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Shelter from shelling Qatar Airways Greater Doha ‘not interested’ in Boeing 777X Metro to be DOHA: Qatar Airways is not interested in ordering Boeing’s proposed new 777X wide-body jet, its chief executive said. Asked whether the carrier was ready in 2018 looking at ordering a proposed revamped version of Boeing’s 777 mini-jumbo, Akbar Al Baker said: Al Khor, Ras Laffan also on rail grid “We are not interested in buying”. Qatar Airways is among several DOHA: The Greater Doha Blue. It will be a semi-circular carriers being courted by Boeing Metro Rail, which will link network and will link the first as it finalises plans for a larger Messaieed to Al Khor and three networks to one another. It version of its profitable 777 wide- Ras Laffan via Musheireb and will pass through the West Bay body jet expected to be launched Hamad Hospital in Doha city, to the northern side of Hamad at Dubai Airshow next month. will be ready in 2018. International Airport. The net- Al Baker had earlier said the Al Khor is some 42km north of work will go around the C Ring airline wanted to be a launch cus- Doha while Ras Laffan is about Road. tomer for the 777X. He denied 90km away from here, also in the The Education City station reports that Qatar Airways is in north. The metro will comprise will be the second largest after talks with Indian budget carrier four rail networks, some 80 per- Musheireb. The Musheireb sta- SpiceJet for a stake. “No, that’s not cent of which will be underground. tion will have 190-metre long true at all. We are not interested The networks will crisscross platform and will be located some in that.” He said Qatar Airways is one another at Musheireb rail 30 meters underground. A farmer helps his daughter as he demonstrates how to get into a makeshift shelter in Duma near Damascus. only interested in a code share with station, which will be the main As for international rail lines, the Indian carrier. REUTERS He has dug an underground shelter for his family to hide in during shelling from forces loyal to President junction. one will link Doha to Saudi Bashar Al Assad. The first network to be known Arabia while the other will pass as Red, will be 174km long through the proposed Doha- and cover 20 stations and link Bahrain causeway and link Doha Messaieed to Al Khor and Ras to Manama. Laffan via Musheireb and Hamad It is, however, not known if Hospital in Doha and Lusail City. these two networks will also be Civic fumigation hit as pesticides run out Lusail will have its own internal ready for operation by 2018. rail network. The designs of all stations and DOHA: Fumigation services of Al Rayyan Al Rayyan Municipality has contacted the Residents said private fumigation service The second Metro network, related buildings will be based on Municipality have come to a standstill, ministry and they have given assurances to providers are having a gala time. Some are with a length of 128km, is to Arab and Islamic architecture. leaving several homes infested with pests provide pesticide stocks in a few weeks, he asking for cash deposits of up to QR3,000, be known as Green. It will pass The initiation point for the Red and cockroaches, residents complain. said. According to Al Shummari, they are claimed a resident. through 32 stations and link Doha network will be Messaieed, while Al Rayyan is a large municipality covering receiving more than 50 requests a day for There are other providers who demand city (Musheireb) to Education that for Green will be Hamad a vast area. A senior official from the civic fumigating homes. “Requests are piling up. QR300 for one visit. “The problem is, their City and the South Industrial International Airport. Messaieed body said they had run out of pesticide stocks. We now have more than 500 requests but we pesticides are not effective. The civic fumi- Area and stretch up to Umm will also be a large terminus. “We have not been providing fumigation can’t do a thing.” gants are the best,” claimed another resident. Salal in the north. Qatar’s rail project comprises services since August 22 (for more than two A Qatari, who gave his name as Abdullah Al Meanwhile, in Al Wakra, some expatriates The third Metro network will three parts: The Greater Doha months now) since we have no pesticide stocks Suwaidi, told the daily that he and his family this newspaper spoke to said their homes be known as Golden. It will link Metro networks, the interna- left,” said Muqbil Al Shummari. members couldn’t sleep because his home was remained invaded particularly by American Hamad International Airport to tional lines that will connect Doha He told local Arabic daily Al Raya in invaded by pests. Efforts to contact Al Rayyan cockroaches (smaller roaches). Al Waab city via Doha from east to Bahrain and Doha to Saudi remarks published yesterday that the Ministry Municipality for help have failed because it has A resident said the menace of smaller cock- to west. This network will also Arabia (and to other countries of Municipality and Urban Planning floats ten- run out of pesticide stocks, he said. roaches in his home, especially kitchen, was pass through Musheireb (the from there), and the Lusail City’s ders to procure stocks every two years. Jarallah Al Marri, from the sprawling and too much to handle. main junction), northern parts internal rail system. Some 32 However, this year tenders were delayed working class locality of Maither, said the Several residents of Doha also complained of Old Airport locality, south of percent of Qatar Rail Company’s due to the restructuring of some ministries. area’s streets remain infested by rodents and of cockroach menace in their homes. One resi- Al Rayyan and Salwa Road. employees are Qatari and include The responsibility to import stocks and coor- attempts to rope in civic fumigation services dent of Old Airport locality said he got his Then comes the fourth and highly qualified and experienced dinate with other municipalities has now been have been in vain. Black rats are a bigger men- home fumigated by a private company every the last network, to be known as engineers. THE PENINSULA assigned to Doha Municipality, he said. ace, Al Marri added month for QR200. THE PENINSULA Kitchen gutted in fire Bahrain court frees Wefaq leader until NSA monitored calls November 18 MANAMA: A senior Bahraini of 35 world leaders opposition politician was tem- LONDON: The National officials in Berlin quickly pointed porarily freed yesterday by the Security Agency (NSA) moni- out that the US did not deny court trying him on charges tored phone conversations of monitoring the phone in the past. that include inciting terrorism. 35 world leaders after being NSA memo suggests that such Ex-MP Khalil Al Marzouq was given the numbers by an offi- surveillance was not isolated, as detained in September by police cial in another US department, the agency routinely monitors the investigating his alleged promo- according to a classified docu- phone numbers of world leaders tion of terrorism, angering his ment provided by whistleblower and asks for assistance of other Shia Islamist Al Wefaq party, the Edward Snowden. US officials to do so. largest opposition group. The confidential memo reveals The memo, dated October Al Wefaq suspended its par- NSA encourages senior officials 2006 issued to staff in NSA’s ticipation in talks with the gov- in its “customer” departments, Signals Intelligence Directorate, ernment to end the political such the White House, State was titled ‘Customers Can Help stalemate. Marzouq, in court for Department and the Pentagon, SID Obtain Targetable Phone the first time, denied charges. The to share their “Rolodexes” so the Numbers’. judge said he could go free until agency can add the phone num- It begins by setting out an his next hearing on November 18. bers of leading foreign politicians example of how US officials who REUTERS The kitchen of an apartment in Musheireb opposite Sofitel Hotel was last night gutted in a fire due to leakage to their surveillance systems. mixed with world leaders and pol- See also page 5 The document notes that one iticians could help agency surveil- in the pipe of cooking gas cylinder. No one was injured. Report on page 3 US official handed over 200 num- lance. “In one recent case,” the bers, including those of the 35 memo notes, “a US official pro- leaders, none of whom is named. vided NSA with 200 phone num- These were immediately “tasked” bers of 35 world leaders... Despite for monitoring by NSA. the fact that the majority is prob- Time Warner Cable to carry Al Jazeera America The revelation is set to add to ably available via open source, mounting diplomatic tensions the PCs [intelligence production WASHINGTON: Time Warner Cable second-largest US cable provider, with 12 mil- In a statement, Al Jazeera America interim between the US and its allies, centres] have noted 43 previously (TWC) will carry Al Jazeera America, lion subscribers. TWC declined to comment Chief Executive Officer Ehab Al Shihabi said after German Chancellor Angela unknown phone numbers. These which it had dropped earlier this year, giv- on the terms of the deal. A spokeswoman for the channel would now be available in 55m Merkel on Wednesday accused numbers plus several others have ing the cable news channel a bigger foothold Al Jazeera did not respond to a request for homes. It will still trail the reach of CNN the US of tapping her mobile been tasked.” The document says in the US. comment. since the latter is available in about 100 mil- phone. the new phone numbers had The channel, owned by Qatar-based Al Last January, TWC had dropped the chan- lion homes. Comcast Corp, the largest US After Merkel’s allegations helped NSA discover more new Jazeera and launched in August, will be avail- nel just hours after Al Jazeera announced it cable operator, carries the network, as does became public, White House contact details to add to its moni- able on digital basic cable packages in New was buying Current TV, a struggling cable DirecTV, Dish Network Corp and Verizon Press Secretary Jay Carney issued toring: “These numbers have pro- York, Los Angeles and Dallas in the next six channel founded by Al Gore. Bright House Communications Inc’s FiOS. a statement saying the US “is not vided lead information to other months, TWC said in a statement yesterday. Networks, a smaller cable system TWC nego- Globally, Al Jazeera is seen in more than monitoring and will not monitor” numbers that have subsequently The company said it would add the channel tiates programming contracts for, will also 260m homes in 130 countries. the chancellor’s communications. been tasked.” THE GUARDIAN on all of its systems in the coming months. It is carry the new channel. REUTERS But that failed to quell the row, as See also page 9 FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Chorniche view Emir, PM greet High demand Zambian President DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of greetings to President of the Republic of Zambia on the occasion of the for luxury anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa properties Al Thani also sent a similar cable. The Pearl is most searched spot QFCHT plans shelter for victims DOHA: The demand for luxury TOP FIVE LOCATIONS properties in the country is on DOHA: The Qatar Foundation the rise, according to Qatar’s The top five most for Combating Human leading property portal “prop- searched locations Trafficking (QFCHT) is plan- ertyfinder.qa”. ning to set up a shelter for men The portal’s 2013 Quarter 3 remain the same since victims of human trafficking. report released yesterday noted the last two quarters with “So far women and children that for the third consecutive The Pearl leading the front victims of human trafficking are quarter this year, The Pearl being sheltered by Qatari House emerged as the most searched followed by West Bay, for Lodging and Human Care location for buyers in the country. Al Waab, Abu Hamour (QHLHC),” said Maryam Al The top five most searched and Al Sadd. Malki, director general of QFCHT. locations remain the same since The foundation is providing com- the last two quarters with The plete services to victims of human Pearl leading the front followed by trafficking through the QHLHC West Bay, Al Waab, Abu Hamour This upward trend is reflected in and workshops are being held to and Al Sadd. Taking seventh spot the report with the securing of train the staff to help the victims. last quarter, Al Sadd has moved the top spot by the QR2,000,000 There is a need to train citizens up two places to secure the fifth -2,500,000 purchase price band in dealing with complaints lodged position. Featuring high-end this quarter, for over the last to the foundation and providing apartments and villas, the local- two quarters, the most popular them consultation services, Al ity has some of the best cafés, price bracket searched to buy Malki told Al Raya. restaurants, hotels and stores in was between QR1,500,000 and The hotline set up by QFCHT the city. While Al Gharrafa did 2,000,000. “Interestingly, we also in Arabic and English is playing not make it to the top 10 this see demand for properties with an effective role in helping the time, Mushaireb made its first a price tag of QR10,000,000 and victims and in the coming year appearance on the list this year, more take second spot, followed by five more languages would be garnering close to 4 percent of the demand for homes priced at QR added making it more efficient in property views. 2.5 to 3m, 1.5 to 2m and 3 to 3.5m. receiving complaints, she added. While apartments remained “The six percent rise since Regarding the law to regu- the most searched category Quarter 1 in interest in prop- late domestic workers including among prospective renters, they erties priced QR10,000,000 and housemaids, she said the draft law drew in 62 percent of the searches more is a good indicator of the has been prepared by the Ministry as compared with 47 percent and increasing market confidence in of Labour and Social Affairs and 54 percent in Quarters 1 and 2, Qatar’s property market, with forwarded to the Authority con- respectively — a clear manifes- over $100bn invested in new cerned for review. tation of the growing housing projects including residential, QFCHT is a member of the demand in Qatar. commercial, retail, and hospital- concerned committee assigned to Real estate prices and rents ity developments as part of the study the draft law. The law speci- have risen steeply in 2013 due build up towards the 2022 World fies how to recruit housemaids and to the higher numbers of free- Cup,” commented Monsi Rabah, indicates the rights, duties and hold property purchases and Country Manager, propertyfinder. responsibilities of all parties, she A Collared Bush-Robin diving into a pool to wet its little feet and take a sip of water. A view on the Corniche. the increasing expat population. qa THE PENINSULA said. THE PENINSULA KAMMUTTY V P

Driving instructors must pass theory Qatar, UK team up for artist’s exchange programme DOHA: Four art students from at Katara Cultural Village later and practical test the UK’s Slade School of Fine in the year. Art have teamed up with four “We are very excited to be wel- DOHA: The Traffic Qatari artists as part of the coming these art students over Department has made it man- Qatar UK Artist’s Exchange from the UK. We are very grate- datory for instructors at driv- Residency programme. ful to the Slade School of Fine ing schools to pass a theoretical Managed by Doha-based Ben Art, one of the leading art edu- and practical test before they Barbour, the programme will be cation institutions in the world, can give driving lessons. hosted at Katara Cultural Village, joins us in the Artist’s Exchange With more stringent regula- concluding on 16 November. Residency. We look forward to tions in place, the Department The Qatari artists taking part this artistic collaboration and aims to improve the quality and are: Shaymaa Alyafey, Ameera are excited to see their joint work standard of driving lessons, Al Al Aji, Ahmed Nooh and Ali Al showcased later in the year,” said Raya reported yesterday. Mullah. The artists have honed Costa. Starting January 2014, only the their skills at Katara Cultural Martin Hope, Director, British newly certified instructors by the Village’s own artistic residency Council Qatar said: “This Artist’s Traffic Department will be able to and educational programmes Exchange Residency embodies give driving lessons. under the supervision of Sa’id what the Qatar UK 2013 Year of Instructors who fail the theo- Costa, Curator of Visual Arts Culture strives for; it creates last- retical exam, the first leg of the Exhibitions & Educational ing partnerships between insti- test, will not be able to move on Programs at Katara Cultural tutions and individuals and it to the practical. The theoretical Village. sparks an international exchange part of the test would include The UK students include of culture and ideas. We are very questions on traffic law, violations, Hannah Shin, Jennifer Martin, grateful for these students to have rules as well as traffic ethics. Robert Crosse and Zoe the chance to learn from each The practical part will focus Schoenherr from the Slade School other and are heartened to build on the driving abilities of the of Fine Art. They will be paired upon nine months of high quality, instructor, as well as his ability with their Qatari peers to cre- high-level cultural engagement Ben Barbour (left) and Waseem Kotoub (right) with the artists under the Qatar UK Artist’s Exchange Residency to easily communicate and train ate art together over the coming between our two nations.” programme. people. The instructor would also month, which will be on display THE PENINSULA be tested on his ability to detect weaknesses of people who come to take driving lessons. The Arabic daily said that the theoretical tests have already Qatari envoy been conducted and by the end Ethical leadership is vital for of this year, all existing licenses of instructors will be cancelled and meets Turkish new ones will be issued next year. Adil Salim from Al Raya business growth: Seetharaman minister Driving School said this was a progressive step which will WASHINGTON: The and services and sustaining and ethical practices. Business ANKARA: Turkey’s improve the standard of trainers human resource factor in high satisfaction and moti- models need to be realigned EU Affairs Minister and it will also have a positive leadership should focus on vation level. Responsibility by transforming organisation Egemen Bagis met here impact on new drivers. He also grooming people for glo- and Accountability promotes mindset. We should develop yesterday with Qatar’s said that this initiative should bal environment, explained leadership development,” he mindset to work in a virtual Ambassador To Turkey have been taken earlier. Hassan Dr R Seetharaman, Group said. organisation. Participative Salim Mubarak Al Nassar, Director of Training and CEO of Doha Bank. He Seetharaman explained the leadership is necessary Shafi. Development at Al Raya, noted was giving a presenta- areas which leaders need to for changing the mind- Talks during the meet- that the impact of this initiative tion on ““Leadership, transform to handle mod- set and result in improved ing dealt with ties of joint will not be felt immediately by the Accountability, and Ethics” ern challenges. He said that performance.” cooperation and means of community, but slowly people will on at the Washington the realignment of business Dr Seetharaman empha- boosting and enhancing see a change. College in Chestertown, models in the light of cur- sised the priorities of lead- them. Mohammad Zain from Al Maryland recently. The rent global, regional and local ers for sustaining business Lauding the excellent Khaleej Driving School said meeting was attended scenarios and the basic chal- growth. “Leaders should know level of bilateral relations, that the Traffic Department is by students, professors lenges economies face in mov- how to manage various stake- Turkish minister thanked addressing the issue of traffic and management staff of ing from crisis to stability. holders’ expectations and also the government of Qatar from the roots, which begins with Washington college. “In 2008 as the financial cri- monitor the changes in vari- for its stand alongside the trainers. The initiative will “Leaders focus on identi- sis went from bad to worse, ous stakeholder expectations. Turkey and the great role encourage the trainers to con- Dr R Seetharaman, Group CEO of Doha Bank, giving a fying and expanding human policymakers and business Ethical leadership is the key it played for the release duct more training sessions and presentation at the Washington College in Chestertown, talent base, minimising executives struggled. True for sustainable business devel- of the two Turkish pilots organise workshops and lectures, Maryland. people skill gaps, expand- leaders are those who bring opment,” he said. who were kidnapped in he said. THE PENINSULA ing intelligence in products accountability, consistency THE PENINSULA Lebanon. QNA FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

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Tel Apartment Fax in Musheireb DFI unveils format for catches fire Tollfree Ajyal youth film fest Fax DOHA: Part of an apart- ment in Musheireb area opposite Sofitel Hotel was Festival to host nine ‘special screenings’ Tel gutted in fire yesterday Fax due to leakage in the pipe DOHA: The Doha Film will have a platform to express Headlining the film showcase of cooking gas cylinder. Institute (DFI) has unveiled their views, learn from each is the ‘Made in Qatar’ segment, The incident took place at a rich roster of programming other and unite in a celebration a special programme of works Tel around 8:30pm. The fire bri- combining education, film of film and creativity.” by filmmakers who are Qatari Fax gade rushed to the site and screenings, panels and work- The central initiative of the nationals, or who call Qatar put off the fire. No injuries shops for the inaugural Ajyal Ajyal Youth Film Festival will home, bringing aspiring and have been reported. Youth Film Festival sched- be the Doha Film Experience, a emerging filmmaking talent to “The fire fighters from uled from November 26 to 30 programme that brings together the forefront. Tel the Civil Defence put off the in Katara. hundreds of young jurors from Ajyal Youth Film Festival Fax fire within 15 minutes,” said “We are very excited to unveil around the world in an exchange will also host nine ‘Special an officer. the format of our first Ajyal of cultures and to forge interna- Screenings,’ with films from “No one was injured as it Youth Film Festival. Driven tional friendships; underlining Brazil, Canada, China, France, www.doha.hilton.com was a limited fire,” the offi- with the goal to inspire and cre- the potential of film as a medium Korea, Mexico, Qatar, Spain, Tel cial added. ate, Ajyal has been designed to for positive change. UK and the USA. +974 44233333 “My kitchen caught empower the region’s youth and Featuring three jury com- Film aficionados can attend Fax +974 44233000 fire during lighting the foster their creativity. We aim ponents, the Doha Film the extensive industry pro- gas burner, the tenant of to encourage young talent and Experience will feature 32 short gramming that includes mas- the apartment told The provide them with an oppor- films and 10 documentaries and terclasses for students of all Peninsula. tunity to actively engage and narratives, following which the ages; workshops for children, Two fire brigade vehicles participate in a fun and educa- young jurors will engage in parents, teachers, and industry with a dozen of fire fighters, tional environment, and hope workshops, and Q&A sessions professionals; and panels aimed one ambulance and a cou- to inspire film enthusiasts of all with film talent. On the clos- at enhancing film education and ple of policemen in patrol- ages in Qatar and the region,” ing nights, the jurors will award appreciation. ling vehicles were involved said DFI CEO Abdulaziz Al films that they consider most Boasting two days of back-to- in the operation. Khater. outstanding. back activities, Ajyal’s ‘Family Tel A fire fighter was stand- Fatma Al Remaihi, Festival A highlight in the screenings Days’ on November 29 and 30, ing besides the ambulance Director, said: “Since its incep- for the Festival is a tribute to have been designed to bring the Fax icing his palm that sus- tion, DFI has worked to support anime with a showcase of six entire family together. The free tained minor burn during the growth of the film industry films dedicated to the timeless of charge events include the extinguishing the fire. in the region. Developing plat- Japanese art. The screenings Ajyal Studio, where audiences After making sure that forms that cater to our youth will be complemented by com- can be part of the filmmaking Tel the fire has been put off is an important component of munity-wide activities includ- experience; storytelling work- Fax completely, the fire fight- this overall mission. We want ing the ‘Otaku Exhibition,’ that shops, and performances from ing team left the site by to bring generations together celebrates the works of local local youth and international 9:15. to discover, enjoy and discuss and regional artists paying trib- talents amongst others. THE PENINSULA cinema. Young people at Ajyal ute to the anime culture. THE PENINSULA Tel Fax

Civil Defence holds Tel Qatar tops ‘average wealth per discussion on Fax adult’ ranking in the region safety technology DOHA: The Civil Defence Tel recently held a discussion on DOHA: Qatar recorded the The Credit Suisse Research increase their share of global Modern Constructions and Fax highest average wealth per note found that from mid-2012 wealth to 23 percent by 2018, Safety Technology against adult of $153,294 in mid-2013 to mid-2013 aggregate global with China alone expected to Disasters. in the Mena region, up two household wealth increased represent over 10 percent of Director of Logistics percent, from the same period by 4.9 percent in current global wealth. The US is to Department at Ministry of Tel last year, said a report. dollar terms to $241 trillion, remain the undisputed leader Interior (MoI) Brig Abdul Aziz Fax The fourth annual Global despite the continuing chal- in terms of aggregate wealth; Al Ansari, officer of engineer- Wealth Report 2013 released lenges posed by the economic with total net worth approach- ing drawings at Prevention by Credit Suisse Research environment. ing $100 trillion by 2018 Department of General Institute yesterday noted the North America gained $ 8.4 Eurozone wealth per adult in Directorate of Civil Defence UAE followed closely with trillion, an increase of 11.9 per- 2013 has recovered more than (GDCD) Lt Khamis Al Kaa’bi, $126,791, rising four percent cent, fueled by a recovery in half of the large loss experi- Public Relations director at CGC since 2012. house prices and a bull equity enced 12 months earlier, mainly Ahmad Lahdan Al Muhannadi Kuwait was placed third in market in the United States. It due to rising equity prices. and Director of the Arab Bureau the region with an average became the lead region in terms Giles Keating, Global Head of for Engineering Affairs Eng. Tel wealth per adult of $119,101 of total net wealth for the Research for Private Banking Hani Al Hawamida participated Fax but declined 0.3 per cent from first time since 2005, overtak- & Wealth Management, Credit in the discussion. last year. The average wealth ing European holdings, which Suisse, said: Brig Abdul Aziz Al Ansari said per adult in Oman and Bahrain added $ 5.5 trillion, an increase “The fourth annual Credit that safety of the community and Tel grew 2 per cent from mid last of 7.7 percent. Suisse Global Wealth Report taking care of security and safety year. As a result of a 22 percent shows a $11 trillion rise in aspects in establishments is an Fax Average wealth per adult in depreciation of the Japanese wealth to over $ 241 trillion, important task of Civil Defense. Saudi Arabia, the largest econ- yen against the US dollar with the US as the clear winner He said different authorities in www.renaissancedoha.com omy in the region, rose 0.7 per during the period, household overtaking Europe and APAC the country are aware about the cent from mid-2012 to reach wealth in Japan dropped 20.5 falling back due to the sharp importance of safety requirements Tel +974 44195000 $37,346 while Egypt’s wealth percent to $ 22.6 trillion, drag- depreciation of the yen. We look and they are working to provide Fax per adult fell 12 percent to $ ging down total wealth in Asia at wealth mobility for the first safe environment for everyone. +974 44195100 7,285. Pacific by 3.7 percent to $73.9 time and it appears surpris- Brig Al Ansari said that the However, in terms of total trillion. However, Asia Pacific ingly high. For instance, less latest technology can prevent wealth, however, Saudi Arabia ex-Japan continued to regis- than two-thirds of the 2000-01 fires and other risks and reduce ranked first with an estimated ter stable wealth growth by Forbes billionaires remained on percentage of physical and human $0.6 trillion, closely followed 6.2 percent to $51.3 trillion in the list by 2005, and barely half losses. A global code on the side- by UAE with an estimated $0.5 mid-2013. were on it by the end of the dec- lines has been modified accord- trillion. Egypt ranked third, According to the report, ade.” ing to nature and environment of with an estimated $0.4 trillion. emerging markets are to THE PENINSULA Qatar. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM

Feeling Almighty Love for God in Islam Allah’s love BY KHALIL GREEN n the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), n Islam fear of God, obedience who said that the Prophet (peace to God and sacrificing for God’s Oand blessings of Allah be upon cause are stages (that should be him) said: Imaintained) on the spiritual path to something better; love for God. “Allah the Almighty said: ‘I am as My serv- There are many reasons people ant thinks I am. I am with him when he makes become Muslim. Among those rea- mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to sons are feelings of the need to be a himself, I make mention of him to Myself; and part of something better than what if he makes mention of Me in an assembly, I they have, believing that Islam holds make mention of him in an assembly better more truth than other beliefs, or than it. And if he draws near to Me an arm’s rejecting something once believed. length, I draw near to him a fathom’s length. Attributes that are obtained by the And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him at Muslim are fear of God, and love for speed.” God. The last being the highest rea- (Related by Al Buhkari, Muslim, Tirmidhi son to worship. Yet obtaining Love for and Ibn Majah) God is a process. It is something to be achieved. One does not simply wake up On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may loving God. But once love of God is had Allah be pleased with him), who said that it is like no other type of love that has the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings been experienced. of Allah be upon him) said:

THOSE WHO LOVE GOD “If Allah has loved a servant, He calls Love of God causes one to enjoy Gabriel (on whom be peace) and says: ‘I life more fully. It causes the Muslim love so-and-so, therefore love him.’” He (the to realise that God is the only non- Prophet - peace and blessings of Allah be changing reality. He is the Sure Reality upon him) said: “So Gabriel loves him. Then and Truth (Al haqq). he (Gabriel) calls out in heaven, saying: “Yet there are men who take (for ‘Allah loves so-and-so, therefore love him.’ worship) others besides Allah, as equal And the inhabitants of heaven love him.” He (with Allah): They love them as they (the Prophet - peace and blessings of Allah be should love Allah. But those of Faith upon him) said: “Then acceptance is estab- are overflowing in their love for Allah.” lished for him on earth. And if Allah has (Quran 2:165) abhorred a servant, He calls Gabriel and Hence, faith is first mentioned as says: ‘I abhor so-and-so, therefore abhor a necessary component of achieving him.’ So Gabriel abhors him. Then Gabriel Love for God. calls out to the inhabitants of heaven: ‘Allah It is misplaced when feelings for cre- abhors so-and-so, therefore abhor him.’” He ated things, or beings, causes a diver- (the Prophet - peace and blessings of Allah sion from focusing on the Conscious be upon him) said: “So they abhor him, and Reality that created all. The Conscious abhorrence is established for him on earth.” Reality that sustains all. Faith is the (Related by Muslim, Bukhari, Malik, and decision of the believer to worship that Tirmidhi). which is unseen and unseeable in this life. On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that DEVELOPING LOVE FOR GOD the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings Developing love for God begins of Allah be upon him) said: with the study of the divine. Science now tells us that there is a compo- “Allah (mighty and sublime be He) said: nent in the brain that creates within ‘Whosoever shows enmity to someone humans the desire to believe in a by Allah;- (These do rejoice). So proclaim the wayfarer, for those who ask, and for twist and turns that daily life presents. devoted to Me, I shall be at war with him. higher power. When we intention- the glad tidings to the Believers”. the ransom of slaves; to be steadfast in One who strives to keep his family My servant draws not near to Me with any- ally work to develop that part of our (Quran 9:112) prayer, and practice regular charity; to intact while increasing their spiritual thing more loved by Me than the religious being, new paths are created and Love of God brings about the best fulfill the contracts which ye have made; growth. In the Father of John (Yahya) duties I have enjoined upon him, and My opened within the person. in the individual whose actions ben- and to be firm and patient, in pain (or the Baptist there is the following servant continues to draw near to Me with The Muslim begins to feel the need efit those around. Out of love for suffering) and adversity, and throughout example of one pleading to his Lord supererogatory works so that I shall love him. to worship (Ibada), pray (salat), and God the Muslim will do everything, all periods of panic. Such are the people out of Love in the midst of affliction When I love him I am his hearing with which remember (Dhikr - a form of medita- from waking moment to sleep, cou- of truth, the Allah-fearing.” (Quran 2:177) and adversity. he hears, his seeing with which he sees, his tion) God. God begins to take prec- rageously battling lower desires to So We listened to him: and We hand with which he strikes and his foot with edence over the Muslim’s life. She/He please her/his lord. Sacrificing what EXAMPLE OF ONE WHO LOVES granted him Yahya: We cured his wife’s which he walks. Were he to ask something of begins to look on God with reverence she/he is in possession of for the sake GOD (Barrenness) for him. These (three) Me, I would surely give it to him, and were and becomes a seeker on the path after of the Beloved. God rewards those who work to were ever quick in emulation in good he to ask Me for refuge, I would surely grant God’s Greatness. “It is not righteousness that ye turn develop love for Him and who yearn works; they used to call on Us with love him it. I do not hesitate about anything as “Those that turn (to Allah) in repent- your faces Towards east or West; but it for their meeting with Him. The and reverence, and humble themselves much as I hesitate about seizing the soul of ance; that serve Him, and praise Him; is righteousness- to believe in Allah and Quran gives an example of one who before Us. (Quran 21:90) My faithful servant: he hates death and I that wander in devotion to the cause the Last Day, and the Angels, and the strives and struggles through life When afflicted with pain, sorrow, hate hurting him.’” of Allah,: that bow down and prostrate Book, and the Messengers; to spend of while awaiting the final meeting with and adversity, the Muslim turns to God (Related by Bukhari) themselves in prayer; that enjoin good your substance, out of love for Him, for God. with Love. and forbid evil; and observe the limit set your kin, for orphans, for the needy, for One who struggles to deal with the www.islamcity.com An experience to inspire your whole life BY MUHAMMAD FATHI service. This eternal call, chanted brothers and sisters; to avoid by millions of pilgrims every year, doing anything that may trouble fter finishing the ritu- gives us further inspiration. The them; to feel anguish for their als of Haj, with all of pilgrims respond to Allah’s call pains and pleasures for their hap- its spirituality, devo- with pleasure, paying no heed to piness. All of this is important, Ation, sincerity, sacrifice the trouble they may undergo; not only in Haj, but also in our and dedication, the question is: they come to Him declaring in entire lives. Should all of these awe-inspiring words and in deeds their sub- feelings be restricted to the few mission to His commands—their COMMON MISTAKES days of Haj? unconditional obedience to His In addition, Haj is a good We should always think of Haj orders, their love of what He chance to practice patience and as a journey intended to guide us loves, and their honor to what to taste the sweetness of forbear- on how to lead our larger journey He honors.This is the spirit that ance. Amidst such a large multi- of life. It is the model after which Muslims should keep throughout tude of people, pilgrims are bound Muslims should pattern their their entire whole lives. to face some difficulties and prob- lives. This connection between Labbayk, Allahuma, labbayk is lems, and they are most likely Haj and life is very important; not merely a ritual phrase to be to get upset by the behaviour of after all, both of them are jour- uttered in Haj and then forgotten some pilgrims. neys that need special prepara- afterwards, rather, it is a motto However, in order to make tion and should have special goals. for every Muslim, a way of life. sure that their Haj is accepted, Take for example, the first After hours—even long days they exercise self-restraint and steps pilgrims do in preparation and months—of travel, pilgrims show patience and forbearance. for their Haj journey. They pay reach Makkah and enjoy the sight This is a lesson which we should off their debts and bathe them- of the holy sites. Throughout learn and apply in our daily life. selves. The lesson here is that our their observances of Haj, in their We should apply it in our lives should be based on purity movements from place to place, homes and workplaces. We need and cleanliness. How beautiful and from rite to rite, Muslims to show patience and forbearance life would be if each and every recall great scenes of sacrifice with our spouses, colleagues, and one of us tried to adhere to this by their great forbearers, such as friends. This is important for our principle. If only everyone tried Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon lives to move smoothly, and most to steer clear of anything that him) and his family, Prophet importantly, for Allah to love us. may taint their beliefs or blemish Muhammad (peace and bless- In order to make sure that the Haj is accepted, we In conclusion, the lessons their relations with Allah. ings be upon him) and his noble reaped from Haj are countless, Of course, it may happen that Companions. These glorious should exercise self-restraint and show patience and the spiritual provisions taken Muslims commit a sin or suc- scenes inspire us and motivate us and forbearance. This is a lesson which we should from it for the journey of life are cumb to Satan’s whispers, but to face the challenges of life with truly indescribable. I believe that once such a thing occurs, they a bold heart as well as to rise up learn and apply in our daily life. by forming connections between hasten to “clean” and “wash” to our responsibility of working both journeys—namely Haj and their spirits. Just as they wear and sacrificing in defense of our life—and with more reflection on pure and clean clothes for their religion and for the advancement from all over the world, from of the earth meet in this awe- To become absorbed in such the underlying wisdoms of Haj, Haj journeys, they are keen to of our Ummah. Asia and Africa, from the North inspiring gathering, in full sub- a sense of unity and solidarity Muslims pilgrims can maximise meet Allah after the journey of Furthermore, in Haj, pil- and the South, Arabs and non- mission to Allah. They try their with fellow Muslims; to feel that the benefits they gain from Haj life with a pure and clean heart. grims feel brotherly and sisterly Arabs, white and black, rich and best to be good to one another you are a member of a big family and can experience a real life- Labbayk, Allahuma, labbayk. affections towards their fellow poor. and to avoid anything that may that embraces Muslims wherever long Haj. Here I am, O Allah, at Your Muslims. They meet Muslims Muslims from all four corners harm or disturb one another. they come form; to care for your www.onislam.net FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Saudi says will punish drivers defying ban Women contacted individually

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Sheikh Nasser Al Omar, described Interior Ministry has contacted the campaign as a “conspiracy”. organisers of a campaign to A ministry spokesman could end the ban on women driv- not immediately be reached to ing and told them they will be confirm that the body had con- punished if they go on defying tacted the women. Women who the male-only road rules, some have driven in the past have often of the campaign leaders said been charged with the relatively yesterday. minor offence of driving without a The women organising the valid Saudi licence, which are not campaign have been posting issued to women in the kingdom. online footage of themselves driv- But some have also been ing in Saudi cities, and have called charged with more serious on Saudi women with foreign offences, such as disturbing public driving licences to get behind the order or staging political protests, wheel tomorrow. which are illegal in the absolute The campaigners hope to monarchy. take advantage of the ambigu- The campaigners say that by ous nature of the kingdom’s ban driving tomorrow they will not be on women driving, which is not staging a political protest, as they explicitly enshrined in either the have not asked women to drive People gather around the wreckage of a car after a car bomb exploded in Al Ahram street near Al Nuzha roundabout in Homs, yesterday. kingdom’s Sharia or its traffic together in groups or to congre- code. gate in one place, even if they are Saudi Arabia frequently earns in violation of traffic rules. bad international publicity over “The concerned authorities the issue, but any change in the will enforce the law against all Assad forces seize Damascus suburb effective ban on women driving the violators with firmness and might ignite the wrath of religious force,” said Wednesday’s Interior BEIRUT: Syrian forces seized area in a 48-hour assault from five the momentum that helped them Outside the capital, a car bomb hardliners. Ministry statement. a suburb of Damascus yes- directions, the report said, show- seize some suburbs and launch exploded in a heavily-guarded dis- On Wednesday the Interior The ministry’s spokesman, terday from rebels fighting to ing live footage of Syrian soldiers bomb and rocket attacks into the trict in the central city of Homs, Ministry issued a statement Major-General Mansour Turki, overthrow President Bashar Al deployed in the area. city centre several months ago. killing three people and wound- reiterating that it was illegal for said the statement applied to Assad in a push that has shored The Britain-based Syrian Rebels shelled the Jaramana ing about 60, a doctor at a local women to drive, but the authori- women driving individually as up government control of the Observatory for Human Rights district yesterday, a government- hospital said. ties now appear to be stepping up well as in groups and that it was capital’s outskirts, state televi- said the Lebanese Shia group held area that links a ring of The blast was on one of the their efforts to quash the cam- not meant to refer only to tomor- sion reported. Hezbollah had assisted in the rebel-held suburbs and is also main streets in the Nozha dis- paign by individually contacting row, but to women driving at any Assad’s forces, backed by Shia assault. Hezbollah is backed by near the airport road, state media trict, inhabited by members of women involved. time. fighters from Lebanon, Iraq and Assad’s ally Iran and has sent and rebels said. Assad’s Alawite sect and guarded “He said he was calling on He said it also would apply to Iran, have been gaining ground fighters into Syria to support gov- “This area is very important to by paramilitary forces loyal to the behalf of (Interior Minister) protests by groups opposed to around Damascus since last ernment forces. both sides,” said a rebel fighter in government. Prince Mohammed bin Nayef women driving. Turki said the month, storming several rebel- The pro-opposition Observatory, the area known as Anas. “Control Residents said women and chil- and that I and any other woman prosecution service would decide held suburbs and choking off which verifies reports through a over Jaramana means control over dren were wounded in the blast, should not drive and if we are whether to charge women driv- supplies to others in the east and network of sources around Syria, the airport road, and control over which occurred as pupils were caught we will be punished,” said ers with traffic violations or more south. said about 17 rebels were killed the airport road means destroying leaving primary schools. one of the campaign organisers. serious offences. Although neither side appears in the fighting, including several an important supply route for the In a sign of how regional- The woman said she now Officials have often in the past to have the strength to gain a from the Al Qaeda-linked Islamic regime.” ised and entangled the conflict planned not to drive tomorrow, said the driving ban is in place decisive edge over the other in the State of Iraq and the Levant Rebels blew up a gas pipeline has become, Kurdish militants although she still supported the because Saudi society wants it 2-1/2-year-old conflict, the gov- (ISIL). About 25 government on Wednesday, knocking out clashed with al Qaeda-affiliated campaign and had previously there. Supporters of Saturday’s ernment’s offensive has bolstered fighters were killed, it said. power in much of Syria, includ- rebels from the ISIL and Jabhat filmed herself behind the wheel campaign say they want to show its position ahead of expected The United Nations says ing Damascus. The Al Habib Al al-Nusra over a series of villages in the city. by driving without provoking pub- international peace talks. Syria’s conflict has killed more Moustafa unit claimed respon- along the northeastern border Another woman involved in lic anger that society has changed. Syrian state television said than 100,000 people. Fighting has sibility yesterday, saying it had with Iraq. the campaign, who also asked to They point to a recent move the army had “extended full con- continued despite an interna- planted explosives near the pipe. A spokesman for the armed remain anonymous, said she still by some women in the kingdom’s trol” over Hatetat Al Turkman, tional deal for Syria to eliminate The government, which wing of the Kurdish Democratic planned to go ahead. Shoura Council, a quasi-parlia- southeast of Damascus near the its chemical weapons and efforts appeared to be on the back foot Union Party said the group had The Interior Ministry tele- ment appointed by the king to airport road, cutting off an arms to bring both sides to a peace a few months ago, seems to have captured several positions from phone calls follow a small protest advise on policy, to challenge the and ammunition supply route to conference. recaptured the initiative while the ISIL and other Islamist fighters, by a group of conservative clerics ban, and to Saudi newspaper col- rebels occupying a crescent of sub- Insurgents have pushed back rebels have become more divided but the report could not be con- demanding government action umns that argue women should urbs around the capital. against government gains around and distracted by infighting over firmed independently. against the women. One of them, be able to drive. REUTERS The armed forces seized the Damascus but have failed to regain territory, resources and ideology. REUTERS Rock guitarist Bahrain frees Shia opposition leader Gunmen kill forms political MANAMA: A senior Bahraini senior Yemeni opposition politician was tem- party in Turkey porarily freed on Thursday by the court trying him on charges spy officer ISTANBUL: A Turkish rock that include inciting terrorism, guitarist has co-founded a new in a surprise conciliatory rul- ADEN: Gunmen on a motor political party ahead of elec- ing in the US-allied Gulf Arab bike shot dead a senior Yemeni tions next year in the hope of state. intelligence service officer yes- translating months of summer Khalil Al Marzouq, a former terday, in the latest of a string protests into change at polls. parliament member, was of drive-by shootings targeting The Gezi Party (GZP), taking detained in September by police the country’s top brass. its name from the Istanbul park investigating his alleged promo- Colonel Abdulrahman where the unrest began at the end tion of terrorism, angering his Mohammed Al Shami was leaving of May, marks an effort to unite Shi’ite Islamist Al Wefaq party, his home in the capital Sanaa’ at a broad range of demonstrators Bahrain’s largest opposition noon when one of the two uniden- under one political banner against group. tified gunmen opened fire on him Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s Unrest has gripped Bahrain and fled, a local security official government. since a 2011 uprising led by its said. “In the Gezi Party, chairman Shi’ite majority demanding The colonel died immediately. means spokesperson. Gezi does reforms and more share in gov- It was not immediately clear not accept any leader,” party ernment in the kingdom ruled who was behind the attack, but chairman Cem Koksal, a 37-year by the Sunni Muslim Al Khalifa authorities have blamed Islamist old heavy metal guitarist from dynasty. militants linked to Al Qaeda for Istanbul, said on Twitter. The arrest of Marzouq a string of similar shootings that According to its Facebook page, prompted the Wefaq party to have killed more than 80 officers the GZP — officially registered suspend its participation in talks in various parts of Yemen over the as Turkey’s 77th party — aims to with the government aimed at past two years. keep the “Gezi spirit” alive. ending the turmoil in Bahrain, Tackling lawlessness in Yemen, It did not say which of the which hosts the US Fifth Fleet. which lies near important oil upcoming polls - local elections Marzouq, appearing in court shipment routes and borders the in March, a presidential vote in for the first time amid tight world’s biggest oil exporter Saudi August and general elections in security, denied all charges. The An anti-government protester throws stones at riot police during clashes after the funeral procession of 17-year- Arabia, is an international pri- 2015 - it would field candidates for. judge said he could go free until old Ali Khalil in the village of Bani Jamra west of Manama. ority for the United States and A peaceful protest against plans his next hearing on November 18. other Western countries. It is to redevelop Gezi Park spiralled His wife, speaking at the home to an Al Qaeda wing that into unrest across Turkey after courtroom after the ruling, said resolve the political crisis, with the authorities are practicing”, 14 Coalition, a network of people has planned international bomb a heavy-handed police crack- Marzouq was due to be released the two sides still mistrustful accusing them in a statement of who use social media to organise attacks. As well as battling an down, drawing together a wide later yesterday. and apparently far apart on the “taking advantage of their power anti-government protests, Yousfi Islamist insurgency in the south, array of demonstrators protest- “There are usually no releases opposition’s main demand for an for vengeful purposes against said, describing the group as a the Yemeni government faces a ing against Erdogan’s perceived in similar cases when it is related elected government. those demanding democracy”. terrorist organisation. southern separatist movement authoritarianism. to terrorism charges, but I think Wefaq, which says it advocates Bahrain’s chief prosecutor, The coalition is named after and a revolt among some tribes Turkey’s main opposition par- such a ruling was intended to non-violent methods, demands Nayef Yousfi, said last month the date when mass pro-democ- in the impoverished north of the ties have so far failed to capital- placate public opinion,” said a constitutional monarchy with that police investigations racy protests erupted in Bahrain country. ise on the wave of protest, with Mohammed al-Maskati, head of a government chosen from showed Marzouq had spoken at in 2011, inspired by Arab revolts Meanwhile, Yemen News Erdogan’s ruling AK Party, which the Bahrain Youth Society for within a democratically elected many forums promoting what in Tunisia and Egypt. The Agency yesterday reported dominates the Turkish political Human Rights. parliament. the authorities described as authorities quelled the uprising Yemeni President Abd Rabbo map, still well ahead in opinion Talks between the govern- On Tuesday, Wefaq said terrorism. a month later, with the help of Mansour Hadi will pay an official polls across almost all of the ment and its opponents began Marzouq’s trial shows “the politi- At one event, Marzouq had Saudi security forces. visit to China next November. country. REUTERS in February, but have failed to cal persecution and exclusion raised the flag of the February REUTERS REUTERS FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE staid-looking contraptions whirr in the air, staring at the humdrum of existence on the ground below. On a reconnaissance of ‘suspicious’ sites in Tthe tribal belt on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border, the drones—unmanned aerial vehicles — are a familiar Space in a mess: How about if dreadful site. Premier Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday told US President Barack Obama to end drone strikes inside Pakistan. The issue, a sticking point in relations between Islamabad and Washington, has generated a lot of heat not only in the taxing garbage there? two countries but also in diplomatic circles and human rights BY BRAD PLUMER forums across the world. Alexander, an economist at the Federal unusable. This is known as the “Kessler The Washington Post published a report yesterday showing Communications Commission and a co- syndrome,” named after NASA astro- secret US documents, which point to Islamabad’s complicity in PACE is getting awfully messy. author of the paper. (He helped write physicist Donald Kessler who first pre- the drone strikes. The revelations come at a time when Sharif The amount of debris in Earth’s the paper in his spare time, not on dicted the possibility in 1978. went on record trying to persuade Obama to desist from the Sorbit keeps multiplying each year, behalf of the US government.) “This is So far, a chain reaction hasn’t damaging satellites and putting astro- a classic commons problem.” occurred, and Kessler’s initial predic- strikes. nauts in harm’s way. If the problem gets The orbits around Earth are unde- tion of an apocalypse by 2000 turned Pakistan has consistently denied being privy to advance severe enough, it could eventually make niably valuable. Satellites are used for out to be premature. information on US’ drone attacks and has vehemently rejected low-earth orbit unusable. everything from communications to tel- But there are warning signs. Back any complicity with the Obama administration on signature Scientists have known about the space evision to Earth monitoring and mili- in 2009, we saw the first major col- strikes, which kill militants as well as innocent civilians in the trash problem since the 1970s. Humans tary surveillance. lision between two intact satel- have placed thousands of objects into Roughly 49 percent of satellites are lites — a US Iridium and an ageing tribal belt adjoining the Afghan-Pakistan border. However, it orbit since Sputnik, and some of those in low-earth orbit, which is also where Russian Cosmos. The end result: 2,000 is an open secret that Islamabad, one of the closest allies of old satellites and ejected rockets are astronauts work. Another 41 percent additional chunks of metal flying Washington in the war on terror, has cooperated in the strikes breaking apart. As pieces collide with are higher up, in geosynchronous around Earth. and at one point of time even provided logistical support. each other at high speeds and shatter, orbit. A major report by the National Pakistani military airstrips are they create more debris. Yet those orbits are getting clogged. Research Council in 2011 warned known to have been used by the Yet despite ample warning, nations The US Strategic Command is aware that we’ve reached a “tipping point” have never quite been able to agree how of more than 21,000 man-made objects where NASA can no longer track all CIA for launching the drones when to solve the prob- in orbit larger than 10 centimetres, the major bits of orbital debris. The Leaked papers the intelligence agency started lem. The tech- but there are hundreds of thousands researchers warned that we might about Pakistan’s targeting militant hotspots near the nology to clean of even smaller pieces circling the be 10 or 20 years away from severe border. up debris exists, Earth that can’t be tracked. Many of problems. complicity in US Many of the leaked documents Satellites but no one can them are moving at extremely high “Kessler was describing an orbital in the Post show that Islamabad had periodically have to decide how to pay speeds, some as fast as 22,000 miles per Nagasaki, where everything was annihi- drone strikes for it. So that’s hour. lated,” says Alexander. “But even before contrast with knowledge of the strikes and had adjust their orbits where economists That trash is increasingly a hassle. we get to that point, there are many given a nod to the CIA to go ahead to steer clear of come in. Satellites periodically have to adjust degrees in which the orbital environ- Nawaz Sharif’s with them after Pakistani officials In a recent their orbits to steer clear of passing ment is severely degraded.” plea to Obama were briefed about the plan by passing debris. paper, three debris. Astronauts working on the Here’s the good news: Scientists have their US counterparts. Though the Astronauts working economists argue International Space Station occa- come up with clever schemes to mop for ending them. that orbital sionally have to scramble into their up the orbital debris. We may be able CIA refused to discuss the leaked on the International debris is a stand- Soyuz escape capsule when metal to shove the really troublesome chunks memos, it did not question their Space Station ard “tragedy of shards fly near, just in case a piece hits into “graveyard orbit,” 22,000 miles authenticity. The Pakistan Foreign the commons” the station. “A 10-centimeter sphere away from the Earth. Ministry was at pains to explain that the current dispensation, occasionally have problem. Space of aluminum would be like 7 kilo- Recently, aerospace engineers at the led by Nawaz Sharif, is serious about doing away with the to scramble into is a precious grams of TNT,” one NASA scientist University of Colorado outlined a plan scourge, implying that previous governments were not. resource, and explained. “It would blow everything to haul away space debris using static their Soyuz escape people overuse to smithereens.” electricity. Drone attacks by the US have exterminated many a capsule when it, since no one “There are already a lot of costs asso- The problem, however, is that the dreaded Al Qaeda and Taliban leader. The exigencies of pays the price ciated with the ongoing debris cloud,” world’s nations can’t agree on how to international politics dictate that self-interest govern the metal shards for waste cre- says Brendan Michael Cunningham, an pay for these clean-up efforts. Everyone foreign policy of a nation. The tacit approval for drone strikes fly near. ated by satel- economist at the US Naval Academy has an incentive to keep launching satel- by Pakistan may have been in its interest until now, but it lites. Similarly, and another co-author of the paper. lites into space. No one has any incen- cannot go on ad infinitum. Amid resentment in the local no one person “We have very expensive programmes tive to invest in cleaning up the orbital has incentive to clean up the mess to track all that debris in orbit, using debris left behind. population and opprobrium in the media against what is seen themselves. Economists typically solve radar to send out early warnings to sat- So, in their paper, economists as the violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty, Sharif’s raising this problem with what’s known as a ellite operators. And satellites are being Alexander and Cunningham, along the issue with Obama may point to a change in course. But Pigouvian tax. Why not place a user degraded on a regular basis.” with Nodir Adilov of Indiana given the record of his predecessors, it is likely that Sharif fee on all orbital launches to pay for The nightmare scenario is a cascade University-Purdue University, propose would not be immediately trusted. However, a sustained clean-up? of collisions that becomes unstoppable. a simple solution: Countries should “User fees are a solution straight out Metal shards would start destroying impose a basic fee or tax on all orbital effort by his government may persuade its ally to end using of the Reagan era to deal with these satellites, which would create even more launches. drones inside Pakistan and signal a change in Washington’s environmental issues,” says Peter J debris, until low-earth orbit became WP-BLOOMBERG counterterrorism strategy • The other side Quote of Keeping an eye on Burma the day N Thursday, the United in what was until recently one of the the international community needs to is not independent and a promise to Nations’ designated human most repressive regimes in the world. remember and focus on.” allow a U.N. High Commissioner for rights envoy to Burma will Hundreds of political prisoners have In some ethnic areas, regime violence Human Rights office to open has not Opresent to the General been freed. Independent media have continues, and hundreds of thousands been fulfilled. The constitution must It’s not just about Assembly the final report of his six- sprung up. The political opposition, led of uprooted people remain displaced. be changed if there is any chance of me but about every year term. Tomás Ojea Quintana, a by Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San There has been no accountability for a free and fair election in 2015, which lawyer from Argentina, will celebrate Suu Kyi, has been allowed partway into official crimes of killing, disappearances Ojea Quintana called perhaps the most German citizen. We the improvements he has seen over government. Tentative cease-fire agree- and torture. Some longtime political important question. the course of his eight visits to the ments have been signed with leaders prisoners remain in prison; new ones The General Assembly, after receiv- need to have trust Southeast Asian nation also known as of several ethnic groups with whom the — notably people who have peace- ing Ojea Quintana’s report, will craft a Myanmar. But he also will describe how regime had warred for decades. fully protested land seizures — have new resolution.It should confirm the in our allies and far the nation of some 50 millionpeople “All of this is very good news,” Ojea been thrown in jail; and all releases importance of U.N. engagement in partners, and this needs to go. The United Nations, like Quintana, officially the special rappor- have been conditional. Terrible violence Burma’s transition. Early next year, the the United States, should heed his teur on the situation of human rights by Buddhists, the majority in Burma, U.N. Human Rights Council will decide trust must now be message and continue to encourage in Myanmar, told us recently. “At the against Muslims has been officially toler- whether to appoint a new rapporteur; established once Burma toward freedom and democracy. same time, there are very serious human ated, if not sanctioned. Many undemo- the answer should clearly be yes. Angela Merkel Progress has been remarkable rights shortcomings, and this is what cratic laws remain in force, the judiciary The Washington Post again. German Chancellor FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Bangladesh waits for factory inspections Six months after horrific Rana Plaza collapse, not a single garment factory has been inspected under any of the three programmes that sprang from pledges by Western retailers and the government to set up a large-scale inspection regime and a new wage system.

BY MEHUL SRIVASTAVA National Action Plan, hasn’t com- pleted the list of plants that fall IX months ago, when under its purview or beefed up more than 1,100 staffing for the inspections. Bangladeshi work- And so far, the three groups ers were killed in the have yet to agree upon what a collapse of a high-rise universally acceptable inspection warren of garment will look like, a delay that De Jong Sfactories, international outcry said was holding up the process led to pledges by western retail- and endangering workers’ lives. ers and the government to set up Until then, retailers are con- a large-scale inspection regime ducting their own independent and a new wage system. reviews. Today, not a single Bangladeshi garment factory has been WORKING CONDITIONS inspected under any of the three An hour-and-a-half drive from People watch rescue workers search for victims in the debris of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in April in Dhaka. The first international team for an programmes that sprang from Dhaka, in a suburb called Gazipur, inspections system led by European retailers arrives next week. those promises, according to offi- the fire-scarred building that cials at the programs. Nor has burned on October 8 shows the companies. As the joint inspec- to make it easier to unionise were said Rahima Begum, 28, who maintained by the BGMEA. danger ceased in the $19bn indus- costs of poor working conditions. tion process gets under way, the supported by the association. asked a reporter for $5 so she The ones that fall outside try: This month, nine workers Emdad Hossain, Director of the European retailers-led Accord Many companies are continu- could pay off some of her loans. the Accord and the Alliance died when a fire ripped through Aswad Composite Mills factory, group will have a safety inspec- ing their regular audits of suppli- “All the buyers have their money, will be inspected by a group of a factory in suburban Dhaka was in his second-floor office at tor in Dhaka starting November ers and will compare them to the and the owner has his money and Bangladeshi government agen- that provided material for plants 5.33pm when he heard somebody 1, said Andy York, a member of final standards, York said. In one his big cars, and we are left with cies under the agreement with supplying clothing to companies scream out “fire”. Flames were the Accord’s steering committee. case, the challenges became clear. nothing.” the ILO and supplemented by the including Wal-Mart Stores. leaping from floor to floor. Brad Loewen, a former fire- The Alliance, whose founders $24.2m in funding over a three- The Rana Plaza collapse, on Hossain and his men deployed man and safety inspector from JUNE INSPECTION include Wal-Mart and Gap Inc, and-a-half-year period. April 24, is considered the world’s the plant’s fire-fighting equipment Winnipeg, Canada, will move to An independent June inspec- two of the biggest buyers sourc- The office of Bangladesh’s chief worst garment factory disaster. while waiting for fire trucks that Dhaka to work with an executive tion by Tesco, Debenhams, ing in Bangladesh, hasn’t begun inspector of factories, Mushiur The programmes’ slow imple- had to navigate a traffic-clogged director, Rob Wayss, from the Primark and Hong Kong-based its own independent inspections, Rehman, is a cramped room with mentation comes against a back- highway and a narrow, pot-holed ILO. Both are to operate under Li & Fung found that a sewing said Rosanna Maita, a spokes- no computer, a single function- drop of worker unrest that has road to get to the four story-build- an annual budget of about $10m unit for a factory called Liberty woman for the Alliance. Of ing phone line and a filing cabi- stalled production and led to ing. By the time the blaze was con- for inspections and safety train- Fashion Wears was near collapse. the 620 factories identified by net overflowing with documents. massive street demonstrations trolled, nine men had either burned ing, York said. The Accord also On October 2, the retailers said: brands in the Alliance, more 300 Rehman was unavailable for com- over safety conditions and wages, to death or died from smoke inha- provides for additional funds from “It would be dangerous to allow have been audited by the brands ment, his personal assistant said. which are set at $39 a month lation, according to the police. participating brands to help pay workers to return to work.” The themselves under standards that His colleagues work in a dif- before overtime. One, on October Television footage showed flames for repairs at factories after viola- building was closed and workers could be considered equivalent to ferent building, where workers 15, was quelled by the Industrial shooting out of the roof. tions are found. idled while the buyers negotiated Alliance levels, said Jeffrey Krilla, snoozed after the lunch hour. The Police, a rubber-bullet-firing riot “It was completely unbeliev- with factory owner Mozammel president of the programme. department has fewer than 50 force set up two years ago to able,” Hossain said two days DATA COLLECTION Huq over bringing the factory up The Alliance expects to have safety inspectors for some 8,000 bring protesting garment work- afterward. “We never imagined H&M spokeswoman Elin to acceptable standards. inspected all of the factories on factories, according to a presenta- ers under control. it would spread so fast.” Hallerby said data collection about Huq disagreed and arranged its lists within the year, he said. tion in Bangladesh’s parliament “There is no time to lose any- On October 13, the Department the factories has been completed for an alternate inspection by Alliance brands will contribute this year. more,” Dutch ambassador Gerben of Inspections of Factories and and key appointments filled, and the BGMEA and the Bangladesh to a capital improvement fund so Rajuk, which is what the Dhaka Sjoerd de Jong said on Tuesday in Establishments filed criminal the company will continue its own University of Engineering and that factory owners can get low- Development Authority is called announcing a $24.2m programme charges against the factory’s own- audits in Bangladesh. The imme- Technology. Both BGMEA and cost loans for repairs and modifi- locally, has asked for funding to funded by the Dutch and British ers, Palmal Group. The depart- diate goal is a common inspec- BUET reports said the factory was cations, and share responsibilities expand its total number of inspec- governments and the International ment alleged Palmal had been tion standard so that each of safe, Huq said. The method of the for paying workers for any work tion engineers to about 240, said Labour Organisation to support warned that it didn’t have enough Bangladesh’s 5,000 or so factories reviews “is completely unethical,” lost during repairs. “The good Chief Engineer Emdadul Islam. the Bangladeshi government fire extinguishers, didn’t fully are reviewed only once, York said. he said. “For more than 10 years news is that the companies in In the days after the Rana Plaza inspections. “The inspections need report its electrical machinery, That requires coordination they have bought from this factory, the Alliance have very high stand- collapse, Rajuk had started its to begin now.” had expanded the facility with- with the local garment lobbying and suddenly they have decided it ards,” Krilla said. own survey of buildings, seeking The first international staff out proper approvals and that its group, the Bangladesh Garment is unsafe?” to get a head-start on the proc- for an inspections system led by walkways were too narrow. Manufacturer’s and Exporter’s The retailers provided $400,000 UNAUTHORISED PLANTS ess by collecting engineering plans European retailers, called the Nafis Sikder, a director at Association (BGMEA). The to pay the idled workers their Wal-Mart spokesman Kevin and digitizing them. The process Accord on Fire and Building Dhaka-based Palmal, denied Washington-based International wages and a bonus for Eid, accord- Gardner said that the company was finally abandoned because Safety in Bangladesh, arrives next the allegations in an October Labour Rights Forum, in a ing to a person with knowledge would make an updated list of of a lack of resources, including week. The Alliance for Bangladesh 22 phone interview, saying the December 2010 report, listed the of the negotiations. On October unauthorised factories available broken-down cars, exhausted Worker Safety, a group of mostly company had never received any BGMEA as a top offender in failing 15, the day before Eid, hundreds through the Alliance rather than engineers and reluctant factory North American retailers, says the notice of the violations. to enforce labour-rights violations. of workers protested outside the posting them on its website as owners, said Islam. “It’s a very dif- list of the factories its signatories Palmal had supplied cloth- BGMEA President Atiqul factory, demanding a resolution. originally announced. ficult task,” he said, sitting on the use is ongoing and no inspections ing to retailers such as H&M, Islam said that his organisation “I have been borrowing money While the Accord covers about couch in his offices, juggling two staff is in place in the country. Wal-Mart subsidiary Asda and supports the creation of worker from family for months to pay 1,600 factories and the Alliance phones that rang non-stop. “We The Bangladeshi government, Primark Stores, a British-based committees, training of work- for food and medicine, and now an additional 620, Bangladesh has don’t have enough engineers, we which will inspect the remain- unit of Associated British Foods, ers and monitoring for illnesses. it’s Eid and I can’t even buy my about 5,000 garment plants all don’t have enough resources.” ing plants under the Tripartite according to statements from the Rules passed by the government son a new shirt for the holidays,” together, according to a database WP-BLOOMBERG Drones: Sharif’s weapon in talks with the US

it matters that it is at least perceived terror” has cost Pakistan approximately Sharif used an appearance at the US Institute to be so. $100bn in losses and economic stagna- Criticism has also mounted over tion – losses that dwarf the $68bn in aid of Peace to deliver a tough message Sharif’s hesitation to appoint the next Pakistan has received over the past seven army chief, leading many analysts to pre- decades. on violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. dict that Sharif will take orders from the While Sharif may push on drones, US over the appointment. But Sharif has energy and the economy, it is clear that BY ARSLA JAWAID Prime Minister Sharif holds a heavy been lucky. On the eve of his meeting with the US focus is on security, terrorism mandate in Pakistan’s National Assembly, President Obama, Amnesty International and stability following withdrawal from n Wednesday, Pakistan’s Prime and specifically in Punjab – Pakistan’s and Human Rights Watch issued their Afghanistan. Public outrage about the Minister Nawaz Sharif meets biggest province, both in terms of size and damning report questioning the legality effects of the “war on terror” in Pakistan with US President Barack population. Punjan also matters because of US drones attacks in Pakistan’s tribal is understandable: expectations are run- OObama to discuss what has the province is the key recruiting ground areas (and Yemen). Given how inflamma- ning high that Sharif will get some tan- been termed a “very important” and for army personnel. tory the issue of civilian deaths as a result gible economic benefits from this week’s strategic bilateral relationship. A “reset” Last month, Sharif convened an “all of the US targeted killing programme has diplomacy. certainly looks necessary. parties conference”, ostensibly to tackle been in Pakistan, the renewed interna- Animosity has defined the relationship The US-Pakistan relationship deterio- the problems of militancy and terror- tional focus on US drone attacks has put over the past few years. With so much rated sharply during 2011-2012, thanks to ism in Pakistan. The APC sees talks Sharif in a stronger position than perhaps at stake over the 2014 US withdrawal a series of adverse events: the Raymond with the Pakistani Taliban as key to any he was expecting. Though he touched on from Afghanistan, the two countries are Davis episode, the violation of Pakistani settlement, but opponents have criti- Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif other issues like the energy crisis, eco- still at loggerheads. The meeting between sovereignty for the Bin Laden raid in cised Sharif for not being serious about nomic opportunities and regional stabil- President Obama and Prime Minister Abbottabad, the killing of 24 soldiers at implementing talks with Taliban leaders diplomats and commentators in shock. ity, Sharif used an appearance this week Sharif is seen by both as an important the Salala check-post, the blockade of and for using the APC as just a photo To outside observers, for the Pakistani at the US Institute of Peace to deliver a opportunity to renew a commitment to Nato supply lines, and then, of course, the opportunity. True, if Sharif’s motive was prime minister to visit the US secretary tough message on drone attacks and the work together for peace and stability. delay of any US apology over the origi- to demonstrate to the international com- of state may seem unexceptionable, but in violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. Yet, both parties are also preoccupied nal incident. With the US withdrawing munity that he is a strong leader who a country where the status and distinc- In fact, because of crippling economic with pressing domestic issues – with troops from Afghanistan in 2014, a need enjoys united political support and works tions between ministerial roles matters conditions in Pakistan, improving bilat- Sharif, in particular, facing mounting to “normalise” relations and achieve some through consensus, that image-building a great deal, such a breach of protocol eral relations is particularly important. criticism over the APC and US aid. The stability in the region is imperative for may not be completely accurate. has led to severe opprobrium back in For domestic consumption, Sharif may issue of drones is the one trump card in both allies – the stakes are too high for Then, Sharif’s decision to visit the US Pakistan. For a strategic relationship, assert a stance against aid and for trade, his hand. both parties. So, this meeting may appear State Department to meet Secretary it is essential that an implicit equality by demanding market access. In reality, Given the domestic pressure Sharif is significant in many ways. But in Pakistan, of State John Kerry, before his summit be understood from the outset; even if Pakistan is hardly in a position to refuse under, he will have to play it well. it has failed to garner much enthusiasm. with President Obama, has left Pakistani it is not a partnership of true equality, aid. It is estimated that the “war on THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Iran suspends Islamists urge protests over Mursi trial 20pc uranium Risk of further violence, instability enrichment,

CAIRO: Supporters of deposed killing and torture of protesters Islamist President Mohamed in front of the Etihadeya (presi- says lawmaker Mursi have called on Egyptians dential) palace”. DUBAI: Iran has stopped to hold mass protests on The charges relate to the enriching uranium to 20 per- November 4, the day he goes on deaths of about a dozen people in cent, one of the key demands trial for inciting murder, rais- clashes outside the presidential of world powers in talks over ing the prospect of more blood- palace last December after Mursi Tehran’s disputed nuclear pro- shed as the country’s political enraged protesters with a decree gramme, a senior Iranian par- crisis drags on. expanding his powers. liamentarian was quoted as The trial could further inflame Mursi has been held in a secret saying. tensions between Mursi’s Muslim location since his overthrow on There was no immediate com- Brotherhood and the army- July 3. Since then, Egypt has ment from the UN nuclear agency backed government and deepen been rocked by almost daily in Vienna which regularly inspects the instability that has decimated attacks by militants in the Sinai Iranian nuclear sites and would tourism and investment in the Peninsula and clashes between likely be aware of any production most populous Arab state. supporters and opponents of the halt. One diplomat in Vienna also Army chief Abdel Fattah Al Brotherhood. said he was not aware of any halt Sisi overthrew Mursi in July after Hundreds of Brotherhood to production. mass protests against his rule and members have been killed and top Any such move would come announced a political roadmap he leaders have been jailed in one of as a major surprise, as Western said would lead to free and fair the toughest security crackdowns experts believe Iran would want elections. in the movement’s history. to use its higher-grade enrich- Backers of Mursi, Egypt’s first Mursi’s followers accuse the ment as a bargaining chip to win freely elected president, say his government of becoming increas- relief from crippling sanctions. removal was a coup, reversing ingly authoritarian and taking Iranian MPs have in the past the gains of the popular upris- the country back to the days of made statements about Iran’s ing which toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, who ruled with an iron nuclear programme that were Mubarak in 2011. fist for three decades. later denied by the government. “The Alliance notes that the Security sources said Mursi Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, a coup organizers would like to was expected to be tried at a A poster depicting the symbol of ‘Rabaa’ hangs from a damaged building in Aleppo’s Al Shaar district yesterday. senior member of Iran’s parlia- break the people’s and the revolu- Cairo police institute near Tora, mentary national security com- tion’s will by trying Dr. Mohamed Egypt’s most notorious prison, mission, also said Tehran had only Mursi, the President of the which held Mubarak until he was youth in the universities - and in European Union had wanted Hamas, an offshoot of the Muslim stopped enriching uranium to lev- Republic, and his associates, this moved to house arrest in August. particular Al Azhar University — an inclusive political process in Brotherhood. els above the 5 percent needed for coming November 4th,” a pro- Islamists have staged numerous give the best example of stead- Egypt, which has a peace treaty Attacks on soldiers and police- civilian power stations because it Mursi grouping that includes the demonstrations calling for the fastness, dignity and honour,” said with Israel and controls the Suez men have risen sharply since already had all the 20-percent Brotherhood said in a statement. reinstatement of Mursi, prompt- the alliance. Canal waterway between Europe Mursi was toppled. Gunmen enriched fuel it needs for a medi- “The Alliance also calls on all ing the government to consider “Those youth shook the thrones and Asia. killed a policeman in northern cal research reactor in Tehran. free people in Egypt and abroad imposing severe restrictions on of the tyrants and oppressors, But there are no signs that Sinai yesterday, security sources “Enrichment over five per- to stand by the revolutionary will protests, a move that has drawn and spread fear in their hearts. either the Brotherhood or the said. cent depends on the needs of the opposing the military coup, and fire from human rights groups. So a salute to those free youth.” army-backed government is Fears are growing that an country; Iran’s nuclear industry that all activities should be - as Protests have spread to uni- The upheaval worries Cairo’s ready to compromise. Islamist insurgency could take requires 20-percent enrichment they always have been - within versity campuses, including Al Western allies, who were hop- Aside from the political cri- hold beyond the Sinai. A Sinai- for providing the fuel for its peaceful bounds that define our Azhar, the ancient seat of Sunni ing the uprising that ended sis, Egypt’s interim government based militant group inspired by Tehran reactor, but this site has methods and strategy.” Muslim learning, which has his- Mubarak’s rule would turn the faces an Islamist insurgency Al Qaeda claimed responsibil- its required fuel at the moment A judge has said Mursi and torically toed the government region’s biggest country into a in the Sinai, near Israel and ity for a failed suicide bombing and there is no need for further other Brotherhood members have line. democratic success story. the Gaza Strip. Gaza is run by on Egypt’s interior minister in production,” the parliament’s been charged with “inciting the “We have seen the heroic free The United States and the Palestinian militant group September. REUTERS website quoted Hosseini as say- ing late on Tuesday. “Tehran will decide whether to have over 5-percent enrichment or not itself, but the issue of sus- pension or halt of enrichment Pirates kidnap activities is meaningless because Bouteflika seeks to curb power of troops no production is taking place at the moment,” he said. two US sailors ALGIERS: Algeria’s President expect, steps aside. Changes at he added. “The era of kingmak- loyalists is now chief of staff, Western officials have said Abdelaziz Bouteflika wants to the top of Algerian politics are ers is over because Bouteflika’s analysts have added. Under the they need Iran to stop enriching push through constitutional closely watched - the country is goal is to build a civil state,” he constitution, Bouteflika can run uranium to 20 percent, increase off Nigerian reforms before 2014 elections Europe’s top energy supplier and added. again. But since the 2011 “Arab the transparency of its nuclear to put an end to the powerful a lynchpin US partner in com- The government denies Algeria Spring” revolts across the region, programme, reduce its uranium coast: Officials intelligence service’s role as bating Islamist militants in the is run though backroom deals Algeria has come under pressure stockpiles and take other steps to political kingmaker, the ruling Maghreb. among a party-military elite to deliver promised constitutional assure the world it does not want ABUJA/WASHINGTON: FLN party’s chairman said. Amar Saidani, chairman of the known by the French term “Le reforms to show it is strengthen- nuclear weapons. Pirates attacked an oil supply Any challenge to the National Liberation Front party Pouvoir” or the power, pointing ing democracy, observers say. While members of parliament’s vessel off the Nigerian coast Department of Intelligence and or FLN, told Reuters Bouteflika to the country’s democratically In April 2012, Bouteflika said national security commission are and kidnapped the captain and Security (DRS) would amount to was determined to create a “civil elected president and parliament. publicly his generation’s time likely to be briefed on the nuclear chief engineer, both US citi- a major shakeup in Algeria where society” and limit the DRS’ politi- Five months ago, a stroke put was over, referring to the veteran programme, they are not directly zens, American officials said on observers say the security agency cal influence. Bouteflika in a Paris clinic. But independence-era leaders who involved in policy making. The big Thursday as the Nigerian mili- has ruled behind the scenes with “The DRS will continue to play since his return in July, the vet- ran the country for five decades. decisions are made by Supreme tary ordered its Navy to rescue members of an FLN elite since its role, but it will no longer get eran of the independence fight At the top of the list of expected Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. the men. independence from France in involved in politics, including in has steadily moved to outflank reforms is a proposed term limit Iran and six world powers - “We believe this was an act of 1962. the political parties, media and his rivals, analysts say, appointing for the president and vice presi- the five permanent members of piracy,” US State Department Bouteflika’s campaign, which justice,” Saidani said at FLN loyalists to key posts in a recent dent posts, which if passed, would the U.N. Security Council, plus spokeswoman Marie Harf said, will be seen as part of power play headquarters in Algiers’ Hydra cabinet reshuffle. leave Bouteflika out of the line up. Germany - emerged from a fresh adding that US officials were between his FLN faction and district. He has already weakened DRS “He is our candidate, and there round of talks in Geneva last closely monitoring the situation DRS chief Mohamed Mediene, Constitutional reforms would influence by transferring some is no other candidate for the week over Tehran’s nuclear activi- and seeking more information. may decide whether Bouteflika set clear definitions on the roles of of the security agency’s powers presidential vote, but Bouteflika,” ties saying they had been positive “At this point, we do not have runs for a fourth term or, as many the security agency and the army, to the army where one of his Saidani said. REUTERS and constructive. REUTERS information that would indicate this was an act of terrorism,” Harf told reporters in a briefing. “Obviously, our concern at this point is for the safe return of the two US citizens.” Pirate attacks off Nigeria’s Tension rises in Tunisia after death of policemen coast have jumped by a third this year as ships passing through KEF, Tunisia: Tunisian secu- the country to new elections. West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, a rity forces fired tear gas yes- Larayedh said his government major commodities route, have terday to disperse hundreds of would resign once the two come under threat from gangs people trying to storm a local sides had fulfilled the terms wanting to snatch cargoes and government building as dem- of an agreement - completion crews. onstrations broke out over the of the country’s new constitu- The US-flagged C-Retriever, killing of seven policemen by tion, setting a date for elections a 222-foot (67 metre) vessel Islamist militants. and setting up a new electoral owned by US marine transport Tensions are rising in Tunisia, commission. group Edison Chouest Offshore, where the ruling moderate Talks between the ruling was attacked early Wednesday, Islamist Ennahda party and Islamist party Ennahda and its UK-based security firm AKE and opposition have been trying to secular opponents were sched- two security sources said. The start talks to end a paralysing uled to start on Wednesday and company was not immediately deadlock since the assassination last three weeks, with the aim of available for comment. of two secular opposition leaders ending months of political crisis. A US defence official said the earlier this year. Talks are scheduled over the State Department and FBI were Wednesday’s killings delayed next three weeks to decide on a leading the American response the long-awaited negotiations to caretaker government and set a to the incident. A second defence save a transition to democracy, date for elections. official said the US Marine Corps once seen as a model for the But opposition leaders want has a small training unit in the region, nearly three years after Ennahda to be clearer about its region but it was not clear if it the first Arab Spring uprising intention to resign. The govern- would get involved. toppled Tunisian autocrat Zine ment two months ago declared However, representatives for Al Abidine Ben Ali. a local hardline Islamist move- the Nigerian Navy said they were Clashes erupted at a govern- ment, Ansar Al Sharia, to be a aware of the incident and taking ment building in Kef in north- terrorist organisation and began action. “We have directed the ern Tunisia after funerals for the a crackdown that authorities say central Naval Command to see to officers, with enraged residents has led to more than 300 arrests. their rescue. So our men are on accusing Ennahda of being too Islamist violence is less com- top of the situation,” spokesman lenient with hardline Islamists. mon in Tunisia than in some Kabiru Aliyu told Reuters. Protesters attacked two local Tunisian anti-government protesters shout slogans near the Government Palace in Tunis, yesterday. other North African countries, US Navy officials have grown party offices of Ennahda in Kef where al Qaeda-associated increasingly concerned about and Beja, ransacking one and groups have a stronger presence. piracy and armed robbery in the burning furniture in the street. not accept consolation only after one of the seven slain policemen. confirmed on Wednesday his But militants have grown in Gulf of Guinea and are working Demonstrators took to the the departure of Ennahda... They Divisions between Islamists Islamist-led government was influence since the Arab Spring with local authorities there to streets in four other cities to are destroying our country and and their secular opponents have ready to step down once it has felled relatively secular authori- strengthen their ability to patrol demand the Ennahda govern- kill our children and want to turn widened in one of the Muslim completed negotiations with tarian leaders who had sup- the region and better share infor- ment resign, residents said. Tunisia into a new Sudan,” said world’s most secular countries. the opposition to form a care- pressed Islamists for decades. mation. REUTERS “Ennahda killed my son, I will the mother of Socrate Charni, Prime Minister Ali Larayedh taker administration to take REUTERS FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 US spying an unacceptable breach of trust: Merkel Germany says it has evidence Merkel’s mobile ‘monitored’; EU frustration could spur action on data privacy rules

BRUSSELS: German Chan- of eavesdropping by the Stasi Merkel and Hollande discussed cellor Angela Merkel accused secret police in the former East the spying allegations one-to-one the United States of an unac- Germany, where Merkel grew up, before the Brussels summit, with ceptable breach of trust yes- and is an emotive topic for many Hollande suggesting beforehand terday after allegations that Germans. that he intended to put the issue the US bugged her personal Following the unceasing flow of formally on the agenda. mobile phone, and she suggested leaks by former US data analyst While Berlin and Paris are data-sharing agreements with Edward Snowden, which revealed likely to find sympathy among the Washington may need revising. the reach of the NSA’s data-col- EU’s 28 member states, domestic Arriving for a two-day sum- lection programmes, Washington security issues are not a compe- mit in Brussels where the broad finds itself at odds with a host of tence of the European Union. The economic and social policy important allies, from Brazil to best that may be hoped for is a agenda has been overshadowed Saudi Arabia. public expression of support from by allegations of eavesdropping leaders and calls for a full expla- by the US National Security OUTRAGE IN FRANCE nation from the United States. Agency against Italy, France and Germany’s frustration follows On their way into the summit, Germany, Merkel said she had outrage in France after Le Monde several European leaders did told President Barack Obama in newspaper reported the NSA express their shock and surprise a telephone conversation late on had collected tens of thousands at the spying allegations. “This Wednesday that the acts were of French phone records between is serious,” said Dutch Prime unacceptable. December 2012 and January 2013, Minister Mark Rutte. “I will sup- “It’s not just about me but about and an Italian news magazine port (Merkel) completely in her every German citizen. We need to reported yesterday that the NSA complaint and say that this is not have trust in our allies and part- had monitored sensitive Italian acceptable. I think we need all the ners, and this trust must now be telecommunications. facts on the table first.” established once again,” she told The revelations could have an The most immediate impact of reporters. “I repeat that spying impact on major legislative and the furore could be to encourage among friends is not at all accept- trade initiatives between the member states to back tougher able against anyone, and that goes United States and the European data privacy rules currently being for every citizen in Germany.” Union, with some German law- drafted by the European Union. The stern words follow an makers saying negotiations over The European Parliament this announcement by the German an EU-US free-trade agreement week approved proposed legislation German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) and French President Francois Hollande at a European Union leaders government on Wednesday that should be suspended. that would overhaul EU data pro- summit in Brussels yesterday. it had seen evidence suggesting Merkel, who has previously tection rules that date from 1995. the chancellor’s mobile was “mon- discussed a “no spying” agree- The new rules would restrict Given the spying accusations, between the United States and support a firm line, complicat- itored” by the NSA. Germany’s ment with the United States, how data collected in Europe France and Germany - the two the EU over an agreement to ing the United States’ ability to foreign minister has summoned hinted that data-sharing deals by firms such as Google and most influential countries in EU share a large amount of data collect data it says is critical in the US ambassador to Berlin to with Washington may need to be Facebook is shared with non-EU policy - may succeed in getting collected via Swift, the interna- combating terrorism. discuss the issue, an event diplo- relooked at, a potentially damag- countries, introduce the right of member states to push ahead on tional system used for transfer- Despite the outrage in Paris and mats said had rarely happened in ing blow for US efforts to collect EU citizens to request that their negotiations with the parliament ring money electronically, which Berlin, the former head of France’s the past 60 years. counter-terrorism information. digital traces be erased, and to complete the data regulations is based in Europe. secret services said the issue was White House spokesman Jay “To this end, we need to ask impose fines of ¤100m ($138m) and make them tougher. Among the revelations from being blown out of proportion and Carney said Obama had assured what we need, which data secu- or more on rule breakers. That could mean an agree- Snowden’s leaks is that the no one should be surprised by US Merkel in their telephone call rity agreements we need, what The United States is concerned ment is reached early next year, United States may have violated spying. “I’m bewildered by such that the United States “is not transparency we need between that the regulations, if they enter with the laws possibly coming the Swift agreement, accessing worrying naiveté. You’d think the monitoring and will not monitor” the United States of America and into law, will raise the cost of into force in 2015. For the United more data than it was allowed to. politicians don’t read the reports her communications, leaving open Europe,” Merkel said. “We are doing business and handling States, this could substantially The European Parliament they’re sent — there shouldn’t be the possibility that it had hap- allies facing challenges together. data in Europe. Google, Yahoo!, change how data privacy rules voted on Wednesday to suspend any surprise,” Bernard Squarcini pened in the past. But such an alliance can only be Microsoft and others have lobbied are implemented globally. Swift, and the spying accusations told Le Figaro. The affair dredges up memories built on the basis of trust.” hard against the proposals. It may also complicate relations may make EU member states REUTERS

Autumn colours Soros backs Plane dousing fire Roma couple questioned near south Sydney Hillary for over Greek ‘Maria’ case crashes, pilot killed SYDNEY: A plane dousing US president SOFIA: Bulgarian police have Maria during a police sweep in wildfires in bushland south of questioned a Roma couple who a Roma settlement in central Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, WASHINGTON: Billionaire say they may be the biological Greece on Oct. 16 sparked a global crashed into a national park financier George Soros, a major parents of a blonde girl named search for her real parents after yesterday, killing the pilot and Democratic donor, is backing an Maria found in a Roma camp in DNA tests showed the Roma sparking a new fire to add to 55 effort to persuade former US Greece last week, state televi- couple she was with were not her still burning across the state of secretary of state Hillary Clinton sion said yesterday. blood relatives. New South Wales. to run for president in 2016, a Local media identified the Roma The 40-year-old woman and The accident happened as more spokesman said yesterday. woman as Sasha Ruseva, 38, from 39-year-old man have been dry, windy conditions caused a Soros, 83, has pledged $25,000 the town of Nikolaevo in southern detained pending trial on charges flare-up in huge fires burning to political action committee Bulgaria. She is believed to have of abducting a minor but deny the for a week in mountains to the Ready For Hillary, the largest and given birth in a hospital in central accusations, saying the girl’s bio- west of Sydney, closing roads and best-funded independent group Greece in January 2009, Bulgarian logical mother gave her up willingly entering a valley running down backing a potential Clinton can- National Television BNT said. because she could not raise her. towards the metropolitan area. didacy. The wife of former presi- Bulgarian police declined to According to BNT, Ruseva said “It’s hard to definitely say that dent Bill Clinton would be widely comment. Footage shown on she left her seven-month-old (the worst is over) at this stage,” viewed as the favourite for the BNT showed the woman speak- baby to a woman in Greece four said Rural Fire Service spokes- Democratic presidential nomina- ing outside a police station. “I do years ago when she and her hus- woman Natalie Sanders. “We have tion if she decides to run. not know whether she is mine or band worked in the Greek town got cooler temperatures today and “His support for Ready for not. We had a child. We left it in of Larissa but needed to go back the winds are slightly lower but Hillary is an extension of his Greece as I had nothing to feed to Bulgaria to take care of their with these fires still going, it’s long-held belief in the power of her,” she told reporters. “I did not other children. hard to say how long they’ll go grassroots organising,” said Soros take any money. My daughter left The family lives in extreme for and whether there will be any spokesman Michael Vachon. with a man, so there was no one poverty in a two-room home in a further damage.” Soros’ pledge puts him on the to look after the other children.” Roma camp in the southern town Emergency officials confirmed PAC’s National Finance Council, Ruseva and her husband, of Nikolaevo, BNT said. Ruseva a 43-year-old man died when his along with several other major Atanas Rusev, 36, have 10 chil- said she was not completely certain water bomber fixed-wing aircraft Democratic donors and officials, dren, five of whom are blonde and that Maria was the child she had crashed in the Budawang National the group said. But symboli- closely resemble the four-year-old left in Greece, but that she would Park, 270km southwest of Sydney, cally, Soros’ support could mean girl found last week, BNT said, like to take her back, if DNA tests a wilderness area popular with hik- much more — particularly at a adding that the woman had rec- prove the blonde girl is her child. ers and campers. Rescue workers time when Clinton’s supporters ognised Maria as her child after There are an estimated 10 mil- were unable to retrieve the body, are seeking to ward off potential seeing TV footage. lion Roma living across Europe. driven back by high winds, smoke challengers to her in Democratic A visitor views autumn colours at Hyde Park in central London yesterday. The discovery of blue-eyed REUTERS and rugged terrain. REUTERS presidential primaries. Soros was a huge financial backer of Democrats during the 2004 election cycle, donating an estimated $27.5m. He also con- tributed heavily to Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in Madeleine McCann probe reopens in Portugal 2008. Clinton lost the Democratic nomination to Obama that year. LISBON: Portuguese authorities said apartment where her parents were stay- to Madeleine.” British police would travel possibly speaking German or Dutch, who During last year’s election, yesterday that they are reopening ing in the southern Algarve resort of Praia regularly to Portugal to coordinate their had also been seen repeatedly near the however, Soros largely stayed on their probe into the disappearance of da Luz just days before her fourth birthday investigations with local police, Rowley apartment. the sidelines, expressing a distaste Madeleine McCann from an Algarve in May 2007, while they were dining at a said, warning that there was still “a way The British detectives said they had for new election laws that allowed beach resort in 2007, news hailed by the nearby tapas bar. to go” in solving the case. received 2,400 calls and emails since the unlimited fund raising and spend- British girl’s parents. Portuguese authorities closed their The McCanns have led a six-year cam- television appeal, while several hundred ing by new “Super PACs” and “The attorney general’s office has decided investigation into her disappearance in paign to find Madeleine, who they believe calls were also received by the German and non-profit groups. Soros eventu- to reopen the inquiry into the disappear- 2008, but Scotland Yard spent two years was kidnapped and is still alive. Dutch shows. ally supported some independent ance of Madeleine McCann following a reviewing it at the British government’s The discovery last week of a young Detective chief inspector Andy Redwood, Democratic groups during the request by police due to new elements,” it request and opened their own probe in July blonde girl in a Roma camp in Greece who is leading the British investigation, November election. said in a statement. this year. has resurrected the issue of child kidnap- said witnesses had spotted a man carrying Clinton, 65, a former US senator The announcement was greeted with Portugal’s Correio da Manha newspaper ping in Europe, and had “given hope” to a young child fitting Madeleine’s descrip- from New York whose four-year relief by Kate and Gerry McCann, who reported that a police team was sent to Madeleine’s parents, their spokesman said. tion towards Praia da Luz. run as secretary of state ended in have never given up their campaign to find review the high-profile case last year with British detectives investigating the Another man seen carrying a child near February, has acknowledged that their daughter. a focus on the possibility of a kidnapping by Maddie case last week published two new to the apartments where the family were she is considering another run for “We are very pleased that the investiga- an organised paedophile network. “Today’s electronic images of a man they want to staying — who was for years considered the president but has said she likely will tion to find our missing daughter Madeleine development is good news,” said Scotland contact in a major new appeal also shown chief suspect — has been excluded from the not decide until next year. In the has been officially reopened in Portugal,” Yard assistant commissioner Mark Rowley. in Germany and the Netherlands. The man investigation. Earlier this month, British meantime, she has begun to look the McCanns said in a statement. “Combined with the formal reopening was described as white, aged between 20 police said analysis of mobile phone data like a candidate — staying in the “We hope that this will finally lead to her of the Portuguese investigation today, and and 40, with short brown hair, of medium from thousands of people who were in Praia spotlight by appearing at a series being found and to the discovery of whoever our ever closer working relationship, I build, medium height and clean shaven. da Luz when Madeleine disappeared could of paid speeches and fund-raisers. is responsible for this crime.” believe that we have the best opportunity Police also want to identify two other provide a new lead. REUTERS Maddie vanished from the holiday yet to finally understand what happened men, probably with short blond hair and AFP FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Tribals protest UN ruling on sea dispute soon mega-dam KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds of Malaysian Philippines says China’s claim on South China Sea is expansive and excessive tribespeople blockaded the construction site of a dam MANILA: The Philippines Malaysia and the Philippines claim earlier said that going by previous region’s biggest flashpoints amid presence in the area is also con- yesterday which is set to expects an early ruling from only parts of the disputed waters. cases, the arbitration case could China’s military build-up and the tributing to the raising of regional force them from their homes the United Nations’ tribunal on Foreign Secretary Albert del take three to four years to resolve, US strategic “pivot” back to Asia. tensions,” Del Rosario added. in Sarawak on the island of its arbitration case question- Rosario said the Philippines initi- insisting the tribunal’s decision The claims of the Philippines, He said Manila had until next Borneo, activists said. The ing China’s claim on the South ated arbitration proceedings this “will be legally binding on all par- Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei are March 30 to submit its arguments Baram dam is the latest in a China Sea, Manila’s foreign year after exhausting all political ties and will not be appealable”. bisected by China’s “nine-dash and evidence seeking clarification series of controversial hydro- minister said yesterday, in the and diplomatic avenues of resolu- Legal experts say any result line” — the historic claim that on China’s maritime claims, based electric mega-dams planned first public announcement of tion, and called China’s claim on will be unenforceable, however, reaches deep into the maritime on the UN Convention of the Law by the Sarawak government. hopes for a swift outcome. the South China Sea “expansive though it will carry moral and heart of Southeast Asia. of the Sea. Indigenous Kenyah, Kayan Friction over the key shipping and excessive”. political weight. Del Rosario also accused China A diplomat said the tribunal and Penan people began route has surged as China uses “Our lead counsel believes that China says it has no inten- of violating international laws would give China six months to blocking the main road to its growing naval might to assert without China’s participation, the tion of participating in the case, and a non-binding pact in the respond before holding a hearing the dam’s location and the a vast claim over the oil-and-gas award will come down faster and which it has called an attempt by South China Sea between China and deciding the complaint. “So, site where the developer, rich area more strongly, rais- may come down by 2014,” Del Manila to legalise its occupation and 10 smaller Southeast Asian we could actually get an actual rul- state-owned Sarawak Energy ing fears of a conflict with other Rosario told a group of diplomats of Chinese islands in the South states, after sending ships to the ing by late 2014 or early 2015,” the has stored heavy machin- nations bordering the water body. and chief executives of top private China Sea. Overlapping claims Scarborough and Second Thomas diplomat said, adding it would take ery, according to NGO Save China, Taiwan and Vietnam and public corporations. in the South China Sea — tra- Shoals. time if China changed its mind and Sarawak’s Rivers Network. have claims on the whole of the “This is a positive develop- versed by half the world’s ship- “China’s continuous over- decided to join in. The dam has been dogged by South China Sea, while Brunei, ment,” he added. Del Rosario ping tonnage — are one of the whelming naval and maritime REUTERS controversy as activists allege massive corruption while indigenous people complain 23 killed in bus accident it has flooded rainforests and uprooted thousands of people. More compensation Complaint against rebel MANILA: An Army officer for Bangla workers has accused a Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) DHAKA: Primark will make Primark, the only retailer that leader of conniving with Abu another compensation payment sourced from the factory to pay Sayyaf and called for sanc- to victims of the Rana Plaza compensation so far, said it would tions against those who pro- factory disaster in Bangladesh, pay out for the third time to vide safe haven to terrorists. the discount clothing chain workers or their dependents from Col Carlito Galvez Jr, chief said yesterday, calling on other New Wave Bottoms, the supplier of the Army’s 104th brigade, international brands to follow that was producing clothing for filed a protest with Ad Hoc suit. the chain. It had some 550 work- Joint Action Group against The collapse of Rana Plaza on ers at the factory at the time of Malista Malanka over his April 24 that killed 1,129 people the collapse. supposed involvement in law- has galvanised some of the cloth- The chain, owned by less activities like kidnapping ing industry’s big names to try Associated British Foods, also and land grabbing. The group to improve safety standards at said it was pressing ahead with consists of representatives suppliers but they have failed to plans to pay long-term compen- from the government and the agree on a compensation fund sation to the 550 in the New Year Milf and is tasked to isolate for victims despite months of despite the lack of an industry- criminal and lawless elements wrangling. wide agreement. in Mindanao. Worker rights groups have “Primark is calling on other accused wealthy western pro- brands involved in the Rana Estrada apology ducers of evading financial Plaza disaster to make a contri- responsibility for a disaster that bution by paying short-term aid to HK defended highlighted the gruelling and to some 3,000 workers or their poorly paid conditions in which dependents who made clothes for MANILA: Manila Vice Rescue workers climbing down a cliff where a bus fell into a ravine in Lampang province in northern millions of Bangaleshis work. their labels,” it said. REUTERS Mayor Isko Moreno defended Thailand yesterday. Twenty-three passengers were killed and 15 injured as the bus carrying worshippers to Manila Mayor Joseph a Buddhist temple in central Thailand, skidded off the highway on Wednesday. Estrada’s move to apologise to Hong Kong government for the 2010 hostage crisis at Indonesia halts Quirino Grandstand. Moreno China to send inspectors to smog-hit provinces said it was the local and for- eign Chinese businessmen refinery talks who urged Estrada, a former BEIJING: China’s Environment million people, virtually ground pollution over the years but has of China which have smog prob- president, to help ease the with Kuwait, Ministry said yesterday it will to a halt when a pollution index made little obvious progress, espe- lems. The teams will ensure that tension between Hong Kong send inspection teams to prov- showed airborne contaminants at cially in the country’s north and factories have installed the cor- and the Philippines. Hong inces and cities most seriously around 50 times the levels rec- northeast, where coal burning has rect equipment to cut emissions Kong, to whom President Saudi firms affected by smog to ensure rules ommended by the World Health driven the rapid growth in heavy of sulphur dioxide, that plants Benigno Aquino III has not JAKARTA: Indonesia has bro- on fighting air pollution are Organisation. industrial output. Enforcing rules previously closed remain shut given an apology, has issued ken off talks on building two being enforced. The problem was partly blamed has been a particular problem with and that local governments are a “black” travel advisory for new refineries with Kuwait Air quality in cities is of increas- on the government turning on the growth-obsessed local govern- enforcing clean air policies, the the Philippines as a result of Petroleum and Saudi Aramco ing concern to China’s stability- heating for the winter. Collective ments and powerful state-owned ministry added. Factories that what was called a “bungled” due to disagreements over tax obsessed leaders, anxious to douse central heating, activated on a enterprises often ignoring central have particular problems will have affair that left eight Hong issues, an official with state oil potential unrest as a more affluent date set by the government, pro- government guidelines and even environment inspection teams Kong tourists trapped in a company Pertamina said. urban population turns against a vides heat to 65 percent of Harbin, falsifying their emissions data. permanently based on site and bus with the perpetrator, a That deals a setback to growth-at-all-costs economic figures quoted last year in the The Environment Ministry legal means will be used to punish former police official, dead. Indonesian efforts to be less model that has poisoned much of state media show. Much of that said on its website (www.zhb.gov. companies with particular prob- He said the city council gave reliant on foreign oil products. the country’s air, water and soil. heat comes from burning coal. cn) that teams would from now lems, it said. consent to Estrada to apolo- Southeast Asia’s largest economy China’s smog crisis was thrown Beijing’s central heating normally until March visit Beijing and its Regional environment inspec- gise on behalf of the govern- needs to tame a current account back dramatically into the spot- comes on in mid-November. surrounding regions, the Pearl and tion teams which do not do their ment for the mishandling of deficit driven mainly by consumer light this week when Harbin, China’s government has Yangtze River deltas, Chengdu, jobs properly will be prosecuted, the incident. AGENCIES demand for subsidised gasoline a frigid northeastern city of 11 announced many plans to fight Chongqing and Urumqi, all parts the ministry added. AFP and diesel imports. Indonesia is set to become the world’s biggest importer of gaso- Protest in Cambodia line by 2018, according to oil con- sultancy Wood Mackenzie, but had hoped to alleviate some of its Pyongyang to return six dependence on imported oil prod- ucts by building new refineries. “We didn’t reach a deal over taxes with Kuwait, so eventually Koreans across border the negotiations failed,” Chrisna Damayanto, Pertamina’s refinery SEOUL: North Korea will While more than 23,500 North director said. return six unidentified South Koreans have escaped to the South Negotiations with Saudi Koreans across the two coun- since the end of the Korean War, Aramco also failed after the tries’ heavily-militarised land the number of defectors going the Indonesian government denied its border, it said in a surprise other way has been miniscule. In request for lower taxes and a tax announcement yesterday. an extremely rare case last month, holiday, Damayanto said. The South’s Unification South Korean border guards shot Pertamina signed initial Ministry said it had been informed dead a man as he tried to swim agreements with Saudi Aramco the transfer would take place on across the border to North Korea last February and with Kuwait Friday, but was given no details of in broad daylight. Petroleum in 2010 to build two the identities of the people being South-North relations have refineries by 2018, each with a returned. been on a rollercoaster ride this capacity of 300,000 barrels per “We just received a sudden year, following the North’s third day. That would have raised notice from North Korea that nuclear test in February which Pertamina’s refining capacity to it would send back six South triggered an extended spike in 1.6 million bpd, just slightly above Koreans tomorrow,” a ministry military tensions. Indonesia’s oil consumption in official said. By the end of August, the situ- 2012, according to BP’s Statistical The repatriation will be made ation had calmed down and the Review of World Energy. through the truce village of two sides seemed to be draw- Indonesia has been trying to Panmunjom, where the armistice ing closer, with agreements on a beef up its refining capacity for ending hostilities in the 1950-53 series of key cross-border projects. at least 10 years but no projects Korean War was signed. But the mood soured again last have ever got beyond initial plan- In a statement, the Unification month after Pyongyang cancelled ning stages. Ministry noted that North Korea a scheduled reunion for family “Building new refineries is not had announced the detention of members separated by the war. our top priority right now. We four South Koreans in February Relations have been political, believe it would be useless to build 2010, and that these might be diplomatic and military interac- new refineries when the other old among the six being returned. tions between North Korea and Supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) protest at the Freedom Park in refineries we have still need to be “Our government had repeat- South Korea since the division of central Phnom Penh yesterday. The CNRP began on Wednesday a three-day mass demonstration over a upgraded,” Damayanto said. edly asked for their identities, but Korea in 1945 following the Second disputed national election, which extended the long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen’s rule for another five “Our first priority is to upgrade never received an answer,” the World War. years. our old refineries.” REUTERS statement said. AFP FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Sharif urges Obama to end drone raids US president acknowledges tensions, misunderstandings WASHINGTON: Pakistan officials. The documents dis- and another incident that year Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cuss strikes that killed dozens of in which a CIA contractor killed urged US President Barack alleged Al Qaeda operatives and two men on the streets of Lahore. Obama on Wednesday to end in which they say no civilians Obama acknowledged ten- drone strikes in Pakistan, were killed. sions and “misunderstandings” touching on a sore subject just The Post said a CIA spokesman between the two countries. He as relations between the two it contacted did not dispute the said he and Sharif had pledged to countries improve after years of authenticity of the documents. work together on security issues suspicion over Afghanistan and US-Pakistani relations were in ways that “respect Pakistan’s the US counter-terrorism fight. badly strained following the 2011 sovereignty.” “I ... brought up the issue of Navy SEAL raid that killed Al “We committed to working drones in our meeting, emphasis- Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden together and making sure that ing the need for an end to such deep inside Pakistan where he rather than this being a source strikes,” Sharif told reporters was in hiding. But they appear of tension between our two after meeting with Obama in the to be on the mend as the United countries, this can be a source of Oval Office. States prepares to pull forces out strength for us working together,” US President Barack Obama (right) greets Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Oval Office at the White But The Washington Post of Afghanistan in 2014. Obama said. House in Washington, DC yesterday. reported on Wednesday that while The US has quietly restarted Sharif was elected prime min- top Pakistani officials denounce the security assistance to Pakistan ister in June in a historic elec- US drone programme, they have after freezing aid during the tion that marked Pakistan’s first US security aid to Pakistan is to attack suspected militants in intended for militants in Pakistan secretly endorsed it for years and period of soured relations, when civilian transfer of power after intended to bolster the ability of Pakistan has long been contro- and Yemen. White House spokes- are routinely given classified brief- Washington frequently voiced the completion of a full term by its military to counter militants versial, although the number of man Jay Carney called it “a hard ings on targets and casualties. complaints about the ties of a democratically elected govern- in semi-autonomous tribal areas. incidents has dropped in recent fact of war” that US strikes some- The Post, citing secret CIA the Pakistani intelligence serv- ment. He is the first Pakistani For fiscal year 2014, which months. times result in civilian casualties, documents and Pakistani diplo- ice to militant groups active in leader to visit the White House began on October 1, Obama has The issue came up again but said drone strikes did so far matic memos, said that markings Afghanistan. in five years. “To see a peaceful requested $1.162bn from Congress this week when Amnesty less than conventional attacks. on some documents indicated A series of major setbacks transition of one democratically for Pakistan, including $857m in International and Human Rights The US takes pains to make they were prepared by the CIA’s in recent years included a 2011 elected government to another civilian aid and $305m in security Watch accused the US of breaking sure any such strikes conform to Counter-terrorism Centre so Nato air strike that mistakenly was an enormous milestone for assistance. international law by killing civil- domestic and international law, they could be shown to Pakistani killed Pakistani border guards Pakistan,” Obama said. Much of The US use of armed drones ians in missile and drone strikes he said. REUTERS

Nato allies vow long-term support for Afghan security forces Pakistan eyes global peace KABUL: The Nato allies and The meeting was also attended Afghan forces took the lead for security at the end of 2014,” he plans will be further developed partners vowed to stand by by Afghan defense minister, Gen. providing security nation-wide in underlined. and closely coordinated with the ISLAMABAD: The Afghanistan after the Nato- Bismillah Mohammadi and rep- June “and they have shown that He also stressed that Allies and Afghan government.” President of Pakistan, led International Security resentatives from the European they are up to the job.” partners will continue to stand The implementation of Mamnoon Hussain, said on Assistance Force (ISAF) mis- Union and the United Nations. “Currently, they are leading by Afghanistan after the ISAF United Nations Security Council Wednesday that Pakistan sion ends by the end of next Nato Secretary General Anders more than 1,000 patrols a day. mission ends in December 2014. Resolution 1325 on Women, stands firmly committed to year. Fogh Rasmussen said “We have They are planning and conduct- Defence Ministers moved ahead Peace and Security was also peace at regional and interna- The progress in Afghanistan moved closer to putting that mis- ing complex operations in all in their planning for the Nato- reviewed by Nato Allies and tional levels and will continue and planning for post-2014 Nato sion in place. Our military com- parts of the country and they are led post 2014 Resolute Support partners. to support all efforts aimed mission which includes training, manders have reviewed planning developing their skills in areas mission. That review has been published. at restoring peace and stabil- advise and assist of Afghan secu- and identified in broad terms the such as helicopter air support. The Nato Secretary General It sets out the areas where Nato is ity in the world, according to rity forces was discussed by Nato key elements we require to set up All of this is to achieve the best also pointed towards the upcom- doing well and areas where more media reports. Allies and ISAF partners, accord- the mission.” possible position from which they ing presidential election in work is needed. The president, address- ing to Khaama Press. Rasmussen further added that will assume full responsibility for Afghanistan and said, “And our AGENCIES ing the inaugural session of ‘International Seminar on Peace and Conflict Resolution’ in Islamabad, said Pakistan has always been at the fore- 48 militants die, front in complementing the Iran gas pipeline disaster for economy: Report efforts of United Nations for peace and has actively been 38 injured in engaged in various peace mis- ISLAMABAD: The Iran- Turkmenistan is supplying gas to with the price of oil. However, as oil We should construct more dams sions. The President said that Afghan raids Pakistan gas pipeline will bring Japan at a rate of $4/MMBTU,” prices had increased in the inter- because they provide water for the international community an economic disaster in the he said. national market, the gas imported agriculture and save the country and the world leaders includ- KABUL: At least 48 Taliban country as the gas imported The energy adviser said by Pakistan would also be more from floods. ing UN Secretary General Ban militants were killed and 38 from Iran would be more expen- Pakistan needed $8bn to lay the expensive. “Egypt managed to survive a Ki-Moon had duly acknowl- injured during operation by sive. Therefore, the government pipeline from Nawabshah to the “Italy and Germany took their seven-year-long drought with the edged Pakistan’s commitment Afghan and Nato forces in the should negotiate the gas rate Iranian border which was not cases to the International Court help of a proper water storage to international peace. past 24 hours, officials said and delink it from oil prices. affordable. of Arbitration for delinking oil and system, the Aswan Dam,” he said. He recalled that Pakistan yesterday. These were the findings of Therefore, the government gas prices regarding their gas deal. Former ambassador Shafqat has been contributing sol- The Interior Ministry oper- a report titled ‘Rethinking should give preference to the Pakistan can also negotiate the gas Kakakhel said there was a dire diers, policemen and civilians ations were conducted in Pakistan’s Energy Equation: construction of dams as hydro- price with Iran under Clause 6.3 of need for improving the trans- for peacekeeping in 41 coun- Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kandahar, Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline’ electricity is the cheapest source the agreement,” he said. mission and distribution system tries over the last 53 years. Helmand and Nimroz provinces. launched by the Sustainable of energy, he said. He said that Pakistan had in the country, developing clean He informed that about 11,000 Afghan national police, Afghan Development Policy Institute “By paying a high price, Pakistan a combined power generation sources of energy, controlling Pakistani peacekeepers were national army, Afghan intelligence (SDPI) yesterday. will generate electricity for Rs15 capacity of 24,000MW which it indiscriminate spread of gas con- engaged side by side with the and coalition security forces con- Presenting the report, Energy per unit. However, the government was unable to meet due to the nections and maintaining smart international peacekeeping ducted raids, the ministry said. Adviser SDPI Engineer Arshad H should not forget that Independent scarcity of natural gas. It had metres. forces in various countries. The ministry said Afghan and Abbasi said gas and oil were dif- Power Producers (IPPs) installed failed to discover new gas reserves He said Pakistan had already coalition forces also detained six ferent commodities and Pakistan in Pakistan are not very efficient and was forced to import the witnessed a ‘capital flight’ due to Two cops shot militants and seized weapons, needed to re-negotiate the gas so the cost of per unit electricity fuel to meet its growing energy the energy crisis as several textile ammunition and explosives. price with Iran. could further increase,” he said. requirements, he added. units had shifted to Bangladesh dead in Karachi The Taliban is yet to comment “We have an agreement Abbasi said when the agreement “Consistent policy failure in which had led to massive unem- on the raids. with Iran that we will buy gas was signed with Iran in 2004, the energy sector has led to the ployment here. ISLAMABAD: Unknown AGENCIES for $15/MMBTU. However, Pakistan had linked the gas rate present high costs of electricity. INTERNEWS gunmen shot dead two police- men in Sindh Industrial Trading Estate area in President hopefuls Karachi on late Wednesday night, Pakistan’s Geo News reported. Shortage of capital hampers Senior superintendent of police Irfan Baloch said an assailant was also killed as the provincial industrialisation police returned fire. He said that the policemen PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s north- 1935 became a highly centralised fell prey to targeted killing. western province of Khyber federal system relegating prov- The officer said that identity Pakhtunkhwa may have attained inces to own 30 percent of their of the deceased attacker was self-sufficiency in revenue gen- resources. yet to be ascertained. eration due to the comparative A federal system is not just advantage in some industrial about bicameral legislature, but Sharif to visit sectors, but the dearth of capi- an empowered Senate, she said, tal hampered industrialisation in adding, the federal system is more United Kingdom the province, a researcher said about equal power-sharing in yesterday. resource allocations, revenue gen- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Speaking at the public defence eration, institutional and political Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of her PhD, Neelofar Asghar said representation. will start his three-day visit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was poor- The researcher believed to the United Kingdom from est among the four federating units legitimacy of the Constitution Monday. despite availability of hardwork- should be ensured through fair During the visit, Pakistan’s ing labour force, capital and raw and equitable distribution of Prime Minister will represent material. resources. Pakistan at the 9th World The topic of Neelofar, a research Unequal development is neither Islamic Economic Forum that scholar at the department of an attribute of ethnic, linguistic will take place in the British Political Science, was “Unequal or racial factors, nor a result of capital on Oct 29, according to Development in a Peripheral petty bourgeois discontentment (Radio Pakistan). A combo of file pictures shows Afghan candidates in the presidential elections (from left, upper row) Abdul Rahim Capitalist State: A Case Study of institutionally; Later the Pakistani Prime Wardak, Abdullah Abdullah, Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf, Zalmai Rassoul and Hedayat Amin Arsalah and (from left, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of It is engendered due to central- Minister will visit each of Sri bottom row) Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Sardar Nader Naeem, Gul Agha Sherzai, Qayyum Karzai and Qutbuddin Pakistan (1947 - 1977).” isation of resources in core areas, Lanka and Thailand in the Helal. The election commission on Tuesday disqualified 16 candidates, leaving only 10 for the April poll. She said the federation of she maintained. next four weeks. AGENCIES Pakistan based on the India Act of INTERNEWS FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Govt weighs Leisure at dusk buying onion from China Talk of importing by air from Iran

MUMBAI: India has become so of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, desperate for fresh stocks of the Chhattisgarh and Mizoram kick onions it uses in spicy curries off in November. that it is turning to regional “The state-run agencies are rival China and sanctions-hit floating import tenders, but sup- Iran for supplies, and there is plies are likely to come only after even talk of airlifts to ease soar- 3 to 4 weeks,” said Changdev ing prices. Holkar, a director at the National But despite a swirl of high-level Agricultural Cooperative meetings yesterday, the govern- Marketing Federation. ment is unlikely to land imports “And quantity would be also in substantial quantities before miniscule compared to demand.” state elections begin on November Private traders won’t rescue 11, with state-run firms struggling the world’s No 2 producer and to clinch deals and private players consumer because they know risk-averse. prices could quickly fall — farm- Indians eat their way through ers have planted far and wide to 15 million tonnes of onions a year, reap the benefit of high prices. A group of men are silhouetted as they sit on a sea wall along the Arabian Sea in Mumbai at sunset yesterday. using them as the base for tradi- “Onions are highly perishable. tional dishes such as biryani and Once you import, you have to bhaji. This has made high prices sell at whatever price is prevail- a hot potato that has in the past ing in the market. You can’t wait contributed to the fall of state gov- for prices to rise,” said Ajit Shah, ernments. Retail prices of onions president of the onion exporters’ PM says willing to be grilled by CBI have quadrupled in three months association. — now costing over Rs100 ($1.62) And even stopping exports ON BOARD AIR INDIA ONE: The prime minister, who held Committee probing the 2G spec- said: “That is for history to judge.” a kilo, which is what a third of won’t help matters, because they Prime Minister Manmohan the coal portfolio during the trum allocations. “I am doing my duty and will the population live on per day — have already shrunk to just a Singh yesterday said he “was first United Progressive Alliance Communist Party of India continue to do my duty. What as a supply squeeze caused by wet trickle. not above the law” and was will- (UPA) government in 2006, said leader Gurudas Dasgupta termed impact my 10 years of prime min- weather has hampered harvests. “Our prices are too high. ing to be questioned by the CBI he was “not above the law of the the remark a “belated realisation” istership will have is for historians Farm and food ministers met Buyers are switching to Pakistan in the coal block allocations as land”. and “only a show”. to judge,” he told reporters. with Delhi Chief Minister Sheila and China,” said a Mumbai-based he had “nothing to hide”. “If there is anything that The issue came into sharp focus The prime minister, answer- Dikshit in New Delhi yesterday exporter. Indian onions cost $900 In an affable mood after ending the CBI (Central Bureau of after the CBI filed an FIR against ing questions on a range of sub- to discuss ways to curb galloping per tonne whereas $570 will buy a two-nation tour to Russia and Investigation) or, for that mat- industrialist Kumar Mangalam jects while on way back from his prices in the capital. you a tonne from China. China, he also exuded confidence ter, anybody wants to ask, I have Birla, his company Hindalco and tour, said the allegations of scams Onion prices were a major fac- Pawar stuck to basic supply- that Congress would “surprise” nothing to hide....” former coal secretary P C Parakh against the UPA government tor in pushing inflation to a seven- demand economics yesterday to everyone and win the 2014 general In response, opposition par- over two coal blocks in Odisha’s relate only to its first term and month high in September of 6.46 bring relief. “Supplies from the elections and felt the BJP, despite ties like the Bharatiya Janata Talabira allocated in 2005. not to UPA-II. percent, and the government, led new season crop would start its aggressive election campaign, Party, which has been demand- Parakh pointed an accusing fin- In the 2009 general election, by the Congress party, is facing in two to three weeks and that would “peak early” and his “slow ing Manmohan Singh be ques- ger at the prime minister, saying the Congress won “hands down”, heated calls in the media to bring would depress prices,” he said. and steady” party would win the tioned by the CBI, expressed if he was involved in the conspir- he said, adding: “I am sure when prices down by whatever means. He might be disappointed, race. Manmohan Singh also hit doubt whether he would fulfil his acy, Manmohan Singh was equally the results of 2014 come out, the India has never before imported though. Heavy rains are expected out at Pakistan for the repeated assurance. responsible. The PMO promptly country will once again be sur- onions by air but Farm Minister in the next few days in big onion- ceasefire violations, saying he was “We have serious apprehen- defended the allocations saying prised.” The prime minister also Sharad Pawar proposed just that growing states of Maharashtra, “disappointed” as they were tak- sions he may not appear before they were done on merit. said that though the BJP may be on Wednesday because sea trans- Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka ing place despite an agreement CBI,” party leader Ravi Shankar To a question on whether the perceived to be running ahead of port takes longer and so cannot - and that could be disastrous, to maintain peace at the border Prasad told IANS, recalling how scams and alleged wrongdoings, the Congress with an aggressive replenish supplies as fast, thereby Holkar said, disrupting harvest- during his meeting with Pakistan the prime minister offered but like the coal allocation issue, election campaign but the “slow bringing down prices. Elections ing and damaging the crop. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in later refused to appear before would “cast a shadow on his prime and steady” would win the race. in the capital and in the states REUTERS New York last month. the Parliamentary Accounts ministership”, Manmohan Singh IANS

Singer Manna Rs60m compensation in NRI medical negligence case

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court The US-based NRI said it should tell Baidyanath Haldar, to pay Rs500,000. Gowda asked the central and the state Dey passes yesterday awarded Rs6,08,00,550 many honest and caring doctors it is time Since three doctors, after the consumer governments to consider enacting laws ($989,546) compensation to Indian- to step forward and cleanse the system. forum decision, had already made payment wherever needed for effective functioning away at 94 American doctor Kunal Saha, ordering “If you let a few corrupt and politically in excess of one fixed by the apex court, of private hospitals and nursing homes.” the Kolkata-based Advance Medicare connected doctors to run the show, all doc- the court said that they are entitled for Citing an earlier apex court judgment BANGALORE: Research Institute (AMRI) to pay for tors will continue to share the blame and reimbursement from AMRI, which should holding the right to health a fundamental Legendary play- medical negligence resulting in his wife will never be able to restore public trust do so within eight weeks. right guaranteed under the Constitution’s back singer Anuradha’s death in 1988. that we had not so long ago,” he said in a The court took several factors into Article 21, the court said doctors and hos- Manna Dey A bench of Justice C K Prasad and statement. account in fixing the compensation, over pitals are to be dealt with strictly if found (pictured) Justice V Gopala Gowda passed the order The court directed that the hospital the forum’s Rs1,34,66,000. “negligent with the patients who come to passed away in their judgment on an appeal by Saha, would pay compensation to Saha, within Noting an increasing number of medical them pawning all their money with the early yesterday challenging the compensation of Rs17.2m eight weeks, along with yearly interest of negligence cases coming before the con- hope to live a better life with dignity”. after prolonged awarded by National Consumer Forum. 6 percent from the date of the complaint. sumer forums, the court said it hopes this “The patients irrespective of their illness at a pri- Cross appeals were also filed by AMRI and Allowing AMRI to deduct what it had verdict “acts as a deterrent and a reminder social, cultural and economic background vate hospital three doctors against the forum’s award. already paid, the court also asked to file a to those doctors, hospitals, the nursing are entitled to be treated with dignity here. He was Welcoming the verdict, Saha said the compliance report. It asked two doctors — homes and others connected establish- which not only forms their fundamental given a tearful “historic” judgement should rekindle hope Balram Prakash and Sukumar Mukharjee — ments who do not take their responsibility right but also their human right,” Justice adieu by his fans, family and for countless victims. to pay Saha Rs1m each and another doctor, seriously”. Speaking for the bench, Justice Gowda said. IANS friends. The legend died around 4am in Narayana Hospital, K S Vasuki, the hospital’s spokesperson, told Seven get 10 years IANS. He was 94. Cross-border victim President’s intervention Braving a downpour, hun- dreds of people, including youths in jail for attacking thronged Ravindra Kalakshetra sought in Telangana (theatre) in the city centre to African student pay tributes to Mannada after NEW DELHI: Congress ensure that Telangana bill his frail body was brought from leaders from Seemandhra is sent to the state assembly CHANDIGARH: A sessions the hospital in the southern outer yesterday urged President and the view of the majority court in Punjab’s Jalandhar suburb. Pranab Mukherjee to inter- is accepted. city yesterday sentenced seven Later, Dey was given a tearful vene in the issue of bifurca- The delegation com- youths to 10 years’ rigorous farewell as his mortal remains tion of Andhra Pradesh and plained that the process being imprisonment for a brutal were consigned to the flames take into consideration the adopted by the government assault on a young African stu- by his younger son-in-law sentiments of the people of was “unconstitutional” and dent in April last year. Gyanranjan Dev in keeping with Seemandhra. “undemocratic”. The seven, belonging to mid- Hindu rites at a crematorium in The public representa- “We are hearing that the dle-class families and includ- the northwest suburb of the city. tives from Seemandhra government will bypass the ing the son of a former Punjab About 500 people, including (Rayalaseema and coastal assembly and table the bill police officer, attacked Yannick relatives, friends and fans were Andhra) including state min- directly in Parliament. This Nihangaza, a student from the present at the cremation. isters, MPs and state legisla- is unconstitutional, undemo- East African nation of Burundi, “A few members of the tors met the president in New cratic and against the spirit of and left him critically injured. Bangalore Bengali Association Delhi last evening and submit- federalism,” said Sailajanath. Yannick remained in coma for sang a song penned by Nobel lau- ted a memorandum. The leaders also drew atten- a few months before regaining reate Rabindranath Tagore at the Primary Education Minister tion of the president towards consciousness. funeral,” Dey’s friend Runa Roy S Sailajanath, who led the the concerns of Seemandhra He, however, continues to be told IANS. Karnataka governor delegation, later told report- people especially with regard bed-ridden in a private hospital in H R Bhardwaj and chief minister ers that they urged the presi- to sharing of water, revenues, Patiala, 80km from here. Doctors Siddaramaiah conveyed their con- dent to intervene and ensure education, employment and say Yannick suffered irreversible dolences to his bereaved family. that the constitutional proc- status of Hyderabad. brain damage. The nonagenarian multi-lin- ess is followed while dividing Seemandhra leaders later The attack took place when gual singer is survived by two Andhra Pradesh to carve out met Congress general sec- Yannick was going to a birthday daughters — Rama and Shumita, separate Telangana state. retary Digvijaya Singh and party in Jalandhar, 160km from sons in-laws and grandchildren. Stressing the need to fol- called for addressing the here, on April 21. He was attacked His wife Sulochana Kumaran A child injured in firing from across the border with Pakistan being low the process adopted for concerns of the people over following an argument outside a died from cancer here in January treated in a hospital in Jammu yesterday. division of other states, they the issue that has rocked the shop. 2012. IANS appealed to the president to region. IANS IANS FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Qatar bourse falls to three-week low Index retreats 0.43 percent to 9,652.35 points

DOHA/DUBAI: Qatar’s bourse bottomed at the end of September. five-year high. Emaar Properties fell to a three-week low yes- Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia, gained 0.3 percent before terday as weak third-quarter food firm Savola Group climbed announcing third-quarter earn- earnings prompted many inves- 1.3 percent to a two-month high ings; its profit surged 50 percent, tors to look elsewhere for buy- after posting estimate-beating handily beating estimates. Dubai’s ing opportunities even as other earnings. The firm’s third-quar- largest bank, Emirates NBD, fell regional markets rose. ter profit rose 12.9 percent, and 0.7 percent after it posted a 21 Shares in Qatar National Bank it proposed a quarterly dividend percent increase in third-quarter fell 1.72 percent to QR160, their of 0.5 riyal. net profit but fell short of ana- fifth consecutive loss, nearing tech- Petrochemicals supported the lysts’ expectations because of nical support at the September low market after a few firms in the a 50 percent spike in bad loan of QR158. Earlier this month, the sector posted results this week provisions. lender posted a 14.3 percent rise in which came in ahead of estimates. Investors generally did not see third-quarter net profit. That bodes well for Saudi Basic the results as a sign that the recov- “The results so far haven’t Industries Corp, the parent of ery of Dubai’s banking sector and supported the bullish market two such companies, which is to property market was in doubt; outlook,” said Ahmed Shehada, report on Sunday. Sabic shares instead, ENBD may merely have head of trading at QNB Financial rose 0.7 percent to an 18-month wanted to clear bad loans from its Traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Services. “Institutions are sell- high of SR104.75. books to give new chief executive ing across the board but there is “The market is in an antici- Shayne Nelson a clean start when selective buying on some names. pation mode and all eyes are on he takes over next year. Global markets resume upward trend “The macro fundamentals Sabic,” said Mohammad Omran, Shares in Telecom Egypt fell remain intact and if we see posi- president of Riyadh-based private 1.9 percent after the firm said in NEW YORK: Global equity 2011, while the dollar fell broadly, five-year highs on strong corpo- tive earnings surprises on compa- firm Gulf Centre for Financial a bourse statement that it had not markets resumed their recent hitting a near nine-month low rate results and the encouraging nies that haven’t reported yet, we Consultancy. “There is a sense received any offer from Vodafone upward trend yesterday, against a basket of currencies of manufacturing data from top could see buyers return.” of optimism on the sector which to buy Telecom Egypt’s stake in boosted by signs of growth in 79.081. It was last down 0.1 per- metals consumer China. Ooredoo lost 1.4 percent and we haven’t seen in a long time.” Vodafone Egypt. The stock jumped Chinese manufacturing, while cent at 79.166. The FTSEurofirst 300 index rose Masraf Al Rayan shed 0.5 per- The benchmark index advanced to multi-month highs on Tuesday the euro rose to a fresh two- US Treasuries yields held near 0.5 percent to 1,285.89, recovering cent. The Islamic bank has not yet 0.3 percent to 8,171 points, a fresh after Bloomberg reported that year peak against the dollar. three-month lows yesterday as from the previous session’s fall and announced third-quarter earn- two-month high. Omran said pet- Vodafone was interested in buying On Wall Street, the S&P 500 expectations that the Federal climbing back toward Tuesday’s ings. Analysts polled by Reuters rochemical shares were likely to the stake, but it has now dropped index was on track for its tenth Reserve is still months away five-year highs of 1,291.93. MSCI’s on average expect it to post a support the market in coming back to its previous levels. gain in the past 12 sessions as from reducing the size of its world equity index added 0.3 per- third-quarter profit of QR415m months and help lift the index to expectations for steady accom- $85bn-a-month bond-purchase cent, slightly retracing losses of ($114m), which would be up 15.9 close the year above the August HIGHLIGHTS modative monetary policy for the program kept up strong demand 0.6 percent on Wednesday, when percent from a year earlier. peak of 8,223 points. SAUDI ARABIA: The index foreseeable future offset a mixed for the debt. Benchmark 10-year markets were rocked by fears that Salam International lost 0.41 In the United Arab Emirates, climbed 0.3 percent to 8,171 points. batch of earnings and economic Treasuries were last was down a spike in Chinese short-term percent to QR12.25, United Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank DUBAI: The index climbed 0.3 data. The benchmark index closed 7/32 in price to yield at 2.5106 per- rates could hurt growth. Development Company fell (ADCB) gained 1.0 percent after percent to 2,910 points. at a record on Tuesday. cent, near the three-month lows In commodities trading, spot 1.14 percent to QR21.60 and posting quarterly earnings that ABU DHABI: The index gained Boosting investors’ appetite of 2.47 percent set on Wednesday. gold rose as much as 1.2 percent Commercial Bank of Qatar was beat estimates by a large mar- 0.2 percent to 3,882 points. for risky assets was data show- On Wall Street, the Dow Jones to its highest since September 20 down by 0.30 percent to QR66.40. gin. The stock is up 64.1 percent EGYPT: The index edged up ing growth in China’s vast factory industrial average was up 93.07 at $1,348.24 an ounce, as the out- The Qatar index retreated 0.43 year-to-data, outperforming the 0.09 percent to 6,171 points. sector reached a seven-month points, or 0.60 percent, at 15,506.40. look for an unchanged Fed policy percent to 9,652.35 points, its low- wider benchmark; analysts say OMAN: The index climbed 0.3 high this month, easing concerns The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index heightened concerns about infla- est close since October 1. Daily much of the positive sentiment percent to 6,668 points. about a slowdown in Chinese was up 6.02 points, or 0.34 percent, tion risk. Copper fell to its lowest trading volume fell to its lowest is already priced in. Abu Dhabi’s KUWAIT: The index rose 0.6 exports, which would point to at 1,752.40. The Nasdaq Composite in more than a week as concerns since September 22. Shehada index added 0.2 percent, up 47.6 percent to 7,954 points. weakening global demand. Index was up 24.80 points, or 0.63 about tight credit in China and said the index could drop to 9,410 percent in 2013. BAHRAIN: The index advanced The euro was up 0.2 percent percent, at 3,931.88. its impact on demand offset the points if it broke below the 9,570 Dubai’s bourse added 0.3 per- 0.2 percent to 1,203 points. at $1.3802, having hit $1.3824, European shares recovered brighter growth outlook. level, which is roughly where it cent, trading near Tuesday’s QNA/REUTERS its strongest since November their poise, climbing back toward REUTERS

Hyundai profits rise Jet Airways sees Etihad Ooredoo names CEOs for two deal by end of the year subsidiaries

NEW DELHI: Jet Airways foreign players such as Singapore DOHA: Ooredoo announced expects to conclude a $334m Airlines, AirAsia Bhd and Etihad yesterday that it has approved stake sale to Abu Dhabi’s Etihad have been lured to the country by two CEO-level appointments for by the year-end, the Indian air- longer-term growth prospects. its international operations. line said, one day after posting a The Indian government expects Ross Cormack, the former record quarterly loss. passenger air traffic to almost tri- CEO of Nawras, has been named Jet, which has lost money in ple during the current decade. CEO of Ooredoo Myanmar, the the past six years, is awaiting Etihad’s $334m deal for a 24 newest operation of the Group, approvals from the Indian anti- percent stake in Jet is the first while Greg Young will assume trust regulator for the deal and is investment by a foreign carrier in the role of CEO for Nawras, from on course to complete the trans- an Indian airline since the coun- October 23, a statement on Qatar action during this quarter, Chief try last year changed rules to help Exchange said. Financial Officer Ravishankar channel capital into a sector. “Today, we announce two new Gopalakrishnan said. “The synergy between the two appointments that reinforce An Etihad spokesman declined airlines in terms of commercial our commitment to offer all our to comment, after Jet’s earnings cooperation and the kind of cost customers world-class, next- announcement on Wednesday, on synergies that we will achieve generation networks and the whether Jet’s quarterly loss would will be significantly increasing A Hyundai vehicle on display at the lobby of the Hyundai Motor Tower building office in Beijing, China. The very best customer experience,” have any impact on the deal. The the profitability for the airlines South Korean carmaker saw quarterly profits rise for the first time in a year on improved sales in Brazil and Ooredoo Chairman Sheikh stake sale, cleared by India’s cabi- in the coming quarters,” Jet’s China. Net profit year-on-year in the July-to-September quarter rose 3.9 percent to 2.25 trillion won ($2.13bn). Abdullah bin Mohammed bin net this month, is meant to help Gopalakrishnan said. Saud Al Thani said. Jet break out of a pattern of losses Jet shares fell as much as 6.4 “Ross Cormack has created in the domestic airline business. percent in Mumbai trading yes- a leading telecoms business in The net loss widened to terday to their lowest level in Oman, and will now bring the Rs8.91bn ($145m) in the three about seven weeks, before paring full weight of his passion and months ended September 30 from losses to trade about 2 percent US oil futures recoup losses; Brent dips industry knowledge to our newest Rs997m a year earlier. down by 0911 GMT. High costs of market, Myanmar. Greg Young is An economic slowdown also jet fuel and aggressive pricing as NEW YORK: US oil futures six-month high of more than $13 two-month settlement low. Brent’s an extremely experienced indus- meant lower yields, a gauge of the competition increases will likely recouped losses in choppy trade a barrel midday on Wednesday premium over US oil narrowed by try figure who will further drive average fare paid per kilometre hurt airlines’ finances in the com- yesterday while European Brent before snapping back to around as much as $1.13 per barrel to $9.81, our success in the key market of flown, Jet said on Wednesday. ing quarters, analysts say. Jet paid crude slid, as traders bet that an $10 yesterday. in intra-day trade, almost touch- Oman. We wish them both all the A fall in the value of India’s 8 percent more for fuel from a abrupt slump earlier this week The US crude oil benchmark ing the 200-day moving average of best in their new roles,” he added. rupee currency, the high cost of year earlier, it said. in the hotly traded Brent-WTI snapped three sessions of losses $9.77. It settled at $9.88. Ooredoo acquired one of the fuel and an increase in fees at All players in India’s five-player spread had gone too far. and ended the day 25 cents higher In the oil products market, two first foreign-held mobile some airports also led to the loss, airlines market are losing money US petrol prices led the oil com- at $97.11 a barrel, after touching a US petrol futures rebounded off licences in Myanmar in July said India’s second-biggest carrier with the exception of unlisted plex higher, rebounding from near four-month low of $95.95. 16-month lows following news of following negotiations with the by domestic market share. IndiGo, the biggest Indian carrier their lowest since June 2012 after US crude oil prices have been a fire at the crude unit of Citgo’s country’s government. QNA The loss in the fiscal second by local market share. an overnight fire shut down a key declining for the last three ses- 174,5000 barrel per day Lemont, quarter is the biggest ever for Jet, Kingfisher Airlines, once the refinery near Chicago. Although sions on rising supply. Oil invento- Illinois refinery. Suez Canal revenue up the first of India’s airlines to publish No. 2 carrier, has not flown in fuel stocks are relatively high, ries last week hit the highest level RBOB petrol futures reversed earnings for the quarter, accord- a year for want of cash. India’s the unplanned outage threatens since June, according to govern- three days of losses and gained 3.73 CAIRO: Revenue from Egypt’s ing to data compiled by Thomson three listed airlines stocks — Jet, to tighten supplies at a time when ment data. But traders said the cents to end at $2.5896 a gallon Suez Canal rose 1.5 percent in Reuters from company filings. It Kingfisher and SpiceJet — are the many refineries are shut for work. spread had gone too far, given the after dipping to fresh 16-month low September from a year earlier reported a net loss of Rs7.1bn in the worst performers this year among Dealers were also focused on likely pick-up in demand as refin- of $2.5417. Heating oil traded down to $442m, Egypt’s state infor- September quarter of 2011. 85 global airline stocks studied by ructions in the spread between US ers return from maintenance. to a three month-low of $2.8974 a mation portal said yesterday. Despite the sector’s cur- Thomson Reuters StarMine. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Brent crude oil ended 81 cents gallon and settled 2.3 cents lower August revenues were $455m. rent problems, deep-pocketed REUTERS and Brent futures, which hit a lower to $106.99 a barrel, a fresh at $2.9003. REUTERS REUTERS FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Scottish refinery closure averted Wataniya’s Manufacturing profit drops in output in US hit third quarter DUBAI: Wataniya, Kuwait’s No.2 telecom operator, reported a slight drop in third-quarter profit yesterday, missing ana- by shutdown lysts’ estimates as the com- pany’s under-performance continued. The firm, a subsidiary of Chinese production at 7-month high Ooredoo, had reported declin- ing profits in six of the preceding NEW YORK/LONDON: Fact- percent in the third quarter. seven quarters and in March it ories in China boosted pro- There was some positive news appointed Abdulaziz Fakhroo as duction this month, but US from the world’s second larg- chief executive, its third CEO in manufacturing output fell for the est economy. The Markit/HSBC less than a year. first time in four years while the Purchasing Managers Index for Wataniya made a net profit of euro zone economy lost momen- China rose to 50.9 this month 15.34m dinars ($54.43m)in the tum, surveys yesterday showed. from 50.2 in September, the fast- three months to September 30, The data suggested the world est expansion in seven months. down from 15.53m dinars in the economy is still facing speed In the first nine months of the year-earlier period, according to a bumps as China tries to rebound year China’s $8.5 trillion economy statement to the Kuwaiti bourse. from a slowdown and as growth grew 7.7 percent from a year ear- Wataniya made a net profit in advanced economies remains lier, putting it on track to achieve of 57.7m dinars in the first nine fragile. One such hurdle was a Beijing’s 2013 target of 7.5 per- A worker scales one of the towers at the Grangemouth refinery, Scotland, yesterday. Britain may avert clo- months of 2013, down from 62.9m partial US government shutdown cent. But that would still be the sure of the large Grangemouth refinery and petrochemical plant after union leaders said they had accepted for the same period a year earlier. that lasted for the first 16 days weakest growth in 14 years. demands from the owners in a bid to save 1,400 jobs. REUTERS of October. This likely disrupted The slowdown in Asian econo- factory output in the world’s larg- mies may last for the rest of this est economy and will probably end year as weak global growth and up slowing overall US growth in reforms in many countries hinder the fourth quarter. According activity, Reuters polls showed yes- to financial data firm Markit, terday. Growth in China and India, Ford narrows US factory output contracted in the two regional powerhouses, will Egypt hints at selling shares to October for the first time since likely languish at multi-year lows. losses in Europe late 2009 and the overall pace of Growth momentum also slowed growth was the slowest in a year. in Europe this month. Markit’s DETROIT: Ford Motor Co Markit chief economist Chris “flash” Composite Purchasing boosted its full-year global fund high-speed rail project Williamson said the survey “sug- Managers Index for the euro zone, profit outlook yesterday, as its gests that the disruptions and based on surveys of thousands European picture brightened CAIRO: The Egyptian gov- that would create jobs after the high-speed rail project to link uncertainty caused by the cri- of companies across the region, and stronger overseas opera- ernment is considering sell- turmoil that has pushed many Alexandria with Cairo since at sis hit companies hard,” even if showed the economy lost a bit of tions sparked better-than- ing shares to the public to help Egyptians deeper into poverty. least 2009. The train between determining the precise impact steam this month. While the index expected third-quarter results. finance a high-speed passenger Egypt is seeking budgetary sup- Egypt’s two biggest cities cur- of the shutdown remains difficult. was still above the 50 mark that The No. 2 US carmaker now rail project extending up the Nile port from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait rently takes about two hours. The shutdown, the first in 17 separates growth from contraction, expects 2013 pretax profit to top valley, Al Mal newspaper quoted and the United Arab Emirates in The new railway would eventu- years, forced hundreds of thou- it retreated to 51.5 after hitting a last year’s $8bn and sees losing the transport minister as saying. addition to the $12bn pledged. ally transport around 4 million sands of federal employees to take two-year high of 52.2 in September. less money in Europe than in The railway would run from This week the government tourists annually, Al Mal said. unpaid leave. Economists expect Germany factory activity grew, 2012. Ford narrowed its losses in Alexandria on the Mediterranean said it was increasing an eco- The number of tourists visit- that put a brake on US growth the PMI survey showed, although Europe to $228m in the quarter coast to Cairo and then to the nomic stimulus package for the ing Egypt fell from 14.5 million in the fourth quarter, which was the country’s service industry saw from $468m a year ago. tourist centre of Luxor in the far financial year to June 2014 to in 2010 to 9.8 million in 2011 and expected to mark the transition a surprising fall in the pace of Third-quarter net income fell south, a distance of 800km, min- 29.6bn Egyptian pounds ($4.3bn) 11.5 million in 2012. to a stronger pace of expansion. growth. But things were bleaker by a little more than one-fifth to ister Ibrahim El-Demiri said. from the initial 22.3bn pounds The Transport Ministry has set A Reuters poll of more than across the border in France, $1.27bn, or 31 cents per share, A further line would later run announced in August. Officials up a legal committee to study the 70 economists last week forecast where manufacturing activity due to nearly $500m in special to tourist towns on the Red Sea have said that another stimulus rail project, Demiri told Al Mal. gross domestic product growth of declined at a faster pace and serv- charges, including $250m spent in a project that would eventu- package could be announced early The government would seek to 2.3 percent between October and ices expansion all but ground to a on restructuring Europe. ally cost a total 70bn Egyptian next year. find the funds for the project “as December. The economy grew 2.5 halt. REUTERS REUTERS pounds ($10bn). Demiri gave no Some of the new cash will be soon as possible”, Al Mal cited him time-frame for the project, which directed to building railways, as saying, adding that a portion could eventually boost a tourist roads, bridges as well as to an of the funding would be from the sector battered by nearly three extension of the Cairo metro and public offering. The army said it years of unrest. other improvements to the city’s had sought to provide some of the The government is look- transport network. funds for the project, Al Mal said. ing at labour-intensive projects Egypt has been mooting a REUTERS

QATARI MARKET 3.29 million Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 102.13 0.36 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.00 1.54 % Aa2 AA unemployed Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 120.75 2.46 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 114.00 2.79 % Aa2 AA in France Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 109.00 3.25 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 157.13 4.75 % Aa2 AA PARIS: Unemployment in Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 118.50 5.11 % Aa2 AA France hit a new record high Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 110.50 5.05 % Aa2 AA in September with the number Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.50 0.89 % Aa2 AA of people officially registered as Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 111.25 3.13 % Aa2 AA looking for work rising 60,000 Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.13 1.05 % A1 A- to 3.29 million, the labour min- istry said yesterday. Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.88 2.21 % A1 A- French President Francois QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.50 1.51 % NR NR Hollande has pledged to reverse QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.75 1.28 % Aa3 A+ the trend of rising unemployment QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.88 2.16 % Aa3 A+ in France by the end of the year, Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.38 2.15 % A2 A- and while the government main- tains this will still happen, critics Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.63 1.77 % A2 A are increasingly doubtful. Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 124.50 3.10 % A2 A Last month’s increase in job Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 107.00 3.65 % A2 A seekers is artificially high due to Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 103.00 4.67 % A2 A a glitch that saw the jobless rate Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 104.50 0.58 % Aa3 A in August drop dramatically, before being revised. The minis- Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.88 3.35 % Aa3 A try had initially announced that Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 108.50 3.89 % Aa3 A the number of registered job seek- SOVEREIGNS ers in August dropped by 50,000 to 3.23 million — the first fall in Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P more than two years. Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 102.38 0.12 % Aa2 AA But it later revised the figure Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 123.88 2.09 % Aa2 AA and said the number of job seek- Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 109.00 1.93 % NR NR ers actually only fell between Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 107.25 2.73 % NR NR 22,000 and 29,000. The mistake was blamed on a malfunction with Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 119.63 4.44 % NR NR mobile phone operator SFR that Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 111.75 4.76 % NR NR meant some job seekers did not Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.88 0.81 % Aa2 AA renew their registration because Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 112.75 3.51 % NR BBB they did not receive reminders Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 102.75 4.99 % NR BBB managed by the operator. Stripping out the glitch, the Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 93.50 7.01 % Caa1 CCC+ number of job seekers went up Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 102.25 4.12 % NR BBB-

by 10,000 from July to September, *Periodic Distribution Amount which the government said indi- IMPORTANT NOTE: cated that the upward trend in Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which unemployment was slowing. is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services In its statement, the labour Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary ministry pointed to an improve- data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising ment in youth unemployment, out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds saying the number of young job can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant seekers had increased an aver- liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not age of 1.1 percent a month from a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and January to April, but subsequently consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. dropped 0.5 percent a month. Overall, the total number of people looking for a job or just for additional hours of employment rose to 4.84 million in September. AFP FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Furthermore, Al Attiyah was TOKYO: Japan wants its ath- Federation (QMMF), has foiled informed that the two races in letes to double their best-ever the attempt of Mohammed Qatar and Kuwait would be con- medal haul at the 2020 Tokyo Ben Sulayem, President of sidered as practice rounds’ for Olympics, but experts warn UAE Club and Vice President official races on the FIA Middle the debt-laden nation will need Nasser bin of Federation Internationale East Championship. to spend big if it is to seize the Khalifa Al D’Automobile (FIA), to have At the same time, an additional homefield advantage. two rounds of the Middle East round in Iran would have been Attiyah, Hosting the Games tradition- Rally Championship held in introduced, Al Attiyah gathered. President ally brings a bump in the medals Qatar and Kuwait removed This proposal was put forward of Qatar table -- Britain bagged 29 golds and replaced with a ‘new round by Ben Sulayem who is respon- Motor and in London last year against 19 in in Iran’. sible for promoting and sup- Motorcycle 2008 in Beijing, while Japan’s best According to a statement porting the Middle East Rally Federation figure of 16 gold medals came in released by QMMF yesterday, Championship. (QMMF), is 1964 at the first Tokyo Olympics. Bin Sulayem’s attempt to can- The QMMF president imme- seen with FIA Japan’s education ministry, cel the two popular races was diately sent an official letter to President Jean which is charged with oversee- ‘to get the support of the Iranian the FIA to reject this proposal Todt in this file ing sport, wants its 2020 team to federation and to pressure fed- and attempted to contact Ben photo. get 70-80 medals, of which 25-30 erations in Qatar and Kuwait Sulayem by telephone to inquire should be golds. ahead of the FIA Presidential about these amendments. That would put the country elections’. Ben Sulayem, however, did not between third and fifth in the Bin Sulayem, it is understood, answer the telephone calls, the medals table -- based on results was to stand in the FIA elec- statement added. from recent Games -- a position tions against incumbent presi- An immediate coordination sought by the Japanese Olympic dent Jean Todt from France and between the QMMF President Committee (JOC) under its David Ward from Britain. and a number of officials in the medium-term plan and seen as However, this was before Al FIA to freeze this proposal until ‘is one of the most important to be less than tenable, the state- Following on from this, the FIA an appropriate placing for the Attiyah had publicly announced the date of the General Assembly rounds as it attracts the top ment said. announced its rejection of Ben world’s number-three economy. his support for Frenchman Todt, meeting was conducted. regional drivers and riders’. Due to his excellent reputation Sulayem’s suggestion and has “It will be very difficult,” sports the QMMF statement said. At the FIA meeting, which Furthermore, during the over the last 30 years, Al Attiyah withdrawn the Middle East Rally sociologist Toshio Saeki said, add- According to details in the was held recently in Croatia and meeting, Ben Sulayem announced has demonstrated the weight and Championship portfolio from him ing China and South Korea will QMMF statement released yes- attended by Al Attiyah as the FIM that ‘all the federations were the value of Qatar regionally and given the 2014 calendar to also ramp up their efforts to terday, Al Attiyah came to know Cross Country Rally Commission aware of and in agreement with and internationally by produc- the competition committee of remain Asia’s number-one and about the proposals to remove President, he stressed that the the amendments including Qatar ing great drivers and champi- the FIA to take the final deci- number-two sporting powers the rallies in Qatar and Kuwait Qatar International Rally is not and Kuwait’. ons such as Nasser bin Saleh Al sion about it, the QMMF state- ahead of Japan. “But setting a when he attended the Lebanese only the opening round for the Al Attiyah denied the matter Attiyah, Abdulaziz Al Kuwari ment added. high goal like this could help as International Rally where the Middle East Championship but showing Ben Sulayem’s position and Misfer Al Marri and others. THE PENINSULA it will urge people to work hard,” said Saeki, a professor at the Japan Sports Wellness University. But, say experts, already heav- ily indebted Japan needs to invest a lot of money in developing Olympic wannabes if it is to get anywhere near its goal in seven years’ time. “Japan will put its efforts into Boston hammer Cardinals athlete training, although I cannot tell if it will be in a sufficient way,” said Tsukuba University assist- World Series: Red Sox capitalise on Cardinals’ errors for 8-1 win ant professor Yoshio Takahashi, a sports management expert. “Japan is a country whose BOSTON: The Boston Red in confusion with catcher Yadier sports-related budget has been Sox took advantage of sloppy Molina over who would catch the limited by world standards.” St Louis Cardinals fielding with ball. The country already has a superb pitching and timely hit- Boston capitalised on the LEFT: Boston Red debt-to-GDP ratio of more than ting to run away with yester- Cards’ generosity with timely Sox David Ortiz 200 percent, and tax revenues are day’s World Series opener 8-1 at production as they outhit their (left) watches the shrinking as its society ages and chilly Fenway Park. rivals by just 8-7. flight of his two fewer young workers contribute Red Sox starter Jon Lester The mishaps began in the first to state coffers. But sports experts run home run threw 7-2/3 scoreless innings and when Ortiz grounded to the sec- say proper investment is key if in the seventh was backed by a three-run dou- ond baseman with one out and Japan is to realise its dreams, ble by Mike Napoli and a two-run men on first and second. inning along pointing to the dividends it has blast over the rightfield wall by Matt Carpenter tossed the ball with St Louis paid for previous Olympic hosts. David “Big Papi” Ortiz. to shortstop Kozma for a force. Cardinals catcher At London 2012, Britain’s 29 Boston took advantage of a Although the ball was dropped, Yadier Molina in golds propelled it to third in the Cardinals’ comedy of errors early the umpire called the runner out game one of the table, a robust recovery from on to take a commanding lead in at second, ruling that the drop World Series at the 1996 Atlanta Games where the game and seize a 1-0 advan- was due to transferring the ball Fenway Park in it picked up just one. Britain tage in the best-of-seven series. from Kozma’s glove to throw. Boston yesterday. spent £264m (worth $425m at “We had a wake-up call,” St After an argument from the BELOW: St Louis the current value) over four Louis manager Mike Matheny Boston manager, the umpires Cardinals’ Matt years to train Olympic athletes, said. conferred and changed the call Carpenter (centre) with much of the money com- “That is not the kind of team to safe at second and Kozma watches from the ing from a national lottery. For that we’ve been all season. And was charged with an error. With dugout as the Vancouver 2010, Canada spent they’re frustrated (and) I’m sure the bags loaded, Napoli ripped a Cardinals lose to $113 on Winter Olympic training embarrassed to a point.” bases-clearing double to left-cen- the Boston Red and lifted a table-topping 14 gold The Red Sox scored three runs tre for a 3-0 lead. medals. Sox 8-1. in the first inning on Napoli’s The pop up by Stephen Drew Tokyo’s education ministry bases-loaded double off St Louis that fell comically between has asked for its biggest ever starter Adam Wainwright, and Wainwright and Molina for a silly settlement, requesting 49bnyen two more runs in the second, single began a second-inning rally ($500m) in its sports-related helped in each inning by errors that included another error by budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal charged to shortstop the reliable Kozma that loaded the bases in year. But nearly half of the sum Pete Kozma. the tense encounter. Cardinals would be used in the first phase Ortiz poured it on with a boom- Pedroia singled in one run and of a project to build a new 80,000- ing two-run homer in the seventh even more damage was dodged manager seat National Stadium, the cen- in support of winning pitcher when Ortiz was robbed of a trepiece of the 2020 Games. Lester, who deftly mixed his array grand slam by rightfielder Carlos ‘embarrassed’ So far, there is no extra money of pitches in yielding only five hits Beltran, who reached over the being planned for sport, although and just one walk while striking wall to deny him, although a run Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has out eight. scored on the sacrifice fly. after loss offered assurances that it will be “I thought he and David Beltran left the game due to a forthcoming, despite the crimp (catcher Ross) did a very good rib injury and was taken to hos- BOSTON: The St Louis on budgets brought about by the job of getting his curveball in the pital for tests. He was later con- Cardinals could hardly have shrinking workforce and balloon- mix ... to create a little more sepa- sidered as day-to-day. made a worse start to the ing cost of social care. ration in his pitches in terms of Lester set the Cardinals down World Series. It may be only In August, the government velocity,” said Red Sox manager quietly save for a serious threat one game in a best of seven pledged to cut a whopping $82bn John Farrell. in the fourth inning. series, but already the odds are out of its budget over two years “Once he was able to establish A walk and singles by Allen stacked against the red birds as it works to bring down the that, I thought he had a very good Craig and Molina loaded the bases and even their manager called it Matheny’s embarrassment was Series. In the first inning, Kozma industrialised world’s biggest debt cutter, particularly some backdoor with one out and brought 2011 “embarrassing”. shared by his players as the Cards dropped a softly thrown ball from mountain. Training expenditure cutters to some right-handers. World Series MVP David Freese They were thumped 8-1 by the gave up five runs in the first two his team-mate Matt Carpenter has been and will be focused on “As he got deeper into the to the plate. Red Sox in yesterday’s opening innings courtesy of some comi- when he was standing at second sports in which Japan usually game, he got his change-up in Freese tapped weakly back game in Boston after a perform- cal errors, including one when base. Although Boston’s Dustin wins medals, such as swimming, the mix a little more. Just a solid, to Lester, who threw home and ance littered with uncharacter- pitcher Adam Wainwright and Pedroia was initially given out, the women’s football, men’s gymnas- solid outing by Jon.” catcher Ross fired to first to com- istic mistakes, while key player catcher Yadier Molina got con- umpires changed their mind and tics, wrestling and judo. Matt Holliday finally put St plete a 1-2-3 double play. Carlos Beltran injured his ribs fused over who should catch the the Red Sox’s first baseman Mike Some extra cash has come from Louis on the scoreboard with St Louis got runners on sec- making a great catch robbing simplest of pop ups. Napoli then pounded a three-run a public body established in 2003 a ninth-inning home run off ond and third with two outs in David Ortiz of a grand slam.St In the end, neither did and the double into left-center field. to promote sport and to run a reliever Ryan Dempster. the fifth but Lester escaped Louis manager Mike Matheny ball flopped to the ground, elicit- Kozma also made a fielding football results lottery. Losing pitcher Wainwright again when he got John Jay, who did not mince his words when ing a huge roar of laughter from error in the second, which loaded Part of the plan is the creation gave up five runs on six hits in replaced the injured Beltran, on asked to explain his team’s dis- the Fenway Park crowd. the bases and eventually led to of an “agency of sport” that can five innings on the mound but a grounder to short. mal showing. Shortstop Pete Kozma, nor- two runs. help guide investment towards only three were earned. Game Two of the best-of-seven “We had a wake-up call,” mally one of the team’s most In the eighth inning, third developing elite athletes, now The pitcher contributed to the series is scheduled for Thursday Matheny told reporters. “That is reliable fielders, was the main baseman David Freese also made focused on promising youngsters Cardinals’ sins in the field, allow- in Boston with John Lackey start- not the kind of team that we’ve culprit, however, as he committed a throwing error to first base and aged between 16 and 20 who ing a harmless pop up to drop ing for the Red Sox against rookie been all season. And they’re frus- two early errors, which amount Ortiz made them pay, blasting a could be expected to reach their at his feet for a single to start sensation Michael Wacha for St. trated. I’m sure embarrassed to to cardinal sins in the suffocat- 408-feet two-run homer over competitive peak for the Tokyo Boston’s second-inning outburst Louis. 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Football Fixtures ( All times in GMT) English Premier League AlBalooshi strives to do Tomorrow Crystal Palace vs Arsenal (1145) Aston Villa vs Everton (1400) Liverpool vs West Bromwich Albion (1400) Manchester United vs Stoke City (1400) Langdon a favour in Vegas Norwich City vs Cardiff City (1400) Southampton vs Fulham (1630) If we can help Shawn win the championship, that will be good: AlBalooshi October 27 Sunderland vs Newcastle United (1330) LAS VEGAS: Second-year can earn in four rounds of rac- Chelsea vs Manchester City (1600) NHRA Top Fuel driver Khalid ing; eight rounds of racing remain Swansea City vs West Ham United (1600) alBalooshi knows he cannot win in the season. the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel While it is mathematically Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City (1600) World Championship this year, possible for Langdon to clinch Scottish Premier League but his teammate can. the World Championship this And alBalooshi is pulling weekend, it is highly unlikely. Today for Shawn Langdon to seal the Chances are the world champi- Ross County vs Inverness deal and win the third World onship chase will go down to the Caledonian Thistle (1845) Championship in five years for season’s final race in Pomona, Tomorrow the Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top California November 7-10, and Fuel Team, the two-time World Langdon understands this season Dundee United vs St. Mirren (1400) Championship team owned by is far from over. Hibernian vs Aberdeen (1400) Sheikh Khalid Hamad Al Thani. “Going into the last two races Kilmarnock vs Hearts (1400) The team races in Las Vegas with a points lead is kind of a dif- this weekend at the 13th annual ferent feeling for me,” Langdon October 27 Toyota NHRA Nationals, the fifth said. Partick Thistle vs Celtic (1245) of six races that comprise the “I am very excited, and I am Countdown to the Championship very proud to be in this position St. Johnstone vs Motherwell (1605) NHRA Playoffs and the 23rd of with a four-round lead going into Ligue 1 24 races making up the United Las Vegas. But we have keep States’ NHRA Mello Yello Drag working as hard as we can because Today Racing Series. there are still eight rounds of rac- Nantes vs Lille (1830) Qualifying is set for today ing left. We’ve seen it year after Tomorrow and tomorrow with eliminations year. Somebody always gets hot scheduled for Sunday. in the last couple of races, and a Olympique Marseille vs Stade de Reims (1500) AlBalooshi has one victory in Second-year Top Fuel driver Khalid AlBalooshi, near lane, launches in a race he won against David Grubnic on four-round lead can deteriorate En Avant Guingamp vs Ajaccio (1800) three final rounds and four addi- quickly. St Louis, Missouri last month. The Dubai native looks to win his second race of the year at the Toyota NHRA FC Lorient vs Sochaux (1800) tional semifinal appearances. He Nationals in Las Vegas this weekend. “The Al-Anabi team has had has won 25 rounds of racing – a really good year, and we would Bastia vs Nice (1800) nine more than his 2012 total – love nothing more than to finish Toulouse vs Stade Rennes (1800) and he has two races remaining. weekend,” alBalooshi said. “Our them out so we can help Shawn NHRA Nationals as the No. 1 it off with a Mello Yello World He is eighth in the NHRA gold Al-Anabi team had some win the Championship. driver in the NHRA Mello Yello Championship for Sheikh Khalid Valenciennes vs Evian Thonon Gaillard FC (1800) Mello Yello Top Fuel point stand- bad luck in the Countdown so “We want to win the race, but Top Fuel point standings. and for Qatar so our team will October 27 ings, and with good performances now we are eighth, but we want we also want to help Al-Anabi He leads second place Doug keep working as hard as we can. If at the remaining races, he can to finish the season the best we win a third world championship Kalitta by 83 points and third we can manage to leave Las Vegas Girondins Bordeaux vs Montpellier HSC (1300) still improve his position. He and can in the last two races. We because we have two cars, but we place Spencer Massey by 85 with a lead like we have now, I’ll Monaco vs Olympique Lyon (1600) his gold Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel want to win the race, but if we are one team. Winning the World points. Langdon has enjoyed a probably be a lot more excited St Etienne vs Paris St Germain (2000) team will do everything in their can help Shawn win the champi- Championship will be good for dream season. He has won six about it.” power to win the season’s last two onship, that will be good, too. If Sheikh Khalid, good for Qatar and races in 10 final-round appear- For additional information on La Liga races, and hopefully, help Langdon we have a chance to race against good for everyone on our team so ances and has advanced to at least the Al-Anabi Racing Team, team Today win the World Championship at Doug (second-place driver Doug I will do anything I can to help the semifinals at 14 of the last 18 manager Alan Johnson or driv- the same time. Kalitta) or Spencer (third-place Shawn close the season with the races. ers Khalid alBalooshi or Shawn Rayo Vallecano vs Real Valladolid (1900) “I am looking forward driver Spencer Massey), our team championship.” His 83-point lead amounts to Langdon, please visit www.alana- Tomorrow to racing in Las Vegas this will do everything it can to take Langdon enters the Toyota the number of points a driver biracing.com. THE PENINSULA Malaga vs Celta Vigo (1400) Barcelona vs Real Madrid (1600) Elche vs Granada CF (1800) Fascinating contest on cards Levante vs Espanyol (2000) October 27 Sevilla vs Osasuna (1100) as Al Sadd take on Al Wakra Villarreal vs Valencia (1600) Real Sociedad vs Almeria (1800) DOHA: Just six weeks into the the thick of the action. Al Wakra QSL Standings Atletico Madrid vs Real Betis (2000) new Qatar Stars League (QSL) should be wary that promise Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts October 28 season and the most unlikely doesn’t ring true. Even if it does, title challenge is emerging. Wakra have their own Brazilian Al Sailiya 5 3 2 0 12 6 6 11 Getafe vs Athletic Club (2100) Last season Al Wakra strug- who is currently helping himself Al Wakra 5 3 2 0 11 6 5 11 Serie A gled to find any consistent form. to goals. Al Sadd 5 3 1 1 10 5 5 10 Al Sailiya faltered even more, Michel Souza is QSL’s top Eljaish 5 2 3 0 4 2 2 9 Tomorrow finishing the season bottom of scorer so far this season with five Lekhwiya 5 2 2 1 12 7 5 8 Sampdoria vs Atalanta Bergamo (1600) the table and avoiding relega- goals to his name. It’s a rich vein Qatar SC 5 2 2 1 6 6 0 8 Inter Milan vs Verona (1845) tion simply because of league of form – yet his goals account for Al Gharafa 5 1 4 0 6 4 2 7 reconstruction. just half of Wakrah’s total number October 27 Al Arabi 5 1 2 2 8 9 -1 5 And yet, these two teams sit of strikes to date. Napoli vs Torino (1130) proudly at the top of the league If Wakra wish to keep the same Al Ahli 5 1 2 2 6 8 -2 5 on 11 points. pace, that form must continue. Al Kharaitiyat 5 1 1 3 5 6 -1 4 Bologna vs Livorno (1400) But today Al Sadd will try and One thing is for sure, this is a Al Khor 5 0 4 1 3 7 -4 4 Catania vs Sassuolo (1400) throw a spanner in the works for game not to miss. Muaither 5 1 1 3 5 13 -8 4 The members of Qatar karate team along with coach Ian Cole (left) at Chievo Verona vs Fiorentina (1400) Al Wakra at Wakra Stadium. Victory for Al Wakra under- Al Rayyan 5 1 0 4 7 12 -5 3 the First Qatar International Karate Championship at Al Sadd Stadium Adnan Derjal has shaped his lines their credibility as challeng- Juventus vs Genoa (1400) Umm Salal 5 0 2 3 7 11 -4 2 in this file picture of Septemebr 21, 2012. The Second edition of the side into a fine unit this season, ers for, at the very least, a top Qatar International Karate Championship begins today. The two-day Parma vs AC Milan (1400) still to taste defeat. Many are four spot. championship organised by Qatar Karate Federation will be held at Al waiting for them to falter but the Three points for Al Sadd could weekend’s match. “We didn’t con- Udinese vs AS Roma (1400) Gharafa club. passionate Iraqi coach will do eve- put them top of the table in their centrate in the last game because Lazio vs Cagliari (1945) rything possible to ensure his side own right – should Al Sailiya fail we didn’t play the way we know enjoy their run as long as possible. to win. we’re capable of. Bundesliga In the opposite dug-out will In the other matches today “Hopefully in this game we can Karate: Qatar keen to Today be Hussein Amotta, the Al Sadd all of which kick off at 6.15pm, get back on track. We’ll look at VfB Stuttgart vs Nuremberg (1830) coach who is slowly but surely Al Sailiya take on Al Khor at our system and see if we can do getting the current QSL cham- home, while Qatar Sports Club any different to achieve a good Tomorrow pions firing on all cylinders. clash with Al Arabi at Qatar SC result. impress at local event Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Augsburg (1330) Al Wakra-Al Sadd promises to Stadium, all Sebastiao Lazaroni “It was a tough week trying to be a fascinating contest. side will looking forward to understand the defeat but this is DOHA: Qatar karate players Qatar will also compete for the Bayern Munich vs Hertha Berlin (1330) As always, Spanish superstar quickly forget the 4-0 mauling usual in football.” are keen to put up a good show top prize in the team event along Mainz vs Eintracht Braunschweig (1330) Raul is pulling the strings for they suffered in the last round In the last match of the day, at the Second International with 16 national teams of various Hanover 96 vs Hoffenheim (1330) Sadd. match when they take on Al two bottom placed teams Umm Karate Championship which countries. Just this week, team-mate Arabi today. Salal and Al Rayyan will seek a kicks off today at Al Gharafa The championship will be held Schalke 04 vs Borussia Dortmund (1330) Khalfan Ibrahim admitted having The Brazilian coach said his trun around at Qatar SC Stadium Club. in three categories, seniors, jun- VfL Wolfsburg vs Werder Bremen (1630) the former Real Madrid on the side is determined they won’t at 8.30pm. Last year, the Qatar national iors and cadet.The seniors will pitch was like having a coach in make the same mistake in this THE PENINSULA team and Qatar Sports Club had compete in the +78kg, -78kg October 27 fielded competitors. and -68kg and the Kumite team Freiburg vs Hamburg SV (1430) While Qatar SC finished fifth event. The juniors will see action Qatar Stars Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Eintracht overall with a silver and bronze, in -65kg, -75kg and +75kg. In the Frankfurt (1630) League Schedule the Qatar national team bagged cadet section competitors will vie four bronze medals. for top honurs in -57kg, 70kg and Dutch championship Today’s Matches Egypt topped the medals tally +70KG. Today Al Wakra vs Al Sadd, with six gold while Tunisia with The winners in the senior cat- Al Wakra Stadium, 6.15pm one gold and two bronze, and egory will get 1500 Euros and the NEC Nijmegen vs Heerenveen (1800) Al Khor vs Al Sailiya, Saudi Arabia with a tally of three second place winner 700 Euros, Tomorrow Al Khor Stadium, 6.15pm silver and two bronze finished sec- while the two bronze medal win- Qatar SC vs Al Arabi, ond and third. ners each will get 500 Euros. ADO Den Haag vs Twente Enschede (1645) Qatar SC Stadium, 6.15pm This year around 170 players In the junior category, the top NAC Breda vs Go Ahead Eagles Deventer (1745) from 17 countries are taking part. prize winner will be richer by 1000 Umm Salal vs Al Rayyan, SC Cambuur vs Utrecht (1745) Qatar SC Stadium, 8.30pm Players from French, Italy, Euros and the second place win- Ajax Amsterdam vs RKC Waalwijk (1845) Tomorrow’s Matches Hungary, Azerbaijan, Iran, ner will collect 500 Euros and the Turkey, Jordan, Oman, Iraq, Saudi bronze medal winners 300 Euros Al Kharaitiyat vs Al Ahli, October 27 Arabia, Bahrain, Algeria, Tunisia, each. For the cadet category the Al Khor Stadium, 6.15pm United Arab Emirates, Morocco, top medal winner’s purse is 700 Roda JC Kerkrade vs PSV Eindhoven (1130) Muaither SC vs El Jaish, besides hosts Qatar will be taking Euros and 300 Euros for the sec- Feyenoord vs Heracles Almelo (1330) Al Gharafa Stadium, 8.30pm Al Sadd coach Hussein Amotta (left) and Al Wakra coach Adnan Derjal, part in the championship which ond place. The third place win- Al Gharafa vs Lekhwiya, Al Gharafa on the eve of their Qatar Stars League (QSL) match today at Wakra PEC Zwolle vs AZ Alkmaar (1330) Stadium. will end on Saturday. ners will pocket 150 Euros each. Stadium, 8.30pm Clubs from UAE, France and THE PENINSULA Vitesse Arnhem vs Groningen (1530) FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

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SYDNEY: Injured Australia captain Michael Clarke is back run feast against Pakistan in the nets and could return to competitive action by the end of the month in a major boost to the hosts before the start of the South African captain unbeaten on 227; De Villiers hits century Ashes series on November 21. The 32-year-old batsman, who ABU DHABI: Captain Graeme the top-ranked team firmly in has suffered from a recurring Smith hit an unbeaten double command. lower back problem for several century as South Africa went Smith, recently recovered from years, was left out of the ongoing on a merciless scoring spree to ankle surgery and looking con- one-day tour of India to rest up establish a 361-run lead over siderably leaner after a tough before the visit of England. Pakistan on the second day pre-tour fitness regime, batted “Michael is progressing well of the second Test in Dubai for more than 10 hours, passed and recently recommenced bat- yesterday. 9000 Test runs and notched his ting in the nets,” team physio- Smith was 227 not out and a fifth double century in a dominant therapist Alex Kountouris said in cramping AB de Villiers scored innings. a Cricket Australia news release an unbeaten 157 as the pair set It is also the highest Test score yesterday. a new South African fifth wicket this year. “At this stage we are aiming to partnership record of 326 to put He offered Pakistan only one have him fit to play the second chance late in the day when he round of the Sheffield Shield, but looked to have been caught off we have not ruled out the possibil- Scoreboard Azhar Ali but even after a review ity of him playing the first round it proved inconclusive and Smith of the Shield season if he makes Pakistan ( I innings) ...... 99 batted on. better than expected progress.” South Africa ( I innings) De Villiers was dropped first Clarke’s New South Wales A Petersen lbw Zulfiqar Babar ...... 26 ball by wicketkeeper Adnan play Tasmania in the first round G Smith (batting) ...... 227 AB de Villiers plays a shot on the second day of the second Test against Akmal off Mohammad Irfan and of the domestic Sheffield Shield D Elgar c Azhar Ali b Saeed Ajmal ...... 23 Pakistan in Dubai yesterday. RIGHT: Graeme Smith of South Africa went on to punish the Pakistan competition from October 30 to J Kallis lbw Saeed Ajmal ...... 7 celebrates after reaching his double century. attack as he notched his 17th Test November 2. Their second round D Steyn b Mohammad Irfan ...... 7 century despite suffering from fixture is against Victoria and AB de Villiers (batting)...... 157 cramps in the oppressive heat. from their overnight tally of 128 early and put Pakistan in to bat commences on November 6. Extras (b-4 lb-7 w-2) ...... 13 But he lived a much more for three. for their second innings, after dis- England, who won the first Total (for four wickets, 134 overs) 460 charmed life, surviving a close Nightwatchman Dale Steyn missing them for 99 in the first Ashes encounter of the year 3-0 To bat: JP Duminy, F. du Plessis, V. Philander, run out call and another review was the only wicket to fall yes- innings. to retain the urn for a third suc- M Morkel,Imran Tahir. when he looked trapped leg before terday, bowled by Irfan without Pakistan lead the two-match cessive series, are scheduled to Fall of wickets: 1-37 2-91 3-119 4-134. by Saeed Ajmal straight after tea. offering a shot for seven in the series 1-0 after winning the first arrive in Perth in the early hours Bowling: Mohammad Irfan 27-4-84-1 (1w), Just a single wicket fell on first session before lunch. Test in Abu Dhabi last week. today morning. Junaid Khan; 27-2-99-0 (1w), Saeed Ajmal the second day as South Africa South Africa now have the The Tests are being played in the The first Test takes place at 43.4-5-132-2, Zulfiqar Babar scored 332 runs in the three ses- option of continuing to bat on Gulf due to security concerns in the Gabba in Brisbane before fur- 31.2-2-112-1, Azhar Ali 5-0-22-0. sions, moving on considerably the third day on Friday or declare Pakistan. REUTERS ther matches in Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Meanwhile, Australia opener ‘Voice of cricket’ David Warner fell three runs short of the first double century Benaud stable Bangladesh battle back in domestic one-day cricket yes- terday, continuing a rich run of after car crash form which could earn him an international recall for the Ashes series next month. SYDNEY: Former Australia against New Zealand Playing for New South Wales captain Richie Benaud against Victoria in the semi-final (Pictured), the voice of cricket MIRPUR, Bangladesh: of a provincial one day tourna- for millions of television viewers, Mominul Haque struck an Scoreboard ment at North Sydney Oval, the has been injured in a car acci- unbeaten century as Bangladesh Bangladesh ( I innings) ...... 282 5; Abdur Razzak 23-1-96-2; Rubel Hossain fiery 26-year-old hammered 197 dent and will remain in hospital battled back bravely against New Zealand ( I innings) 18-1-81-0 (1nb, 1w) ; Nasir Hossain 3-1-7-1; off 144 balls before being caught for the next few days, Channel New Zealand to leave the sec- PG Fulton lbw b Shakib Al Hasan ...... 14 Mominul Haque 3-0-7-0 on the boundary. Nine said yesterday. ond Test and series up for grabs Rutherford c M Haque b S Al Hasan ...... 13 Bangladesh ( II innings) The knock, which included 20 The 83-year-old, who led after an entertaining fourth day Williamson c T Iqbal b Abdur Razzak ...... 62 Tamim Iqbal c Taylor b Williamson ...... 70 fours and 10 sixes, was the highest Australia to three successive in Mirpur yesterday. Taylor c N Hossain b Shakib Al Hasan ..53 Anamul Haque c Fulton b Wagner ...... 22 one-day domestic individual score, Ashes series victories in the The 22-year-old left hander McCullum* c R Hossain b S Al Hasan....11 Marshall Ayub c Taylor b Wagner ...... 9 beating the 187 Jimmy Maher 1950s and 1960s, crashed his car was 126 not out alongside C J Anderson c S Gazi b A Hossain .....116 Mominul Haque (batting) ...... 126 scored for Queensland against into a low wall as he drove to his Shakib Al Hasan (32) at the BJ Watling (not out) ...... 70 Shakib Al Hasan (batting) ...... 32 Western Australia in 2004. home in the Sydney beachside close as the hosts reached 269-3 Bracewell c M Rahim b S Al Hasan ...... 17 Extras (B 8, LB 1, NB 1) ...... 10 With three centuries in four suburb of Coogee on Wednesday in their second innings for a 114 N Wagner c Marshall Ayub b N Hossain .8 Total (3 wickets; 89 overs) ...... 269 matches in the competition, morning. run lead. IS Sodhi run out (Mominul Haque) ...... 58 To bat: Nasir Hossain, Sohag Gazi, Rubel Hos- Warner has accumulated 527 runs Despite sustaining chest and New Zealand could only add 18 TA Boult lbw b Abdur Razzak ...... 4 sain, Al-Amin Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Mushfiqur at an average of 75 - a run of form shoulder injuries, Benaud was Benaud would normally be to their overnight score with Ish Extras (B 4, LB 4, W 2, NB 1) ...... 11 Rahim* that will not have been missed by in a stable condition and alert expected to be in the commen- Sodhi (58) run out by Mominul Total (all out; 140 overs) ...... 437 Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-55, 3-212 selectors with the first Ashes test enough to joke that he was more tary box for the first day of the and Abdur Razzak trapping Trent Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-32, 3-101, 4-127, Bowling: TA Boult 16-2-62-0; DAJ Bracewell less than a month away. concerned about his car - a 1963 first Test of the Ashes series Boult (4) leg before wicket as the 5-267, 6-287, 7-318, 8-335, 9-428, 10-437 14-2-47-0 (1nb); N Wagner 18-4-52-2; S Warner was left out of Sunbeam Alpine - than his own against England in Brisbane on tourists were all out for 437, a Bowling: Al-Amin Hossain 16-3-58-1; Sohag Sodhi 14-2-37-0; Corey J Anderson 9-2-18-0 Australia’s limited overs squads health. November 21. first innings lead of 155. Gazi 34-8-77-0; Shakib Al Hasan 43-13-103- KS Williamson 18-4-44-1 for the ongoing tour of India. “Richie’s remarkable,” his wife Channel Nine chief executive Bangladesh, looking for a first Warner’s innings yesterday Daphne was quoted as saying. David Gyngell, though, said the Test win over the Black Caps, (22) and Marshall Ayub (9) both Test century in fine style with a helped New South Wales to vic- “At first I was quite concerned “national treasure” would return started their second innings caught in the slips. But Mominul slog sweep four over mid on, one tory by four wickets and they will but today he’s looking unbeliev- to work when he was “good and poorly and were 55-2 after seamer steadied the ship. of 16 boundaries he hit in his play Queensland in the final on ably well.” ready”. REUTERS Neil Wagner had Anamul Haque Mominul brought up his second impressive knock. REUTERS Sunday. AGENCIES

European Tour BMW Moore in front by two Guthrie grabs BMW lead Masters scores Scores from the European Tour BMW Masters at the par-72 course yesterday in SHANGHAI: American Luke shots at CIMB Classic Shanghai Guthrie left a quartet of former 65 Luke Guthrie (US) 65 world number ones trailing in his KUALA LUMPUR: Ryan break by firing a bogey-free round, wake with a blistering start to 68 John Daly (US) 68 Moore made light of a demand- which was matched by European the BMW Masters in Shanghai 69 Peter Uihlein (US) 69 ing 9,000 mile trip from Las Ryder Cup winner Garcia. yesterday, firing a seven-under 70 Simon Dyson (Britain) 70 Vegas to Kuala Lumpur to fire REUTERS 65 to sit three shots clear of Craig Lee (Britain) 70 a first round nine-under 63 in compatriot John Daly. the PGA Tour’s CIMB Classic The 23-year-old, who turned Paul Casey (Britain) 70 yesterday, while Phil Mickelson US PGA Tour CIMB professional last year, had only Pablo Larrazabal (Spain) 70 endured a frustrating day and Classic scores 19 putts in his bogey-free round Gregory Bourdy (France) 70 wound up eight shots off the Scores from the US PGA Tour CIMB Classic which was boosted by an eagle at pace. Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 70 at the par-72 course yesterday in Kuala the par-five 15th when he holed American Moore leads former Graeme McDowell (Britain) 70 Lumpur a flop shot from the bank by the US PGA Champion Keegan green after chipping in for birdie 71 Huang Wenyi (China) 71 Bradley (65) by two and Spain’s 63 Ryan Moore (US) 63 on the previous hole. John Daly of the US retrieves the ball Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 71 Sergio Garcia (66) by three at the 65 Keegan Bradley (US) 65 from the 2nd hole during the Pro-Am Guthrie, playing on the Rory McIlroy (Britain) 71 $7m event at the Kuala Lumpur 66 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 66 European Tour for the first time, event of the BMW Shanghai Masters Golf and Country Club. 67 Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 67 golf tournament at the Lake Malaren 72 Maximilian Kieffer (Germany) 72 was one of just 13 players to shoot Moore, who made the gruelling Boo Weekley (US) 67 under par as blustering winds Golf Club in Shanghai, yesterday. David Horsey (Britain) 72 trip to Malaysia after playing in Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand) 67 made scoring tough at the Lake Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 72 Las Vegas last weekend, opened Chris Kirk (US) 67 Malaren golf course. Scott Jamieson (Britain) 72 his round with a bogey before Chris Stroud (US) 67 “It was a great day,” Guthrie, Francesco Molinari (Italy) 72 running off 10 birdies at the who finished fifth in Las Vegas British Open and US PGA you want to execute and hit solid 78-man elite field tournament, co- 68 Gary Woodland (US) 68 Tommy Fleetwood (Britain) 72 last week on the US PGA Tour, Champion now ranked 447 in shots.” Another American, Peter sanctioned by the Asian Tour, to KJ Choi (South Korea) 68 Lee Westwood (Britain) 72 told reporters. the world and relying on spon- Uihlein, shot a 69 to sit in third, leave him thinking of a third Tour Martin Laird (Britain) 68 “It was one of the better rounds sors invitations to compete, fired one ahead of a cast of more famil- Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 72 win. “Obviously it’s a great score. 69 Charley Hoffman (US) 69 I’ve ever played. I was really look- a bogey-free round of 68 to sit iar European Tour names at two- It’s a great way to start a week,” 73 Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 73 Nicholas Thompson (US) 69 ing forward to this tournament alone in second at the high-cal- under including former US Open Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 73 the 31-year-old told reporters. on my schedule, and just can’t be ibre field event. champion Graeme McDowell. “Really the last time I had a Shiv Kapur (India) 69 more happy to be here.” “After not playing a competi- The Northern Irishman, back Wu Ashun (China) 73 good round like this to start, I Charles Howell III (US) 69 Daly, commonly known as ‘Wild tive round in about 14, 15 weeks, after a five week absence, enjoyed Marcus Fraser (Australia) 73 won the tournament. That was in 70 Stewart Cink (US) 70 Thing’, made the most of his first it felt pretty good,” said Daly, who an eventful round, easily holing Marc Warren (Britain) 73 Vegas last year,” he added, refer- Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) 70 tournament appearance since has been recovering from elbow the longest put of the day when Julien Quesne (France) 73 ring to his victory at the Shriners Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 70 July’s Greenbrier Classic on the surgery. he sank a near 100 foot effort for Hospitals for Children Open. Brett Rumford (Australia) 73 Richard Lee (US) 70 PGA Tour. “I just stayed calm and when eagle on the par five 13th. Bradley enjoyed a welcome Wade Ormsby (Australia) 70 The 47-year-old, a former you haven’t played in a while, REUTERS Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 73 return to action after a two-week LATEST NEWS UPDATES FROM PHILIPPINPHILIPPINES

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Serena Williams MENA Tour WTA semi-finals of the US reacts during her WTA DOHA: The inaugural Qatar tennis champi- Classic will be launched in Doha Kerber races past Radwanska; Li Na wins onships match next week as part of the MENA against Petra Golf Tour’s ambitious drive to Kvitova of the expand the base of golf in the ISTANBUL, Turkey: WTA Championships one-sided contest looked in the Czech Republic vibrant Gulf state and across Defending champion Serena cards. the region. at Sinan Erdem Williams made sure of a place women’s results However, Jankovic showed Sanctioned by the Qatar Golf Dome in Istanbul, in the semi-finals of the WTA Results from the WTA Championships admirable resolve to fend off the Association, the tournament will yesterday. Championships with a 6-2, 6-3 Women’s Singles Round Robin matches danger before wrestling back the be held at the Doha Golf Club, win over Petra Kvitova, the 2011 yesterday initiative with some typically home to the European Tour’s champion, yesterday. Red Group stubborn baseline defense. Commercial Bank Qatar Open, The American was relentlessly Marrying superhuman court from October 27 to 30, under- 1-Serena Williams (US) bt 5-Petra Kvitova focussed against her gifted Czech coverage with some precise pass- scoring the growing strength of (Czech Republic) 6-2, 6-3 opponent, who had led 4-1 in the ing shots, the Serb dominated the the tour. 8-Angelique Kerber (Germany) bt final set when the two last met, rest of the set, winning five con- Boasting a prize fund of 3-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-2, 6-2 eight months ago in a magnificent secutive points - the last a fine $50,000, the newest showpiece -- match in Doha, but Williams was White Group forehand passing shot after yet the eighth stop on the tour sched- never headed this time. 4-Li Na (China) bt 7-Jelena Jankovic another energy-sapping rally - to ule this year – will see a quality Then Kvitova’s angular serving (Serbia) 6-3 2-6 6-3 claim the pivotal break at 4-3. field battle it for honours as the and flat hitting had done constant Just as Jankovic looked to be race to the Order of Merit titles damage. minutes. “Today wasn’t only about running away with it, Li came approaches its business end. Now she was reduced to strik- technique,” Li said in her on-court back once more to capture the The tour, which came into being ing some good blows as an enter- interview. first break of the decider. While in 2011, has already grown expo- taining digression to the flow “I think both of us were playing this advantage proved a fleeting Your TV guide for nentially, expanding its schedule of heavy winners coming in the unbelievable today, so it was more one, the No.4 seed was not to be from four events on its schedule other direction. mental, and I was really happy I denied, striking again to go 5-3 in the inaugural year to 10 till It lasted only 72 minutes and could play well again at the end up thanks to a vicious crosscourt live matches today date, covering a vast expanse of it was Williams’s third win in her of the match.” backhand winner, before serving the MENA region that includes group, leaving her with a day’s In a battle of aggressor against it out moments later. Event Competition Time Channel new stops this year in Morocco, rest before she seeks a place in counterpuncher, at first Jankovic In her final round robin match, Nigeria vs Iraq FIFA World Cup U-17 16:00 HD6 Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar the final by taking on the runner- looked in real danger of being Li will face Azarenka, knowing besides the UAE up in the other group. blown away amidst of whirlwind that victory will assure her of top Sweden vs Mexico FIFA World Cup U-17 16:00 +3 The primary aim of the tour That could be Jelena Jankovic, if Li winners. spot in the White Group. Al Wakrah vs Al Sadd Qatar Stars League 17:30 Global is to provide emerging players, Li Na, or Victoria Azarenka. Despite withstanding this early Meanwhile, Angelique Kerber especially from the region, a plat- Al Khor vs Al Sailiya Qatar Stars League 18:15 1 Na took a significant step storm to draw level at 3-3, Li breathed new life into her cam- form to play against a competent toward reaching the semi-finals of was soon back on the front foot, paign with an impressive victory Qatar vs Arabi Qatar Stars League 18:15 +2 international field. Of particular the Paribas WTA Championships deservedly taking the opening set over Agnieszka Radwanska. Austria vs Iran FIFA World Cup U-17 19:00 HD4 significance is the participation of - Istanbul for the first time with after another break in the eighth Kerber hit 31 winners and just players, both amateurs and pro- a rollercoaster victory over game. 11 unforced errors as she brushed Argentina vs Canada FIFA World Cup U-17 19:00 +3 fessionals, from the region, espe- Jankovic yesterday. Seven weeks ago, Li required aside No.3 seed Radwanska, 62 62, Umm Salal vs Al Rayyan Qatar Stars League 20:30 Global cially Morocco, and that has put In a contest where both players just 57 minutes to see off Jankovic in just 58 minutes. Arab talent on centre-stage. Nantes vs Lille Ligue 1 21:30 HD6 enjoyed periods in the ascendancy, in the fourth round of the US “I’m feeling very good, I was Previously, they were compet- it was Li that eventually pre- Open, and when she carved out playing very well from the first Rayo vs Valladolid La Liga 22:00 +3 ing in regional events, but this vailed, wrapping up a 6-3, 2-6, two more break points in the first point,” Kerber said. Newells vs Godoy Cruz Argentine Primera División 22:05 +1 tour, in simple words, has ignited 6-3 win after two hours and 11 game of the second set another AGENCIES their desire to succeed, which is paramount to producing a future generation of champions. Guaranteed spots in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic for the top three professionals and the lead- Organisers refuse to write off Indian GP future ing amateur on their respective orders of merit are the added GREATER NOIDA, India: continue. “Such a massive facility carried out his circuit inspection blow but organisers were not will- debut, after being postponed from incentive besides the attractive Indian Grand Prix organisers has been made here, an invest- this week and given it a ringing ing to write off their investment. 2013, with the schedule making prize money for players. have expressed renewed opti- ment of more than $400m in the endorsement. He and Gaur recognised there it the middle race of a triple- Seven events have already been mism about the prospects of circuit apart from the licence fee. The last two days, he added, were tax issues to resolve with header on successive weekends played on this season’s tour. their Formula One event despite We have a contract so I see no had seen a big change in attitude. state and central government with Monaco and Canada. Morocco, Qatar and Oman fears Sunday’s race will be the reason why we won’t come back,” “There was a lot of scepticism that affected the teams but talks Austria is on for a comeback featured for the first time on the last at the Buddh International said Gaur. until the day before yesterday,” would be sought to resolve them. next year while Mexico is sched- 2013 schedule which gave the tour Circuit. “About the organisers’ finances, he said in his office at the circuit. “There will be scepticism uled to return for the first time truly a regional flavour. The fact The race near New Delhi has I would say we had to prove in “But Sameer and I have been (about the race coming back) since 1992. that players from over 30 coun- been dropped from the 2014 cal- 2011 our credibility of making having a lot of chats on this and because of it not being on the cal- Both those races are in coun- tries compete on the tour events endar, even though there are two the circuit and holding the race. we even met with FOM (Formula endar for 2014 but let’s not forget tries with a motor racing herit- shows the tour has a global appeal. more years on the contract, with We did that. So the credibility One Management) this morning,” the 2014 calendar would still have age and Formula One involvement If the tour events provide play- issues of taxation and finance seen is already there and I am pretty he continued. two races that may not run - New dating back decades, however, ers, especially from the MENA as major roadblocks to any even- sure that we shall be doing the “He (Gaur) came by this morn- Jersey and Mexico,” he added. and Sauber’s Indian-born team region, an opportunity to hone tual return. races. ing and said ‘Look, we are going Next year’s calendar currently principal Monisha Kaltenborn their skills against a top-class However race promoter “As far as I am concerned the to do 2015’. He said we’ve got to has a record 22 races listed, said India’s situation was very field, they also provide some pro- Sameer Gaur and Indian motor- (2015) race is on,” he added. push 2015 and 2016 and he’s even compared to 19 this season, with different. fessionals a perfect platform to sports chief Vicky Chandhok, who Chandhok, father of former F1 speaking of five years beyond.” asterisks against New Jersey, “We have been here three years fine tune their game ahead of had sounded gloomy only a few racer Karun, said the turnaround Chandhok said the fall in the Mexico and South Korea. now and we have not really estab- Qualifying Schools in Europe and days ago, both said yesterday that had come after Formula One race value of the rupee in the last year Teams have expressed doubts lished the sport that well,” she Asian, in particular. there was a new determination to director Charlie Whiting had and a half had been a big financial about New Jersey making its told reporters. 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Football: Nepal win friendly against Qatar Qatar Volleyball Association Federation Cup

Action from the Qatar Volleyball Association Federation Cup match between Eljaish and Al Qiyada at Al Arabi Stadium Indoor Hall in Doha, yesterday. The Federation Cup, a traditional lung-opener of the Qatar Volleyball Association’s activities for senior teams, has a record 12 teams taking part in it. The teams have been divided into two groups. Group A consists of Eljaish, Al Rayyan, Police, Al Gharafa, Al Qiyada and Al Action from the Qatar and Nepal friendly football match at Al Arabi Stadium in Doha, yesterday. Nepal won 6-0. Wakra. Group B has Al Arabi, Al Ahli, Al Shamal, Al Sadd, Al Khor and Qatar SC. The final is scheduled on PICTURE BY: ABDUL BASIT October 31. PICTURE BY: ABDUL BASIT

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MUSCAT 32/24 Clear 32/24 Partly cloudy KUWAIT 31/23 Partly cloudy 33/22 Clear Married people fatter, happier BAHRAIN 30/23 Clear 31/23 Clear SANAA 24/09 Partly cloudy 24/08 Clear WASHINGTON: Want to live A life partner provides an out- a little more than we should. explanation: People eat more when RIYADH 32/17 Clear 33/17 Clear a long life? Get married. Study let to discuss personal stresses. While less than 33 percent of they’re together. DUBAI 33/26 Clear 34/27 Clear after study has shown that (One medical argument in favor us are obese between the ages A 1992 study that asked par- BAGHDAD 32/15 Clear 31/15 Partly cloudy married people, particularly of legalising same-sex marriage is of 20 and 39, nearly 40 percent ticipants to record their food married men, live significantly that gay people have significantly of Americans older than 60 are consumption for a week found THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW longer than their single friends. lower stress levels when married.) obese. It’s a bit of a paradox that that eating with one companion HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Some of the research is over- Married people may remain marriage is connected to both lon- increased meal size by 41 percent all correlation, while other stud- more intellectually engaged with gevity and obesity, one of the pri- compared with eating alone, while ATHENS 22/14 Clear 22/15 Clear ies look at specific diseases and others, which helps avoid demen- mary contributors to early death. breaking bread with six or more WASHINGTON 12/03 Partly cloudy 14/06 Clear possible mechanisms. Doctors at tia. And healthy people may be people increased an individual’s SYDNEY 23/11 Clear 23/13 Mostly cloudy Harvard tossed some more data more likely to attract a mate and MARRIAGE AND caloric intake by a whopping 76 on the pile last month, showing marry than unhealthy people. WEIGHT GAIN percent. Other studies have found LONDON 18/12 Rain 17/11 Mostly cloudy that married patients were more It’s not all good news for mar- somewhat more modest increases, PARIS 19/15 Rain 20/15 Mostly cloudy likely to identify cancer in its early ried people, though: Marriage also but the effect is remarkably ISTANBUL 16/12 Partly cloudy 16/11 Partly cloudy stages and less likely to die from increases obesity rates. Getting The nature of the connection consistent. MANILA 29/24 Mostly cloudy 30/24 Partly cloudy the disease than their unmarried married raises the risk of a woman between marriage and weight gain Why do we eat more when we DHAKA 25/21 T-storm 22/20 Rain peers. Epidemiologists refer to becoming overweight by 3.9 per- is a matter of conjecture. eat with others? It may be a result DELHI 30/19 Partly cloudy 30/18 Partly cloudy the well-established correlation centage points compared to peers One plausible explanation is the of social norms. Communal meals ISLAMABAD 30/15 Partly cloudy 30/16 Partly cloudy between marriage and longev- who did not marry, and marriage “marriage market hypothesis”: tend to last longer than eating ity as the “marriage protection increases her risk of obesity by 1.4 Single people remain thin for no solo, and people who sit in front hypothesis.” percentage points. other reason than to attract a of food can’t resist eating it. The marriage protection The effect is more pronounced mate. Once you’ve legally obligated Another possible explanation is hypothesis isn’t entirely sur- for men. Married men see a 6.1 someone to stick with you through our habit of mimicking our din- prising. Unlike the connection percentage point rise in the risk sickness and health, there’s no ing companions: When they take Norwegian hunter misses between alcohol and longevity, of becoming overweight and a 3.3 compelling reason to eat right and a bite, we take a bite. More people which still lacks a fully coherent percentage point increase in the exercise. But that theory flies in means more cues to eat. The habit moose, shoots man in toilet explanation, there are a handful risk of obesity. the face of the overall marriage may, alternatively, lie deep in evo- of intuitive and attractive reasons Obesity likely takes a sizable protection hypothesis. lutionary history. OSLO: A Norwegian hunter took aim at a moose, but missed why marriage might extend your cut out of any longevity benefits of If people quit smoking, wear Sharing food may be a harmless and accidentally hit a man sitting on the toilet in a nearby cabin life. marriage. More than one-third of sunscreen, and eschew suicide gesture of friendship for marmo- yesterday, police said. Having a family gives people Americans are obese. It is a major for the sake of their families, why sets, and it may have made sense The bullet whizzed past the animal, pierced the wooden wall something to live for, which may risk factor for the leading cause of would they allow themselves to for our hunter-gatherer ances- behind it and struck the man, in his seventies, in the stomach, the discourage risky behaviours like death, heart disease. The number become obese? (It’s important tors, who were far more likely to force told public broadcaster NRK. smoking and riding a motorcycle. of Americans living with diabetes, to note that mere age is not the die from scarcity than from the The victim was flown by helicopter to hospital but his injury was Married men commit suicide at another illness linked to obesity, explanation for the link between sequelae of diabetes. not life-threatening, said the policeman who led the investigation, lower rates than singles, possibly doubled from 1998 to 2013. obesity and marriage. Researchers Our social customs, how- Anders Stroemsaether. for the same reason. Your spouse The proportion of adults who control for our tendency to gain ever, must evolve with us. There The hunter was taken in for questioning in Hvaler district, about may urge you to get a mammo- are obese increases with age; obes- weight as we get older, and the cor- are better things to share 120km southeast of the capital of Oslo, said the force. The moose gram, wear sunscreen or have that ity can be caused by the cumula- relation is still easily detectable.) with your spouse than dessert. escaped unscathed. REUTERS worrisome mole checked out. tive effect of years of eating just There may be a simple WP-BLOOMBERG

Michael Jackson Astronomers regains crown Chess Palace helps kids learn, play discover most as top-earning BUDAPEST: Ten-year-old musical notes, depending on the Tamas Katona hopes one day to subject taught. distant galaxy dead celebrity be a chess champion, but in the At a class presentation for meantime his love of the game about 15 teachers, seven-year-olds CAPE CANAVERAL: NEW YORK: Michael Jackson is helping him to master the moved so fast from one exercise to Astronomers have found the regained the title of the high- skills that should help him in another it was difficult to follow most distant galaxy yet, a dis- est-earning dead celebrity in school and later life. what subject they were practising. covery that pushes back sci- the past year, easily surpass- The boy lives in Hungary where “This sword costs 17 chess thal- entists’ view of the universe to ing Elvis Presley and cartoonist the world’s best female chess ers (dollars). What do you think about 700 million years after Charles Schulz, Forbes maga- player, Judit Polgar, has turned we should pay for it, Csongor?” it is thought to have come into zine said. a school into “chess wonderland” the teacher asks a boy. existence. After being pushed into sec- catering precisely for students “Two rooks and a knight,” the Light from the galaxy, des- ond place by Elizabeth Taylor such as Katona. boy replies promptly, then pauses ignated by scientists as z8_ last year, Jackson, who died in Polgar and her two sisters — for a second, computing the value GND_5296, took about 13.1 billion 2009, was back on top with esti- Zsuzsa (Susan) and Zsofia (Sofia) assigned to each chess piece in the years to reach the orbiting Hubble mated earnings of $160m in the — won the 1988 Chess Olympiad game. “And a bishop and a pawn,” Space Telescope and the Keck 12 months from October 2012 to for Hungary’s female team, end- he quickly added. Observatory in Hawaii, both of 2013. ing Soviet dominance. Judit The exercises also help develop which detected the galaxy in “He earned the bulk of his Polgar joined men’s tournaments memory. At the presentation the infrared light. bucks from two Cirque du Soleil and became one of the top play- children put 16 pieces on the “We are learning so much about shows, his Mijac Music catalog, ers in the world, demolishing the board randomly, and then posed a region so far back in time it’s recorded music sales and his myth that chess is the mental World’s best female chess player, Judit Polgar, shows her Chessplayground questions to two boys who turned hard to comprehend. This galaxy half of the Sony/ATV publish- sport of smart men. iPad application to children at the Dezso Lemhenyi school. away from the board. we’re seeing is almost 13.1 billion ing empire — which includes the These days Polgar, who has two “How many pieces are on years ago and so this was some- copyright to hits by the Beatles, children, spends much of her time through difficult school subjects. A few years ago, the Dezso the white diagonal line (across thing like 8 billion years before Lady Gaga, Eminem and Taylor implementing a special teaching The pieces range in size from 1 Lemhenyi school — which apart the chess board)?” a girl asked. our sun was even born,” said lead Swift, among others,” Forbes said. programme called the “Chess cm (under half an inch) tall to a from its use of chess as a teaching “Three,” came the correct researcher Steven Finkelstein, Presley was a distant second Palace” that puts chess thinking metre in height. tool serves as a normal, full-time response. Polgar has produced a an assistant professor with the with $55m, followed by Schulz, at the heart of learning. Chairs, walls and carpets also primary school — was struggling Chessplayground application on University of Texas at Austin. the creator of the Peanuts comic “We don’t want to raise chess sport chess motifs. for survival. iPad in which children arrive on Surprisingly, out of a pool of strip, who came in third for the players here, but we’d like to The pieces, whose combinations Now teachers come from other a “Chess Planet” via a spaceship. 43 candidate distant galaxies, second consecutive year with $37 use chess to teach children ... to and moves represent mathemati- parts of Hungary and from the Chess helps children learn by z8_GND_5296 was the only one million. think logically and be able to use cal, linguistic or musical patterns, United States and Britain to see playing and building on their that revealed the key chemical Taylor dropped to fourth place that skill in their everyday lives,” help children develop their skills the Chess Palace. interests in the visual culture of evidence needed to confirm its with earnings of $25m, a huge dip Polgar said. in chess and in their school stud- Chess is taught in many coun- the digital age, Polgar said after distance. from last year when her estate In the Chess Palace — as in ies while making the learning tries, but not in this way. a lesson. The galaxy, which is about a bil- pulled in an estimated $210m with Lewis Carroll’s “Through the process a more joyous exercise. The main difference is that in “It is a complicated sport and lion times as massive as the sun, much of it from the auction of her Looking-Glass” — the pieces “I love this (chess) very much the Hungarian version all knowl- in this respect that is very good. has two unusual characteristics, jewels. come to life. They have names as it’s a game and at the same edge that children are supposed to It has six different pieces that which may be a factor in why it Reggae star Bob Marley like Jumpy Horse, Boom Rook, time it teaches me. It’s a game of learn in school is integrated into move in six different ways, so they is visible, while potential sister rounded out the top five with Tiny Pawn and are like close logic that develops the brain in a a system where the chess pieces can combine (them) into various galaxies are not. earnings of $18m. REUTERS friends who guide the children great way,” Katona said. act as numbers, letters or even games,” she said. REUTERS REUTERS