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Brussels beefs up security Emir leaves Gold demand low for Cuba DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani left last morning for a two-day offi- cial visit to the Republic of Cuba. despite price fall Emir is accompanied by a high- level official delegation. Prices remain low for almost a month Emir greets Prime DOHA: There are hardly any takers for gold Nasir Aslam, from Al Badiya Jewellers in the or its jewellery in the local market even though Gold Souq, while maintaining that the demand Minister of Lebanon their prices remain low for almost a month was dampened, cited a few reasons for gold now. losing its luster. DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Bullion traders and gold jewellers say they India and China are not buying the yellow Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent don’t know the reason for dampened demand, metal anymore, which is affecting the global a cable of congratulations to the but the fact remains that the market is dull, gold demand, and India imposing customs duty Prime Minister of the Repub- particularly after Eid Al Adha. on gold import, said Aslam. lic of Lebanon Tamman Salam Gold prices have been moving within the Aslam said that Indian expatriates in Qatar on the occasion of his country’s band of QR3,823.57 and QR4,005.65 per ounce are not carrying gold back home in quantities National Day. (28.3495 grammes) for the past few weeks, they used to do earlier, he said. Thousands of people yesterday traders said. This is a major dampener of the local retail took to the Lebanese streets in Yesterday, for example, the rates ranged bullion and jewellery markets, said Aslam. Police and military patrol in central Brussels yesterday after security was tightened separate marches and rallies to between QR127.5 and QR133 for a gramme of With their sizeable population, Indians in in Belgium following the fatal attacks in Paris. Belgium will keep the highest threat mark the 72nd National Day. pure, or 24-carat gold, and the prices for 22, Qatar have been the largest buyer of gold bul- level for the capital today because of a “serious and imminent” threat of coordinated, 21 and 18-carats were lower. lion and jewellery. multiple attacks, Prime Minister Charles Michel said. See also page 16 QNA The standard 116-gramme pure gold bar, “I would say that 70 percent of the local which is also known as 10-tola bar and popular demand came from Indian expatriates,” he mostly among South Asian expatriates, was said. available for QR14,870. But due to the customs duty on gold in India, “But there isn’t much of demand even the demand is severely affected. 17 Qatari films to screen at Ajyal fest though gold prices have come down in the past “This is one of the major reasons of the local three to four weeks,” said an official from Gulf gold bullion and jewellery markets not doing so Exchange, which also deals in bullion, partic- well as they were before,” said Aslam. DOHA: The Third Ajyal Youth films and 8 documentaries by Qatari Arabic, invites people of all ages to ularly 24 and 22-carat gold coins of various Bullion traders said the situation is not Film Festival, will feature this year directors and directors residing come together and discuss cinema denominations. peculiar to Qatar. In Dubai, which is a major a series of Qatari films, including 17 here. through events that inspire creative “There was demand earlier but the market bullion centre, and other Gulf cities the situa- documentaries, feature and short The festival, organised by Doha interaction, opening up a fun, col- is so dull now,” the official added. tion is almost the same, a trader said. films. Film Institute (DFI) in Katara, will laborative environment where young “We have small-time expatriate buyers Asked if the gold market would look up soon, The festival will kick off on last until December 5 and will display people can express themselves. coming to us these days—those who are going Aslam said the prices and the demand would November 29 to highlight innova- a series of ‘Made in Qatar’ films. Driven with the goal to inspire home on long vacations and would carry remain the same for some time to come. “I tions of filmmakers in Qatar, as The Ajyal Youth Film Festival and create, Ajyal has been designed small coins.” don’t think the market would look up soon,” the festival organises a special sec- builds on the Doha Film Institute’s to empower the region’s youth and to The rush for gold jewellery, according to he said. tion for Qatari films under the title history of community-based pro- inspire film enthusiasts of all ages in Gulf Exchange official, had thinned after Eid ‘Made in Qatar’. gramming. Qatar and the region. Al Adha. THE PENINSULA This section includes 9 feature Ajyal, meaning ‘generations’ in QNA

Bomb scare on Turkish and Israeli forces shoot dead three Palestinians JERUSALEM: Three Palestin- Israeli woman at a junction near tine, for being suspected in a stab- spokesman for Beit Ummar’s in part over stepped-up Jewish Singapore flights ians were killed in the occupied a West Bank settlement bloc. bing attack in the southern Israeli Popular Committee against Set- visits to a Jerusalem shrine, and West Bank yesterday, Israeli A military spokesman said the settlement of Kiryat Gat. tlement, said the Israeli troops by long-deadlocked talks on a police and the military said, as an assailant was shot and killed. Palestine’s Wa fa news agency arrested five youths, including US-sponsored peace deal between TORONTO/SINGAPORE: A eight-week-old wave of violence Earlier, a Palestinian teenager reported that the young man, two children in Safa where more Israel and the Palestinians. Turkish Airlines flight bound showed no signs of dying down. was killed while she was trying to moderately injured, had no con- than 100 soldiers stormed the The US State Department for Istanbul from New York was A surge in street violence since stab two Israeli women at a junc- nection with the attack. area, chase the young men and said Kerry would begin his Mid- diverted to Halifax, Canada, after October 1 has challenged Israel’s tion popular with Jewish settlers, Israeli sources said that a sus- raid their homes. dle East visit in Abu Dhabi today, a bomb threat, Canadian police security system and alarmed the police said. pected Palestinian stabbed and In a statement, he said that the after which he would come to said yesterday. The plane landed United States, whose Secretary She was run down by a Jewish wounded four Israelis in Kiryat troops, deployed in the town of Israel and the Palestinian terri- safely and no explosives were of State John Kerry is due to visit settler and shot by security forces. Gat before fleeing the scene. All Beit Awwa in Hebron, led raids tories. found after searching it using the region this week. In another incident, a Palestinian wounded were in moderate condi- and searches of homes surround- A senior US official said Kerry dogs trained in explosives, the Eighty-three Palestinians have tried to ram a taxi into Israelis at tion after being evacuated to the ing the ‘Apartheid Wall’. would discuss ways of trying to Nova Scotia branch of the Royal been killed in clashes with Israeli a West Bank junction near Jeri- hospital. The Palestinian government stem the violence but would not Canadian Mounted Police said. forces, while 18 Israelis and an cho, before an armed Israeli at the Israeli forces arrested 15 Pales- said that Israel was carrying out try to renew negotiations on a Singapore Airlines said yester- American student have been scene shot him dead, police said. tinians during a raid and search unlawful killings and “accusing state that Palestinians seek in day there was a bomb threat to killed in stabbings, shootings and A Palestinian young man was campaign involving more than every victim of holding a knife” territories Israel captured in the one of its flights which originated car rammings. injured last night after a group 150 houses in Hebron in occupied or ensuring a knife was dropped 1967 Middle East war. from San Francisco and landed In the latest incident, police of Israelis attacked him in the West Bank. at the side of alleged attackers. safely at Singapore’s Changi Air- said a Palestinian stabbed an Negev, south of occupied Pales- Muhammad Ayyad Awad, the The bloodshed has been driven AGENCIES port. The Halifax airport tweeted that the flight with 256 passen- gers was bound for the Turkish Al Rayyan trounce Qatar SC capital Ankara. It was at least the Egyptians vote in second time in the past week a 100 dead in Myanmar landslide flight leaving the United States was diverted to Canada after a second phase of YANGON: Nearly 100 bodies have been pulled from a landslide near threat. a jade mine in Myanmar’s northern Kachin State, local officials said Two Air France flights bound parliament polls yesterday, and hopes are dwindling that any of an estimated 100 people for Paris from the US were missing will be found alive. diverted for several hours on CAIRO: Egyptians voted in the The landslide happened when a mountain of mining debris gave way Tuesday following anonymous second phase of elections yester- in the early hours of Saturday in Hpakant, an area that produces some bomb threats. One of the flights, day that are meant to restore of the world’s highest-quality jade. The mines and debris dump sites which had left Washington, was parliament after a more than are hazardous and deadly accidents are common. diverted to Halifax, but no explo- three-year gap which critics say As of 4 pm local time (0930 GMT) yesterday, 97 bodies had been sives were found. have been undermined by wide- pulled from the landslide, said Tin Swe Myint, head of the Hpakant Singapore Airlines, in a state- spread repression. Township Administration Department. ment, did not provide any details The two-day polling covers 13 See also page 12 of how the threat came to light or governorates including Cairo. what action was taken to ensure More than 28 million Egyptians the flight’s safety. Flight SQ001 are eligible to vote in the second Trump for return of waterboarding landed safely at about noon Sin- phase. A total of 282 parliamen- gapore time, but disembarkation tary seats will be up for contest in WASHINGTON: Republican frontrunner Donald Trump called yes- was delayed until around 1.30 pm, the second stage, with 222 seats terday for the return of waterboarding, a near-drowning interroga- state-owned Channel NewsAsia for independent candidates and tion technique widely denounced as torture, saying it was “peanuts” reported. 60 seats allocated to party-based compared to what Islamic State (IS) is doing. Singapore police said in a state- lists. It was the latest in a series of inflammatory Trump responses to ment they had conducted security The run-offs are scheduled the threat of terrorism in the wake of the Paris attacks that appear checks and nothing suspicious to be on November 30 until to have bolstered his poll numbers. was found on the plane or among Action from Round 9 match of the Qatar Stars League between Al December 1. Final results will be A new Washington Post/ABC News national poll showed Trump lead- its passengers. Rayyan and Qatar SC in Doha yesterday. Al Rayyan won 9-0. announced on December 4. ing the Republican presidential field with 32 percent, a 10 point lead See also page 32 over his nearest rival, Ben Carson. REUTERS QNA See also page 17 MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Greetings sent Ooredoo offers 30GB to Lebanese PM QRCS provides clean drinking data for QR100 DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday DOHA: Deputy Emir H H Sheikh announced a new flash promotion Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani to provide Hala and Shahry cus- yesterday sent a cable of con- tomers with five times the data gratulations to Lebanese Prime water for communities in Syria allowance when they activate a Minister Tamman Salam on his 6GB data recharger. country’s National Day. The promotion will give cus- Prime Minister and Interior Initiative serves 10,000 people in tomers 30GB of data for the Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah price of 6GB (QR100), by topping bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani Turmanin town near Aleppo City up their accounts with 6GB data sent a similar cable to Salam. recharge. The offer is available DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent The project involves digging from Monday until Wednesday. Qatar ‘committed to Society (QRCS) has implemented a 400-metre-deep surface water Extra data will be available for a new project in Syria to provide well, building its control room 30 days once activated on the art, cultural projects’ clean drinking water for local and a 100 cubic metre tank and promotional dates and customers communities at a cost of $22,500. installing 30 solar panels with can access 6GB data recharge via WASHINGTON: Mohammed Many areas and towns in Syria pump and other fittings. Ooredoo’s self-service machines, Jaham Al Kuwari, Qatari Ambas- suffer a severe lack of water The project was implemented Ooredoo App, Ooredoo web or can sador to the US, highlighted due to vandalism, cut-off and over seven months, in coopera- purchase the card or e-vouchers Qatar’s ongoing commitment to destroyed water infrastructure. tion with Sham Alkhier Founda- from Ooredoo shops and author- cultural projects through the pro- Locals resort to alternative tion. The well has begun supplying ised dealers. The promotion aims motion of talented capabilities. On means of securing water for water to households and farmers. to give customers more chance the sidelines of a reception at the drinking, irrigation and other Ghaith Nazir Tarabein of to enjoy the incredible speeds of Qatari embassy, Al Kuwari said uses. To deal with this shortfall in QRCS said, “Securing pure and Ooredoo Supernet for less, as the art works by talented Qatari and water supplies, QRCS staff stud- cheap water is the best solution company continues to find new world-renowned artists are hosted ied the situation, made a needs for agriculture in the target areas. ways to offer a richer data expe- in all parts of the country. He said assessment in coordination with “This can be attained only with Qatar Red Crescent Society volunteers at the new drinking water well in rience to its customers. Ooredoo art is an integral part of diplo- local partners and came out with free power from alternative and Turmanin in Syria. App is available for free download macy and culture is one of the a scheme to secure clean water sustainable sources, such as solar on iTunes Store (iOS) and Google strong bridges between nations for 10,000 people in Turmanin, a and wind energy. The project will the people affected by the Syrian aid and rebuild houses in different Play (Android) now. and highlighted the success- town in Mount Simeon district also help attain food security in conflict inside the war-torn coun- parts of Syria ahead of the loom- ful visit of Qatar Philharmonic in northern Idlib countryside, the neediest areas,” he added. try or in neighbouring countries. ing snowy winter. 2015 Suzuki Orchestra to Paris and cultural around 33km away from Aleppo This is one of many projects A new project is under study and art events included in a book City. carried out by QRCS in support of to create jobs, distribute winter THE PENINSULA GSX-S1000 A Decade of Cultural Diplomacy. bikes recalled Arab standardisation DOHA: The Ministry of Economy strategy adopted and Commerce has announced the recall of 2015 Suzuki GSX- DOHA: A unified four-year Ministry starts training 122 middle level staff S1000 motorcycles due to a defect Arab strategy for standardisa- in installing cooling conductors. tion and quality (2014–2018) was DOHA: The Ministry of Munici- latest methods and practices in The recall is part of the min- adopted by the higher advisory pality and Urban Planning has administrative and institutional istry’s coordination to ascertain committee for standardisa- launched the fourth round of its works besides skills of developing dealers’ commitment to follow tion during its 45th meeting in training programme targeting plans, setting measurable aims up and repair vehicles’ defects to Rabat, Morocco. Dr Mohammed 122 of its middle level employees. and targets. protect consumers’ rights. bin Saif Al Kuwari, Assistant The programme started on Qualifying and preparing mid- The ministry will coordinate Undersecretary for Standards November 15 and continues until level employees for promotion to with the dealer to follow up main- and Specifications at the Minis- November 26 to prepare trainees leadership and supervisory posi- tenance and repairs and commu- try of Environment said yesterday to take leadership and supervi- tions is part of the ministry’s nicate with customers to ensure the strategy covers all quality and sory positions. The programme strategy to create efficient and implementation of procedures to standardisation aspects to unify for administrative staff, includ- skilled leaders at all levels and fix defects. It urged consumers to the Arab standardisation and ing assistant directors and heads departments, said Jabr Abdullah report any irregularities to the quality systems for economic inte- of divisions, features training in Al Attiya, Director, HR. Department of Consumer Protec- gration and increase the quality innovative skills development, The ministry is one of the first tion and Commercial Fraud Com- of Arab products so that they can working under pressure, mak- to develop and implement such A training session in progress. bat which receives complaints, effectively compete in Arab and ing changes and development programme, he added, adding suggestions and inquiries through international markets. within systematic and construc- that after training middle level promotion to heads of sections. achieve the ministry’s vision and its communication channels. tive strategy. employees, the ministry will Each employee will be trained in aims. THE PENINSULA/QNA Participants have learned about start training junior staff for an area of his specialisation to THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/QNA

MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Over 200 attend UCQ HMC wins Healthcare Company annual Open House

DOHA: More than 200 people way of looking at challenges that of the Year award in Dubai attended University of Calgary is unique to the nursing profes- in Qatar’s (UCQ) annual Open sion, and I wanted to be able to House at Al Rayyan campus. do that.” Corporation recognised for quality services, awareness campaigns “It is wonderful to see such Craig Wood, Director, Student great interest in nursing and Services, said: “Showing first DOHA: Hamad Medical Cor- the safest, most effective and most welcome so many prospective stu- hand enthusiasm of students like poration (HMC) was awarded compassionate care to each of our dents and their families to UCQ. Lea, the commitment of faculty to Healthcare Company of the patients. Many new services and “Open House is a chance to foster the best educational expe- Year award at Arabian Business facilities have been introduced as explore amazing opportunities rience for students, and support Achievement Awards 2015 in we expand to meet the needs of available in our nursing pro- of UCQ’s partners to nursing Dubai recently. Qatar’s growing population. grammes,” said Jennie Seder, Stu- education in Qatar proved to be HMC was recognised for its “We have also opened new dent Services Officer and event a winning combination. We were achievements in providing high- specialist clinics providing care organiser. High school students delighted to receive 115 appli- quality healthcare services, for the specific needs of different and their families discussed with cations at Open House,” Wood particularly public awareness population groups, including dia- members of Canadian nursing added. campaigns. betes, cancer and long-term care.” faculty sponsorship opportunities UCQ is the only university in Awards were handed out this Improving the health of the with UCQ’s partners — Hamad Qatar to have an exclusive focus year in 16 categories to compa- population is a priority for HMC, Medical Corporation, Primary on nursing education and the nies from the Arab world, with an said Ali Abdulla Al Khater, Exec- Health Care Corporation, and nursing profession is gaining pop- independent judging panel looking utive Director, Corporate Com- Qatar Biobank for Medical ularity. The post-diploma BN pro- for winners that have made the munications, who attended the Research — and learned more gramme is full for 2016; however, most positive impact over the past awards ceremony. about hands-on, evidenced-based places are to qualified applicants 12 months. “Over the past few years, we nursing education. in the four-year BN programme The event is one of the most have placed importance on pro- Nursing Student Society of and in the MN programmes. prestigious in the region. Previous moting health in the community. Qatar (NSSQ) members were on Visit www.ucalgary.edu.qa or call attendees include former British “We have run awareness cam- hand to inspire interested stu- 44065222 for information on how prime minister Tony Blair, Jor- paigns for stroke and diabetes, dents and their families with their to apply. On November 26, UCQ dan’s King Abdullah II and Dubai while our Kulluna campaign has personal stories of why they chose celebrates the convocation of the Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin focused on improving health and to study nursing. first Master of Nursing degree Rashid Al Maktoum. safety in Qatar. The award is tes- Lea Jabonete, top UCQ BN recipients to be educated in Qatar, Dr Hanan Al Kuwari, Manag- tament to the hard work of our student, said: “I wanted to study for Qatar, and the graduation of ing Director, HMC, said, “It is a teams and their commitment to nursing because I wanted to the largest Bachelor of Nursing great honour to be recognised in raise awareness in Qatar about Ali Abdulla Al Khater (centre), Executive Director, Corporate Communications, think like a nurse! Nurses think class in the university’s history this way by the panel. important health issues,” he with colleagues from the Corporate Communications Department at the holistically and critically when it “Over the past year, we have added. event. comes to patient care. There is a THE PENINSULA continued to work hard to deliver THE PENINSULA Students present papers at first IPE-SS Research Day DOHA: Students from Qatar SS) Research Day, organised by before a panel of judges. in-vitro bioequivalence/inter- University (QU) colleges of IPE-SS. Students presented their Among 19 posters presented, changeability of multisourced Pharmacy (CPH) and Arts research findings and competed in WCM-Q student Nahel Tunio marked metformin hydrochloride and Sciences (CAS), along with the best poster and oral presenta- and Vignesh Shanmugan won first tablets’ and ‘The Health Belief counterparts from Weill Cornell tion categories. Topics included place in their categories for their Model’, respectively. Medicine - Qatar (WCM-Q), Col- Alzheimer’s disease, respiratory research on ‘Mutant Tau Propa- CPH Dean Dr Ayman El Kadi lege of the North Atlantic Qatar problems related to Qatar’s cli- gation and Toxicity’ and ‘Com- said: “Participating in these (CNA-Q) and University of Cal- matic environment, adverse parative gene expression profiling competitions helps our students gary-Qatar (UCQ), participated drug reactions and thalassaemia, of pilocytic (Grade I) and diffuse build knowledge, experience and in the Inaugural Interprofessional among others. (Grade II) astrocytomas - Iden- skills and interact with peers and Education Student Society (IPE- Presentations were delivered tification and validation of new gain more insight into the phar- macy profession. This underlines the college’s efforts to provide students with a highly intel- lectual environment to explore and achieve their full potential, which will contribute to shaping FROM LEFT: Winners Nermin Al Hasan, Sawsan Al Mukdad, Nahel Tunio, the future of healthcare profes- and Vignesh Shanmugan at the event. sionals in line with the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030 and biomarkers’. CPH fourth-year Mukdad placed second and third the National Health Strategy.” student Nermin Al Hasan and for their research on ‘Assessment second-year student Sawsan Al of quality control parameters and THE PENINSULA

QF to host two booths at Ajyal Youth Film Festival

DOHA: Qatar Foundation for Edu- booths at the third Ajyal Youth Presented by Doha Film cation, Science and Community Film Festival from November 29 to Institute, the festival is a Development (QF) will host two December 5 at Katara. platform for people of all ages to discuss cinema through interactive events, creating fun, collaborative environment where young people can express them- selves. As a ‘Friend of the Festival’, QF will take part in the annual celebration of cinema, along with ‘Gold Media Sponsor’ QF Radio, by hosting family-friendly activities at its tent enti- tled ‘Explore the World of Media’. QF Radio will host three days of live coverage during the festival, airing inter- views with participants and representatives. Its booth will also act as a training studio for chil- dren who wish to learn how to be presenters and sound operators, and will be given the chance to record greet- ings QF Radio will broad- cast after the event. Northwestern Univer- sity in Qatar (NU-Q) and Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCU- Q) will host events to engage youth of the region, presenting opportunities for them to learn more about the media industry. The festival, which drew up to 60,000 people last year, will hold daily public screenings of more than 80 local and inter- national films for all age groups, including comedy and documentaries; fam- ily days; special events and exhibitions; and the ‘Ajyal Competition’.

THE PENINSULA MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Jury start reviewing Al Jazeera festival films Unstable weather with DOHA: The jury for the 11th Al Jazeera International Docu- mentary Festival has started reviewing the films competing for awards. rain likely until Friday The 15-member jury from vari- ous countries was divided into three committees. The first has been tasked to Heavy rains expected in northern areas tomorrow choose awardees in the Long Film section and includes Dr Khaled Al DOHA: Qatar is expected to weather for the five days will be speeds from nine to 28 to 33km an Zadjali (Oman), Abdullah Abo- witness unstable weather from due to low pressure”. There will hour. Offshore, wind direction and Awad (Morocco), Galina Kras- The jury members for the festival. this evening until Friday, with be high wind these days whose speed will be the same as inland — noborova (Russia), Dr Maryse chances of rain all over. intensity will vary from time to northwesterly initially and later Gargour (France) and Chaker sella (Italy), and Majid Sheikh umentary Channel Award, Pub- Heavy rains are expected in the time. The bureau said it will, in turning into northeasterly. Ayadi (Tunisia). Ansari (Iran). Festival Director lic Liberties and Human Rights northern areas, particularly after the coming five days, issue special Nightly temperatures today In the Medium Film section Abbas Arnaout said each com- Award, and Child and Family sunset tomorrow, lasting until bulletins from time to time. will vary from 18 to 22 degrees. the committee comprises Tongdao mittee will choose the winning Award. late Wednesday evening. The bureau coordinates with Abu Samra and Al Khor will wit- Zhang (China), Hala Zuraiqat films according to international With the theme ‘Horizons’, In a special bulletin released the Ministry of Interior, Ashghal ness colder nights as the tempera- (Jordan), Jelena Mila (Sweden), technical standards. The winners this year’s festival has received yesterday through Qatar News and the Ministry of Municipal- ture will drop to 18 degrees. Jose Sanchez-Montes (Spain), will be announced at the closing 920 entry forms and 775 films, Agency, the weather bureau has ity and Urban Planning to help In Mesaieed and Al Wakrah, and Omar Olzabal Rodriguez ceremony on November 29 at the out of which 148 were shortlisted, cautioned sea-goers, saying they avoid waterlogging during rains, the nightly mercury level will be (Cuba). Jurors in the Short Film Ritz-Carlton Doha. including 30 long, 50 medium, 47 must not venture into the sea especially along highways and in 19 degrees, but in Doha, it will be section are Dr Rabia Al Kuwari The awards include Al Jazeera short and 20 new horizon films. from today evening until Friday. lowlying areas. about 21 degrees. In Al Ruwais, (Qatar), Erkan Baker (Turkey), Golden Award, Jury Award, New The bureau said its fore- In its routine forecast for nightly temperature will be 22 Kaveh Askari (US), Piccinno Ros- Horizon Award, Al Jazeera Doc- THE PENINSULA cast about unstable weather is tomorrow, the bureau said day degrees. As for day temperatures, valid until further notice and temperatures will range from Doha will witness 28 degrees and urged people not to lend ears 26 to 28 degrees Celsius. The Al Ruwais and Dukhan 26, and to rumours. “We are the only weather will be partly cloudy Abu Samra 27. In Al Khor, Mes- weather forecasting authority in and as evening approaches it saieed and Al Wakrah the day the country so people should not will turn cloudy, with chances of temperature will be 28 degrees. New book focuses on Internet and rely on what others say regarding rain as night falls. Offshore, the On the timings of high and low the weather”. day will be partly cloudy today tides, the bureau said near the Abdullah Al Mannai, Head, with chances of scattered rains. shores, the waves could be one to Weather Analysis and Forecast- The wind will be northwesterly, three-foot high, while deep inside its impact on society in Mena ing Section at the Meteorological moving in from the chilly areas the sea, could reach up to five feet Department, was quoted as say- in Europe and would later turn today. DOHA: Impact of the Internet nication practices and new digital by an unprecedented youth bulge ing in the bulletin: “The unstable into northeasterly. It will move at THE PENINSULA on society in the fast-changing technologies. Taking Tunisia as and growing access to information Middle East and North Africa a case study, it draws attention and communication technologies. (Mena) region is the focus of a away from tools of political com- The book whisks us away from new book Networked Publics and munication and refocuses on the familiar accounts of the Internet Digital Contention: The Politics of politics of communication. as a tool for activism to examine NHRC invites entries for fifth edition Everyday Life in Tunisia, written “We know a great deal about evolving social, cultural and politi- by Georgetown University (GU- how the Internet is being con- cal dynamics associated with new Q) Professor Mohamed Zayani. sumed in the West but there is communication practices: What It is published by Oxford Uni- little in-depth research about is it that youth are doing on the of Ali Hassan Al Jaber Awards versity Press, in collaboration emerging forms of online com- Internet? What forms of engage- with GU-Q Center for Inter- munication in the Global South, ment are they involved in? What DOHA: The National Human Rights Committee and the soft copy must be submitted with the work, national and Regional Studies which includes the Middle East,” kind of dynamics are developing (NHRC) has launched the fifth edition of its annual while investigative reports need to fulfil required (CIRS). said the author, who directs the on the margins of society and how Ali Hassan Al Jaber Awards instituted in memory of standards and highlight a particular issue, with Drawing on fieldwork and Media and Politics Programme, a are they reconfiguring the state- Aljazeera cameraman with the same name martyred opinions and suggestions. in-depth interviews with cyber joint initiative with Northwestern society relationship?” he asks. in Libya in March 2011. On documentary films, she said the film must activists, bloggers and ordi- University in Qatar. The book is part of Oxford The NHRC has invited entries to competitions not be more than 10 minutes long and in full HD nary Internet users, the author Prof Zayani is also an Affili- Series in Digital Politics, which in photography, investigative journalism and short 16:9 format and must promote humanitarian val- explores how and to what extent ate Faculty with the Georgetown brings together scholars with an documentary film for the award. ues. Entries will not be returned to participants the wide adoption of the Internet Communication, Culture and interest in understanding infor- The technical committee for the awards has and will be kept in the award’s archive, Al Attiyah has affected Arab public, in par- Technology Graduate Programme mation and communication envi- begun to receive entries to the three categories, added. The photography and investigative journal- ticular youth. and Co-director of Institute on ronments involving politics and said NHRC General Secretary Mariam Abdullah ism awards carries a cash prize of $5,000 each and The book offers a fresh per- Media, Technology & Digital Cul- policymaking. Al Attiyah documentary film $10,000. spective on social movements in ture in the Middle East. She said photographs should be of high resolution THE PENINSULA the context of changing commu- “The Middle East is marked THE PENINSULA MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

‘Climate’ exhibition opens Stenden University HBKU hosts International Qatar Open Day on Wednesday DOHA: Stenden University Fest at Education City Qatar will host an Open Day for potential students and parents on Wednesday. Partner universities set up cultural booths It aims to familiarise students with the university, its pro- DOHA: Hamad Bin Khalifa grammes and the general atmos- University (HBKU) of Qatar phere of its campus. Foundation (QF) recently hosted Students will get a chance to ‘International Fest’ at the HBKU visit programme stalls and speak Student Center at Education with lecturers and current stu- City. dents about the curriculum and The annual event offers stu- career options of each major. dents opportunity to celebrate the unique, multicultural aca- Indian embassy to demic and cultural experience they share at Education City. hold Open Day on It is a joint initiative between HBKU and partner universities, November 29 including Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Weill Cornell DOHA: The Indian embassy will Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q), Texas hold an Open House on November French Ambassador Eric Chevallier at one of the stalls at ‘Climate, o A&M University at Qatar, Carn- 29 to address any urgent consular the 360 degree Exhibition’ which opened at Katara Building No. 5 egie Mellon University in Qatar, and labour problems of Indians in yesterday. The month-long expo is organised on the occasion of the Georgetown University School of Qatar, a mission statement said 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Foreign Service in Qatar, North- yesterday. Convention on Climate Change which will be held in Paris. western University in Qatar, HEC The event will be held from ABDUL BASIT Paris in Qatar, and UCL Qatar. 5pm to 6pm. Written informa- Since the tradition of holding Some of the participants at the festival. tion on issues/cases proposed to the festival started in 2007, it be discussed with officials may be has grown to include a growing unity among students at Educa- resented were Qatar, Palestine, given from 5pm to 5.30pm. This number of elements, such as an tion City. Sudan, Libya, and the UK. will be followed by meetings from artisan craft bazaar and musi- “Cultural diversity is one of Melissa Winter, Assistant 5.30pm to 6pm, the release added. Belgian ambassador cal performances by the student the essences of Education City. Director, Student Engagement, body. There are students from across HBKU, said, “It’s a pleasure to Qatar-Thaliand This year’s event also featured the world, and at events like this work with our friends across Edu- praises Qatar ties a conversation table, developed by we get to see beyond their aca- cation City each year to organise ties reviewed HBKU’s Translation and Inter- demic and extra-curricular skills. the festival as it gives students preting Institute, where par- It shows us where they come from opportunity to take a short break BANGKOK: Thailand’s Labour DOHA: Belgium Business Club Christophe Maters, Vice- ticipants learned a few Arabic, – their traditions, cultures, art, from studies to learn more about Minister Sirchai Distakul met Qatar is the first of its kind com- Chairman, BBCQ, gave a Spanish, French and Mandarin cuisine and heritage.” the many cultures that converge Qatari Ambassador Jabor bin Ali munity forum that has registered presentation on bilateral needs Chinese words and gathered more Committees representing vari- at Education City. “The perform- Al Dosari and discussed bilateral with Qatar Financial Center, and who both sides can benefit information about TII’s language ous nationalities across Education ances are a lot of fun for students relations and ways of enhancing according to Luk Kelles, Chair- from each other’s resources. courses. City decorated cultural booths to participate in and they seem to them, in addition to matters of man, BBCQ. Belgian Ambassador Christophe Noora Hassan, a student at with traditional dress, handmade get better and better each year.” common concern. He was talking to reporters Payot praised contribution of WCM-Q, said such events help items, and gifts. on the occasion of BBCQ first Belgian business community in build a better understanding and Among national cultures rep- THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/QNA anniversary celebrations at W Qatar to strengthening trade Hotel Doha. He said BBCQ is between both countries. registered as a limited liability He said many Belgian company under and can operate companies are involved in its bank account and other prestigious infrastructure financial transactions. projects in Qatar and he is proud “We are happy to celebrate that these companies are part of India woos tourists from Qatar, other GCC states BBCQ’s first anniversary since it Qatar’s historic development. brought two additional feathers The ambassador stressed that By Sanaullah Ataullah “We are also considering intro- to us — QFC’s umbrella and Belgium nationals have expertise ducing multiple entry visas for Sheikh Turki bin Faisal bin Qasim many sectors, including energy, DOHA: India is fast emerging frequent business travellers and Al Thani as BBCQ Honorary construction and renewable as a favourite destination for tourists,” he added. President,” Luk said. energy and Belgium also can tourists from not only Qatar and India has diverse products to Under the theme ‘Qatar Meets benefit from Qatar’s experience other GCC countries but also the attract foreign tourists such as Belgium’, BBCQ and the Belgium to help strengthen bilateral Middle East and North Africa old temples, churches, mosques embassy hosted dinner, attended relations. (Mena) region, Indian Ambas- and religious festivals, beautiful by Qatari & Belgium business sador to Qatar Sanjiv Arora has beaches, cinema, hotels, deserts, community members. THE PENINSULA said. zoological parks, diverse modes More than 400,000 tourists of transportation, yoga and from the Gulf and Mena visited ayurveda, among others. India in the past two years. “Visit India, it will be a life-long A big number of people from journey and you will wish for a Qatar visit India every year. They revisit, truly India is incredible are not going only for leisure but and that is the theme of today’s also for medical treatment. function,” said the ambassador. Plans are afoot to strengthen The recent journey of Fath Al relations between Qatar and India Kheir 2, the dhow from Qatar to and boost tourism, Arora said. India, has added a new chapter Relations would go deeper as deep rooted relations between the Qatar expects the visit of Prime Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora with Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Tawar Al two countries, especially in the Minister Narendra Modi follow- Kuwari, Vice-Chairman, Qatar Chamber; I R V Rao, Assistant Director, India tourism sector, he added. ing the visit of Emir H H Sheikh Tourism (Dubai Office); and other guests at the Indian Tourism Road Show The event was attended by Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to organised by the Indian embassy and Tamarind Global at Marriott Marquis Qatari dignitaries, including India this March. Hotel in Doha. SALIM MATRAMKOT Qatar Chamber Vice-Chairman “There is a very warm invi- Mohamed bin Ahmed bin Tawar tation extended by the Qatari Al Kuwari and Sherida Saad leadership to Prime Minister the Indian embassy under the tourist destination for people (cit- Jubran Al Kaabi, former Qatari Narendra Modi. We are in con- theme ‘Incredible India’. izens and expatriates) in Qatar. ambassador to India. tact to finalise the date of visit The event was meant to intro- “Last three years, on a daily Many representatives from as per convenience of both sides,” duce and promote Indian tourism basis, we issued a large number local and Indian hospitality indus- Arora said. products to attract tourists from of multiple entry visas to our try and airlines were also present Christophe Payot (left), Belgian Ambassador, with Sheikh Turki bin Faisal He was speaking at a pro- Qatar and other GCC states. Qatari friends to visit India. Some at the event. gramme organised by India Tour- The embassy plays an active of them are present here,” said bin Qasim Al Thani (centre) and Luk Kelles, Chairman, BBCQ, at the event. ism, Dubai, in cooperation with role in making India a favourite Arora. THE PENINSULA QGBC studies hotels’ environmental quality PMG Awards Night

DOHA: Qatar Green Building Council tics, accessibility, furniture, materials, ability literature and research in Qatar.” (QGBC) hosted an event titled ‘Towards housekeeping and indoor air quality. Ghada Sadek, General Manager, of sustainable hotels in Qatar’. Engineer Meshal Al Shamari, Direc- the hotel, said the QGBC study provided It highlighted results of a comprehen- tor, QGBC, said: “The event marks an opportunity to find innovative ways sive ‘Indoor Environmental Quality Case another milestone for QGBC in its to address sustainability issues in the Study for Hotels’ conducted by QGBC’s journey towards raising awareness and hospitality sector. “Movenpick is taking Healthy Building Interest Group in col- creating a culture of sustainability in a leadership role in creating a culture laboration with Movenpick Hotel West the built environment in Qatar. The of sustainability in the hospitality sec- Bay and other partners. The survey outcome of Healthy Buildings Interest tor. We are open to work with partners focused on measuring aspects of indoor Group’s collaboration with Movenpick to ensure these issues are dealt with in environmental quality, including acous- Hotel is a valuable addition to sustain- the future.” Results of the study will be made available by QGBC for research in the near future. Iñigo Satrústegui, Head, Healthy Buildings Interest Group, QGBC, and Managing Director, Quality Air Global in Qatar, said the study is a ground- breaking piece of research, which will prove useful for indoor air quality and sustainability experts in Qatar. “In the PMG Awards Night was held in Deccan Hall. Razwan Sarwar from the UK, a noted per- near future, we will use it as a bench- former on the tabla, organ and drum, cheered the crowd and announced his upcoming mark to help other hotels, companies programme at Sherborne pre-Prep in Al Rayan. The PMG programme was led by Nazakat and institutions improve indoor envi- Ali Khan and featured Mohd Mujeeb, Raza Hussain Gullo, Ustad Tanweer Khan, Kancheun ronmental quality for their buildings. QGBC welcomes collaborations to help Ali Huwalder, Aruna K C Rama, Santosh from Nepal. Amir Butt, A J Jabbar and Shahid improve standards of indoor environ- Rasheed welcomed guests, including programme arranger Nailah Ali Khan, special chief mental quality within the built envi- guest Malik Asghar Ali and Red Erwin Aristo, FM International Marketing Director, Qatar. It ronment through research and case was sponsored by Al Zaman Exchange, Top Gear, and Ambassador Travel, among others. PMG is also promoting FM Group, Qatar. Engineer Meshal Al Shamari, Director, QGBC, delivers opening remarks at the event. studies.” THE PENINSULA

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Veteran Turkey Yemen loyalists ruling party lawmaker elected Speaker advance to ANKARA: Turkey’s parliament, dominated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party after its victory in November 1 elections, yesterday chose a septuagenarian recapture Taiz ruling party lawmaker to serve as the new Speaker. Justice and Development Party (AKP) veteran MP Ismail Kah- PM Bahah arrives in Marib city from UAE raman, 75, was elected speaker in the third round of voting, eas- ADEN: Pro-government forces in Yemen ing Aden, where Hadi has set up base. ily seeing off challenges from pressed their advance yesterday to recap- Prime Minister Khaled Bahah had candidates from the other three ture the southwestern province of Taiz but meanwhile arrived in the city of Marib, main parties with 316 votes in the were slowed by landmines planted by Shia 140km east of Sana’a, a government source 550-member house. rebels, military officials said. said yesterday. The election of the new speaker Government forces backed by air and He was to meet with commanders of loy- is a crucial step in Turkish poli- ground support from a Saudi-led coalition alist troops there who have been trying to tics after the snap polls where launched an all-out offensive last week to retake the province since mid-September. the AKP stunningly regained push the Iran-backed rebels out of Taiz and Loyalists control Marib city but have the overall majority it had unex- break the siege of loyalists in its provincial so far failed to secure the rest of the pectedly lost in June 7 legislative capital. province, the source of much of Yemen’s elections. “We have advanced after having cleared oil output. Yemen’s Vice-President and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah (right) walks with the governor of After the speaker’s election, all and destroyed a large quantity of anti- Bahah arrived from the United Arab the northern province of Marib, Sultan Al Arada, after his arrival in the province yesterday. eyes today will be on Prime Min- personnel and anti-tank mines planted by Emirates, a key coalition member, and ister Ahmet Davutoglu who may the Houthi rebels and their allies” among was accompanied by several senior officials announce the new cabinet after renegade troops loyal to former president including the interior and oil ministers, the days of speculation. Ali Abdullah Saleh, a military official said. source said. Socotra island burns two The AKP now holds 317 seats Troops and allied Popular Resistance Hadi returned from exile in Saudi Ara- in the 550-member parliament, fighters had advanced towards Rahida, the bia on Tuesday as the offensive against the the secular Republican People’s province’s second-largest city, on the road Houthis and their allies got under way. Party (CHP) has 134 seats, the linking main southern city Aden with Taiz, Diplomatically, efforts were continu- tonnes of smuggled qat pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic the official said. ing to prepare for UN-sponsored peace Party 59 and the right-wing Four Houthis were killed and two others talks expected to take place this month ADEN: Authorities on Yemen’s Socotra a sparsely populated island renowned for Nationalist Movement Party captured in an ambush by loyalists that in Geneva. island burnt two tonnes of the mild nar- its exotic wildlife, sought to stamp out the (MHP) 40. targeted two rebel patrols south of Rahida, The rebel-controlled sabanews.net cotic drug qat on Saturday, a shipment habit by banning the import or chewing The new parliament is expected he said. reported that a rebel delegation travelled seized from smugglers trying to defy last of qat. to be marked by a drive by A Yemeni commander confirmed that to neutral Oman late on Saturday to meet week’s ban by the archipelago’s governor, According to Yemeni media, Saeed Ba Erdogan to muster a three-fifths mines were hampering the progress of with the UN envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould local officials said. Huqaiba introduced the ban due to the majority that would enable the government forces and had caused casu- Cheikh Ahmed, who visited key Houthi- Yemenis have chewed qat for centuries health risks and financial consequences of body to call a referendum on his alties among fighters, without providing backer Iran in recent days. and although widespread, its use is seen as qat use. vision of a new constitution that any figures. The talks in Muscat between the rebels a social ill by some, sapping productivity Local officials said on Saturday they would give Turkey a presidential Loyalist forces were backed by signifi- and the UN envoy should focus on the and finances. Sessions begin in the after- had intercepted and burnt a shipment system. cant reinforcements from the Saudi-led “agenda of the dialogue” in Geneva, said noon and can last long into the night. of two tonnes of qat smuggled from the The speaker of the Turk- coalition which intervened in March in Abulmalek Al Mikhlafi, who will head the The national pastime has survived the Hadramout province on the Yemeni main- ish parliament is in theory the support of President Abdrabuh Mansur government’s delegation to Switzerland. last few years of turmoil in the impover- land. country’s second-ranking figure Hadi. Breaking the siege of Taiz is seen as He accused the Houthis of “military ished Arab country, including the war that Qat is classified by the World Health in state protocol and, according to crucial for the recapture of other central escalation” in Taiz and of “buying time” began last year involving air and ground Organization as a “drug of abuse that can the constitution, would take over provinces and for opening the way to the ahead of the talks. “They have not yet troops from an Arab coalition led by Saudi produce mild to moderate psychological if the president is incapacitated. rebel-held capital Sana’a further north. submitted the names of their negotiators,” Arabia. It is not uncommon to see Yem- dependence”. Its physical symptoms can But in practice the job wields It is also important for securing the Mikhlafi told AFP. eni fighters and soldiers with a wad of qat include hallucinations, depression and little day-to-day power. south, where loyalists have retaken five leaves in their cheeks. tooth decay. provinces from the rebels since July, includ- AFP But last week the governor of Socotra, REUTERS AFP

Drone strike UK to push for joining air strikes against IS in Syria kills five Al LONDON: British Prime Min- Syria, who are also being targeted mons ... we will make the case as role in the world”, he said. Corbyn, who opposes air strikes ister David Cameron will this from the air by a US-led coalition a government, we will allow MPs Cameron has said his bid to join and has said he is not planning to Shabaab rebels week set out the case for joining and Russia. Cameron is keen to to digest that response and then the US-led coalition in Syria was allow his party members to vote air strikes against Islamic State avoid a repeat of 2013 when he we will see where we stand.” strengthened by Friday’s United with their conscience, on Satur- in Somalia militants in Syria, his finance lost a crunch parliamentary vote Britain’s Sunday newspa- Nation Security Council resolu- day said his party would consider minister said yesterday, in a bid on air strikes against Syrian Pres- pers, carrying headlines includ- tion to redouble action against the proposals put forward by the MOGADISHU: A suspected to persuade a parliament loath ident Bashar Al Assad’s forces. ing “Britain prepares for war”, Islamic State there. government. His finance spokes- drone targeted a base belong- to embark on another war in the “The prime minister will seek reported a vote could be held Former Labour prime minis- man John McDonnell told the ing to Al Qaeda-affiliated Middle East. support across parliament for within the next two weeks, with ter Tony Blair’s decision to join BBC on Sunday the decision should Al Shabaab insurgents in south- Britain is already bombing IS strikes against that terrorist bombing underway by Christmas. the US-led Iraq War in 2003, in not be made on a party-political ern Somalia, killing at least five in Iraq but Cameron has said he organisation in Syria. Frankly, Osborne said the Paris attacks which 179 British service person- lines. “I am hoping that we can fighters, police and residents said believes Britain should be doing Britain has never been a coun- were likely changing the views of nel were killed, remains a con- act as one, put aside party differ- yesterday. more to fight the militants, who try that stands on the sidelines those previously opposed to Brit- tentious issue in Britain. Some ences and look at the long term Al Shabaab was not immedi- claimed responsibility for this and relies on others to defend us,” ish air strikes but said the gov- in Cameron’s own Conservative interests of the country,” said ately reachable for comment. It month’s attacks in Paris in which finance minister George Osborne ernment would only call a vote Party are opposed to air strikes, McDonnell, who has previously was not known who was behind 130 people died. told BBC television yesterday. when it was confident it could so the British leader will need to called for Labour lawmakers to be the aerial strike but the United France has in the days since “The timetable is this: In the win. Another defeat would be “a persuade some opposition Labour allowed to vote in favour of strikes States has in the past targeted Al stepped up its bombing campaign coming week the prime minister publicity coup” for IS and send “a lawmakers to back his call for if they wished. Shabaab fighters. against the group’s members in will come to the House of Com- terrible message about Britain’s action. Labour leader Jeremy REUTERS Al Shabaab have staged many bomb and gun attacks in the capi- tal Mogadishu in its bid to topple Somalia’s Western-backed gov- Lebanon celebrates ernment and have also hit targets in neighbouring Kenya since Nai- robi joined African Union peace- Russia serious about solution keeping forces in Somalia. Police and residents said that what appeared to be a drone in Syria: German minister attack took place at Balad Amin, about 30km to the east of Wan- laweyn in the lower Shabelle BERLIN: Russia feels increas- “We should not underesti- Moscow, western leaders who region on Saturday night. ingly under threat from devel- mate how threatened Russia met on the margins of a G20 “We heard three big crashes opments in the Middle East feels from developments in the meeting in Turkey last weekend at an Al Shabaab base in Balad and appears to be serious about Middle East, with its Muslim had agreed to extend sanctions Amin last night. It looked like cooperating with western coun- population of millions,” Stein- against Russia, which are due to a drone but we have no news tries to resolve the war in Syria, meier told the Bild am Sonntag expire in January, by six months of casualties,” Adan Ahmed, Germany’s foreign minister said newspaper. until July of next year. a resident of the area, told yesterday. “I believe that Russia has no US President Barack Obama, Reuters. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, interest in getting bogged down Germany’s Angela Merkel, Brit- “The drone targeted an whose Social Democrats (SPD) in Syria over many years and ain’s David Cameron, Italy’s Al Shabaab base last night. So far Lebanese activists wave national flags as they gather in front of the gov- are traditionally more friendly being pulled ever deeper into the Matteo Renzi and French For- we have the information that five ernment palace during a march to mark the 72nd anniversary of Lebanon’s towards Moscow than Chancel- war there. My impression is that eign Minister Laurent Fabius, fighters including the Al Shabaab Independence Day in Beirut, yesterday. lor Angela Merkel’s conserva- Russia is looking for an exit from who represented Hollande at the leader in charge of Lower Shabelle tives, also raised the prospect the Syrian catastrophe.” summit, attended the meeting, a region died in the strike,” Major of welcoming Russia back into Some German politicians, European diplomat said. Abdiqadir Ahmed, a police officer the G8 group of countries if it including Sigmar Gabriel, the A German government based in Wanlaweyn, told Reuters. addressed western demands leader of the SPD and vice spokesman said yesterday he In March, the US Defence Lebanon stops rerouting flights in Ukraine and cooperated in chancellor, have suggested that could not comment on confi- Department said a drone strike Syria. Europe consider easing sanctions dential talks but added: “The in southern Somalia killed Adnan BEIRUT: Beirut airport stopped “Russia’s navy has informed the The conciliatory message imposed on Russia for its inter- existing package of sanctions Garaar, an Al Shabaab leader rerouting flights yesterday after relevant Lebanese authorities of came amid mounting calls from vention in Ukraine in exchange was agreed in the EU and can believed to be the architect of a Russian military manoeuvres over the end of the manoeuvres that other western capitals to work for cooperation in Syria. only be modified together with 2013 attack on a Nairobi shopping the eastern Mediterranean ended had started in the night of Friday more closely with Russian Presi- Merkel has rejected that all EU partners.” mall that killed 67 people. a day early, Lebanon’s transport to Saturday,” Transport Minister dent Vladimir Putin in fighting approach and Steinmeier did not EU countries have said the The Jihadists were pushed out minister said. Ghazi Zeaiter told AFP, adding that Islamic State (IS) militants. go that far either. But he did say sanctions will not be eased until of Mogadishu by AU forces in Lebanon had said Moscow, which flight operations were “returning to French President Francois the West could have no inter- all parties fully implement the 2011 but have continued attacks, is carrying out air strikes in neigh- normal”. There had not been any Hollande, who called for a grand est in excluding Russia from Minsk peace deal, which aims often going after politicians and bouring Syria, asked for flights to confirmation from Moscow of the coalition of countries to fight IS the G8 in the longer-term if it to resolve the standoff between officials in Somalia, as well as AU be rerouted on Saturday, yesterday request, which came after Russia following the attacks in Paris showed a readiness to cooperate Kiev and pro-Russian separa- and Somali forces. and today to avoid overflying an launched strikes in Syria in late that killed 130 people, is due to in Ukraine and Syria. tists in eastern Ukraine. area where the manoeuvres were September. travel to Moscow on Thursday Reuters reported on Saturday REUTERS taking place. AFP to hold talks with Putin. that despite signs of a thaw with REUTERS MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Hundreds of UN envoy asks Libya rivals to sign deal Turkmen flee French defence minister Le Drian says Islamic State exploiting internal rivalries Syria war TRIPOLI: UN envoy Martin Kobler urged ally recognised parliament and its Tripoli- rival Libyan politicians to sign up to a UN- based rival have balked at the deal and the brokered agreement for power-sharing in names put forward by Leon. for Turkey the war-torn nation during weekend talks Libya has had two administrations since with both sides. August 2014, when an Islamist-backed mili- ISTANBUL: Around 1,500 mem- Kobler, on his first visit to the North tia alliance overran Tripoli, forcing the bers of Syria’s Turkmen minority African country since taking up his new job recognised government to take refuge in have fled to the Turkish border last week, met members of the internation- the east. to escape renewed fighting in the ally recognised government and parliament Kobler, a veteran German diplomat, said northwest of the country, a Turk- in the eastern city of Tobruk on Satur- Libya was striving for security and pros- ish official said yesterday. day and those of a rival administration in perity and insisted that “a sound political Turkey has expressed concern Tripoli yesterday. development” was essential to reach those in recent days over Russian air In news conferences in Tobruk and goals. raids in the area, fearing they are Tripoli he urged politicians to rally around “One cannot wait until all the problems aimed at hitting Syrian opposition a UN deal proposed by his predecessor are solved,” he said in Tobruk. fighters and bolstering the regime Bernardino Leon to set up national unity He made similar remarks in Tripoli after of President Bashar Al Assad. government. talks with the head of the General National Meanwhile, Turkmen fighters “We cannot reopen the Libyan agree- Congress or parliament. backed by Turkey have launched ment now,” Kobler told reporters in Tobruk “We can discuss unresolved issues but their own ground operation in after talks with Libya’s foreign minister, should go for rapid signature of agreement northern Syria to retake territory second vice president and lawmakers. “I on basis of where Leon left the process,” he controlled by Islamic State (IS). encouraged and I urged the members of said, according to a tweet posted by the UN “As of today, around 1,500 of the House of Representatives to go for a mission in Libya. UN Special Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler (left) attends a press conference with Deputy head our Turkmen brothers and sis- positive vote. This country deserves bet- “The country needs legitimate institu- of the National General Congress of Tripoli, Avad Abdussadik, in Tripoli, Libya, yesterday. ters have come to our border ter than being in a bad economic state like tions, strong institutions,” Kobler said. region,” the governor of Turkey’s now,” he said. Meanwhile, France’s defence minister Nations said last week, in a further illus- multitude of armed factions, which has Hatay region on the Syrian bor- After almost a year of arduous nego- said yesterday that Libya’s main armed tration of the country’s descent into anar- allowed Islamic State jihadists to gain a der Ercan Topaca was quoted as tiations, Leon proposed in early October factions will be committing suicide unless chy. “Libya preoccupies me very much,” foothold. They also control larger areas of saying by Turkish news agencies. a power-sharing deal under which Libya they stop fighting each other and take on French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Iraq and Syria. “Daesh (Islamic State) is “Of course we are ready to would be governed by a nine-member presi- Islamic State’s growing presence in the Drian told Europe 1 radio, nine days after in Libya because it can exploit the internal meet their every need, especially dential council made up of a prime minis- North African country. Islamic State mili- Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers rivalries ... If we reunite these forces, Daesh as winter conditions are starting,” ter, five deputy premiers and three senior tants have tightened their grip on central killed 130 people in Paris. will cease to exist,” Le Drian said. he said, adding that 575 tents had ministers. Libya and carried out summary executions, Libya has slipped deeper into chaos with already been sent as well as blan- But lawmakers from Libya’s internation- beheadings and amputations, the United two rival governments, each backed by a AGENCIES kets, food and medical supplies. Turkey says it has taken in a total of 2.2 million refugees from Syria’s civil war and still main- tains an “open door policy” while warning its capacity to take more Kurdish rebel is limited. Topaca said the author- Iran jails Washington Post reporter Rezaian ities are preparing for a possible killed fighting new wave of migration from the TEHRAN: Iran yesterday con- the sentence. Rezaian has been in Rezaian’s employer said it ing. His trial and sentence are a affected area, with 15 mainly firmed that it had sentenced jail in Iran for more than a year had no more information about sham, and he should be released Turkmen villages in the conflict IS buried after Iranian-American Washington and had stood trial on charges the report. “We’re aware of the immediately,” he added. zone with a total population of up Post reporter Jason Rezaian to of espionage along with other reports in the Iranian media, but Rezaian, 39, was arrested in to 35,000, including ethnic Arabs. an unspecified prison term fol- crimes against national secu- have no further information at July 2014 at his home in Tehran Ankara has expressed fury over two months lowing his conviction last month rity — charges thought to carry this time,” the Post’s foreign edi- where he had been working as a the bombing campaign by Rus- on charges including espionage. a maximum penalty of 20 years tor Douglas Jehl said in a state- correspondent for the American sian and Syrian regime jets in ISTANBUL: A Turkish Kurd “The verdict includes a prison in prison. ment. “Every day that Jason is in newspaper for two years. the region, summoning Moscow’s fighter who commanded a unit term,” judiciary spokesman “The verdict for Jason Rezaian prison is an injustice. He has done He has appeared four times ambassador last week to protest. battling Islamic State (IS) jihad- Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejeie has been issued but not officially nothing wrong,” said Jehl. since May behind closed doors The Turkmen are a Turkic- ists in Syria was buried yester- was quoted as saying by the offi- communicated” to his lawyer, said “Even after keeping Jason in before Tehran’s Revolutionary speaking ethnic minority. day in Istanbul two months after cial IRNA news agency. Mohseni Ejeie. prison 488 days so far, Iran has Court. his death in clashes, amid anger He did not specify the length of “I cannot announce the details.” produced no evidence of wrongdo- AFP AFP over the delay in bringing his body home. Thousands of supporters filled the Gazi district of Istanbul — a Kurdish and left-wing strong- About 2m Sudanese hold — to pay their last respects to Aziz Guler who commanded a Kurdish unit known as the United Freedom Forces (BOG) inside kids malnourished Syria, an AFP photographer reported. KHARTOUM: Some two million nated Khartoum government in According to Turkish media Sudanese children under five suf- the western Darfur region since reports, Guler was killed in fer from malnutrition every year, 2003, displacing millions and leav- clashes with IS jihadists on Sep- UNICEF’s representative said ing some 300,000 people dead tember 21 in northern Syria. yesterday, urging the interna- according to the UN. Kurdish activists had angrily tional community to boost fund- Eastern Sudan has suffered accused the Turkish authorities ing to tackle the problem. from severe underdevelopment of deliberately refusing to give Of those two million, nearly and is one of the country’s poor- permission for his body to be 550,000 children have life-threat- est regions. returned over the border, result- ening severe acute malnutrition, Mothers stopping breastfeed- ing in the two-month delay. with many of those affected living ing too early and high rates of Mourners at the funeral in the underdeveloped east and diarrhoea among children because shouted slogans against the conflict-hit Darfur region. of poor sanitation were behind government of President Recep “Over 38 percent of children the high malnutrition rates in Tayyip Erdogan as well as “Aziz under the age of five are chroni- the east. Every year, UNICEF Guler will never die!” and “We cally malnourished across Sudan,” in Sudan treats some 150,000 of promise Aziz there will be a revo- said Geert Cappelaere, the rep- the most severely malnourished lution!” resentative of the UN children’s children. Cappelaere urged the Some waved flags with the face agency to Sudan. government and international of the jailed leader of the outlawed The number of children under community to contribute more Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) five affected by chronic malnutri- funds, saying that “billions, not Abdullah Ocalan while others tion works out at around two mil- millions” of dollars (euros) are brandished pictures of Guler — lion, he told AFP in an interview. needed to reduce child malnutri- a left-wing activist — with the This figure includes 550,000 with tion levels. “We need to continue hammer-and-sickle and red and severe acute malnutrition. encouraging the government to yellow Kurdish colours. “In terms of numbers, it is an invest more in malnutrition but MPs from the pro-Kurdish incredibly huge number of chil- at the same time it will have to Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) dren who are affected by malnu- be a collective responsibility, the also attended the funeral, reports trition in Sudan,” he said. international community will said. The Turkish government has The worst affected areas are have to step up if it is serious been deeply troubled by the activ- Red Sea State in eastern Sudan in its commitment to help the ity of armed Kurdish militias in and North Darfur State in the Sudanese people,” Cappelaere northern Syria. west. Ethnic insurgents have said. AFP been battling the Arab-domi- AFP

Jordan King to meet Putin over Syria

AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdul- along Jordan’s northern bor- offered a window of opportunity lah, a US ally, will hold talks in der could trigger a big wave of and that Moscow had a key role Moscow tomorrow with Russian refugees into the already over- in defeating the ultra-hardline President Vladimir Putin on how stretched kingdom which hosts militants. Diplomats says Mos- to tackle “terror groups” led by over a million refugees fleeing the cow’s expanding bombing raids Islamic State in Syria, an offi- conflict, one official told Reuters in the south this week, however, cial source said. Jordan reached on condition of anonymity. showed the limitations of Jordan’s an agreement with Moscow last Diplomats say the Russian air leverage over the Russians who month to ensure Russian bomb- force has stepped up bombing in launched their air campaign on ing of targets in southern Syria, recent days of mainly civilian tar- September 30 with the stated aim which borders the country, does gets in rebel-controlled towns in of hitting Islamic State but mostly not target Western backed rebels southern Syria, including parts of bombing other rebel groups in the known as the Southern Front — a rebel-held Deraa city that are run west of the country. grouping it supports as a buffer by moderate rebel groups backed They said there was also some against the spread of hardline by Jordan. Jordan has not publicly disquiet in Washington about any Islamist groups. commented but the king recently closer security and military coop- The king is expected to raise publicly expressed enthusiasm eration with Moscow. concerns that any stepped-up about the intensive Russian mili- Russian raids in southern Syria tary campaign in Syria, saying it REUTERS MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 10 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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Executions in Bangladesh Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

HE execution of two opposition leaders in Bangladesh yesterday for war crimes committed during the 1971 independence war with Pakistan is certain to inflame Tthe already fraught political situation in the country. Islamist opposition leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Trump still leads among Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, a former legislator from former premier Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), were hanged shortly after President Abdul Hamid rejected their appeals for mercy. The Supreme Court had earlier Republican contestants rejected their appeals against the death sentence. The case had attracted international attention because of the controversy By Dan Balz and Scott Clement margin of error since September. Democrats and Democratic-leaning it created at home and its potential to change the political National polls are only one measure independents, compared with 34 per- landscape of the country. The 67-year-old Mujahid, who is the or the fourth consecutive of the nominating contests. But they cent for Sanders. Former Maryland second most senior member of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist month, businessman Don- are playing a more important role in governor Martin O’Malley remains a party, Jamaat-e-Islam, was executed for crimes such as the ald Trump leads the contest this campaign than in some in the past, distant third with three percent. killing of the country’s top intellectuals. Chowdhury, 66, was for the Republican presi- because they are being used by news Support for Clinton and Sanders rose dential nomination, with his organisations that are sponsoring over the past month, primarily because charged with genocide during the 1971 war when the then East Fcandidacy fuelled by a powerful anti- debates as one important criterion for Vice-President Biden, who was included Pakistan split from Islamabad. He is a six-times ex-lawmaker Washington mood among GOP voters, determining who qualifies for prime- in the previous poll as a possible can- and a top aide to Khaleda Zia, leader of the main opposition according to a new national poll by The time participation. didate, decided not to enter the race. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Washington Post and ABC News. State polls can be equally indicative of Sanders was the bigger beneficiary of The Jamaat-e-Islami is saying their leaders are victims of a After a tumultuous period that has candidates’ standings —and sometimes Biden’s absence, but his deficit nation- politically motivated campaign aimed at weakening the party. included terrorist attacks in Paris, calls more so. In Iowa and New Hampshire, ally remains significant. for stepped-up efforts to combat Islamic where the voting will begin in February, Clinton has continued to rebound Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had opened an inquiry into State militants, a backlash against polls show Trump and Carson leading, from her low point of 42 percent in crimes committed during the war in 2010, paving the way for accepting refugees from Syria, and two but they also indicate possible move- September, when her support was prosecutions by a war crimes tribunal. But the government Republican debates, the race looks on ment as the first contests near. weakened by questions about her use denies accusations of interference the surface very much as it did in a Post- In New Hampshire, Ohio Governor of a private email account while serving in the judiciary. Two Jamaat ABC survey a month ago. John Kasich, New Jersey Governor as secretary of state. Her standing has The hanging of leaders have been executed, one Trump runs Chris Christie, businesswoman Carly been strengthened by broad likability ahead of the large Fiorina and Senator Lindsey O Graham within the party, with a separate Post- two opposition in December 2013 and another in field with 32 per- (South Carolina) are hoping to break ABC poll earlier this month finding 83 April and both had declined to seek cent support through with strong finishes. Former percent of Democrats with a favorable leaders will mercy from the president. among registered Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and impression of her. only deepen the The government should have Within the Republicans and former Pennsylvania senator Rick San- The Republican race continues to be exercised caution in its handling Republican-lean- torum see Iowa as their best hope to shaped by frustration with Washington, dissatisfied ing independents. defy the national polls. a general disdain toward politicians and of the case to avoid charges of divide between Running second The Post-ABC poll finds Republicans a desire to shake up the nation’s capital discrimination and unfairness. Republican the government is retired neuro- are more engaged in this year’s election —all of which have elevated Trump and International rights groups and electorate surgeon Ben Car- than in the past. Eighty-two percent Carson, two candidates with no prior and the legal experts have criticised son at 22 percent. of Republicans and GOP-leaning inde- political experience. With Fiorina’s four the trial saying it fell short of seeking someone Both figures are pendents say they are following the elec- percent support added in, the three non- Islamists. international standards. On Friday, identical to last tion closely, up eight percentage points politicians have the support of almost 60 to challenge the month. from this time in 2011 and 16 points percent of the GOP electorate. the New York-based Human Rights Senator Marco higher than in 2007. Republicans are Changing Washington is the domi- Watch asked Bangladesh to halt the status quo in Rubio (Florida) also 18 percentage points more likely nant impulse driving most Republicans executions citing “serious fair trial concerns surrounding their Washington, 47 is the only other than Democrats to say they are “cer- this fall. Just over half (52 percent) say convictions”. Republican in tain” to vote in the primary or caucus in that finding a candidate who will “bring The execution will further deepen the divide between the percent name double digits, their state, a far wider advantage than needed change to Washington” is the government and the Islamists. There are fears the hangings inching up from in 2008, the last year both parties held most important factor in how they will Trump as the 10 to 11 percent competitive nomination contests. decide for whom to vote in the primaries could spark fresh unrest. After news of the execution came over the past The Post-ABC poll finds four can- and caucuses. out, supporters of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami candidate best month. Senator didates — Rubio, Carson, Trump and Meanwhile, experience so far counts League took to the streets to celebrate and unfurled national able to do so. Ted Cruz (Texas) Cruz — are cited most often (and in that for little with Republicans. Just 11 per- flags near the prison. And the Jamaat has called a nationwide runs fourth, with order) as second choices. More Trump cent cite experience as the primary fac- strike on Thursday to protest the executions. Bangladesh, a eight percent, up supporters currently favour Carson as tor influencing their voting preference. from six percent a second choice, followed by Cruz and Within the dissatisfied Republican Muslim majority country which is known for its pluralism in October. Former Florida governor Jeb Rubio. Carson supporters most often cite electorate seeking someone to challenge and secularism, has witnessed a surge in Islamist violence in Bush is fifth, with six percent, his lowest Rubio or Trump as their second choice. the status quo in Washington, 47 per- recent months, with two foreigners and four secular writers percentage during two years of surveys. In the Democratic race, Hillary Clin- cent name Trump as the candidate best and a publisher killed this year. The government must work No other candidate has more than four ton has maintained a wide lead over able to do so. Carson stands a distant assiduously to prevent a repetition of these attacks and also percent nationally. Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont). second at 22 percent. refrain from actions that will exacerbate internal tensions No candidate’s support has shifted The former secretary of state has the . beyond the poll’s six-percentage-point support of 60 percent of registered THE WASHINGTON POST The other side Quote of Militancy far from over the day S three separate incidents in policemen were killed in what police off-again presence in the Sindh ing defences against terrorist attacks. different parts of the country officials have dubbed a targeted attack capital, and appears to have struck Therefore, the military and civilian intel- showed on Friday, despite believed to be linked to militants. In when it found the ‘right’ moment. The ligence and security apparatus need to continuing military and the third incident, two workers of a Rangers have led the law-enforcement keep an ear to the ground to intercept Alaw-enforcement operations in the media house were injured when the operation in Karachi that was launched militant communications in order to northwest of the country and Karachi, offices of the organisation came under in September 2013 and which has thwart future attacks. Moreover, the There is nothing the militant menace is far from defeated. grenade attack in Faisalabad. Punjab largely zeroed in on religiously as well momentum against militant outfits must painful about a If anything, these attacks show that counterterrorism officials had issued as politically motivated militants, along be sustained as these groups are far extremist fighters are lying low and a warning that extremists linked to with other violent criminals. from neutralised. An important element surplus, the pain waiting for opportune moments to hit the militant Islamic State group would Due to advance intelligence, security in defanging militant groups in the long comes if you borrow back at the state and society. In the attack media houses in Lahore, as well around media houses in Lahore had run — apart from dismantling their infra- first incident, four Rangers’ personnel as army and police targets elsewhere been tightened, which is possibly why structure and ability to organise — is forever, if you don’t were gunned down in the Ittehad Town in Punjab. On the other hand, police the attackers turned their attention to to prosecute those elements in soci- locality of Karachi outside a mosque officials in Karachi believe fighters from Faisalabad. ety who are unabashed cheerleaders fix your national they were reportedly guarding during the banned TTP’s Swat chapter may be The lesson, then, from Friday’s inci- of violent religious militancy in Pakistan. finances. Friday prayers. Meanwhile, in the involved in the attack on the Rangers. dents is that actionable intelligence George Osborne KP town of Charsadda, two traffic The group has maintained an on-again, can be critical in pre-empting or rais- DAWN British Finance Minister MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Authorities missed many ‘red flags’ before Paris raid

By John Irish, Robert-Jan Bartunek and Orhan Coskun

here were multiple chances French authorities reckon up to 1,400 to stop the men who attacked Paris. In January, Turk- people need 24-hour surveillance. Yet, ish authorities detained one of the suicide bombers at France has only about the same number TTurkey’s border and deported him to Belgium. Brahim Abdeslam, Turkish of officers to carry out the task, a tenth of authorities told Belgian police at the time, had been “radicalised” and was suspected those needed. of wanting to join Islamic State in Syria, a Turkish security source said. Yet during questioning in Belgium, Abdeslam denied any involvement with the continent safe. “We’re in a situation why many of the attackers in Paris were militants and was set free. So was his where the services are overrun. They well-known faces still at large. brother Salah — a decision that Bel- expect something to happen, but don’t The attacks killed 130 people at various gian authorities say was based on scant know where,” said Nathalie Goulet, who locations, including the Bataclan concert evidence that either man had terrorist heads up the French Senate’s investiga- hall where 89 concert-goers were gunned intentions. tion committee into jihadi networks. down or blown up. Others were killed On November 13, Abdeslam blew outside the Stade de France sports sta- himself up at Le Comptoir Voltaire bar Weak link dium and in bars and restaurants around in Paris, killing himself and wounding Many point to Belgium as a weak link central Paris. one other. Salah is also a suspect in the in European security. Seven assailants died during the attacks, claimed by the Islamic State, and “They simply don’t have the same attacks. Abaaoud was killed in a police is now on the run. means as Britain’s MI5 or the DGSI raid north of Paris on Wednesday along In France, an “S” (State Security) file (French intelligence agency),” said Louis with one other suicide attacker and a for people suspected of being a threat Caprioli, a former head of the DST, woman believed to be his cousin. to national security had been issued on France’s former anti-terrorism unit. Dozens of people have also been Ismail Omar Mostefai, who would deto- Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel detained, some with weapons and explo- French gendarmes patrol at Place de la Republique (Republic Square) in Paris yesterday nate his explosive vest inside Paris’ Bata- defended his country’s security services sives, in raids since then. as people gather to pay tribute for the victims of the November 13 terror attacks. clan concert hall. Mostefai, a Frenchman and praised them for doing “a difficult Abaaoud himself had been well-known of Algerian descent, was placed on the list and tough job.” French President Fran- to authorities for several years. After a three or four years,” said Arnaud Dan- old Hamza Attou, said they brought in 2010, French police sources say. cois Hollande also praised his country’s raid in January in the Belgian town of jean, a former intelligence officer and now Abdeslam back to Brussels after receiv- Turkish police also considered him security services, who hunted down and Verviers, police suspected the 28-year- a member of the European Parliament. ing a call from him saying his car had a terror suspect with links to Islamic shot dead the man they identified as the old of plotting to kidnap a police officer Bilal Hadfi, who blew himself up out- broken down. Police checks meant they State. Ankara wrote to Paris about him ringleader, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, five and kill him. side the Stade de France, was another of were pulled over three times, including in December 2014 and in June this year, days after the attacks. In February, Abaaoud said in an inter- the suicide attackers under surveillance. a last check around 9am near Cambrai a senior Turkish government official Europol, the European Union’s police view with an Islamic State magazine that After visiting Syria in February, the just short of the Belgian border. said. The warning went unheeded. Paris agency, says it has been feeding informa- he had returned to Syria after the raid 20-year-old French national, who was liv- Missteps did not just happen in France answered last week, after the attacks. tion to the Belgian and French authori- in Verviers. By this time, he knew he was ing in Belgium, returned to Europe by an and Belgium. A fourth attacker missed at least four ties but acknowledges that some member being sought. unknown route and evaded police even The Syrian passport found near one weekly check-ins with French police in states are better at sharing information If it is true that he returned to Syria though the Belgian Justice Ministry said of the suicide bombers at the Stade de 2013, before authorities issued an arrest than others. from Verviers, Abaaoud made his way microphones had been placed at the house France had been used by a man regis- warrant for him. By that time he had left The focus of investigators over the past back into Europe at some point after where he was thought to be staying. tering himself as a refugee on the Greek the country. few years has been men and women who January. French authorities did not know island of Leros on October 3. That man this until they were tipped off by Morocco Another case travelled through Macedonia and claimed after the attacks. Then there’s the case of Sami Ami- asylum in Serbia, counter-intelligence “If Abaaoud was able to go from Syria mour. French authorities had launched and security sources said. to Europe, that means there are failings an official investigation into Amimour’s The French prosecutor has confirmed French former anti-terrorism judge in the entire European system,” French possible terrorism-related activity in that fingerprints taken on arrival in Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. October 2012. Prosecutors suspected him Greece showed that man travelled with Marc Trevidic says a French Islamist he Mostefai, the Bataclan suicide bomber, of planning to join militants in Yemen. a second man, who also blew himself up also travelled back and forth. Although Amimour was a bus driver who had near the Stade de France. questioned on his return from Syria in he had eight convictions as a petty crimi- been radicalised in a mosque near his The pair may have reached Paris rel- nal, he had never been in prison, a place hometown of Drancy, north of Paris. atively easily because, at the height of August said Islamic State had asked him to French authorities can watch for signs Because of the investigation, police had the migration crisis in Europe this year, of radicalisation. ordered Amimour to check in with them asylum seekers were rushed across some carry out an attack on a concert venue. Police say they suspected him of being every week. As reported on November national borders without checks. in Syria between late 2013 and early 2014, 20, he missed four weekly checks in 2013. By the time the two men were mak- before returning to France unnoticed. But it was only after nearly a month that ing their way up through the Balkans In December of last year, Turkey the authorities put out an international to western Europe, France had received On any one of these occasions, police, have grown up in Europe, have European contacted France about Mostefai. They arrest warrant. more evidence an attack was imminent. intelligence and security services had an passports and who travel to Syria to train raised an alarm again in June 2015 by By then Amimour was already in Syria. French former anti-terrorism judge opportunity to detain at least some of the and fight. letter. His tracks were picked up a year later, Marc Trevidic says a French Islamist he men who launched the attacks. As the number of those fighters has There was no response from French in December 2014, when his father gave questioned on his return from Syria in That they did not, helps explain how increased, authorities have struggled to authorities, according to a senior Turkish an interview to French daily Le Monde August said Islamic State had asked him a group of Islamist militants was able keep up. The French Interior Ministry government official and a security source. describing how he had travelled to Syria to carry out an attack on a concert venue. to organise even as they moved freely estimated about 500 French nationals “It seemed there was a connection between but failed to convince his son to return. “The guy admitted that he was asked among countries within the open borders had travelled to Syria and almost 300 this person and Daesh (Islamic State) Police are still looking for Salah to hit a rock concert. We didn’t know if of Europe’s passport-free Schengen area had returned. French authorities reckon and we reported it,” the Turkish security Abdeslam, who is known to have survived it would be Bataclan or another, he didn’t and beyond. up to 1,400 people need 24-hour surveil- source said. “We followed all international the attacks. Until six weeks before the know the exact location that would be Taken one by one, each misstep has lance. Yet France has only about the same procedures. But they (the French) didn’t attacks, Salah and his brother Brahim designated. But yes, that’s what they its own explanation, security services number of officers to carry out the task, display the same level of sensitivity.” — one of the suicide bombers — were run- asked him to do,” Trevidic told Reuters. say. They attribute the lapses in com- a tenth of those needed. French officials declined to comment ning a bar called Les Beguines on a quiet Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al munication, inability to keep track of Some 350 people from Belgium have on this, but say that coordination with street in Molenbeek, a low-rent area of Jaafari has also said that his country’s suspected militants and failure to act on gone to Syria to fight — the highest per Turkey over potential French jihadis has Brussels which has been linked with sev- intelligence services shared information intelligence, to a lack of resources in some capita number in Europe. A Belgian improved markedly in the past year. eral attacks. indicating that France, as well as the countries and a surge in the number of government source said Belgium has a Determining how dangerous a person After the attacks, Salah Abdeslam United States and Iran, was being tar- would-be jihadis. list of 400 people who are in Syria, have is, and whether they might carry out an went to ground. Authorities say he was geted for attack. He has not given details. But a close examination of a series of returned or are believed to be about to go attack, is a key challenge for security stopped on his way back to Belgium after Germany’s top prosecutor is also inves- missed red flags and miscommunications there. There are another 400-500 people services, experts say. the Paris attacks, but police waved him tigating allegations that an Algerian culminating in France’s biggest atroc- who authorities believe have radicalised. “The other difficulty is that if you have on. It is not clear what role he played man detained at a refugee centre in the ity since the Second World War puts The number of people in the Belgian nothing concrete for several years, you on the night of the attacks and why he western town of Arnsberg told Syrian on stark display the mounting difficul- security services carrying out surveil- can’t keep either a sophisticated techni- managed to survive. refugees an attack was imminent in the ties faced by anti-terrorism units across lance is believed to be considerably fewer cal alert system or human resources on a Two men who were arrested later, French capital. Europe and their future ability to keep than this. The numbers partially explain person who makes himself forgotten for Mohamed Amri, 27, and 21-year- REUTERS

Surprise front-runner Mauricio Macri woos rural Argentines

By Joshua Partlow all Argentines — despite critics base of Peronism that brings it warning that gains of the past and Irene Caselli who call him an uber-capitalist into these new times.” decade will be lost if his opponent with scant regard for the poor — That message seemed to reso- wins. hen Mauricio Macri while also gauging the national The election, which pits him against nate with some residents, who “I am sincerely afraid of a took the stage in this appetite for more Kirchner-style President Cristina Fernández de noted that the area had improved Macri victory,” Gerardo Guerrero, Wpoor, neglected corner policy after a dozen years under during the Kirchners’ dozen years a 54-year-old shoe salesman and of northern Argentina on Thurs- Fernández and her late husband, in power. In the aftermath of the father of five, said at the Scioli day for his last campaign rally, he Néstor. Kirchner’s chosen successor, devastating financial crisis of rally. “Macri represents the rich.” was no longer just the private-jet- Ahead of this year’s election, 2001, Néstor Kirchner helped sta- Macri’s team has countered flying Buenos Aires mayor with many thought the Kirchners’ Daniel Scioli, will test Macri’s new bilize the country and won sup- that Scioli’s campaign amounts to the fashion-celebrity wife. political movement would be porters with a program of social fear-mongering and that Macri Standing under an independ- tough to derail. Despite Argen- image as a man for all Argentines. spending on the poor and jobless. wants to return Argentina to the ence monument in work jeans, his tina’s stagnant economy, its loss of Fernández succeeded her husband fold of normal nations. As mayor sleeves rolled up, Macri assured influence in the hemisphere and a as president in 2007. of Buenos Aires for the past eight the rural crowd that he would string of damaging political scan- “There used to be no drinking years, he has been credited with “work every day so that you can dals, Fernández remained popu- eight points. “The results caused blue-and-white flags in the Juan water, no paved roads, no schools. sprucing up Latin America’s most have a better life.” Earlier, he had lar, particularly among the lower a political earthquake,” said Domingo Perón Sports Center, Lots of people were unemployed,” elegant capital, with new metro- taken part in a ritual sundial cer- classes, who received government Waldino Cleto Suarez, a political which Fernández had inaugurated said Maive Coria, a 27-year-old bus lanes, a new police force and emony at the Tropic of Capricorn, welfare programs and responded analyst and director of Lado B this year. English teacher. “But now at least investment in the city’s poorer facing indigenous women in pon- to her combative brand of nation- Consultores, who is close to the Scioli has cast Macri as a half of the people around me have south side. Marcos Peña, Macri’s chos and chewing coca leaves. alism. Scioli, the 58-year-old gov- government. “The surprise has to throwback capitalist in the neo- a job, have a house, a car. Their chief campaign strategist and Yesterday, Argentine voters ernor of Buenos Aires province do with the fact that those with liberal mode, a man who will raise children go to school. I believe former mayoral staffer, said Macri went to the polls, with Macri the and a former vice-president, was split allegiances ended up voting taxes, cut subsidies, devalue the that we have to continue this had increased taxes on wealthier surprise favourite after he came the clear favourite either to win against the government.” peso, privatise state-run compa- way.” areas to pay for that investment. in a close second in the initial in the first round or at least get Scioli, a former power-boat nies, cave in to the US creditors The Peronist hold on the Bue- “The idea that we’re only going round of voting last month on enough votes to show overwhelm- racing champion, sought to recap- who are demanding that Argen- nos Aires suburbs appears to have to work for the rich is a child- the strength of a campaign to ing support. ture those allegiances in the final tina pay its debts and capitulate slipped over the years. Fernán- ish caricature,” Peña said. “Our break with the country’s Peronist But the tight race in October days. He held his closing rally in to the International Monetary dez’s controversial cabinet chief, intention is not to show that we past. The election, which pits surprised even Macri’s advisers La Matanza, a poor neighbour- Fund. Aníbal Fernández, lost the race are right ideologically. We want him against President Cristina and reenergised his campaign. hood with strong ties to the rul- “The option is clear,” Scioli for Buenos Aires governor to to work so that people can lead Fernández de Kirchner’s chosen Down by just three percentage ing Peronist party and the biggest told the crowd in La Matanza on a young ally of Macri’s, María better lives.” successor, Daniel Scioli, will test points in the first round, polls district in the greater Buenos Thursday night. “The devil of sav- Eugenia Vidal. But Scioli has still Macri’s new image as a man for show Macri now leading by six to Aires area. He spoke amid waving age capitalism” or “the founding pushed a message of continuity, THE WASHINGTON POST MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA China not to Nearly 100 die in Myanmar landslide YANGON: Nearly 100 bodies the landslide in the mountainous have been pulled from a landslide region that is almost entirely off near a jade mine in Myanmar’s limits to foreigners. northern Kachin State, local offi- “We just heard a loud noise cials said yesterday, and hopes sounding like thunder and saw stop building are dwindling that any of an esti- that the huge mountain collapsed mated 100 people missing will be and a huge wave of rubble was found alive. moving and sprawling on a wide The landslide happened when area,” said Ko Sai. a mountain of mining debris gave Tin Swe Myint said that rescue way in the early hours of last Sat- efforts were continuing and that on islands urday in Hpakant, an area that heavy machinery was being used, produces some of the world’s high- but he was not hopeful survivors est-quality jade. The mines and would be found. Beijing criticises US naval moves debris dump sites are hazardous “I think chances of finding any- and deadly accidents are common. one alive are very thin,” he said. KUALA LUMPUR: China said file manner, the US sent military As of 4 pm local time yesterday, Several companies had dumped yesterday it will continue to build vessels within 12 nautical miles of 97 bodies had been pulled from the mining debris at the 200-acre military and civilian facilities on China’s islands and reefs,” Liu said. landslide, said Tin Swe Myint, People search for miners killed by a landslide in the Hpakant jade mining dump site, he said. The dump was its artificial islands in the disputed “This has gone beyond the scope head of the Hpakant Township area in Kachin State, northern Myanmar, yesterday. near a mine controlled by Triple South China Sea and the United of freedom of navigation. It is a Administration Department. One Jade Mining Company, he States was testing it by sending political provocation and the pur- That number was expected we don’t have any data on people The landslide occurred at said. warships through the area. pose is to test China’s response.” to rise, but it remains unclear living there,” he said. around 3 a.m. when many min- An official with the Hpakant “Building and maintaining President Barack Obama exactly how many people may be “It was just a slum with these... ers were sleeping, according to Ko Township Fire Brigade earlier necessary military facilities, this announced yesterday he would buried. workers living in makeshift tents. Sai, a miner who was sleeping at said that an estimated 100 people is what is required for China’s host the Asean leaders at a meet- “We just don’t know how many Nobody knows for sure how many a nearby camp. were still missing. national defence and for the pro- ing in the United States next year. people exactly were buried since and where they had come from.” It was unclear what triggered REUTERS tection of those islands and reefs,” “This region ... is critical to Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhen- security, prosperity and human min told a news conference in dignity around the world,” he Kuala Lumpur. said, while also pledging contin- China planned to “expand and ued trade, diplomatic, and security upgrade” the civilian facilities on support for the region. HK holds first post-protest polls Mali intensifies the islands “to better serve com- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo mercial ships, fishermen, to help Abe called for the South China HONG KONG: Hong Kong went first public vote for Hong Kong’s 19, the teenage face of the democ- distressed vessels and provide Sea not to be militarised, while to the polls yesterday for the first leader in 2017 would first have to racy movement, was eligible to hunt for siege more public services”, Liu said, refrain-ing from directly naming time since huge pro-democracy be vetted by a loyalist committee. vote for the first time. adding that China rejects the China, according to Kyodo news protests gripped the city, in a key Some voters said the democ- Polls closed at 10.30 pm and suspects notion that it is militarising the agency. test of public sentiment. racy movement had motivated results are expected in the early South China Sea. He said China Philippine President Benigno The spotlight is on the district them to cast their ballot. hours of the morning. BAMAKO: Malian investiga- has mostly built civilian facilities. Aquino told the summit that “the elections to gauge whether sup- “It’s the little power we have,” Just over 3.1 million residents tors were yesterday intensify- Liu’s comments at the annual world is watching” whether China port for the democracy movement said 28-year-old administrator were registered to vote, with a 43 ing the hunt for suspects wanted East Asia Summit were some of would behave as a responsible can translate into votes and bring Kris Fong, voting in the northern percent turnout an hour before over the jihadist siege at a luxury the most forceful explanations power in the simmering stand-off change to the political landscape. district of Yuen Long. polls closed. hotel that left 19 people dead in that China has given regarding its over maritime territory. Hong Kong is semi-autonomous Fong said she had chosen a pro- The figure was already higher the capital Bamako, where resi- position on the South China Sea. “We are hopeful that China after being handed back by Brit- democracy candidate because she than the total turnout four years dents were seeking to return to With Obama present, Chi- would honour its word and respect ain to China in 1997, but there felt the city was being “manipu- ago, which was 41 percent. normal life. nese Premier Li Keqiang told the rule of law,” Aquino said, are fears that Beijing’s influence lated” by Beijing. She had missed There are 431 representatives Two days after the attack on yesterday’s closed-door summit according to a copy of his address. is growing. previous elections but said voting for the 18 district councils -- cur- the Radisson Blu hotel, claimed that countries “from outside the Aquino’s comment referred spe- Tens of thousands of protesters this year was more important. rently pro-establishment parties by the Al-Murabitoun group, an region” should stop inflaming ten- cifically to a dispute with China took to the streets for more than “After last year’s umbrella hold a majority in every council. Al-Qaeda affiliate led by notori- sions over the maritime dispute, over maritime territory. two months at the end of last year revolution I feel that, however Analysts say it is unlikely ous one-eyed Algerian militant a Chinese official said afterward. China, meanwhile, offered its demanding fully free elections insignificant our vote might be, the democrats will significantly Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the author- The official, Vice Foreign Min- own carrot to Asean, announcing for the city’s next leader, in what it’s our only legitimate way to tell increase their seats, outgunned by ities were tight-lipped about the ister Liu Zhenmin, also criticised a new raft of infrastructure loans became known as the “Umbrella the people... up north what we are the well-funded and better organ- direction of the enquiry. the recent US deployment of naval totalling some $10bn. Movement”. thinking,” said Fong, referring to ised pro-government camp. “We are following several lines, vessels to the South China Sea. The rallies were sparked after powers in Beijing. but we won’t be making a state- “This time, in a very high pro- AGENCIES Beijing insisted candidates for the Student leader Joshua Wong, AFP ment,” a police source said. Pope Francis on Sunday offered his condolences to the Malian people, in the form of a telegram Targeting Aquino from the Vatican’s Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to the Arch- North Korea bishop of Bamako Jean Zerbo. Weather hampers The pope said he was “appalled threatens South by this senseless violence” and hoped for “the conversion of ahead of shelling hearts and the gift of peace,” in crash recovery the troubled country. Bamako’s streets resounded anniversary WELLINGTON: Specialist from New South Wales state. once again with the normal con- alpine rescuers yesterday recov- The pilot, Mitch Gameren, 28, cert of car horns and noisy wed- SEOUL: Five years after North ered the bodies of three people had only recently returned to ding processions, despite the state Korea fired shells on to a South killed when their sightseeing New Zealand after flying medical of emergency in force which was Korean island, Pyongyang vowed helicopter crashed into a New evacuation missions in Malaysia. imposed late Friday, which bans yesterday to retaliate mercilessly Zealand glacier, but bad weather Continuing rain and low cloud all rallies and street protests should Seoul hold fire drills near delayed efforts to retrieve the hindered recovery efforts until likely to disturb public order. the border on the anniversary. corpses of the other four victims. a break in the weather late last Security remained high at the North Korea fired scores of Police described conditions on morning allowed helicopters to major hotels. It was more dis- artillery shells at South Korea’s the Fox Glacier, a popular tourist take the specialist recovery team creet, though tighter than usual, Yeonpyeong island on Nov. 23, site on the west coast of the South to the site of the disaster near the at public buildings and banks. 2010, killing four people including Island, as “dangerous” and said it top of the glacier. Investigators were comb- two civilians in one of the heaviest could take two or three days to Three bodies were recovered ing through the Radisson Blu attacks on its neighbour since the retrieve all the victims. before the weather closed in again hotel and have recovered several Korean War ended in 1953. Four British and two Austral- and the operation was halted for items inside which could help the North Korea said it was pro- ian tourists, as well as their New the day. enquiry, the police source said. voked into the attack by South Student activists work on a “Pinocchio” effigy of Philippine President Zealand pilot, died when the heli- Police Inspector John Canning On Saturday a security source Korean live-fire drills in the area Benigno Aquino at the National Press Club in Manila yesterday, a day copter plunged into the heavily- said the recovery would resume said that the authorities were that dropped shells in its territo- before the sixth annual commemoration of the country’s worst political crevassed glacier during bad when conditions improved, but the “actively pursuing” at least three rial waters. massacre, in Maguindanao, which left 58 dead. weather on Saturday. immediate forecast was not good. people over the attack in the The threat came after the two The dead were identified as “The weather has turned bad former French colony. Koreas agreed last Friday to hold Britons Andrew Virco, 50, and at the top of the glacier,” he said. Gunmen went on the rampage talks later this month, setting the Katharine Walker, 51, of Cam- “The conditions up there are dan- in the hotel from the early morn- stage for the first government- bridge; Nigel Edwin Charlton, gerous. “Our plan is to go forward ing last Friday, shooting in the level meeting focused on easing 66, and Cynthia Charlton of and recover the remaining bodies corridors and taking 170 guests tension since the two pledged to Gunfire, explosions Hampshire; along with Aus- up there in the next day or so.” and staff hostage. improve ties following an armed tralians Sovannmony Leang, standoff in August. 27, and Josephine Gibson, 29, AFP AFP “If the South Korean military in Burundi kill five fires at the waters of the DPRK in the hotspot area of the West NAIROBI: At least five people was a kind of exchange of fire Sea of Korea today, they will were killed in overnight clashes between soldiers at the presidency Australian protests experience merciless retaliation in Burundi, police said yesterday, and attackers. Mortars were also of the Southwestern Front units and residents reported a battle at fired,” a night watchman near the Two die in Japan of the DPRK on the five islands,” the president’s office in the capi- president’s office said. the North’s official KCNA news tal Bujumbura which has been Officials and police could not be helicopter crash agency quoted spokesman for the plagued by violence since a dis- reached for comment and state southwestern front command of puted presidential election. media television and radio have TOKYO: Two men were killed the Korean People’s Army as say- Burundi has been in crisis since not reported any violence at the when their helicopter crashed ing. President Pierre Nkurunziza presidency. yesterday on a hillside near a DPRK is an acronym for the announced in April he planned However, Bujumbura Mayor highway in eastern Japan. North’s official name, the Demo- to run for a third term - a move Freddy Mbonimpa said four peo- “One was confirmed dead at cratic People’s Republic of Korea. opponents said violated the con- ple had been killed across the the site while the other was sent “They should not dig their stitution and a peace treaty that capital, two policemen wounded to hospital before his death was own graves with war drumbeats ended a 12-year civil war in 2005. and 28 people arrested. confirmed,” a spokesman for the for the preemptive strike against Hundreds have been killed in The arrests occurred in Bujum- police in Gunma prefecture said. the DPRK but draw a lesson from related violence since April and bura’s Ngagara neighbourhood Police and fire department offi- the bitter defeat they suffered five 217,000 people have fled to sur- last Saturday afternoon when cials rushed to the crash site in years ago,” the military command rounding countries, raising fears police raided a bar and detained Annaka after receiving an emer- spokesman said. of a slide into ethnic conflict. 28 youths on suspicion of having gency call. An official at South’s Joint Nkurunziza said a court ruling weapons. The privately-owned two-seat Chiefs of Staff said they were allowed his bid and went on to win “That is why they came to chopper had taken off from a monitoring the situation but he a disputed election in July. arrest them for investigation Tokyo heliport Sunday morning declined to give further comment. Residents in Bujumbura’s which have now begun,” Mbon- for Komoro in Nagano prefec- North Korea South Korea Rohero neighbourhood, close to impa said. The mayor lives in the ture, some 250 km northwest of remain technically at war after the president’s office, said they Rohero neighbourhood and sur- the capital, Jiji Press and public their 1950-53 conflict ended in a heard shooting and explosions vived a gun attack at his house broadcaster NHK reported, cit- Members of the anti-Islam group Reclaim Australia (left) clash with truce, not a treaty. overnight. earlier this week. ing sources from the police and Campaign Against Racism and Fascism as they protest over plans for “We heard lot of shootings, transport ministry. a mosque in Melton, Melbourne, yesterday. REUTERS explosions and shelling. And it REUTERS AFP MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 ASIA / PAKISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Two Bangladesh opposition leaders hanged Pakistan says trials flawed, calls for reconciliation over 1971 war DHAKA: Bangladesh yesterday tias against Bangladeshi freedom measures were in force in the they are vital for Bangladesh to hanged two top opposition lead- fighters. home towns of the two executed confront its traumatic birth. ers for war crimes during the “Pakistan is deeply disturbed men, whose funerals were held Despite having long been independence conflict with Paki- at this development,” a foreign yesterday morning. accused of leading massacres of stan and strengthened security ministry spokesman said in a “We’ve stepped up security pro-independence figures and nationwide over fears the execu- statement in reaction to the exe- across the country to prevent minorities, both Chowdhury and tions could spark fresh unrest. cutions. any violence, including on the Mujahid held cabinet posts a little Thousands of extra police and A total of 18 people have been roads along which the bodies were over a decade ago when the BNP border guards were deployed in convicted but only two had been taken,” police spokesman Mun- was in pow-er. Dhaka and other major cities sent to the gallows before Muja- stashirul Islam said. Relatives of war victims cel- and towns on the eve of a gen- hid and Chowdhury were hanged A television journalist suffered ebrated the hangings. eral strike on Monday called to at Dhaka’s Central Prison shortly minor injuries after being shot in “I’ve waited for this day for a protest against the executions. before 1:00am. the town of Raojan hours after long 44 years,” said Shawan Mah- Supporters of the ruling Awami While the other three were Chow-dhury’s burial there, pri- mud, daughter of top musician League meanwhile greeted the members of the largest Islamist vate television Channel 24 said. Altaf Mahmud, who was killed by executions of Ali Ahsan Moham- party, Jamaat-e-Islami, Chowd- A local police chief said officers the notorious Al Badr militia that mad Mujahid and Salahuddin hury was a senior figure in the were checking if the incident was Mujahid was convicted of leading. Quader Chowdhury by holding main opposition Bangladesh connected to the executions. But both men’s families said street parties and doling out Nationalist Party (BNP). Chowdhury, 66, was convicted they maintained their innocence Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard in the streets after two sweets to children. Jamaat, banned from contest- of atrocities including genocide to the end, denying they sought Bangladesh has been roiled by ing the 2014 general election, during the 1971 war when the clemency in what would have opposition leaders were hanged in the central jail in Dhaka early yesterday. violence for much of the last three said the executions were part of then-East Pakistan split from amounted to an admission of guilt. years since a domestic tribunal a strategy “aimed at eliminating” Islamabad. He served six terms “He said they are killing him versial contest boycotted by rivals. ened tensions in the mainly Mus- be-gan delivering its verdicts its leadership. as a member of parliament and because they could not beat him Thousands of BNP support- lim country, which is also reeling on opposition figures accused of The BNP also accused Prime was one of Zia’s top aides. in elections,” Chowdhury’s son ers have been arrested in recent from a string of killings of secular orchestrating massacres during Minister Sheikh Hasina of presid- The 67-year-old Mujahid, Humam Qauder Chowdhury told months, further hampering its bloggers and the recent murder of the 1971 war. ing over a politically-motivated Jamaat’s official number two, was AFP after a final meeting with efforts to regain a footing in two foreigners. Islamabad yesterday branded killing, which was carried out only sentenced for war crimes such as his father. upcoming municipal elections. Hasina says three million peo- the tribunal’s trials flawed, and hours after BNP leader Khaleda the kill-ing of top intellectuals. Both the BNP and Jamaat Authorities say those arrested ple were killed in the independ- called for reconciliation over the Zia returned from a lengthy stay Although international rights claim Hasina is trying to neuter have either carried out or plotted ence conflict. Researchers put the nine-month war which pitted in London. groups have criticised the trials her opponents, having won re- firebombings and other attacks. toll much lower. Pakistani forces and allied mili- Some of the tightest security as unfair, the government says election two years ago in a contro- The political violence has wors- AFP Sri Lanka slashes Nepal police kill two protesters in clashes KATHMANDU: Nepalese police but little cargo has crossed the the constitution they say leaves are still minor protests despite shot and killed two protesters border from India since protests them political-ly marginalised. the curfew,” he said. list of ‘terrorists’ after fresh clashes erupted in against the constitution broke out Movement across other border Dhakal said police had been the country’s southern plains as in late September. checkpoints has also slowed to a escorting some trucks and pas- COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has diaspora groups... for their alleged a crisis over a new constitution As a nationwide fuel shortage crawl, prompting fuel rationing senger vehicles travelling from announced it has significantly links to the LTTE ,” Foreign min- deepens, a senior local officer said deepens, medical supplies are now and forcing the government to the border along a highway in scaled back a list of foreign-based ister Mangala Samaraweera said yesterday. also running dry in the impover- start selling firewood as residents Saptari. “terrorists” as part of reconcilia- in March. The clashes broke out late on ished, landlocked country. run out of cooking gas. Nepal’s Prime Minister KP tion efforts with its largest ethnic “This was done to build up the Saturday in the southeastern UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- Nepal’s government accuses Sharma Oli has warned that the minority, the Tamils. hysteria about the LTTE regroup- district of Saptari as protesters moon on Friday urged protesters India, which has criticised the blockade is having an impact “sev- Eight Tamil advocacy groups ing.” armed with batons and home- to stop blocking essential supplies new constitution, of retaliating eral times more than the quake” were de-listed according to a gov- “Reviewing this list of individu- made tools tried to block a high- and called for dialogue to resolve with an “unofficial blockade”. that struck in April. ernment order published in an als and entities is an important way in defiance of police orders, the crisis. New Delhi has denied the But several rounds of talks official gazette on Saturday, but exercise at this juncture when the officer said. More than 40 people have been charge and urged dialogue with between the government and the the separatist Liberation Tigers of the gov-ernment of President “Two were killed in the police killed in clashes between police the protesting Madhesis, who protesting parties have failed to Tamil Eelam (LTTE) whose mili- (Maithripala) Sirisena is seri- firing,” district police chief Bhim and people protesting against the have close cultural, linguistic and reach an agreement. tary leader-ship was crushed in ously committed to expedite the Dhakal said. con-stitution, which was intro- family ties to Indians living across The constitution, the first 2009 remained on the banned list. reconciliation pro-cess,” the min- “The police were forced to fire duced in September after a deadly the border. drawn up by elected representa- On a list of proscribed organisa- ister added. after the protestors became vio- earthquake pushed warring polit- District police chief Dhakal tives, was meant to cement peace tions and people created by the the The former regime of strong- lent and attacked,” adding that ical par-ties to reach agreement. said a curfew was imposed yes- and bol-ster Nepal’s transforma- previous administration in March man Mahinda Rajapaksa, who more than 40 protesters and Demonstrators from the Mad- terday in parts of Saptari, some tion to a democratic republic after last year, the number of “terrorist” ruled for a decade until he was police were also injured in the hesi ethnic minority, mainly from 280 kilometres southeast of the decades of political instability and groups was reduced to eight from defeated in January elections, unrest. the southern plains, have been capital Kathmandu. a 10-year Maoist insurgency. 16 and the number of individuals had said the ban on the groups Nepal is heavily dependent on blockad-ing the main Birgunj bor- “The security situation is rela- cut back to 155 from 424. and individuals was to prevent India for fuel and other supplies, der crossing, protesting against tively calm (yesterday) but there AFP The government did not imme- them from funding Tamil rebels diately comment on the move, but to regroup in Sri Lanka. it had promised eight months ago However, there had been no ter- to carry out a review as part of ror attacks blamed on the rebels reconciliation efforts. since their crushing defeat in May “They (the previous regime) 2009. banned several Sri Lankan Tamil AFP Taliban take seven TV journalist killed in

Sporty diplomat Hazaras hostage northwest Pakistan PESHAWAR: Unidentified gun- until it folded earlier this year. KANDAHAR: Afghan Taliban the hostages “if the Hazaras give men yesterday killed a Pakistani The motive behind the lat- militants on Saturday kidnapped him back his sheep”. TV journalist, police said, the est attack was unclear. Rehman at least seven members of the A Taliban spokesman said the second such murder this month had not previously reported any minority Shia Hazara community group would “investigate” the in the insurgency-hit northwest. threats against him. after a dispute over sheep, local incident. Atrackers riding a motorcy- But journalists in the region authorities said. Parts of Zabul province are cle fired on 42-year-old Hafeez are often targeted by militants, Gunmen stopped three buses at under the control of the mainly Ur Rehman near his home on mainly the Taliban. dawn between Shah Joy and Qalat Sunni Taliban and the area has the outskirts of Kohat, a town in The Islamist rebels have lately in the volatile Zabul province, been the scene of clashes between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. expressed unhappiness at the lack first taking 17 hostages before rival Taliban factions. “He was hit by three bullets and of coverage given to them by the releasing nine, local leader Wazir The three million-strong died on the spot,” Fazal Naeem, a Pa-kistani media, following a boy- Mohammed Jawadi said. Afghan Hazara community has police spokesman in Kohat, told cott order by the country’s power- Jawadi said the gunmen kept been persecuted for decades, with AFP. ful military establishment. eight hostages, all from the Haz- thousands killed in the late 1990s The killing came weeks after The killing was the fifth attack ara ethnic group, Shias who are by Al Qaeda and the Taliban. a similar attack, later reportedly on members of the media in the known for their striking Central In February, 31 people, mostly claimed by Taliban militants, on past three months. Asian features. The local chief Hazara, were abducted in the Zaman Mehsud, a newspaper A TV news technician and of police Mirwais Noorzai said region by fighters linked to the journalist in the nearby town of journalist were killed in separate that “seven Hazaras are being Islamic State group. A week ago Tank. incidents in the port city of Kara- held hostage”. He said local Tali- thousands of people attended the Rehman, who had been work- chi in Sep-tember, while a jour- US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power (left) plays the Sri ban leader Mullah Taqwa had burials of seven Hazaras after ing as a journalist for 12 years, nalist was shot and injured in the Lankan bat and ball game called Elle with Muslim girls at the Osmaniay ordered the kidnappings because their decapitated bodies were was employed by the Neo TV northwestern city of Peshawar. College in Jaffna, some 400km north of Colombo, yesterday. Power is Hazaras allegedly “stole sheep”, found in Zabul. network. He was also pub- the second member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet to visit Sri adding that Taqwa would release AFP lisher of his own daily, ‘Asia’, AFP Lanka in six months after Secretary John Kerry. Street art Uneasy calm in riot-hit Pakistani city

JHELUM: Officials in a Paki- city and set fire to some Ahmadi Tensions remained high yester- ers gathered here and trying to stani city hit by sectarian riots homes. day as police, paramilitary rang- attack the Ahmadis’ worship called a meeting of religious cler- Ahmadis are legally declared ers and soldiers patrolled the city place. ics yesterday to defuse tensions ‘non-Muslims’ in Pakistan and to keep it calm. “Police were already present as scores of Ahmadi Muslims frequently persecuted because “Around 18 Ahmadi families there and tried to disperse them reportedly fled after a weekend they believe in a final prophet live in this neighbourhood. They by using tear gas and firing into of violence. after Muhammad. had already left their homes for the air, but the protesters hit back The unrest began Friday when “We have called the local clerics protec-tion even before the mob and pelted stones forcing them to an angry mob in the eastern city and traders and they have agreed attacked their worship place run away,” he said. of Jhelum torched a factory after to help restore peace because they here,” said Chaudhry Muham- Blasphemy is a hugely sensi- one of its employees, a member of are convinced that violence is not mad Asif, a local councillor in tive issue in Pakistan, an Islamic the persecuted Ahmadi sect, was Islamic,” Zulfiqar Ahmad Ghum- Kala Gujran. republic of some 200 million, accused of committing blasphemy man, chief of the district admin- Resident Najabat Butt blamed where even unproven allegations by burning pages of the Koran. istra-tion, told AFP. police for not doing enough to frequently stir mob violence and On Saturday, protesters ran- He added that authorities quell the rioters when the Ahmadi lynchings. sacked an Ahmadi mosque in the would hunt down those respon- mosque was ransacked. A Pakistani art student decorates a wall along a street in Lahore yesterday. congested Kala Gujran area of the sible for the violence. “I saw hundreds of protest- AFP MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA Modi calls for new resolve to fight terror PM announces $1m in additional funds for Indian students’ fund

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Min- aircraft that was brought down in Describing the ocean as a dollar as additional fund to corpus ister Narendra Modi yesterday Egypt’s Sinai last month were a pathway to peace and prosperity, of India-students Trust Fund. called for a new global resolve to stark reminder that the shadow of Modi said India shares with Of the nearly 30 million fight terrorism and spoke of the terror stretched across the world. Asean (Association of Southeast population of Malaysia, around need for unimpeded commerce in “We must build new global Asian Nations) “a commitment to two million people are of Indian the Asia Pacific and the Indian resolve and new strategies for freedom of navigation, overflight origin. Ocean regions. combating terrorism, without and unimpeded commerce As over 15,000 people of Indian Modi had a hectic schedule balancing it against political in accordance with accepted origin chanted “Modi, Modi” on the second day of his visit to considerations,” the prime principles of international law...” at the Malaysian International Malaysia, addressing the 10th East minister added. Referring to the disputes in Exhibition and Convention Centre Asia Summit, unveiling a statue Without naming Pakistan, he the South China Sea, Modi said here, the Indian prime minister of Swami Vivekananda, meeting said no country should use or India hoped that all parties will acknowledged the large proportion Malay-Indian political leaders and support terrorism. abide by the declaration on the of people of Tamil majority among delivering a speech to a diaspora “There is no distinction between conduct and the guidelines on the the Indian diaspora in this gathering in which he sought to groups. There are no sanctuaries. implementation. southeast Asian nation by starting revitalise the bonds between India There are no funds. There is no “Parties must also redouble with the greeting, “Vanakkam”. and the Indian-origin people in access to arms. But, we also have efforts for early adoption of a Modi said his government this southeast Asian nation. to work within our societies and Code of Conduct on the basis of was prepared to work with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesian President Joko Widodo (left), Besides India, the countries with our youth. I welcome the consensus,” he said. Malaysian government to build a and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen pose for photographers at the 10th that participate in the annual East commitment to de-link religion He also sought an early memorial to Indian soldiers who Asia Summit held immediately from terrorism and the efforts to conclusion of a regional laid down their lives in Malaysia East-Asia meeting during the 27th Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. after the Association of Southeast promote human values that define comprehensive economic during World War II. Asian Nations (Asean) Summit every faith,” Modi said. partnership. He said India and Malaysia tects and government defends,” ritory. India exists in every Indian are Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Stating that since his Later in his address to the should recognise each other’s Modi said. He also spoke on the in every part of the world,” he China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, government came to power 18 diaspora, Modi sought to enhance degrees, on which he would talk issue of terrorism, describing it added. Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, months ago, no region has seen India’s connection with the people with Malaysian Prime Minister as the biggest threat to the world While unveiling a statue of the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, greater engagement from India of Indian origin in Malaysia Najib Razak. today. Modi said independent Swami Vivekananda at the Ram- South Korea, Thailand, the US than the Asia Pacific and the with lavish praise for their He talked of India and Malay- India owed a debt of gratitude to akrishna Mission complex here, and Vietnam. Indian Ocean regions, Modi accomplishments and a string of sia drawing strength from their Malay-Indians. “Your forefathers he said that people should instil In his address at the East Asia outlined his vision of five elements announcements, including naming respective diversities. in thousands came forward to join the values of the great Indian sage Summit, Modi said “the barbaric for an Asian century, including a a cultural centre here after “India is nation where everyone Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and and philosopher in their mind and terrorist strikes” in Paris, Ankara, regional architecture for security freedom fighter Netaji Subhas has equal rights that the consti- the Indian National Army.” soul. Beirut, Mali and on the Russian cooperation. Chandra Bose and one million tution guarantees, the court pro- “India is not confined to its ter- IANS

Mass wedding Fringe fundamentalists are Sushma urges Pakistan to help now mainstream, says activist teenager meet

KOLKATA: India is going vad asserted that silence is actu- driven politics. It reflects only his mother through difficult times where ally Modi’s “unspoken consent”. their intolerance,” she asserted. BHOPAL: External Affairs the “once fringe” fundamentalist “The question is no more about At the same time, Setalvad Minister Sushma Swaraj yester- groups have now become main- the prime minister’s silence. It is saw a ray of hope in the Bihar day met Ramzan, a 14-year-old stream and, with the complicity his message to carry on the tar- assembly elections that had old Pakistani national staying at an of “fascists in positions of power”, geted violence and assurance that foes Nitish Kumar of the JD-U orphanage here in the Madhya are running the show, says lead- no action will be taken against the and Lalu Prasad of the RJD Pradesh capital, and urged the ing human rights activist Teesta perpetrators,” Setalvad alleged. joining hands with the Congress neighbouring country to help the Setalvad. She found the signs ominous. to trump the BJP and allies and boy meet his mother. One of the country’s leading “The Dadri lynching is just a create ripples across the political “India wants Ramzan to go to campaigners against communal manifestation of this hate-driven spectrum. his mother in Karachi. Pakistan violence, who has been fighting politics which the centre is pursu- “The Bihar results are not will have to accept that Ramzan is for en-suring justice for the 2002 ing. We may not yet have fascism a mere election result, but are Pakistan’s citizen. Even if there is Gujarat riot victims, Setalvad, in power, but we do have fascists rather a movement. It’s a huge no permit and travel documents, however, sees the recent Bihar in positions of power. Which is emancipator movement for the the Indian government is ready polls as a silver lining behind the why there is a huge danger to the entire country. Its impact is not to give visa to Ramzan’s mother,” Brides sit wearing wedding attire as they take part in a mass wedding “dark clouds of communalism foundations of secular democratic confined just to political circles Sushma Swaraj told reporters. ceremony organised by a welfare organisation in Bhopal yesterday. and fascism” that have “engulfed republic,” the 53-year-old cam- or to a certain re-gion. It has Ramzan, a resident of Kara- More than 28 Muslim couples tied the nuptial knot during the ceremony. the country since the Narendra paigner said. shown the way and it’s time the chi, was living with his parents. Modi-led government came to “The country now is facing twin stakeholders take this movement Due to strained relations with his power in 2014”. dangers under this government forward in their battle against mother, his father left for Bang- “A chief characteristic of the - one is the extreme right wing the communal and the fascists ladesh along with him, only to Modi government is that the eco-nomic policies and two forces,” Seetalvad opined. marry another woman. Accord- Minor girl’s death triggers fringe has now become the main- the extreme right wing and Talking about her crusade for ing to sources, on being ill-treated stream. You have people in par- supremacist socio-political ideals. justice to the Gujarat riots vic- by his step-mother, Ramzan fled liament, people as ministers and We yet may not have fascism in tims, Seetalvad said the going his home and eventually reached people in position of power, who the government, but we do have has become tough especially after Bhopal, where a child care centre protest in West Bengal are unabashedly promoting reli- fascists in position of power,” she Modi became the prime minis- brought him to the orphanage. gious fundamentalism,” Setalvad maintained. ter. But, she asserted, the fight Reports said Sushma Swaraj KOLKATA: The death of a against the accused, who has been said in an interview here. While there has been a growing will continue. “Our crusade led will today visit Indore, where she minor girl, who was allegedly taken into custody on murder “What we used to call as fringe debate on the issue of intolerance to 126 people getting convicted. will meet Geeta, who returned to raped, triggered protests as irate charge only. are now actually running the that has seen a large section of The government, both at the state India after being handed over by locals ransacked the house of Senior district police offic- show. The NDA is just a facade, au-thors, filmmakers and even and the centre, did everything to Pakistan. the purported perpetrator of the ers rushed to the spot to pacify it’s the RSS which is controlling scientists and historians return hound and victimize us. But the IANS crime in West Bengal’s South 24 the mob and assured that sexual the government and groups like their awards and honours in fact is these convictions have Parganas district yesterday. assault charges would also be the VHP and the likes of Bajrang protest, Se-talvad asserted there stayed despite all odds.” Family members and neigh- slapped on the accused. Dals are run-ning the show,” was no scope for a debate and “It has been the tremendous bours of the girl, a student of A police officer said they would Setalvad added. expressed her contempt for the people’s support that enabled us to Class 10, accused police of refus- move the court today for includ- While there have been con- naysayers of the movement. withstand this persecution. And ing to register a rape case despite ing charges of sexual assault also tinuous criticism of the prime “Only those in power and a the future of our fight depends Terror should not receiving a complaint. The inci- against the accused. minister for remaining mum on few of their beneficiaries are not upon this support as well as the dent took place in Kakdwip. A 24-hour strike has also been incidents of intolerance, includ- willing to see this spontaneous support from the democratic and be linked with The family members even called in Kakdwip today in pro- ing the lynching of a Muslim man protest, they don’t want to secular forces,” Setalvad added. refused to perform the last rites test against the incident. in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri over see this as a critical mass religion: Naqvi unless police launched a rape case IANS rumours of eating beef , Setal- dissenting against the hate- IANS NEW DELHI: Terrorism, the biggest threat to the world’s peace, should not be linked with any religion, union Minister of State for Parliamentary and ` Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Centre announces 32.5bn Odisha to set up panel Naqvi said yesterday. “...growing terror incidents across the world have strength- for development of Delhi to aid legal reforms ened India’s view that terror- ism has not remained problem NEW DELHI: In a finan- “Among the various projects Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha especially in remote areas of the of a particular country or region cial assistance package to the include construction rail under The minister said Modi and government is setting up a law state to facilitate access to jus- but the devil of terrorism has Arvind Kejriwal government, bridges and over bridges, con- Kejriwal should not become commission to receive advice in tice and to quicken the delivery extended its presence across union Urban Development Min- struction of long tunnel and com- “enemy” in politics but work carrying out legal reforms and of justice, Patnaik said. the world and it has become ister M. Venkaiah Naidu yester- pletion of Dwarka Express Way together. drafting of new laws. “We have had a new building the biggest threat to the world’s day announced `3,250 crore for between Urban Eastern Road-II “...we need to respect people’s “We are in the process of con- for Orissa High Court a year peace, stability and economy,” he decongestion and development of and Northern Peripheral Road.” mandate to Modi and Kejriwal stituting a law commission to aid back and there is proposal for said in his blog titled ‘Murder the national capital. On the occasion, the amount and should not become enemy in and advice (the government) in its extension.” of Humanity to Establish Evil In addition, the union minis- of `96 crore announced for the politics, but instead focus on the matters of legal reform and He said 17 district courts and Empire’. ter also announced another Rs.96 cleanliness in Delhi was further development,” Naidu said at the qualitative legislation relevant to court buildings have been con- Urging the world to stand crore to Delhi, which is intended sanctioned to the municipal cor- launch of ‘Swachh Delhi Abhiyan’, the present day society,” Chief structed on priority within a united against terrorism and to be spent on the cleanliness in porations, which have been facing a campaign for cleaner Delhi,” Minister Naveen Patnaik said short span of time. radicalism, Naqvi said people the city. funds-crunch in recent months. said Naidu. here yesterday at the first state The law commission would should not look at terrorism The minister, who was speak- Naidu, on the occasion, com- Also present on the occa- committee meeting of the newly help the government in plug- through the “spectacles of reli- ing at the launch of ‘Clean Delhi’ plimented Kejriwal for launching sion were the mayors of North, formed legal cell of his party Biju ging loopholes in existing laws, gion for political motive”. campaign organised by the Delhi Swachh Delhi campaign and rop- East and South Delhi Municipal Janta Dal (BJD). identifying laws that have out- “The day we will link terrorism government, said that under the ing in the three MCDS. Corporations. Today, Kejriwal The legal cell would fur- lived their utility, and drafting with religion we will be trapped package the city government will He noted that “central gov- launched ‘Swachh Delhi’ app ther the process of providing new laws for effective govern- into ill design of terror elements. be provided `1,500 crore, Delhi ernment, Delhi government and that enables residents to apprise socio-economic and political ance,” said an official of the law Those elements who are indulged Development Authority with municipal corporations of Delhi authorities with pictures of gar- justice to the people and of department. into such cruelty have nothing to `1,665 crore and north munici- together launching Swachh bage, while announcing Swachh spreading legal awareness, he It would also suggest ways for do with Islam or humanity.” pal corporation of Delhi with Delhi campaign is an affirma- Delhi Abhiyan from November hoped. settlement of inter-state dis- He called for a united war `85 crore for executing various tive statement of ‘Team India’ 22 to 30. The process was on to fill up putes. against terrorism. projects. spirit at work as desired by IANS the gaps in legal infrastructure, IANS IANS MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 ASIA / INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Peace for Paris Jharkhand 47 percent turnout in panchayat elections see Gujarat local elections 72pc voting Many complaints of names missing from voters’ lists RANCHI: More than 72 percent voters exercised their franchise AHMEDABAD: Amid wide- exported from the country, scored that the opposition had become yesterday in the first of the four- spread complaints of deletion of the lowest turnout of 44 percent. panicky. phased elections for the three-tier names from voters’ lists, polling Though no untoward inci- The experiment of e-voting rural local bodies in Jharkhand took place yesterday for the first dent or poll-related violence was for the first time in this election, despite threats by Maoists and phase of the two-tiered elections reported from anywhere, the state however, could not meet with minor violence amid tight secu- to local self-government bodies in election commission received a much success with last-minute rity, officials said. Gujarat, with around 47 percent large number of complaints of glitches in the server of the state Minor violence was reported of the electorate turning out to deletion of names from voters’ election commission because of from Giridih and Garwah districts cast their ballot. lists from all the cities. which those who had registered A man holds the ‘Peace For Paris’ symbol as others form a human chain during the polling. In Giridih, two Voting began on a lazy note at Official sources said every city for online voting, including former to pray during a floral tribute for the victims of the November 13 Paris securitymen were among five peo- 8 am at around 13,000 polling sta- must have received an average chief minister and BJP veteran ple injured in clashes. An angry terrorist attacks, organised by the French consulate in Kolkata yesterday. tions in the state. of three major complaints about Keshubhai Patel were compelled mob torched five two-wheelers Secured by police and para- absence of and deletion of voters’ to go to the polling centre to vote. belonging to security personnel. military personnel, the turnout names from electoral lists. “All the while, we are making Police said around 55,000 limped to just over 15 percent by The number of missing voters tall claims of ‘Digital India’, where security personnel, including afternoon, leaving political parties ranged anywhere from 500 to a is it?” asked an angry Keshubhai Centre heading in right those of the paramilitary forces, worried about their prospects. staggering 2,000 from booths at Patel, known to be a strong bete Jharkhand Armed Police and Polling, however, picked up dur- a number of wards. noire of Prime Minister Narendra Indian Reserve Battalion, among ing the last three hours to hover Allegations poured in from Modi during his Gujarat days. others, were deployed for the pan- around an average 47 percent — 4 opposition parties and independ- “I had to cancel several direction, says Advani chayat polls as Maoist guerrillas percent higher than the 43.8 per- ent candidates that this was more appointments to physically com- had put up posters and banners cent in the 2010 municipal elec- rampant in areas with dominance ing here to vote,” Keshubhai Patel, AHMEDABAD: Veteran BJP was asked about the results he threatening both candidates and tions. of the Patel community. 89, told reporters in Gandhinagar. leader L.K. Advani, who recently expected in the two-tiered local voters. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Congress and Patel agitation Polling largely went off peace- took a dig at Prime Minister body polls in Gujarat, the first Polling was held at 15,522 poll- Party (BJP) in the state controls leaders said the BJP was scared fully, except an incident where it Narendra Modi for the party’s phase of which took place in six ing stations in 78 of the 264 blocks six of the eight municipal corpo- that the community, which has was suspended for nearly 20 min- debacle in the Bihar assembly municipal corporations yesterday. in the state from 7 am till 3 pm. rations — Ahmedabad, Vadodara, always remained with the party utes at a polling station in Vado- elections, yesterday said the “The party rank and file have A total of 36,967 candidates — Rajkot, Surat, Jamnagar and through the decades, was desert- dara after technical glitches in an Centre was heading in the right become alert and rolled up their including 19,884 women — are in Bhavnagar — that went to the ing it this time after the pro-res- electronic voting machine. direction and would do well in the sleeves to ensure nothing goes the fray for 18,472 posts in the zila polls. The terms of Gandhinagar ervation agitation. In another incident, a middle- future. wrong,” he replied. parishads and panchayat samitis and Junagadh are yet to end. They alleged that there was aged man fainted ahead of polling “A system takes time to come Advani, the Lok Sabha mem- and as heads of panchayats and Rajkot city topped with a maxi- “conspiracy” to prevent a large at a booth in Ahmedabad. on its own. As the direction of the ber from Gandhinagar constitu- gram panchayat members. mum of 50 percent turnout, fol- number of Patels from voting. Over 95 lakh people were eligi- government is correct, the results ency, said the BJP had performed The posts up for grab include lowed by Bhavnagar with 49 and Varun Patel, a spokesperson ble to vote in the first phase for would sure be good,” the 88-year- its best under Modi during the 15,522 in gram panchayats, 1,243 Jamnagar with 47 — all three cit- of the Sardar Patel Group which 572 seats in 143 municipal wards. old Advani told reporters after assembly and general elections as panchayat heads, 1,552 in pan- ies fall in the Saurashtra region along with Hardik Patel’s Patidar There were 1,856 candidates in casting his vote in the local body in many places. “I will be pleased chayat samitis and 155 in zila that has a sizeable population of Anamat Andolan Samiti is lead- the fray, while for the first time polls in Khanpur area. to see similar results in the local parishads. the Patel community which is on ing the pro-quota agitation, said: in Gujarat, as many as 50 per- The BJP veteran was reply- polls as well,” he added. The four phases of the voting a warpath with the Anandiben “In Patel-dominated pockets like cent of the seats were reserved ing to a question if Modi had The veteran leader also praised were scheduled for November 22, Patel government over their Ghatlodia, Bapunagar, Lambha for women candidates. apparently failed on his prom- Chief Minister Anandiben Patel November 28, December 5 and demand for reservation. and many others in Ahmedabad, The second phase of balloting ise of “acchhe din” (good days) for earmarking 50 percent of the December 12. Results of the first The state’s commercial capi- names of Patel voters are missing would be held on November 29 for the country during the 2014 seats for women in the local body and second phases will be out on tal Ahmedabad and cultural hub or deleted from the list. to elect 317 municipalities, tehsil Lok Sabha election campaign as elections. December 6, while the results of Vadodara too saw around 47 per- “This is a conspiracy to deprive panchayats and district panchay- reflected in the recent spurt in “I am happy to get an oppor- the third and fourth phases will cent voter turnout each. the Patidar community of a ats. Counting would take place on prices of essential commodities. tunity to vote amid all these be declared on December 13 and Surat, that cuts and polishes chance to vote,” he said. December 2. Given his party’s performance changes,” he said. 19, respectively. nearly 80 percent of the diamonds The BJP countered by saying IANS in the Bihar elections, Advani IANS IANS

Evening prayers Choked Delhi has second car-free day NEW DELHI: The Delhi gov- next car-free day will be organ- tor to businessmen and govern- with any good decision taken ernment yesterday held its sec- ised in December at Patparganj ment officials, everyone who has by the government, whether ond car-free day with a rally in in east Delhi. come here today is saying that it is pollution, road safety or Dwarka. On January 22, 2016, a city- one should opt for cycle instead electricity. I am happy to see that Speaking at the rally, Chief wide car free day would be organ- of cars for one day.” many more people of my age are Minister Arvind Kejriwal said: ised, the chief minister said. People from across the national here today to participate at this “So many people have gathered “I know a state wide car-free capital gathered in Dwarka to rally.” here today, I guess residents of day will be very difficult... but we participate in the bicycle rally. More than 3,000 people gath- Delhi are ready to use cycle once are hoping that at least 5-10 per- “We have developed a hybrid ered at the rally to support the again.” cent of the people will abide by powered vehicle (bicycle) which car-free day. “If we could reduce number of our request. Even I’ll travel to my can be operated both manually Around 250 personnel of Delhi cars running on the Delhi roads, office by bicycle on that day.” and through battery power. So, Police, Delhi Civil Defence and then we can successfully bring “For one day, I plead Delhi resi- for today’s event we are driving Delhi transport department down the air pollution. Before dents to promote this initiatives it manually,” said Aakash Garg, were present on the occasion. the event started, I was concerned at their work place and use public a final year B.Tech. student from West Delhi’s 12 constituencies if people will come and support transport instead of cars,” Kejri- Ghaziabad. - Bijwasan, Palam, Tilak Nagar, us and if I will be able to ride a wal said. Residents of Dwarka came Hari Nagar, Madipur, Dwarka, bicycle after 25 years. But the All praise for the event, Dep- flocking in thousands despite the Matiala, Janakpuri among oth- response was overwhelming,” he uty Chief Minister Manish Siso- early morning chill. ers - came together to participate said. dia said: “People from all walks Suryapal Singh, a 66-year- and organise the event. Devotees light oil lamps and perform evening prayers at Baluwa Ghat Delhi Transport Minister of life have gathered here today. old Dwarka Sector 12 resi- on the banks of the River Yamuna during the Hindu festival of Devotthan Gopal Rai announced that the From chief minister to legisla- dent, said: “We must cooperate IANS Ekadashi in Allahabad yesterday. Assam governor working as RSS activist: CM FTII alumni, students

GUWAHATI: Accusing Gover- governor had said “Hindustan is ment to welcome them, he added. “Acharya has also lost his abil- nor P B Acharya of behaving like for Hindus”. Gogoi, a Congress leader, said: ity to serve as a governor. He has seek govt intervention an RSS pracharak, Assam Chief However, Acharya yesterday “By saying that Hindustan is for also been working more like a BJP Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday clarified that the media only pub- Hindus, the governor has not leader and a RSS pracharak.” urged the central government to lished half of his statement. only tarnished the dignity of He also appealed to the central to solve IFFI row appoint a new governor for the Acharya said he had said per- the gubernatorial post but also government to appoint “a better state. secuted Hindus in Bangladesh or breached the pledge he took to person with broader outlook and PANAJI: Amid the ongoing cla- “The ex-students and the stu- The chief minister’s reaction in any part of the world have the ensure unity and integrity of the mindset” as governor in the state. mour surrounding the protest by dents association appeals to the came a day after a section of the right to come to India and live. country.” FTII students at the IFFI here, director to immediately intervene media in Assam reported that the It was the duty of the govern- Gogoi, in a statement, said: IANS former students of the institute and resolve and free students have appealed to the government from all such discrimination. to intervene to solve the issue and The students are participating ensure students’ safety and secu- with valid authorizations and are Harvesting paddy rity during the 46th edition of the representing FTII. They need to prestigious festival. be respected and treated with Army officer injured A statement by ex-students utmost dignity.” of the Pune-based Film and Tel- This comes after two former evision Institute of India (FTII) FTII students were arrested for and FTII Students’ Association protesting over the appointment in Kashmir gunfight on Sunday emphasises that the of actor and BJP member Gajen- International Film Festival of dra Chauhan at the inaugural SRINAGAR: A senior officer of The officer was taken to hospi- India (IFFI) was an important venue of the 11-day film gala in the the Indian Army was yesterday tal for specialised treatment, and “academic activity” for students, presence of union ministers Arun seriously injured in a gunfight the operation against the mili- and they should not be deprived Jaitley and Manohar Parrikar. with separatist guerrillas in a for- tants has been intensified, he said. of it. Ashutosh, an FTII student, est area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Colonel Santosh Mahadik “The students of FTII are claimed that he was detained by Kupwara district, police said. was killed last week in the same being victimised and forced to police on Saturday for wearing a “In a continuing operation operation, which has been con- miss screenings at IFFI. IFFI is T-shirt with an FTII logo. against a group of militants hiding tinuing for nearly a fortnight now. an academic activity of students The statement further read: in Wanigah forest area of Kup- A group of armed guerrillas are which is crucial to a students “Also we, the ex-students and the wara district, Lieutenant Colonel reportedly hiding in the Wanigah Traditional roadside dental worker Shaik Ajaz and his son Mohammad learning. Having created all the students of FTII, appeal to the S.K. Natt, second in command of forest near the Line of Control Saifu check the patients at their makeshift dental care center in city possible obstacles in stopping stu- ministry to stop victimising the the 162 battalion of the Territorial in Kupwara, after they infiltrated market, Bangalore, yesterday. People suffering from dental problems dents from taking part in IFFI, students and ensure their safety Army sustained serious injuries into India from Pakistan-admin- come to the roadside dental care center in city market ignoring health the director of FTII is responsi- and security during the duration today (Sunday),” a police officer istered Kashmir. ble for the students at IFFI,” the of the festival.” risks and the curious onlookers of the busiest street in the city. told IANS here. IANS statement read. IANS MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE Belgium hunts for several terror suspects UK to spend BRUSSELS: The Belgian capi- fight jihadist violence after a wave tal was locked down for a second of attacks, including the down- day yesterday with police and ing of a Russian aircraft in Egypt troops on the streets as authori- with the loss of 224 lives and the ties reviewed whether to extend a storming of a luxury hotel in Mali security alert meant to prevent a which left 19 dead. more on repeat of the bloody Paris attacks. Obama said yesterday he would With the world on edge over press ahead with a visit to Paris the jihadist threat, US President for UN climate talks in December, Barack Obama said the most calling on world leaders to show powerful tool to fight the Islamic similar resolve. State extremist group was to say Russian President Vladimir terror fight “that we are not afraid”. Putin said the Mali attack, in In Paris, Defence Minister which six Russians died, showed Jean-Yves Le Drian said a chem- terrorism was a global threat Plan to buy more F-35 fighter jets ical or biological attack “was which must be confronted “with among the risks” faced but that the broadest international coop- LONDON: Britain plans to marked a “substantial accelera- all possible precautions had been eration.” increase the number of stealth tion”. taken. Belgian soldiers patrol Zaventem International Airport near Brussels, French President Francois fighter jets it can launch from Osborne denied his overall Belgian officials were due to yesterday. Hollande next week meets a aircraft carriers over the next focus on cutting public spending meet later yesterday to review series of world leaders, including decade and boost anti-terrorism might hurt Britain’s attempts to the security alert in Brussels, not just for Paris suspect Salah he expected the metro to reopen Obama and Putin alongside Ger- spending by 30 percent, finance prevent attacks like the ones seen imposed over fears jihadists were Abdeslam who managed to slip today “if all passes off normally many’s Angela Merkel and Brit- minister George Osborne said in Paris earlier this month, say- plotting similar attacks to those past French security forces after ... We are not going to paralyse ain’s David Cameron to discuss yesterday. ing spending on anti-terrorism in Paris which left 130 people dead the carnage in the City of Light. Brussels economically.” what can be done to counter the Osborne is due to announce defences would be increased by on November 13. He warned that the capture Belgium and the capital, home IS threat. on Wednesday the details of 30 percent. The city’s metro system and of Abdeslam, a Belgian-born to the European Union and Nato, Questions remain over what spending cuts which, according “We will make sure that Britain public buildings were closed, with 26-year-old whose brother Bra- are no strangers to Islamist vio- role Salah Abdeslam — who used to International Monetary Fund is properly defended against the shops and restaurants following him blew himself up at a cafe in lence. to run a bar with his brother data, rank as the most aggressive terrorist threat,” he said. suit after the terror alert was Paris, would not in itself end the Four people were shot dead Brahim in Brussels — played in austerity plan among the world’s Britain, which said in July it raised to the highest level of four threat. at the Brussels Jewish museum the bloodshed. A third brother, rich economies between now and would commit to Nato’s defence because of what officials said Sat- “It involves several suspects last year, and in January security Mohamed Abdeslam told RTBF 2020. spending pledge of 2 percent urday was an “imminent threat.” and that is why we have put in forces killed two suspects linked television yesterday he believed Ahead of that, the government of GDP for the next five years, Central Brussels, usually bus- place such exceptional measures,” to the Charlie Hebdo killings in Salah had changed his mind at will today set out a five-year had reduced defence spending tling, was virtually deserted, with the Belga news agency cited Jam- Paris. the last moment and had not gone defence strategy. by about 8 percent in real terms police and troops on patrol. bon as telling Flemish television. The UN Security Council on through with the attack. “We are going to step up the since 2010 to help cut a record Interior Minister Jan Jambon Justice Minister Koen Geens Friday authorised nations to aircraft carrier punch of the budget deficit including shrink- said the authorities were looking said in a separate Belga report “take all necessary measures” to AFP United Kingdom. We are going to ing the size of the armed forces make sure that when these air- by around one sixth. craft carriers are available they As part of Wednesday’s spend- are going to have planes that can ing cuts announcement, the fly from them in force,” Osborne government will tweak plans Man’s detention over attacks extended told BBC television. to make big savings in Britain’s “By 2023, we will be able to welfare budget after an original PARIS: Investigators yesterday extended into imminent act of terrorism, or for international Investigators believe Abaaoud, a Moroccan- have 24 of these jets, some of proposal to scale back tax credits a fifth day the detention of a man arrested on cooperation. Then they must be charged or born Belgian who had fought for Islamic State the most powerful in the world, for lower-earning households was Wednesday outside the building where the released. in Syria and was one of the group’s most high- the F-35, on the decks of these rejected in a rare rebellion by the suspected ringleader of the Paris attacks died, Police have already released the seven other profile European recruits, was the mastermind carriers.” upper house of parliament. the prosecutor’s office said. Jawad Bendaoud people detained during the assault on the flat behind the attacks. Those will be the first tranche Osborne said yesterday he told a French television station he had been last Wednesday in which presumed master- A poll conducted by IFOP for the Le Journal of a total order of 138 of Lock- was willing to listen to what he asked to put two people up in his apartment mind Abdelhamid Abaaoud and two other du Dimanche newspaper showed 27 percent heed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II described as the “perfectly legiti- for three days, but had no idea they had any- people died. of respondents were satisfied with French jets, a spokesman for the Ministry mate concerns” of those who have thing to do with terrorism. He was then taken France has launched a massive investiga- President Francois Hollande following the of Defence said. Britain had not argued more must be done to ease away by police. tion to get to the bottom of exactly who was Paris attacks, up from a 2015 low of 20 last previously confirmed how many it the transition period. Under an anti-terrorism law introduced behind the shootings and bombings in Paris month. planned to order or a time scale, in 2006, terrorism suspects can be held for last Friday at the national soccer stadium, a but the spokesman said the 24 REUTERS up to six days if there is a serious risk of an famous concert venue and several restaurants. REUTERS

EU deal with Britain unlikely Over 1.6m Crimeans in dark as power lines blown up SEVASTOPOL: Crimea declared killed more than 8,000 people. In the port city of Sevastopol, next month, a state of emergency yesterday The Black Sea peninsula pro- electricity was cut off completely after its main electricity lines duces only 30 percent of its own at 2am, although different dis- from Ukraine were blown up, energy needs, according to the tricts have since had brief rolling say officials leaving the Russian-annexed regional government. periods of power, an AFP journal- peninsula in darkness after the “As of 1pm (1000 GMT), ist reported. BRUSSELS: European Union second such attack in as many 1,641,000 people have been left “I had no electricity all night. leaders are not only unlikely days. without electricity,” and 150 These useless officials can’t run to reach a deal next month More than 1.6 million people schools have no power, Russia’s the city and they still haven’t with Britain on its demands for are without power, water sup- Energy Ministry said. built a local power station,” said reform of the bloc but may not plies to high-rise buildings have So far, Crimea has enough fuel 49-year-old resident Konstantin. even narrow differences at a pre- stopped and cable and mobile to keep the gas and diesel-pow- “It’s not the first time Ukraine Christmas summit, officials and Internet is down. ered generators it has running for has cut off electricity to Crimea, diplomats said. The electricity feed from 29 days, the Russian authorities we are already used to power cuts After a week of “confessional” Ukraine was cut at 00:25am (2225 said. An explosion on Saturday in and stock up on batteries,” added meetings between aides to sum- GMT), the Crimean branch of Ukraine’s Kherson region border- Oleg, 56. mit chairman Donald Tusk and Russia’s emergency situations ing Crimea cut the two working “The problem is the fridge envoys from other member states, ministry said in a statement. power lines to the peninsula, the keeps going off.” which should conclude today, peo- Crimea still depends on state energy company Ukren- After the first attack on Friday, ple involved told Reuters many Ukraine for its electricity even ergo told Interfax-Ukraine news Ukrenergo posted pictures of a opposed demands British Prime after its annexation by Russia in agency. downed pylon and one with a hole Minister David Cameron laid out March last year, a move which Two of the total four power blown through it. in a letter to Tusk two weeks ago. paved the way for the uprising lines had already been downed A flag of Crimean Tartars is wrapped around the pile of broken power lines Cameron has set an end-2017 in eastern Ukraine that has now Friday in separate blasts. AFP near Chaplynka village of Kherson region, Ukraine, yesterday. deadline for a referendum on EU membership. In order to stay in, he says, London needs changes. The longer such negotiations with Deep freeze EU partners take and the more divided they become, the greater the risk he will fail to deliver such Rift widens in German ruling reforms. One proposal many leaders object to is that immigrants from EU states should wait four years coalition over refugee policy before receiving in-work benefits such as tax credits and support BERLIN: The parties in Chan- her for refusing to put a for- cent, still more than ten points for children living abroad. Offi- cellor Angela Merkel’s coalition mal cap on the number of refu- ahead of the next strongest party, cials and diplomats see that as government exchanged insults gees entering Germany. He was the SPD. discriminating between EU citi- at the weekend in an escalating cheered loudly by members of his To prevent further damage, her zens on national grounds, which clash over refugee policy that has party as Merkel stood fidgeting advisers say she must find a way they say jars with basic EU left the German leader looking uncomfortably on the stage. to curb the number of migrants treaty law. more vulnerable than at any time Elmar Brok, a senior mem- entering Germany, ideally by the “The situation is between dif- during her decade in power. ber of Merkel’s CDU, denounced spring when three state elections ficult and very difficult,” one offi- Divisions between her conserv- Seehofer’s behaviour as “impolite, will be held in a major test before cial said late last week, after more atives and the centre-left Social unseemly and unacceptable” in an the next federal vote in 2017. than 20 of the 27 other member Democrats (SPD) over benefits interview with the Tagesspiegel A party congress of her CDU in states had had their meeting with for refugees prompted coalition newspaper. Other CDU members early December will be an impor- staff working for Tusk, the Euro- leaders to cancel a special cabinet said the CSU leader had broken tant gauge of how strong support pean Council president whose job meeting planned for today where a taboo on how the two parties within her own party is. it is to forge compromise among they had hoped to agree measures behave with each other. “There are real Merkel loyal- the members of the European to speed up the processing of asy- Seehofer refused to back down, ists in the CDU and those that Union. The one-to-one meetings, lum seekers. telling German television station are more tactical,” an official close a standard EU procedure, are But the biggest fight was within n-tv that he could not in good con- to the chancellor told Reuters intended to frame negotiations Merkel’s own conservative ranks science tell a “fairy tale of har- on condition of anonymity. “The and there had been some hope in as members of her Christian mony and consensus” when major CDU is not a party that pushes recent months that at least the Democratic Union (CDU) lined differences remained. out its leaders. But you will see bulk of a deal might be ready for up to condemn their Bavar- The barbs flew as Merkel a shift if people get the sense the Council to endorse at its next ian sister party for humiliating marked her 10-year anniversary that Merkel is a burden for them meeting on Dec 17-18. But the the chancellor at a congress in in office yesterday. rather than a bonus.” official said it was hard to imag- A man throws a bag to a woman before travelling in a rowboat along Munich on Friday evening. Her popularity ratings have Roughly 7,000 migrants have ine that a deal would be reached the Yenisei River in the Taiga district, with the air temperature at about With Merkel standing next to plunged from a gaudy 75 percent been entering Germany each day at that summit. minus 22 degrees Celsius, outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, him, Horst Seehofer, the leader in April to below 50 percent and in recent weeks, according to Russia, yesterday. of the Bavarian Christian Social support for her CDU/CSU bloc police. REUTERS Union (CSU), openly criticised has dipped five points to 37 per- REUTERS MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17

Don’t change Trump calls for return holiday plans, says Homeland of waterboarding Security

WASHINGTON: US Secretary Database for refugees from Syria sought of Homeland Security Jeh John- son yesterday urged Americans WASHINGTON: Republican and I would absolutely bring back “This Week” Trump was asked if to not change their plans for the frontrunner Donald Trump interrogation and strong inter- he was “unequivocally” ruling out upcoming Thanksgiving weekend called yesterday for the return of rogation,” he said. a database to track all Muslims. holiday despite the recent terror waterboarding, a near-drowning Waterboarding, which was used “No, not at all,” he said. But then attack in Paris. interrogation technique widely by the CIA in interrogations of he suggested the database would “We have no specific credible denounced as torture, saying it at least three 9/11 suspects, was focus more on refugees than all intelligence about a threat of the was “peanuts” compared to what banned by President Barack Muslim Americans. Paris type directed at the home- Islamic State is doing. Obama shortly after assuming “I want a database for the refu- land here,” said Johnson, speaking It was the latest in a series of office in 2009. gees,” Trump said. “We have no on NBC’s Meet the Press talk- inflammatory Trump responses Trump slightly shifted his posi- idea who these people are. When show. to the threat of terrorism in the tion on tracking Muslims and the Syrian refugees are going to “With this holiday season wake of the Paris attacks that closing mosques after a storm start pouring into this country, US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the coming up we want the public to appear to have bolstered his poll of criticism, including by other we don’t know if they’re ISIS, we Birmingham Jefferson Civic Complex in Birmingham, Alabama. continue to go to public events, numbers. Republican presidential candi- don’t know if it’s a Trojan horse. celebrate the holiday season, A new Washington Post/ABC dates. On mosques, he said: “I And I definitely want a database said they can’t vet these folks,” affairs, edged up a notch to 11 per- travel, be with their families and News national poll showed Trump don’t want to close mosques; I and other checks and balances.” Christie said in an interview on cent in the Washington Post/ABC the like,” Johnson said. leading the Republican presiden- want to surveil mosques. I want Ohio Governor John Kasich, CNN when asked about his com- News poll. Jeb Bush, the onetime Officials are expecting three tial field with 32 percent, a 10 mosques surveiled.” appearing on NBC’s “Meet the ments regarding children. “The Republican establishment dar- million people at the annual point lead over his nearest rival, While not disavowing his ear- Press”, continued his days-long FBI director sat before Congress ling with the famous last name, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade Ben Carson. lier call for a Muslim registry, attack against Trump’s database last week and said they cannot vet dropped to six percent, his lowest in New York City. “It’s going to be Trump, who ignited contro- Trump said he wanted a data- comments, calling the idea non- these folks.” percentage in two years of sur- a great event and it will be a safe versy earlier this week by call- base of Syrian refugees entering sense. The heightened fears generated veys, the Post said. and secure event,” he said. ing for a registry of all Muslims the country to guard against “the “I flat out condemned the idea by the November 13 attacks in the While Bush was rated the Johnson, however, cautioned in the United States, stepped great Trojan Horse of all time.” that we were going to have Mus- French capital has been seen by most experienced, the poll found that officials “are always con- up the hardline rhetoric in an “We have to watch and see lims register,” he said. “The idea some as an opportunity for more that 47 percent of Republicans cerned about potential copycat interview with ABC News in what we’re doing,” he said, adding that we’re going to repel an entire politically seasoned candidates to thought Trump was most able to homegrown violent extremism of which he advocated the use of that Syrian refugees should not group of people on the basis of gain traction with voters that has bring needed change to Washing- the type we have seen in recent simulated drownings, known as be allowed into the country at all. their religion, it’s nonsense.” so far eluded them. ton, and, by overwhelming mar- month and years.” waterboarding, in interrogations Several Republican presiden- Republican New Jersey Gover- But the latest polls showed lit- gins, the best able to handle the The head of the House Intel- of terrorism suspects. tial candidates insisted Syrian nor Chris Christie defended his tle evidence of that. Trump and economy, the threat of terrorism ligence Committee, however, “I would bring it back. I think refugees pose a potential danger argument that the administration Carson, the retired neurosur- and immigration. expressed concerns that use of waterboarding is peanuts com- to America and should not be can’t be trusted to vet refugees, geon who is the other outsider in Trump’s top dog standing was the so-called “dark” communica- pared to what they’d do to us, allowed into the country, despite adding “orphans under the age of the Republican race, remained echoed in separate polls in the tions by extremists could make what they’re doing to us, what growing criticism within and out- five” shouldn’t be admitted to the unbudged at top of the rankings. early voting states of Iowa, New plots harder to detect. they did to James Foley when they side their party for some of their country because there is no one to Senator Marco Rubio of Hampshire and South Carolina. In Paris, gunmen struck with- chopped off his head. statements. care for them. Florida, the candidate who has out warning November 13, killing “That’s a whole different level Appearing on Sunday on ABC’s “The FBI director himself seemed most fluent on foreign AGENCIES 130 people in near simultaneous attacks at several points across the city. “The only rationale, explana- tion I have is that they were using these dark platforms in dark space to communicate that, even Argentina’s oppn takes on Peronists in run-off vote if we have a court order, we can’t see. And if you can’t see what BUENOS AIRES: Argentines his heels. But with one in 10 vot- yet Scioli’s message resonates they’re saying, it’s very difficult voted in a run-off election yes- ers undecided, Scioli cannot be with many voters. to stop it,” said Michael McCaul. terday that hands the centre- counted out. “He is a neo-liberal business- “So, while Homeland Security right opposition, led by Mauricio Whoever is sworn in on man with no real capacity to officials can say there’s no spe- Macri, its best chance in more December 10 will inherit a yawn- lead. We need change, but not cific and credible threat, I think than a decade to wrest the presi- ing fiscal deficit that Fernandez the change Macri would bring,” you need to factor in that analysis dency from the populist Peronists has financed by printing pesos, said 56-year-old Ana Machessi, that there may be plots under way and set the economy on a more contributing to double-digit expressing concern over the risk and communications under way free-market course. inflation. Foreign reserves are at of a sharp devaluation under that we just, quite frankly, can’t In a sign of Argentines’ weari- a nine-year low and the county Macri. see,” he said on CBS’s Face the ness with a spluttering economy, has been shut out of the global Counted among the world’s Nation. rising crime and corruption, bond market due to a festering richest countries a century ago, New York officials have urged Macri went into the country’s sovereign default. Argentina has stumbled from residents to stay calm follow- first ever second-round ballot Macri wants to open Latin one economic crisis to another in ing the release of a video from with a comfortable lead in opinion Buenos Aires Mayor and presidential candidate for “Cambiemos” party America’s No. 3 economy to more past decades as leaders who stand the Islamic State jihadist group polls over his ruling party rival Mauricio Macri (left) and Buenos Aires Governor and presidential candidate investment by quickly lifting cur- firm on worker’s rights over big threatening to attack the city. Daniel Scioli. for the ruling “Frente para la Victoria” party Daniel Scioli casting their votes rency and trade controls, but will business do battle with support- Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Outgoing President Cristina in Buenos Aires city and in Tigre respectively, during presidential run-off. also have to put accounts in order ers of open markets in search of Commissioner Bill Bratton even Fernandez, who was preceded in after eight years of free-spending sustainable growth. went to Times Square in the office by her late husband Nestor work opportunities during Fern- Argentina deeply divided between populism under Fernandez. Scarred by the most recent middle of the night recently to Kirchner, is as loved by the poor andez’s rule. those who back her protection- Scioli depicts his challenger economic collapse in 2001 that reassure residents. “There is for her generous welfare pro- “This country doesn’t have an ist policies and defence of worker as beholden to the wealthy and tossed millions into poverty, no specific and credible threat grams as she is reviled by others economic problem, it has a politi- rights and those who back the promises to defend Argentina many Argentines fear any dra- against New York City. So it’s for her confrontational style and cal problem,” he said, referring opposition’s open-market policies. from “savage capitalism”. He matic shift in policy could make crucial that people go about their the stifling controls she put on the to Argentina’s rich hydrocarbon Scioli lost his front-runner acknowledges reforms are needed things worse. “Reading between normal business,” de Blasio said. economy. and metal resources, as well as its status after the October 25 first- to lure investors but says mon- the lines, it’s clear Macri wants “We understand that we are “We need a change,” said powerful grains industry. round vote when Macri, the etary reforms should be slow to a drastic fiscal adjustment,” said a terrorist target,” Bratton said. Carlos Mombru, a 72-year-old Barred from seeking a third two-term mayor of Buenos Aires protect the poor. psychologist Cristina Castillo, “But do not be afraid. The NYPD retired engineer whose two sons straight term, Fernandez will and scion of a wealthy family, Macri accused Scioli of fear- who voted for Scioli. will protect you.” left Argentina in search of better leave office next month with unexpectedly came in right on mongering during the campaign, REUTERS AFP

Hillary to propose $6,000 tax Colombian govt pardons 30 jailed Snowstorm coats Midwestern US credit for caregiving costs CHICAGO/DES MOINES, FARC guerrillas IOWA: A heavy fall snowstorm CLINTON, IOWA: US Demo- helping with grandchildren — has BOGOTA: Colombia’s govern- hit the Midwestern United States cratic presidential candidate Hil- become a theme at Clinton’s cam- ment announced yesterday that on Saturday, blanketing states lary Clinton plans to propose a paign stops. it is granting pardons to 30 jailed from South Dakota to Wisconsin $6,000 tax credit for costs associ- Clinton met New Hampshire members of the FARC as a con- with as much as 16 inches of snow, ated with caring for elderly and resident Keith Thompson before fidence-building measure in its slowing air travel and delaying disabled family members, and a September appearance. Thomp- peace talks with the leftist guer- some events for US presidential allowing caregivers to accrue son told the former secretary of rilla group. candidates. Social Security retirement ben- state and US senator he some- The Colombian presidency said The storm was forecast to efits for such work. times takes his elderly mother none of those being pardoned travel east into the Great Lakes The caregiving credit will be with him to his part-time job were in prison for serious crimes, region, reaching Michigan and the latest in a “range of tax cuts because they cannot otherwise and added that they will be helped upstate New York according to aimed a boosting the take-home afford reliable care. in finding jobs and receiving social the National Weather Service. It pay for middle-class families” “You know your story is so support once they leave prison. forecast widespread accumula- that Clinton will announce over incredibly moving and it’s also a In the past week, FARC spokes- tions of 4 to 8 inches of snow. the coming weeks, according to a story for so many people, that’s men have said that some 850 jailed Forecasters warned that trees campaign aide. what I keep finding, everywhere members of the guerrilla group that had not already dropped Clinton, who will appear in Iowa, I go,” Clinton told Thompson in a have been on a hunger strike in their leaves could be damaged by has previously announced a tax video of the exchange provided by 13 prisons since November 9 to the heavy, wet snow. “We have A woman clears snow off her automobile is it continues to fall in temperatures credit of $2,500 for an individual the campaign. Clinton has cited press for humanitarian releases snow across the area with heavier around 35 degrees (1.6 C) in Wilmette, Illinois. or $5,000 for a family to cover Thompson’s story frequently since. and improved prison conditions. amounts across northern Illinois,” high healthcare costs and another Taxes are shaping up to be a dif- Besides the pardons, the gov- said Amy Seeley, a meteorologist ing a library run. “This is good rina, a former Hewlett-Packard credit that would cover some of the ferentiator between Clinton, the ernment said teams of health with the National Weather Serv- weather to push my bike in,” Love chief executive, cut some events expense of attending college. front-runner for the Democratic workers would be checking the ice office in Chicago. said. “The only thing you can do is from their schedules. There are about 12 million peo- nomination, and her challengers, physical condition of 106 other While it is uncommon for the walk it because it’s too slushy and US Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, ple in the United States who need US Senator Bernie Sanders of imprisoned FARC rebels, and Midwest to see such heavy snow- too deep to actually ride.” who was in Iowa on Friday, can- long-term care and that number Vermont and former Maryland prepare special holding facilities fall so early in the year, the storm Robert Schneck, 52, a worker celled his events there. is expected to grow to 27 million Governor Martin O’Malley. for other FARC inmates with an is not unprecedented, Seeley said, for the maintenance division of The storm affected air travel, by 2050 as the population ages. Clinton’s campaign says she eye to preparing them for re-inte- noting that an early November suburban Park Forest, Illinois, with 514 US flights cancelled, Clinton’s campaign estimates that is committed to not raising but gration to civilian life. storm in 1951 dropped 9.3 inches had been called out for an unusual with Chicago’s O’Hare Interna- the economic value of the unpaid cutting taxes for the middle class The measures come as govern- of snow over the area. “This has shift because of the storm. tional and Midway International work provided by family caregiv- and criticized some of Sanders’ ment and rebel negotiators close happened before, but obviously it’s The storm also caused several airports the hardest hit. The Illi- ers of the aging and disabled was proposals, such as his healthcare in on a peace agreement after not as common to have this much Republican presidential candi- nois and Michigan Departments $470bn in 2013. plan, saying it would necessitate three years of talks in Havana snow in November,” she said. dates to cancel events in Iowa, of Transportation warned that Assisting adults caring for their raising taxes on moderate wage aimed at ending the 50-year-old In Chicago, Brian Love, 50, home of the critical first nominat- snow and ice-covered roads would aging parents — often while also earners. conflict. headed out anyway, stopping at ing caucus. US Senators Marco require slow travel. raising their own children or REUTERS AFP a local pharmacy before mak- Rubio of Florida and Carly Fio- REUTERS MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com FEATURES Sealine Beach Resort set for expansion

ealine Beach Resort stayed at the resort. Taking that announced a complete into consideration and after stud- transformation with a ying the requirements of the local Snumber of renovations, community, we decided that the expansions and service enhance- resort facilities would benefit from ments across the resort’s rooms, added value services and features chalets, villas, and its recreational to create even more memorable facilities. The resort, due for com- experiences for our guests.” pletion by the end of 2016, will “We will continue to offer fam- feature 97 rooms, suites and vil- ily style resort accommodation, las for guests to bask in redefined the best water sport facilities in luxury comfort. the Mesaieed area and all of the Owned by Katara Hospitality; services and amenities that one Sealine Beach Resort will be re- would expect from Sealine Beach named Sealine, a Murwab Resort, Resort,” added Al Mulla. managed by Murwab Hotel The single largest project will Group, Katara Hospitality’s stan- see the complete refurbishment dalone operating division. The of all 77 of the resort’s existing three phased renovation began guest units, all of which feature a Sealine, a Murwab Resort will entertainment facilities for fami- in August 2015 and will consist private balcony or terrace, com- feature an additional 20 family lies and adults will be added to of upgrading the existing resort pletely redecorated and furnished. style villas, alongside the remain- Sealine, a Murwab Resort during rooms and developing an entirely Renovations will continue in the ing stretch of the resort’s beach, this refurbishment process. new wing with 20 additional villas. have invested large sums in the countries and holiday makers bathrooms with the installation of consisting of 3 and 4 bedrooms, “We will also be adding further Sealine Beach Resort will remain process of upgrading and refur- from abroad.” new marble, fixtures and vanity each villa with its own private landscaping as part of the resorts fully operational throughout the bishing our services and facili- Hamad Abdulla Al Mulla, amenities. pool. There will be a complete enhancements,” says Sealine entire renovation. ties. Sealine Beach Resort is the Katara Hospitality Chief This will enhance Sealine renovation and remodeling of the Beach Resort General Manager Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim bin most popular resort for Qatari Executive Officer, added: “This Beach Resort’s accommodation main kitchen in addition to new Robert Kunz. Jabor Al Thani, Chairman of families which also caters to the was Sealine Beach Resort’s record and facilities with an additional facilities for children. Katara Hospitality, said: “We residents in Qatar, neighbouring year in the number of guests that 20-villas to the 349,309sqm resort. World-Class recreational and THE PENINSULA

Sharq Village to offer Qatari brunch at Al Liwan

harq Village & Spa has introduced a new dining experi- ence for guests by offering a wide selection of authentic SQatari dishes every Saturday at Al Liwan Restaurant. Led by Qatari guest chef, Shaikha Ahmad M Al Meer and Executive Chef Hassan Abdallah, the culinary team will present a buffet laden with a selection of mouth-watering local dishes. “I am delighted to have the opportunity to share the food of my heritage and culture with the guests of Sharq Village & Spa,” said Chef Almeer. “The cuisine of Qatar will provide Madrouba, Chicken Tarid, Chicken Machgoul, Beef Badawi, a truly unique experience to diners as they enjoy flavours Shrimps Jerish, Fish Mouhamar and Vegetable Salona. For both familiar and new to them.” a sweet ending to the culinary journey, there will be a selec- “This unique experience showcases culinary traditions tion of desserts such as Loukaimat, Kanfaroush, Balalit, Sago tied to the rich culture and heritage of Qatar, where there Hisso, Okailih, Mouhalabia, Assid with dates and Qabiss. are always discoveries to be made,” says Chef Hassan. Local The brunch is available from 12:30pm to 4pm every Ryouji Sano (left) President of Daikin Middle East and Africa, Raed Halawa (centre) Tadmur artefacts, a Henna service along with Majlis seating area will Saturday. Priced at QR250 it includes a welcome drink. General Manager, and Abhinav Goel, Regional Director (Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait) during complement the restaurant’s elegant décor. the Daikin VRN launch at Ritz-Carlton Hotel yesterday. The menu will include specialties such as Harris, Chicken THE PENINSULA

Salam Stores launches Fall/Winter 2015 competition LG Electronics

ast month, Salam Stores launched were picked during an event at the fall is a time for reflection, new begin- capitals in the world – Paris, London, unveils TurboWash Lan in-store competition as part stores in the presence of a Ministry nings and adventures. We are pleased Milan and New York — to fabri- of their new Fall-Winter collection representative. to invite our customers to our store cate four stunning lines of apparel G Electronics has unveiled the TurboWash launch, providing customers with an The awarding ceremony will take and discover inspiration and trends embossed with the season’s magical in Qatar, a new sophisticated technology opportunity to travel to some of the place on Thursday, December 3, 2015 from the four corners of the world spin. Lthat will guarantee an outstanding laundry most fashionable cities in the world. at 6.30pm at The Gate Mall. and choose which city reflects their The theme is influenced by the high experience. 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Prayer Timings Weather Moderate temperature during the day and Fajr 04.36 am Zuhr 11.20 am Maghrib 04.46 pm Minimum: 21o C Maximum: 28o C partly cloudy to cloudy Shorook 05.56 am Asr 02.23 pm Isha 06.16 pm HIGH TIDE 03:00 - 14:00LOW TIDE 08:45 - 20:45 later with chance of rain at places by night. JFK opera explores president just before the bullets

NEW YORK: Ever since John F Jackie Kennedy, played by mezzo- with Kennedy after the Cuban missile Kennedy died from an assassin’s bullet, soprano Daniela Mack, in one scene crisis, and Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy’s the indelible image has been the silent asks if her famously dallying husband vice president and successor with whom Zapruder film of the president’s doomed will “love me... every day for the rest of he had a complicated relationship. motorcade. his life.” Johnson takes the stage in a cowboy But an upcoming opera is aiming to The music builds ominously and outfit with a touch of twang in the music, offer a fresh, little-discussed perspective the opera closes with an aria in which offering comic relief but also a window — just how did Kennedy spend the final Kennedy, portrayed by baritone Matthew into Kennedy’s perceptions of Texas. day of his life? Worth, reflects on his life and concludes, In one of the more intriguing devises, The opera JFK looks at the hours “I’m a lucky man.” JFK brings in a pair of ordinary people before Kennedy’s assassination in Dal- “The assassination exists as a sort of in three stages of history. las on November 22, 1963, particularly celestial body that is imposing its gravi- Clara Harris and Henry Rath- his night staying at the Hotel Texas in tational pull on the events and the show,” bone appear first as Fates from Greek adjacent Fort Worth, as a window into Little said. mythology, in another foreshadowing of his character as well as into the national While the plot unfolds over a matter Kennedy’s death. hope that died with the young president. of hours, JFK plays wildly with narrative The two appear later as an actual his- Commissioned by the Fort Worth form as characters from the past, present torical couple attending Ford’s Theatre Opera for a premiere in April, JFK pur- and future emerge, often seeming to be in in Washington during the nation’s first posely stays away from depicting the dreams brought on by Kennedy’s medical presidential assassination, of Civil War assassination — an ending that presum- injections. hero Abraham Lincoln. ably everyone already knows. In parts of JFK, the president seems In Texas, Clara returns as a hotel maid “What is interesting to me is not so to be the moon — a nod to his ambitious and Henry is an advance man for the much the assassination itself or the con- space aspirations that the United States Secret Service. spiracy theories around it — although only achieved after his death. JFK is the most ambitious initiative those are certainly significant — but our The creators chose not to delve into for the Fort Worth Opera, which has cultural interaction with his death and the abundance of conspiracy theories increasingly become known for experi- the very violent and public way that it around Kennedy’s assassination, which mental and provocative work, including happened,” composer David T Little said. were notably prominent in Oliver Stone’s bringing the anti-death penalty Dead “In Kennedy, we see our own death in 1991 movie JFK. Man Walking to Texas, the US state that his death, we project our fears, our anxi- But Vavrek, the librettist, sees the carries out the most executions. eties and our hopes onto his mythology,” opera’s experimentation in form as a nod In JFK, general director Darren K added Little, who is working with libret- of sorts to the conspiracy-minded. Woods said he saw a story with univer- tist Royce Vavrek, a team that created “It became more exciting to us to think sal, thought-provoking themes, such as Composer David T Little (right) and librettist Royce Vavrek in the library of the National the acclaimed 2012 experimental opera of conspiracies on a cosmic level than in the “mask” that shields individuals from Opera Center in New York. Dog Days. an Earth-bound conspiracy theory sort the world. The impending assassination plays out of way,” he said. “JFK is no more about Fort Worth on as a co-commissioner of JFK, with “In 200 years I want people to still be in ways both large and small throughout Characters who appear in the opera than Madame Butterfly is about Naga- plans under way to bring it to Montreal, performing this,” Woods said. JFK, the first grand opera by Little and include Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet saki,” he said. said Woods. New York’s American Lyric Vavrek. leader who formed a budding partnership The Opera de Montreal recently signed Theater is also involved. AFP

The Danish Girl premiere Rocker Johnny Resurrection plants offer hope Hallyday says as climate turns hostile willing to fight IS PARIS: Veteran French rock JOHANNESBURG: As the antioxidant chemicals to protect But, scientists say it is just as star Johnny Hallyday said yes- race to adapt to climate change it during dry spells and is used in important to adapt to the new terday he would have gladly taken quickens, a South African scien- fashion designer Giorgio Armani’s reality. up a weapon to fight jihadists had tist is leading global research into cosmetics line. “Soil, cropping systems, farm- he not been a singer, in the wake developing crops that mimic the A farmer’s daughter, Farrant ing systems — they all must have of the Paris attacks. extraordinary survival skills of recalls stumbling across a resur- the capacity to recover from a “If I weren’t a singer, I would “resurrection plants”. rection plant as a nine-year-old drastic change in climate,” said pick up a weapon and go fight Jill Farrant, a professor of and being amazed at its seemingly Rattan Lal, professor of soil sci- them,” the 72-year-old musician molecular and cell biology at the immortal properties. ence at Ohio State University. “We told Le Parisien newspaper after University of Cape Town, hopes “I wrote in my diary about a should make agriculture part of the attacks, which were claimed that unlocking the genetic codes plant that had died and came the solution to our issues... the cli- by the Islamic State group. of drought-tolerant plants could back after the rain,” she said. mate change problem is so huge Often referred to in the British help farmers toiling in increas- She returned to the subject everything should be on the table.” media as “the biggest star you’ve ingly hot and dry conditions. professionally in 1994, and has If successful, Farrant will fol- never heard of” because his appeal With more than 130 known since become the world’s leading low in the venerable footsteps of is anchored in the French-speak- varieties in the world, resurrec- expert in her field. earlier scientists who have saved ing world, Hallyday said he first tion plants are a unique group of Environmentalists fear that crops from devastation by exploit- found out about the November 13 flora that can survive extreme more and more of Africa will be ing plants with specific strengths. attacks as he came off stage that water shortages for years. reduced to a dust bowl by global In the 1970s, US maize was night. “I felt a deep discomfort. During a drought, the plant warming, with higher tempera- rescued from southern leaf blight The next day I started feeling acts like a seed, becoming so dry tures, reduced water supplies and disease by incorporating resistant unwell,” said Hallyday, who has it appears dead. population growth threatening to genes found in other varieties of been dubbed the “French Elvis”. But when the skies finally open trigger worsening famines. maize. The day after the attacks, he and the rain pours down, the Climate change could reduce Farrant has recently focused posted a message on Twitter: shrivelled plant bursts “back to maize yields across southern her research on teff, a grass “I am so sad this weekend. My life”, turning green and robust in Africa by as much as 30 percent native to Ethiopia whose seed has thoughts are with the victims’ just a few hours. by 2030, according to the UN been used as a stable food in the families.” “I want to cater to the sub- Environment Programme. region for centuries. “People I knew died in the sistence farmer, the person who Ahead of the United Nations She hopes to make it more Bataclan,” he told Le Parisien, wants to make enough food to conference in Paris at the end of resilient by activating genes she referring to the concert venue live,” Farrant, 55, said. November, countries are facing discovered by studying resur- where Californian rock group “Farmers are becoming more growing pressure to keep global rection plants. “My main aim all Eagles of Death Metal were play- and more dispirited, and droughts warming below two degrees cel- along is to make crops that can ing and which was the scene of are killing them.” sius above pre-Industrial Revo- improve drought tolerance,” Far- the worst bloodshed the night of Perhaps the most well-known lution levels by weaning their rant said. the attacks. resurrection plant is Myrotham- carbon-hungry societies off fossil Actors Johnny Depp (left) and Amber Heard attend the Los Angeles nus flabellifolius, which makes fuels. AFP Premiere of The Danish Girl, in Westwood, California, yesterday. Carthage Film Festival opens amid tight security Treasure trove of Holocaust documents unearthed TUNIS: The 26th Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia, a showcase BUDAPEST: A vast and histori- what looked like handwriting. the archives have been literally for Arab and African cinema- cally valuable trove of Holocaust- Carefully removing each brick, ironing the papers to study them, tographers, opened amid heavy era documents, long thought the couple eased out some 61kg pausing occasionally when they security on Saturday in a country destroyed during the Second of dusty papers, many with bits spot someone famous among the rocked this year by deadly jihad- World War, has been found hid- of plaster caked on, but all more scrawled names. ist attacks. den in a wall cavity by a couple or less intact. The May 1944 Budapest census A state of emergency was in renovating their Budapest apart- With the ink still readable was to identify houses to serve as force in the North African coun- ment. — thanks to a lack of air in the holding locations for Jews before try until early October, imposed The haul of 6,300 documents cavity and nicotine from the moving them to a planned walled after a jihadist went on a shooting are from a 1944 census that was heavy-smoking former owner — ghetto in the city’s seventh dis- spree at a popular Mediterranean a precursor to the intended liqui- the yellowed papers were given to trict. resort in June, killing 38 foreign dation of the Hungarian capital’s the Budapest City Archives. Two months earlier Nazi Ger- tourists. And in March, gunmen 200,000 Jews in Nazi death camps. Istvan Kenyeres, head of the many had occupied Hungary and stormed the national museum in Brigitte Berdefy, co-owner of archives, was amazed. “Most deportations in the countryside the capital, killing 21 tourists and the apartment overlooking Hun- wartime papers are more faded to the gas chambers of Auschwitz a policeman. gary’s parliament, said that in or rotten than medieval docu- began almost immediately. But festival director Ibrahim August a worker detected paper ments, on bad quality paper due The forms found in the Buda- Letaief said the festival, opening after jamming a screwdriver to the rationing,” he said. pest apartment contain names of just a week after jihadist attacks through a crack in the wall. “The content and scale of the each building’s inhabitants, and in Paris left 130 people dead, is “We thought we’d ruined the finding is unprecedented,” he said. whether they are Jewish or not, an “antidote to violence”, as film neighbour’s wallpaper,” Berdefy “It helps to fill a huge gap in the with total numbers of Christians “tears away the veil of darkness said. history of the Holocaust in Buda- and Jews marked in the corners. Klara Tobi (right) and Monika Szabo (left), restorerers of the Budapest City and is the guarantor of the great- But then her husband Gabor pest.” Archives, prepare documents dating from 1944. est victory over terrorism”. peered through the crack and saw Since September, restorers at AFP AFP Monday 23 November 2015 11 Safar 1437 Volume 20 Number 6623 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 IBQ’s $500m Qatar stocks QInvest is sukuk manager of year close 23.99 DOHA: QInvest, Qatar’s lead- ing investment group and one of the most prominent Islamic points lower financial institutions globally, bond evokes announced yesterday that it has been selected as ‘Sukuk Manager DOHA: Qatar Exchange index of the Year’ by Global Investor/ dropped 23.99 points, or 0.22 per- ISF. huge response cent, when it closed at 10,836.19 Global Investor/ISF has named points yesterday. Qinvest along top perform- The daily turnover decreased ers in the Mena region at the DOHA: International Bank of to QR142.77m with a volume of Mena Capital Markets Summit Qatar (IBQ) yesterday announced 3,864,068 shares from 1,743 deals which took place at the Atlan- the successful closing of a debut compared with QR192.45m with tis in Dubai including Barclays: 5-year, $500m bond issuance a volume of 4,828,374 shares from Wealth Manager of the Year, QIn- under its $2bn Euro Medium 2,753 deals on Thursday. vest: Sukuk Manager of the Year, Term Note programme, according Indices of five sectors ended in JPMorgan: Custodian of the Year, to a statement. The deal, which red and two in green yesterday. HSBC: Sub-Custodian of the Year, evoked strong response from Elsewhere in the region, Saudi NASDAQ OMX: FinTech Vendor, international, regional and local Arabia’s stock market bounced fur- Deutsche Bank: Fund Adminis- investors, was oversubscribed. financial circles for its stability, ther from a technical support level trator, QFC: Financial Centre Omar Bouhadiba (pictured), conservative approach and focus but other Gulf bourses were little of the Year, and Citi: Transition Sean Keating and Nasser Al Mahmoud at the event. Managing Director at IBQ, said: on service quality. This was key in changed. Egypt’s market edged up. Manager of the Year. “We are extremely pleased that making our bond a success.” The Saudi stock index has been Nasser Al Mahmoud, Managing Sean Keating, Editor of Global international relationship banks, our first bond issuance was met by The notes were issued by IBQ rebounding in the last few days Director and Head of Strategic Investor, said, “QInvest may be namely Masraf Al Rayan, Al Kha- such a positive response. Market Finance Limited, a wholly-owned from support at November’s two- Relations at QInvest, said, “We coming from a low base, but its liji France and Natixis. Addition- conditions are today particularly IBQ subsidiary in the Cayman year low of 6,828 points. On Sun- are very proud to have won this performance in 2014 was outstand- ally, the bank had reported its difficult, and the fact that our deal Islands. The bond, which is the day it added 2.1 percent to 7,179 important industry award, which ing. Revenues were up 134 percent results for the third quarter of was oversubscribed is a testimony first public bond issue by IBQ is points, rising above resistance on is a testament to our continued and net profit jumped eightfold, 2015 with revenues increasing 37 to the trust and confidence of the listed on the Irish Stock Exchange the November high of 7,161 points. leadership and innovation in the driven largely by sukuk issuance percent to $78.7m and net profit international investor commu- and has been rated “A2” by Dubai’s index rose 0.5 percent investment banking industry and via its investment banking arm.” rising 69 percent to $33.8m dem- nity in IBQ, and more broadly, Moody’s and “A+” by Fitch. to 3,290 points in modest turno- specifically the global sukuk mar- QInvest previously announced onstrating commitment to drive in Qatar’s economic outlook. The The issue was jointly managed ver. Abu Dhabi’s index edged ket. Whilst the volume of sukuk the completion of its debut $200m growth and innovation across the transaction was our first fund by Citigroup, QNB Capital and down 0.2 percent as telecommu- transactions has reduced, due to five-year syndicated facility. The business, source new opportuni- raising in global capital markets, Standard Chartered Bank. UNB nications firm Etisalat lost 1.2 market volatility, QInvest’s sukuk facility was in line with the bank’s ties, strengthen the brand and which made it more challenging. was co-lead manager. percent because of profit-taking. franchise continues to generate funding diversification and capital deliver positive returns. Yet, having been in existence for interest in corporate and sover- efficiency plan and was arranged six decades, IBQ is well known in THE PENINSULA AGENCIES eign issuers.” by QInvest’s key regional and THE PENINSULA MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Switzerland’s Energy World inspires young minds alternative bank Over 7,000 people visit exhibition during weekend breaks negative

DOHA: Energy World – Qatar national School, said: “We have are a really important part of rates taboo 2015 welcomed more than 7,000 really enjoyed our trip to ‘Energy supporting the future of Qatar.” visitors at the Doha Exhibition World – Qatar’ and both teach- The exhibition aims to inspire ZURICH: A tiny Swiss bank and Convention Centre during its ers and students were really students in Qatar to want to learn specialised in financing social opening weekend. impressed with the event. The more and pursue STEM sub- and environmental projects will The ten-day interactive edu- level of interactivity is perfect jects in higher education. These on January 1 go where no retail cational experience takes people because it requires students to four subjects are fundamental to lender has gone before, applying of all ages on a journey into Sci- read, listen, learn and participate, Qatar’s educational vision to build negative interest rates on indi- ence, Technology, Engineering which ties in seamlessly with our a prosperous future for the coun- vidual clients. and Maths (STEM). The event science curriculum. Our visit has try. The event challenges visitors The Alternative Bank Schweiz features a lively mix of physical complemented everything stu- with fun STEM-themed activities (ABS) caused shockwaves with a and digital exhibits, workshops dents are currently learning in and innovative questions along letter sent to all clients in mid- and science shows encouraging class.” an interactive journey compris- October informing them that it everyone to ‘explore make and At the exhibition, visitors, par- ing various digital exhibits. Upon would begin imposing interest learn.’ ents, students and children will answering the final question, visi- charges on deposits in 2016. ‘Energy World - Qatar 2015’ enjoy a hands-on experience that tors will step up to the screen to Participants at the Energy World – Qatar 2015. For current accounts, the will run until November 28. will create a greater awareness find out what type of innovator bank said it would impose a It is brought to Qatar by long- of energy and its challenges, and they are - Designer, Engineer, -0.125-percent rate, while slap- term partners Qatar Petroleum will stimulate creative thinking Connector, Inventor or Adven- and friends will definitely enjoy Samuel Spencer, a design tech- ping a -0.75-percent rate on cli- and Qatar Shell, in association and innovation among the par- turer! this event, I’m going to tell them nology teacher at the New British ent deposits higher than 100,000 with the Qatar Tourism Author- ticipants to find solutions to meet Lamya Al Kubaisi, a student at all about it when I get home!” Academy, added: “’Energy World Swiss francs ($98,650, 92,420 ity, with the vision of creating a those challenges. the English Modern School, said: Energy World – Qatar 2015 has – Qatar 2015’ ties in really well to euros). positive impact in Qatar, and to Dana Zahra, a student at Qatar “I’ve had so much fun at ‘Energy partnered with the Supreme Edu- the curriculum. I think all teach- So far individual depositors support the human development Academy, said: “I really enjoyed World – Qatar’. The exhibits at cation Council and has engaged ers will definitely be taking a bit have been shielded from the burn and environmental pillars of the the amount of activities on dis- this event showed me how science teachers representing 11,000 of inspiration home with them of decisions by several central Qatar National Vision 2030. play. My favourite activity was works and what energy looks like, students from 130 schools across to make their respective subjects banks, including Switzerland’s, to Commenting on her visit to the Energy Generators, it was so and what it can actually do. The Qatar to take part in the school more interactive and fun.” introduce negative interest rates Energy World, Marie King, a much fun. The whole event has activities are really interactive programme which facilitates to light a flame under growth teacher at the Al Khor Inter- showed me that STEM subjects and fun, and I know my family exclusive access to the event. THE PENINSULA or ward off unwanted currency investors. ABS, which grew out of the ideals the 1960’s protest move- ment, justified the unprecedented development by saying it would Commercial provide manoeuvering room for Greece secures bank recapitalisation funds financing “meaningful projects”. Bank appoints Al The move did not go unnoticed ATHENS: Euro-area member tor out of the €10bn earmarked ures and cost-cutting overhauls cation of new equity to investors in Swiss financial circles as banks states agreed to disburse the for this purpose,” said Dijssel- in the country’s pension system was subject to Greece reaching an in the wealthy Alpine nation Rayes in key role funds necessary for the recapi- bloem, who also chairs the meet- that are conditions for further agreement with creditors on the search for ways to deal with the talisation of Greece’s battered ings of finance ministers. financial assistance. disbursement of the next tranche negative rates imposed on them banks, as Prime Minister Alexis The decision followed the The standoff brought Greece’s of bailout funds. by the central bank in January. Tsipras sought consensus from approval of a bill on Thursday financial system to its knees, leav- The agreement on Saturday, “This decision on negative rates is opposition parties, following night in the Greek parliament ing lenders with a €14.4bn capital which includes €2bn to be used costing us a lot of money — pretty defections that whittled down that eased restrictions on fore- shortfall, according to the result for Greek budget financing, “con- much the equivalent of our entire his slim parliamentary majority. closures, introduced a tax on of a review carried out by the tributes to restoring confidence annual profit last year,” ABS chief Finance ministry officials from wine and overhauled bank gov- European Central Bank, amid on the Greek economy,” Dijssel- Martin Rohner said. the currency bloc agreed “that the ernance rules. The vote took a increases in sour loans, expensive bloem said in his statement. The Swiss central bank intro- Greek authorities have now com- toll on Tsipras, as two lawmak- emergency funding requirements, The funds for capital injections duced a negative deposit rate in pleted the first set of milestones ers refused to back the bill and subdued economic activity and to Greece’s two biggest lend- January after it abruptly aban- and the financial sector measures were expelled from his caucus in strict capital controls. ers will be disbursed following doned its three-year effort to hold that are essential for a successful parliament, eroding his majority About €6bn of the hole will regulatory approvals of state aid down the franc’s exchange rate to recapitalisation process,” Dutch to three seats. be covered by emergency loans decisions and restructuring plans. protect exports. Finance Minister Jeroen Dijssel- The mini-mutiny doesn’t bode under Greece’s bailout agreement, The €2bn for the Greek budget The -0.75 percent rate is meant bloem said in a statement. well for Tsipras’s political longev- as neither the National Bank of will be disbursed tomorrow, fol- to dissuade foreign investors buy- DOHA: Commercial Bank yes- The agreement allows the ity just two months after winning Greece SA nor Piraeus Bank SA lowing a decision by the board of ing and holding Swiss francs as a terday announced that Khalifa board of directors of the euro a snap election. It also adds pres- managed to raise all the funds directors of the European Stabil- safe haven investment, which had Nasser Al Rayes (pictured) has area’s crisis funds to transfer the sure on his government to muster needed from private investors. ity Mechanism, according to Dijs- been putting upward pressure on assumed responsibility for the “funds needed for the recapitali- enough votes and push through Eurobank Ergasias SA and Alpha selbloem. the currency. Bank’s Government and Public sation of the Greek banking sec- additional belt-tightening meas- Bank AE also said that the allo- BLOOMBERG AFP Sector Business. Khalifa has been with Commer- cial Bank for over ten years, serv- ing in numerous senior positions including Head of Private Bank- ing, and has extensive knowledge Alfardan Group takes part in ITMA meet of the Qatari market. This executive decision will DOHA: Alfardan Group’s Auto- Brig. Muhammad Abdullah Al relevant departments. It featured allow the Bank to strategically motive Operations successfully Maliki, Secretary of the National comprehensive discussions on expand its Government and Pub- participated at the recently con- Traffic Safety Committee and different aspects of traffic medi- lic Sector business relationships cluded 24th World Congress of Chairman of the organising com- cine and traffic safety including with key customers transform- the International Traffic Medi- mittee. integrated health care services, ing it into a multi-dimensional cine Association (ITMA) as Gold Alfardan said: “We would like rescue services and security business, and also underscores Sponsor, said a statement yester- to thank the organisers of the measures. The event also included the Bank’s commitment to sup- day. event for presenting us with this forums on legal and educational porting home-grown talented Alfardan Automobiles and certificate of appreciation. It is an programmes that were developed stafffurther strengthening the Alfardan Premier Motors rep- honour to be included in initia- to be integrated into the traffic presence of Qatari Nationals at resented the Group at the Con- tives that create a positive impact medicine system. the executive management level. gress held from November 16 to in society. The Congress provided As part of their participation in Commercial Bank CEO November 18 by showcasing the an ideal platform for industry the Congress, Alfardan Automo- Abdulla Saleh Al Raisi, said: “I conglomerate’s steadfast com- experts to exchange news, trends biles showcased the BMW 740Li am delighted to announce this mitment to initiatives that aim to and pressing issues concern- model while Alfardan Premier strategic decision which will make a positive impact on society ing traffic and road safety. Such Motors displayed the Jaguar XJ Fahad Alfardan, Executive Director of Alfardan Group, receiving a certificate have a significant impact on the and help ensure the safety of the events are great strides in the col- — two of the latest models from of appreciation from Brig. Muhammad Abdullah Al Maliki, Secretary of development of the Bank’s busi- people. lective efforts to find innovative the luxury brands distributed by the National Traffic Safety Committee and Chairman of the Organising ness. Khalifa is a talented leader In line with their presence at solutions to reduce the existing the automotive subsidiaries. Committee. who understands Qatar and the the event, Alfardan Group was rate of accidents, and are in line Omar Alfardan, President particular needs of our valuable presented with a Certificate of with Alfardan’s Group’s commit- and CEO, Alfardan Group, said: Government and Public sector Appreciation by the organisers for ment to encourage all programs “Alfardan Group has always instilled upon us the importance lish a secure society. We wanted clients. Khalifa’s expertise built their valuable contribution, spon- that will promote the welfare of offered its unwavering support of social responsibility. It is for to express our full commitment over many years in senior roles sorship and support of the Con- the people.” towards initiatives that aim to this reason that we are dedi- by sponsoring the event to show will help transform this strategi- ference. The award was received The ITMA Congress was held enhance public awareness on cated to playing an active role in our support to the Congress and cally important area of business by Fahad Alfardan, Executive for the first time in the Middle safety and to ensure the well- programmes such as the ITMA its goals to promote traffic medi- for Commercial Bank.” Director of Alfardan Group. The East and was organised by the being of the community. The Congress that offers an ideal plat- cine and road safety.” certificate of appreciation was National Traffic Safety Commit- success of our company is built form to realise the Qatar National THE PENINSULA presented to Alfardan Group by tee, in collaboration with other on the values and traditions that Vision 2030, which aims to estab- THE PENINSULA

Lexus unveils all-new RX luxury crossover DOHA: Lexus announced the arrival efficient powertrain, an improved plat- to a new eight-speed automatic trans- of the all-new Lexus RX in the Middle form with high rigidity body shell, and mission, while the RX 450h is equipped East to unveil a stylish, aggressively highly tuned suspensions. Our loyal cus- with a 3.5-liter, V-6 petrol engine and designed luxury crossover that breaks tomers will be pleasantly surprised with revised hybrid powertrain components. new ground in refinement, comfort and the enhanced capability, confident driv- The front view is characterised by driving performance. ing feeling and the sophisticated ride an emboldened version of the Lexus The new RX’s mix of sharp creases quality which creates a superb driving brand’s signature spindle grille featur- and curves represents a bold evolu- experience. From a visual standpoint, ing a chrome-plated border and triple tion in the model’s styling, sharing the the bold and outstanding styling pro- L-shape-LED headlamps. Together with same design DNA with other recently- portions stand out without sacrificing the new front fog light/LED cornering launched models in the Lexus line-up. the elegant appeal of the RX lineage.” light clusters, the face exudes an ele- Moreover, this perennial best-selling “This latest model of the RX continues gant yet futuristic aura. The headlight luxury crossover adds advanced new the ‘Progressive Luxury’ vision of Lexus designs feature a bold-looking slanted redesigned powertrains, sophisticated with sharp lines and contemporary styling geometric shape. With the upgrade safety technologies, driver aids and wel- in addition to significant improvements L-shaped LED headlight system, the comes new convenience and technology in performance combined with best in 18 individual LEDs that surround the features to make this the best Lexus class safety technologies,” said Takayuki headlights not only act as turn signal sport-utility vehicle offering to date. Yoshitsugu, Chief Representative, Middle indicators, but also illuminate sequen- According to Takayuki Katsuda, the East and North Africa Representative tially from the inside section of the Chief Engineer of the new Lexus RX, Office, Toyota Motor Corporation. headlamp toward the outside when the “The new RX is completely different The Lexus RX is available with two driver activates the turn signal. from the current generation vehicle engine choices: the RX 350 model comes Officials at the launch of Lexus RX model at the showroom yesterday. ABDUL BASIT thanks to a new, more powerful and with a 3.5-liter, V-6 petrol engine mated THE PENINSULA MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 NAB aims to Qatar Airways shows customer trends overtake AMP Airline highlights importance of its passenger-centric approach at FTE Asia Expo with Nippon DOHA: Qatar Airways high- airline champions honest conver- and ensuring enhanced customer lighted the importance of its sations between management and experience at every touch point passenger-centric approach cabin crew in order to provide during the passengers’ journeys. venture to customer experience at the passengers with the best possible Dimitrov added, “While tech- recently concluded Future Travel service levels. nology can and has been appro- TOKYO: National Australia Experience (FTE) Asia Expo “Besides operating one of the priately deployed to enhance Bank (NAB) and Nippon Life 2015. world’s newest and youngest passenger experiences, the human Insurance’s venture intends to be Held in Singapore, FTE Asia fleet in the sky, we recognise how touch of attentive Cabin Crew can the largest writer of life insur- Expo 2015 was the biggest FTE important it is to complement our make a tremendous difference in ance premiums in Australia. show in its 10-year history, outstanding aircraft offering with the passenger’s journey with us. The two companies want to attracting more than 1,000 sen- Cabin Crew who are passionate Our Cabin Crew and other cus- “build the number one life insurer ior travel industry figures from about ensuring our passengers – tomer experience staff are our in Australia” to overtake market the region and beyond. in both Premium and Economy best ambassadors in ensuring leader AMP. in gross premiums The expo provided a unique Cabins – have a great experience every passenger receives the gold written, Chief Executive Officer platform for airlines and airports when they fly with us,” said Dim- standard in in-flight experience Andrew Thorburn said in an in the region to share ideas and itrov. when flying with Qatar Airways, interview in Tokyo, without giv- view the very latest solutions in “It was great having the oppor- and we actively ensure we provide ing a specific timeframe. one place to help them improve tunity to share our award-winning them with the necessary tools and “We have got a mutual, com- customer experiences, increase customer experience approach know-how to achieve this.” mon interest in this venture suc- revenues, drive operational effi- with the expo attendees and also Qatar Airways, the national ceeding,” Thorburn said. ciency and reduce costs. to have the chance to see how we carrier of Qatar, is one of the fast- “Nippon are going to bring Qatar Airways’ Senior Vice can improve to better serve our est growing airlines operating one world- class excellence in product President Customer Experience, passengers on-board.” of the youngest fleets in the world. innovation in life insurance, which Rossen Dimitrov, gave two pres- Also present at FTE Asia Expo Now in its 18th year of operations, means our clients are going to get entations. The first was on how were a group of Qatar Airways Qatar Airways has a modern fleet continual upgrades from the best.” Qatar Airways stays ahead of the Cabin Crew who touched on how of 170 aircraft flying to 152 key he added. competition with its First Class Qatar Airways’ recently intro- business and leisure destinations Qatar Airways Senior Vice-President, Customer Experience, Rossen National Australia said last Cabin offering, the second when duced Emotional Intelligence across six continents. Dimitrov (second from right), and Qatar Airways cabin crew receiving the month that it agreed to sell 80 he was joined by Qatar Airways training and regular Cabin Crew Best Full Service Airline in Western Asia award at the inaugural Future Travel percent of its life insurance unit cabin crew who explained how the roadshows helps in facilitating THE PENINSULA Experience Asia Awards 2015 held in Singapore. to Nippon Life Insurance Co. for A$2.4bn ($1.7bn) as part of Thorburn’s strategy to exit under- performing units and lift meas- ures such as return on equity and margins that have lagged behind GE presents peers. Fed official sees strong case for rate hike The unit has a 14 percent mar- ket share as of June 2015, second software WASHINGTON: There’s a inflation will move back toward 271,000 jobs, the most so far this ourselves in, just because we did to leader AMP with 19 percent, “strong case” for a Federal the Fed’s 2 percent target, there’s year, and the unemployment rate something two or three times in according to data from Australian Reserve interest rate increase in “a strong case that can be made fell to 5 percent, the lowest since a certain way.” industry researcher Plan for Life solutions for December assuming US economic in December to raise rates,” Wil- 2008, Labour Department data In the 2004-2006 cycle, the on Nippon Life’s website. data continues to be encourag- liams said, speaking with report- showed. Williams said that the Fed, under Alan Greenspan and The proportion of life insur- energy sector ing, San Francisco Fed President ers at the University of California pace of increases is the “most later Ben Bernanke, raised rates ance to gross domestic prod- John Williams said, adding that at Berkeley on Saturday. important thing” to communi- 17 times in quarter-point incre- uct was 8.6 percent in Japan in the slope of increases after an Williams’ comments come at cate, and that “we definitely do ments and at the time announced 2014, according to calculations by DOHA: GE Power is providing initial move is “most important.” a time when the Fed is trying not want to, either through our it expected to remove accommo- Bloomberg based on Swiss Re AG transformative software service The US central bank’s policy- to assess whether it has drawn actions or our words, indicate a dation “at a pace that is likely to data. That compares to 3.8 per- solutions for industrial plants setting Federal Open Market close enough to accomplishing preference or a very mechanical be measured.” cent in Australia. Thorburn said in the energy sector through Committee will convene in Wash- its dual mandate of maximum path of interest rates.” Williams also said data have this give the companies room to its partnerships with RasGas in ington on Dec 15-16 to discuss a employment and price stability Policy makers, including Fed been consistent with “core meas- increase penetration by coupling Qatar and Engro, Sapphire and possible policy move. to raise interest rates. “What I Chair Janet Yellen, have said that ures of inflation having stabilized the product development exper- Saif in Pakistan. Most economists in a Bloomb- have said, and I still hold to this, rate increases will be gradual and and maybe even starting to firm tise of Nippon Life with National The industrial Internet solu- erg survey and traders of federal is it was a close call,” Williams data-dependent. up some.” That assessment is Australia’s distribution network. tions by GE are powered by Pre- funds futures expect lift-off from said of the bank’s decision to hold “Since the economic data can important because policy makers Thorburn stressed the value of dix, the world’s first and only near-zero, where the bank’s key rates steady at its October meet- surprise on the upside and the have been eagerly watching for common business values between cloud-based operating system lending rate has been since 2008, ing. Since then, “the data, I think, downside, maybe there will be signs of life in price pressures: the the companies.“Despite the lan- built exclusively for industrial at that meeting. have been overall encouraging, some opportunities for us to Fed’s preferred inflation gauge has guage and cultural differences, assets, that bring unprecedented “Assuming that we continue to especially on the labour market. show that we’re data-dependent undershot their 2 percent target we have the ability through trust levels of productivity, efficiency get good data on the economy, con- The data show that the hiccup we by moving a little slower or a lit- since 2012. Williams has been an to be able to talk quickly about and asset optimisation. tinue to get signs that we’re mov- saw in a couple of labour reports tle more quickly,” Williams said. FOMC voting member in 2015. issues,” he said. “And you can’t Azeez Mohammed, President ing closer to achieving our goals” has reversed,” he said. “I do worry because of the epi- buy that.” & CEO, Power Services - Middle and are gaining confidence that The US in October added sode of the mid-2000s of locking BLOOMBERG BLOOMBERG East, North Africa, Sub-Sahara Africa, GE Power, said: “GE’s Industrial Internet is a game changer for the energy sector, enabling our partners in the region to optimise their assets for greater reliability, efficiency and MOQ MD talks value creation Hyundai unveils G90 productivity. This in turn helps to meet the growing demand DOHA: Maersk Oil Qatar Moller-Maersk Group — one of more than 1.5bn barrels of oil – DOHA: Hyundai Motor has launch earlier this month, we are for power. GE’s solutions bring (MOQ) Managing Director Lewis the world’s largest conglomerates and made a significant economic revealed the first rendering of delighted to release these concept higher power output at lower discussed value creation in the — and his views on creating and contribution to the Qatar. We its new range-topping G90 luxury images of our new large luxury cost through improved efficiency oil and gas industry, particularly driving value, particularly in a low currently produce around 300,000 sedan, said a statement yesterday. sedan. Africa and the Middle East across the energy spectrum — in a low oil price environment. oil price environment. barrels of oil per day, which is The elegantly designed, tech- has a taste for all things luxury from power generation to power He spoke at the HEC Paris Guest “Delivering value begins with over one third of Qatar’s daily oil nology packed model hits at therefore we are confident it will distribution to power users. The Lecture series this week, sharing understanding the context that production,” Affleck said. the recently-launched Genesis prove popular with our customer focus on predictive maintenance his experience in the oil and gas you’re operating in. Maersk is “Ensuring the safety of com- brand’s design identity and future base across both regions when it to avoid problems before they industry with master degree stu- not only committed to deliver- pany operations and staff is our direction. launches next year.” happen and the ability to drive dents and alumni at the business ing tangible contributions to the number one priority,” he asserted. Jin (James) Kim, Vice Presi- As the Genesis brand’s flag- performance improvement sup- school’s Doha campus. economy and society today, but “Safety is a pre-requisite for dent and Head of Operations for ship model, G90 is a blueprint port our partners in achieving As the largest offshore oil pro- we’re committed to Qatar for a successful business and the Hyundai Africa and Middle East, for change and innovation that higher returns and long-term ducer in Qatar, MOQ has a unique generations to come.” mindset and processes involved in said: “The G90 concept images of will distinguish the Genesis value for their assets.” understanding of one of the In support of realising Qatar’s ensuring a safe environment are this new luxury sedan are guar- brand. Majoring on ‘human-cen- Among the major partnerships world’s most complex oilfields, Al National Vision 2030 and in close quite similar to what it takes to anteed to instil confidence in tered’ technology combined with is the first global deployment of Shaheen. This specialist knowl- partnership with our partner run an effective organisation. We our customer base which is con- engaging driving dynamics, G90 GE’s APM solutions by RasGas, edge was a key attraction for Qatar Petroleum, our focus in are very pleased with the safety tinuously looking for world-class boasts a raft of world-best safety one of the world’s largest pro- around 50 guests who gathered at Maersk Oil is on the wise man- culture at Maersk Oil Qatar but design and new levels of luxury. features and technological inno- ducers of LNG in Qatar. Created Tornado Tower for a presentation agement of the country’s natural there is always more that can be This model will arrive next year vations to set itself apart in the specifically to meet the needs of giving insight into running safe, resources to help maximise recov- done. As leaders and future lead- and it will be the first of six new luxury market. the LNG sector, the Predix Cloud sustainable and efficient opera- ery and deliver a stable produc- ers – it should always be our goal Genesis models which will launch Hyundai Motor created the solution is projected to extend the tions in Qatar. tion plateau from the Al Shaheen to further improve performance,” in Africa and the Middle East by Genesis brand for a new genera- life of RasGas assets. It will also Affleck walked the audience field. he said to the group. 2020.” tion of discerning consumers. lower operating costs through through his role as an execu- By applying our technology and Following the global announce- greater efficiencies and optimise tive at Maersk Oil, part of A P experience, we have produced THE PENINSULA ment of the Genesis brand THE PENINSULA product chain across assets. Marking the effective integra- tion of big data and advanced ana- lytics, the path-breaking solution will support process optimisation across RasGas operations. It will capture and analyse the unique Retailers cautious ahead of US shopping season volume, velocity and variety of machine data within a highly NEW YORK: Lackluster earn- a drop in sales to foreign tour- obviously put pressure on our own secure, industrial-strength cloud ings reports from retailers have ists because of the strong dollar margins.” environment, leading to higher raised questions about whether and the need to sharply discount Inventory levels at auto dealers, reliability in operation and opti- the 2015 holiday shopping sea- a glut of cold-weather merchan- furniture stores, home improve- mising resource use efficiency. son will bring as much of a boost dise that has not moved due to ment centres and department Serving as a one-stop optimised to the US economy as hoped. unseasonably warm weather. stores all rose in September, lift- solution, it benefits the LNG sec- Apparel giant Gap and kitchen “I wish I could say it’s going ing the inventory-to-sales ratio tor in scaling up its efficiencies and home furnishings chain to get ice cold across the coun- in that month to the highest level and productivity to meet the Williams-Sonoma late this week try,” Macy’s chief executive Terry since May 2009, according to a future growth goals of RasGas. became the latest big US retail- Lundgren said in a November 11 report by consultancy IHS. In Pakistan, GE Power has ers to slash their profit forecast conference call with Wall Street IHS projects a 3.5 percent rise announced three new significant for the critical December quarter. analysts. in holiday retail sales in 2015 com- contracts. The first is with Engro The grim forecasts raised “But you can see in our forecast pared with last year. Powergen Qadirpur Limited, a 217 doubts about whether an improv- for the fourth quarter we are not Growth of 3.5 percent is “a MW independent power project ing US jobs market and lower expecting that.” pretty strong forecast,” said and the only green facility of its gasoline prices will translate “We’re not selling lumber, so economist Chris Christopher, kind in the country, to provide into a holiday boon for retailers. I can’t carry the lumber over to adding that the economic effects Industrial Internet solutions that Consumer spending accounts for 2016 and sell it at the same price are mixed. will enhance operational perform- about 70 percent of US economic next year. We’re selling fashion “Consumers are benefitting, People walk by Macy’s Herald Square in New York. Lackluster earnings ance and power plant reliability. activity. apparel, so we’re going to mark but retailers are having a hard reports from retailers have raised questions about whether the shopping Earlier in November, Macy’s that inventory down. That will time,” he said. season will bring as much of a boost to the US economy as hoped. THE PENINSULA also gave a dim outlook, citing be good for consumers but it will AFP MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS Five years into austerity, Minigrids seen as fix for Britain readies for more cuts By William Schomberg Africans without power FTER laying off nearly half its staff over the last five years, scaling back street cleaning and relying on volun- teers to work at some of its libraries, the London borough By Anna Hirtenstein needed to keep a 50- watt lightbulb going underwriting the cost of €17m ($18.3m). Aof Lewisham is getting ready for what could be much continuously, according to data from the “A single-house solar panel system is great, more painful spending cuts. OWER grids that work at a frac- International Energy Agency. but it just powers a lightbulb or two,” said Officials in Lewisham’s town hall, like those across the country, tion of the scale of a traditional Minigrids are increasingly viable because Joao Duarte Cunha, coordinator of the Sus- know they will have to shoulder much of finance minister George utility have gained support from rapidly falling costs for wind and solar mean tainable Energy Fund for Africa. “A mini- Osborne’s renewed push to fix Britain’s budget. Osborne is due to banks and developers as a way to developers have many more options than grid can power businesses and stimulate the announce on Wednesday the details of a new spending squeeze bring power to the 620 million diesel generators for powering the systems. local economy.” which, according to International Monetary Fund data, ranks Ppeople across Africa that lack access to Minigrids also are cheaper and quicker to The African Development Bank is sup- as the most aggressive austerity plan among the world’s rich electricity. build than a traditional utility with a coal porting that project, part of an ambition to economies between now and 2020. It is also a gamble by Osborne, From Kenya to Equatorial Guinea, com- plant at the middle and high-voltage power triple annual financing for projects aimed at a leading contender to be the next prime minister, that voters panies, including Italy’s biggest utility Enel lines radiating out to customers. combating global warming to $5bn by 2020. can stomach more cuts. SpA and General Electric Co of the US, are Enel is developing a minigrid system in It’s backing more renewables as costs plunge. He rejects accusations that his insistence on a budget surplus building minigrids that distribute power to western Kenya for 100 villages. It will run on “The costs were the biggest challenge to by the end of the decade is a choice, saying Britain needs fiscal villages instead of whole nations. solar panels and wind turbines, with battery building renewables in Africa, but this is strength to fight off future shocks to the economy. A plunge in the cost of renewables has storage and diesel generators as back-up no longer the case,” said Alex Rugamba, As in the first five years of his austerity push — which Osborne opened a new source of power for minigrids. for nights and when there’s no breeze. Con- director of the African Development Bank’s originally hoped would wipe out the budget deficit — he plans to While these smaller electricity networks struction is due to begin in three months, department of energy, environment and cli- spare Britain’s health service, schools and foreign aid budget from deliver only a trickle of electricity, they’re and it will have a capacity of 1 to 2 mega- mate change, by phone. “There is a huge his new cuts and will increase defence spending. demonstrating a way to bring energy to watts when complete. Enel is working with untapped potential in our continent. We That means that cuts for unprotected areas of government, the poorest areas without lifting pollution. a Nairobi-based company called Powerhive have to mobilize private financing, create such as local councils, will be all the deeper. Kevin Bonavia, a Institutions including the African Develop- and Arizona panel maker First Solar Inc. enabling environments on the policy front.” councillor who oversees Lewisham’s budget, said the borough ment Bank are supporting them as a way General Electric of the US along with The bank expects the project in Tanzania had just agreed to merge computing teams with another one on to balance goals on economic growth and Princeton Power Systems and MAECI Solar to create 500 businesses in addition to the the other side of London as it seeks to make more savings in its global warming, promising the industry will are working on a sun-powered minigrid on 2,600 in the area that will be supplied by back-office operations and protect services. expand beyond a few pilot projects. the island of Annobon in Equatorial Guinea. the minigrid. The project will eventually But voters are likely to notice the cuts more in the years ahead “If you go back 130 years in Europe, elec- The unit will have a capacity of 5 megawatts expand to connect 500,000 people, said Leo than they have done so far. Rubbish bins may no longer be emptied trification started with a minigrid,” Franc- and will be operational by the end of 2016. Schiefermueller, managing director of Ter- weekly. Delivery of cooked meals could be replaced with help for esco Starace, chief executive officer of Enel, Its $56m cost was financed by the govern- raProjects. people in need to do their own online shopping. said in an interview. “There was a rich man, ment of the oil-rich nation. “We believe up to 120 million, about 20 Lewisham will also have to find savings in the way it provides his house, his factory and a small power In Tanzania, a partnership dubbed percent of the people in non-electrified social care for the elderly and children, which accounts for the plant. Eventually his workers got hooked Jumeme Rural Power Supply Ltd. is build- regions in Africa, could be connected to lion’s share of its spending. up, and then transmission lines were laid. ing a 5-megawatt minigrid for 16 villages in minigrids,” Schiefermueller said by phone. “We are always trying to rationalise. But we have to do it at Slowly we got the system we have the nation’s northwestern region. Austrian “I see renewables as the future for Africa,” pace now, and when you do it at pace, you can make mistakes,” today. We don’t see any reason why Africa renewables developer Terra Projects EU, said Angeli Hoekstra, Africa power and util- Bonavia, a member of the opposition Labour Party, said. It’s not shouldn’t do the same.” Germany’s Inensus GmbH and St Augus- ities leader at the consulting firm PwC. “An just Labour politicians who are worried about the latest spend- Africa’s needs for power are immense. tine University of Tanzania are involved especially big opportunity is using them for ing squeeze. The Conservative leader of a council in Oxfordshire The continent has more than 620 million in the project. The European Commis- the development of off-grid systems.” recently wrote a blunt letter to Prime Minister David Cameron people who lack access to electricity, and sion and the Sustainable Energy Fund for to spell out the challenge of funding care for the elderly and consumption per capita is less than what’s Africa along with private investors are WP-BLOOMBERG children after Cameron had complained about cuts to front-line services in the area, where he has a family home.

POLICE CUTS TOO Britain’s police departments and the justice system, which runs courts, are also likely to bear the brunt of further cuts. Ben Priestley, an official with public sector workers’ union Unison, said the number of police community support officers (PCSOs) -- who typically work most closely with local people but cannot make arrests—had been cut by 27 percent since 2010 and some regional forces might have to lay them all off. “The penny will gradually drop for the public,” Priestly said. “We might only see police officers when they speed by at 60 miles per hour with their blue lights flashing.” Osborne acknowledges that his spending cuts will be painful. But he also says that Britain is learning to do more with less. He points to statistics which show crime has fallen by more than a quarter since 2010, despite a 23 percent cut in the interior ministry’s budget since then, and surveys which show stable or rising satisfaction with local services. As well as the departmental spending cuts that he is due to announce on Wednesday, Osborne has to tweak his plan for big savings in Britain’s welfare budget after an original proposal to scale back tax credits for lower-earning households was rejected in a rare rebellion by the upper house of parliament.

WILL VOTERS REBEL? Some economists say the scale of the austerity plan is too ambi- tious to achieve in its entirety. “We are pretty confident that the government manages to get the deficit down but it will be at a somewhat slower pace than the government plans,” said Kathrin Muehlbronner, senior vice-president of sovereign risk at ratings agency Moody’s. A bigger risk for Osborne is that voters start to feel the spending cuts more acutely and reject his case for them. Katharine Peacock, managing director of polling firm ComRes, said Cameron and Osborne won the 2010 election because voters trusted them to fix an economic crisis with austerity. “It’s more complex now,” Peacock said. “Do the public understand when George Osborne is saying on one hand, there are green shoots in the economy and things are improving - but we still have to cut? It’s more challenging to argue that now.”

REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Contacts in your mobile phone may get you loans

By Sangwon Yoon oping world is driving down the central predictor of creditwor- can germinate a more accurate personal daily routine. People who smoke, be obese or promiscuous. cost for traditional lenders to sell thiness — character. They are algorithm. charge the same amount of air- Kreditech’s Diemer added peo- HEY have no bank financial products to an emerg- unlocking “unbanked” adults, most First Access, a New York-based time on the same day every week ple are more likely to be better account, no credit score, ing middle class. For Wall Street, of whom are in emerging markets startup, mines data stored on Tan- are better credit risks than those borrowers if they have friends who no financial identity. So this translates into a new potential where annual consumption will zanian and Kenyan borrowers’ who purchase a large amount, pay back their loans on time. Ta quarter of humanity asset class to invest in: consumer reach $30tr by 2025, according to mobile phones to recommend a then let their accounts sit empty, Lenddo’s patented credit score hasn’t been able to borrow money. retail loans in emerging markets, McKinsey & Co. loan amount to banks and micro- according to Van Der Tuin of First measuring social standing helped Until now. the engines of future global eco- Kreditech, based in Hamburg, finance lenders within 90 seconds. Access. When phones stay in the a Latin American lender halve the Several dozen startups say they nomic growth. Germany, is the largest of the new The proprietary algorithms same place every day, that is often number of defaults, issue more have developed ways to bring those “If any one of these models companies and does not lack for can cut down clients’ underwrit- a sign that the owner is at work. loans and deploy more capital, 2 billion people into the interna- succeed, the ramifications are ambition. It sees its future as the ing costs by more than 92 percent, Moreover, in emerging mar- said Stewart. At the same time, tional financial system, monitoring enormous for both the financial Amazon of consumer lending in according to co-founder and CEO ket countries mobile phones are much of the focus of these new cell phone use and other personal services sector and international emerging markets, said Sebastian Nicole Van Der Tuin. Its back- increasingly serving as ledgers of companies is on the emerging habits to predict creditworthi- development,” said Paul Chris- Diemer, one of the two founders ers include Capital One Financial money movement. So monitoring middle class rather than the very ness. For example, people who tensen, a professor of finance at who is now chief executive officer. Services co-founder Nigel Morris phone records becomes a simple poor since neither character nor don’t let their phone batteries Northwestern University in Illi- It has raised more than €306.5m and The Social Entrepreneurs’ substitute for examining a bank social standing can make up for run low tend to do the same for nois. “A whole new market could ($328m) in debt and equity since Fund, Bill Ackman’s venture cap- account. ability to pay. their debt balance. Borrowers who open up.” The companies say its founding in 2012. Its financiers ital fund investing in businesses At the same time, traditional World Bank President Jim Yong get more calls than they make are that phone use, web browsing include Thiel, New York-based pri- that promote financial inclusion. credit risk assessments, accord- Kim in April launched a cam- better risks, and applicants who and social media, utility payment vate equity firm J C Flowers & Co., Some of the new companies ing to the startups, have ignored paign to achieve universal finan- state their loan purpose in a few records and psychometric tests all and venture capital firm Amadeus have created their own surveys to the added importance of social cial access by 2020 and he has words are better borrowers than give lenders new ways to replicate, Capital Partners. measure reliability. EFL Global capital. Beyond serving as de encouraged the new approaches those who end up writing an essay. within seconds, the traditionally From online shopping history has designed a 30-minute test that facto bank statements, mobile of the startups. At the same time, While some of it may seem far- deliberate work of loan officers. to geo-location for mobile phone doesn’t require Internet access and online footprints indicate the new companies are unlikely fetched at first glance, there are Since phones are increasingly used calls, the firm’s algorithmic mod- yet can be taken on both mobile how well borrowers are treated to replace traditional lenders or now 40 companies — some with to store and transfer money, they els generate as many as 20,000 devices and computers. Revolu- by their community. credit bureaus. Rather, they will backing from Peter Thiel and also carry a great deal of informa- data points. Whenever Kreditech tionCredit, based in California, has Jeff Stewart, founder and chair- probably complement them, said Pierre Omidyar — who say they tion about creditworthiness. enters a new market, it seeds developed puzzles and games that man of Singapore-based startup Alex Johnson, senior analyst at are opening a new frontier. Their In essence, these firms say, the its operations by providing €100 will test and then teach financial Lenddo, says one’s friends are Mercator Advisory Group. credit scores and loans issued via data measure what John Pierpont starter loans to all applicants and basics to loan applicants. predictors for creditworthiness mobile phones across the devel- Morgan a century ago called the generates financial histories that A key to creditworthiness is just as they are for propensity to WP-BLOOMBERG MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

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Auto workers approve new Ford, GM labour contracts MICHIGAN: Labour peace returned to skilled-trades group — which includes turn down the deal. “If not now, when America and the companies increasingly average Ford production worker’s pay Detroit after the United Auto Workers employees such as plumbers, electri- will we get it back?” willing to move production to Mexico, by $32,513 over the life of the contract, voted to approve new contracts with cians and millwrights — within the union With vehicle sales booming and the Dziczek said. The UAW also doesn’t according to the union. Skilled-trades Ford Motor Co and General Motors Co, rejected it. UAW rules require approval companies making billions, autoworker have the clout it once did. As the Big workers’ total compensation will grow wrapping up one of the most lucrative from production workers and the trades expectations have been high. Veteran Three’s dominance of the U.S. market an average of $35,098 over four years, rounds of negotiations for the union group but gives the leadership override workers went almost a decade without has declined over the decades, so has the union said. Those calculations don’t after it offered concessions to help the authority if there’s majority support. raises, while new hires started on “second the union’s membership and power. “We include profit-sharing, which totaled Big Three US automakers get through Union leaders met with GM, which tier” wages that were half what senior used to have 97 percent of the market and more than $30,000 a worker during the the recession and two bankruptcies. agreed to changes that protect core staff earned. Leading up to negotia- now we’ve got 47 percent, so it’s not like past four years. In a narrow victory, Ford’s US union trades classifications and seniority rights, tions this year, UAW President Dennis it was,” said Bernie Ricke, president of The vote came down to the 8,200 work- workers voted to accept a four-year the UAW said in a statement. The union’s Williams repeatedly promised workers UAW Local 600, which represents work- ers at Ford’s famous Rouge complex in contract that included across-the-board council of local leaders concluded that the that this round of talks represented “our ers at the F-150 truck plant in Dearborn. Dearborn, built by Henry Ford almost a raises, $9bn in factory investments and skilled-trades issues were addressed and time” to recover what had been given up. Ricke, speaking at an unusual press century ago to manufacture the Model A. $10,000 in bonuses per member. The deal gave it their unanimous support. The Ford agreement, patterned on conference to get out the yes vote for the These days, the plant is working overtime was ratified by 51.3 percent of produc- UAW members have demanded a deals at Fiat Chrysler and GM, provides a contract, said: “There’s pent-up frustra- to pump out as many aluminum-bodied tion workers and 52.4 percent of skilled- greater payback for helping their com- path for newer workers to climb to senior tion because we went through a very F-150 pickups as it can, Walkowicz said. trades workers, the UAW said late Friday panies survive the recession. Workers wages of about $29 an hour over an eight- bad economic time and now they see the That model, Ford’s best-seller and biggest in an e-mailed statement. at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV year period. Those second- tier workers company making billions. But there’s a moneymaker, is a key reason the com- “This agreement provides a good foun- turned down the first contract offer in had topped out just above $19 an hour. delicate balance. At the end of the day, pany’s North American pretax operating dation for Ford Motor Company, our September, sending the union’s negotia- Veteran workers will receive 3 percent you can get $50 an hour, but if you don’t income almost doubled to a record $2.7bn employees and our communities as we tors back to the bargaining table for a pay increases in the first and third year have a job, it doesn’t mean anything.” in the third quarter. work together to create an even stronger sweeter deal that passed by a 3-to-1 mar- of the accord, and 4 percent lump-sum The Ford deal, the richest of the The GM contract, which includes business in the years ahead,” John gin. At Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford, payments in the second and fourth years. three contracts, promises $9bn in fac- raises as well as bonuses and improved Fleming, Ford’s Executive Vice President, the only Detroit-area automaker not to “There was a lot of pressure for more tory upgrades and expansions that cre- benefits, is expected to keep labour costs Global Manufacturing and Labor Affairs, go bankrupt in 2009, the 52,900 UAW raises and to get rid of the second tier ate or preserve 8,500 jobs in the US. “At per vehicle stable, according to the Center said in an e-mailed statement. members expected even more. even faster,” said Kristin Dziczek, direc- the bargaining table, you can get raises for Automotive Research. The pact lets GM finally got its agreement with the “After all the sacrifices and all the tor of the labor and industry group at the or you can get jobs,” Dziczek said. “The GM use more temporary workers, and union ratified without adding significant years of concessions, now is the time Center for Automotive Research in Ann union negotiators tried to get both, but with some of its older, higher-paid staff costs to the contract after revising some to get it back and people felt they Arbor, Michigan. “Expectations were not workers wanted more raises.” retiring, the company can replace them work rules to appease the skilled-trades weren’t getting enough back,” said Gary managed well and actually were raised by The Ford contract includes $10,000 in with lower-paid new employees and offset employees. The accord had hit a snag ear- Walkowicz, a union bargaining commit- the UAW with ‘it’s our time”’ rhetoric. bonuses upon ratification. Wage increases raises, a study by the centre concluded. lier this month. Even though a majority teeman at Ford’s F-150 truck factory in The US industry faces new challenges, of $10,633, plus a variety of bonuses and of UAW members voted in favour, the Dearborn, who encouraged workers to with the highest labor costs in North guaranteed payouts would boost the BLOOMBERG MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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NOVO How to play Kakuro: SCREEN 1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) SHOWING AT KAKURO The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any 11:45am, 2:30, 5:15. 8:00pm & 10:45pm VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells SCREEN 2 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) TEL: 444933989 / 444517001 like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, 10:15am, 1:00, 3:45, 6:30, 9:15 & 11:55pm some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some SCREEN 3 Spectre (2D/Action) 10:20am, 1:20, 4:20, 7:20 & 10:20pm cells will contain two numbers. SCREEN 4 Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 11:30am, 3:00, 6:30 & 10:00pm However, in a crossword the numbers reference SCREEN 5 A Perfect Day (2D/Drama) 10:00am, 12:00, 4:00, 8:00 & 11:50pm clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! Unconscious (2D/Drama) 2:10, 6:10 & 10:10pm They denote the total of the digits in the row or SCREEN 6 Tiger House (2D/Action) 11:00am, 12:50, 2:40, 4:30, 6:20, 8:10, 10:00 & 11:50pm column referenced by the number. SCREEN 7 Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 10:00am, 2:40, 7:20 & 11:50pm Within each Steve Jobs (2D/Drama) 12:10, 4:50 & 9:30pm collection of cells SCREEN 8 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) - called a run - any 11:00am, 2:00, 4:45, 7:30 & 10:15pm of the numbers 1 SCREEN 9 Spectre (2D/Action) 11:00am, 2:00, 5:00, 8:00 & 11:00pm to 9 may be used SCREEN 10 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2 (2D/Adventure) 2:30, 8:30 & 11:30pm but, like sudoku, Spectre (2D/Action) 11:30am & 5:30pm each number may only be used once. MALL

Yesterday’s SCREEN 1 Tiger House (2D/Action) 2:30 & 11:30pm answer Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 4:00pm Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 6:00pm Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 9:00pm SCREEN 2 Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 2:00pm The Hero Of Color City (2D/Animation) 4:30pm The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pm SCREEN 3 Vedalam (2D/Tamil) 2:00pm ALL IN THE MIND A Perfect Day (2D/Drama) 4:30pm Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 6:30pm Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 9:00pm vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. Spectre (2D/Action) 11:00pm

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SCREEN 1 Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 2:00 & 6:30pm Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 4:30 & 9:00pm Vedalam (2D/Tamil) 10:45pm SCREEN 2 The Hero Of Color City (2D/Animation) 2:30pm The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure) Hoy en la Historia 4:00, 9:00 & 11:15pm Spectre (2D/Action) 6:30pm November 23, 1995 SCREEN 3 A Perfect Day (2D/Drama) 2:15 & 5:30pm Film director Louis Malle died. Tiger House (2D/Action) 4:00pm Associated with the “New Wave” Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 7:30pm Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 10:30pm in French cinema in the 50s and 60s, his best known films include ROYAL PLAZA Au Revoir les Enfants 1961:    SCREEN 1 Hatched : Chicks Gone Wild (2D/Animation) 2:30pm        The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 (2D/Adventure)       4:00, 6:30, 8:45 & 11:15pm SCREEN 2 Spectre (2D/Action) 2:30pm 1997: One of the world’s biggest Eyal Hareefa (2D/Arabic) 5:00 & 8:30pm securities houses, Japan’s Yamaichi Tiger House (2D/Action) 7:00pm Corporation, went bankrupt Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 10:30pm 2005:        ASIAN TOWN BALLET, BALLROOM, BARN DANCE, BELLY DANCING,    £    BOLERO, BREAK DANCING, CHA CHA CHA,    Vedalam (Tamil) 3:15, 5:00 & 10:00pm CHARLESTON, CLOG DANCING, CONGA, DISCO, FANDANGO, FLAMENCO, FOXTROT, GAVOTTE, 2009: The world’s largest mass Amar Akbar Anthony (2D/ Malayalam) 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, HIGHLAND FLING, IRISH JIG, JIVE, LINE DANCING, immunisation against yellow fever 10:00 & 11:00pm MINUET, PAS DE DEUX, PASO DOBLE, POLKA, began, targeting 12 million in Africa Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2D/Hindi) 5:00pm QUICKSTEP, RAIN DANCE, REEL, RUMBA, SAMBA, Thoongaa Vanam (2D/Tamil) 7:00pm SQUARE DANCE, SWORD DANCE, TANGO, TAP DANCING, ! "#$  '& !'(#) TARANTELLA, TWIST, TWO STEP, WALTZ. MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 ICC President Abbas hails concept of day-night Tests As far as I am concerned, it is a common-sense decision, says Abbas

DUBAI: The president of crick- one-day innovations, with play- et’s governing body yesterday ers in coloured clothing compet- hailed the concept of day-night ing under floodlights. “Packer saw Test matches, days before Aus- that cricket at the top level is a tralia play New Zealand in the profession and that the best play- first-ever such match. ers should be paid accordingly. Zaheer Abbas, President of Players ever since, now wealthy the International Cricket Coun- through playing the game, can cil (ICC), said he sees the idea give thanks to him for that view.” of such matches as “thoroughly The fact that the Adelaide Test enlightened”. starting Friday will be the series “The sceptics and critics might decider -- after Australia won the call it a leap in the dark but I pre- first Test in Brisbane while the fer to view the decision to play second at Perth was drawn -- will day-night Test cricket -- a con- add to its attraction. cept set to become reality when Abbas believes day-night Tests Australia plays New Zealand in can give the public, whether work- Adelaide -- as thoroughly enlight- ing people or schoolchildren, the ened,” Abbas wrote in his column chance to watch or listen to the for the ICC website. game at a time that suits them. The innovation is intended to A pink coloured cricket ball that will be used during the first ever Test “Ultimately it is all about main- attract more spectators. later this month. RIGHT: ICC President Zaheer Abbas. taining the relevance of Test Abbas, himself a former Paki- cricket, a format I was brought up stani batting great, said he had on and one I continue to cherish.” a good experience of day-night World Series Cricket in 1977 and point to one where we are now Abbas said success for day- Detroit Pistons’ guard Spencer Dinwiddie (8) dribbles between matches when he played for Aus- it was through my involvement looking forward to our first Test night Tests would not usher in Washington Wizards’ Ramon Sessions (7) and Garrett Temple (17) dur- tralian tycoon Kerry Packer in that I was exposed to day-night under lights. wholesale changes. “To even hint ing the third quarter of their game at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Wizards the 1970s. “I speak from experi- matches for the first time,” wrote “But although it has taken at that is mischievous and mis- won 97-95. ence, as one of a group who you Abbas. some time to get here, as far as leading. After all, day-night Test could call floodlit cricket pioneers. Abbas said it “seems remark- I am concerned it is a common- cricket would not suit all coun- I was one of the players signed able that it has taken 38 years for sense decision.” Abbas said play- tries or all conditions.” up by Kerry Packer to be part of our great sport to move from that ers must be thankful to Packer’s AF P NBA: Spurs in Buttler admires De Villiers tough win over DUBAI: Swashbuckling England wicket- and other big hit- ing Test series. keeper batsman Jos Buttler (pictured) has ters. “For the guys to win the series here is going admitted he follows South African master “The consistency to breed a lot of confidence in that changing- blaster AB de Villiers in batting, which led he (De Villiers) room.” him to smash the fastest one-day hundred shows is mind- Buttler said he got rhythm after a few shots. the Grizzlies for his country. blowing, to score “You just tend to get into a rhythm, and Buttler, 25, smashed 52-ball 116 not out in at that rate. Eve- everything is working well - and you just react NEW YORK: Games between NBA RESULTS the fourth day-night international against ryone is watching to the ball that comes down. the San Antonio Spurs and the Sacramento 97 Orlando 91 Pakistan in Dubai on Friday, completing his the game evolve, “A lot is pre-meditated, but you try to have Memphis Grizzlies are usually hundred off just 46 balls. and every player an option if it’s not in the area you think it’s more grit than gold and the Indiana 123 Milwaukee 86 It was the joint seventh fastest one-day is a cricket fan, so going to be - so you’re not over-committed. Spurs’ 92-82 victory over the Cleveland 109 Atlanta 97 hundred in all one-day cricket. they watch a lot of “What it’s done, coming back against the Grizzlies on Saturday was the lat- Washington 97 Detroit 95 De Villiers holds the record for the fast- cricket. To see guys white ball for me is I’m just watching the est in that vein of battles not rec- Miami 96 Philadelphia 91 est one-day hundred off 31 balls he smashed like him and all the ball and playing - taking away ‘where my off- ommended for the faint of heart. NyY Knicks 107 Houston 102 against the West Indies at Johannesburg in others who do that stump is’ and all that. Forward Kawhi Leonard scored San Antonio 92 Memphis 82 January this year. sort of thing, you England skipper Eoin Morgan said Buttler’s 19 points and guard Tony Parker Buttler said the invention of Twenty20 and want to emulate knock dumbed everyone in the dressing room. had 18, all in the first half, as the De Villiers are reasons for his big hitting. that.” “I think we were lost for words in the San Antonio remained unbeaten “As everyone always says, the invention of Buttler said the knock was satisfying for changing room,” said Morgan. at home. S tar James Twenty20, and someone like De Villiers is him after being dropped from the Test series “So many were used to describe it - but one The Spurs (10-3) led just 86-80 someone who’s changed the game completely, following the second match at the same that wasn’t was a surprise. We’re very privi- in the final minute but got back- storms off in and everyone else is wanting to follow his ground. leged to work, train day in day out with Jos. to-back running floaters from lead,” said Buttler. “To come back to this ground, having been The ability he shows there all came together forward Tim Duncan and a three- frustration as His knock included eight sixes and ten dropped after the Test match here and have a for him. point dagger from Leonard with boundaries and helped his team to 355-5. Paki- bit better day is obviously immensely satisfy- “It was just absolutely incredible - certainly 16 seconds remaining and the stan were bowled out for 271, giving an 84-run ing,” said Buttler of Dubai stadium. the best one-day knock I’ve ever seen in an shot clock ticking down to clinch Cavaliers romp win and s 3-1 series triumph to England. Buttler said England’s one-day win spurred England shirt.” their sixth win of the season at Buttler said he likes to emulate De Villiers the team after their 2-0 defeat in the preced- REUTERS the AT&T Center. CLEVELAND: LeBron James The victory snapped Memphis’ walked off the court in frustration season-best four-game winning at bad passes and silly turnovers streak. on Saturday -- and that was with “Memphis played well in the Cleveland leading by a game-high fourth quarter to bring the lead 26 points in an NBA romp over back to single digits,” Leonard Atlanta. Big day for winger said. “We just kept fighting on The superstar playmaker had the defensive end and made some 19 points, 11 rebounds and eight good plays down the stretch.” assists while Kevin Love had 25 The two teams combined for 35 points and 11 rebounds to spark Benn in 3-0 win turnovers, 18 for the Spurs. San the Cavaliers, who boosted the Antonio coach Gregg Popovich best record in the Eastern Con- NEW YORK: Dallas winger Washington Capitals jumped out refused to use the excuse that the ference to 10-3. But the most Jamie Benn scored two goals, to a 4-0 lead after one period en Spurs are still trying to figure out memorable moment in the rout Tyler Seguin had two assists and route to a 7-3 victory over the their new lineup and rotation for came when James watched Jared goaltender Antti Niemi stopped Colorado Avalanche. its ragged, if winning, effort. Cunningham throw a bad pass out all 22 shots he faced as the Stars The 23-year-old Kuznetsov “No, that was a sign of a team of bounds, then abruptly signalled defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-0 at assisted on two of Washington’s playing poorly,” Popovich dead- to be replaced by a substitute and American Airlines Center. first four tallies and provided panned. stormed off the court for a seat Benn recorded both of his some breathing room with a Guard Manu Ginobili, back on the bench. goals in the third period, scoring power-play goal that made it 5-2 in the lineup after a two-game The Cavaliers didn’t have a power-play goal off a rebound at early in the third. absence with a sore hip, added enough time to get a replacement 7:11 and then converting off the 15 points for San Antonio. Dun- into the game and were whistled rush 1:53 later at 9:04 for his 14th Senators 4, Flyers 0 can scored 10 points, eight in the for a technical foul for only having goal of the season. The Ottawa Senators ended a Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks celebrates after scoring on fourth quarter, and pulled down four players on the court. five-game homestand with their goalie Corey Crawford of the Chicago Blackhawks as Niklas Hjalmarsson 10 rebounds. “I blew a gasket,” said James, Sharks 3, Penguins 1 second straight shutout, down- The Grizzlies (7-7) got 16 points who apologised to his team-mates skates past in NHL action at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British San Jose’s Patrick Marleau got ing the Philadelphia Flyers 4-0 from guard Mike Conley. Mem- after the game. “He was frus- Columbia. his 1,000th career point, then at Canadian Tire Centre. phis reserve guard Courtney Lee trated, knew we weren’t playing added his 1,001st, with assists on Goalie Craig Anderson was scored 15 points and reserve for- right,” Cavaliers coach Dave Blatt goals by defenseman Brent Burns again the backbone, making 36 stripped the puck away, stepped and two assists, Suter leads the ward Matt Barnes had 10 points. said. “I understand his frustra- as the Sharks downed the Pitts- saves for his 31st career shutout in front of the net, faked a couple Wild in scoring with 19 points and “You have to get what you’re tion but obviously you shouldn’t burgh Penguins 3-1. and second of the season. Ander- of moves and then flipped a back- has 13 points in his last 11 games. trying to get offensively and right do that.” Phil Kessel scored for Pitts- son has now gone 132:34 since hand past Arizona goalie Anders now we are a little scattered,” Blatt said he didn’t like first burgh, who had won two in a row. allowing a goal. Lindback. Red Wings 4, Blues 3 (over- Grizzlies coach David Joerger said. half shot selection and lammented time) “We could be better, and not bad passes, turnovers and defen- Capitals 7, Avalanche 3 Lightning 5, Ducks 0 Rangers 5, Panthers 4 (over- Detroit winger Teemu Pulk- turn the basketball over. If we sive breakdowns in the second Evgeny Kuznetsov notched Tampa Bay goaltender Ben time) kinen’s power-play goal with 18.8 are going to struggle as much as half. “It was kind of disjointed a goal and two assists, and the Bishop picked up his first shutout New York center Rick Nash seconds left in overtime gave the we have offensively this season, in terms of how well we played of the season and center Steven had a hat-trick, including the Red Wings a 4-3 win over the St we can’t take too many posses- at some moments and then how NHL RESULTS Stamkos was a force on offence as game-winner on the power play Louis Blues. The Red Wings got sions off defensively. Tonight helter-skelter and off-keel we the Lightning blanked the Ducks in overtime, as the Rangers beat the power play with 1:56 left in San Antonio had too many times played at other moments,” Blatt Boston 2 Toronto 0 5-0 in a performance that sug- the Florida Panthers 5-4 at BB&T the overtime when Blues defense- where they just had a straight line said. “That’s not what we should Ottawa 4 Philadelphia 0 gests they may have finally turned Center. Mats Zuccarello and man Colton Parayko was called (to the basket) -- walk in, shoot, be. We know better than that, Tampa Bay 5 Anaheim 0 the corner. Viktor Stalberg also scored for for interference. layup.” let’s put it that way.” NY Rangers 5 Florida 4 New York (15-3-2). Center Marc Gasol had just The Cavaliers were down to San Jose 3 Pittsburgh 1 Jets 3, Coyotes 2 Canucks 6, Blackhawks 3 eight points and eight rebounds. regular starters with Russian Washington 7 Colorado 3 Jets winger Chris Thorburn Wild 4, Predators 0 Left winger Daniel Sedin “We took tougher shots than center Timofey Mozgov sidelined Winnipeg 3 Arizona 2 scored a sensational shorthanded Defenceman Ryan Suter’s scored three goals, two coming we should have, but that’s what by a right shoulder strain while goal in the third period to power three-point night and goaltender 2:01 apart in the third period, as San Antonio does to you,” Gasol star Kyrie Irving and his back- Detroit 4 St Louis 3 Winnipeg to a 3-2 victory over the Devan Dubnyk’s 23 saves led the the Vancouver Canucks defeated said. “They are a team that you court injury replacement, Mo Dallas 3 Buffalo 0 Arizona Coyotes. Minnesota Wild to a 4-0 win over the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3. can’t beat with one action.” Williams, were both absent. Minnesota 4 Nashville 0 Thorburn chased down Coyo- the Nashville Predators at the Vancouver 6 Chicago 3 tes defenceman Michael Stone, Xcel Energy Center. With a goal REUTERS REUTERS REUTERS MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Third consecutive title for Lee in Hong Kong The Malaysian beats Chinese world number ten Tian Houwei in straight sets after a marathon rally in final

HONG KONG: Former world title of the year, beating Japan’s number one Lee Chong Wei Nozomi Okuhara in a tightly Veteran Lee says he’s cemented his strong comeback fought marathon three sets. to the badminton circuit, taking The epic 84-minute final -- the his third consecutive Super Series longest match in the women’s title at the Hong Kong Open yes- competition this tournament -- not playing at his best terday. saw the world number one lose The Malaysian beat Chinese five match points before finally HONG KONG: Former world number one Lee Chong Wei won his world number ten Tian Houwei taking the crown 21-17, 18-21, third consecutive Super Series title at the Hong Kong Open yesterday, in straight sets 21-16, 21-15 to 22-20. but he said that he is not playing at his best. take the crown after a marathon After steaming through The Malaysian -- who has dominated world badminton for nearly a final rally. the first set, Marin was seven decade -- was forced off court by an eight-month doping ban, which “Today Tian played very well. points down in the second set. saw him drop out of the world rankings. He played a good defence because The Spaniard looked on course He returned to court in May, but made early exits from South Korea I just attacked,” said Lee. for victory early on in the third and Denmark in September and October respectively, prompting some Lee is on a winning streak until her Japanese rival had a to question whether the 33-year-old was past his prime. after taking back-to-back titles late surge. Lee has since won three consecutive titles in France, China and Hong in China and France in a strong “I think it was a tough match. Kong, and clawed his way back to sixth position in the world rankings. return from an eight-month dop- She had a good comeback at the But despite his recent performances, the veteran does not think ing ban earlier this year. end of the game but I tried to just he’s at the top of his game, and says he needs to regain some focus His recent performances have keep myself down and think posi- -- and avoid injury -- if he is to make a strong showing at next year’s silenced critics who questioned tive things that I can beat her,” Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. whether the 33-year-old -- a said Marin. “I know I’m not 100 percent, maybe 85 percent,” Lee said after his prominent fixture on the bad- Marin has had a strong year, win in the southern Chinese city. minton circuit for nearly a dec- defending her World Champion- “I think I lost some concentration and focus,” he added. ade -- was past his peak. He has ship title in August and shooting Next year’s Olympics could be the veteran player’s last chance to win his sights firmly set on next year’s up the rankings from number a so-far elusive gold. Lee has two silver medals -- from London and Olympics and on finally clinching eight to one. Beijing -- where on both occasions he was beaten to the top podium a gold. Okuhara took her first title at position by arch-rival Lin Dan of China. Lee has two silver medals -- a Super Series tournament on Lee downed badminton legend Lin on route to his victory at the from London and Beijing -- where home ground in September, beat- China Open last week, and then went on to beat current world number on both occasions he was beaten ing compatriot Akane Yamaguchi one Chen Long in the final. to the top podium position by in an all-Japanese final. He again overcame China’s Chen in the quarter-finals in Hong Kong, arch-rival Lin Dan. The 20-year-old had previously but avoided Lin after little-known Hong Konger Angus Ng managed “Now I (will) just concentrate beaten Marin, in last year’s semi- a shock win over the superstar in the second round. on qualifying for the Olympics, finals, but she then failed to take The Hong Kong Open was Lee’s final tournament of 2015, and he is and I want to get (to) the top four the title and fell to Taiwan’s Tai now focused on readying himself for next year. in the world,” said Lee, who finally Tzu-ying. “I am very tired (after) back-to-back tournaments and (now I will) returned to the top ten at the end “I could not win but I have con- just focus on not (getting any) injury and qualifying (for the Olym- of October after dropping out of fidence because I still managed to pics),” he said. the rankings during his ban. He catch up (in the third set) with Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia poses on the winner’s podium after defeat- But he was coy about whether that top podium position was on his is now ranked sixth. Marin, who is the world number ing Tian Houwei of China in the men’s singles badminton final match of mind. In the women’s competition, one,” said Okuhara. the Hong Kong Open at the Coliseum Arena in the Hung Hom district “I know everyone wants to win gold but I try not to think too much two-time world champion Caro- of Hong Kong yesterday. as (the) pressure is too much.” lina Marin of Spain took her sixth AFP AFP

Webber a Klitschko needs WBC belt champion in Alvarez beats Cotto to win world endurance to be a true champ: Lewis BERLIN:Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Lennox series Lewis says current champ Wladimir Klitschko, who faces Tyson Fury WBC middleweight title next Saturday, lacks the last final belt to be considered his legitimate ROME: Former Formula One successor. LAS VEGAS: Mexico’s Saul driver Mark Webber won the Klitschko, 39, will defend his IBF, WBA and IBO titles against Brit- ‘Canelo’ Alvarez beat Miguel world endurance championship ain’s Fury, 27, in Duesseldorf next Saturday having last tasted defeat Cotto on a unanimous points in Bahrain on Saturday with Por- more than a decade ago. decision to win the WBC world sche team-mates Brendon Hart- But Lewis, 50, says the Ukrainian giant needs to match his feat of middleweight title in Las Vegas ley and Timo Bernhard. adding the WBC title to consider himself a true champion across the on Saturday. The Australian, who left For- divisions. Alvarez, the pre-fight favourite, mula One at the end of 2013 after “For that, he needs to have every championship belt,” Lewis told lived up to his billing with a pow- Red Bull team mate Sebastian German daily Die Welt yesterday. erful display at the Mandalay Bay Vettel had won a fourth successive “I had them all.” Events Center as the 25-year-old championship, took the title after Lewis retired from boxing in 2004, but his points win over Evander improved his career record to his number 17 Porsche finished Holyfield in 1999 gave him all four major belts and he says he wants 46-1-1 (32 KOs). His only loss was fifth in the Six Hours of Bahrain. to see Klitschko bow out of professional boxing by achieving the same to Floyd Mayweather in 2013. The Australian-New Zealand- sweep of all four titles. All three judges agreed Alvarez German trio, who had to make two “In addition to the IBF and WBA belts you need to have the WBC had won the contest comfortably, unscheduled pitstops, prevailed by belt, that is the most important,” said Lewis. awarding him between nine and five points to became Porsche’s “No matter what Wladimir has to arrange, he still has to get this 11 of the 12 rounds. first world sportscar champions one belt. “We knew going into this fight since 1986. The Bahrain season- “If he does, he should say goodbye to boxing. It would be the perfect that it would be a difficult journey, ender was won by the number 18 end to a glittering career.” but I feel that I was the faster and Porsche of Switzerland’s Neel Jani, USA boxer Deontay Wilder, 30, is the current WBC champion and stronger fighter tonight,” Alvarez Germany’s Marc Lieb and French- Lewis says time is running out for Klitschko, who turns 40 next April. said. man Romain Dumas -- a victory “He will reach the point where he can no longer punish himself in “I wasn’t hurt by his punches. that ensured the title for the sister training like a 20 or 30-year-old,” said Lewis. I was fully prepared for what car by denying rivals Audi. “You reach the stage when you can’t just jump out bed and flog Cotto was going to do in the ring, Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico (left) absorbs a hard right from Saul ‘Canelo’ “We had a lot of problems and yourself. whether that was take a defence Alvarez of Mexico during their middleweight championship boxing it was very stressful. We got the “Also the risk of injury increases. The biological clock is ticking and stance or be the aggressor.” match, yesterday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, car home and we had enough it happens to be the toughest rival.” No sooner was the fight over Nevada. Alvarez captured the vacant World Boxing Council middle- points and enough wins to be The bout in Duesseldorf promises to be the battle of the giants with than talk turned to a possible weight title with a unanimous decision victory over Cotto. world champions,” said Webber. Fury at six foot nine inches (2.06m) enjoying a height advantage over clash with Kazak world champion While the Australian was savour- the six foot, five inches (1.98m) Klitschko. Gennady Golovkin, the unbeaten ing the moment, Vettel was also tri- But Lewis expects the champion to win comfortably to add to his WBA, IBF and interim WBC career fights, was stripped of the was absurd to me. And I prefer to umphant in London -- winning the record of 52 knockouts in 64 wins, while his last defeat of his three champion, nicknamed GGG. WBC world title earlier in the keep the money in my account. Race of Champions individual title. defeats was back in 2004. “I have respect for him, but if week after refusing to pay the “The organisation wants four Meanwhile, Alexander Rossi Fury has won all of his 24 fights to date with 18 knockouts, but his we do fight it’s going to be at my reported $300,000 sanctioning champions in every division just believes he could have done no world title challenge will be a step up. weight class,” Alvarez said. “I’m fee the organisation demanded. to earn a percentage from every- more in his bid to secure a full- “He (Klitschko) must have patience,” said Lewis. the champion, I don’t have to do Had the Puerto Rican won on body. And then we have to pay for time F1 race seat with Manor for “At some point, the moment will arise where you can use the what he wants.” After a relatively Saturday, the title would have their mistakes. next season. right.” even contest early, Alvarez estab- remained vacant. “I don’t need their belt. I have Rossi concluded his five-race Lewis says Klitschko will be able to unbalance his taller opponent lished his dominance over Cotto “I am not disappointed by enough belts in my house. And deal with Manor in Brazil, and “and other fighters have been put on the canvas, who were much with a devastating series of blows the WBC’s decision,” Cotto said with the money I saved, I can buy now the 24-year-old must wait to smaller”. in the eighth round. Cotto, who before Saturday’s fight. “It was all any belt I want.” discover if he will return for 2016 AFP lost for just the fifth time in 45 about money. The fee for this fight AFP as owner Stephen Fitzpatrick mulls over his driver line-up. The American brought the car home in all five races, finishing ahead of team-mate Will Stevens Unbeaten Vargas stops Japan’s Miura to take title in three - with the Briton retiring in one other - before losing out in LAS VEGAS: Mexico’s unde- the distance. Miura fell to 29-3 smashed Vargas with a powerful on, but his determination in the his first fight with Darleys Perez his final run at Interlagos. feated Francisco Vargas rose with two drawn, a nine-fight left to the face in the fourth wake of punch after punch to was declared a draw. “It’s always difficult to come in from his first career knockdown win streak snapped by his first round, sending the Mexican to the head only prompted Weeks But, in front of his home three-quarters of the way through to capture the World Boxing defeat since 2011. The 31-year-old the canvas for the first time in to stop the onslaught. town crowd at the Manchester a year,” Rossi said. Council super featherweight title Japanese southpaw was making his career and opening a deep cut Meanwhile, Britain’s Anthony Arena, Crolla’s powerful body “But to consistently be in front yesterday by dethroning Japanese his fifth defence of the crown he under Vargas’ right eye. Crolla became the World Boxing shot saw the 29-year-old stop his of the other car, in a lot of dif- champion Takashi Miura with a took from Gamaliel Diaz in 2013. Both fighters traded punishing Association (WBA) lightweight Colombian rival with 30 seconds ferent situations, weather condi- ninth-round stoppage. When the bout was halted, body shots over the next few champion yesterday less than a of the fifth round left in their tions and environments, was a In his first world title bout, the Miura was ahead on the rounds, testing the limits of each year after suffering a fractured rematch. very positive thing. I always look 30-year-old endured a fourth- scorecards of two of the judges other’s endurance. skull from being hit on the head Perez fell to the canvas and back and think, ‘yeah, that could round knockdown and a right eye and the third had scored the fight But it was Vargas who took the with a concrete slab in a brutal failed to beat the count, to the have gone better’, but from the nearly swollen shut to seize the evenly to that point. decisive edge early in the ninth street assault. joy of Crolla’s supporters. outside looking in, I think I’ve crown when referee Tony Weeks Vargas pounded Miura in the round, landing an uppercut left Crolla was attacked while It’s been an absolute roller- done a good job and proven I’m halted the bout after 1:31 of the opening round, the Asian fighter that stunned Miura and set the chasing a burglar away from coaster the last 12 months and more than capable of being in an ninth round. taking hard overhand rights to stage for a flurry of punches that his neighbour’s home in Greater this is the perfect finish,” Crolla F1 car and racing at this level.” Vargas improved to 23-0 with the head but still attacking. sent the champion down to the Manchester in December 2014. told Sky Sports afterwards. one draw with his 20th victory Miura battled back in the canvas. Having regained fitness, he was AGENCIES in a row and 17th triumph inside second and third rounds and Miura gamely rose and battled denied a world title in July when AGENCIES MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29

DP WORLD TOUR Rugby: Jones McIlroy wins European season CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES DUBAI: Complete fourth-round clash excites scores in the $8m DP World Tour Championship yesterday at the par- 72 Earth course of Jumeirah Golf Wallaby boss finale, tops money list again Estates: 267 Rory McIlroy (NIR) 68-68-65-66 Cheika 268 Andy Sullivan (ENG) 66-66-68- England’s Andy Sullivan finishes second with a card of 268 in Dubai 68 TWICKENHAM, UNITED 273 Branden Grace (RSA) 68-69-69- KINGDOM: Wallaby coach DUBAI: Rory McIlroy won Ahead of play, McIlroy prac- 67 Michael Cheika said he would put Dubai’s DP World Tour Cham- ticed his putting until almost the his longstanding friendship with pionship yesterday, overhauling last moment while Sullivan casu- 275 Francesco Molinari (ITA) 67-71- Eddie Jones on hold when the new overnight leader Andy Sullivan ally waited on the opening tee. 69-68, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) England boss arrives in Australia with four birdies on the back nine But the duo seemed at ease 71-65-70-69, Danny Willett for a three-Test series in June. to also be crowned Europe’s top with each other, amiably chatting (ENG) 68-70-67-70, Matthew The pair, who first knew each money earner for a third year in and joking as they walked the first Fitzpatrick (ENG) 68-69-68-70, other as forwards with Sydney four seasons. fairway. Emiliano Grillo (ARG) 69-64- club side Randwick, now find McIlroy carded a final round Sullivan, ranked 53 in the 71-71, Byeong-Hun An (KOR) themselves in charge of two of 70-68-66-71 66 to end with a 21-under aggre- world, sunk an eight-foot birdie rugby’s elite tier one nations. gate score of 267, having begun on the first after seeing McIlroy 276 Martin Kaymer (GER) 66-71- Friday saw the 55-year-old the day on 15 under, a shot adrift miss a 15-footer that ended just 71-68, Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) Jones given the task of reviv- of England’s Sullivan at the $8m short. 71-70-67-68, Patrick Reed ing England’s fortunes, after the European Tour’s season finale. Both birdied the second, Sulli- (USA) 70-65-68-73 2015 hosts’ first-round exit at the Playing partner Sullivan’s 68 van moving to 18 under and McIl- 279 Tyrrell Hatton (ENG) 69-69-72- World Cup, when he was installed left him on 268, one stroke short roy two adrift on 16 under. 69, Luke Donald (ENG) 69-72- as coach in succession to Stuart despite stretching his advantage On the par-three fourth, McIl- 68-70, Victor Dubuisson (FRA) Lancaster on a four-year con- early on as McIlroy seized control roy seemed perturbed after pull- 72-67-69-71, Chris Wood (ENG) tract. mid-round with seven birdies in ing his tee shot and although he 68-70-69-72, Jones, Australia’s coach when 11 holes. recovered with an 80-foot putt 280 Lee Slattery (ENG) 76-71-68-65, they lost the 2003 World Cup The four-time major winner to within four feet of the pin, he Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 70-74- final to England in Sydney, now could even afford to take a drop on scuffed his next effort for a bogey 68-68, Kristoffer Broberg (SWE) has the task of putting his own the 17th after finding the water, that gave Sullivan a three-stroke 70-73-67-70, Bernd Wiesberger stamp on the Red Rose brigade eventually recovering to make a advantage. (AUT) 72-65-72-71, Richie ahead of their Six Nations opener 40-foot bogey before sealing vic- The duo again picked up shots Ramsay (SCO) 71-70-68-71, away to Scotland at Murrayfield tory with a 12-inch par putt on with close range putts on hole five, on February 6. the final green. McIlroy’s the first of three succes- 281 Justin Rose (ENG) 71-66-78- But the end of the European “It’s probably the longest putt sive birdies that lifted the world 66, Rafa Cabrera-Bello (ESP) season is also set to see Jones 76-70-69-66, Pablo Larrazabal I’ve ever made for a bogey; I don’t number three to 18 under. lead England in Australia, with (ESP) 69-72-72-68, Kiradech think there’s been one that’s come Sullivan also birdied six but the reigning southern hemisphere Aphibarnrat (THA) 73-65-73- at a better time, so definitely the then bogeyed eight - his first Rugby Championship title-hold- 70, Thomas Pieters (BEL) best bogey of my career,” the dropped shot in 22 holes - as his ers underlining their credentials 69-69-73-70, Anthony Wall Northern Irishman told report- lead was reduced to one stroke in a gallant 34-17 World Cup final Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy celebrates with his father Gerry, mother (ENG) 71-70-70-70, Alejandro ers. by the turn. defeat by New Zealand at Twick- Rosie and girlfriend Erica Stoll after winning the Race to Dubai and DP Canizares (ESP) 68-71-70-72, The victory was his fourth “I gave it everything on that enham last month. World Tour Championship, in Dubai, yesterday. Peter Uihlein (USA) 71-69-69- of the year and first since May, front nine, I just couldn’t quite 72, Gary Stal (FRA) 71-70-68- “Good luck to Eddie. I want McIlroy having missed three get the putts to drop on the back 72, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) him to do well as a mate...but tournaments including the British nine,” said Sullivan. 17 narrowed his lead to one stroke “Andy had chances to make a 69-67-69-76, not when England come over!,” Open at St Andrews after ruptur- “I didn’t really hit it close and gave Sullivan a final chance. couple of birdies and didn’t quite Cheika said yesterday. ing ankle ligaments while playing enough again, (but) to come up The Englishman’s 20-foot convert and I was able to just 282 Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN) 69-71- “I’m looking forward to the soccer in July. head-to-head with someone of birdie attempt on the 18th, which hang on.” McIlroy celebrated the 71-71, Joost Luiten (NED) opportunity when we go up McIlroy’s 12th tour title means Rory’s quality was absolutely would have forced at least a play- win with his family. 69-72-68-73, against each other. Just for the the 26-year-old also retained the awesome and something that will off, rolled inches wide and McIl- South Africa’s Branden Grace 283 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 73-67-72- fact that I’m really proud that Race to Dubai, formerly known as stick with me for a long time.” roy then took two putts to seal (67) was third on 273, while com- 71, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) we’re both from Australia and the Order of Merit and given to McIlroy took a lead he was not victory by a stroke. patriot Charl Schwartzel (69) was 70-71-71-71, Marcus Fraser come from the same club, Rand- Europe’s top money earner. to relinquish on 14, tapping in “If I hadn’t won today, I one of six players tied on 275. (AUS) 66-72-74-71, Marc War- wick, and will be doing battle in He was also victorious in 2012 from two feet for a third birdie wouldn’t have been too happy,” ren (SCO) 72-68-70-73, a different arena. and 2014. in four holes, although a bogey on said McIlroy. REUTERS 284 Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 73-72- “It’s going to be a bit weird but 69-70, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) there’s no such thing as friends 73-68-70-73, Gregory Bourdy when the game’s on.” (FRA) 73-68-69-74, Alex Noren Cheika, back at Twickenham (SWE) 71-66-71-76 in the temporary role of coaching the Barbarians in a 49-31 defeat 285 David Howell (ENG) 72-76- Veteran Senior becomes oldest by Argentina, added: “Eddie has 69-68, Lee Westwood (ENG) 71-70-74-70, Jaco van Zyl some very important encounters (RSA) 72-70-70-73, Ian Poulter in the Six Nations before then (ENG) 66-74-71-74 but I’m sure there will be a bit of banter when England are due to Australian Masters champion 286 Alexander Levy (FRA) 74-71-73- come over to our place. 68, Ross Fisher (ENG) 69-73- “That’s all good fun because MELBOURNE: Peter Senior “I’m getting a bit long in the 71-73 both of us enjoy that kind of thing. outclassed a host of challengers tooth now,” an emotional Senior Jang, Kerr That’s part of our relationship I half his age to clinch his third said at the trophy presentation AUSTRALIAN MASTERS suppose. Australian Masters title by two after donning the gaudy winner’s share LPGA FINAL ROUND SCORES “I played with Eddie and I’m strokes yesterday, and at 56 coat. “But it’s amazing some of not much younger than him,” said became the oldest winner in the the things that have happened lead as Ko-Park MELBOURNE: Scores after the final the 48-year-old Cheika, Rand- tournament’s 36-year history. the last few years.” round of the Australian Masters at wick’s No 8 when Jones was the The stocky veteran overcame Senior’s performance on the the par-71 Huntingdale golf course Galloping Greens’ hooker. a bout of nerves and withstood a storied sandbelt course stole duel tightens in Melbourne yesterday (Australia Cheika may have enjoyed late charge by Sydney professional the spotlight from tournament unless noted): World Cup semi-final success Andrew Evans at Melbourne’s favourite and former world NAPLES, UNITED STATES: 276 Peter Senior 70-70-68-68 over Argentina, but the Pumas Huntingdale Golf Club before number one Adam Scott, who Rookie Jang Ha-Na and veteran 278 Bryson DeChambeau (USA) turned the tables on Saturday sealing the win on the 18th hole finished fifth on four-under after Cristie Kerr shared the lead after 69-70-72-67, John Senden as they scored seven tries to his with a clutch putt for par. blowing his chance with a horror Saturday’s third round of the 69-68-71-70, Andrew Evans Barbarians team’s five in a non- Senior’s final round three- 77 in the third round. LPGA Tour Championship, while 68-69-70-71 cap international that helped cel- under 68 gave him an eight-under Scott shot a final round 69 and Lydia Ko and Park In-Bee took ebrate the invitational side’s 125th total of 276, sealing his third ‘gold paid tribute to Senior, who strug- their fight for world number one 280 Adam Scott 64-70-77-69 anniversary. jacket’ 20 years after his second gles against the big hitters in the into the final round of the season. 281 Richard Green 72-70-71-68, It was an emotional day which at Huntingdale in 1995. He won modern game but was always a South Korean Jang shot a Brett Rumford 72-64-74-71, saw a minute’s silence for the his first in 1991. chance on Huntingdale’s short three-under par 69 while Ameri- Alistair Presnell 68-71-71-71, victims of the Paris attacks of The hugely popular Queens- holes. can Kerr fired 66 to stand level at Matthew Guyatt 69-66-73-73, November 13 as well as in mem- lander now owns the records for “He’s based his career around 13-under 203, two strokes ahead Michael Sim 71-69-68-73, Mat- ory of New Zealand great Jonah the oldest winner at all three being very accurate and precise of New Zealand teen Ko and thew Millar 71-67-68-75 Lomu, a former Barbarian, whose of his nation’s marquee tourna- and he’s a hell of a competitor,” American Gerina Piller. 282 Wade Ormsby 71-72-73-66, sudden death at the age of 40 on ments, having won the Austral- Scott, now world number 12, told Top-rated Ko fired a 69 while Michael Long (NZL) 74-67-74- Wednesday stunned the world of ian Open at 53 in 2012 and the reporters. Teeing off two strokes South Korea’s Park shot 67 to 67, Mathew Goggin 67-70-74- rugby. Australian PGA Championship behind overnight leader Mat- stand on 207 with Japan’s Ai 71, Daniel Fox 65-74-71-72 The Pumas showed their in 2010. thew Millar, Senior threw down Miyazato in a share of eighth, one Jang Ha-Na of South Korea 283 George McNeill (USA) 70-66-73- respect by wearing black jerseys the gauntlet at the 10th hole, the stroke behind France’s Karine acknowledges the crowd during 74 with the No 11 on during the course’s longest par-four at 477 Icher and Americans Brittany warm-up in recognition of the the third round of the CME Group Selected scores yards, with a sublime two-iron Lincicome and Lexi Thompson. Tour Championship at Tiburon shirt worn by the late All Blacks approach that gave him a tap-in If Park can win the title, she Golf Club. 286 Cheng-Tsung Pan (TPE) 70-72- left wing. birdie for the lead. would overtake Ko for the world 72-72 Barbarians left wing Nemani Another birdie at the 13th gave number one ranking and capture Nadolo went a step further, with him a three-stroke buffer and the season points title. “It would be awesome,” Ko said. the giant Fijian, who at 6ft 4in Senior appeared set to cruise to The two are also very close “When you defend something or and nearly 20 stone has a phy- victory before shanking a three- for the Player of the Year award, do something back to back, it’s sique to rival that of Lomu, wear- wood off the tee into trees on the Vare Trophy for season low scor- always cool to do that. There’s still ing a white No 11 on the back of 17th. ing average and the season money a lot of golf to be played. In-Bee his shirt rather than having his The resulting bogey drew him crown, those prizes as well coming is playing great, so are the other number printed in traditional Baa level with fast-finishing Evans in down to the last round. girls. You can’t take anyone out of Baas black. the group behind, but the New “I should be proud that I’m in it.” Kerr, seeking her 18th career Nadolo also scored a try remi- South Welshman also stumbled this position. Anything can hap- title and second of the year after niscent of Lomu when he charged on the penultimate hole to give pen. If I play well, it might end up the Kia Classic, turned in the low past opponents on his way to the up a one-stroke lead. being a good day where I’m hold- round of the day after answer- line. Senior picked the wrong club ing a couple trophies,” Ko said. ing an opening bogey with birdies But the match belonged to for his approach on the 18th, “At the same time, because on five of the next six holes. She Argentina, who carried on from landing it in a greenside bunker, everything is on the line, there is began the back nine with a birdie where they left off at the World but completed a nerve-wracking more added pressure. It’s more and made another at the par-5 Cup with an attacking game that up-and-down to save par before kind of those first couple holes 17th to keep pace with Jang. is set to be a part of next year’s Evans crumbled with a bogey on where you do get nervous anyway, “I played great,” Kerr said. “I edition of Super Rugby as well the last. but to know at the end of the 18th had one little hiccup on the first with the creation of a new fran- Evans’s final round 71 left him hole, there could be a lot of things hole. If you are going to shoot a chise in Buenos Aires. joint second on six-under with on the line, a little bit more added low round you are going to be “It won’t be long before they are John Senden (70), a two-time pressure. But that’s why I’m not doing a lot of things well.” top of the Super Rugby tree,” said winner on the US PGA Tour, going to not think about all that.” Park is ready for an all-or- Australia’s Peter Senior holds Cheika. “They (Argentina) have a and US Amateur champion Ko, 18, won last year’s Tour nothing run for glory after a win the championship trophy after new generation of fine players and Rory McIlroy of Northern Bryce DeChambeau, who finished Championship to capture the last week in Mexico and a solid winning the Australian Masters have come a long way since joining Ireland holds the DP World Tour strongly with a four-under 67. points crown for a record $1.5m start in the season ender. at Huntingdale Golf Club in the Rugby Championship.” Championship trophy yesterday. payday and has an eye on repeat- Melbourne yesterday. REUTERS ing both feats in the last round. REUTERS REUTERS MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Fourth successive Tour Finals title for Djokovic Serbian becomes first player in the tournament’s 46-year history to take home the trophy four years in a row

LONDON: Novak Djokovic fin- paign served as the perfect finale rious semi-final win over Rafael the silverware in 10 of their 16 ished the best season of his life in to arguably the best run by any Nadal, Djokovic showed why career final meetings, including fitting style as the world number male player in the Open Era. he has been able to move so far at Wimbledon and the US Open one crushed Roger Federer 6-3, Playing in a record 15th con- ahead of his rivals in a year in this year. 6-4 yesterday to win the ATP secutive tour-level final, Djokovic which he also won Wimbledon Federer gifted the trophy Tour Finals title for a record delivered another masterclass to and the Australian and US Opens. to Djokovic last year when the fourth successive year. record his 82nd victory from 88 Meanwhile, Federer’s defeat 17-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic is the first player in matches this year and bank the means Andy Murray is guaran- pulled out of the final just hours the tournament’s 46-year his- winners’ cheque for $1.05 million. teed to finish second in the year- before the scheduled start to pro- tory to take home the trophy “I’m very proud, together with end world rankings for the first tect a back injury ahead of the four years in a row and he joins my team, for the achievements time. Davis Cup final. Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl on of the season. It could not have “I tried my best, I thought Djokovic had to work harder five victories at the season-ending been a better finish. It’s been a I played some great tennis all to take the title this time, but event. long season, but the best of my week and in the final, but Novak even so he gave the impression of Only Federer, with six Tour life,” said Djokovic on the day that deserves the win today like hardly breaking sweat. Finals crowns, has won the tour- coach Boris Becker celebrated his so many times this year,” said Nadal described Djokovic as nament more times. 48th birthday. 34-year-old Federer. “almost unbeatable” after he The 11th title of Djokovic’s In dispatching Federer with Djokovic and Federer have been failed to earn a single break point astonishingly dominant cam- such ease after an equally impe- the gold standard at the Tour against the Serb in the semi-finals Finals for over a decade, lifting and Federer didn’t fare much bet- the trophy 10 times between them ter. in the last 12 years and making it After both players squandered to the final a combined 15 times. a break point in the first two Federer had ended Djokovic’s games, Djokovic started to click 23-match winning run earlier this into rhythm in the third game. week with an impressive straight He unfurled a sublime back- sets success in the group stage. hand crosscourt winner to bring But although Federer held a up a break point that he con- 22-21 lead in his head-to-head verted thanks to another Federer record with Djokovic, ominously miscue. the 28-year-old Serb had taken Federer could ill-afford to be so generous and the world number Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates with the trophy after winning the ATP WORLD TOUR three was scowling in frustration Barclays ATP World Tour Finals against Switzerland’s Roger Federer FINALS RESULTS again in the sixth game when at the O2 Arena in London, yesterday. another sloppy forehand let Djok- London: Collated results from the eighth day ovic off the hook on break point. of the ATP Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena That kind of profligacy had cost Djokovic seized the opportunity and clawed his way back from the yesterday (x denotes seeding): Federer dearly in the US Open with in typically ruthless style, brink with a string of big serves Singles Final final and it was the same story driving a winner down the line and booming winners. But it was Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Roger Federer this time. to seal the set. too little too late. At 4-5 down, (SUI x3) 6-3, 6-4 Djokovic, so consistent on his The Serb remained untroubled Federer found himself under seige Doubles Final groundstrokes, earned two set in the second set and stepped up again and crumbled with a double Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Switzerland’s Roger Federer points when he put Federer in an the pressure in the eighth game fault on match point giving Djoko- Jean-Julien Rojer/Horia Tecau (NED/ROM awkward position with a searing to bring up three break points. vic one more memorable moment during the singles final match at the ATP Tour tennis finals tournament x2) bt Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea (IND/ at the O2 Arena in London, Great Britain, yesterday. backhand that the Swiss could This time the crisis brought in his golden year. ROM x8) 6-4, 6-3 only prod into the net. out some of Federer’s best tennis AFP

Napoli go top Hertha hold as Empoli hold Kane brace sets Spurs on Arsenal’s tail onto fourth in Fiorentina LONDON: Harry Kane scored to Kane, who easily rolled Carl snowy Berlin his seventh and eighth goals Jenkinson before rifling a left- in five matches as Tottenham foot shot into the roof of the net MILAN: Title-chasing Napoli Hotspur dispatched West Ham for his seventh goal of the league BERLIN: Hertha Berlin held were left provisionally top of Serie United 4-1 yesterday to close on campaign. onto fourth spot in the Bundes- A on goal difference yesterday the Premier League’s top four. West Ham threatened to reply liga yesterday as an own-goal dur- after a Nikola Kalinic-inspired Defenders Toby Alderweireld immediately when Cheikhou Kou- ing a freak blizzard in Germany’s Fiorentina were held 2-2 by and Kyle Walker also found the yate volleyed acrobatically against capital sealed their 1-0 win over Empoli in Florence. net at a chilly White Hart Lane the crossbar after Noble’s blocked bottom side Hoffenheim. Earlier, Gonzalo Higuain hit as Mauricio Pochettino’s side shot ballooned into the air. There was a minute’s silence his 10th goal of the campaign to equalled the club record of 12 But in the 33rd minute the out of respect for the victims of take the lead in Serie A’s scoring successive Premier League games hosts added a second, Alder- the Paris terror attacks, but snow charts and fire Napoli one-point without defeat. weireld outjumping Andy Carroll began to fall just after kick-off at clear of Fiorentina after a 2-0 win Spurs now trail third-place at the near post and nodding in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium and at struggling Verona. Manchester City and fourth-place Eriksen’s corner. the referee soon had to call for But Fiorentina maintained Arsenal by just two points and Spurs should have put the game an orange ball. their hopes in what continues to look ideally placed for an assault out of sight before half-time. Hertha profited most from the be a thrilling battle for this sea- on the Champions League berths Alli headed against the bar winter weather when Hoffenheim son’s scudetto and were unlucky ahead of next weekend’s home after Adrian had thwarted Son defender Eugen Polanski got a not to go two points clear after game with spluttering champions and moments later Kane was slight touch on the ball, which spurning a series of late chances Chelsea, who will not relish the sent clean through, only to mis- he headed into his own net on 30 at the Artemio Franchi. trip to north London. cue horribly and bobble a left-foot minutes when trying to clear a Inter Milan, in fourth one point The only disappointment for West Ham United’s midfielder Mark Noble reacts during the English shot well wide. free-kick. off the pace, can return to the top Pochettino was the booking col- Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane It did not take long for him to The pitch was cleared of snow of the table with a win over Frosi- lected by rising star Dele Alli in north London yesterday. Tottenham won the game 4-1. atone, however, as an ill-advised during the break and the result none at the San Siro in the late following a shoving match with attempt to play the ball out from masked a poor result for Ber- game. Mark Noble, which rules the Eng- the back by West Ham gifted lin, who managed just a single In the meantime, Napoli will land newcomer out of the Chelsea whose place was taken by Diafra Erik Lamela. Victor Moses gave Spurs their third goal five min- shot all game, while the defeat enjoy at least a few hours as the game. Sakho in West Ham’s only change. Spurs early concern by skipping utes after the change of ends. leaves Hoffenheim at the foot of Serie A leaders, although Fioren- It was only a second defeat in Bilic strung his midfielders past Mousa Dembele and crossing The reluctant recipient of a the table. tina are only in second due to 10 league games for Slaven Bilic’s across the pitch in a 4-1-4-1 sys- from the left, but Spurs looked throw from Adrian, Tomkins On Saturday, Javi Martinez inferior goal difference and Roma West Ham, who replied late on tem, with Sakho wide on the in control and after Eriksen had passed the ball straight to Erik- scored his first goal since August are just one point adrift in third through Manuel Lanzini, and left right, in an attempt to stop Spurs’ warmed Adrian’s palms from sen, who moved it on to Kane, and 2013 for Bayern Munich as their after being held 2-2 at Bologna them three points adrift of Spurs centre-backs sliding passes into range, they took a 23rd-minute the England striker drove a low 3-1 win at Schalke 04 opened an on Saturday. in sixth place. the feet of Alli, Christian Erik- lead. strike through Adrian from out- eight-point lead in the table. The visitors badly missed sen and the fit-again Son Heung- Alli’s shot from the edge of the side the box. AFP injured playmaker Dimitri Payet, Min, who replaced the suspended box was partially blocked and fell AFP AFP

Qatar Basketball League SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP GERMAN LEAGUE Glasgow: Scottish Premiership result Berlin: German league result yesterday: yesterday: Hertha Berlin 1 (Polanski 30-og) Hoffenheim 0 Hamilton 1 (Imrie 70) Played on Saturday Aberdeen 1 (McLean 4) Bor. Moenchengladbach 2 (Traore 35, Played on Saturday: Raffael 84) Hanover 1 (Sobiech 65) Celtic 0 Kilmarnock 0 VfL Wolfsburg 6 (Galvez 11-og, Kruse 44, Dundee Utd 1 (McKay 33) St Johnstone 2 87, Vieirinha 56, Guilavogui 67, Dost 78) (Kane 43, Davidson 45+1) Werder Bremen 0 Hearts 1 (Djoum 24) Dundee 1 (Loy 67) VfB Stuttgart 0 FC Augsburg 4 (Esswein 11, Partick 2 (Doolan 42, Stevenson 90) 17, Callsen-Bracker 36, Koo 54) Inverness CT 1 (Storey 6) Eintr. Frankfurt 1 (Medojevic 45) Bayer Ross County 3 (Curran 22, Dingwall 69, Leverkusen 3 (Hernandez 23, 39, Boyce 90-pen) Motherwell 0 Calhanoglu 72) Ligue 1 Cologne 0 Mainz 05 0 Paris: French Ligue 1 results after early Schalke 04 1 (Meyer 17) Bayern Munich 3 matches yesterday: (Alaba 9, Martinez 69, Mueller 90+2) Caen 0 Angers 0 Played on Friday Bastia 1 (Brandao 5) Gazelec-Ajaccio 2 (Zoua 19-pen, Boutaib 70) Hamburg 3 (Lasogga 19-pen, Holtby 41, Hummels 55-og) Dortmund 1 (Aubameyang 86) Played on Saturday La Liga results Lorient 1 (Moukandjo 82) Paris SG 2 (Ongenda 26, Matuidi 32) Madrid: Spanish La Liga results yesterday: Guingamp 2 (Privat 59, Salibur 70) Toulouse Sporting Gijon 0 Levante 3 (Deyverson 18, 0Troyes 1 (Corentin 70) Lille 1 (Benzia 9) 44, Feddal 27) Monaco 1 (Pasalic 43) Nantes 0 Villarreal 1 (Costa 85) Eibar 1 (Enrich 27) Al Khor’s Savic Allan (left) is challenged by Al Rayyan’s Musa Yassin during the Qatar Basketball League at Al Gharafa club yesterday. Right: Fadi Montpellier 3 (Yatabare 21, S. Camara 69, Playing Today Abilmon of El Jaish tries to break through the Al Ahli team defence. BAHER AMIN Dabo 84) Reims 1 (Weber 12) Getafe vs Rayo Vallecano (1930) MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 31 Elbourdainy seals the deal with sublime ride in Dukhan Cycling: QCF and QCR join hands to organize hugely popular event

DOHA: Around 140 riders fea- ing. With winds reaching 15 knots A riders, which had to tackle with Ahmed Elbourdainy winning the tured in races held in Dukhan per hour and slightly hilly terrain 4 laps (97,6 km). race in front of Abdullah Afif and where Qatar Cycling Federation which is hard to find in Qatar, the The QCF elite riders made a Said Moosa (all QCF elite team). (QCF) and Qatar Chain Reaction race was tough from the first kilo- selection in the end of first lap, Around 50 seconds behind were (QCR) joined hands to organise metres. with most of the Carbon Wheels Sayed Medhat and Khalil Abdul- the hugely popular event. There were three different riders making a chase. janan (both QCF) in fourth and According to participants, the starts. The gap in the end of the fifth places. The Man B race was race proved to be very demand- The first one was for the Man race was around 5 minutes with 73.2km long, with 3 laps. This race was more even since most of the riders were together until the half of the race. In the last lap Raymond Sem- ple (Giant RBS) and Kevin Hall (Velostar) made a pact and pulled together from other riders coming The top three riders in one of to finish in same time, third place the events held in Dukhan are was earned by Tom Whateley 30 seen with a QCF official. RIGHT: seconds behind. A rider in action. The race in Ladies A was won by Marie Marvillet (Carbon Wheels Racing). in last two years in Qatar with The C group race, with two more and more riders participat- laps (48,8 km), was dominated by ing each time, a QCF official said. Filipino riders with Revie Pasion “They races are of great sup- (SMCC) clinching a victory, 10 port to national team riders and seconds in front of Ronald Balorio serve as a preparation for regional (Pinoy roadies) and Kofi Atuah races like GCC Tour and inter- (Qatar Chain Reaction). national Tour of Al Zubarah, The prize distribution cere- both coming up in December and mony was conducted by Ibrahim organised by QCF,” Andrej Filip, Mohammed, QCF Public Rela- Technical Secretary of QCF, said. A pack of three riders is seen in action at an event organised by Qatar Cycling Federation (QCF) and Qatar tions Manager. Chain Reaction (QCR). The event was held in Dukhan with more than 140 riders featuring in the one-day show. Local races have developed THE PENINSULA ‘School League’ kicks off in Doha today DOHA: The Qatar Football Asso- THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ciation (QFA) and Qatar School 1. Doha High School Sports Association (QSSA) 2. Khalifa High School announced that the third edition 3. Ahmed bin Hanbal High School of the “School League” will kicks 4. Jassim bin Hamad High School off today. 5. Al Zubara High School This year, the league brings 6. Ibn Taimiya High School together 20 high schools from across Qatar competing for the 7. Tariq bin Zeyad High School coveted title. 8. Al Sailiya High School The draw was conducted in 9. Mohammed Al Mana High School QFA’s headquarters on 29th Octo- 10. Omar bin Abdulaziz High School ber, 2015 by QFA and QSSA offi- 11. Abdullah Al Misnad High School cials in which the schools were 12. Al Wakrah High School divided into 4 groups. 13. Ahmed bin Mohammed High School All matches will kick off at 9am 14. Al Shahaniya High School and 10:15am and will be played in 15. Qatar Independent High School Football fans who turned up for a game in the Qatargas Amateur League over the weekend. the training pitches of Al Sadd 16. Nasser Al Attiya High School Stadium, Al Kharaitiyat Sta- 17. Mossab bin Omair High School dium, Mesaimeer Stadium, and 18. Al Shamal High School Al Arabi Stadium except for the 19. Hamad bin Abdullah High School final match, which will take place 20. Al Jamilia High School in Aspire Dome. F ootball fans flock to ‘Qatargas The sponsors and partners of the league include Participating schools will take • Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, the Strategic Partner part to the competition’s group of School League stage from 23 November to 23 • Qatar National Bank December followed by quarter League Fanzone’ • Shell Qatar finals and semi finals. The quarter • Al Kass Channel finals, semi finals and final match DOHA: Hundreds of football fans from the rich Indonesian culture, As part of QFA’s CSR strategy dates and times will be decided at Al Khor Housing Community details have revealed. which aims to involve all segments on at a later stage in the tourna- were treated to an amazing fan- A five-a-side junior foot- of the local community in various ment. Al Mohannadi added: “Official awards include Top Scorer, Best zone experience at the Qatargas ball tournament which brought tournaments and competitions Hilal Al Mohannadi, Head of referees from QFA will be offi- Goalkeeper, Best Player, and Fair League Fanzone in Al Khor Sta- together eight teams from Al organized by QFA, 22 escort kids School and University Leagues ciating the matches which gives Play Team. dium. Khor community also took place, were also chosen from Al Khor Development in QFA said: “We more importance to the league The winners of the special Organised by Qatar Football and the winners received their community to walk the players are thrilled to launch the third and ensures that the students awards will receive a cash prize Association (QFA) and Qatargas, medals and prizes during an onto the pitch. edition of the “School League” and learn more about the positive of QR5,000. the Fanzone featured a wide range awarding ceremony following Qatargas is heavily involved in look forward to witnessing the 20 values that football brings such The Fair Play Team award will of fun games and activities for the the Umm Salal and Al Shahania organising such fun-filled events participating schools battle it out as fair play, team efforts, and good be presented by the Supreme whole family and was followed by match. as part of its corporate social on the field to win this year’s title. sportsmanship.” Committee for Delivery & Leg- an exciting match between Umm All the games and activities responsibility initiatives which Organising the School League The first place team will receive acy, the Strategic Partner of the Salal and Al Shahania which were run entirely by volunteers are aligned with the objectives demonstrates QFA’s CSR strategy a cash prize of QR40,000, second League, during the awarding cer- kicked off at 4pm. that live in Al Khor community of the human and social develop- which is to provide a platform for place QR30,000, and third place emony which will take place fol- A special cultural dance was and have signed up to contribute ment pillars of the Qatar National the youth in Qatar to be able to QR20,000, Al Mohannadi con- lowing the final match. also performed during the half towards the success of the event Vision 2030. play football, in this case at the firmed yesterday. time which wowed the audience while experiencing the action high school level.” Additionally, four special THE PENINSULA as it featured traditional elements from the field. 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QMMF President Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah is seen at the 2015 FIM General Assembly meeting in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, yesterday. Al Attiyah, who is FIM Deputy President, will attend the FIM Gala Ceremony where international drivers and riders will step out on stage to collect Qatari riders Saeed Nasser Al Qadi (left) and compatriot Khalid Hamad Al Attiyah are seen receiving their awards following their competitions at the their respective awards today. Qatar Equestrian Federation’s Outdoor Arena in Doha. PICS: LOTFI GARSI Monday 23 November 2015 11 Safar 1437 Volume 20 Number 6623 Sport Price: QR2 Abbas hails McIlroy wins concept of European day-night Tests season finale

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Perfect Al Rayyan trounce Qatar SC 9-0 in QSL Coach Fossati’s team makes its nine wins in a row, Al Sadd down Al Kharaitiyat 4-2, Lekhwiya down Al Khor

DOHA: Al Rayyan trounced the defending champions. Qatar SC 9-0 to extend their The second half was a busy one unbeaten run in the Qatar Stars with four goals scored in total. League to nine matches. The first was the equaliser for Yesterday, in the Round 9 Lekhwiya and came courtesy of match, Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata’s Khalid Muftah. four goals stood out for coach But then just when it looked Jorge Fossati’s side. like Lekhwiya were wrestling con- Sergio Garcia Fuente found trol of the match, Khor went back the net twice while Victor Javier into the lead when Cesar scored Caceres, Andres Sebastian Quin- the second of his goals in the 57th tana and Abdulmajid Anad Diri minute. Lekhwiya struck through scored once. In the other matches, a combined move. Vladimir Al Sadd were made to work by an Weiss. The Slovakian slalomed attacking Al Kharaitiyat side and inside the box and crossed to an eventually took all three points in unmarked Nam Tae-Hee who a tough 4-2 win at home, while made redeemed himself for his Lekhwiya coach Djamel Belmadi penalty miss earlier on by finding had a sigh of relief as his team the back of the net this time (74’). have finally managed to get a win The winning goal came in the under their belts after five losses 88th minute. Luiz Martin Jr ran and a draw. down the right flank and crossed The defending champions to Mohamed Muntari who was defeated Al Khor 3-2. able to leap above Al Khor’s Naif But at the end of the first half, Mubarak Al Buriki and head the Action from Round 9 match of the Qatar Stars League (QSL) between things didn’t look that pleas- ball into the net. Al Rayyan and Qatar SC in Doha yesterday. Al Rayyan won 9-0. ant for Lekhwiya. Nam Tae- At Al Sadd Stadium, the hosts Hee had missed a penalty in the took the lead through Ibrahim alty spot at the stroke of half time 35th minute, and then in the Magid in the 18th minute. for the Wolves. A Hassan gave Al QSL RESULTS 42nd minute it was the turn of Al Kharaitiyat equalised Sadd the lead in the 73rd minute Lekhwiya to concede a penalty through Kebe in the 34th minute while three minute later, Haydous Lekhwiya 3 Al Khor 2 Action from the QSL match between Lekhwiya SC and Al Khor in Doha Striker Julio Cesar made no and the same player added a sec- put the issue beyond doubt for Al Al Sadd 4 Al Kharaitiyat 2 yesterday. Lekhwiya won 3-2. mistake from the spot as Al Khor ond one a minute later. Khalfan Sadd. Al Rayyan 9 Qatar SC 0 acquired a surprise lead against Ibrahim equalised from the pen- THE PENINSULA