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DOHA: The World Innovation service likely Summit for Education (WISE) is to launch The Future of Education Fund to help innova- tive, transformative enterprises and solutions in education. Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al by 2019-end Thani, Chairman of WISE, announced this at the conclusion of the 2013 WISE Summit yester- Three classes of coaches in trains day at Qatar National Convention Centre, which was attended by H DOHA: The first Metro rail Watan reported yesterday. Work H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. service is not likely to be flagged has already begun on the two “WISE will launch an inno- off in Doha before the fourth major stations: Musheireb and vation fund to foster education and last quarter (October- Education City. innovators and entrepreneurs. It December) of 2019. The former will be the largest will provide financial assistance, There will be three classes of junction while the latter will be as well as expertise and train- coaches in each train. Within the second largest. The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is conferred the Zayed Merit by the UAE President ing, to help them translate their Doha, trains will run at a speed The Musheireb station will H H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Al Rawdha Palace in Al Ain yesterday. The Emir wrapped up his ideas into action. It will initially of 80km per hour, but outside have 190-metre long platform and visit to Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and the UAE and returned home. be supported by Banco Santander, the city limits, the speed would will be located some 30 meters and I invite other organisations double. underground. to join us.” Trains will stop for about 90 The designs of all stations and The WISE online portal will be seconds at rail stations for pas- related buildings will be based on further developed to disseminate sengers to alight and board. Arab and Islamic architecture. relevant content and ideas, said Within the city limits, the rail- Traffic is not affected because Extra care for diabetic kids urged Sheikh Abdulla. road will run underground, while of the above work, but once work “The portal will offer collabora- outside Greater Doha, the tracks on tunnelling starts, road traffic DOHA: Qatar Diabetes diabetes in the front of the bus, to do about it,” says the guide. tive tools allowing the WISE com- will be over ground. might be affected due to diver- Association (QDA) has called if assigned seating arrangements It is important that a student munity to share ideas and forge There will be 105 rail stations sions, the daily said. for special attention to be paid are enforced. Allow students with has “clean” hands before checking new partnerships.” and all stations in Doha will be The government has allotted all to diabetic children and train- diabetes to eat and drink during his or her blood glucose level. The He also announced a new underground. the land required for all the rail ing for school nurses, teach- the bus ride,” says the guide. student may need to wash hands WISE book will be published early The maximum depth of the projects, including Doha Metro, ers and bus drivers to handle Bus drivers should be made in the rest room if there are no next year. It will explore the link underground railroad can at some the one that will connect Qatar to such youngsters in case of an aware that a student’s behaviour facilities in the classroom. between technology and learning sites reach up to 50 metres. the upcoming GCC rail grid and emergency. change could be a symptom of Special care should be given to and will investigate how the con- The Katara Cultural Village Lusail City light rail. Recommendations are included blood glucose changes. children with hypoglycemia (low nected society is transforming will have two stations, while there The daily said contracts for the in a diabetes guide issued by School buses should have sup- blood sugar). Missing meals or education. will be one near the Villaggio rail projects are being awarded to QDA targeting the academic plies ready to treat low blood snacks and delay in the snack or WISE will also produce a chan- Mall. only those foreign companies that community. glucose in children and drivers meal, smaller carbohydrate con- nel on YouTube to showcase inno- There will be a station in the have entered into partnerships The 72-page guide “for school should be aware of where students tent in the meal and unplanned vative projects and feature the West Bay Lagoon as well, near the with local companies. personnel for care of students with diabetes normally keep their physical activities are common best moments of WISE Summit. Zig-Zag Tower, while Najma, Al According to the daily, Metro with diabetes” marks the launch supplies. causes of hypoglycemia. In addition, WISE will expand Muntazah, Al Sadd and Maither carriages will have three classes of the second phase of QDA’s cam- Bus crews have been advised to “Never attempt to give the its advocacy and education pro- (a sprawling suburb of Doha) will to serve different segments of paign ‘Rights of students with treat children with diabetes the student food or a drink or put grams such as the Learners all have stations. society. It, however, didn’t say if diabetes’. The campaign aims at same as other students, except anything in the mouth because it Voice programme which will be Hamad International Airport, there would be separate coaches helping school nurses and staff to respond to medical needs and could cause choking when they enhanced into a year-long lead- the New Doha Port, Equestrian for women, which are likely. assist students in diabetes man- respect their confidentiality and are suffering from severe hypogly- ership development programme. Club, Barwa Village in Al Wakra Quoting Qatar Rail Company, agement during school hours and right to privacy. cemia. Students should never be “We will continue to reach out as well as Al Wakra town will also the daily said the first service of within the school premises. “Students with diabetes can left alone or sent anywhere alone to segments of WISE community have stations. Doha Metro rail was expected to “Bus drivers should get to have problems despite the best when experiencing hypoglycemia,” to customise events tailored to The distance between sta- begin only in the fourth and last know which students have dia- efforts at control. School staff says the guide. their needs.” tions is likely to be one to quarter of 2019, which is six years betes. Consideration may be need to identify what constitutes THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA 1.5km, the local Arabic daily Al from now. THE PENINSULA given to seating a student with an emergency situation and what Continued on page 5 Continued on page 3 4,000 tie the knot in Yemen, thanks to Qatar Syria chemical arms

SANA’A: Upon a gesture by the Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani facilities destroyed and under the auspices of Yemeni President Abd Rabbo DAMASCUS: Syria has met unacceptable levels of risk. Mansour Hadi, a mass wed- the first deadline set by arms “The OPCW is only certifying ding, supervised by the Orphan inspectors for the destruction of functional destruction of Syrian Foundation in Yemen, was held its chemical weapons after their self-declared equipment from yesterday in the Yemeni capital use in Damascus in August — self-declared sites,” Reeths said. Sana’a. amid warnings that the inter- “Because little time has passed The ceremony at May 22 Hall national community is failing between the declaration and in the Sport City was the world’s to get to grips with the wider this certification, there is much largest as 4,000 brides and grooms crisis. greater uncertainty than usual from various provinces tied the The Organisation for the surrounding the declaration.” knot. Prevention of Chemical Weapons The deteriorating humanitar- A Qatari delegation, led by the (OPCW) said yesterday Syria’s ian situation in Syria provoked a Assistant Foreign Minister for declared chemical weapons pro- warning from David Miliband, a International Cooperation H E duction and mixing facilities had former British foreign secretary Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed been destroyed — a day ahead of and head of the International bin Jabor Al Thani, the Adviser to the target it had set. Rescue Committee. He backed the Yemeni President for Defence It means that Syria can no calls of the UN and international and Security Affairs, Maj. Gen. longer produce any new chemi- charities for a ceasefire after Ali Muhsin Salih, ministers, top cal weapons, although it has yet confirmation of a polio outbreak officials, members of diplomatic to start destroying its stockpile, among Syrian children, calling it corps, representatives of chari- estimated at about 1,000 tonnes of a “terrifying indication of what table and civic organisations and A general view of the mass wedding ceremony in Sana’a. chemicals and weapons, including can happen when a country falls associations from more than 30 mustard gas and the deadly nerve apart under the weight of war”. countries were present. Qatar’s humanitarian and devel- light of a Gulf initiative, Qatar about $2.82m, in support of the agent sarin. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today In a speech, Sheikh Ahmed opment support for Yemen and had pledged $350m to support mass wedding. David Reeths of IHS Jane’s programme that doctors and aid expressed pleasure over partici- said it stemmed from Qatar’s Yemen. He said Qatar had also provided Consulting, hailed the OPCW’s workers were being targeted as pating in the event as a repre- keenness and commitment to He said Qatar had also pledged $2.7m to fight malaria, stressing achievement in a conflict zone a “disaster of epic proportions” sentative of Qatar and on behalf support efforts that will provide to build Hamad Medical City in that Qatar was sparing no effort where 100,000 people have been gripped the country. The outbreak of the Father Emir. a favourable climate for national the city of Taiz, at a cost of $280m in supporting dialogue in Yemen killed in two-and-a-half years. was a “shocking, jolting” reminder He said the wedding aimed dialogue and the attainment of as part of $500m committed by to help achieve aspirations for But he warned that there was a to the international community at strengthening solidarity and security and stability and a con- Doha at the donor conference. development and prosperity. “significant level of uncertainty” that while there may be progress cooperation between various ducive infrastructure for sustain- He said technical and engineer- He hoped that the national dia- surrounding the true status of on chemical weapons, there was segments of society and reducing able development that would fulfil ing consultations on the project logue conference would come out the Syrian chemical weapons misery, death and decay in Syria expenses for those wanting to get aspirations of the Yemeni people . have been completed. with the consensus required for programme because inspectors and its neighbouring countries. married. He cited Qatar’s assistance to He also referred to the gesture successful implementation of the had been unable to visit two of THE GUARDIAN The Minister also highlighted the Yemeni people and said in the of the Father Emir, estimated at Gulf initiative. QNA declared weapons sites due to See also page 5 FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Al Jazeera centre to launch book on Darfur crisis DOHA: Al Jazeera Centre for Studies has announced that it will launch the book: Darfur: hasaad Al azma ba’d a’qdin mina azzaman” (Darfur: Harvest of the crisis after a decade) on the sidelines of the interna- tional conference it will organ- ise on November 2-3 at St Regis Hotel in Doha, titled: “Africa: Dynamics of Conflict, Promises of Renaissance”. The book, co-authored by 12 specialised researchers, presents a holistic vision of the Darfur crisis, probing its roots, analys- ing the reality that has emerged www.swiss-belhotel.com on the ground over the past dec- ade, and tracing the dynamics and Tel repercussions of this situation. Fax These in-depth analysis of the crisis proved accurate and objec- tive, providing a general review Amna Al Zeyara (second right), winner of the undergraduate research competition, at the 2013 Grace of the peace efforts and a deep Tel Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference in Minneapolis, in the US. analysis of the internal, exter- Fax nal and structural factors (espe- cially the state structure) that have influenced the trajectory of CMU-Q student wins the crisis. The book offers sug- gestions that might bring about Tel a quick solution to this long- Fax running conflict. The book also brings up Darfur computer science prize conflict as one of the crises in the African continent, highlighting Tollfree several important issues that go Amna Al Zeyara brings top award to the region in their significance beyond the Fax local boundaries to tackle prob- DOHA: Amna Al Zeyara, a amazing opportunity to meet CMU-Q. We have all witnessed lems experienced in more than Computer Science student at other women and learn from her remarkable development one place on the continent. The Tel Carnegie Mellon University leaders in the field. into a serious researcher and book sheds light on the overall in Qatar (CMU-Q), has won I am very excited to be she is the first CMU-Q student crisis suffered by the Sudanese Fax first place in the undergrad- selected as one of the student who has been honored twice for state regarding legitimacy and uate research competition winners, and it has inspired her research accomplishments,” representation and the limits of at the 2013 Grace Hopper me to continue my hard work said Kemal Oflazer, direc- its ability to absorb the numerous Tel Celebration of Women in toward becoming a computer tor of the Computer Science identities of the Sudanese popula- Fax Computing conference in scientist,” said Al Zeyara Programme at CMU-Q. tion and address the challenges Minneapolis, USA. Al Zeyara, a senior, was rec- “We are very proud of Amna, facing the country. Organised by the Anita ognised for her work on Hala, a who has shown us with this Through its balanced approach Borg Institute for Women and 3-D animated robot with Arabic award that she is among the and objective and diversified Tel Technology and the Association facial features that interacts best and brightest computer analysis, this book, co-edited Fax for Computing Machinery, the with visitor to Carnegie Mellon science students—not only by Dr Abdul Wahab Al Effendi Grace Hopper Conference is one Qatar. Her project involved iden- in Qatar and the region, but and Dr Sidi Ahmed Ould Ahmed www.doha.hilton.com of the most prestigious techni- tifying and developing a series across globe. I also congratulate Salem, embodies the ambition cal conventions for women in of facial expressions, which help our faculty, who are preparing of AlJazeera Network to create Tel +974 44233333 computing, bringing both their engage users by enhancing the the next generation of technol- research platforms and venues research achievements and non-verbal aspects of human- ogy innovators that will be at for the exchange of ideas and in- Fax +974 44233000 career interests to the forefront. robot communication. the forefront of Qatar’s future depth debates on issues of concern “This is the second time “Amna has taken on increas- development,” said CMU-Q to the Arab and African peoples I’ve attended this conference, ingly challenging research Dean, Ilker Baybars. linked to their destiny. and each time it has been an projects during her time at THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Tel Rota volunteers share Nepal experiences Fax DOHA: Reach Out To Asia volunteers, Rota Executive Secondary School in Tikapur for Al Mannai. At the Reflection (Rota), Qatar’s leading non- Director Essa Al Mannai said: 5 days for students in subjects Event, volunteers expressed profit organisation, held a “I would like to thank you for such as Social Studies, English their sincere gratitude to Rota Reflection Event at Qatar playing a role in fulfilling our Language, Cultural Exchange, for organising such a life-chang- Tel Foundation’s Recreation goal of ‘education for all’. The Environmental Awareness and ing experience for all involved. Fax Centre recently for adult pro- impact that you have left on Sport. Executive Director Essa Al fessional volunteers who par- the local students in Nepal will “Spending a week at the Mannai, encouraged them all ticipated in a recent volunteer be felt for many years to come. school and seeing the humble to maintain their interest in trip to Nepal to acknowledge Through trips to Pakistan, conditions that the teachers volunteering and get involved Tel their efforts and reflect on Nepal, Indonesia and Cambodia, have to teach in and the stu- in local community-based Rota Fax their experiences during the Rota has created a movement of dents learn in definitely opened initiatives. trip. volunteers and responsible glo- my perspective,” Rota volunteer “Rota staff did a wonderful Eighteen professionals from bal citizens within Qatar who Ghalia Farzat said. job preparing us before we went. Qatar Foundation, Vodafone make a positive impact on the “No matter what you pre- A lot of work goes into planning Qatar and elsewhere, took part lives of hundreds of communi- pare beforehand, until you get to make sure to meet the needs Tel in the event which showcased ties across Asia.” to the school, you then realise of the children at the school, Fax video and photos from the With the generous finan- what is needed especially when the volunteers going and all the 10-day Rota-organised trip to cial assistance from Vodafone there are so many kids. What other people involved to make Nepal from 19 to 28 September. Qatar and in partnership with their educational levels are and the trip a success” said Fahad Volunteers shared their indi- in-country partner, Action Aid what is needed to help them,” Al Saiari, a Vodafone Qatar Tel vidual experiences and lessons International, Rota also pro- she added. volunteer. learned describing how the vided a computer lab for the “Rota thanks the volunteers For more information about Fax trip increased their interest in school in which students and who continue to give their time, Reach Out To Asia’s projects in offering and giving, and helped teachers were taught by vol- talent and skills, often in diffi- Nepal and 10 other Asian coun- them better understand the unteers’ ways to utilise ICT cult circumstances, to promote tries, visit www.reachouttoasia. challenges that students face in for Education. During the education and development in org or the Rota Facebook page, Tel rural communities in Nepal. Trip, volunteers facilitated 5 Qatar and abroad. They are an www.facebook.com/reachouttoa- Fax Congratulating the hours of classes at the “Moti” inspiration to us all,” said Essa sia THE PENINSULA

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WISE invites Directory of entry for 2014 awards Continued from page 1 Arab varsities Sheikh Abdulla announced the Sixth WISE Summit will be held in Doha from November 4 to 6 next year. The closing ses- sion also held a panel discussion launched with Angélique Kidjo, Singer, Songwriter and activist from Benin; Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Over 800 institutions covered 2011 WISE Prize for Education Laureate and Founder and DOHA: US News & World Region University Directory, Chairman of Bangladesh based Report, a United States-based which will launch on usnews.com NGO, BRAC and Fatima Akbar, provider of information analy- later this month, brings together one of WISE Learners for 2012. sis, has created a comprehen- publicly available data on a wide Before the session, Vicky sive directory of more than 800 array of Mena universities from Colbert gave her first address universities across the Middle all Arab countries. A fully web- as the 2013 WISE Prize for East and North Africa (Mena). enabled, searchable product will Education Laureate. She said This will serve as an initial step debut early next year. winning “the WISE Prize this towards a broad survey and rank- The data set is the beginning of year gives me a profound feeling ing report on Mena institutions of a long-term project to develop a of accomplishment. The theme higher education. series of surveys and rankings for of this year’s WISE Summit, US News editors unveiled a test the Mena region, which will allow H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser attending the closing ceremony of WISE 2013. This was the fifth edition of WISE ‘Reinventing Education for Life’, version of the proposed directory a much deeper regional compari- and was themed ‘Reinventing Education for Life’. A R AL BAKER resonates with what I and the before a group of top regional son of the various types of insti- people around me have been academic officials at the World tutions than information which United States,” said Brian Kelly, region as a way of creating global transparent information that can trying to achieve. ‘Reinventing Innovation Summit for Education currently appears in other global editor and chief content officer consistency and adding substan- be used to improve education Education for Life’ means reach- (WISE) here yesterday. The Arab rankings. Until now, those rank- of US News. tial value to higher education in throughout the region. ing the greatest number of learn- ings have typically included few “There is a need for both a glo- the Mena region.” The Qatar The project is led by Robert ers and making each learner a Mena higher educational institu- bal and a regional look at these Foundation is assisting in the Morse, who has managed US better person.” Clarification tions. Additionally Mena schools important institutions.” research effort with a grant. News educational research for The application period for the have not historically been classi- The project was initiated with The University Directory will more than two decades. 2014 WISE Awards was also DOHA: WISE organisers fied for comparative purposes in the encouragement of H H Sheikha assist people in the Mena region “We look forward to collaborat- launched yesterday. The Awards clarified yesterday that the the same way as universities in Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of by creating a greater depth of ing with higher education institu- celebrate six innovative educational proposed universities rank- many other regions. Qatar Foundation. understanding about the many tions in the region” said Morse. projects for their positive contri- ing system in the Middle “We want to bring to the Arab Kelly said: “Qatar Foundation universities located across the “In the 30 years we’ve been bution to education and society. East will be set up by the and Mena university community is a leading source of global edu- region. doing this, our goal is always to Applications are invited until US News & Reports, not by the same depth of study that has cation innovation. Sheikha Moza Through rigorous and objective make the most fair and accurate January 15, 2014 through http:// WISE as reported yesterday. become so important to parents, asked me whether we could bring research, the US News research- comparisons.” www.wise-qatar.org/awards#tabs-2 students and policymakers in the the work we do in the US to the ers will create standardized and THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Chief of Staff meets Silatech debate urges more jobs for Arab youth French Admiral DOHA: The Chief of Staff of DOHA: With the Arab Spring Arabs. Aramex Chairman and Qatar Armed Forces H E Lt countries facing problems Founder Fadi Ghandour lamented General Ghanim bin Shaheen in terms of policy making, a the lack of inter-Arab trade, and Al Ghanim met here with roundtable held by Silatech in hostility to foreign investment Commander of the French the US recently called on the and the private sector, calling for Naval Forces Stationed in the private sector and the NGOs to greater private sector involve- Indian Ocean Admiral Antoine intensify efforts to create more ment in preparing youth for the Bosan, who is currently visiting job opportunities for the Arab job market: “The private sector Qatar. They discussed a number youth. must address and participate of issues of joint interest, par- Silatech partnered with the structurally in educational issues ticularly in the military field. New America Foundation in in the region,” he said. The Chief of Staff also met here Washington DC to host the round- Dina Sherif, Founding Partner yesterday with the Saudi Military table discussion titled “Back to of Ahead of the Curve and Senior Attache to Qatar Brigadier Gen Business: How Socially Innovative Advisor at Silatech, called for a Saleh Maeith Al Qahtani on Entrepreneurship Can Build the refocusing of US aid and policy to the occasion of the expiry of his Middle East” on October 15. the Arab world toward economic term of duty. Shaheen Al Ghanim Over 100 people attended the issues: “When Egypt needs to cre- wished Brigadier Gen Al Qahtani event, which spotlighted the ate one million jobs per year, there every success in his furture growing trend of social entrepre- is clearly a need to restructure US assignments. neurship in the region and high- assistance to Egypt to more of an lighted ways in which it can be economic focus.” supported. Christopher Schroeder, entre- Awqaf Minister meets Silatech CEO Dr Tarik Yousef preneur and author of Startup placed the situation of Arab youth Rising: The Entrepreneurial ambassadors in the context of the Arab Spring, Revolution Remaking the From left: Fadi Ghandour, Founder and Chairman of Aramex; Christopher Schroeder, entrepreneur and author of DOHA: The Minister Of Awqaf noting that the short-term dis- Middle East, hailed the growth Startup Rising: The Entrepreneurial Revolution Remaking the Middle East; Dina Sherif, founder of Ahead of the (Religious Endowments) And location being faced by number of an ambitious young entrepre- Curve and Senior Adviser, Silatech; Dr Tarik Yousef, CEO of Silatech and Leila Hilal of the New America Foundation, Islamic Affairs H E Dr Gheith of Arab governments has led to neurial culture in the region, and during the debate in Washington. bin Mubarak Al Kuwari met a crisis management approach to called for US policy makers to separately here yesterday with policy making. refocus attention to strengthen world, Silicon Valley, the US Valley can support enterprise Google, the Skoll Foundation, Ecuadorian and Macedonian With few prospects of substan- the trend. venture capital community, and development in the region, Techwadi, Sawari Ventures, MIT, ambassadors accredited to Qatar. tial public sector policy changes Leila Hilal of the New America academic experts for two days to crowdfunding and angel invest- Kiva, Shekra Crowdfunding, Ecuador envoy Kabalan B and initiatives in the near future, Foundation moderated the panel. spur innovation, create jobs and ing, Islamic finance in theory and Qatar Islamic Bank, Crowd Abisaab and Macedonian ambas- he called for the private sector In another event on October encourage entrepreneurship in practice, and social entrepreneur- Capital Advisors, Carnegie sador Fuad Hasanovic discussed and NGO community to step 16-17, Silatech joined with the region. ship. In addition to Silatech and Mellon University-Qatar, Karm joint cooperation between Qatar up their efforts to create more the University of California “Unleashing Entrepreneurship UC-Berkeley, other organizations Solar, Weladna.com, Noofoos.com, and their respective countries employment and entrepreneur- at Berkeley to bring together in the Middle East” focused on and companies represented at the Kryptonworx and others. and reviewed issues of mutual ship opportunities for young thought leaders from the Arab topics including how Silicon event included the World Bank, THE PENINSULA concern. QNA

Taxis on roads 4,500 by 2016 QDA, Ezdan hold diabetes awareness Two-day National Robot DOHA: Qatar will have about 4,500 taxis on the Olympiad begins today road by 2016, public trans- port company Mowasalat DOHA: The 2013 has said. Qatar National Robot The company plans to add Olympiad will kick 1,000 taxis each in the next off today at the Doha two years to the current fleet Exhibition Centre fea- of 2,500 cabs in the country. turing 200 teams and Of the existing fleet, about 500 students who will 50 percent are operated by compete in a range two private companies, Al of demanding chal- Million and Al Ijarah Holding. lenges using LEGO Meanwhile, Mowasalat Mindstorms robots. in collaboration with the The two-day International Association of Olympiad forms part Public Transport (UITP) will of the GO ROBOT pro- organise the UITP MENA gramme that aims to build interest among students in science, technol- Public Transport and Large Ezdan employees and their families participating in the campaign. ogy, engineering and mathematics. Since April more than 300 teachers Events workshop at the Al have attended intensive robotics training sessions at the College of North Mirqab hotel in Souq Waqif. DOHA: To spread diabetes to participate with Ezdan in this programmes and services. More Atlantic Qatar (CNA-Q) and hundreds of robotics kits have been donated Khaled Al Hail, Mowasalat’s awareness, Qatar Diabetes campaign to spread awareness than 200 people attended the to schools across Qatar. CEO said the workshop was Association (QDA) organised and education about diabetes,” event, in which we discovered new Hundreds of spectators are expected to attend the event which is part of efforts to develop a an awareness campaign about said Dr Amel Adam, Head of cases for people with diabetes. open to the public. It is sponsored by Maersk Oil Qatar, supported by well-defined public transport diabetes and preventing meth- Healthcare, QDA. Dr Ayoub Khalil Al Farag, CNA-Q under the patronage of the Supreme Education Council and network in Qatar. The tone ods in cooperation with Ezdan She added: “We have delivered General manager of Ezdan Real- with the support of Qatar Petroleum. was set last year and the recently. QDA medical team pro- a lecture about diabetes and its estate said: “It’s not the first social Sheikh Faisal Al Thani, Deputy Managing Director of Maersk Oil work is in progress to estab- vided health education for Ezdan prevention methods, and also initiative for Ezdan, we feel our Qatar, said: “The National Robot Olympiad is a natural fit for Maersk lish a strategy and action plan employees and their families, as answered to the doubts raised responsibility towards the Qatari Oil Qatar as the students are faced with complex challenges in build- integrating with stakeholders well as blood sugar testing and by some of the attendees. We society and plan to launch more ing a robot.” to evolve for the future, he consultation for people with dia- also offered blood sugar testing, than campaign in different sectors The winners of the National Robot Olympiad will represent Qatar added. THE PENINSULA betes or who are at risk of hav- diabetes education and dietary such as education, healthcare, and at the World Robot Finals in Jakarta later this year. ing diabetes. “It is our pleasure counselling and promoted QDA environment”. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM The significance of the Hijrah

BY DR IBRAHIM B SYED of God/monotheism), the part revealed in culture and a history for the whole man- The Prophet prepared a covenant for Madinah covered rules regarding Islamic kind. Islam progressed not only from the relations between these communities. The hijrah od says in the Quran: Those who life in general. physical hijrah, but because Muslims took — CLEANING THE CITY: Yathrib, believe, and have emigrated, and There is no doubt whatsoever that the hijrah seriously in all its aspects and previous name of Madinah, was a dirty teaches that have struggled in the way of God migration of the Prophet to Madinah was dimensions. When Prophet Muhammad city. When the companions came from wherever Gwith their possessions and their the crucial event, which established the (PBUH) immigrated from Makkah to Makkah to Madinah, many of them lives are greater in degree with God; and Islamic civilisation. This was a civilisation Madinah, he did not just transfer his got sick and did not like that city. The Muslims go, they those, they are the triumphant. Their Lord that thrived for many centuries. residence or took shelter in another city, Prophet asked them to clean the city gives them good tidings of mercy from Him Hijrah (Immigration to Madinah), no but as soon as he arrived in Madinah he and remove its dirt and filth. Aisha (May should bring and beatitude; for them shall be gardens doubt, kindled the light of hope in the began the transformation of that city in Allah’s mercy upon her) said: “We came wherein is enduring bliss, therein they shall hearts of the early Muslims who set a every aspect: to Madinah and it was the most polluted goodness to that abide forever. Surely with God is a tremen- shining example for all Muslims, in every — MASJID (MOSQUE): The Prophet land of Allah. The water there was most dous reward. (Tawbah 9: 20-22) generation, to emulate. first established a Mosque to worship stinking. (Al Bukhari) land. Muslims The significance of hijrah (the migra- Hijrah, in essence, is a process of Allah. He himself worked in carrying the — WATER SYSTEM IN THE CITY: tion of Prophet Muhammad, peace be transfer to a better situation. It is not stones and building that small, humble The Prophet asked the companions to dig should work upon him, to Madinah) is not limited to meant to find a comfortable place where but most powerful structure. That was wells in different parts of the city. It is the Islamic history or to the Muslims. one would relax and stop endeavour the beginning, but soon other mosques mentioned that more than 50 wells were for both moral The hijrah not only reshaped — socially (attempt). Rather, it is a search for an were established in Madinah. opened in the city of Madinah and there and politically — the Arab Peninsula, environment more favourable to continu- — BROTHERHOOD: He established was enough clean water for everyone. and material but also had its impact on worldwide ous and constructive effort. Immediately brotherly relations between the Muslims — AGRICULTURE & GARDENING: goodness of civilisations. after reaching Madinah, the Prophet who migrated from Makkah and the resi- The Prophet encouraged the companions Throughout the history of Islam, the undertook an all-embracing process to dents of Madinah who helped the Prophet to cultivate the land and make gardens. society. migration was a transitional line between establish a faithful and strong society. and his companions. What was impor- He told them that anyone who would the two major eras, regarding to the mes- This is a significant aspect and important tant was to have good relations between cultivate any dead land, would own it. sage of Islam; the era of Makkah and lesson to learn from hijrah. Muslims. They should have their broth- Many people started working and culti- the era of Madinah. In its essence, this Hijrah was one of the most important erhood on the basis of faith, not on the vating and soon there was enough food city in the world. There were very few signified a transition from one phase to events in the history of Islam. It is for basis of tribes as they used to have prior for everyone. incidents of theft, rape, drunkenness or another, as follows: this reason the Caliph Omar adopted to Islam. — POVERTY ERADICATION: In a murder and they were immediately taken — Transition from the position of hijrah date to calculate years. Muslims — INTERCOMMUNITY AND short period of time it happened that care of. weakness, where the non-believers of chose hijrah as the focal point to reckon INTERFAITH RELATIONS: Prophet there were no poor people in Madinah. In short, hijrah teaches that wherever Makkah — particularly the people of their chronology. Muhammad (PBUH) also established Everyone had enough food and shelter Muslims go, they should bring good- Quraysh —humiliated, tortured and killed In physical terms, hijrah was a journey good relations with other communities and the Prophet used to give gifts to com- ness to that land. Muslims should work Muslims, to the position of strength. This between two cities about 200 miles apart, living in Madinah. There was a large ing delegations. for both moral and material goodness is where Muslims were allowed to defend but in its grand significance it marked Jewish community as well as some other — SAFETY, SECURITY, LAW AND of the society. A hijrah was not some- themselves and were able to defeat their the beginning of an era, a civilisation, a Arab tribes who had not accepted Islam. ORDER: Madinah became the safest thing special for Prophet Muhammad adversaries. (PBUH). Rather, other Prophets emi- — Transition from spreading Islam grated before him. Yet, the hijrah of through individual Da’wah (inviting oth- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) differed ers to Islam) to the spreading of Islam from those of other Prophets because it through institutionalised Da’wah, initi- was not intended as a flight from torture ated by the state. but as the beginning of the Islamic state. — Transition from a position where The eminent scholar, Sheikh Yusuf Al Muslims represented a small group of Qaradawi, states the following: people, surrounded by enemies and Most of Allah’s Messengers, if not threatened by death, to the position of all, emigrated. However, their emigra- a regional power with a strong central tions differed from that of Prophet leadership. This was one that was sur- Muhammad (PBUH). For example, rounded by a large number of followers Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) and allies. emigrated, as related in the Quran: And — Transition of Da’wah from region- Lot believed him, and said: Lo! I am a fugi- alism, in which the focus was only on tive unto my Lord. Lo! He, only He, is the Quraysh and the tribes surrounding Mighty, the Wise (Ankabut 29: 26). Makkah, to the phase of universalism. In another verse, God says: And he said: This is where the Muslim State began Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide reaching out to Persia, Egypt, and the Hijrah me. (Saffat 37: 99). Byzantine Empire. 1435 So, Prophet Abraham migrated from — Transition from being a simple place to place till he settled at a town in Islamic group of believers, to being the Palestine, where he was then buried. That Islamic nation. This was an organized town, Al Khalil Ibrahim, (Hebron) is now Islamic state, with a central leadership named after him. Prophet Moses (peace and other organizations. be upon him) also emigrated before he — Transition, which is most signifi- was assigned with the divine mission. He cantly for early Muslims, to the phase fled from Egypt after he had mistakenly in which Islam was not only the act killed an Egyptian. He sought God’s for- of worship, but a way of life. This was giveness for that, and a man advised him encompassing (surrounding) politics, to get out of Egypt in order to escape peo- economy, social interactions and every ple’s revenge. God says: And a man came other aspect of life. This was the first from the uttermost part of the city, running. time when Islam was looked upon as a He said: O Moses! Lo! the chiefs take counsel comprehensive religion. against thee to slay thee; therefore escape. This contrast between the two peri- What is the Hijrah calendar? Lo! I am of those who give thee good advice. ods is clearly noticeable in the Quranic So he escaped from thence, fearing, vigi- discourse. Muslim scholars describe uslims measure the pas- entire society based on Islamic princi- the first day, the day when the lunar lant. He said: My Lord! Deliver me from the the part of Quran that was revealed sage of time using the ples. The Islamic calendar is the official crescent is visually sighted. The lunar wrongdoing folk (Qasas 28: 20-1) in Makkah as the Makkan Quran, and Islamic (hijrah) calendar. calendar in many Muslim countries, year is approximately 354 days long, so Then Prophet Moses went to a coun- that which was revealed in Madinah as MThis calendar has twelve especially Saudi Arabia. Other Muslim the months rotate backward through try called Madyan, where he married the the Madini Quran. Although both parts lunar months, the beginnings and end- countries use the Gregorian calendar the seasons and are not fixed to the daughter of a righteous old man (Prophet are intermingled in the Quran and con- ings of which are determined by the for civil purposes and only turn to the Gregorian calendar. Shuaib, peace be upon him) and stayed stitute one divine script, the discourse sighting of the crescent moon. Years Islamic calendar for religious purposes. with him for ten years. Throughout that of both parts is clearly distinguishable. are counted since the hijrah, which is — Lunar Months Each Year MONTHS OF ISLAMIC YEAR: period, Moses had no divine mission. He Whereas the part revealed in Makkah when the Prophet Muhammad (peace The Islamic year has twelve months that 1. Muharram (“Forbidden” - it is one lived as a righteous man, a good husband, concentrated on Tawheed (the Oneness be upon him) migrated from Makkah to are based on a lunar cycle. God says in the of the four months during which it is and a generous son-in-law; however, he Madinah (approximately July 622 CE). Quran: The number of months in the sight forbidden to wage war or fight) had no prominent role to perform. That The Islamic calendar was first intro- of Allah is twelve (in a year) - so ordained 2. Safar (“Empty” or “Yellow”) is to say, Prophet Moses emigrated for duced by the close companion of the by Him the day He created the heavens 3. Rabi’Al Awal (“First spring”) fear of revenge. He said, as related in the Hijrah was one Prophet, Omar Ibn Al Khattab. During and the earth.... (Tawbah, 9:36). 4. Rabi’Al Thani (“Second spring”) Quran: Then I fled from you when I feared his leadership of the Muslim community, It is He Who made the sun to be a 5. Jumada Al Awal (“First freeze”) you, and my Lord vouchsafed me a com- of the most in approximately 638 C E, he consulted shining glory, and the moon to be a light 6. Jumada Al Thani (“Second freeze”) mand and appointed me of the number of with his advisers in order to come to a of beauty, and measured out stages for it, 7. Rajab (“To respect” - this is another those sent by Him (Shu’ara’ 42: 21). important events decision regarding the various dating that you might know the number of years holy month when fighting is prohibited) On the other hand, the hijrah of systems used at that time. It was agreed and the count of time. Allah did not create 8. Sha’ban (“To spread and distribute”) Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was not in the history of that the most appropriate reference this except in truth and righteousness. And 9. Ramadan (“Parched thirst” - this is only to escape temptation and torture point for the Islamic calendar was the He explains His signs in detail, for those the month of daytime fasting) of his people. It was the starting point Islam. It is for hijrah, since it was an important turning who understand. (Yunus, 10: 5) 10. Shawwal (“To be light and to establish the Muslim nation, a new this reason the point for the Muslim community. And in his final sermon before his vigorous”) Muslim community based on Islam, the After the emigration to Madinah, death, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) 11. Dhul-Qa’dah (“The month of rest” universal divine message that calls for Caliph Omar the Muslims were able to organise and said, among other things: “With Allah the - another month when no warfare or morality and human rights. That was the establish the first real Muslim “commu- months are twelve; four of them are holy; fighting is allowed) very purpose of Prophet Muhammad’s adopted hijrah nity,” with social, political, and economic three of these are successive and one occurs 12. Dhul-Hijjah (“The month of Haj” - (PBUH) hijrah to Madinah, and he per- independence. Life in Madinah allowed singly between the months of Jumada and this is the month of the annual pilgrim- formed his role as best as possible. He put date to calculate the Muslim community to mature and Sha’ban.” (Al Bukhari) age to Makkah, again when no warfare the foundation of a sound Muslim com- strengthen, and the people developed an Islamic months begin at sunset of or fighting is allowed). munity and established the best nation years. ever created. http://www.irfi.org Merits of fasting on the 9th and 10th of Muharram

he month of Muharram to Madinah. There are many les- upon him). The Prophet admired Sabiq states: Abu Hurayrah “Concerning the day of `Ashura’, of Muharram, and is one of the sacred sons in this story and it can help this tradition and he said to the reported: “I asked the Prophet: it is not obligatory upon you to fast 3. fasting only on the 10th of months. A Muslim is us understand the basic signifi- Jews, “We are closer to Musa than ‘Which Prayer is the best after on it as I do. Whoever wishes may Muharram. Tsupposed to gain the cance of the Hijrah calendar. you are.” He fasted and he also the obligatory Prayers?’ He said: fast and whoever does not wish to It is also good to remember advantage of these months so as It is also the Sunnah of the told his Companions to fast on ‘Prayer during the mid of the night.’ is not obliged to do so” the great sacrifice of Al Husain to draw nearer to Allah by offer- Prophet (PBUH) to fast on the this day. Later, before the end of I asked: ‘Which fasting is the best (Bukhari and Muslim). and his family (may Allah be ing voluntary religious deeds 9th and 10th of Muharram. The his life on this earth, the Prophet after that of Ramadan?’ He said, It is noteworthy that Muslim pleased with all of them). Theirs such as supererogatory prayers, Prophet used to fast on the 10th told Muslims to add the 9th day ‘The month of Allah that you call scholars have stated that fasting was the true Jihad for the cause voluntary fasting, charity, etc. day (Ashura). When he came to also. Thus, it is recommended to Muharram’” (Ahmad, Muslim, of Ashura is of three levels: of truth and justice. We should In the month of Muharram, Madinah, he found out that the fast on both the 9th and 10th of and Abu Dawud). 1. fasting for three days, i.e., learn the lessons of courage, we should remember the Hijrah Jews of Madinah were also fasting Muharram. Muawiyyah ibn Abi Sufyan on the 9th, 10th, and 11th of patience and perseverance from of the Prophet (peace and bless- on this day remembering Prophet In his well-known book, Fiqh reported that he heard the Muharram, the episode of Karbala’ (year 61 ings be upon him) from Makkah Musa (peace and blessings be Assunnah, the late Sheikh Sayyed Messenger of Allah say: 2. fasting on the 9th and 10th A.H. / 680 C.E). FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 HOME / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Kerry heads Turkish women MPs break taboo Death toll in to Riyadh to wear headscarves in House

WASHINGTON: US Secretary ANKARA: Four female law- of State John Kerry will launch makers from Turkey’s Islamist- Syria crosses a nine-day trip by travelling rooted ruling party wore Islamic to Riyadh for talks on Sunday headscarves in parliament with the Custodian of the Two yesterday in a challenge to the Holy Mosques King Abdullah country’s secular tradition. bin Abdulaziz amid tensions Fellow Justice and Development 120,000 with the Gulf kingdom. Party (AKP) lawmakers kissed Kerry “will reaffirm the strate- and hugged the women as they gic nature of the US-Saudi rela- took their seats in the general tionship given the importance of assembly. Secularist opponents Eight killed in army rocket attack the work between our two coun- made only subdued protests, a far tries on shared challenges,” State cry from chaotic scenes in 1999, BEIRUT: Syria’s civil war has thousands remains unknown. Department spokeswoman Jen the last time a female MP wore a killed more than 120,000 peo- Among the disappeared are Psaki said yesterday. headscarf in parliament. ple in 31 months, the Syrian “more than 10,000 detainees and The trip from November 3 to The headscarf is an emotive Observatory for Human Rights missing in the regime’s jails, as 11 will also take the top US diplo- symbol in Turkey, viewed by secu- said yesterday. well as more than 3,000 soldiers mat to Poland, Israel, Bethlehem, larists as the emblem of political “We have documented the kill- held prisoner by the rebel groups,” Amman, Abu Dhabi, Algeria Islam and its appearance in public ing of 120,296 people since the the Observatory said. and Morocco, she said. The trip life as an affront to the Turkish start of the revolution in March Hundreds of civilians have also comes as ties have strained with Republic’s secular foundations set Turkey’s ruling AK Party lawmakers Nurcan Dalbudak (centre) and Sevde 2011,” said the Britain-based mon- been kidnapped. Saudi Arabia, a key US ally, over up by founding father Mustafa Beyazit Kacar (right) attend the general assembly wearing their headscarves itoring group. Yesterday, at least eight peo- Washington’s policy on the con- Kemal Ataturk. at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara. Of the dead, 42,495 were civil- ple were killed in an army rocket flict in Syria and moves for a rap- There are no specific restric- ians, including 6,365 children and attack on southern Damascus’s Al prochement with Iran to rein in tions on wearing the headscarf we will play the leading role, we of an election cycle. Dalbudak dis- 4,269 women, it said. Hajar Al Aswad neighbourhood. its suspect nuclear programme. in parliament. But opposition will be the standard-bearers, missed the accusations, saying her Another 25,699 rebel fight- The “bombardment... which In an unprecedented move, from secularists as well as a ban this is very important,” Nurcan decision had been based solely on ers were killed, as were 48,880 killed at least eight people, comes Riyadh earlier this month turned in other state institutions, which Dalbudak, one of the four AKP personal belief. “I am very happy loyalists. amid an escalation by the regime down a coveted non-permanent was lifted this month, have pre- lawmakers, said before attend- and proud because I am complet- Among the opposition fight- in southern Damascus and (rebel) seat on the UN Security Council in viously deterred women from ing parliament. ing one of the foremost duties ers, 18,122 were civilians who had areas in the countryside around protest at the world body’s failure wearing them. Opponents accuse the AKP of required of me. I am experiencing taken up arms against President it,” said Observatory director to end the 31-month war in Syria. “We are going to witness the using the head scarf for political an inner peace because of this,” she Bashar Al Assad’s regime follow- Rami Abdel Rahman. AFP start of an important era and gain and to garner support ahead said. REUTERS ing a crackdown on Arab Spring- The toll from yesterday’s vio- inspired protests in the spring of lence was likely to rise, he added. 2011. “The bombardment is part Another 2,022 were soldiers of an attempt by the regime to who had defected from the army retake southern Damascus,” sev- Sugar source for to join the rebellion, and 5,375 eral of whose neighbourhoods are were foreign jihadists who had have for months been under a suf- students urged travelled to Syria to fight Assad’s focating army siege, he added. troops. More broadly, “the army is Among the loyalists, 29,954 trying to totally secure the capi- Continued from page 1 were army soldiers, while 18,678 tal. To date, it has claimed many All students with diabetes were members either of the pro- times it has complete control should be permitted and encour- regime popular committees or the over Damascus, but rebels are aged to have a source of read- paramilitary National Defence positioned in many areas in the ily available simple sugar at all Force. capital’s southern belt”, he said. times. Treatment should never be Another 187 were members The Observatory was unable to delayed. The guide was published of Lebanon’s powerful Shia immediately verify whether the with the financial support of Oryx Hezbollah, who had joined the war dead were fighters or civilians. GTL and the American Women’s in support of Assad. An additional “The regime’s bombardment is Association. 61 non-Syrian, pro-regime fight- arbitrary. Troops fire rockets at Addressing a press conference ers have been killed. buildings, without knowing who yesterday, Dr Abdulla Al Hamaq, The Observatory also reported is in them. Such attacks do not Executive Director of QDA, the killing if 2,772 unidentified distinguish between civilians and said with the support of Hamad people. combattants and therefore consti- Paediatric Endocrinology and The group, which relies on a tute a war crime,” Abdel Rahman FROM LEFT: Moona Masri-Whitice, Executive Director of The Art of Business; Dr Abdulla O Al Hamaq, Executive school administrators, QDA was broad network of doctors, law- said. Director of Qatar Diabetes Association; Dr Mahmoud Alzoud, Paediatric Consultant at the Endocrine and Diabetes able to provide necessary train- yers and activists across Syria Activists in southern Damascus Section at Hamad Hospital; Wahiba Al Saadi, Health and Hygiene Specialist at Oryx GTL and Katia Saba, Assistant ing to over 300 school nurses and for its reporting, said the actual also reported the attack, claiming Public Relations and Communications Manager at Oryx GTL, during the press conference at W Hotel yesterday. 110 coaches and for teachers and toll of the conflict is likely to “dozens” had been wounded. SHAIVAL DALAL social workers. be higher, and that the fate of AFP THE PENINSULA

Kuwaiti MP to question PM over housing Bahrain police close art

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti law- for a government-subsidised spending bill keeps rising at the the ruling family hold top posts. maker has filed a request to home. Campaigners have fre- current rate. Grilling requests have led to dis- display on uprising question the prime minister in quently linked the housing issue Kuwait has an elected 50-mem- solutions because ministers want parliament over housing and to corruption. ber parliament that has the power to avoid questioning or a vote of DUBAI: Bahraini authorities the 2011 uprising, inspired by graft, in a sign of renewed polit- MPs and campaigners have said to block legislation and question no confidence that would prompt have shut and dismantled an Arab revolts elsewhere, when ical discord in the country. they will put pressure on the cabi- ministers in sessions known as a resignation. exhibition on anti-government demonstrators camped out at The move against Sheikh Jaber net, which is headed by Sheikh “grillings”. Under the government hous- protests staged by the main the Pearl traffic circle for weeks Al Mubarak Al Sabah, a senior Jaber. MP Riyadh Al Adsani Tensions between parliament ing programme, Kuwaiti men can Shia opposition group Al Wefaq, before authorities smashed their ruling family member, comes just submitted the request yesterday, and the cabinet have slowed eco- apply for a home after marriage saying it violates the law and camp and tore down the Pearl two days after the opening of par- state news agency KUNA said. nomic development in Kuwait. and receive a loan for it which incites hatred. monument itself. liament, where officials have said The welfare system poses a Parliamentary elections held is paid off slowly. But the wait- Unrest has gripped Bahrain A life-size statue of an armed tackling a shortage of govern- dilemma for Kuwaiti officials, who in July were the sixth in seven ing list has grown to more than since the 2011 uprising led police officer, personal belong- ment-funded housing is a priority. are concerned that the country years. 100,000 and is expected to grow by by majority Shias demanding ings of protesters killed by A government poll has shown is spending money too fast. The Parliaments have been repeat- thousands each year in a country reforms and more share in run- security forces and tear gas that housing is the most press- International Monetary Fund has edly dissolved over procedural where more than half of nationals ning the kingdom. canisters used at the time were ing issue for Kuwaitis, who say said Kuwait’s expenditures will disputes or for challenging the are under 25. The “Museum of the also on display. they have to wait up to 20 years exceed oil income in 2017 if the government in which members of REUTERS Revolution” exhibition was closed “The building houses a number on Wednesday, two days after of departments and units in addi- Al Wefaq opened it at one of its tion to a museum that docu- offices, displaying samples of used ments human rights violations CPD shuts outlet in Qatar riot-control munitions, paintings perpetrated by the regime and and artefacts depicting the pro- as documented in the Bahrain Israelis kill Palestinian democracy protests. Independent Commission of “The General Directorate of the Inquiry,” Al Wefaq said in a Capital Governorate Police has statement. found materials inside a build- The commission, set up by the in West Bank raid ing that the (Al Wefaq) society Bahraini government and led by had transformed into a location UN human rights lawyer Cherif QABATYA: Israeli troops shot immediate official confirmation. intended to reinforce hatred,” Bassiouni, published a report in dead a 22-year-old Palestinian The Palestinian Centre for state news agency BNA said yes- 2011 that said the security forces early yesterday during a raid Human Rights slammed the terday. “Organisers were sum- had used widespread and exces- near the northern West Bank shooting, saying it “further proves moned and legal action was taken sive force, including confessions city of Jenin, Palestinian medics the use of excessive force by against them.” under torture. and security officials said. Israeli forces against Palestinian The show displayed photos of REUTERS Ahmad Tazazaa was shot dead civilians in disregard for the civil- in Qabatya after Israeli soldiers ians’ lives.” entered the town to carry out an The non-governmental group arrest operation, Palestinian offi- called upon the “international cials said. community to take immediate Residents threw stones at and effective actions to put an Blast near army post in Lebanon them, prompting the soldiers to end to such crimes.” open fire, hitting Tazazaa in the Israel’s army also arrested JLALA: An explosive device detonated yesterday near a military chest, medical sources said. three senior members of the post in the eastern Lebanese Bekaa valley, near the Syrian border, The Israeli military said four Islamist Hamas movement over- causing no casualties, the army said. people were arrested in the town, night, Palestinian security sources Two suspects, both of Syrian nationality, have been detained, a local and could only say it was investi- said yesterday, in the second such security source said on condition of anonymity. gating reports someone had been arrest operation this week. “This morning, after we received information about a suspicious killed. The three men — Jamal Tawil, device on the main Jlala-Shtura road (in eastern Lebanon), an army Meanwhile, hundreds of peo- Hussein Abu Kwayk and Faraj patrol travelled towards the area, and the device exploded before (the ple attended Tazazaa’s funeral Romana — were arrested in the The Consumer Protection Department (CPD) has shut down a leading patrol’s) arrival,” the army said in a statement. in Jenin, accompanying the body West Bank city of Ramallah. outlet for a month in Qatar for selling counterfeit construction material. “No casualties were recorded,” it added. from the morgue back to Qabatya All of them are senior West During inspections conducted by the Department, huge quantities of The explosion was caused by “a device weighing some 300 grams, where he was buried. Bank members of Hamas, the counterfeit products were found at the showroom and the warehouse that was detonated by remote control from a distance. The army has Residents said Tazazaa was a movement which governs the detained two suspects”, said the statement. of the firm. The products were being sold under the trademark of a well- member of the radical Islamic Gaza Strip. The local security source confirmed the detention of the two suspects. known brand, the Department said in a statement yesterday. Jihad movement, but there was no AFP AFP FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE problem of child abduction has been a phenomenal one for centuries. Though historical records do not attest to child-lifting being prevalent Tin the Middle Ages and later, one can safely infer Obamacare at risk, but not — by the nature of the crime and corroborative tales — that spiriting away children was in vogue even in the centuries gone by. In this century and the last, child abduction seems to have become a major issue. With the proliferation of because of the website digital media and the social network boom, information BY CLIVE CROOK dissemination about such cases has led to more awareness. customers crazy now and then, but one of integrating the insurance market- Many cases of abduction, especially in the West, have got expects so much more from the federal place with the subsidy calculation so screaming headlines and a vigilant press has often made life his past weekend, thinking government. that buyers can see net-of-subsidy hard for police and prosecutors, in a way helping the parents enough time had passed for In due course, the bugs will be fixed prices. But that blending of prices and the kinks to be ironed out, I and the site will work. There’s still estimated future income — modified who wouldn’t otherwise know who to go to. Tinstalled the latest versions time to get it right, and, provided the adjusted gross income, to be precise — Madeleine McCann’s has been one such case. The three- of Apple’s operating systems on my shambles doesn’t drag on too long, it’s poses problems that go far beyond the year-old girl disappeared on May 3, 2007 from a resort in laptop and iPhone. Trying to sync the unlikely to do much harm to the eco- site. Health insurance is complicated to Portugal where she was holidaying with her parents. As phone after this was accomplished, I nomics of the reform. start with. Now marry it to fluctuat- Gerry and Kate McCann had breakfast at a restaurant yards became trapped in what I’ll call an What about the notorious health- ing incomes and a tax system of ludi- upgrade death spiral. With each failed insurance death spiral? The site isn’t crous complexity. It’s an administrative away from their room in which Madeleine slept, someone attempt, vast chunks of my music going to make much difference. Adverse nightmare, with or without a working purportedly kidnapped her. vanished. selection, to use the correct term, is a website. The British girl was plastered all over the press for more As it began to seem as though Lou problem with any kind of insurance: The Medicaid gap, on the other hand, than an year. Her disappearance spawned speculation and Reed’s sadly misunderstood “Metal In this case, sick people want health undermines the reform’s very purpose. a trove of theories. Her parents, both doctors, ‘went to the Machine Music” was all that would insurance more than healthy people do, To achieve near-universal insurance continent’ with her story. They be left (respect, Lou), I had to stifle which tends to make the pool of custom- coverage, the healthcare law envisaged the urge to hurl both devices into the ers riskier; that drives up costs, which a big expansion of the programme for talked extensively to the press, river that runs by my house. I’d have makes healthy people even less willing the poor. Even though the federal gov- The West can courted child rights and civil society happily attached to buy. ernment promised to meet almost all groups, and rode a storm of publicity. weights to Apple It’s true that sick people will be more of the cost, 25 states at last count have set a model for At a point, it became so overbearing Chief Executive persistent than healthy people in engag- declined to widen eligibility. As a result, fighting child that the McCanns were accused by Officer Tim Cook ing with a broken website to get cover- about 5 million Americans will fail to the police of playing a dirty game— It’s true that and tossed him age, but a brief delay won’t matter. If benefit: They’re too poor to qualify for abductions by in, too. the problems drag on and the individual the federal subsidy, and in many states, having their own child kidnapped. sick people I gather from mandate has to be suspended, that’s dif- they’re not poor enough to qualify for setting up a Six years hence, Maddie remains will be more discussion boards ferent. Then you’d see adverse selection Medicaid. special force. untraced. that I was by no with a vengeance. Perhaps the states will have second The police recently opened the persistent than means alone in For now, the damage is mostly politi- thoughts; perhaps the administration case and hinted at new leads. A healthy people in this. Yet a few cal: The administration has again over- will change its subsidy rules. At any days and a great promised and underdelivered. Tolerance rate, this anomaly seems politically tractor driver who had been sacked by the resort in which engaging with a deal of hassle for the next phase of setbacks will be unsustainable. the McCanns were staying is now under probe. It is being later — wipe this, that much less. Both these issues — the burdensome speculated that he may have tried to get even with the resort broken website reset that — the That next phase of setbacks will complexity of a subsidy-based plan glued authorities and made the girl a pawn in the revenge game. to get coverage, devices seem to be come, even if the mandate and its to the existing insurance model and the After a fee cases being cracked in Europe and America, but a brief delay communicating timid penalties succeed in curbing failure to achieve genuinely universal many parents of lost children have become optimistic. The amicably again. adverse selection in the longer term coverage — were emphasised by crit- won’t matter. If The bug, if it (which isn’t certain). Even now, the ics from the left and the right when discovery of a Bulgarian girl being brought up by a Roma was a bug, will be most embarrassing broken promise — the law was being debated. If the costs family in Greece has sparked a new wave of optimism. The the problems fixed. I’ve decided if you’re happy with your insurance, and complications mount and the goal girl, initially suspected to be kidnapped, was found to belong drag on and I really like both you can keep it — has nothing to do of universal coverage slips further away, to a Bulgarian couple, which had handed them over to the upgrades. I won’t with the website. More of this is on the politics of healthcare reform are Roma family because of poverty. the individual be switching to the way, and while the site’s problems unlikely to settle down, whatever hap- The kidnapping of a child is equally traumatic for parents mandate has to Android after all. aren’t directly implicated, they do hint pens to the website. Perhaps you’ve at these larger difficulties. The left will say, “We told you so — it and the victim. Numerous instances of child abductions be suspended, heard the rollout I’d focus on two. One is the subsidy has to be single payer.” The right will remain unsolved with parents having lost hope in many of the govern- mechanism; the other is the Medicaid say, “We told you so — the whole idea cases. Western nations are relatively sparsely populated and that’s different. ment’s health- gap. was a mistake.” If I were President their security services are scientifically trained to deal with insurance website Those eligible for subsidies to make Barack Obama, I wouldn’t take it for crime. It would be in the fitness of things if the European hasn’t gone so well, either. That’s so their insurance more affordable need granted that my signature achievement shocking. The world’s most success- to provide an estimate of their future is secure. Union floats an anti-child kidnap force and integrates it with ful and admired maker of computers income so their subsidy can be calcu- Clive Crook is a Bloomberg View the technological and systemic wherewithal it has for dealing and software can’t create new infor- lated. One of the problems with the columnist. with such crime • mation technology without driving its site, it seems, has been the difficulty WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of NSA spying unbounded the day

E DON’T know what the and Strasbourg of cutting off NSA there’s more cleaning up to do. How attacks; when it came to light last National Security Agency access to vital electronic networks, many presidents and prime ministers summer, Ms. Merkel helped to stifle learned from tapping the such as the SWIFT clearinghouse for from NATO countries or major non- controversy about it. The latter can Wcellphone of German bank transactions, and of imposing NATO allies have been targeted by be connected to counterterrorism or My message Chancellor Angela Merkel. If the White onerous requirements on private U.S. the agency, and for how long? Who non-proliferation operations only with House account is to be believed, technology firms that handle European approved the taps, if not Obama? Was a great stretch. While there may be to the people no intercepts were deemed worth Internet traffic. there ever a careful political review of some circumstances where spying reporting to President Obama. But it Obama seems already to have whether such monitoring was worth the on a nominally friendly allied leader throughout Kosovo is painfully clear that the damage from judged that the high-level bugging potential cost of disclosure? may be justified — former German the revelation of the tap is considerable. operation was a liability. He reportedly It’s important to make a distinc- Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s col- is: participate in the A high-level German delegation was ordered it scaled back in August, and tion between the NSA’s collection of laboration with Russia’s Vladimir Putin elections on Sunday. set to arrive in Washington Wednesday assured Ms. Merkel in a phone call bulk foreign Internet and phone data to counter the George W. Bush admin- to address what Ms. Merkel’s govern- last week that her communications for counterterrorism investigations istration comes to mind — it should be This is especially ment has called a breakdown in trust; were not being monitored now or in and the surveillance of political lead- rare. And it should not happen without another delegation from the European the future. That still seems to leave ers. The former has helped to protect presidential authorization and disclo- true for the Kosovo Catherine Ashton parliament was already in town to make questions about the NSA’s spying on both the United States and its allies, sure to Congress. Serb community. the same point. There is talk in Brussels allied political leaders, which means including Germany, from al-Qaida The Washington Post EU Foreign Affairs chief FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Iraq looks worse today than it did before The situation in Iraq looks even more complicated than it was in 2006 and thus even more worrisome — especially given the absence of American combat forces.

BY DAVID H PETRAEUS the necessity to make progress by the hearings anticipated in September 2007, he news out of Iraq is, once improvements before then were critical. again, exceedingly grim. The As important as the surge of forces resurrection of Al Qaeda was, however, the most important surge in Iraq — which was on was what I termed “the surge of ideas” — the ropes at the end of the the changes in our overall strategy and Tsurge in 2008 — has led to a substantial operational plans. The most significant of increase in ethno-sectarian terrorism in these was the shift from trying to hand the Land of the Two Rivers. The civil war off security tasks to Iraqi forces to focus- next door in Syria has complicated mat- ing on the security of the Iraqi people. ters greatly, aiding the jihadists on both But improved security could be sides of the border and bringing greater achieved only by moving our forces into Iranian involvement in Mesopotamia. urban neighbourhoods and rural popu- And various actions by the Iraqi govern- lation centres. In the first two weeks, ment have undermined the reconciliation therefore, I changed the mission state- initiatives of the surge that enabled the ment in the existing campaign plan to sense of Sunni Arab inclusion and con- reflect this imperative. As I explained in tributed to the success of the venture. that statement and the guidance I issued Moreover, those Iraqi government actions shortly after taking command, we had to People gather at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s Al Baladiyat District on Sunday. have also prompted prominent Sunnis “live with the people” in order to secure to withdraw from the government and them. the need to support the Awakening), kill- we had to implement significant changes. our troopers and those of the Iraqi forces led the Sunni population to take to the This change in approach necessitated ing or capturing the most important of The scope of this effort was enormous. on the sectarian battle lines in Baghdad streets in protest. As a result of all this, the establishment of more than 100 small the “irreconcilables” was an inescapable In fact, the number of detainees in and elsewhere. Iraqi politics are now mired in mistrust outposts and joint security stations, and hugely important element of our US-administered facilities reached 27,000 I recognised early on that I had become and dysfunction. three-quarters of them in Baghdad alone. strategy. Indeed, we sought to pursue key after I temporarily halted releases until the face of the surge. I had not asked for This is not a road that Iraqis had to Beyond securing the people by living irreconcilables even more aggressively we could implement programs that pro- this role, but whether I liked it or not, I travel. Indeed, by the end of the surge with them, foremost among the elements than was the case before the surge. vided a review process for the detainees had to fill it. Beyond that, of course, it in 2008, a different future was possi- of the new strategy was promoting rec- Supporting the development of the in our facilities and could establish reha- was essential that I determine the right ble. That still seemed to be the case in onciliation between disaffected Sunni Iraqi Security Forces was also vitally bilitation and reintegration programmes big ideas (with lots to help, to be sure), December 2011, when the final US forces Arabs and our forces — and then with important — and an effort with which to reduce the recidivism rate of those we provide clear direction, communicate (other than a sizable security assistance the Shia-dominated Iraqi government. I I was intimately familiar, as I had led released back to their communities. that direction in all possible forms, and element) departed; however, the different often noted at the time that we would not the establishment of the so-called “train The heart of the struggle in Iraq was then oversee the implementation of the future was possible only if Iraqi political be able to kill or capture our way out of and equip” organisation and commanded a competition for power and resources resulting plans. It was also critical that leaders capitalised on the opportunities the industrial-strength insurgency that the Multi-National Security Transition between the major factions in the coun- I spend time with our troopers on the that were present. confronted us in Iraq. Command-Iraq for the first 15 and a half try — the majority Shia Arabs and the ground, that I share a measure of risk Sadly, it appears that a number of Hence we had to identify those insur- months of the organisation’s existence, minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds. (There with them, and that I give encourage- those opportunities were squandered, gents and militia members who were during which I was also dual-hatted as were subfactions of each group as well, ment and provide cautious optimism that as political infighting and ethno-sec- “reconcilable,” and we then had to the first commander of the Nato Training of course, in addition to other minority we could, indeed, achieve the objectives tarian actions reawakened the fears of persuade them to become part of the Mission-Iraq. sects and ethnicities such as Turkoman, we’d set out for ourselves and our Iraqi Iraq’s Sunni Arab population and, until solution in Iraq rather than a continu- Although I halted the transition of Yezidis, and Iraqi Christians, among partners. recently, also injected enormous difficulty ing part of the problem. Reconciliation tasks from coalition to Iraqi forces others.) Achieving enduring progress In many respects, Iraq today looks into the relationship between the govern- thus became a critical component of the shortly after I took command, we knew in Iraq thus required achievement of tragically similar to the Iraq of 2006, ment in Baghdad and the leaders of the overall strategy. The Awakening move- that ultimately such transitions would be political agreements on a host of key complete with increasing numbers of hor- Kurdish Regional Government. ment — and, in effect, reconciliation — essential to our ability to draw down our issues that divided the various factions. rific, indiscriminate attacks by Iraq’s Al To understand the dynamics in Iraq spread dramatically. There were many forces and send them home. Consequently, seeking to foster agree- Qaeda affiliate and its network of extrem- — and the possibilities that still exist, it challenges as this transpired, especially The comprehensive strategy employed ment on such issues was yet another ists. Add to that the ongoing sectarian is necessary to revisit what actually hap- when Prime Minister Maliki and other during the surge also had significant civil- important component of the overall civil war in Syria — which is, in many pened during the surge, a history now Shia leaders developed concerns over the ian components. Indeed, Ambassador approach. aspects, a regional conflict being fought explored in a forthcoming book written spread of the movement into Baghdad Crocker and I worked hard to develop As I’ve made clear, all of this was there — and the situation in Iraq looks by my executive officer at the time, Col and areas near predominantly Shia or unity of effort in all that our respective extraordinarily difficult and carried out even more complicated than it was in (Ret) Peter Mansoor, now a professor mixed communities. organisations and coalition and Iraqi in an environment of tremendous vio- 2006 and thus even more worrisome — of military history at the Ohio State Another critical component of our partners did. The campaign plan we lence and frustratingly difficult Iraqi especially given the absence of American University. comprehensive approach was an intensive developed in the spring of 2007, in fact, political discord. Moreover, we knew — combat forces. This is a time for them The surge had many components. campaign of targeted operations by US was a joint effort of my command, Multi- and I stated publicly on numerous occa- to work together to help Iraqi leaders The most prominent, of course, was the and British Special Operations Forces to National Force-Iraq, and the US embassy, sions — that the situation in Iraq would take the initiative, especially in terms of deployment of the additional US forces capture or kill key insurgent and militia with considerable input from coalition get worse before it got better. That reaching across the sectarian and ethnic committed by President Bush — nearly leaders and operatives. partners such as Britain. proved true. There was no way to stop divides that have widened in such a wor- 30,000 of them in the end. Without those Although I publicly acknowledged from Another important component of the the violence without confronting those risome manner. It is not too late for such forces, we never could have achieved the outset that we would not be able to comprehensive approach was the conduct responsible for it. And there was no way action, but time is running short. progress as quickly as we did. And, given kill or capture our way to victory (hence of detainee operations. In this area also, that we could do that without putting WP-BLOOMBERG Citizens of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but data

each other. In complex systems, order emerges from NSA reform by US the bottom up, from the collected actions of indi- vidual agents. The Internet doesn’t need new laws Congress overlooks the from on high, but new standards or norms that are collectively agreed and then enforced. These standards should comprise strictly defined fact that the Internet protections for private data and rules for interaction and conduct on the Internet, between us, private transcends national companies and governments. Our personal data, for instance, should be held by us, not by others. Companies will need our explicit permission to control. We the people access it; governments should require tightly lim- ited legal warrant. must make the rules. These standards would need to be agreed, and evolve, in an open deliberative process that should BY CARNE ROSS involve private individuals, companies and indeed government. All should commit to them, and agree ongress is to review the NSA surveillance to police them. The preservation of our freedoms programme. We should thank Edward implies a responsibility to protect them, too. Snowden for this extraordinary occurrence. A company that dishonestly exploits its users’ CSnowden’s revelations have revealed perni- data, for instance, might be publicized and the per- cious threats to our freedoms, privacy and, indeed, petrators shamed, in the way that Anonymous has democracy. But Congress will not resolve them — begun to do, albeit untidily and arbitrarily. The eBay because it cannot. rating systems have shown that good behaviour can Karl Popper argued that the preservation of be collectively promoted without coercion. For the democracy requires independent courts, legislature violent and criminal, enforcement must remain gov- and press to check and restrain otherwise overween- ernment’s preserve. I am not proposing free-for-all ing authority. Shockingly, Snowden has shown that, The Internet is by definition transnational, creating myriad new global connections. Internet vigilantism or mere selfish libertarianism, today, these mechanisms have failed. but a rebalanced contract between people, companies But for Snowden, Congress wouldn’t even know and state, where all make and supervise commit- what the NSA is doing. Secret Fisa court hearings or congressional committees won’t be enough. are too vast and unknowable; they adapt to changes ments to privacy, transparency and collective safety: have served as little more than a rubber stamp in Government’s and business’s hunger for informa- very quickly and unpredictably. a new social contract, but not between government authorizing its activities. Only one or two tough- tion is insatiable; their technical abilities to obtain it These characteristics impel governments to and us, but between all and all, self-government minded newspapers have taken on the fight. will only improve. Snowden has shown us that they respond by sucking up more and more data, as they and regulation that conforms to the nature of the Relying on occasional brave whistleblowers is cannot be trusted with this power. try desperately to track an immense and multiplying Internet itself. scant protection for liberty and democracy. Popper The balance between the individual and state universe of information. At the UN and elsewhere, Congress is designed for an earlier world of deline- wrote for the world of the 20th century. In the 21st, needs to be more fundamentally altered. New more authoritarian governments want to put the ated states and point-to-point communications. It the Internet has changed the game. rules, in fact new kinds of rules, are needed. What Internet under more coercive control, with laws and is unlikely to grasp that its methods and laws are Much of our lives is now transacted on line. The is required is nothing less than a renegotiation of treaties to restrict and monitor what happens there. ill-suited to the virtual reality. Any organ of state data we produce are available to governments and our contract with the state, and with each other. Governments do not seem able to balance the will reject rules that are generated and enforced by companies in huge abundance. It is horribly clear The Internet is profoundly different from earlier tensions between privacy, openness and security all, and not a singular authority. Snowden has shown that both the state and private actors, sometimes in systems of human interaction and information. It manifest in the Internet. Their innate reaction to us many remarkable things. But perhaps, the most cahoots, have grossly abused this access to intrude is stateless, it is immense, it is a horizontal envi- its sprawling complexity is to control and to intrude, important is that the old ways of arbitrating our into our affairs and exploit information about us. ronment. It works because it permits the many to threatening privacy, freedom of speech or sharing of freedom, privacy and security don’t work anymore. Congress may draw red lines around bugging engage and share with the many, billions of actors ideas: the very things that make the Internet great. The Internet is an extraordinary and unprecedented Angela Merkel’s cellphone, or reading Americans’ in constant interaction. Such complex systems are To protect these things and to regulate the system new world. It demands new kinds of rules — not emails, but a few new, broadly-drafted laws inherently resistant to top-down management: they effectively, we should not look to government but to government’s, but ours. THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Attacks kill 26 in Iraq Iranians protest Five car bombs north of Baghdad claim 19 lives BAGHDAD: Five car bombs casualties, Mayor Shallal Abdul said. Baghdad, killed four people. north of Baghdad killed 19 peo- “The two car bombs went off Police, meanwhile, found the ple yesterday, while attacks else- simultaneously, and bear the fin- bodies of three blindfolded women where in Iraq left seven more gerprints of Al Qaeda,” a police bearing multiple gunshot wounds dead, officials said, the latest major, who spoke on condition of to the head, execution-style, at casualties in a nationwide spike anonymity, said. an empty plot in a Shia-majority in unrest. Tuz Khurmatu is a majority neighbourhood in northeast The attacks, which wounded Kurdish town which lies in a dis- Baghdad. dozens, came as Prime Minister puted area of northern Iraq, where A police officer and a medical Nouri Al Maliki visits Washington both Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish official said initial investigations to press for military equipment region and the central government showed the women were shot ear- and greater cooperation with in Baghdad vie for power. lier in the day. the United States in fighting It is frequently hit by deadly Also yesterday, gunmen killed a militants. attacks. soldier and wounded two others in In yesterday’s deadliest attack, Two more near-simultaneous an attack targeting their patrol in twin car bombs in a residential car bombs went off in Khales, a the northern city of Mosul, while a area in Tuz Khurmatu, a dis- restive town north of Baghdad, as roadside bomb targeting an army puted town north of Baghdad, a police patrol was passing, killing patrol northwest of the city left killed seven people and wounded five people, including a policeman, a soldier dead and two wounded, 42 others. officials said. officials said. Three of the dead were from the The attack, which struck in And two gun attacks and a same family. area filled with car dealerships, roadside bombing north of the As emergency respond- also wounded 15, including four capital killed five people, including ers rushed to the scene of the policemen. an anti-Qaeda militiaman, police attack, a third bomb went Another car bomb in and doctors said. Iranian Kurds protest against the execution of Kurdish rebels in Iran, in the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Arbil, off, but did not cause any Muqdadiyah, north of AFP yesterday. Iran executed 16 rebels earlier in the week after gunmen killed at least 14 border guards in the mountains of Sistan-Baluchestan in Iran. Islamists call for daily Iran and big powers end expert talks

VIENNA: Iran and six world the meeting that there was no in medical treatment. Uranium is for Iran to stop 20 percent protests before Mursi trial powers ended an expert- such deal yet. can also be to fuel nuclear enrichment, ship out existing level meeting over Tehran’s Around 3 pm, delegations of bombs if refined to a high level stockpiles of the material and CAIRO: Supporters of Egypt’s outside the presidential palace in disputed nuclear activities nuclear and sanctions experts of fissile concentration. cease operations at its Fordow ousted Islamist president December after Mursi enraged his yesterday, but there was no were seen leaving the confer- The expert-level discussions uranium enrichment site, bur- Mohammed Mursi called yester- opponents with a decree expanding immediate word on whether ence room where the discus- were the latest in a series of ied deep underground. day for daily protests in the four his powers. they had come any closer to sions began on Wednesday meetings over the last month, Iran has signalled it may be days before his trial on November Mursi has been held in a secret an elusive breakthrough deal. afternoon. Participants declined as Iran and the powers step up willing to discuss suspending 4, raising the danger of more vio- location in the four months since his The two-day meeting was to comment on the nature of the diplomatic efforts to try to end this higher-level enrichment if lence in a crisis that has already overthrow. In that time Islamist mili- meant to prepare for the next closed-door talks. the decade-old row that could the West lifts painful sanctions cost hundreds of lives. tants have staged almost daily attacks round of political negotiations Michael Mann, spokesman for otherwise plunge the Middle on its oil and banking indus- Mursi, who was ousted by the army in the Sinai Peninsula. Supporters on November 7-8, building on a the European Union’s foreign East into a new war. tries, something Western gov- on July 3 after mass demonstrations and opponents of the Brotherhood diplomatic opening created by policy chief Catherine Ashton, At talks with the United ernments do not want to do as against his rule, is due to appear in have often clashed in the streets. the election of Hassan Rouhani said only that the Vienna talks States, Russia, China, France, a first step. court on Monday along with 14 other Backers of Mursi, Egypt’s first as new Iranian president. had sought to “address various Britain and Germany in Geneva Diplomats had said they senior Muslim Brotherhood figures freely elected president, say his Western diplomats had said technical questions and contrib- on October 15-16, Iranian nego- would seek specifics at the on charges of inciting violence. removal was a coup, reversing the the talks at the UN complex ute to preparations for the next tiators expressed readiness to meeting of experts, and at next The trial could further inflame gains of the popular uprising which in Vienna could help define the round of talks in Geneva”. address concerns over the pro- week’s follow-up talks to be con- tensions between the Brotherhood toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011. contours of any preliminary Iran rejects accusations it is gramme but left many details ducted by senior foreign minis- and the army-backed interim govern- The army says it was responding agreement on scaling back covertly researching the means unanswered about specific con- try officials in Geneva, on how ment as it struggles to restore stabil- to the will of the people. Iran’s uranium enrichment in to produce nuclear weapons, cessions they may be willing to far Iran is willing to go to allay ity in the most populous Arab state. Security officials accuse return for an easing of sanc- saying it is refining uranium only make, diplomats said. international concerns. “The Alliance calls on all proud, Brotherhood leaders of inciting vio- tions. But they cautioned before for energy generation and use The powers’ priority demand REUTERS free Egyptians to gather in the lence and terrorism. Hundreds of the squares in protest against these Brotherhood’s members have been trials... starting on Friday,” the killed and many of its leaders have Brotherhood and its allies said in a been jailed in one of the toughest statement. security crackdowns in the move- It urged crowds to move on ment’s history. Morocco move Monday to a police institute near A court order has banned the Sudanese Islamist scholars form Cairo’s Tora prison, where the trial Brotherhood Egypt’s oldest and best to recall envoy is expected to take place. organised Islamist movement, and unjustified, The charges relate to the deaths seized its funds. movement for change of about a dozen people in clashes REUTERS says Algeria KHARTOUM: Sudanese Islamist-backed coup in 1989. Islamist scholars have formed a Critics have become increas- ALGIERS: Algeria said National Movement for Change Pan-Arab TV ingly vocal since the government yesterday it considers that hopes to lead a search for bureau reopens in September slashed fuel price “unjustified” a decision alternatives to the country’s subsidies, leading to the worst by Morocco to recall its “failed” political system, a mem- KHARTOUM: The pan- urban unrest of Bashir’s rule. ambassador in response ber said Thursday. Arab satellite channel Sky Analysts said the spontaneous to comments by President “We are calling on other peo- News Arabia reopened its demonstrations pointed to an Abdelaziz Bouteflika ple from different political or bureau in Sudan yesterday urgent need for reform by the about disputed Western cultural (groups) or think tanks after a one-month suspen- government. Sahara. to join us to try to find a new sion that authorities imposed Tigani said the current gov- The diplomatic spat way for Sudan,” Khalid Tigani, during anti-regime protests. ernment was part of the broken follows the latest barbed one of about 10 members of the “They gave back all our system but “not the whole story”. exchange between the group, said. equipment and we are work- “We are trying to open a very North African neighbours He said the movement was not a ing now,” Tarek Al Tijani said. wide, broad discussion about the whose decades-old rivalry political party and that a conven- AFP whole political experiment of centres on the disputed tion would later decide what form Sudan during the last 60 years,” territory, annexed by it would take. with the 24-year regime of said Tigani, chief editor of weekly Morocco in 1975 in a move The Movement for Change is President Omar Hassan Al economic newspaper Elaff. never recognised by the the latest sign of public frustration Bashir, who seized power in an AFP international community. “This is an unjustified decision, amounting to an unfortunate escalation Sudan referendum based on spurious motives, and detrimental to the sov- ereignty of Algeria,” a for- eign ministry spokesman said in a statement. But despite its protest, Algiers said it would keep its diplomats in Morocco. Rabat said on Wednesday that its decision to recall the ambassador followed “a growing number of pro- vocative and hostile acts by Algeria towards the king- dom,” notably regarding “regional differences over the Moroccan Sahara.” It highlighted a speech by Bouteflika at a meeting in Abuja on Monday in which he said an international mechanism to monitor human rights in Western Sahara was needed “more than ever”. He referred to “massive and systematic human rights violations that take place inside the occupied territories to sup- press the peaceful struggle” of the Sahrawi people for A woman dances as people celebrate referendum results in Abyei. Permanent residents of the disputed Abyei freedom of expression and region overwhelmingly voted to join South Sudan yesterday in a symbolic referendum that could antagonise association. heavily armed Arab nomads who drive their livestock through the area and claim it for Sudan. AFP FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 End of the road OSCE warns of intimidation in Kosovo vote Election vital to EU-brokered accord

PRISTINA: Europe’s chief rights a statement. The OSCE is helping and democracy watchdog warned stage the election in north Kosovo. yesterday of a campaign of intim- Going some way to easing tensions, idation among Serbs in north a court in Kosovo has withdrawn an Kosovo before an election central order for the arrest of Serbia’s min- to a fragile EU-brokered accord ister for Kosovo, Aleksandar Vulin, between Serbia and its former on charges of entering the country southern province. illegally after he visited the north. Tomorrow’s Kosovo municipal “The decision came after the election is the first to include a small prosecutor withdrew its request for Serb-populated pocket in the north, arrest,” Kada Bunjaku, head of the which has resisted integration since Mitrovica Basic Court, told Reuters Kosovo — where 90 percent of the yesterday. “The prosecutor proved population is Albanian — declared that he (Vulin) entered legally.” independence in 2008. Vulin stirred anger among Kosovo The vote is vital to a landmark Albanians when he was photographed accord agreed in April in which in north Kosovo in a military-style Serbia gave up its de facto hold over black jacket bearing the Serbian flag. north Kosovo, though some 50,000 Serbia lost control over Kosovo in A car is recovered from the Rhine river in Mannheim, Germany, yesterday. The driver had apparently not seen the end of the ramp and drove minority Serbs living there are deeply 1999, when Nato bombed for 11 weeks into the river. suspicious of the deal and hardliners to halt the killing and expulsion of among them are calling for a boycott. ethnic Albanians by Serbian forces Serbia hopes for smooth passage trying to crush a two-year guerrilla of the vote as it eyes the start of insurgency. EU accession talks in January, but Belgrade kept de facto hold over a the election risks being marred by small Serb pocket in the north but Europe, US trade spying allegations a climate of fear and intimidation in agreed to its integration with the the north. “I personally continue to rest of Kosovo in April, in return for WASHINGTON: Europe spy chiefs are on the defen- US intelligence chiefs have what they need to protect our be concerned about uncertain secu- the promise of EU accession talks and Washington traded spy- sive over the reports, which said these reports are based forces in areas where we work rity conditions on the ground and expected to begin in January and ing accusations yesterday, as have riled America’s allies and on a misinterpretation of an together as nations.” the ongoing boycott campaign in the the expected economic boost these envoys met to seek ways to exposed the vast scale of the NSA slide leaked to the media This argument, which north, which includes intimidation will bring. Vulin is now expected to rebuild trust after shock rev- NSA’s snooping on telephone by fugitive former intelligence Alexander and overall US spy of candidates, voters and persons visit Kosovo on Friday with dep- elations about the scale and calls and Internet traffic. technician Edward Snowden. chief James Clapper made on engaged in the election process,” uty Prime Minister Aleksandar scope of US surveillance of its The head of the NSA, General Rather than siphoning off Tuesday before a Congressional Lamberto Zannier, secretary gen- Vucic to encourage minority Serbs allies. A German intelligence Keith Alexander, repeated the the records of tens of millions committee, had already raised eral of the Organisation for Security to take part in the local election. delegation and a separate administration’s argument of calls in Europe, as the slide eyebrows in Europe. and Cooperation in Europe, said in REUTERS group of EU lawmakers were that all countries spy on one seems to suggest, they argue French government spokes- in the US capital to confront another, and said that the allies that the data was in many woman Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, their American allies about the should discuss a new working cases gathered and shared by speaking after a cabinet meeting alleged bugging of Chancellor relationship. European agencies. chaired by President Francois Russian green activist held in Sochi Angela Merkel’s phone. “I think this partnership with “The perception that NSA is Hollande, said: “The NSA direc- And the visit coincided with Europe is absolutely important,” collecting 70 million phone calls tor’s denials don’t seem likely.” MOSCOW: Police in Russia’s resort next February. “It’s a form the latest in a series of news- he said. in France or Spain or Italy is Germany, angered by the rev- Sochi yesterday briefly detained a of pressure before the Olympics,” paper reports based on leaked “But it has to do with eve- factually incorrect,” Alexander elation that the NSA tapped prominent environmental activist he told AFP in a Sochi police sta- National Security Agency files, rybody coming to the table and said at a conference organised Chancellor Angela Merkel’s critical of Olympic development tion. Rudomakha was released after this one alleging US agents let’s put off all the sensational- by Bloomberg media group. phone, also issued a stern in the city, accusing him of slan- about three hours, his NGO said. hacked into cables used by ism and say: ‘Is there a better “This is actually countries response, denying US claims dering a judge. The incident took place as sports Google and Yahoo. way for our countries to work working together to support that the European allies spy on But the activist, Andrei officials presided over a high-pro- President Barack Obama’s together?’” military operations, collecting US targets in turn. AFP Rudomakha, who coordinates the file “Sport and the Environment” regional NGO Environmental conference organised by the Watch on North Caucasus International Olympic Committee (EWNC), dismissed the case as a and the UN Environmental pressure tactic by the authorities, Programme in the Olympic Park, the latest in a series of incidents a five-day event that went on with US to allow targeting the group ahead of the the glaring absence of Russia’s main Editors at shut UK paper had Winter Games in the Black Sea environmental organisations. AFP e-gadgets on aircraft an affair, say prosecutors LONDON: Former News of Both deny hacking and other did they trust each other?” he WASHINGTON: Airline pas- the World editors Rebekah related allegations in the trial told the jury. sengers will soon be able to use Brooks and Andy Coulson at the Old Bailey in London, “And the fact that they were electronic devices through- were having an affair which involves a total of eight in this relationship which was a out their entire flight after throughout much of the time defendants. secret means that they trusted the US Federal Aviation they were allegedly involved in The affair was revealed in each other quite a lot with at Administration ended a long- phone hacking at the Rupert a love letter found on Brooks’ least that secret and that’s why standing ban yesterday. Murdoch-owned tabloid, their computer in February 2004, we are telling you about it.” Mobile phone calls remain trial heard yesterday. which she apparently wrote in In the letter, Brooks wrote barred under Federal Prosecuting lawyer Andrew response to Coulson’s efforts to that Coulson is “my very best Communications Commission Edis said the affair from 1998 end the relationship. friend... I love you, care about rules. But fliers will be free to to 2004 proved “they trusted Edis said he was not deliber- you, worry about you, we laugh keep smartphones, tablets and each other”, which he said was ately intruding on the defend- and cry together. In fact with- e-readers running in “airplane” relevant given they were both ants’ privacy — they were both out our relationship in my life I mode. Delta Air Lines and JetBlue accused of conspiring to hack married for at least part of am not sure I will cope.” quickly filed plans with the FAA phones along with other News the affair — but argued their As the affair was revealed, to show that their aircraft can tol- of the World staff. relationship was important Brooks bowed her head and erate radio signals from electronic Brooks, Murdoch’s prote- to the case. “Mrs Brooks and Coulson looked towards the devices, a condition required by gee, edited the tabloid from Mr Coulson are charged with prosecutor. the regulator. 2000 to 2003. Coulson was her conspiracy and, when people Brooks married her first hus- The change is likely to boost deputy and then took over as are charged with conspiracy, band, actor Ross Kemp, in 2002 the use of gadgets such as Amazon editor, before becoming Prime the first question a jury has and Coulson had married two Inc’s Kindle readers or Apple Inc’s Minister David Cameron’s to answer is how well did they years earlier. iPad. “Most commercial airlines media chief. know each other? How much AFP can tolerate radio interference from portable electronic devices,” FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said at a news confer- ence at Reagan National Airport Maduro claims near Washington, DC. “It’s safe to Court slams frivolous cases read downloaded materials, like workers saw e-books, calendars and to play games.” REUTERS against Mugabe critics Chavez’s image HARARE: Zimbabwe’s top courts. Around 80 similar cases CARACAS: Venezuelan Congo army hunts court has rebuked state prose- are still outstanding. President Nicolas cutors for abusing the country’s “The pursuit of such frivolous Maduro said an image rebels in forests controversial insult laws by matters only serves to bring dis- of his predecessor, the BUNAGANA: Congo’s army bringing frivolous cases against respect to the office of the presi- late socialist leader said yesterday it was hunting critics of veteran leader Robert dent,” according to the Zimbabwe and Venezuelan presi- rebels deep in the forests and Mugabe, rights lawyers said Lawyers for Human Rights. dent Hugo Chavez, has mountains along the border yesterday. The judge made the comments appeared miraculously with Rwanda and Uganda, the Constitutional Court judge in a ruling in a case brought by in the wall of an under- insurgents’ last hideouts after Luke Malaba admonished pros- Tendai Danga, who challenged ground construction site. they were driven from towns ecutors against “prosecuting mat- the constitutionality of the law Since his death from they seized during a 20-month ters in which statements were after being arrested two years cancer earlier this year, rebellion. Peace talks between uttered in social places”, the ago during an argument with a Chavez has taken on the government and M23 Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human policeman. During the argument mythical proportions for rebels resumed on Wednesday Rights said in a statement. he said to the policeman: “Who supporters and Maduro in neighbouring Uganda but Dozens of cases, including one is Mugabe?” The same judge on has spoken of seeing his Congo’s army appeared intent involving a university lecturer Wednesday scrapped a law used former mentor’s spirit sev- on crushing the uprising in its who was prosecuted for labelling to arrest journalists on allegations eral times, including in the mineral-rich east. Mugabe “a rotten old donkey”, of publishing false news deemed shape of a bird. REUTERS have been heard in the country’s to endanger state security. AFP REUTERS FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Thailand braces Bangla workers for protests over amnesty

BANGKOK: Thailand reject proposed braced for mass protests yesterday as parliament debated a political amnesty that opponents fear will “whitewash” the past killing pay increase of unarmed demonstrators and allow ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra to return. Critics of the con- Protesters demand $102 a month troversial legislation warn that it could unleash a fresh DHAKA: Bangladeshi garment clash with police to demand an bout of political turmoil workers yesterday rejected a increase. Unions are demanding a in a country rocked by a proposed 50 percent wage rise wage of 8,114 taka ($102), saying series of rival demonstra- and there were fears of fresh the proposed rate does not ensure tions since royalist generals strikes in the crisis-hit industry decent living standards nor keep ousted Thaksin in 2006. The if the impasse was not quickly up with inflation. opposition Democrat Party resolved. Owners’ representative Arshad has called for a mass rally A meeting of a board of gov- Jamal Dipu said manufacturers against the planned amnesty ernment officials, garment manu- were ready to make their offer, at a railway station in Workers shouts slogans during a protest at the Jakarta Industrial Estate yesterday. facturers and union leaders failed tabled at the meeting, effective Bangkok yesterday evening, to finalise a rise in the minimum from November. He dismissed predicting that thousands wage for the four million work- the unions’ figure as “unrealistic”. will attend. ers who stitch clothes for top “The manufacturers don’t Jakarta hit by mass strike over wages Western brands. have the capacity to raise wages Online freedom Labour leader Sirajul Islam beyond 4,500 taka,” he said, add- JAKARTA: Tens of thousands Unions earlier claimed two country that produce everything Rony said unions rejected as too ing that they were concerned of workers went on strike across million downed tools on day from clothes to electronics, often low the manufacturers’ formal unions might again call protests questioned Indonesia yesterday, in the lat- one of the two-day nationwide for international companies. offer of 4,500 taka ($56.25) a to press their demand. SINGAPORE: A person est industrial action to hit strike, but crowds appeared By far the biggest strikes were month including a food allowance, The board will meet again next claiming to speak for activ- Southeast Asia’s top economy small in many cities and police in Jakarta and the industrial hub up from the 3,000 taka ($38) min- week, after its chairman asked ist hacker group Anonymous as its citizens seek a greater forces across the country mostly of Bekasi just outside the capital, imum wage set in 2010. unions and manufacturers to yesterday threatened to “go share of the spoils from stellar reported only minor walk-outs. with around 60,000 people walk- “We can’t accept it. It’s reconsider their stances. to war” with Singapore by growth. The strike was called for work- ing out in the area. nowhere near our demand,” Rony Protests over poor wages, attacking its financial infra- But the police estimate of par- ers to demand hefty pay rises as Security was tight with more told reporters after the Minimum benefits and working conditions structure to protest recent ticipation in the strike was only the cost of living skyrockets due than 150,000 police mobilised Wage Board’s three-hour meeting. are frequent in Bangladesh but licensing rules for news web- around 100,000, far below the to surging inflation, which has across the country. The government pledged to have gained in intensity since sites. The video was taken three million unions had pre- been driven up in recent months Hundreds of strikers rode raise wages by November, based the April collapse of a factory off Youtube by early evening dicted, taking some pressure off by an unpopular fuel price hike. motorcycles, waved banners and on the board’s recommendation, complex that killed 1,135 people after Singapore media the government and employers While the industrial action was shouted: “Long live the workers” after strikes in September saw in one of the world’s worst indus- reported on the threat, but who are seeking to limit wage smaller than anticipated, it still and “Raise our pay”. tens of thousands of workers take trial disasters. other sites had copied it by increases. closed many factories around the AFP to the streets, torch factories and AFP then. The voice in the video clip, which lasted for three minutes and 42 seconds, said Singapore’s cyber security defence network would be unable to stop the attack. Uighurs scorn It said the “primary objec- Philippine cops on alert for All Saints’ Day tive” of posting the video clip Tiananmen was to “protest the Internet MANILA: The 148,000-strong Policemen would also be on the Saints’ Day would be peaceful and of a shooting incident in Marikina licensing framework” terrorist claim Philippine National Police lookout for terrorists and crimi- orderly. He also ordered police- City years ago due to a quarrel imposed by the government. BEIJING: Members of China’s (PNP) is on full alert starting nal elements who might take men to assist the elderly, women over parking space. mostly Muslim Uighur minor- today to secure and maintain advantage of the situation, and and children in coming in and out “While guarding cemeteries, Laos recovers ity and overseas groups on solemnity at cemeteries during ban the playing of loud music and of cemeteries. we should also be on alert against Thursday dismissed China’s the observance of All Saints’ illegal gambling inside the cem- The PNP would erect public criminals like the Akyat-Bahay black boxes account of a Tiananmen Square Day today. eteries to prevent violence. assistance desks in all cemeter- who struck in unattended resi- “terrorist attack” as a dubious Deputy Director General Felipe “We discourage people from ies, and they would be augmented dences, especially in posh sub- BANGKOK: Search teams pretext for repression, amid Rojas Jr, PNP’s deputy chief for conducting boisterous celebra- by local health officers in dealing divisions, during the occasion,” yesterday recovered the signs of stepped-up security. operations, said police would frisk tions as we would like to main- with all types of emergencies. Rojas warned. He directed PNP’s flight data recorders of a Lao Beijing police said on all bags and backpacks of people tain solemnity inside cemeteries,” “Force multipliers” would help regional, provincial and district Airlines plane that plunged Wednesday that Usmen Hasan before they enter the cemeteries Rojas said. During full alert, the ease traffic in all streets in the directors to coordinate with local into the Mekong River in bad -- in an SUV carrying his mother to confiscate banned items like PNP cancels all leave, rest and rec- vicinity of cemeteries, and police- government units, radio groups weather killing all 49 people and wife, jihadist banners and liquor, handguns, and deadly and reation of policemen. Rojas is con- men would also be deployed in and government agencies. on board, officials said. The machetes -- sped onto the pave- bladed weapons. fident that the observance of All parking lots to prevent the repeat THE PHILIPPINE STAR black boxes, which include ment, crashed in front of a giant both voice and data record- portrait of Mao Zedong and set ings, were found early yes- the car alight. terday as part of efforts to The incident in the symbolic recover parts of the stricken heart of the Chinese state killed craft from the river’s fast- two tourists, with 40 other people flowing waters, according to injured, and all three in the car Lanka expels foreign media rights activists officials. died, police said. Five other suspects with COLOMBO: Sri Lanka have broken the visa conditions,” with colleagues from the FMM. and alleged war crimes in the Park vows Uighur-sounding names were expelled two Australian media the minister said. “We are treat- FMM spokesman Sunil final stages of the ethnic war in captured within 10 hours, rights activists for violating ing them according to the law. Jayasekera said Park was on holi- 2009. neutrality although police only announced visa conditions, the information That means they will be sent day and was simply meeting with Local journalists have also been their detention two days later. minister said yesterday, a day back.” her colleagues and not breaking the victims of crimes and many SEOUL: South Korean The Uighur minority is con- after they were detained while The local rights group, the any visa conditions. say they practise self-censorship. President Park Geun-Hye centrated in China’s far-western speaking with local colleagues. Free Media Movement (FMM), Jayasekera said they were still An anti-establishment editor vowed yesterday to ensure region of Xinjiang, where ethnic Keheliya Rambukwella said the said the two women were being in the country and were originally fled the country in August, less the political neutrality of tensions and discontent with the two Australians — Jacqui Park subjected to lengthy grilling by scheduled to leave later Thursday than a month after armed men government agencies, as government periodically burst and Jean Worthington — had immigration and police criminal or early Friday. held her at knifepoint. she addressed allegations out into violence. come into the country as tour- investigations department offi- There was no immediate com- In 2009 the Sunday Leader that the domestic spy serv- Beijing regularly calls such ists but were engaging in “anti- cials for a second day Thursday. ment from the IFJ. newspaper’s editor Lasantha ice interfered in last year’s incidents “terrorism”, but Uighur government activism” in breach The pair from the International Sri Lanka is known to have Wickrematunge, a staunch critic presidential election. “Even organisations dismiss that as an of their visa conditions. Federation of Journalists (IFJ) blacklisted many foreign jour- of the government, was shot dead if I myself did nothing that excuse to justify religious and “We have no personal interest were detained on Wednesday at nalists over their reports on the near his office just outside the may arouse suspicion, suspi- security restrictions. Information in the two individuals, but they a hotel in Colombo while speaking country’s human rights record capital. AFP cions have been raised that in the area is tightly controlled. national agencies might have Beijing’s foreign ministry interfered with the elec- spokeswoman Hua Chunying Seoul Lantern Festival opens tion,” Park told a meeting condemned the Tiananmen inci- of her top advisers. “From dent yesterday as “an action now on, the government will against humanity, society and make sure that not only gov- civilians”. Khmer Rouge leaders ernment agencies ... but also individual public employees Strong quake won’t breach political neu- maintain innocence trality even inadvertently.” hits Taiwan PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s than 10 relatives including three Bomb threats TAIPEI: A strong earthquake top surviving Khmer Rouge children under the Khmer Rouge, struck eastern Taiwan yester- leaders refused to admit guilt described Nuon Chea as a “cow- divert flights day, shaking buildings in the yesterday at the end of a two- ard” for not admitting his guilt. capital and across much of the year trial billed as a chance for “I am angry with what he BEIJING: Four domestic island and sending panicky resi- reconciliation, angering victims said. He must be jailed for life,” Chinese flights were diverted dents running for shelter. of the brutal regime. he said after watching the court yesterday after bomb threats, But initial reports suggested Prosecutors are demanding proceedings. state media reported, days the island escaped with few inju- life imprisonment for “Brother Led by Pol Pot, who died in 1998, after an attack rocked ries and little damage. Number Two” Nuon Chea and the communist Khmer Rouge Tiananmen Square in the The 6.3 magnitude quake had ex-head of state Khieu Samphan regime wiped out up to a quarter capital. The official Xinhua its epicentre 53km southwest of for the “Killing Fields” era atroci- of the population through execu- news agency said an uni- Hualien city at a depth of 19.5 ties, which left up to two million tions, starvation and overwork. dentified suspect had been kilometres, according to the coun- people dead in the late 1970s. The two defendants both insist arrested in connection with try’s Seismology Centre. Addressing the country’s they were unaware of the atroci- the threats, which affected A series of aftershocks followed UN-backed tribunal in his final ties committed by the regime. flights to and from Changsha the powerful quake, it said. statement before a verdict, Nuon “I would like to express my in the central province of The US Geological Survey gave Chea, 87, blamed everything on deepest remorse and moral Hunan. Searches of the air- a slightly higher magnitude of 6.6 “treacherous” subordinates. responsibility to victims and craft found no explosive and a shallower depth of 9km. “Through this trial it has been the Cambodian people who suf- devices. It was not clear if A fire agency official in Hualien shown clearly that I was not fered during the Democratic the suspect was the same per- told AFP that a 79-year-old engaged in any commission of the Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge) Visitors walk beside colourful lanterns ahead of the Seoul Lantern son responsible for a multiple woman fell at her home, slightly crimes as alleged by the co-prose- regime,” Nuon Chea said. Festival at the Cheonggye stream in central Seoul yesterday. The bomb threat two days earlier, injuring her leg, adding that a cutors. I am innocent in relation The case has been split into also at Changsha airport. festival is part of a campaign by South Korea to attract more foreign gas leak was reported at another to those allegations,” he said. smaller trials, focusing on crimes AGENCIES tourists and runs from today until November 17. home. AGENCIES Ngor An, 69, who lost more against humanity. AFP FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Aid doubtful without Kabul security deal National meeting to finalise agreement with US

KABUL: US Ambassador the economic and security plans to US military will not be used to Afghanistan James of Washington for Afghanistan against any other nation. Cunningham said that the are directly linked with the secu- The national grand coun- future aid to Afghanistan will rity deal. cil (Loya Jirga) is expected to not be possible if the govern- Cunningham said the bilateral be organised in late November ment of Afghanistan fails to security agreement will ensure and nearly 3,000 people includ- sign the bilateral security agree- peace and stability in Afghanistan ing tribal elders are expected to ment with Washington, Afghan and will pave the way for further gather on 19 to 21 November to Online Newspaper Khamma US assistance to the government discuss and vote on bilateral secu- Press has reported. of Afghanistan. rity agreement between Kabul The remarks by US ambassa- The future aid of Washington and Washington. dor comes amid preparations by to Afghanistan will not be possible The main issue which will be Afghan officials to hold a national if the two nations failed to reach debated during the national grand meeting (Loya Jirga) to finalise to an agreement on bilateral council is the US troops immunity the bilateral security agreement security agreement, Cunningham that will remain in the country between the two nations, and US said adding that the security deal beyond 2014. officials have warned that failure will be for national interest of President Hamid Karzai called to sign the agreement will com- Afghanistan. for national grand council (Loya prise with the future US aid to He also ruled out a long Jirga) following his meeting with Afghanistan. term US military presence in the US Secretary of State John Children play marbles in an old section of Kabul on Monday. Keeping up a flow of Western aid to Afghanistan is James Cunningham told Afghanistan and said that the Kerry earlier this month. considered crucial to ensuring stability in the country. reporters in capital Kabul that military bases which will be given AGENCIES

$200m annual Plan for new anti-terrorism courts for Karachi in limbo UK aid to Kabul LONDON: The UK has KARACHI: The law enforcers more than 5,566 cases registered district and sessions judges as directives in March to ensure the the home department had sought pledged over $200m in annual in the city have stepped up their under the arms and explosives presiding officers of the five new quick disposal of cases. “The SHC nominations of the judicial officers aid to Afghanistan until 2017, game to arrest criminals in the act are pending trial before the anti-terrorism courts,” an official extends these powers from time for appointment to the courts, they presidential palace officials city, as also acknowledged by courts, including the ATCs. said. to time,” said an official in the have yet to be finalised. announced. The package the judges of the Supreme Court Chaired by Prime Minister “Currently, there are five pre- SHC’s registrar office. “The government has not pro- was announced by Justine in the Karachi law and order Nawaz Sharif, the federal cabi- siding officers appointed to the Judicial sources have cited the vided any space for setting up Greening, Secretary for suo motu case. net in consultation with the pro- already functioning five anti- shortage of judges as one of the the proposed courts, which is the International Development, The plan to increase the vincial government, had decided terrorism courts, while another main hurdles in the establishment main hurdle for the project to during a meeting with number of special anti-terror- on September 4 to take various 15 additional district and sessions of the ATCs, saying that the high materialise,” an official said. President Hamid Karzai in ism courts for speedy disposal of steps, including increasing the judges have been granted special court was considering promot- No specific building or other London. Officials said Karzai cases, however, is still in a limbo. number of ATCs. powers under the Anti-Terrorism ing judicial officers to meet this facilities have been arranged by and Greening discussed rela- The Supreme Court has repeat- The government was quick Act 1997 to hear and decide the shortfall. the government, the sources said. tions and Britain’s coopera- edly observed that the number of to announce the establishment cases involving offences that fall That, however, is not the only Judicial officials believed that tion on development projects the courts needed to be increased of five new ATCs but has been within the ambit of this law,” a problem as sources also stated after the establishment of the in Afghanistan. Greening to restore peace in the city. unable to follow through. “Early judicial source said. that the provincial government five new ATCs, the burden on the said that the UK is inter- According to records, there are last month, the home department The SHC chief justice had con- lacks will to establish new ATCs. already functioning courts would ested to work with Kabul on 36,000 absconders and proclaimed requested the chief justice of the ferred special powers in compli- The judicial sources claimed that lessen. projects and sectors which offenders in Karachi alone, while Sindh High Court to nominate ance with the Supreme Court’s while the government through INTERNEWS are a priority for Afghanistan. Karzai urged that Britain’s aid should be spent on infra- structure projects including high education, trade, agri- culture, energy and water and Talks with Pakistani Taliban road construction. Both also Troubled Iran pipeline ‘possible’ discussed projects between Afghanistan and Pakistan. underway, says Sharif ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Earlier this month Islamabad billion cubic feet) of gas per day, insisted yesterday it was still asked Tehran to stump up $2bn almost all of which is consumed Petrol price LONDON: Pakistani Prime group had previously said it was keen to press ahead with a to finish construction. Iranian domestically. Minister Nawaz Sharif told not open to talks. troubled pipeline to bring gas Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said Its only foreign client is Turkey, may be cut British Deputy Prime Minister It had also said it would not from Iran, despite comments by Wednesday there was no hope of which buys about 30 million cubic Nick Clegg yesterday his coun- disarm and would not talk to the an Iranian minister that he had exporting gas to Pakistan because metres per day. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan try had started talks with the government until the army pulled no hope for its completion. the financing was not there. But With the economy and gov- is likely to reduce the price Pakistani Taliban, a British back from its strongholds and all The $7.5bn project, aimed at his Pakistani counterpart insisted ernment finances in a poor state, of petrol by more than Rs2 government source said. its prisoners were released. easing Pakistan’s chronic gas and the project would be completed. if Iran will not pay to complete per litre but keep the rates The Pakistani Taliban, an Sharif’s meeting with Clegg electricity shortages, has drawn A foreign ministry spokesman the pipeline it is unclear where of other petroleum prod- umbrella group of factions oper- took place in a central London threats of US sanctions and run said Pakistan was “committed Pakistan could find the money it ucts almost unchanged for ating independently from their hotel, and included a discussion into repeated problems. to all options” to tackle energy needs. November. Sources said Afghan Taliban allies, are fight- of Pakistan’s relationship with The Iranian side is almost com- shortages, which cause long Investors and other gov- the Oil and Gas Regulatory ing to set up an Islamic state in India, the global energy mar- plete but Pakistan has struggled blackouts in the summer and ernments are reluctant to get Authority has sent a sum- Pakistan. The Pakistani govern- ket, and economic reforms in to find the money to pay for the problems with gas supply in the involved in the project because of mary to the petroleum min- ment has been trying to negotiate Pakistan, said the British govern- 780-kilometre (485-mile) sec- winter. the threat of breaching interna- istry, proposing a price cut a peace settlement to end years of ment source. tion to be built on its side of the Iran currently produces around tional sanctions on Iran. by Rs2.48 from Rs113.25 to fighting, but the Al Qaeda-linked REUTERS border. 600 million cubic metres (21.2 AFP Rs110.77. Authorities raised petrol price by Rs4.12 on October 1. Sources said the Drone protest summary was based on prices in the international market in the past 25 days. New video shows two Fata ignored again for poll Czech hostages alive ISLAMABAD: With all four provinces preparing for PRAGUE: Relatives of two Czech women kidnapped in Pakistan in local elections, residents of March released a new video on Wednesday that showed them ask- the Federally Administered ing Czech authorities to take action to free them. Tribal Areas (Fata) say they The video of Hana Humpalova and Antonie Chrastecka was made in have, once again, been ignored. late August and delivered to the Czech embassy in Islamabad, foreign Akhunzada Chitan, former ministry spokeswoman Johana Grohova told reporters. The women lawmaker from Bajaur and speak separately in English in the video, which offers no indication of Pakistan Peoples Party cen- the kidnappers’ identity or more recent proof of life. tral executive committee Humpalova said she was “concerned about my friend”, while member, has threatened to Chrastecka asked Czech authorities to work with the Pakistani gov- hold a march if elections ernment to help her “go home soon”. The foreign ministry also released are not held in Fata. Fata a video of their mothers asking the kidnappers to treat them well. The Reforms Movement General 24-year-old psychology students were kidnapped on March 13 while Secretary Zahir Shah Safi being escorted by a tribal policeman after crossing into Pakistan from said no paperwork has been Iran on holiday. In another video in June, the women claimed to be in done for the tribal agencies. good health and asked for the release of Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia AGENCIES Members of United Citizen Action shout anti-US slogans during a protest against drone attacks in Pakistani tribal Siddiqui, jailed in the US on charges of terrorist links. AGENCIES areas, in Multan yesterday. A drone strike targeting a militant compound killed three insurgents in a northwest tribal region near the Afghan border. 18 suspects arrested over massacre of 10 foreign climbers in Himalayas ISLAMABAD: Pakistani decade and was claimed by a pur- four of those held are believed to other Chinese, two Slovakians, worked, the officer said it would A group of 35 including the 18 police said yesterday they have ported new faction of Pakistan's have been directly involved in the one Lithuanian and one Nepalese. have been almost impossible for detainees was trained in North arrested 18 suspects over the umbrella Taliban movement. killings at the foot of Pakistan's A Pakistani guide was also killed. them to escape with the hostages Waziristan. killing of 10 foreign climbers Police in the northern dis- second highest mountain Nanga Further details of the attack because of the difficult terrain. “This group was launched as an in the Himalayas in June, but tricts of Gilgit and Diamer in the Parbat. have emerged during interroga- A senior official of the local extension of the Pakistani Taliban warned that others remain at Gilgit-Baltistan region said they The victims of the attack, car- tion. The suspects have revealed administration said extremists in the northern region,” the offi- large. have arrested 18 suspects on sus- ried out by men in police uni- that their original plan was to from Diamer district had linked cial said, adding that the group The June 22 attack was the picion of planning and carrying forms, were identified as one kidnap the trekkers, an investi- up with the Pakistani Taliban and had been behind a rise in killings deadliest assault on foreigners in out the attack. The officer lead- American with dual Chinese cit- gating officer said. travelled to the tribal areas along targeting minority Shias in the the nuclear-armed country for a ing the investigation said only izenship, three Ukrainians, two Asked if the kidnap could have the Afghan border for training. north. AFP FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Suspect in Patna and Remembering Indira Gandhi Bodhgaya blasts flees Bihar Police, NIA officers launch search operation

PATNA: Meher Alam, a ter- places in Bihar to hunt down Police Manu Maharaj said Imtiaz ror suspect in the Patna those who unleashed a string of along with Arshad came to Patna serial blasts, fled from a toi- bombings here that left six dead between October 8 and 10 to carry let in Muzaffarpur while being and over 80 injured, police said. out recce of various sites that brought here from Darbhanga Six of the seven blasts took could be targeted. district, police said yesterday. place on Sunday at Patna’s Gandhi Arshad Alam, 24, a resident of Alam, 25, was not only a ter- Maidan. The seventh explosion East Champaran district’s Alauli ror suspect in the string of bomb- was at the railway station. village, was arrested by a team of ings that took place here Sunday Earlier in the day, police said NIA and Bihar Police on Tuesday. before Bharatiya Janata Party’s that NIA detained terror suspect “Arshad was arrested on the prime ministerial candidate Meher Alam from Darbhanga. basis of information provided Narendra Modi was to address a “The NIA team raided at least by Mohammad Imtiaz Ansari, rally, he is also suspected for the two places in Muzaffarpur and one of the two suspected Indian blasts at Bodhgaya in July this three places in Darbhanga dis- Mujahideen operatives arrested year. Alam was arrested in Bihar’s tricts since Wednesday in search from Patna junction soon after Darbhanga district, and was being of terror suspects involved in the first bomb exploded,” a police brought to the state capital by a serial blasts in Patna,” a police official said. National Investigation Agency official said. A second terror suspect who (NIA) team. He said he wanted to More raids would be conducted was injured in the blasts is bat- go to the toilet near Muzaffarpur, in next few days. NIA officials tling for life at a government hos- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh scatters flower petals as he pays his respects at Shakti Stahl, the memorial but did not return, police said. also searched the Muzaffarpur pital here. for former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi in New Delhi yesterday on the 29th anniversary of her death. Officials, however, were unwill- house of another terror suspect Imtiaz, a resident of Ranchi, is Gandhi who was Prime Minister from 1966-77 and from 1980-1984, was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards ing to confirm whether the terror Mohammad Aftab, who was suspected to be the brain behind in 1984, four months after she ordered troops into the Golden Temple in Amritsar to flush out Sikh militants suspect made good his escape on arrested from Delhi. The NIA the blasts. He was arrested from fighting for an independent state. Wednesday night or early yester- team seized some documents and the Patna railway junction after day. While some police officials a laptop from his house, said an a bomb exploded in a toilet on said the escape took place late official. platform No.1 0 Sunday morning. Wednesday, there were also those The NIA officials along with Ainul alias Tarique, the second who said it happened yesterday Intelligence Bureau officials inter- suspect, was apprehended while Space chief warns of tricky Mars mission morning. rogated two of three arrested ter- he was crying in pain at the Patna Bihar Police as well as the NIA ror suspects Mohammad Imtiaz railway junction toilet soon after NEW DELHI: The head of will begin on Sunday morning. are frantically looking for him. Ansari and Arshad Alam. a bomb which he was trying to fit India’s space agency warned Radhakrishnan said the mission Sleuths have raided several Patna Senior Superintendent of with a timer exploded. IANS yesterday of the immense com- was another “turning point” for plexity of sending a mission to India’s space ambitions after it Mars as the country prepares successfully placed an unmanned to send its first interplanetary probe on the Moon in 2008 in Getting ready for Diwali probe to explore the atmos- a triumph that is a source of phere there. national pride. “As we can see for Mars there A handful of countries have were 51 missions so far the world launched missions to Mars, around and there were 21 success- including the US, Russia, Japan, ful missions,” K Radhakrishnan the European Union and India’s (pictured) said. “It’s a complex main regional rival China, which mission.” The 1.3-tonne Mars failed in 2011. Orbiter probe will begin a 300- Radhakrishnan denied there day mission next Tuesday when it was any competition with Beijing, is launched aboard a rocket from which has already put an astro- the Sriharikota space station on naut into space, something that the Bay of Bengal. India is still only in the initial Radhakrishnan, chairman “But do the job well and do stages of exploring. of the Indian Space Research the best. And if it is a failure, “We are in competition with Organisation (ISRO), denied any then learn. Failure is a stepping ourselves in the areas that we last-minute nerves about the stone for success,” he added, fresh have charted for ourselves,” he `4.5bn ($73m) project, but said from a meeting to brief Prime said. “Each country has its own his scientists had a tiny margin Minister Manmohan Singh on priorities.” for error. preparations. The purpose of the Indian “In space, we should not worry A rehearsal of the computer mission is to prove the country’s about success or failure. The dif- systems which will launch and capabilities in rocket technol- ference between success and fail- then control the probe was suc- ogy and collect details about the ure in space is very, very thin,” cessfully conducted yesterday, presence of methane in the Mars Customers stand under lanterns for sale at a Diwali market in Mumbai yesterday. The Hindu festival of lights he said. he said, and the final countdown atmosphere. AFP will be celebrated across the country on Sunday.

198 child workers Metal collected from farmers rescued in one month in Delhi to build world’s tallest statue NEW DELHI: Nearly 200 children employed at various AHMEDABAD: Farmers Mahal, flock to America for the honours an independence places here have been rescued were urged yesterday to hand Statue of Liberty and France hero who spent his life in the in the past one month, the over scraps of metal and tools for the Eiffel Tower. Now peo- Congress party, the main rival Delhi government informed for the world’s tallest statue, ple from all over the world will of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata the high court yesterday. as construction began on come here to see this wonder,” Party (BJP) in national elec- A division bench of Chief what promoters hope will be Modi said. tions next year. Justice N V Ramana and Justice a wonder of the world. “We have asked farmers from Modi, the BJP’s prime minis- Manmohan was appraised by the The tribute to Sardar Patel, every village in India to give terial candidate, suggested ear- Delhi government that the Delhi the first home minister of old pieces of their agricultural lier this week that Patel, who is chief secretary recently held a independent India, is set to be tools, just 200g or 400g would from Gujarat, would have made meeting with different depart- twice the size of the Statue of do,” he added from the site at a better leader than India’s ments to prevent the employ- Liberty and four times higher Kevadia, 170km from Gujarat’s first prime minister Jawaharlal ment of children. than Christ the Redeemer in biggest city Ahmedabad. Nehru. Standing Counsel Pawan Rio de Janeiro. A metal collection effort cov- This was a provocative dig Sharma, appearing for Delhi The metal structure, a pet ering nearly 700,000 villages at India’s modern-day Gandhi government, also filed a progress project of opposition leader across the country began yes- political dynasty, led by report on the abolition of child Narendra Modi in his home terday and last until January Congress chief Sonia and her labour. state of Gujarat, will rise 182m 26 next year, state officials said. son Rahul, who are descended Sharma also sought exemp- (600 feet) from an island in the The total cost of the statue from Nehru. tion from personal appearance Narmada river when completed is estimated at `25bn ($300m) The family has ruled for most for the chief secretary and the in four years’ time. and will be funded with public of India’s post-independence labour commissioner, saying that Modi laid the foundation funds and private donations. history. the labour department had said stone yesterday and urged When finished, it will tower The theme of national unity that in the past one month, 198 farmers to donate tools which by 54m over the 128m Spring represented by Patel is also children were rescued from vari- will be melted down and used Temple Buddha in China’s attractive to Modi as he tries to ous places. in the memorial to a politician Henan province which is cur- paint himself as a secular, cen- On the government’s report, nicknamed the “Iron Man of rently the world’s tallest statue. trist candidate in the diverse senior advocate H S Phoolka, India.” The memorial has strong country of 1.2 billion people. appearing for petitioner NGO “People come to see the Taj political undertones as it AFP Bachpan Bachao Andolan, told the court that if the senior-most officer of the government holds a meeting at least once in a month, The tallest of them all the problem will be solved to a HEIGHT India is set to build the world’s tallest statue depicting great extent. 150m Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the country’s founding fathers. The court also expressed satisfaction over the progress 100 report, and discharged the offic- Current ers from personal appearance on 50 tallest the next date of hearing of the plea. 0 The court had earlier, refusing Statue of Spring Temple Statue of The Motherland Christ to withdraw its previous order Unity Buddha Liberty Calls the Redeemer summoning the officers over 182m 153m 93m 85m 40m alleged inaction to rescue child Gujarat Henan New York Volgograd Rio de Janeiro labourers, asked the government INDIA CHINA U.S. RUSSIA BRAZIL to furnish the progress report by yesterday. IANS FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Qatar Holding takes stakes in BofA, Samsung BofA stake worth $1bn; stake in Samsung at $200m-$300m

DUBAI/SEOUL: Qatar Holding comment and QIA could not be always have to disclose ownership. investments and very unlikely to according to Thomson Reuters a former co-head of Asia merg- has built small stakes in Bank reached for comment outside Qatar’s strategy took an activ- lead into a strategic transaction data. It was not clear when the ers and acquisitions at BofA, to of America and Samsung working hours. ist turn in 2012 when it demanded for the fund. Like any investor, fund accumulated the Samsung run its mergers and acquisitions Electronics, two sources famil- A Samsung spokeswoman in better terms from Glencore for they would seek to buy it cheap stake. The smartphone leader has division. iar with the matter said, as the Seoul said the company is aware its planned acquisition of London and sell it high.” a market value of around $230.1bn Three sources told Reuters in wealth fund continues on its of Qatar Holding’s recent pur- miner Xstrata, in which it had Qatar Holding, the invest- which makes the ownership con- September that Qatar Holding strategy of picking minority chase of its shares which is said built up a stake of more than 12 ment arm of Qatar Investment siderably less than 1 percent of had hired Ugo Arzani, most stakes in large global companies. reflects the fund’s support for its percent, forcing Glencore to even- Authority (QIA), began buying the company. recently a BofA managing direc- The fund, one of the world’s management. It did not comment tually raise the share swap offer. BofA shares about two years ago, Under newly appointed Chief tor in London, as its new head of most prolific investors, has a on the value of the purchases. “Qatar has taken a view that the Financial Times first reported Executive Ahmed Al Sayed, QIA consumer and retail investments. stake worth about $1bn in Bank of In recent months, Qatar has equities are cheap as an asset on its website, has been on an aggressive expan- The sources said QIA, worth America, while its Samsung stake picked up minority stakes in class and it can commit a billion BofA’s stock closed at $14.17, up sion spree, hiring bankers and more than $100bn, was scouting is worth between $200m-$300m, companies such as oil giant Royal dollars or two in a large company 2 cents, on the New York Stock senior executives with experience for opportunities in Asia and the the sources said, speaking on Dutch Shell, jewellery maker and do away with any disclosure Exchange. A $1bn stake at this ranging from mergers and acqui- United States in a bid to reduce condition of anonymity as the Tiffany & Co and Germany’s requirements,” one source famil- price represents less than 1 per- sitions in Asia to retail and luxury its exposure to Europe and diver- investments have not been pub- Siemens. Buying smaller stakes iar with the fund’s plans said. cent of BofA, which has a market investments in Europe. sify its investment portfolio. licly disclosed. BofA declined to means investors do not have “These are mostly financial capitalisation of about $151.2bn, The fund hired Michael Cho, REUTERS

ExxonMobil profit down S&P Dow Jones to upgrade Qatar QE listed firms’ combined profit to emerging market status in nine months

DOHA: The International protection of investors’ assets in markets, respectively, across all at QR30.1bn Index Compiler S&P Dow Jones case of rejection by the seller, the global benchmarks bringing con- Indices announced its deci- Index compiler noted. sistency across S&P and Down DOHA: The combined net sion to reclassify Qatar as an The Qatari bourse has launched Jones branded indices. Egypt profit of 41 listed companies in Emerging Market, from the the securities lending and bor- and Morocco will remain emerg- Qatar rose 6.67 percent during existing Frontier. Qatar meets rowing facilities. The facilities ing markets. Bahrain, Kuwait and the first nine months of 2013. enough quantitative criteria are currently only available for Oman will remain frontier mar- The net profits of all the compa- for qualification and the new use by liquidity providers and as kets. Saudi Arabia will remain nies, except Vodafone, together status will come in to effect a mechanism to prevent settle- classified as a standalone mar- amounted to QR30.1bn dur- in September 2014, the Index ment failures. ket. All changes will be effective ing the period compared with Compiler said yesterday. Market participation in Qatar at the annual reconstitution in QR28.3bn for the same period “The foreign ownership limit, is viewed as robust and ease of September 2014. in 2012. With an estimated over while still viewed as below the entry into the market is in line The Global Index compiler QR12bn, the banking and finan- standards of most other emerg- with the standards set by other MSCI has already announced cial services sector accounted ing markets, has become a point emerging markets, the index com- its decision to upgrade Qatar to for the maximum contributor of emphasis for change in Qatar piler also noted. “emerging market” status after to the collective profit. as several large companies have S&P Dow Jones Indices several years of efforts by the THE PENINSULA increased their limits to encour- announced the results yesterday QE to win the confidence of global age further foreign investment. after its Country Classification investors. Qatar’s upgrade b y the Continued dedication to increase consultation initiated in August MSCI is expected to take effect Qatar Exchange the limits is an expectation from 2013. Along with Qatar, the around May 31, 2014. most market participation”, S&P UAE has been promoted to the Inclusion of Qatar in the market cap rises Dow Jones said. Emerging Market status from the MSCI Emerging markets index Qatar Exchange’s (QE) promo- Developed Market. Greece has would aid in inflow of institu- to QR533.1bn tion is also supported by its deci- been re-classified as “Emerging tional money into the country’s sion to introduce DVP (Delivery Market” from the existing capital market, Kuwait Financial DOHA: Qatar Exchange’s main Versus Payment) settlement sys- “Developed Market”. Centre (Markaz) noted in its lat- The ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, Texas. ExxonMobil reported an 18 index gained 185.14 points (1.92 tem. The settlement system was Additionally, South Korea est report on “GCC Outlook for percent decline in quarterly profits due to weaker refining earnings. It percent) last week when the introduced in 2011 and enhanced and Taiwan will be designated the second half of 2013”. said third-quarter profits were $7.9bn on revenues of $112.4bn, down bourse closed trading at 9,837.49 twice in 2012 to ensure full as developed and emerging THE PENINSULA points yesterday afternoon. from $9.6bn on revenues of $115.1bn in the year-ago period. The trading value of QR1.45bn is a decrease by 3.33 percent com- pared to QR1.5bn registered the previous week. The trading volume of 34.9 million shares is an increase WOP Dubai to highlight Qatar’s $58m edible produce trade by 2.06 percent compared to 34.2 million shares the previous week, while 15,267 transactions are an DOHA: The International event is expected to attract more shared 54 percent from the total combination of the growing pop- will see a substantial increase in increase by 0.21 percent compared Perishables Expo Middle East than 7,000 visitors from around imports of the Middle East with ulation in the region, increas- space along with more services to 15,235 the previous week. (WOP 2013), running from the world, in addition to over $ 2.2bn. In 2012, the UAE alone ing consumer demand for fresh options. The market capitalisation November 17 to 19, 2013 in 130 exhibitors from 20 exhibiting accounted for $1.145bn of GCC’s ingredients and rising trend for The fresh produce expo will of QR533.1bn last week is an Dubai will offer an ideal venue countries coming from all over total fresh produce import, with healthy eating. run concurrently with its sister increase by 2.03 percent com- to explore business opportunities Europe, Africa, Asia, GCC, the Saudi Arabia at second place “By hosting the GCC’s only event, 2013 International Plants pared to QR522.48bn at the end as well as discuss best technolo- Middle East and the Americas. with $825m and Kuwait third dedicated exhibition for fresh Expo Middle East (IPM), the only of previous week. gies surrounding the flourishing The organisers said yes- with $164m. Oman, Qatar and edible food, we have provided a international horticultural trade The industrial sector led the trade of fresh edible food. terday that the total value of Bahrain contributed $58m, $57m platform to people in the fresh show in the Middle East. trading value last week with 23.27 Organised by planetfair LLC, fresh produce import to Qatar and $43mrespectively. produce sector to meet industry The annual WOP Dubai percent of the total, followed by the fifth edition of WOP Dubai has reached $58m in 2012. The Tarek Sibai, Project Manager, experts to learn about innovative International Perishables Expo the banking and financial services – the GCC’s only dedicated Middle East import of the fresh planetfair, said: “Import of fresh trends, express their concerns Middle East is the dedicated exhi- sector (23.22 percent), the real exhibition for fresh edible food produce reached 4.1 percent from edible produce to the Qatar and explore new markets.” bition for fresh fruits and vegeta- estate sector (22.32 percent) and - will discuss the growing mar- the total world imports in 2012 have seen an upward trend and With 10 official participating bles show in the Middle East. the consumer goods and services ket opportunities in Qatar. The with $4.2bn where GCC alone this could be attributed to the pavilions, this year WOP Dubai THE PENINSULA sector (16.66 percent). The real estate sector led the trading volume last week with 42.07 percent of the total, followed Total’s net profit falls 17pc by the banking and financial services sector (17.96 percent), AUB eyeing M&A in Qatar, the consumer goods and services sector (14.43 percent) and the industrial sector (10.34 percent). Turkey, Saudi, and the UAE The banking and financial serv- ices sector topped the number of MANAMA: Bahrain-based Turkey. “We have not completed transactions with 25.96 percent of Ahli United Bank (AUB) is the jigsaw,” Adel El-Labban said the total, followed by the industrial looking for acquisitions in its and added that AUB aimed to sector (22.64 percent), real estate existing markets and in new buy majority stakes or stakes as (20.88 percent) and the consumer ones as it tries to build a net- large as local law allowed a foreign goods and services (14.03 percent). work across the Middle East, its party to own. Of the 42 companies listed, 29 chief executive said. AUB has been built on acqui- ended higher last week while 11 Its desire to expand across sitions since it was formed in fell and two remained unchanged. borders reflects a trend among May 2000 through the merger Industries Qatar led trading value Gulf banks, which are increas- of United Bank of Kuwait and last week with 15.45 percent of ingly outgrowing their home Al Ahli Commercial Bank; the total, followed by UDC (14.79 markets. Rising trade and travel El-Labban said the lender had percent) and Medicare Group among the GCC states are also looked at around 25 deals since (10.18 percent). pushing the region’s banks to formation. Yesterday, Qatar Exchange become more international. However, obtaining enough ended in the green rising 80.38 AUB, with operations in six information about potential tar- points or 0.82 percent to 9,837.49. Middle East and North African gets in the region can be difficult, QNB shares gained 2.09 percent countries as well as the United while the political environment in to QR166, Nakilat added 0.74 per- Kingdom, wants a presence in the the Middle East has shifted dra- The French oil group Total’s logo in Paris. Total said yesterday that its net profit dropped 17 percent in the third cent to QR19.15, UDC rose 1.01 three GCC states where it cur- matically in the last three years, quarter of 2013 to €2.8bn ($3.8bn). Adjusted net profit, excluding extraordinary items, fell 19 percent to €2.7bn. percent to QR22 and IQ was up rently has no base — the UAE, he said. 1.92 percent to QR159.50. Saudi Arabia and Qatar — plus REUTERS THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Shell profit slumps 35pc European stock Opec oil output markets diverge; gold price dips hits two-year LONDON: European stock markets diverged yesterday. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.68 percent to 6,731.43 points, but Frankfurt’s DAX 30 low in October rose 0.26 percent to 9,033.92 points and the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 0.60 percent to 4,299.89 points. Madrid’s main stocks Production below 30m barrels a day index advanced by 1.32 percent and Milan by 0.96 percent. LONDON: Opec’s oil output nominal target of 30m b/d for the The yield on Spanish 10-year has fallen below 30 million bar- first time since it came into effect bonds fell below 4.0 percent for rels per day (b/d) for the first in January 2012. the second time this year, to a time in two years in October, a The biggest fall in supply was in low point on the day of 3.978 per- Reuters survey found, as near- Libya, where protests at oil fields cent from 4.063 percent late on record Saudi Arabian output and terminals again limited sup- Wednesday. fails to offset disruption in plies. Output averaged 410,000 b/d In foreign exchange trading, the Libya and lower supply from during October and by the end euro fell to $1.3588 from $1.3735 Iran and Nigeria. of the month was below 300,000 late in New York on Wednesday. Supply from the Organisation b/d, according to the survey. Libya People walk by a Shell gas station in San Francisco yesterday. Royal Dutch Shell’s net profit slumped 35 But the dollar fell to 98.30 yen of the Petroleum Exporting is a long way away from bring- percent in the third quarter on lower refining margins and disruption to production in Nigeria. Profit after tax from 98.50. The British pound Countries has averaged 29.90m ing output back to 1.4m b/d, the fell by a third to $4.677bn in the three months to September 30. rose to ¤1.1809 and $1.6043. b/d, down from a revised 30.01m production rate earlier this year. On the London Bullion Market, b/d in September, according to the Iranian supply to market was the price of gold slipped to $1,324 survey based on shipping data and estimated at 2.61m b/d, down 90,000 an ounce from $1,354.75 on information from sources at oil b/d as less crude headed to China US unemployment Wednesday. Switzerland’s central companies, Opec and consultants. and India. US and European sanc- bank said yesterday that it had The survey further illustrates tions on Iran continue to restrain claims decline 19.5 million jobless lost billions of dollars during the the drag on Opec output from exports, despite a thaw in relations first nine months of the year amid problems in African producers and with the West from Iran’s apparent WASHINGTON: US jobless a sharp drop in gold prices. sanctions on Iran. But rising shale willingness to compromise on its claims declined last week in US stocks wobbled, with the oil supply from the United States nuclear work. welcome news for the nation’s in the Eurozone Dow Jones Industrial Average has limited the outages’ impact on In Nigeria, where output has battered labor market after the down 0.6 percent to 15,609.10 prices, which at $109 a barrel are been increasingly hit by spills impact of a government shut- BRUSSELS: Eurozone unem- Berenberg bank, after “Eurostat points in midday trading. The down over $8 from their 2013 peak. and theft from pipelines, supply down on furloughed federal ployment is back flirting with revised away any evidence that broad-based S&P 500 was flat “The Atlantic Basin continues declined as Royal Dutch Shell workers diminished. the 20-million mark, new data unemployment had been stabil- at 1,763.30, while the tech-rich to be driven by the increase in again had to close the Trans Niger Initial claims for state unemploy- out yesterday showed, after ising over the summer due to a Nasdaq Composite Index added US production. If we did not have pipeline and warn it might miss ment benefits dropped by 10,000 to what analysts said was a stark strong tourism season.” 0.13 percent to 3,935.73 points. the increased supplies from the shipments of Bonny Light crude. a seasonally adjusted 340,000, the “revising away” of a tourism-led The Eurostat figures presented AFP US, the lower Opec production Saudi Arabia, industry sources Labour Department said yesterday. summer breather. September’s 12.2 percent as sta- would have had a greater impact,” say, has kept output around 10m Claims filed by federal employees The key unemployment rate ble — but only because August’s Mazaya profit rises said Olivier Jakob, an analyst at b/d for the last three months. dropped 29,713 in the week ended across the 17-country currency rate had been revised up from 12.0 Petromatrix. The kingdom lifted output to October 19 to 14,423. area hit a record 12.2 percent percent, with an extra 60,000 peo- 75pc to QR7.7m In October, renewed protests in 10.05m b/d in August, the highest The US labour market has in September, with about 19.5 ple listed on the dole. A cumula- Libya, plus disruption in Nigeria since records began in 1980, accord- apparently slackened in recent million people classed as jobless tive drop of 34,000 claimed over DOHA: Mazaya Qatar Real and a drop in Iranian sales out- ing to figures from the US Energy months, with private-sector by European Union data agency the three preceding months in Estate Development has weighed a partial recovery in Information Administration. employers hiring fewer work- Eurostat. fact turned into an increase of reported an interim net profit southern Iraqi exports and a third Iraq boosted oil exports in ers in October, after uncertainty Nearly four million more peo- 159,000, IHS Global Insight ana- of QR7.7m for the nine-month month of Saudi output at around October due to a reduced impact caused by budget brinkmanship ple are on the jobless lines after lyst Howard Archer pointed out. period ended September 30, 10m b/d. from infrastructure work at its in Washington dented consumer the last two-and-a-half years of Chronic youth unemployment according to a Qatar Exchange Opec’s October output is the southern terminals. Exports and business confidence. bailouts and recession amid debt- left some 3.5 million people under notification. This represents an lowest since October 2011, when from the south averaged 1.96m The government will publish driven reforms. the age of 25 listed as jobless. increase by 75 percent over the the group pumped 29.81m b/d b/d in October, according to ship- October’s employment report on Along with a sharp slide in The top German economy had net profit of QR4.4m reported according to Reuters surveys, ping data, up from September’s November 8. inflation also announced yester- the lowest rate in this category, for the corresponding nine- and leaves supply below Opec’s 1.82m b/d. REUTERS REUTERS day — now just 0.7 percent — the of 7.7 percent. Twice bailed-out month period in 2012. The com- data brought fresh pressure on Greece and Spain with its burst pany’s earnings per share (EPS) the European Central Bank. property and banking bubble each were QR0.077 for the period “The peak in unemployment recorded about 57 percent — with ended September 30 compared could be reached this autumn,” non-euro but recent EU entrant to QR0.044 for the correspond- said Christian Schulz, sen- Croatia in similar territory. ing period in 2012. ior economist with Germany’s AFP QNA

QATARI MARKET Six central banks Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 102.00 46.00 % Aa2 AA to make currency Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.00 1.53 % Aa2 AA swap accords Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 120.50 2.50 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 114.00 2.78 % Aa2 AA permanent Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 108.75 3.28 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 156.50 4.78 % Aa2 AA TOKYO: Six major central Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 118.25 5.13 % Aa2 AA banks said yesterday that they Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 110.25 5.06 % Aa2 AA would make their web of cur- Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.38 0.93 % Aa2 AA rency swap arrangements per- Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 111.25 3.13 % Aa2 AA manent as a “prudent liquidity backstop” in case of future glo- Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.13 0.99 % A1 A- bal financial strains. Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.13 2.12 % A1 A- The Bank of Japan, US Federal QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.50 1.49 % NR NR Reserve, the European Central QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 104.00 1.14 % Aa3 A+ Bank, the Bank of England and QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.88 2.15 % Aa3 A+ the central banks of Canada and Switzerland will convert their Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.25 2.18 % A2 A- “temporary bilateral liquidity Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.38 1.51 % A2 A swap arrangements” into standing Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 124.75 3.04 % A2 A arrangements that “will remain in Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 107.13 3.63 % A2 A place until further notice”. Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 103.00 4.67 % A2 A “The existing temporary swap arrangements have helped to ease Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 104.38 0.63 % Aa3 A strains in financial markets and Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 107.25 3.21 % Aa3 A mitigate their effects on economic Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 108.38 3.90 % Aa3 A conditions,” a coordinated state- ment from the central banks said. SOVEREIGNS “The standing arrangements will Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P continue to serve as a prudent Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 102.25 0.20 % Aa2 AA liquidity backstop.” Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 123.38 2.17 % Aa2 AA Currency swap lines were first Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.75 2.02 % NR NR introduced nearly six years ago in response to a global credit crunch Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 107.13 2.75 % NR NR that starved banks of liquidity and Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 119.25 4.49 % NR NR threatened to gum up the entire Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 111.75 4.75 % NR NR financial system. They were an Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.75 0.87 % Aa2 AA important part of the policy Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 113.63 3.32 % NR BBB response to the 2007-2009 finan- cial crisis, keeping a lid on funding Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 103.75 4.81 % NR BBB costs which had spiralled due to Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 93.75 6.96 % Caa1 CCC+ fear over counter-party risk. Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 102.25 4.12 % NR BBB-

The arrangements were next *Periodic Distribution Amount due for review in February. IMPORTANT NOTE: Speaking after the BOJ kept its Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which massive stimulus programme in is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services place, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary said the structure had helped data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising bring stability to financial mar- out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds kets and the move to make it per- can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant manent did not denote any new liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not alarm about liquidity. a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and “We decided to make them consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. permanent to avoid uncertainty as they were due to expire next February,” Kuroda said. “We have no plan to extend the swap arrangements beyond the six cen- tral banks.” REUTERS FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

QE Indices Summary EXCHANGE QE Index 9,837.49 0.82 % WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER QE Total Return Index 14,055.51 0.82 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 2,813.42 0.52 % RATE QE All Share Index 2,466.67 0.83 % INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Banks & Financial 2,337.58 0.92 % GOLD Buying Selling Services All Ordinaries 5420.284 -5.085 -0.09 5453.1 4610.6 QE All Share Consumer Goods & 5,891.43 0.20 % QR156.1543 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 Services Cac 40 Index/D 4290.78 16.67 0.39 4309.92 3575.17 QE All Share Industrials 3,220.11 1.16 % SILVER UK ...... QR 5.8170 QR 5.8984 QE All Share Insurance 2,331.58 1.63 % Dj Indu Average 15618.76 -61.59 -0.39 15721 12471.5 Euro ...... QR 4.9388 QR 5.0073 QE All Share Real Estate 1,823.05 0.72 % QR 2.6102 CA$ ...... QR 3.4516 QR 3.5202 QE All Share Telecoms 1,438.5 0.20 % Egypt Cma Gn Idx 1026.29 32.57 3.28 999.95 312.38 QE All Share Transportation 1,830.07 0.45 % Swiss Fr ...... QR 4.0040 QR 4.0606 Hang Seng Inde/D 23206.37 -97.65 -0.42 23944.74 19426.36 Yen ...... QR 0.0368 QR 0.0375 QE Market Summary Comparison Aus$ ...... QR 3.4327 QR 3.5000 Today Previous day Iseq Overall/D 4364.06 7.47 0.17 4414.37 3396.67 CRUDE OIL 31-10-2013 30-10-2013 Ind Re ...... QR 0.0587 QR 0.0598 Index 9,837.49 9,757.11 Karachi 100 In/D 22775.85 465.26 2.09 23944.99 16036.31 Pak Re ...... QR 0.0338 QR 0.0345 Change 80.38 23.92 BRENT Nikkei 225 Index 14327.94 -174.41 -1.2 15942.6 10398.61 Peso ...... QR 0.0834 QR 0.0851 % 0.82 0.25 $ 109.59 SL Re ...... QR 0.0276 QR 0.0281 YTD% 17.69 16.73 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 1775.22 1343.35 Taka ...... QR 0.0465 QR 0.0477 Volume 8,034,980 8,655,271 DUBAI Nep Re ...... QR 0.0369 QR 0.0376 Value (QAR) 381,346,846.56 298,849,517.54 Straits Times/D 3210.67 -19.77 -0.61 3464.79 2990.68 SA Rand ...... QR 0.3620 QR 0.3692 Trades 5 , 3 8 8 3 , 0 6 6 Straits Times/D 2971.47 22.7 0.77 3035.78 2657.77 $ 107.07 Up 26 | Down 11 | Unchanged 01

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0.5 2403 Hous Dev Fin-A/D 852.7 5.75 185666 Lloydsfin.-B/D 0.53 -0.02 5337 Reliance Indus/D 351.8 -1.75 180515 Prudential/D 1278.3982 0 721961 Alembic-B/D 14.93 0.19 91216 Dhampur Sugar-/D 30.1 0 14844 I F C I-A/D 24.15 -0.5 2384894 Lok.Hous&Con-B/D 18.59 1.6 1146301 Ruchi Soya-B/D 34.95 1.65 13669 Rank Group/D 148.032 -3.4 6347 Alok Indus-B/D 8.02 0.05 278914 Dr. Reddy-A/D 2455.95 -66.7 99245 Idbi-A/D 67.75 1.85 606895 Lupin-A/D 887.15 -14.75 63038 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 324.85 4.3 32083 Rentokil Initi/D 104.05 -8.2 7761595 Andhra Paper-B/D 282.8 -1.45 11997 E I H-B/D 55 -0.7 14834 Ifb Agro-B/D 153.8 4.6 3148 Lyka Labs-B/D 9.4 0.19 2457 Tinplate-B/D 46.9 0.25 42626 Rolls Royce Pl/D 1147 -4 1221402 Apollo Tyre-A/D 68.15 0.3 235105 E.I.D Parry-B/D 143.9 2.1 12364 Ifb Ind.Ltd.-B/D 59.55 2.9 34446 Mafatlal Ind-B/D 111 6 4136 Unitech P -A/D 17.45 0.2 2574164 Rsa Insrance G/D 128.2 0.2 1253633 Ashok Leyland-/D 17.2 0.25 745390 Eicher Motor-A/D 3943.5 72.15 2603 India Cement-B/D 49.5 1.45 93837 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0.5 10187 Jagson Phar-B/D 9.3 0.1 3680 Nagreeka Ex-B/D 16.1 0.74 2217 B Sky B/D 929.5 -4 1035577 Tate & Lyle/D 791.5 0 289916 Bharat Bijle-B/D 342.55 18.8 32526 Federal Bank-A/D 82.15 2.4 978781 Jbf Indu-B/D 81.7 0.2 4873 Nagreeka Ex-B/D 16.1 0.74 2217 Barclays/D 267.82 -0.6 15230656 Tesco/D 368.35 -0.65 3264425 Bhartiya Int-B/D 187.6 -4.1 3480 Ferro Alloys-B/D 5.4 -0.22 43003 Jct Elect P -T/D 0.48 -0.01 16751 Nahar Spg.-B/D 100.75 3.85 67677 Bg Group/D 1268 22.5 2283743 Tomkins/D 0 0 0 Bhel-A/D 140.95 1.8 690423 Finolex-B/D 129.1 7.25 63377 Jct Ltd-T/D 1.9 -0.09 79609 Nation Alum -A/D 36.45 0 152134 Bp/D 485.085 3 9417194 Unilever/D 2524 1 791925 Bom.Burmah-B/D 113.7 -0.4 10483 Gail-A/D 352.85 7.95 77236 Jenson&Nich.-B/D 1.87 -0.05 5005 Navneet Edu-B/D 54.15 -0.25 11751 Brit Am Tobacc/D 3447.5 9 589941 United Util Gr/D 707.367 -6.5 355876 Bombay Dyeing-/D 68.75 0.85 375919 Gammon India-T/D 13.64 0.05 7550 Jik Indust-T/D 0.58 -0.03 31757 Nepc India-B/D 2 -0.09 10674 Bt Group/D 379.1 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DOHA: Russia will launch the 2014 FIA Cross-Country sea- The 2014 calendar son in snowy conditions, this DOHA: The 2014 FIA Cross-Country was confirmed by Nasser bin calendar: Khalifa Al Attiyah from Geneva February 14-16: Russia, Baja Russia - yesterday. Northern Forest Al Attiyah, who is the FIA Cross Country Commission March 14-16: Italy, Italian Baja President, said Morocco will join April 4-10: UAE, Abu Dhabhi Desert Alex Len of the Phoenix Suns Russia as two new stops on next Challenge checks into the opening night year’s calendar. NBA game against the Portland Baja Russia, set to be held in April 20-25: Qatar, Sealine Cross-Country Trail Blazers at US Airways Center Northern Forest (February 14 Rally in Phoenix, Arizona. The Suns to 16), and the Rally OiLibya du May 18-25: Egypt, Phraons Rally defeated the Trail Blazers 104-91. Maroc (September 21 to 27) are the latest additions to the bulging July 18-20: Spain, Baja Espana Aragon calendar. August 14-17: Hungary, HunGarian Baja The Pharaons Rally (May 18 to NBA: Raptors 25) will also rejoin the calendar August 28-31: Poland, Poland Baja after its cancellation this year September 21-27: Morocco, Rally OiLibya down Celtics to due to political instability in the du Maroc African nation. October 30-November 1: Portugal, 27th Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, QMMF President, is seen with FIA officials following a meeting held to discuss snap opening “We will see two new Cross- Cross-Country calendar, in Geneva, Switzerland. Al Attiyah is the FIA Cross Country Commission President. Country races next year - one Baja Portalege in Russia which will launch the night drought new seasons and then a race in at FIM - the ruling body in bike their intent on getting a slot on “Most of these things will be 2014 season is set to kick-off in Morocco,” Al Attiyah said after racing - said the 2014 season will the Cross-Country calendar,” Al decided in our next meeting February. TORONTO: The Toronto attending an FIA meeting in see a jump in the number of races Attiyah said. which will be held in February Al Attiyah said he will be in Raptors finally sent an opening Geneva. next season. “The FIA Commission is also (next year). Abu Dhabi this week for the night crowd home with a smile “The race in Russia will be “We had eight races in 2013. interested in expanding their cal- “This was the most important Formula One race in the UAE and a win when they held on to spectacular. It will be held on Next year we will have 10 races. endar to Latin American coun- meeting before we all head for the where he will meet FIA President beat the Boston Celtics 93-87 snow-laden surface in Northern There is a huge interest to stage tries like Brazil, Chile, Peru and FIA Presidential election (to be Jean Todt. to raise the curtain on a new Forest in Russia,” he added. The Cross-Country events. We are Argentina. Like I said, there is an held on December 6),” Al Attiyah “I have been assigned by the National Basketball Association average temperature during the dealing with interest from as unbelievable interest from parties said. FIA president to go to Abu Dhabi season yesterday. rally is usually round the - 10 °C far as China for a slot on the in getting on the Cross-Country The QMMF president said and as an FIA official I have a Rudy Gay had 19 points and (14 °F). Cross-Country. calendar,” the Qatari motor sport Sealine Cross-Country will be busy schedule to keep there,” Al pulled down eight rebounds to Al Attiyah, a Vice President “I plan to visit China and assess official said. held on April 23 whereas the Attiyah said. THE PENINSULA pace the Raptors while Amir Johnson and DeMar DeRozan each chipped in with 13 as Toronto ended a run of three straight home opening losses. “It was the first game of the season and we’re coming off a whole week without playing,” Gay said. So I think we were a little Red Sox crush Cardinals rusty at the beginning. We shook the rust off and came back.” The loss was the first of what is expected to be many for the Celtics after they dismantled their team in the wake last year’s first round playoff exit by trad- to clinch World Series ing away Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce - the last two members of the Big Three who had led them When we started rolling, we never stopped the train: David Oritz to two NBA finals and one title. The Celtics fielded a lineup of unfamiliar names and Jeff Green BOSTON: The Boston Red Sox led the scoring with a game high beat the St Louis Cardinals 6-1 Out of this 25 points, while Brandon Bass yesterday to clinch their eighth added 17 and Brazilian Vitor World Series title and first at world Ortiz Faverani 13. Fenway Park since 1918. “We had some sloppy moments Shane Victorino blasted a claims MVP but a lot of them were out of three-run double in the third effort,” said Celtics first-year inning and Stephen Drew clubbed BOSTON: David Ortiz was coach Brad Stevens. a solo homer in the fourth for the obviously enjoying the moment “A lot of them while we were Red Sox who won the best-of- yesterday, soaking it all in as flying down the court at two levels seven series four games to two. he stood on the field at Fenway too fast and we made a few errors. “This is for you Boston,” said Park and accepted his World “But you know you can live David Ortiz who was named Most Series MVP trophy. with a few errors like that, you Valuable Player of the World Ortiz provided the bulk of can live with errors when you are Series. “When we started rolling the offence for the Boston Red playing hard.” we never stopped the train.” Sox as he punished the St Louis Celtics supporters can only Victorino, who missed the Cardinals with his powerful per- hope they will not be tested in previous two games with a back formance at the plate in the 109th the same way Raptors fans have injury, hit a three-run double off World Series. since the last time the franchise Cardinals starter Michael Wacha “I am back baby,” Ortiz said made the playoffs in 2008. to open the scoring for the Red after the Red Sox dominated the For a moment yesterday it was Sox in the bottom of the third. Cardinals 6-1 to clinch their first as if nothing had changed, the Right fielder Victorino doubled title at home in 95 years with a Celtics raced to 6-0 lead to take off the left field Green Monster 4-2 series win in Major League the buzz out of the opening night wall which scored Ortiz, Jacoby Baseball’s best-of-seven champi- festivities even before the smoke Ellsbury and Jonny Gomes. onship final. from the pre-game pyrotechnics Victorino extended Boston’s “Should I keep it clean,” he had lifted from the court. But by lead to 6-0 with an RBI single with Boston Red Sox player Mike Napoli hoists the Commissioner’s Trophy after the Red Sox defeated the Cardinals screamed into the microphone. the half the party was back in full the bases-loaded in the fourth in in game six of the 2013 Major League Baseball World Series to win the World Series four games to two at “This is our bleep city.” swing at a soldout Air Canada front of a crowd of 38,447. Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, yesterday. The World Series win for the Red Sox is their eighth all-time The 37-year-old Ortiz, of the Centre with the Raptors comfort- Slugger Ortiz tormented the and their first clinch at Fenway Park since 1918. Dominican Republic, didn’t have ably ahead 49-37. A third quarter Cardinals all series with a hot bat, one his most productive nights fight back saw the Celtics erase a finishing 11-for-16 at the plate in yesterday as the Cardinals chose 16 point Toronto lead to pull level the Series and had seven walks first three at bats of the contest. said. “It has been a fun group he struggled mightily yesterday. to walk him four out of five times at 71-71 and keep things interest- to tie Carlton Fisk’s 1975 club Battled-tested Boston starter from day one to be around. We “They jumped on a couple of he stepped up to the plate. ing through the fourth but it was record. John Lackey hurled 6 2/3 innings busted our butts to get here.” pitches,” said Cardinals manager But he finished an otherworldly Toronto celebrating the win. “I am back baby,” Ortiz said of one run ball, striking out five The Red Sox join the 1991 Mike Matheny. “They came out 11-for-16 with a .688 batting aver- “We fought,” said Green. “We during the post-game celebration and walking none. Minnesota Twins as the only jumped on him (Wacha) and got age in the Series. fought, it didn’t matter how many where he was presented with the Right-hander Lackey clinched teams to win the World Series one the big hits when they needed Ortiz also contributed a rous- we were down. MVP trophy. a World Series title for the Angels year after finishing in last place them. We couldn’t get that one hit ing dugout speech in the midst of “We tied the game and then we St Louis wasn’t going to give back in 2002 with a terrific game in their division. to make them bend a little bit.” game four on Sunday, inspiring took the lead. But we had a few Ortiz a chance to punish them seven performance as a rookie. Japan’s Koji Uehara recorded The Red Sox clinched their his team-mates to rally for a 4-2 costly turnovers that set us back. further in game six as they walked “I am really fired up to be part the final out of the contest, strik- third World Series title in the victory that knotted the series at But as long as we keep fighting I the future Hall of Famer in his of this. It is really cool,” Lackey ing out St Louis lead-off hitter last 10 years and first at home in two games apiece. think we’ll be in a lot of games.” Matt Carpenter. It was the third 95 years when Babe Ruth was on He became the third player REUTERS consecutive save in the World their roster. in Red Sox history to be named Boston Series for Uehara. The Red Sox Boston has now won three Most Valuable Player of the World Red Sox made quick work of Cardinals titles in the last 10 years but their Series, joining Mike Lowell (2007) NBA: Results designated rookie starter Michael Wacha, previous two came on the road. and Manny Ramirez (2004). Golden State 125 LA Lakers 94 hitter David who left the game after giving up In 2007 they beat Colorado and Ortiz is the last remaining Dallas 118 Atlanta 109 Ortiz waves four runs on six hits in just 3 2/3 in 2004 they snapped an 86-year veteran from the Red Sox 2004 San Antonio 101 Memphis 94 to the crowd innings of work. title drought with a four-game championship team. Detroit 113 Washington 102 after being Drew led off the fourth by hit- sweep of the Cardinals. He now has three champion- NY Knicks 90 Milwaukee 83 ting a solo homer into right field The Cardinals didn’t get their ships and says this ring is the one named series Phoenix 104 Portland 91 for his first hit of the post-season first run until the seventh, when he will cherish the most. MVP after Sacramento 90 Denver 88 game six and he did it on the first pitch Carlos Beltran singled to left field, “Winning this World Series is from Wacha. Drew is just the sec- plating Daniel Descalso. special,” Ortiz said. Utah 98 Oklahoma 101 of the MLB ond Red Sox second baseman to St Louis then threatened to “I think it might be the most Houston 96 Charlotte 83 World Series hit a homer in the World Series, cut into the Red Sox lead further special out of all the World Series against the Minnesota 120 Orlando 115 following Rico Petrocelli in 1967. by loading the bases in the same that I have been part of, to be New Orleans 90 Indiana 95 St Louis Wacha had been the best inning but Boston first baseman honest with you, because this is a Cleveland 98 Brooklyn Nets 94 Cardinals at pitcher in the 2013 playoffs as Mike Napoli got Allen Craig out, team that we have a lot of players Fenway Park. the 22-year-old righty entered stranding the three base runners. with heart,” he said with a smile. Philadelphie 114 Miami 110 game six 4-0 and a 1.00 ERA but REUTERS REUTERS Toronto 93 Boston 87 FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Rohit earns spot in Indian Bangladesh seal Test team

MUMBAI: Rohit Sharma has earned his place into the 15-member Indian Test team series victory for the home series against the West Indies beginning at the Eden Gardens November 6. Hosts beat New Zealand in second ODI All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has been rested owing to a shoul- der strain while struggling pacer DHAKA: Tamim Iqbal became Taylor (45) held down one haul in the series. Bangladesh also Ishant Sharma retains his place. Bangladesh’s top run scorer in end before he was caught by lost wickets at crucial times even Veterans Zaheer Khan and one-day cricket yesterday as his Mahmudullah off Sohag at long though most of their batsman got Harbhajan Singh were ignored team beat New Zealand by 40 on. a decent start. while announcing the squad here runs in the second ODI to take Some late blows by Nathan Tamim Iqbal scored an ardu- yesterday. an unassailable 2-0 lead in the McCullum (25 off 23 balls) and ous half-century but was out just Speedster Umesh Yadav, who three-match series. unbeaten Kyle Mills (27 off 25 when the team were looking for Bangladesh cricketer Rubel Hossain celebrates victory with teammates was forced out of the Australia Set a target of 248, New balls) only delayed the inevitable. him to accelerate. in the second One-Day International (ODI) match against New Zealand series, returns to the fold after Zealand caved in for 207 in 46.4 Earlier, Corey Anderson and His 58 off 86 balls, which at the Sher-e Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka yesterday. Bangladesh impressive performances in overs to suffer their sixth succes- James Neesham each grabbed included five fours and a six, saw beat New Zealand by 40 runs in the second ODI to take an unassailable the ongoing ODI series against sive ODI defeat to Bangladesh, four wickets as New Zealand him overtake Shakib Al Hasan 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Australia. who won Tuesday’s series opener bowled out Bangladesh for 247 on to become Bangladesh’s leading Mohammed Shami is the new by 43 runs. a slow Sher-e-Bangla pitch. scorer in one-day international face in the pace department and Off-spinner Sohag Gazi and Anderson finished with 4-40 cricket. The third match of the he will be giving company to paceman Mashrafe Mortaza led while Neesham claimed 4-53, his series will be held on Sunday at England quicks struggle Yadav, Ishant and Bhuvneshwar Bangladesh’s bowling attack, second successive four-wicket Fatullah. AFP Kumar. Ravichandran Ashwin, sharing six wickets between them Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra to stifle New Zealand, who lost to form the spin attack. Bangladesh 4-0 in their previous Scoreboard in Ashes tour opener Jadeja, who has taken 25 wick- visit in 2010. Bangladesh: New Zealand: ets in five Tests with an average PERTH, Australia: Mashrafe provided the early Tamim Iqbal b Anderson ...... 58 A Devcich c & b Sohag ...... 19 England’s bowlers struggled in an under- of 19.85, has been advised rest for breakthrough when he bowled S Rahman st Latham b N. McCullum ...... 25 H Rutherford b Mashrafe ...... 1 whelming start to their Ashes tour in the opening match against a a couple of weeks. Hamish Rutherford for one before M Haque c N. McCullum b Anderson ...... 31 G Elliot lbw b Razzak ...... 14 Western Australia Chairman’s XI in Perth yesterday. “Jadeja has a shoulder strain. Sohag took a return catch to dis- Mushfiqur Rahim c Latham b Neesham ...... 31 R Taylor c Mahmudullah b Sohag ...... 45 The home side, effectively a second-string outfit comprising fringe The physiotherapist of the Indian miss the other opener, Anton Naeem Islam c Latham b Mills ...... 16 C Anderson c Mushfiqur b Mashrafe ...... 37 first-class players with the main state team involved in a domestic team has advised two weeks’ rest Devcich for 19. Nasir Hossain c B. McCullum b Neesham ..... 3 B McCullum lbw b Mominul ...... 14 Sheffield Shield game, won the toss and chose to bat in the three-day for him, after the end of the ODI The tourists were soon on 45-3 Mahmudullah c&b Anderson ...... 21 T Latham run out ...... 0 match, reaching 369 for four off 90 overs at the close against a tepid series against Australia, as a pre- when Abdur Razzak trapped Sohag Gazi c Devcich b Anderson ...... 26 J Neesham c Naeem b Sohag ...... 8 English pace attack. cautionary measure,” said a BCCI Grant Elliot lbw for 14. Mashrafe Mortaza b Neesham ...... 14 N McCullum c Mahmudullah b Mominul .... 25 While England paceman Chris Tremlett, who went wicketless, con- release. Corey Anderson (37) and Ross Abdur Razzak (not out) ...... 4 K Mills (not out)...... 27 ceded it was a disappointing day with the ball on an unresponsive pitch, The surprise selection was of Taylor tried to repair the damage, Rubel Hossain b Neesham ...... 2 T Southee b Mashrafe ...... 0 he said there was no cause for concern in the English camp. Ishant, who has not delivered in but a stunning catch by Mushfiqur Extras (B5,LB5, WB4, NB2) ...... 16 Extras (B1 LB 10, WB6) ...... 17 “There is no need for panic,” Tremlett said. the recent past. His record in the Rahim off Mashrafe ended their Total ( all out, 49 overs) ...... 247 Total ( all out, 46.4 overs) ...... 207 “It is the first day, which is the hardest, and it was a massive jump longest format isn’t inspiring, the 61-run stand and gave Bangladesh Fall of wicket: 1-63, 2-110, 3-136, 4-169, Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-45, 3-45, 4-106, in workload for all of us. Delhi bowler having taken 144 a firm grip on the match. 5-171, 6-173, 7-221, 8-240, 9-240, 10-247. 5-130, 6-131, 7-143, 8-157, 9-194, 10-207 “The most we have bowled in a day is four or five overs for the last wickets in 51 games at 37.99. He Bangladesh sensed victory Bowling: Southee 10-2-45-0 (wb1), Mills 10- Bowling: Mashrafe 8.4-0-43-3 (wb3), Sohag week. has not taken more than three when occasional left-arm spinner 1-47-1 (nb2), N. McCullum 8-0-42-1 (wb1), 10-0-34-3 (wb1), Rubel 9-1-47-0 (wb1), Raz- “I think we can take something out of today, we all had some good wickets in an innings since July Mominul Haque had New Zealand Neesham 10-0-53-4(wb2), Anderson 9-1-40- zak 9-0-35-1(wb1), Mahmudullah 6-0-24-0, spells at times. 2011. captain Brendon McCullum out 4, Eliot 2-0-10-0 Mominul 4-0-13-2 “The main thing is getting the miles in the legs, it is a positive with “Ishant Sharma gets rewarded lbw for 14. the guys getting through 17 or 18 overs each.” AFP for non performance yet again ... Strange selection that,” tweeted former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar. Misbah wants Pakistan to forget batting collapse “Ishant Sharma 21 wickets in last 13 tests at an average of 58 runs per wicket,” he added. DUBAI: A disgruntled second game in Dubai was allto- have batted, knowing how many before Morne Morkel bowled over and one and half runs per A noticeable omission was of Pakistan captain Misbah-ul gether a different prospect. runs were needed to score. It Mohammad Irfan to seal an over and I don’t know what was Zaheer, who worked hard on his Haq yesterday urged his team “If we keep recalling about is very disappointing that they unlikely win for South Africa. going through the batsmen’s fitness in France and picked up to move on after gifting a one- what happened in the last match played very irresponsible shots,” “I think we could say that my mind, maybe, they over-relaxed five-wicket hauls in successive run win to South Africa and it will be difficult. We must forget he said dismissal and then those of Amin a little bit.” South African cap- first class games against the West called on his batsmen to rectify that and all our players should “I think it is high time players and Umar were crucial and after tain AB de Villiers said his team Indies and Haryana. their mistakes. play the next match as a new understand how to play under that Afridi was left alone and we never lost hope. However, he could still be in the Pakistan snatched the pro- game,” said Misbah. such situations,” added Misbah, wanted him to stay there till the “South Africans always believe reckoning for the South Africa verbial “defeat from the jaws of For South Africa, Wayne whose dismissal for 31 in the end,” said Misbah. we can turn things around. tour. a win” in the first of five one- Parnell shone with both bat and 36th over proved to be the turn- Misbah urged his batsmen to When you get a sniff you have Indian Test Squad: Mahendra day internationals in Sharjah on ball, hitting a career best 56 in ing point. learn from Parnell and Lonwabo drive it home,” said De Villiers, Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Wednesday. South Africa’s 183 all out in 49.5 Ahmed Shehzad set the tone Tsotsobe (16 not out) who added who praised leg-spinner Imran Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Chasing a modest 184-run tar- overs before taking 3-41 in his with a confident 58 but once he an invaluable 52 runs for South tahir for his return of 3-45. Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat get, Pakistan were in sight of vic- eight overs. He was deservedly and Misbah fell, Pakistan’s bat- Africa’s ninth wicket. “Immi (Tahir) was fantas- Kohli, R. Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar tory at 165-4 in the 41st over, but declared man-of-the-match. ting collapsed. “Our batsmen should also rise tic. Have to also give credit to Kumar, Pragyan Ojha, Amit lost their last six wickets off just Misbah said he was disap- Umar Akmal (18), Umar to the challenge in such situa- Tsotsobe for his two wickets. Mishra, Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh 39 balls in the space of 17 runs. pointed at his batsmen’s failures. Amin (20) and Shahid Afridi tions,” said Misbah. Immi followed him and did his Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Rohit But Misbah said yesterday’s “The last six batsmen should (nine) fell in the space of 11 runs “We just needed two runs an magic.” AFP Sharma, Ishant Sharma. IANS

Bale, Ronaldo star as Real League Cup: City edge Newcastle; hammer Sevilla

MADRID: Gareth Bale scored Spurs win shootout with Hull twice and Cristiano Ronaldo notched a hat-trick as Real LONDON: Manchester City shootout victory in eight attempts Madrid thrashed Sevilla 7-3 on reached the quarter-finals of since they beat Peterborough in Wednesday night in their league the League Cup after they the FA Cup in 1994. clash. finally broke down a resilient Gylfi Sigurdsson had put them Bale was making his first start Newcastle United to win 2-0 ahead after 16 minutes with a at the Santiago Bernabeu and after extra time on Wednesday rocket finish before a Brad Friedel made an immediate impact as he night, while Tottenham Hotspur own goal ensured the tie went to put the hosts 2-0 up within half needed penalties to get past extra time. an hour. Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale Hull City. Paul McShane put Hull, who Ronaldo then added a third, but celebrates scoring against City, who made 10 changes from lost 1-0 to Tottenham in the Sevilla fought back through an Sevilla during their Spanish the team that played Chelsea in Premier League on Sunday, in Ivan Rakitic penalty and Carlos first division match at Santiago the league on Sunday, were far the box seat nine minutes into Bacca. Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on from fluent but came through a the additional period, but Kane Bale then set up Karim testing encounter with goals from levelled with a precise finish. Wednesday night. Benzema and Ronaldo to put Real substitute Alvaro Negredo and Manchester City dug deep 5-2 ahead before Rakitic replied Edin Dzeko in the first period of into their near endless squad of once more with a stunning strike been reduced to 10 men when extra time. reserves but still fielded a full side for Sevilla, although he was to Stephane Mbia was sent-off with Tottenham earned a late of internationals. blot his copybook by missing a 14 minutes remaining. reprieve when Harry Kane made Goalkeeper Joe Hart was one penalty later. Xabi Alonso also made his first it 2-2 in extra time and then of those relegated to the bench Ronaldo went on to complete his appearance of the season as a sec- booked a place in the last eight after his error of judgement on Manchester City’s Spanish striker Alvaro Negredo (left) congratu- hat-trick and Benzema rounded ond-half substitute to round off a when Hull’s Ahmed Elmohamady Sunday allowed Chelsea to win at lates team-mate Edin Dzeko after Dzeko scored their second goal in off the scoring after Sevilla had fine evening for Madrid. missed his penalty to hand Spurs Stamford Bridge, but the whole- extra time during the English League Cup fourth round match against And he believes Bale’s brace an 8-7 win. sale changes produced a stilted Newcastle United at St James’ Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, northeast could be his launching pad to take It was Tottenham’s first penalty first-half display. England on Wednesday night. Spanish League La Liga by storm. It was Newcastle who should Results Real boss Carlo Ancelotti had English League Cup have been ahead at the interval made four changes to the side with their best two chances falling the interval and should have won The Bosnian got on the MADRID: Spanish league results on Wednesday: that lost 2-1 to Barcelona at the quarter-final draw to Papiss Cisse. the match in normal time with scoresheet himself when he weekend with Benzema restored LONDON: English League Cup quarter-final He first lifted an early effort James Milner scooping an effort rounded the keeper to make the Valladolid 2 (Larsson 76, Javi Guerra 79) draw made yesterday (Premier League unless Real Sociedad 2 (Griezmann 16, 53) to the number nine role between over City’s stand-in keeper Costel over the bar and Negredo failing game safe just before the halftime Ronaldo and Bale in attack. stated): Pantilimon but wide of the post to convert a one-on-one with just interval in extra-time. Valencia 1 (Jonas 33-pen) Almeria 2 And the Frenchman proved his Leicester City (II) vs Manchester City on nine minutes, before scuffing over 10 minutes to play. At any other club, goalscoring (Torsiglieri 62, Vidal 70) worth in the move for the opener Stoke City vs Manchester United another good chance across the After Pantilimon pulled off a strikers might expect to retain Real Madrid 7 (Bale 13, 27, Ronaldo 32- as he raced onto Isco’s pass before Sunderland or Southampton v Chelsea face of goal. fantastic smothering save to deny their places but Dzeko was quick pen, 60, 71, Benzema 53, 79) Sevilla 3 cutting the ball back for Bale That effort was poked in by Cisse in extra-time, City struck to point to the embarrassment of Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United (Rakitic 38-pen, 63, Bacca 40) to fire high into the net on his Shola Ameobi from close range a killer blow when Negredo stole riches at City manager Manuel Osasuna 3 (Oier 1, Riera 13, Torres 58) favoured left foot. (ties to be played the week commencing but ruled out for offside. in front of his marker to sidefoot Pellegrini’s disposal. December 16): Rayo Vallecano 1 (Galvez 71) AFP City picked up the pace after home a cross from Dzeko. AFP FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Vettel seeking Your TV guide for third win in Djokovic, Federer live matches today Abu Dhabi Event Competition Time Channel Al Wakrah vs Al Sailiya Qatar Stars League 15:30 +1 LONDON: Newly-crowned Honduras vs Sweden FIFA World Cup U-17 16:00 HD6 quadruple world champion enter last eight Sebastian Vettel should be for- Khor vs Um Salal Qatar Stars League 16:15 +2 given this weekend if he appears Lekhwiya vs El Jaish Qatar Stars League 18:30 Global reluctant to grab pole position at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Del Potro and Wawrinka advance in Paris Brazil vs Mexico FIFA World Cup U-17 19:00 +3 The relentless 26-year-old PSG vs Lorient Ligue 1 21:30 HD5 German, who won last Sunday’s PARIS, France: Novak because I’m tired too,” he joked. Barcelona vs Espanyol La Liga 22:30 HD2 Indian Grand Prix to secure his Djokovic overcame American Paris Masters Djokovic, who won in Paris in fourth drivers’ crown in succes- John Isner while Roger Federer Series results 2009 and is not only chasing a Ipswich vs Barnsley English Championship 22:45 HD6 sion and confirm his Red Bull outclassed Philipp Kohlschreiber 40th ATP title but also the world team’s fourth constructors’ title, PARIS: Results from the Paris Masters Academica vs Benfica Portuguese League 23:30 +4 as they joined Juan Martin Del number one spot, dropped the will not have over-celebrated. Series tournament yesterday (x denotes Colon vs Newells Argentine Primera División 02:15 2 Potro, Stanislas Wawrinka and first set before storming back for As a keen, but shrewd, student seeding): defending champ David Ferrer a 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-2 victory over of his sport’s history, he will know in the Paris Masters quarter- Third Round Isner. not only that he has joined an finals yesterday. Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x7) bt Nicolas He now meets Wawrinka exclusive hall of fame - as one of In the afternoon session, Almagro (ESP x12) 6-3, 6-2 against whom he has already only four men to have taken four Federer celebrated his place David Ferrer (ESP x3) bt Gilles Simon (FRA played some classic matches McIlroy leads by titles - but also that the prime at the World Tour Finals in x15) 6-2, 6-3 this season, notably their starting spot at the Yas Marina London with a 6-3, 6-4 vic- Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt John Isner (USA five-set semi-final at the US Circuit is something of a poisoned tory over Germany’s Phillip x13) 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-2 Open where the Serb finally chalice. Kohlschreiber as the former Roger Federer (SUI x5) bt Philipp prevailed. In the four previous Abu Dhabi world number one continues “It is a big challenge for me two in Shanghai Grand Prix, the pole sitter has Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-3, 6-4 his return to form. Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x4) bt Grigor and both Wawrinka, also,” experienced serious problems SHANGHAI: He now meets colossal Dimitrov (BUL) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 said Djokovic who also has the Rory McIlroy quadruple-bogey nine. three times and failed to finish Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro Davis Cup final to consider on found himself leading a golf Moments earlier McIlroy had the race - hardly an auspicious who defeated rising Bulgarian Turning to his meeting with November 15. tournament for the first time carded his eighth birdie of the day sign that it is essential to success star Grigor Dimitrov 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 Del Potro, the 32-year-old added: “It’s not the first time I’m play- since May as he took control of on the same hole to move to seven in the season’s only ‘twilight’ race. in a high quality match on court “It’s an important match for both ing against him at this stage of a the World Golf Championships under. Mickelson then bogeyed The only driver to have taken one. of us and also looking ahead to tournament. It’s not best of five, HSBC Champions with a his last hole, the ninth, to drop pole and not only finished, but “It was a complicated match London where we could meet so we will not go the fifth set,” superbly crafted seven-under five shots in two holes and plum- won in Abu Dhabi, however, because he can hit the ball with there. It could give one of us an he joked in reference to their US par round of 65 in Shanghai met from outright second to tied was Vettel on the evening when lots of lift but also very flat,” advantage for London so it’s a key Open epic. yesterday. 28th in the 78-man field with a 71. he secured his maiden title in explained the Swiss 17-time match. Wawrinka took another step The 24-year-old was helped On Wednesday, McIlroy had November, 2010, an achievement Grand Slam winner. “I like to play him, he’s one of towards booking his ticket by world number three Phil said he was capable of winning that initiated some wild scenes of “He hit a few double faults at the best indoor players on the for London when he comfort- Mickelson blowing up in disas- the tournament with the way the celebration. important moments so I was a bit Tour and has been playing really ably defeated Spaniard Nicolas trous fashion on the long eighth course was set up. In 2009’s inaugural race, lucky too.” well. I hope he’s maybe a bit tired Almagro 6-3, 6-2. AFP hole, the 17th of his round, as the Yesterday he proved it was no defending champion Briton American found the Sheshan Golf idle boast as his swagger and, Lewis Hamilton retired with a Club water twice en route to a more importantly, his short game brake problem. In 2012, also with returned to leave a field containing McLaren, he lost fuel pressure. In WGC-HSBC 40 of the world’s top 50 in his wake. 2011, Vettel took pole, but suffered The last time McIlroy had even a first corner puncture. Champions Scores held a share of the lead was after If this suggests that the winner SHANGHAI: Leading scores yesterday the first round of the Wells Fargo can come from anywhere, it would after the first round of the $8.5m World Open at Quail Hollow on May 2. He be untrue since only one victor - Golf Championship-HSBC Champions at leads by two from Spain’s Gonzalo Finn Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus Sheshan Golf Club, Shanghai (par 72): Fernandez-Castano, who carried last year - started from behind 65 Rory McIlroy (NIR). on his fine form from last week the front row, a fact that makes 67 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (ESP), when he won the BMW Masters second on the grid such a promis- Jamie Donaldson (WAL). across the city, by carding a five- ing position. under round of 67. Vettel, who won from second in 68 Jordan Spieth (USA), Bubba Watson Also on 67 was Jamie Donaldson 2009 and from pole in 2010, will (USA), Justin Rose (ENG), Tommy of Wales. thus be seeking a third Abu Dhabi Fleetwood (ENG). Back on four-under are the success to extend his remarkable 69 Scott Hend (AUS), Paul Casey (ENG), English pair Justin Rose and run of six straight wins to a mag- Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA), Ernie Tommy Fleetwood. They were nificent seven. Els (RSA), Dustin Johnson (USA), joined on that mark by two Hamilton, who won from sec- Graeme McDowell (NIR), Gaganjeet Americans, Bubba Watson and ond in 2011, will seek his second Bhullar (IND). US PGA Tour Rookie of the Year win at one of his favourite cir- 70 Jonas Blixt (SWE), Martin Kaymer Jordan Spieth. cuits not only to end Red Bull (GER), Ryan Moore (USA), Ken But it was McIlroy’s day. The and Vettel’s supremacy, but also Duke (USA), Huang Wen-yi (CHN), revival he had threatened, with a to book-end it with two wins of Jeong Jin (KOR), Kevin Streelman second place in the Korea Open his own. (USA), Peter Hanson (SWE), Louis Novak Djokovic of Serbia serves to John Isner of the US at the Paris Masters men’s singles at the Palais a fortnight ago and a solid per- “What he has done, his achieve- Oosthuizen (RSA), Boo Weekley formance -- tee to green at least ment, is incredible, especially for Omnisports of Bercy in Paris, yesterday. RIGHT: Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts during his match against (USA), Sergio Garcia (ESP), Luke Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany -- last week at Lake Malaren, at such a young individual,” said Donald (ENG), Darren Fichardt (RSA). last materialised. AFP Hamilton. AFP

French jockey Stephan Ladjadj receiving a trophy from Sheikh Mohammed bin Faleh Al Thani, Chairman of Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC), at QREC yesterday. Ladjadj guided Bin Amer over the finish line to win the QR 100,000 Club Cup, the feature race of the day. Ladjajd also rode Sydney Harbour to victory in the Qatar Cup. Ladjadj third win came when he rode Botanic Garden to a win. PICTURE BY: JUHAIM French jockey Ladjadj on song as new season kicks off at QREC

DOHA: French jockey Sydney Harbour stole the show Stephan Ladjadj yesterday in the QR100,00 race with a Results powered to three wins on the powerful surge in the last few Race 1: L/B P/A MAIDEN PLATE; 1200M; Surface: Turf; Running Time: 1:19:89; Kaydoum, Majid Safedeen, first day of the new season at meters in the 1600m dash. Darren Williams; Jouharah, A. de M David Bouland; Mujaazef, M. Al Ramzani, J.P Guillambert Qatar Racing and Equestrian “I feel good, I am fit. It has Race 2: P/A MAIDEN PLATE 1200M; Surface: Turf; Running Time: 1:20:42; Shahab, A. de Mieulle, Club (QREC), topping the taken a long time for me to David Bouland; Al Sabeq, Majid Safedeen, Darren Williams; Ashkal, Jassim Ghazali, Yanis Aouabed; fields in the prestigious Club come back,” said Ladjajd while Race 3: L/B P/A HANDICAP RATED 0 - 50 1400M; Surface: Turf; Running Time: 1:32:23; Kassam, Jassim Cup and Qatar Cup races. reflecting on his three wins. Ghazali, Yanis Aouabed2; Zelzal, Abdullah Al Jaber, Marvin Suerland; Waad, A. de Mieulle David Bouland Ladjadj guided Bin Amer “I am better now. I like it Race 4: LOCAL THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP RATED 0 - 50; 1200M; Surface: Turf; Running Time: over the finish line to win the here. I actually feel very fit, 1:13:22; Al Moheeb, Jassim Ghazali, Gerald Avranche; Assil, M. Hussain, David Bouland; Absher, M. QR 100,000 Club Cup - the ready for new season. I am Hussain, Declan Cannon feature race of the day - fin- slimmer. I am glad that I won Race 5: THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP. RATED 50 - 70; 1200M; Surface: Turf; Pawprints, Debbie ishing ahead of David Bouland, the races,” he added. Mountain, Rebecca Danz; Yes We Can Dream, M. Khalid, Y. Al Hajri; Girl Of Cadiz, Ahmed Kobeissi, riding Shakeemah, and third- In race six, Botanic Garden Marvin Suerland placed Jelmud ridden by - ridden by Ladjadj - emerged Race 6: THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP RATED 70 - 90; 1200M; Surface: Turf; Botanic Garden, Jassim Marvin Suerland. winner with a sublime fin- Ghazali, Stephan Ladjadj; Elwazeer, Jassim Ghazali, Yanis Aouabed; Freckenham, M. Khalid, Gary Carter Earlier in race seven, Ladjajd ish ahead of Elwazeer. Jockey Race 7: QATAR CUP - THOROUGHBED HANDICAP; 1600M; Surface: Turf; Running Time: 1:36:36; rode Sydney Harbour with con- Yanis Aouabed powered Sydney Harbour, Jassim Ghazali, Stephan Ladjadj; Chandlery, A. Abbas, S. Golam; Alkazim, Ahmed fidence, winning the Qatar Cup Elwazeer to second spot ahead Kobeissi, Gary Carter ahead of Chandlerly - ridden of Carter-ridden Freckenham. Race 8: CLUB CUP; 1400M; Surface: Turf; Running Time: 1:19:89; Bin Amer, Mohammed Hamad Al by So Golam - and Alkazim. THE PENINSULA Attiya, Stephan Ladjadj; Shakeemah, A. de Mieulle, David Bouland; Jelmud, B. Al Abid, Marvin Suerland LATEST NEWS UPDATES IN TAMIL TAMIL TIMES WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 Available every Wednesdays in all leading SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com supermarkets and shops in Qatar & Bahrain 21 FOR ADVERTISEMENTS CONTACT: TEL: 4465 0600 EMAIL: [email protected] Region’s top teams set for WAFF Championship in Doha Besides host Qatar 10 other countries to take part; event kicks off on December 25

DOHA: The region’s 11 best sides Al Mohannadi said: “Young know, we always strive to adhere will feature in the eighth edition players from each country stand to the highest organization stand- of the WAFF Championship to to benefit from such events as ards applied at FIFA and AFC be held in Doha next month, they get the much-needed expo- championships at all our events,” Qatar Football Association sure. Having said that, the event Zuraikat said. (QFA) announced yesterday. is equally important for the senior Saud Al “As for WAFF’s future vision, The hugely popular football players as well.” Mohannadi, we are looking forward to win championship will be held from The QFA Secretary General Secretary General the recognition of AFC for all December 25 to January 7, 2014, added: “We are very happy to con- of Qatar Football the four regional federations QFA Secretary General Saud Al firm WAFF’s 8th Championship Association (WAFF, EAFF, SAFF, and Mohannadi said. for Men in Doha. It is without a (QFA) and ASEAN), where each regional Fadi Zuraikat, Secretary doubt that this championship is Fadi Zuraikat, federation will secure the inter- General of West Asian Football one of the most important events Secretary ests of its member associations,” Federation (WAFF) and Al the Qatar Football Association General of West he added. Mohannadi later signed the com- (QFA) will host this season.” Asian Football He ended the press conference petition agreement at Al Bida He added: “In coordination Federation, shake by saying: “Last but not least, we Towers. with the West Asian Football hands after sign- all must have our heads up! Yes, WAFF has 13 member associa- Federation, QFA has allocated the ing an agreement Qatar will be hosting the World tions. All of them are members of competition, training venues, and Cup 2022. Qatar is the right in Doha, yester- the Asian Football Confederation official hotels and is ready to host place and it will prove to the day. QFA will host (AFC). the championship. All prepara- whole world that the Middle East Besides hosts Qatar, the par- tions are coming to an end and the eighth edi- deserves to host such a major ticipating teams include Bahrain, everyone involved is vigorously tion of the WAFF tournament.” Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, working to showcase this cham- Championship WAFF, founded in 2001, is an Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, pionship in a successful manner.” in Doha from association of the football playing Syria and Yemen. Zuraikar said: “The organiza- December 25 to nations in Western Asia. Zuraikat said WAFF was confi- tion of the 8th championship in January 7, 2014. Its founding members are Iran, dent of watching a ‘well organised Qatar is a quantum leap in the Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine event’ in Doha. history of WAFF. We are sure the and Syria. “QFA doesn’t need any cer- event will gain in its new edition In 2009, three more associa- tificate from anyone when it a great deal of attention from the tions joined the federation: Qatar, comes to hosting football events. media, officials and fans in gen- the United Arab Emirates (UAE) We know we are in good hands,” eral, which will reflect positively and Yemen. Zuraikat said during a press on the level that we will see on the events which will take place in the same time, in this period the promote football in the region. Four other nations of Western conference. field.” He added: “I would like to 2014. We decided to choose this domestic leagues are often sus- “In WAFF we have a practi- Asia namely Bahrain, Kuwait, “This will be a key event for all add that the championship’s date date since it is ideal for teams that pended in the region.” cal vision for the development of Oman and Saudi Arabia joined the participating teams,” Zuraikat was finalised after thorough study are preparing for the matches Zuraikat said WAFF was work- football, and this will be noticed in 2010. added. of all the continental regional of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, at ing to a well thought out plan to during the championship. As you THE PENINSULA Shooting: Second CISM Shotgun Championhsip

Race to the top hots up Lieutenant Colonel Walter Borghino, President of Sports Committee at International Military Sports Council (CSIM), at Qatar Stars League and Major General Mohammed Ali Al Maadeed of the Qatar DOHA: Eljaish and Lekhwiya Armed Forces and President will both seek the victory that of Qatar Shooting and Archery would take them back to the Association unfurling the flag top of the Qatar Stars League of CISM during the opening (QSL). Razvan ceremony of the Second CSIM The third and fourth place Lucescu, Shotgun Championship at Losail teams clash in the seventh round Eljaish coach Shooting Complex yesterday. matches of the 14-team league speaking dur- Around 65 shooters from 10 today at Lekhwiya Stadium. ing on the countries are taking part in the Eljaish go into the match with eve of their championship which will end 12 points against thier name from Qatar Stars tomorrow. Today’s action begins six matches, while the two-time League (QSL) at 9.00am. QSL champions have one point match against less from the same number of Lekhwiya matches. In today’s other matches, Al in Doha, Khor take on Umm Salal, at Al yesterday. Khor Stadium, while Al Wakra take on Al Sailiya at their home ground. Both, Al Wakra and Al Sailiya have 12 points from six matches. “This is very important match for us. Both of us have 12 points. A B The only difference is the goals, the same with Eljaish,” said Adnan Derjal, coach of Al Wakra. Tomorrow, Al Kharaitiyat clash with Al Rayyan at Al Khor Stadium, while Qatar SC face Al Ahli, Qatar SC Stadium. In two other matches, Muaither SC square to Al Arabi, at Al Gharafa Stadium and Al Gharafa will challenge defending champions Al Sadd at Al Gharafa Stadium. THE PENINSULA

Qatar Stars A: Adnan Derjal of Wakra, B: Eric Gerets of Lekhwiya, C: Laszlo Boloni of Al Khor, D: Sami Trabelsi of Al Sailiya. League Fixtures Officials from Qatar Armed Forces during the march past by the participating teams. Besides hosts Qatar, Today’s Matches the other countries taking part are Bahrain, Finland, Iraq, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Oman, Pakistan and Thailand. Al Khor vs Umm Salal, C D Al Khor Stadium, 4.15pm Al Wakra vs Al Sailiya, Al Wakra Stadium, 4.15pm Lekhwiya vs Eljaish, Lekhwiya Stadium, 6.30pm Tomorrow Officials from various parti- Al Kharaitiyat vs Al Rayyan, Al Khor Stadium, pating coun- 4.15pm tries pose for a Qatar SC vs Al Ahli, group picture. Qatar SC Stadium, 4.15pm Muaither SC vs Al Arabi, Al Gharafa Stadium, 4.15pm Al Gharafa vs Al Sadd, Al Gharafa Stadium, 6.30pm FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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Babies remember melodies heard In iPad era, US in womb: Study Lessons from Japan’s cycling culture debates value LONDON: Newborn TOKYO: The Japanese, as a the signage) deems it absolutely babies can remember nation of 120 million people packed necessary. of cursive script melodies played to into the floodplains of a largely Bikes are parked everywhere: them while they were mountainous country, are a prac- outside homes, shops, and business. ELLICOTT CITY: For third- in the womb, accord- tical people. If there’s a minor Occasionally, as in the case of Kyoto grade pupils at Triadelphia ing to a study. inconvenience that can be solved (those bike police are real, and your Ridge Elementary School in Scientists found that by technology, then they’ve usu- bike could end up in the pound), suburban Ellicott City, an hour’s the brains of babies ally solved it. So there are vending you’ll find them in official bike parks drive from Washington, learn- who heard a specific machines on mountain tops, and and stands, but mostly they’re left ing to write joined-up letters is melody just before birth hotel mirrors that leave a perfect wherever the owners please. a no-brainer. reacted more strongly oblong clear in front of the sink so To a Londoner, all this takes a bit “I like writing it sometimes. It’s to the tune immediately you can shave, even if the rest of of getting used to. Mamachari have kind of fun,” said Oren Dubensky after they were born the mirror is steamed up. built-in locks on their back wheels, after he and his fellow eight-year- and at four months. This spirit extends to cycling. If but they all seem eminently nick- olds mastered their first cursive In the study involv- everyone who lived in the Japanese able. But inexpensive and legion, letter — “I” — after six weeks of ing 24 women in the mega-cities drove, there would be bikes aren’t under the same threat perfecting basic pencil strokes. final few months of permanent gridlock of Doctor Who of pilfering as they are in the UK. “It’s like, you don’t need to do pregnancy, half were proportions. Cycling on shared pavements, to normal letters anymore,” agreed asked to play Twinkle So, a practical attitude has devel- someone used to battling aggressive classmate Sophia Spence. “You Twinkle Little Star to oped. The first cyclist I spotted in city traffic, is similarly counterin- can do fancy letters, instead of their foetuses for five Tokyo was an impeccably dressed tuitive. But you quickly adapt. The just normal letters.” days a week. The sci- grandmother, pootling along on the infrastructure is there, and, cru- But outside the classroom, entists then played the pavement, as is overwhelmingly cially, there’s a decent hierarchy: grown-up Americans are debat- tune to the babies after allowed. She weaved in and out of drivers are respectful of cyclists ing whether the nation’s children they were born and the pedestrian traffic, the desig- and pedestrians, and despite the should be studying cursive at all, measured their brain nated on-pavement cycle path being occasional irritation, it’s light years in an era of swift and profound activity using electro- merely an opening point for nego- ahead of what two and non-wheeled technological change. encephalography. tiation. Road crossings have desig- types have to tolerate in Britain. Common Core, the kindergar- Their results, pub- nated cycle lanes, alongside those Could any of this work in the UK? ten-to-high school standard cur- lished in the journal for pedestrians. A Japanese man riding a ‘mamachari’ bike with his children in Tokyo. Here, those not willing to mix it with riculum shared by 45 of the 50 PLoS One, showed that She was riding one of Japan’s motor traffic have to contend with states (the outliers include Texas the babies who were mamachari, or granny bikes. A a hotchpotch of shared-use paths and Alaska), is silent on the sub- played the song in the solid, practical, generally single- way to school. Some even have spe- This distinction between a mama- strewn, with trees, lamp posts, and ject of cursive, also known as womb had a stronger speed city bike, they’re easy to ride, cial attachments for umbrellas. My chari-owning urban bimbler and “cyclists dismount” signs, and the longhand or joined-up writing. electrical response in but unlikely to win you any races to favourite love letter to this kind “proper cyclist” doesn’t exist to the wrath of people unhappy with their It merely calls for the teach- their brain to the song the lights. Often found with front of bike can be found in the anime same extent in the UK. riding on the pavement. ing of block-letter handwriting, as after birth, when com- basket, a rear rack and frequently Tatami Galaxy, when, after the In Japan, most treat their bicy- In Japan, the minority of cyclists well as “keyboarding” — the skill pared with a control adorned with some form of child hero’s expensive road bike has been cle as an extension of their legs, a use the roads, as they are legally able formerly known as typing that group of babies. seating, mamachari are ubiquitous stolen by Kyoto’s over-zealous bike sensible and logical way of getting to do. But most prefer the safety of many contend is far more rele- “Even though our across Japan. police, he attempts a road race on from A to B. Most are used for local the sidewalks, and the culture and vant today than scrawling across earlier research indi- Everybody rides them, not just his heavy old steed, much to the journeys: for getting to the shops, the infrastructure has developed to a sheet of paper. cated that foetuses glamorous old ladies — parents, derision of his university cycle club. or to school, or to work. Few ride accommodate them. “In the United States, rela- could learn minor students, salarymen, teens on their It takes him days. on the road, unless the footfall (or THE GUARDIAN tively few people use cursive,” said details of speech, we Morgan Polikoff, an assistant pro- did not know how long fessor of education policy at the they could retain the University of Southern California, information,” said Eino who sees “no compelling reason” Partanen, at the cog- for cursive instruction to remain nitive brain research Discovery of Earth-like planet raises hopes of more on the curriculum. unit of the University “In other countries, if every- of Helsinki. one writes in cursive, it would THE GUARDIAN LONDON: Scientists have found every eight and a half hours at a dis- Calculating the planet’s mass and goes to the question of how make less sense to stop teaching the most similar planet to Earth tance of 1m miles, and the surface involved watching the motion of the common planets like our own are it,” Polikoff said. “Here, cursive so far discovered, which is only a temperature on this planet is prob- star itself and watching how the tiny in the galaxy,” said Bill Chaplin, an is already on the way out just via little bigger and seems to be made ably at least 2,000C higher than the gravitational pull of the planet made astrophysicist at the University of momentum, it seems to me.” of very similar materials. hottest day on Earth. the star wobble. Birmingham. “Getting a good esti- “Everyone is typing, everyone Describing the results in Nature, The scientists used the tran- The total mass of Kepler-78b, mate of the size of the planet and a is texting, so cursive is kind of two independent teams of scientists sit method to determine the orbit which is 400 light years from Earth, good estimate of the mass – is still thought of as a lost art,” added found the planet has a diameter of and size of the planet Kepler-78b – was calculated as around 1.7 times very rare.” Bernadette Lucas, principal of 9,200 miles (around 1.2 times that of where they watched the light given that of Earth and its density is Subhanjoy Mohanty, an astro- Melrose Avenue Elementary Earth), and contains a rocky inte- off by the parent star, Kepler-78, around 5.3g per cubic centimetre physicist at Imperial College London, School in Los Angeles, where the rior and an iron core. That’s where and noted how often and how much (slightly lower than Earth’s 5.5g per said the discovery was an important school board is spending $30m similarities to our home planet end, the light dims every time the planet cubic centimetre). step towards finding true analogues (¤22m) to provide Apple iPads as Kepler-78b zips around its star passed in front of it. “This is a very important result, of Earth. THE GUARDIAN for its students. AFP