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FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 • 2 Jumada II 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6732 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Emir attends closing event of Saudi military drill

Smoke rose from targets on the ground and commando-repelled heli- The 12-day ‘Northern copters, news agencies reported. Thunder’ manoeuvres Fighter jets streaked through the sky, releasing orange flares, artillery by 20 nations from shells whistled through the air and the Middle East, heavy machine gun fire boomed from across the drill site, which stretched Africa and Asia for dozens of kilometres. aimed to boost unity Saudi Arabia’s Chief of Staff General Abdulrahman Al Bunyan commanded of ranks, ward off the exercise and called it “the largest dangers facing Arab Arab and Islamic military gathering” and Islamic nations, in the region. He described the event as one of the largest military exercises maintain security and in terms of the number of participat- stability and raise ing troops and the widening zone of military operations that cover the pre- the levels of combat sumptive theatre of northern region readiness. operation, Saudi Press Agency reported. General Al Bunyan said the exercise aimed to boost unity of ranks, ward off the dangers facing Arab and Islamic The Peninsula & Agencies nations, maintain security and stability and raise the levels of combat read- iness. Military forces from 20 states participated in response to the invi- DOHA/ HAFR AL BATIN: Emir H H Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attending the closing manoeuvre of ‘Raad Al Shamal’ (North Thunder) Exercise. With him are the tation of Saudi Arabia, preceded by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al holding conferences to develop the yesterday joined other leaders of the Bashir, Kuwait Emir H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif concept and planning. Arrival of troops Arab and Islamic states at the closing and UAE Vice-President and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. to the gathering area took three days ceremony of Raad Al Shamal (North and training on the mission 15 days, Thunder) military exercise in King he added. The Emir also attended a Khalid Military City in Hafr Al Batin, The Emir was welcomed on arrival Minister and Interior Minister Moham- Al Saud, Saudi princes and senior offi- President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi luncheon banquet hosted by King Sal- northern Saudi Arabia. at the military base by the Custodian med bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, Deputy cials were also present. Among the and Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz man in honour of the heads of state The 12-day Northern Thunder of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Crown Prince, Second Deputy Prime participating leaders were Egypt’s Sharif. As the dignitaries watched from and their delegations. manoeuvres included 20 nations from bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. Minister and Defence Minister Prince President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Sudan’s a pavilion, Apache gunships fired rock- the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz President Omar Al Bashir, Yemen’s ets with a bone-shaking blast. → See also page 4 Qatar’s efforts for citizens’ release backed 66-year-old Qatari man dies of MERS-CoV virus The Peninsula of the kidnapped to Qatar. support to the Palestinian cause. meeting stressed the importance of The meeting held the Iraqi gov- The meeting stressed the need a ceasefire to pave the way for the ernment responsible for ensuring the to deal firmly with the menace of arrival of aid to Yemen. The Peninsula private healthcare facilities have been safety of the kidnapped Qataris and terrorism and terrorist movements, On Iran, he said, “If Iran changed put on alert to identify and immedi- DOHA: The fifth joint ministerial their release. praising the efforts of their countries its method and its policy there is noth- ately report any suspected MERS case meeting of the foreign ministers of The statement expressed satis- in this regard at all international and ing to prevent opening a new page to the rapid response team working the GCC states, Jordan and Morocco faction over the ongoing joint work regional levels. based on the principle of good neigh- DOHA: The Ministry of Public Health round-the-clock. which concluded in Riyadh on Wednes- to achieve the strategic partnership in They also lauded Saudi Arabia’s bourliness and non-interference in the has confirmed the death of a 66-year Queries regarding communi- day declared solidarity with Qatar in accordance with the work plans that initiative to form an Islamic mili- affairs of others and inciting sectar- old Qatari patient who had tested cable diseases will be answered all efforts to secure the release of the were adopted at previous meetings tary alliance to fight terrorism and ian strife in the Islamic world.” positive for the MERS-CoV virus through hotline numbers 66740948 Qatari citizens kidnapped in south- of foreign ministers of GCC member extremism. The ministers expressed On Syria, the minister said that last month. or 66740951. ern Iraq last December. states, Jordan and Morocco. their complete rejection of the Ira- the logic of the departure of Al Assad The man died of complications All people with low immunity or The final communiqué issued by The ministers welcomed the signing nian interference in the internal affairs politically or militarily is still there. associated with the illness, the min- chronic diseases have been advised to the meeting expressed the hope that of a memorandum of understanding of the GCC countries and the region. He pointed out that the European istry said yesterday. The case was avoid any close contact with camels communications by the Qatari gov- for cultural cooperation between the The Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Union is calling for the preservation of reported on February 21, as the first in line with World Health Organisa- ernment with the Iraqi government GCC countries and Jordan. bin Ahmed Al Jubeir addressing a press the independence and unity of Leb- MERS-CoV infection detected since tion recommendations. would culminate in the safe return They expressed their unwavering conference at the conclusion of the anon, as demanded by Saudi Arabia. last May 22. They must monitor themselves The patient was admitted at for fever and respiratory illness and Hamad General Hospital after he report early to health authorities if developed acute symptoms of fever, they develop any related symptoms Arab League names cough, and diarrhoea associated with so that they get proper attention and Saudi tops at show jumping in Qatar abdominal pain. care. Egyptian diplomat He had fallen ill after his return They are also advised to take from a trip to Saudi Arabia where sanitary precautions when visiting he owned a sheep and camel barn. a camel barn and wash hands with Gheit as new chief The ministry said all public and soap and water. Reuters Five dead at US BBQ shooting

CAIRO: The Arab League chose AFP custody and police urged witnesses former Egyptian foreign minister to come forward to aid investigation, Ahmed Aboul Gheit yesterday as which was in preliminary stage. its new secretary-general. Wilkinsburg, with a population Gheit served as Egypt’s foreign WASHINGTON: An ambush-style of about 16,000, is some 10km east minister during the final seven years shooting at a backyard barbecue in the of Pittsburgh. Police said shots were of Hosni Mubarak’s rule, leaving his northeastern US state of Pennsylva- fired from an alley and when party- post in 2011, following mass pro- nia killed five people and at least two goers tried to seek cover in the home, tests that toppled the ageing ruler. suspects are still on the run, author- someone on the side or backyard adja- The 22-member League voted ities said yesterday. cent to the residence fired at the back unanimously in favour of Gheit after Two men are in critical condi- porch, where all four deaths occurred. much debate. He will replace Nabil tion and a woman is stable in the Lieutenant Andrew Schurman of El Araby, who served as Egypt’s for- wake of the bloodshed that unfolded the Allegheny County Police Depart- eign minister under a transitional at a home in the Pittsburgh suburb ment said investigators did not believe government formed after the 2011 of Wilkinsburg, police said. Three that anyone in the backyard or at the uprising. women and one man died at the scene party fired back during the shooting. El Araby said last month he and another woman succumbed to “We’re trying to identify all the would not seek another term after wounds in hospital. victims and what their connection his current one ends in July. The “The ballistic evidence on the is to the party,” he said. debate over his successor follows Valuta S, ridden by Saudi Arabia’s Khaled Abdulaziz Al Eid, clears an obstacle on his way to victory scene leads police to believe that two CBS affiliate KDKA said neigh- Morocco’s announcement last during the QNB Doha Tour International Show Jumping Championship at the Qatar Equestrian weapons were discharged from two bours reported hearing 30 to 40 shots month that it would not host the Federation main arena in Al Rayyan yesterday. → See also page 22 people,” police said. ring out and that the motive behind 2016 League meeting as scheduled. No one had been taken into the shooting was not known yet.

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Premier meets Oman Minister QU college to host science and football conference

A five-day workshop to train candidates for Professional Football Fitness Coaching Certificate.

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DOHA: Qatar University’s College of Arts and Sciences (QU-CAS) has Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met launched an International Science and Oman’s Minister Responsible for Financial Affairs Darwish bin Ismail Al Balushi and his delegation. Talks Football Association event. dealt with fraternal relations between both countries, ways of enhancing them and matters of mutual A press conference was held to interest. Al Balushi was in Doha for the seventh session of the Omani-Qatari joint committee meeting. announce the launch of the event to be organised at QU on from March 19 to 25. The 2016 edition of the event is for the first time gathering all the major Dr Monèm Jemni (right), Professorial Chair, Sport Science Programme, sporting and science institutions in Al Jazeera wins five awards at Dubai Lynx Qatar to deliver seven days of foot- Qatar Olympic Committee, and Dr Khalifa Al Hazaa at the press ball and science. It is also for the first conference. time that the event is being organised in an Arab country. The Peninsula (Mena) region’s best work in creative viewed 38 million times on multiple “We’re delighted to hold the inter- Key world figures representing of the production should be around advertising. online platforms and overall cam- disciplinary sporting and science event football schools will hold the course football, preferably around the sci- The work was adjudicated by inter- paign materials were viewed over 60 that engages key Qatar institutions followed by a two-day conference. entific, medical, technical, physical national juries during the festival and million times. and other partners across the globe. The conference also features a cer- fitness aspects of football (or football- DOHA: Al Jazeera Media Network’s the winners were announced at a cer- Kayoko Nidsaid, Manager of Mar- “High-level academics, scientists emony to award three media figures ers) in Qatar,” said Dr Monèm Jemni, Marketing Department has won five emony on Wednesday. keting, Al Jazeera, said, “I’d like to guest speakers, medical specialists, for contributions to football-related Professorial Chair, Sport Science Pro- awards at the Dubai Lynx Interna- The ‘We Are Al Jazeera’ cam- thank all our viewers and everyone world football coaches and fitness coverage. gramme, Qatar Olympic Committee. tional Festival of Creativity for its ‘We paign was launched last November across the network for their contri- experts representing schools, tech- “We are pleased to offer three “The outputs including details of Are Al Jazeera’ campaign, the largest 11 in Mena, celebrating the strengths bution to the success of ‘We Are Al nicians, football practitioners and local awards for written, audio and visual the applicants should be sent to Dr run for Al Jazeera’s Arabic channel. of differing opinions and opening Al Jazeera’. This is just the start of an and overseas students will be invited for 2015-16. Journalists, broadcasters Monèm Jemn, Chair ISAFA in Qatar The awards include four silver Jazeera’s doors to the public through exciting campaign and we look for- to participate as well,” said Dr Eiman and media specialists are invited to 2016, at [email protected] no later medals in the categories of Cinema- interviews, daring advertising and a ward to continuously interacting with Mustafawi, Dean of the college. submit a production (written, audio than March 15. “A committee will tography; Editing; Sound Design; and strong brand film. our audiences on these platforms.” A five-day Football Fitness Coach- and visual) performed in 2015-16. review the submissions and select the Photography and one bronze medal The campaign aimed to rein- The festival is Mena’s annual event ing Workshop will be held as part of “The work should have made a sig- winners. The ceremony will take place for Direction. force Al Jazeera Arabic’s continued for the advertising and communica- the event to train candidates aiming nificant impact on readers, listeners on March 18 at 7pm in Ibn Khaldoon The awards honour and cele- commitment to transparency and tions industry to learn, be inspired, to gain Professional Football Fitness or audience and should have marked Hall, QU where the winners will also brate the Middle East and North Africa inclusiveness. The brand film was network and celebrate. Coaching Certificate. the spirits by its content. The content be announced,” he said. QRCS holds forum on CAR refugee crisis Ooredoo tv offers OSN Pehla free in time for cricket The Peninsula

The Peninsula DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has co-organised a two-day reflective dis- cussion forum in N’Djamena, Chad, under the theme ‘The Central African Republic DOHA: Ooredoo tv customers who sign up for OSN Pehla Prime Three Years After the Events of 2013-2015: and OSN Pehla Spice Plus can enjoy all the action from the 2016 Status Quo and Perspectives in light of ICC World Twenty20 live from India and get two month’s sub- International Humanitarian Law’. scription for free. Under the patronage of Chad’s Min- The incredible offer, launched in time for the champion- ister of Public Security and Immigration ship’s first matches, also enables customers to get a year’s worth Ahmed Mohamed Bashir, the forum was of sport for the price of 10 months. held under an initiative by Dr Haggar The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 will see 16 teams, includ- Mohamed Ahmed, Chairman, Cultural ing India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, England, the West Centre for Arab and African Research, Indies and Australia, compete in seven cities in fast-paced in cooperation with QRCS. matches featuring the world’s best players. In his opening remarks, Dr Fawzi Ous- Ooredoo tv provides a ‘time shift’ option so that sports fans sedik, Head, International Relations, QRCS, enjoy current and previously-broadcasted matches and use the praised the initiative and said it came at a start, pause, fast forward and rewind options on live matches. critical time when Central African Repub- Organisers with some of the participants at the event. Existing customers can select relevant subscriptions directly lic (CAR) is witnessing a democratic shift. from their Ooredoo tv handset and enjoy all the action. New According to him, international work together towards comprehensive unprecedented state of insecurity and Government and international organi- customers can visit any Ooredoo shop, Starlink, TechnoBlue and humanitarian law stipulates protection reconciliation and peace in CAR. chaos and pushed more than one mil- sations involved in the refugee crisis were Jumbo outlets to sign up. The service has no upfront charges, of and shelter for refugees under a pro- “Reconciliation between the bellig- lion civilians to neighbouring countries. engaged in the discussions, including the no equipment costs and no ongoing contracts. tocol agreement between humanitarian erents is imperative for them to build a The forum also aimed to communicate Chadian Ministry of Public Security and Customers who subscribe to any of Ooredoo tv’s four feature- organisations and governments. brighter future that encompasses every- with the CAR refugees in Chad to better Immigration, Ministry of Interior, Ministry filled ‘Extras’ packages can also enjoy two month’s subscription “The Shariah pays special attention to one in the country,” he stressed. understand the situation in their coun- of Foreign Affairs and African Integra- for free. The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 runs through to the grand the issue of refugees,” Dr. Oussedik said, The forum aimed to discuss the tragic try after three years of displacement and tion, the CAR embassy in Chad, United finals at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on April 3, with 35 matches calling on international humanitarian situation of hundreds of thousands of CAR homelessness; exchange ideas about the Nations High Commissioner for Refugees over the course of the event. organisations and Chadian government refugees and internally displaced persons perspectives of permanent peace, commu- office, Red Cross of Chad and Qatar Char- In addition to top eight nations in the championship rank- authorities to continue to support CAR due to the protracted political and secu- nity dialogue and potential repatriation; ity office in Chad. Scientific papers on ings, this year’s contest will feature teams from Oman, Scotland, refugees. rity unrest sweeping the country. and create a platform or framework to eight topics were introduced. Discussions Ireland, Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Afghanistan. Bashir urged the refugees to join The bloody massacres against the initiate talks and pursue sustainable rec- were balanced between the two parties For details, customers can visit Ooredoo’s new-look web- hands, forget the past hostilities, and Muslim-majority Séléka resulted in an onciliation between the fighting parties. to the conflict, with a focus on women. site at www.ooredoo.qa. 216 take part in Ooredoo’s 2016 Female GOAL Sports Tournament

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Heavy rain kills Saudi could turn page if Iran changes policies: FM six in Oman and

AFP & Agencies policies” followed by Shiite-dominated 2231 concerning the nuclear deal, by Hezbollah. 2013 in retaliation for its intervention UAE: Reports Iran and “its support for terrorism including what concerns ballistic “What is disturbing in the Leba- in the Syrian war to support Assad. and implanting of terrorist cells in missiles and other weapons,” it said. non question is that a militia that is Last month Saudi Arabia froze AFP & Reuters the countries of the region”. US Vice President Joe Biden said classified as terrorist controls deci- the assets and prohibited dealings RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and other “Iran is a neighbouring Muslim on Wednesday that the United States sion-making in Lebanon,” he said. with three Lebanese nationals and Gulf nations could turn a page and country that has a great civilisation would take action against Iran if the Jubeir criticised a recent deci- four companies, in its latest action build strong relations with Iran if it and a friendly people, but the poli- missile tests were confirmed. sion by a Lebanese court to release against Hezbollah. MUSCAT: Torrential rain in northern respects them and stops “meddling” cies that followed the revolution of Saudi Arabia and fellow Gulf a Syria-linked former minister who Meanwhile, the Iranian govern- Oman and the United Arab Emir- in their affairs, Foreign Minister Adel (Ayatollah Ruhollah) Khomeini have nations also accuse Iran of support- is facing charges of having planned ment has released 152 people arrested ates has killed six people this week, Al Jubeir said. been aggressive,” he said. ing Shia rebels in Yemen, as well as “terrorist” acts. in connection with a mob attack on local media reported yesterday. “If Iran changes its way and its pol- Jubeir was speaking after a meet- attempting to destabilise their own Michel Samaha’s release “does the Saudi Arabian Embassy in January. Omani police found one body icies, nothing would prevent turning ing of Gulf foreign ministers and regimes. not positively indicate that the army “The spokesman for the Iranian that had been swept away in a flash a page and building the best relation- their counterparts from Jordan and They also support rebels in Syr- is independent of Hezbollah’s influ- judiciary Gholam Hussein Ejani flood in the northern district of ship based on good neighbourliness, Morocco. ia’s five-year-old war while Tehran ence,” he said. announced in a press conference that Nizwa, and another in a car that with no meddling in the affairs of In a joint statement, ministers openly backs the regime of Presi- Asked about further Gulf sanc- 152 detainees were released, while sank into the mud in a flooded val- others,” he told reporters in Riyadh. meeting in Riyadh urged Iran to dent Bashar Al Assad. tions against Hezbollah, Jubeir said only two are still under investiga- ley in the northwestern area of Al “There is no need for mediation” in respect UN resolution 2231 which Gulf nations had recently clas- the foreign ministers of the Gulf Coop- tion, stressing that the stages of the Buraimi, the Shabiba daily reported. such a case, said Jubeir, whose coun- endorsed the nuclear deal and sified Lebanon’s Iran-backed Shia eration Council had decided to look investigation will be announced later,” The two fatalities brought try severed all links with the Islamic included curbs on ballistic missiles, Hezbollah movement as a terror- into measures that “would prevent reported Al Arabiya. Oman’s death toll to five, the paper republic in January after crowds as Tehran defiantly fired two more ist group. Hezbollah from benefitting from GCC Iranian protesters attacked the said. attacked the kingdom’s diplomatic missiles on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia recently blocked states”. Saudi embassy on January 2 after The Times of Oman newspaper missions in Iran. The ministers “stressed the $3bn in military aid to Lebanon and Riyadh and its Gulf Arab allies Saudi officials executed 47 people said heavy rain had hit northern Jubeir said relations with Tehran importance of implementing the urged its citizens to leave the country. have stepped up sanctions against for terrorism, including prominent areas of the sultanate — which is had deteriorated “due to the sectarian (UN) Security Council Resolution Jubeir said Lebanon is now run Hezbollah and its alleged leaders since Shia cleric Nimr Al Nimr. prone to thunderstorms — since Sunday. Images posted on social media yesterday showed cars stuck in gushing riverbeds and rescue teams Major military drill ends using ropes to pull people out of Saudi and Iran the water. In the United Arab Emirates, a seven-year-old boy drowned on Wednesday after he was trapped in a car that was caught in floods must shape ‘cold in the border area of Hatta, The National daily reported. In Dubai, the weather was calm yesterday but several streets remained flooded after unusually peace’: Obama heavy rain and high winds hit many parts of the UAE the previous day. Flights at Abu Dhabi airport were suspended for several hours the Europeans, given Libya’s proxim- on Wednesday, while the emirate’s ity, being invested in the follow-up,” stock market said it suspended trad- Obama defended Obama said. ing and cancelled all morning deals his decision not to The Obama administration with- after many traders could not reach launch strikes in drew US troops from Iraq but has the bourse. Schools have been closed grappled with years of Middle East since Wednesday in both Gulf coun- Syria in 2013, despite turmoil since the Arab Spring upris- tries due to the storm. The UAE’s concerns over ing. Obama, in his final year in the annual rainfall stands at 78 mil- White House, said there were limits limetres (three inches), more than President Bashar on how far the United States could 15 times less than the amount for Al Assad’s use of police the region. an average year in Britain. “You have countries that are chemical weapons. failing to provide prosperity and opportunity for their people. You’ve Bahrain jails got a violent, extremist ideology, or Reuters ideologies, that are turbocharged protesters for through social media,” he said. “You’ve got countries that have very Smoke filled the sky on the final day of the region’s biggest military exercises in Hafr Al Batin, 500km bus shooting few civic traditions, so that as auto- northeast of the Saudi Capital Riyadh, yesterday. . The 12-day “Northern Thunder” manoeuvres in the WASHINGTON: Wars and chaos cratic regimes start fraying, the only kingdom included 20 nations from the Middle East, Africa and Asia. in the Middle East will not end until organizing principles are sectarian.” DUBAI: A Bahraini court jailed Saudi Arabia and Iran can find a way On Syria, now in its fifth year of three people for life and sentenced to “share the neighbourhood” and civil war, Obama defended his deci- another to 15 years yesterday for make some kind of peace, US Presi- sion not to launch strikes there in attacking a bus during a protest in dent Barack Obama said in a magazine 2013, despite concerns over Presi- a Shia village. interview released yesterday. dent Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical Syria’s oppn to boycott polls Sunni-ruled Bahrain has been “The competition between the weapons. Critics have seen that as a shaken by unrest since it quelled Saudis and the Iranians, which has missed opportunity that might have a month-long Shia-led uprising helped to feed proxy wars and chaos helped bring an end to the war. demanding reforms five years ago. in Syria and Iraq and Yemen, requires “For me to push the pause but- AFP group said in a statement posted on and parliamentary elections within Quoted by the official BNA news us to say to our friends, as well as to ton at that moment, I knew, would Facebook, while calling on other 18 months. Syria last held a parlia- agency, prosecutor Ahmed Al Ham- the Iranians, that they need to find cost me politically,” he said. “I believe “opposition forces and civil society mentary vote in May 2012. madi said the four had attacked the an effective way to share the neigh- ultimately it was the right decision to join the boycott”. That was the first time that multiple bus during a protest that blocked borhood and institute some sort of to make.” DAMASCUS: Syria’s main domestic The NCCDC accused the gov- parties — not just President Bashar al- a highway near the Shia village of cold peace,” Obama told The Atlantic. He also discussed Russia, which opposition body yesterday called for ernment of seeking to “improve the Assad’s ruling Baath — were allowed Sanabis in November 2014. In a wide ranging interview on has increased its role in the Middle a widespread boycott of parliamen- conditions” of UN-mediated indirect to stand. The four intercepted the foreign policy, Obama also put a share East by staking out a role in Syria and tary elections next month, accusing talks in Geneva between the regime Most of the 250 members of par- approaching bus during the pro- of the blame for the crisis in Libya on infuriating Washington with its sup- the government of using the vote to and opposition. liament elected for four-year terms test, set it alight and opened fire on Washington’s European allies. Libya port of Assad, who the United States gain leverage in peace talks. The latest round of negotiations were Baath members. its driver “in an attempt to kill him is embroiled in political chaos after and other Western nations have said The National Coordinating Com- aimed at ending Syria’s war are to At the time, Assad appointed then- and those aboard,” Hammadi said. its 2011 uprising and facing a secu- must leave power. On Russian Presi- mittee for Democratic Change (NCCDC), begin on Monday, according to UN agriculture minister Riad Hijab to be No casualties were reported in rity vacuum and a growing threat dent Vladimir Putin, Obama said the which is tolerated by the regime in peace envoy Staffan de Mistura. Syria’s new prime minister. the incident and it was unclear why from Islamic State. two have “very businesslike” meet- Damascus, said it had “decided to boy- The focus will be the planned Hijab has since defected and now the protesters may have targeted “When I go back and I ask myself ings, adding: “He understands that cott” the April 13 parliamentary polls. formation of a new government, the leads the Riyadh-based High Negoti- the bus, which the statement said what went wrong, there’s room for Russia’s overall position in the world Group members will neither run drafting of a new constitution and ations Committee, a broad opposition belonged to a private company in criticism, because I had more faith in is significantly diminished.” for office nor cast their ballots, the the organisation of fresh presidential grouping that includes the NCCDC. Bahrain.

Jill Biden visits Jordanian school Iran executions hit 20-year high in 2015, UN investigator says

Reuters executions are for drug offences and exist with regard to the due process under Iran’s current drug laws, pos- and fair trial rights of the accused,” session of 30 grammes of heroine or Shaheed said. cocaine would qualify for the death “I continue to receive frequent and GENEVA: Iran executed nearly penalty. So there’s a number of dra- alarming reports about the use of pro- 1,000 prisoners last year, the highest conian laws,” he said. longed solitary and incommunicado number in two decades, and hun- Corruption and certain sexual confinement, torture and ill-treat- dreds of journalists, activists and activities can also qualify for the death ment, lack of access to lawyers and opposition figures languish in cus- sentence in the Islamic Republic, he the use of confessions solicited under tody, a United Nations investigator added. torture as evidence in trials - prac- said yesterday. “The number of juvenile offend- tices that clearly violate Iran’s own Ahmed Shaheed, UN special rap- ers executed between 2014 and 2015 laws,” he said. porteur on human rights in Iran, - which is reportedly 16 - was higher Hundreds of journalists, blog- voiced particular concern about than at any time during the past five gers, activists and opposition executions for crimes committed by years,” Shaheed said. figures “currently languish in Iran’s children under 18. This was “strictly But he welcomed efforts to prisons and detention facilities,” and unequivocally prohibited under address some problems related to he said. international law”. juvenile justice. Shaheed is a former foreign min- There had been a “staggering surge These include reforms allowing ister of the Maldives who has served in the execution of at least 966 pris- judges to assess a juvenile’s men- in the independent post since 2011. oners last year — the highest rate in tal capacity to determine whether He has never been allowed into Iran Students pose with Jill Biden (centre), wife of US Vice-President Joe Biden, during her visit to their over two decades”, Shaheed told a they understood their actions at but his report was based on 128 inter- school that has Syrian refugee students enrolled, in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, yesterday. news briefing. the time. views with Iranians abroad and in “A large percentage of those “Fundamental problems also the country. ISLAM FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 05 Islam and manners of conversation

Always remember the hadith of the Prophet (PBUH) reported by Bukhari and Muslim, “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should say something good or remain silent.”

n the Holy Quran (Surah or chapter Al Haj), Allah described the believers ‘And they have been guided to the purest of speeches; and guided to the path of Him who is worthy of all praise.’ When you Italk during your visit, say only what fits the situation and be brief. If you are the youngest among those sitting, don’t speak unless you are asked to, or unless you know that your speech and words will be well received and will please the host and other guests. Don’t prolong your speech. Use a proper tone of voice. Anas reported that ‘the Prophet’s talk was clear and concise. Not too much nor too little. He disliked loquac- ity and ranting.’ Bukhari narrated a Hadith in proper manners and indicates a lack of respect for with a voice louder than hers, he was fearful is contrary to the proper manner of listening, Who would listen intently to what I have which Aisha said ‘The Prophet’s talk was so lit- the person to whom you are talking. This man- and repentant and he freed two slaves.’ ‘Asim and stirs up contempt. However, this is not the to say tle that you can count his words’. ner should be maintained with friends, peers, bin Bahdelah Al Koofi, the reciterof the Quran, rule if the meeting is for study and learning. In When he knows it better than I. If you hear the Azan you must listen and acquaintances, strangers, the young and the old. said: ‘I visited Omar bin ‘Abdul Aziz, and a man such a case, asking questions and initiating a respond to the call of Allah. Many people, even It is more important to adhere to this with one’s spoke loudly, and Omar replied: ‘Stop it. You discussion is desirable if conducted respect- SWEARING BY ALLAH those with Islamic knowledge continue talk- parents or someone of their status, or with people need not talk loudly. Talk loud enough to make fully and tactfully and only after the speaker To confirm a statement, many resort to ing while the Azan is being called. This is rude, for whom you have great respect. If appropri- your listeners hear.’ finishes. Caliph Al Ma’mon said, ‘Discussion swearing by the name of Allah Almighty or since those hearing the Azan should listen to it ate, smile while talking to others. This will make entrenches knowledge more than mere fol- one of His attribute. This is a bad habit that and quit speech, study and even Quran recita- them more receptive to what you have to say, and THE ART OF LISTENING lowing.’ Al Haitham bin Adi, a known scholar, should be resisted. The name of Allah should tion. Solemnly they should repeat the words of may dispel the impression that practicing Mus- If a person started telling you or your group and historian, and one of the entourage of the not be used so lightly, and to swear by it is a the Azan and reflect on the words of this high- lims are stern and humorless. something that you know very well, you should four Caliphs Abi Jafer Al Mansour, Al Mahdi, very serious matter. Allah in Sura Al Nahil says: est call. We should listen to the Azan, whether The Quran tells us that the advice of Luq- pretend as if you do not know it. Do not rush Al Hadi, and Al Rasheed, said: ‘The men of ‘And do not take your oath to practice decep- we are at home, office, shop, or attending a man the Wise to his son was, ‘…and lower your to reveal your knowledge or to interfere with wisdom said it is an ill manner to overwhelm tion between yourselves, with the result that lesson, even if it is a religious lesson. Imam Al voice,’ directing him to speak in a gentle man- the speech. Instead, show your attention and someone while speaking and to interrupt them someone’s foot may slip after it was firmly Kasani in Badaiu Al Sanaei’ said: ‘Those hear- ner, for speaking loudly is detested and ugly. concentration. The honourable follower Imam before they end their speech.’ planted’ Always remember the hadith of the ing the Azan or Iqama should not talk. Even Verses two and three of Surat Al Hujurat read: ‘Ata ibn Abi Rabah said: ‘A young man would If a colleague did not understand a matter Prophet (PBUH) reported by Bukhari and Mus- if reading Quran or doing other noble things, ‘Oh you who believe! Raise not your voices, tell me something that I may have heard before and asked a scholar or an elder to explain, you lim ‘ Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day everything should be stopped to listen and above the voice of the Prophet, nor speak aloud he was born. Nevertheless, I listen to him as if should listen to what is being said. From the should say something good or remain silent.’ respond to the Azan’. to him as you speak aloud to one another, lest I have never heard it before.’ repeated explanation you may gain additional The Azan is the food of the soul nourish- your deeds become vain and you perceive not. Khalid bin Safwan Al Tamimi, who was with the benefits to what you already know. Never utter ANSWERING A QUESTION ing it with faith and elevation. Do not forgo Those that lower their voices in the presence two caliphs Omar bin Abdul Aziz and Hisham bin any word belittling your colleague, nor should If a colleague was asked about something your share of it. Teach this to your children of Allah’s apostle, Allah has tested their hearts Abdul Malik, said: ‘If a person tells you something your face betray any such emotion. that you know, do not rush to answer. Instead, and friends. Al Bukhari narrated a Hadith by for piety, for them there is forgiveness and a you have heard before, or news that you already When an elder or a scholar speaks, you you ought not to say anything until you are Abu Saeed Al Khudri that the Prophet, peace be great reward.’ learned, do not interrupt him or her to exhibit your should listen attentively to them. Never busy asked. This is a better manner, and a nobler upon him, said: ‘If you heard the call say like Imam Al Bukhari in his Sahih reported knowledge to those present. This is a rude and an yourself with a talk or discussion with other attitude. It generates interest in what you say, what the Muezzin is saying.’ In another Hadith that ‘Abdullah bin Al Zubair said that after the ill manner.’ The honourable Imam ‘Abdullah bin colleagues. Do not let your mind wander some- while enhancing your respect. reported by Jaber that the Prophet said ‘He revelation of this verse, whenever Omar bin Wahab Al Qurashi Al Masri, a companion of Imam where else. Keep it focused on what is being The honourable follower Mujahid Ibn Jabr deserves my help on the day of judgment who Al Khattab wanted to speak to the Prophet Malik, Al Laith bin Sa’d and Al Thawri, said: ‘Some- said. If you did not understand something recalled that Luqman the Wise said to his son: said when hearing Azan: O’ Allah, the Lord of (PBUH), he would talk as if whispering. The times a person would tell me a story that I have that was said, wait until the talk is finished. ‘If another person was asked a question, never this perfect call and imminent prayer, please Prophet would hardly hear him and he would heard before his parents had wed. Yet I listen as if Then and only then, ask the speaker, with hasten to give the answer, as if you are going award Mohammad the help, nobility, and the inquire about some of what Omar said, since I have never heard it before.’ Ibrahim bin AlJunaid respect and politeness, to explain it. Never to gain booty or to win a precious prize. By desired status you promised him.’ he did not hear him well. said: ‘A wise man said to his son: ‘learn the art of raise your voice with the question, or be blunt doing so, you will belittle the one who was Imam Abdul Razaq narrated in his Musanaf Your talk should be clear, concise and to the listening as you learn the art of speaking. Listen- to draw attention to yourself. Never inter- asked and will offend the inquirer and you will that Ibn Juraig said: ‘I was told that people used point. Do not talk and talk and talk. Bukhari and ing well means maintaining eye contact, allowing rupt a speaker. bring the attention of the obnoxious people to listen to Azan like they would listen to rec- Muslim reported that Anas said ‘The Prophet’s the speaker to finish the speech, and restraining Never rush to answer if you are not very to your stupidity and ill-manner.’ Sheikh Ibn itation of Quran. They would repeat after the talk was precise clear, and succinct without yourself from interrupting his speech.’ Al Hafiz Al confident of your answer. Never argue about Batta, a Hanbali scholar, said: ‘I was with Abu Muezzin. If he said: come to prayer, they will undue elaboration.’ Al Hafiz Al Zahabi wrote Khatib Al Baghdadi said in a poem: something you do not know. Never argue for the ‘Omar Al Zahid Mohammed ibn ‘Abdul Wahed say: with the help and power of Allah. If he said: in his biography of Imam Ibn Sireen, the great A talk never interrupt sake of argument. Never show arrogance with Al Baghdadi the Imam and linguist known come to the good deed, they will say: with the scholar and eminent follower of the compan- Though you know it in and out. your counterparts especially if they hold a dif- also as Ghulam Th’alab. He was asked about will of Allah. ions, that: ‘Whenever he was in his mother’s ferent opinion. Do not switch the argument to an issue. I rushed and answered the inquirer. presence, he would talk in such a low voice that DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES belittle your opponent’s views. If their mistaken He turned toward me and asked: ‘Do you rec- TALK IN A SUITABLE TONE you would think that he was ill.’ In his biogra- If you have trouble understanding some of understanding became evident, do not rebuke ognise an officious character?’ He suggested If you speak to a guest or any other per- phy of Abdullah bin Awn Al Basri, a student of what has been said in a meeting, restrain your- or scold them. Be modest and kind. A poet said: that I was a nosy person and made me feel very son, whether in a gathering or alone, make Imam Ibn Sireen and one of the famous schol- self until the speaker finishes. Gently, politely, Who could get me a person embarrassed.’ sure that your voice is pleasant, with a low, ars Al Hafiz Al Zahabi, noted: ‘One time his and with proper introduction, ask for clarifi- When I offend him, his answer will reflect audible tone. Raising your voice is contrary to mother called him and because he responded cation. Do not interrupt a person’s talk. This calmness Courtesy: http://haqislam.org/ Nature, nurture and personal responsibility

material state. As for me, since I was Even more sweeping are Freud’s parents and siblings. This sets us apart and minds to a degree, and indeed we difference between those who have fore- A good education already affluent, I studied solely for the theories of the Oedipus complex and from animals that do not have such have a responsibility to do so. sight and those who lag behind is that sake of knowledge to elevate my spir- the irrational sexual impulse that were self-awareness. If you practice this consistently in those who have foresight know that encourages us to know itual status in this world and the next.” so prevalent in the discourses of the This self-awareness allows people your life, you can become the great- success is not an inherent trait. The ourselves better, to dig Ibn Hazm won that argument. mid-twentieth century. These ideas to reflect upon themselves, examine est influence on your own behaviour person who succeeded in building It is generally understood that fell out of favour as the century pro- their motives, and look critically at and personality. Your inner being will the Suez Canal failed in his attempt deeply into our minds people are influenced by two sets gressed, and the behaviours that people their shortcomings. We can rise beyond submit to you in many things, though it to build the Panama Canal. There is and come to terms of factors. The first are biological, justified on their basis were revealed self-deception and look at ourselves will certainly continue to contest you success even in how we handle failure. hereditary factors. Genetics deter- to be more likely the result of an infe- candidly so we can better ourselves. in others. There will be shortcomings This is how we acquire experience, with our most hidden mines many traits, like height, the riority complex. Allah says: “Oh, but the human being is you will find it difficult to overcome. learn patience, become more persist- inner secrets in order to colour of the skin, eyes, and hair, The environment and society con- a telling witness against himself, though You must change what you can of the ent, and make the changes needed to fortify our personalities and numerous other physical traits. tribute the second set of factors that he puts forth his excuses.” (Sūrah Al qualities you dislike about yourself. succeed on the next attempt. It is estimated that between forty to influence human behaviour. Family, Qiyāmah: 14-15) You must keep trying to change the Success is not a character trait. It and become better fifty percent of human intelligence is friends, schools, the media, and com- Sa’īd bin Jubayr commented on qualities you are unhappy with, and if is a consequence. Therefore, we need people. genetically determined, and it genetics munication channels all have their this verse saying: “He will be a witness that fails, you must find ways to com- to learn how to handle failure and dis- certainly has some impact on person- effect. Psychologists, sociologists, against himself, whatever excuses he pensate for them. appointment as deftly as we handle ality and behaviour. and educators agree that these factors might make.” This awareness extends When you succeed, you should success. Past failures can be the source Children inherit various traits from have a tremendous impact on people, to knowing the genetic shortcomings recognise those who helped to get of future successes, and past successes their mothers and fathers, and there- whether through conformity to soci- inherited from one’s parents and those you to where you are, like your par- can lead to future failures. fore get a combination of traits from etal norms or rebellion against them. which are a composite of genetic and ents, spouse, relatives and friends, Success stems in a good part from By Salman Al Oadah both their parents. In this way, chil- They also agree that it is notoriously societal factors, or due to our upbring- however many they may be, whose being vigilant, alert, and aware of dren are unique individuals, but also difficult to determine the relative con- ing and education. good qualities helped in shaping our potential. This applies to mar- derivative of their parents at the same tributions of genetic and social factors Does our education contribute to yours. This is a way to prevail over riage, friendships, business, artistic time. Allah says: “It is the work of Allah, to a particular behavioural trait, since our self-knowledge? Yes it does. A good your own ego and give credit where endeavours, and other life concerns. uring a debate between two who perfected all things.” (Sūrah Al the two sets of factors are complexly education encourages us to know our- it is due. Even your opponents have We need to believe we can make a eminent Andalusian schol- Naml: 88) intertwined and virtually impossible to selves better, to dig deeply into our helped you in shaping your successes, change. Allah says: “you are not ars, Abū al-Walīd Al Bājī said The question remains about the untangle. It is unknown whether nature minds and come to terms with our most though sometimes in ways you would held responsible except for your- to Ibn Hazm: “I am more seri- genetic makeup of the first human being. or nurture has the greatest influence. hidden inner secrets in order to fortify never suspect. self.” (Sūrah Al Nisā’: 84) Dously committed than you in the pursuit Was he free of any pre-existing genetic What can be said is that a successful our personalities and become better This is why Allah speaks disap- The environment and society are of knowledge. You had all the support heritage? Some people look at the genetic crop yield requires both good seed and people. We can distinguish ourselves by provingly of Qārūn who said: “I have the cradle of our success, the source you needed, studying at night under information inherited from the parents to good soil. The scientific community adopting the idea of self-reform, how- only achieved this due to knowledge which first compelled us to go forward, the illumination of a golden lamp. I had be an inevitable and unavoidable result, does not give sufficient attention to a ever we came upon it, and making it a that I possess.” (Sūrah Al Qasas: 78) either in a positive, nurturing way, or to study under the lamp of the mar- and they use it as an excuse for their third factor: the influence that an indi- personal habit that we practice all the It is unjust to credit all of your suc- in a negative way by spurring us to use ket’s guards. faults and bad character traits. This is vidual has on his or her self. A human time, not just to change our outward cesses to your own resourcefulness and our ingenuity to prevail over the chal- Ibn Hazm replied: “Your words blind, ignorant fatalism. It is lazy and being is a rational entity. From infancy, behaviours, but also to improve our only invoke society and your environ- lenges that it presents to us. betray you and make my case for me. self-indulgent to blame your mistakes a person learns to say “I” and under- emotional responses and way of think- ment to explain your failures and the You studied hoping to improve your on your genes and hormones. stands that they are distinct from their ing. We can take control of our hearts difficulties that you have had to face. The http://en.islamtoday.net 06 FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Foreign captives held by 3 killed in Manila landslide militants appeal for help

with gunmen standing over them. “To Sekkinstad, made a similar appeal. the Canadian prime minister and to the The Philippine women, who authori- A militant spokesman Canadian people in the world, please, ties said earlier was the partner of one appeared in the do as needed to meet their demands, of the men, did not speak. within one month or they will kill me, The men’s embassies in Manila latest video to issue they will execute us,” said one of the have declined to comment on their an ultimatum though men who identified himself as John cases. It was the third time the mili- Ridsdel, a Canadian mining consult- tants had released such video appeals he did not specify ant said. from the captives. demands. The three men were handcuffed In November, Ridsdel said in a and were thin, bearded and shirtless. video the militants were demanding The video clip of about a minute and one billion pesos ($21m) for each of a half was posted on a Facebook page them. A militant spokesman appeared Reuters linked to Philippine Islamists. in the latest video to issue a one-month The four were kidnapped from a ultimatum though he did not spec- beach resort on a southern island in ify demands. September last year. They are believed “We will do something terri- Rescue workers carry the dead body of one of the three workers buried at a construction site in MANILA: Three foreigners kidnapped to be held in the jungle on Jolo island, ble against these captives,” said the by militants in the Philippines nearly a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf mili- masked spokesman, who gave the Manila, yesterday. Three workers were killed after they were buried in a landslide in the Philippine six months ago have appealed to their tant group, which is known for bombs, date as March 8. capital’s suburbs. governments for help to secure their beheadings and kidnappings. The September raid on the resort release, as their Al Qaeda-linked cap- Another of the men, who iden- was a reminder of the precarious tors issued a one month deadline for tified himself as Robert Hall, who is security in the resource-rich south- their demands to be met. also Canadian, said he did not know ern Philippines despite a 2014 peace The three foreign men, who Phil- how much money their captors were agreement with the largest Muslim ippine authorities have identified as demanding but he appealed for help rebel group that ended 45 years of con- China upset over Tokyo-Manila jet deal two Canadians and a Norwegian, quickly. “The Canadian government flict. Abu Sayyaf militants are holding were shown in a video clip, along has got to get us out of here fast,” other foreigners including one from with a Filipino woman kidnapped he said. The third man, who identi- the Netherlands, one from Japan, and Reuters annually. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philip- The Philippine military, for decades with them, crouching on the ground fied himself as Norwegian Kjartan an Italian missionary. pines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have preoccupied with domestic insur- claims to parts of the sea. gencies, has been shifting its focus “If the Philippines’ actions are to to territorial defence, allocating 83bn BEIJING: China expressed alarm yes- challenge China’s sovereignty and pesos ($1.77bn) until 2017 to upgrade terday about an agreement in which security interests, China is resolutely and modernise its air force and navy. the Philippines will lease five aircraft opposed,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Allies the United States and South from Japan to help patrol the disputed spokesman Hong Lei told a daily news Korea have already offered help to South China Sea. briefing. “I also want to point out that bolter air capabilities and Aquino Philippine President Benigno Japan is not a party to the South China announced the arrival this year of two Aquino said the five TC-90 training Sea issue and we are on high guard refurbished C130 transport planes from aircraft would help the navy in patrol- against its moves. We demand that the United States. Already in the Philip- ling what the Philippines views as its Japan speak and act cautiously and not pines military’s plans is the acquisition territory. do anything to harm regional peace of a squadron of multi-role fighters, The Philippines has made the mod- and stability.” air-to-ground missile batteries, early ernisation of its air and naval forces China, the world’s second-largest warning aircraft and drones. a priority as China deploys missiles economy, and Japan, the third larg- Last week, the Philippines and and fighters on a number of artifi- est, have a difficult political history, Japan signed a deal on the transfer cial islands in the South China Sea. with relations strained by the legacy of military equipment and technology, China claims almost the entire of Japan’s World War Two aggression a document Japan needs to allow it to Norwegian employee Kjartan Sekkinstad (left) and Canadian tourists John Ridsdel (centre) and Robert South China Sea, where about $5 tril- and conflicting claims over a group export weapons and guarantee they Hall who were kidnapped by gunmen on September 21, 2015. lion worth of ship-borne trade passes of uninhabited East China Sea islets. will not be transferred to a third party. Cannot do without N-power: Abe

AFP resource-poor Japan to turn to expen- was widespread opposition to restarts. Sri Lanka to sive fossil fuels to plug the energy Japan has since the disaster set up gap left by the shutdowns. His com- an independent atomic watchdog, the compensate ments came a day after a Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority, replac- TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe court ordered the shutdown of two ing the previous arrangement where media yesterday said Japan “cannot do with- nuclear reactors previously declared the industry ministry both oversaw out” nuclear power, speaking on the safe under post-disaster safety rules. the regulator and promoted nuclear Colombo: Sri Lanka yes- eve of the fifth anniversary of the dev- But Abe said the government would power. Abe insisted at the press confer- terday announced plans astating Fukushima disaster. “not change its policy” in which reac- ence that safety was the government’s to compensate journalists On March 11, 2011, a magnitude tors that meet the new standards can “top priority.”“And it’s important to and media organisations 9.0 undersea earthquake off Japan’s be restarted. recover public trust more than any- that suffered violence and northeastern coast sparked a massive The court ruling was the first thing,” he said. intimidation during former tsunami that swept ashore leaving to force the shutdown of reactors Abe, however, also said that the strongman Mahinda about 18,500 people dead or missing. switched on under the stricter safety government was “going to reduce Rajapakse’s decade-long The wall of water also caused the rules adopted after the 2011 disas- dependence” on nuclear energy. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a defence exercise over rule. worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl ter, a blow to Abe’s bid to bring back Two reactors in the southern pre- President Maithri- when reactors melted down at the over- nuclear power. fecture of Kagoshima, operated by a forward post off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, yesterday. pala Sirisena said he has whelmed Fukushima power plant. It ordered the shuttering of Kan- Kyushu Electric Power, restarted appointed a panel to “Our resource-poor country can- sai Electric’s No. 3 and No. 4 reactors last year, ending a two-year hiatus review unsolved crimes not do without nuclear power to secure at the Takahama nuclear plant, some in nuclear power generation. committed against jour- the stability of energy supply while 350km west of Tokyo. Japan will hold a national cer- North Korea scraps all nalists during Rajapakse’s considering what makes economic The No. 4 reactor was taken offline emony on Friday to commemorate time in power, with the sense and the issue of climate change,” last month due to an unexpected tech- the fifth anniversary of the disaster aim of compensating Abe told a press conference. nical glitch days after it restarted, while to be attended by Abe, the emperor them or their families. Japan’s entire stable of reactors the No. 3 reactor is currently operating. and empress and other dignitaries. deals with South “All journalists and was shuttered in the aftermath of the Abe has argued that resuming Late last month three former media organisations disaster but Abe and utility compa- nuclear power is key to Japan’s energy executives of Tokyo Electric Power, that became victims of nies have been pushing to get reactors policy, but memories of Fukushima the operator of the Fukushima plant, repression will be com- back in operation. are still fresh for many. Anti-nuclear were indicted on criminal negligence Reuters missiles when tensions rise on the pensated,” Sirisena said in The disaster had forced sentiment still runs high and there charges over the meltdowns. Korean peninsula. Pyongyang gets a statement, without giv- particularly upset about the annual ing details. US-South Korea drills, which it says SEOUL: North Korea fired two short- are preparations for an invasion. range ballistic missiles into the sea The US and South Korea remain yesterday in defiance of UN Security technically at war with the North MH370 debris Council resolutions, as South Korean because the 1950-53 Korean War and US forces conducted massive war ended in an armed truce instead of in Malaysia for games. a peace agreement. Around 17,000 The North also announced it US military personnel are participat- analysis had scrapped all agreements with ing alongside some 300,000 South the South on commercial exchange Korean troops in what South Korea’s Kuala Lumpur: A piece of projects and would “liquidate” Defence Ministry has called the “larg- debris found in Mozam- South Korean assets left behind in est-ever” joint military exercises. bique arrived in Malaysia its territory. North Korea on Sunday warned yesterday for initial inves- North Korea has a large stock- it would make a “pre-emptive and tigations into whether it pile of short-range missiles and is offensive nuclear strike” in response came from missing flight developing long-range and intercon- to the exercises. MH370 before being taken tinental missiles as well. Thursday’s After yesterday’s missile launches, to Australia for deeper missiles flew about 500 km into the North Korea announced it would “liq- analysis, officials said. sea off the east coast city of Wonsan uidate” South Korean assets left behind Department of Civil and probably were part of the Soviet- in the Kaesong industrial zone and Aviation chief Azharuddin developed Scud series, South Korea’s in the Mount Kumgang tourist zone. Abdul Rahman confirmed defence ministry said. South Korea protested the move that the one-metre long Japan, which is within range of as “totally unacceptable” but did not (three-foot) object was the longer-range variant of Scud mis- say what it could do to recover the in Malaysia. “We will send siles or the upgraded Rodong missiles, assets that it valued in excess of 1.4 it to Australia for further lodged a protest through the North trillion won ($1.17bn). Seoul suspended examinations,” Liow Tiong Korean embassy in Beijing, Japan’s operations in the jointly-run zone last A man stands at seashore at tsunami-devastated Arahama, in the coastal district of Sendai in Northern Lai was quoted as saying. Kyodo news agency reported. month as punishment for the North’s Japan, yesterday. Japan will mark the fifth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami today. North Korea often fires short-range rocket launch and nuclear test. ASIA / AFRICA FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 07 Suu Kyi’s aide nominated as Myanmar president

Myanmar’s first civilian govern- ment in generations will face soaring Suu Kyi has vowed expectations in the country of 51 mil- to rule above the lion eager to see further changes as it shakes off the shackles of junta rule president, despite and international isolation. “This is being barred from top an important step in implementing office by the army- the desires and expectations of vot- ers who enthusiastically supported scripted constitution, the NLD,” Suu Kyi said in a statement. as she strives to fulfil She is barred by a charter clause that disqualifies anyone with close for- the huge mandate eign relatives. Her late husband and two delivered by millions sons are British. Even Suu Kyi’s own MPs had been kept in the dark about of voters in her. the presidential deliberations, with the party fearful of upsetting a delicate political transition in a nation where president, but months of talks with the the military still casts a long shadow. AFP powerful military failed to remove the The NLD also nominated eth- legal obstacles in her way. nic Chin MP Henry Van Theu, a law At a parliamentary session in Nay- graduate, as a presidential candidate pyidaw Htin Kyaw (pictured), a genial from the upper house. He is expected MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi was 69-year-old economics graduate who to become vice president. finally ruled out of the running to now helps run Suu Kyi’s charitable foun- Three candidates will be put to a become Myanmar’s next president dation and once acted as her driver, vote of the combined houses -- one yesterday, as her party nominated one was named as one of the party’s two each from the upper house, lower house of her most loyal aides to rule the for- presidential candidates, and is widely and from the military’s parliamen- Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi releasing a baloon at the National League for Democracy merly junta-run nation as her proxy. seen as the anointed person to rule in tary bloc, which represents a quarter party Lanmadaw township branch office in Yangon. Suu Kyi has vowed to rule “above” her place. His nomination was warmly of the legislature. the president, despite being barred from received by observers and comes after A final vote of the combined houses, MP Su Su Lwin, whose late father was Khinsanar in a post on a local news There has also been speculation top office by the army-scripted con- months of fevered speculation. in which the NLD has a majority, will the party’s respected spokesman. Nei- website. that she could take the role of foreign stitution, as she strives to fulfil the Myanmar historian and political then determine which will become ther Htin Kyaw nor his wife attended Suu Kyi has not outlined what her minister, which would give her a cabinet huge mandate delivered by millions analyst Thant Myint-U said he was a the president, leaving the other two as the parliament yesterday. Online com- precise role will be or how she will post as well as a seat at the country’s of voters in her National League for “stellar choice” who had “unimpeach- vice presidents. Myanmar’s democracy ments reacting to the announcement be able to play puppet-master to a influential military-dominated security Democracy’s landslide election vic- able integrity. I think he’s probably the movement runs through the family were generally positive. president. Some have suggested she council. But under Myanmar’s com- tory in November. best fit for the job, someone of proven blood of Htin Kyaw, an affable former “We have waited a long time to could mimic India’s Sonia Gandhi, who plex political system, this would mean Many in Myanmar had clung to faint and longstanding loyalty to (Suu Kyi) university teacher. His father was a leg- see an educated president for Myan- wielded huge influence over her Con- ceding her party role. The former rul- hopes that the 70-year-old democ- and also a person of considerable stand- endary writer and early member of the mar. And now he and Mother Suu will gress party’s administrations despite ing generals held Suu Kyi under house racy campaigner could still be named ing in his own right.” NLD and he is married to sitting NLD lead the country together,” said Thiri having no official government role. arrest for 15 years.

Record 1,338 rhinos poached 57th Tibetan Uprising Day in Africa in 2015: Wildlife body Woman guilty AFP trade in specimens of wild animals 18 years after and plants does not threaten their survival. But it was only banned in 2008 in South Africa,which is said to abducting baby GENEVA: At least 1,338 rhinos were be home to 20,000 rhinos or 80 per- Cape Town: A South Afri- poached in Africa last year, a record cent of the world’s rhino population. can woman was convicted since 2008 when South Africa banned IUCN Director General Inger yesterday of kidnapping a trade in rhino horns, leading conser- Andersen said despite stepped up newborn baby and raising vation body IUCN said. surveillance by field rangers risk- her for 17 years before an “The number of African rhinos ing their lives daily there had been astonishing coincidence killed by poachers has increased for “alarming increases in poaching over reunited the girl with her the sixth year in a row with at least the past year in other vitally impor- biological family. 1,338 rhinos killed by poachers across tant range states, such as Namibia “Your story, if any- Africa in 2015,” the International Union and Zimbabwe” both of which adjoin thing, is a fairy tale and for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) South Africa. the court rejects it with said in a statement. Demand for rhino horn from South the contempt it deserves,” “This is the highest level since East Asia is being illegally supplied by said High Court judge the current crisis began to emerge sophisticated transnational organ- John Hlophe. The name of in 2008,” the Switzerland-based ised crime networks, the IUCN said. the 50-year-old kidnap- body said. They are sold for about $60,000 per cannot be disclosed to The slaughter has been driven by a kilo on the black market, making it protect the new identity Members of the Tibetan community in Belgium hold a demonstration to mark the celebration of the demand for their horn in countries more expensive than cocaine. of the girl she stole. such as China and Vietnam, where “The extensive poaching for the 57th Tibetan Uprising Day in front of the EU headquarters in Brussels, yesterday. they are prized for their purported illegal trade in horn continues to medicinal properties. undermine the rhino conservation Killer of S African The horn is composed mainly of successes made in Africa over the keratin, the same component as in last two decades,” said IUCN expert anti-apartheid human nails, but it is sold in pow- Mike Knight. dered form as a supposed cure for On the plus side, poaching in Ire against Sundarbans power plant hero gets parole cancer and other diseases. Kenya decreased over the past two JOHANNESBURG: The Trade in rhino horns was banned years and went down for the first time convicted killer of South in 1977 by the Convention on Interna- in South Africa in 2015. AFP But organisers hope the 250-kil- along the route. “The Sundarbans is one African anti-apartheid tional Trade in Endangered Species According to experts, there were ometre long march will force the of the pristine beauties of the world,” leader Chris Hani will be (CITES), an international treaty cre- between 19,000 and 21,000 white rhi- Bangladesh government to scrap the Hossain said. freed on parole in two ated in 1973 to protect wildlife against nos in Africa last year and between plant which they say will harm endan- “In the past it has saved us from weeks after more than 20 over-exploitation, and ensure that 5,000 and 5,500 black ones. DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshis gered Bengal tigers and other animals cyclones, flash floods and it’s our big- years in prison, a Pretoria began a four-day march yesterday living in the mangroves. gest protection against tsunamis,” he court ruled yesterday. from the capital to the Sundarbans “It’s now or never. We can’t allow said of the ecologically fragile forest Janusz Walus was in a last-ditch protest against plans to this power plant to destroy the world’s which acts as a natural buffer against serving a life sentence for build a coal-fired power plant near the largest mangrove forest,” march organ- extreme weather. Experts said the the 1993 murder of Hani, Limestone stacks discovered World Heritage-listed forest. iser Ruhin Hossain said. 1,320-megawatt plant is being built who was a senior mem- Preliminary work has already Nearly 1,000 students, green just four kilometres from the UNESCO- ber of the African National begun under an Indian-Bangladesh activists and others rallied in Dhaka, declared World Heritage section of the Congress and the head of joint venture on the massive plant shouting slogans and carrying flags of vast forest which straddles Bangla- the South African Com- which will provide much needed elec- left-wing political and labour groups desh and India. India and Bangladesh munist Party when he was tricity to the impoverished country before starting the march which they signed a deal in 2010 to jointly develop gunned down. when it becomes operational in 2018. hope will draw thousands of others the $1.7bn power plant. Africa must spend more on research to halt brain drain: Expert

Reuters train in Africa work abroad because various government ministers and the said. Yet Zomahoun said scientific of the continent’s limited opportuni- presidents of Senegal and Rwanda. progress could not be funded by gov- ties and resources, he said, noting that The forum is showcasing the work ernment and public money alone, and Africa accounts for only one percent of 15 of Africa’s best young scientists, urged the private sector to invest in DAKAR: A lack of investment in sci- of global scientific research. who are working on issues ranging the STEM and research and develop- ence is stunting Africa’s growth, driving “There are still a lot of scientists from big data and cybersecurity to ment (R&D) fields. engineers, researchers and scientists across Africa, but they have been made public health and waste management. Rwandan President Paul Kagame abroad and depriving the continent invisible by a lack of development and Cameroonian scientist Wilfred Ndi- told the forum there were too few stu- of billions of dollars each year, the investment,” Zomahoun said on the fon is using a mathematical approach dents in science and engineering, and founder of a landmark conference sidelines of the NEF Global Gather- to develop a vaccine for malaria, and that a lack of African women in these said yesterday. ing - Africa’s first global science and believes his method could also be used sectors was holding back the continent. Africa loses $4bn a year by out- technology forum. “We want to make to design vaccines for other viral dis- “The pressure is on to catch up and sourcing jobs in science, technology, them and their work visible - to attract eases such as yellow fever, dengue, keep pace so Africa is not left in the engineering and maths, the so-called young people to stay, and encourage and even Zika. wake of technological progress,” Kag- STEM fields, to foreign professionals, those who have left to come back to “This forum is not just about show- ame said. “We really cannot be satisfied Five drowned ‘Apostles, a collection of limestone stacks, have said Thierry Zomahoun, chairman and aid Africa’s development.” casing our work, but showing the with just ending extreme poverty. Our been discovered under the water near Victoria’s world-famous founder of the Next Einstein Forum Some 700 mathematicians and sci- potential for science in the continent aim is shared and sustainable pros- 12 Apostles tourist attraction. (NEF). entists from 80 countries are attending and inspiring many more African peo- perity. And the key to that is science Most scientists and engineers who the event in Dakar, Senegal, as well as ple to do even bigger things,” Ndifon and innovation, bound by research.” 08 FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 PAKISTAN Pakistan says support to US led to terror heat

along with radar and electronic war- fare equipment, in a deal worth $700 Senator Paul, who m. Senator Paul is using the obscure leads campaign to Arms Export Control Act of 1976 to try and stop the sale, labelling Paki- block sale of eight stan “an uncertain ally”, which could F-16 fighter jets to not be trusted with sophisticated US weapons. Pakistan, has been Ambassador Jilani, however, reminded the ‘cruel reminded Senator Paul that Paki- brunt of terrorists’ stan had lost nearly as many soldiers fighting the terrorists as the US. revenge’ the country “In addressing you, I also repre- faced for being seen sent over 30,000 families in Pakistan who have not only lost their loved ones as US partners. but also potentially their sources of income, protection and hope for the future,” he wrote. “Why has Pakistan paid this staggering price in human Internews blood? The answer perhaps lies in the brochure ‘Jihad in Pakistan’ that was A machinist helps a woman from Afghanistan to board the rescue cruiser Minden on the Mediteranean Sea between Turky and the Greek island found by the US forces from Osama bin Laden’s compound in May 2011 Lesbos next to rescued refugee children from Afghanistan near Mytilini, Greece, yesterday. The German Maritime Search and Rescue Service WASHINGTON: Pakistan has and released last week by the office and other North European rescue services participated in the international mission to rescue refugees at sea. reminded US lawmakers that terror- Director National Intelligence,” wrote ists have killed thousands of Pakistani the ambassador. soldiers and civilians only because In this 42-page booklet, the Al- it supports the US-led war against Qaeda leader gives a detailed blueprint Five Afghan migrants drown in the Aegean terrorists. on how and where to launch the jihad In a letter to a senior Republi- against Pakistan and its military. can Senator, Rand Paul, Pakistan’s The brochure also lists Pakistan’s Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani referred actions against Al-Qaeda as part of Reuters who have already reached the Greek The European Union has offered He also said Turkey would meet to a US intelligence document, which its support to the US-led war against islands and that the number returned Turkey billions of euros in aid to curb by May 1 the EU’s conditions for visa- quotes Osama bin Laden as asking terrorism and calls for retribution. was ultimately expected to be in the illegal migration. free travel to Europe, seen by many his followers to attack the Pakistani Ambassador Jilani reminded thousands or tens of thousands. Under the draft deal struck on Mon- Turks as the main benefit of the deal. state and its military because of their Senator Paul that the ‘ensuing ter- ISTANBUL: Five Afghans, including One of the victims from Wednesday day, Turkey also received promises EU leaders set requirements including anti-terrorism partnership with the rorism perpetrated against Pakistan two children and a six-month old baby, night’s capsize, in which their boat hit of faster visa liberalisation for Turks changing Turkey’s visa policy towards United States. Senator Paul leads the is a story hard to miss”. He noted that drowned in the Aegean overnight try- rough weather as it travelled towards travelling to Europe, and a speeding Islamic states and introducing harder- congressional campaign to block a thousands of men, women and school- ing to reach Greece as Turkey starts to the Greek island of Lesbos, managed to up of Ankara’s long-stalled EU mem- to-fake biometric passports. proposed sale of eight F-16 fighter going children in Pakistan have faced implement an EU agreement to curb swim ashore but died during attempts bership talks. More than 130,000 people this jets to Pakistan. the cruel brunt of terrorists’ revenge illegal migration. to revive him, a coastguard official The aim of the deal is to discour- year have reached Europe from Tur- He sent a letter to his colleagues for being seen as US partners”. The stream of migrants risk- told Reuters. age illegal migrants and break the grip key, which borders Iran and conflict earlier this week, claiming that it was Jilani, however, vowed to continue ing perilous sea crossings has so far Of the four bodies found at sea, of human smugglers who have sent zones in Syria and Iraq, while 350 peo- “past time” to demand accountability the fight against terrorists, saying that shown little sign of abating after Tur- one was that of a six-month-old baby, them on perilous journeys across the ple have died on the perilous journey, from Pakistan whose “cosiness” with “the heavy toll of blood and treasure” key reached the draft deal with the EU rescuers said. Nine other people were Aegean. But migrants have continued according to the International Organ- terrorists has harmed the US military. had not “faltered our resolve to fight on Monday, under which it will try to pulled from the water alive. to try to cross from Turkey’s coast in isation for Migration. Senator Paul has also introduced and defeat terrorists”. stem the flow in return for funding “The rescue operation for the two recent days. More than 35,000 people are a joint resolution of disapproval in “The amount of explosives and political rewards. others is continuing,” the coastguard “Forming the mindset that ‘You trapped at the Greek-Macedonian the Senate, which may come up for recovered and destroyed in these Turkey’s EU Minister Volkan official said. Initial reports suggested can’t go there anymore, there’s no hope border at Idomeni as Europe tries hearing this week. operations would have been suffi- Bozkir said the deal, under which Iranians were also among the group, there’ is the basis of preventing (illegal to close the Balkan route to foreign- Last month, the US government cient for daily IED attacks for next Ankara agreed to take back all irreg- but the coastguard later confirmed migration),” Bozkir told the state-run ers fleeing violence and economic approved the sale of the fighter jets, 20 years,” he wrote. ular migrants, does not apply to those this was not the case. Anadolu agency. upheaval.

Protest against power shortage Mob killing of woman: HRW slams Afghan justice system Cancer kills AFP travesty of justice. 12,000 every year “It’s a bitter irony that the lat- est blow to justice for Farkhunda occurred on the eve of International ISLAMABAD: Annually KABUL: Human Rights Watch (HRW) Women’s Day,” HRW said in a state- some 150,000 new can- has slammed Afghanistan’s justice ment yesterday. cer cases occur in men system after the country’s top court “At every stage of this case the and women of all ages in upheld reduced sentences in the sav- Afghan criminal justice system failed Pakistan, and 8 percent age mob killing of a woman falsely to adequately investigate, hold to (around 12,000) of those accused of burning the holy Quran. account or appropriately punish afflicted die every year, Farkhunda, 27, was beaten and those responsible.” Health Minister Saira Afzal her body set ablaze in broad day- Farkhunda was attacked on the Tarar has told the upper light last March in Kabul, triggering banks of the Kabul River after an amu- house of parliament. angry nationwide protests and draw- let seller, whom she had reportedly Tarar minister of state ing global attention to the treatment castigated for peddling superstition, for national health serv- of Afghan women. falsely accused her of burning a copy ices, regulations and An appeals court last sum- of the Quran. coordination (NHSRC) mer slashed sentences of the men Her case has become a symbol cited the World Health convicted of the woman’s murder, of the endemic violence that women Organisation while shar- vacating the death penalty in four face in Afghanistan, despite reforms ing the statistics. cases. since the hardline Taliban regime It further reduced prison terms fell in 2001. Iran president to to 20 years in three others and 10 The backlash highlighted the years in the fourth. angst of a post-Taliban generation visit Islamabad A boy holds a placard reading in ‘Light’ as Afghans rally to protest the halt of works on the Shorabak It also cut the sentences of nine in Afghanistan—where nearly two- Hydroelectric project in Badakhshan, yesterday. Dozens of Afghans demanded that the government other defendants. thirds of the population is under 25 ISLAMABAD: Iranian resume the work on the project that was being built with the support of Germany’s 31m euros and The Supreme Court upheld those — that is often torn between conserv- President Hassan Row- was expect to solve the electricity problems. verdicts on Monday, sparking renewed atism and modernity as the country hani is scheduled to visit criticism for what many call a blatant rebuilds after decades of war. Pakistan at the end of this month in a bid to re-establish bilateral economic ties following the lifting of sanctions, Punjab passes law to assist civilian terrorism victims besides attempting to mend the strained polit- ical relationship because of Middle Eastern politics. Internews of civilian victims to receive state recognition of civilian victims and The grant allocated for severe dam- ‘Civilian Victims Fund’ with a dedicated News of Rowha- assistance for relief, healthcare and financial assistance was the sole dis- age to car, jeep or other four or three head of account for timely payment ni’s two-day visit to rehabilitation; arranging for adequate cretion of the chief minister. wheelers is Rs500,000 and minor dam- of grants and other benefit to civil- Islamabad had been cir- funds for such assistance; establish- According to the Ordinance, in age Rs100,000. Similarly, Rs500,000 ian victims. culating since the end LAHORE: The Punjab Civilian Victims ing an effective mechanism to track; case of death, a civilian victim would worth financial assistance has been Under the Ordinance, the govern- of last month, but the of Terrorism (Relief and Rehabilitation) investigate and analyse harm to civil- be entitled to Rs1m, for grievous fixed for each buffalo, cow, bull, horse ment could amend the Schedule to dates were disclosed Ordinance 2016 has been promulgated, ians in acts of terrorism; and for other injury Rs500,000, substantial injury or donkey’s loss and Rs100,000 for increase the amount or grant or add in a defence ministry in Pakistan’s most populous province purposes.” Rs100,000, for dwelling unit (complete each sheep and goat. any other category of harm and fix statement issued after legalising state finances, medical and The government through this Ordi- destruction of house) Rs500,000, shop The Ordinance further reads: “A the amount of grant for it. Defence Minister Kha- rehabilitation assistance for civilians nance fixed the financial assistance kiosk or any other business establish- civilian victim shall be entitled to the Government notified officials, waja Asif met the Iranian facing hardships due to terrorism. and prescribed mode, manner and ment (complete destruction) Rs500,000 grant specified in the Schedule for the preferably within 30 days of an act envoy, Mehdi Honardoost. The law reads: “It is necessary to periodicity of the payments made to and (partial destruction) Rs100,000, harm, caused to body, mind or prop- of terrorism, would communicate to The visit is yet to be offi- provide for timely recognition and a civilian victim or any of his fam- and for severe damage to vehicle (truck, erty owing to an act of terrorism.” the government details of the act and cially announced by the assistance for civilian victims of acts ily members. bus or other heavy vehicle) Rs500,000 The government would, by notifi- those of the civilian victims to initi- foreign ministry. of terrorism; recognising the right In the previous arrangement, the and minor damage Rs100,000. cation in the official gazette, establish a ate process of assistance. INDIA FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 09 India launches sixth navigation satellite

(automatic receivers and transmit- Headley to be ters of radio signals) which facilitates The country moved accurate determination of the range cross-examined closer towards joining of the satellite. from March 22 IRNSS-1F also carries Corner Cube a select group of Retro Reflectors for laser ranging. Mumbai: The cross-exam- nations possessing its Till date, India has launched six ination of Lashkar-e-Taiba own satellite-based regional navigational satellites (IRNSS- terrorist-turned-approver 1A, 1B, 1C, ID, 1E and 1F) as part of a David Coleman Headley in navigation system. constellation of seven satellites to pro- the Mumbai terror attack vide accurate position information case will start before a service to users across the country Special Court from March and the region, extending up to an area 22 for four days, a legal IANS of 1,500km. official said yesterday. Though the full system comprises Advocate Abdul nine satellites — seven in orbit and two Wahab Khan, law- on the ground as stand-by, the naviga- yer of Abu Jundal, one SRIHARIKOTA: India yesterday tion services could be made operational of the prime accused successfully put into orbit its sixth nav- with four satellites, ISRO officials had in the 26/11 cases, will igation satellite called IRNSS-1F with said earlier. cross-examine Pakistani- its own rocket in a copy book style. Each satellite costs about American Headley who With this success, India moved Rs150crore and the PSLV-XL version had given a week-long closer towards joining a select group rocket costs about Rs130crore. The deposition via video-con- of nations possessing its own satel- seven rockets would entail an outlay ferencing from a US jail in lite-based navigation system. of about Rs910crore. early February. Khan had Named as the Indian Regional Nav- The entire IRNSS constellation of moved applications seek- igation Satellite System (IRNSS), the seven satellites is planned to be com- ing certain documents system consists of a constellation of pleted in 2016 itself. and CDs pertaining to the seven satellites, of which the sixth was The first satellite IRNSS-1A was case and also objected put into orbit on Thursday. launched in July 2013, the second to Headley being made Immediately after the 1,425-kg IRNSS-1B in April 2014, the third on an approver in the 26/11 IRNSS-1F satellite was injected into October 2014, the fourth in March 2015, case. space by the Polar Satellite Launch and the fifth in January this year. Vehicle (PSLV-C32) rocket, scientists While the sixth satellite went up Jaitley to respond at the mission control centre clapped yesterday, the seventh — IRNSS-1G is their hands in joy. expected to be launched in the second to Ashutosh’s plea “The sixth navigation satellite has half of 2016. been put into orbit successfully. The Once the regional navigation New Delhi: The Delhi High seventh navigation satellite is expected system is in place, India need not be Court yesterday asked to be launched sometime next month,” dependent on other platforms. Finance Minister Arun Jait- A S Kiran Kumar, ISRO chairman said According to ISRO, even with ley to respond to a plea soon after. the operationalisation of five IRNSS by AAP leader Ashutosh The Indian Space Research Organ- satellites, the proof of concept of an seeking direction to strike isation (ISRO) will raise the satellite independent regional navigation The Indian Space Research Organisation’s navigation satellite IRNSS-1F, on board the Polar Satellite Launch off the fresh allegations to its home slot over the next couple satellite system over India has been Vehicle (PSLV-C32), takes off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, yesterday. levelled against him by of days. demonstrated for the targeted posi- the minister in a civil def- The satellite, with a design life span tion accuracy of better than 20metres have more than 20 satellites. rocked raced towards space amidst Soon after the ejection into the amation suit. Jaitley has of 12 years, has two payloads for nav- over 24 hours of the day. However, while other systems are the cheers of the ISRO officials and the orbit, the satellite’s solar panels were sought Rs10crore in dam- igation and ranging. The operationalisation of the sixth global, Indian system is regional in media team assembled at the rocket deployed. ages following the Aam The navigation payload of IRNSS-1F satellite, a better position accuracy nature. port here. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Naren- Aadmi Party leaders’ will transmit navigation service sig- will be provided, ISRO said. At 4.01 pm the PSLV rocket standing At the rocket mission control room, dra Modi congratulated the ISRO statements on alleged nals to the users. This payload will be While ISRO is silent on the navi- 44.4metres tall and weighing 320tonne Indian space scientists at ISRO were scientists on the successful launch of financial irregularities operating in L5-band and S-band. A gation systems strategic application, tore into the evening sky with a fierce glued to their computer screens watch- the navigation satellite. “Successful in the Delhi and District highly accurate rubidium atomic clock it is clear that IRNSS will be used for orange flames at its tail. ing the rocket escaping the earth’s launch of IRNSS-1F is an accomplish- Cricket Association. Jus- is part of the navigation payload of defence purposes as well. Indian space The rocket took off with a delay gravitational pull. ment we all take immense pride in. tice Vipin Sanghi sought the satellite. agency officials said IRNSS system is of one minute to avoid collision with Just over 20 minutes into the flight, I salute the hard work of our scien- Jaitley’s response by April The ranging payload of IRNSS- unique as it consists of only seven sat- space debris. the PSLV rocket ejected its sole passen- tists and ISRO,” Prime Minister Modi 19 on the application filed 1F consists of a C-band transponder ellites while other systems in the world Gathering speed every second, the ger IRNSS-1F at an altitude of 488.9 km. tweeted. by Ashutosh in the main defamation suit. Chargesheet Opposition ‘Probe launched into missing Ishrat documents’ against Hardik assured of Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Police filed a chargesheet action in IANS the missing documents “which will in an additional affidavit which was talk about a girl in India named Ishrat. against Patel community bring all the facts out” in the open. filed a month later. It seems an attempt The controversy over the case leader Hardik Patel in a Without naming Congress’s P was made to weaken the case.” flared up again after Headley made case of rioting and assault Mallya case Chidambaram, Singh alleged that The minister also accused the the startling claim on February 11 this registered against him NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath affidavits regarding the case were previous government of hatching a year about the 2004 Gujarat encoun- and 16 others at Visnagar IANS Singh yesterday said key documents corrected on the intervention of the conspiracy to malign the then Gujarat ter — the already murky Ishrat Jahan town in July last year. related to the Ishrat Jahan case have then home minister and reaffirmed chief minister Narendra Modi and his case has become even murkier. The chargesheet was gone missing and accused the previous that an investigation has found that government. Singh alleged that the previous submitted before a judi- NEW DELHI: Even as the gov- Congress-led government of a flip-flop the Thane girl was a terrorist — a claim “The affidavit was changed to government had tried to give a politi- cial magistrate, A Rana, ernment yesterday assured that over the controversial 2004 shootout also seconded by American-Pakistani malign the Gujarat government, the cal and communal colour to terrorism in Visnagar. They are “every possible action will be taken” that killed the alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Coleman Headley in then chief minister. A conspiracy was and reminded the Congress of the “saf- accused of being part of against beleaguered businessman woman operative. his deposition. hatched to drag him into the case.” fron terror” label given to describe a group of around 500 Vijay Mallya, the Congress hit out at “Two letters from the then home “I am pained to say that there was Rajnath Singh said that government acts of violence allegedly commit- people from the Patel the Centre asking “how did it allow secretary to the attorney general in a flip-flop on Ishrat Jahan case during was not relying solely on the testimony ted by Hindu nationalists. community who alleg- Mallya to leave the country”. 2009 have gone missing. The then the previous UPA (United Progressive of Headley - a Lashkar operative who “Saffron terror was the UPA govern- edly vandalised the Congress vice president Rahul attorney general had vetted two affida- Alliance) government,” Rajnath Singh scouted terror targets before the 2008 ment’s term. Colour, creed and religion office of BJP legisla- Gandhi questioned the government vits regarding the case. Those are also said, amid a pandemonium by some Mumbai terror attack. Headley is cur- are not linked to terrorism. They gave tor Rishikesh Patel in the as to how it allowed Mallya to leave not available,” Rajnath Singh told the opposition members. rently in a US jail from where he was a communal colour to terrorism. This town, attacked journalists the country. The issue was also Lok Sabha yesterday, replying to a brief “She was described as an LeT ter- questioned by an Indian magistrate is opportunistic secularism.” He said and went berserk on the raised in the Rajya Sabha by Leader debate on the controversial encoun- rorist in the first affidavit filed in the last month through videoconferenc- that the whole world was battling “the streets on July 23 during of Oposition Ghulam Nabi Azad of ter. He said that the government has Gujarat High Court but unfortunately ing. The Pakistani-American terrorist menace of terrorism” and “there should job quota agitation. the Congress, who said Mallya should launched an “internal inquiry” to find the facts were given another dimension said he had heard his LeT handlers not be politics over it”. not have been allowed to leave. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley invoked the case of Italian busi- nessman Ottavio Quattrocchi while countering Congress vice president The prolonged trial Kanhaiya Kumar roughed Rahul Gandhi’s allegation. Jaitley added that there is a legal proce- dure on impounding a passport and up on JNU campus action could be taken only based on the provisions of the Passport Act. During Zero Hour in the Lok IANS Rohith Vemula. You killed one Rohith Sabha, Jaitley said Mallya owed and so many have stood up, now if about Rs.90bn to various banks you will hurt someone else then imag- in the country. He was respond- ine how many will stand up (against ing to the issue raised by Congress NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru you),” Kumar said. floor leader Mallikarjun Kharge, University Students Union (JNUSU) Kumar said that such attacks were who wanted to know why the gov- President Kanhaiya Kumar was yes- pre-planned. ernment did not “confiscate” the terday roughed up by a man on the “It is not important what you passport of the chief of the now university campus who allegedly write against me. It is not important defunct Kingfisher Airlines. wanted to teach him a lesson for rais- that today you slapped me tomor- Jaitley said every member of ing “anti-India slogans”. row you may stab me with knife. the house shares Kharge’s concern, The person, identified as Vikas For us, the people of JNU, our own but said the sanction of money to Chaudhury, tried to attack Kumar lives have never been important. We Mallya was made during the UPA at 6.30pm in front of the university always think of nation and its future,” regime. “Some cases were filed in administrative block where an open Kumar said. different courts across the coun- lecture was going on by Supreme Court “They are doing such activities try and some counter-cases were advocate Nandita Haksar. Chaud- very cleverly and carefully. First they also registered,” he added. hury grabbed Kumar’s T-shirt and priced my tongue and tried to pro- Meanwhile, the biggest public tried to hit him but security personnel voke me so that I can retaliate. But I sector lender State Bank of India intervened in time, a witnesses said. didn’t say anything... Then they priced denied any laxity on the part of the Kanhaiya Kumar later said that the my neck for Rs.11 lakh, I didn’t say consortium of banks in seeking attack on him cannot intimidate him. anything then also... But now you’ve reliefs against the defunct Kingfisher Bollywood actor Salman Khan leaves the airport in Jodphur on his way to a court to give a statement “You can hurt me, you can silence attacked our home (JNU). It’s an attack Airlines Ltd (KFAL), its promoters related to a poaching case dating back almost 20 years, yesterday. me but you cannot scare me... If you on university, its tradition and what and holding-associated company. will try to hurt me then remember it stands for,” Kumar said. 10 FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 OPINION

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EDITORIAL Light from the dark Democrats talk climate change

pace in space is infinite. Creative intrigues of nature define life in the cosmos and 450-odd kilometres Warmer temperatures caused and sustainable energy. He also making it preferable to coal. The above earth, processes of the human body are put to by the greenhouse effect cause called for an end to fracking. problem is that natural gas itself is Sthe ultimate test. US astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian glaciers to melt, increasing the It’s worth explaining each of a very potent greenhouse gas that cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko recently returned to amount of water in the ocean. those things. A “carbon tax” is often escapes into the atmosphere earth after spending an year in space. National Aeronautics and Those warmer temperatures also basically what it sounds like. For as it’s removed from the ground. Space Administration of the US has in its sights the changes the cause the water in the ocean itself large sources of carbon dioxide (Also, the wastewater from frack- astronauts’ bodies have undergone. to expand, the same way that the emissions — mostly coal-burn- ing is injected into high-pressure surface level of water heated on a ing power plants — there would wells underground, a process that Space research has reached dizzying heights — going into the stove will rise in a saucepan. Sea be a fee associated with those has been linked to earthquakes.) realm of material science, plant growth, microbial processes, and levels have risen several inches emissions. (Scientists believe Clinton summarised her strat- now the effect of fluid displacement inside the human body. Lack near Miami since 1960, according that carbon dioxide emitted egy: “Invest in resilience and of gravity in space leads to inexplicable complications inside the By Philip Bump to data from the National Oceanic from burning fossil fuels stays in mitigation while we are trying to human body. Fluids between joints, inside eye sockets, and within The Washington Post and Atmospheric Administration. the atmosphere, preventing heat cut emissions.” Cutting emissions the spinal column tend to move up in the absence of gravity. At the debate, The Washington from escaping into space.) and mitigation point to the things Post’s Karen Tumulty, serving as a This is not as controversial as we just discussed. She specifically The upward movement of spinal fluid can bring about serious t the moment that I write moderator, noted that two dozen it sounds; a number of oil com- referred to President Obama’s changes in vital body processes, and even affect brain functions. this, the measured water Florida mayors had requested that panies have backed such a tax. Clean Power Plan which, among In the confines of a spacecraft, astronauts start losing muscles levels at Virginia Key, Fla., candidates address the subject in a Energy efficiency comes at a other things, would mandate that and bone mass. After five months in space, one loses 40 percent are about eight inches debate. They wrote an open letter, reduction in greenhouse gases existing power plants limit carbon Aabove predicted levels. In Janu- asking for candidates to answer from the other side. dioxide emissions. muscles and 12 percent bone mass. Scott Kelly complained of burning skin after coming back, ary, levels were regularly a foot or three questions: What invest- Since energy use means It’s the “resilience” here that’s apparently because of the absence of a sensation of touch for an more above predicted levels. ments will you make to protect our more electricity production and, particularly interesting. The gov- The sensor station at Virginia coastal assets and economy from therefore, more burning of coal, ernment has a toolkit to help year in space. He is being closely watched by researchers who will Key is located just off the coast of the growing impacts of sea level or since more heat means more individuals and cities prepare for compare his condition with his twin brother Mark Kelly, who is Miami, just south of Miami Beach, rise and climate change?, What heating oil, efforts to reduce the the effects of climate change. being used as a standard on earth. where rising sea levels mean that are specific policies you would amount of energy we use will Resilience plans are neces- Research on living beings and objects the streets flood regularly. So reg- put in place to reduce greenhouse indirectly reduce the amount of sarily localised. Miami doesn’t in space has been the favourite subject of ularly that it’s been covered by The gas emissions? and What policies fuel we burn. need to know what to do in the research for scientists who use data and Post, the Times and the Miami would you put in place to ensure Sustainable energy is wind event of less water; it has too Herald and likely many others. that America delivers on its com- and solar, forms of generating much. Miami Beach has a robust Research on results to develop products and processes “The city of Miami Beach mitment to reduce greenhouse gas electricity without burning coal. plan that includes sea walls, more effects of beneficial for beings on earth. floods on such a predictable emissions? These are some of the most com- trees, raised streets and elevated space stay The scientific regimen brings about basis,” Elizabeth Kolbert wrote Tumulty’s question was more monly considered ways to reduce sand dunes. an element of discipline in studies, which for the New Yorker last Decem- direct, posed to Sen. Bernie Sand- the long-term effects of climate This was a level of detail we on the body are conducted with an eye on discoveries ber, “that if, out of curiosity or ers, Vt., first. Since Republicans change. But they don’t do much shouldn’t expect from a presiden- can offer leading to improvisation in products and sheer perversity, a person wants refuse to act on climate change - for Miami Beach right now. tial candidate in the middle of a processes. to she can plan a visit to coincide a function of skepticism in their Tumulty then offered the same debate, but it’s critical to include insight into with an inundation.” The day the base and among their allies — how question to Hillary Clinton. Clinton in any plan. Sanders mentioned treatment of Loss of muscles and bone mass issue was released, sea levels were can climate change be addressed? dropped some local knowledge infrastructural investments that can provide insights into treatment of eight inches above the projection. Sanders suggested that about Miami Beach and men- could produce new jobs. diseases. musculo-skeletal disorders like arthritis Miami is also where the most Republicans were afraid to tioned the need to transition from Republicans and other mem- and osteoporosis, and the healing of recent Democratic debate was address the subject because they coal to natural gas to renewa- bers of Congress who are loathe to fractures. held on Wednesday night, and the were worried about losing cam- ble energy sources. This is her act on climate change will likely Astronauts are required to exercise topic of climate change came up. paign funding. Later, he called for response to Sanders’ no-frack- be similarly slow to bump Miami At its root, the flooding is a “tax on carbon” and for heavy ing demand: Natural gas emits far Beach’s sea walls ahead of repair- two hours a day in space. Changes in the body are carefully a function of climate change. investments in energy efficiency less greenhouse gas when burned, ing a bridge on I-80. monitored in orbit and on earth. Scott Kelly’s skin discomfort after return would lend important data to physiologists and dermatologists to study urticaria, allergies, and the like. Seep medicine has come up as an area of widespread research. With increasing stress leading to sleep deprivation and The Republican establishment’s worry use of electronic gadgets affecting the quality of the process that is responsible for rejuvenating the body and mind, the subject has been intriguing scientists. preferred candidate, Republican that’s cutting taxes for the rich. have pledged fealty to the Repub- Weightlessness in space leads to fluid rising up the spinal voters have fallen for one guy who, Indeed, the two “anti-Establish- lican Establishment when it comes column. This could affect duration and the quality of sleep. to certain ears, sounds like the sec- ment” candidates are even more to taxes. Although “fealty” might Scientists studying the phenomenon can get insights into ond coming of George Wallace and orthodox on this than the Establish- not be strong enough a word. As dementia, Alzheimer’s and other mental illnesses. another who sounds like the sec- ment ones. Trump and Cruz would the Tax Policy Center’s Len Burman ond coming of Barry Goldwater. both, according to the nonpartisan points out, all the Republican can- With the developed world going for such research, developing But the Republican Establish- Tax Policy Center, cut taxes for the didates are proposing what would, countries should start taking interest in similar studies. ment isn’t just worried about losing top 1 percent by twice as much as as a share of the economy, be the an election. It’s worried about losing Rubio would. And though they all biggest tax cuts in history. Bigger the party itself. In other words, that would give the top 0.1 percent a $1 than Kennedy’s, bigger than Rea- the party of Reagan might become million-plus tax cut, it’s the puta- gan’s, and bigger than George W By Matt O’Brien the party of Trump, that the party tive outsiders who would give the Bush’s too. If this is the Republican The Washington Post of conservatism might become the plutocrats the most. Establishment losing, what would Quote of the day party of nationalism, that the party Consider this: the top 1 percent winning look like? A negative cap- of small government might become would get 40 percent of all the tax ital gains tax? hese are the times that try the the party of big government for the cuts under Rubio’s plan, 39.8 percent The irony is that the Republican I believe people Republican Establishment’s, right people. Of course, a lot of rank- under Trump’s, and 49.8 percent Party is being torn apart because it Twell, maybe not souls, but at and-file Republicans have wanted under Cruz’s. People of more mod- is obsessed with cutting taxes for will like our chosen least self-confidence. these things for awhile-that’s why est means, though, would not be the rich. Let’s back up a minute. Now, things aren’t Trump is doing so well-but they so lucky. The bottom 40 percent Why do I say the GOP’s Ahab—like presidential nominees. crossing-the-Delaware-to-launch- haven’t had the money, the organ- of households would only get 5.3 obsession with the top marginal a-sneak-attack-during-Christmas ization or, most importantly, the percent of Rubio’s tax cuts, 5.3 per- tax rate hurt it so much? Well, the bad, but they’re not much better candidate to actually pull it off. cent of Trump’s, and 0.8 percent of rich really are different from you either. Not when the Republican Until now, that is. Cruz’s. And no, that last number is and me: they have more money, so Establishment’s favourite son has If this is a revolution, though, it’s not a typo. Cruz’s plan would, on cutting their taxes costs more. In Aung San Suu Kyi been reduced to trading schoolyard a funny kind of one. That’s because average, increase taxes on the bot- fact, it costs so much that not only Myanmar opposition leader taunts with the actual frontrunner the new boss sure does look a lot like tom 20 percent. It’s a reverse Robin will you be unable to afford any- in a last-ditch bid for relevancy- the old boss, at least when it comes Hood: raising taxes on the poor to thing else, but you also might have which is backfiring badly. Instead to what the Republican Establish- slash them for the rich. to cut Social Security and Medicare of falling in line behind the elite’s ment cares about the most. And So even the Republican rebels just to make it all add up.

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Sleuths scan Soliciting support IS registration identity papers

reported by German media as identi- fying German jihadists were genuine. Leak contains details “We are therefore taking them into of 22,000 jhadists account as part of our law enforcement and security measures,” he added. Fredrik Milder, a spokesman for Sweden’s Sapo intelligence service, meanwhile told TT news agency: “We AFP are aware of the existence of this list.” “Our security services have received such information,” he said. The developments follow Ger- LONDON: Western intelligence serv- man media reports earlier this week ices examined yesterday a potential about a questionnaire which new IS treasure trove of leaked IS registra- recruits from Germany had to fill in. tion documents, some of which were German Interior Minister Tho- deemed likely to be authentic by the mas de Maiziere said they would German intelligence service despite help “a better understanding of the the doubts of many experts. structures” of IS and pave the way The information, which could help for “faster, clearer investigations and track down current and former Islamic higher prison sentences”. State group jihadists, was included Experts said the documents would Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to workers about the benefits of Britain staying in the EU, at Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port in forms which new recruits had to be valuable if authentic, although they plant in Ellesmere Port, Britain, yesterday. fill out, British and German media pointed out mistakes and uncharac- reported. teristic language in the forms. The documents contain details Richard Barrett, formerly a senior like names, dates of birth and phone figure in Britain’s MI6 overseas intel- numbers for people from 51 coun- ligence service, said the leak would tries including from Britain, northern be “an absolute gold mine of infor- Europe, the Middle East, north Africa, mation of enormous significance and Irish PM loses parliamentary vote for re-election the United States and Canada. interest”. British broadcaster Sky News But Charlie Winter, a researcher said it had shared with British secu- at Georgia State University, said: rity services documents with the “There would be big alarm bells Reuters parliamentary majority. Its historic rivalry dates back almost a century Analysts believe Ireland’s economy identities of some 22,000 IS group for me, because when I’ve seen rival Fianna Fail is the only viable to the country’s civil war, have not can handle a degree of uncertainty members. inconsistencies like that in the past partner to form a stable coalition but discussed the prospect of any kind of and the yield on Irish 10-year bonds While Britain’s interior minis- they’ve been on really shoddily-made many in both parties are resisting such alliance and have instead been try- remains near record lows, aided by try said it would not comment on forgeries.” DUBLIN: Enda Kenny lost a parlia- a tie-up. ing to garner support from smaller European Central Bank quantitative national security matters in line with The Arabic name for “The Islamic mentary vote to re-elect him as Irish “There are options open to us and parties and independent lawmakers. easing. normal policy, a spokeswoman for State in Iraq and Syria,” IS’s previous prime minister yesterday, as expected, it behoves us to examine all of those Finance Minister Michael Noo- Kenny cited “the huge implica- Prime Minister David Cameron said nomenclature, is written in two dif- and will assume the role in a care- options in the interests of providing nan of Fine Gael said this week he tions” of a possible exit by Britain from the government would “look at how ferent ways, including one that is not taker capacity while his Fine Gael party a working government that is going presumed those talks would evolve the European Union in a referendum this information can be used in the consistent with past practice. attempts to form a new government. to last,” Kenny told parliament before into discussions with Fianna Fail once in June as one of the challenges fac- fight against Daesh,” another term Files documenting the deaths of Ireland has become one of several formally resigning and becoming care- yesterday’s vote was out of the way. ing Ireland. for Islamic State. IS militants use the words “date of euro zone countries facing a pro- taker prime minister. Kenny has said he would be open to Fine Gael lawmakers have raised “If it can, then we would welcome killing” instead of the typical jihad- longed political stalemate following Shortly after rejecting Kenny’s such negotiations. two main options for breaking the that,” she said, adding that the gov- ist term “martyrdom.” its inconclusive parliamentary election re-election bid yesterday, the Irish Fine Gael argues that Ireland needs deadlock: a formal coalition with ernment had not been aware of the Romain Caillet, an independent on February 26. Senior Irish minis- parliament also blocked an attempt political stability to preserve and extend Fianna Fail or a minority Fine Gael story before it was reported by Sky. jihadism expert, also noted that some ters say it could take weeks to break by Micheal Martin, leader of the second growth in the economy, which data government supported by its rival on German federal police spokes- documents feature a second, circu- the deadlock. biggest party Fianna Fail, to become yesterday showed hit 7.8 percent last a vote-by-vote basis. man Markus Koths said there was “a lar logo not previously used on IS Kenny’s centre-right party fell prime minister. year, making it the best performer in If neither can be agreed, Ireland very high probability” that documents files. 29 seats short of the 79 needed for a Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, whose Europe for a second successive year. would face a second election.

Armed men raid office of rights British papers admonish royal couple for being lazy group in Russia’s Reuters death of their mother Princess Diana, who was killed in a 1997 crash as her car North Caucasus fled chasing paparazzi on motorbikes. In the background there have been LONDON: For the last six years, Prince grumblings about the royal family’s AFP William and his wife Kate have been desire to control what appears in the the darlings of the world’s media, grac- media, and last month the usually gush- ing the front pages of newspapers and ing British press turned on ‘Wills and MOSCOW: Armed men raided magazines across the globe with their Kate’, as the couple are often called. the office of a prominent human good looks, easy charm and two pho- It began when the second-in-line rights group in Russia’s volatile togenic children to boot. to the throne delivered a speech to North Caucasus hours after an In the last month, however, their British diplomats talking about the attack on journalists visiting the royal lustre has dimmed in the British importance of Britain working with group sparked international out- press as they face accusations of lazi- other nations, comments taken by some rage, activists said yesterday. ness and enjoying the high life while as tacit support for Britain staying in Video footage posted online shirking official duties. the European Union ahead of a June by Dmitry Utukin, a lawyer for “In the blinking of an eye, Prince referendum. the Committee to Prevent Tor- William has gone from goodie-two- Under Britain’s unwritten constitu- ture rights group, showed several shoes who can do no wrong, to lazy tion, the royal family are supposed to camouflaged armed men break- layabout, not pulling his weight, spend- stay out of political matters, and with ing security cameras at the group’s ing too much time with his children some papers holding a fairly euroscep- office in the town of Karabulak in and choosing to live in his hideaway tic editorial line, William’s comments the Ingushetia region. in Norfolk,” royal biographer Penny led to criticism - and personal “Armed men came to our office Junor wrote in the Daily Telegraph. attacks. in five cars. One of them broke the Ever since the couple’s engagement “Meddling Wills is throne idle”, security camera at the entrance. in 2010 and sumptuous wedding the wrote Rupert Murdoch’s top-selling Three others came in through the year after, they have been global celeb- Sun tabloid which detailed how the window,” Utukin wrote. rities, with Kate considered a fashion queen, 89, and her 94-year-old hus- Nobody was inside at the time icon and William feted for his mili- band Prince Philip had carried out of the break-in late Wednesday and tary service, devotion to family and hundreds more royal engagements the rights group told AFP none of latterly his work as an air ambulance than him in 2015. the staff had yet visited the office helicopter pilot. The Sun is typically a strong sup- since the attack. But William and his younger brother porter of the monarchy and other Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (left) and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, during their visit to St The assault came just hours after Harry have made little secret of their usually pro-royal papers also fol- masked men attacked a group of Thomas’ Hospital in London, yesterday. disdain for newspapers, fuelled by the lowed suit. journalists en route to the neigh- bouring region of Chechnya on a press trip organised by the group. Nine people, including five journalists, were driving to Gro- zny, Chechnya’s main city, when Jeremy Corbyn distances himself from support group masked assailants stormed their minibus and later torched it with their belongings inside. Bloomberg and to have joked about a member of UK general election, as “brilliant,” said in a statement yesterday. “Jer- Labour from other socialist groups and Journalists from Norway and Parliament’s mental-health problems. according to Buzzfeed News. Hardy emy Corbyn has no involvement in who ignore the usual rules of political Sweden, a lawyer for the NGO and The “JC4PM” rally in Edinburgh on said he’d probably vote for independ- its activities. Jeremy has consistently discipline. Support for the nationalists at the minibus driver were hospital- Wednesday evening featured appear- ence, as espoused by the SNP, if he called for an end to the stigma which a pro-Corbyn event risks a further ero- ised with injuries, the group said. LONDON: UK Labour Party leader Jer- ances from stand-up comedians Mark lived in Scotland, and also made fun is often attached to mental health. And sion of support for the Scottish Labour Swedish radio correspondent emy Corbyn distanced himself from Steel and Jeremy Hardy and the singer of the fact that Kevan Jones, a Labour of course in Scotland the best option Party, once the dominant political force Maria Persson Lofgren and Norwe- the “Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister” Charlotte Church. Steel described the lawmaker and critic of Corbyn, suf- for working people is to vote Labour.” in the country, ahead of May 5 elec- gian journalist Oystein Windstad group that supports him after speak- Scottish National Party, which cap- fered from depression, Buzzfeed said. The event shows the difficulty tions to the Scottish Parliament, with were still being treated at a local ers at one of its events were reported to tured all but one of Labour’s previously “The JC4PM tour is a wholly sep- Corbyn is having in managing his sup- polls suggesting the party will again hospital yesterday morning. have advocated voting for a rival party held seats in Scotland in last year’s arate organisation,” Corbyn’s office porters, many of whom have joined lose seats to the SNP. 12 FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 EUROPE

Mass expulsion National pride under migrant plan illegal: UN

2.7 million people who have fled the conflict across the border. Some ministers And in exchange for its coop- criticise EU-Turkey eration, Turkey wants ¤6bn in aid, visa-free access to Europe’s passport- deal. free Schengen zone and a speeding up of its efforts to join the European Union. Ankara’s EU affairs minister Vol- AFP kan Bozkir also underlined yesterday that the deal would not be retroactive, and would “not include the existing refugees on the Greek islands”. GENEVA: The mass expulsion of The crisis has exposed sharp divi- migrants from Greece to Turkey under sions in the 28-member bloc and a draft EU-Ankara deal to ease the the leaders of Greece and Germany migrant crisis would be “illegal,” the blasted Balkan countries for slam- UN warned yesterday, as some of the ming shut their borders. bloc’s own ministers also criticised The EU “has no future if it goes on the plan. like that,” warned Greek Prime Min- While EU countries squabbled ister Alexis Tspiras, while German over how to cope with the bloc’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said the worst migration crisis since World border closures were “neither sus- War II, UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al tainable nor lasting.” Hussein said the proposed deal with Their reactions flew in the face Ukrainians hold their flag and perform the national anthem in Lviv, Ukraine, yesterday. Turkey raised “a number of very seri- of the response of EU President Don- ous concerns”. ald Tusk, who welcomed the Balkan “Among my concerns is the route closure as being part of a col- potential for collective and arbi- lective response from the bloc. trary expulsions, which are illegal,” The strong words came after he told the UN Human Rights Coun- Slovenia and Croatia barred entry Ukrainian pilot on hunger strike starts drinking water cil in Geneva. to transiting migrants from Wednes- EU leaders had hoped the mooted day and Serbia indicated it would deal with Turkey — due to be final- follow suit. AFP Savchenko’s defence team said she to secure Savchenko’s release. the Kremlin, accused of fuelling the ised at an EU summit on March 17-18 EU member Slovenia said it would had decided to start drinking water In her reply to Poroshenko, conflict in eastern Ukraine which has — could stem the flood of migrants allow in only migrants wishing to following requests from Ukrainian Savchenko said she would start drink- claimed more than 9,000 lives since streaming through the bloc in search claim asylum there or those seek- President Petro Poroshenko and other ing water following an outpouring of April 2014. of a better life, many fleeing the five- ing entry “on humanitarian grounds” MOSCOW: Ukrainian military pilot supporters. support from Ukrainians. The prosecution wants a 23-year year war in Syria. and in accordance with the rules of Nadiya Savchenko, on trial in Russia “We very much value your will “I have felt your pain, people, and jail sentence for Savchenko over the Underscoring yet again the human the no-passport Schengen zone. over the killing of two journalists, has and resilience in the fight but there until the verdict is announced I will killing of two journalists from Russian tragedy of the crisis, a fresh ship- Prime Minister Miro Cerar said started drinking water but will con- is no need for a hunger strike right switch from a dry hunger strike to fast- state broadcaster VGTRK in shelling in wreck off the Turkish coast claimed the move meant that “the (Balkan) tinue her week-long hunger strike until now,” Poroshenko said in a letter to ing on water,” she said in a handwritten Ukraine’s eastern Lugansk region in five lives including a baby as a boat route for illegal migrations no longer the verdict, her lawyer said yesterday. Savchenko provided by her lawyers. letter released by her defence team. June, two months after the pro-Rus- full of migrants heading for Greece exists”, while Tusk on Twitter called “Nadezhda halted only a ‘dry’ hun- “I want you to hear my request — Rejecting both food and water is sia uprising began. capsized. the decision “not a question of uni- ger strike,” lawyer Mark Feigin said. we don’t want your health to worsen,” called a “dry hunger strike” in Rus- Prosecutors say she was involved in The EU-Turkey plan drawn up lateral actions but common EU28 “She will be fasting until the verdict he said. sia and was a method of last resort for her capacity as a volunteer in a Ukrain- on Monday would see Ankara take decision”. is announced,” he said, using the Rus- “The ‘verdict’ will be announced some Soviet dissidents. ian battalion. back all illegal migrants landing in The border closures have created sian version of her name. on March 21 but before that we will do Savchenko launched her dry hun- But she says she was kidnapped Greece, in a bid to reduce their incen- a huge bottleneck on the Greece-Mac- Her lawyers said Wednesday that a huge amount of work,” he said, in a ger strike last Thursday in protest at even before the attack and smuggled tive to get to Europe. edonia border and Tsipras retorted the health of the 34-year-old aviator possible hint that Ukraine is in behind- delays in her controversial trial. Her across the border into Russia. In return for every expulsion on Twitter that Tusk should “focus had deteriorated significantly over the the-scenes talks with the Kremlin on defence team says she now demands Her case has caused deep con- from Greece, the EU would reset- efforts on implementing our com- past few days and she was feverish. Savchenko’s fate. to be returned to Ukraine. cern in the West, with both the EU and tle one Syrian refugee from camps mon decisions and not encourage The verdict in her case is due on Poroshenko said this week he is Savchenko is seen by her compa- the United States saying she must be in Turkey — which is hosting about those who ignore them”. March 21 and 22. ready to exchange prisoners with Russia triots as a symbol of resistance against released immediately.

EU anti-fraud Death in Baltic Merkel on shaky ground as chief could be questioned three states vote on Sunday

AFP Reuters for Germany (AfD) party, whose hardline stance on refugees could bring it big gains in all three states voting on Sunday. BRUSSELS: The EU’s anti-fraud Founded only in 2013, the AfD has morphed chief has been stripped of his dip- BERLIN: Isolated in Europe, Chancellor Angela from an anti-euro zone bailout party into an lomatic immunity and could face Merkel faces a big test at home on Sunday when anti-immigrant electoral force, to which the questioning by Belgian investigators three German states vote in elections that risk CDU is bleeding support in all three states. in a case linked to the 2012 resigna- eroding her base and undermining the migrant tion of a European Commissioner policy on which she has staked her legacy. SWING STATE in a lobbying scandal, officials said Merkel, known for her caution, took the high- The three regions — Baden-Wuerttem- yesterday. risk step last summer of opening Germany’s berg and Rhineland-Palatinate in the west, Giovanni Kessler, a former Ital- borders to refugees fleeing war in Syria — a and Saxony-Anhalt in the east — have a com- ian MP and anti-mafia prosecutor, move that made her Time magazine’s Person bined population of some 17 million, a fifth of is suspected by Belgian authorities of the Year but stoked angst among Germans Germany’s 81 million. The AfD is strongest in of illegally listening in to a phone about integrating the migrants. Saxony-Anhalt, where unemployment is run- conversation during his effort to Now voters in the three states — two in the ning at over 10 percent. Polls put the AfD on as unearth evidence in a corruption west, and one in the former east — have a chance much as 19 percent support in the state, and case involving the EU, known as to punish Merkel, 61, just as she is trying to use ahead of the Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel’s Dalligate. her status as Europe’s most powerful leader to coalition partner in Berlin, a humiliation for a EU health commissioner John push through an EU deal with Turkey to stop party that is bracing for big losses on Sunday. Dalli of Malta was forced to resign the migrant flow. “In Germany, as in the US, the party system is four years ago after a probe led by “Merkel will continue to be chancellor, but fanning out to the extremes,” said Josef Joffe, Kessler linked him to a tobacco lob- maybe with a black eye,” said Matthias Kort- publisher-editor of German weekly Die Zeit. byist at a time when the EU was mann at the University of Munich. A weakened CDU is still poised to come first introducing tougher anti-smoking Such a loss of face would erode Merkel’s in Saxony-Anhalt, but its fate looks less rosy in legislation. standing at a crucial juncture in her efforts to the two other states. In Baden-Wuerttemberg, a Dalli has categorically denied deal with the refugee crisis that saw over 1 mil- CDU stronghold for over 50 years before turn- any wrongdoing and filed a com- lion migrants arrive in Germany last year. ing to a Green-led coalition with the SPD in 2011 plaint in a Belgian court that led to She alarmed many European leaders at a after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, the the demand that Kessler’s immu- summit earlier this week by gambling on a last- Greens’ state premier Winfried Kretschmann, nity be lifted. minute draft deal with Turkey to stop the migrant 67, is poised to pip his CDU rival. “His immunity was lifted by the flow and demanding their support. But it is Rhineland-Palatinate that is shap- European Commission,” Eric Van But Merkel, whose gravitas and reputation ing up as the pivotal swing state. der Sypt, a spokesman for the fed- for deal-making has grown during her 10 years There, Julia Kloeckner, a charismatic 43-year- eral prosecutor’s office said. in power, must still seal the Turkey deal with old German tycoon who has positioned herself Many EU civil servants in EU leaders at their next summit on March 17-18. as a candidate to succeed Merkel one day, has Belgium are granted diplomatic “If she cannot push through her approach seen her lead shrink in recent weeks and is now immunity, in addition to paying then, she will not be able to avoid correcting neck-and-neck with SPD incumbent, Malu Dreyer. no taxes in the country. her stance on refugee policy,” said Oskar Nie- “Whoever wins Rhineland-Palatinate, CDU The European Anti-Fraud dermayer at Berlin’s Free University. or SPD, can present themselves as the overall Office, known as OLAF, said with Such a shift, which could include tighten- winner,” said Kortmann. his immunity lifted, Kessler now A dead minke whale is unloaded at the Marine Museum Stralsund, in Mecklenburg- ing Germany’s borders, would be damaging to Merkel will campaign today in Trier, an had the option to bring legal action Merkel, who is expected to seek a fourth term ancient Roman town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Vorpommern, Germany, yesterday. The six-metre-long marine mammal was found against the commission before the in office at a federal election in 2017. but she is having difficulty in getting her overall dead two days ago. The species is not native to the Baltic Sea. European Court of Justice “in order Snapping at the heels of her conservative popularity as chancellor to rub off on the CDU’s to protect OLAF’s independence”. Christian Democrats (CDU) is the Alternative candidates in the state elections. AMERICAS FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 13

House Speaker Ryan seeks halt to presidential ‘Draft Ryan’ group

Reuters desperately searching for a way to draft movement is to encourage a reluc- the letter from the Ryan camp, but that any representations that it is acting cease potentially confusing and mis- stop Donald Trump’s march toward tant participant to join. “as reported, it’s a sad commentary on on Ryan’s behalf or raising funds that leading people into supporting your the party’s 2016 presidential nomina- The Draft Ryan group, which the state of our politics today. would assist Ryan’s campaign activities. organisation.” tion, Ryan’s name has been mentioned registered with US Federal Election “The Committee to Draft Speaker “We believe the actions of your A copy of the letter, which was WASHINGTON: US House Speaker often as an alternative. But he has said Commission as a Super PAC, was Ryan is simply a patriotic effort to save organization are not in compliance dated Thursday, was seen by Reuters. Paul Ryan’s political operation is send- he does not want to run for president another indication of Ryan’s rise to our party and save our country,” Cat- with federal law and may constitute Dividing the party, Trump has ing a cease-and-desist letter yesterday this year and has disavowed the Com- the Republican Party’s top ranks since alfamo said. fraudulent solicitation of funds,” the racked up primary wins and expanded to a group that is trying to draft him mittee to Draft Speaker Ryan group. he became speaker last year. Ryan was Timothy Kronquist, an attorney for letter said. his lead this week despite attacks from as a Republican presidential candi- The organisation has continued Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running Ryan’s political operation, addressed “Speaker Ryan has repeatedly the party’s establishment, which is date, urging it to halt its activities and attempts to collect 1 million signatures mate on the Republicans’ 2012 ticket. the letter to the group’s treasurer, David announced publicly that he is not run- trying to stop him from claiming the warning of legal risk. on an online petition to draft Ryan, A spokesman for the group, David Satterfield. It urged the organization ning for president in 2016 ... It is in the nomination at the Republican con- With establishment Republicans arguing that the very definition of a Catalfamo, said it had not yet received to immediately cease and desist from public interest for your organisation to vention in July. Trump calls Clinton campaigns for tariff hike ahead of debate

“We just sit back and do noth- ing,” Trump, 69, said. “That’s getting The billionaire to be very dangerous as far as I’m businessman has concerned.” Though the brash New Yorker has made economic issues harnessed a central theme of his presidential working-class bid, he has steered clear of specifics. anxieties about He has promised to deport 11 mil- lion illegal immigrants, temporarily immigration and bar Muslims from entering the coun- trade. try and renegotiate trade deals with countries like China to protect US workers. Critics have dismissed those plans Reuters as unworkable at best, and Trump’s Republican presidential rivals have pointed out that his resorts have brought in workers from abroad WASHINGTON: Republican presi- rather than hiring Americans. dential front-runner Donald Trump Our Principles PAC, an anti-Trump called for raising tariffs on foreign- group, said it would spend $1m on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets workers at Fontainebleau Miami Beach, Florida. Clinton is campaigning in Florida, made goods yesterday, in a further ads in Ohio —where Republicans will break from his party’s free-trade phi- vote in a crucial presidential primary North Carolina and Illinois. losophy ahead of nominating contests next week — that hit him for having in big industrial states that have been ties and shirts made in Asia. hit hard by globalisation. However, nothing that Trump’s The billionaire businessman rivals for the nomination or main- has harnessed working-class anx- stream Republican leaders have ieties about immigration and trade thrown at him so far has made a major Hedge fund managers pour money, & Trump is a factor to become the leading Republican dent in his leader-of-the-pack cam- vying to be the party’s candidate in paign. After nominating contests in the November election. His White 25 states and Puerto Rico, Trump has Reuters going to Cruz and Clinton has come for $7.3m of the $11.7m that has gone A Trump presidency could House bid has driven a wedge between amassed 458 delegates ahead of the from a handful of people out of the to Super PACs and other committees bring “tremendous uncertainty and the party’s moneyed donors and 359 won by US Senator Cruz of Texas two dozen managers studied. supporting Clinton. instability,” said Gregory Wawro, a grassroots voters, alarming party and the 151 won by US Senator Rubio Robert Mercer, co-chief execu- But Whitney Tilson, a hedge fund political science professor at Colum- leaders who see him as a danger- of Florida. Ohio Governor Kasich trails WASHINGTON: Major US hedge fund tive of Renaissance Technologies, for manager who runs Kase Capital, said bia University. ous demagogue. with 54 delegates.Trump needs 1,237 managers are on pace this year to more example, has given $11m on to Keep the one reason fellow managers are spend- Wawro speculated that Trump’s Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio delegates to clinch the nomination. than double the amount they gave in Promise I, a Super PAC that supports ing more this election is Donald Trump, popularity with blue-collar and and John Kasich will share the stage Mainstream Republicans say their the 2012 election campaign, with inde- Cruz. Mercer is an enigmatic com- the front-runner for the 2016 Repub- middle-class voters could prompt at a CNN-hosted debate at the Uni- best bet at this point is to stop him from pendent fund-raising groups backing puter programmer who is a powerful lican presidential nomination. the Republican Party to reassess an versity of Miami, which begins at reaching that number, which could Democratic presidential front-runner financial force in conservative politics. Trump, who says he is self-fund- approach to taxes and economic issues 8:30pm (0130 GMT on Friday). After enable a compromise candidate to Hillary Clinton and Republican rival Cruz wants to abolish the tax-col- ing his campaign, supports closing a that has favoured top earners and major a debate last week that degenerated emerge at the party’s July nominat- Ted Cruz receiving the most so far. lecting Internal Revenue Service, slash loophole that lets some hedge fund corporations in recent years. into name-calling and sexual innu- ing convention in Cleveland. About $47m has been lavished on income and payroll taxes and impose managers pay less than the usual The surge of hedge fund donations endo, Republican strategists were Rubio and Kasich face make-or- presidential candidates and lawmak- a new “business transfer tax.” Cruz’s income tax rate on performance fees has had little effect on the Republi- hoping for a more substantive evening. break contests in their home states ers and the political action committees wife, Heidi Cruz, is a Goldman Sachs they get known as “carried interest.” can race so far. Trump yesterday criticised Euro- next Tuesday, and both will face that support them by two dozen of the executive in Houston. Clinton supports this, too. Cruz is running well behind Trump pean Union nations and other countries intense pressure to drop out of the industry’s top managers in the first Clinton’s main benefactor is billion- There are other worries, too, about while US Senator Marco Rubio of Flor- for lowering interest rates, saying the race if they lose. Polls show Kasich 13 months of this election season, aire George Soros, a long-time patron of a Trump presidency. After months of ida, who is seen by establishment move could cost manufacturing jobs at running competitively with Trump according to Federal Election Com- Democratic and humanitarian causes campaigning and debates, Trump’s Republicans as their best hope to stop home. He said the United States should in Ohio, but Rubio lags far behind mission filings. and chairman of Soros Fund Man- economic and financial policy posi- Trump winning the nomination, is a raise tariffs in response. in Florida. Most of the hedge fund support agement. Soros alone is responsible tions are still sketchy or unknown. distant third. US and Canada mark better ties with several accords Lula’s woes amplify president’s in Brazil Reuters

AFP Berzoini told journalists, alluding to the possible cabinet post in a meta- WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and new phor equating Lula with the legendary Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday Brazilian footballer. ended a frosty period in bilateral ties by agreeing SAO PAULO: The money-launder- Others warned that such a scheme to tackle climate change and strive to settle a long- ing charges against Brazil’s former would only deepen the mess for Rous- lasting trade dispute over softwood lumber. president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva seff. “This idea of Lula as a minister The neighbouring countries are traditionally deepened the crisis engulfing his is dubious, but if it happens it will be close but relations in recent years soured under protege and successor Dilma Rous- very bad for the government because former prime minister Stephen Harper, who hec- seff yesterday. it will be perceived as a move to pro- tored the White House in a failed bid to push through Speculation swirled on how tect him,” political analyst Sergio US approval for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. Rousseff, who is already facing an Praca said. Obama and Trudeau, whose Liberals came to impeachment drive, a spiralling scan- The opposition has called a power last November promising much better coop- dal at the state oil company and a national day of protests for Sunday eration with Washington, pledged joint steps to fight bruising recession, would respond to that is expected to draw massive turn- global warming, including cutting methane emis- the charges filed Wednesday against out in cities across Brazil. sions from oil and gas operations. the once wildly popular Lula. The demos are aimed at pres- “I am grateful that I have him as a partner ... Brazilian media reports said Rous- suring lawmakers as they prepare When it comes to the central challenges that we seff’s left-wing allies were pressuring to vote in the coming weeks on the face, our two nations are more closely aligned than her to name Lula to a heavyweight impeachment case against Rousseff. ever,” Obama told a news conference at the end of US President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a joint press ministerial post, which—their argu- Lula, the president who led Brazil talks with Trudeau in the White House. The coun- conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. ment reportedly goes—would both through a watershed period of pros- tries committed to cutting emissions of methane by leverage the ex-president’s charisma perity from 2003 to 2011, was charged 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels by 2025, to take including, of paramount importance, the direc- father, Pierre Trudeau, was prime minister from to get the administration out of cri- Wednesday with hiding ownership of steps to fight climate change in the Arctic, and to tion we want to take our countries in to ensure a 1968 through 1979, and again from 1980 to 1984. sis and protect him from criminal a luxury triplex apartment at a sea- speed development of green technologies. clean and prosperous future,” said Trudeau, citing His official visit will be capped by a state dinner charges in an ordinary court. side resort in Sao Paulo state. They also told officials to look for solutions to a “tremendous progress” on many issues. making him the first Canadian leader to be granted Under Brazilian law, cabinet min- More details were to be given at a lengthy dispute over exports of Canadian softwood In another sign that bilateral ties have entered a that honour since 1997. isters can only be tried before the press conference on Thursday. lumber, as well as promising to make it easier for friendlier era, Trudeau invited Obama to address the That occasion could be overshadowed by the Supreme Court. A judge must still formally accept goods and people to cross the long shared border. Canadian Parliament this year. Americans have been raucous race to succeed Obama in the November “What team wouldn’t want to line the charges—which Lula denies—for “The President and I agree on many things captivated by the photogenic Trudeau, 44, whose 8 presidential election. up Pele on the field?” Minister Ricardo the case to proceed. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ECB pulls out all stops with rate cuts & stimulus boost

It increased monthly asset buys to €80bn from €60bn, above expectations of a hike to €70bn.

Reuters

FRANKFURT: The European Cen- tral Bank unleashed some of it last Minister of Finance H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi and Oman’s Minister Responsible for Financial Affairs Darwish remaining stimulus weapons yester- day, cutting all three of its interest bin Ismail bin Ali Al Balushi during the meeting yesterday in Doha. Pic: Baher/The Peninsula ECB President Mario Draghi (right) and Vice-President Vitor Constancio rates and expanding asset-buying to boost the economy and prevent ultra- attend a conference at the ECB headquarters in Frankfurt yesterday. low inflation becoming entrenched. It slashed its inflation expecta- Purchases are due to end in March December, the ECB returned to its Qatari-Omani joint committee tions for this year but also suggested next year. He added, “From today’s usual form today and eased policy that interest rates would go no lower. perspective and taking into account by a bit more than projected,” said In moves that briefly pushed the the support of our measures to growth Holger Schmieding at Berenberg bank. euro 1 percent down against the dol- and inflation, we don’t anticipate that But others were more critical, discusses mutual cooperation lar, the ECB cut its deposit rate deeper it will be necessary to reduce rates warning that such loose monetary pol- into negative territory and increased further,” icy risked creating asset price bubbles monthly asset buys to €80bn from The ECB said it would also start and removed any incentive for gov- €60bn, above expectations of a hike buying corporate debt and launch four ernments to reform their economies. The Peninsula Emadi chaired Qatari side and Oman’s Omani minister said the convening to €70bn. new rounds of cheap loan packages, “What will happen if the glo- Minister Responsible for Financial of the session reaffirms the depth and While the deposit rate was cut 10 to be extended by banks to the real bal economic situation deteriorates Affairs Darwish bin Ismail bin Ali Al width of ties linking Qatar and Oman basis points to -0.4 percent, the main economy. Slashing its 2016 inflation sharply once more, requiring a strong Balushi led his country’s side. thanks to the wise guidance and per- refinancing rate was shaved to zero forecast from one percent to just 0.1 monetary policy response? I do not DOHA: The Qatari-Omani joint com- Al Emadi stressed the strength sonal care of the Emir and the Sultan of from 0.05 percent and its marginal percent, the Bank said further rounds anticipate this happening, but if it did, mittee yesterday discussed, in its 17th of fraternal ties between Qatar and Oman so as to serve the mutual interests lending rate — used by banks to bor- of ultra-cheap four-year loans to banks the ECB would have already shot most session held here, proposals and visions Oman under the leadership of Emir of the Qatari and Omani peoples and row from the ECB overnight — fell to could include extra financial sweet- of its powder,” said Michael Menhart, to enhance mutual cooperation and H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meet their aspirations and ambitions. 0.25 percent from 0.3 percent. eners for them to take up the offer to chief economist at German reinsurer followed up on a set of joint projects. and Sultan of Oman H M Qaboos bin The Omani minister expressed his “Rates will stay low, very low, for pass on to others. Munich Re. The agenda of the meeting included Said. delight at the progress made in bilat- a long period of time and well past the “A bank that is very active in grant- Draghi answered such criticisms following up on joint projects in the The minister demanded that the eral cooperation, reiterating the need to horizon of our purchases,” ECB Pres- ing loans to the real economy can partly in German, arguing: “Suppose fields of education, higher education, committee works to develop ties achieve more cooperation and integra- ident Mario Draghi, judged to have borrow more than a bank that con- we had embraced the ‘nein zu allem’ transport, communication, energy, between Qatar and Oman on all fronts in tion, particularly in investment projects disappointed markets in December centrates on other activities,” Draghi (‘no to everything’) policy strategy? We commerce, industry, tourism and the coming phase by increasing invest- in order to benefit from the substantial with measures below expectations, noted. “Good news for Europe: Hav- deem that the counterfactual would agriculture. ments and joint ventures and removing capacities and available opportunities told a news conference. ing delivered less than expected in have been a disastrous deflation.” Minister of Finance H E Ali Sherif Al obstacles facing them. on both sides.

Pacific trade deal cannot Qatar and Turkey review investment opportunities be renegotiated: Japan

The Peninsula Amasya at fields of agriculture and natural marble. Qatari Reuters businessmen Yossef Jassim Al Darwish and Abdulla Ali DOHA: Qatar and Turkey Al Abdulla were also present. enjoy distinguished bilateral Al Obaidli assured the WASHINGTON: A senior Japanese trade negotia- relations at all levels and sec- tremendous role played by tor said that it would be impossible to renegotiate tors and Turkish companies the Qatari private sector in a sweeping Pacific trade agreement, as some US have great contributions in the achieving the economic diver- presidential candidates have proposed, without Qatari market, Qatar Cham- sification strategy, adding that destroying it. ber board member Mohamed Qatar is keen to eliminate all Hiroshi Oe, Japan’s deputy chief negotiator for Ahmed Al Obaidli said at a obstacles that might hinder the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership trade meeting with a Turkish del- the sector’s contribution in deal, told an Asia Society forum in Washington egation at QC headquarters the national economy. that trying to alter one aspect of the pact for the recently. He expressed the Cham- United States would open the door for 11 other The delegation was ber’s readiness to provide the countries to ask for changes. headed by Ibrahim Comak- Turkish delegation with data “TPP to me is something like a delicate, fragile tekin, Governor of Amasya and information necessary glasswork, so if we want to cut one part of it, that in the north of Turkey, and for doing business in Qatar. will destroy everything,” Oe said. “About rene- included Cafer Ozdemir, The head of Turkish mis- gotiation of the substance, that’s no possibility.” Mayor of Amasya, Murat Kir- sion for his part said that Some economists, along with Obama administra- langic, Chairman of Amasya Qatari investments in Amasya tion officials, argue that this would be unworkable Chamber of Commerce and are more than welcome. because it is often too difficult to distinguish cur- Erdin Guden, Middle Anadolu He invited Qatari busi- rency manipulation and normal monetary policy Agency. nessmen to visit Amasya to actions and could expose the Federal Reserve’s The meeting reviewed meet their counterparts and decisions to trade retaliation. Oe said that he hoped the available investment to closely explore the invest- that Japan’s parliament would approve the trade opportunities in Qatar and ment opportunities. Qatar and Turkey delegations at the event. deal by early June, prior to national elections in July. BUSINESS FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 15

China consumer Mideast homeland security market to double inflation jumps in February The Peninsula according to Frost & Sullivan. forces, customs agencies, ministries opening ceremony on Tuesday, visitors Anticipating this regional growth, of defense and IT, national oil com- can experience an engaging live event Over the next five ISNR is set to be the largest of its kind in panies, and police departments from on emergency preparedness and disas- years, the Middle 2016, covering how to protect citizens Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, ter prevention. ISNR 2016 will be held BEIJING: China’s consumer inflation DOHA: The Middle East’s homeland against threats, enhance emergency Kuwait, Oman, and the UAE. from March 15 to 17 at the Abu Dhabi jumped to 2.3 percent in Febru- security market is set to double to East’s homeland readiness, and ensure stability. The seventh edition of ISNR will be National Exhibition Centre. ary, its highest in nearly two years, $34bn by 2020, demonstrating the security market is set Across 20,000 sqm of net indoor held under the theme of “Connecting Ten new countries will be par- official data showed yesterday, in Arab World’s robust homeland secu- exhibition space, ISNR 2016 is set to Governments, Society, and Business, ticipating, along with three new a positive sign for demand in the rity and national resilience agenda, to grow from $17bn host five exhibitions, two conferences Through Innovation, Leadership, and international pavilions featuring par- world’s second-largest economy. industry experts announced yester- to $34bn, three and over 60 seminars, and dozens of Excellence to Build Safer Communities ticipation from France, Germany, and Food prices surged during the day in the build-up to the International live events, simulations, workshops, and Ensure a More Resilient World.” the United States. annual Lunar New Year holiday, Exhibition for National Security and times the global and new solution launches. Organ- Demonstrating the strong busi- Among more than 100 show with pork prices jumping 25.4 per- Resilience (ISNR) 2016. growth average. isers expect 20,000 attendees from ness opportunity, ISNR 2014 drove features, ISNR 2016 is launching Infose- cent year-on-year, and vegetables Over the next five years, the Mid- over 90 countries, and 500 exhibi- over $300m in deals and partner- curity Middle East, the regional version up a hefty 30.6 percent. dle East’s homeland security market tors from 45 countries. ships. Continuing the momentum, ISNR of Europe’s leading security exhibi- The rise in the consumer price is set to grow from $17bn to $34bn, at government, energy, and critical The Arab World will be well-rep- 2016’s Business Connect team is set to tion, with over 30 new Infosecurity index (CPI) released by the National three times the global growth aver- national infrastructure. resented at ISNR 2016. The event is arrange more than 3,000 meetings and Cyber Security workshops in part- Bureau of Statistics was the largest age, according to a recent Frost & Saudi Arabia is spending $57bn on set to host over 20 country delega- between government, private sector nership with ISC2, a global leader in since July 2014, and came in ahead Sullivan report. The largest share, 55 military and security in 2016, the high- tions and 200 representatives from buyers, and exhibiting companies, a cyber education, and the 7th Inter- of market forecasts of 1.8 percent. percent or $15bn, will go to securing est share of its budget at 25 percent, government buyers, including armed 60 percent growth over 2014. At the national Conference on Cybercrimes. The producer price index (PPI), which measures prices of goods at the factory gate, fell 4.9 percent year-on-year, meeting expectations and an improvement on January’s 5.3 percent drop. But it was the 48th Falcon Private VW’s US chief steps down amid scandal consecutive monthly fall as overca- pacity in manufacturing drags on Bank sets eyes China’s growth, with the protracted PPI declines — now extending to on Barclays’ AFP better acceleration and fuel economy. four years — boding ill for indus- Nitrogen oxide is a pollutant asso- trial prospects. ciated with respiratory problems and Moderate inflation can be a boon Africa asset sale defeat devices are prohibited in the to consumption as it pushes buy- NEW YORK: Volkswagen’s straight- United States, where the VW scam ers to act before prices go up, while DUBAI: Falcon Private Bank talking US chief Michael Horn has quit was originally exposed, as well as in falling prices encourage shoppers plans to expand in Africa and the automaker as it struggles with the other countries. to delay purchases and companies will look at opportunities aris- fallout of a massive pollution cheat- On top of still unquantifiable reg- to put off investment, both of which ing from Barclays’ planned sale ing scandal, a decision that caught ulatory fines in a range of countries, can hurt growth. of its African assets, a senior the industry by surprise. VW is facing a slew of legal suits, nota- Analysts expected a rise in CPI executive at the Swiss bank The departure of Horn, the 54-year- bly in the United States and Germany, due to a traditional surge in demand said. old car executive who made headlines from angry car owners, as well as from for the week-long holiday, known as Barclays said last week worldwide in September 2015 with his shareholders seeking damages for the the Spring Festival in China, as well it would sell a 62 percent frank admission that VW had “totally massive loss in the value of their shares as unusually cold winter weather stake in Barclays Africa, its screwed up”, is effective immediately, since September. This week, German in February pushing up food prices. South Africa-based subsidi- Volkswagen said in a statement. prosecutors said they had broadened The increase was “mainly ary, as it attempts to simplify He left by mutual consent “to pur- their investigation into the cheating impacted by the cold snap and the its structure and seek higher sue other opportunities”, the company from six to 17 suspects at Volkswa- Spring Festival”, National Bureau shareholder returns. said without further explanation. gen. No board member are among the of Statistics analyst Yu Qiumei said Michael Horn, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, at “We will see what Barclays “During his time in the US, Michael suspects, however. French prosecu- in a statement. the Volkswagen Passat reveal in New York. is going to do. That might be Horn built up a strong relationship with tors said they, too, have opened an “Most of the country was hit an interesting thing,” Erich our national dealer body and showed investigation into “serious fraud” at by wind storms, a temperature Pfister, global head of pri- exemplary leadership during diffi- chairman of Volkswagen Group of its deepest-ever crisis sparked by the automobile manufacturer. drop, rain and snow storms in the vate banking at Falcon, said cult times for the brand,” said Herbert America, Volkswagen said. “Peo- revelations that it installed emissions- Volkswagen’s former chief exec- middle of February, affecting the in an interview during a visit Diess, chief executive of the Volkswa- ple know this scandal was rooted cheating software into 11 million diesel utive Martin Winterkorn resigned production and transportation of to Dubai. gen passenger cars brand. in Germany, which is why this is so engines worldwide. The software, shortly after the scandal broke last fresh vegetables,” Yu said, adding Falcon is owned by Abu Horn, the highest ranking US surprising,” Rebecca Lindland, sen- known as a “defeat device”, limits year, protesting his innocence. He that vegetable prices surged 29.9 Dhabi sovereign wealth fund executive to quit the firm since the ior analyst for auto researcher Kelley the output of toxic nitrogen oxides to was replaced by Matthias Mueller, percent from January, the highest International Petroleum emissions scandal broke, became the Blue Book, said. “In terms of scape- US legal limits during emissions test head of the group’s luxury sports car monthly rise since March 2008. Investment Company and public face of the German carmaker goats, there are other goats out there by regulators. brand, Porsche. Volkswagen has since Analysts with ANZ Research has around $18bn in assets during the crisis. who would have been better.” But when the vehicles are in actual revealed that Winterkorn was sent a noted that the spike in food prices under management. He is to be replaced on an interim VW, which until recently had use, the software allows them to spew memo in May 2014 highlighting some was temporary, so that consumer Last year it hired Simon basis by Hinrich Woebcken, the ambitions to become the world’s big- poisonous gases at up to 40 times the of the diesel engine irregularities that inflation was likely to be “mild” in Gaston, former chief execu- North American regional chief and gest carmaker, is battling to resolve permitted levels, giving the vehicle have since come to light. coming months. tive of Barclays’ wealth and investment management unit and the head of its Switzerland operations, as chief execu- tive of Falcon’s private wealth Carrefour to spend on European revival while China lags business in London. Gaston knew the opera- tions of Barclays “well”, said Pfister. Reuters Carrefour said it would invest Falcon also recently hired between €2.5bn and €2.6bn in 2016 a small team of bankers in on renovating and expanding stores, London from Standard Char- notably convenience stores, up from tered and they were drawing PARIS: Carrefour, the world’s second- €2.4bn last year. “This is not the time to up a strategy for future expan- largest retailer, vowed to renovate and sacrifice investments,” Finance Chief sion in Africa, which should open more stores to keep its European Pierre-Jean Sivignon said. be complete in the next two turnaround on track, while warning Carrefour has suffered from its weeks, he said. “So far we’ve it would take time to revive its loss- reliance on hypermarkets, which it just said we’re interested in making Chinese business. pioneered, as customers shift to local certain African countries and The French firm disappointed and online shopping. In response the now it’s time to focus on where investors with a lower-than-expected company, which makes about three- the opportunities are,” he said. dividend hike and its shares fell yes- quarters of its sales in Europe, has cut Barclays’ private banking terday, despite it recording a fourth prices and costs, accelerated expan- business in Africa has offices straight year of revenue and earnings sion into convenience stores, refreshed in South Africa, as well as one growth and increased free cash flow stores and given greater autonomy to in Nigeria, according to its last year. Carrefour proposed raising managers, beginning in France. website. its 2015 dividend by 2.9 percent to 0.70 Operating profit rose 33.4 percent Speaking in general about euros a share after operating profit in Europe, excluding France, driven by potential acquisitions, Pfister rose 2.4 percent to €2.45bn ($2.7bn). recovery in Spain and Italy. said Falcon was less interested Europe’s biggest retailer and the Latin America was boosted by a in buying all of a bank’s assets, world’s second-largest after Wal-Mart, strong sales performance in Argen- but rather certain parts that also said it was waiting for the right tina and in Brazil, its No.2 market, suited its business. time to float property unit Carmila, accounting for about 14 percent of sales, Falcon would also which several analysts estimate is where Carrefour, unlike French rival consider any acquisition worth at least €4bn. Casino, is proving resilient to an eco- FROM LEFT: Carrefour’s Deputy CEO and Chief Financial Officer Pierre Jean Sivignon, Chairman and CEO opportunities arising from “Mixed performances,” was the ver- nomic downturn. international banks pulling dict from Bryan Garnier analysts who This countered an operating profit Georges Plassat and Deputy CEO and General Secretary Jerome Bedier at a press conference to announce back from the Middle East, noted the dividend lagged an expected decline of 6.4 percent in its biggest the group’s results in Paris yesterday. said Pfister. 0.82 euros. “China is beginning to lose market France, which reflected the money, while the equity story misses integration of recently acquired Dia larger commercial spaces. Excluding France. China, which makes 5 percent loss this year as slowing consump- catalysts somewhat.” discount stores and a rise in taxes on these factors, profit rose 1.8 percent in of sales, had an undisclosed operating tion hurt sales. Motorbike giant Hero unveils $125m R&D centre

AFP rapid expansion by a company that sold — not just in numbers, which we are are crafted, and laboratories where more than 6.6 million bikes last year now,” Munjal said at the inauguration endurance tests are conducted. and is about to start exports to Nigeria. in the northern city. While cameras were barred from Chairman Pawan Munjal said Hero Set on 247 acres of scrubland, the the research centre, journalists were JAIPUR: Auto giant Hero unveiled a was now selling its low-velocity bikes site features a network of 14 different shown giant 3D printers that engineers new $125m design centre in India yes- and mopeds in nearly 30 countries test tracks and includes 45 different said were among the largest in the world. terday, complete with 16km of test track and had set itself a target of 10 million types of road surfaces. The total cost is Markus Braunsperger, the company’s and giant 3D printers, as it seeks to annual sales by the end of the decade, estimated at Rs8.5bn (around $126m). German chief technology officer and cement its status as the world’s top- despite a recent tail-off in the Indian The research centre includes zones former BMW employee, said the facil- Visitors walk next to the Iconic Tower during the inauguration of Hero’s selling motorbike manufacturer. market. “My dream has been to make for every step of the design process, ity was rare because it included such The opening of the facility on the this company the world’s number one including workshops where clay mod- extensive testing facilities on the same new Centre of Innovation and Technology facilities in Jaipur yesterday. outskirts of Jaipur comes as part of a company in the field of two wheelers els and then prototypes of the bikes site where the bikes are designed. 16 FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 BUSINESS

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 10,386.44 0.07 % QE Total Return Index 16,522.67 0.07 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,877.79 0.00 % QE All Share Index 2,809.65 0.06 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,790.03 0.13 % QE All Share Industrials 3,093.29 0.15 % QE All Share Transportation 2,434.16 0.22 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,421.91 0.52 % QE All Share Insurance 4,567.5 0.19 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,092.59 0.02 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,242.47 0.40 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 10-03-2016 Today 09-03-2016 Previous day Index 10,386.44 10,378.70 Change 7.74 39.53 % 0.07 0.38 YTD% 0.41 0.49 Volume 9,354,435 7,525,464 Value (QAR) 303,868,855.59 283,704,178.27 Trades 4,969 3,812 Up 18 | Down 22 | Unchanged 02

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Meanwhile, QE index edged market weakness following a recent massive stock mar- gained 249.87 points, or 2.47 per- italisation rose by 1.54 percent to ices sector led traded volume the Real Estate sector accounted for up 7.74 points, or 0.07, when the ket sell-off that caused a tightening in financial market cent, during the past trading week reach QR545.21bn as compared week with 24.75 percent of the total 15.94 percent and Telecoms sec- bourse closed trading at 10,386.44 conditions amid slowing global growth and fears the when the bourse closed at 10,386.44 to QR536.93bn at the end of pre- traded volume. Industries sector tor accounted for 11.83 percent. points yesterday. The daily turnover US economy was heading into recession. So far, the points. Trading value decreased by vious week. accounted for 23.84 percent. 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Qatar University to host sports Rio doubt for Russia as IAAF meets science event

now-disgraced Lamine Diack. won’t be able to trust that there is a level But there is little prospect of an playing field. “I will not hesitate to act QNA Kenyan athletics easy way back into the international swiftly to ensure that any breaches officials must conform fold for Russian athletes, increasing to the Code are dealt with firmly and the likelihood they might miss the Rio expeditiously,” Reedie said. DOHA: Qatar University’s College to doping guidelines Olympics in August. “Strong and decisive action by all of Arts and Sciences (QU-CAS) will before April 5 or face Dick Pound, co-author of the initial sporting authorities is imperative if host the International Science and their athletes being damning WADA report into Russian clean athletes, and indeed the pub- Football Association’s (ISAFA) inter- doping that prompted the ban, insisted lic at large, are to retain belief in the disciplinary sporting and science banned for the Rio yesterday that there was still “a wall of integrity of sport.” event that engages Qatar institu- Olympics denial” within Russian athletics and Russian Sports Minister Vitaly tions and international partners. its federation was not doing enough Mutko was quick to shrug off blame The event will be held at Qatar to prove it was ready to take part at attributed in the ARD documen- University from March 19 to 25, the the Rio Olympics. tary, arguing that “to talk about organisers announced at a press AFP Speaking at the Tackling Doping the responsibility of the state in conference yesterday. in Sport conference in London, Pound the case of every individual vio- CAS Associate Dean for Out- said: “Even with the presence of cred- lation is impossible”. reach and Engagement and Chair MONACO: Russian athletes are unlikely ible evidence, there was, and to some “If people are guilty then they will of the ISAFA Dr Khalifa Al Hazaa; to see their suspension from interna- extent there still is, a wall of denial. be punished in accordance with the Qatar Olympic Committee Pro- tional competition lifted when the IAAF “Russia, in the sport of athletics, is rules.” fessorial Chair in Sport Science Council meet to discuss the athletics on the outside trying to get back in. The The Council, on whose behalf Coe Program Dr. Monem Jemni, Sport powerhouse’s ongoing bid to eradi- onus is on it to justify any readmission. will address the media on Friday, could Science Program Director Dr Ruben cate doping. “It is also clear that opinion is Russia’s Athletics Federation (ARAF) President Dmitry Shlyakhtin during also examine the case of Kenya, the Goebel, and Department of Mass The Russian track and field fed- divided on the matter of readmission. a press conference in Moscow, Russia, in this January 16, 2016 file east African track power that has seen Communication acting head Dr eration (ARAF) was suspended by the The Russians seem to assume that the picture. some 40 athletes caught up in drug Abdulrahman Al Shami attended IAAF (International Association of Ath- controversy will disappear and there scandals over the last three years and the press conference. letics Federations) in November after should be no question regarding their tested positive for meldonium, a banned (RUSADA) gave advance warning federation supremo Isaac Mwangin CAS dean Dr Eiman Mustafawi the latter acted on a sensational report participation in Rio. No question. substance at this year’s Australian to athletes of testing plans. suspended for corruption involving said: “The Sport Science Program by an independent commission of the “In other parts of the sporting world Open. And his words also followed “At a time when trust in sport is cover ups. at Qatar University’s College of Arts World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) there is great resistance to any fast- another explosive documentary by wafer thin, these troubling assertions WADA’s Reedie has informed and Sciences was developed to that found evidence of state-sponsored track solution. German broadcaster ARD detailing will do little to reinforce confidence in Kenyan athletics officials they must match the demands of the country in doping and large-scale corruption in “It is a considerable hurdle for them continued violations by Russia’s ath- the Russian anti-doping system when conform to doping guidelines before regards to the National Vision 2030. Russian athletics. and if the two organisations (WADA letics programme. clean athletes need it most,” said WADA April 5 or face their athletes being Our unique program is designed to The two-day IAAF Council meet- and the IAAF) are not satisfied that Entitled “Doping Top Secret: president Craig Reedie. banned for the Rio Olympics. address the urgent and important ing which started yesterday is presided the clean competitors of the Games Russia’s Red Herrings”, the ARD pro- “The allegations suggest that there “They are very well aware of what need to provide sports event man- over by Sebastian Coe, the British two- are protected then my guess is that gramme contained new allegations is still much, much work to be done in they need to do. They need to reply to agers, coaches, and fitness experts time Olympic 1500m gold medallist they may not make it back for Rio.” suggesting malpractice by several Russia and that we will need the full us by April 5,” said the Briton. who can foster the spread of fitness who has found himself at the cen- Pound was speaking just two days people in the Russian anti-doping and unwavering cooperation of the “They simply need to do it. If they awareness and health conscious- tre of unprecedented attention since after Russian tennis star Maria Shara- system and alleges someone from Russian authorities to reverse the dam- don’t do it my compliance review com- ness among the public.” taking over the presidency from the pova, a five-time Grand Slam winner, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency age. Until this happens, clean athletes mittee will take the matter further. High level academics, scientists guest speakers, medical special- ists, world football coaches and fitness experts representing dif- ferent schools, technicians, football practitioners and local and overseas students will be invited to partici- Cavaliers bounce back pate as well,” she said. Dr Al Hazaa said: “The 2016 edi- tion of the ISAFA has for the first time ever gathered all the major after LeBron rebuke sporting and science institutions in Qatar as one family to deliver seven full days of football and sci- ence. It is for the first time that the AFP NBA REsults what is being investigated by police ISAFA is being organized in an Ara- Boston 116 Memphis 96 as a homicide. bian country”. It was the latest dark turn to the Dr. Jemni said: “The week will Charlotte 122 New Orleans 113 LOS ANGELES: LeBron James scored Thunder’s season after assistant coach start with a five-day Football Fitness 25 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers Houston 118 Philadelphia 104 Monty Williams’ wife was killed in a Coaching Workshop from March 19 bounced back from their shock defeat Milwaukee 114 Miami 108 car crash last month. to 23 as part of the ISAFA courses to to the Memphis Grizzlies with a 120- Detroit 102 Dallas 96 Part owner Aubrey McClendon train candidates aiming to gain Pro- 111 victory over the Sacramento Kings NY Knicks 128 Phoenix 97 also lost his life in a car accident on fessional Football Fitness Coaching on Wednesday. Oklahoma City 120 LA Clippers 108 March 2. Certificate. Key world figures rep- James had been scathing in his On Wednesday, the Thunder resenting several football schools Cleveland 120 Sacramento 111 assessment of the Cavaliers’ readi- looked to their linchpins Russell will be providing the course which ness for the play-offs after Monday’s Golden State 115 Utah 94 Westbrook and Kevin Durant to will be followed by a two-day Inter- upset loss to Memphis, warning that provide leadership and both stars national Conference in Science and his team were a long way from posts- game-changing long-range magic with duly delivered. Football on March 24 and 25.” eason form. team-mate Klay Thompson to help Westbrook finished with 25 He said the event will also award However the Cavs made sure the Golden State Warriors pull clear points, 20 assists and 11 rebounds three media representative who there was no repeat defeat against of the Utah Jazz in a 115-94 victory to complete his 11th triple double have significantly contributed to Sacramento, who remain in the lower -- their 46th consecutive home win. of the season. football coverage at a honouring reaches of the Western Conference with Curry, who finished with 12 points, Durant meanwhile scored 30 and ceremony. a lot of ground to make up if they are and Thompson (23 points) both pro- piled up 12 rebounds for the Thunder, “We are pleased to offer three to force their way into the play-offs. duced three-pointers in the final 58 his fourth straight game of scoring awards to print, audio and visual Kyrie Irving top scored for the Cav- seconds of the second quarter which at least 30 points and 10 rebounds. media for 2015-16. Journalists, aliers, while James also finished with helped the Warriors take a strangle- The victory was sweet revenge broadcasters and media specialists 11 rebounds and six assists to go with hold on the contest. for the Thunder, who last week had are invited to submit a production his 25-point haul. Utah had remained firmly in the squandered a 17-point lead in a defeat (written, audio and visual) that has The key moment came when Kevin hunt heading towards half-time with against the Clippers. been performed in 2015-16. Love drained a crucial three-pointer the Warriors -- who are now 56-6 -- “We knew we could beat this team,” “The work should have made a late in the fourth quarter before draw- holding a slender 43-41 lead. Durant said. “We knew a week ago significant impact on readers, lis- ing a foul. But Curry connected with a three- we threw it away. We got great shots teners or audience. The content Love converted the four-point play pointer from halfway and Thompson and we defended as well (tonight),” should be preferably scientific, to give Cleveland a seven-point lead sank another basket from 29 feet which Durant said. medical, technical, and physical with 1:32 left that they never looked suddenly put the Warriors eight points “This team is really good at getting fitness aspects of football (or foot- like relinquishing as they held on to clear. back into the game, but we gave them ballers) in Qatar,” he said. win and improve their record to 45-18. Oklahoma City Thunder mean- that last game. Tonight we took it.” Submissions should be sent to Tristan Thompson also chipped while overcame the absence of Dion Meanwhile, Stephen Curry and [email protected] no later than in with 18 points and 15 rebounds as Waiters after the tragic death of his Klay Thompson combined for three March 15, 2016. A committee will Cleveland went 2 1/2 games clear of the brother to romp past the Los Ange- three-pointers in the final 58 seconds review the submissions and select Sacramento Kings centre DeMarcus Cousins (15) puts up a shot Toronto Raptors at the head of the E les Clippers with a 120-108 victory. of the first half to help the Golden State the winners. The prize-giving cer- In Oakland meanwhile, Stephen Waiters’ 21-year-old sibling Warriors pull away from the Utah over Cleveland Cavaliers centre Tristan Thompson (13) during the emony will take place on March Curry had a relatively low-scoring night Demetrius Pinckney was found dead Jazz en route to a 115-94 victory on third quarter of their NBA game at Sleep Train Arena. The Cleveland 18 at 19:00 at Ibn Khaldoon Hall, but still managed to produce some in Philadelphia on Tuesday night in Wednesday. Cavaliers defeated the Sacramento Kings 120-111. Qatar University. Under pressure Lee Chong Wei in All-England shock loss

AFP showed itself capable of winning ral- Lee had looked to have regained couldn’t believe it. For a long time I have player who won the Super Series finals led early on, and was still in touch in the lies of the highest standard. He was control with his clever tactical vari- been waiting for a big result. I’ve had in Dubai in December, to go all the middle part of the second game before fast, sometimes brilliant in defence, eties when he advanced to lead 17-12 close results against top players before. way to the final, though he struggled a little extra pace and variety from BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Lee and had nothing to lose when launch- in the second game. “It’s a matter of confidence. This to beat Christie Jonatan, an Indone- the titleholder killed off his challenge. Chong Wei, the former world number ing sudden flat attacks. He also had game points at 20-19 time, when I got the points I started to sian qualifier, in three games. Lin won 21-17, 21-17 against Lee one who has been making a sensational “I can’t believe I lost in the first in both games, with the first being get the confidence.” Earlier world number one Chen Dong Keun, a 25-year-old Korean who comeback at the age of 33, suffered round,” said Lee, who has won the All- foiled by Praneeth’s diving defence The shock result will reverberate Long and Olympic champion Lin Dan turned the match into a good scrap in one of the biggest shocks of his career England title three times. “I prepared and later missing his chance to take the for some time. gave China an encouraging start as many long rallies, but found his legen- when he was dumped out in the first very well and I won four tournaments match to a third by narrowly putting “This defeat means a lot to Malay- each carefully overcame tricky hur- dary opponent always playing better round of the All-England Open. recently. a smash wide. sia,” said Hendrawan, the Malaysian dles to reach the second round. when it mattered. The top seed in the Lee’s stunining defeat, by 24-22, “Maybe I have got a lot of pres- Two rallies later, the 23-year-old national coach. The two stars have seven All-Eng- women’s singles, Carolina Marin, found 22-20, was inflicted by B Sai Praneeth, sure on myself to win this tournament. from Andhra Pradesh took his first “Everyone has been putting pres- land titles between them, and showed herself in early difficulties. The world an Indian ranked at number 37 in the I made a lot of mistakes. Although I chance to win the match, making a sure on him to win the (Olympic) gold much of their experience in negotiating and All-England champion from Spain world, who looked to have little chance was also shocked at how well Pra- sudden fast mid-court jab which forced medal. But this defeat means he is early difficulties with the cold condi- survived 25-23, 20-22, 21-15 against when he slipped to deficits of 3-11 and neeth played. Lee to block the shuttle long and caused human.” tions and winning in straight games Bae Yeon Ju, the world number 15 from 6-15 in the first game. “But it is all a learning process. I am Praneeth to hurl his racket away in joy. The upset also appears to open against ambitious younger opponents. Korea, but had to save a game point But once Lee made a few mistakes, sad to lose at a tournament like the All- “It’s a big shock for me too,” Pra- up an inviting opportunity for Kenta Chen won 21-18, 21-12 against Kent in the first game and failed to con- Praneeth’s hopes grew and his game England, but my aim is the Olympics.” neeth grinned. “After the last rally I Momota, the fourth-seeded Japanese Nishikoro, a 21-year-old Japanese who vert two match points in the second. 20 FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 SPORT

Pakistan says won’t go to World T20 without security guarantee

Reuters a position to give the Pakistani team permission to go to India,” Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told reporters. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thurs- Outside of international tourna- day its cricket team would not take ments, cricket matches between India part in the World Twenty20 tour- and Pakistan have been suspended Sean Williams nament in India without a public since gunmen killed 166 people in (right) of Zimbabwe guarantee from the host country Mumbai in a three-day rampage in sweeps the ball over the safety of its players. 2008, which India blames on a Paki- as Scotland’s Matt The most anticipated match at stani militant group. Cross looks on during the tournament between India and Top cricket countries have also their World T20 arch-rivals Pakistan was shifted to refused to tour Pakistan since 2009, cricket tournament Kolkata on Wednesday over concerns when gunmen attacked a bus car- match played at the about security at the original venue rying a visiting Sri Lanka team near Vidarbha CA Stadium for the March 19 clash at Dharamsala. Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. in Nagpur yesterday. But Pakistani officials said that The International Cricket Coun- wasn’t enough. cil said on Wednesday it had been “Until on a government level we given assurances on security from are ... given a public guarantee (of all the Indian state authorities that Zimbabwe eliminate Scotland as safety), unfortunately we are not in are hosting matches. Ireland still hopeful of progressing Afghanistan set up Zimbabwe Super 10 shoot-out CRICKET: WORLD Wellington bagged four scalps Wellington TWENTY20 while medium-pacer Tendai Bangladesh bowlers AFP Hong Kong’s campaign in the sixth inspires win Chatara and Donald Tiripano edition of the World Twenty20 has picked up two wickets each. reported for suspect ended after two consecutive losses. following overs, in the must-win Group It was the second group Electing to bat, the Hong Kong B match. win for Zimbabwe, who had NAGPUR: Spinners Mohammad Nabi batsmen stumbled to 116 for six Williams heroics Zimbabwe though had a beaten Hong Kong in the open- action during World T20 helped Afghanistan register a victory in their 20 overs, a score which as Zimbabwe get terrible start after a mid-pitch ing game of the tournament in the World Twenty20 Tournament Afghanistan were able to surpass closer to the collision between the openers and will need to top the group AFP with the Bangladesh yesterday as they set up a Group B in 18 overs. In-form Mohammad which resulted in the run out of to move into the Super 10 stage. cricket team manage- decider against Zimbabwe to make Shahzad and Noor Ali Zadran pro- main draw Hamilton and an injury to Vusi Scotland lost their opening ment to confirm times the Super 10s. vided a solid start for Afghanistan Sibanda’s chin. game to favourites Afghanistan NEW DELHI: Bang- for the independent test- Off-spinner Nabi bagged four and despite a few hiccups the Asghar The incident forced a six- by 14 runs. ladesh bowlers Arafat ing of both bowlers at the wickets to help Afghanistan canter Stanikzai-led side still looked like minute stoppage time but did Meanwhile, Ireland cap- Sunny and Taskin Ahmed ICC-accredited testing to their second straight win in the favourites to make it to the next round. Agencies little to improve Zimbabwe’s tain William Porterfield has have been reported for centre in Chennai,” the group stage after humbling a strug- Zimbabwe and Afghanistan are batting prospects as wickets refused to write off his team’s suspect bowling actions game’s world governing gling Hong Kong by six wickets. now in a direct tussle to top their group continued to tumble against a chances of qualifying for the during their side’s open- body said in a statement. Rocked by a fixing controversy when they clash tomorrow in order discipline Scottish attack. World Twenty20 Super 10 stage ing match in the World Both players will be prior to the start of the tournament, to make the Super 10 cut. NAGPUR: Sean Williams stroked Williams then mixed the in India after Wednesday’s shock Twenty20, the Interna- allowed to continue play- a brisk fifty before the bowlers right dose of caution and loss to Oman left them need- tional Cricket Council ing until the results of the ensured a second straight win aggression to guide the side to ing to win both their remaining (ICC) said yesterday. tests are declared. for Zimbabwe, beating Scotland a respectable score with some Group A games. Off-spinner Sunny, The ICC launched by 11 runs in the World Twenty20 help from lower-order bats- Favourites Ireland were 29, and paceman Ahmed, a crackdown against India humble West Indies in Nagpur yesterday. men Malcom Waller and Elton unable to defend 154 for five 20, turned out for Bang- suspect actions in 2014, Electing to bat, Zimbabwe Chigumbura. as Oman marked their debut ladesh in a qualifying which resulted in sev- in warm-up game suffered from regular wicket-fall The Scotland batting also in a major International Cricket match against the Neth- eral leading bowlers but Williams’ 36-ball 53 enabled faltered against an inspired Council (ICC) event by sealing erlands in Dharamsala on being reported. Other the side to post 147 for seven, Zimbabwe attack that rattled victory with two balls to spare Wednesday. Bangladesh bowlers who have been AFP The teams were allowed to play all a score which proved enough the top-order to reduce them after needing 14 runs off the last won the match by eight up hauled up include 15 members of their squads with only against a seemingly brittle Scot- to 20 for four in 3.1 overs. over. runs. The bowlers’ action Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal 11 fielding and batting. land batting. Richie Berrington and cap- Ireland face full-member would now be scrutinised and Mohammad Hafeez, KOLKATA: India defeated West Indies In Mumbai, New Zealand outplayed Skipper Hamilton Masa- tain Preston Mommsen did put nation Bangladesh in Dharam- further by the ICC under Bangladesh’s Sohag Gazi, by 45 runs in their World Twenty20 Sri Lanka by 74 runs. Electing to bat, kadza gave the new ball to his up some fight with their 51-run sala on Friday before they take its process relating to New Zealand’s Kane Wil- warm-up match in Kolkata yesterday. the Kiwis rode on entertaining fifties brother and left-arm spinner sixth wicket stand but Zimba- on the Netherlands at the same suspected illegal bowl- liamson, Sri Lanka’s Opener Rohit Sharma hit an from Colin Munro, Corey Anderson Wellington Masakadza who bwe bowlers made sure they venue two days later. Only the ing action. Sachithra Senanayake unbeaten 98 to post 185 for six in their and Grant Elliott to post an impres- bagged four wickets to help bun- had the last laugh. group winners will progress to “The ICC is working and Tharindu Kaushal. 20 overs and then bundled out the sive 226 for four in their 20 overs. Sri dle out Scotland for 136 in 19.4 Left-arm spinner the Super 10 stage. Caribbean side for 140 in 19.2 overs. Lanka only scored 152 for seven.

Kvitova calls Sharapova’s Maria Sharapova Nadal says reacts as she failed test a ‘huge mistake’ addresses the media regarding weary of a failed drug test at The LA Hotel AFP doping Downtown in this March 7, 2016 rumours file photo. INDIAN WELLS: WTA players rocked AFP by Maria Sharapova’s admission that she had failed a drug test are now waiting to see what sanction the Rus- INDIAN WELLS: Rafael Nadal on sian superstar will face. Wednesday defended his training Sharapova’s positive test for mel- methods and vehemently denied donium was the talk of the locker room he had ever used a banned sub- as the hardcourt tournament at Indian stance to get an edge or to speed Wells got underway on Wednesday. up recovery from injury. Two-time Wimbledon champion Nadal was at the Indian Wells Petra Kvitova (pictured) said she was Sponsors of the world’s highest- Sharapova thanks her fans tournament discussing Maria Shara- “shocked” and world number three earning sportswoman immediately pova’s failed drug test - “She should Agnieszka Radwanska described it distanced themselves, with Nike, Por- be punished” - when he seized the as a “sad day for tennis”. sche and TAG Heuer all halting their opportunity to scotch unfounded Radwanska said she was in the relationships with the former world for support and loyalty rumors that he had used perform- locker room in Indian Wells with a number one. ance-enhancing drugs. group of WTA players getting ready The five-time Grand Slam winner “I have never had the temp- train for this week’s tournament in could face a ban of up to four years, Reuters “Within hours of my announce- tennis again and I hope I will have the tation of doing something wrong. southern California when she heard although her attorney John J. Hag- ment, you showed me support and chance to do so. I wish I didn’t have to I am very far from that, doping,” the news on Monday. gerty told the Daily Telegraph that loyalty, which I could only expect to go through this, but I do - and I will. said the 14-time grand slam win- “It is a sad day for tennis,” she said he believed she can plead mitigating hear when someone would be at the “I needed to sweat, to push through ner, who has been hard hit in recent on Wednesday. “Nobody expected circumstances and receive a lesser LOS ANGELES: Days after stunning top of their profession. I wanted to let and grind as I have done most of my life, years by injury. that. We are all waiting to see what punishment. the sports world by announcing she you know that your wonderful words so I made my way to the gym. That’s “I am a completely clean guy. I they are going to do about it.” “There is no evidence whatsoever had failed a drug test at the Austral- put a smile on my face. when I realized a bunch of tinted win- worked so hard during my career Czech Kvitova said Sharapova that this was intentional on Maria’s ian Open in January, Maria Sharapova “I’d like to play again and hope to dowed cars were following me. The that when I get injured I never has made a “huge mistake” by not behalf,” Haggerty said. thanked her fans for their “wonderful have the chance to do so. Your mes- good old paparazzi, back on the trail.” take nothing (banned) to be back paying more attention to what drugs Sharapova, whose on-court prow- words” that put a smile on her face. sages give me great encouragement. Sharapova, the world’s highest- quicker.” are on the banned list. ess and business savvy have brought The Russian faces a ban of up to This message isn’t anything else but to earning sportswoman, has accepted Throughout his trophy-laden “We should all know what we are her an estimated personal fortune of four years pending an investigation by say thank you. Thank you very much.” full responsibility for her mistake in career Nadal, 29, has been periodi- putting into our body,” she said. “It $200 million (180 million euros), wrote the International Tennis Federation Sharapova, who has struggled with taking a drug that has been outlawed cally dogged by whispers of doping. was a huge mistake and she is tak- on her Facebook page that she woke after testing positive for meldonium, multiple injuries in recent years but is since Jan. 1, having previously used “I heard it a few times again ing responsibility for it.” up early Wednesday morning deter- which some researchers have linked known for her never-say-die approach it on the advice of her family doctor about doping from my person and I Sharapova revealed on Monday mined to fight through the scandal and to increased athletic performance and to the game, said she was prepared for a decade. am a little bit tired with that,” Nadal that she had failed a drug test at the eventually continue her storied career. endurance. to battle through her latest setback. The International Tennis Fed- said, adding that he sees himself Australian Open in January, saying “New day, new start. It is fair to say “I woke up yesterday morning with “New day, new start,” the former eration’s anti-doping program calls as an ambassador for tennis and she had taken the circulation-boost- that this day was not average. Noth- an inbox, in full capacity of love and world number one wrote on Face- for a four-year suspension for a pos- wouldn’t tarnish his image as a role ing drug used to treat heart ailments ing came to mind at 6am, except that compassion,” five-times grand slam book. “It is fair to say that this day itive test. That ban can be reduced model for young players. since 2006, but had not spotted that I am determined to play tennis again champion Sharapova, 28, posted on was not average. in various circumstances, such as if “I believe in the sport and the it was added to the banned list as of and I hope I will have the chance to Facebook. “In this moment, I am so “Nothing came to mind at 6am, the player shows no significant fault values of the sport,” the Spaniard January 1. do so,” Sharapova wrote. proud to call you my fans. except that I am determined to play or negligence. said. SPORT FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2016 21

Moto2 and Moto3 teams ready for Avenging Ibra fires final test in Qatar PSG past Chelsea The Peninsula DOHA: Moto2 and Moto3 World Championships riders will go working. That control made the abandoning their wings at will, PSG’s through their final pre-season evening easier for us.” Ten points off attack bristled with menace and in the testing at the Losail International Blanc’s team reaches the top four in the Premier League, sixth minute stand-in Chelsea captain Circuit here today. Champions League Chelsea’s hopes of qualifying for the Branislav Ivanovic had to slide a shot The riders from the feeder divi- quarter-finals for the Champions League are paper-thin and from Di Maria off the line after he had sion will look to consolidate their their chances of keeping their season been played in by Lucas. performance ahead of the new fourth year in a row alive in Saturday’s FA Cup quarter- Ten minutes later PSG tightened MotoGP season which kicks off final at Everton were jeopardised by their grip on the tie as Di Maria played the same circuit with the open- injuries to Costa and Eden Hazard. a pass behind the Chelsea defence for ing race on March 20. AFP “They are a good side, but once we Ibrahimovic, whose masterful low Testing in Jerez gave fans and stepped up we had some chances. In the cross was turned in by Rabiot. Leading riders their first chance to directly 67th minute it all changed,” said Chel- 3-1 on aggregate, it should have been compare the competition in the 2016 LONDON: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored sea interim manager Guus Hiddink. the cue for PSG to take the sting out Moto2 and Moto3 World Champi- one and created another as Paris Saint- “It is a difficult season. We were of the game, but instead they allowed onships. Three days of fine weather Germain won 2-1 at Stamford Bridge almost panicking about relegation Chelsea to level on the night with a goal in Jerez allowed for all the teams on Wednesday to eliminate Chelsea when I came in, but it is difficult to that owed equally to Thiago Motta’s and riders to get started with their from the Champions League for the get into fourth place.” carelessness in possession and the extensive programmes, for some it second season running. Much of the pre-game attention hosts’ dazzling interplay. was their first time on track in 2016. Leading 2-1 from the first leg of had focused on Costa and Ibrahimovic, After Pedro Rodriguez nipped in to In the middleweight class, Axel the last 16 tie, PSG stretched their and it was PSG’s Swedish talisman who rob Motta, Willian played a quick one- Pons (AGR Team) topped the test lead when Ibrahimovic crossed for emerged triumphant as the French two with the Spaniard before feeding with a blistering 1’41.730 lap, well Adrien Rabiot to tap in and although champions claimed further revenge for Costa, who expertly turned Thiago under the circuit record. The time Diego Costa’s slick finish gave Chel- their elimination by Chelsea in 2014. Silva and drilled home left-footed. was also 0.345s ahead of Sam Lowes sea hope, Ibrahimovic volleyed home Sent off at Stamford Bridge a year Ibrahimovic put a header straight (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2) who con- in the 67th minute to complete a 4-2 ago, when PSG’s 2-2 draw took them at Thibaut Courtois from a Lucas cross, cluded the test in second, the Brit aggregate success. Victory took Laurent through on away goals, he belied doubts but the hosts finished the half with still confident of his race pace com- Blanc’s PSG into the quarter-finals for about his big-game temperament to the wind in their sails, Cesc Fabregas, pared to many in the field. the fourth year in a row, while Chel- keep the runaway Ligue 1 leaders on Hazard and Costa all going close to lev- It was not a perfect test for Pons sea were left to contemplate a first course for a potential quadruple. elling the tie. Costa had another sight though; a heavy fall after his fast- season without Champions League Marco Verratti’s failure to recover of goal early in the second half, David est lap saw the Spanish rider sit out football since 2002-03. from a groin injury meant that Rab- Luiz blocking his shot from Willian’s all of Friday’s testing. He looks set “I thought we controlled the game iot started in midfield for PSG and cut-back, but the Spain international, to be fully fit for the test in Qatar Paris Saint-Germain’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates very well from start to finish,” Blanc he almost cost his side an early goal who had been a constant menace, had however. said. with a loose pass that culminated in to go off on the hour after appearing scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League Third during the Moto2 test “Even when we conceded, we Kevin Trapp parrying from Costa. But to hurt his calf, with Bertrand Traore round of 16 second leg match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge was Lorenzo Baldassarri (For- weren’t worried. We carried on with Angel di Maria and Lucas Moura replacing him. in London on Wednesday night. ward Team), the Italian continuing his pace from private testing and ending ahead of Alex Rins (Pagi- nas Amarillas HP 40), who many are predicating as the title favour- Benfica stun Zenit to reach Champions League quarters ite in 2016. Rins had done limited private testing but was already on the pace during the Jerez Test, the Spaniard AFP Stadium by netting at the other end the Petrovsky Stadium as their dream towering centre-back Luisao, Jardel, the bench, but Ederson made a crucial hoping to use the time in Qatar to five minutes from the end. of reaching the Champions League Lisandro Lopez, Andre Almeida and save low down. Dzyuba then should refine his bike setting before pre- Substitute Talisca wrapped up last eight for the first time died in the goalkeeper Julio Cesar. Artem Dzy- have netted after being set up by Shatov, paring for the race. SAINT PETERSBURG: Nicolas Gaitan the victory with the last kick of the chill of Saint Petersburg. uba, scorer of six goals in the group but Benfica’s resistance was broken as Reigning Moto2 World Cham- and Talisca scored late goals as Benfica game as the Portuguese league lead- Zenit’s Portuguese coach Andre stage, fired just wide for Zenit early Zenit got the breakthrough on the night pion, Johann Zarco had a difficult came from behind to beat Zenit Saint ers progressed to the last eight of the Villas-Boas, who will leave the club at on, but Renato Sanches came close just past the midway point in the second test, the Ajo Motorsport rider ending Petersburg 2-1 in Russia on Wednes- Champions League for the first time the end of the season, has hurt Ben- at the other end in a fairly even first half. One-time Chelsea full-back Yuri the three days down in 14th. With day and march on to the Champions since 2012, when they also eliminated fica in the past when in charge of Porto period. Zenit needed a goal from some- Zhirkov crashed into Nelson Semedo the top 23 riders covered by under League quarter-finals 3-1 on aggregate. Zenit at this stage. and he would have been confident of where but they became a much greater on the left flank, leaving the Benfica two seconds, even the smallest of Trailing 1-0 from last month’s first Benfica travelled to Russia with turning this tie around against a dimin- threat following the introductions of player on the ground. The Hungar- mistakes could see riders struggle leg, Zenit levelled the tie when Hulk the edge in the tie thanks to a soli- ished visiting side. Igor Smolnikov and Oleg Shatov just ian referee let play go on as Zhirkov in the cut and thrust Moto2 class. opened the scoring on the night in the tary late strike by Jonas in the first leg The Portuguese league leaders before the hour mark. advanced into the area before lifting Kalex riders dominated the 69th minute and extra time was loom- last month but Zenit will rue a host of were without a host of key players due Smolnikov should have scored from the ball into the six-yard box for Bra- three days; Speed Up and Tech 3 ing when Gaitan stunned the Petrovsky missed chances in the second half at to injury and suspension, including a Hulk cross moments after coming off zil star Hulk to head home. are aiming to reduce the gap dur- ing the Qatar Test. Meanwhile, Efren Vazquez is the lone Suter in 2016, the Basque rider struggling across the three days and eager to get more time aboard the Swiss built frame. Pakistan players dominate at Doha Junior Open It was a very Italian affair in the Moto3 World Championship test with five Italians inside the top ten. Romano Fenati (SKY Racing Team The Peninsula VR46) led the three day test with a solid 1’46.445, 0.060s ahead of Jorge Navarro (Estrella Galicia 0,0). DOHA: Top seed Israr Ahmad won Fenati is now one of the most the U19 title at the Doha Junior Open experienced riders in the lightweight to pick a second title within a week class and has his sights set on the in Qatar. title, his aim in Qatar to improve The 18- year-old Ahmad, who his consistency before battle com- clinched the Qatar Junior Open, mences on the 20th. dominated yet again to emerge Two of the stand out perform- on the top in Doha on Wednesday. ers of the test were rookies Nicolo Ahmad was off to a strong start Bulega (SKY Racing Team VR46) in the Under-19 final against Indian and Joan Mir (Leopard Racing), third Abhay Singh, a third seed at the Kha- and seventh respectively. lifa Intertnational Tennis & Squash The pair fought for the CEV Complex. Moto3 Junior World Championship After winning it easily at four in 2015 and were able to use their the first game, Ahmad controlled ample experience at the Spanish the proceedings well and went on to circuit to raise eyebrows, but Qatar brush aside Singh’s challenge with will present a brand new challenge an 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 victory. for them and their fellow rookies. Three other players from Paki- New tracks present one of the stan Muhammad Huzaifa Ibrahim biggest challenges for a rider dur- in U11, Asad Ullah Khan in U13 and ing their debut season, but three The podium winners at the Qatar Junior Open pose for a picture with officials of Qatar Squash Federation at Khalifa International Tennis and Abbas Zeb Khan in U17 won their days of testing at the Losail Inter- respective age group categories to Squash Complex in Doha on Wednesday night. national Circuit should ease their complete the domination. transition into the first race. Egyptian Ammar Yasser Salem Jerez also saw the debut of win- denied a Pakistan sweep by win- glets in the Moto3 class, Mahindra ning the U15 title. Salem pulled off a and Peugeot riders testing them straight win over top seed Moham- at various stages across the three maddanial Gharooni of Iran. days. Jorge Martin (Aspar Team Moto3) was the top Mahindra in Qatar Junior ninth and will be looking to re-cre- Open Results ate teammate Francesco Bagnaia’s 2015 podium challenge during the U11: [1] Muhammad Huzaifa Ibrahim first race. [PAK] bt [2] Arnav Tevatia [IND] 11-3 11-5 11-4 The three day test commences today and will take place from U13: [7] Asad Ullah Khan [PAK] bt [4] 3:00pm to 11:30 Qatar time on all Mohamed Tarek Ouda [QAT] 11-6 11-4 three days. 11-5 Moto2 and Moto3 will each have U15: Ammar Yasser Salem [EGY] bt [1] three hour and twenty minute ses- Mohammaddanial Gharooni [IRI] 13-11 sions on track a day. Expect close 11-6 11-9 times as teams and rider undergo U17: [8] Abbas Zeb Khan [PAK] bt [2] their final preparations for the 2016 Lam Yat Ting Harley [HKG] 11-7 11-6 11-6 season. U19: [1] Israr Ahmad [PAK] bt [3] Racing returns from March 20 Abhay Singh [IND] 11-4 11-7 11-7 at the Losail International Circuit. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 19 PAGE | 20 Lee Chong Wei in Zimbabwe All-England eliminate Scotlandd shock loss at World T20

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QNB Doha Tour International Arabi looking for consistency Show Jumping Championship against El Jaish in QSL clash

unprecedented importance as the clash loyal fans for the first time this season. On the other hand, El Jaish will be El Jaish will be - to be played at Lekhwiya Stadium - Coach, Zola is satisfied with his looking to get back to winning ways will be the centre of attention for Al team preparation ahead of the game. following their shock draw to bottom looking to get back to Arabi fans who are desperate to see “The preparation has been very side Meisameer in round 21. winning ways while some measure of consistency in the good even though we had one day less Sabri Lamouchi, head coach of El performance of their favourite team. of training. I am satisfied with the play- Jaish spoke about upcoming two games Arabi aim for a better In the last three matches played ers in training as they are doing well; for his side, “This match and the next show since the resumption of the league after the reaction in the training ground has match in the AFC Champions League winter break, Al Arabi has dropped been very good,” he said during the are very important and we need to pre- points in one game besides losing two pre-match press conference yesterday. pare players for both games. Our last points in the other two to be pegged “We can play any team and beat draw against Mesaimeer was a big fall The Peninsula back at seventh spot with a tally of them, we have shown that we can for us as it made us lose two impor- just 31 points. beat any team on a given day. But at tant points,” added the Frenchman. After being appointed as Al Arabi the same time we can also lose. So all The 44-year-old coach later com- coach with much fanfare at the start of we need is consistency and we need mended his players for their hard work DOHA: Al Arabi who are currently August last year, Zola kicked off pro- patience to get consistency and that and dedication, “I’m very lucky to work occupying the seventh position in the ceedings with three comfortable wins is what I’m trying to do at this club,” with this group of players. They have a Saudi Arabia’s Ramzy Hamad Al Duhami astride Bayard Van De Qatar Stars League (QSL) points table, (1-0 against Al Wakrah, 1-0 against Al added the Italian. competitive mentality and they don’t take on second placed El Jaish today Khor and 4-0 against Qatar SC) at the “We do have many young play- need motivation instead they know Villa Theresia during the QNB Doha Tour International Show with both sides looking to confirm a start of the 2015-16 season. ers in the team. I try to let my young what they have to do,they know they Jumping Championship at the Qatar Equestrian Federation (QEF) top-four place by the end of the season. Despite bagging full points from the players play but at the same time we have to represent Qatar to best of their main arena in Al Rayyan yesterday. Al Duhami was placed second For Al Arabi coach Gianfranco first three encounters, Al Arabi slipped need results so it is a balance always,” ability in the AFC Champions League, behind his fellow countryman Khaled Abdulaziz Al Eid in CSI4 Zola, the round 22 QSL fixture is of in the next two games to worry the added the forty-nine-year old. I feel lucky to coach these players.” Class, the premier event of the day. BELOW: Action from the QNB Doha Tour International Show Jumping Championship yesterday. QSL: Al Wakrah too good for Mesaimeer

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DOHA: A fine double by Argentinian striker Jorge Sebastian Saez and a clear hit to the net by Mahir Yusuf Bakur saw Al Wakrah overcome Mesaimeer 3-1 in their Qatar Stars League match played at their home grounds yesterday. The visitors opened up the scoring when Adama Traore netted the ball in the 21st minute, but Saez netted the equalizer in the 42nd minute. In the second half of the game, Bakur gave their side the much needed lead in the 88th minute with a clear hit and Aaez Eric Abidal (centre), former FC Barcelona and French International took the game away from Mesaimeer just two minutes later to bag his sec- defender poses for a photo with two El Jaish players during their ond goal of the day. practice session on Wednesday. Abidal was a special guest to training Meanwhile, Al Khor who ended a Wednesday afternoon and he took time out from punditry work with three-match losing streak last week, Beinsports to watch Sabri Lamouchi’s side. defeating Qatar SC 3-1, are looking to continue their recent good form when they take on Lekhwiya, in round 22 their position in the league. Jean Fern- said the Frenchman. Meanwhile, El of the QSL. andes, the head coach of Khor started Jaish were boosted with the return Action from the Qatar Stars Khor currently sit 9th in the QSL the press conference by congratulat- of Mohammad Mothnani to team’s standings with 25 points from 21 ing Al Rayyan on their title victory. training. The influential mid-fielder League encounter between Al matches. The team is now focused “Congratulations to Al Rayyan for has been out since the 2-1 away vic- Wakrah and Mesaimeer which on the last five games, looking to get winning the league and I think they tory over Al Ain in the AFC Champions Al Wakrah won 3-1 at their home as many points as possible to improve are a good example for other teams,” League. grounds yesterday.

37th Race Meet Musheireb Cup

Jockey G Faucon who guided Adwan to win the Musheireb Cup 1, receives his trophy from Jeffrey A Merenkov, a high ranking officerf o the US Army at the presentation ceremony of 37th Race Meet yesterday. CENTRE: G Faucon astride Adwan on his way to victory. RIGHT: The victorious Adwan team with officials during the presentation ceremony.

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Elephants have a buffet during the opening ceremony of the Elephant Polo Tournament at a riverside resort in Bangkok, yesterday. Polo pachyderms rumble in Bangkok INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY AFP Tournament, held this year on a large Some of the competing elephants running the tournament, said ele- field in the heart of the Thai capital. are taking time out from their day phants in the tournament are given During the lumbering and unsur- jobs in the tourist industry, while oth- ample time to rest compared to their prisingly slow-paced matches, a ers are domesticated but currently daily work lives. BANGKOK: A herd of elephants "mahout" handler controls the beasts unemployed, according to the event's "They're getting their doctor's check romped across a Bangkok pitch yes- while a polo player who is also riding organisers, the luxury hotel group ups, they're getting vitamins, they have terday for the first match of a four-day on the elephant's back concentrates on Anantara. more food than they normally ever get polo tournament raising money for scoring. It says the cup, now in its 14th year, hopefully," he said. Many of Thailand's The Peninsula news- the animals, which are heralded as a This year's tournament sees a mot- has raised hundreds of thousands of pachyderms are employed by tour com- paper celebrating the national symbol but often subject to ley mix of humans competing, including dollars for charities that assist Thai- panies that charge visitors for a chance 20th anniversary. abuse. professional polo players, New Zealand land's domesticated elephants, of which to ride and bathe the beasts, a lucra- Photo: Kammutty VP Eighteen pachyderms are playing rugby stars, Thai celebrities and mem- there are an estimated 4,000. tive but controversial tourist draw in in the annual King's Cup Elephant Polo bers of a transgender cabaret troupe. Tim Boda, one of the hotel staff the kingdom.

Three-time champion Seavey in lead AI beats human Go grandmaster again halfway through Alaska’s Iditarod

AFP Reuters Seavey. The race commemorates a 1925 rescue mission that carried diphtheria serum by sled-dog relay SEOUL: A Google-developed super- to the coastal community of Nome, computer bested a South Korean Go ALASKA: Three-time Iditarod sled- which is also Burmeister’s hometown grandmaster again yesterday, taking a dog racing champion Dallas Seavey Some 85 mushers and their dogs commanding 2-0 lead in a five-game became the first to reach the halfway set off on Sunday from the town of series that has become a stunning point of the near 1,000-mile race on Willow, about a 90-mile drive from global debut for a new style of "intu- Wednesday. Anchorage, on a journey northwest itive" artificial intelligence (AI). Seavey, winner in three of the across the Alaskan tundra that the After shocking the world by last four years and looking for his fastest team will likely complete in defeating Lee Se-Dol -- one of the third successive title, pulled in as the under 10 days. greatest modern players of the ancient leader into the old mining town of Only four have withdrawn from board game -- in their opening match Cripple, considered by race organ- the race. While most of competitors on Wednesday, the AlphaGo computer izers to be the official midway are from Alaska, this year’s race proved it was no fluke with another checkpoint. drew entrants from as far away as victory after a gruelling four-and-a- “He is working really hard out Norway, Sweden and the United half-hour encounter. there,” said Mitch Seavey, the father Kingdom.This year’s winner will "I am quite speechless. I admit it of Dallas and winner in 2004 and receive $70,000 and a new truck, was a very clear loss on my part," Lee 2013. “Dallas is sick and he is not his while other top finishers will take told reporters after the match, add- usual happy self, instead he has this home cash prizes from a race purse ing he had found "no weakness" in grim determination. He is danger- that exceeds $725,000. AlphaGo's performance during Thurs- ous.” Noah Burmeister, racing for Many mushers including the day's match. the first time since 2008, has been leaders have not completed a man- "AlphaGo played a near per- challenging perennial favorites and datory 24-hour rest coming into fect game today... I will try my best trailed Dallas Seavey by 20 miles Cripple, so the leaderboard will so that I will win at least one game," heading into Cripple. be in flux until all contenders have said an ashen-faced Lee, who had Former champions Robert Sorlie, completed this stop, plus two other earlier predicted that he would beat John Baker, Lance Mackey and Jeff mandatory rests that cannot be the supercomputer by a "landslide". King were among six others trailing combined. The 33-year-old must prevail in A South Korean Go game commentator watches the second game of the Google DeepMind Challenge all three remaining matches -- held Match at a hotel in Seoul, yesterday. on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday -- to win the series that has a cash universe, had long been considered It also employs algorithms that computers with massive processing prize of $1m. AlphaGo's creators have the exclusive province of humans -- allow it to learn and improve from power... I can't imagine how much described Go as the "Mt Everest" of until now. matchplay experience. Hailed as pressure Lee is under," one online AI, citing the complexity of the game, AlphaGo first came to prominence the "match of the century" by local commentator wrote during Thurs- which requires a degree of creativ- with a 5-0 drubbing of European media, the showdown at the Four day's game. ity and intuition to prevail over an champion Fan Hui last October, but it Seasons Hotel in Seoul is being closely Lee appeared to struggle early on opponent. had been expected to struggle against watched by AI experts as well as tens after AlphaGo made several moves The most famous AI victory to 33-year-old Lee who has topped the of millions of Go fans mostly in East that were "shockingly unconven- date came in 1997 when the IBM- world rankings for most of the past Asia. tional", said Kim Seong-Ryong, a Go developed supercomputer Deep Blue decade. The matches are being as broad- commentator and professional player. beat Garry Kasparov, the then-world The computer uses two sets of cast live on major TV and cable "If you conducted a survey of all class chess champion, in its second "deep neutral networks" that allow it channels in South Korea, Japan and the 1,300 professional Go players in attempt. to crunch data in a more human-like China, with many Go fans rooting the South, Japan and China, not a sin- But a true mastery of Go, which fashion -- dumping millions of poten- for Lee. gle person would have chosen that has more possible move configu- tial moves that human players would "He is fighting alone against doz- move," Kim said after one of the com- Dallas Seavey and his team leave the start chute at the restart of the rations than there are atoms in the instinctively know were pointless. ens of the world's top scientists and puter's unexpected plays. Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Willow, Alaska.