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DOHA: Shoppers crowding Villaggio Mall were evacuated after a ﬁre alarm went off in its precincts yesterday, reports Al Sharq. The evacuation was quite quick despite the fact that a lot of people were there on a Friday, the daily said, adding that the mall’s management chose not to comment on the incident. “People inside the mall were evacuated to safety immediately after the alarm went off and before they could know the reason why the alarm had gone off,” said the daily. It was a good experience for the shoppers at the mall to have been taken to safety since memories of a ﬁre that broke out there on May 28, 2012 and claimed 19 lives, mostly of children, were still fresh in their minds, the daily said. Qatari dies in accident

DOHA: A Qatari died following a collision between two cars in Um Al Amid area after Friday prayers yesterday. Witnesses said the collision took place when a car ran a red light and the other driver did not notice the oncom- ing car. The Qatari’s car overturned. The traffic police and an ambulance soon reached the site, however, the victim’s life could not be saved. Prototype Ebola drug clears test hurdle PARIS: A prototype drug that has been urgently given to a handful of patients with Ebola has cleared an important test hurdle, showing that it cured lab monkeys with the disease, scientists said yesterday. Reporting online in the British journal Nature, researchers at the Public Health Agency of Canada said 18 rhesus macaque monkeys given high doses of Ebola virus fully recovered after being given a new drug called ZMapp, even when it was administered five days after infection. Ukraine seeks full Nato membership LAKE SELIGER, Russia/KIEV: Ukraine called yesterday for full membership in Nato, its strongest plea yet for Western military help, after accusing Russia of sending in THE ISSUE armoured columns that have driven back its forces on behalf of pro-Moscow rebels. Russian President Vladimir Putin, defiant as Qatari society, especially the students and their average age was 17. Many The transaction between the customers ever, compared Kiev’s drive to regain control younger generation, is facing of them had been chewing ‘sweka’ since the and dealers takes place in a matter of min- of its rebellious eastern cities to the Nazi inva- age of 14. Most of the addicted Qatari stu- utes. As soon as a customer arrives, a seller sion of the Soviet Union in World War Two. He a new threat in the form of dents belonged to well-off and highly edu- approaches him and quickly disappears after announced that rebels had succeeded in halt- chewing tobacco, also known cated families. handing over a package. ing it, and proposed that they now permit sur- as ‘sweka’. Cheaper than costly Another survey found that about 15 per- Khalid Al Suwaidi, a Qatari national, said Design: Abraham Augusthy rounded Ukrainian troops to retreat. cent of the preparatory and secondary school easy availability of ‘sweka’ was behind its See also page 9 addictive drugs, it brings the students in Qatar use ‘sweka’. increasing use by students. “The problem is same results to its users — According to the World Health that it is easy to get, is cheap and is easy Gaza militants vow to diseases and death. Organisation’s Report on the Global Tobacco to hide. Its usage is also not reflected in the Epidemic, 2013, about seven percent of users’ behaviour. That is why it is widely used rearm amid shaky truce Qataris between the ages of 18 and 64 con- among students. Parents should take respon- ow prices and easy availability are sume smokeless tobacco. sibility in preventing their children acquirng GAZA CITY: Thousands of militants boosting the use of ‘sweka’ and other Although ‘sweka’ consumption is not such habits,” he said. paraded in the besieged Gaza Strip yester- kinds of tobacco in Qatar. Earlier, allowed in Qatar, it is not difficult to spot Experts say that the menace of ‘sweka’ day, defiantly saying they would rearm as the Lit was popular only among limited- those selling the addictive substance. addiction can be curbed by raising aware- prospects of a final deal on a long-term Israel- income workers, but now it is being consumed Every Thursday and Friday, there is a ness and better law enforcement. “The gov- Hamas truce looked shaky. by the wealthy as well. What is disturbing street market in the Industrial Area for sell- ernment is doing its best to stop trading and Thousands of Islamic Jihad fighters paraded is the growing use of ‘sweka’ by teenagers. ing different kind of goods, including CDs, selling of ‘sweka’ in the country, but the issue through Gaza City in a show of force, march- Studies show that use of ‘sweka’ is increasing medicines, aphrodisiacs and mobile phones. has to be taken more seriously. There should ing with light weapons and holding aloft rockets at an alarming rate among youth. One can see people selling different kinds of be strict monitoring at entry points to the similar to those fired at Israel during the conflict. A study conducted by Social Rehabilitation tobacco, including ‘sweka’, at these markets. country. A new anti-‘sweka’ law should be The spokesman for Al Quds Brigades, the PAGECentre and the Research6 and Policy Analysis ‘Sweka’ is also sold widely in the old neigh- implemented with tough punishments for group’s armed wing, delivered a speech praising Centre of the Supreme Education Council bourhoods of Doha. Many ‘sweka’ dealers can violators,” said education expert Abdul Aziz backers Iran and allies Hezbollah and declaring in 2012 revealed that at least 78 percent of be seen in the Old Ghanim area and near the Al Mulla. the militants would “redouble efforts” to rearm. the users of chewing tobacco were Qatari National Library roundabout. See also page 2 See also page 5 THE PENINSULA & AGENCIES

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Calls to curb use of ‘sweka’

Six out of 10 high school students chew tobacco; many addicts hail from well-off families

BY FAZEENA SALEEM and distribution points for the tobacco, but he ‘sweka’ should be implemented with tough MOHAMED OSMAN was unaware of how it was brought into the punishments for violators.” country. “Schools should closely monitor students DOHA: Fresh calls are being made to curb “It is not kept and sold at one place, but at who use ‘sweka’, and advise them and take the use of chewing tobacco by schoolchildren. different locations. I’m simply a distributor, action against them,” he added. Use of chewing or smokeless tobacco by I don’t know how it is coming here. I too use Some suggested that family members and schoolchildren has been identified as a major it, but I don’t know if it is something bad for parents could do more than the authorities to problem in Qatar. health,” he said. control the use of ‘sweka’ by teenagers. Several sociologists and educationists have An 18-year-old said that he started using Dr Abu Neera said, “Parents can play a urged the authorities to take firm action ‘sweka’ in school, just to get a taste of it, but major role in preventing their young children against those who bring and sell chewing later became addicted to it. using ‘sweka’. But it will not rule out imple- tobacco, commonly known as ‘sweka’ in the “I can’t stay without it for more than three menting strict action against those who sell Gulf region, in the country. hours. When I hear that police have caught ‘sweka’, as there is a danger of them mixing Some have also said that parents should be ‘sweka’ sellers I become nervous, although more harmful things like drugs with ‘sweka’.” more vigilant about children picking up such I know that there are several ways to get Tariq bin Saief Al Maliki, a CMC mem- a habit. ‘sweka’,” he said. ber, too suggested that strict action be taken Use of ‘sweka’ can lead to diseases of the 15% There are many youth in Qatar similarly against those selling ‘sweka’. mouth and jaw and, in some cases, cancer of addicted to ‘sweka’, but there is no data on the “There should be more intensified monitor- the mouth or throat. Studies show that smoke- Of preparatory and sec- number of ‘sweka’ users in the country. ing of places where ‘sweka’ is sold. If the avail- less tobacco may also play a role in causing Some findings suggest that six out of 10 ability is limited, it will not reach teenagers, other cancers, heart disease and stroke. ondary school students students in high school use ‘sweka’. In middle or else there is a risk of the habit spreading Smokeless tobacco contains more nicotine in Qatar use ‘sweka’, school, four out of 10 students are addicted to among the community beyond control.” than cigarettes. Nicotine is a highly addictive the habit. School administrations, he added too should drug that makes it hard to stop using tobacco which is easily available A study conducted in 2012 by Social take this problem seriously and find ways to once someone starts. But despite its harmful Rehabilitation Centre and the Research identify students addicted to ‘sweka’. effects, the tobacco is used by many citizens. in the local market. and Policy Analysis Centre of the Supreme Statistics show that 60 percent of ‘sweka’ Experts say that use of tobacco increases Education Council, the regulator of schools, users are between the ages of 12 and 18, with with the start of the academic year in high found that at least 78 percent of the chewing a small number of them being female. There is schools and there is a need to introduce pun- from acquiring habits like chewing tobacco. tobacco users were Qatari students and their great concern in Qatari society about females ishment and fines to stop its use by youngsters. Khalid Al Suwaidi, a Qatari national, said average age was 17. using ‘sweka’. There has been a steady increase in the that wide availability of ‘sweka’ was giving easy Many of the students had been using chew- Abdul Aziz Abdullah, an educationist, said: number of youngsters, particularly high school access to students. ing tobacco since the age of 14. Most of the “Addiction to ‘sweka’ is not limited to youth students, who are addicted to tobacco in vari- “The problem is it is easy to get ‘sweka’; it is addicted Qatari students hailed from well-off and men; the habit is seen among females as ous forms, of which ‘sweka’ is the most popular. cheap and easy to hide, and people don’t show families enjoying a high social status and their well.” The results of a survey suggest that some 15 it in their behaviour, that’s why it is widely parents were educated, some of them highly Khlaid Al Suwaidi, a former school operator, percent of preparatory and secondary school used among students. Parents should take educated. said, “We urge introducing ways to stop and students in Qatar use ‘sweka’, which is easily responsibility for preventing their children Use of ‘sweka’ increases during examinations prevent female students from using ‘sweka’. available in the local market. from acquiring such habits,” he said. as students find the tobacco a stress-buster, THE PENINSULA Some students are addicted to both, smoking In a recent report, Al Arab newspaper said says the study. Schools where use of chewing and chewing tobacco, the survey found. that ‘sweka’ was sold in the old neighbour- tobacco is more common are located mainly According to the World Health Organisation’s hoods of Doha. Many ‘sweka’ sellers can be in Al Wakra, Al Rayyan, Al Shahaniya and Al Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2013, seen along the byroads of Old Ghanim and near Muaither. Neighbourhood stores in these areas seven percent of Qataris between the ages of 18 the National Library roundabout. sell ‘sweka’ on the sly, says the study report, and 64 years use smokeless tobacco. The habit As soon as their customers arrive, the sellers urging the authorities to launch a crackdown prevails among 7.6 percent of the men and 6.1 quickly appear to deliver the ‘sweka’ and then on the shady operators. percent of the women. vanish. It all happens very quickly. Some of the “What we need is a law to ban ‘sweka’, and Dr Muneera Al Rumaihi, a sociolo- customers come in luxury cars. more importantly, to raise public awareness gist, suggests that it is the responsibility of A ‘sweka’ seller who spoke on condition against its use,” the study suggests. parents to monitor and prevent children of anonymity said that there were many The study found that the majority of students know about ‘sweka’ and can get it easily from friends and associates whenever they want. The study found that ‘sweka’ sellers are more active on byroads and in crowded paces. It also says that some teenagers get ‘sweka’ from their friends. The study covered 2,073 students in middle and high schools. Among them, 306 were A toxic mix using ‘sweka’. They represented 19 percent of all the respondents. Their average age was 17 weka’, ‘shamma’, ‘burdigan’, naswar’ and and some of them had started using ‘sweka’ ‘basenja’ are different kinds of tobacco. before the age of 14. ‘S‘Sweka’ and ‘shamma’ are the most pop- Many said that they got ‘sweka’ easily at a ular varieties consumed in Qatar. ‘Sweka’ consist low price. Some had tried chewing ‘sweka’ out of tobacco leaves, some chemicals like sodium of curiosity and later became addicted. Many bicarbonate, ash and soil. The most dangerous of them were introduced to ‘sweka’ by friends. substance in ‘sweka’ is cadmium, which is also Education expert Abdul Aziz Al Mulla said, used in car batteries. Another chemical mixed in “The government is doing its best to stop the ‘sweka’ is arsenic, which is used for killing rats. trading and sale of ‘sweka’ in the country, yet Also mixed is hydrazine, which is also a toxic the issue needs to be taken more seriously. chemical. Unfortunately, most users do not know There should be strict monitoring at entry of the composition of ‘sweka’. points to the country. A new law against Home AUGUST 30, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY Qatar donates $1m to UN Alliance of Civilisations fund DOHA: Qatar has donated $1m to the trust fund of the United Nations Alliance of Civilisations (UNAOC), the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud announced yesterday. Addressing a ministerial meeting of UNAOC friends on the sidelines of the Alliance of Civilisations Sixth Global Forum in the Indonesian island of Bali, www.swiss-belhotel.com he said the donation aims to Tel increase the fund to help in the expansion of UNAOC activities. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Fax He said Qatar had donated H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud and other officials at the event. $1m when the fund was set up in 2006 and $1m in 2011 before created the Qatar Committee in being a country that loves civilizations through dialogue donating $1.5m to the office of for Alliance of Civilisations to friendship, coexistence and and exchange of ideas and Tel UNAOC high commissioner to highlight contributions of Arab peace as it hosts people from commodities. Fax meet its needs. and Islamic civilisation to other different countries, cultures, UN Secretary-General He highlighted contributions civilisations. It also hosted the beliefs and religions, adding that Ban Ki-moon, UN High of friends of the alliance, par- fourth edition of the forum in Qatar considers this diversity a Representative for the Alliance ticularly sponsors Spain and 2011. source of richness as it adds to of Civilizations Nasser bin Turkey as well as Qatar, Brazil He said diversity is a universal humanity through positive and Abdulaziz Al Nasr, foreign Tel and Austria which previously norm and an effective means of voluntary participation and ministers, heads of delega- Fax hosted the forum. promoting unity, which requires working and living together in tions and diplomatic missions Al Mahmoud said Qatar dialogue and exchange of ideas. peace and dignity. accredited to Indonesia, Qatari established Doha International “We believe in the necessity of Al Mahmoud said the belief Ambassador Mohammed Centre for Interfaith Dialogue in respecting cultural diversity in in diversity is deeply rooted in Khater Ibrahim Al Khater and Tel + 974 44298888 2008 to promote peaceful coex- all societies and civilisations.” the Islamic civilisation, which Al Mahmoud’s delegation were istence between cultures and He said Qatar takes pride lived side by side with existing also present. 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QNA A family poses for pictures during the weekend in front of the Qatar 2015 24th Men’s Handball World Championship sculpture, with a countdown timer for the event. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH Tel Disney magic comes to life next month Fax Tel DOHA: Disney on Ice fans in Fax Qatar are eagerly anticipating Disney magic come to life as the biggest show this summer opens next month at Qatar National Convention Centre Tel (QNCC). Fax “Disney shows have been a part of me growing up and I want my children to live the same magic that has inspired Tel many people through the years,” said Luisa, a Disney fan who Fax has bought four tickets for the entire family. ‘Disney on Ice Rockin’ Ever After’ will be the second show Tel in Qatar after the last year’s Fax ‘Disney on Ice Celebrates 100 Years of Magic’ which saw eight soldout shows. “I saw the show last year and it was impressive. I know this show will be better and more spectacular,” said Mahmoud, adding he would watch the show Merida, star of the animated film Brave, will make her ice debut. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH with his close friends. Tel The exhilarating new produc- Fax tion is expected to top last year’s next superstar. Merida, the September 24 to 27 are expected one of the best tourism destina- show with eight performances in headstrong, bow and arrow- to attract about 40,000 spec- tions for families in the GCC. four days featuring adventurous wielding princess who stars in tators, Haidary told Al Raya Doha is one of the best venues moments from Disney•Pixar’s the animated film ‘Brave’ makes recently. to present Disney On Ice shows. Tel Brave and Disney’s The Little her ice debut in the show. The show is produced by Feld Our role in QTA is to promote Fax Mermaid, Tangled and Beauty Organisers are gearing up for Entertainment and presented tourism events with high enter- and the Beast. the production which will wit- by Qatar Tourism Authority tainment, cultural and educa- The new show uses the ness over 100 world-class per- (QTA) and its Events Diary, tional quality,” he said. www.marriottmarquisdoha.com popular talent show trend as formers and 40 containers of OnQatar as part of the Qatar Al Qurese said Qatar is boost- a vehicle to weave four stories equipment and costumes. Summer Festival. ing its capacity to host big events Tel + 974 44195000 together. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Ali Haidary, Founder and Rashed Al Qurese, Executive by building facilities such as the Fax + 974 44195100 Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy CEO, Sport & Entertainment Director, Marketing & soon-to-open Doha Exhibition search the globe for the hottest Solutions (SES) which is bring- Promotions, QTA, said the show and Convention Centre which acts to perform, leading them ing the show, said 40 containers is one of the important events has an area of 90,000sqm. into the worlds of Merida, Ariel, would be brought from the US during the festival. Tickets for the show are Belle and Rapunzel while comi- and the venue would be built a “We are hosting such events available at Virgin Megastores cal Disney characters make week ahead of the opening. to position Qatar as a world- and on www.virginmegastores. appearances to try to be the The eight shows from class tourism hub and make it qa THE PENINSULA AUGUST 30, 2014 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Hot, humid weather may QR300,000 of Sheikh Jassim continue for five days DOHA: The weather is In Doha, day temperature is expected to continue to be hot likely to soar to 40 degrees and Cup proceeds donated to Gaza and humid over the next five the night temperature is fore- days at least, forecasters said cast at 33 degrees. yesterday. Al Ruwais would be the DOHA: Qatar Football Asked when one could expect coolest place today with the day Association (QFA) and Reach change in weather conditions, and night mercury levels being out to Asia (Rota), Qatar’s lead- a forecaster said he could talk 32 and 36 degrees, respectively. ing non-profit and community only of the next five days and Abu Samra is expected to wit- development organisation, have not longer. ness day temperatures of up to announced that QR300,000 “Based on the forecast we 42 degrees, while at night the in proceeds from the recent have for the next five days all mercury level would fall to 34. Sheikh Jassim Cup will be that can be said is the weather The forecast has issued no donated to Gaza victims. would remain unchanged,” said warning for today but said the Essa Al Mannai, Executive the forecaster. weather would be hazy and Director, Rota, said, “Supporting Humidity levels would likely partly cloudy with chances of access to education and commu- range between 30 and 70 per- rains with thunder in the west. nity development in Gaza has cent, while day temperatures Offshore, there are chances of been a priority for us and we would be between 36 and 42 rains in the southeast, according are again proud to be partnering degrees Celsius. to the forecast. with QFA on this humanitarian As for today, the humid- The wind direction will be initiative. ity level is expected to range southeasterly to northwesterly “I would like to thank all fans between 50 and 80 percent dur- with speed from five to 15 knots. and communities for their sup- ing the day. Offshore, it will be northeast- port and solidarity, and making a The forecast for today has erly to southeasterly with speed positive impact for our neighbours put the maximum temperature up to 18 knots at times. At night in Gaza. at between 36 and 42 degrees the speed is likely to slow down “Rota started its first mis- and the minimum between 32 to 10 knots. sion in Gaza during the Israeli and 34. THE PENINSULA war that started in December of 2008. Since then, as a long- term response to the destruction caused by the 23-day war, Rota has funded phases I and II of a United Darwish donates project to rebuild, rehabilitate and refurbish 22 schools in the Gaza Strip. Rota remains committed QR500,000 to QC’s to Gaza and supporting its community in this time of great need.” Khalid Mubarak Al Kuwari, Acting Executive Director, Gaza Relief campaign Operations, QFA, said: “We’d like to congratulate Al Sadd on DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) Al Darwish said the company winning the Cup this year and to has received a QR500,000 was pleased to be given the thank Rota for supporting our donation from United Darwish opportunity to provide support initiative to donate the ticket for its Gaza Relief campaign. for their brothers in Gaza. proceeds of the match to the QFA and Rota officials at the event. The campaign aims to con- QC has projects and urgent victims of Gaza and the renova- tribute to the alleviation of the relief interventions in Gaza, tion of schools. For QFA, edu- and our partnership with Rota providing education that will underprivileged communities.” suffering of Palestinian people beginning on the third day of cation is of utmost importance ensures that we are involved in change the lives of children in THE PENINSULA in the Strip. the aggression in July. The Chairman of the company, The projects involving over Yousef bin Jassim Al Darwish, QR7,000,000 include emer- Turkey marks Victory Day presented the cheque to Yousef gency food aid, cash assistance bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, CEO, QC. for municipal employees, medi- Greetings cable Al Kuwari thanked the com- cal aid for hospitals, repairs to pany and said: “The blessed water and sanitation networks sent to Davutoglu step taken by the company will that serve a number of neigh- facilitate support for the people bourhoods, and pharmaceutical DOHA: The Prime Minister of Gaza who are being subjected and therapeutic aid, including and Interior Minister H E to an unjust aggression that essential equipment such as a Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser has continued for more than a laboratory and a mobile X-ray bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday month.” machine. sent a cable of congratulations He said the donation reflects To donate to the campaign, to new Turkish Premier Ahmet the human feeling of the com- please send the word ‘Gaza’ via Davutoglu on his appointment. pany and hoped other firms fol- SMS to 92632 to donate QR50, low suit and contribute to QC to 92642 to donate QR100, to Qatar, Canada projects in and outside Qatar, 92428 to donate QR500, and to in light of their corporate social 92429 to donate QR1,000. People review trade ties responsibility and keenness to can donate as many times as contribute to relief and develop- they. DOHA: Qatari Ambassador ment of communities. They can also donate via Fahad Mohammed Yusuf He highlighted strong rela- Islamic Bank account number Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Demirok (second right) hosted a reception at his residence in Doha to mark Victory Kafoud met the President tions between QC and national 100143149, collection points Day. With him are Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Ibrahim Fakhroo (second left), Dean of Diplomatic Corps, and CEO of the Chamber of institutions and said these rela- across the state and on hotlines Eritrean Ambassador Ali Ibrahim Ahmed (centre), Bangladeshi Ambassador, Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoder Commerce Canada, Perrin tionships enhance Qatar’s posi- 44667711 and 33163537. Beatty, in Ottawa and discussed (right) and Counsellor at the Afghanistan embassy, M Qasim Himat. SALIM MATRAMKOT tive image. THE PENINSULA ways to strengthen trade and investment relations. The chamber represents more than 200,000 Canadian firms. Illegal real estate appraisers QNA Environment influencing prices amid boom Ministry foils

DOHA: Unlicensed real This way they are harming the only when a court hearing a diesel smuggling estate appraisers are thriv- national economy, banks and dispute refers the matter to an ing in Qatar, influencing real buyers’ interest, he said. appraiser for opinion, so how DOHA: Inspectors from the estate prices amid a continu- Licensed appraisers have they can influence the price of Ministry of Environment are ing construction boom. offices and if sellers and buy- a property,” asked Nuzmi. keeping a vigil on the sea as well It is illegal to appraise real ers operate through them, the A bank giving away a loan to prevent diesel smuggling. estate without a licence from chances of disputes over trans- seeks help from an appraiser. In Inspectors recently caught a the Ministry of Justice, but actions are dim. the event of a dispute between pick-up carrying diesel report- there are unlawful appraisers Another licensed appraiser, a bank and a borrower, an edly for smuggling in Unaiza and operating in the market openly. Rashid Al Dosri, told the daily appraiser is appointed (by the referred the matter to public There are 120 licensed that it was because of illegal bank). “An appraiser can give prosecution. appraisers, and there are no appraisers that the real estate correct estimates of a property Local Arabic daily Al Watan estimates of unlicensed mid- market was facing recession. because he knows the market,” reported yesterday that the dlemen and evaluators. “They have taken real estate said Nuzmi. ministry continues to monitor A prominent real estate prices to incredible highs The current increase in real land and sea to prevent ille- appraiser told local Arabic daily because they want to charge estate prices is because of mid- gal transportation of materials Al Raya in comments published more commission,” said Al dlemen involved in transactions that can adversely impact the yesterday that an effective way Dosri talking of illegal middle- who don’t have the right expe- environment. to stop illegal operators was to men and appraisers. rience and don’t know the local Transfer of diesel and other have a professional association The situation is that a villa market, he said. fuel in carriages other than those of licensed appraisers. that costs a million and a few “They increase prices because meant for the purpose poses grave “We must be allowed to form thousands riyals is being sold they want higher commission,” threat to the environment and our professional association so for three to four million riyals said Nuzmi. the people at large, and that is we can fight for our rights and because of the involvement of He added that the govern- why the ministry has come into ensure that professional eth- illegal appraisers, said Al Dosri. ment should allow vertical picture to curb smuggling. ics is followed,” said Khalifa Al “They are giving wrong esti- expansion of buildings to cope The daily said the ministry had Muslemani. mates. Licensed appraisers are with the rising population and in the past few months referred He said it is necessary to being marginalised. They are the soaring demand for housing several cases of alleged illegal regulate the profession of real being pushed to the sidelines.” instead of going in for horizon- transfer of diesel and benzene to estate appraisal and have a law There is the need to organ- tal expansion. public prosecution. in place since illegal appraisers ize the profession and regulate Before a property can be It said that according to law are destroying the market. it by putting a law in place, he sold, insured or mortgaged an No. 19 of 2004, violations are pun- There are cases in the added. appraiser has to estimate its ishable with a jail term of up to courts and the involved parties But a director of a real estate value. One of the jobs of an a year and a fine of QR10,000 to are buyers, sellers and illegal company, Mohamed Nuzmi, appraiser is to look at previous QR100,000 or both. If a violation appraisers, he said. told the daily that he doesn’t appraisals of a property, future is repeated within five years, the Illegal appraisers increase agree that appraisers can influ- developments in the area and jail term and the fine are doubled the price of a property to get ence prices. other factors that can impact and the goods and vehicles are higher commission on a sale. “They come into picture its price. THE PENINSULA seized. THE PENINSULA AUGUST 30, 2014 Middle East www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY

Libya Islamists Gaza fighters to rearm amid truce say shot down jet of rivals Iranian military official offers help BENGHAZI: Libyan Islamists said yesterday they downed a GAZA CITY: Thousands of Doha. A top Iranian military plane belonging to forces of a fighters paraded in the besieged official vowed to help Palestinian rogue general, but a source close Gaza Strip yesterday, defiantly fighters rearm. “Be assured that to the officer said it crashed saying they would rearm as the the Iranian people and the Iran because of a technical fault. prospects of a final deal on a Revolutionary Guards Corps will The military aircraft came long-term Israel-Hamas truce help you more than in the past in down in Al Baida in eastern Libya looked shaky. all defence and social domains,” after carrying out air strikes tar- Calm was restored to the said IRGC commander General geting Islamists in Derna farther coastal enclave in a Tuesday Mohammad Ali Jafari, in quotes east, a spokesman for general ceasefire, and Gazans were grad- posted on the organisation’s offi- Khalifa Haftar said. Speaking on ually starting to rebuild their cial website. condition of anonymity, he said lives after a bloody and destruc- Israel has consistently linked the crash happened because of a tive 50-day war, the deadliest for the reconstruction of the Gaza “technical” glitch, and added that years. enclave to its demilitarisation. the pilot was killed. But the chances of long-term “It has become abundantly But the Ansar Al Sharia jihad- peace hung in the balance after clear that unless Hamas is dis- ist group, which Washington clas- Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal armed and its tools of control sifies as a “terrorist organisation” on Thursday ruled out Israeli removed, there can be no peace said on social networks that its demands to disarm, and as Israel and security for either Israelis militants fired a missile at the said it would not budge on key or Palestinians,” Israel’s Foreign plane. Neither claim could be Hamas demands in further Minister Avigdor Lieberman independently confirmed. negotiations. warned on his ministry’s website. Haftar in May launched an Thousands of Islamic Jihad Both Israel and Hamas are offensive dubbed “Operation fighters paraded through Gaza claiming the truce as a victory. Dignity” against radical Islamists City in a show of force, marching “Hamas was hit very hard and in Benghazi, Libya’s second city with light weapons and holding there is here a military achieve- and birthplace of the 2011 uprising aloft rockets similar to those fired ment of the highest order, as that toppled dictator Muammar at Israel during the conflict. well as a diplomatic achievement Gaddafi. Ansar Al Sharia is based The spokesman for Islamic because they dropped all of their in Benghazi and is said to control Jihad’s armed wing, the Al Quds demands,” Israeli Prime Minister 80 percent of the city. Brigades, delivered a speech Benjamin Netanyahu told a del- Libya has been sliding into praising backers Iran and allies egation from the US House of chaos since Kadhafi was over- Hezbollah and declaring that the Representatives Armed Services Palestinians who support the Islamic Hamas movement hold a rally in the West Bank city of Nablus yesterday. thrown and killed three years ago, group would “redouble efforts” Committee. as the embattled interim authori- to rearm. Israel “cannot win in “They got to this point the will not suddenly begin letting in Palestinians, more than 70 per- Israel HaYom freesheet, seen ties confront powerful militias Gaza”, said the spokesman known hard way. They kept testing us large amounts of construction cent of them civilians according as close to Netanyahu, said con- who fought to oust the veteran as Abu Hamza. and every time we struck them materials which could be used to to the United Nations, and 65 tinued Egypt-mediated talks with dictator. Last weekend, the Fajr “We have not stopped making but the last time, given this accu- make weapons. soldiers and six civilians on the Hamas would have to balance Libya (Libya Dawn) mainly weapons, even during the battle, mulation of blows, they were per- Meshaal said his group’s arse- Israeli side. toughness with incentives. Islamist alliance seized Tripoli and we will redouble our efforts... suaded,” he said. nal “guarantees that our demands Islamic Jihad said yesterday “Hamas did not surrender,” it airport after weeks of fierce fight- to prepare for the next stage, But talks on crunch issues such will not be overlooked”, although 121 of its fighters died. A poll wrote. “To deny it any motivation ing with nationalist rivals. which we hope will be the battle as Hamas’s demands for a port he also acknowledged that not all in yesterday’s Maariv newspa- to fire again... Israel should com- And the crisis has further for freedom.” and an airport and the release the Hamas conditions for a cease- per indicated that 58 percent of bine carrots and sticks.” deepened with factions backing His words echoed those of the of prisoners, as well as Israel’s fire were met. Jewish Israelis regard the open- “It should be generous in open- rival prime ministers and rival exiled leader of Hamas, the main calls for militant groups to be “Not all our demands have been ended ceasefire as a mistake. ing the crossings and the passage parliaments. On Wednesday, the power in Gaza. disarmed, have been put on hold satisfied... but an important part,” Only 33 percent believed it for goods so that it will be clear 15-member UN Security Council “The weapons of the resistance until negotiators return to Cairo he said, referring to the easing of would help bring about a nego- to Hamas what it stands to lose, unanimously adopted a resolution are sacred and we will not accept within a month. Israel’s blockade of the impover- tiated Gaza settlement. The and it should be clear about the for an immediate ceasefire in the that they be on the agenda” of Israeli officials have said they ished territory. number of respondents in the immediate meaning of the viola- oil-rich North African country future talks with Israel, Meshaal will not accede to the port and The seven-week con- poll and its margin of error were tion of the ceasefire — a return to and tightened an arms embargo. told reporters on Thursday in airport demands, and hinted they flict claimed the lives of 2,143 not given. warfare.” AFP AFP More sanctions on Iranian banks

WASHINGTON: The United companies for violations including working with Iran’s petrochemi- States yesterday penalised a helping Iran’s missile and nuclear cal industry. number of Iranian and other programs, evading prior sanctions The sanctions freeze any assets foreign companies, banks and or supporting terrorism. the people and firms may hold airlines for violating sanctions Companies affected included in the United States, and effec- against Tehran largely tied to Iran’s Asia Bank, Caspian Air, tively cuts them off from the US its nuclear programme. Meraj Air and Lissom Marine financial system. Any foreign US officials said it was send- Services LLC, a shipping firm. companies that deal with those ing a signal that there should be In a parallel move, the State sanctioned could also be targeted. no evasion of the sanctions while Department imposed sanctions The US actions were consist- international talks continue on on four firms it said were helping ent with commitments made last relaxing them in return for Iran’s Iran’s nuclear program, as well November that created the condi- agreement to curb its nuclear as Goldentex FZE, a UAE-based tions for the nuclear negotiations, activities. firm working with Iran’s ship- Caitlin Hayden, spokeswoman for The Treasury Department said ping sector, and an Italian firm, the National Security Council, it was targeting individuals and Dettin SpA, which it said was said in a statement. REUTERS Rescuers recover 14 bodies from sea near Libya

BEN GUERDANE, TUNISIA: Tunisian rescuers yesterday recovered the bodies of at least 14 people from the sea near Libya’s maritime border, in an area that has seen many boatloads of illegal migrants capsize. A child’s body was among those plucked from the sea by the Tunisian coastguard and taken to Ben Guerdane, a photog- rapher said. Hospital ofﬁcial Abdelkarim Chafroud said that 14 bodies were retrieved and rescuers were still trying to recover three more. Mired in unrest and political chaos, Libya has been a launchpad for illegal migrants seeking a better life in Europe and who turn to people smugglers to cross the Mediterranean, mainly to Italy. Since the end of July, dozens of people who have set off on rickety boats from Libya have died at sea, and dozens more have gone missing, presumed drowned. AFP 06 AUGUST 30, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Views

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ne fallout of the Gaza war has been as predicted: an increase in anti-Israel sentiment in the West. The asymmetry of the war might have given solid reason Ofor the Benjamin Netanyahu government to claim victory, but the same asymmetry is now working against Tel Islamist gains in Syria alarm Aviv. With more than 2,100 Palestinians killed, around 10,000 injured and much of Gaza Strip a swathe of waste, it’s easy to say who had the upper hand in the conflict. But the huge human cost and other atrocities Israel committed have given some Assad allies a fillip to a movement that has been making slow and steady BY MARIAM KAROUNY Duraid Al Assad, the cousin of Bashar name — “Cub of Assad” — indicated progress recently: the movement to boycott, disinvest from Al Assad, wrote on his Facebook page. strong pro-government sympathies. and sanction Israel, known simply as BDS. The academic and mounting death toll in Duraid is a son of Rifat Al Assad, who Western officials and anti-Assad activ- cultural boycott of Israel has already attracted some well- President Bashar Al Assad’s left Syria after being accused of attempt- ists have accused the Damascus govern- known names like Stephen Hawking and Sinead O’Connor armed forces is causing alarm ing a coup in the 1980s against the late ment of leaving Islamic State to its own and the latest conflict would encourage more people and Aamong some government loy- president Hafez Al Assad. Contacted via devices, allowing it to expand in a ploy alists who are worried about Islamic his Facebook page, Duraid said he lives aimed at crushing less radical opposition celebrities to join the campaign. State’s territorial gains and are turn- in Syria. forces. The West has rebuffed a Syrian According to a New York Times report, a Sainsbury ing their anger on the authorities in His status was endorsed more than a government offer to act as a partner in grocery store in London removed kosher products from its Damascus. thousand times. Dozens of people wrote a war on Islamic State. shelves to prevent anti-Israel demonstrations. In another The execution of scores of Syrian comments expressing their agreement. The group has been advancing in the significant development, the Tricycle Theatre in London, soldiers taken captive by Islamic State From Damascus, Islamic State may countryside north of Aleppo, edging after hosting a Jewish film festival for eight years, demanded at an air base in Raqqa province has have seemed a distant threat until closer to Syria’s second city where gov- triggered unusually harsh social media recently. Raqqa city, Islamic State’s ernment forces and allied fighters are to check the content of any film made with funding from the criticism of the Damascus government stronghold, is 350km northeast of the battling to crush other insurgent groups. Israeli government. George Galloway, a member of British by people who have taken its side in capital. Alawites living near the coast are wor- Parliament known for his virulent anti-Israel stance, said the civil war. The government has been focused on ried by both Islamic State and recent that “we don’t want any Israeli Some, including one of Assad’s cous- shoring up control over a corridor of ter- attempts by Al Qaeda’s Syrian arm, the goods, we don’t want any Israeli ins, have called for the resignation of ritory in western Syria stretching north Nusra Front, to advance closer to their the defence minister, blaming him for from Damascus up to the coast. areas, said an anti-Assad Alawite who services, we don’t want any the loss of the Islamic State has meanwhile been lives near the coast, speaking via Skype. The huge Israeli academics coming to the Tabqa air base expanding its control in the east. Besides “The Alawite community is afraid. university or college; we don’t that represented Raqqa province, it has taken most of People here are angry. They’re upset toll and even want any Israeli tourists to the government’s Deir Al Zor, securing control over oil that the government abandoned those come to Bradford.” Such action Some analysts last foothold in a fields and the Euphrates river. soldiers. They are also worried now that destruction in and trenchant criticism may not province other- But now, strengthened by military the battles are coming so close,” said the argue that wise controlled by hardware seized from the Iraqi army activist. Gaza war will have happened in other European Islamic State. in June, Islamic State is advancing Some analysts argue that even if there countries, but none would dispute even if there With the flow westwards. is dissent in the Alawite community, the help isolate the fact that Israel will have to pay is dissent in of information Since June, engagements between threat posed by Islamic State will bind it a heavy price in public opinion and from Syria greatly Islamic State and government forces more tightly together rather than cause Israel more in in erosion of support. European the Alawite restricted, it is have cost the lives of hundreds of loy- divisions. support is crucial for the existence not possible to alist fighters, according to the Syrian But a Western official said there the West. community, the gauge how widely Observatory for Human Rights, which appeared to be growing doubts among of Israel. Any fall in that support such sentiment is monitors violence in the civil war. Assad supporters about whether his mil- would have huge consequences, threat posed by felt. And it is not In the days before Islamic State fight- itary could confront the threat posed by which would be far more Islamic State the first time the ers seized the Tabqa air base on Sunday, the radical Islamists if they continue to detrimental than opposition from Arabs. The European public will bind it more Syrian govern- state media had reported on the efforts expand in the way they have been. has the ability to influence the diplomatic stances of their ment has faced to defend it. On Sunday, the day the air- “I think a lot of Christians and criticism from its port fell, it reported that government Alawites are saying ‘wait a minute, what countries and Israel now can’t expect to get a blind backing tightly together supporters dur- forces had staged a successful evacuation. about a plan B?’” said the official. for its illegal activities. rather than ing the three-year But footage subsequently released on Salem Zahran, a Lebanese journalist The BDS campaign was launched in 2005 and its three conflict. YouTube and broadcast by Arab news with close ties to the Syrian government, goals are the end of Israeli occupation and coloniSation of cause divisions. But it points to channels showed Islamic State fighters said the executions at Tabqa would only Arab land and dismantling of the Wall, full equality of Arab- a potential pres- executing scores of Syrian soldiers after strengthen the government’s narrative. Palestinian citizens of Israel and third, respect for the right sure point for forcing them to march in the desert in “There is the angle that you lost a Assad, who draws support from minor- nothing but their underwear. position, true, but there is another angle of return of Palestinian refugees. So far, the economic impact ity groups including his own Alawite Islamic State said it had killed 250 that you are proving once again that the of the boycott movement has been small and is unlikely to community for whom Islamic State is soldiers taken captive at the air base. opposition, at the forefront of which is change in a way that will damage Israeli economy in the near an existential threat. “They captured 250 soldiers in Tabqa Islamic State, is a bloody opposition that future, but the movement has been able to tarnish the image “I demand the resignation of the min- and are saying they have executed them. is murdering people,” he said. of Israel and expose its atrocities. ister of defence, the chief of staff, the air Oh, you officials, and you leaders, how Criticisms of the government had been It’s interesting that Israel is facing heightened opposition force commander, the minister of infor- could you sacrifice 250 soldiers like that?” made before, he said. “But they don’t last, mation, and whoever is responsible for said one comment posted on a pro-Assad and then die away.” from the Western public at a time when Arabs are in the fall of the Tabqa military airport,” Facebook page by someone whose user REUTERS disarray• The other side Quote of The Gulf must not forget Assad’s brutality in Syria the day

uddled in the presidential – would be willing to work with the US not forgotten that the Assad regime while pouring bullets and ordnance on palace on Qassioun and the UK to tackle the threat. But, he did all that. Nor has the crippling siege moderate opposition groups. mountain, Bashar Al warned, any attack on ISIL on Syrian of Homs been forgotten, or the siege That has not been forgotten not HAssad appears to think he territory without Damascus’ permis- of Aleppo that still runs. simply because of our belief that Despite Moscow’s has found a way out. Ever since he sion would be considered an act of We have not forgotten that it was Bashar Al Assad should leave power, hollow denials, it began to brutally put down the initially aggression. the Assad regime which starved its but because by his actions he has peaceful uprising against his rule, Syria Let us start with what is an act of own people to stop them asking made the Gulf and its allies less safe. is now clear that has become a pariah state, opposed aggression. An act of aggression is for their legitimate rights. Millions of The wave of refugees from Syria by regional countries like Turkey and using chemical weapons against civil- Syrians have fled their homes within threatens Jordan. Russian troops and western countries such as the US and ians, as the Syrian regime did last year Syria and without, causing enormous The civil war in Syria threatened the UK. in Ghouta. pressure on Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq and allowed ISIL to breed. For the equipment have Now, Mr Al Assad appears to think It is dropping barrel bombs and Turkey. sake of political expediency, it would illegally crossed the he could be let off the hook if he helps launching mortar attacks on cities; it Nor have we forgotten that it was be easy to work with the Assad regime the West tackle ISIL. Speaking earlier is bombing people while they queue the Assad regime that allowed ISIL to to combat the threat of ISIL. But both, border into eastern this week, Syria’s foreign minister Walid for bread; it is using the shabiha to thrive, noticeably refusing to bomb in truth, are threats to the Gulf. The and southeastern Muallem said his country – or at least rape and murder and create fear. their headquarters in Raqqa even while Middle East needs to be rid of both. Anders Fogh Rasmussen the part of it the regime still controls Friends of Syrians in the Gulf have their flag clearly marked it – and all the THE NATIONAL Ukraine. Nato chief AUGUST 30, 2014 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Israeli leaders rarely popular once fighting ends

raised by Netanyahu throughout the The majority of crisis. Westerners viewing the conflict Israelis feel their through the prism of international media may be surprised that the heavy toll in Palestinian casualties and destruction of army acted with thousands of buildings in Gaza barely fea- tures in local criticism of the government. restraint and that Many observers have also noted quite correctly that if any side has come off worse in the confrontation, it was Hamas, the blame for which for all the devastation in Gaza has achieved none of its demands save for civilian casualties a return to the agreements achieved in 2012 and a vague commitment to address its demands in a further round of talks lies squarely with next month. But that is not the Israeli perspective. Hamas which The majority of Israelis feel their army acted with restraint and that the blame launched its rockets for civilian casualties lies squarely with Hamas which launched its rockets from heavily built-up areas. from heavily They do blame Netanyahu, however, for not using the military might at his built-up areas. disposal to achieve either the toppling of the Hamas government in Gaza or extracting firm commitments to disman- BY ANSHEL PFEFFER tle its rocket arsenal. As Israelis see it, life in much of their country was brought to a standstill for t the height of Israel’s seven weeks, residents of the kibbutzim first Lebanon war in 1982, around Gaza were forced to flee and Amiram Nir, the Israeli 71 soldiers and civilians were killed for officer and journalist who no gain. Now they’re back where it all went on to serve as the US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv. While the two countries are close allies, started, with no guarantee that another Aprime minister’s counter-terrorism round won’t take place very soon. They they have exchanged criticism during the recent Israel-Hamas fighting in Gaza. adviser and later died in a mysterious see no one else to blame for that except plane crash, coined the phrase: “Quiet, the prime minister. He had their support we’re shooting.” Only three weeks ago, 77 percent of led to Menachem Begin’s resignation and months after VE Day remains the prime while the fighting was ongoing – now that Nearly all of Israel’s normally feisty Israelis responded to a poll commissioned total withdrawal from public life, as well historical example of the way a wartime he failed to deliver any tangible result, and irreverent media observe this rule at by Haaretz saying they were satisfied as an end to the first period of the Likud leader can swiftly lose public support. he has lost it. times of war or during a major military with the way Netanyahu was conduct- party’s dominance in Israeli politics. George Bush also failed to win a second This doesn’t spell political demise operation. ing the Gaza offensive. During both these wars the leader- term in 1992 despite the success of the for him quite yet. The ray of light for While soldiers are falling on the bat- A day after Tuesday night’s ceasefire ship enjoyed wide support from media first Gulf war. In Israel, however, with its Netanyahu in the polls is that there is tlefield, criticism of the government is he had already lost a third of that and and public, only to plunge into a trough frequent bouts of warfare, it has become still no alternative on the horizon to largely muted. Public opinion likewise was down to 50 percent. In another poll in the aftermath. a pattern. his premiership. In the Haaretz poll 42 falls in line and the prime minister and carried out for Channel 2 Netanyahu’s Military setbacks were never the sole In addition to the dire polls, the Israeli percent of Israelis still see him as the other civilian and military leaders receive fall was even more dramatic, his approval reason for changes in political fortunes; media, largely supportive of Netanyahu most suitable candidate for the job. His levels of approval in the polls they could rating descending in the space of a month financial crises and corruption scandals throughout the 50-day military operation, closest rival, Labour’s lacklustre leader only dream of during peacetime. from a high of 82 percent to only 32 per- played a major part as well. But the anti- have also piled in, with commentators Yitzhak Herzog, polled only 12 percent, It all ends come the ceasefire or when cent this week. He is not the first Israeli climax, following the euphorically high on just about every channel and news- while his challengers from the far-right, an operation gets bogged down into a leader to suffer such a reversal. ratings while the guns are blazing, sets in paper (with the exception of the Israel Avigdor Lieberman and Naftali Bennett, lengthy war of attrition. Israelis have Israel successfully fought off a sur- motion an immediate and steep decline. Hayom freesheet owned by Netanyahu’s each received 11 percent and are deemed extremely high expectations, bordering prise attack on two fronts from Egypt Israel’s previous prime minister, Ehud American backer and casino mogul as too extreme by three-quarters of the on the unrealistic, from their army and and Syria in the 1973 Yom Kippur war, Olmert, was ultimately brought down by Sheldon Adelson) excoriating the prime electorate. intelligence services and for more than but public anger over the intelligence allegations of bribe-taking, but it was the minister for having lost the initiative Most Israelis don’t love or revere four decades have punished the politi- failure forced both Golda Meir and second Lebanon war, perceived by most throughout, allowing Hamas to dictate Netanyahu and are deeply disappointed cians for any perceived shortcomings – as Moshe Dayan to resign and set the Israelis as ending in a stalemate with nearly every stage of the crisis and finally with the outcome of his war. If there was prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scene for the end of the labour move- Hezbollah, which cast a permanent pall accepting a ceasefire agreement which on the horizon a leader they felt was com- learning now. He has taken a nose dive ment’s 29 years in power. over the rest of his term. contains no assurances against future petent enough to replace him, he or she in the latest polls and received a bash- In 1982 the army dislodged the It isn’t a phenomenon unique to Israel. rocket launches from Gaza or mention would have a good chance in the next ing from the Israeli media over the past Palestine Liberation Organisation from Winston Churchill’s landslide defeat in of a demilitarisation of the Palestinian elections. But for now there is no one. couple of days. its bases but the continued blood-letting the 1945 general election, less than two organisations – a demand repeatedly THE GUARDIAN

Russian ‘realism’ wins, but will fail in the end Is this beginning of Putin viewed the demonstrations in the end for Zuma? Kiev that swept a corrupt president etbacks in beleaguered South African President Jacob Zuma’s battle against corruption allegations has sparked fresh specu- from power as wholly caused by lation that he could be forced out of office. Controversy over Smillions of dollars of taxpayers’ money spent on his rural home Western money and plotting. and the dropping of graft charges against him, returned to haunt him with renewed force over the past week. BY JOHN LLOYD On Thursday, he lost a five-year court battle to keep secret the so- used to govern Europe.” In this called “spy tapes” that got him off the hook on more than 700 charges vision, “geopolitics no longer mat- of fraud and corruption in 2009, before he became president. he world is no longer tered and … an all-inclusive lib- The Supreme Court of Appeal ordered that the tapes, which allegedly divided by communism eral order could maintain peace.” showed political interference in the prosecution process, be released to vs capitalism. But it’s Mearsheimer, a realist among the opposition Democratic Alliance within five days. This could possibly Tstill divided by ideologies idealists, says Russia takes a more lead to the charges against him being reinstated. that have their clearest expres- sensible – realist — position: All On the same day, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela told reporters sion in the policies of Russia and great states have large interests, she would press ahead with demands that Zuma refund some of the the United States. That division he writes, and international poli- $24m spent on “security upgrades” at his private home. That amount of Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media after talks with contrasts liberal and realist views tics is, as always, about projecting money would buy several mansions in the best suburbs in Johannesburg of the world. power in seeking to accommodate Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Minsk, Belarus. or on the beachfront in Cape Town, and Madonsela’s report sparked Russian President Vladimir these interests when they conflict. widespread outrage. Putin’s realist stance has won There’s no doubt that the lib- Islamists and authoritarians do to popular forces that, in Ukraine, This took its most visible form last week when Zuma hedged his ground. No country will help eral view of the world has many battle. It’s perfectly reasonable increasingly look west to Europe answers on the scandal in parliament, leading to chaotic scenes as a Ukraine get Crimea back, which problems. In fact, we are witness- for a realist to contend that the and increasingly see in Russia a group of radical lawmakers jumped to their feet and yelled repeatedly: Russia annexed in March. There’s ing one right now: the fallout from liberals’ embrace of the upsurge of threat. “Pay back the money!” The unprecedented outburst was described by no invitation pending for Ukraine over-estimating the liberating populist anger in the Middle East Putin viewed the demonstra- commentator Allister Sparks as “a catalytic event that is going to have to join the European Union – the possibilities of the Arab Spring. and its call for Western freedoms tions in Kiev that swept a corrupt a transformative impact on our national politics. more so since the new president of Western leaders were caught up was the result of a naïve misread- president from power as wholly “It could well mark the beginning of the end of Zuma’s presidency,” the European Commission, Jean in what sociologist Daniel Ritter ing of the real forces at play in caused by Western money and Sparks wrote in his syndicated column. “Are we building up to the Claude Juncker, has ruled out any called “the iron cage of liberal- Arab societies. But the realists plotting. For him, citizens’ upris- removal of President Jacob Zuma?” asked an editorial in the South applications for membership for ism.” President Barack Obama have their own iron cage — and ings are always due to “outside African daily The Times on Friday. at least five years. And Nato will exemplified the point in his com- its bars are thicker. The realists’ influences.” His underestimation The paper referred to the ousting by the ruling African National not rush to admit a nation that it ments on the demonstrations in realist is Putin. Earlier this week, of what citizens united can do will Congress of former president Thabo Mbeki from its leadership in 2007, would be pledged to defend from Cairo’s Tahrir Square in 2011. he met with his Ukrainian coun- rebound on him. which paved the way for Zuma to take over the presidency. armed incursion. But Obama was doing more terpart, Petro Poroshenko, to dis- More and more are citizens Business Day newspaper said the ruling on the tapes was an oppor- Yet Putin’s future problems than just restating liberal cuss the crisis in eastern Ukraine. conscious of rights that should be tunity for the ANC to “consider having a discussion with Zuma over are likely to be more of a head- freedoms. He was also ditching a He presented his now familiar theirs; more and more are they an exit strategy -- he is too much of a liability”. ache than Ukraine’s gradual drift long-term US ally, the autocratic enigmatic visage to the world even linked to global flows of infor- While all this was going on, Zuma was on a week-long trip to Russia, toward the West. The downside of President Hosni Mubarak, who as videos of captured Russian sol- mation, and more and more are where his only major engagement was a meeting with President the realist position is that it pays had long abided by a treaty with diers and reports that Russia had they aware of the costs of corrupt Vladimir Putin. Although the trip was billed as a bid to promote trade, little or no mind to the autonomy Israel and whose military the inserted troops into at least one authoritarian rule. Putin squared none of the relevant ministers travelled with him, and he was said to of citizens. United States helped to fund and insurgent-controlled area, under- off against protest demonstra- be having “rest periods”. John Mearsheimer of the whom the demonstrations were cut his undying claim that Russia tions in 2011 and 2012 and neu- Zuma’s health has been under scrutiny. In June, he was hospitalised University of Chicago writes instrumental in removing. has nothing to do with the pro- tralised them by discrediting and for two days for fatigue and tests before taking a week off. But he has in the current issue of Foreign Now almost everywhere, the Russian separatist movement in imprisoning their leaders. weathered storms before, earning the sobriquet “Teflon president” Affairs that liberals now dominate promises of liberation born in eastern Ukraine. But that was then. Russia will -- nothing sticks -- for having remained in office despite all the alle- foreign policy in the West. They the Arab Spring have reinvig- It is a moment of apparent confront a new reality: of citizens gations. And there could be long legal battles ahead, with analysts believe that “the end of the Cold orated authoritarianism – in strength, but will not help him in who want rights guaranteed by cautioning that the court’s decision on the “spy tapes” would not neces- War had fundamentally trans- Egypt, where the military reas- the longer term the state and truth from their sarily lead to the reinstatement of the corruption charges against him. formed international politics and serted control, but also in the It is one thing to sneer at the media. It’s not naïve to believe But if he is seen as a liability by his party, which was retained power that a new, post-national order region’s real and simmering civil West’s naivety in the Middle East, this will happen: it’s realist. with a reduced majority in May’s election, he could be ousted -- as had replaced the realist logic that wars where proxies for radical but it’s quite another to be blind REUTERS Zuma ousted Mbeki -- through an internal leadership election. AFP 08 AUGUST 30, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East

UN in talks to US sees no win release of peacekeepers in Syria IS threat to UNITED NATIONS: UN officials were locked in negotiations yesterday to win the release of 44 peacekeepers held by Syrian rebels who also besieged 72 other blue helmets homeland in the Golan Heights. Syrian armed fighters, including some linked to the Al-Qaeda Iraq operations cost $7.5m a day affiliate Al-Nusra Front, stormed a Golan Heights crossing on WASHINGTON: The United other Western Europeans. Wednesday, taking 44 troops States is not aware of any spe- “This is a threat that the United from Fiji. cific threat to the US home- States has been focused on. We’ve The rebels surrounded another land from Islamic State (IS) been coordinating closely with our group of 72 soldiers from the militants, the Department of allies, both the Brits, but others Philippines, serving in the UN Homeland Security said yester- in Europe, about countering this Disengagement Observer Force day after Britain raised its inter- threat and mitigating it,” White (UNDOF) that is tasked with national terrorism threat level. House spokesman Josh Earnest monitoring a ceasefire between Islamic State militants and said at a news briefing. Syria and Israel since 1974. their supporters, however, “have There was no plan to raise the The UN revised the figure demonstrated the intent and US threat assessment level, he from 44 to 43 Fijians and from capability to target American said. While the United States 75 to 72 Filipinos after checking citizens overseas,” Homeland once characterized threats under leave records with the mission. Security Secretary Jeh Johnson a system of color coded warnings, Pro-government protesters march over a bridge after weekly Friday prayers in Sana’a. Talks on forming a new “The United Nations contin- said in a statement. He noted that the Obama administration aban- ues to engage with a wide range Yemeni government collapsed this week over demands by Shia Houthis to restore fuel subsidies cut by President DHS took steps over the summer doned that system and now issues of parties in Syria and is mak- Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. to strengthen security at overseas warnings targeted to particular ing every effort to ensure the airports with direct flights to the transport or economic sectors. safety and security of its person- United States. The US military’s bombing nel,” UN spokesman Stephane Johnson said he has spoken to raids and other operations in Dujarric said. UK Home Secretary Theresa May Iraq cost about $7.5m a day, the Huge rival protests in Yemen UN officials declined to give about Britain’s decision to raise its Pentagon said. details of the talks, citing the del- terrorism alert to the second-high- Since IS militants seized terri- SANA’A: Tens of thousands Ansarullah, failed to reach a deal broader political partnership. icate nature of the negotiations. est level. It is the first time since tory in northern and western Iraq of supporters of Yemen’s Shia to end the impoverished country’s The rebels have had armed “Discussions are ongoing now mid-2011 that Britain has been in June, President Barack Obama rebels rallied yesterday in latest political impasse. fighters camped around Sana’a for and so I don’t want to go into any placed on this high of an alert level. has deployed about 865 US troops Sana’a to press for the govern- “The people want the fall of the past week and held protests more details,” said Dujarric. US authorities are particularly to Iraq to bolster security for ment to step down, as a large the government. We will not back almost throughout August. In a “The United Nations is also concerned about former foreign American diplomats and advise number of its backers held a away. We will step up the pres- statement adopted unanimously, engaging with member-states fighters in Syria and Iraq who Baghdad government forces fight- counter-demonstration. sure,” the protesters chanted as the 15-member UN Security who may have influence over have British or other European ing the extremists. Supporters of Shia rebel leader they rallied in northern Sanaa. Council condemned actions by armed opposition elements to passports that would allow them Both manned and unmanned Abdulmalik Al Houthi have been They massed on a road lead- the Houthis demanding the res- encourage the safe release of the to enter the United States with US aircraft have flown surveil- threatening a “painful” escalation ing to Sana’a airport after the ignation of President Abdrabuh peacekeepers.” instant visas and minimal secu- lance flights to track IS jihadists against the government which weekly Muslim prayers. At the Mansur Hadi’s government. The The UN Security Council has rity vetting. and since August 8, American they accuse of corruption. same time, tens of thousands of statement called on the rebels to demanded the “unconditional US and European officials have warplanes have carried out more The UN Security Council called government supporters rallied in “cease all armed hostilities against and immediate release of all the estimated that as many as 100 than 100 air strikes against the on the rebels to end their armed southern Sana’a, calling for unity the government of Yemen” in the detained United Nations peace- Americans have traveled to Syria militants — most of them around uprising and warned of sanctions. and solidarity with the cabinet. northern Al Jawf region, withdraw keepers” and urged countries or Iraq to fight with militants, the strategic Mosul dam in the Three days of talks last week Huthi’s followers want the res- their forces from Amran and dis- with influence to help win their along with four or five times as north. between authorities and the Zaidi ignation of the government, the mantle checkpoints and camps set release. many Britons and hundreds of REUTERS Shia rebels, known as Huthis or scrapping of fuel price rises and a up around Sana’a. 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Turkey’s new Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (centre) and Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan (second right) leave the Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara after Friday prayers. New cabinet spells little policy shift, Erdogan stays dominant

ANKARA: Prime Minister takes office at a challenging time no breaks with the former politi- Ahmet Davutoglu kept key for Turkey, with economic growth cal team of Erdogan, especially members of Turkey’s economic - one of the pillars on which the on economic policy,” said Sinan management team in place and popularity of the AK Party is Ulgen, head of the Center for named Ankara’s point man based - slowing and the map of Economics and Foreign Policy on Europe as foreign minis- the Middle East being rapidly Studies in Istanbul. ter in a new cabinet yesterday, redrawn around it. “This shows that the Davutoglu moves signalling President Outgoing EU Affairs Minister government is very much aware Tayyip Erdogan’s continued and career diplomat Mevlut of Turkey’s economic vulnerabil- domination. Cavusoglu becomes foreign minis- ity and is not going to take any Erdogan, who had dominated ter, replacing Davutoglu, suggest- risks,” he said. politics as prime minister since ing that reinvigorating Turkey’s Babacan is widely respected by 2003, was sworn in on Thursday stalled European Union member- foreign investors, who had hoped as Turkey’s first popularly-elected ship negotiations could be a prior- he would retain responsibility for president, cementing his position ity. Volkan Bozkir, the former head economic affairs. Kurtulmus, a as its most powerful leader of of parliament’s foreign relations former economics professor, said recent times. commission who has held several the portfolios of Turkey’s four Erdogan is likely to retain diplomatic posts in Europe, takes deputy prime ministers would be influence over the new team, with over as EU minister. clarified at the first cabinet meet- his former aide Yalcin Akdogan Deputy Prime Minister Ali ing, which is expected in the com- and Numan Kurtulmus, the dep- Babacan, who had responsibil- ing days. uty chairman of the ruling AK ity for economic affairs in the Turkey’s financial markets Party and another close ally, both last cabinet, Finance Minister were largely unmoved, with the named as deputy prime ministers. Mehmet Simsek and Economy lira slightly firmer and stocks “This cabinet carries Erdogan’s Minister Nihat Zeybekci all outperforming peers, but they signature,” said Huseyin Yayman, kept their posts, as did Energy will be monitoring the balance a columnist and political sci- Minister Taner Yildiz. of power between Babacan and ence professor at Ankara’s Gazi “This is a conservative cabi- Kurtulmus in the coming days. University. The new government net in the sense that there are REUTERS AUGUST 30, 2014 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY

Dutch govt plans to seize passports of Britain raises terrorism threat level suspected jihadists Attacks planned from Syria, Iraq; Cameron to outline new laws next week THE HAGUE: The Dutch government said yesterday it wants LONDON: Britain raised its The British move comes less to strip jihadists who go to fight terrorism alert yesterday to the than two weeks after a video in Syria or Iraq of their pass- second-highest level with Prime released by IS showed the behead- ports, even if they have not been Minister David Cameron saying of US journalist James Foley, convicted of a crime. ing the Islamic State (IS) group by a masked knifeman apparently The move came amid growing operating in Syria and Iraq speaking English with a London fears that Western fighters who posed the country’s greatest accent. An investigation to iden- joined the Islamic State (IS) and ever security risk. tify the suspected attacker is in other extremist groups in the The government said there train. Middle East will return home to was no evidence an attack was Foley’s murder prompted carry out attacks. imminent but the assessment of demands for extra security meas- “The law will be toughened the latest intelligence by security ures to tackle Britons travelling with the aim of withdrawing chiefs justified elevating the inter- to the Middle East to join militant Dutch nationality from jihadists national threat level to “severe”, groups. Officials have warned that who have joined an armed terror- meaning a strike was “highly some who had gone to Syria or ist group, even without a criminal likely”. Iraq might return to Britain to conviction,” the government said “What we’re facing in Iraq carry out attacks. in a summary of a letter to parlia- now with ISIL (IS) is a greater British and European authori- ment from Justice Minister Ivo and deeper threat to our security ties have been warning for many Opstelten. than we have known before,” said months the Syrian conflict posed The action could however only Cameron, adding he was “abso- a serious terrorism threat, but be taken against Dutch citizens lutely satisfied that ISIL ... would no specific reason was given why with dual nationality, as “no one make specific threats to the UK”. JTAC had raised its alert. should be left stateless”, the gov- It is the first time since mid- “The increase in the threat level ernment said. 2011 that Britain has been is related to developments in Syria Many Dutch Muslims from placed on this grade of alert by and Iraq where terrorist groups immigrant families have dual the Joint Terrorism Analysis are planning attacks against the nationality, particularly Moroccan. Centre (JTAC), the independent West,” Home Secretary (interior “Taking away Dutch nationality body responsible for setting the minister) Theresa May said in a means these people are no longer national threat level. statement. welcome in this country, that they The national threat level was “Some of those plots are likely cannot return,” Opstelten told first published in 2006, just over to involve foreign fighters who journalists in The Hague. a year after four British Islamists have travelled there from the UK Armed police officers in Downing Street, central London, yesterday. Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron said “I will submit the draft law this carried out suicide bombings on and Europe to take part in those yesterday he planned to introduce new legislation to make it harder for Britons to travel to Syria and Iraq to fight afternoon,” he said. London’s transport network kill- conflicts.” alongside Islamist extremists. Announcing a national action ing 52 people. Officials estimate at least 500 plan to prevent Dutch citizens Police chiefs said raising the Britons have travelled to Syria to make it harder for Britons The alert has twice been raised an off-duty soldier was murdered travelling abroad to wage jihad level to severe would mean a rise or Iraq, where IS has seized large to travel to Syria and Iraq to to the highest level of critical — on a London street by two British and to deal with them on their in the level of visible patrols, along swathes of territory, and London’s fight, and to tackle radicalisa- meaning an attack is imminent Muslim converts in what the gov- return, the government said any- with other security and protec- police chief Bernard Hogan-Howe tion among Britain’s 2.7 million — after a plot to blow up trans- ernment described as a terrorist one “trained in a terrorist camp” tion measures. said on Wednesday it was believed Muslims. atlantic airliners was thwarted killing. or who helps recruit fighters White House spokesman John some 250 had since returned. “This will include further steps in 2006 and the next year after However, Muslims and some could also be stripped of their Earnest said: “This is a threat Counter-terrorism police say to stop people travelling, with new attempted car bombings in experts have cautioned against nationality. that the United States has been there have been 69 arrests linked legislation that will make it easier London and Glasgow. Britain rushing through new laws. focused on. We’ve been coordinat- to fighting in Syria this year, a to take people’s passports away,” Security chiefs say they have Muslim groups have criticised a British police chief ing closely with our allies, both fivefold rise in the arrest rate he told a news conference, add- managed to stop at least one “knee-jerk” reaction from politi- the Brits, but others in Europe, compared to last year. ing the cause of the threat was major terrorism plot every year cians which they said could simply says won’t quit about countering this threat and Cameron said he would a “poisonous ideology of Islamic since the 2005 bombings, known backfire. mitigating it.” unveil new laws on Monday extremism”. as the 7/7 attacks, but last year REUTERS over abuse scandal

LONDON: A senior police officer in Britain said yesterday he wouldn’t be quitting over Time running out a scandal involving the sexual Ebola reaches Senegal; riots break out in Guinea exploitation of at least 1,400 children by men of Pakistani herit- for ‘kidnapped’ age as disturbing new details of DAKAR/CONAKRY: The detected in the remote jungles of up barricades across the southern with their medical equipment. the abuse came to light. brain tumour boy West African state of Senegal southeastern Guinea in March, city on Thursday and threatened Another resident said the secu- The scandal, centred on became the fifth country to be and quickly spread across the bor- to attack the hospital before security forces were preventing peo- the northern English town of touched by the world’s worst der to Liberia and Sierra Leone. rity forces moved in to restore ple leaving their neighbourhoods Rotherham, has made headlines taken to France Ebola outbreak yesterday, while The World Health Organisation order. overnight. More than 400 people after an independent report riots broke out in neighbouring warned on Thursday the actual Gunshots were fired and sev- have died in Guinea, though the exposed the scale and graphic CHERBOURG, France: Guinea where infection rates number of cases could be up to eral people were injured, said infection rate is slower than in nature of the crimes and raised British and French authorities are rising fast. four times higher and said that Youssouf Traore, president of the neighbouring Liberia and Sierra difficult questions about whether were racing against time yes- The deadly virus has defied a total of 20,000 people could be Guinean Red Cross. Leone. timidity about confronting the terday to find a desperately ill efforts by governments to control infected before the outbreak ends. “A rumour, which was totally Senegal’s Health Minister Awa racial aspects of the abuse had five-year-old boy with a brain it, prompting the leading charity In the Guinean city of false, spread that we had sprayed Marie Coll Seck said the country’s prompted authorities to turn a tumour who officials believe fighting the outbreak Medicins Nzerekore, riots broke out on the market in order to transmit first case was a Guinean student blind eye. was “kidnapped” from hospital Sans Frontieres to call for the UN Thursday night over rumours the virus to locals,” Traore said. who turned up for treatment at In particular, the report criti- by his family. Security Council to take charge of that health workers had infected “People revolted and resorted to a hospital in the capital Dakar on cised local authorities and police Ashya King’s parents took efforts to stop the epidemic. people with the Ebola virus, a Red violence, prompting soldiers to Tuesday, concealing the fact that for failing to protect the victims, him on Thursday from hospital At least 1,550 people have died Cross official and residents said. intervene.” he had close contact with victims in part because of misplaced in the southern British city of of Ebola and more than 3,000 have A crowd of young men, some Local Red Cross workers had in his home country. racial sensitivities. Southampton without doctors’ been infected since the virus was armed with clubs and knives, set to flee to the military camp REUTERS AGENCIES consent and boarded a ferry to the French port of Cherbourg on the same day. It is not yet known why Brett Ukraine seeks to join Nato; defiant King, 51, and Naghemeh King, 45, took their son and while they are Jehovah’s Witnesses, the movement said yesterday there was Putin compares Kiev to Nazis no indication their decision was motivated by religious convictions. LAKE SELIGER: Ukraine called yesterday next week in Wales. Nato’s Secretary General “It is vital that we find Ashya for full membership in Nato, its strongest plea Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he respected today. His health will deteriorate yet for Western military help after accusing Ukraine’s right to seek alliances. rapidly,” Chris Shead, a spokes- Russia of sending in armoured columns that “Despite Moscow’s hollow denials, it is now man for police in Hampshire, have routed its troops on behalf of pro-Mos- clear that Russian troops and equipment have southern England, told reporters. cow rebels. illegally crossed the border into eastern and “Ashya is in a wheelchair and Russian President Vladimir Putin, defiant as south-eastern Ukraine,” Rasmussen said. “This is fed through a tube. The feeding ever, compared Kiev’s drive to regain control of is not an isolated action, but part of a dangerous system is battery operated and its rebellious eastern cities to the Nazi invasion pattern over many months to destabilise Ukraine that battery will run out today,” of the Soviet Union in the Second World War. as a sovereign nation.” he said. He announced that rebels had succeeded in halt- So far, the West had made clear it is not pre- “Time is running out for this ing it, and proposed that they now permit sur- pared to fight to protect Ukraine but is instead little boy. We need to find him and rounded Ukrainian troops to retreat. relying on economic sanctions, first imposed we need to find him urgently.” Speaking to young people at a summer camp, after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea penin- According to Eric Bouillard, a Putin told his countrymen they must be “ready sula in March and tightened several times prosecutor in Cherbourg, Ashya’s to repel any aggression towards Russia”. He since. life is in danger if he does not get described Ukrainians and Russians as “practi- But those sanctions seem to have done little to medical treatment within 12 hours. cally one people”, language that Ukrainians say deter Putin, leaving Western politicians to seek In a statement, the hospital dismisses the very existence of their thousand- tougher measures without crippling their own in Southampton said Ashya was year-old nation. economies, particularly in Europe which relies allowed to leave the ward under The past 72 hours have seen pro-Russian rebels on Russian energy exports. his parents’ supervision and hos- suddenly open a new front and put Ukrainian European foreign ministers met in Milan pital staff raised the alarm when troops to flight in strategic coastal territory along yeterday ahead of a weekend EU summit. They the length of his absence “became the Sea of Azov. Kiev and Western countries made clear the bloc will discuss further economic a cause of concern”. say the reversal was the result of the arrival of sanctions against Moscow. Some said that was “The information we have armoured columns of Russian troops, sent by no longer sufficient, and other measures to help received from his medical team Putin to prop up a rebellion that would otherwise Kiev should be discussed. at Southampton General Hospital have been on the verge of collapse. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski is that he must continue to be fed Rebels said they would accept Putin’s proposal said countries that had tried so far to mediate via a tube by someone with the that they allow newly-surrounded government now needed to explain “what their ideas (are) relevant medical training,” Shead troops to retreat, provided the government to stop President Putin and save Ukraine as she said. “If he doesn’t receive urgent forces turn over weapons and armour. Kiev said is”. Sweden’s Carl Bildt said: “Sanctions alone are medical care, or the wrong treat- that only proved that the fighters were doing not enough: he (Putin) is prepared to sacrifice ment is given, his condition will Moscow’s bidding. his own people”. become life-threatening.” Full Ukrainian membership of Nato, complete In a symbolic gesture by Poland, one of the Bouillard said authorities with the protection of a mutual defence pact with most outspoken supporters of Ukraine, Warsaw believed he was “kidnapped given the United States, is still an unlikely prospect. denied permission for Russia’s defence minister the circumstances of his depar- But by announcing it is now seeking to join the to fly over its air space after a trip to Slovakia, ture from hospital”. alliance, Kiev has put more pressure on the West forcing him to return to Bratislava. AFP to find ways to protect it. Nato holds a summit REUTERS 10 AUGUST 30, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Asia Three plead guilty in Tibetan religious leader’s murder in China

BEIJING: Three Tibetans in to followers in the West. He Xiang, who is representing exile in Scotland and became a Columbia University. The questions surrounding China have pleaded guilty to was killed in the south-western the families of the three victims, British citizen, was one of the few “Among exiles and many oth- Akong Rinpoche’s death under- involvement in the death of a Chinese city of Chengdu with his said the three defendants had Tibetan religious leaders who suc- ers, this is a major case because score the distrust that many prominent religious leader and nephew and another Tibetan last disagreed with the court on the ceeded at balancing the interests of the widespread assumption Tibetans have of the Chinese two other people, a lawyer rep- October. nature of the crime. of the Chinese government and that there must have been a reli- government. resenting the victims’ families They were stabbed to death by “They mainly wanted to say it Tibetans. gious or political plot of some kind Many Tibetans have pro- said yesterday, in Tibet’s most three Tibetan men over a ﬁnan- wasn’t intentional,” he said. He was especially revered by behind the murders,” Barnett tested against Chinese rule in closely watched murder case in cial dispute, Chengdu police said. The defendants’ lawyer was not Tibetans in China for his work said. their homeland, which has been decades. “They have admitted to the available for comment and tele- with charities and in promot- “So people will be watching ruled by Beijing since 1950, when Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche basic facts of the court’s allega- phone calls to the Chengdu court ing education at the grassroots carefully to see if there’s been a Communist troops marched in was among the ﬁrst religious lead- tions,” lawyer Xiang Chaoyang went unanswered. level, said Robbie Barnett, direc- thorough investigation and a rea- and announced its “peaceful lib- ers to teach Tibetan Buddhism said of the three defendants. Akong Rinpoche, who lived in tor of modern Tibet studies at sonably open trial.” eration.” REUTERS Japan seeks more military budget Third rise in a row will reverse decade of spending cut

TOKYO: Japan’s defence plan- for an upgraded Soryu class sub- ners are seeking their biggest marine that can stay submerged budget ever for the coming fiscal far longer than the boat of the year to pay for stealth fighters, same class it requested for this drones and a hi-tech submarine, fiscal year for 20 percent less. as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe The new sub has a propulsion bolsters the military amid an system using long-running lith- intensifying rivalry with China. ium-ion batteries, replacing one The Defence Ministry yes- that used liquid oxygen to run a terday requested a 3.5 percent diesel engine, allowing it to stay increase to ¥5.05tr for the year underwater for around two weeks. starting next April. The new design allows a “signifi- If approved, this third increase cant extension to the submarine’s in a row will more than reverse ability to stay submerged,” said a A Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldier stands guard at the entrance to the CPLA’s Hong Kong Garrison the decade of cuts that Abe ministry official. headquarters yesterday. ended after coming to office in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Australia has said it is inter- December 2012. ested in the Soryu design as The hawkish premier, taking a a possible replacement for its more assertive stance on national ownership of a group of uninhab- Collins class subs, which need to security, has also ended a ban on ited islets in the East China Sea. suck air through a snorkel at the HK: China army vehicles cause alarm Japanese soldiers fighting abroad Patrol ships and military planes surface when they use their diesel and eased curbs on weapons from both countries now rou- engines while submerged. exports. tinely shadow each other in the Japan’s shopping list also HONG KONG: Hong Kong at a time of heightened public dis- mobilise thousands of protesters By testing the constraints of area. includes unmanned surveillance democracy advocates expressed content in the semi-autonomous to block the financial district if Japan’s pacifist post-war con- In an bid to better protect planes and tilt-rotor aircraft that alarm after Chinese army vehi- city over perceived interference authorities refuse to allow the stitution, Abe has angered some remote islands, Japan’s Defence take off and land like a helicopter cles were photographed travel- by Beijing and a debate over how public to choose candidates. neighbours, especially Beijing, Ministry wants to buy six F-35 but fly like a plane, as Japan aims ling down a major thoroughfare, the next chief executive will be Organisers plan to hold a rally which accuses him of reviving the stealth fighters from Lockheed to boost its monitoring and troop- in what they condemned as a chosen under planned reforms. tomorrow when the top commit- nation’s wartime militarism. Martin Corp as well as 20 P-1 deployment capabilities. show of “military might” ahead Beijing has promised the tee of China’s rubber-stamp legis- Japan, in turn, is wary of the patrol planes from Kawasaki The ministry does not specify of expected protests. former British colony will be able lature is expected to announce its rapid military build-up in China, Heavy Industries Ltd - a bulk which models of tilt-rotor aircraft At least four People’s Liberation to vote for its own leader in 2017. decision on what form the politi- which has overtaken Japan in purchase to cut per-unit cost. and unmanned drones it has in Army armoured personnel carri- But it has insisted on vetting cal changes will take. recent years as the world’s sec- The government says procure- mind because talks with potential ers were seen in the small hours candidates through a pro-Beijing China’s state-run Xinhua news ond-biggest economy. Beijing’s ment reform, including bulk pur- suppliers are still going on, but of Thursday near the busy Jordan nominating committee, a move agency warned early yester- military budget has jumped four- chases for multiyear projects, will the V-22 Osprey, built by Boeing and Yau Ma Tei regions of the activists fear would disqualify day in a strongly worded article fold over the past decade to 808bn save ¥700bn over five years. Co and Bell Helicopter, is the only city, the Apple Daily newspaper anyone critical of the mainland that the central government has yuan, nearly triple Japan’s. In another request meant to tilt-rotor plane in military use - reported. authorities. “comprehensive jurisdiction” over In recent years, Sino-Japanese patrol the waters plied by China, including by US forces in Japan. The vehicles, with short guns A pro-democracy group, Hong Kong and “will always be tensions have ramped up over the the ministry is seeking ¥64.4bn REUTERS mounted on turrets, were spotted Occupy Central, has pledged to involved” in its affairs. AFP

Mt Tavurvur rumbles to life Pirates seize Macau to pick leader Thai tanker, steal oil cargo as rumblings stifled HONG KONG: Macau chief the mainland, but presenting KUALA LUMPUR: Armed executive Fernando Chui is Communist Party leaders in pirates commandeered a Thai widely expected to be “re- Beijing with a headache as calls tanker off Malaysia’s east coast elected” tomorrow after the for democracy grow. China is ter- and pumped out its cargo of pro-China government sti- rified those calls will spread to oil, a maritime watchdog said fled an unofficial referendum mainland cities, threatening the yesterday, adding to a series of on democracy, taking a much party’s grip on power. hijackings that has raised fears harder line on the gambling hub Eric Sautede, a former pro- of a growing Southeast Asian than leaders have in neighbour- fessor of politics at Macau’s piracy menace. ing Hong Kong. University of Saint Joseph who The incident took place The election in the tiny but was sacked for expressing his Thursday near the Malaysian wealthy former Portuguese-run political views, said Beijing could resort island Tioman in the South enclave, by a select panel of 400 crack down more easily in Macau China Sea as the tanker was trav- largely pro-China loyalists with than in Hong Kong because of the elling from Singapore to Thailand, Chui the only candidate, echoes “limited grassroots push.” the International Maritime the struggle in Hong Kong, where The election in Macau coin- Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre activists have been pushing for cides with a meeting of China’s said. universal suffrage since China parliament which is expected The ship’s crew were locked in reclaimed the British colony in to limit 2017 elections for Hong the engine room as the pirates 1997. Kong’s leader to a handful of can- siphoned off the tanker’s cargo Both territories are now “spe- didates, a move likely to escalate of lubricant oil to another vessel. cial administrative regions” plans by pro-democracy activ- The ship and its crew -- all of China, enjoying wide-rang- ists to blockade the city’s Central unharmed -- were released early Mount Tavurvur erupts in eastern Papua New Guinea, spewing rocks and ash into the air, forcing evacuation of ing freedoms unavailable on business district. REUTERS yesterday. local communities and international flights to be rerouted. Tavurvur, which destroyed the town of Rabaul when Under a routine practice, the it erupted with nearby Mount Vulcan in 1994, rumbled to life yesterday morning. Kuala Lumpur-based piracy centre declined to release the name of the ship or its owners. The attack was the tenth in the South China Sea since April, Captain blames company for S Korea ferry disaster said Noel Choong, who heads the centre. Piracy was a problem in SEOUL: The captain of a Testifying at the trial of the the sunken Sewol ferry, who After being bought from Japan, The ship lost balance as she Southeast Sea for centuries, but sunken South Korean ferry firm’s executives, Lee Joon-Seok, are accused of abandoning the the ship underwent a massive was navigating a treacherous stepped-up patrols by regional yesterday pinned the blame on 69, said it had been the manage- sinking ship with passengers on repair to take more passengers channel off the southern coast. It countries were credited with the ship’s operator for one of the ment’s decision to overload the board, are on trial separately before being put back to service tilted, overturned and sank, kill- bringing a sharp decline in nation’s worst maritime dis- ferry habitually. from the company officials. March last year. ing 294 passengers. Ten others attacks in recent years. asters, saying it was standard Kim Han-Sik, the president of “It was an open secret and eve- “Practically, it was impossible remain missing. But a spate of daring hijack- practice to overload the vessel the ship’s operator Chonghaejin ryone at Chonghaejin knew very for me, as a captain” to speak up The Sewol disaster rocked ings in recent months has fanned and overlook safety checks. Marine Co, is on trial alongside well that the ferry had danger- before management about the South Korea and triggered a wave concern that the region’s vital The Sewol ferry sank off South 11 other executives from the com- ously been tampered with its abil- overloading and the ship’s balance of anti-establishment feeling as shipping lanes could once again Korea’s southern coast in April pany and related firms on charges ity to rebalance itself,” Lee told problems, Lee said. investigations showed that greed, become a hotspot for piracy, par- with a loss of more than 300 lives, including criminal negligence and the court in the southern city of “We just followed an old prac- corruption and a lack of proper ticularly the Malacca Strait. mostly students at the same high corruption. Gwangju, according to a media tice,” he said when asked about oversight had contributed to the AFP school in Ansan, south of Seoul. Lee and 14 other crew of pool report. improper safety checks. tragedy. AFP AUGUST 30, 2014 11 Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ON SATURDAY Filipino UN peacekeepers defy Syrian rebels 75 soldiers defend two fortified posts in patrolled zone

MANILA: Dozens of heavily are well-disciplined warrior hostage to relay their demand to armed Philippine peacekeepers peacekeepers.” the Filipino peacekeepers, who defied Syrian rebels yesterday The military said the sol- refused and stood their ground. in a Golan Heights stand-off, diers were occupying UN Philippine President Benigno hours after the fighters took Disengagement Observer Force Aquino described the situation in hostage 43 Fijian soldiers there, (UNDOF) posts about four kilo- the Golan Heights as “tense”. the Filipinos’ commander said. metres (2.5 miles) apart in the But, in brief comments to Seventy-five Filipino troops buffer zone between Syria and reporters, Aquino sought to calm were defending two fortified posts Israel that was created after a fears about the fate of the troops. in the UN-patrolled zone after 1974 ceasefire. “So far, we should not worry. armed groups surrounded them The UN earlier said 81 Filipino The news is that the situation on Thursday and demanded they peacekeepers were surrounded, looks stable,” Aquino said. give up their weapons, Colonel but Ancan said there were only Israel seized 1,200 square kilo- Roberto Ancan told reporters in 40 Filipinos in one post and 35 in metres (460 square miles) of the Manila. the other. Golan Heights during the 1967 Ancan, the commander of the On Wednesday, Syrian rebels, Six-Day War, then annexed it in Philippines’ peacekeeping opera- including militants from the Al a move never recognised by the tions division, said no shots had Qaeda affiliate Al Nusra Front, international community. been fired during the stand-off, stormed one section of the buffer The UN peacekeeping force has but that his troops were prepared zone and exchanged fire with been stationed there since 1974 to to engage in combat. Israeli troops. monitor a ceasefire between Israel “We can use deadly force in A day later the fighters cap- and Syria. defence of the UN facilities,” tured 43 Fijians, forcing them There are currently 1,200 Ancan said. to surrender their weapons then UNDOF peacekeepers: from the “I (would) just like to empha- taking them hostage. Philippines, Fiji, India, Ireland, Philippine military spokesperson Major General Domingo Tutaan (left) gestures as he speaks alongside Colonel sise our troops are well-armed, Ancan said the rebels used Nepal and the Netherlands. Roberto Ancan, Commanding Officer of the Peacekeeping Operation Centre at the military HQ in Manila yesterday. they are well-trained... they an English-speaking Fijian AFP

New ‘Bangsamoro will Two Filipinos PRO-Guns criticises extension in Vietnam get promote security’ of licences by one year death sentence MANILA: The future Bangsamoro that the “implementation of the HANOI: A Philippine man region in southern Philippines will Comprehensive Agreement on the MANILA: A pro-gun advo- gun owners should be absorbed “The extension of expiration and woman have been sen- promote collective security, not Bangsamoro (CAB), which includes cacy group yesterday called or grandfathered under the new of licences expiring in 2014 for tenced to death in Vietnam cradle threats of religious extrem- a normalisation process, can contrib- as illegal and unconstitutional LTOP system, without having one more year does not solve for smuggling nearly five kilo- ism as espoused by the Islamic ute to enhancing collective security in the extension of the validity to re-apply or re-submit new the problem. grammes of cocaine into the State of Iraq and Syria (IS) or Mindanao and in the country, as well of firearms licences expiring requirements all over again,” The PNP is required by RA communist country, reports other regional violent groups like as security cooperation with neigh- in 2014 to 2015 by Philippine he said. 10591 to hold an amnesty for all said yesterday. the Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI), a sen- bouring countries.” National Police Chief Director He added that their group loose and expired licensed fire- Emmanuel Sillo Camacho, 39, ior government official said here The security aspect of normali- General Alan Purisima. will ask the Supreme Court to arms (not just those expiring in was found guilty at a trial in Hanoi yesterday. sation includes policing, gradual In a statement, Ernesto intervene in the matter. 2014), six months after the IRR on Thursday of carrying 18 pack- The Government of the Philippines decommissioning of Milf forces and Tabujara III, president of “For this reason, PROGuns was issued in 3 January 2014,” ages of cocaine - totalling some 3.4 (GPH) peace panel chair Miriam weapons, redeployment of the Armed Peaceful Responsible Owners will file a new petition in the Tabujara said. kilogrammes - to Vietnam from Coronel-Ferrer said that the peace Forces of the Philippines (AFP) of Guns (PRO-Guns), said that Supreme Court questioning the PNP Civil Security Group Brazil, he was caught with the deal signed in March this year by the from or within the conflict- affected what the PNP is doing now, retroactive application of the (CSG) head Police Director drugs at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport Philippine government and the Moro areas, and the disbandment of private which is to require all existing LTOP system to existing gun Melito Mabilin earlier said the in 2013. Islamic Liberation Front (Milf), the armed groups. licensed gun owners to re-qual- owners,” he said. system upgrades would ease Donna Buenagua Mazon, also largest Muslim rebel group, aims to Earlier reports said that some 100 ify and re-apply for Licence to The PNP earlier said that licensing requirements. 39, was sentenced to death by a establish genuine autonomy in the Filipinos from southern Philippines Own and Possess (LTOP) ret- the extension of the validity Mabilin added the extension court in southern Ho Chi Minh south that respects the diversity have trained in the Middle East to roactively is unlawful. of firearms licences expiring was made given “considerations city earlier this month, after being of the people in the area, the basic join IS. But the Philippine govern- Tabujara said that the move in 2014 to 2015, would allow regarding the period of publi- caught with 1.5 kilogrammes of rights of all and collective security. ment said there was no confirmation constitutes “ex-post facto leg- the Firearms and Explosives cation of the revised fees and cocaine in December 2013. “The intention is to put in place a regarding those reports. islation,” which is the retroac- Office (FEO) to “refocus more charges for registration and Communist Vietnam main- better system that would be able to The Comprehensive Agreement tive application of a criminal on the information technology licensing requirements.” tains some of the world’s tough- address security issues, such as those on Bangsamoro was signed at law. enhancements of the firearms The estimated total number est anti-drug laws. Anyone found that involve extremist groups that Malacañang in March 27, 2014 as “The LTOP requirement registration system” as man- of guns (both licit and illicit) guilty of possessing more than may try to move in and out of these witnessed by leaders and members of should only be applied prospec- dated by Republic Act 10591 or held by civilians in the 600 grammes of heroin, or more territories,” she said. Milf and the Philippine government. tively to new gun licence appli- the Comprehensive Firearms Philippines is 3,900,000. than 20 kilogrammes of opium, Coronel-Ferrer aired optimism THE PHILIPPINE STAR cants and the existing licensed and Ammunition Law of 2013. THE PHILIPPINE STAR can face death. AFP

Leftists to force govt back to peace talks

MANILA: The New People’s Army spokesperson of NPA Eastern Visayas programme of the military. (NPA), a leftist group in the Philippines, Regional Operations Command. “We will strive for tactical offensives that vowed yesterday to intensify its tactical Formal peace talks between the Aquino are annihilative and with political impact. offensives against government troops to administration and the NDFP, the politi- We will combine these with attritive actions pressure the Philippine government to go cal wing of the Communist Party of the such as sniping and the punishment of back to the negotiating table. Philippines- NPA, have been stalled enemy spies,” Manuel added. “By intensifying guerrilla warfare, since 2011. Manuel said the NPA mem- The New Peoples Army is the armed wing the reactionary government will also be bers, particularly in his region, were also of the Communist Party of the Philippines forced to return to the peace talks with poised to heighten their operations to (CPP) having 6,000 to 10,000 strong mem- the National Democratic Front of the ensure the defeat of the government’s bers as estimated by the United States CIA. Philippines (NDFP),” said Karlos Manuel, Oplan Bayanihan, a counterinsurgency THE PHILIPPINE STAR National Heroes Day Overstaying container vans moved out of Manila ports

MANILA: Overstaying about 3,000 TEUs for removal container vans are being from the ports of Manila. moved out of the con- The PPA is looking at a gested ports of Manila to 10-fold increase in storage Subic Bay Freeport ahead fees to decongest the ports of the expected upsurge in of Manila. Cargoes staying cargo movement during the beyond 15 days at port are Christmas season. seized. General Manager Juan Sta Fees for unclaimed cargo Ana of the Philippine Ports would increase to P5,000 Authority (PPA) said the ves- from the current P500 for sel MV Asterix shipped out 20-foot containers; P8,750 yesterday 1,154 20-foot equiv- from P842 for 35-foot con- alent units (TEUs) to Subic tainers; P10,000 from P962.60 Freeport from the Manila for 40-foot containers; and International Container P11,250 from P1,082.90 for Terminal (MICT). 45-foot containers. The chartered vessel is At present, importers, expected to return over exporters and brokers have the weekend to remove the a five-day grace period after remaining containers, he BOC clearance to remove their added. containers. The PPA and the Bureau of Thereafter a storage fee Customs (BOC), along with would be imposed starting on President Benigno S Aquino III offers a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown port operators International the sixth day. Beyond 15 days, Soldiers during the commemoration of National Heroes Day at the Libingan Container Terminal Services the cargo would be seized in ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Inc (ICTSI) and Asian favour of the government. Terminals Inc have identified THE PHILIPPINE STAR AUGUST 30, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan ON SATURDAY 12 Six worshippers die in Stop victimising journalists Quetta shrine attack Seven hurt as gunmen open fire at minority sect

QUETTA: Gunman opened fire motorbikes and fired at the wor- mainstream Islam or face being on worshippers at a shrine in shippers, praying at sunset. At killed appeared on the walls in the southwest Pakistan, killing at least six people have been killed province last week. least six members of a minor- and seven others are injured,” Balochistan, which borders Iran ity Islamic sect and wound- Akbar Harifal, the senior admin- and Afghanistan, is Pakistan’s ing seven others, officials said istration official in the area said. largest province but also its poor- yesterday. “The gunmen escaped after the est and least developed. The attack came at a shrine of attack.” Ethnic Baloch rebels have long the Zikri community in Awaran Provincial home secretary waged a low-level insurgency district, around 650 kilometres Akbar Hussain Durrani also con- seeking either full independence southwest of Quetta, the capital firmed the attack. or a greater share of the prov- of restive Balochistan province. Zikris are relatively a new sect ince’s mineral wealth. Oil and gas rich Balochistan is of Muslims in Pakistan who wor- The province has also been the wracked by a separatist insur- ship in groups at shrines and on scene of numerous bloody terror gency, Islamist militants and mountains in remote, sparsely attacks on Shias. sectarian violence and attacks populated Balochistan. The Balochistan region is on minority groups are not No group has claimed the administratively divided among uncommon. attack but graffiti warning three countries, Pakistan, “Three gunman came on two Zikris and Hindus to embrace Afghanistan and Iran. AFP Pakistani journalists hold banners reading ‘Stop victimising journalists’ during a protest yesterday over the killing of Irshad Mastoi, a journalist of local news agency ‘Online’. Gunmen opened fire and killed him at his office in Quetta. 400 cops ‘missing’ Army ‘mediation can end political crisis’ from security duties ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s must resign. Late on Thursday, ‘unity government’ while they are interior minister said yester- Qadri and Khan announced implemented. day the intransigence of anti- General Sharif would mediate The leaders have drawn thou- ISLAMABAD: Police person- authorities concerned. government protest movements and later the army chief met sands to the streets in Islamabad nel on security duty at the sites He said the office of the inspec- had left no alternative but them both, according to a mili- but their call has not mobilised of the sit-ins staged by the PTI tor general of the capital police mediation by the army to end tary spokesman. mass support in a country of 180 and PAT seem to be fed up with had been approached with a a two-week political crisis that Interior Minister Chaudhry Ali million people. their long hours duties. request to contact the Punjab has shaken the nuclear-armed Nisar Khan told parliament the But the political standoff During the last three days, over police to take action against the nation. protesters’ unwillingness to trust has weakened Sharif and led a 400 police personnel were found officials. He said action was also The country’s powerful army anyone had left no alternative but number of observers to say the disappeared from their places of sought against the in-charges chief General Raheel Sharif was army mediation. military would use the crisis to duty at the Red Zone. Besides, of the policemen in the capital named mediator on Thursday in “Again and again they said they reclaim a hold over its traditional some of the senior police officers city for their failure to stop the the standoff between the gov- only trust the army and will only spheres of influence in Pakistani have either gone on leave or were officials from leaving their duty ernment and protesters led by have talks through the army,” he politics -- defence and foreign found not available at their duty spots. populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri said. policy. points. Similarly, a deputy superin- and cricketer-turned-politician “When a group or two parties Chaudhry Ali Nisar Khan The military is widely viewed A senior police official on the tendent of the capital police was Imran Khan. has no faith in the judiciary, the as hostile toward Sharif’s efforts condition of anonymity said that found absent from his duty point. The move has raised fears of opposition, lawyers or civil soci- to normalise ties with India over 400 personnel from the “He has only been communicating increased military dominance ety and has no confidence in any- “This is a lie, a lie, a lie. This -- the perceived threat from Punjab police had disappeared with his senior officers through over the civilian government in a body, what option remains for the request has been made by the Pakistan’s giant neighbour is a from the high security area. the official wireless set from his country ruled for more than half government?” prime minister and the govern- big part of the justification for When the in-charges of the office or home since August 15.” its life by the army. A furious row blew up almost ment and I reject his claim,” he the military’s large budget and policemen were asked about the Likewise, a superintendent Thousands of demonstra- immediately, over the chain of told supporters. prominent role. whereabouts of the policemen, of police went on leave when he tors led by Khan and Qadri are events leading up the army step- Khan alleges the 2013 general Sharif is also thought to have they claimed that the officials was asked to perform duty at the camped outside the parliament ping in. election that swept Sharif to angered the military by pursuing had fallen ill. Constitution Avenue. building in Islamabad demand- The interior minister and PM power in a landslide was rigged, treason charges against former “However, only about 100 of the “Weather, unhealthy condi- ing the prime minister step down. told parliament the request for though international observers chief General Pervez Musharraf. policemen were actually ill and tions, long duty hours and late More than a week of govern- military help had come from the said the vote was largely free and There is speculation that the needed medical rest,” the officer delivery of meal seem to be the ment efforts to negotiate an end camps of Khan and Qadri. fair. military will use the current crisis said, adding the remaining police- reasons behind the policemen’s to the standoff made little head- Qadri, who is usually based in Qadri has demanded wholesale to get Sharif to let Musharraf -- men had left for their stations in shirking from duty,” he said. way, with Khan adamant the Canada, hotly denied this and changes to Pakistan’s political who deposed him in a coup in 1999 Punjab without informing the INTERNEWS Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif demanded Sharif resign. system and called for an interim -- leave the country. 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Police modify vans to counter bomb attacks PESHAWAR: The Telecommunication and Transport Branch of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police has carried out steel-plating of 256 vehicles to mitigate the threats posed by attacks with impro- vised explosive devices on police vehicles. In view of the increasing number of the IED attacks and firing incidents on police patrol vehicles, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police had decided to instal similar locally-developed IED-resistant armour protection on police personnel transport pickups. According to police, following the directives of IGP Nasir Khan Durrani an agreement was signed with the Pakistan Army Ajmal Khan (right), Vice-Chancellor of Islamia College University, Peshawar, is offered sweets by a colleague for this purpose and so far mild following a press conference yesterday. steel plating of 256 police vehicles had been carried out under the contract. It was stated that these vehicles included 204 single cabin Abducted vice-chancellor freed and 52 double-cabin pickups. District- and unit-wise details PESHAWAR: Pakistani been waging a major assault the government to negotiate of the vehicles are; Peshawar troops have recovered a against Taliban strongholds his release with Pakistan’s 53, Charsadda 18, Nowshera 19, prominent academic held for in North Waziristan since Tehreek-e-Taliban movement, Mardan 39, Swabi 18, Kohat 15, four years by the Taliban in mid-June. which began a bloody insur- Hangu eight, Tank 11, Lakki the country’s troubled north- A statement from the gency against the state in 2007. Marwat 10, Bannu 16, DI Khan west, officials said yesterday. Pakistan military said “secu- Government officials said 29, Swat four, Buner two, Lower The Pakistani Taliban rity forces safely recovered despite many rounds of back- Dir three, Upper Dir two, abducted Ajmal Khan, vice- Mr Ajmal Khan” but gave no channel talks in the past, Shangla two, Elite Force two and chancellor of Islamia College details of how he came to be Taliban had refused to release telecommunication two. University, Peshawar, the capi- freed. Khan, demanding the release of A police official of the rural tal of northwestern troubled It said, “Security forces and important Taliban commanders circle pleading anonymity said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, intelligence agencies were try- held by security forces. that the modified vehicles were in September 2010. ing to locate Ajmal Khan since Rights activists, university not safe enough to replace the A senior security official said 8 September 2010 when he was teaching staff and students in armoured personnel carriers that Khan was recovered from kidnapped in Peshawar while the northwest had protested (APCs), but it was compulsion ‘an operational area in North he was going to the university.” against Khan’s kidnapping of the police to use it at least Waziristan tribal district’. Ajmal had appeared in sev- many times but all efforts to to counter the attacks to some The Pakistani military has eral video messages asking recover him were futile. AFP extent. INTERNEWS AUGUST 30, 2014 13 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ON SATURDAY Pakistan sought to make Care for cattle ‘spectacle’ of talks: Modi PM questions envoy’s meeting with Kashmiri separatists

NEW DELHI: The Prime a spectacle of these efforts and “We will continue to make Minister Narendra Modi yes- went ahead with talks with seces- efforts to build peaceful, friendly terday accused Pakistan of hav- sionist elements from Jammu and and cooperative ties with ing made a “spectacle” of India’s Kashmir,” said Modi, according Pakistan,” he said. efforts to pursue warmer rela- to the Press Trust of India news Modi, who took power in May tions following the recent can- agency. as head of a new Hindu national- cellation of bilateral talks. But Modi said he would pursue ist right-wing government, was Modi made the charge as he efforts to mend relations between speaking to reporters ahead of a broke his silence over cancella- the nuclear-armed neighbours maiden visit to Japan as prime tion of foreign secretary-level who have fought three wars, minister. Pakistan’s foreign office discussions, which had been set two over the disputed Muslim- had described meetings with sep- for August 25 in Islamabad but majority region of Kashmir. aratist leaders as a longstanding were called off after Pakistan’s Militant groups have been and regular practice ahead of high commissioner to New Delhi fighting Indian rule in Kashmir talks with India. met Kashmiri separatist leaders. for a quarter-century in a conflict Pakistan described the “We... were disappointed that has claimed tens of thou- Kashmiri separatists as “stake- that Pakistan sought to make sands of lives, mainly civilians. holders” in efforts to normalise relations between the two countries, and said the meetings were A Kashmiri woman carries grass from a rice field to feed cattle in the outskirts of Srinagar yesterday. Agriculture held “to facilitate meaningful dis- and horticulture are the main sources of income for Kashmiris since tourism, once the second major source Pakistan expo in Mumbai cussions” with India. of income, declined following the separatist movement’s uprising in 1989. Relations between the two cancelled at last minute neighbours broke down after the Mumbai attacks by Pakistani MUMBAI: The second ‘Made In Pakistan Expo Mumbai’, gunmen in 2008, in which 166 scheduled to start tomorrow, was abruptly cancelled at the last people were killed. minute by the organisers. Modi’s surprise move to invite New Delhi seeks Kuwait’s In a terse statement, the organisers said: “We would like to inform his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz you that due to the ongoing tension situation at the Line of Control Sharif, to his swearing-in cere- (LOC) and on the advice from our partners ‘World Trade Centre’, mony spurred hopes that peace we have ‘postponed’ the 2nd edition of MIPEM 2014. talks between the two countries Around 300 Pakistani businessmen, mostly from the garment could resume. help over arrested nationals industry, were expected to take part in the expo’s second edition But tensions have been rising scheduled before the start of the festival season of Ganeshotsav, between the countries because of NEW DELHI: India has “We also requested for con- in any serious condition. Navratri and Diwali. several ceasefire violations along sought Kuwait’s assistance sular assistance and we will “We are working with the The expo with the theme “Festival of Friendship”, was sched- the disputed, heavily militarised over the arrest of some Indian provide consular assistance to management of the company uled at the World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade between August frontier that each country has nationals for allegedly killing any Indian national who needs to allay their concerns and we 31-September 5. blamed on the other. two Egyptians following a brawl that.” hope with the management of The highlights of the six-day event included a fashion show, an Modi earlier this month in that Gulf nation. Asked how many Indians have the company as well as with art exhibition and a Pakistani Food Court for the Indian visitors accused Islamabad of waging a “I understand that there was been taken into custody, he put the Kuwaiti Authorities, we will at the expo. “proxy war” by sending militants a brawl with nationals of some the figure at “anything between be able to allay the concerns of India-Pakistan friendship activist Jatin Desai said that in view of to attack Indian targets. other countries and that led to a dozen to two dozen”. Indian workers,” Akbaruddin the border tension, there could be repercussions from Maharashtra He said yesterday that India is a situation where some of the According to reports, 25 Indian said. political parties. willing to discuss any “outstand- Indian nationals were arrested,” workers in Kuwait have been “Consular officer has also vis- “It was felt that some local parties would have protested or dem- ing issue with Pakistan within the Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman of arrested. ited camp of Indian workers allay onstrated during the expo. So the organisers have decided to cancel bilateral framework”, the Press the external affairs ministry, told He also said that the number their fears. The mission also in it for now,” Desai said. The MIPEM second edition followed a suc- Trust of India reported. media here yesterday. of Indians who were injured in touch with management to ensure cessful maiden expo held here in April 2014. But he insisted that”any mean- “We have immediately taken the brawl at the workers’ camp safety,” the spokesman said earlier Desai said that the fate of the second edition of the expo became ingful bilateral dialogue necessar- action. Our mission in Kuwait of the company they worked yesterday in tweet. uncertain after India cancelled the foreign secretary-level talks ily requires an environment that has written to the Kuwaiti foreign and hospitalised was between There are over 750,000 expatri- between the two countries last week. IANS is free from terrorism and vio- ministry and sought their assist- 10 and 15 but noted that all of ate Indians in Kuwait. lence”. AFP ance in the matter,” he said. them were safe and no one was IANS

Work-shy Roadside rest bureaucrats Australian premier face attendance tracking arrives next week NEW DELHI: India’s new gov- SYDNEY: Australian Prime in resources, science, technology ernment is trying to tackle the Minister Tony Abbott will visit and education, an official state- culture of absenteeism among India next week to “strengthen ment said. “My visit will be an the country’s notoriously work- the strategic partnership” opportunity to engage with Prime shy bureaucrats by tracking between the two countries and Minister (Narendra) Modi early their attendance in the office engage with Indian Premier in the term of his government to online, a report said yesterday. Narendra Modi to increase increase bilateral cooperation to Prime Minister Narendra bilateral cooperation, it was advance our mutual interests. Modi’s new administration is announced yesterday. “I will also meet other sen- developing a special computer “I will travel to India and ior political leaders, including system which will enable min- Malaysia” from September 4 to President (Pranab Mukherjee),” isters to monitor whether their 6, said Abbott, for whom it will he added. staff are actually at their com- be his first visit to India as prime The visit will be an opportunity puters, according to The Indian minister. to “promote trade and investment Express newspaper, calling it a “...I will visit New Delhi and and promote our G20 objectives “revolutionary step”. India’s financial capital, Mumbai, ahead of the Brisbane summit in India’s civil servants have long to strengthen the strategic part- November”, said the Australian been notorious for arriving late, nership between our two coun- prime minister who will be taking long lunches or spend- tries,” he said here. accompanied on the India visit by ing parts of their day on the golf Australia and India have strong a group of senior business leaders. course. A recent survey by the and growing economic and trade In the second leg, Abbott trav- Hong Kong-based Political and ties. India is Australia’s fifth els to Malaysia for talks with Economic Risk consultancy rated largest export market, with total Malaysian Prime Minister Najib India’s bureaucracy as the worst exports of $11.4bn, and there is Razak. among major Asian countries. Cycle rickshaw pullers sleep on their parked rickshaws in front of closed shops in the old quarters of Delhi potential for further cooperation AFP In his Independence Day yesterday. speech earlier this month, Modi said that he had been shocked by what he had seen in the corridors of power since moving to New Delhi after his landslide election victory in May. During Hyderabad to get world-class roads, corridors his first three months in office, Modi has developed a reputation for paying unannounced visits to HYDERABAD: World-class two years and the remaining 50 permanently solve the problem Technology Investment Region Hyderabad has many advantages, government offices. roads up to a length of 1,000km percent would be done in another of flooding of roads and residen- (ITIR). He said a new interna- KCR said he had no doubt that it Fear of being caught playing at an investment of `100bn, two two years. tial colonies during rainy season. tional airport will also be planned would soon grow faster than any truant has already triggered a corridors connecting four cor- In a move to ease congestion, he He termed stagnation of rain at Shameerpet on the outskirts. other city in the country. sharp rise in attendance levels ners of Hyderabad and four lakh said an east-west four-lane corri- water on roads as a shame on The chief minister vowed to The chief minister also among civil servants and Delhi’s LED street lights were some of dor (skyway) would be developed administration. make Hyderabad the best place announced sops to boost real main golf course has reportedly the major announcements made between Vanasthalipuram and KCR said that four lakh LED for the industry with single win- estate sector. He also promised a been largely deserted on week Friday by Telangana Chief Ramachandrapuram. “Similarly lights would replace the existing dow clearance system, which he single window system to give all days. Minister K Chandrasekhar a corridor will be developed street lights in the city. said would be zero-graft and the clearances for real estate projects, Rao. between north and south,” he He said another outer ring road best in the world. saying the existing system of Announcing series of measures said while opposing the proposal would be developed in addition Announcing that a legislation obtaining 40 no-objection certifi- Rajasthan anti-terror to develop the city as the best des- mooted by officials for construc- to the existing one with satellite in this regard will be passed in cates from different departments tination for business and indus- tion of 25 flyovers. townships and specialized clus- coming session of the assembly, he is for only for taking bribes from squad issues alert try, he said the technology for the The chief minister was speak- ters like pharma city, sports city, said once the single window clear- developers. roads would be better than the ing at the inauguration of health city and cinema city. ance becomes a reality, industry KCR announced withdrawal JAIPUR: Anti-Terrorist Squad one used in cities like New York Hyderabad property show organ- KCR, who visited Singapore will run to Hyderabad. of Non-Agricultural Land of Rajasthan Police has issued a and London. ized by Confederation of Real and Malaysia last week, said glo- “The administration in Assessment (NALA) tax imposed terror alert, saying that there Fresh from his visit to Estate Developers’ Association bal consultants would be hired Telangana is going to be corrup- on real estate firms and also is a possibility of 15 militants Singapore and Malaysia, KCR, of India (CREDAI) here. to prepare a new master plan tion free. There will be no tol- promised to do away with rules entering India and carrying out as the chief minister is popularly He announced 1,500 major for Hyderabad keeping in view erance for corruption,” he said like mandatory permission from terror attacks. known, said roads to a length of and medium rain water drains its requirements especially with while describing it as the biggest civil aviation ministry for each AGENCIES 500 km would be completed in will be developed or restored to the development of Information ill plaguing society. Stating that building. IANS 14 AUGUST 30, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business

Brent oil rises, Russia ready for gas talks with Ukraine but heads for Moscow offers $100 discount but Kiev wants more; gas must not be used as diplomatic weapon: EU monthly fall LONDON: Brent crude oil rose MOSCOW: Russia is ready for gas price for Ukraine to $268.50 pay just above $300. Oettinger’s Despite the cut-off to Ukraine, and time is running short before towards $103 a barrel yester- talks on resuming gas supplies per 1,000 cubic metres after spokeswoman said a repayment Russian gas has been flowing winter sets in. day as escalating violence in to Ukraine, Energy Minister then-Ukrainian President Viktor plan should be developed over the normally across the country to Russian gas supplies to Europe Ukraine kept Europe’s markets Alexander Novak said yester- Yanukovich said he would snub next weeks for all the gas that has Europe, which receives about half were interrupted at the height of on edge, but prices remained day, warning of disruption to the European Union in favour of not been paid for as part of an its imports of Russian gas via this winters in 2006 and 2009 with on track for a monthly loss as flows to Europe this winter if a closer ties with Russia. interim solution. route. southern Europe, which almost ample supply and weak demand row over pricing and debts was But Yanukovich was toppled Gazprom has signalled that it However, Novak said Kiev totally depends on Russian gas, outweighed political concerns. not resolved. by mass protests in February, may resume gas supplies once might start siphoning off some of hit the hardest. The European benchmark oil Novak said Moscow was ready and Moscow hiked the price to Ukraine pays off 2013 gas debts this gas in the coming winter if it Gazprom accounts for around a contract had plunged more than to reduce its prices in an effort $485. This was rejected by Kiev that it put at $1.45bn. In total, fails to build its reserves. He said third of Europe’s gas needs. 12 percent from a nine-month to secure a deal, but the proposed and Russia cut off the gas flow in the Russian gas exporter says Ukraine had stockpiled up to 16 In 2013, half of the gas con- high in June to a 14-month low sum remained well above what June after the two sides failed to Ukraine owes it more than $5bn billion cubic metres, but needed to sumed in Ukraine came from last week as weak demand led to Kiev has said it is willing to pay. resolve their commercial dispute. in unpaid bills. pump as much as 10 billion more Russia. an oil supply glut. The dispute comes amid esca- Novak said after meeting Regardless of the fallout over into storage. Oettinger said gas must not be Prices rose yesterday after the lating tensions between the two European Energy Commissioner the conflict in eastern Ukraine, There was no immediate com- used as a weapon in the Ukraine- government in Kiev said Russian countries, with Ukraine accusing Guenther Oettinger that Russia Novak said Moscow was prepared ment from Kiev. Russia crisis, adding that all sides troops had entered Ukraine in Russia of sending weapons and was ready to apply a retroactive for new gas talks. Various meetings, includ- needed to work out an interim support of pro-Moscow rebels, men to help a separatist rebellion discount, bringing the price per “We will agree the date for a tri- ing talks between Putin and solution, given that international intensifying a separatist war and in the east of the country — an 1,000 cubic metres for April- lateral meeting at the beginning Ukrainian President Petro arbitration would not be able to prompting alarm among Kiev’s accusation Moscow rejects. June to $385. Ukraine has said it of next week,” he said. Oettinger Poroshenko earlier this week, resolve the dispute before the Western allies, as well as fears of Russian President Vladimir wants to return to the old price, said he expected discussions to have so far failed to bear any middle of 2015. new sanctions that could target Putin agreed last year to cut the while signalling it might agree to resume by mid-September. tangible fruits over the gas issue, Russia’s energy sector. Russia is Europe’s biggest supplier of oil, coal and natural gas, meeting around a third of demand for all those fuels, according to EU data. It receives in return some Danish economy $250bn a year, or around two- thirds of government revenue. shrinks on Brent for October delivery rose 45 cents to $102.91 a barrel by weak exports 1343 GMT and US crude gained 70 cents to $95.25 a barrel, under- COPENHAGEN: The Danish pinned by data showing second- economy shrank by 0.3 percent quarter US economic growth was in the second quarter, official faster than initially reported. data showed yesterday, cast- US crude’s discount to Brent ing doubt on the government’s narrowed to $7.66 a barrel, hav- annual growth forecast as ing touched $7.44, the smallest demand from European trading amount in two weeks. partners declined. Even after yesterday’s Analysts had expected eco- increases, oil prices on both sides nomic output to grow slightly of the Atlantic were on track for after consumer confidence this a loss of around three percent for month reached levels not seen the month. since 2007. That was before Denmark was Gold edges lower hit by a burst housing bubble, and after gross domestic product rose as European by 0.6 percent in the first quarter of this year. The numbers reflected “a weak stocks recover development of production within industry, mining and the service LONDON: Gold eased yester- economy,” Statistics Denmark day, paring its narrow gains for which published the figures, said. the month, as European shares Exports fell by 1.6 percent, recovered some of the previous “the sharpest rate of contraction day’s declines and demand for in five years,” Capital Economics’ Vendors wait for clients at a car dealership in Sao Paulo yesterday. Brazil suffered a recession in the first half of the year as investment plunged. physical metal waned on this European economist Jessica week’s pick-up in bullion prices. Hinds wrote in a note to investors. Investors remain on edge over “This suggested that the weak Brazil drifts into recession as election looms tensions between Russia and demand from key trading part- Ukraine after Ukraine said on ners in the euro-zone has weighed Thursday that Russia had moved on exports,” she added. BRASILIA: Brazil, Latin fight to win re-election, as the attack her poor record on growth made in 2015,” she said. troops into the country. However, Denmark is a member of the America’s largest economy, has latest polls show a major surge in and inflation,” said Robert Wood, Analysts have in part blamed the impact of the escalating con- European Union, but not of the fallen into recession, further support for Marina Silva, chal- Brazil analyst for the Economist the poor second quarter showing flict has not been enough to sus- eurozone. Nordea chief economist weakening President Dilma lenging her from the left. Intelligence Unit. on the public holidays which the tain gold price increases. Helge Pedersen said the Danish Rousseff, just weeks before vot- Silva, a former environment “It is unlikely that the gov- government granted during the Spot gold was down 0.3 per- government would have to revise ing in what will be a tough re- minister under Rousseff’s pred- ernment will announce any new month-long World Cup football cent at $1,286.04 an ounce at 1147 its annual growth projection election battle. ecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, measures to breathe life into the extravaganza. GMT, while US gold futures for downwards. Brazil’s national statistics insti- shot to prominence after Socialist economy,” he added. Citizens enjoyed an afternoon December delivery were down tute said yetserday that GDP candidate Eduardo Campos died a Margarida Gutierrez, an off on Brazilian match days and $3.30 an ounce at $1,287.10. shrank 0.6 percent in the second plane crash on August 13. economics professor at Rio host cities also enjoyed a holiday “Looking at Treasuries, wor- China announces quarter and revised its formerly She had been Campos’ running University, warned 2015 would every time they hosted a game, ries about Ukraine are delivering positive growth estimate for the mate and took the reigns of his be tough. dampening economic activity. some kind of support. However, I cuts to salaries first quarter down to -0.2 percent. campaign. “Brazilian growth has been With most eyes on the football don’t think that is strong enough Coming ahead of October presi- Polls this week show her slowing since 2011 owing to the for five weeks, industrial activ- to trigger a more sustainable at state firms dential and general elections, the defeating Rousseff in an October great uncertainty surrounding ity dipped 1.5 percent in April- move into safe havens,” Heraeus figures will damage already low 26 run-off, although the latter economic policy and large degree June, the IGBE national statistics precious metals trader Alexander BEIJING: China’s top leaders industrial and consumer confi- remains favorite to top first round of state intervention,” Gutierrez agency figures show. As the coun- Zumpfe said. “Market expecta- decided on Friday to cut salaries dence in what once was a fast- voting on October 5. said. “This year brings additional try ponders a potential poll win tion of higher US interest rates is and restrict expense accounts growing regional powerhouse. “The data are likely to be seized uncertainties—the elections, the for Silva, second quarter invest- currently outweighing that safe- and other perks of executives And the contraction comes upon by Dilma Rousseff’s chal- risk of electricity rationing and ment fell 5.3 percent. haven move.” at state-owned enterprises with Rousseff locked in a tough lengers in the presidential race to adjustments which will have to be AFP AGENCIES (SOEs), official media reported, as they pursue a crackdown on corruption and extravagance. The decision was taken at a meeting of top leaders of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) Disappearing eurozone inflation set to heighten ECB concern and chaired by party General Secretary Xi Jinping, the state- run Xinhua news agency said. BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT: a level not seen since the first monetary policy. He got backing on between conservative European 0.9 percent from 0.8 percent. “The Political Bureau of the Eurozone inflation dropped to quarter of 2013. It also considers Thursday from German Finance institutions and the markets “Core inflation resilience at CPC Central Committee approved a fresh five-year low in August, anything below one percent over Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who desire for more stimulus. But as just below 1 percent confirms plans to reform the system that data showed yesterday, some- time to be in a “danger zone”. told Bloomberg that monetary pol- every month passes we get closer that outright deflation remains determines centrally adminis- thing likely to concern the Inflation moving ever closer icy could only buy time and had to the dread of deflation and unlikely,” said Marco Valli, chief tered SOE executives’ salaries and European Central Bank but not toward zero, a stagnating econ- run out of tools, calling instead for Draghi looks more and more like euro zone economist at UniCredit. the size of their expense accounts force it into immediate policy omy, a double-digit unemploy- more investment without running Nero fiddling while Rome burns.” In a separate data release and other privileges,” Xinhua said. action. ment rate and increasing signs of excessive deficits. The euro rose to the day’s high of Eurostat said that unemployment Citing a Political Bureau state- Consumer prices in the 18 reform fatigue among eurozone Others believe the ECB should $1.3195 as investors trimmed bets in the euro zone was, as expected ment, Xinhua said that “excessive countries using the euro rose by governments are posing a tough do more to stimulate growth. against the currency after the data unchanged at 11.5 percent for a sec- salaries will be cut to reasonable just 0.3 percent year-on-year in challenge for the ECB that it says “This is yet another bad indi- and German Bund futures fell. ond months in a row in July, leaving levels”. Xinhua provided no exact August, the smallest increase it cannot solve alone. cator of the health of the euro The drop in August inflation 18.4 million people without jobs in amounts, however, China’s respected since October 2009, the European In a landmark speech at a cen- zone economy,” said Aberdeen was led by a 2.0-percent decline the 9.6 trillion euro economy. Caijing business magazine reported Union’s statistics office Eurostat tral banker gathering in Jackson Asset Management Investment in the highly volatile prices of Attention now shifts to the earlier that authorities had started said. The number matched mar- Hole last week, ECB President Manager Luke Bartholomew. “We energy. Prices of food, alcohol and ECB’s September policy meeting soliciting public opinions on a draft ket expectations. Mario Draghi said it would be are now relying on Draghi the pol- tobacco fell by 0.3 percent for a next Thursday where the infla- rule to cut SOE executive salaries The ECB targets an inflation “helpful for the overall stance of itician not Draghi the economist second month in a row in August. tion reading is set to liven up the to around 30 percent. rate at below-but-close to two policy” if fiscal policy could play a to get Europe out of this mess.” Core inflation, which strips out debate in the Governing Council. AGENCIES percent over the medium term, greater role alongside the ECB’s “He is walking a tightrope such volatile components, rose to REUTERS AUGUST 30, 2014 15 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ON SATURDAY

Bond body Indian economy drafts new contracts to grows 5.7pc in avert deadlock

LONDON: The main players behind the global sovereign first quarter debt market announced new guidelines yesterday to reduce the risk that an Argentine-style deadlock by a small number of Fastest pace in over two years bondholders could occur again. A key change concerns collec- NEW DELHI: India said yes- The improved performance tive action by bondholders in the terday its economy grew by 5.7 reflects stronger business and event of default by a country, and percent in the first financial consumer spending fuelled by clearer application of an existing quarter, its fastest pace in over “optimism related to elections”, “pari passu” clause meaning that two years, as the election of a Dariusz Kowalczyk, economist all parties should be treated in the new right-wing government at Credit Agricole CIB Asia same way. spurred business confidence. Research, said in a note to clients. The International Capital The strong expansion in the Modi, whose victory in May Market Association, which issued three months to June beat a sent India’s stock market surg- the new principles for government consensus market forecast of ing, is perceived as more busi- bonds, said they were “intended 5.5-percent growth and marked ness friendly than the previous to facilitate future sovereign debt the clearest sign yet that Asia’s left-leaning government. He has restructurings”. third-largest economy is accel- urged foreign companies to set up The case of Argentina had gen- erating out of a long slowdown, shop in the country, telling them erated “considerable” uncertainty economists said. “Come, make in India.” over any future debt restructur- “The economy has bottomed But there is still caution about A worker unloads coal from a goods train at a railway yard in the Chandigarh in Punjab. ings, it said. out — this really affirms that the the months ahead. This body, ICMA, based in green shoots we’ve seen are for India’s monsoon rains, known Zurich brings together the main real,” Deepak Lalwani, head of as the lifeblood of the economy, Low coal stocks hit power plants banks, investors and issuers of India-focused financial consul- have been weak, which is expected government debt around the tancy Lalcap based in London, to stoke already high food infla- world. said. tion and keep interest rates NEW DELHI: Half of India’s forced the government to ask The Indian Express reported This is a response to complex The first-quarter growth elevated which could constrain thermal power stations have coal-based power stations to raise yesterday that 10 out of 13 ther- litigation over an old agreement was faster than the 4.6-percent investment. less than a week’s supply of coal output, an industry source said. mal plants that have suffered when 93 percent of bondhold- expansion logged in the previous The government also is striving on hand, according to weekly India suffered unprecedented forced outages are state-run, ers abandoned about 70 percent three months, and was the best to slash the fiscal deficit. data, the lowest level since mid- power cuts on July 30-31, 2012, raising questions over exactly of debt owed when Argentina performance since the January- India’s growth figures “come 2012 when hundreds of millions that affected 620 million people how Coal India allocates supplies. defaulted after an economic cri- to-March quarter in 2012. as welcome news. But we suspect of people were cut off in one of — nearly a tenth of the world’s A Coal India spokesman had no sis in 2001. Business, which has been stag- that this might be as good as it the world’s worst blackouts. population — in 22 states across immediate comment. That deal was rejected by seven gering under India’s longest spell gets for some time. Both fiscal There was a sharp fall in power the north and east of the country. India produced 565 million percent of the bondholders who of sub-five-percent growth in a and monetary policy look set to output on Thursday from a plant Asia’s third-largest economy tonnes of coal in the fiscal year demanded better terms, and quarter-century, was ebullient remain tight,” said Shilan Shah, in the western state of Gujarat relies on coal to generate more to March, making it the world’s this dispute has come to a head over the numbers. analyst at research consultancy that left India more than 9,000 than two-thirds of its electric- third-largest producer. Even so, it in recent months, consequently They “reinforce faith in the Capital Economics. megawatts short of peak demand, ity, but power plants are running is also the fifth-biggest importer putting a new shadow of default India growth story”, Chandrajit Manufacturing output, which according to two officials at the short because state behemoth of coal and the crunch could offer over the country. Banerjee, director general of the represents some 15 percent of state grid operator. Coal India Ltd has been unable a sales opportunity to exporters Some speculative funds led Confederation of Indian Industry, economic activity, grew by 3.5 Any grid collapse would cast to meet rising demand. such as Indonesia. by NML Capital and Aurelius said. percent in the first quarter doubt on the crisis management Cautious steps to open up coal The Central Electricity Management, holding less than one Growth was 4.7 percent in the after shrinking by 1.2 percent skills of the new government led mining to competition have been Authority (CEA) power figures percent of the amount due, took last financial year, around half of in the same year-ago quarter. by Prime Minister Narendra thrown into chaos by a Supreme for the situation showed that 50 their case to US courts, winning the near double-digit levels seen a Construction rose by 4.7 percent. Modi, whose achievement in Court ruling this week that all of India’s 100 thermal power sta- their argument, putting Argentina few years ago, hit by high interest But growth in farm output ensuring 24-hour power supplies coal block allocations since 1993 tions had enough coal to last less in a situation of partial default. rates to curb inflation, a lacklus- slowed, reflecting the patchy rains as premier of Gujarat state helped were illegal. These went to steel, than seven days. The purpose of the new guide- tre global economy and a fall in that are the main source of irriga- him to election victory in May. cement and power firms that had Taken as a whole, India’s ther- lines which are not compulsory, foreign investment amid corruption for farmers. Commenting on Thursday, to use the coal themselves. mal power generators have six days and which would affect new bond tion scandals which embroiled the The central bank has forecast Power and Coal Minister Piyush In a second ruling next Monday, of supplies — far short of the 15-30 issues and not bonds issued in the previous Congress government. growth of 5.5 percent this year, Goyal said: “I don’t know about the court will decide whether to days set as an operating norm by past, is to prevent a small number But the economy is seen as slightly below the government’s the possibility of a breakdown ... scrap the awards of more than the CEA. As well as being short of bondholders from blocking the having got a new shot of energy target of 5.8 percent. Economists There is a problem, I think, with 200 of these ‘captive’ blocks, on capacity, India’s power network application of an agreement on under Prime Minister Narendra say India needs at least eight-to- many of the coal supplies.” or instead fine licence holders, lacks the connectivity needed for debt restructuring between an Modi, who led his party to the nine percent growth to create jobs The shortage has come about as promising further uncertainty areas suffering shortages to tap issuer unable to repay and most first single-party parliamentary for a ballooning youth population. a fall in hydroelectricty genera- before new mines can ramp up supplies from other regions. of its creditors. majority in three decades. AFP tion due to weak monsoon rains production. REUTERS AFP

Auchan reports profit drop on Turkish lira eases on uncertainty over cabinet roles ISTANBUL: Turkey’s lira But the appointment of Numan whether he would have any sharp cuts in interest rates to 2.1536 against the dollar earlier French price slipped yesterday amid uncer- Kurtulmus, deputy chairman in responsibilities for the economy despite stubbornly high inflation. on Friday, but it slipped back to tainty over who would have the charge of economic affairs in the in his new role. He said the port- Cicek said Kurtulmus argues 2.1619 by 1305 GMT. upper hand on economic policy ruling AK Party, as a deputy pre- folios for the four deputy prime for the central bank aligning its Stocks also fell, with Istanbul’s war, ruble fall in a new cabinet after a deputy mier alongside Babacan unnerved ministers would be made clear policy stance with that of the main share index reversing ear- prime minister’s job was handed some analysts, raising fears of a at the first cabinet meeting, government. lier gains, falling 0.21 percent to PARIS: Supermarket giant to a former economics profes- power struggle over economic expected in the coming days. Another strategist at an 80,670.90 points and underper- Auchan said yesterday that a sor and close ally of President policy. “Kurtulmus’ responsibility as Istanbul bank also said nervous- forming a 0.03 percent fall in the price war in France and the Tayyip Erdogan. Listing priorities shortly after deputy prime minister has not ness about who would wield influ- broader emerging markets index. currency effect of conflict in The new cabinet announced by his appointment, Kurtulmus said been announced, yet his presence ence in the cabinet was weighing The benchmark 10-year govern- east Ukraine had pushed net Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Turkey needed to embark on may influence economic man- on Turkish assets, although other ment bond yield fell to 9.14 percent profit down 11.5 percent in the keeps key members of the eco- constitutional reform, advance agement in implementing more traders said an afternoon sell-off from 9.19 percent on Thursday. first half. nomic management team in place, a Kurdish peace process and accommodative economic poli- was due more to global risk aver- Markets had been pricing in a In spite of damage to sales including Deputy Prime Minister establish “a new economic pro- cies,” Deniz Cicek, an economist sity and a shift in trading posi- largely unchanged economic team figures arising from fighting Ali Babacan and Finance Minister gramme with the determination at Finansbank in Istanbul, said in tions ahead of the weekend. and the focus appeared to turn between Ukrainian troops and Mehmet Simsek, widely respected to increase our economic power”. a note to clients. A narrower-than-expected elsewhere once confirmed. pro-Russia rebels, Auchan said its by financial markets. It was not immediately clear Erdogan has long championed trade deficit in July lifted the lira REUTERS overall sales had held up because of international performance. “The Group’s performance was significantly impacted by foreign currency effects, notably in Russia and Ukraine,” said chair- Tesco slashes dividend man Vianney Mulliez. Auchan said it was being vigilant but was not unduly worried regarding the effect of retalia- after profit warning tory sanctions by Russia against European food products. LONDON: Tesco will slash its in the half-year dividend to 1.16 The company said that activ- dividend and investment spend- pence per share was much deeper ity in its stores in Russia was ing to give its new boss more than expected, but it would give not much affected and sales firepower to rebuild Britain’s big- Lewis greater flexibility to revive were doing well, although there gest retailer, after a second profit the world’s No.3 retailer, such as were some difficulties over sup- warning in two months showed by cutting prices. plies, notably of Norwegian the scale of the task he faces. Shares in Tesco, which have salmon. The grocer said on Friday that been languishing near a 10-year But in Ukraine, where Auchan as a result of its worsening per- low, slumped six percent to wipe has 11 supermarkets, and where formance, former Unilever turna- around £1.2bn off its market valu- business had been good, the situ- round specialist Dave Lewis would ation. An initial fall of 8.5 percent ation had turned “delicate”. start on Monday — a month ear- was its greatest single drop in two In the first six months of the lier than planned — with a remit and a half years. year, net group profit fell to for a major review of the 95-year- “We are not expecting a quick ¤272m ($359m). This was offset old business. turnaround,” said Niall Dineen, partly by the group’s expansion The latest profit warning lays a portfolio manager at AGF into Eastern Europe and China. bare the need for a change at International Advisors, who Auchan said that crisis over a company once considered an increased his holding in Tesco Ukraine and Russia, countries unstoppable engine of growth, yesterday morning. “We think it in which the currencies have with annual trading profit now will be a couple of years for mar- fallen heavily, had an unfavour- expected to come in around 25 gins to recover and we think the able exchange rate effect on the percent lower than last year — a share price could be under pres- figures. third straight year of decline. sure for a while.” AFP Petrol prices are displayed at a Tesco garage in Bow, east London, yesterday. Analysts said the 75 percent cut REUTERS AUGUST 30, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business Views ON SATURDAY 16

Wealth management: Serving Qantas posts record loss: clients, not beating markets BY JAMES SAFT Where did it go so wrong? t may be that the future of wealth management lies not in BY DOM TALIMANIDIS beating the market but in helping the client beat her true Late last month, the Abbott govern- ownership is frozen at above the 51 per- opponent: herself. The traditional offering of the investment ment succeeded in passing a Qantas Sales cent required. Without this flexibility, the Imanagement industry – putting people into products which he release yesterday of Qantas’ Amendment Bill through the senate after $350m capital injection Virgin raised from outperform – is under siege, hit by a trend of dwindling relative yearly results gave another clear lengthy negotiations with Labour. foreign investors last year would have been performance and massive defections of money to passive index- indication that the outdated leg- As a result restrictions on a foreign inves- impossible. based strategies and products. islation that continues to hamper tor owning more than 25 percent of Qantas As it stands, Qantas will find it hard to Charles Ellis, an eminence grise of index investing and the its ability to successfully compete, or a foreign airline owning more than 35 attract a large investor because around 40 founder of Greenwich Associates, argues that the combination Tand which threatens the very long term via- percent of Qantas have been lifted. percent of the company is already foreign of falling fees for active management and the continued flow of bility of the company, must be completely These changes are a positive step. owned. This means that a major investment funds into index products is going to challenge the economics and removed. They will, to some extent, remove the of over 10 percent would require shares to structure of the investment industry as we know it. Although the statutory loss of $2.8bn will difficulties Qantas faces in its attempts to be bought from existing foreign holders. Writing in the Financial Analysts Journal, Ellis makes a distinc- claim most headlines, it is the $646m under- raise capital. Unlike its competitor airlines, which tion between the two traditional roles of money managers: “Ideally, lying loss that is a more damning represen- But by maintaining the act in any form are able to service their aircraft in many investment management has been a ‘two hands clapping’ profession: tation of the difficulties the company faces. government continues to hamstring Qantas’ international locations depending on costs one based on skills of price discovery and the other on values discov- Most of the statutory figure represents efforts to remain competitive. Among other and needs, Qantas also remains obligated ery.” Price discovery is what most people think of when they think write downs of soon to be retired aircraft things the act continues to restrict foreign to maintain the vast majority of its opera- of money management: the process of finding price anomalies and costs associated with the staff cuts ownership of Qantas to 49 percent and tional facilities for international services in the market and exploiting them to produce outperformance. announced earlier this year. ensures the vast majority of its service per- in Australia. Values discovery, in contrast, covers almost everything else in the While less dramatic, the underlying losses sonal remains in Australia. Ultimately this means that Qantas is money manager-client relationship and is therefore mostly about represent the company’s on-going difficul- Maintaining 51 percent local ownership forced to pay higher wages, but it also changing behaviour, an arena in which the vast majority of clients ties to remain competitive both in its domes- is necessary for the international arm of means that it loses the flexibility that others are undone by themselves. tic and international operations. Qantas for the purposes of air traffic agree- enjoy. Although regrettable, allowing Qantas Of this, more in a moment. But first let’s just walk briefly through The finger pointing that these types of ments. This enables them to meet the flag to off shore some aspects of the business just a bit of the evidence about active fund management and the results inevitably precipitate has begun in test recognised by most countries as defin- may ensure that the majority of jobs Qantas value it creates. Adjusting for survivorship bias, only a quarter or earnest. ing national ownership and control. provides in Australia remain viable in the less of large- and small- cap growth funds outperformed their bench- Many will be reaching for their pitch- However, it seems completely bizarre that long term. marks in the 15 years to the end of 2011, according to Ellis. Among forks with Alan Joyce in mind. Of course, this needs to be enforced by government Indeed, other than a sentimental attach- value funds during the same period the figures were 30 percent they will rightfully point to some less regulations. ment to the idea of a national carrier, there outperformance among those in small-cap stocks, and 43 percent than impressive moves to international- By comparison, Virgin Australia is split are few logical reasons to continue to main- among those in large-cap issues. This may be because investors are ise Jetstar and the ill-advised domestic into domestic and international entities tain the legislative restrictions that are today better as a group, but competing against better opponents and capacity war with Virgin. with separate ownership structures and thwarting Qantas’ capacity to compete. thus less able to outperform compared to the 1960s or 1970s when However, allocating blame for such results directors. By removing the Qantas act in its entirety, there were more less-sophisticated traders. remains difficult when Qantas continues to While the publicly listed company is the airline will finally be allowed to succeed Eugene Fama, the Nobel Prize-winning father of the efficient operate under restrictions that do not apply nearly 80 percent foreign owned, the or fail on its own merits. market hypothesis, in 2012 asserted that among domestic mutual to its competitors. unlisted international division’s local THE GUARDIAN funds with at least 10 years of results only the top 3 percent show sufficient skill to cover their costs. Good luck identifying which three out of 100 you should choose. But even if you, as a wealth manager, don’t buy the proposition that active management is a losing game, you have to accept that a large number of your clients, current, past and prospective, do. All is not lost. While many wealth managers have reacted to the rise of index investing by working to strengthen their relationship with the client, all too often that has been in service of making sure that they remain clients and continue to buy active products in hope of beating the market. The alternative path, what Ellis calls values discovery, is about “determining each client’s realistic objectives - including wealth, income, time horizon, age, obligations and responsibilities, investment knowledge and personal financial history.” The end result is more knowledge, both for the client and the manager, and then a strategy well calibrated to meet those realistic objectives. The great virtue and beauty of this approach, and what makes it sustainable, is how much actual value it can create. This is about making sure clients save enough, and stopping them from rabbiting off after the latest social media IPO or, worse yet, selling heavily into a correction. All of these self-defeating behaviours are common, and many are arguably made more likely by the return- chasing stance the industry has traditionally adopted. Investors who think they, or their representative, can beat the market also tend to think they can therefore skimp on saving, or that they can accelerate wealth creation by taking on more risk in hot areas, or that they can “get out” before the big crash. But even with more sober clients, there is plenty to be done, and done in a way which knits the client to the adviser for the long haul. Planning, for example, for increasingly long life spans, or for the provisions needed for a disabled child. Helping people to understand and mitigate risk, not just in their investment portfolios, but in their careers, family and health. Combine that with low-cost products and you have a winning offering. All of this is time-intensive, but it is also not easily done by robots or algorithms. What will the fee structure look like? That is open to debate and there are several models, but what is clear is that the upside is probably lower. Lower, but more secure and attainable. Many will continue to try and win the price discovery game, but more will win at values discovery. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

ECB chief Draghi dials ‘R’ for reform, but the line is busy BY PAUL CARREL (European) Union depends on it,” allowed exemptions to the French Draghi has cut him some slack. as Germany - to pursue a more buy assets. The ECB is prepar- Draghi said in July, repeating the 35-hour week. After months of pressing govern- expansionary fiscal policy as ing other stimulus measures, but wo years ago, eurozone plea on August 7. He is having a “All these structural reforms ments - principally France and part of a three-pronged policy markets have factored those in. government leaders hung hard time selling the message. involve challenging and defeating Italy - to reform with little effect, approach including ECB stimulus It is the possibility of QE that on Mario Draghi’s every Like a groom dieting for his lobbies. They’re small, but they’re the ECB president has changed and structural reforms. excites them, and some govern- Tword. Now the European wedding day, many eurozone powerful – they have big voices,” tack. Speaking at the annual Sarah Hewin, head of ments - even if its merits are Central Bank chief is struggling countries shaped up to gain entry said Richard Portes, professor of conference of central bankers research for Europe at Standard disputed. to get through to them. What has to the eurozone, only to let them- economics at London Business in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Chartered, said Draghi was in a Departing from his Jackson happened to ‘Super Mario’s’ mojo? selves go once that big day was School. Sharon Bowles, who worked August 22, Draghi said it would tough position because “there is Hole speech text, Draghi noted For financial markets, Draghi’s behind them. with Draghi as chairwoman of the be “helpful for the overall stance very little leverage to accelerate “significant declines at all hori- words still count. But therein lies With their borrowing costs now European Parliament’s Economic of policy” if fiscal policy could play this reform process.” zons” in inflation expectations - a a problem - his promise in 2012 low thanks to market reaction to and Monetary Affairs Committee a greater role alongside the ECB’s Draghi is not having much luck hint he is concerned, and may act. to do “whatever it takes” to save Draghi’s bond-buy offer, govern- until July, said his push for govern- monetary policy, adding: “and I with his reforms push - yet. At 0.3 percent in August, euro- the euro has reassured investors ments feel less pressure than at ments to coordinate reforms and believe there is scope for this”. German Finance Minister zone inflation is far below the and driven down government bor- the height of the eurozone crisis “to learn to govern together” was Translated from opaque central Wolfgang Schaeuble has insisted ECB’s target of just under 2 per- rowing costs to near record lows. to give him what he wants. too much too soon. “But I think he’s banker-speak, the comments indi- the ECB president was “over- cent. The ECB is not ready for QE Eurozone governments, how- Draghi is seeking “common got to keep pushing so that there is cate that having cut ECB interest interpreted” in suggesting that yet, but signs of serious progress ever, seem to have forgotten the governance over structural no slip back,” she added. rates to record lows and injected fiscal policy could play a greater on reforms in France and Italy caveat. reforms” - or a coordinated push The experience of the euro- money into the economy to sup- role in promoting growth. could smooth the way. Draghi delivered his famous to shape up by, for example, lib- zone crisis has shown that only port a recovery, Draghi is now also In France, President Francois “It may be hard to get a consen- “whatever it takes” speech, and eralising labour markets. when faced with the prospect of ready to back fiscal stimulus over Hollande has reshuffled his gov- sus within the (ECB Governing) backed it up with a plan to buy Passing structural reforms ‘divorce’ - or the currency union austerity. Fiscal stimulus could ernment to boost his reform Council to launch QE if the poli- “unlimited” amounts of bonds is a tricky business at the best breaking up - do governments get boost growth, facilitating reform. agenda but is struggling to gal- ticians are seen to be dragging issued by stricken euro members - of times. 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NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic who next meets Sam Querrey of reached the third round of a the United States, after his brief US Open Results Grand Slam for the 25th con- 90-minute appearance. secutive time while Serena World number one Williams, Results yesterday from the Williams racked up her 80th US chasing a third successive New fourth day of the US Open, Open win as the top seeds eased York title, her sixth in total and the final Grand Slam tourna- into the third round yesterday. an 18th major, sent 25 winners ment of 2014 They were joined in the last past Vania King and broke serve 32 by 2012 winner Andy Murray six times, wrapping up a 6-1, 6-0 Men’s Second Round: Novak Djokovic and reigning Wimbledon women’s victory on windswept Arthur Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-1, champion Petra Kvitova. Ashe Stadium in just 56 minutes. of Serbia reacts 6-3, 6-0; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Guillermo But former world number one It was her second win over after defeating García-Lopez (ESP x28) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Ana Ivanovic, the eighth seed, and an American at the tournament Paul-Henri Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x22) bt Michael 2011 champion Samantha Stosur this week after beating teen- Mathieu of Llodra (FRA) 6-2 - retired; John Isner (USA were knocked out on a day when ager Taylor Townsend and next France in the x13) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 7-6 (7/5), stiff winds brought new chal- she will face another in Varvara second round 6-4, 6-2; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x9) bt lenges at Flushing Meadows for Lepchenko for a place in the last of US Open at Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; players already tackling plus-30 16. “It’s so hard to play in the wind the Flushing Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) bt Benoit Paire degree heat (+90F). but I am happy to get through a Meadows, New (FRA) 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Andrey Kuznetsov World number one and top seed solid match with the conditions (RUS) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP x31) 6-3, York, yesterday. Djokovic breezed past France’s today,” said the top seed whose 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Andy Murray (GBR x8) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-1, 6-3, 6-0, colourful leopard print dress was Matthias Bachinger (GER) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4; Nick firing 13 aces and 33 winners as as striking as her tennis. Kyrgios (AUS) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-4, the 2011 champion comfortably Eighth-seeded Murray brushed 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Tommy Robredo (ESP x16) bt remained on course for a fifth aside 27-year-old German quali- Simone Bolelli (ITA) 5-7, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-3, successive final appearance. fier Matthias Bachinger, the 6-2; Kei Nishikori (JPN x10) bt Pablo Andújar “It’s very windy, but I managed world number 235, with a con- (ESP) 6-4, 6-1 - retired; Leonardo Mayer to adjust to the conditions that vincing 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 win. (ARG x23) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 6-1, 6-3, obviously are not easy for myself Murray exhibited none of the 6-4; Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) bt Borna and my opponent,” said Djokovic, physical problems he suffered Coric (CRO) 7-6 (7/2), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Milos Raonic (CAN x5) bt Peter Gojowczyk (GER) in the first round when he was “It’s very disappointing. It’s Kazakhstan. The United States 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3). cramping, sending down 36 win- never easy to finish this early,” only saw three men making the ners past Bachinger, a contempo- said Ivanovic. second round -- the country’s Women’s Second Round: Serena rary from his junior days. Stosur, the 24th seed, squan- lowest total in the history of the Williams (USA x1) bt Vania King (USA) 6-1, “Both of us struggled a bit early dered two match points in a 3-6, tournament -- but 13th seed John 6-0; Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Mona on but once I started to get used 6-3, 7-6 (10/8) defeat to Estonia’s Isner and Querrey have made it Barthel (GER) 6-4, 6-0; Kaia Kanepi (EST) to the wind I was able to adjust Kaia Kanepi, a six-time Grand to the last 32. bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x24) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 my tactics a bit,” said the Scot. Slam quarter-finalist. Isner, a quarter-finalist in 2011, (10/8); Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x15) bt Canadian fifth seed Milos There were no such dramas for beat Germany’s Jan-Lennard CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 6-3, 6-3; Flavia Serena Williams of the Raonic made the third round Kvitova who defeated fellow Czech Struff 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-2 while Pennetta (ITA x11) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) United States serves with a 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 6-2 while Querrey beat Spain’s Guillermo 6-4, 6-3; Nicole Gibbs (USA) bt Anastasia against compatriot win over German qualifier Peter Canadian seventh seed Eugenie Garcia Lopez for the fourth time Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x23) 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3; Casey Dellacqua (AUS x29) bt Wang Vania King during Gojowczyk on the back of 26 aces Bouchard, the runner-up at in four meetings -- including last Qiang (CHN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Karolina Plisková their women’s singles and 64 winners. Wimbledon, beat Sorana Cirstea week’s Winston Salem warm-up Eighth-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Romania 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4. -- thanks to an impressive 6-3, (CZE) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB x8) 7-5, 6-4; second round match Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt Petra Cetkovska at the Flushing suffered her earliest US Open Victoria Azarenka, the runner- 6-4, 6-4 victory. exit in five years when the former up to Williams for the past two Australian 19-year-old Nick (CZE) 6-4, 6-2; Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) Meadows, New York world number one lost 7-5, 6-4 to years, also made it through, win- Kyrgios, who famously defeated bt Madison Keys (USA x27) 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, yesterday. Karolina Pliskova of the Czech ning nine games in succession Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, 7-5; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Marina Erakovic Republic, the world number 42. from 0-3 down to defeat Christina reached the third round by see- (NZL) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; Victoria Azarenka (BLR The Serb followed fourth- McHale of the United States 6-3, ing off Italy’s Andreas Seppi 6-4, x16) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-3, 6-2; seeded Agnieszka Radwanska out 6-2. 7-6 (7/2), 6-4. Zarina Dyas (KAZ) bt CiCi Bellis (USA) 6-3, 0-6, 6-2; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x17) of the tournament after the Pole Fifteen-year-old American He will next face Spanish vet- bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-1, 6-2; Barbora had been beaten by Peng Shuai 24 CiCi Bellis, who became the eran Tommy Robredo who came Zahlavova Strycova (CZE x30) bt Monica hours earlier. youngest winner of a US Open back from two sets to love down Niculescu (ROM) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Eugenie The former French Open match since 1996 when she won for the seventh time in seeing Bouchard (CAN x7) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) champion was undone by 29 her first round match, went down off Italy’s Simone Bolelli 5-7, 6-7 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4. unforced errors. 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 to Zarina Dyas of (5/7), 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. AFP Impey McIlroy targets Mahan’s top South Korea’s Kim cleared of spot at Deutsche Bank leads Portland Classic doping PORTLAND: South Korea’s She was joined in fourth place by MASSACHUSETTS: In-form Kim In-Kyung fired a bogey- Laura Diaz, Paraguay’s Julieta PARIS: South African Daryl Rory McIlroy has set his sights free seven under 65 to take a Granada, Mina Harigae, Alison Impey has been cleared of dop- on dislodging Hunter Mahan one-stroke lead after the first Walshe, Emma Jandel and Paula ing and can return to competi- from the top of the FedExCup round of the LPGA Tour’s Reto of South Africa. tion, the ORICA-GreenEDGE standings after this week’s Portland Classic yesterday. US Solheim Cup captain Juli rider and his Australian team Deutsche Bank Championship Kim, who teed off in the final Inkster carded a four-under 68. confirmed yesterday. in Massachusetts on a course group of the day, used a string of Inkster is tied for 11th in a group The South African, the first- he says is ideally suited to his four straight birdies on the back that includes France’s Karine ever African to wear the Tour de game. nine to record her lowest round of Icher, Chella Choi, Jennifer Kirby, France’s yellow jersey last year, Two years ago, McIlroy won the season by two strokes. China’s Lin Xi Yu and Jacqui tested positive in February for the elite FedExCup play-off event “I hit the ball well and made Concolino, of the US. Probenecid. held at the TPC Boston in Norton some putts coming down. This is a Kim, who is seeking her fourth Impey said in a statement that during a sensational PGA Tour really good golf course,” Kim said. career win on the US LPGA Tour, he had been able to prove a case campaign highlighted by four vic- “You have to hit the good shots recorded her last victory in North of “cross-contamination”, adding tories, including a second career and also make putts. There’s a America four years ago at the that he had been “cleared of any major, and player of the year couple of tricky pins, but I was Lorena Ochoa Invitational. fault or negligence”. honours. able to manage.” In 11 starts this year, she has “Whilst I never disputed the lab After a dominant run of golf in Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland in action during the pro-am event prior Americans Jennifer Song and one top-25 finish at the Swinging results and the finding, I was put recent weeks that has earned him to the Deutsche Bank Championship at the TPC Boston yesterday in Amelia Lewis are tied for second Skirts LPGA Classic. in a very tough position of defend- three consecutive tournament Norton, Massachusetts. place at six-under at the Columbia “Seems like every week it’s like ing my case due to strict liability,” wins, including two more major Edgewater Country Club. Anna 66, 65,” said Kim, who won on the Impey said on his website. crowns, McIlroy believes he is in Nordqvist, who has two victories Ladies European Tour earlier this “That being said, and after greater control of his overall game displays as McIlroy won last two years with his victory at the this season, shot a five-under 67. year. AFP already having to go back five than he was in late 2012. month’s British Open, his first Barclays on Sunday. months to try find out how this “There are some similarities,” World Golf Championships title “This time of year I want to could have happened, I finally was the Northern Irish world number at the Bridgestone Invitational be playing and I want to have an able to prove that this was a case one told reporters at the TPC and the PGA Championship in opportunity to win,” said Mahan, Mika Miyazato of cross-contamination and I was Boston yesterday when asked to successive starts. who has been grouped with fel- of Japan hits on also cleared of any fault or negli- compare his red-hot form over With McIlroy back this week at low American Jimmy Walker gence on my part. the past month with that of two a venue where he feels very com- and McIlroy for Friday’s opening the 12th hole “It has been definitely the hard- years ago. fortable with his game, he is eager round. during the first est two months of my life. It has “My frame of mind and where I to take full advantage. “These are big tournaments, round of the been a huge financial loss and has am mentally is very similar. I am “Obviously I’ve had some suc- these are the best players in the LPGA Portland been tough on my whole family. very relaxed, I’m going out on to cess here before, 2012 was a good world. I want to have that oppor- Classic at “But I was determined to show the golf course and I’m not really year for me here,” he said. “It’s a tunity to win.” the Columbia that I am clean and that I would putting a whole lot of pressure on golf course that sets up well for The top 70 players on the Edgewater never cheat to try get an advan- myself. me.” FedExCup points list after the Country in tage over my competitors. I am so “I’m just going out and playing For his part, Mahan was Deutsche Bank Championship Portland, relieved that this has now been and I know that if I play well, that delighted to be back in the win- advance to next week’s BMW Oregon proven.” Impey, 29, added that he I’ll have somewhat of a chance to ner’s circle with three play-off Championship in Colorado where yesterday. hoped to compete in the world maybe win the tournament.” events remaining to conclude the leading 30 will qualify for the championships in Ponferrada, That “somewhat of a chance” the 2013-14 PGA Tour after end- Tour Championship finale in Spain in late September. AFP translated into a series of sizzling ing a title drought of more than Atlanta. REUTERS AUGUST 30, 2014 21 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ON SATURDAY

Champions League Draw Reactions Reaction to the draw for the Champions League Group Stage held in Monaco on Thursday: United seek Di Maria Group A: Atletico Madrid (Spain) Juventus (Italy) Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece) Malmo (Sweden) Atletico Madrid sporting director Jose Luis Perez Caminero “Big teams, all of them champions of their respective leagues. We are going to meet some great players who will make it very difficult but we will compete at our top level, as we always do, to reach the last 16.” Juventus chief executive Giuseppe Marotta spark at Burnley today “Sincerely, it’s not too bad a group. Of course, there are pitfalls: Malmo are in full activity in a championship that finishes in November. But we will honor the shirt we wear.” Olympiakos coach Michel “Both Atletico and Juventus are very strong opponents. There were easier options for us, but one Van Gaal calls for rapid improvement ahead of game always has to fight. My hope is that my players will be consistent and produce high-level performances in all encounters.” LONDON: Manchester United against Chelsea and Swansea Group B: Real Madrid (Spain) Basel (Switzerland) Liverpool (England) Ludogorets (Bulgaria) top the Premier League spend- City, said it was important not Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo ing charts but after a dismal to get caught up in the interest “It (playing Liverpool) is going to be tough. In general the group is nice, it’s good for Real Madrid. start to life under Louis van surrounding Di Maria, who is “We are going to try and do the same again this season. It will be difficult but Real Madrid are always Gaal they badly need to beat expected to play. thinking big, thinking huge.” promoted Burnley today. “They have made a lot of Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers The arrival of Argentine winger changes and a lot of the atten- “Initially, we’re excited. To be back in it again, no matter who we were going to play, it was always Angel di Maria from Real Madrid tion will be on them this weekend. going to be exciting. But to have Real Madrid in your group, the champions last season, is going to for a British-record 59.7m pounds That’s no disrespect to ourselves be special. I’m already thinking of Anfield on that night.” ($99m) took their spending this because there is an outside view of Liverpool chief executive Ian Ayre transfer window to over 130 mil- us being written off by the book- “We’re pleased with the group, it’s particularly special to have got Real Madrid in the group. We respect lion pounds but, as Van Gaal ies, etc,” said Dyche, who has everyone, but obviously we’ve great memories of games against Real Madrid so it’s very special for us.” knows, splashing the cash is no spent less than five million pounds Ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher on Twitter: Great draw for LFC decent chance to get through guarantee of success. on strengthening his squad for life and the experience for the players of playing against Madrid. Real away my first Euro trip as a fan. The experienced Dutchman has in the top flight. Ludogorets coach Georgi Dermendzhiev yet to register a competitive vic- “Clubs being talked about in tory, picking up one point from higher regard than our own is “I’m happy with the draw. Real Madrid will blow up Bulgaria and so many people will be able to see them thanks to Ludogorets. Look what a team, based in a town (with a population) of 30,000 achieved... two league games and suffering something we will get used to an embarrassing 4-0 League Cup over the season, not for vicious “Liverpool are a very strong team too and we know Basel because we met them last year. We’ll win thrashing at third-tier MK Dons reasons.” some points, I just don’t want to play against Real in the first match. on Tuesday. Romelu Lukaku and Samuel “I can assure you that you’ll see a stronger Ludogorets from now on.” United’s name was missing Eto’o could appear against former Group C: Benfica (Portugal) Zenit St Petersburg (Russia) Bayer Leverkusen (Germany) Monaco (France) from the Champions League club Chelsea when the sides clash Bayer Leverkusen’s sporting director Rudi Voeller draw after last season’s seventh- at Goodison Park today. “We’ve copped the best team in the fourth pot with Monaco. Before that we had perhaps been a bit place finish, compounding the Everton manager Roberto lucky, but with Monaco in there it’s become a very even group. It will be difficult to qualify, but we are gloom around Old Trafford, and Martinez will make a late decision Manchester United’s newly-signed Argentinian midfielder Angel di Maria optimistic, we have nothing to lose and we want to reach the last 16 like last year.” although Van Gaal insists it will on 33-year-old Eto’o’s involve- poses with his shirt during an official presentation on the pitch at Old Bayer Leverkusen forward Stefan Kiessling take time for the squad to adjust ment but he expects Lukaku to Trafford in Manchester on Thursday. “This is a very interesting group. But independent of the quality of our opponents we have the aim to his methods, rapid improve- play despite a sore toe. of reaching the round of 16.” ment is required at Turf Moor. “Rom has strong inner strength Monaco striker Valere Germain on Twitter “Our problem is when we have and I don’t think he is motivated Ham entertain Southampton don’t want to remember the past. “This is a fairly homogeneous group...I hope we will have our say. We could have fallen on a more the ball,” Van Gaal told reporters. by who he is facing or who is in and new Crystal Palace manager It is a new season, said Pochettino. difficult group, even if those are teams with European experience.” “We have to build up the play front of him,” Martinez told the Neil Warnock takes his team to The Reds have been boosted Monaco vice president Vadim Vasiliev on Twitter and we have to improve that. So club website (www.evertonfc.com). Newcastle United. by the purchase of controversial “We have worked hard to get back to the Champions League. This is a very balanced group. Each I don’t think our defence is weak Winger Christian Atsu is not Tottenham Hotspur have made Italian striker Mario Balotelli team has a chance to get qualified for (the last 16).” - no, our build-up is still not good eligible to play against his par- a steady start under new boss from AC Milan and being enough and we shall improve that, ent club. Chelsea are chasing Mauricio Pochettino, and will drawn with Real Madrid in the Zenit St Petersburg midfielder Javi Garcia but that needs time.” their fifth successive away league hope to banish the memories of Champions League group stage. “We are in a very even group, I would even say that it is the most even group out of them all. The four United are missing Michael victory as they bid to continue two heavy defeats by Liverpool They will be keen to get back teams each have an equal chance of getting through to the knockout stages. Personally, I am really Carrick, Shinji Kagawa and their unbeaten start to the new last season when they host the to winning ways after losing 3-1 glad that I will get the chance to play in Lisbon again.” Luke Shaw through injury, while campaign. Merseysiders tomorrow. at Manchester City, the side Group D: Arsenal (England) Borussia Dortmund (Germany) Galatasaray (Turkey) Anderlecht (Belgium) Marcos Rojo is still unavailable Also today, champions Liverpool tore Spurs to shreds, that pipped them to last season’s Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp: “We are meeting some old acquaintances and some fresh faces. I as he has yet to receive a work Manchester City host Stoke, winning the matches by a com- league title. Aston Villa host have never played in Anderlecht or Istanbul. Before the draw we didn’t really wish for any particular permit. Queens Park Rangers (QPR) bined 9-0, but under Pochettino Hull City and Arsenal travel to opponents so we are taking it as it happened.” Burnley manager Sean Dyche, face Sunderland, West Bromwich they are yet to concede in the Leicester City in tomorrow’s Borussia Dortmund sports director Michael Zorc without a point from matches Albion travel to Swansea, West league. “The past is the past. I other matches. REUTERS “This looks to me like an evenly balanced group and we should expect a lot of suspense. As for Champions League duels with Arsenal, there we have our share of experience. Borussia Dortmund go into the group stage that is no doubt difficult with a lot of confidence.” Reus, Gomez Galatasaray midfielder Olcan Adn Balotelli, Lallana in line for “I believe we can qualify. On paper, Anderlecht might seem like the weakest team in the group but the away game will certainly be difficult. Their domestic league has already started and they might back for hit top form earlier than us.” Anderlecht coach Besnik Hasi: “It’s a tough draw. There are some nice away trips, but these are Liverpool debuts tomorrow extremely difficult opponents. Anderlecht have not survived the group stage since 2001, so it will Germany be extremely difficult.” LONDON: Mario Balotelli and Group E: Bayern Munich (Germany) Manchester City (England) CSKA Moscow (Russia) AS Roma (Italy) BERLIN: German coach Adam Lallana could make their Ronaldo named Bayern sports director Matthias Sammer Joachim Loew yesterday named Liverpool debuts this weekend “The group is hugely attractive but also very, very difficult. It is, however, also the right challenge for us.” 18 of his World Cup winning after being named in the Reds’ European Manchester City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain squad for a friendly match squad for their Premier League “It’s a very, very, tough group. They are very strong teams. I think (it’s the toughest group). It’s against Argentina and the open- clash at Tottenham Hotspur Player of the spectacular all the clubs try to play good football. It will be an amazing group. We are happy with the ing European Champion quali- tomorrow. squad we have for this season. We’ve signed some very good players. We want to improve in the fier against Scotland next week. Italian striker Balotelli is avail- Champions League.” Strikers Marco Reus, who able for the first time since com- Year “Some people dream about flying into space at least once in their lives, however, we are there on missed the World Cup due to pleting his £16m ($26m) transfer a regular basis. injury, and Mario Gomez, who from AC Milan on Monday, while MONACO: Real Madrid’s “If I am serious, we have been drawn into an unbelievably tough group. We will wait and see if the was overlooked for Brazil, return England midfielder Lallana has Cristiano Ronaldo was on gap has widened between the Russian champions and the champions from Germany and England.” to the squad for the games in returned to fitness after miss- Thursday named European Dusseldorf on September 3 and ing the start of the season with Footballer of the Year, the CSKA Moscow attacking midfielder Alan Dzagoev Dortmund four days later. a knee injury following his £25m Portuguese striker topping “Bayern Munich and Manchester City again? I can’t believe it. Of course it would have been interesting Missing are former skipper switch from Southampton. the journalists’ poll ahead of to test ourselves against other giants of European football. On the other hand we have the perfect Philipp Lahm, record goalscorer Despite concerns over the Germany’s World Cup winner chance to gain revenge for last year’s below-par performances. I am a realist and understand that this is a very difficult group, however, we will do our best to play to the best of our ability.” Misolsav Klose and defender Per potential for problems with Italian striker Mario Balotelli who Manuel Neuer and Dutchman AS Roma president James Palottta Mertesacker, who have all retired notorious bad-boy Balotelli, who signed for Liverpool in the crowd Arjen Robben. “Will it be difficult for us? It will be difficult for the teams who have to play us. You have to play and from international football, and is back in the Premier League 18 during the English Premier League Ronaldo is the fourth recipient beat the best if you want to progress in the Champions League influential midfielder Bastian months after leaving Manchester match between Manchester City of the award, succeeding Franck “It will be enjoyable to meet up with (Bayern and former Roma defender) Benatia again; the whole Schweinsteiger, who is sidelined City, he has already made a big and Liverpool in Manchester, in Ribery, Andres Iniesta and Lionel with a knee injury. impact in training according Messi. team is looking forward to the challenge. this August 25 file photo. All will be present though as to Liverpool manager Brendan France’s Ribery won the award “If we don’t think we can win the Champions we shouldn’t be taking part.” spectators in Dusseldorf in the re- Rodgers. last time around ahead of Messi Group F: Barcelona (Spain) Paris St Germain (France) Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) APOEL Nicosia run of the July 13 World Cup final “Mario has settled in very well the departure of Luis Suarez to and Ronaldo. (Cyprus) which Brazil won 1-0 in extra- and has looked fantastic in train- Barcelona, Rodgers also indicated This time Ronaldo prevailed in Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta time with a goal from substitute ing,” Rodgers said. there are likely to be some depar- a vote by 54 European journalists “When you start your draw with PSG, you know that they have a very difficult opponent. After that, we Mario Goetze. “He is a good lad. The focus is tures before the transfer window which took place on the sidelines have Ajax which is a team historically very closely linked to Barca. We had never played against them The friendly with Argentina very much on his football and he closes on Monday. of the draw for the Champions in Europe and this is the second season running that that happens, history repeats itself. Apoel is a had been arranged in March has done very well. “There will probably be more League group stages in Monaco. novelty for us but my memory tells me that Apoel in Europe is always a very difficult team to beat. before the World Cup. “He is top quality, there is no movement out than coming in I “I’ve worked hard for this We will play in the same way against PSG as against Ajax or any other team.” Loew said he was delighted doubt about that. He is a class would say,” Rodgers said. “There award, I am very happy, I thank PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi to have Reus back in the squad, act, the boy, with wonderful foot- are offers for players to go and all my team, because without that “I don’t think this is going to be easy. Zlatan Ibrahimovic will rediscover his old teams, Ajax Amsterdam having torn ligaments in his left ball qualities.” After spending big every player here knows their kind of team individual awards and Barca, who we played two years ago. This year I hope we have a better team to win against Barca. ankle in Germany’s final World to improve his squad following situation. AFP couldn’t exist,” said the reign- I am very proud of PSG and it makes me proud when I sense the respect of other clubs. Cup warmup match against ing Ballon d’Or titleholder, after Ajax coach Frank de Boer Armenia. y squad for a friendly receiving his award from UEFA “We showed last year that we can cause surprises, but with these teams (PSG and Barcelona) it will against Argentina in Dusseldorf chief Michel Platini. be difficult to come first or second in the group. on September 3 and the Euro Ronaldo failed to sparkle at “PSG have ambitions to win the Champions League within four or five years. I think we are now in 2016 qualifier against Scotland in the World Cup in Brazil where the third year. They certainly have a very strong team. A good team with many stars, but we are also Dortmund on September 7. AFP Portugal were eliminated in the a good team.” first round, but inspired Real APOEL captain Constantinos Charalambides: “This is a very tough draw for us. We face three sides with Squad Madrid on the European stage. rich traditions in world football, but we still see this as a great moment for us. It will be a challenging Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), The 29-year-old broke the experience for the players, the coaching staff, the board and of course our fans.” record for goals, 17, by a player Roman Weidenfeller (Dortmund), Ron-Robert Group G: Chelsea (England) Schalke 04 (Germany) Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) Maribor (Slovenia) Zieler (Hanover) in a Champions League campaign Schalke 04 sports director Horst Heldt: Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), last season as Madrid claimed Erik Durm (Dortmund), Matthias Ginter their tenth European title. “We still have a bill to settle with Chelsea. They are the favourites in the group and for us it is about (Dortmund), Kevin Grosskreutz (Dortmund), “It was amazing, something performing well against the other clubs and again go past the group stage.” Benedikt Hoewedes (Schalke), Mats Hummels that Madrid had looked to do for Group H Porto (Portugal) Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) Athletic Bilbao (Spain) BATE Borisov (Belarus) (Dortmund), Antonio Rüdiger (Stuttgart) many years,” said the striker. Porto coach Julen Lopetegui Midfield/forwards: Julian Draxler (Schalke), “As Madrid players we feel “We know that the Champions League is always complicated. It’s a difficult, tough group and I think Mario Gomez (Fiorentina/ITA), Mario as though you have to win the it will be very even. Götze (Bayern Munich), Christoph Kramer (Moenchengladbach), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid/ Champions League. It was a “Athletic are a team with tremendous energy and great power who deserved to get to this stage ESP), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid/ESP), Thomas fantastic season - we won the against Napoli.” Mueller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/ Barcelona’s new player Douglas waves to supporters during his Champions League, the Spanish On visiting the Basque country (where he is from): “It’s a return to Euskadi (the Basque country), my ENG), Lukas Podolski (Arsenal/ENG), Marco Reus presentation at Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona yesterday. Cup and the coveted (UEFA) land, which is always nice. But the really good thing is to play a good game, in a spectacular stadium, (Dortmund), Andre Schuerrle (Chelsea/ENG) Super Cup.” AFP and marvellous supporters against a good team.” 22 AUGUST 30, 2014 ON SATURDAY www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Al Sadd overcome early jitters to start season on winning note QSL: After conceding lead, ‘Wolves’ come back hard to beat Al Kharaitiyat 4-1

DOHA: Al Sadd shook off a Last season, Al Kharaitiyat had forgettable performance in the managed to take two points from first half to come back strong Al Sadd in the early stages of the and pound Al Kharaitiyat 4-1 in season and going into the break yesterday’s Qatar Stars League it seemed history would repeat match at Al Khor Stadium. itself. Early in the match, it seemed But Al Sadd came out firing in ‘The Wolves’ were not over the the second half and Hasan Khalid disappointment of their Asian Haydos dribbled past defenders to Champions League quarter-final score in the 47th minute. defeat at the hands of Saudi club The Sheikh Jassim Cup cham- Al Hilal on Wednesday. And pions now began to show their although they dominated posses- class and Al Kharaitiyat began sion, Al Kharaitiyat looked more to make mistakes. threatening every time they got In the 61st minute, Qatar the ball. national team player Khalfan There seemed to be some Ibrahim Khalfan beat Al holes in Al Sadd’s usually solid Kharaitiyat goalkeeper Khalifa defence and in the 13th minute Ababacar Ndiaye and ‘The Domingos Dos Santos latched on Wolves’ went ahead. to a cross and fired home to give As the game progressed, Al Al Kharaitiyat the lead. Kharaitiyat seemed to fall apart The goal seemed to lift the Al and Nadir Belhadj and Ibrahim Kharaitiyat side and they began M. Abdulmajid finished off things to push the pace of the game. with two more goals — giving Al Al Sadd’s best chance of the Sadd a winning start to their QSL first half came in the 33rd minute season. when Saleh Badr Alyazidi’s header On Thursday Al Sadd coach ricocheted off the post. Hussain Amute was asked if his Five minutes later, Abdelkerem team had what it took to win the Al Kharaitiyat’s players celebrate after scoring a goal against Al Sadd Hassan almost had an open Al QSL title this season — to which An Al Sadd player vies for the ball with an opposing player during a QSL during a QSL match at Al Khor Stadium yesterday. Pictures: Kammutty VP Kharaitiyat goal but he also failed he replied: “Yes of course.” match at Al Khor Stadium yesterday. to score. THE PENINSULA

Rosberg South Africa survive Utseya hat-trick apologises, to defeat Zimbabwe by 61 runs disciplined for crash HARARE: South Africa survived a batting collapse pre- Scoreboard Swann stands LONDON: Formula One cham- cipitated by a hat-trick from pionship leader Nico Rosberg spinner Prosper Utseya to beat SOUTH AFRICA by Cook has apologised for colliding with Zimbabwe by 61 runs in the H Amla st Taylor b Utseya ...... 66 team-mate Lewis Hamilton dur- third match of the triangular Q de Kock c Chatara b Utseya ...... 76 criticism ing the Belgian Grand Prix and series yesterday. F du Plessis c Sikandar Raza b Nyumbu ...15 been disciplined, his Mercedes Utseya, who finished with R Rossouw c Nyumbu b Utseya ...... 0 LONDON: Graeme Swann team said yesterday. career-best figures of five for D Miller lbw Utseya ...... 0 yesterday reiterated his call to Rosberg hit Hamilton on the 36, became only the second J P Duminy lbw Utseya ...... 2 Alastair Cook to stand down as second lap at Spa last Sunday and Zimbabwean to take a hat-trick R McLaren b Nyumbu ...... 6 England’s one-day captain and the Briton later retired from the in a one-day international as D Steyn b Nyumbu ...... 10 quit limited overs internation- race with a damaged floor after South Africa delivered an off-key K Abbott c Chigumbura b Chatara ...... 6 als completely, saying the team’s picking up a puncture. batting performance to be bowled A Phangiso c Taylor b Chatara ...... 13 current approach to the 50-over Hamilton told reporters that out for 231. Imran Tahir (not out) ...... 23 game was akin to a “two-litre Rosberg had admitted in a team But Zimbabwe, with their best Extras (LB-2, W-12) ...... 14 diesel in a Formula One race”. meeting to hitting him on pur- chance of a rare win over a major Total (all out in 49.5 overs) ...... 231 The former off-spinner, who pose to “prove a point” although cricketing power, fell well short Fall of wickets: 1-142, 2-147, 3-147, retired from international duty the German later dismissed it as of the target as they were bowled 4-147, 5-155, 6-163, 7-179, 8-190, 9-195. during England’s 5-0 Ashes a racing incident. out for 170 off 38.3 overs. Bowling: Nyumbu 10-2-42-3; Chatara 8.5- thrashing in Australia, had first “(Team bosses) Toto Wolff, South Africa, who convinc- 1-28-2; Vitori 6-0-50-0; Chigumbura 2-0- urged Cook to stand down on Paddy Lowe, Nico Rosberg and ingly beat Australia thanks to a 19-0; Williams 10-0-37-0; Utseya 10-0-36- Monday, saying the side did not Lewis Hamilton met today in fine batting display on Wednesday, 5; Sikandar Raza 1-0-9-0; Waller 2-0-8-0. have a “cat in hell’s chance” of the boardroom of Mercedes raced to 142 after 24 overs before ZIMBABWE winning next year’s World Cup Amg Petronas headquarters in stand-in captain Hashim Amla T Mawoyo (run out) ...... 0 in Australia and New Zealand. Brackley to discuss the events of was stumped off Utseya for 66. Sikandar Raza c Miller b Imran Tahir ...... 35 Cook rejected his one-time the Belgian Grand Prix,” the team Five runs later fellow opener H Masakadza b Phangiso ...... 25 team-mate’s comments by label- said in a statement. Quinton de Kock also departed, B Taylor b Phangiso ...... 0 ling Swann a “so-called friend” “During this meeting Nico caught for a run-a-ball 76 as he S Williams c Amla b McLaren ...... 46 following England’s 133-run acknowledged his responsibility tried to reverse sweep to become M Waller c Rossouw b Steyn ...... 20 defeat by India in the second for the contact that occurred on the first of Utseya’s hat-trick E Chigumbura c Rossouw b Steyn ...... 22 one-day international in Cardiff lap two of the Belgian Grand Prix victims. P Utseya c de Kock b McLaren ...... 5 on Wednesday. and apologised for this error of Rilee Rossouw was caught at J Nyumbu c de Kock b McLaren ...... 0 However, in his Sun column judgment. first slip from the next ball and T Chatara (not out) ...... 6 published Friday, Swann said: “Suitable disciplinary measures the big-hitting David Miller was B Vitori c de Kock b Steyn ...... 3 “Real mates are honest with have been taken for the incident,” trapped lbw as Utseya bowled an Extras (LB-2, W-6) ...... 8 each other. I’m no longer in the the statement read. attacking line to the left-hander. Total (all out in 38.3 overs) ...... 170 England dressing room and it is “Mercedes-Benz remains Utseya took his fifth wicket Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-43, 3-46, 4-70, my job now as a pundit to give my committed to hard, fair racing when he trapped JP Duminy lbw. 5-116, 6-138, 7-153, 8-153, 9-161. honest thoughts. because this is the right way to South African wickets contin- Bowling: Steyn 8.3-2-36-3; Abbott 6-0-36- “I think being one-day captain win world championships. It is ued to tumble at regular intervals 0; Phangiso 8-0-33-2; McLaren 7-0-24-3; is a poisoned chalice for him. He good for the team, for the fans as they teetered at 195 for nine Imran Tahir 8-0-32-1; Duminy 1-0-7-0. just doesn’t need the job. AFP and for Formula One. with seven overs left before a last- “Lewis and Nico understand wicket partnership of 36 lifted who top-scored for Zimbabwe Rohit Sharma out and accept the team’s number them to a more respectable total. with 46 runs off 79 balls, holed out one rule: there must be no contact Imran Tahir made 23 not out to Amla at midwicket off Ryan of England series between the team’s cars on track.” to ensure the visitors used up all McLaren. NOTTINGHAM: Indian Rosberg was blamed by the but one ball of their allocated 50 The last four wickets went opener Rohit Sharma has been team following the race for caus- overs. for 17 runs to give South Africa, ruled out of the remainder of ing what was an avoidable colli- Impressive hitting from whose regular one-day captain the one-day series in England sion. No action was taken by the Sikandar Raza and Hamilton AB de Villiers missed the game after suffering a broken finger, stewards or the world governing Masakadza gave Zimbabwe with a viral infection, a comfort- it was announced yesterday. body FIA. a confident start but spinner able win with more than 10 overs Murali Vijay will fly to Mercedes said they would not Aaron Phangiso bowled the beefy to spare. England as his replacement but change their policy of allowing the Masakadza with his fourth ball “We have to learn to win is unlikely to arrive in time for pair to race each other freely. and uprooted the wicket of the games. We work hard in the today’s third one-day interna- “It has been made clear that dangerous Brendan Taylor for a nets but come the games we fall tional at Nottingham’s Trent another such incident will not be duck. short,” Zimbabwe captain Elton Bridge ground. Sharma appeared tolerated,” the team added. Sean Williams and Malcolm Chigumbura said. Zimbabwe’s Prosper Utseya celebrates after taking a wicket during an to sustain the injury while field- “But Nico and Lewis are our Waller put together a 46-run fifth The next game in the seven- ODI triangular series match against South Africa at the Harare Sports ing during India’s 133-run win drivers and we believe in them. wicket partnership but Waller match triangular series is on Club yesterday when he became only the second Zimbabwean after in the second ODI in Cardiff on They remain free to race for the was caught off a short delivery Sunday when Zimbabwe face Eddo Brandes to take an ODI hat-trick. Wednesday after making 52 when 2014 FIA Formula One world from Dale Steyn and Williams, Australia. REUTERS the tourists batted. AFP championship.” REUTERS AUGUST 30, 2014 23 Break Time www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ON SATURDAY

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ATHENS 30/23 Clear 30/23 Clear developing a system of drones The deliveries were made by a place to place have led to new oppor- In its release, Google high- to deliver goods. Amazon 1.5m-wide (5ft) single-wing drone tunities for economic growth and lighted examples of where drones WASHINGTON 28/22 Partly cloudy 35/15 Chance of storm announced a similar scheme to prototype that has four propel- generally made consumers’ lives were already in use, including in SYDNEY 18/11 Chance of rain 20/11 Partly cloudy great fanfare but little actual lers that move into different posi- easier. From steam ships to the Bhutan, where drones are being LONDON 21/11 Mostly cloudy 21/12 Partly cloudy progress late last year. tions for different stages of flight. railroads, from the postal service used to make deliveries of medi- PARIS 22/16 Chance of rain 20/14 Mostly cloudy The search giant said it had Packages fit into a gap in the mid- to delivery services like FedEx and cal supplies to remote clinics and ISTANBUL 26/21 Partly cloudy 26/23 Clear been exploring self-flying vehicles dle of the wing. DHL, speed has reshaped society not in Namibia, where the World for the past couple of years, and “Self-flying vehicles could only with greater convenience but Wildlife Fund is trying to spot MANILA 30/24 Thunderstorm 31/25 Partly cloudy had now hired a new team leader, open up entirely new approaches also by making more goods acces- wildlife poachers. But concerns DHAKA 31/26 Chance of storm 29/26 Chance of storm Dave Vos, a longtime expert in to moving goods - includ- sible to more people,” it said. remain in the US and elsewhere DELHI 34/27 Partly cloudy 34/27 Partly cloudy automating systems for avia- ing options that are cheaper, Commercial drone use remains over safety and privacy. ISLAMABAD 33/24 Partly cloudy 32/26 Partly cloudy tion, to take Project Wing from faster, less wasteful and more all but banned in the US. Amazon GUARDIAN NEWS New Florida university opens bookless library

NEW YORK: There are no dusty bookshelves or piles of text- books in the library of Florida’s newest university. Welcoming its first students this week, Florida Polytechnic University’s new library houses not a single physical book. Instead, its inaugural class of 500 will have access to around 135,000 ebooks. “Our on-campus library is entirely digital,” said director of libraries Kathryn Miller. “We have access to print books through the state university system’s interlibrary loan program. However, we strongly encourage our students to read and work with information digitally.” The 11,000 square-foot library is situated within a huge, white- domed building, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Eschewing physical books, it is a bright, open space featuring com- Chinchillas puter terminals, desks, and comfortable spots to read. A budget of $60,000 has also been set aside for students to read ebooks that the library doesn’t already own. named after Once a book has been viewed twice on this system, it will be automatically purchased. The set-up, said Miller, “allows for many Pitt, Jolie more books to be available for the students, and the university only has to pay when the student or faculty member uses the book”, LOS ANGELES: Animal allowing students “to make direct choices regarding the books they rights group PETA has want to read and have available in the library”. Palestinian supporter Jenica Wright gets a bucket of dirt dumped over her head in front of the White House in named a pair of rescued The new university offers courses exclusively in science, chinchillas after Hollywood Washington, DC yesterday. The stunt is a response to Palestinian journalist Ayman Al Alul’s “Rubble Bucket technology, engineering and mathematics, and Miller said that couple Angelina Jolie and Challenge”, a take on the ALS ice bucket challenge craze. one of its objectives was to “prepare students for the high-tech Brad Pitt, who got married workforce by giving them hands-on experience with advanced at the weekend, as a gift to technology”. mark the occasion. “The ability to read, absorb, manage and search digital docu- The couple wed in secret in In India, rice replaces ments and conduct digital research are skills of growing impor- France at the weekend and tance in industry,” she said, with the new digital-only library now activists at PETA have “designed to help students become better technology users and honoured the animal-loving learners”. pair by naming two newly-free The bookless library is not the first in America: Library Journal pets after them, reports holly- ice in bucket challenge also cites a bookless public library in Bexar County, Texas, a school wood.com. Pitt and Jolie are up library in Minnesota and two Nasa libraries. But it is, according to for adoption at PETA’s Virginia NEW DELHI: The famous “ice drawn from the “ice bucket” will participate on Monday. the magazine, highly unusual. headquarters after the organi- bucket” challenge is inspiring challenge, in which people pour a Mass hunger, much of it pov- “So far, while the steady shift from print to digital formats is sation’s leaders closed down thousands of Indians to follow bucket of ice-cold water over their erty-induced, continues to haunt well under way, legacy print collections mean that fully bookless one of the largest chinchilla suit, but with a twist - they are heads to encourage donations India. The country last year libraries are still so rare as to be mostly a novelty,” it writes. ranches in California. replacing ice with rice in a bid for research into Amyotrophic ranked 63rd on a list of 78 coun- Carrie Russell, a policy analyst for the American Library Announcing the furry wed- to help the country’s vast popu- Lateral Sclerosis, a neurodegen- tries tracked by the International Association, told Reuters that “digital in some ways is better. ding gift, senior vice president lation of poor, hungry people. erative disease. Celebrities such Food Policy Research Institute’s People can find things easier, and they can discover more things of the animal rights group Lisa The challenge, going viral on as software tycoon Bill Gates and Global Hunger Index. China by accident”. Lange said: “Among Brad’s and social media, involves donat- tennis great Roger Federer have ranked sixth. But the move was not universally welcomed. An opinion piece Angelina’s kind acts are their ing a bucket of rice to some- participated. Tackling poverty is high on new in Florida paper the Tampa Bay Times is headlined “a Luddite animal rescues, as well as mak- one in need and clicking a “I felt (the ice bucket challenge) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s laments”, and sees the author quote Kathleen McCook, a “pro- ing their wardrobes fur-free, so picture to share online, with a tag was a little bizarre ... hunger is a agenda. On Thursday, he launched fessor of librarianship” at the University of South Florida in naming two of PETA’s rescued #RiceBucketChallenge, to raise disease anybody would connect a banking-for-all scheme that Tampa. “Maybe it reflects the digital life today, but I don’t chinchillas in their honour awareness. with,” Kalanidhi told Reuters. he said should end “financial think in the long run it’s going to give people the same qual- seems an apt wedding present.” Started by 38-year-old jour- Kalanidhi’s project has untouchability” and help lift peo- ity of experience,” she told the paper, stating her concern that “We can all follow this cou- nalist Manju Latha Kalanidhi started to draw mass support. ple out of poverty. “that very quiet and intimate connection between people and the ple’s great example and help in Hyderabad, the move- Students of the Indian Institute India is the world’s second-big- printed word” could be lost, and adding: chinchillas like Brad and ment’s Facebook page (on. of Management in Kerala posted gest rice consumer, with reserves “It’s just not going to give people the serendipitous experi- Angelina by refusing to wear fb.me/1tASxph) defines it as a a video (bit.ly/1pp3uer) after of 21.2 million tonnes of the grain ence of walking though shelves of books - a tremendous rite of any real animal fur,” added “local challenge for local needs” donating rice, while budget air- by July 1. It was the world’s big- passage.” Lange. IANS and has clocked more than 52,000 line AirAsia India said its chief gest rice exporter last year. GUARDIAN NEWS ‘likes’ so far. The inspiration was executive and senior management AFP