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Emir holds Demand for talks with LA Mayor affordable QNA

LOS ANGELES: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended a reception ceremony creches soars hosted by Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, at Getty House in Los Angeles, California, nurseries are not less than QR2,500 yesterday. per month. Some nurseries charge The reception, in which a The new daycare extra for additional hours. Most number of Qatari institutions and facilities have become a high-end nurseries are located in agencies took part, was attended boon for many parents, Doha downtown and some posh US figures including heads of enabling them to find areas like Dafna and West Bay. companies and businessmen. Several middle range daycare Talks dealt with areas of a seat for their kids facilities have opened in the city’s cooperation and means of not far away from their outskirts like Al Murra, Al Aziziya promoting and developing them localities. However, some and Muaither. as to open wider horizons of ties in parents have raised “We have seats vacant. Regis- future. tration started early this month,” The Emir also attended a dinner concern over the quality manager of a daycare facility in Al banquet hosted by the Mayor of Los of their services. Aziziya near Wathnan Mall said. Angeles in honour of the Emir and “We charge QR500 for the accompanying delegation. registration and QR5,400 for the The banquet was attended by Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, at Getty House in first term extending from this month senior officials and businessmen in By Sanaullah Ataullah to year-end,” she added. A similar Los Angeles, California, yesterday. → More pictures on page 2 California. The Peninsula fee will be charged for the second term stretching from January 1 to May 1, 2017. If the parents cannot afford to DOHA: More affordable nurseries pay the charges in two instalments (crèches) have begun opening across then they have to pay QR1,800 ‘ShowcaseQatar’ contest on social media the city to cash in on the increas- per month as per the policy of ing demand from low and middle the school. Onetime lump some income families. payment will save pretty good The Peninsula can take a photo to upload on social buffets, in addition to special rates Doha, Marriott Marquis City Cen- The new daycare facilities have money for parents because in this media, using the hashtags #WTD2016 for desert safaris, dinner dhow tre, The Avenue – A Merweb Hotel, become a boon for many parents, case they will have to pay only and #ShowcaseQatar for a chance to cruises, fishing trips and overnight The Torch Doha, Grand Regal Doha, enabling them to find a seat for their QR1,350 per month. The working win prizes which include weekend camping. Melia Doha, Westin Doha Hotel & kids not far away from their local- hours of the crèche is between 7am DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority stays at a local five-star hotel. The participating tour opera- Spa, Sheraton Grand Doha Resort ities. However, some parents have to 3pm, said the manager. (QTA) will mark this year’s World Participants can increase their tors are Qatar Ventures, Arabian & Convention Hotel, City Centre raised concern over the quality of Another daycare facility run by Tourism Day (WTD) celebrations chances of winning by visiting and Adventures Qatar, Gulf Adven- Rotana, The Royal Riviera Hotel, W their services. Most operators of the an Indian management at Bin Mah- with a five-day social media com- uploading photos of as many of the tures and Qatar International Doha, Hilton Doha, Four Seasons crèches say that they have enough moud area has opened its doors to petition in which residents stand a eight locations as they can. The loca- Adventures. Hotel Doha, Marsa Malaz Kempin- seats to offer for new candidates. children aged up to four years. chance to win exciting prizes. QTA tions will be announced on QTA’s The participating hotels are ski, The Pearl, Corp Executive Hotel. Demand for affordable daycare “We charge as per the age of is inviting people living in Qatar to social media accounts: @VisitQatar Ramada Encore Doha, Al Sultan For details on each establish- facilities have gone up after more the children; QR1,000 per month join the contest by discovering the and @QTACorporate. Beach Resort, Ezdan Hotel & Suites, ment’s WTD offer, those interested women have joined the job mar- for a child of one year and above country through the eyes of a tourist. The competition will run from Concorde Hotel Doha, Movenpick may contact the hotels and tour oper- ket, earning relatively low salaries and QR1,200 for children aged two Tour operators will offer spe- September 27, the day set aside in the Hotel Westbay, Grand Hyatt Doha, ators directly. to support their spouses in meeting months to one year,” said its manager cial rates while hotels will give UN calendar to celebrate WTD 2016, Movenpick Doha, Amari DohaHotel, “This year’s World Tourism Day the rising cost of living. . “We also charge QR500 as onetime discounted packages in celebration until October 1. The St. Regis Doha, Intercontinental is particularly significant for us as The registration charges differ registration fee and QR400 for stu- of the global event under the theme Throughout this time, special Doha The City, Mercure Grand we are gearing up to host the offi- from one crèche to another ranging dent kit. We work between 8am to 12 Tourism For All – Promoting Univer- packages at discounted prices will Hotel, Adagio Premium Aparthotel, cial UN celebrations for WTD 2017, from QR500 to QR1,000, The Penin- (noon) from Sunday to Thursday. We sal Accessibility. be available at local tourist establish- Al Liwan Suites, Best Western Plus which will be fittingly held under the sula has learnt. The monthly fee at provide additional hours with extra For the social media competi- ments, courtesy of partnering hotels Doha, Retaj Al Rayyan Doha, Retaj theme Sustainable Tourism – A Tool several newly opened middle range charges”, she added. tion, life-size photo frames will be and tour operators. The packages Royale Hotel, Retaj Residence Al Cor- for Development.” commented Saif crèches range from QR1,000 to installed at eight landmarks around include discounted bed and break- niche, Oryx Rotana Doha, Saraya Al Kuwari, Director of PR and Com- QR1,500. The fees at most high-end → Continued on page 3 Qatar, through which participants fast, spa treatments, and lunch Corniche Hotel, Radisson Blu Hotel munication at QTA.

Three-year multiple Online fancy car plate entry visas for Qataris visiting Japan bids fetch over QR16m

DOHA: Qatari citizens visiting Japan will be eligible for multiple By Sidi Mohamed entry visas for three years start- The Peninsula ing from next month. “Multiple entry visas for three years will be issued for the holders DOHA: More than QR16m have of Qatari passports from Octo- been collected at the fourth online ber, announced Japanese Prime auction of 25 fancy car plates which Minister Shinzo Abe. The move concluded on Thursday night. aims to strengthen bilateral rela- The bidding witnessed strong tion in several sectors especially in competition among participants, economic, trade and investment, Al especially in last hours. Plate Sharq reports. number 311113 fetched the high- Damaged aid supplies are seen after an airstrike on Tuesday on the rebel-held Urem Al Kubra town est price which was QR2,304,000, in the western Aleppo city in Syria, yesterday. followed by plate number 322223 Hadi vows to which fetched QR2,010,000. Plate numbers 313131 and 322222 fetched liberate Yemen Syria army readies for ground assault more than QR1.5m each. The lowest price was for plate UNITED NATIONS: Yemen Pres- number 363633 with QR190,000. ident Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi AFP dozens wounded in the raids by before the ground operation starts. The bidding launched by The vowed at the United Nations to Russian warplanes and regime The timing of the ground opera- General Directorate of Traffic at “extract Yemen from the claws aircraft, said the Syrian Observ- tion will depend on the results of the Ministry of Interior was done of Iran” as he accused Tehran of ALEPPO: Missiles rained down on atory for Human Rights. the strikes and the situation on the through Metrash 2 and continued impeding peace by intervening in rebel-held areas of Syria’s Aleppo A high-ranking military ground.” for three days from Tuesday 12 noon the country. A Saudi-led Arab coa- yesterday, causing widespread source confirmed that the bom- The conflict in Syria has cost to Thursday late night. lition has been fighting Iran-allied destruction that overwhelmed res- bardment was preparation for a more than 300,000 lives and dis- The General Directorate of Houthi rebels since March 2015 in cue teams, as the army prepared a ground assault. “We have begun placed over half the country’s Traffic announced, as per rules QR20,000 as insurance. The total collec- a bid to restore the internationally- ground offensive to retake the city. reconnaissance, aerial and artil- population since March 2011. the bidding would start from tion of the first day was more than QR4,6m, backed Hadi to power after rebels Nearly 30 civilians including lery bombardment,” he said. “This QR100,000 and participants were while on the second day it crossed more took over the capital Sana’a. several children were killed and could go on for hours or days → See also page 3 required to make a deposit of than QR7m. 02 SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 HOME

Emir attends reception in Los Angeles

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended a reception ceremony hosted by Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, at Getty House in Los Angeles, California. The reception, in which a number of Qatari institutions and agencies took part, was attended yb several US leaders and officials including heads of companies and businessmen.

Emir’s greetings to Saudi King Turkey stronger after failed coup: Official on National Day countries and there are encourag- and mostly involved in infrastructure exports to Turkey include gas, alu- ing conditions to increase trade and projects and projects related to FIFA minium, plastic and petrochemical DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim “We need to raise the volume of economic coop- World Cup 2022. Turkish construction products while Turkish exports include bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday eration,” said Buyukeksi. companies seek to have more projects iron, electronic devices, motor vehi- sent a cable of congratulations maximise the volume He emphasised that there are no in Qatar and this will positively impact cles, marine equipment, furniture, to the Custodian of the Two of trade exchange obstacles to expansion of economic the import of construction materials garments and food products. Holy Mosques King Salman bin cooperation, pointing out that this was like steel and cement, which means Asked about the impact of the Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia to the level of our one of the issues discussed during the an increase in trade volume, said failed coup attempt on investments on the occasion of Saudi Arabia’s political ties with meeting held with Qatari officials. “We Buyukeksi. in general, Buyukeksi said everyone National Day. Qatar.” need to maximise the volume of trade He added that the same applies knows that the coup attempt was Deputy Emir H H Sheikh exchange to the level of our political to other GCC states where there is carried out by a terrorist organisation Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani ties with Qatar and we expressed to huge trade potential, such as invest- which killed within hours more than and Prime Minister and Interior our Qatari partners that we look for- ment funds and financial institutions. 240 people, and injured more 2,000. Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin ward to play a role in boosting exports “We could have good benefits if we The attempt failed because Turkish Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also By Mohammed Osman to Qatar,” said the TIM Chairman. manage to sign free trade agreements people stood united against the ter- sent cables of congratulations to The Peninsula On the sidelines of the joint meet- with these countries.” rorists defending the democratic the Custodian of the Two Holy ing held between Qatari businessmen TIM, which has a member- system, and the elected government. Mosques on the occasion. and their Turkish counterparts at the ship of more than 65,000 export “I would like to assure that Tur- DOHA: Turkey wants to become Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Wednesday, Buy- companies under 60 unions, with key is a big country and has economic Mehmet Buyukeksi, Chairman of among the top five exporters to Qatar, ukeksi told The Peninsula that Turkey over three million employees, has and political institutions and Turk- NHRC concludes a senior Turkish official has said. emerged from the failed coup attempt Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM). managed to boost Turkish export ish people have the ability to settle “Our exports to Qatar currently on July 15 much stronger and there was volume to $144bn last year and its their own problems and that is why training course stand between $480m to $500m, no adverse impact on the economy. He sectors and representatives of polit- target this year is $150bn, the chair- the country came out of the coup while our trade exchange is more stressed that the clearest evidence of it ical parties to assure the Qatari man of TIM told this daily. attempt stronger than ever and now on human rights than $1bn,” said Mehmet Buyuke- is the fact that “our exports increased businessmen and investors that the He explained that Qatari invest- is cleaning its institutions from the ksi, Chairman of Turkish Exporters by 7.3 percent last August”. situation in Turkey has become more ment in Turkey amounts to $20bn, and members of this organisation to avoid Assembly (TIM), which is the apex “We are here in a delegation stable and encouraging to invest- there are many more potential areas similar attempts in the future. This DOHA: Qatar National Human organisation of exporting firms chaired by Minister of Development ment” said Buyukeksi. for Qataris to invest in. Talking about has created in Turkey a conducive Rights Committee (NHRC) con- in Turkey. “This figure does not Lutfi Elvan, which comprises rep- There are more than 60 Turkish the trade exchange between the two environment for business and invest- cluded on Thursday a training reflect the huge potential of the two resentatives of different business companies investing more than $12bn countries, Buyukeksi said: “Qatari ment,” he emphasised. course on national mechanisms for protecting human rights. The two-day training work- shop was attended by members of non-governmental organisa- tions like voluntary groups and Woqod working to address non-profit organisations managed by citizens at local or international level. The aim was to build the shortage of fuel stations capacities of the members of these organizations, raise awareness about the safeguards to ensure respect for fundamental rights of By Irfan Bukhari Construction work on Woqod’s vehicles is increasing every day. The man and freedom. The Peninsula two new permanent fuel stations in Al opening of schools has also increased The training programme Wukair is almost 50 percent complete. the rush manifold,” said the manager covered two major aspects in “Soon, these fuel stations will start of a fuel station. six sessions. The first was proce- functioning and will contribute a lot to He said Teyseer’s four fuel sta- dures or measures to be taken at DOHA: As the issue of shortage of fuel addressing the shortage of fuel stations tions out of seven had been shut the level of the state, and the sec- stations in Qatar has come to the fore in Al Wukair and Al Wakrah,” said an down. “Now we are operating only Motorists stuck in long queues at Woqod’s mobile fuel station in Al ond was the means of protection again after the end of summer vaca- expatriate working with a mobile fuel three. There is some respite only on Wukair. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula at the international level. tion, Woqod (Qatar Fuel) is speeding station in Al Wukair. A fuel station near Friday being a holiday. Otherwise the Both were complementary up efforts to solve the problem. the Hamad International Airport is set number of motorists on working days and served the same goal, and Waqod has deployed several to be inaugurated soon as its work is is countless,” he added. were introduced at several Woqod fuel motorist. He further pointed out that were based on the same prin- mobile fuel stations across the city almost complete. The fuel stations have not only stations but this too failed to address there was no fuel station on F-Ring ciple which is recognition and to cater to increased demand from Despite Woqod’s mobile fuel sta- been shut down due to cancellation of the problem. Long hoses were meant Road. “Though Woqod has deployed respect of human rights in its motorists after the reopening of tions, motorists still have to suffer the licences of private parties, some were to refill both right-sided and left-sided two mobile petrol stations in Al global sense. schools. Woqod recently deployed pain of waiting in long queues in the demolished for development projects, fuel tanks swiftly. But some are still Wukair, one has to wait for at least The training programme high- two mobile fuel stations at Al Wukair city. At Teyseer fuel station at Al Hilal, particularly for road networks and operating with the short hoses. 15-20 minutes to get to his turn,” said lighted several topics concerning to meet the demand created due to this reporter witnessed long queues metro project like the ones previously Woqod’s fuel station at Abu Rupesh Kumar, a motorist waiting in the general outlook of national the demolition of an old petrol sta- and worried motorists. working in Al Rayyan, Najma and Al Hamour still has short hoses. “Motor- the queue in Al Wukair. He said the mechanisms for the protection of tion in the neighbourhood to give way “This whole area has only two Wukair nighbourhoods. ists with tanks on left side still face only solution to the problem was set- human rights. to the ongoing expressway project. fuel stations while the number of Recently, to avoid rush, long hoses problems at this petrol station,” said a ting up of dozens of new fuel stations. 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Settlements big Foreign minister meets UN Chief and Libyan leader threat to Mideast peace: Quartet

“The Quartet emphasised its strong opposition to ongoing settle- Israel’s ongoing ment activity, which is an obstacle settlement activity risked to peace, and expressed its grave ending the chance of concern that the acceleration of set- a two-state solution tlement construction and expansion ... (is) steadily eroding the viability with the Palestinians, of the two-state solution,” the Quar- warns the group, which tet said in a statement after meeting comprises the US, the on the sidelines of the UN General Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at an event on UN, the European Union Assembly. digitisation of United Nations documents, organised by the Permanent Mission of Qatar to the United Nations in New York. Qatar has and Russia. The group, which comprises the pledged a total project cost of $5m, to preserve the institutional memory of the UN and the historical legacy of more than 70 years. RIGHT: United States, the United Nations, The Minister of Foreign Affairs with Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord of Libya, Fayez Al Sarraj, on the sidelines of the the European Union and Russia, 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. issued a report in July calling on Israel to stop its policy of building Reuters settlements on occupied land and restricting Palestinian development, but the activity has shown no signs of abating. Brotherhood bloc wins 15 seats in Jordan vote NEW YORK: The ‘Quartet’ of Middle The Quartet also condemned East peace mediators said yesterday a resurgence of violence. It urged it was strongly opposed to Israel’s both sides to de-escalate tensions ongoing settlement activity, warn- and show restraint. AP political arm, the Islamic Action for Christians and three for ethnic principal from the central city of ing that it risked ending the chance With US efforts to broker a deal Front, had boycotted elections in minority Chechens and Circassian. Jerash. Etoum, one of three women in of a two-state solution with the Pal- frozen, France and Egypt have 2010 and 2013 to protest the previ- The total number of female leg- the IAF-led electoral bloc, will be the estinians. tried to revive interest, warning ous system, which it said unfairly islators in the new parliament will second lawmaker to wear a face veil. Peace talks, envisaging a Pal- that letting the matter drift even AMMAN: Election officials released favoured pro-monarchy tribal rep- be 20, including five who won com- She said in a phone interview estinian state in territory Israel during a US election year was the results of Jordan›s parliament resentatives. The IAF competed this petitively, outside the quota, election that she has been in public service captured in a 1967 war, collapsed counterproductive. election, and the opposition Muslim time, forging electoral alliances with officials said. for more than two decades and that two years ago after nine months of After outlining for the Quartet Brotherhood said its electoral bloc Christian, ethnic minority or tribal Salma Nims, who heads Jordan›s the face veil, or niqab, was never an largely fruitless discussions spon- efforts to bring the two sides back won 15 of 130 seats, roughly in line candidates in some areas. quasi-governmental National Com- issue. sored by the United States. to the table by year-end, Foreign with its own predictions. The IAF-led alliance won 15 mission for Women, said she was “It is not my mind that is covered, The acid political climate Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that The number of female legislators seats, the party announced yester- encouraged by the increase. “It it is my face,” she said. “Covering my between Israelis and Palestini- while the path to peace was nar- rose to 20, from 18 in the outgoing day, after final results were released. shows that the quota (system) is an face won›t hinder my public serv- ans makes progress unlikely. Both rowing, it still existed. legislature, according to the Inde- The alliance will be the largest opener for women,” she said. ice or dealing with men in any of my Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “It’s true that listening to Abbas pendent Election Commission. voting bloc in the new parliament, The female lawmakers can try to activities.” Netanyahu and Palestinian Pres- and Netanyahu’s speeches at the UN, In Tuesday’s election, about 1.5 enough to serve as a vocal opposi- build consensus on some issues, such Etoum said she would seek to ident Mahmoud Abbas showed no you can’t say their views are con- million Jordanians cast ballots for tion, but likely too small to challenge as labor laws, even if some are sec- reverse recent education reforms signs of a rapprochement during verging ... but we can’t accept the competing lists of candidates in 23 establishment legislators. ular and others devout Muslims, she which she felt removed too many their speeches at the annual UN fait accompli. That would lead to districts under a new proportional In the new parliament, 15 seats said. One of the newcomers is Huda religious references from school gathering of world leaders. despair and violence,” he said. system. The Muslim Brotherhood’s were reserved for women, nine Etoum, a 52-year-old high school books. Fierce air strikes on Aleppo after army declares offensive

Reuters Russian and Iranian allies now “What’s happening now is anni- seemingly determined to crush hilation in every sense of the word,” the rebellion in its biggest urban hesaid. “Today the bombardment is stronghold. more violent, with a larger number BEIRUT: Warplanes bombed Aleppo “Can you hear it? The neigh- of planes.” yesterday with what residents bourhood is getting hit right now The bombing came after the described as unprecedented feroc- by missiles. We can hear the planes Syrian army announced overnight ity after the Russian-backed Syrian right now,” Mohammad Abu Rajab, that it was launching an operation army declared an offensive to fully a radiologist, said. “The planes are to recapture the rebel-held sector capture Syria’s biggest city, killing not leaving the sky, helicopters, bar- of the city. off any hope of reviving a ceasefire. rel bombs, warplanes.” Yesterday, a Syrian military Video images filmed by residents Hamza Al Khatib, head of a hos- source denied the army was tar- showed a young girl screaming as pital in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, geting civilians, saying it was rescuers frantically dug her out of said that 91 people had been killed accurately targeting “terrorist posi- rubble, pulling her out alive. in yesterday’s bombardment while tions” in Aleppo. Western diplomats Another showed rescuers digging the Civil Defence rescue group that fear a bloodbath if the government out a toddler with their bare hands, operates in opposition areas said 40 unleashes a full-blown assault to shouting “God is Great” as they lifted buildings were destroyed. capture the besieged opposition- him from the debris. The boy showed The Syrian Observatory for held zone, where 250,000 civilians no signs of life as he was rushed off Human Rights monitoring body gave are still trapped. in a rescuer’s arms. an initial death toll of 27. “The only way to take east- The apparent collapse of U.S.- Ammar al Selmo, the head of ern Aleppo is by such a monstrous backed peacemaking may mark a the Civil Defence, said the rescuers atrocity that it would resonate for turning point in the five-year civil themselves were targeted, with three generations. It would be the stuff of war, with the government and its of their four centres in Aleppo hit. history,” one Western diplomat said.

Expensive nurseries 162 bodies retrieved provide better services after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt → Continued from page 1 “I pay about 50% of my salary as fees for my child going to a nurs- AP ery,” lamented an assistant teacher working with a private international school. “This is not fair. The schools should provide daycare facilities for chil- ROSETTA, EGYPT: The bodies of dren of their women staff either free or at affordable charges,” she added. 162 people had been pulled from “Working mothers would feel more comfortable when their small chil- the waters off the Egyptian coast by dren stay close to them,” said another teacher of a school, also stressing yesterday, two days after a boat car- the need for nurseries at workplaces. rying hundreds of migrants capsized “I have put my child in a nursery in Dafna and pay QR2,500 per month,” in the Mediterranean while attempt- said Umm Abdullah, a businesswoman supplying toys. ing to head to Europe. “It is a little bit expensive but to tell the truth their services are worth Dozens more are feared dead, it,” she added. said Mohammed Sultan, the gover- Expensive nurseries follow international curriculum, mostly British nor of Beheira, who provided The or American. They hire qualified teachers and caretakers from abroad, Associated Press with the latest fig- paying high salaries. ures. He also said that the search When the child enters third year, they start teaching colours, num- operation is still ongoing. Many of bers, phonic, sound and shape. Children also learn music and dance. Such them are believed to be children and nurseries have bigger space for children to play different types of games. women who were unable to swim The most important thing is hygiene that only professional staff could away when the boat sank. maintain. They are trained on how to handle toddlers and small children Wahdan el-Sayyed, the spokes- properly. man of the Nile Delta province of “I had some bitter experience with a cheaper daycare facility my elder Beheira, told The Associated Press son used to go. Sorry to say that I often found his diaper full, unchanged. So I that the search operation was opted for the expensive one for my younger child,” said the businesswoman. ongoing. 04 SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 ASIA / AFRICA Mali leader warns UN about terrorist gains

Reuters occupied by separatist Tuareg terrorism and banditry in the cen- Coordination of Azawad Movements thousands of troops spread across Militants were rebels and Al Qaeda-linked Islam- tre of our country which is even highlighted the fragility of a UN- West Africa to hunt down militants, ist militants in 2012 before France putting into question the stability backed deal signed last year between said the security situation was “in using the slow intervened in 2013. Tit-for-tat vio- and security of neighbouring coun- the government and northern armed general satisfying despite asymmet- UNITED NATIONS: Mali President lence between rival armed groups tries because of the desire of terrorist groups meant to end a cycle of ric attacks.” implementation Ibrahim Boubacar Keita warned the has distracted Mali from fighting groups affiliated to Al Qaeda and uprisings. On Thursday the international of peace accords United Nations yesterday that the Islamist militants and the country Islamic State seeking to expand.” “We must redouble our efforts,” mediation team, which includes failure to fully implement a nation- has become the deadliest place for Keita said Islamist militants were Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane the UN, European Union, African to “manipulate” wide peace accord was helping Al UN peacekeepers to serve. using the slow implementation of Lamamra, whose country leads Union and regional bloc ECOWAS Qaeda and Islamic State-affiliated “We have to admit that several peace accords to “manipulate” and mediation efforts in Mali, told the said it believed the situation could and “destroy” links groups spread their influence in the factors are contradicting our will “destroy” links between different meeting. “It’s terrible that signato- not continue without compromis- between different country. and effort,” Keita told a high-level ethnic groups in Mali. ries of the accord are involved in the ing the agreement. It threatened UN peacekeepers are deployed meeting on Mali at the annual United A clash in the north this week fratricidal killings.” international sanctions on those ethnic groups: Keita across northern Mali to try to sta- Nations General Assembly. between pro-government Gatia French Foreign Minister Jean- responsible for blocking the deal’s bilise the vast region, which was “In particular the extension of militia and the Tuareg separatist Marc Ayrault, whose country has implementation.

Hard labour No evidence MH370 jet ‘debris’ exposed to fire Tanzania indicts AFP part numbers or serial numbers that lecturer for provided clues as to the items’ ori- gins,” Chester added in a statement. WhatsApp insult “At this stage it is not possible SYDNEY: Possible debris from miss- to determine whether the debris is ing passenger jet MH370 handed from MH370 or indeed even a Boe- DAR ES SALAAM: A Tan- over by a US amateur investigator ing 777. zanian lecturer has been was not “exposed to heat or fire”, “Further work will be under- charged with insulting Australian authorities said, follow- taken in an attempt to determine President John Magufuli ing speculation it was blackened by the origin of the items, specifically in a WhatsApp message, flames. whether they originated from a Boe- a senior police official The Australian Transport Safety ing 777 aircraft.” said, bringing the number Bureau (ATSB), which is coordinat- It is not yet known why the jet of people charged under ing the search for the Boeing 777 went down. No trace of the plane a tough new cybercrimes Malaysia Airlines plane that disap- has been found in the current law to 10. peared en route from Kuala Lumpur 120,000-square-kilometre search Magufuli, nicknamed to Beijing on March 8, 2014 carry- zone in the southern Indian Ocean, “the bulldozer” for push- ing 239 passengers and crew, added fuelling speculation it may have ing through his policies, that it was not yet able to link the crashed outside the area. has won some praise pieces to MH370. Several pieces of debris linked from Western donors for American Blaine Gibson brought to the flight have been discov- anti-corruption drives. the two recently recovered items ered along western Indian Ocean Insulting the presi- from Madagascar to Australia to be shorelines. The first piece found dent was made a criminal forensically investigated by the ATSB was a two-metre wing part known offense in Tanzania under A man rests on his cart after unloading plastic jugs near a shop at a main market in Colombo, yesterday. on September 12 and told local media as a flaperon that washed up on a cybercrimes law passed then that one piece appeared to show the French Indian Ocean island of last year, punishable by up “some signs of melting... as you see Reunion in July 2015. to three years in jail, a fine when something is exposed to fire”. The ATSB said in its report on of around $3,000, or both. But Australian Transport Min- the two pieces recovered near ister Darren Chester said after an Sainte Luce on the southeast coast initial examination of the fibreglass- of Madagascar that a dark grey col- Kenya charges 6 million battle famine in NE Nigeria honeycomb composite debris that ouration on most of both sides of the “what is known is that contrary to items were due to “an applied resin cleric’s widow speculation there is no evidence the and was not the result of exposure Reuters Yannick Pouchalan, country director hungry and need access to aid.” item was exposed to heat or fire”. to heat or fire”. over police attack for Nigeria for Action Against Hun- The coalition appealed for “With the agreement of the The larger piece had three small ger, said. “We see families who have money to respond to the emer- government of Malaysia, the ATSB marks “resulting from localised not eaten for days, many are beg- gency, noting that a UN appeal for examined the items but found no heating”, but there was “no evi- MOMBASA: The widow of NEW YORK: More than 6 mil- ging for food.” $740m to help those displaced by manufacturing identifiers such as dence of overall gross heat damage”. a radical Muslim preacher lion people in Nigeria, Niger, Chad In some areas of Nigeria’s Borno Boko Haram violence was less than was charged of helping and Cameroon face severe hunger, state, more than half of children a quarter funded. three other women attack including 1 million on the edge of under five suffer acute malnutrition It called for $90m by the end of a Kenyan police station. famine, as a result of Boko Haram - similar to the rates seen in Somalia the year on top of $53m received In what the first inci- violence, aid agencies said yesterday in 2011, when the scale and severity this year. dent in Kenya to be as they appealed for more money to of hunger led to a declaration of fam- On Tuesday, US President Barack claimed by IS, the women tackle the regional crisis. ine, the aid groups said. Obama said he and Nigerian Pres- entered Mombasa’s cen- The Islamist group’s seven year They said the conflict and coun- ident Mohammadu Buhari had tral police station on insurgency to create an Islamic ter-insurgency operations had led discussed ways of countering the September 11 under the state in northeast Nigeria has killed to farmlands, rivers and lakes being militant group. pretext of reporting a sto- 15,000 people and forced 2.4 mil- cut off from communities in and Nigeria is battling Boko Haram len phone. lion to flee their homes. around the Lake Chad area that on the ground and with air strikes. They stabbed one More than 65,000 people are liv- rely on agriculture and fishing to A multi-national joint task force - officer and set fire to the ing in famine in pockets of northeast feed themselves. comprising troops from Nigeria building with a petrol Nigeria, and over one million oth- “Civilians have paid a high and neighbouring Niger, Cameroon, bomb before they were ers are “one step away” from famine, price for policies of cutting off Boko Chad and Benin - is also fighting the all shot dead. a coalition of 15 aid groups includ- Haram›s food and supplies,” said militants. A Kenyan court ing Oxfam, the International Rescue Oxfam’s Lisa Bay in a statement. In New York, representatives charged Hania Said Sagar Committee and Catholic Relief Serv- “We have seen hugely generous of the countries affected by Boko with withholding infor- Possible debris from missing passenger jet MH370 handed over by ices said. communities welcome people who Haram violence said humanitarian mation that could have “What we are seeing is families have fled their homes - but now they priorities included healthcare, food, a US amateur investigator, which was not ‘exposed to heat or fire’ prevented the attack. teetering on the edge of famine,” have nothing to give. They too are drinking water and shelter. amid speculation it was blackened by flames. Gabon braces for court’s ruling on disputed poll Myanmar to probe

Reuters white cravat-style collars. At least child ‘slavery’ case 12 armed security personnel stood guard outside the courthouse. The top document on a pile Reuters The office of President Htin LIBREVILLE: Gabon’s Constitutional stacked on the opposition’s legal Kyaw said it was monitoring the Court said it would issue a ruling on table was titled Province Haut- case. Friday (yesterday) on an election that Ogooue, a stronghold region for “It is studying the MNHRC’s opposition leader Jean Ping said was Bongo who won 95 percent of the YANGON: Amid unprecedented measures in connection with this rigged to give President Ali Bongo vote there on a 99.9 percent turnout, public outrage over its handling incident, and is also watching victory. according to electoral commission of a child abuse case, Myanmar’s developments arising from this The court’s nine judges held a results. National Human Rights Commis- incident.” hearing on Ping’s election complaint Ping has said that result was sion (MNHRC) is facing scrutiny The commission is the main on Thursday, a witness said. rigged. At least six people died from the government after the office organisation addressing the rights They are expected to announce a in clashes after the result was of President Htin Kyaw said it was abuses that monitoring groups still recount of ballots cast in the August announced. reviewing its actions. frequently report in Myanmar. 27 vote or final results. “What we are asking for is a con- Lawyers, activists and politi- The case has also drawn crit- The election has drawn unwel- firmation of the voting tallies. Why cians are calling for commission icism of the police, who failed to come scrutiny on Bongo, whose not make this comparison? I think members to stand down after they act for some three months after a family has ruled the oil-producing that this (court’s) analysis doesn’t allegedly failed in their duty when reporter tipped them off about the country for almost half a century. conform to reality,” Ping’s lawyer Lawyers Eric Moutet (left) and William Bourdon, hold a press conference told about the abuse of two girls case, the commission has said. France has called for a recount and Jean Remi Batsantsa told the court in Paris after two complaints were filed in France following the violence employed at a tailor shop in Yangon. When the reporter went to the the European Union questioned the in an animated speech. in Libreville after the presidential election and the victory of Ali Bongo. The girls, aged 16 and 17 said commission, its response was to integrity of the results. Ali Bongo’s lawyer said recently they were held against their will negotiate a financial settlement, Six lawyers for Bongo and two for the court should reject Ping’s com- for five years and denied wages. allowing the suspected abusers Ping sat at tables about five metres plaint, in part because it was wrong Bongo became president in 2009 Ping has said that he has no faith Photographs showed they had suf- to escape prosecution by paying apart in the glass-domed court- to single out one province for a on the death of his father, who ruled in the court because of its ties to the fered burns and their arms were about $4,000 to the victims and room. All wore black robes and recount. for 42 years. president. lined with scars from knife wounds. their families. ASIA / PHILIPPINES SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 05 S Korea questions North’s right to UN membership

Korean workers abroad and the possible diversion of their wages to North Korea is weapons programmes. totally ridiculing Discussions are already under way on a possible new UN sanctions the authority of the resolution on North Korea after its General Assembly latest nuclear test. Analysts and diplomats say much and the Security depends on China’s attitude. Council: Official China is North Korea’s main ally, but has been angered by its repeated missile and nuclear tests and backed tough UN sanctions on Pyongyang Reuters in March. At the same time, it has unprecedented and has no parallel repeatedly called for a return to in the history of the UN,” Yun said international talks to resolve the UNITED NATIONS: South Korean recently. issue, in spite of the skepticism of Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro (right) and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet in Havana, Cuba. Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se “North Korea is totally ridicul- other world powers. (pictured) accused North Korea ing the authority of the General Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told on Thursday of “totally ridiculing” Assembly and the Security Coun- the General Assembly on Wednesday the authority of the United Nations cil,” he said. countries must remain committed Abe meets Castro; seeks Cuba’s help through its nuclear and missile tests “Therefore, I believe it is to denuclearisation of the Korean and said it was time to reconsider high time to seriously reconsider peninsula, while seeking a solution whether it was qualified for UN whether North Korea is qualified as to the North Korean nuclear issue Reuters and a fellow member of the non- world’s first atomic bombing Hiro- membership. a peace-loving UN member, as many through dialogue. aligned movement formed in 1961 by shima in 2003 and left a message in In an address to the annual countries are already questioning.” The United States said Li and US states wanting to avoid siding with the guestbook saying “May such bar- United Nations General Assembly, Yun said recently North Korea President Barack Obama agreed the United States or the Soviet Union. barity never happen again”. He told Yun said the UN security Council had not only advanced its nuclear in New York on Monday to step up HAVANA: Prime Minister Shinzo “The PM pointed out the Abe the issue of Pyongyang’s nuclear should adopt “stronger, compre- and missile capacity, but publicly cooperation in the UN Security Abe, the first Japanese leader to visit necessity (for) the international com- programme should be resolved hensive” sanctions on North Korea threatened to use those weapons Council and in law enforcement Communist-ruled Cuba, called for munity to respond to this rigorously peacefully through dialogue, Kawa- after its fifth nuclear test on Septem- preemptively. He said it was the “last channels. a strong and unified international in unity,” Japanese foreign ministry mura said. ber 9 and close loopholes in existing chance” to put a brake on its nuclear Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo response to North Korea’s nuclear spokesman Yasuhisa Kawamura Abe met Raul Castro later in measures. ambitions. Abe said on Wednesday the threat programme in rare talks with former said after Abe’s 70-minute meeting the evening to discuss how Japan “North Korea’s repeated vio- Yun also called for action against posed by North Korea was “substan- Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Thurs- with Fidel Castro, the predecessor and Cuba could deepen bilateral lations and non-compliance North Korea’s violations of the rights tially more serious” than in the past day. and elder brother of Cuban Presi- relations, in particular in the com- of Security Council resolu- of its own people, and said there and demanded an “entirely distinct” Cuba is one of North Korea’s few dent Raul Castro. mercial and economic spheres, tions and international norms is should be greater focus on North response. diplomatic allies, along with China, Fidel Castro visited the site of the Cuban state media reported. Philippine military rejects Misuari call to halt offensives

Anatolia negotiations which resulted in the “We have not agreed with Mis- devices, mortars and automatic rifles southern city of Zamboanga to pro- Vietnam upholds release of a Norwegian and four uari. It is important to continue the -- has carried out bombings, kidnap- test a peace process by the rival Indonesians over the past week in operation. It happened before that pings, assassinations and extortion in rebel group, which Misuari claims jail terms for the troubled southern island prov- the request becomes the root of a self-determined fight for an inde- leaves Muslims in the country’s south ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philip- ince of Sulu. The Norwegian and escape,” he said yesterday. pendent province in the Philippines. shortchanged in comparison to an political bloggers pines’ military insisted yesterday that three Indonesian fishermen freed “Just continue the operations. It is one of two militant groups in earlier MNLF peace deal. offensives against IS-linked militant over the weekend were hosted by Just give space for the turnover and the south to have pledged allegiance Last month, President Rodrigo group would continue despite a fugi- the MNLF’s Nur Misuari. transfer. We’re not withdrawing the to IS, prompting fears during the Duterte ordered security forces not HANOI: A well-known- tive Moro rebel leader’s request for Brig Gen Restitution Padilla, forces,” he added. stalling of a peace process between to arrest the MNLF founder by saying, Vietnamese political their suspension during negotiations Armed Forces Philippines spokes- Five additional battalions of the government and MNLF-break- “If Nur Misuari comes out from where blogger and his assist- for the release of hostages held by the man, underlined yesterday the security forces, consisting of 2,000 away group the Moro Islamic he is right now in Jolo, Sulu, escort ant lost their appeal on Abu Sayyaf. importance of the military pushing to 3,000 men, have recently been Liberation Front that it could make him and bring [him] to where I am.” Thursday when a higher The Moro National Liberation through with its operations against deployed to Sulu’s capital Jolo to inroads in a region torn by decades On Thursday, the Philippine mil- court upheld their jail Front (MNLF) rebel group -- which is the Abu Sayyaf despite ongoing maintain pressure on the Abu Sayyaf. of armed conflict. itary announced the surrender of 21 terms and reaffirmed engaged in a peace process with the efforts for the release of more than Since 1991, the group -- armed In 2013, Misuari’s MNLF faction members of the Abu Sayyaf militant they had abused their government -- has been facilitating 10 remaining hostages. with mostly improvised explosive laid siege to the majority-Christian group. freedom and hurt the state’s interests. The two were found guilty for “abusing the Three Thai rights to freedom and UN agency snubs Taiwan democracy to infringe upon the interest of the police officers state”, the presiding judge said, die in ambush amid impasse with China

Reuters Tourist dies in Reuters when China had asked for Taiwan to be invited. jet-ski accident “ICAO follows the UN’s ‘One BANGKOK: Three Thai policemen China’ policy,” the agency’s commu- in Australia were killed and two wounded yes- MONTREAL/TAIPEI: A UN avia- nications chief, Anthony Philbin, said. terday in a bomb and gun attack in tion agency has snubbed Taiwan “While arrangements had been the southern province of Yala where by not inviting it to its assembly in made for their attendance at the last SYDNEY: A Japanese Muslim separatists have been wag- Canada, the latest sign of pressure (38th) session of the assembly, there tourist died after she lost ing a simmering insurgency against China is bringing to bear on the new are no arrangements for this one.” control of her rented jet- the state. independence-leaning government Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs ski and hit a moored boat The attack came just over a of an island it views as a renegade Council (MAC) said it had in northern Australia on month after a series of bombs in province. approached China about the issue Thursday. three of Thailand’s main tour- Military personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack at Krong Pinang Diplomatically isolated Tai- in early August with a “pragmatic The 27-year-old ist towns killed four people and District in the troubled southern province of Yala, Thailand, yesterday. wan is not a member of the UN, and positive” attitude, but was woman was riding with wounding dozens and raised fears which recognises “One China” cen- “flatly rejected”. her husband and an the insurgents were expanding their Insurgents then opened fire on intensified in 2004. Since then, more tred on Beijing. China, in turn, sees “We solemnly call on China to instructor in Cairns, fight to tourist targets. the second vehicle, wounding two than 6,500 people have been killed, self-ruled Taiwan as fit to be taken open its heart and think seriously northern Queensland, Police were traveling in two officers, Chamnan said. according to the Deep South Watch back by force if necessary, partic- as it may face serious consequences when she hit the side pick-up trucks when the first vehicle One of them was in critical monitoring group. ularly if it makes moves toward for its one-sided actions.” of the tourist boat, the was blown up by a road-side bomb, condition. The International Crisis Group independence. Taiwan Foreign Minister David Seven Network said. police Lieutenant Colonel Chamnan Yala, along with Pattani and (ICG) think-tank warned in a report The International Civil Aviation Lee said diplomacy had never been She was pulled from Bhutpakdee said. Narathiwat, are Muslim-majority this week that the August attacks Organization (ICAO) said arrange- an easy task for Taiwan, formally the water by witnesses “The assailants detonated the provinces in mostly Buddhist Thai- showed “a clear shift, and appar- ments for the assembly, scheduled known as the “Republic of China”. but paramedics were bomb when the truck was passing land’s deep south. ent decision to expand the conflict” for September 27 to October 7 in “In the foreseeable future, I am unable to revive her. over, instantly killing the three offic- Insurgency has plagued the eth- that has been largely confined to the Montreal, did not follow the pat- not expecting this to change sub- ers,” he said. nic Malay region for decades but it three southern-most provinces. tern ahead of a meeting in 2013, stantially,” he said. Duterte plans visits to Japan and China

Reuters outspoken leader, several officials have long been frosty over territo- an independent foreign policy and said, remaining anonymous because rial wrangles in the South China Sea. reducing reliance on former colonial they were not authorised to speak Duterte has repeatedly said con- ruler Washington. to media. flict was pointless and he wants to China and the Philippines are MANILA: Diplomats in the Philip- A Japanese foreign ministry get along and do business with trying to find a way to break the ice pines are in talks with counterparts official confirmed plans were being Beijing. after a verdict by an arbitral court in in Japan and China to arrange visits made. China’s Foreign Ministry did Some analysts believe Duterte’s The Hague in July invalidated China’s by controversial President Rodrigo not confirm the trip, but reiterated uncharacteristic verbal restraint claims to most of the South China Sea. Duterte at the end of next month, its invitation for Duterte to visit “at towards China, in contrast to his During a speech on Thursday, Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs David Lee attends a news officials in Manila said yesterday. an early date”. stinging rebukes of the US, United Duterte said he would go to China Dates were still being worked The Philippines’ relations with Nations and European Union, shows this year and told Chinese business- conference after Taiwan was not invited to the assembly meeting of out for the proposed trips by the Japan are warm but those with China he is hedging in pursuit of his goal of men: “You will see me often”. a United Nations aviation agency, in Taipei, yesterday. 06 SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 PAKISTAN

Defence forces Walking in the rain Govt to attend ready for any anti-tobacco meet in India

ISLAMABAD: Despite ‘misadventure’ the heightened tensions between India and Paki- stan, Islamabad is all set military balance is well maintained to participate at an inter- to meet any challenge from across national anti-tobacco “Whether it is a Cold the border.” meet to be held in New Start or hot pursuit, “Whether it is a Cold Start or hot Delhi later this year. pursuit, we are ready,” a defence The participants of the we are ready,” a source said when asked about seventh Conference of defence source said India’s reported preparations to Parties (COP7), along with attack selected targets in Pakistan other agendas, are going when asked about under the Cold Start war doctrine. to devise an International India’s reported The defence sources said that Plan of Action 2017-18 for neither will any air space violation the implementation of preparations to nor will any ground attack be toler- Framework Convention on attack selected ated. In case of surgical attack from Tobacco Control (FCTC) India, these sources said that Paki- along with its budget. The targets in Pakistan Pakistani Kashmiris walk with their horses in the border town of Chakot. stan would immediately respond meet is expected to be under the Cold Start for which targets had already been held between November war doctrine. set. According to a source, in view of 7 and 12. Pakistan’s defence capabilities and The Ministry of knowing well how Pakistan could National Health Serv- respond, India might not get beyond ices, Regulation and Internews the war hysteria it had created. The Coordination (NHSRC) source said that there were reports First joint military exercise has nominated Direc- that India might go for a terrorist tor Tobacco Control Cell attack in Balochistan through its Muhammad Waqas Tarar ISLAMABAD: Pakistani defence proxies while using the Afghan soil. to represent Pakistan at with Russia starts today the mega conference. forces have made an operational Tensions between the neigh- plan ready to give a befitting bouring nuclear Pakistan and India response to any misadventure have raised after the latter prema- from war-mongering India and in turely and without any evidence Reuters Soviet Union was closely aligned between them. Pakistan ranked case of a surgical strike from the blamed the former for the recent with Pakistan’s arch-enemy India, While ties between Russia and enemy, even targets in India have Uri attack in occupied Kashmir in while the United States was a Pakistan are growing closer, Paki- 149th in UN been selected for an immediate quid which 17 Indian forces personnel staunch supporter of Pakistan. stan’s relations with the United pro quo. were killed. ISLAMABAD: Former Cold War-era Pakistan’s top military spokes- States have cooled. Washington health goals Defence sources said, “Paki- Without holding any investiga- rivals Pakistan and Russia are due to man, Lieutenant General Asim accused Islamabad of harbouring stan is fully prepared to meet any tion into the attack, India pointed hold their first ever military exercise Bajwa, said a “contingent of Russian Afghan Taliban fighters, something KARACHI: Pakistan has military challenge from India. Our the finger at Pakistan. Such had this month, Pakistan’s military said ground forces” arrived in Pakistan that Pakistan denies. been ranked 149th among operational plan is ready, quid pro been the irrational and irresponsi- yesterday, in another sign of shift- for a two-week exercise beginning The United States has also 188 countries in the quo targets are finalised and forces ble reaction of India that its leading ing alliances in South Asia. today. About 200 military personnel improved ties with India, which first global assessment have been dedicated,” a source Director General Military Opera- During the Cold War, Pakistan from both sides would be involved Pakistan views warily. of countries’ progress said, adding that Pakistan would tion (DGMO), who is a Lieutenant spent a decade helping the United in the exercises, Pakistan’s Tribune Pakistan’s relations with its towards the United not digest any aggression from General, had announced that the States funnel arms and fighters into Express newspaper said, citing mil- steadfast, “all-weather” ally China Nations’ health-related India,These sources said, “India is attackers had Pakistani arms.Fol- neighbouring Afghanistan to help itary sources. have developed over the past year or Sustainable Development well aware of our capabilities and lowing the Pathankot incident, insurgent groups fight Soviet sol- Pakistani media last year so with a plan for $46bn in Chinese Goals (SDGs). also knows the fact that despite Pakistan sent its Joint Investigation diers following their 1979 invasion reported Islamabad had bought four investment in a road and rail energy Titled the Global Bur- the Pakistan Army’s participa- Team, which was not given enough of Afghanistan. Mi-35 attack helicopters from Rus- corridor linking western China with den of Disease Study, the tion in internal security issues, a space to probe the matter. At the time, the communist sia in a first military deal of its kind Pakistan’s Arabian Sea coast. analysis was launched at a special event at the UN General Assembly in New York and published in The Lancet on Friday. Home ride The study evaluates coun- Afghan peace deal an tries by creating an overall index score on a scale of zero to 100. Pakistan shares the score of 38 with encouraging step: US Bangladesh and Mauri- tania - six places behind India and way behind Iran. Reuters important steps we see towards an “These analyses are eventual resolution of the conflict in critically important for Afghanistan,” Nicholson said. Pakistan as they can help WASHINGTON: The Afghan gov- Compared to other militant set a baseline based on ernment’s peace deal with a groups like the Taliban or Islamic recent performance and notorious Islamist warlord is an State, however, Hezb-i-Islami has also set a trajectory for “encouraging” step in the effort to played a relatively small role in the achieving the health and resolve the country’s conflict, the insurgency recently, and analysts health-related SDGs,” commander of US-led international say the accord is mostly symbolic. said Professor Zulfiqar forces in Afghanistan said yesterday. Peace talks with the Taliban, the Bhutta, Founding Director Afghan officials signed a peace largest insurgent group, have yet to of the Aga Khan Universi- deal on Thursday with a party led get off the ground, but both sides ty’s Centre of Excellence in by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a move have said they are open to the idea. Women and Child Health that inspired both hope and fear as Nicholson said about 10 per- and co-author of the it dredged up tensions dating back cent of territory in Afghanistan was study. The analysis shows decades. The militant faction of controlled or influenced by the Tal- that expanded health cov- Hezb-i-Islami, led by Hekmatyar, iban, with up to another 25 percent erage, greater access to has been battling to establish an being contested. He added that he family planning, and fewer Islamic state in Afghanistan. was concerned about the high level deaths of newborns and Ethnic Afghan Hazara children return home on a donkey to their village on the outskirts of Bamiyan, “This is positive in the sense that of casualties among Afghan forces children under the age located in central Afghanistan. this represents a group that is resid- and had been working with Afghan of five are among sev- ing largely outside of Afghanistan leaders to adjust tactics to reduce eral health improvements that is now reaching a reconciliation them. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs contributing to progress agreement with the government of Staff General Joseph Dunford told toward achieving SDGs. which will eventually involve a a US Senate hearing this week that However, Hepatitis B, reintegration into Afghan society,” the security situation in Afghanistan childhood obesity, violence PTI approaches election commission Army General John Nicholson told was at a “stalemate” amid concerns and alcohol consumption reporters at the Pentagon. about the Afghan security forces’ have worsened. against ruling PML-N’s militant wing “This is one of the most capabilities.

Internews PML-N workers) are being trained in animosity specifically against the Peshawar’s 100-year-old library digitised different parts of Punjab,” the PTI PTI and its members,” Habib said as claimed in its letter addressed to he asked the CEC to take legal action CEC Justice (retd) Sardar Muham- against PML-N.Meanwhile, the Elec- Internews gloomy interiors of the city’s oldest among its precious assets. ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s Paki- mad Raza.On September 30, the PTI tion Commission of Pakistan (ECP) library, reading or searching the It is one the oldest in Khyber stan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) yesterday is scheduled to hold ‘anti-corruption’ has warned the PTI chief Imran library’s online archives for books to Pakhtunkhwa, containing rare approached the Chief Election Com- protest march towards Raiwind. Khan against making speech in Tax- borrow.“I have been to every library books and manuscripts dating back missioner (CEC) seeking legal action The Punjab government has ila today (Friday) as part of election PESHAWAR: Rukhsana Habib in the city and university depart- hundred of years. against ruling Pakistan Muslim announced that it will provide secu- campaign for his party’s candidate has a thing of history. Every day, ments and this is the only one where It is also one of the biggest. The League-Nawaz (PML-N) for purport- rity to participants of the march. for Punjab Assembly’s constituency she spends hours pouring over you can search the digital archives building of library consists of two edly creating in Punjab what it called However, some second-tier leaders PP-7. the old manuscripts and historical yourself,” Rukhsana told News Lens. large halls and nine adjacent rooms. a ‘militant wing’ with the name of of the ruling party had been issu- In a letter to the PTI chief, the material in the Islamia College lib- The Islamia College’s 100 year old One hall and four rooms were added Janisran-e-Nawaz Sharif. ing threatening statements against district election commissioner said erary in Pakistan’s northwest city library has been digitized in 2015, to the library in 1972.Tehseen Ullah “It has been widely reported the protest rally till the last few days. as per the ECP’s code of conduct of Peshawar with the passion of a making available its 90,000 books Khan, the librarian, told News Lens and highlighted in the electronic Citing media reports the PTI’s public office holders, ministers and researcher.“Reading old books is my and 1261 historical manuscripts to that the library was first in Khyber and print media that the members Deputy Secretary General Farrukh members of national and provin- favourite pastime and this library is students and researchers at just a Pakhtunkhwa that had scanned of this force have been recruited on Habib said the PML-N, by creating cial assemblies cannot campaign the only place in the city that affords click of the keypad. thousands of rare books and made the instruction of the PML-N chief Nawaz Janisar force, has violated the for candidates in by-elections. me historical books and a great envi- For a college whose establish- them available to the students with Nawaz Sharif and State Minister Abid mandatory provisions of the Political Falling under NA-53, the pro- ronment for study,” said Rukhsana, ment in 1913 laid the foundation full text, through its online digital Sher Ali, MPA Zaeem Qadri and oth- Parties Order 2002 as well as article vincial assembly’s seat in PP-7 had who teaches political science at the of education in the province then archives. ers are leading this criminal activity 256 of the constitution of Pakistan. fallen vacant due to the death of the Islamia college. known as the Northwest Frontier “The online system initiated this at his behest. “This force has been established PTI lawmaker Saddiq Khan, younger In the time between classes, Province under the British Raj in year has made searching books very “It is also reported (that) they (the to target and promote hatred and brother of Ghulam Sarwar Khan. Rukhsana can be found in the United India the central library is easy for students,” said Khan. INDIA SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 07 Deal signed to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets SC gives Subrata

The fighter plane will be Roy time frame equipped with Meteor, a to surrender beyond-visual range air- NEW DELHI: The Supreme to-air missile expected to Court yesterday gave considerably advance IAF’s Sahara chief Subrata Roy time till September 30 to capability in aerial combat. surrender. The court had earlier yesterday morning recalled its interim order A file picture of a Rafale fighter jet granting him parole. IANS performing during the Aero India air show The bench headed by at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru. Chief Justice of India TS Thakur also said that they Meteor, a beyond-visual range air-to-air mis- will hear an application NEW DELHI: India yesterday signed a deal sile expected to considerably advance IAF’s moved by Sahara on Sep- with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets to capability in aerial combat. tember 28. meet critical operational requirement for a The Rafale aircraft would have advanced multi-role combat aircraft for the Indian Air features like advanced electronically scanned Force (IAF). array radar, mid-air refuelling and advanced Karnataka Council Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his electronic warfare equipment.Informed French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian signed sources said the jets would arrive in India in opposes Cauvery the agreement in this regard here. batches, with the first two coming in the next The deal was preceded by tough negoti- few months. A team from France was camping water to TN ations over the price and is expected to cost in New Delhi for some weeks for negotiating BENGALURU: The Karna- India some ¤7.87bn. The deal also has a provi- the deal. India had decided to ink the deal taka Legislative Council sion for transfer of technology through offsets. for 126 Rafale jets in 2012 during the previ- yesterday unanimously Soon after the deal was signed, Parrikar ous United Progressive Alliance government. decided not to release French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (left) and his Indian counterpart Manohar said in a tweet: “Will significantly improve The deal was estimated to cost $10.2 bn and Cauvery water to Tamil India’s strike and defence capabilities.” the plan was to acquire 18 aircraft in fly-away Parrikar shake hands after signing the deal in New Delhi, yesterday. Nadu, saying the water The tough price negotiations led to a delay condition and manufacturing the rest in India. was needed for drinking in the finalisation of the deal, which covers However, during Prime Minister Narendra jets in fly-away condition as quickly as possible A Memorandum of Understanding was purposes in the state. delivery of 36 planes, spares and weapons. Modi›s visit to France in April last year, India in view of the IAF’s critical operational neces- signed with France in January this year for the A special session of The fighter plane will be equipped with conveyed that it would like to acquire 36 Rafale sity for the multi-role combat aircraft. purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft. the house was convened to discuss the impact of the Supreme Court’s September 20 order to Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of water Suspects’ sketches out after MNS tells Pakistani daily till September 27. The Council passed an unanimous resolution that the water in the dams artistes to leave would be used for drink- gunmen sighted; vigil on ing purposes in the state and that the water can’t be released to TN. IANS aerial-surface combing operations Returning from a trip to the US underway in different parts. late Thursday night, Chief Minis- within 48 hours At least two to four schoolchil- ter Devendra Fadnavis appealed to Forces fire at dren had reported spotting some the people not to panic as adequate RAIGAD: Multiple security agen- unidentified persons - ranging from security arrangements were in place IANS MNS Vice-President Shalini protesters in cies continued their hawk-eyed vigil one to five - wearing masks, Pathan in Uran, around 50 km on the main- Thackeray said that wherever yesterday to apprehend the five-or- suits and carrying weapons around land from Mumbai. shooting for films or teleserials J&k; one dead six masked persons sighted in Uran 7am on Thursday. They informed Navi Mumbai Police Commis- with Pakistani actors was on after village here by some students early their teacher, who in turn alerted sioner Hemant Nagrale said that MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Navnir- the deadline, MNS activists would SRINAGAR: One person on Thursday with the Maharashtra the police and the entire security police and other security agencies man Sena (MNS) yesterday gave a go and stop them. was killed and dozens Police releasing sketches of two sus- apparatus swung into action within have launched operations to trace 48-hour ultimatum to all Pakistani “This is not a veiled threat. This of others wounded yes- pects, officials said. hours. out these suspects. Security has been cine and television artistes here to is a direct challenge to producers terday when Indian Security at all critical instal- Schools, colleges, shops and intensified at Raj Bhavan, Chhatra- quit India or face consequences. like Karan Johar who promote government forces fired lations and sensitive locations in establishments in Uran and sur- pati Shivaji International Airport, The Mumbai police promptly Pakistani artistes. We are writing live ammunition and Mumbai and adjoining Raigad, roundings remained shut for the the BARC, DAE, Mantralaya and sur- responded, saying foreign artistes to all production houses, asking shotgun pellets to stop Navi Mumbai has been beefed up second day today as security offi- rounding VVIP areas, key railway holding valid documents need not them not to give work to Pakistani protests against Indian with police road blocks, fishermen cials continued their search to locate termini and stations and prominent worry. artistes,” Thackeray said. rule in the disputed Hima- keeping a lookout in Arabian Sea and the potential mischief makers. beaches. MNS Chitrapat Sena chief Another party Vice-President, layan region of Kashmir, Ameya Khopkar told the media that Vageesh Saraswat, said the party police said. there was “an anti-Pakistan” wave had issued similar warnings in the A police officer said across India after the September past and always stuck by them. the man died in the north- 18 terror attack that left 18 Indian “Now, we have given them a western Sopore area after Festival lights soldiers dead at Uri in Jammu and specific deadline. Their countdown soldiers fired at protest- Kashmir. has begun. If they don’t pack up and ers who attacked an army “The MNS calls upon all leave in 48 hours, we shall chase convoy with stones. Pakistanis working in Indian tele- them away,” Saraswat declared. serials, films and other shows to However, the Mumbai police leave the country within 48 hours. yesterday said that all foreign Top cops under If they fail to do so, we shall deal nationals, including Pakistanis with them in our own style,” Khop- who are in Mumbai with valid doc- probe in Kerala kar warned. uments provided by the government The party also warned it would of India, need not worry. bar scam case not permit the release of any Bolly- “We will provide adequate pro- wood films having Pakistani actors, tection as and when required,” Joint THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: including the upcoming “Aye Dil Hai Police Commissioner (Law and The infamous bar scam Muskhil” and “Raees”. Order) Deven Bharti said follow- case of 2014 saw yet The MNS order would also apply ing the MNS threat. another twist to the tale to sportspersons and singers, the In the past, the MNS and the yesterday, with a local party added. Shiv Sena have adopted an aggres- court here ordering a Among the Pakistani actors sive stance against Pakistani preliminary probe into and singers known to be based in personalities visiting Maharashtra. the role played by two Mumbai or frequenting the city are Pakistani ghazal singer Ghu- Vigilance Department Fawad Khan, Ali Zafar, Atif Aslam, lam Ali’s scheduled concerts were officials, who were part of An electrician hangs decorative lights at a pandal, a temporary platform, for the upcoming Durga Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Rahat cancelled in Mumbai and Pune in the scam investigation. Puja in Kolkata, yesterday. Fateh Ali Khan, Salman Ahmad, October 2015 and a public engage- Based on a petition Mahira Khan and Ali Azmat. ment axed in January this year. filed by a social worker P. Nawaz, who saw a con- certed move to thwart a free and fair probe into the scam, the Thiruvanan- Govt seeks BRICS support SC notice to Lalu’s son & Shahabuddin thapuram Special Court ordered the Vigilance Director to submit a pre- for pulses & oilseeds IANS Delhi, the bench issued notice to the had gone viral on social media last liminary report within 45 Bihar government for its response. week. Earlier, Kaif was seen in pho- days. Asha had said that if the inves- tographs and videos standing beside tigation and trial in the case took Shahabuddin after his release from IANS for cooperation in agricultural NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court place in Siwan district, the accused Bhagalpur jail on September 10. SC to hear plea on trade among these nations. This, yesterday issued notice to Bihar will terrorise the witnesses and she The court referred to the mur- he explained, will open better Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav and would not get justice. der of Rajdeo Ranjan (on May 13) and helicopter deal NEW DELHI: India yesterday urged “business opportunities” for BRICS criminal-turned-politician Moham- The apex court also directed subsequent developments in Siwan BRICS nations to help meet the countries. “All must work together to mad Shahabuddin as to why an FIR the Siwan Superintendent of Police district and said Asha Ranjan was NEW DELHI: The Supreme supply-demand gap in pulses and enhance trade among our countries cannot be filed against them for to provide police protection to the living in a «state of continuous fear». Court yesterday agreed edible oils in the country. by resolving market access issues”. allegedly sheltering an accused in petitioner and her family. By this, the Referring to the saying that cour- to hear a plea by politi- India will like to seek cooper- The minister said innovative journalist Rajdeo Ranjan’s murder. court said: “A lady in distress shall age is the mother of all virtues and a cal organisation Swaraj ation from other BRICS member working models must be developed, Justice Dipak Misra and Justice feel protected.” man with courage can always sus- Abhiyan for a CBI/SIT countries (Brazil, Russia, China and like contract farming and leasing C Nagappan sought a response from Petitioner Asha had said that tain his or her dignity, the bench investigation into the South Africa) to meet production of surplus land. Officials said the Yadav -- the son of Rashtriya Janata two main culprits in her husband›s said: alleged wrongdoings in shortfall in crops like pulses and central government had started Dal leader Lalu Prasad -- on a peti- murder -- Mohammad Kaif and “But sometimes, situations are the purchase of helicop- oilseeds, Agriculture Minister Radha importing pulses through state-run tion by the journalist›s widow Asha Mohammad Javed -- were allegedly created by certain powerful protag- ters by Punjab, Jammu Mohan Singh said at a two-day con- Metals and Minerals Trading Cor- Ranjan who sought a first informa- seen in the company of Tej Pratap onists which instil fear in the mind and Kashmir, Chhattis- ference of Agriculture Ministers of poration and even entered into an tion report against the two men. and Shahabuddin. of a citizen and that fear has the garh, Jharkhand and BRICS nations that concluded here. arrangement with Mozambique for On her plea for the transfer of A photograph in which Kaif was potentiality to usher in atrophy to Rajasthan. Singh said there is ample scope long-term supply of lentils. the murder case trial from Bihar to allegedly standing besides Tej Pratap the sense of dignity.” 08 SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Quartet silence Past fatal police shootings

he Quartet of Middle East peace mediators has delivered another stinging rebuke to Israel with its warning that hold lessons for Charlotte Tel Aviv risked ending the chance of a two-state solution with its brazen continuation of the settlement activity in Palestinian territories. The group, which comprises the Experts in policing tactics say Dallas police department who with an unnecessary show of TUnited States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia, had By Joseph Ax and Chris the varied responses offer crucial has studied police responses to force. expressed its concern before, and the latest statement shows that it’s Prentice Reuters lessons for cities like Charlotte, protests, said officials should “It’s almost the first response not willing to forget the issue and let Israel pursue its illegal actions including the need to communi- generally release as much infor- to call out the guys with the cate quickly with the public and mation as possible. heavy-duty weapons,” the without censure. “The Quartet emphasized its strong opposition use force sparingly in response “I think you’ve seen prob- University of Pennsylvania’s to ongoing settlement activity, which is an obstacle to peace, and to protests. lems across the country with Schneider said. “That should, in expressed its grave concern that the acceleration of settlement ITHIN five Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police departments that have been slow fact, be the last response. The construction and expansion ... (is) steadily eroding the viability of the days, black Chief Kerr Putney said again yes- to adapt with the demand for most egregious example was, of two-state solution,” the Quartet said in a statement after meeting on men were terday that he would not release increased transparency,” he said. course, in Ferguson, where police the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. shot dead any footage at this time. Later, The exploding use of social showed up in military gear.” by police in a lawyer for Scott’s family said media has made it imperative for The decision was widely seen While this stance is commendable, how far is the group willing two major relatives had viewed two videos officials to communicate with the as inflaming tensions, as police to go to prove that it’s serious? Unfortunately, this powerful bloc WUS cities, with the incidents of the incident, but that they left public right after a police shoot- snipers were stationed atop has failed miserably to fulfill its agenda captured on video. But the reac- them with “more questions than ing, experts said, especially if it military vehicles even before of pushing peace. Its rebuke and tion on the streets in each was answers.” The family asked offi- erupts into a national controversy. demonstrations turned violent. Despite its condemnation of Israel has been proven to vastly different. In Tulsa, Okla- cials to allow the public to see the “You need to get out in front,” Charlotte Mayor Jennifer criticism be an insincere rant due to its unwillingness homa, demonstrators marched videos “as a matter of the greater Carter said. “Acknowledge the Roberts announced a midnight to support its words with action. It’s a peacefully following the kill- good and transparency”. incident.” curfew on Thursday evening, of Israeli ing of Terence Crutcher, who Robert Taylor, a professor of In North Charleston, for hoping to stem the violence. measure of the Quartet’s powerlessness settlement was unarmed at the time of the criminology at the University of example, officials immediately The curfew was generally not and lack of interest that Israel continues shooting. Texas and an expert in commu- charged an officer with murder enforced, with officers watching expansion in its settlement expansion with the In Charlotte, North Carolina, nity policing, urged the chief to after a released video showed him as peaceful protests dwindled by Palestinian announcement of several huge projects on two nights of riots followed the release the footage. “It’s going shooting an unarmed black man early Friday. death of Keith Scott, 43, on Tues- to come out no matter what,” he in the back. Many in Charlotte may still land, the Palestinian land. That the Israeli settlement construction is the biggest obstacle to day, who refused orders to drop said. “If it’s highly inflammatory, By contrast, Chicago author- remember the 2013 fatal police a gun he was holding, according the chief has an opportunity to ities refused requests to release shooting of an unarmed black Middle East peace is an internationally acknowledged to police. His family says he was explain what it shows and to say, footage showing the police kill- man seeking help from police Quartet is fact, but the world powers haven’t done holding a book, not a firearm. ‘You have to give me a chance to ing of Laquan McDonald for more after a car crash. Jonathan Ferrell unwilling to anything to persuade Israel to stop the The response in each city may be investigate.’” than a year until a judge ordered was shot 10 times by Officer Ran- follow up its activity. related to how quickly officials Some experts warned that it. Officer Jason Van Dyke was dall Kerrick, whose trial resulted Israel believes that the status quo is released information in the case, videos do not always have all charged with murder on the same in a deadlocked jury in 2015. words with sustainable and wants to kill the peace policing experts said. the answers. The Tulsa video, for day the video was made public. In the end, experts agreed action. process by refusing to leave the land it The Charlotte police chief has instance, does not show whether In Baltimore, Mayor Stephanie the best way to prevent violence so far chosen not to release the Crutcher was reaching into his car Rawlings-Blake was criticized for is to improve police-community has confiscated at the time of future talks. video publicly despite calls for at the time, as the officer who shot what was seen as a slow response relations. According to reports, about 371,000 Israelis transparency in the wake of con- him has said. after the death of Freddie Gray, “It’s really hard to try to alle- live in settlements scattered across the West Bank, and their number is troversial police shootings across But they also stressed that in prompting riots in the city. Gray viate distrust and problems after growing phenomenally. Relocating such huge numbers of settlers will the United States. the absence of video evidence, suffered a fatal neck injury while an incident,” the University of be nearly impossible for any Israeli government as part of any peace “The more information that people might simply adopt handcuffed in the back of a police Texas’ Taylor said. “What police deal. The fact that the Quartet made its statement after meeting on the is released, the less opportunity whatever narrative fits their per- transport van. departments need are years and for rumors to spread,” said Eric ception of the truth. Experts also said police must years of building trust with their sidelines of the UN General Assembly is also telling. The UN gathering Schneider, an urban and crime Max Geron, a major with the avoid overreacting to protests communities.” failed to address the Israeli aggressions. And both Israeli Prime historian at the University of Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Pennsylvania. Abbas showed no signs of an agreement during their speeches at the The list of US cities that have annual gathering of world leaders. struggled with racial tensions fol- The Palestinian issue is getting scant attention as the world lowing police killings has grown remains preoccupied with other crises. America is preparing to elect as social media has made foot- age of incidents readily available. a new president and whether it’s Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, And although broader social US-Israel relations are expected to remain rock-solid. Barack issues like anger over income Obama’s tenure will be known for his friction with Israeli Prime inequality and mistrust of law Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but he failed to advance the cause of an enforcement contribute to the independent Palestinian state. tension, experts agree the speed with which authorities react is crucial to containing violence. Following killings in New York City and Charleston, South Caro- lina, for instance, protests were Quote of the day largely peaceful. In other cities, including Ferguson, Missouri, and We shall extract Yemen Baltimore, demonstrations turned from the claws of Iran, dangerously violent. “(In Ferguson) they just we shall raise the Yemeni weren’t prepared. It was almost flag over every foot of our like they didn’t know how to precious soil and we will respond. It never crossed their lay the foundation for a minds that anything like that would happen,” said David Carter, just federal state. a Michigan State University pro- fessor who authored a critical Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi US Justice Department review of Yemen President that city’s response to the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, an Protesters walk in the streets over the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina. unarmed black teenager.

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When the Zika virus emerged as a threat in early 2016, the WHO responded more swiftly, and won plaudits for doing so. But some experts believe more could and should be done to improve the WHO’s performance. Peter Sands, a former chief execu- tive officer of Standard Chartered Bank and now a senior fellow at Harvard with an interest in health, argues that more attention should be paid to the economic impacts of global health. The WHO and its leader would gain clout if they better By Kate Kelland highlighted the economic costs of poor Reuters health systems and infectious diseases, he said. Sands is chairman of the Commis- sion on a Global Health Risk Framework HE view outside the office for the Future, which estimates that of the head of the World pandemics have the potential to inflict Health Organisation daz- economic losses of more than $60 billion zles, stretching across Lake a year. He suggests one way to get gov- Geneva to Alpine peaks. The ernment ministers to take more notice of view inside is less inspiring: the WHO would be to publish objective Tdated furniture and listless pot plants assessments of each country’s “public dot the seventh-floor office of Marga- health core capabilities” - things such as ret Chan, the WHO’s Director-General. disease surveillance, laboratory testing, Understated decor suits her style. “I and research capacity. am an international civil servant,” she Just as countries are influenced by told Reuters in an interview. “I am here reports on their economies by the Inter- to facilitate countries to discuss and find national Monetary Fund and World Bank, solutions.” Chan’s low-key, consensual WHO rankings could spur countries to approach has held sway at the organi- World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan listens to a reporter’s question during a news improve their health systems, Sands said. sation for nearly a decade. A Chinese conference in Seoul, South Korea. Chan disagrees, saying her job is to former teacher and doctor, she says it has help countries, not judge or rank them. brought lasting results - such as progress want to work there.” In their view, the won’t be easy. Some member states, such as and deaths in West Africa rose before She likened her style to a parent seek- towards universal health coverage and WHO is losing influence, and at risk of those in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, have declaring the outbreak a global health ing the best from her children: “When improved pandemic preparedness. losing more. Despite being a global body, vastly different health systems to those in emergency. The deadly viral disease you encourage and motivate then, they “If you want to be successful in glo- the WHO’s spending power is relatively richer Western countries. The result: raged for over a-year-and-a-half, claim- do better. But when you keep hammer- bal public health ... you need to bring all modest: $4.3bn over two years compared Local political interests can get in the ing lives in six countries, and was only ing them, they get down and withdrawn.” partners together,” she said. Quoting what to almost three times that at the US Cen- way of global health priorities. Against that narrowly stopped from taking hold in In a bid to be more transparent about she said is an African proverb, she added: tres for Disease Prevention and Control. background, the WHO has gained a reputa- Lagos, Africa’s largest city. how it chooses its director general, the “If you want to go fast, you go alone. If you Other organisations are attracting tion for electing directors general who are Chan said there was no doubt that WHO has introduced a new selection want to go far, you go together.” big funding from global health philan- risk-averse. Talk WHO history with senior during the Ebola crisis “we all could have system. Previously, the 34 members of But as her second five-year spell at thropists and making strides in key fields figures in global health, however, and the done better,” though she gave no specifics. the WHO’s Executive Board considered the top heads towards a close, numerous outside the WHO. They include GAVI, the name of one leader stands out: Gro Har- She pointed out that the two outbreaks various candidates and chose one. That public health experts say consensus is no alliance created to improve access to vac- lem Brundtland. A former prime minister occurred in different contexts: SARS in candidate was then rubber-stamped by longer enough. In May, 10 influential glo- cines for children in poor countries, and of Norway, Brundtland was elected WHO developed countries with good health the 194 member states that make up the bal health specialists wrote to the British the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis director-general in 1998. systems, and Ebola in poverty-stricken World Health Assembly (WHA). Medical Journal (BMJ), saying of the WHO: and Malaria. More recently, the task of Chris Murray, a professor of global countries with poor health surveillance. The system lent itself to horse-trading “Business as usual cannot continue; trans- tackling antimicrobial resistance - the health at the University of Washington Nevertheless, some experts were between blocks of countries who would formative leadership is called for.” The UN global spread of superbugs that are not and director of the Institute for Health critical of the WHO’s handling of the epi- band together behind a series of promised agency requires strategic reform, they said, susceptible to antibiotics - is being led Metrics and Evaluation, said of Brundt- demic. They noted that the international deals to push their preferred candidate to and needs a bold new director general who not by the WHO but by an independent land: “She was the sort of visionary, medical charity Doctors Without Bor- the front. This time, the Executive Board can command the world stage. team headed by Jim O’Neill, a well-con- highly-principled leader who always ders warned early on that the epidemic will select three candidates to go forward Reuters has spoken to eight more spe- nected former Goldman Sachs economist. did what she thought was needed for the was “unprecedented” and “exceptional”, to the full WHA, which will vote on the cialists who voiced similar views. Jeremy Much will depend on the WHO’s next world, whether or not that was politically but that the WHO failed to recognise the final choice. The three shortlisted can- Farrar, director of global health charity leader. Richard Horton, editor of the convenient.” seriousness of the outbreak, describing didates will work alongside Chan from the Wellcome Trust, says whoever takes influential medical journal The Lancet, David Heymann, who was previ- it as “relatively small still.” January 2017, with the final selection over from Chan has to “inspire a sense said: “The WHO needs a director general ously executive director of communicable When the Harvard Global Health made by the WHA in May 2017. that the organisation knows what it’s who can speak truth to power.” He said diseases at the WHO, describes how he Institute and London School of Hygiene & When nominations closed this week, doing, inspire confidence in the mem- he is “very optimistic” about what could awoke to a phone call on March 15, 2003, Tropical Medicine reviewed the response six candidates had been put forward to ber states, and inspire the best people to be done at the WHO by the right sort of from the WHO’s infectious disease duty to Ebola, their report found the disease succeed Chan. They were Ethiopia’s personality at the top. “If you have the officer. It was to alert him to an outbreak had “exposed WHO as unable to meet foreign minister Tedros Adhanom Ghe- right person, it’s a fantastic opportunity,” of what later became known as SARS or its responsibility for responding to such breyesus; Flavia Bustreo of Italy, an he said. “If you have the wrong person, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. situations.” Its report set out 10 rec- assistant director general at the WHO; The WHO is losing influence, and at then it’s paralysis and failure.” Within hours, Heymann’s team had ommendations for reform, including Philippe Douste-Blazy, a French former risk of losing more. Despite being Chan said it was necessary to “listen gathered evidence of cases in Canada, developing a strategy to monitor national minister of health; Sania Nishtar, a former and reflect” on what the WHO’s critics Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore. They capabilities, strengthening incentives to minister of education and training in a global body, the WHO’s spending say, but that “it doesn’t mean I agree with assessed it and informed Brundtland. report outbreaks of disease and ensur- Pakistan; Miklos Szocska, a former health power is relatively modest: $4.3bn all the criticism.” She added: “In any job This prompted Bruntland, who declined ing the next director general has “proven minister for Hungary; and David Nabarro, there are barriers to what you can do. to be interviewed for this article, to issue high-level political leadership.” a British public health and nutrition over two years compared to almost Having worked in the WHO now for 13 a global outbreak alert the same day and To be sure, the WHO has already expert with long experience of working three times that at the US Centres for or 14 years, I understand what you can a call for authorities worldwide to work made some changes since Ebola. Chan at the WHO and the United Nations. He do and what you can’t.” together to halt the disease’s spread. has established a new programme to was appointed the UN secretary gener- Disease Prevention and Control. Changing the WHO, which has 7,000 In contrast, in 2014 the WHO watched manage health emergencies, with sur- al’s special envoy on Ebola in the midst staff spread across 150 offices worldwide, for eight months as Ebola infections veillance and preparedness at its core. of the Ebola crisis. Young migrants in Greece feel camp like ‘prison’

supposed to be exploring life and “It was like breathing,” she said, some schooling is provided. “Every live under more humane conditions. running free, the minors stranded at describing the minors’ response to day five or six teachers come for “I see so many empty buildings in Moria camp, Lesbos, can take a walk their short break from Moria. “They us,” Ali said. They teach them Greek, Mytilene. If the authorities were willing outside the camp once a week for six were very happy, they were kiss- English, and math. Even though Ali to do it, they could have rented a large hours and that is it, Ali explained. ing us, telling us thank you.” Asked heard from his friends who were building to accommodate them,” he But he is grateful for the security which camp he liked better, Ali relocated to centers in Athens that said, adding that even though no one the camp provides him and his peers. wavered. “At PIKPA they have not the camp in Moria is superior, he still building could house 100 people, they “We are safe, if they [Greek authori- any facilities for us like Moria, but asks to be moved to the Greek capital. could be split into smaller groups and ties] feel any problems coming they PIKPA has freedom,” he said. “I can’t stay here. I’m responsible for hosted in a number of facilities. take us out of Moria,” he said. “I like both,” Ali concluded in a my family. I have to go there,” he said. Ali arrived in Lesbos on March 31, That was, indeed, the case Mon- text message interview, as he was not Ali’s family sold off their entire almost a week after the EU-Turkish day night, when clashes broke out in allowed outside Moria camp and jour- fortune in Punjab, Pakistan, holding deal blocked migrants and refugees By Idyli Tsakiri the camp between migrants of var- nalists are not allowed inside. “It is a on only to their house, so Ali could from going farther into Europe on their At ages when Anatolia ious ethnic backgrounds, and as the closed place only for minors, but it is afford the trip to Greece, he said. In own. Under the deal, migrants who violence escalated, fires set by the kind of a prison,” Latsoudi described total, Ali said he gave 3,000 euros illegally enter Greece have to remain children are migrants themselves burned down the center for minors in Moria. “But to smugglers, a price tag that made at their point of arrival until a decision supposed to be almost half of the camp. for us this is no way to treat minors. it impossible for any other family is made on their asylum request. WE have no permission for Immediately the minors were Minors should be in an open shelter, member to travel with him. According to official data pro- exploring life and go out. Now we are prison transported to another camp, Les- not in prison,” she added. Now that he made it, Ali wants to vided by Athens, out of the almost running free, the [sic],” a 17-year-old Pakistani vos Solidarity (formerly known as As for the night when the chil- move to Athens and work as a baker 60,000 refugees and migrants cur- migrant texted, along with a PIKPA), which generally accom- dren were taken to Lesvos Solidarity, with his uncle, who has been living rently living in Greece, more than minors stranded sad emoji face, locked inside a modates “vulnerable cases,” Efi Latsoudi said, “They felt freedom and there for the past six years. 3,500 are unaccompanied minors. “refugee camp on the Greek island of Latsoudi, a member of the volunteer human contact with other people.” “I came here just to make money The 96 stranded minors of Moria at Moria camp, Lesbos. Just under a hundred minors NGO which runs the camp, told Ana- “There is an effort now in Moria and do [sic] better conditions for my will gradually be relocated when Lesbos, can take a aged 12 to 17 find shelter in the rooms dolu Agency. The minors spent two to have activities, to have volunteers, family,” the 17-year-old told Anadolu appropriate facilities are established to walk outside the reserved for them. “We have beds, days at the camp and were returned to have a staff to do things with the Agency, explaining that his parents accommodate them. So far a few have air conditioning, and showers, but to Moria on Wednesday morning. kids. But I think that the fact that it is and his two younger brothers back moved to camps in the Greek capital camp once a week we cannot go out,” the teenager, who “It was an emergency situation. a prison and it is a camp, it creates the in Punjab depend on him. but are not satisfied with the condi- goes by the pseudonym Dilawari Ali They were in danger because of the felling that they are excluded, they Thanasis Voulgarakis, member tions, Ali said. As for Ali’s plans once he for six hours and and has been living there since June fire, because of the racist attacks are in a separated place,” she added. of the Lesvos Solidarity group, sug- reaches Athens, his final destination, that is it. 15, told Anadolu Agency. in Moria, and they took them out,” At Moria, regular staff accom- gested that the minors be relocated to he said: “I will go to my uncle’s home. At ages when children are Latsoudi said of that night. pany the minors daily, said Ali, and buildings in Lesbos so that they can Make and eat Pakistani spicy food.”

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row on migrants LONDON: The brother of former US presidential candidate Bernie Sand- focus on next year’s federal election. ers says he’s running for Merkel’s party Schaeuble defended CSU leader the seat in Parliament Horst Seehofer, a significant inter- vacated by former Prime and the Bavarian vention from a senior conservative Minister David Cameron. Christian Social Union after other Merkel allies blamed the Larry Sanders says he Bavarians’ relentless attacks on her was inspired by his broth- have spent the last open-door refugee policy for the er’s success and is the year locked in the CDU’s poor showing in the Berlin vote. Green Party candidate for “It is an outrage to insinu- the Witney constituency dispute, which now ate that Bavarian premier Horst in Oxfordshire — a safe centres on latter’s Seehofer is against the dignified Conservative Party seat. treatment of refugees,” the finance The 82-year-old demand to cap the minister told weekly magazine Sanders, a retired social number of migrants Wirtschaftswoche. worker, says his younger coming into Germany “In Bavaria, there are fewer brother “showed that if far-right attacks on refugees than you can get a hearing and at 200,000 a year. elsewhere,” added Schaeuble, who is make a clear case, that not close to Merkel but used his pop- many more people than ularity in their party to help her win expected will listen.” Reuters backing for financial aid to Greece during the euro zone crisis. Merkel, Seehofer and senior Girl bicycles to figures from their parties had a BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela “constructive” meeting in Berlin A rescuer carrying a three-year-old boy Tserin, who went missing in the Siberian taiga area. Poland to see Merkel’s veteran finance minister, to try to narrow their differences, Wolfgang Schaeuble, jumped to the according to sources familiar with grandmother defence of her conservatives’ Bavar- the meeting. No decisions had been Lost toddler survives three days in Siberian taiga ian sister party in the latest twist in expected on the migrant cap. BERLIN: German police a row over migrants that is damag- The conservatives did agree to say a missing 14-year- ing her re-election prospects. tackle a new distribution of finances Reuters Left unattended, he had chased after The first thing he asked for was old girl has turned up Merkel’s Christian Democrats between the federal government his dogs, who led him into the taiga - his toy car, a rescue worker said. safe and sound in Poland, (CDU) and the Bavarian Christian and the states, a topic that has a forest between the tundra and the Tserin probably survived after bicycling and hitch- Social Union (CSU) have spent the last proven divisive in the past. steppes populated by wild animals because he didn’t panic, a local hiking some 400 km to year locked in the dispute, which now Schaeuble could be a CDU MOSCOW: A Russian toddler who ranging from bears and wolves to emergency worker was quoted as see her grandmother. centres on the latter’s demand to cap candidate for chancellor should went missing in the Siberian taiga lynx and foxes. saying. The first thing he did after Lueneburg police said the number of migrants coming into Merkel not seek re-election next was found three days later, alive Three days of searches by more he got lost was finish some choco- the girl, identified only as Germany at 200,000 a year. year, though he brushed off ques- and healthy, Russian media and the than 100 police and rescue workers, late in one of his pockets. Then he Nikola, set off from her Merkel has refused to agree to tions about whether he could seek emergencies ministry reported. sniffer dogs and a helicopter yielded laid down in a dry spot under a larch rural town in northern Ger- such a limit. But the allies know they the office or even the German pres- Three-year-old Tserin disap- no result. Eventually, the boy heard tree and fell asleep. Quite predicta- many on Tuesday with her must reach a compromise soon that idency in a television interview last peared from his home in a village his uncle calling and replied. He was bly, he has already been nicknamed bicycle and a backpack. allows them both to save face and week. in Tyva in southern Siberia last week. just a few kilometres from his house. Mowgli. Police searched the whole region, but found no trace of her until she appeared on Thursday at Man admits to her grandmother’s house in western Poland. Polish PM announces govt reshuffle She was picked up by smuggling arms her parents there.

to Paris on eve of AP party won last year’s election largely Cabinet holds its weekly sessions it was revealed that his deputy and because it criticised previous centrist on Tuesdays. “We are not free from close aide, Bartlomiej Misiewicz, 25, Norwegian freed Islamist attacks government, saying it was focused on mistakes,” Szydlo says. “But we don’t was sitting on supervisory boards of economic growth and on European sweep them under the carpet, we two state-owned companies without in Philippines WARSAW: Poland’s conservative Union values but their efforts were draw conclusions and we continue proper qualifications. Misiewicz has Reuters prime minister said yesterday she leaving poorer Poles behind. with our work.” since left the boards. returns home will make changes in her government Among the party’s main promises She did praise Family and Labour Szydlo said after 10 month in next week because some ministers were those of high ethical standards, Minister Elzbieta Rafalska and her power, the time has run out for STOCKHOLM: A Norwe- MUNICH: A Montenegrin caught are “not coping” and things are not transparency and humility in follow- own policy aide, Henryk Kowalczyk. “building strategies, plans and pro- gian man who was freed in Germany with a car full of “fully working as they should.” ing voters’ expectations. Last week, Szydlo fired Treasury grams, and for talking about them. by militants in the Philip- weapons a week before Novem- Prime Minister Beata Szydlo told Szydlo said some ministers have Minister Dawid Jackiewicz, say- Now we need action.” pines has returned home ber’s Islamist attacks in Paris Polish state Radio 1 the changes were failed to bring vital changes to their ing he fulfilled his role of phasing Observers stress that party leader after a year of jungle confessed at the start of his trial needed because her ruling Law and sectors. She did not name them, out the ministry that is to be closed Jaroslaw Kaczynski is its actual pol- captivity. yesterday to acting as a gun run- Justice party vowed to bring a new but said she will announce per- this year. She is also under pressure icy maker, pulling the strings, and Kjartan Sekkingstad, ner, but denied knowing what was quality into politics and to protect sonnel and structural changes next from the opposition to fire Defence suggest that Szydlo herself may one 57, arrived in Oslo yester- planned with the arsenal. interests of ordinary people. The week, without naming the day. The Minister Antoni Macierewicz, after day be replaced. day, six days after being The man in his early 50s, released by Abu Sayyaf named by prosecutors only as extremists who had kid- Vlatko V, was stopped by police napped him along with on November 5 on the motorway Germany and two Canadians who were between Salzburg and Munich. Anti-Trump protest later beheaded and a Fili- His navigation system showed he France hit back pino woman. had come from Montenegro via He told reporters he Croatia and Slovenia, and was had experienced “a year heading to an address in Paris. at Johnson’s of terror,” with little food, Police found an arse- long jungle treks and a nal of weapons hidden in his ‘baloney’ jibe constant fear of being Volkswagen Golf, including eight killed. Kalashnikov assault rifles, pis- tols, hand grenades, explosives Reuters and detonators. Six in fray for Vlatko V is charged with transporting the weapons to Paris BERLIN: Germany and France next WHO leader for use in a serious but unspeci- brushed aside comments from fied act of violence. British Foreign Secretary Boris LONDON: Six international On November 13, Islamist Johnson suggesting there was no health experts, includ- militants killed 130 people in the link between the EU’s principle of ing four from Europe, are French capital in a series of coor- free movement and access to its to compete to become dinated gun and bomb attacks. At single market, saying they could the next director gen- least some of the weapons they send Johnson a copy of the Lisbon eral of the World Health used originated from the con- Treaty and even travel to London Organisation (WHO) after flicts that followed the breakup to explain it to him in English. its current leader Marga- ret Chan ends her tenure of Yugoslavia, possibly brought Campaigners pose with ‘Stop Trump’ signs in front of the Brandenburg Gate to urge Americans living Johnson told Sky News tele- next June. from the Balkans along well- abroad to register and vote in Berlin, Germany, yesterday. vision on Thursday that the EU’s established smuggling routes. position that there was an auto- Nominations for the Andrea Titz, spokeswoman matic trade-off between what position, announced yes- for the Munich court, said the access to the single market and free terday, include Britain’s defendant’s lawyer had said in movement was “complete baloney.” David Nabarro - who was court that his client had known Asked about the remarks at a the UN’s’ special envoy for he was smuggling weapons, but Putin names Volodin as Speaker news conference in Berlin, Ger- Ebola during the crisis in that he had no knowledge of their man Finance Minister Wolfgang 2014/15 - and Ethiopia’s intended use. Schaeuble and his French coun- foreign minister, Tedros Titz said the number of AP chief of staff who oversaw the The September 18 vote gave terpart Michel Sapin shot glances Adhanom Ghebreyesus. weapons found led prosecutors vote, as the State Duma’s speaker. United Russia, the party supporting at each other before the German Also nominated are to believe that they had been Volodin replaces Sergei Nary- Putin, 343 seats in the 450-seat lower host responded. “We just looked Sania Nishtar, a former intended for a specific attack. shkin, whom Putin appointed new house, more than 100 seats above the at each other because we’re used minister in Pakistan’s gov- “Whether there is a link to the MOSCOW: Russian President chief of Russia’s Foreign Intelli- two-thirds majority. While the three to respecting foreign ministers a ernment; French former attacks on November 13 is ques- Vladimir Putin named his top politi- gence Service a day earlier. parties posture as opposition, their lot,” Schaeuble said. health minister Philippe tionable,” she added. “At present cal strategist to serve as the speaker Volodin has been widely seen as fealty to the Kremlin was at full dis- “If we need to do more, we Douste-Blazy; Italy’s Fla- no link can be established.” of the newly elected parliament yes- the main architect of the Kremlin’s play yesterday when Putin met with will gladly send her majesty’s via Bustreo - currently an Due to his confession, Vlatko terday after an election that saw the domestic policies, including a slew of parliament leaders. They all hailed foreign minister a copy of the Lis- assistant director general V is likely to receive a reduced jail main pro-Kremlin party strengthen laws that introduced tough punish- Volodin’s candidacy and pleaded bon Treaty. Then he can read that at the WHO; and a former sentence of between three years its grip on the lower house. ment for taking part in unsanctioned with the president to allow them to there is a certain link between the health minister of Hun- and nine months and four years Putin nominated Vyacheslav protests and new restrictions on keep the committees they led in the single market and the four core gary, Miklós Szócska. and three months, Titz said. Volodin, the Kremlin’s deputy non-government organisations. old parliament. principles in Europe,” he added. AMERICAS SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 11 Trump names Lee as possible Supreme Court justice

wary of the Republican presidential Trump’s bombastic style and Trump said his list was based on candidate. proposals breaking with some con- who would follow constitutional prin- Mike Lee was included Lee was included on a new list of servative orthodoxies such as support ciples on the high court. The possibility on a new list of 21 21 potential Supreme Court justices for free trade agreements have sparked of Republicans ceding control of the that Trump would consider for the unease among traditional conserva- court to the Democrats has been one potential Supreme high court if he is elected over Demo- tive Republicans. of his main rallying cries at campaign Court justices that crat Hillary Clinton in the November Mike Lee, in a statement, said he events. Trump would consider 8 election. appreciated being considered. Others on Trump’s list include “This list is definitive and I will “Right now I’m focused on my job Keith Blackwell, a justice on the for the high court if choose only from it in picking future in the Senate, where I’m in a good Supreme Court of Georgia; Charles he is elected in the justices of the United States Supreme position to defend the Constitution by Canady, a Florida Supreme Court jus- Court,” Trump said in a statement. fighting against government overreach. tice; Neil Gorsuch, a judge of the US November 8 election. The list Trump announced included Both lists that I’ve seen from the Trump Court of Appeals for the 10th Cir- 10 new names and 11 conservative campaign are fantastic. cuit, and Edward Mansfield, an Iowa jurists from a list the New York busi- “While my brother and I might dis- Supreme Court justice. nessman had announced in May. Lee’s agree as to which list is better, they’re Other names included Federico brother, Thomas Lee, an associate jus- both great,” he quipped. Moreno, a judge of the US District Reuters tice of the Utah Supreme Court, was on The death of conservative Justice Court for the Southern District of the initial list and remains on Trump’s Antonin Scalia on February 13 left the Florida; Margaret Ryan, a judge of the expanded list. court with a four-to-four tie between US Court of Appeals for the Armed Trump’s listing of Mike Lee right-leaning and left-leaning justices. Forces; Amul Thapar, a judge of WASHINGTON: Donald Trump yes- amounted to a gesture to US Sena- Democratic President Barack the US District Court for the East- terday named US Senator Mike Lee as tor Cruz of Texas, a conservative who Obama has nominated Merrick ern District of Kentucky; Timothy a potential Supreme Court nominee, fought Trump fiercely as a rival for Garland, chief judge of the US Court Tymkovich, chief judge of the US turning to an ally of former rival Ted the Republican presidential nomina- of Appeals in Washington, but the Court of Appeals for the 10th Cir- A statue of the movie boxer Rocky stands near the stage entrance Cruz in an apparent gesture to con- tion and who has refused to endorse Republican-controlled US Senate has cuit; and Robert Young, chief justice as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a rally servative Republicans who have been Trump. refused to consider confirming him. of the Supreme Court of Michigan. with supporters in Aston, Pennsylvania. Obama awards arts medals to Brooks, McDonald & Berry Gordy Tropical Storm Karl to pass just Reuters was misplaced, and admired the celebrity chef Jose Andres, whose spiked sneakers of poet Louise Glück. restaurants have been favourite east of Bermuda “I do think Mel Brooks kind of set haunts during his time in Wash- the tone for this thing,” Obama said ington, and who has worked with WASHINGTON: US President Barack afterward. “Historically, this has been the White House on immigration MIAMI: Tropical Storm Obama awarded 24 American giants a much more staid affair.” reform issues. Karl is forecast to pass of the arts and humanities with med- Also among the honourees: Left unmentioned: Andres’ battle just east of Bermuda als, lauding their accomplishments Motown producer Berry Gordy with Republican presidential candi- early today. - and sharing some laughs. and composer Philip Glass as well date Donald Trump, who sued Andres Karl’s maximum sus- Comedian Mel Brooks, who as authors Sandra Cisneros, Ron for backing out of a deal to open a tained winds yesterday Obama has said he admires for his Chernow, Rudolfo Anaya and James restaurant in his new Washington morning have increased over-the-top Western satire “Blazing McBride. hotel after Trump made dispar- to near 97 kph. The US Saddles,” looked as if were dropping “We believe that the arts and the aging comments about Mexican National Hurricane Center down to receive a knighthood after humanities are in many ways reflec- immigrants. says additional strength- a citation for “a lifetime of making tive of our national soul. They’re Actor Morgan Freeman was hon- ening is expected and the world laugh.” In fact, Brooks, 90, central to who we are as Americans: oured, but was a no-show. Obama Karl could become a hur- was miming. dreamers and storytellers and inno- deadpanned that Freeman, who has ricane as it moves away Obama laughed, shook Brooks’ vators and visionaries,” Obama said. been involved with the foundation from Bermuda today. hand, and warned that he would “They’re what help us make sense raising money for his presidential As of 11 am EDT yes- catch him if he tried to sell his of the past — the good and the bad library in Chicago, “undoubtedly is terday, Karl was centered National Medal of Arts on eBay. — and how we chart a course for the off playing a black president again.” about 410 km south of US President Barack Obama awards the 2015 National Medal of Arts to Obama also joked with Broadway future,” he said. “He never lets me have my Bermuda, where a tropical actor Audra McDonald (left) at the White House in Washington. star Audra McDonald, whose citation Obama gave a medal to Spanish moment!” Obama quipped. storm warning is in effect. Morales accuses Cheers erupt as Govt severs ties with for-profit colleges accreditor Chile of restricting Puerto Rico access to ports AP owned by now-defunct Corinthian ACICS retains its federal recognition Kline of Minnesota, chairman of the slowly emerges Colleges Inc. and the recently shut- and remains determined to fully exe- House Committee on Education and GENEVA: Bolivian Presi- tered ITT Technical Institute. . cute its accreditation responsibilities the Workforce, echoed those con- dent Evo Morales told the from blackout In a letter to the council, Emma in a professional manner, he said. cerns. “Hundreds of colleges will United Nations Human WASHINGTON: Hundreds of for- Vadehra, King’s chief of staff, wrote The decision was met with praise be forced to scramble to find a new Rights Council yesterday profit colleges could close, leaving that “ACICS’ track record does not from Democratic lawmakers. accreditor so students don’t lose their that Chile had restricted AP up to 600,000 students scram- inspire confidence that it can address “Accreditors are supposed to be aid and everything they’ve been access to ports on its coast bling to find other schools, after the all of the problems effectively.” watchdogs, but this negligent agency working toward,” Kline said. in violation of free passage Education Department withdrew Vadehra said the department rubber-stamped shady institutions Advocacy groups, lawmakers and treaties, in the latest flare- SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO: recognition of the nation’s largest found fundamental problems with like ITT and Corinthian for years, others have long complained about up of tensions between Cheers erupted as lights slowly accreditor of for-profit schools. the council’s work as an accreditor. right up until the moment they col- the council. It has been accused of the traditional rivals. began to flicker back on across The Accrediting Council for Inde- Her decision followed staff and advi- lapsed,” said Senator Elizabeth continuing to accredit schools under “Hundreds of testimo- Puerto Rico overnight as the US pendent Colleges and Schools said it sory panel recommendations to sever Warren of Massachusetts. investigation for falsifying job place- nies of affected Bolivian territory struggled to emerge from would appeal the decision to Educa- ties with the council. But Steve Gunderson, president of ment rates and claims for federal aid, men and women - poorly an island-wide blackout following tion Secretary John B King Jr. If ACICS loses its appeal, hun- Career Education Colleges and Uni- illegal recruiting practices and mis- treated and victims of a fire at a power plant that caused In a statement, ACICS Interim dreds of schools would be forced versities, an industry lobbying group leading marketing claims. recurring violations of the aging utility grid to fail. President Roger Williams said the to find a new accreditor within 18 that represents for-profits, said the The council allowed Corinthian their human rights - tell About 75 percent of 1.5 million council would “continue diligent months or lose their ability to par- decision will have “horrible ramifi- Colleges, one of the largest chains a story of racist and dis- homes and businesses served by efforts to renew and strengthen its ticipate in federal financial aid cations for hundreds of thousands of for-profit colleges, to continue to criminatory practices,” the power utility had electricity policies and practices” to meet the programs, such as student loans and of students, thousands of dedicated receive accreditation even while it Morales said. Chilean restored by yesterday morning. department’s criteria for accreditors. Pell Grants. About 600,000 students faculty and staff, and hundreds of was under investigation for fraud. authorities denied they “We’ve surpassed our expec- The accrediting agency has attend ACICS-accredited institutions, communities and employers that rely Corinthian sold many of its cam- had impeded transit by tations,” Governor Alejandro been accused of lax oversight of its Williams said. on institutions accredited by ACICS.” puses, closed others and filed for Bolivians to the ports. Garcia Padilla said. “We’re work- schools, which included those once While the appeal is pending, Republican Representtative John bankruptcy protection last year. ing hard to restore power to our other customers ... I understand the annoyance of being without electricity.” He anticipated that the majority of Puerto Ricans will UPS testing drones for use in likely have power by today , more than 72 hours after the island- wide outage. The lights went out briefly dur- its package delivery system ing yesterday’s press conference at the emergency operations center, provoking a laugh from government AP greeted by jubilant shouts from where the infrastructure is down, officials addressing reporters. Gar- CyPhy Works and UPS employees you want or need the package cia said temporary power outages on the island to witness the test. quickly — these are the areas where would still occur in upcoming days “I thought it was fantastic,” said drones will be the best way to get a given the growing demand for elec- MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS: John Dodero, UPS vice president for package to a location,” Greiner said. tricity as more and more customers One of the world’s largest package industrial engineering. It’s not all clear skies for drones, became reconnected. delivery companies is stepping up CyPhy Works founder Helen though. The blackout hit the entire efforts to integrate drones into its Greiner said the drone tests with Newly revised federal aviation island of 3.5 million peo- system. UPS has partnered with UPS allow her company to gather regulations don’t permit commercial ple Wednesday afternoon and robot-maker CyPhy Works to test the engineering and cost information drones to fly over people not involved prompted Garcia to activate the use of drones to make commercial and then work with UPS to look at in their operations and require them National Guard and declare a deliveries to remote or difficult-to- where drones can add the most value to remain within line of sight of their state of emergency. Public schools access locations. to UPS’ extensive network. Still, the operators at all times, effectively remained closed yesterday, and The companies began testing the robot-maker doesn’t see drones rendering commercial deliveries heavy storms that hit the island drones, when they launched one from replacing delivery trucks, bikes, bug- impossible. But those restrictions on Thursday knocked out power Marblehead. The drone flew on a pro- gies or gondolas anytime soon. aren’t keeping drone-makers and to some areas where electricity grammed route for 3 miles over the “Drones aren’t going to take the their partners from racing to develop Helen Greiner (left) and John Dodero talk about the CyPhy Works had been restored. Meanwhile, Atlantic Ocean to deliver an inhaler place of all delivery, but there are technology suitable for commercial some 205,000 people remained at Children’s Island. places where you have inaccessible deliveries while they work with reg- drone which carried a UPS package to Children›s Island off the coast without water. The successful landing was location, an emergency situation ulators to tweak existing rules. of Beverly, Massachusetts. 12 SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 AMERICAS Video shows encounter between cops and black man

“You better not shoot him.” and later climbing the steps to the After the gunshots are heard, door of city government center. Later, The New York Times Scott can be seen lying on the ground several dozen demonstrators walked posted the video, while his wife says “he better live.” onto an interstate highway through She continues recording and asks the city, but they were pushed back recorded by the wife if an ambulance is called as offic- by police in riot gear. of 43-year-old Keith ers stand over Scott. It is not clear if Thursday’s protests in Charlotte Lamont Scott, who they are checking Scott, who appears lacked violence and property damage to be laying on his chest, for weapons of previous nights, and the curfew was shot dead. or attempting to render aid. encouraged a stopping point. Local The video was posted after a third officers’ ranks were augmented by night of protests over the shooting Guard members carrying rifles and gave way to quiet streets as a curfew guarding office buildings against the AP enacted by the city’s mayor ended threat of property damage. yesterday. Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts The largely peaceful Thursday signed documents to be in effect from night demonstrations watched over midnight until 6 am each day that the CHARLOTTE: Video of a deadly by rifle-toting members of National state of emergency declared by the encounter between Charlotte police Guard, called on police to release governor continues. and a black man shows his wife video that could resolve wildly dif- After the curfew took effect, repeatedly telling officers he is not ferent accounts of the shooting of a police allowed the crowd of demon- armed and pleading with them not black man earlier this week. Char- strators to thin without forcing them to shoot as they shout commands to lotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr off the street. Police Capt. Mike Cam- drop a gun. Putney said yesterday that there is pagna told reporters that officers The New York Times posted the footage from at least one police body would not seek to arrest curfew vio- Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts answers questions next to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney video, recorded by wife of 43-year- camera and one dashboard camera. lators as long as they were peaceful. during a news conference regarding the police shooting of Keith Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday. old Keith Lamont Scott, yesterday. The family of Keith Lamont Scott So far, police have resisted releas- The two-and-half minute video does was shown the footage of his fatal ing the footage of Scott’s death. not show the shooting, though gun- shooting and demanded that police Putney said yesterday that releasing it the video should be released. The business district. arrested, but he provided few other shots can be heard. release it to the public. The video could inflame the situation and dam- question is on the timing.” Forty-four people were arrested details. Police have said Scott was shot His wife tells officers at the scene recorded by Scott’s wife had not been age trust in the community. He has Earlier in the week, the Charlotte after Wednesday’s protests, and one to death by a black officer after he dis- that he has a traumatic brain injury. previously released. said previously that the video will be protests turned violent. On Wednes- protester who was shot, died at the regarded repeated warnings to drop At one point, she tells her husband to Demonstrators chanted “release made public when he believes there is day, demonstrators attacked reporters hospital; city officials said police did his gun. Neighbours, though, have said get out of the car so that police don’t the tape” and “we want the tape” a “compelling reason” to do so. and others, set fires and smashed not shoot 26-year-old Justin Carr. he was holding only a book. Police break the windows. As the encounter while briefly blocking an intersection Roberts said during that same windows of hotels, office buildings Putney said yesterday that video led chief said a gun was found next to escalates, she tells them repeatedly: near Bank of America headquarters news conference that “I do believe and restaurants in the city’s bustling investigators to a suspect who was the dead man, and there was no book.

Kosovo hacker Electoral exercise Wildfire breaks out at who aided IS gets 20 years jail California military base

AP AP Southward winds sent smoke over Lompoc, a city of 40,000 peo- ple at the edge of the base, though ALEXANDRIA: A computer the flames themselves were not hacker who helped the Islamic VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, threatening the city. State by providing names of CALIFORNIA: Another wildfire, A preliminary report says a more than 1,000 US government likely sparked by a downed pow- downed powerline sparked it. and military workers as potential erline, broke out and forced the Resources were being diverted targets was sentenced yesterday evacuation of buildings on a large from the earlier fire that broke out to 20 years in prison. central California military base over the weekend in a remote can- The sentence was much higher where another blaze has been burn- yon and forced the postponement than the 6-year term sought by ing all week, officials said. of a satellite launch. It was 70 per- defence lawyers, who argued that The new fire broke out on the cent contained and had burned their client, Ardit Ferizi, meant no north side of the coastal, mostly unde- about 49 square kilometers of rug- real harm and is not a true sup- veloped Vandenberg Air Force Base is ged land. porter of the IS. unrelated to the older, larger fire that’s A firefighter died and another “He was a nonsensical, mis- on the south side, base officials said. was hurt when the water truck they guided teenager who did not know The new blaze, which had were in overturned on a highway what he was doing,” said public grown to at least 100 acres, brought outside city of Lompoc. defender Elizabeth Mullin. “He has the evacuation of administrative Ventura County firefighter Ryan never embraced ISIL’s ideology.” Workers transfer a shipment of electoral material for the October 9 elections at Toussaint Louverture buildings, but was not yet a threat Osler was killed, and Adam Price Ferizi, 20, a native of Kosovo international airport tarmac in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. to any of the housing or key facili- was injured. There were no other who was arrested last year in ties on the base. occupants in the truck. Malaysia, is the first person con- victed in the US of both computer hacking and terrorism charges. He admitted hacking a private com- pany and pulling out the names, UN ready to implement climate deal in Morocco email passwords and phone num- bers of about 1,300 people with .gov and .mil addresses. The IS published the names with a threat to attack. AP for over 55 percent of the world’s accounting for around 4.5 percent of ago, said he also expects the Paris of climate change. He said he hoped At yesterday’s sentenc- greenhouse gas emissions have emissions, to ratify the agreement by Agreement into force before he steps that money would attract twice as ing hearing, Ferizi struggled to formally joined the treaty — the the end of October and that European down at the end of the year. much in private investment. explain why he did it, when asked threshold needed to trigger the land- Union, responsible for about 12 per- US diplomats are also pushing “The more commitments are directly by US District judge Leo- UNITED NATIONS: With the Paris mark agreement — when he presides cent, to ratify by the end of the year. other countries to accelerate their clear, the more access to financing nie Brinkema for an explanation. Agreement on climate change poised over 22nd UN Climate Conference in On Wednesday, UN Secretary Gen- ratification efforts so that the deal is simplified, the cheaper the technol- He said that it all happened very to take effect, diplomats now head to Marrakech that starts on November 7. eral Ban Ki-moon announced that can enter into force before President ogy becomes and we will out bet on quickly. Morocco to hammer out the difficult “Once the treaty takes effect, 60 countries accounting for nearly Barack Obama leaves office. the future through the Paris agree- “I feel so bad for what I did,” details of how to make it work and the next steps will require con- 48 percent of emissions had joined Mezouar says developed coun- ment,” Mezouar said. he said in Albanian-accented Eng- raise the $100bn needed each year crete actions on parts of world the agreement — just short of what tries are expected to come up with Mezouar says because the lish. “I am very sorry for what I to meet its ambitious goals. governments to start implementing is needed for the treaty to take effect. $100bn in climate financing each commitments are voluntary, trans- did, making people feel scared.” Morocco’s Foreign Minister Sala- concrete policies in order to adapt,” Ban, who has made climate year with half of that going to help parency will be essential in order for Prosecutors asked for the heddine Mezouar said he expects to said Mezouar. change a top priority since he became countries adapt to green energy and the international community to hold maximum sentence of 25 years. announce that countries accounting Mezouar said he expects India, secretary-general nearly 10 years the other half to mitigating the effects countries to their commitments.

Residents reeling after tornadoes Chinese Premier in Canada and flooding rip through Utah

AP Resident Gaelynn Sewell’s home “If felt like there was a huge, was destroyed in the storm, leaving almost like a slingshot bringing you her without even a toothbrush or back toward the tornado. It was clean clothes. “We lost things that pretty much like trying to run away SALT LAKE CITY: People across can never be replaced,” Sewell said. from a huge vacuum cleaner,” Jacob Utah were reeling yesterday after A garage was lifted from its foun- Hite said. They managed to escape storms ripped through the state, dation, trees were ripped from the into a nearby store. including two tornadoes that dam- ground and cars were dented by hur- Another twister tore roofs off aged more than a dozen buildings tling chunks of debris. Authorities buildings in the southern Utah hundreds of miles apart. say the cleanup is just beginning, but town of Panguitch, marking the sec- Thousands of people remained could take days or weeks. ond touchdown there in less than a without power after the severe Classes were cancelled yester- month, officials said. weather that also flooded streets and day at several area schools. A group Severe weather also caused dropped golf-ball-sized hail. of students from the Utah Military extensive flooding in southern Utah No serious injuries have been Academy were nearly caught in the and dropped hail near the Great Salt reported, but at least 12 homes twister while running a 5K race. Lake. In the town of Roosevelt, sev- were badly damaged by a tornado Pelted by flying debris, the group eral homes were affected by the Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang walk in the Hall of in northern city of Washington tried to hang onto trees, but then rising water, which also filled part Honour on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Terrance. they began to snap in half. of State Street. CLASSIFIEDS SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 13

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NOVO SHOWING AT The Magnificent Seven(2D/Action)11:30am, 12:00noon, 2:40, 4:30, VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER 5:20, 8:00, 9:20 & 11:00pm Laaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 10:00am, 12:20, 2:15, 2:40, 5:00, 6:40, TEL: 444933989 / 444517001 7:10, 7:20, 8:50, 9:40, 11:00, 11:30pm & 12:00midnight Bilal (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:10, 2:20 & 4:30pm Blackburn (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 3:30 & 8:50pm Sully (2D/Drama) 11:45am, 5:10 & 10:30pm Scare Campaign (2D/Horror) 1:40, 7:00pm & 12:15am Urge (2D/Thriller) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm The Possession Experiment(2D/Thriller)12:00noon, 4:00 & 8:00pm Snowden (2D/Thriller) 11:00am, 4:00 & 8:50pm Bridget Jone’s Baby (2D/Comedy) 1:40, 6:40 & 11:30pm Sheep & Wolves(2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:00noon, 2:00&4:00pm The Light Between Oceans (2D/Drama) 6:00, 8:40 & 11:20pm Pete’s Dragon (2D/Adventure) 11:00am, 1:00 & 3:00pm Taht El Tarabiza (2D/Arabic) 7:00, 9:15 & 11:15pm Snowden (2D) 10:30am, 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 & 11:50pm The Magnificent Seven (IMAX/Drama) 10:00am, 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45pm MALL

The Light Between Oceans (2D/Drama) 1:00 & 7:00pm Banjo (2D/Hindi) 11:30am & 4:30pm Laaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 1:15, 7:30 & 9:30pm Oozham (2D/Malayalam) 2:00 & 11:30pm Scare Campaign (2D/Horror) 3:00pm Urge (2D/Thriller) 3:30pm The Possession of Experiment (2D/Horror) 11:15am; :00pm Thodari (2D/Tamil) 11:00pm Pete’s Dragon (2D/Adventure) 5:00pm The Magnificent Seven (2D/Action) 11:00am, 9:30 & 11:45pm Barcelona (2D/Drama) 8:30pm

ROYAL PLAZA ALL IN THE MIND Banjo (2D/Hindi) 11:00am, 130 & 5:15pm Urge (2D/Thriller) 1:00pm Oozham (2D/Malayalam) 11:00am, 4:00 & 11:30pm Scare Campaign (2D/Horror) 11:15am & 10:00pm Laaf Wa Dawaraan (2D/Arabic) 1:30 & 8:00pm The Light Between Oceans (2D/Drama) 2:30 & 9:00pm The Possession of Experiment (2D/Horror) 3:30pm Pete’s Dragon (2D/Adventure) 5:00pm Barcelona (2D/Drama) 6:30pm The Magnificent Seven (2D/Action) 6:45 & 11:30pm Thodari (2D/Tamil) 11:00pm

ASIAN TOWN

Oozham (Malayalam) 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, 7:00, 8:00, 10:00, 11:00pm, 01:00 & 02:00am Banjo (Hindi) 6:00 & 11:30pm Thodari (Tamil) 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30pm Majnu (Telugu) 12:30 & 3:15pm

BLIZZARD, BREEZE, CHINOOK, CIRROCUMULUS, CIRROSTRATUS, CIRRUS, CLOUDY, COLD, CUMULONIMBUS, CUMULUS, AL KHOR CYCLONE, DOLDRUMS, DRIZZLE, DRY, FAIR, FOG, FREEZING, FROST, HAIL, HARMATTAN, Oozham (3D/Malayalam) 12:45, 3:30, 6:15, 9:00 & 11:45pm HEATWAVE, HOT, HUMID, HURRICANE, LIGHTNING, MILD, MIST, MISTRAL, MONSOON, Magnificent Seven (3D/Action) 12:30, 3:15, 6:00, 8:45 & 11:30pm NIMBUS, OVERCAST, PRECIPITATION, RAIN, Thodari (Tamil) 12:15, 5:45 & 11:15pm SHOWER, SIROCCO, SLEET, SLUSH, SNOW, Banjo (Hindi) 3:00 & 8:30pm STORM, STRATUS, SUNSHINE, THUNDER, TORNADO, TYPHOON, WIND, ZEPHYR.

PRAYER TIMINGS WEATHER Minimum: 29o C Maximum: 41o C

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Justine Mae “Jaya” San Jose posing for photographs during a charity event organised by AFJQ at Philippine School Doha yesterday. Pic by: Qassim Rahmatullah / The Peninsula Photographers pick up lens for Philippine charity event

By Raynald C Rivera PSD’s new building. We may have more the Miss Tourism International 2016 journalists from the Philippines is also The Peninsula events like this in the future to help scheduled in December in Malaysia. in the works. other charitable organizations,” AFJQ Wearing a glittering crown on her “We are planning to invite jour- Vice Chairman Alvin B Abainza told head, the Filipina beauty queen looked nalists to share global trends. This The Peninsula. stunning in her gold and green gown will help local journalists to upgrade DOHA: The Alliance of Filipino Jour- World Vision Philippines is consid- by Doha-based designer Celso Col- and enhance their skills in the field nalists in Qatar (AFJQ) – the first and ered the world’s largest international lado Dahil. whether in broadcast, print or other only organization of Filipino journal- children’s charity that has been active Apart from charity events, AFJQ areas. We are still planning on how to ists and media practitioners in the in various rural and urban poor com- has lined up events and activities have this our flagship programme,” he Follow us on country– yesterday gathered pho- munities in the Philippines . aimed at honing the skills of stu- said, adding that regular lectures on Snapchat tography enthusiasts for a charity “We invited all the photography dents and professionals in the field of specific aspects in journalism will also photoshoot at Philippine School Doha clubs to give them the chance to have journalism. be held for AFJQ members. Open Snapchat and (PSD). a photoshoot with Justine Mae “Jaya” “We have already established “As a group, it is our goal to train The “Shoot for a Cause” event, San Jose, who was crowned Mutya ng the timeline for our projects which and inspire students as well as encour- scan the Snapcode which saw the participation of 54 pho- Pilipinas-Tourism International 2016,’ includes the continuation of our jour- age practitioners to really hone their to add The Peninsula tography professionals and enthusiasts said Abainza. nalism seminar in which students skills,” he stressed. Documentary account. from seven organisations , had a two- This is Doha resident San Jose’s of PSD and Philippine International filmmaking, which will shine the spot- fold purpose. homecoming after her victory at a School in Qatar (PISQ) will be join- light on Overseas Filipinos in Qatar, is “The purpose of this event is to major beauty pageant in Manila over a ing,” explained Abainza. another possible project which AFJQ is raise funds for World Vision Philip- month ago which gives her the oppor- A conference for professional jour- mulling in collaboration with other Fil- pines and help in the construction of tunity to represent the Philippines in nalists to be delivered by prominent ipino organizations, he added. Universe has no direction: Scientists

IANS Actor-director Terry LONDON: Using data from the European Space Agency’s Planck sat- ellite, researchers have confirmed what cosmologists have assumed Jones diagnosed all along - our universe expands the same way in all directions. Most current cosmological studies assume that the universe behaves identically in every direction. If this assumption were to with dementia fail, a large number of analyses of the cosmos and its content would be flawed. Reuters “We’re very glad that our work vindicates what most cosmol- ogists assume. For now, cosmology is safe,” said study first author Daniela Saadeh from University College London. LONDON: Actor and director Terry Jones, The new study, published today in the journal Physical Review (pictured) a founding member of Britain’s Letters, studied the cosmic microwave background (CMB) which zany Monty Python comedy team, has is the remnant radiation from the Big Bang. been diagnosed with a form of demen- “The finding is the best evidence yet that the universe is the tia that restricts his capacity to speak, his A graffiti-covered fragment of the Berlin Wall signed by the late US President Ronald Reagan is shown in same in all directions,” she said. representative said. this image released by Christie’s Auctions in New York, yesterday. “Our current understanding of the universe is built on the Jones, 74, is a member of “Monty assumption that it doesn’t prefer one direction over another, but Python’s Flying Circus,” formed in the late there are actually a huge number of ways that Einstein’s theory of 1960s with John Cleese, Eric Idle, Gra- relativity would allow for space to be imbalanced. Universes that ham Chapman, Michael Palin and Terry spin and stretch are entirely possible, so it’s important that we’ve Gilliam. Reagan auction items sold shown ours is fair to all its directions,” she explained. A spokesperson for Jones said the The team used measurements of the CMB taken between 2009 comedian had been diagnosed with pri- and 2013 by the European Space Agency’s Planck satellite. mary progressive aphasia, which is a Reuters signed by Reagan, sold for $277,500 foundation and library in California. The spacecraft recently released information about the polar- variant of frontotemporal dementia. to an undisclosed buyer. It had been Reagan’s cowboy boots, a gift isation of CMB across the whole sky for the first time, providing a “This illness affects his ability to com- expected to fetch up to $20,000. from Western movie actor Rex Allen, complementary view of the early universe that the team was able municate and he is no longer able to give The wall fragment was consid- sold for $199,500 compared to a pre- to exploit. interviews,” the representative said in NEW YORK: A chunk of the Berlin ered to have particular significance sale estimate of $20,000, while at The researchers modelled a comprehensive variety of spin- a statement on Thursday. The National Wall and a pair of cowboy boots that because of Reagan’s 1987 speech in $319,500, the top lot was a Bulgari ning and stretching scenarios and how these might manifest in the Aphasia Association describes primary belonged to late US President Ronald West Berlin, in which he famously diamond, sapphire and ruby ring CMB, including its polarisation. They then compared their findings progressive aphasia as a neurological Reagan sold for 10 times their esti- urged then-Soviet leader Mikhail inspired by the Stars and Stripes with the real map of the cosmos from Planck, searching for spe- disorder of language that commonly mated value at a New York auction Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” national flag that Nancy Reagan cific signs in the data. progresses to a near total inability to that brought in more than $5.7m. Nancy Reagan died in March of wore on July 4, 1986. “We calculated the different patterns that would be seen in speak. It is not a form of Alzheimer’s Christie’s auctioneers said yes- congestive heart failure at the age “The market’s response to the cosmic microwave background if space has different proper- disease. “Most people with PPA main- terday that more than 1,200 bidders of 94, 12 years after Ronald Reagan, this landmark collection sale has ties in different directions. Signs might include hot and cold spots tain ability to take care of themselves, from all over the world registered one of the most popular US presi- been remarkable, with the over- from stretching along a particular axis, or even spiral distortions,” pursue hobbies, and, in some instances, for the two-day sale of items from dents, succumbed to Alzheimer’s all results far exceeding pre-sale Saadeh noted. remain employed.” the association says the private collection of Ronald and disease. expectations,” said Brook Hazel- “We then compare these predictions to reality. This is a serious on its website. Nancy Reagan. Their personal items were ton, president of Christie’s America. challenge, as we found an enormous number of ways the Universe Jones went on to direct the team in the The 25 inch (63 cm) long, graffiti- sold by the family trust to bene- The auction continues online can be anisotropic,” collaborating author Stephen Feeney from irreverent Python films “Life of Brian,” covered fragment of the Berlin Wall, fit the Ronald Reagan Presidential through Sept. 28. Imperial College London added. and “The Meaning of Life.” www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 10,412.50 +159.60 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 18,289.80 -102.66 PTS Fed rate hike to Libyan sovereign ‘lift animal spirits FTSE100 6,909.43 -1.97 PTS fund recovers $127m everywhere’: Vitor BRENT $44.27 -$2.05 from Western firms

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VW emissions Saudi Arabia sets terms for oil output cut inquiry finds no evidence against be difficult without additional invest- Riyadh is ready to ments. The first source did not say by Audi CEO cut output to levels how much Riyadh would cut if Iran agreed to a freeze. The Algerian oil seen early this year minister said this month that OPEC in exchange for Iran would need to reduce supply by Reuters around 1 million barrels per day to freezing production help rebalance the market. at the current level, Riyadh’s production has spiked since June due to summer demand, BERLIN: An investigation com- which is 3.6 million reaching a record high in July of 10.67 missioned by Volkswagen into its barrels per day. million bpd and edging down to 10.63 emissions test cheating scandal million bpd in August. From Janu- has found no evidence against the ary to May, Saudi Arabia produced head of its Audi luxury car divi- around 10.2 million bpd. sion, three people familiar with Previously, the Saudis have the matter said. Reuters refused to discuss a production cut. Audi Chief Executive Rupert OPEC officials from Saudi Arabia Stadler was questioned earlier this and Iran met this week in Vienna. week by US law firm Jones Day, The logo of Opec at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. According to sources, they did not which is conducting the investi- DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has offered to discuss the Saudi proposal, focus- gation, about when he found out reduce oil production if rival Iran oil, will also have a formal gathering on details of the proposal but did not would hopefully help build consen- ing instead on baseline production about the use of test-cheating caps its own output this year, four in Vienna at the end of November. rule out a compromise next week: sus before the formal gathering in figures. software, the people said. sources familiar with the discus- Riyadh is ready to cut out- “Let them all talk face to face.” November. The meeting produced no break- The findings are due to be sions told Reuters as Riyadh seeks put to levels seen early this year in There was no official comment Saudi output usually drops in through, the sources said. The source discussed by Volkswagen’s (VW) an Opec deal to curtail supply and exchange for Iran freezing produc- from Saudi Arabia or Iran. A source winter and spikes during hot summer familiar with Saudi thinking said it supervisory board on Friday, they boost prices. tion at the current level, which is 3.6 familiar with Saudi oil thinking months, hence Iran could dismiss the would nevertheless help build con- added. The offer, which has yet to be million barrels per day (bpd), the said: “Our goal is to reach a consen- proposed reduction as an attempt by sensus. Two sources said Saudi Audi and VW declined to com- accepted or rejected by Tehran, was sources said. sus and look at different scenarios Riyadh to present a natural decline Arabia’s Gulf Opec allies the United ment, while Jones Day’s German made this month, the sources told “They (the Saudis) are ready for for the production levels of the Opec as a cut. Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait office did not respond to a request Reuters on condition of anonymity. a cut but Iran has to agree to freeze,” countries.” “We are looking forward Iran has been promising to boost were expected to contribute to any seeking comment. Audi, the main Opec holds an informal meeting one source said. Three more sources to a credible and transparent solu- output to 4 million bpd, although output reduction.Saudi Arabia, by far contributor to VW group profit, next week in Algiers, which non- confirmed the offer was presented to tion which would lead to market production has stagnated in the past the largest producer in Opec Coun- has admitted its 3.0 litre V6 diesel Opec Russia will also join. The group, Tehran. A source familiar with Ira- stability,” that source said, add- three months at around 3.6 million tries, will shoulder the biggest cut, engine was fitted with emissions- which produces a third of the world’s nian thinking declined to comment ing that the informal Opec meeting bpd, indicating the new push might the sources said. control software, deemed illegal in the United States where VW’s diesel emissions scandal broke a year ago. The questioning of Stadler, European Union Wells Fargo urged to alter board who has led Audi since 2007, coin- cided with media reports that the brand was more deeply entangled in the VW scandal than previously seeks to save Bloomberg recover at least some money paid considerable pressure on front-line thought. Audi has declined to to Carrie Tolstedt, who oversaw the service workers and their managers comment on those reports. ”Noth- retail banking division before agree- to hit sales goals had led to the crea- ing burdensome against Stadler ing to retire this year, CtW wrote tion of false accounts.” Mary Eshet, was found,” a source close to VW’s Canada trade deal NEW YORK: CtW Investment Group, in a letter to lead director Stephen a bank spokeswoman, declined to supervisory board said yesterday. which speaks for a consortium of Sanger, who also sits on the board’s comment. Two sources close to Audi also retirement funds managing more human resources committee. That Authorities fined Wells Fargo said the questioning by Jones Day Reuters vice-chancellor, told reporters. than $200bn, urged Wells Fargo panel is weighing whether and how $185m for potentially opening had yielded no evidence against Gabriel on Monday overcame left- & Co’s lead director yesterday to to hold top executives accountable. about 2m deposit and credit-card Stadler, who joined VW group’s wing resistance to the deal within appoint new board members and “The board erred in allowing accounts without approval. The nine-member executive board his Social Democrats, the junior claw back executive pay. Tolstedt to retire in July without debacle escalated this week, when in 2010. Three US states alleged BRATISLAVA: EU ministers took coalition partners in government. It joins US lawmakers and other requiring her to surrender some por- Senate Banking Committee members in their civil lawsuits against VW steps yesterday to approve a conten- However, lingering doubts labor activists demanding senior- tion of these payments,” wrote CtW including Massachusetts Democrat published in July that senior exec- tious free trade deal with Canada, remain elsewhere, notably in Aus- level accountability after the bank Executive Director Dieter Waizeneg- Elizabeth Warren urged Chief Exec- utives had covered up evidence while a growing number said talks tria, where Chancellor Christian opened accounts without customers’ ger. “Wells Fargo managers clearly utive Officer John Stumpf to return about rigged US emissions tests towards a similar agreement with Kern’s Social Democrats have grave authorisation. Wells Fargo should understood for several years that the compensation and resign. for years. the United States should stop. concern, and Belgium, where not all Both deals have triggered pro- regions back the deal. tests by unions and environmental Reinhold Mitterlehner, Austria’s and other groups who say they Christian Democrat vice chancel- will spark a ‘race to the bottom’ in lor, said a declaration making clear Dollar rises on comments by Fed’s Rosengren labour and public health standards that public services and labour and and allow big business to challenge environmental standards were not governments across Europe under threat and that a special After a first session devoted to court would not allow big business Reuters Esther George and Cleveland Fed Secretary Boris Johnson, who said the Comprehensive Economic and to dictate public policy should allay President Loretta Mester, and his Thursday that the government was Trade Agreement (CETA) struck concerns. was the first public comment from in talks to leave the European Union with Canada two years ago but still Mitterlehner also argued again the three who expressed favor for as soon as next year. awaiting approval, ministers agreed for a fresh start to be made to the NEW YORK: The dollar index edged raising rates. The pound had jumped back over the two sides would put together a EU-US Transatlantic Trade and higher yesterday, reversing earlier ”Given the lack of information $1.31 on Thursday, after Bank of Eng- declaration spelling out the limits of Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks, selling, after Boston Federal Reserve and the lack of news in the market, land policymaker Kristen Forbes said the pact to dispel public concerns. which have been going on for the President Eric Rosengren (pictured) you hear (from Rosengren) and it’s she saw no case for a further cut in The ministers themselves past three-and-a-half years. said he believed US short-term inter- enough to move markets a bit,” said interest rates, after the Bank slashed are expected now to convene an He said they should be ended est rates should be raised now and Douglas Borthwick, managing direc- them to a record low of 0.25 percent extraordinary meeting on October and relaunched after the U.S. pres- warned a decline in the jobless rate tor at Chapdelaine Foreign Exchange. last month. 18, allowing the deal to be signed idential elections with greater below sustainable levels could derail “We’re dealing with a market today Sterling hit a three-decade low during the visit of Canadian Prime transparency, clearer goals and a economic recovery. that’s very quiet.” below $1.28 in the wake of Britain’s Minister Justin Trudeau to Brus- different name“In our view, and this Rosengren was one of three Borthwick added that the dol- shock Brexit vote but had climbed sels on October 27. It could enter is also the view of other countries, members of the Federal Open Mar- lar’s rise may also be due to investors about 5 percent as of early September force next year. “There was a great the current procedure will not lead ket Committee to dissent at this squaring positions ahead of Mon- as low as 95.340 and was on track for as data showed the economy holding willingness to sign the agreement to success,” he said. Washington week’s policy meeting that left rates day night’s US presidential debate its worst week in a month. up relatively well. That uncertainty is in October ... There are still some and Brussels are officially com- unchanged at a range of 0.25 to 0.50 between Donald Trump and Hillary Sterling fell 1 percent against the making it easier for investors to bet things to do, but it was a very good mitted to sealing this deal before percent. Clinton. dollar, sliding below $1.30, weighed against sterling, said Vassili Serebri- debate,” Sigmar Gabriel, Ger- President Barack Obama leaves Rosengren was joined in his dis- The dollar index was last up 0.1 by further Brexit uncertainty akov, FX strategist at Credit Agricole many’s economy minister and office in January. sent by Kansas City Fed President percent at 95.531. It had earlier fallen after comments from UK Foreign Corporate & Investment Bank. 18 SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 BUSINESS Global rally sputters as stocks fall with bonds

economic data weighing on Euro- in reality, whether the fed hikes in The MSCI All-Country pean stocks, while US equity-index September or December doesn’t futures pointed to a lower open. Ger- make any fundamental difference, World Index of shares man bonds pared their best week so it’s not surprising that now inves- declined for the first since May as a rally fueled by cen- tors are taking a step back.” tral bank policy decisions in the The MSCI All-Country World time in five days, US and Japan ebbed. Longer-dated Index fell 0.3 percent as of 1:38 pm with weak economic Treasuries were on course for their in London. The Stoxx Europe 600 biggest weekly advance since July. Index retreated 0.9 percent as Pur- data weighing on Crude fluctuated as Saudi Arabia was chasing Managers Index data showed said to have offered to cut output, the pace of growth in the euro-area European stocks, Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. although no deal has been reached. economy slipped to a 20-month low while US equity-index Stocks, bonds and commodities at the end of the third quarter. futures pointed to a climbed this week and the dollar lost European shares are still heading lower open. ground versus almost all of its major for their best weekly performance Nestle SA slid 1.8 percent, the monetary policy when they appear as funds focused on emerging markets peers as the Federal Reserve left in more than two months with a 2.1 most since June, after analysts said panelists at a conference yesterday. registered $20.5bn of uninterrupted interest rates unchanged and scaled percent gain. A measure of European that a presentation by the world’s Facebook Inc lost 2.2 percent in inflows in the past 16 weeks as shares back plans for increases in 2017 and share volatility dropped 0.2 percent, biggest food company indicated that premarket New York trading after from Johannesburg to Istanbul gained beyond. Investor sentiment also got a on course for its lowest level since organic sales growth may be lower saying it gave advertisers an erro- and currencies rallied. Bloomberg Bloomberg lift as the Bank of Japan strengthened December 2014. than currently anticipated by the neous metric for the average time Dollar Spot Index was little changed, its commitment to reviving inflation, CaixaBank SA was among the market. users spent watching a video, a mis- headed for a 0.9 percent weekly loss while Indonesia and Turkey cut inter- biggest decliners as banks tumbled. Futures on the S&P 500 Index fell calculation earlier reported in the after the Fed’s decision. The kiwi est rates and New Zealand’s central The Spanish lender lost 3.6 percent 0.2 percent after the US benchmark Wall Street Journal. dropped 0.7 percent yesterday amid SINGAPORE: The rebound in glo- bank signaled further easing. after selling shares to fund its take- rose to a two-week high on Thurs- The MSCI Emerging Market Index speculation that New Zealand’s cen- bal markets sputtered as stocks slid “Underlying concerns were over of Portugal’s Banco BPI SA. day. The technology-heavy Nasdaq of shares retreated 0.1 percent, par- tral bank will cut interest rates at its around the world and German bonds ignored in the excitement about the Commodity producers fell from a 100 Index closed at a record peak. ing a weekly gain to 3.9 percent - still next policy meeting in November. retreated. Fed postponing a rate hike so we six-week high, led by a 7.6 percent Regional Fed chiefs for Atlanta, Phil- its biggest since July 15. Seven of 11 South Africa’s rand rose 0.5 per- The MSCI All-Country World saw a bit of a rally,” said Ralf Zim- plunge in Polymetal International Plc adelphia and Cleveland’s Loretta industry groups in the index declined, cent, extending the biggest gains in Index of shares declined for the mermann, a strategist at Bankhaus after two investors said they will sell Mester- who voted against this led by financial stocks and utilities. September among 31 major currencies first time in five days, with weak Lampe in Dusseldorf, Germany. “But 13 million shares of the miner. weeks decision - may comment on US Exchange-traded stock and bond tracked by Bloomberg to 8.4 percent. Fed rate hike to ‘lift animal Brookfield to buy spirits everywhere’: Vitor stake in Petrobras’

Reuters natural gas unit

WARSAW: The European Central Bloomberg do Sudeste in southern Brazil after Bank is looking to the US Fed- it became the center of the country’s eral Reserve for confirmation that biggest corruption scandal and as extraordinary monetary stimulus it struggles to recover from billions BIS plans works. LONDON : Brookfield Asset Man- invested in unprofitable refineries. “If indeed the Fed feels confident agement Inc, Canada’s largest Petrobras set a $15.1-bn asset sale quality enough, say in December, to raise alternative asset manager, and its target for the two years through rates,” it would prove that “monetary partners agreed to buy a 90 per- 2016 to reduce the heftiest debt load policy can do it,” ECB Vice President cent stake in a Brazilian natural in the industry. certificate Vitor Constancio (pictured) said gas distribution network owned by The sale of the stake in the during a panel discussion in Frank- Petroleo Brasileiro SA for $5.2 bn. 2,048-kilometre (1,270-mile) furt yesteday. “I hope if and when The buyer group is being led pipeline system yesterday is Petro- Bloomberg it happens, it will lift animal spirits by Brookfield’s publicly-traded bras’ largest to date, according to everywhere. So we are looking for- subsidiary, Brookfield Infrastruc- Bloomberg data. The network pro- ward to that one.” ture Partners LP, and includes CIC vides natural gas for Brazil’s most Constancio’s comments come at Capital Corp and GIC Private Ltd, industrialized and populated states LONDON: Officials intend to beef a key point for both central banks. Constancio said the ECB’s measures their calls for governments to do the company said in a statement in the south-central region of the up the foreign-exchange market’s The ECB is trying to figure out how are taking longer than expected, in more with targeted fiscal stimulus yesterday. country, and the bulk of the assets new code of conduct through a it can keep its bond-buying pro- part because of inadequate govern- and structural reforms. The refrain Brookfield Infrastructure’s were installed within the last dec- process of public declarations gram going for long enough to revive ment support. is that monetary policy cannot be investment will be at least about ade, the company said.Brookfield and are considering introducing euro-area inflation, while the Fed is “We all hoped that the reac- the only game in town, and inves- 20 percent the transaction, or has been actively pursuing acqui- a quality certificate, according to gauging how cautious it can afford to tion of the economy would have tors are taking note. about $825m payable on closing, sitions in Brazil. Chris Salmon (pictured), Bank be in raising borrowing costs. been much quicker as a result of Just days after the Bank of Japan according to the statement. The Pollock said last month that of England executive director for The US central bank left its pol- the expansionary monetary poli- said it will actively manage bond remainder will be owned by insti- while the country is experiencing markets. icy rate unchanged on Wednesday cies that were put in place,” he told yields to reach its inflation goal of 2 tutional partners. political turmoil and severe eco- Policy makers and industry to await more evidence of progress the panel. “It would be nice if mone- percent, yields on longer-term debt “This is unique opportunity to nomic downturn, it is an economy leaders under the auspices of the on inflation and employment amid tary policy would be helped by other have jumped. invest in a large-scale, high qual- with significant growth potential, Bank for International Settlements slowing global trade, though sig- policies in trying to achieve a quicker That’s a sign BOJ Governor ity utility business and participate solid underlying fundamentals and (BIS) are developing an attesta- naled an increase is still likely by close of the output gap and a quicker Haruhiko Kuroda has failed to over time in Brazil’s growing gas strong democratic regime that is tion form for market participants, year-end. Two weeks earlier, the normalization of the inflation rate.” convince traders he has the tools industry,” said Sam Pollock, Brook- well-positioned for a good recov- Salmon said in a speech published ECB kept its rates and pace of bond As central banks have delved to achieve his goal. Even so, gover- field Infrastructure chief executive ery in the medium-term. yesterday. purchases unchanged as it gave its further into extraordinary measures nors at the Frankfurt conference said officer. The deal will need to be They are also considering technical committees a “full man- to hit their mandates, and generally they’re confident of success. “They Petrobras, as the Rio de Janeiro- approved by Petrobras shareholders some form of industry kitemark date” to propose redesigns for the fallen well short of their inflation are trying to do as best as they can in based company is known, is selling and Brazilian regulators, Petrobras assessment by a third party and quantitative-easing program. targets, they have also stepped up terms of getting inflation up in Japan. the stake in Nova Transportadora said in a separate statement. a link to the Senior Managers Regime, under which managers would have to certify the good conduct of those reporting to them. Apple to step up plans for Echo-Style Smart-Home Device The code, crafted by 40 rep- resentatives drawn from market makers, money managers and trading venues, has drawn crit- Bloomberg into smart-home systems made by has also considered integrating map- worked on two versions, a larger that the device has entered the pro- icism since its unveiling in May. a range of companies. Meanwhile, ping information into the speaker, and a smaller model similar to Ama- totype stage, Apple engineers have While industry leaders are look- Alphabet Inc. is working on its own another person said, potentially zon’s current line-up, and even set up begun secretly testing it in their ing to improve standards after SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc is press- device, Google Home. Besides taking allowing the device to notify a user a small home theater to test proto- homes, one of the people said. While attracting billions of dollars of ing ahead with the development of an on the competition, Apple is looking when it’s time to leave the house for types. But those early efforts may not not an indicator of the speaker’s penalties last year for manip- Echo-like smart-home device based for a new hot seller to augment the an appointment. translate into a final product. launch timeline, Apple Chief Exec- ulating benchmark rates at the on the Siri voice assistant, according iPhone. An Apple spokeswoman declined The work on the speaker is a utive Officer Tim Cook has said he expense of clients, the guidelines to people familiar with the matter. The company is attempting to dif- to comment. Before setting its sights collaboration between the Cuper- tested the iPad at home for roughly remain voluntary. Started more than two years ago, ferentiate itself from Echo and Google on a standalone speaker, Apple tino, California-based company’s six months before its introduction. Adherence will be driven by the project has exited the research Home with more advanced micro- attempted to integrate the func- hardware division and its Siri team, By contrast, Apple employees began central banks, though officials and development lab and is now in phone and speaker technology, two tionality of an Amazon Echo-like which last year was re-organised testing the latest Apple TV with Siri have said stricter rules will follow prototype testing, said the people, people said. Some of the prototypes device into the Apple TV, three peo- by the division’s vice president, Bill about a year before it went on sale, if that doesn’t work. “Firms should who asked not to be identified dis- in testing include facial recognition ple said. This would have allowed Stasior. The division now consists of one of the people said. be able to demonstrate publicly cussing unannounced Apple projects. sensors, another person said. Apple users to shout commands from the four main development groups: web Following successive year-over- that their behavior and practices Like Amazon Inc’s Echo, the device is has acquired the facial recognition couch to the TV box. Those efforts search, proactive assistance, speech year quarterly drops in sales, Cook in the FX market are in line with designed to control appliances, locks, startups Faceshift and Emotient over were abandoned in favor of putting recognition, and the Siri application is looking for new ways to generate the Code’s principles,” Salmon lights and curtains via voice activa- the past two years, which may help the voice-command features into a itself, two people said. revenue for a company that some said in the speech, which was ini- tion, the people said. Apple hasn’t the device act based on who is in a remote control when the latest set- The web search team focuses on analysts have said has reached its tially delivered to a gathering of finalized plans for the device and room or a person’s emotional state. top box shipped in October 2015. Apple’s efforts to circumvent Google peak. Apple relies heavily on the the ACI Financial Markets Asso- could still scrap the project. Besides serving as a controller Apple began showing its inter- search by pushing query sugges- iPhone, which accounted for about 66 ciation in London on Wednesday. If a product reaches the market, for other smart-home devices, the est in the smart-home field with the tions via Apple’s own servers, while percent of its revenue last year, and “The widespread use of a com- it would be Apple’s most signifi- speaker would theoretically be able launch of HomeKit in 2014, which the speech recognition group pow- an iPhone-connected speaker would mon public attestation could be cant piece of new hardware since to process many of the Siri com- allows third-party smart-home ers how Siri understands its users. be another way for the company to a powerful tool in this respect. It the company announced the Apple mands available on the iPhone. For accessory makers to integrate with The proactive assistance team devel- boost its smartphone sales via its would provide a strong signal of Watch in 2014. Echo has been a example, users may be able to ask Siri. That same year, Apple began ops functionality such as the iPhone ecosystem. The Information earlier a firm’s commitment to following surprise hit, even to Apple engi- the device to read e-mails, send text testing early versions of Siri-driven feature that alerts users to appoint- reported that Apple is working on an good practices and help focus the neers working on their competing messages and Tweets, and stream speakers with proprietary surround ments, while the application team Amazon Echo-like speaker, which mind of the firm’s senior manage- project, and is already being baked content from Apple Music. Apple sound technology. The company engineers the voice assistant. Now CNET said would include cameras. ment,” he said. BUSINESS SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 19 Gold heads for best in 2 months as Fed fears fade

interest rates, as these increase the The dollar stabilised against a basket Spot gold was up 0.1 opportunity cost of holding non- of currencies. yielding bullion, while boosting the Stock markets, despite some percent at $1,337.83 dollar, in which it is priced. weakness yesterday, were also on an ounce at 1140 Spot gold was up 0.1 percent course for their biggest weekly gain at $1,337.83 an ounce at 1140 GMT, in two months after a week of central GMT, and was nearly and was nearly 2 percent higher on bank meetings that left investors still 2 percent higher on the week. ING analyst Hamza Khan unconvinced of US policymakers’ said the Fed had been following a intent to put an end to an era of the week. pattern of talking up a rate cut ahead ultra-low interest rates. of its policy meetings, but failing to “The ongoing strength in the deliver. global equity markets and some Reuters “That’s the sort of environment signs of stabilisation in the dollar where gold will flourish, because could both start chipping away at it creates uncertainty, and it keeps gold’s underlying strength,” INTL LONDON: Gold edged back towards rates low,” he said. “The rest of the FCStone analyst Edward Meir said in the previous session’s two-week world has also been quite healthy a note. US gold futures for December highs yesterday and stayed on track (for gold) -- we’ve had dovish signals delivery were down $3.10 an ounce for its biggest weekly gain in two from the Bank of Japan, and we’ve at $1,341.60. Silver was 0.1 percent months, after the Federal Reserve seen ETF holdings beginning to lower at $19.82, but was the biggest sounded a cautious note on the pace recover.” riser this week among the main of interest rate hikes. Holdings of the world’s largest precious metals, climbing more than The Fed signalled an gold-backed exchange-traded fund, 5 percent, the most since the week increasingly careful approach to New York-listed SPDR Gold Shares, ending July 1. Palladium was up 0.2 future rate hikes after a policy rose another 6.5 tonnes on Thursday, percent at $694.25, after rising 1.5 meeting on Wednesday, reassuring data from the fund showed. percent on Thursday. Platinum was investors who had feared the US A steadier tone to the dollar 0.3 percent higher at $1,055.50 an central bank could move more after hefty losses earlier this week ounce. On a weekly basis, it was up quickly to tighten monetary policy. pulled gold back from the previous 4 percent, snapping seven straight Gold bracelets on display as a woman makes choices at a jewellery showroom in Kolkata. Gold is highly sensitive to rising US session’s peak of $1,343.64, however. weeks of losses. Libyan sovereign Ruble rallies Deutsche Bank’s woes said to in emerging stir German concern on finances fund recovers $127m markets Bloomberg outcome” for Deutsche Bank, citing of European lenders. Banca Monte from Western firms cases against other banks where dei Paschi di Siena SpA is turning Bloomberg the government settled for reduced to private investors to strengthen fines. A spokesman for Deutsche its balance sheet after the nation’s BERLIN: Deutsche Bank AG’s Bank declined to comment. longest recession since World War Reuters finances, weakened by low profita- Pressure on Germany’s biggest II left companies and households MOSCOW: The ruble rallied the bility and mounting legal costs, are lender has increased since German struggling to repay debt. most in emerging markets as oil raising concern among German pol- Finance Minister Wolfgang Schae- PM Matteo Renzi’s government climbed and Bank of America iticians after the US sought $14bn to uble told Bloomberg Television on has backed a series of measures, LONDON: Libya’s $67bn sovereign (BoA) recommended buying the settle claims related to the sale of February 9 that he has “no concerns including the creation of a €4bn wealth fund has recovered $73m Russian currency, citing a pos- mortgage-backed securities. about Deutsche Bank.” bank rescue fund. Since February, from the bankrupt Lehman Brothers itive outlook for crude prices. At a closed session of Social The Bank was already ranked Bank’s shares have dropped to and $53.8m from Cornhill Capital The ruble is heading for its Democratic finance lawmakers among the worst-capitalized lend- record lows amid investor concern after lengthy legal battles, the fund strongest weekly advance since this week, Bank’s woes came up ers in European stress tests before that the lender is running out said in a statement. May as speculation global cen- alongside a debate over Basel finan- US demanded $14bn during initial of options to boost capital. It’s The Libyan Investment Author- tral banks won’t rush to roll cial rules, according to two people talks to settle a probe into how it struggling to sell Postbank, its ity (LIA) is involved in a number back stimulus fanned appetite familiar with the matter. Partic- handled mortgage securities dur- German retail unit, and the disposal of disputes with Western firms, for emerging-markets assets. ipants discussed the US fine and ing the 2008 financial crisis. The of its British insurance business has not least its $3.3bn claims against The ruble rose 0.4 percent to the financial reserves at Deutsche announcement led the bank’s risk- been drawn out by a regulatory investment banks Goldman Sachs 63.4750 per dollar by 2:08pm Bank’s disposal if it had to cover the iest bonds to plunge. inquiry. and Societe Generale, which are the grounds that to do so would in Moscow. full amount, according to the peo- “It would certainly help Deut- At $14bn, the US claim would being pursued in London courts. violate international sanctions, Russia seized on the US Fed’s ple, who asked not to be identified. sche Bank in their negotiations to cost the bank more than twice the The dispute with Lehman stems the LIA said in a statement. The decision to keep rates on hold, While the participants -- mem- get some political involvement,” said €5.5bn it’s set aside for litigation. from the collapse of the Wall Street United Nations Security Council selling Eurobonds for the second bers of the junior party in Chancellor Dieter Hein, an analyst who follows The bank has said it doesn’t intend giant in 2008. The LIA invested at had imposed an asset freeze on the time this year as bond yields Angela Merkel’s government -- didn’t German and Swiss financial firms to pay anywhere near that amount. least $200m in a Lehman struc- LIA in 2011 to prevent the country’s dropped. The BoA’s Arko Sen reach any conclusions on the likely at Fairesearch-Alphavalue in Kro- Deutsche Bank declined 2 percent tured product at a time when the wealth being spirited away after the says investors should pounce on outcome, the discussion signals that nberg near Frankfurt. “BNP Paribas to €11.40 at 1:44pm in Frankfurt. country was still ruled by Muam- fall of Gaddafi. any ruble weakness to buy it as the risks have the attention of Ger- for example was also well advised to The bank has lost 48 percent of its mar Gaddafi. After Lehman filed for A substantial portion of the oil is set to gain next year, while many’s political establishment. The get some political help with litiga- market value this year, giving it the bankruptcy in September 2008, the LIA’s assets remain frozen, but the expectations OPEC will agree to German Finance Ministry last week tion in the past.” Italy’s banks have lowest price-to-book value of the top LIA attempted to recover as much as redemption proceeds from Cornhill coordinate output at next week. called on the US to ensure a “fair added to concern about the stability 10 global investment banks. possible of its investment. have now been paid into a sanc- As part of the process of tioned account, the LIA said in the receiving funds back from the statement. administrators, some $73m has now Cornhill Capital declined to been recovered, paid in instalments comment. EU sees no traction as Germany loses momentum to an LIA account. The leadership of the LIA is con- Lehman’s administrators tested by multiple individuals. One attempt to make payouts to differ- of these, AbdulMagid Breish (pic- ent tranches of Lehman creditors via tured), who was appointed LIA Bloomberg and manufacturing improved, with rose for the first time in more than a composite gauge dropped to 52.7, a applications to the courts. chairman in June 2013, said the all three measures staying above the year, but only barely, and inflation- 16-month low, from 53.3 in August. The LIA has also recovered decision in the Cornhill case was 50 mark that divides expansion from ary pressures are still “muted.” “Weak demand continued to $53.8m after a three-year battle “an encouraging result”. contraction. It’s “clear that the economic curb inflows of new business and with UK-based Cornhill Capital He added that the LIA would LONDON: The euro-area econ- The slowdown in September was upturn is still fragile and failing to companies reported a lack of work over an investment in the latter’s continue to press for greater recov- omy saw its pace of growth dip to largely due to Germany, where the achieve any real traction,” said Rob outstanding, boding ill for output Bermuda-domiciled Cornhill Nat- eries from Lehman. a 20-month low at the end of the services sector barely eked out any Dobson, a senior economist at Markit growth in coming months,” Oliver ural Resources Fund. In October The LIA is awaiting a judgment third quarter, highlighting the chal- growth. Markit said the euro-zone in London. “The door remains open Kolodseike, an economist at Markit, 2013, the LIA tried to withdraw what in its case against Goldman Sachs, lenge facing policy makers to build PMI indicates growth of “close to” for policy makers to provide fur- said of the German numbers. remained from an initial investment which ran for seven weeks in June momentum. 0.3 percent in the third quarter, lit- ther policy support later in the year In France, the composite PMI of $100m, a person with knowledge and July. The trial date for the law- IHS Markit said its monthly com- tle changed from the pace recorded if they see economic conditions mod- rose to 53.3 from 51.9 in August, of the situation said. suit against Societe Generale was posite Purchasing Managers Index in the three months through June. erate further.” In Germany, Europe’s Markit said earlier, with the meas- However, Cornhill Capital pushed back until April 2017 under declined to 52.6 in September from The report also showed that largest economy, the PMI showed a ures for both manufacturing and delayed making a redemption on a judge’s ruling in July. 52.9 in August. Services weakened average selling prices at companies loss of momentum this month. The services improving. BoE uncertainty ‘a problem on policy outlook’

Bloomberg One problem is a lack of informa- “When you’re faced with a shock Earlier this month, the BOE said tion. Governor Mark Carney and that hasn’t been faced by anywhere third-quarter growth will prob- the Monetary Policy Committee else in the world, it’s very difficult. I ably be stronger than it initially have already faced criticism from wouldn’t expect them to move away thought. Still, much depends on the LONDON: The Bank of England pro-Brexit lawmakers for doing too from that immediately, but as the outlook for next year, when officials (BOE) has admitted an uncertainty much, too soon, after they cut the shape of the shock becomes clearer, see expansion of just 0.8 percent, problem that could have implica- key interest rate to 0.25 percent in and that only happens with data, which would be the worst perform- tions for its policy outlook. August and unleashed a broader they’ll undoubtedly refine the way ance since 2009. In an interview with Bloomb- package of stimulus. they look at it.” Kallum Pickering, an econo- erg News this week, official Kristin The move coincided with the So Forbes’ comments don’t nec- mist at Berenberg, said that after Forbes said the central bank may be BOE’s biggest ever downward essarily take further loosening this downgrading its forecasts so mark- double-counting unpredictability revision to its forecasts, made with year off the table. edly, the BOE would probably have effects following Britain’s decision very little hard data. While initial A majority of the nine-member to revise them up in a hefty way to to quit the European Union. reports have shown signs of resil- MPC have signaled a willingness to rationalize standing pat. How wide-ranging these mis- ience, officials won’t get an official back another rate reduction, unless “To take out a November rate calculations are and how the data reading of how the economy per- their outlook changes markedly, cut they’d have to revise up the fore- evolves before the BOE updates its formed in the third quarter until the and while economists in a Bloomb- cast to about 1.2 percent or higher. forecasts in November could be end of October. As Dan Hanson, an erg survey see a lower probability I’m not sure they’d feel justified to A war memorial is seen in front of the Bank of England in the City of London, key to new growth projections and economist at Bloomberg Intelli- of a recession, most still predict do that after one quarter of better the odds of another rate reduction. gence, says much is left to judgment. another rate cut will come in 2016. data.” Britain. 20 SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 BUSINESS VIEWS

Companies that Sunoco Logistics tops discriminate fail (eventually) US crude spill charts

By Noah Smith US manufacturing and bank- Bloomberg ing industries was followed by a shrinking of the gender gap in those businesses. In manufactur- ing, that competition was largely he corporate world is international amid the increase a boys’ club, and it’ll in foreign trade during the late always be a boys’ club,” 20th century. Black showed that said a banker who concentrated industries, which “Tstruck up a conversation with were probably more insulated me a few years ago in a coffee from competition to start with, shop near the university where I saw more of a reduction in their once taught. “Male managers are gender wage gap when they were always going to hire men over also affected by trade. In other women, because they feel more words, when foreign competitors comfortable around men.” from places such as Japan and “Aren’t there some managers Europe forced US manufacturers who just hire whoever’s best for to up their game, competing for the job?,” I asked. female talent -- and giving women “Yeah, there are some,” he said. a much-deserved raise -- was one “I don’t know what’s going on with way they did so. Black also finds Signs left by protesters demonstrating against the Energy Transfer Partners Dakota Access oil pipeline sit at the gate of a those guys.” that deregulation in the banking Gary Becker might have had industry had similar effects. construction access road where construction has been stopped for several weeks. an idea of what was going on. For More recently, the evidence decades in the mid-20th century, has multiplied. In 2013, econo- By Krisztina Than pipeline operators in the United States. and are therefore contained. Plains All the future Nobel-winning econ- mists Fredrik Heyman, Helena Reuters Energy Transfer is constructing the Dakota American did not respond to a request for omist wrote about the economics Svaleryd, and Jonas Vlachos found Access pipeline to pump crude produced at comment. Sunoco’s spill rate shows protes- of discrimination. His theory was, that companies that get bought out North Dakota’s Bakken shale fields to the tors may have reason to be concerned about in a nutshell, that the people who in a takeover tend to increase their US Gulf Coast. Once completed, it will hand potential leaks. make hiring decisions at compa- percentages of female employees. unoco Logistics, the future opera- over the pipeline’s operation to Sunoco. The main option that was considered nies are bigoted -- they’d rather In older, established industries, tor of the oil pipeline delayed this Sunoco acknowledged the data and told for routing the line away from the Standing work with people of their own it’s likely to be the less success- month after Native American pro- it had taken measures to reduce its spill rate. Rock Sioux Tribe reservation was previ- race or gender. Essentially, this ful businesses that get bought out, tests in North Dakota, spills crude “Since the current leadership team took ously discarded because it would involve is the same explanation that the so this implies that these compa- more often than any of its compet- over in 2012, Sunoco Pipeline has enhanced crossing more water-sensitive areas north banker gave me in the coffee nies were suffering in part because Sitors with more than 200 leaks since 2010, and improved our integrity management of the capital Bismarck, according to the shop. According to Becker, big- of their refusal to hire enough according to analysis of government data. program,” Sunoco spokesman Jeffrey project’s environmental assessment. oted employers will pay lower women. And in 2014, economists The lands of the Standing Rock Sioux Shields said by email. To be sure, most pipeline spills are small salaries to the people they don’t Andrea Weber and Christine Tribe sit a half mile south of the proposed This significantly cut the amount of bar- and pipelines are widely seen as a safer way like, resulting in gender and racial Zulehner found that companies route of the Dakota Access pipeline. The rels lost during incidents, he said. to move fuel than alternatives such as rail. wage gaps. with fewer female employees than tribe fears the line could destroy sacred The US Department of Justice did not Sunoco and its units leaked a total of But Becker also made a sur- the industry average tend to have sites during construction and that a future make any reference to the company’s spill 3,406 net barrels of crude in all the leaks prising claim that enraged many lower survival rates. oil spill might pollute its drinking water. rate when it decided to stall the project. It over the last six years, only a fraction of the who had themselves suffered An interesting new piece of A tribal protest over the $3.7bn project highlighted the need for reform in the way more than 3m barrels lost in the largest spill discrimination. He said that com- evidence comes from a sociolo- drew broad support from other Native companies building infrastructure consult in US history, BP Plc’s Macondo well disas- panies run by bigots would be gist -- Harvard University’s Devah American tribes, domestic and international with Native American tribes. ter in 2010. Sunoco said it found that crude driven out of the market by com- Pager. Back in 2004, Pager con- environmental groups and Hollywood Spokespeople for the Departments lines not in constant use were a significant petition. In a perfectly competitive ducted a field study of companies celebrities. of Justice and the Interior, and the Army source of leaks, so it had shut or repaired market, companies that don’t pay in New York City to find out which In response to the tribe’s objections, the Corps declined to comment on whether some of those arteries. employees what they’re really ones engaged in more racial dis- US government earlier this month called they were aware of Energy Transfer’s leak In 2015, 71 percent of pipeline incidents worth will be outcompeted for tal- crimination. Research assistants of for a temporary halt to statistics when they jointly decided to halt were contained within the operator’s facil- ent by unbiased companies, and various racial backgrounds were construction along a construction of the line. Analyzed data that ity, according to a report by the Association eventually driven out of business. sent out with identical resumes to section of the 1,100 mile companies are obliged to disclose to the of Oil Pipe Lines, a trade group. Obviously, that doesn’t hap- apply for jobs at companies. Over- line in North Dakota Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety While total pipeline incidents have pen in real life and there is lots all, white and Latino applicants near the Missouri River. Administration (PHMSA) when they suffer increased by 31 percent in the last five of evidence that discrimination got far more callbacks than their While environ- spills and found that Sunoco leaked crude years, large spills of 500 barrels or more still exists. Becker was commit- black counterparts. So discrimina- mental concerns are at from onshore pipelines at least 203 times are down by 32 percent over the same time, ting a common sin of economists tion was fairly widespread. the heart of the Stand- over the last six years. the report said. -- using an overly simplistic model Pager then kept track of which The lands of the ing Rock Sioux protest, PHMSA data became more detailed in Sunoco accounted for about 8 percent to make grand, definitive claims. companies discriminated the most, there is no reference 2010. In its examination, tallied leaks in of the more than 2,600 reported liquids In reality, there are many factors and checked back with them in Standing Rock Sioux to the frequency of the past six years along dedicated onshore pipeline leaks in the past six years in the affecting corporate performance 2010, after the financial crisis. Tribe sit a half mile leaks by Sunoco or its crude oil lines and excluded systems that United States. The company has made pre- other than the pure competition She found that companies that had south of the proposed parent Energy Trans- carry natural gas and refined products. The vious efforts to improve safety, a former for talent. But just because Becker showed signs of racial discrimina- fer Partners in a legal Sunoco data include two of its pipeline units, Sunoco employee who declined to be iden- wasn’t totally right doesn’t mean tion were almost twice as likely route of the Dakota complaint filed by the the West Texas Gulf and Mid-Valley Pipeline. tified said. It overhauled safety culture after he was totally wrong. Economic to have gone out of business. That Access pipeline. tribe, nor has Sunoco’s That made it the operator with the a spill in 2000, and did so again another in competition might not eliminate was true even after controlling for spill record informed highest number of crude leak incidents, 2005 that dumped some 6,000 barrels of entrenched bigotry in society, but things like company size. The tribe fears the the public debate on ahead of at least 190 recorded by Enter- crude into the Kentucky River from its Mid- it could help erode it over time. Conclusion: Discrimination line could destroy the line. Standing Rock prise Products Partners and 167 by Plains Valley Pipeline. There’s evidence suggesting that doesn’t pay. Although Becker sacred sites during Sioux Chairman Dave All American Pipeline, according to the spill Sunoco acknowledged that some of its this is the case. wasn’t right when he claimed Archambault II told the data reported to PHMSA, which is part of pipeline equipment dates back to the 1950s. A couple of studies in the that competition would quickly construction and that tribe was aware of the the US Department of Transportation. A 2014 corrective measure regulators late 1990s by economist San- drive all discrimination out of the a future oil spill might safety record of Energy Enterprise said it has comprehensive issued for Sunoco’s Mid-Valley Pipeline dra Black, of the Federal Reserve market, he was right that bigotry Transfer, but declined safety and integrity programs in place and cited “some history of internal corrosion Bank of New York, showed how represents an albatross around a pollute its drinking to elaborate. that many spills happened at its terminals. failures” as a potential factor in a leak that increased competition in the company’s neck. water. Sunoco Logistics Sunoco and Enterprise both said most sent crude into a Louisiana bayou near an is one of the largest leaks take place within company facilities area used for drinking water. ‘Trust’ is gaining as a fudge factor in economics

Bloomberg article, I worried about decreasing trust in development. But we should resist this temp- that there are different kinds. Although the US institutions. Though I think my worry is tation, for at least three reasons. World Value Survey asks about attitudes legitimate, it’s also easy for me and other writ- First, trust is hard to measure. The typical toward “most people,” other surveys ask about he legendary economist Robert ers and economists to take the trust thing too indicator of social trust comes from surveys. trust in institutions, or the government. But Solow once joked that every discus- far. There are good reasons to think that trust, For example, the World Value Survey asks there may be yet more forms of trust that the sion about the relative performances in some sense of the word, really matters for people whether they believe that “most peo- surveys don’t tease apart. Trust in businesses of European economies “ends up in economic outcomes. In many interactions ple can be trusted,” or whether one “can’t be may be more important than trust in strangers Ta blaze of amateur sociology.” The joke has in markets and elsewhere, various forms of too careful.” But this doesn’t necessarily tell or trust in family. Alternatively, how quickly “Culture” is just one of an element of truth. Economists are fond of trust can help achieve results that are better us about the kind of trust that matters in eco- people build up trust with new people might many large-scale fudge invoking “culture” to explain large-scale for everyone involved. If buyers and sell- nomic models. be more important than how much trust they factors that economists outcomes they don’t understand. This often ers trust each other not to cheat, they can Let’s suppose that in one country, peo- have in the people in the town they grew up comes up in discussions about Japan, whose do more deals. If insurers trust drivers not ple have very close, trusting relationships in. There is just no automatic correspondence are tempted to fall macroeconomy defies every standard text- to be reckless, they can insure them more with business partners, but distrust stran- between survey measures and the objects in back on. There’s also book theory. Culture, I often hear, is at the cheaply. Cooperation -- between employees gers on the street. That country might have economists’ models. root of all the mysteries. in a company, for instance -- is also depend- the kind of trust needed to facilitate eco- The third problem is the most insidious of “technology,” which But “culture” is just one of many large- ent on trust. The famous prisoner’s dilemma nomic exchange, but might still rank low on all. Because trust is a concept that most peo- macroeconomists often scale fudge factors that economists are describes a situation in which trust can lead the World Value Survey’s measure. Trust is ple deal with in their daily lives, economists invoke to account for tempted to fall back on. There’s also “tech- to much better outcomes for everyone -- as also relative. There could be a country where are naturally tempted to think they know nology,” which macroeconomists often long as the game is repeated many times. In everyone trusts each other a lot compared to how it works. For example, we may assume inexplicable productivity invoke to account for inexplicable produc- open-ended relationships, where the number other countries, but because the culture has that because we trust people at our church, changes. Or “power,” tivity changes. Or “power,” which some of interactions is uncertain, trust helps people such a high standard for saying you “trust” religious homogeneity produces social trust. left-leaning economists use as a rationale cooperate repeatedly instead of just betray- someone, people respond negatively to the We may therefore jump from the theoretical which some left-leaning for outcomes that benefit the rich. ing each other over and over. World Value Survey’s question. This kind of and survey literature on trust to the conclu- economists use as a Now “trust” is in fashion and has earned It’s tempting to take this realization and problem crops up a lot in economists’ sur- sion that nations should encourage religious a place on the fudge-factor list. start using as it an excuse to invoke “trust” veys of self-reported happiness in different homogeneity in order to make themselves rationale for outcomes Before I criticize the use of “trust” to to explain lots of things in the world around countries, so it’s reasonable to expect it to richer and happier. But this kind of intui- that benefit the rich. explain economic outcomes, let me admit us. And so there is a boomlet in citing trust to rear its head here as well. tive leap, though tempting, isn’t supported that I am absolutely guilty of it. In a recent explain things like happiness and economic A second, related problem with trust is by hard evidence. SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 21

Coleman out for 4-6 weeks Russia blank Finland to with a fractured hand

Agencies returns to the Minnesota roster ever again is unclear. The Vikings announced that set up Canada clash Peterson, diagnosed with a torn CLEVELAND: Cleveland Browns meniscus and lateral collateral lig- wide receiver Corey Coleman will be ament, had surgery in Minneapolis out 4-6 weeks with a fractured hand. four days after leaving the team’s win Coleman participated in over the Green Bay Packers on Sun- Winless USA exit Wednesday’s practice but visited a day with the injury. hand specialist following an X-ray, Vikings defensive tackle Sharrif after loss to Czech which revealed a non-displaced Floyd had arthroscopic surgery to Republic as Sweden fracture. Coleman, the Browns’ first- clean out cartilage in his right knee. round pick selected 15th overall in The 25-year-old will miss tomor- face Europe in April, caught a pass in practice and, row’s game at the Carolina Panthers semi-final of World when someone landed on his hand, (1 p.m. ET) and likely a few more he was injured. after that. Floyd sat out four games Cup of Hockey San Francisco 49ers quarterback last season after having cartilage Colin Kaepernick is featured on the removed from his knee last October. latest cover of Time magazine after Washington Redskins veteran generating headlines and contro- wide receiver DeSean Jackson Reuters versy with his actions during the US returned to the practice field, one national anthem. On Thursday, Time day removed from sitting out prac- tweeted its cover for its upcoming tice with foot and ankle injuries. edition. It shows Kaepernick kneel- Jackson was listed as a limited TORONTO: Russia claimed a do- ing during the national anthem, as participant for the Redskins (0-2), or-die 3-0 victory over Finland on he has done in the past two regu- and his status for Sunday’s game Thursday to advance to the semi- lar-season games in protest of racial against the New York Giants remains finals of the World Cup of Hockey inequality in the United States. uncertain. and set up a mouth-watering show- The headline on the cover reads, Chicago Bears wide receiver down with arch-rivals Canada. “The Perilous Fight,” and the subhead Alshon Jeffery missed practice as Canada, who stormed through reads, “National anthem protests he nurses a knee injury. Jeffery preliminary round play unbeaten to led by Colin Kaepernick are fueling was listed as a limited participant grab top spot in Group A, faced Rus- a debate about privilege, pride and in Wednesday’s practice, and the sia yesterday while Sweden, winners patriotism.” 26-year-old’s absence the following of Group B, take on Team Europe Vikings running back Adrian day calls into question his availabil- tomorrow. Peterson underwent knee surgery ity for the Bears (0-2) in their road Needing a win to clinch a spot and will begin rehabbing imme- game against the Dallas Cowboys in the last four, Russia got second diately. Whether the 31-year-old tomorrow. period goals 79 seconds apart from Vladimir Tarasenko and Ivan Tel- egin, then rode the netminding of Sergei Bobrovsky to victory as they dashed Team North America’s hopes Bucks’ star Middleton of advancing. Evgeni Malkin added a pow- erplay goal in the third while suffers hamstring injury Bobrovsky stopped all 21 shots he faced for his first shutout of the tournament. Agencies season.” The Bucks acquired for- Canada-Russia is hockey’s most Team Czech Republic defenseman ward Michael Beasley from the storied rivalry and yesterday’s semi- Tomas Kundratek (left) takes out Team Houston Rockets in exchange for final shaped up as another classic USA forward Kyle Palmieri as they guard Tyler Ennis. with Sidney Crosby and Alexander battle for the puck during preliminary MILWAUKEE: The Milwaukee Beasley was signed by Hou- Ovechkin, the sport’s two biggest round play in the 2016 World Cup of at Bucks are reeling after receiving ston late last season and averaged names, set to lead their respective Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, word that their leading scorer Khris 12.8 points and 18.2 minutes in 20 teams into battle. Canada on Thursday. Middleton will miss approximately games. “It’s Canada verses Russia, it’s six months due to a hamstring Ennis averaged 4.5 points and not two players,” said Ovechkin, who injury. 2.1 assists in 46 games last season. set up Russia’s first goal. “Two teams the once unstoppable Big Red and sliding the puck past a sprawl- eliminated heading into the con- Middleton tore his hamstring The Minnesota Timberwolves with a great history, it’s going to be Machine has sputtered along, lim- ing Tuukka Rask. test and the Americans suffered yet in a workout earlier this week and are working on a buyout for Kevin tough, it’s going to be hard playing ited to a single bronze. Finland, “The first period was kind of another defeat as goaltender Ben is slated to undergo surgery next Garnett that would end the for- here in Canada, but it is also going who had knocked Russia out of asleep, kind of a boring game. We Bishop was pulled after giving up four week. ward’s second stint with the team. to be fun. the Sochi Olympics in the quarter- didn’t want to make a mistake and goals on 20 shots through two periods. Middleton, 25, averaged a Minnesota opens training camp “Tomorrow we are going to think finals, looked ready to be the Russian give them an opportunity to take the The US finished tournament 0-3-0, career-best 18.2 points, 4.2 assists on Tuesday and would like to have how we beat Canada. The opportu- bogeyman once again after a score- lead,” said Ovechkin. finishing seventh of the eight teams. and 1.7 steals last season. a solution before it starts, prefer- nity is huge.” less opening period. “They hit the crossbar and then “None of us with the US team “We’re obviously disappointed ably with the 40-year-old Garnett Since the breakup of the Soviet But Russia broke the dead- we scored two goals right away. here from head to toe is happy with for Khris and our team, but inju- electing to retire. Union, Russia’s status as a hockey lock early in the second when It kind of gave us some breathing what’s happened here,” coach John ries are an unfortunate part of the Garnett is entering the final superpower has faded, causing the Tarasenko took a nifty goalmouth room.” Tortorella told reporters. game,” Bucks general manager John season of his contract and has not rivalry to lose some of its heat but feed from Ovechkin and redirected In the late game, the US fell to “We come up short but I think Hammond told reporters. given the Timberwolves an answer none of the animosity. into an open net. Just 1:19 later, Tel- the Czech Republic 4-3 to close out some guys gave some really true “We’ll rely on our overall ros- on which direction he is leaning. He Canada have won gold at three egin added an insurance marker by the group stage of the competition. efforts. We just didn’t find a way to ter depth to help us while Khris is has spent 13 1/2 of his 21 NBA sea- of the last four Winter Games while stickhandling across the goalmouth Both teams were already win the hockey game.” out for a significant period of the sons with Minnesota. NFL: Steelers face Eagles in battle of the unbeaten giants

AP second. So the Eagles might need Payton says. “That idea of rebirth. to rely once more on rookie quar- ... You have this event that coincides terback Carson Wentz. He’s drawn with the reopening of an arena that comparisons to Aaron Rodgers, Pey- was used to shelter people. There PHILADELPHIA: Here come the ton Manning, and Roethlisberger were a ton of things that were some- unbeaten Pittsburgh Steelers, cross- for being so impressive in the first what unreal about it. ... Obviously ing Pennsylvania to meet intrastate two games, but they were wins over that was an emotional night, and it rival, the unbeaten Philadelphia Cleveland and Chicago, and Pitts- was loud.” Eagles. burgh isn’t anything like those two Only a handful of players remain They play only every four years, bottom-feeders. from the 2006 Saints squad, and but how cool is it that each is 2-0 Roethlisberger, who started off their motivation is different. Back and looking strong when they meet 13-0 in his rookie season in 2004, then they were playing for fans in the NFL tomorrow? shares an agent with Wentz, and struggling through disaster recov- Even without star running back likes what he sees. ery. Current realities are different, Le’Veon Bell and emerging receiver “He’s doing a really good job of says veteran right tackle Zach Strief, Martavis Bryant - Bell finishes his just kind of letting the game come who was a rookie when the dome three-game league suspension this to him,” Big Ben says of Wentz. “He’s reopened. This team is winless, and weekend, while Bryant is suspended not forcing it. You see him throw- “guys are tired of losing, and there’s for the entire season - Pittsburgh’s ing balls away and not trying to a lot of prideful people in here.” offense has hummed. DeAngelo Wil- make too many crazy throws down The Denver Broncos hit the liams leads the NFL in rushing in his the field, and using his legs when road for the first time, and they’ll 11th pro season, Antonio Brown is needed.” be hitting anything that moves in a the game’s most dangerous wideout, On Monday, there’s a rematch Cincinnati Bengals uniform. Den- Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Dorial and Ben Roethlisberger is making of the biggest regular-season game ver’s defense is hellacious once Green-Beckham is tackled by Chicago Bears big plays. in New Orleans Saints history, their more, especially against the pass, cornerback Tracy Porter during the first “They don’t ask for a birth cer- return to the Superdome after being ranking second. Super Bowl MVP quarter of their NFL game at Soldier Field, tificate before the game,” Eagles displaced for the entire 2005 season Von Miller already has four sacks. Chicago, Illinois on Thursday. The unbeaten defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz by Hurricane Katrina. On the other side, Cincinnati is Philadelphia Eagles will meet unbeaten says of the 33-year-old Williams. A blocked punt by Steve Gleason dead last in rushing defense, and Pittsburgh Steelers at the Lincoln Financial “They don’t give you nine yards — there’s a statue outside the sta- Broncos running back C.J. Ander- Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania tomorrow. (to gain a first down) if you are over dium honoring it — sparked a son leads the NFL with seven runs 30. You’ve still got to get 10. He’s a 2006 win over Atlanta, and the of at least 10 yards. patient runner, he’s compact, and Saints wound up in the playoffs. Cincinnati opened with two road he’s strong. He can test every area The Falcons are back for the 10th contests and now tries to get its run- in the first two games. The San Fran- has some hobbled players in running All are expected to play, and of your run gaps.” anniversary. ning game in gear at home. Jeremy cisco 49ers haven’t won in Seattle back Thomas Rawls (shin), receiver Rawls rushed for 209 yards and a The Steelers don’t have many “There’s a lot of symbolism Hill and Giovani Bernard have com- since late in the 2011 season. Doug Baldwin (knee) and receiver touchdown in the previous game vs run gaps; their rush defence ranks in that game,” Saints coach Sean bined for less than 100 yards rushing Seattle can’t find its offense and Tyler Lockett (knee). the 49ers. 22 SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 SPORT NZ make strong reply on rain-hit day

SCOREBOARD Morris Captain Williamson India (I innings) Fall of wickets: 1-42 ,2-154, 3-167, 4-185, and opener Latham L Rahul c Watling b Santner 32 5-209, 6-261, 7-262, 8-273, 9-277, 10-318 ruled out Bowling: T Boult 20 - 3 - 67 - 3, N Wagner 15 hit unbeaten fifties M Vijay c Watling b Sodhi 65 - 4 - 42 - 2, M Santner 23 - 2 - 94 - 3, M Craig 24 of Australia C Pujara c&b Santner 62 in reply to India’s - 6 - 59 - 1, I Sodhi 15 - 3 - 50 - 1 V Kohli c Sodhi b Wagner 9 318 all out New Zealand (I innings) ODI series

A Rahane c Latham b Craig 18

M Guptill lbw b U Yadav 21 Ro Sharma c Sodhi b Santner 35 T Latham not out 56 R Ashwin c Taylor b Boult 40 K Williamson not out 65 Reuters W Saha b Boult 0 Reuters Extras (B-8 LB-1 NB-1) 10 R Jadeja not out 42 Total (for 1 wickets, 47 overs) 152 M Shami b Boult 0 CAPE TOWN: South Africa all- Fall of wickets: 1-35 M Guptill U Yadav c Watling b Wagner 9 rounder Chris Morris has been KANPUR, INDIA: Captain Kane Wil- Bowling: M Shami 8 - 1 - 26 - 0; U Yadav 7 - 2 ruled out for up to two months Extras (B-5 LB-1) 6 liamson and opener Tom Latham led - 22 - 1; R Jadeja 17 - 1 - 47 - 0(nb-1); R Ashwin with a knee injury and will miss a strong New Zealand reply with Total (all out, 97 overs) 318 14 - 1 - 43 - 0; M Vijay 1 - 0 - 5 - 0 one-day internationals against unbeaten half-centuries before rain Ireland and Australia, Cricket washed out the final session of the South Africa said yesterday. second day of the first test against to the gameplans. When the Indian but not before Latham had survived Morris has been struggling India yesterday. bowlers missed, we jumped all over,” a scare. with a tendon problem for the last The pair shared an unbroken New Zealand batting coach Craig He went for a sweep shot against eight months. 117-run stand to take New Zealand McMillan told reporters. Ravindra Jadeja and the deflec- “The injury has flared up con- to 152 for one at tea before it started “The way they rotated the strike, tion hit his boot and popped up for siderably over the last two weeks drizzling at Kanpur’s Green Park their left hand-right hand combina- Lokesh Rahul to take the catch at leaving us with no option but rest Stadium and no further play was tion throughout the partnership was short leg. and rehabilitation to allow the possible. crucial.” The decision was referred to the knee time to fully recover,” team Having bowled out the hosts for Guptill could not convert the third umpire who ruled in the bats- manager Mohammed Moosajee 318, New Zealand lost Martin Gup- start he got and was trapped lbw by man’s favour after replays suggested said in a statement. till (21) before lunch but the left-right a full, swinging delivery from Umesh the ball had touched the chin strap Morris had been named in combination of Latham and Wil- Yadav. of Rahul’s helmet. the squad for the one-off match liamson negated the home spinners Latham and Williamson, how- According to regulations, parts of against the Irish on Sunday and with aplomb. ever, looked comfortable against protective gear must not come into five home ODIs against Australia Latham was unbeaten on 56 with the spinners who did manage a few play while taking a catch. starting on September 30. Williamson on 65 as New Zealand leg-before appeals but could not sep- India’s batting coach Sanjay Uncapped all-rounder Dwaine New Zealand’s Tom Latham and Kane Williamson run between trailing India by 166 runs with nine arate them. Bangar said an early wicket was all Pretorius has been called up as a wickets in hand. The batsmen brought up their the home team needed when play wickets during the second day of the first Test against India in Green replacement for the Australia “We were disciplined, we stuck individual fifties in successive overs, resumes today. Park Stadium Kanpur yesterday. matches. Johnson leads at Tour Championship

Reuters drove it nicely. That puts together a receive $10m and Johnson, a three- Four holes later, Johnson’s drive good score.” time winner this season, is in pole almost struck Sky Sports on-course Johnson, fellow American Chap- position. He will win the FedExCup reporter Wayne Riley, a former pro- pell and Japan’s Matsuyama headed if he also wins the tournament, as fessional who took his on-course role MIAMI: Top seed Dustin Johnson Australian world number one Jason would the next four seeds -- Patrick a little too literally by wandering continued his “good mojo” to earn a Day, South Korean Kim Si-woo and Reed, Day, Adam Scott and Paul down the fairway instead of staying tie for the first-round lead with Kevin American Kevin Kisner by one stroke Casey. in the rough. Chappell and Hideki Matsuyama at in the elite 30-man field. Casey made a 30-foot eagle putt Johnson’s drive landed within a the Tour Championship in Atlanta on Day continued to feel occasional at the par-five 18th for two-under 68, couple of paces of a surprised Riley, Thursday. twinges of the back pain that forced while Scott finished poorly with two who came in for some light-hearted The power-hitting US Open him to pull out of the previous play- late bogeys for a 69 and Reed strug- ribbing by his fellow commentators. champion continued to make a off event, the BMW Championship, gled to a 73. Joint leader Matsuyama, mean- fickle game look easy, compiling after three rounds. Johnson hit a couple of wayward while, made a nice start on the more five birdies in a seemingly-effortless The season-ending Tour Champi- drives, but was otherwise a model of difficult front nine and picked up two four-under-par 66 in ideal conditions onship is the only event on tour that consistency. more shots on the inward half. at East Lake. hands out two trophies -- one to the His sole bogey came at the par- 0“I was a little bit lucky on “I felt like I had good mojo going tournament winner and another to four 13th, his drive there ending up that front nine but got into a good all day and swung it very nicely,” the winner of the season-long Fed- behind a pine cone from where he rhythm,” said the world number 18. Johnson told Golf Channel. “I hit a ExCup points race. could advance the ball only 30 yards. “I putted well today and that’s what lot of great shots with the irons and The FedExCup champion will made the difference.”

European Tour European Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland returns a ball to Monica Puig of Puerto Rico during the Pan Pacific Open women’s singles quarter- Open scores final match at the Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. Scores from the European Tour Euro- pean Open at the par-71 course on Thursday in Bad Griesbach -9 Alexander Levy (France) 62 -8 Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 63 Radwanska in semis of -7 Jason Scrivener (Australia) 64 -6 Renato Paratore (Italy) 65 Ross Fisher (Britain) 65 Pan Pacific Open title -5 Lee Soo-Min (Korea) 66 Justin Walters (South Africa) 66 Jean Hugo (South Africa) 66 Agencies her way back to reach her first semi- Oliver Fisher (Britain) 66 final at the Pan Pacific Open. Stephen Gallacher (Britain) 66 Svitolina and Osaka have played Adrian Otaegui (Spain) 66 twice before, with each winning Matthew Southgate (Britain) 66 TOKOYO: Defending champion once. Lucas Bjerregaard (Denmark) 66 Agnieszka Radwanska made light Meanwhile, Serena Williams Steve Webster (Britain) 66 work of Olympic gold medallist has withdrawn from the Wuhan Daniel Im (U.S.) 66 Monica Puig, beating the Puerto and China Opens due to a persist- Rican 6-2 6-3 in the quarter-finals ent shoulder injury and is targeting Paul Dunne (Ireland) 66 of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo a return to action in next month’s Mikael Lundberg (Sweden) 66 yesterday. WTA Finals in Singapore, the world Michael Jonzon (Sweden) 66 The 27-year-old Pole served up number two said on Friday. Patrick Reed (left) greets Dustin Johnson (right) after playing the -4 Francesco Laporta (Italy) 67 first round during the 2016 Tour Championship at East Lake Golf eight aces, hit 16 winners and made The 34-year-old American, Michael Hoey (Britain) 67 Club yesterday. just 10 unforced errors during the 22-times grand slam singles Graeme Storm (Britain) 67 one hour and 16 minute encounter. champion, has played only eight Prom Meesawat (Thailand) 67 “I was serving well and keep- tournaments this year and lost ing the ball very well... I just felt her spot at the top of the world Max Rottluff (Germany) 67 like John Isner for a little bit there,” rankings to German Angelique Nicolo Ravano (Italy) 67 Radwanska, who is eyeing her third Kerber. McIlroy plays ideal Ryder Cup a week too early Marcel Schneider (Germany) 67 Pan Pacific Open title, said in an on- “I am disappointed that I will Tom Lewis (Britain) 67 court interview. not be able to compete at the Wuhan Florian Fritsch (Germany) 67 World number four Radwanska Open or the China Open due to Joakim Lagergren (Sweden) 67 will take on former world number continuing issues with my right Reuters Cup team in the 30-man field at East run with it and then when it goes Raphael Jacquelin (France) 67 one Caroline Wozniacki, who also shoulder,” the 34-year-old said in Lake in Atlanta, where eight players the other way I struggle to get out put in a strong performance on Fri- a statement. from the United States lineup are in of it a little bit but that’s the nature Maximilian Kieffer (Germany) 67 day to beat Magda Linette 6-4 6-3. “I have been practising and action ahead of next week’s show- of the way my game is right now, and Matthew Baldwin (Britain) 67 Naomi Osaka of Japan beat playing but my shoulder is still not MIAMI: Rory McIlroy’s roller- down in Chaska, Minnesota. how it has been for most of the year,” Ben Evans (Britain) 67 Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3 fit for tournament play. I am focused coaster opening round at the Tour The former world number one McIlroy told reporters after carding Richard Bland (Britain) 67 7-6(6) to set up a semi-final match on getting ready to compete at the Championship on Thursday was not had consecutive double-bogeys mid- a two-under 68 that left him two Richard Green (Australia) 67 against Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, WTA Finals in Singapore.” ideal for stroke play but just about way through his round, preceded by strokes off the lead. Magnus Carlsson (Sweden) 67 who upset world number three Gar- Williams has won two titles this perfect for the match play format of three straight early birdies and fol- “I’m seeing more good, which is Thomas Rosenmueller (Germany) 67 bine Muguruza 6-2 4-6 6-3. year, in Rome and at Wimbledon, next week’s Ryder Cup. lowed by an even better late run of great, and holing some putts, mak- The 18-year-old Osaka was 5-0 and finished runner-up in three Northern Irishman McIlroy is the four successive birdies. ing birdies ... as long as I continue to Michael Lorenzo-Vera (France) 67 down in the second set but clawed tournaments. only member of the European Ryder “When I get it going, I can really do that, I should be okay.” Martin Kaymer (Germany) 67 SPORT SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2016 23 Wenger implores Gunners to avoid red against Blues

for failing to immediately Costa’s attitude leave the pitch. Costa, who has scored under the twice in three games against spotlight as Arsenal, was retrospectively banned for his involvement Arsenal target in the incident, and Arsenal a better record ended the 2-0 defeat with nine men after midfielder against Chelsea Santi Cazorla picked up a second yellow card late on. Arsenal then lost 1-0 to Reuters Chelsea when the teams met in January, a game in which defender Per Mertesacker was shown a red card for a Barcelona’s Lionel Messi sits on the field after suffering from an LONDON : Arsenal manager foul on Costa. injury as Atletico Madrid’s players Gabi Fernandez (right) and Diego Arsene Wenger has urged his Wenger, whose side have Godín (left) look at him during their La Liga match at Camp Nou in players to avoid being drawn not beaten Chelsea in nine Barcelona, Spain on Wednesday. into needless confrontations league encounters, urged his with their Chelsea opponents team to channel their emo- when the London rivals meet tions in the right way. at the Emirates Stadium “Discipline and results Barcelona must manage today. are strongly linked -- and Arsenal were beaten the regrets we have from the home and away by Chelsea last two games are that we Messi’s playing time: Bauza in the Premier League last couldn’t play 11 v 11,” said the season, and had three play- Frenchman, who will com- ers sent off over the two plete 20 years in charge of Reuters “The reality is that Lionel has games, with Chelsea’s com- Arsenal on Oct. 1.” played one game for the national bative striker Diego Costa Wenger confirmed that team in the last four months and involved in two of the three striker Olivier Giroud was that was against Uruguay.” incidents. back in training after a toe MADRID:Barcelona should manage Prior to the Uruguay game “In the last two games injury but had less positive Lionel Messi’s playing time better, on Sept. 1, Barcelona had warned we played with 10 men so news on Wales midfielder Argentina coach Edgardo Bauza has Argentina that Messi had a left for the result tomorrow it’s Aaron Ramsey, who is out said following the forward’s latest adductor problem, but he played in important the way we play with a hamstring injury. injury. the World Cup qualifier and scored football but also the way “Aaron Ramsey is still Argentina captain Messi has the game’s only goal. He was then we behave,” Wenger told a struggling with his ham- started in five of Barca’s six games left out of the Argentina side that news conference on Friday. string,” Wenger said, while this season, but was forced off in drew 2-2 in Venezuela five days “We have to be cold blooded ruling the midfielder out Wednesday’s 1-1 home draw against later after Bauza decided to rest him and respect the rules of the until after the international Atletico Madrid with a groin injury on the advice of the club. e returned game.” break which ends on Oct. 14. that will keep him out of action for to Barcelona, however, and played When the teams met last “He has a small grade three weeks. four club games in 11 days, the last September, Arsenal centre one (tear) hamstring but The 29-year-old will miss of which was against Atletico. back Gabriel was dismissed he is not completely free Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers in “He should have played against for scuffling with Costa and to push at the moment and Peru on Oct. 6 and at home to Par- Venezuela,” Bauza said. “However, although the red card was he has a little bit of pain. Arsenal’s French manager Arsene Wenger attends a training session at Arsenal’s aguay five days later, the Argentina I opted to look after him and rest later rescinded, the defender He is in the last days of his training ground at London Colney, north of London, England in this file Photo. Football Association (AFA) said in a him following the recommendations was given a one-match ban rehabilitation.” statement. given by Barcelona’s medical team. “We all have to look after Lionel “Now he has gotten injured. I because he is at a stage where you don’t want to fight with Barcelona. have to manage his playing time,” “We just want Lionel to recover Bauza told Spanish radio Cadena and return to play for Barcelona and Mourinho feud is ‘prehistoric’: Ranieri Cope. “He has played five games in for the national team.” the last two weeks. Argentina are third in the South “Barcelona, who had the player American World Cup qualifying Reuters both managing in Serie A. Ranieri, while the Portuguese described most of the time, need to manage standings, one point behind lead- who led rank outsiders Leicester to Mazzarri as a hard-working don- his time more. ers Uruguay after eight games. a title triumph last season, insisted key when the two were rivals in the past was dead and buried. “It’s Italy.United go into the Leicester MANCHESTER: Claudio Ranieri prehistoric,” Ranieri told reporters game after suffering consecutive (pictured) has become the latest Pre- at a news conference. “It was a long league defeats. Ranieri, whose team mier League manager to bury the time ago. It’s normal (now)... if he trail seventh-placed United by two Pochettino backs Janssen hatchet with Jose Mourinho, with the offers, I will go out for a drink with points, also defended Mourinho’s Italian describing his feud with the him after the game.” public criticism of his players in the Manchester United boss as “prehis- Mourinho’s third stint in the wake of United’s 3-1 defeat at Wat- to fill Kane void for Spurs toric” ahead of Leicester City’s clash English top flight has already seen ford last Sunday. with Manchester United at Old Traf- a cessation of personal hostilities “Every manager has his (rule) ford today. with Manchester City’s Pep Guardi- book and sometimes you need to do The Portuguese called Rani- ola and Watford’s Walter Mazzarri. this (criticise),” he said.“Sometimes, Reuters just needs to play football. Always eri “a loser” when he replaced him Guardiola and Mourinho’s rela- maybe not here, but at another team, with a striker, they need to feel con- at Chelsea during his first stint in tionship stretched to breaking point also I push to provoke the reac- fidence and feel the net. It was a England, and their relationship dete- when they were in charge of Barce- tion of the player. There’s always a good opportunity for him to score riorated further when they were lona and Real Madrid respectively, psychology.” L O N D O N : Tottenham Hotspur man- his first official goal with us and that ager Mauricio Pochettino has urged is always important.” forward Vincent Janssen to make Kane, who ended last season as the most of injured Harry Kane’s the league’s top scorer with 25 goals, absence in today’s Premier League was carried off with an ankle injury clash against Middlesbrough. against Sunderland last weekend. Real Madrid’s keeper Navas fit to return Dutch forward Janssen, who “Kane is out, we need to assess joined from AZ Alkmaar in July, has him every day - he’s very positive, featured in all five league games this we need to do another scan and see Reuters season and scored his first goal for how long,” Pochettino added. Real Madrid’s goalkeeper the London club in Wednesday’s The former Southampton boss Keylor Navas in action League Cup win over third-tier was unsure of the fitness of defender during the Champions Gillingham. Danny Rose and midfielders Mousa MADRID: Real Madrid goalkeeper League in this file photo. “It’s not only his responsibility Dembele and Eric Dier for the game Keylor Navas is fit to play for the now. It’s a team responsibility and at the Riverside Stadium. first time this season at Las Palmas he needs to feel free to play and try Rose suffered a hamstring injury today, coach Zinedine Zidane said. to help the team. It’s a big opportu- on England duty this month while Navas, whose last game was the nity for him to show his real skill. He Dembele and Dier left the field early Champions League final triumph on needs to enjoy the game,” Pochet- against Sunderland. Tottenham lie penalties over Atletico Madrid on tino told reporters yesterday. third in the standings with three May 28, required surgery to resolve “He has nothing to show - he wins from five games. chronic tendinitis in his left foot. “Keylor is back with us and in the squad,” Zidane told reporters yesterday. “He is a key player for us. “Kiko (Casilla) has done very well and I will talk to the two of them to see what we can organise (playing time).” Navas missed the Copa America with Costa Rica and Real’s opening five La Liga games as well as the 2-1 triumph over Sporting Lisbon in their Champions League group opener. Real, unbeaten and two points clear of Sevilla at the top of La Liga, missed out on a league record 17th defender Pepe on the sidelines due “Losing two starters is a concern “We have a big squad and we successive win when they drew 1-1 to injuries. but we can’t do anything about it,” will make changes.” Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino (centre) with his staff with Villarreal on Wednesday. Marcelo has a calf muscle strain Zidane said. “We don’t have a player Real Madrid are are three points members before their midweek League Cup Game match against Left back Marcelo and mid- while Casemiro has fractured a that plays like Casemiro. It will be ahead of last season’s Champions Gillingham at White Hart Lane in London, England on Wednesday. fielder Casemiro have joined bone in his leg. different but it’s not a problem. Barcelona www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 Radwanska in Wenger implores semis of Pan Gunners to avoid Pacific Open red against Blues

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QATAR STARS LEAGUE Orange Fortress keep Action from the Qatar Stars RESULTS & FIXTURES Tabata away from League match between Al RESULTS Rayyan and Umm Salal at Al Al Rayyan 0 Umm Salal 0 scoring as defending Sadd Stadium yesterday. champions fail Al Sadd 2 Al Ahli 1 to keep the Today’s Fixtures Al Wakrah vs Al Kharaitiyat momentum going at Al Wakrah Stadium, 5.50pm Al Gharafa vs Lekhwiya at Al Gharafa Club Stadium, 8.00pm

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DOHA: Defending Qatar Stars League champions Al Rayyan were held to a goalless draw by Umm Salal in their second round fixture played at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Skipper Rodrigo Tabata was looking to build up on his last week’s heroics but both teams failed to score. The Lions, who registered a record breaking 11 wins from the start of the last season to claim the QSL falcon shield, were expecting nothing more than three points from yesterday’s game, Umm Salal were also looking to pull off an early season shock against the defending champions. However, despite both teams showing some exciting skills dur- ing the game, the ball did not find the back of the net, offering the first the scoring on the 21st minute. Boualem Khoukhi stepped up and Arabi grabbed a third on the 76th stalemate of the new QSL season. Uzbeki winger Sardor Rashidov slotted away first time, only for the minute after a moment of magic It was an entirely different story was dangerous on the wing and referee to spot an infringement in from winger Imoh Ezekiel. The at the Al Arabi Stadium on Thursday delivered a defensive splitting pass the area meaning the spot kick had Nigerian international exchanged evening, when El Jaish ran out 4-3 to Magid Mohammed who master- to be retaken. Boualem stepped up passes on the right wing, beating winners against Al Arabi in a pul- fully evaded his marker Mustapha again blasted into the bottom left two El Jaish defenders in the process sating QSL tie. Sall for a simple tap in. hand side of the goal, with El Jaish and pulled it back for Yusef Ahmed Two goals in ether half includ- Al Arabi looked shell shocked going into the break with a 2-1 lead. who tapped in for his second goal ing a stoppage time winner from and defended for their lives against Sabri Lamouchi’s substation in of the season. Romarinho snatched the points the consistent Jaish attacks. Dream the second half could have paid off Jaish pushed hard for an equal- away from a spirited Al Arabi side team defender Omar Al Amadi man- in the 50th minute when Romar- izer and where deservedly rewarded who fought their way back into the aged a long distance shot, which was inho was bundled down in the box with five minutes to spare, Sardor tie from two goals down. easily saved by Jaish keeper Khal- after a surging run; however the Rashidov unleashed a powerful shot Jaish started the tie on the front ifa Ababacar. penalty claim was turned down by from outside the box. Unfortunately foot, and laid down early marker on Sabri Lamouchi’s side thun- the referee. the effort rebounded off Arabi mid- the fifth minute when Captain Sei- dered into a two goal lead on the Al Arabi found an equalizer on fielder Ahmed Fatehi and into the dou Keita whipped a free kick just 38th minute, a perfect cross from the 60th minute courtesy Moham- back into the net. wide. Mohammed Yazeedi found Hamza med Jumma. The defender’s well El Jiash completed the turna- It was the Malian midfielder’s and the young attacker headed past placed shot from outside the box round with a fine individual run only significant contribution of Arabi stopper Rajab Hamza for his evaded keeper Khalifa Ababacar from substitute Romarinho in injury the match as he was promptly sub- first goal for El Jaish. and nestled into the back of the net, time gave Sabri Lamouchi’s side the stituted after a knock on the 8th On the stroke of half time Arabi leaving the Dream Team faithful in winner. The jinxing run from the minute; much to the concern of Jaish where handed a lifeline, after the raptures. mercurial attacker evaded several Al Rayyan skipper Rodrigo Tabata (right) and Umm Salal’s Ali Mohammad head Coach Sabri Lamouchi. referee pointed to the penalty spot After the goal Al Arabi kept pos- Arabi defenders to calmly slot into The Solders bossed the early after midfielder Omar Al Amadi was session well, probing for a winning the bottom corner, to give the sol- Bazmandegan vie for the ball possession during their Qatar Stars League exchanges, and deservedly opened knocked down in the area. Captain goal as El Jaish seemingly tired. diers a famous 4-3 win. match played at Al Sadd Stadium yesterday. Pictures by: Baher Amin/The Peninsula Gharafa look for perfect start against favoutites Lekhwiya

The Peninsula come back in this game. This will be Both teams are reeling of losses in Thursday. “Ahmed Fadal is one of the the first home game for us and we go their opening game of the season and most important players he knows into it knowing we are going to play will be eager to amends. what the coach wants and what he the best team in Qatar but in football - - Al Wakrah fought a close a match can do to help.” DOHA: Al Gharafa faces off against the best team doesn’t always win.” against El Jaish but ended up losing “Last season he played a lot with one of the Qatar Star’s League’s “Our first objective is clean sheet 2-1. They will try to fix their mistakes the national team and I wanted to top class teams and title favourites and score first and that’s always our and show a stronger performance in play him in the team. This season he Lekhwiya in a crunch encounter at plan,” added the Portuguese tacti- AL WAKRAH vs AL KHARAITIYAT AL GHARAFA VS LEKHWIYA their second match. started on the bench but that doesn’t the Al Gharafa Stadium today. cian as he laid out his plan for the Mauricio Larriera, the head coach mean he will play or not play I have Al Gharafa lost their opening upcoming encounter against a tough At Al Wakrah Stadium At Al Gharafa Club Stadium of Al Wakrah wants his team to learn to wait for the right time to play him,” game of the league to Al Ahli 4-2, and opponent. Kick off at 5.30pm. Kick off at 8.00pm. from mistakes made in the last game, added Larriera when asked about his they will put everything on the line to Lekhwiya have made a dream “We lost but we did well. There are young Qatari midfielder. get the three points against Lekhwiya. start to the season first by winning some things we need to concentrate Kharitiyat had a disappoint- Pedro Caixinha, the head coach the Sheikh Jassim along with a com- because they have a lot of tough play- he is a top scorer in Granada team he on but we know that El Jaish are a very ing outing against Al Sadd as they of Al Gharafa believes that Lekhwiya prehensive 4-0 win in their opening ers who can give a strong reaction.” came here with a lot of ambition and competitive team who are one of the slumped to a 4-0 defeat. They need are one of the best sides in the QSL, match of the season. The Cops will be Speaking about his Qatari goal his national team is going to qualify best in the league.” to get their mojo back and they will “There is no doubt that we are about aiming for another strong perform- scorer, Almoez Ali , Belmadi said, “It for the world cup and he will also play “Kharitiyat is a competitive team have an opportunity to do so against to face the best team in Qatar at the ance against the Cheetah’s. was important to bring Moez back in the AFCON cup and I am sure he and unfortunately they lost towards Al Wakra. Amar Osim, the head coach moment. They have proven this with Djemal Belmadi, the head coach to the team as he is a great profes- will score a lot of goals this season and the end of the game. They lost against of Kharitiyat, said that they need to the level of their performance, in there of Lekhwiya believes that Gharafa sional and I believe that he will be a we were missing this type of player,” one of the biggest team in the league bounce back from their defeat, “We last match.” will fight back after their defeat. Our key player for the national team. He added the Algerian head coach. in Al Sadd. We don’t know how they have to prepare because we lost 4-0 Speaking about the last game second against Gharafa will be tough is a hard worker and I love that in a Meanwhile, at Al Wakrah Stadium, are preparing for us but we saw that and it’s not easy for the players to Caixinha said that, “We made a lot of and with a lot of international play- player.” Al Wakrah will meet Al Kharitiyat they tried against Al Sadd but couldn’t digest this. We shouldn’t think too mistakes in the last game; we didn’t ers in both teams. I know they lost the “Yousef Al Arabi needs no intro- in their round two encounter this succeed,” added the Uruguayan much about this defeat and we have defend well however we will try and first game but this is more dangerous duction. He played in La Liga and afternoon. head coach at a press conference on to learn from this game.”