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Obama talks tough; Syria strike set

WASHINGTON/PARIS: The US made clear yesterday that it would punish Syrian President Bashar Al Assad for the “brutal and flagrant” chemical weapons attack that it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus last week. “We can not accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale,” President Barack Obama told reporters at the White House. Obama insisted any military action he takes on Syria will be narrow and limited and not an open-ended, long-term com- mitment, nor would it involve US troops on the ground. An attack could happen as soon as today. As he spoke, the US intel- ligence community released a report that said an August 21 chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb killed 1,429 people, including at least 426 children. “We cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale,” he said, calling the attack a threat to US “national security interests” and slammed the “incapacity” of the UN Security Council to act. Secretary of State John Kerry said it was essential not to let Syria get away with the attack, partly as a sign to those who might consider using chemical weapons in the future. With France affirming its support for a military response to punish Assad’s gov- ernment, the statements from Obama and Kerry appeared to harden the resolve for a US attack despite Thursday’s British par- liamentary “no” vote that left Washington without one of its closest allies. UILDING AGENCIES See also Page 5 Qaradawi slams Assad over chemical attack

DOHA: Celebrated Islamic cleric Dr Yusuf Al Qaradawi yesterday condemned the Syrian President, Bashar Al Assad, LUES for using chemical weapons and killing large numbers of innocent people in his country. “I am praying to God,” said the B scholar in his Friday sermon in a tacit THE ISSUE support for action against the Syrian regime, “to take revenge for this act of cowardice from Al Assad and his mili- The worst fears of limited-income The population has been rising rather rap- Naturally, a vast majority of those com- tary”. THE PENINSULA people of a back-breaking price idly, jumping government forecasts, and it is ing in are semi-skilled and unskilled workers See also page 3 rise fuelled by spiralling rents likely to have reached close to the two mil- but labour lodgings are in short supply, and lion-mark, if it has not breached that barrier. the result is that their rents are also hitting It’s hot and humid might come true as real estate Affordable housing, with monthly rents the roof. and construction industry insiders of QR5,000 and QR6,000, is hard to get due Qatar’s planning officials insisted earlier today, tomorrow to shortages that have been yawning despite this year they didn’t see inflationary pres- warn that inflationary pressures soaring demand as more expatriates in sures mounting in a repeat of the night- DOHA: It will be a hot and humid day might begin mounting in 2014. middle-income brackets have been coming marish price rise witnessed after the Asian today with the humidity level reaching as in than those in higher categories. Games in 2008. high as 90 percent, while day tempera- “Low-rent houses are also carrying a pre- But their own figures for inflation released tures could soar to 39 degrees Celsius, hat is when big-time develop- mium, and might get more expensive simply recently show rents soared more than six per- the weather bureau said yesterday. It will ment projects in preparation for because supplies are limited and demand is cent in a year, indicating a disturbing trend. be a more humid day tomorrow with the FIFA World Cup 2022, some of peaking,” a real estate market operator said, “I think given the situation, prices should percentage of humidity in the air reach- Twhich were awarded this year, are asking not to be named. begin spiralling from 2014 when mega devel- ing 95, forecasters told this newspaper. expected to be launched. “As demand keeps surging, owners would opment projects begin in a big way,” another THE PENINSULA Supplies of basic construction raw materi- up the rentals to take advantage of market construction industry insider said. als currently exceed demand, so the prices conditions. It is a natural outcome in such This is what happened during the 2006 Bayern beat Chelsea (of these materials) are stable. situations.” Asian Games. “But there is nothing to be happy about as Higher-end and luxury housing stocks, on The impact of hectic development at the 5-4 to win Super Cup equations might change from next year when the other hand, continue to pile up, causing time was eventually felt by the common man PAGEwork on mega projects 6 takes off, pushing up almost a glut. “Developers are building homes as prices of almost everything went up, with PRAGUE: Bayern Munich lifted the demand,” said a building industry insider on for the rich as though every foreigner who is rents wreaking havoc, said the insider. UEFA Super Cup yesterday with a 5-4 grounds of anonymity, insisting the issue was coming here has a high-income profile,” said Continued on page 3 win on penalties over Chelsea after the sensitive. another real estate market operator. See also page 2 game finished 2-2 following extra-time in Prague. Report on page 22.

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BY SATISH KANADY

s Qatar gets ready to launch signature projects related to the A2022 Fifa World Cup, the country’s construction sector is facing multiple market chal- lenges. Reinforced quality checks, tightened environmental regula- tions and delays at port berths are expected to badly hit the supply chain of primary construction materials, leaving the market volatile. Qatar is expected to launch at least 545 mega projects under various government-supported agencies alone before 2022. All of them are set to start simulta- neously. The construction sector needs a mammoth volume of pri- mary materials. The local market is capable of meeting demand for materials like cement, steel and sand to a certain extent. But it will face serious challenges in pro- curing key materials like gabbro and limestone, which are mainly imported from the United Arab Emirates. Since the projects will be concurrent, the country’s con- struction sector is expected to experience huge demand- supply gaps in other materials too, including precast concrete, asphalt, ready-mix, bitumen, fine sand and washed sand, cement and steel, say market sources. Projected demand for gab- bro is a huge 264 billion tons for the next few years. Demand for limestone will be an estimated Fifa signature projects: three million tons. Sources told The Peninsula that the handling capacities of the gabbro exporting berths in the UAE and the deliv- ery berth in Qatar were limited to three vessels at a time. Qatar’s demand for gabbro and limestone will reach its peak dur- ing 2014-16, when Qatar’s gabbro berths will have to handle 60-80 Lurking hurdles million tons a year. The exist- ing capacity of the gabbro berths in Mesaieed, operated by Qatar Primary Materials Company (QPMC), is just 20 million tons. Last week, QPMC signed a contract with FLSmidth and Six Construct for expansion of the gabbro terminal. The project is due to be completed in 29 months and QPMC is expect to increase the discharge capacity at the gab- bro berths to 30 million tons a year. Sources in QPMC said there were plans to develop small jetties in Mesaieed and Lusail to handle the extra shipment of aggregate. “Supply chain break is going to be a huge problem for Qatar’s construction sector in the middle and long term. During the peak months of construction activity in 2008, there were several occasions when vessels were forced to anchor concrete, projected demand for “The prices might not go up In view of the expected short- material retailer. 2019, says global consultancy E for more than a month, waiting for which during 2014-15 is an esti- in the short term, but they are age in supply of gabbro, Nasser Al The price of ready-mix, pro- C Harris in its latest report. By their turn to deliver the materi- mated 12 million tons, is also sta- likely to go up with increasing Mir suggests that the government jected demand for which during 2021, the value of the construc- als at Qatar’s gabbro berths. With ble. “We expect the demand will demand. With the country having permit construction companies to 2014-15 is an estimated 12 million tion industry is forecast to almost the simultaneous launch of huge reach its peak during 2015-17. a monopoly in steel and cement, replace gabbro with limestone in tons is stable. double to $1bn per annum in real numbers of mega projects, the With the project works picking the prices may be more or less selected non-structural projects. “We expect demand will reach terms, it said, quoting Business number of shipments will swell in up the prices will certainly go up. stable. But we do not know how Nasser Al Mir believes the its peak during 2015-17. With Monitor International figures. the coming years and Qatar’s ports The year 2011-12 was not a good the market is going to react when government may not be able to the project works picking up the According to the Tender Price will face huge delays in deliveries. time for the ready-mix sector. We demand reaches its peak”, Ahmad control the market in the event prices will certainly go up. The Index for Qatar, prepared by Adding to the woes is the recent expect things will improve from Jassim Al Jolo, chairman of Qatar of a huge demand-supply gap. year 2011-12 was not a good time MEED Cost Indices, construction hike in demurrage. It has gone up next year”, said Maheshwar, an Society of Engineers said. The government can intervene for the ready-mix sector. We costs in 2017 will be 18 percent to $70,000 from $50,000”, said a executive at Qatar Alpha Beton. “The market dynamics will to a certain extent in the case expect things will improve from higher than current price levels. business leader who did not want As for steel, since govern- definitely change when the mega of cement and steel, on which it next year”, said Maheshwar. The rise in costs will put a strain his name in print. ment-controlled Qatar Steel has projects kick in. The government has got a monopoly, but prices of Market analysts have already on Qatar’s supply chain and will Qatar’s construction material a monopoly in the market, dis- needs to do close monitoring of other primary materials will be forecast that construction costs ultimately have an impact on the market is already reacting. Prices tributors are clueless about future the prices. Any possible disrup- dictated by market forces. He said will go up. The country’s con- value of contract awards from of gabbro have gone up 20 percent prices. The current price of rebar tion in the supply chain will upset in the event of an escalation in struction inflation could peak at 2013 onwards, reaching a peak of over the past few months. There (10 mm-32 mm) is QR2,840 a ton. the market, leading to demands prices, contractors will be forced 18 percent during the World Cup $40bn in 2017. is also a slight uptick in the prices The price of 8mm rebar is slightly for escalation of the original to enhance their original project building boom between 2016 and Last March, authorities of bitumen. However, cement and up. Currently the market is dull project costs”, said Nasser Al Mir cost. The authorities must under- announced that Qatar will be steel prices are relatively stable. due to various reasons, including of Qatar Chamber. stand the full spectrum of the launching an index which will “With Qatar tightening qual- huge delays in payments by con- “As of now, the market is stable. country’s construction scenario, monitor the pricing and avail- ity checks on construction mate- struction companies. The market But since almost all key projects he said. ability of basic construction rial, the supply of gabbro has got is banking heavily on the World are expected to start simulta- Prices of gabbro, which have materials on a monthly basis and further restricted. Currently we Cup-related projects, which are neously, I expect huge demand- already gone up a bit over the issue alerts if there are short- have enough stock. But once the yet to pick up, said a leading steel supply gaps in some primary past three months, are expected ages. Cement, steel, coarse and project works gain momentum, distributor. materials. Gabbro is going to be to rise further in the coming fine sand, limestone, bitumen and we might face supply problems, But industry leaders warn high in demand. Now, Qatar has years. The current price of lime- crushed stones are supposed to leading to a hike in prices. Since that given Qatar’s huge projected tightened the quality of gabbro to stone (10 mm) is QR40 and that be included in the index. Market quality limestone is available demand, prices of construction be used in the projects. If reports of gabbro (10 mm) is QR80. The players are still waiting for it. within the country, we do not materials, including steel and saying that the exporting coun- prices of these primary construc- The government has put the foresee any problem in the lime- cement, will definitely go up in the tries are going to tighten mining tion materials were slightly lower cost of construction projects to stone market”, said a retailer. mid and long term, though not in regulations are true, the situation three months ago”, said an execu- be launched for the Fifa event at a The price of ready-mixed the short term. will worsen further”. tive with a leading construction whopping QR584bn over the next 10 years. The Ministry of Development and Planning and Statistics con- The country’s ducted a survey on future demand for primary building materials construction at the request of a committee created to monitor supply and inflation could demand for primary materials peak at 18 percent until 2022. The survey found demand during the World for construction material would Cup building boom peak during 2014-22, and it would account for more than half the between 2016 and total demand for materials during 2019, says global the 2012-22 period. For the period 2012-22, lime- consultancy E C stone is the material with the Harris in its latest highest estimated demand of 515 million tons, followed by gabbro report. at 264 million tons. THE PENINSULA PIC: SHAIVAL DALAL Home AUGUST 31, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY Ousting Mursi a conspiracy, says Qaradawi

DOHA: Eminent Republican Guards Muslim cleric, Dr Club.” He said he Yusuf Al Qaradawi challenges everyone (pictured), yester- to come up with any day said ousting proof or photograph of Mohammed Mursi a single person (from as Egypt’s elected among the support- president was a con- ers of the Muslim spiracy and blasted Brotherhood) in these some Arab countries grounds with a gun for supporting the Egyptian or any other kind of weapon. military. He praised the achievements of Addressing a large congregation Egyptian Revolution, which was of the devout during his Friday ser- responsible for electing a free parlia- mon, the scholar claimed that some ment and the first legitimate presi- people did not want Egyptians and dent and a great constitution. the Arabs to be ‘free’. He said that the Arab revolu- “There are some Arab countries tion that started from Tunisia, that want Egypt to return to the Egypt, Libya and Yemen and (Hosni) Mubarak-era, and they finally in Syria, it was for taking Driving enthusiasts who participated in the ‘Drive for A Cause’ at the Doha Exhibition Centre yesterday. are supporting the Egyptian mili- back freedom and recover lost tary, which wants to subjugate the human rights. He said that many Egyptian people.” He said that the Arabs started the Arab revolution $13bn aid that some Arab coun- because they wanted to live a free tries gave to the Egyptian military and independent life. would never benefit the Egyptian Referring to the army com- Filipinos hold fundraisers for people. “The military claims that a mander (Abdul Fattah) Al Sisi, was majority of Egyptians are support- the Minister of Defence, who was ing them but Mursi became the appointed by Mursi. “Who gave president through a majority vote.” him the right to take out Mursi.” He accused the military for He said that Muslims are not flood victims in Philippines not taking any action against permitted to rebel against a legit- Mubarak, who had ‘humiliated’ imate ruler, unless he orders the the Egyptian people for 30 years people to commit sin. Mohammed Proceeds will go to emergency humanitarian assistance programme and said the military was respon- Badie, the supreme leader of the sible for releasing Mubarak under Muslim Brotherhood, said that BY RAYNALD C RIVERA times. We all feel for victims of a group of fraternities — the minimum donation of QR50 to their watch. He said Mursi had their revolution was peaceful and calamities in our country,” said Reformed & United Guardians take part in the shoot,” said June made some mistakes, which includ- will continue peacefully DOHA: Filipinos in Qatar yes- Rannie Tanchico of UPMMG. Brotherhood International Delgado, management committee ing ‘not revealing the secrets of the Al Qaradawi called on Egyptian terday organised two events Yesterday’s fundraiser was Inc, Tau Gamma Phi/Sigma, member of WARP. people around him’ when he was in men and women to rebel against to help victims of floods in the not the first time UPMMG and Triskelion State of Qatar and He said they had to set a mini- the government because he feared the current government and that wake of typhoon Maring that other Filipino groups organised Scout Royale Brotherhood and mum donation to generate more that it will be ‘scandalous’ for Egypt. this was ‘compulsory’ to do for hit in the Philippines recently. such events to help typhoon vic- other groups such as Pag-Iribang funds for flood victims. While describing the people all Egyptian Muslims. He said Heavy rains brought by the tims in the Philippines which Bicolnon Qatar and Balitang Q. Non-photographers were also ruling Egypt now as ‘liars’ and that the World Union of Muslim tropical typhoon affected three is frequently visited by storms Meanwhile, seven Filipino pho- invited to help out and see how ‘unjust’, he lashed out against Scholars also believed in the same. million people in capital Manila every year. “We started holding tography clubs organised a ‘Shoot photo sessions were done. Mohammed ElBaradei for resign- Egyptians should live and die ‘hon- and nearby provinces, killed 27 such events in 2009 after tropical for A Cause’ event at Philippine Photo clubs have been organis- ing after the military had hurt estly’ without being ‘submissive’. and injured 30 while four are still storm Ondoy, in which we raised School Doha, attended by more ing shoots to raise funds for vari- the Egyptian people and children. He advocated to not respond to the missing, according to the National almost QR20,000. It was followed than 200 photography enthusiasts. ous causes. “The first event we “They killed innocent people scholars of the government. He Disaster Risk Reduction and by another ‘Drive for A Cause’ The event was organised did was the “Cancer Awareness in Rabaa Al Adawiya, Maidan also condemned the Syrian regime. Management Council. for typhoon Pablo victims last by Web Alliance of Radical Shoot for A Cause” which saw the Al Nahda, and in front of the THE PENINSULA A ‘Drive for A Cause’ fund- year,” Tanchico said, adding other Photographers (WARP), Pinoy participation of more than 200 raiser was organised by United nationalities had joined hands in Lente, Doha Pinoy Shooters Club, photographers. Pinoy Motor and Motorcycle previous events. The Catchers of Light Qatar, “Last year, we also raised funds Group (UPMMG), a Filipino The group raised QR8,600 at 21 Elements, Picture in Action to help the family of an expatri- organisation comprising automo- yesterday’s event and proceeds Photography Club – Doha and ate single mother who died after bile and motorcycle enthusiasts. will all go to Sagip Kapamilya, an Nikonista Rebel Shooters, includ- working in Doha for 15 years,” Three foreign freelancers of The drive started from the emergency humanitarian assist- ing Dynamic Concept Productions said Delgado. Proceeds from yes- Doha Exhibition Centre to Losail ance programme of Manila-based and Filipino Film Makers in terday’s event, which was the big- and Al Khor and back to Doha. ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. Doha. gest by the photography groups, Al Jazeera still held in Egypt “Every Filipino has the heart to Other Filipino organisations “Participants, mainly photog- would go to Sagip Kapamilya. help his compatriots during trying supported the event, including raphers, had to register with a THE PENINSULA CAIRO: Egyptian police were on Egypt to release the trio. holding three foreign workers of A statement said: “There has Al Jazeera television’s English also been a campaign against channel for a fourth day yester- Al Jazeera, in particular, as the day, an executive of the broad- channel’s offices were raided last caster said, adding they had month and security forces seized Weekend rush hits taxi-dependent commuters also seized equipment belonging equipment which have not been to the Qatar-based channel’s returned yet.” Egypt affiliate. Police have also detained a cor- DOHA: People dependent on Karwa taxis One private taxi driver said the rush had over-charged customers. Correspondent Wayne Haye, respondent for Al Jazeera’s Arabic were affected the most yesterday as the increased because many people received their He said as per rules, if the meter of a gov- from New Zealand; South channel, Abdullah Al Shami, and usual rush at malls increased over the salaries over the weekend and some were ernment taxi is not started, passengers do not African cameraman Adil Bradlow Mohamed Badr, a cameraman for weekend. shopping for back to school items. have to pay anything. If the driver insists, they and Irish producer Russ Finn its Egyptian affiliate, for more than Some had to stand in queues for an hour to “Usually, there is a lot of rush during the can report him to authorities. remained in prison after their a month. Yesterday, the Interior get a cab outside some malls. last weekend of the month outside most malls. “Most people don’t call authorities because arrest on Tuesday on unclear Ministry said police seized two vans Outside the City Center, there were not Many taxi drivers take advantage of it and they think it would be an unnecessary trouble charges, the executive said. They with four cameras and transmis- enough taxis at the main entrance. don’t start the meter,” said Mohammad, a for them,” he added. were freelancing for the channel sion equipment belonging to Al Tired of waiting in the humid weather, some part-time private taxi driver. Although the number of taxis has increased when they were arrested. Jazeera Mubasher Misr. people took private taxis even though they He claimed that nearly 70 percent of Karwa by nearly 50 percent this year with Karwa, The men do not appear to A ministry statement said the were over-charging. “I’ve been waiting here drivers do not start the meter when they see Al Million and Alijarah operating more taxis, have had press accreditation at channel was “operating without for over half an hour and I’m looking for a the rush. many people complain of poor services. Some a time when authorities have any licences.” But the head of the private taxi because I don’t have any option,” “Many people are willing to pay any amount taxis also cancel bookings at the last moment made it increasingly difficult for channel, Ayman Gadallah, said it said Paula, from the Philippines, who had come because they do not want to wait for a long because of the non-availability of taxis. visiting journalists to obtain it. had received a permit to operate. to shop for groceries. time,” he said, admitting that even he had THE PENINSULA On Thursday, Al Jazeera called AGENCIES

Vintage cars No escape from rise in prices of raw materials, warns official

Continued from page 1 “So how can you possibly escape But not many in the construc- It all began with occasional higher inflation,” wondered the tion industry seem to be con- shortages of basic construction insider, suggesting that the bit- vinced as some key raw materials raw materials in those days that ter lessons learnt during the 2006 have already become expensive. saw their prices escalate. Games have helped and might aid Officials maintain that is Companies doing projects in streamlining the supplies of the because some materials like passed on the extra financial costs raw materials this time, but none- aggregates (loosely called here on to project owners. theless a higher inflation regime as ‘gabbro’) sourced mainly from The owners, in turn, passed could be hard to fight back. Ras Al Khaima and Fujairah on the burden on to end users. Raw material supplies remain in the UAE, and bitumen, from “That’s how the markets oper- government-controlled and so are Saudi Arabia, have become expen- ate. Of course, this time also that their pricing, so the chances of sive in exporting countries. would most likely be repeated, so shortages and price manipulations Saudi Arabia is also witnessing you can’t escape price rise this are not much this time around, a construction boom, and Dubai’s time as well,” the insider warned. insist officials. The government real estate market has begun The size of Qatar’s economy has, in fact, made advance fore- recovering. Construction indus- is $200bn and almost an equal casts of the requirements of vari- try sources say the testing times amount is anticipated to be spent ous raw materials as the projects actually begin for the government A vintage Ford Model A Saloon car from the 1930s (left) and a 1964 Classic Ford Thunderbird parked in the on mega infrastructure and sup- progress. And just how they the next year when the demand residential area of Old Airport in Doha yesterday. In a country where luxury and sporty brands are a common portive projects over a period of would be sourced, the government for raw materials start going up. sight, visitors to Qatar often see vintage models owned by car enthusiasts in Doha. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH five to seven years. appears to be confident about. THE PENINSULA AUGUST 31, 2013 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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SHOOT FOR A CAUSE

ore than 200 photographers Mtook part in the ‘Shoot for a Cause’ fundraiser yesterday at Philippine School Doha. Ten professional models posed for photographers during the event, which aimed to help victims of recent floods in the Philippines. It was organised by seven Doha-based photography clubs, including Web Alliance of Radical Photographers, Pinoy Lente Qatar, Doha Pinoy Shooters Club, The Catchers of Light Qatar, 21 Elements, Picture in Action Photography Club – Doha and Nikonista Rebel Shooters. AUGUST 31, 2013 Middle East www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY France backs action on Syria as US seeks coalition

DAMASCUS: French President report back immediately to UN Both the US and France how- including children, shocked the his own people is an issue of our Damascus or authorise outside Francois Hollande gave a boost chief Ban Ki-moon. ever underscore that any military world and piled on the pressure for national security, regional sta- force to punish or unseat the yesterday to US plans to forge an Faced with an impasse at the action is not aimed at toppling a response that could draw a reluc- bility and global security. We regime. Putin’s chief foreign policy international coalition for pos- UN Security Council and the Assad but only forcing his regime tant West into the Syrian civil war. must be clear that the United aide Uri Ushakov complained yes- sible strikes against Syria after British parliament’s shock rejec- to stop using chemical weapons. But Russia and fellow Syria States rejects the use of chemical terday that the US was not shar- British lawmakers rejected any tion of any punitive action against US Defence Secretary Chuck ally Iran have warned against weapons by Assad or any other ing its intelligence about the gas involvement in military action. Damascus, the United States has Hagel said despite the British vote, any intervention, saying it risked regime,” said Nancy Pelosi, the attacks and so “we do not believe The White House had sig- been forced to look elsewhere for the White House was still seek- sparking a wider conflict in the minority leader in the House. it”. And he said any military action nalled on Thursday that President international partners. ing an “international coalition that already volatile Middle East. Military buildup was continu- that bypasses the Security Council Barack Obama, guided by the While Germany and Canada will act together” against President US National Security Council ing in the region, with US war- “will deal a serious blow to the “best interests” of the United ruled out joining any military Bashar Al Assad’s regime. “We spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden ships armed with scores of cruise entire system of world order”. States, was ready to go it alone strikes, Hollande — whose coun- are continuing to consult with the said Obama’s decision-making missiles converging on the east- Assad, whose regime strongly on Syria after deadly chemical try was a strident opponent of British as with all of our allies. “will be guided by what is in ern Mediterranean. denies using chemical weapons weapons attacks last week. the US-led war on Iraq — said That consultation includes ways the best interests of the United In Damascus the mood was and instead blames “terrorist” But Russia, the Syrian regime’s the British vote would not affect forward together on a response to States”. “He believes that there heavy with fear and security rebels, remains defiant. “Syria most powerful ally, questioned US his government’s stance. “France this chemical weapons attack in are core interests at stake for the forces were making preparations will defend itself in the face of any intelligence on the gas attacks wants firm and proportionate Syria,” he said in the Philippines. United States and that countries for possible air bombardments, aggression,” he said on Thursday, and warned any military strikes action against the Damascus The British government’s defeat who violate international norms pulling soldiers back from poten- vowing “victory” for his people. without UN backing would deal regime,” Hollande said in an inter- in parliament — by just 13 votes — regarding chemical weapons need tial targets. More than 100,000 Syria’s jittery neighbours have a serious blow to “world order”. view with Le Monde newspaper. came after the failure of an 11th- to be held accountable.” people have already died in Syria’s also taken steps to boost security. In Damascus, UN experts “All options are on the table,” hour effort by British diplomats Some members of the US vicious 29-month war and about Israel deployed its Iron Dome began a final day of investiga- he said. Hollande, responding to a to win UN backing for action at a Congress voiced support for three million more have been missile defence system in Tel Aviv, tions into the attacks, visiting question, did not exclude the pos- meeting of the permanent mem- limited surgical strikes, while force to flee their homes, accord- reports said, amid fears Assad or an army hospital where victims sibility of military strikes within bers of the Security Council. urging transparency from the ing to UN figures. his allies from the Hezbollah Shia were reportedly being treated. days, even prior to an emer- Gruesome pictures of some administration. “It is clear that Assad’s main arms supplier militia in Lebanon will retaliate The team is due to leave the gency session of parliament on of the several hundred reported the American people are weary Russia has blocked all attempts against the Jewish state. war-battered country today and Wednesday to debate the issue. victims of the August 21 attacks, of war. However, Assad gassing to toughen sanctions against AFP Saudi raises US has ‘duty’ to Black Sea TURKEY: Disruption of oil supplies from RUSSIA its defence Iraq and Azerbaijan could push price to AZERBAIJAN 300 km record $150 a barrel. 1.2 million barrels Baku per day – over 1% of global supplies – Oil pipeline Sangachal readiness to Ankara pass through Bay of Iskenderun act after nerve Caspian CYPRUS: UK has sent six ‘two’ from ‘five’ Sea Typhoon warplanes to DOHA/CAIRO: Saudi Arabia, Cyprus as “defensive RUSSIA: Mediterranean a supporter of rebels fighting counter” in case TURKEY and Black Sea to topple President Bashar Al Syria fires missiles Bay of Ceyhan gas attack Iskenderun fleets, Russian naval Assad, has raised its level of at RAF Akrotiri facility in Tartus, plus military alertness in anticipa- rapid deployment forces tion of a possible Western strike Mosul IRAN • Declassified intelligence report says placed on war alert in Syria, sources familiar with Incirlik Aleppo Mediterranean the matter said yesterday. Sea SYRIA IRAQ: Syrian civil war has Saudi Arabia’s defence readi- 426 children among 1,429 killed Hama escalated sectarian violence. ISRAEL: Tartus ness has been raised to “two” from Arrow, Patriot Homs LEBANON “five”, a Saudi military source told • Kerry calls for ‘tailored’ response and Iron Dome Kirkuk Shiite government sides with anti-missile IRAQ Reuters. “One” is the highest level systems Damascus opposition leaders support of alert. “It is a must, no one WASHINGTON: The United deployed Syrian rebels 963 knows what will happen,” he said. States released intelligence yes- across country 928 The source said other countries Civilian terday to show why it is certain Baghdad in the region, including Jordan, Amman Casualties 685 that Syrian forces have killed (2013) 595 Turkey and Israel, appeared also civilians with chemical weapons Range of Tashreen to have raised their level of mili- and said Washington has a his- 418 tary readiness. 319 toric duty to act. Cairo 229 A second source said Saudi As a time window for expected JORDAN: Syrian Arabia’s defence readiness had US air strikes beckoned, the regime could retaliate been raised last week, and meant against U.S. forces based White House produced a declassi- Range of Scud D that all leave for the armed forces at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul fied intelligence report which said would be cancelled. The sources 1,429 people including 426 chil- EGYPT Tashreen M-600 declined to give further details dren were killed in the August 21 Iranian supplied of what a change in alert level outrage outside Damascus. Red missile would mean, but analysts said it Sea Secretary of State John Kerry, Scud-D Range: 250km was likely some forces would be meanwhile, made an impas- Range: 300km Warhead: 450kg moved closer to national borders. sioned case for a “tailored” US Warhead: 500kg In Kuwait, lawmakers have response, despite the lack of a asked their government to inform United Nations mandate, and them about plans for readiness to without help from Washington’s deal with repercussions of a strike closest ally, Britain where law- on Syria, Kuwaiti newspapers makers blocked action. “This is Sources: UN Assistance Mission to Iraq, DebkaFile, Capital Economics, Petromatrix, Societe Generale © GRAPHIC NEWS reported. The Prime Minister the indiscriminate, inconceiv- Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al able horror of chemical weapons. Sabah, held an extraordinary This is what (President Bashar Status of Western military assets cabinet meeting on Thursday, Al Al) Assad did to his own people,” Watan reported. Interior minister Kerry said. “The question is what Sheikh Mohammad Al Hamad Al are we collectively, what are we in BRUSSELS: Any military response to alleged at this point is France, which has ships and aircraft Sabah was told to take all neces- the world, going to do about it?” chemical weapons use by the Syrian regime of standing by. French aircraft can be equipped with sary measures in case of an emer- The White House report said US Secretary of State John Kerry Bashar Al Assad will likely rest squarely on US Scalp missiles that could reach targets in Syria. In gency that might arise as a result the judgement on the attack was makes a statement at the State shoulders after Britain’s refusal to commit its Djibouti, France has positioned seven Mirage 2000 of strikes, the paper said. based on “multiple” streams of Department in Washington yesterday. forces. The United States has reinforced its naval combat jets and six Rafales are stationed in Abu REUTERS intelligence including witness units in the eastern Mediterranean and could get Dhabi. Naval assets include frigates, submarines and reports, satellite data and signals of its most pernicious weaponry help from France. the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which is based intercepts. “The United States on some of its most vulnerable Five US destroyers carrying hundreds of cruise in Toulon, southern France. Nato will not government assesses with high people. “It matters because a lot missiles between them are believed to be readying Meanwhile, one of Syria’s neighbours is Turkey, confidence that the Syrian gov- of other countries whose policies launches against Syrian munitions depots and com- which has the second biggest Nato ground force after take part in ernment carried out a chemical challenge these international mand and control hubs. The USS Stout has been the United States and could play a major role if an weapons attack in the Damascus norms are watching,” he said. deployed to join sister ships Mahan, Ramage, Barry intervention extended beyond limited air strikes. strike: Chief suburbs on August 21, 2013,” the That included, he said, Iran and Gravely, a US defence official said. The navy The Turkish army has a total of 510,000 troops and report said. “We further assess with which Washington is locked does not say how many missiles are carried by each the Air Force has 354 combat aircraft, essentially COPENHAGEN: The sus- that the regime used a nerve in a long nuclear showdown. “It’s ship but they are believed to number around 40 per US-built F-16s. pected use of chemical weapons agent in the attack.” about whether Iran, which itself vessel according to military analysts. Patriot anti-missile batteries have also been posi- in Syria demands an interna- The unclassified assessment, has been a victim of chemical The flagship of the US Sixth Fleet, the USS Mount tioned in southern Turkey and are manned by troops tional response but Nato will which omitted sourcing and weapons attacks, will now feel Whitney, is based in Gaeta, Italy. US forces are also from the United States, Germany and the Netherlands not take part, alliance head raw intelligence to protect US emboldened in the absence of stationed at air bases in Izmir and Incirlik, Turkey. under a Nato mandate to protect the country from Anders Fogh Rasmussen told espionage assets, also debunked action to obtain nuclear weapons. Ships attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit any spillover of the fighting in Syria. Gulf countries Danish media yesterday. the theory, advanced notably by “It’s about Hezbollah and every are now in port in the UAE, and two aircraft carrier are not expected to provide military forces or equip- “I see no Nato role in an inter- Russia, that opposition forces other terrorist group that might battle groups built around the USS Truman and USS ment but would likely allow US and French forces to national reaction to the (Syrian) could be to blame. “We assess contemplate the use of weapons Nimitz are cruising in the northern Indian Ocean. operate from their bases in the region and provide regime,” Rasmussen told report- that the scenario in which the of mass destruction.” The only European nation prepared to intervene diplomatic cover for an intervention. AFP ers in the Danish town of Vejle, opposition executed the attack ... Kerry also addressed domes- daily Politiken reported. is highly unlikely,” the report said. tic political opinion in his speech, ‘No doubt’ Syria carried out He said the alleged use of chem- “Our high confidence assess- mindful of polls showing little UN chemical experts end ical weapons was “a terrifying and ment is the strongest position that public support for American chemical attack: Turkey horrible act. Chemical attacks are the US Intelligence Community action in a new Middle Eastern work, to expedite report a clear violation of international can take short of confirmation.” war. “We know that after a dec- ANKARA: Turkey said yesterday that informa- standards — a crime that can’t be The report said Washington ade of conflict, the American peo- tion collected by its secret services meant there UNITED NATIONS: UN experts have finished ignored”. “It demands an inter- had intercepted the communica- ple are tired of war,” he said. “But was “no doubt” that the Syrian regime was behind their work in Syria and will “expedite” a report national response, so it doesn’t tions of a senior Syrian official, fatigue does not absolve us of our a chemical attack on August 21. on whether chemical weapons have been used happen again,” Rasmussen said. who was intimately familiar with responsibility. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told in the country’s conflict, UN spokesman Martin The Nato secretary general has the operation, soon after rockets “History would judge us all a press conference: “From our point of view, based Nesirky said yesterday. in the past insisted on the need for started raining down on civilians. extraordinarily harshly if we on evidence gained by our intelligence services and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is ready to a political solution to the Syrian The official confirmed that chemi- turned a blind eye to a dictator’s experts... there is no doubt, it is clear the regime is brief the UN Security Council on the investigation conflict. Rasmussen said he firmly cal weapons were used, and was wanton use of weapons of mass responsible.” Turkey has pointed the finger at those this weekend if needed, he said. No country has yet believed the Syrian regime was concerned with UN inspectors destruction against all warnings, loyal to Bashar Al Assad since the deadly attack but requested a Security Council meeting. Ban explained behind the attack. obtaining evidence, the report against all common understand- this is the first time Ankara has used evidence from progress made by the inspection team in a meeting “I have no doubt that the said. ing of decency.” A window for its intelligence services to back up the claim. with UN ambassadors from Britain, China, France, regime carried out a chemical Kerry said the US government US action was opening with the The minister also called on the international com- Russia and the United States. “The team has com- attack,” he said, adding: “When had repeatedly assessed the intel- expected departure of UN inspec- munity to “present an initiative which would end the pleted its collection of samples and evidence. They you look at who has the chemi- ligence in the report, to avoid the tors from Syria tomorrow. war in Syria”, in apparent reference to any multilat- are now packing up, and leaving Syria tomorrow.” cal stocks and the means to use kind of fiasco that erupted over Obama is expected to leave on eral action against Syria. He also criticised the lack UN disarmament envoy Angela Kane left them in an attack, you have to say botched covert material used to a trip to Sweden and Russia for of agreement internationally. “Unfortunately after 10 Damascus and will brief Ban in New York today. that it is the regime. There’s not justify the Iraq war. “We will not the G20 summit on Tuesday, and days (since the attack), we have not been able to reach Interpreters and other backup staff with the UN much to suggest that the oppo- repeat that moment,” he said. military action would be unlikely an agreement,” he said, adding that if the August 21 team also left yesterday. The spokesman said that sition would be in a position to And he argued that the world to take place with him overseas. attack went unpunished, the Syrian regime would the eventual report written by the inspection team carry out such an attack.” could not ignore the use of some AFP continue its policy of “massacres”. AFP would be given to all UN member states. AFP AFP AUGUST 31, 2013 ON SATURDAY 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Views

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HE House of Commons vote against British involvement in air strikes against Bashar Al Assad didn’t come as a complete surprise. The stunning NO Tto Prime Minister David Cameron’s enthusiastic and What Syria’s fall means hurried plan to join the US in punishing the Syrian dictator for gassing his own people was in fact in consonance with the public view. A Guardian online poll showed overwhelming public opposition to intervention in Syria. The paper asked its readers: British MPs ruled out military intervention in Syria for Turkey’s rise in a dramatic vote on Thursday night. Did they make the right decision? Eighty-six percent answered YES. If ordinary people BY REIHAN SALAM feel so strongly against an intervention, the reaction of MPs is the International Olympic Committee something about it - something short of understandable. “The shadow of Iraq hung over the debate but will vote to determine which city will a full-scale military campaign designed T’S rare that I enjoy being stuck host the 2020 Olympics, and Istanbul is, to end the civil war, but forceful enough with realism that a military strike could escalate into a wider in traffic, but the slow ride from along with Madrid and Tokyo, a finalist. to send a message and perhaps to shift conflict with many hundreds of thousands more victims and IIstanbul’s main international air- There are a variety of reasons one might the balance of power. Though Turkey no exit strategy. There was the sense that such action would port to its central business district is a prefer Istanbul over its rivals. While and the US are NATO allies, they have be best led by others and with a wider consensus,” wrote Sarah feast for the eyes. New shopping malls, Spain and Japan have both hosted the had an at times tense relationship Wollaston, explaining why she voted against a strike. apartment blocks, and office parks seem Olympics in recent decades, no city in since at least 2003, when Turkey’s AK to stretch out in every direction, up and Turkey, the Near East or a Muslim- Party government refused to allow U.S. There is no doubt that the British vote is a huge setback down the city’s formidable hills. But this majority country has ever done so. Just ground forces to enter Iraq via Turkish for Barack Obama’s efforts to punish Assad for his crime week has served as a reminder that as the selection of Seoul and Beijing territory. So it comes as something of a against humanity. The British reaction generally reflects the Turkey’s prosperity rests on a fragile and Rio de Janeiro celebrated the rise relief that Turkey, which has been urg- European view, where most people are wary of a military foundation. of various rising economic powers, the ing its NATO partners to devote more involvement in Syria. And when the US takes action on its After over a selection of Turkey would send the sig- time and attention to the Syrian cri- own, the lack of unswerving support decade in office, nal that the country once derided as sis, is amenable to the idea of a limited many Turks “the sick man of Europe” had finally US-led intervention. from some of its trusted allies will believe that the arrived. The problem, of course, is that a Cameron lost, only weaken Washington’s case. This ruling AK Party And so it is poignant that instead of limited US intervention will still leave democracy means that any military action will The shopping has grown arro- Olympic fever, Turkey is transfixed by Turkey with a smoldering Syrian crisis have to be planned meticulously by the malls, apartment gant and unac- talk of an armed intervention by the on its southern flank, and little hope won in the Obama administration to ensure that it countable, and its United States and its allies in Syria. that the crisis will be resolved anytime doesn’t go off its stated objectives and blocks and office brutal response The armed opposition groups, some of soon. One is reminded of the 1990-1991 Commons to recent politi- them backed by various Arab states, Gulf War, when Turkey offered firm boomerang on the president. parks are still rising cal protests has have been fighting to overthrow Bashar support to the US military campaign vote against a As Obama and John Kerry rightly in and around laid bare Prime al-Assad’s Iran- and Hezbollah-backed against Iraq. At the time, Turkey’s military strike argue, it would be insane not to Minister Recep government for two years now. political leadership expected that this punish Assad for unleashing chemical Istanbul. But it’s Tayyip Erdogan’s The United States has appeared dis- support would yield significant political on Syria. weapons on his own people, but the hard not to sense unmistakable engaged at best and hapless at worst and economic benefits, to make up for authoritarian as the death toll in Syriahas risen the loss of pipeline fees and lost trade fact that Western powers can’t reach that another golden streak. One nev- and as refugee outflows have destabi- that followed the war. a consensus even on a limited punitive ertheless gets lized neighboring countries. In Turkey, What actually happened is that strike speaks of the ominous fate of the Syrian revolution. age is drawing to a the impression the crisis in Syria is much more than the US interest in Turkey waned, It will further complicate the revolution. The rebels, who close. that for most an embarrassment. It is a threat to and Turkey suffered severe economic have lost heavily against the forces of Assad and are finding Turks, the fact Turkish prosperity, and quite possibly to damage without much in the way of themselves caught in a cul-de-sac, will find themselves in a dire that Erdogan has Turkey’s territorial integrity. Turkey’s assistance. presided over the border with Syria has historically been At the same time, the emergence and desperate situation. longest, most robust economic expansion porous, and Turkish border towns are of an autonomous Kurdish entity in At the same time, the House of Commons vote is a huge since the golden age that stretched from absorbing large numbers of Syrian refu- northern Iraq emboldened Kurdish victory for British democracy. The only loser was Cameron. 1960 to 1978 is reason enough to sup- gees fleeing violence and persecution. separatists in Turkey. The nightmare The media called the vote a humiliating defeat for the prime port him. From 2002 to 2012, inflation- One town, Reyhanli, was the site of a scenario for Turkey is that a US inter- minister, who, despite his best efforts, failed to win support adjusted GDP per capita increased by 43 terrorist atrocity in May, a vivid indica- vention in Syria escalates rather than for aligning with Washington. With Iraq and Afghanistan percent, or an average of 3.6 percent per tion that the violence in Syria has the stems the violence, and that Turkey year. This is not quite as fast as some potential to spread to Turkish soil. will have to deal with the chaos that wars fresh in their minds, the MPs were not ready to drag other middle-income countries, like The good news, if you can call it that, follows alone. their country into another war when the economy was not in Poland. But it has been fast enough to is that Turkey is on roughly the same The shopping malls, apartment blocks robust state. In that sense, it’s a vote against failed wars than leave a deep imprint on Turkish society, page as the United States. President and office parks are still rising in and one against Assad. Cameron had asked for a blank cheque, and to give Turks, almost half of whom Obama seems to have reluctantly con- around Istanbul. But it’s hard not to but parliament did not give him even the note of conditional are under the age of 25, a new sense of cluded that since the Assad regime sense that another golden age is draw- what their country can accomplish. has used chemical weapons against ing to a close. willingness to pay in the future• A week from now, on September 7th, its enemies, the US is obligated to do REUTERS The other side Quote of Prank Internet postings can have serious consequences the day T IS deplorable that young people with the shop’s frozen ingredients in her The young people who caused these displaying a considerable lack of com- are causing serious problems by mouth, the shop was forced to dispose problems seem to be exhibitionists mon sense become rampant? taking photos of themselves playing of the foodstuffs and suspend its busi- who want to attract others’ attention in Some experts say that people Ipranks and posting them on Twitter ness. Due to rash acts by their employ- cyberspace. The boys involved in the immersed in the Internet world tend to and other social media. ees, stores and franchise management Hokkaido incident posted a message lose normal judgment. They are preoc- At a convenience store in Kochi, a companies lost the confidence of the saying, “We trampled a patrol car.” cupied with what they should say and History would judge male employee took a photo of himself public. It is not unreasonable for the Social media are tools for increasing post on the Internet even at work and us all extraordinarily lying in a refrigerated case for ice cream shops to ask such employees to pay social contacts by making connections are tempted to do things that will attract and posted it online. The head office damages in addition to being fired. through individuals. If the services are the attention of friends on the Internet. harshly if we turned of the chain store was inundated with This recent series of pranks includes used well, it will be possible to commu- The incidents all happened within a short a blind eye to a complaints such as “your education of one that developed into a criminal case. nicate with many people. Some young period, possibly because messages on employees is problematic” and “your Two 19-year-old boys who posted a people may want to show off to get oth- the Internet encouraged others to follow dictator’s wanton use management of sanitation is doubtful.” photo of themselves on the roof of a ers’ attention, but the problem is how suit. This could represent a facet of the The store ended up having its franchise parked police car in Hokkaido were they go about it. If they had considered situation underscored by the recent sur- of weapons of mass contract terminated. At a ramen shop arrested on suspicion of damaging the consequences of their acts, the inci- vey showing that 520,000 middle and destruction. in Osaka where two female employees property. Stern action against such mali- dents would not have occurred. high school students are addicted to the John Kerry posted photos of one of them on Twitter cious acts cannot be avoided. Why have actions by young people Internet. The Washington Post US Secretary of State AUGUST 31, 2013 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY How Assad might strike back The Syrian president could resort to covertly supporting terrorist attacks against neighbouring states, or US targets in the Middle East or elsewhere. BY BILAL Y SAAB and REX weak US and international resolve. BRYNEN To reduce the risk of escalation, Obama has publicly telegraphed his intentions to t looks increasingly likely that the Assad, making it clear that the US goal is US, in conjunction with key allies, not to topple the regime. A similar mes- has decided to launch a limited sage has likely been passed on to Syria’s military strike in the coming days key allies, Russia and Iran. to punish Syria for its apparent As careful as both sides might be to Iuse of chemical weapons on August 21. calibrate action and response, develop- But US President Barack Obama has ments can always spin out of control. also made it clear that he seeks to fulfil Assad knows the “law of unintended that goal without destroying the regime consequences” well from earlier in his of Syrian President Bashar Assad, kill- presidency: in 2005 Hezbollah’s suspected ing more innocent people, or sparking assassination of former Lebanese Prime further regional escalation of the war. Minister Rafiq Hariri ultimately resulted While the US has considerable military in Syrian troops being forced to leave that assets at its disposal, including ships in country. In 2007 Syrian efforts to develop the region carrying scores of Tomahawk a covert nuclear capacity ended when Land Attack Missiles (the likely stand- Israel bombed the suspected reactor site. off weapon of choice), it is a challenge In 2011 efforts to crush largely peaceful to calibrate the response just right. Too protests sparked the current bloody civil UN inspectors investigate the use of chemical weapons in Syria. little force could have little effect, while war. This month’s use of chemical weap- too much could backfire. ons is another action for which the con- tipped with chemical warheads. Syria has Furthermore, Hezbollah’s zeal and eager- casualties — a more prominent use of The US is not alone in this delicate sequences — an impending US military a large, dispersed and somewhat hard- ness to fight Israel notwithstanding, the surface-to-surface missiles, for example balancing act. Assad, too, must carefully attack — were almost certainly not those ened strategic chemical weapons arsenal organisation is in a politically sensitive — carries the risk of spurring a US reac- weigh his options as he ponders how he that Syrian officials intended. that might well survive a first hit by the position in Lebanon at the moment, a tion. It is also doubtful how much ability can respond to an anticipated US strike Moreover, in the fog and friction of US military. condition that would likely further deter the Syrian army has to step up the pace without unleashing the wrath of the US war intelligence is imperfect and bombs If Syria’s target were Israel, this would it from opening two large-scale military of its war-fighting. military and, as a result, jeopardising his and missiles don’t always end up in the invite swift and decisive Israeli retalia- fronts simultaneously. Given its long- All signs from Washington so far indi- own survival. right place. Given the deaths of hun- tion, but the damage would already have term investment in Hezbollah, Iran would cate that the US strike will be limited. Predicting Assad’s response requires, dreds of civilians when the US bombed been done. While Israel’s missile defences be equally unlikely to see its Lebanese ally And Obama’s declared Syria policy has in part, an understanding of the reason the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad in are more robust than any in the world, dragged into a damaging fight with Israel not changed; it still seeks a political set- for his use of chemical weapons in the 1991 as well as the accidental bombing no such system is perfect. Jordan and at this juncture. tlement between the government and the first place. Was it a step taken out of of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in Turkey are at risk, too. The former has Assad could resort to covertly support- (still divided) opposition. frustration or desperation? If the regime 1999, American targeteers had better hosted up to a thousand US troops since ing terrorist attacks against neighbour- The hope is that with the recent mas- believes it needs to maintain a chemical be very sure they know what not to hit June, including Patriot missile systems, ing states, or against US targets in the sive shipment of ammunition and light weapons option it might be more inclined in Damascus this time around. If a US fighter aircraft, and related support, Middle East or elsewhere. This is the weapons from the Turkish border to to respond. Conversely, was it a misstep, attack results in high Syrian civilian cas- command, control and communications least costly and most likely retaliatory the Syrian rebels and with the likely US possibly reflecting divisions within the ualties or costs the lives of key regime personnel and systems. option for Assad. However, it is not clear strike, the Syrian opposition will receive regime or poor command and control? In figures, Assad might find himself under Assad could attack US allies with con- that Syria has much current capacity to the help it needs to go to the negotiating that case, retaliation might be less likely. greater pressure to respond. ventional means. Such a strategy would organise such attacks, and might instead table in Geneva with its morale boosted Assad’s response will depend, perhaps When and if the US launches its have limited effects and would be almost find it necessary to rely on Iranian or and its bargaining position strengthened to an even greater degree, on the nature attacks (likely targeting command and self-defeating, however, because most US Hezbollah assistance. The 2012 bombing (again, assuming it unifies and gets its of US action and how he perceives US control centres, airfields, and strategic allies are (especially with US assistance) of a tourist bus in Burgas, Bulgaria — an act together). strategy and intentions. Is a strike seen weapons and delivery systems), Assad capable of protecting themselves from act for which Hezbollah was ultimately However, don’t be surprised if the as merely symbolic? Substantive but lim- might well do very little beyond issuing Syria’s war-ravaged forces. blamed, and which led to European Union rebels, angered by the chemical attack ited? Or is it part of a new effort to over- rhetorical condemnations. He will still Aware of his limited conventional measures against the group. and emboldened by a US strike, harden throw the regime? have several possible retaliatory options capabilities, Assad might try to drag Assad could escalate domestically their positions. Also, don’t expect A panicky regime that feels its survival that the US and its allies will need to his allies into a war with Israel. While and pound rebel-controlled areas even restraint from hard-line jihadist ele- is at risk is more likely to miscalculate or consider: While unlikely, if the Syrian Hezbollah already has thousands of men harder to show that he is not intimidated. ments affiliated with Al Qaeda either. escalate. So too, conversely, is an overcon- leader believed that the end was near he in Syria fighting alongside government He would be smart not to use chemical They too will see an incentive to push fident one that believes an attack is little could attack neighbouring countries with forces, attacking Israel directly would weapons again, but even conventional even harder to topple Assad. more than a slap on the wrist indicating a barrage of surface-to-surface missiles risk another 2006-style war in Lebanon. escalation that results in heavy civilian WP-BLOOMBERG Egypt: Everything is now negotiable Obsession with race

has been to be on standby, ready Instead of a civil to offer their protesting serv- doesn’t help the poor ices to the ascendant elite of war, an ‘uncivil’ the moment. They must leave BY CLIVE CROOK behind the politics of protest and pique, and somehow convince all ne wonders what Martin Luther King Jr would have made war will likely Egyptians that they are building a of Wednesday’s event at the Lincoln Memorial. The March better, more pluralistic and demo- on Washington for Jobs and Freedom of August 28, 1963, is ensue. cratic alternative. Oremembered partly for his “I Have a Dream” speech. Could he As the fear of intimidation have dreamed that within two generations a black American president BY STEPHANIE THOMAS abates there will be disaffection would stand at the lectern to praise his vision? And how far would amongst revolutionary activists, that remarkable fact atone, in his view, for the country’s lingering s Egypt’s military-led liberal groups and Christians. failure to give black Americans their full measure of economic and government appears to Some Copts quietly blame the social equality? be solidifying its gains, military for exploiting the burn- Barack Obama has often emphasised the paradox. The country that Aand Cairo largely suc- ing of their churches for political elected him to its highest office is still divided by race — culturally, cumbs to its harsh measures, talk gain while failing to protect those socially and economically. of civil war has, for now, abated. churches during the security There has been progress, and not just in attacking legally sanctioned One big reason for this is because crackdown in mid-August. discrimination. Physical segregation has gently declined, decade by in Egypt everything is negotiable. Soldiers take out barbed wire in Cairo ahead of planned demonstrations. One wonders how long decade. Blacks go to college, advance to the middle class and hold An old Egypt hand told me this Egyptians can take the relentless political office in vastly larger numbers than in the 1960s and 1970s. in 2011, when I moved there to diet of pro-military propaganda Yet the black-white gap on measures such as income, employment and work at the American University the right price. The line will likely Fattah Al Sisi’s recent takeo- produced by both state and pri- intergenerational social mobility persists, and in some respects may in Cairo. I thought his advice never be crossed into civil war ver by defending the ouster of vate media. No doubt enterpris- have worsened in recent years. referred to navigating turbulent because the ultimate deal always former president Mohammed ing T-shirt vendors are already So complicated an issue resists simple prescriptions, but I’ll venture academic waters. I soon realised, beckons on the horizon. Mursi and the crackdown on the stocking less of “The people and one anyway: Dethrone race as the organising principle for social reform. however, that it applied to the No one stays on one side for Brotherhood. Having put aside the army are one hand” variety This isn’t to say that race doesn’t matter. Explicit discrimination in entire country. Throughout my long in Egypt. The past two and his “conscience” — the same con- — knowing from experience that housing and employment may be illegal, but the persistence of disguised two years in Egypt, this advice a half years is a tale of dramatic science that prevented him from demand for this slogan waxes and — maybe even unintended — discrimination on grounds of race is a helped me make sense of the coalitions coming together (liter- running for electoral office in 2012 wanes quickly. How long will it be documented fact. Even if discrimination had vanished, blacks would head-snapping events taking ally, in Tahrir Square) and then because the military was still in before we see the return of the still be at an economic disadvantage because of the burden their parents place in the political arena. It can splintering into flimsy allegiances. control — ElBaradei then joined familiar slogan, “The people want and grandparents had to carry. This legacy continues to provide an also help predict a likely outcome All parties have sacrificed prin- the interim government. Only the fall of the military regime”? ethical justification for what King called “compensatory consideration,” of Egypt’s current situation. ciples to advance short-term to resign a month later in pro- But just as we should not be or what came to be called affirmative action. When everything is negotiable, interests: the military has now test at the violent removal of the surprised when the military The problem with explicitly race-based policies is that they’re there can be no fixed prices, or twice cynically draped itself in Brotherhood sit-ins. He will prob- begins to lose support, we should increasingly beside the point or even counterproductive. Affirmative fixed principles. Opportunities for the mantle of popular will; the ably be back when the conditions not be surprised when we learn action mainly helps blacks from better-off families: It’s of little use to deals abound. This includes politi- Muslim Brotherhood has used the are more favourable. of an accommodation between persistently unemployed blacks in depressed inner cities. In higher cal support, alliances, ideologies democratic electoral process to Until the relatively “fixed the interim government and education it can put students in situations where they can’t learn — even constitutional articles. justify illiberal acts and defend its prices” of the democratic proc- younger Brotherhood leaders not effectively, contributing to dropout rates that are high even by US Mortal enemies one day are allies legitimacy; the liberals and secu- ess are established in Egypt, all yet in jail. Or perhaps we will see standards (and that’s saying something). One of its most pernicious the next. larists have piggy-backed on mili- the political players are likely to an alliance between disaffected costs is that it casts suspicion on the achievements of successful blacks. Instead of civil war, an ‘uncivil’ tary authoritarianism to erase a continue bargaining, negotiating revolutionary activists and new The country’s insane devotion to incarceration strips families and war will likely ensue, a prolonged political foe, and Egypt’s second and co-opting their way toward a Brotherhood leaders. neighbourhoods of fathers and potential breadwinners. It’s true — and and fluid slow burn of unsavoury largest (and more conservative) unique, Egyptian kind of stability. Though the parallel with politi- scandalous — that this injustice falls disproportionately on blacks, but power politics played out by the Islamist party, the Salafi Nour The onus will be — indeed, cal landscape is inexact, I also see the policy is wrong, first and foremost, because it is a travesty of justice established elites — the generals, Party, is still supporting the always has been — on the lib- Egyptian citizens — the majority to lock people up for years for nonviolent offenses. judiciary, Mubarak-era politicians interim government. eral groups who say they want of whom live below the poverty What goes for criminal justice applies to most other areas of social and an as-yet-unformed itera- In one prominent example of democratic institutions, plural- line — bearing the brunt while policy as well. It will be a long time, if ever, before the US can be entirely tion of the Muslim Brotherhood. the flimsiness of alliances, Egypt’s ism, human and minority rights their ruling elites find it easier to colour-blind. But things have changed. In 1963, race-based policies Meanwhile the liberal groups, most famous liberal, Mohamed (except for Islamists), but who negotiate and power play than to were a moral imperative: Rising to King’s challenge required them. In including Cairo’s intellectuals, will ElBaradei, a Nobel Prize win- have failed so far to prove it. govern by rule of law and demo- 2013, they’re an ambiguous ally, at best, in making his dream a reality. offer support and momentum for ner, gave cover to General Abdel Their main contribution to date cratic processes. REUTERS WP-BLOOMBERG AUGUST 31, 2013 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Four suspected Thousands of Mursi supporters march Qaeda militants Six dead, 50 injured throughout Egypt killed in Yemen

CAIRO: Thousands of support- more than 600 people on August drone strike ers of ousted Islamist president 14. Just after Friday prayers, Mohammed Mursi marched around 500 protesters set off ADEN: At least four suspected through Cairo and cities across from central Cairo’s Sahib Rumi Al Qaeda militants were killed Egypt yesterday to demand his mosque, chanting: “Wake up, yesterday in a presumed US reinstatement, in the move- don’t be afraid, the army must drone strike in Yemen’s central ment’s biggest show of defiance leave”, “The Interior Ministry Al Bayda province, a local gov- since hundreds of protesters are thugs” and “Egypt is Islamic, ernment source said. were killed two weeks ago. not secular”. The strike took place in the dis- Although most marches passed By mid-afternoon, thousands trict of Rada’a and killed the local without major incident, a secu- were marching in districts across Al Qaeda leader there and three rity source said there had been at Cairo calling for the return of the others, the government source least six deaths, and police fired elected government, and some said. Tribal sources put the death teargas at protesters in Cairo’s remained outside the presiden- toll at five. “The drone targeted a Mohandiseen district. tial palace in the capital until just place where they were meeting,” The army-backed government, before the 7pm curfew. a local source said. which has shot dead hundreds of Soldiers and helmeted police Yemen is the main strong- supporters of Mursi’s Muslim in black uniforms and bulletproof hold of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Brotherhood since he was top- vests, armed with teargas and Peninsula (AQAP), one of the pled by the military on July 3, semi-automatic rifles, manned militant group’s most aggressive had warned that forces posted at checkpoints near the protests and wings. Yemen’s president said key intersections since morning blocked roads. last week that AQAP’s leader would open fire if protests turned In Egypt’s second city, had vowed in an intercepted violent. Alexandria, a total of more than phone call to carry out an attack Having arrested most of the 10,000 protesters took part in that would “change the face of Brotherhood’s leaders, it hoped by several separate demonstrations. history”, and that this was what now to have suffocated the pro- Marches were also held in several had led to the temporary closure tests against its decision to force cities in the Nile Delta including of many US and other Western out and crush the movement that Tanta, in the three Suez Canal cit- embassies in the Middle East, ruled Egypt for a year. ies of Suez, Ismailia and Port Said, Africa and Asia earlier in August. But its prospects of present- and in the southern city of Assiut. Egyptian protesters cover their faces from tear gas smoke during clashes between supporters of the Muslim Restoring stability to Yemen, ing a return to normality looked The Brotherhood’s London Brotherhood and security forces, in Cairo, yesterday. one of the poorest Arab countries to have been set back by live tel- press office circulated an email which lies next door to the world’s evision pictures of teargas and with links to video streams from continue in the coming weeks,” anti-Mubarak uprising to win the “Today’s big turnout show the top oil exporter Saudi Arabia, is burning tyres in Cairo, as well what it said were protests in 15 he said. presidency. Brotherhood’s ability to organise an international concern. as the sheer number of separate districts of Cairo, as well as 32 in Armed Forces chief General But millions were alienated by itself and proves its structure President Abd-Rabbu Mansour marches that the well-organised other towns and cities. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and the its ideologically driven rule and still stands,” political analyst Hadi has angered many of his Brotherhood managed to stage. In the city of Fayoum, the government he backs appear to failure to revive the economy, Mustapha Al Sayyid said. “This countrymen by giving unequivocal The security source said there private television channel CBC have won broad public support and took to the streets, giving will pose a challenge on the support for Washington’s contro- had been at least 50 injured showed footage of a female for their crackdown, which they the army-backed establishment authorities to end the protests versial drone strikes, which have throughout Egypt, in addition Brotherhood supporter in a black portray in the largely state-con- its cue to act with more venom and regain stability, or to decrease increased under President Barack to the six dead, and more than head-to-toe veil, leading a march trolled or pro-government media than ever against a group it had the curfew hours, which is the Obama. He has also asked the 20 arrests. The cabinet issued a of veiled women and carrying a as a fight against terrorism. repressed for decades. first step to bringing life back to United States to supply drones statement after the protests say- placard reading “Where did legit- The Brotherhood, which won From early morning, armoured normal.” to the Yemeni army. ing that anyone who disregarded imacy go?”. five popular votes after the over- vehicles fitted with machine- The Egyptian-born Muslim Drone attacks have killed at the curfew would face legal “This revolutionary wave will throw of the military-backed guns guarded key points such cleric Sheikh Youssuf Al Qaradawi least 40 people in Yemen since late consequences. not stop,” Brotherhood politi- president Hosni Mubarak in 2011, as Tahrir Square, epicentre of earlier exhorted Egyptians to take July. The Yemeni army, with US The demonstrators appeared cian Farid Ismail said by phone and gave Egypt its first civilian the 2011 uprising, and Ramses to the streets. “You Egyptians, backing, last year drove Al Qaeda mostly to have opted for numer- from an undisclosed location. president in Mursi, says it is still Square, where more than 100 go out, all of you, men, mothers, militants and their allies from ous scattered protests, avoiding He said the numbers of those committed to peaceful resistance. people, mostly Mursi supporters, daughters even children. This is some of their strongholds, but the Cairo’s bigger squares or the who had demonstrated despite For decades Egypt’s only were killed in protests two weeks a religious duty on all Egyptians!” militants have since regrouped scenes of earlier protests such “intimidation, teargas, live bul- effective opposition group, ago. More than 100 members of he said in a Friday sermon broad- and mounted attacks on govern- as the pro-Mursi street camps lets and detentions” had been despite being officially banned, the security forces have also been cast on Qatari state television. ment officials and installations. where security forces shot dead hugely underreported. “This will the Brotherhood seized on the killed in the turmoil. REUTERS REUTERS

Bahrainis Tunisia ruling coalition demonstrate offers compromise for ‘change’ TUNIS: Tunisia’s ruling coalition government, and is refusing to yesterday presented mediators negotiate directly before a non- DUBAI: Thousands of opposi- with a proposed compromise to partisan cabinet has been formed. tion supporters demonstrated end a crisis sparked by a political “Concessions must still be made yesterday in a Shia village near assassination last month, while by both sides,” said the UGTT’s the Bahraini capital, witnesses refusing opposition demands that secretary general Houcine Abassi, said, a day after a car bomb it resign immediately. after yesterday’s talks. wounded four policemen in Mediators have been shuttling Ennahda finally said last week another Shia town. between the Islamist-led govern- that it would accept the resig- The kingdom has been rocked ment and the opposition in a bid nation of Prime Minister Ali by sporadic violence since its to end the political turmoil caused Larayedh’s cabinet, a step the security forces crushed a month by the killing of opposition MP mediators also favour. of Arab Spring-inspired democ- Mohamed Brahmi on July 25, an But it insisted agreement must racy protests by Shias in 2011. attack blamed on Salafists. first be reached on outstanding Yesterday afternoon, support- “We have presented the posi- political differences, including an ers of the February 14 Coalition tion of the three-party coalition elections timetable and the con- youth group demonstrated in the to find a way out of the crisis,” tents of a new constitution, whose Shia village of Jidhafs outside said Mouldi Riahi, a member of drafting has for months been Manama demanding “democratic coalition party Ettakatol after the blocked by political wranglings. changes”. Witnesses said thou- meeting with the mediators. The opposition coalition has sands of people flooded the streets Protesters hold national flags and placards as they shout slogans during an anti-government rally in the village “We have presented a proposal announced a new protest in the waving the national flag and of Jidhafs, west of Manama, yesterday. according to which the government capital on Saturday in the form of shouting slogans against “dicta- is ready to resign, but that must be a human chain stretching several torship” and an end to “tyranny”. adding that an investigation had by the February 14 Coalition, wit- ending the kingdom’s political accompanied by a comprehensive kilometres from parliament to the On Thursday night, assailants been launched to find the perpetra- nesses said. The protesters hurled deadlock, following a two-month package,” added the representa- Kasbah, where the government remotely detonated a bomb planted tors of the “terrorist act”. firebombs and stones at the secu- summer break. Led by the influ- tive of the coalition, which also headquarters are located. in a car as a police patrol drove Clashes also erupted in other rity forces, who responded by fir- ential Shia group Al Wefaq, the groups Islamist party Ennahda and Last Saturday, the NSF by in the Shia village of Salha, Shia-populated villages around ing tear gas and stun grenades. opposition is taking part in the Congress for the Republic. launched what it called the the interior ministry said. “Four Manama on Thursday evening The latest unrest came after dialogue while keeping up street “For the current government, it “week of departure,” a week-long policemen were slightly wounded” when riot police intervened to the resumption on Wednesday protests to call for reform. is necessary to agree on the cir- campaign of protests aimed at in the explosion, said the ministry, disperse demonstrations called of a national dialogue aimed at AFP cumstances of its resignation,” bringing down the government, said Riahi, who called on the starting with a mass rally outside national assembly to resume its parliament. work, which has been paralysed But the demonstration attracted by the crisis. fewer people than two similar He refused to give further protests held earlier this month Syria army captain charged over Lebanon bombings details of the coalition’s new — 10,000 according to police esti- attempt to break the deadlock. mates — and the planned week- But Tunisian radio stations long campaign failed to mobilise BEIRUT: A Syrian army captain was on the Mediterranean near the border with ripped through a densely populated Shiite area Mosaique and Shems FM both the kind of Egyptian mass protests among five people charged yesterday in Lebanon and not far from Tripoli. Neither of Beirut, killing 27. Fearing more violence, said, citing anonymous sources, that preceded the army’s ouster Lebanon over the country’s bloodiest of the two Syrians are currently in Lebanon, authorities yesterday banned vehicles from that the proposals envisaged of Islamist president Mohammed attacks since the end of its 15-year civil war, but if convicted, they face the death sentence. parking in front of Sunni mosques across the a change of government by Mursi on July 3. a judicial source said. The three other accused are Lebanese. country. September 29 at the latest, after The opposition accuses Two Lebanese religious figures were also Sheikh Hashem Minkara, the head of Al Analysts say the bloody conflict that is tear- a month of national dialogue on Ennahda of failing to rein in charged over the twin car bombs that exploded Tawhid — a Sunni organisation close to the ing Syria apart is spilling into neighbouring the new cabinet and the future Tunisia’s jihadist movement, on August 23 outside mosques in the mostly Syrian regime — is accused of having known Lebanon, pitting supporters of the Damascus constitution. which is blamed for murder- Sunni northern city of Tripoli, killing 45 peo- about a “terrorist project and not having regime against its opponents. Tensions have The mediators, who comprise ing Brahimi and opposition MP ple. The attacks shocked Lebanon, bringing alerted authorities”. grown between Sunnis, who mostly support the powerful UGTT trade union, Chokri Belaid, another prominent back the spectre of civil war days when people His deputy Sheikh Ahmed Al Gharib and a the rebellion against the regime of Bashar Al employers’ organisation UTICA, secular politician whose assassi- often fearfully looked under their cars before journalist who had previously done some free- Assad, and Shias, who back his government. the Tunisian League for Human nation in February brought down getting into them, and a nationwide day of lance work for Al Manar, the television chan- Tripoli in particular has been riven by often Rights and the national order of the first Islamist-led coalition. mourning was held for the victims. nel of the powerful Shia movement Hezbollah, deadly strife over the Syria conflict between lawyers, will present the coali- Ennahda has also been accused Out of the accused, two Syrians — including were charged with having been “part of a Sunnis and Alawites, a Shiite offshoot sect tion’s latest proposals to the oppo- of mismanaging the economy and Captain Mohammed Ali — were charged with terrorist cell that placed... car bombs which from which Assad hails. This is the second sition today. failing to improve living stand- “having placed the two car bombs which killed exploded”. time that Lebanese authorities have directly Umbrella opposition group ards, with Egypt’s Mursi facing people”, said the source. The three risk three to 15 years in prison. accused the Syrian regime of being involved in the National Salvation Front similar criticism from protesters According to Lebanese media, Ali is a The twin attacks — which also wounded attempts to destabilise their country. has repeatedly demanded the ahead of the military coup. Syrian security official based in Tartus, a city hundreds — came just one week after a blast AFP dissolution of the Islamist-led AFP AUGUST 31, 2013 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY Britain’s Syria rejection setback for PM, strains ties with US

LONDON: British Prime in response to demands from the hear the warning bell. As tem- Syria, but now the US president diplomatic pressure on the have smashed our relationship Minister David Cameron Labour opposition. pers flared, Education Secretary is left to pursue a military option Syrian regime, but conceded it with the United States,” he said, counted the cost yesterday The party said it needed “com- Michael Gove screamed abuse at without his closest ally and the could not now take part in mili- in a swipe at rebel Conservative after a humiliating rejection by pelling evidence” that the Syrian fellow Conservative MPs who had country that gave US forces the tary strikes. backbenchers. parliament of his call for mili- regime had been responsible for a voted against their party’s coali- strongest backing in Iraq and Veteran politician Paddy Earlier he wrote on Twitter: “In tary action on Syria, a defeat chemical attack that killed hun- tion government. Afghanistan. Ashdown, a former special forces 50 years trying to serve my coun- which dealt a severe blow to the dreds near Damascus, then said Defence Minister Philip Cameron said he did not feel soldier, said Britain’s standing in try I have never felt so depressed/ “special relationship” with the it was opposing the government’s Hammond prompted fury among he should apologise to Obama, the world had been hugely dimin- ashamed.” United States. “opaque” motion. opposition ranks after he accused and said he hoped the US leader ished by the result. Professor Michael Clarke, Cameron suffered the worst It is believed to be the first time Labour leader Ed Miliband of would understand that he had “It has a profound implication of the Royal United Services setback of his three years in office since 1782 that a British govern- providing “succour” to the regime had to seek parliament’s approval for our country. I think it dimin- Institute think-tank, said par- when lawmakers he had recalled ment has lost a vote about mili- of President Bashar Al Assad by before action. ishes our country hugely,” the liament’s decision would prove from their summer holidays voted tary action. opposing the government. “I don’t think it’s a question of former Liberal Democrat leader an embarrassment for Britain 285 to 272 to defy the govern- A potentially damaging pic- However, Cameron is likely to having to apologise,” he said. told the BBC. internationally, but it remained ment’s motion late on Thursday. ture emerged of the government’s bear most responsibility for the Cameron said he still wanted “We now have a bunch of peo- to be seen whether it would be It was a doubly damaging defeat chaotic organisation of the vote, result. to see “a robust response” to ple — the same ones who voted merely a “blip” in relations with for Cameron, who had already with some ministers failing to He reportedly had pushed chemical weapons use and sug- against this last night — who Washington. watered down the original motion cast ballots because they did not Barack Obama to take action over gested Britain would increase want to get out of Europe and AFP

Saying it with flowers Nobel-winning Irish poet Snowden leaks Seamus hurt national Heaney dies DUBLIN: Seamus Heaney, one of the world’s best-known poets and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature, died yester- security: UK day after a short illness at the age of 74, his family said. The Northern Ireland-born Heaney’s poems evoke an Irish Classified documents seized from Miranda country childhood, with images of potato diggers and peat bog LONDON: Leaks by a fugi- arrangements” by making pass- cutters, and echo the deep politi- tive US intelligence contractor words to the material easily cal splits that have riven the have damaged Britain’s national accessible. island. security, and the data he gave Miranda’s lawyer, Gwendolen His works include the 1966 journalists includes information Morgan, accused UK authori- debut Death of a Naturalist, The that might expose the identities ties of making “sweeping and Spirit Level, District and Circle and of British spies, a government vague assertions about national an acclaimed translation of the official told the High Court in security.” old English epic poem Beowulf. London. Snowden set off an interna- “The poet and Nobel Laureate The official said Brazilian tional furore when he told news- died in hospital in Dublin this David Miranda, the partner of a papers in June that the NSA morning after a short illness,” Guardian newspaper journalist, was mining the personal data of said a statement on behalf of the was carrying a computer hard- users of Google, Facebook, Skype Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge receives gifts from well-wishers as she attends an event to start Heaney family released by his drive containing 58,000 highly and other US companies under the Ring O’ Fire Anglesey Coastal Ultra Marathon at Breakwater country park in Holyhead on Anglesey, north publishers Faber and Faber. classified intelligence docu- a secret programme codenamed Wales, yesterday. Heaney was a rarity among ments when he was detained at Prism. Facing espionage charges poets, having won acclaim from Heathrow airport earlier this at home, he has taken temporary critics while producing best-sell- month. asylum in Russia. ers. Born on a farm in Mossbawn, Miranda’s partner Glenn Outrage among privacy cam- County Londonderry in Northern Greenwald has led the Guardian’s paigners and the media was Cameron vows to back Gibraltar Ireland in 1939, his poems nostal- coverage of leaks from Edward fuelled when British authori- gically recall the sights and smells Snowden, a former contrac- ties used anti-terrorism laws to of a country childhood. tor at the US National Security detain Miranda for nine hours LONDON: Prime Minister outpost, after Spain introduced the frontier each day to work in The weaving of rural roots and Agency (NSA), about US and when he stopped off at Heathrow David Cameron pledged Britain stringent border checks which the self-governing British over- modern realism helped him to British surveillance of phone and on August 18 on his way home to would “always stand up for have led to waits of several hours seas territory, which measures become the most acclaimed Irish Internet users. Brazil from a trip to ferry materi- Gibraltar” as he met the British for motorists trying to enter the just 6.8sqkm and is home to about poet since William Butler Yeats, In a written statement to als between Greenwald and a film territory’s chief minister yes- tiny territory. 30,000 people. who was awarded the Nobel prize the court at yesterday’s hear- maker in Berlin. terday for talks on its border Gibraltar has accused Madrid Gibraltar is strategically in 1923. Heaney was born in the ing, Oliver Robbins, Britain’s Guardian editor Alan spat with Spain. of imposing the checks in retali- placed at the mouth of the year that Yeats died, and died Deputy National Security Adviser Rusbridger said Robbins had Cameron welcomed Fabian ation for its decision to drop con- Mediterranean on Spain’s south- in Dublin near the house where for Intelligence, Security and made “a number of unsubstanti- Picardo for talks at his Downing crete blocks into the sea in July ern tip. Yeats was born. Resilience, said media stories ated and inaccurate claims”. Street office in London, as Spain’s to create an artificial reef to boost Spain ceded it to Britain in A tousle-haired figure with a about the documents seized from “The Guardian took every deputy prime minister in Madrid fish stocks — blocking Spanish perpetuity in 1713 but has long shy and subtle manner, he hated Miranda had already caused decision on what to publish very stressed the need for dialogue on fishing boats from entering the argued that it should be returned media hype and publishers’ pub- harm. slowly and very carefully,” he said, cross-border issues. area. to Spanish sovereignty. London licity caravans even as he became “It is worth reiterating the adding he was dismayed by the “Britain will always stand up A Downing Street spokes- says it will not do so against the one of Ireland’s most famous point that real damage has in fact government’s “blurring of terror- for Gibraltar. We will always woman said Cameron “repeated wishes of Gibraltarians, who are figures. It once took him three already been done to UK national ism and journalism.” stand up for the interests of the his commitment to stand shoul- staunchly pro-British. hours to walk down Dublin’s main security by media revelations,” he Miranda, who returned to people who live in Gibraltar,” der to shoulder with the people Gibraltar governs its own street, pursued by autograph said. Brazil after being released by Cameron told Picardo. of Gibraltar. affairs, except foreign affairs and hunters. “A particular concern for officers, had asked the London “It is something that matters “They discussed the unac- defence. He found recognition in aca- HMG (the British government) court to issue an injunction stop- to us very deeply.” ceptable delays at the Spanish- In Madrid, Spain’s Deputy demic circles, becoming Professor is the possibility that the iden- ping police from examining the The chief minister thanked Gibraltar border and agreed that Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de of Poetry at Oxford University and tity of a UK intelligence officer material. him, saying: “The people of these are damaging to the people Santamaria said the country still lecturing at Harvard University, might be revealed. It is known But the court heard yester- Gibraltar know they have a friend and economies of Gibraltar and had general good relations with and won the Nobel prize for his that contained in the seized day that lawyers representing in David Cameron and a friend Spain. Britain. “works of lyrical beauty and ethi- material is personal information him and the British authorities in (Foreign Secretary) William “They agreed that efforts “Spain and the United Kingdom cal depth”. that would allow staff to be iden- had agreed to give British police Hague. should remain concentrated on are partners and allies, and we The news sparked immediate tified, including those deployed and the interior ministry until “That Gibraltar continues to be finding a diplomatic solution, in want to maintain that relation sorrow among poets, academics overseas.” October — when a review will be on your mind means a lot to us.” line with the foreign secretary’s and preserve our dialogue on all and politicians and was the main He also said that Miranda held — to continue examining the A dispute has broken out proposals last year for ad hoc matters that affect us,” she told a story on Irish news bulletins and others had shown “very seized data. between London and Madrid in dialogue.” news conference. north and south of the border. poor judgement in their security REUTERS recent weeks over the British About 10,000 Spaniards cross AFP REUTERS

Russia to deploy ‘star wars’ missile President orders military system in 2017 patrols in Bogota MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry plans to deploy in 2017 BOGOTA: Colombian outbreaks of violence and looting. a sophisticated new air missile President Juan Manuel Santos “There is no protest, as fair defence system that can hit tar- ordered the military to patrol as it may be, that justifies loss gets in space, a senior ministry the streets of Bogota yesterday of life,” Santos said in a stern source told Russian news agen- after violent protests caused early morning address after an cies yesterday. havoc across the capital, killing overnight cabinet meeting at the “The promising S-500 air two and leaving the parts of the presidential palace. “We won’t let defence missile system is at the city in a shambles. these vandals get away with this.” development stage. It’s planned “Yesterday I ordered the mili- “Patience has run out,” he added. to be deployed in 2017,” the source tarisation of Bogota and I will do Police will review video footage was quoted as saying by the the same in any region or zone to identify troublemakers and offer Interfax news agency. where the presence of soldiers is rewards for information that leads The long-range system will necessary,” said Santos, making to their capture, Santos said. He be able to destroy targets even ready as many as 50,000 soldiers. blamed the violence on infiltration if they are in space and cover He took the measure after by leftist groups and hinted that the whole Russian territory, the almost two weeks of roadblocks the Revolutionary Armed Forces source added. and clashes with police that of Colombia, or FARC, rebels were Russia is developing more and spread from the countryside to behind the dissent. more effective missile defence sys- cities, including Medellin and The demonstrations began as a tems for use as a deterrent while Cali, on Thursday. Police fired strike by angry farmers, and then opposing plans by the United tear gas in downtown Bogota spread to other sectors. The city States to build a missile defence and a curfew was imposed in has not seen a large military pres- shield in Europe. three densely populated areas of ence for at least a decade. A Colombian soldier stands guard in Bogota yesterday. AFP the capital overnight to control REUTERS AUGUST 31, 2013 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Asia UN asks N Korea to discuss human rights Three-member probe panel examines Pyongyang’s rights record and collects testimonies of violations

TOKYO: The head of a UN probe yes- went to the North believing they would significant support for the issue of its to hear evidence in Thailand, Britain and in March next year, and Kirby said he terday urged North Korea to respond find a “Paradise on Earth”, only to find nationals kidnapped by North Korean the United States. expected the UN to act on any recom- to horrific testimony of human rights poverty and discrimination. agents during the Cold War era to train The team will investigate a wide range mendations it might make. abuses heard in Seoul and Tokyo. Some of them managed to return to spies in Japanese language and customs. of human rights concerns including star- Kirby has repeatedly appealed to North Retired Australian judge Michael Japan, but most of them have remained An improved level of “understanding” vation and treatment of political pris- Korea to grant his team access. He said it Kirby, who led the three-member there. should also be shown for the plight of the oners. The commission -- the first UN was in Pyongyang’s interest to respond if Commission of Inquiry, also called for “Evidence we have received has indi- ethnic Koreans, Kirby said. expert panel to officially examine North the report was to fully reflect their views. increased awareness about the plight of cated that, from the minute of their The commission spent Thursday and Korea’s rights record -- spent five days in “We will continue to reach out to some 95,000 formerly Japan-based ethnic arrival, most of them were shocked and yesterday in Tokyo collecting testimo- Seoul collecting harrowing testimony of North Korea and give them that oppor- Koreans who migrated to North Korea suffered deprivations of their fundamen- nies of human rights violations in North rights abuses in the isolated state. tunity and we hope they will accept it decades ago. tal human rights,” Kirby said. Korea. The final report is due to be submit- before too long,” he said. Since the late 1950s, the ethnic Koreans The Japanese public has given The Commission of Inquiry also plans ted to the UN Human Rights Council AFP Disaster drill Call to cancel beauty pageant Tropical storm lashes JAKARTA: Indonesia’s religious affairs minis- ter has called for the Miss south Taiwan, 3 dead World beauty pageant to be cancelled, as opposition in TAIPEI: At least three peo- 10 feet) when Kong-Rey pounded the Muslim-majority coun- ple were killed when torrential the island with heavy rains on try mounts a week before rain brought by Tropical Storm Thursday, disrupting traffic, power the contest opens in Bali. Kong-Rey caused widespread supplies and forcing offices and Suryadharma Ali said the flooding in the south of Taiwan, schools to close. organisers should follow the the government said yesterday. Television footage showed rescu- advice of the top Islamic A 20-year-old man riding a ers in rubber boats helping evacu- clerical body, which last week motorcycle drowned after he fell ate people to safety while cars were called for the contest to be into a gutter in southern Pingtung stranded in roads that were sub- scrapped even after organis- county while a 50-year-old woman merged in several southern coun- ers agreed to axe the bikini was electrocuted in western Yunlin ties in some of the worst flooding round. “The Indonesian area, according to the National in the region in recent years. Ulema Council has expressed Fire Agency, which coordinates The storm also caused Tw$187m strong opposition to Miss rescue efforts. ($6.23m) in agricultural damage World because it doesn’t fit Also in Yunlin, another woman in the south, as more than 3,500 with Islamic teachings that died trying to get to work during hectares (8,600 acres) of rice pad- say Muslim women should the storm, the agency and reports dies and orchids were destroyed cover their bodies,” the min- said. Houses and streets in the or damaged, said the Council of ister said late Thursday. south were inundated by floodwa- Agriculture. ter as deep as three metres (almost AFP A fire department personnel explains the cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedure to participants in a disaster Thailand seizes drill on a main street of Ginza shopping district in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. 100kg of ivory BANGKOK: Thai customs ‘Walking’ shark yesterday said they had Lanka relieves officers over killing of villagers arrested two Vietnamese air passengers with 100kg discovered in of ivory in their luggage on COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s army officers... from their duties with wounded more than 50 residents them with sticks. Troops were a flight from Angola. The Indonesia yesterday reprimanded senior immediate effect,” the military of the village of Weliweriya. also accused of opening fire inside haul, which included whole officers accused of leading a said in a statement, which coin- Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said the church compound, the inquiry tusks, ivory beads and shaped JAKARTA: A new species of deadly crackdown earlier this cided with this week’s visit by the at the time that troops had also heard on Thursday. cubes which could be used for shark that “walks” along the month on villagers who were UN’s human rights chief. violated the sanctity of a local The army’s statement comes as carving, was worth around seabed using its fins as tiny legs demonstrating against contam- Three villagers were killed in church by beating up people who United Nations rights chief Navi $500,000. The couple had has been discovered in eastern inated water, the military said. the shooting on August 1 just out- rushed there to escape the army Pillay was expected to wind down arrived in Bangkok on an Indonesia, an environmental Four officers were stripped of side the capital, which sparked shooting. The army has said it her week-long fact-finding mis- Ethiopian Airlines flight from group said yesterday. their command pending the out- international concern. was forced to respond after com- sion to the island to probe alleged the Angolan capital Luanda. The brown and white bam- come of a judicial inquiry into the Military officials said the four ing under attack. war crimes. boo shark pushes itself along the incident in which troops opened officers would retain their pay Witnesses told a Sri Lankan Pillay is set to meet with Ex-official faces ocean floor as it forages for small fire and allegedly later beat up vil- and remain within their units, judge heading an inquiry on President Mahinda Rajapakse on fish and crustaceans at night, lagers demanding clean drinking until the outcome of the inquiry. Thursday that soldiers stormed Friday evening before leaving the graft probe said Conservation International, water. The archbishop of Colombo the church, and ordered some of island today after holding a news whose scientists were involved in “The commander of the army was among those who condemned the people -- including children conference. BEIJING: China will launch its discovery. has ordered to relieve four senior the military-led attacks that also -- to kneel down, before beating AFP a probe into former security The shark, which grows to a tsar Zhou Yongkang, one maximum length of just 80cm of Beijing’s most powerful and is harmless to humans, was Fire-fighting politicians of the last dec- discovered off Halmahera, one of ade, a Hong Kong newspaper the Maluku Islands that lie west said. The probe into Zhou, of New Guinea. Myanmar activist jailed a recently retired member Bamboo sharks, also known as of the ruling Communist longtail carpet sharks, are rela- party’s Politburo Standing tively small compared to their Committee, was reported larger cousins, with the largest for copper mine protest by the South China Morning adult reaching only about 120cm Post, which cited “sources in length. YANGON: Myanmar has jailed to the mine in recent months, familiar with the leadership’s They have unusually long tails an activist for two years in con- despite a pledge by reformist thinking”. that are bigger than the rest of nection with protests over a President Thein Sein to free all their bodies and are found in controversial mine project, her political detainees by the end of Dozens hit by tropical waters around Indonesia, lawyer said yesterday, despite this year. Australia and Papua New Guinea. the regime’s pledge to free all A botched raid on a protest at turbulence Conservation International political prisoners. the copper mine last November said the discovery of the shark, Naw Ohn Hla, 49, was con- sparked an outpouring of anger BANGKOK: More than 50 which was first disclosed in victed on Thursday for public after police used phosphorus passengers and crew were the International Journal of order offences in the town of against demonstrators, in the injured yesterday when a Ichthyology, “should help draw Monywa, where the Chinese- harshest crackdown since the end Thai Airways A380 super- diver interest to this mega- backed Letpadaung mine has of military rule. jumbo hit turbulence dur- diverse but largely undiscovered triggered fierce opposition from In July this year officials said ing a flight from Bangkok region”. local villagers. the terms of the mine deal with to Hong Kong, the carrier Ketut Sarjana Putra, Indonesia The activist, who has been Chinese firm Wanbao had been said. One stewardess suffered country director for the group, arrested a number of times in revised, in an apparent attempt a broken collarbone, while said the Hemiscyllium halmahera the past for her activities, was to assuage public anger by giving another bruises. About 500 shark could “serve as an excel- detained on August 13 after her the nation a share of the profits. passengers were on board the lent ambassador to call public request to stage a protest was Opposition leader Aung San plane when it was preparing attention to the fact that most denied, her lawyer Robert San Suu Kyi, recommended that the to land at Hong Kong’s Chek sharks are harmless to humans Aung said. mine be allowed to go ahead, Lap Kok airport shortly after and are worthy of our conserva- Rights campaigners have despite concerns over its environ- noon. tion attention”. expressed concern at the contin- mental impact and land-grabbing. AFP Firefighter try to control a blaze that broke out at the Jyoti Bhawan housing uing arrest of activists opposed AFP showrooms of Dutch firm Philips and Japanese company Hero Honda in August hottest Kathmandu, Nepal, yesterday. in 50 years BEIJING: China has expe- rienced its hottest August Malaysia’s opposition signals willingness to work with govt for more than half a cen- tury, weather authorities said, after a heatwave saw KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s majority reduced. Anwar said in coalition lost the popular vote in situation but it appears that the in the last polls. We believe that it meat cooked on pavements. opposition indicated yester- an Independence Day message the election, although it still won government is encouraging this is imperative for the prime minis- A map on the website of day it was softening its stand that the opposition maintained the most seats, and the opposi- phenomenon to worsen,” Anwar ter to convene without the slight- the China Meteorological towards the government for the its “strong protests about the tion maintains it was cheated out said. est delay a round-table meeting Administration shows large first time since a disputed May validity” of the vote, but, for the of victory by widespread fraud. It Relations between majority between the ... government and parts of central and east- election, saying it was willing to first time, he indicated willing- has yet to concede defeat. ethnic Malays and ethnic Chinese Pakatan Rakyat in order to delib- ern China, and the western help tackle a range of problems. ness to heal divisions the election Anwar listed problems facing and ethnic Indian minorities are erate on the issues raised and for- province of Xinjiang, had The opposition led by former brought. the country including flagging a sensitive issue. mulate a comprehensive solution,” average daily maximum tem- finance minister Anwar Ibrahim “We are prepared to put aside public finances, slowing economic Ethnic Malays tend to sup- Anwar said, referring to the alli- peratures of more than 40 has refused to accept the elec- our differences for the sake of the growth, surging rates of crime port the ruling coalition while ance he heads. degrees Celsius between July tion victory of the ruling coali- nation’s wellbeing and future,” and corruption. many members of the economi- Government spokesmen were 31 and August 29. Ten people tion, which extended its 56-year Anwar said. “Not only is there a lack of cally important ethnic Chinese not available for comment. died in Shanghai. AGENCIES rule but saw its parliamentary Prime Minister Najib Razak’s leadership in ameliorating the minority rallied to the opposition REUTERS AUGUST 31, 2013 Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY Talks advance on US military deal Hagel rules out making Manila a permanent base

MANILA: The United States than two decades after the United “Instead, we are using a new and the Philippines are moving States closed down large bases model of military-to-military towards an agreement that will amid anti-American sentiment. cooperation befitting two great expand the American military’s But the Philippines now faces allies and partners,” he said. presence in the Philippines, territorial disputes at sea with The Philippines once hosted Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel China and has asked for US tens of thousands of US soldiers said yesterday during a visit to assistance to better monitor at two bases near Manila, but they Manila. coastal waters. The United States, were forced to leave in 1992. A Hagel and President Benigno meanwhile, is seeking to bolster new accord in 1999 allowed troops Aquino “reaffirmed the progress its ties across Southeast Asia, to return to the Philippines for being made” in talks began earlier partly to counter China’s grow- joint military exercises every year. this month to allow a bigger mili- ing military power. Philippine Defence Secretary tary footprint in the Philippines, The proposed deal would allow Voltaire Gazmin said the proposed the Pentagon chief said. more US troops, aircraft and agreement could permit US forces “This progress is welcome and ships to temporarily pass through to regain access to Subic Bay, a encouraging. I noted that our the Philippines, at a time when large naval base north of Manila President Benigno Aquino (right) welcomes US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel at the Malacanang Palace yesterday. negotiating teams are working Washington is refocusing its that the Pentagon handed over to hard to finish the framework attention on Asia after a decade Philippine control in 1992. agreement in the near future,” of war. “Subic Bay is one of the facili- Even with the turmoil in the on September 3 to the Chinese to solve the disputes. he told reporters. But Hagel sought to reassure ties that were mentioned for the Middle East, Hagel said the US city of Nanning to attend a trade Without mentioning China, Hagel’s optimistic comments Filipinos, whose senate had voted US forces to (have) access in. As remained committed to a stra- conference. he said that Washington wanted appeared to open up the possibil- out the American presence in the soon as the framework agreement tegic focus towards Asia, as well The Philippines accuses China nations to settle their dis- ity that the negotiations, which early 1990s, saying Washington is complete, we will provide the as its 1951 mutual defence pact of aggressively pushing its territo- putes through international law resumed this week in the US cap- had no interest in setting up per- necessary access to all these facil- with Manila. rial claims over most of the South “without coercion or militarised ital, could be wrapped up in time manent outposts. ities,” Gazmin added. Hagel was in Manila at the China Sea, including waters close attempts to alter the status quo”. for President Barack Obama’s “The United States does not The US defence chief went end of a week-long Asian tour to Philippine shores. Hagel held separate talks with expected visit to Southeast Asia seek permanent bases in the ahead with his overnight visit to amid fresh strains between the Hagel endorsed efforts by Gazmin and Foreign Secretary later this year. Philippines -- that would repre- Manila despite a tense showdown Philippines and China over rival China’s smaller neighbours in the Albert del Rosario, and visited An accord opening the way to a sent a return to an outdated Cold over Syria, with US forces pre- territorial claims in the South Association of Southeast Asian the US military cemetery in more visible role for the American War mentality,” he said at a joint pared to launch punitive strikes China Sea. Nations (ASEAN) to negotiate Manila before heading back to military marks a shift in relations news conference with his Filipino against the Damascus regime if The tensions have forced a South China Sea “code of con- Washington. between the two countries, more counterpart. ordered. Aquino to call off a planned visit duct”, as well as Philippine efforts AFP

3 Japanese Outspoken broadcaster HK junks hostage victims’ suit held with $1m MANILA: Three Japanese MANILA: A Hong Kong judge Last week, Lee Mei-chun, Court of Final Appeal ruled that a nationals were held at the shot dead in Iligan City yesterday struck out a claim mother of slain guide Masa Tse sovereign state enjoyed “absolute Ninoy Aquino International filed by victims of the Luneta Ting-chunn, and survivors Yik immunity” and, therefore, was Airport (NAIA) yesterday ILIGAN: Hooded gunmen shot dead an outspoken radio broad- hostage tragedy against the Siu-ling and Joe Chan Kwok-chu protected from civil or criminal for entering the country with caster in the southern Philippines, police said yesterday in a coun- Philippine government on claimed they had suffered inju- litigation. P45m ($1m). try branded as one of the most dangerous for journalists. legal grounds, the South China ries and losses as a result of neg- The eight Philippine officials Airport authorities identi- Fernando Solijon, 47, host of a weekday show on DXLS station in Morning Post reported. ligence or breach of duty by the were sued based on an investiga- fied the Japanese nationals Iligan City, was returning home late Thursday when two men onboard The High Court judge ruled Philippine government and the tion report on the bungled rescue as Suzuki Yuzon, Takahashi a motorcycle shot him 13 times, said the city police chief. that a sovereign state was immune eight officials involved in the res- attempt of the hostages. Koichi and Terashima Seita. “I believe they are professional killers. It is possible that this killing from litigation in Hong Kong. But cue attempt. The officials include former The NAIA media affairs was politically-related,” said Senior Superintendent Cristito Gonzaludo. Justice Mohan Bharwaney of the They are claiming millions of Manila mayor Alfredo Lim, division said that the three Solijon had frequently criticised local officials on his radio show and Court of First Instance said the dollars in compensation. Manila police superintendent Japanese nationals arrived at had received death threats in the past, he added. He declined to identify two survivors and the mother of The judge said he had not Rodolfo Magtibay, Police Special the airport at 9:34pm Thursday any suspects in the killing, saying an investigation was still going on. the tour guide who was killed in received any evidence on whether Action Force chief Leocadio via Japan Airlines flight 745 The regional safety coordinator for a national media association said the bungled rescue three years “the Republic of the Philippines Santiago Jr, then police chief Jesus from Narita. Solijon was known for his fiery criticism of town mayors and other ago could continue with their legal is willing, or likely to be willing, Versoza, former local government Upon inspection of their local officials. action against eight Philippine to join as a party or is willing, or undersecretary Rico Puno, chief belongings, customs examiners Such attacks on journalists are common in the Philippines, especially officials. likely to be willing, to submit to hostage negotiator Orlando Yebra, noticed that they were carry- in the southern Mindanao region where various armed groups, such Lawyers for the three plain- the jurisdiction of this court.” and Chief Inspector Santiago ing paper bags full of cash. as insurgents, Islamic militants and politicians’ private armies are tiffs said they were considering The judge referred to the land- Pascual III. Authorities said that found active, he said. AFP an appeal on the ruling. mark Congo case, in which the THE PHILIPPINE STAR from the Japanese nationals were P45,320,000 worth of Yen and US dollars and P1.5m worth of casino chips marked “Resorts World.” Rebels torch Woman in $230m scam ‘not safe in Makati City jail’ equipment MANILA: The Makati the city jail from the Philippine only six guards actually perform already a victim of public ridicule, “visual” security will be imple- Regional Trial Court Branch National Police’s national head- custodial duties. there is nothing to prevent the mented for Napoles, who will LEGAZPI CITY: Eight sus- 150 yesterday heard the peti- quarters in Camp Crame on Enriquez told the court that inmates from harming her. The be accompanied by two female pected New People’s Army tion filed by the lawyers of busi- Thursday night. Enriquez told the facility’s personnel were beds at the MCJ are too close to guards inside the detention room. (NPA) rebels torched three nesswoman Janet Lim Napoles the court that the city only has 65 only recently augmented with 52 each other,” said Kapunan. Fajardo also admitted that riots pieces of construction equip- to have her transferred from personnel guarding the 104 female jail guards from the Bureau of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas are always a possibility inside the ment in San Fernando town, the Makati City Jail (MCJ) to inmates (including Napoles) and Jail Management and Penology announced after the transfer of MCJ and that visitors would only Masbate on Wednesday another detention facility. 441 male inmates. Regional Office to secure Napoles. Napoles that the alleged P10bn need to present an identification night, authorities said. In the hearing, Napoles’ lawyer “We cannot guarantee the But according to him, even with ($230m) assistance scam master- card to enter the MCJ during vis- Superintendent Heriberto Lorna Kapunan presented acting safety of inmates 24/7 especially the augmentation, Napoles’ secu- mind was placed inside a small iting hours. Olitoquit, Masbate police direc- city jail warden Chief Inspector during at night and at sleeping rity could not still be assured. and air-conditioned office that Kapunan argued before the tor, said armed men swooped Fermin Enriquez to the court, time,” said Enriquez. Kapunan argued that Napoles’ was converted into a detention court presided by Judge Elmo down on the construction who admitted that he could not According to Enriquez, life is in danger from her fellow room, which is excluded from the Alameda that a person intent on site in Barangay Buenavista, personally guarantee the safety of although the women’s dormi- inmates inside the MCJ, especially actual detention cells of the other harming Napoles could pretend to 10 kilometres away from the the beleaguered businesswoman. tory of the jail facility has 23 jail at night. female inmates of the facility. be a visitor to enter the facility. town proper, at around 7pm Napoles was transferred to guards for the 104 female inmates, “As Janet Lim Napoles is Roxas said that a 24-hour THE PHILIPPINE STAR Wednesday and set on fire a road roller, a grader and a loader reportedly owned by Economic growth engineer Alejandro Lim Jr. Last August 22, suspected guerrillas also torched con- struction equipment in Pio Army says security Duran, Albay. Whale with officer is extremist bullet hole MANILA: The military maintains that the arrest of Benjamin Mendoza, whom it claimed to be a communist rebel, last October PASUQUIN: A pygmy killer was not a case of mistaken identity. whale bearing a deep bullet Armed Forces public affairs chief Lt Col Ramon Zagala said Mendoza wound was washed ashore in and Rolly Panesa, who introduced himself as a security guard, are the a coastal village here, author- same person. The military claims that Mendoza is the secretary of the ities said. Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee and that ‘Rolly Panesa’ Arthur Valente, fishery reg- was just his alias. “We are very firm that Rolly Panesa and Benjamin ulation officer of the provin- Mendoza is one and the same person based on facts and witnesses,” cial agriculture office, said the Zagala said. pygmy killer whale, measuring Zagala was asked to react to a Court of Appeals ruling that granted 2.26 metres, was given antibi- a petition for writ of habeas corpus and ordered the release of the otic treatment by the provincial suspected rebel. The government is planning to appeal the court’s veterinary office and was subse- decision, which has triggered anti-military sentiments from activists quently returned to the sea. who claim to be human rights advocates. Ilocos Norte is reportedly a “Our solicitor-general, who is holding the case for the AFP (Armed convergence zone of the West Forces of the Philippines), is already making appropriate motions fol- Philippine Sea and the Pacific A view of the country’s financial district, Manila. The economy grew over seven percent for a fourth straight lowing the Court of Appeals’ decision to release Benjamin Mendoza,” Ocean. AGENCIES quarter despite a regional slowdown. Zagala said. THE PHILIPPINE STAR AUGUST 31, 2013 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan Governor among 12 die in suicide attack Bomber detonates self at Kunduz memorial service KUNDUZ: A suicide attack in since 2002 and been active in the Afghanistan’s more stable prov- Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz fight against the Taliban. inces with a prosperous private province killed a district gover- “Officials ... were attending sector that is helping to drive the nor, one of his bodyguards and prayers in a mosque when a sui- national economy. 10 civilians at a memorial serv- cide bomber detonated his explo- The toll on security forces ice at a mosque yesterday, gov- sives,” said Enayatullah Khaliq, a this week has also been high. ernment officials said. spokesman for the Kunduz gov- An ambush in western Farah It was the latest in a string ernor. Twenty people were also killed 15 policemen and another of attacks this week across wounded in the morning blast, four were killed in Ghazni in Afghanistan, where insurgents police said. the east in a Taliban attack on are seeking to destabilise the gov- Government officials and aid an international military base. ernment ahead of the withdrawal groups working with govern- Several soldiers were also killed of most international troops by ment ministries and Afghan in Helmand, a Taliban strong- the end of 2014. security forces have been targeted hold in the south. The group in Kunduz was in reprisal killings this week in Civilians however continue to attending a ceremony for a tribal provinces previously regarded as bear the brunt of the war, with elder who had died the day before, relatively stable. about 20 killed in attacks dur- the officials said. Six men who worked for a ing the week, and more than 50 The district governor, Sheikh development programme were wounded in the Ghazni attack An Afghan man, who was injured in the suicide attack, lies in a hospital in Takhar province yesterday. Sadruddin, had been in his position executed in western Herat, one of alone. REUTERS

Plan to build third airport Govt launches initiatives to Islamabad blast in Islamabad rejected kills child ISLAMABAD: A child was ISLAMABAD: Three main Raza Abidi, Muzammil Qureshi empower women in Pakistan killed and another got injured opposition parties of Pakistan and Salman Baloch of MQM and when a bomb exploded in the have jointly submitted a notice PTI’s Ali Muhammad. ISLAMABAD: A number of effective participation in national priority development agenda of southwestern Pakistani city to the National Assembly “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif initiatives are underway aim- development. the government”. of Quetta yesterday. Secretariat drawing attention while chairing a meeting at the ing to address social, economic The planned strategy of gov- Several commitments at The blast in the capital of of the legislature towards the Prime Minister’s Office on Aug and cultural practices bar- ernment for women’s develop- national and international forums Baluchistan province took government’s plan to build a 23 proposed construction of a new ring women from active par- ment is to empower women in all ensure that the gender empower- place in Kali Muslimabad of third airport near the federal airport for Islamabad in Rawat, ticipation to improve the gender spheres of life as women devel- ment is to be featured at all levels. Akhtarabad area near the capital, in Rawat. the southern side of Islamabad, equality and women’s empower- opment, empowerment and gen- The major national com- Western Bypass, Dunya news The notice submitted by ignoring an under-construction ment situation in Pakistan. der equality are intrinsic to socio mitments include Women’s reported. According to initial the Pakistan People’s Party, airport in Fatehjang which has Although women have sig- economic development, official Empowerment Policy, the details, the children recovered Muttahida Qaumi Movement been named after Benazir Bhutto nificant potential to contribute sources said. National Plan of Action and the a toy shaped bomb from the (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-i- and is about 75 percent complete,” to economic growth and social “Therefore, eliminating gen- unconditional cash transfer to roadside waste. The device Insaf (PTI) has been signed by five said MQM’s. development, they face exclusions der inequality and achieving women. exploded when they tried to MNAs Imran Zafar of PPP, Ali INTERNEWS and discrimination to limit their women’s empowerment is the INTERNEWS open it. The injured child was shifted to Bolan Medical Complex where his condition is said to be critical. The police Pakistan warns have cordoned off the blast Islamabad to sign Council of Europe Convention site and started their initial investigation. of polio outbreak ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will month,” a senior official of the Europe Convention for exchange swap deal with the US and 63 make a formal request to the ministry said while quoting of sentenced prisoners,” Nisar told other sigNatories of the Council Mystery behind after fresh cases United States and all concerned Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Hoagland, according to sources. of Europe Convention. MIRANSHAH: Health offi- quarters next month, indicat- Ali Khan as telling US Mission Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif After attaining accession of DCC renaming cials in Pakistan have warned ing its willingness to sign the Deputy Chief in Pakistan Richard directed the interior minister in the said convention, Pakistan of a serious polio outbreak after Council of Europe Convention Hoagland, who held an urgent his cabinet meeting on Wednesday will request Washington for early ISLAMABAD: The govern- the disease was detected in 16 on the transfer of prisoners, meeting yesterday. to pursue the matter vigorously. repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui ment of Pakistan has so far children in a tribal district interior ministry officials said. “The prime minister has for- The federal cabinet gave a go- and other prisoners languishing not explained what neces- where militant groups have “Pakistan will write to mally approved the proposed ahead to the interior and foreign in America. sitated changing the name banned vaccination. Washington and others next draft seeking signing of Council of ministries to finalise a prisoner INTERNEWS of the Defence Committee Dr Khayal Mir Jan, the top of the Cabinet (DCC) on health official in Pakistan’s mil- August 22. Since the renam- itant-infested North Waziristan Anti-Afridi rally ing of the DCC as the Cabinet tribal district, on the Afghan bor- Committee on National der, said that thousands of chil- Security (CCNS), opposi- dren were at risk. Supreme Court moved to free tion members in parliament Pakistan is one of three coun- have been asking the govern- tries in the world where the ment to explain how the new highly infectious, crippling dis- teachers from other duties CCNS will serve the cause of ease remains endemic. Infections national security. shot up from 28 in 2005 to 200 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme community but also creating Even on Monday, opposition last year. “Polio virus has been Court of Pakistan was moved hardships for students and affect- leader in the National Assembly detected in 16 children since the yesterday to order federal and ing the quality of education. Syed Khurshid Shah demanded Taliban ban. We are waiting for provincial governments to do He said the 2011 matriculation that the government should the result of the stool samples of away with the practice of assign- results had exposed the Punjab brief the house on the reconsti- another 42 children suspected of ing elementary school teachers government’s claim of doing a lot tution of the DCC. having the disease.” tasks other than imparting edu- for the promotion of education But there was no satisfactory Local warlord Hafiz Gul cation like performing election since no student of any govern- response. However, defence Bahadur banned polio vaccina- duties and administering polio ment school was able to get one of analyst Dr Hassan Askari tions in Waziristan in June 2012, drops. the top 13 positions. The govern- Rizvi said “by reconstitut- alleging the campaign was a cover In his petition, Raja Saimul ment through the education sec- ing the DCC Prime Minister for espionage. Bahadur, allied with Haq Satti, an advocate, said that retary, health ministry, Election Nawaz Sharif has tried to allay Afghan Taliban, said the ban engaging teachers in different Commission and provincial edu- the old concern of the army would remain until drone attacks national campaigns was not only cation secretaries have been made leadership.” are stopped in the region. AFP Activists from the Islamic political party Jamaat-e-Islami shout slogans tantamount to disgracing their respondents. INTERNEWS against Pakistani doctor Shakeel Afridi, who worked for the CIA to help WB pledges find Osama bin Laden, during a protest in Peshawar yesterday. $1.5bn aid ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has assured Pakistan of Australian army probes Afghan ‘misconduct’ report providing $1.5bn assistance during the current fiscal CANBERRA: Australia’s military is details of the incident, but said in a state- the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division were in be buried intact. year to support its economic investigating a unit of special forces sol- ment sent to Reuters that an investigation 2012 accused of posing for photos with the Australian special forces in Afghanistan development and stabilisa- diers accused of mutilating the corpses was underway into “an incident of poten- dismembered bodies of insurgent bombers. include both elite Special Air Services sol- tion programme. of one or more insurgents killed during tial misconduct” involving special forces Also in 2012, a US Marine staff ser- diers and separate commando units. The A statement issued by the operations in Afghanistan, Australian soldiers. geant was pleaded guilty to urinating on military did not say which force was under ministry of finance quoted state television reported yesterday. “Following the mission, an incident of the bodies of dead insurgents and posing investigation. Philippe Le Houerou, the The incident, in which the hands were potential misconduct was raised through for pictures during operations in Helmand Australian troops operated under World Bank’s vice president, as allegedly cut from the body of at least one the Australian Defence Force’s internal Province in July 2011. strict rules of engagement “while ensur- appreciating and sharing diag- of four militants killed, took place during command chain,” the military said state- Australia’s military, which is in the ing that the actions of Australian forces nosis of Pakistan’s economy as an operation involving Afghan forces and ment said. process of withdrawing about 1,550 troops are consistent with our obligations under well as direction set by the elite Australian soldiers in the southeast- “The ADF takes any potential occur- from Afghanistan, said it had informed the Australian and international law”, the new government and to take ern province of Zabul on April 28. rence of misconduct by Australian person- Afghan government of the incident, along military added. the World Bank’s relation- The hands were taken back to the main nel very seriously.” with senior commanders of the Nato-led Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, campaign- ship with Pakistan to the next Australian base at Tirin Kot, in nearby The mutilation of insurgent corpses force. The investigation was going on and ing for elections on September 7, said he level after a successful conclu- Uruzgan province, for identification and by members of the Nato-led coalition in it was “inappropriate” to comment further, would allow the investigation to run its sion of a programme with the fingerprinting, the ABC said. Afghanistan has previously triggered it said. course and that he had full confidence in International Monetary Fund An investigator from the Australian complaints and unrest and in the conflict- Australia’s soldiers, the ABC said, were the military. (IMF). military had previously lectured a group of racked nation, although often news of inci- required to collect fingerprints and eye Australia, a close US ally, aims to have Houerou is currently leading special forces soldiers and told them it did dents takes days to trigger protests. scans of dead Taliban fighters. But the the bulk of its troops out of Afghanistan by a bank delegation to Pakistan not matter how fingerprints were taken, British troops were investigated in 2011 mutilation of bodies violates internation- the end of this year, ahead of a deadline for and had a detailed session with and that they could cut off the hands of over accusations a soldier cut the fingers ally agrees rules of war under the Geneva the withdrawal of most Western combat Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. the dead for fingerprinting, the ABC said. from a dead insurgent and kept them as Convention. troops by the end of next year. AGENCIES Australia’s military declined to confirm trophies, while US paratroops belonging to Islamic custom also requires that bodies REUTERS AUGUST 31, 2013 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY

Five rebels die in Economy can Kashmir gunfight

SRINAGAR: Police and troops killed five suspected rebels in an overnight gun battle yes- weather rupee terday in a forested area of northern Kashmir, triggering anti-India protests by local resi- dents, police said. Police and an army contingent storm: PM began a joint operation around midnight near the Najwan forests, 35 kilometres north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Opposition wants early elections Kashmir. “The group of militants was NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The competitive and reduce imports. leaving one forest area for prime minister sought to quell By mid-afternoon, the RBI’s another when we intercepted and talk of a currency crisis yester- intervention had helped the rupee challenged them. All the five were day, after the rupee plumbed recover to 66.25 per dollar from killed in the ensuing firefight,” record lows as it notched its an earlier low of 67.43, to stand a superintendent of police Shahid biggest ever monthly fall, but touch stronger than Thursday’s Meraj said. there was no word of sweep- close of 66.55. He said all five rebels had come ing reforms needed to restore A discussion in the upper house from Pakistan-administered investor confidence. of the parliament on the rupee led Kashmir around a year earlier and Dollar selling by the Reserve to acrimonious exchanges, with belonged to Hizbul Mujahideen, Bank of India, rather than Prime an unusually combative Singh hit- the largest Kashmiri militant Minister Manmohan Singh’s ting out at the Bharatiya Janata group fighting Indian forces in speech to parliament, helped pull Party (BJP). Police escort Yasin Bhatkal (head covered), the key operative of the Indian Mujahideen militant group, outside a the region. the rupee out of a slide yesterday. The prime minister accused court in New Delhi yesterday. Militants are threatening a Singh said the currency’s fall the BJP of continuously “oppos- surge in attacks on Indian targets was a matter of concern, but dis- ing and criticising” the Congress- as battle-hardened fighters from missed doomsayers’ predictions led United Progressive Alliance Afghanistan prepare to target the for the Indian economy, insisting government. Top militant sent to police custody region, according to rebel leaders its fundamentals remained sound “If you are worried about inves- on the Pakistan side. and its banking system was well tors’ confidence, conduct of par- NEW DELHI: One of India’s Akhtar, who was arrested along previous crime scenes in several During the last two months, capitalised above international liament is an important factor. I most-wanted men, alleged mili- with Bhatkal on the porous India- cities, according to the Press the Indian army claims to have requirements. do recognize there is a problem, it tant Yasin Bhatkal, appeared Nepal border on Wednesday Trust of India news agency. killed 28 rebels in gun battles in “We need to ensure the funda- can be resolved if the opposition in a New Delhi court yester- night, also appeared in court. A top police officer in Bihar northern Kashmir. mentals of the economy remain recognizes the responsibility for day, following his arrest over The pair were earlier flown on said Bhatkal and Akhtar were Hundreds of residents gath- strong so that India continues to conduct of parliament”, he said. a string of attacks that have a special plane from eastern Bihar arrested following a covert opera- ered in the area after yesterday’s grow at a healthy rate for many Opposition leader Arun Jaitley killed hundreds. state, following their arrest over tion that included putting them deaths chanting “We want free- years to come,” the octogenarian said the house wanted to know Bhatkal, one of the alleged attacks including in the cities of under surveillance for the last dom” after the bodies of the five prime minister told lawmakers about the measures taken by the co-founders of militant group Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru several months as they moved men were handed over to them in his first significant speech to government to battle the current the Indian Mujahideen, was and Pune. back and forth across the border. for burial. parliament on the economy in economic situation and was not remanded in police custody for 12 Bhatkal, who eluded police for “Bhatkal and Akhtar were In a separate incident yesterday months. interested in political sermons. days, allowing investigators time years, apparently gave himself arrested following a tip-off from night, the army claimed to have “That we will ensure. We are Separately, the BJP called for to question him over a series of away after sending money home central intelligence agencies,” thwarted a bid by an unknown no doubt faced with important early parliamentary elections to bomb blasts in recent years. during the Muslim holy month Ravinder Kumar said. number of rebels to infiltrate challenges.” end what it said was the present Wearing a black hood over his of Ramadan, as well as speaking Bhatkal, from the southern from across the LoC in Akhnoor, Singh said the government atmosphere of “uncertainty” in head and surrounded by armed to his wife in tapped phone calls state of Karnataka, was arrested 340km southwest of Srinagar. would need to find ways to the country. police, Bhatkal, said to be in his earlier this month, NDTV said. in 2008 in the city of Kolkata According to the Indian army reduce imports of gold and oil BJP leader L K Advani said 30s, did not say anything to wait- The National Investigation but was able to flee after being attempts by rebels to infiltrate products to reduce the trade the request was made in a mem- ing media as he was escorted in Agency (NIA), told the court granted bail by officers who were into Indian Kashmir this summer gap, and he put a gloss on the orandum submitted to President handcuffs into Patiala House they needed time to interro- unaware of his identity, the Times have more than doubled compared rupee’s depreciation by saying it Pranab Mukherjee. court. gate Bhatkal and his accomplice, of India reported. to the same period last year. would help make exports more AGENCIES His alleged associate, Asadullah including taking him back to AFP AFP

No more beach Godman to be quizzed, shack jobs for foreigners in Goa may be arrested PANAJI: The holiday state of JODHPUR/NEW DELHI: Jodhpur, where the alleged assault Goa says it has banned foreign- Spiritual guru Asaram Bapu is took place. ers from working in beach shack to be quizzed in Bhopal today Amid widespread criticism that bars and restaurants after over a complaint that he sexu- officials were taking the matter receiving several complaints of ally molested a girl in Jodhpur, lightly because it involved Asaram discrimination against domestic police said yesterday, adding Bapu, Deputy Commissioner of tourists. that he may be arrested. Police Ajay Lamba declared in The policy stops any foreigner A police team from Jodhpur Jodhpur that no more time can from owning, running or even will go to the Madhya Pradesh be granted to him. working in beach shacks serving capital to interrogate Asaram “We had received a fax from his food and drink, irrespective of Bapu after he failed to appear ashram in Bhopal seeking more whether they hold Indian employ- before Rajasthan Police yesterday, time to appear before the police as ment visas. a senior police officer said. one of his relatives had expired,” “There will be regular checking The Rajasthan Police rejected Lamba told the media. of the shacks to ensure that it is the godman’s plea that he be “But this is no ground to grant not sub-let by the original licensee given more time to appear before more time and we have rejected to a foreigner,” Goa Chief Minister them. his request. We will be sending a Manohar Parrikar told report- The religious leader, who has team to Bhopal tonight.” ers in the state capital Panaji on a wide following in India and According to Lamba, the police Wednesday as he announced the abroad, was on Tuesday served have a strong case against the new measure. a notice at his ashram in Indore godman. He said the government had in Madhya Pradesh and told to “We are not going there received complaints of discrimi- appear before police in Jodhpur (Bhopal) with an arrest warrant... nation against Indians in shacks before or on August 30. We will question him... He may be run by foreigners. A 16-year-old girl complained arrested. He has a weak defence,” “We will not allow any dis- to police in Delhi on August he added. crimination and anyone forced 20 that Asaram Bapu sexually Asked if he will positively be to face it should complain to the assaulted her at his Jodhpur taken into custody once the ques- government. Strict action would ashram on August 15. He and his tioning ends, Lamba refused to be taken,” he added. aides have denied the charge. elaborate. Goa has been a haven for tour- The girl studied at Asaram Asked if police were equipped ists for decades, but officials in the Bapu’s ashram in Madhya to deal with thousands of sup- state appear to be cracking down Pradesh’s Chhindwara district porters of the godman, Lamba on outsiders hoping to move there. and stayed in a hostel there. She said they were “well prepared”. AFP apparently went to meet him in IANS

Air India resumes Australia flights SYDNEY: An Air India No other airlines fly directly fastest-growing inbound markets, Dreamliner touched down in between the two countries with particularly among leisure travel- Australia yesterday, marking Australian flag carrier Qantas lers, who have Australia high up the resumption of direct flights halting its unprofitable Sydney- on their wish list of international by the carrier after a 16-year Mumbai service in 2009. holiday destinations,” he said. gap as it seeks to tap a poten- According to Sydney Airport, “With Indian arrivals up nearly tially lucrative market. India has been Australia’s larg- eight percent so far this year, the Air India’s country manager est unserved market, with 140,000 demand is clearly there and I have Ravi Bodade said he was confident passengers last year travelling little doubt that Air India’s re- of regularly filling the daily serv- between New Delhi and Sydney entry into the Australian mar- ices that also go via Melbourne via Asian hubs. ket will be widely and warmly on the 256-seat Boeing 787-880 Tourism Australia managing applauded by both Indian trav- Dreamliner planes. director Andrew McEvoy said ellers and by tourism operators “It is a state-of-the-art air- direct flights were essential if here in Australia.” craft, and we have a large Indian Australia was to secure its share Despite Indian arrivals boom- diaspora here — there is a huge of the 50 million Indians expected ing, Qantas, which has an alliance student community and we are to be travelling outside their own with Jet Airways, said it had no confident of filling up the air- country by the end of this decade. plans to resume a direct service. craft,” he said. “India is one of our AFP AUGUST 31, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business ON SATURDAY 14

Russian aviation show Opec August output falls on Libya: Survey Record supply from Saudi fails to help

LONDON: Saudi Arabia, the request for comment. “Output in world’s largest oil exporter, has July was up but this was not due to boosted output in August to a exports, but rather due to increased record high, a Reuters survey refinery runs and direct burn,” said found yesterday, partly offsetting an industry source who tracks Saudi a plunge in Libyan supply that has output. “The increase in August is reduced Opec output. mainly reflecting higher exports.” Supply from the Organisation of Saudi crude output of 10.05 mil- the Petroleum Exporting Countries lion bpd would be the highest since has averaged 30.32 million barrels records began in 1980, accord- per day (bpd), down from a revised ing to figures from the US Energy 30.50 million bpd in July, the survey Information Administration. of shipping data and sources at oil With the upward revision to July, companies, Opec and consultants Opec’s August output is the lowest found. since March 2013, when the group The survey shows internal strife pumped 30.18 million bpd, according Sukhoi Su-27 jet fighters of the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team perform during a demonstration flight at the MAKS is undermining supply from African to Reuters surveys, and leaves supply International Aviation and Space Salon in Zhukovsky outside Moscow yesterday. Opec producers. The outages plus a mere 320,000 bpd above its output concern about a military strike target of 30 million bpd. against Syria pushed Brent crude to The most notable drop in Opec a six-month high above $117 a barrel output has come from Libya. Protests High fuel costs this week. at oil fields and terminals have cut Asia’s Iran oil imports drop slightly “While Saudi Arabia may be supply to a monthly average of stepping up production, the outage 500,000bpd, according to the survey. push Virgin of Libyan crude oil alongside mul- Output, at 1.4 million bpd earlier TOKYO: Iran’s top four strike against Syria could dis- China and other major Asian tiple declarations of force majeure this year, had slumped to 250,000bpd oil clients slightly reduced rupt supplies from key Middle buyers of Iranian crude have to Australia on exports by fellow Opec mem- or lower by late August. imports from the sanction-hit Eastern exporters and boost continue curbing purchases to ber Nigeria will remain support- Supply in Nigeria, increasingly nation in July and purchases prices even higher. win waivers to US sanctions ive of Brent prices,” said Harry disrupted by oil spills and theft remain down about a fifth for Oil shipments from Iran have aimed at ending the country’s into the red Tchilinguirian, head of commodity from pipelines, remains far below the year, as the United States more than halved from pre- disputed nuclear programme. market strategy at BNP Paribas in its potential with exports of crudes keeps pressuring buyers to sanction levels as the US and The US House of SYDNEY: Virgin Australia’s London. including Bonny Light under force take less and less of the crude. EU sanctions have made it dif- Representatives in July easily key shareholders backed the “The reason is because the majeure, even after a small rise in Asia may start to feel ficult to insure tankers carrying passed a bill that is the first to airline with major loan com- crudes are of very similar quality to August. pinched, however, from the the crude. The measures have spell out exactly how much Iran’s mitments yesterday after the Brent and priced off the North Sea Output fell slightly in Angola due already deep cuts in the Iranian also forced refiners to find new oil exports should be cut, setting a carrier plunged into the red as benchmark.” to reduced production and a force imports as the supply outlook ways to pay Tehran, because goal of reducing the shipments by high fuel costs and intense com- In August, involuntary curbs in majeure on exports of Saturno for some of the alternative it is cut off from international another 1 million bpd to near zero. petition led by Qantas hurt the Libya and no significant recovery in crude. grades worsens. Asian refiners banking networks. The bill has to be approved bottom line. Nigeria have outweighed the extra Iraq’s exports have rebounded due need to ramp up runs to meet Iran’s clients have had to by the US Senate and signed by The country’s second-big- Saudi crude and a rebound in Iraq’s to increased shipments from south- peak winter demand and fur- switch to other suppliers such President Barack Obama before gest airline after Qantas posted exports. Saudi supply to market in ern ports. Iraq allocated extra oil ther cuts in shipments from as nearby Iraq and the United becoming law. an annual net loss of A$98.1m July was revised up by 250,000bpd. to some customers, trade sources Iran could increase input costs. Arab Emirates. In July, the four major Asian ($87.5m) in the 12 months to June Saudi Arabia, industry sources said, before an expected slowdown Crude premiums in Asia “It’s also an opportunity for buyers imported 796,047 barrels 30, compared with a A$22.8m say, has produced 10.05 million bpd in September due to maintenance are already at multi-month Saudi Arabia to push back its per day (bpd) of Iranian crude profit in the previous correspond- in August, adding to earlier increases work. Exports remain under pres- highs, slashing the profit from output to 10 million bpd as in July, down from 798,400 bpd ing period. due to higher use in refineries and sure in the north, where Sunni insur- processing a barrel of crude they’ve always shown that they a year ago, according to official It sent its shareprice 3.70 per- domestic power plants to meet gents are targeting Iraq’s pipeline to into fuels nearly two-thirds are willing to step up produc- government data and tanker cent lower to close at 39 cents. demand for air conditioning. A Saudi Turkey. from a month earlier. Buyers tion,” said Alex Yap, FGE ana- arrival schedules. The result was in contrast to official did not respond to a Reuters REUTERS are also on edge, worried a lyst in Singapore. REUTERS its major rival, which announced Thursday it had bounced back into the black with a A$5m profit over the same period following a A$245m loss in the previous year. Despite the disappointing num- British recovery gathers pace, Carney acknowledges risks bers, Virgin won strong support from its three main shareholders, with Singapore Airlines, Air New LONDON: A surge in mort- an instrument of monetary policy prices in August, July’s house- But in yesterday’s interview, he Heading off problems, Carney Zealand and Etihad giving com- gage approvals, a rise in house for achieving the inflation out- hold lending figures are likely to acknowledged that, with so many said, “would be difficult to achieve mitments yesterday for unsecured prices and higher consumer come and there are other tools fuel speculation that the hous- schemes encouraging people to if there were a host of govern- loan facilities totalling Aus$90 confidence and business lending that address risks,” he told the ing market is in the early stages buy homes, an attempt to cool the ment policies or other events million. added to signs of momentum Daily Mail newspaper. of another boom,” said Samuel market would be like swimming that are pushing in the other “I am very humbled by the fact in Britain’s economic recovery Figures from building society Toombs at Capital Economics. against the tide. direction.” that three of the world’s biggest yesterday. Nationwide showed house prices Carney said an unsustainable The government’s “Help to “Help to Buy” is not the only airlines believe in our strategy so Bank of England Governor rose strongly for a fourth consec- house price boom — the threat of Buy” scheme, which helps people way the government is subsidis- much and support us,” chief exec- Mark Carney said he was ready utive month in August. A jump in which he played down earlier this buy homes with a downpayment ing the housing industry. The utive John Borghetti said. for the challenge of heading off mortgage approvals — July’s fig- week — would be better tackled by of just 5 percent, has been widely “Funding for Lending Scheme” “That’s an amazing commit- any risk of a credit bubble, but ure was the highest since March targeted measures, which could criticised by economists who say launched via the Bank of England ment from them.” stuck to his commitment to keep 2008 — suggests further gains in mean restricting mortgage credit its biggest impact has been to a year ago has helped lower mort- Interest in Virgin Australia has interest rates at rock bottom for the pipeline. or raising the amount of capital drive up prices by making the gage costs and increase the avail- intensified this year as carriers years to come. “Taken alongside this morning’s banks must hold to restrain home housing market seem a one-way ability of loans. seek access to the nation’s avia- “Interest rates are principally news of a further rise in house loans. bet. REUTERS tion market. Qantas sealed a major alli- ance with Emirates to bolster its international business, prompt- Greek retail sales drop ing counter-manoeuvres from its rivals. Eurozone unemployment Air New Zealand boosted its stake in Virgin to 23 percent, making it the single largest share- steady at recor 12.1pc holder while Singapore Airlines also bumped up its holding to 19.9 percent. Etihad has slowly BRUSSELS: Eurozone unem- “The recent improvements are min- increased its stake to 10.5 percent. ployment was unchanged at an imal and the situation is still very In addition to competition and “unacceptable” record 12.1 percent fragile. This is no time for celebra- soaring fuel prices, costs includ- in July but another slight fall in tion or complacency,” Andor said. ing a new ticketing system and the total jobless after an improve- “On the contrary, now that Australia’s carbon tax also hit the ment in June offered some hope, we can see we are on the right bottom line, Virgin said. official data showed yesterday. employment policy track, we must There were also significant The number of people without step up our ‘jobs effort’:” transaction costs related to its work in the 17-nation eurozone Highlighting the challenge acquisition of Skywest Airlines fell 15,000 to 19.23 million, after ahead and the damage done by and the purchase of a 60 percent a drop of 35,000 in June, the the economic slump and debt stake in Tigerair Australia. Eurostat statistics agency said. crisis, the figures also showed Borghetti said while the results In the full 28-member European that the jobless total in both the did not meet the airline’s initial Union — including Croatia which eurozone and EU had increased expectations, it had been a “piv- joined in July — the unemploy- by around one million compared otal year”. ment rate was unchanged at 11 with July 2012. “We completed our major percent, with 26.65 million jobless, Analysts had been hoping the restructuring and transforma- down 33,000 from June when the report would begin to reflect a tion programme and reshaped total shed 43,000. gradual recovery which saw the the competitive landscape of EU Employment Commissioner eurozone post 0.3-percent growth the Australian aviation market, Women look at a shop window in the commercial Ermou Street in central Athens yesterday. The decline in Laszlo Andor said the fall in the in the second quarter to finally snap despite a very difficult economic Greek retail sales accelerated in June from the previous month, highlighting the pain fiscal austerity is inflict- numbers was encouraging but a deep 18-month recession which environment and intense compe- ing on household consumption. “clearly it is unacceptable” that so has destroyed millions of jobs. tition,” he said. many should still be without work. AFP AFP AUGUST 31, 2013 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY Sinopec in $3.1bn Egypt acquisition India quarterly growth Chinese giant to buy one-third of Egyptian oil, gas firm Apache Corp

SHANGHAI: Chinese oil giant deposed president Mohammed upstream oil and gas sector of of oil and 354 million cubic feet of slows to 4.4 percent Sinopec is entering Egypt despite Mursi clash with the new govern- Egypt for the first time and expand natural gas per day in 2012, Apache the country’s political strife, ment installed after the military its international upstream portfo- said. NEW DELHI: India’s econ- up 1.2 percent at 18,619 announcing yesterday it is buy- overthrew him last month. lio,” Sinopec said in a statement. Sinopec estimated remaining omy grew by 4.4 percent in points on investor blue-chip ing a $3.1bn stake in an existing “China’s external dependence on “This partnership will further reserves at 641 million barrels of the first three months of the bargain-hunting. operation as China scours the oil is relatively high, so the overall build up Sinopec’s capability and oil and 3.79 trillion cubic feet of fiscal year, the slowest quar- But the weak growth was globe for energy reserves. tendency is to search globally for experience in promoting overseas natural gas. terly expansion since 2009, seen as amplifying negative State-owned Sinopec will buy a assets with good cost performance,” reserves and production.” The Chinese government on data yesterday showed, sentiment toward the rupee, one-third share in the Egyptian oil said Li Li, an analyst at consultancy China is already the biggest Thursday acknowledged the role deepening the challenge fac- whose tumble has come on and natural gas business of US firm C1 Energy. energy user in the world and the resources play in the economies of ing policymakers to arrest a the back of a record current- Apache Corp, the companies said. “The announcement shows they second-largest oil consumer after African countries, but said its firms sliding rupee. account deficit — the widest The deal, which is still subject believe the scale of the political risk the United States. could help develop energy and min- Analysts blamed slump- measure of trade—that has to regulatory approval, marks can be controlled,” she said. Houston-based Apache said eral deposits. ing investment, stubbornly alarmed foreign investors and Sinopec’s first entry into explora- Beijing has encouraged Chinese its operations in Egypt’s western “Chinese enterprises have helped elevated inflation, high inter- spurred a capital flight. tion and production for oil and gas companies to go abroad to secure desert were “unaffected” by politi- African countries establish an est rates and muted export The funds exodus has also in Egypt, Sinopec said. supplies of energy and raw materi- cal events, according to a separate upstream-downstream integrated demand for the grim per- been greased by an expected It is the latest major Chinese als to keep the world’s second larg- statement. industry chain, transforming formance, which undershot end to US monetary stimu- resources acquisition abroad and est economy moving. The deal is part of what Apache resource advantages into economic market expectations of 4.7 lus which sparked investment comes after CNOOC, another China has also sought to build called a new “strategic partner- growth,” the government said in a percent year-on-year growth flows to emerging markets. Chinese state-owned energy giant, stronger political and business ties ship” with the Chinese firm, as policy paper on Africa. in the first financial quarter. India, like many emerging bought Canada’s Nexen in a $15bn with African countries, but officials the US company seeks to shift its The listed unit of Sinopec was “India’s economy was markets, depends heavily on deal last year despite political deny criticism it is seeking to strip own attention more towards North down 0.68 percent in Shanghai on already fragile before the foreign capital inflows to fund opposition. the continent of resources. America. Friday afternoon and fell 1.41 per- recent rout of the rupee. Given its balance of payments. The move comes despite chaos in “Through this partnership, Net production from its Egypt cent in Hong Kong. the ongoing turmoil, economic India’s central bank raised Egypt as supporters of the country’s Sinopec is able to enter the operations averaged 100,000 barrels AFP conditions look likely to get short-term interest rates last worse before they get any bet- month to bolster the cur- ter,” said Capital Economics rency, but high interest rates economist Daniel Martin. are seen as discouraging vital Medvedev at Gazprom India has been battling to investment and delaying any restore investor confidence in economic upturn. Spain logs its once-booming economy and The growth numbers boost the value of the rupee, underscored difficulties ahead which has hit a string of lifetime for incoming Reserve Bank rare current lows against the dollar, slump- of India governor Raghuram ing 16 percent so far against the Rajan, who takes the reins of US currency this year. the central bank next week. account The April-June growth, “Rajan will certainly have his which was slower than the work cut out for him,” said surplus 4.8 percent expansion logged Anjalika Bardalai, analyst at in the previous three months, research house Eurasia Group. MADRID: Spain recorded marked the third straight “The bank is having to bear a current account surplus in quarter of below five percent the brunt of policy management, January-June this year for the growth — and was less than given the fact the government first time on record as exports half the double-digit level is still more or less paralysed and investor confidence in the economists say is needed to because of partisan politics in recession-hit country strength- reduce widespread poverty. the run-up to the general elec- ened, officials said. “The concern on the econ- tion next year,” she added. The current-account balance, omy can hardly be overstated The growth data showed the broadest measure of a coun- — the economy needs the widespread weakness with try’s trade and financial exchanges undivided attention of poli- manufacturing contracting by with the outside world, showed a cymakers,” said Chandrajit 1.2 percent and services and surplus of ¤1.357bn ($1.8bn) for Banerjee, director general of construction output slowing. the first half of 2013, the central the Confederation of Indian The quarterly growth was bank said. Industry. the most sluggish since early That contrasted sharply with The Indian currency gained 2009, when India and the rest a shortfall of nearly ¤17bn in the 1.5 percent to Rs65.70 to the of the world were staggering same period last year. Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (right) chairs a meeting as he visits the headquarters of the Gazprom dollar, bolstered by reported from the onset of the global “This change mainly reflects the company in Moscow yesterday. heavy central bank inter- financial crisis. notable improvement in the trade vention, while shares closed AFP deficit, followed by an improve- ment in returns on investments QATARI MARKET and services,” the Bank of Spain said in a statement. Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Brazil economy grew 1.5pc in Q2 Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 102.81 0.52 % Aa2 AA It was the first time Spain had recorded a surplus for the first Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 103.94 1.92 % Aa2 AA half of the year since current RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil, Indusval & Partners Corretora Wood, who is banking on a two Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 118.50 2.95 % Aa2 AA records began in 1990, and its first Latin America’s leading econ- brokerage firm, told the G1 news percent GDP growth for Brazil Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 111.00 3.32 % Aa2 AA half-yearly surplus since 1997. omy, expanded 1.5 percent in website. “It seems that this will this year, said Latin America’s Spain’s conservative govern- the second quarter of 2013 com- be the climax in the performance behemoth has been affected by Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 104.75 3.83 % Aa2 AA ment says the economy, the euro- pared with the previous three of the year, but even so, we are recent capital outflows from Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 155.25 4.89 % Aa2 AA zone’s fourth-biggest, is heading month, exceeding the most emerging from the swamp of low emerging markets, slower growth Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 113.00 5.46 % Aa2 AA out of its two-year recession. The optimistic market expectations, investment,” he added. in China (Brazil’s main trading Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 103.75 5.49 % Aa2 AA latest growth figures showed the official statistics showed Friday. “The reduction of inflation and partner) and the impact of mas- Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.00 1.35 % Aa2 AA pace of economic contraction Economists, who had expected the resumption of growth, all this sive street protests to demand slowed in the second quarter. GDP growth of between 0.7 per- is beginning to dissipate the grey better public services and an end Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 108.13 3.65 % Aa2 AA Yesterday’s data also indicated cent and 1.3 percent, said the sec- clouds that had gathered over to political corruption last June. Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.75 1.06 % A1 A- strengthening investor confidence ond quarter result would be the our country,” Finance Minister “The growth of domestic con- Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.00 2.50 % A1 A- in Spain, which last year turned to best this year. Guido Mantega said overnight at sumption will be rather low, given QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.25 1.79 % NR NR its eurozone partners to bail out its The farm sector fared best, grow- an event in Sao Paulo. the surging inflation and the QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.38 1.56 % Aa3 A+ banking sector but resisted pres- ing 3.9 percent, followed by indus- The Brazilian economy grew an monetary adjustment,” he added sure to seek a full sovereign bailout. try with two percent and services anaemic 0.9 percent in 2012. in a statement. “We expect the QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.25 2.40 % Aa3 A+ Spain recorded an investment 0.8 percent, the Brazilian Institute This year, the government and electoral cycle and the World Cup Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 103.00 2.61 % A2 A- inflow of ¤39.8bn in the first half of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) the International Monetary Fund to lift the economy in 2014, but Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.50 1.88 % A2 A of 2013, compared to an outflow said on its website. are banking on 2.5 percent GDP not much due to weak confidence Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 121.75 3.66 % A2 A of ¤225bn in the same period last Investments rose 3.6 percent growth while market analysts are among investors,” Wood said. Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 104.50 4.04 % A2 A year. while consumption edged up a forecasting 2.2 percent. In 2011, the country posted 2.7 In trade, the shortfall of paltry 0.3 percent during the “The government’s interven- percent GDP growth after a siz- Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 100.75 4.92 % A2 A exports to imports was less in period. Compared with the sec- tion and a weaker management zling 7.5 percent in 2010. Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 104.50 1.30 % Aa3 A the first half of 2013, shrinking ond quarter of last year, GDP of Brazil’s macro-economic policy Meanwhile, the Central Bank Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.75 3.50 % Aa3 A to ¤2.71bn from ¤15.65bn in the expanded 3.3 percent. have affected investors’ confidence pressed on with its efforts to rein Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 107.00 4.15 % Aa3 A first half of 2012, the bank said. “The GDP result was a good and contribute to tepid growth in inflation, which reached 6.27 Spain’s services sector increased surprise. Investments had a good prospects in the medium term,” percent on an annualized basis in SOVEREIGNS its surplus to ¤17bn from ¤15.19bn performance and this is very said Robert Wood, a Brazil expert July, close to the 6.5 percent upper Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P a year earlier. good for the economy,” economist at the Economist Intelligence limit of the government target. Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 103.00 0.53 % Aa2 AA AFP Guilherme de Nobrega, of the Unit in New York. AFP Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 120.50 2.78 % Aa2 AA Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.13 2.69 % NR NR Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 104.75 3.51 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 114.50 5.27 % NR NR Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 105.75 5.60 % NR NR Telecom Italia moves into M&A spotlight Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.94 1.13 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 110.50 4.02 % NR BBB MILAN: Telecom Italia SpA double from current levels. buying an outstanding stake in Movil could well make Telecom Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 98.25 5.82 % NR BBB shares jumped as much as 10 At 1330 GMT, Telecom Italia Verizon Wireless from Vodafone Italia an offer they can’t refuse for Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 86.00 8.55 % Caa1 CCC+ percent yesterday, on specula- shares were up 9.6 percent at Group Plc for potentially $130bn, (its Brazilian asset) TIM Brazil,” Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 101.75 4.21 % NR BBB- tion it might be the next quarry ¤0.4176, the biggest rise by a sources close to the matter said the broker, who asked not to *Periodic Distribution Amount in a recent upsurge in deal- European blue-chip stock , after have said, while a report said be named. IMPORTANT NOTE: making in Europe’s telecoms touching a one-month high of AT&T would examine Vodafone’s Shares in debt-laden Telecom Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which industry. ¤0.4218. remaining assets. Italia have been languishing near is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services Analysts at brokerage The company was not immedi- Spain’s Telefonica has agreed historic lows due to falling mar- Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data Bernstein said a lowly valuation, ately available to comment on the a deal to buy German mobile gins in Italy and a slowdown in and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of an attractive business in Brazil speculation. operator E-Plus from KPN, while Brazil, its other main market. the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into and a willingness among some The telecoms sector has seen Carlos Slim’s America Movil “Telecom Italia is the cheap- account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant liquidity Telecom Italia shareholders to sell a surge in dealmaking as compa- (AMX) threatened yesterday to est of stocks we cover, trading at or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not a reliable could make the company a takeo- nies look to take advantage of low abandon a plan to buy the rest just 4.0 times EBITDA (earnings indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your ver target before the year is out. interest rates, and as European of KPN after the Dutch group’s before interest, tax, depreciation financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. They tipped Vodafone, players battle to cope in a satu- foundation said it might block a and amortisation), a 22 percent Telefonica Softbank, and AT&T rated market with recession-hit deal. discount to incumbent peers,” the — possibly in combination with consumers and expensive network A Milan-based broker said Bernstein analysts said, referring Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s upgrades. Slim’s next port of call could be to other firms with leading posi- America Movil — as potential US group Verizon Brazil, via Telecom Italia. tions in their home markets. bidders and said the shares could Communications Inc is close to “We believe that America REUTERS AUGUST 31, 2013 ON SATURDAY 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business Views

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BY DAVID ALEXANDER BY JAMES SAFT financial services firms by putting those greater uncertainties,” Lam wrote in a note opinions into investment practice. First off, to clients on Wednesday. riting this week for Guardian Australia, economist nvestors fearing the impact of an the way events will unfold in Syria is far Michael Wittner, oil analyst at Societe John Quiggin lamented the fact that Kevin Rudd attack on Syria ought to start wor- from simple. The basic rolling news headline Generale, argued on Wednesday that oil doesn’t get more credit for economic management, rying instead about things they can narrative is pretty straightforward. How could surge to $150 per barrel if the con- Wgiven the fact that Australia came through the glo- predict and control. that plays out, however, is very complex, and flict affects important oil producers such bal financial crisis in solid shape and has avoided a recession. This In other words don’t “buy when the aftereffects even more so. as Iraq, in what would be a departure from is a common source of puzzlement amongst some, but let me solve Ithere is blood in the streets,” hold. Global If we examine some past conflicts, we might the pattern in recent past conflicts. this apparent conundrum. markets have been roiled in recent days by think we have a template of how to “play” If this happens it will be a big deal. The first thing to note is that Rudd’s economic management did a rising conviction that the United States Syria. Looking at the 1991 Gulf War, Kosovo Emerging markets, which are facing their not, in fact, save Australia from the fate that befell other countries. will lead military strikes against the Syrian in 1999, the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, own potential funding crunch, particularly European countries have not been in crisis because they did not government in reprisal for its alleged use the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and Libya in 2011, don’t need high oil prices or a shock to the have him at the helm; the US did not suffer an economic disaster of chemical weapons on its own people. we can make some generalisations. The S&P financial system just about now. We could because it wanted for a Wayne Swan when the crisis hit. Greece Emerging market assets were hit hard again 500 tends to sell off ahead of conflicts but easily see an emerging market sell-off on oil and other countries are not in economic catastrophe mode simply on Wednesday, while Brent crude oil hit a recovers once they start. Oil tend to rise in turn into a sell-off in developed markets. because they failed to send out $900 cheques to their citizens. six-month high of $117 a barrel. Gold also the run-up, and sell off on the news or just The fact that something might affect the The simple fact is that all of these countries went into the rose, and US stocks, which had fallen on the before. Gold sometimes rises ahead of fighting value of your portfolio is not the same as say- disaster-zone in 2008 because when the global financial crisis theme on Monday, recovered a bit of ground. and usually sells off when it begins. The dollar ing you would be wise to bet on that possibil- hurricane hit, they had high government debt and high budget The news from Syria, wracked by a civil tends to divert from whatever its trend was ity, other than living your life in such a way deficits, which made them extremely vulnerable to adverse shocks. war, is and likely will continue to be tragic, before the idea of conflict arose, and reverts that swings in asset prices don’t leave you Had any one of these countries’ governments faced the crisis with but for the vast majority of investors by far to that trend once shots are fired. vulnerable to a financial crisis. That is best zero government debt and consistent budget surpluses, they would the smartest thing to do is nothing. But if you seriously want to put your done by managing your liabilities and outgo- have been considered pillars of strength rather than sources of Strikes on Syria very likely will happen, retirement and future wealth at the mercy ings rather than playing a game of Battleship weakness. What those European countries wanted for, in other and have mild to moderate impacts on asset of these types of trends holding true you with your portfolio. The only positive step I words, was Australian treasurer Peter Costello running their markets, but you are highly unlikely to get are, again, either hugely overconfident or would recommend is to put off rebalancing budgets in the long lead-up to 2008. rich trying to figure out how or why. slightly desperate. As Kenneth Lam, a mar- your portfolio if we get a big sell-off just before Australia hit the 2008 crisis in rude financial health: debt-free, Let me be clear: I am not saying leave kets strategist at Citigroup, points out, this you had planned to pare back assets that have growing strongly with significant assets and running surplus politics to your elders and betters. Obviously, time may be different. “Syria is more com- performed strongly in favour of those that budgets. It is these robust foundations, along with very favourable citizens of the countries involved have a plex than these previous conflicts. Military have done less well. The majority of inves- terms of trade, which guaranteed that Australia would survive right and obligation to form opinions and objectives are also not as well defined. Russia tors haven’t got the ability to reliably call the crisis in very good shape. take positions on these things. What they and Iran will also weigh in both pre- and war markets correctly. If they want to avoid Just prior to the crisis, reserve bank governor Glenn Stevens probably ought not to do is take risks post-action. The usual market reaction may being a casualty they are better off sitting drew attention to the magnificent financial position built up over for themselves and create fee income for be more muted and short-lived because of this one out. REUTERS more than a decade by Costello, saying that “the capacity to respond, if need be, to developments in the future is virtually without peer.” Little did he know at the time, but three months later that position of economic strength would be tested in the most dramatic fashion. The pre-existing strength of the Australian government’s finances were to prove a bulwark against the economic storm World’s biggest M&A deals and investors, businesspeople, consumers and financial mar- kets were greatly reassured by the strength of the Australian Verizon Communications is in talks to buy out the rest of Vodafone Group’s stake economy. On top of those firm foundations, each political party in in Verizon Wireless in what could be the third-biggest M&A deal of all time. Australia was in the wonderful position of being able to offer stimulus packages drawing on these sound finances. TOP FIVE WORLDWIDE* People will debate the merits of the respective stimulus pack- ages, but with its strong terms of trade, Australia was foreor- dained to outperform other countries once the storm hit, and Year Target Acquirer Deal value, in billions foreordained to receive accolades from the International Monetary Fund for doing so. 1999 Mannesman AG Vodafone $203 The most important lesson about the global financial crisis is (Germany) (UK) not about what happened after it hit but in what happened in the lead-up, and this can be summarised simply: don’t put your 2000 Time Warner Inc. AOL Inc. country into a zone of financial vulnerability. $181.6 How did so many leaders allow their countries to drift into (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) that zone? They tried to explain that rising debt levels were not 2013 Vodafone Verizon Comm. unreasonable compared to other countries. ~$130 When quizzed about growing budget deficits in the UK, for (UK) (U.S.A.) example, chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown would always point out that Britain’s government debt and deficit levels were 2008 Philip Morris Int’l Shareholders $113 reasonable when one looked at other comparable countries. (Switzerland) “Net debt is now 47 percent of national income in France, 47 percent in America, in Germany 62 percent, in Japan 83 per- 2007 ABN-Amro RFS Holdings BV $98 cent and in Italy over 100 percent – but this year in Britain 36.4 (Netherlands) (Netherlands) percent,” Brown said in 2006 as he revealed yet another gradual economic deterioration. 2006 Bell South Corp. AT&T Inc. Of course, Brown’s reassuring words masked a position of dis- $89 astrous weakness, and this weakness only became evident when (U.S.A.) (U.S.A.) the crisis sent the British economy into a tailspin from which it has still not recovered. The next time you hear mollifying words M&A - Mergers and Acquisitions from Rudd that our rising debt levels are at reasonable levels compared to other countries, think about how Britons were lulled Source: Reuters *Including spinoffs according to value as compiled by Thomson Reuters into the financial danger zone and ask yourself: are we on the same trajectory? C. Inton, 30/08/2013 THE GUARDIAN It’s Larry Summers and the politicisation of Fed

BY FELIX SALMON from its mistakes than it is for an valuable. It’s also a view which Obama’s closest economic advis- central bank chairman who’s to the Fed, the message will be individual to do so. makes it almost unthinkable ers since the day that Obama took determined to get his own way is the exact opposite: that he’s not zra Klein has an excel- When the world changes, indi- for Larry Summers not to be office: he’s much closer to Obama also a bad thing. (The Fed is run going to be comfortable unless he lent piece on Larry vidual technocrats tend to change nominated to the Fed: short of than Greenspan was to Bush. by a diverse board of governors can install his own man to run Summers today, basi- with it. But when a small, close- nominating Terry Checki to the Summers has spent most of the for a reason.) the show. Obama, it seems, can’t Ecally saying that he’s knit team is put in charge of run- position, it’s hard to imagine a past five years doing everything in But put the two together, and trust Yellen to do the right thing “the overwhelming favourite” to ning the economic policy of the candidate with more crisis expe- his power to shape and advance you get a uniquely toxic combina- — or maybe he worries that her become the next Fed chair just global hegemon, they create the rience than Summers. Obama’s agenda. tion, a way to fulfil all the cra- actions will reflect the consen- because he’s an old Clinton hand, facts on the ground. In practice, But it’s one thing having group- Obama, of course, is very ziest conspiracy theories of Ron sus of the board as a whole, and and is trusted by all the other old what that has meant is a depress- think within the White House happy about this, and would Paul. Having what Klein calls the will therefore be less predictable Clinton hands with whom Barack ingly predictable cycle of laissez- — it’s the job of a disciplined love to reward Summers for his “Clinton clique” in sole command and controllable. So he’s going to Obama has surrounded himself. faire regulatory policy leading executive branch to implement loyalty by handing him the Fed of Obama’s economic policy is bad pass her over, and put a political Klein’s thesis, when it comes to to crises, which are solved with clearly-articulated policies, and if chairmanship. enough. operative in charge instead, albeit economic appointments, is that massive bailouts, which leave the the populace doesn’t like it, they Summers is not a consensus- But it would be much worse a political operative with genuine “the bar for each appointment is financial sector largely unscathed, can kick the incumbents out at builder; he’s the kind of person if they essentially managed to economic chops. that the economic team already and free to continue taking exces- the next election. who, as chairman, would be con- engineer a hostile takeover of the That’s a move even Clinton likes the candidate and knows he sive risks, safe in the knowledge It’s something else entirely to vinced that he was right, and who Federal Reserve Board. would never have dared make: or she is good at the job and will that if and when things blow up take one of the most central — would bully the rest of the board When Tony Blair became he kept Greenspan at the Fed for work well with the other mem- again, there will be yet another and most political — members of into doing exactly what he wanted prime minister of the UK in 1997, his whole presidency. And it sets bers of the team”. bailout. the White House team, and nomi- them to do. (In this, he would the first thing he did was to make a horrible precedent: the next The reality of economic This cycle creates what I call nate him to lead the independent have the active help of Obama, the Bank of England independ- Republican president will hence- appointments to date is entirely Obama’s dangerously heroic view board of governors of the Federal who would certainly nominate ent. It was a signal that he was forth have no compunctions what- consistent with that thesis, and I, of economic technocrats — a Reserve. Summers-friendly names to the committed to orthodox economic soever about appointing a party for one, am convinced. view which, it should go without Make no mistake: Summers multitude of open board positions, policy, and that he was willing to hack to the post. From here on But here’s the problem: such a saying, works very much to the would be the most political Fed and to the vice-chairmanship.) be punished by an independent in, if Summers gets the job, we mechanism is a bad idea in prin- advantage of the very advisers chair in living memory. Greenspan The result would be a central central bank should his policies won’t just be voting for president ciple, a bad idea in practice, and who have helped him develop it. was pretty bad, especially when bank which had, to a first approx- go awry. It didn’t exactly work out in presidential elections. We’ll be an especially bad idea when it It’s a view which places crisis- he testified — in clear support imation, zero independence from that way, in the end, but his ini- voting for Fed chair, too. And the comes to the Fed chairmanship management skills far above cri- of the Bush administration’s tax the government, at least so long tial decision was clearly the right Fed will become just as politi- in particular. sis-prevention skills, and which cuts — that we had reason to be as Obama is president. one, and came from a position of cized as the Supreme Court has In principle, it’s even harder considers crisis-management worried about budget surpluses. A non-independent central strength and self-confidence. become. for a team like this one to learn experience as being uniquely But Summers has been one of bank is a bad thing; a bullying If Obama nominates Summers REUTERS AUGUST 31, 2013 Classifieds www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 ON SATURDAY

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Nadal fuelled by passion in US Open: Top seeds survive comeback year NEW YORK: Overcoming hardship makes you stronger, according to Rafa Nadal, who is proving his point with a sen- on day of mixed fortunes sational comeback year and a sparkling hardcourt run after a debilitating knee injury. Nadal was sidelined for seven Top players cruise in straight sets; Briton Evans continues dream run months by the injury, but hard work and determination have again made him a ferocious force NEW YORK: The contrasting Evans recalled. “I was there as evidenced by his 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 fortunes of Grand Slam tennis playing quallies. His dad sort of mauling of Rogerio Dutra Silva of were on full display at the US fobbed me off and said I wasn’t Brazil on Thursday to reach the LEFT: Roger Federer of Switzerland returns a shot Open on Thursday. good enough to practise with him. third round of the US Open. during his men’s singles second-round match against Some dreams were made while I remembered that.” The victory improved the others were shattered. Duval was thrust into the spot- Carlos Berlocq of Argentina on Day Four of the 2013 Spanish second seed to 17-0 on Victoria Duval, the teenaged light after she beat the 2011 US US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis hardcourts this year, which has American who had captured the Open champion Sam Stosur in Center in the Flushing neighbourhood of the Queens included titles at Indian Wells, hearts of New York with her feats the first round. borough of New York City. Federer won 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 Montreal and Cincinnati among both on and off the court, was She played well enough but to move into round three of the final Grand Slam of his nine trophies in 2013. knocked out in straight sets in a it was her family’s tale of sur- the 2013 season. BOTTOM: Rafael Nadal of Spain Nadal said overcoming adver- brutal reminder of how far she vival that captured the media’s changes his shirt in his second-round match against sity was enormously satisfying. still has to go to reach the top. attention. Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil. Nadal, who missed last “When you are coming back For Sara Errani, the world’s When she was seven years old, year’s US Open because of injury, brushed aside after hard times, after an injury ... fifth ranked woman, the pres- Duval was taken hostage by rob- Rogerio Dutra Silva of Brazil 6-2, 6-1, 6-0. Nadal, who you need to work hard. You need sure of playing in the Big Apple bers at her aunt’s house in Haiti, a won the French Open earlier this year, has bagged to work with the right attitude became too much and she crum- terrifying incident that convinced nine trophies this season. every day,” said 12-times winner bled under pressure, tearfully her parents, both doctors, to move Nadal. admitting she had choked. back to the United States. “You need to be ready to suffer, The tournament’s biggest stars In 2010, her father was bur- to enjoy the suffering, and to be all survived unscathed, ruthlessly ied alive in the Haiti earthquake. able to change the situation.” dispatching their opponents with He survived by digging himself Nadal, the 2010 US Open cham- a minimum of fuss in a sport out but suffered serious injuries, pion, has dramatically turned where there is little room for sen- including broken legs, broken ribs around his fortunes, posting a timent if your ultimate aim is to and a punctured lung. 2013 match record of 55-3. collect Grand Slam titles. But her run ended almost He put his dominance on Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and as soon as it began when she display in a 92-minute rout at Serena Williams have 45 major was beaten 6-2, 6-3 by Daniela Arthur Ashe Stadium, facing singles titles between them and Hantuchova on an outside court. only one break point but saving the trio won their second round It was a quick lesson in the it and ripping 30 winners to the matches in straight sets, as they reality of professional tennis. Brazilian’s nine. normally do. For them, the cham- “It was overwhelming. But I World number two Nadal, pionship never really starts until think this is what it’s all about,” who missed the 2012 US Open the second week. Duval said. because of a knee injury, will next For the vast majority, the Errani, a semi-finalist in the play Ivan Dodig of Croatia, a 6-1, last Grand Slam of the year is a Big Apple last year, crashed to a LEFT: Daniela 6-4, 6-4 winner against Russian stringent test of character from 6-3, 6-1 loss to her Italian com- Nikolay Davydenko. Hantuchova start to finish, where every win patriot Flavia Pennetta then did Silva had shown extraordi- of Slovakia is cherished. something no-one expected. In a nary grit in his opening round There was no better example sport where players try to hide celebrates victory five-set victory against Canada’s on Thursday than the Englishman their smallest weaknesses, she in her women’s Vasek Pospisil, saving an aston- Dan Evans, who is playing at the revealed her darkest secret. singles second- ishing seven match points -- the US Open for the first time. “I’m feeling too much pres- round match most in the ATP Tour this season Ranked 179th in the world, sure,” the 26-year-old confessed. against Victoria -- before closing out the decisive he needed to come through the “I don’t know why, but I’m not Duval of the US tiebreaker 12-10. qualifying tournament just to get enjoying going on the courts, and of America on Nadal gave the Brazilian no into the main draw and was not that is the worst thing a player Day Four of the room to escape, however. expected to go much further. can have.” 2013 US Open. Victory on the court was sweet, The formality of a first round Her mood was in stark con- Hantuchova won but the Spaniard said making the exit was lost on the 23-year-old, trast to Victoria Azarenka, last 6-2, 6-3. climb back made it all the more however, as he tore up the script year’s runner-up, who joked that satisfying. and carried his qualifying form she was enjoying a love affair “When you are in a low posi- onto the big stage. with New York’s unforgiving tion, low situation, you are able In his opening match, the hardcourts. to work to change that dynamic Briton pulled off the biggest “I would say it’s my husband, because you really feel the love for win of his career when he upset hardcourts,” she said after originally been scheduled for collection of 17 Grand Slam sin- Nadal, who missed last year’s sport, the passion for sport,” said Japan’s Kei Nishikori, ranked 12th her 6-3, 6-1 win over Canada’s Wednesday but was held over gles titles, hardly broke into a US Open because of injury, 27-year-old Nadal. in the world, with many observers Aleksandra Wozniak. “Because because of rain. sweat on a baking hot day as he brushed aside Rogerio Dutra Silva “After overcoming a tough expecting that performance to be we have been together for a long Unfazed by the delay, she brushed aside Argentina’s Carlos of Brazil 6-2, 6-1, 6-0. situation, then you are ready the highlight of his campaign. time (we) got really comfortable cruised to a 6-3, 6-0 victory before Berlocq 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. It was as swift and easy as to compete better then before. On Thursday, however, he won with each other.” teaming up with big sister Venus “For me, it was pretty straight- any match he has had at the US That’s something that I am sure. again, this time beating Bernard Williams was also dancing to to win their first round doubles forward, to be honest,” Federer Open but the Spaniard offered an All my life I played with a lot of Tomic 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3, a a different beat even though the match. said. “It’s one of those matches I insight into what it took to get passion. I love the sport. I love the win made all the more sweeter wind was blowing hard when she “I’m just trying to do the best I expect myself to win if possible in back to the top. competition. because the Australian’s father strolled onto the Arthur Ashe can,” Williams said. “Just always straight sets and gain confidence “You need to be ready to suffer, “So I feel very lucky and very had snubbed him a year ago in Stadium center court. trying to get a little better.” in the process. to enjoy the suffering, and to be happy to be back on the tour and Miami. Her match against Galina Federer, unflappable even as “All those things happened, so, able to change the situation,” the playing well again,” he said. “It was quite funny, actually,” Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan had he struggles to add to his record yeah, I’m pleased about it.” second seed said. REUTERS REUTERS Golf: Top three have set their QBSF ready to host eyes on $10m play-off prize $250,000 event DOHA: Qatar Snooker and Billiards Federation (QBSF) will host the 2013 World 9-Ball Championship (W9BC) of the World NORTON, TV. They’re the big show and it’s Pool-Billiard Association from September 2 at the Al Arabi Hall, Tiger Woods MASSACHUSETTS: The fun to be involved in that atmos- it was announced here yesterday. The 10-day championship, sanc- of the US and world’s top three golfers tee off phere,” he said of Woods and tioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and the together today as the second Mickelson, who between them Adam Scott Asian Pocket Billiard Union (APBU), will be held in two stages. FedExCup playoff event, the have won 19 majors. “I think I’ve of Australia The preliminary stage, which begins on Monday, will be contested Deutsche Bank Championship, learned to enjoy being a part of all prepare to play by 133 players and will end on September 5. gets under way with scores of that and gotten somewhat com- from the 10th “Twelve players gain entry for the second stage through the quali- other players still in the hunt fortable with it.” tee during the fying stage, while the defending champion and the top 24 players in for the $10m jackpot. But the beauty of the FedExCup first round of the the WPA ranking system are guaranteed spots in the main draw,” World number one Tiger format, putting aside any debate Deutsche Bank Ehab A F Al Salih Technical Secretary of QBSF, said. Woods, nursing a back injury that about the competitive justice of Championship “Places in the main draw are also allocated to players based on the left him in agony during Sunday’s a lucrative play-off series which at TPC Boston players performance in their respective continental federations. The final round at The Barclays, heads began in 2007, is that being in the in Norton, final stage of the event will also include wild card entries,” he added. the FedExCup point standings top three in the points standings Massachusetts. The second stage, to be contested by 128 players, will begin on and has been grouped with sec- at this stage counts for little. September 7 and will end with the final on September 11. ond-ranked Adam Scott and Phil American Brandt Snedeker “There are 128 players in the main event (Stage 2) of the W9BC. Mickelson (third). won last year’s FedExCup title what the (New England) Patriots helped keep the tension alive, In the group round, the players are divided into 16 groups of 8 play- Woods has won a season-high and the $10m bonus, leapfrogging went through. according to Woods. ers each. Four players from each group advance into the ‘Last 64’ five times on the PGA Tour while Woods, Mickelson, Rory McIlroy “You have an undefeated season, “The first couple of years there final round. Two from winner’s bracket will be seeded into ‘Final Australian Scott and American and Nick Watney with victory at but you don’t win the last game, was really no drama going into Round’ according to their results from group rounds. Two from Mickelson have both clinched the season-ending event. you don’t win the Super Bowl, you the Tour Championship,” the loser’s bracket will be drawn randomly,” the QBSF official said. majors this year - at the Masters It is a format that is familiar don’t win the FedExCup. 14-times major champion said. Stage 1 qualifying tournaments will follow the single elimination, and British Open respectively. to American sports, particularly “They (PGA Tour officials) “I had won it outright and Vijay race to 7, alternate break format. No prizes then for guessing in the National Football League are trying to create some excite- (Singh) had won it outright, and The winner of the event will get $36,000 and the runner-up which group will attract the most where the battles of the regular ment towards the end of the year. all we could do is just tee it up. $18,000. The losing semi-finalists will each get $10,000, while fifth attention from spectators for the season count for little when it They’ve done a great job of that.” “There was a minor (points) to eight place winners will $6,000 each. opening two rounds. comes to the play-off stages. The gradual cutting down of re-set, but still it didn’t quite The total prize money for the entire tournament is $250,000. “It’s a good grouping, isn’t it?” “Technically, you can win every the field, from 125 players at The have the same drama. Now any- Darren Appelton of England defeated China’s Lee He Wen to win world number two Scott told tournament you play in all year, Barclays to just the top 30 at the body that’s in the top five, they last year’s title in Doha. The QSBF has signed an agreement with reporters yesterday. “It’s going to you win 30 events and lose the last Tour Championship in Atlanta, win the Tour Championship, they WPA by virtue of which Qatar have the right to host the champion- be huge for everyone to come out one and lose the FedExCup,” said along with a point re-set to keep automatically win the FedExCup.” ship till 2017. THE PENINSULA and watch and great viewing on Woods. “So that’s very similar to the battle open, has certainly REUTERS AUGUST 31, 2013 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Fixtures All times in GMT Platini still backs Qatar English Premier League Today Manchester City vs Hull City (1145) Cardiff City vs Everton (1400) 2022 World Cup in winter Newcastle United vs Fulham (1400) Norwich City vs Southampton (1400) UEFA chief says England should ‘respect’ FIFA’s decision West Ham United vs Stoke City (1400) Crystal Palace vs Sunderland (1630)

Schalke’s Kevin-Prince Boateng MONACO: UEFA president “It’s impossible to play in Tomorrow poses with his jersey during Michel Platini yesterday reit- 50-degree heat in Qatar in the Liverpool vs Manchester United (1230) his presentation at a press erated his support for shifting summer. West Bromwich Albion vs conference in Gelsenkirchen, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar “We have to play the World Cup Swansea City (1230) Germany. Boateng moved from to winter in order to avoid the at the best time,” Platini said. AC Milan on a four-year deal. extreme heat that envelops the “FIFA’s executive committe will Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur (1500) Gulf state in summer. take a decision, and should that Platini also called on outspoken be to play in winter, then UEFA Real La Liga English opponents of the move to would suggest what it considers Madrid’s Today Transfer accept the proposal and a change the best period for the month captain Iker to the Premier League calendar. concerned.” Casillas (left) Celta Vigo vs Granada CF (1700) Although the 2022 World Cup Platini added: “For 150 years, and Brazilian Real Valladolid vs Getafe (1900) system is is currently due to take place England has imposed its calendar midfielder during Qatar’s summer, world and we’ve respected it. Kaka pose Osasuna vs Villarreal (2100) governing body FIFA has also “So for once, for one month, with the Tomorrow robbery, says expressed a desire for the tour- England could respect another trophy after nament to be moved to a different calendar.” beating Real Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao (1000) time of the year when tempera- Earlier this month, the chief Michel Deportivo La Espanyolvs Real Betis (1500) tures are cooler. executive of England’s Premier Coruna 4-0 However, Europe’s major League said switching the 2022 in the Teresa Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid (1700) MONTE CARLO: UEFA leagues, including the Premier World Cup to the European win- Herrera Sevilla vs Malaga (1900) president Michel Platini (pic- League, are against the idea of a ter would be “nigh-on impossible”. trophy tured) called for a sweeping World Cup taking place during “They (FIFA) decided the Valencia vs Barcelona (1900) reform of the transfer system the European winter due to the World Cup will be in the summer at Riazor yesterday, describing the cur- disruption to their calendars that in Qatar,” Premier League chief Stadium, in Ligue 1 La Coruna, rent system to a form of rob- it would create. executive Richard Scudamore Today bery and saying the transfer FIFA will examine the issue at said. Spain, on window was too long. the next meeting of its executive “Our view is, if that is deemed Thursday. Evian Thonon Gaillard FC vs Platini said there were too committee in October. not possible by FIFA, they need to Olympique Lyon (1200) many people vying to take a “I was very happy to learn that move the location. We can’t just, Paris St Germain vs En slice of commission from play- FIFA president Joseph Blatter on a whim, decide to move to the Avant Guingamp (1500) ers’ transfers and also said wants to move the 2022 World winter. players were to blame for not Cup to the winter, something “It’s extremely difficult, nigh- FC Lorient vs Valenciennes (1800) respecting contracts. I’ve long advocated,” Platini said on impossible in our view,” the Sochaux vs Ajaccio (1800) His comments came amid yesterday. Frenchman added. AFP the ongoing saga of Gareth Stade Rennes vs Lille (1800) Bale’s possible move from Bastia vs Toulouse (1800) Tottenham Europa League draw Group A Bosque retains Casillas, Bale to cost Hotspur Stade de Reims vs Nantes (1800) Valencia (ESP) to Real Tomorrow Madrid for Swansea City (ENG) Real €91m, $132.25m drops Chelsea trio St Etienne vs Girondins Bordeaux (1200) Kuban Krasnodar (RUS) and at the Nice vs Montpellier HSC (1500) end of a St Gallen (SUI) MADRID, Community of Madrid: Spain coach Vicente del Bosque says report European Group B has once again kept faith with captain Iker Casillas as he named his Olympique Marseille vs Monaco (1900) transfer PSV Eindhoven (NED) squad yesterday for the World Cup qualifier away to Finland and a MADRID, COMMUNITY window friendly against Chile. OF MADRID: Gareth Bale’s Bundesliga Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) which crit- Casillas has once again found himself behind Diego Lopez in the prolonged transfer from Today ics say has Chornomorets Odesa (UKR) pecking order at Real Madrid despite a change of coach over the sum- Tottenham Hotspur to Real Nuremberg vs FC Augsburg (1330) dragged on for too long. Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) mer but, just like at the Confederations Cup back in June, there is no Madrid is set to be finalised “I think transfers are rob- Group C call-up for the 31-year-old Lopez as Barcelona’s Victor Valdes and new after the two clubs agreed a Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Werder bery,” the former France cap- Napoli ‘keeper Pepe Reina are also included. €91m ($121m, £78m) fee for Bremen (1330) tain told a media conference. Standard Liege (BEL) Spain need to win all three of their remaining qualifiers to guarantee the player, Madrid sports “Today, the player is more Salzburg (AUT) a right to defend their title in Brazil next year without having to go daily AS reported yesterday. Hamburg SV vs Eintracht Braunschweig (1330) a product than a player and Elfsborg (SWE) through the play-offs in November. Citing sources from Real that irks me because there is However, the trip to Finland on September 6 is widely thought to Madrid, the paper said that Hanover 96 vs Mainz (1330) a whole lot of people trying to Esbjerg (DEN) be the toughest test remaining as the world champions finish their the Spanish giants will pay 84 make this player make money Group D campaign with home matches against Georgia and Belarus in October. million euros of the fee up front VfL Wolfsburg vs Hertha Berlin (1330) in order to earn commissions, Rubin Kazan (RUS) “What worries me most is the match against Finland,” Del Bosque with a further seven million to Schalke 04 vs Bayer Leverkusen (1630) we should think about that and Wigan Athletic (ENG) told a press conference yesterday. be paid in variables depending try to find something more “We are playing for three very important points and the way we will on the Welshman’s success Tomorrow Maribor (SLO) healthy. have to play will be decisive so I have chosen the most adequate players.” with the club. VfB Stuttgart vs Hoffenheim (1330) “Players are not free and Zulte Waregem (BEL) Del Bosque has also shown faith in those that helped guide the No one at Real Madrid was Eintracht Frankfurt vs they don’t even belong to clubs, Group E Spanish under-21 side to a second consecutive European Championship immediately available for com- they belong to financial hold- in Israel in June as Inigo Martinez, Koke and Isco are also included. ment when contacted. It had Borussia Dortmund (1530) Fiorentina (ITA) ings, companies or people.” However, there is no such luck for the Chelsea trio of Cesar been expected that price Bale Scottish Premier League “I don’t think it is right. I Dnipro (UKR) Azpilicueta, Juan Mata and Fernando Torres as all three were sur- would even exceed the world believe this is important and Pacos Ferreira (POR) prisingly left out having been part of the Confederations Cup squad. transfer record of €96m that Today this is new in the world of foot- “It is a coincidence,” the 62-year-old insisted. Madrid paid Manchester Pandurii (ROM) Dundee United vs Celtic (1145) ball,” he added. “We are looking “I don’t look at which team a player plays for when I am choosing United for Cristiano Ronaldo into that, working on it, I agree Group F my squad. We have better options in these positions at the moment.” back in 2009. Aberdeen vs St. Johnstone (1400) maybe this window is too big, Bordeaux (FRA) Spain squad to play Finland in Helsinki on September 6 in a World However, having sealed the Hibernian vs Ross County (1400) too long.” APOEL (CYP) Cup qualifier and Chile in a friendly in Geneva, Switzerland on transfers of Argentine Erik Platini said that UEFA were September 10: Lamela and Vlad Chiriches Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) looking at a possible reform of Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Victor Valdes (Barcelona), yesterday to take their spend- Hearts (1400) the transfer system and were Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) Pepe Reina (Napoli/ITA) ing for the window to around St. Mirren vs Partick Thistle (1400) aware of that FIFPro, the Group G Defenders: Alvaro Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos (both Real Madrid), Raul £92.8m, it is believed the world player’s union, wanted Dynamo Kiev (UKR) Albiol (Napoli/ITA), Jordi Alba, Gerard Pique (both Barcelona), Inigo London club wanted the bulk Motherwell vs Kilmarnock (1630) sweeping reforms. Martinez (Real Sociedad), Nacho Monreal (Arsenal/ENG) of the deal to be paid up front. Platini pointed out that in Genk (BEL) Midfielders: Sergio Busquets, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas Bale, who refused to attend Belgian Championship his own playing days, players Rapid Vienna (AUT) (all Barcelona), Santi Cazorla (Arsenal/ENG), Mario Suarez, Koke training with Spurs this week Today had gone on strike for the right Thun (SUI) (both Atletico Madrid), Isco (Real Madrid), David Silva (Manchester in an attempt to force the deal to leave their clubs at the end City/ENG) through, is set to sign a six- Mechelen vs Lierse (1600) Group H of their contract. Forwards: Jesus Navas, Alvaro Negredo (both Manchester City/ year-deal worth a reported Ghent vs Mons-Bergen (1800) But nowadays, he said play- Sevilla (ESP) ENG), Roberto Soldado (Tottenham Hotspur/ENG), Pedro (Barcelona), €10m net a year. AFP ers failed to respect their con- Freiburg (GER) David Villa (Atletico Madrid). AFP Cercle Bruges vs OH Leuven (1800) tracts, often refusing to play or Estoril (POR) Lokeren vs Oostende (1800) train to try and force a move elsewhere. Slovan Liberec (CZE) Tomorrow “I belong to the generation Group I Signings not guaranteed: Moyes Standard Liege vs Kortrijk (1230) who went on strike so players Lyon (FRA) could leave at the end of the MANCHESTER, United Kingdom: Manchester valuation of £45m for the pair, and it is thought an Zulte Waregem vs Anderlecht (1600) Betis (ESP) contract,” he added. United manager David Moyes says he is still not adjustment of £40m would be difficult to ignore. Charleroi vs Racing Genk (1830) “Players went on strike to be Vitoria Guimaraes (POR) sure whether he will bring any new players into Everton are understood to be resigned to losing free.... now I see they sign con- Rijeka (CRO) Old Trafford before the transfer deadline on Fellaini, who is valued at around £23m, but are much Waasland-Beveren vs Club Bruges (1830) tracts, they don’t play because Group J Monday evening. more reluctant to part with Baines. they want to leave again... United remain in pursuit of Everton play- They have denied that the England left-back has Serie A there is something unhealthy Lazio (ITA) ers Leighton Baines, the England defender, and asked Roberto Martinez, Moyes’ successor as man- Today about that. Trabzonspor (TUR) Marouane Fellaini, the Belgium midfielder, despite ager of Everton, to facilitate a move to Old Trafford. Chievo Verona vs Napoli (1600) “Robbery may be too tough Legia Warsaw (POL) failing in a series of bids, while Athletic Bilbao have United have been told by Bilbao president Jose a word, but when you sign a confirmed their £25m offer for midfielder Ander Urrutia they need to meet the £30m release clause Juventus vs Lazio (1845) Apollon Limassol (CYP) contract you should respect Herrera. in Herrera’s contract, and Moyes is monitoring Tomorrow it and that’s what I wanted to Group K But Moyes, whose team face Liverpool at Anfield the situation at Real Madrid, where Gareth Bale’s say... We need a re-think of the Tottenham Hotspur (ENG) in the weekend’s top Premier League game, said: impending arrival could trigger exits including Luca AS Roma vs Verona (1600) whole transfer system.” “I don’t know how busy it’s going to be but it will Modric, the former Tottenham midfielder who has Anji Makhachkala (RUS) AC Milan vs Cagliari (1845) He added that inflated be busy. been a United target previously. transfer fees had always been Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) “It looks like the market may get busy in the next On the plus side, Moyes has seen off Chelsea’s Atalanta Bergamo vs Torino (1845) a source of debate. Tromso (NOR) few days. I hope that we do a little bit of business, attempt to prise Wayne Rooney from Old Trafford, Bologna vs Sampdoria (1845) “We have been asking our- Group L but I couldn’t guarantee that.” and expects the England striker to be key to United’s selves the same question for 30 Moyes has been chasing the Everton duo all sum- defence of the title. AZ Alkmaar (NED) Catania vs Inter Milan (1845) years as to the morality of the mer, with one joint bid of around £28m being publicly He said: “Wayne has been a great player for Genoa vs Fiorentina (1845) money involved in transfers,” PAOK (GRE) rejected by the Merseyside club as “insulting and Manchester United. I thought he played very well he said. Maccabi Haifa (ISR) derisory”. the other night (against Chelsea). He’s in good con- Sassuolo vs Livorno (1845) REUTERS An increased bid of £36m, while again being dition, and mentally he’s in good shape, so we’ll do Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) Udinese vs Parma (1845) turned down this week, is much closer to Everton’s everything we can to keep that going.” AFP AUGUST 31, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY

Results Results from the Meeting Zurich Men/ Bolt sprints to Zurich victory Women on Thursday Men’s 800m I am tired, says the Jamaican superstar; Fraser-Pryce, Merritt win 1. Nick Symmonds (US) 1:43.56 2. Marcin Lewandowski (Poland) 1:43.79

ZURICH: Olympic and world 3. Ferguson Rotich (Kenya) 1:44.39 champion Usain Bolt out- Men’s 1500m sprinted fellow Jamaican Nickel Disgraced sprinter Ashmeade and American Justin 1. Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3:30.97 Gatlin to win the 100 metres at the Zurich Diamond League 2. Ayanleh Souleiman (Djibouti) 3:31.64 meeting on Thursday. Johnson leads Bolt, running into a slight 3. Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba (Kenya) 3:33.15 headwind, made his customary sluggish start before accelerat- Men’s 110m Hurdles ing away from the field to win in anti-doping cause 9.90 seconds. 1. David Oliver (US) 13.12 Ashmeade was second in 9.94 LONDON, ENGLAND: Disgraced drugs cheat Ben Johnson 2. Ryan Wilson (US) 13.24 with former Olympic and world has resurfaced as the unlikely face of a new anti-doping cam- champion Gatlin two hundredths paign aimed at helping athletes stay clear of risking banned 3. Jason Richardson (US) 13.26 of a second further back. Gatlin substances. finished second behind Bolt at The Jamaica-born Canadian was sensationally stripped of his Men’s Long Jump this month’s Moscow world 100m gold in the 1988 Seoul Olympics after testing positive for championships. stanozolol, a banned anabolic steroid. But Johnson is now heading 1. Zarck Visser (South Africa) 8.32 “I am tired,” Bolt told the BBC. up the #ChooseTheRightTrack campaign, which aims to radically “But the good thing is that every- improve a system that athletes are still breaching today. 2. Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (S Africa) 8.11 body else is tired. But I’m happy, “Winning a gold medal and being the best in the world, it cost me 3. Luis Rivera (Mexico) 8.09 I’ve come out victorious and I’m Spectators get autographs from Usain Bolt of Jamaica, as he celebrates my reputation, my life,” Johnson said. “I’m here to try and change continuing winning.” winning the men’s 100 metres at the Weltklasse Diamond League athletics that. Men’s High Jump Another Jamaican Shelly-Ann meeting in Zurich on Thursday. “I’m trying to clear the air and clear my part of life, trying to help Fraser-Pryce, who became the future generations and future athletes, athletes of my calibre, who 1. Bohdan Bondarenko (Ukraine) 2.33 first woman to sweep the world have tested positive, been in the same boat as me, trying to help 100, 200 and 4x100 sprint titles Diamond League finals will be Meseret Defar won the battle them and say you’re not alone. 2. Konstadinos Baniotis (Greece) 2.33 in Moscow, won the 200 metres held in Brussels September 6. of the Ethiopians in the women’s “If I can help change the mind of athletes in generations to come, in 22.40 seconds. American world champion 5,000 metres, beating compatriot that’s what we are here for.” 3. Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) 2.33 Fifteen Diamond Race trophies LaShawn Merritt defeated Tirunesh Dibaba to the finish in Johnson said that in the early 1980s, doping was rife and the Men’s Discus Throw were awarded along with the Grenada’s 2011 world gold med- 14 minutes 32.83 seconds. temptation of glory had proved too much for him. Athletics’ world $40,000 first prize accompanying allist Kirani James in the men’s Dibaba took the 10,000 gold governing body, the IAAF, announced this month that it will impose 1. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 67.02 them before a capacity crowd of 400 metres to add $40,000 to his medal in Moscow, but opted out four-year bans from 2015. 26,000. The second of this year’s bank balance. of the 5,000 which Defar won with But the #ChooseTheRightTrack campaign is calling for more. It 2. Robert Harting (Germany) 66.83 ease. wants a truly independent and suitably-funded World Anti-Doping On Thursday, Dibaba took the Agency under which an athlete support council should be set up, 3. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 66.07 lead with 600 metres to run only the Press Association reported. Women’s 200m to see Defar ease past her on the It also wants a comprehensive truth and reconciliation process, final bend. although that will require gaining the athletes’ trust. AFP 1. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 22.40 Ukrainian world high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko, 2. Murielle Ahoure (Cote D’Ivoire) 22.66 who has been edging closer this season to Javier Sotomayor’s 3. Mariya Ryemyen (Ukraine) 22.67 Charonda Williams world record of 2.45 metres, failed with an attempt on the Cuban’s Women’s 5,000m of the US celebrates Shelly-Ann after her team’s mark after winning the event on a countback with 2.33. It was Fraser-Price 1. Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 14:32.83 victory in the 4x100 of Jamaica metres Zurich his 11th attempt in the past two 2. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14:34.82 months to break the record which celebrates Trophy relay race. has stood since 1993. with the 3. Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 14:40.33 New Zealand’s world and mascot, Olympic champion Valerie Adams after winning Women’s 400m Hurdles won the women’s shot put which the 200 was staged in the city’s main rail- metres. 1. Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic) 53.32 way station on Wednesday. Adams set a meeting record 2. Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 54.22 and a year’s personal best of 20.98 3. Denisa Rosolova (Czech Rep) 54.99 metres. REUTERS Australia wants to play Aussies boosted as Finch fireworks end day-night Test matches long victory drought SYDNEY: Australia will trial day-night matches A previous experiment with day-night Sheffield SOUTHAMPTON: Record- “I think you saw, I started in the domestic Sheffield Shield competition later Shield matches in the 1990s was scrapped after prob- breaking batsman Aaron Finch blocking the hell out of it around this year with a view to playing Tests against New lems with yellow and orange balls, which lost colour (pictured) thinks a first win in 100,” he laughed. “I did get a little Zealand under lights in 2015-16, Cricket Australia and were affected by the evening dew. any format in six months will bit nervous but I had no idea what (CA) said yesterday. Sutherland accepted there would be resistance to give Australia a huge dose of the record was.” The three four-day matches will be played using the plans and conceded there were still some issues England’s Eoin Morgan reacts much-needed confidence after Finch hoped his blistering a pink ball with further trials to take place in the with the ball that would need to be resolved. as he walks off after losing the disappointment of the Ashes innings would help him stake a 2014-15 domestic season as CA looks to maximise “Cricket needs to address the hurdles standing his wicket for a duck against defeat. “pretty good” claim to stay in the exposure of long-form cricket to television audiences. in the way of day-night Test cricket in a rational, Australia on Thursday. The 26-year-old smashed 156 side for the second T20 against “There is a lot of work to be done and nothing is mature way,” he added. runs off 63 balls to help Australia England in Durham and the one- guaranteed but this summer’s trials are our first “We acknowledge that one of the critical aspects beat England in a Twenty20 day series to follow. serious effort to make day-night test cricket a real- is how the ball wears, behaves and is seen over the match at the Rose Bowl on Although Australia’s winless ity,” CA chief James Sutherland said in a statement. course of an innings. Sri Lanka seek Thursday, bettering the previous streak in Test cricket is now “We’ve also had some discussions with New “There are also some concerns about dew on the international record of 123 guaranteed to extend to Zealand Cricket to gauge their interest in the con- ground at night. There may need to be some flex- clarification scored by New Zealander 11 months, Finch thought cept over the past few weeks given they are due to ibility and compromise to get to the outcome.” Brendon McCullum. breaking the drought in tour Australia in late 2015. Sutherland said day-night Test cricket would ben- on shelved Australia’s tally of 248 all forms of the game “This is all about the fans. Cricket can’t afford efit the game worldwide but did not foresee an end for six was the second augured well for the lim- to sit on its hands and must keep working hard to to the tradition of watching Test cricket over a long highest score in an inter- ited overs series against ensure Tests remain the most popular form of the summer day. Zimbabwe tour national T20 after Sri England. game. “We are not proposing all tests should be played Lanka’s 260 against Kenya “It’s huge boost, there’s “There isn’t a major team sport in the world that at night in the long term,” he said. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s sched- in 2007, and set up their a lot of new players in so schedules the majority of its premium content dur- “However there are certain venues and times of uled tour of Zimbabwe has first victory since they there’s a lot of fresh guys ing the working week. At least three days of a Test the year where day-night Test cricket can poten- been thrown in doubt after beat West Indies in a one ready to go,” he said. are played when adults are at work and kids are at tially enhance and further promote and support the the African nation sought to dayer in early February. “So I think there hasn’t school.” game.” REUTERS postpone the series starting in “It was just one of been a lot of baggage October without giving any spe- those days when everything hit carried over from the Ashes ... I cific details, Sri Lanka Cricket the middle of the bat and things think everyone’s really confident (SLC) said yesterday. went my way,” Finch told a news going into the series.” Fire-eaters entertain “We received an e-mail from conference in Southampton. The match was also notable the crowd during the the Zimbabwe Cricket Union “It was a beautiful wicket. The for being the international debut Twenty20 International (ZCU) seeking a postponement outfield was lightning and all you of leg spinner Fawad Ahmed, a cricket match between of the tour and the reason given had to do was hit the gap early former refugee from Pakistan England and Australia was ‘due to unavoidable cir- and you got maximum value. who benefited from a change in at the Ageas Bowl in cumstances’,” SLC secretary “It was a beautiful place to bat, the law to get his Australian citi- Southampton, southern Nishantha Ranatunga told I think the bowlers won’t be too zenship in July. England, on August reporters. happy about it though.” “There’s a huge excitement 29, 2013. Australia “No further reasons were given In 70 minutes of batting fire- around the group about Fawad won the match by by the Zimbabwe Cricket Union works, Finch hit 11 fours and a playing,” Finch said of his Victoria and we are awaiting further clari- T20 record 14 sixes, one off the state team-mate, who failed to 39 runs, inspired by fication on this matter.” bowling of Stuart Broad bringing take a wicket and cost 43 runs Aaron Finch, who Unconfirmed reports stated up his first international century in tricky conditions at the Rose scored the highest T20 that the ZCU, which hosted India from 47 balls. Bowl. individual score ever in July and are currently playing The opener said he was una- “He bowled the house down in in international cricket. Pakistan at home, do not have the ware he had a chance to better domestic cricket last year and Finch scored 156 runs. budget to host a third country in South African Richard Levi’s I think given the conditions, he the space of four months. 45-ball record for the fastest T20 adapted really well,” he added REUTERS century. after the match. REUTERS AUGUST 31, 2013 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Barcelona crowned champions IHF Super Globe: The Catalans beat HSV Hamburg; Qatar’s Eljaish finish third

DOHA: Barcelona Intersport In the 40th minute, Barcelona won their first IHF Super Globe managed to gain their first ever title after defeating European four-goal lead in the match, when A champions HSV Hamburg outstanding and powerful Nikola 27-25 in a thrilling final Karabatic hit the net to make the between the two debutants in score 20-16. Doha yesterday. Two-time European The Spanish club, who replaced Championship winner Hans former champions Atletico Linberg was the best Hamburg Madrid in the eight-team com- player, as the Danish player petition earlier this year, gained scored an overall of seven goals. revenge for their Champions Backed by Lindberg and the League loss against the Germans saves of Bitter, Hamburg managed in June this year and picked up a rally back. At 20-21, Barcelona $400,000 cheque. players sensed the threat of the In other matches yesterday, European champions, and had Eljaish finished in third position new goalkeeper Danijel Saric to after a 27-20 victory over Etoile thank, having saved two penalty Sportive du Sahel. shots. Qatari clubs Al Sadd and Al With Saric, Barca’s defence Rayyan won their final placement strengthened as a unit in the final matches. crucial minutes as Hamburg could Al Sadd cruised past Sydney not find the gaps to get through University 32-19, to finish in sev- and score. enth position. Finally a successful penalty shot Al Rayyan was made to work by Siarhei Rutenka secured the for their 30-29 victory over final result the first ever Barca Taubate to finish in fifth place. title victory in the tournament. Hamburg had the better start In the third-place play-off thanks to the saves of goal- match, both teams started with B C keeper Johannes Bitter, but then a low scoring efficiency. Barcelona improved in defence. After 10 minutes, the score was With the score 6-6, the only 2-2. Catalans took the lead as the With the score 8-3 in favour to Germans had problems in scoring, Eljaish, the Qatari team contin- as a huge number of their shots ued to shoot more precisley that were blocked by the tall Barcelona went into the back of the net. middle block or were saved by The margin could have been goalkeeper Arpad Sterbik. bigger but Sahel was inspired After the break, both teams by the goalkeeping of Mohamed were below their full potential Shebib. levels having decelerated and In the second half, the the European sides made a big Tunisians were more determined number of mistakes. and their defence worked better. With players suffering from But Eljaish withstood and tiredness which was clearly visible extended the gap by three straight having played their fifth match in goals from 16-12 to a pre-decisive A) Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Khalifa Al Thani (second left), chairman of the organis- six days, the game was nearly only 19-12 in the 45th minute. ing committee for the 2015 Men’s Handball Championship is seen along with Qatar imprinted by both defence sides. The wild-card entrants contin- Handball Federation chairman Ahmed Mohamed al Shaabi (left) and IHF President Dr But the Catalans - pushed by ued to dominate and the referee Hassan Moustafa (in black) as Barcelona receive the Super Globe trophy yesterday at highly efficient team captain blew the whistle which delighted Al Gharafa Sports Hall yesterday. B and C) Barcelona players celebrate with the trophy. Victor Tomas were still the bet- the Eljaish players. PICTURES BY: SHAIVAL DALAL ter team. AGENCIES/THE PENINSULA Djokovic moves on; Wimbledon Lorenzo tops practice at Bayern win finalist Lisicki crashes out Silverstone UEFA Super Cup NEW YORK: Top seed Novak Djokovic survived a first-set Results LONDON, England: Defending wobble to reach the US Open Men’s champion Jorge Lorenzo turned PRAGUE: Bayern Munich Fernando Torres put Chelsea third round yesterday but up the heat on his rivals as he gained some revenge for their ahead with a sublime first-time Wimbledon runner-up Sabine 5-Tomas Berdych (Czech produced the quickest time in 2012 Champions League final finish in the eighth minute before Lisicki once again flopped when Republic) bt Denis Kudla the second free practice session defeat by Chelsea when they Franck Ribery equalised with a removed from her London (US) 7-6(3), 7-6(3) ,6-3; Denis yesterday ahead of the British beat the Premier League club 25-metre drive in the 47th. grasscourt comfort zone. Istomin (Uzbekistan) bt Tobias MotoGP at Silverstone this 5-4 on penalties after a thrilling Eden Hazard restored Chelsea’s World number one Djokovic Kamke (Germany) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2; weekend. UEFA Super Cup ended 2-2 at advantage with a crisp drive in the won 12 of the last 14 games to 1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat The Yamaha rider was almost the end of extra-time yesterday. 93rd minute and Javi Martinez defeat Germany’s Benjamin Benjamin Becker (Germany) a quarter of a second faster than Nine penalties in a row were dramatically levelled for Bayern Becker 7-6 (7/2), 6-2, 6-2 after 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-2; Marcel second-placed Marc Marquez scored before Chelsea substitute with the last kick of extra-time. Granollers (Spain) bt Rajeev saving two set points in the 10th after clocking a lap of two min- Romelu Lukaku had his effort Chelsea had Brazil midfielder Ram (US) 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 6-3, 7-5; game of the opening set. utes 02.734 seconds. saved by Bayern keeper Manuel Ramires sent off in the 85th 31-Julien Benneteau (France) Djokovic, the 2011 champion Current world champion- Neuer to give the Champions minute for a second bookable beat Jeremy Chardy (France) who is bidding to reach the New ship leader Marquez, riding for League winners victory over the offence. 6-4, 6-3, 6-4; 12-Tommy Haas York final for a fourth successive Honda and having won the last Europa League holders. REUTERS (Germany) bt Lu Yen-Hsun year, sent down 13 aces as well as four races, had beaten Lorenzo (Taiwan) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(3); 40 winners with 18 of his 26 total in the morning session with the 21-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) unforced errors coming in that two Spaniards then trading places beat Alexandr Dolgopolov uncomfortable first set against (Ukraine) 7-5, 6-1, 6-3. later in the day. the world number 87, who is part Lorenzo’s fastest effort came of US Open folklore. Women’s with his first flying lap of sec- It was the 32-year-old German 15-Sloane Stephens (US) bt ond free practice and, although who ended Andre Agassi’s career 23-Jamie Hampton (US) 6-1, Marquez closed on the time in the American’s last match in Novak Djokovic of Serbia cel- 6-3; 24-Ekaterina Makarova throughout the session, he could New York in 2006. ebrates victory after his second (Russia) bt 16-Sabine Lisicki not get within two-tenths of a “Becker is a quality player and round match against Benjamin (Germany) 6-4, 7-5; 3-Agnieszka second of his compatriot. he should have won the first set. Becker of Germany at the 2013 Radwanska (Poland) bt Rain had fallen during practice 32-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova I was fortunate to come out of it, US Open at USTA Billie Jean King sessions for the supporting Moto3 but after that I felt more comfort- (Russia) 6-4 7-6(1); 5-Li Na race but the skies cleared before National Tennis Center in New able on the court,” said Djokovic, (China) bt 30-Laura Robson the MotoGP riders took to the York, yesterday. who next plays either Jarkko (Britain) 6-2, 7-5. track. Nieminen of Finland or Portugal’s It was a good day for MotoGP’s Joao Sousa. Li’s best US Open performance Russian 24th seed Makarova Spanish contingent as Marquez’s In the women’s event, Chinese was a run to the quarter-finals clinched a 6-4, 7-5 win over team-mate Dani Pedrosa and fifth seed Li Na and third-seeded in 2009, one round better than German 16th seed Lisicki, who compatriot Alvaro Bautista com- Pole Agnieszka Radwanska made Radwanska, who has stumbled at had wowed Wimbledon last pleted the top four. the last 16. the fourth-round stage on three month when she defeated Serena Six-time MotoGP champion Li hit 11 aces in a 6-2, 7-5 vic- occasions. Williams on her way to a final loss Valentino Rossi was the best of tory against teenager Laura The 2012 Wimbledon runner- against Marion Bartoli. the rest as he took fifth place on Robson, avenging her loss to the up made the last 16 once again In other early men’s action his Yamaha with Britain’s Cal Briton at the same stage last year. yesterday with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/1) win Friday, 12th seeded Tommy Haas, Crutchlow sixth. The 31-year-old Li, who saw her over Russian 32nd seed Anastasia the oldest man in the draw at 35 Crutchlow’s team-mate and opponent hit 30 unforced errors, Pavlyuchenkova, a quarter-finalist and a three-time quarter-finalist, fellow Brit Bradley Smith was goes on to face either Japanese in 2011. defeated Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan eighth. qualifier Kurumi Nara or Serbian Pavlyuchenkova, seeded at 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3). Meanwhile, Crutchlow has ninth seed Jelena Jankovic, the a major for the first time, was The 35-year-old German next revealed he is determined to 2008 runner-up, for a quarter- undone by 41 unforced errors, plays Russian 21st seed Mikhail mark the 10th anniversary of the final spot. which rendered her 32 winners Youzhny, the two-time semi- death of Barry Sheene by stand- Franck Ribery of Bayern Munich celebrates after scoring the equaliser “I was really happy how I was irrelevant against the steady finalist, who saw off Alexandr ing on the top step of the MotoGP during the UEFA Super Cup match against Chelsea in Prague, Czech hitting on the court,” Li said. “And Radwanska who now faces Dolgopolov of Ukraine 7-5, 6-1, podium for the first time in his Republic, yesterday. I thought I served really well.” Ekaterina Makarova. 6-3. AFP career at Silverstone. AFP AUGUST 31, 2013 Break Time www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 ON SATURDAY

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MUSCAT 34/27 Partly cloudy 35/27 Partly cloudy KUWAIT 44/33 Partly cloudy 43/32 Clear Hot-air balloons fly during the 39th French Air-Balloon Championship, in Brissac-Quince, western France, yesterday. Ninety-two hot-air balloons BAHRAIN 39/31 Partly cloudy 38/31 Partly cloudy are taking part in the competition. SANAA 28/16 Partly cloudy 29/16 Clear RIYADH 40/28 Partly cloudy 41/29 Partly cloudy DUBAI 41/33 Clear 41/31 Partly cloudy BAGHDAD 46/28 Clear 46/28 Clear Sheryl Crow finds THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Poverty and recession new ‘Home’ in HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Nashville ATHENS 30/23 Clear 30/23 Clear WASHINGTON 31/22 Partly cloudy 32/25 Chance of storm NASHVILLE: Sheryl Crow SYDNEY 26/11 Clear 26/11 Clear infuse Venice movies has spent the past seven years LONDON 21/12 Partly cloudy 24/16 Partly cloudy living the country life in country PARIS 23/13 Chance of rain 21/13 Partly cloudy VENICE: Nicolas Cage rein- GMC truck Joe drives to pick up Groening said. “There is also the music’s capital with her country habits a low-life version of black workers he employs to poi- poverty aspect to the film.” music friends, but the Grammy- ISTANBUL 25/20 Partly cloudy 26/20 Partly cloudy his Leaving Las Vegas alco- son a forest for clearance, to his Patrol policeman Uwe works winning rocker has only now MANILA 38/25 Mostly cloudy 36/26 Chance of storm holic in the Southern gothic neighbours in tumbledown shacks shifts and has essentially no come around to recording a DHAKA 32/25 Chance of storm 32/25 Chance of storm Joe screened yesterday at the who eat wild animals. career prospects. His wife country music album. DELHI 39/28 Partly cloudy 36/29 Partly cloudy Venice Film Festival while a “I was very careful in the Christine and little daughter “Feels Like Home,” which will ISLAMABAD 37/23 Clear 32/25 Clear German film explores the dark selection of the movie ... I hadn’t Clara appear steadily more con- be released on September 10, is issue of wife beating in the lat- worked for one year and then I fined to their small home. the culmination of the 51-year- est competition offerings. found this script,” Cage said at “We tore out all the ceilings old mother of two’s latest musi- Poverty, and the effects of the a news conference with his co- so we could light every corner of cal conversion, this time into a 2008 economic crash on people actors and the director. the house,” Groening said after country singer. ‘Robin Hood’ band steals and society, as well as the film “For me it was a chance to the screening, adding that several “This album feels very natural,” industry, were emerging themes return to some very in-depth aspects of family life are under Crow said in an interview at her at this year’s festival, which character analysis, character the microscope. 20-hectare estate on the outskirts school supplies from shop opened on Wednesday and will building and to work with David,” Much of the dialogue is impro- of Nashville, where she keeps 11 conclude on September 7 with said Cage, who won the Oscar for vised and the minutiae of eve- horses, two head of longhorn cat- SEVILLE: A Robin Hood-style Manuel Sanchez Gordillo, a con- the awarding of the Golden Lion best actor for his portrayal of an ryday life down to the worms in tle and dogs. band of Spanish left-wing activ- troversial mayor of the Andalusian trophy for best film. alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter the family’s makeshift garden is “It’s an extension of who I am, ists openly stole cartloads of town of Marinaleda and a mem- On Wednesday, Mexican direc- drinking himself to death in the closely scrutinised, but there are where I live. It doesn’t seem like school supplies from a supermar- ber of the regional parliament for tor Alfonso Cuaron said his big- 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas. few scenes of violence. too big of a departure. I’ve been ket yesterday, promising to dis- the Communist, pro-environment budget space disaster drama For that film, Cage said he Instead, Christine, who was absorbed into the city limits of tribute them to needy children. party Izquierda Unida, organised Gravity, the festival opener, had learned how to portray a drunk often seen painting her nails Nashville.” After alerting media, a similar theft last year. almost been derailed by the crash. by videotaping himself after a few earlier in the film, looks ever But it was just 20 years ago more than 200 members of School materials “expropri- Director Paul Schrader, who drinks. This time, he said he and more dishevelled as the bruises when Crow catapulted to pop- the Sindicato Andaluz de ated” this time would be given made Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and co-actor Tye Sheridan, the teen- multiply across her body, and she rock radio sensation with “All Trabajadores (Andalusian Union to needy families in the next few other big hits of the 1970s and age boy for whom Joe becomes a abandons personal hygiene until I Wanna Do,” proclaiming that of Workers) emerged from a days, the union said in a state- ‘80s, said yesterday that econom- surrogate father, simulated the Clara’s innocently cruel observa- “all I want to do is have some fun Carrefour supermarket in the ment, describing it as a “symbolic ics had pretty much transformed feeling by spinning around to tion, “Mummy, you stink”. until the sun comes up over Santa southern city of Seville pushing act for equal opportunity”. the industry. make themselves dizzy. The three-hour-long piece Monica Boulevard,” the street about 10 shopping carts brim- “We want to draw attention to “The film business is undergo- Die Frau des Polizisten (“The is split into 59 chapters, with a that traverses Los Angeles. ming with exercise books, pens, the situation of the two million ing a systematic change — not Police Officer’s Wife”) shows silent message to signal the begin- Crow has sold upward of 20 felt-tips and dictionaries, said a Andalusians in poverty and the systematic, systemic change. a young family in provincial ning and end of each. These “take million albums and has man- photographer at the scene. 400,000 families who receive no Everything we know in this from Germany whose seemingly care- up too much time and interrupt aged to make the transition from They loaded the back-to-school aid or benefit and have all mem- the past doesn’t apply,” Schrader, free life descends into violence. an emotional response”, trade 1990s’ barroom rocker to polished supplies into vans and left. bers unemployed,” it said. who made the latest Lindsay Director Philip Groening, who paper Variety critic Jay Weissberg pop singer in the first decade of Spain’s Interior Ministry vowed After the summer holidays, Lohan movie Canyons on a low made the 2005 art-house hit Into said in his review. the 2000s and now to a new resi- to identify and detain members some 3,300 nursery, infant, pri- budget, told a news conference. Great Silence about Carthusian Groening defends the format, dence in country. of the union who “robbed” the mary and secondary schools In Joe, directed by David monks in the Swiss alps, said that which includes sporadic shots of a In that time, she credits supermarket so as to bring them are to reopen in September in Gordon Green and based on a while the film was mostly about solitary old man who may or may Rock and Roll Hall of Famers to justice. Andalusia, one of the regions novel of the same name by Larry the emotional and psychological not be the policeman’s future self. The Rolling Stones and Tom “The Interior Ministry will act hardest hit by the Spanish eco- Brown, Cage plays a hot-headed, triggers for abuse, economics also “This is one reason why maybe Petty, both of whom she has severely and firmly in this mat- nomic crisis. Its unemployment bourbon-swigging southerner who played a role. some audiences may feel a little worked with, for helping her ter,” a ministry spokesman said. rate is 35.8 percent, well above the befriends a young boy who comes “The film does not deal with distressed at the moment when find her country voice, namely Carrefour was not immediately already elevated national rate of from a violent background. domestic violence only, the film is they feel they have to decide for the Stones’ 1969 song “Country available for comment. 26.26 percent. Poverty oozes out of almost also dealing with the love between themselves,” he said. Honk” and Petty’s Southern-bred The activists’ union, led by Juan AFP every scene, from the battered the mother and the daughter,” REUTERS storytelling. “After 25 years of songwriting, some of my best is on this record,” Duck shower she said. Crow has already scored a top 30 single on Billboard’s county Smuggler caught with fish in pants music chart with “Easy,” a love WELLINGTON: A Vietnamese man’s attempt to smuggle tropi- song about domestic happiness. cal fish into New Zealand in his pants floundered when he tried to Crow did get some help from get through customs with his pockets dripping water, officials said her country music friends dur- yesterday. ing her transition to Nashville, The man arrived at Auckland airport from Australia this week and crediting her country conversion officials suspected something was fishy because liquid was seeping to critical favourite Emmylou from the bulging pockets of his cargo pants, the Ministry of Primary Harris and country megastar Industries (MPI) said. Brad Paisley, who had long told The man initially said he was carrying water from the plane because Crow to take a leap of faith. he was thirsty but a subsequent grilling uncovered the presence of the “He’d say, ‘If your records were fish, the MPI said. to come out now, they would be on It said the man had seven fish, all an unidentified species of cichlid, country radio,’” Crow said. secreted away in two plastic bags in his pockets. He told officers he was She finally succumbed, thanks bringing them to New Zealand for a friend. to a performance she did with MPI spokesman Craig Hughes said the Loretta Lynn and Miranda man will face charges under the Biosecurity Lambert of Lynn’s autobiographi- Act, which carries maximum penalties of five cal “Coal Miner’s Daughter” at the years’ jail or a NZ$100,000 (US$78,000) fine. 2010 Country Music Association “This appears to be a deliberate attempt Awards show. to smuggle fish into the country without “After that, he (Paisley) came any consideration of the biosecurity risk to me and said, ‘Now, will you involved,” he said in a statement. come home to the format you “That’s something we take very seriously.” Ducks stand under a sprinkler on a meadow in Luebben, Germany, yesterday. belong to?’” she recalled. AFP REUTERS