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Sunday 24 August 2014 • 28 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6167 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Al Attiyah urges Panel to boost collective action to end violence Qatarisation in in Iraq, Syria DOHA: The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah has called for col- lective action to end violence in private sector Iraq and Syria, stressing that Qatar aims to do everything in its power to achieve peace and justice in the region. Five-point strategic plan prepared In a statement issued in London, he said Qatar does not DOHA: To reinforce the ambi- are getting career development support extremist groups in the tious Qatarisation process in the training from the private sector. region, including Islamic State private sector, the Ministry of The initiative, the panel militants in any form. He said Labour and Social Affairs has believes, will help achieve the Qatar rejects their ideas, their set up a special committee. Qatar National Development style and their violent ambitions. The panel will monitor compa- Strategy Plan 2011-2016 to develop Dr Al Attiyah said the vision nies and establishments whether the Qatari workforce in the pri- of extremist groups in the region they are complying with the man- vate sector from 5 percent to 15 are not consistent with the vision datory 20 percent recruitment of percent. A ball of fire rises from a building following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City yesterday. of Qatar and will not be supported Qataris as per a decision approved The committee would also keep at all in any way. by the Cabinet. all data on employment opportu- He said the killing of innocent The new committee would nities for Qataris in the private civilians and the forced deporta- interact with companies, encour- sector and this data through the Israeli strikes kill 10 in Gaza tion of hundreds of thousands of age them to recruit and train five- year plan would be entered people threaten the existence of Qataris in various fields and into the country’s electronic GAZA CITY: Israel pounded children. Israel said it had carried Residents in the 12-storey Iraq and peace and security in help enrol locals in research pro- labour market database expected Gaza with 60 air strikes yes- out 60 air strikes over Gaza and building were called 10 minutes the region. Dr Al Attiyah urged grammes to hone skills. It would to be launched soon. terday, killing 10 Palestinians, that around 71 rockets and mor- before the attack and told to the Iraqi government to provide also hold periodical meetings The information would then be mostly women and children, tar rounds from Gaza hit Israel, evacuate, sparking a stampede safety and security for civilians with companies to discuss their made available to all sectors and and bringing down a 12-sto- with another 17 intercepted, as dozens of people ran down to and said Qatar will continue to commitment to Qatarisation and help establish the labour market rey apartment block as Egypt including one over Tel Aviv. the street, neighbours said. Two provide humanitarian aid to the ensure the workforce of each com- at the end of every year. The panel called for new truce talks. Late yesterday, a rocket fired missiles then slammed into the Iraqi people. pany represents a minimum of 20 would disclose from time to time Israel yesterday sent text mes- from Lebanon struck the Upper complex, reducing it to a pile of He said Qatar supports the percent Qataris, Al Sharq reported what has been achieved, what is sages, voice mails and leaflets Galilee causing damage to a struc- dusty rubble and sparking panic Syrian opposition like a lot of yesterday. lacking and how to fulfil the needs warning Palestinians that “every ture, police and the army said, in the area. countries in the Middle East and The panel has prepared a with regard to employing national house from which militant activ- with a security source said it hit Egypt’s foreign ministry issued the international community, five-point strategic plan to be cadres. Official data suggests an ity is carried out, will be tar- a Druse village. a statement calling on “concerned but does not fund IS or any other completed in five years and held overwhelming majority of Qataris geted” and to stay away from The deadliest Israeli air strike parties to accept a ceasefire of extremist factions. discussions with 116 companies are employed in the public and “terrorists”. on Gaza levelled a home in Al unlimited duration and to resume Meanwhile, Saudi is hosting and establishments in different mixed sectors and their participa- Israel insists on full safety for Zawayda in the centre of the Strip, indirect negotiations in Cairo”. today a meeting in Jeddah of for- sectors. As per the five-year plan, tion in the private sector has been millions of citizens who live in killing a couple, their sons aged Palestinian President Mahmoud eign ministers of five Arab states the panel would make available declining. daily fear of rocket fire, while three and four, and a 45-year-old Abbas said that “what interests to discuss ways to reach a politi- data regarding job opportunities Data for 2012 shows Qatari Hamas insists that Israel must aunt. Air strikes killed a 64-year- us now is putting a stop to the cal solution to the Syrian crisis in in private companies on a dedi- employees’ participation in the end its eight-year blockade of the old man south of Gaza City, and bloodshed”. view of the growing presence of cated online portal. Opportunities private sector is four percent, territory as part of any truce. in the town of Deir Al Balah, a Meanwhile, a Hamas official the IS militants in Iraq and Syria regarding research programmes, down from 10 percent in 1986. At least 2,103 Palestinians and 12-year-old boy and his 38-year- said yesterday the movement which threatens regional security. scholarships and professional Disparities in salaries and perks 68 people on the Israeli side, all old mother, as well as another has signed a proposal for the A statement from the Egyptian training would also be available in the public and private sectors but four of them soldiers, have 43-year-old woman. In the heart Palestinians to apply to join the Foreign Ministry said the meeting for potential Qatari candidates are one of the reasons why the been killed since July 8. The UN of Gaza City an Israeli air strike International Criminal Court at will be attended by Qatar, Egypt, on the portal. Qatarisation policy is struggling says 70 percent of the Palestinians levelled an apartment building at which legal action could be taken Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the The panel would also ensure to succeed in the private sector. who have died were civilians, and dusk, wounding at least 18 people, against Israel. AFP UAE. AGENCIES the potential Qatari jobseekers THE PENINSULA that among the dead are 478 10 of them children. See also page 5 See also pages 4 & 5

Dr Al Qaradawi re-elected Alert over Spanish Fly products Traffic violators face strict action DOHA: The Supreme Council IUMS Chairman of Health (SCH) yesterday DOHA: The Traffic taken against erring motorists, prohibits motorists from parking warned against the use of any Department is getting tough on which may include a fine and the their vehicles at unauthorised DOHA: Noted Islamic scholar, pharmaceutical products of motorists who park their vehi- cost of moving the vehicle to the place. The Article also prohib- Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi, has ‘Spanish Fly’ (an aphrodisiac cles behind other cars, block- centre. its motorists from parking their been re-elected as Chairman of product), which could lead to ing smooth movement of other Lt Colonel Al Hajri said the vehicles in a way that may create International Union of Muslim health problems. vehicles. department has been receiv- an obstacle or hindrance for other Scholars (IUMS), the local The SCH’s Pharmacy and Strict action will be taken ing complaints from people that vehicles. Arabic daily Al Arab said yes- Drug Control Department in a against those who stop their vehi- they are not able to take out their And under Article 81 of the terday. The election for the top statement said ‘Spanish Fly’ is cles behind other cars and block vehicles, as other motorists tem- law, the department has the post was held in Istanbul on the not registered as pharmaceuti- the movement of other vehicles, a porarily block their way. authority to tug such vehicles sidelines of a recently concluded cal products with the SCH. senior official said yesterday. He said such “irresponsible and to the Vehicles Custody Centre conference titled ‘Role of Islamic According to the SCH, prod- “It is not sufficient just to uncivilised” behaviour on the part and recover transportation costs Scholars for the Renaissance of ucts of ‘Spanish Fly’ causes make them pay fines and register of some motorists is causing a lot and applicable fines charge from Ummah and Islamic Nations’. health problems, including details of the vehicles involved in of problems for others. violators. THE PENINSULA abortion, irritation in the uri- such offences and let them go,” “Motorists who block the path Traffic authorities have nary tract, severe harm to the Lt Colonel Mohammed Radhi of other vehicles should realise appealed to motorists to abide US ‘set to launch kidneys and frequent urination Al Hajri, Director of Media and that people in other vehicles may by rules. They have also warned in addition to its adverse effect Traffic Awareness, was quoted by be facing emergency situations motorists against parking their air strikes’ on IS on the digestive system. One of the Spanish Fly products Qatar News Agency as saying. such as medical emergency and vehicles at unauthorised places It said ‘Spanish Fly’ has a psy- He said the vehicles involved in others. and cause hindrance for fellow chiefs in Syria chological impact which leads The SCH also warned against such violations would be tugged to “Such irresponsible behaviour road users. to restlessness and loss of con- importing or trading in the Vehicles Custody Centre, where and attitude cause a waste of time The department said it is mobi- WASHINGTON: The US was sciousness and heavy doses can products in the country. most unclaimed and confiscated and unnecessary delays for fellow lising resources and gearing up to yesterday said to be considering lead to death. THE PENINSULA vehicles are kept. motorists,” he said. take on such offenders very soon. air strikes to eliminate individ- Then legal action would be Article 78 of Law No. 5 of 2010 THE PENINSULA ual leaders of Islamic State (IS) as Turkey came under mount- ing pressure to stem the flow of jihadists across its border into Syria. As Washington debated extend- ing air strikes into Syria, senior Qatar passengers start booking for zero gravity flights British politicians said Ankara should act immediately to block BY FAZEENA SALEEM absence of gravitational pull. “People from Doha have started register- head to Russia in May. Qatar is an impor- recruits from the UK and other ‘S3 ZeroG’ of Swiss Space Systems as ing already… We can book a flight up to 30 tant destination because of the willingness countries from entering Syria via DOHA: Passengers from Doha keen part of its project ‘Space for All’ will bring days before the journey. But we expect the of the ruling family and key stakeholders to Turkey, en route to joining IS. In to experience a zero gravity flight have a first-of-its-kind experience to Doha in flights to be fully booked before that,” a diversify the economy and promote innova- a sign that the US may widen the started to book their journey within a April 2015. The Airbus moving to more spokesperson for S3 ZeroG told this daily tion and value-added jobs. The Qatar Space field of its air strikes, the White few days after registration opened last than 15 locations around the world will be in an email interview. City initiative, for example, falls within the House said it was ready to “take week. in Qatar between April 23 and 25. ‘S3 ZeroG’ aircraft will be on a world scope of our initiative and ambitions for the action” against any threat to A modified plane will give its passengers Organisers expect that the flights will be tour throughout 2015. Prior to Qatar region, the spokesperson added. America in Iraq or Syria. the chance to freely float like astronauts fully booked before the deadline for regis- flights, it will be in Bahrain and the UAE THE PENINSULA THE GUARDIAN and live out the ultimate experience of the tration — a month ahead of the journey. in April, 2015. After Qatar flights, it will Continued on page 3 SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Lenovo enters smartphone market DOHA: Lenovo has announced the launch of its smartphone port- folio for the first time in Qatar, carefully designed to fit every style, person- ality and budget. Newly launched world- wide, the Vibe Z2 Pro is the hottest Lenovo smart- phone to hit the market, designed with the per- formance-hungry user in mind. Featuring a six-inch screen with 2K resolution, the VIBE Z2 Pro offers consumers an immersive multimedia experience. A 16MP rear camera www.swiss-belhotel.com with image stabilisation Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saudi Al Thani, Chairman of Ooredoo Group, led a group of Ooredoo Qatar captures photos and 4K and Ooredoo Myanmar officials to meet the Vice President of Myanmar, U Nyan Tun, at the Presidential Palace Tel videos rivalling high-end in Naypyidaw. The meeting was attended by Jaber Ali Al Dosari, the Qatari Ambassador to Thailand, who is also Fax compact cameras. At just accredited to Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos. 7.7mm thin with a metal- lic brushed-weave design, the VIBE Z2 Pro has the Tel Qualcomm Snapdragon Fax 801 processor. VIBE Z2 Pro offers a Ooredoo gets 1 million wide range of pro pho- tography features and, unlike other smart- Tel phones, the integrated Fax 16MP rear camera uses a customers in Myanmar 16:9 BSI sensor that cap- tures widescreen photos at full resolution. The 4K Milestone reached less than three weeks after launch Tel + 974 44298888 resolution and high-speed 120fps recordings are also DOHA: Ooredoo has reached Board Member and Chairman of a 4G LTE network in the future. Fax supported. the one million customer mile- Ooredoo Myanmar; Dr Nasser U Myat Hein, Union Minister of Optical image stabili- stone in its newest market of Marafih, Group CEO, Ooredoo; Communications and Information sation and an enhanced Myanmar less than three weeks U Than Htun Aung, Director of Technology, said: “Over the Tel six-element lens are after going live with its services. Posts and Telecommunications past few years, the Union incorporated to boost Sheikh Abdullah bin Department; and Ross Cormack, Government and the Ministry of Fax the low-light shooting Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, CEO of Ooredoo Myanmar. Communications and Information performance of the BSI Chairman, Ooredoo Group, Demonstrating the potential Technology have worked hard to senor. Shutterbugs will revealed the significant achieve- for growth and strong appetite lay the foundations for the crea- Tel also appreciate zero shut- ment in a special ceremony in for data services in Myanmar, tion of a competitive telecommuni- Fax ter lag, manual shooting the capital Naypyidaw, where he many customers are using cations landscape that truly serves settings and a HDR-ready thanked the people of Myanmar mobile phones and accessing the our people and we are closer than custom camera app. for their warm welcome, and Internet for the first time. ever to achieving this.” The VIBE Z2 Pro can stressed the company’s commit- In his speech, Sheikh Abdullah “This is truly a historic moment Tel be further set apart by ment to serving the country. expressed his delight at the strong for our country, people, and the Fax its 6-inch display, pro- Since the launch of Ooredoo interest, particularly from people telecoms sector in Myanmar. My ducing razor-sharp and in Myanmar, the company has who previously had not had the most heartfelt congratulations to www.doha.hilton.com true-to-life visuals. The seen unprecedented demand for opportunity to benefit from mobile the whole Ooredoo and Ooredoo IPS panel not only packs its mobile phone and Internet phones and access to the Internet, Myanmar Limited team on your Tel 44233333 974+ 2,560 x 1,440 pixels, its services, with people queuing and said the response from cus- successful launch of Ooredoo serv- 490ppi screen density is overnight to purchase a low-cost tomers had been “humbling”, such ice in Myanmar! And I am also Fax 44233000 974+ also one of the highest Ooredoo SIM. The team is striving as one of the first customers — a glad to see you have kept your among existing premium to deliver up to customers’ expec- father — who saw how it would launch commitment,” he added. smartphones. tations, offering crystal clear voice give his son access to better educa- Speaking of the challenges Rated at 500nits maxi- services and fast Internet. tion opportunities. faced during the development mum brightness output, The event offered thanks to “I think of people like Daw stage, Ross Cormack, CEO the display is easily view- customers, staff and partners Hla, another of our first custom- Ooredoo Myanmar, praised the able outdoors coupled with who have made this achievement ers. She’s a fisherwoman who had 1,000 employees of the Ooredoo richer colours and wide possible and the chairman chal- never used a mobile phone before Myanmar team, and stated that viewing angles. In addi- lenged his team to go further in our launch. She told us this was in keeping with the company’s tion, with 83.5 percent of striving to improve services for a ‘golden opportunity’ to reach tradition of hiring local talent, Tel the usable screen estate, customers. out and connect her community 800 of the team members were users can view more con- It was attended by a number through technology. To customers Myanmarese. Fax tent, thanks to a narrow of prominent guests, includ- like Daw, I promise we will keep Alongside traditional sales and frame design. ing Sheikh Abdullah; U Myat working hard to improve and services jobs, which cover 6,500 September will see the Hein, Union Minister of enhance our services,” he added. dealers at launch and 30,000 points release of the Vibe Z2 Communications and Information Ooredoo has installed the of sale for top ups, the company Tel Pro along with five other Technology; Jaber Ali Al Dosari, world’s first next-generation estimates that through the distri- Fax models, bringing Lenovo’s Qatar’s Ambassador to Thailand, purely UMTS900 network bution network Ooredoo has sup- total Qatar portfolio to 10 who is also accredited to Myanmar, throughout Myanmar, which will ported approximately 50,000 new smartphones. Cambodia and Laos; Aziz Al provide fast Internet and is primed jobs for the people of Myanmar. 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Tel Remittances expected to increase during festivals Fax DOHA: Remittances from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri vice chairman, Express Money. during major festivals as expa- Qatar to South Asian coun- Lank and the Philippines. “During Ramadan this triates send money to their tries are expected to rise by “We hope remittances dur- year, we witnessed 15 per- family members to meet addi- up to 20 percent during major ing major festivals such as cent higher remittances by tional expenses. Tel festivals this year. There was Eid Al Adha, Onam, Diwali expatriates. Expatriates from The GCC countries are esti- surge in remittances by expa- and Christmas will be up by India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, mated to have around 15 million Fax triates during Ramadan and 18-20 percent. The growth in Sri Lanka and Philippines migrant workers, with Qatar Eid Al Fitr. According to remittances will be driven by dominated the crowd which having 1.4 million. exchange houses, remittances expatriates of South Asian rushed to send money during The six-nation bloc is the went up by 15 percent during countries such as India, Ramadan,” he added. third largest hub of migration Tel the holy month. There were Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lank Every year, exchange houses in the world. Fax major remittances to India, and Philippines,” said Sudhish, witness a rise in remittances THE PENINSULA

QIIB conducts fire drill

DOHA: The International Islamic (QIIB) carried Tel out an evacuation drill at its main branch on Grand Fax Hamad Street recently. The exercise was a part of strengthening of safety and security measures at the bank and also meant to display its permanent readiness for any fire or other emergency. Tel The drill included procedures that apply in the event Fax of a fire. Staff entrusted with the implementation of security and safety procedures in each of the bank’s floors executed the instructions they were trained to perform. www.marriottmarquisdoha.com They supervised evacuation operations inside the build- ing by guiding the staff to emergency exits, making sure Tel + 974 44195000 they used the allocated routes, and directing them to Fax + 974 44195100 predetermined assembly points for emergencies, in addi- tion to ensuring the evacuation of all personnel from their offices. “We are glad to note that the mock drill has proved that the bank’s entire security and emergency system is exactly in place,” said Jamal Abdullah Jamal, the execu- tive vice president. QIIB staff gather at an assembly point during a fire drill at the bank’s main branch. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 HMC’s trauma centre gets $1.7m in grants Research covers child seats, workplace injuries DOHA: The Trauma Surgery the leading causes of trauma. The Hopkins Bloomberg School of Section at Hamad General valuable research conducted will Public Health based in Baltimore, Hospital’s Department of guide us, and other stakeholders Maryland, USA. Surgery was recently awarded in the field, as we continue to take “The second project involves the two National Priorities Research steps to make our roads and work- creation of a Unified Registry for Program (NPRP) grants worth places safer,” said Dr Al Thani. Workplace Injury Prevention in over $1.7m. “Young Kids in Safe Seats Qatar that will identify, collect and The NPRP is the competi- (Y-KISS) will survey local child analyse all data on occupational tive flagship programme of the restraint knowledge, attitudes and or workplace injuries in order to Qatar National Research Fund practices of parents and caregivers better understand the complex (a member of Qatar Foundation) of young children below the age of factors that lead to these inju- which funds research projects five. It will conduct evaluations to ries,” said Dr Rafael Consunji, lead of national importance. The two identify the best means of increas- principal investigator and Director winning projects, Young Kids ing the use of child restraints of the Hamad Injury Prevention in Safe Seats (Y-KISS) Qatar through innovative educational Programme. “This unified registry Project: A Randomised Study to programmes,” said Dr Ruben will be used to inform all relevant Increase Child Restraint Use in Peralta, lead principal investiga- stakeholders of areas or factors Qatar, and A Unified Registry tor and Director of the Trauma that must be prioritised in order for Workplace Injury Prevention and Critical Care Fellowship to reduce the burden of workplace in Qatar, were among the 162 Programme, an advocate of road injuries in Qatar. The final result projects awarded during the safety who has worked in the field will be a single linked database NPRP’s recently-concluded fund- for more than a decade in numer- that can monitor workplace inju- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud met the chargé d’affaires of Qatar’s Embassy in Mogadishu, Hassan ing cycle. Each is a three-year ous countries with varied settings. ries and identify risk factors that bin Hamza Assad Mohammed, after the opening of the Qatari mission in Somalia. multi-phase grant. “Our preliminary research in must be addressed and corrected,” These grants are in line with Qatar showed that among our Dr Consunji explained. the vision of Dr Hassan Al Thani, young victims of road trauma, seri- Dr Consunji has aligned the Head of HMC’s trauma centre, to ous injury and death only occurred said project with the National complement the advanced treat- in those who were not restrained. Health Strategy 2011-2016 and Qatar opens embassy in Somalia ment of victims of trauma with The youngest road users in Qatar is working collaboratively with relevant research that will inform often bear the brunt of the deci- the Supreme Council of Health MOGADISHU: Somalia’s the greetings of the Emir H H to the Emir and his wishes for his injury prevention programmes sions of parents and caregivers; it and the Ministry of Labor, which President Hassan Sheikh Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al continued good health and happi- for the leading causes of injury in is high time that we prioritised the are the lead agencies for occupa- Mahmoud met the chargé Thani to the Somali president ness and progress and prosperity Qatar, which are road traffic and safety of our most precious cargo,” tional health and safety in Qatar, d’affaires of Qatar’s Embassy in and his wishes for good health and for the leadership of Qatar and occupational (workplace) injuries. said Dr Peralta. Collaborators on and with the Johns Hopkins Mogadishu, Hassan bin Hamza happiness and continued progress its people. “The two projects underlie our this grant include the Primary International Injury Research Assad Mohammed, on the occa- and prosperity for Somalia. During their meeting they dis- efforts to go beyond the emergency Health Care Corporation and Unit at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg sion of the opening of the Qatari On his part, President cussed relations between the two room, operating theatre and ICU the Johns Hopkins International School of Public Health. mission in Somalia. Mahmoud entrusted the Charge countries and ways of enhancing to save the residents of Qatar from Injury Research Unit of Johns QNA The Charge d’affaires conveyed d’affaires to convey his greetings them. QNA

Qatar condemns Iraq attack Independent schools told to get ready for reopening DOHA: Qatar has strongly DOHA: The teaching staff buses and school staff, reported handling students of all ages and policies and inform each employee action related to adhering to condemned and denounced the and administrative staff of Al Sharq. know the locations of students’ of their job description and have school uniforms. attack on worshipers inside a Independent schools will report The circular urged school pickup points. There should also them sign a copy of it. Schools The schools were also urged to mosque in Ira q’s Diya la prov ince for their duties on August 31 as directors to ensure that all con- be enough buses for the students are also expected to hire enough implement all procedures listed that left at least 70 people dead the schools prepare to receive struction and repair work at from the first day of school and cleaners and guards, according to in the circular and informed that and dozens wounded. In a state- students on September 7 for schools is complete, schools are the buses should have safety and the circular. School administrators the SEC would be inspecting all ment yesterday, the Foreign the academic year 2014-2015, well furnished, each classroom security features. The schools were also urged to distribute lists Independent schools from the Ministry stressed that such acts the Supreme Education Council accommodates enough students, have been urged to select good of students in each classroom to first day to ensure that its rules targeting civilians contradicted (SEC) has announced. there are enough rest rooms for bus supervisors (each bus should the class teacher and update the are adhered to. all human and moral values. In a circular sent to school the students and that school can- have two well-trained supervi- class attendance list of students The SEC also urged schools to QNA principals and managers, the teens are in good shape. The cir- sors) and ensure that buses and on a daily basis. follow its design for school uni- SEC has directed school admin- cular also calls for ensuring that private cars have separate park- School administrators are forms, which must be Islamic and istrators to prepare to receive security and safety measures are ing areas in schools. supposed to hold a meeting with modest, and communicate with students of all levels in a good in place in all schools. The SEC has also urged school students in the first week of the parents about their children’s environment. The schools are As for school buses, the SEC administrations to fill up all teach- term to clarify policies regarding performance and school activi- required to meet high stand- said drivers and bus supervisors ing and staff vacancies, hold meet- absenteeism and school attend- ties by text messages. Doctor’s nod ards for school buildings, school should have adequate training in ings to introduce staff to the SEC’s ance and other disciplinary THE PENINSULA must for trip

From page 1 “S3 is looking at developing business relationships in the GCC Qatar Charity and finding local investors to set QRC refurnishes Al Wafaa hospital in Gaza up aerospace-related activities. It holds youth may be Qatar or another member DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Wafaa Hospital with medical the hospital’s facilities exceeded support the Ministry of Health of the GCC, we don’t know yet,” (QRC) has refurnished Al equipment, such as ultrasound $10m, including entirely damaged hospitals amid the aggression. The camp in Turkey he added. Wafaa Hospital for Medical machines, sterilisation and phys- medical equipment, furniture, $450,000 grant allocates $50,000 DOHA: Qatar Charity is organ- The flight lasts less than two Rehabilitation and Specialised iotherapy devices, oxygen cylin- operating rooms, ICU, and accom- for Al Wafaa Hospital. izing activities and events for hours, during which time 15 Surgery in eastern Gaza City ders, and patient room furniture, modation and services sections. The QRC official stressed the the fifth youth camp in Turkey. ‘parabolas,’ each providing 20 to with new furniture and medical so that the hospital can continue “We hope that enough financial private hospitals’ need for urgent The ‘Your life is different’ camp 25 seconds of reduced gravity or equipment. One month ago, the to serve the public despite the support will be available to cover medical backing to keep working comes within the framework weightlessness, are performed. hospital was totally destroyed aggression.” the cost of moving our patients to in parallel with the State hospitals of QC’s values and recreational The aircraft will have different by Israeli bombs, so the medical The new premises contain 80 the new premises, which is still to provide treatment and care for programmes organised by the zones and the fare too differs for staff and patients were moved to beds, Dr Nassar clarified, 40 of underequipped. The recent QRC the victims of the Israeli bombings Executive Management of Local each. Passengers can book their new premises in Al Zahraa area, which are for the elderly care contribution would definitely throughout Gaza. Development Team, in order to journey on www. zerog.s-3.ch southern Gaza City. centre, while the remaining are reduce the pressure on the hospi- The hospitals to receive medi- promote educational values among Party Zone, which caters to up Describing the nature of assist- for patient clinical rehabilitation tal and help our staff take care of cines and medical consumables preparatory and secondary school to 40 passengers, is available for ance to Al Wafaa Hospital, Dr services. the patients,” he added. are: Al Awda Hospital in north- students. less than $2,000. Akram Nassar, head of QRC’s On his part, Engineer Saber In the same vein, Dr Nassar ern Gaza; Al Ahli Al Arabi, Patient “The Executive Management Premium Zone, the luxurious Gaza Office, stated, “In coordina- Al Zaaneen, who is in charge of pointed out that QRC is conduct- Friends, Public Service, and Red for Local Development Team section, offers more room for each tion with the Islamic Development projects at Al Wafaa Medical ing a project to secure medicines Crescent hospitals in Gaza City; holds annual summer activities of a maximum of 28 passengers. Bank, we allocated $126,000 to Hospital, said that the total and medical consumables for Dar Al Salam Hospital in Khan as a service to the community It cost $5,000 and includes special provide the new premises of Al losses from the destruction of eight Gaza private hospitals that Younes; and Al Kuwaiti Hospital and an investment of energies, activities such as playing with liq- in Rafah district, southern Gaza. targeting mainly young people,” uids and balloons. QRC relief teams are constantly said QC’s Director of Community VIP Room is the exclusive part undertaking their role in helping Development Centers of the of the plane that hosts up to 12 the distressed Gaza people and Executive Management for Local passengers at a minimum cost treat the daily increasing victims Development Team, Ali Atiq Al of $50,000 for the whole zone, of Israeli bombs, while trying to Abdullah. with several options that can be make up for the destroyed facili- Al Abdullah explained that the discussed to offer a tailor-made ties and halted services, particu- activities are organised by QC cen- experience. larly in the healthcare sector, tres across the state, such as the Passengers must be over eight which is given much attention by Creek Center for the Development years old. Passengers between QRC to cope with the alarming of Society, the Al Noor Center for eight years and 14 years must increase in numbers of casualties Women and the Crown of Dignity be accompanied by a parent or due to the war. Center for the teaching of the legal guardian. A doctor should The latest QRC medical inter- Quran, with activities organised be consulted to see if the ZeroG vention was purchasing and dis- inside and outside the state. experience is suitable in cases of tributing $200,000 new medical The participants in the fifth pregnancy, heart conditions, back equipment to Gaza hospitals, youth camp in Turkey have so problems or other medical condi- with additional $1.5 million medi- far visited the Egyptian Market tions listed on the medical history cal equipment underway, to boost and the Sultan Mohammed III form which must be signed by all capacity of the recipient hospi- Mosque, as well as taking a cruise passengers. tals, improve responsiveness to along The Bosphorus. Written permission of a doctor the aftermaths of the aggres- Abdul-Karim Al-Hosali, is mandatory for passengers with sion, and admit the thousands of Supervisor of the Crown Center any medical condition indicated newcomers. of Dignity for Boys and one of the on the form. From the very beginning of supervisors on the trip said: “The The spokesperson for S3 ZeroG the crisis, QRC has pledged $2m participants in the program have said that passengers could get through its Disaster Response visited most of the archaeological rejected for the journey if they fail Fund to provide urgent relief for attractions on both banks of The to meet the medical requirements. Staff attending to a patient at the new premises of Al Wafaa Hospital in Gaza. Gaza. Bosphorus accompanied by a tour THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA guide. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

UN warns of Libya Islamist ‘massacre’ in besieged town militias ‘seize BAGHDAD: The United Nations warned yesterday that Shia Turkmen residents of an Iraqi town besieged by jihad- ists since June risk “massacre” Tripoli airport’ if urgent action is not taken to rescue them. The town of Amerli, in Salaheddin province north of Major defeat for Zintan fighters Baghdad, has been entirely cut off from the rest of government-held TRIPOLI: Islamist fighters in base on the way to the airport, to territory since fighters spear- the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) prove they had taken it. headed by the Islamic State (IS) coalition said yesterday that Fajr Libya yesterday accused swept through much of the rest of they have captured Tripoli’s the United Arab Emirates and the province in a lightning offen- battered international airport Egypt of involvement in the sive in early June. after many days of clashes with Friday night air raid and an ear- “The situation of the people in nationalist militiamen. lier strike when two unidentified Amerli is desperate and demands The claim followed a setback aircraft bombarded Islamist posi- immediate action to prevent the the previous night when a war- tions on Monday night. possible massacre of its citizens,” plane raided Islamist positions, “The Emirates and Egypt UN Iraq envoy Nickolay Mladenov killing 13 fighters, a Fajr Libya are involved in this cowardly said. “I urge the Iraqi government spokesman said. aggression,” the coalition said in to do all it can to relieve the siege If independent sources confirm a statement read out to Libyan and to ensure that the residents the airport has changed hands, it journalists in Tripoli. The strike receive lifesaving humanitarian would be a major defeat for the on Friday night killed 13 Islamists An Iraqi fireman walks at the site of a roadside bomb attack in Kirkuk yesterday. assistance or are evacuated in a nationalist fighters from Zintan and left 20 wounded, Ahmed dignified manner,” he said. west of Tripoli who have held Hadia, a Fajr Libya spokesman, “Iraq’s allies and the interna- the airport since the fall of long- said, updating an earlier toll. tional community should work time dictator Muammar Kadhafi “We reserve the right to respond Bombings kill 35 across Iraq with the authorities to prevent a in 2011. A statement shown on at the opportune moment,” Hadia human rights tragedy.” screen on An-Nabaa television, said. The Islamist fighters believe The Shia faith of the majority regarded as close to the Islamists, Libya’s provisional government BAGHDAD/ARBIL: Bombings execution-style shootings occur most influential Sunni politicians of Amerli’s 20,000 residents is said: “Fajr Libya announces that and newly elected parliament “are across Iraq killed at least 35 almost daily, echoing the dark suspended participation in talks anathema to the Sunni extremists it totally controls Tripoli interna- accomplices to these raids and in people in attacks that appeared days of 2006-2007, the peak of a on forming a new government of IS. Prime Minister designate tional airport.” doing so have committed an act to be revenge for an assault on sectarian civil war. after the militiamen carried out Haidar Al Abadi promised aid for Later a spokesman for the of treason that removes their a Sunni mosque that has deep- In addition to the Arbil attack, the mosque attack. the town yesterday, calling for the Islamist coalition, partly com- legitimacy to govern the people”, ened sectarian conflict. three bombings that appeared to Deputy Prime Minister Saleh provision of “all types of military prising men from Misurata, east he said. A bomb also exploded in the target Kurdish forces killed 18 Mutlaq and Parliament Speaker and logistical support for Amerli.” of Tripoli, said its fighters “have The spokesman called on the northern city of Arbil yesterday, a people in Kirkuk, 250km north Salim Al Jibouri have pulled His comments came after Iraq’s entered the airport and are mop- provisional General National rare attack unsettling the relative of Baghdad, security sources said. out of talks with the main Shia most powerful Shia cleric, Grand ping up pockets of resistance”. Congress (GNC), whose mandate stability the capital of the semi- The violence came as the US, alliance until the results of an Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani sought The strategic site 30km south expired when the new parliament autonomous Kurdish region has which is carrying out air strikes investigation into the killings are on Friday to bring attention to of the Libyan capital, has been was sworn in earlier this month, enjoyed. Local television footage in Iraq against Islamic State (IS) announced. Jibouri, a moderate Amerli’s plight. shut since July 13 amid clashes to meet again to “defend the sov- showed firefighters dousing the jihadists, ramped up its rhetoric Sunni, condemned both Islamic “Amerli suffers from a tight between the Islamists and the ereignty of the Libyan state”. charred remains of a car in Arbil. over the grisly killing of journal- State as well as the Iranian- blockade in place for two months,” Zintan force, allies of rogue gen- The Islamists were well rep- In Baghdad, a bomber rammed ist James Foley by the group and trained Shia militias who Sunnis and has been defended by “heroic eral Khalifa Haftar, based at resented in the GNC but non- a vehicle into an intelligence head- shown in a video posted online. say kidnap and kill members of men with limited weapons and Benghazi in eastern Libya and Islamist blocs dominate the new quarters, killing at least eight peo- Deputy National Security Adviser their sect with impunity. ammunition and a severe short- hostile to the Islamists. parliament, which is holed up ple, police. Near Tikrit, a suicide Ben Rhodes said Foley’s behead- “We will not allow them to age of food items,” Sistani said in The Islamist coalition, which along with the provisional gov- bomber driving a military Humvee ing “represents a terrorist attack exploit disturbed security in the remarks read on his behalf. He repeatedly claims successes ernment in Tobruk 1,600km east packed with explosives attacked a against our country”. country to undermine the politi- called for efforts to break “the siege against the nationalists, on of Tripoli, to avoid the violence gathering of soldiers and Shia mili- Islamic State routed Kurdish cal process. We believe the political of (the town) and save its people Thursday organised a visit by in the capital. tias overnight, killing nine. forces in its latest advance process should move on,” he said. from the dangers of terrorists.” Libyan journalists to an army AFP Bombings, kidnappings and through the north. Two of Iraq’s AGENCIES AFP

Houthi rebels weigh draft deal on new govt

SANA’A: Yemen’s government commander Abdulmalik Al Huthi under a transition agreement put a draft proposal to rebels on in his northern Saada stronghold that paved the way for ex-pres- forming a technocrat govern- since Thursday to convince his ident Ali Abdullah Saleh’s ouster. ment yesterday, a spokesman group to join a new government. “There is a draft agreement and said, as fears mount that a new The Shias have been staging mas- we are waiting for the Houthis wave of violence could hit the sive protests against a steep hike in to sign and start implementing impoverished nation. fuel prices, with Houthi demanding it in the next hours,” presidential A presidential delegation that the incumbent national unity team spokesman Abdulmalek Al handed the document to repre- government step down. Mikhlafi told reporters in Saada. sentatives of Shia Houthi rebels, A rebel ultimatum demanding Mikhlafi said the main points in who have camped in their thou- the resignation of the govern- the accord were to form “a tech- sands around Sana’a this week, ment, headed by Prime Minister nocrat government within a one- pressing the government to quit. Mohamed Basindawa, passed on month period from the date of In a bid to avert deadly clashes, Friday with the administration signing the draft document and an the presidential committee has still in power. The government economic committee to review the been holding talks with rebel was formed in December 2011 country’s economic situation”. AFP

Spokesman of Mursi faces trial

CAIRO: The former spokesman for Egypt’s deposed Islamist presi- dent Mohamed Mursi faces trial for allegedly helping an ex-premier try to flee to Sudan, a judicial source said yesterday. Yasser Ali, who was arrested in Cairo in December, is accused of aiding a “convicted man sought by the judicial authorities”, a reference to Islamist former prime minister Hisham Qandil. Qandil was detained, also last December, for trying to leave the coun- try illegally for Sudan. Another 12 people are being sought in connection with the same case. Qandil, premier under Mursi, had a one-year jail sentence overturned on appeal in July. Ali is also being charged with membership of Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood, pro- scribed since December as a “terrorist” organisa- tion accused of carrying out attacks on the security forces. The Brotherhood denies such accusations, saying its activities are non-violent. The judicial source said no date has yet been fixed for Ali’s trial. AFP SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

War: More than 360 factories Hamas backs plan to join ICC destroyed in Gaza GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s economy Evidence of war crimes by Israel: Official will take years to recover from the devastating impact of the GAZA: Hamas leaders said yes- comment from Israel, which is war, in which more than 360 terday that they had given their also not an ICC member. It says factories have been destroyed or consent for the Palestinians to Hamas has committed war crimes badly damaged and thousands join the International Criminal by both firing thousands of rock- of acres of farmland ruined by Court (ICC), a move that could ets indiscriminately at Israeli tanks, shelling and air strikes, open up both Israel and the mil- towns and cities and by using according to analysts. itant group to war crime probes Gazans as human shields. Almost 10 percent of Gaza’s fac- over the fighting in Gaza. A statement from the office tories have been put out of action, Moussa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas of Prime Minister Benjamin said the Palestinian Federation leader based in Cairo, said he had Netanyahu did not directly of Industries. Most other indus- signed a document Palestinian address the Hamas move, but it trial plants have halted produc- President Mahmoud Abbas says quoted the Israeli leader as tell- tion during the conflict, causing all factions must endorse before ing UN Secretary General Ban losses estimated at more than he proceeds with the ICC push. Ki-moon that Hamas was guilty $70m (£42m), said the union of If the Palestinians were to sign of such crimes. Palestinian industries. the ICC’s founding treaty, the Rome “Hamas hides behind the people The UN’s Food and Agriculture Statute, the court would have juris- of Gaza and fires at Israel with the Organisation (FAO) said about diction over crimes committed in aim of carrying out massacres of 42,000 acres of croplands had sus- the Palestinian territories. its civilians. That is a double war tained substantial direct damage An investigation could then crime ... while Israel does not delib- and half of Gaza’s poultry stock examine events as far back as erately harm civilians,” the state- has been lost due to direct hits mid-2002, when the ICC opened ment quoted Netanyahu as saying or lack of care as access to farm- with a mandate to try individu- in the telephone call yesterday. lands along the border with Israel als for war crimes, crimes against Both Israel and Hamas defend became impossible. humanity and genocide. their military operations as con- “The initial indications are Explaining the Islamist group’s sistent with international law. that economic damage caused decision to sign, Hamas official In a meeting with ICC prosecu- by the war is three times that of Mushir Al Masri said: “There is tors this month to push for an the 2008-9 conflict,” said Gaza- nothing to fear, the Palestinian investigation, Palestinian Foreign based economist Omar Shaban. factions are leading legitimate Minister Riad Al Malki said “It’s huge.” Unemployment would resistance in keeping with all there was “clear evidence” of war Palestinian men look on as a bomb from an Israeli air strike hits a house in Gaza City yesterday. increase from the prewar rate of international laws and standards. crimes by Israel during its offen- 40 percent, he said. We are in a state of self-defence.” sive in Gaza launched on July 8. Gaza have been civilians. Malki says the Palestinian veto any such proposal. Gaza’s biggest factory, al Awda in At a news conference in Cairo Hamas, which dominates Gaza, Palestinian health officials say Authority’s current UN status, Membership of the ICC opens Deir Al Balah, which made biscuits, earlier in the day, Abbas said he is shunned by Israel and the West 2,078 people, most of them civil- upgraded to “non-member state” countries to investigations both juice and ice-cream, was destroyed had asked all factions to join the as a terrorist group. The Islamist ians, have been killed by Israel from “entity” by a vote of the on their behalf and against them. after days of air strikes and shelling ICC bid, adding: “There will be group’s founding charter calls for since it launched its offensive, General Assembly in 2012, quali- Several powers, including the last month, which caused a massive results for them joining.” There the destruction of the Jewish state. which is intended to end the mil- fied it to become an ICC mem- United States, have declined to fire. Its entire stock of raw ingredi- was no comment from Abbas During the war, Gaza militants itants’ rocket fire. The United ber and a decision on whether to ratify the ICC founding treaty, ents was lost and valuable hi-tech aides. A senior Palestinian offi- have fired more than 3,800 rock- Nations Children Fund (Unicef) apply could happen very soon. citing the possibility of politically machinery damaged beyond repair. cial has said Abbas was expected ets and mortar shells at Israel, said at least 480 Palestinian chil- As neither Israel nor the motivated prosecutions. The factory employed 450 people. to wait for the findings of a while Israel has launched about dren had been reported killed. Palestinians are ICC members, The ICC is a court of last “This is a war on our economy,” UN-appointed commission of 5,000 air strikes at Gaza, the mili- Israel says it does its utmost to the court currently lacks juris- resort, meaning that it will only said owner MohammedA- elbani. inquiry into possible Gaza war tary said. Israel has said it has avoid civilian casualties in Gaza. diction over Gaza. This could be intervene when a country is found “I started at ground zero, spent 45 crimes due by March before turn- targeted sites linked to militants. On the Israeli side, 64 soldiers and granted by a UN Security Council to be unwilling or unable to carry years building this business and ing to the court. UN and Palestinian officials say four civilians have been killed in resolution, but Israel’s main ally, out its own investigation. now it’s gone.” There was no immediate three-quarters of those killed in the fighting. the United States, would probably AGENCIES THE GUARDIAN

Iran opens Iran refuses IAEA inspectors N-fuel plant access to Parchin base in Esfahan TEHRAN: Iran will not give UN nothing new has come up since the TEHRAN: Iran has nuclear inspectors access to a mili- last inspections.” IAEA inspectors opened a uranium dioxide tary base outside Tehran that they have been given access to a string of factory that will produce have been seeking to visit since declared nuclear sites as part of an fuel for civilian nuclear 2005, Defence Minister Hossein interim nuclear deal reached with the plants, the head of its Dehgan said yesterday. major powers last November. atomic energy agency Dehgan’s comments come just two Access to Parchin was not agreed announced yesterday. days before a deadline for Iran to give under the terms of that accord but Ali Akbar Salehi said the its response to the International the IAEA has been seeking to visit the factory in Esfahan, central Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over base as part of its mission to answer Iran, which produce ura- historic allegations of a military all concerns about Iran’s nuclear pro- nium dioxide enriched to a dimension to its nuclear research. gramme, past and present. level of less than 5 percent “The agency carried out several IAEA director Yukiya Amano, who was opened in keeping with visits to Parchin (before 2005), took visited Tehran earlier this month, an agreement between samples and found nothing unto- said in June that access to Parchin Tehran and world powers. ward,” Dehgan told the ISNA news was essential for the watchog to be Its main use would be for agency. “There is therefore no rea- able to certify Iran’s nuclear pro- the Bushehr nuclear reac- son for new access to Parchin as gramme as peaceful. AFP tor in southern Iran, he said, quoted by state news agency IRNA, . Women take part in an anti-government protest against the manipulation of demography in Bahrain, in the village “Under the agreement of Jidhafs, west of Manama, yesterday. with the P5+1 which came into effect in January, we are to transform a part Shias protest ‘naturalisation’ in Bahrain of the enriched uranium to less than five percent DUBAI: Thousands of Shias capital Manama, according to The law was introduced last oxide,” said Salehi. protested in Bahrain yester- witnesses. year. On August 6, a court The deal with the five day against what they say are Police heavily patrolled the area stripped nine Bahraini men of permanent members of attempts by the Sunni authori- but no clashes were reported. their citizenship. HRW also said the UN Security Council ties to tip the kingdom’s demo- In a statement read at the end that 10 other Shia, whose citi- plus Germany—known as graphic balance in their favour of the protest, the opposition zenships were revoked two years P5+1 -- calls for a scaling by naturalising foreigners, wit- accused authorities of “follow- ago, are now facing jail terms or back of Iran’s controver- nesses said. ing a destructive policy aimed at deportation from Bahrain. sial nuclear programme in The Shia opposition accuses replacing the indigenous people Hundreds of Shias have been return for a partial lifting Sunni-ruled Bahrain of having with regime supporters”. arrested and many have faced tri- of Western sanctions. naturalised tens of thousands of “Naturalising poses a threat to als over their role in anti-regime The target date for a Sunni foreigners in the kingdom Bahrain’s security and stability,” protests that erupted in February final deal has been put over recent years. they said. The protest came two 2011. Security forces crushed the back to November 24. A “The indigenous people of days after Human Rights Watch protests in mid-March 2011, new round of talks between Bahrain are in danger,” ban- urged Bahrain to repeal a law but smaller demonstrations fre- Tehran and the P5+1 is ners read, as protesters waving allowing dissidents’ citizenships quently take place in Shia villages, expected before the UN Bahraini flags marched near the to be revoked if they have been triggering clashes with police. General Assembly starts Shia village of Daih, near the convicted of terrorism. AFP on September 16. AFP

24 jihadists killed in push to take Syria air base BEIRUT: At least 24 jihadists have been and heavy machine gun fire, and the army seized the army’s Brigade 93 and Division killed and 150 wounded in clashes with deployed air strikes against the attacking 17 posts in Raqa, killing dozens of soldiers, Syrian troops defending an air base in Raqa jihadists, the Britain-based group said. some of whom it beheaded. province, a monitoring group said yesterday. The air raids continued into the morn- The army has airlifted reinforcements to The clashes came as the Islamic State ing, with eight strikes against the town of the base and stepped up air strikes against group launched a new bid to capture the Tabqa that killed 13 people, among them an IS positions across Raqa, using both preci- Tabqa base, the government’s last bastion additional 10 IS fighters. sion rockets and barrel bombs. in the northern province, the rest of which Those deaths brought IS losses since it Yesterday afternoon, Syrian state televi- is in the hands of the jihadists. began its assault on Tabqa to at least 94, sion broadcast images from Tabqa show- The Syrian Observatory for Human with more than 400 wounded, according to ing soldiers it said were “ready to repel any Rights said the attack began overnight the Observatory. IS has brought in rein- new attack”. “The Tabqa military airport is when a suicide bomber blew himself up at forcements from other areas it controls secure, the army is defending it and launch- the entrance to the base, prompting clashes in Syria, as well as neighbouring Iraq, the ing attacks against the armed men outside that killed 14 IS fighters. Observatory added. the base,” an officer interviewed at the base The two sides exchanged rocket, artillery The assault on Tabqa comes after IS told the state broadcaster. AFP SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

Russia says no Merkel pushes for truce in Ukraine plan to close Convoy of Russian aid trucks returns home; Moscow warned of more sanctions McDonald’s

KIEV: German Chancellor there was no way to independ- in country Angela Merkel pushed for a ently verify this. new ceasefire in crisis talks An observer for the MOSCOW: Russian authorities with Ukrainian President Petro Organisation for Security and are not planning to close the Poroshenko yesterday, as a Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) McDonald’s chain in the coun- controversial Russian convoy at the border told AFP that the try, Deputy Prime Minister returned home. Russian trucks had all returned Arkady Dvorkovich was quoted The visit by Merkel — the by around 1000 GMT. saying yesterday, after inspec- most influential Western leader But in a reminder of the bloody tors visited a number of res- to call on Kiev since the crisis toll the conflict is taking on ordi- taurants run by the fast-food erupted in the ex-Soviet state — nary people, AFP saw the bod- company. came ahead of crunch talks next ies of six civilians, including a “No one is talking about it at all Tuesday between Poroshenko and child, killed by shelling sprawled (a ban on McDonald’s in Russia),” Russian President Vladimir Putin on the streets of two neighbour- Dvorkovich was quoted saying by alongside top EU officials. hoods of the main rebel strong- Itar-Tass news agency, in what Tensions surged on Friday hold of Donetsk yesterday. Local could be a reprieve for the food when Russia sent scores of trucks authorities said Donbass Arena, chain, which considers Russia as it said were carrying aid to the a shiny new Euro 2012 venue in one of its top markets. stricken insurgent stronghold Donetsk, where Ukraine’s top Russia’s food safety watch- of Lugansk in an unauthorised team Shakhtar Donetsk was based dog has launched inspections of move Kiev described as a “direct before moving out due to the con- McDonald’s restaurants across invasion”. flict, was hit by shelling for the the country against the back- Merkel called for a “bilateral first time since the crisis began. drop of a standoff with the West ceasefire and effective border con- More than 400,000 people are over the Ukraine crisis and has trols” to help stop four months estimated to have fled the conflict closed three of its outlets in of brutal fighting between pro- in the east since April. Moscow, citing breaches of sani- Russian rebels and government Analysts said Merkel’s visit tary regulations. troops. And in a show of support aims to shore up EU support The outlets were closed as Volunteers sort Ukrainian humanitarian aid yesterday at the transshipment base of the southern Ukrainian city for Kiev’s pro-Western leaders, for Kiev in the run-up to the Russia introduced a one-year of Mariupol, in the Donetsk region. RIGHT: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (right) with German Chancellor she said the “territorial integ- Poroshenko-Putin meeting in embargo on meat, fish, dairy, rity and well-being of Ukraine is Angela Merkel prior to their press conference in Kiev yesterday. Minsk on Tuesday as they run the fruit and vegetables from the essential”. She also warned Russia risk of Moscow exploiting differ- United States, the EU, Canada, — already under punishing EU to happen but not at the expense ban agricultural products from “dangerous escalation” and warn- ences between the two sides. Australia and Norway, in retalia- and US sanctions over its alleged of the sovereignty, territorial much of the West. ing Moscow it could face further German Vice Chancellor tion for Western economic sanc- meddling in Ukraine — of further integrity and independence of Russia has consistently denied sanctions. Sigmar Gabriel has said that tions over Moscow’s involvement punitive measures. Ukraine,” he said. arming the rebels and has Kiev and the West feared the establishing a federal Ukraine in the Ukraine conflict. “We cannot rule out thinking Deadly fighting has intensified demanded Ukraine halt its pun- shipment could be used to bolster would be the only “viable path” A symbol of US capitalism, about further sanctions if things on the ground as Ukraine presses ishing military operations. the struggling rebels or provide to ending the crisis, a state- McDonald’s operates 440 res- do not progress,” she told jour- on with a punishing push into It sent in the column of white Moscow with a pretext to stage ment likely to set off alarm bells taurants in Russia and considers nalists. Poroshenko said the “time dwindling rebel-held territory in trucks on Friday despite failing a full-scale intervention, with in Kiev where such ideas have the country one of its top seven has come for peace” in the war- a bid to deal a knockout blow to to get approval for a shipment NATO suggesting there had been been fiercely opposed. “Putin markets outside the United States torn east but ruled out sacrific- the struggling insurgents. it says was aimed solely at help- a “major escalation” in Russian will play on any contradictions and Canada, according to its 2013 ing Ukraine’s sovereignty to end The European Union and ing besieged civilians in Lugansk military involvement in eastern between Kiev and Brussels and annual report. a conflict that has cost more than the United States have already who have been without water and Ukraine this month. on Germany’s objective economic It opened its first restaurant in 2,200 lives. slapped the toughest sanctions power for weeks. Russia insisted the trucks were interests,” Oleksandr Sushko, Russia, on a main Moscow thor- “Ukraine along with our on Moscow since the Cold War The West sharply rebuked carrying around 1,800 tonnes of the director of the Kiev-based oughfare, in 1990, just before the European partners and the whole over its alleged support for the Russia over the convoy, with aid including food, water, medi- Institute for Euro-Atlantic collapse of the Soviet Union. The world will do everything for this rebels, a move that led Russia to Washington describing it as a cine and electrical generators, but Cooperation, told AFP. AFP outlet was one of the three res- taurants that were closed by the authorities earlier this week. The food safety watchdog has made coordinated inspections of McDonald’s restaurants in many Europe satellites meant to Russian regions, including in UN vows help in fighting Ebola central Russia, Moscow and the Urals. rival GPS fail to reach orbit MONROVIA: The United countries of Liberia, Sierra “It has just happened that the Nations vowed yesterday to Bat behind illness Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. inspections were completed at PARIS: Two European Galileo sat- separation of the satellites from the play a “strong role” in help- Nabarro, a British physi- the same time,” Dvorkovich said, ellites launched as part of a naviga- Soyuz VS09 (rocket) for the Galileo ing Liberia and its neighbours MONROVIA: The larg- cian tasked with coordinat- according to the report. tion system designed to rival GPS Mission show a gap between the fight the deadly outbreak of est-ever outbreak of Ebola ing the global response to REUTERS have failed to locate their intended orbit achieved and that which was Ebola in west Africa, which was triggered by a toddler’s the worst-ever outbreak of orbit, launch firm Arianespace said planned,” the Arianespace said in a it said could take months to chance contact with a sin- the deadly virus, said the UN yesterday. statement. bring it under control. gle infected bat, a team of would “ensure that adequate Iceland raises The European Space Agency said “They have been placed on a lower Liberia has been particu- international research- resources are given to sectors an investigation had been launched orbit than expected. The teams of larly hard hit by the epidemic ers will say, after a major that need it most”. volcano warning into what it said were “the anomolies industries and agencies involved in that has swept relentlessly investigation of the origins A day earlier, the World of the orbit injection” but that the the early operations of the satellites across the region since March, of the deadly disease now Health Organization (WHO) to highest level satellites were being safely controlled. are investigating the potential impli- accounting for almost half of ravaging Guinea, Liberia, warned it could take “several The satellites Doresa and Milena cations on the mission,” it said. the 1,427 deaths. Ivory Coast and Nigeria. months” to bring the epidemic STOCKHOLM: A small vol- took off from the Kourou space The ¤5.4bn Galileo constella- In recognition of the deterio- A group of 17 European under control. canic eruption has occurred centre in French Guiana aboard tion is designed as an alternative to rating situation, neighbouring and African tropical disease The WHO said Friday that under Iceland’s Dyngjujokull a Russian-made rocket on Friday the existing US Global Positioning Ivory Coast announced yester- researchers, ecologists and the death toll had risen to 1,427 glacier, prompting authori- after a 24-hour delay because of poor System (GPS) and Russia’s Glonass, day it had closed its borders anthropologists spent three out of more than 2,600 cases — ties to raise the warning code weather. and will have search-and-rescue with Liberia and Guinea in a weeks talking to people and with 77 succumbing to the dis- for aviation to red, the highest “Observations taken after the capabilities. AFP bid to protect its citizens. capturing bats in remote ease between August 18 and 20. level, Iceland’s meteorological “Ebola in Liberia must be eastern Guinea. Britain’s Department of office said yesterday. addressed to ensure a sta- THE GUARDIAN Health said yesterday that a The region, in the centre of the ble economy, future and soci- British national who lives in North Atlantic island nation, has ety,” said Karin Landgren, the in Liberia will play a strong Sierra Leone has tested posi- already been evacuated due to UN Secretary-General Ban role in this effort,” she said in tive for Ebola. days of heightened seismic activ- Ki-Moon’s special representa- a statement yesterday. The unidentified person is ity there. tive for the country. Her comments were ech- the first British citizen to have “It is believed that a small sub- “The magnitude of this out- oed by Dr David Nabarro, the contracted the disease. glacial lava-eruption has begun break requires a higher level UN’s new pointman on Ebola, Nigeria has suffered five under the Dyngjujokull glacier,” of coordination than previous who arrived in the region on deaths to date. the Icelandic Met Office said. responses and the UN Mission Thursday to tour the Ebola-hit AFP “The aviation colour code for the Bardarbunga volcano has been changed from orange to red.” Ash from the eruption of Money rain in Frankfurt Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull vol- cano in 2010 shut down much of Europe’s airspace for six days. The red code indicates that an eruption is imminent or under- way with a significant emission of ash likely. Brussels-based aviation author- ity Eurocontrol said that as soon as the volcano had erupted, the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in London would produce a regular forecast about the levels of vol- canic ash in the atmosphere. REUTERS 25 years of the Baltic Way marked RIGA: The Baltic states yester- day marked 25 years since two million people joined hands in a landmark human chain link- ing up their capitals to demand freedom from the Soviet Union. All three Baltic prime min- isters gathered in Riga to com- memorate the anniversary of Passers-by stretch their arms to grab bank notes falling from the sky in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, this act of peaceful defiance that yesterday. German citizens’ movement PEACE (Planet Earth Account Community Enterprise) droppped spanned more than 600 kilome- the money which had been attached to green balloons. Organised by PEACE speaker Joachim Ackva, tres across the Estonian, Latvian several thousand euros were dropped in the centre of Frankfurt, publicising the PEACE idea of a and Lithuanian republics of the ‘world account’. Soviet Union and became known as the Baltic Way. AFP SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 London making tougher laws for UK Jihadists Struggle will take many years: Minister

LONDON: Britain said yesterday swathes of territory. Some of the it planned tougher laws to deal with fighters are aged as young as 16. British Islamist militants after Britain has about 2.7 million Islamic State (IS) fighters in the Muslims in a total population of 63 Middle East released a video show- million. ing a suspected Briton beheading The rise of Islamist militants in US journalist James Foley. Britain has been a growing concern British Muslims and politicians since four Britons — two of whom had have expressed horror at the appar- been to Al Qaeda training camps in ent involvement of a Briton in the Pakistan — killed 52 people in suicide murder, which has fed concerns about bomb attacks in London in July 2005. the number of Islamist militants from The murder last year of an off-duty Britain joining conflicts overseas and soldier, Lee Rigby, on a London street then returning home radicalised. by two British Muslim converts exac- Authorities are trying to iden- erbated the concerns. Demonstrators supporting Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson hold signs during a rally in St. Louis, Missouri, yesterday. tify the man with a London accent The government has already tight- who has been dubbed “Jihadi John” ened up rules so it can confiscate the by media after sources said he was passports of people travelling abroad one of three Britons nicknamed to join conflicts. So far 23 people have the ‘Beatles’ who guarded hostages had their passports withdrawn. Rival marches as calm returns to Ferguson in Raqqa, the IS stronghold in May also said 69 people had been eastern Syria. arrested for offences in Britain FERGUSON: Demonstrators About 70 people marked the chapter also plans a march. jury of three blacks and nine Home Secretary (interior minis- relating to terrorism in Syria, with in Ferguson, Missouri, gath- two weeks since Brown’s death About 22 km away in whites began hearing evidence ter) Theresa May said she was pre- 12 charged and four prosecuted, ered in intense heat yesterday by praying at a makeshift St Louis, dozens of supporters of on Wednesday in a process the paring new laws to tackle Islamist while more than 150 people were to pray and mark two weeks memorial where he was shot the officer gathered at Barney’s county prosecutor has said could militants at home and to stop them refused entry to the United Kingdom since a white police officer and launching into a rendition Sports Pub to raise money for run until mid-October. going abroad to fight, adding that because their behaviour was deemed shot dead an unarmed black of “We Shall Overcome” at the Wilson’s family. On Friday night, groups of Britain faced a long struggle against unacceptable. teenager, while supporters time when the fatal encounter “We are here to support you, protesters marched up and a “deadly extremist ideology”. “We intend to strengthen the law of the officer said in a sepa- began. Officer Wilson, and we’ve got down the streets of Ferguson “We will be engaged in this struggle further to make it a criminal offence rate rally miles away that the Tracey Stewart-Parks, 52, your back. He has been vilified and about 100 demonstrators, for many years, probably decades. We to travel overseas to prepare and shooting was justified. who works in accounting for a in the news but his story is com- marshalled by volunteers from must give ourselves all the legal pow- train for terrorism,” May said. No arrests were recorded health care firm, carried a sign ing out,” St Louis resident Mark the clergy, held a peaceful pro- ers we need to prevail,” May wrote in But some politicians have warned overnight, marking three con- that read “Mike Brown was Rodebaugh said. test in a parking lot across from the Daily Telegraph newspaper. any short-term measures seeking secutive relatively calm nights someone’s son — I walk for their A woman who declined to give the town’s police station. While details are yet to be con- popular support could erode civil lib- for the St Louis suburb follow- son.” She said something similar her name read a statement from “Good things happen when firmed, May said the new powers erties and deepen the alienation felt ing daily unrest since Michael could have happened to any of rally organisers that said in people calmly interact, and that would be designed to restrict the by some young Muslims from British Brown, 18, was shot by Ferguson her four sons. “All of them have part, “Our mission is to formally is what is happening,” Missouri militants’ behaviour, ban involve- society. officer Darren Wilson on had to learn the rules of driv- declare that we share the united Highway Patrol Captain Ron ment in groups preaching violence “I greatly fear that we’re about August 9. ing black and they’re lucky it belief that Officer Wilson’s Johnson told reporters early and require prisons, broadcasters, to have a splurge of more laws Authorities had logged doz- wasn’t them,” she said. “This has actions on August 9 were war- yesterday. The National Guard schools and universities to take a that inhibit our freedom beyond ens of arrests nightly as police been a long time coming and I ranted and justified and he has on Friday began a gradual with- greater role in combating the radi- that which is supportable,” Paddy clashed with demonstrators in do believe we shall overcome. It’s our unwavering support.” drawal from Ferguson. Johnson calisation of Muslims. Ashdown, a senior member of the unrest that has focused interna- time to rip the Band Aid off this Little information has been said about 20 percent of the May said at least 500 British citi- Liberal Democrats, junior partner in tional attention on often-trou- old wound, it’s time for change.” released about the investiga- force had withdrawn so far. zens have travelled to fight in Syria Britain’s coalition government, told bled US race relations. The St Louis County NAACP tion of the shooting. A grand REUTERS and Iraq, where IS has seized large Reuters. REUTERS

US undercover investigators among those exposed in data breach

BOSTON/WASHINGTON: A cyber Security’s headquarters as well as its US names and addresses. weeks as we learn more about the breach,” Corp, which have affected tens of millions attack at a firm that performs back- Immigration and Customs Enforcement “Records including this data were said the official, who asked not to be iden- of customers, security experts say the ground checks for US government and US Customs and Border Protection exposed to unauthorised users during the tified by name. attack on USIS is nonetheless quite seri- employees compromised data of at units, two officials familiar with the inves- cybersecurity intrusion,” according to a The company disclosed the attack ous. Files on background checks contain least 25,000 workers, including some tigation into the breach told Reuters. notification letter obtained by Reuters. earlier this month, but did not say how highly sensitive data that foreign intel- undercover investigators, and that Some employees have already received “We do not yet know whether the data many records had been compromised or ligence agencies could attempt to exploit number could rise, agency officials said letters warning them about the breach was actually taken.” which agencies were affected. It did say to intimidate government workers with on Friday. that say compromised information One DHS official told Reuters the the intrusion has “all the markings of a access to classified information. The breach at Falls Church, Virginia- includes Social Security numbers, edu- agency has identified some 25,000 state-sponsored attack.” The Department of Homeland Security based US Investigations Services (USIS) cation and criminal history, birth dates employees whose information it believes While the number of employees has suspended all work with USIS since exposed highly personal information of along with information about spouses, were exposed in the breach. affected is relatively small compared the breach was disclosed and the FBI workers at the Department of Homeland other relatives and friends including their “More could be notified in coming to breaches at retailers such as Target launched an investigation. REUTERS

Healing amid nature Over 100 Canadians join Islamists TORONTO: Canadians who go abroad to join militant groups such as Islamic State pose a threat on their return home and could use their foreign contacts to set up networks in Canada, the country’s intelligence director said yesterday. Michel Coulombe, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, wrote in a Globe and Mail article that “well over 100 Canadians,” both men and women, have left the country to join groups such as Al Qaeda and Al Shabab. “The most obvious national-security threat is the one posed by extremists who return,” Coulombe said. “How many are coming back to Canada more radicalised than when they departed? Will their status as veterans of a foreign conflict better enable them to recruit other Canadians? “And, most importantly, will they use their terrorist training to attempt violent acts here in Canada? This is a very real prospect.” Other Western governments have expressed similar concerns about citizens who go abroad to join militants fighting in the Middle East and elsewhere and then return home radicalised. Islamic State militants now control swathes of Iraq and Syria. On Friday, Austria raised its estimate for the number of residents suspected of allying themselves with militants fighting abroad. Last month, a Canadian provincial court imposed a 10-year prison sentence on a man convicted of attempting to join a militant group abroad. The conviction comes as Canada wrestles with several cases of radicalised Canadians plotting attacks at home or heading overseas to join militant groups. Two men were arrested last year and charged with Aymara female faith healers carry out a ceremony to bless Bud Lane (centre) plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train bound and his family at La Cumbre, on the outskirts of La Paz in Bolivia yesterday. for New York. Lane and his family are members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians Also last year, two Canadians were part of a group that and have travelled from Oregon in the US to meet the Aymara people to share stormed a gas plant in Algeria and took hostages. their traditions and culture. REUTERS SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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he much-vaunted convoy of Russian trucks with aid for east Ukrainians has come back after delivering the supplies to the beleaguered region. After a Tprotracted stand-off, the trucks had virtually forced their way across the Ukrainian border showing Russian clout Death penalty debate runs in a region Moscow considers to be its sphere of influence. Despite Kiev trying to throw its weight after sustained support from the West, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has won the battle by forcing through relief material for the Russian- along ideological lines speaking people of Lugansk it considers its own. Ukraine along with the West had voiced concerns at Moscow intending to BY LAURA FRIEDMAN with no known motivation against a send the aid. It was suspected that in the guise of humanitarian woman alone in her upscale home. cargo, Russia would try to send arms to pro-Russian rebels. otched executions in Ohio, Opponents see an African American Death penalty As the aid trucks remained stranded on the way to the Oklahoma and Arizona and male suspect convicted by a white jury Ukrainian border, it was decided that the International continuing problems with and sentenced to death for the murder supporters talk of Committee of the Red Cross would accompany the cargo that Blethal-injection drugs have put of a white woman, with no eyewitnesses, the death penalty in the United States no DNA evidence and no confession. would be let in after a thorough check by Ukraine’s customs closure. That may work back in the news. After a brief morato- They are both right. The murder cried authorities. rium following Oklahoma’s debacle, my out for justice, but the conviction and as a matter of process As the white column of trucks was parked in the no-man’s state, Missouri, has resumed executing sentencing fit a disturbing pattern of land between the two countries, a thorough search of the its death-row prisoners. One of the con- racial bias and rush to judgment. but it is much more vehicles was being undertaken by Ukrainian customs. demned men there murdered the wife As the one who now holds my hus- complicated for However, the truck drivers showed impatience and forced of the man I would later marry. band when the night terrors grip, I The Missouri Department of understand the demand for justice and their way through. It seems the apparent ‘impatience’ of the Corrections keeps victims such as my the desire for revenge. I understand the families of victims. convoy was planned to trick Ukrainian authorities. husband informed of killers’ appeals by necessity of punishment and the need The upside of the entire episode in which Moscow sent sending periodic, bureaucratic letters. for safety in our homes and communi- not a question of politics or policy. It is humanitarian aid to besieged After almost 15 years of this type ties. I understand the call for the grav- personal, and whether the condemned Ukrainian residents of Lugansk is that a large of communication, the latest notifica- est punishment for the gravest crime. killer dies alone in his cell or suffers number of people, including women tion told us that And I cannot summon sympathy or an excruciating death at the hand of President Petro the killer has grief for those who kill in cold blood. the state, their pain will not be erased Poroshenko and children, have got much- exhausted his Yet I am troubled. by his. needed commodities like food, appeals of the I am troubled by the company we Death penalty supporters talk of should be water and medicine. jury’s verdict. His keep as a nation that executes prisoners closure. That may work as a matter prepared to Amid all this, German Chancellor States are execution date (China, Iran, Iraq, North Korea). I am of process — execution rids the state Angela Merkel yesterday called will be set soon. troubled by the number of minorities and the justice system of any further experimenting For most peo- on death row (more than half), by the involvement — but it is much more deal with a for a bilateral ceasefire in Ukraine. ple, the death preponderance of whites among their complicated for families of victims. recalcitrant However, she was quick to threaten on condemned penalty debate victims (about 80 percent, even though Each envelope from the Department of Russia with more sanctions in a men with falls along ideo- blacks and whites are victims in roughly Corrections, each anniversary when the Putin in battle of attrition that has seen logical lines — lib- equal numbers). I am troubled by the crime is recounted in the paper, every Tuesday’s Moscow and western powers led untested drug erals are opposed evidence that juries and judges make discussion about the death penalty on by the US lock horns over curbs on and conservatives unconscionable mistakes (144 death- TV — those are reopenings, not closings. Minsk talks. combinations are in favour. But row inmates exonerated since 1973). Our excruciatingly slow justice system trade and commerce. for the families And I am troubled by the pretense of has put my husband through more than The battle has reached the and inadequately of victims, the execution as a medical procedure: As 15 years of this. The killer may be get- symbol of American capitalism — global fast food chain trained personnel. debate is not so drug makers and medical personnel ting what he deserves, but my husband McDonald’s. After Russia closed three McDonald’s outlets simple and the back away from participating in lethal will not be getting what he deserves: an citing violation of hygiene norms, Russian authorities began solution is not so injections, states are experimenting on end to the horrific memories that haunt a nationwide inspection of the American chain. This was clear. They cringe condemned men with untested drug him day and night. when they hear left-leaning commen- combinations and inadequately trained As Missouri moves methodically most likely an effort by the Kremlin to arm-twist the West. tators repeatedly describe the chilling personnel while concealing the source, through its backlog of condemned men Putin wants the White House to know that if it can do it, the details of a botched execution without skills and methods used. and the killer’s last day is finally set, Kremlin can do it better. repeating the far more chilling details Many people have looked at these the crime will be back in the headlines. Poroshenko’s impending talks with Putin on Tuesday of the crime the condemned man com- statistics and concluded that the death Reporters will be calling my husband for are seen to be important for the resolution of the conflict. mitted. But they also cringe when they penalty is unconstitutional in its imple- comment, the condemned man’s lawyers hear right-leaning commentators who mentation and unfair in its imposi- will be interviewed, last-minute appeals Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops keep pounding rebel positions promote the sanctity of life but do not tion. Some states have banned it in on other grounds will be filed. In the in the east leading to civilian casualties that increases question state-sanctioned death. all circumstances. Others, including end, we can only hope that the execu- resentment against Kiev. The killing that forever changed Missouri, remain committed to capital tion drugs will be swift and effective, After scoring a fragile victory in pushing humanitarian aid my husband’s life is the kind of crime punishment in principle but struggle that the person administering them into Ukraine, Putin is likely to play his cards well in talks with that reinforces the beliefs of both sides. with sources and methods. Families of has been properly trained and that this Poroshenko in Belarus. Relenting is the last thing expected of Advocates of the death penalty see an the victims, for the most part, do not will finally bring an end to killing in unspeakably brutal murder, committed weigh in on the debate. For them, it is our lives. WP-BLOOMBERG Putin and Poroshenko should be prepared for this• The other side Quote of Strong terror policy would cure Obama’s golf woes the day t wouldn’t matter that President they are tremendously well funded. This State depends on forming a “coalition war that the United Nations now says Barack Obama played golf after is beyond anything that we’ve seen in the region,” Dempsey said. has killed almost 200,000 people — responding to the appalling death so we must prepare for everything.” I’m sympathetic to Dempsey and or it will have to attack against his will. Iof journalist James Foley, if he Dempsey went on to say that Islamic Obama: This region is in such turmoil That could mean dealing with the anti- were visibly carrying out a coherent State can only be contained for a period: that every decision is horribly com- aircraft defenses Dempsey has previ- plan to deal with the monsters he so “This is an organization that has plicated. First, Obama’s instinct that ously cited as a major impediment to We intend to passionately described as a “cancer.” an apocalyptic end-of-days strategic Islamic State cannot be rooted out intervention in Syria.Yet it is impossible strengthen the law The world, however, can’t see such vision and which will eventually have without the help of ordinary Sunnis to avoid the question that simple logic a plan. Thursday’s interventions by to be defeated. To your question can in Iraq is correct. Thus, the efforts demands: If Islamic State is a terrorist further to make it Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and they be defeated without addressing Obama has been making to get a more threat the likes of which we have never a criminal offence General Martin Dempsey, chairman of that part of their organization which inclusive government in Baghdad are seen, if it is a cancer that is metastasiz- the Joint Chiefs of Staff, crystallized the resides in Syria, the answer is no.” Yet essential. Second, bombing Islamic ing and gaining strength as it acquires to travel overseas to problem. The analysis Hagel provided there the logical sequence stopped. State in Syria involves crossing more the bank deposits and oil fields in its of Islamic State was on the mark: Whether the United States widens its hurdles than bombing the group in path, does waiting for the stars to align prepare and train for “They’re beyond just a terrorist group, air campaign from one to protect Yazidi Iraq. Either the U.S. would have to before using air power to roll back the terrorism. they marry ideology, a sophistication of refugees, U.S. personnel and the Kurds work with President Bashar Assad — threat make sense? Theresa May strategic and tactical military prowess, into one aimed at destroying Islamic the architect and primary culprit in a WP-BLOOMBERG UK Home Secretary SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Obama’s tone-deaf remarks on Ferguson Obama’s defenders often claim that he is a president and not an activist, yet he sounded like an activist, and a bad one at that.

BY MICHAEL ERIC DYSON times, his remarks on Ferguson were extremely disappointing. Obama justi- f President Barack Obama’s com- fied his reluctance to say too much for ments on race in the anguished fear that he would put his “thumb on aftermath of the not-guilty ver- the scales one way or the other.” The dict in George Zimmerman’s trial president was right about the need to gleamed in light, his words on let the Justice Department’s investiga- Ithe rage that has thumped Ferguson, tion run its course, but one can’t ignore Missouri were shrouded in darkness. how the scales of justice have been badly They revealed a gifted leader whose pal- tipped against the people of Ferguson, pable discomfort with discussing race has and against millions more across the made him a sometimes unreliable and nation who have a difficult time getting distant narrator of black life. the state that Obama represents to work When Obama gave his fullest state- on their behalf. ment yet on the cataclysm in Ferguson, To his credit, Obama acknowledged he was cautious to a fault. The president that “a gulf of mistrust exists between understandably didn’t want to fan the local residents and law enforcement” and violence. He had also learned his les- that “too many young men of colour are son after he lamented the stupidity of left behind and seen only as objects of the police officer who arrested Harvard fear.” He spoke of “communities that feel University professor Henry Louis Gates left behind, who . . . often find themselves Jr for breaking into his own home; the isolated, often find themselves without Reverend Traci Blackmon (centre) uses a megaphone to talk to a large group of demonstrators on Thursday evening at the site where blowback from that intervention pushed hope, without economic prospects” while Michael Brown was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri. an already reticent Obama into monkish their young men “end up in jail or in the silence on race. Now the president mostly criminal justice system” rather than “in say it’s so, and those facts help explain to inculcate more trust, more confi- Obama leveraged the authority of the weighs in only when exigent demands a good job or in college.” why Ferguson combusted into shrieking dence in the criminal justice system.” state against black youths, played to leave him little choice. Later Obama briefly cited a set of anarchy. Decades of police aggression. But black youths don’t need more trust; stereotypes of their criminality, main- That was the case when Obama elo- “tends”: Black and Latino youths tend The repeated killing of unarmed black the justice system needs fundamental tained an emotional distance from the quently explained the grief and anger to face higher rates of school suspension, people. The desperate poverty of black transformation. desperation of a group of Americans who that swept black communities after tend to have more frequent interactions citizens. The bias in the criminal justice Obama proceeded to kick black youths happen to be his people and offered them Zimmerman, the killer of unarmed black with the law and may be subject to “dif- system. The raging social inequality. The while they’re down by directing his law- moral lessons in place of public policy. teenager Trayvon Martin, went unpun- ferent” trials and sentencing. intended or inadvertent disenfranchise- and-order spiel against their already The best thing Obama did was to ished. It was also true with Ferguson. Like the president himself, the lan- ment of large swaths of the citizenry. over-policed and under-protected bodies: send Attorney General Eric Holder to If Obama felt and looked weary at the guage was careful and qualified, cautious The dim prospects of upward mobil- “There are young black men that com- Ferguson, although he should go himself, prospect of repeating himself — “I’ve said and perhaps a tad too clinical; he is ever ity that grow bleaker by the day. Blacks mit crime” who “need to be prosecuted just as he went to Newtown, Connecticut this before,” he reminded us — it hardly mindful of not favouring black folk in his must often use extraordinary measures, because every community has an interest and to communities ravaged by Hurricane matched the moral weariness of black analysis lest he be seen as giving them including protests in the streets, appear- in public safety.” Sandy. victims witnessing history tragically the upper hand, something the far right ances in the media and appeals to local True, but tremendously tone-deaf in Holder isn’t president, but he sure repeat itself. never tires of charging. And yet that and national leaders to amplify their light of the fact that the unjust crimi- looked like one: reaching out to a bruised Like a Hollywood film franchise, race hardly captures the fiery realities that grievances, just to end up where white nalisation of black people led to a national constituency, promising fairness and the in the United States — especially police burn in black bodies and communities. citizens begin. In psychological terms, crisis — for which Obama’s most promi- backing of the state to achieve justice, violence against blacks — is haunted What Obama said is true but incom- that’s why Ferguson blew its id. nent answer was the recommendation of and reassuring a demoralised population by sequels: The locations may change, plete. Injustice is not simply a mat- In the face of it all, Obama pivoted a social, not political, programme. that the government cares for them. For the actors are different, but the story ter of perception, an instance where to the personal and suggested that his Obama’s defenders often claim that all of his lectures about responsibility remains the same. blacks “feel” left behind or are subject programme to lift up black boys, My he is a president and not an activist, yet to black audiences across the land, the Given Obama’s extraordinary talent to “different” — rather than inferior Brother’s Keeper, would work with the he sounded like an activist here, and a president could use a dose of it himself. for talking the nation through tough — brands of justice. The brute facts Justice Department in “local communities bad one at that. In one rhetorical swoop, WP-BLOOMBERG

When Europe slowly surrenders to intolerance No longer a quarrel, Syria Cowering of this sort is a sign that conflict affects everybody a country is losing the ability to BY NAVI PILLAY his week my office, the UN, released an expert analysis of casualty figures in Syria: at least 191,000 named and listed stand for the values it professes to individuals were killed in the country between March 2011 and TApril 2014. Many were civilians. It is likely that an uncount- maintain. able number of unknown people are also among the fallen. Like so many other current conflicts, the crisis in Syria built up over decades, fed by numerous human rights grievances: deficient or BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG following the incident, Sainsbury’s corrupt governance and judicial institutions; discrimination and exclu- apologized to its Jewish custom- sion; denial of economic and social rights; repression of civil society n the one hand, it is ers. “This will not happen again,” and public freedoms. And as with other conflicts, these long-standing completely unsurprising its corporate affairs director, shortfalls were repeatedly flagged. These festering grievances could – that Europe has become Trevor Datsun, said, according to and should – have been addressed. Oa swamp of anti-Jewish the Jewish Chronicle. “Managers Conflict prevention is complex, but it can be achieved. In many states, hostility. It is, after all, Europe. will be told not to move kosher democratic institutions de-escalate disputes long before they reach Anti-Jewish hostility has been food because of some perceived boiling point. Even after violent conflict has broken out, international its metier for centuries. (Yes, the threat.” actors can help broker and enforce peace. In my own country, South locus of much anti-Jewish activ- Why do I find this incident People attend a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Frankfurt last month. Africa, intervention by the UN helped end 300 years of apartheid and ity today is within Europe’s large to be more disturbing then, say, installed democratic institutions to resolve future disputes. There are Muslim-immigrant population; reported attacks on kippah-wear- anti-Judaism, already reed-thin, society hasn’t fully grappled with many examples of countries where the UN has assisted in resolving but the young men who threaten ing Jews, or the scrawling of swas- has pretty much vanished. the radical intolerance exhibited conflict. their Jewish neighbours draw on tikas on Jewish shops? Anti-Zionism is opposition to by some of its citizens. Yet today, the conflict in Syria is metastasising outwards in an uncon- the language and traditions of To the extent that it suggests Zionism, a nationalism of Jews The Sainsbury’s incident hap- trollable process whose limits we cannot predict. Other conflicts are European anti-Semitism as much that Israel and Judaism have that supports a Jewish nation pened is the same city in which under way in Afghanistan, Central African Republic, the Democratic as they do on Muslim modes of been thoroughly conflated in the state in the territory defined as recruiters for Islamic State, the Republic of Congo, Iraq, Libya, Mali, the occupied Palestinian territory, anti-Semitic thought.) minds of many Europeans, the the Land of Israel. In the mod- too-radical-for-Al Qaeda group Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Ukraine. These crises hammer home On the other hand, the inten- Sainsbury’s kosher controversy is ern era, Anti-Zionism is broadly that executed American photo- the full cost of the international community’s failure to prevent conflict. sity, and velocity, of anti-Jewish similar to other recent incidents. defined as the opposition to the journalist James Foley, have been The processes that can help prevent conflict are as numerous and invective — and actual anti-Jew- Kosher products — in the case idea of an establishment of a seen openly passing out propa- varied as the conflicts they seek to resolve. But human rights are always ish thuggery — has surprised of the Sainsbury’s branch in Jewish state in Palestine, the ganda. It happened in the same central. Patterns of rights violations, including sexual violence, provide even Euro-cynics such as myself. question, some apparently from opposition to some policies of place where what appeared to early warning of the escalation of crises. “Jews to the gas,” a chant heard Britain and Poland — were intui- Israel and its extension, or to the be a jihadist flag flew outside a The human rights agenda is also a detailed roadmap for ways to at rallies in Germany, still has the tively understood to be stand-ins modern State of Israel as defined housing estate. As many as 1,500 resolve disputes. Strengthening civil society, increasing participation by capacity to shock. for Israel itself, just as French as A Jewish and Democratic Britons are apparently fighting women in decision-making, and addressing institutional and individual So do images of besieged syna- Jewish males wearing kippot were State. And yet, the Sainsbury’s for Islamic State’s cause. accountability for past violations address both proximate triggers of gogues and looted stores. And tes- understood by their attackers to incident is disturbing not so much There are said to be more conflict and underlying root causes. timony from harassed rabbis and be stand-ins for Israeli Prime for what it says about the nature British Muslims fighting on behalf In the case of Syria, neighbouring countries, regional organisations, frightened Jewish children. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. of European anti-Israelism, but of Islamic State than for the UK’s the international community and, indeed, the Syrian authorities them- But I find myself most bothered We have learned a number for what it says about the broader military. Foley’s executioner, cur- selves could have sought to apply a number of tactics to reduce the by what seems to have been, on of unfortunate truths about the response within Europe to forces rently the world’s most infamous threat of violence. Instead, the killers and torturers in Syria have been the surface, a relatively minor nature of the global anti-Israel of intolerance and hatred. terrorist, is widely believed to be fuelled by inflows of weapons and fighters from foreign countries. And incident. The episode took place movement this summer. Employees of the Sainsbury’s a British subject. they have been emboldened by the tragic paralysis of the international last weekend at a Sainsbury’s One is that the war in Gaza branch in central London seemed Let me be clear — I am not community. supermarket in central London. is understood by many to be a to have understood, based on an equating street thugs who When the failure of governments to protect their people generates Protesters assembled outside continuation of Israel’s 1948 War accurate reading of recent events, attempt to physically intimidate a threat to international peace and security, it is the responsibility of the store to call for a boycott of of Independence, and not of the that anti-Israel activists posed a supermarkets into boycotting the UN – and particularly the security council – to defuse the triggers Israeli-made goods. 1967 Six Day War. Which is to threat to their store, and perhaps Israeli goods with the terrorists of conflict. Instead, actions intended to prevent suffering have been Quickly, the manager ordered say, many protesters are chal- to their own physical well-being. of Islamic State. I am not even blocked by short-term geopolitical considerations. The council has been employees to empty the kosher lenging Israel’s very right to exist, And so the manager made a equating the Muslim men who unable to take firm, principled and united action, not even referring food section. One account sug- not its policies in the territories decision to surrender to the mob scream “Jews to the gas” with the likely war crimes to the international criminal court. gests that a staff member, when it came to occupy in 1967 (or in and engage in what could only terrorists of Islamic State. A broader conception of national interest would be more appropriate asked about the empty shelves, Gaza’s case, territory it occupied be called an act of self-preser- But I am arguing that there to a century in which humanity faces a growing number of challenges. said “We support Free Gaza.” in 1967 and then turned over to vational, but objectively anti- exists in Europe a continuum The collective interest, defined clearly by the UN charter, is surely in Other reports suggest that the Palestinians in 2005). Semitic, preemption. of prejudice, and that, on occa- the interest of every state. As the world’s attention swerves from one manager believed that demon- A second is that the line sepa- Cowering of this sort is a sign sion, Britain, like so many other crisis to another in this murderous summer of 2014, we must recognise strators might invade the store rating anti-Zionism — the belief that a country is losing the ability European nations, has forgotten that preventing human rights violations is not only a moral obligation and trash it. (There is precedent that Jews have no right to an to stand for the values it professes how important it is to be intoler- – it is in all our interests. There may no longer be such a thing as a to justify his worry.) independent state in at least part to maintain. ant of intolerance. small, faraway conflict. The spillover ultimately affects the security of After a good deal of publicity of their ancestral homeland — and In Britain, it is also a sign that a WP-BLOOMBERG us all. THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA Indonesian police to keep detained suitcase murder suspects apart

JAKARTA: A US teen and Schaefer, 21, were arrested last and have refused to speak to their Indonesian lawyer, Haposan formally charged with a crime other luggage outside the hotel. her boyfriend detained in con- week as suspects over the death police-appointed Indonesian law- Sihombing, said. until after an investigation is Police said the two left, appar- nection with the death of the of Mack’s mother. They have not yer about what happened. “Before you give a statement, completed and a trial begins. ently to check out of the hotel, woman’s mother on the resort been charged. Elkin has advised them not to you need to be separated first. Police said the investigation, in and never returned. They were island of Bali will not be allowed Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s bat- make any statements about the Maybe after you have given a which the FBI is assisting, could arrested at a nearby budget hotel. to speak to each other until tered body was found in a blood- incident until he arrives. full statement you can meet take weeks. An official at the hospital that after they make a police state- ied suitcase in a taxi outside the “She asked why she could not (Tommy),” he added. Police last week provided CCTV conducted the autopsy said Von ment, their Indonesian lawyer luxury St Regis hotel. be with Tommy ... I explained Only an Indonesian lawyer is footage showing the couple speak- Wiese-Mack had been repeatedly said yesterday. The two have hired US lawyer this was a technical aspect of permitted to present a case to a ing to a taxi driver after dropping hit on the face and head with a Heather Mack, 19, and Tommy Michael Elkin to represent them the investigation,” the couple’s domestic court. Suspects are not the bloodied suitcase along with blunt object. REUTERS

Boat mishap: China fighter Jakarta calls off search jet in reckless JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities called off their search for two Spanish men yesterday, finding no sign of them one week after their tour intercept: US boat sank in central Indonesia. The boat carrying 25 peo- ple departed from the island of Lombok near Bali and was headed It flew ‘close to US military aircraft’ east towards Komodo Island, a popular tourist destination, WASHINGTON: A Chinese came close to the surveillance air- when it hit a reef and later sank fighter jet flew perilously close craft three times, flying under- in stormy weather on August 16. to a US military aircraft this neath the American plane, at the The 18 other foreign tourists on week in a “very dangerous” P-8’s nose and then in parallel board, as well as four Indonesian incident in international air with the wing tips, less than 30 crew and one guide, survived the space east of Hainan Island, the feet apart, according to Kirby. horrific ordeal. Pentagon said on Friday. In approaching the P-8, the A team with three rescue boats The episode raised tensions and Chinese jet at one point per- and three fishing vessels combed underlined the growing rivalry formed a barrel roll, apparently the seas around several islands in between the United States and to display its weapons. the area for the final day of the China, with Beijing building up “The Chinese jet also passed Police officers and a Japan Self-Defence Force soldier search for survivors at a site where a landslide swept search, to no avail. its military and asserting its ter- the nose of the P-8 at 90 degrees through a residential area at Asaminami ward in Hiroshima, western Japan, yesterday. “We found no sign of the men ritorial claims across the Pacific. with its belly toward the P-8 at all. There are many fishermen “On August 19, an armed Poseidon, we believe to make in the area looking out for them, Chinese fighter jet conducted a a point of showing its weapons and they will continue to do so, dangerous intercept of a US Navy load,” Kirby said. even though we’ve ended our offi- P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft that The skies over Hainan Island cial search,” local search and res- was on a routine mission,” spokes- were the scene of a major inter- Japan landslide toll rises to 46 cue chief Budiawan, said. man Rear Admiral John Kirby national incident in April 2001, “Of course we’ll come back out told a news conference. when a Chinese fighter jet collided if there is any sign of them.” The close call occurred about with a US Navy EP-3 spy plane. TOKYO: The death toll from The city government was reported missing. Firefighters Indonesian authorities were 135 miles east of China’s Hainan, The collision left one Chinese devastating landslides in Japan upholding evacuation orders for and soldiers removed debris by unable to confirm the men’s full he said. pilot dead and forced the rose to 46 yesterday, as rescu- more than 4,500 local residents hand where they could, cautious names, while Spain’s foreign min- “We have registered our strong American plane to make an emer- ers worked around the clock to amid fears of fresh landslides. of using heavy machinery amid istry identified one as 43-year- concerns to the Chinese about gency landing on Hainan. Chinese comb through destroyed houses Emergency officials found six hopes of finding survivors. old lawyer Victor Garcia Montes the unsafe and unprofessional authorities initially detained the searching for survivors. more bodies yesterday, bringing Rain has complicated the from Seville, according to Spanish intercept, which posed a risk to 24-member American crew for Local police said they cannot the toll to 46, a Hiroshima police search efforts in the area, where media reports. the safety and the well-being of more than a week until both confirm the whereabouts of 41 spokesman said. the hillsides are made of decom- Komodo is one of several the air crew and was inconsist- governments worked out a face- local residents in the disaster-hit Confusion has reigned over posed granite -- a coarse sand- islands that make up the Komodo ent with customary international saving deal for their release. area of Hiroshima, where heavy the number of people potentially like material that is used for National Park, a protected area. law,” Kirby added. Washington and Beijing have rain early Wednesday triggered trapped in the debris as authori- driveways and paths, and which Its eponymous lizards are a major The move also threatened long disagreed over aviation and landslides that swallowed dozens ties continue to receive new occurs naturally in this part of tourist attraction that grow up to jeopardise long-standing US maritime rights in the strate- of homes. reports of missing people, while Japan. to three metres long and have a efforts to bolster relations with gic South China Sea, with the The rain had stopped by yes- some individuals believed lost For hours on Friday afternoon, venomous bite. Indonesia relies China’s military, he said, at a Americans insisting the area is terday morning, but nearly 3,000 were found alive at emergency rescue workers had to suspend heavily on boats to connect its time when officials have touted part of international waters and rescuers, soldiers and police offic- shelters. their operations when the shape more than 17,000 islands but has a progress in forging a dialogue airspace. But China argues it is ers remained wary, with meteor- Local officials fear even more of the mountains appeared to poor maritime safety record. Boat with Beijing’s top brass. part of the country’s “exclusive ologists predicting another heavy people could be unaccounted for, change, heralding a possible new sinking involving foreign tourists, The armed Chinese warplane economic zone.” AFP downpour by evening. buried by the mud and not yet landslip. AFP however, are rare. AFP Singapore Night Festival China closes Thailand’s ruling army vows independent leniency in surrogacy cases

film festival BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta women who are already sur- has pledged leniency in the rogates will not dare to consult BEIJING: A Chinese inde- cases of babies born to surrogate doctors at hospitals while they are pendent film festival was closed mothers, as it looks to toughen pregnant because they are afraid by authorities on its opening rules in the lucrative but largely that they would be prosecuted,” day, organisers said yesterday, unregulated industry following he said. the latest sign that free expres- a series of scandals. “The clinics that hired them sion is being increasingly tar- Dozens, possibly hundreds, or asked them to do it have been geted in the tightly-controlled of foreign couples are thought closed, so it is dangerous for the country. to have been left in limbo after babies,” added Prayut, who was on Police prevented film indus- entering into surrogacy arrange- Thursday picked as prime minis- try workers and the audience ments through clinics in the ter by the new junta-appointed from attending the 11th Beijing kingdom. legislature. Independent Film Festival, organ- Army chief General Prayut “I have already ordered leni- iser Wang Shu said. Chan-Ocha, who seized power in ency on a case-by-case basis.” “We were forced to close, and it a coup three months ago, said in Commercial surrogacy is was really bad,” said Wang, from his weekly televised address late officially banned by Thailand’s the Li Xianting Film Fund, who Friday that the military rulers Medical Council, but until were behind the event. would move quickly to find “sus- recently even top fertility clinics Dresses made of fibre optic cables as part of an installation titled ‘Dresses of Memory’ are on display at the “It’s so sad being born in a tainable solutions.” were believed to offer the service. Singapore Night Festival, which runs over two weekends from August 22 to 30. The festival features light instal- country like this.” “We are concerned that Thai AFP lations and projections from local and international artists. The festival has regularly been targeted by authorities, who dis- rupted its opening day last year before organisers continued the event in defiance. Bangkok indicts 26 over attack plot Heavy security also turned up in 2012, when state media reported that the event was inter- BANGKOK: Twenty-six city of Khon Kaen on Friday, their -- things you’re not allowed to rupted by a power cut. people accused of plotting an lawyer Winyat Chatmontree said. have without permission. But Sources said that authorities attack in Thailand have been He said the group -- named the they said other people asked them had put heavy pressure on organ- indicted by a military court on “Khon Kaen Model” by the army to keep them,” said Winyat. isers to cancel this year’s event in charges, including weapon pos- -- include farmers, a bank secu- He said the maximum sentence, the days leading up to it. session and conspiring to com- rity guard, a school director and if convicted, is the death penalty, The films that were planned mit terrorism, their lawyer said business owners. although executions are now rare. to be shown at the festival were yesterday. Some of them are followers of At the time of their arrest, not “sensitive” in terms of being The suspects were arrested in the “Red Shirts” protest move- the army said the suspects were anti-Government. northeastern Thailand -- a tra- ment, which broadly supports allegedly intent on a “large-scale Local police said yesterday ditional stronghold of fugitive Thaksin, according to Winyat. attack” in Khon Kaen, one of the that they were not aware of the premier Thaksin Shinawatra -- Most of them were seized in an largest northeastern cities. festival. after the army seized power in a apartment a day after army chief The suspects are being held at Chinese authorities keep a tight bloodless coup on May 22. Prayut Chan-OCha overthrew a civilian prison in Khon Kaen. grip on information, with the The 24 men and two women an elected government allied to Street violence linked to media controlled by the govern- -- whose ages range from 40 to Thaksin. months of mass opposition rallies ment and online social networks Surrogate mother Panja Cojohn, 33, walks past the media after giving 72 years old -- were indicted by a “The army arrested them and left nearly 30 people dead before subject to heavy censorship. evidence in a surrogacy case, at Lumpini police station in Thailand yesterday. military court in the northeastern found guns, hand grenades, knives the May coup. AFP AFP SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Congress okays bill to protect Weary shoemaker Filipinas marrying foreigners MANILA: The House of one of the authors of the bill, said Under the measure, the pro- Representatives has approved some of the foreigners coming to spective foreign husband shall on second reading a meas- the country in order to marry provide a certificate of good ure providing for additional Filipino women are “vagabonds moral character and a certificate requirements for male foreign- or social and moral derelicts in that he has a gainful trade, busi- ers desiring to marry Filipinas. their own country.” ness, employment or other lawful The measure is intended to help “The real motive for marriage is source of income to be issued by prevent exploitation. only to take advantage and exploit his country’s diplomatic or con- The committee on revision our women by making them work sular official, in addition to the of laws chaired by Pangasinan for the family and worse, by send- usual certificate of legal capacity. Representative Marlyn Primicias- ing them to prostitution and other Coauthors are Representatives Agabas sponsored for plenary degrading and dehumanizing occu- Henry Oaminal of Misamis approval House Bill 4828, which pations,” Garcia said. Occidental, Ibarra Gutierrez III amends Article 21 of Executive “The exploitation of our Filipino (Akbayan party-list), Nicasio Order 209, otherwise known women, through the so-called Aliping Jr (Baguio City), Rodel as the Family Code of the mail-order or pen-pal, Facebook, Batocabe (Ako Bicol party-list), Philippines. website-made and other Internet- Silvestre Bello III (1-BAP party- “The bill shall protect Filipino made marriages, has not only list), Al Francis Bichara (Albay), women against exploitation by caused untold miseries and suf- Arthur Defensor Jr (Iloilo), foreigners who marry without fering to our Filipino women but Evelina Escudero (Sorsogon), evident means to support a fam- it has also brought dishonour and Elisa Kho (Masbate) and Roman ily,” Primicias-Agabas said. disgrace to Filipino womanhood,” Romulo (Pasig City). Cebu Rep Gwendolyn Garcia, she added. THE PHILIPPINE STAR A man who repairs shoes for a living takes a nap on his bike in Manila on Friday. The Philippines announced in April plans to spend more on infrastructure and introduce reforms to try to lift millions out of poverty. The gov- ernment has set more ambitious economic targets to address the needs of poor Filipinos. Govt hunts suspects in ‘extortion’ ring Eight Internet extortionists arrested, 400 victims in Hong Kong, Singapore and Macau targeted

MANILA: Philippine police The eight suspects were towns in Bulacan province, about prove it,” the cybercrime divi- been turned over to social work- to get explicit information or arrested eight suspects and arrested and five minors taken 30 kilometres from Manila. They sion said in a statement. ers, said Fabro adding that the images. are hunting more in connec- into custody following a raid on used social media websites such The suspect would then suspects would be charged with One of their victims was a tion with an Internet extor- Thursday in towns just outside as Facebook to meet people over- demand the victim pay a huge human trafficking along with 17-year-old boy in Scotland who tion racket that has victimised Manila, she said. seas and then used video call amount or the footage would be extortion. committed suicide last year. hundreds of people in Hong But Fabro warned that an services such as Skype to engage made public on social media or Fabro also said they were still This newest operation “is more Kong, Singapore and Macau, undetermined number may have in “cybercrimes,” the police said. even sent to the victim’s friends investigating whether this new mobile. If they have a strong an official said yesterday. escaped before the raid. “Unknown to the victims, or relatives, the division said. group was related to a larger enough Internet connection, This is the second large-scale “There are other targets but these acts were recorded. Once Each victim would usually be but similar “extortion” operation they just do it from their homes,” arrest of suspects allegedly for we weren’t able to get them,” she the suspect captured sufficiently forced to pay about $30,000 but that was broken up by police in Fabro said. “extortion” -- using the Internet said. lewd video footages, he/she Fabro said she could not imme- May. Interpol has warned that such to lure foreigners into sending About 400 people from Hong would stop the call instantly. diately give a figure for the total In that case, dozens of people crimes have emerged as a major them compromising material Kong, Singapore and Macau were Immediately, the victim would gained from the “extortion”. operating from industrial-sized concern in recent years as crimi- which they can use for black- targeted by the group and the receive messages... from the Initially, the group used women call centres were arrested after nals take advantage of more peo- mail, said Jhoanna Fabro, spokes- arrests were made due to com- suspect, threatening the vic- but later recruited five minors allegedly blackmailing hundreds ple using social media and greater woman of the national police plaints from victims, Fabro said. tim that his acts were video- who were taught to lure other of people around the world, lur- mobile Internet access via smart- anti-cybercrime division. The suspects operated from recorded with a video link to victims. The minors have since ing them on social media in order phones. AFP

US: No double Philippines to recall its standards in our Manila top rice producer in Asia NUEVA ECIJA: The rice production from 2010 to 2013. Tom Slayton, former editor of travel advisories Philippines registered the big- The country produced 10.99m The Rice Trader and co-author of troops in Golan, Liberia gest improvement in rice pro- metric tonnes of milled rice, up an article on how rice price crisis MANILA: A top US diplomat duction in Asia, according to from 9.77m metric tonnes pro- could be prevented from becom- MANILA: The Philippines country’s standing with the in the Philippines said the US recent world market data. duced in 2011. ing a crisis of hunger, noted that said yesterday it will repatriate United Nations, recalling that state department has no “dou- Citing records from the World With this development, the the Philippines — a key importer over 400 of its troops serving as Filipino troops had remained in ble standards” rule in declaring Market and Trade of the United Philippines surpassed major rice in the world rice trade — posted UN peacekeepers in the Golan the Golan Heights in 2013 even travel advisories. States Department of Agriculture, exporters including China and zero imports during the last two Heights and Liberia amid secu- after Australian, Croatian and Ambassador Philip Goldberg Philippine Rice Research Institute India, which showed an improve- years. rity threats and concerns over Japanese peacekeepers were said the State Department is objec- (PhilRice) executive director ment of only 1.55 and 3.77 per- Bangladesh recorded a .25 dif- the Ebola virus. withdrawn. tive in making travel warnings for Eufemio Rasco Jr said yesterday cent in milled rice production, ference in imports from 2012 to “To ensure the safety and secu- “However the situation has a particular region and area for the that the Philippines, which posted respectively. 2013, while China, although one of rity of the Philippine military become more volatile with safety of the general public and US a 97-percent rice self-sufficiency Thailand, a leading rice the largest rice producers in the troops deployed to conflict-affected increased security risk, hence the citizens. “We try to be as specific as status last year, registered a 4.04 exporter, only posted a .39 per- world, registered a .10 difference. areas, the country’s contingents in recommendation and subsequent possible,” Goldberg said during the percent average increase in milled cent difference. THE PHILIPPINE STAR the Golan Heights and Liberia are approval for repatriation,” he said. first “Ask the Ambassador Google scheduled to be repatriated within Galvez also said that the Hangout” on Friday. the year,” a Defence Department Filipinos from Liberia would be In the case of Mindanao, he statement said. quarantined for at least 21 days explained that there are certain Hostage victims remembered “The 331-strong Filipino con- after arriving to ensure they are areas that are more problematic tingent serving as part of the not infected. than others. “But sometimes it United Nations Disengagement Foreign Department spokes- looks as though the whole is the Force (UNDOF) in the Golan man Charles Jose said “we don’t same. But what we have said is that Heights will be repatriated at expect this decision to affect our people are to take precautions in the end of their tour of duty in UN standing and international travelling to Mindanao,” he said. October,” the statement said. image,” citing the country’s In April 2013, Philippine Meanwhile, about 115 Filipinos involvement in peacekeeping Ambassador to Washington Jose serving in Liberia would be repat- operations for years. Cuisia Jr urged the American riated “as soon as possible,” due Last year the Philippines also Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) to the health risk posed by the considered pulling its Golan members to help the Philippines Ebola virus outbreak in Africa, peacekeepers out after 25 of them convince the State Department the statement added. were kidnapped but later freed to reconsider the travel warning “The Philippines prioritises the by Syrian rebels in two separate issued against the Philippines that safety and security of its troops, but incidents. A Filipino soldier was placed the country in the category remains committed to the peace- also wounded by a wayward shell of dangerous nations. keeping missions of the United last year. Cuisia said it was “ironic” that Nations,” the statement said. Philippine President Benigno the Philippines was placed by the Defence Department spokes- Aquino later agreed to a UN US government in the category of man Peter Paul Galvez said the request to keep the Filipinos North Korea, Somalia, Pakistan, Philippines would not send back in the Golan after receiving South Sudan, Mali and Haiti upon its troops to the Golan Heights pledges that they would be the recommendation of the US “unless the situation improves”. given more equipment to protect embassy in Manila. He expressed confidence themselves. THE PHILIPPINE STAR A police officer lights a candles in front of a streamer observing the fourth anniversary of the 2010 hostage crisis, the pullout would not hurt the AFP at Luneta Park in Metro Manila yesterday. Eight Hong Kong nationals were killed after a dismissed police officer held hostage a bus full of tourists on August 23, 2010 at the park. SC urged to deny govt motion on fund disbursement ruling

MANILA: The Philippine court to instruct the Commission and unmask those responsible for to the motion for reconsideration Constitution. Thus, this matter is overrule SC decisions interpret- Constitution Association of the on Audit to “recover unused funds every fund released. of the government. of transcendental importance, of ing the Constitution. Philippines (Philconsa) urged from the recipient agencies and Last month, the SC deferred They believe they have the overreaching significance to soci- “Congress’ attempt to rede- the Supreme Court to deny file the appropriate administra- its ruling on the appeal filed by legal standing to be a petitioner ety, or of paramount public inter- fine ‘savings’, contrary to judicial the motion for reconsidera- tive, civil and criminal actions the government questioning its in the case and this should not be est,” the petitioners said. interpretation, is an invasion of tion filed by Budget Secretary against the persons who partici- declaration of parts of the DAP questioned. They also mentioned that “sav- the well-defined and established Florencio Abad on the court’s pated in the approval, release and illegal and decided to seek com- “The MR fails to consider that ings” is a term of the Constitution province and jurisdiction of the ruling against Malacañang’s use of funds.” ments from the anti-DAP groups the issues presented before the and that its meaning, in the con- judiciary,” it added. Disbursement Acceleration Philconsa also requested such as Philconsa before resolving honourable court involves the dis- text of law or the Constitution, They said the executive depart- Programme (DAP). the high court to direct the the appeal. bursement of billions of taxpayers’ may only be conclusively be inter- ment’s interpretation is not In the 22-page Opposition to Integrated Bar of the Philippines The Philconsa, former budget money via the collusive machina- preted by the SC. binding and cannot override the the Motion for Reconsideration, (IBP) and the National Bureau of secretary Benjamin Diokno and tions of the legislative and execu- They also argued that Congress interpretation of the judiciary. the petitioners urged the high Investigation (NBI) to investigate Leonor Briones filed the opposition tive departments in violation of the may not legislate to supersede/ THE PHILIPPINE STAR SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Stop-start talks fail to end impasse Govt, opposition make little headway on the fourth day of talks to disperse protesters seeking Sharif’s ouster ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s gov- in clashes with police in Lahore minister and member of its nego- ernment and opposition groups in June, for which Qadri wants tiating team, claimed meetings made little headway in over- arrests made and a legal case with the two groups had made night talks aimed at dispers- launched. progress, without elaborating, and ing protesters seeking the fall Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek- added ‘We have agreed the talks of the prime minister, as their e-Insaaf (PTI) held their own will continue’. negotiations entered a fourth talks with the government late Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim day yesterday. on Friday, which proved equally League-N (PML-N) party insist Cricketer-turned-politician fruitless. he will not quit and accuse the Imran Khan and populist cleric Those talks came hours after protesters of undermining the Tahir-ul-Qadri have led thou- the PTI, the third largest party country’s fragile democracy. sands of supporters demonstrat- in the National Assembly, submit- Qadri and Khan’s protest ing outside the legislature this ted the resignations of their 34 movements are not formally allied week calling for Prime Minister lawmakers in the assembly to the and have different goals, beyond Nawaz Sharif to go. parliament’s speaker. toppling the government. But A government delegation met The letters are to be opened their combined pressure -- and Qadri’s team early yesterday to and verified tomorrow, speaker numbers -- have given extra heft discuss the demands of the cleric’s Ayaz Sadiq told private Geo to the rallies. Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) television, ultimately trigger- If one group were to reach a movement, but the PAT came ing by-elections unless they are settlement with the government away dissatisfied. withdrawn. and withdraw, the other’s position “We believe in (the) dialogue PTI vice chairman Shah would be significantly weakened. process but it seems the govern- Mehmood Qureshi told reporters The standoff has raised fears of ment team did not come with a the next round of talks would be possible military intervention in clear mandate,” Rahiq Abbasi, held later yesterday. the country, which has seen three a member of Qadri’s team, told Khan insists the May 2013 gen- coups since its creation in 1947. reporters after the talks. eral election, which swept Sharif However analysts say the army “We don’t think they are seri- to power in a landslide, was rigged is more likely to use the crisis to Tahir-ul-Qadri (centre), a Canadian-based Pakistani cleric, talks to journalists during a mass government protest ous in carrying forward the proc- and therefore the prime minis- assert influence behind the scenes for the ninth day in Islamabad yesterday. ess,” he added. ter should step down, though than stage an outright power grab. Their talks were again domi- observers rated the vote free and Neither movement has mobilised have shunned Khan’s call to Maulana Fazalur Rehman, chief protests had no support from the nated by the issue of the alleged credible. mass support beyond their core unseat the government and begin of the religious Jamiat Ulema- majority of Pakistan's 180 million murder of at least 10 PAT workers Ahsan Iqbal, a government followers, and opposition parties a campaign of civil disobedience. e-Islam (JUI-F) party, said the population. AFP PML-N ministers challenge UN council urged Govt to curb illegal rallies court order in murder case to use diplomacy ISLAMABAD: The govern- ment of Pakistan has decided LAHORE: Three ministers of through Advocate Azam Nazir preferred to file a petition under ISLAMABAD: At the United efforts to prevent conflicts would to undertake legislation to place PML-N yesterday challenged Tarar. section 22A and 22B of Code Nations Security Council, lack credibility if its resolutions curb on unauthorised gath- a sessions court’s order before The petitioners demanded of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) Pakistan urged the Council to were implemented selectively. erings in the federal capital the Lahore High Court wherein the LHC to set aside the order before the sessions court for make full use of the preventive This Council’s resolutions on forthwith. police was directed to lodge an passed by an additional district registration of FIR against the diplomacy tools at its disposal longstanding issues await atten- The decision has been taken FIR against the petitioners and & sessions judge on August 16, petitioners and other persons under Chapter VI especially tion and implementation while it in the backdrop of complaints others over Model Town inci- 2014 directing Faisal Town SHO involved. mediation, arbitration, inquiry, takes on new issues. The Council received by the diplomats, busi- dent in the light of an applica- to register an FIR against the Advocate Tarar pleaded that judicial settlement, involvement should uphold the international ness community and ordinary tion filed by Idara Minhajul petitioners and others, including the order passed by the respond- of regional organizations and rule of law, he added. Ambassador citizens of Islamabad who have Quran. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and ent AD&SJ on the plea of the Secretary-General’s good Khan emphasized that prevention asked the administration to rid The registrar office fixed the Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif respondent Minhajul Quran was offices to defuse tensions and of conflict should never become a them menace of sit-ins and other petition before Justice Iftikhar on charges of killing at least 11 illegal and liable to be set aside. resolve conflicts that were sim- pretext for interventionism and public gatherings since they have Hussain Shah; however, the judge supporters of Pakistan Awami He said since the respondent mering just below the surface that preventive diplomacy does become source of nuisance for refused to hear it and requested Tehreek outside Minhajul Quran expressed distrust over police and but threaten to explode. not mean preventive deployment them. the chief justice to mark it to Secretariat in Model Town on JIT the exercise of filing a plea Ambassador Masood or peace enforcement. The adverse impact of the some other bench. June 17. before the sessions court was in Khan Pakistan’s Permanent He added that conflicts should sit-ins on the national economy Acting Chief Justice Manzoor The counsel contended that futility. Representative to UN while not be brought to the Council’s and country’s prestige across the Ahmad Malik then fixed the from the very outset Idara He said the judge failed to take participating at the open debate table only after they have already world is also among the causes petition before Justice Mahmood Minhajul Quran and PAT lead- into account a fact that the ver- on Conflict Prevention in the erupted. of legislation in question. The Maqbool Bajwa. ers, including its chief Dr Tahirul sion of the respondent given in Security Council said that in Pakistani envoy said that National Assembly will take up The judge took up the peti- Qadri had been expressing their the petition had already been the recent past there has been a the Council should avoid activ- the draft for legislation early next tion and adjourned it for tomor- distrust over police and avoid- taken up by the JIT during inves- growing tendency in the Council ism in situations where parties week. row (August 25) without any ing joining investigation of the tigation of FIR registered by the to pass resolutions under Chapter were in a position to handle and Highly placed sources said progress. incident. police. VII. The Council feels that its resolve their differences or where on Friday that the legislation Federal Minister for He said they were invited/ He pointed out that five police- action is not potent enough if regional mechanisms could play would be in accordance with Information Pervaiz Rasheed, summoned by the police and a men were also arrested during it has not done so. Some situa- a more effective role. He stressed the Constitution, and it says in Federal Minister for Railways Joint Investigation Team time the course of said investigation tions do require immediate action that the Council should not inad- Article 16 under ‘Freedom of Khwaja Saad Rafiq and State and again but no response was and there was no justification for under Chapter VII, he added. vertently become an instrument Assembly’ that ‘every citizen shall Minister for Water and Power made. registration of second FIR. The Pakistani envoy high- for igniting or fuelling crises. have the right to assemble peace- Abid Sher Ali filed the petition However, the Minhajul Quran INTERNEWS lighted that the Security Council’s INTERNEWS fully and without arms, subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of Change of command ceremony public order.’ The sources said that the Islamabad district magistrate Pakistani journalist wins will be authorised to designate one or more than one open places for holding public gatherings and Peter Mackler award 2014 protests. The gatherings and pro- tests other than such designated WASHINGTON: Asma Shirazi, Pakistan’s first female war cor- placed would be strictly prohib- respondent and host of popular TV talk shows, has been named ited, and it would be a crime pun- 2014 Winner of Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical ishable imprisonment and heavy Journalism. fine. Shirazi reported on conflicts that include the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, Taliban violence on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in 2009 and General Pervez Musharraf’s 2007 state of emergency. She also hosted PTI resignations two popular television talk shows, including one on parliamentary affairs that Musharraf banned when he clamped down on independ- ‘deceptive move’ ent news coverage. ISLAMABAD: The PML-N “We are thrilled to recognise the courage and dedication to journal- government has decided not istic ethics Shirazi has displayed every day of her career,” said Camille to accept the resignations of Mackler, Project Director for the award. At great personal risk and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) defying death threats, Shirazi ensures “that unbiased, free information MNAs as around 10 parliamen- is available throughout Pakistan,” Mackler said. tarians of the PTI from Khyber Shirazi is the second woman to win the award since its creation Pakhtunkhwa are in contact in 2008, after Honduran radio news editor Karla Rivas won in 2011. with the JUI-F chief Maulana Shirazi’s award pays “tribute to the courage of those who fight for Fazlur Rehman to form a for- freedom of information in Pakistan, where seven journalists were mur- ward bloc in the assembly after dered in connection with their work in 2013,” said Delphine Halgand, serious reservations with the US Director of media watchdog Reporters Without Borders. party leadership. “AFP is happy to be associated with this recognition of Shirazi’s A well-placed source in the great courage and perseverance in reporting on conflict and politics in PML-N and a member of the Pakistan despite the personal dangers she faced,” said David Millikin, federal cabinet said that although AFP’s Director for North America. the PTI has submitted resigna- The award, named after the late Agence France-Presse journalist tions to the Speaker National Peter Mackler, will be presented at a ceremony at National Press Club Assembly’s Chamber yet it has in Washington on October 23. It is administered by Global Media Forum left some lacunas in the resigna- in partnership with AFP and Reporters Without Borders. tions deliberately. “Instead of addressing the Pakistani border guards foil attack Speaker National Assembly in their resignations, some of the ISLAMABAD: Pakistani border guards killed 16 insurgents in PTI MNAs have submitted their Baluchistan province in the southwest yesterday. A spokesman for resignations by addressing the the border guards said unidentified gunmen stormed the area of chairman of the party. Pellngor in the province to carry out an attack, but guards repulsed This means the Speaker would them. He said the confrontation resulted in the death of 16 attack- US and Italian soldiers of Nato’s International Security Assistance Force attend a change of regional command return these resignations after ers, adding the guards started combing the area after they cordoned raising some objection and this is ceremony in Afghanistan yesterday. Italian Brigardier General Maurizio Angelo Scardino (not in the picture) took it off. He did not say whether there were any casualties among the what the PTI wants at this time. command of Nato’s Regional Command West during the hand-over ceremony. troops or not. AGENCIES AGENCIES SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

First Haj flight Ensure justice on August 27 from Lucknow for Tamils, LUCKNOW: The first flight carrying Haj pilgrims will leave for Saudi Arabia on August 27 from an airport in Lucknow, officials said asserts Modi yesterday. Saudi Airlines will take off from Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at Amausi at 10am. Premier meets TNA delegation The second flight will take off the same day at 8pm. The NEW DELHI: In a clear sign with the government and political same flight schedule will be that India has not washed its parties in Sri Lanka”. followed in August 28 and 29, hands off Sri Lankan affairs, It was the clearest indication officials said here. The pil- Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Modi became prime min- grims will be shifted to the yesterday urged Colombo to ister in May that the BJP-led Haj house on the outskirt of ensure “justice and self-respect” government would not depart the city a day before their to its Tamil minority. from the policy of the earlier departure. State minister Modi told a delegation of the Congress-led government vis-a- Mohammad Azam Khan has Tamil National Alliance (TNA), vis Sri Lanka. called a meeting of district Sri Lanka’s main Tamil political Delegation leader R officials to take note of the party, that Colombo must address Sampanthan said after arriving facilities being provided to the “aspirations of the Tamil in India that Tamils in Sri Lanka the pilgrims. People going for community”. had their roots in India. Haj have been asked to reach This, he said, needed to be done “Their culture is India and the state capital a day before by building on the India-backed everything is Indian. So I think the journey to avoid incon- 13th amendment to the Sri India is one country that can play Boys pass by a flock of sheep on a road, a portion of which was washed away by flood water in the flood-affected venience, said the officials. Lankan constitution that seeks a major role (in Sri Lanka).” Morigaon district of Assam yesterday. to devolve autonomy to provinces The TNA delegation briefed Speaker defends — by extention the Tamils who Modi on the situation in Sri Lanka move on oppn post dominate the island’s northeast. and their assessment and expecta- The TNA has accused the Sri tions regarding devolution as well Heavy rains in Kerala leave 7 dead, NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Lankan government of attempt- as national reconciliation following Speaker Sumitra Mahajan yes- ing to dilute the provisions of the the end of the military conflict. terday defended her decision 13th amendment and of trying The delegation met External cause huge damage to property to deny the leader of opposi- to change the demography of the Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tion post to the Congress, say- northern and eastern provinces, and former prime minister THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: is also submerged and we have He sanctioned from the Prime ing it was based on rules and the former war zone. Manmohan Singh on Friday. Heavy rains that have lashed no current for the past two days. Minister’s National Relief Fund that the Supreme Court had “The prime minister stressed The delegation also includes Kerala for the past three days Our well for the first time in my Rs2 lakh for the next of kin of made no observation against the need for a political solution Mavai S Senathirajah, K have left seven people dead and memory is full. This is a really each of the deceased and Rs50,000 her. “The Supreme Court that addresses the aspirations of Premachandran, P Selvarajah, caused huge damage to prop- bad time for my family,” said John for each of the seriously injured. has questioned the centre on the Tamil community for equal- Selvam Adaikkalanathan and M erty in many districts, officials Thomas who lives near Kottayam. The Ghagra in Bihar’s Siwan the issue of Lokpal’s appoint- ity, dignity, justice and self respect A Sumanthiran, all MPs. said yesterday. The rains this time have district and the Rapti in Uttar ment in the absence of leader within the framework of a united Present at the meeting yes- The worst-affected districts affected both low-lying and hilly Pradesh’s Balrampur are flowing of opposition and the attor- Sri Lanka,” an official statement terday were Nripendra Misra, include the capital district, areas. above the danger mark. ney general will inform the here said after the Modi-TNA principal secretary to the prime Kozhikode, Pathanamthitta, “At a lot of places in and around “At 6am on Friday, Ghagra at court about the government’s meeting. minister, National Security Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kollam, my place, there have been caving of Darauli, Siwan was flowing at a stand. It has made no obser- Modi urged “all stakeholders Adviser Ajit Doval and Foreign Malappuram and deaths have the earth and roads have become level of 61.42m with rising trend vation against the speaker,” in Sri Lanka to engage construc- Secretary Sujatha Singh. been reported from these unmotorable. Trees have also which is 0.60m above its danger she said. The Supreme Court tively, in a spirit of partnership and The TNA was for years con- districts. been uprooted and the river near level of 60.82m and 0.32m below had on Friday questioned the mutual accommodation, towards sidered the political front of the Most of the small dams in these my home is in spate,” said Gopi its previous high flood level of central government over the finding a political solution”. now vanquished Liberation Tigers districts are reported to be full Krishnan of Kozhikode district. 61.74 m in August 1998,” said the issue of appointing a leader The prime minister also of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which and small streams in most places Due to the heavy rains, many statement from the ministry of of opposition in Lok Sabha, assured the TNA delegation of his was crushed by the Sri Lankan are overflowing. of the main roads across the state water resources. and said it will give a larger government’s support to provide military in 2009. As many as 16 homes have been are in bad shape and are witness- The river has been in a high interpretation to the concept relief, rehabilitation and recon- After the end of a quarter cen- fully damaged while 89 homes ing heavy traffic jams. The state flood situation at Gangpur in of the opposition leader if the struction in the north and east tury of conflict, Sri Lanka battles have been partially destroyed and administration is closely monitor- Siwan. It was flowing at a level government failed to resolve of Sri Lanka where tens of thou- charges of not engaging with the 27 relief camps have been opened ing the situation and in some dis- of 57.85m. It had a rising trend the issue. “I have taken the sands were displaced by war. Tamil leaders and of killing tens at various places in the states, tricts, all educational institutions which is 0.81m above its danger decision afters studying the He said New Delhi would focus of thousands of innocent Tamils according to official reports, while are closed for the past three days. level of 57.04m and 0.16m below its rules and traditions and after on projects relating to housing, towards the end of the war. India the destruction of crops is yet to previous high flood level of 58.01 taking experts opinion on the livelihood generation, capacity deployed troops in Sri Lanka’s be accounted for. PM CONDOLES DEATHS m in September 1983. A state- issue. No opposition party has building, education, hospitals and northeast in 1987 in a bid to end “I have been living in this Meanwhile, Prime Minister ment said Rapti at Balrampur has more than 55 (members). Till infrastructure. Tamil separatism. The troops house for the past 58 years and Narendra Modi yesterday con- been flowing at a level of 104.83m, date, the rule that a party The statement underlined that ended up fighting the LTTE and never before have I experienced doled the deaths caused by floods with a rising trend which is 0.21m should have a minimum of 10 the visit of TNA leaders “is part returned home in March 1990 after this sort of water, all around the in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, above its danger level of 104.62m. percent seats in the house has of India’s continuing engagement losing nearly 1,200 men. IANS place. The electricity transformer Bihar and Assam. IANS not changed,” said Mahajan. IANS Lakme Fashion Week Central hospitals under scanner: BJP vows to oust Health Minister SP govt in UP NEW DELHI: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said yesterday VRINDAVAN: The Bharatiya union minister Kalraj Mishra. that all systems in India’s central Janata Party (BJP) yesterday Terming the SP government as hospitals have been placed under pledged to oust the “anti-people” “incompetent and anti-people”, critical review to end “systemic Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Mishra asked workers to spread and symptomatic” corruption. Party (SP) government in Uttar out in the state and inform peo- “In my first 90 days in office, Pradesh, accusing it of “promot- ple of the work initiated by the hardly a day has passed without ing and patronising love jihad” Narendra Modi-led central gov- inquiring into the transparency in the state. ernment and work to get back the of the ministry and its outposts. At the first day of its two-day lost glory of the party in UP. Very soon, the results are going to state executive meet in the temple “People of UP have shown their be in the public domain,” Harsh town in western Uttar Pradesh, faith in us by giving us 71 of the 80 Vardhan said in a statement. senior party leaders upped their seats in UP and we have not only “There are many aspects to ante against the SP and accused to repay their trust but also build corruption in hospitals which as it of not only protecting people on it,” he told workers. a medico I know exist. If money behind “love jihad” — a term coined The BJP’s Uttar Pradesh exec- is made in the allocation of beds by Hindu groups for alleged efforts utive is meeting less than three or as kickbacks from suppliers, it by young Muslims reportedly tar- months after the party swept the is sleaze. What is equally corrupt get non-Muslim girls for conver- Lok Sabha election in the state, is the silent practice of reserving sion to Islam by feigning love — but winning a staggering 71 of the 80 Models showcase creations by designer Anushree Reddy during the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festival beds and facilities for employees also patronising them. seats. Its ally won two seats. 2014 in Mumbai yesterday. or VIPs. I intend rectifying both BJP’s state unite chief Party leaders said the meeting these forms of corruption,” he Laxmikant Bajpayi accused the will roll out a roadmap for assem- said. SP government of disturbing bly elections in Uttar Pradesh due The minister said that shortly communal peace and harmony in 2017 but which many in the after assuming office, he has in the stat in its “blind pursuit” BJP hope will take place earlier. personally inspected all central of minority votes. “Our only goal Amit Shah had, on his first visit President pitches for women’s education hospitals in New Delhi including is to form a BJP government in as BJP chief to the state, had told the All India Institute of Medical Lucknow,” added Bajpayi. workers Aug 19 to be prepared to DOMKAL (WEST BENGAL): from primary to post graduate He later inaugurated the Sciences. He also visited four of the He also exhorted party work- take over the reins of power in Calling for focusing on women’s level, saying it would enable local 6th edition of Kamada Kinkar six new AIIMS and the National ers to be prepared to oust the SP UP. The party will also undertake education, President Pranab boys and girls take maximum Mukherjee Rural Football Institute of Mental Health and government and reclaim power in a major membership drive across Mukherjee yesterday asserted advantage of the premier educa- Tournament, named after his Neurosciences to suggest new ways the state, which under-pinned the the state from next month where that by 2030, India will have tional institutions. father, at Raghunathganj in the to improve their services. party’s political success story in it plans to expand its support base an edge over other countries in Mukherjee said by 2030, one district. Mukherjee, who wit- “I had stated on my first day the 1990s and now again in 2014. further and consolidate its exist- supplying skilled manpower to fifth of the world’s total work nessed an exhibition match in office that I will impose 500 He said the party’s strength in ing cadres. the world. force would be in India. With the between Eastern Railway Sport percent transparency and adopt the state assembly had gone down Union Home Minister Rajnath In an address after inaugurat- average age of an Indian being less Club and Bhawanipur Club, noted zero tolerance for corruption,” he as some legislators got elected to Singh is scheduled to address the ing a new building of the Domkal than that in countries like China, the popularity of football espe- added. On the controversy over the Lok Sabha. “We need to work state executive today. Meanwhile, Girls’ College at Domkal in US and Britain, India will have cially in rural areas. the removal of vigilance officer harder to win the seats going to reacting to the BJP’s accusations Murshidabad district, the presi- an edge over other countries in The president, who is a two-day Sanjeev Chaturvedi, the minister polls next month,” he said of the of promoting ‘love jihad’, SP gen- dent, emphasising on the neces- supplying skilled man power to visit to West Bengal, will today be said: “The re-profiling of Sanjeev scheduled assembly by-elections. eral secretary Naresh Agarwal sity of women’s education, said an the world by that time, he said. inaugurating the Indian Institute Chaturvedi, deputy secretary BJP President Amit Shah, trashed the charges and said that educated girl plays an active role The President also called of Engineering Science and posted at AIIMS with the powers who was scheduled to address in its bid to communally divide in the socio-economic develop- for making efforts to train and Technology (IIEST) at Shibpur of a chief vigilance officer (CVO), the inaugural session of the con- the state polity, BJP was finding ment of the country. skill 50 crore people by 2025 in Howrah district, before return- has generated a storm in some vention, did not turn up owing to politics and religion even in an He also stressed on the impor- as envisaged by National Skill ing to the national capital. quarters”. “pressing political engagements” innocent emotion like love. tance of quality education starting Development Scheme. IANS IANS in Delhi and was represented by IANS

SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 SC refuses Four killed in cross-border fire to postpone JKLF leader pledges to intensify separatist campaign UPSC exam SRINAGAR: Four people were traditional practice ahead of talks killed when India and Pakistan with India “to facilitate meaning- NEW DELHI: The Supreme traded heavy fire across their ful discussions”. Court yesterday rejected a plea border early yesterday, with Meanwhile, accusing Prime for the postponement of the each country accusing the other Minister Narendra Modi of tak- Union Public Service Commission of “unprovoked” military action. ing a “hardline” stand on Jammu (UPSC) preliminary examina- “Two civilians were killed” and and Kashmir, JKLF leader Yasin tion, scheduled for today, in the four people injured, including a Malik has pledged to intensify the wake of the controversy over the paramilitary soldier, on the Indian separatist campaign. aptitude test by aspirants from side of the international frontier Replying to questions in Rajat a Hindi background and the when Pakistani forces opened fire, Sharma’s TV show Aap Ki Adalat, humanities stream. Indian police inspector-general Malik said: “Modi’s message is A bench of Justice Jagdish Rajesh Kumar said. very clear. He is not going to give Singh Khehar and Justice Arun On the other side of the frontier, us (separatists) any diplomatic or Mishra dismissed a petition for two Pakistani civilians — a woman political space. He wants to create the purpose, saying: “We find no and a 60-year-old man — “were such an atmosphere. merit in this petition and the martyred” by Indian fire, a senior “The people of India have same is accordingly dismissed.” Pakistani military official said. The elected Modiji as prime minister. The petitioner, Angesh neighbours accused each other of Now that he has decided to take a Kumar, had sought direction starting the pre-dawn firing. hardline approach, we in Kashmir to the department of personnel The latest Pakistani fire tar- are ready (to face that), and we and training to “postpone date geted several Indian border posts, will strengthen our movement. of Union Public Civil Services Indian police said. Many villagers “It is a testing time for us, now Examination which is scheduled living close to the border in the R that Modi has come. For us, hard to be held on August 24, 2014 for S Pura area of Kashmir have been days (are here). God willing, we at least by two months”. evacuated due to Pakistani firing, will pass this test,” Malik said. Dismissing the petition, the Kumar said. Malik along with Hurriyat court said: “Everything is same. But Pakistani officials said Conference leaders Syed Ali Syllabus is same. Why do you need Indian troops initiated yester- Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar more time? Nine lakh students are day’s “unprovoked firing”, hit- Farooq as well as Shabir Shah met ready to appear in the exam. What ting the Sialkot region facing the Pakistan’s envoy in New Delhi this to do if one is not ready. All stu- south of Kashmir where another week, triggering a diplomatic row dents applied in May and they have civilian was killed by Indian fire after which India axed the foreign Villager Kali Bibi (centre), 40, who was injured during cross-border firing at the R S Pura sector, is tended by prepared for the exam.” last month. secretary level talks in Islamabad. relatives while recuperating at the Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu yesterday. Some of the aspirants had last “Indian Border Security Forces The Jammu and Kashmir month held protests to demand (BSF) again resorted to unpro- Liberation Front (JKLF) leader spoiled the (India-Pakistan) “Our message to Modi is: You fate. Kashmiris will have to be the scrapping of the Civil Services voked firing in the Chaprar and pointed out that it was then prime peace process. On the contrary, may give good governance but you included in any talks relating to Aptitude Test (CSAT), terming it Harpal sectors,” the Pakistani minister Atal Behari Vajpayee we were trying to strengthen cannot finish off a movement by their fate.” discriminatory towards those from senior military official said. Last who allowed Kashmiri separa- the peace process so that all the adopting a hardline approach. Asked how could the Hurriyat Hindi background. Observing that month, Indian police accused the tist leaders to go to Pakistan in stakeholders can express their “We are not a third party. It’s leaders claim to be the sole rep- the grievance of the petitioner has Pakistani army of killing a soldier 2000 so that an atmosphere for a views,” he said. my belief that the Kashmir issue resentative of Kashmiris, Malik been addressed by the government, during border firing in the same peaceful dialogue could be created. Malik added: “Kashmiris are is not a border dispute between replied: “(Chief Minister) Omar the court said: “Your difficulty has region. “Kashmiri (separatist) leaders major stakeholders in the dispute India and Pakistan, where both Abdullah and (PDP chief) been removed so you are in better Pakistan described the can- meeting Pakistani officials has a but the external affairs ministry the countries sit and decide about Mehbooba Mufti had no dispute position. Your grievance has been cellation of the bilateral talks 24-year-old precedent. Whenever has now come up with the con- the fate of Kashmir. This is not with the Centre. “It is we in the decided in your favour. Merit can- as a “setback” for relations and their PM or foreign secretary tention that India and Pakistan acceptable to Kashmiris. Hurriyat who consider Kashmir not be assessed in your way.” asserted the meetings with visit India, we used to meet them. are the only stakeholders on the “It is our legitimate, demo- a disputed issue. The court told the petitioner’s Kashmiri separatists were a “It is wrong to say we have Kashmir issue. cratic right to decide our own AFP/IANS advocate Ravindra S Garia that he has focused on the comprehen- sion in the UPSC examination and the same has been addressed by permitting them to skip the questions in English comprehen- Saradha scam: sion section of the preliminary Pro-liquor lobby in Kerala goes into a huddle examination. The Court also CBI now nabs clarified that matters relating to THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Association, said that the only However, office bearers of the Home Minister Ramesh academics should be left to the With the Kerala government option before them is to seek legal South Kerala Hoteliers Forum at Chennithala said: “The state government and expert bodies. top Kolkata deciding to close all the 730 bars redress. “Tomorrow (Sunday), we a meeting Saturday decided that police will now start a huge anti- Observing that one could pick in the state to bring about pro- are having a general body meeting they would not seek legal recourse liquor campaign... The police fault in every system as none is businessman hibition in a phased manner, the to discuss the latest developments against the government’s decision. would run awareness campaign perfect and putting the students pro-liquor lobby has gone into a and we expect to come to a firm “We have decided to meet the with the help of the student police with science background on higher KOLKATA: The Central huddle on how to handle this decision on how to move forward chief minister to air our genuine cadets and NGOs.” pedestal, the court said that the Bureau of Investigation (CBI) situation. in the light of the state govern- grievances...,” said a member of Chennithala said: “When the students with science background yesterday arrested Kolkata Chief Minister Oommen ment’s decision,” said Ramesh. the forum. availability of liquor goes down score higher marks than those who businessman Sandhir Agarwal Chandy, who on Friday finalised However, from the next fiscal, Meanwhile, the Kerala due to our new policy, there is had opted for humanities. in connection with the multi- the new liquor policy, will sub- liquor would be available only in State Hotels and Restaurant every chance of illicit stuff flow- The court said this as Garia told crore rupee Saradha scam, an mit to the Kerala High Court on around 16 five star hotels operat- Association will meet on August ing into the state from across the court that “the present pattern official said. August 26 a road map that the ing in the state and the 344 state 28 to discuss the issue. the borders. To tackle this, we of examination is already skewed “Following interrogation, state government has formulated government owned retail outlets. The ruling Congress and its ally have decided to take stern meas- against the students from non Sandhir Agarwal has been to achieve total prohibition in the The target date when Kerala the Indian Union Muslim League ures against the violators. Those urban background students from arrested. He will be presented next 10 years. would be declared a complete have congratulated the Chandy indulging in these acts will be humanities and non engineering/ before a court today,” a CBI Biju Ramesh, the working dry state has now been fixed as government on its decision to ban charged the ‘Goonda Act’.” science/management streams”. spokesperson said. president of the Kerala Bar Hotel October 2, 2023. liquor in the state. IANS IANS This is the second arrest made by the CBI in a week after it took over the investigation of the scam in West Bengal following a Art of living Supreme Court order in May. The agency had on Wednesday arrested East Bengal Football Goa tries to protect its famed Club official Debabrata Sarkar. Scam kingpin Sudipta Sen in his April 2013 letter to the ‘Sea of Milk’ tourist attraction CBI had alleged Sarkar and his accomplices including Agarwal, of extorting over Rs40 crore from DUDHSAGAR (GOA): It Dayanand Mandrekar said Goa accused the chief minister of him, to cover up a probe then almost featured in a James Bond will oppose this tooth and nail. being close to the mining lobby, being conducted by market regu- movie. Now, the very existence “Goa has strongly objected the significance of Dudhsagar lator SEBI. of Dudhsagar, Goa’s grandest to the diversion of the Mhadei going barren has ecological and Earlier yesterday, the agency waterfall and a major tourism river in its statement of claims, cultural ramifications. grilled retired IPS officer Rajat attraction, is in peril due to a rejoinders and also replies to the The waterfall itself is regarded Majumdar for nearly seven hours. series of dams neighbouring claims of Karnataka,” the minis- as “Rakhno Dev” and even spit- Besides Majumdar, who had Karnataka plans to construct ter added. ting in the water flowing from the served as director general of and Goa is desperate to ensure The dispute between the two Dudhsagar is considered taboo. the state armed police and after this doesn’t happen. states is already being heard by “The Dudhsagar is a guardian retirement, as security advisor for Literally translating into “Sea the central government-appointed spirit for the villagers of Collem. the tainted company, CBI sleuths, of Milk”, Dudhsagar almost fea- Mhadei Water Disputes Tribunal People worship it in awe. You are during the day, also interrogated tured as a backdrop to an early headed by Justice J M Panchal not supposed to spit when you are scam kingpin Sudipta Sen and action sequence in the 23rd Bond (retd), but the proposed construc- near the waterfall or throw non- Amrin Ara — a former account- film Skyfall, where the British spy, tion of at least six other dams at vegetarian food into the water ant of the company. engaged in a fist-fest atop a train Palna, Katla, Diggi-Bondeli and or shout and scream loudly. All Majumdar’s name cropped compartment, gets accidentally Diggi-Mara in Karnataka pose a these things are taboo at the up after suspended Trinamool shot and falls into the raging tor- much bigger challenge. waterfall site,” historian Prajal Congress Rajya Sabha member rent below. Sakhardande said. Kunal Ghosh, now behind bars, While the waterfall, located CM DARES ACTIVISTS Every year, villagers in the accused the former Indian Police about 90km from Panaji, was Chief Minister Manohar waterfall’s immediate down- Service officer of swindling crores shortlisted for the sequence, Parrikar has dared Goa’s green stream slaughter roosters as a of rupees in organising a cultural logistical issues forced the film’s activists to challenge the dam net- mark of obeisance to Dudhsagar programme in Las Vegas in 2012. makers to move to an alternate work before the National Green dev, seeking his protection Majumdar, who had served as a location in South Africa. Tribunal (NGT), instead of the against evil. “The waterfall, poll observer for the Trinamool in Missing out on a Bond film was state government itself. because of its sheer size and Birbhum for the panchayat elec- a setback alright, but the threat of “The government has some lim- because of the fact that it provides tion in 2013, rubbished the allega- a waterfall that has been pound- itations in approaching the NGT them with water all year round, tions. “All the allegations are false,” ing the basin below for thousands on its own. But if an NGO or an is a deity whom the villagers wor- Majumdar said in the morning of years and supplied several vil- individual is willing to take Goa’s ship and treat with awe,” sociolo- while entering the CBI office here. lages downstream with water all- case before the NGT, we can work gist Bernadette Gomes said. On August 14, CBI sleuths had year round, the threat of drying out a mechanism to pay the fees The Mhadei river originates raided Majumdar’s residence and up is something else altogether. of counsel,” Parrikar said, adding in Karnataka and meets the seized several documents. The All this because the Karnataka that some of his friends would be Arabian Sea off Panaji in Goa, CBI on Thursday secured the government has planned a com- willing to shell out money to an where it is referred to as the custody of Sen, the Saradha pro- plex network of dams and diver- NGO willing to take up the case. Mandovi. While the river trav- moter and East Bengal Football A street vendor selling artificial flowers from his bicycle in Amritsar yesterday. sionary canals over the Mhadei Irrespective of the shadow els 28.8km in Karnataka, it is Club official Debabrata Sarkar, river that feeds the waterfall. games between Parrikar and the 81.2km in length in Goa. for questioning. 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BAHRAIN 38/33 Clear 39/33 Partly cloudy SANAA 31/18 Partly cloudy 31/18 Chance of storm RIYADH 42/29 Clear 43/30 Clear DUBAI 39/31 Partly cloudy 37/32 Partly cloudy BAGHDAD 45/29 Clear 46/30 Clear Famed tortoise THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Nepalese bid for largest ‘Pepe the HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Missionary’ dies ATHENS 35/26 Clear 34/25 Clear WASHINGTON 27/19 Partly cloudy 25/17 Clear human flag record QUITO: “Pepe the Missionary,” SYDNEY 19/12 Partly cloudy 19/14 Chance of rain KATHMANDU: More than a giant tortoise who rose to LONDON 20/13 Partly cloudy 17/14 Rain 35,000 Nepalese made a bid yes- fame as one of the most photo- PARIS 20/15 Partly cloudy 20/19 Chance of rain terday to form the world’s larg- graphed animals on Ecuador’s ISTANBUL 29/22 Clear 27/22 Partly cloudy est “human national flag” as Galapagos Islands, has died at MANILA 30/25 Chance of storm 30/25 Chance of storm they sought to set a new inter- age 60, officials said on Friday. DHAKA 31/26 Thunderstorm 31/26 Chance of storm national record. Pepe, who lived in a corral at DELHI 38/28 Clear 38/28 Partly cloudy As the country’s anthem played, the Galapagos National Park’s ISLAMABAD 33/25 Thunderstorm 33/24 Chance of storm participants held up crimson, blue Interpretation Center, died of and white coloured cardboard for natural causes, said the park’s eco- 10 minutes on an open ground in systems director, Victor Carrion. Kathmandu’s city centre to form “Several of his organs had been the national flag. slowly failing,” Carrion said, saying SpaceX rocket explodes Cries of “Nepal!” rang out as the tortoise was also overweight. participants threw the cardboard Park director Arturo Izurieta pieces in the air to celebrate after paid tribute to the tortoise on the attempt. Twitter. during test flight Nepal’s flag is the world’s only “After 60 years of life, Pepe the one which is not a quadrilateral. Missionary will remain in our WASHINGTON: A SpaceX rocket exploded in mid-air during a Instead it is comprised of two memories forever,” Izurieta said. test flight on Friday as the company seeks to develop a spacecraft triangles. He brightened the post with a that can return to Earth and be used again. No one was injured. “We conceived this idea to An aerial view of the Nepalese national flag, formed by over 35,000 people, bit of good news for conservation- The rocket was a three-engine version of the F9R test vehicle that spread the message that all our at the Tudikhel open ground in central Kathmandu yesterday. ists: “The disappearance of Pepe succeeds SpaceX’s Grasshopper prototype. countrymen are united under one the tortoise does not put his spe- “During the flight, an anomaly was detected in the vehicle and the flag,” said Bhawesh Khanal, presi- cies in danger.” flight termination system automatically terminated the mission,” the dent of Human Values for Peace together to form our country’s flag a sense that we have to work Pepe was a member of the company said in a statement. and Prosperity, the group that and claim a new world record,” together to build our country.” Chelonoidis becki species native “Throughout the test and subsequent flight termination, the vehicle spearheaded the event. Khanal said. Anil Shah, a prominent banker, to Wolf Volcano on the island of remained in the designated flight area.” Nepal is in the process of draft- He said the group will now was one of three official witnesses Isabela. About 2,000 tortoises SpaceX noted that a Federal Aviation Administration representative ing a new constitution, a key step submit its claim with photo- at the event. from the same species still live in was present during the test. in a stalled peace process begun graphic and video evidence for a “Watching it brought tears to their native habitat. It stressed that the test was “particularly complex, pushing the limits after the end of a ten-year civil new record to the headquarters my eyes. I felt proud to be a Nepali. Pepe was adopted from the wild of the vehicle further than any previous test.” war in 2006. Leaders have prom- of Guinness World Records in I believe we’ve set a new record,” by a family from San Cristobal The company plans to review flight record details to understand ised an inclusive constitution and London. he said. island in the 1940s. what caused the problem before conducting another test. federalism, ending gender and They expect Guinness World The current record for the Local fishermen named him SpaceX is competing with other companies — including Boeing, caste-based discrimination. Records to give a ruling on their world’s largest human national “Pepe,” which was then expanded Sierra Nevada and Blue Origin — to be the first commercial outfit to Numbered tickets were handed submission within two months. flag was set in February 2014 when to “Pepe the Missionary” when he take astronauts to space, possibly as early as 2017. out to participants to keep a count Among the participants was 28,957 people gathered in Lahore, was given to Franciscan mission- Until then, the world’s astronauts must rely on Russian Soyuz space- of how many took part in the flag 15-year-old student Anita Gautam. Pakistan, to create a Pakistani aries on the island in 1967. craft at a cost of $70m per seat. event. “It was an amazing experience,” flag, according to Guinness World The missionaries handed him AFP “Our vision came true. she said. Records. over to the national park in 2012. Thousands of people came “There is a patriotic vibe here... AFP AFP Stunt show Birthday bash for US National Zoo panda cub WASHINGTON: A panda bear cub cel- ebrated a rare first birthday with a special cake and traditional Chinese gifts at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington yesterday, zoo officials said. Bao Bao, a 44-pound female, is the second panda in the zoo’s history to live a full year, as the endangered species produce tiny and deli- cate offspring that are often unable to survive infancy, zoo spokeswoman Devon Murphy said. “Today, we are celebrating one of our biggest conservation successes,” Dennis Kelly, direc- tor of the National Zoo, said in a statement. “It’s been amazing for us, our members and all of Washington DC, to watch Bao Bao thrive and grow.” For her birthday, Bao Bao received several items, including pictures of peaches and bam- boo, symbolizing longevity and good health as part of the Chinese tradition of Zhuazhou, the zoo said. Most of the world’s 1,600 giant wild pandas live in bamboo forests in central China. Bao Bao was also able to feast on a tiered cake made of frozen apple juice, dyed shades Panda cub Bao Bao in her habitat on her first birthday, at the National Zoo in Washington DC. of pink using beet juice, and apple and pear slices, some of her favourite foods, the zoo said. The cake was decorated with flower shapes Bao Bao, who can been seen in live when she is four years old, the zoo said. Josh Sheehan of Australia performs during the finals of the fifth stage of carved from carrots and sweet potatoes, and “panda cam” footage exploring her exhibit The National Zoo has studied pandas since the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday. had a large number “1” carved out of frozen at the zoo, is to travel to China and enter 1972, and has seen the birth of seven cubs. juice on top. the breeding programme for giant pandas REUTERS Sunday 24 August 2014 28 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6167 Price: QR2

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Gap raises profit forecast Obama pushes Yellen calls for for renewal of Ex-Im Bank WASHINGTON: President caution on Barack Obama yesterday urged business owners to press Congress to reauthorise the US Export-Import Bank, which could halt any new financing interest rates September 30 — as some con- servative Republicans hope it will — if lawmakers fail to act. ECB ready to act, says Draghi The little-known institution provides loans to buyers of US JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming: Charles Plosser, a voting member products abroad. Obama said in The Federal Reserve should of the Fed’s policy panel this year, his weekly radio address that if move cautiously in deciding and two non-voters — St Louis Congress lets the bank close, it when to raise interest rates Fed President James Bullard and would be stunting US export given the US labour market Kansas City Fed President Esther growth and impeding economic remains bruised from the Great George - all sounded warnings expansion. Recession, Fed Chair Janet on the risk of falling behind the “If Congress fails to act, thou- Yellen said amid calls from pol- curve. sands of businesses, large and icy hawks for a near-term rate “I’d rather see us start to small, that sell their products hike. raise rates earlier and try to go abroad will take a completely In a speech at the Fed’s annual slow than to wait until the last unnecessary hit,” the president central bank conference, Yellen minute,” Plosser told Reuters in said. laid out in detail why she feels the an interview in Jackson Hole. While playing a relatively small unemployment rate alone is inad- Yellen said the Fed was strug- role in the US export universe, the equate to evaluate the strength of gling to determine the degree to bank has become a political flash- the jobs market and why the cen- which the still-soft US labour point. Conservative Republicans tral bank needs to step gingerly. market was suffering from long- single it out as an unnecessary Her remarks were followed term structural shifts beyond the Shoppers enter the Old Navy store in Broomfield, Colorado. Apparel retailer Gap Inc raised its full-year profit and potentially risky govern- by a speech by the head of the central bank’s reach as opposed to forecast, encouraged by strong sales of its lower-priced Old Navy clothes. ment program, while moderates European Central Bank, Mario more temporary factors that low and most Democrats defend it as Draghi, who said the ECB was rates could address. providing a useful boost to busi- ready to use all the tools at its Given the uncertainty, she said nesses seeking new markets. disposal to lift euro zone inflation assessments of the labour market Household names such as if it continued to drop. He said, “need to become more nuanced.” Weak UK pay growth could persist Boeing Co, Caterpillar Inc and however, that most factors that Some officials argue the welter of General Electric Co are big ben- had weighed on prices appeared labour market data Yellen likes to eficiaries of the bank’s services. temporary. parse offers little useful informa- LONDON: Britain’s slow wage forecast for wage growth this earnings series in the months Ex-Im Bank’s critics say aiding Together, the comments from tion beyond the jobless rate and growth is not certain to pick year to 1.25 percent, prompting ahead,” he said. well-established firms such as Yellen and Draghi underscored pace of hiring. up any time soon, despite signs some economists to push back The BoE and the Fed both those serves little purpose and how both central banks were Financial market reaction to of skills shortages, Bank of forecasts of when interest rates needed to look at wage and puts taxpayers at risk. wrestling with the complexities Yellen’s remarks was muted, England deputy governor Ben will rise. unemployment data as well Opposition to renewing the of labour markets still-wracked with prices for US stocks Broadbent said in a speech The BoE pencils in a recov- as growth, he said. This made bank’s charter includes influ- by the 2007-2009 financial crisis. and most Treasury securities yesterday. ery in wage growth to 3.25 communicating policy harder, ential lawmakers such as new Yellen stood by her view that largely unchanged. The dol- The BoE has said it does not percent next year, a bit below and also meant information House Majority Leader Kevin significant slack remains in the lar, however, moved higher, intend to raise interest rates the pre-crisis average of 4.25 about inflation pressure might McCarthy and House Financial US economy, even as she nod- while the yield on the 30-year until there is a clear prospect percent. come too late for central banks Services Committee Chairman ded to the counter-arguments of Treasury bond fell. of stronger wage growth, and so But Broadbent said that this to act. Jeb Hensarling, both Republicans. some of her colleagues who feel “Janet Yellen confirmed the far the picture remains murky, was not certain. An economic “Because the labour mar- Fuelling concerns about the labour markets are tighter than majority view of the (Fed’s policy Broadbent told central bankers at model he had developed showed ket movements apparently take bank’s role, Delta Airlines charges she believes and inflation a risk. committee): much more labour an annual conference in Jackson it was possible that “the ‘norm’ longer to appear, over the cycle, that the institution provides an “There is no simple recipe for recovery is needed before the Fed Hole, Wyoming. of pay growth (had) gradually there’s now a trade-off between unfair advantage to foreign com- appropriate policy,” she said, argu- raises policy rates,” said David Federal Reserve Chair Janet adjusted to a protracted period the accuracy of the information petitors of the US carrier. ing for a “pragmatic” approach Kotok, chairman of Cumberland Yellen had also focused on the of low productivity growth ... as about inflationary pressure and “If left to do business as usual, that focuses on incoming data Advisors in Sarasota, Florida. complex effects of the financial people have become more adapted its timeliness,” he said. the bank has proven that it will without committing to a preset Draghi’s remarks, in contrast, crisis on the US labour market to lower pay awards”. Earlier this month, two BoE continue to help all foreign air- policy path. marked a rhetorical escalation and policymaking in a speech on On the other hand, some data policymakers voted to start lines indiscriminately, including Ahead of her comments, a regarding the ECB’s readiness Friday. did suggest that wage rises could raising interest rates, judging well-funded and state-supported number of top Fed officials to take further steps to bolster a Broadbent said years of low be coming, he said. that a sharp fall in unemploy- ones that competitively threaten pressed their case for an early euro zone economy that failed to productivity and meagre wage “Some of this weakness could ment and strong economic US airlines and their employ- hike in benchmark rates, which grow in the second quarter and rises since the financial crisis well be unwound later in the year: growth was enough evidence ees,” Delta Senior Vice-President the US central bank has held near which has seen inflation drop to may have reduced British work- labour market surveys point to that inflationary wage rises Andrea Fischer Newman wrote to zero since December 2008. just 0.4 percent. ers’ wage demands. skills difficulties in some areas, could be looming. Hensarling this week. Philadelphia Fed President REUTERS Last week the BoE halved its and to faster growth in the official REUTERS REUTERS

Lima Stock Exchange Aysha named CEO of QBIC DOHA: Qatar Business community. She was a mod- Incubation Center (QBIC), the erator with the Soliya Connect largest mixed-use business Program and a founding member incubator in the Middle East, of the Roudha Centre – a female yesterday announced Aysha Al entrepreneurship and innovation Mudahka (pictured) has been centre in Qatar. Aysha, a Qatari appointed as its new CEO. national, completed post-gradu- Aysha is a major figure in ate programs at Wharton School Qatar’s rapidly expanding entre- of Business at the University preneurial ecosystem. Since March of Pennsylvania and Carnegie 2011, she has served as Executive Mellon University Qatar and is a Director of Injaz Qatar, where she graduate of Qatar University. She began as a volunteer in 2007. She her appointment and her vast is currently doing her Executive is an active member of the World achievements supporting entre- MBA in HEC Paris. Economic Forum’s Global Shapers preneurs in Qatar. I greatly look Aysha will represent QBIC Community – a global network of forward to what’s ahead for QBIC and Qatar during Women’s exceptionally talented young peo- under her inspiring leadership.” Entrepreneurship Day (WED) at ple making a positive impact in Aysha said: ‘’I’m delighted to the United Nations in New York their communities. Prior to Injaz be joining this project of great on November 19, 2014. Qatar, she worked at the Qatar national importance, created QBIC provides a range of Financial Centre (QFC) and jointly by Qatar Development globally-benchmarked services, the Qatar Finance and Business Bank and the Social Development designed in partnership with lead- Academy (QFBA). She is one of Center. QBIC offers great oppor- ing entrepreneurial experts, to ful- the board members of Injaz Qatar. tunities to all Qataris and I look fil entrepreneurs’ demands. These Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al forward to working hand-in hand include office space, industrial Khalifa, QBIC Chairman and CEO with them to support the next workshops, and administrative, of Qatar Development Bank said, QR100m company — a goal firmly technical and financial support. “QBIC plays a key role in Qatar’s in line with the economic devel- In addition QBIC will provide an entrepreneurial ecosystem by opment pillar of Qatar’s National integrated and supportive envi- supporting the ideas and the Vision 2030.’’ ronment for entrepreneurs from individuals that will help make Aysha maintains a strong the idea stage - until they gradu- People walk outside the Lima Stock Exchange building in downtown Lima, Peru, yesterday. Qatar’s National Vision 2030 a personal interest in support- ate as capable and viable projects. reality. I congratulate Aysha on ing entrepreneurs and the local THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

HSBC sued in US Falling food prices offset Qatar inflation for $250m over Risk of global deflation high as bumper harvests, slow recovery push inflation down: QNB alleged role in ‘death bonds’ DOHA: Qatar’s rising domestic International food prices have According to the International growth, QNB’s research note said. At the current juncture, Eurozone inflation is partly offset by fall- been declining in recent months, Monetary Fund (IMF), maize Looking ahead, the IMF is pro- inflation has fallen to its lowest NEW YORK: HSBC Holdings ing food prices. Food inflation reflecting record harvests and prices have fallen 41 percent since jecting a further decline in global level in July 2014 (0.4 percent Plc was sued for $250m on in Qatar peaked at an annual weak global demand. Declining their peak in 2011. Over the same food prices (averaging -3.8 percent year-on-year) since the height Friday for allegedly ignoring increase of 5.9 percent in June food prices have in turn con- period, rice prices have fallen in 2014-15) on record yields. The of the financial crisis in 2008- red flags that a colourful British 2011 and has since slowed tributed to lower inflation in the nearly 31 percent and wheat global food production outlook con- 09, sliding further into what the entrepreneur, the late David to a negative 0.6 percent in Eurozone, the United Kingdom prices have declined 20 percent.. tinues to remain favorable, with the European Central Bank (ECB) Elias, was committing fraud June 2014, QNB Group noted (UK) and the United States (US). These large declines are feeding supply of major grains and oil seeds has described as a “danger zone”. through an investment vehicle yesterday. This trend, coupled with a weak into lower food prices for consum- projected to surpass demand growth UK inflation fell to 1.6 percent he controlled. Since the country has virtu- Eurozone recovery and mixed ers around the world. for the next two years. Furthermore, year-on-year in July 2014 as a The complaint was filed in the ally no domestic food production, economic data in the US, suggests While lower food prices would China expects increased produc- result of lower food prices. Finally, US District Court in Manhattan lower international food prices that the risk of global deflation normally be a good thing as they tion of corn and wheat as a result US inflation fell to a five month by the liquidator of Luxembourg- are likely to continue to push remains high. As such, we expect lower living costs, this decline of favourable weather while global low of 2.0 percent year-on-year in based SLS Capital SA, which Qatar’s food prices lower for the European Central Bank (ECB), comes at a time when inflation rice supplies continue to be plentiful. July 2014. Overall, global inflation is failed in 2009, the same year Elias foreseeable future, albeit with a the Bank of England and the is already very low in advanced For the global economy, lower very low by historical standards and died. lag. This means that Qatar’s infla- Federal Reserve to keep to record- economies and could turn infla- food prices for the next 18 months heading lower. Overall, the risk According to the complaint, tion should remain moderate at low interest rates for an extended tion negative, namely deflation. could mean a higher risk of defla- of global deflation remains high HSBC had been a custodian of around 3.5 percent at least until period of time. Qatar’s policy rates This is a cause of concern as tion. Food prices account for as bumper harvests and a weak life insurance policies used as col- the end of 2015. are likely to follow suit. deflation increases the real value only 10 percent-15 percent of global recovery have pushed down lateral for bonds that SLS sold to QNB analysts noted that the Since the peak in 2011, global of outstanding debts in the econ- the inflation basket in advanced inflation to record lows. This is investors, and which were falsely global trend of declining food food prices have dropped sig- omy which can in turn reduce economies, but they can reach 30 likely to keep global interest rates marketed as safe. prices will increase the risk of nificantly, largely in response the available income available for percent-40 percent in emerging low for the foreseeable future. An HSBC spokeswoman global deflation. to recent bumper harvests. consumption and lead to lower markets and developing countries. THE PENINSULA declined to comment. Companies in the so-called life settlement business buy life insur- ance policies on older individuals, Street recruitment and can collect death benefits when the insureds die. Securities backed by such policies are some- Austerity measures sapping times known as “death bonds.” One prominent seller of these bonds was Keydata Investment growth: French minister Services, which had business deal- ings with SLS, and whose sale of the bonds caused big losses for PARIS: Austerity measures reduction. “We have to give prior- austerity policy she has imposed thousands of UK pensioners. being pursued by France and else- ity to getting out of the (economic) on all of Europe.” Keydata also failed in 2009. where in the eurozone are quash- crisis and relegate to second place While not as strident as the Britain’s Serious Fraud Office ing growth, French Economy the dogmatic reduction of deficits, comments by Montebourg, dropped a probe into that com- Minister Arnaud Montebourg was which is driving us to austerity French Finance Minister Michel pany in May 2011, saying it lacked quoted saying yeserday, renewing and a continued rise in unemploy- Sapin similarly argued for mod- enough evidence to prosecute. his attacks on policies he sees as ment,” Montebourg said. erated deficit reduction in an According to Friday’s law- negative for the economy. Without specifically taking interview published in Italian suit, SLS began selling bonds in Montebourg’s interview with on Hollande, he said he did not newspaper La Repubblica. 2005, with investors buying them Le Monde daily came days after exclude France from his criticism. “The eurozone is at risk of getting directly from the company, or President Francois Hollande said “Today, forced deficit reduction stuck in a spiral of weak or negative buying bonds issued by Keydata he would accelerate reforms but is an economic aberration because growth. We absolutely must slow and securitised by SLS. not back away from his supply- it aggravates unemployment; a down the rate of deficit reduction,” When SLS ran into cash-flow side economic policy, based on big- financial absurdity because it Sapin was quoted as saying. “And problems, Elias began siphoning ger tax cuts for business. makes stabilizing public accounts it will take time for investments investors’ collateral to fund other The outspoken minister, a impossible; and a political disaster decided upon at the European level risky ventures and support his fierce critic of budget austerity, because it throws Europeans into to produce their first results. In the lavish lifestyle of “corporate jets, is known for frequent attacks on the arms of extremist parties who meantime we need to reorientate luxury yachts, and island resorts,” big business and the European want to destroy Europe,” he added. economic policies, adapting the rate the lawsuit said. Commission, which he accuses He pointed a finger at Germany, of deficit reduction to the economic HSBC, for its part, ignored mul- of strangling economic recovery saying the eurozone’s largest situation,” he added. tiple signs of suspicious activity, with its prioritisation of deficit economy was “trapped by the REUTERS including that Keydata looked “like a Ponzi scheme” and had ties to Elias, and “turned a blind eye” when Elias sold much of the collateral in a 2008 “fire sale,” the lawsuit said. “Simple justice demands that A job promoter receives a resume in a main street in downtown Sao HSBC be called to account for its role Paulo yesterday. in (Elias’) fraud,” the lawsuit said. REUTERS SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

California struggles with drought Toyota to boost IBM to help SUV production at Indiana Inspur on factory

PRINCETON, Indiana: Toyota announced it will spend server designs $100m to boost production of the Highlander SUV at its southwestern Indiana factory, with plans to add 300 workers Boost for China’s largest server vendor in the next couple of years. Company officials said the BEIJING: IBM will help other technical assistance, the project would allow it to build China’s largest server vendor companies said. In statements, up to 30,000 more Highlanders Inspur International design Inspur Chairman Sun Pishu and a year at the factory near server systems, the two com- IBM Greater China head D C Princeton, about 25 miles north panies said, an unexpected Chien both pledged greater future of Evansville. development in what has been collaboration. It is the only factory that builds a politically charged rivalry Based in the eastern city of Highlanders in North America, in the Chinese technology Jinan, Inspur has grown rapidly and also exports the midsize market. in recent years with the backing SUV to Australia, New Zealand Since last year Inspur has of a Chinese government keen on and Eastern Europe, according aggressively marketed its serv- achieving technological independ- to Toyota. ers to Chinese state-owned ence, although analysts doubt it The factory, which began pro- firms as a replacement for IBM could topple IBM in the short duction in 1998, now has about (International Business Machines term. Workers sort and package freshly harvested cantaloupes on a farm in Firebaugh, California. As the 4,700 workers and also produces Corp) systems while US-China Unveiled in early 2013, Inspur’s severe drought continues for a third straight year, farming communities are struggling to survive with an Sienna minivans and Sequoia relations have worsened dramat- K1 server was touted as China’s unemployment rate nearing 40 percent in the towns of Mendota and Firebaugh. SUVs. About 600 workers have ically over mutual suspicions of first fully home-grown, high-end been added there since Toyota cyber-spying. server. announced plans in 2012 to Inspur shares soared in late Since former US intelligence increase annual Highlander pro- May after it told Chinese news contractor Edward Snowden’s duction to 180,000 vehicles. outlets that its servers had begun leaks last year about US spy- US steel producers win anti-dumping The 300 new jobs are expected to replace the US company’s ing, Chinese commentators have to be added by summer 2016, equipment in large financial insti- stepped up calls to oust foreign Toyota said. tutions and would completely sup- companies like IBM, Cisco and Norm Bafunno, the presi- plant IBM in China in due course. Oracle, which process sensi- case against cheap imports dent of Toyota Indiana, said the The Chinese firm has coined the tive data in a range of indus- increased Highlander produc- term “I2I” — IBM to Inspur — as tries, in favour of homegrown WASHINGTON: The US high as 118 percent on tubular Boomerang Tube; Energex Tube, tion will also make the Princeton a marketing catchphrase. companies. International Trade Commission goods, and is expected to boost a division of JMC Steel Group, factory better able to adjust to In marketing materials dis- IBM’s sales in China fell 20 per- voted to impose anti-dumping the domestic business. Northwest Pipe Co, Tejas Tubular customer demand. Toyota says tributed this year and seen by cent in the first quarter, it said in duties against steel pipe imports US steel companies lodged a Products, Russia’s TMK IPSCO it sold about 90,000 Highlanders Reuters, Inspur extensively cited April, although it has announced from six countries, exempting complaint in 2013 after imports and France’s Vallourec Star. through the first seven months of the threat of US cyber-aggression a series of partnerships in recent two, handing a victory to domes- of the pipes used in the oil and Shortly after the ruling, US Steel this year, an increase of 16 per- and the role of servers in national months to signal its long term tic producers who had com- gas industry surged, as foreign Corp was trading up more than cent over the same period the security. viability in the market. plained that the cheap imports manufacturers sought to cash in three percent at $37.96 per share. previous year. The two companies made no The company said earlier this were undercutting their prices. on booming US shale gas drilling. The companies said that OCTG “The Highlander has been mention of cyber-security on month it would provide risk Countries whose steel will be Imports of “oil country tubular imports sold cheaply using unfair a great product for our plant,” Friday when they announced that analysis for Shanghai Wind subject to duties will be India, goods” (OCTG) doubled last year government subsidies had harmed Bafunno said. IBM would make its DB2 data- Information, a major financial South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and accounted for nearly two- their business, dragged prices Gov. Mike Pence praised base software and Websphere data firm, over the cloud without Ukraine and Vietnam. The thirds of the US market, accord- down and triggered job cuts. Toyota’s decision to boost produc- application software available for installing any physical hardware. Philippines and Thailand will be ing to the American Iron and Foreign manufacturers countered tion at the factory. use on Inspur’s line of K1 servers. IBM has also said it will help exempt. Saudi Arabia was dropped Steel Institute, an industry group. that they do not supply enough pipe “With suppliers in all corners IBM will also make available the Beijing government predict from the earlier complaint. Companies filing the complaint to threaten the US industry, and of the state, Toyota is helping to its POWER8 processors and and control air quality using its The decision gives the US included United States Steel Corp, instead blamed the lower prices on strengthen and grow Indiana’s support chips to help Inspur’s big-data processing technology. Department of Commerce the pipe specialist Tenaris subsidi- US producers increasing supply. economy,” he said. development, while providing REUTERS green light to impose tariffs as ary Maverick Tube Corporation; REUTERS AP Salesforce lifts revenue forecast

NEW YORK: Salesforce. $5.34-$5.37bn for the year ending was teaming up with Salesforce com Inc reported better-than- January 31. It had previously fore- to offer online management of expected quarterly revenue, cast an adjusted profit of 49-51 chronic diseases. Salesforce has helped by an increase in demand cents on revenue of $5.30-$5.34bn. also been buying providers of data for its web-based sales and mar- Analysts were expecting a analytics and marketing software keting software, and raised its profit of 51 cents per share on to boost growth. full-year profit and revenue revenue of $5.34bn, according to The company bought data forecast. Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The analytics firm RelateIQ Inc for Businesses are increasingly company said unbilled revenue about $390m last month, its larg- moving toward cloud software rose by about a third to $5 billion est deal since its $2.5bn acquisi- services that cost less and are at the end of the second quarter. tion of e-mail marketing firm easier to manage, helping com- “We continue to see greater ExactTarget last year. panies such as Salesforce and upside potential in the second half Salesforce reported net loss of human resource management as our checks suggest there are $61.1m, or 10 cents per share, for software provider Workday Inc. mega-deals in the pipeline that could the second quarter ended July 31, Spending on enterprise close, aided by the maturing efforts compared with a profit of $76.6m, resource management and cus- of CRM’s new vertical-led strat- or 12 cents per share, a year ear- tomer relationship management egy,” Susquehanna analyst J Derrick lier. On an adjusted basis, the com- has been particularly strong. Wood said in a pre-earnings note. pany earned 13 cents per share. Research firm IDC expects ERM Salesforce, which competes Revenue rose to $1.32bn from and CRM software sales to grow with Germany’s SAP SE and $957.1m. 20 percent at a compounded Oracle Corp among others, is Subscription and support annual rate every year from 2013 investing in software targeted at revenue, which accounts for 93 to 2018. specific sectors such as healthcare percent of total revenue, rose 37 Salesforce said on Thursday it to boost growth. percent. Professional services rev- expects an adjusted profit of 50-52 In June, Dutch healthcare and enue rose 58 percent. cents per share on revenue of lighting company Philips said it REUTERS

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India paints Job cuts in Brazil upbeat picture for economy Vows to tighten up on banks

NEW DELHI: Government ago, the Reserve Bank of India officials painted an upbeat pic- (RBI) said in its annual report ture for the economy as it strug- on Thursday. gles to emerge from the longest Restructured loans rose to spell of sub-par growth in dec- 5.9 percent of gross advances in ades and promised to tighten up March from 2.5 percent in June risk management at the coun- 2011, the central bank said. try’s dominant state banks. “Some recent instances have Finance Secretary Arvind been disturbing,” Jaitley said. Mayaram said growth is on course “I would only hope that they to recover to about 5.8 percent in are a drop in the ocean and we the year to March 2015, up from have all learnt the lessons from 4.7 percent last year — the second such incidents, and there will be year of growth below five percent, no repetition of them,” he said. too slow a rate to provide jobs While a sluggish economy is for the large numbers entering the main reason for a rise in dis- India’s labour force. tressed assets, the RBI’s report Recent economic data does also blames the banks for lending point to a nascent recovery: indus- to certain “excessively leveraged” trial production is having its best groups. run since last September, infra- The launch of a corruption structure output growth is at a investigation at state-control- New cars are parked at a stock area of the Volkswagen German automaker plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo. Many of Brazil’s biggest retailers, nine-month high and manufactur- led Syndicate Bank has raised home-builders and carmakers are cutting jobs as Latin America’s largest economy teeters on the edge of recession, a fresh blow to President ing activity is growing at its fastest broader concerns about weak Dilma Rousseff’s re-election bid. for 17 months. Car sales, a proxy oversight, graft and politically for consumer demand, are also up. directed lending at state banks. “If you look at the trend growth, Weak industrial activity and then you see green shoots of recov- capital investments lie at the ery in the economy,” Mayaram heart of growth struggle, and PACL told to return funds from investment scheme told an industry chamber. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Persistent concerns about the election triumph has stoked hopes MUMBAI: India’s capital savings accounts. Kolkata-based media conglom- under the scheme amounted to health of the country’s banking that he will replicate his success markets regulator has ordered According to the Sebi order, erate Saradha was ordered to Rs491bn ($8.1bn), collected from system were also addressed on as head of Gujarat state in boost- property developer PACL Ltd PACL ran an investment scheme return last year, after running 58.5 million customers. Thursday when Finance Minister ing investment. to return at least $8.1bn raised that promised depositors returns an unlawful deposit scheme that It said the amount raised could Arun Jaitley told delegates at a Added to those hopes, the from retail investors after find- on investments in agricultural went bust. In a 92-page order, be higher, but it had not obtained banking event in New Delhi that global economy shows signs of ing the company had failed to land. The regulator said the com- Sebi said PACL’s investment records from the company for the government was working to strengthening and is expected to register its land investment pany allowed investors to deposit product qualified as a so-called the period from April 2012 to tighten up risk management in lift overseas demand for Indian scheme. money in instalments or in a lump collective investment scheme, February 2013. the sector, giving a vital boost to merchandise and underpin the The action by the Securities and sum, guaranteeing returns after or deposit-taking payment plan, The regulator said all money confidence. recovery. Exchange Board of India (Sebi) a fixed tenure. which should be registered with raised from the plan would need The prolonged slowdown has Mayaram said he expected marks the country’s continued Phone calls to PACL’s office the regulator. to be returned to investors within hit the banks’ balance sheets as a further pick up in economic scrutiny of companies which raise were unanswered. Although Sebi did not specify three months and barred the bad loans rose to 4.1 percent of momentum from RBI monetary funds from mostly low-income The amount that PACL has how much money PACL would company and its executives from gross advances in March from policy. investors by offering higher inter- been ordered to return would be need to return to investors, it raising any additional money. 2.4 percent in March three years REUTERS est rates than available on bank well above the $3.7bn in deposits estimated the amount raised REUTERS ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller Delhi to hike iron ore royalty

bags 10 Stevies SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI: The cabinet has agreed to raise DOHA: ASDA’A Burson- “I dedicate this record-break- the royalty rates for iron ore Marsteller, a leading public ing success of ASDA’A Burson- and other minerals, a mining relations consultancy, has won Marsteller at the International ministry official said, raising the 10 awards at the 11th Annual Business Awards to our clients. It cost for domestic miners, and International Business Awards is also of course testament to our potentially making imported 2014, including the Public colleagues all across the Middle ore more attractive. Relations Agency of the Year in East who devised and executed There is a danger for miners the Middle East and Africa, for compelling and evidence-based that they will be unable to pass the fourth year. communications campaigns on the cost fully to steel mills due The agency was awarded three on behalf of our clients. I am to weaker global prices, and the gold, five silver and two bronze extremely proud of our people and competition from imports, trad- ‘Stevies’ (as the awards are most our work,” said Sunil John, CEO ers said. commonly known) for PR cam- of ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller. The royalty on iron ore, or the paigns with its clients, including ASDA’A Burson-Marsteller, percentage of sales paid to state Emaar Properties, Ford Middle which has a team of 160 profes- governments, would increase to East and Art Dubai. sionals in 11 fully-owned offices 15 percent from 10 percent, a The awards are the world’s pre- across the Middle East and North spokesman for the mining min- mier business awards programme. Africa, won the gold Stevie for PR istry said. All individuals and organisations Campaign of the Year – Public That would lift the cost for worldwideare eligible to submit Service for its work on its annual miners by Rs150 to 250 per tonne nominations. The 2014 edition Arab Youth Survey. ($2.50-$4), said Dhruv Goel, man- received 3,500 entries from more The agency was also awarded a aging partner at industry consul- than 60 nations and territories. gold Stevie in the PR Campaign of tancy SteelMint. Stevie award winners were the Year – Events & Observances “But they will not be able it pass selected by more than 250 executives category and a bronze honour in it on completely to steelmakers worldwide who participated in the the PR Campaign of the Year – for the reason that imports will judging process from May through Arts & Entertainment category be cheaper and people will prefer early August. Nicknamed the Stevies for its work with Emaar Properties imports over domestic ore,” said for the Greek word for “crowned,” during the inaugural Vogue Goel. The last time the royalties the awards will be presented to win- Fashion Dubai Experience 2013. were adjusted was in 2009. ners in Paris on October 10. THE PENINSULA REUTERS

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Mercantil bank headquarters building in Caracas yesterday. Mercantil is the second biggest bank in Venezuela. SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Yudhoyono should hike Being self-employed is not Indonesia’s oil price a choice but a necessity BY WILLIAM PESEK BY RICHARD SEYMOUR And linked to this purview was a growing blogged, there are considerable incentives ndonesia is undergoing what one think tank calls its “John self-help literature of an entrepreneurial for many people on benefits to stop claiming Adams Moment”: the first peaceful transition from one demo- he rise and rise of self-employ- bent, encouraging everyone to outsource as jobseeker’s allowance and instead take work- cratically elected leader to another. Outgoing President Susilo ment – at 15 percent of the UK much of their lives as possible, freeing up ing tax credit as a self-employed worker. IBambang Yudhoyono — who will hand over to his successor, workforce it is now at its high- their time and human capital to invest in Together, this looks a great deal like Jakarta governor Joko Widodo in October — says he understands est level since records began – is new income-generating activities. what Michel Foucault described as a mode the historical import. “I promise to help anyone who becomes the invariably a good sign if you’re a At the foundation of this was a neoliberal of “discipline”. After all, what appear here next president,” he declared last Friday. “It’s my moral obligation TConservative. It means millions of people conception of the social and the self, accord- are forms of knowledge (the structures of as a former president and as a citizen who wants to continue immersing themselves in the enterprise of ing to which human beings are essentially academic and bureaucratic expertise that serving the country.” “enterprise”, showing initiative and embrac- entrepreneurial and only need to realise this justify welfare cuts on the pretext of encour- If he’s serious, there’s one thing Yudhoyono could do that would ing the risks (and rewards) of the market. to become more effective and get more of aging work), a system of surveillance (the not only aid his successor, but bolster his own legacy and serve On the one hand, the government credits life’s rewards. regular oversight of benefit claimants and Indonesia: raise oil prices, and make a start on lifting other inef- welfare cuts for spurring people into taking So is this the utopia we are headed for? their activities to seek employment) and the ficient subsidies, before he leaves office. initiative. On the other, free market enthu- The facts behind the self-employment surge regulation of activity through an institu- Indonesia has a mixed economy in which both the private siasts credit the new business model made are a little less august. In reality, the rise in tional structure with incentives and benefits sector and government play significant roles. The country is the possible by new technologies. the numbers of self-employed individuals is favouring the option of enterprise. largest economy in Southeast Asia and a member of the G20 As the Telegraph reports: “The growth of correlated to a lacklustre labour market. In Generally tax authorities will view a major economies. Indonesia’s estimated gross domestic product professional services, advances in technol- most of the United Kingdom, figures show person as self-employed if the person (1) (nominal), as of 2012 was $928.274bn with estimated nominal ogy and the focus on the digital economy that the rise in self-employment is offsetting chooses to be recognised as such, or (2) is per capita GDP was $3,797, and per capita GDP PPP was $4,943 has lowered start-up costs. Often all that is a fall in other forms of employment. generating income such that the person is (international dollars). The gross domestic product (GDP) is needed to run a company is a telephone and Moreover, a great deal of what is classed required to file a tax return under legislation about $1trn and the debt ratio to the GDP is 26 percent. a laptop with a good Internet connection.” as self-employment is fictitious. There are that subsists in the relevant jurisdiction(s). As in so many other countries, the fuel-price support Indonesia The next stage, inevitably, is the trans- many workers who are taken on by firms So even if humans are in no way essen- doles out is blowing a hole in the national balance sheet. Subsidies formation of manufacturing by 3D printing, as independent contractors and thus denied tially enterprising creatures, there is a will eat up an estimated $31bn this year — as much as 20 per- which will call into being a new generation access to employment rights, sick pay and series of government techniques linked to cent of the budget. They contribute to a deficit estimated at 2.4 of do-it-yourself entrepreneurs, and thus pensions, saving employers a bundle. These changes in the labour market that encour- percent of gross domestic product and to Indonesia’s last junk restore dynamism to a stagnant capitalism. workers are in no real sense autonomous age people to identify as entrepreneurs, credit rating (from Standard and Poor’s). They starve other pro- This owes itself in large measure to the enterprises. They have little control over the gambling on the market. grammes — from road-building to education and health care — of sort of techno-utopias that were churned work process or its aims and are, like the The rise in officially counted self-employ- desperately needed funds. out during the 1990s when Wall Street was majority of workers, paid employees. ment, far from representing a surge in indi- Yudhoyono, who has long argued for lifting the subsidies, only still buzzing off the dotcom bubble. Furthermore, there is a sense in which vidual initiative, is to a large degree the managed to bump up prices modestly during his term. It’s easy to Daniel Pink’s Free Agent Nation proph- Iain Duncan Smith may be right to credit outcome of a disciplinary process. To this understand the former general’s trepidation. In 1998, a fuel-price esied the spread of independent contract- welfare cuts for some of the statistical spike extent, enterprise is not being freed so much hike helped trigger the deadly riots that drove dictator Suharto ing, freelancing and home-based enterprise in self-employment. as it is being forced. from power. Yudhoyono felt his remit was to maintain social as an alternative to full-time employment. As the research analyst Alex Harrowell THE GUARDIAN stability, not to stoke fresh chaos. And convincing lawmakers to go along would’ve been no easy task. “Few policies place good economics so directly at odds with good politics as subsidies for food or energy,” writes Harvard University’s Jeffrey Frankel in a World Economic Forum report calling on new leaders in Indonesia, India and Egypt to act. He concludes that it’s best to get the pain over with quickly: “The savvy politician should probably announce the unpleasant adjust- ment as soon as he takes office.” Having failed to do that himself, Yudhoyono could make Widodo’s job a little easier by acting now. Eliminating subsides in one fell swoop would be a reach, politically. And it could destabilise a nation that’s seen its Gini coefficient, a measure of inequality, widen to 0.41 in 2012 from 0.35 in 2005, the year after Yudhoyono became president. But the lame-duck president could announce an immediate reduction in the 43 cents per litre fuel subsidy to, say, 25 cents. Yudhoyono also could announce some technical changes, like capping fuel aid at a time when global energy prices might shoot higher at any moment. Limiting the volume of fuel that’s subsidised would insulate Indonesia from external shocks and the national balance sheet from ugly surprises. That step alone would educate Indonesian households that oil-price gyrations are natural phenomena — and show why cash transfers would be a more efficient way to help struggling families. “People will learn that this is how the oil price is supposed to be,” Vice Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro told Bloomberg News in an August 12 interview. At the very least, it would lay the groundwork for Widodo to go further. A bold gesture now could also change the narra- tive of Yudhoyono as a spent force. It might distract attention from corruption scandals that have enmeshed top officials in his Democratic Party (including even his son, Anas Urbaningrum). There are, of course, myriad reasons why this is all highly unlikely. Yudhoyono’s party didn’t support Widodo in the July election. It’s also already drawn up its budget for fiscal 2015. Lawmakers might try to reject major alterations now. Still, it’s worth a shot. Just 64, Yudhoyono is well-positioned to act as one of Asia’s elder statesmen for many years to come. But he needs a grand gesture to remind Indonesians — and the world — of the audacity and energy of his first years in office. Hiking oil prices would do that nicely — and increase the next generation’s odds of success. WP-BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Here’s what it will take to trigger the next stock market correction

BY ANATOLE KALETSKY near-breakup of the eurozone History suggests that it takes a Second, because the market’s as almost irrelevant will prove investors began to thrown in the in 2011-12 or a US recession. long series of rate hikes, spread behaviour itself confirms that sufficient to trigger a serious towel. Even those who did not s Wall Street hit Another possible trigger would be over several years, to trigger a today’s valuations are not unrea- correction. understand or believe in the mar- another new record a substantial increase in interest bear market. sonably elevated. If valuations What level of valuations will be ket’s advance decided to buy any- Thursday, it is worth rates. But if no major economic crisis were genuinely over-extended, high enough to make the market way. As a result, prices suddenly Aconsidering what could All the worst bear markets in or substantial monetary tighten- investors would have sold equities vulnerable? This question is virtu- accelerated. The main Wall Street cause a serious setback in stock living memory — 1973-74, 1980-82, ing is on the horizon in the next far more aggressively in response ally impossible to answer. But we indexes gained 40 percent in the market prices around the world. 2000-02 and 2007-09 — occurred year or so, we must conclude to such pressures as the Fed’s can be fairly certain that when eight months from January to Since I started writing this col- after a series of rate hikes by the either that equity prices will keep tapering of bond purchases, the the market does reach this criti- August 1987. The rest is history umn in 2012, I have repeatedly Federal Reserve, and monetary rising without interruption or stalling of US growth last winter, cal level, nobody will be aware of — in fact the biggest stock mar- argued that the rebound in stock tightening is the most widely that the next bear market will be the disappointment (yet again) it — including me. ket crash in history. On October market prices from their nadir in discussed investment risk today. caused by something other than with European economic pros- In this respect, the current 19, 1987, Wall Street gave up its the 2008-09 global financial crisis But on closer inspection, neither monetary policy or economic fun- pects or the conflicts in Iraq and investment environment is rem- entire eight-month gain in one was turning into a structural bull economic fundamentals nor mon- damentals. The most likely culprit Ukraine. iniscent not of the bull-market day. market that could continue into etary policy looks like a serious in that case would be the inter- Investors have instead peak in 2007 that is often cited Could the current market cycle the next decade. threat, at least in the year ahead. nal dynamics of the market itself: responded to the temporary but of 1987 — the biggest of all be headed for something similar? Asset prices, however, never Almost all recent evidence extreme and unsustainable valu- setbacks caused by the disrup- stock market crashes but also the So far, there have been no signs move in a straight line. It has from the US economy suggests ations as growing investor confi- tions by buying more equities at shortest and ultimately the least of the acceleration in prices that been more than two years without acceleration rather than slow- dence turns into over-optimism what they view as cheap prices — significant. preceded the crash of 1987. But even a 10 percent correction and down. Though a renewed reces- and complacency. implying that valuations have not One intriguing resemblance is if in the next few weeks the Wall five years without a 20 percent sion in Europe or Japan is more Many commentators claim yet reached a dangerous extreme. that 1987 came five years after Street records set in July are setback. This cannot go on. likely, this would not cause much that stock markets have already Which brings us to the bad the start of a bull market that decisively broken, an acceleration Sometime in the not-too-dis- financial shock, since neither of reached this dangerously specu- news. If stock market valuations was universally distrusted, like could soon begin — especially if tant future, investors are certain these economies has yet fully lative condition. But this seems are not yet high enough to cause the current one. Even after four Yellen offers more reassurance to suffer some big and painful emerged from the slump of 2009. implausible, for two reasons. a big correction — and if mon- years of uninterrupted gains that on monetary policy and fears of a losses — even if I am right in An increase in interest rates First, because standard valua- etary and economic conditions started in August 1982, almost war between Ukraine and Russia expecting equity prices to con- big enough to trigger a stock tion metrics are only just above are likely to remain benign for nobody believed that equities subside. tinue rising in the long term. market correction appears even their average levels in the United the next year or two — then the were a safe investment. Because Then investors should fasten What kind of event is most likely less likely in the next 12 months. States and lower than aver- unavoidable conclusion is that it seemed ridiculous to suggest their seat belts for a roller-coaster to end this bull run, or at least This is because stock markets age in most other markets — a equity prices will just keep ris- that the great inflation that had ride which, far from approaching interrupt it with a setback of 20 tend not to react adversely to point made repeatedly by Federal ing until they really do become inflicted such terrible losses on its climax, may be just starting, percent or more? the start of a monetary tighten- Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen over-extended. At that point, investors in the previous decade with big gains ahead. And also big The obvious answer is a major ing cycle, which generally signals and explained in my recent article negative news events of the kind was genuinely defeated. losses. economic crisis, such as the an improving economic outlook. on valuations. that investors can shrug off today By early 1987, however, sceptical REUTERS SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

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China’s GDP growth may fall Sunday UK GDP growth revised below 7pc on slowing up to 3.2pc in Q2 property investment Unemployment rate rises in LONDON: British inflation fell Spain’s trade deficit almost BEIJING: Property investment, the top Japan’s trade deficit widens most US states in July more than expected in July and doubled in first half of year target for investment in China, has TOKYO: The value of Japanese WASHINGTON: The Labour surging house price growth MADRID: The trend is towards a seen its growth decline for six straight exports rose 3.9 percent in July Department said recently that slowed in June, making it less reduction in the size of Spain’s months, which may drag down the from the same month a year unemployment rates fell in eight likely the Bank of England will trade deficit, from a yearly high fourth-quarter GDP growth and next earlier, to 6.19 trillion yen, while states in July and were unchanged raise interest rates this year. of €99.2bn in 2007 to €17.7bn year’s growth may slow to around the value of imports increased in 12. At the same time, hiring rose Inflation dropped to 1.6 percent last year. New data published by 6.8pc, says the Beijing-based China 2.3 per cent to 7.15 trillion yen, in 36 states, fell in 13, and was in July from June’s five-month Spain’s Ministry of Economy & Securities Journal, citing Wang Tao, according to data released by unchanged in Iowa. The national high of 1.9 percent, according Competitiveness today showed chief China economist at UBS. unemployment rate ticked up to 6.2 to official data that sent sterling the country’s trade deficit—the Japan’s finance ministry. difference between exports and percent in July from 6.1 percent in GBP= tumbling to a four-month low against the dollar. imports—doubled in the first six June, the government said earlier months of the year, to €11.9bn. this month, even as employers added 209,000 jobs. India’s trade deficit expands NEW DELHI: India’s trade deficit in July rose to its highest level in a year as export growth weakened slightly SA consumer inflation slows after rising in the double digits for JOHANNESBURG: Inflation two consecutive months. Exports Australian unemployment moderated slightly more than in July expanded 7.3 percent from hits 12-year high expected in July mainly due to a a year earlier to $27.73bn, versus a SYDNEY: The latest unemployment Argentina’s jobless rate rises moderation in food prices, and year-over-year jump of 12.4 percent in data released by the Australian to 7.5pc supports the view of some analysts May and 10.2 percent in June, while Bureau of Statistics on August 7 that the Reserve Bank will keep shows that official unemployment BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s imports increased 4.3 percent to interest rates unchanged in is at a 12-year high of 6.4pc. unemployment rate rose to 7.5pc in $39.95bn. September. The consumer price The number of people unable to the second quarter as the country’s index (CPI) - used to measure find work now stands at almost recession appeared to worsen and inflation - moderated to 6.3pc year 790,000, which is the highest level more companies laid off workers. on year (y/y) in July from 6.6pc (y/y) since February 1997. These figures The jobless rate, published by the in June, Statistics South Africa said. would be higher still if not for a government, is up from 7.1pc in the decline in the participation rate to first quarter and 7.2pc a year earlier. 64.7pc.

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GOLD COAST, Australia: that sort of confidence back to We’re not quite there yet, but Katie Ledecky smashed another be able to do it in an individual we’ll get there,” she said. Ledecky Pan Pacific Results world record as Michael Phelps event,” said Phelps, who has now still has the 1500m freestyle event claimed his first individual gold won 15 golds over four Pan Pacs to come on today’s last day of the Results of the finals on the medal post-retirement at the meets. Gold Coast meet as she chases five third day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships at Pan Pacific Championships in “What it does is guarantee me gold medals. the Gold Coast yesterday: Australia yesterday. a spot on the world championship South Korea’s Park Taeh-wan American wonder teen Ledecky team next summer which is the won his third consecutive Pan Women’s 100M Butterfly: 1. Alicia Coutts set the first world record of the biggest and most important thing. Pacs 400m freestyle title with vic- (AUS) 57.64 seconds, 2. Lu Ying (CHN) 57.76, Gold Coast meet, shaving almost “I know there is a lot can hap- tory over Japan’s Kosuke Hagino. 3. Kendyl Stewart (USA) 57.82 half a second off the 400-metres pen in a year with training, I’m Olympic silver medallist Park’s 400M Freestyle: 1. Katie Ledecky (USA) freestyle mark she set at this looking forward to it, it’s a build- time was 3:43.15. 3:58.37 (world record), 2. Cierra Runge (USA) month’s US Championships. ing year for me.” Commonwealth Games cham- 4:04.55, 3. Lauren Boyle (NZL) 4:05.33 The 17-year-old schoolgirl Phelps, the 18-time Olympic pion Belinda Hocking won the 200M Backstroke: 1. Belinda Hocking (AUS) clocked three minutes 58.37 sec- champion, said he still has a few 200m backstroke, Australian Katie Ledecky 2:07.49, 2. Emily Seebohm (AUS) 2:07.61, 3. onds to eclipse her previous mark things to iron out after ending a team-mate Alicia Coutts took out of the US Elizabeth Beisel (USA) 2:08.33 by 0.49sec. near two-year retirement after the 100m butterfly and American reacts 4x100M Feestyle Relay: 1. Australia (Cate “It’s a great feeling. It never the London Olympics. Tyler Clary captured the men’s following the Campbell, Brittany Elmslie, Melanie Schlanger, really gets old,” Ledecky said of “After just getting back in the 200m backstroke final. women’s 400m Bronte Campbell) 3:32.46, 2. USA (Simone her latest world record-breaking water and going through the ups Hosts Australia won both freestyle final Manuel, Missy Franklin, Abbey Weitzeil, swim. and downs, it’s still some of the 4x100m freestyle relays beating at the Gold Shannon Vreeland) 3:34.23, 3. Japan (Miki “I knew I could be right where small things like hitting the walls the United States. Coast Aquatic Uchida, Misaki Yamaguchi, Yasuko Miyamoto, I was at nationals, or slightly bet- like I want to at a high speed,” The women’s team, comprising Centre in Yayoi Matsumoto) 3:39.06. ter. I’m really pleased with that.” he said. world champion Cate Campbell, Gold Coast Men’s 100M Butterfly: 1. Michael Phelps While it was Ledecky’s fourth “That’s something that I have Brittany Elmslie, Melanie yesterday. (USA) 51.29, 2. Ryan Lochte (USA) 51.67, 3. gold medal of the championship, it to work on over the next year and Schlanger and Bronte Campbell, Hirofumi Ikebata (JPN) 52.40 was Olympic legend Phelps’s sec- really nail it.” won the final in a new meet 400M Freestyle: 1. Park Taeh-wan (KOR) ond win but his first individual Ledecky holds the world record of 3:32.46. 3:43.15, 2. Kosuke Hagino (JPN) 3:44.56, 3. gold in taking out the 100m but- records in the 400m, 800m and Australia’s men -- Tommaso Connor Jaeger (USA) 3:45.31 terfly from rival team-mate Ryan 1500m freestyle to make her the D’Orsogna, James Magnussen, Lochte. first woman since US distance Matthew Abood, Cameron 200M Backstroke: 1. Tyler Clary (USA) Phelps, 29, who was a member great Janet Evans to hold all McEvoy -- prevailed over the 1:54.91, 2. Ryosuke Irie (JPN) 1:55.14, 3. of the USA’s winning 4x200m three records at the same time. Americans, which included Mitchell Larkin (AUS) 1:55.27 freestyle relay on Friday, shaded Ledecky’s win in yesterday’s Phelps, Nathan Adrian, Anthony 4x100M Freestyle Relay: 1. Australia Lochte by 0.38sec in winning the 400m final was her fourth gold Ervin and Lochte, by 0.56sec in a (Tommaso D’Orsogna, James Magnussen, butterfly event in 51.29 adding medal of the Pan Pacs after wins winning time of 3:12.80. Matthew Abood, Cameron McEvoy) 3:12.80, to his haul of international titles in the 200m and 800m freestyle Heading into today’s final day 2. USA (Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, Anthony just four months after he made and as part of the USA 4x200m of the meet, the USA has 11 gold, Ervin, Ryan Lochte) 3:13.36, 3. Brazil (Joao comeback. freestyle relay. Australia eight, Japan four and De Lucca, Marcelo Chierighini, Bruno Fratus, “It’s definitely feels good to have “I have some long-term goals. South Korea one. AFP Nicolas Oliveira) 3:13.59

NBA: Hornets sign Hairston US cuts world team to 12

NEW YORK: The Charlotte Hornets signed first-round after beating Puerto Rico guard PJ Hairston. The Hornets acquired the rights to Hairston (26th overall NEW YORK: Derrick Rose line-up early yesterday to slice the Faried and Brooklyn’s Mason pick) and guard Semaj Christon earned a spot on the final American roster to the 12-man Plumlee. (55th overall pick), along with 12-man US roster of NBA stars limit needed by next Friday, the “This was without doubt the a 2019 second-round draft pick Derrick Rose for the Basketball World Cup eve of the start of the global most difficult selection process and cash considerations, from the in action for after helping the Americans rip showdown in Spain. we’ve gone through,” Colangelo Miami Heat in exchange for the Chicago Bulls in Puerto Rico 112-86 on Friday. “The first thing is we are very said. rights to guard Shabazz Napier this file photo. Rose sat out an exhibition vic- pleased with the overall effort of “Each player is incredibly tal- (24th overall pick). Rose earned a tory two nights earlier over the every player who was a part of the ented, and each player offered us The 6-foot-6 Hairston became place in final US Dominican Republic and there process,” said Krzyzewski. unique skills. In the end it was the first NBA’s Development was concern about him after his “I’m excited about the 12 play- about assembling the best team, squad for the League player to be selected in having missed most of the past ers selected and feel we have selecting guys who we felt would World Cup. the first round of the draft. two NBA seasons due to knee excellent versatility and the be able to best play the kind Meanwhile, The Atlanta Hawks surgeries. makings of a really good defen- of style we envision this team re-signed guard Shelvin Mack. But Rose had a strong effort sive team.” playing.” In 73 games for the Hawks last with six points and four assists Chicago standout Rose will be The US men begin defending season (11 starts), Mack averaged in 13 minutes at Madison Square joined by Golden State’s Stephen their world crown August 30 7.5 points and 3.7 assists. (second Garden and was among those Curry and Klay Thompson, against Finland. A repeat win on the team). named to the final US line-up by Sacramento’s Rudy Gay and there would clinch a berth at the The Houston Rockets re-signed coach Mike Krzyzewski and US DeMarcus Cousins, Cleveland 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. unrestricted free agent guard/for- national team managing director guard Kyrie Irving, Houston The Americans, 3-0 in ward Francisco Garcia. Jerry Colangelo. guard James Harden, Toronto’s Basketball World Cup warm- He averaged 5.7 points, 2.2 Damian Lillard, Kyle Korver, DeMar DeRozan, New Orleans’ up games, play a final exhibi- rebounds and 1.1 assist per game Gordon Hayward and Chandler Anthony Davis, Detroit’s Andre tion Tuesday against Slovenia in last season. AGENCIES Parsons were trimmed from the Drummond, Denver’s Kenneth Spain. AFP Didier wins stage, Van spurs Braves to victory Garderen retains lead Minor NEW YORK: Atlanta starter Angeles Angels in the opener NEW YORK: Luxembourg’s was definitely a tough day,” Van Mike Minor flirted with a no- of a key three-game series Laurent Didier won yester- Garderen said. hitter as the Braves beat the between the top two teams in the day’s fifth stage of the USA Pro Romanian Serghei Tvetcov slumping Cincinnati Reds 3-1 in American League West. Challenge cycling race, while jumped from fifth to third in the 12 innings. Los Angeles loaded the bases American Tejay Van Garderen overall competition but remained Minor held Cincinnati hit- with two out in the ninth inning finished ninth to maintain his 37 seconds adrift of Van Garderen. less until centre fielder Billy before Doolittle struck out pinch Chicago Cubs’ 20-second overall lead. American Tom Danielson Hamilton’s RBI single with two hitter Chris Iannetta to end the Luis Valbuena Trek racer Didier captured was fourth, 39 seconds off the outs in the eighth tied the score game. REUTERS points to the 167.6-kilometer (104.14-mile) pace, with countryman Matthew 1-1. the sky as stage from Woodland Park to Busche another 12 seconds back Minor, who almost became he crosses Breckenridge in three hours, 50 in the contest. the first Braves pitcher to throw Baseball Results home plate Chicago Cubs 4 Baltimore 1 minutes and 38 seconds with Saturday’s penultimate stage is a no-hitter since Kent Mercker after hitting Colombian Janier Alexis Acevedo a 10-mile (16.1-kilometer) individ- accomplished the feat in April Houston 5 Cleveland 1 a solo home Colle second and Canada’s Rob ual time trial in Vail that follows 1994, walked four and struck out NY Yankees 4 Chicago White Sox 3 run during the Britton third, both in the same along the Vail Pass and features five in his 107-pitch outing. San Francisco 10 Washington 3 fourth inning time. a steep climb up the final three Cincinnati (61-68) extended Philadelphia 5 St Louis 4 against the “I didn’t feel that good in the miles. AFP its losing streak to seven, while Tampa Bay 8 Toronto 0 Baltimore beginning. The first 40k was quite Atlanta (68-61) defeated the Reds hard,” Didier said. for the fifth straight time this Seattle 5 Boston 3 Orioles at “The really big thing here is the Overall Standings season. Atlanta 3 Cincinnati 1 Wrigley Field altitude.” 1. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/BMC) 16hr 55min No visiting pitcher has thrown Kansas City 6 Texas 3 yesterday in Van Garderen was 1:33 off the 56sec 2. Rafal Majka (POL/TCS) at 20 sec- a regular season no-hitter at Pittsburgh 8 Milwaukee 3 Chicago. onds, 3. Serghei Tvetcov (ROM/JBC) 37, 4. pace in ninth but that was enough Cincinnati’s home stadium since Minnesota 20 Detroit 6 Tom Danielson (USA/GRS) 39, 5. Matthew to keep the BMC Racing rider’s 1971. Miami 13 Colorado 5 margin over second-place over- Busche (USA/TFR) 51, 6. Joseph Rosskopf Right-hander Sonny Gray Arizona 5 San Diego 1 all rider Rafael Majka of Poland, (USA/HSD) 1:14, 7. Carter Jones (USA/OPM) allowed three runs on six hits over who placed 10th in the stage 1:22, 8. Bartosz Huzarski (POL/TNE) 1:28, 9. 8 1/3 innings and the Oakland Oakland 5 LA Angels 3 just behind the American. “It Ben Hermans (BEL/BMC) 1:49, 10. Athletics beat the first-place Los LA Dodgers 6 NY Mets 2 SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT All Blacks retain Bledisloe Cup with crushing win

New Zealand’s forwards respond to criticism, thrash Wallabies 51-20 Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic celebrates after beating Samantha Stosur of Australia at AUCKLAND: New Zealand’s Then they produced a sweeping the Connecticut Tennis Center forwards responded to criticism counter-attack from inside their at Yale in New Haven on Friday of their performance in their own 22 after turning the ball over, night. opening Rugby Championship spread it wide with Cruden draw- clash to set the foundation for a ing defenders before offloading a 51-20 victory over Australia at perfectly timed pass to Savea out- Eden Park yesterday that also side him. Kvitova, ensured the retention of the Cruden’s conversion gave the Bledisloe Cup. All Blacks a handy 23-6 lead at All Blacks captain Richie the break that they extended with Rybarikova McCaw, who was sinbinned early a scintillating 10-minute burst in the game, scored two tries after the break that produced while Kieran Read, Julian Savea three more tries, two to McCaw in New and Steven Luatua also crossed, from attacking lineouts. with their pack awarded a pen- “When you’re chasing 20-odd Haven final alty try as part of a record score points against a team like the All against the Wallabies. Blacks it’s a dangerous experi- NEW HAVEN, USA: Flyhalf Aaron Cruden kicked ence and you need to take risks to Reigning Wimbledon champion five conversions and three pen- chase the game,” Wallabies coach Petra Kvitova and Slovakia’s alties, while Wallabies fullback Ewen McKenzie said. Magdalena Rybarikova Israel Folau and captain Michael “They played well, no question advanced to the WTA New Hooper crossed for tries with but I know we’re better than that, Haven hard court tournament Kurtley Beale adding two penal- so it was a very frustrating night.” final on Friday with straight-set ties and two conversions. Folau and Hooper scored two triumphs. The victory ensured the quick consolation tries for the Fourth-ranked Kvitova fired Bledisloe Cup remained in New visitors before Luatua scored a 11 aces in defeating Australia’s Zealand for the 12th successive last-minute try that Aaron Smith Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1 while year. The third match in Brisbane converted to give them a record Rybarikova hit seven aces in in October is now a dead rubber Malakai Fekitoa (left) and T.J. Perenara of New Zealand’s All Blacks celebrate with the Bledisloe Cup after score. a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over Italy’s in terms of the battle for the sym- defeating Australia’s Wallabies at Eden Park in Auckland yesterday. The All Blacks’ previous best Camila Giorgi at the US Open bol of trans-Tasman supremacy. score was the 50-21 they accu- hardcourt warm-up event. Maligned for their failure to told reporters of his tight five’s early penalties, the sinbinning of was returning and the home side mulated in 2003, the year they Second seed Kvitova, the 2012 combat the Wallabies’ intensity efforts. “We looked at what hap- McCaw in the 13th minute for a attacked the visitors’ scrum. regained the Bledisloe Cup. New Haven winner who lost to in the 12-12 draw in Sydney last pened last week and for a lot of professional foul galvanised the The All Blacks exploited their “It was a special performance,” Simona Halep in last year’s final, week, New Zealand’s forwards the game we were getting beaten home side, who controlled the ball man advantage when Brodie All Blacks coach Steve Hansen will be the third seed at the US tore into their Australian coun- in the contact areas. They knew the entire time their captain was Retallick was held up over the added. Obviously we didn’t play Open. terparts, intent on protecting that and they set the platform for on the sideline. line and used the resulting scrum well last week, it was disappoint- Rybarikova, ranked 30 spots a formidable 20-year unbeaten some go forward ball. With the All Blacks leading 9-6, to shunt the Wallabies’ backwards ing because we set high stand- below her rival at 68th, denied record at Eden Park. “Rugby is a hell of a lot easier the tide of the match turned when and then disintegrate their pack ards for ourselves. We showed an Giorgi on all 11 of her break-point “We put the acid on those guys when you win the contact.” Wallabies lock Rob Simmons with referee Romain Poite award- intensity that we didn’t have the chances to win in 83 minutes at to front up this week,” McCaw While Cruden and Beale traded was sinbinned just as McCaw ing a penalty try. week before.” REUTERS the Yale University hardcourts. Rybarikova, 25, ousted top- seeded Halep on Tuesday. She is seeking her fifth WTA title in her sixth career final and first of the year. She captured the Korea prove too good for Qatar in FIBA Championship 2012 and 2013 Washington titles, the 2011 Memphis crown and her DOHA: Korea swept aside hosts game-opener, but that was the first WTA trophy on Birmingham Qatar 102-49 at Al Gharafa only moment that the Philippines grass in 2009. Stadium here yesterday to set were ahead on the scoreboard for Kvitova is hoping for her 13th up a meeting with reigning the remainder of the game. career crown and second of the gold medallists China, who beat Sun Minghui and Shao Yinglun year. AFP Philippines, for the top spot in were to combine and give China a Group E of the 23rd FIBA Asia double-digit lead as early as seven Rosol, Janowicz U18 Championship. minutes into the game and there Qatar’s Ahmad Jeon Hyunwoo’s back-to-back was no doubting who the domi- Yousif tries to advance to final treys opened the scoring for nant side were. break through WINSTON-SALEM, USA: Korea in the game against Qatar Support for the Philippines the Korean Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz and and the three-time former gold grew in sound and size as the defence during Czech veteran Lukas Rosol medallists never looked back after game progressed but it was a Group E reached the final of the ATP that. China who saw the swell on the match of the Winston-Salem hardcourt tour- Hyunwoo went on to finish with scoreboard. 23rd FIBA nament with three-set victories 27 points in the game, which saw Zhou Qi joined team-mates Asia U18 Friday. every Korean player score. Zhao Rui and Yang Kai to run cir- Rosol, whose only ATP title Championship Mohammad Abdulrahman cles around the Filipino defence. came last year at Bucharest, at Al Gharafa Saad gave a good presentation of THE PENINSULA defeated Taiwan’s Lu Yen-Hsun his capabilities while scoring 15 Stadium 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 at the US Open points for Qatar. Yesterday’s Results yesterday. warm-up event. China’s clinical performance Hong Kong: 78, Kuwait: 70 Janowicz, seeking his first against Philippines silenced the Chinese Taipei: 73, Kazakhstan: 60 ATP trophy, rallied to oust Sam large Filipino crowd that had Japan: 65, Iran: 72 Querrey 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, despite 18 gathered to cheer their team. aces from the American. Jordan: 57, Malaysia: 64 Kobe Paras’ twin free-throws Janowicz won his only prior followed by Mark Dyke’s drive in Korea: 102, Qatar: 49 meeting with Rosol last year at the lane negated Sun Minghui’s Philippines: 49, China: 91 Marseille. AFP Ten-man PSG held by Evian after Cabaye red card

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain It was a reassuring result for chances for the visitors. once again came unstuck against them,” PSG coach Laurent Blanc However, his free-kick midway their bete noire Evian on Friday, told beIN Sports, before insisting through the first half was tame being forced to settle for a 0-0 that he was not worried by his and went straight into the arms draw after having Yohan Cabaye team’s failure to win the game. of Evian’s Danish goalkeeper sent off in their Ligue 1 clash in “No, not at all. The only prob- Jesper Hansen. Annecy. lem is when you are unable to A defence-splitting pass by Evian have caused problems cause enough problems to Evian Lucas then put Cavani through, for PSG at their Parc des Sports with 11 men and then you find but he slipped while attempting in the recent past, knocking the yourselves down to 10. to round Hansen and his shot was capital club out of the French “Honestly I think that given the easily blocked. Cup at the quarter-final stage in way the game went we didn’t do Lucas fired narrowly wide of 2012-13 and then winning 2-0 last enough to take three points. We the far post early in the second December after Paris had gone 26 leave with mixed feelings. period and the Brazilian then cre- games unbeaten. “We had a competitive enough ated another opening for Cavani Nevertheless, the Alpine out- team to win this match,” he in the 71st minute, but this time fit had lost their opening two added, despite the absences of the long-haired forward saw his matches of this campaign, con- Ibrahimovic, Silva and Gregory ferocious strike beaten out by ceding nine goals in the process, Van der Wiel. “But we created too Hansen. including in a 6-2 thumping at few chances to win the game.” Before that, the visitors were Rennes last week. Blanc gave first starts of the reduced to ten men in the 62nd But they defended doggedly season to French international minute when Cabaye, starting for to hold the champions, who pair Cabaye and Blaise Matuidi, the first time since an extended were missing talisman Zlatan with Thiago Motta only on the post-World Cup holiday, was Ibrahimovic and captain Thiago bench after a headbutt from shown a second yellow card for a Silva due to injury and have won Brandao at the end of last week’s second foul on Nicki Bille Nielsen. just one of their opening three 2-0 win against SC Bastia left him With a man less, they lacked league matches after drawing 2-2 with a fractured nose. the inspiration to break down the at Reims a fortnight ago. Without Ibrahimovic, Edinson determined hosts, although Evian Paris Saint-Germain’s French midfielder Yohan Cabaye (third from right) receives a red card during a French “In other situations there is no Cavani was given the opportunity only really attempted to snatch Ligue 1 match against Evian Thonon Gaillard at the Parc des Sport in Annecy on Friday. doubt we will manage to break to play in his favoured role of cen- victory themselves in the dying teams down. They defended well. tral striker, and he had the best minutes. AFP SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Rosberg overcomes Hamilton for Spa pole Red Bull’s Vettel third fastest as Alonso claims fourth spot

SPA, Belgium: World cham- German driver Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing sits in his car during pionship leader Nico Rosberg the third practice session at the Spa-Francorchamps, yesterday. turned the screw to gain Mercedes-AMG’s German driver another advantage over his rival Nico Rosberg competes during and Mercedes team-mate Lewis the third practice session at the Hamilton yesterday when he Spa-Francorchamps Circuit in Spa, Vettel blames lack of secured his fourth straight pole yesterday ahead of the Belgium for today’s Belgian Grand Prix. Formula One Grand Prix. On a day of capricious and power for Mercedes gap treacherous conditions at the majestic 7.004km Spa- Francorchamps circuit in the SPA, Belgium: Sebastian Vettel car up for that. In a nutshell, Ardennes forest, the 29-year-old blamed a lack of power from his we’ve taken down-force off for German produced a meticulous Renault engine for the massive that. performance that delivered an gap between his third placed “With the way our straight- error-free and fastest lap to claim Red Bull and the two Mercedes line speed is, we need a chance his seventh pole this year and the on the front row of the grid for of fighting, moving forward or 11th of his career. today’s Belgian Grand Prix. defending, and that’s why we’ve He clocked a best lap of two The four-time world champion gone the way we have.” AFP minutes and 5.698 seconds to was 2.126 seconds adrift of pole- outpace Hamilton by two-tenths man Nico Rosberg and 1.898 sec- of a second. onds behind Lewis Hamilton. Belgian GP Behind the two Mercedes driv- “The reason we’re behind is ers, defending four time cham- fairly simple,” said Vettel. Starting Grid pion Sebastian Vettel was third “We know we are down on fastest for Red Bull ahead of two- power. Mercedes can run a bit Starting grid from the Formula time former champion Fernando more wing level, they have more One Belgian Grand Prix at Alonso of Ferrari and fifth down-force and can still take Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps placed Daniel Ricciardo, winner that wing on the straight - it’s on Sunday in Hungary a month ago, in the at this track,” said Rosberg. “This dry, but it’s still a huge challenge He added that he was confident the reason. 1. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes second Red Bull. is one of the most special tracks here, just as Nico said, and, con- the problem will be resolved and “Hopefully tomorrow in the 2. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes Valtteri Bottas was sixth in of the year. It was not quite as sidering that, it was quite good he will have a trouble-free race. race, we will be closer in race pace 3. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault the leading Williams ahead of difficult out there as some other today.” “Over the evening, you can and closer than the last couple of 4. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen occasions because the conditions “It would have been nice to scrub it and get rid of the glazing. races.” 5. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault of McLaren, Kimi Raikkonen in were pretty much always consist- have finished further up the grid, It will be okay for the race tomor- Red Bull team-mate Daniel the second Ferrari, Felipe Massa ent for intermediates.” but obviously the gap is quite big,” row. I am not too disappointed. Ricciardo, who qualified fifth, said 6. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Mercedes in the second Williams and Jenson Asked where he felt he said Vettel, who had missed most “If you look at previous years, Red Bull had run a dry set-up in 7. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren Button in the second McLaren. had found an advantage over of Friday practice during which a P2 is the best place to start here. qualifying because it could not 8. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari Hamilton struggled with his Hamilton, he said: “In Eau Rouge, new engine was fitted to his car. I started from pole here last year afford to compromise straight- 9. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes brakes and handling in the slip- I was feeling good through it, “It was the best we could have and got overtaken by (Sebastian) line speed with extra down-force. 10. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren pery conditions, but will start really going for it -- and maybe done today.” Vettel. I think it gives you the The Australian said: “We’ve 11. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Renault alongside Rosberg on the front that is where I made my time.” Hamilton was not dismayed most opportunity at the start so set the car up for a dry race so, 12. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso row as he seeks to trim his Hamilton, who has not started despite seeing Rosberg take his I am happy to be up there.” even though we’re typically quite - Renault 11 points lead in the drivers’ from pole in seven races since sixth pole in the seven races since Rosberg was on top after strong in the wet, we knew that championship with eight races the Spanish Grand Prix in May, he last took one. Q1 when Pastor Maldonado of our set-up would bring us down 13. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India remaining. controlled his disappointment “This is a circuit where you Lotus, who had a big spin at the to the level of some guys around - Mercedes It was the Mercedes team’s behind a pair of sunglasses after need to have confidence in the chicane, and Nico Hulkenberg of us,” he said. 14. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari first front row lockout since the the session. brakes. You could see in Q3, when Force India were among those “The gap to Mercedes was 15. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault Canadian Grand Prix in June, five “I had a glazed front left brake I was going straight on as the left eliminated. pretty big. We thought we’d be 16. Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia - Ferrari races previously. For Rosberg, it disc, so the car was pulling to the brake wasn’t working for some Missing the cut after Q2 were able to close it up a bit in the wet. 17. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus also brought his first top three left or right and there was noth- reason, I don’t know why. Daniil Kvyat, his Torro Rosso They were quick straight away, - Renault qualifying result in Belgium in ing I could do,” he explained. “It went into glazing. When it teammate Jean-Eric Vergne, and it hurts a little bit, but it’s 18. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India eight attempts as he seeks to “I couldn’t get rid of it. I had to glazes, it is very hard to recover, Sergio Perez and his Sauber alright. - Mercedes land his first podium finish at bring the brake balance further you have to put the brake balance partner Adrian Sutil, Romain “An explanation for now is that 19. Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia - Ferrari the venue. back, losing massive amounts out forward. It’s not that easy to clear Grosjean of Lotus and Jules we’ve banked a little bit on a dry “It is awesome to achieve this of Turn One. It’s more fun in the it.” Bianchi for Marussia. AFP race tomorrow so we’ve set the 20. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari Saudi’s Khaled crowned ME champion at Race Camp

DUBAI: The Nissan Over the course of six days, the and a head-to-head Dogfight pur- PlayStation GT Academy competitors were put through suit race in Nissan 370Zs. Saudi Arabia’s International Race Camp drew their paces both on and off track. Each challenge was accompa- Ahmed Khaled to a thrilling conclusion at They enjoyed some of the best nied and assessed by their judges jumps in the UK’s Silverstone Circuit racing instruction and mentoring that included ex-F1 test driver celebration as as Ahmed Khaled from Saudi in the world in a range of Nissan Dani Clos, V8 Supercar legend he becomes Arabia, 25, was crowned the cars. Rick Kelly, ex-F1 racer Karun the Middle Middle East champion of the “For as long as I can remem- Chandhok, Rally Driver and Drift East champion racing challenge. ber I have wanted to be a racing King Abdo Feghali and renowned at the The Civil Engineer, who fin- driver, this was why I spent so Thai Formula racer Tor Graves. International ished in fourth place in the overall much time playing Gran Turismo. Samir Cherfan, Managing Race Camp competition, won his place at the The Nissan PlayStation GT Director, Nissan Middle East at UK’s GT Academy Race Camp against Academy Challenge has made this commented: “GT Academy dem- Silverstone hundreds of thousands of Gran dream come true,” said Ahmed onstrates Nissan’s belief in deliv- Circuit recently. Turismo gamers that entered Khaled. ering innovation and excitement the competition across Australia, As well as the circuit driving in everything we do. Wherever it India, Mexico, the Middle East and assessment, the competitors is run in the world, GT Academy’s and Thailand. were judged on a series of chal- selection process and driver devel- Having won through Middle lenges that included the Mud opment programme has produced East National Finals, he arrived Mayhem assault course, Nissan genuinely fast racing drivers,” he at Silverstone as one of five to Micra Stock Car racing, the said. represent the Middle East, along- Traffic Challenge in the Nissan “We have every confidence that side 27 International competitors GT-R, the Dirt Track Time Trial Ahmed will add to this legacy and overall, representing six countries in the Nissan Juke, the head-to- raise the region’s interest in mot- split into five territory groups. head Gymkhana, Buggy Racing, orsport.” THE PENINSULA Mcllroy fights back in New Jersey

NEW JERSEY: Adam Scott reckoned he might have broken 60 triumphs in the British Open and (69) and Kevin Chappell (67) on used a run of four successive if he had taken advantage of the PGA Championship, shrugged 135, one shot better than a group birdies yesterday to vault into par-fives and cashed in with his off an opening 74 with a sizzling of six that included last year’s a share of the halfway lead at putter on a host of other scoring six-under 65 to move up to three FedExCup champion Henrik The Barclays, and Rory McIlroy opportunities. under par for the tournament. Stenson of Sweden and Australian joined the fray at the opener “Always hard to put numbers The Northern Irishman, who Jason Day, who both fired 64s. of the four-event FedExCup on it but six, seven,” Scott told took some time off from practic- Also at six-under-par 136 were play-offs. reporters when asked how much ing after his brilliant run, went South African Ernie Els (68), Scott, the Australian world better his score could have been. back to work after his poor round Scotsman Russell Knox (69), number two, caught fire from Tringale, who last week dis- and got right back on track. “I Kevin Na (66) and Bo Van Pelt the par-four fifth hole to post a qualified himself from the PGA know how well I’m playing and (71), the overnight leader. 31 on the front nine and added Championship for signing an how comfortable I am with my Mickelson went on to bogey two more birdies including a nice incorrect scorecard, shot a 68 to game, so even to miss a cut feel- the hole and shot a 72 but made finishing touch at 18 to complete a share a one-stroke lead with Scott ing like that would have felt really the cut right on the number. 65 for eight-under 134 along with on a jammed pack leaderboard. bad,” said McIlroy. The top 100 players on the American Cameron Tringale. World number one McIlroy, on One stroke behind the co- FedExCup points list will qualify Rory Mcllroy tees off on the fifth hole during the second round of the Scott was hitting the ball like a blazing three-tournament win- leaders were Jim Furyk (69) and for Deutsche Bank Championship Barclays golf tournament at Ridgewood Country Club, yesterday. a dream from tee to green, and ning streak that included major fellow Americans Brendon Todd in Boston. REUTERS SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Steady start for Qatar’s Al Qadi Close to getting faultless round, equestrian clips top railing at ninth hurdle in Nanjing

NANJING: Qatari rider difficult turns — after the sec- Hamad Al Qadi controlled both ond, he had to turn back for the his horse and his nerves to come third and after the sixth obsta- up with a spirit-lifting perform- cle, he had to do the same. But ance in the first round of the he did everything correctly. equestrian individual event of Unfortunately, he had four jump the Youth Olympic Games in penalty points at the ninth when Nanjing yesterday. he hit the top of the railing on Qadi was close to getting a number nine. faultless round at the Xinzhuang “But overall, he rode superb. Centre arena but clipped the top He needs a bit of luck tomorrow. of the railing at the ninth hur- This show jumping is like that. dle and ended in a five-rider tie Things change very quickly. We’ll with four penalty points. In all, 29 aim for a clear round tomorrow riders from all parts of the world and we’re not far away,” added the competed in the round. Irish coach. The competition for the indi- Three riders were stopped vidual medals looks to be quite from competing after their horses stiff and it can be gauged from showed reluctance and they were the fact that as many as nine rid- all eliminated. QOC ers had a clear round today. In between the top riders and the group of Qadi, there is only rider Individual Event — Italian Matias Alvaro — who had only one point as the time First Round penalty. Rank 1: Li Yaofeng (China), Michael Duffy With riders showing better (Ireland), Emily Fraser (New Zealand), Lennard understanding and coordination Chiang (Hong Kong), Maria Gabriela Brugal with borrowed horses, as many (Dominican Republic), Sabrina Rivera Meza as nine riders are locked on the (El Salvador), Martina Campi (Argentina), Jake top with zero penalty points. They Hunter (Australia), Mohamed Hatab (Egypt), are China’s Li Yaofeng, Ireland’s Machael Duffy, New Zeland’s Rank 10: Matias Alvaro (Italy) Emily Fraser, Hong Kong’s Rank 11: Jimenez Caballero (Paraguay), Lennard Chiang, Dominican Maeva Boyer (Senegal), Hamad Naser Al Qadi Republic’s Maria Gabriela Brugal, (Qatar), Saeed Kalantari (Iran), Jake Saywell El Salvador’s Sabrina Rivera (Great Britain) Meza, Argentina’s Martina Campi, Australia’s Jake Hunter Rank 16: Francisco Calvelo Martinez (Uruguay), and Egypt’s Mohamed Hatab who Praveen Nair Mathavan (Malaysia), Sophie all pulled off clear rounds. Teede (Zimbabwe), Antoine Porte (Chile), Filip Qatari rider Hamad Al Qadi in action at the Xinzhuang Centre in Nanjing yesterday. With Qadi, four other rid- Agren (Sweden), ers are tied in the third spot Qadi was overall delighted with is shaping up, it’s going to be a must improve tomorrow and let anything is possible in the second Rank 21: Sayaka Fujiwara (Japan) as far as points are concerned. his round, though he was under close finish. I am not much away us see what happens,” he said. round.” They are Senegalese Maeva intense pressure after his team from the top group. I have a big Qadi also commented about his His coach Ian Kerr was Rank 22: Stefanie Brand (Guatemala), Boyer, Paraguayan Valeria Maria had a dreadful finish. With a chance of moving up the order horse Fernando. “All the horses also pleased with Qadi’s run. Hisham Alsuwayni (Saudi Arabia), Polly Serpell Jimenez Caballero, Iranian Saeed smile, he said: “Overall I’m happy on Sunday. I will focus on a clear are getting better as the riders “Technically, this has been the (Cayman Islands) Kalantari and Englishman Jake with my round. I had just one round tomorrow and hope that are able to spend more time with best round for him so far. We had Rank 25: Lisa Nooren (Netherlands) Saywell. mistake which cost me four pen- other riders make mistakes. them. My horse is a normal horse. very good preparations at crack- There is such a narrow gap alty points. The new layout was “It was the first day of the indi- Some horses are strong but some ing the ring. Hamad was very Rank 26: Alexa Stais (South Africa), Igor between the top 15 riders that the used and I was doing very well vidual round. I was under pres- are not at the same level. I still focused. He did exactly what he Kozubaev (Kyrgyzstan), Bianca De Souza second round today is expected to till the error on the ninth station. sure after the team event. But insist the gap between me and had to do,” Kerr said. Rodriguez (Brazil), Lilia Maamar (Morocco), be quite a thrilling. “The way the competition after the round, I’m relieved. I others at the top is not much and “There were a couple of very Macarena Chiriboga Granja (Ecuador) Handball team not short on motivation today

NANJING: Two facts should in Group B. But it doesn’t mean and focus on the strategy for the is a tough team and have been be more than enough to fire that they can’t be beaten. Qatar semi-finals. We must find ways showing all the elements of a up Qatar for their men’s hand- were second in the pool after hav- to stop and counter Egypt. The champion team. Our players must ball semi-final match against ing beaten Tunisia but they had players have to be into the match try to exploit the opportunities defending champions Egypt lost to Slovenia. Egypt had won both physically and mentally. that come their way. at the second Youth Olympic both their matches against Brazil “At the same place, we had won “The loss against Slovenia Games today. and Norway. the Asian Youth Games and this might have some negative affect Nanjing is the same place All Qatar need to do in the should motivate the team to raise on the concentration of the where Qatar had won the Asian semis is to have a strong start the level for one more match. Qatari players. But there have Youth Games gold medal last year and if they can do that, then That gold medal performance is been many positives from the two by beating South Korea. And they should be able to defend well. possible to be repeated and my group matches. I hope Qatar will another factor is that Qatar have The Qataris are both sharp and players have the ability to do it,” use those in the match against been able to fulfil their first aim strong but they have been guilty he said. Egypt and show that they can of reaching the last four stage and of missing opportunities, which “We have to be at our best in raise their performance bar as are aware that a victory tomor- has caused them a lot of moments order to clinch this match and, well,” he said row will guarantee at least a silver of anxiety during their matches. Inshallah, we’ll try to push our- Moustafa Heiba said the team medal. There is no doubt that the selves beyond our potential in is ready for the big day tomor- So today there is no reason why Egyptians are solid and have been tomorrow’s match,” the coach row: “We have played good hand- Qatar should not feel motivated playing well. With some pluck and said. ball and have improved a lot as a and confident of their all-impor- luck, if they can be kept off for Qatar Hanball Association team. Now we’re one step away tant match against the Egyptians. some time, this can do the trick President Ahmed Al Shaabi is from reaching the final. We have Only two teams in the men’s for Qatar. also in Nanjing and he also tried to continue our progress with a competition have been unbeaten Qatar coach Chouaib Kafi to boost his young team for the fresh momentum and force.” — Egypt in Group A and Slovenia said: “We’ve to forget the past crucial upcoming match. “Egypt QOC Members of the Qatar men’s handball team practise in Nanjing yesterday. Zambia’s Siame wins 100m dash at Youth Olympics

NANJING: Zambian sprinter Youth Olympics, extending the being told she would never make Sydney Siame laid claim to the host-nation’s lead in the medals it as a swimmer. title of the world’s fastest kid table. Poland’s Kamil Adrian when he won the 100 metres British gymnast Giarnni Regini Majchrzak was a surprise win- final at the Youth Olympics Moran collected his second gold ner of the men’s tennis title, yesterday. medal in Nanjing when he added beating Brazil’s Orlando Moraes The 16-year-old African took the men’s floor to the all-around Luz 6-4 7-5. Ukraine’s Anhelina out the blue-riband event by the title earlier in the week. Kalinina teamed up with Iryna barest of margins in a time of “It is unbelievable to come Shymanovich to win the women’s 10.56 seconds, just one-hundredth away with two gold medals so far doubles gold after they faced off of a second ahead of Japan’s and I am going to try my hard- against each other in the singles Kenta Oshima. est to come away with more,” said on Friday. There was drama in women’s Regini Moran. Armenia’s Simon Martirosyan final when the pre-race favour- Russia’s Seda Tutkhalyan, who was an easy winner of the men’s ite, Poland’s Ewa Nikola Swoboda, won the women’s all-around title, 85 kilograms and over weigh- was disqualified for a false start. picked up a second gold when she lifting competition. He posted a Swoboda was ushered away won the uneven bars on Saturday. total of 391kg, 55kg more than his from the starting blocks after As expected, China won the nearest rival, and broke the world she appeared to tumble forward table tennis mixed final, linking record for a junior in his weight before the gun went off. the men’s individual winner Fan class in the clean and jerk. When the race was re-started, Zhendong with the women’s win- “I wish I had more competition, China’s Liang Xiojing showed ner Liu Gaoyang. I do a better job when I am chal- her rivals a clean pair of heels by Wu Shengping easily won the lenged,” he said. storming to victory in 11.65. “I women’s 10m platform diving Foul weather forced the post- didn’t expect the Polish athlete to competition for the host-nation, ponement of the sailing events be disqualified today,” Liang said. finishing off with a backward until Sunday. The winds were “I just wanted to run as fast as I two-and-a-half somersault. too light in the morning for the could.” China’s Zhong Xiuting stormed races too commence then were China won four of the 13 gold home on the final leg to win the abandoned when a storm system medals on offer on the first women’s individual modern pen- struck the Jinniu Lake Sailing Zambia’s Sydney Siame celebrates after winning the men’s 100m final at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic day of track and field at the tathlon, a sport she only took up Venue in the afternoon. Games in Nanjing yesterday. second edition of the summer because of her love of horses after REUTERS SUNDAY 24 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

WI pummel Maqsood, Alam stun SL as Bangladesh

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada: West Indies routed Bangladesh by 177 runs to win the second one-day international on Friday after bowling out the Asian Pakistan secure tense win strugglers for just 70. The home side made 247 for seven off their 50 overs before Duo puts on 147-run stand as visitors fight back to chase hosts’ 275 Bangladesh slumped from 57 for three to 70 all out with more than 25 overs to spare. AFP HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka: Alam was dismissed for 62 85 balls and Mahela Jayawardene Sohaib Maqsood and Fawad by Lasith Malinga when 22 still made 63 to give their side a Scoreboard Alam put on a 147-run stand remained for victory off the last seemingly commanding total. as Pakistan recovered from the three overs, but Maqsood and Jayawardene, 37, who retired from WEST INDIES brink to defeat Sri Lanka by Afridi battled on to help Pakistan Tests earlier this week to concen- C Gayle c Gazi b Mahmudullah ...... 58 four wickets yesterday and take record a good win. trate on one-day cricket till next K Edwards b A Hossain...... 0 the lead in the three-match Sri Lanka had made 275-7 year’s World Cup, hit eight bound- Da Bravo lbw b Gazi ...... 53 series. after being sent in to bat in over- aries in his 73rd half-century in D Ramdin c Rahim b A Hossain ...... 34 The tourists, chasing a cast conditions, but rain after six the shorter format. L Simmons c Mahmudullah b Mortaza...... 40 Duckworth-Lewis target of 275 overs of their innings reduced the Sri Lanka slumped to 75-4 by K Pollard b Mortaza ...... 26 in 45 overs, fought back after game from a full 50-overs-a-side the 18th over before Jayawardene Dw Bravo c Rahim b Mortaza ...... 6 being 106-5 to scrape home off the contest to 45. and Mathews put on 116 for the J Holder (not out) ...... 8 penultimate ball of the match in Opener Ahmed Shehzad scored fifth wicket. S Narine (not out) ...... 7 Hambantota. 49 but no other top-order bats- Mathews hit nine fours in his Extras (B-1, LB-2, W-12) ...... 15 Maqsood remained unbeaten man settled in to make a big score best score in one-day cricket, Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 247 on a glorious 89 off 73 balls as till Maqsood and Alam turned the but it was Ashan Priyanjan’s Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-93, 3-144, 4-171, Shahid Afridi smashed the win- game Pakistan’s way. unbeaten 39 off 15 balls at the end 5-222, 6-231, 7-231. ning boundary off seamer Nuwan Earlier, Sri Lankan skipper that boosted the total. Bowling: M Mortaza 10-1-39-3(w-1); A Kulasekara to the point fence. Angelo Mathews smashed 89 off Lanky left-arm fast bowler Hossain 10-1-60-2(w-1); M Mahmudullah Mohammad Irfan, who stands at 10-0-47-1(w-4); S Gazi 9-1-47-1(w-1); Nas seven feet, one inch (2.16 metres), Scoreboard Hossain 1-0-8-0; A Razzak 10-0-43-0(w-1). generated good bounce from the BANGLADESH SRI LANKA PAKISTAN moisture-laden pitch to claim two T Iqbal c Gayle b Roach ...... 37 U Tharanga c U Akmal b Riaz ...... 18 A Shehzad b T Perera ...... 49 wickets for 48 runs. A Haque c Ramdin b Holder ...... 7 T Dilshan lbw Irfan ...... 6 M Hafeez lbw b Mathews ...... 21 Wahab Riaz, one of the three I Kayes c Simmons b Rampaul ...... 1 K Sangakkara c Shehzad b Hafeez ...... 25 Y Khan c N Kulasekara b Mathews ...... 3 left-arm seamers for Pakistan Sh Rahman b Roach ...... 4 M Jayawardene (run out-U Akmal) ...... 63 U Akmal c Malinga b T Perera ...... 15 alongside Irfan and Junaid Khan, M Rahim c Ramdin b Narine ...... 6 D Chandimal c Riaz b Irfan ...... 6 Misbah-ul-Haq c Sangakkara b Herath ...... 13 took three for 50. M Mahmudullah b Narine ...... 0 A Mathews b Riaz ...... 89 F Alam c Priyanjan b Malinga ...... 62 The tourists were without their Nas Hossain c Pollard b Roach ...... 6 T Perera b Riaz ...... 13 S Maqsood (not out) ...... 89 top spinner Saeed Ajmal, who has S Gazi c K Edwards b Narine ...... 2 A Priyanjan (not out) ...... 39 S Afridi (not out) ...... 14 flown to Australia to undergo M Mortaza lbw Rampaul ...... 2 N Kulasekara (not out) ...... 3 Extras (B-4, W-7) ...... 11 tests of his bowling action after A Razzak (not out) ...... 0 Extras (LB-3, W-10) ...... 13 Total (for 6 wkts in 44.5 overs) ...... 277 being reported by the umpires A Hossain (run out-Simmons, Ramdin) ...... 0 Total (for 7 wkts in 45 overs) ...... 275 Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-47, 3-79, 4-94, during the preceding Test series Extras (W-5) ...... 5 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-55, 3-55, 4-75, 5-106, 6-253, 6-253. which Sri Lanka swept 2-0. Total (all out in 24.4 overs) ...... 70 5-191, 6-228, 7-247. Did not bat: W Riaz, M Irfan, J Khan. Meanwhile, Hambantota will Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-27, 3-42, 4-57, Did not bat: R Herath, L Malinga. Bowling: L Malinga 9-0-60-1(w-2); N Ku- also host the second one-dayer 5-57, 6-57, 7-60, 8-66, 9-70, 10-70. Bowling: M Irfan 9-0-48-2(w-3); J Khan 9-1- lasekara 8.5-0-56-0; A Mathews 9-0-48-2(w- on Tuesday due to bad weather Bowling: J Holder 6-0-17-1; R Rampaul 75-0(w-5); W Riaz 9-0-50-3; M Hafeez 8-0-32- 1); T Perera 7-0-43-2; R Herath 9-0-49-1; T in Colombo, the original venue. Pakistan batsman Sohaib Maqsood plays a shot during the first One 5.4-1-21-2(w-1); K Roach 6-2-19-3; S Nar- 1(w-1); S Afridi 9-0-57-0; F Alam 1-0-10-0. Dilshan 2-0-17-0. The final match will be played in Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka in Hambantota, yesterday. ine 7-0-13-3(w-4). Dambulla on August 30. AFP Atletico down Real to win Super Cup

MADRID: Atletico Madrid “Di Maria was a technical deci- gained some measure of revenge sion. I didn’t need him today.” for their Champions League Atletico boss Diego Simeone final defeat to Real Madrid by was sent off midway through beating their city rivals 1-0 at the first-half for protesting that the Vicente Calderon on Friday right-back Juanfran hadn’t been to win the Spanish Super Cup allowed back onto the field quickly Atletico Madrid’s 2-1 on aggregate. enough after receiving treatment The hosts made the best pos- for a facial injury. Mario Mandzukic sible start as Mario Mandzukic The Argentine could be in for (right) scores against volleyed home the winner from a severe ban as he confronted the Real Madrid during Antoine Griezmann’s pass after assistant referee and sarcastically the second leg of Barcelona’s coach Luis Enrique just 90 seconds. applauded the decision. the Spanish Super holds a press conference after the Real boss Carlo Ancelotti had However, he apologised and Cup at the Vicente team’s training at Sant Joan Despi named Cristiano Ronaldo on the admitted he had overreacted at Calderon Stadium in Barcelona, yesterday. bench due to the effects of a ham- the time. in Madrid, Spain on string injury that had seen him “When you commit an error Friday. withdrawn from the first leg. you have to ask for forgiveness However, even the Portuguese and I accept it was an error,” he Atletico title couldn’t break down Atletico’s said. typically well-organised defence Victory was Atletico’s first at as they held on to end Real’s home against Real in 15 years and favourites: hopes of claiming six trophies continued Simeone’s amazing run this season. of success since taking charge of “Between the end of last sea- the club just under three years Barca boss son and now Real Madrid has won ago. volleyed just over from outside who had the clearest chance to well to prevent Mandzukic forcing three cups,” said Ancelotti. Real were caught out by a the area. double their advantage before the ball home from close range. MADRID: Barcelona’s coach “I want to thank all the players flying start from Atletico as James Rodriguez then began to half-time as Raul Garcia inexpli- Ronaldo made his first real Luis Enrique has said Atletico and the club because I think we Raphael Varane’s misjudged dictate the pace of the game and cably headed over Koke’s corner impression with a thunder- Madrid are the favourites to have done very well. header allowed his French inter- he was only denied a leveller by from point-blank range. ous effort that was well held by retain their La Liga title despite As well as leaving Ronaldo on national team-mate Griezmann to a spectacular save from Miguel Ronaldo made his entrance at Moya, but Atletico were creating the millions spent by his side and the bench, Ancelotti also fuelled feed Mandzukic to score his first Angel Moya before the Colombian the break as he replaced the inef- the greater threat and went close Real Madrid in recent months. speculation over Angel di Maria’s goal since signing from Bayern also directed a header just wide of fective Toni Kroos. twice more. Atletico showed their success future by excluding the Argentine Munich. the target. Garcia was inches away again And Real’s miserable evening was no one season wonder as they from his squad entirely. The visitors slowly grew into Rodriguez then fed Gareth Bale at the start of the second period was rounded off in stoppage time claimed the first domestic trophy However, he claimed Di Maria’s the game, though, and Luka inside the area, but the Welshman as this time he turned a Koke as Modric was sent off for a sec- of the season in Spain with a 2-1 absence had purely been for Modric was inches away from a pulled his shot disappointingly free-kick onto the underside of ond bookable offence when he aggregate victory over Real to win sporting reasons. spectacular equaliser when he wide. However, it was Atletico the bar and Iker Casillas reacted upended Cristian Rodriguez. AFP the Spanish Super Cup on Friday. “The favourite for the league is Atletico,” said Enrique, whose side get their La Liga campaign under Eto’o snubbed as Cameroon way at home to Elche today. “It is not just out of respect for the defending champion. They continue with the same ideas coach overhauls squad Former from last season and they have Brazilian perfected them despite changing YAOUNDE: Cameroon have finals against Mexico in Natal. footballer Cameroon Squad players. made a major overhaul to their The 33-year-old striker, the Ronaldo Goalkeepers: Pierre Sylvain Abogo (Tonnerre “I said last season I saw them squad, dropping 13 players ringleader of the controversial Yaounde), Guy Roland Ndy Assembe (Nancy), as favourites for the league and before the from the party who went to the strike over wages that delayed Joseph Ondoua (Barcelona) the Champions League and they friendly game World Cup including captain Cameroon’s trip to Brazil in June, Defenders: Frank Bagnack (Barcelona), Gaetan said it was a brave thing to say, to mark the Samuel Eto’o. had previously said he would like Bong (Olympiakos), Cedric Djeugoue (Coton anniversary of Sport), Jerome Guiahota (Valenciennes), Joel but they are the clear favourites. German-born coach Volker to add to his 115 caps. Matip (Schalke 04), Nicolas Nkoulou (Olympique “Madrid are our eternal rivals 100 years of Finke announced a new-look Midfielder Alex Song is out sus- de Marseille), Ambroise Oyongo (New York Red and they have strengthened. It will Swiss football 25-man squad yesterday for the pended after elbowing Croatia’s Bulls) be a very exciting championship.” club FC Visp, African Nations Cup qualifiers Mario Mandzukic in the back in Midfielders: Enoh Eyong (Antalyaspor), Marc Enrique is still hoping to have in Viege, away against the Democratic a callous challenge at the World Kibong Mbamba (Konyaspor), Raoul Cedric Loe (Osasuna), Georges Mandjeck (Kayseri Neymar available for the visit of Switzerland, Republic of Congo on September Cup while defender Henri Bedimo Erciyesspor), Stephane Mbia (Queens Park Elche despite the Brazilian striker yesterday. 6 and then at home against the was injured in Europa League Rangers), Benjamin Moukandjo (Stade Reims), suffering an ankle sprain in train- Ivory Coast four days later. action for Olympique Lyon earlier Landry Nguemo (Girondins Bordeaux), Edgar ing on Thursday. Eto’o has been without a club this month. Salli (Monaco), Guy Christian Zock (Cosmos Pedro Rodriguez has returned since being released by Chelsea Also left out was Benoit Assou Bafia) to training after suffering from at the end of last season and his Ekotto, who tried to hit team- Forwards: Vincent Aboubakar (Lorient), Eric- Maxim Choupo Moting (Schalke 04), Jean a bout of gastroenteritis and is absence was not unexpected as mate Benjamin Moukandjo dur- Marie Dongou (Barcelona), Frank Etoundi (FC expected to be fit for the selection he has not played since his one ing the 4-0 defeat in Manaus. Zurich), Leonard Kwueke (Rizespor), Clinton Njie for Elche. AFP appearance at the World Cup REUTERS (Olympique Lyonnaise). Sunday 24 August 2014 28 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6167 Sport Price: QR2

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Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud (right) celebrates with team-mate Nacho Monreal after scoring a goal against Everton during an English Premier League match at Goodison Park in Liverpool yesterday. RIGHT: Chelsea’s Diego Costa (left) celebrates after scoring the opening goal against Leicester City at Stamford Bridge in London yesterday. Arsenal salvage late Everton draw as Chelsea snare Foxes Gunners rescue point in 2-2 thriller, West Ham pile misery on managerless Palace

LONDON: Arsenal showed the victories, which started after they a late goal which very good sec- forward and the third goal was second 13 minutes from time with resilience that could underpin a lost 3-0 at Everton in April, came denied them English Premier ond half,” said going to be vital. a low shot after cutting in from Premier League title challenge to an end. victory after Wenger who “Obviously it’s a disappoint- the right. when they scored twice in the In yesterday’s other matches, allowing hosts revealed Giroud ment but overall I am very pleased “We didn’t play good in the first closing minutes to draw 2-2 at West Ham United won 3-1 at Leicester City League Results had injured with the way we played.” half,” Mourinho told Sky Sports. Everton after the home side managerless Crystal Palace, to equalise and Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0 an ankle in Chelsea secured a second “Leicester came with great defen- largely dominated the match while the games between force a 2-2 draw the dying sec- straight victory over a promoted sive intensity, trying to scare us Chelsea 2 (Costa 63, Hazard 77) Leicester 0 yesterday. Aston Villa and Newcastle in their opener. onds and was team when they beat last season’s on the counter-attack and we Aaron Ramsey tapped in after United and Southampton and Arsenal man- Crystal Palace 1 (Chamakh 48) West Ham 3 a doubt for the Championship (second division) were a bit slow — slow in moving 83 minutes and substitute Olivier West Bromwich Albion ended ager Arsene (Zarate 34, Downing 37, Cole 62) Champions winners Leicester City — also the ball and slow thinking and we Giroud planted home a header in goalless. Wenger told Everton 2 (Coleman 19, Naismith 45) Arsenal League play- known as the Foxes — 2-0 at needed to change and we did that. the 90th to cancel out the lead Tottenham Hotspur, who host Sky Sports: “It 2 (Ramsey 83, Giroud 90) off second leg Stamford Bridge thanks to sec- “The second half was complete Everton held after a first-half Queens Park Rangers, and Hull is a strong point against Besiktas ond-half goals from Diego Costa control. Don’t forget they had a header from Seamus Coleman City, who welcome Stoke City, because we were Southampton 0 West Brom 0 on Wednesday. and Eden Hazard. good chance with the result 0-0 and Steven Naismith’s second on both today, can also move on to 2-0 down but a Swansea 1 (Dyer 23) Burnley 0 Everton man- Jose Mourinho’s side started but we had so many chances, so the stroke of half-time. six points after winning their deserved one.” Today’s Matches ager Roberto the season with a convincing many opportunities to score, obvi- Chelsea, who beat Leicester opening games as can champions He said the Martinez was 3-1 win at Championship run- ously we deserved the victory.” City 2-0 at Stamford Bridge with Manchester City and runners-up turning point Hull City vs Stoke City (1230GMT) naturally disap- ners-up Burnley on Monday but Swansea, who opened their goals from home debutant Diego Liverpool, who meet tomorrow. was the intro- Sunderland vs Manchester United pointed after Saturday’s triumph only came campaign with a first ever league Costa and Eden Hazard, and Arsenal’s late Goodison Park duction of Giroud conceding two after a much improved second- win at Manchester United last Tottenham vs QPR (1230GMT) Swansea City, who sank Burnley rally was the second time this for their new 35 late goals but half performance against resilient week, picked up another three 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium, head season they had scored late after million pounds said he was Leicester. points against a battling Burnley the early season standings with Ramsey’s 90th minute strike ($57.99m) striker Alexis Sanchez otherwise pleased with the way Mourinho was pleased with the side. six points. gave them a 2-1 win over visiting at halftime. Everton performed. way they improved after halftime, The welsh side played well and Arsenal stayed third with four Crystal Palace last week. “I thought we would dominate “Certain individuals ran out of with Costa scoring his second in secured the victory when Nathan points from two games, although It was also the second succes- the game through the middle legs at the end and Arsenal, as you two games after 63 minutes from Dyer scored after 23 minutes. their run of six successive league sive week Everton had conceded much more and Olivier had a would expect, threw everything eight metres and Hazard adding a REUTERS Robben, Mueller score as Bayern start with win

MUNICH: Champions Bayern “For every coach in the world Gianluca Gaudino, the son of move himself after a one-two with Munich made a winning start in victory is the most impor- former Germany international Lewandowski. the Bundesliga on Friday, beat- tant thing,” Bayern coach Pep Maurizio Gaudino, and new sign- However, former Bayern for- ing ambitious VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Guardiola told reporters. “After ing Juan Bernat got the chance ward Olic then silenced the 71,000 with Dutchman Arjen Robben our 2-0 lead we did not control to shine. crowd with a stunning left-foot scoring one goal and setting up the game and we had power only With Bayern pressing high up shot from 18 metres to give the the other for World Cup winner for 65-70 minutes. We still need the pitch, Wolfsburg had trouble 2009 champions fresh hope. Thomas Mueller. some time.” carrying the ball forward and Junior Malanda should have The Bavarians, missing half a Guardiola stuck to his new- after 20 minutes Bayern increased grabbed the equaliser 10 minutes dozen players through injury, only look three-man defence despite the tempo, twice coming close to from time when he raced into briefly hit top form in the first the absences and with defender scoring through Poland forward the box but saw his first effort half but it was enough to see them Holger Badstuber making his Robert Lewandowski. deflected by keeper Manuel Neuer notch their first three points of league comeback after two cru- Last season’s Bundesliga top on to the bar before the ball then the season. ciate ligament tears and an injury scorer, who joined from Bayern’s bounced off the Belgian’s foot and With Germany coach Joachim break of 20 months. rivals Borussia Dortmund in the rolled wide. Loew in the stands, Mueller “We did it well today despite close season, was denied by sub- “We played well for 30 minutes flicked in a Robben cutback in not having played with such a stitute goalkeeper Max Gruen and then Bayern increased the the 37th minute after the winger team before,” former Germany on both occasions before Mueller pace but we still had the chances spectacularly shook off two international Badstuber told tapped in to give the hosts the to come back,” said Wolfsburg defenders. reporters. “In the second half we lead. coach Dieter Hecking. “We lost Robben then added a goal him- ran a bit out of steam but overall It only took two minutes of possession a bit too easily some- self two minutes after the restart it was a very good start.” the second half for Bayern to add times and that is something that Bayern Munich’s Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben celebrates after scoring with Croatian Ivica Olic cutting The hosts were missing another goal, with Robben steal- makes me angry.” a goal against VfL Wolfsburg during a Bundesliga match at the Allianz the deficit in the 52nd for the visi- among others Franck Ribery, ing the ball from France inter- Last season’s runners-up Arena in Munich on Friday. tors as the German league season Bastian Schweinsteiger and national Josuha Guilavogui in Dortmund host Bayer Leverkusen got underway. Thiago Alcantara, so 17-year-old midfield and completing the swift yesterday. REUTERS