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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Commercial Qatar for transfer of power in Syria beekeeping Foreign Minister says Syrians looking to Arab nations for more support a success DOHA: Qatar yesterday called The meeting should not be used for an immediate halt to killings as another opportunity for pro- DOHA: Qatar’s experiment in Syria and transfer of power crastination and buying time, with commercial beekeeping has to its people in accordance with the means followed by the Syrian proved to be a success with the their aspirations. regime from the start of the crisis, 30 bee farms the environment Feet-dragging on the ques- but the conference should aim at ministry helped set up some time tion of Syrian people realising realising the desire of the Syrian ago reporting good progress. their aspirations is unacceptable, people in reaching an immediate Each farm has 10 hives, and Qatar said, taking part in a key political settlement conducive to plans are afoot to help entre- Arab League meeting in Cairo. It setting up a transitional authority preneurs to set up 20 more bee welcomed the upcoming Geneva to which all military and security farms. There are two seasons for II conference to be held to find a powers must be transferred, and collecting honey in Qatar and solution to the Syrian crisis. to ending the crisis, Al Attiyah other GCC countries. One is in The Foreign Minister H E Dr said. June and the other in October. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, The Foreign Minister said The October season is consid- Chairman of the Arab ministerial those objectives cannot be realised ered to be of much importance commission on Syria, addressing while the Syrian regime’s troops since this is time when sidr, the the meet hailed the role of Arab continued killing and violence and deciduous shrub, swarm all over in League in helping resolve the as long as the refugees inside and the northern areas of the country. Syrian crisis. outside their country are left to All these 30 farms are located in Al Attiyah said that the Syrian their fate. areas where the shrubs mushroom people were still looking up to fel- The Arab League should, as in this season and bees eat nectar low Arab nations for more help to per the 8th chapter of the UN and pollen from them. A kilo- achieve their legitimate aspira- Charter, shoulder its legal and gramme of sidr honey can sell for tions, QNA reported. moral commitments to the Syrian as much as $150 a kg. Sidr honey Al Attiyah’s remarks were people via seeking UN guaran- has tremendous medicinal value made at the extraordinary minis- tees, especially through the five and is popular as an aphrodisiac. terial meeting of the Arab League permanent UN Security Council The bee farming business is which is discussing preparations veto-wielding powers so that a gaining ground in the coun- for the Geneva II conference. ceasefire must join the peace Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari before the Arab try, Qatar News Agency (QNA) He reiterated Qatar’s firm posi- negotiations and buffer areas foreign ministers’ meeting in Cairo yesterday. reported on Saturday. The 30 tion which calls for immediate should be set up to help the farms have produced about 900 halt to the killings and violence return of refugees, and ensure Coalition in order to encourage Ahmad Jarba said the opposition should be invited to the talks. kilogrammes of honey in the sec- against civilians, and for realis- continued aid and humanitarian it to participate in Geneva II,” would not attend unless there was Jarba urged the League to “take ond season. In the first season last ing the Syrian people’s desire for assistance to all affected Syrian Arabi said. Syria’s opposition has a clear timeframe for President a clear decision on the delivery June these farms produced some transfer of power. areas, Al Attiyah added. refused to attend unless President Bashar Al Assad to leave power. of weapons to the Syrian rebels”, 670kg, QNA said. Qatar’s position is also based Meanwhile, Arab League Chief Bashar Al Assad’s resignation is He also said they could not accept adding “we are ready to provide The first fruit of apiculture on supporting all Arab and Nabil Al Arabi said in comments on the table — a demand rejected the presence of Iran. all the guarantees that they would that began this year, was plucked international efforts which are broadcast live on Egyptian state by Damascus. “We have decided not to enter not fall into wrong hands”. in the second week of October. conducive to achieving the objec- television that the meeting aimed UN-Arab League envoy to Geneva talks unless it is with The Syrian National Coalition An average collection of the tives of the Syrian people. And to “encourage” the Syrian opposi- Syria Lakhdar Brahimi has said dignity, and unless there is a suc- has said it plans to meet on honey was about 3.5 kilogramme hence, Qatar welcomed Geneva tion to attend the Geneva II talks, that Geneva II would not be pos- cessful transfer of power with a November 9 to decide whether to per hive that is very close to the II conference to reach a solution which are backed by the United sible without the participation of specific timeframe, and without attend, but the Syrian National expected average production of to the crisis, he said. States and Russia. the Syrian opposition. the occupier Iran at the negotiat- Council, a key member of the bloc, four kilogramme from a hive. The However, he noted there should “The minsters are asked today The Syrian opposition set terms ing table,” Jarba said. has threatened to quit if it does so. production of phase-1 last June be a solid, unified Arab position to provide all the support to the for attending peace talks. Syrian There is also discord among THE PENINSULA/AGENCIES covered 67 percent of total cost on negotiations at the conference. (opposition Syrian) National National Coalition President world powers over whether Iran See also page 7 of inputs of these farms signaling success of the project, said QNA. The second harvest began at the end of October and it is Qatar witnesses partial solar eclipse expected to increase the collec- tion to about 900kg. The source of Kerry vows US honey for second season is nectar of Al Sidr bosoms that is consid- backing for ered the best quality and it has huge demands in the local market. Since Al Sidr honey is expensive, Egypt rulers it is expected to generate more revenue compared to the previous CAIRO: US Secretary of State season. THE PENINSULA John Kerry said yesterday that his country is committed to Pakistan to review working with Egypt’s interim rulers, on his first visit to Cairo relations with US since the army ousted president Mohammed Mursi. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is On the eve of the opening of to review its relationship with Mursi’s trial, Kerry was in Cairo Washington, the prime minister’s to shore up ties with a key ally office said yesterday, following the and ensure it moves ahead on killing of the Pakistani Taliban plans to restore democracy, just leader Hakimullah Mehsud. weeks after Washington partly The government denounced suspended aid to Egypt. Mehsud’s killing as a US bid to “We are committed to work derail the talks and summoned with and we will continue our the US ambassador on Saturday cooperation with the interim gov- to complain. The office of the ernment,” Kerry told a joint news Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, conference with Egyptian foreign said he would chair a meeting on minister Nabil Fahmy, urging The different phases of the partial solar eclipse witnessed in Qatar yesterday, captured by Faisal Jamal, a Peninsula reader and photography enthu- the consequences for ties with “inclusive, free and fair elections”. siast. The celestial spectacle, the last solar eclipse of this year, was visible in Qatar from 4.19pm until sunset. The picture was taken in Mesaieed. Washington. Full report on page 13 “The United States is a friend of the people of Egypt, of the country of Egypt, and we are a partner,” he stressed. Kerry said he had candid discussions with Fahmy, and he had other meet- ings later with interim president Shaheen falcon fetches QR100,000 at Souq Waqif auction Adly Mansour and powerful mili- tary chief Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. DOHA: A young Shaheen falcon sold Souq Waqif bird market and one of the Last year the auction sold one Syrian sheep animals from other countries for cheap Kerry also endorsed the for a staggering price of QR100,000 at a organisers of the event, said the auction for QR72,000. prices and sell them here for very expen- interim government’s moves to recent auction held at Souq Waqif. was aimed at making people interested in Khamees Al Kuwari, one of the organis- sive prices. restore full democracy in Egypt. A total of 150 of the best falcons were falcons in Qatar and neighbouring coun- ers, said instead of organising animal auc- Fifty animals were sold at the auction According to the interim govern- sold at the two-day auction held at Souq tries to come together and see over 150 tion every year, it would be beneficial to held at the farm of Ahmad Nasser Al ment’s timetable, parliamentary Waqif’s bird market. Prices of the costly falcons in one place at one time and to buy have it monthly to prevent traders from Kuwari in Al Kheraib. The 12th such event elections are to be held by mid- birds ranged from QR25,000 to QR70,000 the type of falcon they want. manipulating buyers here. “This auction is was organised to auction animals both for 2014 followed by presidential polls. but competition among buyers pushed the Meanwhile, a Syrian sheep was sold for not for profit but aimed mainly at prevent- production and beauty. The first one was “The roadmap is being carried out prices as high as QR100,000. QR26,000 at this weekend’s auction at an ing trader from manipulating the Qatari launched in October last year. to the best of our perception,” A Qatari citizen bought the most expen- animal farm in Al Kheraib. consumers,” he said. The auction is being supported by the Kerry said. Fahmy vowed that sive falcon at the auction organised under Held monthly, the idea of the auction Organisers believed having auctions Ministry of Environment which would soon there would be a return to civilian the patronage of Souq Waqif Boutique came after the successful Halal festival often would encourage lower prices as it provide a piece of land in Al Kheraib to government in his country. AFP Hotels and Falcon Hospital. organised in Katara. The auction started would promote competition among trad- serve as venue for the regular auctions. See also page 10 Saree Hamad Al Hajri, Director of the from sunset and continued till 11.30pm. ers. Some foreigners, they say, buy these THE PENINSULA MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Red Arrows to display flying skills in Doha British aerobatics team to perform on Thursday

DOHA: Britain’s famous Red with the team also expected to com- suppliers and administrators. Arrows, one of the world’s premier plete displays in Bahrain, Jordan, Next year is the 50th display sea- aerobatic teams, is set for a flying Kuwait, Oman and the UAE. son for the team which, since for- display in Qatar on Thursday as The Team’s visit to the region has mation, has performed more than part of a Middle East tour. come about after accepting an invi- 4,500 displays in 54 countries. The team, with its nine distinc- tation to the Dubai Air Show, where Acknowledged as one of the tive red jets, will perform a series of the Red Arrows will perform each world’s premier aerobatic teams, precision formations and dynamic day between November 17 and 21. the Red Arrows is an iconic loops and rolls at 2.15pm on the The team, which currently flies British brand and has taken part Corniche (West Bay end). Officially BAE Systems Hawk aircraft, con- in major events internationally. known as the Royal Air Force sists of nine display pilots, all of The Team helped signal the start Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows whom are from frontline squad- of last year’s Olympic Games in have been thrilling crowds, at home rons. Each has previously operated London with a formation flypast of and overseas, since the 1960s. other Royal Air Force fast jets, such the stadium and Opening Ceremony. Squadron Leader Jim Turner, as the Tornado or the Typhoon “The Red Arrows showcase Team Leader of the Red Arrows, multi-role combat aircraft. the speed, agility and precision of said: “It is a huge honour and priv- There is also more than 100 the Royal Air Force. Our flying ilege to have been invited to the support staff in the Red Arrows, display includes a combination of Middle East and have the oppor- including operations and flight a synchronised formation aero- tunity to perform our display in so planners, engineering techni- batics during the first half of the many wonderful locations. cians, photographers, safety performance, followed by a more The event in Qatar forms part of equipment experts, drivers, a dynamic second half,” said Turner. a five-week tour of the Middle East, public relations department, THE PENINSULA

Squadron Leader Jim Turner (inset) will lead the Red Arrows’ flying display.

MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Serghi’s Power to premiere at QIBS Doha String Quartet to perform musical composition

DOHA: The first Qatar “We have engaged Dr Serghi, International Boat Show (QIBS) because the Show is all about will feature the world premiere unique experiences, worldwide of a musical composition enti- firsts, international and regional tled Power by world renowned launches and an event that com- composer, conductor and pian- bines luxury, industry know-how ist Dr Sophia Serghi (pictured). and culture. “The QIBS-dedicated composi- The parallels between the tion entitled Power is a musical International Boat Show and metaphor of the powerful pro- this new composition are obvious pulsion of a super yacht, com- and we are all looking forward bined with the human discovery to making history while enjoying of inner power and strength,’’ Dr what will surely be a highly mem- Serghi explained orable evening,” said Anna-Denise Visitors at the fundraiser organised by Women’s Society and Development Club. Power is believed to be the first Ioannou, Managing Director of piece of music for a string quartet QIBS. to be commissioned by an inter- QIBS promises to provide an WSDC raises QR90,000 for cancer society national maritime event. It will be industry-wide networking plat- performed at a special VIP gala form, generating solid opportu- evening on November 13 by the nities for the promotion of new DOHA: The Women’s Society cancer, be it their mothers, sisters, better!” After this year’s success- Doha String Quartet which will boats and services and creating and Development Club (WSDC) daughters or friends. I truly hope ful event, Al Hammadi thanked be conducted by Dr Serghi herself. a luxury market for affluent at Georgetown University that this event will raise more the community for their attend- The programme will also fea- Middle Eastern and Asian buy- School of Foreign Service awareness about breast cancer to ance, donations and support. She ture other original works by Dr has been a Fulbright Scholar, a ers. QIBS will host events both in Qatar (GU-Q) recently the entirety of Qatari society.” also added a “big thank you to all Sophia Serghi and will be followed Mellon Fellow and a Cambridge on land and in the water, with raised over QR90,000 at their “It also helps bring the youth the organizers from the WSDC by a VIP reception and an evening University Faculty Fellow among around 100 international and Third Annual Breast Cancer together to participate in a worthy team!” of classical music. others. local exhibitors attending, 150 Awareness Fundraiser. cause,” added Mashail Al Malki, An additional WSDC activity Dr Serghi has composed stage, The Doha String Quartet fea- boats on display, five global and The money was handed over to co-president of WSDC. “Our club during Breast Cancer Awareness orchestral, chamber, vocal and tures Nina Heidenreich, from regional launches and an esti- the Qatar Cancer Society. members did an amazing job pre- Month included a Hoya mascot multi-media works that have been Germany and Dmitri Torchinsky, mated 15,000 visitors. Almaha Al Hammadi, co-pres- paring for this event and worked canvas where Georgetown and performed globally. She holds a from Russia, on violin; Romanian- It will take place from November ident of WSDC, said: “I hope that very well together. We hope to Education City community mem- Doctorate in Music Composition born Andrea Mereutza, on viola; 12 to 16 at Lusail Marina, located people learn that this event is not continue this tradition and that bers wrote inspirational messages and Theory from Columbia and Christoph Schmitz, from within Lusail City. meant only for women. Everyone every year the Breast Cancer for cancer patients. University in New York, and Venezuela, on the cello. THE PENINSULA is somehow affected by breast Awareness event gets bigger and THE PENINSULA Mowasalat seminar discusses scope of mass transport system

DOHA: Transformation from CEO Khalid Al Hail, addressing presentation by Dr Rakesh single occupant vehicles to mass the delegates. Behlwal, Professor at Sohar transit in Qatar could happen “We want to set high stand- University of Oman on the gradually through a change in ards in public transport serv- “Youth for Public Transport” the mind-set of the people, a ices embracing innovation and programme and the associated seminar at Qatar Foundation technology and alternate green activities. was told yesterday. gas fuel solutions and provide The event also included pres- The event titled “planning varied options of transportation entations by Alessandra Gorini, and promoting use of public for customers to help reduce director of the UITP Youth for transport” involving youth from congestion and pollution and Public Transport (Y4PT) and a Qatar and other GCC states for improved life style,” he round table of students aided by took place at the QF Student added. experts. Centre. Nasser Al Khanji, Mowasalat’s The event was centered on It was held by Mowasalat, in col- Executive Director, Support youth perspective and answers laboration with the International Services, said: “Growth and usage to overcome the challenges of Association of Public Transport of public transport should be pro- the increasing urbanisation, (UITP. portionate to growing urbani- congestion and pollution. It also “Transformation from single sation and population. Single included a discussion on how occupant vehicle transportation occupant vehicle transportation to achieve the transformation to mass transit will not happen will cause traffic woes, congestion, from single occupant vehicle on its own. Growth of ridership and pollution and will have a neg- transportation to mass transit and usage of mass transporta- ative impact in economic growth gradually. tion will happen gradually by and quality of life.” Minister of Transport and changing the mental percep- Qatar University students gave Mowasalat chairman HE tion, making mass transporta- a presentation on road accidents Jassem Saif Al Sulaiti presented tion attractive, remove hurdles and there was another presenta- Ipads to the student participant. and to give priority on road by tion by the Kuwaiti student del- Certificates were handed over supporting with planning and egation on pollution. Nasser Al Khanji. development,” said Mowasalat’s This was followed by a THE PENINSULA Al Jazeera Centre for Studies launches book on Darfur

DOHA : Al Jazeera Centre for Studies yesterday released its new book, Darfur: harvest of the crisis after a decade (Darfur: hasad al azma ba’d a’qdin minazza- man). The event took place on the sidelines of the inter- national conference titled “Africa: Dynamics of Conflict, Promises of Renaissance” at the St Regis hotel. The book, co-authored by 12 specialised researchers, presents a holistic vision of the Darfur crisis, probing its roots, analysing the reality that has emerged on the ground over the past decade, and tracing the dynamics and repercussions of this situation. It gives a general review of the peace efforts and a deep analysis of the internal, external and structural factors (especially the state structure) that have influenced the trajectory of the crisis. Based on these probes and sci- entific analyses, the book offers suggestions that might bring about a quick solution to this long-running conflict. The book calls for a new approach to the dynamics of the Sudanese state crisis in light of the changes witnessed over the past decade in Darfur and beyond. Inadequate remedies to address the crisis have caused different forms of problems, fore- most of which are the fading chances of keeping Sudan united. The book was co-edited by Dr Abdul Wahab Al Effendi and Dr Sidi Ahmed Ould Ahmed Salem. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Sheikh Khalid attends Abu Dhabi F1 Qatar Rail to Nair: Spending showcase metro project at UITP on Indian space summit DOHA: Qatar Rail will show- case Qatar’s metro project at the UITP summit on public transport being held here today. mission justified The summit will be a platform for ministries, projects own- ers, and experts for exchange of ideas with the primary players Former ISRO chairman in Doha in the sector. It will also provide the platform to discuss industry DOHA: A celebrated Indian trends and best practices, as well space scientist who has recently as the opportunity to brainstorm created a controversy by dub- new ideas with peers in the region bing his country’s Mars mission in the field of smart solutions of as a publicity stunt, was here on public transport, and traffic flow a brief visit. during big events. G Madhavan Nair reiterated To create awareness about yesterday that there indeed was Qatar Rail’s metro project, the certain hype associated with company is currently exhibiting India’s Mars mission, hinting the metro design in the Student’s that its only significance lay in the Centre at the Qatar Foundation. technology of distant space travel. The purpose of the exhibition is It would be a 56 million kilo- to introduce to the students the metres of travel into blind Madhavan Nair talking to The designs of metro and to update space, he said of the Mars mis- Peninsula (SALIM MATRAMKOT) them on the execution phases. sion in remarks to The Peninsula yesterday. plan envisaged for the poor, for Envoy to Singapore Known as India’s ‘Moon Man’, a example. former chairman of the Indian Space “India will be spending bil- presents Research Organisation (ISRO), Nair lions of dollars a year on provid- On behalf of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, H E Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani oversaw India’s first imaging mission ing subsidised food to the poor, attended the finals of Etihad Airways Formula One Grand Prix, the 17th round of the World F 1 Championship, credentials to the moon a few years ago. whereas the budget for its space hosted on Yas Marina Circuit by the UAE. Considered a leading technolo- programme is merely $648m,” he SINGAPORE: President of gist in the field of rocket systems, said when asked if the spending the Republic of Singapore Tony he catapulted India into the on space explorations was justified Tan Keng Yam received yester- space-faring nations in launch as the country still had massive day credentials of Mohammed vehicle technology. pockets of poverty. UN special rapporteur begins bin Ali Al Maadheed as Nair was here at the invitation “We need to strike a balance,” Ambassador Extraordinary and of an Indian community organisa- said Nair talking of the need for Plenipotentiary of Qatar to the tion, Samanvayam, to preside over India to diversify its spending, sug- Republic of Singapore. an event involving school students gesting that funding space and sci- official meetings in Doha The Ambassador conveyed and some science competition. entific explorations was as much greetings of the Emir H H Sheikh India’s Mars mission has come necessary as feeding the poor. DOHA: The United Nations rights of migrants arrived here Qatar by an independent expert Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to in for scathing criticism from Talking of the Mars mission Special Rapporteur François on Friday, will meet with a charged by the UN Human Rights the President of Singapore, as various quarters, among others (Mangalyaan) he said its cost was Crépeau, on a mission here to range of government officials, Council with monitoring and well as his wishes of good health from Nair himself, for extrava- about $70m, or Rs4bn. assess the human rights situa- representatives of countries reporting on the human rights and happiness to the president, gance and poor planning. When told that the second moon tion of migrants in the country, sending majority of migrant situation of migrants around the and wishes of further progress “We have to study Mars from mission (Chandrayaan-2) plans begun official meetings yester- workers, international organi- world. and prosperity to the government close quarters,” he said, imply- of the ISRO, a brainchild of his day, said a spokesperson. sations, civil society, and also Crépeau, will disclose his pre- and the people of Singapore. ing that India’s current mission when he was at the helm, had been “He (Crépeau) held meetings migrants during his eight day liminary findings at a press con- The Singaporean president lacked extensive preparations shelved, Nair said that was not with officials today (Sunday) and visit. ference on November 10 in Doha entrusted the Ambassador with his with that objective in mind. true. Once the GSLV rocket sys- several other meetings will con- He will also visit a prison and present a comprehensive greetings to the Emir, wishing good He, however, defended India’s tems are perfected, Chandrayaan-2 tinue,” a spokesperson told The and a detention centre, accord- report of the visit to the UN health and happiness to the Emir, spending on its space programme would be launched — sometime in Peninsula. ing to a statement issued last Human Rights Council in June and continued progress, develop- and said it was a pittance when 2015 or 2016, he said. Crépeau, UN’s Special week. 2014. ment and prosperity to Qatar. compared to the food security THE PENINSULA Rapporteur on the human This is the first mission to THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/QNA MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Q-Chem team conquers Mt Kilimanjaro Georgian president Nurses shortage greeted on poll win DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of greetings to hits Independent Georgian President Georgy Margvelashvili on the occasion of winning the presidential elec- tions in the Republic of Georgia. The Prime Minister and schools: Officials Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable to SCH urged to provide enough staff the Georgian president.

DOHA: Several Independent Emir appoints schools have been hit by a reported shortage of school ambassadors nurses. Every school should have at DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh least one nurse to provide emer- The issue started Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani gency care to children, but sev- issued yesterday a number eral schools say they are forced about three years of Emiri Decision appointing to share the services of a single ago and we are still Ambassadors. nurse, due to an alleged failure of seeking a solution The Emir Issued Emiri the Supreme Education Council Decision No 142 for 2013 (SEC) and the Supreme Council from the Supreme appointing Rashid Mirza of Health (SCH) to provide Council of Health. Mahmoud Al Mulla enough number of nurses, a local Eugene Lee and Said Abdullah Al Oufy of Qatar Chemical Company Ltd (Q-Chem) set foot on top of Mt Ambassador Extraordinary and Arabic daily reported yesterday. Kilimanjaro — the roof of Africa on September 6. With strong determination and perseverance, Eugene, Plenipotentiary of the State of Mainly schools on the outskirts who is PE Product & Commercial Manager, and Said, PR Supervisor, achieved their goal and completed the Qatar to the Republic of Cuba. of Doha, like Khartiyat, Duhail seven-day expedition — a Q-chem initiative — without injury. The Emir Issued Emiri Decision and Ashgawi are affected by the This is wasting a lot of time No 143 for 2013 appointing Sultan shortage. In some of these areas, of the students and the accom- Saad Sultan Khalaf AL Muraikhi a single nurse is serving two or panying staff as well as the Ambassador Extraordinary and three schools, dividing the work- parents, if they are forced to Plenipotentiary of Qatar to the ing days between them, said the come and take the child to the Pharmacy Juice Bar opens at MIA Hellenic Republic (Greece). daily, quoting school officials. hospital. The Emir Issued Emiri Decision “We have been asking the Students may be absent in the No 144 for 2013 appointing Sultan Supreme Education Council to class due to minor ailments that DOHA: The “Prada Oasis and installation draws upon the tra- donated to Reach Out to Asia. Salmeen Saeed Al Mansouri solve this issue for long but we can be treated by a school nurse. Damien Hirst’s Pharmacy Juice ditions of a Bedouin tent, but Made in nine different colours, Ambassador Extraordinary and have got only promises, that are “The issue started about three Bar” opened in MIA Park yes- reinterpreting it in the style of a the bag is a clear Plexiglas shell Plenipotentiary of Qatar to the not fulfilled,” an Independent years ago and we are still seek- terday in conjunction with modern day pharmacy. in which are immersed a vari- People’s Republic of China. school operator was quoted as ing a solution from the Supreme “Relics”, a major retrospec- The “Prada Oasis” interior is ety of insects chosen by Hirst: The Emir Issued Emiri Decision saying. Council of Health,” said another tive of the British artist’s work an original revisitation of the Campanotus giganteum, Nephile No 146 for 2013 appointing He said in the absence of a official. which runs in Al Riwaq Doha brand’s stores featuring a display pilipes, Prosopocoilus occipitalis, Abdullah Abdulaziz Mohamed Al trained nurse, the school was “We are not allowed to give any until January 22, 2014. of “Entomology”, a limited-pro- Eupholus cuvieri, Pachyrhyncus Mana Ambassador Extraordinary forced to give training in first aid medication to the children, even Conceived in a collaborative duction range of bags designed by orbifer. Embellished with a one- and Plenipotentiary of Qatar to some teachers and volunteers Aspirin or Panadol. Then what effort among Damien Hirst, Miuccia Prada and Damien Hirst. micron gold-plated rigid frame; to the People’s Republic of to take care of children in any will we do in case of an emer- Miuccia Prada and H E Sheikha The “Entomology” range takes insect-shaped embroidery in Bangladesh. emergency. gency?,” he asked. Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, one of the most iconic shapes of sequins, crystals and feathers; The decisions shall go into “We have 500 students in our Diabetic children are particu- Chairperson of Qatar Museums Prada’s production and cross- and details in three different effect from the date of issue and school but we are getting the larly affected by the shortage. Authority (QMA), the instal- fertilises it with Damien Hirst’s colours, each bag is named for a are to be published in the official service of a nurse only two days “There are children with diabe- lation, inspired by a traditional provocative iconography. different insect species. This is gazette. in a week,” said another operator. tes whose blood sugar level may Arab encampment, will be open Made in a limited production a further tribute the artist pays He said in case a student suffers go up to 450mg or 500mg. The until November 13. of twenty pieces, the bags will be to the animal world, which is an QNHG meeting from some illness, he/she has to be only option is to rush them to the “Damien Hirst’s Pharmacy sold through a silent auction until endless source of inspiration and taken to the nearest health cen- nearest health center. Sometimes Juice Bar” is a reinterpreta- November 13 at the “Prada Oasis the ideal artistic medium for his on Wednesday tre, accompanied by a supervisor. the parents are called in to give tion of his famous “Pharmacy and Damien Hirst’s Pharmacy exploration of the passions and Otherwise, the parents have to be insulin injection,” said an official. Restaurant”, designed by the Juice Bar”. Proceeds from the sale fears of human beings. DOHA: Qatar Natural History called in during their office hours. THE PENINSULA artist in London in 1998. The of the “Entomology” bags will be THE PENINSULA Group (QNHG) will hold its monthly meeting at the Doha English Speaking School on Wednesday at 7pm. Dr Sabina Knees, Consultant at the Centre for Middle Eastern 14 Qatari nurses to attend Leadership for Change programme Plants (CMEP) and Research Scientist based in Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden, will give DOHA: Fourteen Qatari broader healthcare team; con- –Geneva, the Supreme Council of organisations, amongst national actual work environment. Mosa a talk on “Extreme Botany Nurses from Hamad Medical tribute to ongoing leadership and Health, HMC, and the Primary public and private healthcare is currently working with her – Investigating Plants in the Corporation (HMC) are management development pro- Health Care Corporation. institutions, it also enables us group on looking at new and inno- World’s Most Challenging embarking on an innovative grams for others and influence Asma Mosa, Head Nurse at to improve our skills by apply- vative ways to approach safety in Environments”. training programme called changes in nursing and other the Hamad General Hospital’s ing what we learn and imple- the workplace. New members are welcome Leadership for Change. training programmes, a press Trauma Centre is enrolled in menting our projects inside the “The wellbeing of our patients’ to join. QNHG membership The programme aims to release issued by the HMC said the one-year programme. “It’s hospitals. is at the heart of everything we facilitates participation in develop the skills of nurses yesterday. a great opportunity for self- “This is helping us develop our do and I’m glad that this pro- archaeological and geologi- and support them with the Qatar is the sixth country in development and is a driving skills and improve the perform- gram has us thinking about cal field trips. Further details knowledge they need to influ- the region to implement this force towards positive change ance of our units which will have the importance of staff safety of the talk and a map of the ence policy and health system training programme, which was in the country,” said Mosa. “It a positive impact on our delivery in terms of ensuring we are venue can be found in the improvements; develop quality; recently launched as a partner- helps us to be better equipped of patient care,” said Mosa. providing the best services in Monthly Talks section on cost effective models of deliver- ship between the World Health with strategic planning and Nurses in the program work a medical environment,” added www.qnhg.org. ing services in hospital settings; Organization (WHO), the thinking skills, and to build on project proposals and then Mosa. THE PENINSULA/QNA be effective contributors to the International Council of Nurses strategic alliances within our implement these projects in their THE PENINSULA

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BERLIN/RIYADH: Saudi in a ¤12bn deal. It said the chan- on forming a grand coalition. there was “no project on subma- Bild said that Saudi Arabia with exports to both sides. Arabia wants to buy five cellery had, in a letter to Saudi A German government spokes- rines for Saudi Arabia”. plans to spend 12 billion euros to German arms sales to Saudi German submarines for around Arabia in the summer, indicated woman declined to comment and However, ThyssenKrupp denied acquire as many as 25 submarines Arabia have in the past been ¤2.5bn ($3.4bn) and more than a swift and sympathetic examina- would not confirm or deny the the media report. A spokeswoman over the longer term, to be assem- criticised by opposition politi- two dozen more in the future, a tion of Riyadh’s weapons plans as reported letter. for ThyssenKrupp said the com- bled by ThyssenKrupp’s Marine cians, especially in light of pro- newspaper reported yesterday. soon as the new German govern- In Riyadh, officials do not usu- pany was not in talks on such a Systems division at shipyards in democracy uprisings throughout Citing unidentified govern- ment was established following ally publicly comment on such sale. northern Germany. the Middle East. ment sources, yesterday’s Bild am September elections. deals. “There are absolutely no Arms exports are a sensitive For decades Germany declined Sonntag newspaper said Riyadh German Chancellor Angela Germany’s heavy industry giant projects on submarines for Saudi issue in Germany because of its to sell heavy weapons to Saudi had its eye initially on buying the Merkel’s conservatives are cur- ThyssenKrupp which, the paper Arabia and therefore no talks,” Nazi past and the role arms mak- Arabia because of concerns over five Type 209 submarines, followed rently locked in negotiations with said, would produce the subma- she said. “The article lacks any ers such as Krupp played in stok- human rights and fears for Israel’s long-term by up to 25 submarines the centre-left Social Democrats rines was quoted by Bild as saying foundation.” ing 19th and 20th century wars security. AGENCIES

Kuwait MP targets minister Blast kills army officer in Benghazi

BENGHAZI: An army officer was killed yester- day in the restive Libyan city of Benghazi when a bomb placed under his car exploded, a security forces spokesman said. The blast also seriously wounded the officer’s wife and two children, who were with him at the time. “Suleiman Al Fissi, a military intelligence officer, was killed today when his car exploded. His wife and two children, who were with him, were injured,” Colonel Milud Al Zwai said. Fadia Al Barghathi, Kuwaiti MP Husssian Qwaiaan Al Mutairi (right) submits to National Assembly Secretary-General Allam Al spokeswoman for Benghazi’s Al Jala hospital, Kandari a request to grill Health Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al Abdullah Al Sabah at the National Assembly confirmed the officer had in Kuwait City, yesterday. been killed and said his wife and children had been seriously injured in the attack. The eastern city of Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 Syria refugee influx depleting uprising that toppled dic- tator Muammar Gaddafi, has been rocked by a wave of attacks against police Jordan, says King Abdullah and army officers. AFP

AMMAN/BEIRUT: King northern desert Zaatari camp “Because of some people’s Abdullah II said yesterday the near the border. refusal to heed calls for unity... I influx of hundreds of thousands Jordan has repeatedly called for announce my resignation from the of Syrian refugees is deplet- more international aid. leadership of the Revolutionary ing Jordan’s scarce natural It says the growing refugee Military Council in Aleppo,” resources, and called for inter- influx has placed a huge burden on Colonel Abdel Jabbar Al Okaidi national assistance to deal with already overstretched water and said in a video statement. the problem. power supplies as well as housing The July 2012 assault saw “Jordan currently hosts around and education, while unemployed rebels seize large swathes of the 600,000 Syrian refugees — an Jordanians face tough competi- city before a bloody stalemate set issue that depletes our already tion from Syrians for jobs. in. limited resources and puts enor- On Thursday, Amnesty Activists and rebels have long mous pressure on our infrastruc- International urged world support blamed internal disputes and ture,” the king said in a speech to to help Jordan and other coun- the international community’s parliament. tries hosting Syrian refugees end failure to supply the opposition “If the international commu- border restrictions on those flee- with advanced weaponry for the nity does not move quickly to ing the conflict. sustained stalemate, which has help us shoulder the burdens of resulted in the destruction of the Syrian crisis... Jordan is able REBEL LEADER QUITS much of the city. to take measures to protect the More than 115,000 people have In his statement, Okaidi interests of our people and coun- been killed and over 2.1 million pointed to the rebel loss on try,” he said without elaborating. forced to flee — mostly to Jordan, Friday of Sfeira, southeast of the The monarch said that since Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt city, and said the “blessed revolu- the start of the Syria conflict, — since the conflict erupted after tion” against President Bashar al- Jordan had stuck to a policy of a crackdown on protests that Assad “has torn off the last mask supporting a political solution began in March 2011 against on the face of the international that preserves the war-hit coun- President Bashar Al Assad. community”, which is “conspiring try’s unity and territorial integ- The rebel leader who led a mas- against this people and against rity, as well security in the region. sive July 2012 assault on Aleppo this revolution.” The UN refugee agency says resigned yesterday, accusing both Okaidi also lashed out at the there are 541,025 registered Syria “warlords” and the interna- exiled opposition, “who represent Syrian refugees in Jordan, includ- tional community of “conspiring” no one but yourselves. ing more than 100,000 in the against the people. AFP MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE Turkish President Abdullah Gul’s warning yesterday that the Syrian nation is dying and the territory risks becoming ‘Afghanistan on the shores Threat to Muslims in Myanmar Tof the Mediterranean’ should not be written off as an exaggeration or wishful thinking. If Syria continues to BY HOLLY ATKINSON and Myanmar. In September, a Buddhist hurtle downward, there is no doubt it will be a failed state MICHAEL ABRAMOWITZ and pose a major threat to its neighbours and the world. mob rampaged through a Muslim neighborhood of Kamein ethnicity in In an exclusive interview with the Guardian newspaper, AKHINE state, on the western Thandwe, a town in Rakhine state. the Turkish leader said that radicalisation of ordinary people coast of Myanmar, the nation Among those killed was a 94-year-old Rakhine state, on by jihadist groups was spreading across Syria and posed a Ralso known as Burma, is among grandmother. growing risk to its neighbours and the countries of Europe. the most dangerous places in the world Attacks have been reported in dozens the western coast of And equally dangerous is the fact that the response of the to be a Muslim. of locations across Myanmar. In the international community to the security, humanitarian Just over a year ago, simmering ten- central town of Meiktila, for example, Myanmar, the nation sions and small-scale clashes erupted a mob massacred middle-school stu- and moral challenges posed by the crisis had been very into mass violence between Buddhist dents and their teachers, among oth- also known as Burma, disappointing, he said. Rakhines and Muslim Rohingya, a ers. Survivors told investigators from is among the most Gul’s warning comes amid a global stalemate on Syria. minority of about 800,000 whose roots Physicians for Human Rights grisly The Western powers are more confused than ever, caught in Burma are several centuries old. details of beatings, stabbings, decapi- dangerous places in the between two opposing powers: first, the intense pressure During these rampages, Buddhist tations and immolations while scores of mobs stormed Muslim enclaves, set- police officers watched and hundreds of world to be a Muslim. from the Gulf and other countries to intervene in Syria, and ting fire to villages, destroying schools bystanders cheered and shouted such second, a growing aversion among the Western public to and mosques and leaving scores of things as, “Kill them!” A key catalyst their governments getting militarily involved in Syria. In the Rohingya dead. for the violence is the rising influence Muslims. meantime, President Bashar Al Assad has been able to use One victim of the violence was of the 969 movement, a campaign led by In the past few years, Myanmar has his brutal power to suppress the revolution. With the help Ayessa, a 55-year-old woman who lived Buddhist monks that preaches religious made remarkable progress on politi- of Russia, he struck a deal with in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state. purity and urges boycotts of Muslim- cal reform. But in his final report last Her husband and brother were killed, owned businesses. month as the U.N. special rapporteur Turkish leader’s the West which resulted in the and she was forced to flee her home The threat of future violence is acute on human rights in Myanmar, Tomás destruction of Syria’s chemical for a displaced against all Muslims in Myanmar but Ojea Quintana called attention to the warning that weapons. The deal and Syria’s persons’ camp. particularly the Rohingya. Burma’s “profound crisis” in Rakhine state and Syria risks compliance have greatly improved She sought to 1982 citizenship law does not include expressed concern that the de facto Assad’s reputation in the west and leave Myanmar the Rohingya among the country’s segregation of Burmese Muslim com- becoming makes any chances of intervention While hundreds on a boat with officially recognized ethnic groups, so munities would become permanent. her two young they are essentially stateless. They are The Myanmar government’s eager- Afghanistan on more remote. It’s in this context of Muslims have granddaughters widely reviled throughout Myanmar as ness to attract foreign investment the shores of the that Turkey has issued the been jailed for and other rela- illegal immigrants. and aid provides opportunities for the warning. supposedly tives but was They must obtain official approval international community to encour- Mediterranean The bitter truth is that even if turned back to marry and to travel, even to neigh- age and assist in protecting all of Assad is able to continue in power instigating the by Myanmar boring villages; in some areas, they Myanmar’s peoples from crimes against must be taken authorities. She are prohibited from having more than humanity and ethnic cleansing. Largely using every wretched means, he violence, few seriously. was returned to two children. Many Rohingya, includ- in response to outside pressure, mem- has lost support of the majority of perpetrators have one of the camps, ing children, have been forced to work bers of Myanmar’s government have his people. It’s this dire situation been arrested. where displaced without pay for government and mili- signaled their intention to address the which will cause disintegration of the country. As Gul says, Rohingya con- tary authorities. Rohingya routinely plight of the Rohingya; President Thein if the atmosphere remains as it is, this can lead to more It has become tinue to be con- face arbitrary arrest and detention, Sein visited Rakhine state last month radicalisation and some groups in the civil war will become evident that fined a year after confiscation of property, and physical for the first time since the violence the violence, and sexual violence. started in 2012 and offered soothing more desperate and extreme, and spread across that country. there is little risk cut off from Perhaps most outrageous amid this words. This will also result in disintegration of the opposition in Myanmar to nearly all goods violence against Rohingya and other But there has been little progress leadership because any failure to make progress on the and services. Muslims has been the tacit support of toward easing the suffering of the ground will force each rebel group, or even small groups, to those who attack The September Myanmar authorities. Investigations Rohingya or protecting Muslims from operate on their own, causing a Libya-like situation. “I don’t Muslims. United Nations by Physicians for Human Rights and further discrimination and violence. think anybody would tolerate the presence of something like humanitarian others have found that Buddhist monks Pro-democracy leaders have been bulletin reports and local politicians incited and led passive in the face of the anti-Muslim Afghanistan on the shores of the Mediterranean. For that that 180,000 people in camps and seg- many of the attacks. State security violence. reason the international community must have a very solid regated communities in Rakhine state forces have failed or refused to stop Without greater initiative from position with respect to Syria,” Gul said. need life-saving assistance — nearly incidents of violence and sometimes Myanmar’s leaders and vigilance from This demands that the proposed Geneva II peace all are Muslim, and a majority, about participated in it. While hundreds its friends abroad, the mix of religious conference be held after great preparation. Countries 103,000, are children. Yet humanitarian of Muslims have been jailed for sup- nationalism, ethnic violence and state agencies increasingly are obstructed posedly instigating the violence, few complicity could yet reap catastrophic opposing Assad must unite and exert pressure on West to act from reaching those in need. perpetrators have been arrested. It violence, which would be disastrous for on Syria. Syria will never achieve peace as long as Assad is in The anti-Rohingya violence has has become evident that there is little the entire nation. power • since affected other Muslims in risk in Myanmar to those who attack WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Unacceptable US spying the day ITH the NSA eavesdropping The White House has some explain- fight terrorism. While this country has exceptions, are safe and welcome in scandal continuing to ing to do because such establishments been contributing in all earnest to the those cities and the country in general. unfold and revealing an and activities are illegal in nature and not global war on terror, its own vulnerability So if national security is the “one pur- Wincreasing number of covered by diplomatic immunity. Nor are to terrorism has hardly been a concern pose” of US national security operations, the United States friends have been there any known bilateral agreements to the US. Washington has consistently as Obama told his home audience the victimized, the exposure of alleged allowing their existence. Decision- blinded itself to the existence of terrorist other day, he can rest assured and save I am not optimistic Special Collection Service units of the maker ignorance, as was the case in threats in and to the country’s Xinjiang money by recalling the SCS staff from US spy network on Chinese soil came US President Barack Obama’s reply to Uygur autonomous region. Attacks from China. While the American intelligence about the as no surprise. reports on the NSA’s alleged snooping such terrorists, which have claimed system is given overwhelming author- To many Americans, we are at the on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s hundreds of lives in recent years, have, ity to carry out surveillance operations negotiations but, very best a potential rival, if not an cellphone, will not be an acceptable more often than not, been beautified at home under the US Patriot Act, this with the grace of enemy, despite all the official rhetoric excuse. It is doubtful that, as the final as a rebellion against the “repression land is China. about partnership. According to the user of the intelligence collected by the of religious freedom” or “discriminative Given the lasting worries about ter- God, we will not German weekly Der Spiegel, SCS cells omnipresent US spy apparatus, the US policies”. rorist threats on the other side of the operate in five Chinese cities -Beijing, president doesn’t, even occasionally, Nor is the SCS necessary in China to Pacific, the SCS people will find them- suffer losses either. Chengdu, Hong Kong, Shanghai and verify the source of the information. address US safety concerns. American selves more useful and welcome at Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Taipei. And never tell us they are here to people, with spies as one of the rare home. China Daily Iran’s Supreme Leader MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 US sees improved ties with China Better links with Beijing come amid strains with allies

BY PAUL ECKERT diplomacy in maritime territorial United States and its allies for disputes with Asian neighbors, weak enforcement of UN Security ith ties between including US allies such as Japan Council sanctions on the North, Washington and and the Philippines. last month published a detailed list many close allies But officials from both coun- of technologies and goods banned Wstrained because tries say they are committed to from export to North Korea of eavesdropping revelations what China calls a “new model because of their potential use in and differences over US policies of major country relations” — a weapons of mass destruction. in the Middle East, the Obama Xi mantra that aims to minimise administration can take some Sino-US rivalry as China’s global PRIORITY ISSUES comfort from an improvement power grows. The narrowing of differences on in ties with China. To Washington, the concept North Korea was a key outcome A year after China’s President means “there is room on planet from Xi’s informal summit with Xi Jinping took over the helm of Earth for a rising, strong, stable, President Barack Obama last June the country’s ruling Communist prosperous China and a United in Rancho Mirage, California — a Party, senior US officials say States that continues to serve as desert retreat that allowed the two they see increased cooperation the champion of a liberal, demo- leaders to meet for eight hours on a range of issues from climate cratic, free-market and rules- over two days. change to North Korea’s nuclear based system,” said Daniel Russel, That informal summit, mainly weapons ambitions. They also the State Department’s top Asia designed as a trust-building exer- regard greater bilateral military diplomat. cise, also produced an agreement contacts as an important safety Washington and Beijing intend to reduce the use of greenhouse valve if there are any potential to “avoid a mechanistic dynamic gases and to launch a bilateral flare-ups. in which a rising power and an working group to hold regular On the economic front, enduring power were inevitably discussions on cyber-security. Chinese President Xi Jinping with US President Barack Obama during their meeting earlier this year. Washington is focused on China’s destined for conflict,” he added. “The US and China are cooper- November 9-12 Communist Party The most common concrete ating not on boutique projects, not conclave where Xi’s blueprint example US officials give of a bet- on off-Broadway, where it doesn’t Central Committee Plenum sees was muted and less prominent traditionally reactive and defen- for making the world’s second- ter working relationship is North really matter, but on priority, criti- him put his full stamp on Chinese than an attack on Germany, sive foreign policy, said Stephanie largest economy more open is Korea, whose nuclear weapons and cal issues that genuinely matter policy. which was accused of hamper- Kleine-Ahlbrandt of the US expected to be unveiled. ballistic missile programmes are to both of our people and genu- On economic policy, Americans ing economic stability in Europe Institute of Peace. She sees Xi Xi’s administration already has seen as one of Asia’s most serious inely matter to the region and the see room for optimism, based on and hurting the global economy testing US allies and pushing back spawned optimism with an agree- security threats. world,” said Russel, who attended Xi’s record since the 1990s as a because of its focus on exports against Obama’s decision to shift ment to reopen bilateral invest- Washington has long sought the summit, in an interview. business-friendly party and gov- rather than boosting domestic diplomatic and security attention ment treaty talks and a pilot to convince Beijing to do more In early 2012, when Xi was ernment leader overseeing roar- demand. to Asia. free trade zone in Shanghai that to rein in Pyongyang, a Chinese China’s vice president, he toured ing economies in Shanghai and the On human rights and regional “Xi Jinping has come in and augurs well for deeper reforms to ally since the Korean War. North the United States as a guest of US vibrant coastal provinces of Fujian security, however, there are more essentially pivoted on a dime and address Chinese investment and Korea’s nuclear test in early 2013, counterpart Joe Biden, visiting a and Zhejiang. question marks. is now the first to really embrace trade barriers. Both could help the latest of three since 2006, was small town in Iowa where he did “Everything about his past A party directive called China’s role as a ‘great power’ and dent the $300bn annual US trade accompanied by threats of nuclear a brief home stay in 1987, as well where he served before in China Document No. 9, believed to reflect he’s making foreign policy with a deficit with China. attack on the United States and as Los Angeles and Washington. indicates that there are reasons Xi’s beliefs, makes it a taboo to dis- great power mindset,” she said. Not all is rosy. Serious fault South Korea. The Washington trip included a to be optimistic that he will take cuss publicly “Western notions” US officials say they do not lines remain over issues that “We’ve seen (China) be more visit to the Pentagon, which helped a more pro-market approach such as constitutional rule, univer- expect Beijing to escalate its mari- have long vexed the Sino-US forward-leaning in applying pres- set up a packed 2013-14 calendar than his predecessor,” said sal values, press freedom, judicial time disputes with Japan or other relationship, such as human sure on the North Koreans,” said of exchanges between the two Kenneth Jarrett, president of the independence and civil society. smaller neighbors because it would rights. Western experts and Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy countries’ militaries. Military-to- American Chamber of Commerce In less abstract terms, China’s risk harming China’s economic Chinese activists are concerned national security adviser for stra- military ties have long been the in Shanghai. widening crackdown on bloggers, growth. that China’s record on human tegic communications. weakest link between the two The US Treasury on Wednesday lawyers and activists has seen the “If Xi Jinping wants to realize rights may be worsening under “That’s in part because the cycle powers. said China was not a currency detention or arrest of scores if not the goal of the Chinese dream, of Xi, who became China’s president of provocation that was taking manipulator and had allowed the hundreds of people. becoming a middle-class country in March, given there have been place in the spring was concerning WAITING FOR XI’S PLAN yuan to appreciate 12 percent Obama, while not dropping the by 2049, the 100th anniversary of crackdowns on lawyers, activists to them because it was destabilis- US-China ties have warmed but against the dollar since June 2010, human rights issues, appears to the PRC, they’re going to want and Internet opinion leaders. ing the region ... and ultimately it then cooled in the past, and ana- while adding that the Chinese cur- have decided not to turn it into to do that without any kind of Potential discord also lurks in was not consistent with their own lysts warn that Xi’s agenda may rency still appears undervalued. a make-or-break issue for Sino- disruption or distraction,” said a China’s recent increasing recourse interest,” he said. only start to become clearer after But in a semiannual report to American relations. senior US official. to what its critics call gunboat China, often criticised by the this month’s Communist Party Congress, the criticism of China Xi has broken with Beijing’s REUTERS The right needs Iain Duncan Smith Should we fear BY NICK COHEN country have shrunk to a pitiful pilot project. Hailed by Duncan ast week, Iain Duncan Smith and rightwing London as DNA testing? Smith, the British work the incentive that would propel Land pensions secretary, the unemployed into work, univer- BY EMMA G US have begun to screen newborns announced on his department’s sal credit has become Whitehall’s KELLER as doctors investigate the benefits website that he was “very pleased equivalent of a layabout yob: noth- of using genomic information as a that the supreme court unani- ing can make it work. His equally magine you had a tumour. healthcare resource throughout a mously upheld” his programme overhyped “reform” of disability Surgery removed most of it, child’s early years. to force the unemployed to work welfare payments looks as if it is Ithen chemotherapy or radia- At the same time researchers without pay or lose their ben- going the same way. tion took care of the cells that lin- are trying to figure out how to efits. “Ultimately, this judgment There is a danger here of see- gered. You went through a harsh protect and/or share that informa- confirms that it is right that we ing Duncan Smith’s failures as period where you felt exhausted tion. What are the rights of a child expect people to take getting into examples of Tory dishonesty and and ill, but then you were OK. not to know his genetic heritage? work seriously.” bureaucratic incompetence. But Cancer free. Until one of your Meanwhile in the United If the judges had Duncan Smith we should not lose sight of the tests showed some new shadows in Kingdom, the NHS hopes to have before them, they could accuse human suffering that accompa- a different part of your body. Your sequenced the genomes of 100,000 him of the old misdemeanour of nies them: the thousands driven cancer was back and on the move. people by 2017 with the eventual suppressio veri: the suppression to food banks because Duncan But then your doctors told you aim of having everyone’s DNA in of a truth he was duty bound to Smith’s department cannot pay that by sequencing the genome of their database. disclose. Nowhere in the govern- their benefits; the cheapskate your tumour and looking at it in Should you be scared that ment’s propaganda did Duncan firms that, with Duncan Smith’s the context of your overall DNA, employers would be able to find Smith admit that the supreme connivance, tell the chronically ill they realized you could take a drug out from your genome structure court had, in fact, found against that they are fit for work when that would essentially block can- that you carry the Huntington’s Iain Duncan Smith him on every ground of appeal they are no such thing. cer’s progress in your body. Would disease gene and fire you? Can he had raised. Even though he In Matthew D’Ancona’s history you take the drug? Would you be your genetic predilection for had protected his department’s add that it had condemned him on objected to Duncan Smith’s min- of the coalition, George Osborne happy that your DNA had been Alzheimers or breast cancer be hard line on the young by rushing every other point? The wretched ions taking her out of the museum says: “You see Iain giving presen- sequenced? held against you? through retrospective legislation, man blocked, stammered, dodged and sending her to Poundland tations and realise he’s just not Now imagine you’ve just had a In a perfect world, the answer to the supreme court still hammered and weaved. I almost felt sorry for instead because they were stop- clever enough.” He most certainly baby. State or national law man- these questions would be no. And, him. The government had not him. There must be better ways ping her fulfilling her ambition for is not. Yet there is no pressure dates that your baby’s blood is in fact, Americans – dependent provided “sufficient detailed pre- of making a living, even in these no reason at all. from the British right to remove drawn after birth and his or her on insurance in a country where scribed description” of the work hard times. I find the spectacle of a pow- him from office. On the contrary, genome is sequenced. A database the cost of care is sky high – are placement schemes on offer, the If you think that such deceits erful old man falsely condemning Tories acclaim Duncan Smith houses the information anony- more at risk than Brits to abuse. judges said. The unemployed could are the normal stuff of politics, an honourable young woman dis- and Michael Gove as the coali- mously, but the details of your Which makes it unsurprising that not make an informed decision on consider the story’s sequel. As tasteful in the extreme. Duncan tion’s two heroes. As well as bel- child’s gene structure are shared most of the worst case scenarios how best to find work. Their rul- Duncan Smith realised he was Smith threw out any allegation lowing to hide his all-too evident with research facilities and drugs put forward by privacy experts ing will help young people Duncan losing the case, he went on the that came into his head just to do weaknesses, Duncan Smith spins companies. How would you feel revolve around insurance compa- Smith’s department had pushed BBC to denounce Cait Reilly, one her down. On second thoughts, to encourage his supporters, who, about that? nies denying coverage. into quack schemes on pain of of the claimants who was chal- that is more than distasteful – it incredibly, still admire him and Both of these hypothetical But to focus solely on the losing their benefit. As Public lenging him in court. Despite is disgraceful. praise him as a great reformer. situations already happen. As privacy concerns of individual Interest Lawyers, the rather receiving benefits, the 24-year old Duncan Smith has form. He That he still wins such praise we clamour about the loss of our genome sequencing is to miss the inspiring firm of solicitors that had refused to work for nothing claimed that around a million peo- tells us much about the British privacy, it’s worth considering point. DNA sequencing is here to took on the test case said: “You in Poundland, he claimed. She ple have been stuck on a working- right. It cannot believe any more another aspect of public record stay. For the first time ever, we should not believe the DWP when was part of “a group of people age benefit for at least three out of that Duncan Smith is ending wel- keeping. Whose medical privacy are looking at the chance to cure it says that the judgment makes out there who think they are too the past four years, despite being fare dependency. It can no longer is worth losing for your improved major diseases, possibly before they no difference. Jobseekers who have good for this kind of stuff”. A “job judged capable of preparing or pretend that his tough love is help- health or for the improved health take hold. What if your baby girl not been provided with adequate snob”, in other words; a scrounger, looking for work. His claim was ing the unemployed into work. His of society? could avoid developing the diabetes information can now seek the who was not prepared to get off false. He claimed that his benefit great schemes are in ruins. His Every baby born in the United that has run through your family repayment of their benefits.” her backside and put in the hours cap had encouraged 8,000 people reputation for probity is in tatters. States is currently screened for for generations? If Schizophrenia Without a shred of hope of necessary to secure remunerative to find work. Not true either as the Conservatives continue to disease at birth. The range of test- could be halted in its tracks? receiving a coherent answer, employment. UK Statistics Authority pointed admire Iain Duncan Smith, nev- ing varies from state to state and We are living on the edge of a I asked a flak-catcher in the If he had checked his facts, out in a stinging reprimand . ertheless, for one reason and you can check the variety here. brave new world where the possi- Department for Work and a task that seems beyond him, Why doesn’t he give us a break? one reason only: he is cutting Doctor Robert Darnell of the bility of living without the health Pensions press office to explain Duncan Smith would have discov- The short answer is that his the money going to the poor, the New York Genome Center wants problems that have plagued us for his master’s behaviour. Why had ered that Reilly had been a vol- department is falling apart and he sick, the handicapped and the to replace what he feels is an inef- generations is within sight. It says Duncan Smith just said that the unteer at a Birmingham museum. has to spin and bluster to cover young. That’s it. That’s all there ficient testing system in New York something about human nature supreme court had ruled that he She worked there gratis because the shambles he has presided over. is to him now. And the right loves State with genomic sequencing that we can’t imagine this hap- was not guilty of pushing the young she hoped one day to be taken on His once-grand plans for a uni- him for it. performed on each newborn. He’s pening without sabotage. into “forced labour”, but failed to by a museum or gallery. Reilly versal credit to cover the whole THE GUARDIAN not alone. Pilot schemes across the THE GUARDIAN MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Security concerns as Saudi amnesty expires today Mursi goes on trial US calls for fair and transparent trial for all Egyptians

CAIRO: Egypt’s first freely the Brotherhood and government, court has ordered a retrial. elected president, Mohamed deepening the instability that has There are indications that the Mursi, goes on trial today devastated investment and tour- authorities are growing less tol- under a security crackdown ism in a country where a quarter erant of freedom of expression. that has devastated his Muslim of people live under the poverty Egypt’s top television satirist was Brotherhood movement and line. When the army ousted pulled off the airwaves a week raised concerns that the army- Mursi, it promised a political after he poked fun at army chief backed government is reimpos- roadmap would lead to free elec- Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. ing a police state. tions. What followed was one of Egyptian officials admit the Mursi, who was ousted by the the harshest clampdowns on the path to democracy has been rocky army on July 3 after mass pro- Brotherhood, which is now strug- but say a proper democratic trans- Foreign female workers gather outside Saudi immigration department as they try to get visas and legalise tests against his rule, is due to gling to survive after enduring formation will take time. “It can’t their work situation, in Riyadh yesterday. Thousands of illegal foreigners, mostly unskilled workers from Asia, appear in court at the same Cairo state repression for decades. be judged on what we do today and are rushing to leave Saudi Arabia before an amnesty expires today as they risk being fined or even jailed. police academy where autocrat In August, riot police backed what we do tomorrow. I promise Hosni Mubarak also faces trial by army snipers crushed pro- you we will succeed in doing this, following his own overthrow in test camps in Cairo demanding but I am sure we will stumble on 2011. the reinstatement of Mursi, a the way,” Foreign Minister Nabil The popular uprising that top- US-trained engineer. Fahmy said in an interview. Tunisia extends emergency pled Mubarak had raised expecta- Security officials accuse Islamist militants based in the tions that Egyptians could break Brotherhood leaders of inciting Sinai Peninsula have stepped up the military establishment’s long- violence and terrorism. Hundreds attacks on security forces since standing grip on power. However, of the movement’s members and Mursi’s overthrow. Egyptian rule as crisis talks hit delays the generals are back in charge, supporters have been killed and security officials accuse Hamas, to the dismay of Western allies many of its leaders jailed. an offshoot of the Brotherhood TUNIS: Tunisia yesterday and the opposition failed to meet oppressed under Ben Ali and who hoped Egypt’s experiment The Brotherhood denies any which runs Gaza, of supplying extended a state of emergency a Saturday deadline to agree on whose influence has grown since with democracy would be smooth. links with violent activity. Sinai Islamists with arms, an in place since its 2011 upris- a new prime minister to steer the uprising, are behind the kill- Mursi, who has been held in “What concerns me about this accusation the Palestinian mili- ing, as politicians remained Tunisia out of a months-long ings and deadly attacks targeting secret location since his removal trial is that the justice system tant group denies. deadlocked in talks to choose a crisis. mostly security forces. after only a year in office, is due has been extremely selective and Brotherhood officials say they new premier at a time of rising The UGTT powerful trade The opposition has demanded to appear along with 14 other sen- there has been almost near impu- remain determined to fight for Islamist unrest. union which has been mediating the government’s resignation ior Muslim Brotherhood figures nity for security services for the Mursi’s reinstatement, although The presidency said it was the talks said a new deadline has and the formation of a cabinet of on charges of inciting violence. killing of hundreds of protesters,” far fewer Islamists seem ready to extending until end of June the been set for Monday noon. independents, accusing the cur- In the most senior visit to Cairo said Heba Morayef, Egypt direc- protest during the onslaught by state of emergency, which has Tensions have gripped Tunisia rent line-up headed by the mod- by a US official since Mursi’s fall, tor for Human Rights Watch. security forces. “If Mursi is con- been renewed by periods ranging since veteran strongman Zine El erate Ennahda of failing to rein in Secretary of State John Kerry “In that kind of environment victed there will be a major esca- from one to three months over Abidine Ben Ali was toppled in jihadists. After months of stalling, called yesterday for a fair, trans- of politicised prosecutions, the lation through peaceful protests the past year and a half. the 2011 uprising, and were exac- Ennahda opened talks with the parent trial for all Egyptians. likelihood for real justice is com- and without the use of force,” said It did not explain the deci- erbated by the murders of opposi- opposition on October 25 in line The defendants could face a promised.” Mubarak has already a senior Brotherhood official, who sion nor why the measure was tion politicians Chokri Belaid in with a roadmap to form the new life sentence or death penalty if been sentenced to life for complic- added that other Islamists may extended by a full eight months. February and Mohamed Brahmi government, agree on a much- found guilty. That would probably ity in the killing of protesters in take up arms against the state. The announcement came as the in July. The opposition and the delayed constitution and prepare further inflame tensions between the 2011 uprising, but an appeals REUTERS ruling Islamist party Ennahda government say Islamist radicals, for elections. AFP

Solar eclipse Egypt’s military Bahrain charges top court gives scribe opposition leader suspended jail term CAIRO: An Egyptian military court yesterday handed a jour- MANAMA: Bahrain’s pub- nalist a six-month suspended lic prosecutor has charged the Four Shias get life jail term for taking pictures of head of the main Shia opposi- army checkpoints on the border tion group with insulting the for ‘Iran-linked cell’ with Gaza, military sources said. interior ministry, state news Mohammed Sabry is the third agency BNA said yesterday, in a DUBAI: A Manama court Egyptian journalist to be sen- move that could further unset- yesterday jailed four Shias for tenced by military tribunals since tle the Gulf island state. life and sentenced six others the ouster of Islamist president Sheikh Ali Salman, secretary- to 15-year terms for forming Mohamed Mursi in July. Sabry general of the Al Wefaq Islamic an Iran-linked “terrorist cell” was convicted by a military court Association, was the most senior to mount attacks in Bahrain, a in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, opposition figure charged since judicial source said. almost a month after the same majority Shias began protests in The defendants were part court gave a similar sentence 2011 to demand political reform of a group of 24 on trial, of to another Egyptian journal- and a greater role in running the whom 14 were acquitted. The ist, Ahmed Abu Derra. Security country. interior ministry announced in officials said armed forces had Minister of State for February that it had busted a arrested Sabry as he took pic- A partial solar eclipse seen from Souq Sharq Marina in Kuwait City, yesterday. Information Affairs Samira “terrorist cell” which planned tures in the town of Rafah on Rajab said the Wefaq leader was to carry out attacks on sensi- the border with the Palestinian suspected of “denigrating and tive military and civilian sites enclave. It was unclear when he disparaging the interior min- as well as public figures. was actually arrested. Sabry is a istry” by alleging human rights Members of the group had freelance journalist working for Kuwaiti woman held for driving in Saudi violations by the police against been spying for Iran and its several Egyptian publications. protesters. elite Revolutionary Guards, KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti woman permission from a male relative. diabetic father could not drive Ali Salman was released according to the charges, and was arrested in Saudi Arabia The English language Kuwait and needed to be taken to hos- on Sunday after five hours of had set up an armed organisa- Israeli drone for trying to drive her father Times said the woman was driv- pital for treatment, is being held interrogation about an oppo- tion called Jaish Al Imam, or to hospital, a Kuwaiti newspa- ing in an area just over the in custody pending an investiga- sition display which Bahraini the army of the imam. AFP crashes in Gaza per reported yesterday, a week border, with her father in the tion, the paper said, citing police. authorities closed down last after Saudi women protested passenger seat, when she was The paper did not suggest that week, saying it was illegal and GAZA CITY: An Israeli mili- against a ban on female drivers. stopped by police. the woman was protesting Saudi incited hatred. “After questioning Ali Salman, tary unmanned drone crashed Kuwaiti women are free to Kuwaitis and Saudi locals Arabia’s ban on female drivers. The Arab kingdom, strate- secretary general of the al-Wefaq in the northern Gaza Strip yes- drive in their country and enjoy regularly cross the border and Saudi police in the border town gically located between Saudi society, the general prosecution terday, with Palestinians say- far more rights than those communities living along the Al Khafji referred calls to the Arabia and regional rival Iran, decided to release him ... after fil- ing they shot it down but Israel in Saudi Arabia, who are not frontier are often a mix of peo- local traffic police, who could not has been dogged by unrest since ing charges of insulting the inte- blaming a technical malfunction. allowed to travel abroad, open a ple from both countries. be reached for comment. security forces quelled the 2011 rior ministry,” BNA said on its A security source from Hamas, bank account or work without The woman, who said her REUTERS protests. website. REUTERS the Islamist movement that rules Gaza, said they had “captured an Israeli drone that was flying over east Jabalia this morning.” He did not elaborate. But Hamas’s military wing, the Ezzedine Al Qassam Brigades, claimed on Khamenei not optimistic but backs nuclear talks their Twitter account “respon- sibility for shooting down an TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme Tehran in 1979. All decisions on all of our problems, including the Foreign Minister Mohammad Khamenei warned against such #Israeli mini-drone”. The Israeli leader said yesterday he is not the nuclear programme, which economic woes”. Javad Zarif. Iranian negotia- criticism, as he expressed sup- army denied the claim and said optimistic but supports talks Western powers and Israel sus- The White House has spear- tors and P5+1 representatives port for the negotiators who had “a ‘Skylark’ tactical mini UAV with world powers over his pect is masking a military drive headed international efforts to from the United States, Britain, a “difficult” task. (unmanned aerial vehicle) sys- country’s nuclear drive as the despite repeated Iranian denials, target Iran’s vital oil income and France, China and Russia plus “No one should see our nego- tem crashed earlier today in the process is incapable of hurting rest with Khamenei. its access to the global banking Germany restarted the talks in tiating team as compromisers,” Gaza Strip due to a technical the Islamic republic. Next week’s talks are aimed at system to coerce it into making Geneva last month. he said. “They have undertaken malfunction.” The remarks by the all-power- finding a negotiated solution that concessions in the negotiations, Both sides said the new push a difficult mission and no one ful Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came would remove concerns about while keeping on the table the was substantive, with Zarif should undermine an agent on a Saudi beheads ahead of a new round of nego- Iran’s nuclear drive in exchange threat of military action as a last expressing hope for a “new phase” mission.” tiations with the so-called P5+1 for an easing of economic sanc- resort. And Khamenei criticised of relations between Tehran and The administration of US citizen over murder group of world powers in Geneva tions that have provoked soaring the dual approach yesterday, as the international community. President Barack Obama has on November 7 and 8. inflation. the crowd of students chanted But since then, his team has said it is important to test the RIYADH: Saudi authorities “I am not optimistic about the It will be the second such “Death to America”. faced mounting criticism at home sincerity of Iran’s promise to hold yesterday beheaded a citizen in negotiations but, with the grace meeting since Hassan Rouhani, a “The Americans smile and from hardliners wary that the serious discussions on its nuclear the southern Najran province of God, we will not suffer losses reputed moderate, took office as express a desire for negotiations; negotiators could compromise drive, while promising to keep its after he was convicted of killing either,” said Khamenei. Iran’s president in August with on the other hand, they immedi- Iran’s nuclear work. allies, including Israel, informed another man, the interior min- “I do not think the negotia- a stated mandate of lifting the ately say that all options are on The disapproval peaked in late about the process. Khamenei was istry said. Zafer Al Batheen shot tions will produce the results sanctions through constructive the table,” he said. October when anti-American also critical of the close US alli- dead Ayed Al Qashaneen using a expected by Iran,” he told a group engagement. Khamenei dismissed “We should not trust a smiling posters questioning Washington’s ance with the Jewish state, whose machine gun, following a dispute of students at his residence, a the notion that submission to enemy,” Khamenei said, warn- sincerity in the talks went up existence the Islamic republic between the two. His execution day before the anniversary of the Western demands of abandoning ing Iran’s negotiating team of on Tehran’s streets, before the does not recognise. brings to 70 the number of people takeover of the US embassy in Iran’s nuclear agenda “would solve hardened diplomats overseen by authorities removed them. AFP executed this year. AGENCIES MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Congo unrest UK scraps visa No clemency bond plan for ‘high-risk’ for Snowden: Asians, Africans LONDON: Britain is scrapping a plan to force visitors from six “high-risk” countries to pay a cash bond of £3,000 ($4,800, US lawmakers ¤3,500), the interior ministry said yesterday. The government had been pre- Fugitive stands by his revelations paring to pilot a scheme requiring visitors from India, Pakistan, Sri WASHINGTON/BERLIN: it and those things, that would Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana and Senior American lawmakers be the appropriate time and the Nigeria to pay the deposit for a said yesterday that intelligence appropriate way to do it.” six-month visa. leaker Edward Snowden should German Green party lawmaker They would have forfeited the not be given clemency by the Hans-Christian Stroebele met money if they overstayed. United States following his dis- with Snowden late Thursday at an “The government has been con- closures of widespread govern- undisclosed location in Moscow sidering whether we pilot a bond ment surveillance. to discuss his disclosure that scheme that would deter people The heads of the Senate and Washington monitored German from overstaying the visa. We House intelligence committees Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell have decided not to proceed,” a spoke just days after a German phone, a matter that has caused Troops patrol in Kiwanja, a town around 20km away from the fighting between army troops and rebels. The Home Office spokeswoman said. lawmaker published a letter from an uproar in Europe. leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebels has urged his fighters to lay down arms against Reports in June said the scheme the fugitive and said Snowden In the letter he passed to army troops waging an offensive against them in the country’s troubled east. The call came with the rebels would initially target hundreds of was ready to testify to Congress Stroebele, Snowden said he was visitors before being extended to on the back foot as DR Congo troops pounded hilltop positions where die-hard fighters have holed up after to shed light on “possibly serious prepared to provide details of US affect several thousand. being forced from their last stronghold this week. offenses.” spying to Germany and was “heart- The plan had prompted an out- But Senator Dianne Feinstein, ened” by the global response to cry from government and busi- in an interview with CBS’ Face his leaks despite unrelenting US ness leaders in India, with which the Nation news show, said he had pressure. The letter was addressed Britain has been trying to foster missed his chance to do so. “He to the German government, the a closer trade relationship. had an opportunity, if what he Bundestag lower house of parlia- The Nigerian foreign minister, was was a whistle blower to pick ment and the federal public pros- France says its two journalists Olugbenga Ashiru, also said in up the phone and call the House ecutor, Stroebele’s office said. June that the bond scheme was Intelligence Committee, the Senate Meanwhile, Snowden said calls “not only discriminatory but also Intelligence Committee and say, for more oversight of government capable of undermining the spirit ‘Look, I have some information you intelligence agencies showed he ‘coldly assassinated’ in Mali of the Commonwealth family”. ought to see,’” Feinstein said. was justified in revealing the meth- The Sunday Times newspa- “We would have seen him and we ods and targets of the US secret PARIS/BAMAKO: France “The assassins are those that and France also has about 200 per reported that the scheme would have looked at that informa- service. Snowden’s leaks about the said yesterday that two French we are fighting, the terrorist troops, though their operations backed by Prime Minister David tion. That didn’t happen, and now National Security Agency (NSA), journalists found dead in the groups that refuse democracy in the region have focussed on the Cameron’s Conservatives had he’s done this enormous disservice from its alleged mass scanning northern Mali region of Kidal and elections,” Foreign Minister Adrar des Ifoghas mountains to been blocked by junior coalition to our country,” said the Democrat. of emails to the tapping of world had been “coldly assassinated” by Laurent Fabius said, calling the the north, which served for years partners the Liberal Democrats. “And I think the answer is no leaders’ phones, have infuriated militants and vowed to step up killings “heinous and revolting”. as a hideout for militants. Cameron’s government has clemency,” she said, adding that US allies and placed Washington security measures in the area. Fabius said one of the journal- “Security in the area and been seeking to show it is serious Snowden should be prosecuted. on the defensive. Radio journalists Claude Verlon ists had been shot twice, and the the surrounding areas will be about a promise to cut net migra- The former National Security In “A Manifesto for the Truth” and Ghislaine Dupont were other three times. He said French increased,” Fabius said, after tion into Britain below 100,000 a Agency (NSA) contractor was published in German news maga- abducted after interviewing a forces had tried to find the hos- a specially convened meeting year by the next election in 2015. granted asylum in Russia in zine Der Spiegel yesterday, Snowden member of the MNLA Tuareg tage takers, but to no avail. between President Francois But last week the government August to the fury of the United said current debates about mass separatist group in northern Mali. Paris launched air strikes and Hollande and key cabinet minis- also abandoned a plan for vans States, where he is wanted on surveillance in many countries Their bodies were found on sent thousands of soldiers into ters. He did not elaborate. with billboards telling illegal espionage charges. Congressman showed his revelations were help- Saturday by a French patrol 12km Mali at the start of the year Mali government spokesman immigrants to “go home or face Mike Rogers, a Republican, said ing to bring about change. outside Kidal, the birthplace of a to drive back Al Qaeda-linked Mahamane Baby echoes those arrest”, after a pilot project met he didn’t see “any reason” to “Instead of causing damage, Tuareg uprising last year that rebels it said could turn the West comments saying President with widespread condemnation. grant Snowden clemency. the usefulness of the new pub- plunged Mali into chaos, leading African country into a base for Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and A Home Office official said in “If he wants to come back and lic knowledge for society is now to a coup in the capital Bamako international attacks. Hollande had agreed that the sta- June that the six countries to be own up to the responsibility of the clear because reforms to politics, and the occupation of the north- Although Malian, UN and tus quo could not remain during targeted by the bond scheme were fact that he took and stole infor- supervision and laws are being ern half of the country by mili- French troops are stationed in a telephone call late on Saturday. those with “the most significant mation, he violated his oath, he suggested,” he wrote. “Citizens tants linked to al Qaeda. Kidal, none are heavily deployed. “The two heads of state agreed risk of abuse”. Nick Clegg, leader disclosed classified information ... have to fight against the suppres- Full details of why the journal- The Malian army’s contingent is that the situation in Kidal was of the Liberal Democrats, said in I’d be happy to have that discus- sion of information about affairs ists were killed and who carried generally symbolic and soldiers unacceptable and that a change September that he was “absolutely sion with him,” he told CBS. of essential importance for the out the attack were not imme- are confined to their base. was necessary to ensure the secu- not interested in a bond which “But he does need to own up public. Those who speak the truth diately clear, but Fabius put the There are some 200 UN peace- rity of all Malians and foreigners becomes an indiscriminate way with what he’s done and if he are not committing a crime.” blame firmly on militants operat- keepers (MINUSMA)who are present there,” he said. of clobbering people who want to wants to talk through why he did AFP ing in the region. officially in control of security REUTERS come to this country”. AFP

Afghan, Iranians found on flight LA gunman planned with fake tickets ‘suicide’ mission CARACAS: A Toronto-bound LOS ANGELES: The sus- 39-year-old TSA officer at a docu- flight was stopped shortly before pected gunman in last week’s ment checkpoint. departure from Caracas when deadly attack at Los Angeles Ciancia, authorities charge, four Iranians and an Afghan International Airport wrote a then went on to shoot and wound were found aboard with fake note saying he intended to die two other TSA employees and a tickets and no visas, Venezuelan after killing at least one security passenger, prompting a panicked officials said late on Saturday. officer, the chairman of the US evacuation of the world’s sixth- The captain of Air Canada House Committee on Homeland busiest airport. Flight 075 discovered there were Security said yesterday. The US attorney in Los Angeles five extra passengers aboard his Twenty-three-year-old Paul has charged Ciancia with murder- flight as it was scheduled to depart Anthony Ciancia also discussed ing a federal officer and commit- on Friday, said Luis Graterol, weaknesses in airport security in ting violence at an international the head of the Simon Bolivar the “suicide” note before Friday’s airport, crimes that carry the Maiquetia International Airport. attack, Michael McCaul, the threat of execution if Ciancia is All those on board were forced to Republican congressman from convicted. McCaul suggested that disembark and military officials Texas who chairs the committee, the suspected shooter wanted to identified the suspicious passen- told CNN. demonstrate what he viewed as gers, Graterol told the state-run Ciancia is accused of fatally lax security at airports. Venezuelan News Agency. shooting a Transportation “The other thing he wanted to The Iranians and the Afghan Security Administration officer, talk about was how easy it is to Kosovo Serbs wait to vote at the polling station in the Serb enclave of Gracanica, near Pristina, yesterday. “did not have a visa to enter the first employee from the bring a gun into an airport and Canada, nor legitimate tickets,” agency to die in the line of duty do something just like he did,” Graterol said. He added that the since it was created 12 years ago. McCaul said of the note. Violence, boycott mar Kosovo vote flight had been delayed for five Airport police shot and wounded McCaul also said that police hours due to the incident. the gunman, ending the rampage. visited Ciancia’s home after being MITROVICA: An election in Serbia had called on Serbs in out through the neighbourhood as The office of Venezuela’s “It’s clearly one of those notes alerted by worried relatives, but Kosovo designed to help end northern Kosovo to take part for helicopters flew over the town. prosecutor general said that that reads, ‘I’m going to kill peo- he had already left for the airport years of de facto ethnic parti- the first time, with the EU holding The Organisation for Security charges will be pressed against ple and I don’t want to kill civil- about 45 minutes before. tion was marred by violence and out the prospect of membership and Cooperation in Europe four people in the case: a mem- ians,’ with the idea that he’s going Ciancia’s father, who lives intimidation by Serb hardliners talks - slated to begin in January - (OSCE), which is helping manage ber of Venezuela’s immigration to die at the end of this,” McCaul, in Pennsville Township, New yesterday, undermining a frag- as a reward for Belgrade’s support the election, pulled out 60 of more office, an Air Canada employee, who said he had read the note, Jersey, called local police before ile EU-brokered pact between for the process. than 200 staff from the area. and two workers with an airport told CNN. He said the note “talks the shooting after Ciancia, who the Balkan country and former But on the mainly Serb side “The election will not resume security company. a lot about killing TSA agents, moved to California 18 months master Serbia. of Mitrovica, a former mining tonight or tomorrow and the ques- The suspects will face charges and he said, ‘If I just kill one, my ago and lives in suburban Los Two hours before polls closed town split along ethnic lines since tion is whether it will resume at “linked to the illegal trafficking mission is accomplished.’” Angeles, sent his brother a wor- in the ethnically-divided town of Kosovo’s 1998-99 war, turnout all,” said Oliver Ivanovic, a candi- of five foreigners” at the Simon In a criminal complaint filed risome text message. Mitrovica, a volatile Serb pocket was just 7 percent at 3pm (1400 date for mayor of north Mitrovica. Bolivar airport, the office said in on Saturday, investigators said McCaul said police in Pennsville of northern Kosovo, masked men GMT), compared with 32 percent He said a woman was injured when a statement. No details were given they found a handwritten letter contacted Los Angeles police, who burst into three schools housing Kosovo-wide. she jumped out of a window. on whether the five illegal passen- signed by Ciancia in his bag that then “visited the suspect’s home polling stations on the Serb side, The low turnout and violence Those who had voted were gers would face charges. addressed TSA officials, writing the morning of the shooting and lobbing tear gas and smashing was a clear indication of the scale jeered and abused by groups of The security lapse comes after that he wanted to “instill fear in missed him by literally, probably, ballot boxes. of resistance among north Kosovo Serbs, many of whom had trav- 1.3 tonnes of cocaine were found your traitorous minds.” 45 minutes.” Participation of the north Serbs to integration with the rest elled from Serbia, gathered out- aboard an Air France jet that It was not immediately clear A spokeswoman for the Los Kosovo Serbs in the Kosovo-wide of Kosovo, and underlined the side polling stations and filming departed from the same airport whether McCaul was referring Angeles Police Department said council and mayoral elections is challenge facing the EU in imple- those who entered. The municipal in September and landed in Paris. to the same note mentioned in on Sunday she was unable to con- central to an agreement reached menting the April accord. election is unlikely to bring about At least 28 people have been the complaint. Authorities charge firm or deny McCaul’s assertion. in April to integrate the 40,000- Voting in north Mitrovica was much change at the state level, detained in that case, including that Ciancia walked into the air- In a message on Twitter, the Los 50,000 Serbs living there with the halted after the attack at around but is the most tangible sign yet of eight members of Venezuela’s port’s Terminal 3 on Friday morn- Angeles Airport Police Division rest of Kosovo, which is majority 5pm (1600 GMT). Election offi- the shift in official Serbian policy National Guard, various air- ing, took out an assault rifle from warned passengers to expect Albanian and declared independ- cials fled and European Union towards its former province. port officials, and an Air France his bag and opened fire, shoot- delays as the airport returns to ence from Serbia in 2008. police in armoured vehicles spread REUTERS employee. AFP ing dead Gerardo Hernandez, a “full operations”. REUTERS MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES Hundreds Hackers deface many evacuated as Indonesia Philippine websites volcano erupts JAKARTA: A volcano in west- ern Indonesia erupted twice yes- Anti-corruption group takes responsibility terday, hurling red-hot ash and rocks up to seven kilometres into MANILA: A group of hackers politicians who only think about government received a threat last the air and forcing more than claiming ties with international themselves,” read a message on week via a YouTube video put up 1,000 people to flee their homes. activist group Anonymous the defaced websites. by someone claiming to be part Mount Sinabung on Sumatra defaced Philippine government A scandal over lawmakers’ mis- of Anonymous. It threatened to island erupted in September for websites yesterday, calling for use of public funds has become the bring down key infrastructure to the first time in three years, forc- support for a planned anti-cor- biggest crisis of President Benigno protest against the city-state’s ing thousands to flee their homes, ruption protest in congress this Aquino’s three-year rule, tainting new licensing rules imposed on and has been erupting intermit- week. his carefully crafted image as a websites. tently ever since. Calling themselves ‘Anonymous corruption fighter and undermin- The video shows an individ- Early yesterday it hurled a col- Philippines’, the group posted on ing his ability to push economic ual in Anonymous’s trademark umn of ash seven kilometres (four its Facebook page a list of sites it reforms. mask of 17th century British miles) into the air, then erupted had defaced with a message sek- National and local govern- conspirator Guy Fawkes, saying: again in the afternoon. ing support for a protest demand- ment agencies and a Philippine “No government has the right to Police and troops began ing the abolition of “pork barrel embassy website were among deprive their citizens the freedom evacuating residents from vil- funds” — money activists say is those defaced. The group said the of information. We demand you lages in a three-kilometre area used for political patronage. government “in many ways, has reconsiderthe regulations of your around the volcano after the A group also posted on Twitter failed its Filipino citizens”. framework or we will be forced to first eruption, said national dis- a list of more than 100 Australian On its Facebook page, it go to war with you.” aster agency spokesman Sutopo sites it had hacked, saying the indicated the defaced sites of A blog section of pro-govern- Purwo Nugroho. “1,293 residents action was in response to reports the state postal agency, the ment Straits Times newspaper living around Mount Sinabung of spying by Australia. Insurance Commission, the was hacked on Friday morning were evacuated to safer areas,” “We apologise for this incon- Optical Media Board, an anti- and temporarily carried a state- he said. “The number of evacu- venience, but this is the easiest piracy agency, and the Sugar ment complaining about how the ees will rise.” way we could convey our mes- Regulatory Administration. Also newspaper had reported the More than 15,000 people were sage to you, our dear brothers defaced was the Philippine embas- hacking threat. The paper said evacuated after Sinabung, in and sisters who are tired of this sy’s website in Seoul. it had referred the matter to the North Sumatra province, first cruelty and this false democracy, The attack on Philippine web- police. Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials as it erupts in Karo, North rumbled back to life in September. tired of this government and the sites occurred after the Singapore REUTERS Sumatra, Indonesia, yesterday. AFP Australia and Military chief punished Manila still hopes to save US spied on after Beijing attack convict on Saudi death row Indonesia BEIJING: China’s Communist Party has expelled the military commander of Xinjiang from its ranks, state media reported yes- MANILA: The Philippines is extending the deadline for the hopefully lower the bloody money SYDNEY: Australia and terday, after an attack in Beijing officially blamed on members of seeking an extension to save payment of blood money to the that is being demanded,” he said. the United States mounted a the Uighur minority in the troubled northwest region. a Filipino facing execution in family of the victim of Zapanta,” The Philippine government joint surveillance operation General Peng Yong, who was named commander of the Xinjiang Saudi Arabia as the deadline to Hernandez said on ABS-CBN tel- has previously appealed for dona- on Indonesia during the 2007 military region in July 2011, was dismissed from his post as a member of save his life passed, the foreign evision. The Philippines is ask- tions to raise the money to save United Nations climate change the Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party of Xinjiang, department said yesterday. ing the Sudanese ambassador in Zapanta’s life but the amount conference in Bali, a report said the Xinjiang Daily said in a terse dispatch. The state-run paper did Filipino labourer Joselito Saudi Arabia to help convince the they have collected falls far short. yesterday. not give a reason for Peng’s removal but it comes after last Monday’s Zapanta was given until family of the murdered man to Zapanta was originally due to The Guardian newspaper’s attack in Tiananmen Square, which was a major embarrassment for November 3 to raise more than agree to the extension, he said. be executed in November last year Australian edition cited a docu- the enormous state security apparatus. $1m to pay the family of his The government is also request- but his execution date has been ment from US whistleblower Xinjiang has been the scene of several violent clashes, the most Sudanese landlord, who he killed ing that the family agree to a pushed back several times so that Edward Snowden showing recent of which left dozens dead in April, June and August this year. in a rental dispute in 2009. lower amount of “blood money”, the money can be raised. Australian spy agency the Defence After being stripped of his party post, Peng is likely to be relieved of The Philippines hopes to which under Saudi law, must be In February, a Filipino sen- Signals Directorate worked his military responsibilities in the far-west region where China’s mostly extend the payment deadline, for- paid to a victim’s family before a tenced to death in Saudi Arabia alongside America’s National Muslim Uighur minority is concentrated. According to Chinese police, eign department spokesman Raul convict can be spared, Hernandez for killing a man he said tried to Security Agency (NSA) to collect three Xinjiang Uighurs drove their car loaded with petrol canisters Hernandez said. “We are continu- added. “We’ll have to try our best sexually abuse him walked free the phone numbers of Indonesian into the gate of the Forbidden City in an attack that left two dead, ing our representations with the to be able to convince the fam- after a similar amount was paid security officials. besides the three people in the car, and 40 injured. AFP Saudi government to help us in ily to extend the deadline and to the victim’s family. AFP The revelation is likely to exac- erbate already strained relations with Jakarta after reports last week that Canberra’s overseas diplomatic posts were involved in a vast US-led surveillance network. Dhaka sentences UK Muslim Missions in Indonesia, as well as embassies or consulates in China, were reportedly used to monitor leader and US citizen to hang phone calls and collect data, spark- ing demands for an explanation DHAKA: A Bangladesh war crimes court yesterday sentenced a from Jakarta and Beijing. British-based Muslim leader and a US citizen to death in absentia The Guardian said the 2007 for murder, in the latest ruling over atrocities during the war of operation was not particularly independence. successful, with the only tangible London-based Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan, outcome being the mobile phone from the United States, were found guilty by the International Crimes number of Bali’s chief of police. Tribunal of 11 charges related to the kidnap and slaughter of 18 intel- “The goal of the development lectuals during the 1971 conflict. effort was to gain a solid under- “Justice will not be done if they are not awarded capital punishment,” standing of the network structure senior judge Obaidul Hassan told the packed court in Dhaka. should collection be required in Prosecutors accused the pair, who fled Bangladesh after it gained the event of an emergency,” independence from Pakistan, of being “high command” members of according to an account of the the notorious Al Badr militia that supported Pakistani forces during mission included in a 2008 weekly the war. “They killed top professors, journalists and doctors to make report from the NSA base at Pine the nation devoid of any talent,” senior prosecutor M K Rahman told Gap in Australia, one of the agen- reporters outside the court after the ruling. cy’s biggest overseas bases. The pair refused to return to Bangladesh to face trial, but their tri- Summing up at the end of bunal-appointed lawyers denied the charges against them. No defence the operation, the NSA said: witnesses were called during the trial held earlier this year. “Highlights include the compro- The tribunal has now convicted 10 people, mostly leaders of the mise of the mobile phone number country’s largest Islamic party the Jamaat-e-Islami, for war crimes, for Bali’s chief of police. with seven of them sentenced to death by hanging. At least another Thai rescue workers and medics give first aid to injured tourists after a ferry sank at Pattaya resort city in Chonburi “Site efforts revealed previously eight are on trial. AFP unknown Indonesian communi- province, Thailand, yesterday. cations networks and postured us to increase collection in the event of a crisis,” according to The Dozens of Rohingyas missing Guardian. While largely unsuc- Six dead as tourist ferry cessful, the operation is hugely embarrassing for Australia. after boat sinks off Myanmar

YANGON: A boat carrying found in the Bay of Bengal. Imelda Marcos sinks off Thailand resort almost 70 Rohingya Muslim The missing are thought to refugees fleeing sectarian ten- have been IDPs (internally dis- hospitalised BANGKOK: At least six pas- trouble. “Police received a phone trouble at about 5pm local time sions capsized yesterday off placed persons) from the area sengers including three foreign- call from relatives of the pas- (1100 GMT). Pattaya is around Myanmar’s coast, police said, around the state capital Sittwe, MANILA: The jet-set- ers died after a tourist ferry sengers on the ferry,” the police 150km south of Bangkok. Russian leaving dozens missing in the officer added, requesting ting former first lady of the sank yesterday off the Thai officer said, requesting anonymity. news reports said three Russians, treacherous seas. anonymity. Around 140,000 Philippines, Imelda Marcos has resort of Pattaya, police said, “We are rescuing them... we are including a child, had been taken The boat was believed to people — the majority of them been hospitalised after suffering amid fears people may still be not sure whether there are people to hospital in a serious condition. be taking the Rohingya from Rohingya —were displaced by “fatigue”, an aide said yesterday. trapped in the stricken vessel. still trapped inside (the ferry).” “At least half of the passengers Myanmar’s western state of two waves of violence between The widow of late dicta- “There are six dead — three There was no immediate con- were Russian tourists,” Russian Rakhine to Malaysia, where thou- Buddhists and Muslims in tor Ferdinand Marcos had just Thais and three foreigners,” a firmation of the number of injured consul in Bangkok Andrey sands of members of the Muslim Rakhine last year that left some returned to the capital after a police official said, without giv- or missing, but local media said Dvornykov was quoted as saying minority have sought sanctu- 200 people dead. Thousands of lengthy road trip from the prov- ing details on the nationalities of dozens of ambulances had been by the Ria Novosti news agency. ary since violent clashes with Rohingya have fled Myanmar ince of Ilocos Norte, over 300km the foreigners. The ferry sank on called to Pattaya’s beachfront to Renowned for its racy night- Buddhists erupted last year. since then, many paying smug- north of Manila, when she decided Sunday afternoon near Koh Larn, handle casualties being plucked life and cheap accommodation, “Altogether 66 people — 38 glers for passage on rickety and to check in to a hospital, said her a small island off the Pattaya from the water. Pattaya is one of Thailand’s men and 28 women — were on overcrowded boats to Malaysia media consultant Lito Gorospe. coast popular with daytrippers. A Pattaya Tourist Police most popular resort areas and board when the boat capsized,” or further south, despite the “She was suffering from severe Local reports said the vessel spokesman said there were an has become wildly popular as a a police official in Rakhine said, dangers posed by rough seas in fatigue so she decided to be con- may have been overcrowded and estimated 100 passengers on package holiday destination for adding six survivors had been the Bay of Bengal. AFP fined,” he said. AGENCIES listed after experiencing engine the boat, which ran into engine Russians. AFP MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Sale of spying Religious gathering devices rising in Pakistan Open sale in market worries many

ISLAMABAD: Silicon chips 2004. Copies were also sold in used in computers and various Britain, US, France and Germany electronic devices have shrunk before finally making their way with astonishing speed over the back home, where a gang got hold past couple of decades. From of them and tracked down the slower devices spread over an victims’ families. area equivalent to a small living Three of the girls involved in the room, they have moved to faster scandal allegedly committed sui- ones less than a centimetre thick. cide, one was apparently killed by This decrease in size, though her father, and two got divorced. highly beneficial to professionals Meanwhile, the boys, some of and students, has its side effects whom belonged to prominent fami- too. The size of surveillance gadg- lies, ran away from their homes. ets has also shrunk, and though Social websites have grown into this might be good news for law activity-sharing hubs that cater to enforcement agencies in Pakistan, billions each day and hidden cam- People leave after attending one of the world’s largest Islamic religious meetings, the Tablighi Ijtema, in Raiwind, on the outskirts of Lahore, yester- their abundant availability in the eras have evolved into plug-and- day. The Tablighi Ijtema is an annual feature, founded by religious scholars more than five decades ago and focuses exclusively on preaching Islam. open market is alarming. play USB devices — a dangerous “The sale of hidden cameras combination. Police officials say has increased manifold in the they regularly receive complaints last six months,” says Rashid of blackmailing through videos Ahmed, a shopkeeper in a bus- recorded using hidden cameras. tling Rawalpindi market who said “The government should law-enforcement agencies have urgently draft policies to regu- US scuttling peace bid with Taliban: Minister no checks in place to monitor or late the open sale of surveillance regulate their sale. equipment. The purpose and MIRANSHAH: The Pakistani Mehsud, has been touted as a With Nato withdrawing 87,000 ministry summoned US ambas- When Rashid says hidden, he parameters of their use needs to Taliban named an interim leader potential permanent replacement, troops from Afghanistan by the end sador Richard Olson on Saturday means it. Rechargeable cameras be checked,” said Digital Rights yesterday after the death of as has the movement’s number of next year after 12 years of war, to protest over the drone strike capable of recording for several Foundation Pakistan Director Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone two Khan Said, alias Sajna. the ground supply lines through that killed Mehsud, and another hours have been placed in things Nighat Dad. strike, as the government mulled Mehsud’s death represents a Pakistan are of vital importance. that struck a day earlier. A min- as small as tie-pins, key rings, She said to check the abuse its next move after slamming the significant blow for the TTP. But Sharif and his government must istry statement also stressed cigarette lighters, coat buttons of spy equipment, laws are US for killing the militant chief. it prompted a furious response weigh their response to the Mehsud that despite the drone strike the and pens and can be bought for needed to monitor their misuse. Islamabad has said it will from the Pakistani government, drone strike carefully, given government was “determined to as little as Rs1,000. Interestingly, despite the pres- review “every aspect” of relations with Interior Minister Chaudhry that relations with Washington continue with efforts to engage The spike in camera-equipped ence of the much-criticised Fair with Washington in the wake of Nisar accusing Washington of have been on the mend in recent the TTP”. cellphone ownership also has Trial Act 2012 that authorises the attack that killed Mehsud on “scuttling” the peace process months. Last month US President Mehsud’s death is the third drawbacks. The recent Kohistan the government to intercept pri- Friday and which the interior — though no talks had actually Barack Obama welcomed Sharif major blow against the TTP by video incident proves things can vate communications in order to minister described as the “mur- begun. Prime Minister Nawaz to the White House and the State the US this year, following the go drastically wrong when seem- track suspected terrorists, law der of peace”. Sharif is expected to chair a meet- Department announced the release killing of number two Waliur ingly innocent videos are uploaded enforcement agencies have yet to Representatives of the govern- ing of his top security advisers of $1.6bn in aid, including $1.38bn Rehman in a drone strike in to the Internet. The fallout when be provided with the necessary ment had been due to meet the today to discuss the next steps. for the country’s powerful military. May and the capture of another videos are less innocent can be gadgetry. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Opposition parties led by Imran Pakistan’s press voiced surprise senior lieutenant in Afghanistan even worse. Yet, a worrying number of with a view to initiating peace talks Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf at Nisar’s strongly-worded out- revealed last month. In 2004, the owner of a dubi- ordinary citizens carry the tools when Mehsud was killed in the (PTI) party have demanded the burst, with several newspapers The TTP has risen to become ous Internet cafe in Rawalpindi with them, leaving police officials North Waziristan tribal area near government close Pakistan’s urging the government to seize arguably the biggest security installed cameras in the ceiling annoyed by the government’s the Afghan border. roads to convoys supplying Nato the chance to strike the TTP threat facing Pakistan. It was lights of cabins and recorded com- failure to adequately equip them. Shahidullah Shahid, the main forces in Afghanistan. PTI has while they are leaderless. behind the 2008 bombing of the promising videos of young men “These spying devices should be TTP spokesman, said a permanent said it will block Nato convoys in A State Department offi- Islamabad Marriott hotel and the and women who patronised the in possession of the police and replacement had not yet been cho- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where it is cial said the issue of whether attempt to kill schoolgirl activist establishment. investigation agencies, but despite sen. “Asmatullah Shaheen Bhittani, in power, which would cut off one to negotiate with the TTP was Malala Yousafzai last year. These videos were later used several announcements by higher the head of the Supreme Shura, of the main crossing points into an internal matter for Pakistan The TTP also claimed the 2010 to blackmail the couples. While officials, the police department has been appointed as temporary Afghanistan. Pakistan blocked but Washington and Islamabad Times Square bomb plot after the compiled CDs were abroad, has yet to be equipped,” said a head of the TTP,” Shahid said. Nato convoys for seven months in had “a vital, shared strate- training Pakistani-American they were sold for about $100,000, Rawalpindi police officer. Bhittani, the head of the 2012 after a botched US air raid gic interest in ending extrem- Faisal Shahzad. according to reports published in INTERNEWS Central Shura who was close to killed 24 troops. ist violence”. Pakistan’s foreign AFP

Negotiating sheep past traffic Grenade attack Musharraf facing exile kills four Shias ISLAMABAD: History is repeating itself. Pakistan’s disgraced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who sent Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his family into exile on the advice of a ‘friendly’ in tribal belt country 13 years back, is being asked to leave the country for good PESHAWAR: Suspected mili- to lessen the internal pressure to try him for treason and abroga- tants hurled grenades at a tribal tion of the Constitution in 1999. meeting in northwest Pakistan Musharraf was put on Exit Control List, which prevents someone yesterday, killing at least four from leaving the country pending trial, on the orders of the Sindh High Shias and wounding two others Court on returning home from self-exile early this year and unless in an apparent sectarian attack, the Ministry of Interior removes him from the list, he cannot leave officials said. the country. Musharraf is adamant from day one and is insisting he The attack came as a group of will face all cases against him in the courts and until exoneration or Shias were holding a meeting to conviction he would not leave the country. settle a land ownership dispute According to an informed source, a five member delegation of Nawaz in a village in Orakzai tribal dis- Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N and Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik- trict. Orakzai is one of Pakistan’s e-Insaf leaders visited Musharraf’s farm house in Chak Shehzad last seven lawless tribal districts on week and told him that a bail is likely to be granted to him on November the Afghan border considered 1 on a hearing fixed by additional district and session judge Islamabad to be the hub of Taliban and Al for announcement of verdict on bail application in a case charging him Qaeda linked militants. with ordering the killing of some militants in a mosque in Islamabad. “Three attackers came in a But On November 1, the court not only rescheduled the announce- jeep and hurled four grenades An Afghan shepherd negotiates his flock past traffic along the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in Soroubi district ment of the verdict to November 4 but also ordered initiation of fresh on the participants of the meet- of Kabul province yesterday. investigation into the case. INTERNEWS ing,” senior administration official Mehmood Aslam said. “Four people were killed and two others were injured. The guards of the participants fired back and killed one of the attackers,” he said. “Apparently it was a sectarian Home-cooked tiffin service booming in Karachi attack. But at the moment we are not aware of the attackers’ identity KARACHI: It is not easy finding cheap daal (pulses), sabzi (vegetables) and machli she says. “But two people can easily share sweet dish such as kheer, halwa, shahi tukra, or the group they were associated or reasonably-priced meals that are also (fish), too, on some special days,” he adds. one lunch box as our portions are quite etc.” The food is delivered by Kulsoom’s with,” he added. delectable when working here. And who’s The menu for today’s lunch box in generous,” she adds. husband while her daughter-in-law helps got the time to head back home for a Kulsoom Ali’s kitchen is biryani, zarda “Look, groceries are so expensive these her in the kitchen. “We make sure every- 5kg of explosives quick lunch and then rush back to work? (sweet rice), raita (mint sauce) and salad. days and we use the best rice, flour, meat, thing is ready by 12.30pm so the food gets That’s when the fast life comes back to The moment you step into the gates of the vegetables, oil, etc. There is no compromise delivered on time.” seized in raid bite and that too in the growling stom- apartment building in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, there. We usually have customers who pay About how she got into this line of work, ach. But help is at hand when delightful there is no need to ask for directions to us on a monthly basis to deliver the lunch Kulsoom remembers with a smile. “I have ISLAMABAD: Security forces home-cooked meals are brought to you in her home. The aroma from her kitchen to them every day. We have two lunch boxes always enjoyed my cooking. My mother have recovered five kilogrammes sparkling stainless steel tiffins or lunch leads the way. or tiffins for each person so when delivering taught me how to cook when I was a little of explosives, but no arrest made boxes. “They also deliver in plastic bag Inside, the lady is busy filling up one tiffin one we can pick up the empty one from the girl. Then I also experimented with new reci- in a raid yesterday, Pakistani packets,” says Moazzam Majeed, a shop portion after the other, biryani in one, zarda previous day,” Kulsoom says. pes I read in books and magazines. My hus- (Geo) News reported. Frontier owner at Zainab Market in Saddar. The in another and packets of raita and salad in “You can’t really expect men to return band read about the dabbawallas of Mumbai Corps sources said that some lunch boxes may be delivered by men on the third. She makes sure each portion has washed and clean tiffins, which is fine as in some old magazine some four years ago unknown persons had planted bikes but the real person behind the food is one meat piece and one piece of potato. “If it we would have washed them again our- and discussed the idea with me. We were explosives by the roadside in almost always a woman in a home kitchen. is meatballs, I will put one in each and sup- selves anyway. We have also written the facing financial difficulties at the time and Dera Bugti town, in Balochistan “Yes, my wife and sister do the cooking pose the meatballs are small in size that day, names of our customers on paper tape on decided to go into this business,” she shares. province, southwestern Pakistan, at home and I bring it all here,” says Jamil I’ll put in two each,” she explains. the tiffin handles just so there is no mix- “I still remember my first customer. He adding that security forces Khan, a busy man with a row of small shin- “The small lunch boxes are meant for up as some prefer spicy food while others liked the meals so much that he started raided the area on information ing tiffins hanging from each of his bicycle one person. I also pack tiffins for four and don’t,” she says. “On days other than when telling everyone. That’s when others in his and recovered the explosives. handles outside Jama Cloth Market. “We six people. But my charge for one person we have biryani, the menu for each meal office building started ordering from us and AGENCIES charge Rs80 per tiffin,” he says. “There is is Rs125 so for four it is Rs500 and so on,” must have some curry, some rice, roti and a one thing led to another.” INTERNEWS

MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Cong releases Countdown for Mars first list of candidates

Orbiter Mission begins JAIPUR: Thehe Congress yes- terday released the first list of its 63 candidates who will con- India set to become first Asian power to reach Red Planet test the December 1 polls for the 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan, NEW DELHI: India began a chairman of the Indian Space break free from the earth’s gravi- a party source here said. countdown yesterday to the Research Organisation (ISRO), tational pull. The list features names of launch of its most ambitious K Radhakrishnan said last “Don’t underestimate it Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot who and risky space mission to date, Thursday. Undeterred by the because it is a low-cost mission will fight from his usual constitu- sending a probe to Mars which failure rates, he laughed off any that is being done for the first ency of Saradarpura in Jodhpur. was conceived in just 15 months suggestion of last-minute nerves, time,” Indian science journalist Krishna Poonia, the discus throw on a tiny budget. saying: “If it is a failure, then Pallava Bagla, author of the book player and Arjun Award winner After a recent Chinese attempt learn. Failure is a stepping stone Destination Moon, said. who joined the Congress few days flopped, India is seeking to make for success.” “Yes, there is Jugaad in it, there back, will be the party’s candidate a statement of its technological Success would be a source of is innovation in it... and everyone from Sadulpur, the source said. prowess by becoming the first national pride for Indians, whose wants to do low-cost missions The list also features names of Asian power to reach the Red 2008 unmanned mission to the nowadays.” senior Congress leader B D Kalla Planet more than 200 million moon helped prove the existence Nasa is under budget pressure from Bikaner west, and some of km away. An unmanned probe, of water in another leap forward, and has faced cuts to proposed the present ministers in Gehlot weighing 1.35 tonnes and about 39 years after Neil Armstrong set Mars missions in 2016 and 2018 government. Jitendra Singh will the size of a large refrigerator, will foot there. It would also bolster despite having an overall objec- contest from Khetri, Brijendra leave earth strapped to an Indian the reputation of India, the land tive, set by US President Barack Ola from Jhunjhunu, Rajendsra rocket which is set to blast off of the world’s cheapest car, as a Obama, of sending an astronaut Singh Guda from Udaipur Vati, from the south-east coast tomor- leader in low-cost innovation. The there by 2030. Rajendra Pareek from Sikar and rowon afternoon. project was announced in August The United States is the only Assembly Speaker Deependra Wrapped in a golden film, the 2012 with a budget of only `4.5bn nation that has successfully sent Singh Shekhawat from Sri orbiter will carry advanced sen- ($73m). robotic explorers to land on Mars, Madhopur. sors to measure the Martian Lacking a rocket large enough the most recent being Curiosity, A A Khan, health minister atmosphere, hoping to detect to fire the satellite directly out a nearly one-tonne vehicle which in the Gehlot government, is traces of methane which could of earth’s atmosphere, ISRO has touched down in August 2012. party’s candidate from Tijara, help prove the existence of some also had to rely on another famed One of its discoveries appeared Urban Development and Housing sort of primitive life form. Indian specialism of “Jugaad” — to undercut the purpose of the Department Minister Shanti “Any interplanetary probe confecting a cheap work-around Indian mission after a study Dhariwal from Kota east, PWD is complex. As we can see for solution. Instead of flying directly, published in September revealed Minister Bharat Singh Kundanpur Mars, there were 51 missions so the 350-tonne rocket will orbit Curiosity detected only trace ele- from Sangod and Education Minister far around the world and there earth for nearly a month, build- ments of methane in the Mars A scientist works on the Mars Orbiter vehicle at the Indian Space Research B K Sharma from Hawa Mahal in were 21 successful missions,” ing up the necessary velocity to atmosphere. AFP Organisation’s (ISRO) satellite centre in Bangalore. Jaipur, the source said. IANS Actress withdraws complaint against Congress MP

KOCHI: After two days of of repeated apologies by Kurup, was one of the guests of honour. yet to react to the turn of events. registered a case against Kurup. standing her ground, Malayalam which has been accepted. Reacting to the turn of events, She made this volte face after Shouting slogans against the film actress Swetha Menon The email states she took this CPI-M Rajya Sabha member T giving her statement to the actress, party activists walked (pictured), has withdrawn her step after consulting her guru, N Seema said that the decision Kollam Police yesterday morning through the main road in Kollam complaint against Congress MP father, husband and not under was hers. “The fact of the matter about her grievances of how she and warned they would continue Peethamabara Kurup for alleg- any pressure. is the way in which the Congress was treated. Following this, the their protests against her. edly groping her. In the email, she thanked all party reacted very harshly towards Kollam Police was forced to reg- “She is one woman who, in In an email to the media late the support that was extended to her at her time of distress,” said ister a case against Kurup. a Malayalam film Kallimannu yesterday, she said she was not her from the media and others. Seema, who had gone to the extent In the evening, angry Youth (clay), allowed scenes of the interested in pursuing her com- The actress alleged the lawmaker of asking Kurup to resign in the Congress workers in Kollam dis- delivery of a baby to be shot,” said plaint and was not going ahead tried to grope her during a boat wake of a case being registered trict of Kerala burnt an effigy of a Youth Congress leader while with any legal steps, in the wake race in Kollam Friday, where she against him. Kurup, however, is Menon after reports that police addressing the activists. IANS MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

PRAYER TIME Mummified News in Numbers   remains of ‘holy Economic Outlook CHART: 1 3 Fajr (Dawn) 4:25 woman’ spook 3 Shorook (Sunrise) 5:43 Zuhr (Noon) 11:17 investigators Asr (Afternoon) 2:28 ROME: The discovery in northern Italy of the mummi- Maghrib (Sunset) 4:52 fied remains of a woman who Isha (Night) 6:22 locals believed had supernatu- ral powers has spooked investi- gators who believe she may have been embalmed, reports said WEATHER yesterday. Graziella Giraudo, nicknamed On the whole, Arab Region advertising the “holy woman” by those who Today Tuesday Weather revenues are very low relative to other markets Wednesday Conditions: queued up to have her read their Clear Clear Clear fortunes, was found sitting in a Hazy/misty to locked room, one hand in her partly cloudy lap and the other raised as if in For a region where advertising revenues are already at first and benediction. High: 36° High: 30° High: 29° Investigators said it was low relative to its size and GDP, the recent drop has Low: 26° Low: 23° Low: 23° chance for rain to the unclear whether she had been north. dead months or years, but that further exacerbated the situation for the industry. her body had been treated by someone intent on preserving it. The region’s advertising spend, at just US$ 22 per DOHA - SUN & SEA “It seems impossible for some- thing like this to happen in a com- capita on average, is already very low compared to SUN TIDE SEA munity where everyone knows SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND each other. It’s like a horror film,” other similar markets, even when compared to other mayor Gian Paolo Beretta told Il 05:43 16:52 05:30 & 16:45 12:00 & 23:00 03-10 - 8-18/28 KT Messaggero daily. developing markets. Close relatives living near the THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW small villa where she was discov- Media Advertising revenue projections for the HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER ered in Borgo San Dalmazzo in Piedmont could not confirm when Arab Region, 2007- 2013 (US$ m) they had last seen her. MUSCAT 22/17 Clear 22/19 Partly cloudy “The body is very clean, as KUWAIT 27/19 Clear 22/21 Partly cloudy if someone had looked after it. BAHRAIN 29/24 Clear 28/23 Clear Who and how is unclear,” coro- SANAA 25/09 Partly cloudy 24/09 Partly cloudy ner Mario Abrate told the local RIYADH 31/20 Partly cloudy 31/19 Clear Quotidiano Piemontese. DUBAI 34/26 Clear 32/24 Chance of storm Giraudo, who would now be 68, BAGHDAD 25/14 Clear 25/19 Partly cloudy was discovered when the woman she had lived with died. THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW She had been separated from her husband, who -- along with HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER their daughter -- told police he had known nothing of her where- ATHENS 22/17 Clear 22/19 Partly cloudy abouts, media reports said. WASHINGTON 09/04 Partly cloudy 14/09 Mostly cloudy Locals who spoke of Giraudo’s SYDNEY 22/12 Chance of rain 25/14 Partly cloudy talent as a fortune teller -- how LONDON 08/03 Clear 11/06 Chance of rain “even nuns sought out her advice” PARIS 14/07 Chance of rain 14/12 Chance of rain -- said they couldn’t remember ISTANBUL 18/14 Clear 20/14 Partly cloudy seeing her after 1995. MANILA 29/25 Chance of rain 31/24 Chance of storm “We cannot exclude the pos- DHAKA 28/19 Clear 28/19 Clear sibility that she was venerated” DELHI 27/15 Partly cloudy 27/16 Partly cloudy after death, a local prosecutor was ISLAMABAD 25/14 Mostly cloudy 25/19 Partly cloudy quoted as saying in La Stampa. Source : https://www.fas.org AFP Warming will make bad things worse: Report

WASHINGTON: Many of Governments will spend the next to high-income countries with climate change poses risks for will compromise normal human possible ways that countries can the ills of the modern world — few months making comments increasing inequality.” human and natural systems,” the activities including growing food adapt to them. starvation, poverty, flooding, about the draft. For people living in poverty, 29-page summary says. or working outdoors,” the report For North America, the highest heatwaves, droughts, war and “We’ve seen a lot of impacts the report says, “climate-related None of the harms talked about says. risks over the long term are from disease — are likely to worsen and they’ve had consequences,” hazards constitute an additional in the report is solely due to glo- Scientists say the global econ- wildfires, heatwaves and flood- as the world warms from man- Carnegie Institution climate sci- burden.” bal warming nor is climate change omy may continue to grow, but ing. Water — too much and too made climate change, a leaked entist Chris Field, who heads the The report says scientists have even the No. 1 cause, the scien- once the global temperature little — and heat are the biggest draft of an international scien- report, said on Saturday. “And we high confidence especially in what tists say. But a warmer world, with hits about 3 degrees Fahrenheit risks for Europe, South America tific report forecasts. will see more in the future.” it calls certain “key risks”: bursts of heavy rain and prolonged warmer than now, it could lead and Asia, with South America and The report uses the word “exac- Cities, where most of the world —People dying from warming- drought, will worsen some of these to worldwide economic losses Asia having to deal with drought- erbate” repeatedly to describe now lives, have the highest vulner- and sea rise-related flooding, espe- existing effects, they say. between 0.2 and 2.0 percent of related food shortages. Africa gets warming’s effect on poverty, lack ability, as do the globe’s poorest cially in big cities. For example, in disease, the income. those risks and more: starvation, of water, disease and even the people. —Famine because of tempera- report says until about 2050 “cli- One of the more controversial pests and disease. Australia and causes of war. “Throughout the 21st century, ture and rain changes, especially mate change will impact human sections of the report involves cli- New Zealand get the unique risk of The Nobel Peace Prize-winning climate change impacts will slow for poorer nations. health mainly by exacerbating mate change and war. losing their coral reef ecosystems, Intergovernmental Panel on down economic growth and pov- —Farmers going broke because health problems that already “Climate change indirectly and small island nations have to be Climate Change will issue a report erty reduction, further erode food of lack of water. exist” and then it will lead to increases risks from violent con- worried about being inundated by next March on how global warm- security and trigger new poverty —Infrastructure failures worse health compared to a future flict in the form of civil war, inter- rising seas. ing is already affecting the way traps, the latter particularly in because of extreme weather. with no further warming. group violence and violent protests Field said because countries can people live and what will happen in urban areas and emerging hotspots —Dangerous and deadly heat- If emissions of carbon dioxide by exacerbating well-established lessen some of the harms through the future, including a worldwide of hunger,” the report says. waves worsening. from the burning of coal, oil and drivers of these conflicts such as reduced fossil fuel emissions drop in income. A leaked copy “Climate change will exacerbate —Certain land and marine eco- gas continue at current trajec- poverty and economic shocks,” the and systems to cope with other of a draft of the summary of the poverty in low- and lower-middle systems failing. tories, “the combination of high report says. changes, he said he doesn’t find report appeared online on Friday income countries and create new “Human interface with the temperature and humidity in The summary went through working on the report depressing. on a climate skeptic’s website. poverty pockets in upper-middle climate system is occurring and some areas for parts of the year each continent detailing risks and AP

Colour run Eminem, Rihanna grab top slot in UK Masterpieces looted by single charts Nazis found in Germany LONDON: American rapper BERLIN: Nearly 1,500 paint- Among the paintings discovered Eminem and singer Rihanna ings including works by Picasso was one by Henri Matisse that had have grabbed the top spot in and Matisse that were stolen by belonged to the Jewish collector Britain’s single charts, the the Nazis have been discovered Paul Rosenberg. Official Charts Company in a German flat, a newspaper Rosenberg, who fled Paris leav- said yesterday, denying One reported Sunday, putting their ing his collection behind, was the Direction what would have been total value at around a billion grandfather of Anne Sinclair, the band’s fourth number one. euros. the former wife of the disgraced The duo’s joint track, “The German weekly Focus said the French politician Dominique Monster”, was taken from paintings were found in an apart- Strauss-Kahn. Eminem’s new album “The ment belonging to the octogenar- The prosecutor in the southern Marshall Mathers LP 2”, which ian son of an art collector who city of Augsburg, who is report- is due to be released today. It shot had bought them during the 1930s edly handling the affair, declined to the top spot even though it only and 1940s. to comment on the story. went on sale last Tuesday. For nearly half a century, the The Nazis massively plundered It pushed last week’s number artworks lay hidden in darkened artworks in Germany and across one, “Royals” by New Zealand- rooms in the man’s apartment Europe before and during World born teenager Lorde, into second in the southern German city of War II, confiscating many from place. One Direction and their Munich, Focus said. Jews or forcing them to sell their new single “Story of my life” made He had sold a few over the works at a low price. do with the fourth slot. course of the years, living off the Between 1940 and 1944, German In the albums chart, proceeds, the paper reported. forces seized an estimated 100,000 “Reflektor”, by Canadian indie The collection included many paintings, artworks, tapestries and band Arcade Fire, went straight of the great masters of the 20th antiques from the homes of Jews in at number one, relegating Katy century, among them the German in France, stripped of their rights Perry’s album “Prism” to the sec- painters Emil Nolde, Franz by the racial laws enforced by the Runners who took part in the Colour Run race yesterday in Cali, department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. In ond slot after just one week. Marc, Max Beckmann and Max collaborationist government. the 5km race, powder of different colours is thrown in the air every kilometre on the runners. REUTERS Liebermann. AFP Monday 4 November 2013 1 Moharram 1435 Volume 18 Number 5873 Price: QR2

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DOHA: The Minister of (COP19) to be held next week in Energy and Industry H E Dr Warsaw, Poland. Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada In his opening remarks the has called for maintaining the President of the Ministerial stability of the global gas mar- Meeting BijanNamdar Zanganeh ket and to promote investments gave an overview of developments in new gas projects for the in the gas markets and outlined best interests of producers and the challenges facing the GECF, consumers. and its Member countries. Speaking before the Ministerial He emphasised the need for Meeting of the Gas Exporting the Forum to enhance Member Countries Forum (GECF), which countries’ cooperation and was held in the Iranian capi- expand exchange of experience, tal, Tehran, the Minister said: promote synergies toward adop- “Member countries of the GECF tion of common policies, raise the have great potential to contrib- dialogue-profile of GECF inter- ute in the growth of the global nationally and create conditions economy, which has been recov- for the updating of contracts and ering due mainly to the increase pricing mechanism to enhance in the demand for natural gas as producer-consumer risk-sharing. the main component and environ- The ministers and heads of ment-friendly in the energy mix.” delegations exchanged views on The Minister stressed the need recent developments in the inter- for follow-up and implementing national gas markets and reaf- the declarations of Doha and firmed their commitment to the Moscow summits, including the Moscow Declaration, which sets full and permanent sovereignty a framework for GECF Member The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada with dignitaries at the Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries rights of member states in devel- countries to collaborate and coop- Forum in Tehran. oping and utilising its natural erate in the development and use resources and in the need to of their natural gas resources. ensure security of demand and The GECF Ministerial Meeting the mechanisms that motivate expectations of demand and sup- During the meeting, Mohamed operational budget and work plan supplies. discussed the challenges facing the markets at present and the ply, the impact of economic devel- Hussein Adli, the candidate of for 2014. Dr Al Sada also wanted the the global gas industry, and the anticipated ones in the future, opment, a detailed overview of the Iran, was elected as the new At the conclusion the meet- need for highlighting the envi- participants exchanged views in addition to the various energy map of natural gas production, Secretary General of the GECF, ing, the members agreed to hold ronmental aspects of natural gas on various issues in the glo- policies in the main consuming the confirmed global reserves that succeeding Leonid Bokhanovsky the 16th Ministerial Meeting in as a clean source of energy at the bal gas market. The meeting countries and areas. exceed 187 trillion cubic meters, whose tenure ends in December November 2014 in Doha, which upcoming 19th United Nations agenda included presentations The presentations also and an analysis of the production this year. The meeting also hosts the GECF’s permanent Conference on Climate Change on gas industry development, included the LNG potentials and and consumption trends. approved the organisation’s office. THE PENINSULA Nakilat appoints new MD QR13.15bn combined profit for listed banks DOHA: The Board of Directors of Qatar Gas Transport DOHA: The Banks and together recorded QR1.40bn. The Five companies under the in its net profit on year-on-year. Company (Nakilat) has elevated Financial Services institutions combined net profit of the sector Banking and Financial Services While the net profits of three Abdullah Fadhalah Al Sulaiti listed on Qatar bourse deliv- during 9M2012 was QR1.25bn. sector witnessed a drop in their Insurance companies were up, (pictured) to the position of ered a combined net profit of The four real estate companies net profits this time, ranging two companies recorded drop in Managing Director, with effect QR13.15bn for the first nine jointly delivered a total profit from 13 percent to 61 percent their profits. The Qatar General from November 1, said a state- months of 2013 compared with of QR1.69bn against QR1.46bn down. Insurance & Reinsurance ment yesterday. QR12.5bn for the same period reported during the same period The Industries and Company’s net profit grew at a Al Sulaiti joined the company in 2012. in 2012. Transportation sectors saw one stunning rate of 949.58 percent in February 2011 as Deputy The Industrial sector recorded The combined profit of company each dropping their year-on-year. Managing Director. Previously a collective profit of QR8.93bn Insurance companies rose to profits on year-on-year basis. Of the total eight listed com- he had been Shipping Manager during 9M2013 versus QR8.97bn QR1.41bn from QR636m. The The net profits of all four panies under Consumer Goods & at Qatargas from 2006 to 2011. recorded during the correspond- eight companies listed under real estate companies, except Services sector, the net profits of Prior to that he had held differ- ing period in 2012, a preliminary Consumer Goods & Services one, were up during the first two companies dropped. Qatar ent shipping-related positions at assessment by analysts noted. delivered a combined profit of nine months period. Ezdan Real Fuel recorded maximum profit Qatargas after joining the com- The three listed companies QR1.33bn against QR1.21bn Estate Company recorded an on year-on-year, 18.43 percent. pany in 1997. under the Transportation sector recorded in 2012. impressive 175 percent growth THE PENINSULA He graduated from Southampton Maritime College as an asset to Qatar’s LNG value in the UK in 1998 with a degree chain, to our economy and to in Engineering and a major in future generations to come,” he Marine Engineering. said. “I am honoured by the com- Nakilat is a Qatari marine Gulf banks in expansion drive as recovery kicks in pany and thankful for the trust company providing the critical and support of our chairman H E transportation link in Qatar’s DUBAI: After weathering for the first half of 2013 and Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada LNG supply chain. Its LNG ship- the global financial crisis and expects fast growth to continue, and our Board of Directors,” Al ping fleet is the largest in the local debt restructurings in the driven mainly by billions of dol- Sulaiti said. world, comprising 56 LNG vessels. last few years, Gulf banks are lars worth of infrastructure build- He said Nakilat is Qatar’s flag- Nakilat also manages and oper- expanding their regional foot- ing in Qatar and growth in debt ship marine company and it is a ates four LPG carriers. Via two print and venturing into busi- advisory and asset management great privilege to be its Managing strategic joint ventures, N-KOM ness lines previously targeted business. Director. and NDSQ, Nakilat operates only by their global rivals. “We have invested heavily “I intend to build upon its the ship repair and construction A slowdown in regional bank- in our markets capabilities, in strong track record of achieve- facilities at Erhama bin Jaber Al ing activity, coupled with large fixed income, Sukuk origination ments with further success, con- Jalahma Shipyard. restructurings of state-owned activity in the Islamic capital solidating our company’s position THE PENINSULA entities, stymied profits around markets, foreign exchange and the turn of the decade as banks market activities generally,” Chief set aside billions of dollars to meet Executive Steve Troop said. loan losses and restrained their The bank helped arrange a lending appetite. $1 billion five-year sukuk for However, backed by a recov- multilateral lender Islamic IDB to launch $10bn sukuk in Dubai ery in their home economies and Development Bank this year. DUBAI: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will set up a $10bn strong capital positions, the banks Meanwhile, net profit growth sukuk issuance programme on the Nasdaq Dubai exchange, a boost are now drawing up regional at commercial banks in the UAE to Dubai’s efforts to become a top centre for Islamic finance in com- growth plans and gaining share in The bustling Bank Street in Doha. is expected to accelerate to about petition with other cities. businesses such as debt advisory 20 percent in 2013, the chairman It would be the Jeddah-based IDB’s third sukuk programme and services, private banking and bro- regime — a much easier task for Summit. Several major regional of the UAE’s banking federation its first in a Middle Eastern country. The international lender, which kerage activities, areas previously cash-rich Gulf lenders. lenders expect profits to rise by said in September. has 56 member countries, promotes economic development in Muslim dominated by Western banks. “The key players are still here around 20 percent or more this Even smaller names such as countries and communities. In January, Dubai launched a drive to The crisis left Gulf banks with big time, but even they have dif- year as state spending on infra- National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) become a centre for Islamic business; its exchanges have so far listed an opening, as some Western ferent issues and are looking at structure and social welfare bol- are benefiting from economic $12.5bn of sukuk and the total is expected to reach $16bn by year-end, banks downsized regional opera- where do they consolidate in cer- sters their balance sheets, and growth in the UAE; the bank a statement from the office of Dubai’s ruler said. tions to focus on repairing bal- tain areas, so that has given an as they obtain higher fee income may open trade finance offices in Its sukuk are highly sought after by Islamic investors because of ance sheets back home and meet opportunity for the local banks,” from new revenue streams. Africa after setting up a financial their AAA credit rating, so they could offer a much-needed boost to stricter capital and liquidity Rick Pudner, chief executive of Barwa Bank, a Shariah- advisory business in Dubai’s tax- trading volumes in Dubai and encourage more issuers from outside standards being imposed globally Dubai’s Emirates NBD , told the compliant Qatari lender, posted free financial zone this year. the emirate to choose Dubai as their listing venue. REUTERS under the Basel III regulatory Reuters Middle East Investment an 85 percent leap in net profit REUTERS MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Cb launches online trade portal for corporates Dull trading DOHA: Commercialbank (Cb) recently launched an online trade portal for its corporate customers, which is a secure and user-friendly tool provid- across Middle ing convenience for end-to-end trade processing. This unique system enables Cb’s customers to complete trade transactions online while simul- taneously accessing a wide range East bourses of features. Customers can now apply for trade products such as Letters of Gulf aid boosts Egypt’s market Credit, Bank Guarantees, Export and Import Collection through a DUBAI: Egypt’s benchmark Rajhi Bank and Saudi Telecom Co fully secure, user-friendly online rose slightly in thin trade yes- (STC) added 0.3 and 1.8 percent trade portal. terday, a day before the trial respectively. The solution also provides of deposed Islamist president “It’s all about Q3 results — reports and statements allowing Mohammed Mursi begins, while most were below consensus and customers to view and amend other Middle East markets that has caused some market transactions without having to were also lacklustre. volatility,” said Hesham Tuffaha, visit the branches. Egypt’s index edged up 0.1 per- a Riyadh-based portfolio manager. The online trade portal has Officials of Commercialbank during the recently held meeting to introduce the new portal to SMEs. cent, taking its gains since the This volatility will remain for a been designed for convenience army ousted Mursi from power few weeks, he said, as dividend and reduced turnaround times on July 3 to 24.5 percent. expectations shape trade. for corporate customers. unit for Small and Medium Enterprise Banking to SMEs in overview of the recent changes Amer Group was the most “For most bank and petro- Earlier this year, Cb conducted Enterprises (SMEs) recently Qatar. The introduction to the made to Uniform Rules for active stock with 9.7 million chemical blue chips, we didn’t see a session for some of its key large hosted a select group of its cus- online trade portal and trade Customs and Practices in inter- shares changing hands as it fell any solid growth in earnings, but corporate customers, introduc- tomers at the Cb Majlis at the workshop was conducted by national trade. Topics such as 3.5 percent. Four other index if decent dividends are announced ing the online trade portal. Doha Golf Club, to introduce the Shilpa Rodrigo, Senior Manager the different payment methods stocks traded more than 2 mil- these should be enough to boost The easy and convenient features of the online trade por- Trade Finance Operations in available in international trade lion shares. the market.” online solution has been well tal, as well as conduct a work- Commercial Bank. and trade frauds were also “The market is pretty flat - Lacklustre results have received and customers have shop on International Trade. An interactive presenta- discussed. everybody is waiting for Mursi’s stretched many blue chips’ valu- been actively using it, thereby Sujata Zinzuwadia, Head of tion was made highlighting In view of the 2022 FIFA trial tomorrow,” said Mohamed ations, Tuffaha said, mentioning reducing processing time and Marketing & Sales, Enterprise Commercial Bank’s extensive World Cup and National Vision Radwan, director of interna- a tepid performance by Al Rajhi administrative work and increas- Banking advised the workshop experience in global banking and 2030 plans, opportunities and tional sales at Pharos Securities Bank, Saudi’s largest listed lender. ing efficiency. participants, advised them on trade, including insights on real- challenges facing SMEs and in Cairo. “Overall, the mood is Rajhi’s shares are up 12.7 percent Enterprise Banking, the comprehensive and tailored life practices related to risks. their preparedness were also very cautious — we don’t see any in 2013, yet its nine-month profit Commercial Bank’s dedicated products and facilities offered by It gave participants an discussed. THE PENINSULA institutions trading, it’s retail fell 1.4 percent year-on-year as investors dominating.” operating expenses increased. Several hundred Islamists pro- Sabic is a similar story — its tested in some cities on Friday, shares have gained 12.3 percent responding to a call from a pro- this year versus a 1 percent nine- Mursi alliance for daily protests month profit rise. ahead of the ousted president Saudi’s retail sector could cor- Qatar, Bahrain and Jordan to host MICE buyers trial. He and 14 other senior rect. The sector’s index is up 50 Muslim Brotherhood figures are percent in 2013, driven “by expec- DOHA: Bahrain, Jordan and sites, not to mention some of the and how to win business from business. In addition to the post- being tried on charges of incit- tations that large local consump- Qatar are committed to increase most iconic hotels in the world, it overseas. event familiarisation initiative, ing violence and could face a life tion will boost companies’ profits, their share of the burgeoning is little wonder that the meetings Buyers and destinations will be GIBTM 2014, which takes place sentence or the death penalty if but the results haven’t justified MICE (Meetings, Incentives, and incentive market is growing matched after qualifying accord- at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition found guilty. this optimism,” Tuffaha said. Conferences and Exhibitions) exponentially in the Middle East. ing to criteria identified by the Centre (ADNEC) from March 24 However, aid from Gulf coun- Jarir Marketing Co rose 1.4 market, having agreed to host “The MICE market segment host destination, providing a win- to 26, will also include Business tries — Saudi Arabia, the UAE percent after the kingdom’s larg- a group of top international has the added benefit of a high per win situation for both buyer and Travel @ GIBTM featuring and Kuwait have pledged more est listed retailer said it would meeting and incentive buyers capita budget potential. Even the destination. specialist exhibitors within the than $12bn to Egypt — has hold a shareholder meeting on next year. peripheral spend of business trav- “In 2013, 40 percent of buyers Business Travel Zone, a dedicated boosted market sentiment since Nov. 27 to approve increasing “Top international MICE buy- ellers is significantly higher than indicated their intention, indi- Business Travel Knowledge pro- Mursi’s fall, Radwan said, while its share capital by 50 percent ers will be given an insight to the the average leisure traveller and vidually, to place MICE business gramme and exclusive network- what he described as a “stabilis- through a bonus issue. world-class business and meet- so this market segment remains in the region worth in excess of ing opportunities for this specific ing security situation” was also Tuffaha predicted some pet- ings facilities offered in these key highly desirable to all destination $100,000 as a result of attending sector; the first-ever GIBTM- positive for investors. rochemical companies and STC Middle East destinations, imme- and tourism stakeholders,” GIBTM, with 81 percent expect- hosted ‘Market Focus on Asia’ Saudi Arabian blue chips lifted could lead gains in the short- and diately after the 2014 edition of The National Tourism Offices ing to do so within 12 months,” event along with a dedicated the kingdom’s index, which rose medium terms in a catch-up rally. the show,” said Gulf Incentives, (NTOs) in Bahrain, Qatar and Hall said. Asia Pavilion; and the sourceme 0.2 percent to be within 2 per- STC’s shares have gained 14.7 per- Business, Travel and Meetings Jordan, have officially confirmed Hall said Hosted Buyers Pavilion, in partnership with cent of August 21’s five-year peak cent this year, trailing the main (GIBTM) Exhibition Director their support of this initiative. selected to attend the familiarisa- Nicholas Publishing InternationaI as investors slowly shrugged off benchmark’s 18.5 percent rise, Lois Hall. The three distinct destinations tion tours would gain “vital knowl- (NPI), which will showcase the broadly disappointing third-quar- but the company comfortably With so much investment decided to become launch part- edge” about the host countries’ region’s leading event service ter earnings to focus on dividends. beat estimates with a 73 percent throughout the region being put ners of the new initiative follow- MICE-related infrastructure, suppliers. Saudi Basic Industries Corp increase in third-quarter profit into transport infrastructure, new ing a highly successful GIBTM venues, facilities and attractions, For more information log onto (Sabic) rose 1 percent, up for as it cut costs. conference, concert and sports roadshow recently, highlighting helping them to make “informed www.gibtm.com a second session in three since UAE’s markets were closed for facilities, cultural and heritage the benefits of hosting key buyers decisions” when placing future THE PENINSULA Tuesday’s three-week low. Al a holiday. REUTERS

Ooredoo offers installation Banks hope futuristic flagships guarantee for can attract new customers businesses VELIZY, France: Installation art, interactive walls and a DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday robot doorman; the flagship launched a new installation branches of the world’s top guarantee for businesses banks have come a long way that order new Ooredoo from the iron grilles and pot- services. ted plants of old. Customers who order a To compete against online- Business Landline or Direct only rivals and to attract a Service Line (DSL) service new generation of customers will now receive a refund if to branches, banks are install- Ooredoo does not install the ing sleek interiors and hi-tech selected service within 10 gadgetry. days of the order’s validation. ATMs that read fingerprints, Under the new process, touch-screen desks to flick customers who receive notifi- through your finances and vide- cation that their request for a oconference units for expert service has been accepted and advice are all on display at pay- that installation is feasible ments-technology firm Wincor will not have to wait longer Nixdorf’s showroom in the Paris than 10 days for installation. suburb of Velizy. The facade of a BNP Paribas bank branch in central Paris, yesterday. The promise applies to sub- “Banks are investing a lot in scriptions for landlines and their retail branches,” said Steve DSL for business premises Bousabata, head of Wincor’s importance of upgrading them ¤5m ($7m) each. They include across Qatar. French banking services arm. for a more tech-savvy generation. lounge areas, giant interactive If Ooredoo is unable to “They want customers to come The difficulty is knowing screens and other trimmings ensure installation within 10 back.” exactly what belongs in the such as handbags for sale and days, customers will be cred- The reason is clear: after years branch of the future and what is pieces of art. Gauging their suc- ited with the installation fee of relying on branches to drive better left behind. cess is tricky. BNP was willing of QR200 as compensation. retail revenue, European banks “Are all the things we see in to give data on its refurbished The main commitments on expect such networks to sup- branches today going to be seen in flagship branch near the Paris the customers’ part are that ply only 62 percent of sales by branches tomorrow? I very much Opera - which three years ago their businesses must have 2020 from today’s average of 81 doubt that,” said Mike Baxter, was fitted with a wall covered the internal wiring necessary percent, according to Equinox head of management consul- in plants, iPads for customer use to support an installation, Consulting. tancy Bain’s Americas Financial and a touch-screen desk - saying and that the business repre- Banks, especially those still Services practice. that footfall was up 40 percent sentative is present when the nursing losses from the financial “There’s an awful lot of and new clients up 25 percent. technicians call for an agreed crisis, are under pressure to cut experimentation of stuff that Italy’s Unicredit also said that appointment. costs and are balancing the need turns out to be unsuccessful and footfall and new business were up The 10-day time period to pare back branch networks by uneconomic.” at its newly revamped flagship was selected based on the sprucing up select outlets. Flashy “bank of the future” branch in the Bulgarian capital success of a past compensa- But branches are still the branches mixing gadgetry with of Sofia, which offers “welcoming tion trial in 2010, which had first point of contact for many design similar to Apple’s mini- scents” and a touch-screen wall. a maximum delivery time of customers and are still the pri- malist stores have been opened Visits are up by an average of 60 two weeks, the company said mary location for product sales by BNP Paribas in Paris, Barclays percent while loans and depos- yesterday. like mortgages, new accounts in London and Deutsche Bank in its have doubled, a spokeswoman THE PENINSULA and insurance, underlining the Berlin - at an estimated cost of said. REUTERS MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Gulf a major destination for global investors Arab Spring states struggle to attract foreign money

DUBAI: Foreign money is flow- The decisions, which are uncertainty over US economic ing into the parts of the Middle expected to attract hundreds of policy have hurt Arab countries East which need it least as the millions of dollars of fresh foreign with weak external trade posi- Gulf becomes a major destina- money to those two markets, put tions and state finances while tion for global portfolio inves- the Gulf on the map for the first rewarding those, including the tors and political instability time in the eyes of some foreign Gulf states, which enjoy the deters investment elsewhere in funds which follow the S&P and security of current account and the region. MSCI benchmarks. budget surpluses. When uprisings swept across The upgrades are part of a Estimates by Lipper, a Egypt, Tunisia and other Arab trend in which foreign investors Thomson Reuters company, show countries more than two years are increasingly looking at non-oil that even as money flowed out of ago, the Arab Spring looked as sectors of Gulf economies as well many emerging market funds in if it might have a very different as their energy riches, fund man- the third quarter of this year, impact. agers said at the Reuters Middle pure Middle East equity funds - By clearing out corrupt rulers East Investment Summit. most of them Gulf-focused - saw and installing democratic govern- a third straight quarter of net ments focused on raising living ATTRACT INTEREST inflows. The sector had not man- standards, the uprisings promised aged that feat since 2007/2008. to open markets to more compe- “Gulf countries have started to In the nine months to end- tition and attract fresh foreign attract the interest of interna- September, net inflows reached investment in much of North tional investors beyond the area more than $200m, equivalent to Africa and the Levant. of gas, oil and hydrocarbons,” said 12.5 percent of the latest reported The Gulf, which escaped major John Sfakianakis, chief invest- assets under management, political change, seemed to offer ment strategist at MASIC, a according to Lipper. less exciting opportunities as Riyadh-based investment firm. Mark Mobius, Executive conservative monarchies girded Politics have been key. Many Chairman of Templeton Emerging themselves to resist the threat of investors underestimated the Markets, said the strong perform- unrest, backing away from polit- seriousness of sectarian tensions ances of Gulf economies in the The newly reopened Egyptian stock market in Cairo. ically sensitive reforms of their uncovered by the Arab Spring; past few years had caused some economies. few expected that 2-1/2 years foreign investors to understand across the Middle East and North second quarter of 2013 but the million issue, followed by other But since 2011, investors have later, Syria’s civil war would still the region better and distinguish Africa. But in the Gulf, govern- non-oil private sector expanded Europeans with 28 percent and voted in favour of the Gulf by a be underway, Egypt would lack between individual markets. ments have been prompted to 4.2 percent, resulting in a solid Asian investors with 12 percent. landslide. Gulf equity and debt a democratic government and “People understand there is step up efforts to create jobs for overall economic growth rate of Just a couple of years ago, local markets have boomed, partly Libya would lack any government a difference between Dubai and their citizens with labour reforms, 2.7 percent. Gulf investors could have been on the back of inflows of foreign able to assert its authority. Oman, or Bahrain and Qatar, for financial aid for entrepreneurs The growing market clout of expected to buy most of a bond money, while markets affected by At the same time, Gulf gov- example — they can differenti- and in some cases deregulation, the Gulf’s private sector was seen issue from the region as many the Arab Spring have struggled. ernments have done better than ate between them. That’s very such as Saudi Arabia opening up last month when UAE shopping foreigners stayed away. The contrast was underlined many expected in maintaining important.” its aviation market. mall operator Majid Al Futtaim The gradual increase of for- last week when equity index political stability. A third factor buoying Gulf As Gulf economies slowly became the first issuer from the eign portfolio investment in the compiler S&P Dow Jones Indices Massive state spending pro- markets is the growth of the pri- diversify, they become more Middle East other than a bank Gulf could become a flood if Saudi upgraded Qatar and the United grammes, financed by oil reve- vate sector. interesting to foreign inves- to sell a hybrid bond - one with Arabia decides to open its mar- Arab Emirates to emerging mar- nues, have mostly been successful Political tensions have discour- tors and more able to ride out equity-like characteristics - in ket, the Arab world’s largest, to kets from frontier market status, in buying social peace. aged radical economic reforms, drops in oil prices. Output of the international market. direct foreign investment after after a similar decision by MSCI Other factors are involved. such as cuts in wasteful and Saudi Arabia’s oil sector shrank British-based investors several years of preparing for the in June. The eurozone debt crisis and expensive state subsidy schemes, 3.7 percent year-on-year in the bought 43 percent of the $500 reform. REUTERS

Ryanair unveils Forex probes may lead to further regulation of industry plans to soften ABU DHABI: Recent investi- companies, investors and central politicians haven’t got their teeth Christensen said there would A string of banks, including JP gations into alleged manipula- banks. Allegations of possible into yet is FX and, for sure, politi- have to be consequences if peo- Morgan and Citigroup , have put much-criticised tion of foreign exchange rates manipulation of these rates has cians can’t wait to get their teeth ple were “deceitfully manipulat- dealers on leave recently as regula- could be used by politicians as prompted a global investigation. into anything to do with financial ing the rates” but it was a tough tors investigate possible manipu- public image an excuse for new regulation Regulators in Switzerland, the markets,” Lars Christensen, co- market to do so because of its size, lation in the $5.3 trillion-a-day of the industry, the co-head United Kingdom and Hong Kong chief executive of Saxo Bank, said the amount of liquidity and its foreign exchange market. DUBLIN: Exchanges with cus- of Denmark’s Saxo Bank has said last month they were inves- late on Saturday on the sidelines transparency. Barclays, UBS and Deutsche tomers on Twitter and plans warned. tigating conduct in currency mar- of the Formula One Abu Dhabi He said it was still too early Bank said last week they were for a simplified website — Irish Benchmark foreign exchange kets, while a top federal prosecutor Grand Prix. to tell what kind of reputational cooperating with regulators over no-frills airline Ryanair is seek- rates, often referred to as fixes, in the United States said last week Copenhagen-based Saxo Bank is damage the episode would have on possible manipulation of cur- ing to improve its public image are a cornerstone of global finan- the US Justice Department had one of the biggest banks for retail the forex market generally and it rency trading by banks, while as it flies into tougher market cial markets, used to price trillions launched a criminal probe. forex trading, earning around two- was still unclear what the exact Royal Bank of Scotland said it was competition. of dollars worth of investments “You could fear that the one thirds of its revenue from cur- basis was for many of the trader reviewing its FX processes. Ahead of the Dublin-based car- and deals and relied upon by market which regulators and rency trading last year. investigations disclosed recently. REUTERS rier’s latest quarterly earnings update today, Ryanair has sought to soften its much-criticised pub- lic image of being a company that French ‘ecotax’ draws ire is lacking in good customer serv- ice. Customers being hit by fines at the airport for failing to print off their tickets and for carrying too much weight in their luggage are among some of the biggest grievances, even if Ryanair’s pol- icy is posted on its website. Ryanair recently simplified its online booking process, and will launch a new homepage later this month, after customers regularly complained about the confusing and long procedure. The airline also said it would allow passengers to carry a sec- ond bag of hand luggage from December.Ryanair’s chief oper- ating officer Michael Cawley has said that while changes are being introduced there will not be a shift from the basic princi- ples that transformed Ryanair into one of the biggest carriers in Europe. “The idea that there’s going to French anti-riot policemen stand guard under an ‘ecotax’ control portal in Brech near Lorient, western be wholesale changes is wrong. France, yesterday, a day after a portal was destroyed in Saint-Allouestre during a protest against the There’s some changes announced controversial environmental tax on heavy goods vehicles. The ecotax, aimed at encouraging environ- and there will be more changes mentally friendly commercial transport, imposes new levies on French and foreign vehicles transporting but we don’t want to throw out commercial goods weighing over 3.5 tonnes but its implementation has repeatedly been put off. what’s good about Ryanair,” he told an aviation conference in Dublin last month. “We need to be perhaps a lit- tle bit less vigorous in the imple- Cubans fret over currency reforms mentation of (our policies). When we’re taking ¤70 ($95) from HAVANA: Cubans have wel- in the only Communist nation minority) can buy convertible someone for a bag that doesn’t fit comed news the government in the Americas. Many basic pesos at a one for one rate, and we should do it not with glee but will end its unpopular dual necessities here are available use them to buy scarce goods with sympathy,” he added. currency system, but they only in convertible pesos at spe- in well-stocked special state Ryanair had in September are beyond keen to know cial state-run stores, a source stores. issued a shock profit warning when the change will actually of tension between Cubans who Cubans’ salaries, however, that it blamed on intense compe- come. have access to dollars and the are paid in non-convertible tition and falling airfares, spark- “It should be done already,” majority who don’t. pesos, which are valued at 24 ing a share-price plunge across said retiree Mirtha Graveran, The government announced to a convertible peso and do not Europe’s airlines sector which 67, who earns a monthly pen- October 22 it will phase out go far in a country where build- highlighted its influence on the sion worth 147 pesos ($6) and the dual currency system, in ers, teachers and doctors, for market. “rarely” has access to convert- place for almost two decades, as example, are paid $20 a month. It said that it expects to come ible pesos. part of President Raul Castro’s The government set up the in at the lower end of its full-year “That would put us on all the gradual attempt to stream- system originally to steer hard net profit range of ¤570m-¤600m. same playing field,” Graveran line the country’s Soviet-style currency into its coffers which This could be revised today when said, echoing the feelings of economy. it needs to buy bulk food on Ryanair posts earnings for its many Cubans that the system Under the current system, international markets for this second-quarter period. AFP has let social inequalities widen Cubans who have dollars (a nation of 11 million. AFP MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Air France sets Wall Street abuzz over Twitter IPO tougher rules Experts say market may generate appetite for more than $1bn in stock for Alitalia

NEW YORK: Wall Street is display-type ads. The invest- investment aflutter over Twitter, set to ment firm Sterne Agee notes MILAN: Air France-KLM has make the most anticipated that “Twitter’s scale and deeply set tough conditions, including stock market debut since engaged user base create valuable 5,000 job cuts, for investing more Facebook in a huge test for opportunities for advertisers to money in loss-making Italian social media and the technol- leverage the platform.” airline Alitalia, financial daily Il ogy sector. Analysts point out that Sole 24 Ore reported yesterday. No official date has been set, Twitter can allow companies to In an unsourced report, the but Twitter appears on a fast advertise for free, or pay for pro- Italian newspaper said Air France- track which could see its initial moted tweets and benefit from KLM, which is Alitalia’s biggest public offering priced as early analytics that target people based shareholder with a 25 percent as Wednesday for trading on on their interests and profiles. stake, had dictated its conditions Thursday, according to some “Twitter is a niche business to Italian Transport Minister reports. that will not likely be used by Maurizio Lupi “around ten days The company will trade under ‘everybody’ vs Facebook, which ago”. Air France-KLM’s condi- the “TWTR” symbol on the New essentially is,” said a report from tions, it said, included the removal York Stock Exchange, break- Pivotal Research Group analyst of Alitalia’s board of directors and ing from the Nasdaq market Brian Wieser. a restructuring of its debts of used by a large number of tech “However, at the same time nearly ¤1bn ($1.35bn) to reduce companies. we expect that advertisers will them by 70 to 80 percent. There is considerable excite- continue to value Twitter for The 5,000 job cuts would be more ment about the IPO because its unique attributes and should than double what Alitalia’s CEO Twitter is “a unique product conceivably allocate budgets from Gabriele del Torchio has penciled that no one can replicate,” said sources intended towards digital in as part of a revised restructur- Michael Pachter, head of equity goals.” ing plan to keep it in business, the research at Wedbush Securities. But the report goes on to newspaper said. Pachter and his colleagues said say that Twitter faces big risks A source close to the matter in a research report that they including “a relatively unproven said Air France-KLM, which is expect high demand. advertiser proposition, the pros- in the middle of its own restruc- “We believe that the market pects of wild swings in inves- turing, had asked for “many job is likely to generate appetite for tor sentiment, difficulty scaling cuts” but fewer than 5,000, with- more than $1bn in stock,” they the business profitability, rush out giving a figure. The Franco- said. A worker tends to the lawn on the roof of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. sellings at a time when early Dutch airline declined to comment “The simple rules of supply investor lock-ups expire (and) on the report and a spokesman for and demand suggest that by lim- government regulations prima- Lupi was not immediately availa- iting the supply of shares offered Internet Fund. “That confluence exceeding supply the price will Carl Icahn’s single tweet about rily related to privacy.” ble for comment. Air France-KLM to the public in its IPO, Twitter of events is not likely to occur rise. buying Apple shares moved the Still, Pivotal sets a target price gave its approval to a 300 million will be unable to satisfy demand.” again.” The early Twitter investors stock market. A crucial question of $29 a share, or 46 percent euros capital increase in the ailing And Twitter appears to have As of its latest update, Twitter may not get maximum value for Twitter, as for Facebook, is above the high end of the offer- Italian national carrier along with learned a lesson from Facebook’s will seek to raise up to $1.6bn right away, but could benefit how deftly the company is able ing price range. Alitalia’s other investors, but is debacle in May 2012, marked by — one tenth the value of the over time from a rise in the share to monetise its platform. Others note that it is hard not obliged to participate and has trading glitches, accusations Facebook IPO — by offering 70m price. Twitter has some 232m active to evaluate Twitter’s financial always said it would attach strict about secret information and shares in a range of $17 to $20. Twitter does have a star qual- users around the world, but has potential because three-quarters conditions before giving any help. a plunge in the share value for That is a relatively small ity that is likely to fuel inter- lost money steadily since 2010, of its users are outside the United Part of a wider bailout, the months after the IPO. chunk of Twitter’s capital, and est, because it is a key platform according to IPO documents. States where digital advertising cash call is seen as only a stopgap “The Facebook situation last implies a market value between for celebrities, politicians and The losses amounted to $133m is just taking hold. solution before talks on a possi- year was a perfect storm of an $9.3bn and $11.1bn — a conserva- journalists. on $422m in revenues in the first “Many international ad mar- ble tie-up between Alitalia and overheated private market, a tive figure compared with some In its investor presenta- nine months of the year. kets are years behind the US Air France-KLM, although Lupi fully priced offering, a massive of the private market trades in tion, the company used US Twitter makes most of its in terms of the maturity of the has said Italy would seek a differ- amount of shares brought to Twitter so far. President Barack Obama’s widely money from advertising, chiefly digital ad market,” noted Hillside ent international partner if Air market, all compounded by an Analysts say Twitter, unlike retweeted message of “four more in the form of “promoted tweets.” Partners, an investment firm France-KLM does not subscribe historical technical glitch,” said Facebook, will not flood the years” after his 2012 re-election, A recent revamping of its dis- specialising in technology com- to the capital increase. Lou Kerner, founder of the Social market, and that with demand and noted how activist investor play opens the door to bigger panies. AFP REUTERS

Indian shares hit new peak during Diwali trade MUMBAI: Indian shares jumped to their highest-ever trading level yesterday in cer- emonial trade to mark the Hindu festival of Diwali. The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex hit 21,321.53 points in evening trade, beating the previous high of 21,293.88 points set on Friday. The rally was led by strong foreign fund inflows and an eas- ing of both global and domestic economic concerns. Auto and power stocks were gainers in yesterday’s trade. The Sensex retraced on profit taking to end at a new record close of 21,239.36 points. The stock markets were open Shop employees march through Athens’ main commercial Ermou street for a 75-minute token “Muhurat” yesterday during a demonstration by private sector employees against the trading session late in the opening of shops on Sundays. Banner reads ‘Never on Sunday’ . evening. Traders buy stocks to seek blessings from the Hindu goddess of wealth Lakshmi, in hopes of prosperity in the coming trading Greek retail workers protest year. AFP Sunday shopping rules Egypt’s T-bill yields ATHENS: Retail workers protested in Athens against a relaxation edge up for 3rd week of rules restricting the number of Sundays a year when shops can open, a reform demanded by Greece’s foreign lenders which aims to CAIRO: Yields on Egyptian make its recession-hit economy more flexible. treasury bills rose for the third After opposition from small retailers and the Orthodox Church, the straight week at an auction yes- government has backed away from allowing retailers to trade on any terday and the central bank sold Sunday. Instead, the new rule lets them operate on seven Sundays a the entire amount it offered. year, up from two now. The average yield on 91-day About 500 shop employees, who fear they will be forced into more treasury bills inched up to 11.013 weekend work, marched through the main shopping district on Sunday percent at yesterday’s auction when the new rules came into force. They chanted “No more austerity” from 11.003 percent last week, and held banners reading “Resist” and “Never on Sunday”. the central bank said. The yield In a symbolic protest, some blocked for a few minutes the entrance on 273-day T-bills increased to of stores on Ermou, the main commercial street which was busy with 11.190 percent from 11.131 percent. shoppers looking for autumn bargains. Similar protests took place in Egypt’s Central Bank on other Greek cities. September 19 cut its key inter- Small retailers say that a liberalisation would fail to boost sales and est rates by 50 basis points, the instead raise their operating costs. second cut in a row. Greece’s influential Orthodox Church has said the Sunday holiday, “The market was overexcited which was first established in 1908, should be strictly reserved for since the last interest rate cut religious observance and rest. and pushed yields down to unwar- But the government says more Sunday shopping would boost retail ranted levels. So the market has sales in a country struggling to pull itself out of a six-year recession been adjusting since then,” said deepened by austerity measures and record unemployment. one Cairo-based fixed-income The economy, which relies heavily on tourism, has shrunk by about trader. The bank sold EP2bn a quarter since the crisis broke out in 2009. ($290.35m) of the 91-day T-bills “In a country which receives 18.5 million tourists (a year), which and 3.5 billion pounds of the 273- wants to become a weekend destination, it is unthinkable for shops day bills, the entire amount on to stay shut on Sundays,” the Deputy Minister of Development Notis offer. REUTERS Mitarachi told reporters. REUTERS MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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Less dovish FOMC statement shakes the markets United Kingdom EAR from the US eco- opened at 1.3802, only to weaken level. The weakened against economy, sent consumer expec- nomic situation, might against its American counter- Sterling Pound a strengthening tations to a seven-month low as Manufacturing PMI have eased slightly, part ahead of the FOMC state- continued to US Dollar since the economy seemed to be losing The manufacturing sector has Fbut uncertainty still ment release, dropping below the drop ahead of the start of the its heat. grown less than expected, aided by remains. The US Dollar dropped 1.3750 level. The Euro regained the FOMC. week, as techni- Pending sales of existing homes the fastest growth in export orders significantly after pushing all only slightly after a worse than Moreover, Weekly Money Market Review cal data showed dropped significantly against in more than two years, a sign that major currencies around the world expected jobs report from the extending the that the Franc’s expectations in September, the the British economy may be in the higher, harming the confidence US. After the FOMC statement biggest weekly drop since July, biggest two-month increase ver- fourth straight month of declines, green zone. The Manufacturing levels in the United States. The release, the US Dollar gained speculation that an improving sus the US Dollar in more than as rising mortgage rates slowed Purchasing Managers’ Index’s American currency reversed the against the Euro, to end the sin- US economy will damp the case two years, suggests that the cur- momentum in the housing mar- (PMI) dropped only slightly to 56.0 trend, after the FOMC decided to gle currency’s 10-day hike since for Federal Reserve stimulus rency appreciated more than ket. The Pending Home Sales from a revised 56.3 in September, keep the monthly bond purchases October 16. The Euro continued bolstered demand for the green- expected at a fast pace. The index dropped to by 5.6 percent, still close to August’s two-year unchanged at USD 85 billion, sig- its dive towards the end of the back. The British Pound broke the CHF opened the week at 0.8926, the biggest drop in more than peak of 57.1. The index was fore- naling that the US economy is not weak, breaking major support 1.6000, to close the week at 1.5924. weakening above the 0.9000 level 3-years. Following Augusts’ drop casted to rise to 56.4. The manu- in a worse situation as previously levels. Moreover, the Euro weak- The Japanese Yen opened the against the USD. The Swiss Franc of 1.6 percent, economists fore- facturing industry in the United priced. The FOMC stated that ened further on Friday, ahead week at 97.42, weakening against then weakened further, in tandem casted an unchanged figure for Kingdom has grown strongly in they need to see more evidence of the ECB meeting next week, a better performing US Dollar. with the JPY, as the US Dollar the month of September. recent months, while the services that the economy will continue after low inflation figures spurred The Japanese Yen range traded gains following the Fed’s state- Europe industry exceeded pre-crisis levels. to improve. The committee’s expectations for a rate cut. The between 97.50 and 97.80, as FX ments. The Swiss Franc closed Commodities statement mentioned that “the Euro closed the week at 1.3487. markets lacked direction ahead of the week at 0.9120. German Unemployment recovery in the housing market The British Pound followed suit, the Fed’s decision. The Yen then US consumer confidence in the German unemployment rose Gold Surged Amid US Dollar slowed in recent months” and opening at 1.6165 on Monday, and weakened dramatically against American economy dropped more for a third month in October, sig- Fears that “the fiscal policy is restrain- rising to a high of 1.6208. The a stronger US Dollar, to touch a than expected in October by the naling a slowdown in the regions’ Gold rose to almost the highest ing economic growth”. The Fed’s GBP rose against the US Dollar, high of 98.68. The Japanese cur- most since August 2011, debt ceil- economic power horse. The level in 5-weeks on Wednesday, purchases are divided between as good figures gave promise to rency then reversed its trend, ing negotiations and the budget number of unemployed Germans after US economic data signaled USD 40 billion a month of mort- a better economic future for the gaining all the way back to 97.80, impasse, stroke fear and uncer- climbed by 2,000 to 2.97 million, uncertainty, strengthening the gage bonds and USD 45 billion in country, and after a report showed as investors seek the safety of tainty into the US economy. The after a 24,000 hike in September. case of the Federal Reserve to Treasury securities. that UK house prices increased their assets from a plummeting confidence index dropped to 71.2 The unemployment change came maintain stimulus. The precious The Euro started the week for a ninth month in October. EUR. The Japanese Yen ended the from a revised 80.2 in September. against market expectations of metal rose to 1,360.63, as inves- steady, following last weeks’ close Cable then gave up early gains, week at 98.66, as the ISM manu- Forecast of the confidence level an unchanged figure. The unem- tors seek the safety of their assets, above the 1.3800 level, the highest as orders were triggered, push- facturing in the US came better were set at 75.0. The govern- ployment rate remained at 6.9 against a vulnerable US Dollar. since November 2011. The Euro ing the Pound to break the 1.6100 than expected. The Swiss Franc ment shutdown in world’s biggest percent. THE PENINSULA

MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Bangladesh hammer Federer eyes Djokovic revenge hapless New Zealand in London Finals LONDON: Roger Federer will confidence. I know my body is The home team posts third successive win in ODI series start his bid for a seventh title keeping it up. I still have another at the season-ending ATP World week where I have to give it all.” Tour Finals with a revenge mis- Djokovic has his own reasons FATULLAH, Mahbub Scoreboard sion against Novak Djokovic. to desire a successful defence of BANGLADESH: Shamsur Hamid (right), After one of the worst cam- the Tour Finals title after losing Rahman led Bangladesh to the father of New Zealand: paigns of his illustrious career, his world number one spot to a a stunning victory over New Federer arrives for the prestigious resurgent Rafael Nadal. Bangladesh A Devcich c Razzak b Mahmudullah ...... 46 Zealand yesterday, chasing event at London’s O2 Arena look- Since winning the Australian cricket T Latham c Mushfiqur b Rubel ...... 43 down more than 300 to com- ing to finish the year on a high Open in January, the 26-year-old captain G Elliot c Sohag b Razzak ...... 3 plete a 3-0 sweep of the one-day R Taylor (not out) ...... 107 note and he has an opportunity has fallen just short at the Grand international series. Mushfiqur to make an immediate impact Slams, including final defeats at Rahim, lifts C Munro c Mushfiqur b Mahmudullah ...... 85 Shamsur’s 96 rocketed the C Anderson c Ziaur b Sohag ...... 1 when he faces world number two Wimbledon and the US Open Bangladesh home side to 309-6, steaming past L Ronchi (not out) ...... 13 Djokovic tomorrow. to Andy Murray and Nadal batsman New Zealand’s 307 with four balls Extras (LB3, W6) ...... 9 Federer has tumbled to sixth in respectively. and four wickets to spare at the Nasir Total (five wickets; 50 overs) ...... 307 the world rankings this year and There is a slim possibility packed Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Hossain Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-82, 3-101, 4-231, just barely qualified for the ATP’s Djokovic could regain the number stadium at Fatullah just outside (centre) in 5-232 eight-man showpiece tournament. one ranking depending on results Dhaka. celebration Bowling: Mashrafe 8-0-73-0, Rubel 6-0- With many pundits writing in London, but he refuses to focus The 25-year-old opener hit after the third 38-1 (w5), Sohag 10-0-67-1 (w1), Razzak off the 32-year-old as a fading on that. seven fours and four sixes in his One-Day 9-0-57-1, Nasir 10-1-33-0, Mahmudullah force, Federer would dearly love “I know there is a small chance 107-ball knock as Bangladesh suc- International 7-0-36-2 to prove he can still shine against to finish number one in the world cessfully chased down a 300-plus (ODI) cricket Bangladesh: the sport’s big guns by beating this year and it would be an total for only the second time in match Shamsur Rahman c Ronchi b Anderson ...96 Djokovic in his opening match incredible achievement,” he said. their playing history. between Ziaur Rahman c Milne b McClenaghan .....22 before further Group B clashes “But it does not depend on me Shamsur, playing only his sec- against Juan Martin del Potro and only, it depends on Rafa as well. Bangladesh Mominul Haque c & b Devcich ...... 32 ond one-day international, fell Richard Gasquet. I don’t think it’s very possible, and New Mushfiqur Rahim c Taylor b McCullum ...... 2 short of what would have been It would also go some way to so I just try to focus on building Zealand at Naeem Islam run out ...... 63 a well- deserved century when Nasir Hossain (not out) ...... 44 avenging his loss to the Serb something that can pay off in the his attempted drive off a Corey Khan Jahan in the semi-finals of the Paris next season.” Ali Stadium Mahmudullah c Ronchi b McClenaghan ...16 Anderson delivery became an Sohag Gazi (not out) ...... 11 Masters on Saturday and also a Nadal, in Group A against in Fatullah on edge and flew to wicketkeeper Extras (B4, LB3, W9, NB7) ...... 23 straight sets defeat in the final David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych Luke Ronchi. the outskirts Total (six wickets, 49.2 overs) ...... 309 of last year’s Tour Finals, which and first-time qualifier Stanislas Naeem Islam continued to lead of Dhaka Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-126, 3-129, 4-204, ended his hopes of a third succes- Wawrinka, also has an immedi- the charge after Shamsur’s depar- yesterday. 5-254, 6-289 sive title at the O2 Arena. ate chance to erase a frustrating ture before he was run out for 63 Bangladesh Bowling: Millis 8-1-55-0 (nb2), Milne 7-0- Federer’s decline can be meas- loss as he starts the Tour Finals after facing 74 balls. won the 42-0 (w2), McClenaghan 9.2-0-69-2 (w1, ured by his failure to reach a against fellow Spaniard Ferrer, Nasir Hossain (44 not out) series nb5), Anderson 10-0-56-1 (w4), McCullum Grand Slam final this year -- the who defeated him in the Paris stayed till the end to ensure against New 8-0-44-1, Devcich 7-0-36-1(w2) first time he hasn’t appeared in Masters semi-finals on Saturday. Bangladesh never lost their way Zealand by Result: Bangladesh won by four wickets, one of the four major finals since Nadal has never won the Tour in the chase on the batting- 3-0. take series 3-0 2002. Finals, losing his only final against friendly pitch. But the 17-time Grand Slam Federer in 2010, but he will be a Earlier, Ross Taylor hit his champion has at least come closer strong contender this year after a eighth one-day century as New “We had a couple of injuries, nine fours and three sixes in his consecutive deliveries off a Sohag to his peak form over the last two superb run of late, especially with Zealand posted their highest total that of Shakib Al Hasan and 93-ball innings. Gazi over as New Zealand added weeks, reaching the final of his Wimbledon champion Murray in the series. Tamim Iqbal for the last game Anton Devcich (46) and Tom 73 in the last five overs to cross hometown event in Basel before absent due to a back injury. The visitors were desperate to and we overcame that. Latham (43) had given New the 300-run mark. losing to del Potro and then push- “There is one tournament avoid another humiliating white- “We were a bit handicapped Zealand a decent start with “We are all very disappointed ing Djokovic hard in the last four remaining so I will try to play wash, after their previous one-day before the series got underway a 66-run opening stand. But with the outcome of not just in Paris. with the best attitude I can,” series against Bangladesh. (injuries and lack of matches) Bangladesh struck back soon today’s match but the whole “It’s unusual to go back to back Nadal said. Taylor, who was part of the but by the time it ended, we are afterwards through their spin- series,” said stand-in New Zealand matches against Novak, but I’m “I know at the end of the season New Zealand squad that lost 4-0 all satisfied.” ners to reduce the visitors to 101- captain Kyle Mills. “To go down always excited about the chal- a lot of times my body and mind to Bangladesh in 2010, remained Taylor and Munro put on 3. Munro, playing his first match 3-0 is extremely disappointing. It lenge,” Federer said. find it tougher. I arrived in Paris unbeaten on 107 while Colin 130 for the fourth wicket after in the series, led the initial charge wasn’t our plan when we came “I have had a good couple of a bit more tired, but I’m going to Munro made 85 to give the tour- Mushfiqur won the toss and to complete his fifty before he fell out here but we have to hand it to weeks now, and most important try to play better in London.” ists what looked like a fighting elected to bowl at the Fatullah to off-spinner Mahmudullah. the Bangladesh side, they played now is to recover as much as I Berdych and Wawrinka will chance. ground, which was hosting its The left-hander smashed seven exceptional cricket today.” can, so maybe the extra day of open the tournament today after- Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur first international match for fours and two sixes in his 95-ball The two teams will now play rest I will get over Novak could noon, with Del Potro, who fell vic- Rahim ranked their latest tri- seven years. innings. a Twenty20 International on be an advantage. tim to thieves as he left Paris on umph ahead of the series in 2010. Former captain Taylor made Taylor was initially sedate but Wednesday in Dhaka before New “I know physically where I Saturday, playing Gasquet in the “Both the series victories are the most of his chances after accelerated after reaching his Zealand fly to Sri Lanka for an am, and mentally I have a lot of evening. REUTERS great but personally I will go for Rubel Hossain dropped him off fifty off 69 deliveries. ODI and Twenty20 series. this series over 2010,” he said. his own bowling on 12, hitting His three sixes came in REUTERS ICC ODI rankings Top 5 batsmen 1 Virat Kohli (+3) Afridi says Pakistan 2 Hashim Amla (-1) 3 George Bailey (+6) 4 Kumar Sangakkara (-1) 5 AB de Villiers (-3) Top 5 bowlers can beat South Africa 1 Saeed Ajmal (+2) 2 Sunil Narine (-1) 3 Ravindra Jadeja (-2) DUBAI: Dashing all-rounder yesterday after missing the sec- said Afridi who made only nine in 4 Steven Finn (-) Shahid Afridi yesterday showed ond Test and the first two one-day that match. 5 Rangana Herath (-) confidence Pakistan can pull games due to the birth of his child “It’s not Afridi versus South off a one-day series win despite back home. Africa, its Pakistan versus South the return of Hashim Amla and Steyn is likely to join the squad Africa,” said Afridi, who so far has Kohli and Dale Steyn in the South African in time for the third match in 365 wickets in 364 matches. squad for the last three matches. Abu Dhabi on Wednesday after He also has 7,395 runs, includ- Ajmal top ODI Afridi starred with 3-26 to add returning home for a rest before ing a world record 37-ball hun- to his 20-ball 26 in Pakistan’s the one-day series. dred made against Sri Lanka in rankings comprehensive 66-run win in the The fourth match will also be 1996. second day-night international in played in Abu Dhabi on Friday Afridi said he was enjoying Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro straps the handle of his racquet as DUBAI: Virat Kohli’s outstand- Dubai on Friday which levelled while the fifth and final match will being part of Pakistan’s squad. he takes part in a training session in London yesterday, ahead of the ing form in one-dayers has lifted the five-match series at 1-1. be held in Sharjah on November “I am enjoying the game,” said ATP World Tour Finals. The season-ending ATP World Tour Finals will him to the top of the ICC bat- Pakistan spurned a golden 11. Afridi, who is also a former cap- start in London today. ting rankings in ODIs, the first opportunity to win the first match The teams will also play two tain. “This current team is a mix time he has reached No. 1. in Sharjah on Wednesday, going Twenty20 internationals in Dubai of seniors and juniors and I am Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal down by one run from a winning on November 13 and 15. feeling younger with each passing reclaimed his crown in the bowl- position. Besides Afridi, off-spinner day,” he said. Del Potro robbed of rosary ing charts, jumping up two places But Afridi, 33, said the way Saeed Ajmal took 2-15 and pace- Afridi said he hoped Pakistan’s to displace Ravindra Jadeja and their bowlers were performing man Mohammad Irfan claimed batting will click in the remaining Sunil Narine, according to a Pakistan can win the series. 3-53 in the second match. matches. blessed by Pope in Paris report on www.cricinfo.com. “There is no doubt Amla and Afridi brushed aside criticism “The batting needs to be The other major change in the Steyn will strengthen South of failing to guide Pakistan to improved, its a matter of apply- PARIS: Argentine tennis player Juan Martin Del Potro has batting top ten was the rise of Africa but the way our bowl- a win when only 19 runs were ing ourselves, like the way Ahmed revealed that he was robbed at a Paris railway station with thieves Australia captain George Bailey to ers are doing, I am sure we can needed when he walked into bat Shehzad is playing, so I am sure making off with a cherished rosary blessed by Pope Francis. No. 3, up six places after a series beat South Africa,” Afridi told in the first match. improvement will come,” said Del Potro was checking in at Gare de Nord in the French capital in which he made 478 runs at an reporters. “I got a bad ball which I hit and Afridi. Shehzad scored 58 each when he stopped to sign an autograph. average of 95.60 in six innings. Amla reteuned to Dubai got out, it could have been a six,” in both the matches. AFP As he placed his bag on the floor, the thieves made off with his The other big gainer in the possessions which also included his passport and cash. bowling top ten is South Africa’s “I was doing the check-in to ride on the train and then I was Morne Morkel, who also climbed asked for an autograph,” Del Potro said through his press service. six spots to reach No. 7. India’s “I turned around to sign it and within 20 seconds (my bag) had openers Shikhar Dhawan and Pakistani cricketer Shahid been stolen,” Del Potro added. Rohit Sharma, both of whom were Afridi plays a shot during His rosary “which I take everywhere” was blessed by Pope Francis in form against Australia, have a training session in when Del Potro played at the Rome Masters earlier this year. also risen sharply in the rankings. Duabi Stadium yesterday. Del Potro, the world number five, was on his way to London to Rohit, who broke the record Pakistan will face South take part in the season-ending World Tour Finals which commence aggregate for a bilateral series Africa in the third match in today. with 491 runs, has leaped 25 spots Abu Dhabi on November He was defeated by Roger Federer in the Paris Masters semi- to a career-best 15th place, while 6. The five-match series finals on Friday. The 25-year-old later posted a photograph of him- Dhawan, who is enjoying a golden self and a friend on his Facebook page as he prepared to leave his is tied at 1-1 after two 2013, has moved up to 12 places to hotel for the London tournament dinner. matches. be No. 11. With MS Dhoni at No. “Getting ready for the gala dinner in London with my great lit- 6 and Suresh Raina 19th, India tle friend. Thanks for your messages, especially today,” he wrote. have five batsmen in the top 20. REUTERS AGENCIES MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Unstoppable Vettel eases to seventh straight victory

Matches Schumacher’s record; Webber, Rosberg complete podium Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya crosses the finish line to win the New York Marathon, yesterday. ABU DHABI: Quadruple Formula One world champion Results Sebastian Vettel eased to vic- German Formula One driver ABU DHABI: Results from Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix here yesterday: tory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Victories for Prix yesterday for his seventh Racing waves to the crowd 1 Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull), successive victory and 11th of after winning the Abu Dhabi 1hr 38min 06.106sec the season. Mutai and The 26-year-old German led Formula One Grand Prix at 2 Mark Webber (AUS/Red Bull), home a Red Bull 1-2 -- the 15th the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu 30.829sec Jeptoo at time in Formula One and giving Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 3 Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes), them their 100th podium finish yesterday. 33.650 -- with Australian Mark Webber 4 Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus), 34.802 New York second, taking him to over 1000 points in his Formula One career 5 Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari), 1min which comes to an end at the end 07.181sec Marathon of the season. 6 Paul di Resta (GBR/Force India), German Nico Rosberg was 1:18.174 NEW YORK CITY: Kenyans third in a Mercedes. Geoffrey Mutai and Priscah Vettel’s win drew him level with 7 Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes), Jeptoo won New York City compatriot Michael Schumacher’s 1:19.267 Marathon titles yesterday as mark of seven successive wins 8 Felipe Massa (BRA/Ferrari), 1:22.886 elite runners returned to the Big (2004) and should he win the last 9 Sergio Perez (MEX/McLaren), Apple a year after Hurricane two races of the season he will 1:31.198 Sandy wiped out the race and equal the overall record of nine seven months after the Boston held by Alberto Ascari (1952/53). 10 Adrian Sutil (GER/Force India), Marathon bombings. The German, who also equalled 1:33.257 Mutai, who also won the 2011 his personal record set in 2011 Vettel leaves 11 Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Williams), New York crown, captured the of 11 race wins in a season, can his hand prints 1:35.989 men’s title in an unofficial time of also equal Schumacher’s overall Christian Horner. “That was a 2hrs 8mins, 23secs while Jeptoo, after winning 12 Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren), record of 13 wins in a campaign champion’s drive.” the reigning London Marathon the race. Red 1:43.767 if he lands the final two races of Vettel, recording his 37th win of Bull’s four-time champion who finished second at the season. his career, started second along- 13 Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber), last year’s London Olympics, came world cham- Vettel was ecstatic at his vic- side Webber but the Australian 1:44.295 from behind to win in an unof- pion Vettel won tory especially as it came in front once again failed to benefit from 14 Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Sauber), 1 lap ficial time of 2:25.07. of his parents. starting from pole, he has won the Abu Dhabi The 43rd edition of the 26.2- “I have spent most of my life just once on the last nine occa- Grand Prix to 15 Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams), 1 lap mile (42.2km) showdown included racing in front of them (his par- sions he has started there. chalk up his 16 Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Toro Rosso), 1 more than 48,000 runners from ents) as a kid, the toys are a bit Sensing this Vettel took the seventh lap 115 nations competing in cool and successive bigger now, but I am so pleased lead at the first corner and went 17 Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso), 1 windy conditions for a $100,000 victory and they are here to see me today. on to dominate the race, turning lap top prize with a backdrop of tight- “They taught me lots of good the contest into a master-class. equal the long- ened security in the wake of twin things and one day I want to pass Webber, who had started from est winning 18 Giedo van der Garde (NED/Caterham), tragedies. that on to my children if I have pole position, endured a typically streak in the 1 lap Three people were killed by them. So today I dedicate this vic- incident-filled contest on his way modern era of 19 Charles Pic (FRA/Caterham), 1 lap bombs planted near the finish tory to them.” to second ahead of Rosberg while line of the Boston Marathon last Formula One, a 20 Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia), 2 laps Webber said he was content Frenchman Romain Grosjean of record held by April, making “Boston Strong” 21 Max Chilton (GBR/Marussia), 2 laps with his end result. Lotus finished fourth. compatriot a catchphrase to inspire come- “The start wasn’t great and Two-time champion Spaniard Michael Retirements backs, including a World Series Nico got an unbelievable start,” Fernando Alonso, who had started Schumacher. baseball crown for a Boston Red said the 37-year-old. 10th for Ferrari, came home in Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Lotus): 1st lap Sox club that was last in its divi- “I had to battle with Nico for fifth position and recorded the sion in 2012. second. I would have liked the fastest lap ahead of Briton Paul “What occurred in Boston has win, but I matched my best result Di Resta of Force India. Perez set to keep place as McLaren made this race even more impor- here.” Briton Lewis Hamilton of tant to participants,” said retired Rosberg said that Mercedes Mercedes was seventh, Brazilian tennis star John McEnroe, who had achieved its objective for the Felipe Massa of Ferrari eighth, lives near the finish line. weekend. Mexican Sergio Perez of McLaren to reveal driver announcement soon Nearly 100 people died in “I am happy, third place was ninth and German Adrian Sutil of flooding and devastating prop- good. The plan for the week- Force India 10th. ABU DHABI: Mexican Sergio Perez (pictured) that’s the sort of thing that we love to see,” said erty damage caused in the New end was to be the best of the Ferrari-bound Finn Kimi looks set to stay at McLaren alongside Whitmarsh. York area last year by Hurricane rest behind the Red Bull and we Raikkonen’s rounded off a night- Jenson Button next season after the McLaren, the second most successful Sandy, which forced the race to achieved that. It could have been mare week with a suitably flat Formula One team said they were close team in the sport in terms of wins and be cancelled. second on another day, but it performance. to confirming their 2014 line-up. titles, have yet to finish on the podium this “We run for the spirit of New didn’t quite work out. Indeed the Lotus driver, who “When will we make our driver year and are staring at their worst season York and Boston,” said race chief “The most important thing is has threatened to boycott the announcement? I expect we will be mak- since 1980. executive Mary Wittenberg. “We to finish second in the construc- final two races of the season ing it quite shortly,” team principal Martin Button has finished in the top 10 in 12 run united.” tor’s’ championship not only because he has not been paid this Whitmarsh told reporters at the Abu races to Perez’s eight and has scored nearly Many runners turned into financially, but also motivationally year, had had to start from the Dhabi Grand Prix, with Button and Perez twice as many points. relief supply deliverers to people for the team to see that we have back of the grid after a technical alongside. “Both our guys are race drivers and they who lost homes and electricity. the second best car.” infringement in qualifying. Judging from the complimentary lan- want to beat each other. We want that “We’re here to say keep your Once again, as he did in India His race then lasted to just the guage directed at a relaxed-looking and level of competition, that’s how we run our hope up when the struggles start,” last Sunday when he sealed his first corner where he clipped one smiling Perez, it would be a surprise if the team...the nice thing is we’ve got two really said American Meb Keflezighi, fourth title, Vettel threw his Red of the Caterham cars. Mexican was not retained after a difficult honest guys who like competing with one the 2009 winner. Bull car into a series of ‘dough- Asked whether he thought he first season with the team following his another,” said Whitmarsh. Mutai, who set the course nut’ pirouettes on the circuit to had made the wrong decision to move from Sauber. “I think they can do it cleanly and well and it record in taking the 2011 title, delight the crowd. A week previ- start from the back of the grid The next race, the US Grand Prix in Austin, stimulates all of us,” added the principal, who was went to the front of the early lead ously, he had been reprimanded rather than the pitlane, from Texas, is effectively a home race for Perez with it critical of Perez earlier in the season when clear pack of 20 that was halved as the and fined for his celebrations. where Vettel started last year and being the closest to Mexico in the absence of an overtures were made to Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso leaders surged after the first hour “I think Sebastian can pay the finished third, he replied tersely: appearance there. despite the Spaniard’s long-term contract with the and down to eight with about half fine this week,” said team chief “No.” AFP “I think Sergio did a great race last week and Italian team. REUTERS an hour remaining. Mutai made his move in the 21st mile, breaking the pack Mexico and New Jersey races apart after one hour and 42 min- utes. Countryman Stanley Biwot stayed with him for another mile but then faded and Mutai was unlikely, says F1 chief Ecclestone never challenged from there to the finish. ABU DHABI: Formula One races in Mexico and in June after a decade off the calendar - and a new New York 2011 runner-up New Jersey are unlikely to happen next year, the race in Russia’s Winter Olympic venue Sochi in Buzunesh Deba and training part- sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone October. ner Tigist Tufa, Ethiopians living said yesterday. India has been dropped for 2014 and South Korea’s in New York, raced to the front Both events were on a 22-race calendar published race remains doubtful with the local organisers seek- from the start of the women’s in September but the 83-year-old, speaking at the ing a contract renegotiation for the loss-making race, pulling ahead by two min- Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, doubted they would stay on event. utes after the first 40 minutes a final version due to be approved by the governing Mexico last hosted Formula One in 1992 but and kept a large lead deep into body next month. recent media reports have suggested the time frame the event. “I would doubt whether it’s going to happen,” the is too tight to make the necessary improvements to Kenya’s Jeptoo began closing British billionaire said when asked about New Jersey the outdated facilities and a postponement to 2015 the gap with eight miles remain- whose debut has already been postponed once. looks more realistic. ing in a bid to chase down the That June 1 race is listed as part of a ‘triple New Jersey, whose ‘Grand Prix of the Americas’ leaders. header’ on successive weekends in between Monaco would have been the second US race on the calen- Deba pulled ahead alone with and Canada. dar along with Austin, Texas, and held against a about seven miles to run but “It’s not definite that it will or won’t (go ahead) backdrop of New York’s Manhattan skyscrapers, charging Jeptoo passed Deba in but I doubt that it does,” said Ecclestone. has struggled with finances. Central Park with just under Mexico, whose race is scheduled for November 16 It was due to make its debut last year but had to two miles remaining and surged as the penultimate round of the season at Mexico be postponed. It was absent from a draft calendar quickly to a substantial lead. City’s Hermanos Rodriguez circuit, also has an aster- circulated to teams earlier in the year and then Russian-born American isk against it on the provisional calendar. reinstated despite considerable scepticism in the Tatyana McFadden completed a “Definitely not,” said Ecclestone before correcting paddock. Ecclestone was quoted by CNN in August, Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) and Fédération women’s wheelchair marathon himself: “Probably not”. before the race was added to the calendar, as say- Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Cross Country Commission grand slam of 2013 major titles Formula One has never had more than 20 races ing New Jersey was “not on the cards’ because the President Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah (right) is seen with FIA President by adding New York to a haul that in a season, with this year’s calendar running to 19 organisers “haven’t got any money”. Jean Todt at the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at Yas Marina also includes crowns at Boston, rounds. Team managers said last month the race would Circuit in United Arab Emiratess (UAE). Al Attiyah was invited by Todt, London and Chicago. If Mexico and New Jersey fail to make the final pose an almost impossible logistical challenge if it Swiss Marcel Hug won the who were acting as FIA officials during the event. version the main novelties will be Austria - returning were to go ahead in its current slot. AFP men’s wheelchair race. AFP MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Wise Dan again shines as Game on Dude fades The title favourite finishes ninth out of 11 runners

ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA: For a second year in a row at Officials of Doha Golf Club (DGC), Executive Director Mohammed Faisal the Breeders’ Cup, Wise Dan Al Naeemi and Technical Director Mike Shoueiry pose with Saleh Al Kaabi cemented his credentials as and other winners of the QGA Cup 2013 at a prize distribution ceremony North America’s top-ranked at DGC. PICTURES: SALIM MATRAMKOT race horse while Game on Dude spectacularly failed as favourite for the showpiece Classic. Game on Dude, whose odds shortened to 8-5 at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, finished a sur- prising ninth out of 11 runners after running out of steam down the stretch, effectively ending his chance of securing Horse of the Jockey Gary Stevens Year honours. (above) rides atop Mucho That accolade now seems cer- Macho Man (left) on way tain to fall to Wise Dan after the to winning the Classic six-year-old gelding surged to a during the Breeders’ Cup repeat victory in the $2m Mile, World Championships despite an early stumble out of at Santa Anita Park in the gate and being ridden by a Arcadia, California. replacement jockey. John Velazquez was initially scheduled to be on board but Dude with a storming finish to was overtaken on the outside by had to have emergency surgery win the $5m Classic, the conclud- Mizdirection as she surged to the Breeders’ Cup after falling with his horse dur- ing event at the two-day Breeders’ finish line. Classic winners ing a race earlier in the day. Jose Cup extravaganza. “I broke better this time (com- Lezcano took over, and guided Piloted by 50-year-old Hall pared to last year’s race),” said the ARCADIA, California: Winners of the Wise Dan to victory by three- of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, 48-year-old Smith, who won two Breeders’ Cup Classic (horse, jockey, quarters of a length. Mucho Macho Man surged past Breeders’ Cup race on Friday. trainer): “He stumbled out of the gate the celebrated field down the “I took advantage of the break 2013 Mucho Macho Man, Gary Stevens, really bad,” Lezcano said of Wise home straight before holding off and I took the rail right away, Kathy Ritvo Dan, who is the reigning Horse a late charge by Will Take Charge which is the best place to be turn- 2012 Fort Larned, Brian Hernandez, Ian of the Year. “He tried to break so to prevail by a nose. ing right. Wilkes fast that he just lost his balance. “He was super, super sharp “Man, she was right there. I 2011 Drosselmeyer, Mike Smith, Bill Mott “I had to let him go. He tried to today,” Stevens said as he cele- was worried I might have been a go to plan ‘B’, you know, waiting. brated his first ever Classic win. little too close, but I’m glad I was 2010 Blame, Garrett Gomez, Albert Stall He gave me a good run and won “You need a good, clean break, and because the lead horses weren’t 2009 Zenyatta, Mike Smith, John the race. He’s a champion horse.” he left there like a quarter horse stopping. Reneesgotzip wouldn’t Shirreffs Lezcano expressed sympa- today and actually outbroke them. give up.” 2008 Raven’s Pass, Frankie Dettori, John thy for Velazquez, who required “He’s so push button. He’s a big, Ria Antonia, a 32-1 long shot Gosden emergency surgery to remove his long striding horse, and he was going into the starting gate, won spleen after he suffered internal powerful down the back side. I the $2m Juvenile Fillies in con- 2007 Curlin, Robby Albarado, Steve bleeding following an accident knew they were coming, but he troversial circumstances after Asmussen during the $2m Juvenile Fillies, was super, super tough the last She’s A Tiger was relegated into 2006 Invasor, Fernando Jara, Kiaran the first race of the day. 16th of a mile.” second place following a steward’s McLaughlin Velazquez was riding Secret Game on Dude, who had won inquiry. 2005 Saint Liam, Jerry Bailey, Richard Riders (above Compass when he and his horse all five of his previous starts this She’s a Tiger, with veteran Dutrow and left) are fell as they approached the final season, faded into seventh place at Stevens on board, had led from seen in action 2004 Ghostzapper, Javier Castellano, turn. Secret Compass was later last year’s Classic after also start- the start but drifted off line during a show- Robert Frankel euthanised after being diagnosed ing as the favourite. coming down the home straight jumping event with a broken leg. Mizdirection retained her to bump the hard-chasing Ria 2003 Pleasantly Perfect, Alex Solis, organised by “First everybody pray for title in the $1m Turf Sprint as Antonia, causing her to lose Richard Mandella Qatar Equestrian Johnny and his family,” said her veteran jockey, Mike Smith, momentum. 2002 Volponi, Jose Santos, Phillip Federation Lezcano. “You don’t want to see extended his record career total “I had gotten by Gary but when Johnson in Doha. that happen to a good horse like of Breeders’ Cup wins to 20. he came in to me, he bumped me 2001 Tiznow, Chris McCarron, Jay PICTURES: her, but that’s the way the busi- Reneesgotzip, with Edwin off stride,” said Ria Antonia’s Robbins ness happens. We’re sorry.” Maldonado on board, appeared jockey Javier Castellano, after JUHAIM Mucho Macho Man, a 4-1 shot, to have the race in control com- crossing the line a nose behind 2000 Tiznow, Chris McCarron, Jay stole the limelight from Game on ing into the home straight but She’s a Tiger. REUTERS Robbins Johnson wins Shanghai event

SHANGHAI: American Dustin Johnson pitched in for an eagle two at the 16th hole to set up a three-stroke victory over England’s Ian Poulter and win his first World Golf Championship title at the Dustin Johnson $8.5m HSBC Champions yesterday. of the US poses Johnson carded a closing 66 to finish at with the trophy 24-under-par 264 at Sheshan International after winning with Poulter also shooting 66 for second the WGC-HSBC place on 21-under. Northern Irishman Champions Graeme McDowell was another shot back tournament at in third after also carding 66. the Shanghai “It’s the biggest win I’ve had so far in my Sheshan career,” Johnson told reporters. International The 29-year-old American started the Golf Club final round with a three-shot lead over yesterday. Poulter but surrendered it after an open- ing bogey as the Englishman started birdie- birdie. Undeterred, Johnson picked up five birdies and an eagle from the eighth to col- lect the $1.53m cheque for his eighth victory on the PGA Tour. “I knew if I stuck to my game plan it around the greens, the US Masters appears would come,” Johnson said. “I was swinging a good bet. well and putting well. “Majors are always the step,” he said. “If WGC-HSBC Champions scores “I wasn’t having too much fun at the I play like I did this week I’m going to win SHANGHAI: Leading scores yesterday after the final round start, especially when Graeme and Ian were one for sure. I really like Augusta. of the $8.5m World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions birdieing every hole it seemed like. They “That would be my favourite one. I grew at Sheshan Golf Club, Shanghai (par 72): put a lot of pressure on me but I’m really up right down the street from Augusta and 264 Dustin Johnson (USA) 69-63-66-66 proud of the way I handled myself. I thought I really love playing that golf course.” 267 Ian Poulter (ENG) 71-67-63-66 I controlled my nerves pretty well today.” McDowell only had praise for Johnson, 268 Graeme McDowell (NIR) 69-69-64-66 Johnson is renowned for his long hitting who finished tied 13th at the Masters earlier but he credited his win to some neat short this year. 270 -Sergio Garcia (ESP) 70-68-69-63 game played under pressure on the back “He’s just a quality, talented, very athletic 272 Justin Rose (ENG) 68-71-65-68 nine. classy player,” the former US Open cham- 273 Rory McIlroy (NIR) 65-72-67-69, Graham Delaet (CAN) “The biggest putt I made was on 14 (from pion said. “He’s got a great wedge game to 71-68-65-69 20 feet) when Ian was already in for birdie go with an outrageously good driving game. 274 Martin Kaymer (GER) 70-74-62-68, Bubba Watson - and the pitch on 16 was huge,” he said. “Yeah, he makes mistakes, but when (USA) 68-69-69-68, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) “I was talking to my brother (caddie) you’ve got a game as good as him, you can 67-74-66-67 right before I hit it. I said ‘I think I’m going get away with a few mistakes.” 275 Keegan Bradley (USA) 71-68-68-68, Ernie Els (RSA) to make this one. I hit it perfect’. McDowell is second behind Henrik 69-69-71-66, Boo Weekley (USA) 70-67-69-69 “After (that) I was feeling pretty good Stenson on the European Tour’s Race to 276 Phil Mickelson (USA) 71-68-72-65 where I was at,” he added. Dubai standings, with Poulter moving up to 277 Liang Wenchong (CHN) 72-67-72-66, Louis Johnson, who blew a chance to win the fourth after he put up a brave defence of the Oosthuizen (RSA) 70-70-70-67 2010 US PGA Championship when he title he won last year. Poulter, though, was incurred a two-stroke penalty for a rules disappointed that he could not have closed 278 Jordan Spieth (USA) 68-71-70-69 violation at the final hole, said he hoped the the gap further on Swede Stenson, who fin- 279 Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 68-70-69-72, Jin Jeong significant victory in China would lead to ished tied 31st, with only two events remain- (KOR) 70-69-71-69 him winning a major. ing in Turkey and Dubai in the European 280 Paul Casey (ENG) 69-73-69-69 With his long hitting and deft touch Tour’s Final Series. REUTERS MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Qatar’s Nasser set for Qatar Basketball League: Al Rayyan down Al Ahli Key West challenge Rally driver to compete in powerboat race

KEY WEST, Florida: While Al Attiyah and Nicolini will race hope that the water conditions Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al in Key West will be powered by suit the 20 boat and they can push Thani and Steve Curtis head a pair of 1350hp Mercury turbo the competition.” the Spirit of Qatar Team chal- charged engines. Staff at the Qatar Marine lenge in their turbine racer, “Nasser is my ‘wing man’ and Sports Federation (QMSF) Al-Adaa’am 96, at this week’s he tested with the team last have also been flat out prepar- 33rd Annual Key West Super week,” said Sheikh Hassan. ing for Qatar’s hectic November Boat World Championships in “We all left for the US on racing fortnight, with members Florida, two other boat teams Friday and we will have time of the team heading straight will represent the Doha-based at the start of the week to test back to Doha after the Key team in the three races on the other race boat in the USA West races to support the November 6, 8 and 10. so that Nasser can get used to Doha team at the Qatar Aqua Massive attention will almost it. We arrived in Key West on Bike and Qatar UIM F1 H20 certainly focus around the new Sunday.” races that take place between Spirit of Qatar 613 entry. The experienced Qatari Ali Al November 13 to 23. Taking the throttles will be Neama has been racing in the “Staff at the QMSF are what I Sheikh Hassan’s former Class Superboat class in Super Boat call my Top Guns. They are the 1 team-mate Matteo Nicolini International (SBI) all season best,” added Sheikh Hassan. and the Italian will be joined and he teams up with American “All the plans are already in by Qatar’s rallying legend and racer Billy Moore in Spirit of place for November. I just hope Olympic bronze medal-winning Qatar 20. that we can achieve a top result Al Sadd’s Alpha Bangura (in white) tries to score a basket against Al Khor during their Qatar Basketball League skeet shooter Nasser Saleh Al They line-up in one of the this week and show everyone match at Al Rayyan Stadium yesterday. PICTURES BY: SHAIVAL DALAL Attiyah. strongest fields ever assembled around the world that the Qatar The pair tested a second Spirit in the Superboat class and fea- Team means business.” of Qatar 613 in Doha last week, turing the likes of the champi- Testing for the first of the three just a couple of days after Al onship-winning Team Stihl and Key West races starts on Tuesday, Attiyah had returned to Qatar main rivals WHM Motorsports November 5, with the three sets from a high-speed retirement and JD Byrider. of three races in the various from the Rally de Espana on “I think Ali and Billy will make classes taking place on November Spain’s Costa Daurada. a great team together in Key 6, 8 and 10. The former Class 1 boat that West,” added Sheikh Hassan. “I THE PENINSULA

Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah with the rest of the Spirit of Qatar 613 Team ahead of this week’s 33rd Annual Key West Super Boat World Championships in Florida.

Al Rayyan’s Jurica Zuza (in white) is challenged by Al Ahli players. Al Rayyan defeated Al Ahli 74-68. RIGHT: Al Sadd’s Michael Southall (in white) in action against Al Khor. Al Sadd won 78-74. Blaster Guns blaze at QCA Division C League

DOHA: Mustaq’s brilliant century In another match, Vodafone Club over- Garvey Lions Club outclassed Cael XI Blaster Guns CC beat Al Rayyan Garvey Lions CC: 201 for 8 wickets in failed to inspire Al Rayyan Club, who came a big scare by Hari to edge Nakilat by 103 runs to join the winners. CC 4 wickets Al Rayyan CC: 192 for 2 25 overs (Nimshan 43, Rayn 39, Janaka went down to Blaster Guns Club by Damen Club by five runs. Nimshan and Janaka excelled for the wkts in 25 overs (Mujtaba 50 not out and 35) three wickets in the Qatar Cricket Nishaz smashed 51, Corenzo got 28, winners. Mustak 112 not out) Cael XI: 98 all out in 16 overs (Vigas Association (QCA) C Division League while Nitikesh chipped in with 21 as In other matches, Al Jaber dispatched Blaster Guns CC: 194 for 7 wkts (Asi 28, Vijith 28). at the West Bay Complex. Vodafone got a challenging 163 for seven Qatar Super Kings by four wickets and 41, Asghar 23, Sohail 35, Amjad 23, Asif Nimshan of Garvey Lions CC Man- Mustaq cracked 112 not out and in 25 overs. HBK Club defeated CANQ by 45 runs. 23 not out). Mustaq of Al Rayyan CC of-the-Match (43 runs and 2 stumping) Mujtaba hit an unbeaten 50 as Al Rayyan Hari led a spirited chase and cracked Qatar Cricket Association Man-of-the-Match (112 not out) Al Jaber CC beat Qatar Super Kings amassed 192 for two in 25 overs. 81 not out but other players could not Tournament – Division C (Brief Scores) Punjab XI beat Al Khor CC 9 wickets CC by 4 wickets Amjad grabbed both the wickets. step up the momentum and their team Vodafone CC beat Nakilat Damen CC Al Khor CC: 115 all out in 23 overs Qatar Super Kings CC: 132 all out in Balster Guns batted with both pur- could reply with 158 for six in the allotted by 5 runs (Zubair 37) 22.3 overs (Ram 29, Siva 27) pose and panache, before securing the overs. Viju also made 23. Vodafone CC: 163 for 7 wickets in 25 Punjab XI: 116 for 1 wkt in 12 overs Al Jaber CC: 133 for 6 wkts in 20 overs win with three wickets to spare. Meanwhile, Punjab XI posted a huge overs (Nitikesh 21, Nishaz 51, Corenzo 28) (Mohsin 90 not out). Mohsin of Punjab (Shikadar 22, Razul 28 not out, Augustine Asi hit 41, Sohail collected 35 and Asif nine-wicket triumph against Al Khor Nakilat Damen CC: 158 for 6 wkts XI Man-of-the-Match (90 runs and 3 24) put up 23 not out. Asghar and Amjad Club. A stellar all-round show from (Hari 81 not out, Viju 23) wickets) Razul of Al Jaber CC Man-of-the- both made 23 each to lift their team to Mohsen, three wickets and 90 not out, Hari of Nakilat Damen CC Man-of- Garvey Lions CC beat Cael XI by 103 Match (28 runs + 3 wkts) the superb victory. helped Punjab Xi’s cause. the-Match (81 runs not out + one wicket) runs THE PENINSULA Squash: Brilliant Ashour seeks to rescue his career

MANCHESTER, United has some of the best sports sci- consider measures which would anything to make it go away,” he Kingdom: Ramy Ashour, the ence facilities in the world. eat into his income at a time concluded. brightest talent and the most The treatment and advice he when, through no fault of its “I just have to do what I can. popular player of the past two got there has made a dramatic own, the Egyptian squash asso- And I just have to accept this loss. decades, has vowed to return difference to his fitness and did ciation has a much reduced abil- I have had a great season.” home to Cairo to find a way to much to lift him from world ity to help him. Ashour may need more sci- rescue his career. number five last November to Some time ago he was told that ence and more discipline than The 26-year-old Egyptian’s the most successful year of his he had “fatigue in the hamstring”, ever before if he is to recover. In Ramy Ashour superb 18-month unbeaten career, and to a stardom which which keeps returning, he says. the meantime he is also taking kisses the win- run came to a disastrous end no male squash player has had for He has also been playing with strength from spiritual qualities. on Saturday at the World a long time. Now Ashour quietly crepe bandages from crotch to “I am not the only one,” he ner’s trophy Championships when multiple acknowledges that he may have to knee on both legs for many months, concluded. after beating leg injuries forced him to retire do something similar - and maybe and this week received a great deal “There are other players who Mohamed against England’s Nick Matthew more. of physio treatment, ice, acupunc- have struggled and they trained El Shorbagy in the semi-finals. “I will go to the hospital,” he ture, and pills to quell the pain. hard as well. So I am not alone.” to win the Not only did this cost Ashour said. “I will go back for the 25th “I have been living on anti- On Saturday, Matthew made PSA World his world title and deny him the time and reassess everything inflammatories,” he claimed. it to his third final in four years. Championship 50th successive win of his career, and find a way of coming back Because of this semi-perma- Matthew will face French sec- title in Doha in it cast further clouds over his again.” nent problem, he had been “push- ond seed Gregory Gaultier who this December future, and left him with another That may not only involve pro- ing from the leg far too much, and defeated Mohamed El Shorbagy, 2012 file uphill task to regain the physical longed treatment, an even more that’s not the right way to do it,” the Egyptian sixth seed, 6-11, 11-3, photo. condition to cope with an increas- disciplined rehab course, and daily he said. 11-8, 12-10. ingly explosive modern game. physio regimes, but perhaps the It was this which had brought Matthew, twice a former win- Ashour has, by his own admis- appointment of a personal fitness about a compensatory injury in ner of the world title, will now sion, already made one last chance coach or a travelling physiothera- the calf, he suggested, during a play Gaultier, who survived a rescue of his career. Repeated pist, or both. hard match with Cameron Pilley late night drugs test, a lack of injuries decided him to make “I have been doing everything of Australia in the third round on sleep, and a superbly tenacious three-hour flights to the Aspetar on my own,” he admitted, but Wednesday. Shorbagy to reach his fourth centre at Doha in Qatar which now to prolong a career he may “There is no certainty I can do world final. AFP MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Scottish Premiership Results LONDON: Scottish Premiership result Cardiff win Welsh derby yesterday: Motherwell 1 (McManus 23) Hibernian 0 Played on Saturday: Spurs Lloris loses consciousness but plays on in 0-0 draw with Everton Celtic 1 (Mulgrew 90) Dundee Utd 1 (Armstrong 38) Hearts 0 St Johnstone 2 (Hasselbaink 29, LONDON: Everton and English Premier halftime, apart from a cross shot May 53) Tottenham Hotspur both from former Spurs midfielder Inverness CT 2 (Doran 7, Shinnie 52) missed the chance to move up League Results Steven Pienaar that went nar- Kilmarnock 1 (Barr 76) to second place in the Premier LONDON: English Premier League results rowly wide of the far post they St Mirren v Ross County -- match League after they shared a bat- yesterday: rarely threatened Hugo Lloris’s abandoned in the 87th minute due to a tling 0-0 draw at Goodison Park goal. Everton 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 waterlogged pitch with St Mirren leading 2-0 yesterday. The France goalkeeper stayed Playing today (1945GMT): Spurs, who dominated the first Cardiff City 1 (Steven Caulker 62) on the pitch until the end despite half, climbed to fourth, level on Swansea City 0 taking an accidental knee in Aberdeen vs Partick 20 points with second-placed Played on Saturday: the head from Everton striker Chelsea and Liverpool who are Arsenal 2 (Cazorla 19, Ramsey 59) Liverpool 0 Romelu Lukaku in the latter third. Everton stayed seventh on Fulham 1 (Kacaniklic 65) Manchester United stages. I signed for 19 points, level with Manchester 3 (Valencia 9, Van Persie 20, Rooney 22) At one point it looked as though City and Southampton. Hull City 1 (Cuellar 25-og) Sunderland 0 Lloris was going to be carried off United, claims The day’s other game ended Manchester City 7 (Johnson 16-og, Silva on a stretcher, but with substitute in a 1-0 win for Cardiff City over 20, Nastasic 25, Negredo 36, Toure 60, goalie Brad Friedel ready to come Eriksson arch-rivals Swansea City in the Aguero 71, Dzeko 86) Norwich City 0 on, Lloris decided to continue. first ever Welsh derby played in Newcastle United 2 His injury prompted a lengthy the English top flight. (Gouffran 68, Remy 89) Chelsea 0 delay and the addition of nine LONDON: Former England The winning goal was headed Stoke City 1 (Begovic 1) Southampton 1 minutes of stoppage time. manager Sven-Goran Eriksson home after 62 minutes by England (Rodriguez 42) “Hugo still doesn’t remember has claimed that he signed defender Steven Caulker who the incident with Lukaku,” Villas- a contract to succeed Alex West Bromwich Albion 2 (Berahino 45, spent the 2011-12 season on loan McAuley 83) Crystal Palace 0 Boas said. Ferguson at Manchester United at Swansea from his previous club “He lost consciousness there in 2002. West Ham United 0 Aston Villa 0 Spurs. but he seemed assertive and The Swede, who coached Swansea’s miserable trip to should have gone ahead,” Spurs determined to continue and England between 2001 and 2006, Cardiff was completed early manager Andre Villas-Boas told showed great character and made the claim in his new autobi- in stoppage time when goal- the BBC. personality. ography, in which he also revealed keeper Michael Vorm was sent “The second half evened itself “We decided to keep him on that he clashed with Ferguson off for bringing down Fraizer out and in the last 30 minutes based on that.” over Wayne Rooney’s participa- Campbell when he was through they had a go at us. We could The Welsh derby swung tion at the 2006 World Cup. on goal. have gone second but, consider- Cardiff’s way after an evenly Ferguson announced that he As Swansea had used all their ing Everton’s aspirations, it was fought opening hour between the would step down as United man- substitutes midfielder Angel important to get a point.” two fierce rivals who used to play ager in 2002 and although he later Rangel played out time in goal. Everton manager Roberto each other in the fourth tier of reversed his decision, Eriksson Earlier, Spurs played some Martinez told Sky Sports: “Spurs English soccer in the late 1980s. says he struck a deal with the club excellent approach football at are a very good side and work Caulker swung it Cardiff’s way, to replace the Scot. Goodison, although, as so often very hard when they lose the ball though, when he rose above Chico In an extract from his book this season, they failed to make and that upset our rhythm. Flores to head home a corner. published in British newspaper their chances count and had to “But we found that rhythm in Swansea failed to impose them- the Mail on Sunday, Eriksson settle for a point. the second half and it became an selves on the game and the victory Cardiff City’s English defender Steven Caulker (left) jumps to score the wrote: “I knew it would be tricky. “It was very tight, a good game. open game with two teams who lifted Cardiff up to 12th in the opening goal of the English Premier League match against Swansea I had a contract with England We had good moments and a great wanted to win and not settle for standings, one place and one point City at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, yesterday. until the 2006 World Cup and I first half with pressing and good a point.” above their beaten opponents. Cardiff City won 1-0. would be severely criticised if I attacking combinations and we Although Everton rallied after AFP broke that contract. “But this was an opportunity to manage Manchester United. A contract was signed -- I was United’s new manager.” Villa, Costa on target for buoyant Atletico Eriksson included Rooney in his squad for the 2006 World Cup MADRID: Atletico Madrid and he will continue to do so move as Juanfran got the by-line in Germany despite the striker moved back to within a point because he still has a lot to and his cross fell for Villa whose having broken a bone in his foot of Barcelona at the top of La improve.” shot deflected off Mikel San Jose shortly before the squad was Liga with a comfortable 2-0 An 11th victory in 12 league on its way into the net. announced. win at home to Athletic Bilbao games also means Atletico main- Costa then got his customary Eriksson claims that Ferguson yesterday. tain their five point advantage goal to make the game safe as did not want to release Rooney David Villa and Diego Costa over city rivals Real Madrid in he powered down the left, cut for the tournament, prompting a were again the men who inflicted third. inside Erik Moran and slotted clash between him and England the damage on the Basques as the However, despite such an cooley past Iraizoz into the far doctor Leif Sward. former opened the scoring with incredible start to the cam- corner. “Leif and I met Ferguson and a volley from Juanfran’s cross on paign, Simeone insisted he is Villa should have added a third United’s doctor at the United 32 minutes. not annoyed to still find his side 12 minutes after the restart when training ground,” Eriksson wrote. Costa then cored his 13th goal behind Barca at the top of the he headed Adrian Lopez’s excel- “’He cannot play in the World in 12 league games this season table. lent cross straight at Iraizoz. Cup’, Ferguson said flatly. The with a brilliant individual effort “No, we are not frustrated doctor brought out some X-rays eight minutes later. (that Barcelona keep winning), There were to be no more that he said showed Rooney’s bro- And Atletico boss Diego we are just enjoying the moment goals, but a miserable day for the ken bone would not heal in time. Simeone was full of praise for that we are in at the moment. We visitors was rounded off 12 min- “When the doctor finished, Leif the Brazilian-born striker who are excited and know we are mak- utes from time when Moran was looked him in the eye. ‘Why do moved level again with Cristiano ing the Atleti fan on the street shown a second yellow card for a you sit here and lie to me?’ Leif Ronaldo at the top of the La Liga happy.” foul on Diego Godin. asked. AFP scoring charts. Villa was first to threaten as Earlier, Valencia eased “He is huge for us in every way,” his powerful free-kick was well- the pressure on their coach Simeone said of Costa. held by Gorka Iraizoz before Costa Miroslav Djukic with a badly French League “He scored a wonderful goal, broke clear and pulled his shot needed 1-0 win away to high- his movement and power was just beyond the far post. flying Getafe. Results great. Iraizoz then made an incred- Dorlan Pabon’s wonderful PARIS, France: French League results “But not just his goals, in his ible save to prevent Villa’s vol- long-range effort was enough to yesterday: participation in the play and ley from close range as the ball secure Los Che’s first win in four Nice 1 (Cvitanich 77-pen) Bordeaux 2 Atletico Madrid’s Spanish striker David Villa celebrates after scoring the the connection he has with the ricocheted around the Athletic league games and move them (Sertic 31, Obraniak 59) opening goal during the Spanish Primera Division match against Athletic other players he makes the team box. into the top-half of the table, Montpellier 1 (Bakar 90) Nantes 1 Bilbao at Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, central Spain, yesterday. better. However, six minutes later the three points behind Getafe who (Djordjevic 22) “He is growing in every aspect keeper was beaten from a similar remain sixth. AFP On Saturday Rennes 1 (Oliveira 9) Marseille 1 (J. Ayew 16) Wins for Al Rayyan, Al Arabi in Qatargas League Ajaccio 1 (Mater 32-og) Valenciennes 3 (Pujol 26, 90+2, Dossevi 67) Evian/Thonon 2 (Wass 61, Mongongu A B C 90+3-pen) Toulouse 1 (Aurier 52) Lyon 2 (Lacazette 12, B. Gomis 13) Guingamp 0 Reims 4 (Deroussel de Preville 24, Krychowiak 44-pen, Oniangue 50, Atar 81) Bastia 2 (Romaric 47, Khazri 90+3) Sochaux 0 Saint-Etienne 0 On Friday PSG 4 (Lucas 3, Menez 39, Cavani 43, 81) Lorient 0 Spanish League Results MADRID: Spanish League results yesterday: Getafe 0 Valencia 1 (Pabon 41) Atletico Madrid 2 (Villa 32, Diego Costa 40) Athletic Bilbao 0 On Friday Barcelona 1 (Sanchez 68) Espanyol 0 On Saturday Real Sociedad 5 (Ansotegui 34, Inigo Martinez 47, Griezmann 56, Castro 81, Seferovic 88) Osasuna 0 Almeria 1 (Rodri 38) Valladolid 0 Rayo Vallecano 2 (Viera 53-pen, 55-pen) Real Madrid 3 (Ronaldo 3, 49, Benzema 31) Sevilla 0 Celta Vigo 1 (Alex Lopez 47) A: Action from the Qatargas League match between Al Rayyan and Lekhwiya in Doha, yesterday. Al Rayyan won 4-2. In the other matches yesterday, Muaither and Al Wakra played out a 3-3 all draw, while Al Arabi trounced Al Sailiya 3-1. B: Action from Al Shamal and Qatar Sports club match. 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PARIS: Serbia’s Novak of confidence and we’ll see now After serving out to love to Italy, the champions in 2006, 2009 Djokovic defeated defending what happens in London,” he go 6-5 up, the Davis Cup final- and 2010, a 2-0 lead on Saturday champion David Ferrer 7-5, added in reference to the World ist seized his first set point when with victories over Alexandra 7-5 yesterday to win the Paris Tour Finals where he still has a Ferrer hit long as the set swung Panova and Irina Khromachava Masters after a thrilling final at chance to take the world number surprisingly into Djokovic’s hands. respectively. the Bercy arena. one spot from Nadal. Ferrer shook off the disappoint- However, despite showing The Spaniard twice served for Ferrer grabbed the first break ment of letting that first frame glimpses of promise, notably a Serbia’s both sets only for the six-time after a punishing rally at 30-40 slip from his grasp and broke to powerful serve which at times Novak Grand Slam winner to show his was finally won by the Spaniard open the second set before a tough Errani struggled to return, the Djokovic pedigree and break at the crucial with a perfect drop shot that service hold gave him a 2-0 lead. 24-year-old Russian was out- poses with moments before holding serve to left the number one candidate The set then went to serve classed by the more experienced close out the first set and then stranded at the back of the court. before the defending champion Italian. his trophy the match. Djokovic, true to his sports- again had a chance to close out Errani, 26, had the Cagliari after Ferrer fell short of becom- manlike mannner, applauded his the frame at 5-4 only for Djokovic Tennis Club in jubilant mood winning ing the first player to success- opponent’s brilliance as the crowd to break at the crucial moment to after racing to a 6-1 victory in the the final at fully defend the Paris title while roared their approval at the sheer once again level the set. first set and although Kleybanova the Paris Djokovic took another step quality of the tennis. In an exact repeat of the rallied in the second to take the Masters at towards regaining the number The Serb carved out his first opening set, Ferrer cracked at third game on serve, Errani was the Bercy one spot from Rafael Nadal head- break point of the match in the the worst possible moment as never under threat. Palais- ing to the World Tour Finals. following game, but Ferrer held Djokovic pounced on his opponent The Italian broke Kleybanova Omnisport It was also Djokovic’s 40th ATP firm and built his resilience on to tie the set before serving out to take a 4-1 lead when the (POPB) title victory, the 15th player to his excellent first serve which was for the title. Russian sent a wild return into in Paris, reach this milestone. reaping him a winning percentage Meanwhile, Italy cruised to a the tramlines. yesterday. “I’m full of joy right now and of 80 percent. fourth Fed Cup title when Sara And after reinforcing her this is one of the biggest weeks With the Spaniard serving for Errani gave the hosts an unassail- advantage in the next game the of the tennis season so I’m really the set at 5-4, Djokovic launched able 3-0 lead with a comprehen- Italian finished in style, break- happy and just want to continue his assault and this time on break sive 6-1, 6-1 victory over Russian ing Kleybanova’s serve when the like this,” said the 26-year-old point he fired a forehand winner Alisa Kleybanova. Russian fumbled a return at the Serbian. that grazed the line and pulled Roberta Vinci and world net in the seventh and final game “This win has given me a lot him back on level terms. number seven Errani had given to secure the win. AGENCIES