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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 ‘Secret steps’ to change Syria balance Friends of Syria meeting in Doha decides to do everything to help rebels fighting Assad’s regime

DOHA: World powers support- ground is achieved, in order to for increasing military aid to end ing the Syrian opposition yes- force the regime to sit down to what US Secretary of State John terday decided to take “secret talks,” the Prime Minister told Kerry called an “imbalance” in steps” to change the balance on the meeting. Assad’s favour. the battlefield, following calls He added that use of force may Kerry said the US remained for stepping up military aid to be necessary to achieve this goal. committed to a peace plan that rebel fighters. Getting arms and using them includes a conference in Geneva Speaking to reporters after a could be the only way to achieve and a transitional government meeting of Friends of Syria for- peace, especially in the Syrian picked both by Assad and the eign ministers here, the Prime case,” said the Prime Minister. opposition. Minister and Foreign Minister “We are not against dialogue But he said the rebels need H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem and peaceful settlement; and more support “for the purpose of bin Jabor Al Thani said that the definitely we support the conven- being able to get to Geneva and to meeting had taken “a secret deci- tion of Geneva II conference to be able to address the imbalance sion about practical measures bring about a peaceful transfer on the ground”. to change the situation on the of power in Syria through the British Foreign Secretary ground in Syria”. formation of a fully authorised William Hague said London had In their final communique, transitional government in which taken “no decision” to arm the the ministers agreed to “pro- Bashar Al Assad and his associ- rebels. vide urgently all the necessary ates whose hands were stained Meanwhile, French Foreign material and equipment to the with blood cannot participate”, The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani and US Secretary of Minister Laurent Fabius said opposition on the ground, each he added. State John Kerry at the Friends of Syria Foreign Ministers Meeting in Doha yesterday. the ministers demanded that country in its own way in order He said the Syrian regime predominantly Shia Iran and to enable them to counter bru- would not have been able to eas- from Lebanon in the conflict “The Qatari stand at that time “There is difference between Hezbollah stop meddling in the tal attacks by the regime and ily carry on the bloodbath, it if raging in Syria. It is extremely was clear. Hezbollah was defend- Doha and Tehran on the Syrian war by supporting Assad, whose its allies and protect the Syrian were not supported by “very well- horrifying to hear the news and ing Lebanese territory. Now the issue. The Iranian intervention Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia people. known regional and international see evidence about the regime’s situation is different. They are not will destabilise the region,” said Islam. They demanded that Iran powers.” unscrupulous use of chemical defending their territory. They the Prime Minister. “We have demanded that Iran and Lebanese Shia move- “The most blunt example weapons against its own people,” are interfering in the Syrian issue Ministers from Britain, Egypt, and Hezbollah end their interven- ment Hezbollah stop support- of that is the interference of said the Prime Minister. and committing crimes against France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, tion in the conflict,” said Fabius. ing President Bashar Al Assad’s Hezbollah, which imposes a huge Later talking to the media, the the Syrian people.” Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the “We are fully against the inter- regime. responsibility on the Lebanese Prime Minister defended Qatar’s He said relations between United Arab Emirates and the nationalisation of the conflict,” he A peaceful end “cannot be government to take appropriate support to the Hezbollah during Qatar and Iran were good and United States attended the talks. told reporters. reached unless a balance on the actions to stop any interference its war with Israel in 2006, saying, will continue to be so. Washington and Doha called THE PENINSULA/AGENCIES

More than 30 killed in Iraq violence Al Zubarah joins Unesco World Heritage List

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber DOHA: Al Zubarah Archeological Site, the town developed into a centre for pearl Trustees of Qatar Museums Authority blew himself up inside a Shia a traditional pearl fishing town located fishing and international trade, and rose (QMA), who was present at the Unesco mosque in northern Baghdad on the north-western coast of Qatar, has to become the country’s largest and most event said the decision follows the “enor- killing at least 12 people dur- entered the Unesco World Heritage List. important settlement. The town was aban- mous effort by Qatar in ensuring the pres- ing evening prayers, police and It is the first Qatari site to be included doned by the mid-20th century. Al Zubarah ervation and conservation of this historical medics said, in the deadliest of in the international register joining the 911 Archaeological Site covers an area of 60 site, leading it to be internationally recog- a series of attacks that claimed natural and cultural properties worldwide. hectares with remains of houses, mosques, nised for its human legacy, specially that more than 30 lives across Iraq The decision was announced yesterday at large fortified buildings and a market. Al Zubarah is significant to many of Gulf yesterday. the 37th session of the World Heritage Entry to the Unesco World Heritage List nationals”. Sectarian tensions in Iraq Committee conference in Cambodia. is a unique opportunity for the country to Al Zubarah was first reported as an and the wider region have been Al Zubarah is one of the largest and build local and international awareness for archaeological site by a Danish-led team The Al Zubarah Fort. inflamed by the civil war in Syria, best preserved examples of an 18th-19th the site and the values of the World Heritage of archaeologists in the 1950s, and then where mainly Sunni Muslim century traditional pearl fishing and Convention. Other sites that hold this title excavated by Danish and Qatari teams. rebels are fighting to overthrow merchant towns in the Gulf. A coastal include the Yellowstone Natural Park in the As a result of the studies conducted Museum of Qatar’s (NMoQ) permanent President Bashar al-Assad, whose town that is now abandoned, Al Zubarah US and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. at the site, a large number of archaeo- collection, and will be featured in the Alawite sect derives from Shi’ite is situated about 100 km north-west of Sheikh Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali logical finds from the 18th-19th cen- museum galleries, QMA said yesterday. Islam. Earlier report on page 10 Doha. Founded in the mid-18th century, Al Thani, vice chairman of the Board of turies are now part of the National THE PENINSULA Abbas, Palestinian Mangoes and dates PM to meet again US accused of hacking RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet today with Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in a new bid Chinese mobile firms to defuse a political crisis that prompted the premier to sub- HONG KONG: Edward The 30-year-old intelligence mit his resignation, a senior Snowden, the former CIA tech- analyst has over the past three Palestinian official said. nician who blew the whistle on weeks leaked a series of docu- The 11am meeting at Abbas’s global surveillance operations, ments to The Guardian revealing offices in the West Bank city of has opened a new front against how US and UK secret services Ramallah will be their third in the US authorities, claiming gain access to huge amounts of 48 hours. They met last evening, they hacked into Chinese mobile phone and internet data, raising after which no statement was phone companies to access mil- serious questions about privacy in issued. Hamdallah, who took lions of private text messages. the internet age. office two weeks ago, presented His latest claims came as some On Friday, based on documents his resignation on Thursday, then Hong Kong politicians called for from Snowden, The Guardian withdrew it on Friday. Snowden to be protected from reported that Britain’s spy agency extradition to the US after the GCHQ has secretly gained access Mursi offers to talk justice department in Washington to the network of cables carrying filed criminal charges against him the world’s phone calls and inter- with opposition late on Friday. net traffic, without the authori- The latest developments will ties having made this known to CAIRO: Egyptian President raise fears that the US action the public. Mohammed Mursi has repeated may have pushed Snowden into It was also reported that a call for dialogue in an attempt the hands of the Chinese, trig- GCHQ is processing vast streams to mitigate deep political divi- gering what could be a tense and of sensitive information which it sions ahead of planned rallies prolonged diplomatic and legal is sharing with its US partner, the against him, while opposition wrangle between the world’s two National Security Agency. leaders insisted yesterday that leading superpowers. Yesterday the former British he step down. “I have said it Snowden, whose whereabouts foreign secretary Sir Malcolm before. I urge everyone to sit have not been publicly known Rifkind, who now chairs the intel- together to discuss what would since he checked out of a Hong ligence and security committee, achieve the interests of our Kong hotel on June 10, was said the committee would launch nation,” Morsi said in an inter- A mango tree laden with fruits stands next to a date palm tree in the Hilal area of Doha yesterday. Though date reported by the Chinese media an investigation into the latest view in Akhbar Al Youm news- trees are common here, it is very rare for mangoes to grow in a desert climate. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) yesterday to be in a “safe place” revelations. THE GUARDIAN paper. See also page 7 in the former British colony. See also page 11 SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Attorney-General Ali bin Fetais Al Marri and French President Francois Hollande during the inauguration ceremony of the second branch of Voltaire French School in Qatar yesterday. Hollande opens French school branch in Qatar

DOHA: French President come to Qatar to discuss a number bin Fetais Al Marri, who is also Francois Hollande yesterday of projects soon,” Hollande said. the Chairman of the Board of inaugurated the second branch The French president and his Directors of the Qatari-French of the Voltaire French School in delegation were welcomed at the School, said that cooperation on Qatar. Doha International Airport by the education will strengthen ties Hollande, who is on his first Minister of Energy and Industry between Qatar and France. official two-day visit to Qatar, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh He said that he wanted to said that France wants to have a Al Sada, Qatari Ambassador in enrich the Qatari culture by pro- strong presence here, keeping in Paris, Mohammad Jaham Abdul moting French education in the view the country’s foreign policy Aziz Al Kuwari and French country. and strategic interests. Ambassador in Doha Jean- “I want to enrich the Qatari “The French school was estab- Christophe Peaucelle. culture, which is why we chose lished with the joint collabora- The first branch of the Lycee France. This school will expand tion of Qatar and France and it Voltaire was officially inaugurated the French speaking circle in shows our presence in the coun- by the former French President Qatar,” Al Marri said, adding that try,” Hollande said. The French Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008. France has a very rich history. president also said that Qatari There are about 1,000 students The French president also met investments in France is wel- enrolled in both the branches of the French community members come. He is also expected to hold Lycee Voltaire. at the opening of the new school, talks with the Emir H H Sheikh The medium of education in the which is located in Al Waab area. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani to school, which starts from primary He is expected to attend a busi- promote trade and investment and goes up to middle school, is ness forum and later address a between the two countries. French, Arabic and English. press conference in Doha today. “French real estate experts will The Attorney-General Ali THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Heir Apparent meets US Secretary of State

The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with US Secretary of State John Kerry at Al Bahr Palace yesterday. During the meeting, the two leaders reviewed ties and other issues of common concern, in addition to the latest developments in Syria.

Minister, Sheikha Mayassa meet Cambodia King

The Minister of Business and Trade H E Sheikh Jassim bin Abdul Aziz and Chairperson of Qatar Museum Authority and Reach Out To Asia H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni in Phnom Penh yesterday. SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Qatar issues annual Alliance of Civilisations Report

DOHA: The Qatar Committee for the Alliance of Civilisation has issued its third annual report for 2012-2013 in which it highlighted its most important achievements and activities last year. QNA

Visitors to Al Khor Mall getting themselves registered for the ‘Mall Walk’. Families begin walking more while shopping Al Khor Mall and Hyatt Plaza join Aspire initiative

DOHA: Many families gathered summer by walking in malls. which help them overcome the at the Al Khor Mall and Hyatt Fouad Madhahka, a sports physi- laziness associated with the sum- Plaza yesterday to take part ology specialist at Aspetar and mer heat.” in Aspire Zone Foundation’s a representative of step into He continued, “The Hyatt (AZF) ‘Walk More: Walk’ the health, said: “We are absolutely Plaza route includes an estimated Mall initiative. delighted with the overwhelming 1,200 steps and is designed to The two shopping centres, response we’ve received. Through take approximately 12 minutes dubbed the ‘healthy malls’ which this initiative, we aim to encour- to complete, burning 70 calo- was created under AZF’s step age people to be more active dur- ries along the way. Meanwhile, into health initiative, aims to ing the summer and to provide the Al Khor circuit involves an encourage people to stay fit this them with innovative initiatives estimated 2,000 steps over 20 minutes, accounting for around 100 calories.” The simultaneous launches featured activi- ties for the whole family, including raffles, health checks and a range of free gifts for participants. In addition, pedometers were given to the first 100 peo- ple to finish the route. The raffle prizes contrib- uted by Commercialbank, Ooredoo, Hyatt Plaza and Al Khor Mall, included iPhones, Samsung Galaxies, iPad Minis and vouchers. The four winners at Al Khor Mall were Kulthum Madeen, Rajesh Patter, Aneesha and Mohamed Ali, while Rania Abdel Haleem, Sarah Abdel Rahman, Sejleh Manhaz Aptehdi and Sarah Fananag were the winners at Hyatt Plaza. The step into health team was on hand to help participants identify the circuit, as well as distrib- ute flyers containing addi- tional information about the initiative and how best to benefit from the programme. General Manager of Hyatt Plaza, Feroz Moideen, said: “This is an excellent idea, especially in the Middle East. With the summer kicking in there is nowhere for people to exercise. Being able to work out in malls is going to motivate members of the community to walk.” Al Khor Mall and Hyatt Plaza are open daily from 8am to 12 midnight. People are encouraged to use the facilities as walking venues before shops open, between 8am and 10am, or after they close between 10pm and 12am. Aysha Hassan, a Qatari citizen, praised AZF for its commitment to promoting healthy lifestyles. “This is a fantastic ini- tiative,” she said. “Aspire Zone Foundation consist- ently provides the com- munity with events and activities for the whole family. The timing is per- fect as outside tempera- tures have begun to rise, limiting our ability to exercise. This initiative has provided the commu- nity with the opportunity to exercise in a comfort- able and air-conditioned environment,” Hassan said. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

QNB’s diamond embedded credit card ‘Dr Stretch’ to ease aches DOHA: Qatar National Bank MasterCard Credit Card is a new (QNB) has reinforced its position- experience-based service platform ing in the ultra-high net worth for affluent customers, which deliv- segment by launching the first ers a mix of benefits and rewards, exclusive Diamond Embedded QNB unmatched world travel and lifestyle Private World Elite MasterCard expertise and global acceptance. and strains of daily living Credit Card in the Middle East and QNB, the largest bank in the Qatar Africa Region. and the wider Mena region, is proud With this launch, the bank con- to be the first bank in the country to tinues to expand its range of cus- issue a card with customer benefits Al Ali Hospital introduces animated cartoon to help alleviate back pain tomer tailored credit cards to meet of this calibre. the needs of its Private Banking Meant to serve the VIP luxury customers. traveller, the card offers the ultimate DOHA: Al Ali Hospital recently intro- The diamond-embedded card experience in airport concierge, com- duced Dr Stretch, an animated Cartoon has been designed by QNB and plimentary unlimited access to over character introducing beneficial back MasterCard to meet the lifestyle 600 VIP airport lounges across the exercises together with Qatar Solar needs of this segment and will be world and exclusive rewards on busi- Technologies (QSTec), at a symposium available by invitation only. ness, first and private jet travel. held to discuss about the prevalence and The QNB Private World Elite THE PENINSULA dangers of back pain. Approximately, 80 percent of people, at least, will get back pain at some time in their lifetime. In any given society, 10 per- cent to 15 percent of people report having back pain. Back pain is one of the most expensive health care problems in the world. Perhaps more disturbing than the high cost, is the fact that the treatment costs related to back pain have risen from year to year without a corresponding improvement in quality of care. Head of the Orthopaedic Department and consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Al Ahli Hospital, Dr Emmanuel Tolessa has been working on a simple concept; an exercise regimen entitled ‘Keep Moving.’ Dr Tolessa says: “A key in preventing back pain whether it is associated to the type of work you do, to your lifestyle or to your body weight, is physical body conditioning. In my opinion, prevention is far better than cure, let us start the journey by acknowledg- ing that basic exercise, as simple as it may seem, is the key to managing back pain. I have treated a great number of guests with mechanical and chronic back pain and I know that back pain is something that we have to come to terms sooner rather than later. “ Regular exercise to strengthen and sta- The Head of the Orthopaedic Department and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Al Ahli Hospital, bilise the core muscles (the muscles around Dr Emmanuel Tolessa (left), with QSTec Chairman and CEO, Dr Khalid Klefeekh Al Hajri, at the your spine and your abdomen that stabilise press briefing. your spine) is important in developing a healthy back and in the prevention and/or effective series of stretching exercises can Chairman and CEO, Dr Khalid Klefeekh treatment of back pain. be done in any environment. Al Hajri. ‘Dr Stretch’ presents a unique approach QSTec actively promotes the benefits of “This initiative makes it easy for people to to ease the aches and strains of daily living a healthy lifestyle for its staff and the local learn the correct techniques to keep active for any person from all walks of life deliv- community and is a proud supporter of this whether they are in their offices, at home or ering an excellent regimen of exercises in Keep Moving initiative. travelling and this will have a positive effect a light hearted manner and easy to follow “The promotion of a healthy lifestyle is on our communities.” approach. Dr Stretch and his simple yet extremely important to QSTec,” said QSTec THE PENINSULA QSTP seminar to discuss new developments in ICT industry DOHA: Qatar Science and in Germany and Qatar. He has Professor Khalid Qaraqe from Technology Park (QSTP) will also led various collaborative the Department of Electrical and be hosting a TECHtalks semi- research initiatives with aca- Computer Engineering, TAMUQ, nar to address the latest devel- demic institutions in Qatar, will also be part of the panel. opments in the Information and including Texas A&M University Prof Qaraqe has over 12 years Communication Technology (TAMUQ), where he was an of expertise in the telecommu- (ICT) sector. adjunct associate Professor. nications industry and has been To be held on Tuesday from An expert panel session will involved in numerous GSM, 5pm to 7pm within QSTP also take place following Dr El CDMA, and WCDMA projects, premises, the event will feature Saigh’s presentation. and is specialized in product Guest Speaker, Head of Networks, It will feature an illustrious development, design, deploy- Vodafone Qatar, Dr Amer I El line up of experts including Dr ments, testing and integration of Saigh. Adnan Abu-Dayya, Executive networks. Dr El Saigh will be addressing Director, Qatar Mobility The third panellist is Dr how the advent of new wireless Innovations Center. His exper- Pascal Dutru, Head of Strategy technologies are set to revolution- tise includes 10 years at AT&T and Policy at ictQatar, Qatar’s ise the telecommunications sector Wireless in Seattle, USA, where Telecom Regulatory Authority. here in Qatar as well as globally. he was involved in a range of Dutru has extensive experience A specialist in the field, he has product innovations and emerg- in the litigation and regulatory been instrumental in the develop- ing technologies, systems engi- aspects of the telecommunication ment and roll out of technologies neering, and product realisation. sector. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

The Director General of Public Security Staff Major General Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi presenting an award to an officer. RIGHT: Marine simulation devices at the Training Section of the Coasts and Borders Security Department. Qatar boosts coasts and border security CBSD holds graduation ceremony for 11 courses; Training Section gets hi-tech marine simulation devices

DOHA: Coasts and Borders of Coasts and Borders Security of the marine simulation devices group of academicians and out- He pointed out to the impor- of the role played by the device Security Department (CBSD) Department for its development from the training section of the standing national cadre. tance of the courses and efforts in the field of training, which is celebrated graduation ceremony and updates at all levels, its atten- department is proof that the He explained that the depart- of the training section in conduct- considered as the most sophisti- of a number of courses as well as tion in aspects of training and department is moving in the ment is working on fields of devel- ing these different courses that cated and modern means in the launching of marine simulation raising the efficiency of its staff right direction. opment including manpower, include in advanced navigational field of training. devices by the training section according to the size and nature The CBSD Director Navy Staff equipment and training. The devices for the officers, functions The simulation system will be of the Department recently. of its role. Brigadier Ali Ahmed Albadid CBSD will evaluate the perform- of coastal patrols and driving completed in three stages and it The ceremony was held under He said he witnessed the emphasised on the major and ance in the training for further boats, among others. aims to train employees of the the patronage of the Director excitement and seriousness not important role played by the development Later the Director General Department in driving power- General of Public Security only in the graduates of the 11 Qualification and Training The graduation ceremony of Public Security honoured boats in an environment similar (DGPS) Staff Major General courses but also in employees of Section of the Department as was commenced with a speech the graduates and presented to reality, which will boost the Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi at the Department and their inter- they contributed to raising the from Head of Qualification certificates. level of trainees and give them the end of the training season for est in scientific and practical efficiency of the staff of the and Training Section at the He then launched the marine more confidence to reduce errors this year. education. department, especially as the Department First Lt Abdul simulation devices and listened to and raise the efficiency in using The DGPS admired the efforts He added that the launching section includes a distinguished Rahman Al Ibrahim. a briefing about the importance the boats. THE PENINSULA

Region’s electric and electronics engineers plan Doha conference

DOHA: The seventh GCC conference of the Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) will be held in November to reflect on the emerging technology and rapid changes that are occur- ring in the Gulf region. The annual event to be held under the theme ‘Towards Improving Quality of Life,’ would bring experts from all over the world to discuss about the devel- opments and challenges in the electric and electronic engineer- ing field. “It is a privilege to take part in Officials of Barwa Bank with their awards during the awards ceremony in Dubai. this conference and we are glad that the seventh IEEE is being held in Doha,” said Chairman of Qatar Society of Engineers, FROM LEFT: The Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Conference, Barwa Bank wins top awards Ahmad Al Jolo, addressing a Mohammad Ibrahim Al Mohanadi, Chairman of IEEE, Yacoob Al Mulla, and press conference at the Qatar Chairman of Qatar Society of Engineers, Ahmad Al Jolo during the press DOHA: Barwa Bank has been benchmark for successful banking by Banker Middle East Industry National Convention Centre conference. SALIM MATRAMKOT named the winner of Banker and financial institutions in the Awards for its unrivalled expan- (QNCC) on Thursday. Middle East Industry Awards Mena region and winning these sion; growing to encompass six Also an agreement was signed 2013 for “Best Islamic Bank”, four awards is an accomplishment branches in Qatar, as well as inte- by Chairman of IEEE, Yacoob resources by eliminating envi- academics and experts from the “Best Sukuk Arranger” and for Barwa Bank. grating three other companies - Al Mullah and Chairman of the ronmental residuals in the GCC industry will attend the event. “Fastest Growing Bank in Troop said: “We are hon- First Investor, First Finance and organising committee of the by large. The seventh IEEE GCC con- Qatar”, a press statement said oured to be acknowledged by CPI First Leasing — in less than four conference, Mohammad Ibrahim The conference will bring ference also offers an oppor- yesterday. Finance through these Awards: years of operation. Al Mohanadi with the QNCC to around 120 experts to discuss tunity to promote products, Chief Executive Officer of they are a reflection of our com- Barwa Bank, established in have it as the event avenue. about how emerging technolo- services, ideas as well as various Barwa Bank, Steve Troop, was mitment to growth and to build- 2008, has been able to demonstrate The innovative changes in the gies can address present and roles of business electrical engi- also recognised receiving the ing an innovative and customer its presence in the market while world are demonstrating the potential statements to improve neering in a comprehensive way. “Banker of the Year” award dur- focused Shariah-compliant bank competing with other leading role and responsibilities of the various industries control and An exhibition too would be ing the ceremony held recently in that can lead the way in this banks that have been established engineers in developing emerg- operations with high sense of held on the sidelines of the con- Dubai. growing sector.” for a far longer time, providing its ing technology to improve the engineering reliability. Further, ference to showcase the products Organised by CPI Financial, This is the second year Barwa clients quality products and serv- reliability and sustainability they will discuss subjects as role and services in the electric and the annual Banker Middle Bank has been recognised as the ices tailored to specific customer of the industrial operation as of women in the industry. electronic engineering industry. East Industry Awards sets the “Fastest Growing Bank in Qatar” groups. THE PENINSULA well as to preserve the natural Government officials, THE PENINSULA

Al khaliji holds training programme on anti-money laundering regulations

DOHA: In its efforts to meet- addressed detailed issues on how Head of Compliance. Presenting ing local and international com- to apply a risk-based approach to al khaliji’s own unique experi- pliance, Al Khalij Commercial AML compliance and how best ence with its own anti-money Bank (al khaliji) held annual to develop and apply new typolo- laundering framework, and how training for its employees to gies for internal monitoring and the bank implemented the regu- educate them about anti-money investigations. lations uniformly across the dif- laundering (AML) regula- “The training is a platform to ferent countries it does business tions, a press statement said discuss implementation practices in (Qatar, France, and the UAE), yesterday. on anti-money laundering laws. Zeineh discussed in detail com- Nearly 270 employees of the The training has been structured pliance management framework, bank attended the training held in to allow our employees to openly with emphasis on Regulatory Qatar and the UAE. The training discuss the topics and challenges Obligations, Client Due Diligence, that took place in Qatar, was also with regards to implementation Reporting a suspicious trans- attended by representatives from of the laws, and suggest solutions actions, Conflicts of Interest, the Qatar Financial Information to meet those challenges,” said Whistle Blowing and FATCA. Some of the employees of al khaliji who took part in the anti-money laundering training. Unit. al khaliji Group Compliance Osama Zeineh, al khaliji Group THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Over 1.5 million Mursi for talks, oppn tells him to go workers change status in Saudi All eyes on June 30 protests RIYADH: More than 1.5 mil- lion foreign workers in Saudi CAIRO: Egyptian President revolution, which are freedom Arabia have changed their resi- Mohammed Mursi has repeated and social justice,” ElBaradei said. dence status since April ahead a call for dialogue in an attempt “I would like to call on of a crackdown on illegally reg- to mitigate deep political divi- President Mohammed Mursi istered expatriates in the king- sions ahead of planned rallies and his Muslim Brotherhood to dom, the labour ministry said. against him, while opposition respond to the cries from all over Saudi Arabia is trying to leaders insisted yesterday that Egypt,” he said at a conference reduce a black market in labour he step down. grouping opposition leaders aimed among the estimated nine mil- “I have said it before. I urge at drawing up a plan for a post- lion foreigners in the country. everyone to sit together to discuss Mursi Egypt. Unemployment among Saudis is what would achieve the interests There is much anticipation officially estimated at 12 percent. of our nation,” Morsi said in an and anxiety ahead of the June 30 Huge crowds of foreign work- interview published in the state- protests, with fears of violence ers have queued for long periods in owned Akhbar Al Youm newspa- and instability. But Mursi says sweltering heat outside government per. The interview comes a day there is still room to resolve dif- offices and their own consulates in after tens of thousands of Mursi ferences off the streets. He said recent weeks, fearing fines and pos- supporters massed in Cairo in a he would consider bringing for- sible deportation if they fail to legal- show of strength ahead of opposi- ward parliamentary elections, ise their status before July 3. More tion protests planned for June 30. which are scheduled to take Senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei (fourth right) and Leftist leader Hamdeen Sabahi (fourth left) wave than 180,000 have also left the coun- Egypt is deeply polarised. place later this year, although to their supporters during a news conference in Cairo yesterday. try, the passports authority said last Mursi’s supporters say he is no date has yet been set. week. Registering foreigners prop- clearing institutions of decades of “I will continue in my pursuit will hand him the power accord- and stability for Egypt,” Mursi (and) parliamentary elections to erly has become important for the corruption but his critics accuse for contact, and I may speed up ing to the constitution and to the said. have all segments of society rep- labour ministry after it imposed a him of concentrating power in the parliamentary elections as a way law,” Mursi said. “And I will do During his tenure, the economy resented,” he said. “We want the new system of quotas last year that hands of his Muslim Brotherhood of involving everyone in an agreed this with goodwill... in accordance has taken a tumble, investment Egypt that the revolution rose up stipulate how many employees in movement. Since taking office a method to manage our differences,” with democracy and my rejec- has dried up, the vital tourism for,” he said. particular types of position should year ago, Mursi has squared off Mursi said. “The call for protest on tion of any monopoly of power,” industry has been battered and A campaign dubbed Tamarod be Saudi nationals. with the judiciary, media, police June 30 reflects the atmosphere of he said. inflation has soared. (rebellion in Arabic) called the Under Saudi law, foreigners must and most recently artists. freedom granted to us by the revo- He appealed for calm and With Egypt deeply polarised June 30 rally to coincide with the be sponsored by their employer and Leading Egyptian dissident lution” of 2011, he said. accused those who benefited between Mursi’s mainly Islamist first anniversary of Mursi becom- must work only in the field reg- Mohamed ElBaradei urged the Mursi has been in office for from the regime of ousted presi- supporters and wide-ranging ing president. Tamarod organis- istered on their residence papers. president to resign for the sake of just one year and in yesterday’s dent Hosni Mubarak of inciting opposition, ElBaradei said it was ers said they have collected 15 In practice, many work for other national unity. “For Egypt’s sake, interview he implied he had no instability. “They want to bring time for “national reconciliation” million signatures demanding companies and in different jobs. I call on President Mohammed intention to step down before back the past because the revo- in order to move forward. What that Mursi quit, leaving the gov- Raids on companies earlier this Mursi to resign and give us the the end of his four-year term. “If lution harmed their interests. is needed is “a system based on ernment jittery and energising year to inspect expatriates’ docu- opportunity to begin a new phase Egyptians choose someone other (People) must stop their evil plans free and fair elections with inter- the fragmented opposition. ments prompted press reports of based on the principles of the than me in the next elections, I because they do not want calm national and local monitoring AFP labour shortages as workers stayed at home to avoid being caught. In April, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz announced a three- Miss Algeria month grace period for foreigners Another death in Shia man shot dead in Qatif to resolve their statuses, waiving fines and other fees for visa viola- crowned for first Saudi from MERS RIYADH: A Shia man was shot dead late on Friday in Qatif district tions while expatriates changed RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The shooting brings to 19 the their sponsorship to reflect their time in 10 years another person had died of the death toll since early 2011 during protests by Shias demanding equal real work, or left the country. ORAN, ALGERIA: After an Sard-like coronavirus MERS and rights with the Sunni majority, and in clashes with police in the towns The announcement provoked absence of 10 years, the Miss six new cases were registered, as and villages around Qatif. Shia activists said the 19-year-old was shot massive queues outside government Algeria beauty contest was held international experts said coun- in his car by a stray bullet fired by police when they fired at another offices as millions rushed to address on Friday in the western city of tries should standardise their person on a motorbike. An Eastern Province police spokesman said their status. In Jeddah, Indonesian Oran, with 19-year-old science approach to treating the disease. in a statement carried on state media that he was shot when they workers rioted outside their consu- student Rym Amari (pictured) The latest cases bring the total exchanged fire with unknown gunmen, adding he was found in his car late last week, angry over bureau- taking the pageant honours. number infected worldwide to 70, at dawn yesterday but was dead before reaching hospital. REUTERS cratic delays. REUTERS The competition was sus- with 39 having died since MERS pended in 2003 after the death of was identified last year. Cheradi Hamdad, who launched As well as announcing the the beauty contest in 1996 during latest death, the Saudi Health Algeria’s devastating civil war and Ministry said on Friday that a whose son Faycal Hamdad has 41-year-old woman in Riyadh was now taken up the mantle. in a stable condition with the dis- “I have picked up the torch for 20 contestants, aged between ease, and that a 32-year-old with this year only, because my father 18 and 26, who were carefully cancer was also being treated. died last year of lung cancer,” said selected from Algeria’s main cit- On Thursday, it confirmed four the new pageant director, a rights ies to compete in front of 2,000 new cases, including three health activist and a performer in his own spectators in an Oran hotel. workers, who have all recovered. right. The revamped beauty show While there was a minimum Most of the cases so far have been demonstrates that “the Algerian height requirement, there was in Saudi Arabia, where 55 people woman has evolved, Algeria has no posing in swimsuits, with the have been confirmed as having the evolved”, said Hamdad. Miss Algeria hopefuls parading disease, of whom 33 have died. After wiping away tears of joy, in traditional outfits, sportswear Researchers said Middle East beauty contest winner Amari and evening dresses. Miss Algeria Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, declared: “I am your Miss Algeria. 2013 has been crowned too late to is even more deadly than Sars and I am 19 years old and I am a mate- be able to participate in this year’s is easily transmitted in healthcare rials science student.” Miss World contest, due to be held environments. She came out on top from the in Bali in September. AFP REUTERS

Hamas executes two Israel collaborators

GAZA CITY: Hamas hanged two men accused of collaborating with Israel yesterday, a state- ment from the interior ministry of the Islamist movement’s government in the Gaza Strip said. The ministry said that it had executed the two men in accordance “with what Palestinian law stipu- lates”, identifying them as “the collaborator with the occupation A G, 49, and the collaborator H K, 43”. A military court in Gaza had sentenced the two to “death by hanging after the tribunal convicted them 10 years ago of charges rang- ing from collaborating with a hostile foreign entity”, to involvement in “killing and espionage”. A number of representatives from civil organisations attended the execution. The Hamas government executed three men in April 2012 after they were accused of “collaborating” with Israel. On Thursday, a Palestinian man found guilty of the same charge was sentenced to death by a military court in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas. AFP SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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INNING the bid to host the Football World Cup is often considered an occasion for pride and celebration. Brazilians too had celebrated Mastery of the Internet will Wwhen they won the bid to host the 2014 World Cup, but that celebration is now a thing of the past, and has given way to some harsh realities. Brazil has become the latest case study of how pop-up protests can upend mean mastery of everyone everything that the so-called popular leaders had stood for. In scenes which are reminiscent of Arab Spring, hundreds BY HENRY PORTER of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in the past evidence of a heedless delinquency in Johnson, to reassure us that mass sur- few days. It all started as a small demonstration about a two of the world’s oldest democracies. veillance was indeed necessary to make small rise in bus fares. Gradually, it metamorphosed into a HIS is for everyone” was the As the enormous implications of this interdictions and, in the case of these protest about their lives, a sudden explosion of resentment message that flashed around story become clear, about such things as Labour ministers, that further powers Tthe Olympic Stadium, as Sir the lack of meaningful oversight in both were needed. and frustration. The protests stunningly convey the lesson Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor countries, the use of commercial com- All of them, especially Straw, a former that the glory and pride of hosting World Cup football, and of the world wide web, was revealed panies and the wholesale disregard for foreign secretary, must have had some that too in a nation where football runs in the veins of every hunched over a computer in the London the fundamentals of our two democratic idea of the scope of GCHQ and NSA person, are no compensation for deprivation and poverty. 2012 opening ceremony. With Edward systems, it’s important to recognise that operations. So why are they continu- Such glory is something to be embraced once the basic needs Snowden’s latest dramatic leak that the a decisive moment has been reached. ing to lobby for more powers under the British GCHQ and the US’s NSA are The impact of all dramatic stories communications data bill, when the of people are taken care of. executing a plan – codenamed MTI, or eventually fades, but this revelation is ones already granted to GCHQ under On Thursday night, more than a million people took Mastering the Internet – to collect a of pivotal importance: either we allow the Regulation of Investigatory Powers to the streets, demanding new spending priorities. The 12 significant amount of the world’s com- the completion of MTI, or we demand Act and to the NSA under the Patriot stadiums Brazil had to build for next year’s World Cup, munications, that generous slogan, that the two agencies are brought to Act appear to provide all the access whose actual costs far exceeded the original estimate, are which applied as much to the web as the account and properly controlled by the required? now seen as a burden in a spirit of the Games, now has a rather politicians that we put in power to look It is possible to get the attack on civil sinister undertone. The web is for eve- after our interests, not to squander our liberties out of proportion in this debate country where there are not ryone and so, we learn, is surveillance. freedoms. and play down the successful interrup- Brazilians have enough schools and hospitals. Britain and the It is an alarming fact that over the tions of terror plots by web and phone President Dilma Rousseff and US have boasted last two weeks, as details of Prism and surveillance. Yet it is vital to stress that realised that the Fifa President Sepp Blatter of their demo- the covert acquisition of phone records good police and intelligence work on the ensuring basic were both booed at the opening cratic virtues for have been laid bare, politician after poli- ground are as much responsible for foil- ceremony of the Confederations If you think loss of generations and tician, on both sides of the Atlantic and ing terror as interceptions. The point amenities in life they also gave from both sides of the left-right divide, about these latest revelations is that Cup, not because Brazilians privacy is a price the internet to has argued that the loss of a little liberty they show there are more than ade- is more important don’t like football, but because worth paying for the world – the is a small sacrifice to make for security. quate powers for interception on both than hosting the millions see their hard-earned Americans pro- Most appreciate that no such transac- sides of the Atlantic and that the terror money filling up the pockets of security, ask what viding the net- tion exists in the real world, for the very agenda and, to a lesser degree, the fear football World Fifa, leaving Brazil with a giant, a totally monitored work and the reason that those making the argument of paedophilia, may well have been used British the idea. stand to gain so much from public to elaborate a huge system of espionage Cup. gaping hole in their budget. future would look But now the two acquiescence. This is about the unscru- and domestic surveillance. Brazilians are now comparing like. countries are tinised power of a deep state and its The battle ahead is intellectual. the investments going into the rapidly perfect- burgeoning influence on society. Thanks What is worrying is the complacency World Cup with those made in health and education. ing a surveillance to Snowden, the world has evidence of in the centre ground, expressed by Not only that precious money which should have gone to system that will allow them to capture the totally monitored future that GCHQ respected political commentators like- improve lives is being spent on stadiums, such spending is and analyse a large quantity of interna- and NSA plan for us, and that political David Brooks, Thomas Friedman and tional traffic consisting of emails, texts, establishments turn a blind eye to. As Bill Keller in the New York Times, actually depriving people of even their existing standard of phone calls, internet searches, chat, he said of the US’s director of national the FT’s Gideon Rachman and the living. People are being hit with higher bus fares and massive photographs, blogposts, videos and the intelligence James Clapper’s assurances Independent’s Steve Richards, who claims on health and welfare budgets. “First world stadiums, many uses of Google. to Congress, “Baldly lying to the public seem happy to countenance losing a third world schools”, people said. The system is currently vacuuming is the evidence of subverted democracy.” little liberty to make the world safer. It’s a lesson to all those leaders (whose number is signals from up to 200 fibre- optic cables That is a vital point in this debate, None of the Americans compared their unfortunately swelling) who are keen to embrace temporary at the physical points of entry into the yet fear still trumps everything. On government’s response to the loss of life country, and will eventually allow for Tuesday, the head of NSA, General from terror with its response to the glory by hosting jamborees while the money could be used the shift that will occur in internet Keith B Alexander, and the director of vastly greater and no less ugly loss of life for the welfare of millions who deserve it most. Brazilians traffic with the continued rise of Asia. the FBI, Robert Mueller, insisted that from gun crime. Their British counter- have reacted too late; the money spent on stadiums cannot Mastering the Internet treats the rights many terror plots had been stopped parts, meanwhile, are sometimes guilty be reclaimed, and the event cannot be cancelled except at a of billions of foreign web users, the pos- by surveillance. In Britain, the foreign of being far too impressed with power, huge cost to the country’s reputation. sible menace to the privacy of British secretary, William Hague, who is in especially the dark energy of the intel- and American citizens and the duties charge of GCHQ and must know about ligence agencies, as well as importing But they have sent a message which other leaders can of their legislators with equal contempt. the project to Master the Internet, was some of the inconsistencies and blind only ignore at their peril • After Iraq and the banking crash, the joined by three former home secretaries, spots in American opinion. world may come to see MTI as further Jack Straw, Lord (John) Reid and Alan THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of America’s most wanted man the day

E IS cognizant of the Government Property”, “Unauthorised public sympathy worldwide and has he has his coterie of sympathizers, quandary WikiLeaks founder communication of National Defense improved his chances of getting politi- Snowden is a wanted man and he Because of Assad’s Julian Assange is currently Information Information” and “Willful cal asylum in some country. might just have to live as a fugitive in alleged use of in, so why did whistleblower Communication of Classified Snowden’s whereabouts are the years to come. H chemical weapons Edward Snowden decide to reveal his Communications Intelligence”. The not currently known, though he is But even though Washington might identity? US government is also in the midst still reported to be in Hong Kong. be able to get hold of him and sub- and intervention of It’s a question that can spawn a of preparing an extradition request to According to latest reports, WikiLeaks sequently convict him, the damage lengthy debate — after all, why would Hong Kong. is ready to fly Snowden out of Hong has already been done. Snowden’s Hezbollah and Iranian a perfectly intelligent man make the Perhaps, Snowden preempted Kong in a private jet, but is waiting to shocking revelations have sparked a militia fighters in irrational choice of getting himself in his ultimate fate by coming out in hear from authorities in Iceland — the hot debate about the invasion of pri- Syria’s civil war, we trouble? And trouble is exactly what the open. The 29-year-old probably place Snowden wants to seek refuge vacy. The National Security Agency, in the former CIA staff member is in, after knew that after divulging that the US in — whether they are willing to grant the following weeks, will have to come have decided that we the US has charged Snowden, who authorities would have sooner or later political asylum to him. up with a very smart public relations have no choice . . . but is currently in Hong Kong, with espio- caught him. By revealing his identity, But things won’t be easy for the campaign to salvage its image. nage — more specifically “Theft of he has at least been able to garner renegade American. Even though Khaleej Times to provide greater John Kerry assistance. US Secretary of State SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Why is China talking to the Taliban?

sources who work closely with the China’s dealings with the Islamist Foreign Ministry in Beijing, Taliban interlocutors have provided the same insurgents also hedge against the risk that reassurances to China that they gave in the past: they will not allow Afghanistan to be used as a base of attacks and want the Taliban might decide to view Chinese to develop economic relations with the Chinese. But these sources also say that citizens, investments, or even mainland Chinese officials remain apprehensive. They doubt the Taliban’s capacity and willingness to deliver on its promises, par- China itself as a legitimate target. ticularly on the matter of safe havens for Uighur militants, and they fear a Taliban BY ANDREW SMALL to use its territory to conduct any such victory in Afghanistan would destabilise operations” against China. In exchange, Pakistan and the region. ver the last year, China has Omar sought two things from China: for- Beijing has therefore been increas- been expanding its direct mal political recognition and protection ingly keen to see a political settlement contacts with the Taliban from UN sanctions. in Afghanistan that ensures a stable bal- and sounding them out on Neither side delivered satisfactory ance of power. security issues that range results. The Taliban did not expel Uighur So will Beijing play a greater role in the Ofrom separatist groups in the Chinese militants from its territory. Though it upcoming peace talks among Kabul, the region of Xinjiang to the protection of prohibited them from operating their Taliban and the United States? Probably Chinese resource investments, according own camps, it allowed them to embed not. Despite tentative support from all to interviews with officials and experts in with other militant groups, such as the three parties, Beijing has been deterred Beijing, Washington, Kabul, Islamabad Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. not only by its caution over involvement and Peshawar. At the same time, China moderated with a risky process but also by Islamabad. While Beijing would like to see the its stance at the UN Security Council to Taliban Chief Mullah Mohammed Omar While Beijing still treads carefully in reconciliation talks succeed in prevent- abstain on sanctions that targeted the its bilateral relationship with Pakistan, ing Afghanistan from falling back into Taliban and established trade links that Today, China’s priority remains ensuring insurgents also hedge against the risk it knows it holds the upper hand, and is civil war, it is not counting on their suc- would help mitigate their impact, but it that any territory under Taliban control that the Taliban might decide to view willing to exert pressure when important cess, and thus is preparing to deal with didn’t use its veto power. Beijing deferred won’t function as a base for Uighur mili- Chinese citizens, investments, or even Chinese interests are at stake. whatever constellation of political forces its decision on giving the Taliban diplo- tant groups. The small remaining band mainland China itself as a legitimate China prioritises stability in emerges in Afghanistan after the United matic recognition, which Washington’s of Uighur fighters — perhaps as few as target. Militants blamed China for the Afghanistan over sustaining Pakistani States withdraws. reaction to the 9/11 attacks soon made 40 men — are primarily located in the Pakistani government’s 2007 decision to influence in the region; sources in Beijing In China’s dealings with the Taliban, moot anyway. North Waziristan region of Pakistan, in launch an assault on the Red Mosque, a who follow discussions between the two the independence movement among The two sides, however, realised they remote territory under the influence of a pro-Taliban stronghold in Islamabad, and sides say that officials have made this China’s Uighur Muslim minority has could do business with each other. commander with ties to both the Afghan duly retaliated with a series of attacks on increasingly clear to Islamabad. always been its biggest concern. The Taliban’s then-ambassador to and Pakistani Taliban. China has been Chinese workers in Pakistan. In the 1990s, China paid little atten- In the late 1990s, Beijing worried that Pakistan described his Chinese counter- seeking assurances that the sheltering Nonetheless, sources in Pakistan who tion as Afghanistan slid into civil war and the Taliban government in Kabul was part in Islamabad in the late 1990s as “the of Uighurs will not take place on a larger have talked to the militant command- the Taliban seized control of the country. providing a haven for Uighur militants, only one to maintain a good relationship” scale in Afghanistan itself. ers say that senior Taliban leaders are Now, with greater interests at stake, it who had fled Chinese crackdowns in with the Taliban. In fact, China was sign- It also wants its multi-billion dollar keen not to alienate Beijing — they have doesn’t want to see the same story play Xinjiang and set up training camps in ing economic deals in Kabul the very day investments in Afghanistan protected enough enemies already. out after the US withdrawal in 2014. Afghanistan. of the attacks on the Twin Towers and from Taliban attacks. Beijing’s largest The Afghan Taliban continues to If history were to repeat itself, how- In meetings in December 2000 in the Pentagon. economic project, the Aynak copper mine, see the benefit of close ties with one ever, there are no prizes for guessing Kandahar, the Taliban’s reclusive leader Since then, China has forged a good is in territory with a strong presence of of the few countries that can restrain which country would be the first to send Mohammed Omar assured the Chinese working relationship with the Karzai the Haqqani network, an insurgent group their sometimes-overbearing Pakistani a business delegation to Kandahar after ambassador to Pakistan, Lu Shulin, that government, without ever becoming too that is closely allied with the Taliban. sponsors. the Taliban’s return. the Taliban would not “allow any group closely identified with it by the insurgency. China’s dealings with the Islamist As a result, according to Chinese WP-BLOOMBERG NSA spy project a Bush-era programme Visa overhaul: Attack

(LACK OF) PRIVACY PROTECTION Under secret NSA abandoned this privacy research when on skilled migration it took over Poindexter’s programmes in 2003, orders from former and a privacy appliance as sophisticated as BY DON RANDALL what was hoped for in TIA still doesn’t exist. However, the NSA’s database of phone call t is a dark day in our coun- President George records, known as Mainway, now has some try’s history when a piece privacy controls, according to intelligence of legislation intended to W Bush, the NSA employees who have used the system. The Ishore up union support database does not contain any names, nor subsequently demonises skilled is the NSA collecting geolocation data that foreign workers in the process. was already building could pinpoint a user on a map, according But indeed, the fear of “yellow to administration officials. When an analyst peril” is wrongly inculcated its own version of comes upon a phone number associated with a in the government’s 457 visa US citizen or legal resident, a black ‘X’ mark scheme overhaul. appears over the number, says one former It’s unnerving that calling the Total Information defence intelligence employee. Administration reforms xenophobic and jingo- officials have said publicly that the databases istic, as I have, is what it takes Awareness. only can be queried as part of a terrorism to get this legislation the scru- investigation, and that it has been accessed tiny and investigation it rightly BY SHANE HARRIS about 300 times last year. deserves. Much less is known about how PRISM pro- The government’s plans have decade ago, a Pentagon research tects the privacy and identities of US persons, nothing to do with the rights Former US President George W Bush project called “Total Information whose communications the NSA cannot target and wrongs of the 457 visa sys- Awareness” sparked panic because without a warrant. tem. They’re about kowtowing Australian President Julia Gillard A of its seemingly Orwellian interest of gathering unprecedented amounts of digital to the unions, and it is at least in categorising and mining every aspect of our information for near real-time analysis, or to USE OF BROAD SEARCHES the third piece of legislation this for. And what would businesses digital lives. It was “the supersnoop’s dream,” be stored for future investigations, perhaps Poindexter believed that in order to find month to do so. do if an Australian applies with declared William Safire of the New York Times, years from now. the proverbial “needle in the haystack,” ana- The fair work amendment a terrible work record? a “computerised dossier on your private life There are several key respects in which lysts needed to be able to look at a lot of hay- bill 2013 was an attempt by the After all, it’s expensive to get a from commercial sources, (combined with) the NSA’s system today mirrors that which stacks. TIA would cast a wide net searching Gillard government to appease 457 visa – of course you’d employ every piece of information that government Poindexter proposed more than a decade ago. among mostly innocent and innocuous com- the union bosses who have kept an Aussie first. has about you. . . .” munications for those that merited further them in power; the migration Labour’s attack on skilled If this sounds reminiscent of the current ACCESS TO MANY CATEGORIES OF scrutiny. amendment (offshore resources migration is a desperate distrac- uproar over NSA surveillance, you’re paying PRIVATE INFORMATION NSA attempts to do just that with PRISM. activity) bill 2013 similarly offers tion from their failure on border attention. That’s because the NSA monitor- TIA envisioned, as its name suggested, It is meant to filter out potentially meaning- unions even more control over protection, which has seen more ing tools are similar to — and, in many cases access to the total universe of electronic infor- ful signals from an ocean of noise. Gen Keith our workplaces. than 700 boats arrive since 2007, directly based on — the technology that Total mation that might be useful for investigat- Alexander, the NSA director, has said that This is a payback to Labour’s causing chaos and tragedy off Information Awareness (TIA) tried to use. ing terrorists. It placed particular emphasis in the vast majority of terrorist attacks that preselectors, and to those who our shores. The idea behind TIA was to give US intel- on phone records, e-mails, Internet searches, the United States was able to stop, this kind fund the party. The prime minister’s eager- ligence analysts access to the vast universe travel records, and financial transactions — of analysis was essential. To use an unsubstantiated ness to trash our skilled migra- of electronic information stored in private because in order to plan attacks, terrorists crackdown on foreign workers tion programme by vilifying databases that might be useful for detect- need to communicate, conduct research, move RELIANCE ON COURT ORDERS as a guise for increased union skilled migration workers dam- ing the next plot. Data such as phone call around, and make purchases. The NSA has come to rely on the Foreign control only adds to the dimin- ages our reputation on this issue records, emails, and Internet searches. Retired Using the PRISM system, it can read emails Intelligence Surveillance Court, which is now ishing integrity of Australia’s and is not in line with the Asian Admiral John Poindexter, who ran the TIA and see Internet searches, as well as forms issuing broad orders for information that, prior migration system – something Century white paper, which programme, wanted to build what he called of electronic messages that didn’t even exist to the 9/11 attacks, would have been unimagi- Australia has previously, before barely lasted the Australian a “system of systems” that would access all when TIA was proposed, such as Facebook nable. The court has sanctioned the copying of this current government’s time, summer. this raw information, sort and analyse it, and messages. The agency has also obtained credit all phone records in the United States. It also been able to pride itself on. I have on numerous occasions hopefully find indications of terrorist plotting. card receipt transactions and records from reviews the government’s Internet surveil- The facts and figures speak spoken out about the need to The NSA was the biggest collector of elec- Internet service providers. lance methods in an attempt to ensure that volumes: under Labour’s watch, train local workers and to sup- tronic data in the government, and Poindexter, they don’t unreasonably scoop up Americans’ 457 skilled migration visa grants port local jobs. who met NSA deputy director Bill Black in USE OF “VIRTUAL” DATABASES data too. This is far from perfect science. On have grown to their highest level But skilled migration has its February 2002, thought the NSA would be a Rather than trying to make copies of pri- at least one occasion, the court has found that ever. merits when used appropriately natural partner in his endeavour. But what vate databases and hold them in a government these procedures were unconstitutional. We On April 30 this year, there — which the figures tell us, in he didn’t know was that under secret orders facility, TIA proposed a kind of federated or still don’t know how they were changed to were 108,810 primary 457 visa most cases, it is. from President George W Bush, the NSA “virtual” database. The system would effec- make them legal. holders in Australia – up by 20 Monitoring and surveillance was already building its own version of Total tively reach out and touch the private data- percent from April 2012. is the way to go, and sensible Information Awareness. bases themselves, or systems that were set up AMENDED PRIVACY LAWS The minister for immigra- housekeeping measures are the Fewer than 100 people at the NSA knew attached to them, working with the informa- In 2007 and 2008, after some of the NSA’s tion and citizenship, Brendan best things to do to improve pro- that for the past few months, the agency had tion at, or close to, the source and siphoning secret programmes were exposed, Congress O’Connor, has publicly admitted gram integrity. been monitoring the phone calls and other off what it needed for analysis. debated changes to the Foreign Intelligence he had “estimated” the number This is what the department electronic communications of Americans, and This is what’s happening with the NSA’s Surveillance Act. of 10,000 cases of abuse of the of immigration and citizenship that it was obtaining copies of domestic phone Internet mining tool known as PRISM. The The key question still unanswered is 457 visa system, exposing his reports. call records and looking at them for potential NSA doesn’t have “direct access” to company whether any of this surveillance actually pre- insincerity on this issue. The prime minister doesn’t clues about terrorist attacks. servers, but obtains information on an as- vents terrorist attacks. He now says the legislation is have an issue employing a 457 The NSA went on to build its own total needed basis using a technology that some Perhaps then we can finally decide whether about putting ads in the newspa- visa holder in her own office. information awareness system. What was once have described as a drop box. building Total Information Awareness was a per for local workers, but fails to She just has an issue with oth- an idea in Poindexter’s head is now a fully The company deposits the information good idea. say which papers, how many ads ers doing the same. realised global surveillance apparatus capable NSA wants in the box, and NSA takes it. WP-BLOOMBERG and how long they should run THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Water cannon fired on protesters in Istanbul Demonstrations serve Turkey’s enemies: Erdogan

ISTANBUL: Turkish riot authoritarian, before culminat- One prayer from our people is police fired water cannon to ing in another crackdown on Gezi enough to frustrate their plans,” clear thousands of protesters Park. Four people have been killed Erdogan said, before tossing red from Istanbul’s Taksim Square and nearly 8,000 injured in the carnations to the crowd after his yesterday, the first such con- turmoil, according to the Turkish speech. frontation there in nearly a Medical Association. The protests have under- week, even as Prime Minister In Samsun, a crowd of some lined divisions in Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdogan told 15,000 of Erdogan’s AK Party society between religious conserv- thousands of supporters in the faithful cheered and waved atives who form the bedrock of Black Sea city of Samsun that Turkish flags as he called on the Erdogan’s support, and more lib- weeks of often violent pro- public to give their answer to eral Turks who have swelled the tests against his government protests at the ballot box when ranks of peaceful demonstrators. had played into the hands of Turkey holds municipal elections Erdogan, who won his third Turkey’s enemies. next March. consecutive election in 2011 with Hundreds of riot police backed The rally in the party strong- 50 percent support, has been riled up by water cannon trucks moved hold was the fourth in a series of by the open show of dissent, and in on several thousand protesters mass meetings which Erdogan sees himself as a champion of chanting for Erdogan’s dismissal. has called since demonstrations democratic reform. “This is but a start, the battle began at the start of June. During his 10-year rule, which continues!” the protesters yelled, The blunt-talking 59-year- has seen him unchallenged on the throwing red carnations. “It is by old said opponents both within political stage, he has enacted Riot police use pressured water to disperse protesters during a rally at Taksim Square in Istanbul yesterday. resisting that we will prevail!” Turkey and abroad had orches- reforms that include curbing pow- The crowd quickly scattered, trated the demonstrations, saying ers of an army that toppled four and water cannon trucks parked an “interest rate lobby” of specu- governments in four decades and at several entry points to Taksim lators in financial markets had pursuing an end to 30 years of Turkey calls in German envoy to prevent people from regroup- benefited from the unrest. Kurdish rebellion. ing. The protesters had gathered “Who won from these three But he brooks little dissent. ANKARA: Turkey yesterday Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamic- chapter with Turkey next week in a week after police evicted thou- weeks of protests? The interest Hundreds of military officers have called in Germany’s ambassa- rooted government had been Ankara’s bid to join the EU. sands of people from the adja- rate lobby, Turkey’s enemies,” been jailed on charges of plotting dor to Ankara as tensions have “much too harsh”. But a German foreign minis- cent Gezi Park, the epicentre of Erdogan said from a stage embla- a coup against Erdogan. A court flared between the two coun- Erdogan has faced interna- try spokesman has insisted that nationwide demonstrations that zoned with his portrait and a slo- near Istanbul said on Friday that tries following Turkey’s violent tional condemnation over his Ankara’s response to the demon- had shaken Turkey for much of gan calling for his supporters to it will announce on August 5 its crackdown on protesters. handling of the crisis, which has strations had no direct bearing on June and presented Erdogan and “thwart the big game” played out verdict on nearly 300 defend- Berlin and Ankara on Friday left four dead and injured thou- the EU accession talks. his Islamic-rooted government against Turkey. ants, including academics, jour- both summoned each other’s sands of demonstrators, tarnish- Also, the foreign ministers of with the biggest challenge of their “Who lost from these pro- nalists and politicians, accused of ambassadors in tit-for-tat ing Turkey’s image as a model of the two countries met on the side- decade-long rule. tests? Turkey’s economy, even if separate plots to overthrow the moves as fresh obstacles have Islamic democracy. lines of a Friends of Syria meeting Following the eviction, the pro- to a small extent, tourism lost. government. also emerged over the past week Germany’s views carry particu- in Doha to discuss Turkey’s rela- tests that had infuriated Erdogan They overshadowed and stained But among the large section of linked to Turkey’s bid to join the lar weight as around three million tions with the EU. and earned Turkey harsh criti- Turkey’s image and international Turkey’s 76 million people who do European Union. people with Turkish roots live in According to a brief state- cism from the West had fizzled power,” he said. not back him, Erdogan is viewed News channel NTV said Europe’s top economy, which is ment released by Germany’s out as the premier claimed vic- In a speech appealing to his as increasingly authoritarian and Ambassador Eberhard Pohl spent Turkey’s biggest trading partner. foreign ministry, the meeting tory over “traitors”. conservative grassroots support, too quick to meddle in their pri- over an hour in his meeting with On Friday, Turkish European between Guido Westerwelle and The crisis began when a small Erdogan made fresh accusations vate lives. Recent restrictions on foreign ministry undersecretary Union Affairs Minister Egemen his Turkish counterpart Ahmet campaign to save Gezi Park’s 600 that those involved in the pro- the sale of alcohol have fuelled Feridun Sinirlioglu, but that nei- Bagis warned Germany of conse- Davutoglu was held in a “con- trees from being razed in a rede- tests in Turkey’s main western their suspicions that he has a ther of the two sides had wished quences unless Merkel retracted structive and amicable atmos- velopment project was met with cities were disrespectful towards creeping Islamist agenda. to comment on the discussion her comments. phere,” where the two diplomats a brutal police response on May Islam, the religion of the vast Today, Erdogan will address afterwards. The spat also comes as enjoyed “an intensive exchange of 31. The violence sparked wide- majority of Turkey. a rally in the eastern city of On Monday, German Chancelor European diplomats say both opinions as partners and friends.” spread anger and snowballed “Let them go into mosques in Erzurum, also an AK Party Angela Merkel said Turkey’s vio- Germany and the Netherlands Meanwhile, some 80,000 people into mass demonstrations against their shoes, let them raise their stronghold. lent crackdown on demonstrators have expressed “reservations” rallied against Erdogan’s govern- Erdogan, seen as increasingly hand to our head-scarved girls. REUTERS/AFP protesting against Prime Minister against opening a new negotiating ment in Cologne. AFP

24 killed in US leaves 700 combat-ready troops in Jordan Iraq violence WASHINGTON: The United would remain behind. They will When the Pentagon first any possible missile attack as the and US special forces have been States, keeping a wary eye on stay until the security situation said last week it would leave Syrian war threatens to widen training Syrian rebels at a new BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber Syria’s civil war, has left about becomes such that they are no Patriot missiles and F-16 fight- into a more regional, sectarian US base in the desert in south- blew himself up in a Shia 700 combat-equipped troops in longer needed, Obama said. ers in Jordan, Russia, an ally of conflict. west Jordan since November, The mosque north of Baghdad yes- Jordan after a training exer- “This detachment that partici- Damascus, said any attempt to training covers the use of anti- terday, the deadliest in a series cise, President Barack Obama pated in the exercise and remained use them to impose a “no-fly” AMMAN DENIAL tank and anti-aircraft weapons of attacks that left 24 people said on Friday, after previously in Jordan includes Patriot mis- zone over Syria would be illegal. Meanwhile, Jordan yesterday and has been carried out at bases dead nationwide days ahead of deciding to leave Patriot mis- sile systems, fighter aircraft, and Obama has not ruled out par- denied an American newspaper in Turkey as well, the newspaper Shia commemorations. siles and warplanes there. related support, command, control, ticipating in a no-fly zone that report saying that the CIA and reported, citing unnamed US The deadliest attack struck Obama said the deployment and communications personnel and would prohibit the Syrian mili- US special operations forces were officials and rebel commanders. Taji, north of Baghdad. A suicide was done at the request of the systems,” Obama said. tary from flying its aircraft, but training rebels from Syria on its The CIA and the White House bomber blew himself up inside the Jordanian government, which Obama has taken a go-slow he was skeptical about such a territory. “There is no training in have declined to comment on the Al Rahman mosque in the town at fears a spillover of the war into its approach on Syria. His admin- move in a television interview our country whatsoever of Syrian report. about 8pm, according to an inte- territory and where an estimated istration took weeks to conclude earlier this week. opposition forces,” Prime Minister Nsur insisted that Amman has rior ministry official. At least 15 half-million Syrian refugees have last week that the Syrian govern- The decision to leave 700 Abdullah Nsur told newspersons. a policy of “not interfering in the people were killed and 31 others fled to escape the bloodshed. ment had used chemical weapons, troops in Jordan was an impor- “The only Syrians we are deal- incidents under way in Syria”. wounded in the explosion. The In a letter to House of killing an estimated 100 to 150 tant show of force and a state- ing with in our country are refu- Jordan is already struggling to mosque is frequented by Shias. Representatives Speaker John people. He has pledged to provide ment of US backing of Jordan’s gees. There isn’t any training” cope with more than 540,000 No group immediately claimed Boehner, the president said the Syrian rebels some light arms King Abdullah, a close US ally of Syrian insurgents in Jordan, refugees who have poured across responsibility for the attack. The about 700 of the troops deployed but not heavy-duty weaponry whom Obama visited in March. he insisted. On Friday, the Los the border since the conflict in bombing comes just days before to Jordan as part of a training that some Republican lawmak- The Patriot missiles could be Angeles Times reported that Syria broke out in March 2011. Shabaniyah ceremonies, which exercise that ended on Thursday ers would prefer. used to protect Jordan against the Central Intelligence Agency AGENCIES mark the birth of Imam Mehdi, Shia Islam’s so-called 12th imam. The commemorations are due to Assad raises Clashes rage in Damascus; take place in the holy Shia shrine city of Karbala tomorrow. Elsewhere in Iraq, a suicide car army, civil Aleppo rebels in new attack bomb and two separate shootings killed nine. In Mosul, a suicide BEIRUT: Syria’s army yes- the northeast of the capital, one attacker set off a vehicle rigged service pay terday pressed a fierce assault of Damascus’s main landmarks. with explosives near a police launched four days ago against Several people were wounded in patrol on the city’s southern out- DAMASCUS: Syrian President rebel areas in northern and the attack, the group said. skirts. The explosion killed four Bashar Al Assad ordered a pay eastern Damascus, killing three Meanwhile in Aleppo, large people including a policeman. rise yesterday for all military children with mortar fire, a mon- swathes of which are under rebel And in the ethnically mixed and civil service personnel, as itoring group said. In northern control, the main rebel Free Syrian town of Tuz Khurmatu, which his regime sought to give its loy- Syria, rebels said they had begun Army (FSA) command announced lies at the heart of the area dis- alists some protection against a new assault on regime-held in an online statement the launch puted between the Kurds and soaring inflation. neighbourhoods of Aleppo. of “a battle to liberate several west- Baghdad, gunmen opened fire on Soldiers and civil servants will “The district of Qaboon in ern districts”. Activists said fierce patrolling police, killing three and get a 40 percent pay rise on the (northeastern) Damascus is fighting raged in the regime-held wounding a fourth, security and first 10,000 pounds ($50) a month being intensely shelled by regime New Aleppo district in the west. medical officials said. The tract of their salaries, and a further 20 forces,” the Syrian Observatory Rebels launched their first of land, which the Kurds want percent rise on the next 10,000, for Human Rights reported. major assault on Aleppo on July to incorporate over the objec- the decree carried by the official Rebels were resisting the 20 last year. Despite fierce fight- tions of Baghdad, stretches from SANA news agency said. Pensions onslaught, battling troops loyal ing since, there is now a stand-off Iraq’s eastern border with Iran to will also rise. to President Bashar Al Assad on in the city. The latest assault is its western frontier with Syria. It was the second pay increase the edges of Qaboon, it said. being staged by 13 rebel groups, Diplomats and officials say the Assad had ordered for the civil Afternoon shelling in Qaboon including the powerful Liwa Al unresolved row is one of the big- service and the army since the killed or wounded several people, Tawhid and the Farouq Battalion, gest threats to Iraq’s long-term uprising against his rule erupted after a bus filled with passengers the FSA statement said. stability. in March 2011. was hit, the Britain-based group Yesterday’s fighting was heavi- And in Tikrit, militants fired The 27-month conflict has said. Overnight, mortar fire target- est in the Rashidin area of New on day labourers waiting near a seen the Syrian pound lose 300 ing Qaboon had already killed three Aleppo, an activist in the city said. grain silo, killing two and wound- percent drop of its value against children from one family, it added. “A fire broke out in a military ing four, officials said. Iraq has the dollar, sending the cost of Nearby, as fighting raged in the research centre in New Aleppo suffered an upsurge in violence imported goods spiralling, and flashpoint district of Barzeh, rebels after the revolutionary brigades since the beginning of the year, eroding the purchasing power fired rockets at a police academy used mortars to shell it,” said coinciding with rising discontent and living standards of those on in the neighbourhood, said the the activist Mohammad, adding among Sunnis that erupted into fixed incomes. A gunsmith repairs a gun in his shop in Aleppo yesterday. watchdog. It also said two mortar that the rebels were advancing on protests in late December. AFP rounds hit Abbasiyeen Square in Rashidin. AFP AFP SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 New leaks as Snowden faces US charges British spooks secretly tapping fibre-optic cables, says rogue US intelligence technician

LONDON: Britain’s intel- in the US state of Virginia and The UK has a huge dog in this Internet” and “Global Telecoms However, former foreign latest report published on the ligence services are tapping a provisional arrest warrant has fight,” Snowden told the news- Exploitation”, the daily said, add- and defence secretary Malcolm SCMP’s website late yesterday, cables that carry the world’s been issued. paper. “They (GCHQ) are worse ing that the operations were all Rifkind, the chairman of parlia- which quoted the 30-year-old in phone calls and Internet traffic Snowden faces charges of than the US.” being carried out “without any ment’s intelligence and security an interview conducted on June and are gathering vast amounts theft of government property, Snowden, who fled to Hong form of public acknowledgement committee, told the BBC that all 12. Snowden “claims he has the of data, according to leaked unauthorised communication Kong in May, has since proceeded or debate”. The Guardian added agencies like GCHQ used the lat- evidence to prove it” the paper documents from US ex-intelli- of national defence informa- to leak details of secret US intel- that it understood NSA staff and est technology to gain intelligence. said, without elaborating. gence technician Ed Snowden, tion, and wilful communication ligence programmes to interna- US private contractors had access But he added: “If GCHQ wants Government data cited by the who faces spying charges in the of classified communications tional media outlets. The Guardian to GCHQ databases. to know the content of your or paper show that the Chinese United States. intelligence information to an claimed Tempora had been running Hong Kong officials remained my email, they have to go through exchanged almost 900 billion text The claims, published yes- unauthorised person. Two of the for 18 months and GCHQ and the tight-lipped as to whether exactly the same legal procedure messages in 2012, up 2.1 percent terday by The Guardian news- charges were brought under the NSA were able to access vast quan- Snowden had been approached of getting a warrant from the from the year before. The report paper, sparked a fresh outcry 1917 Espionage Act. tities of communications between by the law enforcement authori- secretary of state, regardless of did not spell out how the alleged from privacy campaigners and The Guardian reported entirely innocent people. ties or was still a free man. Police whether they are going to inter- hacking took place, but said surfaced as the United States that Britain’s Government It also said that the intelli- commissioner Andy Tsang told cept the emails themselves, or Chinese cyber security experts filed criminal charges against Communications Headquarters gence-gathering directly led to reporters it was “inconvenient” whether they are going to ask the have long been concerned about 30-year-old Snowden and asked (GCHQ) has started processing the arrest and jailing of a British to disclose details of the case. NSA or someone else to do it.” “backdoor” attacks using foreign- Hong Kong — where he has fled vast amounts of personal infor- terror cell, the arrests of others Shami Chakrabarti, director Snowden also said in a report made components. to — to detain him. mation — including Facebook planning acts of terror, and three of Britain-based human rights published in the South China The SCMP said that its edition In a sign of growing interna- posts, emails, Internet histories London-based people planning pressure group Liberty, expressed Morning Post (SCMP) yester- today would contain further rev- tional tensions, Germany said and phonecalls — and is sharing it attacks prior to the city’s 2012 shock at the latest revelations. day that the United States gov- elations relating to hacking of a Saturday that Europe would need with its US partner the National Olympic Games. The Guardian “I’m shocked — but not surprised. ernment hacks Chinese mobile premier Chinese university and the Britain to clarify the latest alle- Security Agency (NSA). said the documents it had seen Clearly they (GCHQ) are exploit- phone companies to gather mil- hacking of the Hong Kong head- gations. Justice Minister Sabine In reaction, however, GCHQ said showed that by last year, GCHQ ing the fact that the Internet is so lions of text messages. Snowden quarters of Pacnet, which owns Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, it was “scrupulous” in its compli- was handling 600 million “tele- international in nature,” she told told the SCMP that network fibre optic submarine cables in the who made the comments, added ance with the law and declined to phone events” each day, had tapped the BBC. “And I’m pretty sad in a backbones in China and Hong region. The SCMP also said that that the accusations would be a comment further. The Guardian more than 200 fibre-optic cables democracy when all that appears Kong were targeted hundreds Snowden remained “safe” in Hong “catastrophe” if they are true. reported that GCHQ was able to and was able to process data from to be holding back the secret state of times by the NSA. Kong and had not been detained A US justice department offi- tap into and store data from the at least 46 of them at a time. is its physical and technological “The NSA does all kinds of by local police. Legal experts have cial meanwhile confirmed that cables for up to 30 days, under an The two main components of capability, and not its ethics or a things like hack Chinese cell said that any attempt to extradite a sealed criminal complaint has operation codenamed Tempora. GCHQ’s surveillance programme tight interpretation and applica- phone companies to steal all of Snowden could last several years. been lodged with a federal court “It’s not just a US problem. are called “Mastering the tion of the law.” your SMS data,” he said in the AFP

Brazil braces for more unrest New opposition party Facebook admits launched to break bug shared 6 million users’ ANC’s grip on power contact details PRETORIA: A renowned Ramphele received endorse- SAN FRANCISCO: Phone numbers and email South African anti-apartheid ment from Nobel peace laureate addresses belonging to some 6 million Facebook activist yesterday launched a Archbishop Desmond Tutu. users have been improperly shared due to a soft- new opposition party to chal- “Few thinking South Africans ware bug, the social network said on Friday. lenge the ruling ANC in elec- would not welcome the entry into But no financial or other information was tions next year. South African politics of some- revealed to others, and there was “no evidence that Hundreds of supporters gath- one of the calibre, background, this bug has been exploited maliciously,” Facebook ered in Pretoria for the formal intellect and resourcefulness of... said in a security note, adding it was “upset and launch of Agang SA by Mamphela Ramphele,” said Tutu. Brandishing embarrassed” by the glitch. Ramphele, 65, a respected aca- its historical legacy in the fight Affected users were being notified by email, it demic who fought against white- against apartheid, the ANC has said, while stressing that the practical impact was minority rule. maintained a firm grip on power, likely to be “minimal,” partly because improper She told a cheering crowd at a but has come under increasing data sharing would only have occurred between colourful ceremony that the birth pressure over its perceived failures users who already had some connection. of Agang — which means “Let’s to deliver on its promises. “We take people’s privacy seriously, and we strive Build” in the local Sepedi language Agang SA faces a challenge, to protect people’s information to the very best of — offered “the hope of a better with the formidable ANC on one our ability,” it said, but added: “Even with a strong future for every South African”. side and which holds nearly two Cars pass by one of eight public buses burned by demonstrators the night before in team, no company can ensure 100 percent preven- Ramphele urged voters to back thirds majority in parliament, Valparaiso, Goias State, 30km from Brasilia, yesterday. Brazil girded for more street pro- tion of bugs.” her party as she lambasted the and Democratic Alliance (DA), tests despite President Dilma Rousseff’s conciliatory remarks pledging to improve public In this case, the bug “may have allowed some African National Congress (ANC) the main opposition, on the other. of a person’s contact information (email or phone services and fight corruption. Rallies coordinated via social media were called in several for being corrupt and ineffective. The ANC won 65.9 percent in number) to be accessed by people who either had cities, including Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and Salvador. “There is a desperate need for 2009 polls, with the DA taking 16.7 some contact information about that person or change,” she said. The ANC has percent. Pledging to live by demo- some connection to them.” been the ruling party since 1994, cratic values, heal the divisions of The unwarranted sharing would have occurred when apartheid rule ended with the past, improve quality of life, when a Facebook user went to download an the election of Nelson Mandela as and build a united and democratic archive of their Facebook account through the the country’s first black president. South Africa, Ramphele vowed to Mandela ‘serious but stable’ social network’s Download Your Information “Corruption and a culture of tackle “rampant corruption”. (DYI) tool, it said. impunity have spread through- She also promised to raise the JOHANNESBURG: Former South Johannesburg and the Medi-Clinic Heart “They may have been provided with additional out government and society, it school pass rate to 50 per cent, African president Nelson Mandela remains Hospital in Pretoria. email addresses or telephone numbers for their steals textbooks from classrooms, from the current 30 per cent. in a “serious but stable” condition in hospi- “All care was taken to ensure that former contacts or people with whom they have some con- it steals drugs from those living To curb high levels of crime, she tal, the government said yesterday. president Mandela’s medical condition was nection,” according to the security note. with HIV, it steals thousands said South African police officers Consistent with previous updates from not compromised by the unforeseen inci- It continued: “We’ve concluded that approxi- of jobs and billions of rands of needed to be retrained. the presidency, the statement shows that dent,” Maharaj said. He would not say how mately 6 million Facebook users had email investment,” she said, waving her “This government is destroy- the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero’s health long Mandela’s journey to hospital had been addresses or telephone numbers shared.” fist as she made each point. ing our economy and our society,” is little changed since his admission to a delayed by the breakdown. “We currently have no evidence that this bug “This is not the legacy our she said. One of her supporters, a Pretoria hospital two weeks ago. Doctors attending to Madiba, the clan has been exploited maliciously, and we have not great leaders had in mind. This 35-year-old Telkom technician in Mandela, who became South Africa’s name by which Mandela is popularly known, received complaints from users or seen anom- is not the country dreamed of by Pretoria, agreed with her. first black president in 1994, was rushed to were satisfied that he suffered no harm dur- alous behaviour on the tool or site to suggest our beloved Madiba (Mandela), “I’m sure everyone has seen a Pretoria hospital early on June 8 with a ing this period, he said. wrongdoing.” by Steve Biko,” said Ramphele, what’s going on in the country,” recurring respiratory infection. Failure to deliver basic services under “Although the practical impact of this bug is invoking names of great leaders said Mphaphuli. “We have cor- The presidency also confirmed that the the African National Congress-led govern- likely to be minimal since any email address or in the anti-apartheid struggle. ruption going on,” and “no one in intensive care ambulance carrying former ment has sparked violent protests across phone number that was shared was shared with Ramphele, a medical doctor, was parliament seems to care,” said South African president Nelson Mandela to the country this year and are campaign people who already had some of that contact a member of the grassroots anti- Mphaphuli, conceding that it would hospital two weeks ago broke down. Media points for political parties jostling for posi- information anyway, or who had some connection apartheid Black Consciousness not be easy for Agang to usurp the reports said he was stranded for 40 minutes. tion ahead of next year’s election. to one another, it’s still something we’re upset Movement founded by her long- ANC but could build a following Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj Mandela’s history of lung problems dates and embarrassed by.” AFP term partner Steve Biko, who was that could “make these guys wake said the former president was transferred to back to his time at Robben Island prison killed in police custody in 1977. up and take the people seriously”. another military ambulance for the remain- near Cape Town. His hospitalisation is the On the eve of her party’s launch, AFP der of the almost 50 minute journey between fourth since December. REUTERS

Russian rights group evicted from Moscow office

MOSCOW: Authorities forcibly started a new six-year term in May supporters, said the group’s director, About a dozen people gathered evicted a prominent Russian human 2012. Putin, who has accused Western Lev Ponomaryov. “They treated us very to protest outside the building on rights organisation from its office in governments of using NGOs to spy on roughly. I was dragged across the floor Saturday, undisturbed by the police. the early hours yesterday in a raid its Russia and influence the political situ- and then kicked,” the 72-year-old said Ponomaryov said the group had not director said he believed was ordered ation, says the law is needed to ensure by telephone. He said he and five others received an eviction notice. He said the by officials in President Vladimir transparency and that the checks are were taken by ambulance to a first- eviction may have been motivated by Putin’s administration. to enforce legal compliance. aid clinic with bruises and scrapes, but the group’s refusal to give prosecutors For Human Rights is one of the The US ambassador Michael McFaul none were in hospital. documents they had demanded under best-known of the hundreds of non- tweeted that “the USA is concerned A Moscow government property the foreign agent law. governmental organisations (NGOs) about reports of the forcible seizure official, Maxim Gaman, told state- “I don’t know if Putin is behind it but which have been subjected to state of the office of the NGO For Human run news agency RIA on Friday that there must have been a decision at a very inspections under a law Putin signed Rights,” adding that this was “another For Human Rights was being evicted high level, in the Kremlin,” he said. He last year requiring NGOs with foreign case of intimidating civil society”. because its lease on the city-owned also blamed Kremlin-appointed mayor funding to register as “foreign agents”. Riot police and Moscow mayor’s office premises had run out in February and Sergei Sobyanin for the eviction. The Western powers and rights groups representatives entered the building had been terminated on May 27. presidential press service declined to view the legislation and inspections housing the office of For Human Rights A police spokesman said officers had comment, and Sobyanin’s office could as aimed at intimidating activists at about 2am (2200 GMT on Friday), been sent to help city officials evict the not immediately be reached. and silencing criticism of Putin, who ejecting at least six employees and group because its lease had run out. REUTERS SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES Smog eases; Thousands protest Malaysia poll result KUALA LUMPUR: About 20,000 Malaysian opposition supporters gathered in the capital yesterday demanding the resignation of the country’s planes douse Election Commission in the wake of contentious polls. The opposition claims bias by the commission cost them a win against Malaysia’s 56-year-old forest fires ruling coalition and has filed peti- tions challenging results in some areas, claiming fraud. The rally in central Kuala Guilty firms face legal action Lumpur was the 15th since the May 5 elections, in which the SINGAPORE/JAKARTA: SMART and Wilmar said they Barisan Nasional clung to power Air quality in Singapore both had a “zero burning” policy despite losing the popular vote in improved significantly to “mod- and that most, if not all, the fires its worst showing ever. erate” pollution levels yes- raging in and near their conces- “We have won the elections,” terday, as Indonesian planes sions were caused by the local opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim waterbombed raging forest fires community. told the crowd. “So we will con- and investigators scrambled to “We have discovered a few tinue our protests in parliament determine the cause of one of smallholders with land near our and outside.” Southeast Asia’s worst air pol- plantations who have been burn- The rallies had raised the Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim speaks during a protest against results of recent polls, in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. lution crises. ing to clear their land. We have spectre of political instability but Indonesia’s environment minis- reported these to the local authori- fears have ebbed as the opposi- ter said eight domestic firms were ties,” said a Wilmar spokeswoman. tion has tempered its demands “The momentum is dying Parliament opens tomorrow The opposition says the suspected of being responsible for Singapore has warned the after initially refusing to accept down,” rally participant Faisal and the opposition has said it will Barisan-constructed electoral the blazes on Sumatra island that “haze” — which has fuelled fears the results. Ooi, 55, said. not boycott. system unfairly favours the rul- blanketed neighbouring Singapore about health problems and raised Turnout yesterday was far The government, led by Prime The opposition says voter rolls ing bloc. Anwar points to the May in record levels of hazardous diplomatic tension in Singapore, lower than opposition officials had Minister Najib Razak, has rejected for May’s elections were full of 5 polls — in which the opposition smog. The parent companies of Malaysia and Indonesia — could predicted, perhaps in part due to charges of cheating. Ruling party irregularities. Supposedly indeli- won the popular vote, but Barisan the Indonesian firms included last weeks, or even longer. a recent spike in pollution from figures accuse Anwar of risking ble ink introduced by the Election won more seats thanks to the lay- Malaysia-listed Sime Darby and Indonesia has deployed mili- forest fires in nearby Indonesia instability out of sour grapes over Commission to prevent multiple out of constituencies — as proof. Singapore’s Wilmar Group. tary planes to fight the blazes on that also has blanketed Singapore. the election result. voting also easily washed off. AFP A senior presidential aide Sumatra island from illegal burn- on Friday also blamed units of ing that typically takes place in Jakarta-based PT Sinar Mas the June to September dry sea- Agro Resources and Technology son to clear space for palm oil China ships in (SMART) and Asia Pacific plantations. The fires are unu- Resources International (APRIL) sually widespread this year and Hong Kong silent on Snowden’s fate disputed waters for the fires. the smog was the heaviest in “We will take legal action Singapore’s history. HONG KONG: Hong Kong autonomy, including an inde- Kong signed an extradition treaty TOKYO: Three Chinese whoever they are,” Environment On the sixth day of the thick authorities were silent yes- pendent judiciary. which came into effect in 1998, a government ships sailed Minister Balthasar Kambuaya told smoke, Singapore’s pollution terday on the fate of a former The Washington Post said the year after Hong Kong returned into waters around disputed reporters. “Any companies from index eased to the “moderate” US National Security Agency United States had asked Hong from British to Chinese rule. islands controlled by Tokyo Indonesia, Malaysia or Singapore, zone with readings as low as 77. (NSA) contractor ahead of an Kong to detain Snowden on a While espionage and theft of for about five hours yes- they will be legally processed.” It hit a record of 401 on Friday expected extradition request by provisional arrest warrant. state secrets are not cited specifi- terday, the Japanese coast- But Indonesia’s Forestry afternoon, a level considered the United States where he has Hong Kong Police cally, equivalent charges could be guard said. The maritime Ministry, which is leading the potentially life-threatening for been charged with spying. Commissioner Andy Tsang pressed against Snowden under surveillance vessels entered investigation, warned about nam- the ill and the elderly. But a Hong Kong newspa- declined to give details but said Hong Kong’s Official Secrets the 12-nautical-mile zone ing suspects and jumping to con- Despite the improving con- per said he was under police Hong Kong would deal with the Ordinance, legal experts say. off Uotsurijima, one of the clusions too soon. ditions, streets in the clean protection. case in accordance with the law. Snowden, however, could Senkaku islands, which China “We have to be very careful in and green city-state were far Edward Snowden was charged “The laws that are enforced claim political asylum. Under calls the Diaoyus, in the East any legal action. We have to really less crowded than on a typical with theft of US government in Hong Kong are Hong Kong article six of the treaty, extra- China Sea shortly after 9.30 find out what happened, why the Saturday when people go out to property, unauthorised communi- laws, not foreign laws,” he told dition should be refused for “an am. They were seen leaving fire happened, and so on. This shop, meet in outdoor cafes and cation of national defence infor- reporters. offence of a political character”. the zone at around 2.30 pm, could be due to negligence too,” have fun at the park. mation and wilful communication The Apple Daily newspaper Legal sources in Hong Kong the coastguard said. said Hadi Daryanto, the minis- The Ministry of Education of classified communications said police had provided Snowden say Snowden has already Ships from the two countries try’s general secretary. advised public schools to cancel all intelligence to an unauthorised with a safe house and protection. approached prominent human have been involved in a stand- Under Indonesian law, any activities planned for the holiday person, according to the crimi- Police had checked his documents rights lawyers in preparation for off as Beijing and Tokyo jostle company or person proven to be month of June. nal complaint, dated June 14 and to make sure he hadn’t overstayed a protracted extradition battle. over ownership of the islands. involved in an illegal forest fire The cost of the smog for made public on Friday. but didn’t talk to him on other If Hong Kong authorities don’t can face up to 10 years in prison Singapore, a major financial cen- Two US sources, speaking on matters or take any statement, the charge him with an equivalent US helicopters and fines of up to 5 billion rupiah tre and tourist destination, could condition of anonymity, said the paper said, citing police sources. criminal act, authorities cannot ($503,800). end up being hundreds of millions United States was preparing The US Consulate referred arrest or take legal action. He was for Thailand Sime Darby and APRIL said of dollars, brokerage CLSA said to seek Snowden’s extradition inquiries to the US Department also theoretically free to leave the there were no fires in any of their in a report. from Hong Kong, which is part of Justice in Washington. city, one legal expert said. WASHINGTON: The operating areas in Indonesia. REUTERS of China but has wide-ranging The United States and Hong REUTERS United States plans to sell six Lakota military helicop- ters to Thailand worth an estimated $77m, Pentagon Thai protest officials said on Friday. The Defense Security Freeport mine to resume Cooperation Agency, which handles US arms sales abroad, notified Congress that the operations in Papua Thai government had made a request to purchase the JAKARTA: US miner Freeport Indonesia president UH-72A helicopters. The Freeport-McMoRan said yester- Rozik Soetjipto said that the com- Lakota aircraft are typically day the Indonesian government pany would “renew (its) commit- used by the US National Guard had allowed it to resume opera- ment to take all actions required for emergency response mis- tions in Papua province after a for our worker safety”. sions and border security. fatal tunnel collapse. The production shutdown hit The sale could clear the way The Freeport’s Indonesian sub- operations at the Grasberg Mine, for larger arms deals, as the US sidiary restarted some operations one of the largest gold and copper seeks to shift its strategic focus two weeks after the deadly acci- mines in the world, with Freeport to the Asia-Pacific region. dent, which killed 28 people in mid declaring force majeure on ship- May, but the government ordered a ments on June 12. 27 hurt as bus halt in all production just days later The company has also suspended when another worker was killed in its four senior employees who have falls into ravine a fresh incident. been accused by its workers unions “PT Freeport Indonesia has of being at fault over the accident MANILA: Twenty-seven been informed by the Ministry of after workers threatened to strike. people, including the bus Energy and Mineral Resources In 2011, a three-month work- driver, were injured after a that it may commence milling and ers’ strike crippled production at bus fell into a 20-feet ravine in Islamic leaders and Thai citizens hold banners as they take part in a protest march against violence in Thailand’s open pit operations,” the company Grasberg. Quezon, local media reported restive southern province of Narathiwat, yesterday. More than 5,500 people have died in the near decade-long said in a statement. AFP yesterday. The injured were insurgency in the Muslim-majority region bordering Malaysia. rushed to a nearby hospital. The bus driver is in critical condition, the report said. The accident happened along the Quirino Highway in Tagkawayan, a first class Tobacco enriches, corrupts northern Philippines municipality in Quezon prov- ince, when the Manila-bound CANDON: Tobacco enriches Despite higher government goes to Ilocos Sur province, the to a processing firm controlled by One turning point for Singson bus went out of control after and corrupts in the dry, sun- taxes on cigarettes imposed by country’s top tobacco-growing the family, according to Singson. occurred in 1970 when the the driver swerved it to avoid a drenched northern Philippines the national government this area, according to provincial gov- But Singson, their nephew and Crisologo patriarch was assassi- collision with an oncoming bus. where family fortunes as well year, the industry is expanding ernor Luis Singson. protege, began to sell tobacco nated inside a local church during as political empires are built on with 84,000 tonnes of tobacco The two-decades-old law states elsewhere, claiming his uncle an afternoon Catholic mass. Shoppers get the golden leaf. expected to be grown across the the money must be spent on shortchanged farmers. Singson then defeated the For the country’s 65,000 tobacco country’s north this year. improving the lives of the farm- This angered the patriarch, widow in elections a year later free clothes farmers based in the north, the This is about 13 percent higher ers, and Singson said the tobacco Floro Crisologo, who sought to to become provincial governor. nicotine-rich plant is like an than last year, according to the funds had proved a lifeline for the stamp out his new rival’s chal- He has ever since been in con- TOKYO: Tokyo shoppers addictive drug difficult to kick. National Tobacco Administration, formerly cash-strapped province. lenge with a team of gunmen trol of Ilocos Sur — either as gov- stripped down to the bare Farmers sow the tobacco the chief industry regulator. However, the tax funds are who, according to historical ernor or congressman, or with essentials yesterday hoping around November after the rice The tobacco feeds the habit regarded by some critics as slush accounts, murdered many of his allies in those posts. to win free clothing as part paddies dry up and harvests the of more than 17 million Filipino funds for the politicians who rule Singson’s allies. Father Danilo Laeda, a par- of a promotional giveaway. leafs between February and May smokers, or roughly 20 percent those areas. Singson said he survived seven ish priest in neighbouring Ilocos The event was hosted by during the region’s dry season. of the population, yielding nearly Ilocos Sur politics was shaped assassination attempts that Norte province, said the levy Barcelona-based retailer They are cured in wood-fired $700m in annual tax revenues. by a deadly fight for control of the claimed the lives of two body- had been a double-edged sword. Desigual, who handed out free barns that produce their golden- Fifteen percent of the taxes on province’s tobacco trade. guards and 11 supporters. “If the local executive is hon- clothes to around a hundred yellow tinge and, when they sell tobacco sales are by law returned The Crisologo clan, whose In 1969, Singson unsuccessfully est and has a clear vision of his customers dressed in swim- them to middlemen, they earn to the areas that plant them, a patriarch was a congressman and ran against his uncle, who was an municipality it will really work suits and underwear at its flag- at least three times more than bonanza worth $140m each year, matriarch the provincial governor, ally of then-president Ferdinand well. But it can become a huge ship shop in Tokyo. they would if they had grown the regulatory agency said. demanded that all tobacco grown Marcos, for Crisologo’s House of milking cow,” he said. AGENCIES corn, peanuts or other crops. About 70 percent of that now in Ilocos Sur in the 1960s be sold Representatives seat. AFP SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 18 Taliban among 21 MQM supporters mourn killed in Afghanistan Nato service member, two policemen among dead KABUL: Taliban militants said yesterday that the Taliban his troops recovered from the attacked local security check- attacked multiple checkpoints scene of the fight. points in a provincial capital in at about noon Friday in the pro- The Interior Ministry said the northern Afghanistan, killing vincial capital of the same name, battle outside of the city involved two policemen in a fight that killing one member of the Afghan Afghan National Police, and that also left 18 insurgents dead, local police, a community-based it was conducted independently Afghan officials said yesterday. force, and wounding two. “without the involvement of any Nato said a coalition service The Taliban then moved out- foreigners.” member also died in a militant side the city where a gun battle As Afghan forces have become attack in the south yesterday, but with Afghan security forces lasted more involved in security opera- did not provide further details. until about midnight, Hussaini tions they have seen a sharp rise The violence follows Nato’s for- said. in deaths, while casualties among mal handover of security in the Eighteen Taliban fighters and the U.S.-led military coalition entirety of Afghanistan to Kabul’s another local policeman were have been reducing as the inter- forces — a transition that comes killed in the battle, and another 11 national forces pull back to let the at a time with violence levels militants were wounded, he said. Afghans take the lead. matching their worst in nearly Hussaini posted on his Facebook According to one count, 807 12 years of war. page a picture of 11 bodies lined Afghan security force members In northern Afghanistan, up inside the provincial police and 365 civilians have been killed Kunduz provincial police spokes- compound in Kunduz that he said through the end of May. Activists and supporters of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) carry the coffin of Pakistani lawmaker Sajid man Sayed Sarwar Hussaini were those of Taliban militants AP Qureshi and his son during a funeral ceremony in Karachi yesterday. Gunmen on June 21 shot dead the law- maker, his son and a passer-by outside a mosque in the country’s business capital of Karachi.

By-election on Free education in Islamabad still a dream August 22

ISLAMABAD: Despite the and contains nothing for primary education report 2013 where submit projects before the final- in morning shifts because of lack ISLAMABAD: The Election burgeoning population of and secondary schools. Minister of State for Education ising of budget but due to some of space in the morning slots and Commission of Pakistan Pakistani capital of Islamabad Moreover, in the last fiscal Balighur Rehman was also unknown administrative prob- with this you can see the prior- (ECP) has prepared a schedule and the subsequent need for year, Rs2.9bn were allocated for present. lems, they did not come up with ity of FDE in the budget,” said of by-elections in 41 constitu- additional educational insti- salaries and various allowances The report predicts a need of any,” he said. the official on the condition of encies. Nomination papers will tutes, there is no such alloca- of over 15,066 employees while in 85 new schools, 4,072 new class- A senior FDE official said there anonymity. be accepted from candidates tion in the federal budget under the new budget, Rs5bn have been rooms and 4,568 teachers in is a lot of mismanagement on the Federal Government College from July 3 to 9 and polling the Public Sector Development earmarked for 15,050 employees. primary, middle, and secondary part of their director general and Teaching Association President will be held on August 22. Programme (PSDP) 2013-14. Institute of Social and Policy schools and colleges in the ICT in the directors which led to the Tahir Mehmood said the priority Scrutiny of the nomination According to budget docu- Sciences (ISAPS) Research the next 15 years. Rehman said he ‘embarrassing’ situation where of the ruling party is evident from papers will be held from July 11 ments, Rs22m have been allocated Fellow Ahmad Ali, in a presen- will check the discrepancy in sala- the ever-expanding ICT did not the budget for ICT, adding that to 17 while candidates will be in the PSDP for two on-going tation to parliamentarians, said ries and the number of employees, receive anything in the develop- this is the reality as “we” have able to file appeals on July 22. projects and no new project in it is strange that salary alloca- adding that they could have been ment budget for the new fiscal always been the least priority. The candidates can stand the Islamabad Capital Territory tion has increased by 67 percent for some other purpose. year. “No funds means no innovative down from elections by July (ICT) has been proposed for edu- whereas the number of employees Regarding the exclu- It is pertinent to remember steps, no new schemes and no go- 30. The by-elections are being cation under Article 25-A of the has slightly decreased. sion of any new development that on the one hand the FDE ahead towards competition and conducted for 16 National Constitution. Separately, the allocations scheme for the new fiscal year, is looking to abolish evening progress, it is that simple,” said Assembly and 25 provincial This is in contrast to the much- reveal a halt in private schools’ Capital Administration and shifts for equal opportunity for Mehmood curtly. assembly seats. The ECP has hyped right to free and compul- funding for the new fiscal year, Development Division (CAD) students at model colleges while Think of the consequences set July 18 as a date for poll- sory education legislation passed which were receiving Rs12m dur- Joint Advisor on Education on the other the number of stu- when there is zero allocation for ing for the two Senate seats. by the previous parliament, which ing the last two fiscal years under Rafique Tahir told said that the dents in each class is increasing primary schools, which is the Candidates can file nomination proposed free education for chil- the Prime Minister’s special ini- untimely submission of projects substantially. baseline of education in a country papers till June 27. dren in ICT. tiative programme for private from the Federal Directorate of “For the last 15 years, not a sin- where teachers are underpaid and The new funding covers only schools charging nominal fees. Education (FDE) was the main gle new model college has been considered the most neglected Actress hurt in two on-going projects of model Ali also presented stats on reason behind this. made while this year hundreds of community, Mehmood added. colleges from the previous fiscal the Alif Ailaan annual district |We pressed them (FDE) to students were denied admissions INTERNEWS acid attack PESHAWAR: A young actress suffered burn injuries in an acid attack in north- Govt to downgrade west Pakistan yesterday, her relatives and police said. environment office Sharif to fast-track rail link to China The 18-year-old, known as Bushra and popular in the ISLAMABAD: Pakistani gov- northwest for her film, televi- ernment’s decision to make ISLAMABAD: Pakistani premier, during his recent visit to the meeting on the on-going trade activities and open up this sion and theatre appearances, the ministry of climate change Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Pakistan and was happy to note projects and areas for future region to China and the world. was attacked while asleep a division of the Cabinet yesterday stressed for estab- that the Chinese government was projects with the Chinese govern- He also directed the Planning at her home in the town of Secretariat took environmen- lishing fast moving railway equally interested in the project. ment, including railway network, and Development Division for Nowshera, 148km northwest talists by surprise. tracks and expressway to con- “We want concrete projects energy sector and road networks. identification of economic zones of Islamabad. The status was changed on nect China with Pakistan and tangible results to benefit the The PM directed the Ministry alongside the proposed railway “A man climbed the wall of June 7, 2013, and environmen- through Khanjerab, Gwadar people of Pakistan and China,” he of Railways to submit solid pro- and expressway. our house in the early hours, talists saw more negatives than and Karachi. added. posals for building new railway He underlined the importance threw acid on my sister and positives coming from what they “It will usher in a new era of He said that the project was in track to facilitate fast moving of special economic zones and con- fled,” Bushra’s brother, Pervez called the downgrading of the economic prosperity for both the the greater interest of China as it trains for passenger and cargo verting Gwadar into an interna- Khan said. ministry. countries and the entire region,” would reduce the distance inside services, before a delegation leaves tional city and economic hub to The only plus point, accord- he added. Chinese territory thus resulting for China in a couple of days. bring about prosperity for the peo- Kidnapped ing to some officials concerned, “Projects benefiting maxi- in reduction of cost of transporta- He asked for “out of the box” ple of Balochistan and the country. was that like other divisions of mum number of population of tion and giving access to Chinese thinking and doable projects to He said that the missing links official rescued the Cabinet Secretariat such as the region will be pursued that trade with India, Central Asia be identified that could benefit in the existing roads and Railway Planning, Cabinet and Aviation, will enhance the economic activi- and the whole region. maximum number of population. tracks must be built but the ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Climate Change Division would ties, provide jobs and change the He highlighted that the future He proposed to work on an align- need of the day is establishing Citizens-Police Liaison be accountable to the prime min- destiny of millions,” he observed, belongs to this region due to its ment with Havelian-Ratodero- new linkages to connect China Committee (CPLC), Anti ister only. while speaking in a briefing. huge potential, thick population Gwadar-Karachi-Quetta and with Pakistan and give access for Violent Crime Cell and police “The only plus point is that it He said that he had held in- and massive business opportuni- Havelian-Islamabad-Lahore Chinese trade to India, Central carried out a joint operation, will activate Pakistan Environment depth discussions on the pro- ties. Minister for Planning and Railway track and expressways Asia etc. recovering kidnapped Joint Protection Council which is posed projects with the Chinese Development Ahsan Iqbal briefed that would substantially enhance INTERNEWS Director of State Bank of chaired by the Prime Minister,” Pakistan (SBP). According to said Director General Pakistan CPLC Chief Ahmed Chinoy, Environment Protection Agency Blissful slumber three kidnapers were killed (Pak-EPA) explaining the impor- while a policeman sustained tance of the Council that looked injuries in the operation. into environment degradation Foreign media urge return Allaudin Achakzai, Joint across the country and had been Director of SBP was kidnapped inactive for the last few years. on June 5 from Maripur area. Probably the worst part of the of NY Times bureau chief whole move was cut in devel- Minister bribes opment budget of the climate ISLAMABAD: Foreign media organisations sent a letter of protest change division, he said. yesterday to the information minister of Pakistan against the expul- way to jail The erstwhile ministry officials sion of Declan Walsh, New York Times bureau chief for Islamabad. had been pushing for a higher The letter sent to the Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid sought LAHORE: The Provincial budget of around Rs100m and re-instatement of Walsh’s visa. Minister for Prisons, Ch the Planning Commission had With the signatures of 17 heads of prominent foreign media outlets Abdul Waheed, had to pay principally agreed to it before the in Pakistan, the letter states: “Walsh is a respected journalist of high Rs1,100 to warders and jail- budget announcement. Instead of standing who has lived and worked in Pakistan for nine years for both ers as bribe during his visit fulfilling the promise the commis- The Guardian and The New York Times newspapers, but in the early to Camp Jail, Lahore as a sion dropped four new develop- morning hours of May 9, police officers delivered a two-sentence let- layman. ment schemes proposed by the ter to Walsh’s home in Islamabad informing him that his visa was Following the incident, ministry, officials said. cancelled because of unspecified ‘undesirable activities’ and ordering the provincial minister sum- Officials claimed the cut in allo- him to leave the country within 72 hours.” moned IG Prisons, DIG and cations might affect Pakistan’s Walsh received no further explanation of his alleged wrongdoing Superintendent of the jail and case at the international level. despite repeated requests. He was eventually escorted by security admonished them over the cor- “If Pakistan is unable to par- forces to the airport in Lahore and forced to fly out of the country on ruption of jailers. He suspended ticipate in international activities May 12, it said. Assistant Superintendent Jail because of lack of funds, the world The manner in which the Pakistani government expelled Walsh Kashif Rasool, Head Warder community might take Pakistan runs counter to its claims of respecting press freedom and threatens Lateef Shah, and warders as a non-serious entity in fighting A toddler sleeps in a makeshift cot at a refugee camp for the internally the entire journalist community of the country. Ranjha Khan and Sajjad over environmental degradation,” said displaced on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Scarred by decades of war, social “We therefore ask the government to reinstate Walsh’s visa and negligence and corruption. the senior official. problems, poverty and insecurities, millions of Afghans still live as refugees allow him to return to the country in line with the nation’s stated AGENCIES INTERNEWS mainly in neighbouring Iran and Pakistan. commitment to press freedom,” the letter said. INTERNEWS SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA More than 30,000 still stuck in floods Death toll nears 600 as rescuers race against time; more downpours expected today

DEHRADUN: Relief teams were racing against time yes- terday to rescue tens of thou- sands of stranded people in rain-ravaged northern India as the death toll from flash floods and landslides neared 600. Rescuers have recovered scores of bodies from the swollen Ganges river with the government saying more than 30,000 people were still stranded after torrential mon- soon rains struck the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand last week. Raging rivers have swept away houses, buildings and entire vil- lages, and destroyed bridges and narrow roads leading to pilgrim- age towns in the mountainous state, which is known as the “Land of the Gods” for its revered Hindu shrines. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who arrived in state capital Dehradun yesterday, said 73,000 people had been rescued so far with up to 32,000 still stranded. “At least 550 people have died and 392 people are injured,” he told reporters, and urged authori- ties to complete the rescue work in three days since fresh down- A soldier helps rescue a pilgrim stranded by flood waters in Uttarakhand state, yesterday. RIGHT: Another soldier helps rescue stranded foreigners in the state. pours were expected. He also said steps were being than a week. We ran out of food and that is why we are speeding 1,000 people stuck in mountains repairs of roads and construction Uttarakhand Chief Minister taken up on a “war footing” to and all our money. My three-year- up our operations,” Priya Joshi, near Kedarnath, NDTV news net- of temporary helipads, according Vijay Bahuguna had on Friday deal with the “national crisis”. old son is with me and we can’t spokeswoman of the Indian Air work reported. to an official press release. attacked the India Meteorological Dozens of helicopters and describe the harrowing times that Force, told AFP. Distraught relatives clutching “A heavylift Mi-26 transport Department (IMD) for not issu- thousands of soldiers have been we have faced,” she told AFP, her A group of 20 trekkers includ- photographs of missing family helicopter has already landed at ing adequate warning ahead of deployed to rescue people trapped voice choked. ing six Americans were res- members have been waiting for Gauchar with 30 barrels of fuel the heavy rains, which struck across the flood-devastated state. “My mother and brother are cued yesterday after they were days outside Dehradun airport and 70 paratroopers,” it said. earlier than expected, saying the TV images showed paratroop- still to be evacuated since the marooned near a remote glacier hoping for news of their loved Special trains and buses have local government was unable to ers rappelling from military chop- chopper could accommodate since the rains struck last week. ones. The military operation, been pressed into service to ferry prepare for the deluge and evacu- pers to assist in rescue operations. only eight people. We are now “They were on a trekking trip involving some 50 helicopters tourists back home while medical ate people on time. The family of Kavita Tyagi, just praying that they too land but got trapped because of the and more than 10,000 soldiers, and food supplies were also being “The IMD warning was not 26, stranded near the pilgrimage safely,” Tyagi said. Rescue teams landslides and flash floods. The was focused on reaching those flown in to the stranded people. clear enough,” he said. site of Badrinath for more than were bracing for more challenges chopper has landed there now and stranded in the holy town of Minister Shinde said some of Another 17 people have been a week, recounted their ordeal with further downpours expected they are all safe,” Neeraj Khairwal, Badrinath after earlier finding the bodies recovered from differ- killed in the adjacent state of after they were air-lifted by army in the state from today. a top official of Pithoragarh dis- widespread devastation in the ent places in the state were “badly Himachal Pradesh where seven choppers to Gauchar, a hill town “The weather is already pack- trict, told AFP. Kedarnath temple area. mutilated”, making it difficult to foreigners were evacuated yes- in Chamoli district of the state. ing up. We are expecting fresh Also yesterday, the army man- The Indian Air Force was identify them. “The DNA of the terday from the scenic tribal dis- “We had been stuck for more rains from tomorrow (today) aged to make contact with nearly transporting heavy equipment for victims will be preserved,” he said. tricts of Lahaul and Spiti. AFP

Man takes care Two policemen shot Nitish eyeing PM’s of sick elephant; post, says Gadkari RANCHI: Former BJP presi- slams animal dead in Kashmir dent Nitin Gadkari yester- day said that Bihar Chief SRINAGAR: Two policemen up in the region ahead of a visit Minister Nitish Kumar seems rights groups were shot dead yesterday by by Prime Minister Manmohan to be dreaming of becoming the suspected militants in a high Singh early next week. prime minister and indulging in MUMBAI: An animal lover security area of Srinagar, the Kashmir is divided between vote bank politics. here yesterday rued the manner summer capital of Jammu and India and Pakistan along the “It seems that Nitish Kumar in which some prominent ani- Kashmir, police said. UN-monitored Line of Control is dreaming to become the prime mal rights groups were suddenly The policemen were shot from (LoC), but both countries claim minister of the country and he is concerned by the plight of an ail- point blank range when they the region in full and have indulging in vote bank politics,” ing elephant named Bijlee, and were on a regular patrol near fought two of their three wars Gadkari told reporters in Bokaro, using her to garner publicity. the main court complex located over it. 125 km from here. “I request them not to shed in a busy commercial district of Rebels opposed to Indian He slammed Nitish Kumar for crocodile tears for Bijlee, who is in Srinagar, a senior police official rule of the territory have been criticism of the Bharatiya Janata our care and improving with each said. mounting shoot-and-run attacks Party-ruled Gujarat. “Gujarat was day of medication, proper diet and “Both the policemen died at on security personnel at regular good for him but now his view has lots of love,” Animals Matter To the spot. We don’t know as yet intervals in recent times. turned opposite,” he said. Me (AMTM) chief Ganesh Nayak who carried out the attack,” city In April, armed militants Gadkari spoke to reporters told IANS. police chief Ashiq Bukhari told attacked a police patrol near while on way to Dhanbad district Nayak claimed that 11 days ago, Officers carry a coffin during a wreath-laying ceremony for two policemen killed AFP. The attack comes at a time the northern Kashmir town of to attend the state BJP executive when Bijlee had collapsed on the in a gun attack in Srinagar, yesterday. when security is being stepped Sopore, killing four. AFP meeting. IANS road, he had called up several of prominent animal organisations for help, but got no response. “My organisation is mainly concerned with rescuing cats, dogs and other smaller animals. For us, lifting an elephant was truly a mammoth task, but we How NRIs can make most of rupee fall did it, and now she is recovering well,” Nayak said. on-resident Indians in particular, are bound to keep may be avoided at this time. of the total investments in real cent and 10 to 14 per cent appre- Irked by the manner in which need to consciously doing well in the mid and long Similarly, NRIs can put on hold estate in India this year. ciation, respectively, although the some well known larger organ- control the rush of term. So, the temporary setbacks buying stocks of companies with Business Standard recently growth might be less during 2014 isations like People for the Nblood at the news of in the bourses need to be viewed large foreign borrowings as repay- quoted Harinder Singh, manag- as the country goes for the Lok Ethical Treatment of Animals the sharp plunge of the Indian as an opportunity to buy low to ments in dollars would be an issue. ing director, Realistic Realtors, as Sabha election. After that, the (PETA) and Federation of Indian rupee. Much like the cricket sell high later. In the run-up to The other good option for saying that enquiries from NRIs markets are expected to grow at Animal Protection Organisations batsman whose eyes gleam at the the 2014 general elections, the NRIs is real estate. Analysts for buying property in India have a steady pace. (FIAPO) chose to wake up after sight of a juicy full toss but misses equity markets are unanimous risen by at least 15-20 per cent In short, NRIs need to rethink so many days to express concern it in a hurry and gets bowled out, as well as the THE NR EYE in forecasting following the rupee depreciation. the strategy of putting a bulk of for Bijlee, Nayak alleged that they the NRIs need to accept the fresh real estate sec- that the prop- The number of calls from NRIs their space cash into bank depos- are “now trying to encash on our opportunity with a bit of calm. tor are going to Moiz Mannan erty market will have gone up to 800 per month its even though it might seem good work, claim credit and side- Yes, the rupee has plunged to remain subdued. zoom once politi- from 200 earlier at Investors very prudent and risk free in the line AMTM.” new depths and that gives a con- So, this is a phase cal stability is Clinic, a real estate portal, the short run. According to reports, “We don’t need film stars who siderable advantage to overseas in which the mid and long term brought by the election results, newspaper said, as the property NRIs are pumping money into strip for them to make money Indians earning their money in investor can really look to pick more or less regardless of which prices for them has come down bank deposits without consider- but do not help where it is genu- foreign currencies. At this junc- up deals. way they go. by 20 to 25 per cent. ing the possibility of losing money inely required; we need just one ture, it obviously makes sense to One strong indication is that For quite a period now, the Some experts have recom- if they wish to repatriate it. Amitabh Bachchan who promptly send any spare cash home post the Reserve Bank of India will Indian property market has by mended that NRIs should ide- In the last two financial years, sent out appeals for us through haste. But what’s to be done with persist with the rate cut cycle for and large underperformed and, ally be looking at property on the when the rupee had lost value, his blog and Twitter,” Nayak said. it. Should the money be parked several more months. Therefore, experts feel, it is now poised for fringes of selected tier-II and tier- NRI deposits went up by 12.2 per Elaborating, he said that since in bank deposits or should it be it might be worthwhile buying the take-off. According to indus- III cities. Such locations are about cent and 21.2 per cent respectively. the past 11 days, Bijlee, 54, was invested in equity or, say, real some banking shares, particularly try experts, the current poor run to be looped in a slew of infra- NRI deposits stood at $72bn as on being kept strapped on a crane estate? That’s the question NRIs those of private sector banks. of the Indian rupee coupled with structure development projects. April 2013 compared with $59bn as she cannot stand or sit due to must consider very seriously Sectors like hospitality that are the subdued prices overall across Prices are pretty affordable at the at the end of April 2012. weak hind leg bones. Among other because such an opportunity net dollar earners would also do the country have given NRIs an moment and predicted to shoot Last year, the Reserve Bank of things, Bijlee is suffering from might not present itself again. well because of the rupee depre- advantage of up to 25 per cent in up once the projects like malls, India raised the number of trans- arthritis and cannot walk due to Why not? That’s because the ciation. The scenario might also property buying. airports, and industrial parks get actions that an individual can a large maggot-infested wound. circumstances in India are rather be favourable to sectors such as Real estate companies have going. Here again, it is better to benefit from an external money So far, she has been examined unique at this point in time. For Information Technology and reported a spurt in enquiries and go for small to medium residential transfer from 12 to 30 per year. by veterinarians from Assam, one, no matter what anybody says, pharmaceuticals. are hopeful of many of these turn- property rather than commercial The cap on a single transaction Agra, Pune and very soon, vets there is no denying the intrinsic Import dependent sectors such ing into deals. Developers expect spaces. had been raised to $2,500. The from Kerala and Bangalore will strength of the Indian economy. as petroleum will be under pres- that the NRI market will con- Analysts believe that tier-I and move had facilitated NRIs to send also arrive, he said. IANS The ‘nuts and bolts’ companies, sure so shares of oil companies tribute around 35 to 40 per cent II cities may see a 15 to 20 per more money home. 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Aiming for the skies Filmmaker says Mamata should mend her ways Mrinal Sen hails Friday’s rally

KOLKATA: Welcoming the huge rally brought out on the streets of Kolkata Friday against atrocities on women, veteran filmmaker Mrinal Sen said the people of West Bengal have given a “fatwa” to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (pictured) and her government to mend their ways “I bow my head to the huge number of people who came out on the streets. They have stood up against the dirt in the society another convenor of the rally, said which seems to have spread eve- the Kamduni incident was not an rywhere. On top of this, the filthy isolated one. “The various atroci- abuses used by those in power and ties perpetrated on the people their misdeeds, it (the huge pro- recently have reached all levels cession) was needed. of society. And now everybody is “They have overcome fears. standing up against this”. They have made a bold statement The rally, that saw poets, paint- Indian Air Force Flight Cadets march during a combined Graduation Parade at the Air Force Academy at Dundigal in Hyderabad, yesterday. A total that they are not afraid. This is ers, authors, film and theatre of 180 Flight Cadets including 21 women graduated from the academy. only the beginning. These (pro- personalities, singers, and social tests) will continue. If this forces activists walk alongside thousands the ruling party (the Banerjee-led of common people decrying the Trinamool Congress) to be mind- incidents of sexual violence and ful of their words and deeds, well the “insensitive” reactions of the and good. This is people’s fatwa. Banerjee regime, was triggered by Seven die in Mumbai building collapse “If the government does not the gangrape-murder of a college accept this, that will be bad,” girl in Kamduni village of North MUMBAI: Seven people, other rescuers extricated two Yadav and two others, whose crash in the Mumbai metropoli- said the nonagenarian Sen, the 24 Parganas district June 7. including a minor girl, were bodies, while 14 people were identity is yet to be established. tan region in the past 10 days. last surviving genius of one of the Banerjee visited the village killed and as many injured when brought out alive from the rub- Dahisar Shiv Sena legislator An old four-storey building had most productive periods in Indian Monday, but ended up shouting a four-storeyed abandoned ble of the building located in the Vinod Ghosalkar said the building collapsed at Mahim in central films that also saw the flourish- at women protesting against the building occupied by unauthor- city’s Dahisar east suburb. had been evacuated two years ago Mumbai June 10, killing 10 and ing of two other celluloid greats incident and seeking to talk to her. ised dwellers crashed early yes- Of the injured, five succumbed after it was declared dangerous by injuring another six. Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak. An enraged Banerjee screamed terday, officials said. later at the BMC’s Bhagwati civic authorities. Ten people, including six chil- Lashing out at Banerjee, who “shut up” at the women and called The incident occurred around Hospital while the condition of “It was due to be redeveloped. dren, were killed Friday when a alleged that the Communist Party them Maoists and CPI-M activ- 6.30am when the Piyush Building the remaining three is said to be But owing to a dispute between 35-year-old three-storey build- of India-Marxist, Congress, the ists, drawing flak from the civil came crashing down, catching serious. the owner and tenants, the mat- ing crashed in Mumbra town in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and society, media and the opposition. the occupants unawares, said The dead have been identified ter is under litigation. In the Thane district, about 40km from a media group have come together Later, she came down heavily an official of the Brihanmumbai as Faizan Sheikh, 22, Dharmendra meantime, local vegetable ven- here. Mumbra had witnessed the to murder her, Sen said: “She is on the opposition and a section Municipal Corporation (BMC) Harijan, 22, Asif Shaikh, 20, dors were taking shelter there,” state’s worst-ever building crash talking rubbish. It is not the voice of the media, alleging they had disaster control cell. an eight-year-old girl Bhagpati Ghosalkar told reporters. April 4, which killed 75 people and of a normal individual”. hatched a conspiracy to kill her Yesterday, firefighters and Lagsal, a 40-year old man called This is the third major building injured another 60. IANS Thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, at Kamduni. IANS Doctor held after wife’s chopped body found hidden at home BHUBANESWAR: A retired stumbled upon two iron boxes would come as a shock to his chil- army doctor was arrested on in which the chopped body parts dren and other family members. suspicion of murdering his wife were found, placed in 22 steel con- Police suspect Parida killed after chopped parts of her body tainers, along with some dissec- his wife about a fortnight ago, were found inside nearly two tion instruments. chopped her body into small dozen steel containers in two Police also found a plastic bag pieces and was allegedly disposing iron boxes at their home here, inside a bathroom in which they of them over the past few days. police said yesterday. suspect the leg bones of the dead Assistant Commissioner of Police raided the house of Col woman were kept. Police B C Mishra told IANS that (retd) Somanath Parida, in the Although police suspect Parida Parida was arrested on the basis Nayapalli area Friday night after killed his wife, he has yet to con- of prima facie evidence. some relatives went to meet the fess and claims that his wife com- Investigation is on to ascer- couple but did not find his wife, mitted suicide. Parida however tain the exact reason behind the Usashri, at home. Suspecting foul admitted that he cut the body into alleged murder, he added. play, they informed police. pieces because he wanted to keep Parida’s son and daughter live During a search, police the matter a secret as the death abroad. IANS

Dog menace Cops hunt for three over gang rape

MANIPAL (KARNATAKA): Police yesterday intensi- fied search for the three men, accused of gang raping a 22-year-old medical science student, even as hundreds of college students demonstrated here seeking safety for girls and security in the Manipal University campus. “We have intensified the search to track the culprits and locate the auto-rickshaw in which the victim was abducted late Thursday and driven to a secluded spot to commit the crime. We have also interrogated some locals for clues though no one had been detained or arrested,” Udupi Superintendent of Police M B Boralingaiah told IANS. A major educational centre, Manipal is 5 km from the famous Udupi temple town on the west coast of the state and about 410 km from Bangalore. With pressure mounting to hunt down the accused, the dis- trict police formed four more teams to crack the case and sent A stray dog looks on from inside a van of the Municipal Corporation, after a couple of them to Udupi and the canine was captured in Ahmedabad yesterday. The dogs, emaci- Mangalore, 60 km from here, to ated, and ill treated by people, often become a health and safety risk. coordinate the probe. IANS SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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DELHI 38/29 Mostly cloudy 39/27 Partly cloudy REUTERS Source : http://www.sch.gov.qa/ ISLAMABAD 42/31 Partly cloudy 42/27 Clear Mt Fuji, Niger’s Agadez among new Unesco sites Crime fighting goes global PHNOM PENH: Japan’s in the early 19th century to pro- Mount Fuji, a series of ancient duce images that transcended terraced rice paddies China, cultures, allowed the mountain with TV series and the desert city of Agadez in to be known around the world, Niger were among the cultural and had a profound influence on Crossing Lines jewels granted World Heritage the development of Western art”. status by Unesco at its annual Fujisan, which is located some NEW YORK: With exotic meeting yesterday. 100km southwest of the capital locations, an international cast Fujisan, the highest mountain Tokyo, last erupted around 300 and plots that involve track- in Japan at 3,776 metres (12,460 years ago. Images of its peak ing serial criminals across feet), is one of the country’s adorn tourism literature pub- European borders, Crossing most recognisable sights. The lished at home and abroad. Mount Lines, which debuts on US tel- snow-capped peak “has inspired Fuji is the seventeenth Japanese evision today, aims to set itself artists and poets and been the site to be inscribed by Unesco. apart from other police dramas. object of pilgrimage for centu- Unesco is currently holding a The series, created by Ed ries”, Unesco said. The United 10-day annual meeting here dur- Bernero, formerly of Criminals Nations Educational, Scientific ing which it is considering add- Minds and Rola Bauer, of Munich- and Cultural Organisation com- ing 31 sites to the World Heritage based Tandem Communications, mittee, currently holding its 37th List. The committee also granted follows a small, elite unit of inves- annual session in Phnom Penh, the historic town of Agadez in tigators from the United States classified the site as a “cultural” Niger, seen as “a gateway to the and Europe working for the heritage site, rather than a “natu- desert”, World Heritage status, International Criminal Court to ral” heritage site. Unesco said. From the 15th cen- solve cross-border crimes. “The awe that Fujisan’s majes- tury, Agadez “became an excep- Award-winning actor Donald tic form and intermittent vol- tional crossroads for the caravan Sutherland, who plays ICC prose- canic activity has inspired was trade. It bears witness to an early cutor Michel Dorn, said the key to transformed into religious prac- historic town, forming a major A file picture of Mount Fuji, covered with snow and surrounded by cloud, as seen from an aeroplane. the series is that it is not a typical tices that linked Shintoism and centre for trans-Saharan cultural police drama showing how crimes Buddhism, people and nature,” interchanges”. mud-brick — and the Sultan’s integrated farming and water mountains, it added. are solved. documents prepared ahead of the The historic city, which includes Palace, dates back to the fifteenth management systems”. Fiji also received its first World “It is observational. It is about meeting said. a mosque with an imposing min- and sixteenth century. “Carved out of dense forest Heritage site inscription yester- people and the inter-relationship Mount Fuji “inspired artists aret — the tallest ever built in Agadez is characterised by an over the past 1,300 years by Hani day for the Levuka Historical between those people and what adobe architecture, unfired clay people... the irrigated terraces Port Town respectively. On they observe and why their smart- brick obtained by sun drying, and support paddy fields overlook- Friday, Italy’s Mount Etna, the ness, the sensibility of that smart- “bears witness to an exceptional ing narrow valleys,” Unesco said Hill Forts of Rajasthan in India ness, is what makes them good,” architectural tradition, based on in documents prepared ahead of and the Namib Sand Sea were he explained in an interview. sophisticated use of mud-brick,” the inscription. “In some places, among the natural wonders and Sutherland, who won an Emmy Unesco said. you can see up to 3,000 suspended cultural jewels granted World and Golden Globe award as best Unesco also granted World terraces on the slopes” of Ailao Heritage status. AFP supporting actor for Citizen X and Heritage status to Canada’s Red a Golden Globe award for the his- Bay Basque Whaling Station, torical drama Path to War, said which was an Arctic maritime his character is very loosely based base for Basque mariners in the on Luis Moreno Ocampo, the first 16th century. prosecutor at the ICC. Sutherland The site, which includes the said Ocampo approached him remains of rendering ovens, liv- at an airport, and asked if he ing quarters and underwater ship was doing a project about the wrecks and whale bone depos- International Criminal Court and its are “the earliest, most com- then introduced himself. prehensive and best preserved “We had the most wonderful archaeological testimony of a conversation. He said, ‘I always pre-industrial whaling station,” wear a black tie.’ So, if you look according to Unesco. at the series, after the first epi- The site was a key hub in the sode my character always wears hunting of whales and the subse- a black tie.” quent extraction of oil, which was The actor described his rather then exported to Europe, mainly mysterious character, Dorn, as for use in lamps. “an honest man, a true man and Unesco also inscribed the he has suffered a lot,” adding that landscapes of terraced rice The lava crater on Mount Etna in Catania, Sicily Island, Italy. Officials from he also adores women. fields of Honghe Hani, south of Unesco said, the volcano, which is the largest active volcano in Europe The most difficult aspect of A boy walking past the Agadez mosque. The historic city, which includes a the Chinese province of Yunnan, and the Mediterranean, would be ‘a never-ending source of geological portraying Dorn, he said, was mosque with an imposing minaret — the tallest ever built in mud-brick — which reflect “in an exceptional data.’ Eruptions from the volcano have been observed since the Greek finding the truth in the character way a specific interaction with and displaying it. and the Sultan’s Palace, dates back to the fifteenth and sixteenth century. and Roman classical era. the environment mediated by REUTERS Sunday 23 June 2013 14 Shaaban 1434 Volume 18 Number 5739 Price: QR2

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DOHA: Qatar’s real estate power plant transaction value dropped by 15 percent on year-on-year basis during the first five months this year. The value of total trans- Plan for 60MW plant in Djibouti actions during January 2013- May was QR17.5bn compared DOHA: Qatar Petroleum of Energy and Industry and the to QR20.6bn during the same International (QPI) has signed a Republic of Djibouti’s Ambassador period in 2012. Memorandum of Understanding in Doha, Moumin Hassen Barreh. The total transaction value in (MoU) with Electricity of The MoU was signed on January 2013 dropped to a huge Djibouti to jointly evaluate to Thursday in Doha. Nasser Al 46.5 percent compared to January develop a potential 60MW wind Jaidah, Chief Executive Officer 2012. The value in the first month of power plant in the Republic of of QPI, and Djama Ali Guelleh, this year posted just QR2.8bn com- Djibouti. This Strategic agree- General Manager, Electricity pared to QR5.2bn in January 2012. ment was the result of an offi- of Djibouti signed the MoU on This February also saw a drop in cial Qatari delegation visit behalf of the respective parties. the transaction value compared to to Djibouti which took place The ceremony was also attended February 2012. However, the trans- earlier this year after meet- by the Moumin Hassen Barreh, actions value picked up, though mar- ings between the Emir H H Ambassador of Djibouti. ginally, in all the remaining months, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nasser Al Jaidah commented but failed to cross the total value Thani and President of Djibouti on the occasion: “This MoU is a Nasser Al Jaidah (right) and Djama Ali Guelleh exchanging documents during the signing ceremony. posted during the corresponding Ismail Omar Guelleh during further milestone in the imple- period in 2012, Al Sharq reported. the Climate Change Conference mentation of QPI’s strategy to Djama Ali Guelleh said the Electricity of Djibouti is a in the Republic of Djibouti. It However, leading market play- that took place in Doha in develop actively its presence partnership will bring added value public-owned industrial and com- focuses on renewable energy ers expressed hope that Qatar’s November 2012. abroad and especially in Africa.” to the development of Djibouti’s mercial establishment created to projects that have the potential property market is set to make The November discussion was He also welcomed the opportu- Power resources. This new agree- provide electricity in the republic to offer sustainable long-term a rebound in the second half of followed by a number of meet- nity to reinforce relationships ment is a clear milestone that will of Djibouti. Electricity of Djibouti returns via various methods of this year, when they expect some ings between HE Dr Mohammed between Qatar and the Republic open a new era of cooperation handles the public service of the renewable energy production. of the key World Cup related bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Djibouti. between Djibouti and Qatar. electricity on the whole territory THE PENINSULA projects would be launched. “The budget for the current fis- cal has set aside funds for some of the important projects. The launch of these projects will further lift the spirits in the realty sector,” Al Privatisation Sharq quoted an executive of a lead- EU finance ministers’ talks break down ing real estate company as saying. gap won’t A local businessman and a LUXEMBOURG: European in the small hours of yesterday. rather than simply making all combined in the Banking Recovery member of Shura Council said: Union finance ministers failed The 27 EU ministers will meet creditors pay their share, they and Resolution Directive (BRRD) “The real estate sector will soon derail bailout: early yesterday to reach an again on Wednesday to try and should have discretion over who that ministers discussed. witness a turnaround. It’s grow- agreement on how to close down finalise an accord before an EU to include. Asked if the failure Saturday to ing both in terms of transaction Greek PM failing banks before they can do leaders summit on Thursday and A large company that is ‘bailed- agree the resolution instrument value and number of projects. The too much damage to the wider Friday, he added. in’ because of its exposure to a invalidated Thursday’s accord, country would see a huge surge in ATHENS: Greece’s recent gov- economy. After 18 hours of talks, the failed bank might be weakened Noonan stressed that it did not. the launch of new projects by the ernment crisis and failure to This resolution mechanism main sticking points were over as a result and this could have a “They are two entirely separate end of this year”, Al Sharq said. meet privatisation targets will would have marked another how much the home country and harmful knock-on effect on the files,” he said. Meanwhile, 2013 quarterly real not derail an international bail- important step toward a ‘banking creditors would have to contrib- economy. French Finance Minister estate market review released by a out, Prime Minister Antonis union,’ the new overall EU regula- ute to the cost of winding up a Initially, the “talks introduced Pierre Moscovici said he felt leading market player noted that Samaras said yesterday. tory framework meant to restore problem bank. more flexibility but as they went “ninety percent of the work Q1 2013 witnessed a sluggish start Samaras’ government saw its the banking sector to health and Noonan said some non-euro on, that went too far for some,” had been done,” and highlighted with lower transaction value com- parliamentary majority sharply so prevent any repeat of the bloc’s states naturally wanted more flex- one EU source said as the talks Thursday’s ESM deal on direct pared to the 2012 averages. Land reduced on Friday after the small debt crisis. ibility because they did not have broke up. bank recapitalisation. transactions accounted for 54 per- Democratic Left party left the “We ran out of time ... it is a access to rescue funding from the Hopes had been high that The ESM accord goes “hand in cent of all real-estate transactions ruling coalition to protest against very complex issue,” said Irish European Stability Mechanism, ministers would reach a deal to hand” with the resolution regime by value in the quarter, down 67 an abrupt shutdown of the state Finance Minister Michael the eurozone’s backstop. compliment a eurozone accord as a key part of the banking percent in 2012. Doha accounted broadcaster ERT. Noonan, who chaired the meeting. At the same time, some euro- Thursday on how the ESM could union, Moscovici said. for 28 percent of transactions and Samaras told the newspaper “We made significant progress zone states also wanted more lee- inject funds into banks needing “I have no doubt but that we 54 percent of total transacted value To Vima that his new, two-party and differences were narrowed way, among them France while fresh capital but without adding will reach an agreement and that in Q12013, followed by Al Rayyan government with the Socialist ... but core issues were still to be Germany favoured a much tighter to the already huge debt burden this directive will see the light of (19 percent of all transactions) and PASOK party would be more resolved,” Noonan added after regime, EU sources said. of member states. day,” he added. Umm Salal (16 percent). coherent, adding that he expected marathon talks which broke up France and Britain argue that The two instruments were AFP THE PENINSULA no problems in talks with lend- ers who are inspecting Greece’s austerity and economic reform programme. China, Taiwan sign pact “The government went through a rough patch over the last few days but it stood on its feet and to open service sectors continues with renewed determina- tion and much better cooperation,” To Vima quoted him as saying. TAIPEI: Taiwan and China an influx of capital and talents Samaras’s conservative New signed a wide-ranging agree- from the other side, Taiwan’s top Democracy party and PASOK ment to open up their service negotiator Lin Join-san said. together control only 153 of the sectors, another milestone in Taiwan and China split amid 300 seats in parliament. A few the ever-closer trade and eco- civil war in 1949. But trade and independents may also back the nomic ties between the political cultural exchanges have boomed government, and the Democratic rivals. amid an easing of tensions in Left has signalled it could support Following two years of nego- recent years. some reforms on a case-by-case tiation, the two signed the agree- The two signed a partial free basis to keep Greece in the euro. ment in Shanghai to liberalize trade agreement in 2010 that cut Samaras and PASOK leader their markets. tariffs on hundreds of industrial Evangelos Venizelos are expected Effective later this year, China goods, and another pact in 2012 to to meet as soon as Sunday to will allow Taiwanese firms to allow banks to set up branches in update their coalition agreement conduct online shopping and each other’s territory. and arrange a cabinet reshuffle. offer medical care, transporta- Most noted in the new pact According to Greek media reports, tion, tourism and other serv- is China’s partial opening of its Yannis Stournaras is expected to ices on the mainland, Taiwan’s lucrative online shopping business remain finance minister. Straits Exchange Foundation, to Taiwanese companies. The new government will have a semi-official group handling China will continue to block to conclude talks with the so- trade talks with China, said on Taiwanese online shopping sites called “troika” of international its website. on the mainland as it does to lenders — the European Union, For its part, Taiwan will allow other foreign sites. But it will the International Monetary Fund mainlanders to run businesses allow Taiwanese to set up shop- and the European Central Bank like cargo transport, beauty shops, ping sites in the southern Chinese — who return to Athens later and morgues, and build dock facil- Fujian Province with mainland this month for a regular review ities on the island, it said. partners, allowing the Taiwanese of Greece’s compliance with the The market-opening moves will to own up to a 55 percent equity terms of their bailout. allow each side to further develop share. REUTERS its service industry, benefited by AP SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS GCC liquidity India growth slows to enhance growth: QNB Highest money supply rise in Qatar

DOHA: GCC countries con- Arabia has the largest money sup- tinue to have ample liquidity ply in the region. Broad money to finance the large investment (M2) expanded by 13.4 percent projects planned over the next y-o-y in the Kingdom, reflecting few years, according to QNB a significant increase in demand Group. GCC liquidity, as meas- deposits (18.9 percent). Saudi ured by the money supply (M2), Arabia has a different money increased by 11.9 percent year- supply make up as compared to on-year (y-o-y) during the other GCC countries, with a pre- first quarter of 2013 to reach dominance of short-term depos- $860bn. This represents a fur- its. As a result, the narrower ther increase in the growth of definition of the money supply M2, compared with 2012 (10.4 (M1) accounts for three quarters percent). Higher energy prices of broad money. and increased hydrocarbons Money Supply growth in the production are feeding through UAE witnessed a major recovery to the non-oil sector through in the first quarter of 2013. Broad higher liquidity. This higher money (M2) grew by four percent growth in the GCC money sup- during the first quarter of 2013. Workers clean a road intersection where Delhi metro work is in progress in New Delhi yesterday. India’s economy grew by five percent in 2012/2013, ply enables the private sector to This recovery can be attributed to its slowest annual rate in a decade, in another blow to government ahead of national elections due by next year. expand economic activity. the significant pick up in real estate The narrower definition of the activity in recent months and the money supply (M1) in the GCC overall gain in investor confidence. increased rapidly (16.8 percent) Investment projects planned during the first quarter of 2013, or underway in the GCC are while medium term deposits estimated by the Middle East Rising US wealth doesn’t spur spending (quasi-money) went up more mod- Economic Digest (MEED) at $2.2 erately (7.7 percent). The main trillion. With huge project financ- WASHINGTON: The stock the Dow Jones industrial average as it normally does four years to $522,000. But the average is reason behind a higher increase ing needs coming up over the next market rallied to record heights is up 11 percent since the bond- after a recession? skewed higher by the vast net in the narrower definition of the decade, GCC countries will need last month, home prices have buying policy was announced in Economists cite several rea- worth of America’s wealthiest — money supply is associated with to further supplement overall rebounded and the wealth mid-September, despite plum- sons. The biggest gains aren’t Bill Gates’ $67bn, for instance, the low interest rate environment bank liquidity with additional of American households has meting on Wednesday and going to the vast majority of according to Forbes magazine. that has been prevalent in recent sources of funding. The corpo- returned to where it was before Thursday on news that the Fed Americans. Many families are So Wolff looked at the net worth years, which encourages deposi- rate debt markets have emerged the Great Recession. could end the purchases by the still nursing big losses on the of the median US household — tors to hold short-term deposits. as a good funding option in recent That’s just what Federal middle of 2014. And overall house- value of their home, and the big those smack in the middle, where According to QNB Group, years. During the year up to June Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hold wealth hit $70.3 trillion at drop in home prices from 2006 half of households earn more and Qatar recorded the highest 2013, debt issuance in the GCC said he wanted when the Fed the end of March, regaining the through 2011 has undermined half less. The median family’s net money supply growth rate in the region reached a record level of announced a third round of bond $12.7 trillion lost in the recession. their confidence. Moreover, their worth is far more modest than the region during the first quarter of $34.6bn, compared to $36.6bn for purchases last September. But Americans still aren’t incomes have been crimped by a average: $61,000, Wolff estimates. 2013 (37.4 percent). During the the full year 2012, according to The purchases weren’t just shopping with enough gusto to weak labour market and tax hikes That is $50,800, or 47 percent, first quarter of 2013, the money data from Bloomberg. The GCC meant to push interest rates add much momentum to the that took effect in January. short of where it was in 2007. supply growth was mainly driven countries have also started devel- down and make it cheaper for economy. Consumer spending The biggest gains in wealth are One reason: The biggest gains by higher private sector deposits, oping their own domestic debt businesses and consumers to bor- actually fell in April from March. going to wealthy households that have come from the rise in while in 2012 it was due to for- capital markets as in Qatar. row — the traditional aim of the And economic output — 70 per- tend to save a big chunk of their financial markets. And the ben- eign currency deposits from the According to QNB Group, these Fed’s easy money policies. They cent of which comes from con- incomes and spend a smaller pro- efits of the stock market’s surge public sector. According to QNB financial developments will widen were also designed to pump up sumer spending — is expected to portion on basics such as food and have gone disproportionately to Group, this reflects a significant the overall funding sources for stock and house prices, making grow at an annual rate of just 2 clothing. “Those guys don’t spend America’s wealthiest households. shift in trend, compared with the GCC countries to finance non-oil Americans feel richer and more percent from April through June, much,” says economist Edward Wolff calculates that the wealthi- traditional source of money sup- growth, even as domestic banks willing to spend — a process econ- down from a 2.4 percent rate the Wolff of New York University. est 10 percent of US households ply growth in Qatar, which may provide a core source of funding, omists call the “wealth effect.” first three months of 2013. The disparity shows up in own more than 80 percent of indicate a higher growth contri- while reducing the dependence on But the wealth effect may not Why aren’t the impressive numbers Wolff calculated. He stocks, even including retirement bution from the non-oil sector. foreign financing going forward. have had the economic impact increases in wealth helping the found that the average US house- accounts such as 401 (k) plans. According to QNB, Saudi THE PENINSULA Bernanke hoped it would. Sure, economy bounce back as briskly hold’s net worth rose this year AP Japan’s MUFG ‘Sharing economy’ firms to buy major Thai bank, become mainstream SAN FRANCISCO: A few Consumption. says report years ago, renting out a spare But moving beyond small cir- room via the lodging web- cles of like-minded people in tech- site Airbnb bordered on dar- savvy cities to become national TOKYO: Japan’s Mitsubishi ing. Now, in thousands of or global services with millions UFJ Financial Group plans cities around the world, it seems of customers is no simple matter. to buy a 51 percent stake in almost conventional. Airbnb has run up against local Thailand’s Bank of Ayudhya But as the founders of the regulations in many cities that for about 400bn yen ($4.1bn) in emerging category of “sharing restrict the way rooms can be a bid to expand its business in economy” companies are learning, rented. In New York, for example, Southeast Asia, a report said going mainstream brings a whole the city fined Airbnb host Nigel yesterday. new set of legal and regulatory Warren $2,400 for renting out part By turning Thailand’s fifth- challenges. Sharing companies of his apartment in September. largest commercial bank into a enable people to share anything A judge ruled in May that subsidiary, MUFG aims to offer from a car to a house to an office Warren violated a law forbidding a wide range of financial serv- desk, using the Internet to vet short-term rentals by residents; the ices to consumers and businesses and match those who have some- city’s Environmental Control Board in Thailand, the business daily thing with those who need it. has granted an extension until July Nikkei said. Sharing-economy entrepre- 15 for him to file an appeal. Many This will mark the first time neurs say their firms are a boon cities have similar laws. that a Japanese bank takes direct to the economy, because they ena- But Airbnb’s Chesky said he control of a major bank in the rest ble productive use of assets that believes educating officials on of Asia. would otherwise be sitting idle. the merits of his business could To date, Japanese banks have And they can enable all manner result in the city softening its focused their operations there of people to, in effect, start their stance, citing examples such as largely on lending to Japanese own small business. Amsterdam, where the city was companies and helping them with “We could create millions of originally against Airbnb and is trade settlement, Nikkei said. entrepreneurs who don’t fit into now allowing it, he said. MUFG will first buy out GE the market system,” Brian Chesky, One tactic: convincing officials Capital’s entire 25 percent stake co-founder and chief execu- that Airbnb is contributing to the in the Thai bank, a person close tive of Airbnb, said at a Reuters local economy. Earlier this month, to the discussions told Dow Jones. Technology Summit roundtable in Airbnb released a study showing It will then launch a tender off San Francisco this week. that guests and hosts in Paris con- for the remaining shares, but seek Airbnb itself is an entrepreneur- tributed $240m to the local economy; to keep the other big shareholder, ial phenomenon, with venture inves- Airbnb guests stayed an average of Thailand’s Ratanarak family tors valuing it at $2.5bn. Sharing five nights, compared with two for which holds 22 percent, as a part- firms such as RelayRides (rent out those who stayed in hotels. ner, the Down Jones report said. your car), LiquidSpace (rent out a Similarly, insurance companies The Japanese financial group spare workspace) and TaskRabbit are grappling with how to handle could forge a formal agreement (rent your free time for errands) car-sharing businesses, in some early next month. are just a few of the myriad new cases discouraging their custom- Bank of Ayudhya has a mar- firms with “sharing” models. ers from working with them. ket capitalisation of about $6.1bn. “Certainly, this is becom- RelayRides provides car own- Under a typical buyout scenario in ing mainstream,” said Jeremiah ers with $1m in liability insurance which a premium over the stock Owyang, an analyst at research during the rental. In other words, price is offered, MUFG stands to firm Altimeter Group. Peer- the owner’s existing auto insur- pay 400bn yen or so, making this to-peer rental of goods such as ance would not come into play the largest acquisition on record toys and electronics is already a if the rental driver gets into an in Asia by a Japanese bank, the $26bn industry, estimates Rachel accident, according to RelayRides Nikkei said. Botsman, author of What’s Mine Chief Executive Andre Haddad. AFP Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative REUTERS SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 New US trade chief focuses on India curbs Froman treads carefully on GSP

WASHINGTON: New US Preferences (GSP) programme in Trade Representative Michael retaliation for the country’s trade Froman said he expected grow- policy moves. ing trade problems with India to Froman treaded carefully on be a major early focus of his ten- that question, noting that many ure, but stopped short of saying US companies benefit from GSP, the United States should cut off since it lowers their produc- benefits for that country. tion costs by waiving duties on “We have a number of concerns imports. “So we need to take a about the investment and innova- careful look at that ... This is tion environment in India,” Froman something we want to work with said in an interview shortly after Congress on,” Froman said. being sworn into office. “It’s some- Froman, whose friendship with thing that we’re very focused on.” Obama goes back to their days at Those concerns include India’s Harvard Law School, takes over use of compulsory licences to sus- the top US trade post at one of pend patents on US drugs and its busiest times in recent years. localisation policies that discrimi- The US hopes to wrap up trade nate against foreign goods. talks with Japan and 10 other coun- In recent weeks, members of tries in the Asia-Pacific region by An Airbus A350 participates in a flying display during the 50th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris, yesterday. Congress and business groups the end of the year, and will hold the have sent a number of letters first round of talks on a proposed urging President Barack Obama’s US-EU agreement the week of July US arms makers hopeful despite budget cuts administration to take a tougher 8. “It’s a very full agenda that all line, including when US Secretary revolves around creating jobs in the of State John Kerry is in New United States,” Froman said. PARIS: The fallout of US are still growing strongly, which top 20 global defence companies spending is increasing. Delhi next week for the US-India Finishing talks on the pro- defence budget cuts was plain the industry says will allow it to reported only a 1.3 percent drop Lockheed made about 17 per- Strategic Dialogue. posed Trans-Pacific Partnership to see at this week’s Paris Air weather the downturn. in combined revenues in 2012. cent of its $47bn of revenue abroad Froman, who until recently by December 31 is “an ambitious Show in a range of scaled back The talk of the show among The uncertainty over revenues in 2012, or $8bn, and the com- was Obama’s chief international timetable, but that is the objective displays that in the past were its US participants was about at home is taking a toll on invest- pany’s senior vice president for economic affairs adviser, said he we have set out,” he said. packed with a crowd-pleasing how well they seem to be riding ments, but executives also say big corporate strategy and business expected to raise the same con- On another issue, Froman array of US military hardware. out the biggest defence cuts in a backlogs, strong international development, said it will “abso- cerns next month in Washington said the US generally welcomed Lockheed Martin Corp, whose generation — and how next year’s demand and commercial orders lutely” exceed this year’s goal of at the US-India CEO Summit, and Chinese investment but that he F-35 radar-evading jet is the big- federal budget may prove more have alleviated the worst effects 20 percent. “We’re moving much potentially in a future meeting of could not comment on Shuanghui gest weapons programme ever, forgiving than had been feared. of the sequestration that kicked more aggressively in the interna- the US-India Trade Policy Forum, International’s proposed takeover of conspicuously left the mockup of “The other shoe hasn’t dropped in in March. Some companies like tional domain,” Pat Dewar told which has not met since 2010. Smithfield Foods because it was still the fighter which normally graces yet,” said Tom Captain, head of Northrop Grumman Corp skipped Reuters at the airshow. “We’re The mounting concerns over under review. He said he expected Europe’s premier industry meet- aerospace and defence at the the show entirely, a reflection, going global in a much bigger way.” India’s trade policy comes as a a decision on whether to suspend ing at home in favour of a bill- Deloitte consulting group, said some argued of the industry’s shift Industry executives are grow- long-time programme to help GSP trade benefits for Bangladesh board picture. at the air show. “The question is, in geographical priorities. ing impatient about the inability developing countries export their by the end of June, following recent Yet there was also further evi- will it ever?” Lockheed Martin Corp, Boeing of US lawmakers and the Obama goods to the US is up for renewal. tragedies that have raised concern dence of a shift towards previ- US defence budgets are being Co, Raytheon Co and others are administration to resolve their Some lawmakers have sug- about working conditions in that ously neglected markets in Asia cut by hundreds of billions of rapidly building up offices in differences over future budget gested removing India from country’s garment sector. and the Middle East, where dollars after more than a dec- countries including Saudi Arabia, levels. the Generalised System of REUTERS economies and defence budgets ade of strong growth, but the Brazil and India, where military REUTERS

Telekom Slovenia up for sale

Telekom Slovenia signage on their office building in Ljubljana. Slovenian lawmakers approved govern- ment plans to sell 15 state companies, including the country’s largest telecom operator, as part of the country’s efforts to cut the budget deficit and avoid becoming the latest eurozone member to need an international bailout.

UBS to surrender Indian banking Barclays under German licence, close unit taxman’s watch

MUMBAI: Swiss bank UBS FRANKFURT: German tax ministry documents. Authorities AG will surrender its Indian authorities are investigating are now investigating whether banking licence and close its Barclays over the use of legal taking advantage of these loop- banking unit, covering fixed loopholes which cut the British holes amounts to tax evasion and income, forex operations and lender’s tax bill by billions of whether back taxes are due. credit services, a source with euros, a German newspaper Barclays said in a statement direct knowledge of the matter reported yesterday. that in relation to the transac- said yesterday. Daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung tions in question it “has an open However, UBS will continue its said German authorities obtained and constructive approach to corporate client service business, internal bank documents dated engagement with the relevant tax which includes mergers and acqui- 2007-2010 in which Barclays authorities and is committed to sitions, equities and debt capital mapped out lucrative tax loop- continuing to do so”. market services, said the source, holes related to naked short- “We have complied with all who declined to be identified as selling transactions before and applicable laws and do not accept the information was not yet public. after the dividend payout dates any suggestion of misconduct.” “That doesn’t mean that we are of stocks. Other banks are subject to closing down our India operations. With the help of a trading plat- investigations linked to the tactic We will be closing a very small form it operated in Luxembourg, also known as dividend stripping, business unit, to focus on our key Barclays obtained more tax cred- which Germany outlawed in 2012. strength,” said the source. “It’s its than the tax it actually paid in A source close to UniCredit’s part of our global strategy.” these transactions, the paper said. German unit HVB earlier this UBS has a full-fledged banking These trades took place for year told Reuters the bank expects license in India with a single branch more than 10 years until 2012 at a hit of up to 200 million euros in Mumbai and was focusing on the a cost to the taxpayer of about from a tax evasion probe relating wealth management business. ¤280m annually, Sueddeutsche to share deals several years ago. REUTERS said, citing German finance REUTERS SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Swiss traders dominate fuel sale to Egypt Tourism revenue fall dents economy

LONDON: Egypt is relying to $17-$23 a tonne, up from the increasingly on large Swiss trad- already high $16-$19 premiums ing houses for fuel supplies as it at the end of 2012. struggles to avoid energy short- Vitol, Litasco and Glencore ages and unrest, while smaller will supply around $1.7bn worth players cut back on deliveries of gasoil to Egypt, or 55 out of for fear of non-payment. around 70 cargoes, to the ports of Egypt’s finances have been Alexandria, Dekheila and the Red crippled by a fall in tourism rev- Sea port of Suez in the six months enue since the 2011 revolution, from July through December. a weakening of its currency and Gasoil is essential to help a rise in fuel subsidies, which meet peak summer fuel demand account for one fifth of govern- for harvesting crops, travel and ment spending. It owes over $5bn air-conditioning. to fuel suppliers. Litasco, the trading arm of Traders such as BB Energy, Russian oil firm Lukoil, is emerg- AOT Trading, Eminent, Augusta ing as the biggest supplier of and Sahara have almost com- gasoil for the second half of 2013 pletely stopped supplying Egypt, after having little presence pre- leaving big players — such as Vitol, viously, according to information Glencore, Gunvor, Trafigura, on major 2012 and 2013 tenders. Litasco and Mercuria - to domi- Vitol held a significant position nate the market. in 2012 and holds an even larger “We’re not looking at Egyptian one in 2013. Glencore, dominant Hundreds of flag waving workers participating in a protest rally organised by trade unions around the Colosseum in central Rome yesterday. tenders any more,” one trader at in 2012, has been less impor- a small firm said. He was burned tant this year. BP was the only last year when Egypt’s financial Western major to supply signifi- Thousands march in Rome against unemployment difficulties delayed its payment cant volumes of gasoil over both for cargoes, leading to demurrage years. charges. He then spent months Egypt, which produces its own ROME: Thousands of work- Union chiefs, speaking before is that there is no more time for in one of the most recent labour trying to recoup those charges. energy, became a net oil importer ers and unemployed people a flag-waving crowd estimated at promises and announcements,” disputes. All the trading houses declined in 2008 as its population grew fast marched in Rome yesterday to more than 100,000 by the organ- he said in Piazza San Giovanni, “Indesit isn’t in crisis, it just to comment. and fuel subsidies mushroomed. It protest against record unem- isers, criticised Letta for what the traditional venue of left-wing wants to use its profits to make The dominance of major trad- is also moving rapidly to become a ployment and call on Enrico they called a lack of action on an protests. investments in Turkey and ers mirrors events in Greece net importer of natural gas after Letta’s two-month-old gov- urgent problem. Letta’s cabinet is due to unveil Poland,” Camusso said. last year during the peak of its years of being a large exporter. ernment to deliver more than “We can’t accept these continu- a package aimed at tackling youth One marcher, Lorenzo financial troubles, when its larg- But it has been slow to pay for empty rhetoric on the issue. ous promises that aren’t trans- unemployment next week, but Giuseppe, said he had turned out est refiner Hellenic had to rely on fuel imports, and suppliers face The rally, organised by the lated into decisions that give a Angeletti said the measures being “to send a message to the govern- Vitol and Glencore for oil supplies consistent discharging delays, country’s three largest union change of direction,” said Susanna mooted, such as tax breaks for ment that jobs have to be the top after it could no longer receive which leads to high demurrage confederations, CGIL, CISL and Camusso, leader of the country’s firms hiring young people, were issue on the agenda. If we have bank guarantees. charges. UIL, was the first major protest largest union CGIL. “useless”. work we can move ahead.” Like Hellenic, Egyptian state “The cost of doing business has since Letta’s broad, left-right Luigi Angeletti, head of the Italy’s economy has contracted Millions of Italians are so con- oil firm EGPC has to pay hefty gone up. Tankers sometimes sit coalition took office follow- UIL, said the country could not in every quarter since mid-2011 vinced they have no chance of premiums to secure supplies as for a long time before discharging, ing an inconclusive election in afford the piecemeal approach to — its longest post-war recession - finding work that they have given traders face additional shipping and this incurs additional costs,” February. policy adopted so far, especially and companies are steadily shed- up looking altogether, meaning and credit expenses. a source at a trading house said, Italian unemployment hit 12 when the ruling coalition is so ding staff. official figures severely under- In Egypt’s latest and big- explaining one of the reasons that percent in April, the highest level fragile. The unionists called on the state the number of unemployed, gest tender to buy gasoil, the traders expect Egypt to pay hefty on record, and joblessness among “In a country where the main government to intervene to pre- according to national statistics premiums it paid over regular premiums. people under 24 is at an all-time concern is betting on how long the vent plans by white goods maker office ISTAT. Mediterranean prices amounted REUTERS high above 40 percent. government will last, the message Indesit to lay off 1,400 workers REUTERS

Protest against Bank of Spain Bankrupt California city plans tax hike to restore solvency

SAN FRANCISCO: Almost a strategic way,” City Manager While Stockton has kept year since Stockton, California Bob Deis said by telephone on current on its payment to the became the biggest US city to Friday. California Public Employees’ file for bankruptcy, its leaders A tax plan would bolster Retirement System, the state will review a tax plan aimed Stockton’s standing in court pension fund, it has defaulted on at restoring it to solvency and when it files its debt adjustment $12 million in debt payments. reducing crime in one of the 10 plan, said lawyer Michael Sweet, The budget plan proposed by most dangerous US cities. a municipal bankruptcy spe- Deis to Stockton’s City Council Stockton’s City Council will cialist at Fox Rothschild in San proposes the city not pay $12.6m take up the plan on Tuesday Francisco. due to its creditors, including along with a budget proposal that “Folks are thinking about $6.3m for pension obligation debt, comes after an April ruling by US what you need to do to get a plan during its next fiscal year begin- Bankruptcy Judge Christopher through the court,” said Sweet, ning next month. Klein that approved letting the who is not involved in Stockton’s Bond insurers Assured city draft a plan for adjusting its case. “A tax increase could be a Guaranty and National Public debts. component of a bankruptcy exit Finance Guarantee have been at The tax plan would raise strategy.” war with Stockton since it filed Stockton’s sales tax to nine per- Deis said he could not provide for bankruptcy nearly a year ago, cent from 8.25 percent. Proceeds details on how revenue from his attacking the city’s plan to keep would go to hiring 120 more police proposed tax increase would be pension payments intact while officers, and for other safety pro- allocated as Stockton and its seeking to force its creditors to grams, and to help Stockton exit creditors are in confidential talks swallow steep losses. from bankruptcy, a goal the city while the city’s bankruptcy case Assured and National have could trumpet in the debt-adjust- moves forward in court. more than $240m of combined ment plan it will file with Klein Stockton’s case is seen in the exposure to Stockton’s general in September. municipal debt market as a test of fund-backed debt and say the city “It’s to fund what we believe whether bondholders or pension- in California’s Central Valley can People take part in a protest against the banking system outside the Banco de Espana (Bank of Spain) office will be a very satisfactory plan ers will absorb most of the finan- not repair its finances without in Barcelona yesterday. The signs read, “We don’t want to be Bankia’s forced holders” and “I will fix this”. of adjustment and restore pub- cial pain when a local government reining in pension spending. lic safety services, but in a very goes broke. REUTERS Nissan to replace Leaf electric car batteries

• Bullion - Mumbai ROCKVILLE, Maryland: his company will invest $50m Nissan also has an eight-year, Through May, Nissan sold Nissan Motor Co Ltd has to $100m to develop a battery 100,000 mile warranty on defects. 7,614 Leaf cars, nearly 200 per- Gold (10 gm) Standard Rs. 28025 announced a $100-a-month bat- replacement network. Nissan said details of the plan cent more than in the first five Silver (1 kg) Rs. 45000 tery replacement plan for US Nissan’s battery replacement for its other markets will be months of 2011. • Indian Rupees QR1 = 16.05 owners of its electric Nissan plan begins in the first half of announced later. Sales in 2013 of other elec- • Sensex Leaf. 2014, just over three years after A 2013 Leaf on a full charge has tric cars through May include BSE 19245.70 The plan calls for participants the first compact Leaf electric a range of 83 miles, according to 8,850 for the Tesla Model S, NSE 5822.25 to get a new or upgraded battery cars were sold in the US market. the US Environmental Protection 843 for the Mitsubishi Motors • Short-term investment plan from LIC International upto 6.4 percent once their current battery capac- All new Leaf cars have a five- Agency, up from 73 miles for the Corp Mitsubishi i, 723 for the return p.a. (in dollar) ity falls below 70 percent of initial year, 60,000 mile battery war- 2012 Leaf. Ford Motor Co’s Focus Electric, • Housing loan from HDFC LTD output. ranty for capacity loss. So Nissan Sales of electric cars are 364 for the Toyota Motor Corp • Mutual Fund: Buy & Sell: SBI MF, HDFC MF, UTI MF, Birla Sun Life MF, Nissan said its plan is mod- does not expect many Leaf owners improving, but slowly. A brake RAV4 EV, 83 for the Honda Tata MF, Reliance MF etc. eled after its own program in to sign up for the program until on rising sales is in part caused Motors Co Fit EV and 62 for the • Advise on Indian Income Tax matters for NRIs. Europe and those of competitors. their cars are no longer covered by the anxiety many drivers feel Smart forTwo EV, according to Contact: Investec, Tel: 44325060/44365060 email: [email protected] Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive by the battery capacity warranty, about getting to their destinations Hybridcars.com. Elon Musk said earlier this week a spokesman said. before the battery runs out. REUTERS SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Are markets making Minimum-wage stimulus BY FELIX SALMON Fourthly, and crucially, a higher mini- world where the Fed is constrained by the another blunder? mum wage would be good for employment. zero lower bound. ick Hanauer has a good idea A $450bn stimulus, delivered directly into If you’re worried about the unintended today: raise the minimum the hands of the Americans most likely to consequences of heterodox monetary policy, BY ANATOLE KALETSKY wage to $15 per hour. spend it, can’t help but create jobs across then again, a rise in the minimum wage The minimum-wage the economy. might be very helpful indeed in terms of n the four weeks since Ben Bernanke first mentioned that the intervention would kill Of course, as in any healthy economy, weaning the Fed off QE. Federal Reserve Board might start to taper its programme of Na lot of birds with one stone: it’s a there will be a birth/death model: some Finally, there’s the global context. There quantitative easing (QE) later this year, more than $2tn was win-win-win-win-win-win. employers will see demand soar, while oth- are surely some US jobs which simply aren’t Iwiped off the value of global stock markets — and probably far First of all, most simply and most cleanly, ers will see their costs rise and their mar- economic at $15 per hour, and those jobs will more from the value of global bonds, which is harder to estimate. it would immediately raise the incomes of gins shrink. end up being lost. On Wednesday, Bernanke spent almost an hour answering millions of cash-strapped Americans — pre- But there’s empirical evidence to suggest (In aggregate, as I say, raising the mini- press questions to try to clarify the Fed’s policy on interest rates cisely the people who most need to be earn- that states which raise the minimum wage mum wage is probably good for employ- and QE. The result was a further steep fall in equity and bond ing more than they’re making right now. when unemployment is high — when there’s ment, but the extra jobs at employers taking prices around the world. Does this mean that Bernanke did not A whopping 51 million people would a lot of slack in the labour force — then you advantage of all that extra spending aren’t really want to signal to, and pacify, financial markets and was benefit directly, along with 30 million who get faster job growth than in the country going to be in the same places as the jobs trying, instead, to prepare investors for higher interest rates would benefit indirectly: these are enormous as a whole. lost at employers who can’t afford to pay and tougher times ahead? Or is it possible that the market has numbers. This is the particular genius of Hanauer’s that much.) simply misunderstood his comments, both at Wednesday’s press Secondly, the cost to the government of suggestion: it’s especially effective right now, But the point here is that the US has conference and in his statement on May 22? putting billions of extra dollars into these and we’re at the perfect point in the eco- already done a spectacularly good job of I have argued repeatedly in this column for the last interpre- workers’ hands would in fact be substan- nomic cycle to implement it. exporting most of its exportable low-wage tation. If monetary policy were predictable and stable, which is tially negative: there’s a strong fiscal case At the depths of a recession, a disrup- work. essentially what Bernanke has promised, then the status and for a $15 minimum wage. tive move like this can have unintended As Hanauer says, “virtually all of these salaries of Fed-watchers in Washington would be hard to justify We currently spend $316bn per year on consequences. low-wage jobs are service jobs that can nei- and the profits of short-term macroeconomic speculators would programmes designed to help the poor, with But the economy is growing now, albeit ther be outsourced nor automated”. disappear. But maybe this view was simply wrong. the lowest-income households receiving not as fast as anybody would like, which As a result, raising the minimum wage After all, equity and bond prices fell further and volatility inten- about $8,800 per year. means the wind is behind our backs to a will result in many fewer job losses now sified as investors absorbed Bernanke’s hour-long exposition of the Billions of those dollars would be saved as certain degree. than it would have done a couple of dec- Fed’s plans. Given that Bernanke has now laid out the conditions the workers in question saw their wages rise. The bigger economic problem is that ades ago. for a tightening of monetary policy with unprecedented transpar- And no longer would the likes of Walmart employment hasn’t kept pace with economic Of course, given Congressional dysfunc- ency, precision and authority, investors may simply have concluded be able to take advantage of implicit gov- growth: most of the gains in GDP have gone tion, there’s zero chance that this will that the Fed really will start to taper its monetary stimulus in the ernment wage subsidies, whereby low-paid to capital, rather than to labour. A higher happen. near future, contrary to the arguments presented in this column workers receive substantial top-up checks minimum wage would redress the balance But I can easily imagine someone like and by many other commentators since May 22. Goldman Sachs, from Uncle Sam to supplement their direct somewhat. Ben Bernanke reading Hanauer’s column for example, put out a statement after Bernanke’s press confer- income. Fifthly, insofar as a one-off hike in the and dreaming wistfully about how great it ence frankly admitting that their earlier, more relaxed view of Fed Thirdly, the move would constitute a huge minimum wage would be inflationary, that’s would be if we lived in a country where such policy was wrong and they had changed their minds: “We were economic stimulus programme: Hanauer a good thing, and exactly what the economy things were possible. expecting a dovish Fed and for Bernanke to calm markets, but says that it would inject about $450bn annu- needs. If we want economic stimulus, higher got just the opposite…the Fed was more hawkish than expected… ally into the US economy every year. If you We’re well below the Fed’s target infla- growth, higher employment, and higher the risk to our forecast of QE tapering starting in December has like massive stimulus but you don’t like the tion rate right now, and the inflation which inflation — which we do — then raising the increased.” idea of the government paying for it, then might result from this policy would give us minimum wage is exactly the kind of thing If tapering does start well before the end of the year, this will a higher minimum wage is the programme a healthy short-term boost in the inflation we should be doing. surely be bad news for financial markets and the world economy. for you. rate, bringing down real interest rates in a REUTERS After all, monetary policy is generally believed to be the major force powering global economic recovery and the doubling of stock markets since early 2009. There are, however, two other possible interpretations of this week’s Fed press conference. One is that analysts and investors who misread Bernanke’s comments on May 22 have done it again this week. The other is that even if the Fed does start to with- draw monetary stimulus before December, this will not prove as traumatic as many investors now seem to believe. These two issues are closely related. Bernanke was very specific on Wednesday about several key points: he virtually guaranteed that short-term interest rates would remain zero until 2015, regardless of economic conditions; he emphasised that 6.5 percent unemployment was not a target or “trigger” for higher interest rates, but merely a “threshold” before which rate hikes would not even be considered; he added that the Fed’s objective was to reduce unemployment to well below 6.5 percent and that monetary stimulus would continue even after this threshold was reached, provided inflation remained below 2.5 percent; and he stated repeatedly that there would be no timetables for reducing the QE programme and that tapering would only be considered this year if the Fed’s employment and growth forecast objectives were clearly being achieved. Combining all these promises points to a clear implication. The Fed will only consider reductions in monetary stimulus if employment and economic activ- ity are growing strongly, in line with its latest forecasts, and if there are good reasons for confidence that these positive trends will be maintained. Given that the Fed forecasts published this week were substantially stronger than the expectations of most market econo- mists, the conclusion that logically follows is that tapering will only happen if the US economy does substantially better than investors currently expect. In other words, either the economy will surprise on the upside or the Fed stimulus will continue at full steam. Is it really possible that markets have simply misinterpreted something as important as Bernanke’s comments on May 22 and are continuing to do so, despite this week’s clarification? Such a suggestion may seem preposterous to believers in the omniscience of efficient markets, but financial markets have made plenty of spectacular mistakes in the past. The blunders in the ten years to 2008 were mostly on the side of over-optimism. Since 2009, however, financial mistakes have mostly been in the opposite direc- tion The instant reaction to Wednesday’s comments by Bernanke looks like the latest example of such a bearish blunder. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Farm Bill’s failure gives Congress chance to redeem itself

BY HEIDI MOORE making more than $750,000 a year, stamp funding made up about 80 been a boon to giant agribusi- regarding commentary about the help the US agricultural system, and some of them, revoltingly, percent of the $1tn farm bill. The ness companies (again, such as Farm Bill, in fact, was to take iso- because they punish both eco- o understand why the members of the same Congress cost of food stamps has risen, not Monsanto), which hired expen- lated quotes from analysts and try nomic and agricultural diversity. House Farm Bill failed, voting for the bill. Government surprisingly, in time with the sive lobbyists to make sure their to guess their political leanings. Almost all subsidies go to only and why we should subsidies are bad, it seems, only rise in poverty and unemploy- interests were supported. The It’s a hard game to play. Try this: five major crops: corn, wheat, Twish it good riddance, when they go to the poor. ment over the past four years. defeat of the bill discomfited the So said one analyst. A cotton, rice, and soybeans. They consider these two examples: This self-serving is a bridge too And to demonstrate the difficulty plump burghers in the ranks of Democratic factotum? No, that also favour factory farms. Just 10 Stephen Fincher, a Republican far. It’s one thing to vote yourself of stretching food stamps into a lobbyists who were hoping to col- was Christine Harbin, a federal percent of farms collected 75 per- congressman from Tennessee a dubious pay raise while federal workable food budget, 26 mem- lect even fatter fees: “Lawmakers policy analyst for the Arlington- cent of all government subsidies, and a farmer, has received $3.4m workers suffer a salary freeze for bers of Congress tried to live on on the House agriculture commit- based, right-wing Americans for according to the Environmental in government agricultural sub- three years. It’s another, far more food stamps for a week. tee were holding calls and frantic Prosperity. Sounds like a veteran Working Group. Small farms sidies since 1995, according to repulsive thing, to vote yourself a The House Farm Bill did not closed-door meetings with lobby- liberal propagandist, right? Nope. rarely benefit from these subsi- data from the Environmental subsidy worth over $100,000. do this basic job of funding food ists to discuss their next moves,” That one comes from the conserv- dies and are left out in the cold. Working Group. Another con- So, in the same way that a stamps. Instead, the bill was sources told the Hill. ative Heritage Foundation. The subsidy system is also vul- gressman, Douglas LaMalfa of broken clock can be right twice designed to cut spending on food This bill was seen as partisan, Then, there’s this list of “10 nerable to fraud, including cases California, has received $5.1m in a day, a dysfunctional Congress stamps while it gift-wrapped but in a way it was unexpect- reasons the Farm Bill makes no in which farmers and insurance farm subsidies since 1995. Yet, can occasionally stumble on the some presents for corporate edly bipartisan: its muddled set sense”, including “Farm subsi- adjusters have conspired to claim both congressmen voted against right decision. The Farm Bill lobbying interests: it enriched of policies managed the neat trick dies are reverse Robin Hood” and fake losses on crops. food stamps for people struggling that died Thursday in the House wealthy farmers; lowered the of uniting both Democrats and “Farm subsidies hurt the environ- The politics of the bill’s demise to live on $4.50 a day for food. of Representatives was a particu- quality of the US food supply by nearly 60 conservatives against the ment.” That one, you may be sur- are entertaining – in a way that That’s appalling. And it was larly bad piece of legislation – a favouring chemical sugar substi- legislation. The Farm Bill had the prised to find, is not from some makes you yearn for a Francis the farm bill’s downfall. The failure of both conscience and tutes over real sweeteners; pre- unique distinction of being equally bleeding-heart liberal group, but Underwood, the calculating con- House had planned $20bn of cuts economic policy – and the country vented agribusiness giants like loathed by progressive Democrats, from the libertarian Cato Institute. gressional whip from the Netflix to the Supplemental Nutrition is better off without it. Monsanto from being account- who hated its cuts to food stamps, Of course, in context, conserva- drama House of Cards, to come in Assistance Program (Snap) – far The bill, which comes up every able for any health risks that and conservative Republicans, who tives’ interests are not exactly and teach Washington how to get more draconian than the $4bn five years for renewal, had one might arise through genetically hated that any money was being aligned with those of Democrats. stuff done. Less entertaining is the in cuts planned by the Senate real job: to extend the food stamp modified seeds via the “Monsanto spent on food stamps at all. But where both sides agree is on battle that will now ensue to get a bill, which now has a shot at the programme. The bill funds food Protection Act”; and contributed The right-wing Heritage opposition to the metastasising workable farm bill. Congressional spotlight. stamps, which have grown to an to the ongoing economic crisis Foundation, which has been blog- subsidies to farmers. lawmakers have until 30 September While it sought to cut $20bn $80bn-a-year programme because by leaving two million struggling ging heatedly about the Farm Again, largely bipartisan points. to come up with a better alterna- from food stamps, the House poverty is growing, sweeping the people without a basic subsidy of Bill’s many free-market failures, These farm subsidies are where tive. This is their chance to prove bill also provided fat subsidies to poor and middle-class into its $4.50 a day to feed themselves. greeted the bill’s demise with government spending really goes they know how. wealthy farmers – some of them ever-widening sinkhole. That food The Farm Bill also would have open glee. A fun game to play wrong. Subsidies do nothing to THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday China stocks fall to a six-month low Above-target inflation is here to stay on cash crunch, IPO concern as British economy strengthens 130,000 leave Germany due to failing BEIJING: China’s stocks fell to a six-month low LONDON: UK inflation has picked up again in as surging money-market rates signal a cash economy, lack of business opportunities shortage is worsening and speculation grew May to 2.7 per cent on the consumer price BERLIN: Recent government data has shown index, after a surprise fall to 2.4 per cent in regulators are considering resuming approvals IMF says US economy to that unemployment in Germany climbed of initial public offerings. The Shanghai April. It has remained stubbornly above the by 21,000 in May – four times more than Composite Index (SHCOMP) fell 0.7 percent to Yen gains with oil while stocks grow 2.7 percent in 2014 Bank of England’s 2 per cent target since economists forecast. At the end of May, the 2,143.45 at the close, the lowest close since decline before Fed WASHINGTON: The International the financial crisis. With the exception of Federal Labor Office published unemployment TOKYO: The yen strengthened for Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday six months after VAT was cut in 2009, this statistics showing that 2.96 million Germans Dec. 13. The CSI 300 Index lost 0.7 percent lowered its forecast of US continues a long run of above-target inflation, (3 percent of the country’s population) are to 2,400.76, while the Hang Seng China the first time in three days against economic growth to 2. 7 percent which began in late 2007 and has included currently jobless. Enterprises Index (HSCEI) dropped 1 percent. the dollar and stocks declined next year, 0.3 percentage point two spikes over 5 per cent. before a Federal Reserve meeting lower than its April prediction that may clarify the outlook for US monetary stimulus. Oil against the backdrop of the Kenya’s economy to grow at a government spending cuts. approached $100 a barrel for the faster rate this year first time since September. NAIROBI: Economic growth in Kenya Indian economy is in a crisis, says will accelerate this year but wide NCAER current account and budget deficits NEW DELHI: The Indian economy is in a and inflationary pressures may crisis with growth slowing down, fiscal deter investors, a Reuters poll found and current account deficits running high yesterday. Gross domestic product Brazil’s currency, stocks close amid persistent inflation, says a study by should grow by 5.5 percent this lower on Bernanke an economic think-tank. India’s Current year, according to the survey of 15 Account Deficit (CAD) rose to a record 6.7 RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian financial economists and analysts, published a per cent in the quarter ended December markets took comments from US day after a sharp selloff on emerging of 2012-13. Attributing high CAD to GDP Federal Reserve Chairman Ben markets, caused by strong signals ratio slowdown in exports and increase Bernanke on the chin Wednesday, with that US monetary stimulus will be in imports of oil, coal and gold, NCAER Australian visa applications down stocks tumbling and the local currency scaled back. closing at its weakest level against the said the high CAD requires high foreign by 29pc dollar in more than four years amid a investment. SYDNEY: The number of Irish people applying broad rally by the greenback. The real for working holiday visas in Australia has exited active trading at BRL2.2143 to dropped substantially for the first time the dollar, according to Tullett Prebon in five years.Figures supplied to the Irish via FactSet, compared with Tuesday’s Independent by the Australian embassy have close of BRL2.1752. revealed that the number of visa applications has dropped by almost 29pc since 2008.

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NBA: Grass Gay impresses at US trials greener in Miami for The American registers this year’s world’s fastest time in 100m win James DES MOINES, IOWA: Tyson Gay won the 100m at the US MIAMI: His legacy now intact, athletics championships in an LeBron James’s second champi- impressive 9.75sec yesterday to onship ring validates his deci- stamp himself America’s top sion to join the Miami Heat World Championships chal- and sets the stage for a possible lenger to Jamaican Usain Bolt. three-peat performance next Gay, trailing out of the blocks, season. exploded near the midway point “I came here to win champi- and powered home to win in the onships,” James said. “To be able fastest time in the world this year. to go back-to-back and win two Justin Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic championships in three years so gold medallist who handed six- far is the ultimate. time Olympic champion Bolt a Tyson Gay (left) leads the “I know the grass isn’t always rare defeat in Rome this month, pack en route to winning greener and there are going to be just couldn’t match Gay in the the 100m Dash final on trials and tribulations. But hope- closing stages. day two of the 2013 USA fully I can continue to be a leader Running warily with a mild Outdoor Track & Field for my team-mates. right hamstring strain, Gatlin Championships at Drake “I want to be, if not the great- finished second in 9.89. Stadium in Des Moines, est, then one of the greatest to Charles Silmon seized the third Iowa, yesterday. play this game.” World Championships berth on James took another huge step offer by the narrowest of margins, in that direction Thursday by finishing third in 9.98sec (9.972) scoring a 2013 post-season high with Michael Rodgers relegated 37 points as the Heat beat the San to fourth by just two-thousandths Antonio Spurs 95-88 in the deci- of a second (9.974). sive game seven of the NBA finals The top trio will spearhead the to take the league championship. US challenge to six-time Olympic Miami becomes the first gold medallist Bolt and his fellow Eastern Conference team to win Jamaican sprinters at the World back-to-back NBA titles since the Championships in Moscow on Chicago Bulls won three straight, August 10-18. beginning in 1996. Gay had served notice in yes- No fans left the American terday’s semi-finals, with a wind- Airlines arena in Miami early aided 9.75, and he proved it was conditions are perfect ... You want he added after the race in Des an Ace bandage on,” Gatlin said. professional this month after on Thursday night like they did no fluke in a final run in a legal to take advantage of that,” added Moines. “I strained it like a week before winning the US collegiate 100m during game six, when the Heat wind of 1.1m/sec. Gay, who improved on his own Gay said he would take the coming here.” crown, won the women’s 100m in staged a late rally to stay alive the “I don’t really think it’s a state- 2013 world-leading 9.86sec. decision the night before deciding He wasn’t surprised by the 10.85sec. series. ment,” said Gay, who has been Gay, 30, said he still had plenty whether or not to run the 200m, burst of speed Gay used to put Her time, run in a wind of This was the Heat’s third bedevilled by injuries since win- of room for improvement. which starts with heats today. away the race. 1.8m/sec, matched the fastest championship in franchise history ning three gold medals at the 2007 “I was trying to get a good start “I’m going to go home and rest “That’s how Tyson runs,” in the world this year posted by and it came on their home floor World Championships. in the finals. That’s probably why and judge it in the morning,” he Gatlin said. “He runs great, espe- Barbara Pierre in the semi-finals in front of a standing room only “I wanted to run faster, I didn’t, because I was trying,” he said. cially from the middle part to the earlier yesterday. Both were bet- crowd of 19,900. because you get the adrenaline said. “I should have been a lit- Gatlin was pleased with his end. That’s what you expect from ter than the previous season-best The Heat are now the toast of from watching the females run tle bit more relaxed, but at the time, considering his injury. Tyson when he is healthy.” 10.93 of Jamaican Shelly-Ann the Florida sports scene. and then you see the wind, the same time the victory feels good,” “It felt good running 9.8 with English Gardner, who turned Fraser-Pryce. The baseball Florida Marlins In the final, Pierre got out are in disarray, the hockey fast, but faded in the stretch as Panthers play before half-empty Gardner, now training with coach arenas and the gridiron Miami Bolt wins 100m, qualifies for worlds John Smith, came on strong to Dolphins have had a losing record finish ahead of collegian Octavius for the past four seasons. KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Blake did not run in the Freeman (10.87) and Alexandria The Heat now have three Two-time Olympic reign- Jamaican meet because of a right Anderson (10.91). championships (2013, 2012, 2006), ing sprint double champion thigh injury, but as a reigning The top three will compete the Marlins two (2003, 1997), the Usain Bolt won the 100m title champion, Blake will still be eli- at Moscow along with reigning Dolphins two (1973, 1972) and the at the Jamaican Athletics gible to run at the worlds despite world champion Carmelita Jeter, Panthers none. Championships yesterday to not competing this week at the who sat out the championships “Legacies are tied to the qualify for August’s World Jamaican trials. with a thigh injury but will still moment, to this game,” said Heat Championships. Considering what elements of be able to use her bye into the guard Ray Allen. Bolt, who broke free from the his race needed work, Bolt said, worlds. Allen has played 17 seasons in pack after 60 metres, shut it “a lot more things to work on, The women’s 100m hurdles the NBA, but no one’s legacy was down as he crossed the line in my start and my drive phase heats promised a scintillat- on the line more during this post- 9.94 seconds, with rising star and need some more work.” ing final as another rising star, season than James. training partner Kemar Bailey- Asafa Powell, who has strug- Brianna Rollins, topped the times “He always rises to the occasion Cole second in 9.98 and Nickel gled all season with injuries, fin- with a wind-aided 12.33. when it matters the most, when Ashmeade third in 9.99. ished a disappointing seventh in Queen Harrison was second the competition is the fiercest,” Ashmeade is the training 10.22. fastest in a wind-aided 12.44 said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. partner of Tyson Gay, who ran In the women’s 100m, Kerron while local favourite Lolo Jones In 2010, James left the 9.75 to win at the US Track and Stewart won in 10.96 ahead of set a stadium record of 12.50 in Cleveland Cavaliers for the Heat Field Championships earlier Sherone Simpson in 11.03 with winning her heat, run in a legal in a highly publicized free agency yesterday. Schillonie Calvert third in 11.07. wind. Reigning world champion move that united Miami’s mar- Bolt, when asked about Gay’s “It was a good time, because I Dawn Harper was fourth fastest quee trio of James, Dwyane Wade impressive run, said, “trials is had not dipped under 11 seconds in 12.60. and Chris Bosh. always to make the team, because all season, but I knew it was in Beijing Olympic gold medallist In his first year in Miami, the it’s at the (world) championships me,” Stewart said. LaShawn Merritt led the way into Heat reached the 2011 NBA finals it really matters. I had ran 9.63, In the men’s 400m hurdles, today’s men’s 400m final in a time but lost to Dallas. 9.58, so I have set the (worlds Leford Green won in 49.20 ahead of 44.36. James got off to a slow start in qualifying) standard already. of Annsert Whyte in 49.30 with Sanya Richards-Ross, still run- the finals until he figured out how “It was all about getting Isa Phillips third in 49.59. ning with pain after toe surgery to beat the Spurs with his jump through it injury free and that’s Francine Simpson won the last September, made it into the shot instead of trying to drive to what I had done,” Bolt said women’s long jump with a leap women’s 400m final as the sev- the basket for lay-ups and dunks. Gay and Bolt figure to have of 6.35m. enth-fastest qualifier and will “Their game plan was to keep a showdown in the 100 at the The World Championship, to have her work cut out to claim him out of the paint at all costs,” World Championships in August be held in the Russian capital a top-three finish and book a Spoelstra said. “And that meant at Moscow along with defend- of Moscow, will take place from Jamaica’s Usain Bolt gestures after winning the 100m final of the JAAA Moscow spot. giving him wide-open looks. It ing champion Yohan Blake of August 10 to 18 at the Luzhniky National Senior Trials, which determines the team to represent Jamaica Among the day’s other finals, messed with us a little bit. It took Jamaica. Stadium. AFP in the IAAF World Championships in Moscow, in Kingston, yesterday. Sharon Day won the heptathlon him out of his normal rhythm. with a total of 6,550 points. AFP But eventually he was able to fig- ure it out.” James will marry his high school sweetheart and the mother of his two young sons in San Diego in September. Victorino inspires Red Sox to big victory So the next few months will be spent making wedding plans and DETROIT: Boston’s Shane Elsewhere, the Toronto Blue Wily Peralta allowed just two were too good for the Tampa Bay letting his body recover after the Victorino had a game to remem- Jays (36-36) reached .500 for hits in seven scoreless innings to Rays (38-36), prevailing 6-2 as pounding he took during the NBA ber as he claimed four hits, the first time get Milwaukee Zollo Almonte hit his first career season. including a home run, and a this season with to 30-42, drop- home run. “I need to rest my body. I got a career best-equalling five RBIs a 7-6 win over Baseball Results ping the Braves The Cleveland Indians pulled a wedding coming up with my beau- as the Red Sox beat the Detroit the Baltimore to 43-32. little closer to Central Division- tiful fiancee,” he said. Tigers 10-6 yesterday in a bat- Orioles (42-32). Chicago Cubs 3 Houston 1 Ian Desmond’s leading Detroit with a 5-1 win “It will be an unbelievable tle of American League division Rajai Davis Cleveland 5 Minnesota 1 seventh inning over the Minnesota Twins. wedding now that we have won, leaders. produced a ninth NY Yankees 6 Tampa Bay 2 home run proved Jason Kipnis batted in three instead of losing. I might have The victory was the 45th of inning RBI single Washington 2 Colorado 1 the difference as runs to help the Indians to 37-35, called it off if we lost,” he joked. the season for Boston (45-31), to give Toronto a NY Mets 4 Philadelphia 3 the Washington while dropping the Twins to “It is going to be one of the best only National League St Louis ninth consecutive Nationals 33-37. weddings ever,” the Miami star Toronto 7 Baltimore 6 has more, keeping them in con- win and while defeated the Yoenis Cespedes hit a pair of added. trol of the East, while the Tigers they remain last Boston 10 Detroit 6 Colorado Rockies two-run homers and Bartolo James and Wade paced the fell to 40-32 but remain top of the in the American Chicago White Sox 9 Kansas City 1 2-1, the third Colon pitched his 10th win as Heat attack Thursday combining Central division. League East, Milwaukee 2 Atlanta 0 win in a row the Oakland A’s (44-32) beat the for 60 points. The Texas Rangers returned to they are now Texas 6 St Louis 4 for Washington Seattle Mariners (32-43) 6-3. The Heat revealed after game St Louis for the first time since just seven games Arizona 11 Cincinnati 5 (37-36). Meanwhile, Derek Jeter is back seven that Wade had been play- losing Game Seven of the 2011 adrift of leaders Stephen at Yankee Stadium - though he’s Tampa Bay Rays’ third baseman ing with a deep bone bruise on Pittsburgh 5 LA Angels 2 World Series and this time came Boston. Strasburg still not sure when he’ll be playing Evan Longoria cannot throw out his knee. Oakland 6 Seattle 3 out on top with a 6-4 win over the The Atlanta allowed just one there next. New York Yankees’ batter David “They tried to bury Dwyane but Cardinals. Braves’ San Diego 5 LA Dodgers 2 run and struck The captain relocated his Adams on an infield single who he kept pushing open that coffin Nelson Cruz drove a two-run wretched run at Miami 6 San Francisco 3 out nine in seven rehab from Tampa, to the Bronx scored a run in the fourth inning door,” Miami’s Shane Battier said single through the infield in the Miller Park in innings of work as he recovers from his broken of their MLB American League of Wade’s critics. top of the ninth to break a tie and Milwaukee stretched to seven for the Nationals to drop the left ankle. He was taking batting Instead, all Wade and James did game at Yankee Stadium in New lift Texas to 42-32 against Major games as the Brewers upset the Rockies to 37-38. practice and is doing everything on Thursday was drive nails in the York, yesterday. League-leading Cardinals (47-27). NL East leaders 2-0. The New York Yankees (40-33) but running. AGENCIES Spurs’ coffin. 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Els shares Watson leads at Munich lead MUNICH, Germany: Ernie Els kept alive his hopes of vic- tory ahead of his British Open defence despite falling back the PGA Travelers into a three way share of the lead on day three of the BMW International Open in Munich Harrington and Reed in joint second place yesterday. The four-time Major winning South African birdied the final CROMWELL, Connecticut: and first-round leader Charley cuts as he tries to regain the form hole for a third day running in a Bubba Watson, winless since Hoffman on 134. that brought him three major three under par 69 on the rain- capturing last year’s Masters Watson, who started on the titles. softened Munchen Eichenried crown, fired a three-under back nine, opened with his only The 41-year-old Irishman course. That left Els, who held par 67 yesterday to seize a bogey but responded with bogeys called Friday’s round “a fighting the outright lead for the first two two-stroke lead after round at the 13th and 16th holes to grab 66.” days, tied at the top at 15-under two of the US PGA Travelers the lead after Hoffman fell back “It did get windy out there,” par with Sweden’s Alex Noren Championship. with a double bogey at 13 and a Harrington said. “It was a chal- (66) and Frenchman Alexander Watson, last year’s Travelers bogey at the first, his 10th hole. lenge but there were still oppor- Levy (68) on a day when play was runner-up, stood on 10-under par Watson, who won the Travelers tunities to make birdies.” halted for two hours due to rain. 130 after 36 holes at TPC River title in 2010 for his first US PGA Harrington did not like his AFP Highlands with Ireland’s Padraig triumph, dropped a 14-foot birdie chances of snapping his win Harrington and American Patrick effort at the third hole and fol- drought despite his contending Reed sharing second on 132, each lowed with a six-foot birdie putt position. PGA Travelers having fired back-to-back 66s. at the sixth. “I didn’t hit it perfect in any A week after the US Open’s “I love this place. I’ve always shape or form on the first two Championship dense rough and fast greens played well here,” Watson said. days, so I’m not exactly brimming CROMWELL, Connecticut: played havoc with golf’s finest “The tee shots set up well for me. with confidence,” he said. Leading scores yesterday players, this event allowed players I like the way they look. There’s New US Open champion Justin after the second round of room to show off their shotmak- nothing that’s too scary for me, so Rose of England fired a 68 to the $6.1m US PGA Travelers ing and ball control. somehow it’s treated me nicely.” stand on 135 but admitted the Championship (par-70, USA “The golf course has generous Watson is looking for a nice effort of winning his first major unless noted): fairways and you’re having short finish at the weekend after win- title last week at Merion might 130 Bubba Watson 63-67 irons into a lot of the holes,” said ning only once in his past six be getting to him. 132 Patrick Reed 66-66, Padraig Harrington Watson, an American. “And it’s chances when leading after 36 “I haven’t hit the ball quite as (IRL) 66-66 playable from the rough, unlike holes, that coming in 2011 at solidly as I would have liked to,” 133 Tag Ridings 68-65, Nick O’Hern (AUS) last week.” New Orleans. Rose said. “I just think I need to 67-66, Tommy Gainey 66-67, Hunter Australia’s Nick O’Hern shared Harrington, who has not maybe go and take care of my Mahan 62-71 fourth on 133 with Americans won since the 2008 PGA body a little bit: some stretching, 134 Charley Hoffman 61-73, Keegan Bradley Hunter Mahan, Tommy Gainey Championship, was 21st at the some physio, maybe a workout, Bubba Watson acknowledges the crowd at the 15th hole during the first 69-65, Webb Simpson 65-69, Brendon and Tag Ridings with Zimbabwe’s US Open last week and 10th in just work out a few kinks. I feel a round of the 2013 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in de Jonge (ZIM) 67-67 Brendon de Jonge and Americans Memphis the week before in a little bit stiff and tight in the back Cromwell, Connecticut, yesterday. 135 Ricky Barnes 67-68, Graham DeLaet Webb Simpson, Keegan Bradley season where he has missed four and the hips.” AFP (CAN) 65-70, William McGirt 67-68, J.J. Henry 68-67, Justin Rose (ENG) 67-68, Zach Johnson 65-70, Chris Stroud 66-69, John Rollins 67-68, John Huh 66-69, Jerry Kelly 67-68, Camilo Villegas Japan’s Mika Miyazato grabs LPGA lead (COL) 65-70, Kevin Stadler 65-70 136 Stuart Appleby (AUS) 69-67, Marc ROGERS, Arkansas: Japan’s today,” Miyazato said. “I worked “My irons and putting were Leishman (AUS) 66-70, Jim Herman Mika Miyazato fired a six- hard on short putts because I really great,” Ryu said. “I was a 69-67, George McNeill 69-67, Brendan under par 65 yesterday to changed putters in the Bahamas little disappointed with my tee Steele 68-68, John Merrick 65-71, Noh Mika Miyazato seize a one-stroke lead after (at an event last month) so I prac- shot, but overall things were Seung-Yul (KOR) 68-68, Russell Knox of Japan the opening round of the $2m ticed a lot yesterday and that gave great. I made a couple really good (IRL) 69-67 reacts after LPGA Northwest Arkansas me so much confidence today.” up and downs, so I’m really posi- playing a Championship. South Korea’s Ryu So-Yeon, the tive now.” LPGA Northwest shot on the Miyazato, no relation to defend- 2011 US Women’s Open champion. Stanford, a five-time LPGA 15th hole dur- ing champion Ai Miyazato, fired and American Angela Stanford, winner, had back-to-back bird- Arkansas ing the first a bogey-free round at Pinnacle the 2009 runner-up, shared sec- ies at six and seven, stumbled to round of the Country Club to top the leader- ond on 66. her lone bogey at the 12th, then Championship Walmart NW board in the 54-hole event, the Another stroke adrift was a answered with a birdie at the 14th last tuneup for next week’s US group of 10 players that included and birdies at 16 and 18 as well. ROGERS, Arkansas: Leading Arkansas scores yesterday after the first Championship Women’s Open at Southampton, Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, “Today seemed to be fairly con- New York. Australian Sarah Kemp, Japan’s sistent ball striking wise. Then round of the LPGA Northwest at the Miyazato, who won last year’s Chie Arimura and American putting was pretty good too,” Arkansas Championship (par- Pinnacle 71, USA unless noted): LPGA Safeway Classic and shared world number two Stacy Lewis. Stanford said. Country Club second place at this event in Ryu birdied the fifth and sev- “I just seemed to have a lot of 65 Mika Miyazato (JPN) in Rogers, 2012, birdied the par-5 seventh enth holes but gave back a bogey opportunities, so those are good 66 Ryu So-Yeon (KOR), Angela Stafford Arkansas, and began a run of three birdies at the par-4 eighth, but began a days. It seems like the fairways 67 Mina Harigae, Suzann Pettersen (NOR), yesterday. in a row at the ninth hole. She run of three birdies in a row at are firm and fast, which is usually Christel Boeljon (NED), Sarah Kemp added birdies at the par-4 13th the 10th and then closed with a good for me, but the greens are (AUS), Chie Arimura (JPN), Danielle and par-3 15th. birdie to pull within one of the still kind of receptive.” Kang, Stacy Lewis, Azahara Munoz (ESP), “I had so many good shots lead. AFP Beatriz Recari (ESP), Lisa McCloskey

FIFA is the ‘real president of Spain present Nigeria Brazil’, says Romario with mission improbable

RIO DE JANIERO: Former FORTALEZA, Brazil: Meanwhile, Tahiti will bow out Brazil forward Romario has Buoyed by their record-break- Confederations Cup today after facing Uruguay to end described FIFA as ‘the real ing 10-0 rout of Tahiti at the Today’s Matches what was a romantic adventure president of Brazil’ and said the Confederations Cup, Spain Both matches at 10.00pm Doha times even if they slid to a record 10-0 money spent on stadiums for approach today’s final Group B Spain vs Nigeria loss to Spain along the way. the 2014 World Cup could have fixture against Nigeria needing Tahiti vs Uruguay Despite that hiding, Tahiti been used to build thousands of just a point to secure a place in coach Eddy Etaeta says it has new schools. the semi-finals. today’s match at Fortaleza’s been worth making the trip. Romario, who spearheaded Thursday’s thrashing of the Estadio Castelao within touching “We have been pleasantly sur- Brazil’s attack when they won the Pacific islanders made Spain the distance of the last four. prised with our experiences in 1994 World Cup and is now a con- first team to win a game by a Although they require a point Brazil as, despite our losses, the gressman, said Brazil had spent 10-goal margin at the finals of a to make sure of a semi-final place, people have been right behind us. more than twice as much on host- FIFA tournament, and only the they would need to lose to Nigeria We have won their hearts,” said ing the World Cup as Germany second to score 10 after Hungary’s by at least four goals to stand any Etaeta, whose team suffered a did in 2006 and South Africa four 10-1 thrashing of El Salvador at chance of being overhauled. record loss in FIFA tournament years later. the 1982 World Cup. The situation is rather more history against the rampant “That is taking the p***,” he said Fernando Torres scored four taxing for Stephen Keshi’s Nigeria, Spanish world champions. in a video posted on the web sites of goals, and David Villa three, but who were beaten 2-1 by Uruguay in Their first outing had brought several Brazilian newspapers. perhaps the most pleasing aspect Salvador on Thursday and enter a 6-1 loss to Nigeria and now “It’s taking the p*** with our for coach Vicente del Bosque was today’s game level on points with the Uruguayans, having beaten money, with the public’s money, the fact he was able to rest almost the South American champions. the African side, will look for it’s a lack of respect, a lack of his entire first-choice starting XI. If Uruguay, as expected, record a an easy win as they attempt scruples.” Of the team that began the handsome win over Tahiti, Nigeria to deny Nigeria second spot in Romario, who appeared opening 2-1 win over Uruguay, will only be able to reach the last Group B and with it a place in unshaven and wearing a sleeve- only centre-back Sergio Ramos four with a victory over the world the semi-finals. less top, said the money spent on kept his place, and the likes of and European champions, but The Uruguayans, struggling to stadiums so far was enough to Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Cesc coach Keshi says he has not given impress in the Latin American provide “8,000 new schools, 39,000 Fabregas could all return against up hope. zonal qualifying tournament for school buses or 28,000 sports Nigeria. “Everything is achievable,” he next year’s World Cup finals courts in the whole country”. Del Bosque’s shrewd squad said. which Brazil will also host, hope Brazil has been hit by a wave of management was a key feature Keshi’s plans for the game have that their win over Nigeria will nationwide protests as it stages of Spain’s successes at the 2010 been complicated by an injury provide a springboard as they the eight-team Confederations World Cup and Euro 2012, and to AC Milan forward Nnamdi look to recapture the form they Cup, which is considered a dry midfielder David Silva says rota- Oduamadi, scorer of a hat-trick showed in winning the Copa England and Chelsea football player Frank Lampard poses for pho- run for next year’s World Cup. tion is something the players fully in the 6-1 win over Tahiti, who America in 2011. tographers before signing copies of his new children’s book Frankie’s The amount of money spent on accept. had to come off against Uruguay “We are on track for a place in Magic Football: Frankie vs the Pirate Pillagers in London, yesterday. The stadiums is among the protestors’ “We’re always ready to step up with an apparent ankle injury. the last four,” said coach Oscar footballer announced his publishing deal with Little Brown Book Group many grievances. when we get the chance,” said the Del Bosque is expected to recall Tabarez, who believes veteran in February. Frankie Vs the Pirate Pillagers is the first of three planned The World Cup will be staged Manchester City midfielder, who his leading lights, but Torres and striker Diego Forlan can pull instalments in the series. Lampard decided to write books for children in 12 stadiums, either built from scored twice in the Tahiti romp. Villa will each hope they have done more goals out of the hat after after his two daughters, aged five and eight, asked him for stories about scratch or completely refurbished. Spain’s strong start to the enough to be selected ahead of his winner against Nigeria. football. REUTERS tournament means they go into Valencia striker Roberto Soldado. AGENCIES SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Last-gasp Beale slip hands Lions Strockosch try seals Scotland win dramatic first Test victory PRETORIA: Scotland flanker Alasdair Strockosch crashed over the try-line after the final The visitors lead series after 23-21 win; three injured for Australia hooter to secure a dramatic 30-29 victory over Italy at Loftus Versfeld yesterday. BRISBANE: Australia’s the line and score under the posts. The try provided a simple con- Kurtley Beale slipped over and Halfpenny cut the deficit by version chance for Greig Laidlaw missed a dramatic last minute three points 10 minutes later to clinch a first win for Scotland penalty to hand the British and and North, a doubt for the match in the final game of their three- Irish Lions a thrilling 23-21 earlier in the week because of a match tour of South Africa. They first Test victory at Lang Park hamstring strain, soon gave the lost to Samoa and the Springboks. yesterday. tourists the lead. Italy dominated the match at The Lions had led from the Berrick Barnes launched an up- scrum time, forcing a penalty try 26th minute when winger George and-under and North swallowed from one set-piece to go with an North scored the first of their two it up, swerving past the tackle early score from winger Leonardo tries but Israel Folau’s brace in a of O’Connor, storming through Sarto. brilliant Test debut had kept the a huge gap in the defence before Scotland ran the ball well in Wallabies in touch. rounding Barnes and pulling away the opening half and scored tries Beale, who had played little to score in the corner. through Matt Scott and Sean more than half an hour of senior The Welshman nearly had a Lamont before snatching victory rugby in the last four months as second try in the same corner at the death. he battled alcohol problems, had three minutes later but Folau’s The Italians made a fast start come on as a replacement for one tackle just forced his elbow into and scored the opening try from of three Wallabies backs who were touch before he could ground the the kickoff when left-wing Sarto taken off the pitch on a stretcher. ball. Halfpenny made no mistake ghosted through a gap in the The 24-year-old was unable with consolation penalty to put Scottish line to touch down 50 to steal the victory for the home the Lions 13-7 up. seconds into his test debut. side, however, losing his footing Folau was not quite finished It was an open start and as he ran up to attempt a pen- yet, though, and two minutes later Scotland’s reply was almost alty from 46 metres with seconds he had his brace. instant, lock Tim Swinson find- remaining. Genia’s loop in the midfield ing generous space in the Italian “It was way too close for com- gave Australia an extra man but line and his break allowed Scott fort. The last 20 minutes was so when the ball found Folau on the to score. hard, we really had to dig in,” wing, he apparently had nowhere Italy were architects of their Lions skipper Sam Warburton to go. own downfall for the Scots’ second said in a pitchside interview. In an echo of Jason Robinson’s try as they had the opportunity to “Only half the job done.” try for the Lions in Brisbane in Australia’s Kurtley Beale (second left) slips and miss the goal posts in the last moments of his side’s match against clear a ball chipped towards their The Lions, roared on by at least 2001, though, Folau’s step took British and Irish Lions at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, yesterday. INSET: Beale is dejected after missing the penalty. goal-line, but Gio Venditti inex- half the stadium record 52,499 him past Jonny Sexton, his power plicably tried to run the ball out. crowd, also had a try from winger through the tackle of Halfpenny When he coughed it up in Alex Cuthbert in the second half, and the line opened up in front the tackle, it provided a simple while Leigh Halfpenny added 13 of him. chance for Lamont to touch down points with the boot to set the O’Connor missed the conver- New Zealand crush France, under the posts. tourists on their way to what they sion and the Wallabies then lost Much had been spoken of how hope will be a first series victory fullback Barnes to a head injury, crucial the scrums would be in since 1997. allowing Beale to enter the fray. this match and it was obvious The winner of a first Lions Test His first duties were defensive complete series whitewash from the start that the Italians nearly always takes the series as the Lions charged back into the had the upper hand. but the home side will take heart Wallabies half with a break up the NEW PLYMOUTH: New After giving up two scrum pen- from the fact that the exceptions middle from prop Alex Corbisiero Zealand flyhalf Daniel Carter alties in succession five metres have been in Australia, where the taking them within a couple of kicked 14 points as the All from their own line, when Italy tourists rallied to win in 1989 and metres of the home side’s line. Blacks ground out a flatter- provided more pressure at the the Wallabies came back to tri- The Wallabies infringed at the ing 24-9 victory over France third attempt, the Scottish pack umph in 2001. subsequent ruck but Halfpenny in New Plymouth yesterday to collapsed and referee Leighton The Wallabies inside cen- missed only his second placekick complete a 3-0 series sweep. Hodges awarded the penalty try. tre Christian Leali’ifano’s Test on the tour and the Lions had to The All Blacks, near perfect in The teams traded penalties debut was ended after less than a be satisfied with a 13-12 halftime their 30-0 win in Christchurch a after that and went into the break minute by a head injury sustained lead. week ago, lacked the same level locked at 20-20. in tackling Jonathan Davies. Seven minutes into the sec- of execution against a fired-up The second half became a The Wallabies had two early ond half, the Australians lost a France, who were let down in place-kicking duel with Italian chances to open the scoring third back, Pat McCabe, to a neck the final 10 minutes when lock flyhalf Alberto di Bernardo slot- when Brian O’Driscoll was twice injury forcing flanker Michael Yoann Maestri was sin-binned ting three attempts at goal to end penalised at the breakdown but Hooper to move into the centres for an apparent head butt. the match with 19 points and put O’Connor missed both penalties. where he started his career. Ben Smith and Beauden Italy 29-23 ahead with 80 minutes The Lions hit back with a huge His first contribution in the Barrett added tries for the Beauden Barrett of New Zealand scores a try during the third match showing on the clock. shove to win a penalty at the sec- backline was a flailing tackle home side, while France scrum- against France in New Plymouth, yesterday. New Zealand won 24-9. But Strockosch collected the ond scrum and kicked for touch that missed Alex Cuthbert as half Jean-Marc Doussain slotted ball 15 metres out and after Italy before running through around the Lions winger burst through two penalties and centre Florian who missed two penalties. The long pass that allowed the winger number eight Sergio Parisse had twenty phases deep inside the the midfield and beat two more Fritz added a dropgoal. visitors had taken an eighth- to slide over. Doussain was finally dashed out to try intercept the Wallabies half. tacklers to touch down. Neither side were able to minute lead when Fritz landed a successful with his third penalty pass, he broke through a hole The Australians held firm O’Connor and then Beale stamp any authority on the game dropgoal, only for Carter to level attempt, though the ball rico- in the defensive line to score. through a penalty advantage and kicked penalties for the home side with the All Blacks attempting to the scores with a penalty eight cheted over the crossbar off an REUTERS then won one of their own on before Halfpenny slotted his third revert to a high-tempo style with minutes later. upright to ensure they went into their 22 metre line after 14 min- to give the Lions a 23-18 lead with quick ball and runners wide of Doussain and Carter then the interval trailing 8-6. utes, Genia taking a quick tap and 15 minutes to go. the ruck to stretch the defence. combined to miss three penal- Carter added three second Yesterday’s setting off up the field. Beale then added his second France, however, showed a ties before the All Blacks finally half penalties before replace- The scrumhalf turned his oppo- penalty, set up by his own break greater intensity than they had broke down a resilient French ment Barrett, playing on his Results site number Mike Phillips inside up the middle, but shanked a in the last two weeks and were defensive line when Smith was home ground, scored a last- Australia 21 British and Irish Lions 23 and out and just kept going before third with five minutes remain- unlucky not to have held the put into space by fullback Israel minute try on the counter follow- New Zealand 24 France 9 just about getting the ball onto his ing to keep the Lions just ahead halftime lead after some way- Dagg, who drifted across field and ing some superb work by Smith. Scotland 30 Italy 29 foot for a wild grubber kick which for the dramatic end. ward goalkicking by Doussain, cut out three defenders with a REUTERS Folau gathered to sprint across REUTERS South Africa 56 Samoa 23 Al Naimi, Abdulla on pole at Losail F1: Raikkonen ready

DOHA: Mishal Al Naimi got pole position in the qualify- for major assault ing session and will lead the grid with his Honda bike in LONDON: Kimi Raikkonen’s why we shouldn’t be back to the the seventh round of the Qatar (pictured) hopes of boosting his positions we should be with this International Road Racing challenge for the drivers world package.” Championship (QIRRCH), at championship were encouraged Raikkonen was the victim Losail International Circuit. this week with the news that of a collision with impetuous The Qatari rider didn’t have a his Lotus team are planning Mexican Sergio Perez of McLaren good set up in the free practice their biggest upgrade package at the Monaco Grand Prix and session but in qualifying, he made of the year for next weekend’s then a disappointing weekend some adjustments with his bike British Grand Prix. in Montreal at the and he felt very confident which The 33-year-old Canadian Grand Prix. resulted with a good lap timing Finn is currently 44 Both of those cir- of 2.02.997. points behind. Vettel cuits, however, are tem- Nasser Al Malki, who domi- Alex Cudlin negotiates a bend during the qualifying session at Losail International Circuit in the seventh and final has 132 points ahead porary constructions nated the practices sessions made round of the Qatar International Road Racing Championship (QIRRCH). RIGHT: Abdulaziz Abdulla is seen during of Spaniard Fernando and Raikkonen and a lap time of 2.03.061. the qualifying session in the Qatar National Road Racing Championship (QNRRCH). Alonso of Ferrari on 96 his team believe that The newly-crowned champion and Raikkonen on 88. a return to the tradi- Alex Cudlin will close the front changes tomorrow to see if it race as it is the last race and the In the Production Class, Peter But with the intro- tional characteristics row on the grid. works.” championship is not yet decided,” De Vido from Canada clocked the duction of their new of permanent racing After the qualifying session In the Qatar National said Abdulla. best time. improvements, he tracks like Silverstone ended, Cudlin said: “The qualify- Road Racing Championship Alongside Abdulla will be Talal De Vido said: “Between the believes he can bounce will see them enjoy a ing went okay but we still have (QNRRCH), Abdulaziz Abdulla Wehbe who made the second best free and qualifying session I made back to form after return to form. some problems with the sus- clinched the pole position having timing. some set up changes which was struggling at the last Lotus track opera- pension of the bike with a lot of made the best time in qualifying “I changed my tyres in the qual- very good and I look forward a two races on temporary tions director Alan chattering.” with a time of 2.22.883. ifying session and I improved my good battle tomorrow with some tracks in Monaco and Montreal. Permane said: “We have a tighter, The 2013 champion added: “We “The qualifying practice today lap timing from the free practice, drivers fighting for the champion- He said: “Silverstone is a more figure-hugging bodywork package have to look for the problem but was successful and better lap so I hope better times tomorrow ship tomorrow, so for sure a good normal circuit and we’ve been OK which should give some benefit - - unfortunately we don’t have too timing than the last race and for for the race,” Wehbe said after race tomorrow.” at every other permanent circuit especially if the weather is quite much time so we will do some sure tomorrow it will be a tough qualifying THE PENINSULA so far this year. There’s no reason cool at Silverstone.” AFP SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Mahut wins maiden ATP title at 31

‘S HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands: Frenchman Nicolas Mahut won his first ATP title yesterday taking the s’Hertogenbosch event with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over favourite Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. The 31-year-old, whose ranking has slipped to 240th in the world after a knee injury, was appearing in just his third final. Mahut, best known for having participated in the longest tennis match of all time with John Isner at Wimbledon in 2010, adapted best to the conditions which saw rain intervene twice in the first set, the second time at 3-3. Mahut broke Wawrinka, ranked 10 in the world, on their return and had no problem in wrapping up the set. Spain’s Feliciano Lopez poses with the trophy after winning the men’s singles final match against France’s Gilles Simon at the AEGON International The Frenchman then broke Wawrinka in the third game of the tennis tournament in Eastbourne, southern England, yesterday. Lopez won 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (5-7), 6-0. RIGHT: Russia’s Elena Vesnina holds the trophy second set and kept his nerve to seal victory and end the tournament after winning the women’s singles final against Jamie Hampton of the US. without having dropped a set. “After all the difficulties these past few months this win proves that I was right to keep going,” he said. Mahut was given a wild card entry for Wimbledon, which gets under- way tomorrow, and will play Czech Jan Hajek in the first round. Isner tweeted his congratulations to the Frenchman. “Congrats to @nmahut on his title in Holland! No one deserves it more than him. Well done!,” wrote the American. Lopez, Vesnina sail Meanwhile, Romania’s Simona Halep’s rich vein of form continued on Saturday as she won her second successive WTA title beating Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 6-4, 6-2 to take the ‘s-Hertogenbosch event. Halep, 21 and ranked 45th in the world, had won her maiden title to Eastbourne titles in Nuremberg, Germany, last Sunday. AGENCIES Spaniard beats Simon to clinch his third ATP trophy France’s Nicolas EASTBOURNE, United “It’s funny to play the same guy The women’s final lasted only lifted the trophy at Devonshire Mahut cel- Kingdom: Elena Vesnina and in three days,” said Lopez, 31. 73 minutes in a whipping wind Park after winning 10 of the last ebrates Feliciano Lopez defied chilly, “But this is tennis, and some- which resulted in several dead 11 games of the match. with his blustery conditions to cap- times these things can happen. I bounces and shots going out which Hampton was playing her first ture their first career grass- can take feedback from that into would normally have landed in. WTA final. trophy after court titles at the Eastbourne Tuesday. I’m very happy to win Vesnina was just a fortnight “I was so honoured to be here, defeating International yesterday. my third title. It’s a great feeling removed from the French Open it’s been an unforgettable week Switzerland’s Unseeded Vesnina of Russia -- good for me, for my game, for doubles title which she won along- for me,” said the American. Stanislas claimed her second WTA title my confidence for the rest of the side Ekaterina Makarova. “I was surprised honestly how Wawrinka with a 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Jamie year.” “I told myself I just needed to she was even hitting the ball in in the final Hampton while Lopez, a three- Simon was playing in his 14th stay in the match, try to play the court, and on top of that she of the ATP time Wimbledon quarter-final- final (10-4) and has won at least every single point,” said the win- was playing very good tennis. She Topshelf ist, beat French second seed one trophy each season since 2007. ner. “Don’t think about wind and was very deserving of the title Open in Gilles Simon 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (5/7), The Frenchman, who was limp- just fight. It was just about fight- today,” said Hampton. Rosmalen, 6-0 in a dress rehearsal of their ing at the start of the week, was ing spirit. “I’m very proud of myself for yesterday. Wimbledon first-round clash next surprised to have gone all the way “I’m pretty happy about my fighting through all the adversity, Mahut won week. to the final. game today with these tough con- having to come through qualies 6-3, 6-4. The Spaniard now owns three “It was horrible for me -- I had ditions. I was trying to play safe, and fighting through all the con- titles, his third coming nine years everything. I was so sick. I twisted using slice a little bit more just ditions all week. after his first. my ankle. I felt terrible on the to make Jamie play low balls. You “Obviously I’m disappointed He won with 16 aces and forced court in the first match, but I’m have no choice, you just need to that I lost today and I would have Simon to save 17 of the 21 break just happy that I managed to get put it in the centre of the court.” loved to have won it, but on to the points he faced. through at all.” Vesnina, coached by her father, next tournament.” AFP Sharapova Murray has no Wimbledon draw fears sends verbal LONDON: With British hopes The ATP rankings system he is. It’s not like he’s got there by of elusive home success once means Spain’s David Ferrer is fluke.” Djokovic may feel he was volley again resting on his shoulders, fourth seed at Wimbledon this due a break. Andy Murray could have been year and Djokovic’s predicted The Serb had the misfortune to forgiven an envious glance semi-final foe. While there is no face claycourt king Nadal in the Serena’s way Novak Djokovic’s way after the disputing Ferrer’s credibility as semi-finals of the French Open, Wimbledon draw was made on a grand slam contender, 12-time losing an epic five-setter in what LONDON: The dust has barely Friday. major winner Nadal is clearly was effectively the final in most settled since their French Top seed Djokovic got lucky superior. people’s eyes. Nadal then beat Open final scrap but Maria with the two other members of Wimbledon’s seeding criteria Ferrer to claim an eighth Roland Sharapova fired the first volley the so-called “big four”, defend- can adjust the world rankings, Garros title. at Wimbledon title rival Serena Britain’s ing champion Roger Federer and depending on recent grasscourt “I honestly wasn’t thinking Williams yesterday, taking aim Andy Murray Rafa Nadal, ending up in second results, but Ferrer’s quarter-final about it too much because it’s a at the American’s personal life. leaves after seed Murray’s half. run last year and Nadal’s shock matter of luck and it’s a matter Sharapova, who lost for the a training It could have been worse for second round exit meant there of a coin toss,” Djokovic, looking 13th time in a row to Williams session at Murray too - he was spared a was no chance the Mallorcan for his second Wimbledon title, when they clashed at Roland Wimbledon potential quarter-final with fifth would be bumped up. told reporters. Garros a fortnight ago, could not in London, seed Nadal - although the Scot Murray believes it is a fair “Some people would say that resist when asked her opinion yesterday. knows that should he reach the system. I was, you know, lucky with the on her rival’s controversial com- last four Nadal or Federer will “I really don’t think it (Nadal’s draw. But it’s a grand slam, so I ments on a high-profile teenage Wimbledon most likely be waiting. seeding) should have been don’t think that there is any easy rape case in Ohio published in starts “I have no issue with the seed- (higher),” said Murray, who has way to the title.” Rolling Stone magazine. tomorrow. ing. I’d rather Rafa and Roger lost his three Wimbledon clashes With the queues already form- “Obviously I have a tremen- were on the other side of the draw, with Nadal. ing and “Murray Mania” about dous amount of respect for but they’re not,” the 26-year-old, “Even with the formula and to get into full swing, at least the Serena and what she’s achieved bidding to go one better than last stuff, because of Rafa’s result here Scot’s first round should not cause on the court. You can never take year when he became Britain’s last year it was always going to him or his followers too many anything away from that,” 2004 first men’s finalist here since 1938, be difficult for him to move up in headaches. Wimbledon champion Sharapova told reporters. the seedings. Germany’s 32-year-old world told reporters. “Hopefully I’ll be able to put “Ferrer made the quarters of number 95 Benjamin Becker, who “I was definitely sad to hear myself in a position where that Wimbledon last year, made the Murray beat on the way to win- what she had to say about the becomes relevant, because that semis of the US Open, he made ning this month’s Queen’s Club whole case.” would mean getting to the semi- semis at the Australian Open. The title, is his first hurdle tomorrow. Williams has since apologised. finals, and I’d love to be there.” guy deserves to be seeded where REUTERS In the same article Williams also apparently referred to Sharapova’s relationship with Bulgarian player Grigor Dimitrov. Russian Sharapova responded Nadal still plagued by knee worry yesterday. “As for myself, or whether it was about somebody LONDON: Rafael Nadal (pic- that my knee was not there any- “Not playing a tournament grass last couple of years, so I else, nothing personal, you know,” tured) admitted yesterday more. After here I was not able to before here always makes it a lit- really take care about myself and Sharapova told reporters. that he blundered by playing complete in one more tournament tle bit tougher because you really the first round.” “At the end of the day, we have Wimbledon last year, a decision during the rest of the season. play with the real feelings only Nadal, who has a 43-2 win- a tremendous amount of respect which saw him crash out in the “Rosol played a fantastic fifth when you are playing matches.” ning record since his return, also for what we do on the court. I second round and left him on set. He probably would beat me Nadal now the holder of 12 admitted that he has yet to decide just think she should be talking the sidelines for seven months. if I was healthy. That experience Grand Slam titles, is only seeded on his playing schedule for the about her accomplishments, her The Spaniard was knocked for me last year was too much.” five this year at Wimbledon rest of the year. achievements, rather than eve- out by Lukas Rosol, the Czech Since returning from that which starts tomorrow. He has He even described 2013 as a rything else that’s just getting Republic player who was ranked left knee injury in February, the been placed in the same half of “transitional year”. attention and controversy. 100 at the time, 12 months ago. 27-year-old Nadal has claimed the draw as seven-time champion “I will compete here as good as “If she wants to talk about He went on to miss the seven titles from the nine tour- Roger Federer, the third seed, and possible. I’m gonna try my best, something personal, maybe she Olympics and US and Australian naments he has contested. Andy Murray, the second seed. then we will see what’s next for should talk about her relation- Opens. That run was topped by his his- “The rankings say that these me,” he added. ship and her boyfriend that was But the legacy of his shock exit toric eighth French Open trophy kind of things can happen,” said “I haven’t completely decided married and is getting a divorce at the All England Club last year earlier this month. Nadal. my schedule after here, because and has kids. still burns deep. The heavy schedule was why “So I know you are talking I have to analyse a little bit more “Talk about other things, but “Last year I played here the 12-time Grand Slam cham- about Andy and Roger probably, what’s more or less favourable not draw attention to other because it is a tournament that I pion made the decision to skip but I don’t see them before quar- for my future.” Nadal will start things. She has so much in her love, but I was not ready to play,” a grasscourt tune-up in Halle ter-finals and semi-finals. his campaign against experi- life, many positives, and I think said Nadal. and enjoy a few more days in the “So I have a long way to work enced Belgian, Steve Darcis. that’s what it should be about.” “After Roland Garros I felt Mallorcan sunshine. before that. I didn’t play a lot on AGENCIES REUTERS SUNDAY 23 JUNE 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Today’s match begins at 12.30pm Doha time Interesting Stats ◆ England and India have faced each other 86 times in ODIs with India winning 46 times and England 35 times. In ODIs played in England however, England have the upper hand winning 18 out of England, India get set for the 33 ODIs and India winning only 11. ◆ Both teams have come up against each other twice before in Champions Trophy matches and India has triumphed on both occa- sions - winning by eight wickets Champions Trophy final in Colombo in 2002 and by four wickets in Jaipur in 2006. ◆ This is the second time that The world’s top two one-day sides eye silverware at Edgbaston India and England will be meeting in a final of an ODI tournament. BIRMINGHAM, United tournament by storm with 332 The last time the two teams met in Kingdom: Reigning World runs in four matches at an aver- a final was in the Natwest Trophy Cup holders India clash with age of 110.66, making him the in 2002 when a Saurav Ganguly hosts England in an intrigu- competition’s leading scorer. led India stunned England in suc- ing Champions Trophy one-day Dhawan’s scores of 114, 102 not cessfully chasing 325 with three final today that promises to be out, 48 and 68, which leave him a balls to spare. a thriller. strong contender for the player of ◆ The sold-out game at the tournament award, and valu- This is England’s second Edgbaston will please organisers able opening stands with Rohit Champions Trophy Final. The and fans alike as a finale to what Sharma have boosted India at the last time they reached the final has been billed as the last edition top of the order. was also when the Champions of the eight-nation tournament Left-arm spinner Ravindra Trophy was hosted by England before it is replaced by a Test Jadeja has been the pick of the and they lost the final to the West championship in 2017. bowlers with 10 wickets joint- Indies in 2004. This is India’s third The final, worth $2m to the second in the tournament with Champions Trophy Final - they winners and $1m to the runners- England spearhead James lost the final to New Zealand in up, will be contested by teams Anderson behind New Zealander 2000-01 and then shared the tro- who’ve justified their status as Mitchell McClenaghan’s 11 scalps. phy with Sri Lanka in the next the top-ranked one-day sides in Jadeja and fellow-spinner edition in 2002-03. the world. Ravichandran Ashwin have been ◆ This is England’s 6th final of an India, winners of the World backed admirably by the three- ICC tournament. Out of the five Cup at home in 2011, proved wor- pronged seam attack of Ishant previous finals, they have turned thy of their number one ranking Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar out victorious only once winning by cruising to the final with four and Umesh Yadav in containing the ICC World T20 in 2010. This straight wins the last three by opposition batsmen. is also the third time that England emphatic eight-wicket margins. “We have played with the con- have reached the final of an ICC Second-ranked England, look- sistency and passion we wanted to tournament at home. ing for their first major one-day at the start of the tournament,” ◆ title, made it to the final with delighted India captain Mahendra England have never won a three wins out of four, including Singh Dhoni said. “But the final 50-over ICC title despite playing in a seven-wicket defeat of South will always be a huge challenge.” four such finals. This will be their Africa in the semi-final at the England, who begin an eagerly- 5th attempt. Oval in London. anticipated Ashes series against ◆ This will be India’s 7th final of Few would hazard to predict Australia next month, will be Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (left) and England captain Alastair Cook pose for a photograph with an ICC Tournament. Out of the the outcome of the dream final desperate to bag a major one-day the ICC Champions Trophy at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England yesterday, a day ahead of the 2013 ICC six previous finals, they have been between a young and ruthless international (ODI) title after Champions Trophy Final. successful in winning two ICC Indian side and a typically gritty suffering defeats in three World World Cup Titles and ICC World England in front of boisterous Cup finals in 1979, 1987 and T20 Title and in sharing an ICC supporters from both sides. 1992, as well as losing the 2004 run-getter in the tournament wrecked South Africa in the When India last played in Champions Trophy Title. If the weather holds -- light Champions Trophy final to the with 209 runs. semi-final and won him the man- England two years back in 2011, ◆ India is on the verge of a rare rain has been forecast for today a West Indies at the Oval. But the hosts’ hopes will rest on of-the-match award, has ensured they were not only blanked 4-0 in classic contest in in store between Their batting revolves around how well the brilliant Anderson England do not miss the injured the Test series, but lost the one- feat - if they win today they India’s batting firepower and the skipper Alastair Cook, Ian Bell and his new-ball partners, Stuart Graeme Swann. dayers 3-0. will be the reigning World Cup crafty seam and spin attack of the and Jonathan Trott, who has Broad and Steven Finn, are able England have lost eight of their A World Cup game in Bangalore Champions, U-19 Champions, hosts. answered critics of his perceived to contain the Indian batting. last 10 one-day internationals in 2011 between the two sides the Number One ranked ODI Left-handed opener Shikhar slow scoring in the ODI game by Off-spinner James Tredwell, against Dhoni’s men, but all of ended in a sensational tie after a team, and the Champions Trophy Dhawan has taken the emerging as England’s highest whose three for 19 in seven overs them were on Indian soil. high-scoring game. AFP winners. England ‘ready’ to Captain Dhoni predicts make history, an entertaining final says Cook BIRMINGHAM, United BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: India captain Kingdom: England captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hopes Alastair Cook insisted his side the keen tussle between his were “ready” to make history young team and hosts England by beating world champions will produce an exciting Indian captain India in today’s Champions Champions Trophy final today. Mahendra Singh Trophy final at Edgbaston. “England are a very good side Dhoni listens to England have never won a and they know the conditions major one-day international well. We have also played well in questions during (ODI) title, losing the 1979, 1987 a tournament where you only face a press confer- and 1992 World Cup finals -- all the best of teams,” Dhoni said at ence at Edgbaston featuring Cook’s mentor Graham Edgbaston, where the final will in Birmingham, Gooch as well as going down at England captain Alastair Cook (left) and team-mate Graeme Swann laugh take place, yesterday. England yesterday. home to the West Indies in the together during a training session at Edgbaston, yesterday. “So it will be a good contest and Since taking over 2004 Champions Trophy final at very good for the spectators too. as captain in 2007, The Oval. We as cricketers want to enter- having made his ODI But, ahead of England’s tain the crowd. And that is how debut in 2004, Dhoni defence of the Ashes, which England vs India: Last five ODI matches it is going to be.” has led India to the starts next month, Cook said January 11, 2013: England won by nine runs in Rajkot The dream final, worth $2m T20 World Cup, the winning the Champions Trophy to the winners, will be a mouth- January 15, 2013: India won by 127 runs in Kochi 2010 Asia Cup and would be “right up there”. watering clash between the two the 2011 World Cup. “The lads are raring to go,” January 19, 2013: India won by seven wickets in Ranchi best teams in the eight-nation Cook told reporters at Edgbaston tournament. January 23, 2013: India won by five wickets in Mohali yesterday. India, winners of the World Cup “I’ve never seen them as January 27, 2013: England won by seven wickets in Dharamsala at home in 2011, proved worthy relaxed as we have been leading of their number one ranking by up to a big game. “They’re unbeaten and have “If you do take some early cruising to the final with four “But I’m looking around in the played some very good cricket. wickets and put some pressure on straight wins the last three by guys’ eyes and I know they’re But our record against India last their middle order who haven’t emphatic eight-wicket margins. “We will wait for tomorrow Dhawan, whose 332 runs in four ready to play. time we played them in England batted so much, that could work Second-ranked England, look- to see how the weather goes, we matches have made him the com- “We haven’t won a global is a good record,” said Cook. well for us.” ing for their first major one-day can’t go by the forecast,” he said. petition’s leading scorer. 50-over tournament, as everyone “All I can say is the lads in However, India pacemen title, made it to the final with “In our semi-final against Sri Dhawan’s scores of 114, 102 keeps reminding me. the last two games (a group Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh three wins out of four, including Lanka, they said we may not even not out, 48 and 68, allied to valu- “There’s certain moments in stage victory over New Zealand Yadav and Ishant Sharma have a seven-wicket defeat of South get a 20-over game and we ended able opening stands with Rohit your career where you remem- and a seven-wicket semi-final also been in fine form. Africa in the semi-final at The up playing a full match.” Sharma, have fashioned India’s ber more than others, and if we defeat of South Africa) under “I think that’s why they’re Oval in London. The Indian captain said the comprehensive wins so far. can win this tomorrow (today) pressure delivered two excellent probably the favourites...They’re India’s squad contains just three first 10 overs of the innings, Dhoni said he expected Dhawan then I think that would be right performances. scoring runs at the top of the players Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina whether bowling or batting, could and company to continue their up there,” added the 28-year-old “I can’t see a reason why we order and taking wickets with and Dhoni himself who played in determine how the final shaped good form against an England left-handed opener, who aver- can’t do it tomorrow,” Cook the new ball,” Cook said. the World Cup final two years ago, up. attack led by versatile seamer ages nearly 50 in Test cricket and insisted. A further twist is that India but the captain insisted his team “If you get off to a good start, James Anderson. almost 40 in ODIs. In-form opener Shikhar are now under the guidance of was not under pressure for the you are able to put pressure on “England are a very good bowl- India have so far won all Dhawan, the tournament’s lead- former England coach Duncan big game. the middle order and then you ing unit, but we are excited that their matches this tournament, ing scorer with 332 runs includ- Fletcher, who took charge of the “We will prepare for the final can restrict the opposition from our top order has played, and whereas England suffered a ing two hundreds at an average Asian giants soon after their 2011 the same way we prepared for the scoring freely,” Dhoni said. done well, against some of the group stage loss to Sri Lanka. of more than 110, has been the World Cup triumph and has since semi-final, or the game against “Or if you are batting first and best bowlers in world cricket However, when England and cornerstone of a powerful India overseen a huge improvement in Pakistan,” he said. “It’s a new if you have wickets in hand, you in this tournament,” explained India last met in English condi- top order. their fielding. game now. What happened in the can get those extra 20 or 25 runs Dhoni. tions in 2011 it was England who But an England attack led by “He had a very successful reign past does not matter.” in the end which could prove cru- “Our batsmen are well pre- prevailed, winning a Test series swing specialist James Anderson with the English cricket team. I Dhoni brushed aside worries cial. So I think the first 10 overs pared to face the England bowl- 4-0 -- with Cook scoring a Test- has proved highly effective and can see him working the same that bad weather rain has been are very crucial either way.” ers. But, like in every game, they best 294 at Edgbaston - and the Cook said: “We’ve got very skill- (way) with the Indian team,” said forecast for the entire day today India have banked on the suc- have to apply themselves. So we one-dayers 3-0. ful new-ball bowlers. Cook. 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BERLIN: Jan Ullrich, Germany’s only winner of the Tour de France, has for the first time admitted to doping perfect record in Group A with the help of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes who ran a large-scale doping network. “Yes, I had access to treatment Neymar scores for the third straight game; Mexico edge past Japan from Fuentes,” the 1997 winner of the Tour de France told German SALVADOR DE BAHIA, weekly Focus in its edition to Brazil: An inspired second-half appear tomorrow showing from Brazil earned the “At that time, nearly everyone Confederations Cup hosts a 4-2 was using doping substances and I win over Italy in Salvador yes- used nothing that the others were terday to win Group A and avoid not using.” a potential semi-final meeting In the Focus report, Ullrich has with Spain. insisted he used no other doping The dubious honour of fac- substance other than his own ing the world champions in a blood, presumably with trans- Thursday semi-finals in Fortaleza fusions to combat the effects of is now likely to be Italy’s fate lactic acid. assuming the Spanish, with two Ullrich, who also won road race wins under their belts ahead of gold and time-trial silver medals at their final meetnig with Nigeria, the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, top Group B. said he was motivated by the desire Brazil made it three wins in to be competing on a level playing three games at the event to earn a field with his main rivals. probable semi-final with Uruguay “In my view you can only call in Belo Horizonte on Wednesday. it cheating on my part when it is Brazil started looking like a side clear that I have gained an unfair who had been energised not just advantage,” he argued. by their opening wins and clean “That was not the case. All I sheets against Japan and Mexico wanted was everyone to have the but also the waves of popular pro- same chances of winning.” test by citizens demanding better He also told Focus he believed social policies and an end to state that the main factors contribut- corruption. ing towards his success in cycling Neymar scored for the third were pure talent, effort, team straight game, curling in a spirit and the will to win and that delightful free kickto give the the damage he had done by doping home side the lead Mexico’s forward Javier Hernandez (right) celebrates with defender Hector Moreno after scoring the second goal against Japan during their FIFA was mainly to himself, Dante, who replaced the Confederations Cup Group A match, at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, yesterday. RIGHT: Brazil’s forward Neymar celebrates after scoring “It was myself who suffered injured David Luiz, put Brazil against Italy in the Group A match, at the Fonte Nova Arena in Salvador. most because of this episode as ahead in first-half stoppage time concerns my public image and but Emanuele Giaccherini levelled what it meant for my own health,” six minutes after the re-start the defender turned the ball in. said Scolari, mastermind of side winless at the Confederations he said. Confederations Cup after being sent clear by Mario Italy, who won their first two Brazil’s 2002 World Cup success Cup. “Now it is time to bring down Balotelli’s clever back-heeled flick. games, were caught on the break and brought back last November Hernandez took his tally for the the curtain on all of this. I want Group A table With both teams already quali- as Fred added a fourth in the 89th for a second spell in charge of the tournament to three as Mexico to look to the future and no longer SALVADOR, Brazil: Confederations Cup fied for the last four from Group minute Selecao. registered their first victory. be dragged back to the past.” Group A table after yesterday’s games A, Neymar put Brazil back in Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari “We mustn’t get carried away,” Hernandez, who had scored his Ullrich’s doping admission (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals front four minutes later and Fred indicated he saw the pieces slowly added Scolari, who earlier urged team’s only goal of the competi- comes months after a similar pub- against, points) : added a third after he was found falling into place although he has his compatriots to be patient with tion in the 2-1 loss to Italy, opened lic pronouncement by his greatest Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 2 9 by Marcelo’s raking pass in the made the World Cup the overrid- their demands for institutional the scoring in the 54th minute. career rival and nemesis Lance Qualified for semi-finals 66th minute. ing top priority rather than suc- reform. Twelve minutes later, Armstrong. The seven-time Tour Italy 3 2 0 1 8 8 6 A pulsating game took another cess this month. Meanwhile, Manchester United Hernandez made it 2-0. de France winner, admitted to Qualified for semi-finals twist when Giorgio Chiellini “We beat a strong Italian team star Javier Hernandez scored Japan pulled one back four min- doping throughout his career in Mexico 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 replied for Italy five minutes later and I think this shows we are on twice but missed a last-minute utes from time when Stuttgart January and was subsequently with Brazil claiming the referee the right road, even if there are penalty as Mexico defeated Japan striker Shinji Okazaki tapped in stripped of his Tour titles and Japan 3 0 0 3 4 9 0 had already stopped play before a few things we need to improve,” 2-1 on Saturday to leave the Asian a simple chance. AGENCIES banned for life. AFP Denmark’s Simonsen dies at Le Mans: Organisers LE MANS, France: Danish List of recent deaths in Christoffer Nygaard and Kristian driver Allan Simonsen has died Poulsen. Two days ago they had after a horror crash at the wheel Le Mans 24 hour race been celebrating taking pole of an Aston Martin at the Le LE MANS, France: List of last eight position. Mans 24 Hour endurance race drivers to be killed at the Le Mans 24 hour Former Formula One cham- Denmark’s Allan yesterday, organisers reported. endurance race after Denmark’s Allan pion Jenson Button led tributes Simonsen (left) The 34-year-old, competing in Simonsen died after a crash in his Aston to Simonsen. is seen dur- the mythic race for the seventh Martin yesterday: The McLaren driver posting ing a parade time, spun off on the third lap on Twitter: “Allan Simonsen RIP. 2013 Allan Simonsen (DEN/Aston Martin with his team- into the safety barriers at the such a tragic loss. A true fighter mate Kristian ultra-quick Tertre Rouge bend, Vantage) & a true racer. Safety is some- Poulsen (right) demolishing his car. 1997 Sebastien Enjolras (FRA/WR- thing we need 2 improve on in and Christoffer Le Mans organisers The Peugeot), in pre-qualifying practice Motorsport.” Nygaard (cen- Automobile Club de l’Ouest issued 1986 Jo Gartner (AUT/Porsche 962C) Another former F1 champion, a statement reporting that emer- Finn Kimi Raikkonen, added: tre) the day 1981 Jean-Louis Lafosse (FRA/Rondeau- before the Le gency services were immediately Cosworth) “R.I.P. Allan Simonsen. Sad news.” at the scene to attend the stricken Simonsen was the first driver to Mans 24-hour 1976 Andre Haller (FRA/Datsun) driver. die during the race since Austrian sportscar race It continued: “In a serious 1972 Jo Bonnier (SWE/Lola-Ford) Josef Gartner, driving a Porsche, in Le Mans, cen- condition, Allan Simonsen was 1969 John Woolfe (GBR/Porsche 917) in 1986, and the 23rd overall, tral France, on transferred immediately to the 1969 Lucien Bianchi (BEL/Alfa Romeo including fatalities in qualifying Friday. Simonsen Circuit Medical Centre where he 33/3) in preliminary practice for the race. has died after died soon after due to his injuries. Simonsen, who listed Le Mans crashing at the “The Automobile Club de conditions at the Sarthe circuit. as his favourite circuit on his Le Mans 24 l’Ouest wishes to express its great The race was stopped the race personal webpage, was born in Hours race in sadness following this incident, for an hour, the time required to Odense, and graduated to endur- France yester- and extends its deepest condo- remove debris from the track and ance racing after starting out as day, organis- lences to the family and those repair the safety barrier. a mechanic. ers said in a close to Allan Simonsen.” The father of one, driving The former Danish Formula statement. Simonsen crashed barely ten an Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Ford champion’s last win came minutes after the start of the was competing in the GTE-Am in April at Silverstone where 81st edition of the showpiece category. he won the GT-AM class in the endurance event with rain and His team mates in the No.95 Aston Martin with Poulsen and wind combining to make testing car were his fellow countrymen, Nygaard. AFP