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PM inspects Mesaieed facility DOHA: Noted Qatar-based Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al DOHA: Qatar is moving away the volume of domestic waste, Qardawi has denied reports from conventional waste man- the Minister of Environment, that he is moving to another agement techniques with a H E Ahmed Amer Mohamed Al country. planned expansion of the Solid Humaidi, who accompanied the The scholar, who has been at Waste Management Center in Prime Minister during the visit, the centre of a controversy after Mesaieed, which is considered told Qatar News Agency. his recent criticism of some neigh- the first of its kind in the coun- The minister described the bouring GCC countries, said what try and the region. waste management facility as one had been reported about him was The Prime Minister and of the important infrastructure “totally baseless”. Interior Minister H E Sheikh projects in Qatar and the first Reports circulating in a section Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa of its kind in the GCC and the of the media and several social Al Thani, who inspected the cen- Middle East due to its use of the networking sites say that the tre yesterday, asked the Ministry latest technology in all stages of scholar has been asked to leave of Environment to do a study on waste management. Qatar for Tunisia. how the facility could be expanded The plan includes establishing a “These (reports) are nothing and its capacity increased to new waste management facility in but the hopes and dreams of some The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani visited the Solid accommodate growing demand for the west of Doha in the next five enemies of Islam. They are not waste management in the country. years. The two current facilities, Waste Management Centre in Mesaieed yesterday. During the inspection tour, he was briefed on the facility, its going to materialise, God willing,” The study will also explore located in the south and west of various sections and functions. Al Sharq quoted Al Qaradawi as how to handle the issue of land- Doha, have a combined capacity saying. fills and involve the private sec- of 900 tons. During the inspection tour, briefed on the different stages of environment projects, saying that His statement gains impor- tor in projects related to waste Citing the ministry, QNA said the Prime Minister was briefed recycling. environment was a key element in tance in the context of a GCC management. that operating the centre at its on a comprehensive model for the Al Humaidi said that the the national strategy and one of deal signed on Thursday to end The centre’s plan for the next full capacity will lead to a depar- facility and its various sections, Prime Minister’s inspection the four pillars of Qatar National tension between Qatar and three five years will focus on dealing ture from conventional waste and its functions were explained visit reflected the importance Vision 2030. other GCC countries. with an expected increase in management techniques. to him in detail. He was also attached by the government to THE PENINSULA “The Father Emir and the Emir are closest to me. I love them from the depth of my heart,” Al Qaradawi added. He, however, said his personal views did not represent the opin- Sheikha Moza on ion of the Qatar government, as Qatar Charity opens two new the country’s Foreign Minister had clarified earlier. “I am not occupying any official 5-day Japan visit position in the government. What villages for displaced Syrians I am expressing is my personal DOHA: H H Sheikha Moza have been identified in line with opinion,” said Al Qaradawi. bint Nasser, Chairperson the ‘grand challenges’ of Qatar’s Top government officials of a DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC), a A QC delegation includ- to create favourable conditions of Qatar Foundation for National Research Strategy — neighbouring Gulf country had non-governmental humanitar- ing the QC Executive Director that greatly improve the lives Education, Science and energy security, water security come out heavily against the ian organisation involved in a of International Development, of the displaced, particularly in Community Development and cybersecurity. scholar, forcing Qatar to distance wide range of relief work locally Mohammed bin Ali Al Ghamdi, terms of the provision of daily (QF), will commence a five- The priority challenges itself from his remarks. and internationally, yesterday Managing Director of Disaster nutrition for them and important day exploratory research identified in the Qatar “ I have been in Qatar for more announced the opening of two Preparedness and Response, facilities in the areas where they visit to Japan today. National Research Strategy than 53 years giving sermons, villages for displaced Syrians in Mohammed Adrdor, Sheikh live; such as schools, mosques and The visit of Sheikha Moza are to achieve energy security lectures, fatwas and participat- the north of Syria. Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al Sada, water points, alleviating the suf- will be an opportunity to by raising the production of ing in various events. During all Built at a cost of about QR4m, Sheikh Hamad Abdel Kader, fering caused by living in the open strengthen ties between the solar energy to 1 gigawatt by this period no one told me to do the villages each comprise 100 Director of the Office of the without shelter,” he added. two countries in the fields of 2020; water security through this or that or asked why did I say prefabricated residential units Organisation of the Islamic Dawa Al Ghamdi said QC will con- research and development, promoting the scientific (something),” he added. containing mattresses, blankets in Qatar, and Sheikh Mohammed tinue to build more such villages with a focus on computing, research in the area of water “ I came here when I was 35 and kitchen utensils. Residents Al Fadeni, the public relations in the light of the growing move- energy, environment and bio- desalination; cybersecurity years old and I am now 88 years will have access to facilities officer of the organisation, visited ment of displaced civilians in medical research. through strengthening infor- old. I will stay in Qatar and die including a school, a mosque, a the village. recent months, especially from Sheikha Moza will be accom- mation security management here,” said the scholar. children’s play area and a shared “The model village project areas in northern Syria. panied by a high-level delega- in an electronically open and “I love Qatar and I love all kitchen. carried out by QC is in its third Al Ghamdi said that QC’s sup- tion from Qatar Foundation’s overlapped space; and health the GCC countries… I know all The villages will benefit around edition and represents our contin- port for the Syrian people in their research and sevelopment sec- promotion by preventing and their kings and emirs closely and 1,200 people. With this, QC has uing interest in providing shelter worsening humanitarian condition tion in order to identify and managing diseases such as I participated in many activities built three villages for displaced in order to preserve the human was a duty and not a favour and enhance collaboration between diabetes and cancer and by organised by them,” he added. Syrians. One was built in collabo- dignity of the displaced in Syria; he prayed to God that peace and QF and a number of globally advancing platform technolo- In a veiled reference to the ration with the Organisation of shielding them and their children safety would prevail throughout renowned research institutes gies such as genomics and recent tension between Qatar and the Islamic Dawa-Qatar office, during the cold winters and hot Syria, allowing the displaced to in Japan. stem cells. some neighbouring countries, Al which funded the project, and summers,” Al Ghamdi said in a return to their towns and villages. The areas of collaboration QNA Qaradawi said “this mild cloud another being funded by two speech at the opening ceremony. THE PENINSULA will vanish very soon.” Qatari philanthropists. “This phenomenal project aims See also page 4 THE PENINSULA

Lekhwiya, Eljaish win Two expats die of Air ambulance rescues two-year-old DOHA: A Qatari air ambulance yesterday rescued a child after the MERS in Jeddah vehicle she and her family were travelling in met with an accident when they were returning to Qatar from Saudi Arabia. JEDDAH: Two foreigners died The flying ambulance carried the two-year-old girl to Hamad hos- of MERS in the Saudi city of pital in a critical condition. The girl’s six-year-old brother died in the Jeddah, the health ministry accident, which took place in Saudi territory, while her mother and said yesterrday, as fears rise father were reported to be safe, according to QNA. over the spreading respiratory The Egyptian family living in Qatar had gone to Saudi Arabia for virus in the kingdom’s commer- performing Umra. cial hub. Picture on page 4 The ministry said five more peo- ple were infected with the Middle French journalists freed in Syria East Respiratory Syndrome in the western city, including two PARIS: Four French journalists taken hostage in Syria last year foreign medics aged 54. were freed yesterday after a 10-month ordeal in the world’s most The latest deaths, of a 64-year- dangerous country for the media. old and 44-year-old, whose nation- French President Francois Hollande announced the release of alities were not disclosed, bring to Edouard Elias, Didier Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres, 76 the number of people to have saying they were “in good health despite the very challenging condi- died of MERS in Saudi Arabia, tions of their captivity”. from a total of 231 infections. Full report on page 5 Panic over the spread of MERS among medical staff in Jeddah this MH370 search may end in a week month forced the temporary clo- sure of a hospital emergency room. SYDNEY/PERTH: The current underwater search for missing On Wednesday, at least four Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, focused on a tight 10km circle of doctors at the King Fahd hospital the sea floor, could be completed within a week, Australian search reportedly resigned after refusing officials said yesterday. Malaysia said the search was at a “very crit- to treat MERS patients, appar- Lekhwiya’s players celebrate after winning their Qatar Cup semi-final soccer match against Al Sailiya in Doha ical juncture” and asked for prayers for its success. ently out of fear of infection. yesterday. Lekhwiya will meet Eljaish in the final. See also page 28 See also page 11 AFP THE PENINSULA & AGENCIES SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME QNL’s heritage collection draws crowds Visitors register for online access

DOHA: Qatar National Library from Greece and Yemen enjoyed (QNL) hosted a second success- tours at the Open Day. ful Open Day for the public on The Arab and Islamic Heritage Thursday to explore its magnifi- Collection’s current home is a cent Arab and Islamic Heritage temporary location until QNL’s Collection. new building in Education City is Held to celebrate Unesco’s complete. Known as the ‘heart of International Day for Monuments the new Qatar National Library’, and Sites, hundreds of visitors the Collection will move to its flocked to its Heritage Collection very own special space in the cen- building to view the library’s most tre of the new building. prized and historic items. QNL’s Al Said said: “QNL is delighted collection of globes, maps and docu- to have welcomed so many fami- ments relating to the archaeologi- lies, students, educators and VIPs cal site Al Zubarah were especially to the second Heritage Collection popular among the participants at Open Day. This is a special place this special event. that truly expresses the depth and Saadi A Al Said, QNL’s Associate richness of Arab-Islamic civilisa- Director for Administration tion. Sharing these cultural treas- and Planning, said: “This year’s ures with the community is what Heritage Collection Open Day drives the mission of the QNL.” specially recognised the archaeo- Before the new building opens, logical site, which Unesco declared the public is able to access the as Qatar’s first entry on to the library’s wealth of online collec- World Heritage list in June 2013. tions by registering their details The array of QNL’s Arab and with QNL. During the Open Day, Islamic Heritage Collection maps visitors took the opportunity to do and beautiful globes relating to Al this using a special online booth, Zubarah made a real impact on the and are now eligible to use the public during the Open Day.” wealth of information for study, QNL’s Arab and Islamic research or simple relaxation. Heritage Collection regularly Speaking of the popularity attracts diplomats and intellec- of this registration process, Dr tuals from all over the world, and Claudia Lux, Project Director of was visited by His Royal Highness QNL, said: “We are delighted that Visitors viewing an array of Qatar National Library’s most prized and historic items. Prince Charles, the Prince of so many visitors to the Open Day Wales, during his visit to Qatar immediately registered to QNL’s complete, the wealth of content, Founded in 1979 by H E Sheikh the centuries, Arab manuscripts, located at 71 Al-Maha Street, in February. Nine ambassadors online collections. Anyone with a ranging from modern and classic Hassan bin Muhammad Al Thani, historical maps and globes, as Al-Luqta, Doha and is open every from Argentina, Central African valid Qatari ID or residence per- literature, to online concerts and the Arab and Islamic Heritage well as scientific instruments and Sunday and Tuesday between Republic, Costa Rica, Japan, mit is eligible to sign up and access academic periodicals is a treas- Collection includes writings by early photography. 10am and 11.30am. Visits must Libya, Morocco, Peru, Switzerland these free online resources. Even ure trove for everyone in Qatar to travellers and explorers who vis- QNL’s Arab and Islamic be booked in advance. and Turkey, plus representatives before the library’s new home is explore, enjoy and benefit from.” ited the Arabian Gulf region over Heritage Collection Building is THE PENINSULA

Three-day Education Forum from tomorrow Month-long DIC to host workshop DOHA: The Minister of Education and Higher organised by the Education Institute of the SEC at Education and Secretary General of the Supreme the Qatar National Convention Centre. The forum Education Council (SEC) H E Dr Mohammed will stage the 6th National Students Fair in addi- QF festival on angel investment Abdul Wahed Ali Al Hamadi will open tomorrow tion to an exhibition. Panel discussions and other the Education Forum 2014. The three-day forum is events are scheduled during the forum. QNA DOHA: The Ministry of at the DIC. Lectures will revolve celebrates Information and Communications around angel investment concept, Technology’s Digital Incubation angel capital, pre-money valua- Center (DIC) will organise a tion, best practices, due diligence diversity training workshop on angel processes and how all that reflects investment on April 22 as part of on business startups. efforts to build the angel invest- Angel investing generally aims to DOHA: Qatar Foundation is ment ecosystem in Qatar’s ICT build up a bridge between business hosting a month-long Interna- sector. community and promising startup tional Cultural Festival at the Two angel investment experts entrepreneurs to back them, fund Community and Recreation from the Silicon Valley of the their businesses and help them Centre in Education City to cel- USA will provide advice and share develop their projects with the aim ebrate international diversity. their thoughts and insights at the of building a robust entrepreneur- The festivities, which are open workshop, which is expected to ship ecosystem in Qatar. to the public, have been under witness the emergence of the first Angel investing is still a novelty in way for several weeks now and Qatari angel investment network, Qatar and the Arab world and a lot have seen more than 1,000 Qatar specialised in technological start- of work is still needed to promote the Foundation employees and com- ups investment. concept among Qatari investors and munity members engage in vari- Workshop agenda features lec- business community. Three to four ous arts and crafts workshops tures and presentations from angel startup companies run by promising and live cooking demonstra- investment experts. Audience Qatari youth will pitch their invest- tions. The activities will con- includes a group of Qatari busi- ment opportunities to the audience clude on Thursday, with a grand nesspeople and investors, as well at the end of the workshop. finale at the AaQool Atrium in as startup entrepreneurs incubated THE PENINSULA Qatar Foundation from 7.30pm onwards. Rodha Al Saadi, Senior Community Services Supervisor at the Qatar Foundation Support Services Directorate, said: “Each Commercial Bank app now week, the festival represents a culture from a specific continent to give the community an oppor- available for Windows phone tunity to learn about the history, traditions and cuisines from DOHA: The recently launched ‘on-the-go’. Digital banking pro- around the world in celebration mobile banking application by vides simple and convenient bank- of Qatar Foundation’s multicul- Commercial Bank is now avail- ing options through secure channels, turalism and support of diversity.” able for phones and gadgets allowing customers to manage their The festival comprises various based on Windows operating money in a way that suits them.” arts and crafts workshops, such system as well. Microsoft Qatar General as traditional Gulf Bedouin Sadou Launched last year on iOS, Manager, Naim Yazbek, said: “We carpet weaving, and Batoola Android and BlackBerry, the app are proud to have partnered with making — a traditional golden rose to become Qatar’s number one Commercial Bank in launching their face covering for Gulf women. financial app in October 2013 and Windows 8 CBQ Mobile applica- Activities representing the con- has seen an increase in customer tion and are very excited about the tinents of Asia, Europe and Latin usage of over 70 percent since then, experiences users will have as they America are also part of the cel- said a statement yes- utilise the various ebrations of diversity at Qatar terday. The mobile easy-to-use and con- Foundation. app allows customers venient mobile bank- For Dominika Patzer from to complete all their ing services offered Poland, the International day-to-day banking by the application’s Cultural Festival was an oppor- at a time and place features.” tunity for her family to expand convenient to them, Commercial Bank their global knowledge. “This including making continues to reward festival is such a wonderful initi- local and interna- customers for com- ative on Qatar Foundation’s part tional transfers, bill pleting their eve- as it is a great opportunity for payments, card and cheque book ryday banking online, and now my family and I to learn more services, as well as the ability to Windows phone users can par- about different cultures and tra- locate the nearest ATM. ticipate in Commercial Bank’s ditions from around the world, In response to customer demand, digital banking campaign, with an which is something I appreciate the bank has enhanced its mobile ultimate grand prize including a as a lifelong learner.” banking application (app) to addi- 65” Samsung Smart UHD TV and Meanwhile, the festival also tionally support mobiles using the PlayStation 4 Console. Customers incorporates live cooking demon- Windows operating system and also stand the chance to win one strations, which end in a generous Internet Explorer browsers ver- of three top-of-the-line 64GB iPad buffet prepared by executive chefs sions IE-10 or above. airs in a monthly draw. Qualifying from top restaurants in Doha. Commercial Bank’s EGM of for entry is easy: customers simply Last week, participants were Retail and Consumer Banking, Dean need to download the Commercial treated to Arabian treats of mari- Proctor, said: “With the continuous Bank Mobile Banking app and then nated grilled meat and chicken, as development of our digital banking log in to cbq.qa/login to complete part of the Gulf cultural activities. services, even more customers can at least one transaction. THE PENINSULA access and manage their money THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Hot and windy HMC begins appraisal day forecast

DOHA: The country is expected system for pharmacists to experience relatively hot and windy weather today, with a dust cover in most parts of the country throughout the day. System more accurate, fair, comprehensive and clear A forecast by the Meteorology Department warned of strong DOHA: A new appraisal system performance, detect points of and pharmacy managers from winds, high seas and poor visibility for pharmacists that assesses weakness, and forms a basis for the Corporation’s Pharmacy during the day with partly cloudy individual staff capabilities staff performance improvement Department in attendance. weather. Visibility is forecast to be to provide the highest qual- plans. The training day focused on the between 4km and 7km and some- ity of medicinal services has “The system incorporates the importance of conducting proper times drop to as low as 2km or less. been introduced at the Hamad latest international standards appraisals of pharmacists based The weather started to become Medical Corporation (HMC)’s applied in pharmacist perform- on the internationally recognised hot and dusty on Friday, and the Pharmacy Department. ance appraisal. Compared with standards of the profession, and temperature increased between The appraisal system, jointly the old system, the new one is highlighting the impact of this 40 degrees Celsius and 41 degrees designed with HMC’s Human more accurate, fair, comprehen- practice at corporate and indi- Celsius in some places like Doha, Ahmed Ali Al Mohannadi and Andrew McKechnie exchanging documents. Resources Department, is based on sive, and clear. It promotes com- vidual levels. Messaieed and Al Wakrah. The the Model Standards of Practice petition and innovation amongst The workshop also featured a maximum temperature for today for Canadian Pharmacists and staff, and puts more focus on citation of the major components is forecast at 37-38 degrees Celsius. aims at benchmarking staff per- measurable performance stand- of the system and how they should However, Abdulla Mohammed Ooredoo names new formance at HMC’s pharmacies ards for patient care,” she said. be applied, as well as outlining the Al Mannai, Head of Forecasting against international standards. A workshop aimed at famil- differences between the old and and Analysis at the Meteorology Dr Mozah Al Hail, Executive iarising the supervisory and new appraisal systems. Case stud- Department, told this daily: “This Nojoom partner Director of HMC’s Pharmacy managerial staff with the new ies to assess professional compe- weather condition is normal. Dust Department, said the newly performance appraisal system tence of pharmacists were also has settled in the surface and it adopted performance appraisal was held at the Doha Hilton reviewed. will be carried by strong winds, as DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday website, call Ahli Bank’s contact system helps to improve overall Hotel, with 50 supervisors THE PENINSULA wind will blow at the speed of 20 announced Ahli Bank as the centre, or visit any of Ahli Bank knots.” The unstable weather may new Nojoom partner, as it aims branches. continue until Wednesday. The to expand Nojoom rewards pro- Each Pearl Point can be wind will blow northwesterly at gramme in 2014. redeemed for one Nojoom Point, speeds ranging from 14-22 knots Ahli Bank customers can now and as a special promotion for one and reach 30 knots at times. It redeem their Pearl Points for month ending on 20 May, 10,000 will shift southwesterly by night Nojoom Points, and in turn, enjoy bonus Nojoom Points will be given at a speed between 08 to 13 knots. access to Nojoom’s rewards and as a welcome gift when applying THE PENINSULA services from over 150 partners for an Ahli Platinum credit card. in Qatar and abroad. “Our aim at Ahli Bank has ‘Stay Aware’ campaign “To celebrate Nojoom’s fifth always been to ensure that the birthday in 2014 we’re looking for widest range of services are made DOHA: Qatar Foundation ways to give back to our custom- available to our customers, and for Protection and Social ers, and partnering with popular with this alliance of two strong Rehabilitation (QFPSR) will services like those provided by brand names coming together, we organise an awareness cam- Ahli Bank’s Pearl Rewards is one can say with certainty that the paign under the slogan (Stay of the many ways we can make growth in the breadth of services Aware) next month for students. this happen,” said Ahmed Ali Al and the level of service will sig- The campaign aims to edu- Mohannadi, Customer Experience nificantly add value to our credit cate more than 6,000 students and Segmentation Director at cards holders,” said Andrew from Independent and interna- Ooredoo. McKechnie, Deputy CEO Retail tional schools on their rights and “Nojoom has been one of Qatar’s banking, Ahli Bank. duties as well as promoting posi- most popular programmes for the Every Ooredoo customer with tive behaviour. The campaign will past five years because it enables a Qatar ID can enroll in Nojoom include a number of activities. members to reward themselves, and begin earning Nojoom The campaign is organised with for doing day-to-day activities Points each time they use an the support of Supreme Council such as paying your bills or by Ooredoo service or shop at any of Education, Ministry of Interior, using your credit card,” he added. of Nojoom’s earn partners, includ- Ministry of Endowments, Social To start redeeming, Ahli Bank ing Geant Hypermarket, Starlink, Police and the Supreme Council customers need to fill and sub- Applebee’s, Al Nahdi, Diet Center Supervisory and managerial staff who attended the workshop pose for a group picture. of Communication. mit a redemption form avail- and Edible Arrangements. THE PENINSULA able online on the bank’s official THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Qatar Charity opens two new villages for displaced Syrians Emir, PM condole boat tragedy DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable of condolence and sympathy to President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea on the victims of the ferry that sank off the coast of South Korea. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani sent a similar cable. Emir, Bouteflika talk on phone DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held yesterday a telephone call with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika during which the Emir congratulated him on Qatar Charity officials at the opening of two residential villages for displaced Syrians in the northern part of Syria. The villages will benefit around 1,200 people. This brings the total vil- his re-election as President of lages implemented by Qatar Charity to three. Algeria and wished him success and for the Algerian people more progress and prosperity. During the phone call, they also reviewed bilateral relations and means to enhance them. Qatar condemns VCUQatar presents fashion awards Bahrain bombing DOHA: Qatar yesterday strongly Fifteenth annual fashion show ‘Center Front’ ends denounced a car bombing that targeted civil defence personnel DOHA: The Virginia Common- looks and consisted of a minimum Sandra Wilkins, chair of Outstanding Senior Collection. presented the award to Alexia in Al Qaryia area in Bahrain. wealth University in Qatar of 10 looks that reflected the indi- the fashion design depart- Special Recognition Awards Thomas. The award includes The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (VCUQatar) presented its vidual aesthetic of each student ment, announced the awards were presented to two seniors the opportunity to use W Doha, said in a statement that this Fifteenth annual fashion show and reinforced their individual on the last evening of the fash- from the Richmond campus and another W Hotel around the crime runs counter to all human- ‘Center Front’. The event was vision, creativity and styles. ion show. VCUQatar’s Golden -- Noela Tian and Joey Zuraf, globe, as a platform to showcase itarian and moral values. The hosted by Salam at The Gate The sophomore children’s wear Needle Awards, given to the and Special Recognition for her collections at various events statement stressed Qatar’s firm Mall. collections showcased under the most outstanding students in Outstanding Leadership was happening throughout the year. position renouncing violence in ‘Center Front’ showcased theme ‘Happy’ were a play of col- the fashion design department, presented to Nada Taha. Wilkins The Salam Fashion Award all its forms and manifestations, the work of VCUQatar fash- our, patterns and design features. were presented during the also announced that Alanoud Al introduced last year by Salam and whatever its source and ion design sophomores, juniors The collection focused on incor- show to the students – Samia Nuaimi, Fatima Maki and Noor International Investments motivation. The statement also and 16 seniors featuring a range porating basic design elements to Mohammad for Best Children’s Abdulla Hamad Al Thani’s col- Chairman and CEO Issa Abu Issa expressed Qatar’s condolences to with components of the ethnic, showcase a pleasant assemble of Collection, Mahnoor Ansari for lections were chosen to be show- to support a graduate’s transi- the Kingdom of Bahrain and to handcrafted, modern, eclectic dresses, pants and jackets. Their Most Outstanding Sophomore, cased at VCU Richmond. tion from student designer to a the families of the victims who and glamorous. The show also interpretations of the little black Noor Al Mannai for Best Black For the fourth consecutive year, career in design was presented fell in the attack, and wishing a featured senior fashion design dress were the perfect pairing Dress Collection; Kinda Morshed the W Doha Hotel and Residences to Maha Khalifa Al Subaey. The swift recovery to those injured. students – Jame’t Jackson, Joey for the finest of jewels. Taking for Best Junior Collection, sponsored the W Doha Fashion award includes mentoring in the Zuraf and Noela Tian – from the androgyny as the starting point, Dylon Sergei Adonis for Most Award, presented to the most development and design of two Enrolment plan VCU Richmond campus as guest the junior students moved away Outstanding Junior; Imelda outstanding and innovative bespoke collections which will be designers. from the stereotypical clichés of Jurasova for Most Outstanding VCUQatar fashion design student sold exclusively within a dedicated for schools The senior thesis collection was the theme to bring strong indi- Senior, and Alanoud Al Nuaimi of the year. Clara De Lama, direc- space in Salam Stores, Doha. an eclectic mix of day to evening viduality to their collections. and Marianne Bermejo for Most tor of marketing at the W Doha, THE PENINSULA DOHA: The Supreme Education Council (SEC) has announced the start of the implementation of registration and enrollment Air ambulance to the rescue plan of students in independ- ent schools for the new aca- Al Fazaa project consultancy pact demic year 2014/2015. In a press release, the Council said in DOHA: The Ministry of Interior and Maintenance section of Logistics order to facilitate the registra- signed an agreement with Dar Al Dept, Lt Engr Anwar Al Rowaili, the tion process the plan has been Handasah Design and Technical Projects Officer at engineering section, divided into four phases: Early Consultancy last week to provide and Adnan Omar, the Resident Partner registration (automatic trans- consultancy services for completion of of the Projects executing company. fer), registration of brothers, the new building project of Al Fazaa Brig Abdul Aziz Al Ansari said the registration of new entrants in Mesaimeer. The agreement was agreement was for the second phase and registration in accordance signed by MoI Logistics Department of the project to supervise completion with vacancies. The early reg- Director Brig Engr Abdul Aziz of construction in two years starting istration (automatic transfer ) Abdullah Al Ansari and Hani Yousuf from October this year to October includes all primary students, Endraus Akawi of Al Handasah. 2016 at a total cost of QR10.75m. The successful students of Grade The signing was attended by Brig new building will be located behind 6 and Grade 9 only, from all Abdul Aziz bin Faisal Al Thani, Director Mesaimeer Services Centre and nationalities. This phase, which of al Najda Police department (Al cover a total area of 60,000 square began on April 17, will end on Fazaa), Brig Engr Hesham Ibrahim metres, with a built up area of 14,000 April 21 and schools should Al Qusaibi, Head of the Engineering square metres. THE PENINSULA inform the guardian about the name of the school to which his son will be transferred in the next academic year in accord- ance with the SEC approved distribution plan. Milipol Qatar team Qatari air ambulance carrying a two-year-old girl to Hamad Hospital following an accident while her visits Malaysia expo family was coming back from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah. DOHA: A delegation from the Milipol Qatar Committee and Milipol de Paris visited Malaysia Defence Services Asia 2014 exhibition held last week in Medical pact between QRC, Qafco thriving Kuala Lumpur. The delegation’s visit comes amid preparations DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) yesterday services at all the six sites in Mesaieed industrial city. for Milipol Qatar 2014, which said that its Emergency Medical Technician “Even though covering a company as huge as in its 10th session, is scheduled (EMT) teams implemented 69 interventions Qafco, with its six plants that produce millions to be held from October 20 to from April 2013 to March 2014 for workers of of tons of fertilizers every year, is a tremendous 22 at Doha Exhibition Centre. Qatar Fertiliser Company (Qafco). Of the total challenge that calls for constant alertness and The Qatari delegation included 69 interventions, 29 required urgent action to proficiency, everything is going very smoothly, Brigadier Nasser bin Fahad Al rescue victims of accidents and 40 were nor- and the medical teams are doing their job per- Thani, Chairman of the Milipol mal health problems that were referred to fectly, with no inconveniences at all,” said Saleh Committee, and Brigadier Saud specialised clinics. bin Ali Al Mohannadi, Secretary General, QRC. Rashid Al Shafi, member of the QRC, in October 2012, had signed agreement with QRC’s EMT teams showed complete prepar- Committee, as well as Director Qafco to provide medical support and coverage for its edness and immediate response when receiving of the Milipol Paris Michael workers in the form of resident ambulance and EMT emergency calls. THE PENINSULA Weatherseed. QNA

Maersk Oil invites applications for scholarship plan DOHA: Diligent high school and uni- addition to internal Maersk Oil interviews oilfields like Al Shaheen, offshore Qatar, these versity students can now apply for a and tests. Applications for the scholarships scholarships are helping us to attract the best study scholarship in the Maersk Oil are taken throughout the year. and brightest but more importantly they are High Achievers Scholarship Programme. Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad Al-Thani, Maersk also helping to build capacity in the country.” The programme, which targets Qataris Oil Qatar’s deputy managing director, said: Maryam Al Abdallah, a student at Texas studying the higher education disci- “We are committed to making a real and A&M University is one of the recipients of the plines of Engineering, Law and Business meaningful contribution to Qatar through Maersk Oil High Achievers Scholarship. 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THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Four French Polling in Libya 29 killed in Iraq scribes freed violence RAMADI, IRAQ: Violence in Iraq killed 29 people yesterday, most of them militants who died by Syria rebels in a security forces assault that pushed them out of an area west of Baghdad, officials said. Relief after ten-month ordeal Anti-government fighters have held shifting parts of Anbar pro- PARIS: Four French journal- learnt of the liberation of the vincial capital Ramadi and all of ists taken hostage in Syria last four Frenchmen “with immense the city of Fallujah, both west of year were freed yesterday after relief”. Baghdad, for more than three a 10-month ordeal in the world’s “I share the joy of the fami- months, with security forces still most dangerous country for the lies of our compatriots who have struggling to bring parts of the media. endured... the fear of this trying province back under government French President Francois time,” Hollande said. control. Early yesterday, security Hollande announced the release Francois, a highly respected forces assaulted the Al Hamira of Edouard Elias, Didier Francois, and experienced war reporter area south of Ramadi, retaking it Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres, for Europe 1 radio, and photogra- from militants, an army colonel saying they were “in good health pher Elias, 23, were taken north and a police lieutenant colonel said. despite the very challenging con- of the main northern Syrian city The fighting killed 21 militants ditions of their captivity”. of Aleppo on June 6. and two soldiers, the officers said. Turkish soldiers found the four Henin, a 37-year-old reporter The crisis in the desert prov- men abandoned in no-man’s land for Point magazine, and freelance ince of Anbar erupted in late on the border with Syria over- photographer Torres, 29, were December when security forces night, wearing blindfolds and with seized two weeks later also in the A woman dips her finger in a bottle of ink before voting in the municipal election at a polling station in dismantled Iraq’s main Sunni their hands bound, the Turkish north of the country, at Raqqa. Benghazi, Libya, yesterday. Arab anti-government protest news agency Dogan reported. The four men were to return to camp just outside Ramadi. They had been captured in two France early yesterday. Militants subsequently seized separate incidents in June last “We don’t know what to say, parts of Ramadi and all of year while covering the conflict we are very happy obviously, but Egyptian leftist Fallujah, the first time anti-gov- in Syria. we are completely overwhelmed,” Brotherhood leader gets ernment forces have exercised Footage of the journalists Elias’s grandmother Josette such open control in major cit- broadcast on Turkish television Dunand told AFP. submits papers ies since the peak of the deadly showed them looking unkempt, Henin’s father Pierre-Yves violence that followed the US-led with beards and long hair, but Henin told AFP the men were for election jail for insulting judiciary invasion of 2003. they appeared to be in good “about to get on a plane to come In Mishahada, north of health. “I’m very happy to be back”, and that their morale was CAIRO: Egyptian leftist CAIRO: An Egyptian court sen- Beltagy accused the prosecu- Baghdad, a suicide bomber tar- free,” said 53-year-old Francois. “particularly good”. Hamdeen Sabbahi yester- tenced a leading figure of the tion of colluding against Muslim geted an army base yesterday, “We thank the Turkish authori- He told BFM-TV the family had day submitted the documents Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Brotherhood leaders. killing at least four soldiers and ties because they really helped us. been aware of recent “contacts”, required to run in next month’s El Beltagy, to one year in prison “The court has decided to wounding six, and bombings in And it’s very nice to see the sky, and had hoped they would “prove presidential election, in which yesterday for insulting the judici- imprison the accused, Mohamed the capital itself killed at least to be able to walk and to be able fruitful”, but that the news that he is likely to be the only rival ary, the first sentence handed to El Beltagy, for one year on charges two people. Militants frequently to speak freely.” his son was free was nonetheless to former army chief Abdel a leader of the organisation since of insulting the judiciary,” a senior target members of Iraq’s secu- The Turkish soldiers initially a surprise. Fattah Al Sisi. it was outlawed last year, secu- court official said. rity forces, some of whom lack took them for smugglers but took The head of Europe 1 Denis Sabbahi is currently Sisi’s sole rity and judicial sources said. The army forced Mursi, the adequate training and discipline. them to a police station in the Olivennes described emotional challenger after lawyer Mortada Beltagy is standing trial along country’s first freely-elected pres- Security forces face a major test small town of Akcakle near the scenes in the office. Mansour announced he was with- with former president Mohamed ident, from power last July follow- on April 30 in Iraq’s first parlia- border when they realised they “It is an immense joy, we are in drawing his candidacy, although Mursi and 13 other Muslim ing mass protests against his rule. mentary election since American were speaking French. tears,” he said. “We have endured there is another day before the Brotherhood leaders on charges It then launched a crackdown forces left at the end of 2011. Around 30 foreign journalists 10 months of terrible anxiety and expected end of the registra- of inciting the killing of protest- against his organisation, arresting While they were able to keep covering the Syrian civil war anguish. Now they are freed, I tion period. Sisi, who is riding ers outside the presidential pal- thousands on accusations of vio- violence to a minimum during have been seized since the conflict have no words to describe how it a wave of popularity after oust- ace during unrest in late 2012. lence. The Muslim Brotherhood provincial polls last year, the began in March 2011, and many feels.” There had been some indi- ing Islamist president Mohamed Yesterday ’s sentence was for a was labelled a terrorist organisa- security forces have failed to halt are still missing. cation that a release was possible Mursi, is widely expected to win separate charge of insulting the tion last year. a subsequent year-long surge Hollande told AFP he had in recent days. AFP the May 26-27 election. AFP judiciary during the hearing after REUTERS in unrest. AFP SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

S Sudan govt Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade struggles amid rising unrest Over 100 killed in cattle raid

JUBA: South Sudan’s army state, Warrap state Information said yesterday they had “lost Minister Bol Dhel told the communication” with com- UN-backed Miraya FM radio, manders battling rebels in a adding that police and soldiers key oil state where rebels have then chased the attackers, seized a major town, amid a killing 85. worsening conflict engulfing the Raids between rival communi- young nation. ties are common, and it was not However, army spokesman immediately clear if the cattle Malaak Ayuen said the situa- raid was connected to the ongo- tion was “all calm” in the flash- ing conflict, but the civil war has point town of Bor, where at least exacerbated existing bitter divi- 58 people were killed and more sions between ethnic groups. than 100 others wounded when Bentiu, one of the most bitterly gunmen stormed a UN base on contested regions in the war, is Thursday. the first major settlement to have The UN Security Council called been retaken since the rebels the attack on the camp where started a renewed assault. thousands of civilians were shel- Rebels said the army had fled tering an “outrage” that may Bentiu in disarray and that they “constitute a war crime”. had seized large amounts of mili- Among the dead were children, tary equipment including artil- and the UN has warned that the lery, but the army dismissed the death toll could increase. reports and said it was staging a An armed Palestinian member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, a group linked to the Fatah movement, addresses a press conference at the Balata The top UN official in the counterattack. refugee camp, close to the northern West Bank city of Nablus yesterday, to warn the Palestinian authority against its pursuit of the Brigade’s mem- war-torn nation, Toby Lanzer, However, military headquar- bers in the West Bank. praised peacekeepers for pre- ters in the capital Juba said they venting what could have been a had not been able to get through massacre of up to 5,000 people, to troops fighting on the ground and vowed the world body would since Thursday. use “lethal force” again to keep “There is a problem of lost civilians under their protection communication... the telephones Youth lose hope after Bouteflika victory from harm. are not going through,” Ayuen In the north of the country in said. It was not immediatly clear ALGIERS: A day after desire to rule. His generation Although Bouteflika remains in which young people will play the troubled oil-state of Unity, what has happened to the gov- Algeria’s ailing President will never agree to pull back and very popular with many Algerians a key role. the army is fighting rebels loyal ernment force in Unity state, but Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a make room for younger people,” for helping to end a devastating “Youths will have a major role to sacked vice president Riek rebels are reportedly extending fourth term, many young peo- said Kamel, a 36-year-old opposi- civil war in the 1990s, many oth- in this project and in the future Machar, after the insurgents attacks, including in the Melut ple in the oil-rich nation wonder tion MP. ers have been clamouring for direction of the party,” an aide, launched a renewed offensive and Renk areas of Upper Nile, if the next generation will ever “His promise to pass the torch change. Lotfi Boumghar, told AFP. targeting the young nation’s key another oil-producing state. have a chance to rule. (to the next generation) is noth- High youth unemployment Analysts have warned of rising oil fields. The conflict in South Sudan, Results announced on Friday ing but hot air,” he added. — 21.5 percent of under 35s instability in Algeria over social Rebel fighters recaptured which only won independence by Interior Minister Tayeb Belaiz Bouteflika’s campaign man- are jobless, according to the problems and the government’s the town of Bentiu on Tuesday, from Sudan in 2011 and is the showed that Bouteflika, 77, won ager Abdelmalek Sellal told AFP International Monetary Fund — failure to address them. with UN peacekeepers reporting world’s youngest nation, has 81.53 percent of the votes in an before the vote that the president widespread corruption and sec- They have also voiced fears that corpses littering the streets. left thousands dead and forced election marred by low turnout was determined to see young peo- tarian unrest have all been used things will stagnate in Algeria Meanwhile, over 100 people around a million people to flee and opposition claims of fraud. ple play a more efficient role in as arguments by youths and the because Bouteflika’s ill health have been killed in a cattle raid their homes. The fighting has His landslide came despite him the nation’s affairs. opposition to demand change. means his cronies will continue in South Sudan’s Warrap state, been marked by reports and not even campaigning in person Algeria has a population of Bouteflika’s main rival in the to run the show. a local information minister told allegations of atrocities by both for polling day on Thursday, when around 38.5 million people, three election, Ali Benflis, received just “It is clear that Bouteflika’s UN radio yesterday. sides, with ethnic massacres, child he made his first public appear- quarters of whom are younger 12.18 percent of the votes and has re-election cements continuity” “We lost about 28 civilians” soldier recruitment and patients ance since May 2012 to vote from than 35, and yet the key leaders alleged fraud. in Algeria, said analyst Rachid in an isolated cattle herders’ raped and murdered in hospitals a wheelchair. in Africa’s largest country are in Yesterday, the 69-year-old Grim. camp in the remote northern by attacking forces. AFP “Bouteflika is obsessed by the their 70s. said he will set up a new party AFP

Two killed in Yemen drone strike Bahrain car kills 13 militants explosion SANAA: An air strike killed 13 giant Saudi Arabia. suspected Al Qaeda militants Nasser Salem, a witness who DUBAI: Two people were in the central Yemeni province arrived at the scene after the killed yesterday when their car of Al Bayda yesterday, security strike, said: “We found a com- exploded in a Shia village in and tribal sources said. pletely burnt car and body parts Bahrain, the interior ministry “An air strike targeted cars strewn around and we started said, although it was unclear that suspected Al Qaeda militants picking them up,” he told Reuters. whether the vehicle itself had were in and killed 13 of them in The United States has stepped been targeted. the Sawma’a area of Al Bayda,” a up drone strikes as part of a A third person was wounded in security source told Reuters. campaign against AQAP, which the blast and taken to hospital as The tribal sources said a drone is based in Yemen. civil defence personnel were hurt had been circling Al Bayda for Yemen is among a handful in a separate explosion, the min- days and yesterday struck two of countries where the United istry said. cars the suspected militants were States acknowledges using drones, An uprising against the ruling in. Three civilians who happened although it does not comment on dynasty in the Shia majority king- to be in a nearby car were also the practice. dom began in 2011, and protesters killed, they said. Earlier this week, suspected still clash regularly with police. Yemen has been fight- Al Qaeda militants shot dead the “Two burned bodies and one ing Al Qaeda in the Arabian deputy governor of Al Bayda as he injured person were found” in a Peninsula (AQAP) — regarded by was leaving his home, according “civilian” car that exploded in the Washington as one of the most to a security official. Al Bayda has Shia village of Mughsha, the inte- lethal wings of the group — but seen serious security incidents in rior ministry said. AQAP still manages to carry the past. In December, 15 people on “Initial investigations have out significant attacks against their way to a wedding were killed shown that the blast was caused security forces in the poor Arab by an air strike after their party by explosive devices inside the country. Stability in Yemen is a was apparently mistaken for an car,” the official BNA news agency Anti-government protesters march during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemen’s Prime Minister top priority because of the coun- Al Qaeda convoy, according to cited the ministry as saying. Mohammed Salem Basindwa in Sanaa yesterday. try’s location next to oil exporting security officials. REUTERS No further details were given on whether the vehicle had been targeted directly or whether the blast had been accidental. Witnesses said they heard a loud bang shortly before the Iran says dispute over Arak N-reactor almost resolved car was gutted by fire, and that authorities cordoned off the area. In another Shia town, TEHRAN: Iran’s dispute with group of world powers were now years over concerns Tehran could With Tehran insisting the nuclear ambitions. The parties in Al Quraya, “a home-made bomb” world powers over its unfinished seeing eye to eye on the Arak theoretically extract weapons- reactor would create isotopes for the talks, which resumed when exploded, wounding several mem- Arak heavy water reactor has reactor after Tehran offered to grade plutonium from its spent medical and agricultural use, it self-declared moderate Hassan bers of the civil defence force “who been “virtually resolved,” it said make certain changes. fuel if it also builds a reprocessing has also made efforts in recent Rowhani took office as Iranian were in the process of extinguish- yesterday, less than a month “Our proposal (is) to redesign facility. months to allay relating concerns president in August, have not dis- ing burning tyres”. before nuclear talks seeking a the Arak reactor and to reduce Located 240 kilometres south- by agreeing to submit to the UN closed details about their content. “Three civil defence members permanent agreement. its plutonium production to one- west of Tehran, the reactor has nuclear watchdog updated design Yesterday Salehi alluded to sustained multiple injuries and The facility — whose remaining fifth,” Salehi said in remarks been plagued by a series of delays, information and finalise a safe- another issue being dealt with were admitted to hospital for components Iran cannot commis- posted in Arabic on the website however, and its stated comple- guards mechanism for it. at the negotiating table, saying a treatment and several others sion or install under an interim of Iran’s Al-Alam television. tion date of 2014 is expected to Tehran has been engaged in separate Iran-initiated proposal were treated on site for minor agreement struck in November “It was welcomed by the P5+1... slip back even further. negotiations with the P5+1 — sought to allow the country to injuries,” an English-language — is of international concern as the issue is virtually resolved,” he But a year after it eventually UN Security Council perma- keep its current centrifuges. statement said. Witnesses in it could theoretically give Tehran added without elaborating. comes on line, it could provide nent members Britain, China, “They will remain at the cur- Al Quraya told AFP that pro- a second route to a nuclear bomb. Western governments have Iran with an alternative to highly France, Russia and the United rent number of 20,000 for four or testers set tyres alight at the Nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi monitored the small research enriched uranium for use in a States, plus Germany — aimed at five years,” he said. entrance to the village. AFP said Iran and the so-called P5+1 reactor with alarm in the past few nuclear bomb. clinching a lasting accord on its AFP SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Islamists still Kiev pledges Easter ceasefire holding 85 Separatists hold firm; US warns of graver sanctions on Russia schoolgirls

KIEV/DONETSK: The Ukra- late on Friday. A spokeswoman clear it would depend on conces- in Nigeria inian government said it will not for the SBU state security service sions from his adversaries in the attack pro-Russian separatists said yesterday that the suspen- crisis over Ukraine. MAIDUGURI: Nigerian Isla- over the Easter weekend as its sion was “linked to the implemen- “I think there is nothing that mist militant group Boko US ally threatened Moscow with tation of the Geneva agreement would hinder a normalisation and Haram is still holding 85 girls it new sanctions if it fails to per- and the Easter holidays”. normal cooperation,” he said in abducted from a raid on a sec- suade the militants to surrender. “The anti-terrorist operation was an interview to be broadcast by ondary school in northeastern The Kremlin denies having put on hold for the Easter time and Russian state television in which Borno state this week, although control over gunmen who want we will be not using force against he commented favourably on the the other 44 were free, the state their eastern regions to fol- them at this moment,” Foreign appointment of a new head of government said yesterday. low Crimea in being annexed Minister Andriy Deshchytsia was Nato. “This does not depend on Monday’s mass abduction of by Russia. Moscow scolded quoted as saying by Britain’s BBC. us. Or rather not only on us. This schoolgirls aged 15 to 18 by Boko Washington for treating Russia On Friday, he warned the militants depends on our partners.” Haram, who are fighting for a like a “guilty schoolboy” follow- that “more concrete actions” could Russia denies preparing to breakaway Islamic state in north- ing their agreement in Geneva be taken next week if they failed to invade, despite massing thou- ern Nigeria, shocked Africa’s on Thursday that Ukrainian mili- start surrendering to international sands of troops on the frontier. A most populous country. tants should disarm and vacate peace monitors. Kremlin official said troops on the It also underscored just how occupied buildings. Deshchytsia met officials in border were there only as a precau- powerless Nigeria’s military is Ukraine’s government, short of Kiev yesterday from the OSCE, tion against any spillover of vio- at protecting civilians despite effective forces, has shown little a European security body that lence, not to interfere in Ukraine. a year-long state of emergency sign of trying to recapture the includes both Nato members and US President Barack Obama’s meant to flush the rebels out of dozen or so town halls, police sta- Russia. The OSCE will oversee Masked pro-Russian protesters stand guard outside a regional government officials made clear on Friday three states in the northeast. tions and other sites seized over implementation of the Geneva building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, yesterday. that Russia must prevail on sym- The Islamists attacked Chibok the past two weeks, despite pro- accord, under which Russia, pathisers in Ukraine to end the school, in remote Borno state, claiming the launch of an “anti- Ukraine, the United States and OSCE officials said there was so Western assertions that it is con- sit-ins within days or face graver which had 129 girls staying in it, terrorist operation”. European Union agreed to a proc- far no indication from militants trolling the Ukrainian activists. economic sanctions than limited on Monday. Most of them were The Foreign Ministry promised ess of disarmament and an end there that they had the “political After weeks of bitter mutual measures imposed after the sei- abducted, although the precise “the suspension of the active phase to occupations as part of wider will” to give up. On Friday, sepa- recriminations, Vladimir Putin zure of Crimea. Washington did numbers were not clear. of the anti-terrorist operation” programme to defuse the gravest ratist leaders said Russia’s signa- held out the prospect of better not spell out what further sanc- Borno state education com- among a list of government ini- East-West crisis since the end of ture on the Geneva deal was not relations with the West yesterday tions it might place on Russia. missioner Inuwa Kubo said in a tiatives to defuse the crisis issued the Cold War. binding on them. Moscow denies but the Russian president made REUTERS statement that 16 students had managed to flee back home dur- ing the night of the attack, while another 28 had escaped after being abducted. The other 85 3 dead in Belgium shooting were still missing. “We continu- Pope underscores plight of the suffering ally pray that all our students return in good health,” Kubo said. BRUSSELS: A couple and a young boy were shot dead The armed forces said that the in an overnight attack near the eastern Belgian city of ROME: The plight of immigrants, insecurity, unemployment, dismissals, Today, the Pope will deliver his military had freed all but eight of Liege, media reports said yesterday. the poor, the sick, the elderly, unem- an economy that rules rather than twice yearly “Urbi et Orbi” (to the the schoolgirls in a rescue opera- The woman was seriously wounded in the attack near ployed and prisoners dominated serves, financial speculation, suicide city and the world) blessing and mes- tion, but it retracted that state- the local sports ground in Vise, and died early yesterday Pope Francis’ Good Friday service among business owners, corruption sage. On Sunday, April 27, Francis ment a day later. Boko Haram’s of her injuries, the Belga news agency said. at Rome’s Colosseum. and usury, the loss of local industry.” will canonise Pope John Paul II, who five-year-old struggle is now seen The boy, whose age was given as nine or 10, was the The Pope, in the run-up to the sec- Others spoke of the plight of battered reigned from 1978 to 2005, and Pope as the main security threat to woman’s nephew. The Liege public prosecutors office was ond Easter of his pontificate, presided women, abused children, home-bound John XXIII, who was pontiff from Africa’s leading energy producer. investigating the killings but had not established how many at the traditional “Via Crucis” serv- and lonely elderly, prisoners who 1958 to 1963 and called the Second Kidnapping girls is a tactic people were involved in the attack, it said. The victims were ice around the ancient Roman ruin. endure torture, victims of organised Vatican Council, a landmark meeting Boko Haram, whose name means shot several times with a pistol, it added. The Pope listened intently as medita- crime and loan-sharks. that modernised the Church. “Western education is forbidden”, Belga cited local mayor Marc Neven as saying that a tions inspired by the 14 “stations of “Today, many of our brothers and Hundreds of thousands of people are began using early last year. The “man sitting in a car opened fire on a man, a woman and the cross” were read to the crowd of sisters, like Jesus, are nailed to a bed due to come to Rome for the canonisa- kidnapping occurred the same day a boy as they were returning home”. thousands holding candles. of pain, at hospital, in homes for the tions, the first time two popes are be a bomb blast, also blamed on Boko Other reports citing Neven said it appeared the killer One spoke of “all those wrongs elderly, in our families. It is a time of made saints at the same time and the Haram, killed 75 people on the edge or killers waited for the victims but there was no obvious which created the economic crisis hardship, with bitter days of solitude first canonisation of a pope since 1954. of Abuja, the first attack on the motive for the attack. AFP and its grave social consequences: Job and even despair,” another read. REUTERS capital in two years. REUTERS SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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lgeria’s ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has won a fourth term. And nobody is surprised, though a report said yesterday many young people in the Aoil-rich nation are disappointed, wondering if the Looking for laughs in Middle East next generation will ever have a chance to rule. Results announced on Friday showed that Bouteflika, 77, BY JOEL WARNER and PETER won 81.53 percent of the votes in an election marred by low about the government. But they’re sure found so much humor in the Palestinian MCGRAW turnout and opposition claims of fraud. His landslide came they’re funnier than Jordan. “Have you territories: The place is full of violations despite him not even campaigning in person for polling day heard the one about the Jordanian busi- waiting for some joker to make benign. on Thursday, when he made his first public appearance since veryone thought we nessman?” one of them asked. “Every It’s clear from the history of com- May 2012 to vote from a wheelchair. were crazy when we said morning before work he puts on his edy — from the romantic mix-ups of we were going to the shirt, tie and angry face.” Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s The Arab world is going through seismic changes and the Palestinian territories in Later, we got to know stand-up comic Dream” to the violent gags of “Jackass” old order is being knocked out in favour of the new. There search of comedy. You Adi Khalefa, who claims to be the fun- — that a lot of laughs can be mined is no country where the breeze of change is not blowing. In mean the war-torn region niest guy from Nazareth since Jesus. He from trouble and turmoil. It’s why countries like Tunisia, dictators were forced to relinquish Ethat’s been under Israeli occupation for talks about getting on a plane in Israel stories abound of humor taking root power after mass revolts, while in other countries the rulers decades? A place that’s synonymous and noticing a sign on the bathroom in Nazi concentration camps; it’s why with suicide bombers and Israeli army reading “Occupied.” hefty tomes have been written on the themselves initiated some changes to satisfy the public, incursions? “Not just Palestine is occupied, the wealth of “anekdoty,” or jokes, coined by even though some of these changes are not substantial. But Oh, sure, they’d crack. It’s going to bathroom on the airplane is occupied?” the Soviet citizenry during the dispir- Algeria has been an exception – the country has remained be hilarious. he cries, before launching into a faux iting years of the USSR. Mark Twain immune so far to the Arab Spring and when old leaders are But this is exactly what we discovered nationalistic chant: “From the river to understood this phenomenon perfectly; under pressure to vacate their chairs for the new generation, during our travels in the West Bank: the sea, our bathroom will be free!” he once remarked: “The secret source the ailing Bouteflika is gifting himself another term in power. lots of comedy. In a busy cafe in the Finally, we met the stars of “Watan of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is capital city, Ramallah, we met a young ala Watar,” Arabic for “Homeland on no humour in Heaven.” And there is not even an iota of opposition because the woman who considered it utterly hilar- a String,” the first Palestinian politi- But sorrow, trouble and turmoil have president has the entire country in his iron grip. ious that her parents had named her cal-satire TV show. Despite the fact done more than just give rise to a lot At the same time, it must be said to the credit of Hurriyah Ziada — Arabic for “extra that the programme aired on state- of comedy in the West Bank; such cir- Bouteflika that some Algerians freedom.” Nearby at Birzeit University, run television, no one was off limits: cumstances have also defined the very love him. His popularity comes we learned that Palestinian leaders, Israeli negotiators, essence of Palestinian humor. The jokes from the fact that he helped anthropologist Osama bin Laden, Barack Obama. we discovered were for the most part Sharif Kanaana One skit featured an Islamist judge dark, sardonic and self-deprecating. Ailing Algerian end a devastating civil war in has dedicated his in Gaza making eyes at a male court- These jokes, in other words, are what the 1990s, which killed tens of career to collect- room reporter. In another, Palestinian many people consider “Jewish humor,” President thousands of people. It’s the heart- We met ing and archiving Authority President Mahmoud Abbas the sort of wry self-ridicule folks associ- wrenching memories of the civil the thousands announced a peace deal with Israel — ate with Woody Allen and Larry David. Abdelaziz war which had stopped Algerians a young of Palestinian that is, Mahmoud Abbas the 13th, 500 (Not to mention all the other Jewish jokes he’s heard years in the future. jokesters who have long dominated the from taking to the streets when Bouteflika has woman who — including one In 2010, a polling organization found US comedy scene; a 1979 Time article some Arab countries erupted in considered it in which vari- that 60 percent of those in the West estimated that while Jews made up just gifted himself revolution. Revolutions are not ous heads of Bank and the Gaza Strip who’d seen 3 percent of the US population, they possible without spilling blood and utterly hilarious state meet with “Watan ala Watar” liked it — a far constituted 80 percent of all comedians.) another term. Algerians will baulk at doing that God and make higher approval rating than either of When you think about it, it makes would upset the hard-won peace. that her parents requests for the Palestinians’ main political parties. perfect sense that Jews and Palestinians their people. To We weren’t surprised to find comedy would employ similar approaches to In such a context, it’s the had named each, God says, so pervasive and popular in the West comedy. Both cultures are defined by duty of Bouteflika to hand over “Not in your Bank. That’s because we’re partial to struggle and hardship, so it’s only natu- power to the new generation. her Hurriyah lifetime.” Then the benign violation theory, a new expla- ral that they at times turn to humor Bouteflika’s campaign manager had said before the vote that Yasser Arafat, nation of what makes things funny that as a psychological salve, a form of self- the president was determined to see young people play a Ziada — Arabic the former McGraw, the academic half of our duo, preservation. They have learned to put more efficient role in the nation’s affairs. It’s not clear how Palestinian leader, has been developing with Caleb Warren, themselves down before their enemies for “extra asks for his peo- an assistant professor of marketing at have a chance to do so. the president is going to fulfill this promise, and there are no ple’s freedom. God Texas A&M University. According to the Is a shared sense of humor enough indications that he would do so. The president is too sick and freedom.” replies, “Not in theory, humor arises only when some- to solve the Israeli-Palestinian crisis weak to focus on governance and that job is likely to be done my lifetime.” thing seems wrong or threatening but is once and for all? Surely not — but a by people in his inner circle. We learned simultaneously seen as OK or safe. All few shared laughs is a step in the right Algeria has a population of around 38.5 million people, from a group of men sharing a bub- kinds of humor appear to fit the benign direction. bling hookah pipe one evening that violation theory: A dirty joke trades on (Joel Warner is a journalist in Denver. three quarters of whom are younger than 35, and yet the Palestinians are constantly gauging moral or social violations, but it’s going Peter McGraw is a marketing and psy- key leaders in Africa’s largest country are in their 70s. where they stand on the unofficial lad- to get a laugh only if the person listening chology professor at the University of Unemployment among the youth is high -- 21.5 percent of der of Arab comedy. They figure they’re is liberated enough to consider subjects Colorado at Boulder, where directs the under 35s are jobless. What the country needs is democracy less funny than Egypt, a place so full such as sex OK to talk about. Puns can Humor Research Lab. They are the and reforms• of jokesters that during the presidency be seen as linguistic violations that still coauthors of “The Humor Code: A Global of Gamal Abdel Nasser, a special intel- make grammatical sense. Search for What Makes Things Funny.”) ligence unit monitored wisecracks This theory also explains why we WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Talks with Taleban the day

he reason is simple: there is 60,000 people have already died in a its displeasure at the move, which target-precision attacks have served much unsaid between them decade of homegrown terrorism. was later covered up under various the purpose of eliminating terror outfits. than what is in black and white. If reports from cabinet discussions explanations. Last but not the least is the prob- TA lack of coordination and a are any indication, there seems to be The point is no one knows what the lem of so many fringe groups that have Our proposal (is) large number of interlocutors involved some sharp differences between the talks agenda is, what could be a pos- mushroomed, sharing the Taleban to redesign the in facilitating the peace process have Taleban and the government on the sible deal and if the nation would finally name. Going by the recent terror only helped in creating more obstacles. former’s demand of prisoner release. get some respite from the bloodshed. attacks in the country that were owned Arak reactor and to After a ceasefire of more than 46 To the dismay of the army and the As far as the foreign policy is con- up by new groups calling themselves days, the militants have unilaterally intelligence authorities, the govern- cerned, the government has a posi- pro-Taleban, the government seems reduce its plutonium decided to end the truce, and have ment had released some high-profile tive card to boast as American drone to be having more than a handful to indirectly blamed the powers-that-be members of the Taleban without strikes have come to an end as prom- handle. If the terror nexus survives, production to for torpedoing the talks. The finger is even disclosing their names and the ised by US President Barack Obama a wave of such attacks would deal one-fifth. It was pointed at the powerful army who, the rationale behind the deal and without in order to facilitate the talks. But this a death blow to the progressive and welcomed by the Taleban believe, is not on board or at clinching any concessions from the does not mean that the Pentagon forward-looking nation of 180 million Ali Akbar Salehi least not on the same wavelength with militants. and the State Department are con- people who believe in civil society and P5+1... the issue is the government. The country is now The commanders’ conference of the vinced, as many of the policy-makers the rule or law. Head of Atomic Energy back in the grip of fear as more than Pakistan Army has openly expressed have reservations and believe that KHALEEJ TIMES virtually resolved. Organisation of Iran SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 UN documents expose Assad starvation campaign Assad’s campaign to bring rebels to heel by cutting off food supplies in opposition-controlled areas is succeeding. The WFP’s increase in food distribution into the war- ravaged country was largely due to distressed Syrians fleeing into government-controlled areas where food aid is more readily available. BY JOHN HUDSON where food aid is more readily available. “The increase in distri- NTERNAL United Nations butions ... was to a large extent a documents show modest result of large population move- improvements in the deliv- ments from non-government ery of desperately needed controlled areas” to government- food inside rebel-controlled controlled areas “as people sought Iareas of Syria. But the documents refuge,” reads a UN document. also point to a mass exodus of Syria experts said that could only Syrians into areas controlled by mean one thing. President Bashar Assad in part “Only by coming over to the because the dictator is the only regime areas can internally dis- reliable source of life-sustaining placed peoples receive food,” said food. Andrew Tabler, a Syria analyst at The documents obtained by the Washington Institute for Near Foreign Policy track the success of East Policy. “That’s in keeping Syrian refugees walk past a makeshift market in the Zaatari refugee camp, a seven-square-kilometre camp that is home to more than 100,000 refugees. the UN’s World Food Programme with the Assad regime’s campaign (WFP) in the two months since to only provide food into regime the UN Security Council passed controlled areas and starve out of the difficulty of earning a liv- ceremonies of the Sochi Winter “Both sides have prevented in the grip of the Islamic State of a resolution demanding that besieged opposition controlled ing, particularly as the conflict Olympics. assistance from reaching peo- Iraq and Al Sham, a vicious jihad- Assad provide immediate access areas.” drags on.” Daniel Gorevan, a Syria spe- ple,” Etefa said. The WFP ist group. for relief workers. The new data The UN documents describe Other analysts emphasised the cialist at the humanitarian aid representative said the rebel The document set obtained by shows that the years-old UN effort a mass displacement of Syrians grim fate that some of the Syrians organisation Oxfam, said any groups controlling parts of FP also includes a set of maps has made some recent progress, from hard-hit opposition strong- may face who fled to government- news of increased food deliver- Deir Ezzour and Ar Raqqa that show the breakdown in aid with food supplies reaching a total holds in recent months: individ- controlled areas for food. “There ies is positive, but it’s equally prevented WFP from deliver- delivered to rebel-controlled areas of almost 415,000 people in hard- uals in rebel-controlled eastern is an element of people turning important for aid workers to ing food into northeast Syria versus opposition-controlled to-reach areas since the resolu- Aleppo moved to the govern- (themselves) over to the regime have regular access to dis- — all but isolating that part of areas between December 2013 and tion was approved in February. In ment-controlled western half who will be tortured,” said Joshua tressed Syrians, particularly the country. March 2014. the country as a whole, WFP was of the city; those in south and Landis, Director of the Center for near rebel-held territory. “We “Meanwhile, there are areas Although the maps show able to reach 4.1 million persons south-eastern Quneitra moved to Middle East Studies at Oklahoma need to see a much broader besieged by the Syrian govern- increases in aid to non-gov- in need in March, up from 3.7 mil- the region’s center and eastern University. sea change in humanitarian ment where access is denied or ernment regions, it also gives a lion in February. However, in a parts; those in rebel-controlled The new details about Syria’s access that goes across differ- where both sides have been unable broader view of how much more country where 9.3 million people Homs and rural Hama moved humanitarian emergency come ent areas,” he said. to negotiate a compromise that aid is delivered to government- are in need of steady humanitar- to government-controlled Hama at an important time in the The report doesn’t lay all will allow access, as is the case controlled areas -- data that has ian assistance, that means that City and Salamiya. three-year-long civil war. It’s of the blame at the feet of the in eastern and rural Aleppo,” she alarmed observers many more remain outside the Abeer Etefa, a spokesper- been nearly two months since Assad regime. Rebels, it says, said. “The WFP data is shocking UN’s reach. son for the WFP’s Middle East the Security Council adopted its also deserve blame for sometimes The chart linked here tracks and a major scandal,” said Oubai More distressingly, the docu- Region, said it was possible that first-ever resolution demand- blocking humanitarian access. every location that received new Shahbandar, a spokesman for the ments show that Assad’s cam- Syrians had multiple motives ing that Assad and the rebels In the documents, the UN says humanitarian access since the opposition Syrian Coalition. “The paign to bring rebels to heel for relocating. “People move for provide access for aid work- the reduction in aid distribution February Security Council reso- WFP has marginally, though not by cutting off food supplies in a variety of reasons including ers. Russia, which has an itchy points between June and February lution, including who controlled by much, improved its ability to opposition-controlled areas is problems of food supply, high trigger finger when it comes “was due in no small measure” the area at the time of the aid get into a small percentage of succeeding. The WFP’s increase food prices and access to assist- to vetoing Syria resolutions, to infighting between opposition delivery. liberated territories.” He empha- in food distribution into the war- ance (including food), as well as grudgingly agreed to allow groups controlling northeastern As you can see, some of the new sized that a majority of the aid ravaged country was largely due fleeing from fighting or persecu- that motion through to avoid areas of Syria. This is a point delivery areas include opposition is still filtered through the Assad to distressed Syrians fleeing into tion,” Etefa said in a statement. an unwanted public relations the WFP spokeswoman stressed strongholds such as Douma and regime. government-controlled areas “Increasingly they move because headache to cloud the ending again this week. the province of Raqqa, which is WP-BLOOMBERG Bangla factory collapse: No lessons learnt Obama administration’s BY JASON MOTLAGH droning fans and florescent light- While President Barack Obama ing. In the corner, a man affixed pivot to Asia falls short HEN I met Rajina tags to pink children’s jumpsuits BY DAVID NAKAMURA Aktar in February espouses workers’ rights, the US priced at five pounds sterling. Pacific free-trade pact at the core Wof last year, her eyes Though I had chosen the factory of a policy that aims to balance were still red and her memory at random, the fire code violations RESIDENT Barack military realignment with eco- still fuzzy from the toxic smoke military is sourcing clothing from were plenty: Evacuation maps Obama’s bid to focus US nomic initiatives. that had knocked her unconscious were covered with flyers, hoses Pattention on Asia has failed And Obama canceled par- three weeks earlier. The 15-year- sweatshops, according to a report were missing from their hinges, to meet the lofty expectations he ticipation in two Asian summits old had been sewing pockets onto stacks of boxes and piles of syn- set three years ago in a grand pro- because of the government shut- winter jackets when a fire broke thetic fabric blocked exits. It was nouncement that the new empha- down last fall. out at Smart Export Garments, from the International Labour not hard to imagine the worst. sis would become a pillar of his White House aides say they are an illegal factory on the out- A top garment producer admit- foreign policy. confident that the president will skirts of Dhaka, the capital of Rights Forum. ted to me that unauthorised sub- The result, as Obama prepares re-energize his Asia strategy by Bangladesh. Walking through the contracting remains standard to travel to the region next week, visiting seven countries this year ruins, I saw what appeared to be fire in 1911, when the deaths of 146 cleaned up its act or that it will practice across the industry. With has been a loss of confidence — Japan, South Korea, Malaysia handprints and scratch marks on garment workers in a New York continue to try to as Western con- so many variables threatening to among some US allies about the and the Philippines next week and the walls of the stairwell where City factory locked by its owners cern flags. disrupt production — political administration’s commitment at China, Burma and Australia in the eight workers were crushed to led to lasting safety reforms. Reports from independent fac- violence, strikes, electrical break- a time of escalating regional ten- fall. Obama met with the leaders death as 350 people tried to push Indeed, a year later, tory inspections conducted late downs — he still farms out some sions. Relations between Japan of the three East Asian nations on through a single locked exit. Bangladesh’s garment indus- last year painted a worrisome pic- work to meet deadlines. “There and South Korea are at a low the sidelines of a nuclear summit Someone had managed to carry try has improved. More than ture. Dangerously heavy storage will be subcontracting every day point not seen since World War in Europe last month. Aktar to safety. In the dank base- 150 mostly European companies loads sent cracks down walls and — you cannot stop it,” he told me II, and China has provoked both “Showing up matters a lot in ment room where she lived, she have signed the legally binding stressed sagging support beams. in his posh headquarters, flanked with aggressive maritime actions Asia. The good news is that it’s told me that with four relatives Accord on Fire and Building In some cases, basic fire equip- by a wall of framed audit certifi- despite a personal plea to Beijing pretty easily fixable,” said Benjamin to support and no education, she Safety in Bangladesh, while 26 ment was missing, and exit routes cates commending his company. from Vice-President Joe Biden in Rhodes, a deputy national secu- expected to return to the assem- predominantly American compa- didn’t lead outside. One of the best “Officially, the brands will say ‘No December. rity adviser. “We have the benefit bly line as soon as she recovered. nies, including Wal-Mart, Sears factories in the country — a client more,’ that they are controlling “Relations have gone from of knowing what success will look “There is nothing else,” she said. and Gap, have joined a separate of Hugo Boss, Marks & Spencer it. But unofficially, it will always being generally positive at the like — and if we achieve it, people Fires in the factories of alliance that commits them to and PVH, the parent company of happen, and they know it.” strategic level among the great will think it was worth it.” Bangladesh’s $20bn garment invest in safety upgrades (and Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger The US government is guilty powers to extremely difficult,” Despite that optimism, there is a export industry were occurring limits their liability when things — received multiple citations. of the same negligence. While said Kurt Campbell, a former feeling outside the administration an average of two to three times go wrong). The factories they And those are the front-line President Barack Obama assistant secretary of state who that the energy and enthusiasm a week then. I wrote for The source from are gradually being factories. The open secret in espouses workers’ rights, our helped conceive the Asia strat- that marked the launch of the pol- Washington Post that danger- upgraded, and monitoring is get- Bangladesh is that there’s a vast military is sourcing clothing egy. “It’s a much more challenging icy has been lost with the depar- ous conditions weren’t likely to ting better. Meanwhile, foreign underworld of off-the-books oper- from sweatshops, according to strategic landscape.” tures early last year of Clinton and improve as long as major Western government pressure, including ations that backstop the export a report from the International In a glitzy rollout in the fall national security adviser Thomas companies continued to send the suspension of US trade privi- industry. Sandwiched inside Labor Rights Forum. Military of 2011, Obama and Secretary of Donilon. Their successors, John high-volume orders and consum- leges for Bangladesh, helped lead apartment buildings, in base- retail stores known as exchanges State Hillary Rodham Clinton Kerry and Susan Rice, respec- ers continued to demand the low- to new labour laws that, at face ments and on rooftops, under- purchase millions of dollars worth announced that the United tively, have been focused foremost est possible prices. value, protect workers by mak- paid and overworked employees of apparel from Bangladesh each States would “pivot” away from on conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, Then came Rana Plaza. When ing it easier for them to organ- finish orders from larger compa- year without vetting supply long, costly wars in Iraq and a Middle East peace pact, and the eight-story building collapsed ize. Emboldened workers are nies under fierce pressure to stay chains. Instead, they rely on com- Afghanistan and ramp up engage- Iran’s nuclear program. on April 24, the scale of suffer- now speaking out against bad apace with fast fashion. Hidden panies with dubious track records ment to meet China’s rise. “For a lot of reasons, none egre- ing — more than 1,134 killed, 2,515 conditions, walking out if neces- from view, bosses are free to abuse to ensure safety compliance. That Instead, over the past year, the giously negligent, it adds up to us injured — seemed too great for sary. And their collective efforts workers and cut corners on safety. is why clothing designs bear- administration has been drawn not being there,” said Michael even the most apathetic compa- have secured a minimum-wage One afternoon last September, ing the Marine Corps logo were deeper into crises in traditional O’Hanlon, a defense analyst at the nies and governments to ignore. increase that will provide some I snuck inside a signless Dhaka found among the ashes at Tazreen hot spots in the Middle East and Brookings Institution. “Perceptions Haunting imagery fuelled protests financial security. factory to see for myself. On a Fashions, where 112 workers died Eastern Europe. Congressional are everything, and now the whole around the world. Parallels were But we’d be foolish to believe packed floor without windows, in a fire in November 2012. Democrats blocked Obama’s bid idea of the rebalance is at risk.” drawn to the Triangle Shirtwaist that the industry has thoroughly workers ironed T-shirts beneath WP-BLOOMBEG to speed up talks on a 12-nation IANS SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

100 arrested, Alarm over arms seized in Argentina raids BUENOS AIRES: Around 100 suspects were arrested and Brazil law to 85 weapons seized when police conducted dozens of simultane- ous raids in Buenos Aires prov- ince, Argentine authorities said yesterday. fight terror The massive police opera- tion in the southern edge of the capital comes amid a year-long Govt cites World Cup for move public safety state of emergency declared this month by the gov- BRASILIA: Human rights — are at risk of being conflated ernor of the province to fight a campaigners have sounded the as the government attempts to spike in violent crime and vigi- alarm about proposed Brazilian push World Cup-related legisla- lante action against it. anti-terrorism legislation that tion through congress. The police operations yester- they fear will be used to crack Humberto Costa, leader of the day also netted a reported 12 down on legal protests during Workers’ party in the Senate, says cars and 29 motorcycles, police the World Cup. an anti-terrorism bill is needed, body armour and drugs, as well as The government says that it but the bill now under discus- shotguns matching the type car- needs the new law before the sion has failed to define exactly ried by Argentine security forces. tournament, which kicks off on the crime of terrorism. “On the Buenos Aires Province June 12, because the high-profile contrary, it has created a kind of Governor Daniel Scioli, an ally of international event could be a open penalty with which the state President Cristina Kirchner with target for violent extremists. But is able to arbitrarily criminalise a aspirations to the presidency, lawyers, politicians, non-govern- considerable number of activities, on April 5 decreed the state of mental organisations (NGOs) and including social protest,” he said. emergency in the province that is protest organisers warn that the Amnesty International says home to 40 percent of Argentina’s current wording of a bill sub- the draft legislation could 40 million people. mitted to the Brazilian National worsen the already dire record The decree followed a series of Congress is dangerously vague of Brazil’s police in dealing with robbery-murders that triggered and could allow security forces public unrest and “puts freedom a furious response from people unprecedented powers to arrest of expression and the right to Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (left) says hello to six-month-old twins Oscar (centre) and Alyssa who attempted to lynch suspected demonstrators. Brazil currently peaceful assembly at risk”. McCabe held by their parents David and Jillian as she meets with families of service personnel lost during recent thieves. Some of them were has no anti-terrorism laws, partly Joao Tancredo, president of the conflicts, at Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Amberley, some 50km outside Brisbane, Australia, yesterday. beaten to death in the street. because — like many nations in lawyers’ group, the Institute of It frees up 600 million pesos South America — people remem- Defenders of Human Rights, said ($75 million) to ramp up security, ber how such legislation was the law in its current form was a including to pay for some 5,000 abused during the dictatorship step backwards because it could UK royals meet families of retired police officers to beef up era, which ended in 1985. frame protesters. “It’s not healthy patrols, Scioli said. Congress, though, is now con- for a country that intends to have He announced a decentral- sidering Bill 449, which would a just democracy to have laws like ised system for emergency calls, create a penalty of 15 to 30 years this,” he said. “You can’t compare Australian servicemen a “panic button” app for mobile in prison for “causing or inciting a protester to a terrorist. It’s irre- phones and measures against widespread terror by threatening sponsible. This is something that drug trafficking, which he blamed or trying to threaten the life, the not even the dictatorship did.” BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: next-generation Boeing fighter son George who remained in for the worst of the rise in crime. physical integrity or the health or President Dilma Rousseff, who Britain’s Prince William and his jet, offering his wife a tongue-in- Sydney yesterday. AFP liberty of a person”. must sign any bill into law, is on wife Kate met with the families cheek invitation as he climbed “It’s for George from us,” Elijah Advocates of the new law say the horns of a dilemma. As a of Australian soldiers killed in aboard. told the duchess. it is necessary measure to fill a former guerrilla tortured during recent conflicts yesterday and “Do you fancy jumping in the Prince George has been a big Vehicles burned gap in the legal system. Although the dictatorship, she has experi- took a front-row fighter jet seat back?” he joked. hit on his first tour abroad, win- Brazil has had no major terror- ence of the dangers posed by an as their tour headed north. Dressed in a blue and white ning a legion of his own fans in Brazil protests ist incident for many years, they overly powerful security appara- The royal couple were pre- poppy print dress from L K including six-month-old Alyssa say the country must be prepared tus. But she has also promised Fifa sented with a boomerang for their Bennett, the Duchess took McCabe, who was offered up by RIO DE JANEIRO: Four because of its growing interna- (the international governing body infant son, George, and delighted straight to the cockpit, keenly mother Jillian for a play-date and buses, a truck and two cars tional profile and is acting as host of association football) she will Olympians and ordinary folk inspecting the jet’s dials and held fast to Kate’s hand when were burned yesterday in Brazil to foreign sports fans, teams and minimise the risk of disturbances alike during a whistlestop tour of controls. introduced, prompting laughs when demonstrators took to the dignitaries. In addition, several during the World Cup and needs a Brisbane, Australia’s third-largest Poppies are a symbol of remem- about her “iron grip.” streets to protest the deaths of states that will host matches have smoothly run tournament to boost city. Huge crowds turned out to brance in the military community. Another, 10-month-old Grace two young men during police called for new powers to forestall her chances of re-election during greet the imperial pair, who began Air Force chief Air Marshall Farrelly, won the crowd over actions. or break up violent protests and presidential polls in October. their day at the Amberley Air Geoff Brown said the couple were during a later meet and greet The 17 and 21 year olds died to outlaw the wearing of masks The authorities have beefed up Force base with military formali- impressed by the Australian in central Brisbane with a flo- Friday and yesterday in Niteroi, such as those used by Black Bloc security and launched a major ties including a guard of honour weather compared with neigh- ral head-dress and pink t-shirt across the bay from Rio de extremists. This follows street ral- marketing campaign to mini- and flyover by two F/A-18 Super bouring New Zealand, where they emblazoned with “Marry Me Janeiro, local press reported. lies by more than a million people mise the likelihood of mass pro- Hornets. were last week. George”. After planting a tree One was killed when his motor- during the Confederations Cup tests during the World Cup and William, who trained with During their tour of the base at the base’s memorial garden cycle hit an armoured police vehi- last year and subsequent smaller, to prevent a repeat of the looting Britain’s Royal Air Force and twins Elijah and Tobee Dyer, the Duke and Duchess hosted cle, while the other was hit by more violent demonstrations. and vandalism carried out by an whose grandmother Queen aged three-and-a-half, presented a reception for the families of crossfire in a gun battle between Critics warn that the two chal- anarchist fringe of demonstrators. Elizabeth II is Australia’s head Kate with a tiny boomerang — an Australian troops killed in Iraq suspects and police, the Globo G1 lenges — terrorism and protest THE GUARDIAN of state, was first to inspect the Aboriginal tool — for her infant and Afghanistan. AFP news site said. AFP

Great cleanup ends Ex-Continuity Strong quake near IRA leader shot dead Papua New Guinea BOUGAINVILLE: An earth- past week or so, including a mag- in Belfast quake with a magnitude 7.5 nitude 7.3 on April 11, but there struck off Papua New Guinea have been no reports of major BELFAST: A former leading yesterday and a tsunami damage. figure in the Continuity IRA warning was briefly issued for “Certainly it has been very dissident republican paramili- the Pacific Island nation and active, more active than usual,” tary group has been shot dead, neighbouring Solomon Islands, said Jonathan Bathgate, a seis- Northern Irish police said but there were no immediate mologist at Geoscience Australia. yesterday. reports of damage. “(The spate of earthquakes) is Tommy Crossan, 43, once The quake, at a depth of relieving some pressure on this the Belfast leader of the Irish 10km, struck 68 km southwest faultline, but we can’t rule out Republican Army splinter group, of Panguna on the island of another large earthquake.” was shot several times on Friday Bougainville, the US Geological The quake would have been while sitting in an office in the Survey said, revising down the felt strongly on Bougainville and Northern Irish capital. magnitude from an initial 7.8. nearby islands, but given its posi- Police have arrested a 26-year- The Pacific Tsunami Warning tion on the so-called “Pacific Ring old man in connection with the Center later cancelled a tsunami of Fire” where earthquakes are killing. warning for Papua New Guinea frequent, extensive damage was Crossan, who had six chil- and the Solomon Islands and unlikely, Bathgate said. However, dren and five grandchildren, was there was no threat to neighbour- a local tsunami may have been gunned down at a fuel depot in ing Australia or across the Pacific generated, he added. Readings full view of surrounding houses. Ocean. showed a small wave had been “Mr Crossan was shot a Children play in the sand days after a BP announcement that it is ending its “active cleanup” on the Louisiana At least six strong tremors generated, the Pacific Tsunami number of times at close range coast from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, yesterday in Grand Isle, Louisiana. The Deepwater Horizon oil rig have hit near Bougainville in the Warning Center said. REUTERS in his upper body area as he sat exploded on April 20, 2010, killing 11 workers and spilling millions of gallons of oil. in the office of the business of a family friend,” detective super- intendent Jonathan Roberts told reporters. It was a “brutal and ruthless Iran calls seizure of Manhattan building attack on freedom attack which has no place in soci- ety,” he said. “Mr Crossan was known to DUBAI: Iran yesterday criti- high-rise to families affected by and negates America’s commit- at the United Nations over his In a 2009 lawsuit, the police, but no matter what his cised a US government move to alleged Iranian-aided attacks, ment to protecting its citizens’ role in the 1979-81 hostage crisis Manhattan US Attorney’s office lifestyle was, absolutely nothing seize a Manhattan skyscraper including the 1983 bombing of the religious freedom.” at the US embassy in Tehran. But claimed the Alavi Foundation was justifies this barbaric action. owned largely by a foundation US Marine barracks in Beirut. “Confiscation of the proper- they are unlikely to significantly controlled by Iran, citing the two “One line of inquiry centres on that promotes its language and The settlement marks the lat- ties of an independent charity affect the current nuclear talks minority owners as Assa Corp and individuals or groups who would Islamic culture, saying this vio- est turn in a long-running battle organisation raises doubt about between Tehran and world pow- Assa Co Ltd, both shell companies associate themselves with dis- lated the right to religious free- over the 36-storey building owned the credibility of US justice,” she ers, including the United States. financed by Iran’s national Bank sident groupings.” Crossan, who dom in the United States. chiefly by Alavi Foundation, a was quoted as saying by the offi- Iran’s moderate new president, Melli. And, last year, a federal was believed to have been the According to a court document non-profit Persian and Islamic cial IRNA news agency. Hassan Rowhani, has strongly court ruled that the skyscraper subject of a death threat, was filed in New York on Thursday, cultural centre. The latest row came as US pursued a deal with the West in was subject to government forfei- once the CIRA’s Belfast leader the US Department of Justice Iran’s foreign ministry spokes- President Barack Obama signed a order to escape ruinous interna- ture for “shielding and concealing but had been expelled from the agreed to distribute proceeds woman Marzieh Afkham said the law on Friday barring an Iranian tional sanctions imposed on his Iranian assets” in violation of US group some years ago. AFP from the sale of the Fifth Avenue decision “lacks legal justification diplomat from serving as an envoy country. sanctions law. REUTERS SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Philippines Captain defends action; bodies found boosts MERS Divers begin to locate bodies inside the submerged South Korea ferry; skipper arrested monitoring after

JINDO, South Korea: Divers “Instead of dispatching two UAE nurse scare began to locate bodies yester- divers at a time, we’re going to day inside a submerged South send up to 10,” said senior coast- MANILA: The Philippines said Korean ferry as the detained guard officer Choi Sang-Hwan. Saturday it was stepping up its captain defended his decision Earlier yesterday captain Lee defences against the deadly to delay evacuation of the ship and the two crew members were MERS virus, with the large when it capsized nearly four paraded before TV cameras at numbers of Filipino workers in days ago with 476 people on their arraignment, dressed in the Middle East seen as poten- board. dark raincoats with their hoods tial carriers. Investigators arrested cap- pulled up and their heads bowed. “It is important that families, tain Lee Joon-Seok and two of Questioned as to why pas- friends and members of their his crew early in the morning. sengers had been ordered not to local communities fully under- All three have been criticised for move for more than 40 minutes stand all that must be known abandoning hundreds of passen- after the ship first foundered, Lee about the MERS coronavirus,” gers trapped in the ferry, as they insisted it was a safety measure. Health Secretary Enrique Ona made their own escape. “At the time a rescue ship had told a news conference. Lee was charged with negli- not arrived. There were also A male Filipino nurse who had gence and failing to secure the no fishing boats or other ships tested positive for the MERS safety of passengers in violation around to help,” Lee said. (Middle East Respiratory of maritime law. “The currents were very strong Syndrome) virus in the United Thirty-three people have been and the water was cold at that Arab Emirates returned to the confirmed dead in the disaster, time in the area. Philippines on Tuesday, according but 269 are still missing — most “I thought that passengers to the health department. of them children on a high school would be swept far away and fall The man was later tracked down holiday trip. into trouble if they evacuated and quarantined, along with rela- As the arrests were being thoughtlessly,” he added. tives who picked him up at Manila made, dive teams who had spent Experts have suggested many airport, as part of the increased two days vainly battling powerful more people might have escaped monitoring procedures, but all of currents and near zero visibility, if they had moved to reach evacu- them were subsequently found to finally penetrated the passenger ation points before the ship listed be free of the virus, Ona said. decks of the 6,825-tonne Sewol. sharply and water started flood- Health authorities were contin- “Civilian divers spotted three ing in. uing to track the rest of the 418 bodies through a window,” a sen- The relatives camped out in passengers on the same Etihad ior coastguard officer said. the Jindo gym — most of them People participate in a prayer service for the safe return of missing passengers from the sunken South Korean Airways flight, including 45 for- They attempted to break parents of high school students ferry Sewol, at the Jogye temple in Seoul, yesterday. eigners, so they could also be through the window but failed and — have sharply criticised the pace tested, he added. The virus has a had to surface without retrieving of the rescue operation, accus- For those relatives ready to of Seoul. heavy cargo manifest — includ- two-week incubation period, so all the bodies, he explained in a brief- ing officials of incompetence and accept the worst outcome, the The unfolding tragedy was ing more than 150 vehicles — and those passengers “are still deemed ing to relatives of the missing. indifference. coastguard had set up a tent near compounded by the apparent sui- destabilised the vessel, causing it to be at risk”, Ona said. The relatives, who have been Only 174 were rescued when the the gym to take DNA tests to cide on Friday of the school’s vice to list heavily and then capsize. A total of 119 passengers had so sleeping in a gymnasium on Jindo ferry sank and no new survivors facilitate eventual identification principal, Kang Min-Kyu, who Captain Lee confirmed he was far been contacted by the health island near the scene of the dis- have been found since Wednesday. of recovered bodies. was seemingly overcome by guilt not at the helm when the ship ran department, and all 40 who were aster, were shown video footage Nam Sung-Won, whose “Up until yesterday, I was still at having survived the sinking. into trouble. tested yielded negative results, from one dive. 17-year-old nephew was among hanging on to some hope,” said Initial questioning of the cap- The ship was being steered by Ona said. Even with a powerful under- the missing, said the clock was Han Mi-Ok, whose teenage son tain has focused on what actually a 55-year-old helmsman identi- While the World Health water flashlight, visibility was fast running down on the hope was listed as missing. caused the ferry to sink. fied by his surname Jo, under the Organisation has not declared a measured in inches as the diver that some may have survived. “But today I’m bracing myself Tracking data from the supervision of the female third MERS epidemic, the Philippines was seen groping his way blindly “We don’t have much time. for the worst,” she said yesterday Maritime Ministry showed the officer. has stepped up monitoring as it along the side of the ship with the Many people here believe this is before entering the tent to pro- vessel made a sharp turn just “It may have partly been my has a large number of workers in help of a pre-attached rope. the last possible day for finding vide a sample. before sending its first distress fault,” Jo said at the arraignment. the Middle East, many of whom Additional ropes were being trapped passengers alive. More than 350 of those on board signal. “But the steering gear rotated work in Saudi Arabia and the UAE attached ahead of a major push “After today, hope will be gone,” were students from Danwon High Some experts believe a tight unusually fast.” which have both reported cases. to get more rescuers inside. Nam said. School in Ansan city just south turn could have dislodged the AFP AFP

Death toll Japan begins military climbs to at least 13 in expansion after 40 years YONAGUNI: Japan began its exact enemy when discussing its Everest tragedy first military expansion at the defense strategy but it makes no western end of its island chain secret it perceives China gener- KATHMANDU: Rescuers in more than 40 years yester- ally as a threat as it becomes an recovered the body of one moun- day, breaking ground on a radar Asian power that could one day tain guide yesterday after an station on a tropical island off rival Japan’s ally in the region, the ice avalanche swept the lower Taiwan. United States. slopes of Mount Everest, bring- The move risks angering China, Japan, in its National Defence ing the death toll to at least 13 locked in a dispute with Japan Programme Guidelines issued in the deadliest accident on the over nearby islands which they in December, expressed “great world’s highest mountain. both claim. concern” over China’s military The avalanche struck a peril- Japanese Defence Minister buildup and “attempts to change ous passage called the Khumbu Itsunori Onodera, who attended the status quo by coercion” in the Icefall, which is riddled with cre- a ceremony on Yonaguni island sea and air. vasses and piled with serac — or to mark the start of construction, China’s decision last year to huge chunks of ice — that can suggested the military presence establish an air-defence identi- break free without warning. could be enlarged to other islands fication zone in the East China “We were tied on a rope and in the seas southwest of Japan’s Sea, including the skies above the carrying gas to camp when there main islands. disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islets, was a sudden hrrrr sound,” said “This is the first deployment further rattled Tokyo. Ang Kami Sherpa, 25, one of at since the US returned Okinawa Japanese and Chinese navy least three survivors flown by Malaysian Defence Minister and acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (centre), Deputy Minister of (1972) and calls for us to be more and coastguard ships have played helicopter to Kathmandu. “We Foreign Affairs, Hamzah Zainudin (left) and Deputy Minister of Transport Aziz Kaprawi at a press meeting in Kuala on guard are growing,” Onodera cat-and-mouse around the unin- knew it was an avalanche but we Lumpur yesterday. told reporters. “I want to build an habited islands since Japan couldn’t run away or do anything. operation able to properly defend nationalised the territory in 2012. “There was a big chunk of islands that are part of Japan’s Japanese warplanes scrambled snow that fell over us and swept territory.” against Chinese planes a record us away. It looked like clouds, all Search for MH370 at ‘critical The military radar station on 415 times in the year through to white,” he said in a hospital inten- Yonaguni, part of a longstanding March, the Defence Ministry said sive care unit where he was being plan to improve defence and sur- last week. treated for a blood clot on his leg juncture’: Malaysian minister veillance, gives Japan a lookout Tapping concern about China, and facial injuries. just 150km from the Japanese- Abe raised military spending last Climbers declared a four-day halt held islands claimed by China. fiscal year for the first time in 11 to efforts to scale the 8,848-metre KUALA LUMPUR: The effort The Australian-led search in aviation history — wears on, Building the base could extend years to help bolster Japan’s capa- summit and, while some decided to to find missing flight MH370 effort is relying on a single US authorities have indicated alter- Japanese monitoring to the bility to fight for islands with a abandon their mission, others said is at a “very critical juncture”, Navy submersible sonar scan- native methods may be needed, Chinese mainland and track new marine unit, more longer- they would go ahead after talking to Malaysia’s transport minis- ning device to scour an uncharted including deeper-diving devices. Chinese ships and aircraft cir- range aircraft, amphibious assault their guides. All of the victims were ter said yesterday as authori- seabed at depths of around 4,500 Hishammuddin reiterated this, cling the disputed crags, called vehicles and helicopter carriers. sherpa mountain guides. ties mull whether to reassess a metres or more. saying adjustments “may include the Senkaku by Japan and the Japan’s thousands of islands give “Everyone is shaken here at challenging search of the Indian Technical hitches, including widening the scope of the search” Diaoyu by China. it nearly 30,000km of coastline to Base Camp. Some climbers are Ocean seabed that has so far the fact that the torpedo-shaped and adding the number of deep- The 30sqkm Yonaguni is home defend. packing up and calling it quits, found nothing. Bluefin-21 is operating at the sea sonar vessels from commer- to 1,500 people and known for Onodera’s groundbreaking cer- they want nothing to do with “The search for today and extent of its depth limit, have cial entities such as oil companies. strong rice liquor, cattle, sugar emony on Yonaguni took place s this,” Tim Rippel of Peak Freaks tomorrow is at a very critical made for a slow-going operation. He stressed the search would not cane and scuba diving. Prime four days before President Barack Expeditions wrote in a blog. juncture. So I appeal for every- Launched from an Australian be abandoned. “By Monday, I feel Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision Obama lands in Tokyo for a sum- Shocked relatives wondered body around the world to pray and naval vessel, the device has so far we will be in a better position to to put troops there shows Japan’s mit with Abe, the first state visit how they would cope without the pray hard that we find something made six deep-sea scanning runs see what needs to be done,” he said. concerns about the vulnerability by a US president in 18 years. men who take huge risks to earn to work on,” Transport Minister but has detected nothing. “As for today and tomorrow, of its thousands of islands and the The United States, which under up to $5,000 for a two-month Hishammuddin Hussein said. Australia’s Prime Minister we will use the assets that are perceived threat from China. its security pact with Tokyo has expedition — around 10 times Malaysia was already in discus- Tony Abbott on Thursday set a already available there and pray The new base “should give pledged to defend Japanese terri- average annual pay in Nepal. sions with private companies on one-week deadline to locate the that something positive comes Japan the ability to expand sur- tory, has warned China about tak- “He was the only breadwinner in the possible use of more deep-sea plane using the sub. out. And if that happens, that veillance to near the Chinese ing any action over the disputed the family,” said 17-year-old Phinjum vessels if the mini-submarine cur- “We have pursued every pos- planning which I detailed to you, mainland,” said Heigo Sato, a pro- islets, but has not formally recog- Sherpa, as she waited for the body rently searching the ocean floor sible lead presented to us at this will not be required.” fessor at Takushoku University nised Japan’s claim of sovereignty of her uncle, Tenji Sherpa, at a fails to make a breakthrough, stage, and with every passing day Yesterday, up to 11 military air- and a former researcher at the over the territory. Buddhist monastery in Kathmandu. Hishammuddin added. the search has become more diffi- craft and 12 ships were search- Defense Ministry’s National Many of the islanders on “We have no one to take care of us.” The Boeing 777, which vanished cult,” Hishammuddin, who is head- ing for the plane, Australia’s Joint Institute for Defense Studies. nearby Yonaguni are looking for- Although relatively low on the on March 8 carrying 239 people, ing up the Malaysian government’s Agency Coordination Centre “It will allow early warning ward to hosting the radar base mountain, climbers say the ice- is believed to have crashed in deep response to MH370, told reporters (JACC) said, with a visual search of missiles and supplement the and the 100 troops who will man fall is one of the most dangerous remote waters far off Western in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. being carried out over a total area monitoring of Chinese military it because of the economic boost places on Mount Everest. Australia, though no trace of it As the search and rescue effort of 50,200sqkm. movements.” it will bring. REUTERS has been found. — expected to be the costliest AFP Japan does not specify an REUTERS SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN

Musharraf flies Welcome breakfast to Karachi for medical tests Hearing in murder case tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s hospital depending on security,” embattled former military she said. ruler Pervez Musharraf flew to An AFP correspondent said Karachi yesterday to undergo armoured vehicles and rangers medical tests, according to close were being deployed outside the aides, two days before he is due Naval hospital in Karachi. to appear in court in Islamabad. After his indictment for trea- It is the first time that the son in March, Musharraf asked former president, who will be to be allowed to visit his mother, staying with his daughter in who is in her 90s, in the United Karachi, has left Islamabad after Arab Emirates. being indicted in a high treason But he was denied permission case by a special court last month. to leave the country due to the Musharraf is due to appear cases pending against him. in court in person in Islamabad The treason charges relate to tomorrow in the murder case of Musharraf’s 2007 imposition of a slain Baluch nationalist leader, emergency rule, shortly before the or face arrest. Supreme Court was due to rule But his aides insisted his visit on the legality of his re-election to Karachi had been pre-planned. as president. “He was planning to spend He then arrested and sacked some time with his daughter there the country’s top judges, including An Afghan vendor serves up chicken soup as breakfast for customers in Jalalabad yesterday. Afghanistan remains at war, with civilians among the as his wife is in Dubai taking care the chief justice, who challenged of his ailing mother,” Afshan Adil, his decision. hardest hit as the Taliban wage an increasingly bloody insurgency against the government. a close aide and lawyer told AFP. The ex-general, who seized “He is also supposed to undergo power in 1999 and resigned in some diagnostic tests in a Navy- 2008, has pleaded “not guilty” to run hospital there,” she added. the treason charges. It was unclear whether Musharraf is also on bail in Musharraf would return to the three other major cases linked to Hot power struggle hits Pakistanis federal capital for the Monday his time in power. court hearing. Earlier this month, a Pakistani ISLAMABAD: The miser- shut off to avoid total system In recent years, summer elec- government’s election pledge of Musharraf left his heavily court hearing the murder case of ies of summer have come early failure. tricity riots have caused added fixing Pakistan’s power crisis. guarded farm house in Islamabad Baluch nationalist leader Nawab for Pakistanis living in towns Across the province, people strife in a country already bat- With many private consumers, around 7pm (1400 GMT) last Akbar Bugti ordered Musharraf where people have grown used complain of sleepless nights in hot tered by violence from Islamist as well as some federal ministries evening. to appear in person on April 21 or to getting their electricity for houses, food going off as refrigera- militants, separatist groups and and provincial governments, Two armoured vehicles face arrest. free. As the government gets tors thaw, and children unable to criminal gangs. “In summer refusing to pay their bills, vast escorted him to the airport, with Bugti, who was killed in a tough on electricity thieves, do homework in the dark. there will be problems,” predicts amounts of debt builds up within surrounding roads closed to the military operation, led an armed scores of towns in the impover- The cause of their distress is the minister. “The people will the energy sector, forcing power public and a heavy contingent of campaign to press for provincial ished provinces have been hit by Pakistan’s energy minister, who is come out and burn our offices, companies to turn off their plants rangers and police deployed along autonomy and a greater share of power cuts weeks before soar- implementing a tough policy that but we will not succumb to this for long periods. the route. profits from Baluchistan’s natural ing temperatures traditionally cuts off communities where most blackmail.” Power cuts lasting up to half An AFP photographer at resources. push demand far beyond supply. people do not pay their bills. There have already been pro- the day have badly damaged the Islamabad airport said rangers Musharraf came to power in “The electricity has just dis- “If towns don’t pay, we shut tests, with residents across KP economy, particularly the coun- had taken control of the area and a bloodless coup in 1999, depos- appeared,” said Sheraz Khan, them off,” said Khawaja Asif, blocking roads. On Wednesday, try’s important textile industry, the VVIP lounge evacuated before ing then-prime minister Nawaz a resident of Bannu, one of the the man responsible for fixing protesters in the frontier town of which has had to lay off hundreds Musharraf’s arrival. Sharif, who won re-election in ramshackle cities of Khyber Pakistan’s failing power system. Tank burnt tyres, held a “mock of thousands of workers. Asia Ishaq, an official of 2013 when Pakistan underwent Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. “I am getting all these complaints funeral” for the chief minister There is no issue more pressing Musharraf’s All Pakistan Muslim the first civilian handover of With power off for almost the from [other members of parlia- of KP and threatened to boycott for the governing faction of the League (APML) said the visit was power since its creation in 1947. entire day, Khan is regretting his ment] saying: ‘We haven’t had any government vaccination drives. Pakistan Muslim League (PML- planned “weeks before” and that Facing impeachment follow- decision to invest in a car bat- electricity in my area for the last But forcing consumers to break N), led by prime minister Nawaz a house in the affluent neigh- ing elections in 2008, Musharraf tery he hoped would store a lit- week,’” he said. “I sit down with the habit of not paying their bills Sharif. The party won a landslide bourhood of Clifton had been resigned as president, going into tle power to cover the periods of them and say: ‘In these places — or simply stealing electricity victory last May on the back of arranged. self-imposed exile in Dubai. what is known as “load shedding”, 92pc of people are not paying by dropping metal hooks on to public anger over the electricity “But he might stay at the Naval AFP in which electricity is completely their bills.’” power lines — is critical to the crisis. THE GUARDIAN Two Unicef Journalist survives bid on life Six arrested over employees KARACHI: Unknown gunmen Mir has long been a critic of the briefly to Mir on his mobile phone on motorbikes opened fire at a country’s powerful intelligence as he was under attack. prominent Pakistani television agencies and military for their “I spoke to him briefly when he sectarian killings abducted anchor on a busy road in the alleged role in the disappearance was escaping, he said they have southern port city of Karachi of thousands of people in the res- shot him and now they were fol- LAHORE: Pakistani police said yesterday, officials said. tive southwestern province of lowing him,” Jawad told AFP. yesterday they have arrested six in Karachi Hamid Mir, who hosts a popu- Baluchistan. “He has been shot thrice, in the men suspected of carrying out a lar talk-show on Geo News, was Last year, he survived a bomb pelvic, abdomen and thighs,” he series of high-profile sectarian ISLAMABAD: Gunmen have travelling to his office from the attack in Islamabad when a bomb added. killings in the eastern city of kidnapped two men working airport when his car came under planted under his car was defused Mir, who hosts the longest run- Lahore as part of the militant for the UN Children’s Fund attack, senior police official Peer before it could go off. ning talk-show on Geo News, had outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. from Pakistan’s southern city of Muhammad Shah told AFP. Karachi police chief Shahid complained of receiving death The arrests were a rare success Karachi, police said yesterday. “Four gunmen riding on motor- Hayat confirmed the incident threats from the country’s pow- for the police in the country’s bat- The two Pakistani men were bikes started firing at the car yesterday. erful intelligence agency. tle against homegrown terrorism on their way to a bus terminal to near Karsaz (around six kilome- “Hamid Mir has received three Last month Raza Rumi, a and on Friday they paraded the pick up some relatives when they tres from Jinnah International bullets but the doctors told me prominent television anchor suspects, whose faces were cov- were taken, the police official said. Airport) when Mir’s car was that he is out of danger,” Hayat known for his outspoken views ered with black cloth, before the The men were taken on Thursday passing through, he received three told AFP. against the Taliban, survived a media. night, he said. bullets in the lower parts of his Geo’s Islamabad bureau chief similar assassination attempt in “The six-member group So far, no ransom call had body,” Shah said. Rana Jawad said he had talked Lahore. AFP arrested, including the ringleader, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader Malik been received, he said, and it was has confessed to the high-profile Ishaq. unclear who was holding the men. killings of doctors, lawyers and The police officer asked not to be religious leaders of the Shia sect,” named since he was not author- Zulfiqar Hameed, a senior police known for his outspoken views ised to speak to the media. official, told AFP yesterday. against the Taliban. A spokeswoman for the UN The group — led by Abdul Rauf Rumi escaped the attack, how- Children’s Fund, also known as a faction of the banned Sunni ever his driver succumbed to his as Unicef, was not available to Muslim terror group Lashkar-e- injuries and died on the way to comment. Jhangvi (LeJ) — has confessed to hospital. The port city of Karachi is killing 16 people from the minor- In a press statement on Friday, Pakistan’s financial heart and ity Shia sect in Lahore over the the police said the suspects had home to 18 million people. Many last two years, Hameed said. confessed to receiving direct neighbourhoods are considered Pakistan is rife with sectar- instructions from LeJ leader Taliban strongholds, including ian clashes, with militant groups Ishaq. the area of Shorab Goth, which is linked to Al Qaeda and the Ishaq is known for his anti-Shia near where the men were taken. Taliban often attacking gath- views which he expresses openly In February, gunmen kid- erings by Shias, who constitute in public, inciting people to mount napped three Pakistani men some 20 percent of the country’s attacks on the minority group in working for the UN’s World predominantly Sunni Muslim Pakistan. Health Organisation in the north- population. He spent 14 years in prison on western town of Tank. They are Hameed said Rauf told investi- terrorism and attempted mur- still being held. gators that he joined the LeJ after der charges that were eventually Pakistan is plagued by kid- being impressed by its leader dropped in 2011 due to a lack of napping gangs. Foreigners and Malik Ishaq. evidence. wealthy Pakistanis are frequently “Rauf had joined Lashkar-e- But many believe that the case targeted and kidnappings are Jhangvi after meeting Ishaq and fell apart because of death threats reported on a near-daily basis. later he formed his own faction to judges and potential witnesses. Current hostages include an after developing differences with LeJ is regarded as the most American aid worker, the son of the top leadership,” he added. extreme Sunni terror group in a former prime minister, the son The group also confessed to Pakistan and stands accused of of a former provincial governor, A file picture of senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (second left) hosting an open air talk show in Islamabad. an attempted assassination last killing hundreds of Shias since its and many professionals such as Sitting next to him are Pakistani politician Hanif Abbasi (left), former cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan month of Raza Rumi, a promi- emergence in the 1990s. doctors and lawyers. REUTERS (second right) and journalist Ansar Abbasi. nent Pakistani television anchor AFP SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Heavy rains lash Punjab Doctor sent to CBI probe into custody in Tripura for cheating AGARTALA: A court in Tripura yesterday sent a Vadra’s land Kolkata-based doctor to 14 days judicial custody on charges of cheating two Tripura residents by taking money and promising their sons admission in medical deal sought colleges in Bangalore. Santanu Tathagata Pal, a radiologist who runs a clinic in Kolkata’s Salt Lake City, was Plea seeks quashing of CAG’s letter arrested earlier this week and presented before a court here yes- NEW DELHI: A plea has Department of Town and Country terday, police said. The court sent been filed in the Delhi High Planning (DTCP) issued hun- him to 14 days judicial custody, a Court seeking a CBI probe into dreds of licences for over 21,000 police spokesman told reporters. licences granted to several real acres of land spread over Gurgaon The court also allowed police estate developers, including and other parts of the state from to interrogate the doctor in jail. the one with which Congress 2005-2012. Pal and another doctor chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in- “Issuing of colony licences by Baichitra Sarkar took Rs4m from law Robert Vadra’s Skylight the DTCP in Haryana in the Dilip Bhaumik, a gynaecologist Hospitality Pvt Ltd is associ- name of an individual who is not and proprietor of a nursing home ated, for developing colonies in owner of a land is not only illegal in Agartala, and Rs3m from busi- Haryana. but also clear case of corruption nessman Sadhan Chandra Dhar Advocate M L Sharma moved within the provision of PC Act for getting their sons admitted in the high court, saying several 1988. To support or give undue Bangalore-based medical colleges licences were issued to develop- favour is an corruption what has last year. ers and builders for turning 21,366 been hatched in the Haryana col- Farmers clear rain water from their flooded wheat crop field on the outskirts of Amritsar yesterday. Heavy IANS acres of land into colonies. ony licence deal for Robert Vadra rains and strong winds have hit large areas of the northwestern state of Punjab. In the plea, he contended that and others,” the plea said. allocation of licences for devel- The public interest litigation oping colonies was contrary was filed against the Central to provisions of the Haryana Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Development and Regulation of CAG, Skylight Hospitality, Robert Charge-sheet filed against IM activist Bhatkal Urban Areas Act, 1975. Vadra, and DLF Universal Limited. The plea also sought quash- The lawyer sought registration ing of the June 3, 2013 letter by of criminal cases against Vadra NEW DELHI: Delhi Police instructed by Pakistan-based Bhatkal procured one carbine and a secondary bomb blast will be exe- Comptroller and Auditor General and others under the Prevention yesterday filed a charge-sheet handlers to carry out attacks just a pistol and the initial plan was to cuted,” the charge-sheet said. (CAG) Shashi Kant Sharma alleg- of Corruption Act and initiation against Indian Mujahideen co- before the beginning of the 2010 target foreigners, the chargesheet The Indian Mujahideen opera- edly rolling back the audit and of investigation under the high founder Yasin Bhatkal and his Commonwealth Games in Delhi. said. “All the accused people then tives were chargesheeted under inquiry into the grant of licence court’s supervision in licences accomplice Asadullah Akhtar Police said the conspiracy for the conspired together and decided that various sections of the Indian to Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd. for colonisation issued under in connection with the 2010 attack was hatched to “dissuade a terror attack be carried out in Penal Code including attempt to The plea contended that the the Haryana Development and Jama Masjid terror attack case. foreign nations from participating Delhi on the occasion of the anniver- murder and criminal conspiracy, inquiry was ordered by Shashi Regulation of Urban Areas Act, The fresh set of charges was in the same (CWG) and to portray sary of the Batla House encounter and various provisions of the Kant Sharma’s predecessor Vinod 1975 during 2005-2012 including filed before Additional Sessions the image of India, the host nation, September 19, 2010. It was decided Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Rai. to Skylight Hospitality. Judge Daya Prakash against the as a weak and disturbed nation”. that foreign tourists near Jama Act and the Arms Act. The petitioner claimed that the IANS duo alleging that Bhatkal was In pursuance to the conspiracy, Masjid would be randomly shot and IANS

Omani held for marrying minor girls Rise in number of liver diseases

HYDERABAD: A 61-year-old his clutches, married another He paid Rs80,000 to mother of NEW DELHI: A sedentary surgeon of surgical gastrology and (NASH), a common, often “silent” Omani national was yester- minor and sexually assaulted her, the 15-year-old, a resident of lifestyle, increased alcohol con- liver transplantation at Sir Ganga liver disease. day arrested for allegedly mar- said Deputy Commissioner of Shivarampally. Police said he sumption and obesity are con- Ram Hospital here, said at a press It resembles alcoholic liver rying two minor girls in the Police (South) S Tripathi. committed sexual assault on the tributing towards making India conference. disease but occurs in people who old city of Hyderabad within The foreigner, who was stay- girl from April 15 to April 18. the “world capital of liver dis- Non-alcoholic fatty liver dis- drink little or no alcohol. The a week by paying money to ing at a flat in the posh Banjara The marriages with the minor eases” by 2025, a health expert ease is now one of the most major feature in NASH is fat in their poor families, police said. Hills neighbourhood, married girls came to light when the first said yesterday. common causes of chronic liver the liver, along with inflammation Police busted the racket by a 14-year-old girl on April 9 by victim along with her maternal “Urbanisation and changes disease. Some people with excess and damage. arresting 11 others including paying Rs60,000 to her mother. uncle lodged a complaint with linked with it like sedentary life- fat in the liver simply have what NASH can lead to cancer if two ‘Qazi’ (priests) who per- However, the victim, a resident of Bhavaninagar police station. style, fatty food, uncontrolled is called a “fatty liver”. Although patients are not treated in time. formed the illegal marriages and Talabkutta in the old city, escaped Police arrested 11 other accused blood sugar, obesity, smoking and this is not normal, it is not serious “Fatty liver and NASH have brokers including four women. from his clutches. including mothers of both the vic- high alcohol intake is leading if it does not lead to inflammation been found in all age groups, Al Madasari Rashed Masaaod Rashid, who is a landlord, tims, the stepfather of one of the Indians towards higher incidence or damage. including children. However, it is Rashid, who had come to India on then had a “contract marriage” victims, the two Qazis, a broker of fatty liver disease, that is Non Choudhary said these fac- more common between the age a tourist visa, married a 14-year- with another minor from the acting for Rashid, and five agents. Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease,” tors also increase the risk of group of 40 to 49 years,” he said. old girl and after she escaped from old city with the help of brokers. IANS Abhideep Choudhary, consultant Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis IANS Overseas Indians in the thick of electioneering

OT very long back, in this space, its overseas campaigners would be actively we took note of how the Lok Sabha THE NR EYE deployed. Media reports, however, took N2014 election campaigning had note of around 700 who actually turned up enthused a large section of non-resident at various locations in Gujarat. Under the Indians (NRIs). Now that the brouhaha of Moiz Mannan banners of different organizations such as electioneering is well nigh over, let’s take Overseas Friends of BJP, Global Indians for stock of some of the interesting facets of on the ‘big boys’ – Congress and Bharatiya Bharat Vikas, and Asian American Store NRIs participation in these eventful polls. Janata Party (BJP) - as well. Thousands Owners’ Association, took a break from Quantitatively speaking, we saw a larger of posts and blogs, hundreds of chatrooms their jobs and professions to pitch in for than ever before number of overseas Indians and dozens of google hangouts were buzz- Narendra Modi. One of the leaders of the actually descending on the motherland to ing with election messages. Whether, it NRI teams in Gujarat was a highly distin- join the rough and tumble of campaigning was the Congress supporters’ “Rahul for guished medical professional from Chicago for their favourite party or candidate. A India” battle cry or the BJP’s “Abki Baar Dr Bharat Barai, a winner of the prestigious much bigger number by far were no less Modi Sarkar” slogan, the net was jingling Ellis Island Medal of Honour. involved by sitting in their offices and with politics. A large number were also deployed homes outside India and rooting for their Speaking of the net, there was this team in Karnataka and led by Chandrakant candidates making use of the latest that of NRI management consultants that Yatnatti, an NRI from Bagalkot. The volun- Information Technology has to offer. came up with a website ‘www.netamaker. teers were mainly from California, Arizona Most active in this regard were support- com’ that provides relevant information on and New Jersey. ers of the Aam Admi Party (AAP). Whether politicians and gives opportunity to evalu- NRIs have also been addressing meetings or not this fledgling political unit, prom- ate politicians by certain parameters that in various parts of the country including ising a corruption-free and transparent are relevant to the electorate, thus moving Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and administration, is able to make a dent is towards issue-based campaign and candi- other states appealing people to vote for another matter. What was interesting was date selection process from a mostly rhet- Modi. the massive and widespread involvement of oric-driven campaign process. Some NRIs went a step further and actu- the diaspora in their election effort. To enable voters to make an informed ally thre their hat in the electoral ring. Maya Hundreds of AAP chapters sprung up across choice while voting, the website rated them Vishwakarma, a medical researcher, left her the globe within a matter of weeks. The party on ten parameters which included their PhD at the University of California midway encouraged each of these units to “adopt” a ability to prevent corruption, control price to take the political plunge at Hoshangabad, Lok Sabha constituency to campaign for its rise, ensure women’s safety, job creation, Madhya Pradesh. She was the AAP candi- candidates. So you had NRIs from Seattle in law and order, infrastructure development, date here. the United States seeking votes for Narmada communal harmony, delivering on poll Buchanna Gajula, who holds a master’s Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar who promises and uplift of the poor besides their degree in computer science and lived in was contesting from Mumbai North-East. criminal history if any. Washington DC, filed his nomination as a The campaign of another activist-candidate, With the debate over allowing NRIs to BJP candidate from Pedapalli Lok Sabha Rachna Dhingra, who has been working for vote from abroad posted for another day, seat. Another NRI, Darisi Pavan Kumar, a rehabilitation of Bhopal gas tragedy victims, some of the more enthusiastic ones actually businessman based in the United States, is was propped up by University Students for flew in not just to vote but also to jump on a Congress candidate for the Ongole con- AAP (US for AAP). the campaign bandwagon. stituency. Kamaal Rasshid Khan a small- AAP’s ‘Support a State’ campaign in the Airport officials in Kerala were reported time actor who lives in Dubai, is contesting Lok Sabha polls was inspired by the ‘Support by the local media as noticing a much heav- against Congress veteran Gurudas Kamath a Constituency’ initiative adopted during ier rush of passengers from the Gulf region from Mumbai South-West on a Samajwadi the Delhi assembly elections in December during election time. With flights coming in Party ticket. 2013 with considerable success. The party full, Kochi airport actually faced a shortage Proddatur Ramana Reddy, who cam- found that it won in over 70 per cent of con- of luggage trolleys. The number of passen- paigned among the Indian community in stituencies adopted by NRI teams consisting gers is said to have gone up by a good 10 per Washington DC in favour of US President of nearly 4,000 supporters across the globe cent of the daily average. Of the 11,844 per- Barack Obama during the 2008 and 2012 who assist in fund-raising, running call cam- sons who registered as NRI voters online, presidential elections, filed nomination for paigns, social media outreach and publicity. 11,400 were from Kerala. Nizamabad urban assembly constituency on The importance of NRIs campaigning in The BJP, with a large supporter base an AAP ticket. person or through social media was not lost abroad had claimed that more than 5,000 of THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Prohibitory orders Rahul launches in Odisha after post-poll violence

BHUBANESWAR: Police all-out attack on yesterday clamped prohibitory orders in the district head- quarter town of Kendrapada in Odisha after post-poll violence Modi, Mamata in the area, an official said. The order clamped at the coastal town, about 100km from state capital Bhubaneswar, pro- CBI probe sought into chit fund scam hibits the assembly of more than four people, district superintend- NAGAON/MALDA/ the Saradha (chit fund) scam, 20 ent of police Rabi Narayan Behera BAHARAMPUR: Congress lakh people have suffered losses,” said. “It will remain in force for 24 Vice-President Rahul Gandhi Gandhi said. hours or until the situation nor- yesterday took on BJP prime “The SEBI and the Enforcement malises,” he said. ministerial candidate Narendra Directorate have been clamour- Accusing the ruling Biju Modi for his divisive agenda and ing for action but the government Janata Dal (BJD) of rigging and Trinamool Congress supremo here is taking no action, rather, it tampering the electronic voting Mamata Banerjee on corrup- is shielding them.” machines (EVM), the opposition tion during a whirlwind election “The scam runs into Rs18,000 parties Friday staged demonstra- tour to Assam and West Bengal. crore. This is your money. The tions and protests in the town. Attacking Modi, the Gujarat money belongs to the poor. There A mob also assaulted Block chief minister, in Nagaon in is need for a CBI probe. But the Development Officer S K Pati, after Assam, Rahul dismissed the state government does not want they found 28 pairs of electronic vot- Gujarat model of development as that. They know if the CBI begins ing machines kept in a government one that only made the rich peo- probe, they will be exposed,” Sonia vehicle parked near his residence. ple richer at the cost of the poor said. The mob also ransacked his and accused the BJP of making While Saradha promoter house. Police reached the site and Hindus and Muslims fight each Sudipta Sen is already behind rescued him and shifted him to a other. bars, the ED recently arrested Sonia Gandhi adjusts her Sari as she arrives to address an election campaign rally in Amethi in Uttar Pradesh local hospital. He suffered injuries Moving over to West Bengal, Sen’s wife and son for alleged yesterday. on his head. he targeted Chief Minister money laundering. Behera said a case has been Banerjee, demanding a Central In both the rallies, Rahul registered against the mob. Bureau of Investigation probe charged the Banerjee government BJP’s charges of corruption against A district election official said the into the Saradha chit fund scan- with serving party workers rather EVMs were unused ones and kept dal and accusing her government than the masses. for use when any EVM turned of shielding scamsters. “Things are being done for the dysfunctional. The officer alleg- Rahul began his campaign- Trinamool workers, but not for Congress false, says Sonia edly went to his home for some ing from Nagaon, charging the people of Bengal, the poor people,” refreshment while he was on his Bharatiya Janata Party with fol- he said. AMETHI: Congress President states against people involved in green revolution, white revolu- way to deposit it to the authori- lowing the British model of divid- He alleged that the government Sonia Gandhi yesterday corruption, Sonia said the United tion, strides in nuclear energy, ties. “We did not find any malafide ing Hindus and Muslims. was appointing Trinamool work- slammed the BJP, saying that Progressive Alliance government advancement in technology, intention behind it,” he said. “The British made Hindus and ers instead of genuine candidates its “false propaganda” on cor- at the centre has hauled up those industry, agriculture, irrigation, Muslims fight with each other. as primary school teachers by ruption charges against the found guilty. communication, education and Court warns The BJP is doing the same thing.” flouting government guidelines. UPA government was noth- “We have taken firm steps infrastructure. He told people the Gujarat “There is teacher appointment ing but an attempt to cover up against those accused (of cor- “All this was possible because Kejriwal for model of development only makes scam involving recruitment of cases of corruption in states ruption). I challenge the BJP of the Congress’s policies and its some rich people richer at the 35,000 primary school teachers. ruled by it. to tell if they have made simi- work coupled with hard work by skipping hearing cost of the poor. Without following government “All those people who are them- lar laws in the states ruled by the people,” she said. “The Gujarat government takes guidelines, Trinamool workers selves neck deep in corruption are them, taken action against those In the last 10 years, the UPA NEW DELHI: A court here land of farmers and sells it to were absorbed in place of genuine levelling various kinds of allega- accused of corruption. Have they has given the country laws that yesterday warned former Delhi companies at a price of Re1 per candidates, candidates who know tions against us,” Sonia said at a punished them? Not at all,” she guarantee right to free and com- chief minister Arvind Kejriwal square metre. Later, the compa- how to teach,” he said. public meeting in Amethi. said. pulsory education up to the age and three AAP leaders that nies sell the same land to other Rubbishing Banerjee’s claims Defending the track record of The Congress chief lashed out of 14 years, right to food security “coercive process” would be ini- smaller companies at a price of that the state has been denied the UPA government in fighting at the BJP campaign that says that provides subsidised food for tiated against them if they fail Rs800 per square metre,” Rahul central funds, Rahul said Rs1,200 corruption, she said: “I want to nothing has been done in India in the poor and rural employment to appear on the next date of said adding that 45,000 hectares crore under the MNREGA has tell you that in the fight against the last 65 years since independ- guarantee. hearing in a defamation case. of land have already been sold in been provided. corruption, we brought anti- ence by the successive Congress The Congress president said Metropolitan Magistrate Sunil the state. “This government only talks big corruption law — the Right to governments. India has come a long way but still Kumar Sharma posted the matter Addressing rallies at Shamsi in but doesn’t do anything for the Information Act. It is because of “Our opposition BJP is engaged “a lot more has to be done”, as she for hearing on May 24 and said: Malda district and Baharampur poor,” Gandhi said as he talked this that many cases of corruption in a malicious campaign against counted the numerous development “Ensure that everybody is present in Murshidabad, he said big scams about his party’s plans for indus- have come to light.” us,” she said. works undertaken in Amethi to link on the next date (of hearing) were taking place in West Bengal. trialisation and employment Daring the Bharatiya Janata Listing the achievements it with the mainstream through otherwise I will initiate coercive “Bigger scams are happening generation. Party to tell people what action in various fields, Gandhi said faster road and rail connectivity. process.” in Bengal. You all know about IANS was taken by its governments in the country has witnessed IANS The court was hearing a defa- mation suit filed against Kejriwal and others by Communications Names of six million deleted from Maharashtra voters’ list Minister Kapil Sibal’s son Amit, following a May 15, 2013 press conference of Kejriwal in which MUMBAI: In a shocking rev- months ago as per the legal after there were a large number Among those whose names are In the final phase of polling for he alleged conflict of interest, elation that could impact elec- process.” of complaints of names ‘missing’ missing is Bollywood actor-pro- 19 Lok Sabha seats scheduled for saying Sibal had appeared in the tion results, the names of Gadre said the revised lists from voters lists in places like ducer-director Amol Palekar, who April 24, around 3.17 crore voters Supreme Court for telecom firm nearly six million voters have were given to all political par- Nagpur, Amravati and recently lodged a ‘missing name’ complaint are eligible to cast their vote. Vodafone while his father was the been deleted or diverted across ties with suitable publicity at Pune, irking candidates of all with Pune police yesterday. However, it was not known communications minister. Maharashtra. local levels by district collec- major political parties who also His complaint has been for- how many names from these The court allowed the exemp- The deletion was done mainly tors and the new lists have been protested or complained about warded to the state poll panel for may have been deleted or tion plea of Kejriwal and three because the voters were currently available on the state election it. further action, an official said. diverted from their respective AAP leaders, Manish Sisodia, not residing in the area in which commission website for the past The state Bharatiya Janata There were also reports of constituencies. Prashant Bhushan and Shazia they were originally registered, a six months. Party alleged that around 100,000 voters’ names missing from Official sources claimed the Ilmi, sought on the ground they state election commission official Among the names deleted are voters’ names have been deleted Aurangabad, Ratnagiri and work of preparing electoral rolls were busy campaigning for the said here yesterday on condition those of new and potential first- from Pune and as many new vot- Thane, but poll panel officials was reportedly entrusted to a Lok Sabha polls. But, it warned of anonymity. time voters in the state’s 48 con- ers from other areas have been denied it. private company but state poll them and told their counsel, Meanwhile, state chief elec- stituencies as they are presently added to that constituency. Of the state’s 11.76 crore popu- panel officials declined to name Rahul Mehra, that he should toral officer Nitin Gadre said: not residents in their respective A BJP delegation called on the lation, the total current voter or blame the company for the ensure that they appear before “These are not missing names. areas of voting. election authorities Saturday and strength is around 8.06 crore, the alleged goof up. him on the next date of hearing. The deletions were done six The issue came to the fore demanded fresh election in Pune. rest being minors. IANS IANS Kiran Kumar Modi challenges Rahul, Reddy not to contest poll hits out at RSVP model HYDERABAD: Former BARPETA/KATIHAR: BJP’s doing? He has been selected three Andhra Pradesh chief min- prime ministerial candidate times and he can’t even start a ister N Kiran Kumar Reddy Narendra Modi yesterday fired mill which will provide employ- has decided not to contest the fresh salvos at the Congress, ment to the youth.” Urging people assembly elections. terming the UPA a “mother- to vote for the BJP, Modi said the The president of Jai son” government and raking up Congress will not do anything for Samaikyandhra Party (JSP) the alleged land deals of Robert the common man. sprang a surprise yesterday by Vadra by saying that the country Hinting at the allegations that fielding his brother Kishore wants to know about the “RSVP Sonia Gandhi went through files Kumar Reddy from Pileru assem- (Rahul, Sonia, Vadra, Priyanka) from the Prime Minister’s Office, bly constituency in their native model”. Modi said the country “cannot be Chittoor district in Seemandhra. Addressing rallies in Bihar run by remote control” and accused Kiran Reddy, who was sched- and Assam, the Bharatiya Janata the Congress of making false prom- uled to file his nomination to seek Party leader said the Congress ises. He urged voters to give the re-election from Pileru, opted out was sure to be defeated in the Lok BJP at least 300 seats to form a in the last minute and instead Sabha elections. strong government. Addressing fielded his brother. Addressing the In his rallies in Assam, Modi a rally in Katihar in Bihar, Modi people, he said he would campaign challenged Congress vice presi- raked up the alleged land deals by for the party across Seemandhra. dent Rahul Gandhi to “a face-off” Vadra and said the country wants He resigned as the chief min- as they were both addressing ral- to know about the “RSVP model”. ister and also quit the Congress lies in the state. Modi, who has been under party after the parliament passed “Rahul Gandhi, you are also attack from the Congress over a bill in February this year for in Assam today (Saturday). I his Gujarat model of development, bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. am also here. So let’s have a referred to Vadra and said India He along with some MPs expelled face-off,” Modi said at Barpeta. wants to know about the model by the Congress floated JSP in Rahul Gandhi addressed a rally in which “Rs1 lakh become Rs300 March. in Nagaon. crore in four years”. “They ask for Kiran Reddy was elected from Attacking the Congress and RSVP in big functions. In India’s Pileru in 2009, when the constitu- Assam Chief Minister Tarun politics, we have RSVP too and a ency was created as a result of Gogoi, Modi said: “Just tell me why media house threw light on their delimitation. Narendra Modi, surrounded by his security personnel, leaves after addressing an election campaign rally in is a mill here in Assam closed? activities,” Modi said. IANS Nagaon in Assam yesterday. What is your chief minister IANS

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Ship of the meadow

Two young camels follow their mothers on a meadow in Leibolz, western Germany, yesterday. A farmer keeps the animals atypical for the region and offers camel trekking tours. Robonaut finally getting legs CAPE CANAVERAL: fetching things for the human crew. Instead of feet, there are grip- Robonaut, the first out-of-this- The robot’s gangly, contor- pers, each with a light, camera world humanoid, is finally get- tionist-bending legs are packed and sensor for building 3-D maps. ting its space legs. aboard a SpaceX supply ship “Imagine monkey feet with For three years, Robonaut has launched on Friday, more than eyes in the palm of each foot,” had to manage from the waist up. a month late. It was the private Ambrose said. This new pair of legs means the company’s fourth shipment to the Nasa engineers based the experimental robot — now stuck space station for Nasa and is due design on the tether attachments on a pedestal — is going mobile at to arrive this morning. used by spacewalking astronauts. the International Space Station. Robonaut 2 — R2 for short — The legs cost $6m to develop and “Legs are going to really kind has been counting down the days. another $8m to build and certify of open up the robot’s horizons,” “Legs are on the way!” read a for flight. The torso with head said Robert Ambrose from Nasa’s message on Friday on its Twitter and arms delivered by space shut- Johnson Space Center in Houston. account, @AstroRobonaut. (OK, tle Discovery in 2011 on its final It’s the next big step in Nasa’s so it’s actually a Johnson Space flight cost $2.5m, not counting the quest to develop robotic help- Center spokesman who’s doing untold millions of dollars spent on ers for astronauts. With legs, the tweeting.) development and testing. the 8-foot Robonaut will be Space Exploration Technologies The grippers will latch onto able to climb throughout the Corp.’s unmanned capsule, handrails inside the space station, 260-mile-high outpost, perform- Dragon, holds about two tons of keeping Robonaut’s hands free ing mundane cleaning chores and space station supplies and experi- for working and carrying things. ments, Robonaut’s legs included. Expect slow going: just inches a Until a battery backpack second. If Robonaut bumps into arrives on another supply ship something, it will pause. A good later this year, the multimillion- shove will shut it down. dollar robot will need a power Robonaut already has demon- extension cord to stretch its legs, strated it can measure the flow on limiting its testing area to the US air filters, “a really crummy job side of the space station. Testing for humans,” Ambrose said. Once should start in a few months. mobile, it can take over that job Each leg — four feet, eight around the station. inches long — has seven joints. AP Sunday 20 April 2014 20 Jumadal II 1435 Volume 19 Number 6041 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 QCB Governor Qatar GDP projected to hit $230bn in Seoul to Economy to account for one third of the total GCC economy and to emerge as second largest boost bilateral

DOHA: Given Qatar’s pro- made great strides in the past investment will benefit Qatar in a expected to accelerate to 6.8 per- year-on-year) as banking inter- relations jected 6-7 percent growth rate few years, especially with the big way, he said. cent in 2014 as the implementation mediation accelerated and real for 2014-15, the countries GDP emergence of new industries. The Qatar’s huge foreign invest- of large infrastructure projects estate services were boosted SEOUL: Governor of Qatar is expected to touch an esti- petrochemical sector and other ments by its sovereign fund in and higher population growth by the growing population. Central Bank (QCB) H E Sheikh mated $230bn in the current manufacturing industries have several sectors have started pay- continue to drive double-digit Construction activity expanded Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani yes- fiscal. Going forward, Qatar great export potentials. ing its dividends. This will give an growth in the non-hydrocarbon by 15 percent year-on-year. terday arrived in Seoul on a two- might emerge as the region’s Al Khater noted Qatar will be extra push to Qatar’s economic sector. They said Qatar’s Q4 2013 Transportation and communi- day visit, heading a financial second largest economy, Al one of the countries in the region growth. The Minister of Economy growth rate reflects the country’s cation increased by 8.4 percent delegation which includes CEOs Sharq reported. that would be benefitting hugely and Trade, H E Sheikh Ahmed growing growth rate in the non- year-on-year primarily owing to of some Qatari banks, Qatar Abdullah Al Khater, a local out of the global growth shift bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al hydrocarbon sector. Wholesale increased passenger flows through Financial Markets Authority economist told the daily: “Going from West to East. The country’s Thani, said last week the coun- trade, hotels and restaurants were the Doha International Airport. and the Regulatory Authority of by the projected growth rate, improved trade relationships with try’s GDP reached $202.38bn in the fastest growing sectors (19.3 Looking forward, the accelera- Qatar Financial Centre. Qatar’s economy will account for China, India and other Southeast 2013, recording an impressive percent year-on-year), predomi- tion in economic activity in the The Governor was welcomed almost one third of the total GCC Asian economies will help boost growth of 6.5 percent, making nantly on the back of the double- near-term is expected to be pri- at Seoul international airport economy. The new budget alloca- its economy in the coming years. Qatar one of the fastest growing digit increase in population. marily driven by the implemen- by Qatar’s Ambassador to the tion is a reflection of the country’s Qatar’s major presence in China economies. Financial, real estate, and tation of large infrastructure Republic of Korea Mohammed sustained economic growth.” and the Southeast Asian econo- Early this month, QNB analysts business services were the sec- projects in the non-hydrocarbon bin Abdulla Al Duhaimi. The country’s economy has mies both in terms of trade and noted Qatar’s real GDP growth is ond fastest growing (18.1 percent sector. THE PENINSULA H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani said that the visit to Seoul came under the directions of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. It comple- ments the recent visit to China, VW to add capacity in he said, adding that the aim of the visit is to boost the relations between Qatar and the Republic of Korea to serve the interests of China, eyes budget car both countries and peoples. He would meet the Governor of BEIJING: Volkswagen will To foster growth, VW will the Bank of Korea to discuss the keep adding capacity in China expand its Chinese distribution prospects of cooperation between as the German group is count- network to 2,750 dealers this year QCB and its Korean counterpart. ing on double-digit growth in and 3,600 by 2018, from 2,400 last The visit will provide an oppor- the biggest auto market, helped year. Heizmann also said VW was tunity to hold meetings with the by strong economic growth in “on a very good track” toward Chairman of the Federation interior regions. deepening cooperation with its of Korean Banks Bahk Byong- Europe’s largest carmaker said Chinese partner First Automotive won and Chairman of the in March 2013 it was planning to Works (FAW). VW has been in Policy Committee of the Korean almost double production capacity talks with FAW to raise its stake National Assembly Hun Kim. in China to be able to make more in their joint venture to 50 per- The governor left Beijing yes- than 4 million vehicles in its larg- cent from 40 percent. terday after a two-day visit to est market by 2018. “We will fur- Meanwhile, Volkswagen has China, during which he signed ther expand our capacities to be agreed the basic concept and with President of the People’s able to respond to the high mar- design of a budget car for emerg- Bank of China on a renewal of ket growth,” Jochem Heizmann, ing markets, a VW manager said, agreement on the investment of head of VW’s China operations nearing the project’s completion Chinese currency and investment told reporters yesterday ahead of after a long struggle to meet cost tools for two years. QNA the Beijing auto show. targets for the vehicle. A model stands with a 2015 Chrysler 200 at the New York International Auto Show in New York. He predicted the Chinese car Europe’s largest carmaker has market would grow by as much been trying for more than a year as 10 percent this year. VW to hit internal cost goals for the increased its own deliveries in model, which would likely sell for Fiat-Chrysler to produce iconic Jeep in China the country 16 percent in 2013 to between €6,000 and €8,000 and be 3.27 million autos. VW, one of the built in China, the biggest market SHANGHAI: Carmaker Fiat- to the public tomorrow, as glo- Plans to produce Jeeps in China according to an industry group. first global automakers to estab- for low-cost cars. “The concept Chrysler said yesterday that bal automakers flock to China to set off a political storm during China has become critical to lish production facilities in China and design are now in place,” it would begin producing the show off their latest models. the 2012 US presidential elec- foreign automakers as the world’s during the 1980s, is evolving its Hans Demant, responsible for iconic American brand Jeep Jeeps are currently available to tion campaign, after Republican biggest auto market, but Fiat was operations in the country by lead- the so-called budget car project in China from 2015 to meet Chinese consumers as imports, candidate Mitt Romney ran an conspicuous by its absence with ing a “Go West” strategy, as well at VW, said. “We will produce all demand in the world’s largest the statement said, adding nearly attack ad implying that it would local production until it began as a “Go South” strategy. components in China.” car market. 60,000 Jeeps were sold in China export American jobs. selling domestically-produced “A large sales potential for VW lacks a strong presence Fiat-Chrysler — created by last year, making the country the But Fiat has previously said cars in 2012. passenger cars will develop there in markets such as India and Italy’s Fiat acquiring Chrysler of largest market for the brand out- plans to build Jeep vehicles in Last year, China’s auto sales fairly quickly,” said Heizmann. southeast Asia which are domi- the United States — will produce side of the United States. China were an expansion, not a surged 13.9 percent to 21.98 Growing volume in China, nated by no-frills models, and three Jeep sport utility vehicle Fiat-Chrysler will produce transfer, of operations. million vehicles, according to where VW also sells the Audi, without a successful budget car, (SUV) models in China, includ- Jeep vehicles through its exist- Fiat-Chrysler and GAC already a Chinese industry group, as a Skoda, Lamborghini, Bentley analysts have questioned whether ing one specifically designed for ing joint venture with Guangzhou produce other vehicles, including recovery in Japanese brands pre- and Bugatti brands, is the main the group will be able to meet its the Chinese market, the com- Automobile Group Co. (GAC) the Viaggio sedan, at a factory in viously hurt by a diplomatic row pillar in the manufacturer’s goal goal of becoming the world’s big- pany said in a statement. The but at a new manufacturing the central city of Changsha. GAC offset the impact of slowing eco- to eclipse Toyota as the world’s gest carmaker by 2018. announcement came ahead of the branch in the southern city of was China’s sixth largest domes- nomic growth. largest carmaker by 2018. REUTERS Beijing auto show, which opens Guangzhou, it said. tic carmaker by sales in 2013, AFP

Ex-Apple chief plans mobile phone for India Android gains in US, basic

NEW DELHI: Former Apple co-founder’s exit from the com- chief executive John Sculley, pany. Jobs, who returned to head phones almost extinct whose marketing skills helped up Apple in 1997 and turned out bring the personal computer a string of blockbuster products, WASHINGTON: The Google phone. to desktops worldwide, says he died in 2011 after battling cancer. Android platform grabbed the Research firm co-founder Mike plans to launch a mobile phone Inflexionpoint plans to set up majority of mobile phones in the Levin said Apple’s iPhone user in India to exploit its still largely a supply chain, design centre and US market in early 2014, as con- base “grew a little faster than untapped smartphone market. offices in India, producing “afford- sumers all but abandoned non- Android, from a smaller base, Inflexionpoint, an informa- able smartphones with superior smartphone handsets, a survey even though in absolute terms tion technology supply company technology”, Sculley said. showed. Android — used in Samsung co-founded by Sculley, will start Smartphone shipments in The poll by Consumer phones — had a larger share. selling the smartphones next India tripled from 16.2 million Intelligence Research Partners He added: “The long-term issue month in India under the new Obi in 2012 to 44 million in 2013, found 53 percent of new mobile is where Android and iOS growth Mobiles brand, the Singapore- International Data Corporation phones activated by US custom- will come from when there are no based firm said in a statement. says, and analysts expect similar ers were Android devices in the more basic phones being retired. “The smartphone share in growth this year. “We feel there’s January-March period. First-time smartphone buyers are India is only 20 percent, leaving an opportunity to build another People access the Internet on their phones using wi-fi hotspot in Bangalore. Apple’s iOS, the platform used key to that equation.” the larger part of the ground with brand in India that would com- by the iPhone, accounted for 42 The report was based on a sur- opportunities yet to be tapped,” bine global branding skills... (and) percent. vey of 500 US adults, from April 1 said Sculley, 75. go into price points more like the crowded range of offerings except in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East Windows and BlackBerry to 6, who activated a new or used Sculley, who served as chief local brands — in the Rs5,000 that they will boast the “latest and Latin America. Sculley added devices each accounted for 1 phone in the first three months of executive of Apple from 1983 to to Rs8,000 ($83 to $133) range,” technology” and will be sourced his old company, Apple, now faced percent, while non-smartphones the year. Recent surveys of global 1993, famously clashed with tech- Sculley said. from China.” After setting up a dilemma over whether to lower were just 3 percent, the research phone users show Android has a nical visionary Steve Jobs over He gave few details of the in India, the company aims to product prices to compete in firm said. Late last year 20 per- nearly 80 percent share of smart- strategy, leading to the Apple devices which will be joining a expand to other growing markets emerging markets. AFP cent bought a “basic” mobile phone sales. AFP

SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 IMF restores investor Tax hike not to derail Japan economy confidence in Mena Pumps in $10bn support for the region since 2011

DOHA: The International from Egypt, a breakdown of trade and well-planned programme of Monetary Fund (IMF) has been channels and a large inflow of subsidy reforms was needed to successful in recent years in Syrian refugees. tackle the inefficient and struc- restoring confidence in several The instability also caused a turally large subsidy bill without Middle East and North Africa slowdown in economic activity breaking down social safety nets. (Mena) countries, said Qatar in the case of Tunisia and a rise In principle, this should involve National Bank Group (QNB) in in popular demands in all three the removal of price support its weekly analysis. countries, which put more pres- provided by the government, the Since 2011, it has pledged sure on public finances. The third benefit of which has been mostly about $10bn in financial support common cause was the challeng- captured by higher-income to Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia ing global economic environment groups. Inevitably, this would to implement their adjustment exemplified by the crisis in the also hurt the poor by raising their programmes and restore investor eurozone Tunisia and Morocco’s cost of living as domestic food confidence, the report said. largest trading partner and the and energy prices go up, so the Despite their individual differ- high global energy and food reforms should also involve pro- ences, the ongoing programmes prices which affected the three tection for lower-income groups share three common causes, oil-importing countries. through targeted cash transfers A businessman walks in Tokyo’s business district. Japanese companies have weathered the first days of namely large domestic subsidies, The resulting negative shocks or more-focused subsidy systems. a rise in the country’s consumption tax, with sales resilient and pricing power little damaged, in an early regional instability and unfavour- manifested themselves through The second axis involved the sign the tax hike will not derail the economy. able global economic conditions. three common symptoms: larger mobilisation of funds in the form The plan to tackle the corre- fiscal deficits, wider current of additional loans and grants sponding economic domestic and account deficits and depletion of not just from other countries external imbalances in the three international reserves. or international organisations countries has been successful, The slowdown in economic but also from financial markets. Mt Gox CEO won’t although more work needs to be activity lowered tax receipts Both Morocco and Jordan have Nakilat hosts gas done to reduce wasteful spending, which, together with the large managed to successfully issue US appear in US spur economic growth and reduce subsidy costs, resulted in larger dollar-denominated bonds, signal- the high unemployment rates. fiscal deficits. Similarly, the cur- ing investor confidence in the two transportation event NEW YORK: Mark Karpeles, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia rent account deficits widened economies against the assurances the chief executive of Mt Gox, shared three causes for their cri- as the weakness in the econo- provided by the IMF support. said he would not come to the ses: large expenditure on subsi- mies of trading partners and The final axis is prudent mon- DOHA: Qatar Gas Transport established to provide platform United States to answer ques- dies, regional political instability the breakdown of trade chan- etary policy which involves raising Company (Nakilat) yesterday for the exchange of techni- tions about the Japanese bit- and unfavourable global economic nels adversely impacted exports interest rates, where appropriate, announced to have success- cal information and experience coin exchange’s US bankruptcy conditions. First, each of them while the imports bill rose due to to restore market confidence, fully hosted and chaired the between members of the industry case, Mt Gox lawyers told a fed- suffered from a structurally large higher international energy and reduce dollarisation of deposits Middle East Regional Forum to enhance safety and operational eral judge. bill on domestic subsidies, ranging food prices, the report said. and build up reserves. of the Society of International reliability of gas tankers and ter- In the court filing, law- in 2011 from about 4 percent of This led to a depletion in inter- While the stabilisation of the Gas Tanker and Terminal minals. Nakilat is a listed marine yers cited a subpoena from the GDP in Tunisia to around 6 per- national reserves which declined macroeconomic environment and Operators (SIGTTO). transport company providing US Department of Treasury’s cent of GDP in each of Jordan and to levels close to three-months the restoration of market confi- The event, which took place on the essential transportation link Financial Crimes Enforcement Morocco. This resulted in a signif- of prospective import cover, gen- dence helped avert an immediate April 16, was attended by around in Qatar’s LNG supply chain. Its Network, which has closely mon- icant economic and fiscal drag on erally considered the minimum crisis, the three economies still 50 delegates from the region LNG shipping fleet is the largest itored virtual currencies like its own. It also meant that these safety level for fixed exchange rate face other challenges. Jordan, and other countries. SIGTTO is in the world, comprising 58 LNG bitcoin. “Karpeles is now in the economies were particularly vul- regimes. The IMF-supported pro- Morocco and Tunisia are all fore- the only international body that vessels. Nakilat also manages and process of obtaining counsel to nerable to the two other shocks grammes in Jordan, Morocco and cast to grow by 3-4 percent in real encompasses Liquefied Natural operates four large LPG carriers. represent him with respect to that hit them. Tunisia designed to tackle these terms in 2014. Unemployment Gas (LNG) ship owners, LNG Via two strategic joint ventures, the FinCEN Subpoena. Until such The second cause or shock was negative shocks have common remains stubbornly high: it is ship operators and LNG termi- N-KOM and NDSQ, Nakilat time as counsel is retained and the wave of political instability elements centred around three expected to be 12.5 percent in nals. Its Middle East Regional operates the ship repair and con- has an opportunity to ‘get up to which has swept the region since axes: subsidy reforms, mobilisa- Jordan, 9.1 percent in Morocco Forum is held every year. The last struction facilities at Erhama Bin speed’ and advise Karpeles, he is 2011. In the case of Jordan, this tion of external funds and pru- and 16 percent in Tunisia in 2014. edition was hosted in Abu Dhabi. Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard. not willing to travel to the US”, led to a disruption of gas supplies dent monetary policy. A thorough THE PENINSULA The international body was THE PENINSULA the filing said. REUTERS QIB opens new branch Progress but no deal in US-Japan in Al Shahaniya TPP trade talks DOHA: As part of its expansion D Anand, General Manager strategy, Qatar Islamic Bank of QIB’s Personal Banking WASHINGTON: The United (QIB) has opened a new state-of- Group, said that the opening of States said there had been the-art branch in Al Shahaniya Al Shahaniya branch helped the progress but no final deal in city, right next to Sahaniya pet- bank to get closer to its custom- talks with Japan that are cru- rol station. The new and bigger ers in order to meet their growing cial to advancing the ambi- branch is replacing an older one demand for top Islamic banking tious 12-country Trans-Pacific and will be open from Sundays to services in Qatar. “QIB puts great Partnership trade deal. Thursdays from 7:30 am to 1 pm. emphasis on providing all its cus- Negotiations failed to achieve There is a dedicated centre tomers with a convenient banking a significant breakthrough just for ladies; and the open-plan experience and at Al Shahaniya days before US President Barack layout provides more welcoming we have ensured that the branch Obama, who has made the TPP space, while the use of colours is features the latest technology, a key goal of his administration, so designed to add to a modern which, along with the new look arrives in Tokyo on a state visit. business environment. and feel of the branch reflects Intense negotiations this week Customers at this branch QIB’s commitment to provide narrowed the gap between the will be able to open a variety a seamless banking experience two sides, but “considerable dif- of accounts, apply for a suite of through a unique branch environ- ferences remain,” US Trade financing, debit and credit cards, ment,” he said. Representative Michael Froman discuss a host of Takaful serv- “This expansion of physical said after his meetings with ices and consult on other Islamic premises goes hand in hand with Japanese Minister for Economic banking services with a dedicated ongoing investments in electronic and Fiscal Policy Akira Amari. team of staff. In addition, an ATM channels such as a state-of-the- “After more than 20 hours of & CDM (Cash Deposit Machine) art Internet banking system, our negotiations, we continue to make at the branch offers customers mobile banking applications and progress, and we are now faced 24-hour service with access to all 24/7 Call Centre. with a reasonable number of out- their accounts. THE PENINSULA standing issues.” AFP

Malabar Gold opens 114th store in Singapore

Gopinath Pillai, Ambassador-at-large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore, inaugurating Malabar Gold & Diamonds’ 114th store in Serangoon, Singapore in the presence of T Raja Segar, CEO, SINDA, Shamlal Ahamed M P, Managing Director, International Operations, Malabar Gold & Diamonds, Ajith Murali, Branch Head, Uvaise K, Branch Head and other personalities. SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Kuwait Finance US carmakers eye Russia for growth House Q1 net Despite Ukraine sanctions, firms go ahead with plans profit up 13pc,

DETROIT: Never mind In major cities such as Moscow as China’s has. “Russia needs the Ukraine crisis and and St Petersburg, consumers are to become a normal country,” misses target Washington’s sanctions against becoming more brand conscious. Teolis said. Moscow: US carmakers say the They like imported cars and have Daniel Russell, a former KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance Russian market is their next big developed a preference for small American diplomat who serves House (KFH), the country’s frontier. sport utility vehicles that can as president of the US-Russia biggest Islamic lender, reported Russia is simply too large and navigate the country’s rugged Business council, said even with a 13 percent rise in first quar- too important for carmakers to roads and streets. the current crisis over Ukraine, ter net profit yesterday, missing ignore, experts said this week. GM-AvtoVaz produces the Russia is simply too important analyst estimates. “The Russian market is going to Chevrolet Niva, a mini-SUV pop- a country for US businesses to Net profit rose to KD26.06m be larger than Germany,” said ular within Russia end exported ignore. Relations between the two ($92.54m) in the first three John Branch, a professor at the to neighbouring countries for- sides could actually benefit from months of 2014 from KD23m University of Michigan Ross merly part of the Soviet Union. strong commercial ties, he argued. in the same period a year ago, School of Business. David Teolis, an economist with For instance, Russell noted that the lender said in a statement. Branch said the structure of the General Motors, cautioned that Moscow is now involved in nego- Revenues were 1 percent higher Russian auto industry is in flux as predictions about the growth of tiations aimed at keeping North at KD224.4m. the demand for imports increases the Russian market have to be Korea in check and in nuclear Analysts had estimated an despite barriers imposed by the regarded cautiously. talks with Iran. average net profit of KD32.76m Russian government. But that The slow expansion of the “There has been a dramatic for the quarter. KFH’s net profit means that carmakers, particu- Russian economy and Russian jump in the Russian economy in more than doubled in the last larly those with global ambitions, middle class since 2008 is hinder- the last 10 years,” he said. And quarter of 2013. simply can’t afford to ignore the ing sales growth. it is doubtful other countries are In the statement, Chairman market’s potential there, despite Russian car sales dropped by willing to forgo business with Hamad Al Marzouq referred to a its volatile nature. 50 percent in 2009 in the wake of Russia. recent visit of Turkish President Branch was speaking at a global crisis but grew briskly to The US pressure for sanctions Abdullah Gul to Kuwait and conference at the University of reach nearly three million units in on Moscow over its annexation said KFH wanted to expand in Michigan focusing on the oppor- 2012. But last year, they dropped of Crimea has run into that fact. Turkey and adjacent countries’ tunities and hurdles for US car- by 5.5 percent as the Russian Western European countries markets, without giving details. makers to sell to and in Russia. economy hit the brakes, and are have closer business and finan- The Kuwaiti company is already General Motors is already expected to fall again this year. cial ties with Russia, have been operating in the country through partly involved. It has The chronic air of crisis that more reticent to ratchet up sanc- its unit KFH Turkey. invested in a joint venture surrounds the country also tions on Moscow. And while Japan KFH’s total assets were with AvtoVaz, which builds the has hurt Russia’s economic issued a statement condemning KD17.3bn at the end of the first Lada, Russia’s most popular auto- development. Russian action in Crimea, it quarter, an increase of 16 percent motive brand. The cuts to its economic growth hosted some 200 Russian business compared to the same time last But the Lada brand is a holdo- forecast, 0.5 percent this year or executives the same day. year while deposits rose 7 percent ver from the Soviet era and less according to the Ministry “Sanctions don’t work,” Russell to KD636m, the bank said. their sales are mostly concen- of Finance even without sanc- said, reminding that Russia sur- Shares in the company closed trated in what Branch said were tions pressure, raise questions vived the threat of sanctions in A view of the administrative building of the AVTOVAZ car plant in Taglatti, at 0.85 dinars on Thursday on the third— and fourth-tier cities and about the potential for the auto- 2008 after a brief war with neigh- Russia (top) and the General Motors headquarters in Detroit (bottom). Kuwaiti stock market, which reo- rural areas. mobile sector to quickly expand bouring Georgia. AFP pens today. REUTERS

Armani settles tax row for €270m China’s cooling property market a risk to growth BEIJING: China’s property consumer confidence. “We think developers have missed loan nearly two years in the first quar- Further, any threat to state ROME: Giorgio Armani settled market could threaten Beijing’s weaker property activity poses a repayments. “We cannot con- ter, and are likely to slow further. revenues from a slowdown could a tax dispute in Italy by paying plan to manage a slowdown in key downside risk to GDP growth tinue to count on fast growth in “The 20 percent annual prop- prompt some support. Land sales €270m, Italian business daily Il growth, as evidence mounts this year,” Tao Wang, economist the property industry to bring erty investment growth seen in are a major source of income for Sole 24 Ore reported on Friday. of a rapid cooling in what had at UBS said in a note to clients. in strong sales of furniture and the previous year will not appear local governments, which have The payment is linked to taxes been one of the few strong spots Home price data on Friday is big revenues from land sales,” again,” said Lv at CASS. combined public debt of some $3 owed by three foreign subsidiar- in the world’s second-largest expected to show a further mod- said Lv Fengyong, a researcher A poll earlier in April found trillion, equivalent to about one- ies of the luxury company, which economy. eration in March after gains fell at the Chinese Academy of Social the chance of a price correction third of GDP. “Local governments is 100-percent owned by fashion So far, the economic story is to a six-month low in February. Sciences (CASS), a government in large cities was seen as slim are likely to loosen property con- king Armani, it said. going to script, with growth of Property investment generated think-tank. this year, though some correc- trols quietly in the next move on The period covered is between 7.4 percent in the first quarter about 12 percent of China’s GDP Annual growth in property tions could happen in small cities. concerns over their much-need 2002 and 2009, when the company from a year earlier. While the in the first quarter, down from a investment slowed to 16.8 percent “We expect that most develop- land sales revenues,” said Shen changed strategy and decided to slowest pace in 18 months, it was 15 percent contribution in 2013. in the first three months of the ers will accelerate their sales in Lan, an economist at Standard bring back to Italy subsidiaries just ahead of market expecta- The sector has lost steam since year from 19.3 percent in the first the next couple of months and Chartered in Beijing. that have previously been abroad. tions and seemed to soothe fears late 2013 as authorities tightened two months, pulling total invest- that price-cutting looks inevitable Chen Guoqiang, vice chairman The report said there were no of a sharp downturn. But marked controls on speculative buying, ment in the economy down to a to mitigate the impact of rising of China Real Estate Society, said more tax claims against the com- decelerations in property invest- and as banks made it harder for level not seen since December mortgage costs,” Alvin Wong, a the market was, like the broader pany, whose overall tax burden it ment and sales, and a contrac- home buyers and small developers 2002, official data show. property analyst at Barclays, said economy, simply adjusting to a said went up from 28.5 percent tion in housing starts in the first to get loans. Newly started construction in a note. more sustainable pace after years in 2010 to 44.8 percent in 2012. quarter, point to weakness in Media have reported devel- dropped 25.2 percent in the first Not all are bearish on property, of red-hot growth. “Some may Giorgio Armani, now 79, founded a sector that supports some 40 opers have cut home prices in quarter from a year ago. citing the government’s urbanisa- expect a turning point for China’s the company in 1974. Forbes mag- other industries, ranging from the eastern cities of Hangzhou And figures from the land min- tion policy and the fact that most property market. I think they azine said it had an annual turno- cement to furniture, and plays an and Changzhou and in the west- istry show residential land price Chinese still view property as one exaggerate the risks and are over ver of $1.6bn in 2013. AFP important role in underpinning ern city of Chengdu, and some gains slowed for the first time in of the best investment options. worried,” said Chen. REUTERS

US-focused stock funds post $7.1bn outflow: BofA Amazon’s tax-free

NEW YORK: Fund investors stock funds were the first in inflows of $4.2bn, with exchange- Emerging market bond funds worldwide pulled $7.1bn out three weeks. Stock funds over- traded funds attracting most of attracted $600m, marking their European profits drop of US-focused stock funds in all attracted $300m in new cash the new cash. ETFs are thought third straight week of inflows. the week ended Tuesday while after hefty $11.2bn inflows over to represent the institutional Floating-rate debt funds, which LONDON: The amount of Europe Holding Technologies putting cash into Japanese and the prior week, data from the investor. Emerging market stock are protected from rising interest money Amazon.com Inc reports SCS, has halved. The company emerging market stock funds, report, which also cited data funds attracted $1.9bn, mark- rates by being pegged to floating- through a tax-exempt vehicle declined to comment but has data from a Bank of America from fund-tracker EPFR Global, ing their third straight week rate benchmarks, posted $100m in in Europe has dropped sharply previously said it follows the tax Merrill Lynch Global Research showed. of new demand. Bond funds outflows. That marked their first in the past two years, even as rules in all the countries where report showed. Funds that specialise in attracted $2.1bn, marking their outflows in 95 weeks. European sales jumped, after it operates. The US tax author- The outflows from US-focused Japanese stocks attracted big sixth straight week of inflows. REUTERS the US tax authority tightened ity, the Internal Revenue Service rules it felt were being abused (IRS) declined to comment, citing to shift profits. federal privacy rules that prohibit Amazon minimises its tax bill it from discussing individual tax- RWE profits to stabilise beyond 2014 by having the US unit which owns payers. Most companies seek to its technology licences lease the pay no more tax than they have to No IRS audits rights to re-licence the technology because managers have a fiduci- to a tax-exempt partnership based ary duty to investors to maximise for big firms in Luxembourg. This partnership long-term profits. then resells the software rights to Amazon and the IRS have been WASHINGTON: Fewer than other affiliates for a much higher in dispute for years. The unit pays 1 percent of partnerships with price, corporate and court filings US affiliates to use existing soft- more than $100m in assets, show. Such arrangements have ware and shares the US affiliates’ including hedge funds and pri- drawn fire from politicians on cost of funding new technology, in vate equity firms, are audited by both sides of the Atlantic as well return for the right to re-license the US Internal Revenue Service, as citizens struggling with higher this technology to affiliates in a government report said. personal taxes and cutbacks in Europe. According to a filing with Despite a surge in the number state services imposed to pay for the US Tax Court in December of partnerships over the last the financial crisis. 2012, the IRS has argued that decade, the IRS did not conduct The Group of 20 leading econo- Amazon Europe Holding should field audits for 99 percent of these mies has vowed to crack down on have paid much more to the US tax-favored businesses from 2007 corporate tax avoidance and the affiliates, A9.com Inc and Amazon through 2012, said the prelimi- practice of shifting profits into Technologies Inc, for the rights it nary report from the Government low or no tax jurisdictions. received. Accountability Office, the investi- Amazon has been a frequent If Amazon Europe Holding gative arm of Congress. subject of politicians’ criticism had paid more, this would have In response to the GAO report, in Europe over the way it chan- increased Amazon group’s US the IRS said partnership audits nels all European revenues to taxable income. The IRS said are a priority, but that “budget Luxembourg where profits can be Amazon Europe should have paid reductions over the past few years earned tax free. However, since the US arm an additional $110m have severely limited our work in 2012, when a dispute between the in cost-sharing payments in 2006 this area.” The IRS audited 0.4 company and the UK tax author- alone. Amazon took a legal chal- percent of all partnership tax ity was disclosed in court filings, lenge against the IRS claims, Employees arrive at the headquarters of German utility RWE in Essen. RWE said its profits will stabilise returns in 2013, including part- the amount of profit reported by saying its 2005-to-2011 payments beyond 2014, though at a lower level. nerships with less than $100m in the group’s Luxembourg-based were appropriate, the December assets, the agency said. REUTERS tax-exempt partnership, Amazon 2012 court filing said. REUTERS SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

China strike shows Questions on bubble as welfare Achilles’ heel BY JOHN RUWITCH tech momentum fades hou Hujun, one of thousands of shoe factory workers on BY ROB LEVER strike in southern China, drove his motorbike to the local raising $200m with a $2.6bn valuation, and “winner take all” environment in social net- Zgovernment’s Social Security Department seeking answers. Candy Crush maker King Digital, raising working, in which a dominant player will After a few minutes, he left clutching spreadsheets that just raised fter the tech euphoria of 2013, the $500m and a valuation of more than $5bn. emerge with higher profit potential. more questions. fast-moving sector has hit a speed Among companies not traded on the stock “With many of these companies, one can Zhou and other striking workers believe Yue Yuen Industrial bump. market, valuations are high too. Snapchat make optimistic assumptions and justify a Holdings Ltd, which owns the factory making footwear for Nike, A The wobbly action of 2014 is still reportedly rejected a $3bn offer, while Viber, very high valuation, but as BlackBerry dem- Adidas and others, has for years underpaid into workers’ social an open question: is this a correction, bear another messaging app, was sold to Japan’s onstrated, just because you operate in a win- insurance accounts — government-mandated nest eggs for dis- market or a bubble like the catastrophic Rakuten for $900m. ner-take-all environment, it doesn’t mean ability, unemployment and retirement. dotcom boom and bust of 1999-2000? The tech sector has been volatile, with that niche will always be there,” Ritter said. The issue goes far beyond the shoe plant, and highlights a loom- By some measures, segments of the tech large swings in recent weeks. On the upside, Still, Ritter said the situation is different ing problem for China: the workforce that has transformed the sector look to be over the top, even after Chinese microblogging group Weibo saw a from the late 1990s, with fewer companies country into a global manufacturing powerhouse over the past recent slumps. 19 percent jump in its market debut. But seeing those astronomical values. 35 years is coming up to retirement age. And, as these millions “There are some astronomical valuations King Digital lost 15 percent in its debut. Art Hogan at Wunderlich Securities said of blue collar workers begin claiming retirement benefits from out there,” says Roger Kay, an analyst Dropbox, a cloud storage firm believed some of the high-flying stocks have been local social security funds, they may find there’s less in the pot who follows tech companies at Endpoint to be eyeing an IPO, has an implied market hit hard. than they thought. The underpayment of social insurance con- Technologies. “That is a little troublesome value reportedly of $10bn as venture capital Hogan said he sees some of the “irrational tributions is common practice by factory owners across China, because it implies that some future technol- floods into startups. Airbnb, the online retal exuberance” seen in the bubble of 1999 but labour lawyers say. ogy that is not even tested has a value in marketplace, is believed to have a similar that the situation is not the same. The strike at Yue Yuen — which says it is the world’s largest the billions of dollars.” valuation. “It’s not the same pace of IPOs and not branded footwear manufacturer, making over 300 million pairs of Facebook’s market value is close to According to the venture capital blog CB the same kind of companies,” he said. “They shoes last year — is not just one of China’s biggest in recent years, $150bn, despite its spending spree including Insights, some $9.9bn was invested in 880 are more mature. Some are private equity- it’s also more clearly driven by workers’ fears that they have been an eye-popping $19bn for messaging service deals in the first quarter of 2014, the highest owned companies. Plus the IPOs aren’t com- scammed by an opaque and convoluted welfare payment system. WhatsApp and $2bn for the virtual reality level in more than a decade. ing out at the very beginning of the growth Today’s workers in China — a total workforce of some 920 mil- company Oculus Rift. “The most frequent question we’ve gotten cycle.” lion — know more about their rights and are more proactive in Facebook’s value — even after a slump of from the media is ‘Are we in a bubble?’” says Fred Wilson at the venture capital firm using both collective action and the law to protect their interests. nearly 20 in recent weeks — is 50 percent CB Insights co-founder Anand Sanwal. “For Union Square Ventures said easy-money The Yue Yuen strike comes amid a wave of industrial activism, higher than that of Boeing, with the social the record, we’ve always said no, and we policies — with near-zero interest rates for with the number of work protests in China so far this year up by network trading at some 90 times its prof- continue to maintain that view. Sure, things several years — are part of the reason for close to a third, according to China Labour Bulletin, a Hong Kong- its, compared with a more conventional 20 are definitely frothy in certain pockets, but bubble talk. “It seems that investors are so based labour rights group — as firms cut costs and retrench in percent for the aerospace firm. a bubble, it is not.” starved for returns that they are willing to response to slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy. Twitter shares have tumbled some 40 Jay Ritter, a University of Florida finance pay that much more for earnings that can Demanding higher wages and safer working conditions are percent since peaking last year, but the professor, says the market is uneven with grow quickly,” Wilson said in a blog post. standard fare. Workers at Yue Yuen have shown more sophisti- popular messaging platform still carries high valuations in some areas and more rea- Lou Kerner at the Social Internet Fund, cation in protesting what they claim to be inequitable, perhaps a valuation of $25bn, despite never having sonable ones for older tech firms like Apple an investment group focused on new tech fraudulent, social insurance contributions. posted a profit. and Hewlett-Packard. “Where there is con- firms, said the question of overvaluation has At the Social Security office in Gaobu, a Pearl River Delta factory Some firms have been eager to get listed, cern is the social media area,” Ritter said. to be examined “on a company by company town that is home to a Yue Yuen industrial complex, workers like including food delivery startup GrubHub, Part of the reason, says Ritter, is the basis.” AFP Zhou flocked to collect detailed printouts of the history of pay- ments made into their accounts. Few seemed to know exactly how to decipher the spreadsheets, but many were convinced Yue Yuen hasn’t been honest. “I don’t fully understand it,” 45-year-old Zhou admitted. Workers said they felt Yue Yuen has short-changed them by under-contributing company payments into their social insur- ance accounts. Each month, both the company and the employee pay into these accounts — often 10-20 percent of the total pay cheque. Zhang Zhiru, a prominent labour activist who was shown copies of Yue Yuen pay slips, said the company had paid a lower social insurance contribution based on workers’ base salary, rather than a substantially higher full wage including overtime. “China’s social insurance law stipulates that social insurance payments should be based on the actual salary,” he said. While China’s National Council for Social Security Funds requires local authorities overseeing social insurance funds to put the money into low-risk vehicles such as bank deposits or treasury bonds, corruption involving officials and middle-men has blighted the system for years. Former Shanghai Communist Party Secretary Chen Liangyu was arrested in 2006 after siphoning off millions from the city’s pension fund. Another point of contention at Yue Yuen is that most, if not all, workers are listed as “temporary”, even though they say they signed contracts years ago. Some also said the figures on their spreadsheets didn’t add up, while the savings were difficult to cash in or transfer when they left the company. “We feel like we were tricked,” said Liu Shuixiang, who works on a production line for Nike at Yue Yuen, and who visited the Social Security office a day earlier. “I’ve been at the factory for more than 10 years and my account only has about 11,800 yuan ($1,900) in it. They’ve taken out more than 150 yuan from my salary (each month) and should have been paying more than 300 yuan a month,” she said. “After 20 years, how can they still list us as ‘temporary work- ers’?” asked fellow worker Zeng Jiabai. In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange, where its shares are listed, Yue Yuen announced that it would improve benefits from May 1. George Liu, an execu- tive director of Yue Yuen in Hong Kong, told Reuters the company had done nothing illegal. “We have been fully in compliance with the policies and regulation, but the base for compliance has differ- ent interpretations by different parties,” he said. “Going forward, we are adjusting up our base for calculation (to) eventually reflect the full wages.” REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Spring fever brings hope for US earnings BY CHUCK MIKOLAJCZAK With the late-week recovery, notable disappointments from in Qualcomm has been defen- Investors are gearing up for into more defensive names. the hope is that the recent vola- IBM Corp and Google Inc. sive in nature, with investors wild swings in those names “What happens at some point arnings season shifts tility has ebbed. If poor results Even with those two lackluster paying more money to hedge next week. Trading in Facebook is (momentum names) become into high gear this dominate next week’s action, that reports, equities still mostly ral- against a fall than a rise in the options expiring next Friday sug- disassociated from the market week, and with nearly could reignite the selling. “We are lied on Thursday. stock’s price. gest investors expect about a 12 at large. People see this happen- one-third of S&P 500 still off our highs, but we still The benchmark S&P index But strategists at Goldman percent move in the stock’s price ing, they become scared, and they names set to post remain in an uptrend so it would rose 2.7 percent for the holiday- Sachs see this as a buying oppor- by the end of the week. Weekly start selling other companies as Eresults, investors hope the news not surprise me to see sideways shortened week, helping the tunity, believing the options data options are often used in advance well,” said Stephen Massocca, provides a catalyst to buy stocks action,” said Andre Bakhos, man- index recapture nearly all of the shows investors are overly con- of a major event like earnings. managing director at Wedbush and leave the market’s recent aging director at Janlyn Capital declines suffered in the previous cerned about the quarter. Similarly, Netflix options also Equity Management LLC in San weakness in the dust. LLC in Bernardsville, New Jersey. week. The US stock market was Apple Inc also derives 13 per- suggest a 12 percent move. Francisco. “It gets to a point Several behemoths, includ- “If we were to have a set of earn- for Good Friday. cent of its sales from China. The After a spectacular perform- where that stops happening and ing Apple, the largest US com- ings releases that were well off Investors eyeing the impact company was once a favour- ance in 2013, the selloff in many the rest of the market — outside pany by market value, as well expectations to the downside, of China’s troubles on corporate ite among momentum inves- of these stocks over the past few of these crazy names — is not that as Microsoft, McDonald’s and that could create hesitation in America’s bottom line will have tors looking to capitalise on weeks has contributed to the overvalued.” AT&T, are due to report earnings. the market.” a few spots to pick from, includ- swift price gains, but the stock market’s volatility. Whether they Some of those names, includ- They’ll be accompanied by high- A few themes will dominate ing Apple, Qualcomm and Yum dropped sharply from all-time affect the broader market may ing Dow components Microsoft, fliers like Netflix and Facebook, in the coming week: The outlook Brands. There have been warn- highs reached in late 2012. It has determine how well stocks trade DuPont and Travelers, are among giving the first real cross-section for China, the rotation to slower- ing signs, with IBM saying this been mostly stuck in a range for in the week. those identified by Credit Suisse of the state of corporate America growing stocks, and results from week that its disappointing the last year. The Nasdaq biotech index is quantitative analysts as poten- as temperatures rise across the high-flying trading favourites. quarterly revenue was due to StarMine expects Apple to down nearly 19 percent from its tial “contrarian” picks as they’re country and investors hope to S&P 500 companies’ first-quar- worsening sales in the world’s exceed earnings estimates by 1 closing high on February 25 while among the least loved by Wall put the cold weather behind ter earnings are projected to have second-largest economy and percent. Notably, Apple has not the Global X Social Media Index Street analysts. them. Strategists will increased 1.7 percent from a year other emerging markets. benefited from a rotation into ETF is down 18 percent from its All three are also considered also be looking for clues on how ago, data showed. Earlier in the week, China older tech stocks like Microsoft March 6 high. undervalued by StarMine’s meas- badly China’s slowdown hits US The forecast is down sharply reported growth came in at its has. Its shares are down 6.1 per- However, both have bounced ure of intrinsic value that looks corporate results. from the start of the year, when slowest pace in 18 months. cent on the year. off drops of more than 20 per- at the long-term growth expecta- The first batch of earnings profit growth was estimated at Qualcomm’s revenue for its Along with Facebook Inc and cent that had sent each into bear tions for these names. Microsoft, came out as equities were work- 6.5 percent, but has climbed from fiscal year ended September 29, Netflix Inc, momentum names market territory. for example, is the third-best per- ing their way through a selloff led a low of 0.6 percent reached on 2013, showed China accounted such as Gilead Sciences Inc, With the nervousness created former in the Dow this year, hav- by trading-crowd favourites like Wednesday. for nearly half of the compa- Biogen Idec Inc and Illumina Inc by the declines in the momentum ing gained 7 percent for the year. Netflix and the biotech stocks. That jump occurred despite ny’s revenue. Options activity are set to post results. names, investors have rotated REUTERS SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM)) Every China’s economy grows 7.4pc Sunday BEIJING: China’s gross domestic product UK unemployment falls to 5 (GDP) has grown 7.4 per cent in the first -year low, pay growth matches three months of 2014, official data show, inflation increasing the chances Beijing will move Japan February industrial LONDON: Britain’s unemployment Italy’s public debt hits record to staunch a slowdown in the world’s output falls as estimated US inflation strengthens rate fell more sharply than number two economy. The year-on-year 2.1072 trillion euros TOKYO: Japan’s industrial expected in the three months ROME: Italy’s massive public debt figure is sharply down from the 7.7 per cent in March production declined as WASHINGTON: US consumer prices to February and pay growth hit a record 2.1072 trillion euros in expansion in the final three months of 2013, caught up with inflation for the February, the central bank reported with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) estimated in February, final rose in March driven by surges in data from the Ministry of the cost of food, housing and other first time nearly four years. The Monday. The amount was up 17.5 blaming a slower-than-expected global unemployment rate fell to a five- billion euros since January, the recovery as well as economic structural Economy, Trade and Industry services, Commerce Department showed Wednesday. Industrial data showed Tuesday. The year low of 6.9 percent in the three Bank of Italy said. The European reforms at home. Commission has criticized Italy’s production was down 2.3 consumer price index was up 0.2 months to February, down from 7.2 percent in the three months to 2014 budget for not doing enough percent month-on-month percent over February, taking the to bring down debt, around 132% of in February, in line with 12-month gain to 1.5 percent. January and below a forecast in a Reuters poll of 7.1 percent. gross domestic product (GDP). preliminary estimate. On a yearly basis, output plunged 7 Indian rupee sees worst falling percent. streak in 2-1/2 months MUMBAI: The Indian rupee dropped for a third straight session on Wednesday, its worst falling streak since late-January, as profit-taking South Africa retail sales growth in the domestic sharemarket by Brazil’s economy grows slows to 2.2pc y/y in February offshore investors hurt the local unit. Indian shares fell to their just 0.24pc JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s retail lowest close in 2-1/2 weeks as BRASILIA: Brazil’s economy grew sales grew by a lower-than-expected software stocks slumped on caution at a 0.24 percent rate in February, 2.2 percent year-on-year in February ahead of India’s top IT services compared to the previous month, the compared with a revised 6.4 percent in provider Tata Consultancy Services’ Central Bank said Wednesday. January, Statistics South Africa said on $A lower despite Chinese earnings report later in the day. The Central Bank’s Index of Economic Wednesday. Economists had expected data boost Activity indicates that the economy retail sales to rise 3.5 percent from SYDNEY: The Australian dollar is grew 1.63 percent in February, February last year. lower despite receiving a boost from compared to February 2013, while expectations of a possible Chinese year-on-year growth was 2.41 stimulus package.At 1700 AEST on percent, up from the 2.29 percent Wednesday, the local currency was figure reported in the previous month. trading at 93.64 US cents, down was 2.3 percent in January 2014. from 93.87 cents on Tuesday.China’s economic growth slowed to a 24-year low of 7.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2014, the latest figures showed.

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BOSTON: The Boston Bruins front of the net. “It was pretty The Red Wings had a 3-1 worked all season to get home- lucky,” said Howard, who had 25 lead in that series against the ice advantage throughout the saves in his third career playoff Blackhawks, and then lost three playoffs. shutout. Lucic “stuck his stick out in a row. It vanished with a flick of Pavel and got a lot on it and it just sort Boston had a decent scoring Datsyuk’s wrist. of spun (off) my glove and I was opportunity in the first minute Just like that, on Datsyuk’s just able to get enough of it.” of the third period when Brad goal with 3:01 left, the Detroit The goal came when Datsyuk Marchand stole the puck in the Red Wings got the upper hand carried the puck from the right Detroit zone and fired a 20-footer with a 1-0 win in the opener of side to the left in Boston’s from Howard’s right. But the the best-of-seven playoff series zone while teammate Justin goalie stopped the shot with his yesterday. Abdelkader skated up the slot pad. “ We know we’re good enough,” between Zdeno Chara and Dougie The Red Wings had a better Detroit coach Mike Babcock said, Hamilton. Both defensemen fell chance two minutes later when “ but it’s one thing to know you’re as Datsyuk put a 30-footer past Rask made a save, and then good enough and another thing goalie Tuukka Rask’s left glove. stuck his right pad out to kick to show it.” “Abby did a great job, drove the aside Darren Helm’s shot on the The Bruins won the Presidents’ middle, created space for him,” rebound. Trophy for the best record in the Babcock said. Boston played without four regular season - although they That may have distracted Rask. regulars, including defensemen were 1-3 against the Red Wings “You just try to get the puck in Matt Bartkowski and Kevan - but were locked in a tight game your eyes and I couldn’t,” Rask Miller, both sidelined with the flu. in which neither team had many said. “ Usually, he tries to make Center Chris Kelly sat out with a solid scoring opportunities. The a pass.” back injury and left wing Daniel eighth-seeded Red Wings made Puck handlers had very little Paille had a head injury suffered their last one count. space throughout the game. in a collision in the next-to-last “It’s a good start,” Datsyuk said, “We’re going to have to expect game of the regular season. “ but we know there are many that for the rest of the series and For Detroit, center Henrik tough games (ahead).” find ways to create some offense,” Zetterberg has been out since Game 2 of the first playoff Boston’s Patrice Bergeron said. Feb. 8 with a back condition that matchup between the Original The Bruins scored the third- required surgery and defenseman Goaltender Frederik Andersen (31) of the Anaheim Ducks makes a save, as Colton Sceviour (22) of the Dallas Six teams in 57 years is set for most goals during the regular sea- Jonathan Ericsson hasn’t played Stars is checked by Ben Lovejoy (6) of the Ducks in the second period of Game Two of the First Round of the Sunday in Boston. And Detroit son and had just two regulation since March 14 because of a bro- 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Honda Center, yesterday, in Anaheim, California. The Ducks defeated the doesn’t have to win there again losses in their last 23 games. ken finger. Stars 3-2. to advance. Yesterday’s loss was their first Meanwhile, right winger Rene “I’ll take home-ice advantage playoff game since they dropped Bourque scored twice as the on Bourque’s first goal of the up the shutout bid by Montreal’s Kari Lehtonen finished with 16 any time,” Bruins coach Claude the deciding Game 6 of last sea- Montreal Canadiens smothered postseason. Carey Price. saves. Julien said, “but that doesn’t son’s Stanley Cup final in Boston. the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 to Right winger Brendan In another match, Center Ryan The Ducks made the Stars pay mean you can’t win on the road They lost 3-2 to the Chicago take a 2-0 lead in their best-of- Gallagher made it 3-0 with nine Getzlaf scored a goal and had an on a short-handed goal in the ... which is what we have to do in Blackhawks after allowing the seven first-round series. minutes remaining in the game assist as the top seed Anaheim third period and it turned out to this series if we plan on winning tying and winning goals in the After a scoreless first period, before Bourque capped Montreal’s Ducks recorded a 3-2 victory be the difference. this.” last 76 seconds. Montreal took a 1-0 lead when scoring past rookie goaltender over the Dallas Stars to go 2-0 After a sloppy exchange on Datsyuk, still not fully recov- Datsyuk, who missed 16 games center David Desharnais scored Kristers Gudlevskis, who had up in the best-of-seven Western Anaheim’s end of the ice, center ered from a knee injury, wasn’t with a knee injury before return- six seconds into their second replaced Anders Lindback after Conference quarter-finals. Andrew Cogliano gained posses- Detroit’s only late-game star. His ing April 4, got his first playoff power play just three minutes into Gallagher’s goal. Anaheim rookie goaltender sion, passed the puck to Getzlaf goal came moments after a bril- goal since Game 3 of Detroit’s sec- the period. Lightning winger Teddy Purcell Frederik Andersen stopped 34 and then scored off a return pass liant glove save by Jimmy Howard ond-round playoff series against The Canadiens took a 2-0 scored a power-play goal for shots in his second outing of the for a 3-1 advantage at 5:09. on Milan Lucic’s deflection in Chicago last year. lead with 9:25 left in the period Tampa Bay with 1:59 left to break series, while Dallas netminder AGENCIES

Memphis’ guard Stanton’s Grand Slam beats Mariners Calathes hit MIAMI: The Mariners’ mis- with 20-game ery on this trip matriculated St Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Michael to Miami. Seattle got a second Wacha (52) pitches against the Washington straight subpar showing from Nationals in the 3rd inning at Nationals Park in doping ban a starting pitcher, found a way Washington, yesterday. to fight back into the game and NEW YORK: Nick Calathes, then watched it slip away in the a Greek rookie backup guard end. for the Memphis Grizzlies, was Giancarlo Stanton, who is right suspended 20 games without now the most dangerous hitter in pay yesterday by the NBA for baseball, wasn’t satisfied with just a doping violation, the league driving in the game-winning run. announced. He drove in four to end the game. Only minutes before the open- Stanton blasted a grand slam ing day of the playoffs, the NBA off Yoervis Medina in the bottom revealed that Calathes would be of the ninth, breaking a 4-4 tie banished after testing positive for and sending the Mariners to a tamoxifen, a banned substance fourth straight loss with an 8-4 found in a supplement he had defeat at Marlins Ballpark on been taking. Friday night. It was also the third The suspension for Calathes walk-off loss of the season for the will begin with Saturday’s play- Mariners. off opener for the Grizzlies at The debate as to whether Oklahoma City. Seattle would have pitched to Last season, Memphis upset Stanton in the ninth can rage. Oklahoma City in the playoffs. And the anger over the latest Calathes, a 25-year-old who controversy in baseball – replay played college basketball at reviews of the “transfer” rule Florida, averaged 4.9 points, 2.9 -— was stoked a little more. The assists and 1.9 rebounds a game Mariners had benefited from sim- this season for the Grizzlies. ilar reviews this season, but were A national team player for on the losing end this time. Greece, Calathes also helped With runners on first and Athens Panathinaikos to Greek second and nobody out, Marcell league crowns in 2010 and 2011 Ozuna’s sacrifice bunt was just and a runner-up showing in 2012. near enough to the mound that Last year he sparked Russia’s Medina was able to bare-hand Lokomotiv Kuban to the EuroCup it on the hop and fire across his title, being named the event’s body to third base to beat a sliding Most Valuable Player. Reed Johnson. Meanwhile, Indiana Pacers cen- But after Kyle Seager caught “We’ve seen it happen a couple did not catch the ball, despite from behind the entire game. tre Roy Hibbert said it was wrong Baseball Results the ball on the bag, he went to pull of times this year,” Seager said. “I years of having it being almost Miami jumped on starter Chris to call out teammates during his the ball out of his glove to possibly felt like I caught the ball on the the opposite. Had the out stood, Young immediately, scoring two team’s recent struggles. Hibbert Cincinnati 4 Chicago Cubs 1 throw to first. He bobbled it. That base. And then I tried to trans- the Mariners would’ve had some runs in the first inning. ripped his teammates after a Toronto 3 Cleveland 2 little miscue led to a request of a fer it over to my hand to make a wiggle room with Stanton coming Seattle answered in an unusual blowout loss to the Washington Washington 3 St Louis 1 replay challenge of the transfer throw, and that’s when I bobbled to the plate. They had intention- way. Michael Saunders led off the Wizards on March 28. Milwaukee 5 Pittsburgh 3 rule by Marlins manager Mike the ball. But I felt like I caught ally walked him twice. top of the second with a single “Some selfish dudes in here,” LA Angels 11 Detroit 6 Redmond. Mariners manager the ball on the base.” “We really tried to stay away and Dustin Ackley followed with Hibbert said. “Some selfish dudes. Baltimore 8 Boston 4 Lloyd McClendon didn’t need But with the new interpreta- from him all night because he’s a single to right field. As Stanton I’m tired of talking about it. We’ve Atlanta 6 NY Mets 0 to wait the near two minutes as tion of the rule, Seager was wrong. the one guy in that lineup that charged to field the ground ball in been talking about it for a month.” the umpires conferred with MLB MLB released a memo as part can really hurt you,” McClendon mid-right field, it skipped over his The Pacers lost 12 of their final Miami 8 Seattle 4 offices in New York to know the of instant-replay review guide- said. “But we had no choice there.” glove and rolled all the way to the 22 regular-season games, but still Tampa Bay 11 NY Yankees 5 outcome. lines that outlined a catch with Medina hung a 1-2 slider to wall. Saunders and Ackley — two secured the Eastern Conference’s Texas 12 C White Sox 0 “I knew that was going to this sentence: Stanton and he crushed it over of the Mariners’ faster base run- No. 1 seed and will open the play- Kansas City 5 Minnesota 0 be overturned right away,” “An example of a catch that the wall in left field. ners — circled the bases to score offs at home against the Atlanta Colorado 12 Philadelphia 1 McClendon said. would not count is if a fielder Stanton finished the night 3 for and tie it at 2-2. Hawks on Saturday. Oakland 11 Houston 3 Based on the way the rule is loses possession of the ball during 3 with five runs batted in. He is But Young couldn’t keep the “You know, I think that I written, Seager didn’t have pos- the transfer before the ball was hitting .329 with six homers and score there, giving up two more should’ve kept my frustrations to Arizona 4 LA Dodgers 2 session of the ball and Johnson secured by his throwing hand.” a MLB-leading 26 RBI. runs and leaving after three myself or just in the locker room,” San Diego 2 San Francisco 1 was ruled safe. Under that language, Seager The Mariners were playing innings. AGENCIES Hibbert said. AGENCIES SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland serves to David Ferrer of Spain during their semi- final match at the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco, yester- day. RIGHT: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic after his semi-final loss to Roger Federer, yesterday.

All-Swiss final in Monte Carlo Federer ousts ailing Djokovic; Australian Open champion Wawrinka beats Ferrer

MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Carlo finals to with the way and went down to Nadal in a Roger Federer and Stanislas Nadal, will be Monte Carlo I played. I was Madrid Masters title bid last May. Vekic upsets Wawrinka eased into the Monte making his first very pleased He improved to 19-3 on the sea- Carlo Masters final yesterday, title bid in the Masters Results with my game son and appears to have overcome Zhang for final setting up the first all-Swiss tournament since in the first his post-Australian Open slump MONTE CARLO, Monaco: title showdown in 14 years. 2008. set. I was also where he lost early in both Indian Collated results on the sev- Cibulkova date Federer, who has never won the Djokovic’s loss pleased with Wells and Miami. enth day of the ATP Monte trophy in the principality, beat ended a 13-match my game in The Swiss had not faced a Carlo Masters on Saturday (x Novak Djokovic (pictured) 7-5, win streak and a the second break point until his meeting with in Malaysia denotes seeding): 6-2 as the defending champion run of 23 in a row set, although I Ferrer, improving his record in and world number two struggled at the Masters Semi-finals: Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x3) bt was a bit more the series with the Spaniard to six KUALA LUMPUR: Teenager with a right wrist injury which level. David Ferrer (ESP x6) 6-1, 7-6 (7/3); Roger hesitant. wins against seven losses. Donna Vekic pulled off the sur- limited his serving to the 150kph The Easter Federer (SUI x4) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) “He changed “Stan was very good, he was prise of the Malaysian Open range. Sunday title 7-5, 6-2. his tactics and playing unbelievable,” said Ferrer, so far, edging out second seed Wawrinka, the Australian match-up will be became more who trailed 5-0 in the first set. Zhang Shuai 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 yester- Open champion, saw off David huge for both men, but Federer aggressive with his forehand,” he “I didn’t have options to resist day to clinch a final clash against Ferrer 6-1, 7-6 (7/3), a day after goes into the match with a psy- said of Ferrer, who on Friday had him. “I didn’t return very well, top seed Dominika Cibulkova. the Spaniard stunned eight-time chological edge standing 13-1 over condemned Nadal to his earliest but in the second Stan had a few The 17-year-old Croatian, the champion compatriot Rafael his Davis Cup doubles partner exit from the tournament since mistakes and I was able to play youngest player in the main draw, Nadal in the quarter-finals. and good friend. 2003. “I tried to be tougher on with more power with my fore- overcame a humbling start to Federer featured in the last all- But Wawrinka won his only myself. I tried to play long rallies, hand. But he was better, and he upset Zhang, who was the first Swiss final when he lost to Marc match in the series in the 2009 still moving forward when I could. moved the ball better than me.” Chinese player to reach the semi- Rosset in the 2000 Marseille Monte Carlo third round. I’m not surprised with my game The win marked the 100th vic- finals of the tournament. decider, back in the days when the “It’s great, for sure, to play a or the way I’m playing. Today was tory for Wawrinka in Masters “It was funny the way it went 17-time Grand Slam title winner Swiss player, especially Roger,” a little bit slower.” events and left him with a 15-6 especially in the opening three was still a raw teenager. said Wawrinka. Wawrinka lost the Rome Monte Carlo record from seven games. Zhang Shuai played a flaw- Federer, a loser in three Monte “Today I’m very satisfied Masters final to Djokovic in 2008 appearances. AFP less game,” the seventh seed said. “I told myself before the second set that I had to up my game or else I would have smashed several racquets on the court.” Germany, Czechs head The world number 95 will hope to be third time lucky after los- ing her previous two WTA final appearances. She will battle world number 10 towards Fed Cup final Cibulkova for the championship after the Slovakian was stretched PARIS: Germany edged closer in 101 minutes in the first singles 26 and Czech number-two, swept to three sets against defend- to their first Fed Cup final for 22 rubber. 11th-ranked Italian number one ing champion Karolina Pliskova years yesterday while the Czech World number seven Angelique Sara Errani 6-4, 6-1 in an hour before living up to her top billing. Republic, twice champions in Kerber then dropped just one and 11 minutes. Cibulkova, who is seeking her the last three years, looked cer- game in disposing of Australia’s It took sixth-ranked Kvitova fifth career WTA Tour title, dis- tain to join them. number two Casey Dellacqua in 50 five minutes longer to see off posed of the third-seeded Czech in Germany, who last won the minutes to seize control of the tie. world number 54 Camila Giorgi a tightly-contested 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, competition in 1992 when Steffi “I saw two great matches and 6-4, 6-2 despite action being held 6-3 triumph at the Royal Selangor Graf and Anke Huber starred in I was very proud of the per- up for 20 minutes due to a power Golf Club in Kuala Lumpur. the team which defeated Spain, formance of my two girls,” said outage. “I am delighted to qualify for shrugged off the draining journey German captain Barbara Rittner “I was a little nervous at the finals and hopefully I will to Brisbane to open a 2-0 lead who played in her country’s 1992 the start, I made mistakes too achieve my second tour title of over Australia. title-wining team. quickly,” said Safarova who let the season after Acapulco,” she In Ostrava, the Czech Republic, While world number 28 Errani take a 3-1 lead in the first said after a gruelling match which winners in 2011 and 2012, were Petkovic claimed Stosur faced set but then gave up only two lasted over two hours. also 2-0 to the good against a “tougher mental state” than games in the rest of the rubber. Her win offers the 24-year-old defending champions Italy, shrug- her under the local spotlight, the “I regained my focus, I started a chance to be the first top seed ging off a 20-minute power cut in Australian denied she succumbed to follow the tactic I had set to win the Malaysian Open. the process. to pressure. before the game and then it went AFP Australia’s last final appear- “I wasn’t overly nervous. I well,” Safarova added. Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic celebrates after winning her match ance was in 1993 while the most thought she came out hitting the Former Wimbledon champion against Camila Giorgi of Italy, during the semi-final Tennis Fed Cup match recent of their seven titles came ball very clean and deep -- that Kvitova, who hadn’t played for in Ostrava, Czech Republic, yesterday. Malaysian Open way back in 1974 when Evonne puts you on the back foot,” said three weeks, said she “showed Goolagong was in her pomp. Stosur. quite a solid performance after Results After yesterday, that dis- “At least I was able to fight such a long time”. Olympic host city Sochi. Elena 6-2 to hand the Poles a 1-0 lead. KUALA LUMPUR: Results mal run looks likely to continue back. But at the end of the day “I served well, and Camila Vesnina beat Paula Ormaechea Spain pulled level when Maria- from the WTA Malaysian unless they can sweep through that doesn’t really count for wasn’t fast enough on the fast 6-3, 6-3 before Ekaterina Teresa Torro-Flor beat Urszula Open yesterday (x denotes Saturday’s reverse singles and much.” surface,” said Kvitova. Makarova saw off Maria Irigoyen, Radwanska 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. seeding): doubles. Lucie Safarova and Petra In the World Group play-offs, the world 155, by 7-5, 6-1. Later Saturday, the United Andrea Petkovic downed Kvitova handed the Czech where the winners will play in In Barcelona, Spain and Poland States, 17-time champions, host Semi-finals: Donna Vekic (CRO x7) bt Australia’s number one and Republic a 2-0 lead over Italy in the elite section in 2015, Russia, were 1-1 after world number France in St Louis while Canada Zhang Shuai (CHN x2) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; former US Open champion their semi-final. without Maria Sharapova, took a three Agnieszka Radwansk eased welcome Slovakia to Quebec. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x1) bt Karolina Samantha Stosur 6-1, 7-6 (9/7) Safarova, the world number 2-0 lead over Argentina in Winter past Silvia Soler Espinosa 6-2, AFP Pliskova (CZE x3) 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-3. Nadal searches for fire as French Open nears

PARIS: Rafael Nadal won’t run was ended in 2013 by Novak started the year great in Doha champion at Roland Garros next 62 career titles. “With my style of is right not to do so. Next week panic after having his cloak of Djokovic in the final. and during Australia. But I don’t month, needs an overhaul of his game, I don’t know another way. he heads to Barcelona where he claycourt invincibility ripped Friday’s loss was his earliest have to lie. After what happened coaching set-up. I am not a player who will win in is an eight-time champion and to shreds by David Ferrer, but in the principality since a third in Australia it was a little bit He has been guided by his uncle two shots. I can do it when I am where he boasts a record of 40 admits he needs to quickly round exit against Guillermo harder for me to find again the Toni since childhood and has vig- playing very, very well. But nor- wins against just one loss which rediscover his famed Spanish Coria on his debut appearance in intensity, the confidence, the orously defended his in-house mally I play the points,” he said. he suffered in 2003. fire. 2003 when he was just 16. inside power that always I have,” operation even as rivals Djokovic, Nadal also insists that he is Then it’s on to his defence of The world number one suf- For Ferrer, the unheralded said the 27-year-old. Roger Federer and Andy Murray injury free with the back pain the Madrid Masters title and fered just his third career defeat workhorse of the men’s tour, it “Even if I won Rio, I played ruthlessly wielded the coaching that sabotaged his Australian Rome where he won for the sev- in Monte Carlo when he slumped was a first win on clay against the final in Miami, there remains axe to keep up with Nadal’s blis- Open final dream no longer an enth time in 2013. to a shock 7-6 (7/1), 6-4 quarter- the 13-time major winner since something in my mind and in my tering pace. issue. “The back is in good shape. In the Italian capital, Nadal final loss to compatriot Ferrer on Stuttgart in 2004. Even Nadal, game. I’m going to fight to try to But Nadal does not believe rad- Physical performance is in good has 41 wins and just two defeats Friday. whose season so far has seen titles find that solution soon.” ical surgery is the answer to what shape,” he said. -- against Juan Carlos Ferrero in Nadal had won the Monte in Doha and Rio and runners-up There will again be suggestions at the moment is just one setback, Nadal knows that this is not the second round in 2008 and to Carlo title for eight successive spots at the Australian Open and that Nadal, who will attempt to albeit a worrying one on a surface the time to press the panic but- Djokovic in the 2011 final. years from 2005 to 2012 before his Miami, felt the shockwaves. “I become a nine-time French Open where he has gathered 43 of his ton and recent history suggests he AFP SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

PGA Heritage Scores HILTON HEAD ISLAND, United States: Scores after yesteray’s completion of the Westwood leads in Malaysia storm-halted second round of the $5.8m US PGA Tour’s Heritage (par 71, USA unless The Englishman bogeys his final hole, leads by a single-stroke noted): 137 K.J. Choi (KOR) 70-67, Jim Furyk 71-66, Ben Martin 69-68 KUALA LUMPUR: Lee “It was tricky out there. I didn’t 139 Scott Langley 66-73, Luke Donald (ENG) Westwood survived high tem- play as well as I did the first two 70-69, Billy Hurley 70-69, Scott Brown peratures and fierce compe- days, but there were some difficult 70-69, John Huh 71-68, Ted Potter tition from compatriot Andy flags and it was really hot,” the 70-69, Matt Kuchar 66-73, Chesson Sullivan to cling onto the lead in former world number one said. Hadley 72-67, Matt Every 69-70, Bo the Malaysian Open yesterday “That’s as hot as I’ve been on a Van Pelt 69-70, Richard Lee 70-69 by a single-stroke. golf course for quite some time. It 140 Nicolas Thompson 70-70, Geoff Ogilvy The Englishman, who boasts was a real grind.” (AUS) 72-68, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 70-70, Kevin Stadler 71-69, Graeme an impressive 12 career wins in He had launched off with a McDowell (NIR) 71-69, Martin Kaymer Asia, started the day strongly but 20-foot birdie before being stifled (GER) 73-67, Brian Harman 69-71 bogeyed his final hole in third- with a bogey on the second but 141 Tim Herron 69-72, Brian Stuard 69-72, round play, allowing Sullivan to notched another two birdies by Kevin Streelman 69-72, Harris English close in from six strokes behind the 11th. 68-73, Paul Casey (ENG) 74-67, Russell overnight. However, the Englishman Knox (SCO) 69-72, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) Coming off a seventh place fin- scored a bogey on the final hole, 69-72, Robert Allenby (AUS) 69-72, Tim Wilkinson (NL) 70-71 ish at last week’s Masters in the finishing one-under at 71. United States, Westwood was Sullivan steamed into second LPGA Lotte clearly feeling the effects of the place by carding the day’s best scorching temperatures at the score of 66. Championship Scores Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country The 226th ranked Englishman, KAPOLEI, United States: Club. who idolises Westwood, was in Leading second-round scores on Thursday in the $1.7m US LPGA Lotte Championship Malaysian Open Third Round Scores (USA unless noted, a-denotes amateur, par-72): KUALA LUMPUR: Leading third-round scores yesterday in the 136 Angela Stanford 72-64 $2.75m Maybank Malaysian Open at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and 137 Michelle Wie 70-67 Country Club: 138 Cristie Kerr 72-66, Park In-Bee (KOR) 202 Lee Westwood (ENG) 65-66-71 70-68, Kim Hyo-Joo (KOR) 68-70, Ryu 203 Andy Sullivan (ENG) 70-67-66 So-Yeon (KOR) 68-70 206 Julien Quesne (FRA) 68-69-69 139 Jang Ha-Na (KOR), Pak Se-Ri (KOR) 68-71 207 Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 66-69-72 140 Haru Nomura (JPN) 73-67, Katie Burnett 208 Rikard Karlberg (SWE) 72-69-67, Garth Mulroy (RSA) 71-68-69, Masahiro Kawamura 71-69, a-Lee So Young (KOR) 70-70 (JPN) 68-70-70, Ricardo Santos (POR) 67-71-70, Eduardo de la Riva (ESP) 69-68-71, 141 Tiffany Joh 73-68, Jennifer Kirby (CAN) Danny Willett (ENG) 70-66-72 Lee Westwood of England smacks the ball towards the green during the third round of the Maybank Malaysian 72-69, Paula Reto (RSA) 72-69, Christel Open golf tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. 209 Tom Lewis (ENG) 70-71-68, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 72-68-69, Scott Jamieson (SCO) Boeljon (NED) 71-70 68-71-70 142 Chella Choi (KOR) 74-68, Morgan Pressel phenomenal form with seven trails Sullivan by three strokes, strokes off the pace. This year’s 73-69, Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 71-71, 210 Matteo Manassero (ITA) 71-72-67, Wade Ormsby (AUS) 70-71-69, Anirban Lahiri (IND) birdies for the day, including three with Nicolas Colsaerts of Belgium $2.75m tournament, jointly sanc- Amy Anderson 70-72 72-72-66, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 69-71-70 in a row on the front nine. lurking a stroke behind after tioned by the European and Asian 143 Amelia Lewis 77-66, Caroline Hedwall 211 Richard Bland (ENG) 73-69-69, Jason Knutzon (USA) 75-67-69, Thomas Pieters (BEL) “I only made one mistake but carding a 72 to join the chasing tours, is certain to witness a new (SWE) 75-68, Gerina Piller 75-68, Kang 75-67-69, Prayad Marksaeng (THA) 69-72-70, Jbe Kruger (RSA) 68-71-72 I got it back straight away. I’m pack. winner after Thailand’s defending Hae-Ji (KOR) 74-69, Mo Martin 74-69, Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 73-70, Katherine 212 Rahil Gangjee (IND) 74-68-70, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 73-70-69, Thongchai Jaidee delighted with the way I finished,” Former British Open cham- champion Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 72-70-70, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 74-68-70, S.S.P. Chowrasia (IND) 71-70-71, Kirk (AUS) 73-70, Azahara Munoz (ESP) said Sullivan, who is seeking a pion Louis Oosthuizen managed pulled out earlier in the day due 73-70, Silvia Cavalleri (ITA) 72-71, Kim Scott Hend (AUS) 70-70-72, Richard T. Lee (CAN) 69-76-67, Antonio Lascuna (PHI) maiden European Tour title. a three-under 69, but that still to inflamed tonsils. Kaufman 72-71, Lydia Ko (NZL) 72-71, 70-65-67 Frenchman Julien Quesne leaves the South African seven AFP Ayako Uehara 69-74 Furyk, Martin match Choi for PGA Heritage lead

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, A pack of 11 players, including Hyo-Joo and home-state hero United States: Americans Jim England’s Luke Donald and Matt Michelle Wie sharing second on Furyk and Ben Martin matched Kuchar, who finished fifth equal 207. American Cristie Kerr was South Korea’s K.J. Choi for the last weekend at the Masters, another shot adrift. In windy lead yesterday after the conclu- shares fourth on 139. conditions, Stanford had back- sion of the storm-halted second Kuchar is the highest-ranked to-back birdies at the fourth and round of the $5.8m US PGA player in the field at sixth in the fifth holes and added another at Heritage tournament. world. Donald missed the cut the seventh. Furyk, the 2003 US Open last week in the first major tour- “It’s hard for everybody. champion, and Martin, whose nament of the year at Augusta You really have to be patient,” career-best PGA finish of third National. Stanford said of the wind. came earlier this year at Puerto Others only two strokes adrift Stanford, who has won five of Rico, were among 65 players include Americans Scott Langley, 10 prior events when leading after forced to finish their second Billy Hurley, Scott Brown, John 54 holes, began the back nine with rounds on Saturday after heavy Huh, Ted Potter, Chesson Hadley, a bogey but followed with birdies rain halted play Friday afternoon. Matt Every, Richard Lee and Bo on the next three holes. They joined Choi, who was able Van Pelt. “I kind of found something and to finish his round on Friday, on Among those on 140 were major for some reason I have been able five-under par 137 after 36 holes winners Geoff Ogilvy of Australia, to read these greens. It has been with the third round set to begin Charl Schwartzel of South Africa, fun to watch the ball go in.” later Saturday afternoon at Graeme McDowell of Northern Wie finished with a bogey to Harbour Town. Ireland and Martin Kaymer of miss a chance to stand second Choi has won five times when at Germany. alone. She made birdies and the least sharing the lead at the mid- Meanwhile, Angela Stanford, third and sixth holes and followed way mark and is seeking his ninth seeking her sixth career vic- a bogey at the seventh with a PGA title, his most recent coming tory, fired a five-under par 67 on birdie at the eighth and another at the 2011 Players Championship. Friday to seize a four-stroke lead at 11. “I’m proud of the way I hit Furyk, the 2010 Heritage after the third round of the $1.7m the ball,” Wie said. “I’m glad I champion, completed a five-under US LPGA Lotte Championship. have one more day. I’m looking 66 round Saturday while Martin, The veteran US player stood forward to playing tomorrow. I KJ Choi hits a tee shot on the 2nd hole during the third round of the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links who has never led so late in a on 13-under par 203 after 54 just have to go out there and make in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, yesterday. PGA event, shot 68. holes with South Korean Kim a lot of birdies.” AFP Qatar Junior Open 2014 Golf Tournament

The podium winners at the Qatar Junior Open 2014 Golf Tournament, Faisal Mir (right) and Pratyush Jain, hold their trophies at the awards ceremony organised by Qatar Golf Association yesterday at Doha Golf Club. RIGHT: The podium winners pose with the officials of Qatar Golf Association. PICTURES BY: SALIM MATRAMKOT SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Second loss for Mumbai Indians IPL: Defending champions lose by seven wickets to Royal Challengers Bangalore

DUBAI: Royal Challengers Michael Hussey (16) in the very Bangalore recorded their sec- first over of the match. The vet- Moores gets ond consecutive win with a eran Australian batsman spooned seven-wicket win over defend- an easy catch to Yuzvendra second stint as ing champions Mumbai Indians Chahal at point who grassed the in an Indian Premier League easy chance. England coach (IPL) match at the Dubai His opening partner Aditya International Cricket Stadium Tare (17) was also give a reprieve here yesterday. in the very next over with LONDON: Peter Moores (pic- Some tight bowling by the Maddinson dropping a sitter at Parthiv Patel of Royal tured) has been given a second Bangalore bowlers helped restrict first slip. Challengers Bangalore drives chance as England head coach, Mumbai Indians to 115 for nine Fortunately for Bangalore, both down the ground during the IPL after the England and Wales in 20 overs. players failed to cash in and were match against Mumbai Indians Cricket Board (ECB) announced After a brief stutter early dismissed soon enough. in Dubai yesterday. BOTTOM: his appointment yesterday. on in the innings when Royal At 52 for two after seven overs, JP Duminy of Delhi Daredevils Moores, the first man to twice Challengers lost three wickets Mumbai were still in a strong drops his bat while setting off be appointed England coach, in succession, AB de Villiers (42 position. However, some shock- for a run against Kolkata Knight replaced Andy Flower after the not out) and Parthiv Patel (45 not ing batting by the middle-order Riders. former Zimbabwe batsman stood out) added 80 runs for the fourth saw them being reduced to 101 for down following the team’s 5-0 wicket to guide the team to 116 seven in 17.2 overs. Ashes thrashing in Australia. for three in 18 overs. Ambati Rayudu (35) was the In a two-year spell from 2007 Lasith Malinga in customary only batsman to make any note- to 2009, the 51-year-old Moores fashion removed Nic Maddinson worthy contribution. Such was the led England in seven Test series, (12) with a toe-crushing yorker. dismal performance that only four starting with a 3-0 win over West Indian pacer Zaheer Khan then batsmen, including Rayudu, man- Indies, after replacing Duncan removed Virat Kohli (0) and aged to get into double figures. Fletcher. Yuvraj Singh (0) in the same over Mitchell Starc, Varun Aaron However, he was forced out to put Bangalore under tremen- and Yuzvendra Chahal picked up in 2009 following a rift with dous pressure. two wickets apiece while Albie Kevin Pietersen that cost the However, Parthiv and de Morkel and Ashok Dinda chipped star batsman the England cap- Villiers batted patiently to inch in with a wicket each. taincy, although the ECB ended towards the target and in the end This was also Bangalore’s 50th Pietersen’s international career brought out the big shots to hand win in the IPL, becoming only after the recent Ashes debacle. Mumbai Indians their successive the fourth team to do so after Moores’ latest appointment losses this season. Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai means there is no longer a posi- Earlier, put into bat, Mumbai Indians and Rajashthan Royals. tion in the hierarchy for limited Indians were lucky not to lose IANS overs coach Ashley Giles after England decided they wanted one coach across all three formats. Scoreboard Moores joined Lancashire in February 2009, having previously MUMBAI Chahal 4-0-17-2; A B Dinda 4-0-14-1; Yuvraj guided Sussex to the County M E K Hussey c Chahal b Morkel ...... 16 Singh 1-0-6-0 (1w). Championship title in 2003. A P Tare c Maddinson b Aaron ...... 17 BANGALORE Lancashire had not won the A T Rayudu c de Villiers b Starc ...... 35 N J Maddinson b Malinga ...... 12 championship outright since 1934 R G Sharma c de Villiers b Chahal ...... 2 P A Patel (not out) ...... 57 but their long wait ended in 2011. K A Pollard c Rana b Chahal ...... 3 V Kohli c Harbhajan Singh b Khan ...... 0 In an ECB statement, Moores C J Anderson c Kohli b Starc ...... 18 Yuvraj Singh lbw Khan ...... 0 said: “I am very excited about the Harbhajan Singh b Aaron ...... 8 A B de Villiers (not out)...... 45 prospect of returning to a role I Z Khan c Rana b Dinda ...... 0 Extras (LB-1, W-1) ...... 2 have done before and to building a S L Malinga (run out-Yuvraj Singh) ...... 2 Total (for 3 wkts in 17.3 overs) ...... 116 strong relationship with (captain) P P Ojha (not out) ...... 1 Did not bat:J A Morkel, S Rana, A B Dinda, M A Alastair Cook and the rest of the J J Bumrah (not out) ...... 1 Starc, Y S Chahal, V R Aaron. players and staff. Extras (B-1, LB-3, W-7, NB-1) ...... 12 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-17, 3-17. “In any time of change there Total (for 9 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 115 Bowling: Z Khan 4-0-21-2 (1w); Harbhajan comes opportunity and this is one Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-52, 3-60, 4-70, Singh 4-0-14-0; S L Malinga 3.3-0-29-1; J J I can’t wait to 5-101, 6-101, 7-101, 8-110, 9-113. Bumrah 2-0-14-0; P P Ojha 4-0-37-0. get stuck into.” Bowling: M A Starc 4-0-21-2; J A Morkel 3-0- Player-of-the Match: P A Patel (Bangalore ECB man- 23-1 (1nb, 1w); V R Aaron 4-0-30-2 (1w); Y S T20) aging director Paul Downton added: “Peter has a great rep- utation around Duminy guides Daredevils to victory the world as an outstand- DUBAI: JP Duminy played a square leg. New Zealand’s Ross captain out leg before wicket. Scoreboard ing coach and thrilling innings to take the Taylor (6) also got out soon after Duminy now decided to take he will return Delhi Daredevils to a four- but captain Dinesh Karthik kept the role of the anchor as piled KOLKATA M A Agarwal c Chawla b Morkel ...... 26 to the role as wicket win over the Kolkata the flow of runs going for his as he smashed three sixes and J H Kallis c Taylor b Mohd Shami ...... 0 K D Karthik lbw Narine ...... 56 England head coach with a great Knight Riders in an Indian team. boundaries each. G Gambhir c Duminy b Coulter-Nile ...... 0 R P Taylor b Kallis ...... 6 deal more experience and under- Premier League (IPL) clash at Karthik, who got out for zero in Manoj Tiwary (8) and James M K Pandey b Nadeem ...... 48 J P Duminy (not out) ...... 52 standing of the challenges that the Dubai International Cricket his last match, looked in sublime Neehsam (8) did not get many R V Uthappa c Taylor b Unadkat ...... 55 M K Tiwary c Narine b Morkel ...... 8 the role presents. Stadium here yesterday. touch as he scored a fluent 56 off runs but stuck in their to aid Shakib Al Hasan (not out) ...... 30 J D S Neesham c Pathan b Chawla ...... 8 “There is no doubt that he is Chasing a challenging target 40 deliveries, including five fours Duminy, who appeared a man on Y K Pathan b Coulter-Nile ...... 11 N M Coulter-Nile (not out) ...... 0 the leading English coach of his of 167, the South African played and two sixes. a mission. S A Yadav (not out) ...... 8 Extras (LB-6, W-5) ...... 11 generation and I believe that this a swashbuckling knock of 52 not He also got good support Morne Morkel’s 18th over Extras (LB-1, W-12, NB-1) ...... 14 Total (for 6 wkts in 19.3 overs) ...... 167 is his time,” the former England out to take the Daredevils home from Duminy, who had also proved to be the difference when Total (for 5 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 166 Did not bat: S Nadeem, Mohammed Shami, J wicketkeeper added. with a six - with three balls to struck an important half-cen- Duminy smashed 21 runs off the Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-11, 3-75, 4-132, D Unadkat. “His domestic credentials are spare. tury in their opening match over, including two sixes and a 5-157. Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-39, 3-60, 4-118, beyond reproach having won the Daredevils opener Murali against the Royal Challengers boundary to bring down the ask- Bowling: Mohammed Shami 4-0-33-1 (5w); N 5-127, 6-161. County Championship at Sussex Vijay did not give the team the Bangalore Thursday. ing rate to 11 off 12. M Coulter-Nile 4-0-27-2 (1nb, 1w); J D Unad- Bowling: R Vinay Kumar 4-0-35-0; M Morkel and then repeating the feat at start they required, getting out Just when it was looking Delhi suffered a hiccup or two kat 4-0-25-1; J D S Neesham 2-0-26-0 (2w); 4-0-41-2 (2w); Shakib Al Hasan 3-0-25-0 (1w); Lancashire, whose 2011 triumph for a duck on his second deliv- that the Daredevils would but reached home with another S Nadeem 3-0-29-1; J P Duminy 3-0-25-0. J H Kallis 2-0-15-1; P P Chawla 2.3-0-27-1; S was their first for 77 years. ery. However, Mayank Agarwal romp home thanks to Karthik, Duminy six to bag the team’s first DELHI P Narine 4-0-18-1. “He was also the lead at the (26 off 14) looked impressive but mystery spinner Sunil Narine win of the tournament. M Vijay (run out-Pandey) ...... 0 Player-of-the-Match: J P Duminy (Delhi) National Cricket Performance got caught in a soft dismissal at turned the tables by getting the IANS Centre at Loughborough between 2005 and his appointment as England coach in 2007. “In his time with England he No way back for Pietersen, says England boss gave Test debuts to Stuart Broad, Matt Prior and Graeme Swann LONDON: Kevin Pietersen’s debacle, Downton gave the most grow -- and let’s remember that Test run scorer in England’s his- as well as helping to further the (pictured) hopes of reviving his detailed explanation yet by any- we hadn’t replaced (Andrew) tory and tops the list among cur- international careers of players international career appeared one in the England hierarchy for Strauss, (Graeme) Swann had rent players. like the current England cap- to end yesterday when England Pietersen’s exile. retired, (Jonathan) Trott had But that cut little ice with tain Alastair Cook and James and Wales Cricket Board “I arrived in Sydney (the gone home and is still recover- Downton. Anderson. (ECB) managing director Paul venue for the fifth and final ing now (from a stress-related “We had a strong side over 10 “He also brought Andy Flower Downton said there was “no Ashes Test) on 31st December, illness) -- that we had to invest years with strong leadership and into the England set-up as well way back” for the star batsman. and it was clear that there in new players and build a new established captains and coaches, as influential individuals like Pietersen, England’s leading were two issues: Andy Flower’s team with some core values. and that side could accommo- Mushtaq Ahmed as spin bowling run scorer across all formats, future and what we were going “It was decided that wouldn’t date Kevin, but that balance has coach. was sensationally axed from the to do about Kevin?,” Downton, happen with Kevin in the side shifted now,” Downton said. “I was hugely impressed by national set-up following the flanked by Moores and Cook, so we decided not to select him,” “A new side won’t accommo- his vision for the future of the team’s recent 5-0 Ashes series explained. explained Downton, who insisted date Kevin. It’s about the balance England team and I am looking loss in Australia. “I watched every ball of that there was no “smoking gun” that of what is best for England.” forward to working with him in Initially the ECB would only Sydney Test match and I’ve had led to Pietersen’s exit. Moores, 51, was previously the years to come. cite the need for a new “team never seen anybody so disengaged “What you see here is the England coach from 2007 to 2009 “I would personally like to ethic and philosophy” and “sup- from what was going on,” former future and I don’t see any going before a falling out with Pietersen thank Ashley Giles for the job he port” for skipper Alastair Cook, England wicketkeeper Downton back.” cost him the job and the batsman did with the limited-overs squads as the reason behind the move, said of a match the tourists lost Last week Pietersen, currently the England captaincy. in the last 18 months. with Cook saying it was a “brave by 281 runs, with Pietersen man- playing for the Delhi Daredevils Now rejoining the England “It was a really difficult deci- call”. aging scores of just three and six. in the Indian Premier League, set-up from his position as sion to make as we had an out- But that still left unanswered “What you need from a senior said he still had hope of becoming Lancashire coach, Moores standing field but the panel were the question of what precisely player is backing, support and the first England player to score laughed when told Pietersen had unanimous in the choice of Peter.” 33-year-old South Africa-born everybody working together. We 10,000 Test runs. tweeted Saturday: “Everyone Flower remains in the ECB Pietersen had done in Australia to just got to a stage where that was “Yes, maybe I’ll still get to deserves a 2nd chance!”. hierarchy, having been appointed deserve such drastic treatment. no longer the case. 10,000 (Test runs),” Pietersen, However, Moores added: “The to the newly-created post of tech- However, during a Lord’s news “We came to the conclusion who scored 8,181 runs in 104 important point to make is I nical director of elite coaching conference on Saturday where -- that if England was going Tests after making his debut never fell out with Kevin, Kevin last month. Peter Moores was unveiled as to rebuild after a 5-0 loss then against Australia in 2005, told fell out with me. There’s a nota- England’s next match is a England coach after Andy Flower we had to make a decision for the Indian Express. ble difference.” one-day international against stood down following the Ashes the future and for the side to Pietersen is the fourth highest AFP Scotland in Aberdeen on May 9. AFP SUNDAY 20 APRIL 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Celtic held by late Sutton goal Advantage Liverpool as GLASGOW: John Sutton grabbed a stoppage time equal- iser as Motherwell held Celtic to a dramatic 3-3 draw in a thriller at Fir Park. The home side had raced into an early lead when Efe Ambrose Sunderland stun Chelsea misjudged the flight of a lofted pass to let in Sutton to fire home a fifth minute opener. Manager Mourinho mocks referees after first home league loss Kris Commons saw his 22nd minute penalty saved by Gunnar Nielsen before Zane Francis- LONDON: Sunderland con- Angol made it 2-0 when he poked demned Chelsea to their first past Fraser Forster in the 44th home Premier League defeat minute. under Jose Mourinho with a Anthony Stokes pulled one stunning 2-1 victory yesterday back for Celtic in first-half stop- that took Liverpool a step closer page time with an audacious to the title. finish before Georgios Samaras Chelsea were bidding to take prodded home an equaliser in the over from Liverpool at the sum- 56th minute. mit, but their loss to the league’s Both sides had chances before bottom club means that Brendan Leigh Griffiths came off the bench Rodgers’ side can now open up to fire Celtic in front in the 86th a five-point lead if they win at minute. Norwich City today. It looked as if Motherwell were Samuel Eto’o put Chelsea heading for defeat after taking a ahead after only 12 minutes, but two goal lead for the second suc- Sunderland equalised quickly cessive week before Sutton slid through Connor Wickham and home to seal a point for the home claimed victory thanks to an side that keeps them three points 82nd-minute penalty from on- behind Aberdeen in the race for loan Liverpool striker Fabio second place. Borini. “Our first half performance was Mourinho, who had avoided poor and we gifted Motherwell defeat in his previous 77 home two goals. It looked as if some league games as Chelsea manager, of the players were on holiday hit out sarcastically at referee already so obviously I had a few Mike Dean after the game. words at half-time,” Celtic man- “I just want to say four things, ager Neil Lennon explained. and I’m sorry, because if you make “Our second half performance me (answer) more questions, I was excellent and we should have will repeat in exactly the same won the game.” way,” he told Sky Sports. Motherwell manager Stuart “Congratulations to my play- Chelsea’s Brazilian midfielder Willian (right) vies with Sunderland’s English midfielder Jack Colback (second right) during the English Premier League McCall was proud of his players’ ers, because they gave what they match at Stamford Bridge in London, yesterday. RIGHT: Sunderland’s English midfielder Lee Cattermole reacts after his team won 2-1. performance. have and what they don’t have. “It was a deserved point and Congratulations to Sunderland, fantastic performance. “And con- days, but it is not over for us yet.” Eto’o curling just wide and sub- and Younes Kaboul saw the hosts a fantastic match,” McCall said. because they won. Congratulations gratulations to Mike Riley (head Chelsea took the lead in the stitute Demba Ba miscuing from prevail. “When you are 2-0 up and lose a to Mike Dean, because he made a of refereeing body Professional 12th minute, Eto’o volleying in Willian’s cut-back, but the goal “If we had got any points here, goal right on half-time and they Game Match Officials Limited), from Willian’s left-wing corner, would not come and there was it would have been an extra point score so early in the second half English Premier because what they did during the but it took Sunderland only six worse to follow. for us,” said Fulham manager you think it is just a matter of season was fantastic for the way minutes to draw level. In the 81st minute, Cesar Magath, whose side ended the day time. League Results the championship is going.” Mark Schwarzer, deputising in Azpilicueta was penalised for slid- two points from safety. “They get it with three minutes LONDON: English Premier League results Having held third-placed goal for Chelsea in place of the ing in on Jozy Altidore and Borini, “We have to win our home to go but what character from the yesterday: Manchester City to a 2-2 draw unwell Petr Cech, spilled a long- a former Chelsea striker, calmly games and I think we can man- lads to bounce back.” in midweek, Sunderland have range shot from Marcos Alonso beat Schwarzer from the spot. age it.” Motherwell grabbed the opener Aston Villa 0 Southampton 0 emerged as this season’s king- and Wickham -- who claimed a The penalty incident saw Fulham slipped one place to after just four minutes. Cardiff 1 (Whittingham 51-pen) Stoke 1 makers, and victory at Stamford brace at City -- pounced to clip Altidore fall after bringing 19th after Cardiff City moved Ambrose allowed Stephen (Arnautovic 45-pen) Bridge gave their chances of home the rebound. his standing foot down on above them on goal difference by McManus’s long ball out of Chelsea 1 (Eto’o 12) Sunderland 2 avoiding relegation a sizeable Chelsea’s response was not Azpilicueta’s leg and Chelsea drawing 1-1 at home to Stoke City. defence to sail over his head (Wickham 18, Borini 82-pen) boost. slow in coming and visiting goal- reacted furiously, with assist- Marko Arnautovic gave Stoke which let in Sutton to drill a low Newcastle 1 (Ameobi 23) Swansea 2 (Bony Gus Poyet’s side, who had pre- keeper Vito Mannone had to ant coach Rui Faria needing the lead from the penalty spot in angled shot under the arms of 45, 90-pen) viously gone nine games without a produce smart saves to thwart to be restrained as he berated first-half injury time, but Peter Forster and into the net. Tottenham 3 (Paulinho 35, Kane 48, Kaboul win, finished the day three points Branislav Ivanovic, Nemanja Dean. Whittingham earned Cardiff a Celtic were presented with 62) Fulham 1 (Sidwell 37) from safety and also have a game Matic, Mohamed Salah and Earlier, Fulham squandered an draw with a penalty of his own a chance to equalise when they West Ham 0 Crystal Palace 1 (Jedinak in hand to play. Willian before half-time. opportunity to escape from the after Steven Nzonzi tripped were awarded a 22nd minute pen- 59-pen) Chelsea’s frustrations told when Premier League relegation zone Fraizer Campbell. alty after Iain Vigurs stuck out a “As soon as I said we needed Ramires lashed out at Sebastian after going down 3-1 at London Elsewhere, an ice-cool stop- leg to trip Stokes, who was head- Playing Today a miracle, things changed,” said Larsson with his arm, catching rivals Tottenham Hotspur. page-time penalty by Wilfried ing away from goal. Everton vs Manchester United (1510 GMT), Sunderland manager Poyet, a the Sunderland midfielder in the Fulham equalised almost imme- Bony gave Swansea City a 2-1 Commons had scored his pre- Hull vs Arsenal (1305GMT), Norwich vs former Chelsea player. face, but Dean appeared not to see diately through Steve Sidwell victory at Newcastle United that vious nine penalties but he was Liverpool (1100GMT) “The players kept believing. We the incident. after Paulinho put Tottenham took the Welsh club six points denied a tenth as Nielsen made a Playing Tomorrow needed something special and it The Chelsea onslaught con- ahead in the 35th minute, but sec- clear of the relegation zone. superb one-handed save. Manchester City vs West Brom (1900GMT) happened in the last four or five tinued in the second half, with ond-half goals from Harry Kane AFP AFP Vasilyev aims to defend his FIA World Cup lead

DOHA: Russian driver Vladimir Vasilyev will defend a 33-point lead in the 2014 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, when he tackles this week’s Sealine Cross-Country Rally across the deserts of Qatar. The Mini All4 Racing driver was catapulted into conten- tion for an inaugural title after taking the biggest win of his career at the recent Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. The 60 points he earned, coupled with 33 he amassed at the two Baja events in Russia and Italy, make him the early season favourite to win this year’s title. He will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of his Polish team- mate Krzyszt of Holowczyc, the defending champion who also drives a Mini All4 Racing in the five-day event being organised by the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF). Saudi’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi is the Russian’s closest rival head- Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (second left) and Sam Sunderland (second right) relax with KTM team members at Losail International Circuit yesterday. RIGHT: Sam Sunderland ready for Sealine ing into the fourth round of the action at Losail. championship and the second of the long-distance Marathon events. Al-Rajhi switches back victory in the car category is interesting event with several pre-race administration checks “I was so happy to win in Abu seven years in a row and KTM to a Toyota Hilux for this rally, the 2012 winner Nasser Saleh potential winners,” said X-raid at the Losail international circuit Dhabi,” said Goncalves. “Honda had won 12 years in a row and having won both the Bajas in Al Attiyah, who returns to the Mini team manager Sven Quandt. on Saturday. Team Honda Racing has a very strong team now and now Honda leads the champion- Russia and Italy at the wheel of X-raid team to drive a Mini All4 “Nasser will be out to win at home arrives in Doha with a five-point we have a competitive bike, some ship. It makes this week in Qatar the Overdrive Racing car. Racing for the first time since the and, at the same time, Vladimir lead in the FIM Cross-Country really fast riders and we have the all the more exciting.” Toyota colleagues Adam Malysz Dakar Rally in January. and Yazeed are fighting for FIA Rally World Championship championship lead.” Today, the leading car crews and Marek Dabrowski, both from The Qatari has a detailed World Cup points. Krzysztof and Manufacturers’ series over the “We know KTM has a strong attend administration and scru- Poland, are the closest challeng- knowledge of his local desert and a Martin (Kaczmarski) have also factory Red Bull KTM team. team and they led in Abu Dhabi tineering checks at Losail, before ers after three rounds, although a 60-point haul for first place would got what it takes to get to the very Portugal’s Paulo Goncalves until the final day,” added Team the QMMF hosts a series of three good result for either Czech driver lift Al Attiyah into contention for top. For me, it is important that stole victory form Marc Coma HRC manager Wolfgang Fischer. pre-event press conferences for Miroslav Zapletal or Brazilian a second FIA World Cup title and we repeat the result we achieved on the final stage of the recent “It was great to make that vic- officials, sponsors, riders and Reinaldo Varela would put them may well change his plans for the in Abu Dhabi.” Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and tory ours and break their long drivers from 16.00hrs. The com- in contention. remainder of the season. Three quad and 15 motorcycle he holds a three-point lead in the winning streak. petitive action gets underway on Firm favourite for outright “Sealine will definitely be an riders were on the list to attend title race after round one. Marc (Coma) had won there Monday. THE PENINSULA Sunday 20 April 2014 20 Jumadal II 1435 Volume 19 Number 6041 Sport Price: QR2

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clash in final of Qatar Cup MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Novak Djokovic has vowed to take as much recovery time as Qatar Stars League winners edge Al Sailiya 4-1 in penalities he needs to heal the right wrist injury which contributed to his 7-5, 6-2 Monte Carlo Masters DOHA: Qatar Stars League semi-final loss to Roger Federer winners Lekhwiya will meet yesterday. Eljaish in the final of Qatar Cup. But with the French Open In semi-final matches yester- just five weeks away, and his day Eljaish defeated Al Sadd 1-0 next scheduled event the Madrid to qualify, while Lekhwiya got Masters in a fortnight, timing is the better of Al Sailiya 4-1 on everything for the world number penalties. two Serb who won the 2013 Monte Go Seul-Ki scored the only goal Carlo title against Rafael Nadal. of the game in the 15th minute of Djokovic revealed that he for Eljaish. The match finished Eljaish’s Mohammed Muntari played in pain all week but did not 2-2 at the end of full time play. (right) vies with Al Sadd’s Talal risk retiring before his semi-final Nam Tae-Hee struck in the Ali Albloushi during their Qatar for fear of what kind of a reaction first minute and Youssef Msakni Cup semi-final match at Qatar it would provoke. added another in the third SC yesterday. PICTURES BY In his younger days, the Serb as Eljaish blitzed Al Sailiya. was often accused of frivolous KAMMUTTY VP Majdi Siddiq pulled one back in injury pullouts. injury time of the first half and “The good thing is I don’t need Mohammed Salah completed the to have a surgery, I don’t have any comeback at the last minute of rupture or something like that,” the second half. said Djokovic. Both teams failed to add to “I’m going to go see the doctors the score in extra-time and the tonight and then tomorrow again match went down to penalties. have another MRI, see if anything Lekhwiya goalkeeper Amine changed in the seven days since I Claude emerged as a hero in the had the last one. penalty shoot-out. QNA “I’ll just rest now. I cannot play tennis for some time -- how long, I don’t know. It’s really not in my hands anymore. I’m going to rest and see when it can heal 100%, then I will be back on the court.” Monte Carlo-based Djokovic admitted he had to play through the pain barrier all week in his aborted title defence. Eljaish’s Ali Sanad “The pain was there every Al Nuaimi (right)and single day from 10 days ago, at Al Sadd’s Hasan some stages it was very pain- Khalid Haydos in ful. Between my first and second action during the match I had a day off so I didn’t semi-final match. practise at all and I healed a little RIGHT: Lekhwiya’s bit. Then again I started playing. Karim Bu Daif (left) “Yesterday’s conditions (a win and Al Sailiya’s over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in Fawzi Mubarak heavy night conditions) did not help the state of my arm -- long Ayiesh during their0 match, long rallies, heavy balls. semi-final match. “I really don’t know the diagno- sis, to be honest. I heard so many things in last 10 days. Trust me, it’s complicated.” While it’s too early for panic stations regarding the French Open -- the only Grand Slam title missing from his collection. AFP F1: Hamilton storms to record pole in China

SHANGHAI: Lewis Hamilton the record set by the legendary explained later. “I wasn’t really been in the last couple of races. Chinese Grand Prix Grid convincingly snared pole posi- Scot Jim Clark back in the 1960s, comfortable so we made a couple Fighting for ninth and 10th is SHANGHAI: Grid for the Chinese Grand Prix following qualify- tion for the Chinese Grand Prix and provided more evidence that of changes for that last run and, obviously not good enough. ing yesterday: yesterday as he put himself in he could dominate this season. yeah, I put everything out there “So tomorrow if everything 1st row line to win three races in a row “It’s definitely more satisfying on that last lap.” goes right we can be closer. Not Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes); Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull-Renault) for the first time and seize con- when it’s wet. It’s so slippery out Rosberg complained of being off with Mercedes in the dry but with 2nd row trol of the championship. there,” Hamilton told reporters, the pace throughout qualifying. “I Red Bull. We shouldn’t be 30 sec- Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull-Renault); Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) Under steady rain, the British revealing that he might have gone was generally not quick enough onds behind them any more.” 3rd row Mercedes driver was untouchable even quicker but for a small mistake. today. I’ve been struggling with Raikkonen was clearly not so Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari); Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams-Mercedes) as he powered to 1min 53.860sec, “Our car is great. The lap could braking,” he said. “I was trying a confident after failing to make 4th row his third pole position in four have been faster because I lost a little bit too hard in the end. Q3. “We had some issues again races this season and more than little bit of time through turn 10 “I had to give it a go in the last today with downshifting,” he said. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams-Mercedes); Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Force India-Mercedes) half-a-second ahead of Daniel and I was like: ‘How are the times corner and it didn’t quite work “We had issues yesterday in the 5th row Ricciardo. looking?’ So I’m ecstatic, really out. But it didn’t really change dry as well.” Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso-Renault); Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus-Renault) Australian driver Ricciardo happy.” much.” Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso Brazil’s Felipe Massa showed 6th row again out-qualified his Red Bull Despite winning the last will be fifth on the grid but his that his rapidly improving Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari); Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) team-mate Sebastian Vettel, the two races, Hamilton still trails team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, who Williams can conquer a wet track, 7th row four-time defending world cham- Rosberg by 11 points in the had mechanical problems which after impressive pace in the dry Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Toro Rosso-Renault); Adrian Sutil (GER/Sauber-Ferrari) pion, who was third in 1:54.960. drivers’ championship but the severely limited his practice runs, on Friday, by putting himself on 8th row Hamilton’s team-mate and German will now have to start will be down in 11th place after the third row alongside his former Kevin Magnussen (DEN/McLaren-Mercedes); Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India-Mercedes) championship leader Nico behind both Red Bulls as well as being eliminated in Q2. Ferrari team-mate Alonso. 9th row Rosberg could only manage fourth his team-mate. “Yesterday the car felt bet- Just behind Massa will be place in the slippery conditions “Cool, alrighty,” exclaimed ter than Bahrain,” said Alonso, the second Williams driven by Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber-Ferrari); Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Caterham-Renault) as he ran wide on the last bend Ricciardo, when told over team who has shown improved pace all Finland’s Valtteri Bottas and 10th row of his final flying lap and spun radio he was on the front row for week. “We are starting fifth which Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg, Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia-Ferrari); Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Caterham-Renault) spectacularly. just the second time in his career. I think is a good result. who had grip problems and only 11th row It was the 34th pole position of “Right at the end of Q3 I man- “Hopefully we are closer (to scraped into Q3 late in the second Max Chilton (GBR/Marussia-Ferrari); Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus-Renault) Hamilton’s F1 career, eclipsing aged to pull something out,” he a podium finish) than we have session. AFP