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Deputy Emir meets Nato chief Oman council SMS to alert votes for ban on alcohol, shisha motorists on DOHA: Oman’s Advisory Council has voted to ban alco- hol, an official said, adding it needed the cabinet’s approval. “Members voted for general- traffic changes ising the punishment on anyone practising alcohol-related activi- ties, including production, dealing, and trading,” Reuters quoted the Pedestrian bridges planned at 25 sites official of the council at as saying. “But, this is a recommendation, DOHA: Many motorists have to identify traffic hotspots and not a law.” been caught unawares by the implement solutions, has been According to London-based sudden closure of roads and facing difficulties due to massive Arabic daily Alquds, the council opening of new diversions across road projects, including new tun- also voted to approve an amend- the city. To avoid such troubles, nels, bridges and highways. ment to a law that, if imple- authorities plan to keep them “We will implement 196 work The Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani met Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and mented, would ban sheesha joints informed about traffic changes plans, in which Ashghal is col- his delegation at his Emiri Diwan Office yesterday. Talks dealt with ways of strengthening cooperation. across the country. by sending text messages to laborating with other bodies con- See also page 3 Within Muscat municipal- their mobile phones. cerned. When we fully implement ity’s jurisdiction, sheesha outlets This is among new initiatives our strategy, we will be able to were banned in March this year. being implemented by the special save 800 lives lost in accidents and Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) had committee dealing with traffic 2,000 people from serious injuries interviewed the municipality’s congestions, at the Public Works over the next 10 years,” he said. Chairman, Abdullah bin Abbas Authority (Ashghal). The panel is developing Private companies to slash bin Ahmed, and he had said the Engineer Yousuf Al Emadi, designs for vital areas such as decision to ban the outlets was Chairman of the committee, told Midmac Intersection, Qatar taken after a majority of respond- an Arabic daily that Ashghal Décor Intersection and Sports ents in a survey favoured a ban and the Traffic Department Roundabout which is part of the on them. are relying on newspapers and Rayyan road project, he added. hiring of expatriates by 2pc Last March, a panel had pro- social media to inform the public Excavation and diversions as posed that sheesha should be about road closures and diver- part of the Midmac project will be DOHA: The Ministry of Labour Between April 2013 and March change, people with special needs, banned completely in Oman and sions, besides installing warning implemented shortly. The project and Social Affairs will ask 2014, the manpower department the elderly, those released from existing outlets be given a grace signs using Intelligent Transport includes expansion of roads in all private companies to cut the placed 3,672 Qataris in jobs. Of penal institutions, and vulnerable period to close down. Systems (ITS). four directions, with service roads recruitment of foreign work- them, 51 percent (1,845) were groups like productive families The council voted by a major- “We are planning to use SMS and entry and exist points. force by two percent over the men and 49 percent (1,815) and beneficiaries of state social ity on two proposed amendments to inform people daily about traf- The Omar bin Khatab Health next three years. women. Some 1,994 of the total welfare schemes. to the criminal penal code, one fic changes, in addition to ITS,” Centre Roundabout will be con- The idea is to help increase were absorbed in non-government Meeting the need for expatri- seeking a blanket ban on alcohol he said in an interview with Al verted into a signalised intersec- the percentage of nationals (in sectors. ate workforce and the protection and the other to prevent shee- Watan. tion, expected to be implemented private jobs) during the period, “The department expects the of employers’ rights are among sha smoking. The amendments Al Emadi said the panel had by next month and expansion of the ministry was quoted as say- rate of Qatarisation of jobs to important goals of the ministry. in a draft law were referred to identified 25 sites to build pedes- the Ramada Road towards The ing by Qatar News Agency (QNA) rise by four percent over the next Its recruitment department is the council by the cabinet. The trian bridges considering the high Centre and Jaidah Roundabout yesterday. three years,” the ministry said. exploring the possibility of col- council sent it back to the cabinet number of casualties in these will be finished by year-end. In a report for 2013-14 on its As of March 2014, some 2,668 laborating with training centres after approving it as is the prac- areas involving people crossing Al Emadi said the plan for achievements and plans, issued job-seekers were registered with in labour-exporting countries to tice, Alquds said. the roads. Ramada involving tunnels and before National Day, the minis- the ministry and of them 27.9 per- verify professional qualifications Currently, anyone found pro- These include Suhaim bin bridges will be implemented after try said it would raise the rate of cent (744) were male. of workers wishing to take up jobs ducing, consuming or trading Hamad Street, Qarnata Street, 2022. He said the panel had got job nationalisation by four per- The ministry said it expected in Qatar. To quickly resolve labour alcohol without a permit is lia- and south Medinath Khalifa and approval from the Prime Minister cent over three years. “We have the number of students required disputes, plans are afoot to contact ble to a jail term of between six Industrial Area roads. “We will to set up an office for traffic safety already managed to enhance by the job market over the next the worker and his employer or months and three years, or a soon invite tenders to develop which will monitor implementa- participation of Qatari youth in three years to increase by 35 his representative and give them minimum fine of 300 Omani rials designs for the bridges and imple- tion of the national traffic safety the economy and reduce their percent. On top of the list of job- an appointment to visit the labour ($779), or both, the council official ment the project,” said Al Emadi. strategy. THE PENINSULA joblessness by five percent,” said seekers the ministry must accord department. THE PENINSULA said. REUTERS He said the committee, tasked Continued on page 5 the ministry. priority to are those needing job Continued on page 5 Continued on page 5

Palestine minister’s funeral Ireland parliament QE index dips by 553.55 backs recognition of Palestinian state points to 32-week low

DUBLIN: Irish lawmakers DOHA: Qatari stocks had another bad day in less than a fortnight urged their government yes- yesterday as they took a massive plunge, with an analyst attribut- terday to recognise Palestine ing the battering to strong fluctuations in world oil prices. as a state in a symbolic motion Qatar’s benchmark index slumped 4.3 percent, or 553.55 points, to that sailed through parliament 11,805.32. Investors’ wealth, or market capitalisation, was down by unopposed. QR26.09bn ($7.16bn). Ireland’s parliament is the It was third trading day in a row when Qatar Exchange (QE) took fourth in Europe to take the step a beating and the index hitting 32-week low. An analyst, Nawaf Al since October. France, Britain and Awn, told regional online business news website that investor panic Spain endorsed similar motions, was triggered by the drop in global oil prices and forecasts they may reflecting growing frustration slump below $50 per barrel. GCC markets are moving in a major cor- with the deadlocked peace proc- rection, he added. ess. Sweden recognised Palestine The market fell yesterday despite strong buying support from retail as a state in a move that prompted local investors. Their buy volumes totalled over 7.2 million shares Israel to recall its ambassador. (trading value QR369.59bn). But sell-offs by influential foreign insti- tutional investors on blue chips were strong, with their trading value and volumes totalling QR217.74bn and 2.7m shares, respectively. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (centre) prays in front of the flag-draped coffin of Palestinian Authority See also page 13 Aljazeera scribe Cabinet member Ziad Abu Ein at his funeral in Ramallah, West Bank, yesterday. Abu Ein died shortly after a killed in Syria scuffle with Israeli troops during a protest in the West Bank on Wednesday. Report on page 5 DOHA: Aljazeera’s Arabic Channel correspondent Mahran Al Deeri was killed in Syria while covering battles in the city of Al Turkey a favourite tourist destination for Qataris Sheikh Maskin in rural Daraa, the network said yesterday. DOHA: Turkey remains one of the most figures show. Kuwait tops the list, followed “The GCC contributes 5 percent of While Istanbul remains the most popular Al Deeri was killed while tak- favourite tourist destinations for Qataris by the UAE and Qatar. Turkey’s tourism revenue, with Qatar city for GCC tourists, Antalya, Bodrum ing cover from regime fire as his and other GCC citizens. During the first 10 months, Turkey wel- being one of the top contributors. It’s and Bursa are fast becoming destinations car hit a vehicle of rebel fighters More than 27,000 Qataris visited the comed 120,632 Kuwaitis — the highest in understandable that the GCC and Turkey of choice, especially during the peak July- when he turned off his headlights country during the first 10 months of this the region. The UAE came second with have historical and cultural ties and this August summer period. to avoid being targeted, his family year, according to figures released by the 43,469 passport holders, followed by 27,002 is evident in the increase of tourists over “To further increase visitors and high- members told Aljazeera. This is Turkish Culture and Tourism Office in Qatari tourists. the last year. Residents are choosing the light Turkey to Qatar, we will be looking the same area where three jour- Dubai. “Turkey remains a popular destination, country based on its locality, cost of living for opportunities to invest in tourism to nalists from Orient Network were Between January and October, the not only for the GCC but globally,” Mustafa and historical richness,” he added. foster sustainable growth and mutual targeted and killed as many days number of visitors from the GCC coun- Ozdemir, Turkish Cultural and Information Last year, Turkey attracted over 39 understanding between our two countries,” ago, the network added. tries reached 211,241, marking a 39 per- Attaché, was quoted as saying by a local million tourists, making it the sixth most Ozdemir added. THE PENINSULA/AGENCIES cent increase from the same period in 2013, website. popular tourist destination in the world. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary-General of the Qatar Olympic Committee, shaking hands with Fahed, the mascot for the Qatar 2015 World Handball Championship, during the launch of the Qatar Active Campaign at Aspire Park yesterday. RIGHT: Girls trying their hand at boxing as part of Olympic Day celebrations. ABDUL BASIT Qatar Active Campaign launched The initiative features 30 sports activities and entertainment per year BY ARMSTRONG VAS “This Active Campaign is one of also present on the occasion. results including increasing the Boxing Federation. managed to pick up a gift gifts. the strategies which come under The project reflects the high participation of local community The Qatar Sailing and Rowing The volleyball stall ranked second DOHA: Sheikh Saoud bin Qatar Vision 2030 and it goes with interest the country accords to in sport , enhancing and integrat- Association, Qatar Shooting and in popularity and quite a few stu- Abdulrahman Al Thani, the sports strategy,” he added. human, global and sustainable ing planning for the general and Archery Association. Qatar Golf dents managed to get a few balls Secretary General of the Qatar The Active Campaign will con- development with the sport sector specialised sports facilities, as well Association, Qatar Volleyball which was given away as part of Olympic Committee (QOC), tinue till 2016. being one of its priorities and is as Increasing and enhancing the Association, Qatar Cycling the promotion drive. yesterday launched the Qatar “The campaign will go till the expected to provide tangible ben- process of grooming, managing Federation, Qatar Gymnastics Children also watched with Active Campaign — one of the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016. efits in the form of fit and healthy and improving the performance Federation, Qatar Fencing keen interest as the jockeys projects of the Sport Sector It coincides and consists with citizens in the long run. of sports talents. Federation, Qatar Equestrian went about through the drills Strategy 2011-2016 — on the many activities that will be held The Qatar Active Campaign Meanwhile, children from dif- Federation and Qatar Handball of Showjumping the horses over sidelines of the Olympic Day at every year, activities have already features some 30 activities per ferent schools, both boys and girls, Association were all in full force the barricades. The students Aspire Park here yesterday. been going on, and it is for the year, being held throughout the took part in the Olympic Day cel- during the Olympic Day trying to were not the only ones who tried “Today we are witnessing social aspect we have to focus. As year. Besides sport, entertain- ebrations. The school children had attract the youngsters. their hand at the game, QOC the launch of the Qatar Active we know sports strategy has two ment activities will be covered an opportunity to try their hand Each of the stalls set up at the General Secretary Sheikh Saoud Campaign and Sports strategy. parallels, one of them is active under the campaign. at different games, you name it venue attracted students, the big- and FIBA officials, who were the We are happy to have you with sports and the other one is elite The project will target all male and the officials were at hand to gest draw and the most popular few guests at the ceremony, tried us and we would like to wish the sports,” added the QOC official, and female age categories, with guide the children and explain the stall turned out to be handball fol- their hand at Archery having a people who are doing this activity who is also the President of Qatar specific activities for people with nuances of the particular game. lowed by volleyball. shot at the make-shift archery all the best and best luck,” said Basketball Federation. special needs. Some tried their hand at The children tried their hand targets set up by Qatar Shooting Sheikh Saoud during the launch FIBA offcials, who are here for The Sport Sector Strategy is boxing, under the supervision at handball and if they were on and Archery Association. ceremony. the FIBA 3x3 tournament, were looking forward to achieve key of the coaches from the Qatar target from the penalty spot, they THE PENINSULA

QIB, MasterCard offer Paris 19 Ashghal projects worth QR40bn under way package for two DOHA: The Public Works October the development of the Industrial City. It is a vital addi- north of Doha, Al Khissa, Abu pumps in inner Doha, which will Authority (Ashghal), in the Iron Bridge, located at Khamis tion to the roads network as it Hiran, the Industrial area and the be replaced by a single deep ter- framework of the ongoing Al Obaidly Roundabout, to traffic, will form a free flowing traffic development of infrastructure for minal pump station located at DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank Expressway Programme is the F-Ring Road (the sixth ring route connecting the northern the Commercial Street in Al Khor. about 35km away from Doha. (QIB), country’s leading Shariah implementing 19 projects that road in Doha), the East Industrial and southern regions without the Ashghal also implemented road Among the major drainage compliant bank, has joined with cost around QR40bn, in which Road and announcing the open- need to travel through Doha City. projects serving the traffic flow; projects Ashghal is currently MasterCard to offer its custom- Qatari companies, including ing of the new Temporary Truck Another major project is the Al namely diverting roundabouts to implementing is the Mesaimeer ers the chance to win a holiday contracting and major subcon- Route connecting Salwa Road Wakra parallel highway project intersections, the C-Ring Road tunnel (Abu Hamur) for the for two in Paris, according to a tractors, are playing significant west of the industrial area with is being implemented in 2014. It development project, which first drainage of surface and ground press statement. role with their shares exceeding Lusail Development. links Shamal to Mesaieed, and phase was opened as per sched- water. The project is scheduled To qualify for the draw, card- 50 percent. Ashghal is working to accel- features an 11-km road with five ule in September 2014, with a to be completed by the first quar- holders must spend on their Ashghal over the year 2014 has erate the pace of achievements lanes on each side and a four view to easing traffic congestion ter of 2017 together with sewage MasterCard Debit card at least accomplished various achieve- by completing a group of promi- two-level intersections as well as during peak hours. It has also water treatment north of Doha. QR300 at any international point- ments through the implementa- nent highway projects over the pedestrian and cycle lanes. announced new traffic diversions Ashghal is also embarking of-sale or online transaction dur- tion of a number of major vital next three-four years , includ- On the integrated infrastruc- on the streets leading to Dahl Al on the construction of health ing the promotion period. Each infrastructure projects and pub- ing the Lusail Expressway, the ture projects, Ashghal is imple- Hamam roundabout. projects. The overall cost of purchase of QR300 will earn for lic buildings as part of its mis- Development of Al Rayyan menting projects worth QAR 3.7 In regard to drainage projects, projects currently under con- the cardholder one contest entry sion to keep pace with the overall Road, Dukhan Highway Central billion and is expected to finalize tender documents for the design struction is about QR1.77bn, and for the prize, and the customer development witnessed by various project, the East-West Axis roads, the design and completion of 80 and construction of the northern, the completion percentages range will automatically be entered into economic sectors of the country, Al Muntazah mainline and the integrated infrastructure projects central and southern main drain- between 50 and 80 percent. the draw. according to a report by Qatar North Road project. in new areas and 75 projects in age tunnel (phase 2) of the Inner In addition, the public works The promotion is for QIB’s News Agency. Among the most prominent other areas over the fiscal year Doha re-sewerage Strategy were authority is busy in implement- Tamayuz and Private segment The report said that Ashghal highway projects being imple- 2014-2015. announced in February 2014. ing a number of other important MasterCard cardholders only. has achieved a great progress in mented in 2014, the Orbital Amid the most comprehen- This integrated programme projects, including those in the The winning customer must the implementation of highway Highway and Truck Route Project sive infrastructure development responds to the needs of the pro- health, education and other social redeem the prize within 10 projects, including the opening of aimed at achieving a better con- projects, is the development jected population growth for the sectors that are in various stages weeks of being notified by QIB, Al Huwailah Link Road leading nectivity for Dukhan, Mesaieed project of local roads and infra- next 50 years. When completed, it of construction. and includes two return air- to Ras Laffan City to traffic last Industrial City and Ras Laffan structure in the Bani Hajer area, will remove more than 35 existing THE PENINSULA line tickets from Doha to Paris; hotel accommodation with dou- ble occupancy for 5 nights in the city; a tour of the city; and transportation from the airport to the hotel and back. The cam- Korean food festival paign is valid until 31st Dec 2014, with the draw taking place in January 2015. QIB’s MasterCard offer a at Lulu hypermarkets variety of features and are accepted locally and interna- DOHA: The first Korean Food other dignitaries from various tionally at millions of electronic Festival in Qatar is underway organisations. selling points, merchant out- at all major Lulu hypermar- According to KOTRA, this lets and 1.8 million ATMs in kets. The event organisers, event has been organised in order banks, airports, and retailers Embassy of South Korea, Korea to ‘share our favourite food and worldwide. Trade and Promotion Agency recipes with the people of Qatar”. When abroad, the Debit card (KOTRA) in partnership with The Korean food import to Qatar offers cashless convenience and Lulu Hypermarket Group and has been constantly on the rise enables you to withdraw cash Q-Charity hopes to cultivate a and according to the Director Lee 24/7 or pay for your purchases taste for popular Korean dishes “it was the right time to take it from your current or savings among the residents of Qatar. to the next level. This event will account, within the limits of The Festival was inaugurated open a new chapter in the trade your balance. yesterday by the Ambassador relations between Korea and Ambassadors Chung Keejong (South Korea), Deddy Saiful Hady (Indonesia) and Haji Nordin Haji (Brunei) and Korea The Shariah-compliant credit of Korea Chung Keejong at Qatar.” Trade and Promotion Agency Director Lee inaugurating the Lulu Korean Food Festival at the Al Gharafa branch in cards also offer you the conven- Lulu Hypermarket Al Gharrafa Live food cooking demonstra- Doha yesterday. The Director of Lulu Group International, Mohamed Althaf, and other officials of the Lulu Group ience of cashless shopping and you branch in the presence of tions by professional Korean chefs are also seen. SALIM MATRAMKOT can enjoy a number of discounts Mohamed Althaf, Director are facilitated at the Al Gharrafa at international restaurants and of Lulu Group International and Al Khor branches of Lulu made for the customers to taste As part of their commitment to part of the revenue from the event hotels. and Ambassadors of Malaysia, Hypermarket Group where nec- the versatility of Korean food and social welfare, the organisers have will be donated to Q-Charity. THE PENINSULA Indonesia and Brunei and essary arrangements have been to buy the products. teamed up with Q-charity, and a THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Leaders send PM approves phase 2 condolences to of airport expansion President Abbas DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani DOHA: The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh sent a cable of condolences Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani has approved the second to President of Palestine phase of Hamad International Airport expansion project. Mahmoud Abbas expressing The deadline for awarding of the design contract, design works and his sincere condolences and budget is the fourth quarter of next year. sympathy on the martyrdom Speaking at a meeting with Cabinet members at Emiri Diwan yes- of Minister Ziad Abu Ein. The terday, the Premier asked the Ministry of Transport to open Al Ruwais Emir prayed to Allah Almighty Port before February 1. to bless him with His mercy and He said the ministry must work with the Ministry of Economy and grant his family and loved ones Commerce to coordinate with the Foreign Ministry’s team on the port solace and fortitude. to design a highly-efficient plan to operate the port and the associated The Deputy Emir H H Sheikh services areas. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani and He also asked the Ministry of Transport to submit a budget to com- the Prime Minister and Interior plete all phases of the new port project and the awarding of its global Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah operator before the end of the first quarter of next year so that the bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani project is completed on schedule. have also sent cables of condo- The Premier asked the Ministry of Municipality and Urban lences to Palestine President Planning and the Ministry of Environment to suggest appropriate Mahmoud Abbas on the martyr- lands for Qatar Aeronautical College, Gulf Helicopters and Pilots dom of Minister Ziad Abu Ein. Club. He also directed that preparations for the location of the truck parking project are completed as soon as possible, with the Ministry PM meets Nato Chief of Transport assuming supervision of the project and committing to dates of delivery and operation. DOHA: The Prime Minister The meeting discussed solutions and decisions in the field of public and Interior Minister H E transport following directives of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Hamad Al Thani. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani honouring a member Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met The Premier asked the Ministry of Transport to speed up the execu- of the special rehabilitation programme run by Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs. The premier Nato Secretary-General Jens tion of plans and continuously develop them to ease traffic. witnessed the signing of an agreement between Shafallah Center and Qatar Airways at Oryx Rotana Doha Hotel. Stoltenberg and the delegation THE PENINSULA The agreement provides 25 employment opportunities for people with special needs from the center. accompanying him. QNA Nato chief hails Gulf’s fight against terrorism Minister of State for Defence Al Attiyah opens one-day Nato and Gulf Security Conference

DOHA: The Nato chief has support for IS and other terror- hailed the Gulf partnership ist groups. in fight against terrorism and “The tragic situation in Syria and extremism in the region and Iraq, in addition to what is happen- world in general. ing in Yemen and Libya, requires Jens Stoltenberg, Nato’s secre- further cooperation between ICI tary-general, praised Gulf nations member states and Nato in order for their role in fighting extrem- to find a solution to end conflicts ists in Syria and Iraq, and said in these countries, expressing his tackling the threat of militants confidence that Nato and partner will require long-term multina- countries can play a major role in tional efforts. tackling these challenges. Stoltenberg was giving a key “The GCC states and Nato note address at the opening member states share common of the Nato and Gulf Security interests that require protection, Conference yesterday. The one- Since joining the agreement, ICI day Conference commemorated member states have sought to the 10th anniversary of the take advantage of opportunities in Istanbul cooperation initiative the areas of dialogue and practical (ICI), a partnership between the cooperation within the framework alliance and four Gulf states — of the initiative. Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the “The current partnership United Arab Emirates. between ICI member states and It was organised by Qatar Nato is a significant strategic tool Foreign Ministry in cooperation in assisting the two sides in facing with political affairs and security current and future challenges in policy of the Nato. the region,” the minister said. Stoltenberg said it is important Al Attiyah congratulated that the Opec nations and other Nato on the tenth anniversary regional countries are playing a The Minister of State for Defence Affairs, Maj Gen H E Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah (left) and Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaking at the Nato of launching ICI, noting that the part in the fight against extrem- and Gulf Security Conference at Doha Sheraton Hotel yesterday. conference is a good opportunity ists. “It is vital for military rea- to make the relationship more sons because of the capability number of important issues, said that the threats facing the organisations necessitates, besides to take Syria out of its current fruitful and effective. Gulf countries can bring to bear, such as the ICI, regional security world and the Middle East in par- military operations, drawing a crisis,” Al Attiyah said. A number of GCC ministers but also for political reasons to challenges and future prospects ticular require wide-scale extra clear strategy to restore stabil- He underlined the importance attended the opening ceremony show that this is not about the for the ICI. The conference was effort among all parties of the ity in Syria and putting a clear of rebuilding the capacities of along with a group of senior West imposing its will on others,” opened by Maj Gen H E Hamad international community. and transparent mechanism from Iraqi troops, blocking the flow of Qatari officials, military com- Stoltenberg said. bin Ali Al Attiyah, Minister of “The threat of Islamic State all the sides to support the Free foreign fighters to Syria and Iraq, manders and Nato officials. Participants addressed a State for Defence Affairs, who (IS) group and other extremist Syrian Army and work together drying up sources of financial THE PENINSULA

Urban plan awaits Cabinet approval, says Minister Mandatory training for private dentists from 2016 DOHA: Qatar’s comprehensive urban plan (Master Plan) is with the State Cabinet for approval, the DOHA: Dentists working in Minister of Municipality and Urban Planning said the private sector will have to yesterday. “The Ministry has finalised the urban undergo a compulsory hours of plan and submitted it to the Cabinet,” H E Sheikh medical and dental education Abdulrahman bin Khalifa announced. when renewing medical and den- Speaking at an event to felicitate 22 employees of tal licence from 2016, according to the Ministry for having successfully completing the a senior official. compulsory national service, he said that after approval Implemented by the Supreme by the Cabinet the urban plan will be implemented. Council of Health, the practice is Data and details included in the urban plan for the presently applicable only for the den- country contain structural plans for Doha and other tists in public sector. towns. The Ministry will soon announce its plans for The decisions will have impacts 2015 and in the plans there is a piece of good news for on development skills of dentists the citizens, said the Minister giving no further details. working in the private sector, said THE PENINSULA Dr Mohammed Sultan Al Darwish, President of Qatar Dental Society, yesterday. Dr Al Darwish, addressing the Restaurants closed for third Qatar Dental International Conference, highlighted the need to selling expired food establish a college of oral and dental Dr Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani, Director of Public Health at SCH, and Dr Mohammed Sultan Al Darwish, President of medicine in order to meet the grow- DOHA: Three food establishments, including a res- ing needs of the country’s health Qatar Dental Society, at the third Qatar Dental International Conference at the Crowne Plaza yesterday. RIGHT: An exhibition taurant that belongs at a 5-star hotel, have been closed system. showcasing latest technologies in the dentistry industry in Qatar. AYUB ABDULLAH recently for selling expired food and risking the lives The conference discussed about of customers. The Ministry of Municipality and Urban the advanced treatment meth- dentistry, trying to find solutions to high prices of dental services in the Qatar Dental Society includes the Planning announced on its website that it had closed a res- ods practiced in different coun- solve this problem. country. Supreme Council of Health, Hamad taurant in Aslata that belonged to one of the major hotels tries among more than thousand Hamad Medical Corporation “Dental services are expensive Medical Corporation, Primary Health in the country after inspectors found lapses in their health professionals. (HMC) is set to expand its dental worldwide because the material used Care Corporation and Aspetar. standards while preparing food and also for selling food that With a prevalence of around 85 service with new 170 clinics. The for treatment is costly. However, we An exhibition showcasing the has gone bad. The restaurant was closed partly for 15 days. percent dental caries among chil- project at an initial stage would are working to decrease the prices latest technology in the dentistry In Al Sadd area, inspectors also closed down a cafeteria dren, the Qatar Dental Society has be completed within two years, Al here and have some kind of a con- industry and a workshop for den- for selling expired food for 15 days. There has also been a allocated a significant part of the sci- Darwish said speaking separately on trol,” said Dr Al Darwish. tists is also being held on the closure of a grocery shop in Frej bin Omran for 15 days entific programme of the conference the sidelines of the conference. “With Seha, the national insurance sidelines of the conference at the for also selling expired food stuffs. for speakers and lectures in the field Also steps are being taken by the scheme, majority of dental services Crowne Plaza. THE PENINSULA of dental public health and preventive Qatar Dental Society to reduce the will be covered,” he added. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM The unique features What distinguishes of Islam

slam is unlike any other religion because it is not merely a belief to which one Iadheres, but rather Islam is Judaism from Islam? a complete way of life. Muslims put their beliefs into practice BY PROF SHAHUL HAMEED on a daily basis. Islam provides guidance in all the spheres and ews, according to the Islamic belief, activities of life. Furthermore, it deserves special consideration as is unique in that it is not named being ahlul kitab (people of the Book). after any person, tribe, region JMuslims have got to believe in all or culture. Islam is named after the prophets revered by the Jews, includ- a belief in one God, Allah, and ing Abraham, Moses, David and Solomon, submission to His will. In other among others. For Muslims, they are all words, Muslims put Allah’s Will prophets of Islam; for all of them were cho- before their own. sen by Allah (Yahweh or Elohim) as His The message of Prophet messengers to mankind, to lead them out Muhammad (peace be upon him) of darkness into light. is not new; his message of absolute All of them submitted to the One monotheism is a reaffirmation of and Only God, Who is the Creator and what came before it. We as humans Sustainer of the whole universe; hence constantly stray from guidance if they were all Muslims (= those who sub- we are left on our own without mit peacefully to The One and Only God), a divine reminder, thus Allah and their religion was Islam (= complete the Merciful has sent us proph- submission or unconditional obedience to ets to remind us. Islam preaches The One and Only God). the same message of all previous To the Muslim, the first and the foremost prophets. That message is: Allah article of faith is the belief in the One and is One, worship Him alone. Only God, and this belief is usually called; Additionally, human society tawheed. Though the word literally means changes and develops with time, just oneness, yet it implies a variety of ideas and so Allah has adjusted His from the Islamic point of view: Laws slightly over the centuries It means that Allah created the whole to correspond accordingly. Thus of existence and that He is the Lord and while Allah’s message of divine Master of everything that exists. So exist- oneness has been the same since ence is one; it cannot be therefore, under the beginning of time, His Sacred two or more sets of laws governing it, since Law has been abrogated and the Owner and Ruler of it is just One. So amended with the advent of each what we call nature also is one. new prophet. The Sacred Law of Secondly, tawheed in Islam indicates that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) rep- Allah is the Creator of all human beings The Jewishness of a person is determined by birth and resents the final version of Allah’s and so, all are equal before Allah, irrespec- commandments applicable to all of tive of skin colour, race, tribe or clan. This, not by belief and practice. For this reason, according to humankind until the Last Day. in other words is the brotherhood of Man Islam invites us to what ben- or the oneness of mankind. them, a Jew possesses a special position in the world, efits us and all of humanity. It Thirdly, tawheed implies that the reli- commands goodness towards all gion of God is one, since Allah has been people and does not promote pref- sending His prophets from the beginning in the eyes of Jehovah. erential treatment for a certain of mankind, to guide them along the right group, be they believers or not. path. So, all prophets preached the same We see here the difference between the the chosen-ness of the Children of Israel. God, a racist God; whereas Islam believes No one is immune from Allah’s religion of God, which teaches humans to Islamic belief in God and the Jewish creed. But this is only in the era of the Jewish in a God Who is All Merciful. commands and laws in Islam. lead a life of complete obedience to His Judaism as it is practiced now, insists on prophets and their historical moments and Read these verses from Holy Quran: Islam offers us eternity in commandments. the birth of a person to determine his iden- context — a privilege, which they lost when Those who believe in the Quran, and those Paradise if we obey Allah’s com- In the Old Testament, we do see this tity as a Jew. This is evident from Jewish they changed their revealed Book and did who follow the Jewish scriptures, and the mands. Whether we believe in emphasis on the Oneness of God. But the writings, which explain who a Jew is: not fulfill the role of a guiding nation. Such Christians and the Sabians,- any who believe Him, follow His Guidance, prac- Jews have this feeling that they are “the ‘It is important to note that being a Jew a nation should have been mercy to human- in God and the Last Day, and work righteous- tice good and forbid evil, Allah chosen children of God” and so, they are has nothing to do with what you believe or ity! The Children of Israel suffered a lot ness, shall have their reward with their Lord; does not benefit anything from it. superior to all other human beings. From what you do. A person born to non-Jewish under Pharaoh, but Allah delivered them on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. We are the ones who benefit from this angle, they do not approve of the broth- parents who believes everything that Jews from him and helped them to cross the Red Chapter 2 Verse 62 submitting to His Will. Likewise, erhood and equality between mankind. believe and observes every law and cus- Sea, by miraculously parting it. This verse underscores the Benevolence if we refuse to believe, practice The key point of the Palestinian issue is tom of Judaism is still a non-Jew, even in This is all part of the special bless- and Compassion of the All Merciful God. evil and prevent good, Allah is not closely related to this idea of the “unique- the eyes of the most liberal reformists of ings the Holy Quran mentions. In addi- Allah’s Mercy is open to all His servants, harmed one bit by our behaviour. ness” of the children of Israel. In fact the Judaism, and a person born to a Jewish tion, Allah sent a number of prophets to and all forms of discrimination, racism, and Rather, it is only we who suffer Torah does speak of God’s gift of Palestine mother who is an atheist and never prac- guide them to the true path, in spite of tribalism are rejected: from our own misdeeds. to the children of Abraham; but the Jews tices the Jewish religion is still a Jew, even their ingratitude and iniquities. But their O mankind! We created you from a single Ultimately, the only real guar- believe that since they are the “chosen” of in the eyes of the ultra-Orthodox. In this transgressions continued and they were (pair) of a male and a female, and made you antee of salvation from Allah’s God, the other children of Abraham have sense, Judaism is more like a nationality very ingenious to devise ways of circum- into nations and tribes, that ye may know each displeasure and wrath is from no right to the land! Particularly, they than like a religion, and being Jewish is venting God’s commands, often falling prey other (not that ye may despise (each other). Allah Himself. We see this argue that the children of the firstborn of like a citizenship.’ to blatant unbelief. This was the reason Verily the most honored of you in the sight of through the example of His Noble Abraham have no right to this land, since The Jewishness of a person is determined why they had to suffer again and why they God is (he who is) the most righteous of you. And Messenger Muhammad (PBUH) the mother happened to be a slave. by birth and not by belief and practice. For were dispersed throughout the earth. Still, God has full knowledge and is well acquainted and Allah’s unfaltering prom- Even in this modern age, when so much this reason, according to them, a Jew pos- Allah is Merciful and He turns in kind- with all things. Surah 49 Verse 13 ise in the Holy Quran, the final is heard about human equality, brotherhood sesses a special position in the world, in the ness to those of His servants who repent According to Islam, Allah has more unaltered scripture of Allah. No and human rights, the Jews and also the eyes of their Jehovah. This is supposed to and return to the good path. These are the transcendental attributes than taught by one will be wronged by Allah an Evangelical Christians of America, hold fast be the meaning of their having been chosen teachings of the Quran. Judaism. In fact, if we just read the Old atom’s weight in this life or the to this obscurantist view. They maintain that by God. Now, this is what we might call In a nutshell, Islam rejects the exclusivist Testament and the Quran, we can easily next. Allah’s promise is reiterated the Arabs, who are the children of Ishmael “racism”, though many Jews would call it claims of the Jews that they are chosen by recognise this. Also, note how the Quran many times in the Holy Quran: If — the firstborn of Abraham — have no right “nationality”, rather than racism. Funnily God for His special favour in derogation of describes the virtuous life of the prophets of we believe and do good deeds, we to the land of their birth, as that land had they might accuse this analysis of being others. It is impossible, since Allah is the the Jews, while the Old Testament has many will be rewarded, while if we deny been promised by Jehovah to the children of “anti-Semitic”!! God of all His servants. In short, God as verses that attributes heinously obscene the message and do evil, we will Abraham — by his second son. In fact, Islam also approves the idea of visualised by the Jews now is a partisan behaviour to them. www.onislam.net be punished. Islam offers guidance to all humankind, regardless of race, culture, education level, sex, and socio-economic status. Through Islam, we achieve peace with our- selves, with Allah, with our fellow man and even with the environ- False testimony is biggest sin ment so that we can live in har- BY DR WAEL SHIHAB mony with the entire universe as He (the Prophet further) said: and gives backing to injustice and clarity, and trust. Allah Almighty Allah is Informed of what you do. Allah intended. “Should I not inform you about aggression against justice. It also says, while referring to the say- (Quran 5: 8) Then why Islam and not ays ago, a friend asked the gravest of the major sins?” effaces fairness and equity and ings of prophet Yusuf’s brothers, Commenting on the above Judaism or Christianity? First of me about “the big- And then he said: “It is false poses danger to public safety and … And we did not testify except to Quranic verse, Imam Al Qurtubi all, Islam is the message of the final gest sin in Islam”. “It’s utterance or false testimony”. security. what we knew. (Quran 12: 81) (d. 671 AH) says: Prophet to mankind, Muhammad Dof course to worship Shubah said: It was most prob- Islamic Shariah is all about Also, Allah Almighty says, … “Muslims are commanded by (PBUH) and no other prophet anything besides God”, I imme- ably “false testimony”. justice and fairness. Injustice or But only those who testify to the Allah to] bear just and fair witness has come with true guidance or a diately told my friend. However, Moreover, giving false testi- oppression cannot be Islamically truth [can benefit], and they know. with neither favouritism towards new message from Allah since his my friend further observed, “No, mony is as grave and sinful as justified or tolerated irrespective of (Quran 43: 86) relatives nor unfairness towards time. While all previous prophets I’m asking about the biggest sin shirk (associating partners with the victim’s faith, country, or race. Moreover, a Muslim should not enemies. . . . The disbelief of the of Allah (such as Abraham, Moses, a Muslim may commit and is God) itself. Tirmithi and oth- Shariah is based on wisdom and conceal or refrain from giving disbeliever does not prevent him and Jesus) were followed by a sub- still considered a Muslim, not ers reported that the Prophet consideration of people’s interests fair testimony. Allah Almighty from enjoying justice and fairness.” sequent prophet and a new Sacred a disbeliever or a mushrik (one (PBUH) delivered a sermon one both in this world and the world to says, Hide not testimony. He who (Al Qurtbi, Al Jami` li Ahkam Al Law that abrogated that which who associates others in worship day and said, “O people! Giving come. It is all about justice, mercy, hides it, verily his heart is sin- Quran) was before it, the prophethood of with God)”. Then, I searched false testimony is equal to ascrib- and welfare. Therefore, any case ful. Allah is Aware of what ye do. In Islamic law, giving false tes- Muhammad (PBUH) is final and the Quran and the Sunnah to ing partners to Allah.” He then that brings about injustice, cruelty, (Quran 2: 283) timony is punishable in this world complete — no messenger will find an accurate answer to my recited, So avoid the filth of idols evil, and disorder is not of Shari`ah, and in the Hereafter. Repentance come after him. friend’s question. Having studied and avoid false statement. even if some people may interpret it FAIRNESS WITH ALL from a “false testimony” requires The example of Prophet Quranic and Sunnah evidences, (Quran 22:30) to be so; Shari`ah signifies Allah’s A Muslim is Islamically correcting one’s mistake and Muhammad (PBUH) offers solid I came out with the conclusion mercy and justice among His peo- required to bear fair and truth- revealing the truth so that justice guidance for all times and places. that “false testimony” could be FALSE TESTIMONY ple. Shari`ah reflects Allah’s wis- ful testimony towards all people will be fully established. To con- Islam is the only true universal the biggest sin in Islam. Establishment of justice and dom, which does prove, beyond any irrespective of their beliefs, cul- clude, fair and truthful testimony religion — it is open to people of Both Al Bukhari and Muslim prevention of injustice is one shadow of doubt, His existence and tures, or races. The Quran calls is one of the universals of Islam. all cultural backgrounds, man and reported that Ubaydullah ibn of the essential objectives of the truthfulness of His messengers. on Muslims in many verses to deal Muslims are so called on by the woman alike. Islam preaches the Abi Bakr said: I heard Anas ibn Shariah. Islam, therefore, guar- (Ibn Al Qayyim, I’lam Al Muwaqin) justly and fairly with all people, Quran and the Sunnah to be fair oneness of humanity more than Malik saying: The Messenger antees the means that lead to even if they are non-Muslims. For and just with all people irrespec- any other religious tradition. We of Allah (peace and blessings the actualisation of justice and FAIR TESTIMONY instance, the Quran says, tive of their faiths, cultures, or are all sons and daughters of Adam be upon him) talked about the its consolidation. One of the In Islam, fair and truthful tes- O you who believe! Be steadfast races. False testimony has seri- and Eve (peace be upon them), and major sins, or he was asked means of establishing justice is timony has some requirements witnesses for Allah in equity, and ous negative consequences on the most beloved human before about the major sins. Upon this avoiding false testimony. Giving in order to achieve its objec- let not hatred of any people seduce public and private benefits of Allah is the most god-fearing. We he observed: “Associating any- false testimony has serious evils tive, namely the establishment you that you deal not justly. Deal people; it is therefore emphati- are all brothers and sisters from a one with Allah, killing of a per- and consequences for it sup- of justice. Fair testimony should justly, that is nearer to your duty. cally prohibited in the Quran and common ancestor, and we will all son, being undutiful to parents.” ports falsehood against truth be based on definitive knowledge, Observe your duty to Allah. Lo! the Sunnah. www.onislam.net return to our Creator in the end. www.onislam.net FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Sisi in Jordan Al Qaeda blames Israel killed Obama for death of hostages in rescue attempt minister, say SANAA: Al Qaeda has blamed President Barack Obama for the deaths of a US journalist and a South African during a failed hostage rescue attempt, warn- ing “the lives of all Americans Palestinians are in danger”. “Obama made the wrong deci- sion, and signed the death war- Thousands attend funeral rant” of American Luke Somers, who was killed along with South RAMALLAH: The Palestinians one hand. Footage of the incident African teacher Pierre Korkie, Al yesterday accused Israel of “kill- and pictures do not show Abu Ein Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ing” a minister who died a day responding with any violence. (AQAP) official Nasser bin Ali earlier in a confrontation with Minutes later the minister Al Ansi said in a video released troops during a protest march began to look faint and fell to the yesterday. in the West Bank. ground, clasping his chest. He died Somers and Korkie were shot “After hearing the results of the on his way to hospital. Shortly and fatally wounded by their cap- post-mortem, the Palestinian gov- before his death, Abu Ein spoke tors on Saturday when American ernment holds Israel fully respon- to television reporters, sounding commandos stormed an Al Qaeda sible for the killing of Ziad Abu hoarse and short of breath. hideout where they were being Ein,” government spokesman Ihab An Israeli army doctor rushed held in southeastern Yemen, Bseiso told reporters. to treat him before he was taken according to US officials. Abu Ein, 55, died on Wednesday to hospital where he was pro- Jordan’s King Abdullah (left) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi review an honour guard at the airport The raid to free Somers, 33, following a violent confrontation nounced dead. in Amman yesterday. Sisi is on his first visit to Jordan since he became president last June. came two days after the kidnap- with Israeli soldiers near the city Both the Palestinian and the pers issued a video in which they of Ramallah, in an incident that Israeli pathologist reports said threatened to kill him within 72 prompted Palestinian President Abu Ein died of a coronary block- hours unless Washington met Mahmoud Abbas to threaten age caused by haemorrhage. But unspecified demands. measures in response. the Palestinian doctor said the Ansi said that Obama had Israel’s army deployed rein- bleeding resulted from injury and Iran moves to tax organisations ordered the assault “despite our forcements to the West Bank his Israeli counterpart said it was warning that he should not do yesterday, anticipating clashes likely brought on by stress. anything foolish”. with Palestinians after Abu Ein’s Abu Ein had a pre-existing He said the operation had cost funeral. heart condition, Israel’s Health overseen by Supreme Leader the lives of both Somers and Thousands of mourners turned Ministry said, and the blood ves- Korkie, “for whom negotiations out yesterday for a Palestinian sels in his heart were found to be TEHRAN: Iran’s parlia- Among the organisations that after the parliamentary debate were under way to release him.” state funeral for the minister. more than 80 percent blocked by ment has passed a resolution could get taxed is “Setad Ejraiye was made public, that the organi- The failed operation came just To the sounds of drums and plaque. to tax organisations overseen Farmane Hazrate Emam”, or the sation already paid tax. a day before Korkie, 57, was due bagpipes, Abu Ein’s Palestinian A senior Palestinian official, by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Headquarters for Executing the “We don’t have any activities in to be freed under a deal with flag-draped coffin was carried by Hussein Al Sheikh, said earlier Ali Khamenei and the armed Order of the Imam, a body that Setad which we don’t pay taxes the kidnappers, although the US pallbearers in military uniform that Abu Ein, 55, had died from forces, an unusual move by the reports directly to Khamenei for like the private sector,” Seyed ambassador to South Africa has along a red carpet at the presi- “being struck, inhaling tear gas legislature into areas dominated which initially built its financial Mostafa Seyed Hashemi, Setad’s said Washington was unaware of dential compound in the city of and a delay in providing medical by the most powerful figures in empire through systematic prop- deputy for planning and economic his impending release. Ramallah. attention”. the country. erty confiscations. development, was quoted as saying “Obama made a decision that The funeral procession then Sheikh said Israeli forces had Iran’s economy has been Other organisations that could by the Fars News agency. caused things to take a com- streamed through the streets to a prevented Abu Ein from getting severely damaged by plunging oil face taxation are “economic foun- “In terms of taxation, there is pletely different turn to what we cemetery as people fired in the air. to hospital quickly enough to save prices, sanctions imposed over its dations of the armed forces,” no difference between us and a wanted,” Ansi said. Israeli and Palestinian officials his life. nuclear activity and a weak cur- according to the Iranian Students’ private institution.” “He could have avoided the issued conflicting accounts over Palestinian officials in the rency, so parliamentarians may News Agency. The Islamic The parliamentary debate came fate of this hostage which was the results of a joint Palestinian, West Bank have indicated they view the institutions as untapped Revolutionary Guard Corps, the one week after Ali Mottahari, a the inevitable consequence of the Jordanian and Israeli autopsy on may call off security coordination sources of badly needed revenue most powerful military force in conservative but outspoken parlia- military solution,” he added. Abu Ein. with Israel following the inci- for the government. the country, oversees a huge net- mentarian, called Setad an “eco- Ansi said AQAP was seek- He had been among about 100 dent, though that step appeared The parliamentary resolu- work of companies worth billions nomic cartel”. ing the release of detainees held people protesting against a Jewish unlikely. tion was approved last week and of dollars. In a speech at a university in by the United States, including settlement by planting olive trees Abu Ein was a former deputy there are still several steps before Any money collected as tax the city of Mashhad, he also called the blind Egyptian sheikh Omar in a village when Israeli soldiers Palestinian Authority minister. it would become law. But the vote from these organisations would on the Assembly of Experts, a Abdul Rahman. and border policemen fired tear He was serving a life term in itself is remarkable, coming from be given to the Ministry of government body that chooses the Somers was seized in the gas and sound grenades an Israeli jail over a 1979 bomb- a hardline conservative-dominated Education, according to local supreme leader, to fully exercise Yemeni capital in September 2013. A scuffle ensued in which a ing that killed two Israeli youths assembly that rarely does anything media reports on the parliamen- its powers and investigate organi- Korkie was abducted together border policeman pushed Abu when he was released in a prisoner that could be seen as impinging on tary session. sations overseen by Khamenei. with his wife in May 2013, but she Ein and grabbed his neck with exchange in 1985. AGENCIES the powers of the supreme leader. A Setad representative said, REUTERS was released in January. AFP

Survey on roads to be conducted Israel’s Labour in election pact with centrist Livni JERUSALEM: Opposition formerly Israel’s chief peace our country into an isolated Likud was projected to win 21. could expect from such a radical Continued from page 1 Labour party leader Isaac negotiator with the Palestinians, state, closed and alienated from Another poll by news website left-wing government; danger- Next year, the committee will Hertzog and centrist former who was fired from government its own citizens.” Globes put the figure at 24 for ous concessions in Jerusalem and conduct a survey on all roads in justice minister Tzipi Livni last week by Prime Minister “I am here to produce the Labour-HaTnuah and 23 for throughout our homeland,” Likud Doha and out of the city to iden- have announced an alliance to Benjamin Netanyahu, who force-multiplier that will replace Netanyahu’s party. said in a statement. tify the problems and enable fast contest Israel’s snap general accused her of working against the government of Israel,” she Likud said the new alliance, if Netanyahu fired Livni and intervention to solve any engi- election in March. his right-leaning coalition from said. it took power, would make sweep- Finance Minister Yair Lapid, neering and technical defects. “When we receive the man- within. Polls published on Tuesday ing concessions in talks with head of the centrist Yesh Atid “We identify the black spots date... I shall serve as prime min- She began her political career said an alliance between Labour Palestinian leader Mahmoud party, before calling an early where most accidents take place ister for the first two years and in Likud before following the late and Livni’s HaTnuah party could Abbas, who is also known as Abu election, which parliament set before developing solutions. We Tzipi Livni will serve as prime Ariel Sharon when he founded nudge Netanyahu’s Likud from Mazen. for March 17. study the reasons for accidents,” minister for the second half” of the Kadima party, then setting power. “Livni’s alliance with Herzog is Livni said that HaTnuah and said Al Emadi. the four-year term, Hertzog said up her own HaTnuah before the A survey by parliament TV, Abu Mazen’s dream team,” said labour would field a joint list of THE PENINSULA at a televised news conference. last election. published by Maariv news- the party’s central committee, candidates and that she expected “Today the Zionist centre She said that today’s Likud has paper, said that a partner- which met on Wednesday in the unnamed other parties to enter has risen against the parties of been taken over by the far-right. ship could win 23 seats in the West bank settlement of Ariel. the alliance. the extreme right,” said Livni, “The extremists... are turning 120-member Knesset, while “There is no doubt what he AFP Private firms Tunisia campaign to be helped to Youngsters try to rob bank, arrested improve ratings JERUSALEM: Using toy appeared to be a rifle in his hand. guns, a 12-year-old boy and his Police spokesman Micky 13-year-old accomplice tried Rosenfeld said both were carrying Continued from page 1 to rob a bank in Israel but fled fake M-16 assault rifles and that Private companies will be helped without any cash after appar- they shouted “this is a holdup”. to improve their ratings. In 2013- ently losing their nerve. “They were toy guns but they 14, the ministry reviewed 10,541 Security camera footage showed looked real. The people in the labour complaints and resolved 94 the boys, wearing hooded sweat- bank were scared, but then the percent of them (9,929). shirts, entering the bank in suspects ran out without taking Some 376,875 documents, Rishon Lezion, a suburb of Tel any money,” he said, adding that including job contracts and cer- Aviv on Wednesday. One had a police later arrested them. tificates, were endorsed by the schoolbag on his back and what REUTERS ministry in 2013-14. About 47,090 labour inspections were conducted on work sites and of these 12,440 were by occupa- tional safety and health section of the inspection department. Alcohol permit to be abolished Plans are in place to support Continued from page 1 Permits would be abolished. productive Qatari families to do But Alquds said the article has The council’s action remained business from home. been amended in the draft law only a vote, The Times of Oman The ministry also plans to and proposes to reduce the jail quoted tourism ministry official train families in managing term to between 10 days and one Maitha Al Mahrooqi as saying. money, rationalising shopping year and a fine of 200 Omani riy- Oman has historically welcomed and expenses, making savings and als (about $520) or either of the people from all over the world and managing projects. two for anyone found making liq- would continue to do so. Reasons behind deviant behav- uor, bringing it from overseas and “We may be putting more rules iour by affected adolescents will marketing it directly or indirectly. and regulations in terms of serv- be studied to help and integrate Permits to buy and drink ices and qualities, and not to ban them into the social mainstream, Beji Caid Essebsi, leader of Tunisia’s secular Nidaa Tounes party, shakes hands with supporters as he campaigns alcohol are issued to non-Mus- it. That is what I can say at this the ministry added. in Tunis yesterday for the run-off of the first democratic presidential election on December 21. lims, in effect restricting alco- stage.” THE PENINSULA hol to visitors, Reuters said. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE strongest leader in Europe has been awarded another term to head her party. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was recently re-elected chief of the TChristian Democratic Union for the eighth time, with an overwhelming majority of 96.7 percent. The sustained Lessons from Tanzania’s applause that she received at the party meeting underscores her popularity within the CDU at a time when Germany stands above the economic mess Europe finds itself in. Merkel has completed almost a decade as the head of the hidden socialist history largest economy in Europe. As most countries in the European BY SELMA JAMES Union struggle with recession and a slowdown, Merkel has soil; a strategy for a poor but sovereign and childcare counted as part of the vil- deftly led her country away from all economic frailties. The country determined to pull itself out of lage workday. Soon piped water ended popularity of Merkel among Germans can be attributed to her s we celebrate the 53rd anniver- poverty and remain sovereign. fetching and carrying by women and ability to outride the economic recession and push back against sary of Tanzania’s independence Two major problems had to be over- children. Spare cash from sales of sur- anti-austerity demands by south European countries. Athis week and the publication of come for rural communal life to flower. plus crops was divided equally among The 60-year-old leader, who is also known to speak Russian, its hidden socialist history written by The first was the subordination of all, including to elderly and disabled Ralph Ibbott, we can learn from what women: Have we ever heard about wom- people who contributed by scaring wild has come out strongly against Russian President Vladimir the great 1960s anti-colonial movements en’s subordination from a head of state? animals from “sharing” food crops, or Putin’s Ukrainian policy. Lashing out at Putin, she said Moscow accomplished. The central question for Even today his words are startling: “It is working in the new childcare facility. has been interfering in eastern European countries that are every country after independence was: impossible to deny that women did, and Child mortality plummeted. Pupils at trying to get closer to the European Union. In an interview how, without capital or expertise, to lift still do, more than their fair share of the the self-governing Litowa school came with a German newspaper, Merkel said Russia was creating themselves up from the imperial legacy work in the fields and in the homes. By from all the villages, boarding at Litowa problems for Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia. of poverty and underdevelopment? virtue of their sex they suffered from in term time. They were not trained to Julius Kambarage Nyerere, leader inequalities which had nothing to do compete or join the educated elite but She also accused Russia of trying to make countries in the of Tanzania’s independence movement with their contribution to the family to develop their exciting, caring rural western Balkans economically dependent. and its first president, found a way. The welfare.” “The truth is that in the vil- society. Domestic violence virtually dis- The charismatic German leader, though belonging to a first Tanzanian to get a UK degree (a lages the women work very hard. At appeared. Women’s status was rising, Conservative party, is known to PhD from Edinburgh in 1952), he had times they work for 12 or 14 hours a and the disapproval of others was dis- The German work for the welfare of minorities left his village for primary school aged day. They even work on Sundays and cipline enough. in her country. The integration of 12. The village, public holidays … But the men in the Nyerere backed them. When people chancellor’s party and its women villages … are on leave for half their asked what he meant by ujamaa, he Turks in German society, which has remained his life.” The second problem was tackling would send them to Ruvuma. Just as has invested been a sensitive issue in the country, political frame- the poverty. This could be overcome, ujamaa was about to mushroom into a her with its has been handled well by Merkel. work. “My father by updating agricultural methods. And mass movement, the RDA was destroyed The daughter of a Lutheran Nyerere had had 22 wives and if men pulled their weight, this “could by the greedy and ambitious new rul- leadership for pastor raised in former East seen the welfare I knew how hard contribute more towards the develop- ing elite, capitalism by the back door. they had to work ment of the country than anything we They, hated the creativity of the people Germany, Merkel took decisive the eighth time. state created to and what they could get from rich nations”. which had Nyerere’s support. Where steps to get around a court ruling went through as Nyerere assumed that with ujamaa, was the power for them? Thus a great It is an ovation some years ago that was seen to protect people women,” he said. people who had just won independence grassroots development, which might to Angela trample on the rights of the Turkish from capitalism. Nyerere had working communally, without bureau- have changed the history of Tanzania Merkel’s style of minority in the country. By giving Returning, he told seen the welfare cratic interference, would themselves and beyond,tragically ended. Nyerere, her the reins of the Christian state created to develop while resolving both problems. defeated, continued to work for socialist governance. Tanzanians that protect people Some people decided to put ujamaa equity, in general and between the sexes. Democratic Union once again, party from capitalism. into practice in 1960, even before Nyerere By 1985, Tanzania had the highest members have entrusted her with they had to reject Returning, he had invented the name for his bold and primary school enrolment in sub-Saha- more responsibility. Challenged by exploitation of the told Tanzanians imaginative strategy. They succeeded ran Africa – 96pc; and girls made up important issues like nuclear power and creaky infrastructure that they had to brilliantly in Litowa, the first ujamaa 50pc of pupils. Women’s life expectancy in the country, Merkel’s government has acted decisively. many by the few. reject exploita- village they created — organising pro- increased from 41 years in 1960 to 50.7 in Chiding Moscow for interfering in Ukraine, Merkel has let tion of the many duction, distribution, housing, health 1980. Maternal mortality dropped from by the few. He and education. Others came to join and 450 per 100,000 births in 1961 to under her feelings be known by supporting sanctions against Russia. proposed ujamaa: African socialism. In were encouraged to form new villages; 200 in 1973. Ibbott returned to the UK She said she was convinced the common European response the village, all worked and all benefited. limiting village size enabled all to have and applied ujamaa principles as commu- to Russia’s action is correct. The CDU’s Bavarian partners Decisions were made by consensus. He a voice. When there were a few villages, nity development worker in Greenock, triggered an uproar in Germany a few days ago by saying expats had “grown up in tribal socialism”. the Ruvuma Development Association one of Glasgow’s most deprived areas. should speak German at home. Though Merkel’s response to While traditional society was gener- (RDA) was formed with its Social and The tenants’ association and youth club ally presumed to be backward, Nyerere Economic Revolutionary Army to help persuaded the council to build a sports the controversy was not heard of, the row was settled by her saw its social and economic possibilities new villages to establish themselves. By centre which the youth ran. coalition partner Christian Social Union in a way that did for overcoming backwardness. Rural 1969, the RDA had 17 villages. Much was accomplished by young not ruffle many feathers. Merkel’s leadership in Germany people, 96pc of the population, could A couple of times a week the village people previously dismissed as trou- stands unchallenged. Her commitment to good governance, an adapt the communalism they already had communal meals where they made blemakers. Such communal effort can unpretentious demeanour and efficient handling of crises will knew to modern needs and aspirations, decisions. The women were encouraged succeed anywhere if it is able to bypass go a long way in making her one of the most memorable leaders thus bypassing capitalism. It was social- to speak – a slow process – and their or defeat those greedy for power and ism without money, rooted in the native interests were considered. Housework control. THE GUARDIAN of Europe. The other side Quote of China, Greece show that world economy isn’t fixed yet the day

LOBAL markets shuddered notably in the form of risky borrowing government faces the complex chal- soon put the hard-left Syriza party in Tuesday as China and by local governments. Lower-rated lenge of rebalancing its economy power. Greece reminded investors bonds will no longer be accepted as without crashing it. Every reminder of That would destabilize not just Gthat the world economy collateral for short-term loans, accord- the difficulty -- and of how far financial Greece but the wider European Union Our reviews indicate remains fragile. It was a timely ing to the country’s clearing agency for excesses have been allowed to get out as well. Unlike in the U.S., growth in that the detention and warning: Growing optimism about the exchanges. It’s an attempt to make the of hand -- is potentially cause for panic. the euro area has all but come to a U.S. recovery mustn’t be allowed to use of opaque and lightly regulated There’s nothing for it to do but press stop. The risk that the EU might topple interrogation obscure the danger. so-called local-government financing on with reform, step by step. over into deflation and a third recession programme produced In different ways, China and Europe vehicles less attractive, and it makes The worst of Tuesday’s global is real. A panic that starts in Greece pose the biggest risks. In China’s case, sense. selloff can be more precisely timed, and spreads throughout the system is useful intelligence the hazards are mostly unavoidable The move took investors by sur- however, to the abrupt fall in Greek frighteningly plausible. that helped the and just have to be endured. In Europe, prise, though, and aroused fears that stocks. They dropped 13 percent, the At least China’s government is try- there’s no such excuse. Better policy this year’s spectacular rally in Chinese biggest decline in almost 30 years. An ing, albeit hesitantly, to address the United States thwart -- rather, any policy -- would lessen shares was at an end. The Shanghai early presidential election was called. country’s economic problems. That attack plans, capture the peril. stock market index fell more than 5 If parliamentary elections follow, the would be too kind an assessment in terrorists and The Chinese authorities are striv- percent, the biggest drop since 2009. country’s grinding recession, massive Europe’s case. John Brennan ing to contain an explosion of debt, The context is daunting: China’s unemployment and heavy debts might The Washington Post save lives. CIA Director FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 What happens to US national image

are. As long as the crimes done Today, when in our name remain unpunished, they remain our crimes. The lives we speak of we love — as many apologists for torture now openly claim — are purchased at the cost of extreme how we are violence and brutality perpetrated on other people, many of them perceived innocent, none of them deserv- ing of torture. We have come to a critical in the wider moment in the debate about tor- ture. It’s no longer possible, as world, we don’t it was when the images of Abu Ghraib emerged in 2004, to pre- tend that these events were rare, seem to mean exceptional or the work of a few rogue agents. Nor will it be easy to a coherent assimilate them into that beloved average image of our national goodness. We are confronted with set of ideals our own barbarity, as we have been confronted with the barbar- about what US ity of the Islamic State. We tor- ture, they behead. We beat men represents, or senseless, slam their heads into walls, strip them naked and leave them to die, while they march even an image men into a field and put bullets in their heads. We might still cling at all, but rather to the idea that our crimes are not quite so bad as theirs. But to quibble over the degree of cruelty something like we tolerate is to acknowledge that cruelty is now standard practice. a stock ticker Unless we punish the guilty, we can have no more illusions that there is anything fundamental that registers about who we are, how we are governed or what religion we upticks and practice, that distinguishes us from the worst in the world. Georges de La Tour’s 17th-century painting — “The Repentant Magdalen” — includes vanitas imagery, such as the skull and other items that reflect How does the national image downdrafts. death and decay. RIGHT: Barbed wire surrounds detention centres at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. survive this? The usual forces will BY PHILIP KENNICOTT struggle to resist the new infor- mation. Some will wear blinders; of a few exceptional cases. And equally newsworthy as the details simply poll for the favourable and of waterboarding, of Americans others will see things selectively. ur belief in the national now the Senate torture report has themselves, and the appalling pos- unfavourables. In April, a Gallup smashing heads, forcing men to But what do the rest of us do, image is astonishingly made the unimaginable entirely sibility that there will never be poll gave us the latest news from stand on broken limbs, killing by everyone one of us who woke up, Oresilient. Over more too imaginable, documenting any accountability for having bro- the market: up in Asia, recover- hypothermia and “rectal feeding,” yesterday, to a powerful feeling than two centuries, our convic- murder, torture, physical and ken our own laws, international ing (after the spying scandals) in which is rape. of helplessness and shame? If the tion that we are a benign people, sexual abuse, and lies, none of law and the fundamental laws of Europe, flat in South America, At home, our sense of ourself is report leads to no further inves- with only the best of intentions, them isolated crimes, but sys- human decency. falling off peak in Africa. Expect more psychologically constructed, tigation, no indictments or prose- has absorbed the blows of darker tematic policy, endorsed at the The national image is essen- a bear market in coming months. like an amalgam of individual pic- cution, does it then just lay there, truths, and returned unassailable. highest levels, and still defended tially a metaphor, and that meta- The idea of a national image as tures. We bring to it the deep love on the side of history, as some- We have assimilated the facts of by many who approved and com- phor operates differently in the essentially like a marketplace is of the lives we lead, so it becomes thing that can’t be assimilated, slavery and ethnic cleansing of mitted them. United States than outside. Today, an appealing one, especially in a a composite, made of innumerable while the national image slowly Native Americans, and we are Again, it has become a conver- when we speak of how we are country so in love with the mar- images of family and friends, of comes back to its usual, gauzy, still a good people; we became an sation about the national image, perceived in the wider world, we ket, so convinced they always rise, grandfathers who fought in the soft focus on our own unquestion- empire, but an entirely benevolent this phoenix of self-deception that don’t seem to mean a coherent set always recover, always recalibrate. war, Thanksgiving dinners and able goodness? one; we bombed Southeast Asia magically transforms conversa- of ideals about what America rep- America is always right, and the nice people from church who If no one in public life is capable on a scale without precedent, but tions about what we have done resents, or even an image at all, markets are always right, so tend to the soup kitchen. It is a of punishing the guilty, if noth- it had to be done, because we are into debates about what we look but rather something like a stock any deviation from a high-value mostly stable image that com- ing comes of this but more deni- a good people. like. The report, claimed head- ticker that registers upticks and assessment of the American prises sepia-toned data points als and obfuscations, if the CIA Even the atrocities of Abu lines, “painted a picture of an downdrafts in the value of our brand is necessarily tempo- and the sentimental soft colours is indeed more powerful than Ghraib have been neutralised in agency out of control,” and “por- international brand. What people rary. This conviction helps us of Polaroid snapshots of picnics, the president, the Congress and our conscience by the overwhelm- trays a broken CIA devoted to a envision when they think about keep at bay the thought that beaches and candles on the birth- the Constitution, what is left of ing conviction that the national failed approach.” The blow to the America isn’t really knowable, in many parts of the world, the day cake. This is who we are. our beloved and benign national image transcends the particulars US reputation abroad was seen as and in any case, it’s far easier to national image includes scenes But that is not at all who we image? WP-BLOOMBERG West Bank’s deadly cycle of violence Kaleidoscope

trees on soil near the Jewish settlement of Shiloh, in the chest. Bil’in’s collective grief thereafter is Abu Ein spent time land they fear Israel plans to annex. Among the palpable. “With all this despair around, Emad just contingent were activists from an Israeli human keeps going on and on,” says [the documentary’s that is Tumblr rights group that was petitioning the country’s Israeli co-director Guy] Davidi. “It’s a story of decades ago in Israeli BY CAITLIN DEWEY Supreme Court to remove the nearby unauthor- resistance.” and American prisons. ised Israeli outpost of Adei Ad. For quite some time, officials of the Palestinian The Israeli military says it deployed its forces Authority were kept at arms-length from these or the first time in its seven-year history, Tumblr — the to “halt the progress of the rioters” — the term acts of “resistance” — to some villagers, they meme-heavy, technicolour online hangout of the 16-to- But as a minister in it chose to apply to the protesters. represented an institution that operated hand- F24 set — will begin surfacing trending content, sort of This protest march is part of a larger, long- in-glove with the Israeli occupiers. But in recent like Twitter and Facebook do. Abbas’ government in standing struggle. In the wake of the second years, Abbas’ largely toothless government has That means that, to the glee of long-sceptical advertisers, Intifada a decade ago, many Palestinians in the taken a more active role in joining the protests. the site’s getting a little more comprehensible to people older West Bank, a territory under Israeli military Last March, then Palestinian prime minister than, say, 25. It’s also providing an incredible, elusive public recent years he came occupation, have watched as Israel has built a Salam Fayyad had to be evacuated from Bil’in service: Giving jaded, confused adults a glimpse into the puls- “separation barrier” through their lands and after Israeli troops fired tear gas into crowds of ing heart of youth Internet culture, into what the mysteri- to champion popular expanded Jewish settlements, which are deemed protesters. ous Kids think is cool. There’s no need to read Buzzfeed, or illegal under international law. Abu Ein spent time decades ago in Israeli and consult think pieces, or interrogate your little brother/sister/ protests against Israeli In myriad small villages dotting the territory, American prisons for his role in terrorist plots. cousin/nephew/friend: You can just click over to Tumblr’s new Palestinians have protested their dispossession But, as a minister without portfolio in Abbas’ “Explore” tab and mainline all those memes, soft sepia photos with similar “non-violent” marches, which when government, in recent years he came to champion and introspective quotes, yourself! settlements and outposts. intercepted by Israeli forces, sometimes esca- the popular protests against Israeli settlements In all fairness, of course, Tumblr is home to a whole panoply late into skirmishes between stone-throwing and outposts. of posts and people. (Including the Washington Post! Oh hey.) BY ISHAAN THAROOR Palestinians and fully armed Israeli soldiers firing Israeli authorities justify their tough response But the dual curse and intrigue of the blogging platform has tear gas canisters and more lethal ammunition. to these protests on grounds of security. But always been its unusual demographics: Almost half of Tumblr’s t’s a tragic irony: the senior Palestinian minis- Clashes have also broken out between protesters they represent a form of dissent that is a moral users are between 16 and 24, and a roughly equal number are ter who died following an incident with Israeli and settlers. The 2013 Oscar-nominated docu- universe away from the militant activity, terror men and women. Most other mainstream networks favour Isecurity forces was an official associated with mentary “5 Broken Cameras” spotlighted the vil- strikes and rocket attacks that Israel’s govern- one gender or another, and almost all skew considerably older non-violent protests in the West Bank against lage of Bil’in, where weekly non-violent marches ment usually points to when inveighing against than the late teens/early 20s. Israeli land grabs. toward Israeli barriers built through Palestinian Palestinian perfidy. On top of that, Tumblr is both private and community- Ziad Abu Ein, 55, died on Wednesday in circum- farmland started in 2005 and grabbed worldwide The Israelis “don’t want this type of struggle oriented in a way that Twitter or Instagram aren’t — chalk stances that are still murky, as The Washington attention. In the tradition of civil disobedience because if there is a non-violent movement it will that up to the intimacy of the image-heavy, reblog-friendly Post’s William Booth and Ruth Eglash report. elsewhere, the Bil’in protesters don’t seem to weaken the occupation,” Issa Amro, a Palestinian medium, and the fact that, despite the site’s big Yahoo takeo- Attending a demonstration at the West Bank know when to quit — even when, as in the case activist, told Israeli news site +972 magazine on ver in 2013, it still doesn’t look or feel like a cold, corpo- village of Turmus Aya, he got involved in a scuf- with Abu Ein, they face death. Wednesday. “They say the occupation is there for rate enterprise. The site, once described as an “$800m art fle with Israeli border police, inhaled tear gas I wrote about the film’s emotional narrative security, but if the struggle is non-violent then project,” didn’t even allow advertising until May 2012; and if and likely succumbed to a heart attack. Witness last year: “5 Broken Cameras” hammers into the they can no longer justify the occupation.” you search Google for “Tumblr advertising” today, profanity reports suggest he had been jostled and struck viewer an endless, jarring loop of asymmetric Gabi Lasky, a leftist Israeli attorney who is still among the top results. All these factors make Tumblr by armed police. violence. The Palestinians of Bil’in squat on what defends human rights activists and is also Tel something of a cultural petri dish for our Internet-enabled Following international calls for a transparent was once their farmland and approach en masse Aviv city council member, says the protests serve youth, the tireless generator of gems from Feminist Ryan and swift investigation, Israeli authorities say a boundary fence that they believe shouldn’t exist as an illustration of how “the security forces Gosling to TL;DR Wikipedia. (An appropriately trippy essay they are looking into the matter. only to be met by tear gas and gunshots. Many are defend the settlers and land thieves” and ignore in the German magazine Electronic Beats once described it as “What happened today is an intolerable arrested and wounded. The cycle repeats itself Palestinian grievances. “Instead of ending the a space obsessed with “dissolving, re-ingesting and mutating crime in every sense of the word,” said an angry over and over again, captured by [local filmmaker injustice they try and curb and prevent non- our pop culture,” filtering life through “the digital corporeal.”) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who also Emad] Burnat’s five broken cameras. The most violent protests,” Lasky tells +972. “In doing so, Now, at last, even the Olds can see the world through that called his colleague’s death a “barbaric act.” climactic moment of the film is when an unarmed the security forces use violence against anyone kaleidoscopic lens. It’s a fascinating — if occasionally unset- Abu Ein was with a group of non-violent Bassem Abu-Rahmah — a handsome, charismatic who attempts to realise their most legitimate tling — view. marchers waving Palestinian flags and carry man known as “el-Pheel,” or the elephant, for his right — to protest. That’s what happened here. Dewey writes The Post’s The Intersect web channel covering saplings of olive trees in this village not far from broad shoulders and “child’s heart” — dies after And this time, like in previous incidents, it ended digital and Internet culture. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ the city of Ramallah. They planned to plant the a tear gas canister fired at close range hits him with death.” WP-BLOOMBERG news/the-intersect/ WP-BLOOMBERG FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Saudi gives Syria rebels take step towards unity $52m for Syria Move a bid to get Western support refugees BEIRUT/AMMAN: Rebels in “We are moving in steps. The GENEVA: Saudi Arabia con- southern Syria say they have joint defence agreement is part tributed $52m in new funds to taken a step towards unity of the complete plan for uniting help feed Syrian refugees after that may attract more support the southern front,” said Bashar the World Food Programme from their Western and Arab Al Zoubi, head of the Yarmouk launched an urgent appeal last backers, forging a joint defence Army — one of the biggest rebel week, the UN agency said on pact to help shield them from groups in the south. Wednesday. government forces and Islamic The agreement dated December WFP’s Executive Director State. 6 and signed by 17 rebel leaders Ertharin Cousin said the pro- The south is the last major was seen by Reuters. It follows an gramme was “extremely grate- stronghold of the mainstream agreement among the southern ful” for the aid, which brought the opposition to President Bashar groups on a transition plan for total raised to $88.4m. Al Assad following the expan- Syria. The kingdom pledged an sion of Islamic State in the east With the war about to enter its additional $42m for refugees in and north and gains by the Al fourth year, analysts say rivalries Ethiopia and $10m for those in Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front in among a plethora non-jihadist Kenya, the WFP said, amounting the northwest. groups have been one of their to a total of $104m. A short drive from Damascus, major weaknesses. The Turkey- After the WFP appeal, the southern front remains a risk based Syrian political opposition Denmark, a big aid donor, had for Assad as he shores up his has little or no sway over the criticised wealthy Gulf states for control over key areas of central armed groups. failing to honour their promises Syria. Insurgent groups including Rebels in the north last week on humanitarian aid for Syrians. both mainstream rebels and Nusra unveiled a separate initiative The WFP was forced last week have made slow but steady gains grouping mainstream factions to suspend the delivery of food in the south against government with hardline Islamists includ- vouchers for almost 1.7 million forces, analysts who track the con- ing Ahrar Al Sham — a group US Syrians who have fled to Jordan, flict say. Secretary of State John Kerry Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt. As the United States seeks has equated with Islamic State. It launched an unprecedented A man cuts firewood in the besieged town of Arbeen in the eastern Ghouta area of Damascus yesterday. Due to partners on the ground for the That makes partnering with it a campaign on social media to campaign against Islamic State, complicated prospect for Assad’s fuel and electricity shortages, residents of Arbeen are cutting down trees for firewood for cooking, heating and raise $64m to cover the month of the southern rebels are trying to Western opponents. business. December. address longstanding criticisms of The separate initiatives under- The additional funds raised will the so-called moderate opposition score the divergent paths of the resolving the conflict in the south Damascus, said the rebels aimed in the direction of a centralised help cover its needs going into by getting better organised. war. The southern rebels believe is easier than resolving it in the to coalesce into something resem- command,” he said. “There is an January. north, where the jihadists are bling an army. “The main gain of external foreign dimension that is About $1.8m was donated by dominant. this agreement is that it makes allowing them to work this way,” individuals and private sector IS orders Wi-Fi cut during prayers They advocate an approach that unification easier,” he said. he added, pointing to the foreign donors, and the rest by countries. would see the war in the south “If we’re talking about the type backing. These include $10.2m from BEIRUT: Islamic State militants have ordered shopkeepers to resolved first. Their transition of threat, we say naturally it is the Nusra is fighting alongside the Norway, $7.5m from the shut down their wireless Internet during prayer times in the east- plan safeguards state bodies and regime, with Daesh as the second Western-backed groups in the Netherlands, $6.2m from the ern Syrian city of Deir Al Zor, a group monitoring the Syrian guarantees the rights of religious target,” he added, using a deroga- south, though the rebels say they European Union, $5.4m from conflict said yesterday. minorities who worry the alterna- tory Arabic acronym for Islamic do not coordinate with it. The Germany, $2.1m from Switzerland, The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights cited an tive to Assad is Al Qaeda. State. rebels say their concern about $2m from Qatar, $1.1m from Islamic State document obtained by activists that said: “All shopkeep- Rebels in the south have already The south is currently scene Nusra has grown since it routed Ireland and $138,000 from ers must stop broadcasting wireless Internet during prayer times.” received what they describe as of one of the fiercest battles two mainstream opposition groups Belgium. The document was issued by the self-declared authorities of Islamic small amounts of military and between the government and its in the northwest in October. Thanking all the donors, Cousin State in the city that control public behaviour. financial support from Western armed opponents in and around Mohammad Mahameed, the warned that funding would still be Islamic State controls most of Deir Al Zor province as well as and Arab states. It has been chan- the town of Sheikh Maskin. State head of another Southern Front needed next year. Raqqa province to the northwest. In Raqqa it has outlawed music and nelled via Jordan, a US ally that is media reports have said the army group, forecast further advances. “As this increasingly ‘hand-to- images of people being posted in public and runs nearly everything determined to protect its Syrian has been inflicting daily losses on “After we implement this pact mouth’ operation moves into win- from bakeries to schools, courts and mosques. frontier from jihadists. the insurgents there, all of whom there will be even more progress ter, we are counting on our donors The Observatory reported on Sunday that Islamic State in Deir The main Arab backers of the it describes as terrorists. on the ground,” he said. not to lose sight of the needs of Al Zor had already ordered cafe owners to shut down their Internet southern groups are Saudi Arabia Jordanian military analyst “Our backers have a perceptive these vulnerable people,” she said. overnight to prevent details of its military movements being com- and the United Arab Emirates. retired general Mamoun Abu vision and they see who is effective “We are already focused on municated. REUTERS Abu Hamza Al Qabouni, head Nowar said the rebels were gaining on the ground and support them.” January, when the needs will be of a Southern Front group from incrementally. “They are moving REUTERS just as great.” AFP

Sadr readies militia for Samarra fight Saudi Arabia Seven Somali women BAGHDAD: Iraq’s powerful against Islamic State, which con- controlled by the radical mili- Shia cleric Moqtada Al Sadr has trols of much of north and west tants, while there have been heavy links Dane’s put his militia on alert to battle Iraq as well as swathes of Syria. clashes in the village of Mukaishifa killed in barbaric Islamic State militants for the Sadr’s Peace Brigades left the to the north. shooting to IS, city of Samarra, home to a Shia city two months ago, but his lat- A colonel in Samarra mili- mosque whose destruction eight est statement suggested they tary operations command said it arrests three attacks, say elders years ago plunged the country could mobilise to return if Islamic appeared that Islamic State was into sectarian war. State fighters stationed at the planning either a direct attack DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has Sadr’s office said the announce- approaches to the Tigris River on Samarra or a war of attrition arrested three suspects in MOGADISHU: At least seven kilometres north of the capital ment was a response to the city start to encroach on the urban to divert government forces away connection with the shooting women have been killed in “bar- Mogadishu, was recently wrested “exceptional conditions and immi- centre itself. from battles further north for the of a Danish man in Riyadh baric” attacks in Somalia after from the Shebab by government nent danger to the sacred city of Samarra holds potent symbol- city of Tikrit. last month, and investiga- Shebab insurgents beheaded a troops, who fight alongside the Samarra from the legions of ter- ism for Iraqis. In February 2006 Samarra and Tikrit, along with tions show it was carried out soldier’s wife, prompting revenge UN-mandated African Union rorists,” a reference to the Sunni Sunni militants blew up a shrine the town of Baiji, lie in Salahuddin on behalf of Islamic State, an executions of women close to the force. Muslim Islamic State fighters who to the ninth century Imam Askari, province north of Baghdad. interior ministry spokesman Islamists, elders said yesterday. Shebab gunmen still control surround Samarra. triggering revenge attacks by Government forces have suc- said yesterday. The Al Qaeda-affiliated Shebab rural areas around the town and It said Sadr had ordered fight- Shias which tipped Iraq into years ceeded in lifting an Islamic State The spokesman, Major earlier this week snatched two stage regular attacks, but the ers of his Shia ‘Peace Brigades’ to of sectarian violence. siege of Baiji refinery, the coun- General Mansour Turki, said women — a soldier’s wife and a killings earlier this week shocked be “fully prepared to answer the Islamic State controls the east- try’s largest, and secured parts of security forces recovered the chef for the government troops many in their brutality. call of jihad within 48 hours” and ern and western desert approaches the north-south highway running handgun and a vehicle used in — before chopping the heads off “Can you imagine what hap- to await further instructions. The to the city, 125km northwest of along the Tigris River. the November 22 attack, which both, elders in the southwestern pened? It was a completely bar- statement was dated December 10. Baghdad. But their control is tenuous. A the victim survived. Tiyeglow district said. baric act against humans,” said Central Samarra is in the hands The army holds the road from convoy carrying Defence Minister “The confessions and the “It was horrible, Al Shebab Mohamed Malim, another elder. of the Iraqi army and several Shia the south leading to Samarra, but Khaled Al Obeidi came under fire results of the initial investiga- killed two innocent women con- “They were innocent women, militia who have spearheaded the towns of Mu’tasim and Ishaqi when it drove through Baiji on tions showed that they carried nected with the government some of those killed might have the Shia-led government’s battle flanking that road are largely Monday. REUTERS out the crime in support and troops,” said Aliyow Isack, an been married by force to the sympathy with Islamic State,” elder. gunmen.” he said. In revenge, the widowed sol- Mohamed Adale Hassan, a local The attackers had trained dier and his colleagues rounded district official, confirmed the kill- for the assault, he said. “The up women connected to Shebab ings and said they were investigat- training was simple... They fighters. ing the attacks. chose a desert area ... and “For the death of the two Shebab rebels have carried out wanted to make sure that the women, they arrested 10 women repeated attacks in Somalia and person had enough courage to whom they said were wives of neighbouring Kenya as part of use the gun.” Al Shebab militants, killing five their fight to overthrow the coun- The three suspects include before the elders rescued and freed try’s internationally-backed gov- two brothers, who met the the rest,” Isack added. ernment, as well as the AU troops third person over social media, Tiyeglow, in the Somalia’s war- supporting it. the ministry said. torn Bakool region, some 175 AFP A group of supporters of Islamic State have released a video said to show its members carrying out the shooting. The video, filmed from inside a vehicle driving along a street Algerian troops kill militant involved with Riyadh neighbourhood signposts, shows a handgun in Frenchman’s beheading being fired through an open window at a white car travel- ALGIERS: Algerian security forces have killed a second militant ling in the same direction. involved in the kidnapping and beheading of a French tourist in Islamic State last month September, the Algerian justice minister said yesterday. urged supporters in Saudi Militants claiming loyalty to Islamic State militants fighting in Arabia, which is participat- Iraq and Syria killed Herve Gourdel in the mountains east of Algiers, ing in air strikes against the where the Frenchman had been planning a trekking trip before he group in Syria, to attack Shia was kidnapped in September. Muslims, government officials “We have identified and killed the second terrorist involved in the and Westerners. Denmark is killing of French citizen Herve Gourdel, and the investigation is still among the countries contrib- ongoing,” Justice Minister Tayeb Louh told reporters. uting planes as part of coali- He gave no details or timing of the operation. Yazidi children do laundry at the Baharka refugee camp near the capital of the Iraqi-Kurdish region of Erbil, tion action against Islamic The Caliphate Soldiers, an Al Qaeda splinter group which has allied yesterday. The camp houses more than 3,600 people, some of the estimated 1.5 million forced to flee their homes State in Iraq. itself to Islamic State, claimed responsibility for Gourdel’s killing, say- due to an Islamic State offensive. REUTERS ing it was in retaliation for France’s intervention in Iraq. REUTERS FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

No proof so far Ebola vaccine trial suspended that NSA bugged Merkel’s phone, Clinical trial in Geneva interrupted after four patients complained of pain in hands and feet says prosecutor

GENEVA: A clinical trial of up to December 9. “Our team met KARLSRUHE: Germany’s top an Ebola vaccine has been sus- heroic doctors and nurses at their public prosecutor said an inves- pended in all 59 volunteers in wits’ end, exhausted burial teams tigation into suspected tapping Geneva a week early “as a meas- and lab techs, all doing the best of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ure of precaution” after four they could but they simply ran mobile phone by US spies had patients complained of joint pains out of resources and were over- so far failed to find any concrete in hands and feet, the University run with gravely ill people,” said evidence. of Geneva hospital said. Dr Olu Olushayo, a member of the Revelations by former National “They are all fine and being WHO’s Ebola response team. Security Agency employee Edward monitored regularly by the medi- A spokeswoman from the Red Snowden that Washington car- cal team leading the study,” it said Cross in Sierra Leone said: “It just ried out large-scale electronic yesterday. shows you how quickly and how espionage in Germany provoked The human safety trials of the easily the virus can spread.” widespread outrage — particu- vaccine being developed by the The Red Cross said the new larly the allegation that the NSA pharmaceutical firms Merck and hotspot seems to have started had bugged Merkel’s phone. NewLink are scheduled to resume from an “imported case” and con- Harald Range launched an offi- on January 5 in up to 15 volun- tact with a family who “refused to cial investigation in June, believ- teers after checks to ensure that believe their parents had Ebola”, ing there was enough preliminary the joint pain symptoms were setting in train a deadly new evidence to show unknown US “benign and temporary”, the hos- infection chain. intelligence officers had tapped pital added. It reacted rapidly when the the phone, although there was The decision to suspend the problem became apparent, with not enough clarity on the issue trials comes as health officials in two burial teams sent immedi- to bring charges. Sierra Leone discovered scores of ately and the local 150 bed hos- On Wednesday, he said how- bodies in a remote diamond-min- pital evacuated and medically ever, “the document presented in ing area, raising fears of a spike in cleansed. public as proof of an actual tap- the number of unreported deaths. “When we first arrived in ping of the mobile phone is not The World Health Organisation Kono, people in the hospital were an authentic surveillance order by said it uncovered a “grim scene” desperate. The matron and the the NSA. It does not come from in the eastern district of Kono. doctor were left with very few the NSA database. “There is no Sierra Leone has now over- staff,” said Amanda McClelland, proof at the moment which could taken Liberia as the country the charity’s regional technical ‘Doctors Without Borders’ presents a new exhibition in Barcelona to sensitise about the Ebola virus and the lead to charges that Chancellor with the highest number of Ebola adviser for Ebola. situation in Africa, yesterday. A ‘Treatment Centre for Ebola Patients’ has been installed on the street to show Merkel’s phone connection data cases in west Africa, with 7,897 “Within two days of realising people how they work at the centre. was collected or her calls tapped.” cases since the beginning of the there was a problem, we were up Range said neither a reporter outbreak. there at scale and within three deployed an emergency medical to other districts such as Bombali, support countries to introduce for German news magazine Spiegel The WHO said that over 11 days we got a fairly solid plan team from its Ebola treatment Port Loko and Freetown, which the vaccines and to rebuild their who presented the document, nor days “two teams buried 87 bodies, together. This is now the key, to unit in Kenema, made up of four have had 890, 973 and 2365 cases health systems, it added. Germany’s BND foreign intel- including a nurse, an ambulance respond quickly to these spikes. international and six local health respectively. Clinical trials with experi- ligence agency, nor Snowden had driver, and a janitor drafted into She said three to six Ebola workers. Separately Gavi, the global mental shots are now underway provided further details to his removing bodies as they piled up”. suspects a day were being trans- The Sierra Leone authorities vaccines alliance, has commit- as experts race to contain an office. The investigation contin- The response team also found ferred to Kenema until an Ebola said they ordered a two-week ted up to $300m (£192m) to buy epidemic that has killed more ues, however. The spying affair 25 people who had died in the past treatment centre was set up in “lockdown” in Kono until 23 Ebola vaccines and is ready to than 6,000 people in west Africa, severely tested ties between Berlin five days piled up in a cordoned- about three weeks. December, in the hope of contain- begin procurement as soon as the though there is still uncertainty and Washington, but Berlin’s pleas off section of the local hospital. The Red Cross has sent two ing transmission of the virus. WHO recommends one for use, over how well they will work and for a “no-spy” agreement with the The district of more than 350,000 burial teams to the district from Up to now the number of cases the alliance said. Up to an addi- how many doses are needed. US came to nothing. inhabitants had reported 119 cases neighbouring Kailahun and has in Kono has been small compared tional $90m could also be used to THE GUARDIAN REUTERS

76 arrested at London protest Debate rages in US over effectiveness of CIA torture WASHINGTON: Did the use of torture picking apart in painstaking detail several acquired during or after the use of the The CIA acknowledges interrogations help prevent a second 9/11-style attack specific agency claims made through the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques were not always effective, but argues they over police on London’s Heathrow Airport? For years, relating to the discovery of Osama played no role in ‘alert[ing]’ the CIA to generally produced results. Zubaydah’s years, the CIA claimed it did. Bin Laden’s hideout, a planned attack the threat to-‘disrupt[ing]’ the plotting interrogation produced information that killings in US But a scathing US Senate report flatly on US skyscrapers and a suicide attack against-Heathrow Airport and Canary fed into 766 intelligence reports. contradicts the agency’s version of events, against a US base in Djibouti. Torture saved Wharf,” the report concluded. Republicans meanwhile insist that with- LONDON: British authorities emphatically discrediting torture as an lives, argue supporters of the CIA, along The CIA contended that one of the key out using torture, the CIA would never have arrested 76 people at a mass effective weapon in counter-terrorism. with several senior officials from the era planners of the attack, Ramzi Binalshibh, fully understood the significance of the cou- “die-in” in London held in soli- A day after publication of the report, of former president George W Bush who was captured thanks to information rier whose identification ultimately led to darity with demonstrations debate raged about whether information broke cover to defend the programme. gleaned during the interrogation of Abu the discovery of Bin Laden in Pakistan in sweeping the United States gleaned from “enhanced interrogation One of the most regularly cited CIA Zubaydah, who was reportedly water- 2011. The Senate report however says this over recent controversial kill- techniques” had ever foiled an attack or led “success stories” was thwarting a planned boarded. However the Senate report found claim is exaggerated, and that numerous ings of black men by police. to the capture of an Al Qaeda operatives. September 11-style attack on Heathrow Binalshibh was already known to the CIA other sources had already pointed towards Hundreds of demonstrators The sharp divide even appeared to Airport and Canary Wharf in London, a and was in fact captured by chance dur- the courier. blocked the Westfield shopping wrongfoot the White House, with a brainchild of self-proclaimed 9/11 master- ing a raid by Pakistani forces searching for Supporters and critics of the CIA pro- mall in west London by lying spokesman refusing to say whether or not mind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. But the US another individual. gram continue to lock horns over cases that down on the floor, many hold- President Barack Obama believed torture Senate report debunked that claim, accusing Moreover, the CIA was also already are more than 10 years old. But one fact is ing placards echoing the “Black had yielded worthwhile intelligence. the CIA of misrepresenting the truth. aware of Heathrow being a target for Al not in dispute: that under torture, many lives matter” and “Hands up” slo- The Senate Committee report sought to “A review of CIA operational cables Qaeda, and knew the terror network had detainees invented intelligence that sent gans branded on signs at the US demolish the CIA’s stance that torture had and other documents found that con- been unable to find pilots for the plot “and the CIA down several blind alleys. protests. provided useful intelligence, examining and trary to CIA representations, information the planned attack was not imminent.” AFP Rallies have been held across the US in recent months after authorities decided not to press charges in two separate incidents Little progress at climate talks in which white police officers killed black men. Poroshenko urges Russia UK spies to help The decisions have special resonance in the British capi- hunt online child tal, where the police shooting of to withdraw troops 29-year-old black resident Mark abuse: Cameron Duggan was a factor in the out- KIEV: Ukrainian President being largely respected. break of riots in 2011. Petro Poroshenko yesterday But there were still enough LONDON: Britain’s eaves- One protest banner at the mall pleaded with Russia to withdraw minor violations for the Ukrainian dropping agency will join forces read “Solidarity with Ferguson”, its troops from his country and military to delay withdrawal of with organised crime experts to in reference to the Missouri sub- close the border, saying doing so heavy weaponry from the front- apply the same methods used urb which saw riots over the would create peace in the war- line and the creation of a buffer to track down terrorists to shooting of unarmed 18-year-old torn region within weeks. zone. “For the first time in a long tackle online child abuse, Prime Michael Brown by a white officer. Poroshenko, on a visit to time in east Ukraine, the mili- Minister David Cameron said Protesters also chanted “We Australia, spoke as a day-old tary did not suffer any losses (on yesterday. can’t breathe”, in reference to the ceasefire largely held along the Tuesday),” said military spokes- Speaking at a summit in last words gasped repeatedly by bloodied frontline in eastern man Andriy Lysenko, but he London attended by more than 43-year-old Eric Garner, a father Ukraine, but hopes of peace talks added there had been 16 shots 50 countries and 26 technol- of six killed in a police chokehold and pulling back heavy weaponry fired. “Once there has been a day ogy companies, Cameron said in New York in July. still hung in the balance. without a single shot, it will signal Britain would also introduce a British police said that dur- “Please stop the fire. Please we can start the process of with- new law making it illegal for ing the demonstration a group of release the hostages. Please with- drawing heavy weapons,” he said. an adult to send a sexual com- protesters outside the mall tried draw your troops from my terri- The fate of peace talks — munication to a child. to force their way in, “assaulting tory,” Poroshenko said in a joint which the government had ini- “We have created a new joint security staff and causing damage press conference with Australian tially hoped to convene in the team between the National Crime to property”. Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Belarussian capital Minsk on Agency and GCHQ, using all the In response, police cordoned a “Please close the border. And Tuesday — was also uncertain. techniques and expertise we use large crowd of people outside the I promise if you close the border, Poroshenko said Russia must to track down terrorists ... to mall and arrested 76 on suspicion within one, two, three weeks, we abide by a peace plan agreed in track down paedophiles as well,” of public order offences. One man have peace and stability in Ukraine. Minsk on September 5 that was Cameron told the summit. was also arrested on further sus- Very simple.” Residents in the main meant to establish a 30km buffer Britain’s new specialist unit picion of assault. rebel stronghold of Donetsk expe- between the fighters and grant will tackle the worst cases of child Those arrested were taken rienced an unfamiliar silence over- limited self-rule to the separatists. sexual exploitation online, focus- away in red double decker buses. night as both Ukrainian and rebel But hostilities only intensified ing on the so-called “dark web” “We will always work with those forces called off shelling. after the two rebel regions — the of encrypted networks that lets that wish to demonstrate lawfully, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaking at the 20th UN Climate “It was quiet for the first time self-proclaimed People’s Republics people anonymously share images as the majority of protestors did,” Change Conference COP20 in Lima, Peru, yesterday. Negotiators in two months,” said 26-year-old of Lugansk and Donetsk — held of child abuse. said chief superintendent Mark working on a deal to fight climate change have agreed on just a single Oksana Leventova, who lives in their own leadership polls on Cameron said 41 countries had Bird. The arrests were criticised Donetsk. “It was disconcerting, November 2 that were denounced agreed to set up databases of ille- paragraph of text, casting a shadow over the prospects for a strong by protesters as an intimidation but my kids slept peacefully.” by both Kiev and the West. Rebel gal images and a new global fund outcome. At contention in the talks is the old dividing line on how rich tactic aimed to dissuade demon- Interviews with people along the leader Andrei Purgin said that would be set up to help prevent strations. It was the second large and poor countries should share responsibility for climate change. frontline confirmed the ceasefire the two sides were still discuss- child exploitation online. Britain London protest in a fortnight over The talks end today. — the fourth since the separatist ing a date and agenda for talks. will contribute £50m ($78m) to it. the issue. AFP war broke out in April — was AFP REUTERS FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES Fidel Castro Protest site dismantled in Hong Kong wins China’s Mood defiant as people pack up tents and depart; student leader says this is not the end ‘Confucius HONG KONG: Hong Kong leaders of the movement, has said. police arrested pro-democracy “Refusal to pay taxes, delaying Peace Prize’ activists and cleared most of rent payments ... and filibustering the main protest site yesterday, in the Legislative Council, along BEIJING: Fidel Castro has marking an end to more than with other acts of non-coopera- been awarded China’s version of two months of street demonstra- tion, could make governing more the Nobel Peace Prize, reports tions in the Chinese-controlled inconvenient.” said yesterday, with a paper city, but many chanted: “We At the protest site, authorities close to the ruling Communist will be back”. used around 20 large trucks with Party hailing the former Cuban Most activists chose to leave cranes to remove mountains of leader’s “important contribu- the Admiralty site, next to the rubbish. By late evening, traffic tions” to world peace. Central business area, peacefully, had resumed along two lanes of Castro bested more than 20 despite their demands for a free the previously blocked highway. nominees including South Korean vote not being met. But the over- Hundreds of police swept President Park Geun-Hye, UN all mood remained defiant. Hong through other parts of Admiralty, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Kong Federation of Students checking tents before dragging and the Shanghai Cooperation leader Alex Chow said: “You them away along with metal bar- Organisation, a regional group might have the clearance today riers, plastic sheets and umbrel- led by Moscow and Beijing, to but people will come back on to las, which activists had used win this year’s “Confucius Peace the streets another day.” during clashes to guard against Prize”, the Global Times reported. Groups of up to four police pepper spray and baton blows. The Cuban revolutionary icon arrested holdout protesters one A decapitated cardboard was selected by nine judges out of by one, hours after workers used cutout of Chinese President Xi a group of 16 experts and scholars, wire cutters to remove barricades Jinping stood in front of a police the paper said. and dismantle bamboo scaffolding. line. “The movement has been The shadowy Confucius prize Martin Lee, one of the founders surreal. No one knew it could emerged in 2010, when it was sud- of the main opposition Democratic last more than two months ... in denly announced by the panel two Party, student leader Nathan Law, a place where time and money days before jailed Chinese dissi- media mogul Jimmy Lai and legis- are most important,” said pro- dent Liu Xiaobo was awarded the lators were among those arrested. tester Javis Luk, 27. Nobel to Beijing’s anger, sparking Lai said 75 days of protests would There was little resistance as Members of the media and onlookers watch workers (centre) dismantling barricades built by pro-democracy speculation it was set up with the never have been enough to see the protesters packed up pillows, demonstrators at the main protest site in the Admiralty district in Hong Kong yesterday. government’s guidance. demands met. blankets and other belongings A Cuban exchange student “We are not so naive,” he told from inside tents pitched on some two systems” formula that gives farewell to the site where thou- police. A handful of protesters received this year’s award on CNN before he was arrested. “We of the world’s most expensive real the city more autonomy and free- sands had gathered in recent remained in the shopping district Castro’s behalf at a ceremony on know there will be many battles estate and left the site. Protesters dom than the mainland and a goal weeks and many have called of Causeway Bay. The protests Tuesday. “While in office, Castro before we win the war.” mocked police warnings, shouting of universal suffrage. home during the occupation. “The drew well over 100,000 at their didn’t resort to violence or force The mainly peaceful protests their own aimed at Hong Kong’s The protesters are demanding movement has been an awakening peak as students vented their to settle disputes in international have represented one of the most embattled leader, Leung Chun- open nominations in the city’s process for Hong Kong. People anger at Beijing’s refusal to budge relations, especially with the serious challenges to China’s ying. “This is the last warning for next election for chief executive in who weren’t interested in politics on electoral reforms. United States,” the Global Times authority since the 1989 pro- CY Leung! Show your face, CY 2017. Beijing has said it will allow before are now and aren’t afraid A large yellow banner bearing wrote. “After his retirement, he democracy demonstrations and Leung,” they shouted. a 2017 vote but only between pre- to get arrested, especially the an umbrella and the words “We’ll has been actively meeting with bloody crackdown in and around All of the hundreds of tents screened candidates. young people,” said Labour Party be back” was draped in the cen- leaders and groups from all over Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. that had dotted the eight-lane Despite the clearance, the lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan. tre of the highway where protest- the world and has made impor- Going forward, protest lead- highway that connects some of Occupy movement has been a The clearance at Admiralty ers had camped out, with similar tant contributions to emphasis- ers have said they will consider the former British colony’s most social watershed, with people came more than two weeks after messages scrawled on roads and ing the need to eliminate nuclear other forms of civil disobedience, important financial and commer- pushing back against increas- authorities removed barricades posted on tents. war,” it added. given Beijing’s continued refusal cial districts had been removed by ing control and standing up to from a protest site in the work- Next to the People’s Liberation Since leaving office in 2006 dur- to grant any concessions. the evening and just a few dozen Beijing to preserve democracy ing-class district of Mong Kok, Army base, a huge orange banner ing a nearly fatal health crisis, “Blocking government may be protesters remained. and freedoms largely denied on across the harbour, sparking erected across barricades read: Castro, 88, has spent his free time even more powerful than block- Hong Kong returned to Chinese the mainland. several nights of running bat- “It’s just the beginning.” writing books and articles for the ing roads,” Benny Tai, one of the rule in 1997 under a “one country, For many, it was a tearful tles between demonstrators and REUTERS official press in Cuba, which now is led by his younger brother Raul. In 2010, the first Confucius Peace Prize winner was awarded to Taiwan’s Lien Chan at a cha- otic press conference, although the Thailand denies former vice president’s office denied Xinjiang capital bans Islamic veils in public all knowledge of it. Organisers of hosting any the prize denied links to the gov- BEIJING: The capital of China’s heavy-handed enforcement of the Xinjiang parliament’s Standing violence,” said Leibold. “It’s a very ernment, but the award’s executive secret CIA far western Xinjiang has banned rules would further stigmatise the Committee before it is formally crude and counterproductive way chairman Liu Haofeng said later the wearing of Islamic veils in region’s minority Uighurs. announced, the website Tianshan. of trying to deal with the problem that it had been set up by an asso- prisoner centre public, the regional government Uighurs have traditionally fol- net, reported. Xinjiang, home to of terrorism.” ciation overseen by China’s culture said yesterday, in a move experts lowed a moderate form of Islam, the Uighur people who speak a Exiles and many rights groups ministry. worry could spark more unrest but many have begun adopting Turkic language, has been beset say the real cause of the unrest The following year the ministry BANGKOK: Thailand has in the troubled region. practices more commonly seen in for years by violence. is China’s heavy-handed policies, ordered organisers to scrap it, but never allowed the United States The restriction comes as China Saudi Arabia or Pakistan, such as James Leibold, an expert including curbs on Islam and the academics pressed ahead with to detain or torture terrorism is stepping up curbs on religious full-face veils for women, as China on China’s ethnic policy from the culture and language of the their plans and gave it to Russian suspects on its soil, a senior Thai clothing amid increasing nervous- has intensified a security crack- Melbourne’s La Trobe University, Uighurs. Last month, Xinjiang President Vladimir Putin. Former official said yesterday, contra- ness about Islamist extremism. down in recent years. said the ban on the veils would said it has banned the practice of UN Secretary General Kofi dicting reports that the Central Beijing blames Islamist separa- The veil ban was “considered make them “more popular as a religion in government buildings Annan and Chinese agricultural Intelligence Agency (CIA) ran a tists for several deadly bomb and and approved” by the Urumqi symbol of resistance and asser- and people will be prohibited from scientist Yuan Longping shared secret prison in the country. knife attacks that have killed parliament’s Standing Committee tion of ethno-national identity”. wearing or forcing others to wear the award in 2012, and Yi Cheng, A US Senate report released hundreds of people over the past on Wednesday, the official news “The Party has drawn a one-to- clothes or logos associated with a Zen master who is the honorary on Tuesday revealed torture by two years or so. website of the Xinjiang govern- one link between these styles of religious extremism, in a package head of the Buddhist Association the CIA at sites around the world Many Xinjiang experts say ment said. It is scheduled to come head, face and body covering and of regulations aimed at combating of China, was awarded it last year. and could have legal consequences the outlawing of veils and the into force after review by the religious extremist thought and separatism. REUTERS AFP for governments and officials involved. “We have never allowed the US to use our space for deten- tion or torture and there have Manila fire never been any requests to do so,” Paradorn Pattanathabutr, a Mauritius voters hand former National Security Council chief who advises Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, said. The redacted US Senate report victory to opposition did not identify the countries where CIA agents carried out torture, PORT LOUIS: Mauritius vot- has previously been both presi- which included sleep deprivation, ers rejected plans to grant more dent and premier, said after his mock executions and simulated powers to the president by constituency win. drowning or “water boarding”. handing an election victory to a The MSM-PMSD said the The Thai government has coalition that opposed changing changes would have unsettled the repeatedly denied that the CIA the constitution, electoral offi- Indian Ocean island nation, one of operated a secret prison in cials said yesterday. Africa’s most stable democracies Thailand, despite numerous inter- The coalition of the Militant since gaining independence from national media reports over the Socialist Movement (MSM) Britain in 1968. Labour’s coalition past decade in which US intel- and the Parti Mauricien Social had maintained that the change ligence officials have identified the Democrate (PMSD) had secured would make the nation of 1.3 country as the host of a so-called 47 of the 62 contested seats by 6.13 million people more democratic black site. “We confirm that there p.m. (1413 GMT), while the rul- because power would not be con- are no secret prisons,” Suwaphan ing Labour Party and an ally that centrated in one person. Tanyuvardhanam, a minister in Firemen use water to douse a blaze that engulfed shanty homes in Manila yesterday. The fire was caused by backed the change had just 13. Mauritius has expanded its off- the Prime Minister’s Office, said. faulty electrical wiring that razed more than 200 houses made from light materials, leaving 500 families homeless. With just a dozen constituen- shore financial centre, spurring “There have never been cases cies still to declare on the Indian construction of tower blocks in of bringing in these sort of pris- Ocean island, the MSM-PMSD Port Louis, in recent years. But oners. This is something that has lead was unassailable. workers in the tourism, sugar been talked about for many years Labour, led by Prime Minister and textile industries, the other and we have never conducted any Navinchandra Ramgoolam, and economic mainstays, say they illegal activities with the US,” Sayyaf militants free Chinese-Malaysian captive its ally the Mauritian Militant have been left behind. “We will said Suwaphan, a former chief of Movement (MMM) had called for realise a second economic miracle Thailand’s National Intelligence MANILA: Al Qaeda-linked Tuesday but no ransom had been played no part in the negotiations. power to be apportioned between where citizens will reap the fruits Agency. The US Senate report militants in the south- paid, the spokeswoman said. In May, Chinese consular offi- the president, now a largely cer- of developments and prosperity,” details the role of Thai authori- ern Philippines have freed a He had been kidnapped at cials in Malaysia identified the emonial post, and the premier, said Jugnauth, seeking to address ties in capturing Indonesian mili- Malaysian-Chinese man they gunpoint, along with a Filipino man as a trader from the south- who currently holds sway. economic concerns among voters. tant leader Hambali in Ayutthaya, had kidnapped seven months worker, in the Malaysian state of ern Chinese province of Guizhou. “Today the population has The electoral commission is Thailand, in 2003. ago, a military spokeswoman Sabah on Borneo island in May Malaysian newspaper The Star rejected the plan of our opponents expected to announce the final Hambali was the head of Jemaah said yesterday, after negotia- and taken to Jolo. identified him as the manager of to amend the constitution,” said official result soon. In addition to Islamiah militant group and is tions with community leaders. “We were informed the kidnap a Sabah fish farm. MSM-PMSD leader Anerood 62 contested seats, the commis- suspected of involvement in the Abu Sayyaf militants released victim was freed and took a speed The Philippine military also Jugnauth, now expected to sion will allocate eight more to September 11, 2001, attacks on the the man, a trader working for a boat to Sabah,” spokeswoman said a teenage Filipino student become the next prime minister. ensure adequate representation. In United States and the bombing of a Malaysian fishing company, near Captain Maria Rowena Muyuela taken by Abu Sayyaf had escaped “Had this materialised, it would Wednesday’s vote, 74 percent of the nightclub in Bali the following year. the town of Indanan on the south- said in a text message to report- and was found on Tuesday. have been a catastrophe for the eligible 936,975 voters cast ballots. REUTERS ern Philippine island of Jolo on ers. She said the military had REUTERS country,” the 84-year-old, who REUTERS FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Afghan National Army soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack and (RIGHT) Afghan policemen stand guard in front of a high school, another site of a suicide attack, in Kabul, yesterday. German among 9 killed in Kabul attacks Teen bomber targets French Cultural Centre auditorium; suicide bomber on foot kills six Afghan soldiers

KABUL: A teenaged bomber the suspected theatre bomber following the blast, one person He said the bomber detonated on their way to work. showed “that the international yesterday targeted a Kabul appeared to have been about 17 could be heard saying “It’s all part the explosives at the top of the Five Afghan school children community must not waver in its auditorium packed with people years old and detonated his explo- of the show” in a video posted on auditorium stairs, which may were also reported killed in a for- support for a stable, secure, and watching a drama condemn- sives at the venue during an early YouTube purporting to be of the have prevented more casualties. eign forces air strike in northern prosperous Afghanistan”. He said ing suicide attacks and being evening performance. attack. The body of the bomber was Parwan province, Afghan officials Afghanistan’s newly-elected gov- staged at a French Cultural “I heard a deafening explosion Early police reports said the shredded, but police were able to said. The International Security ernment and its security forces Centre, killing a German man ... There were Afghans, foreign- bomber attacked the French- identify him as a teenager because Assistance Force confirmed an air were ready to take charge of secu- and wounding 16 people, offi- ers, young girls and young boys run Lycée Esteqlal, one of Kabul’s his head was found intact. strike in the area, but said five rity. Hagel insisted Afghanistan cials and a witness said. watching the show,” Sher Ahmad, oldest and most highly respected Taliban militants have stepped insurgents were killed. Civilian would not go the way of Iraq, The suicide blast was the second an Afghan rights activist who was high schools, but Ahmad said the up a campaign of violence this casualties caused by air strikes where another US-trained army to strike the Afghan capital in a at the performance, said. performance was at the French year to take advantage of uncer- have been one of the most conten- virtually collapsed in the face of day, after six Afghan soldiers per- He said the blast came dur- Cultural Centre located in the tainty and weakness besetting tious issues of the war, although an onslaught by IS jihadists after ished when their bus was hit on the ing a performance of a new play same compound. Afghanistan’s security forces as there are often conflicting claims. American troops left the country outskirts of the city as they rode called “Heartbeat: Silence After Salangi said the person con- they prepare to take over the war Kabul has been hit by a spate in 2011. into work. The two suicide bomb- the Explosion”, a condemnation firmed killed was a German man, on the insurgency, now in its 13th of deadly attacks in recent But a day later, Afghanistan’s ings claimed nine lives, including of suicide attacks. “Pieces of flesh but he could not immediately year. weeks, heightening concerns chief executive Abdullah Abdullah those of the two attackers. were plastered on the wall. There confirm his identity. The French Earlier, a suicide bomber tar- that Afghanistan could tip into told Britain’s Sunday Times news- The violence, part of a nation- were children and women crying government said in a statement geted a bus carrying Afghan army a spiral of violence as the US-led paper that Western forces were wide campaign by Taliban insur- for help. Some were running out, that “several” people were killed personnel, the Defence Ministry military presence declines. Nato’s leaving prematurely. “It is too gents to strike at military and some were just screaming.” in the attack and “many” more said, ending a near two-week lull force in Afghanistan will change abrupt,” Abdullah told the broad- civilian targets, came less than Taliban spokesman Zabihullah injured, but none of the fatalities in attacks in the capital. As well on December 31 from a combat sheet of pull-out plans. “Two years three weeks before the year-end Mujahid said the bomber tar- were French nationals. as the six soldiers killed, 11 were mission to a support role, with ago we had 150,000 international deadline for most foreign combat geted the event because it was The venue was heavily guarded wounded. Dawlat Waziri, dep- troop numbers cut to about 12,500 troops and lots of jets and helicop- soldiers to withdraw from the staged “to insult Islamic values during the event, said Kabul police uty spokesman for the Afghan -- down from a peak of 130,000 ters. Within two months there will country. and spread propaganda about our chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi, who Defence Ministry, said a bomber in 2010. be just 12,000. We need air support General Ayoub Salangi, head of jihad operations, especially on sui- added that the bomber may have on foot targeted the bus in the US Defence Secretary Chuck for the medical evacuation of casu- the Interior Ministry while the cide attacks”. hidden explosives in his under- Tarakhil area of eastern Kabul Hagel said on a visit to Kabul at alties, intelligence and fast jets.” cabinet is being finalised, said Amid confusion immediately wear to pass through security. when the army personnel were the weekend that the upsurge AGENCIES

Teaching shooting skills Pakistan govt to resume US shuts talks with opposition Bagram ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Khan claims that the 2013 gen- government announced that it eral election which swept Sharif would resume talks with the to power was heavily rigged. The prison party of opposition politician former cricketer-turned-politi- Imran Khan in a bid to stem cian had warned that his support- KABUL: The United States his efforts to topple the admin- ers would paralyse major cities said yesterday that it had shut istration of Prime Minister starting with Lahore, Sharif’s its last detention facility in Nawaz Sharif. power base, on December 18 if Afghanistan and no longer had The announcement came two their demands are not met. custody of detainees there, clos- days after club-wielding anti-gov- Khan has backtracked from ing a much-criticised chapter ernment protesters clashed with a previous demand for Sharif’s in Washington’s fight against riot police, leaving an opposition resignation but is calling for the extremism. party worker dead in the central formation of a judicial commission The US Defence Department city of Faisalabad. “Today, our to probe the allegations of vote said it had recently transferred leadership has decided to begin rigging. Dar said the government the last detainees from Bagram unconditional and meaningful is ready to form the commission Airfield north of the capital, dialogues,” cabinet minister Ishaq and added that he along with Kabul. It closed the prison there Dar told reporters. another minister would meet the on December 10, a day after a The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf PTI leadership soon. He appealed Senate report detailed abuse at a (PTI) party led by Imran Khan to Khan’s PTI to call off their secret CIA prison in Afghanistan. has been holding demonstrations protests. The US embassy in Kabul said around the country since mid- Shireen Mazari, spokeswoman the closure decision was linked to August to force Sharif to step for PTI, welcomed the announce- a deadline to end the detention down. But his campaign has lost ment and said that his party was programme in Afghanistan this momentum after so far failing in willing to hold talks with govern- A young Pakistani woman demonstrates her shooting skills during the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa All year, not to the Senate report. its aims. ment. AFP Pakistan Shooting Challenge in Peshawar. “The Government of Afghanistan will be responsible for all deten- tion facilities,” from January 1, an embassy spokesman said. Foreign prisoners at the vari- ous sites in Bagram, often com- Lawyer fears abuse of US detainees transferred to Afghan custody pared to Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay jail, were given no trials, facing KABUL: The final few inmates of U.S.- According to the Senate report, two him of being a former bodyguard to Osama countries fairly soon. “We stand ready to only review boards staffed by US run prisons near Kabul, scenes of abuse Tunisian inmates transferred to Afghan Bin Laden. Like other suspects picked up help the Afghans repatriate or resettle our military officers. At its peak, the highlighted by a US Senate report this custody this week suffered harsh treatment on battlefields around the world in the clients,” Foster said. Bagram prison held hundreds of week, are now in an Afghan detention while in a CIA prison in Afghanistan 12 US “war on terror”, Al Najar was never “We are hopeful that the Afghans will detainees. A US court found two system with its own grisly record of tor- years ago and have been held in differ- charged. The office of Afghan President act more responsibly than the Americans adult detainees had been beaten ture, their lawyer said yesterday. ent US facilities ever since. They are now Ashraf Ghani said fears about the treat- and allow us to assist our clients so they to death at Bagram in 2002. The But the government in Kabul vowed they believed to be at a large detention cen- ment of the detainees were unfounded. can finally get home to their families or to US government said such cases of would be safe and not mistreated. tre that was formerly part of the US-run Spokesman Nazifullah Salarzai said they safe third countries.” abuse were rare. Afghan security forces, including the Bagram facility. would not face torture and that the govern- Adding to her concerns, Foster said she Pakistani citizen Kamil Shah, army that runs the detention facility where A lawyer representing the two, Redah Al ment was committed to weeding out any had no idea of the whereabouts of four released without trial after the foreign inmates are believed to be held, Najar and Lufti al Gharisi, said they had cases of abuse of prisoners. “We hear about other clients she believed were being held five years in US custody in regularly engage in torture of conflict- wanted to return to their home country these things, and we do seek assessment at Bagram. “The (US) government’s law- Afghanistan from 2004, when related detainees, several reports by the rather than be transferred to an Afghan from our independent human rights com- yers claim to have no information at this he was 16, said he was beaten by United Nations and rights groups say. prison. “We are extremely concerned about mission, and we are strongly committed to point. This is the second time the US gov- US personnel during his stay in The International Criminal Court (ICC) our clients who have been handed over to eliminating any abuse or mistreatment in ernment has ‘disappeared’ our clients.” Bagram. “I was in isolation for said on December 2 that common Afghan the Afghan authorities,” said Tina Foster, a case it exists,” Salarzai said. The U.S. military said it had just three 11 months. I wish I could fight a interrogation techniques included beatings, New York-based lawyer. “They face a very A senior government official, who detainees in custody in Afghanistan on legal case on behalf of all innocent suspension by the wrists or ankles, electric real risk of being tortured — again.” declined to be identified because of the December 9. Two were sent to Afghan cus- Pakistanis who were in prison and shocks, twisting and wrenching of the geni- Al Najar was picked up in Pakistan in sensitivity of the matter, said he expected tody “for potential prosecution”. tortured,” Shah said. tals and burning with cigarettes. May, 2002 and the US government suspects the inmates to be transferred to their home REUTERS REUTERS FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Four more states ban 20 pacts signed with Russia Uber; rape accused cab Modi, Putin hold talks; Moscow to build 12 nuclear power units driver in 14-day custody NEW DELHI: Nuclear energy inked was a formal contract cooperation between India and between the Nuclear Power Russia got a major boost with both Corporation of India Limited NEW DELHI: Radio taxi have not registered with us,” sides yesterday inking a vision (NPCIL) and Atomstroyexport, company Uber’s woes mounted Karnataka transport commis- document for the construction of Russia’s nuclear power equipment as four states — Karnataka, sioner Rame Gowda said. 12 Russia-built nuclear units in and service export monopoly, for Maharashtra, Telangana and A Maharashtra government India over the next two decades units 3 and 4 at Kudankulam. Andhra Pradesh — banned official said: “We will follow the as Prime Minister Narendra The agreement marks the the US-based company while a central government advisory Modi and visiting Russian “commencing of the implementa- court in the capital yesterday (banning all web-based taxi serv- President Vladimir Putin held tion” of the two units “with supply sent the cab driver, accused of ices)... a formal order will be given summit talks here. of some major equipment” by the raping a 25-year-old woman, to later as the assembly is in session The two sides inked 20 agree- Russian company. 14 days’ judicial custody. right now.” Tamil Nadu said it ments, including in the sphere of In the field of hydrocarbons too, While the Karnataka govern- was not proposing a ban on taxis defence cooperation, oil and gas both sides inked agreements for ment banned Uber and three as the operators have decided to and in trade, after the holding India to scout for oil and gas in other cab operators from plying share the driver data on a com- of the 15th India-Russia annual the resource rich Arctic Shelf. taxis in state capital Bengaluru mon website. summit. Modi, reading out a Modi said India, despite being from today , Maharashtra said it The development comes in statement after the talks, termed one of the world’s largest import- will follow the advisory given by the wake of the home ministry India’s strategic partnership with ers of hydrocarbons, has not Home Minister Rajnath Singh. on Tuesday asking state govern- Russia “incomparable in content”. cooperated enough in this sec- Tamil Nadu, however, refused ments and union territories to While Modi said that both tor. “Today, we have made a new to ban the cab company but ban all web-based taxi services if sides outlined an “ambitious start with a few important agree- said it would take “necessary they have not registered with the vision for nuclear energy of at ments. But we will set an ambi- precautions”. The transport state transport department. least 10 more reactors”, Putin, tious agenda for partnership in oil departments of both Telangana Meanwhile in Delhi, in his address, said Russia would and gas,” Modi said. and Andhra Pradesh have also Metropolitan Magistrate set up “20 nuclear units” in India Putin said Russian energy banned Uber, and made it clear Ravindra Kumar Pandey sent and also cooperate in uranium behemoths Rosneft and Gazprom that the taxi company has no Shiv Kumar Yadav, the 32-year- mining. The 12 reactors includes would join up with Indian compa- permission to operate. They also old driver accused of rape, to the 1,000-megawatt Russia-built nies to scout for oil and gas in the advised people to refrain from judicial custody till December 24 reactor that has begun opera- Arctic Shelf. India’s Essar Group hiring app-based cab services. after police told the court he was tions at the Kudankulam nuclear inked an agreement with Rosneft Transport authorities in not required for further custodial power station in Tamil Nadu and for long-term supply of crude oil. Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy interrogation in the December 5 the second unit that is set to come This envisages a 10-year supply districts continued their crack- rape case. Yadav was among the onstream in 2015. and purchase by India of crude oil down on unauthorised cab oper- drivers attached to Uber and fer- India inked agreements for and feed stocks/products. ators for the second consecutive ried passengers who availed the units 3 and 4 at Kudankulam. Defence was another area that day yesterday, a Telangana company’s services. Besides these, two more would saw both sides enhancing cooper- Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) shakes hands with Russian President government official said in He was arrested on Sunday from come up at Kudankulam. Land ation. Modi said Russia has been Vladimir Putin during the inauguration of the World Diamond Conference Hyderabad. Mathura in Uttar Pradesh and was has to be earmarked for the “India’s foremost defence partner in New Delhi yesterday. Special teams of the Road sent by a court to three days’ police remaining new six reactors to be through decades” and termed the Transport Authority of Telangana custody on Monday. After expiry built by Russia, said sources. refitted Russian aircraft carrier priorities including Make in India”. had “responded very positively” checked cabs in and around of his police custody, Yadav was India agreed to “expeditiously INS Vikramaditya as a “great Modi said Russia has offered to the request. A Druzhba-Dosti Hyderabad and seized vehicles presented yesterday in a crowded identify a second site, in addition symbol” of bilateral defence coop- to fully manufacture in India one joint vision statement was issued operated in violation of norms. courtroom amidst tight security. to Kudankulam, for the construc- eration. “Even as India’s options of its most advanced helicopters, that saw both leaders agreeing The Telangana official said Police also detained a tout who tion of the 12 Russia-designed have increased today, Russia with the possibility of exports from on a vision for strengthening the Uber was not a travel company allegedly arranged the fake char- nuclear power units in India”, the will remain our most important India. The helicopter can be used India-Russia partnership over the and it has no licence to operate. acter certificate for the driver vision document said. It was inked defence partner,” he said. for both military and civilian use. next decade and to take ties “to a “We have banned Uber, and also helped him get a tourist by India’s Department of Atomic He said the two sides discussed Modi also proposed that Russia qualitatively new level”. TaxiForSure, Cars on Rent and permit from the Burari transport Energy and Russia’s state nuclear a broad range of new defence should locate its defence spares and Both leaders jointly inaugurated Zoomcar from operating their office. Uber was yesterday asked power corporation Rosatom. projects and how to “align our components manufacturing facili- the World Diamond Conference. taxis in the city under the statu- to submit the details of all its Among the 20 agreements defence relations to India’s own ties in India and added that Putin IANS tory city taxi scheme, as they drivers to police. IANS

Crimean leader Anti-conversion issue rocks LS, govt proposes law slips into New NEW DELHI: The issue of against the government. Naidu of about 300 Muslims in Agra matter should be taken “seri- us this. “I cannot impose my views alleged forced conversions in strongly defended the RSS and had found its echo in parliament ously”. “Otherwise, there might on other people. Let us give up Delhi during Agra rocked the Lok Sabha said it was wrong to blame the on Wednesday as well. Nearly be riots”. However, when the dis- this divisive attitude for political yesterday, even as the govern- organisation for such incidents. 300 members of some 60 Muslim cussion began in the afternoon, a gains,” he said. BJP member from Putin’s visit ment proposed an anti-conver- At this point, the opposi- families living in a settlement on mellowed down Mulayam Singh Rajasthan Sumedhanand Sarawati sion law at both the central and tion walked out, protesting the Agra’s outskirts were reported said there was no need to discuss said incidents of conversion were NEW DELHI: The leader of state levels. minister’s defence of the RSS to have embraced Hinduism the matter. “I don’t understand rampant during the middle ages Crimea, the former Ukrainian The opposition attacked the and Naidu had to conclude his Monday. why and for what is the debate specially during Mughal emperor territory annexed by Russia, vis- government over the conversion remarks without their presence. The debate on the issue took taking place,” he said, wondering Aurangzeb’s rule. ited India yesterday as a member issue, saying it was “polarising” Earlier, opening the debate place under rule 193, which does if “newspaper reports would now “Gandhiji also said Hindus were of President Vladimir Putin’s the country. The government on from the opposition benches in not entail voting, after almost all run the parliament”. being converted to Christianity by summit delegation, in a move its part hit back by saying that the the Lok Sabha, Congress leader opposition parties staged vocifer- Uttar Pradesh has a Samajawadi being offered incentives,” he said. likely to provoke the West. matter was blown out of propor- Jyotiraditya Scindia said the ous protests as soon as the house Party government with Mulayam Another BJP member Rajendra India does not back Western tion and was “false propaganda”. government was trying to polar- assembled in the morning. Singh’s son Akhilesh Yadav as the Agrawal said the issue of forced sanctions against Russia, but the “Let there be anti-conversion ise the country and demanded a Members of the Congress, chief minister. CPI-M member M conversion over the ages needs to unofficial trip by Sergey Aksyonov law in all states and at the Centre. response from Prime Minister Trinamool Congress, Rashtriya Salim said that on the one hand, be addressed. He gave examples could spoil the mood before Prime We are all one,” Parliamentary Narendra Modi in the matter. Janata Dal and Communist Party the prime minister talks about of the Kashi Vishwanath temple, Minister Narendra Modi hosts Affairs Minister M Venkaiah “This is against the of India-Marxist gathered near the development but incidents like and said it was “painful to see a US President Barack Obama for Naidu said replying to a discus- Constitution. It (government) speaker’s podium, and raised slo- these across the country show mosque built there”. India’s Republic Day festivities in sion on the issue. wants to digress from real issues gans like Modi sarkar hosh mein aao the contrary. “Our Constitution Outside the Lok Sabha, Bahujan January. “There were laws made in some like black money, rail fare hike (Wake up, Modi government) and does not permit such incidents,” Samaj Party supremo Mayawati Aksyonov arrived at the upscale states after they realised that and incursions by China. So, it has Hindu-Muslim bhai-bhai (Hindus, he said, adding it was an attempt said religious conversion was a Oberoi hotel accompanied by fraudulent conversions are taking started this campaign for polari- Muslims are brothers). at polarisation. “very serious” issue and asked all Russian diplomats to be greeted place,” he said. He said the entire sation,” he said. Samajwadi Party leader Trinamool’s Saugata Roy said opposition parties to be serious on by Gul Kripalani, a Mumbai-based issue was a false propaganda The alleged forcible conversion Mulayam Singh Yadav said the the Bhagavad Gita does not teach the issue. IANS seafood merchant who wants to boost trade with Russia. Speaking to reporters after signing a memorandum of under- Srinagar poll rally standing to promote business, Aksyonov said his visit had “a Bengal deputy speaker Kerala minister private character” and he did not take apart in any official events. Mani booked He tweeted separately, how- ever, that he had come to India manhandles residents as “a member of the delegation for corruption under the leadership of the pres- KOLKATA: West Bengal lock it up over a non-functional THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: ident of the Russian federation, Assembly Deputy Speaker Sonali elevator in the apartment. The Vigilance and Anti Vladimir Putin”. Guha courted controversy yes- Rai, who has filed a police com- Corruption Bureau yesterday The towering 42-year-old, terday after she was caught on plaint, alleged that Guha and sev- filed a case in a special vigilance previously an obscure nationalist tape threatening and manhan- eral Trinamool activists barged court here against 81-year-old politician, was elected in a closed dling residents of an apartment into his flat. They abused, threat- Finance Minister K M Mani session of the regional parliament in Howrah district and declaring ened and assaulted him. Reacting over allegations that the Kerala after Russian forces in February herself as the “government”. to the incident, the governor said: Bar Hotel Owners Association took control of the Crimean While her party Trinamool “In democracy, there is no need gave him Rs1 crore bribe to reo- peninsula in a bloodless operation. Congress said it was looking to give threats. Everybody has pen closed bars in the state. He masterminded a quick- into the matter, Governor K N the right to put forth his argu- The case was filed against Mani fire referendum to join Russia Tripathi expressed his displeasure ments but that should be done after verification of the allegation that was recognised by Moscow. and asserted there was no place lawfully and courteously. I think, that the bar hotel owners associa- Kiev and the West say it was for threats in democracy. the words could have been said in tion gave him a bribe. Nine wit- rigged. It was clear that his visit Guha, who has denied the a courteous manner.” nesses gave evidence that Mani enjoyed Russia’s full diplomatic charges, was seen in the foot- Denying the charges, Guha clari- received the bribe. As the Left backing, with the consul gen- age, aired by TV news channels, fied that she did not call herself the opposition demanded that Mani eral to Mumbai and an aide to threatening the residents of an chief minister but a representative should step down, Home Minister Ambassador Alexander Kadakin apartment in the district’s Salkia of the “chief minister”. “He (Rai) is Ramesh Chennithala, who also present at the meeting and lunch area, declaring herself as the a BJP man and has been threaten- holds the vigilance portfolio, told with businessmen. No Indian offi- “government”. The footage also ing other residents and intention- reporters that just because the cials were present. showed a woman hitting out at a ally locked up the elevator. I just VACB has registered a case there A spokesman for India’s man with a shoe. told him that it was illegal to do was no need for the finance min- Ministry of External Affairs said “I am the chief minister; I am so and said I am the chief minis- ister to resign. he was not officially aware of the the government. Don’t mess with ter’s man and will not tolerate such Mani, who is in Delhi for a meet- Crimean visit. It is highly unlikely, me. Do as I say,” Guha was seen things,” Guha said. “Why should I Former chief minister and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ing, said there was no reason for however, that such an event on TV telling the apartment’s say I am the chief minister? I said I patron, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed (right) waves to supporters during him to resign as when the depart- would have taken place without residents association president was a man of the chief minister and an election rally in Srinagar yesterday. ment completes its investigation, New Delhi being in the loop. Nagendra Rai. She also threat- a government official,” added Guha. his innocence will be proved. REUTERS ened to evict Rai from his flat and IANS IANS FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Oil sinks Qatar bourse to 32-week low QE index plummets 534.55 points; Dubai posts biggest daily loss in six years; weakness may persist

DOHA: Gulf stock markets fell insurance (-2.37 percent). The Gulf International Service Many economists and fund Abu Dhabi tumbled 4.7 percent, sharply yesterday as panic sell- traded value soared QR720.80m was the biggest loser, going down managers think cheap oil will not its worst daily performance in five Oil price dips ing spread across the region from QR411.35m registered on 9.93 percent to QR80.70. Qatar hurt the big Gulf economies much, years, in an equally broad sell-off. after oil dropped to a fresh Wednesday. The traded volume Electricity and Water share since governments have built up Oman’s bourse lost 4.2 percent five-year low. Qatar stocks took jumped to 13,067,813 shares from dropped 4.79 percent when it huge fiscal reserves which they to 5,808 points, its lowest level below $64 a severe beating as the index 7,964 transactions compared to closed at QR179. can use to keep spending high since February 2013. The Kuwait plummeted 534.55 points, or 7,399,230 shares from 5,281 trans- From the insurance sector, for many years even if they run index fell 1.5 percent to 6,464 LONDON: Oil slipped 4.33 percent, to hit 32-week actions on Wednesday. Qatar Islamic Insurance Company budget deficits. In contrast to Gulf points, while the Bahrain index towards $64 a barrel yester- low of 11,805.32 points at close The market capitalisation dropped 7.93 percent when it markets’ 2008 crash, there are lost 0.9 percent to 1,391 points. day, pressured by signs that of trading. Earlier this year on dropped to QR652.24bn from closed at QR74.30. From the real few signs of stress on the overall Saudi Arabia’s stock market, already ample supply will be April 1, the QE index had closed QR678.33bn registered on estate sector, Barwa share fell 7.66 financial system. Credit default which closes later than others even more plentiful in 2015. at 11,905.94 points. Wednesday. From the 43 listed percent when it closed at QR4. swaps are still low, bond yields in the Gulf, recovered most of North Sea Brent crude gave Indices of all sectors ended in companies, shares of 42 exchanged Elsewhere in the region, Dubai’s have not surged, and forwards do its intra-day losses as oil briefly up an earlier gain and was the red zone yesterday. hands yesterday. From these, 39 main index sank 7.4 percent, its not suggest serious pressure on rebounded to $65. The bench- down 1 cent at $64.23 by 1450 Real estate index fell the most went down and two gained while biggest daily loss in six years. the region’s currency pegs to the mark, which had dropped 2.5 per- GMT. It fell to $63.56 — the (-5.22 percent) followed by indus- one remained unchanged. Dubai’s index slid to 3,595 US dollar. Real estate markets cent in the previous session and weakest since July 2009 — tries (-4.80 percent), consumer Islamic Holding share points, breaking major technical in Dubai and elsewhere are not erased all its year-to-date gains, on Wednesday. US crude, goods (-4.27 percent), telecoms gained 1.69 percent when it support at 3,731 points, the July plunging, and banks are in good ended 0.2 percent lower. which also hit a five-year low (-4.16 percent), banks and finan- closed at QR222.70. Industrial trough, and hitting its lowest level shape around the region. Egypt’s index dropped 2.2 per- on Wednesday, lost 21 cents cial services (-3.46 percent), Manufacturing Company since January. There is no major Other Gulf markets also posted cent in response to the gloom in to $60.73. REUTERS transport (-3.25 percent) and advanced 1.96 percent to QR46.90. chart support left in the vicinity. heavy losses. The main index in the Gulf. QNA/REUTERS

Night-long protest against Greek austerity Qatar Chamber committed to enhancing private sector

DOHA: Qatar Chamber of This year also saw the election QCCI also signed eight memo- Commerce and Industry (QCCI) of QCCI Chairman H E Sheikh randa of understanding and coop- has achieved several successes Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed eration with a number of regional over the year serving Qatari Al Thani as President of the and international chambers of business community and the Federation of Gulf Cooperation commerce and institutions this private sector, the chamber said Council Chambers (FGCCC), who year. during celebrations marking held meetings with a number of The Chamber also organ- Qatar National Day. state leaders and prime ministers ised meetings with a number of The greatest QCCI‘s event, in Swaziland, Bulgaria, Gambia, national government and pri- which market this year, was the Cyprus, Benin, Ghana, Ireland, vate establishments in order sixth session of the consultative Albania, Tunisia, Morocco and to enhance Qatar’s business meeting held between the Prime others. community. Minister and Interior Minister, The QCCI also hosted a number QCCI took part in a number H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser of trade delegations as part of its of activities and events inside or bin Khalifa Al Thani and Qatari ongoing efforts to promote coop- outside Qatar aimed at strength- businessmen, which became an eration between businessmen ening its role within the local and annual tradition to discuss aspi- from all over the world and their international community. rations of the private sector, the Qatari counterparts, while nearly QCCI has issued a number of partnership between the public 56 trade delegations from sev- booklets and publications, includ- and private sectors in all trans- eral countries, including Cyprus, ing a study on the work of Qataris parency and objectivity, as well Turkey, Ireland, Morocco, Spain, in the private sector, a book about as discussing the obstacles that Mexico, Japan, Georgia, Portugal, the achievements of occupational Greek pensioners chant slogans outside the finance ministry office in central Athens late on may impede the private sector’s Italy and others have paid visits safety expected to be released in Wednesday, as they participate in a night-long protest against austerity measures which led to performance and role. to the QCCI headquarters. April 2015. QNA further pension cuts and changes in the social health system. Turkey may Emirates raps Airbus for A380 comment, dangles huge order suggest LNG DUBAI: The head of Dubai- to poor sales. “I am not particu- the future of the world’s larg- eventually replace all the 140 message would have on future based airline Emirates has larly happy as you can imagine,” est airliner but is the first time superjumbos it has ordered with A380 purchases by other airlines, reacted angrily to a suggestion Clark said in a telephone inter- Airbus has publicly contemplated the newly upgraded version. as well as the supply chain and by Airbus that it might stop view. “We are on the hook for this winding down the project — one But he suggested Emirates the European aerospace industry project to making its A380 superjumbo plane. I get pretty miffed when we of several scenarios in a review. would hold Airbus to delivering which has been a darling of poli- airliner, saying it could dou- have put so much at stake.” Others include slowing pro- the A380s it has sold if it decides ticians by creating jobs. He also ble its investment if the plane- Harald Wilhelm told analysts duction or investing together to halt the programme. said the stance would not help Russia maker agreed to upgrade the on Wednesday Airbus would with Rolls-Royce in an improved Airbus would in that case prob- the future second-hand value A380 instead. break even on the A380 through engine, which Clark said would ably ask Emirates to forego some of A380 aircraft. Meanwhile, ISTANBUL: Turkey could pro- Tim Clark, president of 2018, “if we would do something improve fuel consumption by 12 of its future deliveries, he said, Airbus shares slid 10.4 percent on pose to Russia building an LNG Emirates, said he had protested on the product, or even if we to 15 percent from 2020. adding, “That is not a conversa- Wednesday, their worst drubbing terminal in an energy complex to Airbus after its finance direc- would discontinue the product”. Clark said that if the two tion I would like to have”. in more than six years, after the on its border with Greece, as tor aired the possibility of ending The unusually frank remark companies went ahead with Clark said he was worried planemaker predicted flat profits part of talks on planned new gas production of the flagship jet due reflected an internal debate over the upgrade Emirates would about the effect Airbus’s sombre in 2016. REUTERS pipeline with its northern neigh- bour, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said. Last week Russia scrapped the Garuda Indonesia to get new CEO South Stream pipeline project to supply gas to southern Europe US budget leaves IMF without crossing Ukraine, citing EU objections, and instead named Turkey as its preferred partner for an alternative pipeline. reforms in doubt Calling the new pipeline plan “Turkish Stream”, a nod to the WASHINGTON: Crucial officially supported the reforms in scrapped South Stream, Yildiz reforms of the International 2010 when they were formulated. said Turkey would study the new Monetary Fund were left hang- As the IMF’s largest single pipeline plan with Russia. ing after the US Congress failed shareholder by far, the US ratifi- “We can do this project but it will to endorse them in the final cation is essential to get the neces- not be a transit project,” Yildiz told budget legislation of the year. sary endorsement of 85 percent of the Bosphorus energy club meeting The IMF had held out hopes the membership by voting power. in Istanbul. “We have proposals on that the reforms, backed by the Fund officials said earlier that this and perhaps including an LNG White House but needing Congress they had been encouraged to wait terminal, the construction of an to ratify them, would be accepted to the end of this year, after the integrated energy complex could in the huge budget bill that was November Congressional elections, be on the table,” he said. under discussion this week. But for a possible ratification. He said that if the planned pipe- the bill that emerged from tough In October, IMF chief Christine line was built, it would not neces- negotiations between Democrats Lagarde jokingly promised to sarily mean that Turkey would buy and Republicans late Tuesday perform a belly dance in front more gas. Separately, Yildiz told night excluded the reforms. of Congress if it gave its official reporters on the sidelines of the Already two years late, the approval. meeting that Turkish oil refiner reforms to the Fund’s member- But continued opposition, both Tupras had begun buying ship- ship quota system — essentially its to giving the IMF more funding ments of Iraqi crude oil. shareholding — are needed to both and also to allowing even a slight Last month the government of strengthen the global crisis lend- watering-down of US influence Garuda Indonesia planes at Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta yesterday. The chief executive of PT Iraq and the semi-autonomous er’s funding and also give emerging in the body, again left the reform Garuda Indonesia Tbk, Emirsyah Satar, has resigned, the state-owned airline said yesterday, and a new region of Kurdistan reached a deal economies like China and Russia endorsement out of the final leg- CEO will be decided upon at a shareholder meeting today. on oil exports. REUTERS greater say in it. Washington islation of the year. AFP FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Russia ups key rate, but ZKB buys Swisscanto rouble rout continues Analysts expect more moves from central bank soon

MOSCOW: Russia’s central bank raised its main lending rate by 100 basis points to 10.5 Bank of Korea holds rates steady percent yesterday to prop up the rouble but failed to stop the cur- SEOUL: South Korea’s central bank governor flagged down- rency sinking to a new low. ward revisions to forecasts for inflation and economic growth, The inability to halt the rouble’s raising expectations of an imminent interest rate cut after the decline after a fall in oil prices bank opted to hold the policy rate steady. and Western sanctions over the Governor Lee Ju-yeol described fears voiced over deflation Ukraine crisis pose a growing risks as “excessive”, and said the economy was being held back challenge for President Vladimir by structural issues despite efforts by the central bank and gov- Putin as his popularity is partly ernment to boost growth. The Bank of Korea’s monetary policy based on providing stability and committee held its base rate steady at 2.00 percent, as forecast by prosperity. Putin has declared war 30 out 31 analysts polled. A majority of analysts expected a rate cut on “speculators” and enemies he in early 2015. REUTERS says are driving the rouble down but his actions, and a 1.5-point rate rise in October, have failed to first time on the Moscow Exchange The central bank has spent over have much impact. shortly before the announcement $75bn defending the rouble this “This was the very minimum and continued falling afterwards, year, including more than $5bn An office building of Swiss bank Zuercher Kantonalbank (ZKB) in Zurich as it has agreed a deal to buy asset the central bank could deliver hitting 55.45 roubles per dollar. since it floated the currency a manager Swisscanto from the other Swiss cantonal banks, ZKB said in a statement yesterday. ZKB will given the slide in the rouble. We The central bank has been month ago, drawing on reserves initially pay $372.6m for Swisscanto, which is fully owned by the 24 cantonal banks. think further hikes are more under intense pressure to tighten which are now around $420bn. likely than not in 2015,” said Neil policy but has also had to weigh With capital flight expected to Shearing, chief emerging markets the additional burden that higher soar way beyond $100bn this year, economist at Capital Economics lending rates put on Russia’s sanc- the bank, the government and in London. The central bank said tions-hit economy. the Kremlin are fighting battles China tells banks to step up lending it would continue raising its key Many economists now predict on many fronts to slow the slide rate if inflation risks deepen, and Russia’s economy will slide into into recession. used much stronger language than recession next year, as the Western Other bank action has included BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China boost lending could foreshadow what Chinese media have said previously in a sign of its growing sanctions show no sign of being the introduction of new repo and has told its banks to lend more more weak figures on industrial was a previous target of 9.5 tril- concern. withdrawn soon and plummet- swap instruments to make more in the final months of 2014 and activity for the month, due today, lion yuan. It predicted lower economic ing oil prices are threatening the foreign currency available to relaxed enforcement of loan-to- and on lending, due in the next Banks have disbursed 8.23 growth in the next three years country’s main source of export Russian banks and it has tightened deposit ratios to expand credit, few days. “I wouldn’t be sur- trillion yuan of loans between than earlier forecast but gave no revenue. Vladimir Kolychev, an rouble liquidity to limit “specula- sources said, as Beijing prepares prised by that at all,” said Andrew January and October, so they figure. Its previous forecast was economist at VTB Capital in tive” attacks on the currency, but to release data that could con- Polk, resident economist for the will have to quicken the pace in that the economy would stagnate Moscow, said he expected further there was no mention of any such firm the relentless slowing of its Conference Board in Beijing. “It the last two months if they are to until the end of 2016 but recover measures from the central bank, additional measures in the bank’s economy. seems pretty clear activity is con- meet the new target. slightly in 2017, but since then for instance moves to increase statement. Figures on inflation, imports tinuing to weaken throughout this If upcoming data also proves the Economy Ministry has said foreign-currency liquidity. The rate rise means the bank and fiscal spending in November fourth quarter.” worse than expected, some ana- the economy will contract by 0.8 “At the moment it’s not clear has now raised its one-week mini- have already undershot expecta- Two sources with knowledge of lysts say the PBOC could cut percent in 2015. which path the central bank will mum auction repo rate by a cumu- tions since the People’s Bank of the matter said China’s central banks’ reserve requirement ratio The bank’s rate decision did lit- choose, to provide dollar liquidity lative 500 basis points this year, China (PBOC) sprang a surprise bank increased the annual new (RRR) as soon as this weekend, tle to buttress the rouble, which via spot (through interventions), despite the sharp slowdown in interest rate cut on November loan target to 10 trillion yuan allowing them to further increase fell below 55 to the dollar for the or through debt,” Kolychev said. economic growth. REUTERS 21, raising fears that the bid to ($1.62 trillion) for 2014, up from lending. REUTERS

Australia’s Fed targets JPMorgan as it favours traditional banks unemployment NEW YORK: In publicly will be the most affected in view financial stability,” said Fed Chair declaring that JPMorgan Chase of its size, according to the Fed. Janet Yellen. should raise $22bn, the Federal “It’s reasonable” to expect that NY regulator probing Barclays, “This latest regulatory blow rate touches Reserve has delivered a hard JPMorgan’s capital ratio will rise to JPMorgan is about relying blow to the largest US bank and to 11.5 percent, the bank’s chief Deutsche Bank’s FX algorithm less on short-term funding to 12-year high shown its preference for tradi- financial officer, Marianne Lake, finance banking and securities tional banks. said Wednesday at a finance con- NEW YORK: The New York banking regulator is investigating activities,” said Jeremy Hill of Old The central bank unveiled on ference in New York. if Deutsche Bank and Barclays Plc used algorithms on their trad- Blackheath Companies. SYDNEY: Australia’s jobless Tuesday a new, tougher capital JPMorgan currently has ing platforms to manipulate foreign exchange rates, a source with But the new rule would argu- rate rose to its highest level rule for eight big US banks con- $163bn, or a capital ratio of 10.1 direct knowledge of the matter said. Benjamin Lawsky, the head of ably make the US banks less in 12 years in November, data sidered systemically important, percent, according to analysts. New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS), has ordered competitive than their European showed yesterday, as more peo- including JPMorgan, Goldman To meet the new rule’s require- a monitor to be installed at Deutsche Bank and already has one in counterparts, who would have a ple looked for jobs in a softening Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of ment, the Wall Street bank run by place at Barclays — a move that will allow him to collect greater capital ratio of 7.0 percent under economy hurt by falling com- America, Citigroup and Wells Jamie Dimon, one of the world’s evidence of alleged manipulation, said the source who did not want the Basel III banking standards. modity prices and weak Chinese Fargo. Those financial institu- best-known bankers, needs to to be named. Deutsche Bank spokeswoman Renee Calabro declined “Holding US banks to a more demand. tions, which have raised billions raise a little more than $22bn. to comment but cited an earlier statement on the probes. Last stringent capital framework than The unemployment rate edged of dollars since the 2008 financial According to people close to month, regulators fined six major banks a total of $4.3bn for fail- our global competitors could be up to 6.3 percent in the month crisis to buttress their solvency, the company, JPMorgan was ing to stop traders from trying to manipulate the foreign exchange a misguided economic decision,” as 42,700 jobs were added to the now must have an additional capi- not planning a capital increase market, following a yearlong global investigation. REUTERS said Richard Foster of lobby group economy, the figures from the tal buffer of between one percent but was mulling other options, Financial Services Roundtable. Australian Bureau of Statistics and 4.5 percent of risk-weighted and should be in compliance The rule is a brake on growth showed. assets by 2019. in two and a half years. One mean a hit on shareholders, said borrowings to fund profitable for the major financial institu- Full-time positions increased The cushion would allow the of the approaches could be to RBC. “The bigger challenge for businesses. The worry is that big tions, an official of a big bank by 1,800 as part-time employ- banks to absorb major losses and siphon money from its big earn- the company will be driving its banks will weaken when such said. Another said it would ham- ment soared by 40,800, with the be less likely to turn to taxpayers ings, according to RBC Capital reported and tangible return on funding is withdrawn in a crisis per certain businesses, like stock- data slightly stronger than econ- for rescue. JPMorgan, the biggest Markets, which estimates the equity to higher levels.” like in 2008. The object of the broking. But the Fed seems to be omists’ expectations that 15,000 US bank by assets with a complex bank will average $23bn in annual JPMorgan is especially in the rule is to “encourage such firms favoring the traditional model for jobs would be created. range of businesses, from com- profits over the 2015-2019 period. crosshairs of bank regulators to reduce their systemic foot- commercial banks that essen- “Despite the unemployment mercial banking to investment But tapping earnings more to because it relies more heavily print and lessen the threat that tially finance the economy, like rate printing a touch higher in banking and financial services, strengthen its capital base could than other banks on short-term their failure could pose to overall Wells Fargo. AFP rounded terms, November’s report was overall slightly better than the market expected, and sug- gested labour market conditions WWW founder defends Internet rights improved modestly in November,” ANZ economists Savita Singh and Instagram has 300m Riki Polygenis said. “From here — and now that the ABS appears more comfortable with the verac- ity of the survey —we expect the users, passes Twitter unemployment rate to level out.” The latest figures came two NEW YORK: Instagram, the Systrom also said Instragram days after the Bureau of Statistics photo-sharing social network would start using “verified badges said it would accept all recom- owned by Facebook, announced for celebrities, athletes and mendations from an independent it has more than 300 million brands,” to help users ensure they review into how the labour force users as it unveiled a new sys- are following these members and survey is collated, following ques- tem to authenticate celebrity no copycats. tions about its accuracy. members. “These badges will start roll- The participation rate — which The update means Instagram ing out over the coming days,” measures the proportion of adults has for the first time overtaken Systrom said in work or looking for work — rose Twitter, which claimed 284 mil- “We’re committed to doing a seasonally adjusted 64.7 percent lion active users at the end of everything possible to keep from 64.6 percent. Total aggre- September. Instagram free from the fake gate hours worked fell 4.4 million “Over the past four years, and spammy accounts that plague hours to 1,610.6 million. what began as two friends with much of the Web... we’ve been Australia’s economy — which a dream has grown into a global deactivating spammy accounts has avoid a recession for more community that shares more from Instagram on an ongoing than two decades — is struggling than 70 million photos and basis to improve your experience. to shift towards non-mining-led videos each day,” Instagram Chief As part of this effort, we will be growth amid an expected sharp Executive Kevin Systrom said in deleting these accounts forever, so drop off in resources investment a blog. they will no longer be included in next year. Pressure is building on “Instagram is home to crea- follower counts.” the Reserve Bank of Australia tivity in all of its forms, a place Facebook completed its acqui- to cut interest rates from their World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee speaks during a news conference in London yesterday. The inventor where you can find everything sition of Instagram in 2012. The record low of 2.5 percent fol- of the WWW said access to the Internet should be regarded as a basic human right and criticised growing from images of the Nile River to original price was pegged at lowing weaker-than-expected censorship by governments and commercial manipulation. He said some 38 percent of states denied free the newest look from Herschel $1bn but the final value was less third-quarter GDP growth data Internet use to citizens. Supply or a peek inside the mind because of a drop in Facebook’s released last week. AFP of Taylor Swift.” share price. AFP FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (right) hugs Paris Saint-Germain’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the end of their Champions League match at the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona on Wednesday night. RIGHT: Manchester City’s French midfielder Samir Nasri celebrates after scoring a goal against AS Roma during a Champions League match at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Nasri, Neymar stunners seal the deal for City and Barca Chelsea end Sporting’s hopes; Bayern ease past CSKA Moscow

PARIS: A memorable 50th appear- their place as rivals Sporting Lisbon short of reaching the knockout stage for ance in the Champions League for went down 3-1 against Group G win- the first time since the 2010/11 season. Champions League Samir Nasri helped Manchester City ners Chelsea. “We’re disappointed with the defeat, Results into the last 16 on Wednesday night, Schalke’s qualification makes it the especially as we started the match off Wednesday’s Matches while a Neymar stunner set Barcelona second successive season that all four so well,” said a resigned-looking Garcia. on the way to topping their group. German representatives have made “Efficiency is a trademark of great Group E Nasri’s first goal of the season — also it through to the last 16, Borussia teams and they were a lot more efficient At Rome his 50th for an English club — and an Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen also than us in that respect tonight.” Roma (ITA) 0 Manchester city (ENG) 2 assist for Pablo Zabaleta secured a 2-0 having progressed. Despite Ibrahimovic’s early goal — his (Nasri 60, Zabaleta 86) win for City away against Roma and Manchester City made light of missing first against the club he spent a season saw them qualify for the knockout stage three key players — leading scorer Sergio with in 2009/10 — Barcelona were wor- At Munich, Germany at the expense of the Italian side in Aguero and captain Vincent Kompany thy of their victory and Messi managed Bayern Munich (GER) 3 (Mueller 18-pen, Wednesday’s final round of group games. were injured while Yaya Toure was sus- to mark the occasion with another land- Rode 84, Goetze 90) CSKA Moscow (RUS) 0 Meanwhile, Group E winners Bayern pended — as the mercurial Nasri showed mark goal to bring the sides level. Group F Munich’s 3-0 victory at home to CSKA his positive side. The score same him equal the record At Barcelona, Spain Moscow gave Roma the consolation of a Nasri’s goal was worthy of his 50th mark for most goals in all European spot in the Europa League. appearance in the competition, as he competitions. The Argentine now has Barcelona (ESP) 3 (Messi 19, Neymar 42, Neymar’s superb goal — a curling created space for himself and cracked 76 European goals, putting him level Suarez 77) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 1 right-footed effort from outside the area in a stunning right-footed effort from with former Real Madrid star Raul, with (Ibrahimovic 15) before half-time — put Barcelona into just outside the box that beat Morgan Cristiano Ronaldo one behind. At Amsterdam the lead against Paris Saint-Germain in de Sanctis, hit the post, and went into Barcelona coach Luis Enrique was Ajax (NED) 4 (Schoene 45+1-pen, 50, a game the Catalans had to win to pip the net on the hour mark. pleased with the performance and said Klaassen 53, Milik 74) APOEL (CYP) 0 their opponents to top spot in Group F. Nasri then turned creator with just they had achieved their first target. Group G Zlatan Ibrahimovic had given PSG under five minutes remaining as his pass “It would be a lack of respect if I said the lead, but Lionel Messi equalised and, set up Pablo Zabaleta for a well-taken I want this team or that one in the draw At London after Neymar paved the way to victory, second City goal and the Argentinian’s (on Monday),” he said. Chelsea (ENG) 3 (Fabregas 8-pen, Luis Suarez added a third — his first first ever in the competition. “We have fulfilled our part of the con- Schuerrle 16, Mikel 56) Sporting (POR) 1 at the Camp Nou since his move from City manager Manuel Pellegrini, who tract by finishing first. And the team (Silva 50) Liverpool — in the second-half. has guided them to six successive wins, that draws us will undoubtedly not be At Maribor, Slovenia Barca’s victory means they can surely was delighted with the manner in which happy.” Maribor (SLO) 0 Schalke 04 (GER) 1 (Meyer 62) now expect an easier tie when the draw his players had handled the pressure. PSG coach Laurent Blanc was down- is made on Monday, while the result “I had a lot of trust in what we could cast about letting slip the chance to top Group H ended PSG’s record of being the only do,” said the Chilean. the table and nervous about the draw. At Oporto, Portugal unbeaten side left in the major European “I said I didn’t want to talk about play- “It is a disadvantage to finish second. FC Porto (POR) 1 (Aboubakar 87) Shakhtar leagues this season. ers not in the team. This team deserve a In a group with FC Barcelona, you can Donetsk (UKR) 1 (Stepanenko 50) Germany’s Schalke 04 were the other little more credit than the press always expect to be in a real battle to finish At Bilbao, Spain qualifiers on the night, their 1-0 win give us.” first. We couldn’t do it, and now we away at Maribor thanks to 19-year-old His Roma counterpart Rudi Garcia impatiently await the draw,” said Blanc. Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 2 (San Jose 47, Max Meyer’s 62nd-minute goal, sealing was disappointed his team had fallen just AFP Susaeta 88) 2 BATE Borisov (BLR) 0 Volleyball: Al Rayyan, Al Arabi to clash in Super Cup today Teams through to Champions League Last 16 Qualifiers for the last 16 of the Champions League and last 32 of Europa League following Wednesday’s final Champions League group games and ahead of next week’s draws: Seeds Atletico Madrid (ESP) Real Madrid (ESP) Monaco (FRA) Borussia Dortmund (GER) Bayern Munich (GER) FC Barcelona (ESP) Chelsea (ENG) Porto (POR) Second Bowl Juventus (ITA) Basel (SUI) Bayer Leverkusen (GER) Arsenal (ENG) Manchester City (ENG) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) Schalke 04 (GER) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) Europa League Olympiakos (GRE) Officials of Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA), Al Rayyan and Al Arabi pose for a group picture at the end of a press conference Liverpool (ENG) in Doha yesterday on the eve of their Super Cup match. The newly-instituted Super Cup, two-team tournament, will see last sea- Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) son’s League champions Al Rayyan clash with Emir Cup winners Al Arabi today at 6.00pm. Al Arabi officials present yesterday Anderlecht (BEL) were coach Adel Senoun (third left), captain Juma Faraz, Philip Maiyo, team manager Ahmed Ojail, besides their volleyball head AS Roma (ITA) Abdul Juma were present. Al Rayyan were represented by new Italian coach Daniele Bagnoli (second right), captain Ali Ishaq and Ajax (NED) Usman Ajab. The winner will take home QR100,000 and the runners-up will earn QR20,000, according to QVA Executive Director Sporting Lisbon (POR) Ahmed Al Sheebani. Athletic Bilbao (ESP) FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Kohli scores ton as India fight back Indian captain guides his side past the follow-on mark after being hit on the helmet

ADELAIDE: Captain Virat struck him flush on the badge of Kohli scored a rousing century his helmet, but he responded by Scoreboard after being struck on the head spanking the paceman to all cor- with a bouncer to guide India ners of the ground in the final ses- Australia (I innings): past the follow-on mark on day sion before eventually holing out. C Rogers c Dhawan b I Sharma ...... 9 three of the first Test against With the death of Phillip D Warner c I Sharma b K Sharma ...... 145 Australia in Adelaide yesterday. Hughes from a bouncer still S Watson c Dhawan b Aaron ...... 14 Standing in for injured regular fresh in all minds, the Australians M Clarke c Pujara b K Sharma ...... 128 skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, rushed to the batsman out of con- S Smith (not out) ...... 162 Kohli’s 115 helped push the tour- cern and Clarke consoled Johnson M Marsh c Kohli b Aaron ...... 41 ists within 148 runs of Australia’s as he walked back to his mark vis- N Lyon b Shami ...... 3 first innings total of 517-7, with ibly distressed. B Haddin c Saha b Shami ...... 0 the hosts declaring before the Kohli brought up his ton with a M Johnson (not out) ...... 0 start of play at Adelaide Oval. well-struck four steered through Extras (LB-4 NB-2 W-9) ...... 15 Paceman Mitchell Johnson midwicket and after ripping off Total (for 7 wkts decl., 120 overs) ... 517 struck Kohli on the helmet first his helmet, yelled “Come on!” at Fall of wickets: 1-50 C Rogers,2-88 S ball and ended up dismissing him the India team box, eyes blazing. Watson,3-258 D Warner,4-345 M late in the day when the batsman Lyon broke a 101-run part- Marsh,5-352 N Lyon,6-354 B Haddin, 7-517 miscued a pull shot to deep fine nership between Kohli and M Clarke leg where Ryan Harris charged in Rahane with an unplayable ball Did not bat: P Siddle, R Harris to take a fine, low catch. that reared out of a rough patch Wicketkeeper Wriddhiman and pinged off the middle order Bowling: M Shami 24 - 2 - 120 - 2(w-1); V Saha (one not out) rode out a batsman’s glove to fall to Shane Aaron 23 - 1 - 136 - 2(nb-2 w-3); I Sharma tense few overs to stumps, with Watson at slip. 27 - 5 - 85 - 1(w-1); K Sharma 33 - 1 - 143 middle order batsman Rohit Lyon also ended an 81-run stand - 2; M Vijay 13 - 3 - 29 - 0 Sharma on 33. between Kohli and Cheteshwar India (I innings): Having been largely dominated Pujara with a ball that dribbled M Vijay c Haddin b Johnson ...... 53 on the field, Kohli’s wicket left through the number three’s legs S Dhawan b Harris ...... 25 the Test evenly poised, accord- and onto the stumps. C Pujara b Lyon ...... 73 ing to Australia spinner Nathan Left-armer Johnson was pun- V Kohli c Harris b Johnson ...... 115 Lyon, who bowled well for his two ished for some wayward bowling A Rahane c Watson b Lyon ...... 62 wickets. but teased a nick from opener Ro Sharma (batting) ...... 33 “It’s pretty even-stevens, Murali Vijay into the slips to W Saha (batting) ...... 1 really,” he told state radio ABC. have him out for 53 just before Extras (LB-4 NB-2 W-1) ...... 7 “They batted well but they’re lunch. Total (for 5 wkts, 97 overs) ...... 369 still five down and we’ve still got a Seamer Ryan Harris, back in Fall of wickets: 1-30 S Dhawan,2-111 M lead of 140 or so. So if we come out the side after a long recovery Vijay,3-192 C Pujara,4-293 A Rahane,5-367 and bowl well tomorrow, hopefully following knee surgery, bowled V Kohli we can get a good solid lead.” opener Shikhar Dhawan who had Lyon removed Ajinkya Rahane raced to 25 before edging onto the To bat: K Sharma, M Shami, I Sharma, V for 62 in the last session for his stumps. Aaron second wicket but all of India’s Australia captain Michael Bowling: M Johnson 18 - 5 - 90 - 2(nb-2);R top order batsmen made positive Clarke took to the field after bat- Harris 17 - 5 - 49 - 1; N Lyon 30 - 3 - 103 - starts on a day of bright sunshine. tling through back pain to score 2; P Siddle 13 - 2 - 62 - 0(w-1); M Marsh 11 Only 26-year-old Kohli really his courageous 128 on day two, - 4 - 29 - 0; S Watson 5 - 1 - 13 - 0; S Smith cashed in, however. but was clearly restricted in his Australian players make sure Indian captain Virat Kohli (centre) is alright after being struck by a Mitchell Johnson 3 - 0 - 19 - 0 He was hit first ball by a sear- movement and sluggish to chase bouncer on day three of the first Test match, at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. ing bouncer from Johnson which down balls. REUTERS Root digs in to steer England past Sri Lanka Scoreboard PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Joe solid platform for the chase. The Root’s third hundred powered 24-year-old Taylor, who hit five Sri Lanka dan 10 - 0 - 56 - 2(w-2); J Tredwell 10 - 2 - 33 England to a five-wicket victory fours and a six, showed nimble T Dilshan b Jordan ...... 35 - 1(w-1); J Root 5 - 0 - 21 - 0 (w-2) over Sri Lanka in the fifth one- footwork against the spinners to K Perera c Jordan b Finn ...... 0 England day international in Pallekele get to his second successive half- K Sangakkara c Root b Woakes ...... 91 A Cook lbw b Senanayake ...... 20 yesterday and kept alive their century before he was dismissed M Jayawardene c Jordan b Woakes ...... 2 M Ali b Senanayake ...... 4 hopes in the seven-match series. by Thisara Perera. A Mathews c Woakes b Jordan ...... 40 J Taylor c A Mendis b T Perera ...... 68 After rain forced play to be sus- Root and Ravi Bopara (28) L Thirimanne lbw b Tredwell ...... 8 J Root (not out) ...... 104 pended on Wednesday, the visitors took England close to the target J Mendis c&b Woakes ...... 12 R Bopara c Thirimanne b Dilshan ...... 28 returned to chase down a 240-run with a fourth-wicket stand of 86 T Perera c Root b Woakes ...... 27 E Morgan c T Perera b A Mendis ...... 5 victory target with five balls to runs. Bopara and Eoin Morgan S Senanayake b Woakes ...... 0 J Buttler (not out) ...... 2 spare. They trail the hosts 3-2 in (five) fell in quick succession with D Prasad (not out) ...... 5 Extras (LB-6 NB-1 W-2) ...... 9 the series. England in touching distance of A Mendis b Woakes ...... 0 Total (for 5 wkts, 49.1 overs) ...... 240 The 23-year-old Root (104 the win. England paceman Chris Extras (B-2 LB-2 W-15) ...... 19 Fall of wickets: 1-12 M Ali,2-35 A Cook,3- not out) added 104 for the third England’s Joe Root celebrates after reaching his century during the fifth Woakes (6-47) tore through the Total (all out, 49 overs) ...... 239 139 J Taylor,4-225 R Bopara,5-238 E Morgan wicket with James Taylor (68) ODI against Sri Lanka in Pallekele yesterday. Sri Lankan lower order to bowl Fall of wickets: 1-3 K Perera,2-54 T Did not bat: C Woakes, C Jordan, J Tredwell, S after England lost both openers out the hosts for 239 in 49 overs Dilshan,3-59 M Jayawardene,4-144 A Math- Finn cheaply to off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake, back in the Sri captain Alastair Cook, who has on Wednesday despite a cultured ews,5-173 L Thirimanne,6-199 K Sangakka- Bowling: T Dilshan 9.1 - 0 - 45 - 1; S Senan- Senanayake. Lanka team after being cleared faced criticism following a string 91 from Kumar Sangakkara. ra,7-202 J Mendis,8-212 S Senanayake,9-238 ayake 10 - 0 - 35 - 2; A Mathews 4 - 0 - 14 - 0 The Yorkshire right-hander, to bowl again with a remodelled of poor results and lack of runs, A torrential downpour then T Perera,10-239 A Mendis D Prasad 4 - 0 - 24 - 0(w-2); J Mendis 7 - 0 - who hit seven fours in his 117- action, bowled Moeen Ali (four) out lbw for 20. kept the players off the pitch and Bowling: S Finn 6 - 0 - 28 - 1; C Woakes 8 - 0 41 - 0; A Mendis 9 - 0 - 49 - 1(nb-1) ball knock, reached his hundred in the second over. Taylor and Root consolidated prompted the match officials to - 47 - 6(w-5); M Ali 10 - 0 - 50 - 0(w-3); C Jor- T Perera 6 - 0 - 26 - 1 by slog-sweeping Ajantha Mendis He then compounded England’s initially before launching into abandon the day’s play. for a six in the penultimate over. problems by getting under-fire the bowlers and laying down a REUTERS Clippers hold on McLaren name Alonso NFL touts ‘tougher’ personal to beat Pacers

INDIANAPOLIS: Chris Paul and Button as F1 drivers conduct policy after crisis tallied 17 points and 15 assists to lead the Los Angeles Clippers LONDON: Spain’s double world McLaren have not won a race for IRVING: National Football suspension last month from an to their ninth straight win with champion Fernando Alonso two years and are going through League owners on Wednesday independent arbitrator who said a 103-96 victory over the strug- (pictured) and Britain’s Jenson a major overhaul, with changes unanimously endorsed what Rice did not mislead Goodell gling Indiana Pacers Wednesday. Button will drive for Honda- at technical and managerial level. they called a tougher personal and that the commissioner DeAndre Jordan delivered 12 powered McLaren next season, The Spaniard is desperate to conduct policy following a spate ruled arbitrarily on the tougher points and 19 rebounds while the Formula One team said win a third title. of domestic violence cases punishment. Jamal Crawford came off the yesterday. “I am joining this project with involving players that harmed Among the changes are a “more bench to score 18 in the victory Alonso’s return to Woking, enormous enthusiasm and deter- the league’s reputation. extensive” list of prohibited con- in front of a crowd of 16,392 at the seven years after he left fol- mination, knowing that it may Commissioner Roger Goodell duct and NFL-funded counseling Bankers Life Fieldhouse arena. lowing an acrimonious season require some time to achieve the (pictured), who came under and services for victims, families “We are just playing the right as 2007 team-mate results we are aiming fire for mishandling punishment and violators, Goodell said. way and sharing the ball,” said to then-rookie Lewis for, which is no problem particularly in the Ray Rice case, “With considerable assistance Paul. “It is not easy on the road, Hamilton, had been an for me,” Alonso said. will no longer make initial disci- America’s most popular sports from the many people and organi- but we pulled it out.” open secret for months “Over the past year plinary rulings for off-field mis- league has struggled with a per- zations we consulted, NFL own- Blake Griffin scored 17 points in the paddock. I have received several deeds. That job will fall to a new, sonal conduct policy widely seen ership has endorsed an enhanced with 10 rebounds for the Clippers His partner next offers, some of them to-be-named league officer with a as too lenient on NFL personnel policy that is significantly more who kicked off a three-game year had been far less really tempting but, criminal justice background. accused of crimes including vio- robust, thorough, and formal,” National Basketball Association clear-cut, with the more than a year ago, But Goodell retains a key part lence against women and a flawed Goodell said. road trip with the win. C.J. Miles former champions hav- McLaren-Honda con- of his power, by hearing any disciplinary process. “The policy is comprehensive. led all scorers with 30 points ing to decide between tacted me and asked appeals of disciplinary decisions With big-money NFL sponsors It is strong. It is tough. And it off Indiana’s bench. The Pacers one of their 2014 pair- me to take part, in a made under the policy. and women’s groups watching is better for everyone associated reserves scored 66 points in their ing of Button and Dane very active way, in the Robert Kraft of the New closely, Goodell spent four months with the NFL.” sixth straight loss. AFP Kevin Magnussen, who will stay return of their partnership — a England Patriots said his fel- working to strengthen the pro- The players union was not with the team as a reserve and partnership that dominated the low owners gave a lot of thought gram and defuse the biggest crisis happy that it was excluded from NBA Results test driver. Formula One scene for so long.” about Goodell being “final arbiter in his eight years at the helm of the process in formulating the Charlotte 96 Boston 87 The decision to go with Button, Button said he was extremely of everything.” the NFL. new policy. LA Clippers 103 Indiana 96 who made his race debut in 2000 excited to be racing his sixth sea- “That’s the one person that The most high-profile case was “Our union has not been offered Washington 91 Orlando 89 and was the most experienced son for the team. understands what’s important, Rice, a former Baltimore Ravens the professional courtesy of seeing Atlanta 95 Philadelphia 79 driver on the starting grid this “Like Fernando, I am certain long-term interests of the game,” star who knocked out his then- the NFL’s new personal conduct Chicago 105 Brooklyn 80 year, will see the Briton start his that McLaren and Honda will Kraft said. “Owners can have fiancee in an elevator. Goodell policy before it hit the presses,” Minnesota 90 Portland 82 16th season at the age of 35. achieve great things together, and specific interests, players can - gave him an initial two-game sus- the union said. “Their unilateral The former Honda driver I feel sure that, working together, Dallas 112 New Orleans 107 that’s short-term. But the com- pension, only to raise it to indefi- decision and conduct today is the remains McLaren’s most recent all of us will pull incredibly hard San Antonio 109 NY Knicks 95 missioner is always looking for nite suspension after a video of only thing that has been consist- race winner, having triumphed to create a brilliantly effective the long-term best interests of the punch surfaced. ent over the past few months.” Golden State 105 Houston 93 for the struggling former cham- winning team,” he said. the game.” Rice won his appeal of the REUTERS Denver 102 Miami 82 pions in Brazil at the end of 2012. REUTERS FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT ‘Experienced’ Doha ready to rock Qatar Basketball Federation to stage second edition of 3x3 All Stars at Katara Beach

BY RIZWAN REHMAT Order of play at DOHA: Experience will play a key role if Team Doha wants to Katara today win the 3x3 All Stars title, influ- Pool A ential forward Yaseen Musa said 3:30pm Doha vs Yokohama yesterday. Team Doha will join Team Novi 4:20pm Novi Sad vs Doha Sad and four other sides at the 5:10pm Novi Sad vs Yokohama second edition of 3x3 All Stars Pool B event that offers a total prize bag of $120,00 at Katara Beach today. 3:50pm Bucharest vs Saskatoon “We have to bring our A-game 4:40pm Saskatoon vs Kaunas and give our 100 percent to win,” 5:30pm Bucharest vs. Kaunas Musa said ahead of today’s battle. “We have experience at the top. Semi-Final Experience gives you edge,” the 6:00pm Pool A Position 1 vs Pool B Position 2 tall Qatari added. “The last two 6:30pm Pool B Position 1 vs Pool A Position 2 years have been good for us. We won the 3x3 at the Asian level Final also. We have more or less the 19:30 same team that won the World Teams Championship,” he added. “We have good experience,” Bucharest Musa said knowing Mohammed Iulian Corneanu Saleem and Boney Watson were with him when Qatar won 3x3 Cristian - Florin Craciun World Championships featuring Alejandro Machin Team Novi Sad in the final. Angel Santana “We have the same team that played the World Championship Team Doha and we have the experience. So Mohammed Seleem Abdulla hopefully we can have a good Mohammed Yousuf tournament and win the cham- Dusan Domovic Bulut, FIBA 3X3 number 1 player in the world, and pionship,” the Qatari said. Qatar’s Yaseen Musa are seen with Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Yaseen Musa Dusan Domovic, the world’s Al Thani, President of Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF), at St Regis Boney Watson number one 3x3 player, said his Hotel in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Sheikh Saoud presents a jersey to Kaunas U18 squad could struggle for lack of Horacio Muratore, FIBA President, at a press conference in Doha. match practice. PICTURES: BAHER AMIN Jonas Leksas “To be honest, Serbia is now Martynas Sajus in the middle of a winter so we Justas Vazalis didn’t really have preparation like doing well here. I am very proud is increasingly getting higher, we used to,” Domovic said. of my team.” compared to the standards in 2011 Kristupas Zemaitis “Normally we would just grab a Almost two months ago, when I started. No match is easy Novi Sad ball and go outside and play. This Serbia’s Team Novi Sad beat now. Novi Sad and Qatar are in time it’s been a struggle. It is Canada’s Saskatoon 21-11 in the the same group and it would be Dusan Domovic Bulut winter time and it is cold and we final of the third edition of the interesting to play them again. Dejan Majstorovic couldn’t manage to train together. FIBA 3x3 World Tour, which was Yaseen took the gold medal away Marko Savic We all have had individual train- held at Xebio Arena in Sendai, from me,” Domovic said. ing with (respective) clubs,” he Japan. Other teams include Team Marko Zdero added. After losing in the final last Bucharest, Team Saskaton, Team Saskatoon “I can add that we have pre- year in Istanbul, Novi Sad came Yokohama and Team Kaunas. O’ Neil Gordon pared for this event like how we back to the FIBA 3x3 World Team Novi Sad includes the have a very good team. Nobody “The (FIBA 3x3) All Stars will approach a new season,” he added. Tour this year with two addi- world’s top four players includ- can beat our inside game when we be a nice event. It is very excit- Michael Lieffers “Qatar was always on our tions, including sharpshooter ing Domovic (1), Marko Savic (2), have Mohammed ‘Big Mo’ Seleem ing. Nowadays I just focus on Michael Linklater minds,” Domovic added. Dejan Majstorovic, who topped Marko Zdero (3) and Majstorovic. Abdulla and Mohammed Yousuf 3x3 and want to travel to all the Willie Murdaugh When asked about the high all scorers at the event and won “Last year, we had no experi- Mohammed on the court. tournaments.” prize bag of $25,000 reserved for the Shoot-Out Contest. ence,” Musa told Fiba website in “Boney Watson (the shortest “I am the number 12 in the Yokohama the winning side, Domovic said: By winning the 2014 FIBA 3x3 a separate chat. and lightest player of the tourna- world right now,” he said. “I would Shota Isshiki “Probably yes but I don’t like to World Tour, Novi Sad became “We did not know the rules, we ment) is a hustler, an energy guy love to win the All Stars. Then my think like that. I want to think richer by $20,000 and secured a had barely ever played outdoors. and our shooter. objective is to become the number Kohei Kawakami where the biggest names are than ticket to the FIBA 3x3 All Stars “This year we know the rules, “Now we’re ready,” Musa added. one 3x3 player in the world.” Matthew Kyle think of the biggest prize money. I to be held in Doha today. we know all the teams very well. “3x3 is getting very popular in The competitions start 3:30pm Tomoya Ochiai think that my team is capable of “The level of the 3x3 basketball We are on our home court. We Qatar,” Musa said. today. THE PENINSULA A day to remember for jockey Avranche at QREC DOHA: Jockey Gerald Avranche yesterday clinched the two feature races as Jenjal produced a slick performance to win the Derby Trial at Qatar Jockey Gerald Racing and Equestrian Club Avranche rides (QREC). Roman Legend to Ridden by Avranche, Jenjal victory in the TB edged Sendeed Al Galayel to win Derby Trial race at the QR114,000 top prize. Trained by M Salama, Jenjal Qatar Racing and finished with a time of 1:30:75. Equestrian Club In third place was Salama- (QREC) in Doha trained Naamah who had S yesterday. RIGHT: Golam in the saddle. Avranche in action Minutes earlier in the Derby as he rides Jenjal in Trial (Gr 2), Roman Legend gave the feature race of jockey Avranche his first big win the day at QREC. of the day as he edged past Debbie BELOW: A group of Mountain and City Zen to bag the jockeys prior to one first prize of QR114,000 at QREC. of 10 races held at Roman Legend finished with a QREC yesterday. time of 1:51:81. PICS: JUHAIM Popular jockey Harry Bentley won four races while fellow rider Pier Convertino topped two at QREC yesterday. THE PENINSULA

Local Thoroughbred Maiden Plate Al Hareth , Jassim Al Ghazali, Harry Bentley 1200M Results at QREC Yasmeen, A. de Mieulle, Gaetan Faucon Running Time: 1:14:80 Three Cliffs, Jassim Al Ghazali, Harry Bentley Footprintinthesand, Ahmed Kobeissi, S. Golam Adwan, M. Al Yaqout, P. Convertino Shaahen, M. Khalid, Alberto Sanna P/A Derby Trial Flinstone, M Majeed, Marco Monteriso Tarrafal, Ahmed Al Jehani, W. J Lee 1850M Al Naif Countfleet, O. Al Dhafa, Gerald Avranche P/A Derby Trial Running Time: 2:08:33 Thoroughbred Conditions - Fegentri Gentlemen (DIV 2) 1400M Al Majh’Hoor, J. Smart, B.Doyle 1400M Running Time: 1:31:58 Abhar, J. Smart, T. O’Shea Running Time: 1:22:75 Bahia Du Barthas, Jassim Al Ghazali, Harry Bentley Aden , J. Smart, R. Mullen Pearl Bridge , Z. Mohsen, Maxime Denuault Azeeza, A. de Mieulle, P. Convertino Thoroughbred Derby Trial (Gr 2) My Sharona, Jassim Al Ghazali, H Al Husaini Bambino Du Pouy, Jassim Al Ghazali Stephan Ladjadj 1850M Gojeri, Jassim Al Ghazali, V Schiergen L/B P/A Derby Trial Running Time: 1:51:81 P/A Handicap Rated 70 - 100 1850M Roman Legend, Jassim Al Ghazali, Gerald Avranche 2000M Running Time: 2:04:34 Debbie Mountain, Gary Carter Running Time: 2:14:32 City Zen, Jassim Al Ghazali, Stephan Ladjadj Aseel, A. de Mieulle,P. Convertino Masnoon, Jassim Al Ghazali, Harry Bentley L/B P/A Derby Trial Lucky Sand, D Al Marri, Marco Monteriso Seif Ennar, Majid Safedeen, Alberto Sanna 1400M Running Time: 1:30:75 Al Khattaf, J. Smart, R. Mullen Haashed, J. Smart, R. Mullen Jenjal, M. Salama, Gerald Avranche Thoroughbred Maiden Plate Local Thoroughbred Derby Trial 1400M 1600M Sendeed Al Galayel, Jassim Al Ghazali, Harry Bentley Running Time: 1:23:91 Running Time: 1:40:02 Naamah, M. Salama, S. Golam FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Italian Super Cup heads to Doha Serie A official assures top quality football in clash between Juventus and Napoli BY ARMSTRONG VAS Italian Serie A table Italian clubs DOHA: The Italian Super Cup MILAN: Italian league table after Monday’s between Serie A sides Juventus games (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, likely to use and Napoli to be played here, goals against, points): on December 22 promises to Juventus 14 11 2 1 30 5 35 Roma 14 10 2 2 27 11 32 Doha as winter be a ‘top quality, unpredictable Ali Salem Afifa, affair’, Marco Brunelli, CEO of Director of Corporative Genoa 14 7 5 2 20 12 26 Serie A said yesterday. training base Services of Aspire Sampdoria 14 6 7 1 19 11 25 Addressing a joint press confer- Napoli 14 6 6 2 26 18 24 ence along with Ali Salem Afifa, Academy and Marco DOHA: Italian clubs are likely Lazio 14 7 2 5 23 17 23 Director of Corporative Services Brunelli, CEO of Serie to use Doha’s state-of-the-art of Aspire Academy Brunelli said: A, addressing a press AC Milan 14 5 6 3 23 18 21 facilities at the Aspire Academy “The football quality will be top conference in Doha Udinese 14 6 3 5 17 18 21 as their winter training base in one. It will be an unpredictable yesterday. Reigning Fiorentina 14 5 5 4 16 11 20 the near future, an official of match.” Serie A champion Sassuolo 14 4 7 3 15 18 19 Serie A said here yesterday. The Italian Super Cup usually Juventus and Italian Palermo 14 4 6 4 17 22 18 Marco Brunelli, CEO of Serie A kicks off the Italian football sea- said that the cooperation between Cup holder Napoli will Inter Milan 14 4 5 5 21 21 17 son, but this season it is held in the play the Italian Super the Italian Football Federation Empoli 14 3 6 5 16 21 15 middle of the season which Brunelli Cup match in Doha on and Qatar Football Association Atalanta 14 3 5 6 8 15 14 said makes the clash ‘unique’. December 22. (QFA) will not be limited to host- He said both the teams are in Verona 14 3 5 6 16 25 14 ing just an one-off event. peak form. Chievo 14 3 4 7 11 17 13 “The cooperation between Serie “When the Super Cup was held Torino 14 3 4 7 10 17 13 A and Qatar Football Association at the start of the season, in the Cagliari 14 2 5 7 20 26 11 will be limited to hosting a single past, the teams were not in peak match of the Super Cup. This is Cesena 14 1 5 8 11 25 8 form. But currently they are in just a beginning.” the middle of the season which Parma 14 2 0 12 16 34 6 “The common interest will be makes the clash all the more some of our big clubs which need interesting. “It is an unique occasion for DC in 1993, in Tripoli, Libya in Al Sadd Stadium for the coveted places like this (Aspire Academy) “Juventus are heading the Serie our football officials and fans 2002, New Jersey in 2003 and trophy. Organising this mega event to prepare for the second part A standings and they have also to see that is something unique Beijing on three occasions - 2009, grants our country yet another of the season,” said the Serie A qualified for the knock out stage (Aspire Academy and Qatar). We 2011 and 2012. opportunity to showcase its host- official. of the Champions League, while are grateful and absolutely happy “It is an opportunity to con- ing abilities in terms of organising The winter break of Serie A Napoli are making all efforts to with the opportunity to bring our tinue a process we started sev- international events as such.” lasts a couple of weeks commenc- move to the top and have quali- Super Cup here to an interesting eral years with Qatar Football “I would like to extend my sin- ing on December 20 and action fied for the Europa Cup, so we will and prestigious country such as Association,” Brunelli said. cere thanks to Marco Brunelli, commences on January 10. have a top quality clash on hands.” Qatar. The country has been host- The Serie A official said QFA CEO of Serie A for the confidence “Already many European clubs Juventus, who have won the ing so many sporting events and has been supporting some of the and trust he has shown QFA for have come here and have had past two editions, have the joint the recent event which comes to charitable initiatives of the Italian organising this major event. I would their winter camps,” Brunelli said. record number of victories. Napoli my mind is the world swimming league for the last couple of years. also like to thank Ali Salem Afifa English giants Manchester have only won it once, in 1990. AC championship. Meanwhile, Organising Director of Corporative Services United, German Bundesliga Milan have also won it six times. “Our matches are well attended Committee Vice President, Khalid of Aspire Academy, for the fruitful leaders Bayern Munich and FC This will be the seventh time world wide and a huge privilege to Mubarak Al Kuwari said: “Qatar cooperation with QFA to organ- Schalke are some of the top clubs that the Super Cup has been bring the Super Cup, one of the Football Association is proud to ise this match. Our partnership which have used the facilities in played abroad and the first time product of Serie A to Qatar,” he organise the Italian Super Cup with the esteemed Aspire Zone Qatar to train for the second part in Qatar and Italian fans and offi- added. 2014 in collaboration with Aspire Foundation has been in place for of the season. cials will get an opportunity to see Some of the earlier editions of Zone Foundation in which we will many years and we look forward to “I am not sure if they can come the country from close quarters the Super Cup which were not witness two of the most prestig- developing it further in the future,” this year. But hopefully next sea- during the match. held in Italy were in Washington, ious Italian clubs battle it out in he added. THE PENINSULA son” he added. THE PENINSULA Asian champions Wanderers settle Qatar’s Lekhwiya and Saudi’s Nassr paired players’ pay dispute in group draw of AFC Champions League RABAT: Asian champions KUALA LUMPUR: Qatar AFC Champions Western Sydney Wanderers Stars League’s Lekhwiya and have settled a pay row with Saudi champions Al Nassr League draw their players who had threat- returning to AFC Champions KUALA LUMPUR: Following is the group ened to boycott the Club World League after a three year stage draw for the 2015 AFC Champions Cup in Morocco, the Australian absence have been paired in Lekhwiya’s League that was conducted in Malaysia club said yesterday. Group A along with Iran’s players cel- yesterday: Wanderers players had been Persepolis and a team advancing ebrate their West Asia locked in a dispute over prize from the play-offs following yes- goal against Group A money for the tournament which terday’s draw. Qatar SC at Nassr (Saudi Arabia) was not part of a collective bar- Lekhwiya, is the lone club from the Qatar Lekhwiya (Qatar) gaining agreement signed by the Qatar which has earn direct qual- Stars League Persepolis (Iran) players and club at the start of ification to the continent’s pre- match at Playoff winner the season. The announcement mier club competition. Lekhwiya means their quarter-final against Two other clubs, El Jaish and Group B Stadium, Mexican side Cruz Azul, the Al Sadd, will take the play-off in this file Pakhtakor (Uzbekistan) champions of the CONCACAF route to force their way into the picture of Al Shabab (Saudi Arabia) federation, will go ahead in Rabat main draw, which features 32 top Al Ain (UAE) tomorrow as scheduled. “Western clubs from Asia including defend- August 23, Playoff winner Sydney Wanderers have today ing champions Western Sydney 2014. Group C reached a resolution with the Wanderers and continental rivals playing group in relation to the Guangzhou Evergrande. Foolad Khuzestan (Iran) allocation of FIFA Club World The two clubs will clash in the Lokomotiv (Uzbekistan) Cup prize money ahead of its group stage it emerged yesterday. Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) first match against Cruz Azul,” Tony Popovic’s side became Playoff winner the club said in a statement. the first Australian club to be Group D “The club and players are crowned Asian champions by we’ll certainly draw from every- Thailand’s Buriram United as well Defeated by Al Hilal in last Al Ahli (UAE) united in their focus to proudly edging out Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal thing we learnt from last time as the final play-off winner. year’s semi-final, Al Ain from the Tractorsazi Tabriz (Iran) represent their members, spon- following a narrow 1-0 aggregate and put that into place in this In the West, last year’s final- United Arab Emirates will also be Nasaf (Uzbekistan) sors, the Western Sydney com- victory after stunning 2013 cham- year’s competition. ists Al Hilal will look to go one keen to go further having come so munity and Australian football as pions Guangzhou en route in the “We have a very high standard better starting with a Group C close in the previous edition. Playoff winner a whole in the FIFA Club World quarter-finals on away goals in of expectation within the club. We that includes Foolad Khouzestan The inaugural AFC Champions East Asia Club in Morocco. what was a huge upset by the set those standards high last year, from Iran as well as Uzbekistan’s League winners have been drawn Group E “The terms of resolution will A-League team in their maiden we expected to do well last year Lokomotiv Tashkent and one of in Group B alongside Saudi Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (South Korea) remain confidential and no fur- campaign. and wanted to be champions. And four play-off winners from the Arabia’s Al Shabab, Uzbek League Shandong Luneng (China) ther comment will be made in Western Sydney will also be this year is no different: we want West. champions Pakhtakor and a play- Binh Duong (Vietnam) relation to this matter by either joined in Group H by either 2007 to repeat that performance.” “I think we have a balanced off winner. Playoff winner party.” champions Urawa Red Diamonds Compatriots Brisbane Roar, group which is good for us,” said Finally, Nasaf Qarshi of Group F Wanderers, who are bottom of or Kashima Antlers, dependent on who defeated Western Sydney in Al Hilal board member and media Uzbekistan will hope to hit the Gamba Osaka (Japan) the domestic A-League with no the winner of Japan’s Emperor’s the 2014 A-League Grand Final, officer Abdulkarim Al Jasser. heights of their greatest ever wins in their first nine matches, Cup, and one of four teams who will face Montedio Yamagata “We had a lot of experience continental campaign when Seongnam FC (South Korea) will face Real Madrid in the semi- advance from the play-offs in the or Urawa as well as K-League from last year and we will cer- they reached the semi-final Buriram United (Thailand) finals on Tuesday should they East. Classic side Suwon Bluewings and tainly qualify from the group. of the 2001-2002 Asian Club Playoff winner overcome the Mexican side “We had a great battle with a play-off winner in Group G. “I think we will start strong Championship by emerging from Group G No Asian team has reached the Guangzhou last year, a big match Elsewhere in the East, Korean this time because we still feel dis- a Group D that also comprises Brisbane Roar (Australia) final since the competition started in Parramatta Stadium and an champions and 2006 winners appointed from the result of last the UAE’s Al Ahli, Tractorazi Urawa Red Diamonds or Kashima Antlers in its current format in 2005. exciting one in China and we look Jeonbuk Hyundai will meet year’s final and this will encour- Tabriz of Iran and the final play- (Japan) Oceania champions Auckland forward to continuing what could Chinese FA Cup holders Shandong age us to play strong from the off winner. Suwon Bluewings (South Korea) City kicked off the tournament by become a very healthy Asian Luneng and Vietnamese cham- beginning. The eight outstanding places Playoff winner beating Moghreb Tetouan, cham- rivalry between the two clubs,” pions Becamex Binh Duong in “We have a good team, a good in the group stage of the AFC Group H pions of host nation Morocco, 4-3 said Western Sydney club repre- Group E in addition to a team coach and good players. We hope Champions League will be decided Guangzhou Evergrande (China) on penalties after a 0-0 draw in sentative Christian Layland. from the play-offs. we will have good luck this year by the play-offs which take place Wednesday’s preliminary round “Although we dealt with all the And in Group F, 2008 cham- and we will be better than last over four rounds at the start of Western Sydney Wanderers (Australia) match. Auckland will face African logistics of travelling around Asia pions and J League winners year. Other teams will be afraid February with the first group Urawa Red Diamonds or champions ES Setif in tomorrow’s very well last year, with experi- Gamba Osaka will face two-time of us, but we will not be afraid stage matches set for February Kashima Antlers (Japan) other quarter-final. REUTERS ence you get a little bit better, so Asian champions Seongnam FC, of them.” 24 and 25. THE PENINSULA Playoff winner FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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MUSCAT 24/20 Clear 23/19 Partly cloudy MAKKAH 34/23 Clear 33/23 Partly cloudy A man skis in a park after the season’s first snowfall in Moscow, Russia, yesterday. Temperatures in Moscow are hovering around zero degrees Celsius. KUWAIT 24/09 Clear 25/11 Clear BAHRAIN 23/16 Clear 25/18 Clear SANAA 20/06 Clear 22/06 Clear RIYADH 23/14 Clear 25/14 Partly cloudy Superbugs could DUBAI 28/17 Clear 29/13 Clear Birdman leads with seven BAGHDAD 22/10 Partly cloudy 25/11 Clear kill 10 million a THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW year, cost $100tr HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Golden Globe nominations LONDON: Drug-resistant BEVERLY HILLS: ATHENS 14/10 Rain 16/08 Clear The sur- A big omission this year was double nomination as best actress superbugs could kill an extra 10 WASHINGTON 07/01 Partly cloudy 09/01 Partly cloudy real show business satire Angelina Jolie’s second film as in both the drama and comedy or million people a year and cost up Birdman, a darling of critics for director, the World War Two musical categories. In the drama to $100tr by 2050 if their ram- SYDNEY 22/14 Partly cloudy 25/16 Partly cloudy its innovative storytelling, led drama Unbroken, which received Still Alice, she is a woman strug- pant global spread is not halted, LONDON 09/02 Rain 04/01 Clear the Golden Globe Awards film no nominations. gling with early-onset Alzheimer’s according to a British govern- PARIS 11/07 Rain 08/02 Chance of showers nominations yesterday, with its But Selma, the Martin Luther disease, while in Maps to the Stars, ment-commissioned review. ISTANBUL 11/07 Rain 10/06 Partly cloudy seven nods making it a front- King biopic opening on December she plays a fading actress. Such infections already kill MANILA 29/25 Partly cloudy 28/24 Partly cloudy runner early in the Hollywood 25, landed four nods, including Birdman, from Fox Searchlight hundreds of thousands of people a DHAKA 23/16 Partly cloudy 23/19 Partly cloudy awards season. best director for relative new- Pictures, has garnered praise for year and the trend is growing, the DELHI 21/10 Clear 21/10 Chance of storm The story of a washed-up comer Ava Duvernay, the only pushing the boundaries of film- review said, adding: “The impor- ISLAMABAD 18/06 Cloudy 16/06 Partly cloudy actor played by Michael Keaton female contender in the best making, using what appears to tance of effective antimicrobial attempting a comeback on the director race. The other nomina- be one seamless take that follows drugs cannot be overplayed.” Broadway stage, Birdman will tions were best drama and best Keaton and his co-stars in the Former Goldman Sachs chief compete in the best comedy or actor for David Oyelowo as King. cramped confines of Broadway economist Jim O’Neill, who led musical category with The Grand In the very competitive cat- theatre. Its acerbic commentary the work, noted that in Europe Seahorse Budapest Hotel, Into the Woods, egory of best actor for drama, on celebrity and entertainment and the United States alone Pride and St. Vincent. Oyelowo will face Steve Carell for plays on a mix of reality and around 50,000 people currently Coming-of-age drama Boyhood Foxcatcher, Benedict Cumberbatch fantasy. die each year from infections and World War Two biopic The for The Imitation Game, Jake Boyhood also wowed critics with caused by superbug forms of bac- Imitation Game landed five nomi- Gyllenhaal for Nightcrawler and something never seen in cinema: teria such as E.coli. nations each and will square off in Eddie Redmayne for The Theory a story about a boy growing up, “Unless something is done by the coveted best drama category of Everything. filmed over 12 years with the same 2050, that number could become against Foxcatcher, Selma and The Keaton, who like his character is actors. 10 million people losing their lives Theory of Everything. a former superhero star, will com- The HFPA rewarded Boyhood each year from then onwards,” he The Golden Globes, organised pete for best comedy or musical filmmaker Richard Linklater told a briefing in London. by the Hollywood Foreign Press actor with Ralph Fiennes for The with a best director nod, along- Antimicrobials are a class of Association, will be handed out on Grand Budapest Hotel, Bill Murray side Mexico’s Alejandro Gonzalez drugs that includes antibiotics, January 11 in Beverly Hills. They for St. Vincent, Joaquin Phoenix for Inarritu for Birdman, Duvernay, antivirals, antiparasitics and are one of the biggest ceremonies Inherent Vice and Christoph Waltz Wes Anderson for The Grand antifungals. in the Hollywood awards season for Big Eyes. Budapest Hotel and David Fincher The review of antimicrobial leading to the Oscars in February. Julianne Moore scored a rare for Gone Girl. REUTERS resistance (AMR) is based on analysis by two sets of research- ers, RAND and KPMG, estimat- ing the future impact of AMR A West Australian Seahorse in an aquarium at the commercial breed- under different scenarios for six ing and research facility Seahorse World, in Beauty Point, Tasmania. common infections — three bacte- Seahorses swim upright and can change their colour. Firm turns fishing nets into skateboards rial infections, plus malaria, HIV and tuberculosis. SANTIAGO: A Chile-based struck home to us was this global business executive than surfer dude. But it excludes indirect effects start-up venture that collects problem of ocean plastic pollu- “We thought — what if we of growing drug resistance which discarded fishing nets from the tion,” co-founder Ben Kneppers transformed this material into could “cast medicine back to the country’s long coastline and told Reuters last week, at the something positive?,” he said. dark ages”, the review said, by Scientists create ‘feel turns them into skateboards offices of local seed venture project “We grew up riding these kinds making routine procedures more for US teenagers is garnering Start-Up Chile. of skateboards...so we thought it dangerous. attention from investors as sales Although it is one of Latin would be a perfect fit, to trans- The problem posed by infec- ramp up. America’s most developed coun- form one kilogram of plastic into tions developing resistance to fuller’ food ingredient Bureo Skateboards hopes the tries, rates of recycling are low in a high value, inspiring product,” such drugs has been a feature novel recycled element will both Chile. he added. of medicine since Alexander LONDON: British scientists journal Gut, Frost’s team gave 20 help clean up plastic pollution in Changing people’s mindset The plastic boards are manufac- Fleming’s discovery of the first have developed an ingredient volunteers either IPE or inulin, the Pacific Ocean and attract buy- so they saw what was formerly tured in Chile and then shipped to antibiotic, penicillin, in Britain that makes foods more filling, a dietary fibre, and then allowed ers to its fish-shaped boards. considered trash as valuable Redondo Beach, California to have in 1928. and say initial tests in over- them to eat as much as they liked “We love surfing and activi- was key, said Kneppers, whose the trucks and wheels added. But it has worsened in recent weight people showed that it from a buffet. ties on the beach and what really polished discourse is more REUTERS years as multi-drug-resistant helped prevent them from gain- The team found that those given bugs have developed and drug ing more weight. IPE ate 14 percent less on average companies have reduced invest- The ingredient, developed by and had higher concentrations of ment in an unprofitable field. researchers at London’s Imperial appetite-reducing hormones in Surfing The World Health Organisation College and at the University of their blood. has warned that a post-antibi- Glasgow, contains propionate, a In a second phase, 60 over- otic era, where basic healthcare natural substance that stimulates weight volunteers took part in a becomes far more dangerous due the gut to release hormones that 24-week study in which half were to risk of infection during rou- act on the brain to reduce hunger. given IPE powder to add to their tine operations, could arrive this Propionate is produced natu- food and half given inulin. century unless something drastic rally when fibre in the diet is fer- Only one out of 25 volunteers is done. mented by microbes in the gut, given IPE who completed the study O’Neill, who was asked by but the new ingredient, inulin- gained more than 3.0 percent of British Prime Minister David propionate ester (IPE), provides their body weight, compared with Cameron in July to take a global much larger amounts of propion- six out of 24 given inulin. None of economist’s view of the problem, ate than people can generate in a the IPE group gained more than said he feared the assessment normal diet. 5.0 percent of their body weight, of its $100tr impact may be too “Molecules like propionate compared with four in the inulin conservative. stimulate the release of gut hor- group. “As big as that number might mones that control appetite, but After 24 weeks, the IPE group seem, it almost definitely under- you need to eat huge amounts of also had less fat in their abdomens estimates the true economic cost,” fibre to achieve a strong effect,” and livers compared with the inu- he said. said Gary Frost of Imperial’s lin group. His team has been asked to set department of medicine, who led Frost said that while the find- out a plan for accelerating devel- the study. ings were only from a small, opment of new antimicrobial “We wanted to find a more effi- early-stage study, they offered drugs, including antibiotics, and cient way to deliver propionate to “encouraging signs” that IPE A surfer rides a giant wave at Praia do Norte in Nazare, Portugal, yesterday. The weather forecast for the next looking into ways of incentivising the gut.” might help prevent weight gain three days predicts good conditions for creation of big waves in Nazare. drugmakers to produce them. In a study published in the in overweight people. REUTERS REUTERS