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Sheikha Moza meets Italian PM Emir receives call Launch of new from Indian PM

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim National Health bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a phone call from Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. They reviewed bilateral relations Strategy on June 19 and aspects of developing them, in addition to discussing a set of issues of mutual interest. Modi will 30 percent last year and according arrive in Doha today on an offi- to a preliminarily report, road acci- cial visit. The Emir will receive Three hospitals for dents have come down by 30 percent him tomorrow at the Emiri Diwan, labourers will be so far this year. where they will review bilateral “Around 50 percent reduc- relations and means of boosting opened within next 18 tion in road accident in two years them. A number of agreements will months in Industrial is a remarkable achievement. In be signed during the visit. Area, Al Khor and this area we have surpassed some advanced countries. The accident Mesaieed. rate in Qatar is lower than countries such as US in terms of accidents per Emir gets call from vehicle, said Al Thani. Regarding the violation of sum- IOC President By Sanaullah Ataullah mer timing that will come into effect The Peninsula from June 15 till end of August, Al DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Thani said that companies found bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday violating summer timing will be received a phone call from Presi- suspended and severe action will be dent of the International Olympic DOHA: The new National Health taken like banning the issuance of Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach. Strategy 2017-2022 with special new visas among others, he added. H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of the Education Above All foundation, is greeted by Italian They reviewed bilateral coop- focus on workers’ wellbeing will be Three hospitals for labour- Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, in the Palazzo Chigi in Rome, yesterday. They discussed topics related eration and prospects of promoting launched on June 19. ers will be opened within next 18 to providing quality education to refugees. Pic: AR Al-Baker → Report on page 2 them, in addition to discussing a The strategy plans to reduce acci- months in Industrial Area, Al Khor set of issues of common concern. dents related to occupational health and Mesaieed, said Dr Al Thani. and safety by five to 10 percent, said Replying to a question about Dr Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad the response of companies to com- Al Thani, Director of Public Health ply with rules, he said no company at the Ministry. The ministry aims to intends to be in trouble by violat- Fresh dates to hit market after Ramadan decrease the accidents by three per- ing health and safety rules. We are cent each year for next six years. doing our best to make them under- Some 90 percent of the goals of stand through various awareness The Peninsula year could boost production and earn — are expecting some types of fresh quantities back home to give as a public health and those related to programmes and gradually we will them good money. dates from neighbouring countries, special gift to friends and relatives. the occupational health and safety achieve our goals, he said. Good quality fresh dates are especially Oman and Saudi Arabia “Watering and cleaning palm of National Health Strategy 2011-16 Dr Al Thani was speaking expected to begin coming from during the first week of Ramadan. trees are very necessary for a good have been accomplished, he added. on the sidelines of an awareness DOHA: Not many varieties of fresh local farms to the market only after Dates see huge demand during harvest but at the same time it is “We are coordinating with a programme held at the Medical dates would be available to make Iftar Ramadan. However, some unpop- Ramadan, being an essential compo- a very painful job, especially the German company to improve our Commission to mark the World Day meals sweeter this Ramadan, as the ular varieties may be available by nent of Iftar”. If ready in Ramadan the cleaning,” said Danish, an expatri- occupational health and safety for Safety and Health at Work under fasting month arrives before the fruit mid-Ramadan. farmers could make good money from ate labourer working in a farm near system. We made remarkable the slogan “pressure in worksites”. is ready to be picked. Shopkeepers at the Omani Market fresh dates. Al Khor city. achievements in several health sec- Date farmers say that the good — a well known traditional market for Expatriates going on vacation also tors. Road accidents decreased by → Continued on page 2 rains that the country received this dates near the Doha central market take fresh and dried dates in large → Continued on page 2 02 SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 HOME

Sheikha Moza and Italian PM Philippines marks Independence Day discuss education to refugees

QNA Drawing on the work of her ini- H H Sheikha Moza bint tiatives, as well as her role as a UN advocate for the 2030 sustainable Nasser, Chairperson development goals, Sheikha Moza ROME: H H Sheikha Moza bint of the Education discussed with the Prime Minister Nasser, Chairperson of the Edu- Above All foundation, how refugee communities often cation Above All foundation, was discussed with Italian describe education as their top pri- welcomed by Italian Prime Minister ority, recognising the opportunity Matteo Renzi, in the Palazzo Chigi in Prime Minister Matteo that education gives them to ful- Rome, Italy . Renzi topics related fil their lives and for their families Sheikha Moza and the Prime to providing quality to prosper. Minister discussed topics related education to refugees. Education Above All, which Her to providing quality education to Highness established in 2012, has refugees. invested to provide primary edu- Philippine Ambassador Wilfredo C Santos (centre) cutting the ribbon to mark the 118th celebration Her Highness heard first hand cation for almost seven million of country’s Independence Day in the presence of UFOQ Chairman Ed Anami and other officials, at from Prime Minister Matteo Renzi alongside other world powers, to children and is on track to reach Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Convention Hotel, yesterday. on what the Italian Government alleviate the suffering in Syria and 10 million by the end of the year. Pic: Kammutty V P/The Peninsula is doing to help refugees in Italy, support diplomatic efforts to end This will include over one million and what efforts it is undertaking, the conflict. Syrian refugees.

Heya: A premier platform for Gulf designers QRC and WFP join hands to assist displaced Iraqis By Fazeena Saleem The Peninsula

The Peninsula food with kitchen utensils to ena- ble displaced Iraqis to cook for DOHA: Women fashion entrepre- themselves. neurs from the region claim that “Since this crisis began, the Qatar’s leading fashion exhibition DOHA/BAGHDAD: The United support WFP has shown the dis- Heya is a premier platform for estab- Nations World Food Programme placed populations of Iraq is lished and up-and-coming Khaliji (WFP) and Qatar Red Crescent remarkable. Now we’re joining designers. (QRC) have teamed up to provide efforts to reach more people with Heya Arabian Fashion Exhibi- much-needed food assistance to the necessary food, and we look tion is Qatar’s biggest showcase of 100,000 displaced Iraqis in Anbar forward to further collaboration in contemporary Arabian fashion crea- governorate and surrounding the future to help WFP assist more tions launched in 2007 and has been camps. people in need with its life-saving attracting exhibitors from across the Working with WFP to prioritise food assistance,” said General Sec- GCC and beyond to showcase an and reach the most vulnerable peo- retary Representative of QRC Issa FROM LEFT: Shaikha Al Sulaiti, Nabila Al Aissaoui and Farah Al Bakri. Pic: Salim M/The Peninsula array of Gulf-designed clothes and ple, QRC is providing a food basket Mohamed Al Ishaq. accessories. to 100,000 people in Anbar gover- As the holy month of Ramadan Its ninth edition is being held product will continue make orders,” are sold at our boutique.” This year shops. We both work for weddings norate. The QRC contribution has approaches, the QRC is also plan- under the theme ‘Elegance Re- said Al Aissaoui. we have such four new Qatari bands and it’s a an opportunity for us work allowed WFP to reach more people ning to distribute more than 1,500 imagined’ until Monday at Doha “This time we are having a new as Doore, Atiyabi, Ta’Marbuta and together in the future,” she added. in need in these areas with vital food food rations to displaced Iraqis Exhibition and Convention Centre. Eid and Ramadan collection of Aaliya.” Heya is organised by Qatar assistance. in the northern Kurdish region of The Peninsula spoke to a cross sec- abayas and jalabia. Some are with Jo La Mode is exhibiting a collec- Tourism Authority (QTA) in part- “We are working closely with Iraq (KRI) in coordination with tion of exhibitors among the 200 Morocan hand work and embroidery. tion of more than 100 abayas and Al nership with Design Creationz as the QRC to ensure that necessary WFP. customised boutiques. The fabric is mostly chiffon, silk and Bakri claims that their products are part of its efforts to empower the food continues to reach the most WFP requires nearly $73m to “Heya is helping women fash- French brocade,” she added. sold at an affordable price. private sector to attract and host vulnerable displaced Iraqi fami- run its emergency operations in ion entrepreneurs in the region a Jo La Mode, a multi brand abaya Heya intended to support and global events. Heya is also consid- lies in Iraq’s governorate of Anbar,” Iraq until the end of the year to lot to promote their talents and cre- boutique in Qatar is participating in promote established and up-and- ered as a great potential to growing said WFP’s Country Director for Iraq continue reaching those most in ations,” said Nabila Al Aissaoui of Heya since 2010. It also introduces coming local and GCC designers, the country’s MICE sector, espe- Jane Pearce. need. Due to this funding shortfall, Dar Naseem Al Andalos, a premier new Qatari brands at Heya. female entrepreneurs and fashion cially as the Islamic fashion market “This is a significant collabora- 1.5 million Iraqis are at risk of los- designer brand in Bahrain. “Heya gives that opportunity to enthusiasts are offered daily fash- is expected to be worth $327bn tion in response to the Iraq crisis to ing much-needed food assistance Dar Naseem Al Andalos is par- meet customers. It’s not visitors just ion shows, hands-on workshops as by 2020, according to the State of ensure that thousands of families get unless WFP receives immediate ticipating in Heya for the third time buy during the exhibition, but they well as fashion forums led by indus- the Global Islamic Economy report the support they desperately need as funding. and showcasing around 100 new continue to buy from us and become try experts. (2015). most of them have left their homes WFP is the world’s largest designs between a price range from regular customers. So it helps to Muneera Al Fadala, Le Particul- Shaikha Al Sulaiti spokesper- with next to nothing and have no humanitarian agency fighting QR2,900 to QR7,500. “Heys gives a expand our customer base,” said ier event management and flowers son for Heya said, “Heya gives the means to secure their family food hunger worldwide, delivering nice opportunity to get new custom- Farah Nasser Al Bakri, spokesper- said, “ Heya is an opportunity for opportunity for women fashion needs,” she added. food in emergencies and working ers. We have considerable number of son for Jo La Mode. businesses to find a place in the big entrepreneurs to showcase their The WFP food basket weighs with communities to build resil- customers from Qatar. Once they buy “We take Heya as an opportu- market. It gives a space for network- designs and acts as a platform to 70 kg and consists of eight food ience. Each year, WFP assists some from us at the exhibition and like the nity to introduce new brands which ing.” “Here I met people from bridal promote them.” items including flour, rice and oil. 80 million people in around 80 The QRC will complement this countries.

Iftar invitation Harvest of quality dates begins from July 10

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Usually work in date farms begins in the first week of March. “The heavy rains in Qatar that lasted for two days in March came as a great help for workers caring palm trees like me. The rains not only watered the palm trees but also washed them clean,” said Danish. “Green dates look better on the trees this year com- pared to last year and we expect a better harvest,” he added. There are some 2,000 palm trees of different types at the farm he works which A sign board with Ramadan greetings and Iftar offerings is displayed near a mosque in Mamoura, has employed three people. yesterday. Pic: Qassim R/The Peninsula Usually harvest of good quality dates like shishi, rutab and khalas begins from July 10. “ At least there is one type Labourers receive free medical check-ups of date- I do not know the name- that ripens by June 20. It comes in very small quan- → Continued from page 1 also offered to the workers. Some medical attention. A complete report tities and when good quality 1,400 underwent tests such as clin- of tests will be submitted to the Min- dates enter the market, peo- The programme was organised ical examination, measurements of istry of Public Health. ple stop eating it. We pluck it by the Ministry of Public Health in blood pressure, sugar levels, choles- The officials from the Minis- for personal use but we do Dates start to ripen as the mercury rises in the region with summer months collaboration with the Ministry of terol, BMI, evaluation and treatment try of Administrative Development, not take it to the market,” said fast approaching. Pic: Kammutty V P/The Peninsula Interior, local partners like Focus by physiotherapists. Labour and Social Affairs educated Danish. Qatar, a social organisation at Indian Some 100 single working women the workers about their rights and “ When the harvest sea- Embassy and private companies. like receptionists, accountants and jobs, duty hours and rules of occu- son begins, we take some 50 boxes on a daily basis. A 8kg box of good the beginning of the season. Grad- A free medical check-up was cleaning workers also received pational health and safety. of dates to the central market for sale quality fresh dates costs QR100 in ually the prices will fall,” he added. MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 03 Call for talks on fully ending Israeli occupation

two sides to genuinely commit to the two-state solution and create con- Palestinian MP The Paris meeting was ditions for “fully ending the Israeli attended by US Secretary occupation that began in 1967.” freed after 14 of State John Kerry, It said participants were “alarmed that actions on the ground, UN Secretary-General in particular continued acts of vio- months in jail Ban Ki-moon as well as lence and ongoing settlement representatives from activity are dangerously imperil- AFP the Arab League, the ing the prospects for a two-state solution.” European Union and key The gathering agreed to set up Arab states. teams by the end of the month to RAMALLAH: A prominent Palestin- work on economic and security ian lawmaker vowed to keep up her incentives for the Israelis and Pal- campaign for prisoners’ rights after estinians for reaching a deal, said being released yesterday following French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc 14 months in an Israeli jail. AP Ayrault. Leftwinger Khalida Jarrar, 53, In his opening speech, French was arrested in April 2015 and later President Francois Hollande said sentenced to 15 months in prison for that “our initiative aims at giving encouraging attacks against Israelis, PARIS: Top diplomats from around them guarantees that the peace will according to the Israeli army. the world yesterday endorsed be solid, sustainable and under inter- She was released a month early France’s efforts to revive long-dor- national supervision.” due to overcrowding in Israeli mant Mideast peace talks aimed Kerry was non-committal jails, according to the prisons’ Prominent Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar speaks to reporters in her hometown, the West Bank at “fully ending” Israel’s half-cen- when asked if he would support administration. city of Ramallah, following her release from an Israeli jail yesterday. tury-old occupation of lands the an international conference later “There are still many prison- Palestinians seek for their state. this year, with Israelis and Pal- ers, more than 7,000 — including France wants to set up an inter- estinians attending. “We’re just judges, parliamentarians, children national conference by the end of starting, let’s get into the conver- and the sick,” Jarrar told reporters officers to the Jabara checkpoint in the Israeli parliament, and doz- are in custody and Jarrar has been the year that would restart nego- sations,” he said. at her home in Ramallah, seat of the between Israel and the West Bank, ens of supporters. Jarrar is a senior jailed multiple times. tiations — despite slim chances of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Palestinian Authority in the occu- where she was freed and walked a figure in the Popular Front for the Despite her release, Jarrar still bridging wide gaps between Israe- Netanyahu has rebuffed the French pied West Bank. few metres on foot. Liberation of Palestine, a Marxist has a five-year suspended sen- lis and Palestinians. initiative. Netanyahu spokesman A handcuffed Jarrar had been She was greeted by Ayman party considered a terrorist organ- tence, according to Palestinian rights France has said it felt compelled David Keyes said that “peace is not brought by Israel Prison Service Odeh, the head of the Arab Joint List isation by Israel. Many of its leaders organisation Addameer. to act because the opportunities going to come through imposition.” for setting up a Palestinian state Israel has indicated an openness alongside Israel are slipping away, recently to some elements of an Arab while the situation in the region is peace proposal from 2002, which deteriorating. promised peace and recognition of Palestinian groups reject peace scheme Israel has rebuffed the French Israel by the Arab and Muslim world plan, saying only direct negotiations in exchange for the creation of a Pal- could work. Palestinian officials said estinian state. Israeli officials have yesterday the French efforts were too given no indication of any recent Anatolia tinian refugees to return to their homes of Palestine said in a joint statement. negotiations with Israel, which have vague. Neither side was represented movement on the proposal. in what is now Israel. The declaration coincides with a only led to the construction of more at the Paris gathering. Palestinian President Mah- “Ideas put forth in the French Friday meeting of foreign minis- Jewish-only settlements [on occupied The meeting was attended by US moud Abbas has welcomed France’s initiative constitute a serious ters in Paris aimed at drumming Palestinian land] and provided polit- Secretary of State John Kerry, UN efforts, in part because it could RAMALLAH: Palestinian resist- encroachment on longstanding up support for the French initiative, ical cover for the ongoing Judaization Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon potentially end a two-decade-old ance factions collectively declared Palestinian demands, particu- the main aim of which is to restart of Jerusalem,” the joint statement as well as representatives from the US monopoly on mediation. Pales- yesterday their rejection of a French larly the right of return,” Hamas, stalled talks between Israeli and Pal- read. While the French initiative Arab League, the European Union tinians have long complained that Mideast peace initiative, saying it Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for estinian negotiators. has been welcomed by the Ram- and key Arab states. the US heavily favours Israel and violated longstanding Palestinian the Liberation of Palestine and the “We reject the French initiative allah-based Palestinian Authority, A joint statement called on the cannot serve as an honest broker. demands, including the right of Pales- Democratic Front for the Liberation and all attempts to resume futile Israel has rejected the plan.

Regime strikes kill dozens 117 bodies found off Libyan coast

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ZWARA, LIBYA: The bodies of at least 117 migrants trying to reach Europe, many of them women, have washed up on a beach in the Libyan town of Zwara, the Red Crescent said yesterday. “So far, 117 bodies have been found, 70 percent of them women and six children,” Khames Al Boussefi, spokesman for the Lib- yan Red Crescent in the western town, said. “We are going out again to search around Zwara and nearby beaches,” he said. Earlier, Libyan navy spokes- man Colonel Ayoub Qassem gave a similar count of bodies retrieved since Thursday evening, cau- tioning it was likely to rise since an average boat carries 115-125 passengers. People smugglers have Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, walk exploited the chaos gripping amid the debris following a reported air strike by government Libya since the 2011 uprising forces in the rebel-held neighbourhood of Sukkari in the northern that overthrew dictator Muam- city of Aleppo, yesterday. Regime air strikes killed dozens of mar Gaddafi to traffic migrants civilians in Aleppo and nearby areas. across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.

Bahrain replaces Iraq forces inch into oil minister Fallujah: Commanders Reuters AFP Arab acronym for IS. Prime Minis- ter Haider Al Abadi announced the launch of an operation to retake DUBAI: H M King Hamad bin Isa Fallujah on May 23. After an initial Al Khalifa of Bahrain, replaced FALLUJAH: Iraqi forces made phase of shaping operations aimed the oil minister in a minor cabinet progress yesterday in their assault at cutting off the jihadists’ last sup- reshuffle yesterday that affected on Fallujah, moving into a southern ply lines, elite forces on May 30 two cabinet portfolios, state news neighbourhood of the Islamic State attempted to enter Fallujah from agency BNA reported. group’s bastion, commanders said. three directions. Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Iraqi forces had managed to They have not pushed deep into Al Khalifa, a member of the rul- enter the Shuhada neighbourhood, the IS bastion however, slowed in ing family, was appointed energy on the southern edge of the city their advance by tough resistance minister, replacing Abdul Hussain centre. “The security forces have and widespread concern over the bin Ali Mirza. Mirza was appointed advanced from Naimiya neigh- fate of 50,000 civilians believed to minister of water and electricity. bourhood to Shuhada,” Lieutenant be trapped inside the city. The Nor- Bahrain, which is not a General Abdelwahab al-Saadi, the wegian Refugee Council, which runs member of the Organisation of operation’s overall commander, said. camps for displaced people south Petroleum Exporting Countries “The clashes between the secu- of the city, said Friday that an esti- (Opec), produces about 200,000 rity forces and Daesh members were mated 12,000 residents of the area barrels of oil per day. fierce,” said another officer, using an have fled their homes since May 21. 04 SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Contamination Cops win first suspected in bounties for diarrhoea death Anatolia

ZAMBOANGA CITY: At least 11 killing criminals people have died in the latest widespread cases of diarrhoea in the Philippines, after more than announced on his Facebook page 40 were confirmed dead following on Thursday night he had paid out outbreaks in the country’s south. Tomas Osmena, 155,000 pesos ($3,300) to police who An official from the health mayor-elect of Cebu, killed three men he said were drug department told local radio station traffickers. DZMM yesterday that the 11 fatal- announced on his Osmena posted a series of com- ities confirmed in central Samar Facebook page ments celebrating the deaths of the island were among “935 cases reg- three men, as he lashed out at the istered in different parts of Samar that he had paid Commission on Human Rights, a and Leyte”. “We suspect the drink- out 155,000 pesos constitutionally mandated body, ing of contaminated water... the for investigating the circumstances water has no treatment,” said Boyd ($3,300) to cops of the May 28 killings. Cerro, coordinator of the depart- who killed three men “CHR = Criminals. Have. Rights. ment’s Regional Epidemiology and (Even more than the real victims),” Surveillance Unit, adding that per- he said were drug Philippines’ president-elect Rodrigo Duterte gives a press conference in Davao City, yesterday. Osmena wrote. sonal hygiene could have played traffickers. Osmena described one of the a role. slain suspects, Rowen Secretaria, News broadcaster ABS-CBN as one of Cebu’s biggest drug deal- quoted him as saying that author- ers. Osmena did not return calls ities had traveled to the affected AFP from AFP requesting comment, and Duterte vents anger at UN areas and consulted with munic- in a previous interview refused to ipal health officers, calling for disclose where the money for the chlorination so water would be bounties would come from. AFP they’re always raising fears about this who was a vocal critic of his who safe for consumption. “The prac- MANILA: A Philippine politician said Osmena and Duterte, like all or that United Nations convention,” deserved to die. The Philippines is tice here [Samar] is that they don’t he had given more than $3,000 to winners in the national elections, Duterte said, even though the jour- one of the most dangerous nations bring the sick people to hospital police officers for killing drug traf- will not take office until June 30. nalists’ criticism had not been linked in the world for journalists, with 174 or health center until the case fickers, the first such rewards since But Duterte this week urged secu- MANILA: Controversial Philippine to UN protocols. murdered since a chaotic and cor- becomes serious or somebody president-elect Rodrigo Duterte pro- rity forces to begin the war on crime president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has “You can’t even solve the Middle ruption-plagued democracy replaced dies,” he said. moted bounties for slain criminals. immediately, calling on them to kill launched a profanity-laced tirade East carnage couldn’t even lift a fin- the dictatorship of Ferdinand Mar- Cerro underlined that an Duterte won last month’s elec- criminals. against the United Nations while ger in Africa shut up all of you.” cos three decades ago. The United advisory was issued to all towns tions in a landslide after pledging Duterte announced on Tuesday criticising it for being too weak to Duterte, 71, had been incensed Nations has made no recent criticism to monitor water sources and to wipe out crime by killing tens he would pay three million pesos fix problems in the Middle East and by the criticism of foreign and local of Duterte, who has been mayor of conduct educational campaigns of thousands of criminals, and this ($21,000) to law enforcers for kill- Africa. media groups to his comments the southern city of Davao for most on sanitation. Last month, offi- week said he would pay bounties to ing drug lords, with lesser amounts In a seemingly unprovoked earlier in the week that corrupt of the past two decades and will be cials confirmed that more than law enforcement officers for dead for lower-ranking people in drug attack on the UN at a press confer- journalists were legitimate targets sworn into office on June 30. But in 40 people had died in weeks- drug traffickers. syndicates. ence, Duterte vented his anger in of assassination. 2008 the then-UN special rappor- long diarrhea outbreaks and the Tomas Osmena, mayor-elect of However Osmena’s rewards are response to a question about for- Explaining his stance on corrupt teur on extrajudicial killings, Philip recorded fatalities were 22 in Zam- Cebu, the nation’s second-biggest the first confirmation of a payment eign media groups that were critical journalists, Duterte said on Tues- Alston, highlighted concerns about boanga City and 23 in the majority city, offered similar rewards and being made for killing a suspect. of him. “That’s the trouble here, day that one murdered reporter unsolved murders in Davao. Muslim island province of Sulu. China slams Philippines’ definition of South China Sea as a reef

Reuters to dominate the Shangri-La Dialogue bilateral talks. Manila is challenging try to negate China’s sovereignty and life and economic activity, Hua said. China, which claims sovereignty (SLD) starting yesterday, exposing a the legality of China’s claim there, in related rights over the Spratly Islands,” China claims almost the entire over Taiwan, has appeared unruf- deepening rivalry between the United part by arguing that no land mass in China’s Foreign Ministry spokes- South China Sea, through which about fled by Taiwan’s upgrading work on States and China ahead of a landmark the Spratly archipelago, including woman Hua Chunying said. $5 trillion worth of ship-borne goods Itu Aba. Military strategists say that BEIJING: As Asia’s biggest security legal ruling over the disputed area in Itu Aba, known as Taiping Island in “This is a violation of international passes every year. is because it could fall into China’s summit is set to convene, China yes- the Hague. Chinese, can legally be considered law and completely unacceptable,” Self-ruled Taiwan controls Itu hands should it ever take over Taiwan. terday accused the Philippines of Beijing refuses to recognise the a life-sustaining island. That would Hua said in a statement. Chinese fish- Aba, which some analysts believe Taiwan in May called on the inter- seeking to negate its sovereignty in the case lodged by the Philippines with mean it cannot hold rights to a 370km ermen had historically lived on Itu has the strongest claim to island sta- national court not to make a ruling on South China Sea by describing Taip- the Permanent Court of Arbitration exclusive economic zone. Aba year-round, and fished, dug wells, tus and an economic zone. Late last the legal status of Itu Aba in the South ing Island as a reef and not an island in The Hague over territorial claims “The Philippines’ attempt to define cultivated plants and constructed year it finished a $100m port upgrade China Sea case if the judges don’t visit in Manila’s territorial court case.Ten- in the South China Sea and says such Taiping Island as a ‘reef’ exposes that buildings, all evidence that it was an on Itu Aba, which has an airstrip, a first to see for themselves it can sus- sions in the South China Sea are set disputes should be resolved through the goal of its arbitration case is to island capable of sustaining human hospital and fresh water. tain life.

Translator for Point of sale Defence talks would not be Bangkok bomb held at Asian forum: S Korea suspects held Reuters Korean missile tests showed the need on drug charges for improved missile defences, even though the latest test launch on Tues- AFP day was a failure. SEOUL: South Korea said yester- “There is no plan for discus- day the deployment of an advanced sions on Thaad at the Shangri-La BANGKOK: A translator for two US missile defence system to coun- Dialogue,” a South Korean defence Uighur men accused of a deadly ter the growing threat from North ministry official said. The official, Bangkok bombing was remanded Korea would not be discussed when who spoke on condition of ano- in custody yesterday for drug defence chiefs meet at an Asian nymity, said separate talks on the possession, further complicat- security forum at the weekend. missile defence system were contin- ing a murky trial that has failed The United States and South uing between South Korea and the to answer key questions about the Korea began talks on deployment United States. unprecedented attack on Thailand. of the Terminal High Altitude Area A senior US defence official Sirojiddin Bakhodirov was Defence (Thaad) anti-missile sys- said earlier there were still “a lot arrested this week with small tem after North Korea conducted of technical issues to get through” amounts of marijuana and crystal its fourth nuclear test in January but a public announcement would meth. Yesterday a Bangkok court and launched a long-range rocket be made “soon.” China and Russia extended the Uzbeck national’s a month later. oppose the deployment of Thaad, remand, according to police. US Defence Secretary Ash Carter which operates powerful radar But Bakhodirov, who is the said en route to the Shangri-La Dia- capable of penetrating deep into only Uighur translator at the Bang- logue, a three-day Asian security their territories. S Korea and the US kok bomb trial, told said by phone Vendors sell fruits at a market in Hanoi, yesterday. meeting being held in Singapore say it is needed in response to the the drugs were planted on him as from yesterday, that recent North missile threat from N Korea. punishment for helping Thailand’s Uighur community. The mostly Muslim ethnic minority faces persecution and discrimination in their homeland in northwest- ern China, forcing many to flee Thai junta leader defends crackdown on social media and often use Thailand as a tran- sit country. Two Uighur men were arrested AP democracy.” “Anything that cannot be year after several postponements, and could land activists in prison for up to for the military to take control for a over the August 2015 bombing that completed during this administration wants to hold a referendum on August 10 years. Even the sale of a “Vote No” while,” Prayuth said, speaking in Thai. killed 20 people -- mostly ethnic will be handed over to the next,” he 7 on the draft of a new constitution T-shirt is considered against the law. His comments were translated into Chinese tourists -- at Bangkok’s said in a speech at the start of a three- that has been criticized as undemo- In May, authorities arrested eight English by an interpreter. Erawan shrine. The two Uighurs SINGAPORE: Thailand’s junta leader day security conference in Singapore cratic and designed to keep power in people on charges of sedition and vio- “We have enforced the law only accused of bombing Bangkok yesterday defended his government’s attended by defence ministers from the hands of the military and its allies lation of the Computer Crime Act for when the law is broken so taking deny the charges and one of the increasing crackdown on social media several Asia-Pacific nations, includ- in the country’s traditional elite. material posted on Facebook that action is not in violation of human suspects, Bilal Mohammed, says dissidents, while promising to restore ing US Defense Secretary Ash Carter. His government has banned most mocked Prayuth. The arrests attracted rights,” he said. “In creating a new police tortured him into making democracy which he suspended in a Prayuth seized power in a military public discussion of the referen- widespread criticism from local and equilibrium for Thailand, many issues a confession he later retracted. coup two years ago. coup in May 2014, saying he needed dum, which will be the first electoral international human rights groups. need to be addressed.” Prayuth said Thailand’s military government Prime Minister Prayuth Chan- to end political confrontations that barometer of public opinion about the There has been an “abuse (of) he imposed military rule because of forcibly deported over 100 Uighurs ocha said Thailand is in a transition had wracked Thailand for years. He junta. Campaigning for or against the social media to engage in libel and a “increasing demands for unlimited to China. toward “a strong and sustainable has promised to hold elections next draft is subject to nebulous rules that distortion of facts,” so it is “necessary freedom” in Thailand. ASIA / AFRICA SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 05 Missing Japanese boy found safe after a week

AFP been severely criticised by the Japa- “looked in good health” but had been past week. The soldier who found the nese public for forcing him out of their taken to hospital by helicopter as a boy told reporters that he found him A soldier discovered car on a mountain road to teach him precaution. The parents originally told when he happened to open the door Yamato Tanooka, a lesson for throwing stones at cars police that their son got lost while they of the hut. “I asked, ‘Are you Yamato?’” TOKYO: A seven-year-old Japanese and people. After the emotional dis- were out hiking to gather wild vege- said the soldier, who was not identi- boy was found alive yesterday nearly who had walked covery, the contrite father appeared tables along with their daughter, but fied, adding that the boy nodded as if a week after his parents left him in some 5.5km from the before the media outside the hospital later admitted they had become angry saying yes. “He stood still,” the sol- a bear-inhabited forest as punish- where the boy was taken for a check- with him for throwing the stones. dier added. “He didn’t look scared. He ment for misbehaving, hungry but spot where he was up, bowing as he apologised for his They ordered him onto the road, seemed relieved.” A still image of the unharmed in a hut on a military base. abandoned, finding “excessive” actions. bounded on both sides by thick moun- rescue on TV showed the boy wear- A soldier discovered Yamato “The first thing I said to my son tain forests, and quickly returned only ing a baseball cap and T-shirt, holding Tanooka (pictured) who had appar- shelter in the hut was, ‘I’m very sorry to have caused to find him missing. Days of frantic some food and drink. ently walked some 5.5km from where he huddled in a you to face this suffering because of searching found no trace of the child. Japanese media interrupted regu- the spot where he was abandoned pair of mattresses. me,’” said Takayuki Tanooka, adding The boy told police that he walked lar programmes to broadcast news of last Saturday, finding shelter in the that the child nodded in reply. to the military base that Saturday Yamato’s discovery in the case which hut where he huddled in a pair of “I deeply apologise to people at night, finding shelter in the hut located has drawn huge attention. mattresses. his school, people in the rescue oper- spent days searching in cold and dif- in the complex, according to the local The stunning development was During his ordeal, in rugged the corrugated-iron hut, and was ation, and everybody for causing them ficult conditions. Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper. the top trending item on Twitter in terrain on the northern island of immediately given food when he trouble,” he added, thanking those Self-Defense Force spokes- Temperatures in the area dipped Japan, with many expressing amaze- Hokkaido, he drank from a tap near was found. Yamato’s parents have including military and police who man Manabu Takehara said the boy as low as 4.6 degrees Celsius in the ment at the boy’s survival skills.

Shell probing new claim Tiananmen Square anniversary of Nigeria pipeline attack

AFP NDAvengers blow up the SPDC For- “We have dispatched our men cados 48” export line,” it said on its and we have intensified patrols in Twitter account. the area. We are working round the The attack was carried out clock to protect critical infrastruc- YENAGOA: Shell’s Nigerian sub- because Shell had refused to heed ture in Bayelsa,” he added. sidiary said yesterday that it was earlier warnings not to repair the There was no immediate word investigating a claim by the Niger pipeline, which was damaged in Feb- from Agip’s parent company, Eni of Delta Avengers that it had struck ruary, it added. The NDA, which says Italy, when contacted by email. another pipeline in the restive oil- it is seeking a fairer share of Nigeria’s The NDA has been attacking producing south. oil wealth for the Niger delta people facilities operated by subsidiaries of “We are investigating reports and has asked oil majors to leave the Shell, Eni, US firm Chevron, and the of an attack on our pipeline in the region, also said it had struck Agip state-run Nigerian National Petro- western Niger delta,” Shell Petro- facilities. leum Corporation (NNPC). leum Development Company (SPDC) “At about 3:30am today strike The army said on Thursday that spokesman Precious Okolobo said team blow up the Brass to Tebidaba six people, including two soldiers, without elaborating. crude oil line in Bayelsa (state),” it were killed when militants attacked The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), said on Twitter. a boat belonging to the NNPC in the blamed for a wave of bombings on Desmond Agu, commandant region, but the NDA denied involve- Nigeria’s oil infrastructure since the of the Nigerian Security and Civil ment. The deadly attack happened A Chinese girl holds the national flag in Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday, on the eve of the 27th beginning of the year, earlier claimed Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, at about 5:50pm on Wednesday in the responsibility for the attack. “At confirmed the second attack and said Warri area of Delta state, which has anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests. 3:00am today (0200 GMT Friday), @ the pipeline had been shut down. seen a spate of attacks recently.

S African mining North Korea accuses Thailand charges 22 with wildlife companies appeal South of abducting trafficking at Tiger Temple silicosis ruling AFP more restaurant staff Reuters Bangkok, has been a major tourist Parks, said 22 people had been attraction for more than two dec- charged with wildlife possession JOHANNESBURG: South African ades, with visitors paying 600 baht and trafficking, including 17 members mining companies said yesterday ($17) admission to pose for photo- of the temple’s foundation and three that they had appealed against a AFP women who were taken south and KANCHANABURI: Thai police have graphs with the tigers. monks trying to flee with a truckload court ruling allowing hundreds spirited across the border with Laos charged 22 people, including three Wildlife activists have accused of tiger skins.It followed the grim dis- of thousands of miners to sue for and then into Thailand. Buddhist monks, with wildlife traf- the temple of illegally breeding the covery on Wednesday of the bodies of damages over lung disease con- “The allurement and abduction ficking and removed more dead tigers while some visitors on online 40 tigers cubs inside a freezer. tracted at work. SEOUL: North Korea has again clearly proves that the puppet forces animals including a bear and a leop- forums complained that the tigers It remains unclear why the dead A High Court last month accused the South of “premeditated” of south Korea are the most hideous ard from the infamous Tiger Temple, appeared sedated. tiger cubs were being stored, though allowed former and current mine abduction, following the latest defec- human rights abusers,” the statement authorities said yesterday. The temple denies the accusa- tiger bones and body parts are used workers employed by the coun- tion of North Korean staff working said, demanding the immediate The temple in Kanchanaburi tions. Adisorn Nuchdamrong, from in traditional Chinese medicine. try’s main gold mining firms since at a Pyongyang-run restaurant in return of the three women. province, west of the capital, Thailand’s Department of National “We’ve confiscated all the hard 1965 to proceed with a class action China. The South Korean government disks of closed circuit cameras in this against the companies. The three North Koreans arrived estimates that Pyongyang rakes in temple for police to find evidence of The court decision cleared the in Seoul on Wednesday -- the sec- around $10 million every year from wrongdoing,” Adisorn said. way for up to half-a-million miners ond such group defection this year about 130 restaurants it operates -- The temple officially opened in to sue for damages resulting from after a dozen employees of another with mostly North Korean staff -- in 1994 close to a wild tiger habitat. It silicosis -- a deadly respiratory restaurant in China defected to the 12 countries, including neighbouring received its first tiger cub, which had condition developed from breath- South in April. China. Tough United Nations sanc- been found by villagers, in 1999. ing in fine silica dust that can be “This incident, too, was the tions imposed on North Korea after The cub died soon after but vil- found in places such as mines. organised and premeditated its January nuclear test significantly lagers kept bringing cubs to the The miners accuse 30 sub- abduction by gangsters of the pup- curtailed the isolated state’s ability temple, usually when the moth- sidiaries of seven companies pet National Intelligence Service of to earn hard currency, making the ers had been killed by poachers, -- including African Rainbow South Korea,” a spokesman for the restaurants an even more important the temple said. Repeated efforts Minerals, AngloAmerican, Angl- North Korean Red Cross said in a source of income than before. to shut down the temple have been oGold Ashanti, Harmony Gold, statement. There have been reports of staff blocked by the monks. Thailand is a Gold Fields and Sibanye Gold -- of The statement, carried by the not being paid, with restaurants well-known trafficking hub of illicit knowingly and systematically fail- official KCNA news agency late pressured into increasing their regu- wildlife products, including ivory. ing to protect workers against the Thursday, claimed there were lar remittances to Pyongyang. Thailand’s wildlife department disease that inflames and scars the “sufficient materials” to prove a Since the first group defection of began raiding the temple on Monday. lungs. In a joint statement, those well-planned, concerted operation restaurant workers in April, North There were 137 tigers inside the tem- six companies said they have filed to abduct the workers from the res- Korean state media has repeatedly ple and 119 have been removed. The individual applications to appeal taurant in Weinan, in the northern run emotional interviews with the World Wildlife Fund said in April that against the “class certification Tiger cub carcasses are seen in jars containing liquid at the Tiger Chinese province of Shaanxi. 12 women’s relatives still in North the number of wild tigers in the world judgement handed down by the It said members of the South’s Korea, urging their immediate Temple, in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok, Thailand, stands at around 3,890, with more South Gauteng High Court on 13 spy agency had “lured” the three return. yesterday. than 100 wild tigers in Thailand. May 2016”. Nepal seeks to drain giant glacial lake near Everest

AFP an alarming rate, creating huge glacial its banks and flood villages down- army expects to complete the project Sharma, Director General at the international study warned that lakes which could burst their banks stream. “With the aim of minimising by the end of the year, he said. national Department of Hydrology glaciers in the Everest region could and devastate mountain communities. the risk of a possible outburst... the A flood would have a cata- and Meteorology told AFP. shrink by 70 percent or disappear Imja Tsho, located at an altitude of Nepal Army has begun efforts to strophic impact on the lives of more entirely by the end of the century, KATHMANDU: Nepali soldiers have 5,010 metres (16,437 feet), just 10km lower the level of water in Imja lake than 56,000 people living in villages “The lake had been gaining in vol- owing to climate change. kicked off efforts to partially drain a south of the world’s highest peak, is by opening a channel,” said army located as far away as Nepal’s densely ume over the last 30 to 40 years due A study published in 2014 by the giant glacial lake near Mount Everest, the fastest-growing glacial lake in spokesman, Tara Bahadur Karki. populated Terai plains, one scientist to climate change.” Kathmandu-based International fearing possible flooding that could Nepal. “A mechanical gate will be said. Nepal is home to some 3,000 Centre for Integrated Mountain Devel- threaten the lives of thousands, an The surface area covered by the installed and will be manually oper- “Dozens of villages located nearby glacial lakes, of which seven are opment used satellite imagery to show army official said yesterday. lake expanded from 0.4 to 1.01 square ated to control the water flow through and in the downstream Terai dis- regarded as high-risk, Sharma said. how Nepal’s glaciers had already Scientists say climate change is kilometres between 1984 and 2009, the channel,” Karki told AFP. tricts up to 50 kilometres away from The move to partially drain the shrunk by nearly a quarter between causing Himalayan glaciers to melt at triggering concerns that it may breach The work began in April and the the lake are vulnerable,” Rishi Ram lake comes one year after a major 1977 and 2010. 06 SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 PAKISTAN

China & Pakistan Budget targets to monitor $46bn corridor projects tax rises to shore against corruption up finances Internews ISLAMABAD: Top anti-graft organisations of Pakistan and Dar said Pakistan would cut its China will jointly monitor the fiscal deficit to 3.8 percent of gross $46bn China-Pakistan Economic Finance Minister domestic product for the coming Corridor (CPEC) and its related Ishaq Dar said financial year, down from the 4.3 projects to ensure transparency percent envisaged for this year, and avoid chances of corruption. Pakistan would and helped by a planned rise in tax Both countries will soon sign a cut its fiscal deficit collection to Rs 3.95trillion rupees memorandum of understanding ($37.8bn). (MoU) for anti-corruption coop- to 3.8 percent of “The dangers to the economy eration. National Accountability GDP for the coming are now far behind us. Economic Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar growth has hit an eight year high. Zaman will fly to China this month financial year, down This would have been even better to sign the document. from the 4.3 percent if it had not been for a 28 percent Almost all road projects of the envisaged for this fall in the cotton crop,” Dar told CPEC are being executed by the parliament. National Highway Authority (NHA) year. Still, the economy remains struc- and concerns have been raised turally weak, hamstrung by poor that in several projects alleged infrastructure, struggling exports, irregularities and discrepancies the threat of militant violence and have been committed. Employees sort documents before they are distributed for the presentation of the 2016-17 budget in the Reuters a very narrow tax base. Recently, the NAB chairman The GDP growth rate of 4.7 per- National Assembly in Islamabad, yesterday. visited China to attend a UN con- cent in the year to June 2016 was vention on corruption, organised less than the government’s 5.5 per- runs from July to June. hospitals, to the dismay of donors who by the International Association of ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is targeting cent target, and a contraction in the Khurram Husain, a Karachi-based Successive governments have end up financing much of the social Anti-Corruption Authorities, and a near 16 percent rise in tax revenues agricultural sector this year meant analyst, said the government was pro- promised to rein in tax evaders and infrastructure. met Prof Cao Jianming, Prosecutor in the fiscal year ending June 2017, many Pakistanis do not feel much posing to raise taxes on turnover and boost revenues but face fierce resist- Dar said total spending for the General of China, on the sidelines Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said yes- better off. financial transactions, which could ance to change, including from the 2016/17 year was estimated at Rs 5.08 of the convention. Zaman said terday as he unveiled a budget aimed Pakistan’s economy needs to hurt economic activity. It had largely many politicians and businessmen trillion, while the defence budget that during his meeting with Chi- at shoring up the South Asian coun- grow at more than 6-percent per left income and consumption taxes believed to be among those dodging would rise 11 percent year-on-year to nese officials it was agreed that try’s finances. annum to absorb new entrants com- alone, he said. their taxes. Rs 860bn. top priority would be given to curb Pakistan’s economy is grow- ing into the workforce, experts say. “I see it more as a fire-fighting Fewer than one percent of Paki- Some economists predict that corruption in the huge develop- ing at its quickest rate in eight years Dar said Prime Minister Nawaz budget. The government is having stan’s 190 million people pay income Pakistan will miss its fiscal deficit ment projects being built by the after a slide in oil prices and expan- Sharif’s government’s priority in the a very hard time transiting out of tax. targets over the coming years and two countries under the CPEC. sion in industry and services boosted year ahead was to push Pakistan’s fire-fighting mode into producing The low level of collection and the start hiking spending after it exits an The NAB chairman called for demand. Investor confidence has persistently low tax-to-GDP ratio to a growth-inducing budget. And this hefty cost of funding its military has International Monetary Fund pro- transparency in national projects slowly returned to a country that was above 10 percent and raise taxation budget speech appears to confirm left Pakistan with insufficient money to gramme later this year and heads and strong political will to dimin- battered by the global financial crisis. revenues. Pakistan’s financial year that,” Husain told reporters. spend on modernising its schools and into a general election in 2018. ish chances of corruption. UN chief lauds Pakistani peacekeepers’ role All suspects in killing

Internews Under Secretary General for Missions since Pakistan’s first deploy- of teacher arrested Peacekeeping Operations Herve ment more than 50 years ago.” You Ladsous and UN Military Adviser Lt should be very proud just as we are Gen Maqsood Ahmed were among deeply grateful to Pakistan, the secre- NEW YORK: United Nations Sec- those present at the event held at the tary general said, noting that through AP arrests made the day before. retary General Ban Ki-moon UN Headquarters in New York. Also the decades Pakistan has deployed He identified the prime suspect (pictured) lauded Pakistani peace- present was Shahzadi Gulfam the first more than 150,000 personnel to 41 in the case as Shaukat, the owner keepers for their service under the recipient of the International Female peacekeeping missions in 23 countries. of the school who is nearly 60 years UN flag around the world saying they Peacekeeper Award in 2011. Today more than 7,000 uni- ISLAMABAD: Police yesterday old and whose son, a man about 40 had made valuable contribution in In her welcome address Ambas- formed personnel from Pakistan are announced that all five suspects in years old and already married, was maintaining peace as also helping sador Lodhi said Pakistan was proud serving in seven peacekeeping mis- the brutal killing of a 19-year-old the intended groom. communities suffering from war. to be associated with UN peacekeep- sions making it our third largest troop schoolteacher who was tortured, “The unfortunate woman Maria “For well over half a century Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi to mark ing, saying our commitment to UN and police contributor,” Ban said. The doused with petrol and set on fire Bibi in her statement insisted that Pakistani peacekeeping troops have Pakistani Peacekeepers Day. The peacekeeping was a fundamental pictures on display he said were a tes- earlier this week for refusing to Shaukat and four other men dragged seen injustice in far off places and day marks the June 5, 1993 incident in part of our policy and a manifestation tament to that long and rich history. marry a man twice her age are now her from the door of her home and been forces for a better world,” he Somalia when 24 Pakistani peacekeep- of our contribution to this vital goal. In my travels I have had the privilege in custody. tortured and burned her. We have told a gathering of top diplomats, mil- ers laid down their lives while rescuing The event featured a photo of seeing first-hand professionalism Before she died, Maria Bibi had arrested all the five men,” Ahmed itary attaches, senior UN officials at allied forces in Mogadishu. On that day exhibition depicting Pakistani peace- and commitment of Pakistani police given a statement to police, say- said. a reception hosted by Pakistan UN 19 US troops also lost their lives. keepers at work in a number of UN and military personnel, he added. ing five attackers had stormed her Bibi’s father Sadaqat Hussain house in the town of Upper Dewal Abbas praised the police for the on Monday, dragged her to an open arrests and asked the government in area and kicked her as though she an emotional plea yesterday to exe- MQM bags easy were a “football.” cute the men in his family’s presence Pakistan to produce 1m anti-snake She was brought to Islama- in the same way they had killed Bibi. bad hospital in critical condition Demands like this are common wins in Karachi and later died. The attackers fled but Pakistani law doesn’t allow for venom doses by 2020 after the assault. Bibi’s family has such punishment. by-elections maintained that she was killed for Zohra Yusuf, who heads the rejecting a marriage proposal from independent Human Rights Com- a man who owned a school and mission of Pakistan, condemned the Internews the NIH representative, speaking at a She said more horses were being wanted her to marry his son. incident and warned of an increase Internews meeting of the Senate Standing Com- purchased as currently there are 70 The case has shocked the nation in assaults on women. mittee on National Health Services horses which will be increased to though violence against women is “As women are increasingly (NHS), suggested holding a third party 150 this year. “The venom has to be not uncommon in Pakistan, where fighting for their rights, the reaction KARACHI: Despite being under ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National assessment to determine the exact kept [in temperatures between] two nearly 1,000 women are killed each from the male-dominated society pressure from security agencies Institute of Health (NIH) is producing demand for ASV. to eight degrees Celsius and it expires year in so-called “honour killings” has been extreme, and we have for over a year and restricted in its as many as 300,000 doses of anti- Begum said “We purchase snakes within two years. However, we are for allegedly violating conservative witnessed an increase in violence political activities, the Muttahida snake venom (ASV), which is only half and get venom from them. After that, considering getting new technology norms on love and marriage against women,” she said. Qaumi Movement (MPM) of Altaf the demand for the product annually. the venom is dried and injected into which will extend the ASV expiry Police official Waheed Ahmed Last month, police arrested 13 Hussain has managed to win lat- According to NIH chief biologist, the horses’ veins, and after a period period to five years. Currently venom said yesterday that three more sus- members of a local tribal council est by-election battles in Karachi. efforts are underway to produce a of 15 months, the anti-venom is col- is purchased from India to meet the pects in the case were arrested early who allegedly strangled a local girl Officials said yesterday the million doses by 2020. Anwar Begum, lected from the horses’ blood.” requirement,” she said. in the morning, following the two and set her body on fire. MQM recaptured both the electoral constituencies of PS-106 and PS-117 of Sindh Assembly in by-elections held a day earlier. In PS-106, Mahfoozyar Khan of Father of 35 aims for 100 children MQM bagged 18,137 votes to defeat his closest rival Abdul Samad of Pakistan People’s Party who could AFP allow reporters to speak with them. Family lawyer Mohammed Bilal secure only 960 votes while Paki- Rights activists warn it is women Kasi, who deals with polygamy cases stan Tehrik-e-Insaf’s Nusrat Anwar and children who suffer most in in Quetta agreed. “We lawyers are could muster only 524 votes. Out polygamous marriages. well aware of social problems sur- of over 176,000 registered voters in QUETTA: A Pakistani father of 35 is It remains rare for men to take rounding polygamy,” he said. “Women the constituency, only 19,976 cast now searching for a fourth wife as he multiple wives in the country, but and children undergo mental agony vote, with voter turnout recorded romps towards his goal of 100 children. when polygamy does take place, due to these affairs.” at 11 per cent. Sardar Jan Mohammad Khilji, 46, studies have shown it can result in The tension can lead to serious In PS-117 Qamar Abbas of MQM says he believes it is his religious duty “depression and despair” among legal disputes over property and rights emerged victorious with 10,738 to have as many children as possible. wives, while children often struggle after the father’s death, he said. out of total 14,235 votes cast. His Insisting it is “very rare” that he to know their father, said Rafia Zaka- Denied permission to speak, Jan’s rival Ali Raza of Tehrik-e-Islami mixes up his children’s names, the ria, a women’s rights activist. wives could not describe what life is secured 1,018 votes, PTI’s Rifaqat medical technician said he juggles The Holy Quran, she said , dictates like for his sprawling dynasty, who all Qamar managed got 950 votes, fol- their affections by taking turns to that multiple wives may be taken only live together in a five-bedroom mud lowed by PPP’s Javed Maqbool (924). attend family events with them and when a husband can do “perfect jus- hut in the outskirts of Quetta. At least With total 14,235 votes cast out of their mothers, such as weddings. tice” among them. two of his children support his goals, 163,000 voters, the voter turnout His three wives support his pro- “Well, perfect justice is impossi- including his eldest child Shagufta remained lowest at nine per cent. creational and matrimonial goals, he ble, and for this reason polygamy is Nasreen. “A large family is like Allah At least 79 votes were rejected on said, adding that they all live in har- never a good situation,” said Zakaria, bestowing a case of mangoes,” the Sardar Haji Jan Mohammad Khilji plays with some of his children at technical grounds. mony together—though he would not who campaigns against the practice. 15-year-old explained. his residence in Quetta. INDIA SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 07 Mathura violence: Two cops among 24 dead

AFP rifles along with live ammunition rounds. The operation was launched The operation was after authorities won a court order launched after to remove hundreds of tents and NEW DELHI: Clashes between makeshift wooden structures from Indian police and followers of a rev- authorities won a a 270-acre (109-hectare) patch of olutionary sect have left at least court order to remove land the sect had been occupying 24 dead after an operation to evict since late 2014. thousands of people from parkland hundreds of tents Television images and pictures erupted into violence, officials said from a 270-acres of from the scene showed many of the yesterday. huts where members of the sect had Two police officers were among land, the sect had been living on fire, with smoke bil- those killed in the overnight clashes been occupying since lowing across the area. during a move to expel around 3,000 late 2014. An emergency services worker sect followers who had illegally occu- said the clashes “seemed like a war pied public land in the state of Uttar situation”, with ambulance staff aid- Pradesh for the last two years. ing the wounded amid gunfire and Police and other officials said got reinforcements and launched a blasts. “It was the first time I wit- they came under fire from mem- counter-attack on the camp and suc- nessed a medical emergency of this bers of the sect who were armed cessfully cleared the area.” magnitude,” Yogendra Bhadauria, with automatic weapons and also Speaking to reporters in Math- who led the fleet of ambulances hurled crude explosive devices dur- ura, Ahmad said some of the Swadhin involved in the rescue operation, said. ing the violence in the northern city Bharat Vidhik Satyagrah sect’s fol- In postings on social media, of Mathura. lowers had set fire to huts which were Swadhin Bharat Vidhik Satyagrah’s “They were firing at us from tree- storing gas cylinders and explosives followers describe themselves as tops. Others were hurling stones or during the clearance operation. political and social revolutionaries. assaulting us with sticks and other “Twenty-two of their people have Their demands include the abolition weapons. Two of our men were died, out of which 11 have died due of elections and cheaper fuel for eve- wounded and they died in hospital,” to burn injuries. One of the dead is a ryone. “Their ideology is similar to Arms which were recovered following police raids on a group of squatters in a city park are displayed for said Uttar Pradesh police chief Javeed woman,” he added. Police have also the Naxalites,” said divisional com- Ahmad. “Soon after the attack, we recovered several dozen pistols and missioner Pradeep Bhatnagar. the media, in Mathura, yesterday. 26 Rajya Sabha members elected in six states Modi among close world leaders Obama is inviting IANS from various political parties were veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Vinay Sahas- declared winners by the Election who was supported by the RJD, were rabuddhe and Vikas Mahatme and Commission. elected unopposed. In Tamil Nadu, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut. IANS Now, only Rajasthan and Uttar the candidates declared elected were In Odisha, senior Biju Janata Dal NEW DELHI: Twenty-six candidates Pradesh will witness polls for their AIADMK’s R. Vaithilingam, A. Nav- leaders Prasanna Acharya, Bishnu from various political parties were respective Rajya Sabha seats on June aneethakrishnan, A. Vijayakumar, Das and N. Bhaskar Rao were elected, yesterday declared elected unop- 11. Those coming to the upper house former union minister S.R. Balasub- while Punjab sent senior Congress NEW DELHI: When Prime Minis- posed to the Rajya Sabha from their after this election include former ramoniyan and DMK nominees R.S. leader Ambika Soni and Akali Dal ter Narendra Modi visits the US on six respective states in the absence of union minister P. Chidambaram and Bharathi and T.K.S Elangovan. leader Balwinder Singh Bhunder June 7-8 in the course of his five- more contenders. Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Pras- Maharashtra recorded the unan- to the Upper House. Railway Min- nation tour starting today, he will Yesterday was the last day for ad’s daughter Misa Bharati imous election of Union Power ister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, be among the few close world lead- filing of nominations for the Upper In Bihar, apart from Misa Bharati, Minister Piyush Goyal and senior Union Minister of State for Science ers that President Barack Obama is House in Bihar, Punjab, Odisha, Tamil former Janata Dal-United President Congress leader and former Finance and Technology Y. Satyanarayana inviting in the last year of his pres- Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Mahar- Sharad Yadav and party nominee Minister P. Chidambaram, along Chowdary were elected from Andhra idency. ashtra. As there was no opposition Ramchandra Prasad Singh and BJP with former union minister Praful Pradesh along with T.G. Venkatesh “President Obama spoke to the to their candidature, the contestants nominee Gopal Narayan Singh and Patel (Nationalist Congress Party), and V. Vijaysai Reddy. Prime Minister and mentioned to Saudi Arabia and Iran. Tomorrow he him that this year he was inviting will begin his engagements in Qatar some leaders with whom he had a with a meeting with business leaders very close and productive work- following which he will hold a meet- Rajnath to visit ing relationship to visit him in the ing with Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin United States,” Foreign Secretary S Hamad Al Thani. US to discuss Jaishankar said at a pre-departure Jaishankar pointed out that trade media briefing here yesterday. between India and the Gulf region This will be Modi’s second bilat- stood at $112bn and two-thirds of homeland security eral visit to the US after his visit in India’s energy supplies come from September 2014. that region. Bilateral trade between IANS Jaishankar said that in many India and Qatar stands at $10bn. ways it would be a sort of “consoli- “It (Qatar) can also be a large dation visit” after Obama and Modi economic partner as it has a large NEW DELHI: Union Home Min- working on the US-India relation- sovereign wealth fund,” the foreign ister Rajnath Singh yesterday ship in the last two years. secretary said. confirmed that he will be visiting After departing today morn- After signing of bilateral agree- the United States next month for ing, Modi will stop over in Herat in ments and an interaction with the a dialogue on homeland security, Afghanistan where he will, jointly Indian community, Modi will leave saying that ‘India and US were nat- with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, for Geneva, Switzerland tomor- ural allies and could transform the inaugurate the India-Afghan Friend- row evening. On June 6, the Prime world with trade and trust’. ship Dam, earlier known as Salma Minister will hold a meeting with “More investments are needed Dam, that has been rebuilt with President of the Swiss Confedera- for the Police modernization pro- Indian aid. tion Johann Schneider-Ammann and gramme. Homeland security is Originally constructed in 1976 on also interact with business leaders. one of the important areas for the the Hari river basin, the Salma Dam Jaishankar said that Switzerland Kashmir protestors clash with police during a protest in Srinagar yesterday. nation’s economic development. If suffered extensive damage during was India’s fifth largest trade part- border management is proper, then the civil war in Afghanistan. ner and the 11th largest investor in only internal security is ensured,” “It was built at a cost of approx- India. The country is strong in the 3 troopers dead in Kashmir ambush said Singh. imately Rs 1,700 crore,” Jaishankar areas of renewable energy and voca- “There is a need to use technol- said. He said that three turbines on tional education. After concluding ogy for border management. The the dam will 42 MW of electricity his engagements in Switzerland, red tapism and governmental pro- and the water will irrigate around Modi will leave for Washington on IANS Militant outfit Hizb-ul- to Director General of the Border cedures were minimized to attract 75,000 hectares of land. After June 6 where he will meet heads of Mujhadeen claimed the responsibility Security Force (BSF) KK Sharma FDIs. Earlier, the government used attending a lunch to be hosted in think tanks. of the attack. Its operational spokes- and expressed anguish and sorrow to sanction security clearance for his honour by Ghani, Modi will leave On June 7, he will be hosted for person Burhanuddin told a local news over the death of three personnel only three years and now the same for Doha, Qatar, where he will meet lunch by President Obama at the SRINAGAR: Three BSF troopers were agency that “several Indian troop- in the attack. Following the attack, has been extended to 10 years,” he Qatar’s Prime Minister and Interior White House after which he will killed and 10 other persons, among ers were killed in the attack carried heavy exchange of fire took place added. Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin attend a business meeting. them civilians, were injured yester- out by a special squad of the outfit”. in the town situated on the 300km He was addressing the inaugu- Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani today Modi will depart for Mexico day in a Hizbul-Mujahideen attack “Besides the death of these Jammu-Srinagar National Highway ral session of the Indo-American evening. City on June 8 afternoon where on a security forces convoy in south troopers, many more were critically No.1A, according to eyewitnesses. Chamber of Commerce’s (IACC) He will also visit a camp of he will hold a meeting with Presi- Kashmir’s Bijbehara town, police injured,” he said, vowing “the The injured BSF troopers were National Conclave-2016 in Hydera- Indian workers. Qatar is home to dent Enrique Pena Nieto. This will sources said. attacks on the security establish- shifted to a Srinagar hospital, the bad yesterday. around 630,000 expatriate Indi- be the first prime ministerial bilat- A police official here in Srinagar ments will continue”. police sources added. “Prime Minister Naren- ans, many of whom are blue collar eral visit from India to Mexico in 30 said that “a BSF convoy coming from Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti The attackers were holed up dra Modi and the US President workers. Modi will become the first years. After attending a dinner that Jammu to Srinagar was ambushed by strongly condemned the militant inside the government sub-district Barack Obama have added a new Indian Prime Minister to visit four will be hosted for him by President militants on the highway in Bijbehara attack in her home town. Imme- hospital building, who later were and successful chapter in Indo-US Gulf countries after having visited Pena Nieto, Modi will leave for India town of Anantnag district”. diately after the attack, she spoke believed to have fled the spot. bilateral relations. the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on June 8. Sri Lankan refugees intercepted while trying to board boat to Australia

Reuters showed how desperate Sri Lankan property, start a business or even allowance, food and education. Some and six children, were planning to to board boats to Australia in the last refugees were to flee India where they legally have access to a mobile phone.” have been in the camps for two dec- take a boat to Australia, police said. three years. There have been reports have been confined to closed camps Over 100,000 Sri Lankans are ades and many were born there. “The journey they were going to of several suicides in the camps this for years and have no right to work. estimated to have sought refuge in The refugees say if the Indian embark on is very dangerous. They year as well as protests over alleged CHENNAI: Refugee activists have “They are desperate people southern India, particularly Tamil authorities won’t grant them citizen- are just being duped by agents, who harassment by authorities. called on the southern Indian state looking for a dignified life,” said P Nadu, during the conflict between ship they should at least be given the have been arrested and will be booked “They don’t see a future in India of Tamil Nadu to ease restrictions on Pugalenthi, a lawyer who represents separatist rebels and the Sri Lankan right of free movement in the country. under both trafficking laws and the with all the existing restrictions,” Sri Lankan refugees living in guarded refugees in Chennai. army which lasted a quarter of a cen- On Thursday, officials intercepted national security act,” coastal secu- said V Suresh of the People’s Union camps after police intercepted a group “They are practically imprisoned tury and ended in 2009. a truck in Tiruvallur near Chennai rity group head Sylendra Babu told the for Civil Liberties rights organisation, who had escaped and were attempt- in camps with no freedom of move- The Tamil Nadu government runs where they found 33 refugees miss- Thomson Reuters Foundation. a human rights organisation. ing to migrate to Australia. ment. They need permission to step 109 special camps, housing around ing from four government-run camps. Police said there had been four Smugglers charge 100,000 rupees Campaigners said the case out of the camps. They cannot buy 60,000 refugees. They receive an The refugees, including six women or five similar attempts by refugees for a one-way journey to Australia. 08 SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Filling the void Never mind burning tyres, French srael’s hostile reaction to the latest French initiative to revive the moribund Palestinian peace process is proof of the Jewish state’s determination to prevent the peace strikes not what they used to be Itrain from starting again. The initiative by the French government has been widely welcomed. Representatives from 28 countries -- representing such prominent blocs as the docked salaries. French work- relations. “But that’s not the real- left-wing lawmakers as the loud- Arab League, the European Union and the United Nations – met By Leigh Thomas, Ingrid ers are more reluctant nowadays ity. France is not at a standstill.” est pro-reform voice in Hollande’s Melander and Michel Rose in Paris to discuss ways to “help advance the prospects for peace, to walk off the job. Companies in The proposed labour reform deeply unpopular government, is Reuters France lost 79 days to strikes per could weaken unions’ influence the second most popular politician. including by providing meaningful incentives to the parties to make 1,000 workers in 2013, the latest further by allowing all employees Whoever wins the presi- peace.” Washington’s response to the initiative has been described labour ministry data shows. in a company to vote on key work dency will inherit an improving as ‘lukewarm’, which is not surprising considering its special That is less than half the level issues rather than leaving them to economy, which grew faster than relationship with Tel Aviv. T FIRST sight, France in 2005, though more than double negotiation between unions and Britain or the United States in the The Israeli foreign ministry said the Paris meeting “will actually looks like it’s up to the EU average. By comparison, employers. That has put the CGT first quarter. Unemployment is push the peace process away”. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu its old tricks. Angry companies in Britain, a western on the defensive while the CFDT finally falling, though still over trade unionists are European country with a simi- has embraced the idea of giving 10 percent, and the budget defi- argues that France and its partners should have encouraged disrupting public lar sized economy, lost just seven non-unionised workers more say cit is narrowing. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to embark on direct talks transport, burning days per 1,000 workers in 2013, on their working conditions. “It’s a complete French par- with Israel on all the topics at hand, Atyres and manning picket lines official figures show. “The union movement is at a adox,” Bruno Cavalier, chief and he went a step further adding that over a government plan to reform The decline has accelerated crossroads,” CFDT chief Laurent economist at French investment The French the current initiative would only harm labour laws. Yet their ability to since conservative President Nico- Berger said, accusing the CGT of bank Oddo said. “On the one hand, initiative to regional efforts to launch peace talks, as shut down swathes of the econ- las Sarkozy passed a law in 2007 “treating workers like children”. the cyclical recovery is picking up revive the if a plethora of such efforts are already omy and force ministers to back banning wildcat walkouts and Since the monster 1995 enough to show the first tangible moribund down is not what it used to be, and forcing public transport unions national strikes, which forced signs of declining unemployment. under way. reforms are slowly changing the to guarantee a minimum service newly elected President Jacques On the other, a minority of activ- Palestinian No expertise of the Middle East French landscape. during strikes. Chirac to yield, major standoffs ists tries to block the economy.” peace process situation is required for anyone to Long gone are the days of 1995 Yet unions continue to wield with successive governments Bond investors have remained is certain come to the conclusion that the latest when a conservative government considerable power to negotiate have been scarce and their results unfazed by the protests, with to send a efforts too will fail to bring justice to had to requisition tourist boats on wages and employment terms for mixed.Another conservative benchmark government bond Palestinians and stop the injustice by the Seine river to get commuters to all workers under the country’s government ditched plans for a yields near all-time lows partly powerful work because Paris metro workers labour laws, even though France lower-paid youth employment due to the ECB’s asset-purchase Israelis. Nonetheless, the French initiative message to had shut down the underground is one of the least unionised of contract following mass protests programme. Willem Verhagen, deserves praise and is to achieve certain Israel. railway during weeks of strikes. developed nations. in 2006, but Sarkozy stood firm an economist at ING Invest- objectives. First of all, it will tell Israel French strikes have become One Labour Ministry esti- on plans to raise the retirement ment Management, said the that the international community hasn’t a shadow of their former selves: mate put union membership at age to 62 in 2010 despite weeks union demands partly reflected forgotten the plight of Palestinians despite its preoccupation with Less frequent, less disruptive as low as 7.7 percent, third lowest of strikes and demos. He was not a broader backlash against glo- other conflicts and crises. The government of Netanyahu has and less successful, leaving some among the 34 advanced countries re-elected. balisation by workers across the unofficially declared the death of a two-state solution and has been unions groping for relevance. in the Organisation for Economic Public opinion is now split, but Western world. That has raised the stakes in the Cooperation and Development. 57 percent expect the labour reform “It’s not as simple as say- behaving as if Palestinians don’t exist anymore as peace partners. confrontation between the militant Another official survey puts public to be enacted with modifications ing ‘Hey those French workers This continuing void is a grave threat to any future peace process CGT union and President Francois sector unionisation at more than while 26 percent expect it to pass are on strike again’,” he added. and so it’s important to keep talking even if the talks don’t lead Hollande’s Socialist government double that of the private sector. as is, according to an IFOP poll last Unlike some of his predecessors, anywhere. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault summed over a reform meant to ease hir- Unions are also struggling to week. The longer term outlook for Martinez’s combative stance has up this mood when he said that the world could not “fold its arms ing and firing. The government has recruit fresh blood. Membership is reform looks permissive with polls not made him popular. Two-thirds and do nothing”. And as Palestinian official Saeb Erakat said, “if watered down its original bill, but highest among 50 to 59-year-olds. showing conservative Alain Juppe of voters have a negative view of each side is now so weak that it dare But the French tradition of spec- — prime minister at the time of the him, an Odoxa poll found. Israel is allowed to continue its colonisation and apartheid policies not give in and lose face. tacular, sometimes violent protest 1995 strikes — is France’s most pop- The CGT leader has strug- in occupied Palestine, the future will be for more extremism and Despite drifting away from action, such as tearing the shirt of ular politician. gled to stamp his authority on bloodshed rather than for coexistence and peace.” its communist roots, the CGT’s an Air France human resources Juppe, a contender for next the union he has led since Feb- Secondly, the Paris talks will help expose the Israeli place as traditionally France’s executive during a dispute last year’s presidential election, advo- ruary 2015. Union insiders say intransigence and their absolute refusal to engage with the most powerful union is increas- October, creates an image that cates much more drastic steps such he was forced into a hard line by Palestinians. The world no longer believes that Israel is interested ingly under threat from the more deters some foreign companies as scrapping the 35-hour work grassroots radicals. The longer the in peace and their leaders’ statements are only a brazen attempt to pragmatic, reform-minded CFDT from investing. week, abolishing the wealth tax and strikes last without wringing con- union, which now has more mem- “France loves to project shifting the tax burden from income cessions, the more they risk losing ridicule all peace efforts. The Paris initiative must focus on exerting bers and has backed the amended this image of itself as being in towards consumption. public sympathy, and voters may more pressure on Israel and send a strict warning to the Jewish reform. the throes of some permanent Economy Minister Emmanuel show the CGT the red card when state that its position on peace is untenable and unacceptable, and Less than a year from cru- drama,” said Jean-Marie Le Guen, Macron, an ambitious former France hosts the Euro 2016 soccer will invite consequences. cial elections to determine union junior minister for parliament investment banker who enrages tournament from June 10. representation within companies in March 2017, these strikes and protests are CGT head Philippe Martinez’s best and perhaps last chance to prove the union is still a force to be reckoned with. Quote of the day But it looks like an uphill struggle. “People have changed, The Arab peace initiative has they’ve gotten used to being all the elements for a final more individualistic. It’s become ingrained in their minds, including settlement. It is on the table the young,” said Denise Desmai- and a solid basis for resolving son, a human resources worker at this long-standing dispute state-controlled utility EDF, as she ... we hope that wisdom will marched in an anti-reform pro- test in Paris. prevail in Israel and that they “There’s a price for going on accept this initiative. strike,” added the 59-year-old, Adel Al Jubeir a veteran of the 1995 national walkout that forced a conserva- Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister HIgh speed TGV trains are seen parked at the Lille Flandres railway station in Lille, northern France, tive government to drop pension yesterday as a rail workers’ strike has been disrupting traffic for a third full day. reforms, speaking about strikers’

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By Jay Reeves and forefathers had the foresight to draft the Robin McDowell Constitution, the Bill of Rights that has AP laid the groundwork for (the) nation car- rying on for 200 years and continues to guide us.” mericans agree on this much: Yet American greatness isn’t just They are disgusted with pol- about words scrawled on yellowed itics. They look toward paper and kept in a vault at the National Washington and see a broken Archives. A veteran of the war in Afghan- federal government, a place istan, daughter of immigrants from Hong Awhere politicians seem more interested Kong, 29-year-old Kimberly Jung sees in self-preservation than We the People. it as something deeper, a challenge to Things don’t seem much better in state every citizen. capitals, and, who knows? Lead-tainted “I believe greatness is a responsibil- water may be pouring out of their kitchen ity,” said Jung, of Chicago. “It’s a dual state faucet next. of mind in which you know your power Yet Americans say they still believe in or you know what resources you have but America, the experiment in democracy also your weaknesses. And you harness that the founders described as a place that set of strengths and weaknesses to where the government should protect work with a group and form a team and the rights of ordinary people to life, lib- do great things.” erty and the pursuit of happiness. There’s That striving for the common good is something at the core of America they somehow AWOL in America right now, long for, even if it’s hard to define and people say. seems distant in 2016. “If there was one thing I could change Donald Trump proclaims he will about this country it would be to sit here “make America great again.” Hillary and get us focused back on the country Clinton counters that America “has never itself and not on our own self-interest,” stopped being great.” But what does that said Poling, the Ohio farmer. “I think even mean? And who gets to define great- we’ve lost track of what built this country, ness? A billionaire businessman, a former and that is the fact we came together as a Graduating students participate in commencement exercises at City College where First Lady Michelle Obama delivered secretary of state — or an aging musician body of one to build it and make it great.” in New Orleans? the commencement speech after being presented with an honorary doctorate of humane letters, at City College in New In a sprawling country of 319 million What about the woman in Illinois who York City, yesterday. people, it’s easy for most anyone to tuck served in the US military in Afghanistan? themselves away in suburbia, the rural Or the industrial worker worried about his on the country’s future. Pundits have seemed out of reach. The old textile mill “Those were the best years,” said heartland, an urban ghetto or a gentri- job in Alabama? proclaimed the electorate angry and won- across town is a reminder, dark and empty Moore, tears welling in his eyes in the fied neighbourhood and see only those The Associated Press interviewed a dered if the nation can ever recover the because labour was cheaper in Southeast living room-turned-recording studio of things outside the front window or just wide range of Americans to get a sense sense of unity experienced in the immedi- Asia or Latin America; the manufactur- his shotgun house. “And then they were down the street. People can turn on the of what they think about the nation’s ate aftermath of the Al Qaeda attacks that ing plant on the outskirts of the city uses destroyed right before my very eyes when echo chamber of cable TV or the Internet greatness in the twilight of President took place 15 years ago this September. steel imported from China. they assassinated all of our leaders. Rob- and forget what high school student Dana Barack Obama’s eight years in office. The The current dearth of confidence in Employment has rebounded since the ert Kennedy. John Kennedy. Martin Luther Craig says America really is: A great place responses were as different as Americans the nation’s politics and government is great recession, but wages are stagnant. King. Malcolm X. All of our leaders. And, built on the idea that everyone should get themselves, yet a theme emerged: Com- striking. Recent polling by the AP and the Forget saving for a home — millions work you know, that was the end of hope. We an equal opportunity, a chance. pared to other nations, the United States NORC Center for Public Affairs Research more than one job just to keep food on the had no more hope.” “Throughout history (I am) not sure we is at least good, probably even great. But shows just 13 percent of Americans are table and the lights on. What happened to Hope returned, at least for some, in did the best job in keeping up with these there’s a lot of work to be done. proud of the 2016 election, and 55 percent the American dream? 2008 when a mixed-race lawyer with a principles and reaching those goals in “Yes, America is great. It could be a lot feel helpless. Only 10 percent have a great That’s what is being asked in places foreign-sounding name won the White the way that we want to, but I think what better if the politicians weren’t fighting deal of confidence in the overall political like inner city St. Louis, home to 32-year- House. Obama’s election seemed to prove defines our greatness is our ability to con- each other all the time ...,” said Rod- system, with 4 percent having a great deal old Craig House. He’s lives with his that anyone could accomplish anything in tinue working toward these goals even if ney Kimball, a 74-year-old stove dealer of confidence in Congress, 15 percent in grandmother in a sea of burned-out build- America. Yet the years that followed have we are not necessarily perfect in them,” in West Bethel, Maine. “The government the executive branch, and 24 percent in ings and abandoned schools not far from seemed more unsettling than uplifting said Craig, 15, of River Falls, Wisconsin. needs to start doing what’s right for the the Supreme Court. Few Americans see a hip, trendy part of town. to many. Today, some people want more Whether they opt for Trump, Clinton people.” either political party as responsive to ordi- “America has always been great, just from their government. Others just want or someone else this November, Ameri- America is divided by political party, nary voters. not for me and my people. For us it’s been it to go away as much as possible. cans say the state of the union isn’t good choice of media, income, gender, race or Although their America is still a land the worst ever,” said House, shaking his “I expect less government, less reg- enough. Amal Kassir sees her own future ethnic group, religious faith (or not), gen- of shining seas, spacious skies and majes- head as he takes a long drag off his cig- ulation,” said Russ Madson, 45, a steel caught up with the chance the country eration, geography and general outlook tic mountains, many express a deep sense arette. “People come from all over the industry worker looking for better oppor- has right now to make itself into some- of disenchantment and uncertainty in world, Arabs own this, that. Black man tunities in Birmingham, Alabama. “Our thing better. their own lives. don’t own nothing.” country was built by people like the Rock- Kassir, a 20-year-old college stu- “I think that America as an idea is one Known as “Deacon” in his native New efellers, Edison, Henry Ford — pioneers. dent in Colorado, was born in Denver to of the most beautiful ideas that the world Orleans, 74-year-old guitarist John Moore And today they couldn’t do what they did a father from Syria and a mother from has ever known. I think that American remembers a time when America was because of regulation.” America. A poet who also works in her Although their America is still a land opportunity and ingenuity has built some headed in the right direction, when eve- But others expect more of government. family’s Middle Eastern restaurant, Kassir of shining seas, spacious skies and of the most incredible technologies and rything seemed to be coming together. Agriculture consultant and farmer Mike describes her own life as being inter- innovations today,” said Allene Swan- It was in the 1960s, when black people Poling of Delphos, Ohio, expects good gov- twined with that of the United States. majestic mountains, many express a son, 22, of Chicago. “And still, when I look like Moore were seeing an end to racial ernance and leadership “and nothing less.” Is America great? Yes, she says. And deep sense of disenchantment and around, I see a country that seems like it’s segregation; when women were gaining “That’s what got us to this point and it’s also her best chance. “No doubt what- crumbling. I see people who are hungry equality; when politicians were taking a that’s what made America great,” said Pol- ever greatness I’m capable of comes from uncertainty in their own lives. and broke and who are struggling a lot.” stand to end poverty despite the turmoil ing, 58. “What made America great is its being in this place,” she said. For some, real success has always of protests over the Vietnam War. people. That’s what built the country. Our Putin’s domestic strategy: Counting the trees, missing the forest

By William E Pomeranz and Russian male still only lives to 65); the government directives, and has sin- to implement the decrees. Meanwhile, All these references to rates of per- Kathleen Smith cost of housing a square meter would gle-mindedly been following their the big-ticket items - increased produc- formance have a Soviet ring to them. Reuters decrease by 20 percent; 25 million progress. He has, for example, criti- tivity, cheaper housing - now seem far Russia would have fulfilled the plan high-productivity jobs would be cre- cized proposed federal budgets, and beyond the reach of the government. even though the nation’s standard of ated by 2020, more than doubling the fired ministers and government offi- What does this continued preoc- living and global competitiveness have estimated number in 2012, and Rus- cials for not fulfilling the demands set cupation with the decrees say about declined precipitously. ussian President Vladimir sia would move from 120th to 20th forth in his decrees. Russia today? First, it illuminates why Moreover, Putin would be continu- Putin strides the world as place in the World Banks’s “Doing Fast-forward four years, and the the Russian government has not been ing a Russian pattern set centuries ago. the master tactician. In Cri- Business” rankings by 2018. debate over implementation of the able to implement a sound anti-cri- Russia has been governed by decree— mea, eastern Ukraine and Putin’s resolute adherence to now decrees has only intensified. Significant sis plan for the past two years. Money meaning personal rule—since Peter RSyria, he seized the initiative and left questionable priorities, especially in government and academic resources and attention urgently needed to stim- the Great. This does not mean Putin his adversaries flatfooted and guess- regard to social policy, is emblem- have been expended to analyse their ulate economic growth are regularly is totally inflexible. He has, for exam- ing as to his ultimate intentions. Putin atic of what has gone wrong with his progress. The government proudly diverted to pad the success rate of ful- ple, let market forces determine the displays similar decisiveness against national agenda. proclaims it has fulfilled 82 percent filling the orders rather than tackling ruble’s value, and watched the cur- his domestic opponents, as the recent Because the facts on the ground - of the demands in the decrees. Out- fresh problems. rency tumble as a result. dismantling of the editorial staff at the and the state of the Russian economy side monitors put the rate far lower. Second, Putin remains obsessed Nonetheless, Putin is demanding independent newspaper RBC attests. and the lives of everyday Russians - No matter what the overall per- with meeting certain prestige goals that priorities he set in 2012 must be Yet, blinkered decision-making proc- have changed dramatically since the centage, however, the optimism that instead of reforming institutions and realized - even though the positive esses can lead to bad policy choices. 2012 decrees. Putin just met with his inspired these decisions—oil was sell- addressing the underlying problems economic conditions at that time have Having gutted the domestic media and Presidential Economic Council for ing at $113 a barrel in 2012; it is now of ordinary Russians. He appealed to long since disappeared. The Russian created a puppet legislature, Putin is the first time in three years to discuss $49 -- has long since been overtaken popular opinion, for example, when political class feels compelled to fol- Putin is not the first no exception to this rule. alternative plans, which range from by events, including the introduction of he promised to lower housing costs low Putin’s orders because that is how candidate to make The Kremlin is transfixed by the a targeted stimulus to major struc- economic sanctions against Moscow, and provide better jobs. Today, how- an autocratic system works. implementation of a series of decrees tural reforms, to spur economic growth. the collapse of oil prices, high infla- ever, fewer Russians than ever can The Russian leader’s policy deci- lofty promises while that Putin issued in May 2012, in the Meanwhile, spending on his procla- tion and a weakened ruble. Despite the dream of purchasing a home. Indeed, sions are unlikely to lead to immediate campaigning. Yet he first flush of his successful return to mations continues unabated. hoopla surrounding the implementation by not defending the ruble, the Krem- collapse. The price of oil has crept up the presidency. He remains focused When first issued, no price tag rate, the underlying reality is far less lin ensured that Russian people would and stabilized. In addition, Putin now raised the political on these executive orders - and their accompanied this agenda. Current encouraging. The decrees, for example, have to bear the brunt of the current has his own personal national guard stakes by elevating assigned metrics - as signs of his domes- estimates range from $10.8bn to $43 call for significant salary increases. Yet, recession. that would respond without question tic success. billion. The head of Russia’s audit cham- the purchasing power of many profes- Such realities, however, are unlikely to any political challenge from Putin’s these promises to The decrees, which cover for- ber recently announced that before sions, including doctors and teachers, to impinge on Putin’s world. As he con- opponents. official government eign, social, economic, housing and evaluating the effectiveness of Putin’s remains at 2012 levels. templates his re-election campaign in Yet, instead of pursuing a true mod- directives, and has health-care policy, set out a road map orders, the agency needed to know Moreover, regional governments 2018, the Russian president will likely ernization effort, Putin has fallen back for Putin’s third term. His 200-plus their cost. have accumulated significant debts just declare his policies a success by on the May 2012 decrees as an alter- single-mindedly bureaucratic instructions included Putin is not the first candidate to while striving to meet the increased pointing to the final percentage of native measurement of success. One been following their bold declarations: Life expectancy make lofty promises while campaign- social spending requirements. The decrees implemented. Such a strat- that he can make look good on paper. would increase from age 70 in 2012 ing. Yet he raised the political stakes regions, according to one source, still egy would allow him to avoid running The price of complacency, however, progress. to age 74 by 2018 (though the average by elevating these promises to official lack 15 percent of the revenues needed on his actual economic record. is blindness to constructive feedback.

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Croatian PM Brexit: Farage urges his deputies to quit to lead flotilla AFP

ZAGREB: Croatian Prime Minis- ter Tihomir Oreskovic yesterday on Thames urged his two deputies to resign over growing disputes within the ruling coalition that threaten to AFP spark snap elections. The work of the fragile right- Nigel Farage, who wing coalition, which has a thin heads the UK parliamentary majority, has LONDON: UKIP leader Nigel Farage been marred by constant inter- said yesterday he would lead a flotilla Independence Party, nal wrangling since it took power up the Thames to campaign for Brexit, said he would board in January. The crisis deepened seizing momentum after a bruising last month after details emerged television debate for Prime Minister a trawler at the of an alleged conflict of interest David Cameron. head of a 60-boat involving powerful deputy pre- Farage, who heads the UK Inde- procession which will UK Independence Party (UKIP) party leader Nigel Farage, campaigning for the Britons to leave the European mier Tomislav Karamarko, leader pendence Party, said he would board Union, arrives for an event in central London yesterday. of the HDZ party, who now faces a a trawler at the head of a 60-boat pro- sail to the Houses no confidence vote in parliament. cession which will sail to the Houses of Parliament on The other deputy premier, of Parliament on June 15 in a mass “Leave” vote with 52 percent com- anti-EU recipes and a pop concert. Soraya Bouazzaoui, whose par- Bozo Petrov, said last week that protest organised by campaign group June 15 in a mass pared with 48 percent for “Remain.” Former London mayor Boris John- ents emigrated to Britain from his Most party—the junior part- “Fishing for Leave”. protest organised The “poll of polls” aver- son attended a livestock auction, Morocco, interrupted Cameron, telling ner in the coalition—would back “It will be big, visual and dra- age compiled by the independent telling farmers that Brexit would cut him: “I’m an English literature stu- the no confident vote if Karamarko matic, and the demand will be by campaign group WhatUKThinks website, however, still EU red tape and reassured them they dent, I know waffling when I see it.” did not step down. clear—we want our waters back,” “Fishing for Leave”. puts the “Remain” camp just ahead would continue to receive subsidies. Cameron told the audience that “It is clear to everyone that he told LBC radio, arguing that Brit- with 51 percent when undecided vot- Cameron came under strong pres- voting “Leave” would be an act of the current political situation has ain’s fishing industry was in decline ers are excluded. sure in a live question and answer “economic self-harm”. started to jeopardise national because of European Union quotas. The flotilla is one of several col- session on Sky when a 22-year-old “As we go home, we look at our interests,” Oreskovic told reporters. Some recent polls suggest the hundreds of thousands of EU work- ourful initiatives planned by Brexit student accused him of “scaremon- children and our grandchildren in He warned that relations “Leave” campaign is getting a boost ers who move to Britain every year. campaigners ahead of June 23 vote, gering” and running a “complete the eye... let us not roll a dice on their between Karamarko and Petrov from its call to cut back on the Guardian/ICM polls showed the including a baking contest featuring shambles” of a campaign. future,” he told the audience. had become “too heavy a burden for this government and Croatia”. “I urge Karamarko and Petrov to step down from their duties.” Oreskovic, a non-partisan Readers’ delight Hungary accuses Soros former pharmaceutical executive, spoke two days after Croatia sus- pended the issuing of its eurobonds with the finance ministry citing of ‘stirring trouble’ “domestic political uncertainties” as the reason. Some local media have spec- AFP Around 300,000 migrants and ulated that Oreskovic might step refugees transited through Hungary down soon due to the deep split last year on their way to wealthy within the barely-functioning European Union countries before coalition, and some HDZ officials BUDAPEST: Budapest yesterday Orban sealed off the borders with have suggested he should make accused Hungarian-born US billion- barbed wire fencing and introduced the move. aire philanthropist George Soros of tough anti-immigration laws. But Oreskovic yesterday seeking to spark unrest in the coun- Soros, who made a huge fortune insisted his resignation was not on try by financing groups critical of from hedge funds before develop- the cards. Karamarko’s no-confi- government’s hardline migrant stance. ing a philanthropic empire, last year dence vote is due by June 18. “Soros is opposing the called on the EU to “accept at least Last month a local newspa- government... by supporting non- a million asylum-seekers annually per published a contract showing governmental groups which want for the foreseeable future”. that a lobbyist for Hungary’s oil to push back the Hungarian gov- A Budapest-born Jew, Soros fled group MOL, which is in dispute ernment’s position on the migration to England during WWII before with Croatia over its local peer issue,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban moving to New York in the 1950s. INA, paid Karamarko’s wife for told national Kossuth radio. From there, he began financing consulting services between 2013 But “the people don’t support NGOs around the world, includ- and 2015. the migrant policies of European ing dissident groups in the Soviet Karamarko acknowledged the governments, despite the financial bloc during the late 1980s, which existence of the contract but has Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (second left) looks at the book exhibition in the GUM support NGOs receive from George included Orban. Since then, how- denied any wrongdoing. A national Department Store during the opening of the Red Square book festival in Moscow, yesterday. Soros who is trying to cause trou- ever, the two men have fallen out watchdog has been probing the ble,” he added. over their political views. affair. Ukraine & rebels come Prolific UK paedophile ‘regrets’ Malaysia abuses under criticism by UN AFP working with Christian communi- Sapsford asked for leniency, argu- May 23 and read to the court by his ties in the Malaysian capital. ing that in pleading guilty, his client lawyer, Huckle acknowledged “the More than 20,000 images of child had spared a jury from being exposed scale of the damage I have caused”. AFP the territories controlled by the gov- abuses were found on his heavily- to images of his abuse. “I completely misjudged affec- ernment,” the report said. LONDON: A British serial paedo- encrypted laptop. Huckle appeared He accepted it would be “a tions I received from these children. Yet much of the criticism in the phile who abused impoverished Kuala at London’s Old Bailey criminal court very long time” before Huckle was “My low self-esteem and lack of con- 53-page study was directed against Lumpur slum children voiced deep where judge Peter Rook heard mitiga- released from prison but asked that fidence with women was no excuse KIEV: The United Nations yester- the Kiev authorities and its SBU remorse before a London court yes- tion from his lawyer Philip Sapsford. the sentence give his client “hope” of for abusing these children.” He said day accused both the Ukrainian security service. terday for his “disgusting behaviour”. Rook said he would have to rehabilitation into society. he hoped there would be help for the authorities and pro-Russian rebels “Individuals detained by Ukrain- Richard Huckle, 30, who has weigh up whether a life sentence was Huckle had bragged about his victims of the “disgusting behaviour I of torturing fighters and their sym- ian authorities in connection with pleaded guilty to 71 of 91 counts of appropriate for 22 of the most seri- abuse online and was snared by an performed on them”. “I am open and pathisers captured in the separatist armed conflict have been tortured child abuse offences, targeted chil- ous counts before passing sentence Australian investigation. eager to rehabilitate from this offend- east. The condemnation came with and ill-treated, and continue to dren while posing as a volunteer on Monday. In the letter of remorse written on ing behaviour,” he wrote. violence once again flaring after face systematic violations of their a period of relative calm in the due process and fair trial rights,” the 25-month war. report said. The Office of the UN High It accused the Ukrainian Official acquitted Commissioner for Human Rights authorities of “restricting access to Precious wealth lost (OHCHR) said 9,371 people have been fundamental freedoms and socio- killed and 21,532 wounded since the economic rights to persons living in of fraud charges revolt against the pro-Western gov- the conflict-affected area.” ernment in Kiev began in Ukraine’s The OHCHR said the self- industrial heartland in April 2014. declared leaders of separatist Reuters Kiev and its Western allies Donetsk and Lugansk regions were accuse Russia of plotting and back- also undermining rights of the esti- ing the conflict in order to keep its mated 2.7 million people living under former Soviet neighbour in its his- their control. “They have imposed an DUBLIN: An Irish court yesterday toric sphere of influence. arbitrary system of rules, established acquitted former finance direc- Moscow denies the charges and a network of places of deprivation of tor of bancassurer Irish Life and accuses the United States of foment- liberty where detainees are tortured Permanent, Peter Fitzpatrick, of ing three months of bloody protests and ill-treated, and cracked down on conspiracy to defraud investors that brought down Ukraine’s Rus- dissent,” the report said. in the run-up to country’s bank- sian-backed administration in There was no immediate ing crisis. February 2014. response to the accusations from Two former executives of the The latest update on the human Kiev or the insurgents. failed Anglo Irish Bank, John Bowe rights situation in the European “After two years of conflict, the and Willie McAteer, were convicted Union’s backyard came nine days human rights picture in eastern on the same charges. after a UN torture prevention group Ukraine remains extremely grim,” The jury is still in deliberations suspended a visit to Ukraine because UN assistant secretary-general for regarding former Irish Life and it was denied access to requested human rights Ivan Simonovic told Permanent chief executive Denis government detention sites. reporters in Kiev. Casey. All four men were accused “Enforced disappearances, “This crisis started with of conspiring to mislead investors arbitrary detention, torture and ill- demands for human rights and by setting up a €7.2bn circu- treatment remain deeply entrenched freedoms, and these demands lar transaction scheme between Forest workers cut down a spruce attacked by woodworm in Bialowieza Forest near Bialowieza, practices, both in the territories con- remain today on either side of the March and September 2008 to bol- Poland yesterday. trolled by the armed groups and in contact line.” ster Anglo’s balance sheet. EUROPE SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 11 Hundreds feared missing as boat sinks off Greece

been recovered,” the Greek coast- nationalities of those on board. guard said, without giving details on A Greek coastguard spokeswoman Three ships and a the migrants’ nationalities. said a passing ship spotted the sinking coastguard vessel Three ships and a coastguard vessel off Crete. When rescuers got to vessel in addition to two helicopters the scene, about half of the 25-metre- in addition to two were searching the waters off the long boat was completely underwater, helicopters were Greek island of Crete where the boat, the spokeswoman said. believed to have come from Africa “The number of people in distress searching the waters with hundreds of migrants on board, could be counted in the hundreds,” off the Greek island capsized. The names and nationali- she said. The deaths are the first in ties of the drowned migrants, whose Greek waters since April, as a con- of Crete where the bodies were found on Thursday, were troversial March deal between the boat capsized. not yet known. EU and Turkey designed to halt the The International Organisation for flow of migrants using the popular Migration (IOM) earlier said the vessel Aegean route has led to a sharp drop that sank off Crete “is believed to have in arrivals. AFP left Africa with at least 700 migrants Nevertheless, some 204,000 on board”. migrants and refugees have crossed Yesterday’s sinking marked the the Mediterranean to Europe since second migrant vessel found in that January, the United Nations refugee ATHENS: Greek rescuers were area of the southern Aegean Sea agency said on Tuesday. searching for survivors yesterday after since last week, indicating that peo- More than 2,500 people have a migrant boat sank off the island of ple smugglers may be forging a new died trying to make the perilous Crete, leaving at least nine people route to avoid Nato ships. journey this year—the vast majority dead and hundreds feared missing. It was not immediately clear of them on crossings between Libya Libyan Red Crescent personnel retrieve the body of a migrant that washed up on a Libyan beach on the “Until this point 340 (people) have where exactly the boat had left and Italy—as Europe battles its worst been rescued and nine bodies have from or where it was headed, or the migration crisis since World War II. coast of the northwestern Libyan port city of Zuwarah. Paris museums move artworks to safety as Seine rises French govt calls Reuters it’s happening for real.” at 6.50 metres, and warned flood to work, is that the drop in the water The heavy flooding of the past waters could take several weeks to level will be very slow,” Royal said. week could cost French insurance recede after the wettest May in France The retreating waters could reveal companies some €600m ($680.5m) for 100 years. further victims, she added. for end to strikes PARIS: The Louvre and Orsay or more, industry association said. “What’s going to be even more In Evry-Gregy-sur-Yerre, a man museums in Paris moved scores of Both the Louvre and Orsay muse- painful for the families who have on horseback drowned on Thursday, artworks and precious artefacts to ums overlooking the Seine were lost their homes, the heads of com- becoming the first fatality from the Reuters over planned pay curbs was timed safety and soldiers evacuated resi- closed to the public yesterday. Musee panies who have lost their businesses, flooding caused by days of unusu- to start one day into the month-long dents trapped in some of the French d’Orsay will be closed until Tuesday, employees who will be unable to go ally torrential rain. soccer festival. capital’s suburbs as the rain-swol- authorities said. In Louvre, workers Two unions representing the len river Seine hit its highest level in stacked dozens of boxes marked frag- PARIS: France’s government, scram- bulk of Air France pilots have given 30 years. ile and containing valuable statues, bling to end a wave of protests that notice of a strike from June 11 to 14 Environment Minister Segolene vases and artworks. Crates could be could disrupt the Euro 2016 soccer and said they may schedule further Royal said the Seine had breached seen stacked in corridors, overlooked championship, called yesterday for stoppages. 19 feet in central Paris, submerg- by classical marble statues. an end to a national rail strike and The militant CGT union is spear- ing riverside roads, swamping small “For the museums, even if for- told Air France pilots their plans to heading strikes at the state rail businesses on quaysides and forcing tunately there isn’t any flooding of stop work were “irresponsible”. company and at refinieries and the closure of an underground com- storerooms as of today, there is an The calls came as an open-ended nuclear power stations in a bid to muter line. automatic process above 5.50 metres stoppage at the railways entered its force the government to withdraw a The worst affected areas lay just to move works in the deepest store- third day, reducing train services by contested reform of labour laws that to the south of the capital. In Vil- rooms higher,” Bruno Julliard, Paris’ about half, a week before the June 10 would make hiring and firing easier. leneuve-Saint-Georges near Orly deputy mayor, told France Inter radio. opening of soccer tournament which The core protest has coincided airport, soldiers and Red Cross vol- The Louvre and the Musee should draw some 2.5 million fans, with sectoral issues such as diffi- unteers helped stranded residents as d’Orsay are both home to world- many of them from abroad. cult reorganisation negotiations to flood waters rose above knee level. renowned art collections, the former The strike disruption was com- prepare the SNCF for Europe-wide In nearby Corbeil-Essonnes, locals including the celebrated Mona Lisa pounded by the worst flooding in liberalisation of train traffic in 2020 kayaked along streets littered with painting and Venus de Milo statue. at least 30 years as the Seine river and, at Air France, efforts to reduce abandoned cars. Even as the Seine crested higher, it broke its banks in the centre of Paris, costs. “It’s a bit frightening, everything remained well below the record high forcing closure of one commuter The CGT and smaller labour and that’s happening,” said one woman of 8.6 metres reached in 1910, when train line and a halt to barge trans- student unions which have been pro- from Marseille.“Not long ago they thousands of Parisians had to flee port of building materials on top of testing since early March against the View of the flooded river-side of River Seine near Eiffel tower in Paris, ran a flood simulation, how to evac- inundated low-lying areas of the city. massive traffic jams on water-logged labour law reform said they would uate museums, residents. And now Officials said the river could peak France, yesterday. motorways. continue the fight and had proposals Transport Minister Alain Vidalies to make. But they insisted President said the government had satisfied Francois Hollande should respond to union demands to protect rest peri- their requests for a meeting. ods for rail workers and help with Prime Minister Manuel Valls has Poland to Germany & France to revive EU defence the €50bn ($55.76bn) debt of the said the CGT union, one of the two SNCF rail company, saying the mil- large unions in France, was wag- expand itant CGT union should call off its ing an increasingly lonely war now Reuters alongside the United States. “The goal is a European defence action. that most other unions had dropped Proponents say closer defence union,” said a senior German gov- “It’s time to acknowledge the grievances. armed forces cooperation among the European ernment official. “That is not about progress that’s been made and to “If we gave into the CGT, a allies is needed particularly to reduce competing with Nato but we need a get back to work,” the minister told union which is in the minor- BRUSSELS: Germany and France costly duplication in production of stronger Europe. If we wait for the RTL radio. ity even if I respect its history and by 50,000 will relaunch closer European mil- defence systems and programmes Eurosceptics, then we will only go The Socialist government has struggle, it would no longer be pos- itary cooperation this month and at a time when greater investment is backwards,” the official said. intervened in internal talks on sible to reform France,” he told l’Est could start a common defence fund required in defence technology. Shortcomings in Europe’s 2011 reorganisation of the SNCF to try Republicain. AFP but there are no plans to form an EU British scepticism about Euro- Libyan air campaign and ageing to defuse tensions, and made con- Though unemployment has been army, officials said. pean integration has often hampered equipment in African missions have cessions to avert an air traffic falling at a rate of roughly 10 per- EU foreign policy chief Federica EU defence plans. After Britain’s June also convinced French officials. controllers’ strike. But it now faces cent, the protests and a fallout from WARSAW: Poland will expand its Mogherini will propose deepening 23 referendum, officials want to use France sees military independence as a walkout by pilots at flag carrier Air a sustained spell of torrential rain armed forces next year to 150,000 defence links at a June 28-29 leaders the proposals to cement Britain’s paramount, but wants to move ahead France next week. are doing little to lift French spir- men from the current 100,000 summit, despite rising Euroscepti- EU membership if London decides with ideas blocked by Britain, such as “This is irresponsible,” the min- its despite Hollande’s claims a year because of security concerns, cism, and argue that EU integration to stay. But they will still go ahead if a joint EU command headquarters ister said, adding that the nobody from elections that “things are get- Defence Minister Antoni Maciere- can work to maintain Europe’s clout British voters decide to leave. and shared military assets. would understand why a stoppage ting better” economically. wicz said yesterday. He did not explicitly mention Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine or the pro-Moscow revolt in the country’s east, but Germany probes 180 Cleaning mission those events have already spooked Warsaw into bolstering its defence capabilities. The Nato member suspects over jihadist links and allies in the region have man- aged to obtain an alliance revamp putting more troops into eastern AFP had broken up a suspected terror cell European member states—a plan which was planning to carry out a Nato leaders will formally endorse suicide attack in the western city at a Warsaw summit next month. of Duesseldorf for the Islamic State “We’ve decided to increase the BERLIN: German prosecutors have jihadist group. number of Polish troops. We esti- launched legal proceedings against Two attackers were allegedly mate that next year the army will 180 suspects linked to jihadist planning to detonate suicide vests number around 150,000 men,” groups in Syria, the justice minis- while the others were to kill pas- Macierewicz told reporters. try said yesterday, a day after police sersby with guns and explosives on He added that an important arrested three Syrians suspected of a major street in Duesseldorf, pros- part of new total would be the planning an attack. ecutors said in a statement. 35,000-member paramilitary “The chief prosecutor is cur- The suspects were identified force, whose first volunteers Poland rently carrying out 120 proceedings as 27-year-old Hamza C, 25-year- will start enrolling in September. targeting 180 suspects in connec- old Mahood B, and Abd Arahman The force’s command structure and tion with the civil war in Syria, for A K, 31, who were arrested in the senior appointments were decided their membership in, or backing of, states of Brandenburg near Ber- in April, Macierewicz said. a terrorist organisation,” said justice lin, North Rhine-Westphalia and Comprising civilians who have ministry spokesman Philip Scholz. Baden-Wurttemberg. had military training, the force is Separately, the interior minis- A fourth Syrian man, Saleh A, intended to deter Russia from seiz- try said there were “499 potentially 25, had been in custody in France ing Polish territory by infiltration, dangerous individuals in the field of since turning himself in in Febru- Syrian migrants Mahmoud (left) and Naja Al Hassas (centre) help to clean the city after heavy floods as it is perceived to have done in Islamist terrorism”. ary, they said, and Germany had now in Simbach, Germany, yesterday. eastern Ukraine. Federal prosecutors said police requested his extradition. 12 SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 AMERICAS At least 12 dead in Texas floods; three prisons evacuated

Reuters teams were using boats, helicopters “This tragedy extends well beyond when the accident took place. It evacuated about 2,600 inmates flooding, it said. Some areas could and sniffer dogs to search for four sol- Fort Hood and the outpouring of There was likely one more flood- from two other facilities earlier this see as much as 18 cm. diers who went missing when their support from around the country is related death in the state, San Antonio week due to flooding on the same “Due to already saturated soils, military vehicle overturned in a flood- sincerely appreciated,” Major General police said yesterday, after recover- river. Many of the inmates were sent to even fairly brief, intense rainfall rates AUSTIN, TEXAS: At least 12 people, swollen creek on Thursday at Fort John Uberti told reporters. ing the body of a man caught in metal other units with available beds, it said. can easily cause roadway and low- including five Army soldiers, have Hood in central Texas. The vehicle overturned at a low- bars at a river drainage site in the city. The National Weather Service has land flooding over urban areas,” it died in Texas due to torrential rain in Five other soldiers in the vehicle water crossing and military officials The Texas Department of Criminal placed large parts of Texas and Loui- said. the past week which has also dam- were killed while three more who sur- have not said why the convoy was Justice began evacuating yesterday siana on a flash flood watch, including More than 150 flights have been aged hundreds of homes and led the vived were expected to be released training near a swollen waterway. The about 1,700 inmates at its Ramsey Houston and New Orleans. cancelled at airports in Dallas and state to evacuate three prison facili- from a hospital as early as yester- sprawling army post covering an area Unit in Rosharon, about 50 km south Heavy rains are forecast to hit Houston as of 1pm (1800 GMT) yes- ties, officials said yesterday. day, a military official told a news about 15 times larger than Manhat- of Houston, due to flooding along the Houston and eastern Texas through terday due to the weather, according The US Army and local rescue conference. tan was closing down flood-hit roads Brazos River. the weekend, likely causing more to tracking service FlightAware.com.

Michelle Obama Republican House takes swipe Speaker Ryan against Trump backs Trump AFP NEW YORK: First Lady Michelle Obama took a veiled swipe at Donald newspaper in his home state of Wis- Trump while delivering a passionate consin. It surfaced in the middle of defense of immigration and diversity, The House of a speech by Democratic front-run- in the final commencement address Representatives ner Hillary Clinton in which she of her husband’s presidency yesterday. launched a far-reaching attack on “Infusions of new cultures and speaker announced Trump’s foreign policy credentials. new ideas, generation after genera- his support in a Ryan did not specifically use tion, created the matchless alchemy the word “endorse” in his column, of our melting pot and helped us build column for the but his spokesman, Brendan Buck, the strongest, most vibrant, most pros- Janesville Gazette made clear that Ryan’s move should perous nation on the planet,” Obama be seen as an endorsement. told the 2016 graduating class of City newspaper in his The speaker had criticised College of New York. home state of the Republican candidate several Protesters climb atop a car stopped in traffic as a crowd marches near the venue where Republican presidential “Some folks out there today seem Wisconsin. times, including Trump’s proposal candidate Donald Trump was addressing a rally in San Jose, California, yesterday. to have a very different perspective,” in December to temporarily ban all she said, appearing to allude to pre- Muslims from entering the United sumptive Republican nominee for States because of national security nominating convention in July that “It’s no secret that he and I have significant for Trump, there remain president, without using his name. Reuters concerns. many party leaders plan to skip. our differences. I won’t pretend oth- many concerns about him within “They seem to view our diversity The 46-year-old Ryan was the It also represents a blow to erwise,” Ryan wrote. “And when I feel the party. Longtime Republican fin- as a threat to be contained rather than only member of the Republican con- Republicans who have been trying to the need to, I’ll continue to speak ancier Fred Malek drew attention to as a resource to be tapped, they tell us gressional leadership who had not organise a third-party bid to give party my mind. But the reality is, on the worries about Trump in a column in to be afraid of those who are differ- WASHINGTON: Paul Ryan, the formally embraced Trump. loyalists who cannot abide Trump issues that make up our agenda, we the Washington Post. He cited Trump’s ent,” said the first lady in remarks that top elected US Republican, ended a In a tweet, Trump responded: “So someone else to support. The “never have more common ground than criticism last week of New Mexico’s appeared more pointedly political than long period of soul-searching and great to have the endorsement and Trump” crowd includes 2012 nominee disagreement.” Republican governor, Susana Martinez, usual. “They act as if name calling is endorsed Donald Trump for presi- support of Paul Ryan. We will both Mitt Romney. Ryan was Romney’s vice Ryan said he and Trump had spo- considered a rising star in the party an acceptable substitute for thought- dent, a step toward unifying party be working very hard to Make Amer- presidential running mate. ken many times in recent weeks about with the ability to appeal to Hispanics. ful debate, as if anger and intolerance loyalists behind the insurgent can- ica Great Again!” While Ryan’s decision could push how, “by focusing on issues that unite “These attacks on fellow Republi- should be our default state.” didate despite concerns about his Ryan’s backing of Trump could some Republican leaders off the Republicans, we can work together to cans must stop as we move closer to Donald Trump has vowed to build a candidacy. give cover to more reluctant Repub- fence, many holdouts remained, such heal the fissures developed through the general election,” Malek wrote. wall along America’s southern border Ryan had been a high-profile licans to get behind the billionaire as two former rivals, former Florida the primary.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch to keep out illegal immigrants, and has holdout to supporting Trump for businessman as their best chance to Governor Jeb Bush and US Senator “Through these conversations, I feel McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, run a controversial campaign insulting the November 8 presidential election win the White House. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. confident he would help us turn the ideas who has said he will support Trump, women, Mexicans, Muslims, the disa- out of concern about the presump- “I think the endorsement is sig- Aides to both said their positions in this agenda into laws to help improve told CNN that Trump’s proposed Mus- bled and journalists whom he dislikes, tive Republican nominee’s bellicose nificant because it shows the falling had not changed. Democratic Sen- people’s lives. That’s why I’ll be voting for lim ban was a bad idea and that his among others. rhetoric and break with party ortho- in line of the establishment Republi- ate leader Harry Reid described Ryan’s him this fall,” Ryan said. criticism of Martinez was ill-advised. “In America we don’t give in to our doxy on issues including trade and cans from the top,” said Republican move as “abject surrender,” adding: Announcing he will vote for Trump Ryan said he too still had concerns fears, we don’t build up walls to keep immigration. strategist Ron Bonjean. “The GOP is Trump’s party now.” should make it a bit more comfortable about Trump’s tone. “It is my hope the people out, because we know that our The House of Representatives It should also help Trump make Ryan met Trump in a high-pro- for Ryan to chair the party’s nominat- campaign improves its tone as we go greatness has always depended on con- Speaker announced his support in the case that he can bring the party file meeting last month and they have ing convention in Cleveland. forward and it’s all a campaign we can tributions from people born elsewhere a column for the Janesville Gazette together as he girds for a Republican since had a number of telephone calls. While Ryan’s endorsement was be proud of,” Ryan told reporters. but sought this country,” Obama said.

El Salvador wants to investigate Maduro takes opposition Congress leaders to court ambassador for Reuters requesting support from international Congress from addressing foreign 30 million, the opposition won con- bodies including the Organisation of bodies such as the OAS, there are trol of the assembly in a December arms sales American States. The government wider fears in opposition circles that election and is pushing for a recall views the 35-member OAS as a pup- the president may seek to close down referendum this year to oust Maduro. CARACAS: Legal team of President pet of hostile US policy. the legislature altogether. OAS head Luis Almagro, a former Reuters Nicolas Maduro (pictured) lodged “It’s unacceptable that bodies like Maduro, 53, is already winning Uruguayan foreign minister and now a formal complaint in Venezuela’s the OAS ... receive these men when a power conflict with the National a bitter enemy of Maduro, sought this Supreme Court yesterday against the they know they are usurping a con- Assembly, whose measures have week to begin proceedings at the SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador National Assembly’s opposition lead- stitutional provision that international been repeatedly struck down by the hemispheric body that could lead to prosecutors asked Congress to ers for allegedly “usurping” his role in relations are exclusively managed by Supreme Court, but he said recently Venezuela’s suspension on grounds allow the government to inves- international affairs. the president,” Amoroso told state TV that the legislature could soon of violating democracy. tigate the country’s ambassador Maduro’s legal adviser Elvis Amo- from the court. “disappear”. Congress head Henry Ramos, to Germany for illegal arms sales roso said documents were delivered While the measure was an Thanks to public ire over a brutal a veteran opposition leader, may during his time in the Defence to the court accusing the assembly’s heads of violating the constitution by attempt to stop leaders of the economic crisis in the OPEC nation of address an OAS session. Ministry. Congress must approve crimi- nal proceedings against any public official. The government said Ambassador Jose Atilio Benitez, 57, Favourite Fujimori loses ground a retired general, committed fraud with more than 30 weapons that belonged to the armed forces, sell- ing everything from military rifles before Peru election: Polls to handguns on the black market. Prosecutors want to bring charges “for corruption, spe- AFP “That is clearly a technical tie,” threw her support behind Kuczynski. cifically for the crimes of illegal GfK director Hernan Chaparro told CPI director Manuel Saavedra commerce and storing of weap- media in a news conference. estimated there were about five per- ons, for arbitrary acts, and for Another pollster, Datum, said its cent of voters still undecided. That is the deception committed by this LIMA: Peruvian presidential candi- survey conducted on May 31 and June enough to swing the result against the person,” Douglas Melendez, the date Keiko Fujimori, has lost ground 1 showed Fujimori with 52.1 percent of populist conservative Fujimori. attorney general, told reporters. to her center-right rival ahead of the vote to 47.9 percent for Kuczyn- She is popular among poor rural El Savador’s embassy in tomorrow’s closely-fought election, ski, who is known as “PPK.” communities but also has a high dis- Germany was not immediately polls released yesterday showed. “PPK is gaining support from approval rating. available for comment. The Min- Fujimori remains the favour- undecided voters,” said Datum’s Many Peruvians associate her istry of Foreign Affairs declined to ite to win the runoff election against director Urpi Torrado. The third poll, with the authoritarian rule of her comment. former Wall Street banker Pedro by consultancy CPI, gave Fujimori 51.6 father Alberto Fujimori, who is in jail Benitez, who led Salvadoran Pablo Kuczynski. percent to 48.4 percent for Kuczynski. for corruption and for massacres of troops on missions in Iraq, was But three new polls showed her A poll by Ipsos a week ahead of opponents he alleged were terrorists. named deputy defence minister earlier estimated lead of more than the vote had given Fujimori a lead Some 23 million Peruvians of El Salvador in 2009, and two five percentage points had narrowed. of 5.3 percentage points. Since then, are called to vote tomorrow in the years later became defense min- One survey carried out on June 1 she has faced a tough televised debate election to replace outgoing leftist ister for ex-President Mauricio and 2 by pollster GfK indicated Fuji- with Kuczynski and a mass rally president Ollanta Humala. Funes, a leftist whose party con- mori, 41, had 50.3 percent of the vote against her in Lima on May 31. Both candidates have vowed to tinues to be in power. to 49.7 for Kuczynski, 77. The gap On May 30, the third-place can- fight crime and create jobs in the Benitez was named ambassa- between them was well within the didate from the first-round of the South American mineral exporter, one Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori attends a closing dor to Spain in 2013. poll’s 2.3 percent margin of error. election, leftist Veronika Mendoza, of the region’s strongest economies. campaign rally in Lima. BREAK TIME SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 13

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MOST READ NEW YORK: For managing the memories acquired across a lifetime, human beings Heya fashion exhibition opens with need to forget -- as part of the brains’ sys- 1 over 200 boutiques tem, says new research that has identified a new protein required for normal forget- PM holds talks with Omani ting by the brain. 2 Deputy Premier in Muscat The findings uncovered a protein called “scribble”, which orchestrates a Supreme Committee to launch series of molecules, joining several mol- 3 football pitch in Nepal ecules to forge a pathway. “Certain memories are intrusive and, with sufficient knowledge of how the brain forgets, we should be able to remove selec- TWEET OF THE DAY tive memories. Alternatively, we could find a way to inhibit forgetting in those suf- fering from memory disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease,” said Ron Davis from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in the US. Flies that were genetically modi- fied to suppress the production of Scribble protein, remembered twice as much as Line characters are seen at the Line Corp’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. the flies with normal levels of the Scrib- ble protein. Universe expanding faster: Astronomer

Reuters percent of the cosmos that emits no of light, which is about 186,000 miles in Physics for the discovery that the light and no radiation, scientists said (300,000km) per second. expansion of the universe was speed- on Thursday. “Maybe the universe Another idea is that so-called “dark ing up. INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY is tricking us,” said Alex Filippenko, energy,” a mysterious, anti-gravity force The speedier universe also raises CAPE CANAVERAL: The universe a University of California, Berke- discovered in 1998, may be shoving the possibility that Einstein’s general is expanding faster than previously ley astronomer and co-author of an galaxies away from one another more theory of relativity, which serves as Philippine Ambassa- believed, a surprising discovery that upcoming paper about the discovery. powerfully than originally estimated. the mathematical scaffolding for cal- dor, Wilfredo C. Santos could test part of Albert Einstein’s the- The universe’s rate of expansion “This may be an important clue culating how the basic building blocks (centre) cuts the ribbon ory of relativity, a pillar of cosmology does not match predictions based on to understanding those parts of the of matter interact, is slightly wrong, to mark the 118th cel- that has withstood challenges for a cen- measurements of the remnant radiation universe that make up 95 percent of Nasa said. Riess and colleagues made ebration of Philippine tury. left over from the Big Bang explosion everything and that don’t emit light, their discovery by building a better cos- Independence Day at The discovery that the universe that gave rise to the known universe such as dark energy, dark matter and mic yardstick to calculate distances. Sheraton Grand Doha is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent 13.8 billion years ago. dark radiation,” physicist and lead They used the Hubble Space Tele- Resort & Convention faster than predicted, announced in One possibility for the discrepancy author Adam Riess, with the Space Tel- scope to measure a particular type of Hotel yesterday.Photo joint news releases by Nasa and the is that the universe has unknown sub- escope Science Institute in Baltimore, star, known as Cepheid variables, in 19 by Kammutty VP European Space Agency, also stirs atomic particles, similar to neutrinos, Maryland, said in a statement. galaxies beyond our own Milky Way hypotheses about what fills the 95 that travel nearly as fast as the speed Riess shared the 2011 Nobel Prize galaxy. Scientists propose Mexican Spider-Man weaves to build synthetic human genome web of knowledge

Reuters Reuters When giving class at the National Autonomous University of Mexico as the superhero, Vazquez leaves home in eastern Mexico City with his WASHINGTON: A group of sci- MEXICO CITY: A Mexican science mother’s blessing, and rides in pub- entists proposed an ambitious teacher has come up with a novel lic transport to the prestigious seat project to create a synthetic human way to get his students’ attention of learning dressed as the Avenger. genome, or genetic blueprint, in an - giving lessons dressed as Spider- Vazquez’s family originally endeavour that is bound to raise Man. thought that pretending to be Spi- concerns over the extent to which Moises Vazquez, 26, said he der-Man could hurt his career when human life can or should be engi- was inspired to pull on the tight he started donning the suit for class neered. blue and red suit of the superhero a year and a half ago - but instead The project, which arose from after reading in comics that the the unusual turn has gone down a meeting of scientists last month Marvel character behind the mask, well with students and other teach- at Harvard University, aims to Peter Parker, worked as a science ers, he said. build such a synthetic genome teacher after his time as a freelance “Obviously they reacted with and test it in cells in the labora- photographer. surprise, but they were happy too,” Grave diggers take part in the first Hungarian grave digging championship in Debrecen, yesterday. tory within 10 years. The project “I do the same job as anyone Vazquez added. “Everyone was smil- was unveiled in the journal Sci- else, I don’t think it’s the best class ing at me.” ence by the experts involved. in the world just because I put on a On the streets of the megalop- A synthetic human genome suit. But I assure you I want to be the olis, people are generally surprised could make it possible to cre- most honest and dedicated there is, to learn the Mexican superhero is a Dig for victory! Hungarian grave ate humans who lack biological I just want to make the classroom a university lecturer, assuming that his parents. It would involve using better place,” he said. outfit is part of a film shoot. chemicals to create the DNA present in human chromosomes. diggers compete to be the best The scientists proposed the launch of what they called the Human Genome Project-Write, Reuters Association’s deputy chairman, place in an international tourna- or HGP-write, later this year, Zoltan Juracsik, said at the national ment against Poland, Slovakia and and said they would seek public grave-digging contest at the wooded the Czech Republic. involvement and the consider- cemetery in Debrecen, Hungary’s The contest is meant to improve ation of ethical, legal and social HUNGARY: In a graveyard in Hun- biggest city after Budapest. the prestige of grave digging and implications. gary, solemn contemplation gave way “This is a profession, and the col- attract young men to a job that must The scientists said they hoped to frantic sportsmanship yesterday leagues who toil in competition today still be done by hand in crowded to get $100m in public and private as dozens of grave diggers battled to are proud and deserve our respect.” graveyards where mechanical dig- funding to launch the project this prove they were the fastest and best In less than half an hour, the local gers cannot fit. year and expect total costs would in the business. team, perhaps enjoying the home One of the competitors, Csaba be less than the $3bn used for the Taking their places at plots advantage, finished their grave first. Halasz, 21, began by taking summer original Human Genome Project selected by pulling names out of a The stragglers took almost one hour. job after high school. Although he that completely mapped human hard hat, 18 two-man teams waited The graves were then judged on graduated with a degree in physical DNA for the first time. for an official to shout “Start!” before neatness and whether they com- education, he stayed in the business. The new project “will include shovelling at the ground to dig a pre- plied with the regulation size: 200 “This job chose me,” he said. “It’s whole-genome engineering of cise, regulation-size grave as quickly cm long, 80 cm wide and 160 cm hard but it’s worth it. Relatives come human cell lines and other organ- Moises Vazquez, 26, known as Spider-Moy, on a subway on his way as possible. “I don’t think this is mor- deep (7 feet by 2 feet 7 inches by and thank me every time. The pro- isms of agricultural and public to work in Mexico City. bid,” the Hungarian Undertakers’ 5 feet). The winning team wins a fession just lured me in.” health significance. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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Qatari-Russian Novatek eyes tie-up panel decides with Qatargas Reuters Novatek is now challenging. Novatek has long been seeking ways to export Russian gas. to boost trade In 2012 its Switzerland-based MOSCOW: Russia’s No 2 gas pro- trading arm Novatek Gas&Power ducer Novatek would be interested signed a 10-year deal to supply the two countries, and their convic- in a tie-up with Qatargas, the world’s German utility EnBW with gas, in a Both sides agreed tion of big potential and opportunities biggest LNG exporter, as it seeks to move to allow the Russian company that the current for cooperation available to establish expand its gas trading business, to form a customer base in the lucra- fruitful partnerships in several areas. Russian Energy Minister Alexander tive European market. level of trade is not The two sides agreed that the cur- Novak said yesterday. Novatek’s Yamal LNG project will commensurate with rent level of trade exchange between Novatek plans to start its own have a total capacity of 16.5 million the two countries is not commensu- liquefied natural gas production next tonnes of LNG per year, split over the depth of their rate with the depth of the bilateral year at its plant in Russia’s Yamal three production lines of 5.5 mil- bilateral relations. relations and economic potential of peninsula, which it is building with lion tonnes capacity each. both countries. France Total and China’s CNPC and About 95 percent of Yamal’s They expressed their desire to Silk Road Fund. future production has been already increase the volume of trade, cultural “Our company Novatek is inter- pre-sold, but industry sources and The Peninsula and scientific exchange by organis- ested in ... marketing of this type analysts have said the plant will be ing more meetings and mutual visits of of fuel (LNG) jointly with a Qatari able to produce additional cargos to businessmen from both sides in order company,” Novak told reporters at sell on the spot market. DOHA: The Qatari-Russian Joint Com- to get acquainted with the investment a joint briefing with Qatari Minis- Despite Western sanctions mittee for Trade, Economic, Scientific opportunities available as well as laws ter of Energy and Industry H E Dr imposed on Novatek and its major and Technical Cooperation held its that regulate foreign investment in both Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada. shareholder Gennady Timchenko, second meeting in the Russian capi- countries. Novatek, whose $27bn LNG the company secured $12bn in loans tal Moscow. Qatar’s delegation to the The two sides also agreed to con- plant will be the second in Rus- for Yamal LNG in April. meeting was chaired by Minister of tinue coordination between the public Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada sia after the Gazprom-controlled Alexander Kornilov, a senior oil Energy and Industry HE Dr Moham- and private sectors in the two countries and Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak signing minutes of Sakhalin-2 LNG project on the Rus- and gas analyst at Aton brokerage in med bin Saleh Al Sada, while the to enhance cooperation in the fields the meeting. sian Pacific Ocean coast, declined Moscow, said Novatek is likely to be delegation of the Russian Federation of trade, investment, finance, energy, to comment. interested in expand its own trad- was headed by Minister of Energy industry, agriculture construction, sci- The largest non-state gas pro- ing operations. Alexander Novak. ence, education, culture and business. At the end of the meeting, Minis- the meeting. The two sides agreed to ducer in Russia, it is barred from “It will be transforming into a According to a statement issued by A number of businessmen in both ter of Energy and Industry H E Dr hold the third meeting of the Com- exporting natural gas to Europe large LNG player in the next couple the Ministry of Energy and Industry Qatar and Russia participated in the Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, and mittee in Doha during 2017, in a date by pipelines as state-owned of years, so the question of market- yesterday, the two sides expressed their business forum, which was held on the Russian Minister of Energy Alex- to be fixed through the diplomatic Gazprom has the exclusive rights ing will be a burning issue for the desire to promote cooperation between sidelines of meetings of the Committee. ander Novak signed the minutes of channels. to ship gas abroad - legislation company,” he said.

Oil prices hover Qatar Airways’ stake in BA-owner strategic: Al Baker close to $50 AFP Reuters to 15 percent from 12 percent amid a was a perfect hub to feed India, where shares were working well, “we would switching to 737s, but was not yet rapid global expansion. IAG was not very strong. He said he do these whether they (Qatar Air- walking away from Airbus. “IAG is a strategic investment, not had “absolute confidence” in the man- ways) had a stake in us or not,” he “We will switch to the Max if we LONDON: Oil hovered close to a financial investment,” Chief Exec- agement of IAG and that Qatar was added. cannot resolve our issue. We will go $50 per barrel this week as trad- DUBLIN: Qatar Airways said yes- utive Akbar Al Baker told reporters not seeking a seat on the board. Akbar Al Baker said Qatar Air- to current option 737s and convert it ers tracked Opec’s refusal to set terday its 15 percent stake in British at the International Air Transport Speaking to Reuters at the same ways has cancelled its first Airbus to Max,” he said, adding he was sure production limits and key data in Airways-owner IAG was a strate- Association annual meeting in Dub- conference, IAG chief executive Willie A320neo jet and remains at an Boeing could find production slots if the United States, the world’s big- gic rather than financial investment lin, adding Qatar was “satisfied with Walsh insisted that the Qatar Airways impasse with the European plane- needed. gest consumer of crude. which helped purchasing and net- 15.01 pct.”. holding had no bearing on any oper- maker over delays in deliveries The airline announced in May it The market began the week on work planning, but it was not seeking “The benefit is really unlimited, ational tie-ups and any deepening of caused by engine problems. was reducing the frequency of more the back foot yesterday after recent a board seat. joint purchases, joint insurance, joint the partnership was “completely sep- He said the carrier would soon than a dozen regular routes from comments from Federal Reserve The Gulf carrier said in May it component repairs, handling, joint arate” to the equity holding. start talks with alternative engine Doha because of hold-ups in the chief Janet Yellen, who suggested had increased its stake in Interna- catering,” he said, adding that the While the airlines’ cargo part- supplier CFM, and had held talks delivery of new planes from Euro- that US interest rates will soon rise, tional Consolidated Airlines Group Hamad International airport in Doha nership, joint procurement and code with rival planemaker Boeing over pean manufacturer Airbus. boosting the dollar. A stronger greenback makes dollar-priced oil more expen- sive, denting demand and hurting prices. Prices wobbled on Tuesday China’s pause on reforms would as traders mulled recent Canadian and Nigerian supply outages that sent oil above $50 the previous have ‘bad consequences’: Lew week. “The decline in (US) stock- piles is helping underpin prices for now -- but the supply and demand Reuters and execute pledges to reduce excess trade tensions between the world’s dynamics have not changed,” CMC industrial capacity that is distorting two largest economies. Markets analyst Michael Hewson world markets. The US Commerce Department said. China faces diminished economic has recently imposed steep anti- “The big question is how much SEOUL: US Treasury Secretary Jack prospects in the medium and long dumping and anti-subsidy duties on more upside can we potentially Lew said yesterday China would see term if it fails to continue its reforms, a wide-range of Chinese steel prod- see.” “very bad consequences” for its econ- Lew said. “Frankly, if China takes a ucts, while US business groups have Petromatrix analyst Olivier omy and bilateral US relations if it backs time-out or a step back on the reform complained about new Chinese reg- Jakob added that traders were away from its stated goals to open its agenda, that will have very bad con- ulations they say favor local firms. paying less attention to the cartel, markets and rebalance its economy sequences for China’s economy and Meanwhile, the Chinese yuan is which accounts for around a third towards consumer-led growth. it will flow over and not be good in plumbing five-year lows against the of global oil supplies. Lew, in an interview with Reu- terms of our bilateral economic rela- dollar, raising concerns about the “The price volatility before ters in Seoul, said he would “keep tions,” Lew said. potential for another devaluation and after the Opec meeting has the pressure” on Chinese officials The US-China Strategic and Eco- as the Federal Reserve prepares to been marginal and confirms the US Treasury Secretary Jacob J Lew answers questions during a meeting during talks in Beijing next week to nomic Dialogue meetings on June 6-7 resume interest rate increases after new-normal of the market’s lack stick to their reform commitments in Beijing come at a time of increasing pausing for the past few months. with reporters in Seoul yesterday. of interest for Opec,” said Jakob. 18 SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS

Walmart in deal Dull employment with Uber and Lyft for delivery data casts doubt AFP WASHINGTON: Walmart announced plans yesterday to team up with Uber and Lyft on a on Fed rate hike pilot grocery delivery programe, in a fresh challenge by the US retail giant to Amazon. The big retailer said it would test the “last-mile” percentage point to 4.7 percent in May, delivery with the two ridesharing Nonfarm payrolls the lowest since November 2007, that groups as well as the delivery star- was in part due to people dropping out tup Deliv in San Jose, California, increased by only of the labor force. and Denver, Colorado. 38,000 jobs last “This unusual jobs report puts the “We’re thrilled about the possi- Fed in a tricky position. Disappoint- bility of delivering new convenient month, the smallest ing job creation numbers, including options to our customers, and gain since September adverse revisions to prior monthly about working with some trans- estimates, argue for the Fed to remain formative companies in this test,” 2010. highly accommodative for now,” said Walmart said in a statement. Mohamed el-Erian, chief economic “We’ll start small and let our adviser at Allianz in Newport Beach, customers guide us, but testing California. new things like last-mile delivery Reuters US stock index futures dropped allows us to better evaluate the after the data, while prices for US various ways we can best serve our Commuters get off a Metro train in Washington, DC. The US economy generated a paltry 38,000 net new government debt rose. Short-term customers how, when and where interest rate futures jumped. The dol- jobs in May, a quarter of that expected. they need us.” WASHINGTON: The US economy cre- lar was trading lower against a basket The new programme ramps up ated the fewest number of jobs in more of currencies. forecast payrolls rising 164,000 in Economists say wage growth of broadly weak, with the private sector Walmart’s efforts to counter Ama- than five years in May as employment The Fed bank has signaled its May and the unemployment rate fall- between 3.0 percent and 3.5 percent adding only 25,000 jobs, the smallest zon, which is offering same-day in the manufacturing and construc- intention to raise rates soon if job ing to 4.9 percent. is needed to lift inflation to the Fed’s since February 2010. Manufactur- grocery and merchandise deliv- tion sectors fell sharply, suggesting a gains continued and economic data The goods producing sector, 2.0 percent target. There are, how- ing employment fell by 10,000 jobs ery in a number of cities. It also deterioration in the labour market that remained consistent with a pickup in which includes mining, manufactur- ever, signs that inflation is creeping and construction payrolls dropped boosts the efforts of Uber and could make it harder for the Federal growth in the second quarter. ing and construction, shed 36,000 higher as the dampening effects 15,000. Lyft to expand beyond rideshar- Reserve to raise interest rates. Fed Chair Yellen said last week jobs, the most since February 2010. of the dollar’s past rally and the oil Mining employment maintained ing to delivery of goods. Walmart Nonfarm payrolls increased by that a rate increase would probably be Even without the Verizon strike, pay- price plunge dissipate. its downward trend, shedding 10,000 said it expects to start the test pro- only 38,000 jobs last month, the appropriate in the “coming months,” rolls would have increased by a mere A broad measure of unemploy- positions. Mining payrolls have gramme within two weeks. smallest gain since September 2010, if those conditions were met. The US 72,000. ment that includes people who want dropped by 207,000 since peaking Customers will pay $7 to $10 the Labour Department said yester- central bank hiked its benchmark The Verizon workers, who were to work but have given up search- in September 2014, with three-quar- extra for the delivery, which will day. Employment gains were also overnight interest rate in December considered unemployed because they ing and those working part-time ters of the losses in support activities. be added to the online shopping restrained by a month-long strike by for the first time in nearly a decade. did not receive a salary during the because they cannot find full-time Retail payrolls rose 11,400 after bill, with no payment to the driver. Verizon workers, which depressed The weak employment report payrolls survey week, returned to employment held steady at 9.7 per- shedding jobs in April for the first “It’s all seamless to the cus- information sector payrolls by 34,000 bucks data on consumer spending, their jobs on Wednesday. They are cent in May. time since December 2014. Wholesale tomer,” the statement said. “We’ll jobs. industrial production, goods exports expected to boost June employment. The labour force participation trade employment fell by 10,300 jobs. also let them know their order is Underscoring the report’s weak- and housing that have suggested the Other details of the employment rate, or the share of working-age Temporary help jobs dropped 21,000. being delivered by a driver from ness, employers hired 59,000 fewer economy is gathering speed after report were less encouraging. Aver- Americans who are employed or at There were declines in utilities and Uber or Lyft.” The move comes workers in March and April than growth slowed to a 0.8 percent annu- age hourly earnings rose five cents, least looking for a job, fell 0.2 per- transportation and warehousing amid an expansion of the Ama- previously reported. While the unem- alized rate in the first quarter. or 0.2 percent. That kept the year- centage point to 62.6 percent. employment. Government payrolls zonFresh service by the US online ployment rate fell three-tenths of a Economists polled by Reuters had on-year rise at 2.5 percent. The job gains in May were increased 13,000. giant. Airlines support carbon emissions deal: IATA Uber deal signals an aggressive Saudi Reuters from international aviation. the large number of exempted states. “It’s really a top priority,” said According to early drafts, at least a IATA Corporate Secretary Paul Steele third of emissions from air travel (pictured). “It’s dominated discus- would not have to be offset. investment drive DUBLIN/MONTREAL: Airlines sions here in our board meetings.” To help bridge the divide, Singa- want one global deal to reduce Steele expressed optimism that a pore recently proposed a pilot phase carbon dioxide emissions from air deal would be reached at Montreal- before the start of the global agree- travel despite higher costs, in order based ICAO. The plan would allow ment, two sources familiar with the AFP national corporations.” to avoid a patchwork of regulation airlines to offset their emissions by talks said. The aim is to participate “in large that would be harder to manage, an buying carbon credits from desig- IATA has said any pilot period international companies and emerg- executive of the International Air nated environmental projects. should not delay the planned agree- ing technologies from around the Transport Association trade group Airlines recognize the deal would ment’s 2021 start date. RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s surpris- world”, the plan adds. said yesterday. add costs. For example, the cost of Steele said airlines wanted as ingly high-profile injection of $3.5 Maduell said that in future The market-based plan must win fuel on an A380 flight from London to much of the industry as possible to bn into Uber signals a more aggres- moves, he would not rule out PIF’s the support of the United Nations Beijing would be $45,000, and a car- be involved in the program from the sive global investment presence by working with US industrial firms aviation agency’s 191 member coun- bon offset at the highest price would start. a kingdom trying to wean its econ- to expand manufacturing in the tries at a fall assembly, or risk the be 10 percent of that, Steele said. Ahead of the fall assembly, ICAO’s omy off oil. kingdom. European Union’s imposing its own “The industry hates costs,” Steele president and some countries will San Francisco-based Uber, It may also seek exposure to ven- emissions trading scheme on inter- said. “But this is a cost we believe hold late August meetings before pre- a smartphone app that connects ture-backed companies. “I see PIF on national airlines. needs to be built into system, and senting a new draft to the governing passengers and drivers around the prowl for strategic development At its annual meeting this week in with that level and with a carbon council, the sources said. the world, said on Wednesday the investments with leading companies Dublin, the trade group said the deal offset scheme, we think it’s the right Aviation was excluded from the funding from Saudi Arabia’s Public to spur job growth, enhance sector led by the International Civil Aviation way to go.” landmark climate accord in Paris in to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Investment Fund would help Uber’s diversification and prosperity in the Organization, or ICAO, should be the Countries remain divided over the December, when countries agreed to degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-indus- global expansion. country,” he said. only agreement to reduce emissions proposed agreement on issues like limit the rise in global temperatures trial levels. The PIF acted roughly six The head of the PIF, Yasir Al weeks after the Saudi government Rumayyan, said in a statement about announced a wide-ranging plan to the Uber deal that it fits with Vision transform the kingdom’s oil-depend- 2030. Finland economy ent economy. It is an investment which marks New United Airlines business seats At the heart of the Vision 2030 a new approach by Riyadh, a Euro- thawing after plan is a revamped PIF. pean diplomat said. With such a “Like many, I am caught off major stake abroad, the government frozen years guard by this massive investment in is “following the example of Prince Uber,” said Michael Maduell, pres- Alwaleed”, the diplomat said. AFP ident of the US-based Sovereign He was referring to the Wealth Fund Institute which stud- kingdom’s most high profile busi- ies public investment funds. nessman, Prince Alwaleed bin HELSINKI: Finland’s economy “However, it telegraphs to the Talal, whose Kingdom Holding Co seems to be regaining strength world that Saudi Arabia will be a has interests ranging from the Euro after four difficult years, with Sta- major player when it comes to sov- Disney theme park and Four Sea- tistics Finland revealing yesterday ereign wealth fund investing in the sons hotels to News Corporation and the best quarterly growth figure future.” Citigroup. since 2011. Vision 2030 aims to turn the PIF Late last year Kingdom Holding In the first three months of the into the world’s largest state invest- became the second-largest share- year, the troubled eurozone coun- ment fund, with $2trn in assets. holder in Twitter, and invested more try’s gross domestic product grew These would include proceeds than $100m in Lyft, a San Francisco- at 0.6 percent from the previous from the sale of state-owned real based rival to Uber. quarter and at 1.6 percent com- estate and other property, as well as Christopher Dembik, an econ- pared to the previous year, the roughly $100bn from a share offer omist at France’s Saxo Bank, said national statistics institute said. for less than five percent of state oil the PIF is adapting to the trans- “Three causes of joy: strongest firm Saudi Aramco. formations under way in the Saudi growth since 2011, still potential Profits from the investment fund economy and pursuing a diver- for growth in exports and euro- would help economic diversification sification strategy which is not zone (growth figure) overtaken,” and provide an alternative to oil rev- particularly risky. economist Juhana Brotherus, of enues that have fallen by about half Uber is part of the so-called gig Hypo bank, tweeted, comparing since 2014. The collapse has accel- economy in which people work flex- Finland’s year-on-year growth at erated Saudi efforts to move away ibly and without labour benefits. 1.58 percent to the eurozone aver- from petroleum which still accounts Dembik said the business model age at 1.53 percent. for the bulk of government income. is proven and still represents signif- Finland emerged from a three- “The Public Investment Fund will icant growth opportunities. year recession in 2015, with tepid not compete with the private sec- Other potential PIF targets in growth of 0.5 percent, a situation tor, but instead help unlock strategic that category could be Airbnb, the Travel journalists inspect the new lie-flat seats which were unveiled by the United Airlines as part blamed on its falling competitive- sectors requiring intensive capital online site for accommodation, or ness, ageing population and the of their new international business class, dubbed United Polaris, in New York, US, on Thursday. The inputs,” Vision 2030 says. US-listed “fintechs”, financial start- economic problems of its major third-largest US carrier is configuring a new business-class cabin with sleeping pods, containing beds “This will contribute towards ups which use computer and Internet trading partners, Russia and the that lie flat and sport duvets and pillows from Saks Fifth Avenue. developing entirely new economic technology to develop innovative European Union. sectors and establishing durable financial services and applications. BUSINESS SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 19 Philippines may widen borrowings and cut income tax

to keep the Southeast Asian will it be the local market or I don’t think so,” the 71-year- making the economy more country on track for growth. the international market?” The old businessman and former inclusive,” Dominguez said. Boosting Boosting infrastructure Philippines, which used to be classmate of Duterte said. He plans to open up more infrastructure spending is among the prior- one of Asia’s most active sov- Dominguez, who is return- sectors to foreign ownership, ities for the new government ereign bond issuers, last went ing to the Cabinet after 27 except land, to increase com- spending is of Rodrigo Duterte, the fire- to the debt market in February years, plans to review the petition and boost services in among the brand mayor from Davao city selling $2bn of 25-year bonds Philippines’ Real Estate Invest- areas such as telecommunica- priorities for the in the south, who won the May that drew huge demand. ment Trust regulations and to tions and power. At the same 9 election by promising he will Dominguez is also plan- rid the internal revenue and time, Dominguez said the new government go hard against crime and cor- ning to impose new taxes on customs agencies of massive unnecessary contractualisa- of Rodrigo ruption and improving basic other “unhealthy products” in corruption. tion of jobs by big Philippine government services. addition to alcohol and cig- Dominguez served as min- companies will end. Duterte. That includes addressing arettes to compensate for a ister of agriculture and head of “Our administration is not the Philippines’ horrific traf- planned cut in income taxes as the environment and natural in favour of a system where fic jams that have weighed he vows to widen the tax base resources from 1986 to 1989, people cannot plan their lives, on economic growth, and and make the revenue raising during the presidency of the cannot say whether or not they Reuters Dominguez said he will ensure regime more equitable. The late Corazon Aquino. can send their kids to school there are enough funds for income tax rate for individu- The Duterte leadership after six months.” new infrastructure projects. als and companies should be is not shy about planning to Dominguez would also Sukuk bonds “are certainly slashed to “mid-20s” percent copy and expand some of the push for the lifting of the coun- MANILA: The Philippines’ in the menu”, as well as from as high as 32 percent, but reform measures instituted try’s bank secrecy law and put incoming finance minis- yuan borrowings, in terms of he said he isn’t keen to raise by the outgoing government casinos under an anti-money ter Carlos Dominguez says fund-raising. the current 12 percent sales of President Benigno Aquino, laundering legislation to avoid he is open to diversifying the “It’s not diversification for tax. Corazon’s son, including a a repeat of the Bangladesh country’s borrowings to fund diversification’s sake, it’s (get- “Almost half of your public-private partnership Bank heist where stolen funds Philippines’ incoming Finance Minister Carlos Dominguez speaks infrastructure projects and will ting) the best deal. It depends (income goes to) the govern- on infrastructure investment. found their way to Manila. during an interview in Manila, yesterday. push for a cut in income taxes on who gives us a better deal, ment. You think that’s smart? “We will change the focus on Jaguar Land Rover LuLu opens first hypermarket in Jakarta sues Chinese firm The Peninsula sia. The group has already announced Purnama, Governor of Jakarta, Tho- The hypermarket is expected to its plans to invest $500m as part of mas Trikasih Lembong, Indonesian be one of its kind in the region and its expansion and intends set up 10 Trade Minister, Ahmed Abdullah Al will attract large segment of popu- over Evoque copycat hypermarkets in the next three years Mussali Al Awadi, UAE Ambassador lation in the capital city of Jakarta. JAKARTA: The UAE-based retail in the country. to Indonesia, Husin Bagis, Indonesian Located in the Cakung sub dis- major, LuLu Group, marked its first The first hypermarket of the Ambassador to UAE and other minis- trict of East Jakarta with an area of Reuters version of which was already on sale retail push in the Far East by open- country was officially inaugurated by ters, Government officials, members over 200,000 sq. ft., the new hyper- in China. ing its much awaited hypermarket in Joko Widodo, the President of Indone- of Business Community and a large market is designed with customer The two SUVs have a similar the capital city of Jakarta, Indone- sia in the presence of Basuki Tjahaja gathering of residents. convenience and provides a one-stop shape, with the roof and windows shopping destination for the residents BEIJING: Jaguar Land Rover is suing tapering from front to back, and of the city. Chinese carmaker Jiangling Motor near identical tail lights and char- “With an initial investment of $300 for allegedly copying the British acter lines on the side panelling. million in the first phase, we plan to firm’s Range Rover Evoque, a person The X7’s front grille is slightly open 10 hypermarkets by end-2017 with direct knowledge of the matter more rounded than the hard edges and a central logistics and warehous- said - a rare move by a foreign auto- of the Evoque. ing facility in Jakarta. These projects maker to fight copycats in the world’s The slight differences between are likely to generate more than 5,000 biggest autos market. the two cars can be virtually elimi- job opportunities for Indonesians,” A spokesman for JLR, owned nated using widely available kits that said Yusuf Ali MA, Chairman, Lulu by India’s Tata Motors, said in brief allow a Range Rover grille, logo and Group while commenting about the emailed comments to Reuters that a Land Rover badges to be put on an first Lulu hypermarket in the coun- court in Beijing’s eastern Chaoyang X7. Kits on Alibaba’s Taobao shop- try. “We also plan to set up contract district “served Jiangling with newly ping website cost around 128 yuan farming to ensure continuous supply filed actions surrounding copyright ($19.43). of high quality products and to support and unfair competition.” The X7 costs around a third the Indonesian agriculture sector,” he He declined to elaborate. of the price of an Evoque, and is added. The suit relates to Jiangling’s some way behind in technology During the official visit to UAE Landwind X7 sport utility vehicle and performance, said Yale Zhang, last year, President Jokowi had vis- copying the design of the Evoque, managing director of Automotive ited Lulu hypermarket in Abu Dhabi JLR’s first China-made model that Foresight. and expressed keen desire to have went on sale last year, said the per- JLR and Jiangling have agreed that Lulu in Indonesia. He was especially son with knowledge of the legal Landwind will not sell the X7 in Bra- impressed by the high standards of proceedings, who is not authorised zil, the source said, where it recently operations, quality of products & to talk to the media and didn’t want appointed an importer. service and also the wide variety of to be named. The two automakers are also dis- products available in LULU. A spokesman for Landwind cussing what Landwind can and can’t The LuLu Group currently oper- declined to comment. do in any X7 design update, the per- ates 125 stores across the GCC, Egypt Despite widespread and often son said. Indonesian President Joko Widodo inaugurating the first LuLu Hypermarket in Cakung-Jakarta along with and India and employs more than blatant copying, global automakers JLR sales fell by a fifth in China 38,000 people from different nation- Thomas Trikasih Lembong, Indonesian Trade Minister, Yusuffali M A, Chairman of Lulu Group, and other generally don’t take legal action in in January-March of last year - when alities and is one of the largest retail top officials and dignitaries. China as they feel the odds of win- it launched its China-made Evoque chains in the Middle East. ning against local firms are low. Also, - after rising 36 percent in the same a lawsuit can be bad for branding 2014 period. In the same period this if the Chinese public think a for- year, JLR’s China sales rose 19 per- eign company is bullying domestic cent. A lawsuit could be a long and ICAP bags $65m competitors. gruelling process. If JLR wins its case, it could It took Honda Motor, for exam- tech deal for Lukoil to unlock investment prompt other automakers to also ple, 12 years to win a case in China take legal action, said Chen Jihong, against a little-known local auto- China’s forex a Beijing-based lawyer at Zhong maker - for copying its best-selling as Iraq quickly repays debt Lun Law Firm, speeding up a shift CR-V SUV - according to a report trading system to stronger enforcement of intellec- by the official Xinhua news agency, tual property rights. confirmed by a Honda spokesman. Reuters Landwind unveiled a new ver- Even then, the Japanese firm Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of an huge reserves, the world’s fifth-larg- sion of its X7 SUV in November 2014, was awarded only 16m yuan ($2.43 Opec meeting in Vienna where he est after Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, drawing criticism for its striking million) in compensation. It had LONDON: ICAP Plc said it won met several of the organisation’s Canada and Iran. likeness to the Evoque, an imported sought 300m yuan. a contract to provide technology ministers and officials. Alekperov said he hoped Tehran for China’s main fixed income and VIENNA: Iraq has positively sur- Hit by low oil prices, Iraq is would reveal details of new explo- foreign exchange trading system, prised oil majors by starting quickly expected to have a financing gap of ration contracts with majors, which giving the British broker a major to repay accumulated debts, the head $17bn this year unless it can secure have been waiting for them for over break in the world’s second-larg- of Russia’s Lukoil said, pledging more more funding, according to the Inter- two years, before the end of 2016 to est economy. investment to allow Opec’s second- national Monetary Fund. The cost of spur investment. He said Lukoil was ICAP, which last year agreed to largest producer to maintain stellar fighting Islamic State militants is ready to invest billions. Elsewhere, merge its global hybrid voice brok- output growth. another burden. he said he was waiting for Mexico to ing business with Tullett Prebon Plc, Iraq has become the world’s In May, Iraq reached a $5.4bn tender contracts for developing its said its electronic foreign exchange fastest-growing oil producer with standby agreement with the IMF that offshore and heavy-oil deposits. and fixed income business - EBS output up 50 percent since it signed could unlock $15bn more in interna- Alekperov said he expected BrokerTec - would provide tech- contracts worth tens of billions of tional assistance over the next three production to rise further in coun- nology to China Foreign Exchange dollars with the likes of Lukoil, BP, years. “We know about the IMF talks tries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran and Trade System (CFETS). Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell and we know that the IMF makes it Iraq while poorer Opec members The deal, valued at $65m over at the end of the last decade to help conditional for Iraq to pay back the with higher production costs would a three-year period, would see develop its huge oilfields. contractors,” Alekperov said. struggle due to their more difficult ICAP expanding into China just But growth in production to “We hope they pay back all debts economic situation. “Neither Nigeria as the country is becoming more around 4.5 million barrels per day by November so we can start a new nor Venezuela are capable of raising integrated into global financial (bpd) has lagged initial plans as oil investment cycle before the end of the production at the moment,” he said. markets. EBS BrokerTec will set up majors have repeatedly complained year. Our long-term Iraqi production The collapse in oil prices has led an office in Shanghai, the company about red tape, poor security and ris- goal remains intact - 1.2m barrels per to a huge drop in investment across said. ICAP Chief Executive Michael ing debts. day. Iraqi fields have huge potential.” the world, amounting to $300 billion Spencer said in a statement yester- Debt repayment to majors for Lukoil is producing 0.4m b/d in last year and $100bn in the first quar- day that China was an “extremely their investments has slowed even Iraq and if it did triple output at the ter of this year alone, according to important” financial market. further over the past two years as West Qurna field, the country would Alekperov. “The consequences will CFETS and ICAP already have oil prices collapsed - but Vagit Ale- be able to produce more than 5 mil- be big. A spike in prices in the future a broking services joint venture kperov, the chief executive and a lion bpd. could be very significant”. which was formed in 2007. Numis major shareholder of Lukoil, said Only Russia, Saudi Arabia and In Russia, where companies have analysts said in a note that ICAP the situation was changing. the United States produce more oil benefited from a rouble depreciation Customers look at a Range Rover Evoque car outside a dealership was ideally positioned to capital- “Iraq is very actively repaying the - more than 10m b/d each. Iraq ulti- following the fall in oil prices, Lukoil ise on the ongoing trends towards operators. The situation has changed mately hopes to close the gap and wants to raise drilling volumes by as in Beijing, China. electronic trading. dramatically,” Alekperov told Reuters extract as much as 8m b/d from its much as 25-35 percent this year. 20 SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS VIEWS

Separate banknotes symbols of Libyan disunity Falih charm offensive slowly and financial disarray wins back Opec for Saudis By Aidan Lewis current account deficits of around Reuters 75 percent in 2015, according to the World Bank. Foreign reserves plunged from $108 billion in 2013 to $57 billion by the end of last year. FTER a plane-load of The value of the Libyan dinar Russian-printed ban- on the black market is about a third knotes landed in eastern of its official rate. Living standards Libya this week, residents have tumbled and prices soared, Arushed to collect long-delayed with the cost of bread up fivefold salaries. In Tripoli, where notes last year alone. Some 1.3 million dispatched from Britain are yet of Libya’s 6.3 million people are in to be distributed, people queued need of humanitarian assistance, in vain to withdraw cash. according to the United Nations. The separate deliveries have Tripoli seems relatively nor- created more confusion in Libya, mal, its roads congested and new alongside warnings that efforts by shops and restaurants even open- a U.N.-backed government to unite ing in some neighbourhoods. the country and rescue its failing But salary payments have been economy could be undermined. delayed for months and banks have Resolving an acute liquidity cri- strictly limited withdrawals, lead- sis is seen as key to the success of ing to queues that sometimes start the Government of National Accord forming overnight. Last month (GNA), which has been struggling there was a stampede at one bank for two months to establish itself and several people were shot dead in Tripoli and to make its presence by guards. felt on the ground. Economists say there is plenty Residents in the west say they of money in circulation, but people have seen no improvement in their keep it at home because they have Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Khalid A Al Falih (centre) at the 169th meeting of the Opec in Vienna, daily lives, while eastern officials no trust in the banks. Frustration have pushed to ease financial dif- at the GNA, whose leaders are still ficulties independently, trying operating out of a heavily secured By Dmitry Zhdannikov, Rania El But the meeting was relatively peace- sanctions earlier this year. “After Doha, unsuccessfully to export their own naval base on Tripoli’s seafront, Gamal and Reem Shamseddine ful and free of the usual clashes between oil markets were beginning to look like oil and ordering 4bn Libyan dinars has grown as the Muslim fasting Reuters political rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, with a driverless car. That needed to change,” ($3bn) of fresh currency supplies. month of Ramadan approaches. Falih promising not to flood the market and said a source familiar with Saudi thinking. The GNA is meant to replace “The prime minister lied to us to listen to Tehran. A non-Gulf Opec source said Riyadh two rival governments set up in - he told us everything would be In a rare compromise, Opec also decided realised it needed Opec unity because Tripoli and the east in 2014. The fine and then he left us.” said Walid USSIAN oil billionaire Vagit unanimously to appoint Nigeria’s Moham- the group’s fight for market share against eastern government was rec- Aguileh, a soldier standing in line Alekperov isn’t easily swayed, med Barkindo as its new Secretary-General higher-cost producers, such as US shale, ognised internationally, but its outside a Tripoli bank. “What’s he but Saudi Arabia’s new Energy after years of friction over the issue. Oil prices was taking longer than expected when attempts to wrest control of the doing by the sea while we’re here Minister Khalid al-Falih stood flat at $50 a barrel on Friday, up 80 formulated in 2014. National Oil Corporation (NOC) queuing?” achieved it this week. Intense percent from their January lows. “The Saudis trashed Opec in Doha. But and the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) The central bank offices in diplomacy by the soft-spoken Falih, who in April succeeded veteran they realised they don’t want to throw away have been blocked. Tripoli in the west and Bayda in RFalih at his first Opec meeting - with his speech Ali bin Ibrahim Al Naimi, was the first Opec decades of Opec history and decided to be “We asked many printing houses the east both say they are acting peppered by words such as “gentle approach”, minister to arrive in Vienna. He met most fel- more cooperative,” said Gary Ross, founder to print for us but nobody accepted. neutrally to relieve the crisis, and “no shocks” and “consensus” - has persuaded low colleagues on the sidelines, spent several of US-based Pira consultancy, who came to That’s why we went to the Russians,” that their new banknotes will be Alekperov that Opec is more alive than dead. hours with independent Opec analysts and Vienna together with other Opec watchers said Ali Jehani, a senior central distributed across the country. “The fact that Opec held a long news conference with reporters. and analysts for meetings. bank official in the eastern city The Bayda office has already agreed on its new “If you want to call it (Opec) a talking shop “The Saudis definitely decided to change of Bayda. “We could not wait any delivered some of the 200 million management shows - I have no problem with that. But I think it’s tack after Doha as they were concerned longer because the economic situ- dinars that arrived on Tuesday to they want to regain going to do a lot more than talking. We are that people were doubting the viability of ation was getting worse in the east.” eight commercial banks in the east, their coordinating role. going to do coordination and cooperation Opec. I think this softer approach will last,” Libya’s economy has been dete- as well as to southern regions, Jehani The cartel will perform ... to achieve market objectives,” Falih said said Amrita Sen, who also came to Vienna. riorating rapidly. It used to be one said. It is expecting to deliver to west- market management on Thursday. Falih acknowledges that Riyadh of Africa’s wealthiest nations, but ern Libya next week and is in “full again,” Alekperov, chief The nature of Thursday’s meeting surprised realised it needs Opec. “The markets can conflict and political anarchy after cooperation” with the central bank’s executive of Russian many Opec watchers, who have grown used ultimately balance themselves but as we the uprising that toppled Muam- issuing department in Tripoli. energy firm Lukoil, said to acrimonious gatherings. have seen, when we rely on markets alone mar Gaddafi five years ago have The central bank in the cap- On Thursday, Opec after meeting Falih and Falih’s ultimate boss, Saudi Deputy Crown it is extremely painful for everybody,” he wrecked the oil exports that pro- ital, which has ordered 1 billion could not agree to Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Prince Mohammad bin Salman, effectively said on Thursday. vide nearly all its income. dinars printed in Britain, said a Zanganeh separately in scuppered plans to clinch a global production “I think managing in the traditional Revenue from oil sales is down consignment of 112 million dinars set a clear oil-output Vienna. freeze in the Qatari capital of Doha in April. way that we have tried in the past may to about 15 percent of its 2013 that landed on Wednesday would target as Iran refused On Thursday, Opec Prince Mohammad said Riyadh would never come again ... We will not go with level, while bloated public wage be delivered to “banks in all Libyan to limit its own could not agree to set a not agree to the deal, which would also have setting a price target for Opec ... But (we and import bills led to budget and cities, without exception”. clear oil-output target involved non-Opec Russia, if Iran didn’t join should be) coordinating strategies and production. as Iran refused to limit in despite Tehran insisting it wants to regain trying to understand what each of us can its own production. market share after the lifting of international and cannot do.” Fed likely to avoid rate hike before Britain votes on leaving EU

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir Bloomberg that Brexit would be a “factor” he that British Prime Minister David Cameron Now, Brexit aside, the prospect of a rate hike Reuters would consider at the Fed’s June policy meet- calls a “leap in the dark” - and also concern soon appears all but certain. Unemployment ing and said that the British vote’s impact on about what happens if Britain stays in. dropped to 5 percent in April; inflation appears markets would be key. If Britain remains in the EU, it could lead to be gaining traction as the drag from cheap oil The most recent poll found that voters in to continued infighting in the ruling Conserv- and a strong dollar fades; and the lull in growth HE US Federal Reserve may be forced Britain - Europe’s second biggest economy ative party and destabilizing battles with the over the past few months has proved tempo- to delay a rate hike at its June meet- and its most influential financial center - were rest of the EU. Waiting on the Brexit vote is rary, with consumer spending and the housing ing because of mounting concern over evenly split on whether to stay in the EU or to a “no-brainer,” said Jon Faust, a former Fed market showing particular strength. the economic fallout from Britain’s leave. By the time the Fed meets on June 14 staffer and now a professor of economics at The probability of a June rate increase is Tvote on whether to leave the European Union. and 15, at least four of the five Washington- Johns Hopkins University. “Why move now as now about 17 percent, according to Fed funds The geopolitical risk likely will push any based governors will have aired their views opposed to a few weeks from now?” futures trading data compiled by the CME rate increase until at least July, despite appar- on the outlook for rates, with Lael Brainard With few exceptions, the message from Group, compared to 57 percent for July. ent consensus among Fed officials that a hike due to speak Friday and Chair Janet Yellen regional Fed bank presidents has been con- While the impact of a vote to leave the EU is warranted by stronger US growth and tight appearing in Philadelphia next week. sistent: the upcoming Brexit vote may tip the is uncertain, one widely expected and imme- The geopolitical risk labour markets. The Fed’s June 14-15 rate-setting Fed officials will release their latest eco- scales against a June increase. diate result is likely to be a jump in the value meeting comes just a week before the British nomic projections at the June meeting along This is only the latest obstacle to the Fed’s of the dollar - a further blow to U.S. export- likely will push any rate vote on June 23. A “leave” vote is expected to with a policy statement, and Yellen is sched- two-year struggle to normalize U.S. monetary ers and another drag on inflation that the Fed increase until at least roil financial markets, cause credit spreads uled to hold a post-meeting news conference. policy after dropping rates dramatically dur- still considers too low. to widen, trigger a rush into safe assets and The two governors who have addressed the ing a protracted downturn. If the Fed does indeed take a pass at its July, despite apparent bolster the dollar. Brexit vote so far have sounded notes of caution. In 2014, the crash in oil prices and a rapid June meeting, officials have signaled they’ll consensus among Fed The dollar’s recent stability is one rea- “I do see the possibility of a real hit to eco- spike in the value of the dollar crushed U.S. be ready to move in July. son the Fed has become more comfortable nomic growth both in the U.K and the EU,” exports and drove inflation into a ditch. Minutes of the Fed’s March policy meet- officials that a hike is with raising rates, and officials may want to Fed Board Governor Jerome Powell said last Last year, a surprise slowdown in China’s ing showed officials preparing the ground for warranted by stronger US let the threat of Brexit pass before moving to week. “I can imagine the upcoming Brexit economy, alongside the malaise in Europe and higher rates sometime in the summer months. growth and tight labour tighten financial conditions. vote as presenting a factor in favor of cau- Japan, sparked global market turbulence and After July, the next option would be Septem- Fed Board Governor Daniel Tarullo on tion about raising rates.” broader concerns about a worldwide reces- ber, in the middle of a US election campaign, markets. Thursday joined the chorus of those warning Secret meetings across Europe reveal sion. That vexing landscape kept the Fed on in which the Fed and Yellen could well become of his concerns over the British vote, telling uncertainty over what would follow a vote hold until December. targets of debate. SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 21

Johnson sets early pace at Lorenzo eyes win in home Memorial with 10 birdies

AFP Danny Lee, Matt Kuchar and David Hearn each shot 66 as 79 players are turf battle with Marquez under par following a day with per- fect scoring conditions. WASHINGTON: Dustin Johnson Day, of Brisbane, had his best upstaged Jordan Spieth and Jason finish here in 2009 when he tied Day on Thursday in the first round for 27th. Only 10 points of the Memorial Tournament where “You just have to pick and choose the 2015 US Open runner-up shot a when you feel comfortable and when separate the two first round eight-under 64. you don’t feel comfortable and try to Spaniards ahead of The hard-hitting American attack the course from there,” said rolled in 10 birdies for a one-stroke Day, who plays the Muirfield Village Catalonia challenge lead over Brendan Steele who is course often. tomorrow alone in second with a 65. “To be a Muirfield member and World number one Day shot a to play as poorly as I have in the past six-under 66 with an eagle, six bird- is frustrating and disappointing. This ies and two bogeys while two-time is one of the events you want to put major winner Spieth shot a two- on your resume.” AFP under 70 with five birdies. McIlroy shot a mixed bag 71 that Spieth was in a group with world included three bogeys and a dou- number three Rory McIlroy and Jus- ble bogey on the tricky par-three PARIS: Just 10 points separate Span- tin Thomas. 16th hole. iards Jorge Lorenzo of Yamaha and Johnson tallied a pair of twos on He and Spieth teed off on the Marc Marquez of Honda ahead of his scorecard. He had one stretch of back nine. Spieth made bogey on his what promises to be another epic four straight birdies beginning at final hole, the par-four ninth, after struggle at the fast and challenging number 12 and two with three con- sailing his second shot over the green Montmelo track at the Grand Prix of secutive birdies. and into a bunker. Thomas finished Catalonia tomorrow. His two bogeys came after he at five-over 77. It will not be lost on current world failed to get up and down from Spieth and McIlroy combined for champion Lorenzo (115 pts) or the beside the green. 11 birdies but were undone by mis- 2014 winner Marquez (105 pts) that “I felt like I played well right out takes. The worst part of McIlroy’s 15 of the last 19 winners here went of the gates,” he said. game was his putting, including a on to lift the world crown. “I hit it close on the first three three-putt from 13 feet. And anyone who watched the pair holes and made all of them, so “Six birdies is great, but the five overtake each other several times that’s always a good way to start dropped shots was the rest of the Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez (left), Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Spanish rider Jorge during the last lap of an Italian GP your day.”Day, Hudson Swafford, story,” McIlroy said. won last time out by a wafer-thin Lorenzo (centre) and Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Italian rider Valentino Rossi pose for a photo after a press 0.019sec by Lorenzo will know a conference at the Catalonia racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, on Thursday, on eve of the Catalunya swashbuckling show will likely be Moto GP Grand Prix training sessions. laid on for the locals. “I’ve watched the Mugello last lap a few times since,” smiled Lorenzo after he fell in last year’s edition. A victory.” Suzuki are also hoping for GRAND PRIX OF on Thursday, referring to their Ital- win would put him back in charge of CATALONIA success after Aleix Espargaro got on ian showdown. the championship race ahead of the pole last year and Maverick Vinales “But here we are now. I’m going to France GP in two weeks. registered the second-fastest lap. be racing at home. I lived in Barcelona Also in the mix is the veteran French reigning champion Johann for many years and this is like com- nine-times world champion Valen- of Rossi and a winner here in 2008. Zarco is climbing back up the knife- ing home for me,” said Lorenzo, who tino Rossi, whose Yamaha M1 suffered “The title is my greatest dream edge rankings in Moto2 after his win is from the nearby island of Mallorca. a rare engine failure in Italy. and I’ll be fighting for it,” vowed Ped- in Italy and while he is fourth in the “The Italian GP was super impor- The affable Italian is third in the rosa, who has struggled to find his world championship, he is only 17 tant for the title and I’ll be fighting standings on 78 points and while he full flair this season on new tyres, but points off Britain’s Sam Lowes, who every inch of the way again.” has won here six times, the 37-year- who has just signed an extended deal took a two-point lead at Mugello over Lorenzo is targeting a third old biker’s last win in Catalonia dates with Repsol Honda. Spaniard Alex Rins. straight victory in the champion- back to 2009. “But I have nothing to prove, I South African Brad Binder can ship after clinching wins at Le Mans “There is a lot to regret looking have achieved so many of my child- consolidate his Moto3 lead by reel- and in Italy and can claim a fifth top- back at what happened in Tuscany hood dreams,” he told Motogp.com. ing off a fourth successive win and level win at Montmelo. Catalan native two weeks ago,” he said. Returning to the issue of new already enjoys a 49-point lead Marquez may look tough when flying “But for me what I have to focus tyres, Ducati’s Andrea Iannone, third over second-placed Spaniard Jorge into corners but revealed a softer side on and build on is just how amazingly in Italy, feels his team will do much Navarro. when he admitted: “Nothing is more fast we were before the incident.” to end a four-year poor spell on the All the three category winners motivating than being in competition There is also the prospect of Montmelo track because “the tyres from last year – Lorenzo, Zarco and Dustin Johnson hits his tee shot on the 14th hole during the first in front of a crowd of admiring fans.” another Catalan rider winning here and electronics suit us better now.” Danny Kent – went on to be crowned Marquez won here in 2014 and in the form of Dani Pedrosa of Honda, “The podium in Italy is very good, world champion at the end of the round of The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club on is doubly desperate to bounce back fourth in the standings 12 points adrift but I had the potential to fight for the season. Thursday in Dubln, Ohio.

ICC conducts Yasir Shah is among the Test home comforts a dope tests on four Pakistani players who underwent Shah, Misbah dope tests by the ICC. worry for Richardson AFP

AFP Australia, who’ve now gone 15 LAHORE: Cricket’s world gov- years since their last Ashes series erning body is conducting dope win in England, are planning to use tests on four Pakistani players, the Dukes ball in the second half of including leg-spinner Yasir Shah, LONDON: International Cricket their next first-class Sheffield Shield suspended for three months earlier Council chief executive David Rich- season in a bid to help their batsmen this year, team manager Intikhab ardson (pictured) believes Tests will adjust, although the absence of typ- Alam confirmed yesterday. be more evenly contested if schedules ically English weather as well may Pakistan Test captain Mis- are changed so that visiting teams minimise the impact. bah-ul-Haq was also tested by the have more time to adjust to local con- When celebrated wicket-keeper International Cricket Council (ICC). ditions. Rodney Marsh, now Australia’s chair- The team can ill afford any Sri Lanka’s nine-wicket defeat by man of selectors, made his first tour positive results, which could England at the Riverside last week of England as a player in 1972, the have a significant impact on their gave the hosts an unassailable 2-0 squad faced 11 opponents before the upcoming tour in England, during lead in three-match series, after an first Test, with plenty more fixtures in which the results are expected to even more emphatic innings and between international games. be confirmed. 88-run win in the first Test at Head- The demand from players for The ICC, which has been a sig- ingley just days earlier. shorter tours has been exacerbated natory of the World Anti-Doping Victory meant England had won by the rise of lucrative Twenty20 Agency (WADA) since 2006, rou- 15 of their last 21 home series, a suc- Yet Sri Lanka’s preparation for tournaments such as the Indian tinely conducts such tests in and cess rate of more than 71 percent, back-to-back Tests involved two Premier League, which at best can out of competition. and home advantage is becoming three-day games against two Second mean leading players arrive late for Shah was provisionally sus- increasingly prevalent all around Division counties fielding under- a series in England or, more dramat- pended in December last year after the world. strength sides. ically, simply opt out of international he tested positive for chlortalidone, Figures compiled by the Cricinfo “It’s not good where the home cricket completely. a masking agent under the WADA website show that in the 10 years to team seems to have such a huge “I think more and more teams list of banned substances. September 2015, teams have lost advantage and I know the record and squads are becoming more spe- He was barred for three more than twice as many matches over the last two or so years the cialised -- that should allow teams to months after he pleaded guilty as they have won when playing home team comes out on top much prepare for a Test series even while and told the ICC that he had inad- Azhar Ali and fast bowler Junaid Khan Their last tour to England in 2010 overseas, a record far worse than in of the time,” Richardson said in an their Twenty20 team is finishing vertently taken his wife’s blood were also tested but Shah’s test could was marred by a spot-fixing case earlier years. interview. up a series somewhere else,” said pressure medication. be targeted,” he said. which resulted in five-year bans Overcast early season Eng- “That’s partly down to the fact I Richardson. His ban was lifted in late Shah is seen as Pakistan’s main on then Test captain Salman Butt, lish conditions, which accentuate think that teams don’t allow enough “Having said that, we are looking March, making him eligible for wicket-taker for the four-match Test Mohammad Asif and Mohammad the degree of swing generated by time to acclimatise.” at competition structures across all the England tour. series in England, which starts at Amir. the Dukes ball used in England, The situation faced by Sri Lanka, three formats (Tests, one-day inter- Alam said Shah’s test could Lord’s from July 14. Amir returned to the national team and where pitches can aid seam who bucked the trend by winning a nationals and Twenty20),” the former come under the spotlight. Pakistan will also play five one- in January this year and is expected movement too, are one of the most two-match series in England 1-0 in South Africa wicket-keeper added “Besides Shah, Test captain days and a Twenty20 international to be named for all three formats for challenging environments for any 2014, is one familiar to many tour- ahead of the ICC’s annual conference, Misbah-ul-Haq, one-day skipper on the tour. the tour. touring side. ing teams. in Edinburgh from June 27 to July 2. 22 SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 SPORT Warriors draw first blood against Cavs

NBA: WARRIORS TO HOST GAME TWO Livingston scores a season-best TOMORROW 20 points as Golden State down Cleveland 104-89 to open Finals be able to find some adjustments for game two. Not wor- ried about that,” Curry said. “Just really proud of the way everybody contributed. AFP You don’t win championships without the entire squad making an impact.” Irving made a jumper and a 3-point play and Tristan Thompson scored off a rebound to pull Cleveland within OAKLAND: Defending champion Golden State over- 56-52 early in the third quarter. powered the Cleveland Cavaliers with superior depth During a subsequent timeout, Warriors coach Steve and defensive skill on Thursday, leading the Warriors to Kerr shattered a clipboard with an angry punch. a 104-89 triumph to open the 70th NBA Finals. “Destruction tends to ease some of the anger, so I try Warriors reserve guard Shaun Livingston scored a sea- to take it out on a clipboard instead of a player,” Kerr said. son-best 20 points, his career play-off high, to lead seven “It’s better that way.” double-figure scorers for Golden State, which will host Love lifted the Cavaliers to their first lead since the game two in the best-of-seven series tomorrow. opening minutes at 64-63 with 3:57 to play in the third “It’s all a feel, just being aggressive,” Livingston said. quarter on a 3-point play followed by a layup, and they “It’s just staying confident in my shot, understanding were still ahead 68-67 when the Warriors began their my game, where the shots are going to come from and decisive run. trusting it.” “We had a chance in that third quarter to do something On a night when Warriors star guard and NBA scor- special, but we didn’t,” James said. “Didn’t make it happen ing champion Stephen Curry managed only 11 points on in the fourth quarter. So I’m looking forward to seeing the 4-of-15 shooting from the floor and Klay Thompson hit film session and seeing ways we can get better.” only 4-of-12 for nine points, Golden State reserves out- Iguodala was struck in the groin by Matthew Dellave- scored Cleveland’s bench 45-10. dova late in the third quarter as the Australian tried to “Their bench did an incredible job coming in,” said reach around for a steal. Iguodala, last year’s NBA Finals Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving, who scored a game-high 26 points Golden State Warriors guard Shaun Livingston (right) shoots a basket against Cleveland Cavaliers during Most Valuable Player, grimaced and then stared down on 7-of-22 shooting. You look at the statistics and it speaks the second half in game one of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA, on Thursday. Dellavedova but cooler heads prevented an altercation. volumes about how they pushed the pace and made some “I’m not going to judge or say anything negative about tough shots.” him,” Iguodala said. The Warriors won an NBA record 73 games this sea- Brazil’s Leandro Barbosa added 11 off the bench as the added 17 points and 13 rebounds for the Cavaliers. “He’s out there competing. There are a lot of emotions son but none when Curry and Thompson combined for Cavaliers hit only 32-of-84 shots (38.1 percent) and sur- “When Steph and Klay struggle like that, everybody going on out there. I respect a lot of guys’ hustle in this fewer points. rendered 25 points off 17 turnovers. else needs to pick it up,” Green said. “You just know other league. You’ve got guys who’ve got to get a little dirty, got “It’s not even about that. It’s about guys staying ready,” “Give up 45 points off the bench and 25 points off turn- guys need to step up.” The Warriors went on a decisive 15-0 to be a little physical, so I can only respect that.” Thompson said. “Shaun Livingston played out of his mind. overs on the road, it’s not good ingredients to win,” said run that began late in the third quarter, all but two points Seconds later, Iguodala made a 3-pointer to give the Just the resiliency we played on the defensive end. That’s James, who had 23 points and 12 rebounds but shot 9-of- coming from reserves and much of the span coming while Warriors a 74-68 after three quarters and Golden State what won us the game.” 21 from the floor. James, playing in his sixth consecutive NBA Finals, rested scored the first eight points of the final period. Warriors reserve Andre Iguodala sparkled defensively Draymond Green had 16 points, 11 rebounds, seven on Cleveland’s bench. The Warriors stretched the lead to as much as 96-76 on Cleveland star LeBron James and scored 12 points while assists and four steals for the Warriors while Kevin Love “I missed some shots and didn’t get a rhythm, but we’ll before Cleveland rallied to trim the final margin.

IOC names refugee team IAAF’s Coe and FIFA’s Infantino AFP not on IOC members’ list LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday named 10 members to the first-ever refugee team to compete at the Olympic Games. The Rio de Janeiro-bound team includes two Syrian swimmers, five track athletes Reuters in years unfolded and severely from South Sudan, two judokas from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and an Ethio- damaged the credibility of the pian marathon runner. IAAF, Coe’s predecessor Lam- “These refugees have no home, no team, no flag, no national anthem,” IOC President ine Diack faced a bribery and Thomas Bach told reporters after the organisation’s executive board confirmed the group LAUSANNE: The heads of world embezzlement investigation in at a meeting in Lausanne. soccer’s governing body FIFA France. “We will offer them a home in the Olympic Village,” he added. and world athletics’ IAAF were Both Blatter and Diack had The head of the UN refugee agency Filippo Grandi hailed the unprecedented team as not included in a list of proposed been IOC members for years “a tribute to the courage and perseverance” of all those forced to flee from their home new members for the Interna- until 2015. Blatter’s predeces- countries. tional Olympic Committee (IOC) sor at FIFA, Joao Havelange, The team will be headed by Kenyan runner Tegla Loroupe, a world record holder in yesterday. had been an IOC member from several long-distance competitions and the first African woman to win the New York City While IOC membership for 1963 to 2011. marathon. Her foundation also includes a refugee athletic support programme. either is not automatic through Diack’s predecessor, Primo The biggest migrant crisis since World War Two, sparked largely by people fleeing Syr- the presidencies of the federa- Nebiolo, had also been an IOC ia’s civil war, has fuelled rising anti-migrant rhetoric across Europe and in the United States. tions, previous FIFA and IAAF member. Bach voiced hope that the first-ever Olympic level refugee team can “send a signal to presidents, representing two of Several heads of smaller the international community”. “Despite the unimaginable tragedies that they have faced, the most powerful sports bod- Sebastian Coe Gianni Infantino international federations, anyone can contribute to society,” he told reporters. ies in the world, had seats on the including weightlifting, box- IOC table for decades. ing, badminton and skating are The IOC proposed a total of President Tricia Smith. “These Gianni Infantino was elected members of the IOC. REFUGEE OLYMPIC TEAM eight members for election at eight candidates... are a strong head of FIFA in February to suc- Both federations are at its session in Rio de Janeiro in and varied group of individuals ceed scandal-plagued Sepp the heart of several investiga- Rami Anis (M): Country of origin - Syria; host National Olympic Committee Belgium; sport - swimming - August. that are experts in their respec- Blatter and lead the federation tions into alleged corruption Yiech Pur Biel (M): Country of origin - South Sudan; host NOC They include South Afri- tive fields and will make great out of its biggest graft crisis. and bribery, with the IAAF also Kenya; sport - athletics, 800m - James Nyang Chiengjiek (M): Country of origin - South Sudan; host NOC can film producer Anat Singh, contributions,” IOC President He could now potentially dealing with a widespread dop- - Kenya; sport - athletics, 400m - Yonas Kinde (M): Country of origin - Ethiopia; host NOC Luxembourg; Italian Ivo Ferriani, who heads Thomas Bach told reporters at face an investigation himself ing scandal in which Russian sport - athletics, marathon - Anjelina Nada Lohalith (F): Country of origin - South Sudan; host NOC Kenya; the International Bobsleigh and a press conference. over what German newspaper track and field athletes could sport - athletics, 1500m - Rose Nathike Lokonyen (F): Country of origin - South Sudan; host NOC Kenya; Skeleton Federation, former “They have been vetted by Die Welt said were possible eth- be banned from the Rio Olym- sport - athletics, 800m - Paulo Amotun Lokoro (M): Country of origin - South Sudan; host NOC Kenya; sport Finnish racewalker and politi- new criteria... these candidates ics breaches. pics starting on August 5. - athletics, 1500m - Yolande Bukasa Mabika (F): Country of origin - Democratic Republic of the Congo; cian Sari Essayah, Indian Nita will add extra strength and Former double Olympic The new members, if host NOC Brazil; sport - judo, -70kg - Yusra Mardini (F): Country of origin - Syria; host NOC Germany; sport Ambani, owner of the Mum- diversity to our already univer- champion Sebastian Coe took approved by the session, would - swimming - Popole Misenga (M): Country of origin - Democratic Republic of the Congo; host NOC Bra- bai Indians cricket team, and sal orchestra of IOC Members,” over the IAAF last year as one bring the total IOC membership zil; sport - judo -90kg Canadian Olympic Committee he added. of the biggest doping scandal to 99. Jamaican sprinter Carter failed 2008 test, says report

AFP since 2004. It was reclassified on lose his relay gold. In previous doping WADA’s 2011 list to become a “spec- cases where individual members of a ified substance.” medal-winning relay squad have tested It has appeared in nasal sprays and positive, the whole team is stripped of LOS ANGELES: Jamaican 4x100m dietary supplements over the years. their medal. relay sprinter Nesta Carter tested Carter, 30, ran the first leg for The United States men’s 4x100m positive for a banned stimulant at the Jamaica’s 4x100m relay team in Bei- team were stripped of their silver med- 2008 Olympics, a Jamaican newspa- jing, which also included Michael als from the 2012 Olympics after Tyson per reported yesterday, placing one of Frater, Asafa Powell and superstar Gay’s doping case. Usain Bolt’s six gold medals in jeop- Usain Bolt. Britain’s 4x100m team from the ardy. The team took gold in what was 2003 World Championships were also The Gleaner said a retest of Carter’s then a new world record of 37.10 sec- stripped of their silver medal follow- ‘A’ sample from the Beijing Games had onds, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago ing the Dwain Chambers case. found traces of Methylhexaneamine. and Japan.Carter was also a mem- A notable exception came in FROM LEFT: The Jamaican relay team Nesta Carter, Asafa Powell, Nickel Ashmeade and Usain Bolt celebrate The result of retests of Carter’s ‘B’ ber of Jamaica’s gold medal-winning the case of the USA women’s 4x100 sample was not yet known, the Gleaner relay teams at the 2011, 2013 and 2015 and 4x400m relay teams who were after winning the final of the men’s 4x100 metres relay athletics event in Beijing, in this August 2015 file said, citing “well-placed sources”. World Championships as well as the stripped of their medals after the dop- photo. According to the World Anti-Dop- 2012 Olympic Games. ing scandal involving Marion Jones. ing Agency, Methylhexaneamine or If Carter is subjected to doping The relay teams successfully Court of Arbitration for Sport, which found that rules disqualification of an entire team on the basis of an indi- MHA, has been considered a stimulant sanctions, it could mean Bolt stands to appealed against the decision at the at the time of the 2000 Olympics did not allow for the vidual member failing a doping test. SPORT SATURDAY 4 JUNE 2016 23

PSG boss FIFA dismisses report of Infantino probe hints at Blanc departure German media claim the FIFA headquarters searched, World Football boss was under AFP investigation for a possible documents seized - prosecution ethics violation PARIS: The future of Laurent Blanc as Paris Saint-Germain coach was AFP Fischer told that Kattner’s offices had FIFA is also informing United States and thrown into grave doubt yesterday been searched. Swiss authorities about disgraced former after the chairman of the big- AFP FIFA dismissed Kattner, a 45-year- president Joseph Sepp Blatter and former spending French champions said old German-Swiss national, last month on secretary general Jerome Valcke and major changes were afoot. ZURICH: Swiss investigators have searched charges that he paid himself secret bonuses former acting secretary general Markus Nasser Al Khelaifi in April FIFA’s Zurich headquarters and seized doc- worth millions of dollars under a contract Kattner for trying to “enrich themselves” insisted that Blanc, who has been GENEVA: FIFA yesterday denied reports in German uments, the country’s prosecution authority whose terms were kept secret from FIFA’s with $80m. head coach at Qatari-owned PSG media that president Gianni Infantino was under said yesterday, while FIFA said the search audit committees. Yesterday, the world football govern- since 2013, would stay on despite investigation for a possible ethics violation. targeted sacked deputy general secretary That investigation covered the period ing body said that they have passed on the failing once again to get past the Die Welt newspaper reported that Infantino had Markus Kattner. from 2008 to 2014, when disgraced former information to Swiss prosecutors and will quarter-final stages of the Cham- improperly ordered the destruction of the minutes of a “As part of the ongoing criminal inves- president Sepp Blatter was in charge. also inform US authorities, the two coun- pions League. FIFA executive committee meeting held at last month’s tigations in the FIFA affair, the Office of Searches of FIFA’s headquarters had tries where criminal investigations into But just weeks on the ambi- congress in Mexico city. According to the paper, FIFA’s the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) become almost commonplace since a giant corruption at the scandal-tainted body tious Al Khelaifi strongly suggested independent ethics committee was looking at the issue carried out a search of FIFA’s headquarters corruption scandal exploded over a year are ongoing. that could be set to change and and could impose a 90-day ban on the new president if on June 2, 2016 with the aim of confirm- ago. “The evidence appears to reveal a coor- dropped a major hint that he the allegation was confirmed. But a spokesman for the ing existing findings and obtaining further The world football governing body’s new dinated effort by three former top officials could be after Atletico Madrid’s ethics committee’s investigatory arm, Roman Geiser, information,” it said in a statement. president Gianni Infantino has vowed to cut of FIFA to enrich themselves through annual in-demand coach Diego Simeone. told that “there are no formal proceedings going on “Documents and electronic data out the rot that spread during the Blatter era, salary increases, World Cup bonuses and “The players, the coach, the against Mr. Infantino”. were seized and will now be examined to but has increasingly faced criticism himself. other incentives totalling more than 79m management, we need turnover, FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer, in a separate determine their relevance to the ongoing Yesterday, FIFA was slapping back alle- Swiss francs ($80m) - in just the last five a new cycle,” he told the Le Paris- statement emailed to AFP, said the allegations were proceedings.” gations in German media that Infantino years,” said Bill Burck, a partner with Quinn ien newspaper. baseless. “The email exchange that makes mention The OAG did not provide further was under investigation for a possible eth- Emanuel, the attorneys conducting FIFA’s “I’ve supported (Blanc) for of the deletion of audio files refers to a copy of the details, but FIFA spokeswoman Delia ics violation. internal investigation. three years. Now, I have to ask the original audio file of the meeting that was improp- right questions. Big changes could erly stored on a local drive,” she said. happen. The volatile Mexico City congress was the first “I’ve been here for five years since Infantino replaced FIFA’s disgraced former and this is the first time that we president Sepp Blatter following a vote during an have this sense of failure. This isn’t extraordinary congress in Zurich on February 26. simply the fact of having lost in the It included the shock resignation of FIFA’s audit quarter-finals of the Champions and compliance chief Domenico Scala, who accused League (to Manchester City), it’s the Infantino of trying to compromise the independence way it happened. of key FIFA bodies, including the ethics committee. “This elimination is the worst Some FIFA insiders have also suggested that Infan- moment since I came to Paris.” tino wanted Scala -- who sits on the remuneration Despite signing a new contract committee -- to leave, amid a dispute about the new in February taking him through to president’s salary. Infantino, who has been in his new June 2018, Blanc’s position with the job for less than 100 days, has not yet agreed to a con- club’s money-bags owners came tract. He has been widely criticised in the German under threat with the tame sur- press for allegedly refusing the salary proposed -- render to City. reportedly more than a million euros -- because he Blanc led PSG to a runaway considered it insufficient. fourth straight win in the French Die Welt claimed Infantino had asked in emails to league, and success in the domes- have the tape recording of the meeting in Mexico City, tic cups, but it appears not to have in which his salary was discussed, deleted. been enough for his Qatari bosses. The FIFA supremo left for Los Angeles yesterday morning and will attend the opening match of the Copa America between hosts the United States and Colombia later yesterday. Di Matteo named Aston Japan romp Smalling saves England against Portugal Villa manager Reuters to 7-2 win AFP

LONDON: Roberto di Matteo is the against new manager of Aston Villa, the LONDON: An 86th-minute header former English champions said on from centre-back Chris Smalling their website yesterday. Bulgaria spared England’s blushes as they The 46-year-old Italian, who squeezed past 10-man Portugal 1-0 won the Champions League during at Wembley on Thursday in their a short spell in charge of Chelsea, AFP final Euro 2016 warm-up game. takes over weeks after the club While Portugal captain Cris- were relegated from the Premier tiano Ronaldo was rested following League. his involvement in Real Madrid’s “It’s a wonderful honour for me TOYOTA CITY, Japan: Japan Champions League final victory to become manager of this great pulverised Bulgaria 7-2 in the over Atletico Madrid last weekend, football club, and I’m looking four-team Kirin Cup friendly England manager Roy Hodgson forward to the challenge of tak- tournament yesterday, with play- was effectively able to name a full- ing Aston Villa back to its rightful maker Shinji Kagawa scoring strength line-up. place,” Di Matteo said. twice in an embarrassingly one- But with his side’s Group B Villa endured a dreadful sided game. opener against Russia in Marseille season, sacking manager Tim Earlier, Bosnia-Herzegovina just nine days away, it took Smalling’s Sherwood in October as well as his beat Denmark on penalties in a first international goal to secure vic- replacement Remi Garde in March. clash of teams who, like Bulgaria, tory after the hosts had toiled badly missed out on a place in Euro 2016 despite playing against 10 men fol- which kicks off in France next lowing the 35th-minute dismissal of week. Bruno Alves. Prosecutors Southampton defender Maya A bullish Hodgson told ITV: “I’m Yoshida also netted twice in not prepared to accept that we didn’t Japan’s rout, while striker Shinji play well. We looked good, we had ask Messi be Okazaki, fresh from winning the composure throughout the game English Premier League title with and it would have been better to play Leicester City, scored his 49th against 11. absolved in international goal. “I’m not prepared to stand here Okazaki opened the scoring and criticise some players. If I start fraud trial after just four minutes in Toyota being dissatisfied with three wins England’s Chris Smalling (centre) scores their winning goal against Portugal during their international with a glancing header despite against Australia, Turkey and Por- the suspicion of offside, before a tugal, I’m going to be a hard coach friendly match played at Wembley Stadium in London on Thursday. England won 1-0. AFP double from Borussia Dortmund to satisfy.” forward Kagawa. Nonetheless, despite having Yoshida’s rare appearance on managed to prevail in all three preparation and we hope to get bet- crossed for Rooney to head into Rui It was a measure of the tedium in BARCELONA: Spanish prosecutors the scoresheet and further goals of their pre-tournament friend- ter in France.” Patricio’s hands and later slammed the second half that it took nearly 20 called yesterday for Lionel Messi to from substitutes Takashi Usami lies, England will travel to France England’s fans have been clam- narrowly wide from 25 yards. minutes for either team to muster a be absolved and his father found and Takuma Asano completed the on Monday accompanied by more ouring for Wayne Rooney, Harry Portugal, with Nani wearing the shot on target, with Eric Dier curling guilty on the final day of the pair’s destruction of a totally outclassed doubts than certainties. Kane and Jamie Vardy to be aligned captain’s armband and starting up a long-ranger straight at Patricio as high-profile tax fraud trial in Bar- Bulgarian side. There was little for Portugal’s together in attack, but although front in Ronaldo’s absence, saw old- a Mexican wave rolled lazily around celona. Goals from Mihail Alexan- supporters to cheer on a chilly Hodgson selected the trio in the stager Ricardo Carvalho head over the ground. The Argentina star and his drov and Ivaylo Chochev barely night in west London as their team same team for the first time, Kane from a Joao Moutinho free-kick. Both managers made a raft of father Jorge Horacio Messi have papered over the cracks for the lost to England for the first time in and Vardy took up wide positions, The momentum lurched in Eng- changes in the second half, but while been accused of using companies visitors. six games, but coach Fernando San- with Rooney in the centre. land’s favour 10 minutes before the introduction of Jack Wilshere in in Belize and Uruguay to avoid pay- The Bosnians edged 1992 tos will have Ronaldo back in his With newly appointed Manches- half-time when Fenerbahce cen- place of James Milner added fluency ing taxes on 4.16m euros ($4.6m) European champions Denmark ranks for their final warm-up match ter United manager Jose Mourinho in tre-back Alves was shown a straight to the hosts’ passing, England con- of Messi’s income earned from his 4-3 on penalties after the teams against Estonia in Lisbon on June 8. attendance, keeping a close eye on red card for a dangerous, head-high tinued to labour in attack. image rights from 2007-09. Bar- finished locked at 2-2 over 90 “Today was a difficult match,” new charges Rooney and Smalling, challenge on Kane near England’s Portugal substitute Ricardo celona forward Messi’s defence minutes. said Santos. “It was a friendly and as well as his Portuguese compa- right-hand touchline. Quaresma gave England a scare by lawyers want both the five-time Captain Haris Medunjanin we had 10 men. It’s always difficult triots, the initial chances England Fortunately, the Tottenham curling a shot just wide, but with four World Player of the Year and his smashing the winning spot kick with 10 men, especially against Eng- created stemmed from right-back striker emerged unscathed and minutes remaining Raheem Sterling father to be absolved. past Leicester City goalkeeper land and in this atmosphere. Kyle Walker. shortly after he worked Patricio with crossed from the left for Smalling to But the state attorney wants Kasper Schmeichel. “But we’re enjoying our The Tottenham Hotspur player a drilled shot from Rooney’s pass. head in the winner. both sentenced. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 21 PAGE | 23 Lorenzo eyes win Smalling savesves in home turf battle England againstainst with Marquez 10-man Portugaltugal

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Boxing legend Djokovic, Murray Muhammad Ali in hospital set-up final Reuters PHOENIX: Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali has been hospitalized for a respiratory issue, family spokesman Bob Gunnell said on Thursday. Gunnell said in a statement that Ali was in fair con- dition but that a brief hospital stay was expected. blockbuster Ali, 74, has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease Andy Murray Novak Djokovic for more than three decades and has kept a low profile in recent years. His last public appearance was in April at the ‘Celebrity Fight Night’ gala in Arizona, a char- ity that benefits the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center. Perry in 1935. Sunday will be 10th game as Djokovic served At the height of his career, Ali was known for his World number Djokovic’s sixth successive for the match. dancing feet and quick fists and his ability, as he put it, Grand Slam championship But the world number one Serena holds key to to float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. one reaches his match as he looks to add to his was not to be denied as he Ali, who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, has suffered 20th final at collection of 11 majors. went to match point and con- health problems in recent years and was admitted to He already holds the Wim- verted the opportunity when hospital in December 2014 with what was believed to majors as the bledon, US and Australian Thiem slipped a backhand Roland Garros final be a mild case of pneumonia. Briton seeks first Open trophies. wide. Doctors later determined he had suffered a severe Djokovic sprinted out to Murray and Djokovic have urinary tract infection, for which he received further Paris title for his a 3-0 lead in the opener on already played each other in Reuters matches resurface, the 22-year- treatment in January 2015. country since the back of a break in the sec- six Grand Slam finals with old Muguruza is well placed to Nicknamed “The Greatest,” he retired from boxing ond game against 13th-seeded Djokovic winning four times in take advantage. The fourth see ded in 1981 with a 56-5 record. Ali’s diagnosis of Parkinson’s 1935 Thiem. Australia and Murray emerg- Spaniard was the last player to beat came about three years after he retired. A double fault by the young ing on top at the US Open and PARIS: Garbine Muguruza’s chances Williams at Roland Garros, crushing Austrian opened the door for Wimbledon. of winning her maiden grand slam the American 6-2 6-2 in the second Djokovic to take the first set Murray got off to the bet- title - and achieving the rare feat of round in 2014 for her only win in AFP in the eighth game. Djokovic ter start, breaking serve in the beating Serena Williams twice in four encounters. Salom dies after was just as untouchable in the third game and that proved to three years at Roland Garros - may “It was a really unbelievable les- second set despite playing for be enough for him to pocket well depend on which version of the son for me. It propelled me to many, crash in practice a fourth successive day. the first set in a hotly-disputed world number one turns up today. many, many wins after that,” said PARIS: Novak Djokovic and Breaks for the Serb came 10th game where Wawrinka Will it be the seemingly indiffer- Williams. Andy Murray will meet in a in the fourth and sixth games had break points to level. ent Williams who steps onto Court The 34-year-old, who hopes to Reuters Grand Slam title clash for a and the set was wrapped up in The second set followed a Philippe Chatrier for the French become the first woman to retain seventh time tomorrow after just 25 minutes. similar pattern with Murray Open final -- or the hard-hitting, her title here since Justine Henin comprehensive semi-final tri- Thiem, playing in his first breaking in the third game, but steely Serena? Williams is looking in 2007, won their grand slam BARCELONA: Spanish umphs swept the world’s top Grand Slam semi-final, had this time the two-time major for her fourth Roland Garros sin- confrontation 6-4 6-4 at Wimble- Moto2 rider Luis Salom two players into the French taken just nine points off the champion made it back-to- gles title and her 22nd overall in don last year in Muguruza’s first (pictured) has died after Open final. Djokovic serve at that stage. back breaks as he pulled 5-1 grand slams, which would equal the appearance at that level. The Ven- a crash during the sec- Djokovic reached his However, the form which clear. The Swiss player staved record of Steffi Graf and place her ezuelan-born player says she has ond free practice session fourth final in Paris with a 6-2, had taken Thiem to a season- off two break points in the two behind all-time record holder been on a learning curve since then. for the Catalunya Grand 6-1, 6-4 demolition of Austria’s leading 25 match wins on clay third game of the third set and Margaret Court. “I have learned a lot how to con- Prix, race organisers said Dominic Thiem to move one this season, suddenly appeared he gained some energy from After her semi-final win against trol my emotions inside the court yesterday. match closer to a career Grand as he broke and held for a 3-0 a centre-court crowd largely Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens, Wil- and outside the court,” said Mugu- The 24-year-old Mal- Slam. lead in the third set. pulling for him. liams did not seem overexcited at ruza, who hopes to become the first lorcan fell at Turn 12 at the The world number one It had taken him 77 min- Murray finally stumbled the prospect. Spaniard to lift the Suzanne Len- Circuit de Barcelona-Cat- will now tackle second seed utes to achieve his first break at 4-5 down with a couple of “I guess it’s how you look at it. glen Cup since Arantxa Sanchez alunya and was treated by Murray who knocked out of the contest, much to the unforced errors that allowed The same with 21 and trying to get Vicario in 1998. Failure to take a medics before being taken by road to hospital where defending champion Stan delight of a crowd getting Wawrinka to get the break to another one. Nothing I can do deep breath at key moments may he underwent surgery. Wawrinka 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. value for money for their $22 he needed. The comeback about it,” she told reporters. “The have been a factor at Wimbledon “It is with great sadness that we have to report the Djokovic, playing in a 20th ticket investment. But Djoko- was short-lived, however, as only thing can I do is just play to last year. passing of Luis Salom,” a statement on the MotoGP web- final at the majors, is seeking vic roared back, sweeping the Murray broke serve to open win the tournament and that’s it.” “It was difficult for me to man- site said. a first Roland Garros crown to next five games for 5-3 before the fourth set and he quickly While the American looks in age stress. I remember three points “He underwent surgery, but despite the best efforts become just the eighth man to 22-year-old Thiem stopped the opened up a 2-0 lead. a different league on paper, that that I missed and she took advan- of the trauma team, he passed away at 1655pm local complete the career Slam. bleeding at 4-5. Wawrinka then played a may not be the case on court. If the tage of this, but otherwise I wouldn’t time.” Murray, also 29, can The Austrian had one last dismal service game to allow blips Williams suffered en route say I made a very big mistake,” she Salom made his world championship 125cc debut become the first British win- chance to prolong his after- Murray to pull 5-2 clear and it to laboured wins in her last two said. in 2009 as a wildcard at the Spanish Grand Prix and ner of the men’s title since Fred noon with a break point in the was all over shortly after that. claimed his first career victory at Indianapolis in 2012. Cycling: Doha 2016, Belgian Embassy host fun ride at the Pearl

The Peninsula a popular sport in Qatar, and today’s partici- pation by the Belgians and other international cycling enthusiasts demonstrates that cycling is for everyone. As we build up to the Cham- DOHA: Qatar’s Belgian community, and expat pionship taking place this October, we are riders from around the globe took part in a committed to getting Qatar residents out on a celebration of cycling featuring a fun ride bike, for better fitness and to take in the beau- at the Pearl yesterday. The 14.4km fun ride tiful sites of Qatar.” around the Pearl in Doha, was jointly hosted “The Pearl in Qatar is a wonderful venue by the UCI Road Cycling World Champion- for cycling, with picturesque views of the Ara- ship – Doha 2016 and the Belgium Embassy, bian Sea, hugged by luxurious surroundings Belgian residents and other internationals. that represent the present and future of Qatar. The group was led by a pace car and the We give special thanks for the role they are traffic department provided an escort, in a playing today and in this year’s Champion- simulation of a real world championship event ship in October,” he added. which started at 7.00am. Riders of all ages The Belgian Ambassador said: “Belgians took part in the fun ride, in what could be from all around Qatar have come here today described as a small microcosm of the main to support the sport of Cycling. Back home, event, which will be held in Doha in October cycling is an important sport and a way of life of this year. among our citizens. It is with pleasure that we Sheikh Khaled Bin Ali Al Thani, Chairmain were able to share our passion for the sport of the UCI Road Cycling World Championship with the Qatar community. We look forward Sheikh Khaled Bin Ali Al Thani, Chairmain of the – Doha 2016 Organising Committee spear- to seeing the sport become more prominent UCI Road Cycling World Championship – Doha headed the social fun ride together with here.” 2016 Organising Committee and Christophe Payot, Christophe Payot, the Belgium ambassador Members of the Championship’s Organ- the Belgium ambassador to Qatar take part in the to Qatar. ising Committee, Belgium Embassy staff, and 14.4km fun ride around the Pearl in Doha with At the start of the event, Sheikh Khaled UDC employees all contributed towards the Belgian residents and other expatriates. Bin Ali Al Thani said, “Cycling is rising fast as success of the event.