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QR20bn metro project contracts awarded DOHA: Qatar Railways Company has awarded QR20bn ($5.49bn) of construction contracts to build the 216km Doha Metro line linking Doha city centre with many of the World Cup stadiums. Contracts worth QR8bn to build underground sections of the 12km-long Red Line South between Doha city centre and the airport have been awarded to a consortium of QDVC, a firm owned by Qatar sovereign wealth fund Qatari Diar and French construc- tion company Vinci, South Korea-based GS Engineering and Construction, and the local company Darwish Engineering, Al Sharq said yesterday quoting the UAE’s The National newspaper. A second QR8bn contract to build the 15km-long underground sections for the Green Line, which runs north-south through the city, was awarded to a consortium of the Austrian company Porr, Saudi Binladin Group and the local HBK Contracting Company. And a QR4bn contract to build stations at Msheireb and Education City went to South Korea’s Samsung C&T, Spanish construction firm OHL and local builder Qatar Building Company. Dust, low visibility PROTECTING WORKERS’ forecast early today DOHA: Visibility is forecast to be low until six this morning due to dusty con- ditions that were expected to begin late last night and last until early today, the Meteorology Department has warned. Northwesterly to westerly winds could gather speeds of up to 12 and 22 knots dur- ing the dusty weather. However, the wind is forecast to slow down to between three RIGHTS and 12 knots by the evening. Tweeters meeting to discuss concerns DOHA: Qatari tweeters are meeting THE ISSUE here today in what would be their first such conclave to discuss a number of issues, including the question of security Construction industry insiders camp and back, and the costs involved, are, So, if the NHRC guidelines are imple- involving tweeters in the Arab world. thus, saved. mented, companies could be forced to take The meeting will additionally focus on say they are taking the guidelines And only if the client permits setting up the above labour camps on rent notwith- the ethics of tweeting, challenges in the use issued recently by the national temporary labour camps can a contracting or standing their high rates per worker, said of social media and how to build trust in human rights watchdog on living construction company have such a facility on industry insiders. and reliability of the new media. the site. Projects owned by the government or However, not many in the industry think The meeting is being organised by Al space and other requirements semi-government organisations do not allow the guidelines would be implemented effec- Sharq newspaper’s website on the occasion in temporary labour camps on contracting and construction companies to tively. “We are hearing about the guidelines of of its first anniversary. A number of promi- project sites with a pinch of salt. set up temporary labour camps on sites, said the NHRC only in local newspapers. No one nent journalists and influential tweeters an industry source. from the NHRC or the labour ministry has from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the rest of “So, you have to either house your work- so far approached us,” said another insider. the Arab world will be attending the meet- abour inspectors rarely visit ers in permanent camps or take a huge plot The industry is also calling into question ing at the Katara Cultural Village. makeshift labour lodgings at of land close to a site and build a temporary the timing of releasing the guidelines. “The construction sites, except to labour camp,” said an industry source. “These NHRC has been in existence for a long time, “Lcheck compliance with sum- are the challenges we face.” so why are they issuing the guidebook now?” Lebanon election put mer work timings in the months of June, Some state-backed big-time companies asked an industry source. July and August,” an insider said. have huge permanent labour camps in places Nasser Al Meer, head of the contracting off as Syria war rages Housing workers in temporary labour like Ras Laffan, Mesaieed and Dukhan and committee at Qatar Chamber, representative camps isn’t easy and becomes necessary only they rent them out to construction companies. body of the private sector, and a Chamber BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament yes- in the case of big projects where the number of These camps fulfil all criteria specified board member, said: “True. The guidelines terday voted to extend its mandate and workers involved goes up to 2,000 or 3,000 as a by the National Human Rights Committee are already there in the labour law, but they delay elections after failing to adopt a cost-saving measure, insist industry sources. (NHRC). But their rates are “exorbitant” are being issued in the form of a handbook new electoral law at a time of deep divi- Also, housing workers on a project site and reliance on them can “frustrate” the cost by the NHRC to remind the construction sions over the war in neighbouring Syria. becomes imperative when the project is of a project for a construction or contracting industry of their importance and the need The motion for a 17-month extension, sub- PAGElocated far from 6 a company’s permanent company, claim industry insiders. to comply with them”. mitted by Christian MP Nicolas Fattouche, labour lodgings. The time taken to trans- “Portacabins to house workers temporarily THE PENINSULA was passed unanimously by 98 members of port workers to the site from a permanent on construction sites work out a lot cheaper.” See also page 2 the 128-seat house who attended. See also page 8 THE PENINSULA & AFP

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BY AZMAT HAROON member of the NHRC’s board of directors. ollowing the release of a Common violations include handbook of guidelines unhygienic conditions, poor by the National Human sewerage systems, lack of safety FRights Committee measures — the most common of (NHRC) on housing construc- which is uncovered electric wires tion workers at project sites, — and tens of workers housed in some private sector officials one room. familiar with labour camps Al Kuwari said that since the are wondering why the NHRC launch of the handbook a few did not develop the guidelines days ago, many companies had earlier. called him asking for a copy. Some argue the NHRC has “We have sent a copy to the been “too late” in framing the Ministry of Labour and we are guidelines, which they say only in the process of distributing the speak about makeshift labour book among construction and lodgings while ignoring bigger contracting companies,” he said. problems in permanent labour A project manager working accommodations. with a heavy equipment com- Although Qatar’s Labour Law pany said, requesting anonymity: Dr Mohammed bin Saif Al Kuwari sets high standards for workers’ “The human rights committee rights, many developers, contrac- was established many years ago, tors and construction companies why is it that they have issued visited construction sites and violate the law by ignoring the guidelines only now?” labour camps, where, he claimed, safety of their employees, said Dr He said that because of the he often found many people hud- Mohammed bin Saif Al Kuwari, nature of his work he regularly dled in small rooms. A lot of sanitary and safety issues were linked to cramped accommoda- tions, and many companies were reluctant to do anything about it because of the expense involved, sites in coordination with the human rights bodies, after which receiving negative points,” he he said. authorities. it immediately launched investi- said. The NHRC guidelines ban Asked why the focus was only gations into serious issues. Scoring high on the ministry’s bunk beds, a common feature on makeshift labour camps, Al He said that at best some assessment scale is crucial for in almost all camps, and call for Huwail said there had been many construction and contracting companies vying to get a share housing only four workers in a complaints regarding them. companies met 95 percent of of upcoming mega infrastructure room that must have at least “Many workers are now being the safety standards set by the development projects. four square metres of free space. moved from residential areas Ministry of Labour. “There is no In fact, many companies are According to the guidelines, to new, temporary shelters, and company that fulfils the criteria in the process of improving the construction and contracting there were also plans to establish 100 percent.” living standards of their work- companies will have to sign a a new industrial area.” A senior official of a construc- ers so that they can request the written undertaking at the time Al Kuwari said conditions at tion company that has some ministry to send its inspectors of submitting formal requests to permanent and temporary labour 3,000 workers at different sites and upgrade their rating. recruit workers. lodgings were not very different, said the majority of companies A project manager said work- Admitting that the guidelines except that at permanent labour did not want to score low on the ers accommodated at construc- should have come out earlier, camps problems such as those Ministry of Labour’s grading tion sites in areas such as Ras Jaber Al Huwail, a legal adviser related to electricity and water system. Laffan and Lusail enjoyed the at the NHRC, said the organi- supply were bigger. “The ministry has a very strin- best facilities, with some camps sation wanted to publish the Al Huwail said the NHRC gent grading system and any having special areas for sports handbook only after conduct- received complaints from labour- minor accident on a site would and recreational activities. ing extensive surveys at camp ers as well as international instantly result in the company THE PENINSULA

Salient features of the NHRC guidelines on temporary labour camps on Move to remove bunk beds hailed construction sites

BY FAZEENA SALEEM sleep on bunk beds and don’t Workers’ Accommodation Rooms get a proper place to keep their The area allocated to each worker in a shared room shall not be less than four square metres number of construc- belongings. of free space. tion workers have The cramped rooms become lauded the move by more uncomfortable in summer, No more than four workers shall be accommodated in one room. the National Human especially if the old air condition- A Beds with two or more tiers are strictly forbidden. Rights Committee (NHRC) to ers stop working. At some camps, remove bunk beds from make- many workers share a kitchen but Entrances, corridors or passages, rooftops and vaults shall not be used as rooms to accom- shift labour camps at construc- there is no specific area for dining. modate workers. tion sites. ‘’I don’t think there are many Windows shall not permit dust leakage and they shall be furnished with metal meshes to prevent After the NHRC recently labour camps without bunk entry of insects. issued a handbook of guidelines beds. Not only at labour camps for makeshift labour camps, this at construction sites, bunk beds All rooms shall have a ventilation system, supplying sufficient natural and artificial lighting. reporter visited some temporary are there at any accommodation There shall be a sitting and living hall for receiving guests and sitting purposes at one square camps at project sites and spoke for single workers,’’ said Sunil, a metre space for each worker living in the accommodation. to several workers about their Nepalese worker. living conditions and the new Raja, an Indian construction There shall be a water cooler with a single drinking tap for every 20 workers at most, supplied guidelines. worker who arrived here three with three crockery filters (in accordance with approved Qatar standards). The guidelines ban bunk years ago, shares a room made beds and give specifications for of cement blocks and a roof of Kitchens and Food Preparation Facilities kitchens, dining rooms, cook- sheets at a project site in Al ing facilities, water, electricity Shahaniya. He said he shared The size of the kitchen shall be determined according to the number of workers, with adherence and sewerage systems, and ven- the room with five other work- to health requirements of the relevant authorities. tilation and air conditioning at ers and they slept on bunk beds. Kitchen walls shall be covered with ceramic or porcelain up to the ceiling. makeshift labour camps. He said they didn’t have enough Not more than four workers space to keep their belongings. There shall be appropriate exhaust fans to suck out smoke and vapour, approved by the Civil can be accommodated in a room. The room’s air conditioner was Defence, in addition to electric insect traps. Companies are also required to struggling to beat back the noon have a clinic with a doctor and heat on Thursday. There shall be a stainless steel basin fitted with a water mixer (cold and hot) for cleaning utensils nurse if the makeshift labour There are 16 rows of 10 such and equipment with the provision of a sewerage system. camp accommodates 500 work- rooms. Approximately 160 work- ers or more. ers live in the temporary labour Water Closets/ Toilets The living conditions at these camp at a construction site. The employer shall provide one fully equipped water closet (toilet) for every eight workers, at camps remain poor. The work- They share 20 toilets and 20 most with dimensions not less than 2.5 x 2 metres subject to the following requirements: ers said bunk beds were a com- bathrooms. There is a common the morning to pack and carry ‘’It is good if they reduce the mon feature of labour camps. kitchen for all the workers where with them to work. number of people and remove the Toilet walls shall be covered with porcelain and have anti-slip floors. Most workers share small rooms, they cook their meals early in ‘’All these rooms accommodate bunk beds because at times the Toilets should contain external water heaters. six people with three bunk beds life of the person on the upper in each room,’’ said Raja. bed is confined to that place,’’ Toilets shall be located in an isolated area away from cooking and food preparation facilities. The living condition of Raja Ibrahim added. is not too different from that of However, few companies Medical Clinic and Health Equipment other construction workers here. provide better places for their ‘’Accommodations for workers construction workers to live. When the number of workers exceeds 100, the following shall be provided: are not much different from each They are accommodated in A room equipped with first aid equipment to be kept by an experienced male nurse. other. The size of the rooms and Portacabins or villas close to the number of people living there can construction site. In case the number of workers exceeds 500, a clinic shall be established manned by at least vary, but no one can find a room ‘’Our company hires one doctor and one male nurse. without a bunk bed. I am very Portacabins and they are surprised to hear that there is a designed as rooms. Three to four General Provisions ban on such beds. Eight of us are people stay in such cabins. At The employer shall provide necessary means for the disposal of accommodation and sewer- living in a room and we have four some places, big villas are rented age wastes regularly and in a hygienic way and shall establish an area far from the accom- beds,’’ said Suresh, a Sri Lankan and two of us are accommodated modation to dispose of garbage. construction worker at a site in in a room. But, of course, at all Matar Qadeem. these places we have bunk beds,’’ It is strictly forbidden to use or exploit the workers accommodation for purposes other than Ibrahim, a Bangladeshi con- said a construction worker at a those allocated for it. When storing foodstuff for the workers, the conditions for food storage struction worker, was also of the project in Al Wakra. shall be followed according to the requirements the concerned bodies. opinion that if fewer people were (Names have been changed as accommodated in a room their the workers requested anonymity.) Companies and firms shall sign and stamp this Guide only once before submitting an applica- living conditions would be better. THE PENINSULA tion for recruitment of workers. Home JUNE 1, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY Qatar, France sign Sheikh Mohammed receives Master’s from Harvard deal in education Students can now take exams of French institutions

DOHA: The Attorney-General with the French side to develop into account, the characteristics Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri a legal framework that takes of the Qatari society and stand- has signed an agreement with into account the educational ards approved by the Supreme the Secretary-General of the and cultural development and Education Council in Qatar, espe- French Ministry of Foreign to work out new mechanisms to cially with regard to the teaching Affairs Pierre Sellal related secure a commitment for best of Shariah, Arabic language and to the Qatari-French School standards of quality and Qatari the history of Qatar, in addition (Lycee Franco-Qatarien and French educational systems to the educational programme Voltaire). and to attract qualified teachers approved by the French Ministry The agreement culminated accredited to France, European of National Education, Youth, and efforts that have been made over Union and other countries. Sport. the recent years in partnership The framework will also take Through this agreement Qatari students will be equipped to sit all examinations and certificates prepared by the French educa- tional institutions. The educational programme at all stages relies primarily on three languages and two cultures. After obtaining the French high school certificate or the certificate of the International School of Geneva, students can join any university in the world. The French Foreign Ministry issued a statement that the Secretary-General of the French Foreign Ministry Pierre Sellal and Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, Board Chairman of the Qatari- French School, signed an agree- ment related to the school. The agreement will enable the evolution of the educational institution in accordance with the best conditions within the frame- The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser graced the graduation Attorney-General Dr Ali bin Fetais Al Marri and Secretary-General of the work of the strong demand for ceremony of H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on the occasion of his receiving a Master’s French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pierre Sellal, signing the documents. Francophone education in Qatar. in Public Administration from John F Kennedy College at Harvard University in the US. The ceremony was QNA attended by H H Sheikh Jassem bin Hamad Al Thani, the Personal Representative of the Emir, and sons of the Emir.

Deputy Emir International schools thriving, says report receives call from

DOHA: Qatar had just 21 from just 21 in year 2000 to 119 the increasing needs of organisa- quota restrictions for attendance investment opportunity within Yemeni president international schools in 2000 international schools today. tions and investors considering by local children, as local fami- the international schools market. and now boasts 119. The coun- The report identifies govern- new schools and expansions. lies become increasingly wealthy, Qatar is included in this col- DOHA: The Deputy Emir try is now considered as one of ment backed education plans The global international and as the expatriate market lection of eight reports along and Heir Apparent H H the key investment locations such as Education City and the schools market has grown rap- grows,” said Nicholas Brummitt, with Singapore, South Korea, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad in the global international formation of Lusail city. idly in the past 10 years (annual Chairman of the International Indonesia, Hong Kong and Al Thani yesterday received schools market, according to a It suggests a continued fee income is £20.8bn) and is School Consultancy Group Malaysia, and Emirate reports a phone call from Yemeni report by ISC Research. increase in the international predicted to continue significant which includes ISC Research. on Abu Dhabi and Dubai. President Abdo Rabbo ISC Research, an organisation school market in Qatar to development for the foreseeable “In several countries demand Each ISC Report includes key Mansour Hadi. that supplies data and market respond to such developments future. for international school places demographic data, an overview Talks during the telephone analyses covering the world’s and meet the needs of the enor- ISC Research has been track- exceeds supply. This all points of expatriate trends within the conversation centred on English-medium international mous expatriate population as ing the market for over thirty to significant development in the country, unique historical data cooperation between the two schools, identified Qatar as one well as increasing demand for years, consistently collecting foreseeable future,” Brummitt on the international schools countries and other issues of of the eight primary investment school places by Qatari families. data directly from the interna- said. market there, specialised anal- common concern. locations. ISC Research is publishing tional schools. ISC Country Reports focus ysis using ISC sourced school The ISC Qatar Report includes targeted demographic studies “We are looking towards a on a number of countries that data, and exclusive insights into data showing the expansion of and market intelligence reports period of vast expansion as vari- ISC Research considers to be future developments. Qatar reiterates international schools in Qatar for key locations in response to ous governments continue to lift of most significance in terms of THE PENINSULA commitment to boost education GENEVA: Qatar has reaf- firmed its interest to develop Qatar respects education as a basic pillar of CNA-Q raises QR150,000 for charity the Qatar National Vision human rights in 2030, highlighting the estab- lishment of the Supreme DOHA: College of the North Education Council as the business sector, Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) raised competent authority respon- QR150,000 for charity at a sible for the development and envoy tells UN recent Art and Photography advancement of education. Auction to celebrate 10 years in Noor Ibrahim Al Sada, second GENEVA: Qatar has affirmed Qatar. secretary at Qatar’s permanent that it attaches great impor- Over 100 selections of art mission to the United Nations, tance to respecting human and photography were sold at made these remarks addressing rights, particularly in the busi- the event; the majority of the the 23rd session of the Human ness sector. pieces were donated by mem- Rights Council in Geneva at an Third Secretary of Qatar’s bers of CNA-Q’s Art club and interactive discussion with the Permanent Mission to the United Photography club, consisting of Special Rapporteur on the right Nations in Geneva, Jassim Al both students and employees. to education Kishore Singh. Maawda, said this at the 23rd ses- Many of the pieces were pro- Al Sada hailed Singh’s sion of the Human Rights Council duced by a variety of international 2012 participation in the titled “Panel discussion on the professional artists as part of two World Innovation Summit for Business and Human Rights art symposia held at CNA-Q over Education in Doha, during Agenda by the United Nations the past two years. which H H Sheikha Moza bint System.” The live auction was hosted Nasser launched the Educate a Qatar has paid special attention by Dr Ken MacLeod, President Child initiative, an effort that, to corporate social responsibility of CNA-Q, and Hussain Al Al Sada said, would contrib- since 2009 by holding conferences, Marri, President of the Student ute to the achievements of the which laid the foundation to the Representative Council at CNA- Millennium Development Goals business sector’s contribution in Q, and attended by Board Vice in education. the advancement of the Qatari Chair of Qatar International She underlined the keenness society; most recently the Fourth Islamic Bank (QIIB), Sheikh Ali of the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad Conference on Corporate Social bin Abdullah bin Thani Al Thani, bin Khalifa Al Thani on find- Responsibility, which concluded and CEO of QIIB, Abdulbasit ing innovative means of fund- in Doha, Al Maawda said. Ahmad Al Shaibei. ing education, referring to the Qatar is seeking to enhance Both QIIB and Sheikh Ali con- Emiri decision on May 22 that the culture of corporate social tributed substantially to the funds established a health and edu- responsibility to adopt the best raised and bought multiple pieces cation fund with huge capital practices by the Qatari business of art. to provide sustainable financial community in line with the pro- “This auction far surpassed our President of CNA-Q, Dr Ken MacLeod, and President of the Student Representative Council at CNA-Q, Hussain resources to fund educational tection and respect of human expectations,” said Dr MacLeod. Al Marri, during the live auction. programmes. She said Qatar rights through the implemen- “Not only did we raise more welcomes the recommenda- tation of several social projects money than we had hoped, but tions of the special rapporteur, aimed at achieving sustainable the large number of people in “Thank you to everyone who Petroleum,” he added. “We were Red Crescent.” An event will be especially his call for creating development according to Qatar attendance, including Sheikh Ali supported this initiative, in able to meet and surpass our goal held soon to present Qatar Red a mechanism that protects the National Vision (QNV) 2030, Al and Al Shaibei, created a wonder- particular, our industry donors and we are thrilled to be able to Crescent with the proceeds. right to education. QNA Maawda said. QNA ful energetic event.” and our 10-year sponsor Qatar give all proceeds to the Qatar THE PENINSULA JUNE 1, 2013 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home/Mideast

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RITAIN’S already strained relationship with the European Union will likely to deepen further with the latter taking the former to court for breaking BEuropean rules on social security benefits for Cuba is hardly a state people who live in the UK and hold passports issued by EU member states. EU’s executive arm European Commission has filed a case against the British government in the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, alleging that sponsor of terror the UK’s tight definition of residency law does not comply BY KEITH BOLENDER with the EU standard that calls for child benefits, pension and pandering to a small community countries that might be considered credits and allowances to jobseekers from the member of former Cuban citizens now living more deserving, such as North Korea, states. HILE an attentive US audi- in Florida. Cuba also asserts that the aren’t on the list. What makes it all the Citing figures from 2009 to 2011, the commission says ence watched President US has undertaken actions that have more galling for the Castro government WObama outline his plan to resulted in the deaths of civilians. are the arguments the US has advanced the British government had received 42,810 applications for wind down the long war on terror last An official of the country’s foreign to justify Cuba’s inclusion — the most social security benefits from EU residents, but rejected 64 week, officials in Havana were shak- relations department, MINREX, com- egregious stemming from the charge percent on the ground that the applicants had not met the ing heads in bewilderment and anger plained: “It is ridiculous that the US Cuba was not sufficiently supportive of UK’s definition of residency. An extra residency test applied over how the issue of terrorism con- continues to include Cuba on an arbi- the US war on terror or the invasion of by the UK to see if migrants are eligible to claim breaches tinues to be cynically manipulated trary list of states that sponsor terror- Iraq, and was unwilling to help track or against the island nation. What raised ism, while it is Cuba that has suffered seize assets allegedly held by terrorists. EU law. Critics say British and Irish citizens always pass their ire was the recent announcement so much from terrorism — originating A 2004 State Department report said this Right-to-reside test, unlike other EU citizens, whose that Cuba would remain on the State from the US.” “Cuba continued to actively oppose the chances remain very low. Department’s controversial list of states The so-called terrorism against Cuba US-led coalition prosecuting the global Britain has rejected the charges and said it always that sponsor terrorism. began shortly after the triumph of the war on terrorism.” But the Cuban side complied with EU rules. Statistics also reveal that the The annual report on international Revolution in 1959. In the early 1960s has consistently denounced all forms of country has received more terrorism from the department was due a covert CIA programme Operation terrorism, including the recent Boston by the end of April, and although it now Mongoose led to the killing of teachers, Marathon bombings. immigrants than any other appears it could be delayed for months, farmers, officials and the destruction of Other rationales to keep Cuba on The confrontation European nations. Work and officials have agricultural and non-military industrial the list have ranged from its support Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan indicated Cuba is targets. Other incidents involved attacks for left-wing rebels in Latin America, will open a new Smith said he planned to fight staying on the list on villages, biological terrorism, includ- its relationship with the former Soviet page in UK-EU the commission ‘every step of the along with Iran, ing the introduction of Dengue 2 that Union, treatment of political prisoners way’. Sudan and Syria. resulted in the deaths of more than 100 and allowing members from alleged ter- relations if the The US Department children in 1981, and a 1997 bombing rorist organisations such as Columbia’s Britain has a long history spokesman campaign against tourist facilities in FARC and Spain’s ETA to live on the court asks the of strained relations with the government Patrick Ventrell Havana and Varadero. island. Even when those issues were government to bloc and is the strongest among continues to confirmed the The most infamous act of terrorism resolved, including the dissolution of the 10 countries in the EU that put Cuba on its administration occurred with the bombing of Cubana Soviet Union more than 20 years ago, change its stand choose not to use the euro. “has no current Airlines in 1976, killing all 72 on board. Cuba found its unmerited designation plans to remove One of the two masterminds, former had not changed. Prime Minister David Cameron international or imposes hefty Cuba”. The deci- CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles, has One reason, that Havana permits ref- in January promised to hold a terrorism list sion came as a a long history of suspected terrorist ugees from American justice to find safe fines on it. vote on whether or not Britain because of flawed disappointment activities against his former homeland; haven on the island, was re-invigorated would stay in the European rationale and for those expect- at one point bragging to the New York with a ruling timed with the announce- Union if he is re-elected in 2015. ing new Secretary Times of his involvement in the hotel ment that Cuba would not be taken The ruling Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition has historical prejudice. of State John bombings. Posada continues to live a off the terrorist list. Assata Shakur, Kerry, a long- quiet life in Miami, considered a hero accused of killing a New Jersey state received support from the opposition Labour Party and time critic of among many of the first generation trooper 40 years ago, was labelled as a the UK Independence Party (UKIP), which calls for tough America’s coun- exiles whose anti-revolutionary fervour most wanted terrorist by the FBI, with immigration law and wants Britain to leave the European ter-productive policy against the Castro has yet to diminish. The other master- a $2m price tag on her head. Shakur, Union, in the current clash. After staging a big win in the government, might recommend Cuba’s mind, Orlando Bosch, died in Miami a who fled to Cuba in 1979, has consist- recent local elections, UKIP leader Nigel Farage said his removal. The fact he hasn’t demon- few years ago. As a result of these ter- ently maintained her innocence. eurosceptic party could no longer be dismissed as a protest strates how difficult it is to change rorist activities, Cuba sent intelligent There is no legitimate reason to use the dynamics of the antagonistic rela- officers to Florida in the 1990s to infil- the arbitrary terrorism list as a political movement. tionship between the two ideological trate Cuban-American organisations to weapon against Cuba. To continue to The confrontation will open a new page in UK-EU adversaries. thwart further acts. The agents, known do so exposes the State Department to relations if the court asks the government to change its Cuba was included on the list in 1982, as the Cuban Five, were uncovered by charges of hypocrisy and manipulation stand or imposes hefty fines on it. That will invite a tough replacing a then-friendly Iraq. The the FBI and are serving long prison of a serious threat based on ideological response from Britain, including its slide towards the designation levies comprehensive eco- terms. differences. Most importantly, it gives nomic punishments. Cuba calls its con- While Cuba’s status as a state sponsor insult to actual victims of terrorism. European exit door, which will be suicidal for both parties • tinued inclusion on the list “shameful” of terrorism remains unchanged, other THE GUARDIAN The other side Quote of Afghanistan and its weary president the day HE Afghan authorities say fact that another Taliban “spectacular” of his second and final term of office probably without much enthusiasm, to that they have foiled a major was imminent in Kabul, it was a tip-off after elections next April. He vigorously the polls to choose their new president, attack on Kabul that was being from a suspicious local that led inves- denied rumours that he intended to try the Nato forces will be busy disengag- Tplanned by the Pakistani-based tigators to the insurgents’ hideout and and cling on to power, saying that such ing from a war that in effect, was lost Haqqani network. Raiding a property in their weapons store. Security around a move would be neither good for him before they even began to deploy. The Cyber threats are the capital yesterday they discovered the city is tight and it seems clear that personally nor for Afghanistan. failure to include the Taliban in the Bonn a large stock of arms and ammunition the Taliban are finding it more difficult Indeed he went on to say that he talks that followed their ouster in 2001, real, they’re terribly together with five suicide vests. One to organise and mount their high pro- was concerned for his own safety and guaranteed that once they had recov- of the seven suspected terrorists was file attacks. Nevertheless the mood of that of his family once he stepped down ered from their defeat and reorganised dangerous and pose killed in a firefight as the security forces optimism that once gripped the capital from office, indicating that he was prob- their forces, they and their Al Qaeda moved in. The weapons cache and the has all but disappeared among ordinary ably thinking of leaving the country after allies would come back fighting. a quiet, stealthy, six arrested men were put on display people weary of the violence and long- handing over to his successor. This was the pivotal moment when insidious danger to for the international media. ing only for peace. This statement perhaps indicates the Taliban leadership, or at least a sig- This has been a welcome success Afghanistan’s President Hamid better than anything the political and nificant portion of it could have been the United States for the Afghan forces in interdicting Karzai is hardly less weary. Indeed he security inheritance Karzai is leaving separated from Bin Laden’s fanatical and other nations. attacks. Sources have suggested that said last week that he was “exhausted” behind him. and amoral organisation. Chuck Hagel although intelligence had picked up the and was looking forward to the end By next year as Afghans go, Arab News US Defence Secretary JUNE 1, 2013 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Obama cleans up Bush’s Detainees at Camp Bastion challenge national security mess notion of UK justice

BY PHIL SHINER and The president’s unwillingness to TESSA GREGORY confront Syria’s dictator Bashar Al hile working in Kabul on another Assad on chemical weapons could legal case involv- Wing British troops, our interpreter introduced us be interpreted by Iran as a sign of to a man we shall call Ali. Ali, an illiterate farmer in mid-50s, explained voice that since March weakness. 2012 his teenage son had been detained in a British military BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG National Defence University is facility without charge or access best read as an indirect repu- to a lawyer. Ali described the n the days after the 9/11 diation of Bush-era policies and agonising first two months when attacks, the Bush admin- rhetoric, and an elliptical denun- his son was held incommunicado istration made clear to the ciation of Bush’s understand- — he had no idea where his son world that it had the Islamic ing of the fight against Islamist was and feared for his life. It Defence secretary Philip Hammond Republic of Iran in its sights. extremism. was only when the International ICondoleezza Rice, who was Civil libertarians were mainly Committee of the Red Cross then president George W Bush’s unmoved by the speech, in which managed to get a message to him detention has been coupled with ill national security adviser, issued Obama said he would continue that he discovered his son was in treatment and abuse. There were this warning in January 2002: using drone strikes against ter- British custody. all too familiar echoes of Iraq as “Iran’s direct support of regional rorism suspects while promising, Ali is now able to speak to his our clients described an interroga- and global terrorism and its again, to find a way to close the son for an hour over the inter- tion regime replete with solitary aggressive efforts to acquire prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. net every fortnight but he has confinement, sleep and sensory weapons of mass destruction belie The Daily Beast’s Eli Lake cap- not been permitted to visit him deprivation, temperature manipu- US President Barack Obama any good intentions it displayed in tured the cynical view with this in person. Ali’s son has not been lation and inhuman and degrading the days after the world’s worst formula: “Obama talks like a com- told why he is being detained or conditions. Perhaps this explains terrorist attacks in history.” parative religion professor and terrorism than they were at Obama, in his desire to reverse what is going to happen to him. why the ministry is so anxious to So it was with shock (and some- acts like a Blackwater executive.” the outset of his presidency. He some of the excesses of the War Neither Ali nor his wife have been ensure that no other detainees are thing like the opposite of awe) It’s true that the behaviour of was heartened by the reaction on Terrorism, will move too radi- able to sleep properly since their allowed to speak to lawyers. that, seven years later, the newly Obama’s leak-obsessed, secrecy- to the Boston Marathon bomb- cally in the opposite direction. I’m son was taken and as every day Hammond has repeatedly sug- elected Barack Obama learned loving administration calls into ings, not only because the peo- always taken up short when he passes they worry more that he gested that he has been left with that the Bush administration had question his stated commitment ple of Massachusetts responded announces, as he often does, that will never be released. The fam- this conundrum because of pub- never even drawn up plans for to civil liberties. But remember so resiliently but because there the war in Afghanistan is coming ily is living the nightmare that is licly funded lawyers like us who attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities. that he made a revolutionary was so little pressure placed on to an end. It isn’t — what is ending incommunicado arbitrary deten- have objected to British forces Obama discovered this when he change when he took office by him to have the surviving suspect is the American role in that war. I tion: Prohibited by the common handing over detainees to notori- asked his generals for their plan, banning torture. He has hinted tried by a military tribunal. That wouldn’t be at all surprised if the law since the 13th century. ous and brutal Afghan torturers in and they had none. Bush had at moves in several other areas response may account for this military one day finds itself bat- The Defence Secretary, Philip clear breach of UK policy and law. never asked for one. The bellicose that, if carried out, could equal statement in his speech: “In the tling the next-generation Taliban, Hammond, has confirmed that This is a fallacious argument. The rhetoric on Iran was empty of that decision in drama and years to come, not every collection perhaps because Obama withdrew Ali’s son is not alone — there are a British response to Afghan torture substance. impact. He has reasserted civil- of thugs that labels themselves Al troops prematurely. further 90 or so Afghans all being should not be to lock up individu- A senior administration offi- ian control over a military that at Qaeda will pose a credible threat But Obama seems to recognise held without charge and without als without charge or access to jus- cial told me that Obama ordered times had seemed to operate like to the US. Unless we discipline that the fight against terrorism access to lawyers at the UK’s “tem- tice, nor should it be to restrict Robert Gates, the holdover sec- a semi-independent entity, and our thinking, our definitions, our will always have a military compo- porary” holding facility at Camp legal aid preventing those who retary of defence, to draw up he has resisted national-security actions, we may be drawn into nent, whether or not we continue Bastion in Helmand province. find themselves at the hard end preparations. Not because he officials’ request to kill terrorist more wars we don’t need to fight, labelling it a war. He says he’ll tar- Hammond justified actions by of British authority abroad from wanted to attack, but because it targets without direct presiden- or continue to grant presidents get only those who pose a “contin- stating that those held are sus- seeking justice in our courts. seemed absurd and irresponsible tial supervision. unbound powers.” uing and imminent threat” to the pected of being responsible for the This is a problem entirely of the that his predecessor had labelled It’s true that the president This could be read as a com- US, but he has an appropriately deaths of British service men and government’s own making. It could Iran a member of the “axis of has failed to close Guantanamo. mentary about the fight against expansive definition of “imminent.” women. We must recognise that and should have invested at the evil” without even having a plan But Guantanamo exemplifies, Al Qaeda and the importance And he will, to the chagrin of his the allegations could not be more outset in a purpose-built Afghan to confront such evil, and because to Obama, the recklessness of of resisting the temptations of critics, continue using drones not serious but we must also remem- run facility — mentored by UK Obama, despite allegations to the the previous administration: A interventionism. Obama, unlike only in Afghanistan — where he ber that they are unsubstanti- detention experts — to ensure that contrary, takes the threat of a decision to lock up suspected his predecessor, seems to have deploys drones in the same way ated by evidence and untested detainees are treated humanely, nuclear Iran seriously. terrorists indefinitely on a con- promised himself not to be goaded the military deploys artillery and in a court of law. The allegations processed in accordance with the Inside the White House, the troversial military base outside into an unnecessary war. He is mortars — but in other countries cannot begin to justify the UK law and where guilty, kept off the no-Iran-plan fiasco is used to American legal jurisdiction, with planning for war in Syria but he’s where he sees a threat. denying upwards of 90 men their battlefield. Such an approach was illustrate a larger point: Obama, little thought given to the long- distinctly unenthusiastic about it. What Obama seems to want fundamental right to due process recommended by the Foreign on taking office, inherited 10 kinds term consequences. That deci- Obama is particularly unim- most is to recalibrate the way we and access to legal advice. Office as long ago as 2006 and it is of mess from Bush on national sion wasn’t accompanied by much pressed by the argument that his think about the challenge posed It is only, under pressure from the government’s failure to pursue security. The administration is forethought both because the unwillingness to confront Syria’s by Islamist extremism. The Bush the court, after we issued habeas that option that has cost it and the cautious about publicly blaming Bush administration was scornful dictator Bashar Assad on the administration framed the threat corpus proceedings that the taxpayer dearly. Bush for the mess, because it of planning — the occupation of matter of chemical weapons will in apocalyptic terms; Obama Ministry of Defence reluctantly It is when the UK stops riding suspects — correctly — that the Iraq stands out as one example — be interpreted by Iran as a sign thinks it’s containable. After the agreed to allow us to speak with two roughshod over the fundamental public isn’t interested in excuses and because Bush thought the US of weakness. Obama thinks it’s miserable experience in Iraq, I’d of our eight clients on Wednesday. rights of Afghan civilians that it about problems created or exac- was engaged in an endless war. a bad idea to go to war against rather have a president who is They continue to deny us access can ever hope to begin to meet erbated by a president who left In a way, Obama is leading one country to prove to a sec- hesitant to make war but pre- to the other six. We had just one its stated goal of strengthening office more than four years ago. from behind on Guantanamo. ond country that you are capable pared to do so than one who plans hour on the telephone, but it was the rule of law and building a fair Yet the landmark speech Americans, he feels, are more of going to war. There are good for nothing even as he promises enough to raise concerns that, as is system of justice in Afghanistan. Obama gave last week at the mature and less anxious about reasons to be concerned that eternal war. WP-BLOOMBERG so often the case, incommunicado THE GUARDIAN Should Woolwich affect politics in another continent?

BY JEFF SPARROW of Lee Rigby by two cleaver- constitute a genuine threat; we explains the New Yorker. “There consequences. It wasn’t always fathomless evil. Today, however, wielding men in Woolwich meant all know someone who has died remains something hideous about thus. the mainstream response to ter- he quote is from The that draconian anti-terror laws on the roads. Yet no one would the use of weapons that are, to Amazingly, between 1968 and rorism deliberately strips acts Malleus Maleficarum, should be maintained, and that consider giving traffic officers other people, barely weapons 1973, terrorist incidents involv- from context. the infamous Hammer Australian Security Intelligence anything like the powers accorded at all, but household or kitchen ing the seizure of commercial jets In his piece on Woolwich, of the Witches: A Organisation (ASIO) and other to security agencies, even though implements.” took place at a rate of nearly one Sheridan berates what he calls massive tract com- security forces should get access a far more intrusive policing of A particular horror associated a week, a sequence of skyjackings “absolute nonsense of blam- Tpiled by two German churchmen to private Internet communica- drunk driving would, without with… kitchen implements? With now almost totally forgotten. The ing terrorism on US, British or in 1488 to provide the theoretical tions. A day or so later, Labour question, save hundreds of lives. such arguments, we move from attacks were taken seriously, of Australian foreign policy” — even framework for the witch-hunts MP Anthony Byrne cited the So let’s return to Woolwich. security into theology, a realm course — but no-one suggested though the accused men repeat- that raged across Europe during London killing as a reason for “The attack was unprece- in which whatever weapons ter- they posed an existential threat, edly citing Western attacks on the early modern period. ASIO’s bloated budget to be quar- dented”, noted Nick Miller in a rorists employ become the Worst nor claimed world had somehow Muslim countries to justify their According to the Maleficarum, antined from the otherwise wide- widely syndicated Sydney Morning Weapons of All. changed forever. crimes. a witch might destroy crops, eat spread funding cuts. Herald piece, “This has been Something similar became Now, ask yourself this: What With discussions of the a baby, or “deprive man of his vir- Rigby’s death was undoubt- security chiefs’ greatest fear, an apparent during the discussions would be the reaction today to a rationale for terrorism explicitly ile member”. But, if the guilt of edly terrible. Yet what made the attack straight from the playbook about the closure of Guantanamo similar spate of terror attacks? excluded from the public realm, witches exceeded all other sins”, stabbing of one man in a nation of the new, ‘lone-wolf’’ brand of Bay. In the course of that unedify- If two men wielding a machete it’s no wonder we return to the that was not because of what they thousands of kilometres away suf- terrorism.” ing debate, we learned that terror on an entirely different conti- logic of the Maleficarum, where did, but because of why they did it. ficiently important to influence Unprecedented? New? You can suspects could not be tried on US nent spurs calls for increased deeds matter most not in and Irrespective of how much damage political priorities on another describe a knife attack in many soil, nor detained in high-security surveillance of your emails, how of themselves, but because they the witch actually caused to your continent? ways, but novelty is not among prisons. Why not? The US legal would Greg Sheridan and his manifest a theological evil. From field, she was still in the service Though it’s impolite to say so, them. Julius Caesar died in 44 BC system that processed all kinds of ilk react to five years of weekly that perspective, it’s impossible to of the devil. Her deeds, in other fatalities from terrorism remain from the blades of conspirators, murderers and psychopaths could skyjackings? What kind of secu- over-react to terrorism: Two men words, mattered less than her vanishingly rare, at least in without Brutus needing to con- not, apparently, cope with those rity state would they demand in with knives pose a threat equiva- nature. wealthy nations. You have four sult this mysterious “playbook” accused of terrorism, whose exis- response? lent to a nuclear bomber, since It’s easy to scoff at the supersti- times the chance of being struck (and, in passing, let’s also note tential evil was such that it would The comparison between the the real menace comes from their tion of a distant age. But a similar by lightning as you do from being the idiocy of the phrase “lone somehow magically leak out from political culture then and now souls rather than their weapons. logic plays out in our attitude to killed by a terror attack. You are wolf” used to refer to, um, two a supermax gaol. helps explain the rise of the the- As witch hunters of old knew, terrorism today. nine times more likely to choke to assailants). As for the stabbing Hence the comparison with ological response to terror. In campaigns against a spiritual evil Last week Greg Sheridan, the death on your own vomit; you are of an off-duty soldier embody- witches. The point’s not that ter- the politicised climate of the late provide opportunities for those influential foreign editor of the eight times more likely to die at ing “the greatest fear”, well, the rorism doesn’t exist, for clearly 1960s, skyjackings were under- able to keep the populace terri- Australian, explained that “the the hands of a police officer than whole notion illustrates how it does. stood in a particular context. fied. All over the Western world, gruesome terrorist murder of a terrorist. divorced from reality such dis- It’s that we discuss terror Even those with no sympathy our contemporary Hammers of the a member of the British armed You are also something like a cussions have become. in the same fashion that the for the militants’ aims accepted Terrorists have done nicely out of forces in London should serve thousand times more likely to lose “There is a particular horror Maleficarum discusses witch- that the perpetrators possessed a the security state, and are unlikely as a wake-up call to Australia.” your life in a car crash than from associated with low-grade or craft, as a phenomenon that motivation for their crimes, that to cease any time soon. (paywall) Specifically, the killing a terror plot. Traffic accidents homemade violence of this kind…” cannot be assessed by its actual they were not simply driven by a THE GUARDIAN JUNE 1, 2013 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East

Saudi king leaves for Lebanon delays election by 16 months vacation in Morocco JEDDAH: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Protest as parliament decides to put off poll until November 2014 Abdulaziz travelled to Morocco yesterday for an “official BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmak- own tenure since Lebanon’s own visit”, state news agency SPA ers decided yesterday to extend 1975-90 civil war. reported, refuting rumours their term by 16 months until Critics outside parliament that the octogenarian mon- November next year due to as well as the Free Patriotic arch’s health was deteriorating. political deadlock and violence Movement — the only bloc to vote The king, who was born in spilling over from neighbouring against the extension — said the 1924, has spent time in Morocco Syria’s civil war. decision violated Lebanese democ- recovering after operations in The move provoked a protest racy and accused politicians of recent years. in a main square near the parlia- using security concerns to delay But SPA published pictures ment. Demonstrators garbed in elections. showing princes and officials black carried signs saying they Protesters held up signs say- greeting the king at Jeddah air- were in mourning for the dem- ing, “The extension of powers port before his departure for ocratic process in Lebanon and is an extension of all the crises Morocco, where the royal family some threw tomatoes at convoys Lebanon is facing,” and some has properties in Casablanca and of politicians driving past. formed a human wall to try to the southwestern port of Agadir. Coupled with the failure prevent politicians driving up to The report challenged of prime minister-designate the entrance of parliament. rumours in the media that the Tammam Salam to form a govern- The deal was struck as fight- ageing monarch’s health had ment after two months of talks, ing raged for a town just over the deteriorated seriously. the deferral of the vote deepened border in Lebanon with Lebanese King Abdullah is still hav- a sense of dangerous drift and Shia Hezbollah militants openly ing difficulty walking after two disarray in Lebanon at a time of involved on the side of Syrian operations in October 2011 and economic slowdown, increasing President Bashar Al Assad against November 2012 to correct a sectarian violence and a refugee Sunni Muslim rebels seeking to “ligamentary slackening” in the influx from Syria. overthrow him. upper back. Doctors discharged The electoral law was worked The fighting has provoked him from hospital in December out in 2008 as a compromise but armed clashes in the Lebanese last year. His half-brother Prince it satisfied none of the Lebanon’s port city of Tripoli between sec- Protesters attack and throw tomatoes at a car belonging to a member of parliament expressing their refusal on Salman, born in 1935, was named rival sectarian groups and their tarian groups for and against the extension of the parliament terms, near the parliament in Beirut, yesterday. crown prince in June last year leaders remain too divided to Assad. Even before violence in after the death of Prince Nayef agree on a new formula. Lebanon escalated sharply last have failed to reach consensus on state news agency. “Those who election law in the future?” bin Abdul Aziz. So, over objections from one week, politicians were at logger- how that should work. understand realise we are delay- The United Nations said the political bloc and a small but vocal heads over changes to the elec- Suleiman Franjieh, head of ing the election so we can post- decision was regrettable. “While protest near the parliament, 97 toral law and had already put the Lebanon’s Christian Marada pone these problems.” it was clearly important to Tehran slams jail out of 128 legislators voted yes- June poll date in serious doubt. party, argued that an extension Michel Aoun, head of the ensure the continuity of institu- terday in favour of extending the Most political parties oppose was the only way to prevent ris- Free Patriotic Movement, disa- tions, it was a matter of regret term for US-Iranian term. “They endorsed it in the the existing first-past-the-post ing political tensions from boiling greed. “They have no desire to that no agreement had been TEHRAN: Iran yesterday first 10 minutes,” a senior political style system and have been dis- over. “We are not extending the have elections and that may be reached on elections,” UN Special condemned the United States source, who took part in the vote, cussing a hybrid law which would parliament for the sake of par- for their own calculations,” he Coordinator for Lebanon Derek for sentencing an Iranian- said. It was the first time a parlia- introduce an element of propor- liamentarians, we are extending said. “What are the guaran- Plumbly said in a statement. American citizen for plotting ment had decided to lengthen its tional representation. But they to prevent civil war,” he told the tees that we will agree on an REUTERS to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, saying it was in line with “an Iranophobia project”. Manssor Arbabsiar, 58, was sentenced on Thursday to a Assault on Qusayr continues; US maximum 25 years in prison by a ICC rejects bid to halt US judge after he pleaded guilty last October to conspiring with Iranian Revolutionary Guards doubts Russia’s commitment Gaddafi son’s trial elements to hire assassins from the Mexican drug mafia to kill DAMASCUS: Syrian troops said his regime would defeat Rahman, head of the Syrian THE HAGUE: The Riyadh’s envoy. and Hezbollah allies yesterday the revolt which has raged since Observatory for Human Rights. International Criminal Court Iranian foreign ministry pressed their assault on the March 2011 at a cost of more The Coalition has appealed yesterday rejected Tripoli’s bid spokesman Abbas Araqchi strategic town of Qusayr, as than 94,000 lives, according to for the rescue of 1,000 civilians to halt its prosecution of slain said the verdict was “another concern grew for residents and monitors. wounded in Qusayr, which Assad’s leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son step taken in line with the hundreds of rebels reportedly “There is a world war being forces have been trying to seize Seif Al Islam (pictured), for Iranophobia project by the US,” broke through army lines to waged against Syria and the pol- back in an all-out offensive since crimes against humanity com- media reported. join the battle. icy of (anti-Israeli) resistance... May 19. mitted while trying to put down “This proves that the inde- US Secretary of State John (but) we are very confident of Thousands of people who have Libya’s bloody revolt in 2011. pendence of the US justice sys- Kerry also raised questions about victory,” he told Hezbollah’s Al fled the besieged town are in dire “The chamber concluded that tem is being compromised for Russia’s commitment to peace Manar television on Thursday. need of aid, the UN’s refugee it has not been sufficiently dem- political ends,” Araqchi said, in Syria, warning that deliver- Syrian state television said agency said, as its tally for Syrians onstrated that (Libya’s) domestic questioning the legality of the ing S-300 air defence missiles to troops and Hezbollah fighters who have escaped their war-torn investigation (covers) the same verdict and saying Arbabsiar was Damascus would be “not helpful”. had captured the Arjun district nation topped 1.6 million. case that is before the court,” the kept “in inhumane and unaccept- In Istanbul, the deeply divided in northern Qusayr on Thursday, UNHCR spokesman Dan Hague-based ICC said in a state- in a local court. The ICC then also able conditions”. “Any possible opposition announced agreement leaving rebels in the town little McNorton told reporters that ment on the long-awaited decision. postponed its request for Libya confession or verdict issued... on expanding its membership to chance to escape. at least 3,500 people — mostly The ICC, which was mandated to surrender Seif Al Islam until lacks judicial value,” he added. include more representatives The Syrian opposition said women and children — had made by the UN Security Council to judges ruled on the challenge. of fighters and activists on the yesterday that hundreds of rebel it to nearby Hasiya. investigate the Libyan conflict, Tripoli has made progress in ground after it was accused of reinforcements, most close to The agency was able “to wit- issued an arrest warrant for Seif its own investigations into Seif Iranian tourists back being out of touch. the Muslim Brotherhood, have ness the dire humanitarian situ- Al Islam, 40, his strongman father Al Islam’s role during Libya’s But despite extending its talks reached Qusayr to try to repel ation of these displaced families,” Muammar Gaddafi, now deceased, revolt, sparked in mid-February in Egypt after protests for five days longer than sched- the army’s assault. said McNorton. In his interview, and his spy chief Abdullah Senussi 2011, including the mobilisa- CAIRO: Iranian tourists are uled, the National Coalition put “Around 1,000 fighters from Assad appeared to imply that in June 2011. The court, however, tion of militias, military forces back in Egypt yesterday after off until June electing a new across Syria” have penetrated Russia had already started to has clashed with Tripoli over and equipment and the arrests a two-month moratorium on leader and forming an interim the rebel stronghold near the deliver sophisticated S-300 mis- where he should be tried after of journalists and activists, the visas for travellers from the rebel government. Lebanese border, the National siles under contract with Syria. he was captured by anti-Gaddafi judges said yesterday. But after Shia country following hard- President Bashar Al Assad, Coalition’s interim leader George But Russia’s Vedomosti and fighters near the western town of looking at Libya’s challenge, they line Sunni Islamist protests, an meanwhile, said he was “very Sabra told reporters in Istanbul. Kommersant newspapers said Zintan in November 2011, where concluded that “taken as a whole... Egyptian official said. confident” of victory in Syria’s “Hundreds” of rebels have bro- Moscow may not deliver the mis- he is currently still being held. evidence did not allow the chamber A plane owned by private conflict. Assad, whose forces ken through army lines near the sile systems to Damascus this Libya challenged the ICC’s bid to discern the actual contours of Egyptian carrier Air Memphis are battling alongside fighters village of Shamsinn, northeast year and rejected claims they had in May last year, saying the North the national case against Gaddafi flew to Tehran to bring the tour- of Lebanon’s Shia movement of Qusayr, after losing 11 fight- already arrived. African country had the means at such that Libya could said to have ists to Aswan in southern Egypt, Hezbollah to recapture Qusayr, ers, according to Rami Abdel AFP its disposal to put him in the dock substantiated.” AFP said Sherif Ibrahim, chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority. The tourists will visit pharaonic sites, he added. Egypt’s civil aviation minister, Wael Al Maadawy, had already indicated the flights would Turkish police fire tear gas resume after their suspension in April, just a month after the first commercial flight from Tehran to Cairo in decades. in worst protests for years Relations between the two countries thawed after Islamist ISTANBUL: Turkish police disquiet at the authoritarianism The protest at Taksim’s Gezi President Mohammed Mursi fired tear gas and water can- of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Park started late on Monday was elected Egypt’s presi- non yesterday at demon- Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted after trees were torn up under dent last year. Both Mursi and strators in central Istanbul, Justice and Development Party a government redevelopment Iranian President Mahmoud wounding scores of people and (AKP). plan but has widened into a Ahmadinejad have visited each prompting rallies in other cit- Riot police clashed with tens broader demonstration against other’s capital in summits. ies in the fiercest anti-govern- of thousands of May Day pro- Erdogan’s administration. ment protests for years. testers in Istanbul this month. Yesterday’s violence erupted Thousands of demonstrators There have also been protests after a dawn police raid on Four Mexican tourists massed on streets surround- against the government’s stance demonstrators who had been ing Istanbul’s central Taksim on the conflict in neighbouring camped out for days. die in Sinai accident Square, long a venue for polit- Syria, a tightening of restric- “This isn’t just about trees CAIRO: Four Mexican tour- ical unrest, while protests tions on alcohol sales and warn- anymore, it’s about all of the ists were killed and 17 were erupted in the capital Ankara ings against public displays of pressure we’re under from injured, two of them critically, and the Aegean coastal city of affection. this government. We’re fed in a bus accident yesterday in Izmir. “We do not have a govern- up, we don’t like the direction Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the Broken glass and rocks were ment, we have Tayyip Erdogan the country is headed in,” said governor of South Sinai said. strewn across a main shopping ... Even AK Party supporters 18-year-old student Mert Burge, The tourists were travelling street near Taksim. Primary are saying they have lost their who came to support the pro- on a bus owned by a local tour school children ran crying from mind, they are not listening testers after reading on Twitter company near Saint Catherine’s the clouds of tear gas while to us,” said Koray Caliskan, a about the police use of tear gas. monastery in central Sinai when tourists caught by surprise political scientist at Bosphorus “We will stay here tonight and their bus overturned and caught scurried to get back to luxury University who attended the sleep on the street if we have fire, medical and security sources A protester throws back a canister of tear gas towards riot policemen during a hotels lining the square. protest. “This is the beginning to,” he said. said. protest against the demolition of Taksim Gezi Park, at Taksim in Istanbul, yesterday. The unrest reflects growing of a summer of discontent.” REUTERS AGENCIES JUNE 1, 2013 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY London soldier hit by car UK must probe before stabbing: Inquest LONDON: The British soldier killed by suspected extremists in London last week was run over torture in Iraq, before being attacked by two men armed with a cleaver and a knife, an inquest heard yesterday. The inquest into the brutal murder of Lee Rigby on May 22 in Woolwich, southeast London, was opened and adjourned shortly before Queen Afghanistan: UN Elizabeth II paid a visit to the barracks where he had lived and near where he died. The royal engagement was planned long before the attack but the 87-year-old monarch intended to Call to prosecute those responsible mark Rigby’s death privately by meeting with some of the officers and soldiers who worked with him, a GENEVA: The United Nations involvement of British security spokeswoman for Buckingham Palace said. torture watchdog called on and intelligence agencies in mis- In another development, police announced the Britain yesterday to widen and treating detainees held abroad. arrest of their eleventh suspect over the attack, speed up investigations into But it regretted no timetables which is being investigated by Scotland Yard’s allegations that British forces had been set. counter-terrorism branch. A 42-year-old man was tortured detainees in Iraq and Despite a number of claims arrested in north London on suspicion of being Afghanistan and prosecute by Iraqis that they were subject involved in the supply of illegal firearms. those responsible. to abuse between 2003 and 2009 One man, Michael Adebowale, 22, has been British inquiries into alleged by British forces, Britain still charged with murder while the other main sus- abuses by its forces in Iraq since resisted a full public inquiry that pect, Michael Adebolajo, 28, remains under arrest in the US-led invasion in 2003 have would assess the extent of torture hospital. Both men were shot by police at the scene. been slow and there have been no and establish possible command Of the other people arrested, two women were prosecutions for torture or com- responsibility for senior political released without charge and six men accused of plicity in abuse, although there and military officials, the U.N. conspiracy to murder are out on bail. have been courts martial, the UN body said. In a brief hearing, the coroner’s court heard that body said. Britain should establish a pub- Rigby, an army recruiting officer, was killed as he “The Committee against lic inquiry “on alleged acts of tor- returned home after a day working at the Tower of Torture is deeply concerned at the ture and other ill-treatment of London, his regimental headquarters. growing number of serious allega- detainees held overseas commit- The 25-year-old had to be identified by a dental tions of torture and ill-treatment, ted by or at the instigation of or expert, the inquest heard. A post-mortem examina- including by means of complic- with the consent or acquiescence Queen Elizabeth II meets families of serving personnel during a visit to The Kings’s Troop at tion had already found that he died from multiple ity, as a result of the state party’s of British officials”, it said. Woolwich Barracks in southeast London yesterday. cut and stab wounds. military interventions in Iraq and There have been two British AFP Afghanistan,” it said. public inquiries into military con- Its 10 independent experts duct in Iraq. The first, into the issued their conclusions after death of 26-year-old hotel recep- examining Britain’s record in tionist Baha Mousa in British complying with a torture ban. custody in Basra in 2003, found “The procedure for inquiry is in 2011 he had died after suffering Attacker of French soldier under investigation rather slow. I understand the rea- “an appalling episode of serious sons, the amount of work in order gratuitous violence” at the hands to investigate properly certain of British troops. PARIS: A Muslim convert sus- implication in a crime and is an three days before in which two he acted suspiciously and did not abuses. But it is my view and the The UN committee voiced pected of stabbing a French sol- important step towards a trial. men chanting Islamist slogans want to wait for a bus alongside view of the committee that this concern that six soldiers had dier in a religiously motivated France has been on heightened hacked a British soldier to death women. In 2011 he refused a job procedure is really slow,” commit- been cleared and a corporal who attack was placed under formal security alert since January, when in the street. that would have involved working tee member Alessio Bruni told a pleaded guilty to inhumane treat- investigation yesterday over an its military intervened in Mali to Dhaussy, who was arrested on alongside women. news briefing in Geneva. ment got only a one-year prison apparent act of terrorism, pros- help repel Al Qaeda-linked Islamist Wednesday, is suspected of stab- Le Monde daily reported that One factor was the complexity term after a court martial in 2007. ecutors said, a move that could rebels who had been seized con- bing the soldier in the neck while police had signalled concerns of British law, he said. An inquiry into allegations lead to a trial. trol over the north of the former he was patrolling a Paris busi- about Dhaussy in a note to the “The other thing is that it is that British soldiers killed, muti- Alexandre Dhaussy, 22, was French colony. The May 25 attack ness district, and then fleeing the DCRI domestic intelligence serv- always unpleasant to reveal to the lated and tortured Iraqi detain- brought before an anti-terrorism on the soldier in Paris reinforced scene. The soldier survived and ice, but that the DCRI never fol- public that yes, something wrong ees including Hamid Al Sweady judge who determined there was government fears that so-called has been released from hospital. lowed up on the report. Interior was done during military opera- in 2004 after a battle in south- enough evidence of what prosecu- “lone wolf”, self-radicalised assail- Police have said Dhaussy — who as Minister Manuel Valls defended tions overseas,” Bruni said. ern Iraq began in March is due tors called a terror-related assas- ants could commit revenge attacks a minor had a petty crime record and both agencies’ work to French The committee welcomed to publish a report by the end sination attempt to proceed with on French soil. converted to Islam as an adult — was media, saying there were “many Britain’s pledge to hold an “inde- of 2014. The military denies any an investigation. Under French Fingerprints and surveillance known to them for recent incidents such fundamentalists” in France pendent, judge-led inquiry” and unlawful killings or ill-treatment law, a formal investigation means footage led police to Dhaussy, that pointed to radicalisation, but he but not all merited surveillance publish parts of a secret interim in the battle’s aftermath. there exists “serious or consistent whom they say may have been had not been considered dangerous. by security services. report by Sir Peter Gibson on REUTERS evidence” of a suspect’s probable influenced by an attack in London Last year police stopped him after REUTERS

Obama meets Nato chief Protesters target British Conservative MP resigns ECB, Deutsche Bank over alleged lobbying breach

HQ in Frankfurt LONDON: Conservative MP Patrick Mercer resigned from the party yesterday as a result of allegations, due to be aired in a tel- FRANKFURT: Anti-capitalist evision documentary, that he had broken government rules over demonstrators from the the sensitive issue of lobbying. The BBC, which is due to show the Blockupy movement paralysed documentary “as soon as possible”, said it had been investigating Germany’s financial centre yes- lobbying and the conduct of politicians. Mercer said he was tak- terday, cutting off access to the ing legal advice about the allegations and had brought them to the European Central Bank and attention of a parliamentary body that deals with breaches of con- Deutsche Bank’s headquarters. duct by elected officials. Mercer, a former army officer and shadow Protesters against Europe’s homeland security minister, had been an MP since 2001 and took austerity policies, estimated by a keen interest in defence affairs. A Conservative spokesman said police at 1,500 but by Blockupy Prime Minister David Cameron was aware of the situation and that at 3,000, descended in the early Mercer had “done the right thing” by resigning. hours on Frankfurt’s financial district to disrupt business at BA emergency landing ‘due to institutions they blame for a deep recession in eurozone countries such as Spain and Greece. unlatched engine doors’ Riot police, showered with LONDON: Doors on both engines of a British Airways plane which stones and paint bombs, used made an emergency landing at London’s Heathrow Airport last pepper spray to prevent the pro- week had been left unlatched during maintenance, an investigation testers breaking into the ECB. report said. Remnants of the fan cowl doors from the Oslo-bound US President Barack Obama with Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in the Oval Office of the Several protesters were injured Airbus A319 were found on the runway following the incident on White House, in Washington DC, yesterday. Obama said that Nato will hold a summit next year on the “final and police made some arrests, May 24, according to the Air Accidents Investigation Branch. The chapter” in its Afghan war and a new training mission after combat troops withdraw at the end of 2014. though they gave no numbers. 75 passengers on board had to evacuate the plane by emergency “The aim of this blockade is to slides and Heathrow was temporarily forced to close both its run- prevent normal operations at ways while crews put out a fire in one of the engines. “The fan cowl the ECB,” said Blockupy spokes- doors from both engines detached, puncturing a fuel pipe on the man Martin Sommer, adding right engine and damaging the airframe, and some aircraft sys- that some people who had tried tems,” the AAIB report said. to come to work had been sent US probes GE wheat discovery home by the protesters. France to ban electronic cigarettes Demonstrators brandished WASHINGTON: The US world, but some herbicide-resist- Inspection Service. Monsanto said signs with slogans such as PARIS: France will ban electronic cigarette smoking in public Department of Agriculture is ant plants were found in April it was cooperating with the probe “Humanity before profit” and places by imposing the same curbs enforced since 2007 to combat investigating the discovery of on an Oregon farm, triggering a and vowed to “conduct a rigorous some held up inflatable mattresses tobacco smoking, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said. Amid genetically engineered (GE) government investigation, officials investigation to validate the scope with the slogan “War Starts mounting global concern over the public health implications of so- wheat in an Oregon field, as out- announced on Wednesday. of and to address any presence Here” written on them. Trucks called e-cigarettes, Touraine said they faced the same fate as tradi- cry mounted yesterday among Market jitters ensued as Japan of a Monsanto Roundup Ready with water cannons stood by and tional ones: a ban on smoking in public spaces and sales to minors consumer groups and Japan cancelled a bid for 25,000 tonnes event in commercial wheat seed”. a helicopter hovered overheard. and a blackout on media advertising. The near-odourless electronic suspended some US imports. of US wheat and the European The same GE technology is Europe’s Blockupy movement was alternative — battery-driven devices that allow users inhale odour- US regulators said the wheat Union told its member states to already widely used in soybeans formed after the Occupy Wall less nicotine-laced vapour rather than smoke — are gaining ground carries no risks but the out- test imports from the area, saying and maize in the United States Street movement in 2011. in no-go zones such as bars, cafes, trains, waiting rooms and offices. come of the probe — namely any genetically modified wheat and allows farmers to spray their One of the protesters, Lena A government-commissioned report said this week that around finding out whether such wheat would not be sold to consumers. fields with weed-killers without Turowski, a 25-year-old student 500,000 people in France had turned to e-cigarettes. is growing elsewhere — could The altered wheat is glyphosate harming the main crop. of international development, con- have a wider impact on world resistant, which means it con- US Wheat Associates and the demned European governments’ Zimbabwe court orders vote by July 31 markets, experts said. “No one tains a transgene that allows it National Association of Wheat embrace of austerity measures wants genetically engineered to survive when a popular weed- Growers issued a statement to repair their economies. “At the HARARE: Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court yesterday ordered wheat,” said Bill Freese, science killer made by Monsanto, called urging governments not to halt moment, they are trying to fight President Robert Mugabe to set a date for crucial elections, which policy analyst at the Centre for Roundup, is sprayed on fields. US wheat imports based on the the crisis with the same measures will end an uneasy power-sharing government, before the end of Food Safety, recalling that mas- The GE wheat was tested at Oregon finding. “Because of the that caused the crisis. And the July. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku ordered the 89-year-old sive opposition in 2004 led seed more than 100 sites in the United isolated nature of this discovery, people are being forgotten about,” Mugabe to “proclaim as soon as possible a date for the holding of giant Monsanto to pull back from States from 1998 to 2005, but the there appears to be little scientific she said. “It is also about solidarity presidential elections, general elections and elections of members of its bid to commercialise it. last approved field trials in Oregon reason for governments to sus- with those who are being affected governing bodies of local authorities”. He added that the vote should GE wheat is not approved for were in 2001, according to the pend US soft white wheat pur- by austerity and crises in their take place “no later than the 31st of July 2013”. AGENCIES commercial sale anywhere in the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health chases,” the groups said. AFP countries,” she said. REUTERS JUNE 1, 2013 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Asia Another Indonesia mine collapses One in critical condition; workers refuse to return JAKARTA: A worker was fight- Indonesia on May 15, a day after at the mine, which also holds the ing for his life after a new tunnel a training area in another tun- world’s largest gold reserves. The collapse yesterday at Freeport nel, away from the site of its main union had reiterated that work McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc’s operations, caved in on 38 work- would not resume until all inves- Indonesian mine, a union offi- ers. Twenty-eight people died in tigations into the May 14 accident cial said, calling on members to what was one of the worst mining were complete. stop work after the second major disasters in Indonesia. “This latest accident shows how accident in just over two weeks. The accidents also cast doubts Freeport management is arrogant Company and government over Freeport’s plans to turn after they have forced themselves officials could not be immedi- Grasberg into the world’s big- and the workers to go back to ately reached for comment, but gest underground mining com- work and re-start production the latest accident at the world’s plex after 2016 when its open pit activity,” the union’s Solossa said. second-biggest copper mine raises operations end. Open pit min- “That’s why the union calls on questions over how much longer ing accounts for two-thirds of all workers to stop working at Freeport will be able to supply its production. all Freeport mining areas,” said customers. “You have to ask questions of Solossa. The union represents “The victim is in a critical con- Freeport,” said one Singapore- about 18,000 of the mine’s 24,000 Bhutanese voters line up outside a polling station in Paro yesterday. dition. Hopefully, we can save his based industry source. “Is it the workers. life,” Papua-based union official result of a seismic event, or has After the May 14 tunnel col- Virgo Solossa said. the underground mine become lapse, the company and the union “We hope this is the last inci- unsafe after the recent collapse?” put on hold pay talks that began dent... that’s why we ask the com- Sources say large mining opera- on May 13. Bhutanese brave monsoon to vote pany to stop all activities at the tions typically have three to four Now thousands of workers are THIMPHU: Voters in Bhutan polling stations in the isolated development,” said 35-year-old mining area to review safety sys- weeks of ore stockpiled at port, and refusing to return to work until braved rain and treacherous Himalayan nation in the first Chimi Dorji as he waited to vote tems for the sake of the workers.” around three days on site. Freeport investigations into the accident is mountain paths to cast their round of voting to determine the in Dopshari village. Another worker said that two declared a force majeure on some completed. The union that rep- ballots yesterday as the “land lower house of parliament. The area is about an hour- were rescued and taken to hospital concentrate sales about one month resents 18,000 of the more than of the thunder dragon” began “There are so many pledges and-a-half drive from the capital after the tunnel collapsed at the into a 2011 strike, freeing itself 24,000 workers at the mine said electing a government for only in their (politicians’) manifes- Thimphu. “Because without eco- Deep Ore Zone underground mine from some of its contractual sup- its members would not return to the second time. tos but basically what we expect nomic prosperity there can’t be in the Grasberg complex. ply obligations. work until investigations into the Wearing traditional dress is a government that can bring happiness,” he added. The country Freeport suspended opera- Freeport said on Wednesday accident were complete. and sheltering under umbrellas, about happiness to the people held the first election in 2008. tions at the complex in eastern it had resumed some operations AGENCIES Bhutanese queued patiently at and at the same time economic AFP UN condemns China in spotlight as US defence chief arrives two-child rule UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations yesterday SINGAPORE: US Defence “The United States knows of sophisticated US weapons pro- counterpart Chang Wanquan Hagel’s visit, his first to Asia since called on Myanmar authori- Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived where many of these incursions grammes, possibly jeopardising the to Washington in August, while taking over in February. ties to end a ban on families in Singapore yesterday for an come from,” Hagel told reporters US military’s technological edge. President Barack Obama is set to “Last year, we were sharing having more than two chil- Asia-Pacific security conference on his plane as he travelled to the During his four-day stay in meet with new Chinese leader Xi with the region the new strate- dren in two Muslim-majority at which he is expected to press Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual Singapore, Hagel is expected to Jinping next week in California. gic guidance. This year is really townships in a troubled state. China on cyberattacks and international security conference meet many of his Asian counter- At last year’s Shangri La about showing that that strategic UN deputy spokesman reaffirm Washington’s strategic in the city state. parts although there will be no Dialogue, then US defence sec- guidance, the rebalance, is under Eduardo del Buey said that shift to the region. “It’s pretty hard to prove that high-level talks with the Chinese. retary Leon Panetta announced way,” the official told reporters. pressing the policy in Rakhine The Pentagon chief is expected they are directed by any specific However, Pentagon officials said that the majority of the US naval While in Singapore, Hagel state, where there have been to urge Beijing to agree to “rules enemy but we can tell where they he would have the opportunity to fleet would gradually be shifted to is due to pay a visit to the USS widespread clashes between of the road” to mitigate cyber come from and we’ve got to be speak with Chinese military offi- the Pacific region as part of the Freedom, the first of the new Buddhists and Muslims, would threats after a US report found honest about that.” cials on the sidelines of the talks. pivot towards Asia. Littoral Combat Ships that will infringe “fundamental human evidence of a broad Chinese spy- His comments came after General Martin Dempsey, the “The focus is really follow- be based out of the port. The ship rights”. ing campaign against top US a Pentagon report found that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of through this year,” a senior deployments are touted as part of Rakhine authorities say defence contractors and govern- Chinese hackers have gained Staff, visited Beijing in April and defence official who spoke on con- the US strategic focus on Asia. the two-child rule has been ment agencies. access to secret designs for a slew Hagel has invited his Chinese dition of anonymity said ahead of AFP reaffirmed in two townships in the state where most peo- ple are Rohingya Muslims. The rule was first imposed by Myanmar’s military junta. Sri Lanka, Thailand to S Korea PM pledges tougher President Xi criticised boost defence ties BEIJING: More than penalties over reactor scam 100 people whose relatives COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and defence and maritime security”, were killed in China’s 1989 Thailand yesterday called for but gave no further details. SEOUL: South Korean Prime fake safety certificates, means 10 could be “very serious” in August. Tiananmen Square crack- enhanced defence and mari- However, it said Rajapakse Minister Chung Hong-Won of the South’s 23 nuclear reactors At proper capacity, South down hit out at the country’s time security cooperation to “pointed out” that despite his vowed yesterday to mete out are currently offline for various Korea’s nuclear reactors supply new president Xi Jinping in tackle terrorism, President troops crushing Tamil Tiger guer- severe penalties to anyone reasons. more than 35 percent of national an open letter, days ahead of Mahinda Rajapakse’s office rillas in a major offensive in 2009, involved in a forged documenta- “Those found to be involved in electricity needs. the anniversary of the deaths. said. supporters of the defeated rebels tion scandal that has shut down wrongdoing or corruption must All parts supplied for use in The Tiananmen Mothers The two countries agreed to were continuing their separatist a host of nuclear reactors. be sternly punished by the law, the reactors require quality and group has for decades called share more intelligence at the campaign from overseas. “It is a grave crime that angers regardless of their rank and sta- safety warranties from one of 12 on China’s leaders to reverse start of an overnight visit to Sri Sri Lanka faces international both heaven and human beings,” tus,” Chung said. international organisations des- their verdict on the 1989 pro- Lanka by Thai Prime Minister censure over its no-holds-barred Chung told officials at a govern- The Ministry of Trade, ignated by Seoul. democracy protests in Beijing, Yingluck Shinawatra, the presi- military campaign, but denies ment policy coordination meeting. Industry and Energy was Last year, officials said eight when troops killed hundreds dential secretariat said in a allegations that up to 40,000 South Korea shut down two expected to announce a package suppliers were found to have of protesters labelled as statement. civilians perished in the final reactors Tuesday and delayed the of measures later Friday aimed at faked warranties covering thou- “counter-revolutionary”. “We must cooperate more offensive that ended in May scheduled start of operations at reducing energy consumption in sands of items used in a number In an open letter con- closely in security-related infor- 2009. two more, prompting government the summer. of reactors. firmed by a member yester- mation and intelligence sharing,” There have been no attacks warnings of “unprecedented” The ministry has warned that Earlier this month six nuclear day, the group said Xi, who the statement quoted Rajapakse blamed on the Tamil Tigers in power shortages. blackout alerts, triggered auto- engineers and suppliers were took office in March, was “not as saying during bilateral talks in Sri Lanka since the middle of The move, part of a widen- matically when power reserves jailed for their part in the a real reformer”. “What we Colombo. It said the two leaders that year. ing investigation into a scandal dip below a certain level, were scandal. see, precisely, are giant steps “agreed to enhance cooperation in AFP involving parts provided with highly likely and power shortages AFP backwards towards Maoist orthodoxy,” it said. “This has caused those individuals who Global Day of Solidarity originally harboured hopes in him in carrying out political reform to fall into sudden dis- appointment and despair.” No health risk from China probes Fukushima radiation chemical sales VIENNA: Radiation leaked and the vast majority of workers BEIJING: China launched after Japan’s Fukushima for which dose histories have been an anti-dumping probe yes- nuclear disaster in 2011 is assessed.” terday into chemical imports unlikely to cause any ill health The committee, presenting from the European Union effects in the future, a UN sci- after a meeting in Vienna the and United States, the gov- entific committee drawing up a main findings of a report due to ernment said, amid height- major new report said yesterday. be published later this year, also ened trade tensions between “Radiation exposure follow- praised the actions of the Japanese the giant economies. ing the nuclear accident at government immediately after Beijing’s commerce ministry Fukushima-Daiichi ... did not the March 2011 disaster. said it has started investigat- cause any immediate health “The actions taken by the ing whether EU and US firms effects,” the UN Scientific authorities to protect the public were selling perchlorethylene Committee on the Effects of (evacuation and sheltering) sig- at below cost -- a tactic to win Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) nificantly reduced the radiation market share and eliminate said. exposures that would have oth- competitors -- after complaints “It is unlikely to be able to erwise been received by as much from domestic companies. Demonstrators hold placards as they gather under a large Syrian flag during a rally called ‘Global Day of Solidarity attribute any health effects in the as a factor of 10,” UNSCEAR said. AGENCIES with the Syrian Revolution’ outside the Iran embassy in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. future among the general public AGENCIES JUNE 1, 2013 Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY

Four kids feared Manila refutes Beijing on sea row dead in landslide ZAMBOANGA: Four chil- dren aged three to 12 were The Philippines urges China to withdraw from its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf feared dead after a landslide struck the house where they MANILA: The Philippines saying that claimants in the West said Manila must fight until the over its exclusive economic zone to safeguard its sovereignty is had sought refuge during a has been complying with the Philippine Sea (South China Sea) last man to retain Ayungin Shoal. and continental shelf in the West unswerving, and it will never rainstorm in the southern Declaration on the Conduct row should “fully and earnestly He said the government is try- Philippine Sea and has all the accept the Philippines’ illegal Philippines, police said yes- of Parties in the South China implement” the DOC. ing to pre-empt a bloody solu- right to undertake lawful activi- seizure of the Ren’ai Reef in terday. The disaster occurred Sea (DOC) and it is China that Hong also called on the coun- tion to the issue on the Ayungin ties within its maritime domain any form.” He said China has in a remote part of the south- has been violating it, Defence tries to “refrain from actions that targeted by China. “We are pre- without any interference or objec- indisputable sovereignty over ern island of Mindanao on Secretary Voltaire Gazmin could amplify or complicate the empting because remember we tion by any other state.” He said the Nansha Islands and its sur- late Tuesday. The parents of maintained. issue, and avoid any action that have case for arbitration. That is Ayungin is an integral part of the rounding waters. He recalled how the children, all cousins, were “We’ve been adhering to the could undermine peace and stabil- a peaceful solution.” Philippines. a Philippine warship landed on working in the fields when (declaration). We’ve been follow- ity in the region.” The Department of Foreign He urged China to withdraw the beach of the Ren’ai Reef of they heard a loud rumbling ing the DOC. We did not violate Despite China’s violations of Affairs said China has no right from the Philippine exclusive eco- China’s Nansha Islands in 1999, and watched in horror as anything,” Gazmin said. the DOC, the Philippines will con- to dictate to the Philippines what nomic zone and continental shelf. claiming it had been stranded and part of the nearby mountain Asked if China is adhering to tinue to strive to de-escalate ten- it can do in its maritime domain. “As President Aquino said, we will said since then China had urged collapsed on the abandoned the declaration, Gazmin said “No. sions in the West Philippine Sea, Spokesman Raul Hernandez defend what is ours. China has no the Philippines to tow the war- house. Residents tried to dig They don’t. That’s why we have Gazmin said. “We have to avoid said the rotation of personnel and right to be there.” ship. But Manila said it has not them out but could not bring filed successive protests.” escalating the problem since we their provisioning by the Armed Hong also said China will dragged away the warship because in heavy equipment to the His remarks follow a report by have filed cases (before the inter- Forces of the Philippines is a sov- never accept the seizure of the of a “lack of parts,” stressing that remote area and used hand China’s state-run news agency national tribunal) to avoid jeop- ereign and humanitarian duty. Ren’ai Reef over which Beijing it does not have any intention of tools. The bodies were yet to Xinhua quoting Foreign Ministry ardising legal proceedings.” “The Philippines exercises has indisputable sovereignty. building any facilities on the reef. be found yesterday. spokesman Hong Lei Chinese as Vice President Jejomar Binay jurisdiction and sovereign rights “China’s determination and will AGENCIES Law signed to Economic growth modernise jails MANILA: President Benigno Aquino III has signed into law Probers disagree a measure strengthening the correctional system under the Bureau of Corrections and protecting the basic rights of on shooting site inmates. He signed Republic Act No 10575 or the Bureau MANILA: After collecting coordinates within Taiwan’s EEZ. of Corrections Act of 2013 pieces of forensic evidence and Every Taiwanese vessel is into law on May 24, joining doing interviews in each other’s reportedly equipped with VDR, House Bill 6887 and Senate country, Filipino and Taiwanese which is connected to global Bill 3335 passed in February. investigators have yet to agree on positioning system (GPS). The Reformation programmes for whose territory the fatal shoot- boats record their coordinates inmates serving sentences of ing of a suspected Taiwanese every three minutes. Taipei ear- more than three years cover- poacher last May 9 took place. lier announced that the incident ing their moral and spiritual The Philippines said the killing took place within Taiwan’s and welfare, education, livelihood of Hung Shih-cheng by members the Philippines’ “overlapping” knowledge, physical wellbeing of its coast guard happened 43 EEZ or at 39 nautical miles off and psychological health are nautical miles east of Balintang Batanes. among the provisions in the island near Batanes. The NBI team sent to Taiwan law. Taipei, however, insisted the for the parallel probe led by for- shooting took place within its eign liaison division chief head No threats in exclusive economic zone based on agent Daniel Deganzo was able maritime records gathered at the to get hold of the VDR of Guang A view of highrise buildings in the background with slums in the front, near a polluted river in Manila yesterday. Zamboanga National Cheng Kung University Ta Hsin 28. But Deganzo report- The Philippines posted strong growth in the first quarter, knocking China from pole position in Asia, driven by in Tainan City. edly said such evidence would not robust domestic consumption and government spending. MANILA: The Philippines Criminal jurisdiction over the be material in the NBI probe and respects the travel advisory case can only be established if would only serve as “an input” issued by other governments questions over the location of the unless the coordinates shown in it to their nationals here, but shooting are settled. match those recorded by the PCG. Death row Filipino in Saudi seeks help security agencies did not The National Bureau of The fisherman’s daughter, monitor specific threats, Investigation (NBI) and Taiwan Hung Tzu Chien, earlier said she MANILA: A Filipino on death Reconciliation Committee, a its embassy officials to attend particularly in the south- authorities are conducting par- was readying murder charges row in Saudi Arabia appealed quasi-government agency which and follow up Dondon’s release ern region of Zamboanga, allel but separate investigations against those responsible for her to the Philippine government to job is to mediate between the to the concerned Saudi authori- Deputy presidential spokes- into the incident, which sparked father’s death but did not name send a representative to facili- aggrieved and offending parties ties,” he added. person Abigail Valte said yes- uproar in Taiwan and soured respondents. tate his release from detention, in cases where death penalty is Monterona said the Philippine terday. She was reacting to a the territory’s relations with the Taiwanese officials were quoted a migrant workers’ rights group meted out. The SRC official has embassy representative should warning issued by the US to Philippines. earlier as saying they expected said yesterday. been helping Dondon since 2004,” attend a hearing at the Dammam its citizens against travelling “Insofar as we are concerned, nothing less than findings of Migrante vice chairperson Monterona said. court to formally order Lanuza’s in Zamboanga due to credible it happened in Philippine waters,” criminal liability against the PCG John Monterona said Rodelio “Dondon wishes to clarify that release. threat of kidnapping-for-ran- Justice Secretary Leila de Lima personnel. For Manila Economic “Dondon” Lanuza has already though he already got the for- On February 2011, the SRC som plot against foreigners. said. The NBI is under the and Cultural Office chair Amadeo received a tanazul or affidavit of giveness from the aggrieved fam- succeeded to convince the victim’s “We recognise the need of Department of Justice. Perez, the filing of murder cases forgiveness from the family of the ily, a hearing at the Dammam family to accept the offer of blood any country to warn its citi- In a GMA News report, the would only complicate the matter Saudi national he unintentionally court is required to formally money in exchange of their for- zens of precautionary meas- Taiwanese argued that the fish- “because the supposed defendants killed in August 2000. order his release. Thus, it is giveness to Lanuza. The victim’s ures for their safety,” she said. ing boat’s voyage data recorder are here in the Philippines.” “The information came from a prudent on the part of the family asked P32m. However, upon consultation (VDR) marked the vessel’s THE PHILIPPINE STAR high-ranking official of the Saudi Philippine embassy to dispatch THE PHILIPPINE STAR with security and law enforce- ment officials, she said, there were no specific threats moni- tored in the area. ‘No shortage of Airline tickets teachers, Starfish threatens probe set MANILA: Officials found classrooms’ selling government-issued MANILA: There will be no famed coral reefs airline tickets to dis- more shortage of classrooms, tressed overseas Filipino teachers and textbooks in MANILA: A coral-killing star- waterways in the Philippines, workers (OFWs) will face public schools in the coming fish has begun infesting a chan- with its waters plied daily by oil action. Administrator school year, the Department nel of water in the Philippines and chemical carriers. On nearby Carmelita Dimzon of the of Education said yesterday. famed for having some of the shores there are shipyards, Overseas Workers Welfare Assistant Secretary for most diverse marine life in the chemical, oil refineries and big Administration (OWWA) Planning Jesus Mateo said the world, the government said populations. asked Migrante to give details government is building 34,131 yesterday. Meimban said the starfish for probe into the alleged classrooms, enough to clear The appearance of the crown- had been detected in large num- irregularity. “If accusations the backlog. Mateo, however, of-thorns starfish in the Verde bers for the first time in recent are found to be true, admin- said the government would Island Passage could cause great months. He said they may have istrative sanctions will be continue to build classrooms damage to the area’s biodiversity, boomed because of overfishing, imposed. It’s unfair to make to accommodate the increase Jacob Meimban, head of the wild- which removed many of its natu- a general statement so they in enrolment every school life bureau’s coastal marine man- ral predators, and siltation, which have to name names and I year. agement office, told AFP. brings nutrients to the sea that assure them of swift action.” There will also be no short- “The crown-of-thorns starfish encourage their growth. Migrante Vice Chairman John age of teachers, with the really kills the corals. It eats the He said two dives in the Verde Leonard Monterona said dis- hiring of 61,510 additional polyps of the corals, leaving the Island passage since April had tressed OFWs at the Filipino personnel this year. “As of last bleached, white bodies. Then it found at least 500 square metres Workers Resource Centre in school year, the book-student moves elsewhere... until it leaves (around 5,400 square feet) of Amman were asked to pay for ratio was 1:1 in public elemen- the reef dead,” Meimban said. corals ruined by the starfish, but tickets issued by government. tary and secondary schools,” he Marine biologists have they did not have enough divers said, adding there was no more described the passage, which is to determine the full extent of the Three die in backlog of seats. 100 kilometres (around 60 miles) damage. Mateo also said that the long and 20 kilometres wide, as The wildlife bureau has tapped Taguig blast department would complete the “centre of the centre” of the local volunteers, university stu- the delivery of teaching mate- world’s ocean biodiversity. dents and the coastguard for MANILA: Three people rials nationwide for grades 2 It is at the top of the Coral divers to start removing the star- were reportedly killed in an and 8 under the newly signed Triangle, an area of water span- fish. “But we need more divers,” explosion at a posh condo- K to 12 programme before ning down to Indonesia, Papua he said. Removing the starfish minium building in Taguig June. New Guinea and East Timor that requires divers to laboriously pick City yesterday. Radio reports The department expects is called the “Amazon of the Seas” them up one-by-one with metal said the three died after a some 23.8 million students in because of its rich marine life. tongs, then bring them to shore blast at Two Serendra around public and private elementary However environmentalists for burial, he said. 8.30pm. Some vehicles were and high school this year. He have also warned for years that Marine biologists say the damaged when a wall col- reiterated the department’s the passage, a popular dive loca- crown-of-thorns starfish has been lapsed during the blast in the call for early registration to tion, is under grave threat from a recurring threat to coral reefs fifth floor of the building. avoid overcrowding. A community worker fumigates a classroom at a school in Manila to prevent pollution and overfishing. around the world for decades. AGENCIES THE PHILIPPINE STAR dengue before the new academic year starts next week. It is one of the busiest AGENCIES JUNE 1, 2013 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan Zardari’s future bleak Protest against outages in new parliament Sharif gets enough seat to oust the president

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new PML-N is likely to let Zardari Nation a l A s s embly w i l l b e s wor n complete his term rather than today, completing the country’s gunning for him or forcing him out first ever democratic transition of his office prematurely,” Gul said. of power, but for President Asif But he added: “Zardari’s future Ali Zardari the political future as president has become bleak fol- looks bleak. lowing routing of his party in the Pakistan’s 65-year history has election”. Sharif will be sworn in been punctuated by three periods as prime minister for an unprece- of military rule and Zardari was dented third term on Wednesday. credited with steering the coun- During his two previous admin- try to its democratic milestone istrations he earned a reputation by holding together the fractious for hotheadedness and pugnacity. coalition government led by his But the problems facing his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) President Asif Ali Zardari new government are enormous A rally against prolonged outages in Chaman, yesterday. People face daily outages of more than 18 hours for its full five-year term. But -- a failing economy, endless across Pakistan. the PPP was routed at the polls, power cuts and rampant Islamist blamed by voters for five years of provincial assemblies. militancy -- and analysts say the apathy and drift which saw crip- In the run-up to the May 11 63-year-old is likely to seek a pling power shortages worsen election there had been sugges- more conciliatory path. and militancy continue almost tions the PML-N would allow “With ample challenges and Sharif urged to stop drone strikes unabated. Zardari, the widower of PPP limited resources at their disposal, Former prime minister icon Benazir Bhutto, to stay on the government will have to play ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Punjab President Ejaz Chaudhry people were killed. Khan said peo- Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim in return for his party’s coopera- cool with the opposition by avoid- Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) quoted Khan as saying at a press ple of Pakistan did not tolerate League-N (PML-N) romped to tion in the lower house. ing any confrontation and focusing Chairman Imran Khan has conference at a local hotel on drone attacks in Pakistan. victory and will command 177 of But analyst Imtiaz Gul said more on the economy,” said politi- offered public support to prime Thursday. Targeting Sharif for his state- the 342 seats in the new assembly, that while the PML-N was cal commentator Hasan Askari. minister-in-waiting Nawaz He quoted Khan as saying ment that he could not give dead- giving it significant leverage to unlikely to seek an immediate Another key question is how Sharif to stop drone attacks that the people of Pakistan had line to resolve the power crisis oust Zardari from the president’s confrontation with Zardari, his Sharif will handle the Pakistani either through negotiations voted against the previous gov- in the country, the PTI Punjab house when his term expires in days in the top job were num- Taliban. He stressed talks but on with the US or by force. ernment of General Musharraf’s president said, “Pakistanis cannot September. bered. Veteran PML-N leader Thursday the rebels withdrew “The Pakistan Muslim policy regarding drone attacks afford to listen from their leader The president is chosen by an Sartaj Aziz has been tipped as a their offer of dialogue after their League-Nawaz (PML-N) should and it was a matter of grave con- that he cannot give a deadline to electoral college comprising the possible replacement. number two was killed in a US fulfil its responsibility and begin cern that still a drone strike was overcome power crisis.” national assembly, senate and four “Based on past experiences, drone strike. AFP its tenure from this point,” PTI made on Wednesday and innocent INTERNEWS

57 rebels, 18 Musharraf to stay in Pakistan to face charges cops killed ISLAMABAD: Former presi- country, come what may. in Karachi in March ending his appeared before the media was Aasia Ishaq said the action had dent and chief of the All Pakistan She said despite unfavourable three-year self-exile to take part at a ceremony organised at his been taken against the members in clashes Muslim League (APML) retired situation, the former president was in the May 11 elections with the heavily-guarded Chak Shahzad for holding an unauthorised meet- KABUL: At least 38 Taliban Gen Pervez Musharraf, who has not worried about Nawaz Sharif slogan of ‘Save Pakistan’. farmhouse on April 15 to award ing and adopting a resolution rebels were killed yesterday and been under detention at his becoming the prime minister. However, his party boycotted the tickets to party candidates. seeking removal of the party’s dozens others injured in clashes farmhouse for over one month, Musharraf, who had ousted the elections after his arrest and rejec- The former president had secretary general. in southeastern Afghanistan. said he is determined to face all Sharif government in a bloodless tion of his nomination papers from then stated that he respected the Sources said the meeting had Some 1,000 rebels attacked charges and to staying in the coup in October 1999 and then all four constituencies - Karachi, Supreme Court and was prepared been held at the residence of three villages and a police country despite the change of ruled the country till August 2008, Islamabad, Chitral and Kasur. to go to prison if courts so ordered. Kasuri in which Dr Amjad was checkpoint in Andar in Ghazni government. faces trial under Article 6 of the After Musharraf’s arrest, Meanwhile, APML Secretary held responsible for the party’s province in early hours. They “It is not in my nature to run constitution and is being investi- the Senate passed a resolution General Dr Mohammad Amjad poor state of affairs. faced off with Afghan security away or show my back,” APML’s gated for his role in the Benazir demanding his trial under Article issued yesterday a ‘directive’ of Besides Kasuri, those against forces and their civilian sup- Information Secretary Aasia Bhutto and Akbar Bugti murder 6, but the caretaker government Musharraf, announcing that he whom action has been taken porters in a six-hour battle. Ishaq quoted the former military cases, the Lal Masjid operation refused to pursue the case before had terminated the membership include Zahid Sarfaraz, Chaudhry Deputy Provincial Governor ruler as saying. and judges detention case. the SC, saying it was not within its of central executive committee of Mohammad Shafiq, Ghulam Mohammad Ali Ahmadi said 15 Yesterday she claimed that The retired general, who mandate and the matter should be nine party leaders, including sen- Mustafa Khaskheli, M Ashraf and policemen were also killed. Musharraf had categorically now wants to be called Syed left to the next government. ior lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri, for Amoon Pasha. In Pakistan, at least 19 rebels said that he would not leave the Pervez Musharraf, had arrived The last time the APML chief allegedly violating party discipline. INTERNEWS and three soldiers were killed in gunfights in a restive tribal region where troops have gained control No Tobacco Day of strategic heights, the military said. The clashes took place between Red Cross halts staff the tribal districts of Kurram and Khyber, in Para Chamkani and Maidan villages, during an opera- tion against Taliban militants. movement after attack The army said that during exchange of fire, 19 terrorists KABUL: The International employees nationwide, had 36 were killed and 12 injured. Three Committee of the Red Cross staff, including six expatriates, soldiers, including an officer, also has halted all staff movement in the eastern city of Jalalabad. died and three were injured. across Afghanistan and closed The International Organisation The dominating heights of its office in Jalalabad that was for Migration (IOM) said it was the mountainous area had been hit by a suicide and gun attack. “mystified” why its low-key com- cleared or occupied by forces, the “All movements have been pound in Kabul was stormed army added. frozen throughout Afghanistan, by Taliban fighters last Friday, The death toll could not be ver- there is not a single ICRC del- triggering a battle with security ified as the area is out of bounds egate or employee that is moving, forces that lasted several hours for the media due to military taking the roads, today,” Jacques as the city shook with explosions operations. De Maio, ICRC’s South Asia and gunfire. The fighting follows a fresh Chief, said in Geneva. “This is a warning to every military push in the Tirah valley “Our sub-delegation in international organisation here,” in Khyber tribal district, where Jalalabad has been closed, so we Najib Tajali, Deputy Director of the military has been targeting are reconnecting with the gov- the Agency Coordinating Body Taliban and Lashkar-e-Islam ernment and re-connecting with for Afghan Relief (ACBAR) said. militia threatening the nearby armed groups to determined what “These aid groups have no politi- city of Peshawar. happened and why.” cal, government or military ties, Khyber straddles the Nato sup- The ICRC maintains strict and they are much needed, so ply line into Afghanistan, used by neutrality in the Afghan conflict they should be shown respect. US-led troops to evacuate mili- and was thought to be protected The recent assaults are very tary equipment ahead of their from attack by its working rela- strange and absolutely shocking.” People hold banners in support for World No Tobacco Day, in Islamabad. 2014 withdrawal. tions with the Taliban and other The Taliban claimed respon- Pakistani troops have been insurgent groups. sibility for the IOM attack, in fighting for years against homeg- Taliban denied responsibil- which four militants, one police- rown insurgents in the tribal belt, ity for the Red Cross attack on man and two civilians died, saying which Washington considers the Wednesday evening, in which one that their target had been a guest Culture showcased at Heritage Museum main hub of Taliban and Al Qaeda guard and two militants died at house allegedly used by Afghan militants plotting attacks on the the start of the two-hour assault. and US intelligence staff. ISLAMABAD: The ethnic- Lok Virsa (National Institute of great Sufi saints. West and in Afghanistan. “He was unarmed, defenceless, In both attacks, the militants’ ity and indigenous cultures of Folk and Traditional Heritage), Here one can visit and see the he was protecting a compound primary goal appeared to be kill- Pakistan have been artisti- a specialised organisation dealing architecture with intricate minor from where hundreds of thou- ing foreign staff, though only one cally showcased through three- with documentation and pres- work done in an artistic way. Lahore hit by sands of Afghans were getting IOM expat was wounded. dimensional creative dioramas ervation of Pakistan’s cultural There are also pigeons land- valuable services,” De Maio said. At the IOM’s compound, 10 and visual presentations at Lok heritage. mark, which looks as real as one mild earthquake “It was a brutal, despicable and foreigners hid for two terrify- Virsa Museum in Islamabad. The main display halls include can see in the shrines. ISLAMABAD: An earthquake frankly senseless attack... there ing hours in a reinforced strong- The Pakistan National antiquity and continuity, ethnic Besides establishing the dis- measuring 2.6 on the Richter isn’t a single Afghan that would room as insurgents tried to kill Museum of Ethnology here at tribes, thematic exhibitions and play on Sufism, Lok Virsa has also scale jolted Lahore and its adja- not recognise that we are strictly them before Afghan special forces Shakarparian, known as Heritage artisans-at-work, ballads and published a series of books on the cent areas on early yesterday independent and humanitarian in carried out a successful rescue Museum, projects the country’s romances, sufis and shrines, musi- works of Sufi poets and saints such morning. According to seismic what we do.” mission. “The ICRC attack is culture at home and abroad as it cal heritage, textile and embroi- as Sultan Bahu, Baba Bhullay Shah, centre, the epicentre of the It was the first time that offices particularly disturbing as they is not only frequently visited by dery, jewellery and metal work, Sachal Sarmast, Laal Shahbaz quake was 105km northwest of the ICRC had been targeted have got such a strong reputa- Pakistani nationals but also for- architecture and wood work. Qalandar, Waris Shah, Mian of Jhang at the depth of 10km. since the organisation began work tion here,” said Kate Clark, of the eign delegates and diplomats. A spacious hall in the museum Muhammad Bakhsh and others No loss of life or property has in Afghanistan in 1987. Afghanistan Analysts Network. The museum has been concep- on ‘Sufis and Shrines’, depicts the and this effort is still ongoing. been reported yet, Dunya news ICRC, which has 1,800 AFP tualised, conceived and created by contributions and message of our INTERNEWS reported. AGENCIES JUNE 1, 2013 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY

No Tobacco Day Top cricket PM: Impatient officials quit in spot-fixing row NEW DELHI: Two top officials opposition of the cricket board quit yester- day over an escalating spot-fix- ing scandal, reports said. Sanjay Jagdale, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and treasurer Ajay stalling bills Shirke submitted their resigna- tions to the board president, the NDTV news network and other BJP questions Singh’s record channels said. “I don’t want to give any rea- ON BOARD PM’S SPECIAL some very essential business of son, I have sent my resignation to AIRCRAFT: Prime Minister the house has not been trans- the BCCI president,” Jagdale was Manmohan Singh yesterday acted because of these animosi- quoted as saying by NDTV. said it was his great regret as ties between the opposition and The resignations of Jagdale, the prime minister that many bills the government,” he added. number two in the board hierar- had not been passed due to the The opposition parties, espe- chy, and Shirke were likely to pile “obstructionist” and “impa- cially the Bharatiya Janata Party on more pressure on president N tient” attitude of the opposition. (BJP), have been gunning for the Srinivasan to quit. “The obstructionist role of the UPA-2 government for the scams Srinivasan has been under opposition increased in recent that have taken place during its fire to resign after his son-in- years. My great regret is that tenure since 2009. law Gurunath Meiyappan was many important bills have not The opposition has not let the arrested last week for allegedly been passed (due to the oppo- two houses of parliament function betting on Indian Premier League sition’s attitude),” Manmohan during recent sessions, demand- (IPL) matches. Singh told journalists on board ing the resignation of ministers Students, their faces painted with anti-smoking messages, pose during World No Tobacco Day in the northern Meiyappan, an executive at his special aircraft while return- and the prime minister. city of Allahabad yesterday. the Chennai Super Kings IPL ing from a five-day official visit to Hitting back at Singh for his team, owned by Srinivasan’s Japan and Thailand. remarks, BJP spokesperson group India Cements, is being He said the opposition could Nirmala Sitharaman said the probed by a three-member BCCI not digest that the United prime minister should explain his commission. Progressive Alliance (UPA) gov- record in office. Meiyappan’s arrest came after ernment had come back to power “Leave aside the BJP being GDP growth slowest in decade Test paceman Shanthakumaran for a second consecutive term in disappointed. Tell us what is Sreesanth and two teammates May 2009. your record? Why has the prime NEW DELHI: India’s economy by 6.2 percent, a sharp slowdown the job-creating manufacturing in his IPL franchise Rajasthan “I can’t tell you how I feel about minister failed to function despite grew by 5.0 percent in 2012/2013, from the previous year, when sector increased output by just Royals — Ankeet Chavan and the way UPA-2 has moved. I think the mandate given to him,” its slowest annual rate in a dec- growth hit 9.3 percent. 2.6 percent, while production in Ajit Chandila — were taken into there has been a great sense of Sitharaman said. ade, data showed yesterday. On the Bombay Stock Exchange, mines shrank by 3.1 percent. custody. continuity between UPA-1 and She said the UPA government Low business confidence, the benchmark 30-share Sensex The services sector comprising Earlier yesterday, Siddharth UPA-2. But it is unfortunately had made several promises for its slumping investment, high infla- index had lost nearly 2.0 percent banks, insurance and real estate Trivedi, a paceman with a fact that the opposition has first 100 days in office including tion and weak export demand in late afternoon trade, down was a rare bright spot, showing Rajasthan Royals franchise, tes- become more impatient than ever controlling prices, work on food from Western countries are 384.20 points at 19,831.20 as inves- growth of 9.1 percent. tified before a judge in a New before,” he said. security bill, tackling corruption blamed for the poor performance tors reacted to the data. Finance Minister P Delhi court in the case against “They never expected that and action to bring back black of the economy. The rupee slipped to 56.6 to the Chidambaram said the figures his teammates. we would win the election for money stashed abroad. In the fourth quarter to the end dollar. were in line with expectations. “His statement is impor- UPA-1. But they were doubly “You will see how people are of March, gross domestic product The Organisation for Economic He received a boost from a tant because he has told us he disappointed when we won the going to respond to it. The 100 grew by 4.8 percent year-on-year, Cooperation and Development new official estimate for India’s has information on some of the election for UPA-2. Therefore, the days list remains where it was. slightly higher than the previous this week lowered its projection of strained public finances, showing bookies arrested by us,” a police obstructionist role of the opposi- Blaming the opposition shows you quarter when it expanded by 4.5 India’s GDP growth for this year the fiscal deficit last year shrunk officer who is part of the investi- tion has increased enormously in have no answers to give to the percent, according to the data to 5.3 percent, from 5.9 percent to 4.89 percent instead of a previ- gating team, said on condition of recent years.” country,” she said. from the Central Statistics Office. earlier. ously reported 5.2 percent. anonymity. “It is my great regret that IANS In 2011/12, the economy grew In the January-March quarter, AFP AFP

Drugs group in talks for $5bn deal MUMBAI: Indian group Sun pharmaceutical group by mar- typical takeover premium of 25 Pharmaceutical Industries is ket capitalisation, with annual percent to 30 percent, it could be in talks to buy leading Swedish sales of more than $2bn, is run worth between $4.5bn and $5bn,” drug maker Meda AB in what and controlled by founder Dilip the Wall Street Journal said. could result in a $5bn takeo- Shanghvi. Shares of Sun Pharma, which ver, the Wall Street Journal Meda, also a maker of branded has a market capitalisation of reported yesterday. generic prescription and over- nearly $20bn, closed down 2.54 The US newspaper, citing anon- the-counter drugs, is based in percent at Rs1,045.5 yesterday. ymous sources, said the Mumbai- Stockholm and is listed on the Sun Pharma is among the most based generic drug manufacturer Swedish stock exchange. profitable drug companies in the was in talks with banks to finance “Meda has a market value world and its stock has gained the deal. of roughly 25 billion kronor in over 35 percent since January. Sun Pharma, India’s biggest Stockholm, meaning that with a AFP

British town gets first Sikh mayor

Gates makes LONDON: A Sikh man has for the first time become the mayor of the town of Warwick in England’s West Midlands region. hush-hush visit Prabhjit Singh Dhillon, who has been elected the 280th mayor of Warwick, described it as a “privilege”, the Coventry Telegraph to Andhra firm reported yesterday. “I have become the 280th mayor, a privilege for a local Warwick HYDERABAD: Microsoft boy and first Sikh since that time,” Dhillon, a former local schoolboy, co-founder and chairman Bill was quoted as saying. “My mayoral year is a mere blip in the last Gates visited Biological E Ltd, 1,100 years of former mayors in this historic town.” a leading vaccine manufacturer, and the International Crops Petrol, diesel prices hiked Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) near here on NEW DELHI: Indian Oil Corp yesterday hiked the price of pet- Thursday on a private trip kept rol by 75 paise per litre and that of diesel by 50 paise per litre, completely under wraps. both rates excluding local taxes, effective from midnight. Gates, who is also co-chairper- IOC said the increase was required mainly due to depreciation of son of the Bill and Melinda Gates the rupee against the US dollar. Foundation, visited Biological E The new prices of petrol per litre, allowing for local taxes, will Ltd late on Thursday evening, be Rs.63.99 in Delhi, Rs.70.68 in Mumbai, Rs.66.85 in Chennai and the company said in a statement Rs.71.29 in Kolkata. yesterday. A litre of Diesel will cost Rs.50.25 in Delhi, Rs.56.66 in Mumbai, “Mr Bill Gates congratulated Rs. 53.53 in Chennai and Rs.54.76 in Kolkata. Biological E on the science and innovation platform of the com- Govt funds for needy bright pupils pany that allows it to supply effec- tive and affordable vaccines,” the NEW DELHI: The union Human Resource Development (HRD) statement said. ministry will provide financial assistance for higher education The private, one-day visit to to needy children who have passed their Class 10 exams with a Andhra Pradesh by Gates was minimum B1 grade under the CBSE grading system. The assist- kept secret for security reasons. ance will be provided to students if their parents’ income is less The media and junior officials at than Rs.5,000 a month. ICRISAT were not informed. “The amount of grant given to such meritorious students shall He arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi not exceed Rs.20,000 for Class 10 and Rs.40,000 for Class XII during International Airport in a pri- any one financial year,” a statement from the ministry said. vate jet and reached ICRISAT B1 grade is equivalent to 81 to 90 percent marks. at Patancheru in Medak dis- trict, about 50 km from here. He Rocket scientist is DRDO chief interacted with scientists and ICRISAT officials about various NEW DELHI: Rocket scientist Avinash Chander was yesterday food security programmes. appointed scientific advisor to Defence Minister A K Antony and Bill and Melinda Gates the head of Defence Research and Development Organisation Foundation is funding ICRISAT’s (DRDO), an official statement said. Village Dynamics Studies in South Chander, who was recently honoured with the Padma Shri, India’s Asia, a project aimed at fighting fourth highest civilian honour, is an eminent missile scientist and hunger and alleviating poverty in the chief architect of the Agni long-range ballistic missile system. dry lands. IANS IANS ON SATURDAY 14 JUNE 1, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business Opec keeps output ceiling Oil market in good shape: Saudi; secretary-general pick in December

VIENNA: Opec oil exporters, still be able to pump at least 30m infrastructure and logistical hur- TransCanada Corp said its basking in the market’s equi- b/d, provided US shale grows at a dles. Oil Minister Abdul Kareem 590,000 b/d Keystone pipeline, librium, agreed to leave output moderate pace. Luaibi expects the country’s oil- which delivers Alberta crude to policy unchanged yesterday as “This is not the first time new fields to ramp up to about 3.5m Illinois and benchmark US sup- oil held around the group’s pre- sources of oil are discovered, don’t b/d by the end of the year, up ply point Cushing, Oklahoma, had ferred level of $100 a barrel. forget history,” said the influential 400,000 b/d on current rates. restarted. The Organisation of the Saudi oil minister. “There was oil When Opec last met in Brent crude futures dropped Petroleum Exporting Countries from the North Sea and Brazil, so December, he expected average below $101 per barrel, trading will retain its 30 million barrels per why is there so much talk about production of 3.7m b/d for this as much as 1.5 percent lower at day (b/d) production target for the shale oil now?” year. The more modest growth has $100.70. The global oil benchmark rest of this year, said Venezuelan Despite growing supply, oil is relieved concern among core Gulf was down $1.15 at $101.04 per bar- Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez, after comfortably above $100 a bar- producers that Baghdad would rel by 1549 GMT. US crude oil a swift meeting at Opec headquar- rel, well below the $125 that capture their market share in Asia. futures hit a low of $92.25 per ters. The group is due to gather rang alarms in major consumer The group will choose its next sec- barrel and were last trading down again on December 4. countries last year. But oil above retary general when it meets again 96 cents at $92.65. Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali $100 has also freed US shale oil in December, said the minister. Supplies of oil are more than bin Ibrahim Al Nuaimi had set the in North Dakota and Texas — Opec’s choice of a new secre- ample. US government data on stage ahead of the meeting for an which competes with Opec crude tary general has stalled on com- Thursday showed crude stocks at easy deal, saying world oil markets of similar, light quality from peting candidates from Iran, Iraq a record high. Traders and inves- were in “good shape” and balanced. Nigeria and Algeria, rather than and Saudi Arabia. Yesterday’s tors are waiting to see whether That may be the case for now. But heavier Saudi output. meeting will merely approve the the US Federal Reserve continues Opec has little room to pump Nigeria, along with Algeria, criteria for prospective candidates its monetary stimulus program, more oil due to the US oil boom has already felt pressured by the to come forward. keeping interest rates low and that has sparked competition for US oil boom, losing ground in its supporting oil prices. market share in Asia and set off a most lucrative export market and PRICES SINK A stronger dollar also weighed rivalry between its top two produc- diverting sales to Asia. Oil prices on both sides of the on oil. The dollar index rose slightly, ers Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Iraq is also fighting for more Atlantic extended sharp losses climbing from a near three-week A year ago, Opec dismissed the Asian market share, compet- yesterday after a key Canadian low earlier this week. A stronger threat of shale oil, but it’s now a ing with regional rival Saudi crude pipeline resumed service, US currency makes dollar-denomi- The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada live topic within the 12-member Arabia. But Iraq’s production underscoring ballooning supplies nated commodities more expensive answers journalists’ questions before an Opec meeting in Vienna yesterday. group. Gulf producers, led by and exports are not growing as in a market with tepid demand for holders of other currencies. Saudi Arabia, think that Opec will swiftly as hoped due to myriad and a weak economic outlook. REUTERS

TUI Travel picks Japan’s crude imports from Iran fall in April Boeing for TOKYO: Japan’s crude imports A provisional budget was from a year earlier, because fewer imports since June 2012, accord- Iranian imports without the 60-plane order from Iran fell in April to the approved on March 29, but uncer- ships were eligible to load Iranian ing to METI data. risk of being cut off from the US lowest in nine months, as refin- tainty surrounding the renewal oil during the month. Major buyers of Iranian crude, financial system. worth $6.09bn ers cut purchases because of made buyers cut loadings, said a Japan, the world’s third-biggest JX Nippon Oil & Energy and In April, China, Iran’s top cus- uncertainty over whether sov- source directly involved in ship- oil consumer, imported just 36,005 Showa Shell Sekiyu, have renewed tomer, imported 4.3 percent less LONDON: British travel firm ereign insurance for tankers ping Iranian oil. kilolitres (7,549 b/d) from Iran in their annual 2013 term contracts crude from the Middle Eastern TUI Travel agreed to buy 60 carrying Iranian oil would be “There was a period of uncer- April, data from the Ministry of with Iran at lower volumes, indus- country from a year earlier. mid-range Boeing jets with extended beyond March. tainty,” said the source, who Economy, Trade and Industry try sources have said. Yasushi India, the second biggest cus- an option for 90 more, mov- The United States and other declined to be named because he (METI) showed on Friday. That’s Kimura, Chairman of JX Nippon, tomer, imported 56.5 percent ing to make its fleet more fuel- Western countries slapped tough is not authorized to talk to media. down 96 percent from the same the country’s top refiner, has said less from a year earlier, while efficient and delivering the US sanctions on Iran last year to “Some companies decided not to month a year ago and the low- Japan’s oil imports from Iran may South Korea’s imports fell nearly plane maker a big contract win choke off its oil revenue to force load Iranian crude from late March.” est level since Japan imported no be about 15 percent lower this year, 45 percent last month. over European rival Airbus. Tehran to halt a controversial A transport ministry official Iranian crude in July 2012. capped roughly at 160,000 b/d. Iran’s crude exports have fallen The world’s largest tour opera- nuclear programme. As part of in charge of the scheme said new Japan imported no crude from In March, the United States by 20 percent, but higher refined tor, which owns six European air- those measures, the EU banned contracts covering three tankers Iran in July last year because extended 180-day waivers on oil product exports have compen- lines including Britain’s Thomson insurance coverage for tankers were signed on April 1, compared refiners were waiting for Tokyo Iranian sanctions for Japan and sated for the decline, Oil Minster Airways, said on Friday the initial carrying Iranian oil. with 13 ships that were covered to come up with the insurance 10 European Union nations in Rostam Qasemi said on Friday. order of Boeing 737 MAX planes To cope with the ban, Japan up to March 31. arrangements for tankers carry- exchange for their cutting pur- Japan’s Ministry of Finance was secured at a “significant dis- in June last year offered sover- The number of tankers covered ing Iranian oil. chases of the Opec nation’s crude earlier this week issued customs- count” to the list price of $6.09bn. eign insurance guarantees. The by the government insurance is In March, supplies from Iran oil. The United States is due in cleared data that showed imports The planes, to be powered arrangement has to be renewed now at 8, the ministry official rose by 4.5 percent from a year June to review the 180-day excep- of Iranian oil fell 6.1 percent in by CFM LEAP-1B engines, are every fiscal year, which in Japan said. That means May imports earlier to 1.39 million kl, the first tions granted to other Asian April from a year earlier. scheduled for delivery between ends on March 31. are also likely to show a decline year-on-year rise in monthly importers. The waivers allow REUTERS January 2018 and March 2023, TUI Travel said It said such a large deal would represent a class 1 transaction, meaning it would Galaxy S4 Mini require shareholder approval. “TUI Travel have 59 leases on planes expiring over the next Paris, Berlin look to shake three years so the fact they are looking to buy these planes shows the strength of the company,” said Oriel Securities analyst Jeffrey up eurozone leadership Harwood, who added that cutting its fuel bill was a big motivation for the group. BRUSSELS: France and “Reinforcing euro zone govern- dealing of European Union politics. Several European carriers have Germany have thrown their ance and legitimacy”. Juncker once said that “when it seen profits battered by high fuel weight behind creating a per- Merkel’s spokesman said the becomes serious, you have to lie”. costs - which now account for manent president for economic aim was to create a position with Dijsselbloem, on the other around half of airlines’ operating policy in the eurozone, a role a much more dedicated focus on hand, has been all about telling it expenditure - in recent years. that would mark a fundamental euro zone issues. “It should not be straight, but his openness, espe- Boeing has said the 737 MAX, overhaul of how the currency a euro zone finance minister but cially over Cyprus, is what has which competes with Airbus’ bloc is managed. a president whose job would be to most unsettled markets and put A320neo, will burn 13 percent Their backing calls into coordinate work intensively,” said EU leaders on edge. less fuel than current 737 models. question the performance of Steffen Seibert. “It will be a very “He has not covered himself in Reuters reported earlier this Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen demanding job.” glory,” said one French policymaker year that TUI Travel was close to Dijsselbloem, who was appointed The Franco-German docu- after Dijsselbloem told Reuters in sealing a deal for 60 narrow-body chairman of the Eurogroup of ment said the proposal should be an interview that unsecured bank airliners. finance ministers of the 17-nation implemented within two years. deposits could be used to bail out Boeing is also competing with currency area in January, to serve It also said euro zone leaders banks in future rescues, in much Airbus to supply British low-cost initially for two-and-a-half years. should hold more frequent sum- the same way as in Cyprus. airline easyJet with new planes. Dijsselbloem, who succeeded mits than the two annual sessions “As (former French President) EasyJet is edging towards a firm Luxembourg Prime Minister they already have and be able to Jacques Chirac would have said, he order for at least 100 A320neo Jean-Claude Juncker, has unset- instruct specialist ministers of the missed a good opportunity to shut or 737 MAX planes jets worth tled financial markets since taking euro zone to work more closely on up.” Speaking on a visit to Greece, around $10bn, with as many again office, especially with comments issues such as employment, social Dijsselbloem said the euro zone did in options, sources close to the deal about Cyprus and how bank depos- affairs, research and industry. not need a permanent Eurogroup said, adding that the European itors could finance future bailouts. chief now, but the question could plane maker was the favourite. Those views, while sup- WIDENING THE GAP be revisited in late 2014. EasyJet, which operates an all- ported by some at the European Both moves could widen the gap “The Eurogroup is now func- Airbus fleet of 213 aircraft, ideally Central Bank and the European between a eurozone core and other tioning under my presidency and wants to remain a single-manu- Commission, have irked other offi- member states of the European I will be happy to do that at least facturer fleet, but is considering cials in Paris, Berlin and Brussels. Union that are not in the single until the end of 2014,” he told moving entirely to Boeing planes. At a meeting in Paris on currency, and put national govern- reporters in Athens, adding that TUI Travel, whose airlines use Thursday, President Francois ments rather than the European he did not feel insulted. 141 aircraft, received the first of 13 Hollande and Chancellor Angela Commission in the driver’s seat. Dutch Prime Minister Mark long-haul Boeing 787 Dreamliners Merkel agreed to propose to fel- When he was appointed, Rutte was more dismissive. planes on Friday. low leaders appointing a per- Dijsselbloem, 47, had only been a “The risk of a permanent chair “Being able to offer our cus- manent Eurogroup head, which minister for a couple of months and of the Eurogroup is that it will tomers the most advanced, com- France has long favoured. had little experience of finance. But become a political position and it fortable aircraft, whether they “A full-time president of the he was seen as the best of those will create more inter-institutional are travelling with us to short Eurogroup with reinforced pow- available from among the 17 minis- competition between the European or long-haul destinations, while ers, including the possibility of ters that sit in the Eurogroup. states,” Rutte told reporters. “We The Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini smartphone. Samsung plans to introduce reducing our environmental delegating power to other euro His style has been remarkably are strong supporters of its inde- the 4x3 inch display smartphone, smaller than the 5-inch Galaxy S4 impact, will only strengthen our zone ministers,” their joint “con- different to Juncker’s, who held pendence. The current construc- in London on June 20, before putting it on sale across the globe later. position,” said TUI Travel Chief tribution” to next month’s EU the job for nearly 8 years and tion is the one we prefer.” Executive Peter Long. summit said under the heading was accustomed to the backroom REUTERS REUTERS JUNE 1, 2013 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY High eurozone jobless European stocks and US consumer spending rate hits the young euro drop falls by 0.2pc in April WASHINGTON: US consumer It grew at a 2.4 percent pace A record 19.3 million unemployed; inflation rises LONDON: European stock spending fell in April for the in the January-March period, but markets fell and the euro first time in almost a year and is expected to slow to a rate of BRUSSELS: Eurozone unem- well below the European Central to come up with a plan at a summit dropped against the dollar inflation pressures were sub- between 1.5 percent and 2.2 per- ployment hit a fresh high in Bank’s target of just below 2 per- next month to address “one of the yesterday as traders digested dued, pointing to a slowdown in cent this quarter because of the April for the 24th month, deep- cent, triggering fresh calls for most pressing issues in most, if not record high eurozone unem- economic activity, which should government budget cuts, which ening the plight of the jobless the ECB to cut its rates to revive all, of our member states.” ployment data following weak allow the Federal Reserve to are already putting a strain on young and raising analyst calls growth. German Chancellor Angela US numbers, analysts said. maintain its monetary stimulus manufacturing. for a cut in interest rates. “There remains a compelling Merkel has called a meeting London’s FTSE 100 index of for a while. Lack of income growth as job The latest picture from the case for monetary easing,” said in Berlin on July 3 with labour leading shares shed 1.11 percent The Commerce Department gains remain moderate is weigh- Eurostat data agency offered little Van Vliet. “The ECB needs to ministers from all member states to 6,583.09 points. Frankfurt’s said yesterday that consumer ing on domestic demand. Last hope of a quick exit from reces- do more,” agreed James Howat on youth unemployment and DAX 30 index fell 0.61 percent to spending fell 0.2 percent, the month, income was flat and the sion for Europe’s “lost generation” at Capital Economics. But “we this week France and Germany 8,348.84 points, while in Paris the weakest reading since May last saving rate was unchanged at 2.5 of under-25s. do not expect any significant unveiled a plan to combat jobless- CAC 40 dropped 1.19 percent to year, after edging up 0.1 per- percent. As the economy struggled and announcements at the Bank’s ness among the young. 3,948.59 points. Madrid gave up cent in March. Economists had The weak demand tone was 95,000 more people joined dole meeting next week.” Friday’s Eurostat data showed 1.37 percent and Milan slumped expected a 0.1 percent gain. underscored by very benign infla- queues between March and April The eurozone is in its longest 26.6 million people out of work in 0.79 percent. Consumer spending, which tion pressures in April. across the 17-nation eurozone, recession ever and concern is the full EU in April, stable against In foreign exchange trad- accounts for about 70 percent A price index for consumer the unemployment rate edged up mounting over the growing num- the previous month at 11 percent. ing, the euro slipped to $1.2965 of US economic activity, was spending fell 0.3 percent last to a record 12.2 percent, or 19.3 bers of jobless youth amid fears But the figures highlight a big from $1.3043 late in New York held down by weak demand for month after dipping 0.1 percent million people, the Eurostat data they will never get on the careers year-on-year rise, with unem- on Thursday. The dollar gained utilities and a drop in receipts in March. A core reading that agency said. ladder. ployment at 11.2 percent in the to 100.95 yen from 100.74 yen on at gasoline stations on the back strips out food and energy costs The data brought more bad In the 12 months to April, eurozone in the same month Thursday. of a fall in gasoline prices at the was flat after rising 0.1 percent news for young people who over- almost 200,000 young people in 2012 and 10.3 percent in the On the London Bullion Market, pump. the prior month. all are especially hard-hit by the joined dole queues in the eurozone European Union. the price of gold inched down to When adjusted for inflation, Over the past 12 months, infla- sluggish economy, nearly three and 100,000 in the full 27-nation Greece remained the hardest $1,394.50 an ounce from $1,413.50 spending nudged up 0.1 percent tion has risen just 0.7 percent, times more likely than older peo- European Union. hit nation in April, with a jobless on Thursday. last month after rising 0.2 per- the smallest gain since October ple to be unemployed. Total youth unemployment was rate climbing relentlessly to hit The drop in European share cent. The sixth straight month 2009 and pushing further below “Even if the eurozone economy at 5.6 million (23.5 percent) in the 27 percent in February, the lat- prices “is in part associated of gains in the so-called real the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent exits from recession later this full EU and 3.6 million (24.4 per- est available figures, against 21.9 with the eurozone unemploy- consumer spending came as a target. The index had increased year, the labour market is likely cent) in the eurozone. percent a year earlier. ment data”, said Joshua Mahony, key inflation gauge fell in April 1.0 percent in the period through to remain in recession unil next But in Greece in April two out Spain, the eurozone’s fourth- research analyst at Alpari trad- by the most since July last year, March. year,” said ING bank analyst of three youngsters were with- biggest economy and the EU’s ers. “On the whole this portrays a pushed down by declining petrol Core prices were up 1.1 percent, Martin Van Vliet. out jobs, one out of two in Spain fifth, was not far behind, with 26.8 region which continues to worsen prices. the smallest rise since March 2011 Inflation rose to 1.4 percent in and two out of five in Italy and percent out of work against 26.7 and is unlikely to improve any- That modest rise suggested and slowing from 1.2 percent in May from 1.2 percent in April, Portugal. percent the previous month and time soon,” he added. that consumer spending would March. the first time in months that the EU president Herman Van 24.4 percent a year earlier. “European markets have taken slow in the second quarter after The weak spending and the reading has increased, but still Rompuy last week urged EU leaders AFP a leg lower... as traders look to accelerating at a 3.4 percent lack of inflation pressures should scale back risk heading into the annual pace in the first three dampen market speculation the month’s end, with the central months of the year. US central bank might start scal- bank policy picture still unclear,” “Consumer spending is on ing back monetary easing later Kingfisher losses widen Matt Basi, head of UK sales trad- a very modest track because this year. ing at CMC Markets, said on income is not growing very Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Friday. much. Wage gain is very low said last week a decision to start US stocks were mixed in early even though job growth has tapering the $85bn in bonds the trade amid a flurry of indicators, picked up,” said Kevin Logan, Fed is buying each month could with a slowdown in consumer chief US economist at HSBC come at one of its “next few meet- spending partly offset by a surge Securities in New York. ings” if the economy appeared set in the University of Michigan US Treasuries prices extended to maintain momentum. Consumer Sentiment Index. In gains after the data, while stock “Certainly, the inflation data midday trade, the Dow Jones index futures were lower in suggest the Fed at the moment Industrial Average gained 0.19 morning trade. The economy should not be overly concerned percent, the broad-based S&P 500 has been hit by higher taxes and about inflation. That gives them was virtually unchanged, while deep government spending cuts plenty of scope to continue QE,” the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite as the government tries to slash said Logan. rose 0.16 percent. its budget deficit. REUTERS Asian stock markets closed mixed earlier in the day, with Tokyo clawing back some ground QATARI MARKET after plunging in the previous ses- Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P sion as tepid US data eased con- Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 103.81 0.62% Aa2 AA cerns that the Federal Reserve Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.06 1.68% Aa2 AA could begin tapering its aggressive stimulus programme. Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 122.75 2.36% Aa2 AA In company news, the price Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 115.50 2.68% Aa2 AA of shares in French industrial Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 110.88 3.06% Aa2 AA A Kingfisher Airlines aircraft parked at the airport in New Delhi. Kingfisher posted a net loss of Rs21.42bn gases group Air Liquide rose by Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 167.50 4.17% Aa2 AA 1.41 percent to 99.35 euros on ($382m) in the three months to March, compared with a Rs11.52bn loss a year earlier. It has never made a Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 127.25 4.61% Aa2 AA profit since it started operations in 2005 and owes millions of dollars to banks, airports, fuel suppliers and a recommendation by brokers JPMorgan Cazenove. Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 117.00 4.67% Aa2 AA its staff. Most of the carrier’s 4,000-odd employees have not been paid since July 2012, which led to a strike AFP Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.25 1.46% Aa2 AA by its pilots and engineers in October. Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 112.25 3.07% Aa2 AA Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.88 1.59% A1 A- Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.50 2.42% A1 A- QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.63 1.83% NR NR UK gas import QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.63 1.61% Aa3 A+ Swiss banks break ranks QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.25 2.18% Aa3 A+ dependence Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.00 2.38% A2 A- Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.25 1.76% A2 A /*- at new high Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 127.75 2.83% A2 A /*- as US tax probe bites Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 109.38 3.36% A2 A /*- LONDON: Britain’s net gas Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 107.38 4.23% A2 A /*- imports rose to the highest ever ZURICH: The unified front custodians, and lawyers they Credit Suisse welcomed the Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 105.25 1.47% Aa3 A level in the first quarter, govern- with which Switzerland’s banks worked with in order to avoid new legal framework announced Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 107.50 3.42% Aa3 A ment data showed, underscoring have defended their culture of being criminally prosecuted.” on Wednesday - the 13 banks hope the country’s growing depend- secrecy is breaking down as The investigation is focusing for it will end years of legal wran- Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 109.25 3.84% Aa3 A ence on non-domestic gas supply. some prepare to hand over data now on the 13 Swiss banks suspected gling that has already driven one SOVEREIGNS Net imports climbed to 14.7bn in a US tax evasion probe, leav- of abetting tax evasion by American bank out of business. They still Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P cubic metres (bcm) between ing others at greater risk of citizens, but industry experts say as face a share of fines that could January and March, up 21 percent prosecution. many as 80 financial institutions total $10bn, according to sources Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 103.88 0.87% Aa2 AA from the same time last year, as The Swiss government is try- could face charges. This would sug- familiar with the talks. Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 125.63 2.07% Aa2 AA an unseasonably cold start to the ing to push through a law that gest an industry-wide response is The bill caps two years of Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 109.75 2.38% NR NR year boosted the need for gas in would allow banks to release the needed to ensure smaller players efforts by the Swiss government Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.50 3.12% NR NR heating systems. information on clients, helping do not collapse under onerous U.S. to resolve the tax dispute. It wants Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 123.25 4.05% NR NR “This year’s cold winter meant 13 banks under formal investiga- fines or career-destroying criminal to push through the legislation that gas demand was higher than tion to avoid criminal prosecution sentences. in June for fear that US authori- Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 115.38 4.35% NR NR in recent years and with domes- including Credit Suisse and Julius At first the industry tactic was ties could bring criminal charges Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.44 1.23% Aa2 AA tic gas production declining the Baer . to strike individual deals with US against large banks and open new Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 116.13 3.05% NR BBB UK needed to import more gas,” a Although the move could deal authorities, beginning with pri- probes into many others. Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 108.88 4.00% NR BBB spokesman for the Department of a further blow to Switzerland’s vate banking giant UBS , which But a risk of criminal sentences Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 89.00 7.84% Caa1 CCC+ Energy and Climate Change said. waning status as a discreet park- agreed a landmark $780m settle- for people and institutions not cov- Britain’s local gas output has ing house for undeclared wealth, ment in 2009 that involved hand- ered by the pending settlement will Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 105.25 3.67% NR BBB- been falling steadily since the the government hopes it will head ing over information that enabled remain. Switzerland has roughly *Periodic Distribution Amount mid-2000s as fields run out of off more determined action by US American officials to pursue other 35,000 tax lawyers, financial custo- IMPORTANT NOTE: reserves, forcing the market to prosecutors. Swiss institutions. dians and other groups supporting Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which step up imports from neighbour- But some banks not named That became less tenable when a financial industry that generates is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services ing countries like Norway and in the investigation, along with the investigation took in a grow- 6 percent of the Alpine nation’s Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data from LNG producers like Qatar. thousands of tax lawyers, custo- ing number of banks, including gross domestic product. and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of Outright gas imports rose dians and small asset managers, British bank HSBC’s Swiss arm, The extent of Washington’s 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 can and to 16.7 bcm in the first quarter, fear the government is hammer- privately held Pictet in Geneva resolve in pursuing cases beyond does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant liquidity while export levels fell to the low- ing out a deal that ignores their and smaller players such as LLB’s the banks themselves became or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not a reliable est since the first quarter of 2008 concerns and leaves them exposed Swiss unit and local government- clear last month when US author- indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your to 2 bcm, the government data to potential criminal lawsuits. backed Zuercher Kantonalbank ities charged Edgar Paltzer, a financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. showed. Unusually cold weather in “This isn’t a deal at all,” said and Basler Kantonalbank. Swiss attorney and partner March and April meant Britain’s the Swiss Association of Asset Swiss banks had found them- with venerable Zurich law firm gas storage facilities were close Managers in a statement. “Swiss selves barred by Swiss law from Niederer Kraft & Frey, with help- to running out of stock, leaving banks which have sinned are buy- cooperating with US prosecutors ing American clients hide millions Britain more dependent than ever ing forgiveness by denouncing and have been mostly pulling out of dollars in offshore accounts to on imports. REUTERS the independent asset managers, of the US private client business. avoid paying taxes. REUTERS JUNE 1, 2013 ON SATURDAY 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business Views

Oil executives tune IMF, World Bank losing out the call of grip in rising nations

the wild Arctic BY MARK WEISBROT mind that he chose the South African significance of this fight: developing coun- Finance Minister, Trevor Manuel, well- tries are beginning to organise within BY BALAZS KORANYI here is a battle going on within trusted in neoliberal circles, to head it. the World Bank and the International and outside the World Bank Or that the panel did not contain a single Monetary Fund in order to change policies. he high Arctic, once the irresistible frontier for oil and right now over its flagship Doing member from the numerous, and in some These two institutions have been control- gas exploration, is quickly losing its appeal as energy firms Business report and index. This cases quite large, civil society organisations led by Washington, with varying amounts grow fearful of the financial and public relations risk of may not appear to be exactly a critical of the index. Important people are of input from other rich countries, since Tworking in the pristine icy wilderness. Thousehold issue, but the fight is a very sig- worried. their founding nearly seven decades ago. The Arctic may hold 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered nificant one for a number of reasons. Dan Runde of the Centre for Strategic Many of their policies have been harmful to oil and 30 percent of its gas, but a series of blunders and failures The index ranks countries according to and International Studies describes the con- developing countries. But in contrast to the there are making executives fight shy of such a sensitive area the “ease of doing business”, including such cerns of Washington’s foreign policy estab- World Trade Organisation – where develop- and turn their attention back to more conventional resources things as starting a business, enforcement lishment rather nakedly: “Doing Business ing countries form blocs and fight for their and the shale revolution. of contracts, paying taxes and other indi- was incubated with strong support from interests — the world’s majority has mostly The turning point likely came on New Year’s eve, when Royal cators. It has been under attack for years the Bush administration through contri- let the rich countries run the show in the Dutch Shell’s drillship ran aground in rough waters off Alaska, because it has a built-in bias against many butions to the methodology from USAid, IMF and World Bank. setting off a public relations storm that inflicted much pain on regulations that people who care about the funding from USAid, and political sup- Over the past decade the IMF has lost the firm, made more acute by how little it had to show for the progress of humanity might see as impor- port from state and treasury… “Because most of its power in developing countries $4.5bn it has spent on the Arctic since 2005. tant: Employment protections; necessary the World Bank should be a force multi- and, as a result, Washington has also lost Shell promptly cancelled plans to drill off Alaska in 2013, and taxation; health, safety and environmental plier of American influence in the world, its most important avenue of influence over signals about its going back in 2014 are fading. regulation; and of course most state-led Republicans supported (and rightly so) the their policies. The middle-income countries The accident caused little damage and no spill, but it was a big development policies. renewal of the general capital increase of of Asia, most of Latin America, Russia and lesson for firms looking for Arctic resources. As noted recently, the fact that the Bank the World Bank… the US should be expected others all made sure that they would never “The interest to develop oil and gas is very high, but neverthe- gives higher marks for “fewer restrictions to retain its ‘big seat’ at the table and exer- have to borrow again from the fund. less there is more and more concern about the environment on permits for construction” means it cise that influence with Kim and bring in The World Bank has exercised its influ- and the risk part of it,” said Harald Norvik, a board member at ignores the safety and environmental con- allied shareholders in favour of strengthen- ence in conjunction with the IMF, but this ConocoPhillips and a former CEO of Statoil, a pioneer in the cerns that can contribute to disasters such ing Doing Business.” arrangement has been weakened. So the Arctic. as last month’s Bangladesh factory collapse. The financial press has inaccurately por- Bretton Woods twins have most of their “We have been focusing on areas in the Arctic. Now we put our There is evidence that countries have trayed the fight as “China seeks to water power in weaker and poorer developing coun- priorities into other areas, like Tanzania, Argentina and Texas. deregulated in harmful ways in order to down key World Bank report” — the head- tries. Kim is an anomaly at the World Bank: That is the logical development,” he said. get a better ranking. And despite years of line of the Financial Times’ report on the The first president with real, positive devel- And companies simply cannot ignore the public debate about controversy and a 2008 internal evaluation controversy. But China is just one of many opment experience after more than six dec- the potential environmental cost of work in the Arctic. critical of the index, the Bank still uses it as countries, and a latecomer at that, which ades of bankers at the helm (with some war “The reality is that going forward, the obvious demonstration of a criterion for lending to low-income coun- have opposed the index within the Bank. criminals thrown in). It remains to be seen climate change in the Arctic will affect policymakers and board- tries. Now comes Jim Yong Kim, President Opposition has come from Brazil, Argentina, how much he can change the bank. But it’s a rooms for years to come, and I see that more clearly now than of the World Bank since last July, appointing India and other developing countries. good sign that developing countries are begin- five years ago or three years ago,” Norvik said. a panel to evaluate Doing Business. Never And that is perhaps the greatest ning to put up a fight. THE GUARDIAN Shell is not alone in its difficulties. Cairn Energy has spent $1.2bn drilling off Greenland and found nothing, while Gazprom has called off its huge Shtokman natural gas project because high costs made the project unviable. And ConocoPhillips, which was working with Keppel to develop a landmark ice-class Arctic rig, has put the project on hold, and has shelved plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea next year. “Nobody’s coming for ice-class rigs,” Keppel’s Choo said. “Shale oil productivity is still being pushed... and there’s a lot of areas that are underexplored, like Mexico, which probably has as much oil and gas as the US Gulf.” Shale oil is still relatively expensive but competes well on cost with deepwater projects, while shale gas, which has made the US gas independent in just a few years, will likely conquer other countries as well. “There are cheaper resources elsewhere with a higher prob- ability of success; shale is taking market share away because it’s lower risk and lower cost,” said James Rogers, the CEO of Duke Energy, the biggest electricity distributor in the US. Norvik agrees: “It’s not very low price, but it’s competitive with deepwater and less risky,” he said. “It will be developed at a much higher speed than we’re talking about right now. It will come into play in Russia, China, South Africa, Argentina and all over.” For all that, Arctic oil and gas is not dead. Russia is still moving ahead, with Novatek and Total, on a 16.5 million tonne per year Yamal LNG facility on Siberia’s northern coast. It is considered a moderately challenging project where the real difficulty will be all-year-round transportation on an ice-heavy sea route. And ExxonMobil recently agreed with Rosneft to jointly explore 150 million acres off Russia’s northern coast. “I think Russia can move faster than any other country because Russia has a vested interest to develop its northern parts,” Keppel’s Choo said. Norway is also working in the Arctic, though its relatively warm and ice-free Barents Sea makes it less difficult. “There are many Arctics, with many characteristics; it’s not just a single region,” Runi Hansen, Statoil’s Arctic chief said. “For Statoil, the priorities haven’t changed, but elsewhere there have been setbacks, and some expectations were very high.” Given the size of the resource in the area oil firms are bound eventually to come back. “If it can be developed safely, then there is no reason it should not be developed,” Duke’s Rogers said. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate What is behind the spooked stock market? BY ANATOLE KALETSKY by becoming more volatile than policymakers do anything to calm reasons of social psychology dis- Given the erratic statistics pub- fragile to withstand a serious at any time this year. the markets, or alternatively to cussed here last week. lished in March and April, it is lit- financial shock. trange things have been Although the US stock mar- break the link between gyrat- The very fact that bond mar- erally impossible for such a run of If equity prices were to fall happening in the world ket briefly hit a record high on ing financial markets and the kets moved so sharply after strong figures to materialise before sharply or long-term interest economy and financial Tuesday, prices quickly slumped. non-financial economy of con- Bernanke’s comments last week the fourth quarter of this year. rates to rise further in the next Smarkets. Since the out- Japanese shares have suffered sumption, business investment made investors believe his com- Second, Japan and Europe, few months, consumer confidence, break of the global financial cri- their steepest fall since the 2011 and jobs? The answers are clear. ments must have contained sig- which have only just gotten out business investment and housing sis, the strangeness this week tsunami. Most importantly, bond There is not much dispute that nificant new information. The of austerity mode, are certain would all suffer and government has taken a particular form that markets have collapsed the world the outbreak of volatility has been more prices moved, the more to continue providing the world deficits would start to widen reveals more than it confuses. over, pushing long-term interest caused by the US Federal Reserve investors became convinced that economy with more stimulus even again. In short, a financial shock Almost all economic news rates in the US, Japan and much Board. the market “must know some- after the Fed’s monetary expan- could damage the global economy recently has been favourable, or of Europe to their highest levels While I argued earlier that thing” about the Fed’s intentions, sion begins to subside. Combining to the point where deteriorating better than expected. US home in more than a year. Bernanke said nothing new, even if this was not apparent from the efforts of US, Japanese and economic reality would ultimately values have risen more since What is going on? The clues merely reiterating the Fed’s com- Bernanke’s words. This kind of European central bankers, there- justify the initial financial shock. 2006, job losses are down and are provided by the last market mitment to keep stimulating the feedback is an example of what fore, global monetary conditions To avoid such a self-fulfilling consumer confidence has been upheaval, the one in interest rates US economy until his target of George Soros calls reflexivity. are almost certain to become downward spiral, central bank- restored to pre-crisis levels. Japan and bonds. Plunging bond mar- 6.5 percent unemployment was Which raises my second ques- more, rather than less, stimula- ers and governments in every has enjoyed its fastest growth in kets have spooked equity inves- clearly within reach, the markets tion: Is there any reason to believe tive for at least another year or so. major economy should make years, with stronger consumption tors because share prices are took a very different view: that that monetary stimulus will soon It seems that market fears of clear that monetary conditions and rising wages. related in one way or another to the Fed was preparing to start be reduced or withdrawn? There monetary tightening are unjusti- are not about to be tightened. In Europe, the outlook appears the yields on US, Japanese and reducing its monetary stimulus, are two broad reasons to doubt fied, or very premature. In which They should remind investors to be improving as policy shifts European bonds. perhaps as early as next month. this. First, Bernanke and other Fed case, should anyone care about that, although a gradual increase away from austerity and towards And fears about volatile inter- There was no real evidence for officials have repeatedly said they the recent stock market and bond in long-term interest rates is a growth, with the European est rates and wild stock market this belief, and indeed Bernanke, would consider reducing stimulus gyrations, still less about taking healthy development as the world Commission no longer press- gyrations could soon infect con- along with several influential Fed only if they were confident about action to calm the markets down? economy returns to normal, cen- ing governments to hit their sumers and business decision- officials, emphasised the danger the momentum of growth and job Unfortunately, the answer is yes, tral banks have unlimited mon- deficit targets. The European makers in the non-financial world. of withdrawing stimulus before creation. To judge such momentum because of the reflexive interac- etary firepower when it comes to Central Bank hints at the pos- These fears raise three ques- a strong economic recovery would require at least six months tion between financial markets protecting their economies from sibility of negative interest rates tions. What is causing the sud- was well established. But many of consistently strong employment and economic reality. Although excessive interest-rate move- and other stimulus measures. den financial anxiety? Are these investors and media analysts figures or two quarters of solid the global economic recovery is ments or sudden volatility in Financial markets have reacted worries justified? And should were unconvinced, partly for the growth in gross domestic product. becoming stronger, it is still too financial markets. REUTERS JUNE 1, 2013 Classifieds www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 ON SATURDAY

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Garcia leads James stars in Heat’s win Orioles past Nationals NBA: The defending champions beat Pacers, take 3-2 series lead BALTIMORE: Baltimore pitcher Freddy Garcia threw MIAMI: A blistering third today where a victory will earn eight shutout innings as the quarter from LeBron James Miami a place in their third suc- Orioles beat the Washington helped the Miami Heat to a cessive NBA finals, against the Nationals 2-0 yesterday as 90-79 win over the Indiana San Antonio Spurs. Major League Baseball sched- Pacers yesterday that moved There is little talk of a ‘Big uled a number of several inter- the defending NBA champions Three’ for Miami in these play- league local derbies. into a 3-2 lead in the Eastern offs - with Dwyane Wade and Garcia struck out six and Conference finals. Chris Bosh contributing just 17 allowed just three hits as the A misfiring Miami were trail- points between them yesterday Orioles improved to 30-24 to ing 44-40 at halftime and were and it was clear, at half time, maintain touch with Boston and fortunate to be so close, but James that if the Heat were to triumph the New York Yankees in the turned on the style in the third it needed James to lead them. American League East while the quarter when the Heat dominated “I just kind of went back to Nationals dropped to 27-27. Indiana by a 30-13 margin. my Cleveland days at that point,” In New York, Dillon Gee struck The four-time MVP out-scored James told reporters, recalling his out a career-high 12 batters and the Pacers by himself in the quar- time with the Cavaliers where he allowed just the single run to help ter, scoring 16 points on 7-of-10 was the team’s only star. the Mets to a 3-1 win over the shooting and was superbly sup- “Just see if the guys would fol- Yankees and their fifth succes- ported by Udonis Haslem, who low me and lead them the best sive victory. scored 10 points in the quarter way I could. I was just in attack The San Francisco Giants’ without missing a shot. mode in the third quarter,” he Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Belt “That was LeBron showing said. drove in two runs each during the his greatness and making it look The lacklustre first half dis- sixth inning to record a 5-2 win easy,” Miami coach Erik Spoelstra play from Miami resulted in some and snap the Oakland Athletics told reporters. strong words in the locker-room (31-24) six-game winning streak. “His engine in that third quar- during the interval with veteran REUTERS ter was incredible. He was tire- Juwan Howard, a mostly non- less, making plays on both ends playing but influential member Baseball Results of the court, rebounding, cover- of the squad, making his feelings Texas 9 Arizona 5 ing so much ground defensively heard. Chicago Cubs 8 Chicago White Sox 3 and then making virtually every “There were a lot of ‘bleeps’,” play for us offensively, it really is said Haslem adding that Howard Seattle 7 San Diego 1 remarkable.” “threw a few things as well”. San Francisco 5 Oakland 2 Although Indiana started the James said he had joined in the Miami Heat’s LeBron James (right) hangs from the net after a dunk as Indiana Pacers’ George Hill runs back Baltimore 2 Washington 0 fourth quarter with a 5-0 run, strong words. for the ball during the third quarter in Game five of their NBA Eastern Conference finals basketball play-off in Cleveland 7 Cincinnati 1 while James took a breather, the “I gave them a little piece of my Miami, Florida, yesterday. NY Mets 3 NY Yankees 1 return of Miami’s leader ensured mind and a piece of my voice and Boston 9 Philadelphia 2 the home team ran out comfort- we were able to respond. We just Pittsburgh 1 Detroit 0 able winners. had no sense of urgency in the were not able to make more of obviously we missed some bunnies that level,” he added yesterday. Atlanta 11 Toronto 3 James finished with 30 points, first half. We were waiting for the their dominance in the first half around the basket. “We feel like this is going to be Tampa Bay 5 Miami 2 eight rebounds and six assists game to change instead of going before their struggles in the third. “We understand that we’ve got a series for the ages. Every time Minnesota 8 Milwaukee 6 while Paul George top scored for to get it,” he added. “We blew some opportunities in to play a near perfect game to one team has delivered a blow, the Indiana with 27 points and 11 For Indiana, who have out- the first half,” coach Frank Vogel beat this team. It is one of the other has responded. We know we Kansas City 4 St. Louis 2 rebounds. rebounded Miami in all five said. best teams in the history of this can beat them but we have to do Houston 7 Colorado 5 Game Six will be in Indiana games, there was regret that they “We had some breakdowns and game but we believe we can reach better than tonight.” REUTERS LA Angels 3 LA Dodgers 2 Schwartzel seizes Memorial lead

DUBLIN, OHIO: South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel piled McIlroy misery up 10 birdies in a seven-under par 65 yesterday to seize the continues first-round lead at the US PGA Tour’s Memorial, where defend- DUBLIN, Ohio: World ing champ Tiger Woods was six number two Rory McIlroy adrift. continued to wrestle with his Former Masters champion game yesterday, battling to Schwartzel bounced back from a a six-over par 78 in the first double-bogey at his penultimate round of the US PGA Tour’s hole to birdie his last, taking a Memorial tournament. one-stroke lead over American A week after he missed Scott Piercy. the cut at the European PGA World number one Woods, Championship at Wentworth, seeking a sixth Memorial title, and with the US Open at played in the afternoon when Merion a fortnight away, the birdies were harder to come two-time major champion by. He had five birdies and four acknowledged his game “just bogeys in a one-under 71, but isn’t all there at the minute.” British and Irish Lions’ Toby Faletau keeps cool in front of a fan sprinkling ended his day on a down note with “But I’m working hard and water during a training session in Hong Kong yesterday. The star-studded a bogey that left him tied for 27th. I’m trying to figure things out British and Irish Lions will play against the Barbarians in Hong Kong today “I didn’t score very well com- and hopefully they’ll come for their first Asian tour match in their 125-year history. pared to how I hit it,” Woods said. around soon,” McIlroy said. “I hit it pretty good. I just didn’t Charl Schwartzel of South Africa hits his tee shot on the par 4 13th McIlroy’s day opened make anything today. hole during the first round of the Memorial Tournament presented by encouragingly enough, with a “Hopefully tomorrow I’ll make Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, birdie at the par-four 10th at No knowledge of French a few more putts,” he added. yesterday. Muirfield Village. Chinese teen Guan Tianlang He four-putted from 58 feet just missed out on joining the for a double-bogey at the par- group at one-under. The 14-year- ball position ... and that felt three 12th, and bogeyed the doping, says IRB chief old amateur sensation was two- comfortable. US PGA Memorial next, adding two more bogeys under through nine holes and “As you know, putting is all before making the turn. PARIS: Former French more precisely in the way he says one-under after a bogey at 16, but about comfort at the end of the Scores A birdie at the par-five Federation head and current he knows things, more than just closed with a bogey to lie tied for day,” he said. fifth was sandwiched between International Rugby Board approximations like ‘they said’ or DUBLIN, Ohio: Leading first-round scores 41st on even par. Schwartzel did plenty of good bogeys at the second, third (IRB) President, Bernard ‘maybe’ and which does not really yesterday in the US PGA Tour $6.2m Schwartzel was delighted to work otherwise, hitting all but and seventh. He missed seven Lapasset, yesterday denied correspond to what I expect from Memorial tournament (USA unless noted, avoid a disappointing end to his one fairway and two greens in greens and needed 33 putts. any knowledge of doping in the a player who talks about this sub- par-72) productive day. regulation. He had a four-footer for France national rugby union ject,” Lapasset said. “The birdie on the last defi- He had a one-stroke lead over birdie at his final hole, but team. “Does he have proof? As a 65 Charl Schwartzel (RSA) nitely will make my evening a American Scott Piercy, whose couldn’t get it to drop. Ex-France prop Laurent player, he would have been able lot better,” he said. “I felt like I eight birdies included a run of “The last four weeks have Benezech, speaking at a French to say it for some time if that was 66 Scott Piercy played really well, just ... sort of five in a row starting at the par- been the same,” said McIlroy, Senate inquiry into the fight the case.” ticking the ball over and got it to three fourth. who has three top-10 finishes against doping in sport on Lapasset said he could not 67 Josh Teater, Russell Henley, Kyle eight-under. Just had a bad one on Piercy, who has never finished in his last four starts but has Thursday, continued to make con- envisage then-France coach Stanley, Charlie Wi (KOR) number eight, made a double. And better than 48th in the Memorial, been unable to build any real troversial claims about doping in Berbizier getting involved in any- that was the very worst I played hosted by Jack Nicklaus, said his momentum. rugby, saying he believed he was thing like that. 68 Bill Haas, Matt Kuchar all day.” determination to pull out his “I’ve missed a lot of short given illegal substances during the “In 1995, it was a time when After teeing off on 10, driver less had paid off. putts. It’s probably lack of 1995 World Cup. several foreign players had 69 Matt Jones (AUS), Michael Thompson, Schwartzel picked up his first “I’ve hit a lot of drivers and kind confidence more than any- Benezech said he had a “strong arrived (in France), we knew Robert Karlsson (SWE), Chris Stroud birdie of the day at 11. But after a of pounded down golf courses, and thing else. And those are the inclination” that he was given that there were countries which bogey at 13, where he three-putted I haven’t had much success here sort of putts that are impor- doping products during the 1995 didn’t have anti-doping controls,” 70 Brandt Jobe , Ryan Moore, Stewart from seven feet, he decided to go doing it,” he said. “I thought I’d tant to keep the momentum of World Cup in South Africa, where he acknowledged. Cink, Justin Leonard, Billy Horschel, back to a putting grip with his hit a lot of three-woods today... the round going. And they’re France reached the semi-finals “So I said ‘Be careful’. We spoke Justin Rose (ENG), Derek Ernst, Scott finger extended down the shaft -- maybe I’m getting older,” he added the putts that I’m not really before losing narrowly to the about it but that’s just responsible Stallings, James Driscoll, Graham having reverted to a conventional yesterday. making.” hosts. management which we must have DeLaet (CAN), Fred Couples, Trevor grip on the advice of Presidents Piercy was one stroke in front McIlroy, who has fielded He also said any decision to at times like that. Immelman (RSA), Gary Woodland, Cup International Team captain of a group of four players on 67: George Coetzee (RSA) questions this season about push doping would not have “Personally speaking, I’ve never Nick Price. South Korean Charlie Wi and his switch to Nike equipment occurred without the say-so had any knowledge of elements The move paid off immediately, Americans Josh Teater, Russell 71 John Senden (AUS), David Hearn (CAN), and in recent days about a of then-France coach Pierre related to doping in the France with birdies at the next four holes. Henley and Kyle Stanley. Roberto Castro, Martin Laird (SCO), rumored split with Dublin- Berbizier and ex-French federa- team.” “It just didn’t feel very com- Americans Bill Haas and Matt Bubba Watson, Carl Pettersson (SWE), based Horizon Sports to set tion boss Lapasset. Lapasset concluded: “We’ll fortable,” Schwartzel said of the Kuchar shared seventh place on Cameron Tringale, Kevin Chappell, up his own management com- But Lapasset, speaking at the see what the Senate inquiry says conventional grip. 68, with Australian Matt Jones, Henrik Stenson (SWE), Tommy Gainey, pany, said he was trying to stay SportAccord meeting in Saint- about Benezech’s claims and I will “It felt really shaky. I switched Sweden’s Robert Karlsson, Kevin Streelman, Tiger Woods, Keegan patient. Petersburg, demanded that respond to it if it’s necessary to back to my finger down the Michael Thompson and Chris Bradley, Bud Cauley AFP Benezech showed proof. respond. I’ve absolutely no fear of shaft and sort of changed the Stroud on 69. AFP “I ask him to express himself the subject.” AFP JUNE 1, 2013 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Wiggins out Guptill ton leads Kiwis of Tour de France race

LONDON: Defending cham- pion Bradley Wiggins (pic- tured below) has been ruled to easy win over England out of the Tour de France due to a knee injury. Team Sky boss Dave The batsman hits an unbeaten century as Black Caps win by five wickets Brailsford said: “With illness, injury and treatment Brad has gone past the point where he LONDON, United Kingdom: struck twice in the first over of loss that saw England complete can be ready for the Tour. Martin Guptill’s unbeaten cen- their reply a 2-0 Test series whitewash at “It’s a big loss but, given tury saw New Zealand return Luke Ronchi was out for Headingley on Tuesday. these circumstances, we won’t to winning ways as they beat nought on his New Zealand But thoughts of an equally consider him for selection.” England by five wickets in the debut, having previously played dramatic slump yesterday were The British cyclist’s chal- first one-day international at for Australia where he grew up, stilled by a third-wicket stand lenge at the Lord’s yesterday. after Graeme Swann held a sharp of 120 between Guptill and Ross Giro d’Italia Opening batsman Guptill made second slip catch off Lancashire Taylor (54). faded after 103 not out, his third century in seamer Anderson. Guptill had a reprieve when on he was hit 70 ODIs, as New Zealand, chasing Two balls later Kane 13 he hooked first change Chris by a chest 228 for victory, finished on 231 for Williamson also fell for a duck, Woakes down to long leg. infection five with 19 balls to spare. superbly caught low down by div- But a back-pedalling Tim and a knee Victory left New Zealand 1-0 ing wicket-keeper Jos Buttler. Bresnan, who was not right back problem. up in a three-match series ahead Just a few weeks ago, New on the rope, failed to hold the Wiggins of tomorrow’s second ODI in Zealand’s last visit to Lord’s had chance and deflected the ball for had been Southampton. seen them collapse to 68 all out in a six. scheduled to Guptill could only look on as a 170-run first Test defeat. However, the third-wicket duo’s ride in sup- New Zealand were reduced to And further batting failures stand did end when Taylor was port of Team Sky leader Chris one for two after James Anderson were behind a crushing 247-run caught behind to give Anderson Froome in the 100th edition his third wicket of the innings. of the Tour de France, which England, without injured fast starts in Corsica on June 29, Scoreboard bowlers Stuart Broad (knee) and but Brailsford said a lack of Steven Finn (shin) for the first training time meant the Briton ENGLAND lum 10-0-34-2; Franklin 4-0-29-0; William- two matches of this series, later would miss out. A Cook c Ronchi b Southee ...... 30 son 6-0-38-1. saw Surrey quick Jade Dernbach, During his period of recuper- I Bell c Ronchi b Southee ...... 18 NEW ZEALAND often expensive on his previous ation after the Giro, Wiggins J Trott c Taylor b N McCullum ...... 37 L Ronchi c Swann b Anderson ...... 0 international appearances, bril- was unable to train with any J Root b N McCullum ...... 30 M Guptill (not out) ...... 103 liantly driven for six over long-on intensity and wasn’t in shape E Morgan c Ronchi b McClenaghan ...... 6 K Williamson c Buttler b Anderson ...... 0 by Guptill. to compete at this month’s Another six, also off Dernbach, Criterium du Dauphine or J Buttler c McClenagan b Williamson ....14 R Taylor c Buttler b Anderson ...... 54 took Guptill into the 90s. On Tour of Switzerland. C Woakes c Guptill b Mills ...... 36 G Elliott b Swann ...... 27 99 Guptill came through a leg “He hasn’t been able to train T Bresnan b Southee ...... 25 B McCullum c Morgan b Dernbach ...... 5 before appeal from Bresnan hard since the Giro and now he G Swann c N McCullum b McClenaghan15 J Franklin (not out) ...... 16 after England incorrectly chal- needs further rest. Whilst we J Anderson (not out) ...... 5 Extras (W-10, B-4, LB-12) ...... 26 lenged Aleem Dar’s original not all know these things happen Extras (NB-1, W-6, LB-4) ...... 11 Total (for 5 wkts in 46.5 overs) ...... 231 out decision. in sport, it doesn’t take away Still on 99, Guptill was then from the fact that this is a huge Total (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 227 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-121, 4-168, beaten on the outside edge by disappointment for everyone Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-50, 3-117, 4-124, 5-185. Bresnan, the ball going for four New Zealand’s Martin Guptill (right) who scored a century embraces in the team - and above all for 5-126, 6-159, 7-182, 8-216, 9-227. Bowling: Anderson 9-0-31-3; Dernbach byes to leave the scores level. team-mate James Franklin after New Zealand won the first one-day Brad,” said Brailsford. Bowling: McClenaghan 10-0-49-3; Mills 10-1-55-1; Woakes 6-0-45-0; Bresnan 9.5- But next ball he hit the winning international cricket match against England at Lord’s cricket ground in “It’s incredibly sad to have 10-0-36-1; Southee 10-2-37-3; N McCul- 1-36-0; Swann 10-0-33-1; Root 2-0-15-0. runs to complete his hundred with London, England, yesterday. the reigning champion at Team a pulled four off Bresnan. AFP Sky but not lining up at the Tour. But he’s a champion, a formidable athlete and will Tendulkar Warne predicts come back winning as he has Ireland’s Rankin before.” an Aussie win Wiggins said it was a “huge ‘shocked’ by disappointment not to make if Pietersen is the Tour”. IPL spot-fixing gets England call “I desperately wanted be there, for the team and for all scandal LONDON: Former Ireland The long-established county ruled out the fans along the way - but it’s seamer Boyd Rankin was called programme makes it easier to not going to happen. NEW DELHI: Batting up yesterday into England’s sustain a professional career, with SYDNEY: Australia will “I can’t train the way I need superstar Sachin Tendulkar one-day squad for the remain- England having a far more exten- reclaim the Ashes against all to train and I’m not going to yesterday called cricket’s ing two matches of their series sive international programme odds if Kevin Pietersen’s knee be ready. Once you accept that, betting and spot-fixing scan- with New Zealand. than non-Test nations such as injury keeps the England bats- it’s almost a relief not having to dal “shocking and disappoint- The 28-year-old, who plays Ireland. man out of the series, spin great worry about the injury and the ing”, becoming India’s first county cricket for Warwickshire, England’s team for yesterday’s Shane Warne (pictured) has race against time. big-name player to speak out was brought in after pacemen first one-day international against said. “I’ve been through this on the issue. Stuart Broad (knee) and Steven New Zealand at Lord’s included England hold the Ashes after before, when I broke my collar- “The developments in the Finn (shin) were ruled out of the ex-Ireland batsman Eoin Morgan. a convincing 3-1 away series win bone, so I know how it works. last two weeks have been first two ODIs through injury. However, the likes of former in 2010-11 and Australia’s chances I’ll get this sorted, set new shocking and disappointing,” Rankin made his debut for Australia captain Ricky Ponting of wresting it back do not look goals for this season and focus Tendulkar, the world’s leading England’s second string Lions have publicly echoed a question bright following their recent 4-0 on those.” AFP scorer in both Test and one-day in 2011 against Sri Lanka A and long asked in Ireland cricket as drubbing in India. week to signal the kind of form cricket, said in a statement. was selected on the England to what the future for the sport Pietersen will not play in next they are in but the leg-spin great “It has always hurt me when Performance Programme later in the country holds if their best month’s Champions Trophy one warned the Australians, led by the game of cricket is in the that year. players continually leave to join day tournament but is expected Michael Clarke, were quite capa- Puyol says news for the wrong reasons. He played 37 one-day interna- up with England. back for the Ashes series start- ble of pulling off a surprise. “As cricketers we are always tionals for Ireland and was their The second match of the ing in July. “England are definitely favour- he may quit if taught to go out, fight hard, leading wicket-taker at the 2007 England-New Zealand series “If Kevin Pietersen’s not availa- ites,” said Warne, who retired give our very best and play in World Cup in the Caribbean with takes place in Southampton ble for the Ashes I think Australia from international cricket in 2007 injuries continue the true spirit of the game.” 12 wickets at 27. tomorrow, with the finale at will win,” Australian Warne told with more than 1000 wickets. Indian cricket has been in Several former Irish interna- Nottingham’s Trent Bridge Sky Sports News. “They’ve been playing some turmoil after police arrested tionals have switched allegiance to ground on Wednesday. “I think he’s that big a player excellent cricket, and they’re well BARCELONA: Barcelona’s three players, including Test pursue careers in England. AFP for the England team. led by Alastair Cook. talismanic captain Carles Puyol paceman Shanthakumaran “Everyone feeds off him. He’s “But I really believe Australia has said another injury-inter- Sreesanth, accusing them of such a destructive player,” Warne have a squad, if they pick the rupted season like the one just deliberately bowling badly in South Africa beat Netherlands added of his former Hampshire right players and they perform finishing could force him to exchange for tens of thousands team-mate. then, I think the people who are consider hanging up his boots. of dollars during the just-con- England completed a 2-0 test out there writing them off could “I doubt I could stand another cluded Indian Premier League victory over New Zealand this really be surprised.” REUTERS season of injuries like the one I (IPL). have just had,” the defender told N. Srinivasan, president a news conference yesterday. of the Board of Control for “If the problems continue next Cricket in India, is also under Butler replaces Boult in season I will have to quit. These pressure to quit after his son- things happen in football,” the in-law was arrested for alleg- Spaniard added. edly betting on IPL matches. Kiwis Trophy squad The 35-year-old missed Spain’s Betting on sports other than triumph at Euro 2012 after hav- horse-racing is a crime in ing surgery on his right knee last India. Spot-fixing is an illegal LONDON: Ian Butler was confirmed yesterday by the May, and fractured his cheekbone activity in which a specific part International Cricket Council (ICC) as an injury replacement in Barca’s second league game at of a game, but not the result, for Trent Boult in New Zealand’s Champions Trophy squad. Osasuna in August. is fixed. Left-arm seamer Boult was ruled out Thursday of the three- Twisted ligaments in his left “During this difficult phase, match one-day series against England that started at Lord’s knee sidelined him again in I join every cricketer, from the yesterday. September, and Puyol dislocated boys and girls in the maidans Boult suffered a side injury during New Zealand’s 247-run second his left elbow in October. (grounds) across the country Test defeat at Headingley, concluded Tuesday, and bowled just two A nagging knee problem fur- to those who represent clubs, overs in England’s second innings. ther restricted his appearances states and the country, who An MRI scan on Wednesday confirmed the initial diagnosis of and finally he went under the trust the authorities to take a muscle tear in Boult’s right side. knife again in March for surgery sincere steps to get to the root South African batsman Francois du Plessis (right) and Dutch wicket- New Zealand said in a statement Thursday they expected on the cartilage in his right knee of the issue,” said Tendulkar, keeper Wesley Buressi compete during the friendly cricket match Boult to be fully fit in six to eight weeks, effectively ruling the in the hope he could return for 40. between Netherlands and South Africa in Amstelveen, yesterday. JP paceman out of the June 6-23 Champions Trophy in the United the end of the campaign. “The faith reposed by the Duminy smashed a career-best unbeaten 150 in his first knock for Kingdom. He has only make 13 appear- millions of fans should be jus- seven months as South Africa won by 84 runs. Duminy, who snapped Butler replaced Boult for the England one-day series, although ances in La Liga and four in the tified and we owe it to them to his Achilles tendon in November, bludgeoned eight sixes to lead his team he was not selected for the first ODI at Lord’s on Friday, and his Champions League this season. ensure that Indian cricket is all place in New Zealand’s Champions Trophy squad has now been “My objective is to arrive 100 to 341 for three in 50 overs. about pride and joy.” AFP confirmed by the tournament’s technical committee. AFP percent fit for the new season,” he said. REUTERS JUNE 1, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY

PSG’s Leonardo is handed Confusion in Rio de Janeiro 9-month ban! PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain Relief as England friendly will go ahead at famous Maracana Stadium sporting director Leonardo was handed a nine-month suspen- RIO DE JANEIRO: The “All safety requirements for the stadium inaugurated on April sion after being found guilty of friendly international between the friendly between Brazil and 27 after a multi-million-dollar pushing a referee. Brazil and England at the ren- England have been complied 30-month renovation. The ban, handed down by the ovated Maracana Stadium in with and, because of a bureau- The friendly is to serve as prep- disciplinary commission of the Rio de Janeiro will go ahead as cratic failure, the appraisal from aration for the Brazilian national French Football League (LFP), planned tomorrow after a deci- the public ministry that proves squad ahead of the Confederations applies to all official duties as sion to cancel the game on safety the compliance with the rules on Cup, which will be held in the well as stopping him from being grounds was reversed. safety at the Maracana have not country from June 15-30. present on the touchline during There was panic on Thursday been sent to Suderj (the admin- The Maracana - which hosted PSG games. after daily newspaper O Estado istrative division of the Rio de the deciding match of the 1950 The Brazilian was found guilty de Sao Paulo quoted court sources Janeiro state authority),” read a World Cup - will host four of deliberately pushing referee who said Judge Adriana Costa dos Rio State Government statement. Confederations Cup matches as Alexandre Castro in the tunnel Santos had acted on a request by The news was greeted with well as seven World Cup games following PSG’s 1-1 Ligue 1 draw a Rio state prosecutor when she relief by FIFA Secretary General next year, including the finals of against Valenciennes on May 5, postponed the game. Jerome Valcke. both tournaments. with the incident being caught on They had said that there was “After 30 seconds of anxiety, I In 2016, it will host the open- camera by Canal Plus television. no evidence the Maracana met was delighted to receive a state- ing ceremony of the Summer PSG responded by saying they “the minimum necessary condi- ment from the authorities in Rio Olympics. will appeal the sanction. tions to host games or events”. saying that it was a bureaucratic Only last month Valcke In a statement the club But the authorities in Rio error and that there is not, in fact, accepted that Brazil would not described the suspension as “an appealed that ruling before a a problem with security or with be entirely ready to host June’s The Maracana Stadium, where renovations work for the upcoming unfounded decision and extremely duty judge, arguing that the safety the structure,” Valcke said from Confederations Cup, but warned Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup is still ongoing, is seen in severe” adding that they would report had not been delivered to Mauritius, where he is attending it would expect tip-top organisa- this general view taken in Rio de Janeiro on May 30, 2013. remain “totally supportive of our the relevant official because of a a FIFA Congress. tion for next year’s World Cup sporting director”. “bureaucratic mistake”. “I am getting ready to fly to Rio finals. Having regularly been outspo- The judge duly overturned the after the Congress to attend the “For the FIFA Confederations 1-1 friendly draw against Ireland However, the redevelopment ken in his criticism of match offi- earlier ruling, clearing the way for match. Cup we will make it - it will be a at Wembley. has met with controversy in some cials throughout the course of the the game to go ahead. “The Maracana is a sublime fantastic tournament, but not all Since 2007, the Rio state gov- quarters, with protesters taking season, Leonardo was furious at The Rio State Government stadium,” he added. operational arrangements will be ernment has invested an esti- aim at the plan to privatise the Castro’s decision to send-off PSG later confirmed that the game “The Maracana is like a nice 100 per cent,” said Valcke at the mated $430m in the Maracana venue. captain Thiago Silva in the first will go ahead after presenting a car. Now it needs to be driven.” time. renovations, which ultimately will Two consortiums are compet- half of the game. report showing that the stadium An estimated 74,000 people England are already in Brazil comprise a multi-purpose arena ing for a 35-year lease to operate Silva was shown a straight red complies with the relevant safety are expected to watch tomor- having flown on a private jet featuring bars, restaurants and the Maracana and its surround- card for lifting his hands to the guidelines. row’s game, the second test for straight after Wednesday night’s shops. ings. REUTERS referee as he protested a decision. PSG were also handed a three- point deduction, although that FIFA adopts part of the punishment is sus- pended. The suspension could tough new Revamped FIFA setting standards have serious consequences for the future of Leonardo at PSG. anti-racism It is believed that the French champions’ Qatari owners had been considering the Brazilian measures for world sport, says Blatter former AC Milan and Inter Milan coach as a replacement for cur- PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS: PORT LOUIS, MAURITIUS: the dropping of a proposal to rent boss Carlo Ancelotti, if the FIFA adopted tough new meas- FIFA has emerged from one of introduce age and mandate lim- Italian gets the move away from ures in soccer’s fight against the most troubled periods in its for senior officials from the the club that he wishes. However, racism yesterday when dele- its history and is now setting Congress agenda and that some the length of the ban handed gates at its Congress approved the highest standards for gov- other key changes had yet to be down almost certainly rules that their introduction by 204 votes ernance in world sport, FIFA implemented. out and is likely to have a major to one. President Sepp Blatter said He also used his speech to take impact on his ability to carry out The proposals, introduced by yesterday. a thinly veiled sideswipe at UEFA, his duties as sporting director. Jeffrey Webb, the CONCACAF Making his presidential address at loggerheads with Blatter over REUTERS president and chairman of the to delegates from 208 of the world the age limit reforms, tolling Anti-Racism and Discrimination governing body’s 209 members at Congress: “FIFA is based on soli- Task Force, constitute a number the 63rd FIFA Congress, Blatter darity, democracy and here at this Europe’s six of new sanctions. said the wide-ranging reform Congress, it is one nation one vote They include the possibility process started two years had as it should be in a democracy. treble winners of points deductions and expul- changed the organisation but the But reforming a great organi- BERLIN: Bayern Munich face VfB Stuttgart sions from competitions or rel- modifications and fights against sation is not about one person in today’s German Cup final bidding to be egation, the introduction of racism and the scourge of match- or interest group dictating, but the first Bundesliga team to win the treble of anti-discriminatory officers at fixing went on. about 209 nations moving forward European Cup, domestic league and domes- games, a minimum five-match “We have been through a dif- This picture taken on April 13, 2005 shows FIFA President Sepp Blatter as one in harmony.” tic cup titles in the same season. ban against players guilty of racial ficult time, it has been a test for (left) welcomed by the Burundi’s Football Federation (FFB) President Blatter also spoke of the con- abuse, tougher minimum financial the world of football and for those Lydia Nsekera in Bujumbura. Nsekera made history yesterday when she tinuing fight against racism and Here are the six other European clubs to have penalties and the introduction of who live in it,” the 77-year-old became the first woman to be elected to the Executive Committee of match-fixing which continues to achieved the feat: a hotline for players and fans to Swiss said. football’s world governing body FIFA for a full term. blight the sport. 1966/67 Celtic (won the European Cup, report incidents of racism. “As the captain, I am pleased “There have been some des- Scottish League Championship, FIFA president Sepp Blatter to say we have weathered the picable offences this year that Scottish Cup, Scottish League expressed surprise that one vote storm,” he said. “Yes we had to change, we had better to do nothing and leave have cast a long shadow over Cup) went against the proposals before “We have emerged from the to answer tough questions and things as they were. And there football and the rest of society. I 1971/72 Ajax Amsterdam (won the dismissing it as an electronic vot- troubled waters stronger and now we had to fight resistance even are those who say we have not am speaking about the politics of European Cup, Eredivisie, KNVB ing error. we can look forwards to the future within our own community for gone far enough - that we have hate, racism,” he said. Cup) In his presidential address to and waters as calm as the beau- the better of the game. It hurt evaded the difficult decisions and “There is no place in football 1987/88 PSV Eindhoven (won the the Congress earlier yesterday, tiful sea around us in Mauritius but like a football team, we per- buried our heads in the sand. for racism and neither is there European Cup, Eredivisie, KNVB Blatter said there was no longer and I think the boat can now go severed and it paid dividends,” he “There are a few finally, who any place for match-fixing or Cup) any room for racism in soccer and slowly into the harbour.” added. criticise us no matter what we are manipulation. 1998/99 Manchester United (won the it would not be tolerated. Blatter, who initiated the “These sweeping and hard-hit- doing. But we needed to change, “We have to be tough and we Champions League, English “There have been some despi- reform process after the crises ting reforms will change our org- to reinforce our defences and pro- have to make it plain to the racists Premier League, FA Cup) cable offences this year that have that enveloped the organisation in nisation for the better and places tect the future of the game. that their time is up, it is finished. 2008/09 FC Barcelona (won the cast a long shadow over football. I the wake of the joint bids for the FIFA at the forefront of govern- “It would be a lie to say it was “And there is no greater threat to Champions League, La Liga, am speaking about the politics of 2018 and 2022 World Cups and ance standards in the world of easy... it was not easy. But now we our game than match-fixing - that Copa del Rey) hate - racism, ignorance, discrim- the scandal that surrounded the sport. have the chance to make history comes from within football. We ination, intolerance and small- presidential election in 2011, said “There are those who have by passing these reforms.” need the help of public authorities 2009/10 Internazionale (won the minded prejudice,” the Swiss said. no matter what critics said, FIFA openly criticised what we are The latest criticisms sur- and the police everywhere to drive Champions League, Serie A, REUTERS had reacted to those problems. doing as if it would have been rounding the reforms centre on it from our game.” REUTERS Coppa Italia) Eljaish win Heir Apparent Cup final

Eljaish players and officials celebrate winning the 2013 Heir Apparent Cup final after their win over rivals Al Qiyadah at Al Gharafa Stadium Indoor Hall on Thursday night. Eljaish won 27-26. Eljaish reached the final match after a hard-fought 28-27 win over Lekhwiya in the first semi-final while Al Qiyadah edged past Al Gharafa 30-29 to reach the title clash. Qatar Handball Association President Ahmed Al Shaabi (extreme right) handed over the gold medals and the top prize of QR300,000 to Eljaish. Al Qiyadah got richer by QR150,000. JUNE 1, 2013 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Unhappy Nadal advances; Serena, Federer post wins The Spaniard labels schedule ‘a joke’; Sharapova reaches third round

PARIS: A lack of sunshine, Tommy Robredo of Spain (right) inferior opponents in his face is congratulated by Gael Monfils and now a rant at the French of France after their men’s singles Open schedule - things are not match. Robredo defeated Monfils going as planned for defending 2-6, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-2. champion Rafa Nadal despite a belated second-round victory at Roland Garros yesterday. The Spaniard finally got his Selected Results challenge for a record eighth title PARIS: French Open results moving again after being bogged yesterday (x denotes seeded down by dismal weather, seeing player): off Slovakia’s Martin Klizan after Men’s Third Round: Tommy Robredo (ESP being outplayed for a set, but the x32) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 2-6, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 26-year-old was not happy. 7-6 (7/3), 6-2; Nicolas Almagro (ESP 11) bt Women’s champion Maria Andreas Seppi (ITA x20) 7-6 (7/1), 6-0, 6-4; Sharapova needed only 15 min- Kevin Anderson (RSA x23) bt Milos Raonic utes on a cool, but mercifully dry, (CAN x14) 7-5, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; David Ferrer Chatrier Court as she polished (ESP x4) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-1, 7-5, off her second-round opponent Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts during his second round match against Martin Klizan of Slovakia at the French Open tennis tournament at Roland 6-4; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x6) bt Jeremy Eugenie Bouchard having been Garros in Paris, France, yesterday. RIGHT: Serena Williams (left) of the US and Romania’s Sorana Cirstea shake hands with the referee at the end Chardy (FRA x25) 6-1, 6-2, 7-5; Viktor Troicki a set and 4-2 ahead when rain of their match. (SRB) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x10) 7-6 (14/12), 6-4, stopped play on Thursday. 7-5; Gilles Simon (FRA x15) bt Sam Querrey Top seed Serena Williams (USA x18) 2-6, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-2; Roger is making rapid headway and a 6-0, 6-2 crushing of Romanian has dropped a mere six games so three hours on court, and my become the first man to win the Federer (SUI x2) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA x30) moved into the fourth round with Sorana Cirstea. The American far and her winning streak now opponent was watching the TV same grand slam title eight times. 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. stands at 27 matches. in the locker room,” he said after It was a good day for seeded Second Round: Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) bt “Every slam is really my prior- a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory set men with number four David Martin Klizan (SVK) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3; Tommy ity,” said the 15-times major win- up a tricky third round against Ferrer moving under the radar Haas (GER x12) bt Jack Sock (USA) 7-6 (7/3), ner but only once French Open Fabio Fognini, who won his sec- into the last 16 by seeing off fellow 6-2, 7-5; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x29) bt Federico champion. “I would love to win ond round match a day earlier. Spaniard Feliciano Lopez while Del Bonis (ARG) 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 6-4; Nikolay this one, but there is still a lot of “I can only smile and try to win sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Davydenko (RUS) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-4, people in the draw that would love my match and try to be ready for beat fellow Frenchman Jeremy 7-5, 6-2; Richard Gasquet (FRA x7) bt Michal to win this tournament.” tomorrow. But that’s not the right Chardy. Przysiezny (POL) 6-3, 6-3, 6-0; John Isner Nadal’s clash with Klizan was thing and I hope they accept the Janko Tipsarevic (8), Tommy (USA x19) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 5-7, 6-7 Russian Maria one of several second-round mistake.” Haas (12), John Isner (19), (7/9), 6-3, 6-1, 8-6; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI Sharapova speaks matches from the top half of Nadal, who said he lacked Jerzy Janowicz (21) and Mikhail x9) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-2, 7-6 (7/2), with former tennis the men’s draw which is lagging “motivation” in a poor first set Youzhny (29) all won delayed sec- 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x8) bt Fernando player Fabrice behind the bottom half occupied against fellow left-hander Klizan, ond-round matches. Germany’s Verdasco (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1, 3-6, 5-7, 8-6 Santoro after winning by second seed Roger Federer, was particularly annoyed that Haas, still a class act at 35, put Women’s Third Round: Serena Williams her French Open who remained untroubled with Fognini had been scheduled to a hole in the American challenge (USA x1) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM x26) 6-0, women’s second a win against Julien Benneteau. play Lukas Rosol after one very when he picked apart 20-year-old 6-2; Roberta Vinci (ITA x15) bt Petra Cetkovská Federer needed only 90 minutes brief women’s singles match on qualifier Jack Sock in straight round match against (CZE) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; Angelique Kerber (GER to win 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 having taken rain-hit Thursday while he kicked sets. Canadian Eugenie x8) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA x29) 6-4, 6-7 the match by the scruff of the his heels waiting for a men’s and Sara Errani maintained her (3/7), 6-4; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x14) bt Virginie Bouchard. neck with a burst of 14 straight a women’s tie to complete. impressive form, the Italian Razzano (FRA) 6-3, 6-2; Carla Suárez (ESP x20) points towards the end of the “The excuse they told me was fifth seed overcoming Germany’s bt Mónica Puig (PUR) 6-4, 7-5; Sara Errani (ITA opening set. because Rosol had to play doubles. Sabine Lisicki for the loss of four x5) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER x32) 6-0, 6-4. Nadal labelled the tourna- I am sorry, but that’s a joke,” he games. Second Round: Marion Bartoli (FRA x13) bt ment’s schedule “a joke” after said. A round back, another Italian, Mariana Duque (COL) 7-6 (7/5), 7-5; Francesca being forced to play catch-up Including yesterday, Nadal, who 2010 champion Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x21) after his match against Klizan still plays with tape on his suspect Schiavone, showed she is still a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt was rained off the previous day. knee after months out, will have force on clay by knocking out 21st Eugénie Bouchard (CAN) 6-2, 6-4. “Today I was playing almost to win six matches in 10 days to seed Kirsten Flipkens. REUTERS

Lorenzo tops practice in Italy Next IOC chief will Wrestling’s shortlist

MUGELLO, Italy: Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo not be paid: Rogge return was no error was the fastest in a dramatic day of free practices at the ST PETERSBURG, Russia: “I hope to cross it in good ST PETERSBURG, Russia: “When I was elected (in Gran Premio d’Italia TIM in The successor to International shape...and that I will have ful- A shock International 2001) we were at the end of a Mugello ahead of team-mate Olympic Committee (IOC) filled my duty. I have no con- Olympic Committee (IOC) period where sports were only Valentino Rossi and Monster President Jacques Rogge will cerns. I rejoice that any of the six decision to remove wrestling added - from 20 (sports) at the Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow remain an unpaid volunteer would be very good presidents,” from the 2020 Olympic Games Seoul Games in 1988 to 28 in in MotoGP, yesterday. after all six presidential hope- he added. programme and then include Sydney in 2000. Repsol Honda Team’s Marc fuls turned down the idea of a The executive board agreed it in a shortlist of sports for “There was a need to put a Marquez escaped serious injury in salary, Rogge said yesterday. yesterday to allow candidates to those Games was no mistake, cap on the size of the Games a high-speed accident at the end Rogge, who steps down in present their plans to IOC mem- IOC president Jacques Rogge but we felt we could not freeze of the fast start/finish straight September after 12 years in bers on the sidelines of a session said yesterday. the programme and we needed and had led a topsy-turvy open- charge, had recently suggested in Lausanne in July, before the Wrestling was taken off change.” ing practice in the morning, but that the IOC Presidency should vote in September. International Olympic Committee the programme in February Rogge said the IOC’s decision lost control of his bike in the be a paid position as the duties of “There will be a presentation (IOC) President Jacques Rogge in a move that stunned the in February to exclude wres- afternoon session on one of the leading the world’s biggest multi- of the six candidates. “There they leaves after a news conference sporting world but it man- tling, which had been in every fastest parts of any racetrack in sports organisation amounted to will present their manifesto to the during the IOC Executive Board aged to join baseball/softball Games since 1896 apart from the world. a full-time job. members,” Rogge said. meeting, part of the annual and squash this week as one 1900, was right as it prompted Lorenzo set the pace with a lap Six candidates have stepped Meanwhile, A plan by the SportAccord convention, in St. of three sports that will be immediate changes within the time of 1’48.375, beating team- forward to succeed the Belgian newly-elected head of an umbrella Petersburg, yesterday. considered for inclusion in the federation and the sport. mate and multiple Mugello win- with elections set for September sports body for a United World 2020 Games. He shrugged off suggestions ner Rossi by just 34 thousandths 10 at the IOC session in Buenos Championships every four years The IOC will elect the win- that a return of wrestling to of a second. Aires. is not a good idea because of the for all international federa- ning sport at its session in the Games at the IOC session Both Yamaha men were “We discussed the issue of already congested sports calendar, tions,” Romanian-born Vizer, an Buenos Aires in September. in Buenos Aires would defeat relieved to be back on the pace remuneration and I explained the IOC said. Austrian citizen, said after his “I do not see shortcomings the purpose of the exercise. following difficult weekends for why I launched the idea,” Rogge International Judo Federation election. in the system, I do not see “If there is the consideration both last time out in Le Mans. told reporters after an executive boss Marius Vizer, who was However, Rogge rejected the errors in the system,” Rogge that one sport is better than Crutchlow was third, continu- board meeting. There could be a elected president of SportAccord, idea. told reporters at the end of the other it should be chosen ing his good run of form, whilst circumstance that the candidate an organisation of Olympic and “I am nearing the level of my a three-day executive board even if it is an existing sport,” Ducati Team’s Nicky Hayden fin- is of a young age and would have non-Olympic federations, on irrelevance but it contradicts with meeting. said the Belgian surgeon. ished a credible fourth, despite to take care of his family,” Rogge, Friday, said the new event was the opinion of ASOIF (Association The IOC set out to revamp “Do not bring a new one in not being completely happy with a surgeon by profession, said. not planned as a rival to the of Summer Olympic International the Games programme to make for the sake of a new one.” the bike. “All six of them said they did Olympic Games. Federations),” said Rogge, who is it more relevant to a younger IOC Vice-President Thomas Dani Pedrosa, who is aiming for not want to be remunerated, so “They (the IOC) don’t have to stepping down after 12 years in generation of fans and spon- Bach, seen as a frontrunner to a hat-trick of 2013 victories this that settles the matter for these be worried because it’s a differ- September. sors but, with wrestling back succeed Rogge, said wrestling weekend, came fifth, citing a lack elections.” ent event with a different back- “ASOIF 10 days ago came up as a candidate for inclusion, had got the message and shaped of grip. IOC Vice Presidents Thomas ground, a different strategy,” he with a declaration that the inter- the procedure has been heavily up just in time. The sport made Meanwhile, in Moto2 categroy, Bach of Germany and Singaporean said. “We will do everything in national programme is already criticised for having achieved changes in rules and competi- Jerez race winner Tito Rabat Ng Ser Miang are running for the partnership and in agreement too congested and that there are little change. tions and in its organisation jumped in front of Simone Corsi top job, along with Puerto Rican with all international sports too many events,” Rogge said. “We do not want change for and took action on gender to lead the first day as the Tuenti Richard Carrion, who heads the organisations.” “So this is something that has change,” Rogge said. “The pur- equality. HP 40 and NGM Mobile Racing IOC finance commission, former The plan is for the event to to be discussed not only between pose is to have the best possible “Wrestling gave a very good riders were joined in the top Olympic pole vault champion take place every four years, with the IOC and SportAccord but also Olympic Games.” presentation, you could clearly three by Italtrans Racing Team’s Sergei Bubka, international box- the first edition in 2017. within SportAccord itself.” Rogge, whose 12-year stint at see they got the message,” Bach, Takaaki Nakagami. ing federation chief C.K. Wu and “The event will be organised An already busy international the helm of the IOC comes to one of six presidential hopefuls, Rabat posted the weekend’s rowing chief Denis Oswald. in a country and events divided sports year will have one more an end in September, said the said. best time of 1’53.583, with the “I am definitely in my last in different cities and different event in 2015 with European body had been adding sports “They took the right deci- Spaniard stating afterwards he stretch (of the presidency) and regions according to the infra- Olympic Committees preparing to the programme for dec- sions. Sometimes for great was still looking for an improve- I can see the finish line and the structure and different facili- the inaugural European Games to ades before deciding to cap the reforms you need pressure,” he ment in change-in-direction with ribbon which says September 10,” ties necessary to every sport - of be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. number at 28. added. REUTERS the bike. 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A Hyper 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 28 Preposterous 82 Chant syllables 84 Bear vis-à-vis the woods, Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all 102 103 104 105 106 31 Once, a long time ago regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like e.g. 107 108 109 110 32 “Family Guy” creator a normal Sudoku. MacFarlane 85 Fails miserably 111 112 113 33 Ignore, imperatively 89 Like a hair shirt 114 115 116 34 Barely beat 90 Bordeaux brothers How to play Kakuro: 35 Oahu offering 91 La Môme ___ (The Little Sparrow) The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any 38 In ___ (confused) ACROSS 74 Soviet ___ 92 Sharpening devices size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells 39 Mr. Burns’s teddy bear like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, 1 Reduces to pulp 75 Burial site of early Scottish kings on “The Simpsons” 93 Sword lilies, for short some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some 7 Betray, in a way 77 Rents 40 Typical cemetery 94 Send, as a check cells will contain two numbers. 15 They’re unoriginal 78 Pipe material, for short enclosure 95 Trump who wrote “The However, in a crossword the numbers reference 20 Haitian ___ 79 Memorable theatrical performance? 41 Driver’s target Best Is Yet to Come” clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! 21 Haiti’s first democratically elected 83 Shell, e.g. 42 Balloonhead 96 Instant They denote the total of the digits in the row or president 86 Warning from a driver 43 Seller of space or time, 97 Lensman Adams column referenced by the number. 22 Iconoclast 87 Extremely, in 1970s slang for short 98 Good to go Within each 23 Skip Thanksgiving leftovers? 88 Joyce’s land 44 Showy craft? 99 Dexterity exercise collection of cells 25 Early spring bloomers 89 Bottom-line bigwigs, in brief 45 ___’acte 100 Like an Interstate - called a run - any 26 Operagoer’s accessory 91 Head-turning sound 46 ___-deucy 101 Jumps bail, say of the numbers 1 27 Broke bread 93 Abstain happily? 48 Tennis’s 1977 U.S. Open 105 Say “What to do? 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OTOOLE ANTHEM I CE SEW 38 Put up with REPLAN LAMESA BONJOV I 111 One giving an order GREENTEAPARTY ENDEM I C 41 One may be original 112 Declared ANAGRAM CRABCAKEWALK 43 Hopelessly lost 113 Dammed river in North Carolina LETON TEAM 47 Plea for immediate absolution? 114 Maurice of Nixon’s cabinet UT I CA R I PEST FAST Baby Blues By Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman 52 Abbr. on a cover letter LOWCUTCLASS HA I RT I ES 115 Region conquered by Philip II of NA I LF I LE A I RCANADADRY 53 Wind in front of a stage Macedon ASS S I REN YOYOS PAAR 54 Kin of fairies 116 Mounts ETHAN NON PAN CALLS 55 Not D I RTYBLONDEJOKE 56 Crested ___, Colo. 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MUSCAT 34/29 Partly cloudy 34/29 Partly cloudy MAKKAH 47/30 Partly cloudy 47/30 Partly cloudy A wolf plays with a one-month-old puppy in its enclosure of Berlin’s Zoo, in Germany, yesterday. KUWAIT 43/30 Clear 43/30 Clear BAHRAIN 39/30 Clear 37/30 Clear SANAA 28/15 T-storms 28/15 T-storms RIYADH 40/25 Partly cloudy 38/25 Clear DUBAI 36/27 Clear 38/26 Clear Japan wants kids to get 60 minutes of exercise daily BAGHDAD 40/25 Partly cloudy 38/26 Partly cloudy TOKYO: Japan’s education the physical strength and athletic who actively play with friends by how long they could hold them- THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW ministry recommends children capabilities of children above pri- tend to have higher athletic selves up with their arms by plac- get at least 60 minutes of exer- mary school age peaked around ability. ing their hands on boxes, showed HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER cise a day to raise their physical 1985, then dropped. In a separate study, a group of a marked decrease. The average strength, which is hovering at a The ministry believes lack of university teachers observed the duration was about 30 seconds ATHENS 30/18 Clear 31/19 Clear low level nationwide. exercise during childhood is one athletic ability of 5,000 to 10,000 for early 4-year-old boys before WASHINGTON 32/24 Partly cloudy 32/22 Chance of storm Last year, the ministry drew reason for the decline. preschoolers aged 4 to 6 nation- 1986, but less than 20 seconds in SYDNEY 21/12 Chance of rain 17/09 Rain up guidelines that give specific The survey covered 21 munici- wide six times from 1966 through surveys after 1997. LONDON 18/10 Chance of rain 18/11 Chance of rain examples of recommended activi- palities over three years from 2008. Average results for all age Izumi Yoshida, an associ- PARIS 20/12 Chance of rain 19/12 Partly cloudy ties according to a child’s stage of fiscal 2007 and was aimed at groups showed that children’s ate professor at Tokyo Gakugei ISTANBUL 25/18 Clear 21/17 Chance of storm development. grasping the correlation between physical strength peaked between University, believes modern con- MANILA 36/26 Partly cloudy 36/27 Partly cloudy A survey by the Education, regular exercise and children’s 1973 to 1986, then dropped and veniences are partly to blame for DHAKA 32/26 T-storms 34/26 Chance of storm Culture, Sports, Science and physical strength. leveled off since 1997. children’s falling strength. DELHI 40/31 Partly cloudy 41/32 Partly cloudy Technology Ministry found that Results showed that children Children’s stamina, measured WP-BLOOMBERG ISLAMABAD 42/27 Partly cloudy 42/28 Partly cloudy Lola the donkey ordered to get off Teen wins US spelling bee with ‘knaidel’ Brussels balcony OXON HILL, Maryland: Arvind BRUSSELS: Belgian police Mahankali, a 13-year-old boy from have demanded that Lola, a Bayside Hills, New York, won the Scripps theatre-starring donkey, be National Spelling Bee on Thursday by removed from the balcony of correctly spelling “knaidel,” a kind of a cultural centre in Brussels dumpling. after neighbours complained Mahankali, a student at Nathaniel about her braying. Hawthorne Middle School, had finished Lola is staying on the first-floor third in the contest twice before, each time balcony while she performs in a stumbling on German words. This year, the play at the Arab Cultural Centre, packed auditorium erupted in a standing located in the same building in ovation when he nailed “knaidel,” which the Belgian capital. Staff had laid comes from German-derived Yiddish. out straw and a bucket of water “I thought, ‘The German curse had so she could get some fresh air. turned into a German blessing,’” he said But police ordered Lola’s of his victory. “It means I can retire on a keeper to move her indoors after good note.” receiving complaints about the Mahankali, who wants to become a donkey making too much noise. quantum physicist, defeated 10 other final- Despite the police demands, ists. Asked what he planned to do during Lola was still outside yesterday, his summer vacation, he said he planned and the director of the cultural to study physics. centre was angrily berating her He said he would use the $30,000 cash neighbours for interfering. prize for college. “I say to the neighbours, well The second-place finisher was Pranav done. What does it matter to Sivakumar, 13, of Tower Lakes, New York, you?” Hawa Djabili shouted to who attends Barrington Middle School. reporters and passersby. Asked Sriram Hatwar, 13, from Painted Post, Arvind Mahankali with his family as confetti falls around him after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday. why the donkey was out, she New York, and a student at the Alternative replied Lola “needed to breathe.” School for Math & Science, finished third. A spokesman for the Brussels Finalists were eliminated on such words crab. Contestants bit lips and clutched wrote the word on their hands or forearms to spell “temenos,” Vismaya Kharkar, 14, police said they would return as “pathognomonic,” a disease’s character- hands as they spelled before a crowded with a finger before spelling them into a from Bountiful, Utah, covered her face with animal welfare officers to istics, “doryline,” a kind of ant, “meloco- ballroom. All asked for definitions, ori- microphone. with her hands and rocked her head for- remove Lola if the centre did not ton,” a grafted peach, and “kaburi,” a land gins, and a sentence using the word. Most Asked by pronouncer Jacques Bailly ward and backward. comply with the order to keep the Then she wrote it into her hand and, donkey indoors. after spelling it correctly, flashed a big The animal is appearing in a smile and high-fived other contestants. play called The Palestinian at the Why Indian-Americans dominate spelling bees But Kharkar went out on “parypho- Arab Cultural Centre that ends drome,” exclaiming “Oh, no!” when the today. REUTERS WASHINGTON: When, in 2010, Indian-American. This week Arvind The Wall Street Journal quotes Sharmila bell sounded indicating a misspelling. Anamika Veeramani correctly sounded Mahankali, 13, won the 2013 national Sen, a former English professor at Amber Born, a 14-year-old from out the letters to “stromuhr” (I hadn’t spelling bee with the German-Yiddish Harvard, as saying: Marblehead, Massachusetts, who is home heard the word before either) to win word “knaidel” this week. The first generation immigrant parent schooled, reacted with raised eyebrows the Scripps National Spelling Bee, she Indian-Americans represented around brings with her/him a set of memories about when given “lansquenet,” a kind of card captured the hearts and minds of the a third of this year’s semi-finalists, and how education works and what is to be val- game. “That is cause for panic,” she said, Indian and US media alike. two of them were siblings of past winners. ued. For Indians that is a memory of endless then slowly spelled it correctly. This was partly thanks to her inspir- Just what accounts for this astounding class tests doled out on a regular basis to Mahankali won a contest that involved ing performance — and also because she success? evaluate our ability to retrieve information 11 million young spellers at some point. had become the third Indian-American As it turns out, we’re not the first to — spellings of words, names of world capitals, A total of 281 aged 8 to 14 from all 50 US in as many years to win the prestigious ask this question. “Is it because of India’s cash crops of states, length of rivers, height states, the District of Columbia and for- competition. colonial history with Britain”, wondered of mountains, and a plethora of minutiae eign countries took part in the Bee held “Spelling champ’s victory hat-trick for the Hindu back in 2010, “or is it something charmingly labelled as General Knowledge. outside Washington. Indian-Americans,” gushed, the Hindu, an at the level of genetic programming?” The For the first time since it started in A donkey stands on the balcony English-language daily in India. answer is neither as Darwinian as genet- In addition to bringing this educa- 1927, the contest included tests on vocabu- of an apartment block in Brussels Indian-Americans have maintained ics nor as deterministic as colonialism. tional emphasis to the US, highly skilled lary. Organisers said the new quizzes were yesterday. The animal, which is part their Scripps dominance ever since, Part of the explanation does have to do immigrants tend to enrol their children part of the Bee’s commitment to deepen- of a theatre show, has been banned having now won the title of America’s with education. in more academically oriented extracur- ing knowledge of the English language. from the balcony after neighbours best speller for six consecutive years. In In India, education tends to be more ricular pursuits, as Forbes notes. Since 1999, 11 of the 15 winners have been complained of braying. fact, 11 of the last 14 winners have been rote, with an emphasis on memorisation. WP-BLOOMBERG of South Asian origin, including the last six. REUTERS