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FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 • 12 Rajab 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6417 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 GCC to back political Deputy Emir meets Saudi Crown Prince process in Yemen: FM Al Attiyah chairs Gulf Foreign Ministers’ meet in Riyadh

DOHA: The GCC states will a critical necessity to restore the Secretary General Abdullatif Al continue to support the politi- legitimacy in Yemen and help the Zayani. cal process in Yemen and Yemeni people to stop the blood- On Iran nuclear programme, he work with the key actors of shed and prevent Yemen sliding said that the long-awaited final the international community towards discord and chaos. He agreement between the world and other concerned parties to lauded the military achievements powers and Tehran, expected in enhance the spirit of national which contributed to beginning June, must address concerns of consensus among all Yemeni of “Operation Renewal of Hope”. all countries in the region. He factions and parties. Al Attiyah said the GCC will said GCC countries welcomed The Foreign Ministers of the continue supporting the political the recent framework agreement GCC states met yesterday at process in Yemen, and work with between the two negotiating sides, Riyadh Airbase. This was a pre- the key actors of the international in line with the relevant inter- paratory meeting for the 15th community and other concerned national accords, acknowledging Consultative Meeting of the GCC parties to enhance the “spirit a country’s right to use nuclear leaders to be held in Riyadh on of national consensus among all power for civilian purposes. May 5, QNA reports. Yemeni parties, in addition to In this respect, Al Attiyah reaf- Qatar’s Foreign Minister backing the legitimate leadership firmed the GCC stance rejecting H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al that seeks to realise the aspira- the proliferation of weapons of Attiyah, who chaired the Riyadh tions of the people”. mass destruction in the Middle meet, said Decisive Storm came as Ministers also rejected hold- East, which is to be announced a ing on neutral nuclear-free zone. ground talks On Syria, Al Attiyah urged the between rival international community to seri- political forces ously seek a political solution that in Yemen. They could help realise the expectations insisted that the of the Syrian people in freedom talks be held in security and stability. Saudi Arabia. He called on the world commu- The talks would nity to assume its responsibilities be attended by and take the necessary measures “all Yemeni par- to end the Israeli occupation of ties and compo- Palestine in accordance with the Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani with Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al nents supporting international legitimacy resolu- Saud, Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier, Interior Minister and Chairman of the Political and Security Affairs, Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah legitimacy as tions, so that the Palestinian people in Riyadh yesterday. The Deputy Emir congratulated Prince Mohammad bin Nayef on being appointed Crown well as Yemen’s could have their own independent addressing the GCC Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Prince of Saudi Arabia, and extended congratulations from Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for the security and sta- state with Al Quds as capital. Riyadh yesterday. same. Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani was also present. bility,” said GCC THE PENINSULA/AFP See also page 3 QRC portals to trace Nepal missing Iranian watermelon safe

DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent The missing persons, if they missing persons were being for- persons in Nepal,” Al Kuwari said. for consumption: SCH (QRC) has launched an ini- are alive, can respond on the fol- warded to Nepal through the Meanwhile, QRC has launched tiative to trace, for Nepalese lowing portal: http://familylnks. International Federation of Red a drive locally to collect QR12m DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) said yesterday that expatriates here, their rela- icrc.org/nepal-earthquake/en/ Cross and Red Crescent Societies. ($3.3m) in donations for relief and Iranian watermelon in the local market are safe for consumption. tives who are missing after last Pages/Home.aspx She said arrangements were in rescue work in the quake-ravaged Laboratory tests conducted on watermelon samples showed that Saturday’s earthquake in the Nepalese can also visit the place for the Nepalese here to country. A QRC team reached they are free from contamination by chemical or biological sub- Himalayan nation. office of QRC in the Old Ghanem talk to their relatives back home Nepal with tonnes of medicine stances or microbes, said a SCH statement yesterday. Municipal The organisation has launched area of Doha and file a request to on phone or through audio-visual stocks and a mobile hospital inspectors on Wednesday collected samples from the market and two portals — one for Nepalese contact their missing relatives on mediums. within 48 hours of the disaster. sent them for lab tests following complaints from the public about expatriates to key in details of an application form. Twenty-five trained volun- QRC Secretary-General Saleh contaminated Iranian watermelon. People posted pictures and their missing relatives, the other The QRC office works Sunday teers are manning QRC’s office bin Ali Al Mohannadi said QRC’s comments on the social media, forcing the authorities to respond. for the missing persons to send to Thursday from 10am to 1pm to register the missing persons’ relief and rescue work will con- The SCH said that the holes found on the surface of the watermelon their messages, if they are alive. and from 4pm to 7pm. details. Some 10 of the volunteers tinue for three months in Nepal were caused by previous infection by insects which no more exists The QRC gave the address of Fatima Al Kuwari, a QRC vol- are Arabic-speaking while the after which the second phase that and do not pose any health hazards. The tests were conducted at the first portal, to register the unteer heading the office, said remaining are from Europe and of rebuilding and rehabilitation ini- the Central Food Laboratory at the SCH. The SCH urged the public details of the missing, as http:// requests for connecting with miss- Asia (including Nepal, Pakistan tiatives will begin. He said QR1m not to create panic by circulating wrong information and check the familylinks.icrc.org/nepal-earth- ing persons in Nepal were being and Indonesia). “We are receiv- was sent to Nepal for instant relief facts with the authorities concerned. THE PENINSULA quake/en/Pages/register-miss- treated as highly confidential. ing people on a daily basis who are work. THE PENINSULA ing.aspx She said that enquiries for requesting us to connect to missing See also page 2 Qatar agrees to buy 24 Rafale fighter jets, says France Basketball: Al Gharafa win Qatar Cup Nasa spacecraft PARIS: Qatar has agreed to buy 24 Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets in a ¤6.3bn ($7bn) deal, the French government said crashes into yesterday. The contract also includes MBDA missiles, and the training of 36 Qatari pilots and 100 technicians by the French army, Mercury’s surface a French Defence Ministry official said. “The president spoke to H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, who CAPE CANAVERAL: Nasa’s confirmed his desire to buy 24 Rafale combat planes,” President pioneering Messenger space- Francois Hollande’s office said. Eleven planes will be delivered each craft ended its four-year study year from mid-2018. Dassault Chief Executive Eric Trappier told of the planet Mercury yester- BFM TV that Qatar had an option to buy 12 more planes. Hollande day by crashing into the planet’s will travel to Doha on May 4 to sign the contract. surface, scientists said. Flight controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Iran to release seized Maersk Physics Laboratory in Maryland earlier estimated that Messenger, vessel after ‘debt settled’ traveling at more than 8,700 mph (14,000 kph), would hit the COPENHAGEN: Iran will release a cargo vessel chartered by ground near Mercury’s north pole Danish shipping group A P Moeller-Maersk as soon as the com- at 3:26pm EDT (1926 GMT). pany settles a debt stemming from a long-running business dispute, Messenger, with no more fuel to the Iranian embassy in Denmark said yesterday. “Iranian authori- manoeuvre, fought the downward ties reiterate that there has been absolutely no political or security push of the sun’s gravity until it intentions or considerations behind the incident,” the statement said. impacted the planet’s surface. “The seizure of the ship was solely an enforcement of a judicial court During its 4,104 orbits of ruling resulting from a commercial dispute between two private Mercury, Messenger made sur- Al Gharafa players celebrate their win over El Jaish in the final of Qatar Cup Basketball at Al Gharafa Stadium parties,” it added. Maersk said it was told by the Iranian Ports and prising detections of potassium, yesterday. Al Gharafa won 65-57. See also page 18 BAHER AMIN Maritime Organisation at a meeting on Wednesday that an Iranian sulfur and other volatiles on the court had ordered it to pay $3.6m in compensation in the case. planet’s surface. REUTERS AGENCIES FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

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Tel Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met the Iraqi Charge d’Affaires in Doha, Fax Nawar Sadiq Jawad. The two discussed ties between Qatar and Iraq and ways of developing them.

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Tel + 974 44298888 Relief and rescue work in Nepal to continue for three months Fax DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent crisis and need,” he added. still being felt, Sharma said. All There was an acute short- (QRC) has launched a drive Al Mohannadi said an initia- schools, colleges and government age of medicines, and drinking locally to collect QR12m tive to provide psychological sup- offices are closed for a week. water, medicines, health services Tel ($3.3m) in donations for relief port to grieving Nepalese here There are 12 affected areas and and food were urgently needed, and rescue work in quake-rav- was also in place. some 6,000 people were missing, said Sharma. Fax aged Nepal. Mani Ratan Sharma, Deputy he said, adding that thousands of The most challenging task The drive will be on for three Head of Mission, Nepal Embassy, houses and major infrastructure was to access remote areas, some months, during which time the was present along with several had been destroyed by the quake. of them atop high mountains. Tel first phase of relief and rescue community elders and officials of Many villages had vanished Community elder Dr Dev Fax work by QRC will continue in the Nepalese community organi- from the face of the earth. There Dongol said that 80 percent of the Himalayan nation. sation, Non-Resident Nepali was no electricity or water sup- the estimated 400,000 Nepalese A QRC team reached Nepal Association (NRNA). ply in many places and hospi- in Qatar were engaged in the with tons of medicines and a The situation in Nepal was tals were overcrowded with the construction sector. Tel mobile hospital within 48 hours very bad and aftershocks were injured. THE PENINSULA Fax of the disaster. The QRC is operating a www.doha.hilton.com field hospital in Nuwakot dis- trict there and has installed Tel 44233333 974+ a water purification and dis- tribution system for 5,000 Fax 44233000 974+ families in Bhaktapur dis- trict. Both are areas severely affected by the earthquake. Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi, secretary-general of QRC, told reporters here yesterday that more QRC teams will be head- ing for Nepal soon. He said QRC’s relief and res- cue work in Nepal will continue Tel for three months, after which rebuilding and rehabilitation Fax initiatives will begin. He said QRC rushed a team with the mobile hospital and water purification system to Tel Nepal after making a quick Fax assessment of the requirements in the quake-affected areas. According to Al Mohannadi, QR1m was sent to Nepal for Tel immediate relief works. “There are 400,000 Nepalese Fax Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi (centre), Secretary-General of QRC, addressing a news conference with Fatima in Qatar. We must stand Al Kuwari and Mani Ratan Sharma here yesterday. with them in this hour of Tel Qatar supports Fax Many Nepalese workers have IOM project for Tel no money to return home Fax Nepal workers DOHA: Several Nepalese hospitals after medical treat- meaningless now so they want workers who have lost their ment while the others are still to die…They need counselling DOHA: Qatar has extended financial relatives and homes in last under treatment. and psychological support.” support, through Qatar Development Tel Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal said some of his com- Nepal said there were many Fund, to a project undertaken by Fax the Himalayan nation have patriots had lost their entire instances of families that the International Organisation for no money to travel home. villages, which were perched were having lunch together Migration (IOM) to help Nepalese A Nepalese commu- atop mountains and located in perishing in the earthquake. workers. nity elder said he had been remote valleys where access “In one village in Dhanding The project, which is overseen by the approached by at least 23 is difficult. district, some function was Qatar Embassy in Nepal, seeks to sup- such compatriots and they “Details of death and going on indoors and some 60 port Nepalese workers and encourage are now trying to organise destruction from these people perished in a matter of their safe return as well as the integra- their travel home. remote places have yet to minutes.” tion of repatriated migrants. Many of these people had begin trickling in,” he said in Many Nepalese from vil- International Organisation for Tel just returned from a vacation remarks to this newspaper lages that have been partially Migration said that migrants incurred Fax in Nepal, while some others yesterday. or completely destroyed are heavy debts to travel abroad and it had were newcomers and didn’t In Barpak, a village in unable to contact their rela- been offering help to most of them, add- have cash, Sagar Nepal said. Gorkha district, one of the tives and friends because ing that limited funds available affected The community has so far areas worst-affected by the mobile phones are not work- its efforts to reintegrate migrants into Tel identified an estimated 150 quake, only four of the esti- ing in those places. their communities as well as its long- Fax Nepalese who have lost their mated 1,200 houses remain. They can speak on phone term support to workers. near and dear ones or their Residents of several such with their relatives liv- Established in 1951, IOM is the lead- homes in the disaster. ill-fated villages live in Qatar ing or working in cities like ing inter-governmental organisation in www.marriottmarquisdoha.com “From the social media and some of them are feeling Kathmandu, but to get news the field of migration and works closely we have come to know that so pained and depressed that of those in the villages the with governmental, inter-governmental Tel + 974 44195000 between 80 and 85 Nepalese they want to end their lives. relatives need to visit the vil- and non-governmental partners. Fax + 974 44195100 in Qatar have lost their rela- “We had a meeting at lages. “That is taking time.” IOM works to help ensure the orderly tives as well as homes,” Nepal Qatar Red Crescent this Nepal said that although and humane management of migration, said. (yesterday) morning and I they had been able to iden- to promote international cooperation on Then, there are 70-odd highlighted this issue of peo- tify only 150-odd Nepalese in migration issues, to assist in the search people who have just lost their ple feeling utterly pained and Qatar who had lost their rela- for practical solutions to migration homes. Their relatives were frustrated,” said Nepal. tives and homes, the number problems and to provide humanitarian injured and some of them “Many of these people may grow. assistance to migrants in need. have been discharged from are saying their lives are THE PENINSULA QNA FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Asean festival opens Dances, musical performances wow visitors BY RAYNALD C RIVERA They impressed the audience with 2015 is part of our multi-track ‘Marriage Dance,’ which traces its diplomacy to promote the depth DOHA: A melange of dances origins from the southern region and strong relationship between and musical performances of the country. Garbed in colourful Asean countries and Qatar,” said enthralled hundreds of visi- costumes, the 28-member troupe Indonesian Ambassador Deddy tors to Katara as the first ever danced along with live music Saiful Hadi, who is the Chairman Association of Southeast Asian played using indigenous Filipino of Asean Committee in Doha, Nations (Asean) Festival 2015 instruments. addressing the opening of the began yesterday at the Katara Last night’s opening show also festival. Esplanade. featured stunning cultural per- Ambassador Hadi noted that Setting the mood at the open- formances by professional dance the festival was part of Asean’s ing show were Singaporean child troupes from Malaysia, Indonesia economic and socio-cultural mis- prodigies Tricia and Nicole, who and Thailand. Wearing traditional sion and was a way to manifest played a medley of classical pieces. costumes which uniquely depict its support for Katara’s mission Tricia, 10, on violin and Nicole, 9, the cultures of the seven Asean to be a world-class entertainment on the piano, showcased their flair countries, the dance troupes per- centre in the GCC. for music, which they have learned formed a medley of dance items He expressed deep sympathy for at a tender age. The Doha-based during the two-hour show tak- Nepal in the wake of the recent sisters are both under the tutelage ing the audience comprising earthquake, which has claimed of prominent musicians in Qatar. citizens and expatriates in a jour- more than 5,500 lives and left Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani (left) with Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier, Interior They were followed by the ney throught their rich cultural thousands injured. Minister, and Chairman of the Political and Security Affairs, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Kaloob dance troupe, who flew heritage. Katara General Manager Dr (centre), and Deputy Crown Prince, Second Deputy Premier, Minister of Defence and Chairman of the Board of all the way from the Philippines. “This three-day Asean Festival Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti Economic Affairs and Development, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in Riyadh yesterday. stressed the important role Katara plays in building bridges among cultures through the vari- ous activities it hosts throughout Deputy Emir meets Saudi Crown Prince the year, including festivals from various countries, such as the RIYADH: The Deputy Emir and Chairman of the Board achieving the aspirations of the ongoing Asean Festival. H H Sheikh Abdullah bin of Economic Affairs and Saudi people under the leader- Apart from cultural perform- Hamad Al Thani yesterday met Development, Prince Mohammed ship of the Custodian of the Two ances, the festival also features Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Holy Mosques King Salman bin handicraft and tourism promo- Premier and Interior Minister Saud on being appointed Deputy Abdulaziz Al Saud. tions by the seven Asean-member Prince Mohammed bin Nayef Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Prime Minister and Interior countries in Doha, including bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and con- During his visit to Riyadh, Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, gratulated him on being named the Deputy Emir also extended bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam crown prince of Saudi Arabia. the congratulations of the Emir also congratulated the Crown and Brunei. The Deputy Emir also con- H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Prince and the Deputy Crown Food stalls offering authentic gratulated Saudi Deputy Al Thani to the two Saudi princes Prince on assuming their respec- cuisine from each participating Crown Prince, Second Deputy and wished them success in the tive roles. country are available at the fes- Premier, Minister of Defence service of the Kingdom and in QNA tival, which is on until tomorrow. Cultural shows featuring dance Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti (front row, left) General Manager of Katara, troupes and artistes from each and other officials during the opening of Asean Festival 2015 at Katara country will be held from 6pm till yesterday. PICS: KAMMUTTY VP 9.30pm today and tomorrow. THE PENINSULA New Philippine envoy Indian rupee vows to improve falls further embassy’s services against riyal BY SACHIN KUMAR BY RAYNALD C RIVERA DOHA: The Indian rupee has DOHA: The new Ambassador again started depreciating of the Philippines to Qatar, against the Qatari riyal after Wilfredo C Santos (pictured), strengthening a little at the has vowed to improve the start of the year. The rupee embassy’s services to Overseas has fallen around 40 paise in Filipinos (OF), whom he con- the last two months due to siders partners in achieving a strengthening dollar. The national progress. rupee closed at 17.39 per riyal Ambassador Santos, who yesterday, down from 16.98 per arrived here on Wednesday, riyal at the start of March this was speaking at a welcome din- year. The rupee was trading ner hosted by United Filipino at 17.45 per Qatari riyal at the Organisations in Qatar (UFOQ). start of this year. He lauded the contributions of Other Asian currencies have the 200,000-strong Filipinos here either depreciated slightly or in the form of remittances and remained stable in the last four investments, which have gener- months. The Pakistani rupee ated employment in their home is trading at 27.91 per riyal, country. down from 27.62 a riyal at the “I do recognise these contribu- Philippine Overseas Labour Office.” start of the year. The Nepali Artistes present a dance during the opening of Asean Festival 2015 at Katara yesterday. tions and I believe that we can Among his other priorities is rupee closed yesterday at 27.84 work together in advancing the the promotion of the Philippines per riyal, slightly stronger than interests of our country in Qatar. as a business and tourist destina- 27.92 in January this year. The For this reason I consider you as tion through a number of projects Bangladeshi Taka closed yester- our partners, equal partners, in inspired by his previous experi- day at 21.37 per riyal, stronger the promotion of our country in ences in his other posts, which than its level of 21.60 per riyal at the attainment of our goals on proved successful, such as tour the start of this year. national progress,” he said. packages and utilising Filipino “The Indian rupee remained QF convocation on May 5 Decongesting the embassy via cuisine as a vehicle to promote flat against the US dollar in the DOHA: Qatar Foundation (QF) During this year’s convoca- Engineering, or with a Master of an appointment system for pass- tourism. first few months of this year, but will mark the academic accom- tion, QF will honour 122 gradu- Science in Chemical Engineering. port applicants, bringing in addi- With regard to bolstering with respect to other currencies plishments of the class of 2015 ates from Hamad Bin Khalifa As for Carnegie Mellon tional data capturing machines bilateral relations between the it has relatively outperformed. at a convocation ceremony on University (HBKU), which rep- University in Qatar, with its and conducting mobile missions Philippines and Qatar, he referred When other currencies were May 5. This year’s event coin- resents the largest percentage of illustrious expertise of a 100 for Filipinos are among the ini- to economic cooperation as his falling in the first two months cides with QF’s celebration of graduates from the universities years of academic excellence, tial improvements in services the major area of focus. of this year, it did not fall much. its 20th anniversary. in Education City. This figure pioneering research and uni- ambassador promised to initiate. He urged Filipinos here to exer- Now the rupee is following other A record number of graduates, includes 80 graduates from Qatar versity programmes, 106 stu- He also announced that a cise their right to suffrage in the currencies by showing weakness 672 — up 22 per cent from last Faculty of Islamic Studies, which dents are graduating in Business machine-readable visa, an upgrade “the next elections when you will against the dollar,” said a senior year — will attend the celebrations provides master’s degrees in vari- Administration, Information of the machine- readable passport, be able to chart the future course official of a currency exchange. at Qatar National Convention ous fields of Islamic studies, and Systems, Computer Science and will soon be introduced. of our country through the selec- “The rupee is likely to weaken Centre, which will honour gradu- 14 graduates from the Translation Biological Science. In the wake of the case of Mary tion of our leaders.” further in coming months against ates from Hamad Bin Khalifa and Interpretation Institute. A further 57 students are gradu- Jane Veloso, a Filipina whose exe- As he assumes office as the sixth the dollar. The Federal Reserve University and QF’s eight partner The convocation will honour the ating from Georgetown University cution was delayed in Indonesia, Ambassador Extraordinary and — the central bank of the United universities in Education City. first batch of graduates from the School of Foreign Service in Qatar, he said that the Philippine govern- Plenipotentiary to Qatar, he asked States — is likely to raise its In 2014, 549 students were Executive Master’s programme in in a wide range of disciplines such ment valued the life of OFs and for support from his compatriots. interest rates in the second half awarded degrees. Energy and Resources at HBKU, as International Politics, Culture that under his leadership he would “I need your support and I’m of this year. This hike in rates Engineer Saad Al Muhannadi, which consists of 28 students who and Politics, and International continue to monitor the case of confident you will give me that will make the American currency President of Qatar Foundation, have finished their studies in this Economics programmes which will the Filipino here facing the death support by giving all you can to stronger as global investors will said, “I am truly glad to see this multidisciplinary field, offered allow them to pursue high posi- penalty as well as other Filipinos help our country and our people invest money in US bonds to get number of graduates who will in partnership with Georgetown tions in new careers. facing serious cases to ensure their back home,” he said. higher returns. The Indian rupee, lead the nation’s march towards University, Texas A&M University Also 38 students are graduat- legal rights are protected. Ambassador Santos is a like other global currencies, the future. Your hard work and at Qatar and HEC Paris. ing from Northwestern University Deliberations are on to increase career diplomat with the rank of is likely to weaken due to the dedication is contributing to The convocation will also hon- in Qatar, one of the most famous the budget for the legal assistance Chief of Mission, Class II in the dollar’s rise,” said Zuber Abdul QF’s dynamic cycle of education our graduates from the partner universities in the world in the fund to hire lawyers for Filipinos Department of Foreign Affairs. Rahman, Operations Manager at and research, starting as young universities of Qatar Foundation, field of journalism and communi- facing serious charges abroad, he Prior to joining Foreign Service, he Al Zaman Exchange. as six-months right through to with 68 graduates from Virginia cation. HEC Paris in Qatar, which said while speaking at a press con- worked as a professional journalist. The rupee is following other higher education programmes. Commonwealth University in the offers high quality programmes to ference after the reception. With 22 years’ experience in major currencies, which are After 20 years, Qatar Foundation fields of fashion design, graphic executive managers and directors He also expressed keenness on Foreign Service, Santos has served depreciating against the dollar. and the State of Qatar can be design and interior design, in in Qatar who are in the middle working closely with the labour as Deputy Consul General in San Buoyed by signs of recovery in proud of the high graduation rate addition to Master of Fine Arts of their careers, is celebrating section to ensure the protection Francisco, Second Secretary and the US economy, the Federal with an ever increasing number in Design Studies. the graduation of 94 students. As of Household Service Workers, Consul in Singapore and Third Reserve has stopped the bond of well-educated doctors, engi- From Weill Cornell Medical for University College London in the most vulnerable segment of Secretary and Vice Consul in buying programme known as neers and other specialists, who College in Qatar, 43 doctors are Qatar (UCL Qatar), it will have 43 Overseas Filipinos here. Kuwait. Quantitative Easing. Interest will play their role in supporting graduating. As for Texas A&M students graduating in the fields of “If I have the time I will visit He is a recipient of Order of rates in the world’s largest the Qatari job market and help University at Qatar, 101 students Museum studies and Archaeology, Filipinos in their workplaces and Lakandula, a political and civic economy are expected to rise advance Qatar towards fulfilling are graduating with Bachelor’s much needed to preserve Qatar’s also in prison. That is my responsi- merit which is one of the highest in coming months, leading to a its National Vision 2030 with their Degrees in Chemical, Electrical, heritage and maintain its world- bility as the ambassador here and honours given by the Philippines. strengthening of the dollar. outstanding skills.” Mechanical and Petroleum class museums.THE PENINSULA I intend to work closely with the THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM Characteristics of the month of Rajab

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ajab is one of the Sacred Months Virtue of fasting in (i.e. Dhul Qidah, Dhul-Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab); during RRajab the miracle of Al Israa’ and Al Mi’raj took place, which reminds Rajab and Sha’ban us of protecting our sacred places in the occupied Palestine. The month of Rajab is one of the Arab rophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have and Islamic Hijri lunar months. The word recommended fasting during the four sacred months (i.e. Dhul Qidah, rajab is derived from the word tarjib, Dhul Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab). Therfore, a Muslim is generally which, in Arabic, indicates glorification. Precommended to observe fasting in these sacred months, and Rajab is The reason behind this name may be the one of them. It is also reported that the Prophet (PBUH) used to observe fast- high esteem Arabs used to confer upon ing in Sha’ban more than he did in other months. this month. Fasting is a spiritual act of worship, which elevates one to the rank of angels, as one abstains from eating, drinking, and sexual relations from dawn until sunset. THE SACRED RAJAB In general, a Muslim should fast some days every now and then; in these The month of Rajab is also called days, one abstains from worldly matters, strengthens his or her resolution, and Rajab Al Haram (Arabic for: the Sacred purifies his or her soul. Rajab), because it is one of the four However, no authentic hadiths are stated indicating that the Prophet (PBUH) Sacred Months, during which fighting recommended fasting in the month of Rajab, nor did he forbid fasting in it, is prohibited. This was a customary and according to Imam Nawawi, who added that fasting in general is recommended. traditional practice that was used to be Still, it is recorded in Sunan Abu Dawud that Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) observed for ages. The glorious Quran recommended fasting during the Four Sacred Months, among which is the referred to the Sacred Months in Surat month of Rajab. Tawbah (Chapter 9), in which Almighty As for the month of Sha’ban, there are authentic hadiths about the virtue Allah says: of fasting during it, among which the hadith recorded in Sahih Muslim on the “Verily, the number of months with Allah authority of A’ishah who said, “Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) used to observe fasting is twelve months in a year, so was it ordained (continuously) that we would say he would not break fasting, and he used not by Allah on the Day when He created the to fast (continuously) until we would say he would not fast. And I did not see heavens and the earth; of them, four are Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) completing the fast of a month, except Ramadan, Sacred. That is the right religion, so wrong and I did not see him fasting more in any other month than in Sha’ban.” not yourselves therein” (Tawbah 9:36) The hadith indicates that the Messenger (PBUH) used to fast many days in These Sacred Months are Dhul Qidah, Sha’ban that A’ishah said in another narration: Dhul Hijjah, Muharram, and Rajab. That “He (the Prophet) used to fast (almost) all of Sha’ban; he used to fast Sha’ban is why Allah’s Messenger (peace and except for few (days).” blessings be upon him) said: Except for these two months, Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) used to observe “Time has come back to its original fasting continuously to the extent that people would say that he would not state, which it had when Allah created break fasting. the heavens and the earth. The year is He also used to keep breaking the fast for many consecutive days to the extent twelve months, of which four are sacred: that people would say that he would not fast. Three are in succession, namely, Dhul- So the matter depends on feeling comfortable and devoted to worship without Qi`dah, Dhul-Hijjah, and Muharram, and feeling bored or weary. That is why the Prophet (PBUH) said: (the fourth one) Rajab (of the tribe of) “Do (good) deeds that are within your capacity, as Allah never gets tired of Mudar, which is between Jumada (Thani) giving rewards until you get tired of doing good deeds.” and Sha`ban.” (Bukhari and Muslim) The Prophet (PBUH) also said: ”The most beloved deed to Allah is the one its doer performs regularly even THE SOLITARY RAJAB if it were little.” The month of Rajab is also called Rajab Al Fard (Arabic for: the Solitary Rajab) because it is separated from the other three succes- (peace and blessings be upon him) said: servant (Prophet Muhammad peace be upon (Prophet) saw him (Angel Gabriel) at a sec- he had experienced in Ta’if where its peo- sive Sacred “And the fourth one Rajab (of the tribe of) him) for a journey by night from Al Masjid ond descent (i.e. another time). Near Sidrat ple assaulted him. The sacred months, Mudar, which is between Jumada (Thani) Al Haram (in Makkah) to the farthest Al Muntaha (lote-tree of the utmost bound- The miracle of Al Israa’ reminds us namely, Dhul and Sha`ban.” (Bukhari and Muslim) mosque (Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem], the ary beyond which none can pass). Near it is of the usurped and occupied land of month Rajab Qidah, Dhul Mudar is an Arab tribe and Rajab is neighbourhood whereof We have blessed, in the Paradise of Abode. When that covered Palestine, Al Quds (Jerusalem), and Al witnessed the Hijjah and named after it, because that tribe used order that We might show him of Our signs. the lote-tree, which did cover it! The sight of Aqsa Mosque. Muharram; to give much respect to this month and Verily, Allah is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer Prophet turned not aside (right or left), nor This event should also remind us of our occurrence of Rajab comes protect its sanctity. (Al-Israa’ 17:1) it transgressed beyond the limit ordained for duty towards librating this land and its Al Israa’ and five months The Quran refers to Mi’raj (Prophet’s it. Indeed he (Prophet Muhammad PBUH) people from tyranny and oppression. We Al Mi’raj, the after them. MONTH OF ISRAA’ AND MI’RAJ ascension to the heavens): did see, of the Greatest Signs, of his Lord” should always remember the hadith stat- Rajab Rajab witnessed the occurrence of Al “While he (Angel Gabriel) was in the (Najm 53:7-18) ing, “Do not set out on a journey except miraculous has another Israa’ and Al Mi’raj, the miraculous night highest part of the horizon. He approached The miracle of Al Israa’ was intended for three Mosques: Al Masjid Al Haram, night journey name, which journey and the Prophet’s ascension to and came closer and was at a distance of to honour the Messenger (PBUH), this mosque of mine (in Madinah), and is Rajab the heavens, with which Almighty Allah two bows’ length or (even) nearer. So did strengthen his heart, and to show him Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.” and the Mudar, honored Prophet Muhammad (peace and (Allah) convey the Inspiration to His serv- the kingdom of heavens and earth. It is a duty upon every Muslim, when Prophet’s according blessings be upon him). ant (Prophet Muhammad PBUH). The It was also meant to comfort the recalling the memories of the month of ascension to to a hadith In reference to this journey, Almighty Prophet’s heart lied not in seeing what he Prophet after the deaths of his uncle Rajab, to exert him or herself for liberat- in which Allah states: saw. Will you then dispute with him about Abu Talib and his wife Khadijah in the ing usurped places of Islam. the heavens. the Prophet Glorified be He (Allah) Who took His what he saw during Mi’raj. And indeed he Year of Sadness, and after the suffering www.onislam.net Propet’s sayings The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) once I found Quran mother of all philosophies saw the corpse of a woman who had been killed in a military action, and BY MYRIAM FRANCOIS-CERRAH he disapproved of it and forbade the killing of women and children. embraced Islam after graduating from Myriam Francois-Cerrah became Abu Bakr Al Siddiq, a companion of Cambridge. Prior to that I was a skeptical the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Catholic — a believer in God but with a mis- popular when she was a child for his successor as head of the Muslim Itrust of organised religion. acting in the 90s hit film Sense and community, advised one of his military The Quran was pivotal for me. I first tried to commanders: “Do not kill women or approach it in anger, as part of an attempt to prove Sensibility. Now she is gaining more children or an aged, infirm person. Do my Muslim friend wrong. Later I began reading it not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do with a more open mind. popularity for being one of a growing The opening of Al Fatiha (the first chapter in the not destroy an inhabited place.” Holy Quran), with its address to the whole of man- number of educated middle class (Al Muwatta) kind, psychologically stopped me in my tracks. It female converts to Islam in Britain. spoke of previous scriptures in a way, which I both When asked what the Prophet recognised, but also differed. It clarified many of She has recently contributed to a Muhammad (PBUH) did while in his the doubts I had about Christianity. It made me an house, his wife Ayesha (may Allah adult as I suddenly realised that my destiny and my series of videos on Islam produced in be pleased with her) relied: “He used actions had consequences for which I alone would the UK titled, Inspired by Muhammad to keep busy serving and helping now be held responsible. members of the household.” In a world governed by relativism, it outlined (PBUH).” objective moral truths and the foundation of moral- Anas bin Malik related that: “(Even ity. As someone who’d always had a keen interest the humblest) maid servant of in philosophy, the Quran felt like the culmination remained very close to some of my childhood friends about having balance and equilibrium in all that Madinah would take the Prophet’s of all of this philosophical cogitation. and through them I recognise the universality of we do. hand and take him to any place for the It combined Kant, Hume, Sartre and Aristotle. the divine message, as God’s values shine through The Prophet’s message was always that you repel redress of her grievances).” It somehow managed to address and answer the in the good deeds any human does. bad with good that you always respond to evil with Riyadh-us-Salahin:605-606 deep philosophical questions posed over centuries of I have never seen my conversion as a ‘reaction’ good and always remember that God loves justice so human existence and answer its most fundamental against, or an opposition to my culture. In contrast, even when people are committing serious injustices one, ‘why are we here?’ it was a validation of what I’ve always thought was against you, you have a moral responsibility and a The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) In the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), praiseworthy, while being a guidance for areas in moral obligation in front of God to always uphold said: “The learned are heirs of the I recognised a man who was tasked with a momen- need of improvement. I also found many mosques justice and never yourself transgress those limits. prophets, and the prophets do not tous mission, like his predecessors, Moses, Jesus and not particularly welcoming and found the rules and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: ‘Forgive him leave any inheritance in the form of Abraham (peace be upon them all). protocol confusing and stressful. who wrongs you. Join him who cuts you off. Do good (monetary wealth), but they do leave I had to pick apart much of the Orientalist libel I did not immediately identify with the Muslim to him who does evil to you and speak the truth knowledge as their legacy. A person surrounding him in order to obtain accurate infor- community. I found many things odd and many even if it be against yourself.’ who acquires knowledge, acquires his mation, since the historical relativism which people attitudes perplexing. The attention given to the Islam’s beauty really becomes to its own when it full share (of this legacy).” apply to some degree when studying other historical outward over the inward continues to trouble me becomes manifest; and it becomes manifest when Riyadh-us-Salahin:1388 figures, is often completely absent, in what is a clear deeply. There is a need for a confident, articulate you make it into a tool for the betterment of society, attempt to disparage his person. British Muslim identity which can contribute to the human kind and the world. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be I think many of my close friends thought I was discussions of our time. Islam is not meant to be an The ideal from an Islamic perspective is for eth- upon him) said: “If anyone continually going through another phase and would emerge alien religion, we shouldn’t feel like we’ve lost all ics to become living ethics, to become an applied asks pardon, God will appoint for him from the other side unscathed, not realising that trace of ourselves. Islam is a validation of the good body of values and not remain unfortunately as it a way out of every distress, and a relief the change was much more profound. in us and a means to rectify the bad. often is cloistered somewhere which is some more from anxiety, and will provide for him Some of my closest friends did their best to Islam is about always having balance and I think divorced from reality. from where he did not reckon.” support me and understand my decisions. I have the Prophet’s (PBUH) message was fundamental Courtesy: english.bayynat.org Abdu Dawud:599 FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Iran’s warships reach at key Yemen strait Destroyers to stay around Bab Al Mandab

TEHRAN: Two Iranian reference to Yemen. destroyers, sent to the Gulf Saudi Arabia, which heads an of Aden to protect commer- Arab coalition conducting air cial ships, have reached the strikes on Yemeni rebels since entrance of Bab Al Mandab, a March, has imposed an air and strategic strait between Yemen sea blockade. Sayari said the two and Djibouti, Iran’s navy said destroyers would stay around Bab yesterday. Al Mandab until late June. “We are present in the Gulf of Iran continues to deny reports Aden in accordance with inter- it armed Houthi rebels in Yemen national regulations to ensure and has called for the immediate the safety of commercial ships of end of coalition air strikes as a our country against the threat of condition to resuming dialogue pirates,” the head of the Iranian aimed at ending the crisis in the navy Rear Admiral Habibollah impoverished Gulf nation. Sayari was quoted by the official The Iranian navy has deployed Irna news agency. warships in the Gulf of Aden and The navy sent the Alborz and in the Indian Ocean for a number Tribal gunmen loyal to Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi carrying weapons following fighting with Houthi rebels in the central city of Taiz yesterday. Bushehr destroyers to patrol the of years to stave off the threat of entrance to the strait, he added. hijacking for commercial vessels. Bab Al Mandeb, a narrow body Meanwhile, a Saudi border of water separating Yemen and guard was killed yesterday along Besieged city sees worst fighting Djibouti, is the key strategic entry Yemen’s frontier, raising to nine point into the Red Sea, through the death toll for the kingdom’s which around 4 million barrels of armed forces since a Saudi-led air ADEN: Arab air strikes and were shelled and burned. Yemen’s far north and belong sectarian war. oil pass each day on ships headed war on Yemeni rebels, the interior artillery fire rocked the south- “The scene is disastrous, not to the Zaydi sect of Shia. They Yemen’s vice president in exile, to or from the Suez Canal. ministry said. ern Yemeni city of Aden over- just in the streets where fight- swept into the capital Sanaa in Khaled Bahah, said that the Last week, US officials said a The latest Saudi victim was the night as combatants battled for ing is going on but inside houses September and pushed south and breakdown of Yemen’s military US aircraft carrier and a cruiser driver of a border guards vehicle control of the main airport in where families are often trapped east, saying they were winning a during the conflict was helping Al left the waters off Yemen and delivering supplies in Jazan dis- fighting described by residents and terrified,” local activist revolution against Sunni militants Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula headed back to the Gulf after an trict, the interior ministry said in as the worst in over a month of Ahmed Al Awgari said. and corrupt officials. (AQAP), the boldest branch of Iranian naval convoy also turned a statement carried by the official war. “Women and children have But their push into Aden’s the global militant group, and said back from the area. Saudi Press Agency. Iran-allied Houthi rebels and been burnt in their homes, civil- outskirts on March 25 trig- the Houthis were not confronting Washington suspected the con- The patrol was hit by a “mili- local militiamen traded tank and ians have been shot in the streets gered a Saudi-led air campaign them. voy of carrying weapons destined tary projectile”, the statement mortar salvos in the Khor Maksar or blown up by tank fire,” he to drive them back and aid local “All we’re seeing is them mak- for Shia Houthi rebels in Yemen. said without elaborating. district around the airport perim- added. gunmen. ing war on the Yemeni people, not “The information that the Saudi Arabia has reinforced the eter throughout the night and Scores of residents and fighters The Sunni kingdom believes al Qaeda,” Bahah told Al Jazeera Iranian ships received warnings frontier with artillery, tanks and a Saudi-led coalition bombed from both sides have been killed the group is a proxy for Shia TV. “Al Qaeda has advanced and and left the area is not correct,” hilltop lookout posts to block any Houthi positions from the air. throughout the conflict, and resi- Iran, and Saudi backing for the taken some positions in Yemen Sayari said, insisting that Iran Huthi incursion from their tra- Residents said dozens of fami- dents said at least six Houthis and resistance in Yemen’s mostly because of the security and will not enter “the territorial ditional highland stronghold just lies fled, braving Houthi sniper two local militiamen were killed Sunni south has raised fears that military vacuum,” he added. waters of other countries” in over the border. AFP fire and checkpoints as homes overnight. The Houthis hail from Yemen could descend into all-out REUTERS

Israel returns Ethiopians block Jerusalem 15 Gaza boats roads over police brutality GAZA CITY: Israel has returned 15 fishing boats it JERUSALEM: Scuffles broke out in cen- as more demonstrators joined the rally. seized in recent years off the tral Jerusalem yesterday between security The protest came as the media reported on Gaza Strip, the army said, forces and around 2,000 Ethiopian protest- the alleged assault of an Israeli of Ethiopian months after it fought a devas- ers demanding an investigation into alleged descent in the southern city of Beersheva. tating conflict in the blockaded police brutality against Africans living in Speaking to Ynet news website, Walla Bayach coastal territory. Israel. said immigration officers had attacked him Palestinian fishermen said it The demonstrators were seen trying to march thinking he was an illegal immigrant. was the first time Israel had given on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s resi- But the immigration authority accused him vessels back, and demanded the dence but were blocked off by a heavy police of assaulting its officers after asking him for return of dozens more. deployment equipped with a water cannon. identification papers, Ynet said. “The naval branch (navy) Police had earlier fired tear gas to keep the A separate video that surfaced last week returned to Gaza 15 fishing boats crowd at bay and four policemen were injured showed police officers assaulting an Ethiopian which deviated from the Strip’s by stone-throwers, a police spokeswoman said. serving in the Israeli army, who was wearing permitted fishing zone and were The demonstrators also blocked key roads in his military fatigues at the time of the attack. seized over the years,” an Israel the city, angered by incidents in which police and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin called for an Defence Forces statement said inspectors from Israel’s immigration authorities investigation. “We cannot sit back in the face late on Wednesday. beat Ethiopian Jews. In one case, they appar- of anger and shouting -- incidents such as these The tiny vessels were dragged ently mistook the victim living in the south of must serve as a warning sign, and an oppor- back to shore by a boat from the the country for an illegal immigrant. tunity to conduct some genuine and thorough Gaza fishermen’s union. Israel, Protesters blocked traffic and the light rail introspection,” he said in a statement Thursday. which has imposed an eight-year system at a major junction in the city, holding More than 120,000 Jews of Ethiopian origin blockade on Gaza, bans fishing up banners reading: “Stop police brutality, stop live in Israel, after two waves of immigration beyond six nautical miles (11km) Israelis from the Ethiopian community in Jerusalem clash with security forces during racism” and “Today it’s him, tomorrow it’s you!” in 1984 and 1991. But they have struggled to off the coast, and regularly fires a demonstration near a major junction demanding an investigation into alleged police Police were out in force, including riot police integrate into Israeli society, despite massive at boats that exceed that limit. brutality against Africans. and officers on horseback, and scuffles broke out government aid. AFP Fishermen say they are often fired upon before they reach the edge of the permitted zone. Fishing union chief Nizar Ayyash said the return of 15 boats was welcome but demanded that Israel hand back dozens more ves- sels still in its possession. Sisi’s Spain trip angers rights groups “It is true this is the first time Israel has returned fishing boats... MADRID: Rights groups The visit has been heavily criti- group. Sisi defended his record but its forces fire at fishermen slammed an official visit to cised by Amnesty International during an interview published on before they’ve even exceeded Spain yesterday by Egyptian which urged Rajoy in an open Wednesday in Spanish daily El the imposed limit, especially off President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, letter to call on Egypt to respect Mundo ahead of his visit, saying southern Gaza,” he said. saying he should be shunned for human rights during his talks if he had not intervened “there “There are still 60 boats held by his authoritarian rule rather with Sisi. would have been a civil war”. the Israeli navy, and we demand than courted for business deals. Critics accuse Sisi, a former “If the state collapses, that Israel return them,” he added. Spain’s King Felipe VI hosted army chief who was elected presi- would cause terrible harm to Last month, Israeli forces shot the Egyptian leader to lunch at dent in May 2014, of eliminating Europe and the region would face dead a fisherman and arrested the royal palace after interior all opposition and establishing a disaster. Egypt is not Iraq, or two others, according to Gaza ministers from both nations an authoritarian regime since Syria or Yemen, nations that each medics. signed an agreement to boost he overthrew Islamist president have over 20 million residents. We The deadly incident came cooperation against illegal immi- Mohamed Mursi in 2013. are 90 million,” he added. as tension mounts between gration, terrorism and organised A subsequent crackdown on Spain’s invitation to Sisi to rival political factions in the crime. Mursi’s supporters has left at visit had “caused discomfort” tiny enclave, where Israel and The visit, the first by an least 1,400 dead and thousands within the government, said Hamas fought a 50-day war in Egyptian head of state to Spain more in jail. Haizam Amirah-Fernandez, sen- July-August that killed 2,200 since 2006, comes amid mounting “Freedom of expression of jour- ior analyst for Mediterranean and Palestinians and 73 on the Israeli concern in the West over unrest nalists and dissidents is reduced, Arab issues at the Elcano Royal side. Around 4,000 fishermen in the Middle East with conflicts the competence of military courts Institute in Madrid. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi delivers his speech in the presence work in Gaza, more than half of raging in Libya, Sudan, Syria and to try civilians has been expanded “It is motivated by the search of Spain’s Queen Letizia at the Royal Palace in Madrid yesterday. whom live below the poverty line. Yemen. and security forces are allowed to for contracts,” he added. The UN’s new Middle East “In these times of war and tur- sue torture and excessive force The Egyptian president peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov o moil in your region, Egypt stands Egypt on a possible high-speed diplomatic source said. with impunity,” Amnesty said in “presents himself as a guarantor urged Palestinian factions to unite out as the key to stability and bal- rail link between Cairo and Luxor. Sisi was to hold talks with a statement. of stability” but his stand towards and Israel to lift its blockade of ance in the Middle East,” the king Several other agreements are Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy At least 509 people were sen- opponents “carries the risk of the Gaza Strip, on his first visit said during the luncheon for Sisi. expected to be signed during later and visit Spain’s lower house tenced to death in Egypt last fuelling the rise of growing radi- to the territory. Spain’s economy ministry said Sisi’s one-day visit in areas rang- of parliament. No press confer- year and at least 15 people were calisation”, he added. AFP it had agreed to cooperate with ing from tourism to culture, a ence was scheduled. executed, according to the rights AFP FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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MID the euphoria generated by President Goodluck Jonathan’s defeat in Nigeria and the election of Muhammadu Buhari as the new leader one may tend Ato overlook the myriad problems Nigeria is facing. In fact, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the whole continent is in Doomsday water cycle a bane a flux with Islamist insurgencies,xenophobic violence, migrants crisis and weak democracies making it hard for the population to live in comfort and peace. News that Nigerian troops have been able to secure release for nations around the globe of more than 400 hostages came with the expectation that the Chibok girls were back. Bring Back Our Girls would have had BY CARL POPE use very expensive and inefficient “dry Eskom, South Africa’s primary elec- reason to cheer if it were so. However, it was revealed that the cooling” technology in many of its coal- trical utility, already uses 2 percent of children and adults released from jungle camps in northern ALIFORNIA is not unique power plants. the nation’s water to generate power. Nigeria are not the girls the Islamists took captive. in experiencing a destructive Having devoted too much water to A Greenpeace study showed that even South Africa, often in the news for its volatile politics, feedback loop in which declin- mining coal, China recently abandoned the most modern of South Africa’s coal recently erupted with xenophobic violence. A number of Cing water resources are devoted many efforts to extract natural gas plants, Kusile, would use 173 times as to energy production, and energy is from shale because the shale is located much water per kwh as wind energy foreigners from Mozambique, Uganda and other African required to transport water where it is in regions that lack the water required would. South Africa is already utilising nations were attacked in what was seen as a fresh wave of increasingly scarce. Throughout much of for hydrofracking. a higher percentage of its total precipi- xenophobia. Somalia and Kenya, both facing the scourge of the US and the world, we manage water Desperately needing energy, tation than any country on earth — 40 Al Shabaab, remain on tenterhooks. After the Islamist attack and energy as if they were unrelated. In Pakistan has nonetheless been una- percent; it has none left to spare for on the Garissa University in which about 140 students lost reality, they are Siamese twins. ble to agree on proposals to dam the energy development. their lives, it has been revealed that security officers ignored Utility executives in Washington Indus River for hydropower because When water runs out, stressed regions State are concerned that low snowpack some proposals would create irriga- turn to desalination, which is extremely intelligence reports ahead of the incident. The interior threatens reservoirs that generate much tion potential in Sind Province, and energy intensive, requiring about 15,000 minister of the east African nation also admitted that the of the state’s power. others in the Punjab, threatening civil kwh for every million gallons. In fact, response to the attack was poorly coordinated. Legislators in Texas, who are normally war. Pakistan’s upstream rival, India, energy generally accounts for about half One is reminded of the 2013 reluctant to acknowledge the existence dams its own tributaries of the Indus, the cost of desalinated water. Westgate mall attack in Nairobi of climate change or to spend tax dollars, reducing the flow and fuelling the To mine and burn coal for electricity, The continent’s when intelligence inputs of a threat approved billions conflict between the two South Asian China depleted its fresh water supplies of dollars in new neighbours. on the North China Plain. Now, China multiple were ignored. Moreover, confusion water projects to India spends 25 percent of its elec- proposes to use much of that electricity over the chain of command during deal with a seem- tricity on highly inefficient irrigation to desalinate sea water. problems stem the botched response to the siege Humans can ingly endless systems that waste both power and The United Arab Emirates use enor- led to the death of a trooper. live in a variety drought. Nevada water. (Solar pumping would be cheaper, mous amounts of energy to desalinate from lack of Burundi President Pierre water officials increase crop yields and conserve huge their water, about 70 percent of which worry that they amounts of water — a virtuous cycle. But is expended on urban gardens. Nkurunziza’s decision to seek of climates, development will no longer be solar infrastructure in India is nowhere Humans can live in a variety of cli- a third term in office has seen including hot, able to withdraw near critical mass.) mates, including hot, dry ones. But and absence of widespread protests that led to dry ones. But the water from behind At the same time, the Indian state of the scale of modern human civili- rule of law in Washington sending its envoy to scale of modern Hoover Dam if Maharashtra has had to shut down its zation depends on populations and defuse a crisis that threatens to the water level coal-fired plants in recent summers; the industries with access to reliable, many parts. boil over. The US diplomat tried human civilisation continues drop- state cannot spare the water necessary cheap water. ping. (Meanwhile, to cool the plants. The cycle of waste can be arrested to persuade Nkurunziza to allow depends on upstream Glen Africa, too, is struggling to balance in much of the world, however. Wind room for opposition, an advice populations and Canyon Dam, competing demands of water and energy. and solar energy not only reduce car- likely to go unheeded. Mali has started burning again. Ten industries with which loses up to Kenya allowed its forests to be cut for bon emissions, they reduce the amount separatist Tuareg rebels and nine soldiers were killed in 10 percent of its charcoal fuel, which degraded the water- of water devoted to energy production. clashes in the town of Lere, southwest of Timbuktu. The long- access to reliable, water to evapora- sheds and led to dramatic declines in Efficient drip irrigation systems should running separatist insurgency in the west African nation has cheap water. tion and seepage hydroelectric capacity and supplies of be paired with efficient solar pumps to under the best electricity. reduce demand for fossil fuels and the led to UN intervention but peace has been elusive. circumstances, Chad’s major water body, Lake Chad, water required to extract them. New South Sudan qualifies as another case of a state which remains commissioned to generate shrank 95 percent over the past four buildings should be optimised to be both hasn’t been able to come to terms with its new status that electricity.) decades as declining rainfall was exac- carbon-and water-neutral, linking pas- followed its separation from Sudan. UN Secretary-General The energy-water feedback loop is erbated by increased consumption. Oil sive solar architecture with rainwater Bank Ki-moon yesterday told South Sudan leaders to get even worse in emerging economies, production has intensified the unsus- harvesting. where energy production siphons more tainable withdrawal of groundwater as Finally, groundwater must be care- their act together or face sanctions. The problem of Africa water, and water delivery requires more Exxon Mobil and other oil companies fully protected and overdrafts restricted. has been the problem of insurgencies arising out of poverty power. drill ever-deeper wells. During wet years — and there will be and lack of order. Deepening ethnic fault lines compound the Mining and burning coal, and refin- In the Limpopo region of South wet years even in a changing climate process of social divisions based on loyalty to militia leaders. ing oil, use 20 percent of China’s water Africa, efforts to mine the Makhado — water must be stored and preserved The international community and United Nations bear a supply, and an even higher proportion coal reserves have provoked a virtual beneath the earth. We will need it for responsibility to alleviate the suffering of Africans and restore in the nation’s arid Northwest. water war between mining companies the droughts to come. As a result, China has been forced to and locals. WP-BLOOMBERG a semblance of order. The other side Quote of US-Japan military ties require honesty over WWII the day EVEN decades after the would expand the range of situations more proactive Japanese military would carte blanche to pursue other, less end of World War II, the US under which the Japan Self- Defense also reduce the burden -- not least the commendable elements of his nation- and Japan have agreed to Forces can support the US military. financial cost -- of maintaining America’s alist agenda. In December 2013, after Ssignificantly expand military Carrying them out will require some strategic presence in Asia. That would he brokered a deal to relocate the US cooperation. It shows, as President political will on Abe’s part: More than bolster the US security shield and help Marine Corps base on Okinawa, he Barack Obama said Tuesday, “that two- thirds of Japanese still oppose smaller countries resist Chinese bul- promptly defied a direct request from the past can be overcome, former taking on a greater military role. Yet lying in the South China Sea. (Japan US Vice President Joe Biden not to visit Let me be plain, adversaries can become the closest the guidelines would allow Japanese might get more involved in monitoring Yasukuni, the shrine that contains the of allies and that nations can build a forces to help the US conduct surveil- shipping lanes in the contested area.) remains of war dead including some we are not going to future together.” For the enhanced lance and engage in missile defense, The guidelines would also facilitate who were convicted of war crimes. partnership between these former foes provide logistical aid during conflicts far greater security cooperation with India, And in recent months, even as Abe has do a deal with the to succeed, however, Japanese Prime from Japan, and cooperate militarily in Australia and other like-minded nations, forged ahead with negotiations over the Scottish National Minister Shinzo Abe needs to do more space and cyberspace. thus strengthening the order the US has guidelines, he’s revived controversies than please the Pentagon. The arrangement would benefit the upheld in the region since the war. over how Japanese textbooks address Party. Ed Miliband The new guidelines, which were US at least as much as it does Japan. Unfortunately, past experience sug- the country’s war record and, in particu- made possible by Abe’s recent reinter- While Abe is hoping that stronger mili- gests that Abe seems to believe that lar, its employment of “comfort women” British Labour Party pretation of Japan’s pacifist constitution, tary ties would keep China at bay, a pledging to support the US gives him as sex slaves. The Washington Post leader FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Why is US happy over beating of a child?

This celebration are the acts of a people so desperate and helpless, so terrorised and enraged, that heaping pain upon their children actu- of Graham ally seems like a sane and viable act of parental protection. reflects a belief The intensity of this fear is integral to the history of black Americans. Just as black parents have “the talk” with that black youths their children, listing survival tips for when they are confronted by white are inherently authority, black corporal punishment has been encouraged as the only way problematic, to make black children acceptable to society. The recent killings of unarmed black criminal and out of people, including children, has elevated black parents’ fears and questions about control. The video how to protect their kids, and intensi- fied debates over corporal punishment. All of this happens against the backdrop also supports the of American hypocrisy: a culture that routinely cites Martin Luther King Jr’s idea that black embrace of nonviolence yet celebrates militarised police, corporal punishment, and the daily violence directed at black fathers are absent, children; a culture that disempowers black parents, that criminalises them, suggesting that all and blames them for everything from low graduation rates to poverty. Only hip-hop is a bigger problem if you believe people we need is an angry like CNN’s Don Lemon. At the same time, American society black mom to beat has empowered principals who suspend and use corporal punishment, and police the “thug” out of an who wield their batons and guns to con- trol black children. Beatings are not transformative. They angry young man don’t empower. They simply punish the victims and accelerate the trauma, bring- — and everything A woman striking a hooded youth, identified by local media as Toya Graham and her 16-year-old son Michael, is seen in a still image ing the pain from the streets into the from video taken on April 27, 2015, in Baltimore, Maryland. The woman captured on video slapping her teenage son for taking part in home. This form of “discipline” makes the Baltimore riots, a reprimand that went viral online, won praise from the city’s police commissioner and was heralded on social media children only more vulnerable to violent will be fine. as “Mom of the Year”. behaviour, and increases the risk of the very behaviours that will get them in BY STACEY PATTON deferred. The problem is that Graham’s control. The video also supports the idea of a horse buggy. The locals tied the boy trouble at school and in the streets — the actions do not assure that her son, and that black fathers are absent, suggesting up in a stall and called his mother. Upon behaviours that parents think beatings t’s not surprising that a black legions like him, will survive childhood. that all we need is an angry black mom her arrival, the 200-pound mom was told will prevent. mother in Baltimore who chased Recall the uncle who in 2011 posted a to beat the “thug” out of an angry young of the trouble her son made. She then Where is celebration of moms whose down, cursed and beat her 16-year- video recording of himself beating his man — and everything will be fine. exclaimed, “Dar now, told you so, tank de children have been at the forefront of Iold son in the middle of a riot has teenage nephew for posting gang mes- What is so disturbing is that white good Lord I dun got you dis time. I bin peaceful protests? Where is the celebra- been called a hero. In this country, when sages on Facebook. Acting out of love and supremacy is let off the hook. A mili- trying to git hold of you for six munts and tion of black mothers and fathers who black mothers fulfill stereotypes of mam- fear for his life, he whipped the teen, but tarised and racist police force is not the you git away from me ebery time. Bit I have been organising against police vio- mies, angry and thwarting resistance to months later he was found dead anyway. problem. Systemic racism — from the got you now, tank de Lord.” lence, against food injustice, and against a system designed to kill their children, Praising Graham distracts from a hard War on Drugs to racial profiling, from The mother asked for a whip or cow- the violence and looting in Baltimore and they get praised. truth: It doesn’t matter how black chil- hyper segregation to community divest- hide, but was given a buggy trace. She beyond? “He gave me eye contact,” Toya dren behave — whether they throw rocks ment — is not the issue. The message stripped her son’s pants, bent him over The history of the civil rights move- Graham told CBS News. “And at that at the police, burn a CVS, join gangs, becomes: Black children’s behaviour is a cross bar and beat him. The reporter ment is one of parents and children point, you know, not even thinking about walk home from the store with candy the true enemy of peace. noted, “Those licks and those yells were joining together on the front lines of the cameras or anything like that — that’s my in their pocket, listen to rap music in a This distracting conversation turns awful to hear and awfuller to behold.” struggle for justice, not one of black par- only son and at the end of the day, I don’t car with friends, play with a toy gun in the spotlight back to black youth. If only And then the mother “lynched him while ents beating their children. Yet this is the want him to be a Freddie Gray. Is he the a park, or simply make eye contact with Freddie hadn’t run; if only his parents other humane gentlemen looked on and image captivating the nation. perfect boy? No he’s not, but he’s mine.” a police officer — they risk being killed had beaten him; if only he was perfect, approved. That darkey will never steal What’s most tragic is that Graham In other words, Graham’s message to and blamed for their own deaths because maybe he would still be with us. And the another lunch from that stable nor any said that she unleashed on her son after America is: I will teach my black son not black youths are rarely viewed as inno- praise of Graham reflects a belief shared other stable.” making eye contact with him on the to resist white supremacy so he can live. cent or worthy of protection. across race lines that beating black chil- While Graham did not literally lynch street. The kind of violent discipline Graham If there were an easy way to keep black dren is the only way to keep them safe her son Michael, she metaphorically Tragically, Freddie Gray’s offence that unleashed on her son did not originate children safe from police, out of prisons, from the dangers of a racist society, or strung him up for the world to see — in led to his killing was that he made eye with her, or with my adoptive mother morgues and graves, we would not have from stepping out of line. Rather than hopes of keeping him alive. We can all contact with police. A look from and the who publicly beat me when I was a child, spent the past three years in an almost embracing her son Michael, rather than appreciate the pain and fear in her cry mere presence of black bodies leads to or with the legions of black parents who endless cycle of grieving the loss of young hearing and seeing his pain and assuring that “I don’t want my son to be a Freddie violence and death, and that is the real equate pain with protection and love. black people: Trayvon Martin, Renisha him that she’s got his back, Graham beat Gray.” This is every black mother’s cry crime, which no amount of shaming or The beatings originated with white McBride, Rekia Boyd, Jordan Davis, and shamed him in front of the world. heard over hundreds of years in America. corporal punishment will fix. supremacy, a history of cultural and Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Freddie The public shaming and devaluing From the plantation moms who whipped Patton is a senior enterprise reporter physical violence that devalues black life Gray and . . . and . . . and . . . The list is of black children has a long heritage. their kids so white masters and overseers for the Chronicle of Higher Education, an at every turn. From slavery through Jim too long to fit into my word count. On November 8, 1893, the Anderson wouldn’t more harshly do the same, to adjunct professor of American history at Crow, from the school-to-prison pipe- This celebration of Graham reflects Intelligencer, a South Carolina newspa- the parents during Jim Crow who beat American University, and the author of line, the innocence and protection of a belief that black youths are inher- per, reported that a black boy was caught their children to keep them safe from “That Mean Old Yesterday.” black children has always been a dream ently problematic, criminal and out of stealing a lunch that had been left inside the Klan and lynch mobs, these beatings WP-BLOOMBERG Voter anger with London may tip the scales for SNP

BY SARAH YOUNG Voting figures show how the to achieve a majority, such a per- the nationalists, who have run the SNP has persuaded some Scots formance could make the SNP a Scottish government since 2007. hirleen Barrowman is one who rejected independence on kingmaker as probably the third “They come across as very of a growing band of Scots September 18 that it is the party biggest party in Westminster. competent in the Scottish gov- Swho support the United that can best defend Scottish SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon ernment. Much more professional Kingdom, and yet plan to vote in interests in the Westminster has ruled out any deal with the than Labour,” he said declining to next week’s general election for parliament. Conservatives, who had only one give his surname. the party dedicated to breaking While 44.7 percent voted for Scottish seat in the outgoing par- Nevertheless, his support is up Britain. independence in the referendum, liament, but raised the possibility conditional. “I’m not a national- Such is their anger with the a YouGov poll has shown SNP of an arrangement with Labour. ist and I voted against independ- London-based political elite, and support now at 49 percent while Miliband appears to have rejected ence,” he said. “If they put it in the Labour Party in particular, another from TNS put it at 54 this idea, but Sturgeon has said again, I won’t vote for them.” that they will back the Scottish percent. The centre-left Labour he will change his tune if she has Scottish Labour leader Jim National Party (SNP) on May languished on 25 and 22 percent the power to hand him the keys to Murphy has been tasked with 7, even though they rejected respectively in the polls. the world’s fifth largest economy. turning his party’s fortunes independence in last year’s “There are a group of people Sturgeon says she still wants around. But polling data collected referendum. who voted ‘No’ last year who will independence but has given con- by Lord Ashcroft, a Conservative This apparent conflict of loyal- vote SNP this time and they will flicting signals about whether she member of the Upper House of ties offers the secessionist SNP predominantly be ex-Labour vot- will include a call for another ref- parliament, shows the SNP’s an opportunity to reach the heart ers,” said Mark Diffley, director of erendum in the SNP manifesto lead over Labour in his East of British power, and may frus- Ipsos MORI Scotland. This group for elections to the Scottish par- Renfrewshire constituency has trate Labour leader Ed Miliband’s might have come close to voting liament in 2016. grown from one percentage point hopes of defeating conservative “Yes” to independence but ulti- Some pro-union Scots say that in February to 9 points by this Prime Minister David Cameron. mately decided to preserve the last year’s “no” vote has allowed month. Barrowman, a 42-year-old per- union, he said. them to regard backing the SNP In Clarkston, 10 miles south sonal assistant, is typical of the In the last Westminster elec- as more than simply a vote for of Glasgow’s city centre, Kirsten disillusioned Scots who are turn- tions in 2010, the SNP won just breaking the 308-year-old union. Oswald is the SNP candidate ing their backs on Labour, the six seats to Labour’s 41. But a They look to the SNP’s hoping to defeat Murphy in the party that dominated Scottish forecast based on the TNS poll demands for less austerity and constituency. politics for decades. indicates it could take as many more public spending, its stand Swept up by the excitement of “I believe the union should as 57 of Scotland’s 59 seats in the on the National Health Service the independence referendum, stay together,” Barrowman told British parliament, with Labour (NHS) and its opposition to Oswald joined the SNP only last Reuters in Glasgow, Scotland’s left with just one. renewing Britain’s Trident June. She told Reuters that while biggest city. That would mark the worst nuclear missiles, which are car- the SNP believes in independence, “I voted Labour all my life and Labour result in Scotland since ried by submarines based in a loch that’s not the question for next I’m now at the point where I’m the party’s creation in 1900. One 65 km outside Glasgow. week’s vote. “This general elec- thinking Labour hasn’t actually projection based on an Ipsos That’s a policy which David, a tion is about the issues to do with Sun done anything for me at all,” she MORI poll even showed the SNP 50-year-old engineer and former austerity, the issues to do with A man reads a Scottish edition of Britain’s newspaper, featuring a said. “At the forefront of my mind, taking a clean sweep of all 59. Labour voter who opposed inde- Trident, the NHS, and all kinds of montage of Scottish First Minister and Leader of the Scottish National Party it’s what party can help me at the With neither Cameron’s pendence, says has helped to per- things that are very real for folk.” (SNP) Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh, Scotland, yesterday. moment? I think that’s the SNP.” Conservatives nor Labour expected suade him to vote next week for REUTERS FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Syria rebels urge US to help create safe havens Hardline Islamists seize southern crossing

WASHINGTON: The head of of the surrounding communi- after its senior leadership was the Syrian opposition National ties” with some three-quarters wiped out last year. Coalition called on the United of the Syrian population now dis- The Observatory said Ahrar States yesterday to help set placed, Kerry said. Assad’s regime al-Sham and allied fighters took up safe havens inside Syria in “has lost all sense of any kind of the crossing in Syria’s southern areas under rebel control. responsibility,” the top US diplo- Quinetra province from a group Meeting with US Secretary mat said, adding there must be a called Army of Jihad, which has of State John Kerry at the State transition “towards a government pledged allegiance to Islamic Department, coalition president that represents all of the people State. Khaled Khoja thanked the United and can repair this extraordinary Control of the crossing has States for giving more than $3bn damage.” passed between several insur- in aid to the Syrian people since Assad was “busy destroying gent groups, who have occasion- the outbreak of the war in 2011. the country in his own interests,” ally worked together but have also Speaking through a translator, Kerry said, adding that the Syrian fought each other in Syria’s cha- he said he would brief Kerry on leader was “enabling and attract- otic conflict. the latest political and military ing terrorists” such as the Islamic The area is sensitive due to its developments. State which has seized control of proximity to the Israeli-occupied Debris at a children’s hospital, which was damaged in unknown shelling in Benghazi, yesterday. After a year of “We are here also to ask the a part of the country. Golan Heights. war, Libya’s second-largest city is divided into areas controlled by forces loyal to rival governments. assistance of the US in establish- “We very much hope that in In recent days fighting between ing safe havens in liberated areas.” the immediate days ahead people insurgent groups has been espe- The moderate-opposition will be able to find a new path... to cially intense, killing dozens of backed by the US and its allies restore the secular, united nature fighters, according to the Britain- Detainees admit murders has been fighting to oust Syrian of Syria and be able to prevent based Observatory. President Bashar Al Assad, a bat- this extraordinary humanitarian The senior leadership of Ahrar tle Kerry admitted was against catastrophe.” al-Sham was wiped out in a blast “difficult odds.” in September in Idlib, which dealt of seven journalists: Libya Successive attempts at launch- AHRAR AL SHAM a major blow to an organisation ing peace talks have so far proved The hardline Ahrar Al Sham which is thought to have received TRIPOLI: Libya’s internation- Ktari — who went missing in government issued a statement fruitless. A key sticking point has group in Syria and other insur- funding from Gulf backers. It was ally recognised government said eastern Libya in September. on Wednesday saying Prime remained Assad’s future, with gents seized a crossing in the not clear who was responsible for five detainees had admitted to Four of the five Barqa TV vic- Minister Habib Essid had chaired the National Coalition insisting southwest frontier area near the blast. killing five reporters from a local tims were Libyans, and the fifth a crisis meeting in response to the he must step down, a demand Israel yesterday from a small The group follows a hardline television station as well as two was an Egyptian cameraman. news. The premier also met with refused by the government. group of rival Islamist fight- ideology and is one of the oldest Tunisian journalists, in murders During the course of the inves- the parents of the two Tunisian “President Assad has no legiti- ers, the Syrian Observatory for insurgent movements in Syria’s previously claimed by the Islamic tigation, the detainees also admit- victims to express “the govern- macy and he’s not a part of the Human Rights monitoring group four-year conflict. State group. ted responsibility for “the murder ment’s solidarity”. future of Syria and for that rea- said. One its founders, Abu Khaled Those in custody — two Libyans of two Tunisian journalists in The Tunisian secretary of son he needs to be prosecuted ... If confirmed, the capture would Al Soury, fought alongside Osama and three Egyptians — “have Libya”, the statement added. state for foreign affairs, Touhami for the crimes he has committed represent a further advance for bin Laden and was close to Al admitted their responsibility in But security services have not Abdouli, told state broadcaster against the Syrian people,” Khoja Ahrar Al Sham, one of the main Qaeda’s current chief Ayman Al the murders of the Barqa televi- yet been able to retrieve the bod- Wataniya 1 that diplomatic efforts insisted. A delegation from the jihadist groups in Syria along- Zawahri. But its new leadership sion team”, the government said in ies because they are said to have were underway in Tripoli and National Coalition will attend dis- side Islamic State and Al Qaeda’s has recently sought to distance a statement on its Facebook page. been buried on the outskirts of Tunis to verify the information. cussions in Geneva on Monday, Syria wing Nusra Front. itself from Nusra’s al Qaeda The team of reporters from the eastern city of Derna, which is “The Libyan charge d’affaires when UN envoy to Syria Staffan In the northwestern Idlib prov- ideology and has appealed to Barqa TV has been missing for under the control of jihadist groups in Tunisia has indicated he has de Mistura is to hold separate ince, Ahrar Al Sham is part of an Syrian youths disenchanted with eight months. In January, the including IS, the government said. been in touch with the concerned talks with the rival sides. Islamist alliance which has taken Western-backed rebel factions Libyan branch of the Islamic The government statement Libyan parties and that so far it The situation in Syria “is sim- strategic territory from govern- and who also oppose ultra hard- State group claimed to have exe- did not say when the murders is not possible to confirm or deny ply unsustainable, catastrophic. ment forces in recent weeks, sug- line groups such as Islamic State. cuted the two Tunisian journalists took place or when the suspects the information”, Abdouli said. It has profound impact... on each gesting the group has recovered AGENCIES — Sofiene Chourabi and Nadhir were arrested. The Tunisian AFP US senator and Iran foreign minister face off on Twitter WASHINGTON: Amid heated debate over US Army captain, wrote on Twitter. Iran policy in the US Senate, one of the leading A spokeswoman for Cotton said the senator had congressional critics of the international nego- written the Tweets himself. tiations with Tehran squared off with the coun- Zarif responded yesterday with this message: try’s foreign minister on Twitter. “Serious diplomacy, not macho personal smear, is US Senator Tom Cotton used the social media what we need.” service to challenge Iranian Foreign Minister However, the Iranian official added congratula- Javad Zarif to come to Washington for a debate tions on the birth this week of Cotton’s first child. on Iran’s “record of tyranny, treachery and terror” “May U and Ur family enjoy him in peace,” Zarif after Zarif mentioned Cotton in remarks at New said. Zarif, 55, was a student in the United States York Univesity on Wednesday. in the 1980s. Zarif said sanctions would be lifted if there is Cotton, 37, is the youngest member of the US an international agreement on Iran’s nuclear pro- Senate, where he has been serving since January. gramme “whether Sen Cotton likes it or not.” In March, Cotton wrote a letter signed by 47 Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, also upped of the 54 Republican US senators warning Iran the ante with a jab at the Iranian, saying that Zarif that any nuclear deal made with President Barack “hid” in the United States during his country’s war Obama could last only as long as the Democrat with Iraq in the 1980s. remained in office, a highly unusual intervention in “Not badge of courage... to hide in US while your US foreign policy-making that angered the White country fought war to survive-but shows cowardly House and Senate Democrats. French Ambassador Caroline Dumas with Syrian refugee children during the inauguration of the “Ideas Box” kit, character still on display today,” Cotton, a former REUTERS an initiative of French NGO Libraries without Borders (BSF), at Azraq refugee camp, east of Amman yesterday.

Saudi beheaded New political system would be unique to Turkey: Erdogan for killing father, ANKARA: Turkish leader autocratic rule. Erdogan, speak- to dictatorships under the same at the heart of its manifesto for the largest party after the June another for drugs Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ing at a symposium in Ankara, name in Africa and Asia,” he parliamentary polls, due on June parliamentary elections. Polls sug- yesterday the strong execu- clearly addressed his words to said. 7. Erdogan said the popular man- gest, however, that concerns over RIYADH: A Saudi national tive presidency he seeks would critics who accuse him of intol- “(It) will be unique to Turkey, date he won when elected presi- the proposed presidential system who murdered his father and a bear no resemblance to Asian or erance and even sympathisers it will be like a bee making honey, dent last year with 52 percent of could see the AKP fall short of the drug trafficker were beheaded African dictatorships but would who still fear a new constitutional taking something from every the vote showed the climate in heavy majority it would need to yesterday, bringing to 71 the be “like a bee... taking some- order could erode democratic flower and giving us a taste of a Turkey was suited to a shift away change the constitution without number of executions carried thing from every flower” to cre- freedoms already questioned. truly different honey.” from the current parliamentary needing either a referendum or out this year in the kingdom, ate a uniquely Turkish honey. “This (presidential) system The ruling AK Party, which he system. the support of other parties. the government said. Erdogan, accused by critics of will not bear any resemblance co-founded, has placed the issue The AKP is on course to remain REUTERS The number compares with 87 undermining curbs to his power in the whole of 2014. Abdullah Al such as the judiciary, said systems Balawi was beheaded after being of checks and balances would be convicted of stabbing his father to more effective under a full execu- Judges who sought release of Erdogan foes in trouble death, the interior ministry said, tive presidency. But he gave no cited by the official Saudi Press details of what form those checks ISTANBUL: Turkish authori- US-based preacher Fethullah arrested while Baser is currently Gulen, who left for the US in Agency. SPA said he had planned might take. ties yesterday issued arrest Gulen, and working with him in being searched for, the Hurriyet 1999 to escape charges of anti- the murder, but it did not say By far Nato member Turkey’s warrants for two judges in a a parallel state aimed at over- daily and NTV television channel secular activities by the govern- what his motives may have been. most popular political leader, he legal standoff over an order to throwing the government. reported. ment at the time, has denied The other person executed served as prime minister from release 75 suspects detained Their decision had been Gulen leads a broad movement being behind the graft allegations was Abdullah Al Ruwaili, a Saudi 2003 until becoming the first on suspicion of plotting to blocked by a higher court and known as “Hizmet” (Service), against Erdogan. convicted of “smuggling a large directly elected President last overthrow Turkey’s President the judges themselves were then believed to be supported by mil- The 75 suspects were never amount of banned amphetamine year. Previous presidents played Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports suspended by Turkey’s Supreme lions of Turks and which brings released and remain in detention. pills,” said the ministry. a largely ceremonial role, but said. Board of Judges and Prosecutors together interests ranging from They had all been detained in Both men were executed in the Erdogan has broken with that The judges at the weekend (HSYK). An Istanbul court finance to schools to media. a series of raids that started last northwestern city of Tabuk. tradition, retaining a tight grip issued an order to release the 74 issued arrests warrants for judges The cleric, 74, was once a close year against supporters of Gulen Amnesty International has on day-to-day politics. former police and the head of the Metin Ozcelik and Mustafa Baser ally of Erdogan. But the authori- in the Turkish security forces. criticised a “macabre spike” in However, he seeks to change Samanyolu TV channel Hidayet on suspicion of membership in an ties blamed Gulen for corruption Karaca leads a strongly pro- the use of the death penalty this the constitution to strengthen Karaca from police custody. illegal organisation, the official allegations that rocked Erdogan’s Gulen television channel and his year in Saudi Arabia, which the presidential powers — something All are accused of being Anatolia news agency said. government in December 2013 arrest had been condemned by London-based watchdog ranked opponents say would foster what allies of Erdogan’s arch foe, the Ozcelik has already been while he was prime minister. media rights groups. AFP among the top three executioners they already see as increasingly in the world in 2014. AFP FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Hungary PM German police climbs down on death penalty thwart planned amid EU uproar

BRUSSELS: Prime Minister Viktor Orban backed away from Islamist attack suggestions Hungary might re- introduce the death penalty yesterday after angry criticism from European Union allies. Couple with ‘Salafist’ links arrested Orban’s Fidesz party, under pressure from a eurosceptic right, BERLIN: German authori- Two small children who were said on Wednesday that it wanted ties said yesterday that they in the home at the time of the to raise the possible reintroduc- had foiled a suspected Islamist raid have been placed with child tion of the death penalty with its attack after arresting a protection services. EU partners. A day earlier, Orban German-Turkish married cou- Police said they discovered a said the death penalty should be ple who had a pipe bomb and “functioning” pipe bomb, ammu- “kept on the agenda” as other other weapons at their home. nition and various liquids in the punishments were inadequate Investigators raided the sus- cellar of the building. deterrents. pects’ house near Frankfurt after The search also turned up parts Hungary scrapped the death being alerted this month the cou- from a G3 Heckler & Koch assault penalty, outlawed in the 28-nation ple had bought a large quantity rifle, 100 rounds of 9mm ammuni- EU, shortly after the 1990 fall of of chemicals that can be used to tion, as well as hydrogen peroxide, Communism. Orban raised the make explosives, police and pros- methylated spirits and diesel. matter anew after the recent ecutors said. Police were tipped off earlier this Protesters against police violence stop traffic at a major intersection in the Chinatown neighbourhood as they murder of a young tobacconist in The male suspect had contact month when the couple bought begin a march towards the White House in Washington yesterday. southern Hungary that stirred with the ultra-conservative Islamic three litres of hydrogen perox- anger. Salafist community, authorities ide in a building supply shop in The comments drew outrage said at a press conference. Frankfurt, officials said. Despite from Brussels, with European After keeping the suspects being asked for identity documents Thousands demonstrate in Commission President Jean- under surveillance for days, police by shop staff, they did not provide Claude Juncker urging Orban decided to move in on the eve of them and gave false identity details. yesterday to make clear he had a professional bicycle race to be Police in western Hesse state no intention of re-introducing held today in the area, said the have asked federal police to take US over police ‘injustices’ the death penalty and promising head of Frankfurt’s public pros- over the case to help determine if a “fight” if he tried to do so. ecutor’s office, Albrecht Schreiber. the suspects are part of a bigger Orban told leading European “We assume that we... were operation. Stefan Mueller, head of BALTIMORE: Thousands although New York police said they Baltimore this week kept a low politicians that Hungary was not able to prevent an attack through West Hesse police, said it was still demonstrated in US East Coast had arrested more than 60 demon- profile. Of the more than 200 planning to reintroduce the death this,” Schreiber told a press con- unclear if it was a case of “a lone cities demanding equal treat- strators. Emotions were running people arrested in Monday’s penalty, but only to talk about the ference in Wiesbaden, though he individual, a cell, (or) whether we ment for all by police, after a high, and scuffles broke out. riots, police were forced to let issue, Chief of Staff Janos Lazar said it was not clear yet whether have to assume co-perpetrators”. young African American died of What appears to be a growing half of them go on Wednesday, told a news conference in Budapest. the cycle race would have been “The evidence that was dis- injuries sustained in custody in movement for change was focused the Baltimore Sun reported. “There is a debate about the intro- the target. covered, in conjunction with the Baltimore. on Baltimore, where a rally that The calm in Baltimore was a duction of the death penalty. A Race organisers announced person’s background, clearly indi- The biggest show of people started at the main train station far cry from the violence and loot- debate, so it is not like there is a later that the event which runs cates that this event is related to power was in Baltimore itself — included black and white dem- ing which flared there following plan to introduce the death pen- between Eschborn and the finan- the Islamist extremist spectrum,” epicentre of the latest racially onstrators, some of them linking the funeral of Freddie Gray, 25, alty,” Lazar said. cial capital Frankfurt had been Mueller told reporters. tinged unrest to convulse the arms and chanting: “No justice, on Monday. The circumstances He said Orban had told called off by security authorities He said the male suspect had United States — where several no peace! No racists, no peace!” surrounding Gray’s death are European Parliament President because of the arrests. previously come to police atten- thousand mostly young demon- Many in the march were high unclear, but six officers have been Martin Schulz this, adding Authorities said they were tion on 15 occasions for a wide strators paralysed city blocks in school or college students. “We’re suspended with pay. that “Hungary will respect the prompted to arrest the couple range of offences, ranging from a major rally through downtown protesting the ongoing injustices The results of an investigation European Union’s law”. after police spotted the male sus- assault to illegal weapons charges. to City Hall. that police have perpetrated on into his death are to be handed Schulz said that Orban had pect near the race route. German news agency DPA Thousands more protested black men particularly. Police are over today to prosecutors, but not assured him that the Hungarian The man, a 35-year-old quoted Interior Minister Thomas in New York, the capital trigger-happy and we need to stop made public right away, Baltimore government had no plans to German-Turkish dual national, de Maiziere as praising the police Washington and Boston in soli- that,” Jonathan Brown, 19, a stu- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake introduce the death penalty and was arrested around midnight on action. “Today’s arrest in Hesse darity, as simmering anger over dent at Johns Hopkins University, said. She said many in the com- that Hungary would honour all Wednesday outside the couple’s is proof of the effective work of alleged police brutality against said. Some in the huge crowd held munity had been under the mis- European treaties. Danish Foreign home in the town of Oberursel, federal and state security authori- blacks and discrimination again placards, one reading, “Killer cops taken belief the report would be Minister Martin Lidegaard said and his Turkish wife, 34, was ties,” he was quoted as saying. It bubbled to the surface. deserve cell blocks”. made public today, stoking fears he did “not care much” for the detained several hours later showed that “we are alert and we The protests were overwhelm- The 2,000 National Guard of another outburst of violence. Hungarian statements. inside, authorities said. are well fortified”. AFP ingly peaceful and good-natured, personnel who have flooded AFP REUTERS

Chile volcano erupts again US Senator Bernie Sanders launches Britons bet on Conservative win presidential bid LONDON: Gamblers are rev- outcome is anything but clear. “The Indeed, betting chains are com- elling in Britain’s knife-edge only consensus around this elec- paring this election with Britain’s general election, betting record tion is that there’s going to be a biggest horse race due to the myr- WASHINGTON: US Senator amounts of money on the race mess,” Paddy Power spokesman iad eventualities. “We’ve termed it Bernie Sanders launched his to take 10 Downing Street. Rory Scott said. the first political Grand National. populist, liberal campaign for And the flow of punters’ money “A hung parliament is a done All in all, it’s a remarkable event,” the White House yesterday, is showing the Conservatives win- deal,” he said. The bookmaker is Sharpe said. savaging an American economic ning the most seats, but Labour offering odds of 1/8 on it happen- Voters may tell pollsters one system that creates “immoral” opposition leader Ed Miliband ing. Those odds mean there is an thing but they’re much more and unsustainable disparities becoming prime minister after eight in nine (89 percent) chance likely to go with their real feelings between rich and poor. the May 7 vote. of a hung parliament, and punters when they’ve got money staked “We’re in this race to win,” the With the polls neck-and-neck would have to gamble £8 to win £1. on it — and that’s why election 73-year-old Sanders, an inde- since parliament was dissolved on The Conservatives are 6/1 to pundits look at the odds as much pendent lawmaker who is little March 30, many commentators win a majority of seats. “That’s as the opinion polls. known outside political circles have branded it a dull contest — drifted from 3/1 at least six weeks Despite the polls flatlining, and his home state of Vermont, not so bookmakers, with the uncer- ago. Labour are now 33/1 to win bookmakers report a clear recent told reporters at a low-key, rushed tainty triggering a betting bonanza. a majority. No overall majority is switch from people backing announcement on the lawn out- “We wouldn’t call it a flat cam- nailed on, in our eyes,” Scott said. Cameron and the Conservatives to side the US Capitol, where he has paign at all: It’s the biggest politi- One man bet £200,000 on a Miliband and Labour. “Up until a served in Congress since 1991. cal betting event we’ve ever seen,” hung parliament when the price week ago 75 percent of the money By jumping into the presiden- said Graeme Sharpe, spokesman was 2/9 — the largest general was on a Conservative win,” Scott tial race, the self-described socialist for bookmakers William Hill. election bet any bookmaker has said. “In the last week there’s Sanders presents a long-shot chal- Ladbrokes spokeswoman ever taken, according to Sharpe. been a big, big shift. Miliband is lenge to Democratic frontrunner Jessica Bridge said £100m ($155m) To form a majority govern- now the heavy favourite.” Hillary Clinton but said he relishes could be wagered — quadruple the ment, the two major parties would The centre-right Conservatives the chance to go toe-to-toe with amount placed on the last general have to team up in coalition with are still the bookmakers’ hot her in “serious debates over serious election in 2010. smaller parties. Bookmakers favourites to win the most seats at issues — not political gossip.” Prime Minister David Cameron’s are offering odds on 32 different 1/4, with centre-left Labour 3/1, For years Sanders has warned Conservative Party is battling it out possible combinations. “Spare a but conversely, Miliband is 8/13 of the growing economic gap in with Miliband’s Labour — though thought for the poor civil serv- to become prime minister after America, stressing that “mil- Vehicles travel along a road as smoke and ash rise again from the neither is likely to win a major- ants drafting scenarios for each of the election, with Cameron 5/4. lionaires and billionaires” run a Calbuco volcano as seen from Puerto Varas, Chile. ity of seats, meaning the election those situations,” said Scott. AFP rigged system that benefits the wealthy at the expense of huge numbers of working-class and poor citizens. “Ninety-nine percent of all new income generated in this country ‘No mercy’ if French troops guilty of child abuse: Hollande is going to the top one percent,” he said. “That type of economics is not only immoral, it’s not only PARIS: President Francois Hollande will show no mercy,” Hollande told report- of advocacy group AIDS-Free World that be proven. According to The Guardian, the wrong, it is unsustainable.” yesterday vowed to “show no mercy” ers a day after The Guardian newspaper saw the report. UN employee accused of the leak, Swedish Sanders is vehemently opposed if French peacekeepers in the Central broke the story. The French defence minis- The French judicial source said that of national Anders Kompass, turned the to recently implemented laws that African Republic were found guilty of try, meanwhile, denied attempting to cover the six children testifying against the sol- report over to French authorities because relaxed campaign finance rules, sexually assaulting hungry children in up the potentially devastating scandal fol- diers, four say they were direct victims of his bosses had failed to take action, and has which he said allows billionaire exchange for food. lowing revelations it was made aware of sexual abuse while two others witnessed it. since been suspended. donors to buy candidates of their According to a French judicial source, the allegations in July last year when it The ministry said it immediately UN spokesman Farhan Haq confirmed choosing. And he reiterated his 14 soldiers dispatched to the chaos-ridden received a leaked UN report on the subject. launched a probe into the case when it that UN rights investigators had conducted fierce opposition to a massive nation to restore order after a 2013 coup The abuse reportedly took place at a cen- received the news, sending investigators a probe last year following “serious allega- trade pact under negotiation with are implicated in a probe into the alleged tre for displaced people near the airport of to the former French colony on August 1, tions” of child abuse and sexual exploitation Asia-Pacific nations, saying the sexual abuse of several children there — the the Central African capital Bangui between but the damning allegations only emerged by French troops, and that an unnamed deal would cost American jobs. youngest just nine — who had begged for December 2013 — when the French opera- this week in The Guardian. staff member had been suspended for leak- Sanders was an eight-year something to eat. tion began — and June 2014. “There is no desire to hide anything,” ing the report. mayor of Burlington, Vermont Of those soldiers, “very few” have actu- “The children were saying that they Pierre Bayle, a defence ministry spokes- If verified, this would not be the first in the 1980s following a string of ally been identified, and those that have were hungry and they thought that they man, told reporters on Thursday. “We are sexual abuse scandal to hit peacekeeping election losses for Congress and have still not been questioned, added the could get some food from the soldiers. The not hiding the facts, we are trying to verify forces — examples abound, including in governor. He eventually won a source, who wished to remain anonymous. answer was ‘if you do this, then I will give the facts,” he added, while urging “great Haiti, the Democratic Republic of Congo, seat in Congress in 1990. AFP “If some soldiers have behaved badly, I you food’,” said Paula Donovan, co-director caution” over accusations that have yet to Ivory Coast and Somalia. AFP FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA Koreas united 15-year-old boy pulled out alive from rubble KATHMANDU: Rescuers pulled a 15-year-old boy alive from the rubble of Nepal’s earthquake yesterday, bring- in criticising ing a rare moment of joy to the ruined capital Kathmandu, five days after a disaster which killed nearly 6,000 people. The rescue of Pemba Tamang, who told AFP that he stayed alive Japanese PM by eating ghee, was hailed as a miracle and greeted with cheers from crowds of bystanders who Comfort women issue lingers massed to watch the drama unfold at a ruined guesthouse. SEOUL: In a rare display recruitment of the comfort But the recovery of another of political unity, South and women. Historians estimate that teenager’s body from the same North Korea yesterday both around 200,000 Asian women, ruins only minutes later under- condemned Japanese Prime mainly from the Korean penin- lined how the prospects of finding Minister Shinzo Abe for fail- sula, were forced to work in further survivors of Saturday’s ing to apologise during a US Japanese military brothels. 7.8-magnitude quake were becom- visit for the wartime use of A North Korean Foreign ing more remote. sexual slaves. Ministry spokesman said Abe’s Caked in dust, Pemba was fit- Their respective foreign minis- failure to offer a proper apology ted with a neck brace and hooked tries each issued statements criti- was an “intolerable” insult to the up to an intravenous drip before cising Abe for distorting history, women who had suffered. being lifted onto a stretcher and with Pyongyang comparing the The spokesman accused Abe of then raced to a field hospital Japanese leader to “psychopaths” working with right-wing Japanese where he was found to have only Pemba Tamang, 15, is taken away on a stretcher after being rescued by Nepal Armed Police Force from the and “hooligans”. groups to try to negate Japan’s minor cuts and bruises. collapsed building of the Hilton Hotel, five days after a major earthquake in Kathmandu, yesterday. In a landmark address to a joint war crimes record and avoid “I never thought I would make session of the US Congress, Abe responsibility for abuses. it out alive,” the teenager told any major injuries. in aid, the UN said it would take a neighbouring countries such as expressed his “deep remorse” over “This can be done only by hoo- AFP at the Israeli military-run “He was under the rubble for marathon effort to help the people India and China. Japan’s actions towards neigh- ligans devoid of morality and facility where he was being kept 120 hours and it is certainly the of one of Asia’s poorest countries. Although the number of after- bouring Asian nations during human conscience and psycho- for observation. longest we have heard anybody of The UN’s World Health shocks since Saturday’s quake has World War II. paths bereft of elementary com- Pemba, who worked at the being under the rubble and sur- Organization said it had received subsided, fresh tremors were felt But he stopped short of a mon sense,” the spokesman was guesthouse as a bellboy, said viving,” she told AFP. reports that around 1,400 had in Kathmandu overnight. full apology demanded by coun- quoted as saying by the North’s he had been eating lunch next “I don’t have any logical expla- been killed in the Sindhupalchowk Some people who had spent the tries such as China and South official KCNA news agency. to reception when the ground nation. It is miraculous. It is a region, a mountainous region past four nights camped out in Korea, especially over the forced Beijing also called on Tokyo to started shaking. wonderful thing to see in all this northeast of Kathmandu which the open for fear of aftershocks recruitment of so-called “comfort reflect on its wartime past. “I tried to run but... something destruction.” was becoming a major focus of spent their first night back home. women” to serve Japanese soldiers “China always urges the fell on my head and I lost con- While Pemba appeared to have international relief efforts. But a significant number are in military brothels. Japanese government and its sciousness — I’ve no idea for how emerged from his ordeal largely Nepalese and Indian military still living on the roadside or open “It is very regrettable that leader to adopt a responsible atti- long,” he said. unscathed, a man who was res- helicopters have also been fly- ground, according to AFP corre- Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s tude towards history,” Hong Lei, a “When I came round, I was cued on Tuesday night after being ing in aid to remote areas of spondents in the ruined capital, speech at the US Congress ... Foreign Ministry spokesman, told trapped under the debris and trapped for 82 hours was com- Gorkha district, another badly- which is normally home to some lacked a sincere apology,” the a regular briefing in Beijing. there was total darkness,” he ing to terms with having his leg hit region, which otherwise takes 2.5 million people, including many South Korean Foreign Ministry “Only by doing so can Japan added. amputated. up to 12 days to reach by foot, the migrant workers. said in a statement. truly win the trust of the interna- “I heard other people’s voices Speaking to AFP in his hospital WHO said. “I don’t know how long we are It argued that Abe had missed tional community and establish a screaming out for help around me bed, Rishi Khanal, 28, recounted “But the needs remain great, going to do this. How long can we a golden chance for Japan to fos- future-oriented friendly relation- ... but I felt helpless.” how he had given up hope of being with helicopters unable to reach live on the street?” said Rajina ter a fresh spirit of “true recon- ship with its Asian neighbours.” Asked if he had had anything to found alive and felt that he had some communities due to poor Maharjan after another night ciliation” with its neighbours. China also sent three patrol eat while he was trapped, Pemba been given “a second life” but weather and steep hillsides,” said camped out in a tent outside her Ties between Seoul and Tokyo ships to the waters near dis- said he had come across a jar of worried about how he would now a statement. “Reaching these house with her husband, in laws have always been problematic puted islands known as Diaoyu ghee (clarified butter) in the dark. fend for himself. communities and providing health and a four-year-old son. given the bitter legacy of Japan’s to Beijing and Senkaku to Tokyo, “I don’t know where it came “I thought I would work, I support is essential.” Hundreds of thousands of 1910-45 rule over the Korean which controls them. from,” he added. would earn... how will I after The latest official toll put the residents have fled the city since peninsula. Japanese media gave a low-key Libby Weiss, a spokeswoman this?,” said Khanal who had been number of dead at 5,844 and Saturday, fearing aftershocks and Seoul feels Tokyo has yet to response to Abe’s speech, with at the Israeli field hospital, said on his way to a new job in Dubai more than 10,000 are known to wanting to inspect the damage fully atone for the excesses of most welcoming his comments Pemba was doing “remarkably when he was caught in the quake. have been injured. More than back in their families’ villages. its colonial rule and the forced on wartime history. AFP well”, confirming he did not have Launching an appeal for $415m 100 people were also killed in AFP Kenya admits China-Russia Vietnam marks 40 intelligence war games in ignored ahead mid-May years of bitter war of massacre BEIJING: China and Russia HO CHI MINH CITY: The physical affects of conflict will conduct their first-ever Vietnam’s premier yesterday hit still linger, including through NAIROBI: Kenya’s interior joint naval exercises in the out at the “barbarous crimes” deformities that Vietnam says minister yesterday admit- Mediterranean Sea within of its wartime American foe as are caused by the dioxin Agent ted that intelligence was weeks, Beijing’s military said the nation marked four decades Orange, sprayed by the US air ignored and the security yesterday as it extends its reach since the fall of Saigon, an event force to pare back the thick jun- response botched regard- and the pair’s relationship that delivered a communist vic- gle used as cover by the northern ing the Islamist massacre of becomes ever closer. tory and a painful blow to US guerrilla forces. nearly 150 people at Garissa The live-fire exercises, set for moral and military prestige. Some 58,000 US servicemen university in April. mid-May, will involve nine sur- The central streets of south- also died in a war that remains Security should have been face ships in total, with three ern Ho Chi Minh City — formerly seared into the consciousness of “beefed up” but was not, and from China, military spokesman Saigon — were filled with a forest the American public, most often once the attack began a “lack Geng Yansheng said at a monthly of hammer and sickle flags of the as a tragic waste of young lives of coordination” undermined briefing. Communist Party, as regiments of and a symbol of the over-exten- the response, Interior Minister The Chinese vessels involved goose-stepping soldiers filed past sion of power. Joseph Nkaissery told a parlia- are currently participating in the country’s top leaders. It was the first Cold War con- mentary committee. international anti-piracy escort In front of Independence Palace flict to be extensively covered by “There was lack of coordina- missions in the Gulf of Aden and — whose gates northern tanks the Western press — and the first tion on the side of the officers, off the Somali coast, he said. clattered through in one of the to be lost by a modern superpower there was intelligence that this “What needs to be stressed iconic moments of the 1975 vic- that thought itself unbeatable. place was going to be attacked,” is that this joint exercise is not tory — Prime Minister Nguyen The communist victory was Nkaissery said. targetting any third party and is Tan Dung struck out at the US one of “ardent patriotism,” Dung Militants from Somalia’s not related to regional security,” attempt to contain the spread of said, hailing the reunification of Al Qaeda-linked Shabaab he insisted. The main purpose of communism in Southeast Asia Vietnam, which was cleaved apart rebels killed 148 people during the exercises was protecting the through war in Vietnam. in 1954 into the communist North the assault on the university safety of navigation in “far seas”, “They committed count- and the US-backed South. in northeast Kenya on April he said, with training to include less barbarous crimes, causing Veterans at the parade spoke of 2. It was the group’s deadliest maritime defence and replenish- immeasurable losses and pain to their pride at having fought the attack to date. ment, joint escort, “as well as the our people and country,” he said Americans. “On the battlefield Student survivors said actual use and firing of weapons”. in an address. we were devoted to our country. notices had been put up The drills are also aimed at The war killed millions of An event like this is necessary to around the campus warning “pragmatic cooperation between Vietnamese — both civilians and help young people understand the that an attack was possible. the two sides” and improving combatants from the divided glorious history of our country,” One student told AFP the “the capability of the two navies North and South — and left 72-year-old Nguyen Van Hung notices were not taken seri- Fireworks illuminate the sky during celebrations marking the 40th anniversary to jointly deal with maritime hundreds of thousands more told AFP. wearing his old army ously because they were posted of the end of the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday. threats”, he added. AFP wounded. uniform. AFP on April Fool’s, the day before the attack. When the four masked gun- men struck, only unarmed security guards stood between the attackers and their victims. Nine militants, ten soldiers killed in Mali clashes The intelligence and secu- rity failings are reminiscent BAMAKO: Ten militants and “The provisional toll of the service of our country”, the state- Timbuktu, killing two soldiers and A civilian source in an interna- of Kenya’s botched response nine soldiers died in clashes clashes is: armed forces — nine ment added. a child. tional team mediating peace talks to the 2013 attack on Nairobi’s between the Malian army and dead, six injured, six hostages, one A foreign security source con- UN Secretary-General Ban between the government and the Westgate mall, when prior the main Tuareg rebel alliance, damaged vehicle,” the ministry firmed the fighting had stopped Ki-moon blamed fighters from the rebels said discussions were under intelligence was also ignored. the government said yesterday, said in a statement. late on Wednesday, adding there CMA and called for an “immedi- way for “an exchange of prisoners During the attack itself a raising fears for the country’s “Enemy side: 10 dead and 16 was “no winner, no loser”, with ate cessation of the hostilities in between the two sides” following lack of clarity over chain of fragile peace process. injured, two vehicles destroyed; the rebels controlling the south northern Mali” following “serious the battle for Lere. command and coordination The Tuareg-led Coordination one vehicle, arms and ammuni- of the town and the army dug in ceasefire violations”. “The meharists have rebel between forces inside the mall for the Movements of Azawad tion recovered.” elsewhere. The Malian Defence Ministry prisoners and the rebels have led to Kenyan soldiers and (CMA) provoked the deadliest Defence Minister Tieman The attack came on a day of accused the rebels of the “mur- wounded meharist prisoners. police firing on each other battle in almost a year between Hubert Coulibaly said Lere was violence which started when der” of a platoon leader, his dep- Direct negotiations are under leaving one member of the elite security forces and the rebellion under control and “encourages militants opened fire on troops uty and an “innocent girl”, saying way to secure their release,” the Recce Company dead. as its fighters ambushed the cen- the armed forces to fulfil their in the former Islamist stronghold it was an attempt to “collapse” source said. AFP tral town of Lere on Wednesday. duty with determination to the of Goundam, 80 kilometres from the peace process. AFP FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Ten jailed for Afghan forces fail to break Taliban siege KUNDUZ CITY: The Afghan army and police yesterday failed to expel Taliban fighters from the outskirts of a besieged pro- life over attack vincial capital as a seventh day of fierce fighting put pressure on national forces struggling largely without US military backup. on Malala The Taliban push is a major test of the Afghan security forces trained by Nato, which ended its Chief suspect remains at large combat mission in Afghanistan in December, 13 years after the PESHAWAR: A court in though the fighting has at times US-backed military intervention Pakistan yesterday sentenced proved unpopular among those that toppled the hard-line Islamist 10 men to life imprisonment for who believe Muslims should not regime. attempting to kill Nobel-prize wage war on their co-religionists. The governor of the northern winning teenage activist Malala Public opinion, however, province of Kunduz vowed that Yousafzai in 2012, officials has shifted heavily against the the capital, Kunduz city, would said, though the chief suspect Taliban in recent times after a not fall to the insurgents, but remains at large. series of brazen attacks on civil- acknowledged that pushing back Pakistani Taliban militants ian targets, including a school in the Taliban was proving tough. boarded the teenager’s school Peshawar where more than 150 “It goes very slowly because we bus and shot her in the head in people — mostly children — were do not want defenceless civilians to October 2012 for her outspoken killed. suffer,” said governor Mohammad views on girls’ education, in an Most of the fighting is now con- Omar Safi. attack that also wounded two centrated in the tribal districts of Four civilians had been of her friends and shocked the North Waziristan and Khyber, wounded, he said, along with 20 world. which border Afghanistan, while Afghan soldiers and police killed Malala, now 17, survived and Malala’s native Swat valley is now and 140 Taliban-allied fighters in October last year became the relatively peaceful. dead, many of them militants Afghan security forces arrive at Kunduz airport to join their colleagues fighting Taliban militants on the outskirts youngest winner of the Nobel Malala first rose to prominence from neighbouring Tajikistan and Peace Prize in history for her cou- in 2009, aged just 11, with a blog for Uzbekistan. of the city, yesterday. rageous and determined fight for the BBC Urdu service chronicling The Taliban, for their part, all children to have the right to life under Taliban rule in Swat. claimed to have killed 232 Afghan made one step forward,” Ali said, Afghan forces, although US drones repaired once security forces go to school. Under the Islamist militants’ security forces and lost only nine after visiting two districts just 5 still target militant leaders and an arrived to escort engineers to the “Ten attackers who were bloody rule, opponents were mur- fighters. km from the governor’s compound. American counterterrorist force site. involved in the attack on Malala dered, people were publicly flogged Heavy artillery and gunfire Dawlat Waziri, a spokesman for also operates in the country. “At the moment, in Kabul, we Yousafzai have been sentenced to for supposed breaches of Shariah rang out yesterday as government the Ministry of Defence, insisted The national capital, Kabul, are relying on a back-up system life imprisonment,” a court offi- law, women were banned from forces fought in two districts on the Afghan national forces had has not seen major violence in the that delivers from the north,” the cial said. The news was confirmed going to markets — and girls were the city’s outskirts. made progress. week-old Taliban offensive. deputy minister for IT, Aimal by a lawyer present at the hear- stopped from going to school. Despite thousands of army “We have the upper hand in this Instead, residents were hit by Marjan, said. ing in the northwestern town of In her autobiography published reinforcements sent to Kunduz, fight,” Waziri said. Internet disruptions after a fibre It was unclear if insurgents Mingora, as well as a security in 2013, Malala described receiving Taliban fighters held the same Kunduz was the insurgents’ optic cable that supplies Kabul deliberately targeted the cable. official. death threats in the months before positions as several days ago, last stronghold before the US-led was damaged in the east. A Taliban spokesman said he Life prison sentences in the attack. Mohammad Ali, a local militia forces drove them from power. The communications ministry was unaware of the incident and Pakistan are 25 years, and the con- “At night I would wait until commander, complained. A scaled-down Nato mission said militants blew up the cable declined immediate comment. victs may appeal in a higher court. everyone was asleep,” she wrote. “The government hasn’t even now mostly trains and advises on Wednesday and it would be REUTERS The man suspected of actually “Then I’d check every single door firing the gun at Malala, named and window.” by officials as Ataullah Khan, Malala was flown to Britain is believed to be on the run in for medical treatment follow- Afghanistan, along with Pakistani ing her attack, and the Taliban Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah, have vowed to kill her if she ever Pakistan to hold census after 18 years who ordered the attack. returns to her homeland. Pakistan’s military announced But she has continued her activ- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will by the country’s statistics bureau disasters contributed to delays. changes in the country’s religious the arrest of the 10 suspects in ism, championing the cause of the conduct its next census in 2016 and survey work, making Pakistan The census is also a sensitive and ethnic make-up, for example September 2014 as part of an 219 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped following a gap of 18 years, a the sixth most populous country issue politically because it deter- in Karachi, a city which has seen operation that involved the army, a year ago by Boko Haram mili- period in which the country’s in the world. mines the amount of development a major influx of Pashtuns from police and intelligence agencies. tants, raising money for destroyed population is estimated to have According to a statement issued budget allocated to each of the the country’s Islamist-insurgency The army spokesman Asim schools in Gaza, and calling for grown by more than 50 percent. on Wednesday, the census would country’s provinces. hit northwest in the past decade. Bajwa said the group had a hitlist universal education at the UN The last census was carried out cost Rs 4.5bn ($145m) with the Some analysts believe that High growth rates are expected of 22 targets in addition to Malala, General Assembly. in 1998, when the population was preliminary findings available in Pakistan’s less populated prov- to place stresses on the country’s all ordered by Fazlullah. In spite of her accomplishments counted at 132 million people. June 2016 and the final results inces, such as Baluchistan, have food and water security as well Pakistan has been battling a she remains an object of hate for It is since believed to have issued in December 2017. experienced higher growth rates as raising employment concerns homegrown Islamist insurgency many Pakistanis, who view her as crossed the 200 million mark, an Pakistan was due to conduct a than Punjab, which dominates the for an overwhelmingly young for over a decade following the a Western agent on a mission to estimate based on figures from census in 2008 and 2010 but politi- country’s politics. population. US-led invasion of Afghanistan, shame her country. AFP yearly growth statements issued cal unrest, conflict, and natural The census would also reveal AFP

‘Indian plan for Kashmir violates UN resolutions’ Persecuted minorities in ISLAMABAD: An Indian plan UN resolutions calling for a ballot spokeswoman, Tasneem Aslam, plan for townships for Hindus is to resettle tens of thousands for the region to decide its future. told a regular briefing. an Israel-style policy of creating Pakistan migrating: Study of Hindus in new townships in India says the United Nations has “We have already seen how the settlements in occupied territory. the disputed Muslim-majority no role in Kashmir. people of Jammu and Kashmir are About 100,000 people have been ISLAMABAD: For decades migrated to United States and was region of Kashmir is a violation India’s nationalist government resisting it,” she said. killed in the separatist revolt in after an act of parliament contacted via Skype. of UN Security Council resolu- said in early April it planned She did not elaborate, but was Indian Kashmir that India says declared them non-Muslim in All four were educated city tions, a Pakistani government to resettle tens of thousands of apparently referring to recent is financed and aided by Pakistan. 1974, Ahmedis continued to dwellers and said they were har- spokeswoman said yesterday. Hindus in three new townships protests in Indian Kashmir. Pakistan denies the accusation, live in harmony, and even kin- assed by neighbours, colleagues The divided Himalayan region in its part of Kashmir. Pakistan’s Between 200,000 and 300,000 saying it only gives moral and dip- ship, with Muslims in the town and even friends. is claimed by both Hindu-majority foreign ministry spokeswoman Hindus are estimated to have fled lomatic support to the Kashmiri of Shamsabad in Kasur district. One was a lawyer who left India and Islamic Pakistan and said that was unacceptable. Kashmir after an armed revolt people facing rights abuses at the But today no Ahmedi is found the country in 2010 after he was the nuclear-armed neighbours “Any effort to create special against New Delhi’s rule erupted hands of the Indian army. there as religious challenges attacked for defending fellow have gone to war two times over dedicated townships or zones, or in 1989. Prime Minister Narendra After years of anti-insurgency forced them to migrate. Christians accused of blasphemy the territory since independence any other step to alter the demo- Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party operations by Indian forces vio- Their story of migration is in Lahore. in 1947. graphic make-up of Jammu and has long vowed to return them lence has ebbed in Kashmir over told, along with others, in the A Christian from Islamabad had Pakistan has long pressed for Kashmir, is in violation of the UN to their homes. recent years. ‘Migration of Minorities in to sell his steel workshop and flee the implementation of decades-old Security Council resolutions,” the Kashmiri separatists say the REUTERS Pakistan’, a case study released after the imam of a mosque turned by Aawaz, an alliance of 192 non- his exchange of hot words with an government organisations working employee into a blasphemy charge in Pakistan to empower the mar- against him. Watermelons ginalised groups, including women. A number of Hindus have also Ahmedi migrants of Shamsabad migrated from different parts of Policeman killed told Aawaz that 20 of the 2,000 the country. households in the small town A Hindu resident of Rahimyar in suicide attack belonged to Ahmedis and life was Khan city had to migrate to India PESHAWAR: A Pakistani peaceful for everybody until a dis- in 2013 after he took a stand policeman was killed and two cussion started between the two against the usurpation of a cre- others wounded yesterday when communities about the origin of mation ground of the Hindu com- a suicide bomber hit the con- the Ahmedi sect in late 2012. munity in Basti Ali Lahar area. voy of a senior politician in the They decided to hold a theo- In the Sikh community, the first country’s restive northwest. logical debate to settle the issue. wave of migrations took place in Aftab Khan Sherpao, But the majority community 2002, when Sikhs started moving Pakistan’s former interior min- called a fiery religious leader from the tribal areas to Peshawar ister and former minister of from Faisalabad for the debate and other areas in Khyber Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and things went awry. It ended up Pakhtunkhwa in the wake of the was attacked as he was return- in the Muslims declaring a social post-9/11 US-led military cam- ing from an event in the province. boycott of the Ahmedis and ten- paign in Afghanistan. “Policemen fired at the bomber sion built up. A new wave of Sikh migrations when he moved towards the Eventually police were invited began after the kidnapping of a convoy but he blew himself up,” to keep peace and they advised prominent Sikh by militants in Shafiullah Khan, a district police that the Ahmedis better leave Khyber Agency in 2009. He was officer in Charsadda, said. Shamsabad. And they did. released on payment of ransom, Aftab Sherpao, who has been The Aawaz study says that but two years later, his son was attacked several times previously, the religious minorities migrate shot dead by unknown assailants. said it was the fourth attempt on because the state fails to protect “Change can only occur if peo- his life. them from the high-handedness ple are encouraged to raise voice “I was the target of this attack. of non-state actors and groups. It for their rights. Aawaz is edu- This is the fourth attack on my gives various examples. cating 143,000 people, including life. The policemen sacrificed A number of Christians have 70,000 women, and hopes they in themselves to save me,” he said migrated within the country turn will make 10 million others afterwards. and out of the country because aware of their rights,” said Haris No group immediately claimed Vendors sell watermelons on a roadside in Karachi yesterday. Demand for watermelons has begun to of threats from non-state actors. Khalique, team leader of Aawaz, responsibility for the attack. increase following a rise in temperatures, which signals the beginning of summer. Aawaz interviewed four Christian at the launch of the study. AFP migrants. One of them had INTERNEWS FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA National transport strike hits millions Govt slams Buses, taxis stay off road to protest proposed new law US report NEW DELHI: Millions of com- Delhi, where comparatively few Life in Left Front-ruled on religious muters across India were left autorickshaws and taxis were Tripura was affected as all means stranded yesterday as buses on the roads. There were few of public transport stayed off the and taxis did not ply to protest buses running and each was jam- roads. Commuters, office-goers freedom a proposed law that makes pun- packed, leading to crowds at each and passengers faced inconven- ishment for traffic violations bus stop. An office-goer in south ience as buses, small and medium NEW DELHI: India said a much more stringent. Delhi said he saw just one DTC vehicles, auto-rickshaws and report of the US Commission Passengers had to wait end- bus and no private buses for over even battery-operated rickshaws on International Religious lessly at railway stations in vari- an hour. remained off the roads. Freedom (USCIRF) “appears to ous cities as public transport went State roadways, private buses “The strike was spontaneous be based on limited understand- off the road. People were forced and taxis did not ply across and total. No untoward incident ing of India, its constitution and to trudge with heavy luggage and Haryana, causing misery to was reported from anywhere in its society” and it would take office-goers too were hit hard. thousands of passengers. Buses the state,” Centre of Indian Trade “no cognizance of the report”. The strike was part of the remained parked at bus stands or Unions (CITU) working commit- External affairs ministry nationwide agitation by major bus depots, and passengers were tee member Tapas Datta said in spokesperson Vikas Swarup said: trade unions demanding repeal of left stranded. Auto-rickshaws and Agartala. The transport work- “Our attention has been drawn the Road Transport and Safety cycle-rickshaws made a fast buck ers also organised protest rallies to a report of the USCIRF which Bill, 2014, and alleged anti- from people wanting to reach across Tripura to denounce the has passed judgement on religious worker policies of the Bharatiya their destination on time. new transport bill proposed. freedom in India. It appears to be Janata Party (BJP)-led central Normal life in West Bengal was In Himachal Pradesh, employ- based on limited understanding government. thrown out of gear by the dawn- ees of the state-run Himachal of India, its constitution and its The protest is against the hefty to-dusk shutdown. Most of the Road Transport Corporation society. We take no cognizance of penalties that are proposed in the roads across the state, including (HRTC), which has a fleet of over this report.” new bill such as Rs50,000 for rash in capital Kolkata, wore a near- 2,200 buses, were on strike. The USCIRF report says, among driving, Rs10,000 for drunken deserted look. The strike hit the commuters other things, that “incidents of driving and up to Rs6,000 for Passengers at the busy Howrah hard with connectivity between religiously-motivated and com- over-speeding. The bill is to be put and Sealdah railway stations and cities and towns affected. munal violence reportedly have before the cabinet for approval. office-goers had a difficult time However, several private buses increased for three consecutive The bill also proposes a regula- with no taxi or bus service to were on the road. years”. “Non-governmental organi- tory authority, not only to advise avail. There were reports of buses The strike also had an effect in sations (NGOs) and religious lead- the central and state governments being vandalised in several parts Kerala, with hundreds of people ers, including from the Muslim, on road safety, but also have the of Kolkata and Howrah. who arrived at various bus stands, Christian, and Sikh communities, powers to ensure that the norms While most of the private railway stations and airports. attributed the initial increase to laid down are followed by all schools remained shut, the The stir, however, evoked par- religiously-divisive campaigning stake-holders. Transporters say attendance at government schools tial response in Telangana and in advance of the country’s 2014 the penalties, along with the pro- was negligible. Andhra Pradesh. Transport general election. Since the election, posed norms on testing of vehi- “After struggling to get a con- services were partially affected religious minority communities cles, road-worthiness, licensing, veyance to reach my child to in Hyderabad as a section of have been subject to derogatory among others, are too stringent. school, I found it nearly empty. auto-rickshaws, taxis and trucks comments by politicians linked to The ministry of road transport Most of the students and teachers remained off the roads. Commuters travel across the deserted Howrah bridge during the general the ruling BJP and numerous vio- and highways, however, says this and even the principal is absent. I With major employees’ unions strike in Kolkata yesterday. lent attacks and forced conversions is necessary so as to reduce road do not support such kind of poli- in state-owned Road Transport by Hindu nationalist groups, such accidents by at least 200,000 over tics of disruption,” said a parent. Corporation (RTC) not par- as RSS and VHP. the next five years, as opposed Left Front major Communist ticipating in the stir, the pub- organised a rally in Hyderabad affect normal life in Tamil Nadu. “Based on these concerns, to some 490,000 accidents each Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) lic transport was not impacted to protest what they called anti- State-owned buses plied as USCIRF again places India on year — 25 percent of them fatal activists took out rallies in many by the strike in both Telugu- workers measures proposed in the usual while some privately-owned its Tier 2 list of countries, where in nature. parts of the city and the state in speaking states. central bill. buses and autorickshaws stayed it has been since 2009,” the The stir had a partial impact in support of the strike. Some unions of auto drivers The nationwide strike did not away from the roads. IANS report said. IANS

Girl dies after 13 convicted in Kerala hand chopping case Debt-ridden farmers being thrown KOCHI: An NIA court here The PFI activists were incensed them,” said Joseph who last year convicted 13 accused of chop- because Joseph, a Malayalam faced another tragedy when his from bus owned ping off the hand of a college teacher at the New Man College 48-year-old wife Shalomi Joseph feel abandoned: Rahul professor. Eighteen people were Thodupuzha, allegedly made committed suicide. acquitted in the case. The sen- inflammatory remarks about He added that he was wait- by Badal family tence for the guilty will be deliv- Prophet Muhammed (PBUH) in ing for justice from the state NAGPUR: Congress Vice- ered on May 5. an internal examination. government. President Rahul Gandhi Jaitley takes a MOGA/CHANDIGARH: The The right hand of Prof TJ Though 31 people were “The state government described his interaction with death of a 13-year-old Dalit girl Joseph was chopped off by activ- arrested, one of the main accused had taken over my treatment the debt-ridden farmers of after she and her mother were ists of the Popular Front of India and four others are still at large. expenses; they have paid only Rs 4 Maharashtra as “disturbing” dig at Rahul allegedly pushed out of a speed- (PFI) on July 4, 2010, when he was After the verdict, Joseph said lakhs, when I had to spend Rs 20 and said there was a strong ing bus for protesting against returning along with his family the judgment was not going to lakhs. Moreover, I am yet to get sense of abandonment among NEW DELHI: Taking a their molestation sparked out- members from the Sunday mass have any effect on him. “I have my pension and the salary when them because the government dig at Rahul Gandhi for his rage in Punjab, with the opposi- near his home in Muvattupuzha forgiven those who did this I was reinstated after being sus- was ignoring their woes. 56-day sabbatical, Finance tion demanding action against in Ernakulam district. to me. I have nothing against pended,” said Joseph. IANS “My interaction with the Minister Arun Jaitley said the ruling Badal family which farmers was very disturbing,” Prime Minister Narendra owned the bus. Gandhi said at the end of his Modi’s government was a Police said that four people, 15-km ‘padyatra’ (foot march) in “soojh-boojh ki sarkar” (a including the bus driver, conductor Collecting funds for earthquake victims Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, wise government), not “suit- and helper, were arrested, and a where he met families of farmers boot ki sarkar” as claimed by case of murder, attempt to murder who committed suicide after their the Congress leader recently. and molestation slapped on them. crops failed. Replying to a debate on the The incident took place Wednesday “I have come to Vidarbha earlier finance bill in the Lok Sabha, evening near Moga town, 180 km too, but not seen a situation like Jaitley with Modi seated beside from here. The bus belongs to this... There is a feeling of aban- him, also said: “It is good to Orbit Aviation Company which donment. That is the problem,” he be suited but dangerous to be is owned by Punjab Deputy Chief told the media here. booted out.” Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, Continuing his attack on the Reacting to Gandhi’s taunt who also holds the home portfolio Narendra Modi government that that Modi is often abroad, as well as being president of the he described as the one “for a Jaitley quipped: “At least we ruling Akali Dal, and his wife and select few corporates and not for know where the prime minis- union minister Harsimrat Badal. farmers”, Gandhi said: “When peo- ter is... His trips are a national The victim, Arshdeep Kaur, ple are in distress, the role of the duty. There is a difference was declared dead by doctors at government is to comfort them. between a national duty and the Moga civil hospital while her The government of Maharashtra disappearance for a jaunt.” mother, Shinder Kaur, was admit- and the central governments are IANS ted in a serious condition. ignoring the farmers.” Shinder Kaur, 36, told the media Gandhi went to five villages in Gandhi reached Nagpur on from her hospital bed that they Amravati district where over 600 Wednesday night and left for complained about the molestation distressed farmers committed sui- Gunj village, about 50 km from to the bus driver but he mocked cide in January. Amravati town, early yesterday at them and started speeding Highlighting loans as the “big- to begin the march. the vehicle. She said that no one gest” issue that pushed the farm- Maharashtra was the second helped them inside the bus and ers towards death, Gandhi said: state Gandhi visited after Punjab alleged that she and her daughter “I want to tell the farmers of to meet farmers and campaign were pushed out of the moving bus Maharashtra that they should not against the central government’s by the molesters. lose hope. We are with them... We controversial land ordinance The family of three, including a A volunteer from the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) collects funds from citizens for the earth- will fight their battle.” which he says is anti-farmer.IANS 14-year-old boy, had boarded the quake victims of Nepal and North India, in Ahmedabad yesterday. bus at Moga town for Baghapurana town, which is 20 km away, on Wednesday evening. The mother and daughter were soon tar- geted with indecent gestures and molestation. India setting up four indigenous N-power reactors Punjab Director General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini said NEW DELHI: India is con- are the Kakrapar Atomic Power Financial sanction has been locating nuclear power projects in Tamil Nadu, 4X1,000 MW reac- a probe into the incident will be structing four indigenous Project, units 3 and 4 (2X700 accorded for two indigenous reac- future, based on both indigenous tors alongwith Russia, in Jaitapur, conducted by Inspector General of nuclear power reactors in MW) at Kakrapar, near Surat tors — Gorakhpur Haryana Anu technologies and with foreign Maharashtra, 6X1,650 MW reac- Police Gurpreet Kaur Deo. Gujarat and Rajasthan, which in Gujarat, and the Rawatbhata Vidyut Gorakhpur, units 1 and cooperation. For indigenous reac- tors in cooperation with France, The case was registered against will be completed by 2019, the Atomic Power Project, units 7 and 2 (2X700 MW) at Gorakhpur, tors, it has chosen Gorakhpur, in Chhaya MithiVirdi, Gujarat, bus conductor Sukhwinder Singh government said. 8 (2X700 MW) at Rawatbhata, Haryana. Haryana, for 4X700 MW reactors, 6X1,000 MW reactors with the US and helper Gurdeep Singh. Two The Department of Atomic near Kota in Rajasthan. These are being readied for Chutka in Madhya Pradesh for and Kovvada, Andhra Pradesh, others arrested include driver Energy has set for itself an The plants are under construc- launch in 2015-16, and are sched- 2X700 MW reactors, Bhimpur, 6X1,000 reactors with the US, and Ranjit Singh and another person, ambitious target of reaching an tion and expected to be completed uled for completion in 2021. Two Madhya Pradesh, for 4X700 MW Haripur, West Bengal, 6X1,000 Amarjit Singh. Embarrassed by installed generation capacity of by 2019, the Minister said. “In more indigenous 700 MW reac- reactors, Kaiga, in Karnataka for MW reactors with Russia. the incident involving the staff of a 63,000 MW by the year 2031- addition, a prototype fast breeder tors are also expected to be com- 2X700MW and Mahi Banswara Pre-project activities are in bus owned by his son, Punjab Chief 32, Minister for Science and reactor of 500 MW capacity is at pleted by 2024, the minister said. in Rajasthan for 4X700 MW progress at various stages at these Minister Parkash Singh Badal said Technology Jitendra Singh said an advanced stage of commission- Jitendra Singh said the Centre reactors. sites, where the projects will be he was “deeply pained” by the in the Rajya Sabha. ing at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu,” has also accorded ‘in principle’ With foreign cooperation, it taken up progressively, in phases incident. IANS The four nuclear power reactors he said. approval to five coastal sites for is setting up in Kudankulam, of twin units at a site. IANS FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Qatar wealth fund to open New York office

DUBAI: The Qatar Investment plans to open an office in New Greece begins crunch debt talks Authority, the Gulf Arab state’s York in order to manage the grow- acquisitive sovereign wealth ing investment portfolio in the US fund, is setting up an office in market,” the Qatar News Agency Over 75pc of Greeks want agreement with lenders at any cost New York to manage its growing (QNA) said of a lunch held with portfolio in the United States, 15 US companies with operations ATHENS: Greece’s govern- according to remarks carried by in Qatar. ment signalled the biggest the state news agency. It did not disclose any details concessions so far as crunch The fund is one of the most about the fund’s investments in talks with lenders on a cash- active sovereign investors in the the United States. for-reforms package started in world, snapping up stakes in eve- In the speech, the ambassador earnest yesterday, but tried to rything from real estate to luxury added Qatar would continue its assure leftist supporters it had goods. It led a consortium this year current pace of spending on major not abandoned its anti-austerity to secure control of the company projects related to health, educa- principles. that owns London’s Canary Wharf tion, railways, infrastructure and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s financial district in a $4bn deal. projects relating to hosting the three-month-old government is Much of its activity has tra- 2022 soccer World Cup, accord- under growing pressure at home ditionally been in Europe but ing to QNA. and abroad to reach an agreement the fund has said it is looking to Government spending across with European and IMF lenders diversify into Asia and the United the Gulf Arab region is being to avert a national bankruptcy. States, announcing last year a plan watched in the wake of the fall A new poll showed over three- to spend $20bn in Asian invest- in oil prices since the middle of quarters of Greeks feel Athens ments over the next five years. last year, although most govern- must strike a deal at any cost to “HE Ambassador Mohammed ments have said they will continue stay in the euro. bin Jaham Al Kuwari revealed to maintain public spending at or An enlarged team of Greek the Qatar Investment Authority’s above recent levels. REUTERS negotiators began talks with representatives of the so-called Brussels Group representing the eurozone, the International Monetary Fund and the European RBS returns Qatar banking Central Bank to discuss which reforms Greece will turn into licence, country head leaves legislation rapidly in exchange for aid. The talks are expected to con- Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis smiles as he talks to tax office workers protesting outside the Finance DUBAI: Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has closed its branch in tinue through the May Day holi- Ministry in Athens yesterday. Qatar with its country head departing, RBS said yesterday, the day weekend until Sunday, with latest step in its withdrawal from the Middle East. Tsipras willing to step in to speed Qatar has been one of the bank’s more active overseas markets things up if necessary, a Greek Wednesday, a top government Syriza party as he tries to satisfy An omnibus bill with reforms in recent years, with RBS acting as financial adviser for Qatar official said. In a sign of serious- official said Athens was willing Greece’s creditors before its cof- promised to lenders is likely to Petroleum on major energy projects as well as coordinator for ness, both sides agreed on a news to sell a majority stake in its two fers are empty. “The government be put to parliament only after Ooredoo on a $1bn bond issue in 2013. But RBS, 79 percent owned blackout, a eurozone official said. biggest ports and compromise on is sticking to its red lines,” an aide cabinet approval and the conclu- by the British government, is shrinking its corporate and insti- Greece wants an interim deal value-added tax rates and some to the premier said on condition sion of the Brussels talks. tutional banking business in the Middle East, Africa and parts of by next week, hoping that will pension reforms, in the clearest of anonymity. “The government The signals on concessions Europe and Asia to refocus on its home market. allow the ECB to ease liquidity signal yet that it is ready to back does not have the popular man- came after a senior eurozone The bank returned its local licence to the Qatar Financial Centre restrictions before a €750m pay- down for a deal. date to reach a deal that crosses official involved in the talks said Regulatory Authority on March 25, the authority said in a state- ment to the IMF falls due on May “The Greek government is red lines and it won’t do that.” that to secure any deal, Greece ment. An RBS spokeswoman confirmed the branch closure. 12. Athens has suggested it will ready for an honest solution Initial reaction from lenders would have to make a substantial RBS had held the licence since 2007, offering markets and inter- struggle to pay the instalment. which will unlock financial aid after a dinner of senior euro- concession on at least one of three national banking services. Management of its existing exposure in Elected on promises to end from partners and put an end to zone finance ministry officials on disputed issues — pensions, labor Qatar would still be handled in London, a source said. austerity and scrap an unpopu- the economic asphyxiation the Wednesday was non-committal. market reform and taxation. Douglas Kerr, who was appointed RBS country head in September lar EU/IMF bailout programme, bailouts have caused,” Finance Officials said they had discussed Compounding the pres- 2014, left the bank in April 2015, according to his LinkedIn page. Tsipras had so far refused to give Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who “process and expectations” rather sure on Athens, ratings agency The RBS spokeswoman confirmed his departure. The bank has ground on so-called “red lines” — was sidelined from the bailout than substance. Moody’s cut Greece’s credit rat- already sold around $815m of loans belonging to companies in the pensions, labour reform and state talks this week to appease lend- “Time is going to get tight ing deeper into junk territory United Arab Emirates to Commercial Bank of Dubai. asset sales — that are core to his ers, told Sto Kokkino radio. before the 11th,” one official late on Wednesday due to fears In 2010, it sold its retail business in the United Arab Emirates leftist party’s agenda. However Tsipras’ office yester- said, referring to a crucial May about whether a deal will be found to Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. REUTERS After a preparatory meet- day denied any climbdown, seek- 11 meeting of eurozone finance in time to meet upcoming debt ing of senior Greek officials on ing to assuage hardliners in his ministers. repayments. REUTERS

Abu Dhabi wealth fund to buy stake in HK hotels Bahrain-Dubai joint venture

DUBAI: Abu Dhabi Investment and ADIA, the Hong Kong company The hotel deal marks the second stake in the group for over $600m. closes third Bombardier deal Authority (ADIA) has agreed to said in a statement. big investment by a Middle Eastern Adrian Cheng, the grandson of buy a 50 percent stake in three New World, which has long fund in Hong Kong in just over founder Cheng of New World, per- DUBAI: A Bahrain-Dubai joint venture has closed a $94m deal at Hong Kong hotels from a group planned an IPO of its hotel prop- six months as investors from the sonally led the negotiations with list prices for the lease of three Bombardier Q400 NextGen planes, led by New World Development erties, has instead teamed up with region increase their exposure to ADIA, a person with direct knowl- its third Sharia’h-compliant aviation deal since December, an exec- Co Ltd in a HK$18.5bn ($2.4bn) ADIA to form a 50-50 joint ven- Asia. ADIA, already one of the larg- edge of the matter said. utive at one of the firms said. Use of lease financing has expanded deal, the sovereign wealth ture to pursue acquisitions in the est private owners of hotels in the Chow Tai Folk Enterprise among commercial airlines. Large carriers, which tend to secure fund’s biggest Asian property hospitality industry, said the Hong world, will invest $600m of equity Ltd, a private company owned lower lease rates, reduce the risk of a fall in the value of their fleets, investment. Kong company, founded by Hong into the joint venture that will be by Cheng family, is a minority while smaller rivals gain aircraft they could not buy outright. Under Under the deal, New World will Kong tycoon Cheng Yu-tung. New funded half by debt. Last year, Chow holder of those hotel assets. It the 12-year deal, Bahrain-based Ibdar Bank and Dubai-based Palma sell 50 percent of its interest in World will get HK$10.1bn from the Tai Fook Enterprise, New World’s will receive about $500m from Holding will lease the Canadian-built aircraft to Abu Dhabi-based three Hong Kong hotels — Grand sale, and plans to use the proceeds largest shareholder, sold most of its the deal. The three hotels had Falcon Aviation Services. “There is growing demand for this type of Hyatt Hong Kong, Renaissance to fund its Hong Kong property shareholding in department store a market value of HK$21.3bn as aircraft and this type of financing,” said Anas Bennani, managing Harbour View and Hyatt Regency development projects including operator Lifestyle International. of March 1. JP Morgan is acting director at Palma, adding operators are increasingly favouring oper- Hong Kong hotel — to a joint ven- the marquee New World Centre The Qatar Investment Authority as the sole financial advisor to ating leases over direct financing of their fleets. REUTERS ture to be formed by New World Development in Tsim Sha Tsui. stepped in to acquire a 23 percent New World. REUTERS Warren Buffett losing some mojo on his economic ‘moats’

NEW YORK: Warren Buffett equity-market positions trailed is underwater; IBM is trying to It remains to be seen whether (pictured) has carved out a the broad-market Standard & reverse 12 straight quarters of Buffett’s portfolio sees a greater core stock-picking strategy of Poor’s 500 Index. year-over-year revenue declines shift with the increased influence investing in companies with On average, the 15 biggest posi- as it plays catch-up in the cloud of Ted Weschler and Todd Combs, strong economic “moats,” busi- tions he owned at the end of 2014 computing space. the two men handling portfolio nesses that have built, fortified have gained 7.8 percent in the last Two other large positions, management for the last few and generated success from 12 months, compared with a 13.1 Coca-Cola and Wells Fargo & Co, years. well-known brands that make it percent rise for the S&P. are also struggling. Wells Fargo Berkshire’s annual letter lists difficult for them to succumb to Buffett supporters — and there has had three straight quarters only the 15 largest positions in the competitive forces. are many — would say that the of year-over-year revenue growth, portfolio — many of which pre- But for a number of holdings 84-year-old investor is hardly but that followed 18 quarters of date the two executives — so it in his stock portfolio, the moats looking at the short term, but decline. Revenue growth has is possible that there are other, may be drying up and the walls what stands out about some of fallen for Coke in 8 of the last 9 smaller positions that are big win- could be breached. Stalwarts like the larger holdings are weaken- quarters as the company deals ners. Weschler and Combs are International Business Machines, ing revenue trends that augur with changing consumer tastes. credited with buying DirecTV for Coca-Cola Inc, Procter & Gamble for concern about the long-term, But of course, Buffett’s total Berkshire, which has a 54 percent Co to name a few have showed not just the short term. “The cost for his 400 million shares of gain for them. On the other hand, declining revenue trends in recent moats are not as deep and unim- Coke was $1.3bn. As of Wednesday, last year Berkshire sold U.K. food years, and face competition that penetrable as in the past,” said it was worth $16.2bn. retailer Tesco, which Berkshire may make it more difficult for Doug Kass, who runs Seabreeze “Since he bought it in the 1980s, took a $444m loss. them to outperform the market Investment Partners in Florida, his return from stock price appre- Kass even acknowledges that in the way they did in the past. and has questioned Buffett’s 78 percent rise. And he can still worth $11.2bn. What’s less clear, ciation and dividends received has Buffett’s ability to hunt for When Berkshire Hathaway investments in the past. be opportunistic, as in the after- however, is whether these previ- been terrific, and will likely con- unknowns now would not be easy Inc, the conglomerate Buffett That is not to say Buffett is any math of the financial crisis when ously unassailable franchises are tinue compounding for years to given the firm’s size and stature, has run since 1965, releases kind of a slouch. Those 15 hold- he acquired a $750m position in facing competitive pressures that come,” said Ken Stein, founder in the way he did early in his quarterly results today — which ings, over the last five years, on Goldman Sachs Group Inc that’s will continue to hurt sales growth. and portfolio manager at Spencer investing career. Other investors will follow with his annual gath- average, are ahead of the S&P, now worth $2.5bn, and an option Buffett owns 76.9 million shares of Capital Management. believe that for Buffett to change ering in Omaha, Nebraska — it with an average gain of 85 per- to buy 700 million shares in Bank IBM that as of last year had cost Berkshire did not respond to his approach would be foolish at is likely to show that his largest cent, compared with the S&P’s of America Corp for $5bn — now him $13.2bn, and that position requests for comment. this stage of the game. REUTERS FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Qatar index QE sets up first investor relations programme DOHA: Qatar Exchange gives them advance notice to became the region’s first stock adjust their Investor Relations exchange to launch a pro- efforts, especially with regards gramme that rewards excel- to their websites. It is not avail- gains 453 lence in Investor Relations. able for sponsorship by any listed The programme surveys the companies. expert opinion of the domestic “Strong Investor Relations are and international investment the hallmark of successful capi- community to identify compa- tal markets,” commented Oliver nies and individuals who display Schutzmann, Chief Executive points in April best practice. It also features a Officer of Iridium. “The Qatar detailed ranking of corporate Stock Exchange has placed maxi- investor relations websites. Qatar mum emphasis on creating a cred- Exchange will host a special event ible Investor Relations Excellence Market cap touches QR653.76bn in December to announce the Program to fortify investor confi- results. dence in Qatar’s best companies, DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange which accounted for 26.14 per- “The companies listed on inspire boardroom conversation index gained 453.08 points, or cent; real estate (22.84 percent), our exchange are the corporate on investor relations and set new 3.87 percent, during April com- consumer goods and services (9.27 ambassadors that represent benchmarks in the region. We are pared to March when it closed percent), telecoms (7.56 percent), Qatar’s economic, business and confident that this important ini- at 12,164.48 points yesterday transport (3.83 percent), and financial progress around the tiative will lead to one of the most driven by rise in oil prices and insurance (1.63 percent). world. Their performance is in coveted recognitions for compa- better results by companies. Real estate topped the traded the public spotlight every day, Qatar Exchange has man- platform where investors can nies and executives in Qatar.” On the daily basis the index volume in April with 33.93 per- shaping our country’s image as a dated Iridium, an independent trade fairly and efficiently,” said Abdul Aziz Al Emadi, Director, dropped 0.68 percent, or 83.87 cent of the total traded volume. financial centre”, stated Rashid Investor Relations advisory firm, Al Mansoori. “This responsibility Listing Department added, points, yesterday. However, the Banks and financial services came Al Mansoori (pictured), Chief to design a fair, transparent and is already being echoed by many “Whilst the IR Excellence index gained 114.63 points, or next with 20.62 percent followed Executive Officer of Qatar Stock credible framework for the IR listed companies who adopt glo- Program itself is a new initiative 0.95 percent, in the week. by industries (15.58 percent), tel- Exchange. Excellence Program, which will bal standards in transparency and for Qatar Stock Exchange, a focus Ahemd Akil, financial ana- ecoms (13.82 percent), consumer “It is the responsibility of every crown Qatar’s best company investor relations.” on improving investor relations lyst told news portal Mubasher goods and services (11.28 per- publicly listed company to keep overall for excellence in Investor The Excellence Programme for our listed companies is not. that Qatar Exchange index has cent), transport (3.56 percent), its stakeholders informed with Relations, the best small-, mid- has been benchmarked globally We have been encouraging our risen due to gradual rise in the and insurance (1.21 percent). any information that may influ- and large cap companies, the best against best practices to ensure listed companies over a number oil prices and geopolitical stability April saw 22 trading days same ence an investment decision. It Chief Financial Officer and best a transparent methodology. The of years to adopt best practice in the region. The first quarter as in March. is therefore critical that Qatar’s Investor Relations Officer as well methodology and all ranking including the establishment of results have been good which has From the 43 listed companies, listed companies embrace open as the top three company investor criteria are made public sev- specific expertise in dedicated propelled the market, he added. 32 companies ended April higher, and transparent communication relations websites in the country. eral months before the survey Departments and we see the The traded value of QR8.362bn while 11 fell. and take advantage of modern “Our mandate as an exchange is and ranking starts. This enables Investor Relations Excellence registered in April is an increase Gulf International Services technologies to fulfil fast-growing to support Qatar’s national econ- companies to review catego- Program as another part of that by 2.78 percent compared to topped the value of shares traded information needs”. omy by providing an exchange ries and selection criteria, and ongoing development.” QNA QR8.136bn during March. during April with 15.33 percent The market capitalisation of of the total value. Barwa Real QR653.76bn in April is an increase Estate came next with 13.25 per- by 3.21 percent compared to cent, Industries Qatar 6.73 per- QR633.45bn at the end of March. cent and Qatar National Bank The traded volume of 199.9m 6.60 percent. Airbus Group profit jumps 80pc in first quarter shares is an increase by 16.72 Trading value during the week percent compared to 171,264,743 increased by 41.51 percent to reach shares in March. QR2.4bn compared to QR1.7bn. PARIS: European aero- asset sales,” said Tom Enders, virtually stable compared to the decline on exchange markets. The 108,714 transactions in Trading volume increased by nautics giant Airbus Group Airbus Group chief executive same period in 2014. It also predicted increased April are an increase by 0.75 per- 29.97 percent to reach 55.6m reported an 80 percent in a statement, adding that Airbus said Q1 orders of air- revenue for the remainder cent compared to 107,902 transac- shares, as against 42.8m shares, increase in first quarter net the builder of civilian and mili- craft were also level on a year- of 2015, due to relatively slow tions registered in March. while the number of transactions profits to €792m ($883m). “We tary aircraft was “on track to to-year basis at €21bn. But it early delivery schedule set Industries topped the traded rose by 16.39 percent, to reach had a good start into 2015, with achieve our full year targets.” noted that the total value of to accelerate over the year value in April with 28.73 percent 28,228 transactions as compared a solid operational perform- The group said revenues client orders rose by 11 percent — particularly for A350 XWB of the total traded value. Followed to 24,253 transactions. ance and improved cash gen- of €12.1bn for the first three to €954.5bn, thanks in part to and A380 families of aircraft. by banks and financial services THE PENINSULA eration, further supported by months of the year remained favourable impacts of the euro’s AFP

Offshore wind farm Iraq seeks GM plans to invest credit rating $5.4bn in US plants before jumbo DETROIT: General Motors Co in new technology. It has histori- said it will spend $5.4bn over the cally spent about two-thirds of its bond issue next three years on its US man- capital outlay in North America ufacturing plants to boost pro- and officials have forecast the same DUBAI: Iraq plans to obtain duction and vehicle quality. going forward. a sovereign credit rating and “The common thread among our GM outlined about $784m of the is approaching rating agencies investments is the focus on prod- investments for three Michigan as it prepares for a jumbo $5bn uct improvements,” GM North plants, and said it would give details bond issue needed to cover a American manufacturing chief over the next several months about budget deficit caused by low oil Cathy Clegg said, adding that the the remaining $4.6bn in spending. prices, its finance minister said. overall investments would create The Detroit company said it will “We started the process,” 650 jobs and retain more than spend $520m on tooling and equip- Hoshiyar Zebari said by telephone. 15,000 existing positions. ment for new vehicle programs “The banks are also trying to help The announcement comes as at its Lansing Delta Township us in that direction.” GM and the United Auto Workers assembly plant, $139.5m for a new Iraq has said it will issue $5bn union gear up for negotiations on body shop and stamping facility of debt in its first international a new master contract this fall for at pre-production operations in bond sale for nine years. Its need roughly 50,000 US hourly workers. Warren, Michigan, and $124m at for cash is acute; the government UAW leaders have pushed for the the Pontiac, Michigan, stamping has projected a budget deficit of Detroit automakers to invest in plant, where top executives will about $25bn this year, in a budget FROM LEFT: Lars G Nordstroem, Chairman of the Swedish energy company Vattenfall, Magnus Hall, CEO union-represented factories. make the announcement. of roughly $100bn. and President, Hamburg’s Mayor Olaf Scholz, German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Swedish Minister GM has budgeted $9bn for glo- Separately, GM is weighing a Obtaining a credit rating from for Enterprise and Innovation Mikael Damberg, Florian Bieberbach, CEO of Stadtwerke Munich, Gunnar bal capital spending in 2015, up $1.3bn investment in its large SUV a major agency, which Iraq cur- Groebler, head of business area Wind at Vattenfall and Schleswig-Holstein’s Prime Minister Torsten Albig from last year’s $7bn, to pay for plant in Arlington, Texas, that rently lacks, could help to per- during the opening ceremony in Hamburg of the Dan Tysk offshore wind farm, located 70 km west of the vehicle launches and investments would add 589 jobs. REUTERS suade global fund managers and German island of Sylt in the North Sea, yesterday. banks to subscribe to the issue. Zebari said Iraq was trying to approach two or three rat- ing agencies, which he did not name. It has been discussing its Sony posts $1.1bn loss, expects profit this year bond issue plan with Citibank and Nokia posts Deutsche Bank. The process of obtaining a credit TOKYO: Sony booked a $1.1bn €177m profit rating could be a delicate one for annual loss, but the struggling Iraq, requiring it to open its books electronics giant said it expects HELSINKI: Finnish tel- to the agencies and disclose new to swing back to profitability ecoms equipment maker information on its finances. Zebari in the current fiscal year as it Nokia reported a first quar- did not say when he expected the emerges from a painful corporate ter profit, but said it was process to be completed. makeover. disappointed by its networks Iraq’s huge oil reserves in its The latest loss for Sony comes as unit’s profitability ahead southern fields, which have not the once world-leading firm presses of its acquisition of rival been touched by the Islamic State on with a sweeping restructuring Alcatel-Lucent. insurgency, are expected to draw that has included layoffs and selling Nokia posted a net profit buyers to its bonds. But many off assets, including its Manhattan of €177m in the January to fund managers think it would headquarters, aimed at rescuing a March period, compared to struggle to sell $5bn in a short battered balance sheet. a loss of €239m in the first space of time, even with gener- Boss Kazuo Hirai, a company quarter a year ago. Sales rose ous pricing. Asked if $5bn was too veteran tapped to turn the firm by 20 percent to €3.19bn, or ambitious, Zebari said: “We have around, has said he would keep by 11 percent excluding cur- in the budget a commitment to splitting the business into self-oper- rency effects. The group noted issue $6bn. So this is the low — ating units as part of the bid to stay however “weak profitability” in this is how we plan to cover our in the black. Sony said its net loss Nokia Networks, which is now deficit. But there’s no way we can for the year to March was 126bn its core business area after do it in one tranche.” yen ($1.1bn), a slight improvement Nokia sold off its mobile phone Iraq has an outstanding US dol- on the 128.4bn yen loss a year ago, unit to Microsoft in 2014. lar bond maturing in 2028 ; panic as it absorbs big restructuring costs. Sony Corp’s Chief Financial Officer Kenichiro Yoshida (centre) speaks at the headquarters in Tokyo yesterday. “Nokia delivered a 20 per- selling late last year as oil prices It was also much lower than a cent increase in net sales and plunged pushed its yield to a 170bn yen previous forecast by the 25 percent increase in earnings record high of 10.49 percent from company, which was itself a reduc- March 2016, Sony expects a net percent. “The major parts of the “Now is the time that we must per share in the first quarter,” around 7.2 percent in September, tion from an earlier 230bn yen esti- profit of 140bn yen and an operat- restructuring have ended,” chief regain market confidence after Chief Executive Rajeev Suri but it has since dropped back to mated shortfall. ing profit of 320bn yen, although financial officer Kenichiro Yoshida revising down our earnings several said in a statement. AFP 8.04 percent. REUTERS For the current fiscal year to it said sales would be down 3.8 told reporters. times in the past.” AFP FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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Samuel and Osaro dazzle as Al Gharafa clinch Qatar Cup Coach Hatem’s side edges El Jaish in final, Leon and Hani top score for the losers

DOHA: Last year’s Emir Cup Al Gharafa were off to an In the last quarter, El Jaish scorers list. For El Jaish, Macklin winners Al Gharafa edged El impressive start and took a runa- tried to make a desperate bid to Vernon Leon top scored with 16 Jaish 65-57 to win the Qatar way lead of 12 points at the end of make a fight, but it was too late. points. Cup at the Gharafa Stadium the first quarter, 22-10. Coach Koussay Hatem’s boys Abilmona Fadi Hani (12), here yesterday. In the second quarter, Al held on to the lead and repulsed Watson Boney Harold (10) and For the winners, Monroe Gharafa continued to dictate the late onslaught from El Jaish Mohammed Mohd Yousuf (10) Samuel and Adako Emmanuel terms and almost doubled the to win 65-57. were the other main scorers for Osaro did the bulk of the scoring. points difference 32-18. Salem Omar Abdelkader scored coach Dragoslav Milovanovic’s Samuel top scored with 23 In the third period, Al Gharafa ten points to contribute signifi- side. points and Osaro found the target made sure El Jaish did not make a cantly to the win. Taggart Larell (7) and Nidoye 20 times to set up the win. late recovery and maintained the Saad Abdulrahman Mohamed Alloune Badra (2) were successful The duo did the bulk of the upper hand over the proceedings, (7) and Downey Devan Deangelo in their scoring attempts. scoring for the winners. taking a 49-34 lead. (3) also found their names on the THE PENINSULA

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Basketball: Emir Emir Cup Basketball Qataris shine in Arab Athletics Championship Date Teams Time Cup kicks off Khor vs Arabi 5.00pm 05/05/2015 Qatar vs Rayyan 7.00pm from May 5 Wahrah vs Ahli 5.00pm 06/05/2015 Shamal vs Sadd 7.00pm DOHA: The Emir Cup Qatar vs Gharrafa 5.00pm 09/05/2015 Basketball will be played from Rayyan vs Arabi 7.00pm May 15 to 29, it was announced Shamal vs Jeish 5.00pm 10/05/2015 here yesterday. Sadd vs Ahli 7.00pm The opening match of the Emir Arabi vs Qatar 5.00pm Cup will be between Al Arabi 12/05/2015 and Al Khor — it was confirmed Gharrafa vs Khor 7.00pm Ahli vs Shamal 5.00pm during a draw ceremony held by 13/05/2015 the Qatar Basketball Federation Jeish vs Wakrah 7.00pm (QBF) yesterday. Khor vs Rayyan 5.00pm 15/05/2015 The opening clash will be played Arabi vs Gharrafa 7.00pm at Al Gharafa Indoor Sports Hall Wakrah vs Sadd 5.00pm on May 5. Qatar SC will take on 16/05/2015 Al Rayyan at the same venue on Ahli vs Jeish 7.00pm Qatar vs Khor 5.00pm the same day in a game that will 18/05/2015 start at 7pm. Rayyan vs Gharrafa 7.00pm On May 6, Al Ahil face Al Shamal vs Wakrah 5.00pm 19/05/2015 Wakrah while Al Sadd take on Al Sadd vs Jeish 7.00pm Shamal in two games scheduled Quarter-finals 1 5.00pm for the second day of the prestig- 22/05/2015 Quarter-finals 2 7.00pm ious basketball event. Quarter-finals 3 5.00pm On May 9, defending champi- 24/05/2015 ons Al Gharafa face Qatar SC Quarter-finals 4 7.00pm while Al Rayyan take on Al Arabi. Semi-finals 1 5.00pm Qatari athletes and officials part of the team which took part in the 19th Arab Athletics Championship 2015 26/05/2015 The preliminary stage ends on Semi-finals 2 7.00pm in Manama, Bahrain, pose for a picture with Dahlan Al Hamad, the President of Qatar Athletics Federation and Asian Athletics Association upon their arrival in Doha yesterday. Qatar’s athletics team made an impres- May 19. 29/05/2015 FINALS 6.30pm The Emir Cup quarter-finals sive performance at the prestigious championship. Qatar ended their campaign in the championship with a will be played on May 22 and 24. scheduled for May 29 when the beat El Jaish in the final game of total 14 medals, including 6 gold, 6 silver and two bronze. Dahlan Al Hamad, the President of Qatar Athletics The semi-finals will be staged on basketball season concludes at a best-of-three series to win the Federation and Asian Athletics Association congratulated the athletes and officials for their splendid show at May 26. Losail Sports Hall. Qatar Basketball League title. the championship. The all-important final is At the end of March, Al Rayyan THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

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Just be Attendance has been on the rise Floyd Mayweather.” at the International Boxing Hall Mayweather squares off of Fame since the long-awaited against Filipino boxing icon showdown was announced months Pacquiao in the richest fight ago, executive director Ed Brophy in boxing history Saturday at said. the MGM Grand Hotel that “Everybody is talking about is expected to generate some the fight, from boxing fans and $400m in revenue. sports fans and beyond that, to Mayweather spoke to a small non-sports fans,” said Brophy. group of reporters following “We’ve had more people and that Wednesday’s news conference is the number one subject.” which finished with the two While Pacquiao and future Hall of Famers getting Mayweather finally come together up close and personal for the on the neon-lit Las Vegas Strip, cameras in a stare down at the they have been linked for a front of the brightly-lit stage long time on a wall for “Great in the MGM’s Ka Theatre. Champions” in the southeast Mayweather said weeks of corner of the Hall of Fame main working out, sparring hun- building, in the shadow of a dreds of rounds and watching toll booth off a quiet New York film at his Las Vegas gym have State Thruway exit. Black and prepared him to fight Pacquiao. white photos of Pacquiao and But he plans to spend the next Mayweather are side by side in few days taking his mind off the display of nine top fighters, the fight. in some ways a preview of com- “I am going to be watching ing attractions list for the Hall movies and watching playoff of Fame inductee plaques on the basketball,” Mayweather said. opposite side of the building. “The only thing I can do now is “They have been like that for take it one day at a time. years,” Brophy said, as if wait- “I am going to go home and ing for the day when they would rest. The next time I hear any- finally be side-by-side in the ring thing about boxing will be at after a failed 2010 effort for a The felt covering on a blackjack table at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino advertises the upcoming fight between WBC/WBA welterweight champion the weigh in.” Mayweather-Pacquiao showdown. Floyd Mayweather Jr and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday. The two boxers will face each other in a World Boxing Council and In the middle of three rows of unification bout on May 2, 2015 in Las Vegas. INSETS: Mayweather Jr and Pacquiao during separate press conferences. World Boxing Association three photos is Pacquiao, his arms welterweight champion folded in front of him, eyes glar- Mayweather and World Boxing ing out the front of the photo, his Organisation champ Pacquiao right upper arm tattoo facing for- The financial facts agreed to the fight in February ward. To the right is Mayweather, LAS VEGAS: Saturday’s after years of on and off again looking slightly to the right, both Mayweather might not speculation over whether the welterweight title showdown between fists raised with a smile on his Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather two would ever meet. face. is a lock to shatter financial records for a Mayweather has been unu- Around the display room are prize fight. Here’s a look at current records sually quiet in the build up to artifacts, posters, tickets, souve- the fight is set to break: the Pacquiao fight. He says he nirs, gloves and trunks and robes show up, jests Roach doesn’t need to resort to trash and so much more from boxing - Live Gate Receipts - talk to sell this one. history, as if waiting for what LAS VEGAS: Manny Pacquiao’s in his bid to improve on a perfect American his first ever defeat as $20m for a fight in Nevada, set by “From beginning of my Mayweather and Pacquiao will trainer, Freddie Roach, has a 47-0 record. a professional. Mayweather-Alvarez in 2013 career I have always had a contribute when the day arrives. theory on why the usually ver- Known for his flamboyance “We’ve had a great train- game plan. I make calculated The big May fight 40 years ago bose Floyd Mayweather Jr has and shrewd business acumen, ing camp,” said Roach, who has (Pacquiao-Mayweather projection: $70m) moves inside the ring and out- in Las Vegas was Muhammad been subdued during the buildup Mayweather typically indulges in seven times been voted trainer of - Pay-per-view purchases - side the ring. Ali against Ron Lyle, described to Saturday’s hotly anticipated plenty of trash-talking to promote the year by the Boxing Writers “Me speaking out loud and as “worthy contender - Denver” in welterweight bout at the MGM fights but has adopted a low-key Association of America. 2.48m for Mayweather’s 2007 fight with having personality, I did that in a poster for the Don King produc- Grand. approach ahead of a bout that is “We have more speed and more Oscar De La Hoya the past. I am a lot older and tion. And there is a good reason “I am wondering if he expected to be the biggest-gross- power and we are 100 percent wiser and this fight sells itself. (Pacquiao-Mayweather projection: 3 million Mayweather and Pacquiao will (Mayweather) is going to show ing of all time. ready for what he (Mayweather) I don’t have to do it. or more) shatter boxing revenue records. up, I really do,” the bespectacled “I’m glad I was flashy and out- will bring to the table. “Before I would come out The Ali-Lyle fight had $12 for its Roach told reporters with a smile spoken when I was younger but “I have studied Floyd more - Total pay-per-view revenue - and speak in a flamboyant cheapest ticket price and $100 before the two boxers held their I’m close to the big 4-0,” said the than anyone else. “Money” persona. It was all $150m for Mayweather v Saul “Canelo” for ringside at the Las Vegas final pre-fight media conference 38-year-old. “I don’t have to bash “I think we can outpoint him about entertainment.” Alvarez in 2013 Convention Center. yesterday. anyone. I know what I can do. and win a decision. If the chance Mayweather says he doesn’t Plaster fist casts of such leg- “His speech is very subdued “I don’t focus on all the festivi- for a knock-out comes, it will (Pacquiao-Mayweather projection: $300m want to be portrayed as the ends as Britain’s Lennox Lewis and low-key. I don’t think any ties going on. I just focus on being be a bonus. We like being the in US, Puerto Rico and Canada alone) bad guy for this fight. and Jack Johnson are humbled by fighter is afraid but I think he the best that I can be. When it underdog.” “This fight is not good versus - Fighter’s earnings - the huge hands of Primo Carnera, (Mayweather) was forced into a comes down to it, it comes down Roach was not at all concerned evil. It is one fighter who is at but the romantic heyday of the fight he didn’t want to take. He to the two fighters.” that the five-foot six-and-a-half $70m for Mayweather against Alvarez, as the top and another. I believe sport’s glamorous past is cel- didn’t get to pick this opponent Roach readily admits that he inch (1.69m) Pacquiao, an eight- calculated by Forbes in my skills and believe I will ebrated, many of these legends like he usually does.” has studied more video tape of time world champion renowned be victorious. formed when print media and American Mayweather, nick- Mayweather than other fighter for his aggressive approach, (Pacquiao-Mayweather projection: more “When I went into training radio were the main ways people named ‘Money’, is undefeated as a and felt that he and Filipino would concede height, weight than $100m for both fighters -- up to camp I worked hard to win this learned about fights and boxers. professional and will step into the southpaw Pacquiao were now and reach to the defense-minded $200m for Mayweather by his own fight and I am sure he did the Some of the inductees reso- ring on Saturday as the favourite “100 percent” ready to hand the Mayweather. REUTERS estimate) same. “I don’t take nothing nate to the Pacquiao-Mayweather away Pacquiao. He is going to fight. There’s Bob Arum, the Promoter Bob be an intriguing matchup on “Pac-Man” promoter inducted in Saturday. 1999, 33 years after his first fight. Arum still going “He didn’t get to where And there’s Pacquiao trainer he got by not beating tough Freddie Roach, the 2012 Hall strong at 83 competition.” inductee who worked under Eddie Both fighters are expected Futch to learn the art, opened his LAS VEGAS: Boxing promoter to make well over $100m from own WildCard Gym in 1996 and Bob Arum, who is showing no the welterweight unification has guided such fighters as Mike signs of slowing down at age 83, bout with 60 percent of the Tyson, Bernard Hopkins, Roy says he will continue to make purse going to Mayweather Jones and Amir Khan. blockbuster fights until they and Pacquiao collecting the And there’s Rocky Marciano, “put me in a box.” other 40 percent. who died on the eve of his 46th “My problem is when you get to Mayweather says the money birthday after a 49-0 career be an age that I am you are afraid isn’t important because he has with 43 knockouts, the 1950s era to stop because you wonder how everything he wants. heavyweight champion whose old long you are going to last,” said “When you get to this point gloves are on display and whose Arum. ... once you make so much record is a target for Mayweather, “If you just put your head down money, there is nothing you provided he can stay unbeaten. and keep going you figure to last can buy anymore,” he said. The first televised US fight longer than if you just quit. Mayweather dismissed was on June 1, 1959, and is hon- “I will do it until they put me suggestions Wednesday that oured at the sport shrine, as is a in a box or I can’t do it anymore.” he would come into the ring welterweight title fight 80 years The often bombastic Arum Saturday weighing an unoffi- ago, when Barney Ross decisioned has handled some of the biggest cial 160 pounds (72.57 kg), even Canada’s Jimmy McLarnin. Now names in the sport, including after the expected weight gain boxing faces challenges from Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler, that will follow the weigh-in other sports and battles for atten- George Foreman and Oscar De for the welterweight limit of tion against the global array of La Hoya. A guest looks at a display of WBC/WBA welterweight champion 147 pounds (67 kg). “I have games, but the best of fights once His latest protege is Filipino Floyd Mayweather Jr memorabilia in the lobby of MGM Grand Hotel never seen 155 (70.31 kg),” he again commands global atten- icon and eight division champion & Casino ahead of the upcoming fight between Mayweather and said. “I just look big because I tion like few sports can. “Boxing,” Manny Pacquiao, who is gearing am working hard. I am the big- Brophy said, “always finds a way.” up to face Floyd Mayweather on Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, Nevada. ger, stronger guy.” REUTERS REUTERS Saturday. AFP FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Zimbabwe confirm Pakistan tour next month LAHORE: International The Sri Lankans were Shaharyar Khan Pak,” Manase was “This would be an auspicious A ZC security team will reach cricket will return to Pakistan ambushed while travelling said in a statement. Tour Itinerary quoted as saying on moment for Pakistan cricket and Lahore on Monday to assess the next month with a short, from their hotel to the Gaddafi Pakistan will recip- (All matches in Lahore) the feed. I am positive that it would open safety arrangements at the venue limited-overs series against Stadium for a Test match, in rocate by tour- May 22 First T20I Though short doors of international cricket in which will host all matches. Zimbabwe, ending the Asian an attack that left six Pakistani ing Zimbabwe in May 24 Second T20I and featuring no Pakistan,” PCB chief Khan said. “We vigorously tried to con- nation’s agonising six-year wait policemen and a van driver dead August, Zimbabwe May 26 First ODI tests, the suc- “Kenya have already been here vince Cricket Zimbabwe to split to host a Test team. while some players and a local Cricket (ZC) said May 29 Second ODI cess of the tour for five matches against Pakistan the matches between Lahore and Pakistan has been forced to umpire sustained injuries. on their official May 31 Third ODI would encourage ‘A’ and I am indeed confident Karachi but the visiting team’s play designated ‘home’ matches “I am grateful to my counter- Twitter feed. other test teams that Zimbabwe’s incident-free members expressed concern on primarily in the United Arab part in Cricket Zimbabwe, Wilson “We have taken cognisance of to change their perception about tour shall be the harbinger of extensive travelling, and their Emirates since March 2009 fol- Manase, for acceding to our all the factors for us to arrive Pakistan and tour the country more and more associate and full request had to be accommo- lowing an attack by militants on request of sending a full side on a at this decision, so let’s not be they consider unsafe, hopes the member nations visiting us in the dated,” a PCB spokesman said. a Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore. tour to Pakistan,” PCB chairman alarmist about the situation in local board. months and years to come.” REUTERS

Scoreboard

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS 4-0 -29-4; YK Pathan 2-0-11-0; AD Russell Hafeez’s double century DR Smith c ten Doeschate b Cummins ...... 0 4-0-20-2. BB McCullum lbw b Hogg ...... 32 KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS SK Raina c Chawla b UT Yadav ...... 8 RV Uthappa (not out) ...... 80 F du Plessis st Uthappa b Hogg ...... 20 G Gambhir c More b Sharma ...... 19 DJ Bravo b Russell ...... 30 MK Pandey c Jadeja b Negi ...... 3 MS Dhoni* b Chawla ...... 1 SA Yadav c Bravo b More ...... 2 RA Jadeja c Cummins b Hogg...... 24 AD Russell (not out) ...... 59 gives Pakistan big lead P Negi b Hogg ...... 27 Extras (LB 1, W 5) ...... 6 MM Sharma c Uthappa b Russell ...... 0 Total (3 wkts; 19.5 overs) ...... 169 A Nehra (not out) ...... 1 Did not bat: Rayan ten Doeschate, YK Pathan, Opener’s career-best 224 puts visitors 205 runs ahead RG More (not out) ...... 2 PJ Cummins, PP Chawla, GB Hogg, UT Yadav Extras (B 1, LB 13, W 6) ...... 20 Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-54, 3-57 Total (9 wkts; 20 overs) ...... 165 Bowling: MM Sharma 4-0-22-1; A Nehra 4-0- KHULNA, Bangladesh: Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-43, 3-64, 4-69, 5-72, 36-0 (3w); P Negi 4-0-23-1 (1w); RG More Mohammad Hafeez hit a career- 6-129, 7-154, 8-160, 9-160 3.5-0-35-1 (1w); RA Jadeja 2-0-25-0; DJ best 224 as Pakistan took Bowling: PJ Cummins 4-0-54-1 (2w); UT Ya- Bravo 2-0-27-0 charge of the first Test against dav 2-0-16-1; PP Chawla 4-0-21-1; GB Hogg Player-of-the-match: Andre Russell Bangladesh with an impres- sive batting marathon during the third day’s play in Khulna yesterday. The tourists batted the entire Uthappa, Russell day to move from their overnight score of 227 for one to 537 for five by stumps, a lead of 205 runs over Bangladesh’s first innings total of ensure sweet 332. Hafeez, who started the day on 137, surpassed his previous best of 197, made in Pakistan’s previ- revenge for KKR ous Test against New Zealand in Sharjah last November. KOLKATA: A stupendous The 34-year-old all-rounder unbeaten fourth wicket part- hit 23 boundaries and three nership between Robin Uthappa sixes before being dismissed just and Andre Russel enabled before tea, gloving a sweep off defending champions Kolkata Shuvagata Hom to Mohammad Knight Riders (KKR) to take Mahmudullah at leg-slip. sweet revenge on Chennai Super Hafeez, who had fallen in Kings (CSK) with a seven- the 190s on two previous occa- wicket victory in the return leg sions, moved to 198 with a fluent of the fixture in a close Indian straight-driven four off seamer Premier League (IPL) encoun- ter here yesterday. Scoreboard Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez celebrates after reaching his double century on the third day of the first Test Replying to CSK’s 165/9, KKR match against Bangladesh, at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna yesterday. reached a match deciding 169/3 Bangladesh (I Innings): 332 with seven wickets and a ball to Pakistan (I Innings): Mohammad Shahid and then the third wicket before he was to take a catch on the second day. spare before a packed crowd at M Hafeez c Mahmudullah b Shuvagata .224 reached his double century with bowled by Taijul for 33. Imrul Kayes kept wickets and the Eden Gardens. Sami Aslam c Rahim b Taijul ...... 20 a sweep off Taijul Islam for two Skipper Misbah-ul Haq put the captaincy was handed to Opener Robin Uthappa (80 Azhar Ali b Shuvagata ...... 83 runs. on 63 for the fourth wicket with Tamim Iqbal, whose review for not out; 58b, 7x4,1x6) and Andre Younis Khan b Taijul ...... 33 The dominant batting display, Hafeez and 66 for the fifth with a leg-before appeal when Hafeez Russell (55 not out; 32b, 4x4,4x6) Misbah-ul Haq c Rubel b Taijul ...... 59 in which Pakistan’s top seven Asad Shafiq, himself scoring 59 was on 173 was turned down by put on a rollicking 112 runs part- Asad Shafiq (batting) ...... 51 batsmen were all involved in with the help of four boundaries both the on-field and TV umpires. nership of only 64 balls to settle Sarfraz Ahmed (batting) ...... 51 partnerships of above 50, left the and two sixes. Bangladesh used eight bowlers the issue after the hosts were Extras (B5, LB4, W3, NB4) ...... 16 tourists two days to force a win Misbah also fell to left-arm on the slow pitch at the Sheikh reeling at 57/3 at one stage. Total (for five wkts, 148 overs) ...... 537 and take the lead in the short spinner Taijul, top-edging a sweep Abu Naser Stadium, the most The victory ensured the men Kolkata Knight Riders’ Andre Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-277, 3-339, 4-402, two-Test series. to backward square-leg where expensive being star all-rounder in purple moved up to the third Russell (left) and Robin Uthappa 5-468. Azhar Ali carried his overnight Rubel Hossain took the catch. Shakib Al Hasan, whose 31 wick- place in the table gleaning nine have a chat during their IPL To bat: Wahab Riaz, Yasir Shah, Junaid Khan, score of 65 to 83 when he was At stumps, Shafiq and Sarfraz etless overs of left-arm spin cost points from eight matches, while match against the Chennai Super Zulfiqar Babar. bowled by off-spinner Shuvagata Ahmed were both unbeaten on 51, 122 runs. CSK retained the pole position Kings at the Eden Gardens in Bowling: Rubel 22-3-82-0 (3nb), Shahid to end a 227-run partnership for having put on 69 for the unbroken Taijul picked up three wickets with 12 points from eight games. Kolkata yesterday. 17-4-51-0 (1nb), Taijul 36-3-116-3, Shuva- the second wicket with Hafeez. sixth wicket. and Shuvagata claimed the other The Knights were off to a gata 32-1-112-2 (3w), Shakib 31-3-122-0, That was Bangladesh’s only Bangladesh took the field with- two. solid start notching up 33 in four began with a jolt losing dashing Mahmudullah 4-0-30-0, Soumya 1-0-2-0, success in the morning session out captain and wicket-keeper The second and final Test overs, courtesy skipper Gautam opener Dwayne Smith (0) in the Mominul 5-0-13-0. as veteran Younis Khan joined Mushfiqur Rahim, who had will start at the Sher-e-Bangla Gambhir’s (19;16b 0x4 2x6) two very first ball of the innings. hands with Hafeez to add 62 for injured a finger while attempting Stadium in Dhaka on May 6. AFP massive sixes. The former India Suresh Raina (8; 10b 2x4), per- opener achieved a personal mile- ished in the fourth over before stone of 3000 runs in IPL, but he becoming the first batsman to get fell soon after trying to heave a past 3,500 runs in IPL. The visi- Afridi to quit all cricket next year Mohit Sharma delivery in the tors continued scoring at a brisk fifth over. rate going past 50 in just 24 balls. KARACHI: Pakistani all- Twenty20,” Afridi, who left Test for so long,” said Afridi. Villiers who raced to a century The innings stuttered a However, KKR’s 44-year- rounder Shahid Afridi (pic- cricket in 2010, told reporters. Surprisingly inducted at the off just 31 balls, against the West bit thereafter as the hosts old veteran Brad Hogg (4/29) tured) yesterday announced “I will continue to play county young age of 16, Afridi made Indies in January this year. lost Manish Pandey (3) and picked up the dangerous Brendon he would retire from Twenty20 in England and a few headlines around the Afridi, known for his madcap Suryakumar Yadav (2) in quick McCullum (32;12b, 3x4 3x6) with cricket next year, ending a col- Twenty20 leagues world when he smashed approach to batting, his skillful succession, but Robin Uthappa the score reading 64/3 in just 5.1 ourful international career but my international a 37-ball hundred in leg-breaks and good looks, main- and Jamaican Andre Russell come overs. which earned him unmatched career will end next only his second one-day tains the world record for most together to repair the damage and Wickets continued to tumble popularity in his homeland. year.” international, against sixes: 453 across all formats of take the total past the 100 run as CSK were 88/5 at the halfway The 35-year-old retired from India host the sixth Sri Lanka in Nairobi the game. mark in 13.3 overs. stage. one-day cricket after last month’s edition of the World in 1996, setting a world He was appointed Twenty20 Once settled, both batsmen Dwayne Bravo (30; 32b 4x4) World Cup held in Australia and Twenty20 in March- record. captain last year, having earlier shifted to top gear as they plun- and Ravindra Jadeja (24; 30b 1x4 New Zealand where Pakistan April next year, where The record stood led Pakistan in one-day interna- dered 29 runs from the 15th 1x6) steadied the innings with reached the final eight, but said Afridi said he hoped to until last year when tionals and Tests as well. and 16 th over, Ashish Nehra 57-run partnership before Pawan he would continue to play the leave on a high. it broken by New He scored 8,064 runs in 398 and left-arm spinner Ravindra Negi’s (27; 13b, 4x4, 1x6) blitz took shortest form of the game. “I want to finish my career with Zealand’s Corey Anderson with one-day internationals but fell Jadeja being at the receiving end them to a challenging total. “I will retire from Twenty20 pleasant memories and had never a 36-ball hundred and then bet- just five short of 400 wickets. respectively. For the hosts, Andre Russell cricket after next year’s World thought I will play for Pakistan tered by South Africa’s AB de AFP Earlier, put into bat, CSK returned figures of 2/20. IANS

Britain’s Murray eases into Munich quarter-finals Andy Murray MUNICH: Top-seed Andy dealing with the 27-year-old left- This was Murray’s first sin- reacts Murray eased his way into the hander Zverev in the second, but gles match since marrying Kim Munich Open Results during his quarter-finals of Munich’s ATP still defended all six break points Sears earlier this month. He has Results on the fourth day of the ATP Munich second- tournament yesterday with a he faced for a comfortable victory. already made the most of his time Open on Thursday (x denotes seeded round straight sets win over quali- “It wasn’t too easy, he had a dif- in Bavaria by watching Bayern player): Munich fier Mischa Zverev to begin his ferent style to most other players Munich’s German Cup semi-final Second Round Open French Open preparations. and it was tricky playing against a defeat to Borussia Dortmund live match Britain’s world number three left-hander, but I got the impor- on Tuesday. Andy Murray (GBR x1) bt against needed just 74 minutes to enjoy tant points,” said the Scotsman, Murray faces a tougher test Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-2, 6-2 Germany’s a 6-2, 6-2 win over the Russian- who is also playing doubles in in Friday’s quarter-finals when Dominic Thiem (AUT) bt Mischa born German qualifier, who is Munich. he plays Lukas Rosol after the Fabio Fognini (ITA x8) 6-3, 6-0 Zverev in ranked 650 places below the Scot, “He was returning from a long Czech, ranked 41st in the world, Lukas Rosol (CZE) bt Munich to start his clay-court season to way back. booked his last eight berth with a Sergiy Stakovsky (UKR) 7-5, 6-2 prepare for Roland Garros. “My forehand went better than 7-5, 6-2 win over Ukraine’s Sergiy yesterday. Gerald Melzer (AUT) bt Having dominated the first my backhand, but it was a good Stakhovsky in their second-round set, Murray had more problems first match for me.” match. AFP Pablo Andujar (ESP) 4-1 - retired FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Determined El Jaish aim to halt Lekhwiya’s juggernaut in final I know my players have the right motivation to win but it won’t be easy: Lamouchi

DOHA: A determined El Jaish is keen to stop Qatar Stars League (QSL) winners Lekhwiya from notching their second title of the season when the two clash in the Qatar Cup final at Abdulla bin Khalifa Stadium here today. The task to stop lekhwiya from notching a double will not be easy one says El Jaish coach Sabri Lamouchi. “I know that my team is capa- ble of beating Lekhwiya and I know my players have the right motivation to win but it won’t be easy,” said Lamouchi on the eve of the final here yesterday. “We know we are playing one of the biggest teams in Qatar in Lekhwiya, they are one of the most dominant teams in the league over the last couple of years. This year they won the league,” added the El Jaish coach. “I expect it to be a tough game Lekhwiya players training yesterday ahead of their Qatar Cup final against El Jaish today. RIGHT: The Qatar Cup. Last year, El Jaish defeated Lekhwiya 4-3 in the penalty shoot-out to win but I hope we take our chances, the maiden Qatar Cup. BOTTOM: El Jaish players training we have played well so far so I hope we continue like this.” Lamouchi has had a mixed course we have done all that is fashion, we can expect a very good season since joining the Soldiers necessary to prepare the team as game,” the Dane said. but did manage to guide them to we build up to the big day,” said “The club knows that gener- third spot in the QSL. In addition Lamouchi. ally we have done well, we always the Frenchman oversaw a stel- The Cops on the other hand manage to win the league or a cup lar performance from his side as will also be looking for revenge but as yet never the double so I they came out 3-1 winners over after losing in the final to El Jaish am keen to rectify this.” Al Sadd in the other semi-final. last season. “We coaches have a job to do Lamouchi said that it was one Lekhwiya coach Michael but in the end the most important of the toughest matches he had Laudrup believes his side has factor is the players, something faced in Qatar since arriving say- shown incredible form towards which I also believed when I was ing: “I have to say that Al Sadd the business end of the season and playing football.” made things very tough for us that this will be their secret to The next few days will a cru- but we showed why we win the success, come today’s grand finale cial test for Lekhwiya with some Cup before and the players were against El Jaish. crucial Emir Cup and AFC clearly motivated to win it again.” “It’s a final, which is always Champions League coming up, “Last season El Jaish won the special as we will be playing for said Laudrup. first ever Qatar Cup we are a a very special trophy. Tomorrow “It’s a very important 10 days, young club and it is very impor- we will play against a strong team we will play for the final in the tant for us to defend our title, of who beat Al Sadd in convincing Qatar cup tomorrow, the in the Asian Champions League, we have to win at all costs and in the Emir Cup we will be playing an important semi-final either against Salal or Sailiya depend- ing on who wins.” The cops have been in terrific form in the QSL since their tight and important 1-0 win over Al Sadd back in late February and from thereon did not lose a sin- gle game in the league. Add to that their recent good form in Lekhwiya capable of achieving the Asian Champions League which saw them come away with all three points after a dominant second half display against Iran’s the treble, says Tae-Hee Persoplis and things bode well for Lekhwiya. DOHA: Qatar Stars league Q: Do you think it could be Last Thursday’s emphatic 5-0 winners Lekhwiya aim to clinch penalties all over again? win over Qatar Sports Club in two more titles to complete a A: No I am not, and I would the Qatar Cup semi-finals makes ‘historical trio’ says its Korean definitely like emphasize on the Lekhwiya the favourites for the mid fielder Nam Tae-Hee in an fact that it was my first time that final. interview with QSL.com. I missed a penalty in a competi- But nothing should be taken “The Qatar Cup is for the top tive match. What happened last away from El Jaish. four teams and it means a lot to year was due to some confusion The way they managed to pin me. If we win the title, it will be in the final. back Al Sadd and dominate the our first. Also it will mean gaining Q: What does it mean for you midfield and If they show the our second title this season after to win the Qatar Cup final? same kind of intent and com- the QSL title, with some big hopes A: The Qatar Cup is for the top mitment then perhaps a second to win the Emir Cup title as well, four teams and it means a lot to Qatar Cup title is not far away to achieve the historical trio.” me. If we won the title, it will be for them. “Well our aim is to win the our first. Also it will mean gaining However, if Lekhwiya can play Qatar Cup and then the Emir our second title this season after to the full potential then it will Cup. We have a huge an ambitious the QSL title, with some big hopes be very difficult to see them lose target this year and we still want to win the Emir Cup title as well, the final. The Cops will be with- too well in the Asian Champions to achieve the historical trio. out Vladimir Weiss who will miss League too,” Tae-Hee said. Q: Is Lekhwiya capable of the game due to injury as well as Tae-Hee is considered the beat- accomplishing the trio this Luiz Martin who is serving a five ing heart of his team. He is one season? match suspension. of the team’s main pillars and A: Well, that is our aim so we Previously referred to as the the team’s head coach Michael will aim to win the Qatar Cup Heir Apparent Cup, the Qatar Laudrup will rely heavily on the and then the Emir Cup. We have Cup is the pinnacle of the QSL Korean in the Qatar Cup final. a huge an ambitious target this season and is one of Qatar’s most The big match kicks-off today year and we still want too well in prestigious events on the domes- at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa the Asian Champions League too. tic sporting calendar. Stadium between Lekhwiya and it is going to be tough on both Q: Are you not worried that El Jaish head coach Sabri Lamouchi during a training session. THE PENINSULA El Jaish. sides as we face a strong opponent Lekhwiya is taking on too much There is no doubt that Tae- with great players. with all these targets? Hee is a distinguished player with Q: What are your prepara- A: We face huge pressure but Proceeds from Qatar Cup to be huge role in his team, but will the tions for the match? we are capable of overcoming player continue his excellence and We are working and preparing all challenges and difficulties. successful career with Lekhwiya? hard for the final match through Lekhwiya has high quality play- What are his expectations for the our training sessions led by the ers and we are working for the donated for Nepal quake victims decisive confrontation against El technical staff, especially now benefit of the team and the fans. Jaish? Will Lekhwiya be able to that we have reached another Q: What’s changed in your DOHA: The Qatar Stars League trend that has seen big donations Qatar Charity who will distribute avenge their defeat in last year’s Qatar Cup final. team compared with last year? (QSL) has decided to donate flooding in from all around the the money to various good causes, final to El Jaish? A: Is Lekhwiya capable of win- A: Honestly the team is a more all ticket sales from the Qatar world to help the stricken people thereby helping the earthquake All these questions were ning the title after losing last focused state that last year and is Cup to the people of Nepal that of Nepal. victims in Nepal. There are a answered by the attacker. year’s one? more stable. have been affected by the recent The proceeds from the ticket great number of Nepali expatri- Tae-Hee spoke about his Yes we are. We will do our best. Q: Are you ready for the final devastating earthquake, which sales of the Qatar Cup matches ates who work in Qatar and have thoughts on the match and how Everyone in the team from play- despite your minor injury? struck the Himalayan nation will be donated to Qatar Charity, contributed to the development in last year’s final he missed a ers, to technical staff and officials A: I am 100% ready for the last Saturday. the official charity partner of the of the country in recent years. penalty! put lots of focus on this important game. I have no injuries to com- More than 5,000 people are QSL in an effort to help. The QSL therefore hopes that Question: First of all, what do game. On a personal level, I hope plain at the moment, I had a now known to have died in the Next week the QSL will have this donation can help in some you think of the final versus El to win the title in order to com- slight niggle after the semi-final earthquake and the QSL’s pledge a cheque presentation ceremony small way with the relief efforts Jaish? pensate for my missed penalty but I am feeling fine now. is part of broader international and will hand over the donation to in Nepal. THE PENINSULA Answer: There is no doubt that last year. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 1 MAY 2015 SPORT 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sheikh Ahmad joins FIFA’s top table, Shaikh Salman re-elected Kuwaiti kingmaker’s election may be a step towards shot at FIFA presidency in 2019

MANAMA: Political king- The 51-year-old is currently maker Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad the head of the Association of Al Sabah of Kuwait extended National Committees (ANOC), his influence further into soccer the Olympic Council of Asia yesterday when he was elected (OCA) and the Solidarity unopposed as one of Asia’s three Commission of the International ordinary representatives on Olympic Committee. FIFA’s executive committee. He is also the founder and Sheikh Ahmad was the only President of the Pan-Arab candidate for a two-year term Rowing Federation, among other up for grabs on FIFA’s top table pan-Arab sporting bodies and also due to tactical manoeuvring by is the honorary President of the confederation chiefs. Kuwait FA. REUTERS The tactics were orchestrated by Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, who himself AFC Election was re-elected as Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Results unopposed for a four year term. Results of elections at the Asian Football He will continue on the FIFA Confederation (AFC) congress in Manama executive committee along with newcomers Sheikh Ahmad, who yesterday: was elevated to world soccer’s Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait speaks to journalists at the AFC President and FIFA Vice-President governing body along with Prince end of the 26th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress in Manama, — Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah of Bahrain, yesterday (BRN - uncontested) Malaysia and Kohzo Tashima of Japan who will serve for four short shrift by Salman for his that with Chung protesting to FIFA executive committee (two-year years. protests. Salman who dismissed his objec- term) — Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah That means Prince Ali Bin Al It is Ahmad’s elevation though tions, but by changing the election (KUW) Hussein of Jordan, who has served that is the most significant and statutes, the AFC paved the way FIFA executive committee (four-year on the FIFA executive for the last extends Asia’s increasing influ- for Sheikh Ahmad to stand again term) — Prince Abdullah Sultan Ahmad four years, loses his seat as does ence in sporting political bodies. for a four year term in 2017 and Shah (MAS), Kohzo Tashima (JPN) the long-serving Worawi Makudi He is seen as the driving force be in place to make an expected of Thailand. behind Thomas Bach’s successful push for the FIFA presidency in AFC Vice-President — Winston Lee Prince Ali’s position, as Asian bid to become the President of the 2019. (SIN), Zhang Jilong (CHN), Ali Kafashian Vice-President, was taken by International Olympic Committee In a statement issued by the Naeini (IRI), Saoud Aziz Mohannadi (QAT), Shaikh Salman in his role as in 2013, lobbying for the German Kuwaiti FA, Sheik Ahmad said: Praful Manoharbhai Patel (IND) President, and the Jordanian behind the scenes and even pub- “It is a real honour to have been AFC female executive committee — royal did not contest any of the licly stating his support in an elected by AFC family as an Moya Dodd (AUS), Han Un-Gyong (PRK), other Asian seats available. interview with German television. Asian representative on the FIFA Tashima polled 36 votes and Many observers close to FIFA Executive Committee. Zohra Mehri (AFG), Susan Shalabi (PAL), Shah 25 meaning that Makudi, believe his election seals the first “The 2022 FIFA World Cup Mahfuza Akhter (BAN) who has been on the FIFA exco step towards an eventual tilt at in Qatar, the first in Asia, will AFC executive committee — Mariano since 1997, the year before Sepp the FIFA presidency itself in 2019. inspire millions of young people Araneta Jr (PHI), Viphet Sihachakr (LAO), Blatter became FIFA President Sheikh Ahmad deliberately throughout Asia and the Middle- Francisco Kalbuadi Lay (TLS), Richard King and long been the subject of sought a two-year term rather East to engage in sport. Lai (GUM), Chung Mong-Gyu (KOR), Sardor corruption allegations, was not than four and the AFC hierarchy “Over the next seven years we Rakhmatullaev (UZB), Mohamed Khalfan al re-elected. agreed to change their compli- must all work together in a coop- Romaithi (UAE), Ahmed Eid Al Harbi (KSA), AFC President and FIFA Vice-President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al He polled only 13 votes as did cated voting protocols just before erative and transparent way to Hachem Sayed Ali Haidar (LEB), Faisal Chung Mong-gyu of South Korea, voting took place to accede to his ensure that we deliver the very Khalifa speaks at the 26th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress Saleh Hayat (PAK), Mohamed Shaweed who complained about the elec- wishes. best competition for players and in Manama, Bahrain, yesterday. (MDV) toral procedure but was given Not everyone was happy with for fans of football.” Asian boost as Blatter closes on FIFA victory

MANAMA: Sepp Blatter Asia in his speech to an audience together with you in the future.” important continent in the world, 2022 World Cup in Qatar. it has to be by written request.” closed on a fifth term as FIFA which included his FIFA presi- Whether all of Asia’s 46 votes and also it’s the most important He has close ties with Shaikh The row stemmed from a move President yesterday as a key dential rivals Prince Ali bin Al go to Blatter on May 29 is open for FIFA’s present and future,” Salman, who came to power in to divide voting for three FIFA ally, Asia’s soccer boss, won new Hussein, Michael van Praag and to question but at football’s Blatter told delegates. 2013. After winning a four-year executive committee seats into a powers and silenced dissent at a Luis Figo. final regional congress before Blatter praised Asia’s devel- term unopposed, together with a ballot for one two-year term, and regional congress in Bahrain. And Shaikh Salman returned the vote, the 79-year-old looked opment in football, calling it FIFA Vice-Presidency which has a separate poll for two four-year The Swiss was assured of the favour when he renewed unassailable. vindication for FIFA’s policies been absorbed into the role, the stints. strong Asian backing by Shaikh Asia’s pledge of allegiance which However Blatter, who can and handouts which have helped Bahraini significantly strength- While Chung lost out in the Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, he made at last year’s extraordi- expect nearly unanimous support secure him strong backing in the ened his position. eventual voting, Shaikh Salman’s who was re-elected unopposed at nary congress before the World from 54-vote Africa, was not his region. South Korea’s Chung Mong- ally and Kuwaiti powerbroker the Asian Football Confederation Cup in Brazil. usual ebullient self as he made his “(Chinese philosopher) Gyu fell foul of the newly Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah (AFC) gathering. “Dear President, please be last major speech to voters before Confucius said, if you want to help empowered sheikh when he tried was elected to the two-year term The Bahraini royal became assured that the Asian football the FIFA polls. your friend or your brother, don’t to protest against a split vote unopposed. a FIFA Vice-President into the family stands firmly behind you Quoting Confucius in a mean- give him a fish but teach him how for seats on FIFA’s executive The influential Olympic bargain and he showed his grow- as the AFC member associations dering address which earned loud to get fish,” Blatter said. committee. Council of Asia and Association ing clout when he slapped down a decided unanimously in Sao Paulo but not thunderous applause, FIFA’s second-biggest confed- Shaikh Salman would not let of National Olympic Committees South Korean protest over voting last year,” Shaikh Salman said in he insisted Asia was the “most eration after Africa is a strong- the Korean football chief speak boss is also firmly behind Blatter, procedures. his closing remarks. important continent” for FIFA. hold for Blatter, with common and he then announced: “If anyone another sign that the FIFA presi- Blatter had warmly praised “We look forward to working “Asia is the biggest and most ground including support for the would like to make a statement, dency is his. AFP Chelsea all but over the line as Drogba ends goal drought

LEICESTER: Chelsea took many peeps!” said the Portuguese. Leicester started well and the right and crossed for Drogba another step towards winning Mourinho, who has regained Jamie Vardy headed straight at to finish in cool fashion and it the English Premier League some of his lustre since return- Petr Cech from Albrighton’s cross prompted an emotional celebra- title as second half goals from ing after a largely underwhelm- before the former’s snapshot from tion at his first goal of 2015. Didier Drogba, John Terry and ing spell with Real Madrid, said 25 yards just missed the target. Drogba could have had a second Ramires helped them overturn Palace would not be a walkover The hosts were dealt a blow as he twice went close, the first a half-time deficit to win 3-1 at on Sunday. when midfielder Andy King, on time blazing over and then firing in-form Leicester City. “Stamford Bridge is ready to his 300th appearance for the club, over from a good position. Jose Mourinho’s side can now celebrate but if I can ask some- was forced off with an early knock James’ deflected shot raised the secure the crown if they beat thing from them it is to not cel- and replaced by Matty James. tempo for Leicester but it was Crystal Palace on Sunday after ebrate,” said Mourinho. Leicester might have taken Chelsea who came into the game overcoming a scare against a side “We all want to win on Sunday the lead shortly afterwards as late as the hosts tired. who looked far from relegation but it will be a difficult game.” Albrighton’s shot was deflected Ramires’ deflected shot forced contenders on this evidence. His Leicester counterpart Nigel onto the post right footed by Paul a 79th-minute Cesc Fabregas Leicester, who had won their Pearson graciously said Chelsea Konchesky prompting a mass corner. Gary Cahill’s back header previous four games, struck just would be worthy title winners and goalmouth scramble involving was superbly saved by Kasper before the break through Marc insisted his side would still avoid Cambiasso and Albrighton. Schmeichel but Terry reacted Albrighton and looked value for an immediate return to the sec- But they took the lead in quickest to scramble home his their lead until Chelsea raised ond tier. stoppage time as James fed seventh goal of the season. their game in the second half. “There is a feeling we are capa- Vardy down the left and Cesar The game was over as a contest Chelsea manager Jose ble and have given ourselves a bet- Azpilicueta slipped on the wet four minutes later as Fabregas Mourinho admitted he had been ter chance of avoiding relegation,” surface for Albrighton to slot in pull back was driven how with far from happy with the first-half siad Pearson. his first goal for Leicester and power by Ramires while visit- display, though, he had to restrain “Tonight is a setback because first since 2012. ing fans were ironically singing Chelsea’s Didier Drogba controls the ball during his side’s Premier league himself from revealing what he when you go ahead you expect to Chelsea though regrouped at “boring, boring Chelsea”, mock- match against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium in Leicester on said to the players at the break. push on but we came up against half-time and were level within ing taunts from Arsenal support- Wednesday night. “If I repeat on television what I a side able to take advantage of three minutes of the restart. ers during the goalless draw on said it will be ‘peep peep peep’. Too their quality in second half.” Branislav Ivanovic cut in down Sunday. 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New York City 3D printing cures childhood airway disease comes out tops MIAMI: In a new medical breakthrough undergo the procedure, was three months and complications are common and Green “You can address patient niche markets in youth survey for 3D printing, US doctors have saved old when he had the surgery. Now he is a described the children’s life expectancy as that wouldn’t have been addressable with the lives of three children with a fatal healthy three-year-old who attends pre- “grim”. Researchers used CT scans of the the previous manufacturing technologies,” LONDON: New York has been airway disease by creating personalized school, researchers said. children’s airways to create a personalized Hollister said. ranked as the most popular city implants that their bodies can absorb. The other two boys were five months and implant, made of biomaterials and designed Another advantage to the approach was for young people aged 15 to 29 Three babies who were on the brink 16 months old when they had the surgery. to expand, almost like a butterfly clip, as that doctors were able to print the trachea years old, scoring particularly of death from tracheobronchomalacia, They also continue to do well and have suf- they grew. and bronchi beforehand, and practice the high for its offerings of music, an incurable disorder which causes the fered no complications. “The printed splints were hollow and operation before the actual surgery on the film and fashion, a survey windpipe to collapse, were given airway “This is the first cure of this condition,” porous tubes that could be sutured over the children. released yesterday said. splints that allowed them to recover and said senior author Glenn Green, associ- affected airways and were made of poly- “This ends up saving significant amounts London was a close second, breathe freely, said the research pub- ate professor of pediatric otolaryngology caprolactone, a polymer that harmlessly of time. It helps us to be much more precise scoring well on healthcare and lished Wednesday in the journal Science of the University of Michigan’s C S Mott dissolves in the body,” said the study. than was possible previously,” Green said. travel, while Berlin was found to Translational Medicine. Children’s Hospital. The process of designing and printing an “I look at this as one of the biggest have high levels of digital access While not yet approved by US regula- About one in 2,000 children are affected implant took between one and three days. changes that is happening in surgery as we in the survey of 10,000 young peo- tors, the personalized devices, created by by tracheobronchomalacia worldwide, The technology may eventually make speak.” A clinical trial including some 30 ple around the world by Toronto- means of 3D-printing, were given an emer- Green said. Unable to exhale fully, the it easier to treat rare disorders that have children is planned to begin soon. Hearing based YouthfulCities. gency medical exemption and are still con- children’s windpipes are prone to col- been neglected by medical device compa- aids, dental implants, stents and prosthet- The 2015 YouthfulCities Index sidered high-risk. lapse, and the only treatment is sedation nies due to high investments costs, said ics have also been made with 3-D printing. ranked 55 cities from across the Kaiba Gionfriddo, the first child to and intensive care. However, infections co-author Scott Hollister. AFP globe using 101 different indica- tors from a youth perspective, including culture, travel links, employment and sports. The survey was launched last year but last year’s winner, Toronto — which was praised for Weird-winged dinosaur sets high levels of youth employment, digital accessibility and high liv- ing standards among other fac- tors — dropped to sixth place in the science world aflutter this year’s ranking. New York was ranked third last year. PARIS: The discovery of a from an extinct line. Bearing one sported by modern-day air- YouthfulCities says the initia- pigeon-sized dinosaur with bat- the shortest name ever given borne mammals — think bats and tive is the first attempt to quantify like wings has exposed bizarre to a dinosaur, Yi qi belonged to flying squirrels. “We realised that which cities are most attractive twists in the early evolution of a family of tiny creatures called it is a structure very, very impor- and suited to young people aged birds, said scientists in China Scansoriopterygids, which had tant finally for flight,” said Xu. 15-29. “Half of the world’s popula- whose conclusions were imme- feathers and exceptionally long Sure enough, the team also tion is under 30 years old and half diately challenged. finger-like digits that may have found remnants of “membranous now live in cities,” Sonja Miokovic, Named Yi qi, for “Strange Wing” been used for climbing trees or tissue” preserved with the bones. co-founder of YouthfulCities, said. in Mandarin, the creature was an catching insects Yi qi is known from a sole fos- “Youth and cities — especially odd and unexpected addition to Known only from fossils found sil discovered by a farmer near the largest ones — will together a long list of failed evolutionary in China, Scansoriopterygids were Beijing in 160-million-year-old shape the future of the planet. experiments in flight — having closely related to primitive bird rock from the Jurassic period. That’s why it is essential for cities sported wings of membrane rather types like Archaeopteryx, consid- Nothing below the ribcage was to appeal to youth and actively find than feathers, they said. ered a transitional species between preserved, so the critter’s pel- ways to unlock their potential.” “It is definitely an example non-avian dinosaurs and birds. vis, hind legs and tail had to be The YouthfulCities initiative showing how much experimen- But they were not thought to surmised from what is known of was founded by the Decode youth tation occurred,” said palaeon- have been fliers. Until now. Yi qi, other Scansoriopterygids. Not consultancy and has backing from tologist Xu Xing of the Chinese the newest addition to the group, everyone is convinced by the role UN-Habitat, Ryerson University Academy of Sciences in Beijing, weighed about 380 grammes as ascribed to the bony protrusions, in Toronto and the global youth who co-authored a study in the an adult, and had tiny teeth set each curved at either end. network TakingITGlobal. journal Nature. in a 1.6-inch skull. It had feathers “Things have just gone from the REUTERS “Close to the origin of birds considered too flimsy to be use- strange to the bizarre,” University (from dinosaurs)... many line- ful in flight. But what really sets of California biologist Kevin ages tried in a different way to Yi qi apart is a bony rod, about Padian said of the findings in a get into the air, but finally only 13 centimetres long, jutting from comment carried by Nature. one group succeeded.” Xu and his each wrist. “To fly actively, an animal must team described Yi qi as “bizarre” “To be honest it took a long time be able to execute a flight stroke in the title of their study, an unu- for us to figure out” what it was, that can generate a vortex wake sual adjective in the dry, scientific Xu said in a podcast recorded by that propels it forward,” he said. An undated handout illustration provided by Dinostar Co Ltd shows an world of science publishing. Nature. Then eureka! While never “No evidence presented so far artist’s depiction of the Yi qi dinosaur. Yi qi was not a direct ances- before seen in dinosaurs, the team suggest that Yi qi had this abil- tor of birds, but a close relative realised the feature is similar to ity,” added Padian. AFP