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MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 • 11 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6504 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Property deals Emir receives message from Rowhani Nato emergency meeting to review value triples Turkey’s security BRUSSELS: Nato Security General Jens Stoltenberg has called an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss security at the request of in five years Turkey after last week’s suicide bombing there and Turkish security operations against Islamic State (IS) and PKK Kurdish militants. In a statement yesterday, Nato said the North Number of transactions drops Atlantic Council, which includes the ambassadors of all 28 Nato allies, would meet following a request DOHA: The combined value of has been remaining flat for the by Turkey to hold consultations under Article 4 of Qatar’s real estate transactions past three years. If you compare Nato’s founding Washington Treaty. hit QR36bn for the first six the total number of deals struck “Turkey requested the meeting in view of the months of the year, up 48 per- in first half of 2015 with 2011, you seriousness of the situation after the heinous ter- cent from a year ago. could see the number has fallen to rorist attacks in recent days, and to inform allies This is against an 18 percent 3,050 from 3,279.” of the measures it is taking,” Nato said, adding year-on-year increase for the first Al Arouqi said the value of land “Nato allies follow developments closely and stand half of 2014, when the combined meant for villas and residential in solidarity with Turkey.” value stood at QR24.4bn. complexes in prime locations has Meanwhile, the Turkish military launched new According to market analysts, gone up significantly over the air strikes on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq the value of real estate transac- past two years. as part of a two-pronged “anti-terror” cross-border tions has almost tripled during For instance, land prices at offensive against Islamic State (IS) jihadists and the past five years. places like Central Doha and Al Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants after a However, there is a significant Rayyan have recorded an increase wave of violence in the country. Turkish F-16s took drop in the number of transac- of about 30 to 35 percent. And off from Diyarbakir in the southeast and headed tions during 2011-2015. Dafna, West Bay and the Pearl- towards the PKK’s rear bases in Mount Kandil. A comparative analysis of the Qatar witnessed a rise between “At around 9pm , Turkish planes started bombing market performance for the first 40 and 50 percent. The surge in some of our positions in two areas” north of Dohuk six months of past five years show the prices is comparatively mod- Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a written message from Iranian and north of Arbil, PKK spokesman Bakhtiar Dogan a significant increase in the com- erate in places like Al Shamal and in Iraq said. The White House backed Turkey’s right President Hassan Rowhani on ways of enhancing relations. It was handed over by Iranian bined value of transactions, but a South Doha and in the munici- to bomb the PKK the US categorises as a terror group. Foreign Minister Dr Mohammad Javad Zarif at Al Bahr Palace. Dr Zarif briefed the Emir on sharp fall in the number. palities like Al Dhayeen, Umm AGENCIES For instance, when the first Salal and Al Wakra. the nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group in Vienna. half of 2015 witnessed a 48 per- The value of land ideal for cent jump in the combined value developing multi-storey residen- of transactions year-on-year, tial buildings has jumped between the total number of transactions 70 and 80 percent over the past declined to 3,050, from 4,503 two years because of the guaran- Kana’ad fishing banned for 3 months struck during the same period a tee of very high returns for inves- year ago. tors from similar properties, he DOHA: The Ministry of of the ministry’s commitment to species, will also be banned. Anyone found violating the ban The total number of deals is said. Environment has imposed preserve the country’s marine However, individuals and enti- will be arrested and produced down by seven percent in the However, the value of plots a temporary ban on fishing wealth and comply with the GCC ties licensed to catch the fish for before public prosecutor. first half of 2015 compared to the found ideal for developing mixed- Kana’ad (a species of Kingfish) Agricultural Committee’s unified research will be allowed to do so The inspectors have been given deals struck during the first half use properties has hit a record in Qatari waters for two months decision to ban fishing Kana’ad. during the ban. special training to identify pos- of 2011. high. It has skyrocketed by 80 to beginning August 15. The temporary ban continues A special group of inspectors sible violators. Ahmed Al Arouqi, General 100 percent in two years, espe- The first-of-its-kind ban in until October 15. has been tasked to monitor fish- Awareness will also be created Manager, ROOTS Real Estate, cially after the civic authorities Qatar was announced through During the ban, fishermen will ermen, with the support of Coast among fishermen and boat own- said: “Qatar’s real estate market developing new streets leading the ministerial decision 55/2015 not be allowed to catch Kana’ad guards from August 15 to ensure ers about the ban to prevent them has grown manifold over the past to these potential land plots, Al to preserve the large migratory with nets, transport or trade it. there is no violation of the ban. from fishing Kana’ad during the five years in terms of value. Arouqi added. species during its breeding time. Sale of the encircled net called They will check fishermen’s period. “But the total number of deals THE PENINSULA The ban is implemented as part ‘Halaaq’, a special net to fish this boats and nets. THE PENINSULA Yemen rebel leader rejects coalition ceasefire SANA’A: Yemen’s Shia Houthi Head, Supreme Revolutionary a ceasefire to take effect at persons in the major city of Taiz. Four months of air raids and rebels rejected a ceasefire Committee said the group would 11.59pm yesterday for five days to Yesterday, Yemeni forces allied war have killed more than 3,500 declared by the Saudi-led coali- not declare a positive or negative allow for the delivery of humani- with the coalition fought Houthis people in the country. Aden has tion waging an air war against stance towards the ceasefire until tarian aid. for control of the country’s largest suffered especially, with severe them, according to a message the United Nations formally noti- The Houthi movement accuses air base north of Aden, residents shortages of fuel, food and posted on Twitter yesterday. fied them of it. its Saudi-supported foes of being said, hours before the truce was medicine. The truce proposed by the “The battle goes on and the in cahoots with Islamist militants to start. Houthis and army units loyal “Saudi aggressor” aims to ena- war is not over,” Al Houthi said, like Al Qaeda, which the coalition Al Anad base, 50km from the to former president Ali Abdullah ble pro-government fighters to adding it would benefit only mili- denies. major southern port city, has been Saleh captured Aden at the outset regroup, rebel leader Abdulmalik tant groups Islamic State and Al Houthi forces also held up 16 held by the Iranian-allied Houthis of the war, prompting Hadi to flee Qatari sports Al Houthi was quoted as saying Qaeda. trucks carrying humanitarian for much of a fourth-month-old to Saudi Arabia. The Arab coali- on a Twitter account believed to A Saudi-led Arab coalition aid from World Food Programme civil war, and is regarded as a tion, allied with southern seces- be managed by his group. fighting the Houthi militia since through Yemen’s Al Hudaydah strategic asset commanding the sionist fighters, retook much of commentator Mohammed Ali Al Houthi, March 26 announced on Saturday province to support displaced approaches to Aden. Aden last week. AGENCIES Al Lanjawi dies Israeli police enter Al Aqsa compound DOHA: Qatari sport commen- tator Mohamed Al Lanjawi (pictured) died yesterday Assad admits military setbacks after a prolonged illness, Al Sharq website reports. He was BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad yesterday said the a sport commentator, actor and army had been forced to give up areas to hold onto more important broadcaster, was known for his ones in its fight with insurgents, and the scale of the war meant the character ‘Baba Lanja’ as broad- military faced a manpower shortage. caster in children’s programmes In a frank assessment of the strains afflicting the military after as well as plays for children, more than four years of conflict, Assad said the type of war confronting including Cinderella and Birds of Syria meant the army could not fight everywhere for risk of losing vital the Forest (2010) and A Journey ground. “Sometimes, in some circumstances, we are forced to give up to Treasure. THE PENINSULA areas to move those forces to the areas we want to hold onto,” Assad said in a televised speech. “We must define the important regions the Turkey opposition armed forces hold onto so it doesn’t allow the collapse of the rest of the areas.” See also page 5 ready for coalition Obama to discuss ‘Plan B’ for S Sudan ISTANBUL: The main opposi- tion Republican People’s Party ADDIS ABABA: US President Barack Obama will discuss a “Plan yesterday said it was ready to B” for South Sudan with African leaders today that could include go into coalition with the rul- sanctions or other penalties if the country’s warring parties do not ing Justice and Development forge a peace deal by mid-August, a US official said. The official told Party (AKP) to end the political reporters on Air Force One as Obama travelled to Ethiopia from impasse that has persisted since Israeli policemen at the entrance of Al Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem during clashes Kenya, that the meeting is not expected to lead to a breakthrough to June 7 elections. AKP failed to with Muslim worshippers yesterday. Report on page 4 halt the civil war, which has raged since December 2013. See also page 6 win majority in the polls. AFP AGENCIES MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Corniche goes green

Al Khor Park is undergoing a QR250m face-lift. Renovated Al Khor As part of beautifying the city, the Public Parks Department of Doha Municipality has planted 4,500 flower plants and 30 Sidra trees near the Corniche. Also, 750 plastic barriers have been put in place to protect the green area. Al Zain Municipality also planted 1,400 seasonal flower Park likely to welcome plants in its area. visitors next month DOHA: Al Khor Park, a major undergoing a QR250m renovation QRC holds health education attraction for people and currently since June 2010. getting a face-lift, is expected to Once completed, it will have two be ready to welcome visitors next sections: One to instructional facili- month. ties and the other as a recreational The Public Parks Department of area for children and families. programme for workers the Ministry of Municipality and New facilities include an animal Urban Planning is inspecting safety farm, an aviary, an exhibition area, standards of the park, reports an a museum, children’s playground, a DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Arabic daily. toy-train rail, restaurants and mini (QRC) has continued to The park was scheduled to reo- golf and skating areas. implement the first phase of pen in the first quarter of this year, The park will increase the number its National Communicable but the contractor delayed handing of green areas and will have an edu- Disease Prevention Campaign it over to Public Works Authority cational role by offering visitors (Weqaya), funded and spon- (Ashghal), which is implementing opportunity to learn about animals sored by the Supreme Council renovation. and the environment of Qatar when of Health (SCH). The reopening was also delayed visiting the exhibition area and the The programme has been to ensure the park is equipped with museum and attending lectures. extended to cover additional safety and security features. The park will also have an adminis- 5,000 expatriate workers. The 240,000sqm facility lies west of trative building, gardens and parking Over one and a half months, Al Khor Municipality, and has been slots for visitors. THE PENINSULA a QRC medical affairs team vis- ited QDVC four times a week to conduct 20 health educa- tion lectures for 1,000 of work- ers and competitions with 250 T-shirts as prizes. Maid gets one-year jail Workers were informed about the importance of apply- ing health and personal hygiene standards, common communi- for stealing jewellery cable diseases and how to avoid them, advice about health pro- DOHA: A criminal court has sen- including three gold rings, one ear- tection against workplace risks, tenced a maid to one-year in jail ring and some accessories. such as sun strokes and heat for stealing gold jewellery from She also claimed that she had exhaustion, and how to admin- her employer. seen the maid wearing two of her ister first aid on colleagues who The court has also ordered her rings and her shirt in pictures suffer such emergencies. deportation after she has served the posted on the Facebook account of The lecture was delivered in sentence. the accused. various languages to ensure full The public prosecution accused The employer first informed the understanding of the informa- the maid of stealing three rings, guard of the residential complex tion and guidance, which will an earring and a chain from her where she lives about the theft, reflect positively on workers’ employer, the local Arabic daily Al accusing the cleaner. behaviour. Raya reported yesterday. The guard called police who began Workers also received 250 During investigation and interro- an investigation and transferred the hygiene kits, tooth brushes, Officials at the event. gation, the victim claimed that she case to public prosecution. soap and other personal items lost some of her jewellery, her son’s The maid denied that she had sto- and were trained in their use. mobile, some clothes and pre-paid len the jewellery and claimed that Sheikha Athba bint Thamer the advice and information awareness courses for 10,000 Other phases are under way vouchers for a commercial centre. during the search police found the Al Thani, Chief Support provided by the QRC team and workers from 40 companies covering topics like psychologi- The employer said when she valuables among her properties and Services Officer, QDVC, said, pledged to utilise the acquired and 21,000 visitors from QRC- cal health, professional safety, checked the maid’s hand bag, that she was not guilty. “We are pleased to participate in knowledge in their daily life,” run and SCH-funded workers’ and health education on non- she found some of the jewellery, THE PENINSULA the hygiene campaign launched she added. health centres. communicable diseases. by QRC, a new approach across Co-launched in August 2013 The campaign distributed The programme is inspired the spectrum to bring better by QRC and SCH, the three- 5,000 hygiene kits and providing by QRC’s commitment to social sanitation and improve the year Weqaya aims mainly to training to use them in addi- development and health promo- health of our workers. improve health and safety of tion to 10,000 brochures and tion in the Qatari society. “This work will help over- expatriate workers through fliers on the most prevalent With lower disease rates, come associated taboos to educational lectures, awareness infections and health problems, particularly among workers, Tanker dumping waste improve the well-being of fliers and personal hygiene kits. such as MERS, Ebola virus, there will be less demand for QDVC workers. Phase one was a success, influenza, tuberculosis and heat healthcare services and fewer in open area seized “Participants appreciated with lectures, workshops and exhaustion. sick leave. THE PENINSULA DOHA: The Management of areas around, including desert areas, Environmental Monitoring at the round the clock to prevent any dam- Ministry of Environment yester- age to local environment and the day seized a tanker while it was greenery. dumping waste of concrete mix It also removes waste and other New Al Dhameen agreement signed in an open area not allocated for materials damaging the environment. dumping construction waste. It receives complaints and calls DOHA: Qatar Development and partner banks to cater Environment protection inspectors round the clock related to damage Bank (QDB) and Commercial to all needs and increase also seized a heavy vehicle roaming to the environment. Bank have signed a new Al transparency. around in open areas, away from the The agency called on residents to Dhameen programme portfo- Al Raisi said: “As Qatar’s first road, damaging the environment. dial 998 if they notice any violation lio agreement to support fur- private bank, we support Qatar Both cases were transferred to of the environment protection law ther expansion of small and National Vision 2030 under the security agencies for investigations or encroachments on public proper- medium enterprises (SMEs) leadership of the Emir, which and legal action, Al Sharq reports. ties, as the ministry is committed to financing. sets out an economic blueprint The Management of Environmental enforcing the law strictly to protect The deal was inked by of a viable and prosperous Monitoring keeps a vigil on outside the environment. THE PENINSULA Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa, future for Qatar as our nation CEO, QDB, and Abdulla Saleh continues to transform into a Al Raisi, CEO, Commercial more knowledge-based economy. Bank. “The programme gives the Al Khalifa said: “Al Dhameen private sector a boost by help- is a primary programme to ing the creation and growth of ensure Qatari SMEs are capa- new SMEs required to deliver GCC meet on medicine ble of overcoming obstacles, Qatar’s strategic projects, and guarantees and short credit introduce new and innovative history. products and services. prices begins today “It also facilitates financing “We are delighted to sign the procedures for key sectors such Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa, CEO, QDB, and his counterpart Abdulla agreement and join Al Dhameen DOHA: The 22nd meeting of the also discuss achievements of the initi- as industry, education, health- Saleh Al Raisi from Commercial Bank exchange documents after signing portfolio which aims to provide GCC Committee for Medicine ative to speed up unification of lotion care, and added-value services. the deal. funding opportunities for SMEs Prices begins in Doha today. The prices, opinion of companies and the “The programme mainly tar- and we look forward to a suc- four-day meeting will discuss prices panel’s future activities. She said the gets companies and start-ups, ‘Al Dhameen portfolio’ aims to guide with terms, conditions, cessful collaboration. of cosmetics registered in Qatar aim of unifying medicine prices is to and we are delighted with the facilitate and speed up approv- highest international standards, Commercial Bank provides and recommendations for medicine provide quality medicines at reason- partnership with Commercial als to guarantee the value of due diligence, credit monitor- support for SMEs to help them registration by the central commit- able prices. Bank, which ensures that all the funding provided by the ing, applications and guidelines grow and succeed through our tee which met in Bahrain recently, The first and second phases of banks operating in Qatar sup- partner bank to SMEs lack- development. This will allow bespoke, value-added products said Dr Aisha Ibrahim Al Ansari, unifying medicine prices in the GCC port and develop the SMEs ing sufficient guarantees. To Commercial Bank to take deci- and services through our spe- Director, Pharmacy and Drug have completed and concerned enti- sector, diversifying the private ensure smooth introduction sions without referring to QDB. cialised Enterprise Banking Monitoring Department, Supreme ties have begun to implement the sector and building a knowl- of Al Dhameen portfolio pro- Developing the programme Department to meet the Council of Health (SCH). third phase of the initiative. edge-based economy.” gramme by Commercial Bank, content took nearly two years requirements of our customers.” Al Ansari said the meeting will THE PENINSULA With a QR100m, the new QDB has prepared a portfolio of cooperation between QDB THE PENINSULA MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Leaders send FM meets UN officials greeting cables to Maldives DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday sent a cable of con- gratulations to Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on his country’s Independence Day. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani sent a similar congratulatory cable to Yameen. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable to Yameen. Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah yesterday met Nickolay Mladenov, the UN secretary-general’s personal representative to Palestine Liberation Organisation and Sudan FM praises Palestinian Authority, the Quartet and Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process. Talks dealt with the regional situation and topics of mutual concern. Dr Al Attiyah also met Qatar role in Jan Kubis, the UN secretary-general’s special representative and Head of UN Assistance Mission in Iraq. Darfur peace KHARTOUM: Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al Attiyah, Ghandour yesterday praised Residents urged to get their the Qatari leadership for its role in establishing peace and stability in Darfur region. Iran FM Speaking to Sudanese Radio, Ghandour said Qatar is one of the most active countries in home number plates fixed discuss terms of establishing peace in Darfur. ‘My address’ plates to include He expressed the Sudanese relations leadership’s appreciation to Qatari authorities for their com- building, zone and street numbers DOHA: Foreign Minister mitment to peace and stability H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed in Darfur. DOHA: In a fresh call on Information is obtained in Al Attiyah met his Iranian social media, the Ministry co-ordination with General counterpart Dr Mohammad Vodafone boosts of Municipality and Urban Directorate of Civil Defence, Javad Zarif and discussed Planning has urged people to Internal Security Force, National means of enhancing rela- networks get their house number plates Command Centre of the Ministry tions and issues of common fixed as part of the ministry’s of Interior, Qatar Statistics concern. ‘My Address’ system. Authority, Q-Post, Kahramaa and Earlier, he welcomed Dr across Doha The new plates will have the all municipalities. Zarif who arrived in Qatar DOHA: Vodafone Qatar building, zone and street num- Also in the first phase, a deci- from Kuwait as part of his has completed its networks bers. Presently, majority of homes sion was taken to fix plates on three-nation tour, including enhancement across Doha and have only the building number the right side of each building and Iraq, at Hamad International initiated the second phase of displayed. assign odd numbers to buildings Airport. the process which will entail The plates are installed on the left side of the road and Iranian Ambassador Dr swapping its remaining cell by Centre for Geographic even numbers to those on the Mohammed Jawad Asayish sites in the country. Information Systems (CGIS) right. was also present. Vodafone began networks under the ministry, which is plan- The second phase will have In a statement following the enhancement activities in ning to cover all buildings by this a system to develop the data- meeting, Dr Zarif said that all January and aims to finish by year-end. base which also included Qatar countries of the region should September. As part of the first phase last General Electricity and water play a role and cooperate in It said the initiative is in line March, an estimated 125,000 Corporation (Kahramaa) the fight against terrorism, with the company’s strategy building number plates were been number, types of building, old extremism and sectarianism. to provide the population with installed across Qatar, accord- numbers, survey numbers, zones Dr Zarif said that his coun- state-of-the-art telecommunica- ing to the ministry. On average and streets. try will continue to help in the tions services through cutting- between 1,500 and 2,000 plates The ministry has ordered fight against extremism, ter- edge technology, leading to an are being installed monthly. all municipalities to submit a rorism and sectarianism in improved experience and faster CGIS welcomes applications to monthly report on details of new the region. Internet speeds. install plates. Applications should buildings in their jurisdiction “Everyone in the region Customers in impacted areas mention the nearest address to include them in the database should play a role in coma- may experience a service inter- plate on the same street to the ahead of providing plates. bating terrorism and dealing ruption for a few hours, Vodafone applicant or the plot of land, PIN In a separate awareness cam- with threats to the region,” said, adding it will notify such and the new plate will be installed paign, the ministry urged the he said. customers via SMS ahead of within a week to 10 days. public to follow a convenient way He reiterated his country’s network enhancements, the com- Applications can be made by to receive emergency and other call on its neighbours and pany said. contacting 44266948, or 44265279, services fast. friends to work together to Customers may visit www. or 44266279 or 44262296 for The new system will help resi- deal with serious threats faced vodafone.qa/weareupgrad- English speakers. dents get easier access to services, by the region. ing for updates on network CGIS has a specified mecha- including Ambulance Services New plates will be installed within 10 days after the submission of details During his visit to Qatar, enhancements. nism to update data and installa- and Civil Defence. the Iranian foreign minister to the ministry. THE PENINSULA/QNA tion of plates on buildings. THE PENINSULA discussed relations between both countries. QNA Inspection campaign Defence, air traffic control systems deal signed

DOHA: Qatar Armed Forces yesterday signed a contract with Selex ES, the Italian company with experience in command, control and radar systems. Minister of State for Defence Affairs and Cabinet Member H E Major General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah and Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti signed the deal in the presence of Chief of Staff Major General Ghanim bin Shaheen Al Ghanim, Italian Ambassador Guido De Sanctis and other officials. The firm will supply air traffic control and defence systems to monitor Qatar’s airspace. Al Attiyah and Pinotti also held talks on bilateral relations and cooperation. ELEX ES is a key Minister of State for Defence Affairs and Cabinet Member H E Major General Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah and Italian partner of the Italian Ministry of Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti sign the deal. Defence. QNA

General Takaful Insurance is Nojoom partner DOHA: Ooredoo has added With the partnership, Red and Director Community & Public businesses in accordance with General Takaful Insurance Silver members will earn one Relations, Ooredoo, said: “Nojoom Islamic and Shariah laws. as the newest partner of its Nojoom point and Gold members rewards our customers for eve- “We are happy to be the latest multi-award-winning Nojoom two points for every QR5 spent. ryday tasks, and having General Nojoom partner, and look forward Rewards Programme, as Members can visit General Takaful as our latest partner will to working with Ooredoo more the programme continues to Takaful Insurance branches give them benefits for protecting in future.” expand the range of partners. including the main office, Barwa their property and families, as For details on Nojoom partners Health inspectors of Al Wakrah Municipality visited outlets, shops and Nojoom members can earn Village, Grand Hamad, Al well as peace of mind.” and how to enrol into Nojoom, bakeries and registered 76 violations last month. The campaign covered and redeem points with General Rayyan, Khalifa Traffic Office, Majed Akel, General Manager, customers can visit Nojoom page 2,353 food outlets and 423 beauty salons and barber and other shops. Takaful Insurance which serves Al Khor Traffic Office, Barwa General Takaful Insurance, said: of Ooredoo website at www.oore- Inspectors found 3,000kg of food worth QR177,800 not fit for human the insurance needs of individuals Commercial Avenue-Safwa and “General Takaful is a national doo.qa/nojoom, download Ooredoo consumption. and business in accordance with Matar Street. company that serves the insur- app or stop by any Ooredoo shop. Islamic and Shariah principles. Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, ance needs of individuals and THE PENINSULA MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Zarif tells Gulf Clashes rock Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque JERUSALEM: Israeli police yesterday entered Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, as they clashed to join hands with Palestinians angered by Jews’ access to the compound on an annual day of Jewish mourning. Palestinians threw stones and fireworks while police fired stun against terror grenades after security forces entered the Al Aqsa compound, which is also revered by Jews, No change in regional policy: Minister before briefly going inside the mosque itself. KUWAIT CITY: Iran’s Foreign claims are totally wrong,” he said. Police said they went a few Minister yesterday called on “The timing of the announce- metres (yards) into the mosque to Gulf Arab neighbours to coop- ment is an attempt to prevent any shut the doors in a bid to restore erate against the common progress in cooperation between calm and lock in rioters who were threat of “terrorism, extremism Iran and other Gulf states,” Zarif inside. and sectarianism”, but insisted said. About 300 security personnel that Tehran’s regional policy Bahrain’s Interior Ministry had entered the compound when will not change. said late Saturday the two were the clashes began with about 200 “Our message to the countries arrested aboard a boat with Palestinians, an AFP photogra- of the region is that we should machineguns, ammunition and C4 pher reported. cooperate to face the common explosives, adding that the arms The Palestinian government threat,” Mohammad Javad Zarif originated in Iran. said Israel’s actions proved it told reporters after meeting Zarif is not visiting Saudi wanted to “drag the region into Kuwaiti officials on his first for- Arabia or the United Arab a religious war”. eign trip since the nuclear deal Emirates, two key coalition Jordan, the custodian of the with world powers. members in the war against the compound, said: “The repeated “Iran has always supported the Yemeni rebels. Israeli violations of the sanctity Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian woman during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police people of this region in confront- The Iranian minister also of the holy site are a provocation after authorities limited access for Muslim worshippers to the flashpoint Al Aqsa Mosque compound in the old ing the common threat which is strongly attacked the war in against the feelings of Arabs and terrorism, extremism and sectari- Yemen and called for an immedi- Muslims... designed to ignite fur- city of Jerusalem yesterday. anism,” he said. ate ceasefire and dialogue. ther hostility.” However, Zarif also insisted The nuclear accord between It was the first time Israeli Judaism and Islam’s third holi- of the rioters and with the aim chanting “Allahu Akbar (God is that in order to spur cooperation Iran and Western powers, security forces had entered the est, after Makkah and Madina. of preventing further injury to greatest)” and police firing stun in the region, it was up to other struck on July 14, imposes cer- mosque since November, when Jews refer to the site as the police... forces entered a number grenades. states to change their policies, not tain controls on Iran’s nuclear clashes with worshippers also Temple Mount. of metres inside and closed the Some vowed to protect Al-Aqsa, the Islamic republic. programme in exchange for a erupted. Police said Palestinian youths doors to the mosque with the riot- with one man saying the holy site “What is needed is not a change lifting of crippling economic There were multiple arrests had prepared to clash with them, ers inside, restoring order,” police “is in our blood”. in Iranian policy but a change in sanctions. linked to the latest clashes, spending the night in the mosque said. Police reinforcements had “We are ready to die,” said the policy of some countries that Asked if Iran will change its which came as Jews sought to in which they had stored stones deployed in the Old City overnight Khaled Tuffaha, a 46-year- want conflict and war in this policy in Syria and Iraq following access the mosque compound and fireworks, as well as wooden for fear of unrest as thousands old Palestinian shopowner. region,” Zarif said in a direct the deal, Zarif said Iran has been to mark Tisha B’av, a day com- planks to prevent police from of observant Jews flocked to the “Everybody is ready to die.” reference to Iran’s main regional at the forefront in fighting against memorating the destruction in closing the doors. Western Wall, located below the One 22-year-old Jewish reli- rival Saudi Arabia, but without the Islamic State group and ancient times of the first and Upon seeing police at the mosque complex, for the annual gious student, carrying a Torah naming it. Al Qaeda, and its timely inter- second temples. northern steps to the mosque in prayer ceremony. holy book and who said he was Since the end of March, Riyadh ference prevented the fall of Palestinians were angered the morning, “they began throw- The police said that after briefly in the compound during has led an air campaign against Baghdad and Arbil to IS. by what they considered intru- ing stones at them and firing their brief foray into the mosque, the clashes, argued that Jews and Iran-backed Shia Houthi rebels Zarif will return to Tehran sions by Jews. Visits are allowed, fireworks”. they withdrew and the area was Muslims should share access. in Yemen. next week where he will host but Jewish prayer at the site is They then barricaded them- quiet. Access to the site was later “One day for Jews, one day for Zarif also denied as “baseless” EU foreign affairs chief Federica prohibited. selves in the mosque, from where restricted. Muslims,” he said. claims by Bahrain that it had Mogherini before meeting his The hilltop compound in they continued to attack the Protests broke out in the lanes At least three stone-throwers detained two men for trying to French counterpart Laurent Jerusalem’s Old City, one of the forces, according to authorities. and alleyways of the Old City were detained and four police smuggle weapons from Iran. Fabius. biggest flashpoints in the Middle “In light of the severe confron- around the mosque, with demon- were lightly wounded, authorities “I openly say the (Bahraini) AFP East, is the most sacred site in tation and the escalating actions strators confronting police and said. AFP

People stand near a destroyed car near the damaged Jazeera Palace hotel following a suicide attack in Mogadishu yesterday. At least six killed in car bomb attack on Mogadishu hotel

MOGADISHU: Somalia’s The Shabaab said the suicide The hotel has been the tar- Shabaab insurgents killed at bomber had attacked the hotel get of Shabaab attacks in the least six people yesterday when “in retaliation for the killing of past, including in 2012 when sui- they detonated a huge car bomb dozens of innocent civilians” they cide bombers stormed the hotel at a heavily guarded hotel in the claimed had died during attacks while President Hassan Sheikh capital Mogadishu housing dip- this week by Ethiopian forces Mohamud was inside. lomatic missions, officials and against Shabaab bases in south- Mohamud yesterday con- witnesses said. ern Somalia. demned the “heinous terrorist The suicide attack, the latest in Local resident Abdihakim attack” and said the Shabaab a string of bomb blasts and killings Ainte, a political analyst, was attacked a civilian target because in Somalia, came as US President nearby when the bomb exploded they were losing territory to gov- Barack Obama left neighbouring and described a “huge blast” that ernment and AU troops. Kenya and headed to Ethiopia, smashed his window. The AU force in Somalia both key nations contributing He said the hotel had been (AMISOM), which helped to troops to the African Union force “torn apart” by the blast, and pho- evacuate the wounded and rescue battling the Al-Qaeda-affiliated tographs shared on social media those who had been staying in the group. showed the side of the six-storey hotel, said it “demonstrates the In a statement quoted by jihad- hotel destroyed by the explosion. demonic agenda” of the Shabaab. ist websites, the Shabaab said The enormous blast also sent a The Shabaab are fighting to they attacked the Jazeera Palace thick plume of smoke high into overthrow Somalia’s Western- hotel, which is also home to the the air. Journalist Mohamed backed government which is diplomatic missions of China, Abdikarim, who worked for propped up and protected by the Qatar and the United Arab Universal TV, was among those 22,000-strong AMISOM force. Emirates and is popular among killed, the National Union of On Saturday, Shabaab gunmen Somali government officials and Somali Journalists said in a mes- in Mogadishu killed MP Abdulahi foreign visitors. sage of condolence to his family. Hussein Mohamud, spraying his “We have seen around six peo- The Jazeera is close to the vehicle with gunfire as he trav- ple killed, most of them hotel fortified international airport, elled through a southern district security guards,” said government which houses the United Nations, of the city, killing him, his two security officer Mohamed Jama, Western diplomatic missions and guards and the driver. adding that the toll might rise. AMISOM. AFP MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Kurdish militants kill two Turkish soldiers Roadside bomb attack on military vehicle seen as retaliation for Ankara’s crackdown on PKK targets in Iraq

ANKARA: Kurdish militants condemned recent PKK attacks killed two Turkish soldiers in a Policeman killed but said there was no link between roadside bombing yesterday, the Turkey’s new strikes on Kurdish military said, apparently retali- in Istanbul militants and its newfound bold- ating for Ankara’s crackdown ness in tackling Islamic State, on the Kurdistan Workers ISTANBUL: A Turkish which has seized large expanses Party (PKK) launched in tan- policeman was killed yes- of neighbouring Syria and Iraq. dem with strikes on Islamic terday during clashes with “There is no connection State insurgents in Syria. protesters in the flashpoint between these air strikes against Long a reluctant member of the Istanbul district of Gazi PKK and recent understandings US-led coalition against Islamic which have raged for the to intensify US-Turkey coopera- State, Turkey made a dramatic last three days following tion against ISIL,” Brett McGurk, turnaround this week by granting the death of a leftist activist the deputy special presidential the alliance access to its air bases during raids by the security envoy for the coalition to coun- and launching air raids against forces. ter Islamic State, said on Twitter, both the jihadist movement and Policeman Muhammet Fatih using one of Islamic State’s the PKK. Sivri was shot in the chest acronyms. But the relapse into serious from inside a building while he White House spokesman Ben conflict between Turkey and the tried to make an arrest during Rhodes, on an official visit to PKK has raised doubts about the clashes which have raged all Kenya with President Barack future of NATO member Turkey’s day, the official Anatolia news Obama, told a news conference peace process with Kurdish agency said. in Nairobi: “The US of course rec- foes that started in 2012, after AFP ognises the PKK specifically as 28 years of bloodshed, but has a terrorist organisation. And so, recently stalled. The PKK, which Ankara again, Turkey has a right to take A car bomb and roadside explo- and Washington deem a ter- action related to terrorist targets. sives hit a passing military vehicle rorist group, has also targeted And we certainly appreciate their on a highway near Diyarbakir in police officers in the southeast interest in accelerating efforts the mainly Kurdish southeast of and elsewhere, accusing the against ISIL.” Turkey overnight yesterday, the Islamist-rooted federal gov- Turkey said on Saturday army said. Kurdish militants then ernment of covertly helping Protesters and members of Turkey’s People’s Democracy Party (HDP) hold a banner with pictures of the victims its decision to enter the bat- opened fire on the vehicle with Islamic State to the detriment of of the Suruc bomb attack after their peace march was banned by authorities in the Aksaray district of Istanbul tle against Islamic State, soon rifles, it said. Four other soldiers Syrian Kurds. yesterday. after an IS suicide bomber were wounded. The outlawed PKK has waged killed 32 people, mainly Kurds, At least six people have been an insurgency against Ankara Tayyip Erdogan of taking up the Prime Minister Ahmet security with UN Secretary- in the Turkish town of Suruc, detained in connection with for Kurdish autonomy since campaign against Islamic State Davutoglu, who has said the General Ban Ki-moon in a tel- would help create “a safe zone” the attack, Dogan news agency 1984. Opposition politicians and as political cover to clamp down operations will continue as long as ephone call overnight. across the nearby border in reported. critics accuse President Recep on Kurds. Turkey faces a threat, discussed A senior US diplomat northern Syria. REUTERS

Egypt boat Assad admits Syrian army exhausted, shrinking tragedy toll DAMASCUS: Syria’s President Bashar to encourage citizens to join the army, with which become weaker,” he acknowledged. Al Assad acknowledged the shrinking billboards going up around the capital. “We are obliged in certain circum- rises to 36 ranks of his government’s army in a rare The government has also regularly stances to abandon regions in order to public speech yesterday, but insisted the urged Syrians to perform their military move troops to regions that we want to CAIRO: Rescuers recovered force was still capable of beating rebel service and on Saturday Assad decreed a hold on to.” seven more bodies from the fighters. conditional amnesty for army deserters Experts say Assad’s government has Nile after a party boat col- Speaking in Damascus, Assad also said and draft dodgers. realised it cannot hold all of Syria and is lided with a cargo ship earlier any bid to end the conflict that was not “We must take specific measures to concentrating on the areas it considers this week, raising the death toll based on fighting “terrorism” would be increase (troop numbers) so they can vital. to 36, Egyptian officials said “meaningless”. carry out urgent missions,” Assad said. Those include Damascus, the cen- yesterday. Syria’s army once had around 300,000 “This (amnesty) decree is to encourage tral cities of Homs and Hama, and the The accident, the deadliest members, but has been roughly halved deserters to rejoin the army.” coastal areas that include the president’s such incident on the Nile in years, in size by deaths, defections and a rise in The amnesty does not extend to defec- heartland. occurred late Wednesday when draft dodging, a fact that Assad acknowl- tors who left the army to join the uprising The Syrian conflict has proved stub- the victims were celebrating an edged publicly yesterday. against the government. bornly resistant to several rounds of peace engagement on a vessel that was “There is a lack of human resources” in Assad’s speech comes after several talks, and the efforts of three UN envoys. struck by a cargo ship. the army, he said, addressing representa- months of setbacks for his government, Syria’s opposition insists Assad must The captain of the cargo boat tives of economic organisations in a speech which faces opponents including Islamic step down under any political deal, and his and his assistants were arrested broadcast live on Syrian state television. State group jihadists, Al Qaeda-affiliated government says the focus of negotiations following the accident in the “The problem facing the military is fighters and other rebel groups. must be tackling “terrorism,” a term the Warraq district north of Cairo. not related to planning but to fatigue,” he In recent months, government forces regime uses for all those who oppose it. They have been charged with added. have been pushed out of almost all of the Any political proposal “that is not based manslaughter. “It is normal that an army gets tired, northwestern province of Idlib, as well as on the fight against terrorism would be “We have recovered 36 bodies,” but there’s a difference between fatigue losing the ancient city of Palmyra. meaningless,” he said. General Magdi Al Shalaqami and defeat,” Assad insisted. “There were areas where we wanted to “As long as terrorism is part of the from the Interior Ministry told “The word defeat does not exist in the show our committment,” Assad said. external opposition that participates in AFP, raising the death toll from Syrian army’s dictionary,” he added, telling “But the army cannot be on every part the dialogue... talk of a political solution an earlier figure of 29. the applauding audience that “collapse” of the territory.” will be nothing but empty words.” Rescuers were still searching was not on the cards. He appeared to acknowledge that his That appeared to be a reference to the for more bodies, he said, with “We will resist and we will win.” government was being forced to concen- Syrian National Coalition, the main oppo- search operations expanded to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad addresses The rare public acknowledgement of trate on holding territory it considers a sition group in exile. other provinces. Health minis- a meeting with heads and members of weakness comes amid growing concern in priority over other areas. The body is backed by much of the try spokesman Hossam Abdel public organisations, vocational syndicates, Damascus about the state of the country’s “Sometimes we concentrate our arsenal international community, which Assad’s Ghaffar said among those dead and chambers of industry, trade, agriculture armed forces. and the army in an important area, but government accuses of supporting “ter- were 20 children, some aged four. and tourism in Damascus, Syria, yesterday. In early July, a campaign was launched that comes at the expense of other areas, rorism” in Syria. AFP AFP

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WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton’s presidential cam- paign said late on Saturday the former secretary of state will testify on October 22 before a House com- mittee investigating the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attacks, but a spokesman for the panel said no date had been set. Republican Representative Trey Gowdy, chairman of the Benghazi investigation committee, had sought to hear from Clinton on the attacks, in which four Americans were killed, and her use of a private email account while she was America’s top diplomat. A spokesman for Clinton, the front-runner in polls for the Democratic nomination in next year’s presidential election, said she had accepted an offer from the com- mittee to testify on October 22. “Earlier this week we were pleased for Secretary Clinton to receive an offer from Congressman Gowdy to appear before the committee in a public hearing in October, and yesterday accepted his invitation,” campaign spokesman Nick Merrill said in an emailed statement. He said the date was October 22. A few hours after the Clinton campaign announced her planned appearance, Jamal Ware, spokesman for the Benghazi committee, said the date was not firm. “Secretary Clinton’s campaign may want to reach out to her lawyer, Mr David Kendall, with whom the Committee has had ongoing conversations,” Ware said in a statement. “As of last night, Mr Kendall was still negotiating conditions for her appearance.” Ware said the conditions proposed by Kendall were that the date of her testimony not change once it was set and that questioning of Clinton stay within parameters set by the resolution that established the committee. REUTERS MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Obama to hold talks on South Sudan today US to offer warring leaders August peace ultimatum

ADDIS ABABA: US President the economy and the security sec- He is wildly popular in South Barack Obama will today try to tor and institute power-sharing Sudan, as in other parts of East build African support for tough between President Salva Kiir and Africa. action against South Sudan’s his rival and former vice presi- But White House aides are warring leaders if they reject dent Riek Machar, who now leads said to be reluctant, seeing lit- an August peace ultimatum, US a rebel army. tle chance of success while the officials said. It could also establish a body to United States faces more imme- Obama will meet with leaders investigate possible genocide and diate national security threats. from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda war crimes. At minimum, rights groups as well as Sudanese Foreign But with the outcome in doubt, want to see the Obama admin- Minister Ibrahim Ghandour in the United States seems ready to istration take a tougher stance. Addis Ababa to try and build move to isolate Kiir and Machar “President Obama should use a collective front to end the and back a new transitional his engagement on the issue 19-month-old civil war in the government. to make clear that there will world’s youngest nation. Speaking in Kenya on Saturday, be accountability for economic Signalling a deeper commit- Obama described the situation in crimes, including pillage and ment to ending violence that has South Sudan as “dire” as he called grand corruption,” said Akshaya Lebanese street cleaners yesterday start collecting rubbish from the streets of Beirut a week after protesters shut killed tens of thousands of people on leaders to “put their country Kumar of the Enough Project. down the country’s largest landfill leaving piles of uncollected trash all over the Lebanese capital. and forced more than two mil- first” — alluding to growing inter- The White House has also been lion from their homes, Obama national sentiment that Kiir and criticised for not pressing regional is expected to make the case for Machar’s personal rivalry is at the allies hard enough, particularly tougher sanctions and a possible heart of the widespread carnage. Uganda, whose troops are fighting arms embargo. South Sudan, midwifed into alongside Kiir’s army and against Trash collection restarts in Beirut South Sudan’s rival leaders — existence by US cash and support the rebels. Sudan is accused of who will not be at the meeting in 2011, has faltered badly in its aiding the rebels. BEIRUT: Trash collection Mashnuq as saying late Saturday. residents began blocking the — effectively face an ultimatum, infancy, and the Obama adminis- Both countries play a part in resumed in Lebanon’s capital He said the resumption came route to the site in the mountains a “final best offer”, according to tration has been accused of aban- the troubled East African effort Beirut after an almost week- “after an understanding was outside Beirut. one senior administration official. doning the fragile nation. to resolve the crisis, led by the long crisis that has seen streets reached on the areas where the Initially, the city’s trash collec- “I don’t think anybody should “America bears a unique regional eight-nation IGAD bloc, overflowing with waste and the trash will be treated,” with- tor stored waste at its facilities, have high expectations that this responsibility to end the war in and will be the focus of attention air filled with the smell of rot- out specifying where those but by July 20 they were at capac- is going to yield a breakthrough,” South Sudan given its role in the today. ting garbage. areas were. ity and garbage began piling up in the official said. creation of the country,” said Casie The IGAD initiative — which The collection restarted after Beirut and the surrounding the streets. “The parties have shown them- Copeland of the International includes many of the parties a temporary deal was found to region have been in the grip of a Experts have urged Lebanon’s selves to be utterly indifferent Crisis Group. scheduled to be at today’s meet- begin taking trash to several trash crisis for the last six days government to devise a compre- to their country and their peo- “The failure to more seri- ing — is widely seen as a failure. landfills in undisclosed locations. after residents living near the hensive waste management solu- ple, and that is a hard thing to ously try and bring about peace The IGAD peace process has “Coordination is now under- country’s largest landfill shut it tion that would include more rectify.” is an abdication of its moral seen scores of South Sudanese way for trash to be taken from down. recycling and composting to Multiple agreements and responsibility.” delegates hosted in luxury hotels treatment plants to these places The government pledged last reduce the amount of trash going ceasefires have failed, leaving vio- Obama has been urged to use in Addis Ababa at a cost of at least and for the restarting of street year that Naameh landfill would into landfills. lence and human rights atrocities his political weight to solve the $20m, and each peace agreement sweeping and collection of trash be closed on July 17 and an alter- But so far there was no evi- unchecked. crisis, with advocates saying it quickly falling apart — sometimes from the streets,” the official native site be found. dence of such a plan, and there The latest agreement would offers him the prospect of a last- within hours. National News Agency quoted But the date came and went was already opposition to the sketch out rules for governance of ing presidential legacy in Africa. AFP Environment Minister Mohamed with no solution found and temporary solution. AFP

Egypt extends Iran accuses Bahrain emergency in Sinai Peninsula of stoking tensions CAIRO: Egypt extended a TEHRAN: Iran yesterday protest at “hostile” comments by state of emergency in parts of accused Sunni-ruled Bahrain of Iranian leaders. the Sinai Peninsula for three stoking tensions in the Gulf by Last Sunday, Bahrain sum- months, as a roadside bomb making unfounded allegations moned Iran’s acting charge wounded 18 policemen yester- against it, the official IRNA d’affaires to protest against its day in the insurgency-wracked news agency reported. supreme leader Ayatollah Ali region, security officials said. “It is clear that the govern- Khamenei voicing support for The attack happened near ment of Bahrain, by repeating “oppressed people” across the El-Arish, the capital of North unfounded allegations, seeks to Middle East, including in Bahrain. Sinai province where the army is create a climate of tension in the The previous day, Khamenei battling Islamic State group loyal- region,” it quoted foreign ministry had said the nuclear deal Tehran ists, according to the officials, who spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham agreed with world powers would said the policemen were on leave. as saying. not alter its support for the gov- Health Ministry official Tarek “Such methods are not con- ernments of Syria and Iraq, nor Khater said the wounded were structive, and do not diminish the its backing for “oppressed people” in stable condition in a military Islamic republic’s commitment to in Yemen and Bahrain, and the hospital in the city. continue its policy... and regional Palestinians. Egyptian security forces have cooperation in the fight against Manama accuses Tehran of come under frequent attack terrorism and extremism,” she backing opposition demands in North Sinai since the mili- said. in Bahrain for a constitutional tary toppled Islamist president On Saturday, Bahrain’s Interior monarchy and an elected prime Mohamed Mursi in 2013. Ministry said it had detained two minister. Prime Minister Ibrahim men accused of trying to smuggle Iran does not hide its support Mahlab said late Saturday that weapons from Shia Iran. for the protest movement in the extension of the state of That announcement came Bahrain, but rejects accusations emergency for a third time was hours after Bahrain, which has a of interference in its internal necessary because of the “danger- Members of the Egyptian armed forces checking identity documents at a checkpoint in Al-Arish, in the north of Sinai, Shia majority, said it was recall- affairs. ous security situation”. AFP Egypt. Egypt yesterday extended the current state of emergency in some parts of North Sinai for three months. ing its envoy from Tehran in AFP Iraqi troops retake University of Anbar from Islamic State BAGHDAD: Iraqi security by bombs and razor wires, the forces entered the University statement added. of Anbar in the western city of A spokesman for Iraq’s coun- Ramadi yesterday and clashed ter-terrorism forces, which were with Islamic State militants taking a lead role in the battle, inside the compound, the joint told Reuters the troops had man- operations command said in a aged to recapture most of the uni- statement. versity buildings after launching Capture of the sprawling com- a surprise offensive with support plex, which a spokesman said had from US-led coalition air strikes. been used as an insurgent com- “The university represents a mand base, could advance govern- significant stronghold and a key ment efforts to retake Ramadi, command base used by top Daesh the capital of Anbar, Iraq’s largest commanders to orchestrate all province, after its fall to Islamic battles in other parts of Ramadi,” State in May. said Sabah Al Noamani. Security forces and militia He said government forces groups have launched an offen- An Iraqi fighter from the Popular were seeking to separate the sive in the Sunni heartland, but Mobilisation units during clashes university from nearby districts progress has been incremental. with the Islamic State (IS) group in to cut supply routes to retreating “We announce to you the entry Saqlawiya yesterday. militants. Anbar provincial coun- of the counter-terrorism forces cil member Falih Al Essawi said into the University of Anbar. They using another name for Islamic special forces, army and federal are now engaging in battles to State. police had managed to enter the clean it up from the remains of Security forces advancing university compound in south- Daesh and dismantling bombs and towards the nearby district of ern Ramadi early yesterday and clearing roads,” the statement Al-Tamim had encountered were now “in full control” of the broadcast on state television said, Islamic State positions enforced complex. REUTERS MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 EUROPE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Refugees: Merkel faces Bus accident calls for more funds Germany to take in record refugees this year

BERLIN: Germany needs to of origin,” Seehofer said, adding Der Spiegel printed pictures of double its financial support to that Germany should also lower asylum seekers on its front page federal states struggling with social benefits for asylum seekers with the headline: “Hatred of for- a surge of refugees and tougher from these countries. eigners poisons Germany”. rules are needed to prevent the Germany’s migration minister, Meanwhile, in London, abuse of asylum procedures, Aydan Ozoguz, a member of the Eurotunnel said yesterday that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Social Democrats (SPD), accused it had resumed “normal service” Bavarian ally said yesterday. Seehofer and other conservatives and British police said they had The comments by Bavaria’s of “cheap propaganda” at the lifted traffic management meas- state premier, Horst Seehofer, expense of people in need. ures around the Channel Tunnel highlight growing tensions in “The talk of deterrence meth- after migrants in France dis- one of Europe’s richest coun- ods and deportation centres in rupted travel on Saturday. tries. Germany expects a record- which only minimal standards But ferry operator DFDS breaking flow of asylum-seekers should be given, that’s a no-go,” Seaways said it had suspended this year as growing numbers Ozoguz told the newspaper Der its Dover-Calais service “until flee conflicts and poverty in the Tagesspiegel . further notice” because it had no A Spanish tour bus is seen inside a mini-tunnel with its roof sheared off at the scene of the accident in La Middle East and Africa. More than twice as many refu- access to the port of Calais. DFDS Madeleine, France, near Lille, yesterday. Twenty-eight passengers were injured in the accident, four seriously. “We need a massive increase gees are expected in Germany this said the problem was caused by in funds, the federal government year than the 200,000 who sought striking ferry workers. It urged has to do significantly more than shelter last year. Of the more passengers to use its Dover- hitherto,” Seehofer told the news- than 85,000 arrivals in the first Dunkirk service instead, saying paper Welt am Sonntag. He said quarter alone, most came from it was laying on an extra boat. Another Russian soldier UK may vote on Berlin had promised to increase Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, Syria, Wider disruption, caused by its support to federal states and Iraq and Afghanistan. migrants, ended, however. On EU membership cities to one billion euro this year, Over the weekend, volunteers Saturday, trains passing through detained in Ukraine east but that was not enough. from organisations including the Channel Tunnel were delayed next year: Report “For the next years, at least a the Red Cross began setting up after migrants trying to stow KIEV: Ukrainian state security detained. Another man who was doubling of the funds is necessary. tents for refugees who could not away on lorries approached the agents yesterday questioned detained identified himself as a LONDON: British Prime Bavaria is absolutely reaching its be housed in designated shelters tracks. Such disruption has a soldier suspected of being a pro-Russian separatist fighter. Minister David Cameron limits,” he said. An interior min- because they lacked space. become common since some 5,000 Russian army officer who was A spokesman said the two men intends to hold a referendum istry spokesman said the govern- In the east German city of migrants, mostly from Africa and picked up while riding in a mili- may have taken a wrong direction on the country’s membership ment was willing to increase funds, Greiz in the state of Thuringia, the Middle East, set up camp tary truck packed with ammu- and driven towards Ukrainian of the European Union around adding that Berlin was noting with four refugees from Syria were around the northern French port, nition in the country’s east. forces manning a checkpoint June of 2016, the Independent on concern the states’ difficulties in attacked and slightly injured by which they use as a staging post If he is confirmed as a Russian southwest of the rebel-controlled Sunday reported. coping with the situation. a group of young men, police said, to try to board train and ferry soldier, Ukraine is likely to use city of Donetsk by mistake. “The Independent on Sunday Seehofer, head of the Christian adding the three attackers were services to Britain. the case to bolster its charges The truck stopped only after has learned that Cameron has Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian arrested. There have also been British police, who had enforced that Russia is continuing direct Ukrainian border guards fired decided to pencil in June of next sister party to Merkel’s Christian clashes between far-right pro- far-reaching traffic management involvement in the 15-month-long warning shots. “We can assume year,” the newspaper reported, Democrats (CDU), defended calls testers against refugee shelters measures involving the closure of conflict and failing to honour a that they took a wrong direc- citing an anonymous source. for quick deportations of peo- with counter demonstrators in parts of the M20 motorway, said peace agreement worked out in tion while driving, got lost A spokeswoman for Cameron’s ple from Balkan countries that east German cities, with several they had ended what they had Minsk in February. and came on our checkpoint,” Downing Street office declined Germany no longer views as dan- people wounded. called “Operation Stack” and The Ukrainian military and bor- military spokesman Oleksandr to comment on the report, which gerous enough to warrant asylum. In a further sign that that the road was open again. The der guard service said the soldier Motuzyanuk said. The two men said the prime minister would “We should designate more Germany’s dealings with refugees Eurostar passenger train service had identified himself as a Russian wore military uniforms, without announce the timing of the refer- Balkan countries, Albania, Kosovo is becoming a subject of growing was also functioning as normal. officer with the rank of major in a insignia, and carried no identity endum during the annual confer- and Macedonia, as safe countries public concern, leading magazine REUTERS rocket-artillery unit when he was documents, he said. REUTERS ence of his Conservative party in October. Cameron has promised to re- negotiate the terms of Britain’s France contains wildfire membership of the 28-member block before holding a referendum by the end of 2017. New Scottish independence The report comes just days after US President Barack Obama urged Britain to stay in the European Union, cautioning during a BBC vote inevitable: Salmond interview that remaining in the bloc was necessary to help preserve LONDON: Former Scottish “I can see three issues which circumstance where Scotland the nation’s global influence. nationalist leader Alex Salmond are moving things towards a voted to stay in the European It also came as Finance said yesterday that another refer- second referendum, on a times- Union in the referendum but Minister George Osborne began endum on independence from the cale yet to be determined,” said was dragged out by the votes of a trip to Paris to seek support for United Kingdom was “inevitable” Salmond, who is still an MP. the people of England, then that reforms to the European Union. because of policies pursued by The first was the “refusal would be a material change in cir- The Conservative government Prime Minister David Cameron’s to deliver the vow”, Cameron’s cumstances,” Salmond said. has said it will campaign in favour government in London. promise of more powers to the He also warned about the of remaining in the EU, but is “I think a second independ- Scottish government that was continued austerity drive pushing for changes on the abil- ence referendum is inevitable,” widely credited with swinging the by Cameron’s Conservative ity of EU citizens to claim welfare Salmond told the BBC, although independence vote. government. in Britain, increased powers for he would not say when. “The vow was about home rule, “Instead of getting devo to the London and the ability to opt out Salmond resigned as leader of devo (devolution) to the max, max we’re getting austerity to of closer political integration. the Scottish National Party (SNP) near federalism to quote (former the max, and that divergent view “The referendum here in Britain and first minister of the devolved prime minister) Gordon Brown. of what’s right in social terms is an opportunity to make the case government in Edinburgh after That has not been delivered as between Scotland and England for reform across the EU,” Osborne Scots voted “no” to independence yet, at least in the Scotland Bill,” is another issue which is moving is to say, according to pre-released by 55 to 45 percent in September. Salmond said. things towards a referendum,” excerpts of his speech. But nationalist feeling has The pro-European politician Salmond said. “I want to see a new settlement soared in Scotland since then, and also repeated concerns about the He stressed the question of a for Europe: one that makes it a in May’s general election the SNP forthcoming in-out referendum second independence vote was more competitive and dynamic won 56 out of 59 Scottish seats in on Britain’s membership of the up to new SNP leader Nicola continent to ensure it delivers the House of Commons, making European Union, which Cameron Sturgeon, but it is likely to fea- prosperity and security for all of them the third largest party after has promised to hold by 2017. ture in next year’s elections for the people within it, not just for the main opposition Labour party. “If you had a situation, a the Scottish parliament. AFP those in Britain.” AFP

Firefighters tend to a wildfire in Pessac, southwest France, yesterday. Senior British More than 700 emergency personnel brought under control a wildfire in Gironde they have been battling since July 24, not before the destruction lord quits post of 530 hectares of land and the evacuation of 270 homes in the area. LONDON: A senior British lord quit his post yesterday and will face a police investigation after a tabloid newspaper released a Russia to boost naval video showing him semi-naked and snorting white powder through a banknote while par- tying with two women. presence on Black Sea John Buttifant Sewel stood down from his post as deputy speaker of MOSCOW: Russia aims to underlines “the inadmissible char- Britain’s unelected House of Lords boost the strategic positions of acter of the Alliance’s plans to move after The Sun yesterday released the its navy on the Black Sea and military infrastructures towards footage and accused him of using seek to maintain an Atlantic its borders.” The Russian text sets cocaine and of hiring prostitutes. and Mediterranean presence, targets of “developing infrastruc- Sewel, 69, who is married, could according its latest naval doc- tures” for its fleet at the Black Sea not be immediately reached for trine which has been revised over in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula comment. Baroness Frances Nato’s “inadmissible” expansion. annexed in 2014 by Russia. D’Souza, the upper chamber’s Published yesterday on the It also calls for the “accelerated speaker, said Sewel had decided Kremlin website, an updated reconstitution and completion of to resign as deputy speaker and version of the Russian Navy’s strategic Russian positions” in the would be investigated by police. doctrine came half a year after Black Sea. Deputy Prime Minister She did not say if he confirmed a revised military doctrine that Dmitry Rogozin also highlighted or denied the allegations. dramatically reflected deteriorat- “the accent put on the Atlantic and The imbroglio comes as politi- ing relations with the West. the Arctic” in the new doctrine. cians are still trying to regain voter Nato was already seen a major The doctrine also stipulates the trust after a far-reaching 2009 threat in an earlier version of the aim of “guaranteeing an adequate expenses scandal, and could fuel doctrine published in 2010, but the military naval presence for Russia support for former fringe parties war in Ukraine has raised tensions. in” the Atlantic region. who have styled themselves as anti- The new navy document AFP establishment. REUTERS MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE capture of a government military base by the Taliban in the remote Badakhshan province on Saturday evening, after four days of intense Tfighting, shows that the militants are not genuinely interested in peace. The Taliban advancement comes ahead The cost of convicting of the second round of peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgents which are scheduled to be held in Pakistan on July 31. The capture of the military base is a major gain for the the innocent Taliban because it is a large police base in the northeast of the country, and they forced the mass BY SAMUEL R GROSS assets and filed for bankruptcy. Barring to death in the United States are later surrender of more than a hundred policemen and pushed a miracle, Suarez will never see a penny shown to be innocent: 1 in 25. closer to a strategic pass at the border with Pakistan. The EDIT the National Registry of of that judgment. Death sentences are uniquely well- captured base is situated between Pakistan and Tajikistan. Exonerations, which compiles sto- The most depressing thing about documented. We don’t know nearly The strategic location of the base gives those inside the ries and data about people who were Suarez’s case is how comparatively lucky enough about other kinds of criminal access to maintain security of the entire district in central Iconvicted of crimes in the United he was. He was exonerated, against all cases to estimate the rate of wrongful States and later exonerated. The cases odds, because his otherwise irresponsible convictions for those. The rate could Badakhshan. are fascinating and important, but they lawyer had actually talked to the critical be lower than for capital murders, or it Secondly, the defeat of Afghan forces exposes their wear on me: So many of them are stories witnesses and recorded those interviews could be higher. Of course, in a country inability to defend themselves in the event of Taliban of destruction and defeat. despite failing later to call them at trial. with millions of criminal convictions onslaught. The unpreparedness and weakness of Afghan Consider, for example, Rafael Suarez. Suarez served three years in prison for a year and more than 2 million people government forces were exposed by an Afghan official who In 1997 in Tucson, a crime he didn’t commit. The average behind bars, even 1 percent amounts to said the soldiers put up a fight but received no backup from Suarez was con- time served for the 1,625 exonerated indi- tens of thousands of tragic errors. victed of a vicious viduals in the registry is more than nine The problem may be worst at the low the central government. “No one has told us why yet, but felony assault for years. Last year, three innocent murder end of the spectrum, in misdemeanor we expect an answer as to why our own security forces were which another defendants in Cleveland were exonerated courts where almost everybody pleads left to fight alone for four days. The ministries of Interior I edit the National man had already 39 years after they were convicted — they guilty. For example, in July 2014 Wassillie and of Defense must both provide pleaded guilty. spent their entire adult lives in prison Gregory was charged with “harassment” Taliban are answers,” he said. Afghan forces Registry of Suarez’s lawyer — and even they were lucky: We know of a police officer in Bethel, Alaska. The are fighting the resurgent Taliban Exonerations, interviewed the without doubt that the vast majority of officer wrote in his report that Gregory continuing to woman who called innocent defendants who are convicted of was “clearly intoxicated” and that “I with only limited coalition which compiles 911 to report the crimes are never identified and cleared. kindly tried to assist Gregory into my seize more support after most foreign troops incident as well The registry receives four or five let- cruiser for protective custody when he withdrew from Afghanistan stories and data as a second eye- ters a week from prisoners who claim to pulled away and clawed at me with his territories as in 2014 when NATO combat about people who witness. Both said be innocent. They’re heartbreaking. Most hand.” operations ended. that Suarez did of the writers are probably guilty, but The next step in the case would nor- were convicted not attack the some undoubtedly are not. We tell them mally be the last: Gregory pleaded guilty, the government The Taliban are looking of crimes and victim and, in fact, that we can’t help; we are a research without the benefit of a defense lawyer. remains to expand their gains as the had attempted to project only, we don’t represent clients But Gregory was exonerated a year peace talks continue. Afghan later exonerated. stop the assault. A or investigate claims of innocence. Fair later after a surveillance video surfaced singularly government is trying to reach a The cases are third witness told enough, I guess, but some innocent pris- showing the officer handcuffing him and focused on ceasefire with its enemies in the the lawyer that he oners who have been exonerated wrote then repeatedly slamming him onto the next round of talks, but that is fascinating and heard the victim hundreds of these letters before anybody pavement. say that he would took notice. How many innocent defend- In the past year, 45 defendants were talks. unlikely to happen considering the important, but lie in court to get ants have I ignored? exonerated after pleading guilty to low- strong position of the insurgents. they wear on me: Suarez convicted. Innocence projects do handle these level drug crimes in Harris County, It’s unwise on the part of None of these cases, or at least some of them. They Texas. They were cleared months or Afghan government to invest all its energies in the peace So many of them witnesses were receive many times more letters than we years after conviction by lab tests that talks. The government must meet the challenges posed are stories of called to testify do. I’ve spoken with lawyers who do this found no illegal drugs in the materials by Taliban on the battleground, by reinforcing its forces at trial. Suarez work, and who have successfully exoner- seized from them. destruction and was convicted and ated dozens of defendants. Most of them Why then did they plead guilty? As and supporting regions which are fighting the Taliban. sentenced to five have clients who remain in prison despite best we can tell, most were held in jail Such a strategy would bring the Taliban to the negotiating defeat. years. powerful evidence of their innocence because they couldn’t make bail. When table as an equal partner. Kabul must also face the painful After these that no court will consider. And they all they were brought to court for the first truth that Taliban are not coming to the talks as a single facts came to light know that there are countless innocent time, they were given a take-it-or-leave- force. Although the talks have been endorsed by Mullah in 2000, Suarez was released. He had lost defendants hidden in the piles of pleas it, for-today-only offer: Plead guilty and his house and his job, and his plan to for help that they will never have time get probation or weeks to months in jail. Mohammad Omar, the group’s Pakistan-based leader, some become a paralegal had been derailed. His to investigate. If they refused, they’d wait in jail for factions within the militant organisation are believed to wife had divorced him, and he had lost How many people are convicted of months, if not a year or more, before they oppose negotiating with the Kabul government, which they parental rights to their three children, crimes they did not commit? Last year, a got to trial, and risk additional years in deride as a tool of US interests. including one born while he was locked study I co-authored on the issue was pub- prison if they were convicted. That’s a It’s time for President Ashraf Ghani to rethink his up. Suarez sued his former lawyer, who lished in the Proceedings of the National high price to pay for a chance to prove strategy on Taliban. Talking with terrorists is not known to by then had been disbarred. He got a $1 Academy of Sciences. It shows that 4.1 one’s innocence. million judgment, but the lawyer had no percent of defendants who are sentenced WASHINGTON POST produce excellent results. Plans B and C will be helpful• The other side Quote of Polio and Pakistan the day

NLY two names now anti-polio campaigners. These cler- figures available in media reports, involving everyone from the govern- remain on the list: ics, quite like their counterparts in only 27 years ago – in 1988 – there ment health machinery to the NGOs Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan, had decried the vaccination were 128 countries staked by to political parties and social motiva- Nigeria is the latest country drive as an attempt to sterilise young endemic polio. tors, including the clerics. Oto exit the ignominious company of Muslim girls. This is what makes the indictment There is a general realisation here What is needed is not countries where polio is considered In more recent times, the hardcore for the two countries that are still not that the network is essential to the job a change in Iranian endemic. militant group Boko Haram went after clear of polio easier and stronger. and the application of the success- No new polio cases have been polio workers in Nigeria earlier this There has been a drop in the ful Nigerian formula in Pakistan could policy but a change reported there for the last one year, year, killing nine of them. But the anti- number of cases of late, but with well be one of the major reasons in the policy of some and while it has some time to go polio battle had enough momentum 28 reported cases in Pakistan this behind the fall in polio cases in the before officially being declared polio- to bring the global front against the year as against five in Afghanistan, country in 2015 over previous years. countries that want free, it should be really proud given crippling disease victory after years of Pakistan has to be the most serious The need is to press on with single- the odds it once faced. committed, relentless effort. challenge for the anti-polio coalition. minded urgency towards achieving a conflict and war in A decade or so ago, Muslim cler- Nigeria and the world must cel- Nigeria’s example tells us that it polio-free world. this region. ics in Nigeria declared war on the ebrate the moment. According to has to be cohesive, efficient process DAWN Mohammad Javad Zarif Iranian Foreign Minister MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 The wrong approach of law keepers The short-sighted notion that vehicles. We relinquished much of The culture that we should always protect our- our personal security by enter- selves endangered us more in the ing dimly lit homes in insurgent encourages long term. It was a flawed strat- strongholds. We didn’t know if the egy that could often create more hand we would shake at each door insurgents than it stopped and held a detonator to a suicide vest police officers inspired some Iraqis to hate us or a small glass of hot, sugary tea. rather than help us. But as a result, we better under- to engage In one instance in Baghdad, stood our environment and earned a stray round landed in a com- the allegiance of some people in it. their weapons pound that our unit was building. The benefits quickly became clear. An overzealous officer decided One day during that bloody sum- that we were under attack and mer, insurgents loaded a car with before gathering ordered machine guns and gre- hundreds of pounds of explosives nade launchers to shoot at dis- and parked it by a school. They information tant rooftops. A row of buildings knew we searched every building caught fire, and we left our com- for hidden weapons caches, and promotes pound on foot, seeking to capture they waited for us to gather near any injured fighters by entering the car. But as we turned the cor- structures choked with flames. ner to head toward the school, sev- the mindset Instead, we found a man franti- eral Iraqis told us about the danger. cally pulling his furniture out of We evacuated civilians from the that nothing, his house. “Thank you for your area and called in a helicopter gun- security!” he yelled in perfect ship to fire at the vehicle. including citizen English. He pointed to the bil- The resulting explosion pulver- lowing smoke. “This is what you ized half the building and blasted call security?” the car’s engine block through two safety, is more We didn’t find any insurgents. cement walls. Shrapnel dropped There weren’t any. But it was easy like jagged hail as far as a quar- important to imagine that we forged some ter-mile away. in that fire. Similarly, when US If we had not risked our safety than officers’ police officers use excessive force by patrolling the neighbourhood to control nonviolent citizens or on foot, trusting our sources and respond to minor incidents, they gathering intelligence, it would personal lose supporters and public trust. have been a massacre. But no one That’s a problem, because was hurt in the blast. Protesters take part in a march against police violence in New York. security. law enforcement officers need Domestic police forces would the cooperation of the commu- benefit from a similar change in BY ALEX HORTON viewed as a threat. Instinct told door slightly cracked open to procedure, calling the officers’ nities they patrol in order to strategy. Instead of relying on me to get up and protect myself. what he presumed was an unoc- actions “on point.” It’s not stand- do their jobs effectively. In the aggression, they should rely more Training told me that if I did, cupied apartment, he looked in, ard to conduct investigations early stages of the war, the US on relationships. Rather than reached home and fell into these officers would shoot me saw me sleeping and called the beforehand because that delays military overlooked that real- responding to a squatter call with bed soon after Saturday dead. In a panic, I asked the offic- police to report a squatter. the apprehension of suspects, he ity as well. Leaders defined suc- guns raised, they should knock on night bled into Sunday ers what was going on but got no Sitting on the edge of the bed told me. cess as increasing military hold the door and extend a hand. But Imorning. I didn’t wake up immediate answer. Their tactics dressed only in underwear, I I noted that the officers could on geographic terrain, while the unfortunately, my encounter with until three police officers barged were similar to the ones I used to laughed. The situation was ludi- have sought information from human terrain was the real bat- officers is just one in a stream of into my apartment, barking their clear rooms during the height of crous and embarrassing. My only the apartment complex’s security tle. For example, when our pla- recent examples of police plac- presence at my door. They sped guerilla warfare in Iraq. I could mistake had been failing to make guard that would have resolved toon entered Iraq’s volatile Diyala ing their own safety ahead of down the hallway to my bedroom, almost admire it — their fluid sure the apartment door was the matter without violence. But province in early 2007, children at those they’re sworn to serve their service pistols drawn and sweep from the bedroom door- completely closed before I threw he played down the importance a school plugged their ears just and protect. leveled at me. way to the distant corner. They myself into bed the night before. of such information: “It doesn’t before an IED exploded beneath Rhoads, the Fairfax County It was just past 9am, and I was stayed clear of one another’s lines I told the officers to check my matter whatsoever what was said one of our vehicles. The kids knew police lieutenant, was upfront still under the covers. The only of fire in case they needed to driver’s licence, nodding toward or not said at the security booth.” what was coming, but they saw no about this mind-set. He explained visible target was my head. empty their Sig Sauer .40-caliber my khaki pants on the floor. It This is where Rhoads is reason to warn us. Instead, they that it was standard procedure to In the shouting and commotion, pistols into me. They were well- showed my address at a unit in wrong. We’ve seen this troubling watched us drive right into the point guns at suspects in many I felt an instant familiarity. I’d trained, their supervisor later told the same complex. As the fog approach to law enforcement ambush. One of our men died, and cases to protect the lives of police been here before. This was a raid. me. But I knew that means lit- of their chaotic entry lifted, the nationwide, in militarised police in the subsequent crossfire, sev- officers. Their firearm rules were I had done this a few dozen tle when adrenaline governs an officers realised it had been an responses to nonviolent protest- eral insurgents and children were different from mine; they aimed times myself, 6,000 miles away imminent-danger scenario, real unfortunate error. They walked ers and in fatal police shootings killed. We saw Iraqis cheering and not to kill but to intimidate. from my Alexandria, Virginia, or imagined. Triggers are pulled. me into the living room and of unarmed citizens. The culture dancing at the blast crater as we According to reporting by The apartment. As an Army infan- Mistakes are made. removed the cuffs, though two that encourages police officers to left the area hours later. Washington Post, those rules are tryman in Iraq, I’d always been I spread my arms out to either continued to stand over me as engage their weapons before gath- With the US effort in Iraq established in police training, on the trigger side of the weapon. side. An officer jumped onto my the third contacted management ering information promotes the faltering, Gen David Petraeus which often emphasises a vio- Now that I was on the barrel side, bed and locked handcuffs onto my to confirm my story. Once they mind-set that nothing, including unveiled a new counterinsurgency lent response over deescalation. I recalled basic training’s most wrists. The officers rolled me from were satisfied, they left. citizen safety, is more important strategy that year. He believed Recruits spend an average of eight important firearm rule: Aim only side to side, searching my boxers When I later visited the Fairfax than officers’ personal security. that showing more restraint hours learning how to neutralise at something you intend to kill. for weapons, then yanked me up County police station to gather That approach has caused public during gunfights would help fos- tense situations; they spend more I had conducted the same kind to sit on the edge of the bed. At details about what went wrong, I trust in law enforcement to dete- ter Iraqis’ trust in US forces and than seven times as many hours of raid on suspected bombmak- first, I was stunned. I searched met the shift commander, Lt Erik riorate. It’s the same culture that that forming better relationships at the weapons range. ers and high-value insurgents. my memory for any incident that Rhoads. I asked why his officers characterised the early phases of with civilians would improve our Of course, officers’ safety is But the Fairfax County officers would justify a police raid. Then hadn’t contacted management the Iraq war, in which I served a intelligence-gathering. We refined vital, and they’re entitled to in my apartment were aiming it clicked. before they raided the apartment. 15-month tour in 2006 and 2007. our warrior mentality — the one defend themselves and the com- their weapons at a target whose Earlier in the week, the man- Why did they classify the inci- Soldiers left their sprawling bases that directed us to protect our- munities they serve. But they’re rap sheet consisted only of park- agers of my apartment complex dent as a forced entry, when the in armoured vehicles, leveling selves above all else — with a failing to see the connection ing tickets and an overdue library moved me to a model unit while information they had suggested buildings with missile strikes and community-building component. between their aggressive postures book. a crew repaired a leak in my dish- something innocuous? Why not shooting up entire blocks during My unit began to patrol on foot and the hostility they’ve encoun- My situation was terrifying. washer. But they hadn’t informed evaluate the situation before esca- gun battles with insurgents, only almost exclusively, which was tered in Ferguson, Missouri, Lying facedown in bed, I knew my temporary neighbours. So lating it? to return to their protected bases exceptionally more dangerous Baltimore and other communities. that any move I made could be when one resident noticed the Rhoads defended the and do it all again hours later. than staying inside our armoured WP-BLOOMBERG Volcanoes of challenges in the Arabian Gulf

rumbling, puffing and threat- framework to include several hot different parties to the conflict. strategic implications, came at with doom and destruction. The ening the Kingdom and other files of regional conflicts that are Tehran bears such an ideology the right time as a strong and Iranian media launches heated Gulf countries to bring on grave relevant to the raging regional and directs funds to that role, effective response to the chal- campaigns that can never realise consequences. divergence, there is an ongoing which is closely related to the lenges imposed. It does not con- the rapid developments. That was clear in what the crucial and heated clash to put current crisis. Iran threatens to stitute aggression as far as being Reckless screams and threats Iranian Revolutionary Guards an end to related major regional expand as it launches media cam- a defensive attempt to abort evil cannot be a substitute for dia- commander, Mohammad Ali files that are protracted, carry- paigns that lack civility and logic. and aggression, and to spread civil logue or listening to reason, wis- Jafari, did recently, as he did not ing within themselves details of Countries in the region are regional peace away from any dis- dom, and logic. shy from declaring with arro- many angles. surrounded by burning crises; ordered agenda that some parties The Gulf States while passing gance and defiance about terror- Today, these conflicts are fac- the internal situation of Iraq is have been working on since more through the curves of the current ist threats against Saudi Arabia, ing the final and crucial test. inflammable as it has entered than a decade. conflict realise that the challenges although he knows well the ina- Operation Decisive Storm created the stage of a sectarian civil war, The Arab region of today are great, promoting coherence bility of his terrorist gangs to a grand surprising strategy by which weakened the Iraqi state constitutes an explosive strap and greater coordination is the challenge the strong wall of the overturning the table and ending allowing sectarian militias to of crises after the Syrian peo- panacea for all the ills for the coalition, break into its fortified the chaotic stage that was charac- fiercely spread everywhere. ple’s revolution has reached a sake of building a regional peace citadel, and manipulate its indi- terised by widening Iran’s blatant That does not bring good news bloody and tough stage by fac- beyond the state of tension that vidual entities and the attributes interference in regional affairs, in for Iraq in the light of the ram- ing the Syrian regime in the race prevailed in the region for three of its national unity, which in such a way that it had reached a pant strength of sectarian militias for defending their existence. decades. turn enhances the strength of the very serious stage necessitating that have contributed to demol- On the other hand, the regime There is no doubt that the BY DAWOOD AL BASRI Gulf stance. its end, since there were threats ishing the national immunity and experienced recent defeats on Arabian Gulf after Operation Jafari, like others who live in an to topple some Arab regimes, and drawing division and fragmenta- the ground that foreshadow the Decisive Storm will never be the he GCC countries will face illusion or act out of arrogance, imposing a comprehensive hectic tion lines, besides their threats to necessity of ousting it, which in same. enormous security and imagines that the silence and state, as Iran did in the Iraqi and neighbouring countries. turn will lead to many develop- There is a promising future Tmilitary challenges in the tolerance of Saudi Arabia means Syrian grounds. The uncontrolled militias in ments and the results that will whose results are appearing now, future that need a quick response. weakness, but he knows for sure Today, the Gulf Arab countries Iraq have infringed on the sov- change the shape and nature of confirming that the Gulf is mov- Perhaps the most important that challenging the Saudi bar- are facing serious and different ereignty of the nation state and the regional conflict. ing on the path of goodness and one is the challenge of terror- rier will not only lead to smash- threats in light of the escalation become a ready tool for disturb- In Iraq, events are acceler- peace, which are the goal and ism that is backed and directed ing his head, but will also extend of sectarian conflicts in the region ing the regional peace. Whoever ating in a long-distance race option of free people. by major countries in the region, it lengthwise and crosswise to and its entry into the deployment follows the movements and between the federal government However, the Gulf countries done through mobilising intelli- destabilise the weak and tat- phase amid the threat of the ‘yel- statements of their leaders will and the militias that are trying will never be silent about the gence and supporting the terror tered Iranian foundations, which low winds’ that are blowing in the realise immediately that their to seize power, imposing ground threats, and will exercise their gangs disguised under the slogans is another issue and a different region. agenda, orientation schemes, and changes that aim at protecting legitimate right to reply with of ideological, religious, and sec- file, whose details are not yet open The absurd, aggressive and plans draw the flowchart of their the crumbling sectarian sites what will make their oppo- tarian idealism. They exploit the for discussion! pretentious threats by the actions that remain within the after the defeat and the col- nents and haters suffer real sectarian heritage to escalate the Under the congested and sen- Iranian Revolutionary Guard sectarian strife, which they have lapse of the Iranian project in trouble. already-tense situation. sitive atmosphere in the Arab commanders against Saudi mastered and the Iranian regime the East. I say to the insane, fear the It appears that the Saudi-Gulf region, and with the continuity Arabia and the GCC countries has been exploiting for decades! That happened at the same anger of the tolerant one; there Operation Decisive Storm has of the Operation Decisive Storm can never provide an atmosphere There is no doubt that time when the media hype of could be real surprises in the provoked all spirits that have for attaining its goals, achieving of understanding or extend Operation Decisive Storm, with Tehran is escalating and threat- Gulf’s pouch that may become emerged from holes screaming, its objectives, and expanding its bridges of trust between the all regional dimensions and ening the neighbouring countries nightmares for its enemies. MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com AMERICAS Cuba calls Trump tops for end to US embargo

SANTIAGO DE CUBA: Cuba poll of 2016 marked the anniversary of Fidel Castro’s first armed uprising 62 years ago yesterday with calls for an end to the US embargo and the return of the US naval base at Guantanamo. Republicans The ceremony — attended by Cuban president Raul Castro and some 10,000 of the country’s ruling Real estate tycoon making a splash elite and their guests but not by the frail 88-year-old Fidel — was the WASHINGTON: Donald branding Mexican immigrants as first since the restoration of rela- Trump’s wild ride to the front criminals and rapists appear to tions with the United States. of the Republican presidential have helped the real estate tycoon “Now begins a long and com- field showed no signs of abat- among the Republican base. plex road toward the normaliza- ing yesterday, with a new poll Those who want Trump to stay tion of bilateral relations, which showing him with a big lead in a in the race include 58 percent of includes, among other things, key early primary state. white evangelicals, 58 percent of the end of the blockade and the The NBC/Marist poll had conservatives and 57 percent of return of the Guantanamo naval the trash-talking billionaire “Tea Party” supporters, the CNN base,” said Jose Ramon Machado with a seven point lead in New poll found. Ventura, the number two of Hampshire and just two points When Republican voters were Republican presidential hopeful businessman Donald Trump speaks to guests gathered for a rally in Oskaloosa, Cuba’s communist party. behind the leader in Iowa, asked to say who they would most Iowa. During his last visit to the state, Trump sparked controversy when he said Senator John McCain, a former Machado’s brief speech con- another closely watched early like to see on the debate stage, POW, was not a war hero. trasted with the hours long anti- primary state. regardless of who they intended American orations Fidel was A CNN/ORC poll, meanwhile, to vote for, 18 percent said Trump, known for, particularly on the found that most Republicans compared to 14 percent for Bush Rand Paul plans to keep pushing July 26, 1953 anniversary of the voters want to see him stay in and less than 10 percent each for assault he led on the Moncada the race and 22 percent thought the rest of the crowded field. Barracks in Santiago. he would be their party’s even- The NBC poll, meanwhile, sug- Although a military failure tual nominee, ahead of every gested that Trump at this early to defund US Planned Parenthood that landed Castro in prison, the other candidate except Jeb Bush, stage of the race is making a big uprising is considered the start the former Florida governor splash in the first two primary WASHINGTON: US Republican for research, as well as the costs group obtained the videos. of a revolutionary movement that whose brother and father were states, which tend to winnow presidential contender Rand involved. The videos were filmed Planned Parenthood has flatly ultimately ousted the dictatorship presidents. the field. It showed him polling Pau l s a id y e s t er d ay t h at he pl a n s by anti-abortion group Center for denied all allegations. Its presi- of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. The CNN poll put Trump at the 21 percent among Republican to push Congress to cut fed- Medical Progress. dent, Cecile Richards, on Sunday Fidel stepped down as the coun- front of 16-candidate Republican voters in New Hampshire, in eral funding for the non-profit Paul has urged cutting the said that the group “does not at try’s president in 2006 in poor pack with 18 percent, and Bush in first placed although losing some reproductive healthcare organi- nearly $500m in annual taxpayer all” profit from fetal tissue dona- health, and has watched with some second with 15 percent. ground to second place Bush, up sation Planned Parenthood in funding for Planned Parenthood tions and that alteration of abor- skepticism as his brother and suc- “I’m not that surprised, because to 14 percent. In Iowa, Trump a debate over its treatment of in the latest Republican effort to tion procedures to better collect cessor Raul has gradually opened I see the kind of a crowd we’re trailed Wisconsin Governor Scott aborted fetal tissue. limit government support of the tissue is “absolutely not done.” the Soviet-style economy to private getting,” Trump said in a tel- Walker, by only two points at 17 “I think the time is now to group over its abortion services. “Planned Parenthood has bro- enterprise and outside investments. ephone interview with CNN’s to 19 percent. discuss whether taxpayer dol- A woman’s right to abort a ken no laws,” she said on ABC’s On December 17, Raul and US State of Union. “We’re getting the Trump had surged to the lars should be going to such a pregnancy has for decades been This Week, adding that donation President Barack Obama stunned biggest crowds and we’re getting lead in national polls before his gruesome procedure,” Paul, a a highly politicized and hotly of aborted fetal tissue for scien- the world by announcing plans to by far the biggest ovations.” remarks about McCain, but the Kentucky senator, said on Fox debated topic throughout the tific research is only allowed in a restore relations severed for more It was the first poll conducted NBC polls show strong stand- News. “People are outraged by this United States. Republicans now few states, with strict guidelines. than half a century. On July 20, the entirely after Trump drew the ings at the state level as well and I think the American people control Congress and, with it, gov- “We should not base any kind longtime Cold War foes reopened wrath of other Republican candi- despite a barrage of attacks by deserve to have a vote on it.” ernment purse strings. of decisions about healthcare in embassies in each other’s countries. dates for belittling the Vietnam his Republican rivals. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Republican lawmakers this country based on highly sen- A US trade embargo remains in record of former prisoner of war Trump’s negatives remain far McConnell has started a fast- have called on the US Justice sationalized folks who are noth- effect, however, with opposition to John McCain, who headed the higher than other candidates, track process to bring Paul’s legis- Department to investigate whether ing but militant anti-abortion lifting it strong in the Republican- Republican presidential ticket in however. The NBC poll found that lation for a vote soon, McConnell’s Planned Parenthood illegally prof- extremists,” she said. dominated US Congress. The US 2008 against President Barack 44 percent of Republican voters spokesman said yesterday. ited from selling fetal tissue, as US Attorney General Loretta naval base at Guantanamo is now Obama. in Iowa and 53 percent of those Republicans have rallied well as to report how the depart- Lynch has said the Justice best know for a US prison holding The controversy surround- in New Hampshire had unfavour- around secretly recorded videos ment enforces abortion regulations Department would review “all suspected Al Qaeda and Taliban ing Trump’s “not a war hero” able opinions about the real estate showing Planned Parenthood offi- and the ban on late-stage abor- the information and determine militants that Obama has so far remarks about McCain and ear- magnate and reality TV star. cials discussing ways to perform tions. Democrats have called for what steps, if any, to take at the unsuccessfully sought to close. lier inflammatory comments AFP abortions to preserve fetal tissue a federal investigation of how the appropriate time”. REUTERS AFP

Elvis festival Colombia orders halt to bombing Marine Corps eyeing raids on FARC new sniper rifle BOGOTA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos late on WASHINGTON: The Marine That rifle, the M40A5, has an Saturday ordered a halt to air Corps is looking to field a new effective range of about 1,000 strikes against the Marxist- sniper rifle but has yet to identify yards and fires a .308-caliber bul- inspired FARC rebels, giving a what type and caliber, according let. The Mk.21, however, can be major boost to stop-start peace to a Marine spokesman. fitted to fire a .338-caliber bullet talks. “We are looking at a number of and hit targets at more than 1,600 It comes just two days after available options, to include the yards. The Mk. 21 is also in use by the Colombian government and Mk.21 Precision Sniper Rifle,” various special operations units. the FARC resumed talks follow- said Maj Anton Semelroth in an The Marine Corps is the only ing months of stagnation at the email. “The Marine Corps con- branch in the US military and in negotiating table and fighting on tinues to evaluate the need for NATO still fielding a .308-caliber the battlefield. improved capabilities for our rifle as its primary sniper rifle. The talks designed to end the snipers and to consider solutions In 2011, the Army upgraded to 50-year conflict — Latin America’s being pursued by the Army, other the M2010, a rifle chambered in oldest insurgency — have been services and [Special Operations .300-caliber that can fire accu- dragging on since November 2012. Command].” rately to 1,300 yards. “I have issued the order to stop Semelroth’s remarks come Although there has yet to be as of today bombing raids against a little more than month after a firm decision on what rifle camps where there are members The Washington Post published a the Marines will field next, the of that group,” Santos said in an Brad Mitchell of Spokane, Washington, performs during the semi-finals of a talent contest during the four-day report detailing the shortcom- Marine Corps sniper community address at a navy event in the Collingwood Elvis Festival in Collingwood, Ontario. Featuring over 120 Elvis tribute artists, it is the world’s ings of the Marines’ current has rallied to push for a new one. northern city of Cartagena. sniper rifle. WP-BLOOMBERG largest Elvis festival and last year hosted 30,000 visitors. “We have agreed to de-escalate the conflict. What does that mean? Fewer deaths, less pain, fewer vic- tims,” he added, saying only the president could authorize further bombing strikes and hinting he was Hundreds mourn for woman found dead in Texas jail cell prepared to do so as long as they did not threaten urban areas. Santos similarly suspended LISLE: Hundreds of people July 10 near Prairie View, Texas, in life was to stop the injustice the funeral on a live video feed. the arrangements said. Mayci the bombing campaign in March attended the funeral of Sandra northwest of Houston, for failing against blacks in the American Many sang, clapped and danced Breaux, 21, will be remembered in but ordered a resumption a Bland, a black woman found to signal a lane change. After the South. after viewing Bland’s body. an 11am Mass of Christian burial month later after the guerrillas dead in a Texas jail cell days stop escalated into an alterca- “That baby did not take herself Her former sorority sisters from at the Church of the Assumption allegedly killed 11 soldiers. after she was arrested following tion between her and the trooper, out of here,” Reed-Veal said. “I’m her alma mater, Prairies View in Franklin, Louisiana, Ibert’s The Revolutionary Armed a minor traffic offense, an inci- Bland was taken into custody and the momma and I still want to A&M University, read an obituary Mortuary said in an online obit- Forces of Colombia (FARC) have dent said by activists to be yet charged with assaulting an officer. know what happened to my baby.” highlighting her religious faith and uary. Franklin is about 50 miles been observing a unilateral, one- another example of police bru- She was found hanging in her jail The trooper, who has been placed her blogs about social injustice, southeast of Lafayette. month ceasefire since Monday, tality toward minorities. cell on July 13 with a plastic trash on desk duty for violating protocol race politics and police brutality. Breaux and Jillian Johnson, 33, but Santos had initially refused to Mourners including local politi- bag around her neck. in the arrest, pointed a stun gun Bland, originally from the were killed on Thursday night. reciprocate. cians lined up for more than an An autopsy preliminarily con- at Bland and said he would drag Chicago area, had been about to “Mayci was a loving, kind, The latest efforts at speeding hour outside the DuPage African firmed an initial finding by a her out of the car. Another video, start a temporary job at Prairie beautiful, and vibrant young lady, up the fragile peace process come Methodist Episcopal Church in medical examiner that Bland’s taken by a bystander, showed the View A&M, when she was stopped who had a wonderful personality after the conflict heated up once Lisle, Illinois to file past an open death was a suicide. Her mother officer forcing Bland to the ground by the trooper. Bland’s family and a smile that would light up more in the spring, with dozens casket and attend the funeral. and four sisters, however, have as they argued. acknowledged she had posted on even the darkest of rooms,” her killed on both sides and many “This is not a moment of defeat, expressed strong doubts that Illinois politicians US social media about struggling with obituary read. She was studying Colombians increasingly disillu- this is an hour of victory ... We Bland, passionate about civil Senator Dick Durbin and US depression but has disputed the at a Louisiana college to become sioned with the pace of talks. are not funeralising a martyr or a rights and excited about a new Representative Bill Foster spoke suicide ruling. an ultrasound and radiology tech- But on July 12 the two sides victim, we are celebrating a hero,” job, would take her own life. at the funeral and drew applause Meanwhile, a funeral serv- nician, the obituary said. reached an accord to de-escalate said Reverend James Miller, who At the funeral, her mother, when they called for a full inves- ice for one of the two women Services for Johnson, a musi- and pledged to get back to the led the funeral service. Geneva Reed-Veal, said she had tigation of Bland’s death. killed in a Lafayette, Louisiana cian and owner of a Lafayette gift negotiating table. Bland, 28, was pulled over by recently traveled with her daugh- An overflow crowd was directed theatre shooting will be held shop, were pending. AFP a white Texas state trooper on ter, who had decided her purpose to the church’s basement to watch today, the mortuary handling AGENCIES MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Chinese cult members get Three die as plane crashes in Tokyo 3 years in jail BEIJING: A total of 14 mem- Nearby cars and homes ablaze as small aircraft crashes into the suburb after takeoff bers of a Chinese religious cult have been jailed for up to three TOKYO: Three people were district of Chofu just some 500 years, state media said yester- killed yesterday when a small metres from the airport. day, the latest sentences after plane crashed into a Tokyo sub- The crash also damaged the two members were executed urb shortly after takeoff, police roofs of other houses nearby this year for killing a woman. said, leaving nearby homes and while the plane's fuselage was Nine members of the banned cars ablaze and the charred left upside down in the charred Quannengshen group were con- remains of the fuselage lying in remains of a home. victed of “undermining the imple- a burnt-out residence. “At first I thought a large truck mentation of laws by making use The single-engine propeller had crashed into a neighbouring of cult organisations”, the official aircraft with a 36-year-old pilot house as I heard the ground shake news agency said. and four passengers on board and then I then saw this ferocious The sentences ranged from 18 crashed at around 11:00 am (0200 smoke,” a female witness said. months to three years, the agency GMT) shortly after leaving Chofu Television footage showed fire- quoted local authorities as say- airport on the outskirts of the fighters battling the blaze. The ing yesterday. It added that last Japanese capital, public broad- plane came down in an area near Saturday a court in the north- caster reported. a school, sports stadium and shop- eastern province of Liaoning “Two people from the airplane ping plaza. sentenced five cult members to are confirmed dead and a person “I thought it was flying quite prison terms of two or three years. believed to be a local resident has low and then I heard a bang,” a Followers of Quannengshen, also died,” a spokesman for Tokyo local resident who witnessed the whose name can be translated as Metropolitan Police Department crash said. Church of Almighty God, believe told. The plane was bound for that Jesus has been reincarnated “Thee other people from the Izuoshima island in the Pacific as a Chinese woman -- the wife of airplane and two others on the some 100 kilometres (60 miles) the cult’s founder. ground were injured. Their condi- south of central Tokyo for a one- The organisation appeared in tion is unknown.” day training flight, media said. the 1990s and the founder and his Local media reports said earlier An official at Nippon Aerotech, wife fled to the United States in that two men, including the pilot, which owns the plane, apologised 2000, agency said. and a woman on the ground were for the crash and told reporters A father and daughter who killed in the fiery crash. that the cause of the accident was The tail section of a crashed light plane and a burning house are seen after the plane went down in a residential belonged to Quannengshen were Rescuers rushing to an ambu- being investigated. area and burst into flames, in Chofu, on the outskirts of Tokyo, yesterday. executed in February after being lance carrying two victims on cov- The passengers may have been convicted of beating a woman to ered stretchers with the remains pilots-in-training, according to 82-year-old woman told. “I have lived here for a long The airport, run by the Tokyo death at a McDonald’s restaurant, of the charred fuselage of the local media. “This place is close Police are investigating the time and get used to the noise Metropolitan government and reportedly after she rebuffed Piper PA-46 nearby. to the airport but I’m surprised accident on suspicion of profes- of light planes, but it was obvi- with an 800-metre runway, their attempts to recruit her. At least three houses and two because I had never thought that sional negligence resulting in ously abnormal,” Kotaro Sunaga, remains closed following the acci- AFP cars were on fire in the residential an airplane would crash,” an death, reports said. a 32-year-old businessman told. dent. AFP Philippines’ Aquino to announce successor Suicide bomber kills 14

MANILA: Philippine President for the first time and overseeing Benigno Aquino will address some of the strongest economic in Nigeria, injures 47 parliament for the last time growth rates in Asia before this today, racing to secure fragile year’s slowdown. KANO: A “mentally handi- from the market blast site. Eight legacies of peace in the war-torn “In less than a year, the Filipino capped” female suicide bomber of the dead are women. One of south and a stronger economy. will again be at a crossroads,” he killed at least 14 people and them, from all the indications, Aquino’s final “State of the said last week. injured 47 more at a crowded was the suicide bomber,” added Nation Address” is struggling to Aquino’s preferred choice market in the northeastern the nurse from the Sani Abacha choose a successor for next year's has long been seen as Interior Nigerian town of Damaturu Specialist Hospital, who requested elections to continue with his Secretary Mar Roxas, his long- yesterday, witnesses and a hos- anonymity. agendas, analysts said. time ally, family friend, Liberal pital source said. Damaturu was the scene of a A peace treaty with the coun- Party stalwart and reliable eco- “Today (yesterday) is the mar- triple suicide bombing on July 18 try's largest Muslim rebel group, nomic administrator. ket day here and at 9:50 (0850 when three girls blew themselves aimed at ending decades of fight- But Roxas is languishing in sur- GMT) this morning, a female up killing at least 13 people as res- ing that has claimed 120,000 lives, veys and there is a strong chance suicide bomber blew herself up at idents prepared for the Eid festi- is in peril as a draft law granting he would be easily beaten by the the entrance of the market where val marking the end of Ramadan. self-rule to the Muslim minority At the 2010 elections, opposition commuters were arriving,” mar- The town is the capital of Yobe is stalled in parliament. leader, Jejomar Binay, crushed ket trader Garba Abdullahi said. state which, along with the other Meanwhile, economic growth Roxas in their contest for the vice “We evacuated 15 dead bodies northeastern states of Borno and slowed to a three-year low of 5.2 presidency. to the hospital, including the sui- Adamawa, has been the worst hit percent in the first quarter. Activists march near the house of President Benigno Aquino with an effigy Aquino's other choice is first- cide bomber who was identified by Boko Haram’s bloody campaign Ramon Casiple, executive direc- depicting him as a monster, in Manila, yesterday, one day ahead of his term senator Grace Poe, who owes as a mentally unstable woman for a hardline Islamic caliphate, tor of the Institute for Political State of the Nation Address. her immense popularity to being that had been known for years in which has left 15,000 people dead and Electoral Reform said, “He pass the law, the main barrier important legacies of his presi- the daughter of famed, deceased the area,” he said, adding that the and 1.5 million homeless since should use his remaining political to implementing the peace pact, dency, according to Casiple and movie star Fernando Poe. bomber was around 40 years old. 2009. capital and tell Congress to pass according to his advisers. other analysts. “If I had my way, I (would have) That death toll was confirmed A new wave of violence has left the BBL.” If Aquino does succeed in Aquino has had notable suc- announced my choice yesterday,” by a nurse from a local hospital. 800 people dead since Nigeria's Aquino is indeed expected to finalising peace with the MILF, cesses, with the Philippines earn- an exasperated Aquino said last “We have received 15 dead bod- President Muhammadu Buhari urge parliament today to quickly it would be one of the most ing investor grade credit ratings week. AFP ies and 47 people with injuries came to power in May. AFP 20 die as child bomber blows up in bar Youth will shape future of YAOUNDÉ: A suspected for a wave of a attacks on villages Maroua has been under heavy 12-year-old girl suicide bomber across the border in northeastern security for months as the threat killed 20 people in an attack on Nigeria that left at least 25 dead from Boko Haram has grown, a bar in Maroua in the far north and forced hundreds more to flee with motorbikes -- which the Kenya and Africa: Obama of Cameroon, state television their burning homes. insurgents often use to stage their said yesterday, just days after Cameroon’s army has joined raids -- banned from the streets NAIROBI: Billing himself as 13 died in twin bombings in the the regional military offensive after dark. Boko Haram has the United States’ first Kenyan- city blamed on Boko Haram. against the extremists after suf- recently stepped up its attacks American president, Barack The bomber blew herself up fering repeated deadly raids into in the restive Lake Chad region Obama called yesterday on citi- last Saturday among night rev- its territory. despite a major regional offensive zens of his paternal homeland to ellers in a popular bar, injuring Maroua -- the commercial hub against the extremists. cast aside “bad traditions” and at least 79 others. The north of of the extreme north of Cameroon Last week, Cameroon extended forge a more just future. the country has been repeatedly close to the Nigerian and Chadian a ban on full Islamic veils in parts Seeking to leverage his popu- targeted by Nigeria-based Boko borders -- was already reeling of the country as it seeks to curb larity and status as a “son of the Haram extremists. after 13 people were killed in the threat from female suicide soil”, Obama said: “Kenya is at a The atrocity came a day after twin suicide bombings on last bombers. crossroads, a moment filled with Boko Haram were also blamed Wednesday by two teenage girls. AFP peril, but also enormous promise.” But, he told a raucous Nairobi arena, “the future of Africa is up to Africans”. Playing the role of brother and Filipino fishermen remove Chinese well-wishing friend, Obama said oppression of women, violent extremism, ethnic tensions and the “cancer” of corruption were buoys in disputed waters key issues to be addressed. “We can see that future for Kenya on MANILA: Filipino fishermen jurisdiction over Scarborough fishermen said they had the horizon, but tough choices are US President Barack Obama shakes hands with his Kenyan counterpart found several buoys with Chinese Shoal. "I already sent the chief of foundthree long, orange contain- going to have to be made,” he said. Uhuru Kenyatta before boarding Air Force One prior to his departure from markings near the disputed police to investigate the buoys," ment booms, used to control oil His bluntest criticism was Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi yesterday. Scarborough Shoal and towed the she said. spills, floating about six miles (4 directed at the ill treatment devices back to shore northwest China claims almost the entire km) off Scarborough Shoal. of women and girls. “Treating country where 60 percent of the US President Barack Obama of the capital, Manila, Philippines South China Sea, believed to be It was the first time fishermen women and girls as second-class population is aged under 24. wraps up a two-day landmark officials said yesterday. rich in energy deposits, where there had found such devices. citizens, those are bad traditions. “He gets us,” said his half-sister visit to Kenya yesterday, boost- China seized control of the about $5 trillion in ship-borne "The buoys have Chinese mark- They need to change, they are Auma, describing Obama as “my ing business and security ties but rocky outcrop in the South China goods pass every year. Brunei, ings," one of the fishermen told holding you back,” he said. brother, your brother, our son.” with firm messages on gay rights Sea in 2012 after a three-month Malaysia, the Philippines, the GMA television network in “There is no excuse for sexual Throughout his two-day trip, and corruption. stand-off with Philippine coast Vietnam and Taiwan also have the area. "The markings showed assault or domestic violence, Obama has tried to bridge two Nairobi has witnessed a massive guard ships, preventing Filipino conflicting claims in the area. the company that manufactured there is no reason that young girls constituencies: Americans reex- security operation, with parts of fishermen from getting near their Beijing has become increasingly it. It even has phone numbers." should suffer genital mutilation, amining their stereotypes of the usually traffic-clogged capital traditional fishing grounds. assertive in the South China Sea. The fishermen said they towed there is no place in civilised soci- Africa, and Africans hoping for a locked down. He leaves later yes- The shoal is about 125 nautical Rapid reclamation around reefs the buoys back to Masinloc to ety for the early or forced mar- better future. A young but impov- terday for the Ethiopian capital miles west of the Philippines. in the Spratly archipelago in par- show officials there and turned riage of children.” erished population could be fer- Addis Ababa, where he will also "Yes, there are buoys there," ticular has sparked concern, both them over to a coast guard Much of Obama’s speech tile ground for instability and the be the first US leader to address said Desiree Edora, mayor in the region and in the US. detachment. stressed his affinity with young growth of groups like Somalia- the African Union. of Masinloc town, which has On Saturday, nine Filipino REUTERS Kenyans, a vital group in a based Al-Shebab. AFP MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Official witnesses turn hostile US embassy’s DEA Five-year-old Bhutto assassination trial ruined by five minute testimonies staffer shot dead ISLAMABAD: It appears witness - US lobbyist Mark Siegel that the sudden and unexpected The prosecutor contended ISLAMABAD: A local past,” Awan added, without detail- that the Federal Investigation - is still awaited. appearance of Bhutto from the that “the witness has intro- employee of the US embassy ing the nature of the threats. Agency (FIA) of Pakistan is The key prosecution witnesses, vehicle resulted her death. duced certain new things and in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad The attackers, who fired shots losing the cooperation of those who had earlier blamed DIG In the recent statement also suppressed the facts against was shot dead by an unidenti- in the air after the attack, man- witnesses on the basis of whose Aziz and SP Shahzad for the recorded before the anti-terror- his (earlier recorded) statement fied gunman yesterday, police aged to flee. testimonies it had implicated security lapse, ‘vindicated’ both ism court, SSP Farooq stated: and made undue concession to said. “We have collected some evi- not only former president the above-mentioned police offic- “There was no lapse or gap in the accused Saud Aziz.” The motive for the shooting dence from the site including a Pervez Musharraf but also two ers this time. They claimed that security duty of Bhutto.” As per the JIT report, in 2010 was unclear. Police said the vic- 9mm pistol in the nearby area,” senior police officers in the Bhutto could have remained He stated that Makhdoom SSP Farooq disassociated himself tim was a member of the Shia Awan added. Benazir Bhutto murder case. unhurt had she not emerged Amin Fahim, Naheed Khan, from the security arrangements Ismaili minority community and He said police were investi- A Joint Investigation Team from the sunroof of her bullet- Safdar Abbasi and SSP made for Bhutto on December was working in the US Drug gating several possible motives, (JIT) of the FIA implicated Gen proof vehicle. Imtiaz were inside the vehicle 27, 2007, saying DIG Aziz was the Enforcement Administration in including attempted robbery, sec- Musharraf, deputy inspector gen- For example, SSP Yasin Farooq, with Bhutto and they remained overall incharge and responsible the embassy. tarian killing and extremism. eral (DIG) Saud Aziz and super- has now stated that the then unhurt. for it. Police identified the victim as No militant group has claimed intendent of police (SP) Khurram Rawalpindi police chief Saud Aziz SSP Farooq pointed out that He claimed that his responsi- Iqbal Baig, a resident of G-9/1 dis- the attack. No one at the US Shahzad in the high-profile mur- issued a 16-page detailed security DIG Aziz “issued the security bility was within the boundary trict in Islamabad, and said the embassy in Islamabad was imme- der case in 2010 after recording plan for the public gathering of order for the public gathering of of Liaquat Bagh. The report attacker used a pistol. diately available for comment. statements of relevant govern- December 27, 2007, after which the PPP on December 27, 2007, claimed that SSP Farooq Baig was shot at 2 am outside Sectarian violence -- in par- ment officials, rescue workers and Bhutto was assassinated. She was and specified the duties of all the confirmed that DIG Aziz removed his home as an unknown number ticular by Sunni Muslim hardlin- senior police officers. given a “box security” during her police officers and staff.” a key security official from of accomplices waited in a nearby ers against Shiite Muslims who A counsel for Gen Musharraf arrival at and departure from During the cross-examination, Liaquat Bagh without discussing parked car. make up roughly 20 percent of recently claimed that out of the Liaquat Bagh. Farooq said, “SSP Major Imtiaz, with him. “One of the armed attackers Pakistan’s 200 million people -- four witnesses against his client, The then SSP security, retired the security officer of Bhutto, The JIT in 2010 named both opened fire on Iqbal Baig. One has claimed thousands of lives in former secretary interior Syed Major Imtiaz, in his statement was solely responsible for SSP Farooq and SSP Imtiaz as bullet hit him on the left side in the country over the past decade. Kamal Shah and ex-director gen- said the “district police issued a the security of Bhutto inside the the prosecution witnesses against the chest and exited on the right Forty-five Shiite Ismailis were eral National Crisis Management security plan for the public gath- vehicle and he should have not Aziz and Shahzad. side,” Khalid Mehmood Awan, a massacred in the southern city Cell retired Brigadier Javed Iqbal ering. I did not point out any allowed her to come out of the Commenting on the state- senior police official at the scene of Karachi in May in the first Cheema did not utter even a sin- security deficiency to the police sunroof.” ment of SSP Imtiaz, prosecutor told. attack in the country claimed by gle word against the former mili- officers.” Following recording of his Chaudhry said it took five years “Iqbal Baig was working in the Islamic State group. tary ruler. The JIT report claimed that statement, special FIA prosecu- in building a case against the the US Drug Enforcement The worst atrocities, however, The third prosecution witness, both the witnesses had supported tor Mohammad Azhar Chaudhry accused persons but the witness Administration for 12 to 13 years have been in the southwestern retired Brigadier Ejaz Shah, has the prosecution case against DIG filed an application with the ATC spoiled it through his five-minute and was from the Ismaili Shiite province of Baluchistan, home to been dropped by the prosecution Aziz and SP Shahzad in 2009. and requested the court to declare testimony. sect. His brother told us that he some 200,000 Shiites. while the testimony of the forth However, their recent stance was Farooq a “hostile witness.” INTERNEWS has received threats in the recent AFP

Flood havoc Iran trade envoy to visit Pakistan Cabinet advises PM

ISLAMABAD: A delega- tion from Iran will arrive in to focus on reforms Pakistan next month to address bottlenecks in the way of trade ISLAMABAD: Following apparatus to tax the rich and and investment between the the outcome of the Judicial spend on the poor, empower par- two countries and explore Commission report, Prime liament and revamp the criminal opportunities under the new Minister Nawaz Sharif has been justice system etc. scenario following the nuclear advised yet again by some of his Almost all the reform- deal by Iran and six major world cabinet members to focus on the related promises of the PML-N powers. government’s self-accountabil- as reflected in its manifesto The Iranian delegation will ity to improve governance and remained unimplemented during meet Commerce Minister Khuram pursue the direly needed agenda the last two years. Dastgir, Finance Minister Ishaq of institutional reforms. The only reform introduced by Dar and Petroleum Minister Sources said that in a high- the otherwise reform-shy Nawaz Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to discuss level meeting that was presided Sharif government during its issues of mutual importance. over by Prime Minister Nawaz two years tenure-the Citizen Earlier in April this year, Sharif at the PM House following Feedback Monitoring Programme Dastgir had headed a delegation the release of the JC report, the (CFMP)-remains unimplemented to Iran and both sides had agreed prime minister was advised that despite the lapse of almost eight to formulate a five-year facilita- instead of becoming arrogant it months because of the want of tion plan to increase bilateral People flee the flooded areas in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, yesterday. At least 26 is high time for the government merely Rs1bn. trade from the current level of persons were killed in week-long rains that destroyed roads and bridges in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, to review its own performance The government that has $1bn to $5bn. with at least 300,000 people affected and several areas remaining cut off. and focus on the shortcomings spent Rs45bn on the Rawalpindi- INTERNEWS for better governance and serv- Islamabad Metro, could not spare ice delivery. just Rs1bn for a project which Interestingly, the same was could significantly improve serv- said and resolved as well after the ice delivery for the common man culmination of tensions and pres- in the federal government depart- Pakistan to host round two of Afghan talks sures of the anti-government 2014 ments and agencies. sit-ins, but practically the govern- During these two years, there ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is to “The understanding is that the deeply involved in internal consul- leadership council has approved ment neither did any accountabil- has been no accountability of the host the second round of direct process should continue here,” tations to nominate senior leaders the process. ity of its ministers nor moved an cabinet ministers. Despite his peace talks between the Taliban he said, denying earlier reports for the second round. “More members of the leader- inch to pursue the reform agenda initial commitment, the prime and the Afghan government emerging from Kabul that the In Kabul, a member of the ship council are most likely to join promised by the ruling PML-N minister did not dismiss even a on July 31, a senior Pakistani talks could be held in China or Afghan negotiating team, the second round. These leaders in its election manifesto. Prime single minister during the last 24 security official said yester- Qatar. Muhammad Nateqi, ruled out have more powers than the Qatar Minister Nawaz Sharif during months on account of bad per- day, laying to rest speculation When asked what progress the possibility of changes in office,” he said. his two years tenure has so far formance or major failures. that either China or Qatar could be expected, he did not their squad. The Afghan govern- Two senior Taliban leaders focused on mega projects only. In the second half of the 2014, would be the next venue for the directly respond to the question ment’s team was headed by the have wrapped up a visit to Saudi However, no attention has been the government announced to negotiations. and said, “Everyone is aware presidential adviser, Haji Deen Arabia, in connection with the paid during these two years in start the accountability of its The first round of talks between that it is a difficult process. Muhammad. The Kabul team had consultations with the Saudi implementing the much needed cabinet ministers but soon after it the two Afghan stakeholders was There could be difficulties and representation of the High Peace officials. A former Taliban dep- reform agenda for institution got cold feet on the issue. There is also held in Pakistan’s tourist challenges. But hopes are also Council, the chief executive and uty foreign minister Mullah Jalil building, improving governance, a growing frustration even within resort of Murree on July 7. there as the environment is very the vice president, General Abdul and Kandahar’s former governor providing speedy justice, de- the cabinet over the government’s “I can confirm the second conducive.” Rashid Dostum. Mullah Hasan returned yesterday politicising the police and civil failure to pursue the direly needed round of the Afghan peace talks A former Taliban minister and The Taliban’s former minis- after the visit to Saudi Arabia, bureaucracy, setting up a reli- reform agenda and sack the non- will be held in Pakistan,” the secu- member of the powerful leader- ter said the Qatar political office Afghan sources said. able and neutral accountabil- performing ministers. rity official said yesterday. ship council said the Taliban are cannot oppose the talks as the INTERNEWS ity system, overhauling the tax INTERNEWS

Heritage crashes down Pakistani civilian killed Mango exports to EU resume in Indian border firing KARACHI: Pakistan resumed mango exports to the European MUZAFFARABAD: Waseem was taken to a mili- Union one-week after it sus- Pakistani officials yesterday tary hospital in the garrison city pended the operations for tak- accused Indian troops of killing of Rawalpindi but he succumbed ing measures to avert the a civilian in “unprovoked firing” to the bullet injury in his neck, looming chances of ban from in the disputed Kashmir region. it added. the 29-nation-bloc. India and Pakistan often accuse Abdul Raoof, a police official in “The EU has found three con- each other of violating a 2003 the area, confirmed the incident signments infected with fruit flies ceasefire agreement. The two and said that Waseem was graz- in the current export season the countries have fought three wars, ing his cattle in his village when country would face ban {on mango two of them over the divided and he was hit by a bullet fired by export for the current season disputed Kashmir region. Indian troops. only} in case the number of the The latest incident took place Last week too, Islamabad infected consignments total at five overnight in Chirikot sector on accused India of a breach of their in the season,” Waheed Ahmed, an the Line of Control(LoC), the ceasefire after reporting the exporter, said. region’s de facto border, Pakistan’s death of four civilians in cross- He said the finding of the three military said in a statement border shelling in Kashmir. infected consignments has con- yesterday. The Muslim-majority vinced exporters to halt exports “A civilian Muhammad Waseem Himalayan region is divided and to the EU and take measures to who was severely injured due to administered separately by India stop sending disease carrying unprovoked firing by Indians and Pakistan but claimed by both consignments. The resumption of on LoC in Chirikot sector last in full, since the two countries Afghans recover the bodies of victims who were killed when a structure to renovate the historic old part of Herat exports to EU was marked with Saturday has embraced shaha- gained independence from Britain the dispatch of 10 tonnes consign- city collapsed in Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. At least six persons were killed in the incident that saw demands dat (martyrdom) this morning,” in 1947. ment to the UK last Thursday. to book those who neglected the safety procedures during the renovation project. it said. AFP INTERNEWS MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Salman sorry for Yakub Memon tweets BJP seeks cancellation of actor's bail in 2002 hit-and-run case; security beefed up outside actor's residence

MUMBAI/ NEW DELHI: hereby retract them. “Whether action should be taken paramour Salim, both convicted After tweets that triggered a “I would like to uncondition- against him (Salman), let it be for multiple murders of members volley of protests, Bollywood ally apologize for any misun- decided by the people concerned of the girl's family, on the ground superstar Salman Khan yester- derstanding I may have created with the case.” of it being illegal as due procedure day evening apologised for say- unintentionally. Bollywood was largely silent. was not followed. ing that the 1993 Mumbai blasts “I also strongly condemn those But filmmaker Sudhir Mishra Quashing the death warrant, accused Yakub Memon should who are claiming my tweets are came out in support of the actor the court had held that the “right not hang but his brother Tiger anti-religious. I have always said saying Salman was entitled to to live under article 21 does not Memon should. I respect all faiths and I always his views. “And by the way many end with the confirmation of the While standing by what he will,” the actor tweeted. Indians share his views. Please death sentence by the Supreme said overnight, Salman said his Yakub is the brother of one of react and talk to him with Court”. father Salim Khan wanted him the main accused, Tiger Memon, respect.” Eminent lawyer Ram to retract his tweets “as they who along with others is abscond- Meanwhile, the Supreme Court Jethmalani and leaders from have the potential to create mis- ing. Indian officials believe he and will today hear a plea by Mumbai four political parties were among understanding”. And he promptly underworld don Dawood Ibrahim bomb blasts convict Yakub around 200 people who yester- deleted the earlier tweets. are in Pakistan. Memon, who has sought a stay day urged President Pranab In his latest tweet, the 49-year- In his previous tweets, the “Ek on his execution set for July 30. Mukherjee to reconsider the old actor said he never sought to Tha Tiger” star also called Tiger Memon moved the apex court mercy plea of Yakub Memon, set imply that Yakub Memon, who is Memon a coward for letting his Salman Khan urged the apex court yesterday to spare the life of a convicted contending that the death war- to hang in Nagpur on July 30. set to hang in the Nagpur jail on brother face the gallows. bomb plotter due to be hanged this week declaring him innocent, sparking rant for his execution was issued Those who endorsed the peti- July 30, was not involved in the “We can die for our fam- off a political furore. before he could have exhausted tion included BJP's Shatrughan deadly 1993 blasts that left 257 ily. Tiger, your brother will be the legal remedies available to Sinha, Congress' Mani Shankar people dead and over 700 injured hanged for you in some days. Say the fox who ran away.” Mumbaikars”. Shelar sought him and when his curative peti- Aiyer, CPI-M leader Sitaram in what was then the world's something, make a statement or Taken aback by his son's out- the cancellation of Salman's bail tion was pending consideration by Yechury, CPI's D Raja, actor worst urban terror attack. address that it was you. What burst, father Salim Khan told against his five-year jail term in the court. Naseeruddin Shah, filmmaker “What I said is that Yakub kind of brother are you?” media: “Salman should have the 2002 hit and run case. The apex court on July 21 Mahesh Bhat, activist Tushar Memon should not hang for him The “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” thought sensitively before tweet- Some 200 members of the BJP rejected Memon's curative peti- Gandhi, lawyer Vrinda Grover (Tiger). I have not said or implied actor also asked Pakistan Prime ing in support of Yakub.” youth wing staged a noisy protest tion saying it was void of merit. and economist Jean Dreze. that Yakub Memon is innocent. I Minister Nawaz Sharif to share Salman's earlier tweets led outside Salman's home yesterday On the same day, Memon filed The petition asked the presi- have complete faith in the judicial details about Tiger's whereabouts to furore, forcing authorities afternoon. a mercy petition before the dent to stay the imminent execu- system of our country. with Indian authorities. to deploy around 50 policemen BJP Mumbai North-East MP Maharashtra governor seeking tion “so that the substantive and “Many lives were lost in the “Where are you hiding Tiger? outside his residence in Galaxy Kirit Somaiya pledged to raise the commutation of his death sen- fresh grounds” raised can be con- Mumbai blasts. And I have Sharif Saab, I would request you Apartment in Bandra in fear of matter in parliament today. tence to life imprisonment. sidered on merits. repeatedly said the loss of (even) to let us know about Tiger, if you possible violence. Baricades came Ujjwal Nikam, who directed the Memon, in his petition before The submission came a day one innocent life is equal to the have any information about him. up outside his building. prosecution in the 1993 Mumbai the apex court, relied on the before the Supreme Court hears loss of all humanity. “I've been wanting to tweet this Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) serial bomb blasts case, also criti- court's May 27 verdict where a plea by Yakub Memon for a stay “My dad ... said I should retract for three days and was afraid to Mumbai president Ashish Shelar cized Salman. it quashed the death warrant on his execution. The petition said my tweets as they have the poten- do so but it involves a man and his denounced Salman by calling Shiv Sena president Uddhav issued for the execution of a the decision to fix the date of exe- tial to create misunderstanding. I family. Don't hang brother, hang his remarks an “insult to all Thackeray declined to react. woman named Shabnam and her cution was illegal. IANS

Godavari festival: Over Sinha’s Nitish praise hits BJP

11 crore take holy dip PATNA: The BJP appears to be shell-shocked after its actor- HYDERABAD: More than 11 There was also an enchanting turned-MP Shatrughan Sinha crore people took a dip in the Kuchipudi ballet by over 1,000 called Bihar Chief Minister Godavari river in Telangana dancers, depicting the story of Nitish Kumar the country’s and Andhra Pradesh during the Godavari. best chief minister. 12-day Godavari maha push- Lakhs of people thronged the BJP leaders here admitted pri- karalu festival that ended last ghats in Rajahmundry and 263 vately that Sinha’s statement of Saturday. other ghats in East Godavari and last Saturday was “a big embar- While 6.40 crore people took West Godavari district. rassment” for their party, more so the dip in Telangana, the others Andhra minister Palle since his praise came hours after did so in Andhra Pradesh, officials Raghunath Reddy said 3.31 crore PM Narendra Modi targeted said yesterday. people took a dip in East Godavari Nitish Kumar. The once in 144-year event and 1.49 crore in West Godavari. Sinha represents the Patna passed off peacefully barring a Yoga guru Baba Ramdev and Sahib Lok Sabha seat. stampede that killed 27 pilgrims Swami Nirmalananda were Addressing a public rally on on the first day on July 14 in among the prominent pilgrims last Saturday, Modi said Nitish Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh. who took the dip on the last day Kumar had strangled Bihar’s Speaking at a meeting at in Rajahmundry. development by ending his party’s Rajahmundy yesterday, Andhra The festival in Telangana ended alliance with the BJP and joining Pradesh Chief Minister N with Swami Paripoornananda hands with the RJD. Chandrababu Naidu said pushka- performing the rituals at Sinha visited Nitish Kumar ralu will go down in the history as Dharampuri in Karimnagar dis- last Saturday night and later a memorable event. trict. Telangana’s Endowment described the chief minister as a Naidu announced 150 percent Minister Indarakaran Reddy said “guardian of the state”. IANS Social activist Anna Hazare (centre) sits along with former servicemen during a protest in New Delhi yesterday. dearness allowance for all the 2.83 crore pilgrims took the dip in government employees who were Karimnagar alone. on duty during the event. Though pushkaralu, dedi- He also declared that cated to worshipping rivers, take Former minister Rajahmundry would be soon place once in 12 years, this time Anna’s OROP rally in October renamed as Rajamahendri to it is considered very auspicious. Handique dies highlight the glory of the city. Priests say such an event comes NEW DELHI: Social activist “Veterans serve the country but Retired Major D P Singh, who The pushkaralu came to a col- once in 144 years. GUWAHATI: Bijoy Krishna Anna Hazare yesterday voiced do not get their due,” he said. had to have his leg amputated ourful end on last Saturday night People from across the country Handique, a former union min- his support to ex-servicemen Hazare reiterated that he after being injured in the 1999 with fireworks and laser show in took the holy dip in the Godavari, ister and a Congress leader protesting here over non-imple- will launch a protest at Delhi’s Kargil conflict, led the event. Rajahmundry. known as south Ganga. IANS from Assam, died at the Jorhat mentation of the One Rank One Ramlila Maidan on October 2, The ex-servicemen want the Medical College and Hospital Pension scheme. Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniver- government to announce a date yesterday. He was 80. “Assurances from the govern- sary, in support of the One Rank when the One Rank One Pension Doctors said Handique was ment are not enough. We need One Pension scheme. scheme will be implemented. Waterfall admitted on last Saturday evening implementation of the scheme,” “We still have two months left, Currently, the amount of pen- due to heart related ailments. Hazare told the ‘Run for OROP’ and I will travel across the coun- sion paid to officers of the same A contemporary of Assam Chief event here, organised by retired try to seek people’s support,” he rank differ -- depending on when Minister Tarun Gogoi, Handique soldiers. added. they retired. represented the Jorhat Lok Sabha He also attacked the Narendra The ‘Run for OROP’ started A section of the former soldiers constituency for six consecutive Modi government, saying many from Dhaula Kuan in south Delhi have been staging a relay hunger times since 1991. Handique held promises were made on end- at 6 am and ended at the Jantar strike on the issue here since June several portfolios in the union ing corruption but nothing had Mantar monument in the heart 15. government. IANS happened. of the capital. IANS

Solar alarms save lives during Assam flood

GUWAHATI: Community- that these locally-built devices The ICIMOD has implemented 2,900-km-long river that origi- based early warning systems really help the villagers in saving the project, named Himalayan nates in Tibet and flows into the installed on a pilot basis two livestock and property from flash Climate Change Adaptation Bay of Bengal, estimate substan- years ago along two flood-prone floods,” Nand Kishor Agrawal, Programme, in collaboration with tial economic loss per household, tributaries of the turbulent programme coordinator for the Aaranyak, a prominent bio-diver- with Dhemaji being one of the Brahmaputra river in Assam Kathmandu-based International sity conservation organisation in most-affected ones. have helped saving livestock Centre for Integrated Mountain the northeast. “Hydrological modelling was and property of villagers, scien- Development (ICIMOD), said. After their installation, the carried out in the upstream tists say. The warning device, developed alarm systems are managed by areas of five river basins (Indus, Each solar-enabled alarm sys- by ICIMOD, mainly comprises the local villagers. ICIMOD says Ganges, Brahmaputra, Salween tem - comprising a transmitter electronic sensors that set off an villagers estimate that the warn- and Mekong) that indicate the and a receiver - costs around alarm when the water rises in the ing signals sent by one of the sys- glaciers are likely to reduce by `60,000 ($1,000). It covers at least river. The transmitter is placed on tems saved livestock and property 20 to 55 percent by 2050,” one 20-25 villages located downstream the riverbank and the receiver is worth `210,000 ($3,300) in 2013. study says. along the Jiadhal and Singora riv- placed in a nearby house. For flexible flood management Due to melting of glaciers ers in eastern Assam’s Dhemaji The family of that house, which planning, ICIMOD-trained field and increased precipitation, the and Lakhimpur districts. is trained, subsequently informs facilitators have worked with the overall river flows are likely to “Our institute has installed other villagers through SMS or locals to record rainfall data and increase or remain unchanged seven wireless warning alarms mobile phone, who further alert to create flood maps. from 2041 to 2050 compared to Visitors cool off at the Kerwa dam waterfall located on the outskirts of along the Jiadhal and Singora riv- vulnerable people downstream if Survey data says the flood 1998 to 2007 for all five river Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, yesterday. ers. Our impact studies indicate there is a flood alarm. plains of the Brahmaputra, a basins, it says. IANS MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA PM’s cashless plan for Week-long Rath Yatra road accident treatment New safety net soon, Modi says in ‘Man ki baat’

NEW DELHI: Shocked over “Is it possible to develop the committed to providing power to one fatality every four min- northeast while sitting in Delhi? all villages. utes in road accidents in India, No. Officials will visit and see how “Whatever facilities are pro- Prime Minister Narendra Modi it is to be done. vided in cities, similar facilities yesterday said his government “The DoNER (Development of are required for people in vil- will soon implement a road Northeastern Region) ministry lages too if we have to develop our safety policy and cashless treat- has taken a significant decision to nation,” he said. ment for accident victims. send teams of central government Modi also expressed concern In his monthly ‘Maan Ki Baat’ officials to the northeast and hold that fewer students were taking radio programme, Modi said: week-long camps there,” he said. up science at the higher educa- “The statistics on road acci- The ministry is responsible for tion level. dents in our country are shock- planning, executing and moni- “Out of 100 only one or two stu- ing. There is an accident every toring the central government’s dents take up science. It’s a cause minute. And... there is a death development schemes in Assam, of concern,” the prime minister every four minutes.” Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal said, adding that students must be In view of this, the government Pradesh, Tripura, Mizoram, encouraged to study the subject. would soon introduce a Road Sikkim and Meghalaya. To mark Kargil Day on July Transport and Safety Bill in par- “These teams will hold camps 26, Modi paid tributes to soldiers Indian traditional dancers perform rituals during the closing ceremony of the week-long Rath Yatra festival in liament and work to implement in districts and villages, meet local killed in the 1999 Kargil war with Kolkata yesterday. the National Road Safety Policy officials, people’s representatives Pakistan. and a Road Safety Action Plan, and citizens. They will listen to “Each and every Indian soldier he said. their problems and help the gov- fought bravely. I pay my respects The prime minister said there ernment to find their solutions.” to the soldiers who ... fought for would soon be a nationwide toll In his talk, Modi praised efforts the country,” he said in Man ki Anger over CBSE headscarf ‘ban’ free number 1033 to provide made towards keeping India Baat on radio programme. information on accidents across clean. “The Kargil battle was not just the country. He congratulated govern- fought on the borders... Every THIRUVANANTHA to see that such things do not on certain types of dresses was Official statistics show 15 to 16 ment officials from Harda dis- village, city and town made a PURAM: A day after a nun was happen. Such acts affect the meant to prevent fraud. Sister people in road accidents in the trict in Madhya Pradesh for contribution.” barred from taking a national faith of an individual,” he said in Seba said she had sought a sepa- country every hour or nearly 380 their ‘Malyudh’ (a sanitation Prime Minister Narendra Modi medical test here after refus- a statement here. rate room to write the examina- every day. The daily toll includes programme). yesterday sought suggestions for ing to remove her headgear, Sister Seba, a nun with the tion without the headscarf but 16 children. “They have given a new mean- his speech on the Independence a section of Kerala’s political Syro Malankara Church, was this request was turned down. A total of 137,000 people became ing to ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan’. Day. and religious leaders yesterday denied permission to take the All- E T Mohammed Basheer, a road accident victims in 2013. A brother gifting his sister a toi- Addressing the 10th edition of reacted sharply. India Pre-Medical Test after she Lok Sabha MP from the Indian The prime minister also said let on ‘Raksha Bandhan’, and his monthly radio address ‘Mann Congress state unit presi- refused to remove her headgear Union Muslim League, said the that development of the country’s the one who does so becoming ki Baat’, Modi said it would be a dent V M Sudheeran said it despite a Supreme Court ruling. observation of the Supreme northeast was not possible with ‘brother number one’ has given a good idea to seek suggestions from was unfortunate that a nun was The apex court last week Court on the dress code was not officials sitting in Delhi. He vowed new direction to the (cleanliness) the public for his speech on the prevented from wearing her refused to restrain the Central acceptable. to depute officials to the region to mission,” he said. occasion of India’s Independence official dress while writing the Board of Secondary Education “The court should not have find solutions to problems faced Speaking on issues like electric- Day on August 15. examination. from enforcing a dress code for given such a ruling,” said Basheer. by the people. ity, Modi said his government was IANS “The onus is on the government the AIPMT. The court said a ban IANS

Victory Day remembers Heavy showers, Goa assembly session may landslides Kargil war heroes see parliament-like logjam in Himachal DRASS (JAMMU AND memories of the losses borne so SHIMLA: The hills of KASHMIR): The 16th anni- proudly by the families in the PANAJI: The 15-day mon- ministry the institution functions. offered bribes, the documents Himachal Pradesh experi- versary of Kargil Vijay Diwas summer of 1999. soon session of the Goa leg- Naik has been accused of uti- revealed that $976,630 was paid enced moderate to heavy was observed here yesterday Many in the audience were islative assembly that begins lising a legislative privilege of a in bribes during 2009-2010 to a rainfall yesterday, causing with a solemn ceremony that moved to tears when the bugles today could well emulate the subsidised home loan and using it Goa minister and other officials. landslides in some areas and brought back memories of the played the poignant notes of “The logjam-ridden monsoon session to purchase commercial property. Louis Berger was part of a blocking the highways, offi- bravehearts who sacrificed Last Post” after the wreath-lay- of parliament. “The government has to drop consortium that eventually won cials said. their lives to lead India to vic- ing ceremony. The commemora- The Bharatiya Janata Party the minister before the assembly a contract to execute a multi- While Banjar town recorded tory in the 1999 conflict against tive event is held every year to (BJP) led coalition is expected session starts today. We will not billion dollar water and sewer- the highest rainfall in the Pakistan. mark India’s victory. to take aim at the opposition let him table the annual report age project in Goa funded by the state at 91 mm, it was 81 The proceedings here in Indian Army chief General with the Louis Berger interna- because such a tainted minister is Japan International Co-Operation mm in Sundernagar, 74 mm Ladakh region of Jammu and Dalbir Singh paid homage at the tional bribery scandal in which an insult to these communities,” Agency (JICA). in Jogindernagar, 19 mm in Kashmir began with a solemn war memorial last Saturday. two former ministers and an Sardesai said. While the Goa Police Crime Dharamsala and seven mm in wreath-laying ceremony at the Addressing the veterans of Independent legislator have come Sardesai along with former branch has already registered a Manali State capital Shimla Drass War Memorial led by the the Kargil conflict, relatives of in the ambit of doubt. chief minister Digambar Kamat First Information Report in con- saw 54 mm rain. army’s Northern Command chief martyrs and soldiers deployed to The opposition and three and Industries Minister Churchill nection with the bribery case, An official of the local Met Lieutenant General D S Hooda. protect the country’s frontiers in Independents have bandied Alemao has been questioned by the case has not yet been handed office said there are chances of Gallantry award winners, wid- the cold Ladakh region, General together demanding the resig- the ruling BJP and a section of over to the Central Bureau heavy rainfall at some places in ows and other family members of Dalbir Singh said nobody would nation of Industries Minister the media for having allegedly of Investigation, as promised the state. He said, there would martyrs, army officers and civil be allowed to repeat Kargil. Mahadev Naik over a cheating sealed the `19 crore consultancy by Chief Minister Laxmikant chances of rain at some places officials paid tributes to those The army chief recalled the charge. deal with Louis Berger in 2010. Parsekar and Defence Minister in the state till July 30. who lost their lives in the line days when he served as a field Independent legislator Vijai Top officials of Louis Berger Manohar Parrikar. Incessant rains have also of duty. commander in the area. Sardessai said that the Congress have already pleaded guilty to A BJP spokesperson, however, caused massive landslides on This was followed by a pledge He praised the dedication of and his fellow Independent legis- offering bribes of $3.9m to secure maintains that the opposition, National Highways 21 and 22 taken by all those present at the the soldiers, saying discharging lators were working on a strat- contracts in Asian countries such especially the Congress party, in Shimla, Kinnaur, Mandi function to rededicate themselves duties in such a hostile terrain egy to not allow Naik to table an as India, Vietnam, Indonesia and have no right to accuse its minis- and Kullu districts, hamper- to the cause of the nation. and weather needs exemplary annual report of the Goa State Kuwait. ters of corruption. ing vehicular traffic. The water The army commander inter- courage for which the soldiers Scheduled Castes (SC) and Other While the settlement Speaker Rajendra Arlekar level in the major rivers of the acted with the families and gal- of India are famous all over the Backward Classes (OBC) Finance announced by the US Justice 2,953 questions are expected to be state has also increased, a gov- lantry award winners. World. and Development Corporation Department did not identify the answered by the treasury benches ernment official said. The sombre mood brought back IANS by Mahadev Naik, under whose politicians and officials who were in the monsoon session. IANS IANS

A stitch in time CBI registers Vyapam whistle-blower’s 15th FIR in wife held with `10 lakh

Vyapam case INDORE: The wife of Madhya Pandey said it was nothing but NEW DELHI: The Central Pradesh’s Vyavsayik Pariksha an attempt to harass them. “The Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Mandal or Vyapam scam whis- money seized by police was with- yesterday registered a fresh tle-blower was detained with drawn from a bank for purchasing FIR in connection with its ongo- nearly `10 lakh here but was a house.” He said the government ing probe into the Vyapam scam later released, a police official was harassing them because they in Madhya Pradesh. said yesterday. had raised the Vyapam issue. The First Information Meghna, whistle-blower Meanwhile, Central Bureau Report (FIR) was registered Prashant Pandey’s wife, was of Investigation (CBI) yesterday against 38 people related to detained last Saturday. registered a fresh FIR in connec- allegations of illegalities com- Police Superintendent Indore, tion with its ongoing probe into mitted in the Madhya Pradesh East Region, O P Tripathi said the Vyapam scam in Madhya Junior Food Supplies Officer that Meghna was held from an Pradesh. The Central Bureau Of and Inspector vis-a-vis weights office near Nehru stadium here. Investigation (CBI) registered and measurements recruit- She was carrying `9,96,000. the FIR under charges of cheat- ment examination conducted “Since she could not satisfac- ing, criminal conspiracy, IT Act, by Vyapam in 2012. torily explain the presence of the Prevention of Corruption Act and “The then controller of exami- huge amount of cash, she was the Madhya Pradesh Recognised nations (Vyapam) Pankaj Trivedi, taken to a women’s police station. Examination Act. then OSD to the minister for During enquiry, she could not The CBI earlier registered 14 technical education Om Prakash explain the source and changed FIRs and launched seven prelimi- Shukla, then Raj Bhavan officer her statement a number of times. nary inquiries into the Vyavsayik on special duty (OSD) Dhanraj Police then seized the money and Pariksha Mandal (Vyapam) scam. Yadav and then system analyst released her,” he added. More than 40 people linked with Nitin Mohindra have been named The official said the income tax the scam have died under myste- in the FIR,” said a CBI official. department has been informed rious circumstances. Employees work inside a garment factory at Gurgaon located on the outskirts of New Delhi. IANS about the money seized from her. IANS MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 FEATURES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Aikens to debut ‘sharing’ restaurant in Dubai By Matilda Egere-Cooper

ritish chef Tom Aikens is a busy man. Between opening his fourth restaurant in London this year Band managing two others in Hong Kong and Istanbul, he’s found time to set up an unusual new project in Dubai. Pots, Pans & Boards will open in the autumn and offer a family-style experi- ence that allows guests to serve them- selves at their table. It’s the latest venture in the 45-year- old’s lengthy career that has seen him publish three cookbooks and become the youngest chef to win two Michelin stars by the age of 26. He spoke about the new restaurant and his favourite dishes on the menu.

Why did you choose Dubai as a location? I think more chefs are going to Dubai that we’re serving that’s coming straight dressing and toasted sunflower seeds. in terms of opening up restaurants. The out of a pot or served in a pan, so it just quality of restaurant there is very high makes it a lot more fun for people to You’ve gone international with your and the produce is getting better and share dishes. restaurants in the past two years. better. What inspired you to branch out? Is there a certain dish diners can As a chef, we’re excited about going to Next year you’ll be celebrating every day is a different day and with all How did you come up with the look forward to? new places and seeing new restaurants, 10 years since you opened your first the challenges of running a restaurant, concept? My favourites are a roast chicken with new producers and all the different chal- branch of Tom’s Kitchen that now the challenges never go away. The good The idea was mainly from childhood tarragon for sharing. Then we’re doing lenges that you face when you open up in has four sites in London and another thing is that once you create a brand like memories of having food served out of a nice veal ragu with pappardelle and another country or another territory. It’s in Istanbul. What lessons have you Tom’s Kitchen, it’s always evolving and one pot and sort of tucking into it, served we’ve got some nice salads. I did a prawn fun. It never gets easier, that’s for sure, learned in that time? improving. at the table. There’s quite a few dishes and grapefruit salad with a grapefruit but it’s an exciting challenge. Always expect the unexpected because REUTERS

finding ways of reversing the problem during playing soft music and even has a solution to the treatment on medium intensity. They reported Schizophrenia risk may adulthood by returning plasticity to the brain,” fear of “wandering”. less pain with the placebo,” Schafer said. Fox noted. Clinical trials for the new technology will begin The findings may open doors to new ways to begin very early in life “This, we hope, could one day help to prevent this fall at Harvard Medical School. Brain Power treat drug addiction or aid in pain management the manifestation or recurrence of schizophrenia hopes to begin releasing the product in the near for children or adults who have undergone surgery ow one critical gene functions during the first symptoms altogether,” Fox said. future. and are taking strong and potentially addictive Hweek after a baby’s birth may have bearing Schizophrenia affects around one of the global painkillers. on his/her developing schizophrenia, reveals a population. The symptoms of the disorder can “We know placebos induce the release of pain- new study. be extremely disruptive, and have a large impact relieving substances in the brain, but we don’t The findings suggest that interventions for pre- on a person’s ability to carry out everyday tasks, Even a placebo can yet know whether this expectation-independent venting this long-term mental disorder may begin such as going to work, maintaining relationships placebo effect is using the same or different sys- very early in life. and caring for themselves or others. ease pain, says study tems,” Schafer concluded. The gene is known as ‘disrupted in schizo- phrenia-1’ (DISC-1). Past studies have shown ven a placebo with no medical value can ease that when mutated, the gene is a high risk factor Epain in research participants, finds a study. for mental illness including schizophrenia, major Google Glass can help “We’re still learning a lot about the critical Eat slowly to feel fuller clinical depression and bipolar disorder. ingredients of placebo effects. What we think o slow while eating your food as people who “We believe that DISC-1 is schizophrenia’s people with autism now is that they require both belief in the power Geat slowly feel fuller and think they have Rosetta Stone gene and could hold the master of the treatment and experiences that are con- eaten more than those who eat quickly, shows key to help us unlock our understanding of the few enhancements and a piece of software sistent with those beliefs,” said senior author research. role played by all risk genes involved in the dis- A will make the eye-wearable device Google Scott Schafer from the University of Colorado Previous studies have found that slow eaters ease,” said lead researcher Kevin Fox, professor Glass ready to help people with autism, media Boulder. have lower Body Mass Index (BMIs) than those at Cardiff University in Britain. reported. The brain plays a key role in subjects for whom who gobble down their morsels. But the reasons “We have identified a critical period during Autism, a developmental disability, is known to the placebo gel worked, and that more research were not well understood. brain development that directs us to test whether cause communication and behavioural challenges. is warranted. To investigate whether how quickly we eat influ- other schizophrenia risk genes affecting different This software has been designed to help those “Those experiences make the brain learn to ences how hungry we feel afterwards, research- regions of the brain create their malfunction dur- with autism make eye contact, engage in conversa- respond to the treatment as a real event. After ers from the University of Bristol fed volunteers ing their own critical period,” Fox noted. tions and more easily read social situations, said the learning has occurred, your brain can still Sainsbury’s tomato soup through a tube into their The findings were reported in the journal a report on wbir.com. respond to the placebo even if you no longer mouths, Daily Mail reported. Science. “It coaches eye contact directly, rewarding believe in it,” Schafer pointed out in The Journal This set-up prevented the researchers from Conducting their experiments in mice, the sci- points to the child or adult with autism. Then, of Pain. judging visually how much soup had been eaten. entists found that in order for healthy develop- when they look at someone in the eye, their little For the study, the team applied a ceramic heat- The participants then had 400 ml of soup put ment of the brain, the DISC-1 gene first needs computer screen shows the emotions the other ing element to research subjects’ forearms. into their mouths at two rates. One was at a fast to bind with two other molecules known as ‘Lis’ person is feeling,” said Ned Sahin, CEO and The team then applied what the subject thought rate of 11.8 ml for two seconds, followed by a four and ‘Nudel’. founder of Brain Power. was an analgesic gel on the affected skin that second pause. The researchers were able to pinpoint a seven- The Brain Power system adds enhancements turned down the temperature. The other, the slow rate, was 5.4 ml of soup for day window early on in the brain’s development to the Google Glass or other wearable technology In fact, the treatment was vaseline with blue one second followed by a 10-second pause. The - one week after birth - where failure to bind and then a suite of software. food colouring in an official looking pharmaceuti- volunteers were then asked how full they felt at had an irreversible effect on the brain’s ability to “A mom can speak to her child through the cal container. the end of the meal and two hours after. adapt its structure and function (also known as device and actually see what he is seeing. We acti- “They believed the treatment was effective in Those who took the soup more slowly said they ‘plasticity’) later on in adulthood. vate the camera so it becomes a remote version relieving pain,” Schafer explained. felt fuller than the fast eaters both immediately “The challenge ahead lies in finding a way of of her eyes,” Sahin said. “After this process, they had acquired the pla- after the test and two hours later. treating people during this critical period or in The glasses can help make someone relax by cebo effect. We tested them with and without the AGENCIES

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Hot air balloon festival Scientists to hunt for alien life on Jupiter, Saturn moons LONDON: After a successful mission to Pluto last week, sci- entists are preparing to launch a probe to search for life on the icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter, media reports said. Earlier this week, the European Space Agency announced that it would collaborate with aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus to launch a space probe in 2022 to look for extra-terrestrial existence on the four icy moons — Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and the ocean-bearing worlds of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto of Jupiter, the Telegraph newspaper said. Dubbed as the Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) spacecraft, the mission will look whether the frozen worlds that surround the two giant gaseous planets could support extra-terrestrial life. “All our current exciting and fascinating space missions have been dealing with either under- Hot air balloons fly during the international Lorraine Mondial Air Balloons festival, in Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, yesterday. The festival runs until August 2. More than 300,000 standing the origins of life and visitors are expected to attend one of the biggest international hot air balloon festivals. our Solar System or finding exoplanets (planets that revolve around a star other than the Sun) that might host Earth-like plan- ets,” Daniel Brown, an astronomy expert from Nottingham Trent University, was quoted as saying. Box Office: Ant-man tops, Pixel disappoints “But, life doesn’t have to exist on planets like Earth, it could also have developed in oceans within LOS ANGELES: Adam shocking act of violence after of $12m, it still stands to be prof- The film’s star was front and cen- the age of 25 and 55 percent male. icy moons around Jupiter like gas Sandler’s star appears to have a gunman opened fire during itable, but the results seemed to tre, doing interviews on everything It ranks as another disappoint- giants,” he added. It is hoped that dimmed significantly, after a Thursday night screening of puzzle the studio, which thought from Fresh Air to Sports Centre, ment for Sandler. Four years ago, micro-organisms or even fish-like Pixels, a slice of arcade game nos- Trainwreck in Louisiana, killing it had a hit on its hands. while recounting the physical he was perhaps the most con- creatures may be present in deep- talgia that recruited the likes of two women and injuring nine peo- “I’m really somewhat mysti- transformation he underwent to sistent comedian in terms of box water hydrothermal vents, known Pac-Man and Donkey Kong to ple before turning the weapon on fied,” said Chris Aronson, domes- believably play a fighter. office performance, fielding hits as ‘black smokers’, which are appear alongside the funnyman, himself. Safety concerns across tic distribution chief at Fox. “It’s “Jake was everywhere and peo- like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and known to harbour life on Earth. opened to a disappointing $24m the country may have caused something we’re going to have ple responded to him,” said Erik Larry, Grown Ups, and Just Go With “Juice will be exploring the at the domestic box office. some consumers to steer clear of to look at and review on a post- Lomis, the Weinstein Company’s It. More recently, he has struggled Titan and three Galilean moons of The critically derided comedy cinemas. mortem basis and find out why we distribution chief. He predicted a mightily — headlining flops and Jupiter thought to harbour oceans finished up just behind Disney and Among the weekend’s other didn’t get more people in.” long run, noting, “It appeals to the duds like Blended and That’s My under their surface. It will give Marvel’s Ant-Man, which picked new releases, Fox’s Paper Towns Southpaw, an uplifting boxing people on a mass level and it’s a Boy. Only a sequel to Grown Ups and us a much better understanding up first place and $24.8m in its picked up $12.5m from 3,031 drama with Jake Gyllenhaal, did very satisfying film.” Hotel Transylvania, an animated what lies beneath the icy crust second weekend. That marks locations, while The Weinstein better than expected, potentially In the case of Pixels, the Sony film that only featured his voice, and how it could offer an environ- the weakest chart-topping per- Company’s Southpaw snagged setting the $25m drama up for a release cost $88m to produce, a have worked. He will now look to ment for life to develop.” formance since April 24 when $16.5m from 2,772 theatres. healthy run with those moviego- figure that is moderate by sum- salvation in the form of a multi- The probe will be launched on Furious 7, then in its fourth week Paper Towns missed analysts’ ers who have grown weary of mer blockbuster standards, and picture deal with Netflix. an Ariane 5 rocket which would of release, bested all challengers projections. Most estimates had dinosaurs and costumed heroes. the studio touted its overseas per- Holdovers, Minions and spend seven and a half years sling- with $17.8m. So far, Ant-Man has the latest tween romance from The picture attracted a diverse formance. The picture has made Trainwreck, picked up $22.1m and shotting around Earth, Mars and earned $106.1m stateside. Fault in Our Stars author John crowd that was 24 percent Latino, more than $25m to date, Sony $17.3m, pushing their totals to Venus to pick up enough speed to The weekend box office race Green debuting to north of 21 percentAfrican-American, and said. In the US, the opening week- $261.6m and $61.5m, respectively. get to the Jupiter system with as unfolded in the shadow of a $20m. With a production budget 60 percent under the age of 35. end crowd was 62 percent under REUTERS little fuel as possible. IANS

Top Gun sequel would be fun, Bayreuth festival opens with triumphant Tristan BAYREUTH: The Bayreuth The new production sets the Festival, one of the hottest tick- action in a maze of staircases in says Tom Cruise ets in the world of opera, opened the first act where the two lovers LONDON: Hollywood star Tom with a well-received new produc- can never come together. Cruise says he would be open to tion of Richard Wagner’s opera The second act depicts the jeal- reprising his 1980s role as US Tristan and Isolde yesterday, which ous King Mark, to whom Isolde is Navy pilot Maverick in a possible also won praise from German betrothed, as an evil and manipu- sequel to action drama Top Gun. Chancellor Angela Merkel. lative figure who imprisons the The 1986 blockbuster turned The dark and pessimistic new two lovers in his own personal Cruise into a major box office reading of one of Wagner’s best- torture chamber, where Tristan draw. Last month, film producer loved works by the composer’s is eventually stabbed to death. and Skydance media company 37-year-old great-granddaugh- The third and final act shows Chief Executive David Ellison was ter, Katharina Wagner, was the delirium of the dying Tristan. quoted in media reports as saying greeted with cheers and gener- US tenor Stephen Gould was work on a Top Gun 2 screenplay ous applause at the end of the six- rapturously applauded for his was underway. hour performance. intense portrayal of Tristan. “It would be fun. I would like to Merkel said she had “liked it very Herlitzius gave a scorching per- get back into those jets,” Cruise much”. However, the mass-circula- formance as Isolde, making up in said at the London premiere of tion daily Bild alleged in its online sheer stage presence for what she his latest action film Mission: edition that the German leader, a might have lacked in tonal beauty. Impossible - Rogue Nation yester- long-time regular in Bayreuth with German mezzo Christa Mayer day night. “It would have to be her husband Joachim Sauer, had and Scottish baritone Iain practical. I don’t want any CGI suffered a dizzy spell and fainted Paterson were also outstanding jets. I want to shoot it like how briefly during the first of the in the roles of Brangaene and the we shot the first one.” evening’s two intervals. servant Kurwenal. Cruise, known for performing But the report was subse- Tickets for Bayreuth are still his own stunts, returns to the sil- quently denied by government among the hardest to come by ver screen as agent Ethan Hunt spokesman Georg Streiter. The in the world of opera and clas- in the fifth instalment of the German news agency DPA sug- sical music, with the waiting list Mission: Impossible action films. gested a chair on which Merkel stretching to as long as 13 or The 53-year old has performed had been sitting may have been 14 years for some productions, a range of stunts for the role, such broken, causing her to slip. That according to the festival’s com- as swinging off buildings and leap- version of events was subse- mercial chief Heinz-Dieter Sense. The ‘Rheingold’ opera rehearsal with John Daszak (Loge), Wolfgang Koch (Wotan) and Albert Dohmen (Alberich). ing off skyscrapers. In this movie, quently taken up by Bild. Of the 60,000 tickets on sale The Wagner opera will be performed at the 2015 Bayreuth Festival today. he holds onto the side of a plane Otherwise, the glittering open- this year, around 45,000 were as it takes off. Mission: Impossible ing night appeared to have been available to the general public, Classical music aficionados sug- boos and whistles since it pre- music director, had colluded to - Rogue Nation opens in cinemas a hit with the its audience, made half of them online. The other gest Bayreuth, more generally, miered in 2013. Dyed-in-the-wool have her half-sister and fellow next week. REUTERS up of Germany’s political and 15,000 were reserved for the could be losing some of its veneer. Wagnerians tend to be deeply director Eva Wagner-Pasquier social elite. Katharina Wagner, Society of Friends of the festival, And Katharina’s critics lay the conservative in their operatic barred from the festival complex who runs the month-long sum- one of the main donors, and fes- blame squarely at her door. tastes, and seasoned Bayreuthers on Bayreuth’s Green Hill once mer music fest, was greeted with tival employees. Under her leadership, the say they are feeling increasingly rehearsals for Tristan had started. cheers and applause when she It is only the second time festival’s aesthetic preferences alienated by the provocative, in- There has also been speculation took her curtain call. that Katharina has directed in have veered towards confron- your-face productions. of bitter rivalry between Russian By contrast, boos were Bayreuth’s Festspielhaus — the tational directors, such as the In the run-up to the festi- conductor Kirill Petrenko, who is heard for conductor Christian opera house built to her great- self-styled “enfant terrible” of val, media reports — vigorously conducting the four-opera Ring Thielemann and German soprano grandfather’s own designs — after German theatre, Frank Castorf, dismissed — had claimed that cycle this year, and Thielemann Evelyn Herlitzius, who had taken her Mastersingers of Nuremberg a whose current production of the Katharina Wagner and con- after Petrenko was named on the demanding role of Isolde at few years ago was heavily panned sprawling four-opera “Ring” cycle ductor Christian Thielemann, chief conductor of the Berlin very short notice. by audiences and critics alike. has met with deafening waves of recently named the festival’s Philharmonic. 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augment the Group’s cashflow. Net profit soars to QR858.16m This include the opening of Ezdan Mall Wukair in October. DOHA: Ezdan Holding at the level of its performance Such project is considered the Group recorded a net profit of in financial market through the first of its kind in the cities of QR858.16m for the first half remarkable realisation achieved Al Wakra and Wukair. In addi- of 2015 (H1, 15), up 20 percent by the Group share resulted in its tion, Ezdan Mall Al Wakra, which compared to QR718.1m reported inclusion in the global indicators.” is scheduled to open by next for the same period in 2014. Sheikh Dr Khalid added that the December, will provide family The earnings per share (EPS) Group’s H1,15 results is a reflection entertainment and services outlet of Ezdan Holding Group marked of its vision translating into action. of the surrounding area. a significant increase in H1,15 As part of the vision, the Group This comes in conjunction with recording QR0.32 compared to diversified its investment portfolio the Group’s intention to launch QR0.27 in H1, 2014. three years ago. The Group was Ezdan Palace Hotel early next Commenting on the Group’s able to pump investments in vari- year on Al Shamal Road, which solid first half performance, ous sectors across emerging com- will provide 210 rooms and suites, Chairman Sheikh Dr Khalid bin panies after a thorough study. The keeping pace with the great devel- Thani Abdullah Al Thani said: Group also developed an integrated opment reached by the Qatari “The financial statement reflects plan to revitalise and upgrade tourism market. The hotel fea- the fact that Ezdan Holding operational efficiency of many of tures stylish designs with authen- Group’s investment earnings will its projects, which helped achieve tic oriental character. continue to rise, despite the ongo- quick positive returns. It should be noted that the ing crisis in the global economy.” Sheikh Dr Khalid expressed his number of endowed stocks for “We note that the domestic pleasure on the success achieved charity of Ezdan Holding Group market is perfectly standing by in an year when the Group is cel- Ezdan Holding Group Chairman Sheikh Dr Khalid (left) and Group CEO Ali Al Obaidli. is 605 million shares, means the strong government support ebrating its 55 years of a long jour- 22.8 percent of the Group’s total and heavy implementation of ney of achievements. “Such journey Ezdan Holding Group CEO process including several residen- the operating profit of the Group”. shares. The endowment has been major national projects. Despite will not halt as long as the Group Ali Al Obaidli said: “The strong tial compounds over the past one Al Obaidli pointed out that the an initiative of Sheikh Thani bin the fact that Ezdan Holding is has a vision that goes hand in hand results reflect the upsurge in the year. The launch of recreational Group is currently working on Abdullah Al Thani, the founder of part of this market, the Group was with a strategy that seeks maintain Group’s operating. The Group facilities and the renovation of the launch of a number of mega Ezdan Holding Group. able to achieve great successes social responsibility,” he said. launched massive development rooms have also helped improve projects which would further THE PENINSULA Debt woes to keep Greek banks in freeze Lulu Group in deal FRANKFURT/ ATHENS: Greek banks are set to keep broad cash controls in place to build hotel in for months, until fresh money arrives from Europe and with it a sweeping restructuring, offi- Great Scotland Yard cials believe. Rehabilitating the country’s banks poses a difficult ques- DOHA: The hypermar- is to create an outstanding 5-star tion. Should the eurozone take a kets operator Lulu Group hotel drawing on our reputation stake in the lenders, first requir- International has partnered for quality and service combined ing bondholders and even big with London developer Galliard with the outstanding central loca- depositors to shoulder a loss, or Homes in a £110m ($170.5m) tion, grand architecture and fas- should the bill for fixing the banks agreement to create a 92,000- cinating history of Great Scotland instead be added to Greece’s debt sq-ft five-star hotel at Great Yard,” Trade Arabia quoted mountain? Scotland Yard in the UK capital. Puneet Chhatwal, chief executive Answering this could hold up The hotel refurbished officer of the Steigenberger Hotel agreement on a third bailout deal Edwardian building was the Group as saying. for Greece that negotiators want location of the original Scotland Don O’Sullivan, managing to conclude within weeks. Yard Police Station and later the director of Galliard Homes said: The longer it takes, the more British Army recruitment cen- “Galliard Homes is delighted to critical the banks’ condition tre for Westminster, according to have reached an agreement with becomes as a €420 weekly limit business portal “Trade Arabia”. Lulu Group International to cre- on cash withdrawals chokes the As part of the agreement, ate a bespoke 5-star hotel in the economy and borrowers’ ability Steigenberger Hotel Group has heart of London’s Whitehall. to repay loans. “The banks are in been selected as the hotel oper- Steigenberger Hotels & Resorts deep freeze but the economy is ating company creating a bespoke were chosen as the operator getting weaker,” said one official, brand to be known as The Great because of their reputation for pointing to a steady rise in loans Scotland Yard, which will form perfect hospitality, quality and that are not being repaid. part of the portfolio of Signature outstanding customer service. This cash ‘freeze’ is unlikely to branded hotels. The Great Scotland Yard Hotel thaw soon, although capital con- A woman is seen inside a One Euro shop in central Athens yesterday. The iconic hotel will provide a will be a brand synonymous with trols may be slightly softened, mix of luxury bedrooms, two bars, exceptional service and refined such as the loosening on Friday restaurants, library, lobby/lounge luxury and quality.” of restrictions on foreign trans- amount to be ready for the first cautioned against such a step and and private meeting, entertaining The hotel site has a fascinating fers by businesses. needs of the banks,” said one offi- said many of his peers on the pol- New debt talks and dining rooms complete with history. Between 1829 and 1890 “Ultimately, you can only lift cial at the Greek finance ministry, icy-setting body agreed with him. 24/7 concierge service. Nr1 Great Scotland Yard formed the capital controls when the who spoke on condition of ano- The tone in Berlin is different, to begin today, An adjoining Grade 2 Listed part of the headquarters of the banks are sufficiently capital- nymity. “That should be about where some advocate not only Victorian townhouse will be newly founded Metropolitan ized,” said Jens Weidmann, the €10bn.” that bank creditors foot the bill incorporated into the hotel and Police force. It was here that the head of Germany’s Bundesbank, Others, including Germany, but also that the ESM steer clear confirms EU, IMF used to create a magnificent famous Plaistow Marshes (1864) which pushed the ECB to pare however, are lukewarm and could of any direct stake, lumbering BRUSSELS: entertaining suite. and Jack the Ripper (1888) crimes back bank funding, leading to push for losses for large deposi- Athens with the banks’ clean-up. Representatives of Greece’s The completed hotel will be were investigated and Scotland their three-week closure. tors with more than €100,000 on “The recapitalisation will have creditors will begin talks seven storeys high with two Yard was made famous by nov- The debate is interlinked their accounts, or bondholders. to be done by the Greek gov- in Athens today on a third basement levels. It will retain elists including Charles Dickens with a wrangle over reforms, There are more than €20bn ernment so that means more bailout package to the debt- the grand Edwardian Imperial and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. about Greek sovereignty in the of such deposits in Greece’s four money in the third program,” swamped Greek govern- red brick and stone facade with In 1910, the current Edwardian face of European controls and main banks, dwarfing the roughly said Marcel Fratzscher, presi- ment, the IMF and European arched main entrance, ornate building was constructed on the whether the country can recover €3bn of bonds the banks have dent of the Berlin-based German Commission said. pediment and tall windows with site and served as the British with ever rising debts that have issued. Imposing a loss, some- Institute for Economic Research. “The teams will arrive in feature brick and stone detailing. Army Recruitment Office and topped €300bn, far bigger than its thing the Greek government has “It’s a loan they have to repay Athens on Monday and meet- The interior design will be con- Royal Military Police head- economy. repeatedly denied any planning but there is no risk-sharing on ings will begin immediately,” a temporary and stylish, provid- quarters. It is here that Lord Were another €25bn to be piled for, would be controversial, not the European side. They will spokesman for the European ing a modern compliment to the Kitchener famously told WWI on top — the amount foreseen least because much of this money have to bail in the private credi- Commission said yesterday. Edwardian architecture. recruits “Your Country Needs for the recapitalisation of Greek is held by small Greek companies tors. I can’t see how this could not The European Union, The hotel is scheduled to open You”. In 1982 a refurbishment lenders — it would add to debts rather than wealthy individuals. happen.” International Monetary Fund in the first quarter (Q1) of 2017 introduced a new atrium and that the International Monetary “This is not like Cyprus where To avoid such orders, Athens and European Central Bank and will provide employment the building later became the Fund has argued are excessive. you can say these are just Russian is battling to keep autonomy in make up the so-called “troika” for up to 250 full time staff. Ministry of Defence Library until Four big banks dominate oligarchs,” said an insolvency deciding the fate of its banks. of Greece’s creditors. Construction on site is now 30 2004. Greece. Of those, National Bank lawyer familiar with Greece. “It’s Ceding further control could cost In hammering out details per cent complete with the inte- Led by Managing Director MA of Greece, Eurobank and Piraeus the very community everyone is it dearly. Bondholders are nerv- of a third bailout package for rior fit out scheduled to start in Yusuffali, the multi-billion Lulu fell short in an ECB health check hoping will resuscitate Greece, ous. Cyprus is a case in point. Greece of up to €86bn ($94bn), March 2016. Group International is ranked last year, when their restructur- namely the corporates. You’ll end When Cyprus was bailed out, one those three organisations will “This iconic 5-star hotel as one of the world’s top-10 fast- ing plans were not taken into up depriving them of their cash.” of the island’s two main banks was be joined by a fourth nego- will mark the entry of the est growing retail and hospital- account. The situation is now Christian Noyer, who heads closed. Capital controls, although tiator, the European Stability Steigenberger brand into the ity groups with operations across dramatically worse. France’s central bank and sits on gradually scaled back, remained Mechanism. AFP vibrant and world-renowned four continents. “We want, if possible, an initial the ECB’s Governing Council, also in place for two years. REUTERS London hotel market. Our vision THE PENINSULA MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Dubai Holding India’s reforms target labour anarchy unit to sell Govt sees reforms benefiting workers and employers; Exporters say changes will inflate costs stake in Go DUBAI: A company owned by NEW DELHI: Last month, businesses in India, garment mak- year. The June 20 riot at the year. Pal said he was a tailor at between low-cost producers like Dubai’s ruler yesterday said it hundreds of workers went on ers will gain from increased flex- Orient Craft factory was sparked Richa Global until April when he Bangladesh and skilled and fast- plans to sell its 60 percent stake the rampage at a factory belong- ibility to hire, and fire, seasonal by an unfounded rumour that a was sacked, accused of involve- moving innovators like China. in Maltese telecom operator Go. ing to garment exporter Orient labour — reforms demanded by worker had died from an elec- ment in the February riot. He Modi’s reforms aim to help Emirates International Craft, torching vehicles and industry since India began to shift tric shock. A similar rumour in says he was not there. companies go up the value chain, Telecommunications (EIT), a smashing windows in the gritty away from socialism in 1991. February led to strife at another At Richa, Pal earned about $200 creating jobs for the 200 million unit of Dubai Holding, said in industrial fringes of Gurgaon, a But to make this more palat- nearby apparel exporter, Richa a month after 2-3 hours overtime Indians who will reach working an emailed statement it “has not Delhi satellite city. able for unions, Modi wants to Global. Nobody was seriously hurt every day. Half of his pay went age over the next two decades, yet approached or identified any Increasingly common in Indian also extend the social security in these outbursts — unlike the on rent and food, leaving little for and reducing labour volatility. buyer for its stake”, and “has only workplaces, these violent out- net. The government expects that 2012 riot at a Maruti Suzuki plant his wife and two daughters back Shankar Aggarwal, the top just started the process of evalu- bursts could become a thing of will reduce labour volatility, but that left one executive dead and home. “There is a big mismatch bureaucrat at the labour min- ating its options.” the past under a bold round of it will also raise costs for com- many injured. between our wages and the cost of istry, said laws had not adapted Go is undertaking a restructur- labour reforms planned by Prime panies like Orient Craft whose Workers, labour officials and living,” he said. “You cannot sur- to the dynamics of mobile labour ing process that includes spinning Minister Narendra Modi. chairman Sudhir Dhingra fears managers say the cost of living, vive without overtime.” forces and industry demands. The off a subsidiary, Malta Properties, Many businesses cheer the losing clients to lower-cost rivals low wages and conditions in slums Orient Craft’s bright, venti- changes under discussion will and EIT will retain its stake in plans, which they say will help in Bangladesh. where migrant workers stay keep lated factories are recognised as improve productivity as well as the new firm because it fitted with make India a manufacturing hub. Dhingra said the new flexibility Gurgaon’s labourers on edge. They offering better conditions than industrial relations, he said. Dubai Holding’s strategy of focus- Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s will enable him to hire workers can easily turn on their bosses — most. It’s known for taking good Instead of saddling companies ing on real estate investments, it largest contract electronics man- according to his business require- even at firms like Orient Craft, care of its 32,000 employees. But with additional costs, Dhingra said. EIT also owns 20 percent of ufacturer, plans to set up 12 new ments, but only if Indian gar- known for its worker care. even Dhingra recognises that the wants the government to set up the United Arab Emirates’ No.2 factories in India and employ one ments remain in demand. If they “When your life is so stressed, system is not working. hostels for workers in industrial telecommunications firm du and million workers. are priced out of business, the any trivial reason is capable of “We know the wages paid to towns to reduce tension in the 35 percent of former monopoly Yet Orient Craft, which has net benefit evaporates, he said. turning you violent,” said Akshay workers are not good enough to workforce. Tunisie Telecom, according to suffered three riots in three “Buyers are already moving to Kumar Pal, a 42-year-old worker secure them a decent and digni- He also wants India to sign its website. Dubai Holding is years, fears the changes will cre- cheaper locations,” said Virender from Uttar Pradesh state. fied living,” he said. “But we can- free trade agreements with the an investment vehicle owned ate as many problems as they Uppal, the head of India’s Apparel Pal has lived for a decade in a not afford to pay more, else we European Union and the United by the emirate’s ruler Sheikh solve by making the cottonwear Export Promotion Council. “If cramped, dirt-floored room with will lose all our business.” States to offset the cost advantage Mohammed bin Rashid al-Mak- it exports to global brands such as labour costs go up further, it’s a leaky roof in Gurgaon. In his The failure by successive gov- exporters from Bangladesh enjoy. toum. Its subsidiaries include GAP and Marks & Spencer less going to affect business.” block, 80 people live up to six per ernments to overhaul one of the “After starting so late, changes hotel group Jumeirah and real competitive. Modi plans to take the amend- room, sharing three toilets and a world’s most rigid labour markets in laws alone will not be enough,” estate developer Dubai Properties. Like many other low-margin ments to parliament later this single water tap. Rents rise every has squeezed firms like Dhingra’s he said. REUTERS REUTERS

Verizon workers rally SABIC net profit falls slightly but beats forecasts in second quarter DUBAI: Saudi Basic Industries sales totalled SR42.10bn, down the performance of SABIC’s Corp , one of the world’s larg- from SR48.15bn a year earlier global assets, he added without est petrochemicals groups, but up from SR35.56bn in the first elaborating. reported a drop in second-quar- quarter. In the first quarter, net “We normally can’t get into ter net profit yesterday but beat profit plunged 39 percent from a predictions on prices, but what analysts’ forecasts by a large year ago. we can see is pressure on prices margin, suggesting it was cop- Acting chief executive Yousef related to the crude price. ing well with low oil prices. Abdullah Al Benyan said that However, we will continue to focus The Gulf’s largest listed com- product prices in the second on factors that are under our con- pany made a net profit of SR6.17bn quarter were on average 20 per- trol,” Benyan said of the business ($1.64bn) in the three months to cent higher than in the previous outlook in coming months. June 30, down 4.5 percent from a quarter. SABIC shares initially surged year earlier. SABIC was able to boost 4.5 percent in response to the SABIC has been hit by the production 2 percent from the earnings announcement but later plunge in crude oil prices since previous quarter by focusing came off their highs. They were up mid-2014, which has dragged on individual clients’ demands, just 0.7 percent at mid-afternoon. down petrochemical product and careful cost management Benyan said SABIC, which prices and shrunk its profit also helped its bottom line, is over 70 percent government- margins. But its second-quarter Benyan said by telephone. “We owned, was looking at major over- profit was well above the average were able to take advantage of seas investments and indicated a of 4.96 billion riyals predicted by dynamics of market changes in decision on them might be made in analysts polled. Second-quarter Europe and China” to improve the next few months. REUTERS Verizon workers take part in a rally as they negotiate a union contract in New York.

Thai Airways to cut 1,401 jobs, Dolphin Energy releases sustainability report DOHA: Dolphin Energy Ltd released to the public, Dolphin City, and the initiation of a major employees and contractors in commitment to programmes that suspend flights released details of its sixth sus- Energy’s CEO, Ibrahim Ahmed Al Industrial Water Management the history of the company’s celebrate the history and heritage tainability report, covering the Ansaari, said: “I am very pleased Project to enhance water recovery operations at 0.20 per million of both the UAE and Qatar. BANGKOK: Thai Airways company’s operations and activ- with the progress we have made and utilisation within the Dolphin work-hours completed. This is In the area of nationalisation, International Pcl plans to cut ities for 2014. over the last 12 months. By focus- Energy plant. also well below the global bench- the company registered 55 per- 1,401 jobs through voluntary The report was developed ing on honing our stakeholder Dolphin Energy also achieved mark of 1.60 as measured by the cent Emiratization and 28 percent retirement this year and sus- ‘in accordance’ with the Global mapping and materiality process, 100 percent plant availability for International Association of Oil Qatarisation levels and awarded pend its loss-making flights Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 we continue to address the issues the fifth consecutive year and and Gas Producers (IOGP). the Qatar Petroleum (QP) Crystal to Los Angeles and Rome as it Guidelines, option core. The G4 that are most important to our in 2014 the company embarked Environmental expenditure Award in the Field of Training pushes ahead with a restruc- guidelines have an increased business and stakeholders, and on an offshore flaring reduction increased in 2014 and Dolphin And Development, from Qatar’s turing plan, its president said emphasis on the need for report- as a result we have seen positive study and the development of Energy community investment Minister of Energy and Industry. yesterday. ing on topics that are material developments in the company’s comprehensive greenhouse gas contributions included a special Other awards received included Thailand’s national carrier to the business and key stake- economic, environmental and (GHG) policy and strategy. workshop on the safety aspects the Sustainability Innovation aims to reduce operating costs holders. As such Dolphin Energy societal performance.” Safety of people has always of the UAE Gas Network to stu- Award from the Qatar Energy and and capacity by 20 percent under successfully completed the Notable achievements include been Dolphin Energy’s main pri- dents from UAE Universities, Industry Sector Sustainability the two-year plan, which also calls Materiality Disclosure Service accomplishing a major production ority and was recently identified and the refurbishment of Al Program and the award for Best for aircraft sales and a reduction provided by the GRI, confirming milestone by reaching 5 trillion as one of the top material issues Dhakira beach in Northern Sustainability Report from the in staffing. The firm is one of sev- that the materiality disclosures standard cubic feet since opera- for the company. In 2014, Dolphin Qatar, an integral part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group, eral state-controlled companies are aligned with G4 requirements. tions began; the tie-in of three Energy recorded the lowest ever Ras Laffan Industrial City received at the 2015 Abu Dhabi that the military government has Commenting on the details new export gas compressors to combined total recordable injury Community Outreach Program. Sustainable Business Leadership targeted for reform since seizing of the report, which has been the plant at Ras Laffan Industrial frequency rate (TRIR) among There was also an increase in the Forum. THE PENINSULA power in May 2014. The flight suspension will reduce Thai Air capacity by 5 Japan’s trade deficit narrows percent, President Charumporn Jotikasthira said in a telephone interview. The company aims to US auto regulator to fine cut capacity by 15 percent dur- ing the second of 2015. “It’s nor- mal that we have to cut costs and adjust flights to suit chang- Fiat Chrysler $105m ing situation,” he said adding the airline has set budget of 5.3bn MILAN: US authorities are Italian-US company an independ- baht ($151.86m) for the voluntary close to imposing a record ent monitor to audit its recall retirement scheme. $105m fine on Fiat Chrysler processes for an extended period. The number leaving excludes Automobiles for recall lapses In early July, the head of the those that will reach retire- covering millions of vehicles, NHTSA said it would move ment age in 2015, he said. Thai the Wall Street Journal reported quickly to take action in response Airways aims to cut operating citing people familiar with the to Fiat Chrysler’s handling of costs by up to 9bn baht this year, matter. recalls involving up to 11 million Charumporn said. From October A settlement could be unveiled vehicles. Among them are nearly 25, the carrier will stop flying as early as today and Fiat Chrysler 1.6 million Jeep vehicles recalled from Bangkok to Los Angeles and will have an opportunity to recoup in 2013 because of fuel tanks that to Rome. The loss-making routes some of the penalties if it meets could rupture and cause a fire. cost the company more than 100m certain conditions, the newspa- The automaker risked more baht a year, he said. per said. In some cases, the auto- than $700m in fines. The flight suspension to Los maker will agree to repurchase On Friday, Fiat Chrysler Angeles will close Thai Airways recalled vehicles. announced it would recall 1.4 operations in the United States. Fiat Chrysler declined to com- million vehicles in the United The firm suspended flights to ment. As part of the settlement, States to install software to pre- New York in 2008, also because the National Highway Traffic vent hackers from gaining remote Cranes load containers onto a cargo ship at a pier in Tokyo. Japan’s trade deficit narrowed sharply last month the route was unprofitable. Safety Administration (NHTSA) control of the engine, steering and as exports of automobiles and electronic parts picked up while a sky-high energy import bill continues to fall. REUTERS is also expected to assign the other systems. REUTERS MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Foreign US airlines post investment in record profits Arab states drops 8pc KUWAIT CITY: Foreign direct investment into Arab states on cheaper fuel dropped 8 percent last year with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia accounting Doubts about future profitability for close to half the total fall, a report said yesterday. NEW YORK: Major US air- big airlines,” said analyst William Arab states attracted FDI lines are facing a boon thanks Bias from 247WallSt.com. worth $43.9bn in 2014 com- to lower fuel prices and enjoy- Crude prices have fallen by pared with $47.5bn the previous ing record profits, but doubts more than 50 percent compared year, the Kuwait-based Arab remain as to whether the indus- to a year ago. Delta, for example, Investment and Export Credit try can reach long-term profit- was able to drop its fuel bill by 40 Guarantee Corp said in its report. able levels. percent. The figure is still way below the American Airlines, United The savings have delighted the $66.2bn attracted in 2010 before Airlines, Delta Air Lines and markets, excited by the prospect the start of the Arab Spring Southwest Airlines — the four of rising dividends and new share uprisings in several countries. top US carriers — have seen their buyback programmes. UAE topped the list of losses profits spike by some 30 percent Analysts now project that with $10.1bn — 23 percent of the A passenger jet is seen from Gravelly Point Park after takeoff from National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. in the second quarter. American Airlines, United and regional total — followed by Saudi American Airlines and United Delta will appreciate by around Arabia with $8bn, or 18.3 percent. even recorded their largest quar- a third after having long been The US Justice Department is Market firm Trefis says top domestically and 9.5 percent on Egypt came third with $4.8bn. terly profits ever, $1.7bn and shunned by investors. “2015 and investigating some airlines over airlines have no choice: they have international routes. Delta and The report covered 20 out $1.2bn, respectively. 2016 will likely be peak years anti-competitive behavior after to increase domestic flights to United have already warned of the 22 Arab League states, But behind the surge in earn- for the US airline industry, and ticket prices appeared to stay defend their market share from their PRASM numbers would excluding war-torn Syria and ings is an array of challenges that changes in either the relatively high despite a drop in fuel prices. smaller aggressive competition fall as well. “International pric- tiny Comoros. FDI dropped in 15 analysts say may be difficult to favorable economic conditions or Seat prices were up two per- such as JetBlue, Alaska Airlines ing remains under pressure as of them. balance: a strong dollar, excess low fuel prices could pressure the cent last year despite plummet- and Spirit Airlines. a consequence of lower interna- The six energy-rich states of capacity on international routes company’s earnings at some point ing crude cost, Department of Profit indicator PRASM (pas- tional fuel surcharges along weak the Gulf Cooperation Council and a war of budget pricing caus- in the future,” Standard & Poor’s Transportation statistics show. senger revenue per available seat demand,” said Deutsche Bank drew in the most investment, ing a downward trend on the financial services company said Large carriers have also mile) dropped 6.5 percent in June, Research, adding that weak cur- accounting for half of the Arab market indicator of revenue per in a note. increased capacity despite some according to Airlines for America, rencies relative to the dollar and world’s total FDI, according to passenger per mile. “Low oil prices The industry has gained, but analysts calling for a reduction the US airlines lobby. oversupply in overseas markets the report. translate into higher profits for not everyone has been pleased. in flights so they can raise rates. PRASM fell 5.5 percent are also to blame. AFP Outflows of Arab investments into other countries dropped 10 percent to $33.4bn, with Kuwait topping the list with $13bn, or Analysing economy 39.2 percent of the total, the report said. AFP GE aims big in energy storage Kuwaiti Warba after battery step back Bank invests in PARIS: General Electric Co control systems, software as well agreements this year. Wyatt is US real estate wants to be a “sizable” player as financing options. relaunching GE’s storage busi- in the market for systems that Earlier this year, it scaled back ness in a market that is highly- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwaiti store energy to manage power production of its own Durathon fragmented, with as many as 20 Warba Bank has announced volatility, a sector the company industrial batteries, reducing its significant players vying for deals, investing in a real estate in expects to quadruple to $6bn by manufacturing workforce from including large energy rivals such New York, consisting of nine 2020, the head of GE’s energy 200 to 50 at the Schenectady, New as Siemens AG, ABB Ltd and floors with 85 residential units storage business said. York plant where the battery is AES Corp, according to Cosmin stretching over 18,000 square Demand for industrial bat- made. The company is focused on Laslau, senior analyst with Lux feet, Kuwait News Agency tery systems is being driven by improving Durathon’s longevity, Research. There are also as many (KUNA) reported. increasing reliance on intermit- including managing its chemical as 10 major battery cell manufac- The process was made through tent energy sources such as wind degradation. turers not to mention the many a fund where the bank is a main and solar power and the potential As part of its new energy startups chasing energy stor- investor, Warba said in a state- to add energy to the grid quickly storage package, GE is offering age business, Laslau said. “By no ment, adding that the real estate when power needs spike. customers the option to install means is GE the only supplier to is located in East Village neigh- This need has attracted a lithium-ion batteries made by the industry at this scale,” Laslau bourhood in Manhattan. wide range of companies, includ- other companies. said. “But their strategy is much The investment involves own- ing Elon Musk’s Tesla Motors Despite the allure of battery better than it used to be.” ing the Nathaniel property in Inc, which said in April it plans systems, experts say their expense GE would consider acquisitions the city, said the statement, not- to package batteries for use for is a major factor preventing power to propel its new strategy, Wyatt ing that Warba is among the top utilities as well as homes and operators from using them more said, but GE is well-positioned on investors in the US real estate businesses. “We believe in the broadly. American Electric Power its own as it can utilise its estab- sector. The bank is planning to space and its ability to grow,” Jeff Inc has not invested in a signifi- lished relationships in the energy increase its assets through vari- Wyatt, GE’s general manager for cant energy storage installation industry. ous big investments throughout energy storage, said in a recent since 2010, because it is unclear The storage business is part the year, Warba’s Deputy Chief interview. “We think we can be a whether the benefits outweigh of GE’s renewable energy unit Executive Officer for Investment sizable player within it, and that’s the costs, said Tom Weaver, AEP’s within its roughly $28 billion and Treasury Shaheen Al-Ghanim really what we’re intending to do.” distribution planning manager. power and water segment, the said. GE over the past year has “Long term, energy storage is conglomerate’s largest industrial The real estate was completed overhauled its approach to the the answer to a lot of issues that division. in 2014 and has a prominent loca- energy storage market, as it saw need an answer, but the cost has “We think we have a competi- tion, said Al-Ghanim, adding that weaker demand for the battery it to come down,” said Weaver. tive offering,” Wyatt said. “We it is the fund’s first investment developed. Since April, GE has struck think we can carve out and cap- agreement. Kuwait Investment Now Fairfield, Connecticut- two deals to supply energy stor- ture share within it. There are Authority owns 24 percent of based GE is repositioning itself as age projects with lithium ion bat- going to be many players within the bank’s total shares, while the Jason Furman, chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic a one-stop shop for power produc- teries in California and Ontario, the space, but we think we are remaining 76 percent was bought Advisors, speaks during a discussion about analysing the econ- ers seeking to install energy stor- Canada, and Wyatt said the com- well-positioned to compete and by the government and granted to omy in Washington, DC. The discussion focused on the Bureau age systems, offering inverters, pany intends to announce similar grow the business.” REUTERS Kuwaiti citizens equally. QNA of Labor Statistics monthly jobs report. Ambitious trade talks head to Hawaii for final stage

WASHINGTON: Negotiators from US President Barack Obama has staked as well as lower protections of a person’s Vietnam’s exports. for a broader Pacific trade deal, dubbed the US, Japan and 10 other Pacific much credibility on reaching a deal. The personal information while increasing More important, Petri says, is setting the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific. Rim countries could put the finishing talks between trade ministers beginning data-focused companies’ rights to it. global rules that ensure that companies “We believe they can work in parallel as touches on the most ambitious trade tomorrow on the Hawaiian island of Maui The suspicions are strong enough that can invest in economies and feel secure two main routes leading to the building of and investment deal in decades when come only after he won a bruising battle WikiLeaks is raising $100,000 to offer to that their investments are going to be the FTAAP,” foreign ministry spokesman they meet this week in Hawaii. in Congress for the power to reach a final anyone that can deliver the muckraking free of excessive regulation or interfer- Hong Lei said in April, referring to the But with the details of the Trans-Pacific agreement without interference from the website the entire TPP text. ence. “This is the most important trade broader trade deal. But critics say that Partnership, or TPP, hidden in intense legislators. “Very little in this agreement is about negotiation we’ve had in more than 20 does not make TPP any great deal. secrecy, the talks have fueled suspicion The deal will help a whole range of US free trade... In recent years any free years,” he said. “It will have very signifi- Dean Baker of the Center for Economic that whatever they achieve will benefit industries, from farms to shoemakers to trade agreement has really been about cant indirect benefits in how it will begin and Policy Research in Washington said powerful corporations but not economies movie studios, he has argued. intellectual property protections,” said to reshape trade rules across the world.” TPP’s prospective economic gains are and people generally. “If we don’t write the rules for trade Susan Sell, a political science professor TPP grew out of the failure of the small and offset by higher costs to con- And with China deliberately excluded, around the world — guess what — China at George Washington University. World Trade Organisation to address sumers from increased protections for it remains to be seen if a 12-country deal will. And they’ll write those rules in a way TPP would bring together around 40 advanced economy interests like invest- intellectual property. will be enough to coax Beijing toward fur- that gives Chinese workers and Chinese percent of the global economy, attempting ment standards and dispute resolution, “People will be paying higher prices for ther opening its economy and embracing businesses the upper hand,” Obama to update and harmonize existing bilat- protections for copyrights and patents, drugs, for copyrighted material. That’s more international business standards. said in May. There are also significant eral trade agreements between most of and issues arising from ecommerce and the same as a tax increase,” with the ben- By most accounts, TPP negotiators stakes for the other countries involved: the members. data-based industry. eficiaries being US corporations which are have narrowed their focus to a number Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, According to a study by the Peterson TPP would be a platform to build upon. insiders to the negotiations. of key issues, and are under pressure from Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Institute for International Economics “The ultimate goal of the process has to While nothing is clear about how Washington to finalise a deal in the com- Singapore and Vietnam. in Washington, it could add $295bn in be a region-wide system. It doesn’t help close negotiators are to a deal, the TPP ing months. That would advance the US Yet the secrecy of the TPP talks has annual global income after the 10-year either the US or China to divide up the chapters revealed via WikiLeaks showed agenda for a new international framework also stirred suspicions. implementation period. Asia-Pacific into two zones,” Petri said. some significant differences between the for trade in services, investment and pro- Negotiating documents obtained by A relatively small part of that would be China has advanced its own idea for 12 countries. tection of intellectual property. WikiLeaks depict a wishlist of US busi- from traditional goods trade, where global an Asia-wide trade deal — the Regional But pressure is there to reach a final Such a framework could also become a nesses that critics say could raise the tariffs are already low, noted economist Comprehensive Economic Partnership, deal within months. With the US fac- model for the even larger Transatlantic cost of drugs, allow investors to sue coun- Peter Petri, one of the study’s authors. or RCEP — that would likely offer much ing elections in November 2016, and Trade and Investment Partnership tries in extra-national tribunals, sharply TPP aims to open up things likes less than TPP for American companies. voters suspicious of trade treaties, any (TTIP) Washington is negotiating with increase protections for intellectual prop- Japan’s protected auto and farm product Even so, both Washington and Beijing delay could jeopardize its ratification in the European Union. erty while criminalising small violators, markets, and generally cut barriers to see the TPP and RCEP as building blocks Congress. AFP MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Fed inadvertently publishes rate hike forecast Disclosure of sensitive information is the latest blow to Fed’s reputation for secrecy around policy deliberations

WASHINGTON: Staff econo- outlooks for gross domestic prod- was due to procedural errors at raise their benchmark interest optimistic about the economy than information. Policymakers and mists at the Federal Reserve uct and inflation in 2015, as well a staff level and that the mis- rate, known as the Fed funds rate, several key policymaker forecasts. staff avoid making public com- expect a quarter-point US as other revisions. Federal pros- take was discovered on Tuesday enough for it to average 0.35 per- In the revised projections, which ments just ahead of policy interest rate increase this year, ecutors are currently probing an this week. The matter has been cent in the fourth quarter of 2015. stretched from 2015 to 2020, the meetings, and the Fed makes jour- according to forecasts the Fed alleged leak at the Fed of market- referred to the Fed’s inspector That implies one quarter-point staff did not expect inflation to nalists turn in their phones before mistakenly published on its web- sensitive information to a private general. The forecasts do not hike this year, as the Fed funds ever reach the Fed’s 2.0 percent letting them into a locked room to site in a gaffe that drew criticism financial newsletter in 2012. represent the views of the cen- rate is currently hovering around target. By the fourth quarter of see a policy statement and pre- about its ability to keep secrets. “It regrettably appears once tral bankers who set interest rate 0.13 percent. 2020, they saw the PCE (personal pare news stories just before the The rate forecast was included again that proper internal con- policy. Those policymakers, many Analysts at JPMorgan and consumption expenditure) infla- interest rate decision is published with a series of bearish projec- trols are not in place to safeguard based outside of Washington in Barclays said this suggested the tion index rising 1.97 percent from electronically. tions on US economic growth and confidential Federal Reserve infor- regional Fed branches, create their staff expected a rate hike before a a year earlier. A Department of Justice probe inflation that were presented to mation,” said Representative Jeb own forecasts, the most recent of scheduled December 15-16 policy The Fed’s staff also took a dim- is looking into an analyst note in policymakers at their June 16-17 Hensarling of Texas, a Republican which were released on June 17. meeting. The Fed also has policy mer view of long-run economic 2012 that included details on a meeting. The disclosure of the who chairs the House Financial But Board of Governors’ staff meetings scheduled for July 28-29, growth, expecting gross domestic policy meeting before that infor- sensitive information is the latest Services Committee and is press- views are sensitive and influen- September 16-17, and October product to expand 1.73 percent mation was made public. blow to the Fed’s reputation for ing Fed Chair Janet Yellen for doc- tial enough that the Fed normally 27-28. All but two of the Fed’s in the year through the fourth “It is baffling that these secrecy around policy delibera- uments regarding the 2012 leak. releases them about five years 17 policymakers said last month quarter of 2020. The views of leaks continue to occur,” said tions. Later on Friday evening, The Fed said in a statement after they were made. they think rates should rise in Fed policymakers for long-term Congressman Randy Neugebauer, the Fed said the inadvertently that the forecasts were “inadvert- In the projections prepared 2015. They were divided between growth range from 1.8 percent to a Texas Republican who chairs the released document was not the ently” included in a computer file in June, and in the revised table whether it would be best to raise 2.5 percent. House subcommittee on financial correct document. It provided a posted to its website on June 29. released on Friday, the staff rates once or twice this year. The Fed goes to great lengths institutions and consumer credit. new table showing slightly lower Fed officials said the disclosure expected policymakers would The staff views were less to manage the release of sensitive REUTERS

Indonesia’s biggest port Ooredoo Black economy Kuwait Q2 clouds Spain’s net profit recovery from crisis falls 30pc MADRID: Many of Spain’s five Portugal and Poland. million unemployed dream of Economists say the cash-in- DUBAI: Mobile operator finding a steady job in the eco- hand habit is strongest in agri- Ooredoo Kuwait reported a 30 nomic recovery vaunted by the culture, building, domestic work, percent fall in second-quarter government — but a legion of trade and tourism. “The high level profit yesterday, mainly due to undeclared workers still scrape of unemployment has increased losses in Algeria and Tunisia, by cash-in-hand. it,” said Gestha’s president, Carlos extending a lengthy earnings “Nowadays the phrase ‘steady Cruzado. slump. job’ means nothing in Spain,” said He said Spain suffers from a The subsidiary of Qatar’s Paloma Sotillo, 43. culture of tax avoidance, fuelled by Ooredoo, which competes She is one of 1.7 million people indignation over constant reports domestically with Zain and in Spain who admit to earning of political corruption, and also Saudi Telecom affiliate Viva, had at least part of their pay in the lacks enough tax inspectors. reported falling profits in 11 of the “black economy”, without tax or During the boom decade before previous 14 quarters. social security contributions. Spain’s crisis broke out, compa- Ooredoo Kuwait made a net Spain’s economy returned to nies subcontracted a lot of their profit of KD12.6m ($41.6m) in the growth in 2013 after five years of work to workers whom they paid three months to June 30, down economic crisis, but its unemploy- in cash in order to keep up with from KD18m a year earlier, it said ment rate is still the second-high- demand, said Princeton University in a statement. Container ships dock at the Tanjung Priok port, north of Jakarta. New Priok will be Indonesia’s biggest port est in the eurozone after Greece. sociologist Alejandro Portes. Then Second-quarter revenue was once completed, and is one of 24 ports planned to overhaul maritime connections in Southeast Asia’s top The rate dipped to 22.37 per- in the crisis, this gave way to “an KD184.8m, against KD196.7m a economy, which comprises more than 17,000 islands. cent in the second quarter of this informal economy of survival” of year ago. year, according to official data technically unemployed people The company, which also has published this week. A study by living hand-to-mouth from casual operations in Algeria, Tunisia, Catalan business school Esade jobs, he said. the Maldives and the Palestinian indicated however that one in 10 Cruzado complained that the Territories, made a half-year net First Gulf Bank Q2 profit boosted employees and one in five unem- black economy persists partly due profit of KD14.8m, down 61 per- ployed people in Spain did work to a belief that stopping people cent from a year earlier. for earnings that they did not earning that way in a crisis could “Net profit was impacted declare to the taxman. have explosive consequences. It is mainly due to adverse cur- by lending rise, dip in bad loans Sotillo said she had been unem- hard to do away with a system rency movements in Algeria ployed for a year when she found that supports many people who and Tunisia,” Ooredoo Kuwait DUBAI: First Gulf Bank had forecast an average net profit For the first half of the year, a job in a Madrid toyshop in have exhausted all their welfare Chairman Sheikh Saud Bin (FGB), the third largest lender of Dh1.44bn. the bank’s non-interest revenue December 2013. She worked there subsidies in the crisis. “There is Nasser Al Thani said in the by assets in the United Arab Loans and advances grew by 16 remained a solid growth driver, for a year before stopping in order a theory in Spain that, with five statement. Emirates, posted an 8 percent percent to Dh148.9bn at the end with its contribution to total to look after her sick mother. million people unemployed, there The company’s domestic opera- rise in second-quarter net profit of June, compared to Dh128.2bn operating income reaching 31 “I had a contract to work 30 would be a revolt on the street if tions made a half-year net profit on Sunday, with performance in the year earlier period. percent at the end of June. Core hours a week, but I worked 35 it were not for the underground of KD4.5m, near-flat year-on-year bolstered by growth in new In comparison, overall UAE fee income strengthened by 9 per- and they paid me the difference economy,” Cruzado said. despite its revenue and customer lending and a drop in bad loans. bank lending rose by 8.8 per- cent on an annual basis to reach cash-in-hand,” she said — a salary Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy base both expanding by 8 percent The results continue a run of cent in June, its highest rate this Dh978m at the end of June. of €700 plus an undeclared sup- says Spain created 400,000 jobs over the same period. positive earnings for UAE lend- year, according to central bank Banks have squeezed higher plement of €120. The tax collec- last year and will add a further For the first six months of 2015, ers during the quarter, with six data. revenue from fees for their prod- tors’ union Gestha says the vast 600,000 in 2015. The unemploy- Ooredoo Kuwait’s profit from its major lenders now reporting FGB’s performance in recent ucts and services as net inter- black economy has for decades ment rate declined by 1.4 per- Tunisian unit shrunk to KD6.5m higher profits. quarters has been aided by a gen- est margins have tightened as undermined Spain, the eurozone’s centage points in the second from KD10.6m, while its profit FGB made a net profit of eral improvement in the amount a result of several years of low fourth-biggest economy. It esti- quarter, according to the National from Algeria plunged to KD2.5m Dh1.45bn ($394.77m) for the three of provisions it has had to set interest rates. mates the black economy equals Statistics Institute. But experts, from KD20.9m over the same months to June 2015, compared aside to cover bad loans as the Reflecting this trend, FGB said about a quarter of Spain’s gross including specialists from the timeframe. The company said the to Dh1.35bn in the same period local economy has rebounded. net interest and Islamic financ- domestic product — or roughly a OECD grouping of developed Tunisian and Algerian currencies a year ago, it said in a statement. That trend continued in the sec- ing income for the second quar- quarter of a trillion euros. countries, warn that in Spain, as fell 11 and 13 percent respectively The results were in line with ond quarter as provisions dropped ter dropped by 2 percent on an For Gestha, that makes Spain in countries such as Greece and against Kuwait’s currency in the the estimates of six analysts 34 percent on an annual basis to annual basis to reach Dh1.61bn. one of the fiscal bad boys of Italy, many workers are longing first half of 2014. REUTERS polled earlier this month. They Dh258m. REUTERS Europe, along with Greece, Italy, for full-time work. AFP

Anthem targets Cigna Teva nears deal for Allergan’s unit

DUBLIN: Teva Pharmaceutical leading businesses, while smaller latter’s independent Dutch foun- Industries Ltd is in advanced specialty and generic producers dation exercised a call option talks to buy Allergan Plc’s are seeking larger scale. allowing it to buy 50 percent of generic drug business following Allergan’s branded drugs Mylan’s total issued and out- a thus far unsuccessful effort business makes products such standing capital, giving it tempo- to acquire peer Mylan NV, as Botox and Alzheimer’s drug rary control of half the company. according to a person familiar Namenda. Its generics business The foundation, known as with the matter. makes up about a third of the Stichting, opposes Teva’s bid, Jerusalem-based Teva, which company’s total revenue. arguing that a Teva takeover has offered to buy Mylan for A successful deal with Allergan would likely lead to job losses $40bn, is now close to an agree- would give Teva, which has a at Mylan and reduce access ment to acquire Dublin-based market capitalisation of $60bn, to cheap generic medicines in Allergan’s generic drugs unit for a much bigger footprint in the emerging markets. between $40bn and $45bn, the generic drugs sector. It would Mylan for its part is press- person said. also offer opportunities for sig- ing on with a $34bn hostile bid A deal could be announced as nificant cost synergies and tax for Perrigo Co Plc. Were Teva early as this week, the person savings. to clinch a deal with Allergan said, cautioning that negotia- Last year, Actavis Plc outbid for its generic drug business tions had not yet been completed Canadian drugmaker Valeant and drop its bid for Mylan, this and asking not to be identified Pharmaceuticals International would likely strengthen the hand because the discussions are con- Inc and activist investor William of Mylan’s management in its Cigna logo is seen outside the company’s headquarters building in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Media reports fidential. Teva and Allergan rep- Ackman to merge with Allergan campaign to buy Perrigo. state Anthem Corp is to take over the rival US company Cigna Corp for more than $48bn, with Anthem paying resentatives did not respond to and adopt its name. Allergan The Wall Street Journal $188 a share for Cigna, bringing the total value of the transaction to $54.2bn. The move, if given green light requests for comment. now has a market capitalisation first reported that Teva was by antitrust authorities, would create the largest US health insurance company with a combined 53 million Large drug makers are try- of $121bn. in advanced talks to acquire members and leaving current leading insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc in second position. ing to realign their operations Teva’s bid for Mylan took a Allergan’s generic drug unit. to focus on a small number of hit earlier this week when the REUTERS MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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It’s understandable that insurers want to merge

BY MEGAN MCARDLE announced earlier this month.” probably true, to some extent. But you to refuse to return your phone calls. negotiate prices. If your suppliers are Consolidation in the health care indus- should keep in mind that mergers are Second of all, Obamacare’s new highly fragmented, you can walk into the ealth care consolidation try is not new. It’s been consolidating ever themselves extremely costly. And I don’t exchanges may play at least a small role. meeting and say “here’s what we’re offer- is not a sexy issue. It’s since the days of the proverbial country just mean the fabulous fees that invest- Not all of it, by a long shot — the indi- ing; take it or leave it.” But if there are not the sort of thing you doctor, trotting down the back roads to ment bankers and consultants collect vidual market for health insurance is a only two or three big hospital networks want to bring up at a din- house calls. But it is becoming critical to facilitate them. Joining two entities small and not particularly well-loved part in your area, they can say the same thing ner party, unless you’ve now, because we’ve got a vast new health into one is really difficult: corporate cul- of insurers’ overall business. However, to you. This has produced something of Halready completely exhausted proposed care entitlement, and both the cost tures clash, turf wars damage morale and that piece may get larger, if Obamacare an arms race between insurers and pro- changes to the local noise ordinances, the and the performance of that program profits, IT systems never do work right succeeds in restructuring the market for viders trying to get bigger so they will weather, and the best way to get from LA are going to be affected by this trend. together, key employees leave, customers health care, as employers convert more better be able to crush the other. When to Newport Beach without enduring the Obamacare is also going to drive further are alienated. So in general, these sorts positions to part-time jobs without ben- Mothra and Godzilla are battling over the 405. And yet, this is a topic you ought consolidation. of statements should be taken, not just efits, or decide it’s easier to give people city, you don’t want to be the tiny human to pay attention to, because the merg- There can be a few factors behind with a grain of salt, but while sitting next money to shop on the exchanges than to standing on the ground between them. ers creating mega-insurers and mega- consolidation. For example, massive to a salt lick with a big bag of Mr Salty keep dealing with the hassle of provid- You saw this dynamic at work dur- providers are going to have a big impact economies of scale. Or … well, I’m afraid Pretzels and some cocktail peanuts to ing health insurance. And thanks to the ing the outcry over “narrow network” on your life in the near future. this is a bit delicate, but I can’t let it wash the whole thing down. exchanges, that individual market is now policies being offered on many exchanges. Why do I bring this up now, when go unmentioned: Industries consolidate So why is the insurance industry con- competing on price more than it did in Regulators put heavy pressure on insur- we’ve hardly begun to plumb the pos- to reduce the number of players in the solidating? Lots of reasons. First of all, the past, because prices are now com- ers to keep insurance prices down on sibilities inherent in taking Route 1 to market, giving the remaining players heavily regulated industries thrive on pletely transparent and roughly compa- the exchanges. They obliged by forming the 710? Well, because Anthem is inking more pricing power. Antitrust regula- consolidation. These companies have a rable. Pricing power suddenly matters insurance networks out of their cheaper a deal to buy Cigna for $48bn. As my tors tend to put on their big frowny face lot of regulatory overhead, first of all for more, not so much the power to charge providers — which is to say, the ones Bloomberg colleagues noted yesterday, if companies cite the latter reason, so the compliance, and second of all for lobby- consumers more, but the power to pay who had the least pricing power, either “An acquisition would add to a wave of public statements made by companies in ing. The bigger you are, the easier it is suppliers less. because they were small, or because consolidation sweeping over the health- consolidating industries tend to focus to afford a team of experts to make sure Which brings us to the third big reason they were not very much in demand. Big insurance industry.” This, coming close on more superficially attractive reasons that you understand all the pertinent for merging: They are under pressure teaching hospitals and other coveted pro- on the heels of an Aetna merger, is of like cost savings and “broader industry regulations, and second team of experts from other parts of the industry that viders were often left out, which resulted some concern to antitrust people, accord- reach,” or more ethereally vague words to prevent legislators and bureaucrats are also consolidating. Hospital networks in angry consumers (voters) calling ing to the Wall Street Journal: “Antitrust like “synergies.” from burdening you with a lot more per- have gotten bigger and more powerful. their congresspeople and local report- regulators are expected to closely exam- True to form, Anthem is claiming that tinent regulations. These are largely fixed Physicians are increasingly going to work ers to complain that their lousy insur- ine the implications of the two tandem nearly $2bn in synergy savings will be costs, and merging reduces them. Getting for hospitals or large practices. This ance wouldn’t let them take their kid to deals and a third, smaller transaction realised by the merged entities. This is bigger also makes it harder for legislators could put insurers at a disadvantage to Seattle Children’s. 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Stosur captures Austria title

FROM LEFT: China’s second placed Huang and Sun, Russia’s first placed Ishchenko and Romashina and Japan’s third placed Inui and Mitsui pose with medals after the synchronised swimming duet technical final at the Aquatics World Championships in Samantha Stosur of Australia poses with her trophy after beating Karin Kazan, yesterday. Knapp of Italy in their final match of the WTA tournament in Bad Gastein, Austria, yesterday. Nadal faces Verdasco in tough Hamburg return

HAMBURG: Rafael Nadal will “I think probably defeating mark his return to Hamburg Carlos Moya in 2003 was a very China kick off Worlds after a seven-year absence with important match for me at the a tough opener against compa- time but also I remember very triot Fernando Verdasco. well the match against Novak Nadal, down at 10 in the world Djokovic in 2008 which was very after a tortuous year in which he emotional.” lost his French Open title and In his first tournament since suffered another early exit from Wimbledon, Nadal will be playing with double diving gold Wimbledon, has decided to play doubles also in Hamburg. the clay court tournament in a bid He is set to partner 18-year-old to resurrect his fortunes before Jaume Munar, who also hails from Russian duo claims gold in technical synchronised event heading for the US hard court Mallorca. season. “I feel good, there are no prob- Nadal, 29, has a 13-2 career lems. I look forward to this week,” KAZAN, Russia: China cap- lead over Verdasco but his com- said Nadal. tured the world 3m women’s patriot has won their last two The Spaniard has already synchronised diving gold for clashes – on the hard courts of been defeated 12 times this year, the eighth successive time Miami earlier this year and on including just a second career loss on Saturday thanks to triple clay in Madrid in 2012. at Roland Garros and a second Olympic champion Wu Minxia In his last visit to the German round exit to German journey- and Shi Tingmao. city, Nadal defeated Roger man Dustin Brown at Wimbledon. They scored 351.30 points Federer in the 2008 final. In 2014, Nadal was beaten just with Canada’s Jennifer Abel and He is 11-2 at the tournament, 11 times. He was defeated only Pamela Ware claiming silver having only lost to Federer in seven times in 2013 and lost a with 319.47 and bronze going to 2007 and to former Roland Garros mere six matches in the whole of Australia’s Samantha Mills and champion Gaston Gaudio in 2003. 2012. Esther Qin on 304.20. “I am very happy to be back “I need to accept that it is a China also celebrated another in Hamburg, I haven’t been here new situation and face it with a gold on the first full day of the since 2008 so it’s great to be back good attitude and keep working championships which run until in such a nice city. I have great hard to return to a good level,” August 9. memories about this tourna- said Nadal. “I feel good. I don’t Fellow Chinese divers Si Yajie ment,” Nadal told www.atpworld- have any injuries and that is the and Tai Xiaohu, both just 17, won tour.com yesterday. important thing.” AFP the mixed synchro 10-metre title with a points total of 350.88. Canadians Meaghan Benfeito and Vincent Riendeau took sil- ver with 309.66 points and the bronze went to Dominic Bedgood and Melissa Wu of Australia with 308.22 points. “We just tried to perform our Chinese divers Shi Tingmao and Wu Minxia pose with their gold medals during the podium ceremony of the normal training form, and did women’s 3m Springboard Synchronised final at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan on Saturday. not think about the other things. To keep concentration and a cool head is very important. We were securing her seventh world medal. gold in the open water events at Meanwhile, Russia’s Natalia competing against ourselves,” said Spain’s Ona Carbonell took silver the world championships. Ishchenko and Svetlana 29-year-old Wu. with 93.1284 while bronze went to Earlier, Haley Anderson of the Romashina yesterday won gold in “Since I am getting older and China’s Sun Wenyan with 91.5479. United States won the women’s the technical synchronised swim- slower in recovery, I have to train South African Chad Ho won five kilometre gold. The Olympic ming duo event as the country efficiently and try to avoid more the men’s open water 5-kilometre silver medallist over 10 kilometres maintained its eight-year stran- injuries. gold in a time of 55 minutes 17.6 timed 58 minutes 48.4 seconds to glehold on the event. “Synchro springboard is the seconds in a thrilling photo finish edge Greece’s Kalliopi Araouzou They scored 95.4672 points only event in which I am com- ahead of Germany’s Rob Muffels. into second place with a time of with China’s Huang Xuechen peting in Kazan.”In synchronised Matteo Furlan of Italy won the 58mins 49.8secs. and Sun Wenyan winning silver Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal arrives for a media conference in Hamburg, swimming, Russia’s Svetlana bronze medal in 55mins 20secs. The bronze went to Germany’s with 93.3279 and bronze going to Germany, on Saturday. Nadal will play in the ‘bet-at-home Open’ (formerly Romashina defended her techni- It was the first time that a Finnia Wunram who clocked Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui of German Open) ATP Wold Tour tournament from July 25 to August 2. cal solo title with 95.2680 points, South African swimmer had won 58mins 51.0secs. Japan with 92.0079. AGENCIES Hamels helps Phillies down Cubs Manziel works with NEW YORK: Left-hander Baseball Results Gruden ahead of camp Cole Hamels allowed just two Philadelphia baserunners as he tossed his Detroit 5 Boston 1 NEW YORK: Cleveland on Friday night when he was Phillies first solo no-hitter on Saturday, Philadelphia 5 Chicago Cubs 0 Browns quarterback Johnny shot in the face, but police said starting helping the Philadelphia Phillies San Francisco 2 Oakland 1 Manziel worked on his mechan- his injures do not appear to be blank the Chicago Cubs 5-0. pitcher Cole ics with Super Bowl-winning life-threatening. Hamels Toronto 8 Seattle 6 Hamels (6-7) threw 129 pitches Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 1 coach Jon Gruden as a tutor just According to the Toledo Police over nine innings while striking (35) is days before training camp gets Department, the 22-year-old Washington 9 Pittsburgh 3 out 13 and walking a pair as the doused with started this coming week. Powell was shot around 8:36pm Phillies (36-63) won their third water after NY Mets 15 LA Dodgers 2 Manziel, in his second NFL while sitting in a car with some straight and seventh in eight throwing Chicago White Sox 10 Cleveland 3 season, spent part of the past friends in the driveway of his games since the All-Star break. a no hitter Kansas City 2 Houston 1 week working with the former home. Giants 2, A’s 1 against the NY Yankees 8 Minnesota 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Powell signed as a free agent Left-hander Madison Chicago St Louis 1 Atlanta 0 Oakland Raiders head coach in on May 5 after two years at the Bumgarner limited the Oakland Cubs in Cincinnati 5 Colorado 2 Tampa, Fla, concentrating on film University of Iowa. Athletics to one run in seven study and throwing mechanics, “We are aware that Damond Chicago on Arizona 2 Milwaukee 0 innings and helped his cause with Saturday. according to WalterFootball.com. Powell was the victim of a shoot- his third home run of the season, San Diego 3 Miami 1 Manziel won the Heisman ing last night in Toledo, where delivering the San Francisco Texas 7 LA Angels 6 Trophy at Texas A&M in 2012 he remains hospitalised,” the Giants a 2-1 victory on Saturday. and was Cleveland’s first-round Cardinals said in a statement. In beating their cross-bay Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Saturday. run came in the 13th inning of 6-4 in the eighth before pinch draft pick last year, but his off- Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh rivals for the second consecutive Castellanos, Detroit’s third base- a 2013 win over the Seattle hitter Ezequiel Carrera tied the field behavior led to criticism. He Steelers signed general manager day, and 15th time in their last 18 man, also hit a two-run double Mariners, provided some Safeco score with a two-run home run. has taken steps to clean up his Kevin Colbert to a two-year con- meetings in San Francisco, the for Detroit (48-49). Detroit left Field heroics again on Saturday Orioles 5, Rays 1 life, spending 10 weeks in a rehab tract extension Saturday that will Giants posted a fourth straight fielder Yoenis Cespedes hit a solo in the Blue Jays’ 8-6 win. Miguel Gonzalez of Baltimore center earlier this year. keep him with the team through win and seventh in eight games homer against his former team Colabello’s bases-loaded, two- Orioles continued his mastery of Josh McCown, 35, opens camp the 2018 NFL Draft. since the All Star break. and also threw out a runner at run single off Seattle closer the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, as the firm starter. Colbert’s deal comes two days Tigers 5, Red Sox 1 the plate. Carson Smith in the top of the taking a shutout into the eighth Arizona Cardinals rookie wide after the Steelers reached a two- Nick Castellanos hit a home Blue Jays 8, Mariners 6 ninth inning finished off a Toronto inning as Baltimore rode Chris receiver Damond Powell was shot year extension with head coach run and drove in three runs Toronto first baseman Chris comeback from three runs down. Davis’ grand slam to a 5-1 win at outside his home in Toledo, Ohio. Mike Tomlin that goes through as the Detroit Tigers beat the Colabello, whose first career home The Blue Jays (50-49) trailed Tropicana Field. AGENCIES The player was wounded the 2018 season. AGENCIES MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Pakistan’s tour of Zimbabwe Sri Lanka end Pakistan called off LAHORE: The cricket boards of Pakistan and Zimbabwe have decided to call off the limited- overs series between the two countries that the Africans ODI series with big win were to host from August. As a result, the proposed tri-series involving Pakistan, Zimbabwe Opener Kusal Perera smashes century to give hosts 165-run victory and the West Indies has also been written off. Pakistan were scheduled HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka: improvement in the fielding, but to visit Zimbabwe in mid- Kusal Perera led Sri Lanka’s one needs to keep improving.” August for a month-long series. strong batting display to give Kusal, whose only other one- Zimbabwe, ranked 11th in One- the hosts a comprehensive, day ton came against Bangladesh Day Internationals (ODI), wanted but academic, 165-run win last year, smashed nine bounda- to use the opportunity to host the over Pakistan in the fifth and ries and four sixes before he was tri-nation tournament after the final one-dayer in Hambantota run out in the 34th over. event, reports bdnews24.com. yesterday. The flamboyant Dilshan West Indies had, in fact, con- The left-handed opener struck reached the 10,000-run landmark firmed their participation in 116 off 109 balls and Tillakaratne in his 319th match when he took the tournament. The Pakistan Dilshan joined the 10,000-run ODI a single off Shoaib Malik to move Cricket Board (PCB), however, club as Sri Lanka piled up their to 55, before he was run out for did not make the reason for the highest one-day total against 62. cancellation public. Pakistan of 368-4 in 50 overs. The 38-year-old now has 10,007 The decision was said to have Pakistan managed only 203 in runs, joining compatriots Kumar been unanimous and the two reply, but took the series 3-2 to Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya boards were now likely to hold build on their 2-1 success in the and Mahela Jayawardene in a cov- the series some other time later preceding Test series, clinching a eted list headed by Indian great this year. But the possible rea- double in Sri Lanka for the first Sachin Tendulkar, who had 18,426 son for the decision is Pakistan’s time since 2006. ODI runs. sailing past the West Indies to Pakistan were sailing at 116-2 Mathews and Siriwardana eighth spot in the ODI rankings in the 20th over following an added a brisk 114 off just 55 after winning a series against Sri opening partnership of 51 between deliveries for the undefeated fifth Lanka. skipper Azhar Ali and Ahmed wicket to complete Sri Lanka’s With 90 points, Pakistan have Shehzad, before the last eight best batting display of the series. now secured their spot in the wickets crashed for 87 runs. Mathews hit eight boundaries Champions Trophy. West Indies Mohammad Hafeez (37) and and two sixes, while left-handed are behind with 88 points. Azhar (35) were the principal all-rounder Siriwardana smacked Bangladesh are seventh on the contributors as the tourists fal- four fours and three sixes. table with 96 points, two behind tered badly under lights despite Azhar said Pakistan were keen Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera (right) plays a shot during the fifth and final England, after winning home good batting conditions. to sign off on a winning note, but ODI match against Pakistan at the Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapaksa series’ against Pakistan, India and Off-spinner Sachithra conceded Sri Lanka played a bet- International Cricket Stadium in Hambantota yesterday. RIGHT: Pakistan’s South Africa this year. Senanayake claimed 3-39 in his ter game. captain Azhar Ali poses with the series winner’s trophy at the Suriyawewa Hosts England and the top first appearance in the series, “We really wanted to win this Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium yesterday. seven ODI teams will compete in while seamer Thisara Perera match, but credit must go to Sri the 2017 Champions Trophy with chipped in with two wickets. Lanka,” the Pakistan captain said. September 30 as the cut-off date. Kusal reached his second cen- “I am very happy we won the Scoreboard IANS tury after a 164-run stand for the series. We played positive cricket first wicket with Dilshan, who all through and the fielding was SRI LANKA Sarfraz Ahmed (run out) ...... 27 England will became only the 11th batsman and very good. It was after a long time K Perera (run out) ...... 116 Shoaib Malik c Thirimanne b T Perera...... 11 the fourth Sri Lankan to compile that we saw a Pakistani side field T Dilshan (run out) ...... 62 Mohd Rizwan c Chandimal b T Perera ...... 29 10,000 one-day runs. so well.” L Thirimanne c Rizwan b Rahat ...... 30 Imad Wasim c and b Senanayake ...... 15 bowl short to Skipper Angelo Mathews The hosts made three changes D Chandimal c Sarfraz b Rahat ...... 29 Anwar Ali c T Perera b Gamage ...... 11 hammered an unbeaten 70 and from the last match, dropping A Mathews (not out) ...... 70 Yasir Shah c T Perera b Senanayake ...... 9 Rogers: Wood Milinda Siriwardana clubbed 52 sling-arm fast bowler Lasith M Siriwardana (not out) ...... 52 Rahat Ali c Senanayake b Siriwardana ...... 0 not out off 26 balls as Sri Lanka Malinga, seamer Nuwan Pradeep Extras (LB-6, W-3) ...... 9 Mohammad Irfan (not out) ...... 4 LONDON: England will con- plundered 136 runs in the last 11 and Sachith Pathirana. Total (for 4 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 368 Extras (LB1, W2, NB4) ...... 7 tinue to bowl bouncers at overs to surpass their previous They were replaced by Fall of wickets: 1-164, 2-212, 3-219, 4-254. Total (all out in 37.2 overs) ...... 203 Australian batsman Chris best against Pakistan of 349-9 in Senanayake, Thisara Perera and Bowling: Irfan 10-1-73-0 (w1); Anwar 9-0- Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-71, 3-116, 4-121, Rogers if the opener is passed Singapore in 1996. fast bowler Lahiru Gamage. 71-0; Rahat 10-0-74-2 (w1); Imad 3-0-27-0 5-140, 6-170, 7-178, 8-197, 9-197, 10-203 fit for this week’s third Ashes “It was a clinical performance, Pakistan retained the same (w1); Malik 10-0-44-0; Yasir 8-0-73-0. Bowling: Gamage 10-0-62-1 (nb4; w1); Lak- test at Edgbaston after suffer- but unfortunately it came a bit team. PAKISTAN mal 6-0-35-0 (w1); Senanayake 8-1-39-3; T ing from dizziness, seamer Mark too late,” Mathews said. “We had Pakistan will round off their Azhar Ali (run out)...... 35 Perera 8-0-38-2; Mathews 3-0-9-1; Siri- Wood has said. to go back to our basics, especially six-week tour with two Twenty20 A Shehzad st Chandimal b Senanayake ...... 18 wardana 2.2-0-19-1. Rogers was forced to retire on in the bowling department. internationals in Colombo on July Mohammad Hafeez lbw Mathews ...... 37 Result: Sri Lanka won by 165 runs. 49 not out on the fourth day of “We also showed a bit of 30 and August 1. AFP Australia’s 405-run second test victory against England at Lord’s, which levelled the series 1-1. Scotland, Netherlands share title The 37-year-old left-hander, Form not fitness behind who was struck on the helmet by James Anderson off the first ball of the second day of the match but recovered to score 173 Clarke’s struggles: Di Venuto in Australia’s first innings, was later diagnosed with an inner ear DERBY, UK: Australia captain 1-1 following his side’s 405-run quite click,” added Di Venuto. problem. Michael Clarke’s run of modest thrashing of England at Lord’s, Di Venuto, however, was confi- “If he declares himself fit for scores is not being exacerbated Australia would love to see Clarke dent a big score from Clarke was the next game, that will not by his long-standing physical back to his best come the third just around the corner. deter me from bowling a bouncer problems, according to team Test at Edgbaston, which starts “He’s not too far away. He though. I’m sure the rest of our batting coach Michael di Venuto. on Wednesday. knows how to go about it and how lads will be the same,” Wood said. The 34-year-old Clarke is one Di Venuto said that was pos- to get himself back scoring runs. “I don’t wish him any harm. of the outstanding batsmen of his sible given Clarke was suffer- “You can’t do that in the nets. But if he’s fit then he’s fit.” generation, having scored over ing from no more than the kind You’ve got to do that out in the Batsman Shaun Marsh, 32, is 8,500 Test runs, including 28 of lean spell which afflicts all middle,” added 41-year-old di on standby to replace Rogers if he hundreds, at an average of more batsmen at some stage of their Venuto, who played nine one-day is not fit for the third test which than 50. careers. internationals for Australia but starts on Wednesday. But he has compiled just two “He seems unrestricted and did not win a Test cap. The 25-year-old Wood is play- centuries in his last 26 Test he hasn’t had a problem since, Clarke spent more than 90 ing in his first Ashes series and innings and hasn’t made a fifty so I certainly don’t think that’s minutes batting on Saturday, the intensity of the matches has at that level since returning on any reason why he hasn’t been making 44 not out after promot- given him sleepless nights. Australia’ recent tour of the West able to get a big score of late,” ing himself to open Australia’s “My mind is in overdrive and Indies. di Venuto told Australian media second innings at Derby. it gets to you. It keeps happening Clarke has had to cope with a during the drawn tour match Having fallen for 16 in the but it is just excitement for the chronic back complaint through- with Derbyshire. first innings, Clarke had made next day and wanting to do well,” out his career but there are “I thought he looked pretty 19 on Saturday when Derbyshire he said. concerns that recent hamstring good in the World Cup final for his wicket-keeper Harvey Hosein “I wake up every so often and Scotland’s captain Preston Mommsen (left) and Netherlands’ skipper trouble has only made that condi- 70-odd. And he looked pretty good dropped a difficult diving chance. go to the toilet and go back to Peter Borren pose with the trophy as joint winners of the ICC World tion worse. when he couldn’t move when he That reprieve apart, Clarke sleep and then wake up thinking I Twenty20 Qualifier at the Malahide Cricket Club in Dublin yesterday. The He hasn’t looked his typi- scored a hundred when his back was rarely troubled and, if not hope I bowl better than I did yes- final and the third place game — between Ireland and Hong Kong — were cal elegant self at the crease so was no good against India. exactly fluent, a couple of drives terday and go back to sleep again called off without a ball being bowled due to persistent rain. far on the Ashes tour and, with “As batsmen, you go through hinted at better days ahead. and wake up thinking I hope I the five-match series level at little patches where things don’t AFP score a few runs.” REUTERS As Pan Am Games near end, Toronto ponders Olympic bid

TORONTO: Canada was will, “absolutely lead and advocate letter of intent. athletes, coaches and National Canada’s newest sprint sensa- home well ahead of Jamaica. putting a golden finish on the with the whole power of my office The penultimate day pro- Sport Federations.” tion Andre De Grasse, winner With one day remaining and Pan American Games by win- that Toronto becomes the host duced another record for Canada There was more to come as of the 100 and 200m titles, had only a handful of medals still to ning five events on Saturday but city for 2024 Olympic Games.” cycling’s Jasmin Glaesser, who Derek Drouin, the Olympic and looked poised to sign off with a be awarded the United States lead with one day to go officials were Toronto mayor John Tory has took gold in the women’s road world bronze medallist in the third gold by helping Canada win with 102 gold and 261 total medals casting an eye at a bigger prize also refused to write off a run at race to claim the host’s 197th high jump, and women’s team foil the 4x100m relay. and cannot be caught at the top of — a possible bid for the 2024 the 2024 Summer Games and medal, eclipsing the mark of 196 added gold to the Canadian total. But the team was later dis- the table. Canada will finish sec- Olympics. throwing the city’s hat in a ring set at the 1999 Pan Am Games in There was also gold in the box- qualified for stepping outside of ond reaching 77 gold and surging Emboldened by a Pan Am that already includes Paris, Rome, Winnipeg. ing ring for the hosts, Caroline their lane giving the top spot to to 215 medals overall. Games that has seen Canada post Boston, Budapest and Hamburg. “Today, Canada broke its all- Veyre winning the women’s light- the United States. The United States picked up record medal totals and win posi- But the clock is ticking and time medal total at a Pan Am weight title while Mandy Bujold There was no disputing a gold in the men’s team foil, wom- tive reviews for a well-organised Toronto will have to decide Games by reaching 197 medals,” successfully defended her Pan Am dominating performance by en’s volleyball, women’s table ten- and entertaining competition, quickly with the International COC president Marcel Aubut flyweight crown with a split deci- the Americans in the women’s nis singles, equestrian individual Canadian Olympic Committee Olympic Committee (IOC) hav- said in a statement. “This is an sion over American world cham- 4x100m relay with 17-year-old jumping and in the ring with (COC) President Marcel Aubut ing set a September 15 deadline outstanding achievement and pion and 2012 Olympic bronze Kaylin Whitney running the Antonio Vargas winning men’s told host broadcaster CBC that he for interested cities to submit a reflects the hard work of our medallist Marlen Esparza. anchor leg to bring the baton flyweight title. REUTERS MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Froome lands second Tour title Greipel claims final stage as Team Sky wins third title in France in four years

PARIS: Briton Chris Froome Billed as a four-way bat- won his second Tour de France tle between Froome, Quintana, Tour de France title in three years yesterday to Alberto Contador and Vincenzo enhance his growing reputation Nibali, the Tour quickly turned Champion Froome as a grand tour specialist. into a duel after the double Tour It was Team Sky’s third Tour winner from Spain and the Italian Factbox triumph in four years after defending champion cracked in PARIS: Factbox on Chris Bradley Wiggins prevailed in 2012 the Pyrenees. Froome of Britain who won before Froome succeeded him in Froome, the first Briton to the Tour de France for the 2013. win the Tour twice, made his second time yesterday. The 30-year-old Froome, a mark in the mountain stage to Born: May 20, 1985 in Nairobi late bloomer who surged into the La Pierre St Martin in the 10th Height: 1.86 metres limelight when he took second stage before riding defensively to Weight: 67.5 kilos place in the 2011 Tour of Spain, hold off Quintana, who came close Turned professional: 2008 beat Colombian Nairo Quintana to make him crack in Saturday’s Team: Sky by one minute 12 seconds and his stage to l’Alpe d’Huez. AFRICA Movistar team-mate Alejandro Froome, who crashed out of % Valverde of Spain by 5:25. the race last year, also relegated Starts riding in a group led by former The three stayed safe in yes- Quintana to second place in 2013 Kenyan professional David Kinjah in the terday’s finale on the Champs and their rivalry could develop highlands of Nairobi, at 17. % Represents Kenya and takes his first Elysees, where German Andre into a classic one. victory in 2006 at the Tour of Mauritius. Greipel confirmed he was the Because rain had made the % Joins the Konica-Minolta team in South fastest by overpowering the rest tiny cobblestones of the Champs Africa, where he studies economics. of the field to take the 21st stage, Elysees slippery, the clock was EUROPE his fourth win on this year’s Tour. stopped 41 km into the 109.5-km % Frenchman Bryan Coquard was stage yesterday but Froome still Joins the Barloworld Continental team second and Norway’s Alexander had to complete it to be officially in 2008, riding with a Kenyan licence until May, when he chooses to ride with a British Kristoff took third place. crowned champion. licence. “I have dreamt about this, it’s He finished safely in the main % Rides his first Tour de France that year, the biggest stage a sprinter can bunch as the sprinters contested taking 83rd place overall. His best result is win,” Greipel told reporters. the last action of the three-week 14th in a time trial. race around the Champs Elysees. TEAM SKY All the major honours had been % Joins Team Sky in 2010. He is disqualified Tour de France decided on Saturday. from the Giro d’Italia for hanging on a Quintana won the white jersey Tour de France 2015’s motorbike on a climb in the 19th stage. for the best Under-25 rider for Stage 21 Results winner Great Britain’s % In 2011, he rides the Vuelta (Tour of the second time after 2013, and Results from Tour de France Christopher Froome Spain) at the service of team leader Bradley Froome was the first rider to win (Sevres - Paris, 109.5 km) (centre), second-placed Wiggins. He wins a time trial and takes the both the yellow jersey and the yesterday Colombia’s Nairo Quintana overall lead but he pays for his work for polka dot jersey for the mountains 1. Andre Greipel (Germany/Lotto) 2:49:41” (left) and third-placed Wiggins and drops out the next day. He still classification since Carlos Sastre finishes second overall ahead of Wiggins. 2. Bryan Coquard (France/Europcar) ST in 2008. Spain’s Alejandro Valverde celebrate on the podium GLORY 3. Alexander Kristoff (Norway/Katusha) Slovakian Peter Sagan, who % on the Champs-Elysees Announces in January that his season’s 4. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway/Team took five second places but failed goal is the Tour de France. avenue, at the end of the MTN) to win a stage, secured a fourth % Wins the Tour of Oman in February ahead 5. Arnaud Demare (France/FDJ) consecutive green jersey for the 109.5 km twenty-first and of several Tour de France contenders. 6. Mark Cavendish (Britain/Etixx - Quick- points classification. last stage of the 102nd % Finishes second overall in the Tirreno- Step) The record belongs to German edition of the Tour de Adriatico stage race in March, beaten by Erik Zabel who won it six times France yesterday. RIGHT: 7. Peter Sagan (Slovakia/Tinkoff - Saxo) Italian Vincenzo Nibali. in a row from 1996. Lotto-Soudal rider Andre % Dominates the field easily at the Criterium 8. John Degenkolb (Germany/Giant) Always on the attack, Sagan Greipel of Germany International in Corsica. % 9. Michael Matthews (Australia/Orica) would have deserved to be voted celebrates as he crosses Wins the Tour de Romandie, retaining the 10. Ramunas Navardauskas (Lithuania/ the most aggressive rider of the finish line to win the leader’s jersey all the way after the prologue. % Takes the yellow jersey on the Tour Cannondale) the race but the prize went to final stage yesterday. Final Classification Frenchman Romain Bardet. de France after winning the eighth stage following a brutal attack in the climb to Ax- 1. Chris Froome (Britain/Team Sky) Movistar won the team classification. Landa and Fabio Aru. “The truth could not follow. He lost almost “I don’t think it’s impossible to 3-Domaines. 83:19:15” % Reinforces his domination by becoming 2. Nairo Quintana (Colombia/Movistar) Contador double bid fizzles out is that this year, the main prob- three minutes on the first moun- do the double, but it’s really com- after Giro exertions lem was the requirements of the tain stage in the Pyrenees and plicated because nobody has the the first yellow jersey to prevail at the top +1:12” of the Mont Ventoux since Eddy Merckx in Contador was hoping to leave Giro,” the 32-year-old said. with nothing left to lose, tried experience on how to prepare it.” 3. Alejandro Valverde (Spain/Movistar) 1970. his mark with a rare Giro d’Italia/ “I think that this Giro was very his luck with early attacks but The last man to achieve the +5:25” % July 21: wins his maiden Tour de France Tour de France double, but the hard from the beginning due to he clearly did not have the legs. double was the late Marco title. 4. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy/Astana) +8:36” Spaniard, fifth overall in Paris, Astana’s performance and left Contador finished a massive Pantani in 1998, during a doping- FALL AND REVIVAL 5. Alberto Contador (Spain/Tinkoff - Saxo) rode through the sport’s most me exhausted everyday with long nine minutes 48 seconds behind tainted era. % +9:48” prestigious race almost unnoticed. time trials and the final week, Froome. “I prefer having tried than Crashes out of the 2014 Tour de France 6. Robert Gesink (Netherlands/LottoNL) Contador, arguably the best which was marked by extraordi- “It’s true that there are rid- being left with a desire to do it,” in the fifth stage after starting among the top favourites, sustaining a broken wrist. +10:47” grand tour rider of his genera- nary efforts,” Contador added. ers that would dream of finish- said Contador, who has seven % Bounces back at the Vuelta, finishing tion, was never a contender in the “As a result, although my ing fifth. For me that was not grand tour titles to his name. 7. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands/Trek) second overall behind Spain’s Alberto +15:14” mountains, failing to sustain the mind wanted to proceed my body my objective, but I’m glad that I Contador is set to retire at the Contador. 8. Mathias Frank (Switzerland/IAM Cycling) pace of champion Chris Froome needed more rest.” tried,” Contador said after finish- end of next year, when he will not % After a mediocre start to the 2015 season, +15:39” and runner-up Nairo Quintana. Contador stayed in contention ing the race. attempt the Giro/Tour double, but wins the Criterium du Dauphine three weeks The Tinkoff-Saxo rider never in the opening block of racing, “If I hadn’t tried, then after will ride the Tour and the road 9. Romain Bardet (France/AG2R) +16:00” before the start of the Tour de France. fully recovered from a punishing shielded by an experienced team my career I might have wondered race at the Olympics on a course % 10. Pierre Rolland (France/Europcar) Smashes his rivals in the first mountain Giro, which he won after a tough but when the road went up, the whether I could have done the that could favour the climbers. stage of the Tour, which he wins by 1:12 +17:30” battle with Astana riders Mikel 2007 and 2009 Tour champion Giro-Tour double and now I know. REUTERS ahead of Colombian Nairo Quintana.

LPGA Meijer Willett wins European Masters title Salas grabs four-shot lead Classic Scores GRAND RAPIDS, US: Leading third-round scores at Meijer after carding 64 on Saturday from the LPGA Meijer Classic (USA unless GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan: noted, par-71): American Lizette Salas, bidding 197 Lizette Salas 64-69-64 for a second LPGA title, made a fast start and strong finish to 201 Kris Tamulis 66-68-67, Lexi take a commanding four-shot Thompson 69-64-68 lead after the third round of the 203 Caroline Masson (GER) 69-69-65, Meijer LPGA Classic in Grand Brittany Lincicome 70-68-65, Ryu Rapids, Michigan on Saturday. So-Yeon (KOR) 70-68-65, Katie The 26-year-old from California Burnett 69-68-66, Gerina Piller 69- birdied three of the first four 65-69, Alison Lee 67-66-70 holes, and three in a row in the 204 Park Hee-Young (KOR) 70-69-65, last five, to fire a sizzling seven- Brittany Lang 69-69-66, Park In- under-par 64 in bright sunshine Bee (KOR) 70-68-66, Baek Kyu-Jung at the tree-lined Blythefield (KOR) 66-68-70 Country Club. 205 Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 70-66-69, Salas, whose maiden LPGA Hsu Wei-Ling (TPE) 65-69-71 Tour victory came at last year’s 206 Dori Carter 64-73-69, Morgan Pressel Kingsmill Championship, posted 71-66-69 a 16-under total of 197 to end the day four ahead of compatriots Canadian Open Lexi Thompson (68) and Kris Tamulis (67). Scores Germany’s Caroline Masson 201 David Hearn (CAN) 69-64-68 birdied the last three holes for a 65 to finish at 10 under, level with 203 Bubba Watson 68-67-68, Jason Day Lizette Salas waves to fans after making a par on the first green during the (AUS) 68-66-69 Americans Brittany Lincicome final round of the Meijer LPGA Classic presented by Kraft at Blythefield 204 Michael Putnam 71-65-68, Brooks (65), Alison Lee (70), Gerina Piller Country Club, yesterday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (69) and Katie Burnett (66), and Koepka 68-68-68 South Korea’s Ryu So-yeon (65). 205 Camilo Villegas (COL) 69-69-67, Jim Joint leader overnight with the lead to one with birdies at 10 South Korean world number Furyk 68-69-68, Emiliano Grillo (ARG) Danny Willett of England poses with the trophy after the final round Thompson and Lee, Salas made and 11, Salas responded with a one Park In-bee, who lost a play- 64-72-69, Johnson Wagner 67-66-72, of the Omega European Masters Golf Tournament in Crans-Montana, Chad Campbell 67-63-75 a rousing start with 4 birdies in hat-trick of birdies from the par- off for last year’s Meijer LPGA Switzerland, yesterday. Willett, who finished tied sixth at last week’s opening 9 holes giving her an out- three 14th, where she hit her tee Classic to compatriot Mirim Lee, 206 Ollie Schniederjans 71-69-66, Ricky British Open, started the final round level on 12 under with Fitzpatrick Barnes 68-70-68, Charley Hoffman ward nine of four-under 32 and a shot to within two feet, to storm carded a 66 and stands seven and the 27-year-old shot a bogey-free 65 to finish 17 under par and claim two-shot advantage. four ahead and never relinquished strokes off the pace. 71-66-69, Alex Prugh 67-70-69, Erik his third European Tour title. Though Thompson briefly cut her grip. REUTERS Compton 66-69-71 MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Vettel wins Hungarian GP for Bianchi and Ferrari German equals Senna’s mark of 41st victory, Hamilton finishes sixth Lewis Hamilton Hamilton BUDAPEST: German driver Sebastian Vettel delivered an Hungarian Formula emotional high-speed tribute to holds his his late colleague Jules Bianchi One Grand Prix yesterday when he stormed to hands up to victory for Ferrari in a dramatic Results and incident-filled Hungarian Grand Prix. BUDAPEST, Hungary: poor drive The four-time world champion Results from Hungarian claimed his second victory of the Formula One Grand Prix in season and 41st of his career – Budapest yesterday: BUDAPEST: Championship drawing him level with the late 1. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) 1hr 46min leader and defending two- Brazilian legend Ayrton Senna 09.985sec time champion Briton Lewis in equal third on the all-time list 2. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Red Bull) at 15.748sec Hamilton took full responsibil- – after leading from the start to 3. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull) 25.084 ity for his own errors which saw dominate a thrilling and unpre- 4. Max Verstappen (NED/Toro Rosso) 44.251 him pick up two penalty points dictable contest. 5. Fernando Alonso (ESP/McLaren) 49.079 on his super-licence afteryester- The Red Bull pair of Russian day’s dramatic Hungarian 6. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 52.025 Daniil Kvyat and Australian Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo finished in sec- 7. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) 58.578 Hamilton endured his worst ond and third respectively. 8. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) 58.876 race of the year on one of his The ferocity of the contest, lit 9. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren) 1min favourite circuits on which he up by Vettel’s blazing speed and 07.028sec was seeking a record fifth vic- tenacity, served as an appropri- 10. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Sauber AG) tory, but somehow, despite all the ate tribute to Frenchman Bianchi, 1:09.130 incidents, managed to increase his who died on July 17 from injuries 11. Felipe Nasr (BRA/Sauber AG) 1:13.458 lead in this year’s title race. sustained when he collided with a The 30-year-old Briton finished 12. Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams) 1:14.278 recovery vehicle in torrential rain sixth after he had made a bad at last October’s Japanese Grand 13. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams) 1:20.228 start, been involved in collisions 14. Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus) 1:25.142 Prix. Ferrari’s German driver Sebastian Vettel kisses the trophy as he celebrates on the podium after winning the and penalties and then recovered A minute’s silence for Bianchi, Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix at the Hungaroring Circuit near Budapest, yesterday. 15. Roberto Merhi (ESP/Marussia) 2 laps to collect enough points to go 21 a Ferrari academy protégé, before Overall standings points clear of Mercedes team- the race created an emotional Drivers mate German Nico Rosberg, who atmosphere that was reflected in third on the grid to pass Rosberg there, he pushed me wide,” said both Rosberg and Hamilton pit- 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 202pts, 2. Nico finished eighth. the action and in Vettel’s speech into Turn One. Behind him, Hamilton, a claim not supported ted for harder medium tyres for Rosberg (GER) 181, 3. Sebastian Vettel “That was a hard afternoon,” to the Ferrari team on his trium- team-mate Kimi Raikkonen fol- by video replays. a final rush to the flag. (GER) 160, 4. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 77, 5. Kimi he said. phant slow-down lap. lowed closely as both Rosberg After closing the gap behind More drama erupted at the Raikkonen (FIN) 76, 6. Felipe Massa (BRA) “I don’t particularly feel “Merci Jules, c’est a toi,” said and Hamilton attempted to Rosberg to five seconds, re-start on lap 49. Sensing his 74, 7. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 51, 8. Daniil relieved at the moment. I think the winner. “Thank you Jules, You defend, but just as at Silverstone Hamilton lost time in traffic chance, Rosberg attacked and Kvyat (RUS) 45, 9. Nico Hülkenberg (GER) I definitely had a bad day at the will always be in our hearts... This three weeks previously, the two while Raikkonen, suffering more passed Raikkonen for second 24, 10. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 23, 11. Max office - a very bad day at the office win is for you.” Mercedes men were out-started bad luck, lost power and slowed while Hamilton, on harder tyres, Verstappen (NED) 22, 12. Felipe Nasr (BRA) - but the team did a great job with It was Vettel’s first victory in comprehensively. before Hulkenberg, after losing struggled against Ricciardo and 16, 13. Sergio Perez (MEX) 15, 14. Pastor the calls so I could at least get a Hungary, and 21-year-old Kvyat’s Hamilton was relegated to the front wing on his Force India collided with him at Turn One, Maldonado (VEN) 12, 15. Fernando Alonso couple of points.” first career podium - the best ever fourth on the opening lap dur- car in a frightening incident on the Briton losing a front wing (ESP) 11. Starting from pole position, he by a Russian driver – as Red Bull ing which, in an attempt to pass the straight, crashed directly into end-plate. made a poor start, ran off into Constructors produced a reminder of their ped- Rosberg, he ran wide across a the barriers at Turn One. It was his final significant act. the gravel on the opening lap and igree. It was the first podium this gravel trap at the chicane. A virtual safety car was He pitted on lap 52 for a new front 1. Mercedes 383pts, 2. Ferrari 236, 3. fell to 10th before embarking on year without a Mercedes driver. He returned to the track in deployed immediately followed wing, re-joined 13th and was then Williams 151, 4. Red Bull 96, 5. Force India a long and incident-packed fight- “Yes, an incredible day, but this a spray of stones, re-joining in by the Safety Car as debris was given a drive-through penalty for 39, 6. Lotus 35, 7. Toro Rosso 31, 8. Sauber back that included more collisions victory is for Jules,” said Vettel, 10th place. “Nico crossed my line cleared. As the field closed up, his part in the incident. AFP AG 22, 9. McLaren 17. and a drive-through penalty. mindful the Frenchman’s family His late collision with were in attendance. Australian Daniel Ricciardo’s “It has been an incredibly tough Red Bull when the race re-started week for all of us and, for all the after a Safety Car intervention people at Ferrari, who know that, Bianchi’s family joins drivers for resulted in both his drive-through sooner or later, he would have penalty and two points on his been part of our team.” licence, the first he has picked Kvyat said he owed his podium up in more than a year. to his own determination. Russian Daniil Kvyat, who fin- “After Turn One, I thought my sad tribute to late Frenchman ished second for Red Bull, was race might be over because I had also given two penalty points for a massive flat-spot, but my team BUDAPEST: Jules Bianchi’s were killed in separate crashes gaining a position by going off the told me to keep pushing and today family joined Formula One at Imola in 1994. track. It was also his first licence I learned what it means to never racers in a sad circle on the The Formula One teams and penalty. give up,” said Kvyat. Hungarian Grand Prix starting drivers have been paying tribute Not entirely unexpectedly Ricciardo said: “It was a crazy grid yesterday to pay tribute to to him in Hungary, the last race Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado of race. I had a contact at the restart the late Frenchman. before the August break, with Lotus picked up six penalty points with Lewis and thought my race Arm in arm, with the team ‘Ciao Jules’, #JB17 and ‘Jules for his erratic performance, tak- might be over.” principals standing behind and Forever’ stickers on cars and ing two for causing a colliding Dutch teenager Jos Verstappen Formula One supremo Bernie helmets. with Mexican Sergio Perez’s finished fourth for Toro Rosso – Ecclestone alongside, they stood Double Formula One cham- Force India. on a track where his father Jos for a minute’s silence before the pion Lewis Hamilton had “They were very strict on driv- finished on the podium in 1994 Hungarian national anthem was #FlyHighJules on his helmet. ing,” said Maldonado, who was – ahead of two-time champion sung. The governing FIA had already given three penalties. Spaniard Fernando Alonso who At the end the 20 drivers col- announced that Bianchi’s racing “It was different to the past, delivered the troubled McLaren lected their helmets from inside number, 17, has been retired from especially from the start of the Honda team’s best result of the the circle, leaving Bianchi’s briefly the championship and will not be season when it was more open to year in fifth place. alone on the asphalt. available to any other driver. fighting.” Series leader and defending The family – including “Jules was universally liked in Dutch teenager Max two-time champion Briton Lewis Bianchi’s mother, father, brother the paddock and the support of Verstappen was given three pen- Hamilton finished sixth, after and sister – attended the race Spanish driver Fernando Alonso (centre) of McLaren Honda embraces everybody to the team has been alty points - for a total of five over starting from pole position, for after Ecclestone sent a plane to Philippe Bianchi, father of French driver Jules Bianchi, during a minute of fantastic,” Manor Marussia chief the course of the season - after Mercedes to enlarge his advan- collect them from Nice in south- silence to pay tribute to Bianchi before the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday. executive Graeme Lowdon said on he failed to keep pace during the tage in the title race after an ern France. Friday. deployment of the safety car. afternoon of incidents, mishaps Bianchi’s funeral was held in “It’s touched an awful lot of Penalty points on a driver’s and penalties. Nice on Tuesday, with drivers Prix. The 25-year-old had been in He was the first Formula One people and I think Jules’ family super licence do not have any Inspired, perhaps, by the including Formula One champi- a coma since he suffered severe driver to die of injuries suf- have really carried themselves in direct effect unless they accumlate team’s call for total commitment ons past and present attending, head injuries when his Marussia fered over a race weekend since an incredible way, really incred- 12 points in a 12 months period, to racing in a signal of respect after he died of injuries sustained car skidded off the track at Brazilian Ayrton Senna and ible, in a situation that I couldn’t which may result in a one-race for Bianchi, Vettel surged from in last October’s Japanese Grand Suzuka and hit a recovery tractor. Austrian Roland Ratzenberger really comprehend.” REUTERS ban from driving. AFP

Sergey Kovalev of Russia Kovalev knocks out Mohammedi celebrates after knocking LAS VEGAS: Sergey Kovalev opponents. It was the 25th knock- the challenger. The Frenchman Stevenson, who has the one belt, out Ismayl knocked out Nadjib Mohammedi out of his professional career. (37-4, 23 KOs) got up at the count the WBC, that the Russian Sillakh of in the third round of their Kovalev fought on an under- of nine but the referee quickly doesn’t. But with no deal for a Ukraine light heavyweight title bout on card in Vegas four years ago but waved his arms, putting an end Stevenson fight, Kovalev could during their Saturday, barely breaking sweat this was his first opportunity to to the slaughter at 2:38 of the end up fighting another Canadian, World Boxing in his first appearance as a showcase himself in a main event third round. Jean Pascal, in a rematch of their Organisation headline fighter in Las Vegas. in the city of lights. Kovalev tried to prolong the March showdown. (WBO) light The 32-year-old hard-hitting The WBO, WBA and IBF fight and even urged Mohammedi, Pascal fought on the undercard heavyweight Russian floored the challenger champion used Mohammedi, of 30, to get up off the canvas after Saturday night, winning a contro- title boxing once in the second round at the France, as target practice from the second knockdown. versial unanimous decision over match at the Mandalay Bay hotel before finish- the opening bell, landing over- Mohammedi became Kovalev’s the tough Yunieski Gonzalez. Colisee in ing him off late in the third, show- hand rights at will in a brutally mandatory opponent following Many in the crowd thought Quebec City, in ing why he has bulldozed his way one-sided contest. a seventh-round knockout of Gonzalez won the fight but Pascal this December through the 175-pound division. The end came when Kovalev Anatoliy Dudchenko in June. landed 36 percent of his punches 2013 file The undefeated Kovalev caught Mohammedi with a right His goal is to hold all four light to just 26 percent for Gonzalez photo. improved to 28-0-1 and has now hand, left hook combination to the heavyweight belts but to do that and was given the decision on all knocked out 11 of his last dozen left side of his face that dropped he needs to fight Canadian Adonis three judges’ scorecards. AFP MONDAY 27 JULY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Walcott seals Emirates Courtois shines as Chelsea top PSG

CHARLOTTE: Chelsea goal- minutes before scoring, although keeper Thibaut Courtois made neither player was cautioned. Cup success for Arsenal the difference on Saturday, Paris Saint Germain went making two shoot-out saves ahead in the 25th minute. After and firing home the winner as Matuidi won possession near the the Blues downed Paris Saint edge of the penalty area and fed Gunners beat Wolfsburg 1-0 and edge Villarreal on goals Germain on penalties in an Jean-Kevin Augustin. The teen International Champions Cup talent’s shot hit the post and fell LONDON: Arsenal stepped friendly. to Ibrahimovic, who slotted it into up their impressive prepara- Ninety minutes of action saw an unguarded net. tions for the new season by win- the teams level at 1-1 after a goal Marco Verratti had a chance ning the Emirates Cup for the from Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the to double the lead in the 36th first time since 2010 as Theo first half and Victor Moses in the minute but his attempt to chip Walcott’s strike clinched a 1-0 second. over Asmir Begovic went high. win over Wolfsburg yesterday. Courtois saved the day for Courtois replaced Begovic at Walcott’s second-half goal the Premier League champions, halftime as both sides made mul- ensured Arsene Wenger’s side denying spot-kicks from Jean- tiple substitutions. took the silverware as they fin- Christophe Bahebeck and Thiago The Belgian turned away a 50th ished above Villarreal, who also Silva before blasting the winner minute shot from Thiago Motta won both their matches but had into the top corner for the 6-5 and as the half wore on Chelsea an inferior goals scored record, in shoot-out triumph against the began to assert themselves. the four-team pre-season tourna- French champions. After Cesc Fabregas and Lucas ment at their Emirates Stadium. It was a morale-boosting win were off target, Moses combined After a swaggering 6-0 rout for Chelsea, who fell 4-2 to Major with Fabregas for the equalizer of Lyon on Saturday, this was a League Soccer’s New York Red in the 65th. Radamel Falcao then more prosaic performance from Bulls to open their pre-season came on for his first appearance the hosts, but there was still North American tour. for the Blues since signing a plenty to encourage Gunners boss The match between two clubs one-year loan deal in the wake Wenger ahead of their Premier that clashed in the late stages of of a disastrous one-year loan at League opener against West Ham the Champions League the past Manchester United. on August 9. two seasons got off to a tense start The Colombian looked sharp, Former Chelsea goalkeeper before a crowd of 61,224 at Bank and converted Chelsea’s first pen- Petr Cech, the only major sign- of America Stadium — home of alty of the shoot-out. ing made by Wenger since the end the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. Chelsea play European of last season, marked his home The first minute saw a run-in Champions Barcelona in their debut with the kind of composed between Diego Costa and Paris last International Champions Cup display that was so often missing defender Serge Aurier, while match in Washington on Tuesday, during Arsenal’s goalkeeping woes Ibrahimovic appeared to strike while PSG take on Manchester in recent years. John Terry in the head a couple of United on Wednesday. AFP After starting last season’s FA Cup final win against Aston Villa in the central striker’s role he has Arsenal’s Theo Walcott celebrates with the Emirates Cup trophy at the Emirates Stadium in London yesterday. coveted for much of his career, FIFA as opulent as Walcott’s cool finish provided fur- problems in the second half well over, then former Arsenal has been hailed by Wenger as ther evidence the winger might because we pushed up more and striker Nicklas Bendtner, who “something special” and he be ready to make a permanent overall it was two good days.” narrowly failed to convert a De showed why with a quality contri- transition this season. Despite his long spell with bit- Bruyne cross. bution to Walcott’s 50th-minute ever at 2018 draw There was also a tantalising ter rivals Chelsea, Cech was given Arsenal were unable to recap- goal. A deft first touch and nim- glimpse into Arsenal’s future as a warm welcome by the Arsenal ture the scintillating form that ble turn took the youngster away ST PETERSBURG: When it President Vladimir Putin, 17-year-old French midfielder fans in his second appearance for destroyed Lyon and Walcott from his marker and he advanced boils down to it, making a draw whose presence necessitated Jeff Reine-Adelaide made an eye- the club. wasted one of their few first half quickly towards the penalty area for a major soccer tournament another security operation, gave catching start 24 hours after an Relieved to see Wenger finally chances when he shot straight at before slipping a clever pass involves little more than pull- the opening address to the 2,000 equally effervescent performance sign a world-class ‘keeper, fans goalkeeper Diego Benaglio from through to Walcott, who calmly ing balls out of plastic pots. guests and a global television from fellow teenager Alex Iwobi. greeted 33-year-old Czech’s first a tight angle. slotted past Benaglio. But, around that apparently audience that FIFA estimates And, having already secured touch, comfortably holding a Wolfsburg were presented with Aware of his potential move simple act, FIFA has managed to put at 94 million in around 170 the Asia Trophy earlier this Kevin De Bruyne cross, with a a golden opportunity to take the to rivals City, De Bruyne drew build a two-day event featuring a countries. month, the Gunners can now standing ovation. lead when Timm Klose, unmarked mocking jeers from the Arsenal banquet in a palace, a high-level Russian supermodel Natalia clinch a hat-trick of pre-season Wolfsburg manager Dieter 10 yards from goal, lashed wildly fans when he miscued a woeful security operation and a glitzy Vodianova co-hosted the show trophies if they defeat Chelsea Hecking says the Bundesliga over from a deflected Andre effort well over with his last con- extravaganza. and illustrious figures such in the Community Shield at runners-up have been destabilised Schurrle corner. tribution before being substituted. Saturday’s draw in St as former Soviet Union goal- Wembley next Sunday. by speculation that Manchester In the end, it took a moment of There was still time for Cech to Petersburg, two hours long and keeper Rinat Dasayev, former “Our technical level was good, City are about to make a £50m inspiration from Reine-Adelaide underline why Wenger paid £11m featuring various musical inter- Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o but it was maybe less spectacu- ($77.5m) bid for Belgium play- to break the deadlock. to prise him away from Chelsea as ludes, was typical of the opulence and former World Player of the lar than yesterday because our maker De Bruyne. Signed from the Lens academy he blocked Ricardo Rodriguez’s that soccer’s governing body and Year Ronaldo helped pluck the final ball wasn’t at the top level,” But they still dominated much last month after helping France low drive, then got down smartly its leaders have been increasingly balls from the pots. Wenger said. of the first half, working oppor- win the European Under-17 to keep out Josuha Guilavogui’s criticised for. Until the late 1980s FIFA draw “We gave them many more tunities for De Bruyne, who shot Championships, Reine-Adelaide effort. AFP Delegations from around 150 ceremonies were relatively low- national football associations key affairs. attended the draw, FIFA officials The draw for the 1982 World said, although each federation Cup finals in Spain, modelled on Scotland rivalry sparks Hodgson’s interest had to pay their own way. the domestic lottery at the time, After being fast-tracked became notorious for a series of SAINT PETERSBURG: I think it could have been an awful met in a competitive fixture since Scotland are likely to have to through immigration they were mix-ups. England boss Roy Hodgson lot harder,” he said. England edged a playoff for Euro overcome a strong challenge from accommodated in some of St FIFA officials, including cur- believes his side’s pairing with “I think the Scotland games 2000 by 2-1 back in 1999. Slovakia and Slovenia to claim at Petersburg’s most lavish hotels. rent president Sepp Blatter, Scotland for the 2018 World Cup will be the two games in the quali- “We have the experience from least a playoff place. On the eve of the draw they apparently forget the proce- qualifiers will provide clashes of fying stages that really excite eve- Celtic Park which was a fantastic Slovakia are well on course to were treated to a banquet at the dure. Teams were placed in the an intensity rarely seen in the ryone and ignite the imagination occasion. It really is everything qualify for Euro 2016 having won Mikhailovsky Palace, the spec- wrong groups and had to be put preliminary stages. and we’ve got to be up for it. it is cracked up to be. We knew all six of their qualifiers to date, tacular Neoclassical main build- back and drawn out again, the The oldest sides in international “You don’t play the fixtures on that in pots two and three we including a 2-1 win over European ing of the Russian museum in tombolas containing the balls football were drawn together paper, you play them on the field were going to get teams that are champions Spain last October. the city centre. broke and the balls themselves along with Slovakia, Slovenia, and you’ve got to be very careful more than capable of beating you, Slovenia, meanwhile, matched The nearby square was cor- jammed. Lithuania and Malta at a grand because we’ve just played Slovenia so we weren’t too surprised when England for long spells in a thrill- doned off to traffic and guests But the trend changed with ceremony in Saint Petersburg to recently. Slovakia and Scotland came out. ing qualifier in June before a late entered through airport-style the 1994 World Cup qualifying officially launch the competition. “I thought we played quite well The journeys are useful ones or Wayne Rooney winner handed the security. draw in Las Vegas. When FIFA However, despite the attention and deserved to win, but it wasn’t easy ones compared to what they visitors a 3-2 win. Saturday’s draw took place in realised the potential income garnered by the clash with their easy and it won’t be again.” could have been and also fixtures Scottish FA President Alan similarly impressive surround- that could be generated by beam- neighbours, Hodgson admitted he Hodgson’s men were 3-1 vic- like England versus Scotland McRae insisted he is confident ings at the Konstantin Palace set ing the ceremonies around the was happy to avoid the likes of tors when the two sides met really fire the imagination and that Gordon Strachan’s resurgent in stunning grounds on the Gulf globe there was no turning back. Italy and France in the draw. in a friendly at Celtic Park in that is good too.” side can qualify for the finals for of Finland. REUTERS “It’s not a walk in the park, but November. However, they haven’t As well as the old enemy, the first time since 1998. AFP Klinsmann vows US will learn from Panama loss

PHILADELPHIA: Jurgen side since falling to Haiti in 1969. into World Cup qualifying. My Roman Torres and Abdiel Arroyo Klinsmann still isn’t sure how Panama, now 1-12 with four goal is still to take this group to answered for Panama in the his US team that beat the Dutch drawn against the USA, com- the World Cup and we made some shoot-out. and Germans last month wound pleted the humiliation with its steps in that direction.” Fabian Johnson sent his shot up fourth in the Gold Cup after shoot-out victory, the US fourth- Russia 2018 World Cup quali- over the crossbar but US goal- two embarrassing defeats. place showing marking its sec- fying begins in November, a fact keeper Brad Guzan responded But after Panama beat the ond-worst in Gold Cup history that might give the US team by diving right to deny Armando Americans 3-2 on penalty kicks after a 2000 quarter-final loss to pause after its latest setbacks. Cooper and keep the shoot-out on Saturday after a 1-1 draw to Colombia on penalties. “This is what it’s going to be level. take third place in the biennial “We learn from the negatives, like in qualifying,” veteran US Mejia then dove right to stop North American regional football take the positives and move on,” defender DaMarcus Beasley said. US captain Michael Bradley and tournament, the former German US striker DeAndre Yedlin said. “These games are never easy.” after Panama’s Harold Cummings star vowed his team will bounce “I want to stay positive. Any time Panama took a 1-0 lead only scored, Mejia denied DaMarcus back. you play with pressure it helps.” to surrender the next goal in the Beasley to spark a Panamanian “We could have won this tour- Panama won with start- second half for the sixth match celebration. nament. We didn’t,” Klinsmann ing goalkeeper Jaime Penedo in a row, Roberto Nurse striking It was the first penalty shoot- said. “We will take our lessons and top scorer Luis Tejada sus- for Panama in the 55th minute out for the Americans since they from this, analyse it and talk pended after angry actions in a only to see Clint Dempsey pull the beat Panama 3-1 in the 2005 to the players. This is a work in controversial 2-1 semi-final loss hosts level in the 70th. Extra time Gold Cup final. The US also beat progress.” to Mexico that inspired coach saw no scoring but lots of shoving Panama 1-0 in last year’s Gold Just four days earlier, Jamaica Hernan Gomez’s squad. in an incident that brought three Cup final. The Americans have stunned the Americans 2-1 in a “It was important to get this yellow cards. September friendlies against semi-final. The “Reggae Boyz,” result,” said Gomez. “It was hard With Penedo out, it was reserve Brazil and Peru and an playoff who meet six-time champion on the group. There is no such goalkeeper Luis Mejia who denied match for a 2017 Confederations Mexico in Sunday’s Gold Cup thing as a moral victory. We were the last three US shooters in the Cup berth against either Jamaica USA’s coach Jurgen Klinsmann (right) speaks to striker Clint Demsey final, were 1-13 with eight draws ready to hoist the trophy. penalties showdown to win for or Mexico on October before during the CONCACAF Gold Cup third-place match at the PPL Park in in prior matches against the “This is a good Gold Cup for Panama. starting their bid to qualify for Chester, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Americans, who suffered their Panama. They played with a lot Aron Johannsson and Dempsey an eighth consecutive World Cup first home loss to a Caribbean of skill and are playing well going scored for the Americans while on November 13. AFP Monday 27 July 2015 11 Shawwal 1436 Volume 20 Number 6504 Sport Price: QR2 Froome lands Vettel wins second Tour de Hungarian GP France title for Bianchi

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BY ARMSTRONG VAS and Nitzeida Galves were involved as well, holding speaking roles LOS ANGELES, California: alongside celebrities for the Twenty eight athletes from evening. The show culminated Qatar were part of a colourful with the Final Leg of the Law opening ceremony of the Special Enforcement Torch Run, with Olympics World Games, which Special Olympics Nigeria athlete were declared open by US First Solomon Jegede, Special Olympics Lady Michelle Obama here on Nepal athlete Pradip Adhikari, Saturday night. Special Olympics Mongolia ath- Joy, acceptance, courage, deter- lete Davaa Magvansuren, Special mination, unity and especially Olympics Iranian athlete Horieh inclusion were the central themes Golchin, Special Olympics Israel of the world’s largest sports and athlete Eliyahu Somer, Special humanitarian event, this year Olympics Cuba athlete Darianny attended by 6,500 athletes repre- Urtado and Special Olympics senting 165 countries. USA athlete Destiny Sanchez all Michelle Obama praised the serving as torchbearers for the athletes for their courage and lighting of the Special Olympics determination, noting they were World Games cauldron. an example to the millions of Special Olympics Chairman people watching the opening cer- Tim Shriver energized the crowd emony in their living rooms. with an urgent call to action “My husband and I, we are so where there is a more inclusive proud of you, so incredibly proud world for people with intellec- of you, and we love you all from tual disabilities, saying, “This is the bottom of our hearts,” the your moment. This is our time. First Lady said. The wind is at your backs. You “You are filling us with so much look everywhere and see nothing hope. Uniting us in a way that but the beauty in the world. How nothing else can,” she added. lucky we are to be with you.” The inspiring opening cer- Host USA with 491 athletes emony took place at the Los taking part is the biggest conti- Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the US First Lady Michelle Obama declares the Special Olympics open during the opening ceremony at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los nent followed by India with 338, only venue in the world to host Angeles, California on Saturday night. while Russia has sent 252 which two Olympiads (1932 and 1984), will end here on August 2. which was filled by nearly 62,000 cauldron and ended with a fire- Garrett. Emmy Award winner McMahon. included Special Olympics USA The World Games features 25 spectators. works display. Debbie Allen directed the show, Four Special Olympics gold athlete Nikia Davenport, Special sports, 290 events including 23 The star-studded opening cere- Headlined by Stevie Wonder, which was produced by Five medallists who are represent- Olympics Hellas Athlete Flora with Unified Partners and Unified mony, which lasted for four hours the opening ceremony included Currents. Stars from TV, film ing host countries from the past Vermisoglou, Special Olympics Sports Experience exhibitions at and 41 minutes, featured exciting performances by Avril Lavigne, and sports also made appear- four Special Olympics World Ireland athlete Oliver Doherty 23 Venues around Los Angeles, entertainment, parade of athletes, Nicole Scherzinger, O.A.R., Cody ances, including Jimmy Kimmel, Games and are competing in and Special Olympics China ath- including locations at UCLA, USC culmination of the final leg of the Simpson, J Balvin, Becky G, Eva Longoria, Lauren Potter, the 2015 Summer World Games lete Xing Le. and in Long Beach, California. Law Enforcement Torch run, Cassadee Pope and Reach Up Michael Phelps, Colin Farrell, served as flagbearers during the Special Olympics International The Games run from July 26 to lighting of the Special Olympics LA theme song creator Siedah Greg Louganis and Stephanie opening ceremony. Flagbearers Global Messengers David Egan August 2. THE PENINSULA Manchester United beat Barcelona 3-1 in friendly Xavi joins Al Sadd Manchester United’s forward Wayne Rooney (centre) and FC Barcelona midfielder Sergi Roberto (right) in action during their International Champions camp in Austria Cup match at Levi’s Stadium in DOHA: Spanish midfielder friendly matches during their Santa Clara, California, on Saturday. Xavi Hernandez (pictured) Turkish training camp before Manchester United kept up the positive has joined up with the Al Sadd heading to Spain on August 8. momentum of their pre-season tour with squad at their training camp in The Soldiers will play La Liga a 3-1 victory over Barcelona. Wayne Austria to prepare for the new side Malaga. Rooney put the English club on top season. Al Khor to face Al early by heading home a goal in the 10th The Wolves are holding their Kharaitiyat in friendly minute before Jesse Lingard and Adnan training camp in the Austrian Al Khor have announced a pre- Januzaj each added second-half goals. village of Kaprun for the fifth season friendly with fellow Qatar Barcelona, playing without standouts consecutive year, with the squad Stars League side Al Kharaitiyat Lionel Messi and Neymar, along with staying in the Torn Spa Hotel. as both sides continue to prepare Claudio Bravo, Javier Mascherano and The camp, which began on July for the 2015/2016 season. Dani Alves, made it an exciting match 25, will conclude on August 9. The match will be played on but failed to cash in on a few prime Al Sadd are set to face Saudi August 27 at Al Khor Stadium. scoring chances. Rafinha scored the side Al Nassr Both sides will only goal for the Catalans in the 89th and Emirati side use the tie as a minute. Al Ain at their warm-up game Austrian training before heading camp. out of Qatar for The Qatar Stars their respective League season training camps. will kick off on Al Kharaitiyat Di Maria likely to leave United for PSG September 11. are set to travel to Lekhwiya head Slovenia while Al CHARLOTTE: The stage Di Maria had been excused moment in time nothing is offi- transfer move of the summer as to Turkey to Khor will head to appeared to be set yesterday for from the first part of United’s cial,” the Frenchman said. they look to convert their domi- train the Netherlands. Manchester United midfielder tour after playing in the Copa Di Maria joined United last nation of the domestic scene in Current The match Angel Di Maria to join Paris America. year in a $92.6m British record France onto the European stage Qatar Stars serves as an Saint Germain after spending Shortly afterwards, PSG transfer from Real Madrid but with a first-ever victory in the League cham- oppurtunity for Al just one season at Old Trafford. manager Laurent Blanc said in has failed to settle during a diffi- Champions League. pions Lekhwiya Khor’s new coach The future of unsettled Charlotte, North Carolina where cult first season with the Premier Since the Qatar Sports have travelled to Jean Fernandez to Argentine star was thrown into the French champions lost on League giants. Investments took over the run- Turkey to begin look at his squad further doubt after it emerged penalties to Chelsea, that transfer L’Equipe newspaper yesterday ning and financing of the club their pre-season training camp. ahead of their training camp. that he had failed to join up with talks were well underway. reported that a deal to bring Di four years ago, a top player The team landed in the The French coach has only been the club’s US tour as scheduled “It’s a very long, drawn-out Maria to Paris was imminent has been added to the squad Turkish capital of Istanbul on in Doha for a few days and has in California. affair,” Blanc said. “Two big clubs and that the transfer fee would each summer — Javier Pastore Saturday evening after a three had limited time to assess the United manager Louis van Gaal are having talks. Let’s just wait be around $69m. (43m euros) in 2011, Zlatan hour trip from Doha. strengths and weaknesses of his told reporters after his side’s 3-1 for the moment and we will see “There are some details that Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva The team is set to start dou- side. friendly victory over Barcelona the outcome very shortly. still need to be worked out (more than 60m euros) in 2012, ble training sessions under new Al Khor are set to travel to the that Di Maria had failed to board “For the moment, he (Di Maria) between the club and the player, Edinson Cavani (64m euros) in head coach Djamel Belmadi. Netherlands on August 1. They a flight to San Francisco. is down to play for Manchester but there is every chance that he 2013 and David Luiz (50m euros) Squad members in the traveling will play four friendly matches “I have heard that he’s not on against PSG on Wednesday. For will join up with his future team- in 2014.) party included Youssef Msakni, there, including a game against the plane so I cannot say any- the moment, that is. I repeat that mates in New Jersey in the com- Di Maria would be the latest Chico Flores and new signing recently-promoted Qatar Stars thing,” van Gaal said. “I have rumour has it that this player ing days or even hours,” the paper addition to the glittering array of Mohammed Muntari. League side Al Rayyan. heard that he was not on the has every possibility to join Paris said. international talent on show at Lekhwiya will play three THE PENINSULA plane,” he reiterated. Saint Germain, but ... at this Di Maria would be PSG’s big the Parc des Princes. AFP