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FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 • 26 Rajab 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6431 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 US, Gulf states to deepen military ties Emir participates in Camp David summit; Obama to back allies against any ‘external attack’

CAMP DAVID: The United States and its Gulf allies yesterday agreed to deepen their military partnership and jointly counter external threats, in the face of Iran’s growing role in the region. US President Barack Obama, hosting leaders from the six- nation Gulf Cooperation Council for a rare summit at the Camp David presidential retreat, pledged that the US would coop- erate with them to address what he called Iran’s “destabilising activities in the region”. Qatar’s Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani took part in the summit. “As we’ve declared in our joint statement, the United States is prepared to work jointly with GCC member states to deter and confront an external threat to any GCC state’s territorial integrity that is inconsistent with the UN charter,” Obama told reporters, with Gulf leaders standing by his side at the end of the talks. Obama vowed to back Gulf allies against any “external attack”. Obama promised a “concrete series of steps” from the one-day summit as he sought to allay Gulf Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and leaders and heads of GCC states attending the summit with US President Barack Obama at Camp David in Maryland yesterday. Arab fears that the potential lift- ing of international sanctions on defence of our GCC partners”. United States would work with Iran or even to marginalise Iran.” recognised Palestinian state. and Jewish state,” Obama said. Tehran would embolden it in the While the US has long provided them to counter violent extrem- The leaders also agreed to Obama was speaking shortly He acknowledged the prospect of region and raise the risk of more military support to partners in ists working online. press all parties in Libya to after Israel’s Prime Minister a peace accord “seems distant now,” sectarian strife. the Gulf, the joint statement Obama called the summit to reach political agreement and a Benjamin Netanyahu formed a noting that a number of members The leaders issued a joint pledged new cooperation on coun- reassure nervous Gulf allies that national unity government before new right-wing ruling coalition of the new Israeli government did statement saying that in the terterrorism, maritime security, the United States is not turning Ramadan. seen as likely to further strain not share the view that a two-state event of aggression, the US stood cybersecurity and ballistic missile its back on them even as it is try- already damaged ties with the solution was viable. ready to work with the Arab defence, among other things. ing to forge a deal with Tehran to TWO-STATE SOLUTION Palestinians. The US and Gulf states also nations “to determine urgently Obama said that, in the event limit Iran’s nuclear programme. Obama said that the United “I continue to believe a two-state declared the need to shift rap- what action may be appropriate, of a threat to Gulf nations, the “But I want to be very clear,” he States still believes Israel’s solution is absolutely vital for not idly from military operations to using the means at our collective United States would consider added. “The purpose of security long-term security is best only peace between Israelis and a political process in Yemen. disposal, including the potential using military force for their cooperation is not to perpetuate served by reaching an agree- Palestinians, but for the long-term AGENCIES use of military force, for the defence. Obama also said the any long-term confrontation with ment to live alongside a security of Israel as a democratic More pictures on page 3

Migrants’ plight Filipina gets a year in jail for Move to phase forging marriage certificate out existing air DOHA: A criminal court has sentenced a Filipina to a year in jail for forging a marriage certificate to show that her boyfriend conditioners was her husband. The court has said in its verdict that the woman be deported after serving the jail sentence. put on hold The woman told the police during questioning that she was mar- ried for four years and had forged a marriage certificate to show DOHA: A decision to phase that she was married to her boyfriend. out all conventional air condi- She was caught because the seals of the Qatari embassy in Manila tioners from the local market and Qatar’s foreign ministry on the forged marriage certificate were by September has been put on also forged. She told investigators that she had paid 6,000 pesos or hold until a technical study on QR600 to obtain the forged certificate, a local Arabic daily reported the proposal is completed, a yesterday. THE PENINSULA senior official of the Ministry of Environment has disclosed. The Ministry in February had announced plans to replace all SCH orders recall of medicine conventional air conditioners with energy saving and environment- DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has ordered a recall friendly ones in six months. of two batches of Panadol Baby and Infant Suspension (100ml) from Dr Mohammed bin Saif Al the local market. The Pharmacy and Drug Control Department at Kuwari, Assistant Undersecretary SCH said yesterday that it has issued a circular to all pharmacies for Standards and Specifications to withdraw the batches N0 66 and N143. The recall is due to an Rohingya migrants jump to collect food supplies dropped by a Thai army helicopter from a boat drifting in at the Ministry, said that an error in the doses mentioned in the external package of the prod- Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman sea yesterday. A boat crammed with scores expert committee comprising ucts which are manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), a leading of Rohingya migrants — including many young children — was found drifting in Thai waters, with passengers representatives from the ministry global healthcare company. The SCH, however, said there are no and Kahramaa is currently study- issues related to quality of the products and alternative products saying several people had died over the last few days. Report on page 10 ing the technical specifications of are available in the market. THE PENINSULA the eco-friendly air conditioners. “This is to avoid importing defective air conditioners. We need Iran navy fires Philippine factory to study the durability and effec- QAF chief unfazed by possible Olympics bid tiveness of the new A/Cs for a long shots at tanker fire toll rises to 72 time before importing,” Al Sharq DOHA: Qatar’s athletics chief He said no final decision had will host the football World Cup in quoted Al Kuwari as saying. WASHINGTON/LONDON: MANILA: Seventy-two peo- said yesterday that his organisa- been taken by Qatar to bid and 2022, has failed twice to capture He said the ministry will soon Iranian naval vessels fired ple died when a fire tore tion would be “more than happy that would be made “at the level of the Olympics, in 2012 and 2016. issue a decision banning import of shots at a Singapore-flagged through a footwear factory in to participate” if the Gulf state the state” but added the QAF was Doha did however success- tungsten lights of 100 watts and tanker in the Gulf yesterday in the Philippine capital, authori- decides to make a bid to host ready to help. “We, as the QAF, fully bid to host the 2019 World 75 watts, and replace them by what appeared to be the coun- ties said yesterday, as survivors the 2024 Summer Olympics. once we have received instruction Athletics Championships and even energy-saving “LED” lights. try’s latest attempt to settle blamed barred windows for the Dahlan Al Hamad, Qatar that the government is willing to if it decides not to go for the 2024 The official said his depart- a legal dispute by force with disaster. Nearly all of those Athletics Federation (QAF) host, we would be more than happy games, bids for future Olympics are ment will soon issue a new list for a passing commercial vessel. killed in Wednesday’s five-hour President and Vice-President of to participate,” he told reporters. expected. Among the cities which accreditation of private laborato- Around 0800 GMT, five Iranian blaze were trapped on the sec- the International Association of Qatar has long been rumoured have already bid to stage the 2024 ries that test construction mate- Revolutionary Guard Corps ond floor of the two-storey Athletics Federation, was speak- as being ready to make a bid for games are Rome, Hamburg, Paris rial such as asphalt and concrete. Navy ships approached Alpine building, unable to break steel ing at a press conference ahead the 2024 games. Any announce- and Boston. A final decision on who Quality regulations for the labs Eternity, prompting the oil bars over the windows, accord- of the restart of the Diamond ment from Qatar is expected will host will be taken in 2017. will also be issued soon. products tanker to flee to safety ing to Interior Secretary Mar League in Doha today. before September. Qatar, which AFP THE PENINSULA in UAE waters. REUTERS Roxas. AFP FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

15 sitting Indian envoy visits The Peninsula members win CMC election DOHA: The majority of candidates who won the Central Municipal Council (CMC) election held last Wednesday were sitting members of the Council. Fifteen of the 29 can- didates who made it to the CMC in its fifth term (2011-15) are sitting mem- bers who sought re-elec- tion, while the remaining 14 are new or first-timers. The CMC poll super- visory committee www.swiss-belhotel.com told reporters late on Wednesday evening that Tel the voter turnout was Fax 69.8 percent, and out of the 21,735 registered vot- ers, 14,670 exercised their Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora visited the office of The Peninsula yesterday and met Acting Editor-in-Chief franchise. Dr Khalid Al-Jaber. The two discussed issues of common interest. BAHER AMIN Tel There were 109 can- Fax didates in the fray after last-minute withdraw- als, and they included five women, two of whom won. They were Sheikha Al Tel Jefairi, a sitting mem- Katara Hospitality’s Fax ber from Constituency 8 (Old Airport, Najma, Al Mansoura), and Fatima Al Kuwari from Constituency Tel + 974 44298888 9 (Al Thumama and Mesaimeer). Milan hotel opens Fax The poll supervisory committee of the interior ministry has given candi- Extensive renovation done at Excelsior Hotel Gallia Tel dates time until 15 days after the election to file DOHA: Katara Hospitality has prime location in the heart of the architectural style, ensuring that Fax their complaints, if any. announced the grand opening emerging Porta Nuova district. this remains as one of Milan’s Meanwhile, the National of the Excelsior Hotel Gallia, The grand opening took place historic landmarks,” said Sheikh Human Rights Committee a luxury hotel in Milan owned around the annual design fair Nawaf bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Tel (NHRC) said in a state- and restored by the Qatar- Salone de Mobile and the recent Thani, Chairman of Katara Fax ment that it was closely based global hotel developer, launch of Expo Milano 2015. Hospitality. following up on the elec- owner and operator. Excelsior Hotel Gallia is the “This Luxury Collection hotel toral process and will be In line with Katara Hospitality’s latest gem to be unveiled by is one of Katara Hospitality’s issuing a detailed report mission to preserve the herit- Starwood Hotels & Resorts flagship international invest- Tel soon. age of iconic hotels around the Worldwide, Inc as part of a multi- ments and we are proud of what Fax The process, from reg- world, the hotel recently under- million euro investment with has been achieved together with istration of voters to went extensive renovation, add- its owner partners to restore our partners such as Starwood. www.doha.hilton.com Wednesday’s polling, was ing a new wing, to restore the Europe’s most iconic hotels under Excelsior Hotel Gallia is a true smooth, said the NHRC. Milanese landmark to its original The Luxury Collection brand. reflection of our vision to ensure An NHRC team had splendour. “Excelsior Hotel Gallia is a the heritage of such iconic prop- Tel 44233333 974+ monitored the electoral Formerly known as “Palace magnificent property that has erties continues around the Fax 44233000 974+ campaign to ensure Gallia”, the magnificent hotel is undergone a meticulous renova- world” added Hamad Abdulla Al there was no violation of strongly rooted in the history tion and strategic expansion that Mulla, CEO and Board Member relevant rules or those of Milan while also overlooking marries contemporary design of Katara Hospitality. established in Law No. the future of the city from its with the hotel’s belle époque THE PENINSULA 12 of 1998 regulating the Central Municipal Council and its amendments in accordance with the prin- ciples of human rights. The NHRC team, sup- Tel ported by members of the legal department, Fax monitored the voting and counting processes to ensure that the polling and counting committees Tel complied with the relevant Fax international laws and standards. QNA

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Tel vendors Fax arrested DOHA: Nine street Tel vendors in Souq Haraj and Najma area were Fax arrested during an inspection campaign con- ducted by the authorities recently. Tel The crackdown was Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani, Chairman of Katara Hospitality, Hamad Abdulla Al Mulla, CEO, and others at the opening of Excelsior Hotel Gallia in Milan. Fax carried out by the General Control Department at Doha Municipality, in coop- eration with the Research and Follow-up Department at the Ministry of Interior and the Public Hygiene Project at the Ministry of QInvest hosts students from Paris Municipality and Urban DOHA: QInvest, Qatar’s leading members, including Essa Saud as a gateway for investors looking Tel Planning. investment bank, for the second Al Kawari, Head of Government to access the region’s fast grow- Legal action has been consecutive year was part of a and Community Relations and ing dynamic economy,” Al Kawari Fax initiated against the ven- select group of Islamic financial Administration Affairs. added. dors, said a press state- institutions chosen to host grad- “QInvest is honoured to have “For this year’s graduates it ment yesterday. uates of the Executive Master’s been involved again with the was an excellent opportunity to Tel Meanwhile, the Al Programme in Islamic Finance International Academic Visit meet the senior team at QInvest, Fax Karaana municipality at Paris Dauphine University, as from Paris Dauphine University. to learn from their deep expertise office, which falls under the part of their 2015 international Welcoming this group of inter- across the Islamic Finance sector jurisdiction of Al Rayyan academic visit to Qatar. national graduates enables us and to enhance their understand- www.marriottmarquisdoha.com Municipality, has launched The graduates had the opportu- to strengthen the ties between ing of the developments across a campaign against vehi- nity to meet senior professionals at QInvest and the international the industry in the GCC region,” Tel + 974 44195000 cles that do not use tightly- QInvest and listen to presentations academic world and to increase said Merbouh Kader, Director of Fax + 974 44195100 sealed protective covers on by Dr Ataf Ahmed, Head of Asset awareness of Islamic finance and the Executive Master of Islamic their goods. This has led to Management, Charles T Auniac, its growing importance in the Finance at Paris Dauphine goods falling off vehicles on Director Real Estate Investment region and beyond,” said Tamim University. Salwa road and the road and Advisory, Sebastien Clement, Hamad Al Kawari, Chief Executive Eighteen students from Paris branching from it within Shariah Auditor, and Bernard Officer of QInvest. Dauphine University were part of the jurisdiction of the Barbour, Head of Legal and “QInvest is ideally placed to the visit, which took place from municipal office. Shariah Affairs. nurture the growth of the global April 26 to May 9, 2015. THE PENINSULA They also met other senior Islamic finance industry and to act THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Emir at Camp David

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah arriving at Camp David in the US state of Maryland to participate in a US-GCC summit yesterday. (RIGHT) The Emir, the Foreign Minister and US Secretary of State John Kerry during the summit meeting. SCH to launch HMC programmes get top accreditation DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Department of Medical Education recently received surveillance accreditation for seven of its residency training programmes by ACGME-I, the interna- tional arm of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). system soon The ACGME accredits US-based hospitals and medi- cal centres to ensure the highest Communicable diseases targeted standard of training for doctors in their residency and fellowship DOHA: The Supreme Council reporting health risks to the WHO. years. The ACGME-I accredits of Health (SCH) will soon start As per the WHO guidelines, international hospitals and medi- implementing a surveillance a communicable disease surveil- cal centres using the same rigor- system for communicable dis- lance system serves two key func- ous standards. eases and associated risks. tions: early warning of potential ACGME-I accreditation is It is part of the early warn- threats to public health and pro- based on meeting the required ing system for communicable gramme monitoring functions standards in six major areas of diseases proposed by the World which may be disease-specific or medical competency including Health Organisation which will multi-disease in nature. medical knowledge, clinical skills, be launched in Qatar next year, The International Health interpersonal and communication Dr Hamad Al Rumaihi, direc- Regulations (IHR) 2005 under- skills, practice-based learning and tor of the Health Protection score the commitment to the goal improvement, system-based prac- and Communicable Disease of global security and request all tice and professionalism. These Control Department at SCH said member states to establish and competencies are reflected in the yesterday. implement effective surveillance residency training programmes, Dr Hanan Al Kuwari, Managing Director of HMC, with some of the recognised physicians and other senior officials The early warning system for and response systems to detect which typically last between four during the event. detecting communicable disease and contain public health threats and six years depending on the focuses on various factors that of national and international specialty. own institution and, residency These programmes include that HMC meets the highest and pose a risk to health — environ- importance. The importance of ACGME-I and fellowship programs. This is Anaesthesiology, Obstetrics and most rigorous standards in spe- mental, biological, chemical and Surveillance systems also serve accreditation in terms of HMC’s important for the development of Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, cialized physician training. radiological — to help fast moni- to monitor trends of endemic dis- academic health strategy and our staff, the reputation of our Orthopaedic Surgery, Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Director toring, reporting and contain- eases, progress towards disease its overall commitment to con- organization, and above all, for Otolaryngology, General Surgery of Medical Education and Deputy ment of these risks. control objectives, and to pro- tinuous quality improvement and the benefit of our patients and and Transitional Year. The Chief Medical Officer for Medical Al Rumaihi was speaking on vide information which may be patients’ safety were highlighted community.” accreditation is valid from July 1, Education at HMC, explained the sidelines of a symposium held used to evaluate the impact of during the event. In 2013, seven residency train- 2014 and will remain effective for the importance ACGME-I by the SCH in collaboration with disease prevention and control “This achievement solidifies ing programmes were accred- two years. At the end of the two accreditation. WHO on surveillance systems programmes. HMC’s position as an internation- ited by the ACGME-I including years, the programmes will again “The internationally recognized for communicable diseases based “The SCH has begun to prepare ally recognised teaching institu- Diagnostic Radiology, Emergency be reviewed by the ACGME-I in accreditation of doctors’ training on incidents and International the guide and outlines for ways of tion,” said Dr Hanan Al Kuwari, Medicine, Family Medicine, order to maintain accreditation. programmes supports HMC’s Health Regulations (2005). reporting diseases officially and Managing Director of HMC. “As Internal Medicine, Paediatrics, HMC is the first hospital sys- position as an academic medi- He added that Qatar had within three months we are going a key academic health partner, Psychiatry, and Urology. tem in the region and Qatar, and cal center, in line with academic started to implement the inter- to establish special units for this we are committed to adopting the Seven additional programmes the second country outside the health strategy. Accreditation national health regulations. and approve the guidance and highest international standards were submitted for accredita- United States after Singapore helps improve the quality and Among its requirements is outlines,” Qatar News Agency for doctors’ education by prepar- tion by the ACGME-I in early to achieve institutional accredi- safety of care provided,” said Dr the establishment of a Disease quoted Al Rumaihi as saying. ing our future medical workforce 2014 and were successfully tation from the ACGME-I. This Al Khal. Early Warning System and THE PENINSULA through the accreditation of our accredited in December 2014. achievement highlights the fact THE PENINSULA

Ooredoo offers Qatar Charity aids workers more mobile who lost everything in fire data options DOHA: Ooredoo has DOHA: Qatar Charity who were badly hit by a About 450 workers announced two major upgrades (QC) has distributed massive fire that gutted received the aid, which for customers looking to top- food packets to a group their accommodation in included rice, sugar, tea up their mobile data, with data of expatriate workers Al Sailiya last Friday. and edible oil, among recharges now available on the other items. The majority Ooredoo website and the popu- of those affected by the lar Ooredoo Mobile App. fire are Sri Lankans and The move comes as demand Nepalese. for mobile data continues to rise No casualties were in Qatar, as more people use reported in the fire, which smartphones and mobile devices broke out on Friday noon to access the Internet wherever when most of the workers they are in Qatar. were not in their rooms. Currently, customers can top- They lost all their belong- up data on their Hala and Shahry ings in the blaze. The packs with Scratch Cards and workers have been shifted E-Vouchers from Ooredoo Shops to other shelters by their or authorised dealers. With the employers. launch of the new methods, cus- The QC said that blan- tomers can recharge their data at kets and clothes will be any time, and anyplace — without distributed to the workers having to visit a shop. in the second phase of the Hala and Shahry customers campaign. The aid was col- can now also purchase direct data lected and distributed by its top-ups on the Ooredoo website local development depart- Markhiya road to be partially closed by paying with credit card and via ment in collaboration with DOHA: A stretch of Al one direction from the mid- Intersection to Lejbilat the Ooredoo app, adding a new Friends Cultural Center. Markhiya road extend- dle of Onaiza Intersection to Intersection can turn right level of convenience, with the app Several community ing about 400 metres will Lejbilat Intersection. This is on to Al Meshrif Street offering customers the choice of organisations have also be closed until tomorrow to facilitate maintenance, (after Onaiza Intersection) either paying by credit card or via launched donation cam- morning, the Public Works fresh paving and asphalting and head left to Al Mashrab Shahry Bill or Hala balance. paigns to support the fire Authority (Ashghal) has works on the street. Street, leading to Lejbilat More customers are using and Qatar Charity officials distributing food packs to the workers. victims. said. During the closure, motor- Intersection. topping-up their data allowance. THE PENINSULA The road will be closed in ists heading from Onaiza THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM Tips to improve our patience BY IBN AL QAYYIM whose consequences will be felt forever? Desires languish while misery remains. s Almighty Allah has enjoined Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with patience, He has also pro- him) reported Allah’s Messenger (PBUH vided some means that lead to as saying: Ait and support it. Whenever “The adulterer is not a believer at the Allah ordains something, He grants the moment when he is committing adultery; the necessary help and appoints the way wine drinker is not a believer at the moment to maintain it. Indeed, Almighty Allah when he is drinking wine; and the thief is never inflicts a disease unless He pro- not a believer at the moment when he is vides its remedy, through which recovery stealing.” (Bukhari and Muslim) is ensured if He wills. Though difficult for According to some Companions of the the soul, patience is possible to attain and Prophet, faith is taken away from such worthy to strive for. a person like an umbrella is taken from over one’s head. When he or she repents, TWO ASPECTS OF PATIENCE faith is obtained once more. Patience has two aspects: Theory and 6. Seeking victory over Satan and practice. In these, cures of the heart one’s lower self: When people control and the body are found. The theoreti- their desires and overcome Satan, they cal aspect, as well as the practical one, find sweetness and delight in their heart. should be present so that the most effec- Such victory is greater than the vic- tive treatment may be facilitated. tory gained over human enemies. It is The theoretical aspect requires us to also more impressive, pleasurable, and get acquainted with the goodness, ben- praiseworthy. Such victory is similar to efits, bliss, and perfection of the divine the effective remedy that treats the ail- obligations as well as the evil and harm ments of one’s body. of what is forbidden. 7. Anticipating reward from Allah: When a person adds to this his or her Almighty Allah has promised to reward sincere resolution, powerful will, and His servants when they give up what is sense of honour, patience is the result. forbidden and restrain their desires. The When this occurs, hardships become of reward shall be so generous as to make little importance, bitterness turns into them completely content. pleasure, and agonies transform into joys. 8. Seeking Allah’s aid: The Noble There is a continual struggle between Quran, in more than one verse, speaks patience and impatience. Both seek vic- about the fortunate persons who shall tory over the other, but the victory of receive aid and support from their Lord. either side will be ensured only when Almighty Allah says, a person supports one side against the O you who believe! Seek assistance other. When one’s lusts and whims through patience and Prayer; surely Allah become stronger and gain supremacy, to is with the patient. (Baqarah 2:153) the point that relief is unattainable, one Lo! Allah is with those who keep their is usually tempted by promises of grati- There is a continual struggle between patience and duty unto Him and those who are doers of fication and dissuaded from the divine good. (Annahl 16:128) remembrance and contemplation of what impatience. Both seek victory over the other, but the And verily Allah is with those who do is beneficial to one both in this world and right. (Al Ankabut 29:69) in the hereafter. victory of either side will be ensured only when a Allah’s aid and bounty are surely better and more lasting. Eternal success and FIVE STEPS TO CURE LACK OF person supports one side against the other. happiness are so much more desirable PATIENCE than a short joy in the brief period of However, if a person is resolved to one’s life. resist and seek treatment for such a spir- arrow is thrown from the bow of physical naturally dislikes to be involved in any wicked do. The servants of Allah should, 9. Fearing unexpected death: Always in itual infection, he or she can achieve that forms. If one keeps away from it, it misses evil affair. out of thankfulness, fall down in humil- the back of people’s mind is the fear of by observing the following: its target; otherwise the heart would be ity when they recognise Allah’s bounties death, which can take them by surprise at First, the negative side of desires is smitten. REINFORCE YOUR FAITH being continually bestowed upon them. any time. The time of death is unknown nourished by that which stimulates and Third, pleasure should be sought in what Faith is a strong incentive that helps As a result, any repulsive sin would seem to any one. At the moment of death, the stirs it into action. So, to weaken the is permissible. Man’s natural instincts can achieving patiece. Faith can be strength- all the more detestable to them. sinful will regret their negligence and effect of this process, one should avoid be satisfied with what Almighty Allah has ened by the following: 4. Fearing Allah’s wrath and punish- disobedience. One does not fully appre- the possible stimulus, such as excessive- permitted. As pointed out by Prophet 1. Glorifying Allah: This means to ment: If a person persists in rebellion, ciate this until his or her life is over, and ness in food, for example. Fasting helps Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon glorify Allah by refraining from disobe- Allah’s wrath descends upon him or then it will be too late. control one’s desires, especially if the fast him) this is an effective treatment that is dience, for He is Ever-Hearing and Ever- her, and His wrath cannot be resisted. 10. Grasping the evil consequences of is broken with a modest meal. prescribed for most people. Watching. When one’s heart is full of fear Humans are weak by nature and are in sins: Experiencing tribulation is often Second, desire is often stimulated by Fourth, the harms of wrongdoing in and awareness of Allah and respect for constant need of Allah’s help, mercy, and related to sins and their consequences, eyes gazing and, thus, a person should this world should be considered. In fact, Him, one cannot act sinfully. guidance. while well-being comes as a reward and lower his or her gaze as much as possible. if there were neither Paradise nor Hell, 2. Loving the Creator: If a servant’s 5. Expecting loss because of sin: Sinful mercy from Allah when people obey Him. The motivation of one’s will and desire, contemplating the harms of wrongdoing heart is full of love for Allah, he or she people are in a state of loss, for they Some earlier scholars said, “When we see with which the heart may be moved, is in this world would still be sufficient to will give up all sins. Indeed, love com- lose good both in this world and in the people in great difficulty, we should ask stirred by gazing. Indeed, such gaze is lead people away from doing wrong. mands obedience. next. The smallest atom of faith is bet- Allah for well-being. And when people try a poisoned arrow of Satan. Satan sends Fifth, one has to think about the 3. Being grateful to the divine bounty ter than the whole universe! How can to evade their obligations towards Allah its arrows against an unarmoured heart. ugly aspects of the evil inclinations and and beneficence: A virtuous person never anyone desire to relinquish it? How and become willfully disobedient and negli- Armour here connotes either lowering whims of the soul. The human being who repays his or her benefactor with offen- can they trade it for a brief moment of gent in remembering Him, then affliction one’s eyes or diverting them. Such an has even the slightest sense of honour sive deeds. This is something only the pleasure that fades away in no time, but follows.” www.onislam.net Prophet’s sayings No dead-end streets for believers The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: “Seven kinds of people will be sheltered BY HARUN YAHYA for them in this world as a result of their living taste of mercy, they rejoice in it, but when some- under the shade of God on the Day of Judgment... by a morality Allah does not approve. thing bad happens to them because of what they They are: a just ruler, a young man who passed ne of the mistakes people generally Yet, living by the morality, which is opposite themselves have done, they immediately lose all his youth in the worship and service of others for fall in is their descending into des- to this one is really easy. A person’s knowing hope.” (Quran 30:36) the sake of God...a man who is invited to sin...but peration whenever they face even Allah Who has infinite wisdom, Who has infi- Such a person cannot appreciate the fact declines, saying ‘I fear God’...one who spends his the slightest difficulty. nite justice, Who has infinite compassion and that Allah Who had given him blessings O charity in secret, without making a show...and one Most people, under such circumstances, infinite grace, Who is forgiving and Who pos- before, also have the power to give again instead of thinking that there is definitely a sesses infinite creation power is really a great whenever He wants as much as He wills; he who remembers God in solitude so that his eyes way out that would correct this situation. blessing for him. Allah is mighty of creating fails to think that all the beauties he has in overflow.” They tend to believe that all the options for whatever He wills, whenever He wants. And his life exist not because of him had found Riyadu Salihin: 376 a solution are exhausted. in the Qur’an Allah says: a way to attain them but because Allah had Yet, no matter how difficult the circum- “If My servants ask you about Me, I am near. willed them to be so and granted him that The Prophet (PBUH) said: “That which is lawful stances are; no matter how limited the means I answer the call of the caller when he calls on means through His Grace. he has; and no matter if he has done every- Me. They should therefore respond to Me and Allah says in the Quran: “… But your Lord is clear, and that which is unlawful is also thing that could have been done; he should believe in Me so that hopefully they will be rightly is a sufficient guide and helper.” (Quran 25:31) quite clear. Between these two is that which is believe that there can always be a new way guided.” (Quran 2:186) The guidance of Allah for a man is — by the ambiguous, which most people do not know. One out, and never lose hope. In the Quran Allah had informed us that leave of Allah — a great blessing with which who avoids the doubtful safeguards his faith and Allah says that a person who believes in people can ask whatever they want from he can solve every matter. And moreover man his honour.” Allah would never lose hope in any matter Allah. His knowing Allah’s might and com- does not have the power to find a way out on as follows: “My sons! Seek news of Yusuf and passion would always enable him to be hopeful his own anyway. Humans are weak creatures Riyadu Salihin: 588 his brother. Do not despair of solace from Allah. about every matter. who have no power for anything unless Allah No one despairs of solace from Allah except for This morality is the one Allah commanded wills the contrary. Man is in need of Allah The Prophet (PBUH) said: “A believer may achieve people who are unbelievers’.” (Quran 12:87) in the Quran. And carrying out this command showing him the ways out, the solutions and the status of one who regularly fasts (for religious Consequently, no matter what the situation of Allah turns into a great blessing for people. rights. reasons) during the day and spends the night in a Muslim faces is, he should never give way It is much more beautiful, reassuring and com- Consequently what one should do is to trust prayer, through his good manners.” to hopelessness, despair or negative thoughts fortable for people to live by a hopeful morality, in Allah very much, by being very sincere even indirectly. This is a command of Allah instead of pessimism. toward Allah; to ask full of hope for His help Riyadu Salihin: 629 on Muslims. While, in the contrary, a person would be and to show all the effort that he is capable Lower self, when facing such a situation, continuously living restless, in a state of fear of showing by using his mind and conscience The Prophet (PBUH) said: “No companion of mine almost like a reflex, would lead one to instantly with his mind occupied in negative sugges- in the best possible manner. should tell me anything bad about another person. think about the most negative possibilities tions; someone abiding by the morality Allah However, the secret here is in wanting eve- For when I meet you, I would like my heart to be that might happen. Almost everyone, ever demands, would live in peace, tranquility rything from Allah in hope and believing that clean (unbiased.)” since their childhood — until they learn the and joy of expecting the help, mercy and the they can definitely come true. It is Allah Who morality of the Quran — approach every inci- closeness of Allah even under most difficult creates the result. And Allah is the One Who Riyadu Salihin: 1539 dent with such a point of view. conditions. always creates the best for Muslims both in Since they do not think about the falsity And another point that should be thought this world and in the Hereafter. The Prophet (PBUH) said: “God has revealed to and the harm of this, they do not feel the about here is; while living among blessings, And when the two hosts came into sight of me that you should adopt humility so that no one need to resist and change this reflex. This plenty and safety, a person trusts in Allah and one another, Musa’s companions said, ‘We will oppresses another.” is the reason why the first words that come lives in the awareness of the truth that all surely be overtaken!’ He said, ‘Never! My Lord is out of their mouths are words like “alas!” and those come about because of the infinite might with me and He will guide me.’ So We revealed Riyadu Salihin: 1589 “unfortunately.” of Allah; but when there is something miss- to Musa, ‘Strike the sea with your staff.’ And it And the pain that desperation, thinking ing about those, he forgets how limitless and split in two, each part like a towering cliff. And The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Avoid jealousy, for it with negative possibilities and believing that endless the might of Allah is. We brought the others right up to it. We rescued destroys good deeds as fire destroys wood.” there is no way out, would make people feel is Allah has informed us about the morality Musa and all those who were with him. Riyadu Salihin: 1569 really severe. The state of mind of people, who that people in this situation would show in (Quran, 26:62-65) feel this way, is the reward Allah had created the Quran, as follows: “When We give people a www.arabnews.com FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Respect Yemen’s truce, appeals UN Coalition forces accuse Houthis of violating ceasefire

SANA’A: The United Nations Residents said calm prevailed were running out. yesterday appealed to all sides across most of the country except Nadia Sakkaf, Yemen’s infor- in the Yemen conflict to respect in the cities of Taez, Daleh and mation minister now based in a fragile five-day truce in the oil-rich Marib, where they Riyadh, said seven vessels carry- country in a bid to boost the reported intermittent exchanges ing food supplies, medical aid and delivery of sorely-needed aid. of fire between rebel and pro-Hadi fuel had docked in Yemeni ports. The plea made by the UN envoy forces. She said daily flights linking to Yemen, Ismail Ould Sheikh The Houthis and their allies Yemen to Jordan and Egypt would Ahmed, came as Saudi-led forces have pledged to abide by the continue until May 18 — when the accused Shia rebels of violating ceasefire while Saudi Arabia has truce is due to end. the truce yesterday, two days warned it will punish any attempt Qatar and Kuwait said they will after it took effect. to exploit the truce. offer Yemen 120 and 40 tonnes of But the Saudi-led coalition said Washington backs the truce medical aid, respectively. it would abide by the ceasefire, and a US State Department Saudi Arabia has offered its and stick to its decision to tem- spokesman has said it was largely impoverished neighbour $540m in porarily halt weeks of air strikes holding, noting however reports of aid and humanitarian operations. on Iran-backed Houthi rebels. some clashes. Iran, which Saudi Arabia The UN envoy said in a state- The Saud-led campaign was accuses of arming the rebels, has ment he was “very worried about launched to reinstate the rule of also said it is sending an aid ship violations of the truce”, urging all Hadi after the Houthis, backed by to Yemen, prompting warnings sides to “strictly respect a cessa- army units loyal to ex-president from the government-in-exile. tion of military operations... to Ali Abdullah Saleh, overran much Yemen’s Foreign Minister allow the flow of aid”. of Yemen. Riyadh Yassin said from Saudi Wrapping up his first visit to More than 1,500 people have Arabia “all measures will be Yemen, he urged all sides involved been killed since March in air taken against the Iranian ship if it in the conflict to spare airports, strikes and fighting between rebel enters Yemeni territorial waters ports and any other infrastruc- forces and Hadi loyalists, accord- without permission” from the Aid packages are unloaded from a Doctors Without Borders plane at Sana’a International Airport yesterday. Relief ture necessary for the smooth ing to the United Nations. coalition. agencies used a five-day humanitarian truce in Yemen to expand aid distribution to some of the millions deprived delivery of aid to the embattled Yesterday, the government- of food, fuel and medicine by weeks of fighting and air strikes. population. AIRPORT OPERATIONAL in-exile announced the recall of The humanitarian pause that An aviation official said opera- the head of its embassy in Iran, Amir-Abdollahian insisted that which is under Houthi control International Committee of the began late Tuesday is the first tions at Sana’a airport, which was accusing Tehran of “interference” Tehran had taken measures for and has faced air strikes but Red Cross and Medecins sans break in the air war the coalition targeted in air raids, were “grad- in Yemen and “support for the the ship to travel to Yemen. no ground fighting. The United Frontieres had landed in the launched on March 26 in support ually returning” to normal after Houthis”. “The required coordination has Nations said aid ships had docked capital. of exiled President Abdrabuh a plane arrived from Jordan on The move came after Iran, been done with relevant authori- at ports of Hodeida and Aden. In north Yemen, aid agen- Mansur Hadi, and has backing Wednesday with 150 passengers which has dismissed as “utter ties in the UN for the docking of A shipping source in Yemen cies started to distribute food to from Washington. on board. lies” accusations that it armed the ship carrying Iran’s humani- said at least three ships with fuel 33,000 people, as well as medicine A coalition statement said Another airport official said the rebels, said it had coordi- tarian aid for Yemen,” he said. and wheat had docked in Hodeida to hospitals and hygiene kits to Houthi rebels had violated the that two flights, from Doctors nated with the United Nations With no party seemingly ready and in Al Mukalla; Saudi Arabia refugees, said the United Nations’ truce 12 times, including with Without Borders and the United for the docking of an aid ship to make concessions for a politi- had sent eight truckloads of diesel Office for the Coordination of artillery and rocket attacks in Nations, landed yesterday in in Yemen. cal solution, relief agencies were overland to Hadramout province; Humanitarian Affairs. several towns in southern Yemen. Sana’a. The Pentagon has called on Iran making the most of the brief and Qatar had sent medicine and Since Saturday, about 8 per- Despite the alleged violations, Warnings of a dire humanitar- to change course and head instead truce, which began on Tuesday. food via Djibouti. cent of the 5 million litres of fuel the coalition pledged “its full com- ian crisis have mounted since the for a UN aid hub in Djibouti. Aid flights were due to start The Houthi-run Saba news needed to distribute aid each mitment to the humanitarian air war started, with aid agencies But Iranian Deputy overnight from the United Arab agency said two planes with month had arrived in Yemen. truce and restraint”. saying fuel, water and medicine Foreign Minister Hossein Emirates to the capital Sanaa, medics and supplies from the AFP/REUTERS Congress sends Iran Knesset approves new nuclear bill to Obama Israeli govt WASHINGTON: The US Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation yesterday assuring lawmakers have the right to JERUSALEM: The Israeli review and perhaps reject any nuclear deal with Iran, cap- parliament (Knesset) approved ping weeks of wrangling over how to hold Tehran to account. late yesterday Prime Minister The measure, which passed the House of Representatives by a Benjamin Netanyahu’s new vote of 400 to 25, one week after it cleared the Senate, now goes rightwing government in a vote to President Barack Obama’s desk for his signature. of confidence that his coalition Washington and six world powers are in the midst of negotia- won by a razor-thin majority. tions with Tehran to finalize a deal by June 30 that would pre- Netanyahu’s new administra- vent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, in exchange for an tion marks a shift to the right and easing of punishing economic sanctions imposed on the Islamic looks likely to complicate Israel’s republic since 2006. already damaged relationship A US delegation led by Undersecretary of State Wendy with the Palestinians and further Sherman traveled to Vienna, Austria and joined the crunch talks strain ties with the international taking place there this week. community. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Ed Royce said After two months of coalition the bill made clear that lawmakers would not let the Obama horsetrading, yesterday’s session administration “shut Congress out of the process” of approving was delayed for another two hours a nuclear accord. to give Netanyahu more time to “Congress will be in a much better position to judge any final placate senior members of his agreement to ensure that the Obama administration hasn’t party who were dissatisfied by struck a bad deal.” the portfolios they received, with The bill will allow lawmakers at least 30 days to review any members of the opposition calling final Iran accord. the premier’s conduct “a farce.” The original bill’s co-author, Senate Foreign Relations “We will safeguard our security Committee chairman Bob Corker, praised the House action and and strive for peace,” Netanyahu said Congress will have to vote up or down on the Iran deal said in a speech ahead of the “before the president could provide relief from congressional vote, which was interrupted by sanctions.” loud laughter from the opposition After last week’s Senate vote on the bill, Tehran warned that and heckling from Arab Israeli US lawmakers were waging “psychological war” against Iranian lawmakers, three of whom were negotiators. 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Bouteflika replaces key ministers

ALGIERS: Algeria’s President streamline spending and discuss higher education ministers. Abdelaziz Bouteflika yesterday economic measures. The cabinet shakeup also came named new energy, finance and A major gas supplier to Europe, as former government officials, interior ministers in a major Algeria has also struggled to former Sonatrach executives cabinet reshuffle, as the North attract more foreign investors to and foreign companies have been African energy producer con- its energy sector to help bolster implicated in long-running inves- fronts a fall in oil prices and oil and gas production, which has tigations in corruption that are several high-profile corruption stagnated for several years. coming to trial. trials. The new energy minister, Salah Those include a graft probe Prime Minister Abdelmalek Khebri, is an energy special- involving Sonatrach and its for- Sellal, a key Bouteflika politi- ist who served as advisor at the eign service partners, a case cal ally, kept his post, as did Algerian Petroleum Institute. He involving public transport works the deputy defense minister. also worked for three decades at and a banking scandal. But there were top ministerial state energy company Sonatrach. The departure of Culture changes to the government Sellal APS said new posts included Minister Leila Labidi came after leads, official state news agency Finance Minister Abderrahmane she faced opposition charges APS said. Benkhelfa, Interior Minister of corruption, accusations she APS gave no reason for the Nouredine Bedoui, Transport denied and threatened to sue over. announcement. But Algeria is Minister Boudjema Talai Chief of staff and deputy facing a sharp drop in state rev- and Public Works Minister defence minister Ahmed Gaed enues since world oil prices have Abdelkader Ouali, as well as cul- Salah remains at his position. fallen, forcing the government to ture, telecommunications and REUTERS FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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S NATIONS far removed from one another geographically and culturally grapple with problems of development and growth, North Korea continues Ato pull away. While some countries fight insurgencies and others look forward to merge more closely with the Was killing of Osama bin established international order, North Korea wallows in the shadows of purges and executions. The latest controversy that Pyongyang has got itself into doesn’t relate to governance or development. It is concerned Laden really a war crime? with the purported purge or execution of a top military figure. BY NOAH FELDMAN Reports trickling out on Wednesday said that Defence that Bin Laden was shot first in the certain that Bin Laden was unarmed and Minister Hyon Yong-Chol had been executed in a most cruel body, disabling him, then in the head without a kamikaze device — and who way by the regime of Kim Jong-Un. e’ll probably never know to make sure he was dead. If this had knows what orders they received. But Executions in North Korea are not new. The execution of the accuracy of all the been true, the second shot or shots according to Hersh, the chain of com- Kim’s uncle made international headlines and was disclosed by details in Seymour sound uncomfortably like a coup de mand knew Bin Laden was effectively an the regime. What made Hyon’s purported execution extremely WHersh’s alternative grace — which would be illegal, as the unarmed, unprotected prisoner. account of the killing of Osama bin first shots would’ve rendered Bin Laden The second difference in Hersh’s newsworthy was the way he was supposedly killed. The South’s Laden. But Hersh’s version has enough out of combat under the laws of war. account is the claim that killing Bin spy agency reported that the North Korean defence chief was verisimilitude that it calls for reconsid- The government’s argument seemed Laden, not taking him captive, was a made to stand before an anti-aircraft gun before being blown ering what has always been the most to be that the shots to Bin Laden’s head condition set by senior Pakistani gener- up to pieces. troubling legal question, even under the were legally justified because Bin Laden als for allowing the mission. According The reasons cited for the alleged killing sounded ludicrous official version of the event: Was the might have had a button for a suicide to Hersh, neither the Pakistanis nor — Hyon did not carry out Kim’s orders and had also dozed off shooting of Bin Laden proportionate bomb or a remotely triggered explosive the Saudis wanted Bin Laden talking. and therefore justified under interna- device on his person. Under the cir- But the motive is irrelevant. If the US at a function attended by the leader. tional law? Or was it, to put the matter cumstances, shooting him in the body agreed in advance to kill a captive Bin If news of the medieval-style execution of the top military bluntly, a war crime? wouldn’t have guaranteed the safety of Laden, then the whole operation takes official is true, it would lead to the further isolation of Recall that, when the White House the shooters. Shooting him in the head the form of a targeted and premeditated Pyongyang — slotting it among first broke the story, it incorrectly would therefore arguably have been extrajudicial killing. That would be fine North Korea’s countries that depend on the high- stated that bin Laden had been reach- justified, because it would have been according to the American interpreta- handed behaviour of their rulers to ing for an AK-47 proportionate to the amount of force tion of the laws of war, like any other when he was shot. needed to defeat the enemy while pre- drone strike — so long as Bin Laden was silence after keep them in power. It was being Were that true, serving the safety of the US troops. a combatant, not a Pakistani prisoner. reports about felt over the last few months that the killing would If this theory sounds tenuous to you, The final twist is Hersh’s version the North Korean leader, though If the US in have been legal you’re not alone. Nevertheless, it fur- of the killing itself. According to his the execution secluded and reticent as ever, was fact knew that under the US nished the fig leaf the Barack Obama sources, the SEALs were led directly trying to send his top officials to interpretation of administration needed so that the presi- to Bin Laden’s room by an ISI opera- Bin Laden was international law. dent didn’t find himself bragging about tive, then opened fire massively and of its defence international fora and to meet effectively a Since Congress a killing that was unlawful even under immediately, killing Bin Laden instantly. minister leaders abroad. The impression had declared the US interpretation of the laws of war. Under the laws of war, you’re allowed to went that unlike his father, the prisoner — not war on Al Qaeda Hersh’s account — which cites both ambush somebody. There’s no obligation reinforces its younger Kim wanted to open to mention that after Sept. 11, named and unnamed sources — differs to give an enemy the chance to surren- unfriendly up to the world. Photographs of he was unarmed Bin Laden was a in three important ways, raising new der. But the description supports the Kim provided by the government combatant — and legal questions. First, Hersh says that theory that Bin Laden was a prisoner of and unprotected it’s permissible to the US knew Bin Laden was being held the ISI being handed over for execution. news agency showed him smiling image. — then killing shoot an armed in the Abbottabad compound as a pris- Does it matter? Does anyone care from ear to ear while inspecting him would almost combatant in oner of the Pakistani ISI, that coun- whether killing Bin Laden was lawful government facilities and business wartime. True, try’s intelligence service. The US knew at all? “By law, we know what we’re units run by the state, again trying to drive home the leader’s certainly have you have to accept that his ISI guards would be gone from doing inside Pakistan is a homicide,” a ‘friendliness’ and ‘accessibility’. violated the that the struggle the compound — and as a result, Hersh former SEAL told Hersh. “Each one of The incident related to Hyon threatens to undo whatever against Al-Qaeda implies, the US knew with a high degree us, when we do these missions, say to laws of war. is really a war, of likelihood that there would be no guns ourselves, ‘Let’s face it. We’re going to little the reclusive state was trying to do to change its and that the bat- in the compound and no resistance. commit a murder.’” international image. South Korea’s National Intelligence tlefield extends to the whole world — If the US in fact knew that Bin Laden Perhaps there are circumstances Service yesterday clarified that the news of Hyon’s execution propositions that many non-American was effectively a prisoner — not to men- where breaking the laws of war is mor- cannot be confirmed. He has been purged, it said. If the international lawyers dispute. But at tion that he was unarmed and unpro- ally justifiable. By today’s legal stand- South’s intelligence service was wrong about Hyon’s execution least within the official US version of tected — then killing him would almost ards, the bombings of Hiroshima and the laws of war, the killing would not certainly have violated the laws of war. A especially of Nagasaki are difficult with anti-aircraft gunfire, it would lead to an erosion of Seoul’s have been problematic. former combatant who is “hors de com- to justify, given the essentially civil- credibility in exposing the North’s devious ways. When official word came down that bat” — rendered incapable of fighting — ian nature of the targets. Yet many Even after so much has been written and spoken about the Bin Laden had in fact been unarmed, isn’t a lawful target for killing. A prisoner Americans no doubt still believe that purported execution or purge, Pyongyang hasn’t reacted. This another legal justification became nec- is a perfect example. (To make matters Truman was right to use nuclear weap- again proves that the North Korean regime finds it hard to essary. The laws of war require pro- worse, Hersh also reports that Bin Laden ons to shorten World War II and save get over its unconventional style of functioning that keeps it portionate force to be used against the was known to be an invalid.) Of course, countless American lives. enemy. One variant of the story has it Seal Team Six couldn’t be 100 percent WP-BLOOMBERG insulated from the rest of the world. The other side Quote of Nemtsov’s last act of courage the day N THE final years of his life, Boris the main flaws of Putin’s system in a request asking him to verify information report that he was working on at the time Nemtsov never gave up on politics nutshell: Lawlessness, corruption, high- about Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine. of his death about the war in Ukraine. in Russia, even when many others handedness, cronyism, incompetence, Nemtsov had some insight into the true Like Nemtsov’s other projects, the Iwere discouraged or frightened away and irresponsibility.” situation; family members of soldiers report captures ground truth that is from standing up to President Vladimir Last year, Nemtsov was consumed were telling him about coffins coming rarely, if ever, documented these days Putin. Nemtsov, once in the front ranks with the war in Ukraine, triggered largely home to Russia. Nemtsov’s idea was to in Russia. Nemtsov’s reports were never of Russia’s post-Soviet reformers, in from the shadows by Putin. While ignit- write a report, “Putin.War,” and, as he perfect, but his stubborn refusal to give the last decade and a half became a ing battles that left thousands dead, the told his colleagues, “publish it in huge up was inspiring. In this case, he and persistent Putin critic. To some, he was Kremlin leader insisted Russian troops numbers and hand it out on the streets. his colleagues found that at least 220 We live in an era a cheerful yet faded political figure. But were not in Ukraine, armed unrest was We will tell how Putin unleashed this war. Russian soldiers have been killed in he was stubborn, sustained by the hope of local origin and Russia was not direct- That is the only way to defeat propa- Ukraine; that Russian authorities mar- when no country that if only he could get the word out, ing the insurrection. Putin waged what ganda.” On February 27, Nemtsov was shaled mercenaries by taking part in the can any longer if only he remained engaged, Russia has been called a “hybrid” war of decep- fatally shot in the back while walking on recruitment, arming and financing; that could recover a chance for democracy. tion, subversion and violence. a bridge within sight of the Kremlin walls. the war has cost Russia more than $1 protect itself alone. He published reports calling attention This was fertile territory for Nemtsov. The gunmen were arrested, but who- billion; and that it has been directed from to Putin excesses, such as the lavish He frequently received death threats but ever ordered the murder has not been the Kremlin by Vladislav Surkov, one of preparations for the 2014 Sochi was not intimidated. On Jan. 27, he sent charged. This week, Nemtsov’s allies Putin’s top aides. Shinzo Abe Olympics, which he said “highlighted the Russian prosecutor general a formal and friends in Moscow published the THE WASHINGTON POST Japanese PM FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Yemen: Iran, Saudi may learn limits of power BY JOSEPH TREVITHICK president of the Stimson Center Zaidis, a sect that broke away from and director of its Middle East/ the main Shia branch of Islam o far, neither Saudi Arabia Southwest Asia programme. more than a millennia ago, she nor Iran has been able to After decades of interventions, pointed out. Devout Shia Muslims dictate Yemen’s future. the small nation is practically might not necessarily rush to SFor Riyadh and Tehran, an “existential issue” for Saudi accept them as their brethren. the painfully complex conflict authorities. As a result, the Houthis, named may become a teachable moment So Riyadh’s decision to use for the individual who founded the about the limits of power. military force to try to stabilise movement, likely have grievances After weeks of air strikes and the current situation, in which with previous Sunni regimes that artillery bombardments by the the Shia Houthis took over are rooted in more than simple Saudi Arabian-led coalition, the Yemen’s capital, throwing out a differences in religion, Laipson Houthi rebellion has been halted Sunni-led government, is hardly said. The Houthis are only one but not destroyed. Tehran — likely surprising. And the Saudi coali- of the country’s myriad armed the Houthis’ biggest cheerleader tion’s fighter-bombers, artillery factions, too. Former President — is limited in what it can or even and warships have largely halted Ali Abdullah Saleh, a Sunni, has might want to do by a tyranny of Houthi advances. aligned himself with the Zaidi distance. But the Saudis and their camp, but probably did so out of The situation in the small regional partners in the Gulf cynical self-interest rather than Arabian country will “probably Cooperation Council have had solidarity. end up being a stalemate,” said trouble articulating their long- “Yemen has a lot of bad actors,” Rick Nelson, a senior associate term objectives. In April, the Lapison said. “(You) can’t fit this at the Center for Strategic and kingdom renamed its mission into the sectarian basket.” International Studies. With “so from Operation Decisive Storm So with all these factors at play, many things stacked against to Operation Renewal of Hope, it seems unlikely that increased Yemen,” the political turmoil is and attempted to outline a com- support from either Saudi Arabia an almost “unsolvable situation,” prehensive plan for resolving the or Iran will tip the scales in Yemen he added. conflict. any time soon. If nothing else, the The Yemen that exists today While internationally rec- situation is “a reflection of how only came into being 25 years ognised President Abdrabuh these crises can unfold,” Nelson ago. More important, the nation Mansur Hadi, currently in exile said. was born out of a long-running in Saudi Arabia, has welcomed Smoke billows from an army weapons depot after it was hit by an air strike in Yemen’s capital Sana’a. Yemen’s latest turmoil is still far civil war that had split the coun- Riyadh’s proposals, other factions from over, too. On May 10, Houthi try into northern and southern have been more cautious in their a virtual air and sea blockade,” Air — an Iranian airline — plane authorities can decide how much fighters accepted a Saudi-proposed factions. After World War One, responses or outright rejected the Adam Baron, a visiting fellow at full of aid from touching down. or how little they want to engage five-day ceasefire. However, the North Yemen gained its independ- offers. Violence also continues the European Council on Foreign “I think what we’re seeing is in the conflict from a position of deal merely pauses the shooting so ence when the Ottoman Empire largely unabated in various hot Relations, said, “putting Yemen in Iran shift to using propaganda relative comfort. humanitarian groups can distrib- collapsed. Nearly a half century spots across the country regard- a virtual stranglehold.” rather than actual weaponry,” Nelson, Laipson and Baron all ute badly needed aid to civilians later, South Yemen became a fully less of any of these negotiations. In turn, Iran has waged a Baron said, but “so far there is agree that the Saudis have much caught in the crossfire. sovereign state after a separate, The Saudi-led onslaught has propaganda campaign against the no clear evidence that they’re get- more at stake. Riyadh has real But even if a lasting peace bloody insurgency against British drawn criticism from the inter- intervention without having to ting through the Saudi blockade.” security concerns to tackle in its remains elusive, Saudi Arabia’s authorities. national community, too. On April exert much effort. Predominantly Still, after years supporting backyard and needs to prove its latest Yemeni adventure could With such chronic instability 18, Oxfam, a respected non-gov- Shia Iranians share a certain groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon mettle to its Gulf Cooperation have some positive outcomes along its southern border, Riyadh ernmental organisation, reported common ground with the nomi- and Hamas in Palestine, Iran Council partners and other allies. for the region. Riyadh’s move to had serious concerns about the that Saudi bombs had levelled one nally Shia Houthis. is “savvy at running militant “Ultimately, I think Saudi Arabia rally regional allies to intervene stability of any regime in Sana’a of its warehouses full of humani- But so far, Tehran has been organisations,” Nelson said. “The is far more concerned about shows that it’s serious about han- well before the current crisis. tarian aid. And while the king- unable to do much beyond talk. Iranians are definitely going to Yemen than the Iranians are,” dling regional security concerns, Saudi kings have routinely picked dom has tried to engage the media A flotilla of ships possibly loaded take advantage of this.” Baron said. Laipson noted. And even if the sides and supported various fac- through official spokespersons, with arms for Houthi fight- And while Iran’s air force and Laipson goes one step further mission ultimately fails, the king- tions in Yemen’s succession of civil Riyadh has done its best to limit ers turned away in the face of navy cannot challenge Riyadh and argues that the media have dom and its friends will no doubt conflicts. access to the conflict zones. American warships. Saudi jets or its allies, Tehran has far often and unrealistically exagger- learn a valuable lesson about what Yemen is Saudi Arabia’s “wild “The Saudi-led coalition has bombed a runway at the main air- less to lose, whatever happens. ated the Houthis’ links to Iran. military strength can and cannot frontier,” explained Ellen Laipson, succeeded in placing Yemen under port in Sana’a to prevent a Mahan Distant from the conflict, Iranian The group’s members are mostly achieve, she said. REUTERS

Steering clear of Mideast New law will not help Ukraine a terrible idea for US BY JOSH COHEN OUN literature, for example, declared the sacrifice that explains the Rada’s decision to need to “combat Jews as supporters of the pass a law honouring the OUN and the UPA. s Ukraine continues its battle against Muscovite-Bolshevik regime… Death to the This law echoes a recent trend of glorifying BY TOM ROGAN by extraordinary self-belief, the separatists, corruption and a collaps- Muscovite-Jewish commune! Beat the com- right-wing Ukrainian nationalist organisa- organisation is metastasising glo- Aing economy, it has taken a danger- mune, save Ukraine!” tions with controversial pasts. Under former uch as the United States bally, as thousands of Salafi-Jihadists ous step that could further tear the country The OUN fought both the Nazis and the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, a may like to, staying out of now pledge loyalty to Islamic State. apart: Ukraine’s parliament, the Supreme Soviets, and many Ukrainian nationalists number of leading Ukrainian nationalists Mthe Middle East just isn’t an Moreover, embracing brutality as Rada, passed a draft law last month honour- have argued that the OUN was primarily a were honoured with a memorial at Babi option — not if security is a priority. the standard of holy credibility, IS ing organisations involved in mass ethnic national liberation movement. But while the Yar — site of the single-worst massacre of Last month, Jeff Stein and Jonathan has catalysed jihadist aggression in cleansing during World War Two. OUN’s core goal may have been the creation Jews during the Holocaust. Yushchenko also Broder wrote an article in Newsweek. general. The draft law — which is now on President of an independent Ukrainian state, along the bestowed the highest government honour of Defending President Barack Obama’s And by deliberately relinquishing Petro Poroshenko’s desk awaiting his sig- way its members were responsible for ter- “Hero of Ukraine” upon the controversial foreign policy, the authors reference American influence in the Middle nature — recognises a series of Ukrainian rible atrocities. former OUN leader Stepan Bandera — a Roman strategy to suggest that East, Obama has allowed others to political and military organisations as Starting with a pogrom in Lviv shortly step roundly condemned by the chief rabbi America “may have to learn to live” fill the vacuum. Notably, Iran. “fighters for Ukrainian independence in after the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union, of Ukraine, the president of Poland and the with Middle Eastern chaos: Undeterred by America, Iran is the 20th century” and bans the criticism of OUN militias — with the support of the Nazis European Union. “As the Roman historian Tacitus fuelling a Middle Eastern meltdown. these groups and their members. (The bill — embarked on a killing spree in Western More recently, radical nationalists played wrote… ‘The Germanic tribes, left Pursuing its own sectarian inter- doesn’t state the penalty for doing so.) Two Ukraine that claimed the lives of tens of a key role as “shock troops” on the Maidan, alone, would become divided again and est in suppressing Sunni Muslims, of the groups honoured — the Organisation thousands of Jews. After the Nazis dissolved and the anti-government camp was full cease to be dangerous.’ That might Iran is encouraging Sunnis to believe of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and the these militias, many of their members joined of OUN-UPA flags and cries of “Glory to well be the hard lesson America has that groups like Islamic State and Al Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) — helped the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police in German Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!” — chants to learn.” Qaeda are necessary guardians. the Nazis carry out the Holocaust while also service, where they received weapons-train- that originated with the OUN. Currently, It’s a tempting argument, after Consider the chaos in Iraq’s Anbar killing close to 100,000 Polish civilians during ing and became one of the most important a number of OUN-UPA apologists occupy years of war that have killed or province. Home to an array of Sunni World War Two. instruments of the Holocaust in Belarus and important government positions, including wounded tens of thousands of tribes allied against Islamic State, The law is part of a recent trend of con- Western Ukraine. the minister of education, the head of the Americans — and cost trillions of Anbar offers a place to mobilise temporary Ukrainian nationalism promoted By 1943 the OUN had seized control of Security Service of Ukraine and the direc- dollars. As former defence secre- regional forces to defeat the fanatics. by those on the extreme right to break with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), a tor of the Ukrainian government’s Institute tary Robert Gates put it in 2011, Yet because Obama fears that arm- the country’s Communist past and emphasise Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary group, of National Memory. Even Poroshenko has “any future defence secretary who ing the tribes will anger Iran, he’s Ukraine’s suffering under the Soviet regime. and declared itself opposed to both the gotten into the act, laying a wreath in honour again advises the president to send sacrificed a real means of defeating In addition to the moral problem of forbid- retreating Germans and the oncoming of the OUN at Babi Yar last year. a large army into Asia or the Middle Islamic State. ding the criticism of Holocaust perpetra- Soviets. Although no longer in Nazi service, The draft law has a number of downsides East or Africa should have his head Thus we see the weakness of the tors, the law hinders Ukraine’s European the UPA continued to target and kill Jews, beyond the moral problem of giving the OUN examined.” Obama-Bacevich “imposing a solu- ambitions — and validates Russian President herding them into labour camps for execu- and UPA a free pass for atrocious crimes. I share that sentiment. tion” narrative. Its over-broad inter- Vladimir Putin’s claims that the country is tion. The UPA also engaged in the mass eth- Making criticism of Holocaust perpetra- Still, we must be cautious about pretation of “imposing” has displaced overrun by neo-Nazis. nic cleansing of Poles during this time, killing tors illegal is not compatible with Ukraine’s caution. The prospect of security meaningful strategic alternatives — The OUN was founded in 1929 as a revo- nearly 100,000 people. European ambitions. It is natural that many without exerting international influ- for one, America’s possibility to act lutionary organisation designed to liberate Even after the Red Army pushed the Ukrainians would wish to define themselves ence is a mirage. Today, in the absence as a critical interlocutor. By derid- Ukraine from Soviet rule and create an inde- Germans from Ukraine in the summer of in opposition to the former Soviet Union, but of US influence, various factions in ing such thoughts as neoconservative pendent Ukrainian state. Many OUN lead- 1944, the UPA continued to fight a partisan as a budding democracy, banning criticism of the Middle East render American arrogance, Obama is enabling the ers were trained in Nazi Germany, and the war against Soviet forces well into the 1950s, any organisations is the wrong way to build interests increasingly vulnerable. politicisation of sectarianism. group’s philosophy was influenced by Nazi before it was finally crushed by the massive national identity. Consider America’s war against Of course, this isn’t to say that racial theorists such as Alfred Rosenberg. power of the Red Army. It is this legacy of Kiev also must remember that its conflict Islamic State. Here, President America can revert to old doctrines in with Putin’s Russia is taking place in cyber- Obama’s strategy is openly focused on the Middle East. Many Republicans, space as well as the Donbass. Kiev has now restraining the extremist organisation for example, are deeply misguided handed the Kremlin “evidence” for Putin’s rather than defeating it. Recognising in their belief that supporting pro- claim that Russia is facing off against fas- the political roots of its power, Obama American autocracies underpins US cists. Russian state-owned media outlets believes defeating Islamic State won’t security. On the contrary, US sup- have had a field day condemning the law. be accomplished without indige- port for authoritarians fuels popular Perhaps the worst effect of this law is the nous leadership. Strategist Andrew extremism. Political Islam must be way it would split the country. Eastern and Bacevich echoes his philosophy: moderated, but Islamists must also western Ukrainians already possess widely “These are problems that the peo- have avenues of expression. diverging views on recent political events ple in the region are going to have Nevertheless, leaving the Middle such as the collapse of the Soviet Union to figure out how to solve (…) at the East alone won’t drain it of chaos. and the Maidan revolution. The law would end of the day, they will have a better This takes us back to Stein and only exacerbate these regional differences. chance of solving their own problems Broder’s conclusion. The authors Historically, support for the “OUN-cult” orig- than we will have a chance of impos- rightly point out that Rome pre- inated primarily in the western Ukrainian ing a solution on them.” served its power with strategic cau- regions of Galacia and Volhynia, where they It sounds good. But this assessment tion. But Rome’s caution wasn’t are seen as heroic freedom fighters against has two central flaws. all-defining but instead calibrated Soviet oppression. Eastern Ukrainians, by First, it assumes that the conflicted to occasional, vigorous interaction. contrast, grew up viewing these groups as factions will ever achieve compromise. Rome forged or co-opted allies, and Nazi collaborators to be feared and con- Second, it limits American power to deterred foes in the looming shadow demned rather than celebrated. the derogatory notion of “imposed” of its greater power. The Rada’s passage of this law has already solutions. Rightly neglecting imperial ambi- A priest in central Kiev sprinkles holy water on members of the Organisation of Ukrainian greatly harmed Ukraine. It is now up to Unfortunately, Islamic State is not tions, with a mind to protecting US Nationalists before they depart to the frontline in eastern Ukraine. Poroshenko to mitigate the damage by veto- a static, localised threat. Driven by a interests, Obama should do the same. ing it. REUTERS “total war” ideology, and empowered REUTERS FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Vatican’s Palestine recognition fuels debate Move won’t promote peace process: Israel JERUSALEM: The Vatican’s the two. The European Union more than half the population is decision to recognise the state of as a whole does not recognise Muslim? How would Islamists in Palestine in a treaty for the first Palestine, taking the same view Gaza accept it? — it has begun time has drawn a stern response as the United States that an to be mentioned in some cor- from Israel, but it may usher in independent country can emerge ners of Brussels, if only as a way a freer debate in Europe about only via negotiations with Israel, of putting pressure on Israel to how to proceed on the vexed not through a process of unilat- think hard about what the future Palestinian question. eral recognition. holds. The Holy See has referred to But with the last talks between Ahead of a meeting of EU Palestine since 2012, but the treaty Israel and the Palestinians having foreign ministers on Monday, concluded on Wednesday, which broken down more than a year one senior EU diplomat said the covers the Church’s activities in ago, and Prime Minister Benjamin time was drawing near when areas controlled by the Palestinian Netanyahu having pledged the day the 28-country bloc might have Authority, marks a more formal before his reelection in March to acknowledge that a two-state recognition, which Vatican offi- that there would be no Palestinian solution cannot be reached. cials said they hoped would benefit state on his watch, diplomats are “Ministers need to have an Israeli-Palestinian ties in time. wondering what options they have informed discussion,” the diplo- An Israeli foreign ministry offi- left. mat said. “Part of that is to say: cial described the Vatican’s move ‘OK, the two-state solution is as a “disappointment” and indi- TWO STATE ALTERNATIVES dead.” cated that it may lead to reprisals, Last year, an EU foreign min- If Israel’s primary objective is although he did not say of what ister visiting the region asked to maintain the status-quo, pur- kind. during closed-door meetings suing a one-state solution would “This does not promote the whether it wasn’t time to drop put Tel Aviv under considerable peace process and a Palestinian the goal of a two-state solution— pressure, he added. return to negotiations,” the offi- the bedrock of peace negotia- “That scares the hell out of cial said. “Israel will study the tions since the mid-1970s—and most Israelis, but that is the con- agreement and consider its next consider alternatives. sequence of walking away from steps accordingly.” They could include the unilat- the two-state solution ... accepting The Vatican, increasingly eral recognition of Palestine by a one-state solution.” Granddaughters of Salman Hamaida, a 75-year-old Palestinian man who was driven out of the town of Ramla proactive in foreign policy under the EU as a whole or member The United States has long during the 1948 war over Israel’s creation, in the rubble of his house, which was destroyed during the 50-day war Pope Francis, is far from the only states, which might spur Israel been the critical driver of nego- between Israel and Hamas fighters last year, at the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. state to have recognised Palestine into tackling issues long unre- tiations between Israel and the — 135 members of the United solved with the Palestinians. Palestinians and shows no signs state on his watch, citing risks US diplomats think the pledge two-state solution”. Nations already do so, nearly 70 Another option, favoured of shifting from the two-state that he linked to the regional he made actually reflects how he The senior EU diplomat echoed percent of the total. By compari- by some high-profile Israelis, goal. spread of Islamist militancy, thinks. that point, saying it was time for son, 160 of the UN’s 193 members including President Reuven But the Obama administration the White House said it would The Vatican’s move may not the EU to take a greater leader- recognise Israel. Rivlin, is a one-state solution, has expressed frustration with “reassess” its policy towards spur an immediate shift in ship role. Last October, Sweden became which would involve one nation Netanyahu’s policies, including Israel. Europe. But the Holy See’s deputy “We need proposals to support the first major European coun- with equal rights for Jews and continued settlement building on Netanyahu has since tried to foreign minister said he hoped it peace, but also we need to look at try to acknowledge Palestine, a Arabs living in Israel, Gaza and land the Palestinians seek for a backtrack on his comments, made would encourage the international what leverage Europe has, what decision that drew condemna- the West Bank. state. in the thick of an election cam- community “to undertake more steps Europe could take to exert tion from Israel and has since While a radical proposal— And after Netanyahu declared paign he thought he was about to decisive action to contribute to a pressure on Israel,” he said. led to tense relations between would it be a Jewish state if there would be no Palestinian lose, though many European and lasting peace and to the hoped-for REUTERS IS near Palmyra raising fears for ancient city

BEIRUT: Islamic State (IS) less than two kilometres (barely “under threat” as fierce fight- the outside.” Abdulkarim said in their drive across the desert group fighters advanced to the a mile) from the remains of one ing and shelling continued on he had no doubt that if Palmyra towards Palmyra. gates of ancient Palmyra yes- of the most important cultural its eastern edges amid a regime fell to the jihadists, it would suffer Syria’s official news agency terday, raising fears the Syrian centres of the ancient world. counter-offensive. a similar fate to ancient Nimrud, reported that military aircraft world heritage site could face The world “must mobilise The jihadist advance on the which they blew up earlier this year. had destroyed IS vehicles near destruction of the kind the before, not after, the destruc- well-preserved remains came as “If IS enters Palmyra, it will Al Sukhnah and that army units jihadists have already wreaked tion of the artefacts” at Palmyra, an international conference was spell its destruction... It will be “killed IS terrorists” in the area. in Iraq. Mamoun Abdulkarim said in a under way in Cairo to address a repetition of the barbarism Provincial governor Talal As it overran nearby villages, telephone call. destruction already wreaked by and savagery which we saw in Barazi said that 1,800 families IS executed 26 civilians — 10 of “IS has not entered the city IS on the ancient sites of Nimrud Nimrud, Hatra and Mosul.” who had fled the advancing jihad- whom were beheaded — for “col- yet, and we hope these barbar- and Hatra in Iraq. It would not be the first time ists were being sheltered in recep- laborating with the regime,” the ians will never enter,” he said. Foreign affairs and antiquities that government troops have tion centres in the nearby modern Bahrain upholds Syrian Observatory for Human “But if IS enters Palmyra, it will officials from 11 Arab countries lost control of Palmyra. Rebels town of Tadmur. Rights said. be destroyed and it will be an gathered in Egypt to condemn the held the site from February to Both sides suffered heavy losses jail term for Shia Irina Bokova, head of the UN’s international catastrophe.” jihadists’ demolition of Iraq’s her- September 2013 before the regime in the battle for Al Sukhnah, cultural body Unesco, called on Unesco describes Palmyra as a itage with sledgehammers, bull- recaptured it. including senior commanders, the rights activist Syrian troops and extremists to heritage site of “outstanding uni- dozers and high explosives. One of the ancient city’s mas- Observatory said. DUBAI: A Bahraini appeals spare Palmyra, saying it “repre- versal value”. Abdulkarim said Syria’s antiq- terpieces, the Temple of Baal, The army lost 70 men, includ- court yesterday upheld a six- sents an irreplaceable treasure for The ancient city stood on a uities officials would try to ensure suffered some damage during the ing six officers. IS lost 55 men, month prison sentence for the Syrian people, and the world.” caravan route at the crossroads the safety of artefacts found in accompanying artillery exchanges. including two commanders, one of prominent rights activist “Palmyra must be saved,” of several civilisations and its 1st Palmyra’s archaeological digs over But those rebels did not share them the leader of the offensive. Nabeel Rajab (pictured), for Bokova said at a two-day confer- and 2nd century temples and col- the years and now housed in an the fanatical devotion of IS to Jihadist websites named him as insulting public institutions on ence in Cairo on protecting the onnaded streets mark a unique adjacent museum. demolishing all of the region’s Abu Malik Anas Al Nashwan, who Twitter, the prosecution said. region’s archeological sites. blend of Graeco-Roman and “We can protect the statues and pre-Islamic heritage. appeared in an IS video showing Rajab, a member of Bahrain’s Syria’s head of antiquities made Persian influences. artefacts, but we cannot protect There was ferocious fighting the beheadings of 28 Ethiopian Shiite majority, was sentenced an appeal for international action Observatory head Rami the architecture, the temples,” he as the jihadists overran the town and Eritrean Christians in Libya in January over comments he earlier Thursday, saying IS was Abdel Rahman said the city was said. “IS will just destroy it from of Al Sukhnah on Wednesday earlier this year. REUTERS posted about the interior and defence ministries in the Sunni- ruled monarchy. “It is obligatory now to serve Turks vote the sentence,” public prosecutor Wael Buallay said in a statement Seven kids among 8 killed carried by the BNA state news agency, noting that Rajab has the right to take the case to the in Benghazi rocket strike higher Court of Cassation. In one of the messages deemed BENGHAZI, LIBYA: Eight Gaddafi in 2011 but have now offensive, Rajab charged that people were killed, including fallen out along tribal, regional many Bahrainis fighting with seven children, when a rocket and political lines. jihadists in Syria were former hit a residential building in the Islamic State militants have Bahraini security forces personnel city of Beng ha zi i n eastern Libya exploited the security vacuum as who had developed Sunni extrem- yesterday, medics said, two days two rival governments fight each ist views while in service. after a similar attack claimed other, with neither side able to Rajab is already in detention by Islamic State militants. turn the tables. following his arrest in April for A reporter saw several dead The militants have killed doz- posting comments on Twitter children in a hospital in the city, ens of foreign Christians and denouncing alleged torture in the oil-producing North African attacked oil fields and a lux- a prison where Shia activists state’s second largest, where army ury hotel in the capital Tripoli, are held. The activist, who has forces and Islamist factions have 1,000km west of Benghazi. led anti-government marches been fighting each other for a year. Thinni was forced to flee and heads the Bahrain Centre The other person killed in Tripoli last August when a rival for Human Rights, had already yesterday’s rocket strike was group seized the city and set up a served two years in jail for taking an adult whose gender was not rival administration backing the part in unauthorised protests and immediately known, medics said, Benghazi-based Islamist groups. was freed last May. AFP Turks living in Switzerland queue up in front of the Turkish consulate in Zurich to cast their vote yesterday, and 11 people were wounded. Meanwhile, Tunisian security ahead of the general elections scheduled for June 7. There was no claim of respon- forces killed four militants in sibility for the attack, which came clashes in the central Kasserine after four children were killed on region near the border with Tuesday by a mortar round in the Algeria yesterday, the army said. port city. Islamic State militants Tunisia’s army has been car- US delivers Humvees, patrol boat to Tunisia claimed responsibility for that rying out operations in the area attack, according to a Twitter mes- since the March attack on the TUNIS: The United States sition towards democracy than militant Islamic State group improve force mobility” of the sage. Benghazi has been a bat- Bardo museum in Tunis, when delivered 52 Humvee military its North Africa neighbours, claimed responsibility. It was Tunisian army, the US embassy tlefield for a year between army gunmen killed 21 foreign tourists vehicles and a patrol boat to especially Libya. the country’s deadliest militant in Tunis said in a statement. forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar, who and a police officer in an attack Tunisia yesterday to help it fight But it has also seen a rise in attack in more than a decade. The embassy also announced supports Libya’s international rec- claimed by Islamic State militants. jihadists and tighten control over Islamist militancy. Last month, After the attack, the United the delivery of a 65-foot patrol ognised Prime Minister Abdullah “At least four terrorists have its coast, US embassy said. Since gunmen stormed the Bardo States said it would increase mili- boat to enhance maritime secu- Al Thinni, and Islamist groups. been killed in clashes in Samama a 2011 uprising that toppled Zine national museum in the capital tary aid to Tunisia threefold this rity and intensify the maritime The battle is part of wider con- mountains in Kasserine,” army El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has Tunis, killing 20 foreign tour- year to $180m and help train its border control patrols. flict between former rebels groups spokesman Belhassen Bouslati had a much less turbulent tran- ists in an attack for which the troops. The 52 vehicles aim “to AFP who helped topple Muammar said. REUTERS FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Baltics to ask Pillow fight Nato for boots on ground Uptick in Russia military activity seen

VILNIUS: The Baltic states potential in the Baltic Sea region,” will formally ask Nato to deploy the statement said. several thousand troops as a Stoltenberg said he was aware a deterrent to Russia, Lithuania letter was going to be sent to Nato said yesterday, but the alli- by the Baltic states. “When we ance gave no assurance that the receive the letter we will go care- request would be accepted. fully through the letter and assess Nato Secretary-General Jens the proposals in that letter,” he Stoltenberg said at meeting of said. “It is too early to comment the alliance’s foreign ministers on details and specifics in a letter in the Turkish city of Antalya I have not seen,” he added. that he was aware such a request But Stoltenberg emphasised was being made but emphasised that Nato had already taken it was too early to assess the decisions that would help the demand. security of the Baltic states, such “We are seeking a brigade-size as increasing air policing and a unit so that every Baltic nation naval presence. “Our main focus would have a battalion,” military is the implementation now of the spokesman Lithuanian Captain decisions we have already made,” Mindaugas Neimontas said. he said. He said Lithuanian, Latvian Baltic and Nordic countries People take part in a pillow fight in Ljubljana, Slovenia, yesterday. The pillow fight is part of fundraising efforts for earthquake-affected victims in and Estonian generals would have reported an uptick in Nepal organised by a local radio station. soon send a joint request to US Russian military activity in the General Philip Breedlove, Nato’s region over the last year. top commander. Neimontas said They claim Russian war planes the Baltic states were to seek are flying with their transpond- “permanent rotational Nato ers switched off, endangering civil forces” as a “deterrence measure aviation. US House votes to end NSA bulk data collection given the security situation in the Last month, Lithuania also region”. accused Russian warships of He refused to elaborate on thwarting work on a key under- WASHINGTON: The US of warnings on the increasing dig- and web addresses. “Americans’ government stored the acquired specific numbers but a standard water power link to Sweden that House of Representatives voted ital reach of the Islamic State ter- liberty and America’s security can data. But the new reforms would brigade could have around 3,000 would reduce the Baltic state’s late on Wednesday to end the ror group, transcends party lines. co-exist,” said House Judiciary compel telecoms and other data troops. Latvia’s defence minis- dependence on Russian energy. NSA’s dragnet collection of And far-left liberals and staunch Committee chairman Bob companies to keep the informa- try also confirmed the move in a Since last year, the United telephone data from millions conservatives, often at odds on Goodlatte, who voted for passage. tion, accessible to intelligence statement saying “the joint let- States has deployed around 600 of Americans, a controversial most major legislation, have united The reforms scrap the bulk col- agencies only through court order. ter will be sent next week”. The troops in the Baltic states and programme revealed in 2013 in opposition against domestic lection detailed in Section 215 of “The vote was a major win ministry said military command- Poland on rotational basis. “If by former security contractor spying by the National Security the Patriot Act, replacing it with for surveillance reform and a ers from all three Baltic states Nato fails to react positively to Edward Snowden. Agency. The bill, which focuses a targeted programme that allows major rebuke for those who want recently decided to request a the request (for the troops), it can The USA Freedom Act is seen on people in the US and not over- intelligence agencies to collect data to reauthorise the Patriot Act “brigade level permanent Allied be interpreted as a certain sig- as a big win for privacy and civil seas, would amend controversial from specific individuals or groups, without change,” said Centre for military presence with a roughly nal,” said Ramunas Vilpisauskas, rights advocates. The White sections of the USA Patriot Act, but only with prior approval of the Democracy & Technology presi- battalion-level placement of units director of the Institute of House backs the reforms, saying which passed in the wake of the secret national security FISA court. dent Nuala O’Connor. in each country.” International Relations and the bill protects privacy while September 11, 2001 attacks and The data dragnet was oper- The vote came just a week after “An Allied presence is an essen- Political Science in Vilnius. preserving essential national which expire on June 1. ating in complete secrecy after a US appeals court ruled that the tial prerequisite for Latvia’s secu- “The big neighbour in the east security authorities. The reforms would explicitly 2001 and under the supervision bulk data collection goes far beyond rity in a situation where Russia now will now be watching closely The measure now heads for prohibit the mass collection of of the FISA court since 2006. It what Congress authorized. Some does not change its policies how the biggest NATO countries a vote in the Senate, where the telephone metadata — phone was consistently renewed by the progressive groups expressed con- regarding the Ukraine conflict and will react to the letter,” he said , clash between reformists and sup- numbers, time and duration of administrations of both George W cern that reauthorising the Patriot at the same time strongly demon- referring to Russia. porters of the intelligence com- calls — by the NSA, as well as Bush and Barack Obama. Act with specific changes was not strates its military presence and AFP munity, coming within the context electronic data such as emails Under Section 215, the enough to prevent abuse. AFP

Waste robot ‘Reiner’ in action US train driver ‘has no Ukraine accuses Facebook of recollection’ of crash pro-Russia bias PHILADELPHIA: The engi- and a head wound that required 14 neer of a US passenger train staples. He also suffered injuries to KIEV: A s e n i o r a i d e t o U k r a i n i a n that derailed while travelling his legs, Goggin said. Investigators President Petro Poroshenko at twice the speed limit has no say the train was travelling at more yesterday accused Facebook of recollection of the accident that than 100 miles per hour when the political bias, ahead of a ques- left seven dead, his lawyer said. engineer slammed on the emer- tion-and-answer session with co- The engineer has been identified gency brakes just before it derailed founder Mark Zuckerberg in US media as Brandon Bostian, a in Philadelphia. “There is pro-Russian influence 32-year-old New Yorker. His attor- The speed was more than twice and pressure on the Facebook ney Robert Goggin told ABC News the approved limit, and the brakes office in Russia,” said deputy head that Bostian had no explanation for barely slowed the train before of the presidential administration the crash and no recollection of it the cars tumbled off the track. Dmytro Shymkiv, who is negotiat- either. Bostian has provided a blood Besides the fatalities, which rose ing with the global social network sample, turned over his cell phone to eight yesterday, more than 200 to solve the problem. and is cooperating with authorities, people were injured. He claimed Russian moderators Goggin said, according to ABC. The National Transportation are overseeing Ukrainian users Bostian just remembers driving Safety Board cautioned that its and are swayed by the Kremlin’s the train to the crash area and first assessment of the data was political agenda in the conflict in later getting “tossed around,” preliminary, and that it would eastern Ukraine. Facebook users ABC said. He found his cell phone need more time to piece together in Ukraine have flooded the social and called an emergency rescue what happened to Amtrak Train network with allegations of pro- A boy takes a closer look at waste robot ‘Reiner’ as it drives through the Mauerpark and collects waste in number, Goggin said. 188, headed from Washington to Russian political bias. Berlin, Germany, yesterday. Bostian suffered a concussion New York. AFP Poroshenko this week made a personal appeal to Zuckerberg to open a separate office in Ukraine to prevent such alleged bias, writing from his own Facebook account. “We have to use all avail- able channels to get reaction from Britain’s anti-EU party riven with infighting global companies,” Poroshenko said. “Ukraine does need a Ukrainian Facebook office!” LONDON: A week after a general “coup” against Farage, adding: “He is my failed to take the Thanet South constitu- up to 15 assistants. Carswell has said it Zuckerberg had invited users election in which it won the third big- political hero and will remain so and he’s ency in what was his seventh attempt to would be “completely inappropriate” to to send him questions ahead of gest share of the national vote but just done amazing things.” But Stuart Wheeler, win a seat in the House of Commons. take the money out of principle. A curt one of his question-and-answer one seat in parliament, Britain’s UK a former party treasurer and a major He had promised to resign as leader UKIP statement did little to quell rumours sessions to be held later Thursday. Independence Party is tearing itself donor, urged Farage to step down. of the party if he did not win a seat and of a deep rift within the party. Hundreds of Ukrainians posted apart in spectacular fashion. “The type of campaign that’s now needed promptly did so on Friday. The decision “Nigel Farage met with Douglas Carswell comments on Zuckerberg’s page First there was charismatic party leader has to be slightly less aggressive and more was abruptly reversed on Monday, however, this afternoon and there’s ongoing discus- backing Poroshenko’s call. Many Nigel Farage’s short-lived resignation, then towards winning over people in the centre,” when the party rejected the resignation sion about how best to represent four mil- complained of the banning of users a big fallout over finances and on Thursday he told BBC Radio 5 Live. Businessman and congratulated Farage on a campaign lion UKIP voters in a way that is sensible and deletion of posts critical of a stunning attack on Farage from the head Arron Banks, a major party funder, how- “success”. UKIP’s only seat is that of and correct,” it said. Farage joined UKIP Moscow’s role in the war in east- of his election campaign. ever, quickly rallied to Farage’s side, telling Douglas Carswell, a former Conservative in 1993 as a founding member and was first ern Ukraine between pro-Russian In an interview with The Times, Patrick the BBC that he had “given his all” and MP who switched last year and who is seen elected to the European Parliament in 1999. separatists and Kiev’s forces, which O’Flynn said Farage was a “snarling, thin- “deserved a rest rather than petty squab- as a potential future leader of the party. He became UKIP’s leader in 2006 and most Ukrainians see as a war with skinned, aggressive” man who was making bling from lesser people”. Carswell clashed with the leadership ear- helped boost the party’s popularity while Vladimir Putin’s Russia. UKIP look like a “personality cult”. The party, which came first in last lier this week over funding, accusing UKIP making it more presentable by rooting out Facebook did not comment. He called for “a much more consulta- year’s European Parliament elections, won officials of seeking to claim more public far-right ties and outspoken racists. The Previously the firm has argued tive and consensual leadership style” and 12.6-percent in the general election—nearly money than needed for the party. rise of UKIP was a key factor in push- that its Russian-language segment described recent days a “fiasco” for the four million votes — and won control of The MP is entitled to take £650,000 ing Cameron to promise a referendum on is managed from Ireland and does party, which is against mass immigration Thanet council in southeast England. In the ($1m) of taxpayers money because of the Britain’s EU membership by the end of 2017, not have a physical office in Russia, and European Union membership. 2010 election it had only won 3.1 percent. party’s large popular vote and he was which has rattled Britain’s European part- although its director is Russian. He later said he was not planning a But the outspoken 51-year-old Farage reportedly urged by UKIP officials to hire ners and the business community. AFP AFP FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA Japan cabinet Malaysia turns away migrant boats OFF KOH LIPE, THAILAND: Malaysia turned away two vessels carrying hundreds of nod to bolster migrants while one boat turned up yesterday in Thai waters, as critics accused Southeast Asian governments of playing a game of “human ping pong” with the lives of desperate boatpeople. military role Malaysia and Indonesia have vowed to bar ships bearing des- perate migrants from Myanmar PM Abe’s pet project faces flak and Bangladesh who are flood- ing into Southeast Asia, trigger- TOKYO: Japan’s cabinet yes- say eroding this principle could ing warnings that the hardline terday approved a set of bills see Tokyo pulled into American approach could endanger thou- bolstering the role and scope military adventures in the sands at sea. of the military, as the pacifist Middle East, a claim Abe rejected A boat crammed with scores of country redefines its position yesterday. Rohingya — a persecuted Muslim in the increasingly roiled Asia- “The conventional principle minority in Myanmar — was Pacific region. that (the military) shall not be found drifting in Thai waters. The bills are a pet project of deployed overseas will stay. They As dusk fell several visibly ema- nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo will not take part in conflicts like ciated men jumped into the sea to Abe, who says Japan can no longer the Gulf War or Iraq War in the retrieve food packages dropped by shy away from its responsibility future. I want to make that clear,” a Thai navy helicopter. to help safeguard regional stabil- he said. An AFP reporter saw one of the ity, and must step out from under He said the last 70 years had men eat handfuls of raw instant the shade of the security umbrella proved that Japan was committed noodles in the water before swim- provided by the United States. to peace and the country should ming back to the boat. The draft legislation, which be confident in its ability to stick “About 10 people died dur- Rohingya migrants, believed to have come from Myanmar and Bangladesh, on an abandoned boat drifting in the will go before lawmakers in the to that path, without fearing ing the journey. We threw their coming months, formalises a deci- these legal changes would drag it bodies into the water,” one of the Andaman Sea close to Malaysia and southern Thailand yesterday. sion made by the cabinet last year into conflict. migrants shouted in Rohingya to to broaden the remit of Japan’s “Not a single Japanese person a boat full of journalists. people smugglers who damaged after a Thai police crackdown dis- one more boat was prevented well-equipped and well-trained wants to see a war,” he said. “We have been at sea for the engine and fled. rupted well-worn people-smug- from entering Langkawi waters,” armed forces. Hundreds of people rallied in two months. We want to go to “We haven’t had anything to gling routes. the official said. It would allow them to go into front of Abe’s office yesterday, Malaysia but we have not reached eat for a week, there is nowhere But Malaysian patrol ships The boat off Langkawi may battle to protect allies — so-called holding banners condemning the there yet.” to sleep... my children are sick,” intercepted two migrant vessels have been the same one that “collective defence” — something proposed legal changes. Many young children were she told AFP. beginning late Wednesday off later turned up in Thai waters currently banned by a strict read- “The bills will eventually among the weak-looking passen- A Thai navy officer on Koh Lipe the northern Malaysian islands — both carried a makeshift ban- ing of Japan’s pacifist constitution. serve as a green light to join an gers on the wooden boat, which said they planned to help fix the of Penang and Langkawi, said an ner declaring the passengers as “We live in an era when no American war. It is clearly a vio- was found near the southern engine “so they can go to their official who spoke on condition of Rohingya. country can any longer protect lation of the constitution,” said Thai island of Koh Lipe in the destination.” anonymity. Rights groups say Thailand itself alone,” Abe told a televised 66-year-old Akemi Kitajima. Andaman Sea. The UN refugee agency and They carried a combined 600 — which has called a May 29 press conference. Abe also faces Chinese charges Sajida, 27, travelling with her rights groups say thousands of people, the official added. regional meeting on the issue — “In the past two years, Japanese that he is re-militarising Japan four young children said she was men, women and children are “Last night, one boat was also has a policy of not allowing nationals have fallen victim to by stealth in an effort to return also trying to reach Malaysia, believed stuck out at sea and pushed back after it entered such boats to berth. terrorism in Algeria, Syria and to its warring ways of the 20th but the boat was set adrift by at risk of starvation and illness Malaysian waters off Penang and AFP Tunisia; Japan is within range of century. The prime minister and hundreds of North Korea’s bal- his supporters deny this. listic missiles and the number of In Beijing, foreign ministry (fighter jet) scrambles has risen spokeswoman Hua Chunying said seven-fold in a decade. the world was watching Tokyo for “This is the reality. We should “historical reasons”. not try to ignore it.” “We hope that Japan will draw Doubts over N Korea official’s execution Washington — which imposed lessons from history, pursue the the never-altered constitution on path of peaceful development, and SEOUL: Doubts surfaced yesterday over stressed that his execution had never been in a gap between the original NIS briefing and a defeated Japan during its post- make more positive efforts for the the reported execution of North Korea’s confirmed. the resulting headlines. World War II occupation — has peace, stability and development defence chief as South Korea’s spy agency “Hyon has been purged,” an NIS spokesman According to the lawmakers, the NIS said long called for Tokyo to take on a of the Asia-Pacific region where clarified that it had been unable to verify he told AFP. Hyon was purged for disloyalty and dozing off more active role in their mutual we live together,” she said. had been put to death. “And there are intelligence reports that he during official events presided over by leader security pact. The legislation, which would Briefing a select parliamentary commit- might have been executed, but this has not yet Kim Jong-Un. But the Japanese public is sus- overhaul 10 security related laws tee on Wednesday, the National Intelligence been verified,” the spokesman said. If confirmed, it marks the most high-profile picious of anything that seems to and create a new one, would pave Service said Defence Minister Hyon Yong- The confusion is partly the result of the elimination of a top Pyongyang official since lessen the commitment to pacifi- the way for the military to deploy Chol had been purged, and cited intelligence way NIS briefings to parliament are carried the purge and execution of Kim’s powerful cism, and insists its armed forces abroad on non-combat assign- suggesting he may have been executed on April out and reported. uncle, Jang Song-Thaek, in December 2013. should only ever be used in a nar- ments such as disaster relief and 30 using an anti-aircraft gun. They take place behind closed doors, after The NIS had correctly reported Jang’s rowly-defined defence of Japan. UN peacekeeping missions. The grim details of Hyon’s demise domi- which selected lawmakers pass on the infor- downfall before it was confirmed by North Critics of the security moves AFP nated headlines, but the NIS yesterday mation to the South Korean media — resulting Korea. AFP

Nepali woman Burundi burns as flown to hospital in PM’s copter factions clash BUJUMBURA, BURUNDI: side,” coup spokesman Venon Rival factions of Burundi’s Ndabaneze told AFP. CHARIKOT, NEPAL: A army fought intense bat- Similar claims, however, were Nepali woman seriously injured tles yesterday for control of made by troops loyal to the pres- by falling debris in Tuesday’s the capital, a day after a top ident, and it remained unclear earthquake was airlifted to a general launched a coup to which side had the upper hand. Kathmandu hospital yesterday oust the president of the cen- Burundi’s armed forces chief, in the prime minister’s helicop- tral African nation Pierre a supporter of the president, ter, after two British paramed- Nkurunziza. had used national radio to ics pleaded with officials to help The clashes were centred declare that the coup, launched save her life. around the state television and by former intelligence chief Prime Minister Sushil Koirala radio complex, with broadcasts Godefroid Niyombare, had was on a visit to Charikot town to the nation halted, before failed. in Dolakha district, around 70km resuming after an attack was Supporters of the president east of Kathmandu and one of the repulsed. also carried out attacks against areas worst affected by the lat- The president himself was in independent media broadcasters est tremor to hit the Himalayan neighbouring Tanzania when the in the capital, with the influen- nation still reeling from a massive coup was launched and remains tial African Public Radio sta- quake last month. in a secret location in Dar es tion ablaze after being hit by a As Koirala sat in an army tent Salaam, Tanzanian officials said. rocket. where he was being briefed on AFP reporters said the The attempted coup capped the rescue effort, a few metres crackle of automatic weapons weeks of deadly civil unrest away two advanced paramedics fire and the thump of explo- sparked by the president’s con- were hand-pumping oxygen into sions could be heard through- troversial bid to stand for a an elderly woman at a makeshift out the night and intensified third term. medical camp, keeping her alive. around dawn. After a brief lull The crisis has raised fears of a The paramedics spoke to the and after state radio broadcast return to widespread violence in helicopter pilot, who informed the A medical team from Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) tend to a man hurt by an earthquake that again struck Nepal a message from Nkurunziza, a the impoverished country, which prime minister. REUTERS on May 12 at Jhankhu village, yesterday. major attack was launched by is still recovering from a 13-year pro-coup troops, which was civil war that ended in 2006 and fought off. left hundreds of thousands dead. “We had stopped transmit- Opposition and rights groups ting during the attack. Now insist that it is unconstitutional the fighting has stopped we can for Nkurunziza, who has been in resume. It is still loyalist soldiers office since 2005, to run for more 23 killed in latest DR Congo massacres who are in control,” the station’s than two terms. The president, director Jerome Nzokirantevye however, argues his first term GOMA, DR CONGO: Twenty- major trading hub of Beni in DR The security situation in the Beni, which has a population said in a broadcast. did not count as he was elected three people have been killed in Congo’s North Kivu province. region has dramatically deterio- of half a million, has been para- The streets were largely by parliament, not directly by two new massacres blamed on The latest massacres occurred rated since last week, with five lysed by the protest action, with deserted by civilians as sporadic the people. Ugandan rebels in the restless near the town of Mbau, not far killed near Beni on Monday and hundreds of residents marching clashes could be heard in other Nkurunziza, a former rebel east of the Democratic Republic from Beni, regional administra- seven killed in a similar massacre through the streets on Tuesday, parts of the city, while plumes of leader from the Hutu major- of Congo, a regional official told tor Amisi Kalonda told AFP by on Friday. chanting slogans against authori- smoke were seen on the city sky- ity and born-again Christian, AFP yesterday. telephone. “We are outraged by the mas- ties before being dispersed by line. The bodies of three soldiers also believes he ascended to the The killings are the latest The Muslim rebels of the ADF sacres,” said Teddy Kataliko, police. were seen by an AFP journalist presidency with divine backing. blamed on the rebels of the Allied launched an insurgency in neigh- president of Beni’s civil society Authorities urged people to lying in the street. More than 25 people have Democratic Forces (ADF), who bouring Uganda against President body which this week initiated return to work, but strikes con- “We control virtually the been killed and scores wounded are accused of murdering more Yoweri Museveni in the mid-1990s a protest movement against the tinued. On Wednesday the pro- entire city. The soldiers who in the unrest since late April. than 300 people in seven months and later established bases on the government’s incapacity to pro- tests spread to the nearby cities are being deployed are on our AFP of massacres in and around the Congolese side of the border. tect the population. of Oicha and Butembo. AFP FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Taliban kill 14 in Kabul guest house siege American, Italian and two Pakistanis among victims KABUL: Fourteen people, most people, including foreigners and important people and Americans of them foreigners, were killed Afghans, were killed in the attack, were attending”. in a Taliban attack on a Kabul but deaths confirmed by overseas The attack was also claimed by guest house that trapped dozens governments saw the toll of for- the Taliban-allied Haqqani net- attending a concert and trig- eigners rise. work that is believed to be based gered an hours-long stand-off “Fifty-four people were rescued out of the porous Afghanistan- with Afghan forces, officials said by security forces,” Rahimi added, Pakistan border region. yesterday. after a large number of armed “One of our suicide squads car- Four Indians, two Pakistanis, an personnel swooped on the guest ried out the raid. We prepared for American, an Italian and a British- house, located in an upmarket it for two months and will con- Afghan dual national were among district and popular with inter- tinue to carry out these attacks,” those killed in the overnight siege national aid agency workers. a senior Haqqani commander in on the Park Palace, which was An Indian foreign ministry offi- charge of suicide operations said about to host a performance by a cial said that “unfortunately four by telephone. well-known Afghan singer. Indians have died in the attack as Afghan police gave conflicting The Taliban claimed responsi- per the information we have so accounts of how many gunmen bility for the seven-hour assault, far”. were involved. Afghan security officials stand guard at the entrance of Park Palace guest house in Kabul yesterday. which triggered explosions and US embassy spokeswoman “So far we have identified one bursts of gunfire. It came as Monica Cummings said: “Our attacker, but we are looking to see Police could be seen surround- Afghan forces are now solely once-frosty relationship between Afghan forces face their first fight- thoughts are with the families of if there were more,” Rahimi said. ing the guest house yesterday, responsible for security in the the two countries. Afghan offi- ing season against the insurgents the victims at this time.” The Park Palace was due to host blocking access to the building. volatile country, after Nato’s cials have frequently accused without the full support of US-led The Pakistani embassy said two a concert by classical singer Altaf Inside, doors were smashed combat mission formally ended longtime nemesis Pakistan foreign combat troops. of its nationals were killed and the Hussain, with several VIPs invited, along with tables and windows, in December with a small follow- of harbouring and nurturing “An attack against civilians British embassy confirmed the when the gunfire started, a guest while blood stained the floors, up force staying on to train and Taliban insurgents. gathered for a cultural event in death of a British-Afghan dual house employee said. according to the employee. Other support local personnel. But Ghani has actively courted the Park Palace hotel in Kabul national, adding in a statement The employee, who did not wish tables prepared for the concert in The attack came a day after Pakistan since coming to power in killed 14 civilians and injured sev- that “the next of kin have been to be named, said he barricaded the front yard still had refresh- a visit to Kabul by Pakistani what observers say is a calculated eral others,” the United Nations informed and we are providing himself in a room in the building ments laid out. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, move to pressure the insurgents Assistance Mission in Afghanistan consular assistance”. when the shoot-out began and Amnesty International con- who assured Afghanistan of to come to the negotiating table. (UNAMA) said in a statement. The Taliban, which has stepped heard several people screaming in demned the attack, saying it was Islamabad’s full support in its In a statement strongly con- A senior Afghan police official up assaults on government and the corridors as gunshots rang out. a “stark reminder of the Taliban’s battle against the Taliban, saying demning Wednesday’s assault, requesting anonymity confirmed foreign targets, said that the He later managed to flee the contempt for human life” and “the enemies of Afghanistan can- Pakistan’s foreign ministry reiter- the toll. attack was carried out by a sin- guest house and said he saw at reflected “a worrying new surge not be the friends of Pakistan”. ated that “terrorism is our com- Kabul police chief Abdul gle gunman and “planned care- least five blood-covered bodies in the armed group’s targeting of His unusually strong remarks mon enemy”. Rahman Rahimi earlier said five fully to target the party in which lying near the entrance. civilians around the country”. are the latest sign of a thaw in the AFP Karachi at a standstill after Shia massacre Afghan clerics uneasy KARACHI: Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi was brought to at civil rights protests a standstill yesterday follow- ing the massacre of 44 minor- KABUL: Powerful religious will obey any orders I give them. I ity Shia Ismaili Muslims in the leaders in Afghanistan are can turn Kabul city upside down.” first attack officially claimed by growing uneasy about the chal- Baligh blamed the government the Islamic State group in the lenge to their authority posed for failing to enforce laws that country. by rare civil rights protests in would require it to punish those Hundreds of distraught rela- Kabul and widespread anger who offend Islam. tives lined the streets around a over the lynching of a young While small, the protests have cemetery in the city’s eastern woman wrongly accused of been unusually provocative for Safoora Goth area, passing the burning a Quran. Afghanistan, where few openly coffins of the men and women The highest religious authority, challenge what women’s rights who were killed on Wednesday the Ulema Council, exerts consid- activists say are customs and laws when up to six gunmen stormed erable influence in the country. that discriminate against them a bus and shot them in the head But a series of demonstrations and perpetuate abuses common and upper body. in the capital Kabul promoting under the Taliban. The provincial chief minister women’s rights has prompted the Further alarming the Ulema had announced a day of mourn- clerics to threaten to withdraw has been a much broader public ing and all markets, shops and support for President Ashraf outcry over the brutal killing of a schools were shut and public Ghani. woman in central Kabul in March. transport was suspended. Some Ulema members say Farkhunda, a 27-year-old stu- Schools, colleges and universi- that Ghani, who took office in dent, was wrongly accused of ties also postponed examinations. September, has failed to consult burning a Quran, Islam’s holy The toll from the attack rose with them and seek their advice to book. She was beaten to death by from 43 to 44 after a wounded the same extent that his predeces- an angry mob before her body was woman died at the city’s Aga sor, Hamid Karzai, did. set on fire and thrown on to the Khan hospital, a spokesman said. Numbering some 3,000 cler- banks of the city’s main river. Ambulances carry the coffins of victims of an attack on members of the Shia Ismaili community, to a graveyard Karachi police chief Ghulam ics and scholars, and headed by a During ensuing demonstrations, Qadir Thebo said the police had for burial in Karachi, yesterday. 150-strong National Council, the some people in the crowd shouted rounded up several suspects and Ulema can sway public opinion “Death to mullahs”, language most most of them were members of said the attackers seemed to be significantly through mosques often used to denounce the United banned militant outfits. locals. US offers help to probe attack across the country that are still States. Thebo said: “According to ini- “The attacker seemed to be the main source of Afghan social Religious council leader Abdul tial investigations, there were local and knew the area well. WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday offered to help cohesion. Basir Haqqani recently told a six attackers. Three went inside Maybe their handlers were from Pakistan investigate a deadly Karachi bus attack which left 44 Shia In recent months, a women’s gathering that the Ulema had the bus and three remained out- outside Pakistan,” he said. Ismailis dead, in the first assault in the country claimed by the rights activist walked around been more insulted during Ghani’s side. They fired with 9 mm and “In a previous attack on Bohri Islamic State group. Kabul in a body suit. In another seven months in power than at Kalashnikov rifles.” community mosque the attackers “We will support efforts to bring all those responsible to justice and demonstration, a group of men any time in Afghanistan’s history. Wednesday’s attack was the also left a pamphlet, investiga- stand ready to provide assistance to the investigation of this tragic assembled in public wearing all- Civil rights activists said they first in the country officially tors are looking into whether it attack,” US Secretary of State John Kerry said. covering blue burqas worn by most were determined to promote their claimed by the Islamic State is the same group which struck Kerry condemned what he called a “heinous attack,” adding the women in Afghanistan. cause despite the risk of reprisals. group, which controls swathes of yesterday,” he added, referring to “American people stand in solidarity with the people of Pakistan.” “We ask the government to tell “What will future genera- territory in Iraq and Syria. another Shia minority sect. “Make no mistake: There is more strength by far in the respect and them (civil rights groups) to stop. tions do? Stay in the same, brutal It was also claimed by local Wednesday’s attack was the solidarity that we feel towards one another than there could ever be Otherwise, we know how to stop society,” asked Leena Alam, who militant faction Jundullah, which second-deadliest in Pakistan this in any terrorist attack,” he added in a statement. them,” Ulema Council member played Farkhunda in a recent reportedly pledged its allegiance year after 62 Shia Muslims were Kerry offered his condolences to the victims and their families as Enayatullah Baligh, an adviser to public re-enactment of her mur- to the group last year. killed in a suicide bombing in late well as “the Aga Khan, who has led the Ismaili community in investing the president and university lec- der designed to raise awareness of Thebo, the police chief, was January. in so many important development and education projects not only in turer, said at his office. abuse against women. “We have to cautious about the claims and AFP Pakistan, but around the world.” AFP “I have 7,000 supporters who start somewhere.” REUTERS Solar-powered ATMs to deliver clean drinking water in Pakistan LAHORE: Punjab province is set to Jawad Abbasi, a programme manager at In its first phase, the project will Similar card-based water dispensing human right,” he said. launch an innovation for water-short IPAL. cover three districts of Punjab including systems are already in use in India. Iqbal said the clean water would be Pakistan: Solar-powered ATMs that “The innovative machines will help Bahawalpur, Rajanpur and Faisalabad, According to Punjab Saaf Pani provided free of cost but beneficiary com- dispense clean water when a smart the government maintain a record of the all areas with particularly serious water Company, only 13 percent of the people munities would pool money each month card is scanned. exact quantity of clean drinking water contamination issues, experts said. in rural areas have access to tap water, to pay for maintenance of the ATMs and The two-foot-square prototype being dispensed in a day in a specific Each beneficiary family will be entitled compared to 43 percent of the people in filtration plants. machine looks and functions like an locality, besides ensuring its quality,” he to collect a maximum of 30 litres of clean urban areas of Punjab. The province, with According to Pakistan’s national drink- ATM, but dispenses water instead of said. drinking water daily from the filtration 98 million people, is the country’s most ing water policy, 35 percent of Pakistan’s cash. Users are issued a card they can The quality and quantity of water plants with their unique identity card, populous. population doesn’t have access to safe use to claim a daily share of water. being dispensed will be tracked in real Abbasi said. The government of Punjab aims to drinking water. The policy estimates that The project, a collaboration between time online, through a central server, he “We are planning to install the provide clean drinking water to over diseases related to water, sanitation and the Punjab Saaf Pani (Clean Water) said. machines at 20 filtration plants in the 35 million people by the middle of 2017 hygiene issues cost Pakistan’s economy Company and the Innovations for Poverty The devices play an audio message first phase that will benefit some 17,500 and some 20 billion rupees (almost about 112 billion rupees ($1.1bn) each Alleviation Lab (IPAL), a research cen- upon authentication of a scanned card, families,” he said. $200m) is being allocated for the effort year in health costs and lost earnings. tre in Lahore, aims to install a water after which they dispense water for the He said that his organisation in the upcoming budget, said Muhammad Nazir Ahmed Wattoo, an environ- ATM on each of a series of water filtra- user. Green and red buttons enable the was seeking $23,500 in aid from the Farasat Iqbal, chief executive officer of mental expert with the Punjab Anjuman tion plants being established in rural and user to start and stop the flow of water. UK Department of International Punjab Saaf Pani Company. Samaji Behbood (Organisation for Social urban fringe areas of Punjab province. A flow control meter manages how Development to put the prototype into “It’s one of the top priorities of the pro- Welfare) said few water conservation sys- The machine is designed to help the much water is dispensed, and sen- production and install more of the dis- vincial government, to ensure provision tems are in place in Pakistan, resulting in government cut water waste and ensure sors measure the amount of water still pensing machines at existing water filtra- of clean drinking water in each locality, waste both in daily use and in agriculture. people have access to clean water, said available. tion plants in Punjab. as access to clean water is a fundamental REUTERS FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Modi and Xi discuss border, trade deficit PM begins China visit; agreements to be signed today

XI’AN, CHINA: With China’s He said both the leaders “built said the two leaders also discussed rich cultural heritage and the on the chemistry” that had sharing information on trans-bor- ancient links of Buddhism form- started with Xi’s India visit last der rivers. ing a grand backdrop, Prime year. “The talks were wide ranging, Minister Narendra Modi yes- Modi, attired in a black band- and regional, global issues came terday held summit level talks hgala suit, spoke in Hindi, while up,” he said. with President Xi Jinping dur- Xi spoke in Chinese. The Chinese president spoke ing which the border issue, the The Chinese president recalled of the “miracle of Gujarat” under widening trade imbalance and his visit to Ahmedabad and said: Modi and said the prime min- “strengthening trust” were high “You received me very warmly in ister was “trying to do it at the on the agenda. your hometown. I am very glad national level.” Modi, who arrived in the morn- to receive you in my hometown.” “Terrorism naturally came up,” ing in the historic city of Xi’an, “That left me with deep and Jaishankar said, and added that the capital of Shaanxi province good impression,” Xi said. there was reference to the terror and the hometown of President The Chinese president said it attack in Kabul and Karachi. Xi, spent a busy day, absorbing was the first time he was meeting The two leaders discussed the the ancient civilisational gran- a foreign leader outside Beijing. Nepal quake, UNSC reforms deur of Xi’an at the Terracotta Jaishankar said the two leaders and India’s membership of the Warriors Museum, the Da Xing spoke of the need to strengthen Nuclear Suppliers Group. Shan Buddhist temple and the cooperation on countering terror- Later, Xi accompanied Modi Wild Goose Pagoda. ism and on “strengthening trust to the Wild Goose Pagoda, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping wave as they visit Dacien Buddhist Temple in President Xi, who was wel- and increasing convergences”. showed him around some of the comed by Modi in Ahmedabad and The niggling border issue, main- Buddhist relics, in the way that Xian, Shaanxi province, China, yesterday. treated to a colourful walk along taining peace and tranquillity on Modi had personally taken him the Sabarmati river front during the border was also discussed. around the Sabarmati Ashram of spectacular cultural performance the Terracotta Warriors Museum, The temple was originally built his India visit last September, in India’s concerns over China going Mahatma Gandhi. at the Pot City courtyard which a UN World Heritage site that in the Jin Dynasty and was recon- a reciprocal gesture, welcomed ahead with an economic corridor Modi presented a sapling of reflected the close Buddhist links houses neat rows of terracotta structed in 582 A.D. Modi in his hometown Xi’an. project with Pakistan that cuts the Mahabodhi tree to the tem- of the twonations. Modi presented sculptures, depicting the armies Late in the evening, Modi left The over 90-minute talks through Pakistan-administered ple, which was built in 652 A.D. Xi a replica of a casket containing of Qin Shi Huang, the first for Beijing, on the second leg of between the two Asian leaders, Kashmir is understood to have during the Tang dynasty. the sacred relics of Lord Buddha. emperor of China. his three-day China visit. held at the Shaanxi Guest House, been raised. Modi was accorded a tradi- The casket was excavated from The museum has a collection of He will hold talks with his were “very substantive and the The widening trade deficit and tional Tang dynasty welcome Dev-ni-Mori, near Vadnagar in over 8,000 life-size clay warriors. Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, atmosphere was very comfort- the investment climate came up, ceremony at the South City Wall. Gujarat in 1957. He also presented At the Da Xing Shan temple, and several agreements are set to able”, said Foreign Secretary S as well as connectivity issues, the Later, he attended a banquet Xi a stone statue of Buddha. Modi offered prayers as orange- be inked today. Tomorrow, he goes Jaishankar, briefing newspersons. foreign secretary said, Jaishankar hosted by Xi. Modi also attended a In the morning, Modi visited robed monks chanted prayers. to Shanghai. IANS

Couple beaten to death, burnt Govt clears deal for 56 Airbus transport planes

NEW DELHI: India’s defence purchase of 145 ultra-light how- and assembled by Tata Advanced for the transport planes even contract negotiations for the air- by relatives procurement agency has cleared itzers from the United States as Systems in India. though it was a single vendor case,” craft are expected to conclude by the purchase of 56 transport part of its efforts to modernise They would be the first mili- said a defence source who asked the end of this year. in Bihar planes from Europe’s Airbus in the military. tary planes built by an Indian not to be identified in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi collaboration with local part- The transport planes are private company on Indian soil. defence ministry rules. is seeking greater involvement of NEW DELHI: An ner Tata Sons in a deal worth intended to replace the Indian Air Current manufacturing is dom- Under Indian procurement Indian companies in the defence Indian schoolgirl and her an estimated $1.9bn, a defence Force’s ageing fleet of Avro air- inated by state-run Hindustan rules, there must be more than market and to reduce the armed older lover were beaten ministry source said yesterday. craft. Under the bid, Airbus will Aeronautics. one bidder for any contract in play forces’ dependence on foreign to death in eastern India The government also approved supply 16 of the C295 planes in “The defence acquisition council unless it is cleared by the defence manufacturers as part of his and their bodies burnt a Russian proposal to build Kamov “flyaway” condition and the subse- has given its approval to negotiate acquisition council headed by the “Make in India” programme. by a group of outraged light helicopters in India and the quent 40 would be manufactured with the Airbus-Tata consortium defence minister. The source said REUTERS relatives in a suspected “honour killing”, police said yesterday. Fifteen-year-old Parvati Thundery weather Devi and Jairam Manjhi, 25, who was already mar- Four Indians killed in ried to someone else, were attacked with sticks and stones in front of villag- Kabul attack identified ers in impoverished Bihar state on Wednesday, police NEW DELHI: The four Indians killed in the overnight Taliban said. attack at a guest house in Kabul have been identified as Mathew Manu Maharaj, police George, R K Bhatti, Satish Chandra and Martha Farrel, army chief of Gaya district, said sources said. Two of those killed were from Kerala, one from the couple was brought Chandigarh and one from Andhra Pradesh. before a council of elders Martha Farrell, 56, was to return to India from Afghanistan on by the girl’s family after Saturday. An official from NGO Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) they eloped and were found said that Farrell was the spokesperson for a training programme con- living in a neighbouring ducted by the Aga Khan Trust. She was in Afghanistan from May 9 village. and was to return on May 16. But relatives attacked the Army sources said Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s couple when they refused to special envoy for good governance Ahmad Zia Massoud visited the agree to the council’s request attack scene in Kabul late on Wednesday night where a group of mili- for some kind of compro- tants launched a coordinated attack. mise on their relationship, They said Massoud told reporters near the Park Palace guest house Maharaj said, adding that that militants attacked it thinking the Indian ambassador was present some of the family members in the compound. The sources said Massoud termed it a political attack have been arrested. but did not elaborate further. They said the ambassador was at the “They mercilessly beat residence of India’s military attache in Kabul at the time of the incident. the couple and later burnt A single gunman attacked the guest house in Kabul’s Kolola Pushta their dead bodies outside late on Wednesday night where a musical concert was scheduled to be the village. There were held, killing 14 people. An American, a British citizen and an Italian more than 100 villagers A pedestrian walks with an umbrella as lightning strikes during an evening thunderstorm in Jammu yesterday. were also killed in the attack. present when the couple was lynched,” he said. “It seems to be an honour killing case. More than 15 Nine youngsters booked for people were involved,” he Achuthanandan opposes handing said. murder in WWE-style fight India has long wit- nessed so-called honour over Vizhinjam port to Adani HYDERABAD: Nine youth, including two juveniles, have been held killings — where couples and charged with murder in connection with the death of a teen- are targeted because their ager in a WWE-style fight here earlier his month, police said yes- families or communities KOCHI: Veteran CPI-M leader on making the dream Vizhinjam oppose Adani ports now, when in terday. Police, who had registered a case of death under suspicious disapprove of their rela- V S Achuthanandan yester- port project a reality will be his tenure (2006-11), his govern- circumstances, have now altered it to a murder case. The accused tionships — especially in day opposed the handing over taken by the Kerala cabinet next ment had contacted Adani for the have also been booked for giving false information and abetment. rural areas. the proposed Vizhinjam port in week after the board of directors proposed Vizhinjam port. Deputy Commissioner of Police V Satyanarayana said the youth were They are carried out by Kerala to Adani Ports. of the proposed port under the “In the next few days, I will be taken into custody and they also seized two two-wheelers and mobile relatives or village elders In a statement issued here, chairmanship of Chief Minister meeting the media to expose the phones. The accused have been sent to judicial custody. Police said they to protect what is seen as he said that it is most unfortu- Oommen Chandy approved the Left and their ways of confusing would seek their custody for gathering more evidence. the family’s reputation and nate that Kerala’s dream project empowered committee decision of the people of the state,” he said. Nabeel Mohammed, 18, was killed in a WWE-style fight with his pride. Vizhinjam port has been handed going ahead with the project after The Rs30bn first phase of the friend, Owais Patel, 19, in the early hours of May 3 at Panjeshah in Police in northern over to a private player, the Adani Adani Ports, last month, turned port is to come up near the famed the old city. Nabeel, a class 12 student, collapsed and died after Owais Haryana state have not yet Group, headed by Gautam Adani out to be the lone bidder for build- Kovalam beach and is expected punched him indiscriminately on his head and chest. made any arrests over the who is known to be the close to ing the Vizhinjam port. to be completed in three phases, The group of youngsters shifted Nabeel to a hospital, where doctors murder of a young couple Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “It’s sad that when Modi is giv- with the first phase to be ready declared him dead. They told his family that he died in an accident whose naked bodies were “Modi in a way has become ing entry to Adani group in sev- by 2019. while doing stunts on his bike. found last month stuffed the lead player in handing over eral key areas and here Chandy Adani Ports was the lone bid- The deceased was buried the same day. However, his father who came in metal boxes in a park. lot of projects to the Adani group, is playing second fiddle to Modi der and had sought Rs.16.35bn from Dubai had doubts about the cause of death and he approached Supreme Court in 2011 especially in Gujarat. Even the in bringing in Adani. During our as grant for the proposed port police, which registered a case of death under suspicious circumstances ruled those involved in hon- next unit of the Cochin Shipyard tenure, we always held all party project. on May 7. During the investigations, police found a video of the fight our killings should face the is going to be commissioned in meetings to take forward projects, Last month, this became the taken by Abdul Qavi, one of the accused, through his mobile phone. death penalty. Gujarat,” said Achuthanandan, a but Chandy is indulging in unde- first port project in the country The video footage, which went viral over social media and was also AFP former chief minister of Kerala. sirable acts,” said Achuthanandan. to get a Rs8bn viability gap fund- telecast on television channels, showed how Nabeel collapsed due to On Wednesday, Kerala Ports Babu however said it is hypo- ing from the central government. punches hit by Owais. The video also had a running commentary in Minister K. Babu said the final call critical of Achuthanandan to IANS the voice of Qavi. AGENCIES FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Qatar bourse index crosses 12,500 mark Honda adds to Takata air bag recalls TOKYO: Honda Motor Co yes- sealed properly, allowing mois- “While we are not able to Takata rivals Autoliv and Daicel terday recalled close to 5 million ture to seep into the propellent determine the cause of the prob- Corp, as well as by Takata itself. Market cap rises to QR666bn vehicles fitted with potentially casing that could make the lems there is a possibility there It said the recall, which includes faulty Takata Corp air bag infla- air bag explode with excessive will be more recalls,” said Honda its Fit subcompact, did not affect DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) markets continued to digest index tors, as investigations showed force, shooting shrapnel inside spokesman Teruhiko Tatebe. any vehicles in the United States benchmark index broke the compiler MSCI’s semi-annual the problem behind one of the the vehicle. Honda, Toyota and Nissan said - where most of its previous 12,500 mark yesterday, defying a review, which was positive for biggest auto safety crises may be Six deaths have been linked the recalls were precautionary, recalls have been. drop in 22 stocks. most Gulf markets but sent Egypt’s more widespread than thought. to defective air bags, all on cars and there were no reports of The total Takata-linked recalls The main index hit 12,550 lev- bourse to a five-month low. The latest move by Japan’s made by Honda, which has borne accidents or injuries. top the largest U.S. recall of 21 els before settling at 12,515 points, Saudi Arabia’s main index edged third largest carmaker brings the brunt of the Takata recalls to Asked about the latest recalls, million vehicles by Ford Motor up 1.20 percent. MSCI’s semian- up 0.6 percent as blue-chip lend- the overall global total of vehi- date, and which posted disappoint- a Takata spokesman said the Co in the 1980s for a parking gear nual review and inclusion of some ers Al Rajhi Bank and National cles recalled for Takata-related ing profit forecasts last month company would continue to coop- problem, according to US safety stocks on the MSCI emerging mar- Commercial Bank rose 2.4 and 1.5 air bags to around 36 million citing high quality-related costs. erate with the carmakers. regulators and safety advocates. ket index lifted market sentiments. percent respectively. since 2008, and comes a day after Carmakers have been conduct- Takata Chief Financial Officer Takata faces multiple class- Ezdan was the market leader, Saudi Basic Industries jumped Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan ing their own investigations into Yoichiro Nomura told analysts that action lawsuits in the United both in terms of value and vol- 2.2 percent even as oil prices Motor Co recalled 6.5 million Takata air bags. the company, which has boosted States and Canada, as well as a US ume. The real estate major jumped swung between gain and loss on vehicles worldwide. Most of Takata’s previous production to supply replacement criminal investigation and regula- 10 percent, lifting the entire real worries about global economic Daihatsu Motors Co Ltd said recalls were to replace air bags inflators, had “no plans for now” to tory probe. It has said it expects to estate sector by 5.26 percent. growth. Al Tayyar Travel Group it recalled nearly 260,000 cars. made at factories in the United set aside more cash for the latest return to profit this financial year The bourse gained 233.69 points, rose 1.8 percent. Honda said it decided to recall States and Mexico where mois- recalls, the spokesman added. even though it made few provi- or 1.90 percent last week. Trading MSCI on Tuesday published a the cars after finding some ture got into the casing, the com- Honda said it would use sions for costs related to the recall. value last week increased by 22.25 standalone index for Saudi Arabia; Takata bag inflators were not pany and automakers have said. replacement parts supplied by REUTERS percent to QR2.7bn. the stock’s addition was the only Trading volume increased by 47 change from a provisional Saudi percent to over 75 million shares, benchmark published last year. while the number of transactions Saudi Arabia will open its stock China expo rose by 8.76 percent to 30,911 as market to the first wave of quali- compared to 28,421 transactions fied foreign investors on June 15, Aldar’s profit the previous week, QE weekly data although analysts expect fund suggested. inflows to be slow and gradual. buoyed by Market capitalisation rose by Dubai’s index lagged, inching 0.85 percent to reach QR666bn up just 0.1 percent as construc- rental business last week compared to QR 660bn tion companies Drake and Scull at the end of previous week. The International (DSI) and Arabtec DUBAI: Abu Dhabi’s Aldar real estate sector led trading value fell 3 and 1.2 percent. Properties reported a 36 per- last week, accounting for 32.71 per- DSI reported a 38 percent drop cent rise in first-quarter net cent of the total, followed by the in first-quarter profit yesterday, profit yesterday as costs fell and banking and financial services sec- missing an analyst’s estimate as earnings from its rental busi- tor, which accounted for 31.84 per- revenue fell, and it warned that ness surged. cent. The industrials sector ranked difficulties in Saudi Arabia would Aldar, like other developers in third, accounting for 13.80 percent affect its performance this year. the UAE such as Dubai’s Emaar followed by insurance sector. Egypt’s market dropped 2.6 Properties, has diversified its The trading volume was led by percent to a five-month low of income away from property sales the real estate sector, followed by 8,303 points, extending losses and into recurring revenue busi- the banking and financial services after MSCI’s decision to exclude nesses — such as residential, office sector, industrials sector and con- Telecom Egypt from its emerging and retail rentals, plus hotels and sumer goods and services sector. markets index. hospitality. This has helped miti- Of the 43 companies listed, 23 Telecom Egypt tumbled 6.7 per- gate volatility in the country’s real ended higher last week, 16 fell and cent after falling its daily 10 per- estate sector — which has gone four remained unchanged. cent limit in the previous session, from boom to bust to boom again Ezdan was the value leader of the and many other Egyptian stocks — and Aldar has now reported week, accounting for 18.74 percent also fell sharply. rising profits in seven out of the of the total trading value, followed CIB on Wednesday reported a 38 last eight quarters. by Barwa Real Estate and Masraf percent rise in first-quarter profit. It made a net profit of Dh618m Al Rayan. Talaat Moustafa, a property firm, ($168.3m) in the three months posted a 17 percent increase in to March 31, it said in a bourse GULF MARKETS RISE quarterly profit An exhibitor shows a smart city data mining cloud platform at the 18th China International High-Tech statement. That compared with THE PENINSULA/REUTERS Meanwhile, Middle East stock Expo (CHITEC) in Beijing yesterday. The government-sponsored expo runs until May 17. a profit of Dh453.4m in the cor- responding period of 2014. Aldar’s first-quarter revenue fell 19.5 percent to Dh1.38bn, year-on- year, but its quarterly gross profit margin rose to 47 percent, from 20 percent. The higher margin was Sharp announces $1.86bn loss, plans job cuts due to “a significant improvement in the quality of our earnings”, Chief Financial Officer Greg Fewer TOKYO: Japanese electron- but it did not give a net profit its bid to repair a badly damaged sale of preferred shares, spooking Panasonic emerging as the leader said. “This is set to continue,” he ics giant Sharp yesterday said forecast. balance sheet. investors who worried about their as it focuses less on consumer added. Quarterly gross profit from that it was cutting thousands of The embattled Aquos-brand “Our company is facing an holdings being diluted. The stock products and more on goods sold recurring revenue jumped 61 per- jobs in a fresh turnaround plan maker said it would sell the build- extremely difficult situation,” lost 0.99 percent to close at 200.0 to other businesses. cent to Dh368m. to keep it afloat as the strug- ing that houses its Osaka head- president Kozo Takahashi told yen on Thursday in Tokyo, before Last month, Panasonic said Aldar’s first-quarter revenue gling firm posted a bigger-than- quarters to raise cash, roll out reporters. “By implementing its results were released. that its annual profit soared 49 included Dh579m from property expected $1.86bn annual loss. unspecified pay cuts, and launch these structural reforms, we Sharp, like rivals Sony and percent, crediting its lesser- development and sales, Dh453m The 222bn yen net loss — much a drastic capital reduction plan to believe we can see a concrete path Panasonic, has been working to known auto parts unit and lower from investment properties — bigger than an earlier 30bn yen wipe away huge losses. toward recovery.” move past years of gaping deficits, costs. residential, office and retail rent- forecast — came as Sharp said it Sharp — a major Apple supplier Sales in the last fiscal year partly caused by steep losses in Sony, by contrast, booked a als — and Dh157m from its hotel would cut about 10 percent of its and leader in screens for smart- fell 4.8 percent 2.78 trillion yen, its television unit, which has been $1.1bn annual loss, but said it business. Direct costs dropped to 49,000-strong global workforce, phones and tablets — also said it Sharp said. On Monday, the hammered by competition from expects to swing back to profit- Dh737.5m. The company’s bor- including 3,500 jobs in Japan. would issue 200bn yen worth of company lost more than a quar- lower-cost rivals particularly in ability in the current fiscal year rowing costs fell to an average The firm said it hoped to new shares with no voting rights ter of its market value following South Korea and Taiwan. as it emerges from a painful cor- of 2.75 percent, from 5 percent a swing to an 80bn yen operating to Mizuho Bank and Bank of reports that it was planning a The trio have launched porate makeover. year earlier, Fewer said. profit in the current fiscal year, Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ as part of drastic capital reduction and the huge restructuring plans with AFP REUTERS

Largest solar plant in Latin America SIA Q4 net profit surges 47pc

SINGAPORE: Singapore to Sg$1.29bn from Sg$1.38bn dur- carrier by market value accord- Airlines said yesterday that its ing the quarter. World oil prices ing to Bloomberg News, said the fourth quarter net profit surged have fallen sharply since June last depreciation of “key revenue-gen- 47 percent year-on-year as its year due to a global supply glut. erating currencies” such as the fuel bill declined, but warned SIA said full-year profits were Australian dollar, Japanese yen of a tough outlook due to stiff dragged down by “weaker share and the euro will “place further competition. of results from joint venture and pressure on yield and demand”. Net profit in the three months associated companies”. SIA cur- A strengthening US dollar will to March 31 rose to Sg$39.6m rently owns 55.8 percent of Tiger increase operating costs, it said. ($30.05m) from Sg$27m in the Airways after it annexed the strug- Despite an improving perform- same period a year ago on revenue gling budget carrier last year. ance from its freight arm, SIA of Sg$3.88bn, up from Sg$3.63bn. For the full year to March, Cargo, the airline said “cargo For the full year to March, Tiger’s losses widened to Sg$264.2 yields are expected to remain net profit jumped 2.34 percent to million from Sg$223m a year ago, under pressure due to excess Sg$367.9m from Sg$359.5m, the the airline reported separately capacity in the market”. airline, known as SIA, said in a on May 4. SIA said the outlook The airline said its subsidiaries filing to the Singapore Exchange. remains tough. SilkAir, Scoot and Tiger Airways Full-year revenue was Sg$15.57bn, “Market conditions remain chal- will add new routes this year, up 2.1 percent from Sg$15.24bn. lenging amid an uncertain global which will see its network expand Fourth quarter performance economic outlook. Demand in to 119 destinations from the cur- was boosted due to reduced oper- key markets is soft, primarily on rent 116, across 35 countries. ating expenditure from lower fuel Americas and European routes,” it SIA currently has 105 passenger Newly installed solar panels seen at the Honduran Solar Energy Company SA and Solar Power SA prices, and improved passenger said. “Competition remains intense aircraft including 19 Airbus A380 (Soupy) solar power plant in Nacaome, Honduras. The plant, the largest solar plant in Latin America, yields that benefited from “strin- as other airlines continue to inject superjumbos. SIA shares fell 0.26 can provide more than 10 percent of the electricity needed in the country, officials said. gent inventory control”, SIA said. capacity with aggressive pricing,” percent to Sg$11.64 ahead of the Fuel costs, which account for the airline added. release of the earnings report. over a third of expenditures, fell The airline, Asia’s third-largest AFP FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Jobless claims in US fall to 15-year low Labour market tightening

WASHINGTON: The number which economists said was con- of Americans filing new claims sistent with monthly job gains in for unemployment benefits fell excess of 200,000, underscored the last week to near a 15-year Fed’s dilemma. low, indicating the jobs market Policy makers believe the econ- was on solid footing even as the omy is poised to strengthen and economy struggles to regain the labour market appears to be momentum after abruptly slow- tightening, but surprisingly soft ing in the first quarter. growth and subdued inflation Despite the tightening labour pressures are complicating their market, a strong dollar and lower plans to lift rates. The US central oil prices are keeping inflation bank, which has a 2 percent infla- under wraps. That trend along tion target, has kept its key short- with signs of modest economic term interest rate near zero since growth early in the second quarter December 2008. would suggest the Federal Reserve In a separate report, the Labour will probably not raise interest Department said its producer price rates until later in the year. index for final demand fell 0.4 “The labour market is doing percent last month as the cost of well ... inflation is not going any- energy products and food declined. where fast. There is no urgency It was the third time this year that for the Fed to start normaliz- the PPI dropped and followed a 0.2 ing monetary policy, they will percent increase in March. likely wait until September,” said Producer prices also were A man walks next to an abandoned factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, yesterday. Ryan Sweet, a senior economist weighed down by declining profit at Moody’s Analytics in West margins at retailers and whole- Chester Pennsylvania. salers. In the 12 months through Initial claims for state unem- April, producer prices fell 1.3 ployment benefits slipped 1,000 percent, the biggest year-on-year Greece risks deep recession: EBRD to a seasonally adjusted 264,000 decline since 2010, after declining for the week ended May 9, the 0.8 percent in March. TBILISI: A failure by Greece to But “these forecasts would be “Business confidence has will otherwise be unable to repay. Labor Department said yesterday, “Despite an even tightening reach an agreement with credi- rendered completely invalid in been badly hit by widespread “It’s quite simple, these bonds within a whisker of a 15-year low labor market, inflation is totally tors could plunge the country into a negative scenario”, the EBRD fears that Greece may default must be pushed into the future, reached two weeks ago. Claims under control, complicating the another “major recession,” under- said in its report published dur- on its external debt obligations this is clear also to the ECB,” have been below 300,000, a thresh- Fed’s decision-making,” said Joel mining the improving outlook in ing its annual meeting held in the and perhaps, in an extreme sce- Varoufakis told a conference. old associated with a strengthen- Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Central Europe, the European Georgian capital Tbilisi. nario, even exit the eurozone,” The Greek bonds were part of ing labor market, for 10 straight Economic Advisers in Holland, Bank for Reconstruction and According to the report, the EBRD said in the first ever a batch purchased by the ECB in weeks. Economists had forecast Pennsylvania. “The Fed must keep Development (EBRD) said “Greece would likely fall back forecast provided for Greece, 2010 and 2011, he said. claims rising to 275,000. its finger on the trigger, even if it yesterday. into a major recession, the size where in March the bank said Varoufakis has warned that The four-week moving aver- doesn’t have to pull it just yet.” The chances of the Greek gov- and duration of which are diffi- it would start funding much- the country risks running out age of claims, considered a better Economists had forecast the ernment and its main creditors cult to quantify now,” if it misses needed investment. of cash within two weeks if no measure of labor market trends PPI rising 0.2 percent last month resolving the impasse remain sovereign debt payments and But four months of deadlock deal is reached with its creditors as it irons out week-to-week vola- and falling 0.8 percent from a unclear, the London-based insti- introduces capital controls, lim- between Greece’s radical left to unlock the last tranche of aid tility, fell to the lowest level since year ago. A drop of 0.7 percent in tution said in its latest economic its on deposit withdrawals, and Syriza-led government and its funds. Athens in July and August April 2000. the index for final demand goods forecast issued a day after offi- virtual currency to pay domestic EU-IMF creditors over the reforms is already scheduled to repay over The economy barely grew in accounted for more than 70 per- cial figures showed Greece had obligations. needed to release the remaining 6.0 billion euros to the ECB from the first quarter, held back by cent of the decline in the PPI slipped back into recession fol- Over the last six years, Greece bailout funds, has generated con- the same bonds, Varoufakis added. a range of factors, including the last month. Energy prices fell 2.9 lowing months of positive growth. lost a quarter of its gross domes- cerns Athens is running critically The EBRD also warned that dollar, bad weather and port dis- percent after rising 1.5 percent in The Greek economy, which tic product in a recession rooted short of cash and may soon end up any volatility related to the ruptions. Retail sales and manu- March. Food prices fell for a fifth grew by 0.8 percent in 2014, in the 2008 global financial crisis. defaulting, setting off a messy exit Greek crisis would dampen posi- facturing data suggest that the straight month. would show zero growth this The country’s economy started from the euro. tive trends in Central Europe and pace of activity, while picking up, Last month, the volatile trade year and expand by two percent to recover last year and registered Greece’s finance minister the Baltics (CEB), where growth remains modest. services component, which mostly in 2016, provided Athens reaches three consecutive quarters of pos- Yanis Varoufakis on Thursday forecasts were revised up thanks The dollar has gained about 11 reflects profit margins at retailers an agreement with its eurozone itive growth before contracting by called for the European Central to the stimulus from the eurozone percent against the currencies and wholesalers, fell 0.8 percent partners and the IMF to unlock 0.4 percent in the last quarter of Bank to agree for Athens to monetary easing and the positive of the main US trading part- after slipping 0.2 percent in the the bailout loan’s last tranche of 2014 and 0.2 percent in the first delay payment on some ¤27bn impact of falling oil prices. ners since June. The claims data, prior month. REUTERS ¤7.2bn ($8.2bn), the EBRD said. quarter of 2015. ($30bn) in Greek bonds that it AFP

European stocks Report: Qatar in the midst rise in light of infrastructure upgrade holiday trade DOHA: Qatar’s international necessary investment and subse- LONDON: Europe’s stock profile has been significantly ele- quent employment opportunities markets rose yesterday in light vated as a result of winning the offer significant opportunities to holiday trade, after US stocks right to host the 2022 World Cup. engage and employ the Qatari climbed higher following a From an investment per- population outside oil and gas, mixed batch of US economic spective, the World Cup-related which tends to rely on imported, data and corporate earnings. project deadline provides an foreign expertise. Trading was subdued in incentive for the country to com- On the performance of the QIF, Europe owing to a public holiday plete its infrastructure build-out the Insights Report noted that in Germany and France, but the and press on with plans to further the fund has outperformed the markets remained open. reduce the country’s dependence market over 1,3 and 5 years on a London’s benchmark FTSE on hydrocarbon revenues, an relative and risk adjusted basis. 100 index of leading compa- ‘investment insights’ produced QIF has grown its dividend at an nies closed up 0.34 percent to by Panmure on the London-listed average of 9 percent per annum 6,973.04 points. Qatar Investment Fund (QIF) for the last three years. In Paris, the CAC 40 rose noted. Launched in 2007, QIF offers 1.36 percent to 5,029.31 points, The report said Qatar is in the focused exposure to the growth while the DAX 30 in Frankfurt midst of a Chinese-style infra- opportunities in Qatar, specifically climbed 1.84 percent to structure upgrade that prom- its non-hydrocarbon economy. 11,559.82 points compared with ises to drive the economy at a The fund’s objective is to cap- Wednesday’s close. super-normal pace of 5-7 years ture the opportunities for growth A Bombardier aircraft CSseries readying for take off in Mirabel, Quebec. The euro, meanwhile, rallied as it scales up its infrastruc- offered by the Qatari economy by to a three-month peak at $1.1445, ture for both the 2022 World investing companies listed, prin- before slipping to $1.1363, which Cup and, concurrently, build- cipally, on the Qatar Exchange. was still up from $1.1354 late in ing a strong non-hydrocarbon The fund is managed by the Qatar Bombardier to cut 1,750 jobs New York on Wednesday, extend- economy to complement its Insurance Company (QIC). ing gains on bright eurozone eco- hydrocarbon economy. The THE PENINSULA MONTREAL: Weakened softness in demand recently in meanwhile, has increased by $2bn nomic growth data. by delays rolling out its new certain international markets and to $5.4bn. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones CSeries jetliners and sluggish are taking steps to adjust our pro- Lufthansa Group subsidiary Industrial Average rose 0.87 per- sales of business jets, Canadian duction accordingly,” Bombardier Swiss International Air Lines is cent to 18,217.11 points in mid- manufacturer Bombardier Business Aircraft president Eric scheduled to be the first customer day trades in New York. The announced yesterday a fourth Martel said in a statement. to receive delivery this year of the broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.75 Oil down on ample supply wave of layoffs in 18 months. Bombardier posted a loss of CS100, which is awaiting certifi- percent to 2,114.14, while the tech- It is cutting 1,750 jobs as it $1.2 billion last year blamed on cation, almost two years late. rich Nasdaq Composite Index won NEW YORK: Oil futures pulled back yesterday as ample global reduces its production rate of two delays to its CSeries passenger Meanwhile, Bombardier sus- 0.97 percent to 5,030.03. supply weighed on prices while Brent’s front-month June contract types of business jets — its Global aircraft program, restructur- pended its Learjet 85 business jet Asian equities mostly retreated headed to expiration. 5000 and Global 6000 aircraft. ing plans and the suspension of program in January due to “weak following the set of below-forecast Trading was choppy as market participants tried to square bullish “Current economic conditions its Learjet 85 business aircraft. market demand,” laying off 1,000 US data on Wednesday. factors, including recent drops in US inventories, spot demand for and geopolitical issues in some These have resulted in total cuts employees in Mexico and the US. Tokyo’s Nikkei index was the crude in Asia and Middle East unrest, with basic supply fundamentals market regions, such as Latin of 6,500 jobs or 16 percent of its Bombardier chief execu- biggest loser of Asia’s major mar- of historically high inventories and ample production. America, China and Russia, have workforce since December 2013. tive Alain Bellemare pledged to kets as the yen climbed against Expiring front-month Brent June crude fell 22 cents to settle at impacted order intake levels Repeated delays to the CSeries, shareholders last week to set the the dollar. $66.59 a barrel. July Brent fell 57 cents to settle at $66.70. US June industry-wide,” Bombardier said. a new type of aircraft designed to company back on a path to prof- Tokyo sank 0.98 percent and crude fell 62 cents to settle at $59.88. US RBOB petrol futures rose 1.70 About 1,000 jobs will be cut in compete with the 737 and A320 itability. “The job cuts are nec- Sydney eased 0.33 percent, while cents to settle at $2.0575 a gallon and ULSD futures managed a 0.05 the Montreal region, up to 480 in medium-sized planes built by essary to reduce costs,” he said, Seoul added 0.29 percent, Hong cent gain to $2.0056. While crude stocks in the United States fell for Toronto and up to 280 in Belfast Boeing and Airbus, damaged its adding that he would press parts Kong climbed 0.14 percent and a second straight week, by 2.2 million barrels, following four months in Northern Ireland. credibility with buyers. suppliers to also drop their prices. Shanghai was slightly higher. of steady gains, inventories were still almost 90 million barrels higher “We have seen an industry-wide The cost of the programme, AFP AFP than this time last year. REUTERS FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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SYDNEY: Australian crick- eters are in shock over Kevin Pakistan tour on hold Pietersen’s banishment from the international game and delighted they won’t have to face Bizarre 16-minute turnaround by Zimbabwe Cricket him in this year’s Ashes series. Pietersen, England’s leading all-time run-scorer across all for- CAPE TOWN: Zimbabwe mats, has been told by new direc- pulled out of this month’s his- tor of cricket Andrew Strauss toric cricket tour to Pakistan that he was “not part of our plans and then retracted their deci- for the summer”, despite smash- sion in a bizarre 16-minute ing a triple century for Surrey turnaround yesterday. this week. Zimbabwe Cricket initially Australian players are bemused released a statement saying a by the saga, while relishing the Pietersen will decision had been reached not to ongoing drama distracting their tour on the advice of the coun- arch-enemy ahead of the Ashes, not return to IPL try’s supreme sports regula- beginning in July. tory authority, the Sports and “I know that Strauss and him LONDON: Shunned Recreation Commission (SRC). probably don’t get on, (but) I’m England batsman Kevin The SRC had previously cited not going to believe it until we Pietersen (pictured) has a concerns over the safety of the get over there and they pick their calf injury and will not fly to squad for the limited-overs tour. squad,” paceman Ryan Harris India to play in the IPL as he However, after the news release told Cricket Australia’s website had planned, British media was issued, the statement was yesterday. reported on Wednesday. withdrawn and Zimbabwe Cricket “If he keeps going on and play- Having been told by new spokesman Lovemore Banda ing for Surrey, he may quit now, England cricket director said that discussions were still but if he keeps going and scoring Andrew Strauss on Monday on-going. hundred after hundred there’s that he would not be selected “At this time the tour has not going to be a lot of pressure to for this summer’s test matches, been suspended. The executive pick him.” Pietersen was due to take up and board of Zimbabwe Cricket Harris said he would be very his contract with Sunrisers are still in discussions,” he said. happy if he does not come face-to- Hyderabad. Banda would not put a time face with the South African-born But he sustained an injury frame on when a decision would batsman. playing for Surrey against be made, saying only that it would “Of course, absolutely. He’s a Leicestershire in the county be announced “as soon as the dis- bloody good player and one of the championship, a match in cussions are finalised”. Former Zimbabwean Test cricketer Alistair Campbell (third from left), who was part of a delegation to assess hardest to bowl to, I find,” he said. which he completed a career- Zimbabwe were due to be security concerns for Zimbabwe’s tour of Pakistan, at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. “In saying that, when you play best 355 not out on Tuesday, the first Test-playing nation to sides like England you want the and will be out of action for tour Pakistan since a 2009 gun best players playing — especially two weeks. The IPL concludes attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus in when we beat them, you want to on May 24. REUTERS Lahore left seven players injured beat the best team.” and eight Pakistanis dead. Pakistan confident of series Harris’s fellow quick Peter country to support Eng again, he Yesterday, coach Dav Siddle, who has dismissed should have said, ‘I want KP back Whatmore said that he supported Pietersen more times (10) than in the team’,” he tweeted. the trip. any other bowler in Test cricket, Warne added: “Question, will “I’m fully behind the tour and with India in December was also rejoicing at his absence the ECB only employ a new coach I believe it’s going to be a tre- from the coming series. on the proviso he doesn’t want KP mendous success,” said the Sri LAHORE: Pakistan’s cricket the suspension of international “You can’t find someone to in the team ? Gillespie or (Justin) Lankan-born Whatmore who chief yesterday said his country cricket on home soil. “When we replace him,” Siddle told reporters Langer would have wanted KP!” coached Pakistan for two years was hopeful of reviving ties with signed the MOU there was a dif- in England, where he is playing Former Australian fast bowler from 2012. arch-rival India with a series ferent government and now there for county side Lancashire. and now Yorkshire county coach “I understand others feel dif- in December following what he is a new government so the Indian “I think those players are once Jason Gillespie has been linked ferently but I would never put called a “successful” meeting Board has to take permission with in a lifetime, with their confidence with the vacant England head anybody else in an unsafe envi- with his counterpart in New the incumbent one.” and aggression. A bloke that aver- coach’s job, with Langer’s name ronment. I understand the sig- Delhi. He also welcomed Indian Prime ages 50 in Test cricket I’m happy also mentioned. nificance of this tour to Pakistan Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Minister Narendra Modi’s stance enough to have out of the side.” Warne’s former Australia and I’m very happy to go. chief Shaharyar Khan (pictured) on the issue. All-rounder Glenn Maxwell, teammate Matthew Hayden was “To have a full-member nation visited India earlier this week “After my meetings, PM Modi who played alongside Pietersen equally scathing about the ECB’s play international cricket in and met his Indian counterpart has given a statement in a par- for Melbourne Stars in Australia’s decision and claimed it would Lahore and the state of Punjab Jagmohan Dalmiya as well as liamentary party meeting that Twenty20 Big Bash but is not in damage their chances of finding is hugely important for Pakistan finance and information minister he wants to play cricket with Australia’s Ashes squad, was up a new coach of substance after and transcends cricket,” added Arun Jaitley. (MOU) last year to play six series Pakistan, which is encouraging,” in arms over Strauss’s decision. Peter Moores was sacked. Whatmore. Khan said he was confident from 2015-2023 pending their said Khan, a former foreign sec- “That is what you call a proper “You’d be crazy to apply for the A delegation including that bilateral series -- suspended governments’ clearance, four of retary instrumental in reviving stitch-up,” he tweeted, referring England coach’s role because with Zimbabwe Cricket managing since the Mumbai attacks in 2008 which will be hosted by Pakistan. ties in 2004. to Pietersen pulling out of the a director, you are the man the director Alistair Campbell trav- — would be resurrected. The first series comprising “I told Dalimya that you, as Indian Premier League after establishment is going to kick,” elled to Lahore last week and “It was a successful tour and I two Tests, five one-dayers and then Indian cricket chief, set aside being told by new ECB chair- he told the BBC. were satisfied with security meas- met Dalmiya and Jaitley to talk two Twenty20 internationals is political problems in 2004 to play man Colin Graves he must play “I think England are entering ures due to be put in place by local about the revival of Indo-Pak scheduled for December-January a historic series in Pakistan and county cricket and score runs to into a very dangerous space. They authorities. series,” Khan told reporters. in the United Arab Emirates that paved the way for people-to- be in with a chance of playing for have been in a perilous position If the tour goes ahead “Jaitley told me that he feels (UAE), Pakistan’s adopted home people contact as well,” he added. England again. for the last six months and they Zimbabwe will leave on Sunday to that the green light will be given. since 2009. India last toured Pakistan in Test leg-spin great Shane are going into very deep times play two Twenty20 internationals, It’s not given yet but will be given Pakistan have been forced to 2006 while Pakistan toured India Warne was equally incredulous now with an absolutely on-fire starting on May 22, and a three- in the next two months.” play their home series in UAE in 2007. India also toured Pakistan about his banishment. New Zealand team and a really match one-day series that begins Pakistan and India signed a since militants attacked the Sri to play in the multinational Asia “If Strauss wanted instant revengeful and very in-form four days later. REUTERS memorandum of understanding Lankan team bus in 2009, forcing Cup in 2008. AFP public acceptance and the whole Australian team too.” AFP Independent review to probe Hughes death: Cricket Australia

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia The review, which will be any individual for what took place. “There were certain measures The review will not look at review. “We fully recognise that has commissioned an independ- chaired by senior lawyer David It is about making sure that as a put in place soon after Phillip’s the rules of the cricket except undertaking a process such as ent review into the cause and Curtain, will have a wide brief to sport we are doing everything in passing such as increasing the where they pertain to the issues this may be a traumatic experi- circumstances of last year’s make recommendations on the our power to prevent an medical presence at all of protective equipment and the ence for some and we will be as death of test batsman Phillip safety of matches organised by accident of this nature CA matches and work- management of players who suffer respectful and understanding as Hughes (pictured) in a bid to Cricket Australia, including on happening again.” ing very closely with our head or heart injuries. possible throughout that time,” prevent anything similar hap- the design and mandatory use of In addition to look- helmet supplier to inves- That means there will be no Sutherland added. pening in the future. helmets to prevent injuries. ing at protective equip- tigate the suitability of recommendations on the use by “As such Cricket Australia and Australia was engulfed in a “When this tragedy happened, ment, it will assess the protective head equip- bowlers of the sort of bouncer, a all states continue to make avail- wave of mourning after Hughes, I said that it was a freak accident, level of medical support ment offered to all play- short delivery which sends the able counselling and support to 25, died from catastrophic inju- but it was one freak accident too on hand during matches, ers,” Sutherland said. ball rearing up towards the bats- any players and staff who feel ries on November 27 last year, two many,” Cricket Australia chief the medical screening “This review will help man’s head, which caused the they need help at any time.” days after he was struck in the executive James Sutherland said of contracted players determine whether we injury to Hughes. The findings of the review are neck by a ball during a domes- in a statement. and Cricket Australia’s need to implement fur- Cricket Australia’s website likely to be published later this tic Sheffield Shield match at the “This is not an exercise approach to players who suffer ther measures before the 2015-16 said no player or official would be year, Cricket Australia said. Sydney Cricket Ground. designed to apportion blame on head and heart injuries. season.” obliged to testify in front of the REUTERS Uncapped Lyth set for England debut against New Zealand

LONDON: Yorkshire opener were all included. Durham pace- that national selector James England’s two-match series Adam Lyth is set to make his man Mark Wood was the other England Squad Whitaker would be in line for the against New Zealand will be England debut after being uncapped player in the squad, the sack as well. their final campaign before they named yesterday in a 12-man first since former captain Andrew Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Adam Lyth But Whitaker has remained try to regain the Ashes from an squad for next week’s first Test Strauss became England’s new (Yorkshire), Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ian in post and, after meeting with Australia side who thrashed them against New Zealand at Lord’s. director of cricket. Bell (Warwickshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Strauss on Thursday, he said: 5-0 in 2013/14. Apart from England captain Lyth, 27, and 25-year-old Wood Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Ben Stokes “Adam Lyth has waited patiently But Whitaker said: “There Alastair Cook, Lyth was the were both in England’s squad in (Durham), Jos Buttler (Lancashire, wkt), for an opportunity with England, were some positive signs dur- only specialist opening batsman the Caribbean, without playing a Chris Jordan (Sussex), Stuart Broad having performed consistently for ing the recent Test tour (in the included in the squad. Test. (Nottinghamshire), James Anderson Yorkshire and England Lions in Caribbean), and it is key that this Lyth is now set to partner his A statement from the England (Lancashire), Mark Wood (Durham) the last year. group of players learns from the skipper at the top of the order and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) “He fully deserves his chance to instances when the opposition in place of Jonathan Trott, who confirmed that Lyth, barring a at home to India last year, dur- cement a place in the side at the was put under pressure and we retired from international cricket late injury, would play at Lord’s ing recently sacked coach Peter top of the order.” were in a position to press for vic- following England’s five-wicket in the first of a two-match series. Moores’s 13-month second spell Wood is less certain than Lyth tory but couldn’t quite manage it. defeat by the West Indies in the “Yorkshire batsman Adam Lyth in charge of the national side and to make his debut at Lord’s, but “New Zealand are a very tal- third Test in Barbados earlier this is set to make his debut next week suffered a humiliating first-round will now have the chance to break ented side, and I expect a very month that saw the series end all when he opens the batting along- exit at the World Cup. into England’s seam attack as competitive series between the square at 1-1. side England captain Alastair One of Strauss’s first acts in his he looks to displace Sussex all- two teams to start what will be Adam Lyth The other 10 England play- Cook,” the statement said. new role was to dismiss Moores rounder Chris Jordan from the an incredibly exciting summer of ers who took part in that match England won just one series, and there had been speculation role of third seamer. cricket.” AFP FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Lekhwiya face Al Sadd test in rare treble bid Emir Cup semi-finals: Qatar SC take on El Jaish at Al Sadd Stadium

DOHA: Qatar Stars League A A: Al Sadd coach Hussain Amute during B We will take it (QSL) champions Lekhwiya a press conference at Hilton Hotel in take on Doha giants Al Sadd in Doha yesterday. one game at a the Emir Cup semi-finals today, knowing they are two matches B: Lekhwiya coach Michael Laudrup time, says U20 away from a rare trophy treble. takes questions from the media Lekhwiya, who also won the yesterday. Qatar Cup two weeks ago, have coach Sanchez played one of their more memo- C: El Jaish head coach Sabri Lamouchi DOHA: rable seasons in recent history, during an Emir Cup press conference With just under three stitching promising performances yesterday. weeks to go until the FIFA U-20 in the last three months. World Cup New Zealand 2015, Both sides will also clash at D: Radhi Shenaishil, coach of Qatar SC Qatar’s young Al Ennabi team the pre-quarter-finals stage of answers questions during a separate is already in Oceania taking the AFC Champions League on press conference. part in a friendly tournament May 19 but today’s semi-final at with some of the other teams Al Sadd Stadium takes centre- involved in the competition. stage for the Qatari football fans. In Hamilton they were given Coached by Michael Laudrup, a reception reminiscent of the Lekhwiya is confident going way FIFA World Cup teams are into Al Sadd’s home turf where received in their team base camp Hussein Amute’s side is often cities, as a ‘kapa haka’ welcome hard to beat on home soil. was organised before the Qatari In the first semi-final today, team interacted with local school Qatar SC take on El Jaish with an kids through a skills training eye on the May 23 final since the session. men in yellow and black stripes The Qatar U20 side, coached by have not reached a title clash in Spaniard Felix Sanchez (pictured recent times. above), will be entering the tour- Laudrup’s side, which edged nament as Asian champions fol- Umm Salal in penalties in the C D lowing their continental triumph quarter-finals, will be hoping for in Myanmar last year. the kind of form they showed In three friendly matches so against Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr in far, Qatar lost 4-2 to Ghana, but their AFC Champions League win quickly picked up momentum on May 6 when influential players with wins against Australia and Youssef Msekni, Nam Tae-Hee hosts New Zealand, winning 4-1 and Sebastian Soria scored for and 2-0 respectively. the winners. After the FIFA World Cup, the In the penalty-shootout FIFA U20 World Cup is regarded against Umm Salal last Sunday, as one of the world’s biggest and Lekhwiya owed thanks to Soria, Today’s semi-finals at most important global football Jose Moreno, Karim Moudhhif, tournaments. The 2007 and 2009 Vladmir Weiss and Msakni for Al Sadd Stadium editions of the tournament saw the goals in the tie-breaker. international television audiences “We have chance to finish the ** Qatar SC vs El Jaish reach the hundreds of millions. season well and rewrite history “Since we arrived here we have books (by winning the Emir 5:30pm had three games in which the Cup),” Laudrup said yesterday. results and most importantly the “We hope we can achieve our ** Al Sadd vs impressions we have had of the goal. We have prepared with con- players have been good. We still fidence and we have been playing Lekhwiya 8:00pm need to improve but we are happy well for the last three months,” so far,” Sanchez told www.sc.qa. the 50-year-old Dane said. “There are still three weeks left “We are going to play Al Sadd yesterday: “”It is an important Both teams have won a match On resumption, Al Sadd did not second half,” Amute said. “Against and three more friendly games to two more times after the semi- game especially because Lekhwiya each in the QSL while in the sea- take much time to find the equal- Lekhwiya we must attack from play. It will help us to see our level, final,” Laudrup said. “We have are QSL and Qatar Cup champi- son-opening Sheikh Jassim Cup iser. Jung Soo found the target to the beginning and not make mis- test tactical details and players. great ambitions and this has been ons. We want to win this game Al Sadd had beaten Lekhwiya 3-2. make it one-all. takes, because they are a very We will continue to work hard to a great season for us ... so far,” and reach the final. We want to a In the quarter-finals last week, Twenty minutes later, Al Sadd organized side and score goals reach the tournament in optimum he said. trophy this season.” Amute was relieved to see his took the lead with Haydos beat- early,” Amute added. shape. In the tournament we will “We beat Al Nassr in Saudi Al Sadd, who beat Al Khor in players exhibiting a fighting spirit ing the Al Khor keeper. Grafite On Sunday, El Jaish trounced take one game at a time and then Arabia. We are confident and the quarter-finals with goals from when Al Sadd came from behind put the issue beyond doubt for Al Rayyan 5-1 and Qatar SC we will see how far we get.” we are looking forward to this Korean defender Jung-Soo Lee, to trounce Al Khor 3-1. Al Sadd with a goal in the 90th coasted to easy 4-1 win over Al Participating players in the match,” he said. home striker Hasan Al Haydos Julio Cesar put Al Khor in the minute. Shahaniya to make it to the semi- tournament may not be house- “It is going to be very exciting and Edinaldo Grafite, have played lead in the 28th minute and they “Against Al Khor we were out finals. Both semi-finals will be hold names, but it is precisely in the next 11 days,” he added. against Lekhwiya three times this held on to the lead till the end of of focus in the first half but we played at Al Sadd Stadium today. this which makes this FIFA U20 Al Sadd coach Amute said season. the first half. came back for the match in the THE PENINSULA World Cup so popular. Players that make their mark are seen as the future of football, Minister of Youth and Sports The Minister and some famous names to have played in past editions of the of Youth and FIFA U20 World Cup include Paul Sports HE visits Al Sailiyah Sports Club Pogba, Lionel Messi, and the 1979 DOHA: The Minister of Youth and Sports HE Salah bin Ghanem Salah bin tournament’s best player, Diego bin Nasser Al Ali paid a visit to Al Sailiyah Sports Club on Ghanem bin Armando Maradona. Wednesday evening. Club President Abdullah Al Aidah welcomed Nasser Al According to Sanchez, the the minister to the club. The Minister of Youth and Sports was Ali during Qataris have received a warm keen to inspect the club’s facilities, officials said. his visit to welcome so far. The Minister was also keen to attend the junior and grass- Al Sailiyah “Today we were welcomed here roots football teams’ training sessions in the presence of the Club Sports Club. in Hamilton where our group President and General Secretary Jaber Al-Marri. The Minister Club boss matches will be. We were play- met with the players of both junior and grassroots football teams Abdullah ing with the local school kids and assured them that they are the future of the Qatari sports and Al Aidah and teachers, and they are very he praised the huge attention by the club board towards all age welcomed friendly and happy that we are categories. At the end of the visit, the Al Sailiya Sports Club shield the minister. here.,” Sanchez said. was presented to the Minister. THE PENINSULA “In the game against New Zealand the home fans were very fair and applauded our goals, and our players have also been to a El Jaish approve renewal of school and a shopping centre to promote the World Cup and get Mahmoud Saad’s loan spell people involved,” he added. The Spanish coach who for- DOHA: El Jaish Sports Club has approved the renewal of the merly worked at FC Barcelona loaning of Mahmoud Saad to Al Kharaitiyat for one extra season, added that the experience would Saad currently is signed to El Jaish until 2018. help the young Qatari players in Mahmoud Saad participated heavily with Al Kharaitiyat this their development. season in plenty of matches as he was one of their key players. “These boys can be in a great Al Kharaitiyat is seeking to finalize their deals early before the football age in 2022, when they beginning of the new season which is expected to be tough and will be 25, 26, and there is a great strong. The squad will convene their external training camp in desire amongst all those who Slovenia this summer. THE PENINSULA work with the team for them to be competing in their home World Cup in 2022. Qatar Cup final Instagram “It is a long journey, but it will be enriching for them to experi- winner receives prizes ence this Under 20 World Cup, which is the closest you will get DOHA: The Qatar Stars League (QSL) has awarded the winner to the World Cup,” Sanchez said. of the Qatar Cup final official Instagram competition at Al Bidda The Qatar side travel to Sydney tower, the home of Qatari football. on the 14 May for a friendly match, The winner, Eissa Rashed Al Khalifa with his Instagram account before returning to Hamilton on @mib_0007 who rightly guessed the winner of the final match of FROM LEFT: Al Sadd’s Hamza Sanhaji, Lekhwiya’s Ahmed Yasser, El Jaish’s Mohammed Methani and Qatar 22 May where they will prepare the Qatar Cup. He received a signed replica Lekhwiya shirt as well SC’s Fadel Omer during their team’s press conferences ahead of today’s Emir Cup semi-finals. Al Sadd host for their opening group match as a miniature Qatar Cup trophy. THE PENINSULA Lekhwiya while Qatar SC take on El Jaish today. PICTURES: SALIM MATRAMKOT against Colombia on 31 May. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Spanish court suspends planned players’ strike

MADRID: A Spanish court withdrew its own threat to halt The federation complains it is yesterday suspended a planned all competition from May 16 as being reduced to a messenger for strike by star footballers in pro- soon at the court issued its ruling. redistributing payments to play- test against a new TV rights law, “There will be football,” the ers while the league gets money meaning Barcelona could seal head of the professional league, to cover costs. the La Liga title this weekend. Javier Tebas, told reporters ear- The players’ union complains The National Court said in its lier yesterday. of not being consulted over the ruling that allowing the strike to The stoppage threatened to reforms and has demanded a big- go ahead would “prevent the con- halt the clash between Atletico ger share of revenues for smaller clusion of the championship” and Madrid and Barcelona on Sunday clubs. would “cause a serious organisa- which could seal the champion- The dispute comes as Spain tional disorder”. ship for Barca. gears up for local and regional A strike would also disrupt It would also have disrupted elections on May 24, ahead of a “the international commitments the last league matches on May general election later this year. of Spain and its clubs, as well 23 and the Spanish cup final on Observers say the dispute as players’ holidays”, the court May 30 between Barcelona and is part of a long-running feud added. Athletic Bilbao. between Tebas and the head of the The AFE players’ union The league had warned that federation, Angel Maria Villar, a announced last week that foot- a stoppage could cost $56m per FIFA vice-president. ballers would go on strike indef- match day in lost revenue. Tebas complained in a recent initely from Saturday and the “We must abide by this deci- open letter that Villar — who league, which controls the top two sion, we are a union, we are within has led the Spanish federation divisions, filed a petition to have the law. But the problems remain for 27 years — had called him an the action declared illegal. the same and we are negotiating,” “arsehole”. Backed by top players such as said the head of the AFE, Luis “What’s behind all this? Iker Casillas of Real Madrid and Rubiales. Dreadful personal relations Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta, they The origin of the conflict is a that could not be worse, as well are demanding that a bigger share new law approved by the govern- as a very complex regulatory of broadcast revenue be chan- ment last month that ends the The President of the Spanish Professional Football League (LFP), Javier Tebas (right), and President of the system,” said Alberto Palomar, nelled to smaller clubs. tradition of clubs being allowed Numancia team, Francisco Rubio (centre), attend the voting of the government decree ruling on the central sale a sports law expert at Carlos III The court said the decision to to negotiate their own TV deals. of television rights of football league matches, in the lower house of parliament in Madrid yesterday. University. suspend the strike was an interim Instead, the rights would be The players’ union and fed- measure while it studied the case, auctioned just as they are in of the television rights revenues Spain’s lower house of parliament The government expects the eration want the law on televi- with a final ruling expected in England’s multi-billion-pound channelled to clubs would be yesterday. new deal to boost broadcast- sion rights to be amended. The June. Premier League, and the revenue redistributed to the top league It aims to loosen the financial ing revenues to $1.125bn from government and the league have The RFEF federation, which shared out among various sectors and 10 percent to the second stranglehold of Barcelona and $910.57m this season. refused to do that but offered to controls top-league referees of the sport. division. Real Madrid, the two giants of But the different sides dispute negotiate separately on better as well as lower-league clubs, Under the reform, 90 percent The law was approved by the Spanish game. who should control the money. conditions for players. AFP Bale boos sum up a lost Ancelotti unsure about future after season for Real Madrid European exit MADRID: Real Madrid boss club in good and bad moments. Miserable season of mismanagement at the Bernabeu Carlo Ancelotti said he isn’t I evaluate my time in a positive the man to judge whether manner.” he will stay in charge of the Cristiano Ronaldo’s first-half MADRID: At the end of a dif- many players coming off a World Spanish giants next season penalty looked to have Madrid ficult second season Gareth Cup has left them short on gas after Juventus dumped the on course for arguably the big- Bale had ample opportunity to when it mattered most, in the holders out of the Champions gest club match of all time prove himself Real Madrid’s spring in the knock-out phase of League. against Barca. Champions League hero just as the lucrative Champions League. The Italian champions will However, a combination of he had 12 month ago in winning However, the Italian was also face Madrid’s eternal rivals poor finishing and some excel- a 10th European Cup in Lisbon. let down by bad planning in the Barcelona in the final on June 6 lent goalkeeping from Gianluigi This time, though, there was boardroom that left him with a after former Real striker Alvaro Buffon prevented the hosts no moment of inspiration from number of players he ultimately Morata struck the vital away from building on their lead and the Welshman as Madrid relin- didn’t trust. goal to secure a 1-1 draw in the Juventus shut up shop after quished their European crown Rarely for the world’s richest second leg of their semi-final on Morata had put them back in meekly to a well-marshalled club, Madrid barely spent a euro Wednesday night as Juventus front in the tie just before the Juventus 3-2 on aggregate after in net transfer fees last summer progressed 3-2 on aggregate. hour mark. a 1-1 draw on Wednesday night. as the sales of Xabi Alonso, Angel Madrid now look certain to “We lacked very little, it The boos and whistles that di Maria and Morata balanced end the season without having was small details,” lamented met every wayward Bale effort up the money spent on James won a major trophy as Barca Ancelotti. as Madrid chased the game in Rodriguez, Toni Kroos and Keylor also lead La Liga by four points “We didn’t have a lot of the second-half having conceded Navas. with just two games remaining. luck. If we had luck to win for the second time in the tie to The fact Ancelotti made just And Ancelotti could even have the Champions League in the a former Real academy graduate one substitution when Madrid overseen his last match from the last minute (last season) then Alvaro Morata were born of the badly needed fresh blood in the bench at the Bernabeu after he maybe we lacked it tonight. frustration of a season that looks Real Madrid’s forward Gareth Bale reacts during the Champions League second-half on Wednesday spoke was given a two-match touch- “If I have to criticise some- set to end without a major trophy. semi-final second leg match in Madrid on Wednesday night. volumes of what he thought of line ban earlier on Wednesday thing it would be the way we “What doesn’t kill you makes the other six players left on the for sarcastically applauding the played in the first leg. I thank you stronger,” was Bale’s message and his influence in decisive Premier League persistent. bench. referee at the end of his side’s my players because they have in a defiant post-match inter- moments has waned in former Coach Carlo Ancelotti’s future The one man called from the 2-2 draw with Valencia at the worked as hard as they could.” view with Sky Sports in which he Spurs team-mate Luka Modric’s away from Madrid seems more bench by the former Chelsea weekend. The hero from last sea- defended his sub-par performance absence through injury. certain. The Italian may have boss was Javier Hernandez, a “I don’t have to think (about son’s final in Lisbon, Sergio this season. “There has been some ups and ended a 12-year wait for the club’s last-minute loan recruitment in my future),” said the Italian. Ramos, was partly to blame for The former Tottenham Hotspur downs. I feel personally I’ve played 10th European Cup last year, but August in case Karim Benzema “If the club are happy with Juventus’ goal as he played Paul winger has consistently and often well. I haven’t scored as many few managers survive a season were to ever fall foul of injury. what I have done in these two Pogba onside before Morata justifiably been the scapegoat for important chances as I would like, having failed to win La Liga or There was a vacancy in the years then I will stay. rifled home the Frenchman’s Madrid’s ills this season. but I think my general play has the Champions League under backup role for the French inter- “My future for me is decided. knockdown. Despite scoring in three Cup been good,” added Bale. Real President Florentino Perez. national because Morata had I would like to stay here but I However, the Spanish inter- finals in his two seasons with “I think my finishing has been Ancelotti does bear his brunt ultimately been deemed not good know how things are in football national also blamed Madrid’s Real, the 25-year-old’s failure to a bit rusty this season and that of blame for a season that prom- enough after two years with the and the club have the right to failure to convert their chances integrate himself into Spanish life is something to build on for next ised so much in an autumn run of first time. change the coach if they want as the reason they fell short off the field has contributed to a year.” 22 straight wins and ultimately That it was he who proved to. at the semi-final stage for the lack of form on it. Whether Bale is given another delivered very little. the decisive figure in the team “I am satisfied with my work fourth time in five years. Bale’s inability or unwillingness season at the Bernabeu to prove His reluctance to rotate his summed up a miserable season of here, above all because I have a “After the first goal we to speak Spanish has been rou- himself remains to be seen with star-studded squad against even mismanagement at the Bernabeu very good relationship with the thought it was done,” said tinely criticised in the local media, rumours about a return to the the weakest of opponents with on every level. AFP players and support from the Ramos. AFP Fourth title for Frankfurt, tears for PSG

BERLIN: A late Mandy winner in the second half without Islacker winner sealed a 2-1 vic- success with Kiedrzynek holding tory and record fourth Women’s firm faced with a barrage of shots Champions League title for from Sasic, Veronica Boquete and Frankfurt, dashing Paris Saint- Peggy Kuznik. Germain’s hopes of a first But watched by German European crown, in Berlin chancellor Angela Merkel, yesterday. Islacker, 26, grabbed the winner Frankfurt, already champions two minutes into extra time as in 2002, 2006 and 2008 and final- PSG’s Shirley Cruz Trana missed ists in 2004 and 2012, are the most a last-gasp effort before the final decorated European club ahead of whistle. Wolfsburg, Potsdam, Umea and Having finished third in the Lyon, who have two each. women’s Bundesliga behind But if the team of striker Celia winners Bayern Munich and Sasic, by far the top scorer in the Wolfsburg, Frankfurt had missed tournament with 14 goals this out on qualifying for next season’s season, crushed all their rivals FFC Frankfurt players celebrate with the winners’ trophy after defeating Champions League, and needed a with 40 goals for just two con- PSG in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final in Berlin yesterday. victory. ceded in eight matches, they had It was a cruel end to the adven- to battle past the French novices. efforts of their Polish goalkeeper The Parisians reacted imme- ture of the PSG women’s team The Ligue 1 runners-up, who Katarzyna Kiedrzynek. diately with Marie-Laure Delie who were amateur until three had eliminated French champi- Frankfurt found a way through equalising after 40 minutes fol- years ago and were playing their Real Madrid’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti gestures during his side’s ons Lyon and two-time defending however after 32 minutes when lowing a centre from Kenza Dali first European final. UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg match against Juventus champions Wolfsburg en route to Sasic picked up a centre from to head past Desiree Schumann German clubs have now won the final, held firm for the first Kerstin Garefrekes to head past in the Frankfurt goal. nine of the 14 editions of the elite at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on Wednesday night. 30 minutes largely thanks to the Kiedrzynek. Frankfurt pushed for the European tournament. AFP FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Serbia’s Novak Mumbai register Djokovic hits a return to Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil during the ATP Tennis win over Kolkata Open tourna- ment at the Foro Italico in Five-run victory keeps play-off hopes alive Rome yester- day. RIGHT: Roger Federer MUMBAI: Yusuf Pathan’s late Scoreboard of Switzerland 52 off 37 went in vain as Mumbai in action Indians held their nerves till the MUMBAI INDIANS G Gambhir* b Suchith ...... 38 against Kevin end to defeat Kolkata Knight LMP Simmons c Pandey b Morkel ...... 14 MK Pandey run out (Simmons) ...... 1 Anderson of Riders by five runs in their PA Patel c Pandey b Shakib Al Hasan ...... 21 YK Pathan c Patel b Pollard ...... 52 South Africa Indian Premier League (IPL) RG Sharmab Narine ...... 30 Shakib Al Hasan c Pandya b Vinay Kumar .. 23 during their encounter at the Wankhede AT Rayudu c Russell b Shakib Al Hasan ...... 2 AD Russell c Patel b Malinga ...... 2 third round Stadium here yesterday and KA Pollard (not out ) ...... 33 SA Yadav c Rayudu b McClenaghan ...... 11 match for the keep their play-offs hope alive. HH Pandya (not out ) ...... 61 PP Chawla (not out ) ...... 1 Italian Open. With their win, Mumbai Extras (LB 1, W 6, NB 3) ...... 10 UT Yadav (not out ) ...... 5 Indians climb from sixth spot to Total (4 wkts; 20 overs) ...... 171 Extras (B 1, W 7) ...... 8 fourth spot with 14 points from 13 Did not bat: Harbhajan Singh, J Suchith, MJ Total (7 wickets; 20 overs) ...... 166 games, whereas Kolkata remain McClenaghan, R Vinay Kumar, SL Malinga To bat: M Morkel, SP Narine in second spot with 15 points from Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-42, 3-47, 4-79 Fall of wickets 1-45 , 2-46, 3-88, 4-118, 13 games. Bowling: UT Yadav 3-0-37-0 (1nb); M Morkel 5-128, 6-144, 7-160 Kolkata managed to score 4-0-27-1 (1nb, 2w); Shakib Al Hasan 4-0-22-2 Bowling: SL Malinga 4-0-31-1; MJ McClena- 166/7 in 20 overs, in response to Federer sets up possible (1w); PP Chawla 1-0-9-0 ; SP Narine 4-0-38-1 ghan 4-0-31-1 (3w); R Vinay Kumar 4-0-33- Mumbai Indians’ 171/4 in 20 overs. (3w); AD Russell 4-0-37-0 (1nb) 1; Harbhajan Singh 4-0-31-1 (3w); J Suchith For Mumbai, Lasith Malinga, KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS 2-0-23-1; HH Pandya 1- 0 -10-0; KA Pollard Mitchell McClenaghan, R RV Uthappa c Malinga b Harbhajan Singh 25 1-0-6-1 (1w) Vinay Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kieron boundaries and sneaking in with opener Parthiv Patel (21) in the Nadal clash in Rome Pollard all picked up one wicket. couple of quick singles. second ball of the very next over. Chasing a challenging 172- But he too fell in the 11th over. Patel ran down the track to hit ROME: Swiss world number He added: “This year for sure I run target, Kolkata got off to a Coming down the track again, spinner Hasan straight down the two Roger Federer survived Italian Open haven’t been consistent enough to modest start with openers skip- looking to strike it big, spin- ground but ends up flicking it a late fightback by Kevin Rome: Results from the fifth day of the ATP be considered the main favourite per Gautam Gambhir and Robin ner Suchith bowled it flat and uppishly, which straight landed Anderson yesterday to book his and WTA Italian Open yesrterday (x denotes for Roland Garros.” Uthappa taking it easy from the yorked Gambhir to take out his into the hands of Manish Pandey place in the quarter-finals and seeded player): Murray’s hopes of continuing start scoring 38 off the first five leg stump. Kolkata score was 88/3 standing at deep midwicket. a possible last four match-up Men his stunning form on what is not overs. in 10.6 overs. Patel’s opening partner and with Rafael Nadal at the Italian 3rd round his favourite surface were kept in But third ball off the fifth over Shakib Al Hasan also went in-form batsman Simmons (14) Open. Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Kevin Anderson check by a bout of fatigue which brought fortunes back for Mumbai back to the pavilion after playing too didn’t last long. After hitting Federer, bidding to win his first (RSA x15) 6-3, 7-5 forced the Scot, the world number as Harbhajan Singh got Uthappa a short quick-fire innings off 23 pacer Morne Morkel for a six off title on the red clay of the Foro Rafael Nadal (ESP x4) bt John Isner (USA three, to pull out prior to his third (25) caught by Malinga. Incoming off 15 balls, the score being 118/4 the previous ball, Morkel banged Italico, swept Anderson aside 6-3 x16) 6-4, 6-4 round match-up with Belgian batsman Manish Pandey (1) too in 14.2 overs. Incoming hard-hit- it in and Simmons failed to upper- in the first set and looked to be David Goffin (BEL) bt Andy Murray (GBR x3) David Goffin. departed after a direct throw by ting batsman Andre Russell (2) cut it, and ended up scooping it heading to an easy win on Centre walkover Goffin will now meet David Lendl Simmons got him run out. was also dismissed by Malinga. feebly into the hands of Pandey. Court before the 15th-seeded Ferrer after the Spaniard beat Stan Wawrinka (SUI x8) bt Dominic Thiem Two quick wickets didn’t trou- Earlier, put into bat, Mumbai Incoming batsman Ambati South African launched a late countryman Guillermo Garcia- (AUT) 7-6 (7/3), 6-4 ble skipper Gambhir (38 off 29 got off to a modest start scoring Rayudu (2) also didn’t trouble fightback. Lopez 6-1, 6-3. “I’m going to take balls) as he went on scoring five 25 off the first four overs, but lost the scorers too much. IANS Anderson stubbornly saved David Ferrer (ESP x7) bt Guillermo Garcia- a few days’ rest, not go on the two match points in the second Lopez (ESP) 6-1, 6-3 court,” said Murray, who added set before Federer sealed the win Women that his decision was a precaution Emir Cup Volleyball: Al Arabi to face Al Rayyan in final 7-5 to book a last eight clash with 3rd round with the French Open looming. Czech Tomas Berdych or local Maria Sharapova (RUS x3) bt Bojana “It wasn’t just about today’s hope Fabio Fognini. Jovanovski (SRB) 6-3, 6-3 match. It was about the rest of If Federer accounts for Berdych Petra Kvitova (CZE x4) bt Jelena Jankovic the tournament... and further Action from the he will meet seven-time champion (SRB) 6-3, 6-2 down the line the possibility of match between Al Nadal -- a 6-4, 6-4 winner over getting sick and missing five, six Carla Suarez (ESP x10) bt Eugenie Bouchard big-serving American John Isner or seven days.” Arabi and El Jaish (CAN x6) 6-7 (2/7), 7-5, 7-6 (9/7) during the Emir Cup -- in the semi-finals on Saturday, Joining Murray on the way Daria Gavrilova (RUS) bt Timea Bacsinszky Volleyball semi final providing the Spaniard overcomes out through the turnstiles was (SUI) 6-4, 7-6 (6/0) at Al Arabi Stadium Swiss Stan Wawrinka today. defending women’s champion Simona Halep (ROM x2) bt Venus Williams yesterday. Al Arabi Nadal came into the event look- Serena Williams, who cited a sore (USA x14) 6-2, 6-1 won three set to ing to make amends for his defeat right elbow for her decision to Alexandra Dulgheru (ROM) bt Ekaterina none 25-20, 25-21 to Andy Murray in the final of the withdraw prior to her third round Makarova (RUS x8) 6-4, 6-3 and 25-15 and will Madrid Masters last week, when match with Christina McHale. the Scot took his victory streak title at Roland Garros. Her absence has paved the way face Al Rayyan to a remarkable 10 wins out of 10 “I’m more than happy, I think I for Russian Maria Sharapova, in the final on on clay this season. played a fantastic match against who won the last of her two Rome Saturday. The Spaniard said he is “more a very, very tough opponent,” said titles in 2012, to aim for a third PICTURE BY: than happy” as he looks to put the Nadal. Italian Open crown. ABDUL BASIT mediocre form that has besieged Nadal, however, said his form Sharapova cruised past Bojana his clay court game lately behind on the red dirt so far this season Jovanovski of Serbia 6-3, 6-3 to him as he ups the tempo ahead of means he won’t be the bookies’ set up a quarter-final with Carla bidding for a 10th French Open favourite. Suarez. AFP Women in Sport Media Workshop begins today

DOHA: The Qatar Olympic in advancing gender equality?’, Committee (QOC) announced which Lolwa Al Marri, Secretary the full line-up of the Women in General of the QWSC, will par- Sport Media Workshop – which ticipate in. is to be hosted in Doha today Speaking ahead of her panel and tomorrow at a press confer- discussion, Al Marri said: “We are ence yesterday. extremely proud to host the IOC’s The Workshop will be Women in Sport Media Workshop hosted in cooperation with the in Doha – which already has a International Olympic Committee track record of hosting influen- (IOC) and the Olympic Council tial international conferences and of Asia (OCA) and is yet another conventions. I am very excited to example of the QOC’s commit- have been asked to participate in ment to supporting initiatives the discussions and I am sure that that foster dialogue for the benefit the dialogue that will result from of sport globally. the Workshop will be fruitful The Workshop aims to raise and constructive for how we can awareness of the role and contri- better work together to achieve bution of the media in achieving a future of gender equality in gender equality in sport. Ahlam sport. ” Al Mana, President of the Qatar Young Qatari hurdler, Mariam Women’s Sport Committee Farid, who was last year an (QWSC), will deliver the key- Ambassador for Doha’s successful note speech today in the Opening Bid to host the 2019 IAAF World Session of the Workshop under the Championships in Athletics, will theme, “Women’s Empowerment be a panellist in the final session of and Gender Equality in 2015 and the Workshop, which will discuss beyond – The key potential of ‘Why aren’t more women working media as a platform to acceler- in sports media?’. It is Mariam’s ate the changes”. ambition to use Doha’s hosting Other speakers in the Opening of the World Championships to Session include President of the The delegates from the Women in Sport Media Workshop at the press conference in Doha yesterday. inspire and empower more young OCA, Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al females across the Middle East Sabah, President of the African to participate in athletics and National Olympic Committees administration in 2013, will also the IOC, OCA, and the Qatar the two-day Workshop will con- and Sport Commission Member, she was inspired to work in the Intendant General Lassana be participating in a panel discus- Olympic Committee for organis- sist of panel sessions and discus- Donna de Varona, and ABC News media following her experience as Palenfo, and Chair of the IOC sion on ‘Promoting leadership of ing this instrumental workshop. I sions with representatives from Radio Presenter, Tracey Lee a Doha 2019 Ambassador. Women and Sport Commission, women through the media’. have no doubt that fostering dia- the IOC, NOCs and media, includ- Holmes. National Olympic Committees Lydia Nsekera. Speaking ahead of the logue, discussion and cooperation ing Secretary General of the Topics of the panel sessions from Africa, Asia and Oceania Al Mana, who was presented Workshop, she said: “It is an is the way forward for advancing Association of National Olympic include, ‘challenges posed by the have been invited to nominate with the IOC’s World Trophy honour that I have been asked to gender equality. The media plays Committees of Africa (ANOCA), media and their impact on gen- practicing sports journalists, at the IOC Women and Sport deliver the keynote speech and to a crucial role and I certainly look Thomas Sithole, UN Women der equality’, ‘media coverage of male or female, to take part in Awards for her contribution to take part in the panel discussions forward to the discussions that Regional Communications women’s events and the “rules” the workshop and over 100 par- the development of women’s par- of the Women in Sport Media are to come.” Manager for Arab States, Emad of media coverage’ and ‘What ticipants are due to attend. ticipation in sports and sports Workshop. I would like to thank Following the Opening Session, Karim, Olympian, IOC Women is the crucial role men can play THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 SPORT 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Bubka confident Qatar will On your mark, get set, go! deliver a great Opening round of the Diamond League kicks off today at Qatar SC worlds in 2019 BY ARMSTRONG VAS DOHA: Former Olympic cham- pion Justin Gatlin will be trying DOHA: Pole vault legend Sergey to extend his winning streak Bubka (pictured) said the 2019 of 15 races when he opens his World Athletics Championships campaign in the opening round in Doha will help in the devel- of the Diamond League meet in opment of the sport and open Doha today. doors for countries with similar For the American, like so many climate to host major sporting of the top contenders, the Doha events. meet today will be an indication “It is very important for ath- of how their seasons might go. It letics to be present in different will also be in the back of many parts of the world, especially minds that it’s only a year until in this region (Middle East). It the Olympics. is unique area with special cli- Last year the 33-year-old vet- mate,” said the Ukrainian, who eran, the 100m gold medalist at is in Doha to witness the open- the 2004 Olympic Games took the ing round of the IAAF Diamond spotlight in 2014, as he remained League, to be held on Friday at unbeaten for the whole season and the Qatar Sports Club Stadium. registered the fastest time of the “The World Championship here year in both 100m and 200m, set- will open new areas with special ting a season-best 9.77 seconds to stadiums having air-conditioning mark him out as the man closest system. Whenever I travel around to chasing down Usain Bolt. the world, I hear about other With Bolt scheduled to open areas with similar climate and his season later this month, this would really help our sports Gatlin will race against Jamaican grow further,” said the 51-year- sprinter Nesta Carter, former old, who dominated the pole vault world champion Kim Collins event during an illustrious career and American relay teammate spanning two decades. Michael Rodgers. Bubka, who is a regular visitor Bolt and the worlds aren’t far to Qatar, is confident that Qatar from his mind, though. would deliver a big show during ‘’I’m not going to see him prob- the 2019 Worlds and said it would ably until the world champion- British double Olympic champion Mo Farah (centre) poses for a picture along with American athlete Allyson Felix (left), and Sally Pearson of Australia take the sport to a new level in ships,’’ Gatlin said. during the IAAF Diamond League pre-event press conference at InterContinental City Hotel yesterday. PICTURE BY: BAHER AMIN terms of development. “To build that pressure up is “Athletics is No 1 sport in to go out and run fast, run com- the Olympics. When you host petitive, and show that I’m very Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla, who such a big event as the World strong and ready to run. On that won the Arab Championships title TIMETABLE IDL Championships, you will try to moment, on that day, hopefully we in April. Kiprop hoping to set engage youth, new generation, both make it to the finals, we’ll be Another middle-distance high- DOHA 2015 people of Qatar and neighbouring ready to run and run very fast.’’ light is the Doha debut of Farah. countries. This area is very cru- Long Jump Qatar’s sprinter Femi Ogunode, The Briton, the current world, cial for athletics. It is really great who will celebrate his 24th birth- Olympic and European champion Women 5:30 PM the tone in Qatar to have the World Championships day on the day of the Doha meet- at 5,000m and 10,000m said on Discuss Throw here.” ing, is also a serious contender in Twitter that he was “good to go” Women 5:35 PM DOHA: The opening 800m success from 2011 when he won Bubka is amazed at the rapid Doha after he improved the Asian on Friday and has been pictured 4x100m Girls 5:35 PM race of the IAAF Diamond 800m race despite the fact that it growth of Qatar as a sporting record to 9.93 en route to win at enjoying himself on a Doha beach. Shot Put League season here will more isn’t his favorite discipline. “I am country since the Asian Games in Incheon last But he has been warned he will than one way prepare Kenyan not an 800m runner, but I am glad the time he Men 5:40 PM September. The 100m race is be challenged by Kenya’s Isaiah Asbel Kiprop and Ethiopian to be a part of the competition,” competed in among a number of highlights in a Kiplangat, who was reported as Boys 4x100m 5:47 PM Mohammed Aman for the world said Kiprop, who holds the meet- the inaugural meet which has attracted some of saying earlier this week: “I will Girls 100m 5:59 PM championships. ing record in the 1500m at 3:29.18. IAAF Super the sport’s biggest names, includ- see where I belong at the Doha Boys 4x100m 6:00 PM The race will be a perfect “All the athletes here are the Grand Prix ing, Britain’s double Olympian meeting. “The season is starting Pole Vault Men chance for fans worldwide to big names with good personal Meeting in Mo Farah and America’s 200m and every athlete wants to win. enjoy in the battle of two great records. This race will help me to Doha. Boys 100m 6:10 PM Olympic champion Allyson Felix, But I have to see how I fare on runners – two reigning World gain confidence but also the speed “I first who will be seeking an 11th victory with the best and that is why it 100m (National Paralympics) 6:22 PM Champions from Moscow 2013, for my main discipline. I consid- came here in Qatar. is important to put in my best High Jump Kiprop, who won the 1500m, and ered that this is a better option in 1997 to Even the late withdrawal against Farah.” Women 6:25 PM Aman, the 800m victor. for me than going to Shanghai compete has through injury this week of French In the women’s events, Felix Men 400m Asian race 6:34 PM The Africans, who were among (for the first Diamond Race been coming pole vault world record holder will be seeking a third 200m Doha Opening Ceremony (Athletes Presentation) the biggest stars two years ago, 1500m race) at this moment.” to Doha reg- Renaud Lavillenie has failed to victory to go with her three over 18:45 are looking forward to the start The biggest aim is the golden ularly after he had competed in dampen expectations over the 100m and five at 400m in Qatar. of the Diamond Race at Qatar SC “hat-trick” at the main event this the inaugural IAAF Super Grand Men 400m hurdles 7:04 PM athletics season’s curtain-raiser. “It’s no secret I love competing Stadium today, which will be the season – the World Championship Prix Meeting in Doha and, as the Ethiopia’s Aman and Kenya’s in Doha,” she said on Twitter. Javelin Throw perfect base for the main goal of in Beijing which will be held in IAAF president mentioned in Kiprop clash in the 800m, the THE PENINSULA Men 7:10 PM both – defending their global titles August, but not only that. his speech today. I saw all these distance which the former is cur- Women 1500m 7:15 PM at the 2015 World Championship “I want to run faster than the years an incredible development rently the world champion, both 2015 IAAF Diamond Men 800m 7:29 PM in Beijing. last year,” said Kiprop, when and progress. The kind of atten- indoors and outdoors. Triple Jump “I expect very tough com- asked if it was possible to break tion the Emir, Qatar Olympic But it is the 21-year-old’s first League calendar petition in Doha, that is why I the 3:26.00 world record in the Committee and sports people pay race of the season and although Men 7:40 PM am happy to be here,” said the event set by Hicham El Guerrouj. to the development of sports, it is he won at the same meet in Qatar May 15 - Doha; May 17 - Shanghai; May Women 200m 7:41 PM 25-years old Kiprop, the 2008 Meanwhile, 21-year-old Aman just outstanding and unique. last year, he is likely to come 30 - Eugene, United States; June 4 - Rome; Women 100mH 7:52 PM Olympic champion who won his is hungry for more. “What the Qatari people are June 7 - Birmingham, England; June 11 - under pressure from Kiprop, the Women 3000mSC 8:02 PM first of two world 1500m titles in “My main season’s goal is to doing in the field of sports under Oslo; June 13 - New York; July 4 - Paris; current 1500m world champion Men 100m 8:23 PM 2011. win the Diamond race for the the leadership of the Emir, it’s a who won over 800m in Doha in July 9 - Lausanne; July 17 - Monaco; july 24 The three-time winner of the third time, that is on the line with great example for the rest of the Women 400m 8:34 PM 2011. Local interest in this race (two days) - London; July 30 - Stockholm; IAAF Diamond League meeting my ambition in Doha,” said the world,” he said. will come in the shape of Qatar’s Sept 3 - Zurich; Sept 11 - Brussels. Men 3000m 8:45 PM in Doha will try for a repeat of his Ethiopian. THE PENINSULA Bubka also praised Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF) and Asian Athletic Association (AAA) President Dahlan Jumaan Al Hamad for his role in the Farah backs plans for 2019 night marathon rise of athletics not only in his nation, but also in the region and DOHA: British double Olympic along Doha’s waterfront, the “Innovation is something that continent. champion Mo Farah yesterday Corniche. we need,” he said. “He (Dahlan) is very valuable backed plans for a night-time Farah is widely expected to “When we proposed the night and important for Qatar, the marathon at the 2019 World make the switch in distances to marathon, we did not propose is region and Asia. He has worked a Athletics Championships to be marathon running, although he just because we sat on the table great deal for the progress of ath- held in Qatar. will first defend his Olympic titles and said ‘OK’. We have practised letics and deserves a lot of credit Farah, speaking in Doha where in Rio next year. it and made a test for it.” for playing his role well.” he will compete in the 3,000m at “I will probably carry on until Doha would not be the first Bubka still holds the out- the 2015 Diamond League opener probably 2017 the London World athletics venue to host a mara- door record for pole vault while today, said he supported any idea Championships and then after thon run at night. Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie that would make athletics more that go on to the marathon,” he In 1964 the Olympic marathon broke the indoor bench mark in “exciting”. said. in Rome finished in the dark, with the Ukrainian city of Donetsk in “A night marathon which is The 32-year-old finished eighth a course lit by torches. British double February last year. proven is better for us in terms in his first marathon, in London, The winner, Ethiopia’s Abebe Olympic champion “I’m very happy for Renaud for of climate... why not? last year. Despite his placing he Bikila, ran barefoot. Mo Farah speak- breaking my record in my event. “I think sometimes I look at still broke the English record, fin- The 2019 championships will be ing at a press con- It was great to see Renaud break athletics and how do we make ishing in 2hr 8min 21sec. held in late September and early ference in Doha the record in my hometown and it exciting? It can be exciting if Farah, on his first visit to October, when the fierce sum- in the meet I have been hosting yesterday. we work together,” the Olympic Qatar, added that it was “great mer heat in Qatar will begin to for the last 25 years. 5,000m and 10,000m gold medal- to be here in Doha”. receed to an average of around “So it was a great celebration of list told a press conference. He was speaking after 36 degrees Celsius (97 Farenheit). the 25th anniversary of the meet “All the time you see football Dahlan Al Hamad, the IAAF The Diamond League opener last year. I’ve passed the baton to on TV. It’s important that we give Vice-President who is also the will showcase many stars includ- Renaud. I had sent him a message back something to the sport and President of Qatar Athletics ing not only Farah, but also con- to get well fast after his injury. to build athletics.” Federation, confirmed that Doha troversial US sprinter Justin I’m sure he will break many more A night-time marathon was was still planning to press ahead Gatlin, Mohammed Aman and indoor and outdoor records in one of the proposals in Qatar’s with a night-time race. Asbel Kiprop, the men’s current the future,” added Bubka, who successful bid to host the 2019 He said athletics needed “inno- 800m and 1500m world champi- set and broke both the outdoor event. vation” and hoped the event ons, and America’s 200m Olympic and indoor world records 35 times The plan is for the runners to would be “one of the best” of the champion Allyson Felix. from 1981 to 2001. compete on a specially-lit course championships. AFP THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 MAY 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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Cosplayers pose in a Spiderman costume (left) and in Star Wars Trooper costumes during the first ‘Fantasy Basel’, in Basel, Switzerland, yesterday. The festival for movie, games, cosplay and comic fans runs until May 16. Cosplaying is a Japanese costuming trend. Hand grip Cannes screens Mad Max blockbuster

CANNES: The Cannes Film side of things. Cannes’s competi- is telltale Festival slipped into high gear tion for the top Palme d’Or prize on its second day yesterday by takes care of the rest. Yesterday screening the new Mad Max saw the first two of the 19 films in of heart’s blockbuster and firing the competition unspooled. starter’s gun on its competition One was a gentle Japanese for the Palme d’Or. family drama adapted from a Mad Max: Fury Road, a manga, Our Little Sister, which health demented sci-fi road battle tells the story of three siblings movie starring Tom Hardy and who meet their orphaned teen- PARIS: Testing people’s Charlize Theron, gave a jolt of age half-sister for the first time hand strength could be a sim- adrenaline and glitz to the Riviera at their father’s funeral and ple, low-cost way to screen event, which leans heavily to invite her to live with them. them for the risk of heart arthouse fare. Although largely Director Hirokazu Koreeda attack or stroke, The Lancet Australian, Fury Road threw a said he got so swept up reading reported yesterday. bit of Hollywood glitter over the the original manga that he had Canadian-led researchers festival, confirming the event’s to buy its movie rights. “I said to carried out a large-scale probe status as the premier interna- myself, ‘I know someone else is into evidence that a firm hand tional showcase for commercial going to make a film out of it’. grip is a rough yet reliable and arthouse fare. And so I thought, I would prefer it indicator of good health. Advance press screenings be me and no one but me,” he said. Their study covered nearly brought rave reviews for the The second competition entry 140,000 patients aged between superlative stunts and action was Tale of Tales, an Italian- 35 and 70 in 17 countries, sequences of Fury Road. directed movie shot in English whose health was monitored Rolling Stone magazine said the with an international cast includ- over four years. movie was a “brilliant cinematic ing Salma Hayek and Vincent During checkups, the fireball”. Hardy, who plays second Cassel. Critics gave warm reviews patients were asked to grasp fiddle to Theron’s steely charac- FROM LEFT: Australian director George Miller, South African-US actress Charlize Theron and US actor Tom Hardy to the fantasy film, which brought a gadget called a Jamar ter, told reporters that the movie, during a photocall for the film ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ during the 68th Cannes Film Festival yesterday. together three fairytales inspired dynamometer, which meas- essentially a lengthy battle-on- by a 17th-century poet called ures muscle strength. vehicles epic, was “relentless and men. It was “incredible”, she said, 1979 movie and two sequels. Cannes will match the Fury Road Giambattista Basile and mixed Every 5kg decline in grip incredibly visceral”. to play a part that “celebrates He also demurred when asked budget (estimated at $150m) or them into a baroque, bloody com- strength was linked to a 16-per- Theron rankled a little at ques- everything about being a woman”. if further Mad Max films were in its wide box office appeal. But pilation. “The key to the film is cent increase in the risk of death tions suggesting she was playing Miller lauded Hardy as having the pipeline. “I’m just not recovered the festival revels in displaying desire which becomes obsession from any cause over the study’s as tough as the men in the movie, the same level of charisma as Mel enough,” but it was possible “if we the two driving forces of cinema: and creates conflicts,” director four years. saying that women are capable of Gibson, who shot to fame after get the appetite again,” he said. Business and art. Matteo Garrone said. The decline was also asso- just as much resourcefulness as playing Mad Max in the original No other film to be shown at Fury Road fulfils the commercial AFP ciated with a seven-percent increased risk of a heart attack, and a nine-percent increased risk of a stroke. Hand grip is a stronger Men in red appear forecaster of early death than systolic blood pressure, the Ranbir walks on the wild side study found. angry and in The results were the same PANAJI: Ranbir Kapoor, the scion of Despite a number of recent flops, when factors such as age, ‘Bollywood’s First Family’, acknowl- Kapoor remains one of Bollywood’s most tobacco and alcohol use, edu- edges his latest role as a streetfighter in-demand stars and his forthcoming charge: Research cation level and employment in Mumbai’s underworld marks a dra- films include Tamaasha (Spectacle) status, which affect health, matic departure for an acting heart- and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (Oh heart, PARIS: Bulls have known it forever, but were taken into account. throb long regarded as being to the it’s difficult). Home to several family scientists are now saying that men dressed There was no link, though, manor born. dynasties, the Kapoors have the edge in red appear angrier and more dominant between grip strength and “But that kind of risk gets us all in Bollywood with their long line of than those in blue or grey. diabetes, respiratory dis- excited,” says the 33-year-old ahead of famous actors and directors stretch- The study published in the Royal Society ease, injuries from falls or today’s release of Hindi film Bombay ing back generations. While other journal Biology Letters was based on the reac- fractures. Velvet. “Even Spiderman has to take Bollywood stars such as Amitabh tions of both men and women to men photo- “Grip strength could be an risks.” Directed by Anurag Kashyap, Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are graphed in different coloured clothing. “Men easy and inexpensive test to Bombay Velvet is one of the most hotly- avid users of social networks, Kapoor wearing red were rated as more aggressive assess an individual’s risk of anticipated Bollywood movies of the has no intention of joining them. and more dominant and were more often cat- death and cardiovascular dis- year with a cast that also includes “I have two simple reasons for stay- egorised as ‘angry’ than targets wearing grey ease,” said Darryl Leong, an Anushka Sharma. ing off social media. The mystery of or blue,” said the researchers from Durham assistant professor of medi- Set in the 1960s, Kapoor plays Johnny an actor is anyway dying. We are vis- University in Britain. cine at McMaster University Balraj, an angry young man who falls ible everywhere — TV, endorsements, Previous research had shown wearing red in Hamilton, Ontario, who led in love with a jazz singer (Sharma) in Ranbir Kapoor and actress Anushka Sharma answer promoting films, dancing at awards could increase one’s chances of winning a sports the investigation. between illegal boxing bouts that leave questions during a promotional event for ‘Bombay shows, newspapers,” he said. “I feel I contest, and is also a mark of dominance in other “Doctors or other health- him black and blue. He hides his black Velvet’ in Mumbai. can maintain some sense of longevity species. But the new research shows associa- care professionals can meas- eyes with sunglasses even in the darkest and mystery about myself by avoiding tions between clothing colour and how a person ure grip strength to identify of nightclubs. interview at a hotel in Goa. “I have done such platforms. is perceived, with red apparently triggering patients with major illnesses Kapoor, the son of Bollywood legends all these coming-of-age films and then to “Also I don’t believe an actor in India certain mental associations in humans. such as heart failure who are at Rishi and Neetu Kapoor and grandson see me in this strata of society, in this has complete freedom of speech because A hundred people, half of them male and half particularly high risk of dying of iconic director Raj Kapoor, studied character of Johnny Balraj, a boy con- if I say something or tweet something it female, were asked to look at photos of men dressed from their illness.” film making in New York before mak- sumed by the desire for a brighter future, is interpreted in many different ways and in red, blue and grey and asked to rate them on More work is needed to cali- ing his screen debut in 2007’s Saawariya who wants to be a big shot in the big bad then I have the added burden of making how aggressive and authoritarian they seemed to brate hand grip, as the strength (My Love). Since then he has enjoyed a world of Bombay but gets caught in this people understand what I tried to say. be, as well as their apparent emotional state. Both can depend on the individual’s string of successes playing “coming of web of lies, was what excited me. Twitter is like a 24x7 press conference.” men and women saw anger and aggression in the size, weight and ethnicity. age” characters. “I don’t have any song or dance He says the flipside of stardom is the red-wearing men. But only the male viewers in Research, too, is needed But now in his mid-30s, Kapoor number, the film is challenging the norm, inability to travel in one’s own country. the study also saw dominance in the photos of to understand why muscle wanted to take on more challenging form and content.” Kapoor says his rela- “I do wish I had travelled in India more. those wearing red clothes. strength seems to be a telltale roles and approached Kashyap when he tionship with any movie’s director is key That’s something I miss,” he said. “But Grey and blue on the other hand transmitted of health — and whether the heard that the director planned to make to its success. “My challenge is to be I love the life I live and that I get to do no feelings of aggression or authority to either risk of death and cardiovascu- a movie out of a well-known book called great friends with the director. In fact what I love. Yes, your personal life takes the men or the women in the study. “This sug- lar disease could be eased by Mumbai Fables. it’s very important for the director and a little bit of a backseat because you are gests that the colour red may be a cue used to improving muscle tone. “Yes, there is pressure, but one should me to be in love with each other before constantly in a movie even though you predict propensity for dominance and aggression AFP feel the pressure otherwise the glory we approach a film because the process are not working in a movie. But I guess in human males,” the study said. AFP would not be great,” Kapoor said in an is as fragile and as sensitive.” that’s all a part of showbiz.” AFP