex marriages legal across News reported. the licenses in line with a U.S. Francis’ comments on Monday all 50 states last June. “It was really very humbling to Supreme Court ruling. may further embolden local offi- Davis’ attorney, Mat Staver, even think that he would want Davis has said her beliefs Rousseff to tap defence cials across the United States who told CBS News, “The fact that to, you know, meet me or know as an Apostolic Christian pre- have said they will not issue mar- (the pope) met with Kim Davis me,” Davis told ABC. “I put my vent her from issuing marriage riage licenses to gay couples. sends a message that he is some- hand out, and he grabbed it, and licenses to same-sex couples. Her minister for chief-of-staff In Texas, Alabama and else- one who stands with those indi- I hugged him, and he hugged me church belongs to a Protestant where a number of clerks and viduals who are standing up for and he said, ‘Thank you for your movement known as Apostolic BRASILIA: President Dilma Rousseff plans to name Defence judges who stated their opposition their religious convictions, that courage’.” Pentecostalism. Minister Jaques Wagner chief-of-staff in a Cabinet reshuffle aimed to gay marriage have thrown up religious freedom is a worldwide “He told me before he left, he REUTERS at downsizing Brazil’s government and shoring up support for her beleaguered administration, a government source said yesterday. Wagner, the former two-time governor of the state of Bahia, will replace Aloizio Mercadante, who will move to the education minis- try, said the source with direct knowledge of the matter. Rousseff is expected to announce this week the elimination of 10 of her govern- Manhunt under way after accidental release of killer ment’s existing 39 ministries. The reshuffle is designed to cut costs at a time when Rousseff is struggling with a recession, political gridlock and public expenditures NEW ORLEANS: Louisiana authorities Baton Rouge Advocate. Prison officials learned over a gambling game. “He was a bad guy and that have soared in recent years. searched yesterday for a killer who was Johnson had gone free only after residents we were very happy to get him off the street It is also a chance to give more posts to the PMDB, Brazil’s largest accidentally released from jail last week due spotted him on Monday — nearly a week for 40 years,” Tony Clayton, the special pros- party and a demanding partner within Rousseff’s government coalition. to a record-keeping error. after his release — and called the Iberville ecutor who handled the case, said yeseterday. Rousseff’s popularity is stuck at a three-decade low for a Brazilian Benjueil Johnson, 32, had been serving a Parish Sheriff’s office to ask why he was no Clayton said it appeared the records of president, according to a poll published on Wednesday that showed 40-year sentence for a 2013 conviction for longer behind bars, Sheriff Brett Stassi told Johnson’s convictions had moved from the Brazilians are most unhappy with high taxes and interest rates in the manslaughter at a state prison when he was the newspaper. court to the corrections department as usual midst of a recession. The source, who requested anonymity because taken to the East Feliciana Parish jail to be Authorities are treating Johnson’s inadvert- after Johnson’s guilty plea. the decision remains private, did not say who could replace Wagner as booked on an unrelated charge of assaulting ent release as an escape, corrections spokes- But Laborde told the Advocate that the cor- defense minister. Wagner is a close ally of former president Luiz Inacio a corrections officer. He was allowed to walk woman Pam Laborde said. rections department never received paper- Lula da Silva, who was in the capital this week advising Rousseff, his out of the parish jail in Jackson on September Johnson pleaded guilty to manslaughter and work on the manslaughter conviction from protégé and successor, on Cabinet changes. 22 after posting bail on the assault charge, weapons charges in the 2010 fatal shooting of officials in Iberville Parish. REUTERS a state corrections spokeswoman told the 31-year-old Cordies Gales during an argument REUTERS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 FEATURES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Grandma’s smoking habit ups asthma risk in kids

f grandmothers smoked while they were pregnant, generations. Researchers investigated whether smok- A little chickpea magic there was an increased risk of asthma in grand- ing in grandmothers, while they were pregnant By Joe Yonan Ichildren even if their mothers did not smoke with daughters, was linked with an increased risk during pregnancy, a significant study has revealed. of asthma in their grand-children. Data was taken The risk of asthma increased by 10 to 22 percent in from the Swedish Registry and included 44,853 grand- ou know all those times I’ve written that children with grandmothers who smoked even when mothers from 1982 to 1986. Smoking exposure was a smart way to plan for a busy week is to their mothers did not smoke, the study said. recorded during pregnancy and use of asthma medica- make big pots of things like beans on the “We found that smoking in previous generations tion was recorded in 66,271 grand-children. Yweekends, refrigerate or freeze them, and can influence the risk of asthma in subsequent gen- “The next stage is to investigate the potential then use them during the week? erations. This may also be important in the trans- inheritance of asthma risk through the male line, Well, here’s an excellent example of how effi- mission of other exposures and diseases,” said Dr by assessing the risk of asthma in grand-children ciently your cooking can go when you’ve followed Caroline Lodge, research fellow at University of whose grandmothers smoked whilst pregnant with that advice. Melbourne, Australia. their fathers,” noted professor Bertil Forsberg from Chickpeas, my favorite bean of all, are the key. There has been a rapid increase in asthma in the Umea University, Sweden. Just about any vegetable can be turned into a pasta last 50 years. Changing environmental exposures are The new study was presented at the European sauce, and even though we don’t typically think thought to be responsible for this and more recently Respiratory Society’s International Congress 2015 of combining beans and pasta (except, of course, researchers are looking at these exposures in previous on Wednesday. IANS in that great Italian soup pasta e fagioli), this is a pairing that can work particularly well. Once you cook the beans (or thaw them from frozen - or, okay, drain them from a can), you puree half with a little olive oil and leave the other half whole. Combined People who live to be 110 or older with garlic-infused oil and rosemary, they turn into an amazingly deep-flavoured, quick-cooking sauce. The pasta of choice? Rigatoni, naturally: It’s just big enough for that sauce - plus some whole chick- tablespoon of the oil in a food processor or blender; aren’t your average human beings peas - to slip inside, ensuring a taste of pasta and process to an emulsified puree. beans in every bite. A satisfying dinner just came Heat the remaining 3 tablespoons of oil in a By Meeri Kim signatures of exceptional longev- together, seemingly out of nowhere. saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic ity in the genomes of 801 cente- and cook, stirring frequently, for a few minutes, nown as Wall Street’s oldest narians. No single gene stood out, until lightly browned, then discard the garlic. stockbroker, Irving Kahn but the top 281 genetic variants Rigatoni With Garbanzo Bean Sauce Add the pureed garbanzo beans and the reserved K(pictured) died this year that were most associated with 4 servings whole garbanzo beans to the saucepan, sprinkle at the age of 109. He was born in old age served as a sort of con- Serve with dressed arugula or another crisp with the rosemary and season well with salt and 1905, made his first trade in 1929 stellation of genetic markers that salad. Adapted from The Silver Spoon: Quick pepper. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until before the Great Depression hit were strongly associated with and Easy Italian Recipes (Phaidon, 2015). the flavors meld, about 5 minutes. and continued to work for years extreme old age. Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of salted water after celebrating his 100th birth- “If you inherit just the right Ingredients to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the rigatoni day. Remarkably, Kahn and his combination of variations of those 1 1/2 cups (9 ounces) cooked or canned no-salt- and cook according to the package directions, until three siblings all reached the cen- genes, then that can have a very, added garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained al dente. Drain, reserving 1/4 cup of the pasta cook- tenarian mark (age 100) while very strong influence on the abil- 4 tablespoons olive oil ing water. remaining relatively alert, active ity to get to a very old age,” he 1 clove garlic, lightly smashed Transfer the rigatoni to a warm serving dish. and healthy. said. “It’s like the lottery: If you 1/2 teaspoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped, plus Loosen the garbanzo bean sauce with the reserved But as incredibly age-defying as get one number or two numbers, more for garnish pasta cooking water, if necessary, and pour over the they were, none of the Kahn sib- “Healthy living, diet, exercise - that’s not a very rare event. But Salt pasta. Toss to incorporate. lings reached supercentenarian that sort of stuff will benefit you, to get all seven numbers, or to get Freshly ground black pepper Garnish with rosemary and Parmigiano-Reggiano status - 110 years and older - in and you might lead a life longer all genes in the right combina- 8 ounces dried rigatoni cheese, if using. Serve immediately. what appears to be a much harder by maybe five years,” said geneti- tions, that’s very rare.” Freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, for Nutrition | Per serving: 430 calories, 12 g protein, feat for the human body to accom- cist Stuart Kim of the Stanford The average human life expect- serving (optional) 59 g carbohydrates, 16 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 0 mg plish. While the Census Bureau School of Medicine. “But to live ancy has increased at a rate of Method cholesterol, 910 mg sodium, 6 g dietary fiber, 2 g sugar reported about 50,000 centenar- 30 years longer, you probably need three months per year since 1840, Combine half of the garbanzo beans and 1 WP-BLOOMBERG ians living in the United States in a different genetic background.” with no signs of slowing down. 2010, there are only 50 to 80 super- Reports of the world’s long- Aging researchers have found centenarians in the entire world. est-living person, 122-year-old a delay in the onset - or even a Jeanne Calment, all say she fre- complete absence - of age-related Genes or luck? quently enjoyed cigarettes and diseases such as diabetes and Rules for a stress-free vacation home So what does it take to live to port wine. Irving Kahn’s older Parkinson’s disease in supercen- 110 and beyond? Is it a unique sister - Helen Reicher, who died tenarians, even more so than in By Emily Heil genetic profile, healthy habits just shy of her 110th birthday - centenarians. Supercentenarians your precious escape is on drudg- I got going. That way, when I’m or simply the luck of the draw? smoked daily for more than 80 aren’t just living longer: They’re ery. Smaller can be better: Our grocery-shopping in the city for The answer is far from simple, years. As much as we’d like to living healthier, too. ew to vacation homeowner- cabin’s diminuitive size means it a weekend trip, I don’t have to and probably entails all of the think that might give us a free So what kind of genetic lottery Nship? Here are a few ways to takes us only about 30 minutes to wonder whether we’ve got, say, above to some extent. But one pass to indulge, such stories just does living a decade beyond 100 maximise your time away. surface-clean and close up shop tarragon. Otherwise, we’d prob- thing researchers agree upon: reinforce the theory that super- entail? Last year, Kim sequenced after a visit. And as much as I love ably wind up with four bottles of Supercentenarians aren’t your centenarians probably possess a the whole genomes of 17 super- Build for long absences puttering in a garden, there’s no random herbs but no olive oil. average human beings. special resistance to disease writ- centenarians - the largest group When it comes to vacation bed to weed and no lawn to mow. The vast majority of us have a ten into their genomes. yet for such an experiment - to homes, disasters can be magnified To cut down on grocery runs, I Make chores feel special set of genes that will allow us to “To live to about the age of 90, find out. by the length of time that passes keep supplies on hand for quick There’s no washing machine reach our late 80s and early 90s. 20 to 30 percent of that is going “We had hoped that there between visits. When we had the pantry meals. (Pasta and a jar of at the cabin, but I’ve made the Whether your death comes sooner to be genetics, and 70 to 80 per- would be some crazy mutation in roof redone, we opted to rip out the good sauce are perfect if heavy job of shuttling linens back and or later than the next person is cent is going to be your health there that would confer crazy- skylights, which we worried could traffic on Interstate 66 wipes out forth from the city a bit less largely dictated by your lifestyle behaviors and your environment,” long life spans on a person,” Kim leak, and instead had a window cut our plans for a leisurely dinner on dreary by buying a cute tote to and environment, with harmful said Thomas Perls, a professor of said. “Now that we looked at 17 into the wall to let in light and the the grill.) And it won’t make my carry them. And at our weekend things such as smoking and drink- medicine and geriatrics at Boston supercentenarians, all I can say view. And we removed part of a Pinterest board, but we sometimes place, we use the expensive, ing essentially fighting against University. “If you want to live is that if [the genetic signatures] tree that was hanging just over use paper plates and plastic cutlery organic cleaning supplies we’ve your genes to lower your life span. beyond 90, then I think there’s were really simple, some of the the cabin, so that I wouldn’t spend to minimize dish duty. deemed too pricey for everyday On the other hand, adding this growing genetic component tests we did would have found stormy nights in the city imagin- use. Is this logical? Probably not. more-positive behaviors (e.g., that you don’t necessarily have a them.” ing its branches crashing down into Keep a list But little indulgences make even exercise, diet, stress manage- choice over.” Perls believes it would take 500 the living room. I keep a note on my smartphone wiping down the counters feel ment) might tack on a few In a 2012 study published by to 1,000 genomes to truly unlock listing every item in the cabin’s different in the country than in years - but it won’t make you a the journal PLOS ONE, Perls their secrets. Maximise your vacation hours pantry and fridge. It sounds a tad the city. supercentenarian. and colleagues looked for genetic WP-BLOOMBERG The last way you want to spend obsessive, but it wasn’t hard once WP-BLOOMBERG

After London, Indian designer eyes Milan, Paris

By Natalia Ningthoujam I said ‘India’. So, they were confused. most of the fashion designers focus They said that they have always seen on international fashion...like evening he hails from Arunachal people wearing saris (in India). I said wear or dresses. So, I thought that Pradesh, stays in Assam, and ‘No. We are from northeast India maybe we should do international Sis making a headway interna- and have a different culture’. fashion shows first,” she said. tionally by showcasing the handloom “We even showed pictures and vid- People from northeast are consid- prowess of culturally-rich north- eos about our culture. Most of the ered to have a distinct sense of style eastern India. After displaying her things were sold out. We also got and often, their fashion seems to be tribal creations with a modern twist orders in bulk,” said the designer, influenced by western trends. in London, Yana Ngoba (pictured) who has been in the industry for “We get things mostly from is now eyeing the runways of global over a decade. Bangkok if they are not our tradi- fashion capitals Paris and Milan. Ngoba, who had showcased her tional attire. If you notice, since our Ngoba presented her collection in couldn’t believe people in India could creations at another fashion week forefathers’ time, fashion has been collaboration with designer Nabam be so different,” Ngoba said in a tel- in Britain last year, now wants to important to us. They were always Aka, also from Arunachal Pradesh, ephonic interview from Guwahati, explore other international markets. decked up from head to toe...be it as a part of the London Fashion where she is based now. “Milan Fashion Week is not yet headgear, ornaments or colourful Week’s off-schedule show Fashions She said that the buyers associated confirmed. But I’ll make sure it is. clothes. That’s our personal style... Finest. And the 28-year-old is Indian fashion with only saris. So It is a dream. Fashion comes from something different from the rest of thrilled with the response. they were pleasantly surprised when all the big cities like London, Milan the world,” she said. “Our collection highlighted the they saw her bright-coloured range and Paris; so we thought of hitting Any fashion picks from the north- northeast region’s handloom, espe- of apparel in the form of gowns with those ramps first,” she said. east region? cially the loin loom made in Mizoram, slits or deep neck and skirts with A regular participant in north- “Maybe you can start with the Manipur, Arunachal, Nagaland... jackets paired with accessories and east festivals in the country, she says jewellery pieces. The ones made with even muga of Assam. We used them ornaments made of bronze, silver, old Indian fashion weeks can wait as she coins will go well with sari or salwars to create gowns, dresses, skirts and Indian coins and bamboo canes. would like to get a taste of the inter- too,” said the designer, who wants to ornaments. “People in London asked me national platform first. work with more weavers across the “People (in London) loved it. They ‘Which country are you inspired by?’ “When I see Indian fashion weeks, country. IANS

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This year’s edition found a correlation Softness in between highly com- Stable macroeconomy petitive countries and those that have global economy either withstood the global economic cri- to extend into sis or made a swift is Qatar’s strength: WEF recovery from it. The failure, partic- 2016, says IMF ularly by emerging Budget surpluses, low government debt big booster markets, to improve competitiveness DOHA: Stable macroeconomic According to the global report, technologies and know-how and since the reces- environment, driven by public Qatar’s additional strengths enhancing a culture of innovation. sion suggests future budget surpluses and low gov- include high efficiency in goods Qatar, that lies between the shocks to the global ernment debt, is Qatar’s main and services markets and a very scale of One and Seven, has been economy could have strength, cited World Economic high level of physical security. adjudged in all the 12 Pillars as deep and protracted Forum’s (WEF) latest Global Access to finance is world class “best”. It has been ranked “2” consequences. Competitiveness Index that put and businesses and individuals use under the macroeconomic envi- Switzerland Qatar on top of Mena region latest technologies, including the ronment pillar, with a 6.7 score.. tops the Global yesterday. Internet, widely. Infrastructure, health and primary Competitiveness The report is an annual assess- To maintain its strong posi- education, higher education, goods Index for the sev- ment of the factors driving pro- tion, Qatar will have to invest its market efficiency, labour market, enth year in a row. ductivity and prosperity in 140 exceptional wealth in the types of financial market development, It leads the world WASHINGTON: A relent- countries. innovation and transfer of technol- technological readiness, market contrast starkly with countries in in its capacity to innovate and less deceleration in the Qatar’s main strength is its ogy and know-how that can trans- size and business sophistication North Africa, where the highest scores highly for its education sys- economies of the develop- stable macroeconomic environ- late into future economic growth. are among other Pillars that Qatar placed country is Morocco (72nd), tem and labour market efficiency. ing world will cause global ment ….the result of high windfall Currently government procure- being adjudged as”best”. and the Levant, which is led by Switzerland’s infrastructure is growth to slow this year revenues from energy exports. ment plays a key role in promot- It’s a mixed picture in the Mena. Jordan (64th). strong, its public institutions and only pick up a bit more However, the recent decline in the ing innovation , yet the patenting Qatar (14th) leads the region, With geopolitical conflict and are effective and transparent, pace in 2016, the head of price of oil and gas is not captured rate of Qatari nationals remains ahead of the UAE (17th), although terrorism threatening to take an and its macroeconomic environ- the International Monetary in this year’s edition because of the low. With imports standing at it remains more at risk than its even bigger toll, countries in the ment is more stable than most. Fund said yesterday. time lag in the data. It may under- 30.77 percent of GDP, promot- neighbour to continued low energy region must focus on reforming Still, the cost of doing business in In a speech that previewed mine the country’s performance in ing inward trade and investment prices, as its economy is less diver- the business environment and Switzerland is high. a report on global growth due future, the WEF said. could contribute to bringing in new sified. These strong performances strengthening the private sector. THE PENINSULA next month, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (pictured) held back from giving specific estimates. New Tesla Model X Crossover SUV But her comments appeared to be more pessimistic than the global lender’s forecast Qatari stocks rebound to made in July, just before global financial markets erupted into turmoil over concerns that China’s economy could crash. wrap up worst quarter Lagarde said China needs to keep trying to rebalance its economy away from commod- BY SATISH KANADY The industrials, insurance and Momentum indicators in sell ity-intensive investment but banking stocks struggled in the mode suggests a market correc- also must be careful to safe- DOHA: Qatari stocks climbed past month. Insurance sector tion from current levels. The guard “demand and financial yesterday, rebounding at the was tanked by 4.14 percent, while index could decline to 11,201 and stability.” end of the worst quarter of industrials lost 3.57 percent. The 11,100 if it sustains below 11,300. In a survey of the global the year. Powered by banking market cap fell by 0.46 percent at On the other hand it could face economy, she said growth was Tesla CEO Elon Musk demonstrates the falcon wing doors on the new sector, the benchmark index the end of September. resistance at 11,355 and 11,475. picking up in the euro area Tesla Model X Crossover SUV during a launch event on September 29, surged 190 points, or 1.69 per- Industrials stocks were upbeat In September, the trading value and Japan and still looked 2015 in Fremont, California. After several production delays, Elon Musk cent, to finish at 11,465. with the bellwether Industries was decreased by 18.15 percent robust in the United States officially launched the much anticipated Tesla Model X Crossover SUV. Banking sector rose 2.14 per- Qatar (IQ) surging 2.07 percent. from the previous month. Trading and Britain. “The not-so- cent, with Masraf Al Rayan The energy sensitive stocks Gulf volume was declined by 16.6 per- good news is that emerging gaining the most by 3.12 percent. International and MPHC spiked cent, while the number of trans- economies are likely to see QNB gained 2.68 percent, while 3.83 percent and 2.76 percent, actions fell by 22.11 percent. their fifth consecutive year of Commercial Bank and QIB edged respectively. Interpreting the Sector-wide bank and financial declining rates of growth,” she Citigroup, Ashmore get approval up 1.99 percent and 1.06 percent, technical charts, market experts services was the value leader of said. “Global growth will likely respectively. noted Gulf International’s per- the month, while real estate sec- be weaker this year than last, to buy Saudi stocks directly The local bourse wrapped formance suggests buying interest tor led the volume. QNB, Gulf with only a modest accelera- up the third quarter (Q3, 15) among traders. “We are bullish on International, Masraf Al Rayan, tion expected in 2016.” RIYADH: US bank Citigroup Inc and emerging markets-focused after turbulent trading sessions. the stock for the short term. We Barwa and Industries Qatar were In July, the IMF forecast a investment manager Ashmore Group have won permission from the Dropping sharply in July (-3.41 believe the stock could advance in the toppers of the month in terms marginal slowdown in global Saudi Arabian regulator to invest directly in the local stock market, percent), market remained vola- the near term and reach our price of the value. growth this year to 3.3 per- sources said. The kingdom opened its $442bn market to direct invest- tile in the remaining months , targets of QR64.80 and QR66.00. Reuters reported Middle East cent from 3.4 percent in 2014, ment by foreigners on June 15 this year as part of efforts to create jobs often seeing big daily swings. The Traders could consider buying stock markets rose yesterday with a rebound to 3.8 percent and diversify its economy beyond oil. HSBC Holdings obtained a licence benchmark index plummeted 1.88 above QR63.20 and maintain a after oil prices and the global growth in 2016. “We are con- in June; one source said that a total of six institutions had now been percent in August before declin- stop loss at QR60.40,” analysts at market environment improved. cerned about their capacity to given licences, but he declined to name the other three. REUTERS ing 0.88 percent in September. Global Research noted yesterday. THE PENINSULA buffer shocks,” Lagarde said. REUTERS GCC’s invested capital jumps to $380bn in five years: GOIC DOHA: The GCC industrial to $380bn last year, from approxi- accelerated growth and several by providing necessary infra- materials manufacturing units Saudi Arabia ranked top in base has witnessed a major mately $222bn in 2010, a 5-year developments, from the increase structure, building industrial (2,858); food products, beverages terms of number of factories expansion over the past five CAGR of 14.4 percent. An esti- in the number of factories and cities, creating industrial develop- and tobacco(1,965) and furniture (41.8 percent), followed by the years with the total number mated $158bn was invested in size of investments to the growth ment funds and offering a series manufacturing sector (1,062) UAE (34.5 percent), Oman third of its manufacturing factories industrial ventures over the of the industrial labour force. of industrial incentives. In fact, The chemical and petrochemi- (9.6 percent), Bahrain fourth (4.8 increasing to 16,292 in 2014, last five years and in expansion These developments took place manufacturing industries play a cal products was ranked first in percent), Qatar fifth (4.7 percent) from 13,035 in 2010. The fig- projects of existing industries, the in various industrial activities critical role in achieving strategic terms of investments, with about and Kuwait sixth (4.6 percent). ures disclosed by GOIC (Gulf GOIC disclosed. shaping the manufacturing sector, and economic objectives of these QR220.2bn representing 57.9 per- Saudi Arabia was also ranked Organisation for Industrial The region’s labour force notably hydrocarbon industries countries. cent of the total investments in first in terms of total investments Consulting) suggest that a total increased from about 1.1 million in that include refining, petrochemi- The maximum number of operating factories. The invest- (55.3 percent), followed by Qatar of 3,257 factories were set up 2010 to about 1.5 million in 2014. cals, gas liquefaction, production factories were launched in the ment in the basic metals indus- (21.7 percent), UAE (9.1 percent), and became operational during New factories have provided about of chemical fertilisers, iron and Metal and Transportation- try accounted for QR52.5bn. An Oman (6.2 percent), Kuwait this short period of time. 400,000 new job opportunities. steel, food industries and others. related sectors (4,594), followed estimated $37.3bn investment was (5.1 percent) and Bahrain (2.7 In a parallel development, the The GCC manufacturing This was the direct result of GCC by chemical and petrochemi- made in building materials manu- percent). region’s invested capital jumped industries have witnessed an countries supporting this sector cal products (3,365); building facturing sector. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Maakaron to lead QNBFS corners Sage ME makes its mark in Squire Patton Qatar IT Software market Boggs in Qatar maximum value DOHA: Sage Middle East (Sage economy grows, IT development healthcare, trading and distri- DOHA: Squire Patton Boggs ME), a business management received considerable investments bution, as well as conglomerates yesterday announced that software provider, has seen both from government enti- and FMCG. “We are excited at Charbel M Maakaron (pic- huge success in the Qatari mar- ties and international corporate the prospects opening up for us tured) has been appointed man- ket throughout the 2015 fiscal groups,” he said. “As the sector in Qatar. Healthcare, for instance, aging partner of the firm’s Doha in brokerages year, according to a senior-level evolves, we saw a great opportu- is a key growth driver for Sage office. executive. nity to serve the growing needs ME. Over the last six months, we Maakaron The IT industry comprising of large multi-national companies were able to sign up two health- will suc- Value of shares traded hits QR3.19bn of hardware, software, and IT and SMEs for enterprise business care clients in the emirate. We ceed Susan services is expected to be valued solutions. We are proud to have are also seeing renewed inter- B Bastress DOHA: The QNB Financial recorded in August 2015. In terms at QR6.8bn in 2019, displaying made a positive contribution to est from groups of companies in with effect Services (QNBFS) emerged as of trading value, Dlala Brokerage strong growth from QR4.8bn in this development, as we partnered Qatar and in other parts of the from the topper in Qatar’s brokerage ranked third by snatching 13.06 2014, according to a report on with companies in several indus- GCC to use our ERP solutions,” today. business in September 2015, by percent (QR1.6bn) in September, information technology in Qatar tries and helped them address Fernandes said. Bastress, grabbing 25.66 percent of the compared to 6.85 percent done by BMI Research. the toughest business challenges One of its products, the Sage who total value of shares traded on (QR924m) in August. The same report suggests, the in Qatar.” X3, has become an instant served as Qatar Exchange (QE) during CBQ Investment Services software segment is expected Fernandes added that Sage regional favourite because of its managing the month. Through a total of share was 9.60 percent (QR1.1bn) to hit QR828m in 2019 from its ME’s steady growth in a highly ability to streamline core business partner 20,500 transactions, the com- against 12.46 percent (1.6bn) in QR548m in 2014 buoyed by gov- competitive IT market such as process such as HR, financials, in Doha first in 2003, when bined value of total shares August. ernment modernisation and diver- Qatar has allowed it to strengthen purchasing, sales and manufac- she established the office, until traded by QNBFS reached Total number of transactions sification plans. Reggie Fernandes, its position as the ERP software turing, without the need for heavy 2006 and then in a second term QR3.19bn in September. made by CBQ IS in September Regional Director for Sage ME, developer of choice by companies investment and resources. Sage since 2012, is returning to her With a share of 21.18 percent of dropped to 14,556 from the previ- related the significant role it plays in the GCC region. X3 has been deployed in the UAE real estate practice in the firm’s the total value or QR2.6bn, The ous month’s 17,972. in supporting its Qatari clients’ In Qatar, Sage ME’s suite of and Saudi Arabia, and will soon be Washington DC office. Group Securities stood second Qatar Securities’ trading value impressive growth story. ERP solutions has been deployed available in Qatar. “In Charbel, we have one of in terms of total value of traded share was 9.29 percent (QR1.1bn) “Over the years, as Qatar’s by various industries, including THE PENINSULA Qatar’s leading corporate attor- shares during the month. against 9 percent (QR1.2bn) in neys, a dynamic, highly expe- However, on cumulative basis, August. rienced and well respected The Group Securities continued The Gulf Investment Group colleague, who will lead our Doha to consolidate its position as top- grabbed 6.48 percent share office forward in an exciting per by grabbing 29.52 percent of (QR806m) of the trading value period of growth for our firm’s the total value of shares traded on in September against 8.35 per- Hyundai marks Middle East practice,” said Peter the bourse in September. Through cent (QR1.1bn) in August. Islamic Crossley, Squire Patton Boggs’s a total of 848,641 transactions, the Securities’ share stood at 3.71 3m Mideast European and Middle East combined value of total shares percent (QR462m) The broker- Managing Partner. traded by the brokerage company age firm’s August 2015 share of sales with offers Corporate partner Maakaron hit QR46bn. the total traded value accounted advises a broad range of prominent QNBFS, the brokerage arm for QR1.1bn DOHA: Hyundai Motor local and international clients on of QNB Group, garnered 17.92 International Securities’ share Company is celebrating the sale mergers and acquisitions, corporate percent share of the total traded in the brokerage market was 4.12 of its three millionth vehicle structuring, commercial litigation, value in September cumulative percent (QR513m), down from in the Middle East, 39 years capital markets and regulatory from the beginning of the year, August’s 5.84 percent (QR788m). after it began operations in the matters. Described by a regional marginally up from 17.24 percent Dlala-Islamic Brokerage clutched region. publication as ‘one of eight people to posted in the previous month. 2.08 percent (QR259m) of the This month officials gathered know in Qatar,’ Maakaron combines Total value of shares traded by total traded value, against the at the Ulsan Plant in Korea to expertise in international commer- QNBFS on cumulative basis stood previous month’s 2.04 percent mark the occasion and to thank cial law with a practical under- at QR27bn. (QR274m). customers, the company is offer- standing of local laws. He works According to QE’s trading The market share of Al Ahli ing a new 5 year/100,000km war- closely with the Qatar Chamber of activity data for the month of Brokerage dropped to 4.35 ranty across all models. Hyundai cars at the dockayard. Commerce and Industry and the September, the Group Securities percent(QR541m) in September, Now firmly established as Qatar Chapter of the International accounts for 37.30 percent of from August’s 5.80 percent the second biggest automotive the brand’s approach of working and Head of Hyundai Africa and Chamber of Commerce. Maakaron the total transactions on the (QR782m). manufacturer across the region, with three different distributor Middle East, said: “Meeting the said: “We are representing many bourse, the largest among the Al Rayan Financial Brokers’ Hyundai arrived in the Middle partners across the Kingdom. three million vehicle mark is tes- leading Qatari and multinational 11 authorised brokerage compa- market share stood at 0.46 per- East in 1976. Qatar market also has signifi- tament to the strength of our companies, as Qatar itself is seeing nies. However, the Group’s total cent (QR57m) compared to 0.71 In terms of bestselling markets, cantly contributed to the growth brand, and the quality and value unprecedented activity and moving number of transactions is down to percent (QR96m) in August. Saudi Arabia has taken pole posi- of Hyundai brand in the region. offered across our wide model forward with its National Vision for 58,646 in September, from 84,343 THE PENINSULA tion for Hyundai, benefiting from Jin (James) Kim, Vice-President range.” THE PENINSULA 2030.” THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

Egypt to search Qatar economy posts 4.8pc growth in Q2 for oil in Robust growth in construction and hospitality sectors Iraq in first

BY SACHIN KUMAR industry or sector of an economy. GVA of this sector remains flat. The reduction in international The GVA of finance, insurance, foreign venture DOHA: Qatar’s quarterly gross price levels of crude oil in this real estate and business sector is CAIRO: Egypt will search domestic product (GDP) at con- quarter has led to muted growth estimated at QR26.84bn in Q2 of for oil outside its own bor- stant prices rose 4.8 percent in in nominal GVA of this sector. 2015, showing a growth of 10 per- ders for the first time after the second quarter of 2015, helped The real GVA of non-mining cent when compared to the cor- signing an agreement with by robust growth in construction, quarrying sectors in the second responding quarter (Q2) estimate Kuwait Energy for part of financial services and hospitality quarter of 2015, totalled QR97.33bn, of QR24.41bn in 2014. However a concession in Iraq, its oil sectors. which shows a growth of 9.1 percent the GVA level of this quarter has minister said yesterday. The GDP, which is a measure of over the corresponding quarter shown a marginal decline when Kuwait Energy will give the size of an economy, grew from GVA estimate of QR89.22bn. compared to the revised estimate up 10 percent of a concession QR187.63bn in second quarter of The high growth in the Q2, 2015 of previous quarter. in Basra, southern Iraq, for 2014 to QR196.64bn in the same is the result of double digit rise seen The GVA of manufacturing sec- exploration by Egypt’s state quarter current year. mainly in construction, trading, tor is estimated at QR19.66bn in oil company, Tarek al-Mullah However, compared to the pre- hospitality and financial sectors. Q2, 2015 showing a growth of 3.8 said in a statement. vious quarter (Q1 of 2015) revised The GVA of construction sec- percent over the estimate of cor- “The agreement opens up estimate of QR195.67bn, the growth tor came at QR12.83bn in second responding quarter (Q2) of 2014. the space for the oil sector in this quarter is 0.5 percent, the quarter of 2015 showing a growth Compared to the previous quarter to find sources of oil outside Ministry of Development Planning of 19.7 percent when compared to (Q1 of 2015) revised GVA of this Egypt for the first time, fol- and Statistics said yesterday in a the GVA of corresponding quarter sector, there has been a growth lowing the example of many report on the preliminary estimates of 2014. Compared to the previous of 3.3 percent. This growth is pri- other countries,” Mullah said. at current and constant prices for quarter (Q1 of 2015), there has marily explained by the increase Financial support from the second quarter of 2015. been a drop of 1.4 percent in the seen in the production of fertilis- Gulf states such as Kuwait The real Gross Value Added GVA of this sector. ers and petrochemical products has helped Cairo keep its (GVA) of mining and quarrying The GVA of trade, hotel and during this quarter. economy afloat and ease an (including oil and gas) sector in Q2, restaurants sector is estimated The GVA contribution of energy crisis after the mili- 2015 stood at QR99.30bn, showing a at QR12.92bn in Q2 of 2015 reg- Government Services sector is esti- tary ousted former President rise of 0.9 percent over the estimate istering a growth of 12.5 percent mated at QR19.16bn in Q2 of 2015, Mohamed Mursi of the of Q2, 2014 (QR98.41bn). GVA is over the corresponding quarter which is 6.3 percent higher than the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013. the measure of the value of goods of 2014. Compared to the pre- estimate of Q2 of 2014. Egypt has gone from export- and services produced in an area, vious quarter (Q1 of 2015), the THE PENINSULA ing energy to being a net energy importer as domestic production has failed to keep pace with rising demand. The government is seeking alter- native solutions to help the country cope with its worst London plans tougher rules for app-based taxi firms energy crisis in decades. “This is an important step LONDON: London’s transport and technology has also developed answer is to reduce the onerous for securing energy supplies chiefs announced plans yester- rapidly,” said Garrett Emmerson regulations cabbies face today, not from outside Egypt in order to day to tighten control on private from Transport for London, increase them for everyone else.” partially meet the demands of hire vehicles (PHV), a move which has issued the proposals An online petition set up by Canberra to regulate the local market,” said Mullah. that could hit app-based ride- that will now go out for a 12-week Uber against the proposals has Production in the conces- hailing firms such as Uber. consultation. already attracted 86,000 signa- sion area’s first well, Fayhaa 1, Drivers of the city’s famous Under the plans, firms would tures. Unlike black cabs, which ride-sharing app Uber is expected to begin in October black cabs have argued Uber have to provide a booking con- can be flagged down in the street with an initial return of 5,000 bypasses local licensing and firmation at least five minutes and use a meter to calculate fares, SYDNEY: The Australian city of Canberra yesterday said it bpd with the number expected safety laws and amounts to unfair before a journey starts and let San-Francisco based Uber, backed would become the first capital in the world to regulate ride- to reach 150,000 bpd by 2020- competition. They have staged a allow cabs to be booked up to by heavyweight investors includ- sharing services such as Uber, even as the controversial apps 21. REUTERS number of high-profile protests, seven days in advance. They could ing Goldman Sachs and Google, face legal challenges elsewhere. including go-slow demonstrations not show vehicles for immediate allows customers to book and pay Popular US-based app Uber and other ride-sharing opera- that have brought traffic in the hire via an app and must specify for a taxi using an app on their tors will be able to legally pick up passengers from October 30 Egypt gets center of London to a standstill. the fare prior to the booking being smartphones. It also provides a in Canberra, with the Australian Capital Territory government A protest earlier this month at accepted. “These bureaucratic second app for drivers to calculate requiring drivers and vehicles to undergo accreditation and reg- second floating London’s City Hall led to a scuf- new rules will not improve your the cost of a journey. istration. While Uber has been popular with commuters around fle that resulted in arrests for ride,” said Jo Bertram, Uber’s Uber has provoked a backlash the world, it has faced backlash from traditional taxi operators LNG terminal assault and aggravated trespass Regional General Manager, UK, in cities across the globe, with and some governments, and been hit with legal challenges in cities and the suspension of a meeting Ireland and Nordics. the mayor of Rio de Janeiro say- including Brussels and Jakarta. “Canberra will become the first CAIRO: Egypt took delivery where Mayor Boris Johnson was “They’re designed to address ing on Tuesday he would ban its city in Australia and the first capital in the world to regulate ride- of its second liquefied natu- answering questions. the concerns of black cab driv- use in the city while a taxi driv- sharing services,” ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said. AFP ral gas (LNG) import termi- “In recent years the private hire ers, who feel under pressure from ers protest jammed the centre of nal yesterday and plans to industry has grown exponentially increased competition. But the Bratislava. REUTERS start operations in the third week of October, Khaled Abdel Badie, boss of state gas board EGAS, said. The floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) China to halve New Nissan Maxima ‘to reinvent sedan segment’ was provided by Singapore- based Norwegian firm BW car purchase tax Gas. FSRUs allow Egypt to DOHA: Nissan has unveiled looks like nothing else on the road import LNG and convert it the all-new, game-changing today — and drives like nothing to natural gas to feed into its amid slow sales Nissan Maxima 2016 for the in the segment. It not only resets energy-starved power grid. Middle East yesterday. The Nissan Maxima’s iconic ‘4-Door Egypt took delivery of its first BEIJING: China said yesterday completely redesigned 8th gen- Sports Car’ positioning, it sets a FSRU from Norway’s Hoegh it will halve purchase taxes on eration model is the sportiest new standard for style, perform- LNG in April, allowing the vehicles with small engines, in most powerful Maxima ever. ance and technology in the large country to begin LNG imports. an attempt to boost sales in the The new Maxima is set to re- sedan segment. “It raises the bar Once an energy exporter, world’s largest car market where define its segment as it brings incredibly high in class-leading declining oil and gas production demand has weakened. head turning design, enhanced design, fuel efficiency, performance and increasing consumption has Car sales in China have been performance and state-of-the-art and technology.” forced Egypt to divert energy falling for five straight months technology to Middle East cus- The high performance, top- supplies to the domestic market since April as expansion of the tomers. Together, these attributes end sedan will support Nissan’s and have turned it into a net world’s second-largest economy make the new Nissan Maxima a ambitious business target. Nissan energy importer. has slowed. The cut effective from unique combination of sports car expects the all-new Nissan Maxima The deal with BW Gas was Thursday applies to passenger cars style with premium elegance. 2016 will command a 12 percent worth about $60m per year, with engines of 1.6 litres or less Nissan Middle East Managing share in the E-segment in the GCC, then-oil minister Sherif Ismail and seating fewer than ten peo- Director Samir Cherfan said: “The with a goal of selling around 7,000 told Reuters in August. Ismail ple, the finance ministry said in a dramatically styled all-new Nissan vehicles, an increase of more than is now prime minister. The Nissan Middle East Managing Director Samir Cherfan with the all-new statement. Maxima 2016, created by driving 70 per cent in sales compared to new terminal has a capacity Nissan Maxima 2016. The policy — which sets the sales enthusiasts for driving enthusiasts, 2014. THE PENINSULA of 750 million cubic feet per tax at 5 percent — will last until the day, EGAS said. REUTERS end of next year, it added. Number plate restrictions in some major cit- ies to ease traffic gridlock and vola- tility on China’s stock exchanges have weighed on demand. Lacoste bites back in Gulf Air, Bahrain Industry group the China Association of Automobile Polytechnic sign Manufacturers reportedly said crocodile logo court battle it expected sales to decrease this year. The tax incentive comes after LUXEMBOURG: Sportswear application to register its logo of training MoU China’s state council said Tuesday giant Lacoste won EU court a head, spiked tail and the word it would offer support for “new backing to block a Polish com- caiman as the torso for leather DOHA: Gulf Air, the Kingdom energy” cars, by lifting license petitor from snapping up a goods, clothing and footwear. of Bahrain’s national car- restrictions in an attempt to “culti- variant of the crocodile logo The general court found that rier, and Bahrain Polytechnic vate new economic growth drivers”. it upheld as the French firm’s the two signs have at least an recently signed a Memorandum China imposed a similar tax cut trademark. “average degree of similarity” as of Understanding to provide the in 2009 during the aftermath of the The General Court of the both show a type of crocodile. tertiary education institute’s global financial crisis, which helped European Union, the bloc’s sec- “There is a likelihood of confu- Information Technology students China to overtake the United ond highest court, ruled that sion, given that the general public and graduates with the opportu- States as the world’s biggest car the caiman logo that Mocek is likely to believe that the goods nity to perform final year indus- market. The policy was scrapped and Wenta sought to register bearing the signs at issue come try projects and obtain valuable in 2011. The tax announcement is in the 28-nation EU was similar from the same undertaking or industry experience in the field of Officials at the signing ceremony. expected to help German carmaker enough to Lacoste’s iconic sign as from economically-linked under- Information and Communications Volkswagen — which is embroiled to cause confusion. “The general takings,” the court said. Technology (ICT) at Gulf Air and conduct industrial visits in a broad range of ICT projects.” in an emission-cheating scandal court considers that the repute “The court considers that the in the airline’s Information related to their field of study — Dr Mohamed Al Aseeri, Acting worldwide — as China represents of the Lacoste crocodile is such representation of the Mocek and Technology Department. integrating academic education CEO of Bahrain Polytechnic said: more than a third of their global as to prevent the registration of Wenta caiman might be perceived Satisfying the needs of Bahrain’s with practical application. “The problem-based learning sales. the crocodile or caiman figures as a variant of the representation labour market and further Bahrain Polytechnic campus, approach the Polytechnic prac- Fears about decelerating growth for leather goods, clothing and of the Lacoste crocodile, the latter enhancing students’ and gradu- Dr Jassim Haji, Gulf Air Director tices focuses on practical learning, in the Chinese economy, a key footwear,” it said in a statement. being widely known to the pub- ates’ technical skills and knowl- Information Technology said: resulting in students being ready driver of global growth, have rocked Backing Lacoste, the EU’s lic,” it added. The iconic Lacoste edge base, Bahrain Polytechnic “With this training programme, to work in a corporate environ- stock exchanges around the world trademark office OHIM rejected brand was founded in 1933 by ten- students can now enroll in intern- Polytechnic students will gain ment upon graduation.” in recent weeks. AFP Mocek and Wenta’s 2007 nis champion Rene Lacoste. AFP ships, receive on-the-job training real-life experience at Gulf Air THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS WTO cites China, US and refugee costs as risks to growth

GENEVA: World trade will grow 1990-2008 before the financial crisis hit. of destabilising financial flows from an China’s falling demand was one major grow by 3.9 percent, a revision of the by 2.8 percent this year and could be The WTO’s forecast implies growth eventual interest rate rise by the US reason why global trade shrank in the WTO’s previous forecast of 4.0 percent. pegged back further by a US interest will quicken this year, from 2.5 percent Federal Reserve, and unanticipated costs first two quarters of 2015, contracting That rebound is predicated on Asian rate rise, China’s economic slowdown growth in 2014. But its expectations have associated with the migration crisis in from the previous quarter by an aver- import growth bouncing back from 2.6 or Europe’s refugee crisis, the World repeatedly proved overly optimistic as Europe,” the WTO said in a statement. age of 0.7 percent. Falling demand in percent in 2015 to 4.3 percent, as well as Trade Organisation said yesterday. hopes of global economic recovery have The Chinese slowdown already caused Brazil and oil and commodity prices also Latin America flipping from a 5.6 per- The forecast, revised down from a receded. There were still big potential the WTO to cut its 2015 forecast for contributed. cent import contraction this year to 5.7 3.3 percent forecast made in April, risks to its latest numbers. growth in Asian imports to 2.6 percent, However, year-on-year global growth percent import growth in 2016. means 2015 will be the fourth year in “These include a sharper-than- down from a 5.1 percent projection in for the year to date is still positive, at 2.3 The WTO forecasts covered trade a row with trade growth of less than expected slowdown in emerging and April, and Asian exports to 3.1 percent percent from the same period of 2014. in goods, but not trade in services. 3 percent, half the annual average in developing economies, the possibility from the previous 5.0 percent forecast. In 2016, world trade is expected to REUTERS

EU to ease capital rules VW to go for for banks, insurers external probe, to boost economy

BRUSSELS: The European became untradable in 2007, Union will ease capital rules helping to spawn the crisis, but it has imposed on banks and Hill said the EU measure would unit cuts shift insurers since the financial focus only on the use of high crisis to help markets raise quality loans to create “simple, more funds for reviving slug- transparent and standardised” Financing arm freezes hiring gish economic growth. (STS) debt to qualify for the 25 The bloc’s financial services percent cut in capital charges. BERLIN: Volkswagen has Volkswagen. Shareholder advisory chief, Jonathan Hill, announced Banks will also be forced to imposed a hiring freeze at its firm Hermes EOS said it had “real his “action plan”, made up of 33 retain at least 5 percent of the financing business and cut a doubts” about Volkswagen’s deci- measures and legislative initia- securities they create, to try to shift at a German engine factory sion to appoint company insiders Workers wait for garage service customers at Northern Virginia Volkswagen tives that will put in place the discourage the packaging and as it braces for a hit to business to top jobs to tackle the crisis. dealer in Woodbridge, Virginia. building blocks of “capital mar- selling of bad loans seen as a from cheating in diesel emis- German newspaper Handelsblatt kets union” or CMU by 2019. key factor of the subprime sions tests. reported that some investors were European companies tap crash in the United States. Senior officials at the German calling for Poetsch to stand aside. banks for up to 80 percent of Some 70 percent of existing carmaker will examine the initial However, a spokesman for Porsche Owners in Seoul to sue the funds they need to grow, pooled debt would meet the findings of an internal investiga- SE, the Piech-Porsche clan’s hold- and Brussels hopes its planned “STS” criteria, the European tion into the biggest business crisis ing company, said it continued to reforms will switch some of this Commission estimated. in the company’s 78-year history, back Poetsch as chairman. heavy lifting to markets. Hill’s other quick wins a source familiar with the mat- Johannes Kleis, communications over emissions scam It would be the first instance include making it easier and ter said. chief for the European Consumer of regulators rowing back on cheaper for companies to issue Meeting at group headquarters Organisation, said it was press- SEOUL: Volkswagen owners and a refund of the full sale price, regulation introduced during bonds and shares. Absent from in Wolfsburg, the supervisory ing Volkswagen to give customers in South Korea are following with interest from the date of the financial crisis in a sign of the plan is any attempt to board’s executive committee will information as quickly as possible their US counterparts in suing purchase. “Our clients would how policymakers concern has centralise supervision of mar- also prepare for an external inves- about any implications for fuel the German carmaker over an never have bought the cars if they switched to reviving growth. “I kets further at the EU level, tigation by a US law firm Jones consumption and emissions. emissions-cheating scandal, had been fully aware of the real want to knock down barriers a step some policymakers see Day, with an official from that But analysts say the refit may with hundreds expected to file emissions controls,” he said. to make it easier for capital to as necessary to drive through firm to join part of the meeting, not be straightforward, and complaints in the coming weeks. The cases can be consolidated flow freely across all 28 member changes, but which would go the source added. Volkswagen’s Czech division Skoda Seoul-based Barun Law said it in a de-facto class action suit, Ha states,” Hill said in a statement. down badly in Britain ahead of VW Financial Services, which has informed the government in had filed two complaints with the said, although in South Korea Early initiatives include its referendum of EU member- makes loans to car buyers and Prague that it will need until the court yesterday morning, claiming each individual plaintiff must file making it cheaper for banks ship, due by the end of 2017. leases vehicles to fleet operators, end of October to find a technical the owners were defrauded when a separate complaint. Lawsuits, to sell high quality securities Hill said he wanted to avoid said it was introducing a hiring solution. they purchased their vehicles. including class-action litigation, based on the pooling of loans the huge political distraction freeze for the rest of the year. “We Some analysts are concerned “We received at least 100 more are also being filed by VW own- such as mortgages — known that institutional changes are reacting to the current situa- management will not have enough calls from owners today, and ers in the United States, and the as securitisation — to institu- would bring. tion. It is a purely precautionary time to focus on rebuilding the expect to start adding many more company is facing investigations tional investors. He also wants More medium term aims measure,” a spokesman said. brand and tackling long-standing plaintiffs from next week,” said in a number of countries. to encourage insurers to invest include tackling politically sen- At its Salzgitter engine factory, areas of underperformance, such lawyer Ha Jong-Sun. South Korean environmental in infrastructure such as roads sitive issues such as trying to Volkswagen also cut one shift per as the mass-market VW divi- Volkswagen, the world’s biggest authorities met with VW repre- and digital networks by cutting harmonise tax and insolvency week which it had initially put in sion, flagging sales in China and a carmaker by sales, has admitted sentatives last week to discuss the their capital charges on such laws in the EU, areas that place to meet higher demand. struggling US business. that up to 11 million diesel cars timing and methods for emissions investments by about a third. are typically member state New Chief Executive Matthias In a sign of the potential impact worldwide are fitted with devices tests to be conducted here, with Reviving Europe’s securitisa- domains. Financial industry Mueller, who took over from of the scandal, a car valuation that can switch on pollution con- results expected to be announced tion sector to pre-crisis levels trade bodies generally wel- Martin Winterkorn last Friday, tracking guide said the value of trols when they detect the car is by the end of November. would raise €100bn to €150bn, comed the CMU plans with the has promised to find those respon- used Volkswagen diesel cars sold undergoing testing. They then Of the five models equipped the European Commission said. British Bankers’ Association, sible and to create a new business in Britain trailed the wider market switch off the controls when with test-cheating software in So far, regulators from else- representing lenders in culture. in September. the car is on the road, allowing the United States, four have been where in the world have not Europe’s biggest market, saying Investors view an external Industry publication Green Car it to spew out harmful levels of imported to South Korea — the said they will also cut capital it was “pragmatic” with clear investigation as particularly Journal also said it was rescinding emissions. Ha said the practice Golf, Audi A3, Jetta and Beetle. charges on banks who origi- deadlines. But policymakers important, given the close links “Green Car of the Year” awards amounted to fraud, and said his About 59,000 of those models nate securitised debt in their have said that creating a CMU of Mueller and chairman-desig- given to Volkswagen’s 2009 VW clients would be seeking unspeci- are on the road in South Korea jurisdictions. will be as much about changing nate Hans Dieter Poetsch to the Jetta TDI and 2010 Audi A3 TDI fied damages, as well as cancella- now, the environment ministry Securitised debt based on attitudes as reforming market Piech-Porsche clan that controls models. REUTERS tion of the initial sales contract said. AFP low quality US home loans practices. REUTERS

US regulators say Fiat Chrysler Climate change threatens global Gold heads for biggest failed in vehicle death reporting financial crises, warns BoE head quarterly loss in a year CHICAGO: Fiat Chrysler LONDON: Climate change threatens global LONDON: Gold fell 1 percent meeting, it will be difficult for gold significantly under-reported financial crises and long-term declines in wealth yesterday, heading for its big- to stage a longer-lasting rally.” the number of deaths and unless world leaders urgently seal a deal to limit gest quarterly loss in a year as Gold hit near two-week lows injuries which occurred in it, the head of the Bank of England said. the dollar strengthened and the after a report showed the US pri- its vehicles, US safety regu- “The challenges currently posed by climate market awaited clarity on the vate sector added more jobs than lators said. change pale in significance compared with what timing of a hotly anticipated US expected in September. Traders The “significant failure” might come,” Mark Carney told business leaders in interest rate rise. will also be eyeing a speech by Fed was discovered after the a speech in London. “The far-sighted amongst you Platinum remained on track Chair Janet Yellen later for clues Italian automaker’s US sub- are anticipating broader global impacts on property, for its biggest quarterly loss in about the economy and the tim- sidiary agreed to pay a record migration and political stability, as well as food and seven years after plunging to its ing of a rate hike. Spot platinum $105m fine for failing to prop- water security.” lowest level since December 2008 was down 0.1 percent at $911.00 erly handle defects in 11 mil- Speaking as world leaders scramble to lay the on Tuesday on fears of a drop in an ounce, and has fallen nearly lion vehicles. groundwork for a new United Nations agreement demand for diesel cars in the 15 percent this quarter. It also comes as the auto to limit climate change at talks in Paris starting wake of the Volkswagen emissions The metal was hit last week industry reels from a series in November, Carney warned that “the window of scandal. Gold has fallen nearly 5 by news of Volkswagen’s falsifica- of scandals which have raised opportunity is finite and shrinking”. percent since July in a fifth suc- tion of US vehicle emission tests, questions about the safety Scientists have underlined the urgency of pre- cessive quarter of losses, its long- which some investors believe and reliability of vehicles. venting temperatures rising more than two degrees est quarterly run lower since 1997. could affect demand for diesel “This represents a significant Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) from pre-industrial times, Spot gold was down 1.1 per- cars. Platinum is widely used in failure to meet a manufac- although analysts warn the world is heating far cent at $1,114.70 an ounce at 1400 emissions-controlling automotive turer’s safety responsibilities,” faster. Several nations and private sector bodies have GMT, while US gold futures for catalytic converters, particularly National Highway Traffic promised to cut greenhouse gas emissions, blamed December delivery were down for diesel engines. Safety Administration chief for the severe weather and rising temperatures, $13.50 an ounce at $1,113.30. The market is also suffering Mark Rosekind said in a but there remain deep international divisions over The metal has come under from a dearth of platinum jewel- statement. “NHTSA will take a long-awaited deal. pressure from expectations that lery buying in China, and from appropriate action after gath- A Canadian economist who has been the gov- the Federal Reserve is set to hike rising supply from South African ering additional information ernor of the central bank since 2013, Carney said US interest rates this year, poten- producers, who are ramping up on the scope and causes of this that scientific evidence indicated “climate change tially lifting the opportunity cost output after last year’s unprece- failure.” will threaten financial resilience and longer-term of holding non-yielding bullion dented five-month miners’ strike. The regulator said that the prosperity”. while boosting the dollar, in which “On the supply side there is under-reporting appeared to He said the number of weather-related loss events it is priced. plenty of metal in the market be the result of a “number of for insurers had tripled since the 1980s, while infla- “Most of the weakness is due to because producers are having to problems” with the automak- tion-adjusted losses for the sector had increased The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, the stronger US dollar and expec- sell as much as possible to rebuild er’s system for gathering and five-fold to $50bn a year. speaking at a function at Lloyd’s of London. tations that interest rates in the their balance sheets after last submitting data to NHTSA’s The “catastrophic impacts of climate change” — United States will rise at some year,” Mitsubishi analyst Jonathan early warning reporting sys- including floods and storms and financial costs of point,” said Carsten Fritsch, an Butler said. “In the short term at tem for auto safety. shifting to a low-carbon economy — will only be “In other words, once climate change becomes a analyst at Commerzbank. least, the condition of oversupply AFP felt over a longer period than the three to 10 year defining issue for financial stability, it may already “Since these expectations have in platinum is likely to prevail.” horizon used in the financial industry, he warned. be too late,” Carney said. AFP shifted now to the December REUTERS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

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Doubts linger Georgia ready for NZ showdown over Bae’s Rugby World Cup: All Blacks look to seal quarter-finals berth in ‘historic’ clash tomorrow participation in Presidents Cup CARDIFF: Georgia are deter- there is not a lot of difference in mined to rise to the occasion the players we put out,” Haig said. Wales want Fiji SEOUL: South Korean in their first ever game against “We are looking for a bit of PGA golfer Bae Sang-Moon the mighty All Blacks, who can energy to face the All Blacks and scalp with an arrived home yesterday for book a World Cup quarter-final it is right to make some changes,” next week’s Presidents Cup, place with victory in the Pool he added. eye on quarters amid lingering doubts over C match at the Millennium New Zealand beat Argentina his participation in the pres- Stadium tomorrow. 26-16 before a second-string team tigious tournament. The Georgians began their overwhelmed Namibia 58-14, CARDIFF, UK: Sam Bae, 29, recently lost a legal campaign well with a 17-10 win but they have yet to find their Warburton’s Wales can take a battle to defer his manda- over Tonga before finding them- smoothest attacking rhythm in giant step towards securing an tory military service, and it selves on the wrong end of an the tournament. automatic World Cup quarter- remains unclear just how soon emphatic 54-9 scoreline against “This game gives us an oppor- final qualifying spot when they he may be forced to switch his Argentina. Now they face a task New tunity to build on our previous face Fiji today. golf kit for army fatigues. of even greater magnitude against Zealand’s performances,” New Zealand The Welsh skipper said that A two-time PGA Tour win- the defending champions. wing Julian coach Steve Hansen said. after their dramatic win over ner, Bae failed to qualify auto- “For Georgian rugby it is pretty Savea “Although we don’t know a lot England, the team are deter- matically for the International historic and being in a World attends about them, we know enough. mined not to talk themselves out team that will vie with the Cup makes it even more special,” a training They’re big, strong athletes and of another victory. US team in the October 6-11 Georgia coach Milton Haig told a session should contribute to what will be a The Welsh are second in the event in the western port city news conference on Wednesday. in Cardiff, great occasion at the Millennium “Pool of Death” on points differ- of Incheon. New Zealander Haig will have south Stadium.” ence from Australia, the two sides International team captain no divided loyalties when he leads Wales, on The All Blacks suffered a shock having both notched up two vic- Nick Price made Bae one of his side against the country of his Sunday World Cup 2007 quarter-final tories in two matches. his two extra picks, saying he birth. ahead of defeat against France in Cardiff, England sit third having lost wanted a player that South “My loyalty and responsibility but flyhalf Dan Carter loves play- 28-25 to Wales and play the Korean fans could root for. their match is to my team,” he said. “It will be ing at the city’s impressive arena, Wallabies at Twickenham on Although Price said he against a special occasion for me and I am where he has scored a total of 106 Saturday in a must-win match. did not foresee any problem looking forward to it.” Georgia. points. Warburton said the team had with Bae’s availability, there Haig believes Georgia has a “I’m often asked which is my been buoyed by their outstanding remains an outside chance he passion for rugby similar to that favourite stadium to play,” the win over England even though it could be ordered to report for in his homeland. hard on our discipline, but we next Wednesday but insists their 33-year-old said. came at an injury cost, Hallam military duty in the next few “They love the game in Georgia must play with fire in our belly, focus and ability to give a good “I always say the Millennium. Amos and Scott Williams ruled days. and there is a great camaraderie too.” showing against the All Blacks I’ve got a lot of great memories of out and Liam Williams undergo- “I can’t really tell you at this in our team,” he said. Haig is resting several first- remains undiminished. playing here. It’s an amazing place ing concussion protocols. point what will happen,” Bae “We have a very forward-orien- team regulars with an eye on the “We have worked very hard to with an awesome atmosphere.” “The players are talking to told reporters as he arrived at tated game and we have worked final group game against Namibia create depth in our squad and REUTERS each other and we definitely can’t Incheon airport. let this slip now against Fiji,” “It’s not as though I can just Warburton said. pick a date I want and enter “I know the players aren’t going the armed forces,” he said. to be in the wrong mindset going The golfer said he would France want dominant show against Canada into the Fiji game because it meet with officials soon to would be so easy to slip up against discuss his case, but appeared LONDON: Philippe Saint Andre wants a dominant French per- Fiji, who I guarantee won’t be confident that he would be formance in their World Cup match against Canada today which 66-0 like it was four years ago. able to participate in the could see fly-half Frederic Michalak become his country’s all-time “We know we’re going to have Presidents Cup. best points scorer in the tournament. to be at our best to get a good Bae said he met Price last The French coach – who ends a controversial three year reign after result, so there’s going to be no week and thanked him for the World Cup -- is hoping he will not have to repeat his Alex Ferguson complacency whatsoever.” including him as a captain’s hairdryer moment in last week’s game against Romania. Indeed, that rogue result in pick. Saint-Andre accepts his side will have to go up a notch against a New Zealand four years ago “I said I will try not to dis- Canada side that showed a marked improvement in the 23-18 loss to aside, it was Fiji who produced appoint him. I told him I’ll Italy last weekend from the one mown down by a relentless Irish surge one of the performances of the try to be a big part of the of attacks in the opening 50-5 thrashing. 2007 World Cup in France when International team,” he added. “We have to be better in the rucks,” said Saint-Andre. they beat Wales 38-34 to send the Nearly every able-bodied “In modern rugby, there are 150-180 rucks per match, so we have Welsh home early. South Korean man between to be more accurate.” “The performance against the age of 18 and 35 is required Saint-Andre, though, has given some key players a rest. Fijian-born England sort of proved to our- to complete around two years wing Noa Nakatici and No 8 Louis Picamoles, who have played both pool selves we can compete and we’ve of military service. Anyone games and the warm-up tests before will sit the match out. The absence got a fantastic chance of doing refusing faces a prison term of Nakaitaci allows the first blooding at this level of Remy Grosso. well and we’ve always believed of up to three years. “Louis played the three friendlies in the lead-up to the World Cup, that but it’s one thing believing Bae, who made his PGA then two matches with a four-day turnover, just as Noa Nakaitaci,” it and another thing seeing it,” Tour debut in 2012, earned his opined Saint-Andre. Warburton said. permanent US residency in “They need some recovery time - to gain back some freshness - and France’s head coach Philippe Saint Andre attends a training session at “Being able to go to England early 2013, but he was ordered will work on other skills in the next few days.” Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, London, yesterday, on the eve of their and win at Twickenam was a to return home after his over- Canada coach Kieran Crowley is the only handler at the tournament match of the 2015 Rugby Union World Cup against Canada. massive confidence booster for seas travel permit expired at to have won the Webb Ellis trophy as a player. AFP the whole squad.” AFP the end of last year. AFP

Vick to ‘play freely’ in possible last start

NEW YORK: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Michael Vick, once the most dynamic player in the National Football Pittsburgh League, said on Tuesday he is Steelers’ savoring what could be his last quarterback chance to start. The 35-year-old quarterback, Michael Vick who was unsigned for most of (right) talks the NFL offseason until the with St Louis Pittsburgh Steelers signed him Rams ‘quar- terback Nick Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose (right) in action in this January 2015 file photo. in August, will make his first start since last November when Foles (5) after he fills in for the injured Ben a game at Roethlisberger on Thursday the Edward Rose’s troubles continue against the Baltimore Ravens. Jones Dome, “It’s a great opportunity for St Loius on me, because I don’t know if I Sunday. with orbital fracture will have this opportunity ever again,” said Vick. “Just a month NEW YORK: Derrick Rose’s another knee ailment, also has ago I was waiting to sign with troubled tenure with the his problems away from the bas- a team. Now I feel like I have a Chicago Bulls took a fresh twist ketball court. chance to go out and play freely on Tuesday when he suffered a In August, a civil suit and rape and enjoy the game, enjoy this facial fracture from an acciden- allegation were leveled at Rose moment and being out there with tal elbow during the team’s first stemming from an alleged inci- my teammates.” Brady appears set to play entire season day of practice. dent two years ago. The Steelers hope Vick, whose Rose will undergo surgery to Rose denied the charges earlier involvement in a dog fighting ring repair the left orbital fracture on this week when he showed up for led to a dramatic fall from grace, NEW YORK: New England year’s American Conference final. Wednesday. The Bulls do not have the Bulls media day. will be able to flash even a glimpse Patriots quarterback Tom Brady NFL commissioner Roger a timetable on his return. “It’s not true. I will be proven of the form of his early days and (pictured) is all but certain to Goodell looked into the contro- “Derrick took an elbow to innocent,” Rose said. “I feel like he said after practice he still had remain free to play for the rest versy of balls found to be below the face,” first-year coach Fred I’m on the right track as far as some of the speed that once made of the season after a court ruled NFL air pressure minimums and Hoiberg told reporters. “He took where I want to be at in my life. I him one of the NFL’s most feared Tuesday that the NFL’s appeal banned Brady for the first four a good, hard elbow.” feel like when you’re that focused players. in the “Deflategate” case would games of this season. Rose won the league’s MVP people try to take you down.” “My legs feel good,” said Vick. not be heard before February Brady appealed the ban to of the 2010-2011 campaign but Rose’s popularity also took a “I can still move a little bit, which next year. Goodell and he upheld his pun- his career has been hindered by hit a year ago when he said he is a blessing. I think at age 35 to The court granted a request by ishment in July. two knee surgeries in two years would not rush back from inju- still be as quick as I am is a credit the league and players union for Brady then took the matter to as well as a host of other smaller ries because he was concerned to the hard work I put into the an expedited hearing, with the US District Court and earlier this ailments. with life after basketball. There offseason. league ordered to file a brief by month had the suspension thrown The 26-year-old guard missed are also rumors of strife between “I’m just trying to keep my October 26, with Brady’s attor- out by judge Richard Berman – a the entire 2012-2013 season after Rose and Chicago’s new leading body in tip-top shape. I know neys to reply by December 7 and verdict the league has now pushed tearing his left ACL, then tore the scorer Jimmy Butler. that’s an asset for me and I have the league having until December Francisco 49ers. The timing vir- to the US Court of Appeals. With medial meniscus in his right knee The Bulls parted ways with to continue to use it.” In three 21 to respond. tually ensures Brady would not Brady directing the Patriots’ in November 2013 and missed the coach Tom Thibodeau following starts last season with the New The appeal would be heard face a ban this season even if the attack, defending Super Bowl rest of that campaign. second round play-off loss but the York Jets, Vick completed 38 of the week of February 1 with the ruling in the controversy about champion New England is off to Rose, who missed an extended new era has begun with familiar 65 passes for 404 yards and three Super Bowl set for February 7 at underinflated footballs that has a 3-0 start of the current NFL period of last season due to uncertainty of Rose. REUTERS touchdowns. REUTERS the new home stadium of the San haunted the Patriots since last season. AFP THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Johanna Konta of Great Britain reacts after she Bangladesh defeats Simona Halep of Romania during their women’s singles match on day three of the tour in doubt Wuhan Open in Wuhan, China, yesterday. as Australians return to states

SYDNEY: Australia’s two- Test tour to Bangladesh remained on hold yesterday with players returning to their home states after new warnings about security in the south Asian nation. Cricket Australia delayed the departure of the Test team on Sunday after receiv- West Indies team will not be seen in action in the 2017 Champions ing advice from foreign min- Trophy as the Caribbeans failed to qualify for the tournament. istry officials that militants may be planning attacks on Australian interests in the country. West Indies fail to qualify “There has been no change to the situation or our current position,” a Cricket Australian for Champions Trophy official said via email. Konta stuns Halep “While we’re waiting for a decision, players have been LONDON: The declining for- by chaotic mismanagement and asked to re-join their state tunes of West Indies cricket hit rows over player contracts. training programs.” a new low yesterday when the Last year, West Indies aban- Bangladesh has insisted Caribbean team failed to qualify doned their planned tour of that the players will be given for the 2017 Champions Trophy India and just two days ago, they on day of upsets the level of security usually in England. suspended coach Phil Simmons reserved for visiting heads Restricted to the world’s top after he criticised the selection of state, with Home Minister eight-ranked sides, the West policy for next month’s tour to Kvitova joins exodus of top seeds at Wuhan Open Asaduzzaman Khan saying Indies missed out on the lucra- Sri Lanka. the “highest security protocol” tive event after slumping to ninth Their spot in the 2017 WUHAN, China: Britain’s me slow and also the ball heavy. would be provided. place on yesterday’s cut-off date. Champions Trophy was effectively Johanna Konta pulled off a stun- Wuhan Open (It) was difficult for me to push But the death of an Italian Their failure to qualify marks taken by Bangladesh, whose last ning third-set revival yesterday a lot. But, of course, I’m really aid worker in Dhaka’s diplo- the first time the West Indies will appearance at the tournament as she floored top seed Simona Results happy.” matic quarter – shot three be missing from any of cricket’s was in 2006, although they fin- Halep in the biggest upset yet at Results from the Wuhan Open Women’s With Maria Sharapova, times on Monday night by three big limited-overs events ished seventh in the rankings, just the shock-prone Wuhan Open. Singles Round 3 matches yesterday: Victoria Azarenka, Caroline attackers who fled on a motor- – the 50-overs World Cup, the ahead of Pakistan. As defending champion Petra CoCo Vandeweghe (US) bt Barbora Wozniacki, Belinda Bencic also cycle in a murder claimed by Champions Trophy and the Australia, India, South Africa, Kvitova joined the exodus of top Strycova (Czech Republic) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(3); departing early, Ana Ivanovic Islamic State group -- has Twenty20 World Cup. New Zealand, Sri Lanka and seeds, world number two Halep 6-Angelique Kerber (Germany) bt Camila became another big name to fall escalated safety fears. West Indies are one of just Pakistan also qualified, along appeared to have the measure of Giorgi (Italy) 6-2, 6-4; Johanna Konta (Britain) when she lost Garbine Muguruza. International schools in three teams to have captured all with the host-nation England, 66th-ranked Konta when she led bt 1-Simona Halep (Romania) 6-3, 3-6, The Serbian former world Bangladesh were closed on three titles, winning the 50-over who were automatically granted 5-1 in the third. 7-5; 8-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) number one won the first set but Tuesday while Western World Cup in 1975 and 1979, the a place. The 2017 Champions But 24-year-old Konta, who bt 12-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 2-6, 6-4, it was one-way traffic thereafter embassies restricted their Champions Trophy in 2004 and Trophy will take place from June reached the US Open last 16 as a 6-4; Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia) as Muguruza suddenly rediscov- diplomats’ movements. the Twenty20 World Cup in 2012, 1-18, with the eight qualified qualifier, bravely fought her way bt Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-4, 6-2; ered her mojo and romped home The British Foreign Office but have fallen on hard times. teams separated into two pools back to take it 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 and 15-Roberta Vinci (Italy) bt 3-Petra Kvitova 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. has warned against attending Once the most dominant force of four, and the top two from each set up a quarter-final with child- (Czech Republic) 7-6(3), 6-2; Venus Williams “First set, I lost. I was a little gatherings of westerners in in world cricket, West Indies have group advancing to the knock-out hood idol Venus Williams. (US) bt 7-Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) 6-3, bit disappointed. I said, look, I’m Bangladesh due to “reliable struggled in recent years, plagued phase. REUTERS “I wasn’t actively thinking ‘I 6-4; 5-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) bt going to fight again and see what information” militants may can win this’ or ‘It’s over’. I was 9-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. happens. I found my game again,” be planning to target western just trying to stay out there as said the hard-hitting Spaniard interests. Pakistan host Bangladesh long as possible and keep fight- that I lost from 5-2.” following the game. The US embassy in Dhaka ing every single point,” Konta said It was the most remarkable Muguruza, currently ranked said its diplomats would be after the victory. result so far of what has been a eighth, is among several play- barred from attending inter- She added that she grew up highly unpredictable tournament ers in the running to reach this national hotels and advised watching Williams, the seven- in central China after a rash of month’s eight-player WTA Finals citizens to follow suit. Bangladeshi time Grand Slam title-winner, upsets and retirements. in Singapore, where at least five “There is reliable new cricketer and that the chance to play the Last year’s winner Kvitova had places remain up for grabs. information to suggest that Jahanara American was “a bit of a child- looked exhausted after Tuesday’s Kvitova, who was hit by glandu- militants may be planning to Alam plays a hood dream”. three-set tussle with Daria lar fever this year and was visibly target Australian interests in shot during Konta will now overtake Gavrilova, and it was no surprise tired as she left court, confirmed Bangladesh,” the embassy said the first T20 Heather Watson to become when she went down to US Open she would play next week’s China in a security message. match against Britain’s number one, and will finalist Roberta Vinci. Open as she bids to qualify for the “Such attacks, should they Pakistan at the almost certainly move into the The Czech led 4-0 in the first WTA Finals. occur, could likely affect other Southend Club world’s top 50 when new rankings set but she eventually lost the But Sharapova, who retired foreigners , including US are released on Monday. opener in a tie-break and then with an arm injury in Wuhan and citizens.” in Karachi, She is also the the first British struggled in the second as Italy’s has not completed a match since Australian team offi- yesterday. woman to beat a world number Vinci took it 7-6 (7/3), 6-2. July, will not defend her title in cials travelled back from Bangladesh two in 34 years, after Sue Barker “I think she’s playing with a lot Beijing, leaving her participation the Bangladesh capital on cricket captain won against Tracy Austin in of confidence right now,” Kvitova in the Finals in question. Tuesday after talks with sen- Salma Khatun Brighton in 1981. said of Vinci, who ended Serena “I am very disappointed to have ior security and intelligence said that her Halep said: “I can say I was Williams’ bid for a calendar-year to pull out of the China Open this figures, including Khan. players feel dominating the third set till 5-2, Grand Slam to reach the US year and not have the chance to They were expected to meet “comfortable” then I don’t know what happened. Open final. defend my title,” the Russian said with Australian foreign minis- in Pakistan as I have no idea. What I know is Vinci said: “The court was for in a statement. AFP try officials Wednesday as well they prepare as Cricket Australia’s board, for a series, management and players. even though Bangladesh prides itself most foreign on being a mainly moderate teams have Becker shocks Chardy in Malaysia Muslim country. But the grue- shunned the some killings of four atheist conflict-racked KUALA LUMPUR: German bloggers this year rocked the country for Benjamin Becker persevered nation and sparked a crack- German Benjamin through early struggles to out- down on hardline Islamist years. last his sixth seeded French Becker in action groups. AFP rival Jeremy Chardy 5-7, 6-1, 7-5 in this file picture. in Kuala Lumpur yesterday at Becker shocked his the Malaysian Open, which sees sixth seeded French the 34-year-old advance into his rival Jeremy Chardy first ATP World Tour quarter- to advance into final of the season. the quarter-finals Chardy’s strong record on the of Malaysia Open Another milestone for Verstappen hardcourt had made the French in Kuala Lumpur, player an early favourite in the yesterday. LONDON: The first 17-year- score points -- seventh place in tournament. old to race in Formula One his second outing in Malaysia -- However, Becker fought hard became the sport’s first 18-year- Verstappen has a string of other to claim his 10th tour-level win of old driver yesterday and Toro records in his sights and plenty of the season as he prevailed in two Rosso’s Max Verstappen (pic- time to achieve them. hours and six minutes, after with- tured) is happy to reach the No teenager has ever led a race standing 13 aces and breaking his milestone. or set a fastest lap and no driver French opponent four times. “For me it’s good. Once you’re under 21 has ever started on pole After losing the first, the 18... I think people see it as a big position, stood on the podium – German dominated in the sec- step,” the Dutch teenager said though Verstappen came close ond set with his precise forehand after scoring points in Japan with fourth in Hungary – or won returns to level proceedings, last weekend with ninth place at a Grand Prix. The youngest world before clinching the match in the Suzuka from 17th on the start- champion was Sebastian Vettel at third. ing grid. instructor at home in Belgium the grand old age of 23. “Then you have your driving when his packed schedule permits. Red Bull and sister team Toro “I’ve lost in a few close matches action, Croatian Ivo Karlovic Malaysian Open licence and they stop talking “I didn’t have the time yet. I Rosso have yet to secure an before, so it was good to get the nailed 18 aces to beat Georgia’s about it. I hope I get it,” he had still need to find the date to do engine supplier for next season, win and it helps my game and Nikoloz Basilashvili 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 Results told reporters with a laugh. “You it, especially now with a lot of with Ferrari the most likely can- confidence,” Beck, who is bidding and will now advance to the never know. If I go too fast or you overseas races. So it will be a bit didate, but Verstappen’s future for his first ATP title since 2009, quarter-finals to play against Men’s Singles Second Round: Benjamin don’t use the indicators...” difficult,” said the son of former looks bright regardless. told reporters. Australian Nick Kyrgios. Becker (GER) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA x6) Verstappen, who made his racer Jos. On track, Verstappen Already there has been specu- For the second year in a row, Following a four-week suspen- 5-7, 6-1, 7-5; Nick Kyrgios (AUS x7) bt debut in Australia in March, is has disarmed his critics entirely lation about where he might end Becker has secured a quarter- sion from ATP events, seventh Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 6-3, 6-2; Ivo Karlovic the only driver on the Formula in just 14 races. up and how soon. final berth at the Malaysian Open. seed Kyrgios secured his quar- (CRO x3) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 7-5, One starting grid without a regu- Those who said he was too The Italian media and oth- Meanwhile, defending cham- ter-final berth by easily defeating 4-6, 6-3. lar driving licence but he is now young, and pushed for the super- ers have linked him to Ferrari, pion Joao Sousa of Portugal scored Japan’s Tatsuma Ito 6-3, 6-2 in 55 old enough to rectify that. licence qualifying criteria to be who are likely to have a vacancy a commanding 6-2, 6-2 victory minutes. “I came out strongly and Men’s Singles, First Round: Joao Sousa He passed the theory test changed to prevent anyone under in 2017 when Kimi Raikkonen over Poland’s Michal Przysiezny I was comfortable throughout the (POR) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL) 6-2, 6-2; before the season started -- “only 18 racing in Formula One, now reaches the end of his contract, to advance into the quarters. game,” the Australian told report- Mischa Zverev (GER) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) three mistakes” -- and now has have to admit he is a phenomenon. possibly as part of a deal for com- In the tournament’s other ers. AFP 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-3. to do mandatory lessons with an The youngest driver ever to petitive engines. REUTERS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29 Lack of discipline cost Guangzhou gain narrow Arsenal: Mertesacker

LONDON: Arsenal were pun- defensively,” Mertesacker told the ished for a lack of discipline and club’s website (www.arsenal.com). concentration in Tuesday’s loss “Get your discipline back and advantage over Gamba to Olympiakos Piraeus in the with possession you get your Champions League and must chances. If we are not disciplined regroup ahead of the weekend’s and do not chase the ball we AFC Champions League: Chinese side wins first semi-final leg by 2-1 game against Premier League have got no chance. “We lacked leaders Manchester United, that concentration and it is not GUANGZHOU: Guangzhou the shoulder of Feng as he came said defender Per Mertesacker understandable why we drifted Evergrande grabbed a nar- under pressure from Brazilian (pictured). and did not do the job we are used row advantage in their AFC striker Patric and found the bot- Arsenal’s hopes of advanc- to doing. That is not acceptable Champions League semi-final tom corner of the Guangzhou goal ing from the Champions League and we will be punished in the against Gamba Osaka as a net. group stage for a 16th straight Champions League.” header by Zheng Zhi saw the The Japanese side could have season are dangling by a thread The German international said Chinese league champions extended their advantage as after their 3-2 defeat to the Greek Arsenal had to regroup in time come from behind to beat the Patric and Shu Kurata both went side. to host the Premier Japanese treble winners 2-1 in close, but the hosts turned up The Gunners have League leaders on the first leg yesterday. the pressure and equalised with now lost their opening Sunday. The visitors took a surprise a brilliant effort by Huang in the two group matches for “It will take a cou- lead when Feng Xiaoting turned 35th minute. the first time following ple of days to recover a cross by Hiroyuki Abe into his The Chinese international a 2-1 defeat at Dinamo and to think about own net after 12 minutes but timed his run brilliantly to get Zagreb two weeks ago Manchester United Huang Bowen put the 2013 Asian on the end of a lofted pass by and are bottom of and play in a different champion back on level terms Paulinho and with the ball drop- Group F, six points competition, which with an exquisite finish 10 minute ping over his shoulder, swivelled behind leaders Bayern will be a good oppor- before half-time. and fired a half-volley past a help- Munich, who they tunity to come back Zheng was denied by a bril- less Higashiguchi. have to play twice. to the Emirates and liant save by goalkeeper Masaaki The Gamba goalkeeper kept Arsenal were shaky play our football with Higashiguchi shortly after the his side on level terms by turn- at the back and goal- possession and dyna- interval but the Evergrande cap- ing aside a shot by Paulinho keeper David Ospina’s mism,” he said. tain made no mistake with a pow- shortly after Huang’s goal and awful mistake gifted Olympiakos, whose erful header just seconds later to making a fine reflex save to keep Olympiakos a 2-1 lead five min- 12 previous visits to England give his side a narrow lead to take out a header by Zheng in the 57th utes before the break when he since 1965 had all ended in defeat, into the return match in Japan on minute. failed to collect an inswinging cor- scored as many goals in the match October 21. But Guangzhou took the lead ner and allowed the ball to drop as they had managed in the last The winners will advance to a just seconds later when Elkeson’s over the line. 50 years on English soil. “It is not meeting in the final against either cross from the left was met by Alexis Sanchez equalised in an easy task to come here and get Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia or Al Ahli Zheng, whose rose above the the second half but the Gunners three points,” Iceland interna- of the United Arab Emirates, who Guangzhou Evergrande’s players celebrate their goal against Japan’s Gamba defence to send an unstop- seemed to switch off after the goal tional Finnbogason said. drew 1-1 in the first leg of their Gamba Osaka during the first leg of their AFC Champions League semi- pable header past Higashiguhci. and Alfred Finnbogason put the “We have had a very, very bad semi-final in Riyadh on Tuesday. finals in Guangzhou, China yesterday. The home side were unable to Greek champions back in front (away) record in Europe up until Gamba, who won the tourna- turn their dominance into further less than a minute later. now and we are very delighted ment in 2008, entered the match goals leaving both teams with “We lacked discipline. Even to be rewriting the history of on an eight-game unbeaten with Takashi Usami having a shot three minutes later. Abe surged plenty still to play for in the sec- when you get a goal back don’t Olympiakos by winning their first run and they began brightly at deflected wide after nine minutes down the right wing and sent in ond leg at the Expo ‘70 Stadium. rush yourself. We need to get game in England,” he added. Guangzhou Tianhe Sport Center before they took a fortuitous lead a dangerous cross that glanced off AFP behind the ball and play better REUTERS Mourinho on defensive as Chelsea slump continues

PORTO, Portugal: Chelsea mistake. We “The play- He insisted that his team manager Jose Mourinho (pic- watch dozens ers reacted remained in a good position to tured) was left to defend his of repetitions in a positive qualify for the last 16, despite slip- team selection and his side’s of Porto tak- way,” added ping to third in Group G behind performance after their slump ing corners Mourinho of Porto and Dynamo Kiev, who won continued on Tuesday with a -- I thought their second- 2-0 at Maccabi Tel-Aviv. 2-1 Champions League defeat to we were com- half perform- However, he admitted recent Porto. pletely ready ance, when results were not helping when Maicon got what proved to be for that. Diego Costa it comes to naming his starting the winning goal for Porto at the “We had hit the wood- line-up. Estadio do Dragao after a superb another simi- work and “When the team is not winning, Willian free-kick had cancelled lar mistake Chelsea had it’s normal that you have to make out Andre Andre’s opener in a when they hit appeals for changes, but games like today are tremendous Group G encounter the post but a penalty difficult to analyse after,” said as Mourinho returned to face his apart from for handball Mourinho, who insisted the deci- former club. that it was a balanced perform- against Ivan Marcano waved sion to drop Falcao and Remy The Chelsea manager was ance. The defenders played well, away. completely was “no punishment”. furious with his team’s display had no problems, but two ridic- “They tried to get a result. “Because the result doesn’t in drawing 2-2 with Newcastle ulous mistakes and we were Diego hit the post, (Branislav) mean we played bad. Big mistakes United in the Premier League punished.” Ivanovic had a chance one metre we made twice doesn’t mean we last weekend and made signifi- Mourinho, who coached Porto from goal, there was a last-minute defended bad. It’s easy to make cant changes to his line-up, but to Champions League glory in situation, a clear penalty. drastic decisions after a disaster, on this occasion he simply said 2004, has now gone back to his “So for me, I don’t think my but this is harder.” that two mistakes cost them dear old club three times with Chelsea players deserve me to be critical Chelsea now have crucial in Portugal. and is still to win. at them. I’m not going to point Premier League games at home “It was a performance with two This defeat followed a loss by the finger at one or another, but to Southampton and Aston Villa ridiculous mistakes. Sometimes the same score in late 2004 and two mistakes cost us the game, a before going to Kiev next month. you make that kind of mistake a 1-1 draw in 2007, but of more game that I think was fantastic.” “It’s obviously important for and you are not punished but we importance is the defeat in the Mourinho had dropped Eden us to get two good results in the were,” said Mourinho of Chelsea’s context of Chelsea’s season. Hazard and Nemanja Matic to the Premier League. The players need defending of the corner that pro- They languish in 15th place bench, while Oscar, Loic Remy self-esteem and to feel good to be duced Maicon’s winner and of a in the Premier League and have and Radamel Falcao -- the former able to play. Chelsea’s Kenedy looks dejected after defeat to Porto at the later delivery that Danilo headed already suffered five defeats in 11 Porto striker -- were not in the “When everything goes against Champions League match in Oporto, Portugal on Tuesday. off the post. games in all competitions, win- squad at all as Ramires, Willian you it’s difficult to get that feel- “The second goal is a really bad ning only four times. and John Obi Mikel started. ing.” AFP Spurs’ new Olympiakos bask in glory after first win on English soil signing Son ATHENS: “Legend! Ecstasy! Emirates without any fear. “We The Triumph of Triumphs!” came to Arsenal to play our foot- suffers injury were among the headlines in ball and that was our secret; we Olympiakos’s the Greek media yesterday as tried to do things we wanted from Icelandic the nation basked in the glory the outset to do and not just come LONDON: Tottenham striker Alfreo of Olympiakos Piraeus’ stun- to play defensively to try and con- Hotspur’s South Korea mid- ning 3-2 win at Arsenal in the tain Arsenal,” he said. Finnbogason fielder Son Heung-Min’s fine Champions League. “We played our normal aggres- (centre) celebrates start to his career with the Olympiakos, whose nickname is sive attacking game and scored after scoring London side has been halted by ‘The Legend’, recorded their first three goals which is not easy away their third goal a foot injury, the club announced win on English soil in 50 years, from home in this competition,” against Arsenal yesterday. benefiting from a woeful mistake added Cambiasso. during their Scoring three times in his first by Arsenal goalkeeper David “Olympiakos have learned to UEFA Champions three games made Son an instant Ospina but running out worthy suffer and we as players learned League Group hit with supporters but he now winners to seal their first points that we need to sacrifice certain F match at the seems certain to miss at least in Group F. things for each other. It’s a huge Emirates Stadium, the next Premier League game at Goal News led the tributes to victory for the whole team,” he London on Swansea City on Sunday as well the Greek champions after their said. Tuesday. as Thursday’s Europa League tie 12 previous visits to England Although Greeks are celebrat- in Monaco. had ended in defeat, declaring: ing a historic win, things might “Son sustained a foot injury in “Olympiakos were magical in well have been different this a challenge during Saturday’s win London, bringing Arsenal to its season. vs Man City and has spent the knees and stunning the planet!” Olympiakos’ place in the He is accused of being involved in danger while issuing a firm to match-fixing; if there is any past few days being reviewed,” Sport Day followed suit, stating: Champions League came into in and directing a criminal warning.“There are investigations evidence, they will take this into Tottenham’s official twitter feed “You loved it, we loved it; a mas- question over the close sea- organisation as well as aiding and in Greece (and) the situation account.” reported. “Our medical staff will sive victory for Greek football!” son when club owner Vangelis abetting blackmailing, extortion, could change.... as we all know, The latest Greek football scan- monitor Son’s progress during his According to Argentine mid- Marinakis was the subject of bribery and fraud. this kind of investigation can take dal, following the ‘Koriopolis’ rehabilitation in order to deter- fielder Esteban Cambiasso, the investigations into a match-fixing Despite the probe, which could some time, we need to have some match-fixing probe of 2011, mine when he will be fit to return secret to Olympiakos’ success, scandal. take years to get to trial –if it clear evidence,” UEFA general emerged in April when a 173- to training.” thanks to Felipe Pardo, an Ospina Marinakis was banned from goes to trial– European soccer’s secretary Gianni Infantino said page document was revealed by The 23-year-old was signed in own goal and halftime substitute active roles in soccer in June and governing body UEFA announced at the time. prosecutor Aristidis Korreas and the last transfer window from Alfred Finnbogason, was simple -- had to report to police every 15 in June that Olympiakos’ “I think our bodies have shown prompted a nationwide investiga- Bayer Leverkusen for a reported Marco Silva’s team came to The days on strict bail terms. Champions League place was not they are very firm when it comes tion. REUTERS $31.40m. REUTERS THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER 2015 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Al Arabi aim to maintain winning streak Coach Chamusca team takes on Zola’s Al Gharafa in the Round 4 match of the Qatar Stars League today

DOHA: Qatar Stars league New Gharafa signing Yassine (QSL) joint leaders Al Arabi Chikhaoui looks a real live wire and Rayyan will seek to gain the and will be a big asset to them upper hand when they take on this season. Dioko too scored for in a Round 4 match. his new side but looks to have Admittedly the Dream Team injured himself in the process. His had an easier start to the QSL absence could prove costly for the A bad start for the club doesn’t campaign with an opening game Cheetahs. mean the coach is bad. We against Al Wakrah and then a “This game will be a tough have to accept that some clash against Al Khor in Round 2. game. It’s a special game for teams are stronger than the others. But I am also left However, a lot of credit must Arabi. It’s my birthday this week. wondering how the schedule I turn 50. So I am looking forward is done since new teams to a birthday gift from my players. coming from second division I hope our team puts in the same QSL Fixtures and are playing against strong performances like we did in the teams right at the start of the Standings last games. If we show the same league. This is not good for Today attitude, we should have a good the smaller teams. They don’t game and win,” Al Gharafacoach Al Ahli vs Al Sadd, 5.45pm, Al Ahli Satdium have the players and this tough Pericles Chamusca said. Al Sailiya vs Lekhwiya, 5.45pm, schedule isn’t helping them “It will be very difficult for either. I think the clubs that are Al Sadd Stadium Dioko to play in this game. He at an equal level should play at Al Arabi vs Al Gharafa, 8pm, suffered a hamstring injury in the the start. Al Sadd Stadium last game. We are hoping that he might come back after the break Al Kharaitiyat vs El Jaish, 8pm, Sami Trabelsi during the middle of October. At Al Ahli Stadium “My focus is on our prepara- Al Sailiya coach Tomorrow tion. Our first game wasn’t good. Al Rayyan vs Mesaimeer, 5.45pm Al Gharafa coach Pericles Chamusca during a Qatar Stars League pre-match press conference at Al Bidda Tower In the second game we played We prepared well in the last yesterday. RIGHT: Al Arabi coach Gianfranco Zola. PICTURES BY: BAHER AMIN with team spirit. It was a col- match and we got a very Al Sadd Stadium good result. We haven’t had Qatar SC vs Umm Salal, 8pm lective effort. Our team has new be given to Arabi for their solid They are a good team. My play- in this weather.” players. So we will need time to a lot of time to prepare this week. We are satisfied with Al Sadd Stadium performance against last season’s ers will be ready for this game. “I think we are a good team extract the best performance our performance in the last Al Khor vs Al Wakrah, 8pm, Al Khor Stadium fourth best team - Qatar Sports We have had less time to prepare and we are getting better and from this team. “ Zola’s men game. We have to use that P W D L G/F G/A Pts Club last weekend, as Arabi won for this game as compared to the better. But there are teams that know that they must win this momentum in this game too. 4-0. Gharafa however will be their last one but I am confident that are already ahead of us. We want match, as the following week Al Rayyan 3 3 0 0 9 2 9 We said in the previous press first real test of the season as my players will be ready for this to be more competitive and we sees them take on defending QSL Al Arabi 3 3 0 0 6 0 9 conference that we always they welcome them to the Grand game,” he added. will be so this year. But honestly Champs Lekhwiya away. Al Sadd 3 2 0 1 10 3 7 had trouble when playing Hamad. “We brought Dame Traore and winning the title is not in the pro- But the Italian will be happy Lekhwiya 2 2 0 0 10 1 6 against Kharaitiyat. It’s always “It’s good to be in this position. we know he’s a good player. It’s a gramme. I don’t want to put more in the knowledge that his team’s difficult to play against them. Al Gharafa 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 We are coming from three wins. long season and so we can accom- pressure on the players. I don’t goals have been scored by many So we really prepared for this El Jaish 3 1 0 2 5 1 5 For me the crucial game was modate him. Players like Dame want to create false expectations. different players and a win on game. The players responded Umm Salal 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 against Qatar SC. Psychologically, can come in and do a job. It’s a We will do much better than what today will be the perfect confi- to my tactics. We are working it was a difficult game for us,” said nice situation to be in as a coach. we did last year. But whether we dence booster as they take on Al Ahli 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 hard every day. We know that Al Arabi coach Gianfranco Zola. “During the season, players will win the title or not, I am not Lekhwiya the week after. Al Kharaitiyat 3 1 2 0 3 10 3 we have a lot of talent in this “In football when you win two can have highs and lows and sure.” A win against Al Arabi for Al team. Al Sailiya 3 1 2 0 1 8 3 games, it’s easy to think that you even injuries. So to have players Gharafa who had their first Gharafa would see them in the Al Khor 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 are good. And you don’t prepare who can come in and keep up the game versus Lekhwiya postponed top four after this Round and Al Wakrah 3 0 3 0 2 7 0 well. When you play against teams standard of the team is always a have also started brightly with that will be motivation enough Djamel Belmadi Mesaimeer 3 0 3 0 0 6 0 that are coming from a loss, you good thing. We will keep rotating two good wins, first over QSL as they look to win away from can see the motivation in them. players because we need to main- newcomers Mesaimeer (1-0) and home. Lekhwiya coach Qatar 3 0 3 0 2 9 0 Now we are playing Gharafa. tain the high standards, especially then against Al Ahli (2-0). THE PENINSULA Al Sadd aim to bounce

Al Rayyan coach Jorge Fossati claims his first back against Al Ahli QSL Coach of the Month DOHA: Al Sadd will be looking he too is happy to play with us,” award. for full points when they take on he added. Al Ahli in the Round 4 match Al Ahli coach Al Ahli coach of the Qatar Stars league here Zlatko Kranjcar said: “When today. you lose the game unexpectedly Al Sadd are two points behind there is always a burden on you, leaders Al rayyan and Al Arabi especially when your next game and thus need catching up in is against Sadd - one of the best Rou8nd 4. teams in the league. Of course, we “We are happy to see Ahli play- have been thinking about how to ing at their home venue. That’s a challenge them and how we can Fossati wins QSL Coach good thing for QSL. This game get a positive result.” will be a difficult one. We have “They have become a stronger to be ready and play with lots of team this season with the sign- concentration. I remember that ing of Xavi, the player is a master. last season we didn’t have an easy They are a really difficult team of the Month award game against Ahli. They created a to play against. Even though we lot of trouble for us. I have asked have had only a couple of days DOHA: Jorge Fossati claimed Xavi plays as a midfielder for the players to fight more and play after our previous game, I firmly his first QSL Coach of the Al Sadd but there are very few with more concentration and to Al Sadd coach believe that players will accept my Month award after overseeing a like him in the modern game, he be extra careful in defence. We Hussein Amota tactical ideas. We will try to block faultless start to the Qatar Stars can be passed the ball in the most suffered in defence during the Sadd and not let them play their League season for Al Rayyan. crowded areas of the pitch, yet last game,” said Al Sadd coach points. We will do our best to col- natural game. And I am confident All three of Rayyan’s league still he somehow finds a way to Hussein Amota. lect points in order to be close to that we will have a positive result encounters in September were move the ball forward. Xavi has “Wakrah played defensively the top. We know that this sea- and come back to creating good won with only two goals conceded boosted Al Sadd’s passing aver- and made quick counter attacks son we want to achieve more than results.” and an impressive 9 goals scored. age by about 100 passes extra this through which we conceded. We what we were able to last season,” “You cannot change the system Al Rayyan also created 17 season according to Prozone, the know that many teams, when fac- said Al Sadd’s Nadir Belhadj. just for one player. The system is chances and against all three of QSL’s stats and analysis partner.- ing us play defensively and use the “Xavi is an exceptional player. conceptualised based on the capa- their opponents managed to beat Often playing as much with counter attack to score and so we He gives a lot to the team. We bilities of the players and in that the QSL benchmark for posses- his back to goal as facing it, he have to be more aware of this,” enjoy playing with him and you system, the players have to adapt sion (500+) with a club average crucially links up the majority he added saw that the team now is improv- and find their path. They have to of 524. of Sadd’s play, as can be seen on “We are focussed on this game. ing. But don’t forget that Xavi is a find their form and the way they Defensively they also managed the radar graph by the incred- We know that Ahli is a strong member of the team and just like play.” to win back possession an aver- Qatar Stars League on Friday at ibly high number of passes. More team. We don’t want to lose we are happy to play with him, THE PENINSULA age of 173; they also beat the QSL Gharafa stadium at 17:45. importantly, his assists ratio benchmark for first time passes Meanwhile, Al Sadd’s play- is extremely high as he is well (86). maker Xavi Hernandez (pic- known for his defence-splitting With regards to their attack- tured) was awarded the QSL’s passes that lead to goals. ing prowess this month the Lions September Player of the Month As Al Ahli’s Head Coach smashed the QSL benchmark for Award. Zlatko Kranjcar put it at today’s penalty area entries which stands It no great surprise that the ex- QSL Round 4 pre-match press at 33. Rayyan on average passed Barca man was the first player to conference. the ball into the penalty area an pick up the accolade this season. “Al Sadd have become a We are happy to average of 40 times per game. In the month of September the stronger team this season with This is the first time the “puppet master” scored once and the signing of Xavi, the player is see Ahli playing at Uruguayan has won the award assisted three times in the three a football master and although their home venue. since coming back to the QSL. rounds of QSL which have been Sadd were a good passing team That’s a good thing Al Rayyan have now been top of played. before, now they are even better.” the league for three weeks and At the ripe old age of 35 the This is perhaps the most impor- for QSL. This game impressively this is Rayyan’s first diminutive Spaniard is a master tant aspect of Xavi’s arrival at the will be a difficult one. season back in the QSL since win- at letting the ball do the work. Thani Bin Jassim Stadium, the We have to be ready ning promotion from the Qatar The Prozone radar graph clearly Catalan midfielder has instilled Gas League. shows he is economical when it in his colleagues the need to keep and play with lots of Also in contention for the Best comes to his overall physical exer- the ball and to play a high press- concentration. Coach award were Lekhwiya’s tion. Despite not running much ing game. It seems as though the Djamel Belmadi, Al Arabi’s without the ball and having a little midfielder has managed to Gianfranco Zola and Hussein relatively low total distance cov- bring some of that Barca magic Al Ahli coach Zlatko Kranjcar (right) Hussein Amota Ammota of Al Sadd. ered, he still manages to have a to Al Sadd’s play after all! addressing a press conference in Al Sadd coach Al Rayyan will take on big impact on his team and there- Xavi got a Prozone rating of Doha yesterday Mesaimeer in Round 4 of the fore the game.- 97.6. 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CHANGSHA-HUNAN: Japan have a chance. For the most the Chinese, who are the win- BERLIN: The German city Despite not being the favorites part, Qatar have been carried by ningest country in the history of Action from of Dusseldorf would like to Japan are still capable of spring- former NBA player Trey Johnson, Asian basketball. Since first join- the Qatar and host the opening stage of ing a surprise when they face who is the team’s best scorer and ing the tournament in 1975, China China match of the Tour de France, munici- Qatar in the quarter-finals of the playmaker. He will give Japan’s have been dominant, missing the the FIBA Asia pal authorities revealed 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. backcourt a lot of problems, but Quarter-Finals only once. India, Championship. yesterday. The last time these two teams he alone may not be able to win meanwhile, haven’t reached this “We told them we were met was in the 2013 FIBA Asia it alone for Qatar. Mohammed stage of the competition since interested last Spring and Championship’s preliminary Yousef, Erfan Ali Saeed and Saad 2003, when they finished eighth. the Town Hall was informed round. Japan led most of the way Abdulrahman Ali are among the Head coach Sat Prakash will that it would be possible as in that encounter before Qatar players expected to provide strong hope his team make the proper of 2018,” spokesman Dieter rallied in the fourth period to support as Qatar hope to advance adjustments. Schneider-Bichel told win 75-74. to the semi-finals. India is a pretty big team, but German news agency SID. Al Anabi outlasted Team Makoto Hiejima has been a nobody is bigger than the Chinese, Spectacular globally-tel- Hayabusa, which got 27 big revelation for Japan. The 25-year- who boast of four players taller evised “Grand Departs” in points from Kosuke Kanamaru. old 1.90m guard has impressed than 2.10m. the Netherlands, Corsica and Now Kanamaru is absent and the with his ability to score and make Head coach Gong Luming’s Yorkshire in recent years have stakes are much higher for both plays for his teammates. On the men, however, don’t force-feed attracted great interest in those teams. other end, veteran wingman Saad their big men, but, instead, focus regions. Dusseldorf mayor Japan have relied heavily on Abdulrahman Ali has also been on making sure guys like Yi Thomas Geisel has set up a the dynamic duo of Joji Takeuchi solid, reprising his role as one of Jianlian and Zhou Qi are able to study group to ascertain the and Makoto Hiejima in this Qatar’s best outside threats. get the ball in their sweet spots. toe opposite the Indians’ star for- guards. Head coach Tab Baldwin’s financial liability after London tournament with both expected If Hiejima can put the clamps The host team’s guards have been ward. Elsewhere, the Philippines bench, however, has been a little mayor Boris Johnson pulled to continue spearheading the on Ali, that will be a handicap for impressive, too, with Guo Ailun and Lebanon are two of the most inconsistent, so that will be a the plug on the scheduled 2017 Nippon quintet’s charge in the Qatar, while Japan’s chances of growing into his role as the team’s intense basketball nations in Asia, concern. “Grand Depart” in the English quarter-finals. moving on are heavily dependent primary playmaker. and their quarter-final clash at p Even without a lot of key play- capital, due to a bill of $53m. Veterans like Yuta Tabuse and on whether Hiejima’s production The Indians are fresh from promises to be a memorable one. ers, Lebanon have looked good. Johnson referred to the bill as Takatoshi Furukawa will need to continues to be at a high level. winning two of their last three Both countries have had illus- Losing to Korea and China in a ‘no-brainer’, explaining that step up, though, especially against Meanwhile, hosts China will be games, including a big one over trious track records in the com- the second round didn’t help, but while he was a ‘have-your-cake- Qatar’s vaunted backcourt. Head heavily favoured as they take on West Asian upstart Palestine. petition, but neither has been able getting the critical victory over and-eat-it kind of guy’, he would coach Kenji Hasegawa’s rela- India in the quarter-finals. Coach Prakash’s charges have to bag the title in recent memory. Jordan on Day 6 should enable prefer to spend the money on tively small frontline will be a Getting to this stage of the certainly shown marked improve- The Philippines have made tour- coach Veselin Matic’s side to cycle lanes. concern, but if they can step up, competition is nothing new for ment this year, and they have nament headlines twice already, regain a lot of confidence. Jay The 2016 Race will start become dark horse threats for losing to Palestine on Day 1 and Youngblood is the one to watch from the iconic French the Semi-Finals. Without a doubt, then trouncing Iran five days but three-point specialist Amir coastal citadel of Mont Saint India’s big three of Amjyot Singh, later. Saoud and big man Ali Haidar Michel, while Manchester Amrit Pal Singh, and Vishesh Lebanon, meanwhile, are cannot be overlooked. and Edinburgh are vying Bhriguvanshi will need to be at smarting from the injury of star Jayson Castro is expected to to step into the vacant slot their very best for the team to forward Ahmad Ibrahim but have put up big numbers in this game left by London for 2017.The even stand a chance of upsetting still managed to break into the and it will be up to up-and-com- Tour de France has started China. Final Eight. ing point guard Wael Arakji to from Germany three times: Speaking of Amjyot Singh, his The Filipinos are riding high on try and stop him. Arakji has the in Cologne in 1965, Frankfurt match-up with Zhou Peng should a five-game winning streak and edge in size but Castro’s quick- in 1980 and Berlin in 1987. Action from be one to watch here. Both are have definitely looked very dan- ness and savvy should make the German riders won six the Qatar and big, long, and versatile forwards gerous after beating Iran and then youngster really put in a lot of stages on the 2015 Tour, which China match of who can attack the basket and crushing India. Andray Blatche, of work. If Castro get his game going was screened live in Germany shoot from long range. Singh, of course, is a match-up nightmare, the way he did against Iran, the by national broadcaster ARD the FIBA Asia course, has put up bigger num- while the likes of Jayson Castro Philippines have a very good after a three-year gap pro- Championship. bers so far, but don’t put it past and Terrence Romeo have taken chance to go through. voked by widespread disgust Zhou to be able to stand toe to turns schooling opposing teams’ THE PENINSULA over doping incidents. AFP Garcia shows support to Arshad of Qatar Qatari motor F1 tweaks calendar with racer Badminton Academy DOHA: Renowned coach Australia brought forward David Garcia has handpicked Qatari motor racer Rayad LONDON: Next year’s season- championship since 1988. Other 10 from June 26 and follows on excels in Kuwait Ibrahim Asad Al Emadi to opening Australian Formula changes on the calendar see from Austria. train alongside the world One Grand Prix in Melbourne Bahrain and China swap places, Hungary moves to the week- DOHA: Rehan Arshad (pic- Raphel, Tino Thomas and Teena champion Tito Rabat in Spain has been brought forward to with the race in Shanghai becom- end before Germany, rather tured), a trainee at Qatar Mary Cherian won the bronze over the next six months. March 20, to allow space for an ing the third round on April 17. than after, with the race at Badminton Academy (QBA), medal in the team championship Garcia says that he chose August break, after previously Azerbaijan’s inaugural race in Hockenheim on July 31 ushering won the runners-up title in the of the event to train Al Emadi over other being listed for a later than Baku was moved from July 17 in a restored August break to the Under-14 Boys Singles Category Arshad said the success at European talents as he saw usual start on April 3. to June 19, a week after Canada, relief of teams fearing for their at the recently concluded IBAK the Kuwait event was due to the great potential in the Qatari A revised provisional calen- which means that Force India’s personnel in the longest season GCC Tournament held in training he got at the QBA and racer and is confident that he dar with a record 21 races was Nico Hulkenberg will be unable to yet. Kuwait. praised the coaches. can become a top racer. approved by the governing FIA’s defend his Le Mans 24 Hours title Singapore and Malaysia cease In the match of the day, the QBA has been given training for “Five years ago I met Tito World Motor Sport Council at a with that race also on June 19. to be back-to-back races, although crucial semi-finals the kids from 2008 Rabat and, frankly, he was meeting in Paris on Wednesday. The FIA said however that the still following on from each other match, Rehan onwards in the not a good rider at the time, The April 3 date, which now start in Baku would be timed to on September 18 and Oct. 2 defeated top seed Qatar Badminton but I recognized a talent and goes to Bahrain for the sec- avoid any clash with the conclu- respectively with the Japanese Adarsh Dinesh Club courts. an ambition in him, just like I ond race of the season, would sion of the Le Mans race. Grand Prix now on the weekend from UAE in a Meanwhile, recognize the same potential have been the latest start to a Britain is pushed back to July after Sepang. REUTERS thrilling three Neha Shetty, rep- in Rayad today. Many riders games. resenting Qatar have visited me in the Circuit After losing the in the same tour- with hopes to train with Tito first set (21-16), nament in the and myself, yet I chose Rayad Rehan came back Under-12 Girls among all of them, because he in the Second set Singles and in works hard, sacrifices a lot, with tactical com- Under-14 Girls and proves himself to be an Qatar’s Nasser heads bination of drop Doubles. incredible sports man every shots, high clears, In an engrossing day.” pulling Adarsh to duel in the Under- Al Emadi’s excellent per- the corners, forc- 12 Girls Singles formance on the track has ing him errors at category final, earned him the trust of line-up for Jordan Rally the net to win the Neha defeated the Regency Group Holding, one set 22-20. I top seed Reem Siraj in three sets, of Qatar’s oldest and largest AMMAN, Jordan: Nasser into the 16th and final 13km n the third set Adarsh was (12-21, 21-16, 21-6). business entities. Saleh Al Attiyah (pictured) stage, the Qatari held on to leading 18-15, and Rehan by his In the Under-14 Girls Doubles To assist his professional heads up a quality field of record his 58th MERC victory scintillating performance fought category, Neha partnering with career in the beginning, drivers for the sixth round of and another maximum points back to win the set and the match Sadhwi Krishna lost to Niyati Regency Group Holding has the FIA Middle East Rally haul. Kajetanowicz had led from 22-20. Pradeep and Sreeja Apparaju rep- provided the racer with a Championship, which will be the third to the start of the 15th In the thrilling final, Rehan resenting the host team Indian five-year training develop- held in Jordan from October 15 stage but eventually lost out by lost to second seed Ravi Sajayan Badminton Association Kuwait in ment program, courtesy of B/ to 17. just seven seconds. of UAE. straight sets (16-21, 9-21). Attitude wellness center, to Al Attiyah, who leads the Qatar’s Abdulaziz Al Kuwari Qatar Badminton Academy, Neha is coached by Manoj ensure that he is in the best championship standings and can finished third. represented by Pavan Kumar, Shahibjan since 2014 at the QBA. form during competitions. The secure his 11th drivers’ title at the “Nasser has shown once again Balasubramaniam, Sharon program includes a strict fit- Jordan Rally, is one of five drivers this year what a fantastic com- ness, nutrition and relaxation travelling in from Qatar. petitor he is so we are looking regime aimed at improving the His strongest challenger forward to him coming to Jordan athlete’s strength, endurance is likely to be Saudi Arabia’s along with the region’s other top Jordan’s Omar and flexibility. Yazeed Al Rajhi, with Abdulaziz drivers,” said Othman Nassif, Ahmad and “Sport is particularly impor- Al Kuwari ranked third following CEO of Jordan Motorsport, which Yemen player tant for Regency Group Holding his excellent third place finish at organises the Jordan Rally. Ahmed Al as it’s linked to one’s social the Cyprus Rally last week. “For sure, he won’t have it all Sarori vie for development, as highlighted in Jordan has a strong contingent timed special stages held over two his own way but he has won our ball possesion Qatar National Vision 2030. We of drivers with 2015 National days October 16 to 17 through the event on a number of occasions during the 1st want to use this partnership to Rally Champion Maruf Abu Jordan Valley and Dead Sea areas. and will be tough to beat. It makes WAFF U-23 inspire more young people to get Samra and the popular Hussam Last week Al Attiyah stepped for a very interesting event here Championship involved in sports, and to recog- Salem hoping to put pressure on closer to the crown after an in a few weeks time.” at Lekhwiya nize that if they set themselves a the podium places. exhilarating Cyprus Rally which Al Attiyah leads the champion- Stadium goal and work to achieve it, they The Jordan Rally gets under- he won for the fourth time by the ship by 49 points from the UAE’s yesterday. can reach incredible heightssaid way on the afternoon of October narrowest of margins from one of Sheikh Khalid Al Qassimi. Victory RGH Vice President Hassan 15 with a spectator event on the Europe’s leading drivers. in Jordan would give him an unas- Ibrahim Al Asmakh.” streets of Abdoun. 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MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Juan Mata scored one goal and made another as Manchester United came from PSG register behind to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 yes- terday and kick their Champions League campaign into gear. Beaten 2-1 at PSV Eindhoven in their opening game, Louis van easy victory Gaal’s side fell behind to a fourth- minute Daniel Caligiuri goal at LVIV, Ukraine: Paris Saint- Princes. Old Trafford before Mata rode to Germain maintained their While the two sides are well the home team’s rescue. unbeaten start to the sea- placed to progress to the last 16, The Spain midfielder won and son yesterday as they cruised that match will be crucial in help- scored a 34th-minute penalty and past Ukrainian side Shakhtar ing decide who finishes first and then set up Chris Smalling with Donetsk 3-0 in Champions therefore avoids another group a stunning improvised flick eight League Group A. winner in the first knockout minutes into the second half to Laurent Blanc has overseen an round. give improving United a fourth almost perfect start to the French In Turin, Alvaro Morata consecutive victory. Manchester United’s Spanish midfielder Juan Mata shoots champions’ campaign, and first- opened the scoring on the stroke “It was very difficult because to score from the penalty spot during the UEFA Champions UEFA Champions half goals from Ivory Coast full- of half-time and Simone Zaza hit they scored so early,” Van Gaal League Group B match against VfL Wolfsburg at Old League Group Stage back Serge Aurier and Brazilian his maiden Champions League told BT Sport. “Then we did very Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. defender David Luiz put last sea- goal at the death as Juventus well. We created a lot of chances. Results son’s quarter-finalists in control. dominated a listless Sevilla 2-0 But we don’t finish it and it was a Zlatan Ibrahimovic helped to go top of group D yesterday. Group A lucky penalty, I think. make the result certain on a Juventus, last season’s beaten “Then we score and after that box for the return pass and with -- and tucked it into the bottom- At Lviv, Ukraine counter-attack in the 90th minute finalists, welcomed Unai Emery’s it was suffering. We have to keep Valencia the only defender not to left corner. Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 0 Paris Saint- after a pass from substitute Javier Europa League champions to the ball better in the second half.” step up, the Wolfsburg winger had Mata then picked out Depay for Germain (FRA) 3 (Aurier 7, David Luiz 23, Pastore released the Sweden cap- Turin looking to prove that the United are back on top of the all the time he needed to place a a shot that Benaglio blocked with Srna 90-og) tain to run through on goal, the poor domestic form that has seen Premier League for the first time shot past David de Gea. his legs and after Ashley Young At Malmo, Sweden decisive final touch coming off them slump to 15th in Serie A is in two years and their defeat of Old Trafford was silenced, but had come on for Valencia at half- Shakhtar captain Darijo Srna. simply a blip. Wolfsburg, coupled with PSV’s 3-2 before long Wolfsburg were strug- time, the former Chelsea man cre- Malmo (SWE) 0 Real Madrid (ESP) 2 The opener came after just By the end of a completely one- loss at CSKA Moscow, left them gling to get out of their own pen- ated the crucial second goal with (Ronaldo 29, 90) seven minutes at the Arena sided encounter, it became appar- in a four-way tie for first place in alty area. an arresting piece of improvisa- Group B Lviv, where Shakhtar are host- ent that Sevilla’s own domestic Group B ahead of their trip to the Mata saw a goal-bound shot tion. Schweinsteiger’s mishit At Manchester, England ing games because of the ongoing woes are likely to pose a much Russian capital on October 21. headed over the bar by Dante, shot from outside the box looked conflict around Donetsk in the bigger threat for them this season. Manchester United (ENG) 2 (Mata 34-pen, Wolfsburg finished the game Bastian Schweinsteiger curled to be bouncing behind Mata, but east of the country. After just 30 seconds Paul Smalling 53) VfL Wolfsburg (GER) 1 strongly but could not prevent over and Anthony Martial shot United’s number eight jutted out Aurier ghosted into the box and Pogba spurned a great chance (Caligiuri 4) a fourth successive defeat in wide with his left foot after explo- his leg and back-heeled the ball rose above the static Shakhtar for the hosts when he mis-hit England, which left last sea- sively bursting between Dante into the box, where Smalling At Moscow defence to plant a firm header into Morata’s chip over a thankful son’s German Cup winners and and Ricardo Rodriguez. The ghosted in to beat Benaglio. CSKA Moscow (RUS) 3 (Musa 7, Doumbia the bottom corner with ‘keeper Sergio Rico’s crossbar. Bundesliga runners-up without a Frenchman electrified the crowd Shortly after, De Gea had 21, 36-pen) PSV Eindhoven (NED) 2 Andriy Pyatov well beaten. If fans thought it was a flash win in three matches. every time he got the ball and in to save at his near post from (Lestienne 60, 68) Former Chelsea centre-back in the pan, they would be soon “We lacked a bit of luck at the 26th minute he danced to the Caligiuri, but with United standing Group C Luiz then popped up on 23 min- mistaken. the end,” said Wolfsburg coach byline before picking out Wayne firm, Hecking turned to his bench, utes to put the visitors two goals Juventus settled quickly and Dieter Hecking. “But I’m con- Rooney, only for the United cap- sending on Nicklas Bendtner and At Astana to the good when he prodded were in complete command, fident we can build on tonight’s tain to blaze the ball over from Andre Schuerrle for the last 20 Astana (KAZ) 2 (Hakan Balta 77-og, Canas home a corner with his right annulling the threat of the listless strong performance.” Luke Shaw’s 12 yards. Mata was also keeping minutes. 89) Galatasaray (TUR) 2 (Bilal Kisa 31, Eric thigh. Spaniards as they went about lay- graphic double leg break at PSV Wolfsburg’s defenders on their It coincided with a loss of 86-og) Shakhtar upped their workrate ing the foundations for Morata’s has forced United into a defensive toes and after he had picked out composure in the United mid- At Madrid and tempo in the second half and opener four minutes from the reshuffle that has seen Antonio Memphis Depay for a header that field brought on by Van Gaal’s carved out several chances, nota- interval. Atletico Madrid (ESP) 1 (Correa 23) Benfica Valencia come into the team at failed to trouble Diego Benaglio, decision to send on Phil Jones bly from 22-year-old Maksym After Pogba’s early chance, (POR) 2 (Gaitan 36, Goncalo Guedes 51) right-back and it was courtesy of he provoked the penalty with a for Schweinsteiger, but despite Malyshev, who missed the target Brazilian Hernanes came close the Ecuadorian’s sleepiness that cross that struck Caligiuri’s out- Wolfsburg pressing -- Schuerrle Group D from close range, and Brazilian with a 30-metre drive that went Wolfsburg went ahead. stretched arm. drilling a shot across goal and At Moenchengladbach, Germany Alex Teixeira, who was denied just wide of Rico’s upright. Darting in from the right flank, The Spaniard took the kick Rodriguez whipping a free-kick Borussia Moenchengladbach (GER) 1 by PSG’s German ‘keeper Kevin Minutes later right-back Caligiuri laid the ball off to Max himself -- as Rooney, United’s narrowly wide -- United held on. (Stindl 54) Manchester City (ENG) 2 Trapp. Andrea Barzagli set Juan Kruse before running into the regular penalty-taker, looked on AFP (Christensen 65-og, Aguero 90-pen) But with time running out, Cuadrado free with fans scream- Ibrahimovic broke the offside trap ing at the Colombian to set up At Turin, Italy on a swift counter-attack and saw Morata, who was unmarked run- Juventus (ITA) 2 (Morata 41, Zaza 87) his touch helped into the net by ning through midfield. Morata Sevilla (ESP) 0 Croatian defender Srna for the ultimately lost possession, but unmarked Ronaldo who calmly Played Tuesday capital side’s third goal. the ease with which Juve were fired past Wiland to extend Group E The Ligue 1 leaders, who host creating space was worrying for his Champions League goals arch-rivals Marseille on Sunday, the visitors. Moments later, after Ronaldo equals Raul record to 81. Dani Carvajal At Barcelona, Spain now have two wins from two in a great exchange of passes Paulo was desperately unlucky not to Barcelona (ESP) 2 (Sergi Roberto 80, Group A and are level atop the Dybala sent a superb left-footed add to the lead a few minutes Suarez 82) Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 1 section with Real Madrid, who curling effort just wide of Rico’s record in Real win before half-time as the right- (Papadopoulos 22) they meet next at the Parc des right-hand post. AGENCIES back’s half-volley with the out- At Barysaw, Belarus side of his foot bounced back BATE Borisov (BLR) 3 (Stasevich 8, off the crossbar with Wiland Mladenovic 12, 30) AS Roma (ITA) 2 MALMÖ, Sweden: Cristiano on goal difference. well beaten. Mateo Kovacic (Gervinho 66, Torosidis 82) Ronaldo equalled Raul’s Real With Sunday’s Madrid fired just wide with the sec- Madrid scoring record as derby against Atletico on the ond half only five minutes old Group F the Portugal star steered the horizon, Rafa Benitez opted but Madrid were given a scare At Munich, Germany Spanish giants to a 2-0 vic- against rushing back James when Rosenberg sent a header Bayern Munich (GER) 5 (Costa 13, tory at 10-man Malmo in Rodriguez or Gareth Bale while skipping just wide of the target. Lewandowski 22, 28, 55, Goetze 25) the Champions League group Los Blancos were also without Malmo’s hopes of salvag- Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 0 stage on Wednesday. injured defensive pair Sergio ing something were dealt a big Ronaldo ended an unchar- Ramos and Pepe. blow when Peruvian left-back At London acteristic three-game drought Malmo, European Cup Yoshimar Yotun was dismissed Arsenal (ENG) 2 (Walcott 35, Sanchez 65) with the 500th goal of his career runners-up in 1979, made a for a second booking on 78 min- Olympiakos (GRE) 3 (Pardo 33, Fortounis just before the half-hour in reasonable start with skipper utes. Only the heroics of Wiland 40, Finnbogason 66) Sweden before adding a second Markus Rosenberg and Anton prevented Ronaldo from add- Group G late on to guide Real to a second Tinnerholm testing Real goal- ing to his haul shortly after At Oporto, Portugal straight win in Group A. keeper Keylor Navas from dis- as the Swede flung himself to The brace for Ronaldo took tance. But Madrid gradually his left to tip over a goalbound Porto (POR) 2 (Andre Andre 39, Maicon 52) his goals total since joining asserted their dominance as the strike with another stunning Chelsea (ENG) 1 (Willian 45+2) Real from Manchester United first half wore on with Ronaldo, one-handed save denying the At Haifa, Israel six years ago to 323, matching scorer of a hat-trick in an open- Portuguese again a few min- Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 0 Dynamo Kiev the mark set by former Spain ing 4-0 win over Shakhtar, utes later. (UKR) 2 (Yarmolenko 4, Junior Moraes 50) striker and Real legend Raul drawing a pair of saves from But Ronaldo eventually Group H Gonzalez Blanco. home ‘keeper Johan Wiland in wrapped up the victory in the The victory left Madrid with quick succession. final minute of normal time, At St Petersburg, Russia a maximum six points from two Malmo failed to heed those stabbing home a Lucas Vazquez Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) 2 (Dzyuba 35, games and ahead of Paris Saint- warning signs and paid the cross from close range to write Shatov 67) Gent (BEL) 1 (Matton 56) Palestine Mahmoud Wadi and Qatar Musaab Khidir vie for ball posse- Germain, 3-0 winners over price on 29 minutes when Isco his name into Real’s record At Lyon, France sion during the 1st WAFF U23 Championship 2015 at Lekhwya stadium Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, slipped a ball through to an books. AFP Lyon (FRA) 0 Valencia (ESP) 1 (Feghouli 42) yesterday. Qatar won 3-0. PICTURE BY: BAHER AMIN