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Emir congratulates Three-month Ukraine President DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of congratulations amnesty for to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on his country’s Inde- pendence Day. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani illegal residents and Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent similar cables to President Poro- Up Department to complete the shenko, reports QNA. exit procedures, from September MoI says amnesty 1 to December 1. from September 1 The ministry said the move Emir condoles with to December 1 will aims at easing exit procedures and granting amnesty to offenders from Singapore President allow illegals to leave the consequences of violating the Qatar without any law. Legal circles said this was the DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim punishment. first amnesty announced in Qatar bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday since the enforcement of Law No. 4 sent a cable of condolences to Sin- Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohamed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi (right) and Ankara of 2009, regulating entry, exit and gapore’s President Tony Tan on the residency of expatriates. Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gokcek exchanging documents after signing the deal in Ankara. death of former president Sella- By Mohammed Iqbal and The last amnesty was declared pan Ramanathan. Mohammed Osman in 2004 for three months from Deputy Emir H H Sheikh The Peninsula March 21 and extended for another Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani month and ended on July 21. About also sent a cable of condolences 10,000 expatriates sought amnesty, Doha and Ankara sign to President Tan. Prime Minister majority of whom were Nepalese, and Interior Minister H E Sheikh DOHA: The Ministry of Interior yes- Indians and Pakistanis. Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa terday announced a three-month Abdelaal A Khalil, a legal Al Thani sent a similar cable of amnesty for illegal residents to consultant, told The Peninsula yes- his counterpart Lee Hsien Loong. leave the country without facing terday that the current amnesty Twin Cities agreement legal consequences. comes ahead of the enforcement Amnesty will be in force from of the new law regulating entry, QIA buys 9.9% stake September 1 to December 1, the exit and residency of expatriates. ministry said on its Twitter account. The law (No. 4 of 2009) states The Peninsula attended by Qatari Ambassador to delegation, who visited the Haci in Empire State trust “The Ministry of Interior that any expatriate violating its Turkey Salem bin Mubarak Al-Shafi. Byram project in the centre of the announces the grace period for provisions related to the purpose Speaking to the press after capital and Ankapark which is under DOHA: Qatar Investment Author- those residing in the country, vio- of his entry or residency must leave the signing of the agreement, Al construction and considered one of ity (QIA) has invested $622m in lating the provisions of the law the country in 90 days. It stipulates DOHA: Minister of Municipality Rumaihi said Doha had turned into the biggest theme parks in Turkey. the Empire State Building in New regulating the entry, exit and resi- imprisonment of up to three years and Environment H E Mohamed bin an advanced smart city with the lat- Ankara Metropolitan Municipal- York. The investment gives QIA a dency of expatriates, in order to exit and fines of up to QR50,000 or both Abdullah Al Rumaihi said yesterday est technological enhancements. ity Mayor Melih Gokcek stressed the 9.9 percent stake in Empire State from the country without the legal for violation. that Doha and Ankara had signed a With the government support, importance of Qatari-Turkish rela- Realty Trust (ESRT), a listed New consequences, in accordance with In case of repeat violation, the Twin Cities agreement. Doha would become one of the most tionship in different fields and said York-based trust which manages the law (No. 4 of 2009),” said the punishment will be jail for not less The deal was inked at Turkish important capitals in the world in the signing of the agreement would a portfolio of office and retail statement. than 15 days or fine of not less than capital Ankara’s municipality build- the field of construction and serv- strengthen relations between both properties in Manhattan and the All those staying in the coun- QR20,000. ing and aims at exchanging expertise ices, he added. countries. It would also enhance greater New York metropolitan try illegally have been asked to between them. The Ankara Municipality organ- exchange of information and exper- area. approach the Search and Follow → Continued on page 2 The signing ceremony was ised a tour for the Minister and his tise between both sides, he added. → See also page 17

Turkish tanks roll Wall of dust 120 dead in Italy earthquake into Syria; push IS out of town AP Qatar sends condolence cables AFP DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable AMATRICE, ITALY: Rescue crew of condolences to Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella on the victims KARKAMIS: Turkish tanks and using bulldozers and bare hands of an earthquake that hit the country yesterday. hundreds of opposition fighters raced to dig out survivors from a Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani sent a thrust deep inside Syrian territory strong earthquake that reduced cable of condolences to President Mattarella and Prime Minister and yesterday in a lightning operation three central Italian towns to Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani that within hours ousted Islamic rubble yesterday. sent a similar cable to his counterpart Matteo Renzi, reports QNA. State (IS) militants from a key Syr- The death toll stood at 120, ian border town. but the number of dead and miss- anymore,” said Sergio Pirozzi, “No family, no city, no hamlet will The air and ground offensive ing was uncertain given the huge Mayor of the hardest-hit town be left behind.” — the most ambitious launched number of vacationers in the area Amatrice. “I believe the toll will Tiny towns of Amatrice and by Ankara in the Syria conflict for summer’s final days. rise.” Accumoli near Rieti, some 100km — made rapid progress towards Residents wakened before The magnitude 6 quake northeast of Rome, and Pescara Jarabulus with rebel fighters dawn by the temblor emerged struck at 3:36am and was felt del Tronto, some 25km further proclaiming victory by the late from their crumbled homes across central Italy, includ- east were hardest-hit. The civil afternoon just 14 hours after oper- to find what they described as ing Rome, the Lazio region and protection agency coordinating ation “Euphrates Shield” started. apocalyptic scenes “like Dan- Umbria and Le Marche on the rescue and care for survivors, “Jarabulus is completely te’s Inferno,” with entire blocks Adriatic coast. said thousands needed tempo- liberated,” Ahmad Othman, Com- A massive dust storm near Aspire Park yesterday afternoon. Dense, swirling of buildings turning into piles of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi rary housing, though it stressed mander of the Sultan Mourad dust sent by strong winds caused poor visibility in Doha and many parts of sand and rock, thick dust choking visited the zone, met rescue the numbers were fluid. rebel group, said from the scene, Qatar. Picture by The Peninsula reader Mohamad Dabbous → See also page 3 the air and a putrid smell of gas. teams and survivors and said at while another rebel spokesman “The town isn’t here least 368 were injured. He said: → See also page 12 said IS fighters had fled towards Al Bab to the southwest. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the opera- tion was also targeting Kurdish State-owned firms most popular among Qatari jobseekers militia fighters opposed by Ankara — but backed by the US as a key ally against IS — who had also The Peninsula participated in the survey and majority Qatar was one of six countries best talent domestically. been closing in on Jarabulus. QATAR FACT BOX listed Qatar Airways, Qatar Petroleum surveyed as part of the Middle East While many Middle Eastern coun- But visiting US Vice-President Average age of respond- and Qatar Foundation as their ideal Talent Survey 2016. Conducted over tries face fierce competition from Joe Biden reassured Turkey that ent: 21.4 employers. six months, the research uncovers multinationals that can offer the Washington had told the Kurdish DOHA: Qatar’s leading state-owned The findings show that Qatar’s university students’ attitudes about opportunity for overseas travel and fighters under no circumstances Average expected monthly firms have dominated a list of most domestic employers remain widely employers and what drives their career postings, our findings suggest that to cross west of the Euphra- salary (male): QR15,163 sought after employers among Qatari favoured by its emerging talent pool. decisionmaking. Qatari firms will have first choice of tes River or face the total loss of students, a talent survey by interna- In contrast, in other Middle East Claudia Tattanelli, Chairman, Stra- the country’s emerging talent pool,” American support. Average expected monthly tional employment research company countries, students saw international tegic Advisory Board, Universum, said: Tattanelli added. salary (female): QR12,093 Universum has revealed. firms and overseas postings as highly “The findings are very positive for the → See also page 5 Hundreds of university students desirable. Qatari government’s aim to retain the → Continued on page 3 02 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 HOME Conferences lined up for Milipol Qatar 2016

to witness participation of leading on homeland security,” he added. regional and global firms looking to Milipol Qatar has launched a Updated website showcase their latest products and brand new website, offering visi- launched and official service innovations in the fields of tors more information on the event, security, safety, detection and pre- ways to register and engage through registration begins vention equipment and systems and interactive material. for the global other defence supplies during the The website (milipolqatar.com) exhibition to be held three-day event. has been designed to provide the Running alongside the exhibi- ultimate user-friendly experience from October 31 until tion will be conferences covering key with improved functionality and November 2. topics including critical infrastruc- navigation right, allowing viewers ture protection; crisis management to access material easily with the Claudia Lux (left), Director, QNL, and Abdullah Hamed Al Mulla, Director, Public Relations and Communication, & resilience; safe/smart cities; and option to share information across CCC, exchanging documents after the MoU. large events security management. key social networking channels. The Peninsula Brigadier Nasser bin Fahad Al A new section dedicated to the Thani, President, Milipol Qatar 2016 events during the exhibition and an Committee, said: “Qatar retained its online catalogue providing detailed position as the most peaceful coun- information on exhibitors, has been Deal signed to promote DOHA: Under the patronage of Emir try in the Middle East in the Global added to the website. The website is H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Peace Index (GPI) 2016 released by also available on mobile devices and Thani, Milipol Qatar — the leading Institute of Economics and Peace. in a light Arabic version. international exhibition dedicated The GPI ranked Qatar 34th interna- Online registration for Milipol reading habit among kids to homeland security in the Middle tionally, which makes the country Qatar 2016 has officially opened East — returns to Doha this year for the best place to organise Milipol in to facilitate smoother entry to vis- its 11th edition. the region. itors who have pre-registered for By Mohammed Osman relevant programmes. library, kid’s joy and space town The expo will be held from Octo- “Throughout this time, Milipol e-badges. Early online registrants The Peninsula “The agreement is part of ongo- which are nice features families and ber 31 until November 2 at Doha Qatar has acquired paramount can go through the registration proc- ing awareness, training efforts and children can use. Exhibition and Convention Center fame and a distinguished status ess and receive electronic badges activities aiming to enhance reading “At the moment we are offering (DECC). It is organised by the Min- as the most substantial special- in advance by clicking on the link habits adopted by the centre since a lot of electronic resources, which istry of Interior in partnership with ised event in the Middle East for (http://www.mybadgeonline.com/ DOHA: Childhood Cultural Center its establishment in 2002,” said Al are high-quality materials, to stimu- French-based Comexposium Security. homeland security despite the big MilipolQatar/Default.aspx) on their and Qatar National Library (QNL), a Mulla. late the brain for reading,” Lux said. Milipol Qatar 2016 is expected number of specialized exhibitions Internet browsers. member of Qatar Foundation, yes- “This is part of programmes “The CCC will have direct access terday signed a memorandum of and activities aiming to achieve all- to these materials and include them understanding (MoU) for coopera- rounded development of the child, in their activities. This partnership tion at the CCC office in Katara. including the national project for will give a push to reading activities Qatari aid ship ‘Hope’ Amnesty good chance for illegals The agreement was signed by child awareness, the campaign of in Qatar and we are very happy to Claudia Lux, Director, QNL, and “I am Reading” launched in 2013,” sign the MoU. Children until 17 can arrives in Aden Continued from page 1 Abdullah Hamed Al Mulla, Director, he added. become members of QNL and enjoy Public Relations and Communica- “We are happy to have this MoU its services. tion, CCC. Several officials from CCC, with the CCC,” said Lux, pointing out “It is important for us to have DOHA: The relief ship ‘Hope’ arrived in Yemen’s “There could be many people in the country who have QNL and media representatives were that the library has implemented in cooperation with everybody in Qatar port of Aden yesterday. The consignment is funded violated the law, including runaway workers, families who present. the past three to four years pro- who is supporting reading and cul- by Qatari philanthropists through Eid Charity have come on visit and overstayed or people working ille- The MoU will enable both sides grammers focusing on child’s brain tural activities for children because Foundation and Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foun- gally with other employers, who are not their sponsors. to take part in each other’s activi- development from very early age to we need children’s brain develop- dation for Humanitarian Services (RAF). “This is a good chance for people who have violated the ties, promote joint activities and ensure success of children’s educa- ment. It is important that the rights Eid Charity said the ship is carrying 2,500 law to avoid punishment. This gives a chance for the viola- events, hold awareness campaigns, tion and career. of children and their role in soci- tonnes of food for about 250,000 people in Aden tors to leave the country in a legal away,” ,” Abdelaal said. implement activities to help children She said QNL has many materi- ety are acknowledged and this is and other affected areas. Eid Charity General He said the move is connected with new laws issued acquire reading habits and organ- als that can be accessed online and the goal we will work together to Manager Ali bin Abdullah Al Suwaid said the ship- recently, including the amended labour law and the law reg- ise workshops, contests and other it has included children’s digital achieve,” said Lux. ment cost about QR10m, reports QNA. ulating entry, exit and residency of expatriates. HOME THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 03

Minister invited to infrastructure QC begins anti-malaria project in Niger forum in S Korea

DOHA: Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin that cause malaria. Saif Al Sulaiti yesterday received Alssuibqi said QC’s priority is an invitation from South Korean The programme will to take care of foster orphans and Minister of Land, Infrastruc- benefit 1,500 orphans protect them from epidemic and ture and Transport Kang Ho-in and their parents in infectious diseases, especially to participate in an international malaria, which is the primary cause infrastructure conference in Niamey, Tillabéri and of death of millions, especially chil- South Korea next month. Dosso areas. dren, in the country. South Korean Ambassador He said healthcare can help com- Park Heung-Kyeong presented bat and cure malaria. the message as the Minister met The coordinator of national pro- him. The meeting also reviewed The Peninsula gram for combating malaria and relations between the two friendly representative of Niger government countries in the fields of transport, praised QC’s initiative, role in extend- communications and information ing the scope of the programme, its technology, reports QNA. DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) has stand alongside the government launched a programme to com- in implementing the national pro- bat malaria for the benefit of 1,500 gramme and thanked doctors who Mercedes-Benz orphans and their parents in Niamey, participated in the programme and Tillabéri and Dosso in Niger. the benefactors of Qatar. C Class 2014 It was launched in the presence QC has worked in Niger since of the national coordinator for com- the beginning of 2000 in partner- models recalled bating malaria in Niger, doctors and ship with local NGOs to alleviate beneficiaries. the suffering of the rural population Mohamed Tahar Alssuibqi, affected by drought, poverty and dis- The Peninsula Director, QC office in Niger, said all ease in Niger, which is in dire need of orphans underwent tests and treat- development according to the United ment was provided to those with Nations Development Index 2013. DOHA: The Ministry of Economy malaria, along with sterile mosquito QC sponsors orphans and their and Commerce, in collaboration net for all orphans and their parents. families and provide psychological, with Nasser Bin Khaled Automo- Doctors held activities to raise health, educational and social sup- biles, dealer of Mercedes-Benz awareness about malaria, its neg- port. It provides orphans in some Nigerian and Qatar Charity officials at the launch of the campaign. vehicles, has announced the recall ative impact on employment and countries with centres for hous- of Mercedes-Benz C Class 2014 development, personal hygiene, the ing, education, vocational training models over a potential defect in surrounding environment and how and rehabilitation so that orphans countries where QC has such centres. has launched international initia- development projects for children the threaded connection of the to use sterile mosquito net to prevent are able to continue their lives on Out of its keenness to serve tive “Rufaqa” to sponsor orphans and orphans and help their families battery ground line. insect bites, especially mosquitoes their own. Bangladesh is one of the the largest number of orphans, QC around the world. Rufaqa provides lead a decent life. The ministry said the recall is part of efforts to protect consum- ers and ensure that dealers follow up on vehicle defects and repairs. The ministry said it will coor- Qatari students prefer dinate with the dealer to follow Sandstorm: Caution urged up on maintenance and repairs and communicate with customers to ensure repairs are carried out. The Peninsula morning fog and mist, according to the weather jobs at QP, QF and It urged customers to report bureau. any violations to its Consumer Mist and fog is expected during the early Protection and Anti-Commer- hours of today. The condition is forecast to Qatar Airways cial Fraud Department through DOHA: Strong winds sent swirling dust which change by afternoon with hot weather, however its call centre 16001; email: info@ shrouded Doha and many parts of Qatar, lead- some places might experience scattered rain Continued from page 1 mec.gov.qa; Twitter: @MEC_Qatar; ing to massive fall in visibility across the country and clouds, according to a spokesperson at the most sought after career path, while Instagram: MEC_Qatar; and the yesterday afternoon. department. media and advertising tumbled from ministry’s mobile app for Android “Doha is being affected by dust due to tem- “Scattered rain is a common feature in Qatar Its Qatar survey gathered responses 30 percent in 2015 to 14 percent in this and IOS: MEC_Qatar. porary strong downdraft winds resulting from during end of August. We have experienced such from 401 male and female students in year’s survey. the thunder cells in the north,” the Qatar Mete- rain in the past,” he said. five universities throughout the country. Qatar Airways was the employer of orology Department said in its Twitter account. Visibility will be between 4km and 8km and Majority of the respondents were stud- choice among business and commerce Indian Embassy The Ministry of Interior warned motorists to could drop to 2km in some places. ying banking, commerce, engineering students, followed by Qatar Foundation, be cautious while driving due to poor visibility The average temperature in Doha will range or IT. Google and Qatar Petroleum. closed today caused by the sandstorm. between 32 and 42 degrees Celsius and could Asked what they looked for most in Turning to the career goals of engi- Scattered rains were also reported in Al Shee- reach 43 degrees in places like Messaid and Al their future careers, majority of respond- neering and IT students, the aim to have DOHA: The Indian Embassy will haniya, Al Ghuwariyah, Al Khor and other areas. Wakrah. Southwesterly winds would blow at ents across degree subjects said they work/life balance retained its top spot remain closed on the occasion of The low visibility experienced across Qatar speeds ranging between three to 10 knots and sought a job that provides professional from the previous year’s survey. Janmashtami today, an embassy is expected to continue until tomorrow due to up to 18 knots at times. training and development. The need for job security and interna- statement said yesterday. High future earnings was the top tional travel also ranked in this year’s top preference among male respond- three, while the goal to manage a team ents, specifically, while an innovative fell from second in 2015 to sixth most employer was a leading preference important in 2016. among engineering and IT students. Qatar Petroleum remained in the NU-Q to research Qatar’s foreign aid to developing countries When selecting their favoured career top spot as respondents’ ideal employer, industries, more than 40 percent of busi- while Google climbed four places from ness and commerce students chose the last year’s survey to take second place, The Peninsula researchers and contribute to challenges of cultivating a cul- CEO Everette E. Dennis. banking sector. ahead of Qatar Foundation and Qatar enhancing the existing research ture of scientific learning in The goal of Undergraduate Professional services was the next Airways. capacity in social science, arts Qatar. I also hope that we can Research Experience Pro- and humanities in Qatar,” he raise more awareness that stud- gramme (UREP) funding is to DOHA: The Northwestern Uni- said. ying science does not have to be foster and develop a culture of versity in Qatar (NU-Q) will Dr Anto Mohsin, Assist- only in a formal academic setting research as methods of enhanc- soon begin a research project on ant Professor of Science and such as taking science courses in ing undergraduate education. Qatar’s foreign aid to developing Technology Studies, NU-Q, has schools and universities. Equally Students and mentors have the countries to develop a knowledge received a grant for a study on important is to develop a culture ability to build their research base in the country’s interna- cultivating a science-based com- of inquiry and a ‘spirit of curi- and experience portfolio through tional affairs. munity and scientific culture in osity’ to understand nature and such programmes. It will also contribute to Qatar. Dr. Mohsin, working in how things work,” he said. NU-Q’s newest UREP propos- the development of public collaboration with Qatar Envi- Grants were awarded by als will engage research mentors policy, governance and regula- ronment and Energy Research Qatar National Research Fund and undergraduate students. tion as these relate to effective Institute (QEERI), will oversee (QNRF), a member of Qatar In the past 19 cycles of Qatari foreign aid management, the project. Foundation Research and Devel- the UREP Programme, NU-Q according to Dr Hasan Mahmud, “Receiving the grant will opment (QF R&D). has been awarded nine grant Assistant Professor of Sociology, allow me to involve student “The grants reflect the cre- projects, which have offered its NU-Q, who will be the principal researchers in the project and ative work of our faculty and students and faculty the oppor- investigator. expand its scope. One of the play an integral role in NU-Q’s tunity to immerse in similar “It will also provide theoret- hopes we have for the study is development as a hub of research innovative pedagogical methods, ical and empirical knowledge to use QEERI’s Science Majlis excellence and innovation in and produce widely published and hands-on training to student to understand the drivers and Education City,” said Dean and journals and reports. Diversion on Civil Defence Roundabout from tomorrow

The Peninsula right onto Medical City Inter- section and those coming from Onaiza Street can only turn right onto Mohammed Bin Thani DOHA: The Public Works Street as shown in the map. Authority (Ashghal) will The diversion aims at com- implement a temporary traf- pleting works to convert Civil fic diversion on Civil Defence Defence Roundabout into a sig- Roundabout from tomorrow nalised intersection as part of the morning until Sunday morning, fifth phase of the Development in coordination with the Traffic of Intersection and Roundabouts Police Department. project across greater Doha. The For motorists coming from project aims at enhancing traffic Mohammed Bin Thani Street, the and reduce congestion in major left lane leading to Onaiza Street areas. will be closed while the other two Ashghal will install signs to lanes will remain open to traffic. advise motorists of the works For those coming from Medi- and has urged road users to abide cal City Intersection, the left lane will be closed while the other two Motorists coming from Kha- by speed limits and follow signs leading to Khalifa Intersection lanes will remain open. lifa Intersection can only turn for their and others’ safety. 04 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 HOME Ashghal sets up new system to monitor drainage networks

to 86.34 percent of the budget allo- Water Networks throughout Qatar, cated for projects. It spent slightly in addition to providing all accurate Ashghal spent more than QR15bn in the 2014-2015 real time information. QR13.727bn from fiscal year. Subsequently, this will help Ashghal built 23 schools last year, proactively act to sustain the services April to December last and has signed contracts to build in a way that would reduce flooding year, equivalent to another 20 schools next year. Three incidents and customer complaints health centres were also built last and protect the pipeline assets from 86.34 percent of the year in Al Karaana, Al Ghuwairiyah the build-up of hydrogen sulphide. budget allocated for and in Leabaib. This project consists of the instal- In Ashghal’s annual report, Al lation and maintenance of 290 flow major infrastructure Mawlawi said 2015 was a landmark meters, 400 depth monitors, 90 projects. year for the Authority and the coun- hydrogen sulphide monitors, 90 try as it saw the launch of several saline monitors, four rain gauges and large infrastructure projects. Three 100 cameras; all being placed at crit- major infrastructure projects opened ical parts of the network. The Peninsula were F-Ring Road, East Industrial ‘Real Time Monitoring’ will Road and Al Huwaila Road. It also assist in understanding the capac- inaugurated the roads surrounding ity and performance of the Surface the new Qatar National Museum. Ground Water Network, impacted DOHA: Infrastructure remains a In another statement, Ash- by ground water infiltration, dewa- Raj Gopal (sixth right), high priority on Qatar’s economic ghal said its Drainage Networks tering discharges into the network Marketing Manager, Landmark agenda, with expenditure worth Operations and Maintenance (DN from construction sites and sea- Group; and Hardeep Singh over QR15bn last year, Public Works O&M) Department has established sonal storms. The ability to monitor (fourth right), Concept Manager, Authority (Ashghal) said yesterday. a new system to proactively man- the networks in the vicinity of key Centrepoint; with other officials President of Ashghal Nasser age and monitor the sewer networks underpasses will give further visibil- at the launch of the back-to- bin Ali Al Mawlawi said that Ash- throughout Qatar. The innovative ity and early warnings of surcharge school catalogue at Centrepoint ghal spent QR13.727bn from April “Real Time Monitoring Project” levels in Al Asmakh Mall yesterday. to December last year, equivalent started in March this year will set The Foul Network is prone to Pics: Kammutty VP / The up monitoring blockages and occasional collapses systems in both causing the consequential backing Peninsula the Foul and Sur- up of the sewer network and flood- face Ground Water ing. The introduction of these new Networks. monitors will give engineers early The project, warning alarms of level increases in due to be complete the network from the normal pat- Centrepoint launches by the first quarter terns. This will allow the engineers of 2019, will ena- to carry out early investigations and ble the concerned intervene where problems are iden- staff to observe the tified to avoid flooding incidents, back-to-school collection performance of backups and collapses before they the Foul Sewer and become problematic to ‘Ashghal’ Work on sewer networks in progress. Surface Ground customers. The Peninsula comfortable and stylish. Character- all your child’s needs for a success- themed collections add to the fun ful school year. Shoe Mart’s offerings with insulated backpacks, stainless makes back-to-school shopping easy, steel bottles, tritan bottles and spa- with an eclectic range in black uni- McDonald’s team wins basketball trophy DOHA: Centrepoint, the region’s cious lunch boxes for your child’s form shoes, white sporty kicks and largest family fashion retailer, special meal. go easy on the pockets and will suit launched its back-to-school collec- Stationery include fun-shaped every school’s formal dressing. The Peninsula tion that has everything you need to erasers, 3D hard case pencil boxes Brands like Marvel, Barbie and stay on trend for the school year. and colourful gel pens and markers. Disney have imprinted children’s The collection includes every- The latest collection of Fer- favourite characters like Spiderman, thing from backpacks and water rari, Spiderman, Minions and Cars Marvel Heroes, Minnie, Elsa & Anna DOHA: Following the success of last year’s basketball bottles to pencil pouches and station- branded school merchandise will be and Barbie on footwear. Girls will get tournament, AlMana Group, one of Qatar’s leading busi- ery in an array of attractive designs high on the shopping list for fun-lov- to rock the classy school-goer look ness conglomerates, organised another round of weekly and affordable prices. ing little lads. For football fanatics, featuring floral accents, perforations, basketball games. Moms can relax this Back-to- the collection includes Read Madrid, glaze-matt contrasts and embossed The series took place in June and culminated with School season, as Centrepoint has FC Barcelona and Manchester City effects. the finales on August 5. The team of McDonald’s Qatar them covered with their shopping gear among others. For little girls, Boys will be spoiled for choice played impressively and scored 53, securing the title of needs in one destination. Plus the Babyshop’s Disney Princess col- with an impressive range that’s dura- 1st runner-up of the season. brand will have your children lining lection is always a hit along with ble to sail through the action-packed The staff and management of the Group gathered up to do all homework and chores in products from Hello Kitty, Frozen, year. High on comfort and style, the again for Saleh Al Hamad AlMana 5th Basketball Match exchange for its coveted character Marie the Cat, Sofia the First that specially designed range features all- — an annual friendly basketball competition for employ- collections. continue to reign popular with our leather Velcro strap ultra-light shoes. ees from all business divisions of the company, held at Babyshop’s selection of Back- to- trendy tots. White canvas sneakers take care of International School of London Basketball court. School merchandise is every child’s City Lifestyle’s collection of back- sporty days and are designed to with- This year, seven teams competed for weekly matches, The McDonald’s Basketball Team with their trophy. dream; featuring popular characters packs, trolley bags, lunch bags, pencil stand active lifestyles. Extending the including Team McDonald’s The One’ GO Sports-A and B; such as Superman Vs. Batman, Min- pouches, notebooks and water bottles back-to-school selection, Splash is AlMana Fashion; Casper & Gambini; and Nissan. ions, Frozen and Marie the Cat. The are the top selling products for teen- offering a full range of backpacks, Kamal Saleh Al Mana, Managing Director, Al Mana spirt of AlMana’s employees who strive to achieve a com- showcase also features the widest agers and pre-teens. The range sports pouches, pencil cases, iPad bags, Restaurants & Food Co., the owner and operator of mon goal of fostering a strong bond with staff across range of licensed character merchan- popular products from brands such headphones, caps, sling bags and McDonald’s restaurants in Qatar, said, “I congratulate every corporate brand.” During the weekly tourna- dise across ages with a huge selection as Jworld, Jansport, Sakroots, Min- canvas bags for trendy teens. The the winners of this year’s basketball tournament and the ments, employees of each division flocked to the court for boys and girls. mei and Outsider in attractive prints collection highlights popular char- other teams who participated and worked tirelessly on and cheered for their teams. The AlMana Group basket- Backpacks have been revamped and colours. acters like Hello Kitty, Batman, the basketball court. I feel the match exemplified cama- ball series is part of internal human resources strategy this season with four exciting new Character features collections Superman, Minions, Barbie, and the raderie and sportsmanship. This is a testament to the to promote ties among its personnel across the Group. shapes that make going to school also make the cut in a range that has Smiley range. TAMUQ welcomes master’s students for 2016-17

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Haj: Saudi reduces Jamarat US understands Turkey’s stoning timing AFP feelings about Gulen: Biden

Binali Yildirim, Biden said work further and anti-American sentiment RIYADH: A stoning ritual was continuing by US legal experts will deepen in the country. which led to the deaths dur- Gulen’s extradition to evaluate the evidence produced Yildirim said if the process of ing last year’s Haj will be more as soon as possible by Turkey that needs to “be sup- extraditing Gulen is expedited, Turk- tightly controlled during next plied to an American court” for an ish people’s disappointment would month’s pilgrimage, Saudi is Turkey’s biggest extradition. be dispelled “very quickly”. newspapers reported yester- priority, Erdogan tells “I understand the intense feeling Meeting later with President day. US Vice-President. your government and the people of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Biden sought The period during which Turkey have about him (Gulen). We to counter head-on Turkish disap- pilgrims can perform the are cooperating with the Turkish pointment that Western officials had Jamarat ritual will be reduced authorities.” He added that the US has not come sooner to express solidar- by 12 hours, the Saudi Gazette AFP “no, no, no, no interest whatsoever ity after the coup. and Arab News said. in protecting anyone who has done “The American people stand with The symbolic stoning of harm to an ally. None. But we need you,” Biden told reporters, sitting next the devil will be performed as to meet the legal standard require- to Erdogan at the presidential pal- usual over three days begin- ANKARA: US Vice-President Joe ment under our law.” ace in Ankara. “But I do apologise. I ning September 11 at Mina, Biden said yesterday that he under- He said it would be an impeach- wish I could have been here earlier.” about five kilometres east stood the “intense feeling” in Turkey able offence for US President Barack But he added that Ankara needed of Makkah’s Grand Mosque, over the US-based preacher Fethul- Obama to order the extradition of a to produce more if it was going to US Vice-President Joe Biden (left) with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Islam’s holiest site. lah Gulen whom Ankara accuses of foreign national. ensure the extradition of Gulen. But this year there will be masterminding the July 15 failed coup “We have no reason other than “How long it will take will depend Erdogan at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, yesterday. no stoning allowed from 6am and wants to see extradited. to cooperate with you (Turkey)... It on how much evidence is able to be to 10:30am on the first day, Biden’s one-day trip to Ankara always takes time... It is never under- presented. Thus far, until yesterday, He also expressed astonishment have?” he added. from 2pm to 6pm on the sec- was largely aimed at repairing dam- stood why the wheels of justice move there has been no evidence presented at speculation inside Turkey that For his part, Erdogan said Gulen’s ond day and from 10:30 am to age to ties caused by the botched deliberately and slowly. It is totally about the coup. the United States wanted to protect extradition “as soon as possible” was 2pm on the final day, the Haj coup and Turkey’s impatience over understandable why the people of “When you go into an American Gulen. “Can you imagine us being Turkey’s biggest priority. Ministry said. the failure of the US to rapidly sur- Turkey are angry,” he said. court you cannot say ‘this is a bad happy with another military state “I believe that the United States “This procedure will ena- render Gulen. Turkish officials have warned guy’. You have to say ‘this is a guy or in Turkey? We did not get on so well will take necessary steps that will ble the pilgrims to throw Speaking at a news confer- that if Pennsylvania-based Gulen is a woman who committed the follow- with your previous military states. meet Turkey’s rightful expectations stones easily and will pre- ence with Turkish Prime Minister not extradited, relations will suffer ing explicit crime’” said Biden. So what motive could we possibly on this issue,” he added. vent any stampede that may result from overcrowding,” the Saudi Gazette quoted min- istry undersecretary Hussain Al Sharif as saying. He did not US jets supported Turkey in Jarabulus operation: Pentagon elaborate on how the new time restrictions would reduce the potential for overcrowding. In another crowd con- Anatolia near the Syria-Turkey border,” coalition’s intelligence, Surveillance of other coalition members on the the country’s right to self-defence trol move, pilgrims are not Pentagon spokesman Adrian Rank- and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets have ongoing Jarabulus operation. borne out of international treaties allowed to circumambu- ine-Galloway said in a written been regularly monitoring the bor- Turkish military’s Opera- and a mandate given to the Armed late the Holy Ka’aba one hour statement. der as it is “a key transit point for tion Euphrates Shield in Syria was Forces by the Turkish parliament in before or after regular prayers WASHINGTON: The US said yester- Galloway said the US-led coali- ISIL fighters moving back and forth launched early Wednesday, when 2014 and extended for another year at the Grand Mosque when they day that its jets conducted airstrikes tion’s airstrikes were in support of between Syria and Turkey”. artillery and airstrikes were fol- in September 2015. Operations by begin their Haj, Saudi Gazette supporting Turkish efforts to clear Turkey’s operation and vetted Syr- The spokesman added that the lowed by Turkish tanks crossing the the Turkish army which have been and Arab News said. This year’s Daesh from Jarabulus in northern ian opposition forces seeking to clear coalition continued to monitor ongo- border to target Daesh and the PYD actively fighting Daesh, have signif- pilgrimage begins on Septem- Syria. Daesh from Jarabulus — a city located ing operations along the border. in support of the Free Syrian Army icantly contributed to ongoing efforts ber 9. “US manned and unmanned air- 5km from the Turkish-Syrian border. Galloway said it was not up to the (FSA) fighters. of the US-backed international coa- craft participated in these operations According to Galloway, the Pentagon to discuss the contributions The operation is in line with lition against the terror group. Kerry in Saudi on Yemen peace push Saudi police foil mosque suicide bombing in Qatif AFP

AFP Jeddah, wounding two policemen. It was one of three separate JEDDAH: US Secretary of State attacks throughout the kingdom John Kerry arrived in Saudi Ara- that day. One occurred at a Shia bia yesterday to push for peace in RIYADH: Saudi police shot dead a mosque in Qatif, leaving the body Yemen after UN-brokered talks would-be suicide bomber target- parts of three people. collapsed despite global concern ing a mosque in the Shia-dominated Near the Prophet’s Mosque over mounting civilian casualties. district of Qatif, the interior minis- in Madinah, four people died in Kerry was to discuss a range try said yesterday. another suicide blast. of issues including Yemen with The attempted attack — the lat- No group claimed responsibil- Saudi Arabia’s powerful Deputy est targeting kingdom’s minority ity but CIA director John Brennan Crown Prince and Defence Minis- Shias — happened around sunset said the three bombings bore the ter Mohammed bin Salman, ahead prayers on Tuesday, the ministry “hallmark” of the Islamic State (IS) of talks today with the Custodian said in a statement. Security offic- group of Sunni extremists. of the Two Holy Mosques King ers “managed to foil a terrorist Since late 2014 IS has claimed Salman bin Abdulaziz. operation targeting worshippers” a series of bombings and shootings Also today, Kerry joins UN at Mustafa Mosque in Qatif, the min- targeting Shias in the Sunni- Yemen envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh istry said. majority kingdom, as well as the Ahmed, Britain’s Middle East When suspicious officers ques- security forces. Dozens of victims minister Tobias Ellwood, and his tioned the man, he tried to detonate were killed, largely in Eastern counterparts from Saudi Arabia a bomb in a sports bag on his back, Province, home to most of the and the United Arab Emirates to leading the police to open fire. country’s Shias. concentrate on Yemen. The suspect died on the way Authorities arrested 19 people, Those talks will be a chance to hospital. Officers found 4kg of including 12 Pakistani nationals, “to share ideas and initiatives for explosives in his bag. after the July attacks. In another getting the political discussions “A search revealed a Pakistani incident this month, a Yem- back on track and trying to get ID which is still being confirmed,” eni accused of running over and a political solution” for Yemen, the ministry said. On July 4, a Paki- stabbing a policeman in the south- a senior State Department offi- stani resident of the kingdom blew western region of Asir had pledged cial said. himself up near the United States allegiance to IS, the interior min- consulate in the Red Sea city of istry said.

Tight security

Policemen monitor as cars drive through an X-ray scanning system to detect explosives in Baghdad’s Karrada district, near the site of the deadliest single bombing ever to strike the Iraqi capital, yesterday. 06 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 ASIA / AFRICA Strong quake hits Myanmar; three dead

another injured when a tobacco Nepal PM to visit processing factory collapsed in the Tremors were felt as town of Pakkoku, to the north, the India to mend far away as Thailand, duty officer at the local fire depart- fractured ties where witnesses ment said. There were no other confirmed reported high rise casualties, and early reports sug- KATHMANDU: Nepal’s buildings swaying in gested limited damage overall. new prime minister will “My house shook during the visit India next month on Bangkok and Dhaka. quake. Many people were scared his first foreign visit, seek- and they ran out of the buildings,” ing to repair the strained said Maung Maung Kyaw, a local offi- relationship between the cial of the ruling National League for neighbours, an official Reuters Democracy (NLD) party. said. “Some of the old buildings have Nepal’s relation- cracks. The biggest damage is to ship with India -- which the bank building in the town. The is often accused of act- YANGON: A powerful 6.8 magnitude damage to other buildings isn’t that ing as a “big brother” to earthquake shook central Myanmar significant.” its smaller impoverished yesterday, killing at least three peo- The quake struck at a relatively neighbour -- soured ple including two children, local deep 84km, the USGS said. after a months-long bor- officials said, and damaging some Chauk is about 35km from Bagan, der blockade last year by of the famous pagodas in the South- known as the “City of 4 Million Pago- ethnic minority protest- east Asian nation’s ancient capital of das” and a major draw for Myanmar’s ers. Kathmandu accused Bagan. nascent tourism industry. India of imposing an The US Geological Survey (USGS) Yangon-based travel agent Amy “unofficial blockade” on said the quake hit near the town of Saw, who had been in touch with her the landlocked nation. Chauk, southwest of Mandalay. firm’s Bagan office, said some of the Tremors were felt as far away as pagodas there had been damaged, Collapsed walls surround an ancient pagoda after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Bagan, yesterday. Thailand, where witnesses reported and the Ministry of Religious Affairs Malian jihadist high rise buildings swaying in Bang- put the number sustaining some kind building collapsed in Chauk and a The quake shook buildings in Myan- where some people ran out into the kok, and the Bangladeshi capital of damage at 65. pagoda was badly damaged in a mar’s biggest city of Yangon and in street as buildings shook”. ‘lost way’ in Dhaka. According to the 2014 census, Yenanchaung,” a fire department other towns and cities, witnesses Myanmar is in a seismically A fire department official from Chauk has a population of about official in Magwe said. said. Office buildings in the Thai cap- active part of the world where the Timbuktu attacks regional capital Magwe said two 45,000, with around 185,000 liv- Ko Tin Ko Lwin, a resident of ital Bangkok, to the east of Myanmar, Indo-Australian Plate runs up against young girls were killed when a riv- ing in the surrounding area. It was Yenanchaung townshipsaid that a shook for a few seconds, residents the Eurasian Plate. In March, 2011, THE HAGUE: A Malian erbank gave way in Yenanchaung a thriving oilfield during the Brit- pagoda that had been cracked before there said. at least 74 people were killed in an jihadist who admitted to township, south of Chauk. ish colonial era. “So far as we heard the quake had collapsed, while elec- “The quake was also felt in Bang- earthquake in Myanmar near its bor- razing ancient tombs in One person was killed and from our local staff, a three-storey tricity poles and some trees were felled. ladesh, to the west of Myanmar, ders with Thailand and Laos. the fabled city of Tim- buktu is “an honest man” who briefly took the wrong path in life, his lawyer pleaded yesterday, as prosecutors urged a Annan to head panel jail term of up to 11 years. “For just over three months he lost his way,” Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi’s on Rohingya Muslim attorney said at the Inter- national Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. AFP on “finding lasting solutions to the “He wanted to give complex and delicate issues in the advice to apply Sharia Rakhine State”. (Islamic) law, which was YANGON: Former UN chief Kofi A spokesman for the Kofi Annan a terrible mistake that led Annan will advise Myanmar’s new Foundation confirmed the news and to his guilt,” lawyer Jean- government on resolving conflicts said the nobel laureate would travel Louis Gilissen said. in Rakhine, a region divided on to Myanmar in early September. religious grounds and home to the The nine-member commission stateless Muslim Rohingya, it was will submit recommendations to the announced yesterday. government on “conflict prevention, US slaps santions The country’s western state is humanitarian assistance, rights and on militant deeply scarred by bouts of sectar- reconciliation, institution-building ian bloodshed in 2012 that forced and promotion of development of leader’s sons more than 100,000 Rohingya into Rakhine State,” said a statement squalid displacement camps. from Suu Kyi’s office. WASHINGTON: The US The Rohingya, a minority in It did not mention the Rohingya announced sanctions on Incumbent Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is caught off guard as supporters overwhelm him overwhelmingly Buddhist Myan- by name. Hardline Buddhists reject Tuesday against the sons during a public gathering in Moanda recently. mar, are denied citizenship and face the term and insist the nearly one- of Joseph Kony, leader of severe restrictions on their move- million strong group are illegal the central Africa-based ments and access to health care and immigrants from neighbouring Lord’s Resistance Army other basic services. Bangladesh, even though many have rebel group. Bongo refuses pre-poll TV debate Finding a solution for the group, lived in Myanmar for generations. The Treasury Depart- who are reviled by Buddhist nation- In June Suu Kyi tried to placate ment said it targeted alists, has posed a tough challenge Buddhist nationalists by ordering Salim and Ali Kony “for AFP take part in a political show on of corruption by his son. to the new civilian administration officials to refer to the group only as acting for or on behalf of public television, on the grounds its Gabonese public TV networks led by Aung San Suu Kyi. “Muslims of Rakhine State”. the LRA or Joseph Kony.” journalists were pro-Bongo. have repeatedly focused on reports The veteran democracy activist But even that order sparked The move follows LIBREVILLE: Gabon head of state Such TV debates are rare in Africa that Ping’s son took commissions has come under fire from interna- mass protests in Rakhine, with local sanctions launched Ali Bongo has rejected a call to go -- and Ping also called for debate from a Chinese group bidding for tional rights groups for failing publicly Buddhists demanding the govern- against Joseph Kony “for head-to-head in a TV debate with his questions to be put by journalists public works contracts. to address the plight of the Rohingya ment call them “Bengalis”. engaging in the targeting main challenger, triggering a fierce chosen by the candidates and “rep- “We denounce Mr Ping’s con- as she seeks to avoid stoking further During a July visit to the former of civilians in the Central row days ahead of the African coun- resenting press and media diversity.” tempt towards the republic’s unrest over the sensitive issue. junta-run country, UN envoy Yang- Africa through the com- try’s presidential election. Bongo’s camp accused Ping, a institutions and journalists and the Yesterday, her office announced hee Lee urged Suu Kyi’s government mission of acts of violence, Seeking to end half a century of former top African Union official, of Gabonese people,” Communication the formation of an advisory panel to make ending “institutionalised abduction and forced dis- Bongo family rule, rival Jean Ping a hidden agenda, saying he is afraid Minister Alain-Claude Billie-By-Nze that will be chaired by former UN discrimination” against Muslims in placement,” it added. demanded a face-off rather than of taking questions over allegations said in a statement. secretary general Annan and focus Rakhine an urgent priority. UN condemns DR Congo Police use teargas to disperse Harare protests arrests after strike call Reuters down, accusing him of running a dictatorship. “We have been seeing a delib- AFP HARARE: Zimbabwean police used erate attempt by the police to teargas, water cannon and batons intimidate, harass and silence the yesterday to disperse opposition people of Zimbabwe,” MDC Youth KINSHASA: The United Nations youths who demonstrated in the Assembly secretary general Love- condemned yesterday the arrests capital against alleged brutality by more Chinoputsa said during the of 32 people in DR Congo after a security agents. march. nationwide opposition-led strike More than 200 youths from the Chinoputsa said police had call gripped parts of the country, main opposition party, the Move- refused to sanction the march, say- calling some of them “arbitrary”. ment for Democratic Change (MDC), ing that it would degenerate into The arrests happened Tues- took to the streets two days before violence. day in the capital Kinshasa and a planned march by all opposition Police spokeswoman Charity in Mbuji-Mayi in the centre of the Business slowed in Democratic parties to try to force President Rob- Charamba said recently she could country, said Jose Maria Aranaz, Republic of Congo’s capital Tues- ert Mugabe to implement electoral not comment because she was in a who heads the United Nations Joint day after the opposition called for reforms ahead of the 2018 vote. meeting. The police routinely deny Human Rights Office (UNJHRO). a national strike to demand Presi- Police intercepted them and Supporters of Zimbabwe Opposition Party Movement for Democratic charges of brutality and instead Eleven of those arrested by dent Joseph Kabila (pictured) end fired teargas at the protesters who Change Tsvangirai faction (MDC-T) clash with police during a march accuse the opposition of using “hoo- police and the national intelligence his 15-year rule when his mandate were planning to hand in a peti- against police brutality in Harare, yesterday. ligans” during protests to attack agency (ANR) remain in custody in runs out in December. tion at the offices of the Ministry of officers. Mbuji-Mayi, while the rest were The call for a nationwide shut- Home Affairs, which is in charge of Riot police blocked streets teargas outside the MDC offices, forc- The southern African nation subsequently released, he added down was issued by new opposition the police. around the MDC headquarters and ing pedestrians and people standing has a history of violence against recently. coalition, “Rassemblement”, headed Two pick-up trucks belonging used water cannon against some in nearby bank queues to flee. opponents of Mugabe, where police Some of those arrested were by veteran opposition leader Etienne to state broadcaster ZBC and police youths in downtown Harare. The youths had marched through have in the last few months crushed accused of “acting against a peace- Tshisekedi, to protest against a delay were burned, according to a witness, Some protesters threw back the streets of the capital denouncing demonstrations against high unem- ful protest” while others were in this year’s scheduled presiden- but it was not clear who had torched teargas canisters, as well as rocks, the police for beating up protest- ployment, acute cash shortages and “arbitrary arrests”, said Aranaz. tial election. the cars or whether anyone was hurt. towards the police, who fired more ers and called on Mugabe to step corruption. ASIA / PHILIPPINES THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 07

Duterte warns North Korea Beijing over sea dispute tests missile AFP

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned yester- day of a “reckoning” with China close to Japan if there was no resolution to a tense dispute over rival claims to the South China Sea. An international tribunal A proven SLBM system would ruled last month that China’s take North Korea’s nuclear strike claims to most of the strategically Abe claimed the threat to a new level, allowing vital waters had no legal basis, in submarine-launched deployment far beyond the Korean what was seen as a sweeping vic- peninsula and a “second-strike” tory for the Philippines, which missile breached capability in the event of an attack filed the case. Japan’s Air Defence on its military bases. Duterte repeatedly had said he Identification Zone “While there are still a lot of did not want to anger China with questions about the details, this test an aggressive response, and sent and condemned its certainly seems to have been suc- an envoy to ease tensions, but yes- ‘unforgivable and cessful,” said Jeffrey Lewis, director terday signalled he was prepared of the East Asia Nonproliferation Pro- to adopt a more confrontational reckless act’. gram at the Middlebury Institute of A man watches a television news showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch at Incheon airport, approach. International Studies in California. west of Seoul, yesterday. “We will not raise hell now “This system is still in devel- because of the judgement but opment, but North Korea is clearly South Korea has responded by Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) clearly bent on escalating tensions there will come a time that we will AFP making progress,” Lewis said. agreeing to deploy a sophisticated and condemned what he called an and said the SLBM test posed a “seri- have to do some reckoning about Yonhap news agency cited a mil- US anti-missile system -- known as “unforgivable, reckless act.” ous challenge” to security on the this,” Duterte said in a speech to itary source as saying yesterday’s THAAD -- a move that has seriously The latest test came just days Korean peninsula. soldiers at a military camp. SEOUL: North Korea yesterday test- launch had been made at an acute strained relations with North Korea’s after North Korea threatened a pre- “We will deal strongly and sternly China, which has in recent fired a submarine-launched missile angle to limit the missile’s range. main diplomatic ally, China. emptive nuclear strike against South with any provocation by the North,” years undertaken giant land rec- 500km towards Japan, marking what If fired at the optimum angle, it Lewis noted that an SLBM was Korean and US forces who kicked off it said. Washington also condemned lamation works in disputed parts weapons analysts called a clear step could cover more than 1,000km, the an “effective countermeasure” to their annual “Ulchi Freedom” mili- the test and Pentagon spokesman of the sea, has vowed to ignore the forward for its nuclear strike ambi- source said. THAAD, and other missile systems tary drill on Monday. Gary Ross said US commitment to ruling. It has called for direct talks tions. Current UN resolutions prohibit with forward-looking radars, since Seoul and Washington insist such the defence of allies South Korea and with the Philippines, but insisted it The flight distance, which was North Korea from any use of ballis- the submarine can launch the mis- joint exercises are purely defensive Japan remained “ironclad.” will not compromise on its claims. tracked by South Korea’s military Joint tic missile technology, but Pyongyang sile from behind the radar. in nature, but Pyongyang views them Beijing expressed its opposition Duterte said the Philippines Chiefs of Staff, far exceeded any previ- has continued to carry out numerous Japanese Prime Minister as willfully provocative. to North Korea’s nuclear and missile had not “insisted” on the judge- ous SLBM tests, suggesting significant launches following its fourth nuclear Shinzo Abe said yesterday’s mis- The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff development hours after Pyongyang’s ment, but signalled that stance progress in technical prowess. test in January. sile breached his country’s Air statement said that the North was missile launch. would change. ‘World’s largest’ pearl emerges in Philippines Japanese dies in Pokemon Go AFP just sitting on the dinner table,” Amu- rao said recently. car accident He described the fisherman as a PUERTO PRINCESA: A poor Philip- member of the tiny Cuyonon ethno- TOKYO: A driver who was pine fisherman found what is thought linguistic group who live in a few allegedly playing Pokemon to be the world’s largest pearl, but hid small islands off Palawan, the biggest Go when he hit and killed a it under his bed for a decade without island in the southwest of the Philip- woman in Japan has been knowing its worth, local authorities pines surrounded by the South China arrested, police said. said. Sea and the Sulu Sea. Media said that Tues- The man found the 34kg pearl “I told him it would be pointless day’s incident marked inside a giant clam that was snagged to hide it as we do not know its value. Japan’s first fatal vehi- by his anchor as he waited out a Why don’t we put it on public display cle accident involving the storm at sea, according to local instead,” she said. popular gaming app. tourism department chief Cynthia With his consent, the pearl Keiji Gooh, a 39-year- Amurao, who is also his aunt. was put on display at the city hall old farmer, allegedly Not knowing it could be worth of Puerto Princesa, the provincial struck two women on tens of millions of dollars, he kept the capital, on Monday and photos were Tuesday evening on a road 30cm by 60cm pearl in his thatch posted on the government’s Face- in Tokushima city, western hut on the western island of Pala- book page. Japan, as he played the wan, tucked under a wooden bed as Local officials are hoping gem- app while driving, a police a good-luck charm, Amurao added. mologists will visit the city to assess spokesman said. In July, the nephew moved to a its quality and value. One of the women, new address and took the object to The 14kg “Pearl of Allah”, also aged 72, died while the his aunt in a tricycle, asking her to known as the “Pearl of Lao Tzu”, is A 34kg pearl on a weighing scale in Puerto Princesa City in southern island of Palawan. other, 60, was seriously hide it for him, said Amurao, the city often referred to as the world’s largest. injured, the spokesman tourism officer for Puerto Princesa, It was also found off Palawan, in the Palwan’s Puerto Princesa city said the man who found it could be “He has not signed any deed of added. the provincial capital. 1930s, and has been appraised by gem- information officer Richard Ligad in for a massive change in his life’s donation (to the city) so it remains his Jiji Press said it was “I was awestruck when I saw it mologists at tens of millions of dollars. confirmed Amurao’s account and fortunes. property,” Ligad said recently. the nation’s first fatal accident involving a driver playing Pokemon Go while at the wheel. One dead in Thai car bombing Thai ATMs hacked by gang Govt summons linked to Taiwan theft Chinese envoy AFP AFP At least five foreign suspects over drug supply PATTANI: A car bomb exploded in a tavelled from Taiwan to Thailand nightlife district in Thailand’s deep to carry out the theft, he said. MANILA: The Philippines south, killing one and wounding BANGKOK: A gang of foreign “Investigators believe their iden- government said yester- more than 30, in a nation already criminals stole millions of baht by tity is Eastern European though we day it had summoned the on edge after a bombing spree that hacking a Thai bank’s ATM network are investigating whether any Thais Chinese ambassador ear- targeted tourist towns. in a theft believed linked to a similar were involved,” Panya said, adding lier this week to explain The latest blast struck late Tues- one in Taiwan, police said yesterday. that those five had likely left Thailand. reports that traffickers day outside a hotel in Pattani, one The hackers made off with at Police said at least 21 ATMs were were bringing in narcot- of three Muslim-majority southern least $346,000 by inserting cards hacked, some of them spitting out ics from China, opening provinces battered by a long-run- installed with malware into multi- up to a million baht at a time. They a new front in President ning and shadowy rebellion against ple cash machines run by Thailand’s said the bank had not immediately Rodrigo Duterte’s contro- the Buddhist-majority state. state-run Government Savings Bank noticed the theft. versial war on drugs. “So far there is one killed and (GSB) in late July. Those behind the heist stood for On Tuesday, the coun- more than 30 injured,” Major Gen- The theft came shortly after long periods at the cash machines, try’s police chief told eral Thanongsak Wangsupa, Pattani Taiwan announced that a group usually late at night, prompting a Senate hearing that provincial police commander said of foreigners had managed to steal police to ask Thais to watch out for China, Taiwan and Hong yesterday. “The hotel building was Royal Thai police chief Chakthip Chaijinda (centre right) visits the site $2.5m from cash machines using a strange behaviour by foreigners at Kong were major sources considerably damaged.” of a deadly bomb blast from previous night outside of a hotel in the similar method. cash machines. of illegal drugs, and Chi- Pictures showed fires burn- southern province of Pattani, yesterday. A Latvian, a Romanian and a Thailand has long been a hub nese triads were involved ing on the road outside the hotel’s Moldovan were arrested over the for cyber criminals, both Thais and in trafficking. shattered facade, with police pick- Those attacks heightened “It’s the type of place that society Taiwan heist but a number of sus- foreigners. The current junta gov- Foreign Affairs Secre- ing through the rubble. Nearby a car concerns Thailand’s southern around here frowns upon,” he said. pects -- including five Russians ernment has vowed to crack down tary Perfecto Yasay said was destroyed, with karaoke bars, insurgency may have spread north The southern rebels focus most -- managed to flee abroad. on foreign criminals in an opera- yesterday that the Chinese massage parlours and restaurants after years of stalled peace talks of their attacks on security officers Police in Bangkok yesterday tion which immigration police have ambassador had been also damaged. -- a theory the country’s junta has and symbols of the state, but they do announced that GSB had alerted called “Good guys in, bad guys out”. summoned for an explana- Pattani is not popular with tour- downplayed given the importance occasionally strike nightlife venues. them to a similar hack in what they Last month Thai police tion, and the government ists, but analysts said the militants of tourism to the economy. “The campaign against social said was a first for Thailand. announced they had detained a would also send a diplo- were sending a message after coor- The entertainment district hit by evil is not very high on the agenda “As of now the evidence we have Russian man and an Uzbek woman matic communication to dinated bomb and arson attacks the car bomb is one of only a hand- of the insurgents here. Their strat- found makes us confident that this in cooperation with the FBI. They Beijing to “pursue this in a struck multiple resort towns on ful in the restive south, offering bars, egy right now is to make the area as group is linked to the gang who com- are accused of running a hacking more aggressive note.” August 11-12, leaving four dead and a disco and prostitution, said Don ungovernable as possible,” Pathan mitted a similar robbery in Taiwan,” syndicate that stole some $29m 37 injured including Europeans. Pathan, a security analyst. said. Police General Panya Mamen said. from bank accounts. 08 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Dangerous move Jarabulus operation: Turkey srael government’s move to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron is a dangerous decision aimed at Judaising the Palestinian land. About 1,000 Jewish settlers are already staying in the heavily using right to self-defence fortified enclaves in Hebron, surrounded by some 200,000 IPalestinians. The city has been a flashpoint of violence during Anatolia integrity of Syria, officials said. fighters from more than 100 nearly a year of fighting. The Palestinians are opposing any Preventing a new flow of nations have joined Daesh as settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the territories The move comes migrants and delivering aid to a consequence of the conflict where they seek to establish an independent state. after a series of the region’s civilian population in Syria and Iraq, has been Last week, the Palestinian government had brought foreign urkey has launched a in need are also among the goals, included in Security Council cross-border opera- mortar bombs they added. documents. diplomats to a school in the West Bank to highlight a renewed tion in Syria against landed in a The move comes after a series To find a solution for this threat of demolition by Israel. The move against the school for the Daesh terrorist of mortar bombs landed in a res- problem, it was stressed multi- Bedouin children, built in 2009 by Italian aid organisation Vento organisation, Turkish residential Turkish idential Turkish area along the ple times that source countries Di Terra and other volunteers using tires, clay, and a wooden Tauthorities said. area along the Syrian border beginning Tuesday should designate the foreign roof because authorities forbade the use of stone and concrete, The operation comes in Syrian border morning, security sources said. terrorist fighters while they are is part of a larger Israeli plan to forcibly transfer at least 2,800 response to terrorist attacks on There have also been a number within the country and not allow Bedouins living in the Jerusalem area in order to expand Turkish soil and artillery fire by beginning Tuesday of deadly Daesh attacks in Turkey them to leave. Daesh militants in Syria on tar- over the past two years that killed Turkey has taken crucial surrounding Israeli settlements. Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva morning. gets inside Turkey. scores of civilians and security steps in that regard and placed Convention prohibits forcible transfers Turkish Armed Forces is officials. more than 37,000 individu- Five European of people from their localities. responding to artillery fire and There were no injuries on als on a no-entry list between A report earlier this month released carrying out airstrikes against Tuesday in Karkamis, which 2011 and February 2016. More nations have by United Nations Office for the Daesh elements in Jarabulus lies approximately 1 kilometer than 3,000 foreigners who warned their Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs — part of Aleppo governorate of national sovereignty enshrined across the frontier from Jarab- had entered Turkey through — in a retaliatory strike, offi- in the UN Charter. The second is a ulus, where Free Syrian Army illegal ways, were deported in the occupied territories cited that citizens against cials said. UN Security Council mandate for forces are fighting to take con- for suspected ties to terrorist investments Israel has demolished 684 buildings in The operation is in line military action. trol of the city from Daesh. organisations. West Bank including East Jerusalem with the country’s rights to According to Article 51 of Operations by Turkish Armed Also, 7,500 foreigners were in Israeli so far this year compared to 531 last self-defence borne out of inter- Chapter 7, in the case of an armed Forces, which has been actively checked by Risk Analysis Cent- settlements in year. This increase about 25 percent national treaties and a mandate attack against a member state, fighting Daesh, have significantly ers established, with more than the occupied is alarming as it covers only the first given to the Armed Forces by that state has the right for self contributed to ongoing efforts of 1,700 sent back to their countries seven months and almost daily razing the Turkish parliament in 2014 or collective defense until the US-backed international coalition of origin. Palestine. and extended for another year UN Security Council has taken against the terror group. In addition, as part of opera- of homes in Gaza are not included. in September 2015, according measures to maintain interna- Another important issue that tions by Turkish law enforcement Almost half of Palestine is in Israeli to officials. tional peace and security, and no the Security Council highlights is officials against terrorist groups, hands, and half a million settlers live east of the Green Line. At the time, the mandate said UN article can nullify that inher- the threat posed by foreign ter- 2,433 individuals — of whom Talking to Israeli Knesset members last month European Union’s threats to national security along ent right. rorist fighters. The Council took 1,030 are foreigners — were Envoy Lars Faaborg Andersen had warned that 70 percent of Area the southern border increased Yesterday’s operation, which steps in 2014 concerning the issue detained and 808 of the total C land, which makes up 42 percent of the West Bank, has been with a significant rise in terror- began at around 4 am local time, and has since then issued deci- number were arrested for hav- ist elements in Syria and Iraq. is aimed at clearing the Turk- sions aimed at stemming the flow ing links to Daesh. designated as Israeli land. He also said that between 2009 and It also cautioned against mass ish borders of terrorist groups, of fighters joining terror groups. Turkey also increased its 2013 only 44 housing permits have been granted to Palestinians migration risks that soon materi- helping to enhance border secu- The fact that approxi- physical security precautions living in the area. During a seminar Anderson warned that alised when Turkey last year was rity and supporting the territorial mately 25,000 foreign terrorist along its border with Syria. many European nations were losing patience with Israel due faced with tens of thousands of to the continued expansion of settlements. France, Germany, civilians fleeing Aleppo amid a Netherlands, Spain and Italy have warned their citizens against scourge of violence, in addition to investments in Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, East the millions of refugees already housed in camps and cities across Jerusalem and Golan Heights. Spanish Foreign Ministry’s website the country. carries an official statement saying ‘the settlements constitute an The humanitarian situation obstacle to peace and the two-state solution. in Aleppo has deteriorated to Since the collapse of the peace talks in June 2014 Israel has alarming new lows since then, rejected all attempts to resume the process, the latest being an prompting renewed zeal for inter- initiative by France. Although Egypt is planning to organise a national action by the United Nations amid a dysfunctional aid summit between Israel and Palestine, no one is optimistic. The delivery mechanism clogged by a Israeli government is dominated by West Bank settlers and failure of diplomacy. their supporters and its policies erode chances of establishing a United Nations resolutions on Palestinian state in a peace deal. the fight against Daesh bolster Turkey’s rights for conduct- ing Wednesday’s cross-border operation. In resolution 2249, unani- Quote of the day mously adopted last November, the 15-member Security Coun- cil condemned in the strongest We have no interest terms Daesh’s “gross, systematic and widespread abuses of human whatsoever in protecting rights, as well as its destruction anyone who has done and looting of cultural heritage”. harm to an ally. But the Those responsible for terrorist acts or human rights violations — standards required under including Daesh, Nusra Front and US law must be met. Al Qaeda linked groups — must be held accountable, the body said. Ankara officials say Turkey is engaged in an act of legitimate Joe Biden Smoke rises from the Syrian border town of Jarabulus as seen from the Turkish town of Karkamis, US Vice-President self-defence, which is one of the two exceptions to the inviolability in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey.

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By Noah Feldman Bloomberg

ajor media outlets in France have recently decided not to pub- lish the names and faces of terrorists so as not Mto glorify them and encourage copy- cats. On the surface, this might seem like reasonable self-imposed discre- tion in the interests of national security. But it’s actually self-censorship — and it’s dangerous. It reflects a subtly mistaken conception of why jihadis are prepared to die for their cause, and it risks dehumanizing an enemy that is dangerous precisely because its adherents are humans with identifiable motives. The French daily Le Monde, the Cath- olic newspaper La Croix and a French affiliate of CNN called BFM-TV expressly connected their decisions to the recent A picture taken on March 23, 2016 in Brussels shows the frontpage of several newspapers, one day after some 35 people were killed in bombings at Zaventem spate of attacks in France. Le Monde said the goal was to prevent “posthumous glo- Airport and on a metro train. rification” of the terrorists. The core idea seems to be that ter- terrorists from feeling empathy with where they live. they are. And it’s dangerous to imag- Marathon bombing if we didn’t know the rorists are publicity seekers. According those who have already taken action. But unlike young people who might ine that your enemy is motivated by the names or faces of the Tsarnaev broth- to this theory, they want their names and If the French media are actually seek to overcome irrelevance by becom- same things you are. Specifically, it will ers. That would have discouraged us faces to appear in the news media after trying to reduce future instances of ing celebrities, the jihadis are embracing be more difficult to prevent future jihad- from trying to understand their strug- their deaths, thus giving meaning to their terrorism, that’s a laudable goal — but anonymity through loyalty to a broader ism if we think that all we need to do is gles with immigration — or the highly actions and perhaps inspiring others. they’re barking up the wrong tree by cause. There is little evidence that they block martyrs from becoming celebrities. normalized teenage years of the younger One US-based commentator has even withholding names and faces. imagine their individual names will live There’s a second problem with brother, Dzokhar. argued that there’s a scientific basis for The news media should be particu- on after them. the French media’s self-censorship: Knowing that the enemy is human the decision, because mirror neurons larly careful when they’re trying to deny The jihadis certainly do want to It dehumanizes the jihadi enemy. is also necessary to fighting ethically. that enable empathy are triggered by the public access to important aspects of be agents of their fate, not passive Why, after all, does the media pub- It’s important to remember that visually faces. Denying access to terrorists’ faces a major national and international story. subjects. But they intend to affect the lish names and pictures of criminals and demographically, Western-raised is therefore supposed to stop would-be An instinct or symbolic gesture are not course of world history by sacrific- in the first place? It’s not absolutely jihadis are not much different from reason enough. A strong argument is ing their individual selves and lives essential that the public or even pol- their peaceful peers, Muslim and required. “in the path of God,” as the Arabic icy makers know the individual details non-Muslim. The notion that denying posthumous phrase goes. in every story. The hard work of figuring out who The news media should be glorification will reduce terrorism is The crucial point is that Western The reason is human interest: We pay is a threat before an attack without dis- particularly careful when they’re based on a confused and confusing view observers, including the French media, more attention to a story if we know it’s crimination requires keeping in mind of contemporary jihadis. keep wanting to impose a contemporary about a specific human being with a face the particularity of jihadis who resort to trying to deny the public access What attracts some young Muslims, Facebook-style cultural framework on and a name. violence. to important aspects of a major mostly men, to martyrdom is precisely the terrorists’ actions. Western consum- Refiguring jihadis as faceless The no-faces, no-names rule isn’t the desire to subsume their identities into erist society is suffused with the desire masses would be a serious mistake, being adopted by all the French media. national and international story. a greater, divinely inspired cause — that to be famous and recognized. both tactically and morally. It’s appeal- That’s a good thing, as it allows an exper- An instinct or symbolic gesture of the Muslim ummah, or community, as It’s a cardinal error to think that ing to pretend that killers don’t have iment to see whether it has any effect on a whole. jihadis share that goal. The posthumous individuality, and that they don’t grow violence. I predict there won’t be. Then are not reason enough. A strong It’s true that today’s Western-raised glory they seek comes from God, and up among ordinary peaceful citizens. the media can go back to doing what it argument is required. Muslim terrorists have often felt mar- from the knowledge that they’ve given But it’s false. does best: reporting the news, not cen- ginalised and irrelevant in the societies their lives for something greater than Imagine coverage of the Boston soring it.

Suu Kyi’s challenge is to share, not wield power

modernisation and urbanisation. empowerment of the military and and drove more than 100,000 from freedom releases many toxic fan- Of course, in Myanmar as else- eventually a coup in 1962. The out- their homes, but also in other parts tasies forged in the furnace of where, inexpensive Chinese brands come of its second experiment still of the country. despotism. such as Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo make depends a great deal on how Myan- The advent of electoral democ- In Myanmar, too, unleashed it easier to project an appearance of mar’s new leaders deal with the racy this year and the empowerment passions have been exacerbated by affluence and entrepreneurial dyna- country’s restive minorities. of an international icon like Suu Kyi global economic and cultural forces. mism. A poster dubiously advertising, Certainly, their agenda is full. don’t necessarily presage a change Realigning political identities, they’ve “Rolex -- Opening Soon” at a con- Last week the headline in one of in the circumstances of besieged encouraged such patent incongrui- Myanmar’s GDP may struction site in Yangon’s crumbling Myanmar’s English dailies read: “FM minorities. Even the Dalai Lama has ties as “militant” Buddhism, which be growing at more downtown is a good reminder of the crams for China visit.” It referred to expressed his disappointment with thrives on widespread anti-Muslim limitations of a consumer revolution Aung San Suu Kyi, who holds the Suu Kyi’s less-than-Buddhist silence sentiment. than 8 percent. in an overwhelmingly poor country. office of “state counsellor” and for- over the plight of Rohingya Muslims. The fluidity of the country’s sit- But the economic By Pankaj Mishra Myanmar’s GDP may be grow- eign minister (and several other Sporadic mob violence contin- uation contains both promise and Bloomberg ing at more than 8 percent. But the portfolios in an attempt to circum- ues to drive Muslims into refugee danger; it calls for both moral leader- challenges in this economic challenges in this country, vent the constitutional bar on her camps, or onto rickety boats sailing ship and political pragmatism. While country, where where 70 percent of the population becoming president). Suu Kyi was for Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia a return to military rule might seem is employed in low-yield agricul- visiting China in her first major — perilous journeys with extortion- inconceivable at this point, excessive 70 percent of angon is suddenly a city of ture, are rendered formidable by foray outside Southeast Asia after ate human-traffickers that rarely end centralisation by heavy-handed civil- the population is phablets. Nowhere in Asia, let crumbling and non-existent infra- her party, the National League for well. I met the daughter of a former ian leaders can also breed sectarian employed in low- Yalone Europe, have I seen so structure, archaic laws, unskilled Democracy (NLD), was elected to legislator in Rakhine who now lan- passions in a multi-ethnic country many supersized smartphones in workers, low tax revenues, budget power four months ago. Her biggest guishes in a refugee camp near his like Myanmar. The best way to fore- yield agriculture, are public spaces, and with such egalitar- deficits and high inflation. Long challenges, however, are at home. old house in Sittwe. stall them would be to accommodate, rendered formidable ian appeal: Pavement vendors selling power cuts, housing shortages and Of Myanmar’s numerous sectar- She had herself escaped Rakhine as Indonesia did, the country’s many early 20th century British guides to gridlock traffic still define everyday ian conflicts, none has challenged after bribing an immigration officer. sub-nationalisms through greater by crumbling English grammar seem as transfixed life for city-dwellers. Debt crushes her moral authority as much as ris- Like many others, she was increas- autonomy and federalism. and non-existent by them as Yangon’s smart set play- many in the rural population. ing anti-Muslim sentiments have. ingly pessimistic about Suu Kyi’s Suu Kyi was an exemplary polit- ing Pokemon Go. Far from leapfrogging, Myan- In 1982, Myanmar’s military rulers capacity or willingness to resolve ical prisoner, brave and principled. infrastructure, For many in an isolated coun- mar (also known as Burma), recently stripped the Muslim population in the issue. She now has to set a very different archaic laws, try, a 4G smartphone is their first liberated, and only partially, from the western state of Rakhine of citi- Certainly, Suu Kyi, though example for her fledgling democracy unskilled workers, taste of modern consumer lux- military rule, is inching up a steep zenship, despite their centuries-long widely popular in Myanmar, must by using power wisely -- or, in other ury. Its proliferation, in a country learning curve under its first elected presence in the region. More recently, move cautiously through a thicket words, sharing it broadly. low tax revenues, where a SIM card once cost more government in more than 50 years. while transitioning from military of aggressive claims and counter- budget deficits and than $2,000, seems an exam- Its first experiment in self-rule to civilian rule, Myanmar has wit- claims. Democratisation is far from The writer is Bloomberg view col- ple of “leapfrog development,” in ended, like that of many multi-ethnic nessed an explosion of hatred, not a benign process, as Iraq, Egypt and umnist and author of “From the Ruins high inflation. which economically backward and poorly imagined nation-states only in Rakhine, where in 2012 mobs Turkey have most recently shown; of Empire: The Intellectuals Who countries take quick shortcuts to in Asia and Africa, in civil war, the killed scores of Rohingya Muslims the merest semblance of political Remade Asia.”

All thoughts and views expressed in these columns are those of the writers, not of the newspaper. All correspondence regarding Views and Opinion pages should be mailed to the Editor-in-Chief. 10 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 PAKISTAN Karachi mayor-elect to run city from jail

accused of ordering a crackdown on MQM activists clashed with police city riots in 2007, when he was serv- and ransacked a private television The newly elected ing as provincial home minister, that station in the southern city Monday, mayor vowed to seek resulted in a bloody massacre. Later leaving at least one man dead and he was also booked on sedition and seven injured, after Hussain gave a his freedom in court terrorism charges. telephone address to supporters from -- but if denied, he The MQM has long dominated London in which he castigated the Karachi’s politics, largely thanks to media for their coverage. will ‘solve the public’s the support of Mohajirs, a group of Security forces arrested some problems from jail’. well-off Muslims who migrated from of his party leaders and shut down India in the 1940s. their headquarters before charging The movement has a stranglehold Hussain with treason and inciting on the council of the Karachi Metro- terrorism Tuesday. AFP politan Corporation, which elected His own second-in-command, Akhtar, the MQM’s chosen candidate, Farooq Sattar, disowned him at from among its members. a press conference later that day, KARACHI: The Pakistani port meg- “I have been languishing in jail accusing him of repeatedly embar- acity of Karachi yesterday elected as for the past month on false charges, rassing the party and vowing the mayor a politician who is currently in but the people have voted for me,” MQM should be run from Pakistan. jail on sedition and terrorism charges, Akhtar told media outside the historic Akhtar appeared to be trying to a day after the leader of his party was Karachi Metropolitan Corporation distance himself from the furore yes- Waseem Akhtar (centre), mayor nominee of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) political party gestures as charged with treason. building before being escorted by terday. “I am not the mayor of MQM. he arrives to cast his ballot for mayor at the Municipal Corporation Building in Karachi, yesterday. Waseem Akhtar, a former min- police to a prison van. I am the mayor of Karachi,” he said. ister and parliamentarian of the He vowed to seek his freedom in The MQM, run by Hussain from groups, have resorted to hundreds of criticising the country’s powerful 1992 and is a British citizen. influential Muttahida Qaumi Move- court -- but said if he is denied, he will London, has long been blamed for extra-judicial killings during a “clean- military establishment. Hussain remains a highly influen- ment (MQM), won the mayoral poll “solve the public’s problems from jail”. ethnic violence in Karachi, and up” operation that began in 2013 in a Previous charges have not tial figure in Karachi, economic centre by a landslide with 196 of the total Akhtar was elected after a turbu- accused of using extortion and mur- city already plagued by violence. resulted in action or extradition and main port, though observers 294 votes cast by the city’s munici- lent two days in Karachi politics that der to cement its grip on power. Last year Pakistani police reg- requests against Hussain, who has believe his grip on power is gradually pal authorities. centred on his party’s exiled leader, It has clashed repeatedly with istered a case under terrorism lived in London since fleeing a mil- diminishing in his absence and his Akhtar was arrested in July and Altaf Hussain. authorities who, according to rights laws against Hussain over a speech itary operation against his party in party is no longer the force it once was. 1,185 infants died in KP

School officials before first birthday

label kitchen a Internews against several diseases posing threats to their lives. ‘chicks-only’ zone The paediatricians have been PESHAWAR: With around 1,185 constantly pointing towards the ISLAMABAD: Schoolgirls infants having passed away in the rising number of child deaths or in Pakistan will be given province before their first birth- infant mortality. According to health poultry to care for in an day due to various reasons in the experts, the increasing number of initiative partly aimed first quarter of 2016 in Pakistan’s deaths has always been a great at teaching them about northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa challenge for authorities. the kitchen, officials said, province, medical experts have A district health information sys- raising the eyebrows of called on officials in the health tem report, in its data compiled for women’s activists in the ministry to up their game and strive the first three months of 2016, states deeply patriarchal country. towards saving the lives of children. at least 77,220 pregnant women were Punjab officials said “Majority of these children died newly registered by lady health the government in Paki- due to diarrhoea and measles and workers and 47,823 deliveries were stan’s wealthiest province the ratio is around 70 deaths per conducted by skilled persons. will initially be provid- 1,000 live births,” stressed Paki- The data states that 1,185 chil- ing girls in 1,000 primary stan Paediatric Association K-P dren died and could not celebrate schools with four hens, President Professor Dr Amin Jan their first birthday due to several Afghan security personnel stand guard near the site of explosion that targeted the elite American University one cock, and a cage. Gandapur. “This is something really reasons, including birth asphyxia, Naseem Sadiq, head in Kabul, yesterday. serious.” pneumonia, term birth complica- of the Punjab’s livestock He said since these practition- tions, diarrhoea, malaria, measles department said the aim ers are dealing with children, they and malnutrition. was to promote poultry are not only concerned, but also According to the data, the high- and educate about nutri- Militants attack university in Kabul felt sorry about the rising number est number of infant deaths was tion, citing World Bank of cases. reported from Mansehra district, figures showing Paki- The association head was also where, according to lady health stan ranks among the top AFP at gunpoint near the elite school. Among them was Associated Press upset over the approach of author- workers, at least 4,863 pregnant countries in the world for Dozens of soldiers cordoned photojournalist Massoud Hossaini. ities concerned to reduce the women were newly registered, protein deficiency. off the area after the attack started “#AUAF under attack. I along number of deaths. He added 1,185 3,286 deliveries were conducted He said the pro- KABUL: Explosions and gunfire yesterday evening, when the elite with my friends escaped and several was the official figure, but the actual and 155 infants died before cele- gramme would “train rocked the American University private university is usually packed other of my friends and professors number was unknown. brating their first birthday. these girls about kitchen of Afghanistan in Kabul yester- with students, many of them work- trapped inside,” Kabul-based jour- “I think immunisation, encour- Mansehra was followed by waste” as they feed their day, prompting desperate students ing professionals doing part-time nalist Ahmad Mukhtar tweeted. aging breastfeeding, providing Mardan district where 6,627 deliv- charges leftover food trapped inside classrooms to plead courses at the facility. The Italian-run Emergency Hos- clean drinking water and neonatal eries were conducted by skilled from lunch. for help, in the latest militant attack “I heard explosions and gun- pital in Kabul tweeted that at least care were a few sources which can persons and 152 infants died. This in the Afghan capital. fire is going on close by... our class five wounded people had been reduce infant mortality rate,” Gan- was followed by Abbottabad with No group has so far claimed is filled with smoke and dust,” an brought to the facility for treatment. dapur said. 143 deaths, Swabi with 129 and Swat Afghan migrant responsibility for the assault, which anxious student said. “We are stuck The management of the Ameri- Health experts, specifically with 107 infants’ deaths. At least 75 comes just weeks after two univer- inside and very afraid.” can University of Afghanistan, which pediatricians, have always raised infants died during 3,547 deliveries found shot dead sity professors -- an American and Many other trapped students were opened in 2006, was not immedi- their voice to fully immunise chil- conducted by skilled persons in the in Serbian woods an Australian -- were kidnapped tweeting desperate messages for help. ately reachable for comment. dren so that they can be protected provincial metropolis.

BELGRADE: A 20-year old Afghan migrant was Merger of tribal area Protest march shot dead in woods in Serbia near the border with Bulgaria overnight, the defence ministry said. with KP proposed A member of a hunt- ing party was detained Internews cause by rendering matchless sac- at the scene on suspicion rifices in the time of war and peace.” of shooting the man late The committee headed by on Tuesday, the minis- ISLAMABAD: The committee con- Adviser to the PM on Foreign Affairs try added, without saying stituted to choreograph reforms for Sartaj Aziz submitted its detailed whether authorities were Pakistan’s tribal regions has rec- report to the prime minister and investigating a murder or ommended merging the area into briefed him about the efforts under- an accident. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in taken for compiling the report. Many Serbs head to phases and in accordance to the tra- He said that the committee the woods at this time ditions of the area and aspiration of visited all tribal agencies and held of year to hunt roe deer, the people. meetings with the elected repre- fox and wild boar, often Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sentatives of those areas including stalking them through the has maintained that the reforms businessmen, tribal elders (Maliks), night. are significantly important as they educated youth, religious leaders Tensions are also ris- form an integral part of the National and members of the civil society to ing over the number of Action Plan (NAP). He is of the view ascertain their point of view before refugees and migrants, that the reforms are also aimed at finalising recommendations for the many from Afghanistan mainstreaming the long neglected future of Fata. and other war zones, areas of the country. It was decided in the meeting trying to pass through “The future of Fata will be that further discussion is required Serbia on a route to the decided according to the desires before making a final decision A supporter of Jamaat-e-Islami political party holds a sign and banner during a protest against Altaf wealthier countries of and wishes of the people of the tribal and it would be deliberated today Hussain, leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) political party, who lives in exile in London, Western Europe. areas. The people of Fata have abun- (Wednesday) in the expanded meet- in Islamabad, yesterday. dantly contributed to our national ing of the NAP review . INDIA THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 11 Cabinet okays bill to prohibit commercial surrogacy

surrogacy is a necessity and not for cannot be allowed to have children and gametes. According to estimates, shauq (hobby) or anand (pleasure). through surrogacy. currently more than 2,000 surrogacy An important aspect The Bill lays down clear-cut rules The Bill’s provisions have drawn clinics are operating across the country. Salient features of the Bill of the bill is that for the procedure for the first time and both praise and flak from different As per the Bill, a surrogacy clinic must allows “ethical altruistic surrogacy” to quarters. All India Democratic Wom- register itself with the government, else NEW DELHI: Salient features of the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, foreigners, NRIs (Non- needy infertile couples. en’s Association President Subhashini it would be deemed illegal. cleared by the Union cabinet yesterday: Resident Indians) or Terming commercial surrogacy Ali said there is certainly a need for reg- “There is a provision of 10 years WHO CAN GO FOR SURROGACY: OCI (Overseas Citizen as kokh ka vyapar (trade of womb), ulation of surrogacy in India where imprisonment and Rs10 lakh fine on  Only Indian couples, who are legally married Sushma Swaraj, who headed the Group exploitation of poor women, who often clinics which fail to abide by the rules,”  The couple must be married for at least five years of India) card holders of Ministers (GoM) formed to look into act as surrogate mothers, is quite ram- Sushma Swaraj said.  The couple will have to produce a medical certificate testifying won’t be allowed to the matter of surrogacy, said it was pant. “Renting a womb has become a She said the Bill will control unethi- that either partner is medically unfit to produce children becoming a “fashion” and “hobby” to commercial exercise and this is not cal practices in surrogacy, prevent WHO CANNOT GO FOR SURROGACY: avail surrogacy. produce children through surrogacy the way it should be. There is certainly commercialization of surrogacy and  Foreigners, NRIs and even OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) by “those who do not want to put their need for regulation. The person who is will prohibit potential exploitation of card holders wives in pain”. a surrogate, her rights have to be pro- surrogate mothers and children born  Same sex couples, live-in partners Without naming anyone, she said tected,” Ali said. through surrogacy.  Couples having one or more children, either biological or adopted IANS that some celebrities who already have However, the proposals of the “A surrogate mother must be mar- WHO CAN BECOME A SURROGATE MOTHER? kids — both boy and girl — try to get Bill have not go down well with the ried and have at least one child. A  Only a married woman with at least one child another child through surrogacy as they medical fraternity who took strong woman would be allowed to become  Surrogate mother must be a close relation of the couple “don’t want to put their wives in (labour) exception to the strict rules. Abha Maz- a surrogate mother only once. Similarly, seeking surrogacy NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet yes- pain”. Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan umdar, Director, Department of IVF at a couple can avail surrogacy only once  A woman is allowed to surrogate only once terday gave its nod to the long overdue and Tushaar Kapoor are some of the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi, said: in their lifetime,” she said.  A couple can avail surrogacy only once in their lifetime Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016, that celebrities who have had kids through “I am completely against the govern- According to the proposed legis- WHAT IS LEGAL PROTECTION? seeks to prohibit “commercial” surro- surrogacy. ment’s decision. This is certainly going lation, couples having kids or having  Surrogacy clinics must be registered with the government gacy and denies foreigners, NRIs, single “This Bill will curb this practice and to trigger corruption in surrogacy just adopted a child cannot use surrogacy.  Illegally operating clinics, or those flouting norms may be parents, live-in partners and same-sex would allow ethical surrogacy to needy like rackets being run in kidney trans- The Minister clarified that a surro- punished with 10 years imprisonment and/or Rs 10 lakh fine couples from becoming parents through infertile couples only and we have put plants across the country.” gate child will have all the rights that Clinics required to maintain each case record for 25 years surrogacy. several checks and balances for the “Commercial surrogacy cannot a biological child has, including right RIGHTS VERSUS WRONGS: Only married Indian couples same,” Sushma Swaraj said. be banned in India... the government to property.  A surrogate child, whether boy or girl, cannot be abandoned by would be allowed to seek surrogacy An important aspect of the bill is should have given a second thought to The Bill is likely to be brought up parents if they fail to conceive a child after that foreigners, NRIs (Non-Resident it,” added Mazumdar, who is considered in the next session of Parliament. The  A surrogate child will have all the rights that a biological child five years of marriage and are able to Indians) or OCI (Overseas Citizen of the founder of IVF procedure in India. Minister also took a dig at Bollywood has, including right to property prove through a medical certificate India) card holders won’t be allowed In recent years, India has emerged celebrities for using surrogacy despite  A surrogate mother cannot be mistreated by the clinic or the that they cannot conceive for some to avail surrogacy. as a surrogacy hub for couples from dif- having kids. parent couple. medical reasons. Asked if the provision denying ferent countries and there have been “I am pained to say that the pro- A surrogate mother has also to be altruistic surrogacy to single parents, reported incidents concerning unethi- cedure that started as a necessity, has in close relation to the couple seeking live-in partners and same-sex couples, cal practices, exploitation of surrogate become a hobby of sorts. This is not up of National Surrogacy Board recommended prohibiting commer- a surrogate child. was not discriminatory, she said that mothers, abandonment of children born a thing for pleasure...it has become a and State Surrogacy Boards to reg- cial surrogacy and allowing ethical Union Minister Sushma Swaraj, currently homosexuality is illegal in the out of surrogacy and rackets of inter- fashion these days,” she pointed out. ulate the process. The 228th report altruistic surrogacy through a suit- explaining the features of the bill, said country and hence, same-sex couple mediaries importing human embryos The legislation envisions setting of the Law Commission of India also able legislation. Parrikar seeks full report Flood havoc on Scorpene data leak

IANS been leaked from DCNS contain hacking and not a 100 percent leak. information on different aspects of “We do have our final integra- the boat, including its underwater tion and all that,” he said. “What I sensors, above-water sensors, com- can understand — because it came to NEW DELHI: With sensitive infor- bat management system, torpedo my knowledge around 12am — there mation related to combat and stealth launch system and specifications, is a hacking. So we will find out all aspects of India’s Scorpene subma- communications system and navi- these aspects,” he said. “I’ve told the rines being allegedly leaked, Defence gation systems. navy chief to find out all the details. Minister Manohar Parrikar yester- While the leaked information Maybe, in a couple of days I’ll be able day sought a report from the navy, is still being analysed to gauge the share with you.” adding that it appeared to be a case extent of damage, there is fear that The Indian Navy stressed the leak of hacking. it may compromise the submarine’s did not happen in India. “The avail- The Indian Navy, in a statement, detectability. Remaining hidden, able information is being examined meanwhile said it is analysing the or stealth, is considered the most at Integrated Headquarters, Ministry information. The navy also made important attribute of a submarine. of Defence (Navy) and an analysis is clear that the source of the leak was Parrikar, at the sidelines of an being carried out by the concerned not in India. event, said he got information about specialists.” “It appears that the source The Scorpene submarines, the alleged leak around midnight. of leak is from overseas and not in An aerial view of a flooded village on the outskirts of Allahabad yesterday. Prime Minister Narendra designed by French shipbuilder “The first step is to identify if it India,” the statement said. DCNS and being manufactured at relates to us,” Parrikar said. The Australian media reports, Modi expressed deep concern over the flood situation in Varanasi, the holy city by the Ganga river, the Mazgaon Dockyard in Mumbai “The Navy Chief (Admiral Sunil quoting DCNS, said that the leak of saying his office was monitoring the situation closely. at a cost of around $3.5bn, are con- Lanba) has been asked to analyse such technical data could not hap- ventional diesel vessels that boast of what exactly has been leaked,” pen with its proposed submarine advanced stealth capabilities. the Minister said, adding his first for Australia. The French company The over 22,000 pages that have assessment was that it was an act of also alluded that the leak may have occurred at India’s end, rather than Register case from France. Human pyramids can’t go beyond “Uncontrolled technical data against Maneka is not possible in the Australian 20 feet in Dahi Handi: Apex Court Arrangements,” the company said Gandhi: Kerala as per a report in The Australian. “Multiple and independent con- IANS state how it was going to regulate businessman trols exist within DCNS to prevent the large number of Dahi Handi unauthorised access to data and all events in Mumbai and the rest of data movements are encrypted and Maharashtra.” IANS recorded,” it said. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court As senior counsel Rajiv Dutta, “In the case of India, where a yesterday said that human pyramids appearing for the Trust, sought to DCNS design is built by a local com- can’t go beyond 20 feet during the assure the bench on the safety of THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: pany, DCNS is the provider and not Dahi Handi festival on Krishna Jan- the participants in the human pyra- Union Minister for Women and the controller of technical data.” mashtami, as it rejected a last ditch mid, the bench observed: “You can’t Child Development Maneka Gan- The first of the Scorpene class attempt by a group to get over the give assurance (on safety) on behalf dhi is facing flak for her empathy submarines being built in India, INS restriction. of all the 1,500 sansthans organis- towards dogs and a Kerala busi- Kalvari, went for sea trials in May Declining the plea by a trust ing Dahi Handi festival.” nessman yesterday even sought 2016 and is expected to be inducted seeking modification of an August The top court had on August legal action against her, after a in the Indian Navy soon. Variants of 17 order, Justice Anil R Dave, Jus- 17 barred teenagers below the age dog attack killed a 65-year-old Employees stand in front of the Indian Navy’s first Scorpene submarine Scorpene submarines are also used tice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice of 18 from taking part in a human woman in Kerala recently. before being undocked from Mazagon Docks Ltd, a naval vessel ship- by Malaysia and Chile, with Brazil to L Nageswara Rao said: “In the pyramid while fixing its height to a Maneka Gandhi had held the building yard, in Mumbai on April 6. join the club soon. last hearing we have asked the maximum of 20 feet. victim responsible for her own death. While speaking to The Week, she said, “What has happened to the woman is sad. But it is foolish to kill all the stray dogs in that spe- Rajnath meets Kashmir politicians; boy dies in clashes cific area for this reason,” adding “also, I feel the woman must have been carrying some meat with her IANS a clash with police in Pinglina vil- arrest of dozens of youths partic- Rajnath Singh met delegations in Jammu and Kashmir. The sep- while going to the beach. Dogs don’t lage of Pulwama, some 30 km south ipating in stone-throwing protests of various political parties, includ- aratist leaders also said there was chase you simply.” of Srinagar. At least 40 people were triggered by the July 8 killing of ing the ruling Peoples Democratic no possibility of talks with the gov- Kochuouseph Chittilapally, the injured in the clash. Hizbul Mujahideen commander Party, the opposition National ernment “within the framework of businessman who has led several SRINAGAR: A teenager was killed Hours later, a suspected mili- Burhan Wani. Conference and the Congress. The Indian constitution”, Mirwaiz Umar protests in major cities of the state and dozens were injured in scat- tant from a crowd hurled a bomb At least 69 people have been mainstream politicians, according Farooq said. against the stray dog menace, told tered clashes yesterday as Home at security personnel in Pulwama killed and thousands injured in to informed sources, pressed the He demanded a trilateral dia- the media that it was shameful Minister Rajnath Singh met lead- town — a few kilometres further the violence that has crippled nor- central government for a dialogue logue between India, Pakistan and that Gandhi holds the portfolio ers of the main political parties in a south of the Pinglina village. mal life in the Kashmir Valley for involving all stakeholders, includ- the people of Jammu and Kash- of women and child welfare. bid to break the cycle of violence in Nine policemen, including a 46 days. ing separatist leaders. mir from across the state divided Chittilapally said: “A case the Kashmir Valley raging for over superintendent of police, a deputy There seemed no end in sight to However, government sources between India and Pakistan. should be registered against her. six weeks. superintendent and a station house the unrest even as the Home Minister in Srinagar ruled out any possibil- The minister also chaired a None has any clue of why she Police said an 18-year-old boy officer, were injured in the attack. arrived here to meet a cross-section ity of the minister meeting with meeting with top police, military behaves like this and the resi- was killed in firing by security Demonstrations were also of Kashmiri people and seek ways on separatist groups, who have been and paramilitary commanders and dents of Puluvilla where the dogs forces in a south Kashmir village held in parts of Srinagar and north how to break the logjam. This is his spearheading the agitation, seek- officials of intelligence agencies in devoured the lady should see that after he sustained pellet injuries in Kashmir despite a strict curfew and second visit in a month. ing the right to self-determination the troubled state. dangerous dogs are shot dead.” 12 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 EUROPE

Rescuers work following an earthquake at Pescara del Tronto, central Italy, yesterday. (RIGHT) Residents react as scores of buildings were reduced to dusty piles of masonry. Powerful quake brings carnage to Italian mountains

expected the death toll to mount fur- and her husband after they were under a bed as soon as the shaking structural tests on the Colosseum. it occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km. ther. Hundreds of people were facing a trapped inside their holiday house began. She also survived but lost her Some of the worst damage was It measured 6.0 according to Ital- The earthquake chilly night in hastily assembled tents in the hamlet of Illica, near Accumoli. husband. And there were sobs in Illica suffered in Pescara del Tronto, a ian monitors, who put the depth at with magnitude of as the risk of aftershocks made it too “There’s no sound from them, we when two sisters were reunited with hamlet near Arquata in the Marche only four km. A 5.4-magnitude after- between 6.0 and 6.2 risky for them to return to their homes. only heard their cats,” he said before their poodle, Lello, pulled alive from region where the bodies of the dead shock followed an hour later. Scores of buildings were reduced the deaths were confirmed. their abandoned house. It was Italy’s were laid out in a children’s play park. Italy is often shaken by earth- hit a remote area to dusty piles of masonry in commu- “I wasn’t here, as soon as the most powerful earthquake since the With residents advised not to go quakes, usually centred on the straddling Umbria, nities close to the epicentre of the quake happened, I rushed here. They 2009 L’Aquila disaster. back into their homes, temporary mountainous spine of the boot- pre-dawn quake, which had a mag- managed to pull my sister’s children “Half the village has disap- campsites were being established in shaped country. Marche and Lazio. nitude of between 6.0 and 6.2. out, they’re in hospital now,” he peared,” said Amatrice mayor Sergio Amatrice and Accumoli as authorities In 2009, a 6.3-magnitude earth- It hit a remote area straddling added, wringing his hands in anguish. Pirozzi, surveying a town centre that looked to find emergency accommo- quake struck close to the university Umbria, Marche and Lazio at a time Sergio Camosi escaped with his looked as if had been subjected to a dation for more than 2,000 people. city of L’Aquila in the Abruzzo region of year when second home owners wife and daughter just before his bombing raid. Amatrice is a hilltop beauty spot and left more than 300 people dead. AFP and other visitors swell the number house caved in. “We ran down the Pope Francis interrupted his famed as the home of amatriciana, That disaster led to lengthy of people staying there. Many of the stairs but the door was blocked by weekly audience in St Peter’s Square one of Italy’s favourite pasta sauces, recriminations over lax building con- victims were from Rome. stones so we had to climb out the to express his shock. “To hear the and is a popular destination for trols and the failure of authorities to The devastated area is just to window,” he said tearfully. mayor of Amatrice say his village no Romans seeking cool mountain air warn residents that a quake could be ACCUMOLI, ITALY: A powerful the north of L’Aquila, the city where The victims included a nine- longer exists and knowing that there at the height of the summer. imminent. earthquake rattled a remote area some 300 people died in a previous month-old baby girl whose parents are children among the victims, is It was packed with visitors when David Rothery, Professor of Plan- of central Italy yesterday, leaving at quake in 2009. Italy’s civil protection survived, an 18-month-old toddler very upsetting for me,” he said. the quake struck at 3:36am (0136 etary Geosciences at Britain’s Open least 120 people dead and scenes of unit earlier put the fatalities to 73 in and two other young children who died Civil Protection chief Fab- GMT). Three minutes later the clock University, said yesterday’s quake carnage in mountain villages. and around the villages of Amatrice, along with their parents in Accumoli. rizio Curcio classed the quake as on the village’s 13th-century tower had been similar to the 2009 one. With dozens injured and an Accumoli and Arquata del Tronto, Two boys aged four and seven “severe”. The shocks were strong stopped. The first quake measured “Both occurred at a shallow unknown number of people trapped which later rose to 120. were saved by their quick-thinking enough to be felt 150 km away in 6.2, according to the United States depth, which exacerbates the shak- under rubble, rescue workers Guido Bordo, 69, lost his sister grandmother, who ushered them Rome, where authorities ordered Geological Survey (USGS), which said ing at the surface,” he said.

World’s largest Weighing up EU states must adopt aircraft damaged in crash landing judicious moves: Merkel

Reuters understand how smaller EU members AFP viewed the situation after Britain’s June 23 vote to leave the bloc. “We have to consider what are our prior- LONDON: The world’s largest TALLINN: The 27 countries that will ities are going to be.” aircraft suffered cockpit dam- remain in the European Union after Merkel reiterated that Britain age yesterday after nosediving Britain leaves must listen to each must invoke Article 50, trigger- while landing on its second test other carefully and avoid rushing ing the procedure for exiting the flight, but there were no inju- into policy decisions, German Chan- EU before the remaining EU mem- ries, according to the craft’s cellor Angela Merkel said yesterday. bers can respond with their ideas on manufacturer. “This is a phase of listening, of how to shape the future relationship The 92-metre-long Airlander understanding and learning from between Britain and the EU. 10, part helicopter and part air- one another so that we can really Merkel said she remained calm ship, came down at Cardington understand and develop a new bal- about likely timetable for Britain to Airfield in Bedfordshire, south ance within the European Union of take next step, noting remaining EU east England. 27 members that will remain,” Mer- members had enough to do at the “Airlander sustained damage kel, speaking in Tallin with Estonian moment thinking about their post- on landing during today’s flight,” Prime Minister Taavi Roivas said. Brexit future. said Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV). “If you do it wrong from the “We have enough to do among “All crew are safe and well and beginning and you don’t listen, - the remaining countries looking at there are no injuries.” and act just for sake of acting —then questions about future, so that we can Amateur footage of the land- you can make many mistakes,” she afford to let Britain take the time it ing showed the craft suddenly A Humboldt penguin jumps off scales during the annual weight-in at London Zoo in London, yesterday. said, underscoring the upcoming EU wants to clarify how it wants to shape pitching forward and landing summit in Bratislava was about set- future relationship,” Merkel said. on its cockpit, which was visibly ting an agenda for the future, not She is meeting 15 other European damaged. making any firm decisions. heads of state this week to prepare the An eyewitness quoted by the She said it was important for groundwork for a September 16 sum- BBC said that a line hanging down larger and more economically pow- mit in Bratislava aimed at shoring up from the plane “hit the telegraph France to teach children how erful countries like Germany to the battered bloc. pole about two fields away,” but Hybrid Air Vehicles later said that “no damage was sustained mid- air or as a result of a telegraph to react to school attacks pole as reported.” The aircraft was initially developed by the US government AP improve how French schools and Vallaud-Belkacem said. as a surveillance vehicle, but pro- children handle terror threats. “It’s not a question of succumb- duction was shelved as part of Students will be taught how to ing to panic or into paranoia, but government cutbacks. hide or to escape, depending on the simply to face our responsibilities,” HAV launched a campaign to PARIS: French schools will now situation and where they are. Vallaud-Belkacem said. get the aircraft in the skies, and hold three security drills a year — All students aged 13-14 and class Cazeneuve said the plan aims at the Airlander 10 made its first including one in which an alleged representatives will also get a basic “preventing risk of an attack and at test flight from the airfield on assailant enters their premises — training on life-saving measures. Val- the same time guaranteeing a serene August 17 following a £25m ($33m, as the French government ramps laud-Belkacem said, as of now, only 30 atmosphere in schools.” €29.4m) overhaul. up security measures after a string percent of students are trained. Other security measures are HAV hopes to have the craft in of deadly extremist attacks. In pre-school and kindergarten, already in place. Some police forces production by 2021, saying that Education Minister Najat Val- for children aged 2 to 6, no mention patrol in school areas and parents it could be used for surveillance, laud-Belkacem and Interior Minister of an attack or a danger should be and students are requested to avoid communications and potentially Bernard Cazeneuve announced made but children must be taught to gathering near schools and report German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens to Estonia’s Prime Minister passenger travel. a series of measures yesterday to hide and keep quiet through games, any suspicious behaviour or object. Taavi Roivas during their meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, yesterday. EUROPE THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 13 Ukraine displays military might on Independence Day

which the government has had to in exchange for promises to root out overhaul since pro-Russian eastern widespread corruption following its A march-past of separatists rose up against a new political tilt towards Europe. army, navy and Western-backed leadership in 2014. However, patchy reform progress “From this parade, our interna- and signs that vested interests con- airforce units tional partners will get the message tinue to influence policy have and hardware in that Ukraine is able to protect itself, prompted warnings from Western but needs further support,” Porosh- backers and delayed the disburse- the capital was enko told a large crowd of civilians ment of loans over the past year. intended to highlight and military personnel. Despite repeated requests, the He warned that Ukraine was West has also not given Ukraine any the capability of losing the attention of the interna- weapons, instead offering non-lethal Ukraine’s military. tional community. “Every country is military assistance such as training sometimes more preoccupied with and equipment. its own problems ... International For its part, Kiev has ramped up pressure on Russia must remain annual military spending to 5 percent Reuters until Russia implements the Minsk of gross domestic product. (ceasefire) agreements,” he later told Poroshenko said it would take diplomats. more time and money for Ukraine His comments echoed those of sev- to fully protect itself from what he KIEV: Ukraine put on a show of mil- eral Ukrainian lawmakers from across described as Russia’s “imperial itary strength on independence day the political spectrum who are now ambitions”. yesterday amid fresh tension with saying that Western actions against “We need years and tens of bil- Russia over Crimea and President Russia - including economic sanc- lions of hryvnias until we can sleep Petro Poroshenko said the country tions - have failed to protect Ukraine. soundly,” he said. had to rely on its own might rather “Our main guarantor is the Earlier in August, Russia, which than international guarantees. Ukrainian armed forces,” Porosh- denies accusations from Kiev and A march-past of army, navy and enko said. Nato that it supports eastern rebels airforce units and hardware in the Ukraine has received billions of with troops and equipment, said capital was intended to highlight dollars in financial aid from West- Ukraine was trying to provoke a new the capability of Ukraine’s military, ern allies, including the United States, conflict over annexed Crimea. Ukrainian T-64 tanks drive during Ukraine’s Independence Day military parade in central Kiev, yesterday. Germany unveils national crisis plan No ‘taboo’ issues in Cyprus peace talks: UN envoy Reuters in France and Belgium this year. outlines precautionary steps for system to alert people when there The German word for stock- scenarios such as terrorism and is an emergency, improved protec- ing up on provisions in case of an chemical weapons and cyber attacks. tion for buildings and medical care. AP emergency is “Hamsterkaeufe” and The Interior Ministry says it is not It also suggests the possibility of, BERLIN: Germany has told its citi- some media have mocked the plan linked to an immediate threat. if necessary, reintroducing conscrip- zens to stock up on water and food for encouraging Germans to hoard “The plan outlines the framework tion, which was suspended in 2011. in the event of a terrorist attack or like the small, furry pets. for adjustments needed in a changing The idea has caused controversy. NICOSIA, CYPRUS: Everything national catastrophe and may even Although the report was com- security climate and the demands for “Conscription must not be is up for discussion in an intensi- consider re-introducing conscription missioned in 2012, security is civil defence and emergency provi- brought back, there is no reason to do fied phase of ongoing Cyprus peace in its first overhaul of civil defences shaping up into a major campaign sion,” said the report, last published that, it is absolute nonsense,” Social talks, including “taboo” issues that in two decades. issue before two regional votes next in 1995. Democrat lawmaker Eva Hoegl told rival leaders had previously opted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet month and next year’s federal elec- It recommends people buy five rbb radio. to tackle at a later stage, a UN envoy approved the 70-page plan at a time tion. Proposed measures include days’ worth of water and ten days’ Civilians should also be ready to said yesterday. when Germans are particularly on boosting spending on police and a worth of food in the event of a help the military with tasks such as Espen Barth Eide (pictured) said edge after two Islamist attacks in July ban on the burqa. national crisis. It also outlines the directing traffic, finding accommo- it’s the first time since he took over and several much larger-scale attacks The strategy unveiled yesterday need for a more extensive alarm dation and providing fuel. as peace talks facilitator two years ago that even the toughest issues will be discussed. Those issues include how much territory Greek UK lawmakers and Turkish Cypriots will adminis- Eye-catching illumination ter under an envisioned federation Turkey. Anastasiades said there as well as military intervention can be no peace deal with any such push for ban on rights Cyprus’ existing constitution military rights or a permanent grants to Greece, Turkey and Britain. Turkish troop presence. Turkey plastic microbeads Cyprus was split into a Greek continues to maintain more than Cypriot south and a breakaway 35,000 troops in the north. Reuters Turkish Cypriot north in 1974 when Akinci said Turkish Cypriots Turkey invaded the island after a prefer an arrangement with some coup aiming at union with Greece. form of Turkish security guarantees LONDON: Britain should ban Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek remaining in place. use of plastic microbeads in cos- Cypriot president of Cyprus’ inter- However, both leaders said they metics and toiletries, a group of nationally recognized government, would consider alternatives that lawmakers recommended, saying and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa wouldn’t be perceived as a threat companies’ voluntary efforts to Akinci have made steady progress by either side. phase them out were not enough. since talks resumed in May 2015. The issue of how much territory Microbeads are tiny plas- But both leaders have said that key either side will administer also goes tic particles used as exfoliants in obstacles still remain. to the heart of the key question of toothpastes, face washes, scrubs “So far, we have said that cer- how many people who left homes and shower gels. After rinsing, the tain things have to come later, and and property during the invasion plastic beads pollute waterways yes it’s still true that certain things would be able to get them back. The and oceans, where they can be can only be concluded later,” Eide knock-on effect of that decision will eaten by marine life and end up told reporters after talks with Anas- also determine the cost of compen- in the human food chain. tasiades. “But now we’re in a phase sating owners who may not be able “A single shower can result in where we can discuss everything.” to get their property back, estimated 100,000 plastic particles enter- Anastasiades and Akinci to be in the billions. ing the ocean,” said Mary Creagh, said they hope to make enough Eide said Turkey has given the chair of House of Commons progress over their next six meet- assurances of its continued sup- Environmental Audit Committee, ings to warrant a meeting with port of the peace talks following which delivered its recommenda- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki- concerns that last month’s failed tion to government’s Department moon after the General Assembly coup in the country could negatively for Environment, Food and Rural next month. impact the process. The U.N. envoy Affairs yesterday. Most Greek Cypriots oppose repeated that the coup served as a The department will respond The Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights illuminate the night sky in Erikslund village at Vaesternorrland any provision in a new peace reminder that the window of oppor- within a few months, the commit- County in Sweden. accord that would extend simi- tunity for a Cyprus deal “may not tee said. lar military intervention rights to remain open forever.” Labour’s Smith pitches Austria’s FPO kicks off campaign for presidency

Reuters People’s Party (OVP). for second vote on EU Back then the OVP and the Social Democrats were mass parties, but Austrians’ anger about their shared Reuters 50, the formal clause by which a VIENNA: Austria’s far-right Freedom politics built up. Since then the Aus- country leaves the EU. Party (FPO) kicked off its campaign trians have become so upset with the “We will vote in Parliament to for president yesterday with the slo- two parties hat both parties’ presi- block any attempt to invoke Arti- gan “Power needs control”, seeking dential candidates failed to make it LONDON: A leadership candidate cle 50 until Theresa May commits to get its candidate Norbert Hofer the presidential. for Britain’s opposition Labour party, to a second referendum or a gen- elected on a promise of toughness Like the late Klestil, who was Owen Smith, said yesterday he would eral election on whatever EU exit after concerns over Europe’s migrant head of state until 2004, Hofer says try to get parliament to block talks on deal emerges at the end of the proc- crisis. he wants to be an active president, leaving the European Union unless ess,” Smith said in a statement. He The FPO successfully challenged rather tha a purely ceremonial one. the government promises a second said there was too much uncertainty result of a runoff vote in May that “(He wants to become a) neces- referendum or election. over what Brexit will involve. Hofer narrowly lost against former sary counter weight to a power cartel On June 23, 52 percent of Britons “Nobody knows what Brexit Green Party leader Alexander Van that has established itself at every voted to leave the EU, but Smith has looks like. It could involve trashing der Bellen. The Constitutional Court nook and corner in the state,” said his Austrian Freedom Party (FPOe) Secretary General Herbert Kickl said some electors were duped into workers’ rights and environmen- ordered a re-run, which will take campaign manager and the Freedom backing Brexit campaign and may tal protections, opening our NHS place on October 2. Party’s secretary Herbert Kickl . presents campaign posters of FPOe candidate Norbert Hofer in think twice due to signs that Britain’s (health service) up to foreign com- Hofer’s slogan is the same as that Hofer is a eurosceptic and has Vienna, yesterday. economy could slow since the vote. petition, making it harder for us which in 1992 ensured victory for the said that in some cases Austria provide the next chancellor, or movements in several European Prime Minister Theresa May will to trade with our neighbours and current president’s predecessor, Tho- should consider leaving the EU. head of government, shares its anti- countries, such as the Alternative wait until next year to trigger Article damaging our economy.” mas Klestil from the conservative The FPO, which also hopes to immigration policy with rightist for Germany (AfD). 14 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 AMERICAS

Hillary proposes Many Blacks not new federal fund to combat Zika virus

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LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA: As Trump’s outreach the Zika virus continues to spread, Hillary Clinton is proposing a new fund to improve the federal gov- “Any minority who would vote ernment’s response to major public for him is crazy, ought to have their health crises. Several black voters head examined,” said Ike Jenkins, The Democratic presidential dismiss the overtures an 81-year-old retired business nominee says the US is failing to owner in the predominantly black sufficiently invest in public health as another racially suburb of East Cleveland. preparedness, not only for Zika, but charged pitch from Foluke Bennett, a 43-year-old health threats from potentially pan- a campaign aimed from Philadelphia, went further, demic diseases, climate change and labeling the GOP standard-bearer’s possible bioterrorism. exclusively at whites. remarks as “racist,” pointing, among If elected, Clinton would create a other things, to his referencing Afri- “Public Health Rapid Response Fund” can-Americans as “the blacks.” to help federal agencies and local hos- Trump will appear in Jackson, pital systems respond faster and more AP Mississippi, an 80 percent Afri- aggressively — similarly to how the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks on stage during a campaign rally in Austin, Texas. can-American city and capital of government responds to a natural dis- the state with the nation’s highest aster. The programme would allow proportion of black residents. It is the executive branch to deploy money AKRON, OHIO: Black Republicans unclear whether he will address University of Akron. Berg said he’s an In Wisconsin, he declared to convention delegate from Pennsylva- and other resources without having to cheer Donald Trump for a newfound black voters directly; so far, his outlier: an undecided black Repub- minorities: “You live in poverty, nia, says Trump’s arguments resonate wait for congressional approval. outreach to African-Americans, but appeal to them has been delivered lican. For most African-Americans, your schools are no good, you have with him. “We need a change agent,” Clinton’s proposal is similar say the GOP presidential nominee before white audiences in mostly Berg said, Trump must “meet them no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is said Tucker, 64, of Philadelphia. “He’s to legislation introduced by Sena- must take his message beyond are- white cities. where they are.” unemployed? What the hell do you breaking down his overall economic tor Bill Cassidy, and Senator Brian nas filled with white supporters and Mississippi is overwhelmingly It’s a well-known electoral have to lose?” He argues illegal immi- platform and relating it to African- Schatz, that would release funds venture into the inner cities. Republican because of whites’ loy- conundrum: The US population grows gration disproportionately affects Americans,” Tucker added, extolling after the secretary of health and Many rank-and-file black alties, as opposed to battlegrounds less white with each election cycle, so economic opportunities of blacks the GOP’s emphasis on entrepreneur- human resources declares a public voters, meanwhile, dismiss the such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and to defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton, and Hispanics. ial pursuits. health emergency. Under their pro- overtures as another racially Florida, states Obama won twice the New York billionaire must attract In Ohio, he insisted without evi- Certainly, each Trump pro- posal, after a federal audit, agencies charged pitch from a campaign and where the largest cities offer at more non-white voters or run up an dence that foreign “war zones” are nouncement drew roaring approval involved in response effort would aimed exclusively at whites, from least a theoretical chance for Trump advantage with white voters to a level “safer than living in some of our inner from his rally audiences. Many black pay half the money back. Trump’s emphasis on “law and to pursue marginal shifts among no candidate has reached since Ron- cities.” He pledged a Trump adminis- voters, however, hear the appeal dif- The campaign did not detail order” to his withering critiques significant black populations. ald Reagan’s 1984 landslide. tration would “get rid of the crime,” ferently. As he sold Cleveland Cavaliers how the government would pay for of President Barack Obama, the “He’s got to take his arguments Trump has confronted his steep allowing minorities to “walk down NBA championship swag, street ven- the fund or its size, beyond saying nation’s first black chief executive. to the streets,” said Brandon Berg, a path in the last week, asking minor- the street without getting shot.” dor Steve T, 47, said the “disrespectful” it would cost several billion dollars It was Trump in 2011 who fiercely black pastor who drove from Young- ities, “Give Trump a chance!” Calvin Tucker, the lone black GOP comments represent “the real Trump.” over 10 years. challenged Obama’s US birth. stown, Ohio, to hear Trump at the Honduras tense Colombia & leftist rebels putting final touches on peace deal

AP The government yesterday pub- Negotiations began in November lished a photo of negotiators in a 2012 and were plagued by distrust circle and smiling under a headline built up during decades of war prop- reading: “The day is coming. We’re aganda on both sides. BOGOTA: Colombia’s president said on the road to peace.” Polls show most Colombians yesterday that government negotia- Once negotiations conclude, the loathe the rebel group known as tors and leftist rebels are putting the accord must still be ratified by voters FARC and show no hesitation label- final touches on a peace deal that they in a plebiscite. But just the wrap- ling them “narco-terrorists” for hope to announce in the coming hours. ping up of talks opens possibility for their heavy involvement in Colom- “Today I hope to give historic, Colombians to put behind them more bia’s cocaine trade. Meanwhile, the very important news to the coun- than 50 years of political bloodshed FARC held onto a Cold War view of try,” President Juan Manuel Santos that has claimed more than 220,000 Colombia’s political and economic said at an education event. victims and driven more than 5 mil- establishment as “oligarchs” at the Government negotiators told lion people from their homes. service of the US. local news media that all major The accord would commit The rebel army was forced to the obstacles to a deal have been cleared Colombia’s government to carry- negotiating table after a decade of up. But some representatives for ing out aggressive land reform, an heavy battlefield losses that saw a the Revolutionary Armed Forces overhaul of its anti-narcotics strat- succession of top rebel command- of Colombia cautioned on social egy and an expansion of political ers killed by the US-backed military People surround a minibus set on fire by gang members in Comayaguela, Honduras. media that some details remain to protections for leftist activists and and the its ranks thinned by half to be worked out. traditionally marginalised groups. the current 7,000 troops.

FBI investigating Ban on swimming with dolphins in Hawaii likely attempted cyber AP humans in Hawaii routinely frolic spinner dolphins rest after they spend mention how their lives have been because they are forced to be vigi- NYT with — are deprived of rest during night feeding. Tour companies take changed by going on a tour, he said. lant as people approach their pods. breach of the day and becoming stressed out. customers to these close-to-shore “If you’re doing work that helps “All of these things can contrib- Swimming with dolphins is pop- waters to find dolphins. people— that enlightens them, ute to a reduction of fitness over time AP HONOLULU: Federal regulators are ular with visitors and some locals, There has to be a middle ground inspires them, makes them feel good — this kind of chronic level of stress. proposing to ban swimming with dol- with dozens of companies on Kauai, between the dolphin tour operators — that’s a good thing. There’s no need That’s what we’re concerned about,” phins in Hawaii, a move that could Oahu, Maui and the Big Island oper- and what federal regulators are pro- to take that away,” Holland said. Garrett said. WASHINGTON: The FBI is investi- imperil one of the Aloha State’s most ating dolphin tours daily. posing, said Richard Holland, CEO of Ann Garrett, assistant regional Scientists have not done any gating attempted cyber intrusions popular tourist activities and the The proposed rule could shut down Dolphins and You, which takes about administrator of National Marine studies on how frolicking with targeting reporters of the New industry that has sprung up around it. or greatly disrupt the industry as it now 80 customers on tours to waters off Fisheries Service’s protected humans has affected the dolphins’ York Times and is looking into The National Marine Fisheries operates. That’s because the ban would Oahu’s Waianae Coast each day. Cus- resources division for Pacific Islands, numbers. But they fear the stress whether Russian intelligence Service says spinner dolphins — cover waters out to 2 nautical miles, tomer reviews of his business on social said dolphins have been found to be will harm the animals’ ability to agencies are responsible for the the playful nocturnal species that which is where 98 percent of Hawaii’s media and other online sites often burning calories at a higher rate reproduce. acts, a US official said yesterday. The Times reported yesterday that the attempted cyber attack targeted newspaper’s Moscow bureau, and there was no evi- Wildfires: Washington Venezuela woes dence that it was successful. No internal systems at the newspaper have been compromised, Times state declares emergency spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said in a statement. AFP have destroyed more than 25 build- “We are constantly monitoring ings and threatened hundreds more, our systems with the latest availa- triggering evacuations, Inslee said. ble intelligence and tools,” Murphy They included the Cherry Road said. “We have seen no evidence LOS ANGELES: A growing number Fire, which has charred 31,660 that any of our internal systems, of wildfires were threatening peo- acres and is 50 percent contained, including our systems in the Mos- ple and property in the western while the Kahlotus Fire has burned cow bureau, have been breached United States, with the governor of 20,000 acres and was 19 percent or compromised.” Washington state declaring a state contained, according to Northwest CNN first reported FBI’s inves- of emergency in 20 counties. Interagency Coordination Centre. tigation. A US official on condition “These fires threaten people, The 3,750-acre Spokane Complex of anonymity confirmed that an property and the natural resources fire was threatening 167 residences, investigation was underway. of eastern Washington,” Governor with two damaged and 12 destroyed. The news comes as federal Jay Inslee said in a statement. Inslee noted weather conditions in authorities continue to investi- “This proclamation frees up next seven days will be hot and windy, gate a breach of the Democratic state resources so we can provide hampering efforts by firefighters who National Committee that out- the assistance that these communi- are already short-handed. side cybersecurity experts have ties might need. This is a time for all Further south along Pacific coast, Student demonstrators hold a banner that partially reads “Recall” while gathering to protest against attributed to Russian intelligence Washingtonians to come together.” 10,000 firefighters were battling six Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, yesterday. agencies and that led to the post- The fires in largely rural areas gigantic wildfires in California. ing of embarrassing internal emails. BREAK TIME THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 1517

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A breathtaking close-up of the complex exterior of desert rose-inspired National Museum of Qatar nearing completion. With the unique structure of its façade comprising interlocking discs of varying sizes, the museum has generated a lot of interest from many people eagerly awaiting its opening. Qatar Museums recently provided a number of citizens and students sneak peak to the interior of the museum designed by award-winning architect Jean Nouvel. Built around Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani’s original palace, this ultramodern national museum will reflect Qatari roots, history and identity in the thousands of objects that will be displayed in its temporary and INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY permanent galleries. An auditorium, heritage research centres, conservation laboratories and cafes will be among its other features. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula DFI to launch ‘A Symphony of Films’ series

Beautiful cloudy sunset over Qatar. Photoby @ The Peninsula Baher_Amin

DOHA: The Doha Film Institute Cin- ema (DFI Cinema) is launching ‘A Symphony of Films’ thematic series next month featuring film screen- ings and live concerts. The inaugural series will be held from September 22 to 26 at Katara Drama Theatre and Opera House in partnership Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra, a member of Qatar Foun- dation; the British Embassy; and the British Council. It highlights the Qatar premiere A still from the the 3D film Brave by Pixar which will be screened for free in the presence of Patrick Doyle. screening of German director FW Murnau’s expressionist horror film strengthen awareness and appreci- 24 at 5pm at MIA Auditorium on the opportunity to perform music from Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des ation of the two art forms, in all their importance of music in film and the a selection of Shakespeare film adap- Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of pristine and classic glory, among our power a soundtrack can have over tations that I’ve had the good fortune Horror) with live accompaniment of community. The unique showcase of audiences. to work on with my friend Sir Ken- the original score performed by the accomplished films, live music per- Doyle’s concert, ‘A Symphony neth Branagh. I am also delighted to Qatar Philharmonic. formance and the master-class will of Films,’ will highlight outstanding present some world premieres from Other films to be screened in the contribute to strengthening a deeper compositions from his career and a selection of my films over the past series include The Good, the Bad and understanding of global film and also mark the 400th death anniver- 25 years.,” said Doyle. Tickets to the the Ugly by Sergio Leone; North by music trends.” sary of William Shakespeare with performances are available at qatar- Participants at the Quranic Botanic Garden’s (QBG) ‘Fun & Learn’ Northwest by Alfred Hitchcock; free Master film composer Patrick Doyle’s compositions for films based philharmonicorchestra.org and are workshop, held recently in collaboration with the women’s branch youth screening of the 3D film Brave Doyle will regale audiences in a on the works of the Bard including priced QR75-QR200. Tickets to the of Eid Charity at Education City. by Pixar in the presence of Patrick live concert. Doyle is renowned for Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, films screenings are available at Doyle; Akira Kurosawa’s Ran; Cara- his works on Sense and Sensibility, Henry V and As You Like It, with www.dohafilminstitute.com and are mel by Nadine Labaki and Landscape Gosford Park, Harry Potter and The actor-director Sir Kenneth Branagh. priced QR35 with a QR10 discount for in the Mist by Theo Angelopoulos. Goblet of Fire, Thor, Cinderella, Carl- “I’m very much looking forward students and Qatar Museums Culture Quranic Botanic Garden hosts Fatma Al Remaihi, Chief Exec- ito’s Way and Rise of the Planet of the to my first trip to Qatar. To cele- Pass holders. Brave and the Master- utive Officer at DFI, said: “ ‘A Apes, among others. He will also con- brate Shakespeare, in this 400th class with Patrick Doyle are free ‘Fun and Learn’ workshop Symphony of Films’ is a one-of- duct a masterclass for film and music year anniversary of his death, we events, but audiences are encouraged its-kind event that will further enthusiasts in Qatar on September thought it would be a wonderful to reserve a free ticket for admission.

The Peninsula fun and interactive activities,” said Fatima Saleh Al Khulaifi, Project Manager of QBG. “Our most recent workshop was hosted in partnership DOHA: The Quranic Botanic with Eid Charity, and was an over- Garden (QBG) recently held an edu- whelming success. We are looking cational workshop for children as forward to rolling out the campaign part of its ongoing summer activ- across the rest of the country.” ities. The ‘Fun & Learn’ event was The ‘Fun & Learn’ initiative is hosted in collaboration with the aimed at primary school children women’s branch of Eid Charity. aged 6 to 11, and is being delivered The workshop was held at to 20 UNESCO associated schools Hamad bin Khalifa University’s working under the supervision of (HBKU) Student Centre in Education the Qatar National Commission for City, where participants enjoyed a Education, Culture and Science. series of engaging activities, includ- QBG is a member of Qatar Foun- ing educational interactive games dation for Education, Science and such as colouring, puzzles, and quiz. Community Development (QF). “The ‘Fun & Learn’ campaign Through its educational initiative, aims to educate children about the QBG aims to encourage student importance of plant life and the engagement and strengthen agri- A still from the 1985 film Ran by acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and (Right) The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. environment through a series of cultural awareness in Qatar. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 11,186.14 +69.72 PTS PAGE | 20 DOW -46.61 PTS New UK trade 18,500.69 Mercedes eyes deal may take FTSE100 6,835.78 -32.73 PTS Silicon Valley-style time: Norway BRENT $49.09 -$0.87 overhaul

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QIA buys 9.9% stake in Empire State trust

President and Chief Financial QInvest acted as Officer, added, “From inception, we have made clear that we are financial adviser to committed to the long term for our Qatar Investment capital structure and flexibility for the future. With the recent expansion Authority affiliate’s of the Company’s unsecured revolv- $622m investment. ing credit facility to $1.1bn and now this addition of QIA’s equity invest- ment, our ability to drive long-term value for all ESRT shareholders is By Satish Kanady further enhanced.” The Peninsula Anthony E Malkin, Chairman and CEO, Empire State Realty Trust said ESRT’s relationship with QIA is a great fit for ESRT. DOHA: An affiliate of Qatar Invest- Darcy Stacom of CBRE Group ment Authority (QIA) has invested introduced QInvest to the Com- $622m in the Empire State Building pany. Goldman, Sachs & Co and (pictured) in New York. The invest- Eastdil Secured acted as financial ment gives QIA a 9.9 percent stake advisors to the Company. Goodwin in Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT), Procter, Proskauer Rose, and Clifford Minister of Finance H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi (right) and General Authority of Customs Chairman Ahmed a listed New York-based trust which Chance US acted as the Company’s bin Ali Al Mohannadi at the new administrative headquarters of the General Authority in Doha yesterday. manages a portfolio of office and legal counsel. QInvest acted as finan- retail properties in Manhattan and cial adviser to QIA while White & the greater New York metropolitan Case acted as the QIA legal counsel. area. ESRT, the leading real estate Finance Minister visits new headquarters Announcing the deal in New Realty Trust’s President and Chief investment trust (REIT), owns, York on Tuesday, ESRT stated: “QIA Operating Officer, stated, “We wel- manages, operates, acquires and purchased 29,610,854 newly issued come QIA as an ESRT shareholder repositions office and retail prop- General Authority of Customs Class A common shares of Empire and see their investment as an erties in Manhattan and the greater State Realty Trust at $21.00 per endorsement of ESRT’s strategy, New York metropolitan area, includ- share, equivalent to a 9.9 percent team and portfolio of irreplaceable ing the Empire State Building, the economic and voting interest in the assets. We continue to plan for the world’s most famous building. The Peninsula Ahmed bin Ali Al Mohannadi, Chair- officials explained the Minister about Company on a fully diluted basis.” future, now with more capital and Headquartered in New York, the man of the General Authority of the services provided by the Author- QIA’s entire 9.9 percent company one of the most sophisticated and Company’s office and retail portfolio Customs. ity’s customer care centre interest is in Class A shares which reliable real estate investors in the covers 10.1 million rentable square The Minister of Finance made The Minister praised the Author- represents a 19.4 percent owner- world as our partner. As we continue feet, as of June 30, 2016, consisting DOHA: Minister of Finance H E Ali a tour in the main building and ity’s efforts to develop its capacities. ship of Class A shares; however, QIA our internal growth strategy execu- of 9.4 million rentable square feet Sherif Al Emadi paid a visit to the reviewed the functioning of vari- The Minister of Finance said can only vote shares equivalent to tion, added strength and flexibility in 14 office properties, including General Authority of Customs yes- ous service facilities, a press note the successful experiments being 9.9 percent of all voting securities, in our balance sheet expand our nine in Manhattan, three in Fair- terday. This is the Minister’s first visit issued yesterday noted. made by the Customs Authority with the balance of their shares to capacity to take advantage of oppor- field County, Connecticut and two to the General Authority, after the The Minister also examined the will further ease the entry of goods be voted by ESRT in accord with the tunities through external growth.” in Westchester County, New York; completion of the works of its new operations room and the modern and commercial shipments to the votes of all other voting securities. David A Karp, Empire State and approximately 720,000 renta- administrative headquarters. electronic servers of the electronic country to help boost the national John B Kessler, Empire State Realty Trust’s Executive Vice ble square feet in the retail portfolio. The Minister was received by archive database. The customs economy. Retail market in Qatar remains stable PetroChina profit almost wiped out in first half By M.V.A. Kumar are likely to suffer the most as game- company downsiz- The Peninsula changing centres such as Doha ing and lower levels Festival City and Mall of Qatar attract of recruitment in customers from existing centres,” both the public and AFP in the first quarter, its weakest quar- said Mat Green, Head of Research & private sectors. terly expansion in seven years. DOHA: Qatar’s prime retail malls Consulting UAE, CBRE Middle East. So far, declines “Low crude price is a killer for continue to enjoy relatively stable QatarMarketView’s study of have been most SHANGHAI: China’s biggest oil companies like PetroChina as they rentals and high occupancy rates, the office market during the first prevalent within the producer PetroChina’s net profit pretty much rely on oil incomes to despite the ever-increasing supply half of the year, revealed that land- higher tiers of the plunged 97.9 percent in the first make a living,” Tian Miao, a Beijing- and the emergence of weaker con- lords were facing stiff competition residential market, half of this year, it said yesterday, based analyst at North Square Blue sumer confidence, according to the in securing new tenancies amidst with rental rates fall- as it struggled with a weak domestic Oak, said. “The performance is not H1, 2016 Qatar MarketView by global weakening demand fundamentals ing by over 10 percent economy and low oil prices. unexpected and what they do in the real estate consultancy firm CBRE. and a surplus supply of available in some cases since Net profit was 531m yuan second half hinges on whether oil Villagio and City Centre Doha are offices. Over the past six months, the start of the year. ($79.9m) in the January to June can really rebound to a higher level.” two of the country’s main shopping the number of new office require- However, the mar- period, down drastically from the Earlier this year PetroChina destinations, with average daily foot- ments, and overall take-up levels, ket average decline 25.4bn yuan it made in the same reported its first quarterly loss since falls of around 46,000 and 45,000 have declined notably, subsequently is actually around 5 period last year, PetroChina said in listing — a loss of 13.79bn yuan in respectively. However, competition creating deflationary rental pres- percent over the past a statement to the Hong Kong stock the January to March period. levels are rising rapidly, with close sures across the market as vacancy six months. exchange, where it is listed. The company warned of tougher to 1.27 million square metres of new rates have started to rise. landlords are forced to become more Qatar has around 145,000 com- The figure was its lowest half- conditions in the second half. retail GLA set to be completed over This has resulted in declines in flexible with their leasing and pay- pleted residential units, including year net profit since it listed in 2000. Financial markets “will tend to the next three years alone, signal- the average prime rental rate, which ment terms, as they seek to maintain those with commercial compo- “Due to the combined effects of be unstable due to significant polit- ling a clear risk of over saturation. has fallen 2 percent quarter-on-quar- occupation of their buildings. nents. Over the next three years, the slow recovery of global economy ical events including Brexit”, it said, “The emergence of this huge new ter and 4 percent year-on-year to Residential rental rates have CBRE expects to see the addition of and geopolitical factors, the interna- adding that the oil price was likely supply, which equates to around 83 QR230/sqm/month. The outlook is for started showing more pronounced around 28,000 new residential units, tional crude oil prices reached the to keep fluctuating at a low level. percent of the current organised a sustained period of rental deflation declines in H1 after years of pro- with majority large number of these bottom and began to move up in an Before the earnings announce- retail stock, is expected to drive for both prime and secondary office longed growth. Over recent months, apartments to be delivered in loca- unsteady way,” PetroChina said. ment, PetroChina closed down 0.19 down rental rates right across the spaces, with occupancy rates likely demand levels have weakened tions such as Pearl Qatar, Lusail City At the same time, China’s eco- percent in Hong Kong but was 0.13 market, although ageing centres to see significant erosion. As a result, substantially amidst widespread and West Bay. nomic growth slowed to 6.7 percent percent higher in Shanghai. 18 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 BUSINESS

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FSRU Toscana is the most recent of Italy’s three regasification terminals.

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DOHA: RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has shipped its first lique- fied natural gas (LNG) cargo to the Floating Storage Regasification Unit AvtoVAZ CEO French businessman Nicolas Maure poses in front of a Lada Vesta car at Moscow (FSRU) Toscana, located in Italy. The terminal is permanently anchored operations,” said Khalid Sultan R. Al cargo, aboard RasGas’ Al Thakhira, to the seabed through a mooring sys- Kuwari, RasGas’ Chief Marketing & International Auto Show — MIAS-2016 yesterday, a day before its opening for public. The auto show was delivered on Tuesday. tem, with a single point of rotation Shipping Officer. will run till September 4. The receiver of the said cargo is at the bow. “Receiving this cargo at the FSRU a new customer for RasGas, DufEn- This shipment — to a new Toscana regasification terminal is an ergy Trading SA (DufEnergy), which customer at a new terminal — important milestone, as LNG is a key is an international, multi-energy underlines RasGas’ positive growth source of supply to the Italian natu- trading company based in Lugano, path, and continues the company’s ral gas market,” said Jean-Christian Hendrik Kasteel new CEO of Ooredoo Algeria Switzerland. Since entering the LNG outstanding performance even in a Heintz, Head of LNG at DufEnergy. market in late 2012, DufEnergy period of low energy prices. Qatar’s RasGas is one the world’s has been successfully delivering a “RasGas looks forward to con- largest gas exporters, with an inte- The Peninsula latory filing to Qatari bourse noted telecom sector” number of LNG cargos to its custom- tinuing our support of DufEnergy grated shipping fleet consisting of yesterday. Kasteel has over 25 years of ers, while diversifying its LNG supply in meeting the growing demand in 27 long-term chartered LNG vessels. Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani. experience, out of which 20 years in portfolio. Italy – and throughout Europe – for The fleet’s variety of 14 conventional Group CEO, Ooredoo, said: “We wel- the telecom sector, where he served FSRU Toscana is one of Italy’s cleaner energy in the form of LNG. ships, 12 Q-Flex and one Q-Max ves- DOHA: Ooredoo has announced come Hendrik Kasteel to Ooredoo, in several roles, most recently as main regasification projects, and is The arrival of our LNG cargo at FSRU sel enhances RasGas’ flexibility to the appointment of Hendrik Kas- and are confident that he will deliver Managing Director at Euronet Com- located 22km off the Italian coast Toscana represents another posi- meet worldwide demand for cleaner teel as the new Chief Executive sustained success during this period munications, a subsidiary of Dutch between Livorno and Pisa. The tive development in RasGas’ global energy. Officer of Ooredoo Algeria, a regu- of change and transformation in the Telecom.

German economy grows at better New UK trade deal may take time: Norway than expected rate Reuters negotiations with Norway to be a pri- Norway is also Britain’s top foreign be in place the moment Britain leaves in second quarter ority for Britain. gas supplier, accounting for some the EU.” Prime Minister Erna Solberg 40 percent of all supplies in 2015. Its The Nordic country is not an EU told Reuters last week she saw some $896bn wealth fund, the world’s larg- state but pays hundreds of millions of OSLO: Norway wants to maintain a advantages if Britain joined the est, is a major foreign investor. euros to access the European internal AFP good relationship with Britain after four-nation European Free Trade “We want to maintain at least as market. It has been touted by some it leaves the European Union but it Association (EFTA) after quitting near a relationship with Britain as we referendum campaigners as a poten- may take a long time for a new trade the EU, qualifying past doubts about have today,” Aspaker told the meet- tial model for post-Brexit Britain to FRANKFURT: Strong foreign agreement to be established, the EU membership. Britain is Norway’s ing on the implications of Brexit with follow. trade and buoyant consump- affairs minister in Oslo said yester- third-biggest destination for goods business and trade union officials. Citing gas trading and bilateral tion drove Germany’s economy, day. produced by its mainland economy, “Our goal is to have a well-func- security links, Aspaker told Reuters Europe’s largest, to better-than- Elisabeth Aspaker (pictured) told which excludes the oil and shipping tioning solution with Britain in place she expected Norway to be “quite expected growth in the second a meeting that ministers would soon sector, with an 8 percent share. as soon as possible ... (But) we must high up in the queue of countries it quarter, federal statistics office meet their London counterparts, later Mainland exports are prima- be prepared to the fact that it could is important to have good relation- Destatis said yesterday. adding to Reuters that she expected rily seafood, including salmon, but take a long time and that it may not ships with”. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.4 percent between April and June, adjusted for sea- sonal, calendar and price effects — twice as fast as analysts sur- World Bank presidency search opens with Kim’s hat in ring veyed by Factset predicted. However, the final figure, which confirmed a prelimi- nary Destatis reading earlier AFP all member countries,” the executive and that the next president would be worlds. After taking office in 2012, in August, represented a slow- board said in a statement. as well. Kim was the first American Kim announced a new goal of erad- down from the unexpectedly Kim’s five-year term ends on June candidate to face competition when icating extreme poverty by 2030 and strong 0.7-percent expansion in 30. Following an unwritten rule, the Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi a sweeping internal reorganisation to the first quarter. WASHINGTON: World Bank chief United States, the Bank’s largest Okonjo-Iweala also contended for foster collaboration across the Bank. “Compared with the pre- Jim Yong Kim (pictured) will seek shareholder, has always chosen its the presidency. However, the reforms appear vious quarter, the positive a second term of office, the glo- president, while the International The latest selection process to have alienated many staff mem- impulses above all came from bal development lender said as it Monetary Fund leader has been begins at midnight today, launching a bers, who in employee surveys have foreign trade,” Destatis said in a announced the start of a selection drawn from Europe. three-week window for nominations. reported feeling detached from sen- statement. process for the presidency. The World Bank staff associa- Kim’s current term is not due ior management and unsure of the According to preliminary Kim’s bid to remain as presi- tion said in an open letter on August to expire for more than 10 months, direction of policy. estimates, exports of goods and dent comes in the face a rare public 8 that this tradition flew in the face meaning the pending selection proc- The Bank currently faces ques- services increased by 1.2 percent rebuke from the Bank’s rank-and- of principles of transparency, diver- ess begins significantly earlier than tions about its continuing relevance between April and June, while file, who earlier this month declared sity and merit-based selection, given the previous one, which was con- on the world stage as developing imports fell by 0.1 percent. that the institution faced a “crisis of that the process had always selected ducted and concluded in the quarter countries can now turn to a growing Overall, the data showed leadership.” an American man. prior to Kim taking office. number of other lenders — such as “mixed signals” in the German “The executive directors The executive board said Kim A medical doctor and former the Asian Infrastructure Investment economy. expressed unanimous support for an had been selected in 2012 accord- president of Dartmouth College, Kim Bank, founded at China’s initiative, Households increased spend- open, merit-based and transparent ing to new principles meant to ensure was the first Bank president not to be which held its first annual meeting ing by 0.2 percent and the state selection, with nominations open to an “open and transparent” process drawn from the financial or political in June. by 0.6 percent compared with the previous quarter. But business investment in capital goods fell by 2.4 per- cent and in construction by 1.6 Aamal unveils new percent. Looking back at the previous year, the economy was 1.8 per- Bridgestone tyres cent larger between April and June than the same period in 2015, adjusting for price and cal- The Peninsula Sheikh Mohamed bin Faisal Al endar effects — a slightly slower Thani, Vice-Chairman of Aamal growth rate than the first quar- Company, said: “Aamal Company ter’s 1.9 percent. is committed to offering the best In the coming quarters, “pri- DOHA: Aamal Trading and Distri- products and services through its vate consumption should remain bution, a branch of Aamal Company diversified business platform ensuring an important growth driver on Q.S.C., the exclusive distributor in its market leading position. Partnering the back of low inflation, low Qatar for Bridgestone tyres since with industry leaders such as “Bridge- interest rates, low unemploy- 1971, yesterday launched Bridge- stone” is in line with our strategy of ment and higher wages,” analyst stone’s latest tyre, the ECOPIA EP150, achieving organic growth, a direc- Carsten Brzeski of ING Diba bank in partnership with Bridgestone Mid- tion that has contributed significantly said, while Germany’s refugee dle East & Africa. to our growth in the past few years. crisis will continue to bolster The ECOPIA EP150 has been Aamal Trading and Distribution will state spending. developed to better suit the needs continue to expand its product offer- Officials at the launch event of BridgestoneEcopia EP150. Investment remains “the of the consumer while maintain- ings and be a major contributor to our economy’s Achilles heel,” he ing Bridgestone’s world renowned future growth, and I continue to be noted, adding that Chancellor safety standards. A survey conducted extremely optimistic about the Com- with this new addition to our product 13” to 16” rim diameters and will be said: “This new product ECOPIA Angela Merkel must produce by Bridgestone revealed that ‘safety’ pany’s future prospects.” range, the ECOPIA EP150 tyres are sold at all authorised Bridgestone EP150 reflects the innovation and the “a clear vision for Europe” with and ‘wear life’ place high on the con- Mete Ekin, Regional Managing specially designed for small to mid- outlets”. quality of Bridgestone tyres in addi- other EU leaders to reassure sumer’s performance requirements Director, Bridgestone Middle East size passenger cars, and the tyres will Syed R Hassan, General Manager tion to their commitment to always investors in Germany. in the region. and Africa FZE said,“We are delighted be available in 21 sizes, ranging from of Aamal Trading and Distribution, offer the best products and services”. BUSINESS THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 11,186.14 0.63 % QE Total Return Index 18,098.43 0.63 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,214.25 0.37 % QE All Share Index 3,074.97 0.56 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 3,065.79 0.89 % QE All Share Industrials 3,346.36 0.03 % QE All Share Transportation 2,605.05 0.95 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,724.06 0.57 % QE All Share Insurance 4,740.43 0.10 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,262.49 0.62 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,536.79 0.25 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 24-08-2016 Today 23-08-2016 Previous day Index 11,186.14 11,116.42 Change 69.72 97.43 % 0.63 0.87 YTD% 7.26 6.59 Volume 3,323,540 4,095,494 Value (QAR) 166,632,149.53 160,760,010.20 Trades 2,971 3,205 Up 30 | Down 06 | Unchanged 04

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The ISA said only that Canada, where Norway’s Statoil ASA has done such far-offshore explorations, Scottish public finance gap rises to 9.5% of GDP is close to a position that warrants payments under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. In the Feb. 19 memo obtained by Reuters under the access-to-information laws, an official from Global Reuters address how to expand its econ- government’s campaign to offer nation voted to stick with the EU. last year because we are part of Affairs Canada, the country’s foreign department, said omy beyond oil, First Minister a contrast to austerity in the rest Including a geographical a United Kingdom that has at its the agency was reviewing how to fund the payments. Nicola Sturgeon said. of Britain. share of North Sea revenue, the heart a system for pooling and Statoil’s proposed Bay du Nord project 270 nautical She said Britain’s decision to “Scotland’s challenge is to net fiscal balance — the balance sharing resources across the miles off the eastern province of Newfoundland and EDINBURGH: Scotland’s fiscal leave the European Union in a continue to grow our onshore of all that is spent and received country as a whole,” he said in Labrador, in its northern region, will likely be the first deficit stood at about a tenth of referendum in June, which was economy. However, Scotland’s by public departments — stood a statement. to trigger such payment obligations, then-Deputy Min- its economy in the year to March not supported by voters in Scot- long-term economic success is at £14.8bn ($19.6bn) in the twelve Britain has now to map out ister Daniel Jean wrote to Foreign Minister Stephane 2016, hammered by a slump in land, was threatening prospects now being directly threatened months to March 2016. the terms of its new trade agree- Dion in the memo. While Statoil holds exploration oil and gas revenues and poten- for the Scottish economy. by the likely impact of Brexit,” The Scottish government ment with the rest of the world licenses for Bay du Nord and the surrounding Flemish tially dampening arguments for The 9.5 percent gap in Sturgeon said. argues that the economic uncer- following the Brexit vote. It is not Pass basin, it is not clear when it might reach a produc- Scottish independence. Scottish public finances as a per- Scotland voted against inde- tainty caused by Brexit means expected to formally start the tion agreement with Newfoundland. Talks stalled last Scotland’s share of North Sea centage of its economy is more pendence in 2014, and one of the that it can no longer be said that process until the end of the year. year as the province instituted a new royalty program. oil revenues crashed 97 percent than twice the size of Britain’s reasons behind that is thought to the UK as a constitutional struc- Sturgeon is not ruling out Payments are not due until five years after pro- to £60m in the year to March overall 4 percent deficit, includ- be fears of unhooking its econ- ture provides stability. another Scottish independence duction, but the issue represents a looming quagmire. from £1.8bn a year ago and ing North Sea oil, and is up from omy from the rest of the UK, However the UK govern- referendum as part of efforts to The federal government is responsible for making £8.2bn years earlier. a gap of 9.1 percent in the previ- where the tax take helps fund ment’s minister for Scotland, keep Scotland in the EU. the payments, but receives no money from the oil activ- Data released by the Scottish ous year. Scottish public services. David Mundell, noted that Scot- The Scottish Greens said the ity, with the province taking all royalties, the memo government yesterday showed The data also showed grow- However Britain’s vote to land was able to withstand the figures would be seized on to says. It does not estimate projected fees, but they would lower oil prices — which reduce ing onshore revenues offset by leave the European Union, known economic cycle because of the back arguments for and against likely be hundreds of millions of dollars. Statoil said government tax revenues — and increased spending on heath as Brexit, has rekindled the cause strength of the overall UK econ- independence but the data really in June that Bay du Nord has at least 300 million bar- higher public spending mean and education -- one of the key of independence once again omy. “Scotland weathered a showed the economy needed to rels of oil, worth more than $14bn at current prices. that the country still needs to tenets of the devolved nationalist because Scotland as a single dramatic slump in oil revenues reduce its dependence on oil. BUSINESS VIEWS 20 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016

Samsung & Tencent Mercedes eyes Silicon in race to become most valuable firms Valley-style overhaul

By Nichola Saminather to all-time highs. Tencent is Reuters valued at $249bn, only 4 per- cent smaller than the most valuable Asian firm, China Mobile, at $259bn. Samsung encent Holdings Ltd is now worth $239bn. and Samsung Electron- Tencent is now the world’s ics Co Ltd are racing to 12th-biggest company by mar- be crowned Asia’s most ket value and Samsung the Tvaluable company as expec- 17th-largest, Thomson Reuters tations for robust earnings data shows. That’s up from Nos. growth push their share prices 26 and 33 respectively just to record highs. five months ago, according Their surge — both have to a PricewaterhouseCoop- gained by a third this year - ers ranking released March 31. has made them the world’s Samsung shares’ have best performing large-cap significantly outperformed tech stocks and highlights how Apple’s - the Korean firm has these nimble Asian firms are leapt 50 percent over the past thriving while rivals Apple Inc year, while the US company and Alibaba have struggled. has gained 3 percent amid “These companies can grow concern about weak sales in earnings despite weaker global China. growth,” said Andrew Gillan, The gap between Sam- head of Asia ex-Japan equities sung’s price-to-earnings at fund managing firm Hend- ratio of 12.4 and Apple’s 12.7 erson Global Investors, which is now the narrowest since is overweight on Asian tech- late 2011, although Samsung Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board for Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz, sits in the 2016 Mercedes-AMG SLC 43 nology firms. is still worth less than half at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. “The operating fundamen- the $586bn Apple, according tals of the Chinese internet to Thomson Reuters data. sector particularly have sur- Samsung’s share price By Edward Taylor and modern automobile 130 years ago, is invest- that other automakers have taken a more prised positively in the most growth spurt comes after Ilona Wissenbach ing heavily in electric vehicles and Zetsche cautious approach to introducing. recent quarterly results.” years of struggle in its smart- Reuters has decided that in order to succeed, the Daimler sources say Zetsche’s reforms While many investors phone business which left company, as well as its product range, needs have been influenced by the company’s remain upbeat about Samsung investors impatient for higher an overhaul. dealings with Tesla when it was a share- and Tencent, some caution returns. Outlining some of his plans in June, he holder, as well as techniques studied at the firms are vulnerable to The firm revived mobile ercedes-Benz maker Daimler likened Daimler to a rhino but said its size other Silicon Valley companies. Working rapid swings in sentiment on profits by restructuring its is embracing Silicon Valley — with twice Tesla’s market capitalisation on various projects with Tesla, a clash of any sign of slowing momen- product line-up this year and management techniques in and 20 times the number of staff — did not cultures was clear from the outset. “One tum. Samsung and Tencent is seeking ways to sustain a drive to speed up decision mean it couldn’t also be nimble and deci- party (Daimler) wanted to plan and think have been more volatile than earnings momentum. Buy- making, empower staff and sive. “Rhinos are large, but they are not things through. The other (Tesla) acted on a the Asia tech sector and the backs and higher dividends Mfend off new rivals such as electric car- slow,” Zetsche said. ‘shoot and aim’ principle correcting things broader market this year. have also boosted shares. maker Tesla Motors. Alexander Hilliger von Thile, a senior as you go along,” one Daimler source said, Yesterday, Samsung said Tencent is significantly Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche is graphics and rendering manager at Mer- adding Tesla was often faster at implement- sales of its latest flagship more expensive than Sam- sweeping away layers of bureaucracy and cedes-Benz research and development ing new technologies as a result. smartphone were out-strip- sung. The Chinese internet encouraging a more experimental approach in North America, said Daimler was now Daimler has learnt from this and is ping supply, but second-half firm, whose popular WeChat to new products. He has also asked 144 encouraging ideas from all team members now moving more quickly, with its new profits could still take a hit and Weixin messaging apps in employees — many of them from the rank and not just the “Bereichsleiter” or depart- 144-strong brainstorming team including if production shortfalls are China saw active monthly user and file — to generate new leadership ideas, ment chiefs, as well as greater collaboration. engineers who worked on projects with not fixed and a recovery in numbers jump 34 percent in according to sources at the German lux- “We do not want to have experts who Tesla, the source said. components demand fails to the second quarter, trades at ury automaker. These are big changes for know everything, who sit somewhere and So far, Daimler staff have generated eventuate. 46.8 times earnings, closing in a company known for don’t talk to anybody,” he told Reuters. around 150 ideas of which 80 percent have Moody’s Investor Service on Facebook’s 59. strict hierarchies and Daimler, like many traditional carmak- been implemented. The results are confi- also warned that Samsung’s China’s slowest economic meticulous planning, ers, was initially skeptical about prospects dential, although it is clear that in future, profit margins might narrow growth in 25 years and some and follow a trip by for electric vehicles. According to a senior decisions should be reviewed by only two in the second half because of questionable acquisitions around 100 top man- executive, Zetsche used to joke that Daimler, management levels instead of up to six, the seasonal factors in the con- have clouded the outlook for agers to Silicon Valley which owned a stake in Tesla from 2009- source added. sumer electronics business and Chinese e-commerce giant last summer when they 2014, was the only automaker to make Another major change is to allow competitive pressures. Alibaba, but Tencent has man- met executives from money from electric cars when it sold out departments to fund an idea even if it is For Tencent, the market aged to thrive thanks in part companies including of that investment. not clear what products will result from expectations that are driving to its focus on rapidly growing Dieter Zetsche is Apple, Google and Uber. But advances in battery technol- the spending. Having a perfect “specifica- shares higher are themselves mobile gaming. Tencent out- sweeping away The changes will ogy and the success of the Tesla Model S, tion sheet” used to be a precondition for a risk, according to Nomura. shone peers including Baidu be closely watched by which last year outsold Mercedes’s flag- investment. A faster-than-expected slow- with a forecast-beating 47 per- layers of bureaucracy rivals such as BMW ship S-Class limousine in the United States, Daimler calls this “corporate crowd- down in personal computer cent jump in second-quarter and encouraging a and Audi as traditional have changed that. funding” — a technique learned during game revenue, aggressive profit, after it diversified into carmakers weigh up “We said before that if you are too early, last year’s Silicon Valley trip, when man- spending and new products or areas such as music, video and more experimental how to respond to new you lose money. Now the view is if you are agers also met start-ups such as San business models from compet- advertising. HSBC expects fur- approach to new technologies including too late, you lose the market,” the executive Francisco-based La Cocina, a non-profit itors could weigh on earnings, ther earnings growth, driven products. He has also autonomous driving said, speaking on condition of anonymity. organisation helping low-income food the bank warned. by new income streams such and electric vehicles The risks associated with releasing entrepreneurs. Samsung and Tencent have as advertising, premium asked 144 employees that have turned firms new technologies, however, were laid bare “They were mostly interested in the ways added about $30bn in market content, cloud services and to generate new like Google and Tesla earlier this year when Tesla shares tum- that our entrepreneurs brought their ideas value since Thursday, surging finance. into rivals. bled after news that a driver of one of its to market, and how La Cocina, as an organ- leadership ideas. Daimler, whose cars had been killed while using “autopi- ization, supported that type of innovation,” founder invented the lot” mode, an advanced cruise control tool La Cocina director Caleb Zigas told Reuters. China takes steps to fend off banking & financial risks

Reuters sector that has produced a raft of scandals. unable to get their money back. in bond futures following a summer rally. Almost half of the 4,000-odd lending plat- Under the new rules, P2P firms cannot In turn, that appears to have worried the forms are “problematic”, the China Banking sell wealth management products or issue central bank that too many small banks had hina took aggressive steps yesterday Regulatory Commission warned. asset-backed securities. They must use third- jumped on the bond rally using short-term to head off signs of growing risks in The measures will probably leave about party banks as custodians of investor funds borrowing to fund purchases, traders said. its financial and banking system, 200-300 P2P platforms by this time next and will not be permitted to take deposits. So it injected cash yesterday into money unveiling detailed rules to curb an year, said James Zheng, chief financial officer The banking regulator also set a ceiling markets through 14-day reverse repurchases Cunruly peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector and of Lufax, the top lending platform in China. for borrowers on P2P platforms. agreements for the first time in six months to intervening in its money markets. “That’s okay because they’re cracking Outstanding loans issued on P2P plat- show its concern about the rising leverage. In the past year, Chinese policymakers down on all the bad guys,” he said at a con- forms had reached 621.3bn yuan ($93.6bn), For most of 2016, the People’s Bank of In the past year, Chinese have been moving levers to try to keep credit ference in Hong Kong. “What doesn’t kill will data from the regulator showed. China (PBOC), the central bank, had used policymakers have been growing at a reasonable pace to underpin make you stronger. That’s the case for us.” China’s overall debt has risen rapidly the lower interest seven-day rate, with cash the economy, while addressing vulnerable The $93bn P2P lending sector has been since the global financial crisis. Outstand- injections nearly every day. “The PBOC moving levers to try to aspects of the financial and banking system. a source of funds for individuals and small ing debt was $26.56 trillion, or 255 percent appears to be signalling to banks to move keep credit growing at But sharply increasing debt levels have businesses overlooked by the country’s tra- of gross domestic product at the end of 2015, away from a reliance on short-term liquid- raised alarm bells, most lately from the Inter- ditional financial services that prefer big according to the Bank for International ity and head towards more longer-term a reasonable pace to national Monetary Fund, about the health borrowers with better credit history and Settlements. liquidity,” Jonas Short, head of NSBO Policy underpin the economy, of the financial system. The country’s stock collateral and links to the government. While debt has played a key role in stim- Research in Beijing, said in a note. He said if market crash last year is still fresh in inves- But Beijing’s hands-off approach to ulating and shoring up economic growth, short-term interest rates continue to tighten, while addressing tors’ minds. promote the sector as a form of financial policymakers in China are not unaware of it could hurt China’s small banks. “There may vulnerable aspects of the This year, officials have expressed innovation led to a rash of high-profile P2P the risks. The central bank is holding off on be potential for a liquidity squeeze for small financial and banking concern about the unraveling of Chinese scandals and frauds. cutting bank reserve requirements or inter- banks on the horizon,” he said. peer-to-peer (P2P) online lending platforms Ezubao, once China’s biggest P2P lend- est rates for fear such moves could fuel more The central bank’s injection of money system. that they had once hoped would provide a ing platform, folded earlier this year after it cheaper credit, put downward pressure on into the financial system using 14-day new channel of funding to spur the econo- turned out to be a Ponzi scheme that solic- the yuan and fuel outflows from its mountain reverse repos was also taken as a signal by my’s growth. ited 50bn yuan in less than two years from of more than $3 trillion in foreign reserves. financial markets that further cuts to bank The banking regulator and other gov- more than 900,000 retail investors through That view was solidified in financial required reserve ratios were unlikely. ernment entities issued measures to curb a savvy marketing. Retail investors have been markets this week, prompting a sharp selloff THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 21

Golf: Knox could be record-tying Radwanska overcomes slow sixth European Ryder rookie

Reuters start to reach third round FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK: Scotsman Russell Knox sits fourth on the FedExCup points list but may need a strong showing at The Barclays, which opens the lucra- WINSTON-SALEM tive PGA Tour playoffs this week, I think I was just more Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland RESULTS to join the European Ryder Cup patient and just two returns a shot to Jelena Ostapenko team. points better, says of Latvia during her mach on day WINSTON-SALEM: Results from Knox has won twice this sea- 3 of the Connecticut Open at the the ATP Winston-Salem tourna- son and had a pair of runner-up Radwanska after her Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale. ment on Tuesday (x denotes seeded finishes but landed outside the straight-set win over Radwanska won 7-5, 6-1. player): group of nine automatic qualifiers Second Round Jelena Ostapenko because his win at the WGC-HSBC Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) bt Paolo Champions in China did not earn Lorenzi (ITA x11) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 him Ryder Cup points as he was Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP x16) bt not a European Tour member at Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 6-4, 7-5 the time. AP European captain Darren Diego Schwartzman (ARG) bt Gilles Clarke will announce on Aug. 30 Simon (FRA x7) 7-6 (7/2), 6-1 three picks to complete a team NEW HAVEN: Top seed Agnieszka Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x2) bt that will go for an unprecedented Radwanska overcame a slow start Aljaz Bedene (GBR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 fourth win in a row against the US and breezed past Jelena Ostapenko John Millman (AUS) bt Albert Ramos in the biennial event at Hazeltine 7-5, 6-1 on Tuesday night in the sec- (ESP) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Minnesota starting on Septem- ond round of the Connecticut Open. Pablo Cuevas (URU x3) bt Malek ber 30. Ostapenko had upset four-time Jaziri (TUN) 7-5, 6-1 “It’s important but it’s not the New Haven champion Caroline Woz- Sam Querrey (USA x6) bt Guill- end of the world. If he chooses not niacki in the first round and had a ermo García-López (ESP) 6-3, 6-7 to pick me, I’m not going to sulk in set point, leading the fourth-ranked (5/7), 7-5 the corner,” Knox told reporters at player in the world 5-4. as well.” Vesnina will play Elina Svi- Bethpage Black on Tuesday. Viktor Troicki (SRB x9) bt Kyle But Radwanska rallied to hold tolina of Ukraine, who won the last “He has every right not to pick Edmund (GBR) 6-3, 7-5 serve, then broke the 19-year-old Nadal to play in Australia ahead match of the day, 6-3, 6-1 over Evg- me. He has every right to pick me.” from Latvia in the 11th game to take enya Rodina of Russia. Svitolina is Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Joao Sousa Knox may not be as blase control of the match. of Open for first time playing some of her best tennis com- (POR x10) 6-2, 6-4 about the nomination as he let on. “I think I was just more patient ing off her upset of Serena Williams Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x14) bt Don- “No contact with Darren and well, just two points better,” said at the Olympics. ald Young (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Clarke. They are probably keep- Radwanska, of Poland. AFP Sam Querrey (USA x6) bt Guill- ing quiet,” he said. Before that match, the day ermo García-Lopez (ESP) 6-3, 6-7 “Hopefully I’ll hear from him a belonged to the underdogs. Querrey advances (5/7), 7-5 week today, that’s the goal. SYDNEY: Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium World number five Rafael Nadal will play in the Brisbane Inter- Fernando Verdasco (ESP x15) bt “I feel like I’ve done every- became the fourth lucky loser this national next year, organisers said yesterday, the first time the Spaniard with tough win Taylor Fritz (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 thing I could do. I played my best. I week to win a first-round match, has kicked off his season in Australia. made the commitment to join The Steve Johnson (USA x4) bt Lukás beating Belinda Bencic of Switzer- The tournament, held in the eastern city of Brisbane in January ahead Rosol (CZE) 6-3, 6-2 European Tour so I was eligible. I land 6-1, 4-6, 7-5. of the Australian Open, was last won by big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic AFP played well. So I guess I’ve made She may have been the luckiest who defeated Roger Federer in the final. WTA CONNECTICUT my case and hopefully it’s good of them all. “It’s going to be the first time in my career that I’m going to play in Aus- enough.” The 30-year-old, who upset tralia the first week of the season and I’m really excited about it,” 14-time LOS ANGELES: Sam Querrey got off OPEN RESULTS Should Knox make the Euro- Venus Williams at the Olympics, had Grand Slam champion Nadal said in a statement. to a successful start at the ATP Win- pean team, he would become NEW HAVEN: Results from the lost in the second round of qualify- “I think this is something I have to do during my career and I think at ston-Salem tournament by reaching the sixth Ryder Cup rookie on WTA Connecticut Open on Tues- ing in New Haven. the same time it’s going to be a great preparation to be in Australia early.” the third round with a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), day (x denotes seeded player): the team, tying a record set in But she was moved into the main The tournament’s director Geoff Quinlan said organisers had been in 7-5 win over Guillermo Garcia- Second Round 2010 when Rory McIlroy and draw after Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko talks with the 30-year-old for several years and said Nadal would be a big Lopez. Martin Kaymer were among the withdrew earlier in the day with a drawcard for fans. “This is just the start of a very exciting line-up of play- “It’s been a solid year so far,” Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Anas- first-timers. right knee injury. ers we will announce over the coming months,” he added. said American Querrey, who fired tasija Sevastova (LAT) 6-3, 6-2 Kaymer and fellow Ryder Flipkens had been hanging The Brisbane International will be held from January 1 to 8 in the lead- 24 aces in Tuesday’s match on cen- Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Anett Kon- veteran Lee Westwood are rated around the Connecticut Tennis up to the Australian Open. tre court. taveit (EST) 6-4, 1-0 abandon favourites as wild card selections, Center since that Saturday’s defeat “I don’t feel a ton of pressure. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) bt with Knox, Shane Lowry and the just to get some practice in before the I’m just trying to feel good, just try- Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 7-5, 6-1 experienced Luke Donald among US Open. She signed in at 11:30am more than one occasion as the match who came in ranked No. 16 in the ing to play some good matches. The others in the running. Elina Svitolina (UKR x10) bt and found out at noon she would be slipped away. world. fans are great here. They’re really Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 6-3, 6-1 Ryder Cup veteran Henrik playing a match. “I just knew I had to keep fight- Olympic doubles champions Eka- supportive. They get behind the Stenson said he did not think the “The first thing I had to do is get ing, try to bring every ball back,” terina Makarova and Elena Vesnina Americans, so that was nice.” First Round high number of rookies would my rackets done,” she said. “Luckily I Flipkens said. “I could feel a little that of Russia became the first players to Querrey won 86 percent of his Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) bt Belinda hurt Europe. had my match shirts and everything it was going to be mental at the end.” advance to the third round of the sin- first-serve points and saved nine of Bencic (SUI) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 “Even though there might be with me.” Another lucky loser, Johanna gles competition. 10 break points. He next plays Viktor Johanna Larsson (SWE) bt Timea rookies on the Ryder Cup team, She dominated the first set over Larsson of Sweden, beat sev- Vesnina was leading Anett Kon- Troicki of Serbia, who defeated Kyle Bacsinszky (SUI x7) 7-5, 6-2 when you have someone that’s the a rusty Bencic, who is coming off enth-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of taveit 6-4, 1-0 when the 20-year-old Edmund of Great Britain 6-3, 7-5. current Masters champion (Danny a left wrist injury and was playing Switzerland 7-5, 6-2. Estonian withdrew with a left thigh Second-seeded Roberto Bautista in getting past Malek Jaziri of Tuni- Willett), you don’t really put them her second competitive match since The 28-year-old got into the main injury. Agut defeated Great Britain’s Aljaz sia 7-5, 6-1. Cuevas’ next opponent in the rookie category,” said Brit- Wimbledon. draw when Russia’s Svetlana Kuznet- Makarova beat qualifier Anatas- Bedene 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. will be 16th-seeded Pablo Carreno ish Open champion Stenson. But the 19-year-old, who had sova withdrew with a shoulder injury. ija Sevastova of Latvia 6-3, 6-2. Bautista Agut, who has won two Busta of Spain, who eliminated Ger- “They have all done well to get been ranked as high as No. 7 in the “You get a second chance and “We’re focusing on the singles hard-court tournaments this year, many’s Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 7-5. in that position and played really world earlier this year, came back you just want to take it,” she said. matches just before the US Open and next faces number 14 seed Marcos France’s Gilles Simon was upset solid to automatically qualify. and was up 5-2 in the final set. It was “I’m very happy that I made it hap- want to get some wins,” Vesnina said. Baghdatis of Cyprus, who elimi- in his opening match for the sec- “It’s always good to have some a more poised Flipkens who won the pen today.” “So it’s great that both of us are still nated American Donald Young 6-4, ond year in a row. He lost to Diego fresh blood on there and I think next five games as Bencic lost control, Larsson had lost every set in four in the draw and still winning and it’s 4-6, 6-4. Third-seeded Pablo Cue- Schwartzman of Argentina 7-6 (2), we’ve got a strong team, despite slamming her racket on the court on previous meetings with Bacsinszky, a good preparation for the US Open, vas of Uruguay had an easier time 6-1. having a lot of rookies.”

STATISTICS FOR BELGIAN GRAND PRIX SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Statistics for Sunday’s Belgian Formula One Grand Hamilton has 50th win in his sights Prix, the 13th race of the 21-round season: Lap distance: 7.004km (44 laps). Total distance: 308.052km Race lap record: Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull, one minute 47.263 Reuters Hamilton this weekend will see him drop 26 points seconds (2009) behind the Briton, who is likely to have engine- 2015 pole: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes One minute 47.197 seconds related penalties at the next race in Italy. SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Lewis Hamilton (pic- The 7km Spa circuit is an enduring favourite 2015 winner: Hamilton tured) can become only the third driver to win 50 of drivers, with its flat-out blasts and undulations Start time: 1200 GMT (1400 local) Grands Prix when Formula One returns from its harking back to the sport’s golden age. WINS month-long August break and gets back to busi- For 18-year-old Dutch driver Max Verstappen, ness at Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. the track is the closest he has to a home venue. Champions Mercedes have won 43 of the last 50 races and 11 of this season’s The triple world champion ended the first Verstappen, whose victory on his Red Bull debut 12. Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton has won six and Mercedes team half of the season in blistering form, opening up a in Spain in May helped the team move up to sec- mate Nico Rosberg five. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is the other winner this 19-point lead in the standings over Mercedes team ond in the standings ahead of Ferrari, was born season. Hamilton has 49 career victories. The Briton is third in the all-time mate Nico Rosberg with six wins -- four in a row in Belgium to a Belgian mother and can count on list behind Schumacher (91) and Alain Prost (51), and seven ahead of Ferra- -- from the last seven races. strong local support. ri’s four-times champion Vettel. McLaren’s Fernando Alonso has 32 wins, His win in Germany last month was number His team mate, Daniel Ricciardo, won in Bel- Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen 20, Rosberg 19 and McLaren’s Jenson Button 15. 49, and only Michael Schumacher (91) and Alain gium for Red Bull two years ago after Hamilton Rosberg has more victories than any other non-champion in the history of Prost (51) have reached the half century. and Rosberg collided. the sport. Ferrari have won 224 races in total, McLaren 182, Williams 114, Mercedes 56, Red Bull 51. McLaren last won in 2012. Hamilton, who trailed Rosberg by 43 points With little risk of a repeat after Mercedes after May’s Spanish Grand Prix, is determined not imposed tighter rules of engagement, Verstappen POLE POSITION to ease off. can pin his hopes on the capricious Spa weather Mercedes have been on pole in 47 of the last 50 races and all but one of this “The first half of the season was a bit of a roll- to shake things up instead. season’s grands prix. Hamilton has 55 career poles and is third on the all-time ercoaster, so it’s great to be in the position I’m in Rosberg won the opening four races of the French teenager Esteban Ocon will make his list behind Schumacher (68) and Ayrton Senna (65). Vettel has 46, Rosberg 27. with more than half of the races behind us,” said season but has scored only three podiums since Formula One race debut this weekend, replacing POINTS the Briton, who spent his break in the Caribbean, Hamilton hit his stride. Indonesian Rio Haryanto at backmarkers Manor. Costa Rica and the United States. The break, spent with his wife and baby daugh- Making his debut at Spa, as boyhood idol Sauber (Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr) are the only team yet to score a “I’m feeling refreshed, re-energised and ready ter in Ibiza, could be the reset he needs with nine Schumacher once did, Ocon will join fellow Mer- point in 2016. Renault’s Jolyon Palmer and Haas’s Esteban Gutierrez have to go after a fun few weeks off, so hopefully eve- of a record 21 races still to run. cedes-backed youngster Pascal Wehrlein with both yet to open their accounts. French driver Esteban Ocon is making his race ryone else has had a good rest too and we’ll come It will be crucial that the German does come aiming to impress with Manor in their bid for a debut with Manor this weekend. out fighting.” back strongly, as even finishing second behind future Mercedes seat. 22 THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 SPORT

El Jaish players in action during a practice session. El Jaish to play Al Hilal

The Peninsula The September 7 clash will take place at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Sta- dium, the home turf of Lekhwiya Stadium. The game is also expected Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike (right) holds the DOHA: Qatar Stars League (QSL) to give El Jaish match practice Olympic flag as she arrives at the Tokyo’s Haneda giants El jaish have scheduled a ahead of their return clash in the airport yesterday. friendly against Saudi team Al AFC Champions League quarter- Hilal on September 7, details finals against UAE’s Al Nasr on showed yesterday. September 14 in Dubai. Olympic flag arrives in Umm Salal terminate contract with Enrique

The Peninsula returns from the Netherlands where they conducted their pre- Tokyo for 2020 Games season training camp. The Brazilian player will DOHA: Qatar Stars League (QSL) be unveiled once the medical “I’m very happy that we’re able drilling down from Tokyo into the of $7.14b. The Games were awarded outfit Umm Salal has terminated is complete, the club said. The to bring the flag back after more earth to reach Brazil. to Tokyo in 2013, with expectations its contract with Alan Enrique by unnamed player is 22 years old, Japanese capital than 50 years.” “I wanted to show Japan’s soft that they would be a model of effi- mutual consent, it emerged yes- details show. Umm Salal recently prepares to host Tokyo last hosted the summer power to the world with the help ciency with the city touting itself as terday. signed a loan deal with El Jaish for Olympics in 1964, highlighting of Japanese characters,” Abe told “peaceful, reliable, safe, and stable”. The club said, it set to bring Anderson for one year in place of Games for the second Japan’s post-war coming out party reporters. Tokyo’s metropolitan conurba- in an unnamed Brazilian player Enrique. time after 56 years as it grew into a global economic Japan sold itself as a safe pair tion is the world’s largest with more as a new signing for the 2016-17 On Tuesday, Umm Salal beat a powerhouse. of hands to host the event and Abe than 35 million people, but streets season. second division side during their “I hope we can revive the same pledged in Rio he would try to make are safe, trains run on time and the More details on the new sign- pre-season training camp in the emotion we felt in Rio at the Tokyo it the best Games yet. air is clean. ing will emerge once the club Netherlands. AFP Olympics,” said Saori Yoshida, a sil- But Tokyo’s Olympic prepara- And with strict gun control and ver medallist wrestler and captain tions have suffered high-profile a public honesty visitors find dis- of the Rio delegation. setbacks including soaring costs arming, few people ever experience A kimono-clad Koike on Sun- and having to redesign the Games serious crime. TOKYO: The Olympic flag arrived day received the Olympic flag logo after accusations of plagiarism. The country is prone to natural Al Shahaniya find pace in Tokyo yesterday as Japan’s capi- at the closing ceremony in Rio French prosecutors have also disasters, particularly earthquakes, tal gears up to host the 2020 Games, where thousands of fans and ath- launched an investigation into but strict building codes means they with officials promising smooth letes donned ponchos on a wet and alleged bribes linked to Tokyo’s win- often pass with little or no damage. ahead of new season sailing after Rio’s sometimes shaky windy night for a colourful festival ning Olympic bid, which organisers The games in Brazil -- which is 2016 instalment. of Brazilian culture and music with have denied. embroiled in a political crisis over Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike bursts of fireworks. Koike, who was elected in July the impeachment of suspended The Peninsula produced mixed results as the carried the flag during a ceremony Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo as Tokyo’s first female governor, president Dilma Rousseff -- suffered player hit their straps ahead of at Haneda airport after stepping off Abe made a comical cameo as Nin- has ordered officials to rein in bal- its own series of setbacks. the new season. a plane from the Brazilian host city, tendo video game character Super looning costs and pledged a formal Tourists, officials and athletes The club’s Tunisian coach accompanied by a delegation who Mario as Tokyo set a light-hearted review. have had to dodge the scenic city’s DOHA: New Qatar Stars League Fathi Al Jabal has managed to get picked up a record 41 medals in Rio. tone for its hosting of the Games in That came as concerns grow notorious street crime, structural (QSL) side Al Shahaniya produced all of his players match time in the “I feel the full weight of the four years. over soaring costs which could problems inside the Olympic Village a fighting draw against an Emir- four friendlies so far. responsibility that this (flag) brings,” Abe came out from a pipe after potentially double or even triple were a challenge and the Olympic ati club in a friendly match during The coach said the training Koike told the crowd. a video showed plumber Mario from the reported original forecast diving pool turned green. their pre-season training camp camp has benefited the side as in Germany. the team prepares to launch the Al Shahaniya are in Germany new football season in Qatar. to prepare for the new QSL season Al Shahaniya open the QSL which kicks off on September 15. season with a game against the Evidence links Feigen says he omitted facts It was Al Shahniya’s fourth defending champions Al Rayyan friendly during the current train- on September 17 at Al Sadd Hickey to ticket scam, ing camp where the side has Stadium. says Rio police to protect teammates Reuters Initial claims by the Olympians that they were robbed at gunpoint had embarrassed Brazil, AFP which suffered a series of assaults against visit- ing government ministers, athletes and tourists, AUSTIN: US Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen until local police accused Lochte, 32, of mak- RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian police said they have uncov- apologized yesterday for omitting key details ing up the story to cover up vandalizing a gas ered evidence linking the detained head of the Olympic when he told Rio de Janeiro police this month station. Lochte said in an interview on Brazil’s Council of Ireland Patrick Hickey to a Rio Games ticket that he and fellow swimmers had been held Globo TV on Saturday that he was sorry for scam. up at gunpoint. exaggerating but that he did not lie. Hickey, 71, also head of the European Olympic Com- In a statement on the website of an Aus- Feigen said a man at the gas station pointed mittees and an International Olympic Committee (IOC) tin, Texas, law firm, Feigen said he failed to tell a gun at him, and that he was unsure at the time member, has been held in a Brazilian top security prison police that the swimmers had urinated behind a if the gunman was affiliated with the gas sta- since police raided his Rio hotel on August 15 during the building or that teammate Ryan Lochte had torn tion. He and swimmer Gunnar Bentz gave the Al Arabi players warm up during a pre-season training camp in Olympics as part of their probe into the affair. a metal-framed advertising poster from a wall. man money, he said. Germany. Warrants for the arrest of four others were issued “I realize that I made a mistake by omitting Brazilian authorities returned Feigen’s pass- including Marcus Evans, a British businessman who is these facts. I was trying to protect my team- port and allowed him to leave the country after also the chairman of Ipswich football club in England. mates and for this I apologize,” said Feigen, 26. he paid a 35,000 reais ($11,000) fine. “The analysis of the pieces of evidence, and above all of the emails, confirm that the president of the Irish Al Arabi set to conclude Olympic Committee, Patrick (Hickey), was in direct con- Jimmy Feigen tact with Marcus Evans, who is the head of THG,” Rio police investigator Ricardo Barbosa told a Rio press con- camp with friendly match ference Tuesday. He said the British company THG, a hospitality firm, “was the organiser of this criminal system that consists The Peninsula Al Arabi has already played in the illegal sale of tickets at prices much higher than the four friendlies during their exten- official price, under cover of a hospitality programme.” sive pre-season training camp Hickey and another suspect Kevin Mallon, arrested ahead of the new season that on August 5, are being held at Rio’s Bangu 10 prison while DOHA: Qatar Stars League (QSL) kicks off on September 15. arrest warrants had been issued for seven others who side Al Arabi are set to conclude The players have been under- are on the run including Evans, police said. their pre-season training camp in going extensive fitness drills, a The scandal has been mounting since the arrest of Germany with a friendly match club official said yesterday. Mallon, an Irish director of THG. Police said they seized today. Al Arabi’s Uruguayan coach hundreds of tickets from Mallon, some of which had the The friendly game will be Gerardo Pelusso said the play- Olympic Council of Ireland name on them. against an Emirati side as Al Arabi ers have picked up pace at the Tickets, including for the Rio opening ceremony wind up their pre-season train- training camp. Pelusso is Al Ara- with a face value of about $1,400 were offered for sale ing camp. bi’s 13th coach in 6 years. at $8,000. SPORT THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 23

World Cup star Schweinsteiger Father-figure Ancelotti out to not giving up on Man United

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keep Bayern Munich on top LONDON: German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger said yes- terday that Manchester United would be his “last club in Europe” at Borussia Dortmund 10 days ago and vowed to fight for his place in gave them the German Super Cup This file photo the team. The experienced title, ending a run of three succes- taken on Schweinsteiger, 32, has been manager says his sive defeats in the season-opener July 11, 2016 frozen out by new United man- under Guardiola. shows Bayern ager Jose Mourinho and is yet to team will aim for the Like Heynckes before him, Italian Munich’s French make a competitive appearance Bundesliga title when Ancelotti has a reputation of being midfielder this season. they play the first a father-figure, who instills confi- Franck Ribery But with the close of the trans- dence in his players, in contrast to during the first fer window just a week away, he match of the season Guardiola, who dishes out specific training session told fans in a statement posted instructions. with new Bayern on Twitter that he has no desire Bayern regard themselves as a Munich’s head to leave Old Trafford. family club and Ancelotti has already coach Carlo “MUFC will be my last club in AFP followed that tradition by appoint- Ancelotti. Europe,” Schweinsteiger wrote. ing his son Davide, a former AC Milan “I respect other clubs, but youth-team player, to his back-room Manchester United was the only BERLIN: Bayern Munich will chase staff, as he did during his spell at Real one which could make me leave a fifth straight Bundesliga title when Madrid. Bayern Munich. I will be ready, if the new season starts tomorrow, with It has not taken long for praise the team needs me. new coach Carlo Ancelotti attempt- for Ancelotti to include some criti- “This is all I can say about the ing to continue the dominance forged cism of Guardiola from within the current situation. I want to thank by predecessors Pep Guardiola and Bayern camp. the fans for the amazing support Jupp Heynckes. “Under Ancelotti, I finally feel over the recent weeks,” he said The Bayern hierarchy are expect- like I’m trusted again,” winger yesterday. ing the 57-year-old Ancelotti to keep Franck Ribery told German maga- his communication wasn’t so good Italian won the Champions League slipped to three successive semi-final Schweinsteiger came through the Bavarian giants, who kick off zine Kicker, before taking a swipe with me. He doesn’t say to the play- title in the first of his two seasons defeats under Guardiola’s tutelage. the youth ranks at Bayern Munich the new season at home to Werder at Guardiola. ers why,” the Swiss star told the Daily with Real Madrid in 2014. “I’m trying to bring my own ideas and spent 13 years as a first-team Bremen tomorrow, at the pinnacle “I don’t need a coach to tell me Mail when asked about Guardiola’s “I wish every player had the here, but Pep’s style of play was very player there, winning eight Bun- of German football. what I have to do right on the pitch manner when dropping players. opportunity to work with him, good and I hope the players don’t desliga titles, seven German Guardiola quit for Manchester when I have the ball,” said Ribery in In contrast, Ancelotti will start because he’s a fantastic guy, a fan- forget that,” said Ancelotti, as he pre- Cups and the 2012-13 Champi- City at the end of last season, after reference to Guardiola, which earned with Bayern having been given the tastic coach,” said Ronaldo. pares for his first Bundesliga season. ons League. sealing a third consecutive league him a ticking off from Bayern chair- seal of approval by some of football’s While Guardiola has won six He has already won the respect He joined United for a title and the German Cup. man Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. big names. league titles, three each with Barce- of his main Bundesliga rival. reported fee of £14.4m ($19.1m, Heynckes had signed off by deliv- But Ribery is not the only player “He just knows how to treat a lona and Bayern, Ancelotti has just “He has opened my eyes to how 16.9m euros) a year ago and made ering Bayern’s first major treble in to criticise Guardiola during his time man,” said Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who three -- in Serie A with AC Milan in beautiful and spectacular football 31 appearances last season, scor- 2013 when they lifted the Champi- with Bayern - Stoke City winger worked with Ancelotti at Paris-Saint 2004, the Premier League with Chel- can be,” said Dortmund coach Tho- ing one goal. ons League, Bundesliga and German Xherdan Shaqiri left Munich in 2015, Germain. sea in 2010 and Ligue 1 with PSG in mas Tuchel before his side’s Super But he has disappeared Cup titles. suffering from a lack of belief from “He is not just your trainer, he is 2013. Cup defeat. from view since Mourinho was But Ancelotti has already won his coach. your friend. It’s incredible.” But Ancelotti has won the Cham- “He will bring us all, me as well, appointed manager, prompting some silverware after just two com- “He is a very good coach in terms And Cristiano Ronaldo was full of pions League three times, including to a new level, because my team can speculation he will be allowed to petitive games. Bayern’s 2-0 victory of what happens on the pitch, but praise for Ancelotti’s style after the twice with AC Milan, while Bayern be compared to his.” leave the club. A member of Germany’s 2014 World Cup-winning team, Schweinsteiger announced his international retirement last month after 120 appearances and Ancelotti defends ‘ticking time-bomb’ Ribery 24 goals.

AFP Italian manager told broadcaster Friday, the Frenchman struck a Jena he is also easily irritated,” Kinhofer Meanwhile, Ancelotti has said Injured Ramsey Sport1. defender on the head while vying for added in German daily Bild. Bayern’s veteran captain Philipp “History has shown us that he has the ball in a 5-0 romp in the first- “The opponents try to make use Lahm, 32, who has a contract until not in Wales BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s new coach always been a correct (well-behaved) round of the German Cup. of that by provoking him. 2018, could emulate Italian icon Carlo Ancelotti has defended veteran player.” He also pushed over Inter Milan’s “It can also be tactics. The ques- Paolo Maldini, who won the Cham- squad winger Franck Ribery, who has been But Ribery, who has been sent Felipe Melo during a match on Bay- tion is whether he’s willing to learn pions League in 2007 with AC Milan dubbed ‘a ticking time-bomb’ in the off six times in 12 years as a profes- ern’s pre-season tour of the USA in at his age.” at the age of 39. German media for a string of on-field sional footballer, has been involved July. But Ancelotti says the mat- “And he (Maldini) did that with AFP tussles. in a series of recent scuffles. Ribery, whose contract expires in ter should be put to bed as Bayern big health problems, especially his Bayern start the new Bundesliga The 33-year-old shoved his elbow June, was not sent off for any of the attempt to win a fifth straight league knees,” said Ancelotti. season tomorrow at home to Werder in the face of Borussia Dortmund fouls, only booked for the incidents title in his first season in charge after “Lahm doesn’t have those, he HENSOL: Injured Arsenal mid- Bremen and Ancelotti says people are midfielder Felix Passlack during a with Melo and Passlack. replacing Pep Guardiola. is fit, trains very well and is always fielder Aaron Ramsey was not getting carried away in their criti- challenge in Bayern’s 2-0 German Ex-Bundesliga referee Thorsten “I think we should forget the mat- the first (at training) and the last to included in the squad announced cism of Ribery. Super Cup win a little over a fort- Kinhofer described Ribery as a “tick- ter and leave it at that,” he said. leave,” he said. by Wales manager Chris Coleman “People are currently exagger- night ago. ing time-bomb”. “He (Ribery) has trained well and “I am convinced he can play until yesterday for next month’s open- ating a little in terms of Ribery,” the At minnows Carl Zeiss Jena last “Sure, he gets fouled a lot, but is ready to start the new season.” he’s 39.” ing World Cup qualifier against Moldova. Ramsey, 25, is nursing a ham- string injury and will miss the Euro 2016 semi-finalists’ opening Former president Blatter in Group D fixture against Moldova Rooney would be great in Cardiff on September 5. last fight against FIFA ban Real Madrid star Gareth Bale is included, but Crystal Palace playmaker Jonathan Williams is AFP also injured and Nottingham For- for MLS, Portland owner est midfielder David Vaughan, 33, has retired from international GENEVA: Sepp Blatter (pictured) will mount his final challenge against his football. six-year FIFA ban today, following more than a year of scandal that saw “When you’ve got a player as him thrown out of football in disgrace. Reuters good as Aaron, take him out of any The former FIFA boss has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport team and you are going to know (CAS) seeking to overturn a suspension imposed by world football’s gov- about it,” Coleman told a press erning body. NEW YORK: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney conference. “I’m very confident,” the 80-year-old Blat- would be a “great signing” for Major League Soccer, Port- “He is irreplaceable. He makes ter said last week, although his prospects for land Timbers owner Merritt Paulson has said, adding a huge impact for us. He is a great an outright victory would appear to be remote. that the 30-year-old still has plenty to offer. player and it’s a shame he’s not The now infamous, endlessly debated case Former England midfielders Steven Gerrard and here. He’s a loss to any team.” first emerged in September of last year, when Frank Lampard, Italy’s Andrea Pirlo, Spain striker David Coleman described Vaughan, Swiss prosecutors said they were investigating Villa and Brazilian Kaka are among the big-name play- who made his international debut Blatter over a suspect 2m Swiss franc payment ers who have joined the MLS in recent years. against the United States in May ($2m, 1.8m euros) he authorised in 2011 to his “I would argue he (Rooney) still has some good soc- 2003, as “a great servant for one-time heir apparent, Michel Platini. cer ahead of him. I think he would be a great signing for Wales”. Those revelations initially triggered a pro- MLS - 100 percent MLS would be attractive for him,” Ramsey, Williams and visional suspension by FIFA’s ethics committee. Paulson told the Mirror. Vaughan were the only absentees A full investigation and trial by FIFA’s in- “Keeping in mind that is a very talented footballer, from the squad who reached the house court found Blatter and Platini both who has quality soccer ahead of him, you are not talk- last four at Euro 2016 in France guilty of ethics violations. They were banned ing about a 34 or 35-year-old. before falling to eventual cham- from football for eight years in December. “I get excited about the impact he would have in the pions Portugal. A FIFA appeals committee cut those penalties to six years in February, MLS more than a guy who is coming in later in his career.” Hal Robson-Kanu, one of just before Blatter’s successor and fellow Swiss national, Gianni Infantino, With big-spending Chinese clubs rivalling American Wales’s stars of the tournament, was elected as FIFA’s new president. sides in recruiting players, Paulson believes top players Australian was called up despite being with- Blatter’s hopes for redemption at CAS are likely hampered by Platini’s will still find the MLS more attractive. international out a club following his departure failed appeal at the Lausanne-based court. The Chinese Super League sides have invested heav- footballer Tim from Reading. In a May ruling CAS judges said they were “not convinced” that the $2m ily on international players, including Brazilian forward Cahill controls Newcastle United full-back payment was legitimate. They did however reduce the suspension against Hulk, Ivorian striker Gervinho and former Southamp- the ball during Paul Dummett, Cardiff City mid- the former French star and European football chief from six years to four, ton striker Graziano Pelle. his debut match fielder Emyr Huws and Leicester judging FIFA’s penalty “too severe.” “China is a factor, but also players need to deter- for Melbourne City striker Tom Lawrence have Throughout the protracted saga, both Blatter and Platini have insisted mine where they want to play and what is going to be City against all been drafted in. the payment was part of a legitimate oral contract. best for their legacy and lifestyle -- where they want to the Brisbane Wales will also face Austria, Platini had been hired by FIFA as a consultant from 1999 to 2002 and live,” he added. “The MLS is offering significant money. Strikers at Perry Serbia, the Republic of Ireland had apparently not received his full compensation. There were conversations with some guys who are as Park in Brisbane and Georgia in Group D as they The two men claimed the $2m was authorised in 2011 as an honest big a name as Rooney recently. There are some big-dol- yesterday. bid to qualify for a first World Cup effort to settle that account. lar numbers that have been put out.” since 1958. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 23 Radwanska reaches Ancelotti out to keepkeep Connecticut Open Bayern Munich third round on top

THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2016 • 22 DHUL QA’DA 1437 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Wanderley double ensures Al Nasr’s 3-0 win

Khamis’ cross from the left two minutes later, before Al FC Seoul beat Emiratis one step Nasr finally broke the dead- closer to semis lock in the 45th minute. after away win Captain Tariq Ahmed Shandong Luneng spotted the run of Pitroipa against QSL giants and played a sumptuous dinked ball over the top that the Burkina Faso international 3-1 in first leg laid off first time, taking the The Peninsula outrushing Ababacar out of the game and allowing Wan- AFP derley to tap into an empty net. DOHA: A brace from striker By way of a response, El SEOUL: FC Seoul took a grip of their AFC Champi- Wanderley helped Al Nasr Jaish coach Sabri Lamouchi ons League quarter-final after overcoming Shandong claim an emphatic 3-0 win introduced former Barcelona Luneng 3-1 in the first leg in the Korean capital. over Qatar Stars League giants midfielder Seydou Keita into Goals from Park Chu-Young, Dejan Damjanovic El Jaish in the first leg of the the action at the start of the AFC CHAMPIONS and Brazilian top scorer Adriano gave them a deserved 2016 AFC Champions League second half, but the move did LEAGUE two-goal cushion to take to China for the second leg on quarter-final on yesterday as not have the desired effect as Quarterfinals September 14. the Emiratis took a giant step Al Nasr doubled their lead nine Adriano was dropped to the bench after a recent towards reaching their first minutes after the restart with a Yesterday: (First leg) form slump despite 11 Champions League goals this cam- ever semi-final. wonderfully worked goal. Al Jaish (Qatar) - Al-Nasr paign. Instead it was former Arsenal attacker Park who After a slow start at Moroccan international (United Arab Emirates) was preferred to partner Damjanovic up front. Abdullah Bin Khalifa Sta- Abdelaziz Barrada received It didn’t take long for coach Hwang Sun-Hong’s deci- 0-3 (halftime: 0-1) dium, the game burst into Pitroipa’s pass down the right sion to be vindicated as Park, who in the 16th minute FC Seoul (Korea) - Shan- life as half-time approached before squaring the ball back had blasted wastefully wide when it seemed easier to and Wanderley gave Al Nasr to the lively forward, who dong Luneng (China) 3-1 score, turned provider three minutes later. the lead shortly before the burst into the box and fizzed (halftime: 2-1) The Seoul number 10’s cross found Damjanovic with interval. a shot into the bottom right Tuesday: (First leg) the freedom of the penalty area as he nodded home Jonathan Pitroipa’s sec- corner from 16 yards to put Al Ain (United Arab Emir- unmarked his eighth goal in his last eight games from ond of the campaign put the the Emiratis in a command- ates) - Lokomotiv the edge of the six-yard box to open the scoring. visitors two up on 54 minutes, ing position. Tashkent (Uzbekistan) It was man-of-the-match Park’s turn on 31 min- before Wanderley’s double Rashidov shot over from 0-0 (halftime: 0-0) utes to take advantage of shoddy Shandong defending. with six minutes remaining eight yards out with 15 min- Shanghai SIPG (China) - Park was found lurking in acres of space on the edge wrapped up a resounding utes remaining as El Jaish Chonbuk (Korea) 0-0 of the box by Cho Chan-Ho’s pass before having time to victory ahead of September’s sought to give themselves (halftime: 0-0) turn and shoot past Wang Dalei to make it 2-0. return fixture in Dubai. hope going into the second leg. With big-money signing from Southampton Wanderley fired in from 20 El Jaish were duly caught Graziano Pelle making little impact up front for the yards in the sixth minute, but out on the break in the 84th visitors, there seemed no way back. goalkeeper Khalifa Ababacar minute as Al Nasr substitute But a foul just outside the penalty area after a rare was down well to tip wide. Salem Saleh found Wanderley Shandong forward foray gave Walter Montillo a sniff of With 35 minutes on the with a lovely outside-of-the- goal and the Argentine expertly curled home the 35th- clock, Khaled Al Zrigi burst foot ball and the frontman minute free-kick to reduce the deficit to 2-1. through the middle with pur- took one touch before coolly The home fans erupted in delight when their hero pose for El Jaish and laid the slotting home from six yards. Adriano finally made his entrance in the 60th minute ball off to Magid Mohamed, And with less than a in place of Cho. Just nine minutes later he took his AFC whose powerful strike from minute left of the clock Ahmed Champions League tally for the season to 12 when he distance flew just over. Al Yassi cleared off the Al Nasr was sent clear in the box by Damjanovic’s delightful With the tie now having a line from Keita’s header to back heel to make it 3-1. There was time for Shandong El Jaish’s Romarinho (right) vies for the ball with Al Nasr’s Amir Mubarak during their Asian Champions more open feel to it, Al Nasr’s ensure Ivan Jovanovic’s team midfielder Jin Jingdao to earn himself an early shower Abdelaziz Barrada headed will start next month’s second League quarter-final first leg match played at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha yesterday. Al in the 81st minute after being needlessly booked twice off target from Mahmoud leg three goals to the good. Nasr beat 3-0 El Jaish. in the space of four minutes for petulant fouls. Mathews shines as Sri Lanka level series with big win

AFP SCOREBOARD Sri Lankan bowler Thisara Perera (left) celebrates after he SRI LANKA AUSTRALIA dismissed Australian batsman K Gunathilaka b Starc 2 D Warner c Chandimal b T Perera 1 COLOMBO: Skipper Angelo Mathews Aaron Finch (right) during their T Dilshan b Lyon 10 A Finch b T Perera 4 second one-day International yesterday led from the front with his K Mendis lbw Zampa 69 S Smith c D Perera b Aponso 30 all-round showing to help Sri Lanka cricket match played at the R D Chandimal lbw Zampa 48 G Bailey b Aponso 27 register a comprehensive 82-run win Premadasa International Cricket against Australia in the second one- Stadium in Colombo yesterday. A Mathews c Henriques b Faulkner 57 M Wade c Gunathilaka b T Perera 76 day international to level the series D de Silva c Smith b Zampa 7 M Henriques st Chandimal b Prasanna 4 at 1-1 in Colombo. K Perera lbw Faulkner 54 T Head c Dilshan b Mathews 31 Australia, who were chasing a T Perera b Faulkner 12 J Faulkner lbw Aponso 13

record 289 for victory at R Prema- S Prasanna (not out) 2 M Starc c&b Mathews 0 dasa Stadium, were bowled out for 206 in 47.2 overs with Matthew Wade D Perera b Starc 5 A Zampa c Dilshan b Aponso 5 top-scoring with 76 runs. A Aponso b Starc 2 N Lyon (not out) 4 Left-arm spinner Amila Aponso Extras (B-4, LB-7, W-9) 20 Extras (B-1, LB-3, W-7) 11 claimed four wickets while medium- Total (all out in 48.5 overs) 288 Total (all out in 47.2 overs) 206 pacer Thisara Perera took three Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-12, 3-137, 4-146, Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-16, 3-41, 4-102, 5-118, wickets to choke the Australian run 5-158, 6-261, 7-279, 8-279, 9-286, 10-288. chase. 6-182, 7-184, 8-185, 9-202, 10-206. But it was Mathews’ two wickets Bowling: Starc 9.5-0-53-3; Lyon 9-0-49-1; Bowling: A Mathews 6-0-17-2; T Perera 5-0- and a half-century while batting that Faulkner 9-0-45-3; Head 4-0-41-0; Zampa 33-3; A Aponso 9.2-0-18-4 (w-1); S Prasanna made Sri Lanka register their big- 10-0-42-3; Finch 2-0-7-0; Henriques 5-0-40- 8-1-48-1 (w-3); D Perera 10-0-43-0 (w-1); T gest win against Australia in terms 0. Dilshan 5-0-23-0; D de Silva 4-0-20-0. of runs. Their previous best was a 79-run triumph in Sydney in 2003. Australia’s James Faulkner David Warner was caught behind wicket off Aponso spelt more trou- finally succumbed to the pressure of control of the match. Matthew Wade became Perera’s third victim and the recorded his first ODI hat-trick but for 1 while Aaron Finch, who scored ble for the visitors. scoring quick runs after being bowled then staged a gritty fightback with Australian resistence wilted. Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first, still a half-century in the first ODI, was George Bailey and Wade put by Aponso, who registered impressive support from Travis Head as the duo Head, who scored 31, soon got out managed to post 288 in 48.5 overs. bowled for four with Australia left together a 61-run fourth wicket part- figures of 4-18 in just his second ODI. managed 64 runs between them to to Mathews as the visitors lost their In reply Australia, who won the struggling at 16 for two. nership to keep Australia in the hunt Leg-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna keep Australia’s hopes alive. way into the chase, losing their final first of the five ODIs by three wickets, Skipper Steve Smith tried to fight but the required run-rate just kept soon joined forces with Aponso to get Wade’s 88-ball knock was stud- five wickets for 24 runs. The action were dealt early blows after losing back with his 33-ball 30, his innings mounting. Moises Henriques, who scored four ded with three boundaries as the now shifts to Dambulla for the third their openers to Perera. laced with five boundaries, but his Bailey, who scored 27 off 46 balls, runs, stumped as Sri Lanka gained wicketkeeper-batsman finally ODI on August 28.