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OPINION Qatar, Peru sign slew of agreements The Middle East Doha to host talks to reach pact on avoidance of double taxation; Emir leaves for Colombia based on religion HE Yemeni govern- DOHA/LIMA, PERU: Qatar and Peru Sun, which is the highest decoration in the ment last week officially yesterday decided to start negotiations Republic of Peru. Tdemanded that Tehran to reach a bilateral agreement on avoid- The Emir and the Peruvian President provide an ance of double taxation in an important witnessed the signing of a number of agree- explanation move to promote the flow of foreign ments and memoranda of understanding for an arms investments between the two countries. (MoU) between the two countries. shipment The decision was taken during the offi- The two sides signed a memorandum seized from a cial visit of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad of understanding to start bilateral consul- ship, ‘Jehan’, bin Khalifa Al Thani to Peru yesterday, tations between the Ministry of Foreign last month in accompanied by the Prime Minister and Affairs of Qatar and the Ministry of Foreign Yemen’s terri- Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Affairs of the Republic of Peru, an agree- torial waters. Khalid Al Sayed Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani and a high- ment for cooperation in the legal field, This is not EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ranking Qatari delegation. another MoU in the field of education and the first time The negotiations will start on higher education and scientific research, an a finger of accusation has been March 19 and continue until March agreement for cooperation and joint news pointed at Iran for its involve- 21. Representatives of the Finance and exchange, and MoU in the field of mining. ment in attempts to destabi- Economy ministries of the two countries A Memorandum of Understanding lise the security and stability expressed their commitment to starting between the Qatar Chamber and the of Yemen since the outbreak of the negotiations scheduled to be held in Chamber of Commerce of Peru, and the Arab Spring. Doha, the Qatar News Agency reported memorandum of understanding on invest- Last year, President Abd- yesterday. ment cooperation between Qatar Holding Rabbuh Mansur demanded A series of bilateral agreements were Company and private investment agencies that the Iranian government signed during the visit, in the field of in Peru were also signed on the occasion. stop interfering in his country’s education, commerce, energy and min- The Emir, the Prime Minister and internal affairs, warning that ing, following talks held in Presidential the accompanying delegation attended it would pay the price if it kept Palace chaired by the Emir and Peruvian a luncheon banquet hosted by President interfering. The United States of President Ollanta Humala Tasso. Ollanta Humala Tasso in their honour. America has also confirmed that The two sides discussed relations The Emir later left the Republic of Peru Iran supports the Houthis, Shia between the two countries and ways of after a two-day official visit on his way rebel groups based in the north- enhancing them in all fields, and reviewed to the Republic of Colombia. The Emir ern province of Sa’ada in Yemen, a number of regional and international and the delegation accompanying him and the southern secessionist issues of common concern. were seen off on departure at Callao Air movement. The US claims that After the talks, the Emir and the Base Airport by Peru’s Foreign Minister Iran supports these groups in a Peruvian President exchanged Orders Rafael Roncagliolo, Qatar’s Ambassador bid to assert its own influence and Decorations. The Emir presented to Peru Jamal Nasser Al Bader and Peru over countries of the Arabian President Ollanta with the Necklace of Ambassador to Qatar Julio Florian. The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani shaking hands with President Ollanta Humala Peninsula. Independence, while President Ollanta THE PENINSULA/QNA Tasso of Peru at the Presidential Palace in Lima, yesterday. Undoubtedly, Iran sees in presented the Emir with the Order of the See also page 3 Yemen a perfect base for it to realise its aspirations in the Middle East, because of its strategic location under the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iran’s Over 33,000 British biggest rival in the Gulf region, and it being one of the control- visas issued to Killer of Jazeera cameraman in Benghazi arrested lers of the main shipping lanes in the Red Sea. Iran is striv- Qataris last year DOHA: The Libyan security forces in 1955 and received his bachelor and master’s ing to strengthen its influence Benghazi arrested the killer of Ali Hassan degrees in cinematography from the Academy in the Middle East and Africa, DOHA: Over 33,000 Qataris Al Jaber, the Qatari cameraman of Al of Arts in Cairo. He was the director of CNBC aiming to export its Islamic rev- obtained visas to travel to the UK Jazeera who was shot dead on March 12 in Arabiya TV bureau in Qatar. olution to the rest of the world. in 2012, almost doubling the figure 2011 as he was covering the Libyan revolts, He also served as a supervisor in the In the wake of the Arab of two years before. However, said Al Jazeera reported yesterday. National Olympic Committee between 2002 Spring, which has created new the British Ambassador to Doha, Al Jaber was shot dead in Al Hawaari and 2005 and held the office of Head of alignments at the expense of the Michael O’Neill, the visa system area southwest Benghazi after the car Filming Section in Qatar Television for more traditional powers, the whole still represents a challenge and the carrying the Al Jazeera team came under than 20 years. region has been transformed Embassy is “looking to improve intensive fire. During his tenure, he produced a number into an arena for some regional it”. O’Neill added: “We’re looking According to the report, the killer confessed of documentaries including one on Qatar and international powers. After at how we can improve the visa to the crime and gave details of the plot to and another on Kuwait titled “Plight and Sunni Islamists took power in system. I hope that at some point attack the Al Jazeera team. In his confes- report from an opposition protest. Tribulation”. Arab Spring countries, Iran in the near future we’ll be able to sion he disclosed that he was ordered by the Two people including Al Jaber were shot. He was the first journalist killed in the has been trying to intervene make some announcement, but we Gaddafi regime to eliminate the entire Al Al Jaber was rushed to hospital, but did not Libyan conflict and his death had triggered in support of the opponents of can’t yet,” he clarified. Jazeera team. survive. He was hit by three shots and was a heated debate in Qatar about the safety of these regimes, or to extend its Full report on page 2 Al Jaber was killed as he was returning to wounded through the heart. journalists in danger zones. influence over Lebanon, Iraq, Benghazi from a nearby town after filing a Al Jaber, a Qatari national, was born in THE PENINSULA Bahrain, Yemen and Syria. Iran’s Revolutionary Continued on page 3 Guards commander killed in Syria Teen killed in Significant rise in prices DAMASCUS: Gunmen killed an Iranian commander in Syria Bahrain protest and rebels shot down two fighter jets and overran a town yester- DUBAI: Bahraini security of fruits and vegetables day, dealing further setbacks forces killed a teenager and to President Bashar Al Assad’s injured dozens more protest- DOHA: The latest data 2013 and 2012 have not been given. forces. Iran’s Revolutionary ers yesterday, an opposition released by the Consumer Vegetables that witnessed the Guards said one of its command- website said, during clashes on Protection Department (CPD) highest price increase over the ers, Hassan Shateri, was “mar- the second anniversary of an at the Ministry of Business and past one year were Saudi cucum- tyred... at the hands of Zionist uprising to demand democratic Trade have shown a significant ber, Chinese ginger, Qatari cauli- regime mercenaries and back- reforms in the Gulf state. increase in the prices of fruits flower, Jordanian tomato, Qatari ers” while travelling by road Several hundred demonstra- and vegetables in the central egg plant, Indian red onion, between Damascus and Beirut. tors, mostly youths from largely market over the past one year. Koosa (Saudi and Qatari) and Full report on page 4 Shia villages, blocked roads Prices of vegetables rose by Chinese garlic. around the capital Manama and 18 percent in January this year A total of 18,187 tonnes of veg- Tunisian premier hurled stones and fire bombs compared to December 2012 and etables arrived in the central at police, who responded with the fruit prices increased by seven market in January, which was threatens to quit birdshot and tear gas, witnesses percent over this period, accord- around one per cent more com- said. ing to CPD’s monthly statistics. pared to December 2012, when TUNIS: Tunisia’s embattled Security forces confirmed they Vegetables became dearer by imports amounted to 18,000 Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali had fired warning shots at the nine percent in January com- tonnes. Imports in January were said he will announce a new gov- crowds and one young man had pared to December 2012, while 25 percent higher compared to ernment line-up tomorrow and been killed in the protests, which prices of fruits remained stable the annual average in 2012. threatened to quit if it is rejected. began in the early morning and during this period. Prices of fish Indian retained its top posi- Jebali has been pushing to form lasted almost all day. increased by 10 percent com- tion among the exporting coun- a government of technocrats in The main opposition group pared to December last year but tries in January, while Iran came defiance of his Islamist Ennahda Wefaq named the youth as Ali declined by 21 percent compared second. Local products took the party since the murder last week Ahmed Ibrahim Al Jazeeri, a to January last year. third position, followed by South of government critic and leftist Protesters clash with security forces in the village of Sanabis, west of 16-year-old Shia, and said he had There was no noticeable Africa, Pakistan, Jordan and figure Chokri Belaid plunged the Manama, following a rally to mark the second anniversary of an uprising been killed in the village of Diya, increase in the prices of meat in China, respectively. country into political turmoil. in Bahrain, yesterday. near Manama. January, compared to December. THE PENINSULA Full report on page 4 REUTERS Comparative prices of meat in Continued on page 3 FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir’s condolences conveyed Al Attiyah leaves Over 33,000 British visas Japan for India

TOKYO: The Chairman of Qatar’s Administrative issued to Qataris in 2012 Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah Looking to improve visa system, says ambassador and his accompanying del- egation left Japan yester- BY ISABEL OVALLE Middle East chose this desti- the GCC being a “huge mar- day heading for India to nation last year, spending over ket with a massive growth,” participate in the Qatari DOHA: Over 33,000 Qataris QR6,300m in the process. said O’Neill. “I am very keen Infrastructure Projects obtained visas to travel to the To keep up this trend, the to encourage people to go to Conference. UK in 2012, almost doubling UK national tourism agency, the UK but, if you have more Al Attiyah was seen off at the figure of two years before. VisitBritain, has launched a new than a couple of days, go beyond Narita International Airport However, the visa system still edition of the online training London.” by Qatar’s Ambassador represents a challenge and programme for travel agents, Relations between Qatar and to Japan Yousuf bin the embassy is “looking to hoping to equip at least 75 pro- the UK, said the Ambassador, Mohammad Belal. QNA improve it,” said the British fessionals in the country with go beyond tourism or economic Ambassador to Doha, Michael knowledge about the UK. ties, spreading also to education, O’Neill, Tourists from the Gulf region culture and sports, among other In an event to launch a new often visit Great Britain but areas. training programme for travel tend to choose London as their On this basis, he said that NU-Q students agents, O’Neill added: “We’re main destination. This cam- the Universities Minister will looking at how we can improve paign aims to spread famili- visit Doha in May, the Prince launch website the visa system. I hope that at arity with other areas such of Wales will do so in March and some point in the near future as Manchester or Oxford, the mayor of London will come about Qatar’s we’ll be able to make some explained Josh Croft, Marketing in April. announcement, but we can’t Director of VisitBritain. To keep up these healthy rela- building codes yet,” he clarified. Airlines from the region tions, 2013 is declared the Year DOHA: Students of the The number of tourists from not only operate in Heathrow of Culture of Qatar and the UK. Advanced Online Journalism Qatar to the United Kingdom and Gatwick, but also have This initiative will include dif- class at Northwestern grew almost 60 percent between direct flights to Manchester, ferent events, like a presenta- University in Qatar (NU-Q) 2006 and 2011. In addition, Birmingham, Glasgow and tion of Romeo and Juliet next launched the website www. Qataris spent more than Newcastle. week. All relevant information qatarunderconstruction.org QR1,200 per night during their Tourism in the UK represents can be found at the site www. yesterday, which features arti- stay in the UK in 2012, while nine percent of the country’s qataruk2013.com. cles, statistics and multimedia nearly 540,000 people from the Gross Domestic Product, with THE PENINSULA reports about Qatar’s building codes and fire safety standards. “This is a topic that cap- tured international atten- tion when Qatar was awarded On behalf of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, HE Sheikh the 2022 World Cup,” says Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani conveyed condolences and sympathy to the Crown Christina Paschyn, instruc- Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince tor of Northwestern’s journal- ism course Advanced Online Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, on the death of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Storytelling. “But perhaps more Saud, the Governer of Riyadh. He also conveyed condolences and sympathy importantly, since the tragic of the Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, fire at Villaggio Mall last year, to Prince Salman and sons of the deceased. which killed 19 people, including 13 children, Doha’s citizens and residents have recognized the country’s poor safety standards to be a pressing issue that must Annual Torch-Doha Hotel be addressed,” she added. More than 1,100 fires occurred in Qatar in 2012. In the majority of incidents, the cause of the fire Staircase Run tomorrow was unable to be determined by Qatar’s Civil Defence. However, DOHA: Aspire Zone Foundation through, so the runners need to make when the cause was identified, (AZF) will hold its annual Torch- sure they pace themselves.” most fires were attributed to Doha Hotel Staircase Run tomor- This is the first time the athlete short circuits. That means even row with the participation of has visited the Middle East, and he the simple act of turning on the Thomas Dold, a world beater in praised Aspire Zone, “Aspire is the lights can potentially cause inju- the sport of professional tower perfect place to train, the facilities ries, or, in severe cases, death, running. are fantastic and the weather is said the varsity. “Through Qatar The seasoned runner will complete great. I am extremely impressed.” Under Construction we hope to the 1,304 staircase climb ahead of the “I usually fly home straight after raise the bar for local and inter- event and set the fastest time for the I complete a race, but Qatar is doing Al Jazeera Network pavilion at the Northwestern University in Qatar’s (NU-Q) third annual Career and national reporting on building contestants to beat. He will then be a lot for the industry right now and Internship Fair. and fire safety issues here. More on hand to cheer on the participants I want to make the most of my visit than that, we hope to shed light and meet spectators. and explore the country,” he added. on what regulations are working Dold won his record seventh con- Dold is also a backwards runner NU-Q annual career fair attracts and what desperately needs to be secutive race to the top of the Empire enthusiast – otherwise known as improved upon Qatar’s construc- State Building in 2012 and under- ‘retro running’ – and holds a number tion industry,” says Paschyn. stands the difficulties associated of records, including the Guinness international media organisations Students enroll in this inten- with competing in such a physically World Record for running back- sive five-week course to pre- demanding challenge. wards one kilometer in 3 minutes pare for their journalism or The German endurance runner 20 seconds. DOHA: Northwestern as we are ultimately looking for and film production. public relations internships at offered some advice to the athletes Organised in partnership with University in Qatar (NU- people who share our values and Attending companies professional organizations such preparing for the race tomorrow: Aspire Logistics and the Torch-Doha Q) has held its third annual our enthusiasm to tell a story included Qatar Airways, as Amnesty International, Time “It is tempting to start out fast, but Hotel, the second annual Torch-Doha Career and Internship Fair, to the world. This doesn’t only Doha News, Qatar Museum Magazine and The Huffington you’ll burn through your energy lev- Hotel Staircase Run will kick off at where students were in high include journalists but a whole Authority, Silatech, Post. “Based on the statistics, els quickly. There are 51 floors to get 10am tomorrow. THE PENINSULA demand among local and spectrum of communication Exxonmobil, Firefly Digital I believe that this issue is very international media organi- professionals that are involved Communications, Doha Film important. Our research shows sations, such as Al Jazeera in making our TV network suc- Institute and Qatar TV. Qatar has a worker fatality Network. cessful,” she added. “It’s fascinating to see the rate of four to five workers per Elaine Hatzel, Head of Al Jazeera joined a line-up of range of organisations that need 100,000, which is very high com- Training and Development at Al local and international media communications professionals pared to the United Kingdom’s Jazeera commented: “NU-Q is organisations as well as com- to support them regardless of 0.6 workers per 100,000,” says an important educational insti- panies from various industries the industry in which they oper- Haya Al Mannai, a junior stu- tution for Al Jazeera to have a seeking graduates and interns ate,” said Communication Junior dent who is part of Qatar Under relationship with. We are very interested in news, public rela- Rawan Al Thabatah. Construction’s data and graph- interested in the students here, tions, strategic communications THE PENINSULA ics team. THE PENINSULA

24pc sacrifice sleep for work commitments

DOHA: Nearly a quarter of Regus, the world’s largest pro- life and provide workers with workers in Qatar (24 per- vider of flexible workplaces, a few more minutes’ kip each cent) say that they have to based on interviews with more morning. But the benefits are sacrifice sleep to fit in per- than 24,000 business-people not just for workers, and firms sonal and work commitments, from over 90 countries. can also improve productivity either by waking up too early “Lack of sleep is clearly det- and retention by introducing or by burning the midnight rimental to worker health and flexible working. Yet, in spite oil, a global report by Regus, happiness with long working of the win-win benefits that the provider of flexible work- hours closely linked to heart flexible working can bring places, shows. disease ” says Joanne Bushell on both employee and com- Although flexible working is (pictured), Vice President pany side, there is evidently highlighted as a way to reduce of Regus for Middle East and still plenty of grounds for commuting, create more hours Africa.” improvement as half of firms in the day for sleep or family “Respondents highlight that a in Qatar do not recognise or life and to improve productiv- shorter commute and more flex- reward managers for encour- ity and staff retention, only 47 ibility over work location would aging the creation of a flexible percent of firms are reward- help them spend more time with workforce.” ing management for encour- their families, finally spelling Regus is the provider of flex- aging the creation of a flexible an end to sleepless nights filled ible workplaces, with products workforce. with catching up on work or and services ranging from Workers also highlight that personal tasks that couldn’t be offices to professional meeting a shorter commute (29 per- squeezed into the day.” rooms, business lounges and a cent) and greater flexibility of introducing greater flexibility Bushell continues: “This sur- wide-network of video commu- location (6 percent) would give which is reported to improve vey shows that allowing employ- nication studios. It enables peo- them more time to spend with productivity (65 percent) and ees to work closer to home in ple to work their way, whether their families as well as to catch help retain staff (88 percent). professional and fully efficient it’s from home, on the road or Thomas Dold, the world beater in professional tower running. some extra shut-eye, but busi- These are some of the key environments can have an from an office. nesses can also benefit from findings of a global survey by important impact on family THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Emir on Latin American visit Deputy Emir watches tennis

The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani watching a game at the Qatar Total International Women’s Tennis Championships, at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, yesterday. Qatar bags city beautification awards

DOHA: Qatar has bagged two heritage. And another category third prize jointly with complex awards at the eleventh session for green buildings and city project Avenues in Kuwait. of the Arab Towns Organization beautification. ATO is a network which exists The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is received by Peruvian Foreign Minister Rafael Roncagliolo (ATO), officials said at a press Rest of the prizes was given to develop cooperation between in Lima, yesterday. The Emir is accompanied by the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad conference yesterday. away to the United Arab Arab cities in order to promote bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani and a high-level official delegation. ATO is the largest organisa- Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi their development, while preserv- tion of municipalities and towns Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, ing their Arab identity, with its of Arab countries, and it has Palestine and Jordan as well as headquarters in Kuwait. announced 2013 awards for cities Syria and Egypt through awards Mohamed Ahmed Al Sayed that took the innovative lead in for city beautification. Director of Doha Municipality environment, greening and land- According to the results addressing press conference Qatar to host World Cargo scaping and architecture. announced yesterday in the archi- in Doha congratulated the The first prize for beautifying tectural category Dubai city won winners. cities was won by municipality of the first prize. “The number of nominations Al Zahain and second prize for The second prize was shared to for the competitions had architecture was also awarded between Khartoum for the arena increased this year, it has reached Symposium in March to Qatar. ATO awards have two project Lebanon Heritage Village, 54. Importance of winning this categories of prizes. The archi- and the Municipality of Zahain award is that it proves the stand- tectural category includes project and market development project ards of the city,” Al Sayed said. Qatar Airways to sponsor the three-day event architecture and architectural deserved Bahrain (Manama) THE PENINSULA

DOHA: Qatar Airways is set meeting. “It is fitting that our we see an increase in activity and to host the 7th World Cargo industry colleagues from across investment worldwide. Chinese performers Symposium from March 12-14. the global cargo industry will “Here in Doha for example, the The three-day event of world’s descend on Qatar, a country demand for increased freighter largest meeting of air freight which will soon have a brand new services inbound has seen our industry executives, airline offi- multi-billion dollar airport show- own airline increase its capacity, cials and other stakeholders is casing the best facilities anywhere as well as reaching out to new expected to discuss the most in the world,” he said. destinations as the demand for pressing issues faced by the “The Doha forum will be a outbound cargo around the world industry. great opportunity for debate, also intensifies. The Symposium will focus on discussion and decisions. We look “Just last year we added actions for sustainability and, in forward to providing delegates 10 destinations to our world- particular, the role of the Middle with a glimpse of the new Hamad wide cargo network, including East in the burgeoning air cargo International Airport, just weeks Amman, Budapest, Erbil and industry. before it opens its doors to the Karachi to serve ever increas- Bringing together hundreds of first airline customers. Cargo ing demand. representatives from across the will play a pivotal role at the new “Increasingly, we need to global cargo sector, this year’s airport as purpose-built cargo look at how we prepare our symposium organised annu- facilities will soon be ready for employees and our stakehold- ally by the International Air operations.” ers for these changing times, Transport Association (IATA), Al Baker added that the con- the impact of air freight on takes place in the Qatari capital ference takes place at a time other sectors, our environmen- next month. when the global freighter indus- tal footprint and the effect of Qatar Airways, the national try faces new and increasing our cargo operations on other airline of Qatar, is the host airline challenges in a highly demanding global economies.” of the conference, while its freight environment. The new cargo terminal at subsidiary Qatar Airways Cargo is He said: “Worldwide, the cargo Hamad International Airport the main sponsor. industry is undergoing a revamp will be able to facilitate 1.4 million Following the success of last as operators reassess their cur- tonnes of freight each year, con- year’s symposium held in the rent operations and look at new tinuing to provide a world-class Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, ways of reaching out to emerging cargo service with a commitment Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar markets.” to offering only the very best Five Al Baker said he was delighted “The freighter industry is fac- Star service to the airline’s valued Members of ‘My Beautiful Land’, a Chinese folk music ensemble, performing at the Qatar National Theatre IATA decided to bring its annual ing changing demands in the customers worldwide. as part of the Chinese Lunar New Year. SALIM MATRAMKOT conference to Doha for the 2013 industrial and private sectors as THE PENINSULA

Sky Jewellery opens Plan to reshape the region new showroom Continued from page 1 King Abdullah of Jordan, in an interview with Washington Post, DOHA: The Sky Jewellery accused Iran of interfering in Iraq’s affairs in order to form a Shia opened its new showroom crescent, including Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, to affect the stability of yesterday located at Dar the Gulf Arab states. Al Salam Building near Al And maybe there is a plan to reshape the Middle East according Fardhan Centre. Indian actress to a religious template under the flags of Sunnis, Shias and the Star Isha Talwar together with R of David in Palestine. This will put the region in political hot water, Seetharaman, Doha Bank CEO, where it will constantly witness religious conflicts. This will serve the inaugurated the new showroom. interests of the Jewish state. The event was attended by sev- Religious ideology which started long ago in many countries through eral guests and customers of the the Internet, media, universities, institutions, organisations and politi- Sky Jewellery. cal parties, is seeking to help political parties these days under the The guests toured the two level cover of nationalism to remain in power. This is exactly what American showroom, where wide range of author and thinker Nicholas Wade has mentioned in his book, The gold, diamonds and platinum jew- Faith Instinct. els are available for sale. Special offers and inaugural Philippines top exporter of fruits discounts were available on the continued from page 1 opening day for customers. The Philippines topped the list of countries exporting fruits to Qatar The new showroom is the sev- in January with two main products- banana and pineapple. Egypt came enth in the city and 22nd in the second with products including mainly orange, guava, lemon and straw- region. Sky Jewellery was estab- berry, followed by Lebanon in the third position that exported orange, lished in 1978 with a store in apple and grapes. Other major exporters of fruits were Turkey, South Doha. It is the flagship brand of Africa, France, Pakistan and China. Prices of Spanish pomegran- the well known and established ate, African orange, Indian lemon, Chinese apple and Turkish grapes Sky Group, one that has success- Indian cine actress Isha Tsalwar and Doha Bank’s CEO Dr R Seetharaman inaugurating the new branch of the Sky decreased in January while Egyptian strawberry, Lebanese grape, fully diversified into varied busi- Jewellery in Doha, yesterday. Akaash Jacob John (right), Director of the jewellery shop, and other officials and Pakistani orange, French apple and Egyptian pomegranate became nesses. THE PENINSULA guests were present. SALIM MATRAMKOT dearer. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Accept new cabinet or my exit: Jebali Line-up to be announced tomorrow

TUNIS: Embattled Tunisian “This is the proposal I am mak- Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali ing for the country, and the par- said yesterday he will announce ties will be held responsible for a new government line-up its success or failure,” he told tomorrow, and warned that he reporters. will quit if it is rejected. “The parties must realise that Jebali has been pushing to form there can be no bargaining for a government of technocrats in this initiative to go through. defiance of his Islamist Ennahda “They can, however, present party since the murder last their opinion which is normal in week of vocal government critic a democracy,” he said. and leftist figure Chokri Belaid Jebali has the backing of secu- plunged the country into politi- lar opposition parties as well as cal crisis. the support of Ettakatol, an ally “I want to go through with this of Ennahda, headed by Assembly initiative,” Jebali told reporters on speaker Mustapha Ben Jaafar. the sidelines of consultations with Both the powerful General party leaders. Union of Tunisian Workers and “Tomorrow morning (Friday) the union of employers UTICA I will meet all the parties who have expressed support for Jebali’s have, or have not, accepted this initiative, seeing in it a way to The Iranian Ambassador to Beirut, Ghzanfar Asl RoknAbadi, receives condolences following the assassination of Revolutionary Guards commander initiative. emerge from the crisis. and Head of the Iranian Commission for the reconstruction of Lebanon, Hessam Khoshnevis, (portrait-left) at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, yesterday. “On Saturday I will announce Ben Jaafar, leader of the secular the new government line-up and Ettakatol, said this week he was if it is rejected I will submit my ready to hand over all ministerial resignation to the president,” he positions controlled by his party, added. including finance, tourism and Details of Iran official’s killing foggy Ennahda has rejected a new education. government made up exclusively But hardliners of Ennahda BEIRUT: An Iranian military Khoshnevis and said he ran died during an Israeli air strike on border with Iraq, a monitoring of technocrats and called for a — which controls 89 of the 217 commander has been killed Tehran’s reconstruction aid pro- January 30. group said. “After three days of pro-Islamist rally tomorrow to seats in the National Constituent in Syria by rebels fighting gramme for Lebanon. It said he Iran has strongly backed Assad fierce battles against the army, back its legitimacy. Assembly after an October 2011 Tehran’s ally President Bashar was killed by “armed terror- during the uprising in which Al-Nusra Front fighters have The Islamists have joined ranks election — refuse to give up key Al Assad, Iran said yesterday, ist groups”, a label used by the the United Nations says nearly seized control of Shadadeh,” with the centre-left Congress for portfolios. describing the dead man as a Syrian government to describe 70,000 people have been killed. said the Syrian Observatory for the Republic Party of President One of the party’s vice presi- Revolutionary Guard. Assad’s foes, on the highway as In September, the Revolutionary Human Rights, which relies on a Moncef Marzouki, and two other dents, Mohamed Akrout, called The rebels accuse the elite he returned to Lebanon from Guards commander-in-chief said broad network of activists, doc- parties, in proposing that the new on supporters to rally tomorrow corps of sending forces to help Damascus. his force was providing non-mil- tors and lawyers for its reporting. cabinet comprise both politicians in support of the Islamists. Assad crush their 22-month-old There were contradictory itary support in Syria and might Fighting and car bomb attacks and independents. “Supporters of Ennahda uprising — a charge denied by accounts of when that happened; get involved militarily if there was by the jihadists left more than 100 But Jebali yesterday insisted must defend their revolution the Islamic republic, whose Shia Iran said it was on Tuesday but, foreign intervention. troops dead in three days, during that the criteria for being in the and the interests of the people,” form of the religion is anathema after statements by Iranian offi- Meanwhile, Syrian rebels from which 30 Al-Nusra Front fight- new cabinet must include non- Akrout said in a video posted to many of the Sunni Muslim cials, various Syrian rebel groups the Islamist Al-Nusra Front ers also died. Five of the jihadists partisanship as well as a firm on Wednesday on the party’s rebels battling to topple Assad. offered divergent accounts of him yestrerday seized the town of killed in the violence were from engagement by future ministers Facebook page. The Iranian embassy in Beirut being killed by them as long ago Shadadeh in the oil-rich Syrian Kuwait, said the Observatory. not to run in the next elections. AFP named the man as Hessam as last month. One report said he province of Hasake, on the AGENCIES

Iraq frees French Mossad charged spy reporter on bail Iran-UN talks fail yet again VIENNA: UN inspectors BAGHDAD: with grave crimes Iraq has freed on returned yesterday from talks bail a French reporter held for in Tehran with no deal on Gulf states reject Iranian demand three weeks after taking unau- access to Iran’s nuclear sites JERUSALEM/ suicide. Israeli criminal attorney thorised photos in Baghdad, an and no date for new talks, fail- ABU DHABI: Gulf Arab countries, and its continuous CANBERRA: An Australian Avigdor Feldman said he met Iraqi security official and the ing to produce even a small sig- governments dismissed as efforts to destabilise the security immigrant, reported to have with the man, dubbed “Prisoner head of the Iraqi Journalists’ nal of hope for wider big power “interference” an Iranian sug- of some of these Arab countries,” been recruited by Israel’s X”, a day before his death. Syndicate said yesterday. diplomacy aimed at averting gestion that unrest in Syria Abdulatif Al Zayani was quoted Mossad spy agency, was “I met with a balanced person, “We released him, but still have a war. and Bahrain be discussed at by BNA as saying. Arab popular charged with grave crimes given the tragic outcome, who many doubts about him,” the sen- “Despite its many commit- nuclear talks between world uprisings since 2011 have kin- before he committed suicide in was rationally weighing his legal ior Iraqi security official said on ments to do so, Iran has not powers and Iran, accusing dled increased strife between an Israeli jail, one of his law- options,” Feldman told Channel condition of anonymity. negotiated in good faith,” said a Tehran of trying to dodge the Shia and Sunni Muslims. yers said yesterday. 10 Television. A translator and a man who Western diplomat accredited to main agenda. BNA further quoted Zayani The closely guarded case has He said the detainee was allowed Dendoune to stay at his the United Nations’ International The secretary general of as accusing Iran of trying to raised questions in Australia charged with “grave crimes” home were also freed, with each Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna the Gulf Cooperation Council manipulate the negotiations and Israel about the suspected and that there were ongoing paying bail of 10 million Iraqi who was not at the talks. “It (GCC) said the bloc “categori- “by mixing political cards” and use by the Mossad of dual negotiations for a plea bargain. dinars (about $8,333), the secu- appears that we now have to ask cally rejected” Iran’s proposal, continuing “procrastination Australian-Israeli nationals The attorney did not elaborate rity official added. ourselves if this is still the right saying it was further evidence of and non-seriousness on reach- and the circumstances behind on the allegations, which he said “Nadir Dendoune was released,” tactic.” Iranian meddling in the region, ing a final solution to allevi- the 2010 detention and death of the prisoner denied. Reporting Muayad Al Lami, the head of the The deadlock is a chilling sig- the Bahraini news agency BNA ate regional and international 34-year-old Ben Zygier. in Israel on the case is still Iraqi Journalists’ Syndicate, told nal for a wider effort by six major reported yesterday. “This con- fears regarding its contro- Israel on Wednesday broke subject to strict government AFP, adding that the reporter was powers to get Iran to curb a pro- firms Iran’s clear interference versial nuclear programme”. its silence over an Australian censorship. met by the French ambassador. gramme that they fear could give in the domestic affairs of Arab REUTERS Broadcasting Corporation The Kuwaiti newspaper Al Press rights group Reporters it the capacity to build a nuclear (ABC) report which said that Jarida quoted yesterday uni- Without Borders (RSF) also bomb, something Israel has sug- progress in more than a year, to its work and is asking for Zygier, who moved to Israel, was dentified Western sources said that according to a French gested it will prevent by force if adding: “Time is needed to reflect acknowledgement that it is enti- jailed in isolation over suspected as saying Zygier took part Embassy source in Baghdad, diplomacy fails. on the way forward.” tled to produce nuclear fuel for misconduct while spying for the in the killing by a Mossad Dendoune was freed and met by The IAEA and Iran “could not The United States, Russia, peaceful purposes, is heading for a Mossad. hit-team of Hamas operative the ambassador. Dendoune was finalise the document” setting out China, France, Britain and presidential election in June. Partially lifting a gag order on Mahmoud al-Mahbouh in arrested in late January while terms for an IAEA inquiry into Germany are due to meet Iran for That fact alone makes it hard the case, an Israeli court said Dubai in 2010. reportedly visiting Iraq to com- possible military dimensions of separate talks in Kazakhstan on for any official to be seen to make a dual-nationality citizen had Zygier, the newspaper pile stories on the upcoming 10th Iran’s nuclear programme, chief February 26 to tackle a decade- concessions to foreign powers, been imprisoned secretly under reported, offered Dubai infor- anniversary of the US-led inva- UN inspector Herman Nackaerts old row that has already produced let alone ones that suit Iran’s a false name for “security rea- mation about the operation sion of the country for a French said at Vienna airport after four rounds of UN sanctions enemies, the United States and sons”, and found dead in his cell in return for the emirate’s monthly magazine Le Monde returning from Iran. against Iran. Israel, which is widely assumed to in what was eventually ruled a protection. REUTERS Diplomatique. He said no new date had been But the Islamic Republic, which be the Middle East’s only nuclear- AFP set for talks that have shown no denies any military dimension armed power. REUTERS

Brotherhood party aims to win clear majority

CAIRO: The Muslim Party will aim to get a majority was the speaker of that short- before the parliamentary vote, Brotherhood’s political party (in parliament). We expect more lived parliament. Katatni said the FJP would not aims to win an outright major- popular support and an increase Since the fall of Mubarak, make deals with other Islamist ity in Egypt’s forthcoming par- in our number of seats beyond Islamists have moved to the groups such as the Salafist liamentary elections without what we held in the previous forefront of politics with organ- Al Nour party, its biggest religious making alliances with other parliament,” Katatni told a news isational skills and finances rival. “The FJP will coordinate to more hardline Islamist groups, conference. unmatched by liberal and leftist find alliances with other political its leader said yesterday. The FJP won about 40 per- rivals. But the Brotherhood-led forces but until now we have not Saad El-Katatni, 61, became cent of the vote in a parliamen- government has faced growing decided yet who we will seek to the Freedom and Justice Party tary election last year, short of hostility from opponents who form an alliance with,” he said. (FJP) leader in October, replac- an absolute majority, although accuse it of striving to monopolise “The Salafi parties and in par- ing Mohammed Mursi who had Islamist groups won a total of power rather than seek consensus ticular Al Nour have announced become the first elected president about 70 percent of the seats. on political rights and economic they do not wish to ally with of Egypt since the overthrow of The assembly was dissolved reform, sparking protests that the FJP,” Katatni said, signal- Australian newspapers lead their front pages, yesterday, with the story veteran authoritarian President by a court order months later have turned violent. ling fierce competition among of Ben Zygier. Hosni Mubarak in 2011. because the electoral rules were Although he earlier pledged Islamists in the next election. “The Freedom and Justice deemed unconstitutional. Katatni to forge a broader political front REUTERS FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 ISLAM www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Why Islam renounces lying and magic?

BY PROF SHAHUL is that one must be taken to be a HAMEED kafir (a disbeliever) if one believes what the fortune-teller says, on he Quran is unambigu- the basis of the saying of the ously clear about the Prophet (peace be upon him): prohibition of sihr or “Whoever goes to a fortune-teller Tmagic, as it is an act of or a soothsayer and believes in what kufr (disbelief). Those who prac- he says has disbelieved in what was tice sihr believe in some demonic revealed to Muhammad” (Ahmad). powers and may be their worshi- If a person does not believe that pers. They often use their illu- the fortune-teller has knowledge sions to mislead people or to harm of the Unseen, but goes out of others. Sometimes these sorcer- curiosity or whatever, he is not a ers claim to have some sort of kafir, but his prayers will not be occult power, and in this way they accepted for forty days, accord- exploit the simple-minded people. ing to the Prophet (peace be upon Magic in this sense of sorcery, him): witchcraft, fortune-telling, etc. “Whoever goes to a fortune-teller is forbidden or haram in Islam. and asks him about something, his Quran says: prayers will not be accepted for forty Sulayman (the prophet) did not nights” (Muslim). disbelieve, but the devils disbelieved, There are so many supersti- teaching men magic and such things tions and undesirable practices as came down at Babylon to the two related to magic and sorcery, angels, Haaroot and Maaroot, but which no Muslim can accept or neither of these two angels taught condone. Obviously these are the anyone such things till they had handiwork of Satan, whom we said, “We are only for trial, so dis- must keep aloof of by depending believe not by learning this magic fully on Allah’s guidance and the from us.” Sunnah of the Last Prophet. (Al Baqarah 2:102) However, in ordinary language, Here, learning magic is the word magic is used in many described as disbelief itself, as evi- meanings: It often means “black dently the practitioners of magic magic” or sorcery as said before; pretend to have the knowledge but it could also mean just a of the Unseen and power beyond sleight of hand used for enter- normal human power; while such tainment. The so-called magic knowledge and power are not shows generally belong to this accessible to any one except Allah category and doing such acts for white magic is still an indirect Qaradawi writes: “Telling lies … is keenness in it, Allah considers him 1. In case of war. Almighty. the purpose of entertainment is way of depending on unnatural a sign of hypocrisy, as the Prophet as an absolutely truthful man. 2. In case of fixing relations Many fortune-tellers take not prohibited by Islam; this is as power and ability, which is not (peace be upon him) said: ‘The And avoid telling lies, for it leads between people. By this it is advantage of the ignorance of long as they do not violate any given to all humans. Thus, it is not hypocrite has three characteristics: to excessiveness, and this leads to meant, for example, that if two people, using stratagems like of the dictates of Islam in any fair to have this indirect hidden he tells lies, breaks his promise, and Hell-Fire. Thus, when one persists friends have a misunderstanding, throwing seashells, reading way and people are not made to power, through which the person breaches the trust’ (Al Bukhari and in telling lies, Allah considers him a person can tell each one that the palms, staring into crystal balls, believe that the entertainer has depends and feels supported by Muslim).” as a liar.” other is speaking good of him/her, and so on. “If they get it right one any supernatural powers. other beings that Almighty the Also, Allah Almighty says in Therefore, truthfulness is a while it did not happen. This is in time, they get it wrong ninety- Apart from this, the idea of Creator. This might definitely the Quran: conduct that can be acquired by order to get people closer and end nine times, but ignorant people “white magic” is misleading and it lead to shirk (associating others Only they invent falsehood who keenness and persistence in tell- any misunderstanding. remember only the one time when is better avoided so that we keep with the One and Only Deity). believe not Allah’s revelations, and ing the truth — even if it requires 3. Between husband and wife. these liars get something right,” away from the chance of accept- only they are the liars. (16:105) a lot of effort. A Muslim should Here, for example, a husband one of our scholars points out. ing wrong beliefs about life and TELLING LIES FOR GOOD Telling lies is completely strive to accomplish such a noble can tell his wife that he loves Usually people go to them to the world. This means that it is PURPOSES rejected in Islam, and the Prophet characteristic so that he can set her, while he doesn’t. This is, of find out about the future, whether easy for us if we are really sen- It must be made clear that a (peace be upon him) warned a good example to the coming course, to have the relation and they will be successful in marriage sible people to avoid practices of Muslim must always strive for Muslims against such evil trait, generations. family going on and not to break or business, or to help them find magic and there is no chance to the truth, as Allah Himself has saying, “Stick to truthfulness, for it According to Al Tirmithi, the family ties. something they have lost, and so be misled by some by going after commanded us to be truthful, in leads one to righteousness, and the there are only three conditions Such points might need further on. The ruling given by our schol- what is called “white magic.” so many verses of the Quran. The latter leads to Paradise. Thus, when where not telling the truth is details from the Shariah aspect. ars about seeking a fortune-teller In addition, what some call eminent scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al one sticks to truthfulness and shows permitted: www.onislam.net Sports in Islamic perspective DR ABDELHAK HAMICHE was in battle he prayed for her and said: “By the name of Allah her standing is better than that of slam is a comprehensive and balanced religion an active man. The prophet’s wife Aisha (May Allah that regulates life and the future of man. It be pleased with her) used to race with the Prophet, also concerned with the affairs of the individual and she did that only when no person could see her. Iand the society; the individual’s affairs include On these grounds we should practice sports as his soul, body and mind. Islam wants believers to much as we can. Islam does not prevent strength- be strong in their soul, body and mind. Prophet ening the body through these types of sports. Islam Muhammed (peace be upon him) said: “The strong wants Muslims to be strong in their bodies, minds, Muslim is better and more beloved to Allah than morals and souls, because it glorifies strength which the weak Muslim.” is a characteristic of Allah’s perfection. The Islamic nation is a nation of true strength. A strong body is more capable of performing the The Caliph Omar Ibn Al Khattab once saw a man obligations of life and religion. Islam does not allow droning in his prayers and said to him: “O man lift anything that may weaken the body to the extent your head, reverence is in the hearts, reverence is that one cannot perform these obligations, yet it not in the necks.” Meaning, do not bend your neck reduced some of these obligations in order to keep and head, keep your head high. the body healthy. Islam allowed praying while sit- A woman of the companions of Prophet (PBUH) ting to those who cannot stand, it also allowed those saw some young men walking leniently, tediously who cannot fast to eat, and it dropped pilgrimage, and droningly, and she asked who these are? They jihad and other obligation to those who could not said these are “hermit” meaning worshipers, she perform them. then said: Omar used to walk fast and talk loud Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said to Abdullah and hit hard, and he was the real worshiper, he was bin Amr bin Al Aas, when he had overburdened strong in his talk, walk and movement, they are not himself worshiping by fasting and performing night worshipers. The worshiper is Omar, and Omar rep- prayers: “Fast and eat, and perform night prayer and resented strength. Hence Islam encouraged sports, sleep, because your body has its rights and your eyes all sports that strengthen the body, like swimming, have rights” (narrated by Bukhary and Muslim). archery and running. Ibn Al Qayem mentioned in his book Zad Al Maad Omar said: “Teach your children swimming and in the section related to sports that movement is the archery and order them to ride horses well. These backbone of sports, and it naturally rids the body of were the known sports during their time. sediments and food waste. It also makes the body In our times there are various sports items and light and active, and it improves the metabolism sport has become a science and art, and now there and strengthens the joints, tendons and hasps, and are institutes for sports, preparatory and high heels all physicals illnesses and most temperamental institutes that teach people to practice sports, espe- illnesses, that only if it was done moderately and cially in the current times. In old times people were accurately. He added, each body part has a special obliged to walk for miles in order to fulfill their sport that strengthens it, except for horse riding, needs, and nowadays people will take a ride or drive crossbow, fighting and running which are for the to anywhere. Thus, they are in need of exercise to whole body, and they heel chronic diseases. strengthen their bodies. Islam has recognised sport and encouraged it, Sports in Islam is not as many believe limited and this proves the flexibility of Islam that includes Children playing football on the National Sport Day at the Education City ground. SALIM MATRAMKOT to men. Women can also practice sports, but with all the aspects of the right civilisation, and in a way legitimate limitations and rules. We are not like that is fair for people’s interest. It is noticeable that westerners. They have their religion and we have physical education does not reach its goal unless who got excited. It is also stated that he once said to Sports has many benefits and who practices it ours, and they have no reservations. If we want to accompanied by moral and soulful sport. Matches Aisha when he had outrun her: “This is in return.” gains many health, emotional and social benefits. teach women sports, it should be done in clubs lim- should always maintain ethics and foremost avoid Islam’s ethics in sports do not allow directing Sports teaches individuals belonging to a group, com- ited for women. fanaticism towards one team. That is, individual improper words against the other teams, and deny mitting to rules and regulations, respecting people’s Fat and flabby woman is no longer desired in our or a team, celebration should be to an acceptable abnormal behaviours that are not worthy of a human rights, accepting loss, and having sportsmanship. time, and she is not the desired woman by Islam. extent, and it should be done appropriately. One being with dignity, but a person who encourages an It also teaches cooperation and sacrifice for others, Islam desires a strong woman who is capable of serv- must always remember that destiny may always hide act that is good for creating a strong citizen with especially in team sports, in addition to persever- ing her home, husband, children, society and religion something that is not pleasant and future rounds good morals. Islam does not accept collective sports ance and determination to win, not feeling despair whenever needed. Where do we stand compared to may not always be in favour of the current winner. that involve men and women, expose, and include when one loses, as it teaches always try again, and the lady Companion of the Prophet and the Prophet’s There should be no gloating; people should wish for forbidden behaviours. It also does not accept sports also be healthy and natural in growing, bearing in wives who participated in battles by serving the war- others what they wish for themselves, and hate for that provoke desire and cause immorality. mind the social domain that is provided by the sports riors, aiding the wounded, giving water to warriors others what they hate for themselves. That is clear We must practice sports within these limits, or society. All these are subject to distinctive supervi- and participating in the battle? when a Bedouin outran the Prophet’s camel which else its disadvantages will be more than its benefit. sion, follow-ups and commitment. Umm Omara, Nusaiba Bint Kaab, Umm Salim Al has never been outrun, and when the people did not That is stated in the Holy Quran: “O ye who believe! Rumaisaa and other lady companions of Prophets like that, the prophet expressed genuine sportsman- Make not unlawful the good things which Allah hath The writer is Associate Professor, Academic, at the Qatar Fac- fought in the Battle of Uhud. When Prophet ship and said: “Allah does not raise anything in life made lawful for you, but commit no excess: for Allah ulty of Islamic Studies at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Muhammad looked at Nusaiba bint Kaab while she without bringing it down.” In order to calm those loveth not those given to excess.” (Quran 5:87). THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE horsemeat scandal is like a kick in the gut for the food processing business that relies on a large number of intermediaries for churning out a gazillion Kenyatta bid for Kenya presidency Tproducts. Amid numerous reports pouring out of the scandal precipitated by the creeping find of horsemeat DNA in beef Lasagne being supplied by the French firm Comigel, it has become clear that the consumption of readymade food is fraught a diplomatic headache with danger. The British have been specially alarmed by the thought of biting into beef lasagne which contained horsemeat, BY RICHARD LOUGH the consumption of which is a taboo in the island nation. The was more blunt. the meeting was tense. Handshakes British police yesterday arrested three people suspected of “Choices have consequences,” were spurned and a joint news confer- passing off horsemeat as beef. ast Africa’s most powerful econ- Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson ence cancelled. As the scandal, based mainly in Europe, unfolded last week, omy and a key regional ally in said, hammering home the same point The vote is the first since President Ethe US-led war against Islamists at least five times during a 40-minute Mwai Kibaki’s disputed re-election many thought it was a problem of adulteration. Later, it was could next month elect a president conference call. in 2007 unleashed weeks of fight- thought of to be a labelling scandal. It has been revealed after accused of crimes against human- Carson did not mention names but ing between Kenya’s main tribes that a French probe into the scandal that Spanghero, a meat- ity, posing a diplomatic headache for the message was clear: there would killed more than 1,200 people. Kenyatta processing company in southwestern France, was to be blamed Western capitals. be implications for Kenya’s relations and Ruto backed opposing candidates for supplying the horsemeat. The meat was used to make 4.5 If Uhuru Kenyatta wins the March 4 with the world if the Kenyatta-Ruto and are accused of masterminding the poll, Kenya will become the second coun- alliance wins. unrest. million products sold to 28 companies in 13 European countries. try after Sudan to have a sitting presi- “We live in an interconnected world Barring any delays, the trial of The latest to join the countries tangled in the scandal is dent facing trial at the International and people should be thoughtful about Kenyatta and Ruto is due to start just Germany. Yesterday, two supermarket chains in the country Criminal Court in The Hague. the impact that their choices have on days after an anticipated, decisive sec- found traces of horsemeat in frozen lasagne which was The son of Kenya’s founder presi- their nation, on their region, on the ond round in the Kenyan vote, which withdrawn. dent, Kenyatta is running a close sec- economy,” Carson said. would probably pit Kenyatta against In the rumpus over the types of ond to Prime Minister Raila Odinga If, as many predict, no candidate Odinga and play out as a referendum in opinion polls. Foreign powers face a secures an absolute majority on March on the ICC. The horsemeat meat involved, what is being lost dilemma over what to do if Kenyatta 4 and the vote goes to a second round, Kenyatta and Ruto both say they scandal sight of is the process — involving wins the election. Kenyatta is expected to be one of the intend to comply with their summons a maze of suppliers criss-crossing His running mate two contenders. to appear before the court in the Hague points to the the length and breadth of Europe. William Ruto is and answer charges. But if Kenyatta disadvantages of Economic globalisation has largely also indicted by ESSENTIAL CONTACT wins the vote, many Kenyans expect relied on outsourcing, especially for But if Kenyatta the ICC for grave Carson intended to sway voters him to refuse to appear, like Sudanese mass production wins the vote, crimes linked to against the ICC indictees, Kenyatta’s President Omar Hassan Al Bashir, who mass production. Almost all large post-election vio- TNA party said. Any effort, TNA said, spurned the court when it charged him across producers based in the West have many Kenyans lence following to influence voters was not only undem- with war crimes over the conflict in geographical outsourced their products to firms expect him to the last poll in ocratic, it denied Kenyans their right to Sudan’s Darfur region. based thousands of kilometres away. 2007. choose freely at the ballot box. If a newly-elected Kenyatta were to and cultural More often than not, the products are refuse to appear, Several embas- Carson’s words lit up the Kenyan refuse to appear before the ICC, “you like Sudanese sies in Nairobi social media. don’t need a PhD in international rela- divides. fashioned by hands which don’t have told Reuters it “We don’t give a rat’s behind (who) tions to know the options open to us,” a the remotest connection to the item President Omar cannot be busi- says what. Kenya has moved on from Western diplomat said, predicting seri- being manufactured. Outsourcing has Hassan Al Bashir, ness as usual hanging on each word from the ‘mighty’ ous consequences. been a necessary evil of globalisation. The horsemeat scandal when dealing with West,” read one comment on the website Numerous diplomats declined to shows that six to seven countries are involved in the process who spurned the an ICC indictee. of Kenya’s Daily Nation newspaper. detail what concrete actions their of making a frozen food product. It is not very difficult to court when it But they will Another replied: “How can you ignore governments would take in the event be reluctant to the US or UK. They are the biggest an elected Kenyatta shunned the understand that when a food product is being made involving charged him with unravel long-held business dealers with Kenya. It’s like UN-backed tribunal. Some simply don’t such a vast geographical area, the risks of adulteration, fraud, war crimes over diplomatic, trade saying ignore your wife and she will know yet. mislabelling, and even contamination increase. It has to be kept and military shut up, but you’re married and you A second diplomat cited Sudan as “a in mind that Europe is spread over a huge geographical area the conflict in ties with one of have made commitments and you must perfect example of non-compliance”. with different cultural, social and ethnic backgrounds. The Darfur region Africa’s more sta- compromise with each other.” “(Sudan) gives you an idea of what the disadvantages of outsourcing consumer products to distant locales ble democracies After Carson, Britain, the European maximum response is,” the diplomat and an anchor of Union, France and others turned the said. After scoffing at the ICC, Sudan’s are slowly coming out in the open. These include quality control, stability in a volatile area. diplomatic screws. Their position, they Bashir has been targeted by an inter- labour issues and ethical concerns. The Boeing 787 battery When US President Barack Obama said, was no contact with ICC indictees national arrest warrant. Although the problem originated in Japan and there have been allusions to said earlier this month his government unless essential. charges against him did not lead directly quality of the raw material used by the supplier. Bangladesh last supported a vote that “reflects the will In response, Kenya’s foreign minis- to economic sanctions against Sudan, year saw widespread labour protests by workers who demanded of the people”, Kenyatta and Ruto trum- try summoned EU envoys, accusing the the EU’s Cotonou agreement govern- peted his words as proof there would ambassadors of inflammatory remarks ing trade requires compliance with the fair wages for producing garments for global brands. These are be no international blowback should that risked polarising the country of ICC. Opting out cost Khartoum at least only two of several examples. Globalisation has its discontents they win. some 40 million people. ¤336m ($452 million) worth of develop- and businesses have to tread softly to avoid falling into a trap. Washington’s top diplomat to Africa Sources close to the discussion said ment funds. REUTERS The other side Quote of Obama sets sights on exit from Afghan war the day

RESIDENT Barack Obama’s end of next year, our war in Afghanistan most Americans have grown weary of the For US troops, the “primary mission is announcement to withdraw will be over,” Obama said. war, some Republican lawmakers worry to support the Afghan forces to make them half the US force in Afghanistan The move reflects the administration’s the withdrawal pace is too fast and will effective in the fighting against the Taleban, Pshows his determination to end commitment to turn the page on the con- play into the hands of Taleban insur- not to do the job for them,” said Barno, a the war, but leaves open the question of flict, after concluding that a large-scale gents American troops have been fight- fellow at the Center for a New American President Assad long-term American support for Kabul. counterinsurgency campaign was not ing since 2001. But officials say US and Security, which has a close relationship to In his State of the Union address on worth pursuing amid stalemate on the bat- NATO forces need to start handing more the Obama administration. While Barno has the ability to Tuesday, Obama unveiled plans to scale tlefield and more than a decade of troop responsibility to Afghan government forces believes Afghan forces are “far more capa- back American forces from 66,000 to casualties, analysts said. and that senior officers on the ground will ble” than Western experts give them credit be able to make the 32,000 within 12 months, as part of a “The administration and the presi- have flexibility to adjust the drawdown as for, some in and outside the Pentagon say long-standing goal by Washington and its dent have been very clear over the last needed. “The commanders will have dis- hard-won progress against the Taleban difference here by allies to pull out nearly all combat troops 18 months or more that the drawdown cretion on the pace” of the withdrawal, a could unravel because of Obama’s troop deciding to engage by the end of 2014. would continue at a steady pace. It just senior defense official said. And the “focus withdrawal schedule. “It’s a big number of “Tonight, I can announce that over represents a continuation of the adminis- will be keeping as many forces in play until troops to withdraw in a short amount of in a legitimate the next year, another 34,000 American tration’s plan,” said David Barno, a retired after the fighting season” ends in the fall, time,” said Thomas Donnelly of the right- diplomatic process. troops will come home from Afghanistan. general who commanded US troops in said the official, who spoke on condition leaning American Enterprise Institute. John Kerry This drawdown will continue. And by the Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. Although of anonymity. ARAB NEWS US Secretary of State FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 To help Syria, talk first to Iran and Saudi Arabia

BY GIANDOMENICO mediation by credible actors will PICCO and GABRIELLE be required to engage both Iran RIFKIND and Saudi Arabia. A separate negotiating process, ews that the Assad between the US and Russia, with government is ready to some possible input from China, send a minister abroad will also be necessary. This could Nfor talks with the help prepare international sup- leader of the opposition Syrian port for the new architecture, National Coalition raises some which would ultimately need to hope that a negotiated solution be decided by regional players. A might be possible in Syria. But the second level would be needed to violence was fuelled right from follow up on the informal nego- A file photo of Iran’s first nuclear power plant in Bushehr, south of Tehran. the beginning by both domestic tiations between Iran and Saudi politics and regional geopolitical Arabia as the regional guarantors. rivalries. At a local level those Once progress is being made at Khamenei protesting had been caught up those two levels, the third level of in the momentum of the Arab negotiations among Syrians would probably thinks Tehran and the Cuban spring. They were calling for have a better chance of succeed- political empowerment, dignity ing. Not least because the flow and more control over their lives. of money and weapons both to by going eyeball The heavy-handed response of the the government and the oppo- government was to sow the seeds sition will have been addressed. to eyeball nuclear missile crisis for a civil war. Whether President Assad stays But the scene was already set or remains need not to be a pre- nearly brought the superpowers issue of Foreign Policy. Robert of publication the deal was still as a result of a key dynamic in the condition but a rather a result of with the US to a nuclear war. Kennedy, the president’s brother secret, “so I took it upon myself region: The rivalry between Iran the negotiations, and an outcome The central myth of the Cold and close confidant, told the to edit it out”. Within minutes, and Saudi Arabia, which will be of an agreement by the parties. he is going War which has survived fairly Soviet ambassador to Washington, Sorensen had made a somersault, a crucial element in defining the An all-Syrian table of nego- intact is that Kennedy forced Anotoly Dobryninn, that this fear an inability to be honest unless future shape of the region. There tiators will have more chance Khrushchev to capitulate and was his major reason for keeping pushed. are other forces at work, and of achieving success, or of even to win more remove Soviet nuclear rockets the deal secret. Dobrynin cabled Compromise does not come Russia and the US are still influ- being convened, when all the he had secretly based in Cuba. these words back to Moscow. easy to the Americans or the ential, but future power brokers different Syrian groupings are than Obama is Kennedy, it has long been said, He much later told Gelb that if Russians. The myth reinforced will have to address the regional aware of understandings reached didn’t give an inch. The Soviets “Khrushchev had managed to the propensity for intransigence mutations under way. by Moscow and Washington, and prepared to give. blinked first. arrange a leak [giving the facts and has infected diplomatic nego- Today’s Syria was invented even more so of those between The truth about the Cuban about the US compromise] the tiations not just between the great by the colonial powers. It is the Tehran and Riyadh. missile crisis is that Kennedy resolution of the crisis need not powers but between others — as fruit of the 1916 Sykes-Picot Part of any future agreement This is nonsense conceded something very sub- have been seen as such a glorious with Japan and China and Iran agreement, and of the first world will involve the redistribution of stantial but all those around him retreat”. and the US today. war. A century on, not only has power so that minority groups can BY JONATHAN POWER misled public opinion for decades Dobrynin and Gelb believed Gelb recounts that in the the architecture of the cold war no longer monopolise the lives of about what had been conceded. that by keeping the myth alive, it famous “A to Z” review of US come and gone, the Levant over the majority. One of the features t’s always better to talk than In fact the Soviets did withdraw “chilled US willingness to com- policy ordered by Kennedy’s suc- the last 50 years or so has also of colonialism and the drawing of be super-tough. But Iran’s their missiles but only after promise” in future conflicts with cessor, Lyndon Johnson, during seen a decline of the influence of the regional map in 1916 was the supreme leader, Ayotollah Kennedy promised to withdraw the Soviet Union. the war in Vietnam, the State outside powers and an increase in colonial power support for the IAli Khamenei, last week US Jupiter missiles from Turkey, But why did the Soviets keep Department was told by the activism among the Gulf states. leadership of minorities. This is firmly rejected the US attempt not far from the Soviet border. quiet? Perhaps because it would White House that it wasn’t per- Part of the shift in the regional no longer acceptable. A rebalanc- to resume negotiations over its For reasons of their own, the have made Moscow look weak. mitted to study possible compro- dynamic has been precipitated by ing may now involve the redraw- suspected nuclear bomb making. Soviets kept Kennedy’s conces- Khrushchev, we now know, had mises with North Vietnam. Only the strengthening of Iran’s influ- ing of the political architecture of This is nothing short of disas- sion a secret. Not until 1988 was decided to back down that morn- an extreme Cold War warrior, ence in Iraq as a result of Western the Levant by the inhabitants of trous. Khamenei must know that there a clear admission about ing before he knew later in the day Richard Nixon, was able to with- removal of the secular govern- the region. now Barack Obama has been re- the deal. In his book Danger of Kennedy’s decision to pull out draw from Vietnam and that only ment in Iraq in 2003. There are Those involved in mediation elected, not only has he got much and Survival, McGeorge Bundy, the Jupiter missiles. He told his happened after the US had car- now much closer links between would need to encourage a dif- more room to compromise but Kennedy’s national security colleagues that the Soviet Union ried out blitzkrieg after blitzkrieg. the two countries, which has ferent kind of culture, in which he has effectively seen off the adviser, admitted his decades-long was “face to face with the danger Today it is near political suicide opened the door to the return of the inevitable regional changes attempt of Benjamin Netanyahu, hypocrisy and wrote, “secrecy of of war and of nuclear catastro- to publicly suggest letting Iran Shia power in Iraq. This change are not brought about by hostil- the Israeli Prime Minister, to per- this sort has its costs. By keep- phe, with the possible result of enrich uranium up to what is in is not acceptable to the Saudis, ity and body bags. A new modus suade the US to attack Iran. ing to ourselves the assurance on destroying the human race”. fact an inconsequential 5 percent. but war is not the only solution. vivendi will need to be established Khamenei probably thinks by the Jupiter missiles in Turkey we In 1989, the Americans and Likewise sensible compromise Iranian flexibility in Syria, and in which Shiism would have to going eyeball to eyeball with the misled our colleagues, our coun- Soviets held a retrospective on with the Taliban, even though Saudi flexibility in Iraq, could relinquish its dominion in Syria US he is going to win more than trymen, our successors and our the crisis. Kennedy’s confidant power-sharing makes sense. offer a way through without fur- in exchange for its domination even Obama is prepared to give. allies that it had been enough to and speech-writer argued that Compromise worked over Cuba. ther conflict. Recognising the in Iraq. An accommodation will This is nonsense and the attitude stand firm”. Robert Kennedy’s book Thirteen Forcing the other side to blink regional power play between have to be found in which there is of both sides reminds me of the The justification was that it Days was the definitive account. first can be counterproductive. Saudi Arabia and Iran is more genuine participation for minor- negotiating tactics of President would deeply upset Nato allies Dobrynin interrupted to say the In the Iranian case, long-time likely to put an end to a Syria’s ity groups in both countries and a John Kennedy and Soviet Premier “where the swap would have been book did not mention the Jupiters. US intransigence has now made civil war than any military option. new understanding of the concept Nikita Khrushchev during the portrayed as selling out Turkey”, Sorensen replied that Dobrynin Tehran try the same policy. That But if this is to be achieved of identity. Cuban missile crisis in 1963 which writes Leslie Gelb in the current was correct but that at the time gets nowhere. THE PENINSULA peaceably, quiet behind-the-scenes THE GUARDIAN Why Obama is becoming confrontational BY MARTIN KETTLE Colorado in 1999, Clinton called Republican controlled state leg- his electoral victory into effec- for fresh gun curbs. At a key islatures after 2010. As a result tive and sustainable legislative he recent school shoot- moment in his speech he too com- of it, while the Democrats won action. His underlying problem ings shocked America pelled a hostile Congress to rise, the popular vote in the House is that American democracy, to its core, setting off this time for the parents of Daniel of Representatives by a margin as the political scientist David Tan anguished national Mauser, another senselessly slain of 1.4m votes in November, the Runciman argued in a powerful debate. So the second-term 15-year-old whose death had Republicans won a clear major- London Review of Books lecture Democrat in the White House transformed his grieving parents ity of 33 in seats. In several states this week, is in the kind of cri- felt bold enough to call for fresh into gun law-reform campaigners. won by Obama, the Republicans sis from which it has normally gun laws in his state of the The result of Clinton’s powerful took the lion’s share of con- only been able to extricate itself union speech. And, knowing that piece of political theatre, however, gressional seats by these means in time of war or depression. But Congress was hostile, he decided was a great big legislative noth- — for instance, 13 out of 18 in what kind of times does America to use the televised address to ing. In January 2000, Congress Pennsylvania, 12 out of 16 in Ohio currently live in? The leitmotiv appeal over its head to the voters applauded, sat down, and was and eight out of 11 in Virginia. of Obama’s speech was that it is at home. unmoved. From that day to this, This means, as Michael time to get important but actually To give his message maximum US gun laws have been unchanged. Tomasky recently argued, that quite modest things done. But the impact, the president invited some Clinton’s failure does not prove larger than usual numbers of constitution is not on his side, and of the parents of the murdered Obama’s reform will fail too. But it Republicans in the current American voters may not be as schoolchildren to sit in the gal- is a reminder it might. Obama has Congress represent districts that resolutely committed to him as leries. So, when he reached the the votes for gun-law reform in the Democrats have little chance of he wants either. Energising them issue of guns, he gestured up to Senate, just as Clinton had. But the winning. Only 15 Republicans about gun control is a means to the emotional relatives and called Republican-controlled House is out of 234 sit for districts that US House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio applauds after President Barack that larger end. on Congress to give them justice, hostile, now as before. Perhaps the Obama won in 2012. As a result, Judged by the two big speeches Obama (right) gave his State of the Union address in Washington. knowing that even his most bitter re-elected Obama may have more they are under less pressure to of his early second term, the sec- opponents would have to applaud political momentum in his favour behave in a moderate way and ond inaugural and the state of the with respect. than Clinton did in the aftermath under much greater pressure to with the striking exception of a turns out, resolved at the ballot union, Obama believes two big That’s what Barack Obama of his partisan impeachment pro- please the Republican right. As US-EU trade deal — which anti- box in November. things. First, that the American memorably did on Tuesday night, ceedings. And while sometimes Tomasky points out, it all adds up European Tories should reflect on For both sides, March’s second mood is swinging back towards forcing even the most implac- history repeats itself, other times to a political structure within the very carefully. round of the battle over federal the need for government-driven able congressional opponents of it doesn’t. Looked at from abroad, Republican party that rewards But the big issue is federal spending is now front and cen- solutions rather than laissez-faire gun laws to stand and applaud it is tempting to see gun reform, obstruction and regards compro- spending. This is the subject that tre. Obama may win some sort of individualistic ones. Second, that the parents of Hadiya Pendleton, seemingly so self-evident a reform mise with Obama not as reason- makes both sides get out of bed. limited victory in March, just as the Republicans will not compro- a 15-year-old Chicago girl who to liberal Europeans, as a central able trading but as treachery. For Obama, as the speech made he won the earlier contest at the mise and so will only budge under was shot dead two weeks ago, two issue for Obama’s second term. That is likely to mean bad clear, it means stimulus, invest- top of the so-called fiscal cliff in pressure of public opinion. These months after the Newtown school This seems naive, for two closely news for gun-law reform or for ment in infrastructure, and tax- the new year. Whether it will be convictions are increasingly massacre. It was without question connected reasons. the climate change agenda, which ing the rich. For the Republicans a conclusive victory, defining the driving this most instinctively the emotional climax of Obama’s The first is the nature of the also loomed large in Obama’s it means cutting the federal gov- course of governmental action consensual president towards speech, and it has already been Republican congressional major- speech. But these feel like sec- ernment, except defence spend- for the rest of his presidency and confrontation and the strength- much replayed. ity in Washington. Elected on ond-order issues for the second ing, with large spending cuts and beyond, is even less predictable. ening of presidential power. But it’s also precisely what the same day as Obama was re- term. Obama’s speech covered a lower taxes. Two fundamentally But this week’s speech matters The great unknown is whether Bill Clinton did in his state of elected to the White House, the vast array of subjects, but it con- different ways of looking at the because it was his biggest oppor- Americans accept that things the union speech 13 years ago. Republicans owe their majority centrated on very few of them. economy and the role of govern- tunity to shape that confrontation. are serious enough to back him That was when, following the to the intense gerrymander- There was little of significance ment are locked in a battle for Obama’s great unresolved through the battles ahead. Columbine school shootings in ing of congressional districts by on foreign policy, for instance, supremacy that was not, as it now problem is how to translate THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Drug find stokes health fears in horsemeat crisis British supplies to France contained bute: Official

BERLIN: Europe’s scandal consumer confidence over misla- is actually present in these prod- over horsemeat-tainted food belled meat products. ucts.” Supermarket chain Edeka spiralled yesterday after Britain “We do not know exactly what and frozen goods group Eismann announced the discovery of a has gone wrong,” British food are also testing products. potentially harmful drug in and environment minister Owen On Wednesday the EU’s health horsemeat sent to France, and Paterson told reporters after the commissioner Tonio Borg said Germany became the latest talks attended by representatives Brussels was calling on all 27 country to be drawn in. from Britain, France, Germany, European Union states to carry British Agriculture Minister Ireland, Luxembourg, Romania, out DNA tests on beef products to David Heath said horse carcasses Poland and Sweden. see if they contained horsemeat. that tested positive for an equine As he prepared to drive to The European Commission drug that is potentially harmful to the headquarters of the Europol would also urge checks in all humans were sent from Britain to law enforcement agency in The European establishments handling France and may have entered the Hague, he warned: “We have to raw horsemeat for phenylbutazone. food chain there. get to the bottom of these cases.” Since Britain last week discov- But he said phenylbutazone, Britain, France and Switzerland ered horsemeat in frozen lasagne which can cause a serious blood have all found horsemeat — — made by French firm Comigel disorder in humans in rare cases, cheaper than beef — in frozen and sold under the Findus label — had not been found in tests on meals labelled as beef, while supermarkets across Europe have products made by food giant supermarket chains in Sweden, pulled millions of frozen ready Findus, which has been embroiled the Netherlands and Germany meals from the shelves. in the scandal. have pulled millions of frozen Comigel, based in northeastern Phenylbutazone, commonly ready meals off the shelves. France, has denied all wrongdo- known as bute, is an anti-inflam- Germany’s Real supermarket ing, saying it bought meat from matory painkiller for sporting said tests on Wednesday had “found another French firm, Spanghero, horses but banned for animals traces of horsemeat” adding there through its own Luxembourg intended for eventual human had been “at no time evidence of a subsidiary. Spanghero said it consumption as it is potentially hygiene risk for consumers”. was supplied by two abattoirs in harmful. It had already withdrawn the Romania — who also insist they A laboratory worker prepares minced meat for DNA extraction testing at Worestershire County Council Scientific German supermarket chain frozen TiP lasagne product from have done nothing wrong. Services in Worcester, central England, yesterday. Discoveries so far of horsemeat in products sold as beef are Real said it had found traces of sale as a precaution last Friday, it Media reports in several likely to be the “tip of the iceberg”, a British parliamentary report into the scandal said. horsemeat in frozen lasagne that said in a statement released hours European countries focused on it had pulled as a precautionary after German officials said they a Dutch trader identified as Jan “We sold it to Spanghero in Minister Daniel Constantin month, in March, there would measure off the shelves last week. suspected food may have been Fasen. Fasen, director of Draap France as well as to clients in insisting on Wednesday that “all be 4,000 tests for the drug phe- Other German supermarkets are delivered to the country misla- Trading Ltd, told Britain’s Belgium and Holland. It was all the horsemeat provided by the nylbutazone and another 2,500 for also testing products. belled as beef when it contained Guardian newspaper he had sold as horse. There is no issue,” Romanian companies that was horsemeat. Initial results would After emergency talks in horsemeat. bought a consignment of horse- Fasen said. “Somebody made a placed on the EU market was be expected by April 15. Brussels on Wednesday, the EU’s German Consumer Affairs meat from two Romanian abat- mistake and it was definitely not correctly labelled.” The proposals will be examined executive called in Europe’s law Minister Ilse Aigner said on public toirs and sold it to French food us,” he insisted. Should the EU proposals to today at an extraordinary meeting enforcers and urged bloc-wide ARD television: “Authorities must processors — but he denied mis- Romania has repeatedly denied tighten controls on processed of the EU’s Standing Committee DNA food testing to restore check to what extent horsemeat labelling it. being to blame, its Agriculture foods be accepted, in the first on the Food Chain. AFP

New medal honours Republicans force delay drone pilots, on defence chief vote cyber warriors WASHINGTON: In a nod to the WASHINGTON: Republicans replace outgoing Pentagon chief changing nature of warfare, the demanding answers from US Leon Panetta at a time of rising Pentagon created a new medal President Barack Obama’s pick tension in Middle East hotspots, recognising combat contribu- to head the Pentagon forced in the budget battle at home and tions of people like drone pilots Senate leaders to delay a vote, after this week’s rogue nuclear and cyber warriors who are throwing Chuck Hagel’s confir- test by North Korea. reshaping the battlefield, even mation into doubt. Senate Democrats have from thousands of miles away. Senators James Inhofe and warned that now is not the time Outgoing defence secretary Lindsey Graham have expressed to waffle over a crucial cabinet and former CIA Director Leon strong opposition to rushing the member who directs the US mil- Panetta — who spent much of the confirmation process, and after itary, and the White House has past four years bolstering those Hagel was narrowly approved called for expeditious action to new capabilities — announced by the Senate Armed Services fill the vital post. the decision to create the Committee on Tuesday along Spokesman Jay Carney said “Distinguished Warfare Medal” strict party lines, the Republicans the White House has “100 per- at a Pentagon news conference. insisted they would try to block a cent confidence” that there was “I’ve seen firsthand how mod- The Carnival Triumph cruise ship pictured in the Gulf of Mexico recently. vote in the full Senate. “majority (support for Hagel) and ern tools, like remotely piloted “This is the first time in the then some”. “So we ask Congress platforms and cyber systems, have history of our country that a pres- — the Senate — to move quickly changed the way wars are fought,” Ship on last leg of ‘challenging’ cruise idential nominee for secretary to confirm him as secretary of Panetta said. “This award rec- of defence has been filibustered. defence.” ognises the reality of the kind of MOBILE, ALABAMA: Four A Coast Guard cutter has been guests have had to endure,” Cahill What a shame,” Senate Majority Inhofe sought to downplay technological warfare that we are tugboats were hauling the disa- escorting the Triumph on its long said. Mary Poret, who spoke to Leader Harry Reid said on the his effort to block a vote, insist- engaged in, in the 21st century.” bled Carnival Triumph cruise voyage into port since Monday and her 12-year-old daughter aboard floor of the chamber. ing there was “nothing unu- It is the ninth-highest warfare ship slowly into port in Mobile, a Coast Guard helicopter ferried the Triumph, rejected Cahill’s To overcome the blocking tactic, sual” about it. “I’d vote tonight medal the Pentagon can bestow Alabama, where authorities about 1,360kg of equipment includ- apology out of hand in comments Reid scheduled a vote today to end if we could just get the infor- on troops — even higher than the expected it to arrive soon, carry- ing a generator to the stricken ship. to CNN, as she waited anxiously debate on the Hagel nomination, mation that’s been requested by Bronze Star. Importantly, it is the ing more than 4,220 people who Earlier this week, some passengers in Mobile with a friend for the but such a procedure requires a the Republican members of the only combat medal that a military have endured days of unsanitary reported on the poor conditions on Triumph’s arrival. 60-vote threshold rather than the Armed Services Committee.” He service member can receive with- conditions and food shortages. the Triumph when they contacted “Seeing urine and feces slosh- typical simple majority. and colleagues have taken issue out actually physically being in The 893-foot vessel, notorious relatives and media before their ing in the halls, sleeping on the Democrats hold a 55-45 edge with several comments and votes the same geographic area where for reports of raw sewage from cellphone batteries died. floor, nothing to eat, people fight- in the Senate. No Democrats by Hagel in recent years about combat took place. AFP overflowing toilets, has been with- They said people were getting ing over food, $500? What’s the are expected to vote against Iran, nuclear weapons, Israel and out propulsion and running on sick from gut-wrenching odours emotional cost? You can’t put Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran the US troop surge in Iraq. Son beheads father emergency generator power since aboard the sweltering ship, which money on that,” Poret said. and Republican former senator. They have demanded financial Sunday, when an engine room fire had no working air conditioning, Carnival said it had initially However, just two Republicans compensation data and tran- in Australia left it adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. and said passengers had been told planned to tow the Triumph into have publicly stated their support. scripts from speeches Hagel The ship is operated by Carnival to use plastic “biohazard” bags as Progreso in Mexico, the clos- It remained an open question gave to foreign audiences, saying SYDNEY: A man was charged Cruise Lines, the flagship brand of makeshift toilets. est port to its location early on whether there were another three some records are missing. Armed with murder after alleg- global cruise ship giant Carnival Carnival Cruise Lines President Sunday when the engine room Republicans willing to cross party Services Committee chairman edly decapitating his father Corp. It left Galveston, Texas, last and Chief Executive Gerry Cahill fire occurred. But the ship drifted lines and allow the nomination to Carl Levin said the demands in Australia yesterday, with Thursday carrying 3,143 passen- said the company had decided to about 90 nautical miles north, due get to the floor. “I would hope we went beyond the level tradition- reports saying he was killed as gers and 1,086 crew and had origi- add further payment of $500 per to strong currents, before the would have 60 votes,” Democratic ally asked of nominees. he attempted to intervene in a nally been due to return there on person to help compensate pas- towing got under way, and that Senator Dianne Feinstein said. “I But Graham said he would fight between his son and wife. Monday. Vance Gulliksen, a spokes- sengers for “very challenging cir- left it stranded roughly midway have not heard that there are not, “take every opportunity” to block Toufic Zahab, 69, died after he man for Carnival Corp, said the cumstances” aboard the ship. between Progreso and Mobile. let me put it that way.” a Hagel vote in order to get the was reportedly attacked with a final leg of the journey was slow. “We are very sorry for what our REUTERS If confirmed, Hagel would questions answered. AFP brick and a knife inside his home in a western Sydney suburb. Police confirmed the man’s head was cut off and his wife was being treated for shock after the attack allegedly carried out by Pope calls for ‘real renewal’; says ‘to be hidden from world’ their son Khoder, 42. “A man has been charged with VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI by overhauling archaic rituals like mass pontiff for his service, doffing their mitres but it is expected to start between March murder following the death of a yesterday called for “real renewal” in the in Latin. Benedict has since turned far as a mark of respect. 15 and March 19. Signs of fierce divisions man at Bankstown this morning,” Catholic Church at an emotional farewell more conservative in his outlook and on The pope waved and smiled at the crowd, between cardinals have emerged in a tense police said. Khoder was arrested ceremony with priests from his Rome Thursday he condemned false expectations appearing relieved following his momen- lead-up to the conclave. at the home after a short struggle diocese and told them he would be “hid- of radical change from the Council, saying tous announcement, which will make Brazilian cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz and was later charged with his den from the world” after he resigns at they had created “a lot of misery”. him only the second pope to resign in the spoke in an interview with the Italian news father’s murder as well as com- the end of this month. As priests applauded and chanted “Long Church’s 2,000-year history and the first to agency ANSA of “tensions” between differ- mon assault and assaulting police. “We must work for the realisation of the Live the Pope!”, Benedict told them: “I will do so in 700 years. His final homily was a ent personalities in the Vatican and said Relatives gathered outside real Council and for a real renewal of the always be with you and together we will hard-hitting one, condemning the “hypoc- the Church administration was “anything the house told media that the Church,” the pope said in a rare off-the- go with the Lord in the certainty that the risy” of those who use their religion just for but calm”. son pushed his mother down cuff speech, referring to the Second Vatican Lord will be victorious.” show. He also urged an end to “rivalry” and South African cardinal Wilfrid Fox the stairs and then attacked his Council of the 1960s. The event came a day after emotional “divisions” within a Church beset in recent Napier, who like Braz de Aviz is seen as father when he tried to intervene. “Even though I am retiring for prayer scenes at his final public mass in St Peter’s years by a series of scandals. a possible successor, meanwhile said the Zahab’s grandson Abdul, told now, I will always be close to all of you and Basilica, after saying on Monday that his The Vatican has said it expects the Church was in a state of “profound cri- the Sydney Morning Herald: I am sure you will remain close to me even advancing age prevented him from keeping Conclave of Cardinals, meeting behind sis” and needed a new pope to bring about “Everyone’s devastated and though I will be hidden from the world.” up with the modern world. closed doors under Michelangelo’s famous “spiritual renewal”. The 71-year-old also shocked. “He was a wonder- The 85-year-old pontiff spoke of his Thousands of tearful priests, nuns and frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, to elect predicted next month’s conclave would last ful man, a beautiful man, well personal experiences as a young reformer ordinary faithful applauded the pope at the Benedict’s successor by Easter, which this longer than the last one, which took just known in the community. This is priest and the “enthusiasm” of the Council, Ash Wednesday mass marking the start year falls on March 31. two days to decide on Benedict. the most unexpected thing that which changed the face of Catholicism of Lent. Cardinals thanked the outgoing No firm date has been set for the conclave AFP could occur.” AFP FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Malaysia in standoff with Abu Sayyaf Officials negotiating with rebels to prevent bloodshed

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s southern Philippines”. In 2000, Abu Sayyaf guerril- government said yesterday that That was an apparent refer- las seized 21 mostly Western its security forces had sur- ence to Muslim militants and holidaymakers as hostages at the rounded dozens of suspected other lawlessness in the southern Malaysian scuba diving resort of Philippine militants in a remote Philippines, which lies just across Sipadan near Lahad Datu, taking area with a history of incur- the Sulu Sea from Sabah. them to Philippine islands. They sions by armed Filipino Islamic Malaysia is predominantly were later ransomed. groups. Muslim. “We have received similar About 80 to 100 gunmen have Earlier yesterday Prime reports but we cannot confirm, been cornered in the Malaysian Minister Najib Razak was quoted nor rule out, whether they are state of Sabah on Borneo island, by a newspaper as saying that members of the Abu Sayyaf A four-day-old Philippine eagle chick photographed in Davao City, southern Philippines, on Tuesday. Home Minister Hishammuddin police were negotiating with the Group,” said Philippine south- Hussein told reporters. gunmen “to get the group to leave ern command military chief He said security forces were peacefully to prevent bloodshed”. Lieutenant General Rey Ardo. negotiating with the men near the “We have surrounded the area “Other lawless elements as small coastal town of Lahad Datu. and our police and armed forces well as (Filipino) pirates are also First captive-bred eagle sires offspring “We know the situation is still have the ability to handle the known to stray into Malaysian under control. I confirm that no matter,” he said. waters.” Malaysian citizens, to my knowl- The report added that a tight A Philippine Department MANILA: The first Philippine said. “It (the bird) is in very good grows to up to 3.35ft (one metre) edge, are being held hostage or for security ring including army and of Foreign Affairs spokesman eagle bred in captivity has sired condition, although we had a very in length with a wing span of up ransom,” Hishammuddin said. naval forces had been thrown said Manila was in touch with her first offspring, in what con- problematic hatch — we waited to seven feet. “Security forces are still in con- around the “heavily armed” group. Malaysia over the case. servationists said yesterday with baited breath for it to finally According to the foundation trol and negotiating with them, Wednesday’s statement by Security on Sabah’s coast has was a small victory in efforts come out of the shell,” he said. and the International Union for some of whom are armed.” Ismail had said the men had sur- been a problem for Malaysia, to save one of the world’s rarest The chick’s mother is an eagle the Conservation of Nature, there He declined to confirm that the rendered when ordered and the with tens of thousands of raptors. named ‘Pag-asa’ (Hope) that was are only about between 180 to 500 gunmen were from the adjacent situation was defused. The gov- Filipinos believed to have The bird was hatched after a the first raptor bred in captivity pairs in the wild, mostly in the southern Philippines. ernment has not yet explained the migrated illegally to the state dramatic wait on February 9 at at the centre in 1992, Salvador lush jungles of Mindanao, the But asked whether Philippine about-face. over the past few decades and the Philippine Eagle Foundation said. country’s main southern island. authorities were involved in nego- A Philippine military official people moving freely across the in the southern island of The Philippine eagle, or The new hatchling is only the tiations, Hishammuddin said: said that Manila did not rule out maritime border. Mindanao, the group’s executive Pithecophaga jefferyi, found only 25th bred in captivity at the cen- “Of course they will have to be the possibility that the men could Two Malaysians were kid- director Dennis Salvador said. in the country’s vanishing for- tre, which has 37 of the eagles. involved in the operations.” be members of the Abu Sayyaf. napped from a plantation in “This is a triumph for the ests, is the world’s largest eagle It took about 48 hours for the National police chief Ismail The small gang of self-styled the area in November and were Philippine Eagle, but there is and is considered “critically chick to emerge from the shell Omar had said in a statement late Islamic militants has carried believed to have been taken to the still a long way to go to for these endangered”. from the time it began breaking on Wednesday that “the intrusion out previous raids in Malaysian southern Philippines. majestic creatures to grow in With a distinctive shaggy and its way out, Salvador said. is a result of the problems in the waters. AFP number in the wild,” Salvador cream-coloured crest, the raptor AFP

Chinese-made globes off Plea for speedy trial Aquino signs expanded law of Maguindanao Manila bookstore shelves massacre case against human trafficking MANILA: The government MANILA: The Philippines’ China’s “nine-dash line” out- expressed hope yesterday largest bookstore chain has lines its claims to virtually all that the Maguindanao mas- withdrawn Chinese-made of the South China Sea, even MANILA: President Benigno minimum standards. victim. The expanded law is sacre case would immediately globes showing Beijing’s claims waters close to the shores of its Aquino has signed Republic Act “The signing of the new law will a strengthened version of the be resolved after a lower court to most of the South China Sea neighbours. 10364, strengthening the coun- give the government a stronger Anti-Trafficking Law, cover- approved the inclusion of an ex- from its shelves, a government The Philippine government try’s fight against human traf- weapon against human trafficking ing attempted trafficking. It has vice mayor as a state witness. spokesman said yesterday. last month took China to an arbi- ficking by plugging loopholes in syndicates,” De Lima said. accessory or accomplice liability, Presidential spokesper- The globes were sold by the tration panel under the United the existing law. In signing the law expanding covering more related acts and son Edwin Lacierda said that National Bookstore up until Nations Convention on the Law of The government is hoping that RA 9208 or “An Act to Institute individuals. Recruitment in the Malacanang, the presidential Wednesday, foreign office spokes- the Sea — a 1982 treaty signed by the expanded law will improve Policies to Eliminate Trafficking guise of domestic or overseas palace, welcomed the decision of man Raul Hernandez said in a both countries — to demand that the Philippines’ status in the US in Persons especially Women and employment for sexual exploita- Regional Trial Court of Quezon statement. it declare China’s claims invalid. State Department’s Trafficking in Children,” presidential spokesman tion, forced labour or involuntary City Branch 221 approving a “The National Bookstore has China’s territorial claims over- Persons Report. Earlier, Justice Edwin Lacierda said the President debt bondage, can now be consid- motion by the prosecution to withdrawn all the educational lap those of the Philippines as well Secretary Leila de Lima, chair of recognized the need to make the ered human trafficking. consider Sukarno Badal as a state globes, which reflect China’s as Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam the Inter-Agency Council Against government’s fight against human Also included in the Expanded witness. nine-dash line encompassing the and Taiwan. The Philippines Trafficking, said the Philippines trafficking more effective. “This Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act Badal, former vice mayor of South China Sea, from its stores,” and Vietnam have over the past had been upgraded to Tier 2 cat- is a concern and a priority of the are recruitment of any Filipino the town of Sultan Sa Barongis Hernandez said. two years complained of Chinas egory in 2011 from the Tier 2 President and this measure will woman to marry a foreigner, in the southern province of “It has taken a patriotic posi- increasing assertiveness in Watchlist. be enforced by the different agen- engagement in sex tourism, Maguindanao, is expected to tes- tion to proactively support the enforcing its claims, particularly De Lima said a Tier 2 status “is cies, especially the Department of recruitment for organ removal tify on the planning, execution, Philippine government in advanc- around areas believed rich in oil an important recognition of the Justice as well as our police agen- and recruitment of a child to and cover up of the despicable act, ing Philippine foreign policy and natural gas reserves. country’s sustained and aggres- cies,” Lacierda said. engage in armed activities abroad. he said. objectives.” China’s stance led to a stand- sive initiatives and programmes Lawmakers called on the The penalties and sanctions “We hope the inclusion of Badal He said the decision to pull out off last year with the Philippines to eliminate human trafficking.” President to immediately sign under the new law are now stiffer. as a state witness serves not only the globes came after a dialogue over rich fishing grounds around The Tier 2 status officially the Expanded Anti-Trafficking Those guilty of trafficking can to strengthen the prosecution’s with the bookstore management, Scarborough Shoal, a rocky out- recognizes a country’s significant in Persons Act to address human be sentenced to six to 40 years hand but also to move the trial which claimed they were unaware crop much closer to the Philippine efforts to adhere to the bench- trafficking in the country, par- in prison and fines ranging from forward at a faster pace. Like of the “misinformation” contained coast than to China’s shores. marks prescribed by the US ticularly in disaster areas where P50,000 ($1,200) to P5m ($120,000). all Filipinos, we want to see this in the education materials. AFP State Department and meet the women and children often fall THE PHILIPPINE STAR case resolved at the soonest pos- sible time,” Lacierda said in a statement. Mass wedding Some 58 people, mostly journal- ists, were murdered in November Mining accident 2009 in Maguindanao, considered Health law detrimental to to be the worst election-related violence in Philippine history. The probe ordered killings were allegedly master- MANILA: President Benigno society, says new petition minded by some members of the Aquino III yesterday ordered powerful Ampatuan clan. the National Disaster Risk MANILA: The eighth peti- event of failure or misuse of the Reduction Management Council tion against the controversial contraceptive method, unwanted Militiaman killed, to determine the cause of Reproductive Health law was pregnancies occur, forcing women Wednesday’s mining accident in filed before the Supreme Court to turn to elective abortion to ter- 4 hurt in shootout of Antique which has caused at yesterday. minate such unwanted pregnan- least four dead and six missing. Calling the new law “ultimately cies,” Calleja said. MANILA: One militiaman was The west wall of the open mine detrimental to society,” pro- The document claimed its killed and four people were hurt pit operated by Semirara Mining life groups Doctors for Life and opposition on six constitutional after rebels attacked a meeting Corporation collapsed around the Filipinos for Life asked the conditions including the freedom between soldiers and local resi- 11:55pm local time Wednesday high court to issue a temporary of religion, prohibition of involun- dents in Northern Samar last after a landslide hit Antique. restraining order on the RH law tary servitude and undue control Tuesday, the military said. Latest report showed that out of or the Republic Act 10354. of private education and hospitals. Captain Gene Orense, spokes- the thirteen people trapped in the “What we are presenting here “Although no law should estab- man of the Army’s 8th division, mine, four people were confirmed are medical and legal arguments lish or promote any religion, the said soldiers had been conduct- dead, three were rescued and six against the RH law. We believe law should also accommodate the ing a dialogue with civilians in remain missing. the Supreme Court will listen to religious beliefs of individuals and Barangay Guindaulan in Rosario Presidential Spokesman Edwin us and correct this grave error not force them to act against their town when they were fired upon Lacierda said yesterday the presi- imposed by the executive and beliefs,” the petition reads. by communist rebels. dent also instructed the council to legislative branches on faithful The high court has not yet This led to a firefight between update him on the results of the and freedom-loving Filipinos,” released a decision on the earlier state forces and insurgents that investigations. Doctors for Life ad-hoc Chairman petitions against the measure. started at about 12.20pm. Aquino also instructed the Rey Echavez said in a statement. Filipinos For Life president Orense said the clash left a Department of Social Welfare and Lawyer Howard Calleja, pri- Anthony James Perez also criti- militia man dead and four others Development to extend immedi- mary author of the petition, cized the government of rail- wounded. ate assistance to the victims and questioned the law’s provisions roading the measure through The identity of the slain militia their families. on contraception citing studies Congress. was withheld pending notification The three workers rescued are in Spain purportedly showing “The high tribunal must care- of his family. Marjun Catoto, Adrian Celmar the increase of abortions despite fully scrutinize the RH law con- Wounded were civilian Raul and Leonardo Sojor, according condom use. sidering it was rammed through Estellero, soldiers Staff Sgt to Rosario Cabrera, Director for A Filipino couple display their rings during a mass wedding at Taguig city “The overd-ependence of indi- Congress by the Aquino admin- Dionald Opilanda and Sgt Arnold Western Visayas at the Office of hall, yesterday. About 150 couples tied the knot at the event, patronised viduals on contraceptives pro- istration to please the well-oiled Miranda and militia man Jonar Civil Defence. motes irresponsible, reckless and pro-health law lobby,” he said. Estellero. by city Mayor Lani Cayetano to strengthen family ties. THE PHILIPPINE STAR imprudent sexual behaviour. In the THE PHILIPPINE STAR THE PHILIPPINE STAR FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN US should hit the ‘pause’ button on Afghan aid Inspector General for reconstruction says $20bn in assistance has been appropriated but not yet spent

WASHINGTON: The US gov- troops withdraw, putting them The subcommittee chairman, programs, saying they had helped President Barack Obama said why build it?” ernment should reconsider beyond the reach of American Republican Representative Jason Afghanistan make “dramatic” on Tuesday he would withdraw Sopko is auditing some hospi- whether to spend more on recon- auditors to safely visit, he said. Chaffetz, said it was especially development progress over the 34,000 troops — about half the tals and clinics that were built in struction aid in Afghanistan, “We have the opportunity to hit distasteful for Washington to be last decade. US forces in Afghanistan — by Afghanistan with US help. the US watchdog that monitors the pause button” as US troops sending taxpayers’ money to “the The statement from the the end of this year. Chaffetz of Utah and the pan- the funds said on Wednesday, are pulling out, Sopko told a most corrupt government on the US Agency for International That would be followed by el’s top Democrat, John Tierney of citing Afghanistan’s persist- House of Representatives com- face of the planet” in a time of Development, which oversaw further troop withdrawals next Massachusetts, have introduced ent corruption and inability to mittee. “It’s an important oppor- fiscal scarcity at home. about $1.9bn in assistance in year to wrap up the war there, legislation to prevent the US from manage projects as US troops tunity to stop and reassess all Afghanistan is regularly ranked Afghanistan last year, also said Obama said in his State of the buying more fuel for the Afghan withdraw. of that money that hasn’t been as one of the world’s most corrupt that the agency carefully scruti- Union speech. Army without stricter accounting John Sopko, the special inspec- spent, and make the determina- countries. The inspector general’s nizes the recipients. Sopko, who has been in his job measures. tor general for Afghan reconstruc- tion, is it worth the risk?” audits have pointed out numer- “US AID has conducted rigor- for seven months, said his office A recent audit by Sopko’s office tion, said $20bn in US assistance “There may be a reason to push ous weaknesses in the oversight ous assessments of all ministries will write letters to all US agen- showed that for more than $1bn for Afghanistan had been appro- the money out the door for a par- of US reconstruction aid to that receive US AID funds” said cies operating in Afghanistan of fuel Washington bought for priated but not yet spent. Nearly ticular project or programme. But Afghanistan, which is approach- the statement by Alex Thier, asking them to list the status of the Afghan military, records for $10bn more in aid may soon be at least justify it,” he said, speak- ing a $100bn over a decade of war. the assistant to the administra- projects there. Congress and the $201m in purchases were missing. approved by Congress. ing to the national security sub- Much of this money has gone to tor for the office of Afghanistan administration should examine That increased the risk that funds Sopko asked whether any of committee of the House Oversight help train Afghan military forces. and Pakistan. “If the assessments the list and decide whether to and fuel were lost or stolen, or this money should be released. A and Government Reform panel. One of the US agencies identify vulnerabilities, US AID forge ahead with the projects that that purchases were made from growing number of projects built Sopko’s remarks came amid that provides assistance in helps the ministry address the have not begun, he said. Iran in violation of US sanctions, with US assistance in Afghanistan growing questions over US spend- Afghanistan issued a statement issues before they are eligible to For example, he said, “If the the audit said. are now in insecure areas as US ing on Afghanistan. after Sopko spoke defending the receive funds.” Afghans can’t sustain a hospital, REUTERS

Taliban offer in focus Three bomb Afghan Air Force attacks kill 16 desperate for in northwest PESHAWAR: Three bomb attacks in northwest Pakistan killed at least 16 people yes- aircraft: Official terday, including five security personnel in a suicide blast at a KABUL: Afghanistan’s fledgling former MIG-21 fighter pilot checkpoint, officials said. air force is more like a bicycle under Soviet occupation in the A bomber detonated a pickup than a modern fighting machine, 1980s, harks back to the old days truck he was driving loaded with its commander has said, pleading when the Afghan air force was explosives at the checkpoint in for advanced aircraft to fight the a regional power to be reckoned Hangu district, near the tribal Taliban as US-led Nato forces with. “To clarify the comparison areas where militants linked to prepare to withdraw. of the air force we had in the the Taliban and Al Qaeda have Air power is crucial in the rug- past with now, I will give you this strongholds, local police spokes- ged country where a poor road example,” he said. man Fazal Naeem said. network is often mined by insur- “Back then it was as if you were “At least seven people were gents, and the Afghan govern- riding an armoured vehicle. Today killed and 23 injured. It was a ment is pressing hard for the US it is as if you are riding a bicycle.” suicide attack, the death toll may to boost its air capability before it The air force of old disappeared rise” he said. Mian Mohammad pulls out next year. in clouds of smoke during the civil Saeed, police chief for Hangu dis- “We will face huge and compli- war that followed the withdrawal trict said five security personnel cated challenges if the Americans of the Soviets in 1989, after 10 were among the dead. do not provide us with these years of occupation. “There was Earlier, a roadside bomb struck planes,” Major General Abdul disunity among us, we started FROM LEFT: Secretary General of opposition Islamic political party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Senator a bus carrying members of a Wahab Wardak said, listing a fighting each other, we fought Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haidri, leader of Jamhori Watan Party, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, head of Awami pro-government militia from the range of attack and transport air- among ourselves and destroyed National Party of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Asfandyar Wali Khan, and leader of main opposition party tribal district of Khyber, where craft he says Afghanistan needs. our air force,” Wardak said. Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Raja Zafar ul Haq, attend a conference of major parties and civil society fighting has intensified in a In Washington, US President “But we have learned, we know groups to discuss the negotiations offer by Pakistani Taliban militants, in Islamabad, yesterday. long-running military operation Barack Obama announced that we need unity to build the mili- against insurgents. The explosion 34,000 US troops will withdraw tary and the country.” The words in the village of Hassanzo in the from the country by the end of are spoken in Wardak’s office in neighbouring tribal district of 2013, with the remaining half leav- a large, US-funded air force com- Orakzai killed seven people and ing by the end of 2014, taking with pound adjacent to Kabul’s inter- wounded 13, officials said. them their far superior firepower. national airport, but like many Gun production in Pakistan “According to initial information, For the past 11 years Nato’s new things in Afghanistan it is the van was hired by a local peace vast fleet of fighter jets, attack more chimera than substance. committee from Khyber and 20 helicopters, unmanned drones “We have lots of pilots, but no members of the peace committee and transport aircraft have sup- planes,” an officer confided ahead drops due to licence clamp were on board together with the ported ground troops in opera- of the interview. Operational air- driver,” top Orakzai administration tions against the Taliban. craft currently in use by the AAF PESHAWAR: Gun mak- are not sure whether the elec- intervention, our industry is on official Mehmood Hasan said. Last year coalition aircraft in include 43 helicopters — mainly ing, once limited to the tribal tions will be held on time, it has the brink of collapse,” We are Peace committees are armed Afghanistan flew 28,640 close air Russian Mi-17 transports plus six Darra Adam Khel area, has affected our business.” trying to modernise the indus- groups operating in the res- support sorties, firing weapons Mi-35 gunships — a spokeswoman now spread to parts of Khyber- Arms dealers around the coun- try but routine raids on facto- tive northwest with the aim of 4,082 times, according to official for Natio’s air training command Pakhtunkhwa province and try have refused to purchase ries have hampered our efforts, protecting local communities figures. Drones fired 494 times. in Kabul said. especially Peshawar, where over locally manufactured arms, pre- he added. on behalf of the government. In They also flew tens of thou- The air force also has fixed-wing 100 factories of varying capaci- ferring to import them instead. Thousands of people associ- another attack in the same place, sands of surveillance sorties and transports including 16 Italian ties have been set up. This has also affected the econ- ated with the arms industry have a van carrying civilians was hit flights carrying troops and cargo. C-27s, but they were grounded for More than 1.5 million people omy, resulting in losses of millions already been sent home. Jobs had by a blast which killed two people The US is negotiating leav- several months last year and are to are employed by the industry of rupees to the arms industry, already been cut when the indus- and wounded 10, Hasan said. ing a small residual force in be withdrawn from service. “The around the province, but due to he added. try was mechanised. AGENCIES Afghanistan after 2014, but the US has promised to give us four the current nationwide ban on The arms industry is already Shah Jehan, 40, who has overwhelming air power will all C-130s (large transporters), and gun licences, half of them have going through difficult times due worked in various arms manu- Palestinian president but disappear. also promised to give 20 AT-6 (light been sent home, depriving them to government policies, Khan facturing companies around the As part of its exit strategy attack aircraft),” Wardak said. of a secure source of livelihood. stated. city, is among the employees due in Islamabad, Washington is helping rebuild The US Air Force announced “We have 500 workers in our Explaining his inability to con- sacked by the Frontier Arms the Afghan Air Force (AAF) — last year that it was reopen- arms manufacturing company, tinue arms production he said, Company. “Machines have to meet Zardari which currently has no fixed-wing ing a contest for a contract to but after the ban half of them “We cannot afford to wait it already reduced demand for our ISLAMABAD: Palestinian attack planes — but the govern- build 20 light attack aircraft for were laid off as we can no longer out and were forced to sack our skills and when we managed to President Mahmoud Abbas is due ment has complained that the Afghanistan after the cancellation afford to pay them,” said Jahangir workers with the promise that get jobs, the government’s ban to head on Saturday to Pakistan process is too slow. of an award to Brazil’s Embraer. Khan, the manager of Frontier if conditions improve, we will took them away.” on a three-day official visit, The air force chief, a stocky AFP Arms Company. “Though we rehire them. Because of undue INTERNEWS during which he will meet his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari. His talks with Zardari will touch on means of enhanc- Women protest ing Palestinian-Pakistani ties, in addition to latest developments Karzai summons top Nato in the Palestinian territories. The visit will be Abbas’s sec- ond to Islamabad in three years, commander in Afghanistan having visited Pakistan in 2010 for talks with Zardari on Israeli KABUL: Afghan President US forces in Afghanistan con- aggression against Palestinians. Hamid Karzai has summoned firmed the meeting, re-iterating QNA the new commander of Nato that the forces had launched an forces in Afghanistan over an investigation over the circum- air strike that allegedly killed stances surrounding the incident. Sindh takes lead ten civilians, according to a General Dunford, as the com- statement issued yesterday. mander of the US forces in in free education General Joseph Dunford, who Afghanistan, “expressed his per- KARACHI: Pakistan’s south- took over from General John sonal condolences for any civilians ern province of Sindh took the Allen on Sunday, was called in “for who may have died or been injured lead among provinces in making explanations” to the Afghan pres- as a result of the operation,” their education free and compulsory in idential palace following the air statement said. compliance after the provincial strike in the insurgency-plagued Air strikes have long been a assembly unanimously adopted a Kunar province a day earlier. source of friction between Nato bill entitled “Right of Children to “Pointing to a commitment Gen forces, led by the US army, and Free and Compulsory Education”. Allen had previously made not to Kabul. A report by a United Nations The Article 25A reads, “The Women march during a protest calling for an end to violence against women in Afghanistan, in Kabul, yes- conduct any air strike or bomb- committee last Friday said that State shall provide free and com- terday. According to a UN report, Afghanistan has made progress in protecting women against violence, but ing in residential areas, President hundreds of Afghan children have pulsory education to all children many still suffer horrific abuse 11 years after a US-led invasion brought down the Taliban regime. Afghan Karzai reminded that such inci- been killed by US military forces of the age of five to sixteen years dents must strictly be avoided in during air strikes in Afghanistan in such manner as may be deter- women still endure killings by relatives in the name of family honour, forced marriages and domestic abuses. future and any recurrence is not over the past five years. mined by law.” acceptable,” the statement said. AFP INTERNEWS FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Payments to India, France ink four agreements NEW DELHI: France and India yesterday reiterated their commitment to the early implementation of the Jaitapur nuclear power project Italian firm and speedy conclusion of the over $10bn deal for 126 Rafale fighter jets as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French President Francois Hollande inked four agreements here. suspended Hollande, who arrived here early yesterday leading a high- level delegation which includes six ministers and a 50-member trade Govt in trouble over copter scam delegation, said France and India, which became strategic partners NEW DELHI: India said yes- The government said it would in 1998, are taking their relation- terday it has suspended pay- take strict action including “the ship to “yet another stage”. ments to an Italian company cancellation of the contract, Both countries inked agree- pending the outcome of an recovery of payment, blacklist- ments in the railway sector, a inquiry into whether a $748m ing and penal action” if the probe cultural exchange programme, helicopter contract was won finds that any clause in the integ- a letter of intent on intensifica- through kickbacks. rity pact with AgustaWestland tion of cooperation in the fields The government has “put on was broken. of education, higher education hold all further payments” to Under the terms of the 2010 and research and a statement of Finmeccanica’s AgustaWestland agreement, 12 helicopters were intent for long-term cooperation helicopter unit until the inquiry to be delivered to India by 2014. in space. by the Central Bureau of India has already received three of Addressing a joint press confer- Investigation (CBI) is completed, these for use by its top politicians. ence with Manmohan Singh after a defence ministry statement said. The Congress-led government, delegation-level talks, Hollande The CBI investigation into which has been lambasted by the said while France and India do alleged bribery of Indian govern- opposition for not acting sooner not share the same kind of people ment officials by Finmeccanica over the allegations, yesterday put or economy, they both “share the was announced on Tuesday after out a 35-point statement rejecting same values and principles”. French President Francois Hollande (left) with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, yesterday. the head of the Italian aerospace allegations it had been lax. He also said India was the giant was arrested in Rome. “The government is deter- world’s largest democracy not just about submarines, missiles and Referring to the Mumbai attacks, reviewed progress... and reiter- Italian media reports said the mined to take all possible legal by its people but by its diversity. lots of equipment. “Our relations he said “India was hit by a bar- ated our commitment to its early company’s chairman and chief and administrative action against “Both care for independence, and are based on trust.” baric attack”. implementation as soon as the executive Giuseppe Orsi has been the guilty parties and accordingly autonomy.” Both countries were strategic On Mali, where France sent commercial and technical nego- detained as part of an investiga- has ordered a thorough probe by On defence ties, Hollande said partners also for energy. “France its troops to push out the Al tiations, which have made good tion into alleged bribes paid to CBI,” it said in the statement. France and India have been coop- and India want to build on their Qaeda militants, Hollande wel- progress, are completed.” Indian government officials. In the 1980s, a previous erating for many years. “India civil nuclear energy cooperation,” comed India’s pledge of $1m to the On defence cooperation, Italian prosecutors suspect Congress government, led by trusts France for its equipment he said, adding that both coun- United Nations-backed Mission in Manmohan Singh said both sides that kickbacks worth around 10 then-prime minister Rajiv and France trusts India for its tries also want to take forward the north African country. “expressed satisfaction with the percent of the Italian deal were Gandhi, collapsed over charges of use... India is a land of peace.” their ties in space, education and Manmohan Singh said India progress in our defence coopera- paid to Indian officials to ensure kickbacks paid to Indian officials On negotiations for the con- culture. On boosting economic regards France as “one of its tion, which is poised to reach a AgustaWestland helicopter won by the Swedish group Bofors to tract for 126 Rafale medium relations, Hollande said France most valued strategic partners” qualitatively new level”. the contract. clinch a $1.3bn artillery deal. multi-role combat aircraft wants to have “even more trade and their relationship is “defined “Discussions on the MMRCA India also said it had asked The chopper deal was cleared (MMRCA) — manufactured and in more fields” with India. by the breadth and diversity of contract are progressing well.” AgustaWestland to indicate “spe- by Prime Minister Manmohan by Dassault Aviation — for the In the fields of transport, rail- our cooperations, as well as by the Both sides also concluded nego- cifically if any financial transac- Singh, whose government has Indian Air Force, Hollande said ways, trams, sanitation and water, intensity of our dialogue”. He said tiations on the short-range sur- tion has taken place with any been buffeted by a series of cor- the details were being discussed “France has to prove that it is of both exchanged views of bilateral, face-to-air missile, “which, once Indian individual or entity” which ruption scandals that analysts say “and we do hope we can reach an service to the Indian economy”, he regional and multilateral issues of approved by the government, will would violate an “integrity pact” could affect the party’s electoral early conclusion”. He said their said. On terrorism, he said both common interest. be co-developed and co-produced it signed with the firm. chances in 2014 polls. AFP defence cooperation was also countries face a lot of challenges. On Jaitapur, he said: “We in India”. IANS

Tripura records Vayalar Ravi apologises as 92pc turnout, activists fume at comment polling peaceful NEW DELHI: Overseas become almost a habit of the AGARTALA: Polling to elect a Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar political class”. “If he lost con- new assembly in the Left-ruled Ravi yesterday apologised after trol, definitely apology is justified,” Tripura ended peacefully yes- his comment with sexist innu- said BJP spokesperson Nirmala terday with more than 92 per- endo against a woman journal- Sitharaman. cent voters casting their ballots. ist from Kerala landed him in Information and Broadcasting “Over 92 percent of the 2.35 trouble with women activists Minister Manish Tewari said Ravi million voters have cast their and the BJP demanding his has apologised for his comments votes across the state,” said Chief resignation. and the matter should rest there. Electoral Officer Ashutosh Jindal. “I’m sorry for the comment. The woman journalist on He said the percentage might I have already conveyed my Tuesday had sought Ravi’s reac- still go jup after reports on the regret for the remark to the TV tion on demand to make Rajya day’s balloting arrive from all over channel in which the journalist Sabha Deputy Chairperson the state. Jindal said people were works,” Ravi said. But National P J Kurien stand trial in the still standing in queues outside Commission for Woman chairper- Suryanelli sex scam. polling stations even after the son Mamta Sharma said the com- Ravi responded with a swipe at time to vote ended at 4pm. mission would probe the matter. the reporter, asking if she had a Voters in large numbers queued “Coming from the position of personal grudge against Kurien. up well before polling started power and maturity, it is really “Do you have anything personal at 7am New voters and women highly deplorable that he has against Kurien? I’m sure you do. appeared the most enthusiastic made such a sexist comment,” said Has something happened between across the state. According to rights activist Ranjana Kumari. you and him in the past?” Ravi Jindal, except one or two small She said the issue should be said as his comments were caught incidents, the voting passed off raised in parliament as “this has on camera. IANS peacefully with no major incident reported from anywhere in the north-eastern state, which shares a 856km border with Bangladesh. The ballots will be counted on February 28 and decide the electoral fate of 249 candidates, including 15 women and many Independents, in the fray. Assam’s Rabha areas tense, toll rises to 21 GUWAHATI: Curfew was relaxed but tension prevailed in Rabha community areas in Assam’s Goalpara and Kamrup districts even as the toll in panchayat poll-related violence rose to 21 with the discovery of another body yesterday, said officials. There was no fresh violence Kashmiri lawyers shout pro-freedom slogans during a protest in Srinagar, since Wednesday evening except yesterday. for one incident at Gobindapur area in Goalpara where some inmates of a relief camp attacked Curfew continues in Srinagar a delegation0 of the Congress, reaching there to take stock of SRINAGAR: Curfew continued for the sixth day in the old city the situation. Congress leader and areas of Srinagar yesterday, even as authorities decided to extend former MP Anowar Hussain and curfew relaxation in many other towns of the valley. his security personnel received Curfew was imposed in parts of the state after Afzal Guru, convicted injuries during the attack, police in the parliament attack case of December 2001, was hanged to death said adding that the inmates also in the Tihar Central Jail in the national capital on February 9, even partially damaged the vehicle of before his family was informed. Authorities said curfew restrictions the delegation. Hussain’s condi- would continue in old city areas of Srinagar, and the towns of Sopore, tion is, however, out of danger Baramulla, Pattan, Handwara and Kangan, Shopian, Pulwama and now. IANS Anantnag in the valley. IANS FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Two die after Bangladesh war crimes protest DHAKA: Two people died yesterday after suffering injuries in US airlines unveil $11bn merger S Korea issues warning to North violent clashes between police and Islamists earlier in the week during protests over war crimes trials in Bangladesh. The demonstrators have been demanding a halt to the trials Seoul deploys precision-guided missile capable of targeting individuals of opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party leaders for crimes including American Airlines, US Airways unite; deal subject to regulatory approvals genocide and rape they are alleged to have committed during the SEOUL: Two days after North Korea’s Korea into flexing its military muscle and high- 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. NEW YORK: AMR Corp and US board. The remaining seats will be filled by passengers worldwide. The merger, subject nuclear test, South Korea signalled yester- lighting its own technological prowess. Nine people have now died of political violence including Jamaat Airways Group unveiled an $11bn all- AMR representatives. to approvals from regulators and the US day the deployment of a new cruise missile “With this missile, we could hit any facility, supporters, some of whom were shot dead, since the Islamists stock deal yesterday that gives creditors “It has been the most successful airline Bankruptcy Court, could help speed up the capable of a precision strike on members of equipment or individual target in the North launched the protests last month. of the bankrupt American Airlines par- restructuring in history, and we had been recovery of the US airline industry as carri- Pyongyang’s high command. anywhere, at any time of our choosing,” army ent control of the combined airline. very focused from the outset on creating ers will have more room to boost fares as yet The defence ministry called in reporters for Major General Ryu Young-Jeo said. Tibetan protester succumbs to burns in Nepal US Air’s management team, led by Chief the most value for our owners,” AMR CEO another competitor is eliminated. a special video presentation of the recently On Wednesday, South Korea said it would KATHMANDU: A Tibetan exile who set himself alight at a Executive Doug Parker, will assume opera- Tom Horton said. The new American will be based in Dallas- deployed missile being fired from a warship accelerate the development of longer-range bal- Buddhist monument in Nepal has died of his injuries, hospital tional control of the airline, while AMR The airline, which will carry the Fort Worth, Texas. Parker, who has long and a submarine. listic missiles that could also cover the whole staff said yesterday, as a fresh eyewitness account described the creditors will wind up owning 72 percent American Airlines name, will be 2 per- advocated industry consolidation and began “The cruise missile unveiled today is a pre- of North Korea. horror of the incident. of the combined carrier and take five seats cent larger than current No. 1 United pursuing a merger in early 2012, will be the cision-guided weapon that can identify and In October last year, South Korea reached The burning on Wednesday was the 100th known incident since a on the 12-member board. Continental Holdings Inc in terms of traf- CEO. “The value of the merger is so great strike the office window of the North’s com- a deal with the United States to almost triple wave of self-immolation bids by Tibetans started in 2009 to protest US Airways will have four seats on the fic — the number of miles flown by paying that we’re excited about getting the work Qatar Exchange market mand headquarters,” ministry spokesman Kim the range of its ballistic missile systems — with against Chinese rule in Tibet. done,” Parker said. “Integrating airlines can Min-Seok told reporters. Seoul arguing it needed an upgrade to counter Another Tibetan was reported yesterday to have burned himself be difficult sometimes, but we’ve (already) It has “deadly destructive power” that could the North’s own missile development. to death in Sichuan province in southern China last week, taking done one at US Airways. We know what to “restrain the enemy headquarters’ activities” The United States has 28,500 troops in South the number of cases to 101, according to a toll compiled by the do and know what mistakes to avoid.” cap rises to QR476.77bn during wartime, Kim said. Korea and guarantees a nuclear “umbrella” to Tibetan exile government. Parker, 51, the longest-serving CEO of a South Korea’s military has been on a height- deter attacks. In return, Seoul accepts limits major US airline, kick-started the industry’s DOHA: The Qatar Exchange’s sector led the week’s trading number ened state of alert since Pyongyang first threat- on its ballistic missile capabilities. Third Japanese dies after Guam attack consolidation wave when his America West (QE) main index gained 35.25 of transactions, accounting for 26.9 ened the nuclear test which was eventually The defence ministry also said it would speed HAGATNA: The death toll from a frenzied knife attack in the Holdings bought US Airways out of bank- points, or 0.40 percent, during the percent. The industrial sector ranked conducted on Tuesday. up the deployment of a “kill chain” system Pacific nation of Guam rose to three yesterday as survivors and ruptcy in 2005. Tom Horton, who became week to close at 8,792.84 points. second at 25.16 percent. This was fol- It was the North’s third test, following previ- capable of detecting, targeting and destroying witnesses told of their horror as a man clutching foot-long knives AMR’s CEO when it filed for bankruptcy, will Trading value during the week lowed by the real estate sector and A handout photo of South Korea’s new cruise ous detonations in 2006 and 2009. North Korean missiles. in each hand launched a bloody attack on unsuspecting holiday- serve as chairman of the combined airline increased by 29.69 percent to reach the consumer goods and services missile being fired from a warship. The test appears to have galvanised South AFP makers after ploughing into them with his car. through the first annual meeting of share- QR1.31bn compared to QR1.01bn sector. All 14 victims, including an eight-month-old baby and a three- holders, after which Parker will take over. during the previous week. Trading Of the 42 listed companies, 24 year-old toddler, were Japanese. The tie-up is the fourth major merger in volume decreased by 13.73 percent to ended higher this week, while 16 Two women, Rie Sugiyama, 29, and her grandmother Kazuko the US airline industry since 2008, when reach over 26.06m shares, as against fell and two remained unchanged. Uehara, 81, were pronounced dead on Wednesday. A third victim, an Delta Air Lines bought Northwest. United and 30.21m, while the number of trans- Industries Qatar led the trading unidentified 51-year-old man, succumbed to his injuries yesterday. Continental merged in 2010, and Southwest actions fell by 8.95 percent to reach value during the week, accounting Maldives ex-president to remain in Indian embassy Airlines bought discount rival AirTran 14,574 transactions against the previ- for 31.06 percent of the total, followed New owl species discovered in Indonesia Holdings in 2011. The new, larger American ous week’s 16,007 transactions. by Gulf International Services, which MALE: Former Maldives presi- left office last year in contested A court had ordered Nasheed’s a fresh date for the hearing and JAKARTA: Researchers in Indonesia unwittingly identified a Airlines would return to the leadership posi- Market capitalisation rose by 0.22 accounted for 7.81 percent. The QNB dent Mohamed Nasheed will circumstances, entered the Indian arrest after he missed a February Nasheed can appear without being new species of owl believed to be unique to the country, raising tion among US carriers that it ceded in recent percent to reach QR476.77bn as com- ranked third at 6.69 percent. stay in the Indian embassy in High Commission in the capital 10 court appearance in a case arrested,” Imad Masood, spokes- hopes of further bird discoveries, a scientist said yesterday. years as high labor costs made it difficult to pared to QR475.71bn at the end of the The bourse was down 31.16 points Male until a caretaker govern- on Wednesday as police tried to relating to accusations that he man for President Mohamed The brown-and-white Rinjani Scops owl was first spotted in compete with restructured rivals. previous week. or 0.35 percent to 8,792.84 points yes- ment is formed, his party said arrest him in connection with a illegally detained a judge during Waheed Hussain Manik, said. 2003 on the island of Lombok, while researchers were looking for Passengers of US Airways and American The industrial sector led trading terday from the previous closing of yesterday, despite a govern- court case. the last days of his rule. However, Nasheed’s Maldivian another nocturnal bird. It was formally identified by four scientists would gain access to new destinations. The value during this week, accounting 8,824.00 points. The volume of shares ment assurance he would not be His supporters, who say Nasheed But a government spokesman Democratic Party (MDP) said on Wednesday in the online “Plos One” journal. standalone American is currently third in for 41.52 percent of the total, followed traded fell to 7,390,989 from 8,199,685 arrested if left. was ousted last February in a coup, said yesterday Nasheed no longer he would remain in the embassy Prior to that, the bird had been mistaken for the related Moluccan US Airways CEO Doug Parker (right) and American Airlines Chairman, President and CEO Tom terms of traffic behind United and Delta, by the banking and financial services Wednesday, and the value of shares Nasheed, the Maldives’ first clashed with police outside the faced arrest. because of the danger he faced. Scops owl, found in the Maluku islands in central Indonesia. Horton smile following a news conference held to discuss the planned merger of AMR Corp, both of which used Chapter 11 bankruptcy sector, which accounted for 25.65 per- increased to QR448m from QR425m. democratically elected leader, who mission. “The court will now announce REUTERS AFP the parent of American Airlines, with US Airways at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, protection to cut costs and find merger cent. The consumer goods and serv- Among the top losers were Industries ices sector ranked third, accounting yesterday. The $11bn all-stock deal would create the world’s largest air carrier. partners. Qatar whose share dropped 2.54 per- REUTERS for 9.86 percent followed by the real cent to QR168.60, Commercialbank estate sector. lost 0.65 percent to QR77.00, Al The week’s trading volume was led Khaleej Takaful fell 1.43 percent by the banking and financial serv- to QR44.80 and Islamic Holding ices sector, which accounted for 26.71 was down 1.36 percent to QR32.55. QE sees GCC’s highest foreign percent of the total, followed by real Yesterday, the insurance sector added estate sector (24.42 percent), the 0.79 points while the industrial sector industrial sector (22.43 percent) and dropped 1.44 points and the services the transportation sector. sector fell 0.36 points. investment inflow in 2012 The banking and financial services THE PENINSULA DOHA: Despite the GCC market see- growth will continue to remain strong in ing a sluggish foreign investment and a 2013, driven by improving economic per- drop in IPOs in 2012, Qatar Exchange formance, benefitting from expansionary witnessed an inflow of $0.34bn in for- fiscal policies. eign investments, the highest in the Governments’ diversification strategy year compared to other markets in the to lower reliance on hydrocarbons will be Berkshire, 3G to acquire region. GCC markets saw a net foreign positive for the private sector, and will investment of $0.81bn during the year. lead to greater borrowing demand. GCC Abu Dhabi stock exchange and Dubai banks are well capitalized, and with ample Heinz in $28bn deal Financial Market had inflows of $0.11bn liquidity in the system, they are capable of and $0.15bn respectively during the year. meeting increased lending needs”. IPOs in GCC countries remained low in “Asset quality concern is likely to be the WASHINGTON: Billionaire the Netherlands, Plasmon baby food 2012; however, nearly 23 companies have primary driver of near-term share price Warren Buffett’s investment pow- in Italy, and Classico pasta sauces and announced the possibility of offering their movement. SICO expects to see recovery in erhouse Berkshire Hathaway and Smart Ones low-calorie frozen foods shares to the public as market conditions Saudi Arabia and UAE banks’ stock-price 3G Capital announced yesterday in North America. improve, Investment Bank SICO’s GCC following improvement in asset quality, that they would take over vener- But its main products are the iconic Stock Market Outlook noted. while expecting to see rising delinquencies able US ketchup maker Heinz in a Heinz ketchup, sold globally through Overall trading activity in the region for Qatari banks. deal worth $28bn. markets and fast-food vendors, and picked up in the beginning of 2012; how- The report is cautious on Qatari banks, The buyers heralded 144 year old one of its earliest favourites in the ever the momentum could not be main- which are driven by a moderating eco- HJ Heinz Co’s strong, global portfo- United States, canned baked beans. tained and declined in the second half. nomic growth of 4.8 percent versus 6.3 lio of prepared food brands, which “The Heinz brand is one of the The net value traded in the GCC capital percent in 2012 expectations. Qatari banks Buffett called “great tasting” prod- most respected brands in the glo- market in 2012 was $576bn, 63 percent are exposed to real estate risk. ucts. Heinz said it was the largest bal food industry and this historic higher than 2011’s $354bn. Volume of An estimated 40 percent of Qatari ever takeover in the food industry. transaction provides tremendous shares traded also picked up, increasing banks’ private sector lending is towards The two buyers will pay Heinz value to Heinz shareholders,” said 76 percent year-on-year to reach $233bn real estate developers and contractors. A shareholders $72.50 per share in cash Heinz Chairman and Chief Executive traded shares in 2012. sector slowdown is likely, with a substan- — a 20 percent premium on Heinz’s William Johnson. “With Heinz stock Following 2011’s trend, institutions tial increase in real estate developments Wednesday closing price. Counting recently at an all-time high and 30 remained as net buyers of GCC stocks. without matching demand. debt assumed by the buyers, the deal consecutive quarters of organic top- However, the trend for GCC is slightly Qatari banks’ international expansion valued Heinz at about $28bn, they said. line growth, Heinz is being acquired skewed, due to the relative size of the plans are expected to continue, giving With $11.6bn in global sales last from a position of strength. Saudi market compared to the rest. Qatar them earnings diversification and growth year, Heinz is one of the largest US “As a private enterprise, Heinz will exchange witnessed institutional investors opportunities. However, the share price food companies. It owns top prepared have an opportunity to drive further being net seller in December 2012. impact will depend on each target’s valua- food brands such as ABC sauces in growth and advance our commitment The report forecast robust economic tion and attractiveness, and the successful Asia, Quero sauces in Latin America, to providing consumers across the outlook to support the region’s bank- management of the acquired entities. Golden Circle in Australia, OreIda globe with great tasting, nutritious ing sector. “GCC banks’ balance sheet THE PENINSULA frozen potatoes sold globally, Honig in and wholesome products.” AFP First Gulf Bank celebrates stellar performance DOHA: First Gulf Bank – QFC Branch (FGB Qatar Branch) has celebrated its outstanding perform- ance during the 2012 financial year at an event attended by the bank’s senior management, employees, cus- tomers and other business partners. The event coincided with the group’s announcement of its full year 2012 results, and shed light on the success- ful four years FGB Qatar branch has had since its inception. Commenting on the performance of its Qatar operations, FGB’s CEO Andre’ Sayegh said: “FGB continues to go from strength to strength. Qatar, like the UAE, is seen as a robust and attractive economy for investment in and from the region. FGB Qatar Branch has achieved consistent Officials pose for a group picture at the event. growth and we now have a wholesale banking operation able to offer a full for investors worldwide. Our long his- and we expect 2013 to be another excit- by revenues for Q4’2012 at QR1.99bn, range of financial products and solu- tory in the UAE and our deep under- ing year for us. We look forward to the which are the strongest quarterly reve- tions geared towards our customers’ standing of GCC culture has enabled continuous support of other financial nue numbers ever recorded by the bank. needs.” us to deliver services and products that institutions in Qatar and we hope to The bank’s rating was affirmed at A+ He added: “FGB’s success in Qatar are aligned with the requirements of work together as partners” by Fitch in May 2012 and affirmed at to date owes much to the close politi- the Qatari market. We are apprecia- FGB announced net profits of QR A2 by Moody’s in August 2012 both with cal, cultural and economic ties between tive of the guidance we have received 4.1bn for 2012, an increase of 12 percent Stable Outlook. Qatar and the UAE, and their attraction from the Regulatory Authorities so far from 2011. The results were boosted THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS DIFC sees growth in Asia, Africa Gold demand fell DUBAI: The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a business zone, says it aims to double the number of by 4pc last year companies there over five years by serving as a base for busi- ness with China, south Asia and Africa, not merely the Gulf. Jewellery buying drops in India, China: WGC With political unrest plagu- ing parts of the Middle East LONDON: Demand for gold fell last does back up the idea that investors’ and Western financial firms still year for the first time since 2009 attention is much more focused else- retrenching because of debt prob- as Asians bought less jewellery and where at the moment,” Credit Suisse lems in their home markets, the Western investment dipped, the analyst Tom Kendall said. business environment is challeng- World Gold Council said in a report Jewellery demand fell 3 percent last ing for Dubai. bears saw as new evidence the year to 1,908.1 tonnes, with the biggest But Jeffrey Singer, Chief 12-year rally may be topping out. absolute drop noted in India, the larg- Executive of the DIFC Authority, The WGC, which is funded by the est gold consumer, where a weak rupee which manages the business zone, gold industry, said yesterday that led to record-high local prices. said Dubai could keep expanding gold consumption was expected to In the fourth quarter it rose 11 rapidly as the Gulf’s main finan- be steady this year but added that it percent, however, helped by a 35 A Thai investor smiles as he monitors share prices data at a stock brokerage in Bangkok, yesterday. The cial centre by becoming a conduit may be some time before it revisits percent rebound in Indian jewellery Stock Exchange of Thailand main index rose 9.06 points or 0.60 percent at the end of the morning session. for trade and investment with a the high levels seen in the worst of demand. “Jewellery could have a good larger region. the financial crisis. year in 2013,” Grubb said. “Western “Increasingly institutions are “It’s hard to see a major move up demand might at last improve as the using Dubai not just as a base for in demand (this year). I know there U.S. economy and others improve.” Key European stocks drop as business in the Gulf, but as a base are bears out there who are start- China, the second-biggest gold to access a much wider area,” he ing to call the end of the bull market buyer behind India, saw a 1 percent said. The DIFC, opened in 2004, is in gold, but we don’t agree,” said the drop in jewellery demand to 510.6 eurozone recession deepens one of the United Arab Emirates’ WGC’s managing director for invest- tonnes, its first annual decline since “free zones”, offering foreign ment, Marcus Grubb. “Demand will 2002. Overall demand was flat in China LONDON: European stocks 17-nation eurozone deepened 0.5 percent and the EU by 0.3 investors 100 percent ownership remain high, but we’re talking small in the full year and fell 12 percent in fell yesterday following news sharply in the fourth quarter percent. of their ventures and business- single-digit (percent) numbers in India, although buying rose in the final that the eurozone reces- of 2012 as the debt crisis con- Analysts said the figures friendly regulation. terms of growth from the current quarter as buyers scrambled to avoid a sion deepened in the final tinued to sap growth and confi- painted a bleak picture, not- The number of registered tonnage level,” he said. widely anticipated rise in import duty three months of last year, but dence, official data showed. The ing that the German economy firms operating in the DIFC rose In 2012 demand was down 4 per- that was announced in January. some major companies were eurozone economy shrank 0.6 shrank by 0.6 percent in the 7 percent last year to 912, while cent from the previous year’s total, the “Provided we see no more increases boosted by upbeat results. percent in the three months fourth quarter compared with workers at those firms jumped 16 WGC report said. “The tonnage last in import duty, we still think we will London’s FTSE 100 index to December, which compared the third when it managed percent to 14,000. The DIFC has year was 4,405 tonnes for consumer see India continue to recover from of leading companies fell 0.50 with a contraction of 0.1 per- growth of 0.2 percent. declared it wants to double its size demand, and if you add in over-the- what was a difficult year in 2012 percent to 6,327.36 points, while cent in the previous quarter. In Paris, BNP Paribas shares in the five years from 2011, when counter demand, it’s another 100 overall,” Grubb said. He said a higher Frankfurt’s DAX 30 shed 1.05 In the second quarter of rose 2.0 percent to ¤46.75 after it had 848 companies. tonnes higher,” Grubb added. “We number of auspicious gold-buying percent to 7,631.19 points, and 2012, it contracted 0.2 percent, the French bank said net prof- The DIFC has had to con- would expect 2013 to be quite similar.” occasions in the first quarter of 2013 in Paris the CAC 40 lost 0.78 meaning that the recession has its rose 8.3 percent last year to tend over the past year with the Grubb said he saw gold prices, would probably favour the metal. percent to 3,669.60 points. now lasted three quarters. The ¤6.55bn. The price of shares in shrinkage of some of its top U.S. which have traded between $1,625 In China, demand is expected Madrid’s IBEX 35 index eurozone had meanwhile reg- Renault jumped 7.6 percent to and European clients. This week, and $1,695 an ounce this year, stay- to recover to between 780 and 880 gave up 0.71 percent to 8,247.4 istered zero growth in the first ¤46.50, even though the group Citigroup Inc began laying off ing in their current trading range, tonnes this year, against 776.1 tonnes points, hit hard by tumbling quarter of last year. posted a 15.3-percent drop in investment bankers across its although events that could destabilise last year. “The jury’s out on a major bank shares, and Milan’s FTSE For the wider 27-member 2012 net profit to ¤1.77bn. Europe, Middle East and Africa the market, such as US budget talks, re-acceleration of growth in Chinese MIB dropped 1.0 percent to European Union, output fell 0.5 Asian markets rose, with division, with 50 positions to be could push them higher. gold demand,” Grubb said. 16,545 points. percent compared with activ- dealers looking ahead to an eliminated in the near term. The gold price is down 1.4 percent Buying by various central banks The European single cur- ity in the third quarter of 2012 upcoming G20 meeting. US But Singer said that overall, so far this year after posting its big- continued its upward trend to hit a rency touched a three-week when the bloc had eked out stocks drifted down. The Dow cutbacks of investment bankers gest quarterly drop since 2008 in the 48-year high at 534.6 tonnes. Grubb low at $1.3315, before recov- growth of just 0.1 percent. Jones Industrial Average was and back-office staff at Western last three months of 2012. Credit said he expected the official sector ering some ground to $1.3329, Compared with activity in off 0.13 percent to 13,965.13 institutions in the DIFC had been Suisse, Goldman Sachs and GFMS to match last year’s buying in 2013, still down from $1.3452 late on the fourth quarter of 2011, the points in midday trading. The more than offset by their expan- have all forecast a turn in gold’s bull partly because monetary easing by Wednesday. Gold edged up to EU economy shrank by 0.6 broad-based S&P 500 slid 0.06 sion in other areas, as foreign cycle this year. developed countries was undermining $1,646 an ounce from $1,645 on percent. Eurostat said that percent to 1,519.46 points, while firms tried to capture part of “Unless something major changes confidence in the value of currencies. the London Bullion Market. for 2012 as a whole, the euro- the Nasdaq Composite shed 0.10 the oil-rich Gulf’s infrastructure in the macro landscape, this (report) REUTERS The recession in the zone economy contracted by percent to 3,193.68 points. AFP spending boom. REUTERS

QATARI MARKET India’s inflation Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P US jobless claims drop by 27,000 Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 104.88 0.83 % Aa2 AA rate dips to Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.69 1.63 % Aa2 AA WASHINGTON: The number seems consistent with that,” said the backdrop of still lackluster Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 124.63 2.24 % Aa2 AA of Americans filing new claims Sam Coffin, an economist at UBS demand. The economy has strug- three-year low Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 117.50 2.49 % Aa2 AA for unemployment benefits fell in New York. gled to grow much more than 2 Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 112.88 2.86 % Aa2 AA more than expected last week, But some economists said a bliz- percent since the 2007-09 reces- NEW DELHI: India’s inflation Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 175.00 3.80 % Aa2 AA offering hope the sluggish zard that slammed the East Coast sion ended, and the jobless rate rate unexpectedly retreated to labour market recovery may late last week and difficulties rose 0.1 percentage point to 7.9 a more than three-year low last Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 132.75 4.33 % Aa2 AA have picked up a step. smoothing out the data for seasonal percent in January. month, data showed yesterday, Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 123.50 4.32 % Aa2 AA Initial claims for state jobless fluctuations could have artificially High unemployment prompted opening the door to more inter- Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 105.13 1.35 % Aa2 AA aid dropped 27,000 to a season- depressed claims. While they were the Federal Reserve last year to est rates to revive a sharply Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 115.63 2.67 % Aa2 AA ally adjusted 341,000, the Labour encouraged by the decline, they launch an open-ended bond buy- slowing economy. Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 105.50 1.78 % A1 A- Department said yesterday. The urged caution against reading too ing program that it said it would The figures stood out as good prior week’s claims figure was much into the data. keep up until it saw a substantial news in an otherwise gloomy string Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.06 2.34 % A1 A- revised to show 2,000 more appli- A Labour Department ana- improvement in the outlook for of recent data for the Congress-led QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.75 2.00 % NR NR cations were received than previ- lyst said claims for Illinois and the labor market. government, which has been press- QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.38 1.86 % Aa3 A+ ously reported. Connecticut, one of the states It also has committed to hold ing hard for the central bank to QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.44 2.22 % Aa3 A+ Last week’s drop in claims hardest hit by the snowstorm, had interest rates near zero until cut rates to kickstart the economy Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 103.81 2.51 % A2 A- exceeded economists’ expecta- been estimated. He said given that unemployment reaches 6.5 per- ahead of 2014 elections. tions for only a 6,000 decline and most claims are filed online, the cent, provided inflation does not The widely watched Wholesale Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.25 1.89 % A2 A pushed first-time filings down blizzard appeared to have little threaten to push over 2.5 percent. Price Index fell to 6.62 percent in Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 130.25 2.65 % A2 A to the lower end of their range effect on the broader data. Job gains averaged 181,000 per January from a year earlier — its Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 111.25 3.15 % A2 A for this year. “It does seem as The data offered more evidence month in 2012, far less than the at best level in 38 months — eclipsing Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 111.25 3.87 % A2 A if claims are trending down a that US companies are no longer least 250,000 that economists say market expectations that it would Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 107.00 1.10 % Aa3 A bit. We think payroll growth will aggressively laying off workers. is needed to significantly reduce slow to just below seven percent. pick up this year and this sort However, they still appear to be in the ranks of unemployed. “January inflation has Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 108.25 3.39 % Aa3 A of gradual downtrend in claims no hurry to step-up hiring against REUTERS retreated substantially,” said Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 112.13 3.47 % Aa3 A Jyoti Narasimhan, economist at research house IHS Global SOVEREIGNS Insight, and forecast a quarter Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P point interest rate cut in March. Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 106.00 0.20 % Aa2 AA The January reading marked the Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 127.25 2.02 % Aa2 AA Japanese economy shrinks again first time inflation in Asia’s third- Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 110.50 2.54 % NR NR largest economy has fallen below Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 107.31 3.04 % NR NR seven percent since November 2009. TOKYO: Japan’s economy Japan has seen a mixed bag of last month’s unveiling of indefi- The data follow figures earlier this Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.50 3.86 % NR NR shrank for a third quarter at the economic data lately as factory nite monetary easing and the week showing industrial production Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 118.25 4.06 % NR NR end of 2012, data showed yester- output rises while the export adoption of a two percent infla- shrank unexpectedly in December Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 105.50 1.09 % Aa2 AA day, leaving it mired in recession picture remains cloudy, with a tion target. Both moves followed for a second straight month and that Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 115.06 3.38 % NR BBB owing to weak export demand, record trade deficit for 2012. intense pressure from the new India’s trade gap climbed to a hefty Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 109.75 3.92 % NR BBB but analysts and the central However, the yen has weakened government. The BoJ’s view mir- $20bn in January. bank eyed a rosier outlook. in recent months, which helps rored those of analysts, who said Last month, the central bank Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 95.25 6.59 % B3 /*- B- Tokyo saw a 0.1 percent contrac- exporters’ competitiveness and a better picture abroad and gov- cut its benchmark lending rate Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 104.00 3.89 % NR BBB- tion in October-December from the provided a much-needed boost to ernment spending to fuel growth for the first time in nine months *Periodic Distribution Amount previous three months, underlining their latest earnings results. were having an effect. by a quarter point to 7.75 percent IMPORTANT NOTE: the work ahead for Prime Minister The Bank of Japan gave an Key to Japan’s outlook was to help pull the economy out of Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which Shinzo Abe’s new government as it upbeat assessment of the economy demand in the United States its worst slump in a decade and is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services tries to boost growth while fend- after a two-day policy meeting, and an easing in the debt cri- signal support to government Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary ing off claims it is manipulating the saying it appeared to have stopped ses in Europe, while some of the policy changes aimed at boosting data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising yen to lift exports. weakening and adding: “Exports nation’s biggest firms have said investment. out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds Financial turmoil in key mar- continue to decrease, but the pace a slump in shipments stemming Narasimhan said she expected can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant ket Europe, a strong yen and a of decrease has been moderating”. from the diplomatic row with the bank to keep easing “in small liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not diplomatic row with China have It said there were signs of a pick- China was softening. increments”. But she said she did a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and hurt Japan, frustrating hopes that up in overseas markets. “Japan’s Tokyo’s trade deficit with Beijing not expect “aggressive” rate cuts consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. it would cement a recovery from economy is expected to level off doubled to a record 3.52 trillion yen with the bank worried about boost- the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster more or less for the time being, ($38bn) last year, as the feud over ing India’s record current account that battered domestic demand and thereafter, it will return to a a set of islands in the East China deficit — the widest measure of and output. The country logged moderate recovery path,” it said. Sea spurred a consumer boycott of trade — by stoking consumer modest growth of 1.9 percent for The bank held off making any Japanese goods in China. import demand through lower bor- 2012 over the previous year. new policy announcements after AFP rowing costs. AFP FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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BY RIZWAN REHMAT her quarter-finals against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic DOHA: World number one today, she will dethrone Azarenka Victoria Azarenka of Belarus as the world number one. and second seed Serena Yesterday, Kvitova yester- Williams of the US yesterday day edged two-time Qatar Open stayed on course for a possible champion Nadia Petrova of Russia clash in the final of the Qatar 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach today’s quar- Open later this week after both ter-final against Serena. players sent their opponents Third seed Maria Sharapova crashing to humiliating defeats. of Russia also signed in for the Azarenka, the top seed at the quarter-finals, crushing Klara $2.36m event, handed Christina Zakopalova of the Czech Republic. McHale of the US a double bagel, Sharapopva, chasing her third winning their lop-sided round of title in Qatar, won 6-3, 6-3 in 1 16 match 6-0, 6-0 to reach her hour 27 minutes. third quarter-final of the new The 25-year-old Russian will season. meet former US Open champion Serena, seeking to reclaim the Samantha Stosur of Australia in world number one ranking at the the quarter-final today. Qatar Tennis Doha event, hammered Urszula Stosur, seeded eighth in Doha, Radwanska of Poland, winning dispatched Svetlana Kuznetsova their third-round clash 6-0, 6-3. of Russia 6-4, 7-5 in 1 hour 35 Federation to If 31-year-old Serena wins minutes. Azarenka will now play sixth seed Sara Errani of Italy in the host World Qatar Open results quarter-finals today. Errani yes- Results from the fourth day of the WTA terday overcame a mid-match Schools Qatar Open yesterday (x denotes seeded crisis to beat Daniel Hantuchova player): of Slovakia 7-5, 5-7, 6-2. Third round Also yesterday, former world tournament Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) bt Christina number one Caroline Wozniacki Victoria Azarenka of Belarus serves the ball to Christina McHale of the USA during their third round match of the McHale (USA) 6-0, 6-0 beat Mona Barthel of Germany DOHA: The Qatar Tennis Qatar Open at the International Khalifa Tennis Complex, Doha, yesterday. Azarenka won 6-0 and 6-0. Sara Errani (ITA x6) bt Daniela Hantuchova to set up a quarter-final clash Federation (QTF) have won the (SVK) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 against fourth seed fourth seed rights to host the International Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Ana Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. games two, four and six in each the conditions pretty quickly,” Schools Federation (ISF) Ivanovic (SRB x13) 6-1, 7-6 (8/6) Wozniacki won 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 set). That’s what the score shows she added. Order of Play World Schools Championships CENTRE COURT start 3:30 pm Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x10) bt Mona while Radwanska stunned former - I was very consistent out there Radwanska, who won titles in in 2015, it was announced here Barthel (GER) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 world number one Ana Ivanovic today,” she explained. Auckland and Sydney last month, [8] S Stosur (AUS) vs [3] M Sharapova (RUS) yesterday. of Serbia 6-1, 7-6 (8-6). “She has had big wins in the said she was pleased with her per- The Championships to be held Samantha Stosur (AUS x8) bt Svetlana [1] V Azarenka (BLR) vs [6] S Errani (ITA) Azarenka, who won the past so I was just focused on my formances since the start of 2012. under the general rules of ISF Kuznetsova (RUS) 6-4, 7-5 [7] P Kvitova (CZE) vs [2] S Williams (USA) Australian Open before pulling game. I was trying to execute The Polish star has now become and the International Tennis Maria Sharapova (RUS x3) bt Klara out of the semi-finals against my game. The conditions were the first player to win 15 matches Not Before 8:00 PM Federation, will be open for the 14 Zakopalova (CZE) 6-3, 6-3 Serena at Brisbane last month, tough but that was for both us. this season. [4] A Radwanska (POL) vs [10] C Wozniacki to 17 year-olds and is to be played Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt Nadia Petrova yesterday crushed Mchale in just I can’t complain,” the two-time “I think my hard work is pay- (DEN) in a round-robin team format. (RUS x11) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 66 minutes. Australian Open champion said. ing off. You work hard all your COURT 1 start 3:30 pm “As Qatar is enjoying a period Serena Williams (USA x2) bt Urszula Despite the hammering in Earlier yesterday, Radwanska, life and I hope I get to play more [4] N Llagostera Vives (ESP) / J Zheng (CHN) of great growth and prosperity, Radwanska (POL) 6-0, 6-3 windy conditions, the Mchale still winner of two events this year, finals and do well in the Grand vs [6] A Groenefeld (GER) / Doha serves as an important got richer by $24,300 for reaching made it to the quarter-finals with Slams this year,” she said. “For K Peschke (CZE) cultural hub for the region – one the round of 16 while Azarenka another commanding show on the that (to happen) I am going to that combines both traditional Quarter-finals line-up: remained on course to defend wind-swept centre court. work harder,” she said. Not Before 5:00 PM and modern values,” said QTF Victoria Azarenka, Belarus vs her title at the Khalifa Tennis The Polish ran away with the In the quarter-finals today, [7] A Hlavackova (CZE) / L Safarova (CZE) vs President Nasser Ghanem Al Sara Errani, Italy Complex. first set, winning at 6-1 but later Radwanska will meet Wozniacki [2] N Petrova (RUS) / K Srebotnik (SLO) Kholaifi (pictured). Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland vs, “Everything was working for showed remarkable calm in the who looked sluggish on a windy day. L Raymond (USA) / S Stosur (AUS) vs [3] R “As a sporting hub that is con- Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark me today,” a smiling Azarenka tie-breaker of the second, battling “It wasn’t great tennis out Kops-Jones (USA) / A Spears (USA) - After stantly bringing in the greatest Maria Sharapova, Russia vs said after her easy win. “When to a straight set victory. Ivanovic there today,” Wozniacki said after Suitable Rest sporting talent in the world, we Samantha Stosur, Australia, I stepped on the court I just felt fired five aces against none by her the match. COURT 2 start 6:00 PM are honored to be able to host the right. I was dominant in the key Polish opponent. “The wind was a huge factor World Schools Championships in Serena Williams, US vs Not Before 6:00 PM games. I tried to take the advan- “It was an interesting match and it seemed like the wind took 2015 – where the youth of today Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic tage of playing so well,” she added. because of the wind which made more on this court than it did on [1] S Errani (ITA) / R Vinci (ITA) vs D can participate in a team compe- Serena Williams, US vs “That was the key - to play things difficult,” the 23-year-old center because you have the fence Hantuchova (SVK) / A Medina Garrigues tition and be exposed to all that Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic dominant in those moments (in said. “Thankfully I got used to behind.” THE PENINSULA (ESP) - After Suitable Rest the city has to offer as well,” he added. This year’s event is being staged in Australia, from April 13 to 20. Nadal out of Brazil Open doubles over knee fear QTF will host the event in 2015 along with the Qatar School SAO PAULO: Rafael Nadal Nadal only returned to the tour difficult to control,” he added. While conceding that reduc- Sports Federation. will not play his scheduled dou- in Chile last week, where he lost “It’s too bad I cannot play the ing the number of events on hard “On behalf of the ISF President, bles match at the Brazil Open in the final, after a seven-month doubles after the match Rafa and surface was not possible at this I have the honour to confirm because of “knee overuse,” injury absence. I had (yesterday)... But he has to time, Nadal added: “I think that that the Executive Committee organiSers said. “Nadal thought it was prefera- take care of himself and prepare the ATP has to work to think of approved the application of Qatar But they said the Spanish star ble to stay in his hotel and prepare for a long and hard year.” how to lengthen tennis players’ for conducting the ISF World intends to play his opening singles for his singles match tomorrow,” a Nalbandian and Nadal won a careers.” Schools Championships 2015,” match TOday against Brazilian Brazil Open spokesman said. hard-fought match 6-3, 3-6, 11-9 “Can you imagine football play- said ISF General Secretary Jan Joao Souza. “He discussed the issue with against Spaniards Pablo Andujar ers playing on cement?” he asked. Coolen. World number five Nadal had Nalbandian and the two agreed and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on “I am a bit tired after a hard Australia, Belgium, Chile, been scheduled to team up with not to play the doubles. It was a the court here late Tuesday. week in Chile. But it was positive. China, England, France, Germany, Argentina’s David Nalbandian in joint decision.” Nadal complained at a press The process of recovery follows its Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, a second-round encounter against Nalbandian told reporters the conference Tuesday about having course... As always I come here to Turkey, Ukraine and Qatar are Argentine Horacio Zeballos and conditions were “very difficult.” to play so many hard court events. do the best possible and hope that some of the countries which will Oliver Marach of Austria. “The court is not in the best “That is a theme among the things turn out all right.” take part in this year’s edition in Former world number one condition and the ball is very players and doctors,” he said. AFP Australia. THE PENINSULA Federer eases past Zemlja Qatar Total Open 2013 Gala Dinner at Ritz Carlton

ROTTERDAM: Roger Federer handed Frenchman Richard struggled to see the ball and Gasquet only his second loss of ATP San Jose felt the conditions at the World the season as the Cypriot scored a Results from the ATP Tour’s $547,000 SAP Indoor Tournament were a little 6-4, 6-4 win to reach the quarter- Open yesterday (x denotes seeding): too warm for his liking but that finals yesterday. Gasquet lined up First Round did not stop the top seed from in Rotterdam as the fourth seed, romping to a 6-3 6-1 win over having already won two tour Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Slovenian Grega Zemlja in the titles this season and boasting Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (12/10) first round yesterday. an unbeaten record apart from a Matthew Ebden (AUS) bt Playing his first competitive defeat to compatriot Jo-Wilfried Rik De Voest (RSA) 6-2, 7-5 match for almost three weeks, Tsonga at the Australian Open. Michael Russell (USA) bt the Swiss defending champion But the world number 10 Donald Young (USA) 6-3, 7-5 struggled with his first serve in never got going against Cypriot front of a capacity 10,500 crowd Baghdatis, who had also beaten Steve Johnson (USA) bt but he still completed victory in him at the London Olympics last Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 6-7 (2/7), 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) 58 minutes. year. Second Round He won 10 straight points in “Richard was probably tired, Tommy Haas (GER x4) bt the first set to take a 4-2 lead and he’s played a lot of tennis this from then on Federer allowed his season,” said Baghdatis. Jesse Levine (CAN) 6-3, 6-1 opponent only two more games to “He was not at his best and John Isner (USA x2) bt wrap up his 10th straight win in tired from last week,” he added, Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 7-6 (7/3), 2-6, 6-3 Rotterdam. in reference to Gasquet’s run to “My start wasn’t so well victory in Montpellier. ATP Rotterdam because it was warmer on the “I’m happy with how I played. Results from day four of the ATP Rotterdam court compared the training ses- I was aggressive at the right time Open yesterday (x denotes seed): sions I had the previous day,” and served well. It’s good to win a Second round Federer told reporters after his match like this.” Baghdatis won Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Matthias match. in 76 minutes with nine aces and Two-time Qatar Total Open champion, Maria Sharapova (left), Agnieszka Radwanska (centre) and Angelique Bachinger (GER) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 “It was also a bit difficult to two breaks of serve and will now Kerber (second right), pose for a group picture along with Nasser Al Khelaifi (right), President of Qatar Tennis see the ball in the beginning and face Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Federation President, and Stephane Michel, Managing Director of Total E&P Qatar, during the gala dinner while that might sound strange, today. Meanwhile, Finn Jarkko Richard Gasquet (FRA x4) 6-4, 6-4 of Qatar Total Open 2013 at Ritz Carlton Doha, on Wednesday night. World No. 1, Victoria Azarenka, Doha, there also is some pressure of Nieminen beat German qualifier Maria Sharapova, and 2011 Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova also attended the gala dinner. playing a first round.” Matthias Bachinger 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. 0Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x2) bt Meanwhile, Marcos Baghdatis AGENCIES Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Football Fixtures (All times in GMT) Ronaldo rescues draw for Scottish Premier League Today Aberdeen vs Dundee (1945) Tomorrow Celtic vs Dundee United (1500) Real against gritty United Hearts v Kilmarnock (1500) Motherwell vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle (1500) Ross County vs St Johnstone (1500) Fans deaths casts shadow over Dortmund’s draw with Donetsk St Mirren vs Hibernian (1500)

PARIS: Manchester United advantage in the second leg in English Premier League edged closer to the Champions Champions League March does not mean that the February 17 League quarter-finals with a tie is over. Liverpool vs Swansea City (1500) 1-1 draw at Real Madrid on last 16 results “We have a slight advantage Champions League last-16 first leg results Wednesday night, a high-pro- but at this kind of level it doesn’t on Wednesday: Ligue 1 file showdown watched by an matter if it’s home or away,” he Today estimated 200 million people At Madrid said. worldwide. Real Madrid (ESP) 1 (Cristiano Ronaldo 30) In Donetsk, five fans of the Lille vs Stade Rennes (1930) Manchester United (ENG) 1 (Welbeck 20) England striker Danny Ukraine team, who had flown in Tomorrow Welbeck gave Alex Ferguson’s At Donetsk, Ukraine for the match, were killed when side the lead at the Bernabeu Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 2 (Srna 31, their Antonov AN-24 plane, Olympique Marseille vs Valenciennes before former Old Trafford star Douglas Costa 68) Borussia Dortmund arriving from Odessa, was forced (1600) Cristiano Ronaldo levelled later (GER) 2 (Lewandowski 41, Hummels 87) into an emergency landing. FC Lorient vs Evian Thonon Gaillard FC in the first half. Played Tuesday There was a minute’s silence (1900) In the night’s other last-16 before kick-off at the Donbass At Glasgow tie, German champions Borussia Arena. Montpellier HSC vs AS Nancy (1900) Celtic (SCO) 0 Juventus (ITA) 3 (Matri 3, Dortmund drew 2-2 at Shakhtar Dortmund, the 1997 European Bastia v Nice (1900) Marchisio 77, Vucinic 83) Donetsk in a game overshadowed champions, almost snatched an Stade Brest vs Ajaccio (1900) by a horrifying plane crash at the At Valencia early lead when Mats Hummels Ukraine city’s airport which killed Valencia (ESP) 1 (Rami 90) Paris Saint- headed against the crossbar from Toulouse vs ES Troyes AC (1900) Germain (FRA) 2 (Lavezzi 10, Pastore 43) five fans. a corner. But it was Shakhtar who February 17 “It’s very open still,” said To play (all 1945 GMT kick-offs) took a 30th-minute lead when a Girondins Bordeaux vs Olympique Lyon Ferguson. “We have a big job February 19 Darijo Srna free-kick evaded the (1300) on our hands but it’s within our At Oporto, Portugal Dortmund defence before beating grasp. goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller. Porto (POR) vs Malaga (ESP Stade de Reims vs St Etienne (1600) “This is a difficult place to come The German champions but the players have dug in and At London were level four minutes before Sochaux vs Paris St Germain (2000) got a good result. We had great Arsenal (ENG) v Bayern Munich (GER) the interval when Robert chances.” February 20 Lewandowski found the tar- La Liga In a match described by Real At Milan, Italy get after being set-up by Mario Today Madrid coach Jose Mourinho as Manchester United’s manager Sir Alex Ferguson (left) speaks to Real AC Milan (ITA) vs Barcelona (ESP) Goetze. Sevilla vs Deportivo Coruna (2030) the clash the “whole world was Shakhtar regained the lead Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo after their Champions League match at Santiago At Istanbul waiting for”, it was the home side after 68 minutes when substitute Tomorrow Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on Wednesday night. Galatasaray (TUR) vs Schalke 04 (GER) who came close early on with Douglas Costa scored with a left- Getafe vs Celta Vigo (1500) United keeper David De Gea, foot drive but Dortmund finished Malaga vs Athletic Bilbao (1700) playing in the city of his birth, against his former club. Ronaldo Atletico, was on hand again early effort which was cleared off the on top and Hummels levelled for pushing a Fabio Coentrao drive out-jumped Patrice Evra to send in the second period to deny line by Xabi Alonso. 2-2 with three minutes left. Granada CF vs Barcelona (1900) onto the post. a powerful header off an Angel Di Maria before Japan’s Shinji “Everything is very open for “It is important that we are Osasuna vs Real Zaragoza (2100) But it was United who snatched Di Maria left-wing cross past Kagawa made way for veteran second leg,” said Mourinho. going into the second leg level and the lead after 20 minutes when De Gea. The Portuguese star’s Ryan Giggs making his 150th “For them they played very tac- a 0-0 would see us through,” said February 17 Welbeck shrugged off the atten- subdued celebrations reflected European appearance. tically, they play very deep espe- Hummels. Real Sociedad vs Levante (1100) tions of Sergio Ramos to head in the warmth with which he still Robin van Persie than saw a cially in second-half. They were “Certainly there were a few a Wayne Rooney corner. regards United where he spent shot saved by Diego Lopez with waiting for a set piece to score. dangerous moments in defence, Valencia vs Real Mallorca (1600) Real were level after half an six seasons. the ball coming back off the cross- Even going there for second leg but against a such an attack- Real Valladolid vs Atletico Madrid (1800) hour with Ronaldo living up the De Gea, thriving in the city bar while, moments later, the we can score goals.” minded team you can never avoid Espanyol vs Real Betis (2000) huge pre-match hype by scoring where he made his name with Dutchman miscued a close range Van Persie said that home this.” AGENCIES Real Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano (2000) Serie A QSL: Al Rayyan aim to bounce back Today AC Milan vs Parma (1945) DOHA: Coach Diego Aguirre Tomorrow has promised Al Rayyan will Qatar Stars League Chievo Verona vs Palermo (1700) bounce back from their shock Round 16 defeat against Al Khor ahead AS Roma vs Juventus (1945) Today’s matches of their round 16 match of the February 17 Qatar Stars League (QSL). Umm Salal vs Al Gharafa, Catania vs Bologna (1400) The Lions suffered a 3-1 defeat 4.45pm at Al Arabi Stadium which saw them drop into fourth Lekhwiya vs Al Khor, 4.45pm at Genoa vs Udinese (1400) Al Gharafa Stadium spot. Napoli vs Sampdoria (1400) Now Aguirre has promised they Eljaish vs Al Sadd, 7pm at Qatar SC Stadium will make up for the loss with vic- Tomorrow’s matches Pescara vs Cagliari (1400) Maradona a tory over Al Sailiya, in the clash Al Sailiya vs Al Rayyan, 4.45pm at Al Torino vs Atalanta Bergamo (1400) tomorrow. Rayyan Stadium Fiorentina vs Inter Milan (1945) “This is a very tough game but Al Kharaitiyat vs Al Arabi, 4.45pm at AL father for the we must recover from the defeat Khor Stadium February 18 in our last game. We must win Qatar SC vs Al Wakra, Siena vs Lazio (1945) to recover out motivation,” said 7pm at Qatar SC Stadium. fourth time Aguirre. FA Cup Al Sailiya boss Abdullah BUENOS AIRES: Mubarak is looking for a much 4th Round, replay Argentine football legend needed win that will help his QSL Standings February 17 Diego Maradona (Pictured) side in their fight for top-flight Eljaish player Maher Yousef (left) and coach Razvan Lucescu, speaking Chelsea vs Brentford(III) (1200) has become a father for the survival. during a press conference on the eve of their Qatar Stars League match P W D L G/F G/A Pts fourth time, after his former “The game will be open, any- against Al Sadd. Eljaish take on Al Sadd today at Qatar SC Stadium in a Al Sadd 15 13 1 1 36 13 40 5th Round partner gave birth to a son one can win this one. Rayyan have 7pm kick-off. PICTURES BY: KAMMUTTY VP Lekhwia 15 11 1 3 28 14 34 Tomorrow in a private clinic in Buenos good individuals who are able to Aires, the woman’s lawyer make the difference, although Aljaish 15 9 1 5 19 15 28 Luton Town(V) vs Millwall(II) (1245) said yesterday. sometimes their level of perform- Al Rayyan 15 8 2 5 29 22 26 Arsenal vs Blackburn Rovers(II) (1500) “Both the baby and Veronica ance is not stable. I know Rayyan (Ojeda, Maradona’s former lost to Al Khor but they are good Al Garrafa 15 6 4 5 18 17 22 Milton Keynes Dons FC(III) vs partner) are in good health, enough to recover from this,” said Barnsley(II) (1500) Qatar 15 5 3 7 22 25 18 they are doing very well and Mubarak. Oldham Athletic(III) vs Everton (1800) are accompanied by the moth- In today’s matches, Umm Salal Umm Salal 15 5 3 7 20 27 18 5th Round er’s sister and her family,” take on Al Gharafa at 4.45pm at Al Khor SC 15 4 5 6 18 20 17 lawyer Jorge Auruccio told Al Arabi Stadium, while defend- February 17 journalists outside the clinic. ing champions Lekhwiya host Al Al Wakra 15 4 4 7 19 24 16 Manchester City vs Leeds United(II) (1400) Auruccio said that the baby, Khor at 4.45pm at Al Gharafa Al Khuraitiat 15 2 7 6 12 16 13 named Diego Fernando, was Stadium. 5th Round born at 11:57 pm local time In the last match of the day, Al Arabi 15 2 7 6 16 24 13 February 18 on Wednesday (0257 GMT Eljaish will clash with Al Sadd, at Al Sailiya SC 15 1 2 12 17 37 5 Thursday) and weighed 3.2kg. 7pm at Qatar SC Stadium. Al Gharafa SC player Djibril Cissé (left), Al Gharafa coach Alain Perrin (cen- Manchester United vs Reading (2000) “From the nose upwards he THE PENINSULA tre) and Al Sadd coach Hussein Ammoutah during the press conference. looks like Maradona,” the law- Bundesliga yer added. Today Maradona, who is already VfL Wolfsburg vs Bayern Munich (1930) a grandfather, currently lives Madrid media ‘out to get Messi’, says Xavi in Dubai where he works as Tomorrow an ambassador for the Dubai MADRID: Barcelona mid- “It is rubbish, speak about do they want with all this?” The with us. I don’t know when but it Bayer Leverkusen vs FC Augsburg (1430) Sports Council. fielder Xavi believes that some football. Why do we not speak Spanish international also denied is clear that we miss him. Fortuna Duesseldorf vs He separated from Ojeda in the Madrid media are trying about football? This has gone on that senior Barca players had run “They are doing a great job. several months ago but she to demonise his team-mate, the for 100 years in football and it the team in recent weeks as man- Jordi, Altimira and also those who Greuther Fuerth (1430) still decided to name the baby four-time World Player of the will continue to happen,” he told ager Tito Vilanova receives treat- have been in the dressing room a Mainz v Schalke 04 (1430) after the star of Argentina’s Year Lionel Messi. the Barcelona-based sports daily ment for cancer of the salivary long time. We are all one. Hamburg SV vs Borussia 1986 World Cup win. The Argentine was reported to Sport. gland. “The captains are the ones that Moenchengladbach (1430) Diego Fernando is the fourth have clashed with Real Madrid “Whoever loses ends the game Xavi instead said that the control a little bit of everything, child of the former footballer, assistant boss Aitor Karanka and angry: I don’t know if this (the captains at the club had taken we speak if there is a problem, Werder Bremen vs Freiburg (1430) who had girls Dalma and defender Alvaro Arbeloa after the reported clash) happened or not. a more prominent role but were but the routine is the same. Borussia Dortmund vs Giannina with his ex-wife pair’s 1-1 draw in the first-leg of I didn’t see anything, it doesn’t still under the guidance of assist- Everything is done naturally and I Eintracht Frankfurt (1730) Claudia Villafane, and is also the Copa del Rey semi-final two interest me and I didn’t ask Leo. ant boss Jordi Roura and physical think it is what Tito would want.” the father of anoher son, Diego weeks ago. “Do they want to present Messi trainer Aureli Altimira. The 33-year-old accepted February 17 Junior, who lives in Italy. But Xavi has questioned why as a bad person, as the bad guy “Roura has taken the mantle though that Barca face a big Nuremberg vs Hanover 96 (1430) AFP more attention was not paid to in the film? No, he’s competitive and he speaks every day with change if and when Victor Valdes the game itself. and will continue to be so. What Tito. He will return soon and be decides to leave the club. AFP Hoffenheim vs VfB Stuttgart (1630) FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 NBA: Celtics rally past Bulls Garnett dazzles for Celtics; Clippers catch fire early in win over Rockets

BOSTON, Massachusetts: want to clean in the contest. “I really don’t know,” Rose The Boston Celtics rallied in up,” Bulls coach NBA Results The Celtics, who told USA Today newspaper. “I’m the fourth quarter to edge the Tom Thibodeau Atlanta 108 Orlando 76 are 20-9 at home feeling good but like I said if it is Chicago Bulls 71-69 yesterday said. “We have San Antonio 96 Cleveland 95 and unbeaten in where it’s taking me a long time behind a strong defense and a to get our energy Indiana 101 Charlotte 77 the last seven at and I am still not feeling right, I 12-point performance from for- up both offen- Boston 71 Chicago 69 TD Garden, lost don’t mind missing this year.” ward Kevin Garnett. sively and defen- Brooklyn 119 Denver 108 another guard Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Garnett scored eight of his sively. We’re this week after Clippers set the tone with a Toronto 92 NY Knicks 88 points in the final quarter and playing a low- Leandro Barbosa 46-point first quarter and rolled grabbed a total of 11 rebounds energy game Detroit 96 Washington 85 suffered a torn to a 106-96 NBA victory over the for the Celtics, who outscored the now.” Milwaukee 94 Philadelphia 92 ACL. Houston Rockets yesterday. Khalfan Bulls 30-20 over the final 13 min- Belinelli New Orleans 99 Portland 63 Barbosa joins Caron Butler scored 17 of his 19 utes in front of a crowd of 18,624 scored with 44 Utah 97 Minnesota 93 Rondo and rookie points in the first quarter, when at the TD Garden arena. seconds left in Dallas 123 Sacramento 100 forward Jared the Clippers shot a blistering 77.3 Brandon Bass finished with the fourth to Sullinger (back) percent from the field. They led scores a LA Clippers 106 Houston 96 a game-high 14 points for the cut the Celtics’ on the sidelines 46-28 after one period and were Celtics, who improved to 8-1 since lead to 67-66, but for the rest of up 69-49 at half-time. all-star guard Rajon Rondo was Garnett responded at the other the season. The Rockets, playing without goal for lost for the National Basketball end. Like the Celtics, the Bulls are their injured leading scorer James Association season last month Boozer’s putback with 10 sec- missing key players with injuries. Harden, could not dig themselves with a torn anterior cruciate onds on the clock cut the Celtics’ “Getting our team healthy out of the hole. Blake Griffin led National ligament. lead to one, but Boston’s Paul would help,” Noah said. “We have Los Angeles with 20 points and 11 Marco Belinelli led Chicago Pierce nailed two free throws to execute our offense better. rebounds. Butler and Chauncey with 12 points and Joakim Noah and the Bulls twice couldn’t con- Defensively, we did a pretty good Billups added 19 apiece as the and Carlos Boozer each recorded nect on potential game-winning job. But teams are scoring on us Clippers won their third straight Sport Day double-doubles in the loss. three-point attempts just before in transition because we’re turn- game -- their first home contest Noah finished with 10 points the final buzzer. ing it over.” after an eight-game road trip. DOHA: National team player Grant Hill (left) of the LA Clippers and 16 rebounds while Boozer had Chicago shot just 36.5 percent Bulls star Derrick Rose said Chris Paul added 10 points and and Al Sadd midfielder takes a tumble as Jeremy Lin of 11 points and 11 rebounds for the from the floor and went three- yesterday he might have to miss 11 assists for the Clippers, who Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan the Houston Rockets goes to the Bulls, who have now lost four of of-17 from three-point range, the entire season while he recov- face their cross-town rival Los (pictured), widely considered basket during their NBA game in their last five contests. with Boston hitting on only 36.8 ers from surgery to fix a torn Angeles Lakers before the All- one of the leading talents in Los Angeles, California, yesterday. “There are a lot of areas we percent of its field goal attempts ACL. Star break. AGENCIES the Gulf, was complimentary of the National Sport Day, which took place on February 12 and of which he was an Official Ambassador. Eljaish finish third in basketball league The winner of the Best Asian Footballer title in 2006, DOHA: Eljaish clinched the third place in the Qatar who is vying for the top spot in Basketball League defeating Al Arabi 73-62 in an excit- the league goalscorer rankings ing match at the Al Gharafa Indoor Arena, yesterday. after netting ten goals so far, Arabi looked rusty and were visibly out of sync in the was delighted to be associated early part of the match as they trailed 7-11, two and half with the National Sport Day: minutes remaining in the first period. “It has been an honour to Big man Alvin Mofunanya would however ignite a 7-0 be chosen for this role repre- assault to pummel the Heir Apparent Cup champions on senting young Qatari talents, top, 14-13 at the end of the first quarter. and I hope to be the best role The red shirts kept the surge with a 13-2 spurt to model for the youth of Qatar,” pad up the lead to 27-15 early in the second period but Khalfan said. Eljaish came back to trim the deficit to 23-29 as the burly Khalfan had words of praise Mohammad Yusuf and Turki Ali sparked an 17-7 flurry for the National Sport Day, to wind up the first 20 minutes of play with just a basket an initiative created by H H behind at 32-34. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Veteran Mohammed Bakir and back-up point Narwan Al Thani to promote sport in Salah would then combine to pull Army to a 39-36 advan- Qatar: tage as the third period of play unfolded, and kept the “First of all, the importance rest of the white shirts in the offensive flow thereon as of this event lies in its role in they held on to the driver’s seat at 53-52 going into the developing international and final period. local communities; secondly Eljaish, with Salah at the helm, unleashed a 10-2 attack because sport was recom- at the onset of the final period to pull away 63-54, and mended by our Holy Prophet outplay their rivals in the remainder of the game to run and his companions. away clear victors. “I think the National Sport Earlier in the week, Gharafa took fifth place after beat- Day was a great occasion to ing Al Wakra who settled for sixth while newcomers Al gather athletes from various Shamal got seventh place when they beat Qatar Sports fields of sports, as well as from Club. various clubs, deepening inter- The third place showdown was a prelude to the final dependence among the Qatari do-or-die game between Al Rayyan and Al Sadd which is athlete community.” set tonight at 6:00 pm at the same venue. Players of Eljaish Sports Club (right) and Al Arabi Sports Club in action during their Qatar Basketball League (QBL) clash at The star footballer also had THE PENINSULA Gharafa Indoor arena yesterday. Eljaish won 73-62, to finish third in the QBL. PICTURES BY: SHAIVAL DALAL words of advice for his less active countrymen, inviting them to start practicing sport for the sake of a healthier lifestyle. Heir Apparent Doha gears “Exercising is a must AISM wins second leg of EFG whether you are an athlete or Cup in shooting not; even if I wasn’t a profes- up for Qatar sional football player, I would and archery play any other kind of sport Bank Sailing Arabia The Tour because it makes a huge dif- International ference in my life.” begins today National Sport Day ABU DHABI, UAE: Dubai- Into Abu Dhabi, Team AISM Speaking after a dramatic Regatta Ambassadors represent a cru- DOHA: The Heir Apparent Cup based Team AISM has claimed continued her winning streak, night of sailing Issa Al Ismaili, cial role model for the younger for shooting and archery organ- the second leg of the EFG Bank with Team BAE Systems second Director of Events for Oman Sail generations, and Khalfan high- ised by Qatar Shooting and Sailing Arabia The Tour follow- and EFG Bank (Monaco) drop- said:“EFG Bank Sailing Arabia DOHA: Around 220 sailors from lighted how his own family pro- Archery Federation (QSAF) ing 18 hours of maximum exhila- ping to third. The Tour was established to 21 countries will be taking part vided him with the inspiration will begin from today at Losail ration for the nine international “It was amazing,” enthused give the best sailing talent in the in the 18th Qatar International to succeed in sport. Shooting Complex, the organis- and regional crews competing Bertrand Pacé, “because we kept GCC and from around the world Regatta will begins at the Doha “My father Ibrahim Khalfan ers informed here yesterday. between Doha and Abu Dhabi. changing spinnakers, but actually an intense challenge. And this Sailing Club from February 19. was a famous player in Al Arabi The archery events will kick off At 159 miles, this leg from the boat speeds were very close. notorious leg to Abu Dhabi has Sailors, from Algeria, Bahrain, club and also in the National tomorrow, with official training Doha, was the longest of EFG We had a big fight with EFG Bank proved once again what a stern the Czech Republic, Egypt, team; he wanted me to have the at 8.00am, and will be contested Bank Sailing Arabia The Tour, of Monaco. Many things hap- test the tour is for all. But it’s only Germany, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, same life as a football player. I in both the men’s and women’s the region’s only long distance pened - we caught some seaweed through such experiences can our Kuwait, Myanmar, Malaysia, the had to prove myself as a good section. offshore race. and there were many islands on local crews push themselves to Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, athlete to honour the name of Local competitors will be seen It sailed in 20 knot norther- the course and you had to decide the limits.” Qatar, Romania, Russia, South my father. in action in Recurve 50m, 30m, lies and for the crews compet- to which side to pass them. And With the boats having com- Africa, Singapore, UAE and UK, “I started playing at Al Arabi 70m, 60m, 90m, 70m, Compound ing aboard their one design 30ft it was fun because we were very pleted this second offshore leg of are likely to take part in the five- Club like my dad, then moved 50m X 2, and Compound 50m, yachts, it proved to be drama- quick for a small boat - we hit 17 EFG Bank Sailing Arabia – The day event. Competitions will be from there to Al Sadd club with the archery events ending laden with their boats pushed to knots a couple of times.” Tour in record time, their crews held in nine categories comprising where my real career launched on Sunday. the limit, resulting in numerous Cédric Pouligny also looked will have the rest for the next two off optimist, optimist team, laser and my name became well The shooting events will begin broaches in the brisk conditions exhausted on his arrival having days, before racing resumes with 4.7, laser radial, laser standard, known locally and of course today with competitors aiming for and an incident for the Abu Dhabi had no sleep and barely anything more in-port racing on Saturday. hobie-16, 29ers, 420 and 470. internationally playing for the the top honours in different cat- team who were airlifted after to eat since setting off from Doha In the first short course stage The event ends on February 23. National team.” egories and will end on March 2. running aground. yesterday lunchtime. held in Doha a three race series Hosts Qatar challenge will be Sport plays a huge role in the Head of the Organising Yet for the leaders that arrived The Frenchman agreed with was dominated by leg 2 winner, led by Doha Asian Games silver life of Khalfan, and has pro- Committee of the championship, into Abu Dhabi in swift succes- Pacé that one of the crucial deci- Team AISM. medallist Waleed Al Sharshani. vided him with opportunities Mohammed Khalfan Al Kuwari sion just before dawn this morn- sions early on was which side of In strong breeze, Team AISM Faris Al Bakri, Ghanem Al to improve on a personal level and Board Member said the ing it was smiles all round. an island they should pass and delivered a masterclass in tactical Suwaidi, Mohammed Al Suwaidi, too; he hopes his contribution Shotgun events in shooting will At the front of the fleet a cut he admitted that their decision sailing and teamwork so all is to Abdurahman Al Nasir, Ali Al to the National Sport Day will begin on February 21 and cul- throat competition was going on regarding this turned out to be play for at the top of the stand- Muftah, Rashed Ali Telfat, Jassim play a part in inducing many minate with the grand finale on between the three world-class the wrong one. ings as the leading crews enter Al Mohannadi, Israa Al Sulaiti others on to the road of per- March 2. heavyweights – the Bertrand Team BAE Systems, leader the Abu Dhabi series. Saleh Ali Telfat, Abdulaziz Al sonal development. The precision events which will Pacé-steered and Dubai-based going into this leg continues to The EFG Bank Sailing Arabia Obaidly, Mariyam Al Sulaiti, “Playing football taught me begin today will end on February AISM, Sidney Gavignet’s team on hold first place but has second- The Tour has attracted nine Hassan Al Baker, Rashid Khalifa commitment, patience, not to 23, the organisers said. EFG Bank (Monaco) and Cédric placed AISM closing on them, on crews representing five different Al Mohannadi, Mohammed Al over-joy while winning and also Ahmed Abdulrahman heads a Pouligny on team BAE Systems. 6.75 points to Team BAE Systems’ nations, led locally by Oman’s Jeda, Abdulrahman Al Jinah, not to exaggerate in grief after team of referees who will officiate Gavignet’s team lost the lead 5.5. Team Renaissance, Royal Navy Yousef Al Baker, Mohamed any loss; in sports, especially at the championship. Saud Hamad when their yacht suffered prob- “It was a good leg, but Bertrand of Oman, Team BAE Systems and Khalifa Al Mohannadi, Jassem Al football, there are many vari- Al Qahtani is the chairman of the lems with their electronics to be is going to be hard to beat. He has the all - female Team Al-Thuraya Sulaiti, Alaa Shoudhi and Samir ables and ups and downs.” panel of judges for Shotgun. overtaken by Tuesday’s triple in- a 100% pro crew and they don’t Bank Muscat. Imene are the other members of THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA port race winner, AISM. mistakes,” Pouligny warned. THE PENINSULA the team. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Classy Younus and Shafiq lead Pakistan recovery Visitors bounce back from early setbacks to reach 253 for five

CAPE TOWN: Centuries by which grew in quality the longer Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq Scoreboard it progressed. transformed Pakistan’s fortunes “Asad Shafiq is improving Pakistan (I innings) on the first day of the second every day, he has a good future Mohammad Hafeez c Smith b Steyn ...... 17 Test against South Africa at for Pakistan,” added Younis, who Newlands yesterday. Nasir Jamshed c De Villiers b Philander ....3 also said he had encouraged the Pakistan were 253 for five at Azhar Ali c De Villiers b Morkel ...... 4 younger player by advising him to Sports world stumps, having been reeling at 33 Younis Khan c De Villiers b Philander ... 111 play his natural game. for four after being sent in. Misbah-ul-Haq c Elgar b Morkel ...... 0 “My theory is very simple. If Younis was caught behind off Asad Shafiq (batting) ...... 111 there is a ball (to hit), go for it.” shock and Vernon Philander 13 balls before Sarfraz Ahmed (batting) ...... 0 It was slow going at times, with the close for 111, while Shafiq was Extras (LB4, NB3) ...... 7 Younis and Shafiq adding only 14 caution at unbeaten, also on 111. Total (5 wkts, 90 overs) ...... 253 runs in the first 13 overs after The pair put on 219, a record Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-21, 3-33, 4-33, lunch. partnership for any wicket by 5-252 The 50 partnership was posted Pistorius Pakistan against South Africa. off 151 balls, but their second 50 Bowling: Philander 21-8-45-2 (2nb), Steyn It was a remarkable turna- was scored off 88 deliveries and 19-7-34-1, Morkel 16-6-37-2 (1nb), Kallis round after the South African the pair scored freely in the after- shooting 13-2-34-0, Peterson 19-0-85-0, Elgar 2-0- fast bowlers scythed through noon before the second new ball their top order early in the day. 14-0 was due.Younis reached his 21st JOHANNESBURG: The Pakistan seemed in danger of To bat: Tanvir Ahmed, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Test century -- and his fourth sports world reacted with a mix another humiliation following Mohammad Irfan against South Africa -- after fac- of shocked horror and caution their dismissal for a record low of South Africa: G Smith, A. Petersen, H Amla, ing 192 balls and hitting six fours yesterday to news that popular 49 on the way to a 211-run defeat J. Kallis, A de Villiers, F du Plessis, D Elgar, R and three sixes, all of the sixes South African Oscar Pistorius in the first Test in Johannesburg. Peterson, V Philander, D Steyn, M Morkel coming off left-arm spinner Robin (pictured) had been charged “After the first Test match we Peterson. with gunning down his model had a lot of meetings and chats The stocky Shafiq followed in girlfriend. about how we play Test cricket,” It seemed fully justified as the last over with the old ball, Details of the killing were said Younis. Morne Morkel took two wickets notching his third Test hundred initially murky with Pistorius “It was tough again this morn- and Philander and Dale Steyn off 201 balls with 13 fours and a charged for murder after the ing but everyone knows that if claimed one each, with none of six.Steyn appeared to have made death was first cast as accidental you have a good partnership you the batsmen looking comfortable. a breakthrough with his third in media reports. have a good chance to come back. Younis, Pakistan’s most expe- delivery with the new ball when “My word, if these reports on “It is all about the partnership rienced batsman, had to survive Younis, on 105, was adjudged leg @SkyNewsBreak are true, this and how you motivate yourself some challenging deliveries from before wicket by umpire Steve story regarding Oscar Pistorius again and again and fight for your Steyn at the start of his innings, Davis. But the batsman imme- accidentally killing his girlfriend country.” and admitted: “I was lucky, I diately called for a review which is horrific,” tweeted English foot- Graeme Smith’s decision to played a few balls and missed.” showed that the ball flicked the baller Michael Owen who was Pakistan’s Asad Shafiq confers with team-mate Younus Khan on the first bowl was prompted by cloudy Shafiq followed a fighting half- inside edge of his bat before among those who reacted with day of the second cricket Test match against South Africa in Cape Town, weather, which followed early century in the second innings in crashing into his front pad. disbelief. yesterday. morning rain. Johannesburg with an innings AFP The tragedy exploded across social networking site Twitter and dominated headlines worldwide. Prior says England may “Woken up to the horrendous Mathews named Sri Lanka’s news about Oscar Pistorius mis- takenly shooting his girlfriend. What an awful tragedy,” reacted be forced into IPL review British athlete Jessica Ennis who new Test and ODI skipper took heptathlon gold at the 2012 LONDON: England wicket- Prior though, while having no Olympics where Pistorius also COLOMBO: All-rounder wicketkeeper-batsman Kushal keeper Matt Prior warned yes- personal issues with the ECB’s competed. Sporting bodies chose Angelo Mathews (pictured) Perera. terday of the prospect of rows position, foresees a time when to issue tight-lipped statements has been appointed Sri Lanka’s Middle-order batsman Thilan between players and adminis- the sums of money involved in on their websites. new Test and one-day captain Samaraweera and opener trators unless the England and the IPL could make it hard for “The International Paralympic for next month’s home series Tharanga Paranavitana, who Wales Cricket Board softened English cricket chiefs to maintain Committee (IPC) will not be pass- against Bangladesh, selectors toured Australia, were dropped its stance towards the Indian their current stance. ing any comment on the case at announced yesterday. while unorthodox spinner Premier League. “I know for a fact that players this time,” said the governing The 25-year-old replaced Ajantha Mendis returned to the The lucrative domestic want to play in the IPL -- you body. prolific batsman Mahela Test squad. Twenty20 competition attracts can’t get away from the fact that “This is a police matter, with Jayawardene, who stepped down Mendis, who played his last players from all around the world. there is an enormous amount of a formal investigation currently after leading on a recent tour of Test in May 2011, has so far However, the ECB will not money at stake,” the 30-year-old underway. Therefore it would Australia where Sri Lanka lost bagged 62 wickets in 16 matches. allow any of their centrally-con- Prior told BBC Sport. be inappropriate for the IPC to the Test series 3-0 and drew a Kumar Sangakkara’s participa- tracted England players to play “I’m employed by the ECB, so I comment on this incident until one-day series 2-2. tion in Tests is subject to recovery longer than half a season in the do what the ECB says right now. the official police process has Dinesh Chandimal, named from an injury, according to the Indian franchise tournament “If that’s when the Test concluded.” Mathews’s deputy in Tests and SLC statement. because of Test commitments. matches are, then that’s when the “The IPC would like to offer one-day internationals, will lead Tests, has also scored 1,784 runs Test squad: Angelo Mathews Such a position means many Test matches are. My priority is its deepest sympathy and condo- the side in T20 matches. and taken 54 wickets in 90 one- (capt), Dinesh Chandimal (vice- England cricketers are not con- playing Test cricket for England lences to all families involved in Mathews and Chandimal will day internationals. capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, sidered to be attractive targets in and when I am needed to play this case.” lead the teams until the end of Jayawardene, with more than Dimuth Karunaratne, Ashen the big-money player auction that Test cricket for England I will The South African Sports January 2014, the Sri Lanka 10,000 runs both in Tests and one- Silva, Kumar Sangakkara, takes place before each edition of play,” the Sussex gloveman added. Confederation and Olympic Cricket (SLC) said in a statement. dayers, led Sri Lanka to the finals Lahiru Thirimanne, Mahela the IPL, with Prior ‘unsold’ for “The one thing, however, is that Committee (SASCOC), the coun- Bangladesh will play two Tests, of the 50-over World Cup in the Jayawardene, Kushal Perera, the past two years. the IPL and these Twenty20 com- try’s main sporting body, also three one-dayers and a one-off West Indies in 2007 and then the Jeevan Mendis, Kithuruwan Star batsman Kevin Pietersen petitions are not going away. acknowledged the shooting but T20 match. The Tests will be World T20 at home last year. Vithanage, Ajantha Mendis, briefly called time on his England “People love them and the play- would not comment further. played in Galle (March 8-12) and The 20-man Test squad has Suraj Randiv, Nuwan Kulasekara, limited overs career last year after ers enjoy playing in them, so there “SASCOC, like the rest of the Colombo (March 16-20), while six uncapped players -- batsmen Shaminda Eranga, Chanaka a refusal by team management to are going to be more and more public, knows no more than what Hambantota (March 23 and 25) Ashen Silva and Kithuruwan Welegedara, Nuwan Pradeep, release him for the full duration people getting frustrated at the is in the public domain,” it said in and Pallekele (March 28) will Vithanage, seamer Dushmantha Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana of the IPL, although other factors lack of opportunity to play in the a statement, saying it had been host the limited overs games. Chameera, spinners Tharindu Herath, Tharindu Kaushal. were involved in a move that has IPL. So things may have to change inundated with enquiries.” Mathews, with 1,668 runs in 31 Kaushal and Jeevan Mendis, and AFP since been rescinded. in time.” AFP AFP Losail gears up for new Force India insulated from Mallya: Team LONDON: Force India insisted Force India. which so many people seem to Last season, Force India fin- Motocross event yesterday its Grand Prix team “There is a disconnect between have missed, is our shareholders. ished seventh in the construc- would be able to carry on what happens in Vijay’s business “We don’t have to go to the tors’ championship and then saw DOHA: Motocross riders from The new motocross track, despite co-owner Vijay Mallya’s and what Vijay is doing on the F1 external market to be able to German driver Nico Hulkenburg Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and located next to the Losail financial problems. team,” Fernley told the jamesal- raise our race budgets. We are leave to join rivals Sauber at the UAE will be seen in action the International Circuit, has a length Shares in Indian businessman lenonf1.com website. blessed to have quality share- end of 2012. Losail Motocross Championship, of 1.6 kilometres and a total of Mallya’s debt-laden Kingfisher “So it doesn’t matter what holders like Vijay and Sahara Meanwhile, Adrian Sutil the first edition which kicks off 15 jumps, informed officials of Airlines plunged Wednesday happens there. The shares in (an Indian conglomerate who moved closer to a return to today Losail Motocross track. Qatar Motor and Motorcycle after banks said they would start United Spirits have quadrupled also sponsor the Indian cricket Formula One after the German Federation, the organisers of the recalling loans worth $1.5bn. in the last few months, so he did team).” driver visited the Force India fac- Losail Motocross event. The liquor baron is, though, a wonderful deal there. Earlier this month, Force India tory for a seat-fitting yesterday. The race will be contested in expected to recoup funds from “But whether Kingfisher or unveiled their new car for the A spokesman for the only team Championship Schedule two different categories, MX1 and the $2bn sale of a majority stake United Spirits is doing well or forthcoming Formula One season still to finalise their 2013 driver 9.45am Rider Briefing & Track MX2. in India’s United Spirits but the not doesn’t affect the team, and but they are still to confirm the line-up said the 30-year-old was Walk Riders will compete together in deal must still clear regulatory it’s very difficult for us to get that identity of British driver Paul di at the Silverstone factory ahead 10.30- 11.00am Free Practice MX2/1 all the sessions of the day, accord- hurdles. message across, although we have Resta’s teammate. of the second pre-season test in 12.30pm Waiting Zone Is Opened/ ing to race regualtions. Despite its name, the Force been trying for several years. However, the team confirmed Spain starting on Feb. 19. Closed Meanwhile, there has been India Grand Prix team is based “We get a story every three or Thursday that a seat fitting for “At this stage the test driving MX2/1 Race 1 (20 a change in the schedule of the at the nerve centre of British four months where we are about former driver Adrian Sutil took schedule for the Barcelona test is Minutes Plus 1 Lap) event. The free practice remains Formula One at the Silverstone to go bankrupt, or someone is place this week. not finalised, but there is a pos- Podium Race 1 at the same time, at 10.30 but the track in central England. selling us or whatever, and we’ve Force India is the only outfit sibility Adrian could be involved,” 2.00pm Waiting Zone Is Opened/ races will now start one hour ear- And deputy team principal had that for five years, so we are on the Grand Prix grid yet to he said. Closed lier, instead the earlier announced Bob Fernley stressed there was used to it. announce a second driver, with “The driving schedule will be time of 1.30pm. a financial as well as geographi- “Five times a year we are up Sutil and current reserve Jules communicated on Monday.” MX2/1 Race 2 (20 Race 1 will roar to action at cal separation between Mallya’s for sale. But we are still there Bianchi the leading contenders Force India finished seventh of Minutes Plus 1 Lap) 12.30 and the second Race 2 at other business interests and and the strength of Force India, to partner di Resta. 12 teams last year. AGENCIES Podium Race 2 2:00pm. 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PARIS: With rapid economic growth transforming China, independent filmmaker Cui Zi’en is one of a growing number of directors dodging the cen- sors in order to document the changes through the eyes of some of the most marginalised in Chinese society. His 40-odd films have covered everything: from the only chil- dren produced by China’s one- child policy imposed in the late 1970s, to the problems faced by millions of rural migrants who have flocked to the cities in search of work. Cui, 54, began making films as soon as the technology became accessible due to falling prices in 2001. Digital video was not only cheap but also had the added advantage of being beneath the radar of China’s censors. “The censors exert their rights over anything submitted to them,” Cui told AFP in an interview in Paris. “As I am part of the independ- ent cinema movement, we do not recognise the authority of the censors,” he said. US director Noah Baumbach and US actress Greta Gerwig during a photocall for the film Frances Ha presented Instead, Cui and his fellow in the Panorama Special category of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin, yesterday. RIGHT: Actor independent filmmakers bypass Zach Braff attends the premiere of the film Oz The Great and Powerful, with model Taylor Bagley, at El Capitan the censors and screen their work Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. at independent film festivals, in restaurants and at universities, BERLIN: When Bosnian direc- “This story happens all around docu-drama. Mujic had no regular get some help for Senada from all “So when you open Bosnian post them online or distribute tor Danis Tanovic learned about Europe to Roma people,” the job, but helped strip down cars to the different state institutions, newspapers ... every day you see them on copied DVDs. a Roma family refused emer- award-winning director told make a few Bosnian marks from but none of them would help, so people asking for help, people The social upheaval sparked gency medical care because they Reuters in Berlin, where his a scrap dealer. Alimanovic was it is tough,” Mujic said in Berlin, begging for money to help oper- by China’s breakneck economic could not pay for it, he not only movie is in competition at the pregnant with their third child speaking through a translator. ate somebody or something. It is growth has given independ- decided to turn their story into film festival. “In my country it when she fell ill and miscarried. “My biggest ambition is to have terrible.” ent filmmakers a wealth of a film but managed to convince happens to other people too. It The family was told she must a job and be able to support the At one point in the unscripted material. the couple to play themselves. is probably the poorest country have emergency surgery, but family, but unfortunately I don’t film, which cost just ¤30,000 The nation faces social prob- The result is “An Episode in the in Europe. So this is an unfortu- when doctors discovered they have any illusions or hopes that I ($40,000) to make, Mujic tells a lems ranging from an ageing Life of an Iron Picker”, a simple, nate reality of many, many people had no insurance they were sent will be able to get work anyway.” charity worker that life was better population and the impact on powerful tale of one man’s strug- who live there ... It really made away despite Mujic’s desperate Tanovic, best known for his during the war, and Tanovic said future growth of the one-child gle to provide for his partner and me angry so I just went there and and humiliating pleas. 2001 Academy Award-winning that to some extent he agreed. policy, to graft and a gender two daughters and of a society did this film.” Told it would cost 980 marks debut feature “No Man’s Land”, “A lot of people actually lived imbalance due to the aborting of where money is apparently more Tanovic first read about the (around ¤500) to pay for an oper- said Bosnians too often turned better in the war, because in war female foetuses. important than human life. case of the couple and their two ation, Mujic knew he could never their backs on the poor, despite you don’t see rich people driving Initially, Cui, an associate The fact that Nazif Mujic and children in a local newspaper raise the money, and so went back many cases he knew where peo- cars around, you don’t see poli- professor at the Film Research his partner Senada Alimanovic in 2011. He went to visit them to the hospital and to charities, ple risked lives to help a stranger ticians having fun ... All you see Institute of the Beijing Film are Roma adds an extra dimen- in their run-down home in the begging for help. during the 1992-95 war. is people trying to survive and Academy, concentrated on avant- sion of injustice and aliena- village of Poljice, and after sev- In the end, the only way to suc- “I wish I lived in a country that you are surviving too, so you are garde features. But in 2007 he tion, but Tanovic’s tale is more eral days they finally agreed to ceed was to break the law. took better care of their people happy when you have one meal.” turned to documentaries. universal. appear as themselves in a kind of “I really tried and struggled to but it is not the case,” he said. REUTERS AFP