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DOHA: Several Qatar web- rise by 20pc sites carrying the .qa domain name were hacked for several hours yesterday. The websites that were hit, include impor- tant government portals, facebook.qa, google.com.qa, in from 2015 addition to several Qatar- based news sites. High housing demand likely: Experts The affected sites were either defaced or shut down DOHA: Property market opera- inflation sky-high. “We could completely, and were reinstated tors warn that house rents could see a repeat of 2006-08 if effec- by the evening. soar up to 20 percent a year tive steps to address the housing IT experts told The Peninsula from 2015 if the rising demand situation are not taken. As we that Qatar’s Domains Registry fuelled by a heavy influx of for- know, high rents were the single (registry.qa) was hacked and eign workers is not met. largest contributor to price rise the DNS (Domain Name Excessive housing supplies are then.” According to Al Mansour, System) records of several keeping the rentals stable at the the demand for housing could major domains were altered. moment, but the swelling expatri- begin jumping from the current DNS hijack allows hackers to ate population could gobble up the quarter (October to December) as deface high profile websites like surplus faster. several key development projects One of the nine Lebanese Shia pilgrims abducted by rebels in Syria is greeted by relatives upon his arrival Google, Yahoo among others. “So the authorities must focus are being awarded. at Beirut International airport yesterday, after being released in Turkey on Friday. They were held in Syria for “It seems the hackers were on creating housing supplies to The tendering process for many 17 months before Qatar mediated their release in exchange for two Turkish Airlines pilots seized in Lebanon using a free subscription US meet galloping demand,” said of those projects, allocations for server. This server can be used in August. See also page 9 Mansour Al Mansour, business- which have been made in the state free for limited hours”, a techie man and real estate expert. budget for the current fiscal year told this paper. “If that is not done, I am afraid (2013-14), is over. “The entire system is back rents could rise up to 20 per- “Some of them have already to normal”, the Ministry cent a year, especially from 2015 been awarded while others are of Communication and until 2022,” he added. “Supplies to be awarded soon — all in this Qatar backs Saudi’s UN snub Information Technology are excessive now, but they are quarter.” House rents would likely tweeted in the evening. being exhausted fast.” Al Mansour be stable this quarter and the next DOHA: Qatar agrees with Qatar hopes the United Nations meeting on Saudi Arabia’s sur- “After noticing the shutdown hinted that excessive supplies year due to excessive supplies. “But the reasons outlined by Saudi and its organs, especially the prise announcement on Friday. of major websites, ictQATAR could last until 2014-end but the situation would change drasti- Arabia to turn down a non- Security Council, will be able to Saudi Arabia’s leaders should asked service providers to back added that given the heavy influx cally in 2015 due to a heavier work- permanent seat on the United fulfill their duties and meet their “maintain their membership in the service and they acted in no of foreign workers, rising demand ers’ influx,” reiterated Al Mansour. Nations Security Council, an goals in achieving justice and the Security Council and continue time”, reported Al Sharq. It was could put pressure on supplies. Official statistics back the official source in the Foreign upholding international peace their brave role in defending our just a temporary hitch and the “So the authorities need to be experts’ claims. Real estate trans- Ministry said, adding that and security. issues specifically at the rostrum hackers couldn’t do any serious alert and make sure the demand actions have grown more than 32 many nations and people are Meanwhile, other Arab nations of the Security Council,” said a harm, it said. is met as it is generated.” percent in the first nine months of one with those reasons, espe- yesterday appealed to Saudi statement released by Arab states The Ministry of Interior said Another businessman and this year over the same period of cially the Council’s inaction Arabia to reverse the decision at the UN. hacking did not affect its serv- expert, Hassan Al Hakim said the 2012, reflecting that the demand on the Palestinian and Syrian to reject a seat on the Security The statement expressed ices and all online services were authorities should learn from the has been on an upswing. issues. Council. “respect and understanding” for normal. experience of 2006-08 when rents THE PENINSULA The source, in a statement to Arab UN ambassadors made the Saudi position. THE PENINSULA touched historic highs, pushing Continued on page 4 Qatar News Agency, added that the appeal after an emergency QNA/AGENCIES

Cruising move UN envoy to begin Mideast Hamas asks Fatah tour over Syria to form unity govt DAMASCUS: A deadly bomb- ing rocked a pro-regime sub- GAZA: Hamas, its Gaza a temporary power-share. urb of Syria’s capital yesterday, Strip stronghold cut off by the “Let’s have one government, state media said, as an envoy new military-backed govern- one parliament and one presi- was to begin a Middle East tour ment in Egypt, called upon dent,” Haniyah said. to push for peace talks. rival Palestinian President The overture was received UN-Arab League envoy Mahmoud Abbas yesterday to coolly by Fatah, whose leader, Lakhdar Brahimi was to arrive end their six-year schism and Abbas, is engaged in a new round in Cairo at the start of a regional form a unity government. of US-sponsored peace talks with tour aimed at paving the way for Abbas’s secular, US-backed Israel. Hamas refuses coexistence peace talks. Fatah faction lost a 2006 ballot with the Jewish state. A bomb blast struck a govern- to Islamist Hamas. They sat in an Ahmed Assaf, a Fatah spokes- ment-controlled suburb southeast uneasy alliance until a civil war man, said Haniyah’s speech of Damascus mainly populated by the following year left Hamas rul- “included nothing new, nei- Christians and Muslim Druze, ing Gaza while Abbas’s authority ther a clear plan nor a certain said the official SANA news was limited to the Israeli-occupied timetable”. agency. West Bank. Pressured by the deteriora- It blamed “terrorists” for the Egypt brokered a Palestinian tion of ties with former regional attack that it said left an unspeci- reconciliation deal in 2011 but it backers Syria, Hezbollah, Iran, fied number of people dead and was never implemented. In Cairo, as well as by Mursi’s fall and the wounded between Jaramana and meanwhile, Islamist President ensuing Egyptian crackdown on the adjacent rebel-held town of Mohamed Mursi was toppled by Palestinian tunnels used to smug- Mleha. AFP A swimmer trains ahead of the two-day FINA World Cup series leg that begins at Hamad Aquatic Centre in the army, which treats Egypt’s gle arms and commercial goods See also page 9 Doha today. See also page 17 Hamas neighbours as security into Gaza, Hamas is in steep threats. financial decline. “Our conditions do not allow Haniyah sought to soften for keeping up differences,” Ismail tensions with Cairo, denying Haniyah, prime minister in the Egyptian accusations the group Gaza administration, said in a had intervened in the inter- Boy killed in car accident near Al Shamal speech calling on Abbas and Fatah nal unrest on behalf of Mursi’s to renew dialogue with Hamas, Islamist supporters. DOHA: A Class IX student of the boy’s father was it has been learnt. The — Venture Gulf Group — and schedule new elections and enter REUTERS of the Birla Public School was at the wheel at the time mother also sustained Nithya is an employee of Qatar killed in a car accident near Al of the crash. No other serious injuries to her Airways. The family, from the Shamal on Friday. Three oth- vehicle was involved in ribs. southern Indian state of Tamil ers, including his parents, were the mishap, sources said. All the four were Nadu, has been in Qatar for Titanic violin sold for $1.45m injured. The cause of the acci- rushed to Al Khor hos- about eight years. “Adarsh joined Adarsh Kalyanaraman dent could not be known pital. The father and Birla Public School in March LONDON: The violin played by the Titanic’s bandmaster as the (pictured) was the only child of yesterday. The father his colleague were dis- 2010. He was a quiet, studious ship sank beneath the waves sold at auction for $1.45m yesterday, Krishnamurthy Kalyanaraman was in the front seat charged later, but the boy. He was also active in extra- a world record for memorabilia from the doomed liner. Wallace and Nithya Kalyanaraman, both while the mother and mother remains hospi- curricular activities,” said a Hartley’s violin was found strapped to his body after he drowned residents of Qatar, sources close the boy, seated in the talised. She has not been statement issued by the Indian with 1,500 others on board the ship in 1912. It was sold to a British to the family said yesterday. rear, were reportedly thrown out told about the death of her son, school yesterday. collector after a 10-minute battle between telephone bidders at The incident happened around of the vehicle by the impact. The according to sources. The police is investigating the auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son in southwest England. AFP 1pm when the family was report- boy suffered severe head injuries Krishnamurthy has been incident, sources said. Full report on page 24 edly on a leisure trip. A colleague which apparently led to his death, working with a private company THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Preparations on for ‘Run The World Festival’ for youth Over 35,000 visitors expected during three-day TYC event in December

DOHA: For the third con- secutive year, The Youth Company, Qatar, (TYC) will host Run The World Festival — the country’s most antici- pated youth event — from December 19 to 21. The three-day festival is expected to welcome over 35,000 visitors. As one of TYC’s main annual events, the festival presents an www.swiss-belhotel.com exciting opportunity for youth between 14 and 29 years to Tel participate in sports, showcase Fax outstanding talents, get involved in community projects and gain exposure to different cultures through competitions, talks and Tel a global village fair. Fax Youth willing to participate in organising the festival will be given the chance to apply and volunteer for specified jobs. “Through the festival, we aim Tel at encouraging the youth to net- Fax work and enhance their expe- riences through sports, culture and community engagement. The festival is a unique opportunity for the youth to network and show their talents. This year, we hope to welcome Tollfree more visitors,” said Mohamed Farid, Founder and Chairman November on community issues will be presented as an open artists, and others who contrib- Fax of The Youth Company with experts through forums; conference. ute to this fantastic event,” said International. the festival in December, featur- With already around 1,000 Aya Abu Issa, Chief Executive Since its launch in 2011, the ing some familiar events, such volunteer applicants and 40 Officer, TYC, Qatar. Tel festival has had an increasing as the Youth Got Talent contest, interns in less than three weeks TYC welcomes support of response from the community. sports, Parkour, graffiti design of opening application forms, corporate organisations and Fax Last year the festival received and other activities for visitors. this year’s festival is set to be a potential sponsors, with whom 27,000 visitors, hosted nine The festival will also have phenomenal success. it can secure bond for future events, engaged 700 volunteers, the Village — a unique fair that “What makes the festi- youth and community projects. Tel 100 performers, and 65 Youth unites over 30 cultural groups, val amazing is that it is built, These partnerships are essen- Fax Got Talent participants, 51 associations, and youth clubs designed and enhanced by tial for the youth of the region media hits, 100 photography and exhibiting their work. youth, not only those work- to expand their network and video submissions, and coopera- A platform will be pre- ing at TYC, but also students experiences, and for companies tion from 34 organisations. sented for youth to initiate and from schools and universities, such as TYC to sustain opera- Tel This year’s festival comprises develop sustainable projects talented young workers in the tions to fulfil these needs. Fax three installments: Talks in through RTW Legacy, which industry, athletes, performing THE PENINSULA www.doha.hilton.com

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NEW YORK: Qatar has said it acknowl- during armed conflicts, without discrimina- affected by violence. They are subjected to edges the importance of the rule of law tion or selectivity, while another is to call sexual, physical and psychological abuse, in consolidating stability and progress on parties in a conflict to take measures harassment, humiliation and torture during and the need to strengthen women’s par- to protect women and girls from gender- raids by forces loyal to the regime, and are ticipation and advocacy for the rights of based violence in armed conflict situations. punished because their relatives are wanted women and girls in all efforts aimed at “The status of women in conflict zones is a by the regime. conflict prevention and resolution as well matter of concern,” she said, adding women Such action amount to war crimes and Tel as peace-building. and girls are subjected to the worst kind of crimes against humanity, Sheikha Alia said, The country also highlighted the impor- violence due to these conflicts and bear the holding the Syrian regime responsible for Fax tance of enhancing women’s role in various bulk of the burden due to the violation of crimes against women and girls. fields, and initiatives taken to enable them their rights. She hailed the council’s consideration to play their full role in parliamentary and Palestinian women are facing the conse- of women, peace and security issue after political fields. quences of Israeli unfair practices — which 13 years of the adoption of the historic Tel Addressing a Security Council meeting all Palestinian people in the occupied ter- Resolution 1325, and after achievements Fax on ‘Women and peace and security: Women, ritories are suffering, especially in the Gaza in upgrading women’s skills, especially in rule of law and transitional justice in con- Strip, she said, adding women bear the international peace and security. flict-affected situations’, Qatar’s Permanent bulk of difficulties. Besides the economic But it comes at a time when weakness in Representative to the UN Sheikha Alia blockade Israel continues to detain people, the role of women in making decisions on Tel Ahmed bin Seif Al Thani said issues of including women, and block the movement their future, security and stability contin- Fax women, peace and security cannot be tack- of Palestinian women at several places. ues along with the violation of their rights, led without addressing the root causes of Women prisoners are subjected to prac- especially in the Arab world, she said. their suffering and insecurity. tices contrary to international conventions She also highlighted the need to facili- Women’s protection needs direct efforts and humanitarian and moral values. tate women’s access to transitional justice on multiple fronts, she said. One of these In Syria, she said, women and children mechanisms, particularly in crimes during Tel efforts is to implement laws to protect them are among the most vulnerable to and most conflicts and transition phase. QNA Fax Martial arts Tel Fax

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Libya’s illegal migrants HMC to host top UN ambassador holds consultants

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will host eminent visiting consultants Western Sahara talks from various specialities this month as part of efforts to bring experts to Qatar and Bid to break decades-old deadlock over status promote exchange of clinical expertise. RABAT: UN envoy rights in Western Sahara” in on Western Sahara on October Dr Samir Mattar Gamil, Christopher Ross, trying to 90 minutes of talks with Ross, 20. Earlier this year, aggres- consultant bariatric and meta- break a decades-old deadlock who has made no public com- sive international lobbying by bolic surgeon, will visit HMC over the status of Western ments during his tour. Rabat successfully shot down on October 22-27; Professor Sahara, held talks yesterday On Tuesday, he met in Rabat an unprecedented US proposal Hartmut Goldschmidt, bone in the territory’s main city with Prime Minister Abdelilah to task the UN peacekeep- marrow transplant consultant, Laayoune, media reports said. Benkirane before travelling ing force in the territory with on October 27-31; Dr Massimo Ross, who arrived in to Algeria, where he visited human rights monitoring. Federico, consultant in breast and Laayoune on Friday night Sahrawi refugee camps. A UN Security Council res- ovarian cancer and lymphoma, on a regional tour, met local Algeria said this week it olution extending the force’s on October 26-28; Professor Moroccan officials as well with supports “intensified efforts” mandate simply stressed Kristian Borg, professor of physi- civil society groups, both for by the UN envoy to Western the “importance of improv- cal medicine and rehabilitation, and against independence for Sahara, while underlining the ing the human rights situa- from October 27 to November 3; the disputed territory. Sahrawi people’s right to self- tion” in Western Sahara and Professor Andrew Burroughs, Morocco annexed the former determination. Before leaving the Sahrawi refugee camps in gastroenterology and liver trans- Spanish colony in 1975 in a Western Sahara on Monday, Algeria. In the weeks after the plant consultant, on October 27 move never recognised by the Ross is also expected to travel Security Council vote, scores -31; and Dr Raj Kapoor and Dr international community, while to Smara, 240km southeast of of pro-independence protest- Migrants sit on a bed as they are detained at a temporary prison yesterday in an Richard Greenwood, consultant its neighbour Algeria backs the Laayoune, for meetings with ers were wounded in clashes eastern district of Tripoli, after they were captured in the coastal city of Surman neurologists, on October 26. pro-independence Polisario tribal chiefs and civil society with Moroccan security forces during an attempt to reach Europe on fishing boats. Thirty-three people died Patients are advised to contact Front. The pro-independence representatives. in Laayoune and other towns, and more than 200 were rescued after the boat capsized on October 11 after the concerned departments for group CODESA said it dis- The UN Security Council is where calm has since returned, setting out from the Libyan port of Zwara. appointments. cussed “violations of human scheduled to hold consultations at least temporarily. AFP THE PENINSULA S cientific forum in Abu Dhabi Mubarak retrial resumes, ABU DHABI: The Second International Pharmacy Conference of Al Noor Hospital will be held on Friday at Park Rotana Hotel in Abu Dhabi themed, ‘Safe, Quality and Excellence in security officials testify Pharmacy practice’. Experts in pharmaceutical sciences will discuss patient care and quality of CAIRO: A retrial of former Egyptian Last month the presiding judge pharmacy services. QNA president Hosni Mubarak resumed imposed a media gag on the sessions' yesterday in a closed-door session in proceedings for reasons of national which top security officials gave testi- security. mony, state television said. The military-backed government Mubarak, 85, was sentenced to life imposed a state of emergency after in prison last year for complicity in the Islamist president Mohamed Mursi killing of demonstrators in the uprising was toppled in July, and used it to place that toppled him in 2011, but an appeals Mubarak under house arrest. court ordered a retrial. The army had removed Mursi, Egypt’s Mubarak was released from jail but first freely elected president, after mass is kept under house arrest in a military protests against his rule. hospital in Maadi, a Cairo suburb. His now-banned Muslim Brotherhood State television said that former intel- has described the move as a coup and ligence chief Mourad Mowafy and the said it had reversed the gains of the head of the national security authority, Arab Spring revolution which ousted General Mostafa Abdel Naby, testified Mubarak. during the hearing. REUTERS

Turkey rejects EU criticism ISTANBUL: Turkey yes- terday rejected European Union criticism of its handling of anti-govern- ment protests earlier this year, but said a report on its progress towards join- ing the bloc showed it had come closer to European economic and democratic standards. In the government’s first official response to the commission’s report, released on Wednesday, EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis said the European Commission's support for fresh talks on a new policy area proved Turkey was making progress in the reform process. "We are pleased that this year's progress report emphasises the impor- tant reforms Turkey has realised," Bagis said. REUTERS Demand for land remains high Continued from page 1 The demand remains high for land as develop- ers are focusing on creat- ing more and more housing and commercial stock. “Land prices have been relatively stable so far this year but surging demand means that the situation would change — and sooner than expected,” said a real estate expert, preferring anonymity. He said the rental market for afford- able housing was likely to be affected soon due to huge shortages. “The rents of this segment of hous- ing are already increasing and the trend is unlikely to be checked due to short supplies.” “The problem is, despite such shortages develop- ers continue to focus on medium and higher-end housing stocks. That doesn’t, obviously, bode well for limited-income people.” THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Civil war looms 2 years after Gaddafi’s death Radical militias and regular forces fight tit-for-tat war

TRIPOLI: Libya will today of US ambassador Chris Stevens mark the second anniversary of last year. There, they were turned the death of Muammar Gaddafi back by powerful militia units. with the country on the brink Ben Hamid went on live tel- of a new civil war and fighting evision to insist he had no role in raging in the eastern city of the killing of Al Barghathi, and Benghazi, birthplace of its Arab vowed reprisals against those who Spring revolution. destroyed his home. Violence between radical mili- Libya’s militias are in the tias and regular forces broke spotlight as never before, in a out on Friday night and contin- country racked by violence and ued yesterday, while the capital economic stagnation. Zaidan Tripoli is braced for fallout from has blamed the Revolutionaries the kidnapping earlier this month Control Room, headquarters for of prime minister Ali Zaidan. the biggest militia, Libya Shield, Federalists in Cyrenaica, home for his kidnapping 10 days ago, to most of Libya’s oil, open their promising harsh measures once own independent parliament in the Eid religious holiday week A female Palestinian olive farmer walks around her destroyed olive tree, allegedly cut down by Israeli settlers from Benghazi this week, in a step that ends today. the settlement of Elie, close to the village of Qaryut, near the West Bank City of Nablus, yesterday. may herald the breakup of the Shield forces deployed in the country. capital denied staging the abduc- For months, radical militias tion, but their units were this and regular forces in Benghazi weekend fortifying their positions have fought a tit-for-tat war. in fear of attack. Israeli settlers destroy over Last week two soldiers had their The trigger for this spiralling throats slit as they slept in an violence was the arrest two weeks army base. ago by Delta Force commandos But Friday’s killing of Libya’s of an Al Qaeda suspect from 100 olive trees near Nablus military police commander, A file picture of Muammar Gaddafi his Tripoli home. That arrest Ahmed Al Barghathi, shot as he addressing a press conference has polarised opinion, and Nato, left a mosque, has became the at Rome's Quirinale presidential which bombed the rebels to vic- NABLUS: Israeli settlers Bakr Ahmad and Abdul-Hamid Asira Al Qibliya in the Nablus trigger for wider violence. palace in Italy. tory in the 2011 Arab spring, has chopped down more than 100 Azzam. Nablus mayor Jibreel Al district, a Palestinian Authority Hours after an assassina- found itself in the hot seat over olive trees in the Nablus district Bakri denounced the destruction, official said. tion branded a “heinous act” by plans to train a new government village of Qaryut early yester- and he urged Palestinian farm- Ghassan Daghlas, who moni- US ambassador Deborah Jones, Fighting continued into the army. Britain is to join the US and day, a Palestinian Authority ers to continue harvesting olives tors settlements in the Nablus armed units stormed the Benghazi night, with army units heading for Italy in training Libyan army cad- official said. even in the face of frequent set- district, told Ma’an that dozens home of a prominent militia com- the home of a second militia com- res at a base in Cambridgeshire, Ghassan Daghlas, a PA offi- tler attacks. of Israelis from the illegal set- mander, Wissam Ben Hamid, with mander, Ahmed Abu Khattala, eastern England. cial who monitors settler activi- According to a 2012 report on tlement of Yitzhar surrounded guns and rockets. indicted by the US for the killing GUARDIAN NEWS ties in the northern West Bank, Israeli settler violence released the land with fences in the Al Bir told Ma’an news agency that by the Palestine Center, a area near the settlement. settlers from the illegal Israeli Washington-based NGO, every The land belongs to village res- settlement of Eli destroyed year the olive harvest period idents Issa Sulaiman Makhlouf over 100 trees belonging to vil- sees the highest peak in attacks and Mohammad Sulaiman lage residents Muhammad on Palestinian civilians and Makhlouf, Daghlas said. Ibrahim Muammar, Qasim property. More than 500,000 Israeli Turkish police fire tear gas Abdullah Azzam, Muhammad Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli settlers live in settlements Jabir Abdullah, Amin Mahmoud settlers late Friday appropri- across the West Bank and East Hasan, Muslih Ahmad Badawi, ated approximately five acres of Jerusalem, in contravention of at student demonstration Shaer Ahmad Ibrahim, Ahmad Palestinian land in the village of international law. QNA ANKARA: Turkish police have fired tear gas on students protesting the start of controversial works on a road through their university campus in Ankara. The tear gas was fired late on Friday as security forces shielded workers and diggers who began uprooting trees in a park on the site of Middle East Technical University (METU) in the Turkish capital on Friday night. Dozens of students massed behind the gates of the establishment, angry with the planned destruction of 3,000 trees, Turkey’s Dogan press agency reported. The rector of the uni- Protesters march on a road under construction yesterday as they demonstrate versity, Ahmet Acar, against the beginning of controversial works on the Middle East Technical University strongly condemned the campus in Ankara. police action as illegal and said the university would take the matter to court. “METU gave its green light to the road project but we do not approve of this night-time raid,”, Acar was quoted as saying Saturday on the daily news website Hurriyet. Greenpeace also issued a statement criticising the “antidemocratic and unac- ceptable” actions of the Ankara authorities. The ongoing battle against the project has raged for weeks, with police using rubber bul- lets and tear gas in protests that drew in hun- dreds of students in early September. METU’s campus is one of the largest green spaces in the Turkish capital. The latest protests come as Turkish authorities stand accused of commit- ting “gross human rights violations” during anti- government protests that rocked the country in June and which began as dem- onstrations against the uprooting of green space in central Istanbul. Amnesty International said in a report released on October 2 that “a string of human rights violations on a huge scale” were perpe- trated by police. AFP SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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S LIBYA marks the second anniversary of the death of Muammar Gaddafi, the country is on the verge of a civil war. Tripoli is losing control Aof its parts and if the current decline continues Guantanamo prison’s fate unchecked, the situation could soon spiral out of control. The country is convulsed by problems on multiple fronts. Fighting is raging in the eastern city of Benghazi, birthplace of its Arab spring revolution; violence between radical tied to Afghan exit militias and regular forces broke out on Friday night and BY KAREN DEYOUNG continued yesterday, while the capital Tripoli is preparing with the Authorization for the Use of determines it applies. Under Obama, for the fallout from the kidnapping earlier this month of Military Force, a law passed within days it has been the legal underpinning for Prime Minister Ali Zaidan which shocked the entire nation. HE APPROACHING end of the of the September 11 attacks, and replace lethal strikes against Yemen-based Al Zaidan has blamed the Revolutionaries Control Room, US war in Afghanistan could help it with more targeted versions to allow Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Al TPresident Barack Obama move action against new Al Qaeda-related Shabab in Somalia. This month, it was headquarters for the biggest militia – Libya Shield – for his toward what he has said he wanted to groups in the Middle East and Africa the cited legal authority for US Special kidnapping 10 days ago, promising harsh measures once the do since his first day in office: close the and other threats as they arise. Forces operations that captured Nazih Eid religious holiday week ends. Another disappointing news US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. His goal, the president said in a May Abdul-Hamed Al Ruqai, also known as is that federalists in Cyrenaica, home to most of Libya’s oil, Blocked by Congress from releasing speech, is to “refine and ultimately Anas Al Libi, in Tripoli, Libya, and the are opening their own independent parliament in Benghazi or transferring many of the remaining repeal” the existing authority. failed attempt to capture an Al Shabab 164 detainees and able to try only a small Repeal of the AUMF could allow leader in southern Somalia. this week, in a step that may indicate the breakup of the number of them, administration officials other detainees imprisoned under its But the open-ended nature of the country and precipitate a fight with Tripoli, the capital. are examining whether the withdrawal terms to refile habeas corpus petitions AUMF — along with the distance in If every Arab Spring country has its own problem, of US troops at the end of 2014 could that the government had successfully time and space between current strug- in Libya the problem has been its militias. It’s now said open the door for some to challenge the quashed. gles in the Middle East and Africa and that Libya is ruled by everyone and no one. The federal legal authority of the United States to “If that were to go away, you really the Afghan conflict that began in 2001 government has failed miserably continue to imprison them. don’t have that legal hook for contin- — has left many concerned. Most immediately, officials believe ued detention,” a senior administration “I never imagined that the AUMF to control these armed groups the war’s declared end could force a official said of the AUMF. “I think you would still be in effect today,” former As Libya marks which were let loose after the reckoning over would have some very interesting con- congresswoman Jane Harman, D-Calif., the second death of Gaddafi. None of these the detention stitutional questions.” one of 420 House members to vote in militias are capable of governing of more than a While the end of the war may acceler- favor of the measure on September 14, anniversary alone and at the same time will dozen Afghan ate the transfer of prisoners, the admin- 2001, said at a recent conference on the not allow others to govern. Each Taliban members istration would still need a place to hold subject. of the death of War’s declared captured on the those being tried in military commis- “Over time, some would assert, and Gaddafi, the group just wants to protect its battlefield, allow- sions, including the alleged September I agree, that it has taken on a life of its privileges and prevent others end could force ing them to lodge 11 plotters, as well as potentially some of own, and the executive branch has used country is on the from governing. a reckoning over new appeals to the four dozen men deemed too danger- it in ways that no one who voted for it verge of a civil The only way Libya could the detention of the federal courts. ous to release but who are ineligible for envisioned,” Harman said. be rescued from disaster is by “In the words trial because evidence against them is Others have been reluctant to do war. more than a dozen of the Supreme inadmissable. Congress has prohibited away with it or narrow its scope, in part making sure that the rule of Court, the author- their transfer to US prisons. because of the potential effect its demise law prevails in the country. The Taliban members ity to detain — if No new detainees have arrived could have on Guantanamo. government has wasted precious time by being soft with the captured on the you’re detaining at Guantanamo since 2008, when The only ironclad waiver to the cur- militias, and it’s tough to muzzle them and soon the militias based on someone the George W Bush administration rent congressional restrictions on trans- will be uncontrollable, which will mark the beginning of the battlefield, allowing being a belliger- announced the transfer of the last of the ferring detainees out of Guantanamo end of Libya as we know today. The consequences will be ent — can unravel 16 “high-value” prisoners from secret Bay is a court order. them to lodge new as hot wars end. CIA and other sites overseas. “All the folks who remain there have disastrous not only for the country, but for its neighbours appeals to the And I think that’s Under both the Bush and Obama lost — or, depending on your perspective, too, which are no citadels of stability. a real question,” administrations, the AUMF has pro- the government has won — habeas [cor- Libya is still a tribal society, and the concept of federal courts. Brig. Gen. Mark vided the legal justification under US pus] litigation,” said the senior official, nationhood and allegiance to a central state is yet to take Martins, chief law for military action in Afghanistan who spoke on the condition of anonym- root. According to a report, the Libyan government “lacks prosecutor for and for CIA drone attacks and other ity to discuss internal administration even 100 armed men who would actually lay their lives military commissions at Guantanamo, actions in Pakistan. deliberations. said in a recent interview. With no legislative or legal challenge, “If that goes away,” the official said, a on the line to defend the abstract concept of the state. Detainees at Guantanamo have been Obama has also adopted an expanded raft of new petitions is expected, along Conversely, the militias can rely on thousands.” held, some of them for more than 12 interpretation of the law to use force with new pressure on Congress to lift What can save the state in such a dangerously fluid years and most without charge, since against Al Qaeda “associates,” including three-year-old restrictions on transfers situation? Only a powerful central leadership can, which Congress authorised the use of mili- groups that did not exist when it was home or to other countries. must use force where necessary and persuasion where tary force against those who “planned, first enacted. Thus far, the administration has authorised, committed or aided” the As currently interpreted, the AUMF made no move to implement Obama’s necessary and must unleash an intense public relations September 11, 2001, attacks and might has no geographic boundaries and can goal of narrowing or doing away with campaign to educate the public. But such a leadership is yet launch new attacks. justify military action anywhere in the AUMF. to emerge and time very short • Ideally, Obama would like to do away the world where the administration WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Obama needs to be decisive to avoid debt crisis relapse the day HE world can only hope can often become intractable. This, inevitable in Washington. However, the hope is that this will force their radi- that the past few weeks of however, shouldn’t be the case with world cannot afford a US leadership cal Tea Party movement members to Washingtonian legislative a developed nation and especially one which acts like a Third World nation. If accept the counsel of their sensible Tbrinkmanship is the high that is a superpower. the US had failed to raise its debt ceiling party leadership. It will also hopefully We are not involved watermark of the past few years of The recent crises over the raising of for a few months, the resulting chaos in push Obama into being a leader who political polarisation in the United the debt ceiling and the failure to pass the global financial system could have does more than orate wonderfully. Only in any incident. States. At the very least, it will mean a budget revealed two clear problems led to the coinage of a new phrase — a this will ensure that the present politi- Neither in the Sinai the end of radical Republican attempts in the US’ domestic politics. First, the place where economies fall when they cal compromise, which only extends to sabotage President Barack Obama’s aftermath of the sub-prime financial cri- go beyond depression. What happened the debt ceiling and budget by three or elsewhere. We only social sis has divided the Republican Party in Washington should not be dismissed to four months, will become the basis act in the Palestinian agenda. Emerging economies like and meant the US no longer has a as mere political theatricals, this was of a more stable polity. The world has India would see a reflection of their loyal opposition. Two, Obama has a more akin to economic Russian rou- enough problems without losing the arena and our guns political foibles in what the US has been personal flaw: he combines an ambi- lette. The difference is that, in the latter surety of its sole superpower, the coun- going through in the past few months. tious domestic agenda with a dislike for case, the consequences when things try which despite its faults remains the are turned only In an India or a Brazil, the narrowness networking that a president has to do go wrong can be fatal. sheet anchor for the world’s security toward the Zionist of the policy consensus among parties to further his political goals. Between The Republicans were humiliated and economy. Ismail Haniyah means that domestic political battles these two, fratricidal politics is perhaps in the debt-cum-shutdown crisis. The Hindustan Times enemy. Hamas Prime Minister SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 US not in decline, it’s on the rise Washington will have new leverage to renegotiate relationships and engagements with the Middle East; the success of sanctions on Iran is the first manifestation of the US as an energy powerhouse.

BY ELY RATNER and THOMAS Emerging economies were the darlings WRIGHT of the past decade, growing at an average of roughly 7 percent annually between t’s been a banner month for the 2003 and 2012. By some calculations, oracles of American decline. The China was poised to surpass the US in shutdown of the federal govern- GDP by 2016. ment, the prospect of a default on Today, the picture couldn’t look more the country’s debt, and the politi- different. Brazil’s growth rate has fallen calI dysfunction that made the US seem from more than 7 percent in 2010 to just rudderless on Syria and forced the can- under 1 percent. Likewise, Indian growth cellation of President Obama’s trip to tumbled to about 3 percent in 2012, down Asia seemed to confirm that the end of from double digits as recently as two American preeminence is finally upon us. years earlier. Perhaps most pronounced, Council on Foreign Relations President China’s government is revising down its Richard Haass argued that Washington official growth targets. Analysts are no was “hastening the emergence of a longer asking whether there will be a post-American world.” The Guardian’s Chinese economic slowdown but rather Timothy Garton Ash wrote that “the how hard the landing will be. erosion of American power is happening Morgan Stanley has identified five US President Barack Obama (left) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid shared the same goals but had notable stylistic differences faster than most of us predicted — while particularly fragile emerging-market in their approaches to the fiscal fight. the politicians in Washington behave currencies: Brazil’s real, India’s rupee, like rutting stags with locked antlers.” Indonesia’s rupiah, South Africa’s rand bringing down Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, political renewal. In this dawning era sabotaged by protectionism and low And the financial website MarketWatch and Turkey’s lira. Those countries are getting weapons inspectors on the ground of strategic advantage, the US will con- standards. And Washington can use its declared: “This is what decline of a super- vulnerable to high inflation, large deficits, in Syria and embarking on serious nego- front foreign policy challenges largely newfound strength to exercise restraint power looks like.” low growth and a downturn in China. tiations to curb Iran’s nuclear weapons associated with weakness and instabil- and develop international rules around The idea that such a moment was com- And they may soon face problems in program. You can quibble with process ity abroad. emerging security issues such as drone ing has dominated US foreign policy cir- international financing. and style, but it’s hard to argue that any Washington will wrestle with the con- warfare and offensive cyber-capabilities. cles since the late 2000s. The declinists The political systems in emerging pow- of these would have happened without sequences of a fragile China and its impli- All of this will contribute to a more pros- warned that in light of American difficul- ers are fraying, too. There have been huge the US. cations for the economics and politics of perous and secure US. ties at home and abroad, and the rapid protests in Brazil over wasteful govern- More broadly, and most important, the East Asia. The Middle East will continue The principal risk to these efforts is rise of new powers such as Brazil, India ment spending and inadequate social pro- US is blessed with a superior combination its painful and bloody revolutionary that Americans could choose to wall and China, we should prepare for a global grams. Russia looks more authoritarian of sound fundamentals in demography, period. And Europe appears increas- themselves off from the world after a order no longer dominated by the US. by the day. And the Chinese Communist geography, higher education and innova- ingly unable to move beyond protracted difficult decade. According to a survey Some argued that the US should retrench Party is stepping up efforts to crack down tion. That ensures it has the people, ideas stagnation, eroding its ability to play a by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and do less. Others that it should share on journalists, academics and bloggers in and security to thrive at home and on the constructive role in world affairs. 38 percent of Americans want to stay out the burden of leadership with the emerg- what seems to be an attempt to control world stage. But being lonely at the top will also of world affairs, the highest share since ing titans. the discontent that accompanies slower Of course, the economic recovery is engender huge opportunities to build the 1947, and the figure rises to a majority But predicting the decline of the US growth and painful economic reforms. incomplete, and much remains to be done kind of liberal order that the US failed among young Americans who came of age has always been risky business. In the In terms of hard power, the US mili- on the debt and growth, but as Australian to consolidate in the 1990s. Rather than during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. 1970s and late 1980s, expectations of tary is at the forefront of next-genera- Foreign Minister Bob Carr aptly noted simply re-engineering the existing sys- But retrenchment would be a huge waning power were followed by periods tion technologies, including unmanned in July 2012, “America is just one budget tem, this will require US leadership to mistake. America’s domestic revival pro- of geopolitical resurgence. systems, robotics and lasers. Even more deal away from ending all talk of America build international norms, rules and vides all the necessary tools to facilitate There’s every reason to believe that superior than its hardware is its soft- being in decline.” Easier said than done, institutions from the ground up. American leadership abroad. Being hum- cycle is recurring today. Despite gridlock ware: the command and control systems but still easier to address than the mam- Washington will have new leverage to ble about the US’ ability to shape foreign in Washington, America is recovering to conduct highly advanced joint opera- moth challenges facing the emerging renegotiate relationships and engage- societies, particularly through military from the financial crisis and combining tions and major wars. powers. ments with the Middle East; the success means, is no excuse for a lack of ambition enduring strengths with new sources of The US also remains the linchpin of As partisan as Washington is today, the of sanctions on Iran is the first manifesta- to continue the project of advancing US influence, including energy. Meanwhile, the international community. Through US has overcome episodes of far greater tion of the US as an energy powerhouse. interests and universal values overseas. emerging powers are running into trou- hard-nosed diplomacy, economic pres- social discord and political turmoil. The The US can also lead in knitting Rather than bracing for American bles of their own. Taken together, these sure and the spectre of military action, recent souring of public opinion on the together historic trade pacts across the decline, Washington should prepare to developments are ushering in a new era Washington has retained its ability to obstructionists in Congress is a healthy Pacific and Atlantic oceans, re-energis- lead the world anew. of American strategic advantage. marshal effective multinational coalitions, reminder of America’s propensity for ing a first-rate global trade agenda long WP-BLOOMBERG China has own political gridlock to worry Clock is ticking for

The question about Chinese reforms isn’t Politics can be as so much “what” as “how” — it’s an execution Scottish party problem, not a blueprint issue. But execution detached from will require the Chinese leadership to sustain BY MARTIN KETTLE political conditions that allow these reforms to take place with relatively few obstructions. he clock is ticking for the Scottish National party. Literally. underlying economic Without a generally unified long- term con- Behind every rostrum speaker in the SNP conference hall in sensus, it will be quite difficult to repair the Perth, a large digital clock counts sleeplessly down. Yesterday, realities and needs ship of state. Economic reforms may end up Tit was 334 days to go before the 18 September 2014 independ- so riddled with compromises that they please ence vote. Today, when Alex Salmond gives his leader’s speech, the none and disappoint all. climax of the last SNP annual conference before the vote, it will be 333. in Beijing as it is in The Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping, Polling day is concentrating the SNP’s mind. Every reference to a for example, fully understood the impor- yes vote next year wins the usual warm round of applause from the Washington. tance of managing the politics of economic well-packed hall. But you get the sense in Perth that the immensity reform, especially in 1976, after the country of what is at stake in 2014 is really sinking in. Salmond and the SNP BY DAMIEN MA awoke from a nightmarish decade of political have brilliantly surfed the wave of political popularity for six years now, upheaval. As capable as Deng was, even he winning the right in 2011 to put their belief in an independent Scotland y most accounts, the past few weeks almost lost the consensus on economic liber- to the voters. But the nearer they get to those still-distant dazzling have exposed a drastic maturity gap alisation in the late 1980s. In 1992, he deftly lights, the clearer it is that the hard work is only just beginning. between the US and Chinese gov- manoeuvred to re-establish it: Twenty years The SNP is a fascinating political phenomenon. The only political Bernments. The purported icon of Chinese President Xi Jinping later, China’s economy is transformed. party in Britain with a really popular leader. The only governing party democracy watched its system descend into Political interests and ideology matter in Britain with a clear poll lead. One of the few governing parties in chaos and petty political gamesmanship, com- desperately need. A bargain over the debt greatly in China, as much as, if not more Europe whose support has grown through the financial crisis. A party ing within hours of a default that would have ceiling was always likely to be the eventual than, in the US Even the prospect of reforms with an enviably energised and effective propaganda machine. And sparked global economic disorder. outcome, despite the 11th-hour scare. But that appears to have revived old-school ideo- the SNP conference in Perth is the only one this autumn in which the Publicly, Chinese leaders remained states- was never the real issue. The US still faces a logical battles, and official commentary has leader’s speech seems to have nothing to prove. manlike and above the fray, withholding com- structural deficit and a growth problem, which repeatedly warned against “Westernisation” And yet there’s a descant in Perth to the major-key optimism that ments on the circus in Washington. At the will require significant changes to its econ- and reverted to Maoist rhetoric on toeing has marked every SNP conference in the last few years. That descant same time, and unsurprisingly, surrogates in omy in order to be resolved. The showdown in the political line. The government is clearly is political reality. Try as the SNP machine might to spin a more the Chinese news media and commentators in Congress was merely one symptom of a much insulating itself against internal critics who favourable story, the opinion polls continue to point solidly towards the intelligentsia were less restrained. They more complex and intense political debate over are ready to sabotage reform efforts, calling a no vote next year. Increasingly, you can discern a more minor-key gleefully piled on with op-ed articles arguing the shape of America’s economic future. As it them “Americanisation” by another name. debate among some Nats. How well can we do to keep the independ- for “de-Americanising” the world and rapidly continues to recover from the global economic Politics can be as detached from underlying ence issue alive after 2014? What would be an honourable defeat? Or reducing China’s purchase of US Treasuries. crisis, the US is confronting several pressing economic realities and needs in Beijing as it even, given the consistency of the polls, a moral victory? It is notable that some of these commentaries challenges: how to reduce inequality, slow the is in Washington. That these structural eco- The very fact that Sturgeon even posed the possibility of defeat was only appeared in the English-language press, erosion of the middle class, create 21st-cen- nomic reforms are deeply political will be no a sign of the mood here. Sturgeon is practically everyone’s choice to both within China and globally: They were tury jobs and sustain competitiveness. surprise to the Chinese leadership (nor should succeed Salmond if the vote is a disaster, but she doesn’t need to posi- clearly aimed at a Western audience. So was Undertaking the appropriate structural it surprise America’s). Like most entrenched tion herself to inherit. Significantly, Sturgeon’s speech, and the SNP’s the showy downgrade of US sovereign debt by reforms will require a rearrangement of politi- political interests, those that have benefited pitch, is less and less about romantic nationalism and sovereignty. China’s Dagong Global Credit Rating Co — a cal interests, as all such reforms do. Already, tremendously from the current economic Tartan, Rabbie Burns, and biscuit-tin nationalism are all on the fringes feature of the last debt-ceiling crisis, too. structural changes are being contested on ide- arrangement, such as state companies, will in the modern SNP. Today’s nationalist focus is all about defending The rest of the world got the point. From ological grounds. Huge differences exist over fight tooth and nail to prevent their interests the sense — and to some extent the reality — that Scotland is the last China, sober voices were calling on America whether the state ought to be shepherding from being hijacked by economic restructuring. bastion of the 1945 welfare state nation, which England is perceived to to get its house in order. In the US, politicians reforms in the first place. Well beyond November, Chinese leaders will have abandoned, and which the UK parties seem powerless or down- were so consumed with self-interest that they China’s schadenfreude over the political have to shape, mold and preserve the political right unwilling to protect. Sturgeon’s speech sang a siren song to the appeared willing to risk economic catastrophe. dysfunction in the US won’t last long, as the consensus so that these foes don’t weaken the working-class Labour voters in the west of central Scotland who, in Once again, China’s political system looked a politics of reform are set to command the resolve to tackle the thorniest reforms. SNP eyes, hold the key to a shock yes vote win. An SNP government lot stronger and more stable than the US’s. attention of the Chinese government, too. Schadenfreude is easy. Manoeuvring and of an independent Scotland would keep the Royal Mail public, abolish Yet these are superficial and fleeting con- Officials in Beijing are also in the middle of handling the internal politics of reform is the bedroom tax, protect the state pension and social security, and trasts. The two governments share a much a heated debate over an ambitious economic hard. Democracy or not, China will need to kick out Trident, she said. All she and the SNP need now is for David more significant problem: how to align their reform agenda, elements of which will be display no less, and probably more, skill than Cameron to soar ahead in the UK polls and to look a likely general political systems to enable the vital struc- unveiled at a major Communist Party meet- the US if its reforms are to succeed. election winner. Or so, clutching at something more than straws, they tural economic changes their countries ing in early November. WP-BLOOMBERG hope. And still the clock ticks. THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Tunisia to Arabs call on Saudi to rethink UN protest start national UNITED NATIONS: Arab defending our issues specifically General Assembly election on opposition rebels and arch-rival Hassan Rouhani, in the highest- nations yesterday appealed to at the rostrum of the Security Thursday. The government of the Iranian government. level contact between the two dialogue on Saudi Arabia to reverse a deci- Council,” said a statement stunned the world the following Saudi Arabia’s withdrawal countries in more than three sion to reject a seat on the UN released by Arab states at the day however by accusing the from the council term start- decades. Wednesday Security Council. UN. The statement expressed council of “double standards” in ing on January 1 means that Citing the Security Council’s Arab UN ambassadors made “respect and understanding” for handling conflicts such as the the Asia-Pacific group will have failure to resolve the Israeli- TUNIS: Tunisia’s ruling the appeal after an emergency the Saudi position. 32-month-old Syria war. to find a new candidate for a Palestinian dispute, take steps Islamists and opposition parties meeting on Saudi Arabia’s sur- It added however that it was Many diplomats and analysts new vote by the UN General to end Syria’s civil war and to are to start a national dialogue prise announcement on Friday crucial for Saudi Arabia to rep- have said the Saudi protest was a Assembly unless the Saudis stop nuclear proliferation in the on Wednesday to end the coun- that it would not take up a resent the Arab and Muslim message to the US that it wanted change their mind. region, Riyadh said the body had try’s political stalemate, crisis Security Council seat to protest world on the council “at this a tougher stance on Syria and Saudi Arabia has also been instead perpetuated conflicts mediators and members of the the body’s handling of the Syria important and historical stage, was angry that Washington had angered by a rapprochement and grievances. opposition have said. war and other conflicts. specifically for the Middle East opened contacts with Iran. between Iran, its old regional foe, Saudi Arabia was elected This comes two weeks after the Saudi Arabia’s leaders should region.” Saudi Arabia, the world’s and the US, which has taken root to the council with Nigeria, ruling Islamist party Ennahda “maintain their membership Saudi Arabia won a prized number one oil producer and since President Barack Obama Lithuania, Chad and Chile. All agreed to stand down by late in the Security Council and two year seat on the 15 nation a predominant Islamic power, spoke by telephone last month had stood unopposed in the elec- October in a roadmap to form a continue their brave role in Security Council in a UN is a major backer of Syrian to the new Iranian President, tion. AFP government of independents. “The date of the real start of the national dialogue has been set for October 23 to implement the roadmap,” the UGTT trade union mediating crisis talks said late Friday. 15 killed in Somalia suicide blast The roadmap is also aimed at introducing a new constitution, electoral laws and setting a time- Shabab rebels claim attack in crowded restaurant popular among military officers table for fresh parliamentary and presidential elections to end the political deadlock that followed MOGADISHU: At least 15 atrocities. They long ago lost all the July 25 killing of opposition people died yesterday in a sui- popular support as Somalis have MP Mohamed Brahmi. cide attack in a restaurant in discovered for themselves how Aida Klibi, spokeswoman for the central Somali town of poisonous the ideology of extrem- opposition party Nidaa Tounes, Beledweyne claimed by the ism is,” he said. said the “conditions of the road- Shabab, a local police chief said. In June 2009, 20 people includ- map are the minimum” starting “The death toll we have so far ing Somalia’s security minister point for the talks. is 15 and the injured are more were killed in Beledweyne when a But she added that a demon- than that number,” Isaq Ali Abdi, suicide bomb blast claimed by the stration planned by her party for police chief of the Hiraan region Al Qaeda-linked Shabab ripped Wednesday demanding an inves- said. through a hotel. tigation into the killing of Brahmi Witnesses said earlier they had The town lies some 300km and another opposition figure, counted 12 bodies after the blast. north of the capital Mogadishu. Chokri Belaid, would “probably” “It was horrible, I counted 12 Its position close to the border go ahead. people killed — among them sol- with Ethiopia and on the road to Ennahda could not be reached diers — and many others were Mogadishu gives it great strate- for comment. injured,” Mohammed Islow Ali, a gic importance. Wednesday coincides with witness, told by telephone. It was through Beledweyne the second anniversary of the “There were a lot of peo- that Ethiopia entered Somalia National Constituent Assembly, ple in the restaurant when the in 2006 when it attempted to which was formed to adopt a new bomber blew himself up, many overthrow the Union of Islamic constitution within a year. people have died including civil- Courts, the Islamist militant But due to a lack of consensus ians,” said Hussein Ali, another group that was a precursor of among the Islamists, their coa- witness. the Shebab. lition allies and the opposition, “The attack was carried out by Two years later, Ethiopian the deadline has been repeatedly one of the mujahedeen. Thanks troops were driven back into pushed back. to Allah, he has killed many of Ethiopia, still via Beledweyne. Ennahda signed the road- the enemy including Ethiopian They came back to affront the map with its critics to break soldiers and Djiboutians,” Sheikh Shabab in late 2011. the impasse on October 5, but Mohammed, a Shabab com- The Shabab have been driven the beginning of talks has been mander in the nearby town of out of Somalia’s major towns, delayed several times and no date Bulaburde said. Somali government soldiers secure a site of a suicide bomb attack in Beledweyne yesterday. including the capital Mogadishu has been set for the resignation of The attack targeted a restau- and the key southern port of the current cabinet. rant said to be popular with the the attacker struck, local people Somalia’s president and prime opted solely for extremism after Kismayo, by a UN-mandated Nearly three years after the military. said. minister both condemned the losing in battle,” he said in a African Union force that now uprising that toppled strong- Ethiopian soldiers, as well as “Some people were killed attack. “This cowardly act was statement. “I am deeply saddened numbers 17,700 men. man Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Djiboutians from an African while drinking tea and others as perpetrated by the violent ele- by the death of innocent people However, the group still con- the country has no timetable for Union force and Somali soldiers they were walking past. It was ments who have no basis in in Beledweyne,” Prime Minister trols large swathes of southern elections, lacks stable government are all stationed in Beledweyne. an incident that terrorised the Islamic ideology,” President Abdi Farah Shirdon said. Somalia and has over the past institutions and has been rocked Men from all three forces had town’s inhabitants,” said Ahmed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said. “Terrorists defeat only them- few months stepped up the scale by violence blamed on radical gathered there to drink tea when Mohamud, another resident. “This proves that the Shabab selves when they commit these of its suicide attacks. AFP jihadist groups. AFP

Gunmen kill security officer in south Yemen ADEN: Two masked gunmen killed a secu- rity officer and his bodyguard in southern Yemen late on Friday in what a security official said was a suspected Al Qaeda attack. Colonel Mohammed Abdullah Al Habashy, security adviser in the southeastern Hadramout province, was at a restau- rant with his bodyguard in the city of Sayoun when gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire, the security official and witnesses said. No one claimed respon- sibility for the attack. But the official said he suspected that Al Qaeda militants were behind it Security personnel and residents at the site of an explosion in Ismailia, around 120km east of Cairo, yesterday. because of its similarity with the killing of two officers in the province days earlier. Car bomb injures six near Egypt Yemen’s US-backed government is grappling with multiple security and army intelligence building political problems, includ- ing threats from a power- ful branch of Al Qaeda, a ISMAILIA: A car bomb extended their campaign into Some security sources said the secessionist movement exploded yesterday near an major cities. Military spokesman bomb was planted in a car belong- in the south and Shia Egyptian army intelligence Ahmed Ali said in a statement ing to a doctor who lived in a Muslim Houthi rebels in building in the Suez Canal city the bombing was “a continuation nearby building. the north. of Ismailia, wounding at least of the wave of cowardly terrorist In September, the army The United States sees six soldiers, security sources attacks”, by groups he described launched a campaign against Yemen, which borders oil said. as promoting strife. armed militants in Sinai, a desert giant Saudi Arabia and No group has claimed respon- Security personnel search- region whose Bedouin population lies near vital shipping sibility, but Al Qaeda-linked ing the area found another car has long complained of neglect by lanes, as a front line in its Islamist militants in the largely bomb, which had not gone off, successive governments in Cairo. struggle against Al Qaeda lawless Sinai region have stepped state media and security sources Egypt’s turmoil has intensified and has used drones there up attacks on soldiers and police said. Heavy smoke could be seen since the army deposed Mursi for years to attack sus- since the army toppled Islamist rising from a building nearby. and installed a new government, pected members of the President Mohammed Mursi in The force of the blast caused saying it was responding to mass group. July. part of the military intelligence protests against the freely elected REUTERS The militants have on occasion building’s outer wall to collapse. president’s rule. REUTERS SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Blast near Damascus as envoy pushes peace Qatar, Turkey play role in securing release of 9 Lebanese

DAMASCUS: A deadly bomb- clashes that followed. Lebanon palace in Damascus,” said State ing rocked a pro-regime sub- said nine of its citizens kidnapped Department spokeswoman Jen urb of Syria’s capital yesterday, in March 2012 by rebels in Syria Psaki. state media said, as an envoy have been freed, with signs that “The regime’s deliberate was to begin a Middle East tour two Turkish pilots whose abduc- prevention of the delivery of to push for peace talks. tion in Beirut was linked to their lifesaving humanitarian sup- Nine Lebanese kidnapped by capture may be freed. plies to thousands of civilians is rebels in Syria last year were Prime Minister Najib Mikati unconscionable.” freed, meanwhile, in a devel- said that Qatar, which along with The call came as UN-Arab opment that could lead to the Turkey supports Syria’s opposi- League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi release of two Turkish pilots tion, played a role in securing the was to arrive in Cairo at the start whose abduction was linked to release of the nine Shias. of a regional tour aimed at paving their capture. Ankara said the detention of the way for peace talks. As the civil war raged, the the two Turkish Airlines pilots The international community US warned of “unprecedented” kidnapped near Beirut airport in hopes to convene a peace confer- reports of children dying of star- August was now close to ending. ence in Geneva next month but vation, and demanded Syria allow “Very favourable developments prospects for the talks remain aid convoys to reach besieged resi- are under way concerning the unclear, with Syria’s opposition Lebanese Shia pilgrims kidnapped by Syrian rebels (back right), wait to board a Qatar Airways aeroplane to Beirut, dential areas of Damascus. two Turkish pilots. This matter divided and due to vote next week after their release at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul yesterday. Yesterday morning’s bomb blast has been largely settled,” Foreign on whether to take part. struck a government-controlled Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, In Geneva, spokeswoman suburb southeast of Damascus adding the pair could be freed Khawla Mattar said Brahimi from the so-called “Friends of The Syrian National Council, opposition insists he cannot mainly populated by Christians “within hours or days”. would meet in Cairo with Egypt’s Syria” group will meet the Syrian a key member of the Coalition, remain in power. and Muslim Druze, said the offi- In a strongly-worded statement, foreign minister as well as the opposition in Britain on Tuesday has already said it opposes the The renewed push for talks cial SANA news agency. the US condemned the regime’s head of the Arab League. to review progress towards con- talks and threatened to quit if the comes after a September deal It blamed “terrorists” for the relentless siege of Eastern Ghouta The full itinerary for the trip vening the conference. umbrella group takes part. under which Syria agreed to attack that it said left an unspeci- and Moadamiyet Al Sham, two has not been finalised, she added, But the prospects for the talks The international community turn over its chemical arsenal for fied number of people dead and rebel-held neighbourhoods on the but stops in Syria and Damascus remain dim, with the opposition has been urging the rebels and the destruction. Inspectors from the wounded between Jaramana and capital’s outskirts. ally Iran are expected. divided on even the question of regime for months to participate Organisation for the Prohibition the adjacent rebel-held town of There were “unprecedented US Secretary of State John whether to attend. in talks on a negotiated solution of Chemical Weapons, which won Mleha. reports of children dying of Kerry, who has also been push- The National Coalition, Syria’s to the conflict. this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, said The Syrian Observatory for malnutrition-related causes ing for the conference, will head main opposition bloc, said it would But Assad’s government says on Friday they have visited 14 out Human Rights said 16 soldiers in areas that are only a few to Europe next week for talks on hold internal discussions next his departure from office will of more than 20 sites in Syria. were killed in the blast and miles from Bashar Al Assad’s Syria. Kerry and other envoys week to decide whether to do so. not be on the table, while the AFP

Hamas denies taking part Suspected polio cases found in Egypt-Syria fighting in Syria after 14 years: WHO LONDON: Two suspected cases of polio have been detected in GAZA CITY: The Gaza Strip’s position for the people and their Syria, the first appearance of the incurable viral disease there in Hamas prime minister Ismail suffering and their right to free- 14 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.. Haniyah yesterday denied dom, democracy and dignity.” The UN body said initial test results from a cluster of cases of reports that his Islamist mili- Haniya made the remarks acute flaccid paralysis in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor in tant group was involved in during a speech marking two early October had come back positive for the crippling disease. fighting in the neighbouring years since captured Israeli sol- The WHO is still waiting for final test results from its regional Egyptian Sinai or in Syria. dier Gilad Shalit was exchanged reference laboratory. Wild poliovirus was last reported in Syria “We did not interfere in the for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, in 1999. affairs of any country and are not feted in Gaza as a victory for the “The Ministry of Health of the Syrian Arab Republic confirms involved in the events or differ- “resistance.” that it is treating this event as a cluster ... and an urgent response ences or internal conflicts of any Relations between Cairo and is currently being planned across the country, “ the Geneva-based country,” Haniya said. Hamas have deteriorated since WHO said in statement. “This (is) our position regard- July 3, when the Egyptian army “Syria is considered at high-risk for polio and other vaccine- ing what has happened and ousted president Mohammed preventable diseases due to the current situation.” is happening in Syria, Egypt, Mursi, a member of the Muslim Polio is a highly infectious disease that invades the nervous sys- Lebanon and all Arab and Islamic Brotherhood in which Hamas has tem and can cause irreversible paralysis within hours. It is endemic countries,” he said. its roots. in just three countries, Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan, but “We are not involved in any Since then, the Egyptian army sporadic cases also occur in other countries from time to time. incident,” he added. “Neither in has destroyed hundreds of smug- According to latest data from the Global Polio Eradication the Sinai or elsewhere. We only gling tunnels under the border Initiative, there have been 296 cases of the disease worldwide so act in the Palestinian arena and with the Gaza Strip , which sup- far this year. There is no cure for polio, but it can be prevented our guns are turned only toward plied the Palestinian territory with immunisation. Polio vaccine, given in multiple doses in a child’s the Zionist enemy.” with food and construction mate- early years, almost always protects a child for life. He called on the media to rials. On Friday Gazans said they The WHO said it had issued a surveillance alert for the region to stop their “baseless” accusations received messages from the Israeli actively search for additional potential cases. Additional emergency against Hamas, which he said army seeking to undermine sup- The prime minister of the Hamas Gaza government, Ismail Haniyah, prays immunisation activities are also being planned in neighbouring “is proud to have taken from its port for Hamas, accusing it of fail- before delivering a speech yesterday. countries. The WHO recommends that all travellers to and from first day a principled and moral ing to provide for civilians. AFP polio-infected areas be fully vaccinated. REUTERS

Nine ‘terrorists’ killed, Hope to save man who survived botched hanging bombs seized: Tunisia TEHRAN: Hopes have been raised for the life of the Iranian man who survived a hanging only to be condemned to be re- TUNIS: Tunisian forces killed sparked the Arab Spring, Tunisia executed, after one of the country’s oldest and most respected nine “terrorists” and seized has seen a rise in attacks by jihad- Islamic scholars appeared to question the ruling. explosives west of the capital in ist groups formerly suppressed by The extraordinary case of Alireza M, a 37-year-old father of an area previously spared from Ben Ali. two who was convicted of drug smuggling three years ago, has Islamist militancy but where Some 15 soldiers and police caused controversy around the world and divided Iranians. He two policemen were killed this have been killed since December is in hospital in Bojnurd, in Iran’s Khorasan province, not far week, officials said yesterday. in the hunt for militants allegedly from the prison where he was hanged by the neck for 12 minutes The birthplace of the Arab linked to Al Qaeda on the Mount earlier this month. Spring has been locked in a Chaambi region along the bor- Morgue assistants later that day saw condensation on the political crisis for months, with der with Algeria, but Saturday’s inside of the plastic shroud around his body and realised he the opposition accusing the ruling operation was the first of its kind was still breathing. But even as his family, including his two Islamist Ennahda party of failing in Beja, which is much closer to daughters, celebrated the “miracle”, Iran’s judiciary stated that to stem a rise in jihadist violence the capital. as Alireza — his full name has not been released — had been since the overthrow of dictator The defence ministry has said sentenced to death, rather than to hanging, he should be re- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. it lacks the resources to combat executed as soon as he is well enough to walk back to the gallows. Tunisian forces killed the sus- militant groups and has struggled One senior judge, Nourollah Aziz-Mohammadi, said that the pects in the Mount Taouyer area to contain them. law required that the convict must die. “When a convict is sen- of Beja region, just 70km from the On Friday, in a sign of rising tenced to death, he must die after the sentence is carried out,” capital, defence ministry spokes- frustration over the costly fight Aziz-Mohammadi said. “Now that he is alive, we can say the man Taoufik Rahmouni was against jihadists, protesting secu- sentence was not carried out and must be repeated.” quoted as saying by the official rity forces drove Prime Minister Among the arguments was a fatwa, or ruling, from the reli- TAP news agency. Ali Larayedh and President gious writings of grand ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani, a The spokesman said troops had Moncef Marzouki away from a sharia law expert, which stated that execution was viable even captured a member of the “ter- memorial service for the police- after a convict had come back to life. rorist” group during the military men killed in Beja. But now the 94-year-old ayatollah has posted an oblique refer- operation to hunt down a cell Tunisia has been in a state of ence to the case on his website, suggesting that, as it concerns a of some 20 suspected jihadists political paralysis since July, when case of drug smuggling, not among crimes seen as an act against blamed for Thursday’s killing of prominent opposition lawmaker God, his earlier fatwa need not apply. The statement simply ran: the policemen. Mohamed Brahmi was shot dead “The issue that has been raised in [his writings] has nothing to Two tonnes of explosives and by suspected jihadists, in circum- do with [this man’s] case and the ayatollah has another view other ammunition were seized in stances similar to the murder of about his issue.” Human rights activists, already concerned about a neighbouring village, he said. another opposition figure, Chokri Iran’s high rate of executions, say Alireza should be spared under Rahmouni said the opera- Belaid, six months earlier. international law, which forbids “cruel and unusual punishment”. tion launched Thursday was still The radical Salafist movement There are also concerns that Iran is botching hundreds of underway on Saturday with the Ansar Al Sharia has been impli- executions, leaving people to die slow, agonising deaths, because aid of reconnaissance flights, and cated in the killings, with the the sheer volume of killings being carried out means they are that artillery strikes had been interior ministry saying its leader, not being done “professionally”. carried out in the region. Abou Iyadh, is holed up in Mount According to Amnesty International, at least 508 people may Since the 2011 uprising that Chaambi. AFP have been executed in Iran this year. GUARDIAN NEWS SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

FBI probing Court bans Berlusconi from politics lasers targeting Defence lawyers to appeal verdict as leader faces community service or house arrest aircraft in

ROME: An Italian court that will not separate a leader parliamentarians with criminal that his planned appeal was “not The case revolved around New York ordered Silvio Berlusconi barred from his people.” sentences of more than two years. time-wasting”. Berlusconi’s media empire and from parliament and elec- Renato Schifani, chief senator That law would also ban There is concern that the rul- included a prison sentence of four NEW YORK CITY: The US tions for two years yesterday, for Berlusconi’s party, said the Berlusconi from running for office ing could re-stoke political ten- years that was immediately com- Federal Bureau of Investigations in the latest twist in the legal verdict was “the latest piece in a for six years although a Senate sions in Italy’s uneasy right-left muted to one year because of an says its antiterrorism unit is saga surrounding the scandal- mosaic that aims to eliminate the vote is also required in that case coalition that had abated since amnesty rule in place and will be investigating lasers that have tainted former prime minister. leader of 10 million Italians from and his lawyers have appealed to Prime Minister Enrico Letta served as house arrest or com- increasingly been targeting The ruling is part of the tax the political scene”. the European Court of Human won a confidence vote in parlia- munity service because of his age. commercial aeroplanes arriving fraud case against the billionaire In order for the ban to come Rights over the law, even though ment against a challenge from Berlusconi has applied for com- at New York City’s airports. tycoon — his first ever definitive into force, it has to be approved lawmakers from Berlusconi’s own Berlusconi on October 2. munity service in Rome where he The incidents — which “can criminal conviction — in which he by the Senate parliamentary party had approved it. “I think this country needs is resident but a formal decision temporarily or permanently faces a year of community service chamber where Berlusconi, who The supreme court on August anything but political instabil- on whether and where he will do blind a pilot and crew” — have or house arrest. has repeatedly protested his inno- 1 turned down Berlusconi’s sec- ity,” Giorgio Squinzi, leader of the it requires two further court hear- increased 17 percent since last The 77-year-old Berlusconi was cence in all the cases against him, ond and final appeal in the case Confindustria employers’ associa- ings which have not yet been set. year, according to the statement not present at yesterday’s hearing has a seat. but said another court should tion, said at a conference after Berlusconi is also appealing a from the federal law enforcement in Milan and his defence lawyers Banishment would be a humili- decide on a ban from parliament yesterday’s ruling. seven-year sentence for having agency dated on Friday. have vowed to appeal the verdict. ation for Berlusconi, who has of between one and three years. “The markets react immedi- sex with an underage 17-year- The two latest incidents hap- “I spoke to Berlusconi and our been in parliament ever since the Prosecutors at yesterday’s ately and we have seen that in the old prostitute and abuse of office pened on Tuesday. The first, at leader is as strong and deter- media and construction magnate hearing had requested a two- past few weeks,” he said. when he was prime minister. 7.35pm local time (2335 GMT), mined as always,” said Deputy first entered politics in 1994 and year ban while Berlusconi’s law- Italy is struggling to shake off He has also launched an appeal involved a flight with regional Prime Minister Angelino Alfano, became a headline act. yers had asked for the minimum a two-year recession that has against a one-year sentence for carrier Shuttle America. “The national secretary of Berlusconi’s His ejection from parliament one year. pushed unemployment to record leaking a secret police wiretap in aircraft cockpit was illuminated People of Freedom party. is in any case already under “We think the two years are levels, forced thousands of busi- a newspaper owned by his family by a green laser” as it approached “Our programme goes on and discussion because of a new excessive,” Berlusconi’s lawyer nesses to shut and led to steep to damage a political rival. La Guardia airport, while it was will not be affected by a sentence law approved last year against Niccolo Ghedini said, adding budget cuts. AFP around 10km away, the FBI said. The laser beam came from the Bronx, according to the crew. Anti-austerity protest in Rome In the second incident, three hours later, a private aircraft reported another green laser Congo rebels expect peace coming from Queens, around 3km southwest of La Guardia airport. No one was injured in Tuesday’s incidents, but “several commer- talks breakthrough cial pilots earlier this year suf- fered significant injury including KINSHASA: Rebels in the made major concessions on its politi- a burnt retina,” the FBI said. Democratic Republic of Congo cal demands in order to make possible The agency “is asking anyone (DRC) said yesterday they are the signing of the peace agreement in with information about any of heading toward “major break- Kampala in the coming hours,” the these dangerous laser incidents throughs” with the Kinshasa gov- group said. “By this act, our move- to pick up the phone and call ernment in peace talks in Uganda. ment wishes to demonstrate its deter- us,” George Venizelos, a top FBI Under Uganda’s mediation, “major mination to contribute to the rapid official in New York said. “Our breakthroughs are about to be establishment of a lasting peace in the paramount concern is the safety obtained in Kampala since the heavy Democratic Republic of Congo,” it said. of aircraft passengers and crew.” involvement of the international The M23 controls an area of The statement said the agency community in the dialogue” between around 700 square kilometres (270 is offering a reward of an unspeci- the two sides, the M23 movement square miles) in the east of the DRC, fied amount for information lead- said in a statement. bordering Rwanda and Uganda. ing to an arrest and conviction. Lambert Mende, a minister and The group was founded by former According to the Federal Congolese government spokesman, Tutsi rebels who were incorporated Aviation Authority, laser inci- was more circumspect, telling AFP into the Congolese army under a 2009 dents have been increasing for that “breakthroughs will be meas- peace deal. several years. ured against the final agreement,” if Complaining the deal was never A man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask faces policemen during clashes on the sidelines of an anti-austerity AFP one were signed. fully implemented, they mutinied protest in Rome yesterday. “There has been some reconcili- in April 2012, turning their guns on ation,” Mende said in Kinshasa, but their former comrades and launch- stressed that although the M23 could ing the latest rebellion to ravage DR “sign today”, that would “not be the Congo’s mineral-rich and conflict- end of the problem.” prone east. The United Nations regu- Independent Scotland’s first poll in 2016 In contrast, the rebels referred to larly accuses Rwanda and Uganda of the “remarkable presence” of US spe- supporting the M23, something both cial envoy to the Great Lakes Russ countries deny. Mende affirmed that EDINBURGH: Scotland will hold its a third of Scotland’s 5.5 million-strong “shocking” impact on the poor. Feingold and the UN special envoy Rwanda had a key role in the out- first elections for an independent par- population are planning to vote in favour Salmond said an independent Scotland Mary Robinson as well as Martin come of rebels’ future in the coun- liament in 2016 if voters opt to leave the of independence. would also scrap the controversial part-pri- Kobler, the head of the UN mission to try, and said “the principal player United Kingdom in a referendum next But Salmond said voting yes to independ- vatisation of British postal operator Royal the DRC, and representatives of the could always restart this crisis. It is year, First Minister Alex Salmond said ence “will be above all an act of self confi- Mail. European Union and African Union. Rwanda’s attitude that is the yesterday. dence and act of self belief.” Shares of Royal Mail shares have surged During talks on Friday, “the M23 AFP Addressing the annual conference of his Salmond said the Scottish government’s from their offer price of 330 pence since Scottish National Party, Salmond said he white paper setting out its platform on inde- their stock market debut on October 11, would overturn key British government pendence would be published on November leading to questions about whether it was policies including the part-privatisation of 26. The paper would include plans to hold undervalued. the Royal Mail and the so-called “bedroom the “first elections for an independent Salmond meanwhile issued the latest in tax” if Scotland achieves independence. Scottish Parliament in the spring of 2016.” a series of challenges to Cameron to debate Salmond also challenged British He said the “first act of an independent the independence issue with him. “Step Prime Minister David Cameron, of the Scotland” would be to scrap the so-called up to the plate or step out of the debate,” Conservative party, to take part in a head- bedroom tax introduced by Cameron’s said Salmond, to applause from the party to-head television debate before the refer- Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, delegates. endum on September 18, 2014. under which welfare payments are cut for Salmond brought the SNP to power as “We intend to win this referendum,” public housing tenants who are deemed to Scotland’s devolved regional government, Salmond said to applause from the delegates have a spare bedroom. first as a minority administration in 2007 in Perth, Scotland. “We are Scotland’s inde- The United Nations’ special rapporteur and then winning a sweeping majority in pendence generation and our time is now.” on housing in September called on Britain 2011. Opinion polls currently show that only to scrap the bedroom tax, saying it had a AFP

British police Roma girl can come back: Hollande release man PARIS: French President Francois Hollande would not be divided and would return to France after terror probe said yesterday a Roma schoolgirl whose con- by any means. “My children were integrated in troversial deportation sparked mass student France, we continue to fight as my children are protests would be allowed to come back, but strangers here (Kosovo)”, he said. LONDON: British police said without her family. Dibrani, her parents and five brothers and yesterday they had released one Leonarda Dibrani’s eviction has caused an sisters had lived in France for four years while of four men arrested during outcry in France, sending droves of angry high their asylum bid was processed. It was eventually a dramatic counter-terrorism school students to the streets this week and plac- rejected in the summer. operation in London a week ago. ing popular interior minister Manuel Valls under The ministry probe found that police had gone The 29-year-old man, a Briton a hailstorm of criticism. to the family home in the morning of October 9 of Pakistani origin, had been Much of the anger surrounding the 15-year- to deport all members, but found the teenager held during a string of raids last old has focused on how she was forced off a bus had slept at a friend’s house to go on the outing. Sunday that included armed offic- full of classmates during a school outing earlier French law bans any intervention on young- ers shooting out the tyres of a car this month, before she was deported with her sters while they are at or near school. near the Tower of London. family to Kosovo. The report found that while the bus was “Three men remain in custody,” “If she makes a request, and if she wants to nowhere near Dibrani’s school, police did not London’s Metropolitan Police said continue her studies, she will be given a welcome, realise “what was at stake with interrupting this in a statement, adding that the but only her,” Hollande said live on television, in outing” and “did not demonstrate the necessary fourth man has been released his first remarks on an affair that burst into the discernment.” without charge. They include two limelight on Wednesday. In his televised appearance, Hollande said that 25-year-old Britons, one of whom A probe into the deportation published from now on, any such intervention would be is of Turkish origin and the other Saturday found that it was lawful, but that police banned during school hours. of Algerian descent. could have used better judgment in the way they The probe result is a boost for Valls, whose pop- They were arrested on Sunday handled it. ularity far exceeds that of his boss Hollande but evening after police shot at their Dibrani herself turned down Hollande’s offer, who was under intense scrutiny over the depor- car with Hatton rounds — spe- speaking from the town of Mitrovica in Kosovo tation. A survey by polling firm BVA published cial shotgun ammunition used where she has been living with her family since yesterday in the Le Parisien daily showed that to breach doors and tyres — 200 their deportation on October 9 from the eastern 74 percent of the French approve Valls’ position. metres from the Tower of London. French town of Levier. While a majority of people in the survey— The third suspect is a 28-year- “I will not go alone to France, I will not aban- which polled a representative sample of 1,090 old Briton of Azerbaijani origin who don my family. I’m not the only one who has people aged 18 and above—said they were shocked was shown on CCTV footage being to go to school, there are also my brothers and by Leonarda’s detention, 65 percent were against wrestled to the ground by police. sisters,” she said. the schoolgirl and her family returning to France. AFP Her father Resat, 47, added that the family AFP SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Police force postponement of Maldives poll Cops block ballot papers leaving election office

MALE: Police in Maldives “A new date for elections will be vote in September -- short of the forced the postponement of informed later.” Police spokes- 50 percent threshold needed for yesterday’s presidential polls, man Abdulla Nawaz said they outright victory. Dozens of his declaring the vote illegal and considered it illegal to stage the supporters shouted anti-govern- blocking ballot papers from leav- election in violation of a Supreme ment slogans outside the national ing the offices of the independ- Court order that required all can- parliament in Male, but there ent Elections Commission. didates to approve electoral lists. were no reports of violence. The commission just hours ear- “Only one candidate had signed “We see a clear mandate for the lier announced the vote would go the voter register and therefore it international community to inter- ahead as planned despite 11th- would have been a violation of the vene and to restrain these undem- hour court challenges by two can- Supreme Court guidelines for the ocratic forces that are preventing didates who were expected to lose election to go ahead,” Nawaz said. a peaceful democratic political to a former president. The Supreme Court last week transition of the Maldives,” MDP “We continued with prepara- annulled the first round of voting spokesman Hamid Abdul Ghafoor tions for voting, but the Maldives on September 7, citing irregulari- said. Police Service have said no docu- ties -- even though international The election was meant to end ments connected to the election observers said the polls were free political tensions that followed the can leave the commission’s offices,” and fair -- and ordered a re-run. controversial downfall of Nasheed Supporters of former Maldivian president and presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldivian Democratic Commission Chairman Fuwad Former president Mohamed in February last year. Party stage a protest in Male yesterday. Thowfeek said in a statement. Nasheed won 45.45 percent of the AFP

China sacks Bangladesh police ban Mahathir son in focus as ruling party votes Nanjing mayor BEIJING: China has sacked KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s could indicate who has the upper for championing their rights the mayor of the eastern city ruling party held elections yes- hand. and overseeing rapid economic of Nanjing, the official Xinhua rallies fearing violence terday with the son of former All eyes are now on Mukhriz growth during his iron-fisted news agency said yesterday, strongman leader Mahathir Mahathir, 48, a rising political 1981-2003 tenure. the latest move in a nation- DHAKA: Bangladesh police to (the) deterioration of law and Mohamad seeking a top post star who is running for party But he is loathed by opponents wide crackdown on graft. The yesterday banned all rallies in order and security” in the capital, that could put him on the vice president and whom ana- who accuse him of trampling civil sacking of Ji Jianye came two the capital Dhaka, fearing vio- said Dhaka Metropolitan Police fast-track to future national lysts expect will seek to protect rights and continuing to stir the days after it was announced lence after the opposition called (DMP) chief Benazir Ahmed. leadership. his conservative father’s legacy. politics of racial division after his Ji was being investigated for for “armed” protests to force Police have imposed the ban Prime Minister Najib Razak “(UMNO conservatives) will supposed retirement. serious breaches of the law. elections under a caretaker indefinitely, DMP deputy chief is unopposed as president of the vote not so much for Mukhriz Mukhriz, whose appointment Ji “has been removed from government. Monirul Islam told reporters. powerful United Malays National but for his father, whom they see as chief minister of Mahathir’s his post for suspected seri- The ban comes after an offi- The BNP and its Islamists Organisation (UMNO), giving as representing the sentiments home state of Kedah in May ous disciplinary violations”, cial from the main opposition allies have set the government of him more time to deliver on of the UMNO right-wing,” said boosted speculation about his Xinhua said, shorthand Bangladesh Nationalist Party Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina an his cautious pledges to reform a Oh Ei Sun, a senior fellow at future, has been much less the government generally (BNP) urged supporters to October 24 deadline to agree to party confronted by ebbing sup- Singapore’s S Rajaratnam School divisive. uses to describe graft. The stage non-stop protests starting their demand to hold upcoming port after dominating Malaysia of International Studies. He has said UMNO must People’s Daily online report, October 25 armed with machetes parliamentary elections under a for 56 years. A win by Mukhriz could signal transform to remain relevant to citing other Chinese media and knives. neutral caretaker government. But political observers a tough road for Najib’s reform voters, but is believed to remain reports, said Ji’s case may All rallies, demonstrations and The BNP is leading in opinion say Najib’s reform plans face agenda, he said. popular with right-wingers due have involved some 20m yuan mass gatherings have been banned polls ahead of the elections which increasing resistance from con- Mahathir, now 88 and retired, to his pedigree and espousing of ($3.3m). as a result of the opposition’s must be held by January 2014. servatives, and that the contests is revered by many in the Malay interests. protest call, which could “lead AFP for three vice presidential slots Muslim Malay ethnic majority AFP Abe’s brother visits Yasukuni TOKYO: Japanese Prime China rebukes Dalai Minister Shinzo Abe’s younger brother, Senior Vice Foreign Lama for seeking Australia’s response to threats disgusts Anwar Minister Nobuo Kishi visited the controversial Yasukuni freedom for Tibet SYDNEY: Malaysian opposi- adviser at the Malaysian consu- or to indicate that this is wrong, The controversy erupted after a shrine yesterday, a report said. tion leader Anwar Ibrahim yes- late, the national broadcaster ABC that under Australian laws or in student adviser at the Malaysian Kishi told reporters that his BEIJING: A senior Chinese terday said he was disgusted at reported. democratic tradition, you cannot consulate in Sydney report- action should not affect Japan’s official has denounced the Dalai how the Australian government The Department for Foreign condone or tolerate these excesses,” edly emailed students this week relations with other countries Lama’s long-standing pursuit responded after Malaysian stu- Affairs responded by saying all he said. warning of “stern action” if they and that he had not conferred of autonomy for Tibet, describ- dents were reportedly warned students in Australia, includ- “If you don’t, if you fail to do attended Anwar’s address. with the prime minister about ing it as equivalent to advocat- against attending his talk in ing Malaysians, “enjoy all rights this, it seems to be condoning the Independent Australian Senator the visit, Kyodo News said. ing Tibetan independence, state Adelaide. and liberties available under the excesses. And that is my surprise Nick Xenophon also criticised His visit at the shrine’s annual media said yesterday. Malaysian students living in Australian law, including the ability or disgust at the failure of the Canberra’s response as “patheti- autumn festival came only a The comments by Zhu Weiqun, Australia were urged not to attend to attend a wide variety of legiti- Australian authorities to do the cally timid” and “embarrassing” day after scores of Japanese chairman of the ethnic and reli- Anwar’s speech on democracy, mate events... The Festival of Ideas barest minimum to say ‘please, and called on the government to parliamentarians, including a gious affairs committee of the part of this weekend’s Festival of in Adelaide is one such event”. back off from this sort of instruc- condemn the threats. cabinet minister, paid tribute top advisory body to parliament, Ideas, in an email from a student “What is required is to suggest tions in Australia’.” AFP there Friday, drawing a rebuke signal that China would probably from Beijing which said the refuse to pursue a compromise visit was a bid to “whitewash” with the exiled Tibetan spiritual Clean-up history. leader. The Dalai Lama, who fled Lao Air names China in 1959 after an abortive University sacks candid uprising against Chinese rule, is 14 victims considered a violent separatist by Beijing. PAKSE: Lao Airlines yes- “In the fundamental sense, Chinese economist terday said it had identified ‘high-level autonomy’ means almost half of the 30 bodies Tibet’s independence,” Zhu was BEIJING: An outspoken for the emergence of a more plu- so far recovered after a plane quoted as saying in the China Chinese economist known for ralist democracy in China signed carrying dozens of people, Daily newspaper. “It is separated his public support of democratic by hundreds of intellectuals, dis- many of them foreign travel- into two steps. The first step is reform in communist China sidents and journalists. He said he lers, plunged into the Mekong so-called autonomy. The second announced yesterday that he had had continued, despite the pres- River. In the country’s dead- one is actual independence.” been sacked from his university sure, to publish microblogs and liest known air disaster, all The Dalai Lama’s brand of in Beijing. texts promoting greater freedom those on board died when the autonomy “is against China’s “They fired me on Friday and of speech and the rule of law in Lao Airlines turboprop ATR- autonomy system and does noth- denied that their motives were China. Dissident intellectual and 72 plunged into the swollen ing but insert secessionist ele- political or because of my views,” the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner waters in stormy weather on ments into China’s regional ethnic Professor Xia Yeliang, who lec- Liu Xiaobo is currently serving 11 Wednesday near Pakse air- autonomy law”, Zhu was quoted tures at the prestigious Peking years in prison for co-authoring the port in Champasak province. as saying. University said. Charter 08 document. a The Dalai Lama’s approach, “They told me not to talk to the The arrival of new leadership at Radiation rises called the “Middle Way” by foreign media,” the economist said, the top of the Chinese Communist Tibetans, seeks a Hong Kong- adding that the director of his fac- Party has not opened up political at Fukushima style autonomy for the region, ulty had already given him a warn- discussion in the country. with Tibetans to respect Chinese ing back in June. Instead, authorities have TOKYO: Groundwater sovereignty over their homeland Xia said he believed his dis- strengthened their control over radiation levels at Japan’s but have a greater say over reli- missal stemmed from his political online social networks in a crack- crippled Fukushima nuclear gious and cultural affairs. views, particularly his support for down on dissenting voices. plant have soared near a tank Soldiers remove debris from damaged homes after a landslide caused REUTERS Charter 08, a document calling AFP that leaked 300 tonnes of by heavy rains from Typhoon Wipha on Oshima island, 120km south of toxic water in August, opera- Tokyo, yesterday. tor Tokyo Electric Power said. It said water sam- ples from a well contained 400,000 becquerels per litre of beta-ray emitting sub- Journalists among 10 injured in Thailand blasts stances, the highest reading since the nuclear accident in BANGKOK: A double bomb from the original bomb site on the street,” he said. Almost a hospital yesterday. The other Thai authorities of alleged human March 2011. Samples in pre- attack in Thailand’s restive when the second device exploded decade of conflict has left more three reporters, including one rights abuses and efforts to weave vious days had been showing south yesterday injured 10 peo- near them, said photographer than 5,700 people dead in the Thai woman, were believed to be from the culturally distinct south into levels of 60-90 becquerels per ple, almost half of them journal- Madaree Tohala who was injured south. local television stations. None of the kingdom. litre. The reading for radio- ists including a photographer, in the blast. Shadowy groups of Muslim mil- them are thought to have been People of both religions are con- active tritium also shot up police said. “We were chatting on the side itants, calling for autonomy for seriously hurt. sidered targets of the militants for to a record high of 790,000 An initial explosion early yes- of the road while we waited for the region, have waged near-daily Three of the army personnel their supposed collusion with the becquerels. The leaking tank terday in Narathiwat, one of sev- authorities to do their jobs,” bomb and gun attacks, targeting injured were said to be in a criti- state, with teams of troops flank- was discovered in August and eral insurgency-prone provinces, Madaree said. security forces and civilians from cal condition. ing monks on their rounds and Tepco said measures taken apparently targeted an army “I don’t know how it happened, both the Buddhist and Muslim Violence erupted in the teachers as they make their way since then had included patrol injuring six military per- I heard a big explosion which was communities. Muslim-majority region border- to and from school. transferring water from the sonnel, police said. not far from where I was stand- Madaree, who was hit by ing Malaysia in 2004. But attacks on journalists in tank and removing the sur- Journalists who rushed to the ing and when I opened my eyes shrapnel in the back and ear, As the conflict has continued, the region are rare. rounding soil. AGENCIES scene were standing at a distance I saw my reporter friends lying was being treated at a provincial rights groups have also accused AFP SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 PHILIPPINES 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

30 cops sacked Search for quake victims stops over inaccurate crime reports 180 dead, 13 still missing in Bohol MANILA: Thirty Western Visayas police officials, MANILA: Philippine rescuers yesterday called off the search for including the police direc- survivors after a powerful earthquake on the tourist island of Bohol tor of Aklan, have been that killed at least 180 people. relieved from their posts “The rescue operations have ended and instead we are now conducting for under-reporting crimes recovery operations,” said disaster chief Eduardo del Rosario. in their respective turfs, “We are still looking for 13 others. Our responders are now on site according to the Philippine to recover their bodies,” the National Disaster Risk Reduction and National Police (PNP). PNP Management Council executive director told a news conference. chief Director General Alan The island of about one million people, one of the country’s main Purisima ordered the relief tourist destinations, suffered landslides, fallen bridges, shattered roads of Senior Superintendent and collapsed buildings in Tuesday’s 7.1-magnitude quake. Pedroto Escrilla, Aklan police About 600 kilometres (370 miles) from capital Manila, Bohol is director, and 12 police chiefs known for its beaches, its rolling “Chocolate Hills”, tiny tarsier pri- in Western Visayas (Region mates, and centuries-old Catholic churches, many of which collapsed 6) for allegedly violating the or sustained heavy damage. strict command policy on Del Rosario said 167 people were killed on the island. There were accurate crime reporting. 12 fatalities on Cebu island and one on Siquijor. A total of 13 people are still missing. Massacre No fatalities were reported among foreign tourists. Bohol governor Edgar Chatto told the news conference broadcast by suspect held Philippine radio stations that power had been restored on the island while major roads blocked by landslides had re-opened, speeding up MAGUINDANAO: Police the delivery of relief. on Friday arrested in Datu The disaster council said the quake displaced nearly 400,000 people. Saudi town another suspect Many are still in makeshift tents, terrorised by aftershocks and unwill- in the November 23, 2009 ing to return home. ‘Maguindanao Massacre’ that The quake damaged more than 34,000 houses across the region, with left 58 dead, 32 of them jour- about 109,000 people sheltering at government-run camps on Bohol. A motorcycle passes by the ruins of the historic Loboc Church in Loboc town in Bohol yesterday. nalists. Alimudin Sanguyod, AFP also known as Norodin Garaputan, did not resist arrest when the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao cornered him at a busy inter- Govt probes death of rare eagle released in wild section in Barangay Salbo. Officials showed Sanguyod MANILA: Wildlife authori- foundation) was captured. The Killing endangered species in natural park near Gingoog two the wild due to the depletion of a copy of the warrant for ties said yesterday they are bird died of infection that had the Philippines is punishable by months ago, the fifth Philippine its tropical rainforest habitat and his arrest, issued by Judge investigating the death of a been aggravated by its captivity,” a 12-year prison term and stiff eagle rescued by the foundation hunting. Jocelyn Solis of the Quezon rare Philippine eagle, one of the the foundation’s communications fines, she added. “Our people are and released back into the wild, A Mindanao farmer was City Regional Trial Court, in world’s largest and most endan- officer Beauxy Auxtero said. gathering information on who said Auxtero. The Philippine arrested in 2008 after he con- the presence of barangay offi- gered raptors, shortly after it She would not discuss the cause might have killed it,” de Leon said. eagle, found only on four of the fessed to shooting and eating cials before they cuffed and was captured by a local resident. of the infection, nor comment on a The young male was believed Philippines’ largest islands but another male Philippine eagle. brought him to their office in The carcass of the giant bird, statement by a government wild- to be less than a year old when it mostly on Mindanao, grows to a The bird, named Kagsabua, Cotabato City for detention. belonging to a species that is life official that the eagle, a juvenile was captured for the first time by metre (3.3 feet) with a two-metre had been released on Mount threatened with extinction, was male, had been shot to death. another Gingoog resident in 2011, wingspan. Kitanglad just four months ear- Medical camp recovered from a resident of Auxtero said the Gingoog resi- Auxtero said. Famed for its elongated nape lier by the foundation after it Gingoog city on the southern dent who had captured the bird The foundation, a non-govern- feathers that form into a shaggy was shot and wounded by game benefits 426 island of Mindanao, the Philippine had not been placed under arrest. ment outfit based in the Mindanao crest, it is considered “critically hunters at the Kitanglad range. Eagle Foundation said. The bird had two bullet wounds, city of Davao, retrieved the bird endangered” by the Swiss-based Five years later, the case is still NORTH COTABATO: It had only been released into Josie de Leon, wildlife resources from the resident and nursed it International Union for the on trial but the suspect is tem- A total of 426 villagers in the wild by conservationists two division chief of the environment back to health. The bird was fit- Conservation of Nature. porarily out of jail after posting Magpet town have availed months earlier. “Minalwang (the department’s Protected Areas ted with a radio transmitter and The group says there could be a P100,000 ($2,322) bail, De Leon themselves of free medical name given to the bird by the and Wildlife Bureau, said earlier. let go at the Mount Balatukan as few as 250 individuals left in said. AFP and dental services provided by the provincial govern- ment. The humanitarian out- reach mission in Barangay Del Pilar, a hinterland dis- trict in Magpet, was jointly 12 South Korean fighter facilitated by the office of Rebels may be shifted to new jail North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, MANILA: The Department located there. Camp Bagong Diwa, “I’m sure there will be meas- and the Army’s 57th Infantry planes ready for delivery of Justice (DOJ) will move which is under the Philippine ures that will be undertaken. The Battalion. Members of the for the transfer of 57 Moro National Police, holds a number relevant units will make sure that Army’s 7th Field Artillery SEOUL: The Philippine and fighter planes in 2005. National Liberation Front of high-value detainees, including this will be done in a smooth and Battalion also helped in the South Korean governments Secretary Herminio (MNLF) rebels arrested for the Abu Sayyaf militants and defend- secure manner,” she added. activity, which was preceded have agreed to fast-track Coloma of the Presidential Zamboanga siege last month to ants in the 2009 Maguindanao De Lima clarified the proposed by more than a dozen other Manila’s procurement of 12 Communications Operations the Camp Bagong Diwa deten- massacre. transfer would need the approval medical-dental missions the lead-in fighter jets aimed at Office, who was present during tion centre in Taguig City, De Lima shared the concerns of the regional trial court in past three months in isolated upgrading the defence capabili- the signing of the memoran- Justice Secretary Leila de Lima of Zamboanga Mayor Ma Isabel Taguig that would handle the case villages under the 57th IB. ties of the Philippine Air Force dum of understanding, said the said yesterday. Climaco, saying the city would through a commitment order. (PAF). acquisition of the Korean fighter “They better will be secured not be the most suitable venue of The DOJ earlier sought the Poll panel bans President Aquino yesterday jets is part of the Armed Forces there at Camp Bagong Diwa trial and detention of the MNLF transfer of the cases to Taguig, said the acquisition of the FA-50s modernisation programme. where there are other high-pro- rebels for security reasons. citing “serious security threats in motorcades for P18.9bn had the approval of “President Aquino said the file detainees. But of course they “The National Prosecution Zamboanga.” President Park Geun-hye. agreement creates opportunities will not be detained together,” De Service agreed that Zamboanga The SC approved the request MANILA: The Commission “Both sides have agreed to for expanding and strengthen- Lima said. is a dangerous venue (for the in session last Thursday. on Elections (Comelec) has expedite the purchase and the ing the long-standing partner- The Supreme Court (SC) trial) because there are serious Charges of rebellion and vio- prohibited candidates in the delivery of these planes,” Aquino ship between the two countries,” approved Thursday the petition security concerns. The probability lations of Republic Act 9851 October 28 barangay elec- told Manila-based reporters at Coloma said. to transfer the venue of trial of of the jailed rebels being rescued (Philippine Act on Crimes Against tions from holding cam- the Grand Hyatt Hotel here. He said the Philippines would the MNLF rebels, led by founding (by their fellow rebels) is higher International Humanitarian Law, paign motorcades in Metro “This is a government-to- procure more aircraft as well as chairman Nur Misuari, from the in their local area,” De Lima said. Genocide, and Other Crimes Manila, an official said yes- government procurement, which armoured vehicles and command- Zamboanga regional trial court to De Lima said the Bureau of Jail Against Humanity) were filed terday. Comelec Chairman came about after South Korea and-control equipment to boost any court in Metro Manila. Management and Penology under against Misuari and his men Sixto Brillantes said the poll offered several models of fighter the defence capabilities of the Taguig City was selected to the Department of the Interior before the Zamboanga City body approved the request jets,” he added. military and protect the country’s hold the trial of rebellion and war and Local Government should regional trial court (RTC) last of the Metropolitan Manila The PAF had been the butt of maritime territory. crimes charges against the MNLF already start preparations for the October 7. Development Authority jokes after it acquired old F-5 THE PHILIPPINE STAR rebels since Camp Bagong Diwa is imminent transfer. THE PHILIPPINE STAR (MMDA) to ban campaign motorcades along 22 major roads in the metropolis. “The request of MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino is already okay. We will just be adopt- Ex-health chief ing the previous resolution 19 killed in seven-vehicle crash on highway we issued (for the) May elec- Romualdez dies tions,” Brillantes said. MANILA: Nineteen people MANILA: Former health were killed and dozens injured Training for secretary Alberto “Quasi” yesterday in a pile-up on an Romualdez died yesterday after unlit highway in the Philippines Moro women a lingering illness. He was 73. involving three buses and four Surviving him are his wife trucks, police said. MAGUINDANAO: Thirty- Felicidad; two children and Pictures of the accident in five Moro women from grandchildren. Atimonan, 120 kilometres (75 Maguindanao are working on Ted Herbosa, health under- miles) southeast of Manila, aired reaping the benefits of ‘green secretary, said Romualdez, his on ABS-CBN television showed at gold’ that can be harvested brother-in-law, died from cardiac least 10 of the dead arranged side free anytime from swamps and renal failure. by side on one lane of the road, and rivers in the province. “He was diagnosed with lym- covered only by banana leaves. The moniker green gold refers phoma over a month ago and was One of the buses and one of the to the fast-growing water hya- undergoing chemotherapy as out- trucks had overturned. cinths covering the surface of patient, but he really had a heart “We have recovered 18 of the the nearby 220,000-hectare condition,” he said. dead. We are in the process of Liguasan Delta and those Last Saturday, Romualdez recovering the remaining one floating on big rivers straddling was taken to the Manila Doctors who was pinned under one of the through the province. The 35 Hospital after suffering a heart trucks,” the Atimonan police com- entrepreneurs, some of them attack. He died shortly after mander, Chief Superintendent from towns where there are noon yesterday. Herbosa said Jomar Yupio, told the station. enclaves of the Moro Islamic Romualdez continued to advocate Atimonan police said in a Liberation Front, underwent for universal health care, repro- statement that the accident was training in water hyacinth ductive health, and the passage caused by the driver of a Manila- cultivation from October 14 of anti-smoking and sin tax laws. bound bus losing control of the to 18. AGENCIES Villagers at the scene of the accident in Atimonan, Quezon, yesterday. THE PHILIPPINE STAR vehicle before dawn. AFP SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Sharif heads to US for Afghan peace talks Obama likely to appreciate new ideas from Pakistan on how to jump-start peace process before Nato pullout

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s coming to power in May Sharif offer, they can show themselves to a highly effective tool in the fight in the past has said that the Sharif is also expected to meet Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had impressed Washington with be helpful,” said Markey, author against Islamist militancy and group is connected to Pakistani officials from the International left yesterday for talks in the his willingness to be a partner. of the new book “No Exit from Pakistani analyst Hasan Askari intelligence. Monetary Fund and World Bank US, with the Afghan peace In the past Pakistan has been Pakistan” on the two nations’ said there was little obvious room “Washington would have to as well as private investors as process and the prickly issue of accused of being unhelpful in relationship. for progress on the issue. be willing under those circum- he seeks to make good on elec- Washington’s drone campaign the Afghan peace process and Pervez Rashid, Pakistan’s infor- “The US will refuse to stop stances to effectively stop target- tion promises to reinvigorate likely to top the agenda. of maintaining links with the mation minister and spokesman these attacks, stressing that ing Haqqani targets because the Pakistan’s flaccid economy. Relations between Pakistan Taliban, whose government in for the government, told AFP the Pakistan must improve their Pakistanis won’t allow that. They The IMF warned Pakistan last and the US, fractious allies in the 1990s Islamabad formally delegation would use the trip to control in the tribal areas, which would never say that they qualify month that economic growth the “war on terror”, have been on recognised. raise the issue of drones. Pakistan is unable to do at the as an Al-Qaeda affiliate and so could be worse than expected the mend this year after lurch- The release of Afghan Taliban The CIA’s campaign of missile moment,” Askari told AFP. that may just be a fundamental next year due to strict austerity ing from crisis to crisis in 2011 prisoners from Pakistani cus- strikes from unmanned aircraft Parts of the tribal areas are stumbling block,” said Markey. measures built into a $6.7 billion and 2012. tody, including senior rebel leader targeting suspected Al-Qaeda and effectively beyond the writ of the A senior US State Department rescue loan. Sharif will meet US President Abdul Ghani Baradar last month, Taliban militants in Pakistan’s Pakistani state and provide safe official said drone strikes were Growth has bumped along at Barack Obama on Wednesday had gone some way to diminish tribal areas along the Afghan bor- havens for militants attacking “part of a very comprehensive three percent in recent years, far with Washington keen to press these accusations, Markey said. der has been a significant thorn NATO forces in Afghanistan. conversation we have on security below the seven percent experts the premier to help faltering He said Obama would likely in relations. A compromise could be reached, across the board”. say is needed to absorb the grow- efforts to secure peace between appreciate any new ideas from The drone strikes are deeply Markey suggested, in which the “One of the things we want to ing young population into the Kabul and the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan on how to jump-start unpopular in Pakistan and US restricts the number of strikes hear about are the Sharif govern- workforce. Sharif will use the trip to seek the Afghan peace process as the Islamabad publicly condemns and coordinates with Pakistan to ment’s own plans for dealing with While Washington is likely help for his country’s ailing econ- US and Nato prepare to withdraw them as counter-productive and target only specific Al-Qaeda- their domestic terrorism issues, to pledge support for the econ- omy and dysfunctional energy combat troops next year. a violation of sovereignty, though linked figures. and what they see as the future of omy, Askari said, it is unlikely to sector. “If the Pakistanis come armed previous governments are known But he said that any deal could engaging with the TTP (Pakistani promise new aid in addition to Daniel Markey, a senior fellow with some ideas on that front, to have given their tacit support hinge on the status of the Haqqani Taliban), what the status is of the money already being given at US think-tank the Council on they may win some points. If there to them. network, the militant force classi- potential peace discussions,” the under the Kerry-Lugar bill and Foreign Relations, said that since are specific things that they can The US regards the strikes as fied as terrorists by the —, which official added. Coalition Support Fund. AFP Soccer on Darul Aman Plea to assist jobseekers Afghan assembly to ISLAMABAD: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has decide on US pact asked the Sindh province government to strengthen KABUL: About 3,000 Afghan “If the Taliban announce that the system of employment tribal elders and civil leaders they will send representatives, we exchanges in the province so will gather in Kabul next month welcome them,” he added, in line that the system could func- to decide whether to support a with government policy to open tion more effectively. In order deal allowing some US troops to communication with the Islamist to improve the dissemination stay in the country after 2014, insurgents. US Secretary of State of employment information, officials said Saturday. John Kerry visited Kabul a week online job advertisements can Organisers of the “loya jirga” ago to try to hammer out a deal be placed by the employment said that leaders of the Taliban after Karzai threatened to aban- exchanges to improve the rebel group would be welcome don negotiations. accessibility of information, to attend the event, which will US officials say that the two particularly for female job be held in the third week of sides agreed on a text that could seekers who have lower levels November at a huge tented be taken to the loya jirga for of mobility and networking venue in the city. The meeting approval. In 2011, a loya jirga to than their male counterparts, will debate the Bilateral Security discuss the strategic partnership according to ILO report Agreement (BSA) that has been deal decided that Afghan secu- ‘Sindh Employment Trends subject to months of intense nego- rity forces should lead all military 2013’. Participation rates in tiations between Afghanistan and operations, the Afghan air force the urban sector are sur- the US. be better trained and US troops prisingly lower given that President Hamid Karzai has on Afghan soil should not receive Karachi is the economic hub said that only a loya jirga could immunity. of the country and provides decide an issue of Afghan national If the loya jirga passes the new employment opportunities to sovereignty, with legal immunity text, between 5,000 and 10,000 US a large migrant population for US troops remaining a poten- troops would stay in Afghanistan from other parts of the coun- tial sticking point in discussions. to help fight Al Qaeda remnants try, the report says. “We expect around 3,000 rep- and train the national army. resentatives to attend the jirga,” The Nato military coalition will Six-day break Sadeq Modabir, a member of withdraw its 87,000 combat troops the organising committee, told by December 2014 after 13 years slammed reporters. “It may last between of fighting the Taliban insurgency. four and seven days.” AFP Children play soccer in front of the ruined Darul Aman Palace on the outskirts of Kabul yesterday. Nestling beneath ISLAMABAD: The business the mountains that ring Kabul, the shattered palace stands in mute testimony to the brutality and callousness community has demanded the of Afghanistan’s history of conflict. decision makers to devise a national policy about holidays, criticising the six-day closure, especially of the banking sec- Islamabad says tor, on the occasion of Eid Al Pakistan: Drones killed 400 civilians so far Adha. Federation of Pakistan civilian killed Chamber of Commerce and UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan region bordering Afghanistan, of remotely piloted aircraft administrative, economic or judi- Industry President Malik by Indian army has confirmed that of some 2,200 since 2004. Clearing out mili- strikes and a further 200 indi- cial system. They are dominated Zubair believed that this hap- people killed by drone strikes tant border sanctuaries is seen by viduals were regarded as probable by ethnic Pashtun tribes, some pened because Pakistan tried ISLAMABAD: Pakistan in the past decade, at least 400 Washington as crucial to bringing non-combatants.” of which have sheltered and sup- to copy Saudi Arabia in these accused Indian troops of kill- were civilians and an additional stability to Afghanistan, particularly “Officials indicated that, owing ported militants over decades of matters, ignoring that it is a ing a civilian and wounding two 200 victims were deemed “prob- as the US-led combat mission ends to underreporting and obsta- conflict in Afghanistan. rich country. “I think the pol- others in “unprovoked firing” able non-combatants,” a UN in 2014. Most, but not all, attacks cles to effective investigation, “The involvement of CIA in icy decision is that we have to across the border yesterday as human rights investigator said with unmanned aerial vehicles have those figures were likely to be an lethal counter-terrorism opera- keep the begging bowl close New Delhi voiced “grave con- on Friday. been by the —. Britain and Israel underestimate” of civilian deaths, tions in Pakistan and Yemen has to us all the time in future,” cern” about the new military Ben Emmerson, UN special have also used them. Emmerson said. created an almost insurmount- he said. Members of busi- flare-up in disputed Kashmir. rapporteur on human rights and In an interim report to UN Emmerson, who visited able obstacle to transparency,” ness community belonging to The Himalayan region of counterterrorism, also urged General Assembly released on Pakistan in March, noted that Emmerson said. the diversified sectors have Kashmir has been the spark the — to release its own data on Friday, Emmerson said Pakistani principal media monitoring “One consequence is that the termed the long holidays as of two of three wars fought by the number of civilian casual- government records showed organizations had recorded a — has to date failed to reveal its a “politically motivated deci- nuclear-armed India and Pakistan ties caused by its drone strikes. that drone strikes had killed at “marked drop” in reported civil- own data on the level of civilian sion”. The impact of banks since their independence from Emmerson said Pakistan’s Foreign least 2,200 people and seriously ians casualties from drone strikes casualties inflicted through the being inoperative for six days Britain in 1947. Ministry told him it had recorded wounded at least 600 since 2004. in the tribal areas during 2012 use of remotely piloted aircraft (from October 15 to 20) has In Islamabad, a Pakistani mili- at least 330 drone strikes in the He said Pakistan had con- and the first half of 2013. in classified operations conducted not only been felt by the tra- tary official said a civilian was Federally Administered Tribal firmed that “at least 400 civil- The tribal areas have never been in Pakistan and elsewhere.” ditional exporters but also by killed and two others injured by Areas, Pakistan’s largely lawless ians had been killed as a result fully integrated into Pakistan’s REUTERS the importers in the oil and “unprovoked firing of heavy weap- gas sector. AGENCIES ons including mortars by Indian Border Security Forces” near the eastern city of Sialkot in eastern Punjab province. On Thursday, Pakistan accused Malala reunited with two school India of killing a paramilitary sol- dier in “unprovoked firing” across the border in the same region. Indian foreign minister Salman friends injured in Taliban attack Khurshid in New Delhi described the military flare-up as a “serious LONDON: Campaigning Pakistani schoolgirl body of leaders representing politics, religious insti- matter.” Malala Yousafzai was reunited yesterday with tutions, law and philanthropy. “After I was shot the “This is a serious matter, a two friends who were injured in the Taliban terrorists thought that I would not continue the matter of great concern to India,” attempt to kill her. struggle for education, but not only did I not stop Khurshid told India’s NDTV Kainat Riaz and Shazia Ramzan met Malala dur- my campaign but now Kainat and Shazia are with channel as the Press Trust of ing an event at Edinburgh University in Scotland, me and they are also supporting me,” Malala told India said two paramilitary sol- the first time they have seen her since the attack. the event. “They are not afraid, we are not afraid diers of the Border Security A Taliban gunman boarded the girls’ school bus and now people are supporting us and that is the Force (BSF) were hurt in over- in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat Valley in October greatest courage, and that is the weapon that we night Friday attacks by Pakistani 2012 and opened fire at Malala to punish her for have got, the unity and togetherness.” troops. championing girls’ rights to education. Malala was also presented with an honorary mas- BSF troops “retaliated Malala, now 16, was shot in the head while Kainat ters degree from the university by former British strongly”, the national news and Shazia were both wounded in the crossfire. prime minister Gordon Brown, who has backed her agency report said, and added the All three girls are now living and studying in campaign. The event is the latest in a series to fete attack was the latest in a string of Malala (right) with her school friends Kainat Riaz (left) and Shazia Ramzan Britain. Malala received medical treatment for her Malala’s work. She went to Buckingham Palace on five violations in the past 24 hours during the first Global Citizenship Commission meeting at the University injuries at a British hospital. Friday to meet Queen Elizabeth and her husband of a 2003 truce along Kashmir’s of Edinburgh in Scotland yesterday. They were the guests of honour at the launch on Prince Philip, while last week she met US President disputed border. AGENCIES Saturday of the Global Citizenship Commission, a Barack Obama. AFP SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

PM embarks PMO defends on five-day Russia, China coal block visit today NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarks today on a five-day visit to Russia and China, both per- allocation manent members of the UN Security Council and important global players, in what could be ‘Decision was based on merit’ his last major foreign tour before general elections expected in NEW DELHI: Days after the other matters must take their the first half of 2014. CBI registered a formal com- normal course under the law,” the While energy, defence and plaint in allocating a coal block statement said. trade are expected to top his to Hindalco in Odisha, Prime The Prime Minister’s Office agenda in Moscow, an agreement Minister Manmohan Singh’s said the CBI is free to investigate to prevent face-offs along their office yesterday defended the the case and it will be monitored disputed frontier and ramping up government’s decision, saying it by the Supreme Court. trade and investment are on the was “entirely appropriate” and “The investigation on this and anvil for Beijing. based on merit. other matters must take their The back-to-back visits come A woman stands with her child near blood marks (left) and bullet holes (right) on the wall of a home in Najwal “The prime minister is satisfied normal course under the law,” the even as the opposition BJP has been village in Pargwal sector of Akhnoor district, about 40km from Jammu yesterday. that the final decision taken in statement said. raising the pitch seeking a probe this regard was entirely appropri- As per the details provided in the prime minister’s alleged ate and is based on the merits of by the PMO, Manmohan Singh involvement in a scandal involving the case placed before him,” the received a letter dated May 7, 2005 Fear grips Jammu village after distribution of coal mining licences. PMO said in a statement. from Aditya Birla group chairman The Moscow visit October Breaking its silence over the Kumar Mangalam Birla requesting 20-22 would see the prime min- allocation of Talabira coal block to allocation of Talabira-II and III coal ister attending his 10th India- Hindalco, the PMO accepted that blocks in Odisha to Hindalco for night of Pakistan shelling Russia Annual Summit and the the decision was different from what its 650 MW captive power plant in fifth one in Moscow. His summit the screening committee recom- its Integrated Aluminium Project meeting with President Vladimir mended, but said it was taken fol- in Sambalpur District, Odisha JAMMU: More than 40,000 and villages for safety reasons. there are at least half a dozen Putin on Monday comes as both lowing “a representation” it received and for a 100 MW captive plant people living in villages close to Worried and tense with fear, villages with a population of countries are working out a from one of the parties, which was for the expansion of its Hirakud the International Border in the they did not sleep through yes- over 40,000. Residents have been “techno-commercial” agreement referred to the coal ministry. Aluminium plant in Odisha. Jammu region are tense with terday night as shells exploded in restricting children and even cat- on the third and fourth reactors The Central Bureau of The letter was acknowledged by fear after a night of shelling by nearby areas. tle from venturing out for the last for the Kudankulam Nuclear Investigation (CBI) has filed an the prime minister, who also held Pakistan Rangers at 25 locations. The last time people living in five days. Power Plant in Tamil Nadu. FIR against former coal secretary coal portfolio during that period. They said yesterday they haven’t this area left their homes was “Working in the fields has Both sides would discuss energy Prakash Chandra Parakh and Manmohan Singh noted on the seen such fierce firing in 10 years. during the 1971 and 1965 wars become impossible because of the cooperation as Russia is known to industrialist Kumar Mangalam letter- “Please get a report from “There has been no firing between India and Pakistan. shelling by Pakistan Rangers”, have one of the largest hydrocarbon Birla for alleged irregularities and Coal Ministry”. since this (Saturday) morning. Some residents of Najwal, said another villager living close reserves. OVL, the external arm criminal conspiracy in the alloca- The letter was then forwarded But Pakistan Rangers resorted Markoola, Jaman Bela, Maljodha, to the International Border. of India’s ONGC, has investments tion of the two blocks. to the coal ministry and accord- to unprovoked firing at 25 places Matkoola and Nikkowal in the After ten years, this luxury of in the Sakhalin oil fields and in Parakh, however, said it was ingly appropriate action was taken. on the international border dur- larger Pargwal area fear the peace for these people appears to Tomsk. India is seeking to tap the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh In a letter to the prime minister, ing the night,” a senior Border worse is till to come. be withering. vast oil and gas reserves in Russia’s who decided the allocation of two Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Secuirty Force official said. “We haven’t seen such shell- Since the beginning of this year, Far East and the Arctic zone. coal blocks in Odisha in 2005 over Patnaik had also suggested that the “We have also killed an intruder ing in a decade. Smoke covered Pakistan troops have violated The prime minister would also which the CBI has filed FIRs. coal block be allotted to Hindalco. during the night in Suchetgarh our village for hours yesterday the ceasefire around 150 times in be conferred an honorary doc- The statement also clarified “While the file was being proc- sector of the border”, a senior because of Pakistan shelling,” Jammu and Kashmir, and have torate by Moscow’s Institute of that “no impediment” is being essed in PMO, the prime minister BSF official said. said Surjeet, 39, a resident of done so at least 130 times in the International Relations. Both placed on the CBI to continue the received a letter dated 17.8.2005 In Jammu district, people living Nikkowal village. Jammu region alone. sides are expected to ink several investigation and seek fresh infor- from the chief minister of Odisha in Pargwal area, which is situated “Schools are now closed in the Two women and four children agreements, including one on the mation which may have a bearing on the allotment of Talabira-II to 40km from here, on the banks of village and we fear the time for were injured in Pakistan shelling exchange of convicted and sen- on the case. Hindalco,” the PMO said. the Chenab river, are worried they migration has already come,” he in these areas earlier this week. tenced persons. “The investigation on this and IANS might have to leave their homes said. In the larger Pargwal area, IANS IANS Two remaining US ship crew held

CHENNAI: The two people left judicial custody,” the officer said. shifted here, the senior police on the American ship Seaman On Friday, police seized 35 officer said that it is up to the Guard Ohio, detained here after weapons and 5,680 rounds of court and the prison to decide on found carrying arms, for the ammunition from the vessel, that matter. vessel’s upkeep and mainte- which was detained earlier at Police have registered a case nance have also been arrested, Tuticorin port. against the crew and the guards police said. The judge, sending the arrested on the complaint of an assistant The British Deputy High crewmen to 14 days judicial cus- commandant of the Indian Coast Commission has approached the tody, ordered police to produce Guard for offences under the Arms police for consular access to their the arrested personnel in the Act 1959, Essential Commodities six nationals who were among the court on October 31. Act 1955 and Motor Spirit and 33 people arrested on Friday, a Investigation by the Q Branch High Speed Diesel Prevention senior police officier, speaking on CID (crime investigation depart- of Malpractices in Supply and condition of anonymity, said. ment) revealed that the vessel was Distribution Order 1990. Three locals have also been found in Indian territorial waters Flying West African coun- taken into custody for illegally and had a huge quantity of arms try Sierra Leone’s flag, Seaman supplying diesel to the ship, the and ammunition on board without Guard Ohio was in Indian waters officer said. valid authorisation or documents. Friday night, around 15 nautical “The two men who were left The ship had illegally drawn miles from Tuticorin port. behind to take care of the ship 1,500 litres of diesel from private The Coast Guard escorted the have been arrested and remanded sources without following proce- ship with 35 people (10 crew and to custody. Yesterday (Friday) 33 dure, police said on Friday. 25 security guards) to Tuticorin crew members and security per- Asked whether the crew and port. sonnel were arrested and sent to the security personnel would be IANS

Charge sheet filed in Bangalore Dinosaur remains found blast case in Maharashtra

BANGALORE: Police yes- AMRAVATI, Maharashtra: belonging to the Sauropod Family terday filed a charge sheet in Fossilised dinosaur bones and also inhabited the region and laid a local court against 14 people eggs of gigantic creatures that the eggs, Mankar explained. accused of involvement in the measured around 18-20 metres The dinosaurian remains now bomb blast near the BJP office and weighed 10-13 tonnes, exist in the form of small frag- in the city’s northwest suburb have been discovered from the ments of bones and complete eggs on April 17, a top official said. Salbardi area, around 60km from of the animals, which are firmly “The charge sheet filed is in here in eastern Maharashtra, a fixed in the rocks and hence irre- three volumes, with 7,445 pages geologist said here yesterday. trievable, said Mankar. of material, 201 documents and The discoveries have been The work on the bones and deposition of 260 witnesses. made after nearly six years of discovery has been published “The terror blast injured 18 peo- efforts by a team led by A K in the latest issue of the pres- ple, damaged 23 vehicles and 56 Srivastava and his doctorate tigious journal Current Science, residential buildings in the vicinity student R S Mankar, both from Srivastava said. From the finding, and the cumulative loss is estimated the Department of Geology, SGB the geologists have presumed that to be about Rs50 lakh,” Bangalore Amravati University. the Titanosaurus Colberti was a Police Commissioner Raghavendra “These remains have been giant reptile measuring around Auradkar said in a statement later. found in the sedimentary rocks, 18-20 metres long and weighing The accused were charged geologically known as ‘Lameta upto 13 tonnes. under various sections of the Formation’ deposited during the It was herbivorous animal Indian Penal Code, the Explosive Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) with a short and deep neck, long Substances Act, the Prevention period,” said Mankar. forelimbs and a short tail, but of Damage to Public Property Following detailed studies of could not survive after the Late Act and the Unlawful Activities the discovery, they have inter- Cretaceous period due to hostile (Prevention) Act. preted that around 66-71 million conditions which developed due to All the accused hail from years ago, there was a huge lake high temperatures and release of Thirunalveli, Coimbatore and in which these Lameta sediments hazardous gases during the vol- Maduraidistricts in neighbour- were deposited, Srivastava said. canic activity forming the Deccan ing Tamil Nadu. During that period, a species of Trap Basalt. IANS dinosaur, Titanosaurus Colberti, IANS SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Boeing notching Qatar to lead GCC growth in 2013-14 down production GCC to continue diversification through infrastructure investments and service sector of 747 planes NEW YORK: Boeing Co said DOHA: With a projected 6.5 growth of 4.5-5 percent in 2014, (IMF) and the World Bank in WEO on October 8. According fail to materialise, though, flat it was notching down the pro- percent growth rate, Qatar with Qatar leading the region in Washington, D C last week high- to the latest WEO forecast, the domestic demand is likely to lead duction rate of its biggest plane, is expected to lead the GCC 2013 and 2014. lighted the clouds on the horizon US economy will only grow by 1.6 to lower European growth in 2014. the iconic bubble-top 747, due to in 2013. The country is also Overall, the horizon of the global for the global economy. The US percent in 2013 and 2.6 percent in Accordingly, QNB Group forecasts slack demand. expected to go in front in terms economy is clouded by the likely economy continues to under- 2014. This performance remains somewhat lower growth for the The slowdown won’t affect of growth rate with a projected stagnation in advanced econo- perform, the euro area is slowly well below the average growth rate euro area in 2014 in the range of financial forecasts for Boeing, 6.8 percent in 2014, QNB Group mies and a slowdown in emerging coming out of a long recession and of 3.1 percent in the decade prior 0 percent-0.5 percent. analysts said, because produc- analysis noted yesterday. markets in 2013-14. QNB Group emerging markets (EMs) have to the Great Recession of 2008-09. QNB Group foresees a more tion of the jet is so limited. Only GCC countries will continue predicts that the engines of global suddenly lost their golden lus- It is also unlikely to reduce unem- long-term structural problem about 50 planes, with a list price their drive to diversify from economic growth are likely to be tre. Where is the global economy ployment significantly. in countries like Brazil, India, of $357m, are currently on order. the hydrocarbon sector through China, Sub-Saharan Africa and heading, one may ask? According The euro area is slowly recov- Indonesia and South Africa, Analysts expect Boeing to report infrastructure investment and the GCC countries, led by Qatar. to QNB Group, the weaker eco- ering from a prolonged recession. related to their dependence on solid third-quarter results on a growing service sector, not- Downside risks, however, abound nomic outlook and several risk According to the WEO forecast, commodity prices and capital Wednesday, and many predict its withstanding lower commodity to this scenario, which may lead factors point to stagnation in real GDP growth in the European inflows to finance their growth. stock, currently at record levels, prices. According to the latest to a few thunderstorms. It may be the advanced economies and a currency block will still be nega- Notwithstanding the recent will continue climbing. World Economic Outlook (WEO) worthwhile to be prepared with slowdown in EMs, with China, tive (-0.4 percent) this year and liquidity crunch this year, China The rate reduction reflects forecasts, growth in the region an umbrella at hand. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and marginally positive in 2014 (1.0 will manage to grow 7.6 percent declining use of the 747 and to a will pick up from 3.3 percent in The QNB analysts noted the GCC countries being the few percent) under the assumption this year and 7.3 percent in 2014, lesser extent its newer rival, the 2013 to 4.4 percent in 2014. QNB that the annual meetings of the bright spots on the horizon. of a more benign global environ- according to the WEO forecast. Airbus A380 superjumbo. Rather Group forecasts somewhat higher International Monetary Fund The IMF published its latest ment. If stronger export markets THE PENINSULA than flying those large four- engine jets, many airlines prefer to fly slightly smaller twin-engine planes that are easier to fill and Smash it if you can burn less fuel. The decision also reflects Offshore fracking more Boeing’s prescience in decid- ing to build the 787 a decade ago. While Airbus developed the double-decker A380, which widespread in California carries 525 people in some con- figurations, Boeing correctly LONG BEACH, California: a law that takes effect in 2015, predicted that airlines would The oil production technique environmental groups are calling want long-range, twin-engine known as fracking is more for a moratorium on the practice. planes that can fly direct, point widespread and frequently used “How is it that nobody in state to point routes, rather than car- in the offshore platforms and government knew anything about rying passengers through hubs man-made islands near some of this? It’s a huge institutional fail- where they would have to change California’s most populous and ure,” said Kassie Siegel, an attor- planes. famous coastal communities ney with the Center for Biological “The A380 has more life since it than state officials believed. Diversity. “Offshore fracking is is much newer,” said Ken Herbert, In waters off Long Beach, Seal far more common than anyone an analyst at Canaccord Genuity Beach and Huntington Beach — realized.” Inc. But with the twin-engine some of the region’s most popu- Little is known about the Airbus A350-1000 and Boeing lar surfing strands and tourist effects on the marine environ- 777X jets coming out, “the days attractions — oil companies have ment of fracking, which shoots of the quad engine are numbered, used fracking at least 203 times water, sand and chemicals at in my view.” at six sites in the past two dec- high pressure to clear old wells Boeing focused on building ades, according to interviews and or crack rock formations to free the 250-seat 787, and extending drilling records obtained by The oil. Yet neither state nor federal its best-selling 777 to fly farther Associated Press through a public environmental regulators have and carry about 368 passengers. records request. had any role in overseeing the Airbus is due to deliver the first of Just this year in Long Beach practice as it increased to revi- its A350 family, which will even- Harbor, the nation’s second-larg- talize old wells. Visitors are invited to smash windows of a BMW car with bricks as part of a promotional event for a brand tually carry up to 350 passengers, est container port, an oil company New oil leases off the state’s of car window protective film, during the Wuhan Motor Show 2013, Hubei province of China, yesterday. starting next year. with exclusive rights to drill there shores have been prohibited REUTERS completed five fracks on palm since a 1969 oil platform blowout tree-lined, man-made islands. off Santa Barbara, which fouled Other companies fracked more miles of coastline and gave rise to Daman Islamic’s than a dozen times from old oil the modern environmental move- platforms off Huntington Beach ment. With no room for physical third quarter profit and Seal Beach over the past five expansion, oil companies instead years. have turned to fracking to keep Though there is no evidence the oil flowing. crosses QR40m offshore hydraulic fracturing has The state launched an investi- DOHA: Daman Islamic Insurance led to any spills or chemical leaks, gation into the extent of offshore Company’s net profit crossed the practice occurs with little fracking after the AP report in QR40m for the first nine months state or federal oversight of the August. California officials ini- of 2013. The figure reflects a 111 operations. tially said at the time there was no percent increase compared to the The state agency that leases record of fracking in the nearshore same period in 2012. lands and waters to oil companies waters it oversees. Now, as the Announcing the financial said officials found new instances State Lands Commission and other results, Daman Islamic Insurance of fracking after searching agencies review records and find Company Chairman Sheikh records as part of a review after more instances of fracking, officials Jassim bin Hamad bin Jassim bin the AP reported this summer are confused over who exactly is in Jabor Al Thani said the returns about fracking in federal waters charge of ensuring the technique is from the investments increased by off California, an area from three monitored and performed safely. 160 percent on year-on-year basis. miles to 200 miles offshore. The “We still need to sort out Sheikh Jassim attributed the state oil permitting agency said it what authority, if any, we have company’s strong performance doesn’t track fracking. over fracking operations in state during the period to the diverse As the state continues its inves- waters; it’s very complicated,” insurance products available in tigation into the extent of frack- said Alison Dettmer, a deputy the market. The opening of new ing — both in federal waters and director of the California Coastal branches also supported the closer to shore — and develops Commission. growth, he said. ways to increase oversight under AP THE PENINSULA

E&Y to pay $99m to end Lehman suit

NEW YORK: Ernst & Young suspend the case while the sides case. Bank of America Corp, (EY) has agreed to pay $99m to draft a settlement agreement. Morgan Stanley and more than former Lehman Brothers inves- “The settling parties are cur- 30 other underwriters of Lehman tors who have accused the audi- rently drafting a detailed stipula- debt reached a $417m settlement tor of helping Lehman misstate tion of settlement and anticipate” in December 2011, while Lehman’s its financial records before the asking the court for permission to former officers, including ex-Chief investment bank’s collapse trig- notify class members of the deal Executive Richard Fuld, settled gered a financial crisis in 2008. in about 30 days, the investors for $90m. The agreement, which must said in the letter. The case goes back to 2008, still get court approval, signals E&Y said it denied all liability, when Lehman’s historic collapse the end of a massive class action settling the case “to put this mat- served as a key catalyst to the glo- against Lehman’s former direc- ter behind us.” bal financial crisis. tors, as well as several other “Lehman’s audited financial Investors filed the lawsuit that financial institutions, according to statements clearly portrayed year, accusing Lehman directors a letter filed on Wednesday in fed- Lehman as what it was - a highly of painting a misleading picture eral court in Manhattan. Lehman leveraged entity operating in of Lehman’s health in financial is accused of using the infamous a risky and volatile industry; statements and securities offer- “Repo 105” accounting practice to and Lehman’s bankruptcy was ings. E&Y and the underwriters misleadingly understate its lever- not caused by any accounting contributed to the fraud by fail- age to make itself appear more issues,” Ernst & Young said in a ing to investigate and ensure the financially solvent. statement. truthfulness of the statements, The investors who brought Ernst & Young is the last the investors alleged. the lawsuit asked the court to defendant still involved in the REUTERS SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Brazil suspends UAW ratchets Ser Educacional IPO for lack up pressure of key data SAO PAULO: Brazil’s securi- ties industry watchdog CVM suspended on Friday the initial public offering of Grupo Ser on Nissan Educacional SA, saying the edu- cation company failed to include relevant tax information on the Union targets Mississippi plant offering’s prospectus. In a statement, the Rio de DETROIT: The United Auto watched by other automakers. Janeiro-based regulator said the Workers is ratcheting up pres- One former official from Honda, suspension of Ser Educacional’s sure on Nissan in the hopes it who has observed UAW organis- IPO could last for up to 30 days. may finally succeed at organis- ing efforts in the past and asked CVM said the prospectus lacks ing the Japanese automaker’s for anonymity, said it is likely precise information on tax bene- plant in the typically anti-union the UAW has gained a foothold fits stemming from a government southern US state of Mississippi. in Canton because of the wide- program offering exemptions to It has taken its campaign to the spread use of temporary workers. universities involved in a tuition world stage in a bid to pressure That appears to have unset- fee subsidy program. Nissan to cease what the UAW tled the regular employees, who “The suspension could be has called union-busting tactics. thought they had finally won a revoked, within the period above The UAW’s efforts have won measure of job security in a state mentioned, if the irregularities the endorsement of Nissan’s with the lowest per capita income found are properly fixed,” the Japanese unions and sympathetic in the United States. statement said. “The decision unions have staged demonstra- But those same job security was taken because the prospec- tions protesting Nissan’s tactics fears could work against the Royal Mail vans sit in the car park of Mount Pleasant sorting office in central London, yesterday. tus ... did not contain the neces- in Brazil and at the Geneva auto UAW, said Sean McAlinden, chief sary information that an investor show. economist at Michigan’s Center of requires to take a thoughtful The UAW is hoping to gain the Automotive Research. investment decision.” backing of the powerful French “They worry about Mexico,” Royal Mail valued higher than The impasse comes amid a unions of Nissan’s partner McAlinder said, noting that three-month drought in stock Renault by bringing workers to several automakers — including listing debuts in the Sao Paulo Paris this week to describe their Nissan — will be opening new fac- Stock Exchange. Ser Educacional plight. tories there this year. sale price, says report and shareholders expected to “The UAW’s approach in The Nissan campaign has price the IPO, through which they Mississippi has been very innova- attracted the interest of labour LONDON: Britain’s Royal Mail a house. There is a temptation to pitch for the business didn’t really sought to raise up to 723.3m reais tive and very patient,” said Harley leaders looking for a way to gain was valued by some investment over promise on the potential know or understand the business, ($333m), later on the day. Shaiken, a labor expert from the more leverage over big compa- banks 50 percent higher than price. “Banks sometimes originate weren’t close to it at all and were In September, the tax agency, University of California, Berkley. nies in a global economy that has last week’s public sale price, in poetry and execute in prose,” relying on publicly available data.” known in Brazil as Receita The aggressive campaign comes driven down wages in industrial a newspaper reported, adding said one banking source. “Let’s look at the share price in Federal, issued new rules gov- as the UAW celebrates a big break countries, said Kent Wong, a to a debate over whether the One source close to the deal six months time when the froth has erning tax benefits for education in its decades-long efforts to organ- labor expert at the University of postal service was sold off too said by the time of the float mar- gone away, when you take out the companies involved in the ProUni ize the plants of foreign automakers. California, Los Angeles. cheaply. kets had improved since Royal initial spike and where the shares programme. Under terms of the Volkswagen is currently engaged “I don’t know if they are going In a report yesterday, the Mail and its advisers first dis- settle,” Zahawi said. “When you decision, listed and potential in talks with the UAW about how to be successful,” he cautioned. Financial Times said Royal Mail cussed potential valuations with look at comparators, ie on dividend, stock market debutantes in the to get employees at its Tennessee The UAW faces powerful oppo- was valued by banks not involved investors earlier in the year, but on yield, on profitability, I think the sector need to inform investors plant a seat on the German auto- sition from the political estab- in the sale at up £5bn ($8.09bn) in investors were not keen to move price was just about right.” of the impact of such benefits on maker’s works council. lishment in Mississippi and from June. The newspaper said at least higher on the price. The eventual order book on the their balance sheet. The UAW has never managed workers who have been raised on two investment banks pitched a The industrial relations dispute privatization showed institutional GAEC Educacao SA and a to organize workers at the plants a diet of anti-union sentiment. maximum price of about 500p, hanging over the company also investors had bid for 20 times shareholder have plans to raise of foreign automakers except in It has also accused Nissan of quoting banking sources. weighed heavily on the float proc- more shares than were on offer. as much as 626.3m reais in an a handful of joint ventures with employing union-busting tactics The government priced the sale ess, several people familiar with The opposition Labour party said IPO next Thursday. The company, unionized General Motors, Ford like using implicit threats to close of a 62 percent stake in Royal the matter said, and at times they the strong demand showed tax- which is known in Brazil as Anima or Chrysler. the plant if it unionises, charges Mail at 330 pence per share, but wondered if the deal would even payers had been short-changed in Educacao and owns three univer- But UAW president Bob King Nissan denies. the shares have risen more than be able to go ahead. the privatisation. sities located in the cities of Belo insists the tide is finally turning. “Nissan has never violated 50 percent to 500 pence since the Ballot results on Wednesday Both Cable and the govern- Horizonte and Santos in south- “We’ve never been this far labor standards and would never company’s market debut. showed that Royal Mail workers ment’s independent advisers eastern Brazil, wants to use pro- along in an organizing drive in tolerate threats or intimidation On Friday, Business Secretary would strike on November 4 unless Lazard (LAZ.N) have been sum- ceeds from the IPO to expand and the South,” King said in a recent of our employees,” Nissan spokes- Vince Cable rebuffed accusations a new pay deal was reached. “It moned to appear before a parlia- strengthen its capital position. interview. “It’s going really well.” man Justin Saia said. “Nissan will that the government under- feels to me that this story is a bit of mentary committee to discuss the Brazil’s $11bn-a-year educa- King, a veteran of several failed continue to abide by US labor laws priced the privatisation and said sour grapes from a couple of banks sale next month. tion industry has grown at dou- organizing attempts, said the and support the rights of employ- the threat of industrial action by who weren’t very close to the busi- Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and ble-digit rates in recent years number of employees supporting ees to decide whether they wish to Royal Mail’s staff had influenced ness,” Nadhim Zahawi, a member UBS (UBSN.VX) ran the Royal as a tight job market demands a the UAW inside Nissan’s Canton be represented by a union.” the price-setting process. of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Mail sale, and were also joint skilled labour force with better plant has continued to grow since The standard anti-union play- Bankers often compare the Conservative party and a member of bookrunners along with Barclays technical knowledge, stronger the latest campaign was launched book being used in Canton isn’t pitching process for mandates to a parliamentary committee focused (BARC.L) and Bank of America analytical abilities and proficiency more than a year ago. working, King insisted. advise on deals such as share sales on business, told the BBC. Merrill Lynch (BAC.N). in foreign languages. The campaign is being carefully AFP to choosing an estate agent to sell “Some of the banks who did REUTERS REUTERS NBK, KCIC sign deal for 142 commercial vehicles

DOHA: Nasser Bin Khaled (NBK) Automobiles, the exclusive distributor of Mercedes-Benz branded vehi- cles in Qatar, announced yesterday that it has signed an agreement with Khalid Cement Industries Complex (KCIC), one of Qatar’s leading suppliers of complete concrete solutions, to supply KCIC with a range of Mercedes-Benz branded Commercial vehicles, a press release said yesterday. According to the agreement, NBK Automobiles will supply KCIC with a total of 142 vehi- cles including 43 tipper trucks, 65 tractor heads, 28 Cargo trucks mounted with cranes, five Water and sewage tank- ers and one skip loader truck. The agreement also envisages a fleet board management sys- tem and full service contract Officials of Nasser Bin Khalid Automobiles and Khalid Cement Industries Complex during the signing for five years, the press release ceremony. added. It is the first major deal for our business partners with maximise efficiency along their Group General Manager of construction vehicles to be extensive support and equip- entire transport fleet work KCIC. According to Al Kaluti, equipped with Mercedes-Benz ment tailored to meet their flows, including cutting fuel KCIC went through a rigor- “Telligent automatic gearshift specific requirements, and consumption and wear-related ous technical & commercial system II”. This system is the agreement with Khalid costs. evaluation process of several being utilised on all the trucks Cement Industries Complex The service focuses on swift well-known manufacturers in order to eliminate the so- is in line with this strate- implementation of a telemat- before reaching their final called “clutch” problems and gic objective,” said Khalid ics system in industry-spe- decision to go for “Mercedes- to reduce fuel consumption Shaaban, General Manager, cific day-to-day operations, Benz” trucks. which will, ultimately, reduce NBK Automobiles. to develop solutions that will “Our decision was based on the overall operational costs of “KCIC has established itself ensure that their telematics three main criteria’s: Brand these trucks. as one of Qatar’s foremost sup- and IT systems map the indi- Name, Total Cost of Ownership, This system is a first for the pliers of complete concrete vidual work flows as effectively and After-Sales Support,” said industry in Qatar, and Khalid solutions and a major player as possible. Mr. Al Kaluti Cement is proud to be the first in construction material pro- The Fleetboard telematics Khalid Cement Industries company in Qatar to utilise duction, and we look forward system also enables the auto- Complex is one of Qatar’s lead- such system on construction to working with them to offer mation of the fleet vehicles ing suppliers of complete con- vehicles which are normally long-term support in this and including the transport proc- crete solutions with a 200,000 equipped with the standard their upcoming ventures.” esses, recording the working square meter main produc- “manual gearshift” NBK’s agreement also hours of the drivers, the opti- tion plant just outside Doha, “NBK Automobiles is com- includes “fleet board” manage- mal use of fuel and reduction Qatar and additional plants mitted to contributing towards ment system, which is a man- in maintenance costs. in Industrial Area, Dhukhan, the continued development of agement consultancy service “The decision was not Dafna and Ras Laffan. the country through providing designed to help companies easy”; said Nabil Al Kaluti, THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 Le Clos, Hosszu eye Doha glory FINA World Cup: Top swimmers set to hit the pool at Hamad Aquatic Centre today

BY RIZWAN REHMAT mark set by Russia a week ago in Moscow, the third stop on the DOHA: South African swim- FINA World Cup calender. LEFT: A swimmer during a ming giant Chad le Clos and Japanese foursome Shinri training session at Hamad world champion Katinka Hosszu Shioura, Satyaka Akase, Kenta Aquatic Centre (below) in of Hungary will be the ones to Ito and Kanako Watanabe fin- Doha. BOTTOM: Khalil Al Jabir beat when the two-day FINA ished with a time of 1min 32.52sec, (second right), President of World Cup series leg commences ahead of second-placed Brazil Qatar Swimming Association at Hamad Aquatic Centre today. and China. Russia’s timing last (QSA), is seen with Ali Al Jabir Just two days ago in Dubai, le Sunday in Moscow was 1:33.01. Clos bagged the 200m individual “The two-day action is divided (right), QSA Secretary General, medley and 100m butterfly golds into four sessions. Each day there Mohamed Al Fadallah (second in addition to his 200m butterfly will be heats in the morning from left), QSA Head of Sports, and gold the South African won on 10:10am onwards. The evening Fahad Al Hajri, Head of Media, Thursday. sessions will begin at 5:30pm. In during a press conference at Hosszu, the overall winner of all 36 events will be held over two the same venue. the World Cup last year, bagged days,” Al Jabir said. PICS: ABDUL BASIT a tally of eight medals in Dubai “I take this opportunity to wel- where she picked up four golds, come the FINA family. I want to two silvers and a couple of bronze convey my thanks to the swim- medals over two days. mers who are turning up in such Both have been pencilled in for a big number in Doha,” Al Jabir the Doha leg which ends tomor- added. row, organisers said yesterday. “I also thank our partners Al “We have the top swimmers Kass TV and Aspetar for their competing at our event. The continued support,” the QSA world’s top 30 swimmers will be president said. here out of which a number of “We are using this as a test them are Olympic Games stars event,” Al Jabir said. and world champions,” Khalil “We are ready now for any Al Jabir, President of Qatar top FINA event. That’s how we Swimming Association (QSA) feel. But at the same time, we said yesterday. are using this as a trial event,” Besides Le Clos and Hosszu, he added. confirmed entries include world “The FINA experts are here champions and medallists from and they will evaluate our event. Miriera Belmonte of Spain, We will have a coaches conven- Florent Manadau of France and tion (next year). More than 700 Oussama Melluli of Tunisia. coaches will attend the Doha con- within the Aspire Zone. The facil- Swimming nations such as vention. More than 1,200 swim- ity is set over four floors and is Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, mers will be here so, yes, we are designed around ultra-modern Russia, US, Hong Kong, Hungary, gearing up for bigger events,” Al facilities for water sports. Japan, France, the Netherlands, Jabir added. The aquatic complex presents Poland, South Africa, Switzerland This year’s World Cup series extensive facilities for swimming, and Ukraine will also hit the pools kicked off in Eindhoven in August driving, synchronized swimming for team events. before moving to Berlin, Moscow and water polo. The Japanese team will be eye- and Dubai. The complex, built in 2006, has ing another shot at the 4x50m After the Doha leg, the FINA staged the Doha Asian Games freestyle gold following their family relocates to Singapore and competitions, the FINA Diving world record time in Dubai on Tokyo before winding up the 2013 World Series in 2009 and most Friday. season in Beijing. recently the 2011 Arab Games The Japanese team slashed The two-day event will be held Swimming competitions. half a second from the previous at Hamad Aquatic Centre located THE PENINSULA

A view of the main entrance at Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha. The venue will host the two- day FINA World Cup series leg starting today.

** Heats start at 10:00am while finals commence at 5:30pm today.

** A total of 17 finals will be staged on the first day. Qatari swimmers ready for their turn at key event DOHA: Qatari swimmers will benefit immensely things. This will take time but we are working to a by taking part in the two-day 2013 FINA World plan,” he added without elaborating. Cup series leg to be held at Hamad Aquatic Centre, “We will have a nine-member squad at the Doha a top official said yesterday. event. Khalil Al Jabir, (pictured) President of Qatar “This will be a good experience for them once Swimming Association (QSA), said: “Qatari swim- again. We will have swimmers from all sports clubs mers have all to gain from this top event. They have (in Doha) at Hamad Aquatic Centre. done remarkably well in the last few months. This “We want our young swimmers to learn by event will give them another chance to com- watching and talking to the top names in pete with the best and learn from the best.” swimming. Our club coaches will also be Al Jabir pointed out that more than 200 attendance,” Al Jabir said. “We are totally swimmers from 46 countries are taking focused on our swimmers so that they are part in what will be the fifth stop on the trained the right away,” he said. FINA World Cup series. When asked about Qatar’s top female The FINA family has already completed swimmer Nada Al Kharji, Al Jabir said the events in Eindhoven in August before mov- 18-year-old is down with an injury. ing to Berlin, Moscow and Dubai. He said her participation in the two-day After the Doha leg, the FINA family will event would be confirmed only after the move to Singapore and Tokyo before wind- medical staff with the Qatari squad gives ing up the 2013 season in Beijing. her the green signal. “We are in no hurry to target medals. Most of our Al Jabir said QSA is using the event to showcase young swimmers are in the under-15 bracket. We its organisational skills ahead of next year’s World want them to learn by competing against the best,” Championships (short distance) to be held at the Al Jabir said. same venue. South Africa’s Chad le Clos and Hungary’s world “The entire FINA family is here. We will be having champion swimmer Katinka Hosszu will be seen in meetings with them. We did a great job last year. We action over the next two days starting today. are very confident this event would be better than “Let me tell you that our swimmers picked up 16 last year,” Al Jabir said. medals at the Arab Swimming Championships held “Having said that, we would be paying close atten- in Jordan. We can see the potential in our young tion to what the FINA says. If there’s a weakness we athletes,” Al Jabir said. have, we will waste no time to get rid of it,” he said. “We are building this team of swimmers for bigger THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 SPORT 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Faulkner scripts Aussie win All-rounder blasts a 29-ball 64 to complete sensational victory in Mohali

NEW DELHI: A quick-fire half century from James Faulkner in Hafeez returns death overs and gritty knock by Adam Voges helped Australia to Pakistan chase down 304-run target and snatch victory from India in the Australian all-rounder one-day squad nail biting third ODI at PCA Stadium in Mohali yesterday. James Faulkner cel- Faulkner, who came to bat with ebrates his team’s win LAHORE, Pakistan: Opener South Africa Australia six down at 213, soon over India in the third Mohammad Hafeez (pictured) turned the tide in favour of the vis- One-Day International yesterday returned to the await stork’s itors and slammed an unbeaten 64 in Mohali, yesterday. Pakistan squad for five one-day off 29 balls to secure a sensational Faulkner blasted a internationals against South arrival as Amla victory. Voges, on the other hand, 29-ball 64 to com- Africa after being left out of the remained not out after scoring 76. plete a sensational Tests due to poor form. After a fighting fourth wicket four-wicket win for The 32-year-old opener failed arrives home stand, that rescued the visitors Australia. in the two-match Test series in from 88/3, Australia lost skipper Zimbabwe last month, scoring CAPE TOWN: The immi- George bailey, Gl;enn Maxwell just 59. But he fared considera- nent arrival of a baby is the and Brad Haddin in quick succes- bly better in the one-day matches, primary concern for South sion and were reduced to 213/6. scoring a hundred and winning Africa as they face the possi- Voges shared 83-run stand with man of the series. bility of playing the upcoming George Bailey (43) before the That prompted selectors to second Test against Pakistan skipper was trapped leg before include Hafeez in the one-day without top batsman Hashim by Vinay Kumar in the 37th over. Finch (38 off 44 balls) was Scoreboard series against the Proteas which Amla (pictured). Shikhar Dhawan’s brilliant trapped leg before wickets by Ishant starts in Sharjah on October 30. He returned to South Africa throw then got Glenn Maxwell at the score of 82. Ravindra Jadeja INDIA AUSTRALIA Pakistan is currently leading from the United Arab Emirates (3) run out, reducing the visitors then joined the party by dismissing R G Sharma c Finch b Watson ...... 11 P J Hughes c Dhoni b Vinay Kumar ...... 22 the two-Test series against South on Friday for the birth of his to 174/5. Shane Watson. Watson was trapped S Dhawan c Haddin b McKay ...... 8 A J Finch lbw I Sharma ...... 38 Africa after winning the first Test second child, scheduled for the Bailey and Adam Voges helped leg before after scoring 11. V Kohli c Haddin b Maxwell ...... 68 S R Watson lbw Jadeja ...... 11 in Abu Dhabi by seven wickets. weekend but by no means sure Australia recover from early Earlier, skipper MS Dhoni led S K Raina c Watson b Johnson ...... 17 G J Bailey lbw Vinay Kumar ...... 43 Also of happening right away, leaving blows and took the score past from the front by smashing an Yuvraj Singh c Haddin b Johnson ...... 0 A C Voges (not out) ...... 76 returning his participation in doubt. 150 in 33 overs.After a solid unbeaten 139 as India recovered M S Dhoni (not out) ...... 139 G J Maxwell (run out-Dhawan) ...... 3 to the one- It had always been planned 68-run opening stand, Australia from a poor start to score a huge R A Jadeja c Haddin b Johnson ...... 2 B J Haddin c Jadeja b Kumar ...... 24 day squad is the world’s top ranked Test lost both openers Phillip Hughes, total. Dhoni rescued India after R Ashwin c Haddin b Johnson ...... 28 J P Faulkner (not out)...... 64 left-handed batsman would play in the first Aaron Finch and Shane Watson early jitters as he played a respon- B Kumar c Bailey b Faulkner ...... 10 Extras (LB-14, W-9) ...... 23 opener Test in Abu Dhabi, fly home for in quick succession to get reduced sible and sensible innings that R Vinay Kumar (run out-Maxwell/Faulkner) ... 0 Total (for 6 wkts in 49.3 overs) ...... 304 Nasir the birth of his second child and to 88/3 in 19.1 overs. Vinay Kumar came off just 121 balls, including I Sharma (not out) ...... 0 Did not bat: M G Johnson, C J McKay, X J Do- Jamshed then dash back to Dubai for gave India first breakthrough in 12 fours and five sixes. Extras (LB-13, W-7) ...... 20 herty. after being Wednesday’s start of the second the 13th over by getting Phillip The skipper also shared two Total (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 303 Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-82, 3-88, 4-171, ignored for and final Test - with nature’s Hughes (22) caught behind after significant partnerships -- Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-37, 3-76, 4-76, 5-174, 6-213. the Tests. co-operation. a good first-wicket stand. putting on a solid 72-run stand 5-148, 6-154, 7-230, 8-267, 9-299. Bowling: B Kumar 10-1-50-1; R Vinay Kumar Former Amla plans to wait out the Pacer Ishant Sharma then for the fifth wicket with Virat Bowling: M G Johnson 10-1-46-4 (4w); C J 8.3-0-50-2 (3w); I Sharma 8-1-63-1; R A captain arrival by working out in the struck in the 17th over to send Kohli (68) before joining hands McKay 10-0-49-1; S R Watson 8-0-74-1 (3w); Jadeja 10-0-31-1 (2w); Yuvraj Singh 3-0-20-0 Shoaib nets and plotting a way to level back Australian opener Aaron with Ravichandran Ashwin (28) J P Faulkner 10-0-65-1; X J Doherty 10-0-45- (1w); R Ashwin 9-0-58-0 (1w); V Kohli 1-0-18- Malik, the series after the opening Finch after his gritty knock of to put up 76 runs for the seventh 0; A C Voges 1-0-3-0; G J Maxwell 1-0-8-1. 0 (1w). Kamran defeat. 38, giving Australia second blow. wicket. AGENCIES Akmal “We will go back and address and Abdul where we have gone wrong, Razzaq are where we can improve and over still being the next few days a lot of hard overlooked work will be put into place in ICC to ‘review’ Amir’s ban and haven’t been included. our training sessions and dis- Haris Sohail and Anwar Ali cussions,” he said, of both his were both axed from the one- and the strategy of the team LONDON: Pakistan seamer the January 2014 meeting,” the that good news is just around the suspended) and Asif seven years day squad which won the one- left behind in the UAE. Mohammad Amir’s five- statement said. corner,” Amir said on Friday. (two suspended). day series 2-1 in Zimbabwe last “We know where we went year match-fixing ban will be “During the discussion, the “I made a mistake and got the All three players served jailed month. wrong but this team is without “reviewed” after a “revised” matter of Mohammad Amir’s punishment. I am thankful to terms for violating English law’s Umar Akmal, who was with- a doubt a fantastic team. anti-corruption code has been five-year ban also came up for the PCB for taking up the mat- Gambling Act. drawn from the Zimbabwe tour “We take a lot of pride in our adopted by the International discussion. ter with the ICC,” Amir added. There was, however, wide- following a suspected seizure, is performance and this has hurt, Cricket Council (ICC), the “The ICC board decided to In February 2011 the now spread sympathy for talented also back in the squad after doc- we set high standards for our- global governing body said review the matter in due course 21-year-old Amir was banned for left-arm paceman Amir, who tors cleared him last month. selves,” Amla told reporters. yesterday. after the revised ICC anti-cor- five years, along with team-mates at the time of the scandal was Pakistan will also play two After a seven-wicket loss for Officials plan to discuss the ruption code has been finalised Salman Butt and Mohammad regarded as world cricket’s hot- Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa in the first Test - new code in January although a and adopted.” Asif, for deliberately bowling no- test property, South africia for which the squad ending a 15-match unbeaten run statement issued yesterday after This statement will come as balls in return for the promise He’d made a huge impression will be announced later. spanning almost two years - the a two-day ICC board meeting in a disappointment to Amir, who of money during the 2010 Lord’s in 14 Tests, taking 51 wickets at Squad: Misbah-ul Haq, potential absence of Amla could London left open the possibility had been buoyed in the build-up Test against England. an average of under 30 apiece fol- Ahmed Shahzad, Nasir Jamshed, weight heavily. its adoption could be delayed. to this weekend’s meeting by the Butt, Pakistan’s captain at lowing his debut in 2009, with a Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Amin, His 118 with the bat in the “The ICC board was informed fact the Pakistan Cricket Board the time of the incident which best of six for 84 against England Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, first innings in Abu Dhabi was that a revised version of a more (PCB) had taken up his case with came about as a result of a sting at Lord’s in 2010 -- the same Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, one of the few highlights for the robust and strengthened ICC the ICC. operation by now defunct UK match in which he bowled the Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Proteas, who will not replace anti-corruption code will be sub- “I am desperate to play the tabloid the News of the World, no-balls that led to his downfall. Sohail Tanveer, Wahab Riaz, him if he does not make it back mitted for discussion/approval at game I love -- I have not lost hope was banned for 10 years (five AFP Sohaib Maqsood, Asad Shafiq, in time. AFP Sarfraz Ahmed. AFP

Hend outshines Korea Open Scores SEOUL: Leading scores after McIlroy falls off pace in Korea Els to grab lead the third round of the Kolon Korea Open in South Korea. at Macau Open SEOUL: Former world number 204 Kim Hyung-Tae (KOR) 72-66-66 Simpson grabs one Rory McIlroy shot himself 208 Hong Soon-Sang (KOR) 69-68-71 out of contention in the third MACAU: Australian long hit- 209 Mo Joong-kyung (KOR) 72-69-68 Las Vegas lead round yesterday at the Kolon ter Scott Hend stormed into the 210 Kim Dae-Sub (KOR) 69-73-68 Korea Open. lead following the third round of 211 Park Il-Hwan (KOR) 77-68-66, Kang LAS VEGAS: Webb Simpson, The two-time major champion the Macau Open yesterday with Ji-Man (KOR) 71-71-69, Ryu Hyun-Woo seeking his first US PGA Tour struck a four-over 75 at the par- a blistering eight-under-par 63 (KOR) 69-72-70, Maeng Dong-Seop win since his 2012 US Open tri- 71 Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, to open up a four-shot lead over (KOR) 70-70-71, Kang Sung-Hoon (KOR) umph, fired an eight-under 63 south of Seoul. Ernie Els. 68-70-73 yesterday to take a four-shot The Northern Irish star, the The South African four-time halfway lead in the Shriners’ marquee attraction at the $1m major winner’s chances of tak- US PGA Shriners’ Hospitals Open. OneAsia event, had three bogeys ing the top spot at the $800,000 Webb had nine birdies and one and one double bogey along with tournament took a hit after Hospitals Open Scores bogey at TPC Summerlin, where a lone birdie, falling to one-over Hend charged up the leader- LAS VEGAS: Leading sec- his 15-under total of 127 put him 214 for the tournament. board with an eagle and seven ond-round scores yesterday four shots in front of a group of He began the day tied for fifth, birdies against a lone bogey for in the $6 million US PGA five players. but ended it tied for 13th, 10 a three-day total of 12-under- Shriners’ Hospitals Open American JJ Henry, who held strokes behind the leader Kim par 201. (USA unless noted, par-71) the first-round lead with a spar- Hyung-Tae of South Korea. Els had a good start to the 127 Webb Simpson 64-63 kling 60, carded an even-par 71 to Kim poured in five birdies third round, scoring birdies on join the bunch on 131, which also against no bogey for his second 131 John Senden (AUS) 65-66, Jeff Overton two of his first three holes. included Australian John Senden straight round of five-under 66. 63-68, Chesson Hadley 65-66, JJ Henry But he struggled to maintain (66) and Americans Jeff Overton “I had a good feeling about this 60-71, Jason Bohn 67-64 his early form with dropped shots (68), Chesson Hadley (66) and week,” Kim said. “I am playing on 14 and 16, eventually battling 132 Ryan Moore 69-63, Russell Knox (SCO) Jason Bohn (64). with confidence.” to a third round 69 and an overall 67-65 The defending champion in the At 204, he holds a four-stroke 133 Luke Guthrie 69-64, Stephen Ames Rory McIlroy of Nothern Ireland (right) throwing his golf ball during the score of 205. $6m event, Ryan Moore, matched lead over compatriot Hong Soon- third round of the Kolon Korea Open at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club He is currently placed in joint (CAN) 65-68, Brian Stuard 68-65, Ryo Simpson for the low round of the Sang, the second-round leader near Cheonan. The $1m tournament is part of the OneAsia Circuit. second with rising Bangladeshi Ishikawa (JPN) 67-66 day with a 63 that put him tied who shot an even 71 on Saturday. newcomer Mohammad Siddikur 134 Brendan Steele 67-67, Daniel for seventh on 132 with Scotland’s South Korean Mo Joong-kyung who had been the tournament Summerhays 66-68, Brian Davis (ENG) Russell Knox, who posted a 65. is another shot behind at four- his Asian swing here, had been par-4 11th. Another bogey on the leader at the halfway point but 68-66, Morgan Hoffmann 67-67, “I hit a couple of loose shots under 209. hoping to pick up his first win of par-4 15th was his final undoing. dropped away from the lead Noh Seung-Yul (KOR) 69-65, Freddie today, but just really managed to Defending champion Kim Dae- 2013 at the South Korean national “I wanted to come here and after shooting 70 in the third Jacobson (SWE) 67-67 make putts and take advantage of Sub reached three-under thanks championship. play. It’s nothing about trying to round. 135 Kevin Stadler 70-65, Carl Pettersson the holes that you have to make to a bogey-free 68 yesterday. He went out in an even 36 after build confidence or anything like Speaking afterwards, Els said (SWE) 68-67, Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) birdie on,” Simpson said. Five other South Koreans were trading in a birdie with a bogey that,” McIlroy said. “I guess more the tournament was still wide 68-67, Brice Garnett 67-68, Brendon He has hit 32 of 36 greens tied at two-under on a leader and then the bottom fell out on than anything else I wanted to open going into the final day as Todd 67-68, James Driscoll 63-72, in regulation over the first two board dominated by the locals. the back nine. shake the rust off this week and he, Hend and Siddikur battle it Jonathan Byrd 63-72, Greg Chalmers rounds, and averaged just 1.53 McIlroy, who had a month- He had a double bogey on the try and get into contention -- and out for the top spot. AFP (AUS) 67-68, Andrew Svoboda 68-67 putts per green. AFP long break before kicking off par-4 10th, and a bogey on the obviously try to win.” AFP SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Real Madrid Saints add to ease past Malaga on Bale return

United misery MADRID: Gareth Bale got his first taste of being on a winning side at the Santiago Bernabeu Ozil brace keeps Arsenal cruising as Real Madrid moved to within two points of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid with a 2-0 win LONDON: Manchester temporarily take claim of first defender David Luiz inexplicably over Malaga yesterday. United’s disappointing start place earlier in the day, Arsenal allowed a pass from team-mate After Angel di Maria’s intended to the Premier League sea- returned to the summit with a Ramires to run past him. cross had found the back of the son continued yesterday as the 4-1 win at home to Norwich City. Jose Mourinho’s side equalised net to give Madrid the lead just champions were held to a 1-1 Jack Wilshere scored his sec- in the 33rd minute with an unu- after half-time, the Welshman draw at home to high-flying ond goal in two games to give sual goal that saw Eden Hazard was introduced for the final 13 Southampton. Arsenal an 18th-minute lead, vol- sweep the ball home from close minutes on his return from a United’s teenage winger Adnan leying home from Olivier Giroud’s range after Samuel Eto’o had thigh injury. Januzaj celebrated his new five- flick following a dizzying exchange stolen possession from Cardiff And it was Bale who was year contract by creating the of passes involving Santi Cazorla. goalkeeper David Marshall as he brought down by Weligton in game’s opening goal in the 26th Mesut Ozil scored his first bounced the ball. stoppage time to allow Cristiano minute with a superb through ball league goal for the club with a Eto’o completed the comeback Ronaldo to seal the three points for Wayne Rooney. header from a Giroud cross in in the 66th minute, and although Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil celebrates scoring a goal against Norwich City from the penalty spot. The England striker’s shot was the 58th minute and although Mourinho was sent to the stands during their English Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium in It was a much improved all blocked by Southampton goal- Norwich midfielder Jonathan for dissent, Oscar and Hazard London, yesterday. round performance from Madrid, keeper Artur Boruc, but Robin Howson replied for the visitors, both found the net in the closing who were only denied a far more van Persie was on hand to sweep Aaron Ramsey came off the bench stages. comfortable margin of victory due the rebound home. to make sure of victory before Ozil Manchester City stole into their lead through 22-year-old to a series of wonderful saves by Both Rooney and Van Persie added a fourth. the top four, three points behind substitute Paul Dummett, only for English Premier Malaga keeper Willy Caballero. hit the woodwork thereafter, but “A few weeks ago we lost our Arsenal, after winning 3-1 at West Daniel Sturridge to head home a Despite his return to fitness, the hosts were prevented from first home game here (against Ham United in the late game. second Liverpool equaliser from League Results Bale was left on the bench by recording consecutive victories Aston Villa) and it was a diffi- Sergio Aguero struck either Suarez’s 72nd-minute cross. Carlo Ancelotti due to his lack LONDON: English Premier for the first time in the league cult time, but we responded well side of half-time at Upton Park Gus Poyet’s tenure as manager of match practice. An injury to League results yesterday: this season when a header by and since then we have been con- and then teed up a delightful of bottom club Sunderland began Karim Benzema also gave Alvaro Southampton defender Dejan sistent,” said Arsenal manager late goal for David Silva after in lamentable fashion as his side Arsenal 4 (Wilshere 18, Ozil 58, 88, Ramsey Morata his chance to start and 83) Norwich 1 (Howson 70) Lovren flicked into the net off Arsene Wenger. Ricardo Vaz Te had replied for crashed 4-0 at Swansea City. the Spanish under-21 interna- team-mate Adam Lallana from “I like the solidarity in the West Ham with an overhead All the goals came in the last Chelsea 4 (Hazard 33, 82, Eto’o 66, Oscar tional was highly involved in the an 89th-minute corner. team. Of course we have quality, bicycle kick. 33 minutes, with Jonathan De 78) Cardiff 1 (Mutch 10) first period as Madrid did every- “We had the opportunities to but it’s how much we maintain Liverpool twice came from Guzman, Wilfried Bony, from the Everton 2 (Mirallas 8, Pienaar 57) Hull 1 thing but score. go 2-0 up. They had been knock- that and sustain that that will behind to earn a 2-2 draw at penalty spot, and Chico Flores (Sagbo 30) Ronaldo saw a curling effort ing on the door, but I thought decide our future.” 10-man Newcastle United. netting after recalled Sunderland Manchester United 1 (Van Persie 26) come off the top of the bar after we would see it out,” said United Arsenal lead the standings by Visiting captain Steven Gerrard full-back Phil Bardsley opened Southampton 1 (Lallana 89) just seven minutes and then manager David Moyes. two points from Chelsea, who claimed his 100th league goal from the floodgates by putting through Newcastle 2 (Cabaye 23, Dummett 56) ought to have opened the scoring “But if you don’t defend a cor- leapfrogged Liverpool into second the penalty spot shortly before his own goal. Liverpool 2 (Gerrard 42-pen, Sturridge 72) when he skewed wide with just ner well enough, there’s always a place after coming from behind to half-time, cancelling out Yohan Steven Pienaar scored within Stoke 0 West Brom 0 Caballero to beat. chance they will score.” win 4-1 at home to Cardiff City. Cabaye’s long-range opener, after seconds of coming on to earn Swansea 4 (Bardsley 57-og, De Guzman 58, Morata headed straight at the The draw left United in eighth Jordon Mutch gave the pro- Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa was sent Everton a 2-1 victory at home to Bony 64-pen, Chico 80) Sunderland 0 Malaga keeper from Di Maria’s place, eight points adrift of lead- moted side a shock 10th-minute off for a last-man foul on Luis Hull City, while West Bromwich West Ham 1 (Vaz Te 58) Manchester City 3 cross and Caballero was again ers Arsenal. lead by lifting the ball over goal- Suarez. Albion were held to a 0-0 draw at (Aguero 16, 51, Silva 80) called into action by Ronaldo as Having seen Liverpool keeper Petr Cech after Chelsea The 10-man hosts restored Stoke City. AFP Playing today the pressure continued to build. Aston Villa vs Tottenham (1500GMT) The opener did finally arrive Playing Monday less than 60 seconds after the interval in somewhat fortuitous Crystal Palace vs Fulham (1900GMT) circumstances as Ronaldo just Super sub Forrest rescues Celtic failed to get on the end of Di Scottish Premier Maria’s cross but the ball sailed EDINBURGH, United before limping off with a ham- points over Inverness Caledonian have won the game but for the goal- into the far corner in any case. Kingdom: Substitute James string injury that makes him a Thistle, who play Partick Thistle keeper who made some magnificent League Results Malaga could easily have been Forrest rescued a point for major doubt for the Ajax clash. today, and continues their record saves we would have done.” GLASGOW: Scottish Premier level on the hour mark as Mounir Celtic as they warmed up for Celtic appeared to be head- of having scored in every league His Hibernian counterpart was League results yesterday: El Hamdaoui got the by-line their midweek Champions ing to their first defeat in the match in 2013. upset to have let the win get away. Aberdeen 1 (Zola 54) Dundee Utd 0 and his cut-back somehow fell League match against Ajax with Scottish Premiership this season Celtic manager Neil Lennon “We had a great start with the between three Malaga players in Hibernian 1 (Heffernan 18) Celtic 1 (Forrest a 1-1 draw with Hibernian at before Forrest fired in an equal- cut a frustrated figure after the goal and Celtic put us under a 77) the middle waiting to apply the Easter Road. iser with a sensational strike in match. lot of pressure then and created final touch. Morata saw a glancing Kilmarnock 2 (Boyd 17, Irvine 71) Ross Hibs took the lead in contro- the 76th minute when Hibernian’s “We dominated the game and some chances but we got some header flash between Ronaldo and County 0 versial circumstances in the 18th Ryan McGivern was off the pitch dominated the chances and their good blocks in and some great the far post from Isco’s corner Motherwell 2 (Moore 69, Hutchinson 83) minute when Paul Heffernan, receiving treatment. goal was clearly offside. We didn’t saves,” Pat Fenlon said. and the Portuguese saw a free- Hearts 1 (Stevenson 62) who looked offside, poked the ball In the end only a superb save get what we deserved today, which “When you play Celtic if you kick clawed away by Caballero as through the legs of Fraser Forster from Ben Williams denied Forrest was the three points,” Lennon can get a point you’ll always be St Mirren 4 (McLean 8, 76-pen, McGowan the hosts looked to put the game after Kevin Thomson had sent a winner with the keeper expertly said. happy enough but when you’re 60, Thompson 89) St Johnstone 3 (MacLean to bed. 17, Hasselbaink 61, Fallon 84) him one-on-one with the keeper. stopping his 88th minute volley. “I’m delighted with the attitude winning for so long you’re disap- Ronaldo converted a perfect Kris Commons then missed a It means Celtic extend their of the players and our reaction was pointed not to pick up all three.” Playing today penalty deep into stoppage time good chance to grab the equaliser lead at the top of the table to four good. We played very well and should AFP Inverness CT vs Partick (1145GMT) to make it 2-0. AFP Your TV guide for PSG go top after win over Bastia live matches today PARIS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani both struck Event Competition Time Channel twice to inspire Paris Saint- Portland vs Real Salt MLS Football 05:30 .TV Germain to a comfortable 4-0 victory over hapless Bastia and Granada vs Getafe La Liga 13:00 HD2 lift the capital side three points Paris Saint- Heracles vs NEC Eredivisie 13:30 .TV clear in Ligue 1 yesterday. Germain’s Atalanta vs Lazio Serie A 13:30 HD6 Ibrahimovic opened the scoring after only 10 minutes and added a Swedish for- Sochaux vs Monaco Ligue 1 15:00 .TV second three minutes later which ward Zlatan Ibrahimovic Al Ahly vs Coton Sport CAF Champions League 15:00 +1 broke the game wide open and put PSG in command against their (left) celebrates Leeds vs Birmingham English Championship 15:15 .TV Corsican visitors. after scoring PEC Zwolle vs ADO Den Haag Eredivisie 15:30 .TV Cavani then added a brilliant a goal dur- Groningen vs PSV Eredivisie 15:30 HD6 third and a late penalty to carry ing the French Laurent Blanc’s unbeaten side to L1 match at Fiorentina vs Juventus Serie A 15:30 HD3 their seventh win in ten outings. the Parc des Sassuolo vs Bologna Serie A 16:00 .TV “We started really well and Princes in Paris, played a good match because the Livorno vs Sampdoria Serie A 16:00 .TV yesterday. coach rested several players, so Hellas Verona vs Parma Serie A 16:00 .TV to win 4-0 ahead of the trip to Genoa vs Chievo Serie A 16:00 .TV Anderlecht (Champions League on Wednesday) is not too bad,” Uruguay vs Ivory Coast FIFA World Cup U-17 16:00 HD4 said PSG’s French midfielder Slovakia vs Honduras FIFA World Cup U-17 16:00 +4 Adrien Rabiot. “We had some players sus- Sfaxien vs Bizertin CAF Confederation Cup 16:30 +2 pended and others who came off in the second half with one eye angle. A late 89th minute Cavani rivals Marseille. Marseille now lie Aston Villa vs Tottenham Barclays Premier League 17:30 HD6 the bench but we all gave every- on the Champions League trip penalty, confidently planted in the fourth and seven points off the Almeria vs Rayo La Liga 18:00 HD2 thing for the team and it’s a great to Anderlecht, as last season’s top right hand corner, gave the pace as they prepare for their result.” quarter-finalists look to make it scoreline an emphatic look. Champions League tie against St Etienne vs Lorient Ligue 1 18:00 .TV Sweden captain Ibrahimovic three wins from three in a group Monaco who came into the Serie A gianst Napoli on Tuesday UAE vs Brazil FIFA World Cup U-17 18:30 HD4 scored a trademark opener when that also includes Benfica and weekend as leaders ahead of at the Velodrome. he back-heeled the ball home Olympiakos. PSG on goal difference must now Another South American, Italy vs New Zealand FIFA World Cup U-17 19:00 HD3 from mid-air to give former PSG Bastia came into the match attempt to draw level on points Argentine striker Dario Las Palmas vs Real Murcia Spanish League 2nd Div. 20:00 +1 ‘keeper Michael Landreau little having never won in 25 Ligue 1 when they travel to second-from- Cvitanich, grabbed the only goal Girona vs Sporting Spanish League 2nd Div. 20:00 +2 chance. trips to the Parc des Princes and bottom Sochaux on Sunday. of the game in the 40th minute The former AC Milan and their disastrous start ensured Four other matches are slated for Nice. A minute’s applause was Betis vs Elche La Liga 20:00 +3 Barcelona marksman, who capped their winless run continued. for later on Saturday including held before kick-off in memory of Atletico vs Flamengo Brazilian Championship 21:00 .TV his maiden campaign in the capi- Cavani continued the rout with third-placed Lille at Montpellier, former Senegal coach and Nice tal with a league leading 30 goals, a superb individual effort on 63 Nantes on the road at Ajaccio, player Bruno Metsu, who died of Torino vs Inter Serie A 21:00 HD3 then took his tally this season to minutes. Evian at home to Guingamp and cancer earlier this week. Lyon vs Bordeaux Ligue 1 22:00 .TV five in ten matches with a close The 26-year-old Uruguayan fellow Brittany side Rennes tak- In the only other match on Valladolid vs Sevilla La Liga 22:00 +3 range finish that appeared to go in picked up the ball on the left ing on Valenciennes. Friday, Toulouse edged Reims 2-1 off his shoulder following a good wing, cut inside the box and beat On Friday, Colombian goal- thanks to a 87th minute penalty Houston vs New York MLS Football 23:00 +2 cross from Brazilian Lucas. two defenders as well as rounding keeper David Ospina shrugged from Danish international Martin River vs Belgrano Argentine Primera División 00:15 HD6 Blanc even had the luxury of Landreau before rolling the ball off his World Cup jet lag to star Braithwaite, his third goal of the bringing off his talisman early into an empty goal from an acute in Nice’s 1-0 win over Cote d’Azur season. AFP LATEST NEWS UPDATES FROM PHILIPPINPHILIPPINES

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DOHA: A brace from Brazilian VIENNA: Robin Haase upset striker Lisandro Lopez helped top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, Al Gharafa register an emphatic 7-6 (7/4) to earn a final today 3-1 win over Al Rayyan in the at the Austrian Open against Qatar Stars League (QSL) German veteran Tommy Haas. match at Al Rayyan Stadium Haas reached his third Vienna here yesterday. final as furious opponent Lukas Lopez’s twin strikes, one in Rosol cracked a racquet in half each half, gave coach Zico his first when facing six match points, win as coach of Al Gharafa. drawing a point penalty which The Brazilian striker gave his handed his German opponent a team the lead in the 19th minute 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/0) win. and struck deep into injury time Tsonga, competing in a fourth to make it 3-1. In between, Nicolas event in the last five weeks, was Fedor struck the second goal for Al playing with a heavy strapping on Gharafa in the 64th minute to give the left knee which kept him out the lead for the second time in the of tennis for nearly three months match. For Al Rayyan, Brazilian over the summer. Rodrigo Tabata had resorted par- “Haase is a good player who ity by successfully converted from gave me trouble on clay in the sport kick in the 56th minute. Madrid,” said Frenchman Tsonga, But Al Rayyan joy was short who is trying to claim one of the lived as Al Gharafa took the lead four remaining places at the eight minutes later. Al Rayyan SC midfielder Nathan Othafiu (left) in challenged by Al Gharafa SC striker season-ending ATP World Tour Al Gharafa now have seven Lisandro Lopez during the Qatar Stars League (QSL) match at Rayyan SC Stadium in Finals in London. points from five matches, while Doha, yesterday. RIGHT: Action from the match between Al Sadd and Qatar Sports “I’m not in the best of shape Al Rayyan have just three points. Club at Al Sadd Stadium. PICTURES BY KAMMUTTY VP/MOHAMMED OBADIDLY and it showed out there. But I In the other matches yester- have to keep playing if I want to day, defending champions Al Sadd make London. I had my chances routed Qatar Sports Club 4-0. but he was too good. I just have THE PENINSULA to keep fighting and trying to win matches.” Haase, the world number QSL Standings 63, owns two trophies at the P W D L G/F G/A Pts famed Austrian alpine resort of Al Sailiya 5 3 2 0 12 6 11 Kitzbuhel but both were on clay. Al Wakra 5 3 2 0 11 6 11 Haas is the second seed and Al Sadd 5 3 1 1 10 5 10 was champion at the Stadthalle 12 years ago and losing finalist in Eljaish 5 2 3 0 4 2 9 2000 to Tim Henman. Lekhwiya 5 2 2 1 12 7 8 “I first played here in 1997, so Qatar SC 5 2 2 1 6 6 8 to be back in the final in 2013 is Al Gharafa 5 1 4 0 6 4 7 great, it’s very special,” said Haas. Al Arabi 5 1 2 2 8 9 5 “I feel good about it, I’m very Al Ahli 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 happy. Al Kharaitiyat 5 1 1 3 5 6 4 “Overall I knew it would be a tough match, he’s the kind of Al Khor 5 0 4 1 3 7 4 opponent who once he gets some Muaither 5 1 1 3 5 13 4 confidence can be very tough. Al Rayyan 5 1 0 4 7 12 3 That’s how it was. Umm Salal 5 0 2 3 7 11 2 “The tiebreak in the third set was key. I played it well and he gave me some unforced errors Qatar Stars League which helped. It came down to a few points.” Results Rosol found himself trailing badly in the tiebreak against the Yesterday’s Results An official of Al Gharafa holds a placard, ‘Ciao Bruno ‘Special’ Thanks’, as a tribute to former Al Gharafa coach Bruno Metsu, during the QSL match 35-year-old Haas when his tem- Al Sadd 4 Qatar SC 0 at Al Rayyan Stadium in Doha, yesterday. Metsu, who also coached the Qatar national team, died on October 14. The Frenchman coached Al Gharafa from 2004 to 2006 and again in the 2011-2012 season. Metsu shot into stardom when he guided Senegal to the quarter-finals of 2002 FIFA World per finally snapped. Al Arabi 2 Al Khor 2 Cup, including a surprise victory over defending champions France in the opening match of the tournament. The eighth-seeded Czech net- Al Rayyan 1 Al Gharafa 3 ted a forehand to hand Haas his handful of winning chances. With that error, Rosol slammed his racquet to the ground and then snapped it over one knee. All Blacks maintain Tyre issues force first AFP Austrian Open ATP winning streak Results DUNEDIN, New Zealand: But their confidence was bike swap in MotoGP VIENNA, Austria: Results The All Blacks stayed on course eroded by the apparent ease with on the sixth day of the Austrian to complete an unbeaten season which the All Blacks turned half MELBOURNE: Tyre problems slick tyres beyond 14 laps,” Race posted a scorching lap of one Open yesterday (x denotes when they toppled Australia chances into scoring opportuni- have forced dramatic changes to Direction said in a statement. minute 27.899 seconds, smashing seeded player): 41-33 in a high-scoring seven-try ties which left Wallaby captain today’s Australian Grand Prix “This means that a bike/tyre Australian Stoner’s 2008 mark by Men’s singles spectacle in Dunedin yesterday. James Horwill “bitterly disap- where riders will have to change change before lap 12 will require more than half a second. Semi-finals: Tommy Haas (GER) bt Lukas Rosol The reigning world champi- pointed” with the result. their bikes mid-race for the first a second bike/tyre change to fin- “This lap is a lap you can only (CZE) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/0); Robin Haase (NED) bt ons were unruffled by the injury “We came here to win. We time in MotoGP. ish the race.” do with a PlayStation,” the affa- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 7-5, 7-6 (7/4). enforced late withdrawals of never like to lose but we’re proud Phillip Island’s new tarmac While certain to annoy riders ble Lorenzo told reporters, refer- captain Richie McCaw and wing of the effort the guys put in. We saw defending MotoGP champion and their teams, the overhaul will ring to Sony’s popular video game Kremlin Cup ATP/WTA Cory Jane as they outscored the were always trying to win the Jorge Lorenzo clock a record lap add intrigue to the battle between console. Results Wallabies four tries to three. game no matter what the score- during qualifying to take pole Lorenzo and champion-in-waiting “I had an impact with a bird on It was their 10th win from 10 board was and we went down yesterday, but also contributed Marc Marquez, who both eclipsed the first few laps on the bike, luck- MOSCOW, Russia: Results Tests this year, and they also swinging and that’s the commit- to excessive degradation to the Casey Stoner’s 2008 lap record in ily we could take it off and I could on day six of the ATP and equalled their longest unbeaten ment of the group. Bridgestone tyres, stoking fears an incident-packed qualifying. make a second attempt without a WTA Kremlin Cup yesterday streak on home soil -- a 30-match It was a rocky start for the All for riders’ safety. Lorenzo, fighting to keep his passenger, maybe because of this (x denotes seeding): run between 2003 and 2008. Blacks when Sam Cane, deputis- Officials have shaved the race title defence alive, survived a I went a little bit faster and was Men But the game was closer than ing for the injured McCaw, spilled by a lap to 26 and ordered all rid- bizarre brush with a seagull early able to make pole position. Semi-finals: Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) bt Ivo the scoreline suggested with the the kick off back into Wallaby ers to take a mandatory pitstop in the session and was forced to “It’s impressive how much Karlovic (CRO) 6-4, 7-5; Mikhail Kukushkin All Blacks leading 30-19 at half- hands. in an embarrassment for the tyre pit when the bird became lodged faster we can go with new tyres. (KAZ) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x2) 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 time and the Wallabies taking the Israel Folau, a star of the providers and organisers. in the fairing of his Yamaha at the “We’re very proud of pole, Women second half 14-11. Wallabies backline, took the “We have been notified by circuit’s Lukey Heights. but our most important thing is Semi-finals: Simona Halep (ROM x5) bt The All Blacks wanted to Australians deep into All Blacks Bridgestone that they are unable The Spaniard re-emerged tomorrow.” Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 6-2, 6-1; repeat the high level of their territory where Quade Cooper to guarantee safety of their rear later and was unflappable as he Rookie sensation Marquez, Samantha Stosur (AUS x7) bt Svetlana performance two weeks ago was gifted a simple penalty. who leads the championship by Kuznetsova (RUS x8) 6-2, 6-4. when they beat the Springboks But that was to be the only a yawning 43 points with three in Johannesburg to claim the time the Wallabies were ahead Australian Grand Prix Qualifying Results races left, also bettered the 2008 WTA Luxembourg Rugby Championship but coach on the scoreboard for although PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia: Collated final qualifying times mark but was 0.221 seconds adrift Steve Hansen said there were too they dominated possession in the for today’s Australian motorcycling Grand Prix at Phillip Island: of his more seasoned compatriot. Results many errors. first half they found the black MotoGP Marquez can become the LUXEMBOURG: Results “It wasn’t perfect but we really defensive wall near impossible 1. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 1min 27.899sec, 2. Marc Marquez (ESP/Repsol Honda) at 0.221sec, youngest world champion with from sixth day of the WTA didn’t expect it to be from where to penetrate. As the All Blacks 3. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 0.748, 4. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Gresini Honda) 0.814, 5. Dani Pedrosa victory at Phillip Island, provided Luxembourg Open yesterday we’ve been and what we’ve done exploited the Wallabies defensive (ESP/Repsol Honda) 0.849, 6. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Yamaha Tech) 0.910, 7. Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha the title-holder finishes no higher (x denotes seeding): in the last three weeks. frailties left wing Julian Savea Tech) 1.042, 8. Nicky Hayden (USA/Team Ducati) 1.396, 9. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Team Ducati) 1.761, than third, but the 20-year-old Semi-finals: Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x1) bt “Maybe we let a couple of soft opened their account by scoring 10. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Pramac Ducati) 1.857. Honda rider will be hard pressed Sabine Lisicki (GER x3) 6-4, 6-4; Annika Beck ones in but at the end of the day off an Israel Dagg pass when the Moto2 to dislodge Lorenzo, who was (GER) bt Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 7-5, 1-0 - retired it’s a lot better than last year,” speedsters found hooker Stephen runner-up last year and in 2010. 1. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Kalex) 1:32.530, 2. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) at 0.010sec, 3. Jordi Torres (ESP/ Hansen said, referring to the Moore as the last line of defence. Having fallen from his bike Stockholm ATP Results Suter) 0.239, 4. Alex De Angelis (RSM/Speed Up) 0.239, 5. Thomas Luthi (SUI/Suter) 0.287, 6. Mika 18-18 draw with Australia in the Yesterday’s match was the third heavily during free practice on Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 0.303, 7. Sandro Cortese (GER/Kalex) 0.363, 8. Nicolas Terol (ESP/Suter) 0.372, 9. STOCKHOLM:Results from 2012 third Test in Brisbane. in the Bledisloe Cup Test series. Friday and taken another spill Mattia Pasini (ITA/Speed Up) 0.416, 10. Scott Redding (GBR/Kalex) 0.432. the sixth day of the ATP The Australians started the The All Blacks had won the first earlier in morning practice, Stockholm tournament yes- game buoyed by their recent two Tests in the three-match Moto3 Marquez was content just to be terday (x denotes seeding): thrashing of Argentina and series, retaining the Cup, played 1. Luis Salom (ESP/KTM) 1:36.890, 2, Jonas Folger (GER/KTM) at 0.378sec, 3. Efren Vazquez (ESP/ top of the grid. “The goal was to enjoyed a possession and territory annually between the two coun- Mahindra) 0.402, 4. Maverick Vinales (ESP/KTM) 0.471, 5. Alex Rins (ESP/KTM) 0.492, 6. Isaac Vinales finish in the front row and we did Semi-finals: David Ferrer (ESP x1) bt Ernests advantage over the All Blacks in tries, for the 11th consecutive (ESP/FTR Honda) 0.653, 7. Ana Carrasco (ESP/KTM) 0.654, 8. Miguel Oliveira (POR/Mahindra) 0.663, that,” he said. “The Yamaha guys Gulbis (LAT x5) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Grigor Dimitrov the first half. year. AFP 9. Zulfahmi Khairuddin (MAL/KTM) 0.795, 10. Jack Miller (AUS/FTR Honda) 0.857. were so strong today. AFP (BUL x7) bt Benoit Paire (FRA x6) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK PRAYER TIME Titanic violin fetches $1.45m Fajr (Dawn) 4:18 Shorook (Sunrise) 5:34 Memorabilia from doomed cruise liner creates world record at auction Zuhr (Noon) 11:19 Asr (Afternoon) 2:36 LONDON: The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic Maghrib (Sunset) 5:04 to calm passengers as it sank Isha (Night) 6:34 sold at an auction for £900,000 ($1.45m) yesterday, a world record fee for memorabilia from the doomed liner. The instrument belonging WEATHER to Wallace Hartley was found strapped to his body after he Weather Today Monday Tuesday drowned with his seven band- Conditions: mates and some 1,500 others on Clear Clear Clear board the supposedly unsinkable Misty at first ship in 1912. becoming fine to It was sold to a British collec- hazy with some High: 36° High: 35° High: 31° tor after a feverish 10-minute Low: 24° Low: 26° Low: 24° clouds. battle between telephone bidders at Titanic specialist auction- eers Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, southwest England. The instrument carries an DOHA - SUN & SEA inscription from the 33-year- old’s fiancee Maria Robinson to SUN TIDE SEA mark their engagement and was SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND sold with its leather luggage case, initialled W.H.H, in which it was 05:34 17:04 05:45 & 17:15 12:00 & 23:15 03/08 - 3/10/15 KT found. For decades the violin was THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW believed lost but it was found in the attic of a house in north- The violin that belonged to Wallace Hartley on display at the Titanic Centre in Belfast in this file photograph. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER west England in 2006, prompting a debate about its authentic- band members all died after violin would stay in Britain and bag that was found strapped to MUSCAT 35/27 Clear 34/26 Clear ity, which experts only recently choosing to play on. go on exhibition. his body 10 days after the sinking, KUWAIT 35/22 Clear 32/20 Partly cloudy resolved. Bidding started at just £50 for “It symbolises love, with a and was then passed to Robinson. BAHRAIN 32/25 Clear 31/25 Clear “We’re absolutely overjoyed,” the violin, with principal auction- young man strapping it to his Robinson never married and SANAA 24/10 Partly cloudy 24/11 Clear Christine Aldridge, a spokes- eer Alan Aldridge joking that he body because it was an engage- after her death in 1939, her sis- RIYADH 38/22 Clear 35/20 Clear woman for the auction house, was setting the price so low so ment present from his fiancee,” ter donated the violin to her local DUBAI 35/26 Clear 34/27 Clear said. “It was sold to a UK collec- that two of his friends could bid. he said. “It also epitomises brav- Salvation Army band, where it BAGHDAD 30/16 Clear 30/15 Clear tor who was bidding by telephone. But within a few minutes it had ery. He knew there would be no passed to a music teacher and The whole sale only took about 10 passed the previous world record lifeboats. It symbolises everything then the unnamed owner in THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW minutes.” of £220,000 for a Titanic piece that’s good about people, not just whose house it was discovered in She said the final price includ- as competition between four tel- Wallace Hartley and his band, but Lancashire, northwest England. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER ing premiums paid to the auction ephone bidders hotted up. all the men, women and children After seven years of testing house was £1,050,030. There were gasps from the 200 who lost their lives.” including MRI scans, research- ATHENS 21/15 Clear 22/16 Clear Hartley’s band played the people at the auction house as the Hartley was given the maple, ers said in March this year that WASHINGTON 17/09 Clear 19/10 Clear hymn “Nearer, My God, to Thee” price reached £350,000 and then spruce and ebony violin by his the instrument was genuine. SYDNEY 32/17 Partly cloudy 28/20 Mostly cloudy to try to calm passengers while a tense silence as the battle for fiancee in 1910. It has already been on show LONDON 17/11 Partly cloudy 15/14 Chance of rain they climbed into lifeboats as the instrument narrowed to two She had a silver plaque fixed to at Titanic Branson and Titanic PARIS 22/15 Chance of storm 21/15 Partly cloudy the Titanic sank beneath the icy telephone bidders. the instrument engraved with the Pigeon Forge in the United States, ISTANBUL 16/11 Partly cloudy 17/10 Clear waves in the North Atlantic on It had a reserve price of words: “For Wallace, on the occa- the largest Titanic museums in MANILA 32/24 Chance of storm 31/24 Chance of storm April 15, 1912, after hitting an £200,000 to £300,000. sion of our engagement. From the world, and later at Titanic DHAKA 31/23 T-storm 30/24 T-storm iceberg. Andrew Aldridge, a valuer with Maria.” It is now thought that the Belfast, a tourist site in Northern DELHI 31/19 Clear 30/17 Clear Hartley and his seven fellow the auctioneer, said he hoped the instrument was inside a leather Ireland. AFP ISLAMABAD 30/16 Partly cloudy 30/15 Partly cloudy

WWII bomb US scout leaders disrupts Pope to auction his Harley for charity get death threats ROME: Here’s something you might not have known: for toppling Frankfurt Pope Francis owns a Harley-Davidson. And he plans to auction off his hog to support organisations that help the 170m year rock rail travel homeless. How in the world did his holiness come into possession LOS ANGELES: Two US scout BERLIN: Rail travel of a Harley? leaders say they have received around the German Earlier this year the pope gave a blessing to hundreds of death threats after a video of city of Frankfurt was Harley aficionados (and their rides) in St Peter’s Square, them toppling an age-old rock disrupted yesterday where he was presented with one. Money raised from the formation in the western state by the discovery of auction will go toward a Roman hostel and soup kitchen, of Utah went viral online. an unexploded bomb the Daily Telegraph reports. Nearly two million people have dating back to World Pope Francis is well known for his work with the poor as watched the video of Glenn Taylor War II, German police well as his preference for cars that aren’t exactly blinged out. pushing a massive 170 million- and rail officials said. During a recent trip to Brazil, Francis used a Fiat instead year-old red rock over in Goblin “The railway line, of the Mercedes-Benz popemobile. Valley State Park, filmed by his near the site of the He has also been spotted in regular rides like Fords and fellow scout leader Dave Hall. bomb, was partially Volkswagens, according to Rome Reports. As a cardinal, he The pair, who celebrated by closed for security rea- reportedly favoured public transportation. doing high fives after the rock fell, sons for two hours on Pope Francis has said he doesn’t like seeing priests and insist they pushed it because it Saturday morning,” a sisters in new cars, according to the National Catholic was loose and they feared it could police spokeswoman Register. “And, if you like that beautiful car, think about how topple onto a visitor to the park. said. many children are dying of hunger,” he was quoted as saying. But facing possible felony The bomb was Enrico Feroci, director of the charity that the Harley charges, they admit they probably uncovered without its auction will benefit, expressed his gratitude to Pope Francis. should have found a park ranger detonator during repair “It is a precious gift that has once again made us happy in before taking action themselves, works and removed by feeling the closeness of our bishop to the poor of the Church Harley-Davidson riders parade in Via della Conciliazione leading to St Peter’s Square during a whether filmed or not. police, who deemed it of Rome. We are deeply grateful to Pope Francis for this,” Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, at the Vatican. “I think we made the right unnecessary to evacu- he said at a recent press conference. AGENCIES decision, but probably the wrong ate nearby homes. method,” Hall said, according to The operation caused the Salt Lake Tribune. “We take disruption to local full responsibility for whatever and national services mistake we made, and we’re open around the German to whatever that means from the financial capital, a state, from the Boy Scouts’ office, spokesman for the No, a giant asteroid is not about to hit Earth: Nasa etc,” he added. state-owned Deutsche The YouTube clip of the pair Bahn rail company said. WASHINGTON: Nasa has gone impact probability for the foresee- to have been 6 miles, or nearly 10,000 would be enough to ensure that it cheering and laughing, after German soil is still out of its way to reassure the able future.” Yeomans is the world’s meters, in diameter. missed Earth by a wide margin so Taylor used his body to lever the riddled with unex- public that reports of a massive preeminent “asteroid hunter,” and Yeomans says there are about long as the course was altered far huge rock off, has been viewed ploded bombs dating asteroid headed toward Earth are one of his regular duties is stepping 1,000 “Near Earth Objects” in the enough out in space. around the world since being back to the war, an greatly exaggerated. up to shoot down unfounded hyste- galaxy that would cause catastrophic In fact, given enough notice, it posted earlier this week. omnipresent reminder In a post entitled “Reality Check,” ria about asteroids. damage if they impacted the Earth may not even take a forceful impact “I’ve got over 100 death threats of the Allied bombing Nasa says that the giant asteroid, He was forced to speak up after and that Nasa has already identified to send an asteroid out of harm’s on the Internet already,” said Hall. campaign against the first spotted by Ukranian scientists, Russian Deputy Premier Dmitry an estimated 95 percent of them. way. “I’ve got people all over the Nazis. poses almost zero risk of impacting Rogozin caused a stir this week when In other words, the chance that a In 2012, MIT students said that if world telling me they are going to More than six dec- the Earth. he wrote on his Twitter account, “A giant, lethal asteroid would suddenly they could spot a giant asteroid 20 kill me because I made the deci- ades after the war, Specifically, Nasa says the odds 400-metre asteroid is threatening to manifest itself just outside of Earth’s years before it reached Earth, simply sion that lives are more important authorities believe are about 1 in 63,000 that the aster- blow up the Earth.” orbit is infinitesimally small. spraying the asteroid with paintballs than this rock staying here a few there are still some oid, named TV135, will impact the In an August interview with That said, Nasa believes we’re would get the job done. more hours,” he added. 3,000 bombs buried Earth. On the Torino Impact Hazard Yahoo News, Yeomans explained technically due for a major aster- And in a true emergency scenario They had been leading a small beneath Berlin alone. Scale, it’s listed as a 1 out of possible that Nasa typically spots a poten- oid impact. By their best estimates, where an asteroid was too close for group of scouts in studying and AFP 10, or “no unusual level of danger.” tially dangerous asteroid up to 100 a major impact has happened on its course to be altered, there are playing amid the eerie and spec- “To put it another way, that puts years before it would potentially hit Earth about once every 100 million still options. tacular rock formations. the current probability of no impact the Earth. years. In the early 1960s, students at A Utah state parks spokes- in 2032 at about 99.998 percent,” Don TV135 is estimated to be about But even if scientists do spot MIT suggested that the best course man, Eugene Swalberg, said pos- Yeomans, manager of Nasa’s Near- 400 metres in diameter. a giant asteroid headed our way, of action would be to launch a sible criminal charges were being Earth Object Programme Office at For some context, Yeomans says they are multiple solutions to the nuclear missile into an asteroid, considered. “This is not behaviour the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said that an asteroid about 30 metres problem. causing it to break up. If any frag- that is appreciated or should exist in a statement. in diameter could cause real dam- First, Yeomans says, we would ments of the asteroid still made it in state parks,” he told the Deseret “This is a relatively new discov- age upon impact. But that’s still far simply launch a spacecraft or rocket to Earth, they’d be greatly reduced News. “This has been formed for ery. With more observations, I fully from an extinction-level event. The into the asteroid to alter its trajec- in size after travelling through the literally millions of years, and it’s expect we will be able to significantly asteroid that most scientists believe tory. Even changing an asteroid or Earth’s atmosphere, and the impact supposed to last for a long time. reduce, or rule out entirely, any wiped out the dinosaurs is believed comet’s path by just a few inches would be minimal. AGENCIES AFP