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SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 • 18 Rabial II 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6334 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 GCC states Clerics slam call for bigger international burning of role in Yemen MUNICH: Gulf Arab States have called for a “stronger” position by the international Jordan pilot community on the situation in Yemen, a senior US State Department official said yester- Issue taken up in Friday sermons day following meetings with US Secretary of State John Kerry. DOHA: Most imams in Qatar, a human, whether he has been The meeting between Kerry in their Friday sermons yester- killed or has died, is forbidden in and ministers from Bahrain, day, slammed the burning alive Islam. It is ‘haraam’, he said. Oman, Qatar, the United Arab of a Jordanian pilot by Islamic In Soheb Mosque in Al Wakra, Emirates, Saudi Arabia and State (IS) militants late last Imam Sheikh Ahmed Al Buanain, Kuwait also expressed concern week and dubbed them as cow- while delivering the Friday ser- about Iran’s influence in Yemen ards and anti-Islamic. mon, said the Islamic State was but no arrangements were made It was the first Friday after a group of terrorists. to talk to Tehran about it, the the pilot’s burning shocked the “They are misusing the name official added. world. In Islam, the only one who of Islam and destabilising Muslim “There was a feeling that the can punish a human with fire is countries and we are just watch- international community needed Allah, the Almighty, a cleric told ing as mute spectators.” to take a stronger position, either this newspaper. Al Buanain, who is Secretary- through the UN or another mul- At the Grand Mosque, Imam General of the International Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah with US Secretary of State John Kerry and ministers from tilateral organization,” the official Dr Thaqueel Al Shummari, in his Muslim Preachers’ Association, other GCC countries during a meeting in Munich, Germany, yesterday. added. sermon, denounced the burning decried the killing of Al Kassasbeh REUTERS alive of Maaz Al Kassasbeh. as an act against humanity. It was an anti-Islamic act, In Al Khor’s Osman bin Affan for Maaz was a prisoner of war Mosque, Imam Dr Mohamed bin (PoW) and he should have been Hassan Al Miraikhi said these treated as per principles laid were times of crises as people Shia militia dissolves Yemen parliament down in Islam on how to treat a were deviating from Islam. He PoW, he said. slammed the pilot’s killing by the SANA’A: The Shia militia After another round of talks have had the blessing of some region of Yemen have urged GCC A PoW can either be released IS militants. that has seized Yemen’s capital late on Thursday attended by UN other political factions. states not to abandon their coun- or exchanged for another PoW or In Assailiya mosque, Imam Dr announced yesterday it had dis- envoy Jamal Benomar, partici- A senior American official said try, and to back them in the cur- released in lieu of cash, said the Abayee said, while denouncing solved parliament and installed pants had said negotiations would the United States was opposed to rent crisis. prominent Islamic cleric. the burning of Al Kassasbeh in a “presidential council” to run resume today. the Houthi militia’s creation of a A spokesman for Marib’s Sunni The Grand Mosque, now no uncertain terms, that some- the country in the face of a Yesterday, Benomar flew out of “presidential council” in Yemen, tribal leaders, Saleh Al Anjaf, was renamed as Imam Mohamed bin times people could be confused power vacuum. the country before the declaration after top US diplomat John quoted by Alarabia.net as exhort- Abdul Wahab Mosque, was packed with such acts of brutality and The Houthi militia said it would was announced. Kerry met leaders from the Gulf ing Yemeni tribes to stand up to to capacity with the devout. terror and may think Islam per- set up a national council of 551 Yesterday’s declaration sug- Cooperation Council. the Shia Houthis. Al Shummari said that Muslims mits them. members to replace the legislature. gested that the Houthis had taken “No, we don’t agree with it, Al Anjaf said what had hap- were being burnt alive in differ- “That’s not true. Islam forbids The five-member presidential on more powers, including form- and they didn’t agree with it pened in his country would lead ent places around the world: in such acts of terror,” he said. council will form a transitional ing the new parliament and con- either,” the official told report- to civil war. Central Africa, in Myanmar and On the website of International government to govern for two trol over the military and security ers in Munich, when asked what In Qatar, people commented in Iraq and Syria. “This must Muslim Scholars’ Union, of which years, the Houthis announced in forces. Washington thought about yester- on social networking sites, with stop.” he is head, noted cleric Dr Yusuf a “constitutional declaration”. Some political leaders attended day’s developments in Yemen. one person saying he feared that Even if an enemy is to be killed, Al Qarawadi said the rights of The declaration came after a the announcement, which took Hundreds of protesters took to Iran, which was active in Syria, Islam says he should be killed in a PoWs are protected in Islam. Wednesday deadline set by the place at the Presidential Palace. the streets in the Yemeni city of will now be active in Yemen. “The merciful way without much pain, “What we are seeing is against militia for political parties to Former interior and defence min- Taiz to reject the Houthi takeover, Shia extension is at our doorstep,” said the cleric. the teachings of Islam,” said Al resolve the crisis passed with no isters were also there, indicating eyewitnesses said. another commentator said. THE And mutilating the body of Qaradawi. THE PENINSULA agreement. that the announcement might Sunni tribal leaders in Marib PENINSULA & AGENCIES

Ladies Tour of Qatar Oil surges after UAE: No victory over US jobs report NEW YORK: Oil prices scored IS minus Iraqi Sunnis strong gains for a second day yesterday, helped by a surpris- DUBAI: The United Arab concerns about the failure to arm ingly robust jobs report in the Emirates pulled out of US-led Sunni tribes at a meeting of coun- United States, the world’s larg- air strikes on Islamic State posi- tries supporting the coalition in est crude consumer. tions partly because it thought London US benchmark West Texas they could not succeed without a “The UAE said: ‘the main point Intermediate (WTI) for March push to arm Sunni Muslim tribes is what we have expressed in the delivery advanced $1.21 (2.4 per- in Iraq, a newspaper close to the last London conference — coali- cent) to settle at $51.69 a barrel. government said yesterday. tion against Daesh — about the Brent North Sea crude for The UAE’s decision to withdraw continuation of not empowering March, the European benchmark, its planes, reported by US offi- the Sunni tribes in Anbar province closed at $57.80 a barrel, up $1.23 cials after a Jordanian pilot was despite the promises to do so’,” the (2.2 percent) from Thursday’s shot down over Syria on December paper reported. closing level. 24, raised fears that regional sup- It did not give any details on the After several days of volatile port for the coalition air campaign source of its information. trade, the two key futures con- might be slipping. Tribes in Iraq’s western Anbar tracts posted their best weekly The UAE has not commented province, which borders Jordan, performances since February on the reports of its decision but Syria and Saudi Arabia, are 2011: WTI jumped 13.6 percent US officials said it was concerned divided. Some have chosen to join and Brent added 9.4 percent. about pilots’ safety. the hardline Sunni Muslim fight- AFP Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead (left) crosses the finish line to claim overall victory in the Ladies Tour of Qatar, ahead Al Etihad newspaper said yes- ers of Islamic State, while others of Australia’s Chloe Hosking, at Doha Corniche yesterday. See also page 21 terday that was only part of the are fighting the group. reasoning. The fall of large parts of Anbar “The other important part province to Islamic State poses behind the UAE’s reservation a major security risk for its ... was its discontent with the neighbours. UN, Arab League in urgent appeal to Gaza donors coalition, which has not kept its The United States has said the promise in supporting the Sunnis coalition includes more than 60 UNITED NATIONS: The to honour and disburse as soon as help rebuild Gaza after devastat- The United Nations Relief and in Anbar, not preparing them, countries, carrying out various leaders of the United Nations possible their financial commit- ing Israeli bombing aimed at stop- Works Agency, responsible for equipping them and arming them tasks, including military attacks, and the Arab League made an ments made at the October 2014 ping Hamas rocket attacks in July distributing much of the aid, has to take part in the war against humanitarian support, propa- urgent appeal to international Cairo Conference,” the statement last year. said none of the promised aid had Daesh,” the newspaper’s editor-in- ganda and cracking down on donors yesterday to expedite aid said. The two leaders pointed out arrived to Gaza. chief, Mohammed Al Hammadi, Islamic State’s finances. promised to the people of Gaza, Those funds include money reconstruction has been slow Qatar made the largest aid wrote in an editorial. Washington says Saudi Arabia, following last year’s war. for UN agencies in Gaza to “pre- in Gaza and aid is necessary to promise, a billion dollars, during “Neither the air strikes nor the Qatar, Jordan and Bahrain have In a joint statement, Ban vent a further deterioration in ensure stability for the people. the Cairo conference. media war are enough to defeat also participated in or supported Ki-moon and Nabil Al Arabi the already dire humanitarian Short on money, the UN Washington announced $212m Daesh,” said the paper, using a air strikes in Syria. Australia, expressed their “deep concern” situation.” announced in January they had additional aid and the European pejorative Arabic acronym for Britain, Canada and France have over limited resources to improve The international commu- suspended housing financial aid to Union pledged about €450m at the Islamic State. joined US operations against the situation in Gaza. nity promised $5.4bn to the tens of thousands of Palestinians conference. Etihad reported that UAE Islamic State targets in Iraq. They “urgently appeal to donors Palestinians, half of which is to in Gaza. AFP officials had brought up their REUTERS SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME 16 teams vying for QA to take part in Eighth Al Galayel honours Qatar-UK Career Fair DOHA: The fourth edition of result and we feel that we can do bet- Al Galayel Championship for ter because we have determination, Traditional Hunting has attracted although the difference between our DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) Darb programmes and highlight many Qatari youth and partici- score and Marmi’s is very small,” he will participate in the Eighth employment and career devel- pants from other GCC countries said. Annual Qatar UK Career Fair Qatar Airways launches opment opportunities. who want to experience the herit- Mohammed Nasser Al Marri, in London on February 21. Al Darb initiative includes age sport. member, Al Sailiyyam, said he was QA will take part with its Al National Scholarship The month-long contest at Al taking part in the championship for Darb Qatarisation Programme FCB Holiday campaign Programme, Graduate Areeq Reserve south of Qatar com- the second time and that he was which provides citizens with Development Programme prises four heats with 16 teams. proud to revive the tradition of his opportunity to join the airline DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) has launched a new market- in cooperation with Massey The first heat began on Wednesday ancestors through his participation. and the fast-growing aviation ing campaign as part of its three-year partnership with FC University in New Zealand, and included four teams — Al Sadd Although 80 percent of Al Sailiyya sector, QNA reports, quoting a Barcelona. Aviation Management team and first-timers Al Asifa, Al team is new, he said they were eyeing QA statement. Following the success of the first TV spot, The Land of FC Programme and Internship Sailiyya and Marmi teams. the top position and he believed they At the fair organised by the Barcelona depicting the imaginary world of FC Barcelona where Programme. QA’s talent The third of the first heat yester- could win. Qatari embassy, QA will update Lionel Messi taught football skills and Andres Iniesta was an management team, trained day saw Al Sailiyya in the lead after Marmi scored 40 points yesterday, Qatari students graduates in the artist, the airline unveiled the second campaign at a press con- graduates and those on QA hunting four habaris (bustards) taking its total to 160. Al Asifa ended UK on the programmes under ference at Four Seasons Hotel in Doha, QNA reports. scholarships studying in the equivalent to 80 points, garnering the day with 100 and Al Sadd with 40 Al Darb Qatarisation initiative. Present were QA Group Chief Executive, Akbar Al Baker, UK will highlight benefits of 180 points in the first three days of points. “We are not new in the com- The initiative offers employ- Vice-President, Economic and Strategic Area, FC Barcelona, QA’s employment and training the week-long contest. petition. We have experience because ment and training oppor- Javier Faus, FCB’s First Team players Gerard Pique and Neymar programmes, answer students’ Amid yesterday’s competition, Al we have members who participated tunities, helps students and da Silva and Manel Arroyo, Vice-President, Media Area, FC questions and share expertise. Sailiyya team surpassed second day’s last year and traditional hunting is graduates pursue studies to Barcelona. Al Darb offers employment leaders Marmi team by 20 points. our hobby,” said Ibrahim Nasser Al develop careers and prepares Starring FC Barcelona stars Messi, Neymar Jr., Pique, Iniesta and training opportunities for Talal Hussein Al Jalabi, Member, Naimi, Leader, Marmi. them for strategic roles and and Luis Suarez, QA’s new commercial has the players visiting new graduates and scholar- Al Sailiyya, said he was taking part “It is good to see participants from responsibilities in the airline. destinations within the airline’s network, including the Maldives, ships to university students. It for the first time and found the com- GCC join their Qatari counterparts Akbar Al Baker, QA Group Dallas, Paris and Seoul. The spot to be aired in English, Arabic supports 23 majors and targets petition very exciting. and we are proud of them. I have a Chief Executive, said: “We are and Catalan takes a humorous look at the players participating students with high performance “Our team is doing very well in member from Kuwait in my team and pleased to have a long-standing in activities at each destination. THE PENINSULA and potential and professionals the lead with 180 points which has last year I had one from the UAE,” presence at the fair to introduce in the aviation sector. It seeks to boosted the members’ morale,” he he added. rewarding opportunities the Dr Kholode Al Obaidli, Vice- talent to work for the airline.” train participants to apply what told Al Sharq yesterday. Ali Al Ghaithal, Member, Al Asifa, airline provides and the long- President, National Talent QA will participate along they learn in real-life situations, “The competition this year is not said he participated last year and his term career paths available for Management, QA, said, “We with nine other Qatari compa- not just in Qatar but also in easy because there are excellent team won. Qatari talents joining the car- are pleased to showcase our pro- nies. The airline will interview locations across the globe. teams with experienced members “Until the final moment we will rier’s team.” grammes to attract more Qatari students who have applied for Al THE PENINSULA who have competed in the champi- keep fighting to gain more points. If onship in the past,” he said. we don’t win, still we will feel proud Saudi Mohaamed Nasser Al Shairi, because participating in the cham- member, Al Sailiyya, said Al Galayel pionship is a dream for those whose is also popular in his country. hobby is hunting,” he added. “Our team has obtained excellent THE PENINSULA Workshop reviews UN congress agenda DOHA: A four-day work- committee, honoured speakers shop on preparations for the and presented certificates to 13th UN Congress on Crime participants. Prevention and Criminal Experts from UN offices in Mal Lawal 2 exhibition Justice has ended. New York and Vienna high- The workshop in Civil Defence lighted topics of the workshops Officers Club was attended of the congress to be held on by the preparatory commit- April 12-19 in Doha. extended until March 21 tee, officials from the Ministry Dr Ahmad Hasan Al of Interior, Foreign Ministry, Hamadi, Director, Legal Affairs DOHA: The second Mal Lawal collectors and 42 from the GCC. Ministry of Justice, Public Department, Foreign Ministry, exhibition has been extended In nine categories, Mal Lawal Prosecution and the General and Vice-Chairman of the until March 21, organisers have (‘from the old days’ in Qatari dia- Secretariat of the Cabinet. committee, said the workshop announced. lect) features manuscripts, weapons, It discussed the agenda of discussed the UN conventions Mohammad Abdu Al Samad Al Islamic collections, old maps, ethno- the congress, and the role of related to the prevention of cor- Mulla, Chairman, Coordinating graphic/heritage items, antiquities, the United Nations Office and ruption, transnational organised Committee of the exhibition, said jewellery, clothing, accessories and its support to member states crime and terrorism. The work- the expo was supposed to end by this other rare items. in the field of justice and crime shop focused on four key points month and was extended because of The Qatari women’s basketball prevention. — the rule of law, international the huge turnout. team was among those who recently Maj. Gen. Abdullah Yusuf Al cooperation, new and emerging The number of visitors has reached visited the expo at Doha Exhibition Mal, Adviser to the Minister of crimes, and public participation. Officials at the event. 100,000, a local Arabic daily has Centre. Interior and Chairman of the THE PENINSULA reported. Amal Al Khaldi, Member of the Sultan Jassim Al Jassim, a sport team, said the expo offered an oppor- researcher, told Al Raya that Mal tunity to see how people in the past Lawal 2 attracted all segments of lived. It is not enough to learn about society — citizens, expatriates, offi- the past through stories, seeing the cials, tourists and artists. pieces exhibited here make people Qatar attends Gulf Heritage Village Festival He said the expo links the cur- understand it better, she added. rent generation with the past as it Another member of the team, DOHA: Qatar Tourism its own cultural and histori- “QTA is participating as part representative offices in key displays ancient pieces which reveal Ghalia Al Obaid, said she acquired Authority (QTA), along with cal characteristics. It includes of its efforts to promote Qatar tourism markets. It recently their ancestors’ lifestyle. important information about herit- the Ministry of Culture, Arts museums, competitions, awards, as a world tourism destination opened two offices in Jeddah and Presented by Qatar Museums, age she didn’t know before and saw and Heritage, Qatar Museum entertainment, traditional with deep cultural roots. Riyadh to expand its promotion the expo is showcasing 4,000 arte- rare old sport photos. Authority and Supreme bazaars, children’s games, res- “QTA believes that heritage in the GCC. facts from over 110 Qatari private THE PENINSULA Committee for Delivery and taurants, cafes, camel riding and plays a key role in preserving QTA statistics show that Legacy 2022 are represent- old car shows, among others. national identity by helping Qatar’s tourism industry con- ing Qatar in the fifth Gulf An artificial lake highlights improve individuals and the tinued to grow last year, ben- Heritage Village Festival in Gulf marine heritage. community,” said Rashed Al efitting from investments and Kuwait. Heritage competitions involv- Qurese, Chief Marketing and promotions. The annual festival in Sheikh ing camels, falcons, horses and Promotions Officer, QTA. More than 2.8 million people Sabah Al Ahmad Cultural and goats and archery are held daily “Through its participation, of whom 40 percent from the Heritage Village aims to pre- on the outskirts of the village. QTA also seeks to stress the GCC visited Qatar last year. serve Gulf heritage through The village has a pavilion importance of a unified GCC Since 2009, the number of competitions, exhibitions and for every GCC member state, tourism strategy and initiatives international visitors to Qatar other activities. including Qatar, to showcase to deepen tourism cooperation.” has increased by 91 percent, The village over an area of their local arts, heritage, antiq- QTA is promoting Qatar’s with annual average rise of 13.9 thousands of kilometres, has uities, handicrafts and folk art. tourism sector by opening percent. THE PENINSULA RasGas celebrates five safety milestones

DOHA: RasGas has cele- brated five major safety mile- stones of 2014, including 50 million man-hours without lost time injury (LTI) at the corporate level. Other milestones included 20 million man-hours without LTI at the operations group level, 30 million man-hours without LTI achieved by the Operation Projects Department, 18 years without LTI by the Shorebase team of the Offshore Asset and Legal action has been initiated against the owner of the waste water tanker which safe shutdowns. was spotted in Hadrami. A ceremony was held in Ras Laffan to celebrate the achievements. Bid to dump waste water foiled Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, CEO, RasGas, said: “Each mile- DOHA: A Ministry of Environment patrol foiled a bid by a tanker to stone is a remarkable achieve- dump waste water in an undesignated area in Hadrami and initiated legal ment on its own but together action against the owner, reports Al Sharq. they demonstrate our employ- The ministry urged truckers to dump waste in designated areas and warned ees’ commitment to safety as a violators against legal action. core value and corporate stra- It said patrols are working round the clock to catch violators and protect tegic choice.” RasGas officials, employees, contractors and guests at the event in Ras Laffan. the environment and urged the public to notify any violations by calling 998. The company has established The ministry also urged farmers to use only recommended quantities of a culture of safety awareness, strategies, systems and proc- take responsibility for their and role of its contractors in ensur- concentrated pesticides as they pose health and environmental hazards. implementing and maintaining a esses. Safety has become inher- colleagues’ safety. ing safety in all of its locations. THE PENINSULA safe work environment through ent in daily work as employees RasGas also recognised the THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Greetings sent to Queen Elizabeth Experts urged to create sports awareness

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh DOHA: Minister of Youth and next five years would see a decline from the Ministry of Youth and Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari employees and their families will Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem in the incidence of chronic dis- Sports, Ministry of Interior, has recommended the formation take part. yesterday sent a cable of bin Nasser Al Ali has called eases that pose danger to the Ministry of Finance, Supreme of a committee to participate in Al Mahmoud said events congratulations to Queen for a better understanding of community and highlighted Education Council, Supreme activities. include football, volleyball, table Elizabeth II of the United National Sport Day so that the the role of experts in increas- Council of Health, Qatar Olympic The National Human Rights tennis, baby foot as well as a tug- Kingdom on the anniversary goal of the Emiri decree No. 80 ing awareness about the need Committee, and Aspire. Committee, meanwhile, has com- of-war and games for children. of her accession to the throne. of 2011 can be achieved. for practising sports to ensure a The Ministry of Culture, Arts pleted preparations to participate The committee always sup- Deputy Emir H H Sheikh During a meeting with doctors, healthy life for all. and Heritage is taking part in in activities on at Aspire Zone. ports activities that provide basic Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani nutritionists and fitness experts “We seek to develop rules and National Sport Day celebrations Abdullah Al Mahmoud, Head, rights such as the right to sport sent a similar cable to the queen. on the sidelines of a session on regulations to help the commu- for the fourth consecutive year. Public Relations and Information and healthy body, he said, adding Prime Minister and Interior preparations for the Fourth nity and involve specialists to put National Sport Day Organising Unit of the committee, said the that Qatar has been proactive in Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah National Sport Day, he pointed in place systems and programmes Committee Chairman Abdul panel is keen to interact with providing a decent life for all. bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani out challenges with the spread of to achieve the goal.” Razak Abdullah Al Kuwari said public institutions on the day and As part of celebrations last also sent a greetings cable. chronic diseases such as obesity The meeting discussed ideas the ministry is always keen to has lined up activities for differ- year, the panel inaugurated its and diabetes and the increasing to help implement the Minister’s participate in national sporting ent age groups and women. sports hall for staff. The hall FM attends number of people living with them decision No. 140 of 2014 on the events, especially National Sport He said the panel will organise has separate areas for men and and stressed the need to eliminate organisation of National Sport Day, to achieve Qatar National a walk, as has been the case in women and offers facilities for Munich forum wrongful behaviours by promot- Day activities, QNA reports. Vision 2030 goals. previous years, in which Dr Ali table tennis, billiard, bodybuild- ing sports. A National Sport Day commit- He said Minister of Culture, bin Smaikh Al Marri, Chairman ing and gym. DOHA: Foreign Minister The Minister hoped that the tee has been set up with members Arts and Heritage H E Dr of the committee, senior officials, THE PENINSULA H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah is leading Qatar’s delegation to the 51st Munich Security Conference, attended by heads of states and govern- ments, foreign and defence ministers, MPs and interna- Qatar Motor Show wows enthusiasts tional experts. The conference which started 50 years ago is DOHA: Qatar Motor Show CLA 250 and GLA 45 AMG. an international forum for dia- 2015 which opened to the pub- NBK also unveiled the new logue on security policy. The lic yesterday at Qatar National Harley-Davidson Street 750, a two-day event is discussing Convention Centre (QNCC) new line to the 2015 assembly. issues related to global secu- attracted a large number of Powered by a new Revolution rity, peace, international crises automobile aficionados and X liquid-cooled engine, with six- and foreign policy strategies. motorsports enthusiasts. speed transmission, specially They witnessed the launch of tuned shocks and frame and sus- Organ transplants some much-awaited brands in the pension made for tight turns and region and took part in activities. quick moves, Harley-Davidson draft law reviewed Harley Davidson and Mercedes Street 750 has been built to organised competitions and gave deal effortlessly with the urban DOHA: The Advisory away prizes. It hosted a photo gridlock. Council’s Legal and Legislative competition where participants Nasser Bin Khaled (NBK) Affairs Committee held its were asked to share their picture Powered Sports announced its 43rd session under the chair- of H.O.G. Qatar chapter under partnership with Husqvarna manship of Rapporteur the hashtag#HOG_qatar_chap- Motorcycle of Sweden. Nasser Serayea Al Kaabi. ter. The best picture won a spe- The Audi sport stand featured It studied a draft law on the cial prize. Audi S3, Audi S6, Audi S7 and the regulation of human organ NBK asked visitors to share favourite Audi Q5. transplants and decided to sub- their photo via Instagram under Porsche showcased the new mit a report to the council. the hashtag#MercedesBenz_ Porsche Cayenne models. Boasting Qatar and win a surprise gift. outstanding credentials for high- Second Umrah Official retail bank partner performance athleticism, Cayenne Commercial Bank of Qatar also GTS and Cayenne Turbo S are batch leaves gave visitors a chance to win standout extensions of Porsche’s prizes by sharing a selfie on commitment to developing every- DOHA: The second batch of Twitter or Instagram with the day sports cars. 94 workers of the Ministry Minicooper car at its stand under QNCC was also the first to host of Municipality and Urban the hashtag#motorselfie. the Middle Eastern debut of the Planning left for Umrah. Nasser Bin Khaled Automobiles, latest incarnation of a historic Visitors at the exhibition at Qatar National Convention Centre . This comes within the sec- the dealer of Mercedes-Benz in bloodline, Porsche 911 Targa 4 ond phase of a programme with Qatar, displayed four of its cars GTS. A special fourth regional Series thrilled visitors. Based on new model delivers luxury and automotive sector. Doha Municipality and Al Ansar — Maybach S Class, AMG GT S, premiere of Panamera Exclusive Panamera Turbo S Executive, the craftsmanship unrivalled in the THE PENINSULA Campaign for Hajj and Umrah. The ministry, represented by the municipality, enabled over 1,500 workers to perform Umrah in the first phase. Safety alert over Aspire ready for National Sport Day celebration paratroop drill DOHA: Aspire Zone Zone and its member organisa- Fun Run and 5,000 Step Journey and Foundation (AZF) is gear- tions will exert all possible efforts women-specific activities to be held DOHA: The Armed Forces ing up to receive thousands to ensure an exceptional celebration by Aspire Active. General Command has of enthusiasts of sports and that leaves every one with incredible “Girls will have an opportunity to announced that Internal physical activities from across experience. take part in synchronised swimming Security Force (Lekhwiya) Qatar for events throughout “Preparations are part of AZF’s to be held for the first time in Doha. will conduct training for para- its venues on National Sport mission to promote healthy living “There are also mother-daugh- troopers in Aspire Park on Day on February 10. and our role in achieving Qatar ter and father-son activities, foot- February 9-10 at an altitude Following last years’ success- National Vision 2030 which focuses ball tournaments and motor skills of 5,000 feet. It urged people to ful celebrations, Aspire plans to on human and social development as competitions.” take safety precautions. celebrate the day with events essential factors that drive progress Twenty-four organisations and for people of all ages to pro- and development we seek,” he added. companies will mark the day at Aspetar wins mote a healthy lifestyle. Abdullah Aman Al Khater, also Aspire facilities with public and Events have started with member of the committee, said, “This private events to encourage their excellence award the announcement of registra- year’s celebration will feature events, employees and their families to tion for 3km Fun Run around including open activities for all com- engage in sport activities. DOHA: Aspetar, the ortho- Aspire. munity members like Family Cycling, THE PENINSULA paedic and sports medicine Last year, Fun Run attracted hospital, has won the Gulf over 2,000 participants. Excellence Award for Media Designed for all age groups for its website namat.qa and categories, including peo- The awards ceremony was ple with special needs, the race held in Riyadh on the sidelines of gives all family members an the 78th conference of the GCC opportunity to enjoy physical Council of Health Ministers. activity. Namat won first place as the Nasser Al Hajri, Member, best health web platform in the Abdullah Al-Khater, Member, National Sport Day Organising Committee, Organising Committee, said, GCC. QNA “National Sport Day is an highlighting Aspire’s preparations at a meeting. important festivity and Aspire

Cervical cancer awareness campaign held Dhreima holds Sport Day DOHA: About 400 women attended a campaign organised to create awareness DOHA: Qatar Orphan about cervical cancer in the ladies club Foundation (Dhreima) at Aspire. It was held by Qatar Cancer organised a sport day Society (QCS) to highlight the main under the patronage of causes of the disease, ways to prevent it Qatar Women’s Sport and provide women with a forum to ask Committee, with 40 questions about the diseases. employees taking part. Participants also joined in a walk which The day featured bas- was held to highlight the need for physical ketball, handball, football exercise to strengthen their immune system and volleyball competi- and increase their chances of preventing tions in which Qatari the disease. “QCS realises the importance of women national teams such events in increasing awareness about participated. cancer in general and cervical cancer in Fatima Al Mulla, Head, particular,” said Mariam Hamad Alnoaimi, PR, Dhreima, said the Director-General, QCS. event aimed to promote The society has launched an e-awareness sports and a healthy life- campaign to educate the public on different style in line with Qatar types of cancer every month. Last month, it National Vision 2030 to focused on cervical cancer and stressed the prevent obesity, blood pres- importance of educating women on the Pap sure and other diseases test and vaccination to protect themselves caused by a lack of physi- Some of the participants at the event. from the disease. THE PENINSULA cal activity. QNA SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Baher Amin

Dazzling models

op-of-the-line automotive brands in the industry revved up the excitement of hundreds of motor aficionados at the fifth Qatar Motor Show that opened to the public yesterday. Some 38 brands are showcasing their latest models on a 15,000sqm exhibition space at Qatar National Convention TCentre. Organised by Qatar Tourism Authority, q.mediaevents and Fira de Barcelona, the show which runs until Tuesday features Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Bentley, Porsche, Lexus, Volkswagen, Toyota, Ducati, Cadillac and scores of other models. SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 US woman hostage killed in coalition raid: IS Kayla Jean Mueller buried under rubble after a raid by a Jordanian warplane in Raqa AMMAN/PARIS: Islamic State (IS) said a coalition air strike yes- terday killed an American woman Israel, Jordan it was holding hostage in Syria, in a claim that could not be immedi- leaders confer ately verified. The claim came as Amman said dozens of its jet fight- after IS murder ers had struck IS, widening their campaign from Syria to include tar- JERUSALEM: Israel’s Prime gets in neighbouring Iraq. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Britain-based monitor the Syrian spoke by telephone to Jordan’s Observatory for Human Rights said King Abdullah II, the premier’s more than 30 IS militants were office said, apparently their first killed in coalition raids yesterday contact since Jordan announced around Raqa, the “capital” in Syria its ambassador was returning to of the militants’ self-proclaimed Tel Aviv. caliphate. “Prime Minister Netanyahu In a statement on its websites, IS extended his condolences to the said the woman, whom it named as King and to the Jordanian people” Kayla Jean Mueller, was buried under over the murder of a Jordanian rubble after a raid by a Jordanian air force pilot by the Islamic State warplane in Raqa. group, a statement said. “The plane from the crusader coa- Netanyahu “noted the impor- lition bombed a position outside the tance of the Jordanian ambassa- city of Raqa after Friday prayers,” it dor’s return to Israel and of the said. joint commitment to maintaining “No fighter was wounded but we the status quo at the holy sites” in can confirm that an American hos- east Jerusalem, it said. On Monday, tage was killed in the strikes.” Amman announced that its envoy The statement did not show any would return to his post in Tel Aviv pictures of a body and there was three months after being recalled no independent confirmation of over “violations” at Jerusalem’s Al the claim. US officials declined to Aqsa mosque. AFP comment. Jordan’s Queen Rania holding a placard during a demonstration in the capital Amman to express solidarity with the pilot murdered by the “I cannot confirm those reports in Islamic State group. Wearing a black suit and a red-and-white checked keffiyeh over her shoulders, the Queen joined thousands of people who any way. I’m not going into specifics came too slowly to save him. His turned out after midday prayers and marched from the central Al Husseini mosque to Palm Park, about one kilometre away. of Americans held overseas,” State fate will be playing on the minds of Department spokeswoman Marie pilots throughout the coalition, said Harf said. a former French intelligence chief, The horrifying images of a speaking anonymously. “Images like Jordanian pilot burned alive by the IS that certainly hurt morale,” he said. Amman rally calls for revenge group this week has put added pres- “Pilots are people like anyone else, not sure on the US to ensure rapid rescue robots. They know they are taking AMMAN: Thousands marched in after weekly prayers at the Al Husseini Jordanian fighter planes, with additional operations for its partners. risks flying over these hostile zones, Jordan’s capital yesterday demanding ret- mosque. Demonstrator Yussef Al Soud said: support from refuelling tankers and sur- US officials confirmed last month but after this, they will think twice.” ribution for the burning alive of a fighter “We are here to express our anger. We are veillance aircraft, US officials said. that the United Arab Emirates — General Gilles Desclaux, who was pilot by the Islamic State (IS) group, as all soldiers... ready to avenge the pilot.” On Thursday, King Abdullah II and Queen nicknamed “Little Sparta” for its head of operations for France’s air Amman intensified its fight against the The queen, who did not address the Rania visited Kassasbeh’s family, which has initial eagerness to enter the fray force until 2011, said the incident jihadists. Jordan said dozens of its jet fight- rally, had called in November for redoubled urged the government to “destroy” the mili- against IS — had pulled out of the would undoubtedly play on pilots’ ers struck IS on Thursday, and had wid- efforts in the anti-IS offensive, which she tants, to pay their condolences. US-led air campaign over concerns minds but “they are psychologically ened their campaign from Syria to include said was a “fight for the Middle East and Safi Al Kassasbeh branded IS “infidels about rescue operations. prepared”. targets in neighbouring Iraq. Islam”. Judeh declined to reveal Jordan’s and terrorists who know no humanity or According to a report in the New In his day, Desclaux said, pilots Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told CNN military plans but said it would hit the mili- human rights”, and said the “international York Times, the UAE has demanded wrestled with the possibility they the operation was “the beginning of our tants with all its might. “We’re going to go community must destroy” the group. that the America relocate its US might be ordered to drop a nuclear retaliation over this horrific and brutal after them and we will eradicate them... On Wednesday, in response to the killing, Combat Search and Rescue Team, bomb — a task that meant “no hope of murder of our brave young pilot.” We are at the forefront. This is our fight,” Jordan executed two Iraqi convicts — female currently based in Kuwait, closer to returning” — but that fear was some- Earlier this week, IS released a video he told CNN. would-be suicide bomber Sajida al-Rishawi the conflict zone in northern Iraq. thing they were trained to ignore. of the gruesome killing of airman Maaz Jordan has conducted regular air raids and Al Qaeda operative Ziad Al Karboli. Its concerns were triggered by the “For a while now, this war has not Al Kassasbeh, whose death has sparked against IS across the border in Syria as IS had offered to spare Kassasbeh’s life capture of Jordanian pilot Maaz Al been a gentleman’s affair. In the past, grief and deep anger in Jordan. In Amman part of a US-led campaign against the and free Japanese journalist Kenji Goto — Kassasbeh, and will only have been pilots who were shot down would be crowds of people waved Jordanian flags Sunni extremist group. Asked by Fox News who was later beheaded — in exchange for sharpened by the horrifying death captured and placed in detention,” and pictures of Kassasbeh. “We are all in a separate interview if Jordan was now Rishawi. Jordanian television suggested depicted in the Islamic State video said the former intelligence chief. Maaz... We are all Jordan,” they chanted, also targeting IS in Iraq, he replied: “That’s Kassasbeh was killed on January 3, before released this week. “All that is finished. Now, it’s bar- some holding placards aloft that read: “Yes right. Today, more Syria than Iraq. It is an IS offered to spare him and free Goto in Kassasbeh was captured in barity, especially in these asymmetri- to punishment. Yes to the eradication of ongoing effort.” return for Rishawi’s release. December after being shot down cal wars. The pilots know that if they terrorism.” He added: “They are in Iraq and they The European Union yesterday pledged near Raqqa, the de facto capital of go down in the heart of the conflict, Holding a portrait of the pilot with the are in Syria and therefore you have to tar- one billion euros ($1.14bn) in funding for the Islamic State group in north- their lives are not worth much.” words “Maaz the martyr of righteousness”, get them wherever they are.” American the crises in Syria and Iraq and the fight ern Syria, and a rescue operation AFP Jordan’s Queen Rania joined the marchers F-16 and F-22 jets provided security to the against IS. AFP King Abdullah faces toughest challenge Cleric removed for objecting AMMAN: King Abdullah II of Iraqi jihadists, including would-be cut short a visit to Washington and war-wracked Iraq and the Israeli- to pilot burning: Monitor Jordan, a member of the US-led suicide bomber Sajida Al Rishawi. vowed a harsh revenge for the exe- occupied West Bank. The war that coalition battling the Islamic State Analysts say Abdullah, who cution of Kassasbeh. has raged for nearly four years in BEIRUT: A Saudi cleric with the Islamic State (IS) group (IS) group, faces the toughest celebrated his 53rd birthday on The king attended Britain’s neighbouring Syria has added to has been removed from his post after objecting to the challenge of his 16-year reign after January 30, was decisive in his prestigious Sandhurst Military the challenges facing Jordan and burning alive of a captured Jordanian pilot, a monitor said IS murdered a downed pilot. response. “King Abdullah is very Academy like his father, earned his the brutal rise of IS has put the yesterday. One of Washington’s closest realistic when faced with crises,” wings as a Cobra attack helicopter country further on edge. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the cleric, allies in the region, Abdullah was said Mohammad Abu Rummaneh, pilot and also commanded Jordan’s In September, Jordan joined known by the nom-de-guerre Abu Musab Al Jazrawi, raised catapulted into the forefront of the a researcher at Jordan University Special Forces before becoming the US-led coalition of Arab and objections during a Thursday meeting to the way pilot Maaz conflict with the militants after IS Center for Strategic Studies. monarch. Western countries, launching air Al Kassasbeh was killed. burned the captured Jordanian Robert Danin, a senior fellow at Jordan’s constitution gives strikes on jihadist targets in Syria “He raised objections during the weekly meeting that airman alive. The British- and the US-based Middle East Studies Abdullah extensive powers. He where IS has set up a “caliphate” takes place between clerics and IS leaders in the Aleppo US-educated Abdullah became king Council on Foreign Relations, appoints governments, approves that also straddles areas it holds area,” said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman. “He in 1999 following the death of his agreed. “King Abdullah has been legislation and can dissolve parlia- in Iraq. Nadim Shehadi, director said the way Kassasbeh had been killed violated religious father Hussein, a seasoned states- clear-minded in seeing IS as a ment. He has solid ties with tribes of the US-based Fares Centre for traditions.” man who had weathered many threat both to the kingdom and to that form the backbone of the Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Abdel Rahman said Jazrawi was removed from his challenges of his own. the regional order in the Middle Hashemite kingdom. said “Daesh”, the Arabic acronym post after the criticism, and could also face a religious On Wednesday, the day after IS East,” he said. Abdullah has described Jordan for IS, poses a clear threat to both tribunal and possible punishment. IS and its supporters released a video purporting to show Abdullah, a military man who as a country wedged between “a Jordan and coalition partner Saudi have sought to produce religious justifications for the hor- F-16 pilot Maaz Kassasbeh being was thrust into the limelight of rock and a hard place” — a ref- Arabia. rific method by which they killed Kassasbeh, but ordinary burned alive, Jordan executed two politics following his father’s death, erence to its location between AFP Muslims and Islamic scholars have fiercely criticised the execution. AFP Protesters clash with police Saudi postpones flogging of blogger for fourth week

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia yes- and criticism from the UN, kingdom’s religious police, who terday postponed for a fourth US, the EU and others. have been accused of a heavy- straight week the flogging of Haidar, who has sought handed enforcement of Shariah blogger Raef Badawi who was asylum with their three chil- law. sentenced to 1,000 lashes for dren in Canada, has voiced Badawi was initially sen- insulting Islam, his wife said. concerns about the health of tenced to seven years in jail and Ensaf Haidar said that he her husband, who has suffered 600 lashes for insulting Islam, was not flogged, but she did from hypertension since his but an appeals court overturned “not know the reasons”. arrest in June 2012. the verdict and sent his case The 30-year-old received the Badawi co-founded the now- back for retrial. first 50 lashes of his sentence banned Saudi Liberal Network His sentence was then outside a mosque in the Red along with women’s rights cam- increased to 10 years and 1,000 Sea city of Jeddah on January 9. paigner Suad Al Shammari, lashes. The next round of punish- who was also accused of insult- UN human rights chief Zeid ment was postponed for the ing Islam and arrested last Ra’ad Al Hussein urged ailing following two weeks on medi- October. Saudi King Abdullah before cal grounds. The charges against Badawi his death to pardon Badawi, Teargas canisters are fired at protesters demanding the release of Bahraini opposition leader Sheik Ali Salman, during Badawi’s case has already were brought after his group saying flogging is “cruel and clashes with police in the village of Bilad Al Qadeem south of Manama, yesterday. prompted worldwide outrage criticised clerics and the inhuman”. AFP SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE heinous attacks on Charlie Hebdo saw the Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate world unite in fury and condemnation against terrorism. World leaders descended on Paris to Texpress solidarity with the French and the French proclaimed that they would never be intimidated, their values would never be trampled on, and the enemies will be dealt with severely. But every cataclysmic event leads Putin is rewriting to some soul-searching. After the initial condemnation of terrorists and an expression of unity came the tough questions, which the French asked themselves and the world asked the French: Did the Charlie Hebdo journalists take their freedom to the extreme to provoke the attack? cold war history Was the attack driven purely by the anti-prophet cartoons or did it have anything to do with France’s treatment of BY NATALIE NOUGAYRÈDE In this confrontation, the battle over aggressor that it is in Ukraine. In his its immigrants? Can France be accused of some double narrative is as important as the out- attempt to carve out a zone of influ- standards on the issue of freedom of expression, on the ITTLE noticed in the debate on come of the shooting war. Vladimir ence in Europe, he draws from the how Europe should deal with Putin has made a staple of invok- notion that Russia was mistreated by one hand giving free rein to and even encouraging attacks Russia, looms a big anniver- ing history to justify his actions. In the West in the aftermath of the cold on Islam and Muslims while being overprotective of Jews Lsary: 70 years ago this week a resounding speech given in March war. There is much myth-building here, and their icons? Was the attack a result of the deep Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met in 2014, he described Russia’s annexa- which doesn’t mean the West didn’t sense of alienation of French immigrants and the open Yalta to decide post-war arrangements tion of Crimea as correcting a histori- make mistakes. discrimination they faced? These and other questions are following the defeat of the Nazis. It is cal injustice. He also said that Russian As the historian Mary Elise Sarotte currently being debated in France. There has been an often said that it was at Yalta that the compatriots, wherever they live in the has written, there simply never was big three carved up Europe. former Soviet Union, are part of a sin- a western promise not to enlarge acknowledgement that there is an element of truth in all In fact that had already happened, gle Russian nation – meaning he could Nato. Gorbachev accepted the terms these questions and a willingness to address them is vital to to a certain extent, with the advance of conceivably make moves to ensure their of German reunification laid out by rooting out terrorism. Soviet forces. One thing they agreed on “protection” too. This kind of logic George Bush and Helmut Kohl because The plain fact is that for more was that “free elections” should be held amounts to consigning the whole of he desperately needed German finan- than thirty years, successive French in occupied countries – a promise Stalin Europe’s rule-based order, of which the cial assistance for the crumbing Soviet Issues governments have failed to address never upheld as USSR and later Russia had been major economy. he moved quickly stakeholders, to the dustbin of history. Yet there is a also a caveat, in that conveniently the social exclusion and economic to impose com- Advertisement Russia was put in a situation where deprivation and backwardness munist dictator- In any part of the world there is an an old cold war structure, Nato, sim- thrown under faced by the country’s millions of ships everywhere. understandable temptation to project ply grew larger, and nothing else was the carpet immigrants, especially from Algeria Russia wasn’t Roosevelt later the knowledge and emotions of today invented to build a common Europe- and other parts of Africa. The youth privately admit- on to past events, and thus to rewrite Russia framework for the future. ted that he and history. Sarotte has put this down not to are coming to unemployment in the immigrant tricked by the Churchill had But totalitarian regimes rely on offi- western cynicism, but to how fast the fore after neighbourhoods is said to be a West about been naive and cial versions of history and propaganda events were unfolding in 1989-91. The the Charlie huge 40 percent and the feeling of were tricked. to consolidate their very existence – international actors were juggling so discrimination is very high. Terrorism But on the other something Orwell has well described. many balls that there was little time Hebdo cannot be condoned and justified, the expansion hand, one of their Putin knows that the way Russians to be creative. but how does the state prevent a few main aims was to relate to their own history is key to his France and Germany were able to attacks. of Nato. This ensure the USSR political legitimacy. Recognising Soviet reconcile after World War II because members of these communities from would soon join crimes in easternEurope would be par- there was a common assessment of his- going astray? As the government of narrative is the war effort amount to undermining his domestic tory. It is only when Russia and Europe Francois Hollande works hard on against Japan: narrative. share a common understanding of past avoiding a repetition of Charlie Hebdo attack, he would propaganda. Stalin traded Last November Putin said the fol- events that something durable can be have to address these issues first. The French far-right that off for Soviet lowing about Russia: “We understand built between them. parties, which have already benefited from the Paris attacks domination over the fatality of an ‘iron curtain’ for us. But that, crucially, will require eastern Europe. We will not go down this path, no one Russians coming to terms with their and are ratcheting up anti-immigrant belligerence, must For east Europeans Yalta is a place will build a wall around us.” It was new- self-inflicted wounds. It is telling that realize that they too need to work for the rehabilitation and name that became a codeword for the speak at its crudest. It reminded me of Putin has never officially visited the integration of immigrants. cynical sacrifice of small nations’ free- the movie Goodbye Lenin, in which the small monument to the victims of the France must also take a close look at its application of dom to great powers’ spheres of influ- children of an East German commu- Gulag in the centre of Moscow. secularism. Laicite, the concept of state secularism, is a ence. Russians, on the other hand, tend nist woman who has a stroke during the So far, there is not much to be opti- to only conceive of their role as that of fall of the Berlin wall, try to allay her mistic about. defining principle of the French republic, but this brand of liberators. Today, the war in Ukraine trauma by, among other things, produc- Just recently, the speaker of Russia’s secularism is a more toxic one, being characterized by an has brought the “zones of influence” ing a fake TV news reel in which East Duma said it should vote to condemn antipathy to the practice of religion, compared to the more debate back to Europe. There is some Germans fleeing to the West are por- the “annexation” of East Germany by liberal secularism of other European countries like Britain. irony that the ongoing geopolitical trayed as West Germans seeking refuge West Germany in 1990. In Putin’s world France has some five million Muslims, close to eight struggle between Europe and Russia is in the GDR. – as in the old Soviet joke – the future percent of the population. Expecting this huge number to centred on the country where the Yalta Creating an alternative reality, is certain, it is the past that is unpre- conference was held. Putin casts Russia as a victim, not the dictable. THE GUARDIAN eschew practice of their faith is a utopian idea. The other side Quote of Democracies struggling to stem ISIS onslaught the day he Islamic State (ISIS) 700 square kilometres including the city spaces that have emerged owing to King Abdullah. Western nations are demonstrates yet again of Kobane, recently. ISIS in turn — as the Syrian civil war and the Sunni-Shia reconciled to the idea that the battle that terrorist groups like few if to demonstrate its clout and defiance divide in Iraq. With the killing of the against ISIS will be a long one. Their Tthings more than waging a of norms — executed two Japanese Jordanian pilot it is now cleverly open- leaders are averse to the idea of com- propaganda war against governments hostages and a Jordanian pilot who ing another front with the Hashemite mitting more troops and resources fol- I am the father of this which underrate their prowess. Two was pointedly dressed in an orange suit kingdom. Jordan is ruled by a pro- lowing the scarring experience of wars weeks ago, US secretary of state resembling those used by the US for Western monarchy that wields power in Iraq and Afghanistan. Militaries insist country and 44 of my John Kerry told at a conference of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, placed along with tribes who control the armed on having a clear strategy before send- children were killed. 20 countries that had assembled in in a cage, doused in fuel and set ablaze. forces. The kingdom’s internal cohesion ing in soldiers. The fight against ISIS London to discuss ISIS that the tide ISIS continues to surprise govern- is, however, not a given. Palestinians is also hamstrung by regional politics. They can no longer was beginning to turn against the ments with its attempts at establishing comprise more than 60% of the coun- Major powers like Saudi Arabia, Iran, be brought back. This group. Mr Kerry indicated that the State-like structures in areas it con- try’s population and are politically dis- Turkey and Syria work at cross-pur- fight would “neither be short nor easy” trols and is clearly keen on extending empowered. The country’s economy poses. The London conference on ISIS tragedy happened but suggested that coalition airstrikes the range of its ‘caliphate’. It uses oil is struggling, unemployment levels are did not invite the Kurds owing to Iraqi and Kurdish, Iraqi ground forces had revenues to sustain itself and uses high and the Islamist influence is on the and Turkish sentiments, even though during my term, and “definitively” halted ISIS’ advance and, in acts of brutality to recruit thousands of rise. ISIS is thus attempting to exacer- Peshmerga fighters are at the forefront I will carry this to the some cases, reversed it. Anti-ISIS forces disgruntled radicals based in Europe. bate faultlines in Jordanian society by of fighting ISIS. The battle blunders on. Benigno Aquino have reportedly recovered more than It has taken advantage of ungoverned staging a dramatic confrontation with The Hindustan Times end of my days. Philippine President SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Why Delhi poll could be a turning point

Aam Admi Party’s determined focus on the concrete interests of the common man has dragged campaigning into the underbelly of Delhi that was kept well-hidden from President Obama last month.

BY MUKULIKA BANERJEE over the past 12 months. In contrast, AAP’s campaign is less orchestrated small but significant elec- but increasingly gathering support from tion will take place in the voters who feel this underdog deserves a world’s largest democracy second chance. A today. Small, because just 13 AAP had formed a minority govern- million voters — more than the Dutch ment about a year ago but the chief min- electorate but only 1.4 percent of India’s ister resigned after 49 days, citing the — will go to the polls to elect a local collusion of Congress and the BJP in the government for the territory of Delhi. Assembly in obstructing the passing of Significant, because a new insurgent anti-graft legislation. party and its campaigning has provoked AAP self-consciously distances itself passionate and novel, popular debates from establishment politics which is about what kind of politics and society dominated by money, cronyism and Indians want. intimidation. Instead it offers zero tol- The established national parties in the erance of corruption, transparency in its fray are the Congress and the BJP. The own dealings and an issue-based mani- Congress is in deep decline, so the con- festo that focuses on the basic rights of test in Delhi is in fact a face-off between citizens — of water, electricity, health, the BJP — the mighty and well-financed women’s safety and education. Aam Admi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal greets supporters during an election rally in New Delhi. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi Goliath whose leader swept to national AAP’s determined focus on the con- faces the first real test of his popularity today when voters in Delhi elect a new state government. power in May 2014 — and the slight- crete interests of the common man has framed David of the Aam Admi (common dragged campaigning into the underbelly need the toilet just once a day. of their funding or one that aspires to can in fact achieve, in any democracy man) party, formed only two years ago of Delhi that was kept well-hidden from They live in dwellings that are often total transparency? in the world. on a financial shoestring. Full disclosure: President Obama last month. Unfamiliar built on land whose legal ownership A politics that can plaster the city with This election has showed that Goliath my brother-in-law is a senior member of names — Trilokpuri, Narela, Buradi, remains uncertain, making their exist- expensive advertisements or one in which can be challenged, that the established AAP, but my interest in Indian elections Matiala, Kiradi, Karaval Nagar — have ence fragile and insecure. Viewers saw young people campaign with flashmobs way is not the only way but change is longstanding and primarily as a social entered public discourse. Here live the how new roads, icons of development, and songs? A politics of an electoral jug- requires courage and conscience. This scientist. people — 80 percent of Delhi’s popula- are built annually over last year’s accu- gernaut that demolishes everything in its election has shown that the democratic The BJP’s large, well-oiled political tion — who keep Delhi running, work- mulated sewage and rainwater, raising path or a groundswell of ordinary people process can throw up alternatives to the machine has rolled through Delhi, an ing in the vast informal economy that the ground level and turning homes into that raises David up to look Goliath in status quo, that not all politicians are entire cabinet of national ministers and services the shiny coat of the beast. An subterranean hovels in just a few years. the eye? corrupt, that politics need not be dirty, and MPs drafted in to campaign. The formi- astonishing two-thirds of the population These stories showed that this majority These are the questions that the Delhi that the high voter turnout rates in India dable network of party workers map each live on less than `13,500 (about £140) per too belongs to the city of Delhi. campaign has raised, and it has forced vot- should not be taken for granted, given constituency meticulously, profiling sup- month; in contrast, 7 percent of Delhi’s So the stakes are big in this small elec- ers to choose not just between one party the voter apathy in western democracies. porters by genealogy, caste and religion population lives on `30,000 to `120,000 tion because it has raised a fundamen- and another, but also between one kind of The electorate’s commitment to political in readiness to appeal to primordial loy- per month. tal question — what kind of politics do politics and another. This Delhi election participation can be rewarded with real alties. They present the well-rehearsed Inspired, journalists with a conscience Indians want? Do they desire a politi- is a contest over opposed ideas of political alternatives. Elections are carnivals in message of Narendra Modi’s extraor- left their air-conditioned offices to cover cal establishment that caters to the few norms, behaviour and morals. India, and turn the world upside down for dinary leadership and commitment to them, making this faceless mass visible, who bob on the surface or do they want While it is true that elections are not a few weeks. The question on 7 February is development as the only answer to India’s the three-quarters of Delhi’s population a party that unashamedly prioritises sufficient to achieve true democracy, whether the underbelly will flex its political problems. that does not have access to water supply the needs of the majority below? A poli- the current Delhi election campaign has muscle and flip the beast, for five years at This message has served them well where girls have schooled themselves to tics that cannot account for 75 percent powerfully demonstrated what elections least? GUARDIAN NEWS Most Crimeans prefer Russia

the media are hostile toward Eighty-two percent of those polled say they fully support them. That’s largely an accurate assessment that has nothing to do with fear or brainwashing Crimea’s inclusion in Russia, and another 11 percent from Moscow. All things con- sidered, Ukraine is not at this express partial support. Only four percent spoke out point a welcoming alternative to Russia. against it. As Berezovets pointed out, the Kiev government has not even passed a single legislative act BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY Crimea. The calls were made on receiving much higher Russian to help the Ukrainian patriots Beirut governor Ziad Chebib (centre) supervises the removal of political January 16-22 to people living in pensions. who fled the peninsula after the posters and party banners along a street in Beirut. s European lead- towns with a population of 20,000 Being part of a wealthier state annexation. ers engage in shuttle or more, which probably led to the — and, despite its recent economic It’s true they are a smaller diplomacy to still the peninsula’s native population, the woes, Russia is still far wealthier group, by two orders of magni- Lebanon removes Aarmed conflict in east- Tatars, being underrepresented than Ukraine — is a powerful tude, than those displaced by the ern Ukraine, Crimea, where the because many of them live in lure, despite a drop-off in tourism fighting in the east — the govern- Russian onslaught began almost small villages. revenues, the peninsula’s major ment puts their number at 19,941 a year ago, has become all but On the other hand, no calls source of income. people — but they are still a siza- legacy of the civil war forgotten. It isn’t the subject of were placed in Sevastopol, the Berezovets’ group estimates ble community of pro-Kiev people BY OLIVER HOLMES any talks, and the international most pro-Russian city in Crimea. dropped to $2.9bn in 2014 from who were left to fend for them- sanctions imposed on Russia for Even with these limitations, it $5.1bn the year before — but that selves after leaving their houses annexing the Ukrainian peninsula was the most representative inde- is being compensated by transfers and other property in what is now ebanon has begun removing political posters and party ban- are light compared to the ones pendent poll taken on the penin- from Moscow. Russian territory. ners from neighbourhoods of the capital in a move to unify a stemming from later phases of sula since its annexation. In 2015, the peninsula will Legal and diplomatic mat- country still divided from a civil war, following an agreement the conflict. Eighty-two percent of those receive 47bn roubles ($705m), ters aside, people want to live in Lbetween the militant and political group Hezbollah and its Yet Crimea provides a key to polled said they fully supported or 75 percent of its budget, from countries that they see as wealthy, rivals. Beirut is fragmented into fiefdoms where political banners and understanding the crisis and its Crimea’s inclusion in Russia, and Russia, not counting the increased non-threatening and protective of photographs of dead fighters and warlords have marked territory potential resolution: Ultimately, another 11 percent expressed par- pensions. Ukraine never financed them. It’s hard to imagine any- controlled by various groups since the start of the civil war that raged it’s all about how the people in tial support. Only 4 percent spoke the peninsula at that level: in one thinking of today’s Russia in from 1975 to 1990. disputed areas see both Russia out against it. 2014, it planned to transfer 303bn these terms, but people’s thinking The poster ban was agreed by Lebanon’s main political group- and Ukraine. Berezovets is inclined to credit hryvnias ($378m at the time) to is often relative. ings after gun battles, car bombs and skirmishes on the border with Ukrainian political scien- Crimea’s “Orwellian atmosphere” Crimea. That’s why, according to Syria highlighted the need for reconciliation. Shia Hezbollah supports tist Taras Berezovets, a Crimea for some of that near-unanimity. Crimeans’ year of upheaval has Russian data, 850,000 people Syrian President Bashar Al Assad against a majority Sunni insurgency, native, recently started an initia- He’s probably right. Given the made them sophisticated news from Ukraine’s eastern regions angering its Lebanese political rivals who say it is dragging the small tive he called Free Crimea, aided ubiquitous FSB attention and consumers: They have learned to have fled across the border. Mediterranean state into conflict 25 years after peace accords. by the Canada Fund for Local the arrest of some pro-Ukrain- reject the propaganda flying at Fewer refugees — 610,174 people In neighbourhoods where Hezbollah is strong, posters of men who Initiatives and aimed at build- ian activists — the persecution them from all sides. Eighty per- — chose to resettle in other parts fought Israel for decades have been joined by pictures of young men ing Ukrainian soft power on the of filmmaker Oleg Sentsov is the cent say Ukrainian coverage of of Ukraine. killed more recently in Syria’s civil war. peninsula. cause celebre — as “extremists,” their region is all or mostly lies. Kiev’s claims on Crimea and “Ripping down the posters is sensitive but it’s a political decision,” To establish a starting point, he few people are likely to be brave While 84 percent watch the rebel-held areas are legally said a Beirut Hezbollah supporter who asked to remain anonymous as started by commissioning a poll enough to condemn the annexa- Russian television from time to indisputable, and the March 2014 he was not authorised to speak to the media. of Crimean residents from the tion on the phone, especially when time, only 10 percent say they referendum that Russia used as “One family on this road was upset because we took down a photo Ukrainian branch of Germany’s the caller is a stranger. trust it. Social networks have justification for Crimea’s annexa- of their son who died late last year fighting in Syria,” he said, speaking biggest market research organisa- In Russia itself, polls show 85 become the most trusted source tion was a half-hearted imitation in Zarif, an old district full of battered French-style houses. tion, GfK. The poll results were percent support for Putin, but of information: 29 percent say of a ballot carried out in the sights He said 1,000 posters in the area had been removed. Only a few faded something of a cold shower to it’s hard to calculate how much they rely on them. of Russian guns. photos of Assad and some tattered yellow Hezbollah flags remained. Berezovets. of that is motivated by caution: The armed conflict in eastern Still, Ukraine has a long way Bashir Itani, a senior member of a rival political party, Future GfK Ukraine’s poll wasn’t based it’s best to treat those numbers Ukraine was the biggest worry to go before people in these areas Movement, said: “You can now walk in the streets and find it clean ... on actual field work, which is as an indication that most people for 42 percent of respondents. actually want to be governed you couldn’t previously see the sky due to the banners.” understandable, since a Ukraine- are willing to acquiesce than to It’s more important to them than from Kiev. A year after what A large photograph of exiled Sunni politician Saad Hariri, a former based organisation would have a protest. inflation, which 40 percent of the Ukrainians call their “revolu- prime minister, was taken down from the Beirut neighbourhood of tough time operating in today’s Yet answers to other, more respondents named, or the penin- tion of dignity,” many of them Tariq Al Jadideh. In Lebanon’s coastal cities of Sidon and Tripoli, Crimea, which is rife with neutral questions show Crimeans sula’s de facto transport blockade appear to believe even Moscow is centres of sectarian violence between armed groups, a similar cleanup Russian FSB secret police agents are not interested in going back by Ukraine, which worries 22 per- preferable. was launched. Most residents interviewed by Reuters supported the and ruled by a local government to Ukraine. cent of those asked. Propaganda can’t solve this move in Beirut, where the posters are seen by many as a menacing intent on keeping dissent to a Fifty-one percent reported Taken together, these answers problem: It takes money, political way to mark out turf. But they said it was just one step in dampening minimum. their well-being had improved suggest that a majority of will and a friendly attitude toward sectarianism in a country still divided into Christian, Sunni and Shia, Instead, it conducted a tel- in the past year. That especially Crimeans see Ukraine as a poor wary, disillusioned citizens. Druze and Alawite villages and districts. “It doesn’t change what people ephone poll of 800 people in concerns retirees, who started and unstable country where WP-BLOOMBERG feel inside,” said one man. REUTERS SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Kerry stresses March deadline to Iran FM Nuclear issue on agenda at Munich Security Conference

MUNICH: Secretary of State complicated by hardliners both this year will focus on the “col- John Kerry stressed to his in Iran and the United States, lapse of the global order,” and Iranian counterpart yester- with US lawmakers threatening which US Vice President Joe day that the US aimed to meet to impose new sanctions on Iran Biden is also attending. a late March deadline for a if the March deadline is missed. Government leaders from deal reining in Iran’s nuclear So far, Iran has frozen some around the world will discuss the programme. of its nuclear enrichment pro- conflict in Ukraine, war in Syria, Kerry “reiterated our desire to gramme in return for limited the threat from Islamic State move towards a political frame- sanctions relief. jihadists and other crises from work by the end of March”, a “We face a major opportunity Ebola to refugees. senior US official said after Kerry in resolving the Iranian nuclear Today, Kerry is due to meet met Foreign Minister Mohammad issue. China is ready to enhance his Russian counterpart Sergei Javad Zarif for two hours in communication and cooperation Lavrov for talks focusing on Syria, Munich. with relevant parties to work for Ukraine and the Iranian nuclear Kerry met with his Iranian the early conclusion of a just, bal- programme. counterpart on the sidelines of anced and comprehensive agree- The Ukraine conflict, Islamic security talks in Munich, as a ment,” China’s State Councillor State group and the wider “col- March deadline for a framework Yang Jiechi told the Munich lapse of the global order” are the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (left) with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif ahead nuclear deal looms. Security Conference. main topics before the annual of bilateral talks during the 51st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, yesterday. Kerry arrived in southern But in a renewed sign of ten- meeting at the three-day Munich Germany late on Thursday, fly- sions, Iran’s President Hassan Security Conference. ing in from Kiev where he met Rowhani berated the world’s Also on the agenda will be Turkey pulls out of Munich Ukrainian leaders amid a new nuclear powers on Wednesday, Iran’s nuclear talks, the Syrian diplomatic push to end the deadly saying atomic weapons had not war and mass refugee crisis, West conflict in eastern Ukraine. kept them safe, and reiterating Africa’s Ebola outbreak and cyber Global powers have been his country was not seeking the terrorism. meet to avoid Israeli delegation struggling for more than a year bomb. German Chancellor Angela to pin down a comprehensive He avoided explicit mention Merkel is among 20 heads of gov- ANKARA: Turkish foreign conference but we decided not to President Recep Tayyip deal to rein in Iran’s suspect of the ongoing nuclear talks, but ernment and state on the guest minister Mevlut Cavusoglu yes- after they added Israeli officials to Erdogan, an outspoken advo- nuclear programme, after an accused atomic-armed states of list, along with 60-odd foreign terdaypulled out of a security the Middle East session at the last cate of the Palestinian cause, last interim accord was struck in hypocrisy. “They tell us ‘we don’t and defence ministers including conference in Munich at the minute,” Cavusoglu told a news year likened the actions of Israel November 2013. want Iran to make atomic bombs’, US Secretary of State John Kerry last minute, saying he did not conference in Berlin, where he to those of Hitler, in comments After missing two previous you who have made atomic and Russia’s top diplomat Sergei wish to attend a joint session has been meeting Turkish ambas- that led Israeli Prime Minister deadlines, the group known as the bombs,” Rowhani said. Lavrov. with an Israeli delegation. sadors based in Europe. Benjamin Netanyahu to accuse P5+1 — Britain, China, France, Kerry and Zarif have met Ukraine’s President Petro Relations between Israel Withdrawing from the meeting him of anti-Semitism. Germany, Russia, and the United many times over the past months, Poroshenko and US Vice President and Turkey remain strained was nothing to do with Turkey’s Last month Turkish Prime States — set a March 31 deadline mostly in European capitals, as Joe Biden will also join the 51st since a major rupture in 2010, relationship with Germany, he Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in for a political agreement. they have sought to hammer MSC, a gathering launched at when Israeli soldiers killed nine said in the remarks broadcast by turn likened Netanyahu to the That would be followed by a out a deal. Their political teams the height of the Cold War that Turks travelling in a Turkish- Turkish state television TRT. Islamist militants who killed final deal setting out all the tech- have also been negotiating behind is expected to focus heavily on led humanitarian aid convoy Despite being major trading 17 people in Paris, saying both nical points of what would be a the scenes.Both diplomats were the new East-West standoff over attempting to break a blockade partners, Israel and Turkey — had committed crimes against complex accord by June 30. in Germany to take part in the Ukraine. of Gaza. former allies — frequently engage humanity. But the atmosphere has been annual security conference that AGENCIES “I was going to attend the in bitter verbal exchanges. REUTERS

Speaker misled PM on Congress speech: Israeli official Senior Shebab

JERUSALEM: A senior Israeli Netanyahu, who has a testy rela- Asked whether the prime min- — piling pressure on Netanyahu Israeli emissaries were making commander official suggested yesterday tionship with President Obama, ister should cancel or postpone after the White House said it “a huge effort to make clear to that Prime Minister Benjamin is expected to be critical of US the speech, Hanegbi said: “What would not meet him during the them that this is not a move that killed in US Netanyahu had been misled policy on Iran. would the outcome be then? The visit. Netanyahu has denied seek- flouts the president of the United into thinking an invitation to “It appears that the speaker of outcome would be that we forsake ing electoral gains or meddling States”. Yet Hanegbi said the address the US Congress on Congress made a move, in which an arena in which there is a going in internal US affairs with the address to Congress could help drone strike Iran next month was fully sup- we trusted, but which it ulti- to be a very dramatic decision (on speech, in which he is expected pass a bill, opposed by Obama, for ported by the Democrats. mately became clear was a one Iran).” The invitation has caused to warn world powers against new US sanctions on Iran. MOGADISHU: Somalia yes- Netanyahu was invited by sided move and not a move by a furore in Washington, leading agreeing to anything short of a “The Republicans know, as the terday confirmed the death the Republican speaker of the both sides,” Deputy Israeli Foreign to much criticism of Boehner by total rollback of Iran’s nuclear president has already made clear, of Shebab commander Yusuf house, John Boehner, to address Minister Tzachi Hanegbi told 102 Democrats and repeated state- programme. A Netanyahu that he will veto this legislation. Dheeq in a US drone strike Congress on March 3, an invita- FM Tel Aviv Radio yesterday. ments by Boehner and other spokesman declined to com- So in order to pass legislation that south of Mogadishu last week. tion Boehner originally described The interviewer asked if that Republicans explaining their ment on Hanegbi’s comments. overcomes the veto, two-thirds “The killing of terrorist leaders as bipartisan. meant Netanyahu had been position. Hanegbi is a senior member of are required in the Senate. So if through precision, low risk strikes The move angered the White “misled” into believing Boehner’s Top Democratic lawmaker Netanyahu’s Likud party. the prime minister can persuade such as this one, increases the House, which is upset about the invitation was bipartisan, a char- Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday Acknowledging that Democrats another one or two or another opportunities for bringing peace event coming two weeks before acterisation Hanegbi did not the event was “politicised” and had been “pained” by the invita- three or four, this could have and stability back to Somalia,” the Israeli elections and the fact that contest. she hoped it would not take place tion, Hanegbi said Netanyahu and weight,” he said. REUTERS government said in a statement. Abdi Nur Mahdi, also known as Yusuf Dheeq, was killed by Hellfire missiles launched from a US drone on Saturday afternoon. Egyptian military kills Witnesses said over the week- end that a house used by members of the Al Qaeda-linked Shebab militants had been hit in the air 27 militants in Sinai raid. Dheeq was a senior figure in CAIRO: Military air strikes killed 27 militants in Egypt’s Shebab’s intelligence unit, the Northern Sinai yesterday in one of the biggest security operations Amniyat, responsible for external in the region in months, security sources said. Apache helicopters operations and security planning. targeted militants from the Sinai Province group, which pledges Somalia’s government wel- allegiance to Islamic State (IS), who have seized swathes of Iraq comed Dheeq’s death and warned and Syria, the sources said. other militants to surrender and Sinai Province, fighting to topple the Cairo government, has claimed renounce violence or face further responsibility for coordinated attacks that killed more than 30 members attacks. of the security forces in late January. After that bloodshed, President “To those who choose to con- Abdel Fattah Al Sisi told Egyptians the country faced a long, tough tinue to follow the path of vio- battle against militants. lence and destruction, be aware: Sinai-based militants have killed hundreds of soldiers and police the government and its allies since then army chief Sisi toppled president Mohamed Mursi of the will continue to target you and Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013 after mass protests against his rule. your network, as we have done A security crackdown on Brotherhood supporters—hundreds were previously, and will do again and killed in the streets and thousands arrested—has weakened the group. again and again, until the threat Yesterday, Brotherhood supporters and security forces clashed in Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi with his new government after a swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage from the Shebab menace within the Cairo suburb of Matariya, the state news agency reported. Palace in Tunis yesterday. Somalia and the region as a whole Eighteen people were killed in the Brotherhood strongold during the no longer remains,” it said. January 25 anniversary of the start of the 2011 uprising that ousted The death of Dheeq follows that autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Egyptian authorities have also jailed liberal of Shebab leader Ahmed Abdi activists, including some that gained prominence in the 2011 popular New Tunisian govt takes office Godane who was killed in a US uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, on charges of violating air strike last September. a law that effectively bans protests. TUNIS: Tunisian Prime living costs and economic oppor- parties. It took a month to negoti- There are roughly 100 US Minister Habib Essid prom- tunities are the main worry for ate the line-up of the new cabinet, military advisors, mainly Green Benghazi suicide blast kills father, son ised quick reforms to stimulate most Tunisians. “After the suc- in which Ennahda will lead the Beret special forces, deployed to growth as he took office yester- cess of the democratic transition, employment ministry and hold Somalia to help the government BENGHAZI: A suicide car bomber struck a Libyan army post in day at the head of a coalition now we must make a successful three other junior ministerial in its fight against Shebab, offi- the battleground second city of Benghazi yesterday, killing a father government combining secular economic transition, stimulate posts. cials said. and son, the military said. Milud Al Zwei, spokesman for the army’s and Islamist parties. growth, fight poverty and open The government sees economic The Shebab militants are fight- special forces, said the blast killed the two bystanders and wounded Four years after toppling auto- new windows of hope to desper- growth accelerating to 3 percent ing to overthrow Somalia’s inter- 20 other people, mostly soldiers. crat Zine El Abidine Ben Aliand ate youths,” Essid said. in 2015 from an estimated 2.5 nationally backed government The bomber was headed for an army post in the central district of inspiring Arab Spring uprisings “We must immediately start percent in 2014, while the budget and have also carried out a string Al Lithi but was intercepted and blew up his car short of the target, in nations like Egypt, Libya and structural reforms of the economy deficit is expected to narrow to 5 of revenge attacks in neighbour- he said. Benghazi has been gripped by a months-long battle pitting Syria, Tunisia is widely praised and new development schemes percent of gross domestic product ing countries. Islamist militias against forces loyal to an internationally recognised as a model for the region, having because temporary solutions are from 5.8 percent. Dheeq’s role is believed to have government and its backer, General Khalifa Haftar. held free elections last year and no longer appropriate.” Essid also faces security chal- been coordinating cross border The Islamists, who had been using the port to resupply with arms, adopted a new constitution. Essid, an independent, will lenges. The armed forces are attacks, including in neighbour- were now cornered in the Souk al-Hut (fish market) district. But But it faces pressure from its lead a coalition between the cracking down on militants who ing Kenya, where Shebab gunmen Katibat Rafallah Al Sahati, one of the militias, issued a statement on international lenders to curb high secular Nidaa Tounes party, emerged after the 2011 revolu- massacred 67 people in a 2013 its Facebook page denying the army had made major advances in the public spending, including by cut- which won the most seats in tion and have carried out attacks attack on the Westgate shopping eastern city, which Islamists seized last summer. ting politically sensitive subsidies elections in October, its Islamist mostly on the military. mall in Nairobi. REUTERS/AFP on basic foods and fuel. Jobs, high rival Ennahda and other smaller REUTERS AFP SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Queen’s anniversary Canada’s top Putin, Merkel, court allows doctor-assisted Hollande in key suicide OTTAWA: Canada’s supreme court yesterday unanimously struck down a ban on doctor- Ukraine talks assisted suicide for mentally competent adults suffering from an incurable disease, reversing a decision on the books since 1993. Civilians evacuated from town The ruling was, however, sus- pended for one year to allow law- MOSCOW: German Chancellor “President Putin continues to makers an opportunity to enact Angela Merkel and France’s call for new peace plans as his new rules surrounding the issue. Francois Hollande met Vladimir troops roll through the Ukrainian The court ruled that an earlier Putin yesterday in a bid to pre- countryside, and he absolutely ban on the practice was too broad, vent a further escalation of vio- ignores every agreement his coun- saying it wrongly applied to more lence in Ukraine but hopes of a try has signed in the past,” Biden people than the small group it breakthrough were slim. said. was meant to protect — “vulner- The European leaders’ talks The West and Kiev accuse the able persons from being induced with the Kremlin strongman were Kremlin of sending troops and to commit suicide at a time of widely seen as a last-ditch attempt sophisticated weapons across the weakness.” to prevent the 10-month conflict border to bolster separatists in It noted that making it a crime in east Ukraine from spilling out Ukraine. Moscow has insisted it to assist another person who is of control. is not a party to the conflict. “grievously and irremediably ill” Putin and the European duo Observers have warned that if in ending their own life had left held the closed-door talks in the the United States gets involved the sick with only two options: sui- Kremlin. A Kremlin official said militarily the regional conflict cide “often by violent or dangerous the leaders were expected to dine could acquire a dangerous new Members of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery stage a 41-gun Royal Salute in Green Park, central London, means,” or suffering until natural together and said she did not know dimension and turn into a proxy to mark the 63rd anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II acceding to the British throne. The Queen marked the occa- death. when the talks would end. war between Russia and the West. sion privately at her estate in Sandringham, southeast England, where she spends her annual winter break. “The choice is cruel,” the court Ahead of the talks, Merkel European Union officials said on concluded. played down hopes of a rapid end Thursday that the bloc will black- Nothing in the court’s ruling to the fighting as she and Hollande list more Russian individuals. indicated that doctors would be sought to convince Putin to sign Ahead of the talks, Hollande compelled to take part in assisted up to a peace plan to stop a con- said a ceasefire should be “the first suicide if asked by a patient. flict that has claimed more than step” on the path to a comprehen- Obama security strategy warns “Physician-assisted death is the 5,300 lives. sive settlement existential and moral issue of our “We know that it is completely No confirmed details have time,” said parliamentary deputy open as to whether we’ll succeed emerged of what exactly the new Steven Fletcher. in achieving a ceasefire through European proposals contain and against foreign policy overreach Fletcher, who is a paraplegic, these talks,” Merkel told reporters there is much disquiet in Kiev had proposed loosening the ban in Berlin before taking the initia- after the collapse of the previous WASHINGTON: President world” as it does not have infinite “Instead, we are now pursu- on doctor-assisted suicide last tive to Putin. peace deal. Barack Obama believes the resources nor influence to tackle ing a more sustainable approach year, and said he looked forward Merkel and Hollande flew Kerry said the plan was a “coun- United States must resist the complex problems that cannot be that prioritises targeted counter- to working to revise the rules. first to Kiev on Thursday, hop- ter-proposal” made by Merkel and temptation to “over-reach” in its fixed only with its military might, terrorism operations, collective It was not immediately clear if ing to revive a widely flouted Hollande to suggestions made foreign policy and have “strate- he said. action with responsible partners, that process would occur before truce accord agreed in Minsk last earlier this week by Putin. The gic patience” when it comes to “We must always resist the and increased efforts to prevent or after Canada’s general election September. European plan was then presented tough international problems. overreach that comes when we the growth of violent extremism in October, or if doctor-assisted The high-level shuttle diplo- to the US and Ukraine for their In a 29-page memo to Congress make decisions based upon fear,” and radicalisation that drives suicide would become an election macy to end the worst East- input on Wednesday. required under law, the White Obama said. increased threats.” issue. West crisis since the end of the As pressure grows for a peace- House broadly outlined Obama’s “The challenges we face require Outgoing Defence Secretary Fletcher said he agreed with the Cold War came as US Secretary ful resolution, rebel and Ukrainian foreign policy priorities for the strategic patience and persist- Chuck Hagel described the docu- court, but said he favours main- of State John Kerry also visited forces on the ground agreed a rest of his time in office. ence,” he said — comments likely ment as “clear-eyed.” taining some kind of regulations Kiev on Thursday. He is also set to ceasefire for several hours yester- The president made the case for to be painted as vacillation or “The strategy wisely calls for to prevent abuses. meet Russia’s top diplomat Sergei day around the battleground town a more deliberative, cautious and obfuscation by his political rivals. drawing on all the sources of our The Canadian Medical Lavrov at a security conference in of Debaltseve to allow civilians to restrained US foreign policy. The strategy echoes Obama’s national power — including the Association said it would consult Munich this weekend. leave, both sides said. “The question is never whether foreign policy mantra — informally unrivalled strength and resilience with the government on a new Earlier yesterday, US Vice A journalist in Debaltseve said America should lead, but how we summed up as “don’t do stupid of America’s economy, diplomacy, framework. President Joe Biden said Ukraine some 25 city buses sent by both lead,” Obama wrote in his intro- stuff” — adopted in the wake of and military, as well as our values,” The CMA said in a statement was battling for survival in the the rebels and the Kiev govern- duction, describing challenges damaging simultaneous wars in he said in a statement. it “recognizes that there are rare face of escalating Russian military ment left the shattered town to including violent extremism, Iraq and Afghanistan. But Republicans were less than occasions where patients have involvement. take civilians out, although only Russian aggression, cyberat- “We shifted away from a enthusiastic. such a degree of suffering, even “We, the US and Europe as a one separatist bus was full. tacks and climate change that he model of fighting costly, large- “I doubt ISIL, the Iranian mul- with access to palliative and end of whole, have to stand with Ukraine One civilian and two soldiers believes are best addressed by scale ground wars in Iraq and lahs, or Vladmir Putin will be life care, that they request medical at this moment,” Biden said in were killed yesterday and 25 mobilising international coalitions. Afghanistan in which the United intimidated by President Obama’s aid in dying. Brussels. wounded in fighting over the past The United States cannot States — particularly our military strategy of ‘strategic patience.’” “We believe in those cases... that “Russia cannot be allowed to 24 hours, a government official try to “dictate the trajectory of bore, an enormous burden,” the said Senator Lindsey Graham. medical aid in dying may be appro- redraw the map of Europe. said. AFP all unfolding events around the strategy stated. AGENCIES priate.” AFP

Police find 61 bodies in Mexico ACAPULCO: Mexican police have found 61 bodies, including children, in an abandoned crematorium in the Pacific resort of Boko Haram attacks Niger for first time Acapulco, authorities said yesterday. “We are working on identifying how many children, women and NIAMEY: Boko Haram mili- troops from Niger were injured in Islamists with their militaries in being “driven back to Nigeria”. men” were in the building, Guerrero state chief prosecutor Miguel tants yesterday launched an the fighting that broke out around recent days. However, a local leader said Angel Godinez said, without giving details about the cause of death. attack on a border town in 0800 GMT and saw an unknown “We could hear the sound of only that Niger’s troops fought Acapulco has been beset by drug gang violence but it was not Niger that left a number of peo- number of Boko Haram fighters weapons all around the town, back the raid, while the Chadians immediately clear whether the bodies were murder victims dumped ple dead, the first such assault killed. often very near our windows. were stationed at a distance. by a gang, or whether the crematorium’s operators left corpses there in the country by the Islamists “We’re hearing about quite There was the noise of heavy A resident who spoke on con- when the facility closed down. now being hunted by regional a few dead on the Boko Haram weapons and of light arms, mak- dition of anonymity said soldiers “We can’t say for now that there is an indication that organized forces. side,” a humanitarian source said. ing our houses shake,” one resi- from Chad and Niger “were all crime participated in this, but we can’t rule it out,” Godinez told Soldiers repelled the assault on “It’s a fair number. There were dent said. over the streets” of Bosso. Radio Formula. the town of Bosso, but it marked clearly people killed.” Niger’s army took on the “It was like a race across the Forensic experts and investigators are seeking to determine how yet another expansion of violence The attack came a day after Nigerian jihadists alongside town,” one resident said. “As the long the bodies were left in the building, he said. attributed to Boko Haram, which Niger announced it would ask its troops from Chad who have been fighting drew near, we heard has waged a worsening six-year parliament to approve on Monday stationed in Bosso since Monday, cries of ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is Top Paris sleuth charged with leaks insurgency centred in northeast- sending troops to Nigeria to fight a humanitarian worker said, stat- Greater). We heard an aircraft ern Nigeria. the militants. Cameroon and ing that Boko Haram “took the fly over the town.” PARIS: The head of Paris’ powerful criminal investigation force Local radio reports said three Chad have already targeted the municipality” for a time before AFP was charged and immediately suspended late on Thursday over allegations that he leaked details of a probe to a fellow top officer who was under inquiry. Just minutes after the Paris prosecutor’s office said it was charging Seeking justice Bernard Petit, the French interior ministry announced his suspen- sion and named Christian Sainte, head of the judicial force for the Egyptian gets 25 city of Marseille, as his replacement. The charges against Petit are unprecedented for the force — years for embassy France’s answer to the FBI. Petit is accused of feeding information to Christian Prouteau, the former chief of the GIGN elite police unit, bombings before he was taken into custody in October over a case relating to fraudulent documentation being given to illegal migrants. NEW YORK: An Egyptian Petit’s chief of staff, Richard Atlan, was charged with the same man was sentenced in New offence. York yesterday to 25 years in US prison in connection with Uruguay expels Iranian diplomat the 1998 bombings of US embas- sies in Kenya and Tanzania that JERUSALEM: Uruguay has expelled a senior Iranian diplo- killed 224 people. mat over last month’s planting of a dummy bomb near Israel’s Adel Abdul Bary, 54, pleaded embassy in Montevideo, Israeli daily Haaretz reported yesterday. guilty in September to three Citing an unidentified “senior official in Jerusalem”, it said the counts, including conspiring to diplomat was expelled two weeks ago and although Uruguayan offi- murder US citizens abroad, as part cials briefed Israel on the move they made no public announcement. of a deal that limited his maximum “Investigations carried out by Uruguay’s intelligence services sentence to 25 years. after the discovery of the device yielded information pointing to a US District Judge Lewis Kaplan possible involvement of someone at the Iranian embassy,” Haaretz’s said Bary could be released in diplomatic correspondent wrote. approximately eight years after “The Uruguayan government turned to Iran’s government for receiving credit for more than 15 information and after consultations between the two, it was decided years already spent in UK and US to expel one of the senior diplomats at Iran’s embassy.” custody. His primary role was that Israel’s foreign ministry declined to confirm or deny the report. of a “communications facilitator” “I am aware of it but I have nothing to add,” a spokesman said. Protesters and relatives of 43 trainee teachers who disappeared four months ago march during a demonstra- who disseminated messages from On January 8, Montevideo bomb squad officers detonated what tion to demand justice for their disappearance, in Chilpancingo, Guerrero state. The Mexican government Al Qaeda leaders to the public. He turned out to be a fake bomb near the Israeli embassy, located in has said that the 43 were killed on the orders of a drug cartel that mistook them for members of a rival gang. was not accused of planning the the World Trade Centre office complex in the city. AFP attacks. REUTERS SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES Aquino demands rebels surrender top militant Philippine leader tries to calm furore

MANILA: Philippine President courts over bombings since 2003, Benigno Aquino yesterday is believed to have links to the demanded Muslim rebels sur- Southeast Asian militant group render a top terror suspect who Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and the escaped a bloody police raid or local Abu Sayyaf outfit. The US be “run over” in a government government is offering a $1mn manhunt. reward for his capture. In a televised address, Aquino DNA analysis by the FBI indi- sought to calm public outrage cated that Malaysian bombmaker over the death of 44 police com- Zulkifli, a top JI militant and a mandos in a chaotic bloodbath key suspect in the 2002 Bali that targeted two most-wanted bombings that killed 202 people, terrorists. was killed, Manila said. The US Zulkifli bin Hir, better known had offered a $5m bounty for as Marwan and a key suspect him. in the 2002 Bali bombings, was The bloodshed threatens not believed killed in the raid. Abdul only the peace treaty, but Aquino’s Basit Usman — accused of taking hold on power as it has left secu- part in at least nine bombings in rity forces demoralised said the Philippines — is thought to be Ramon Casiple, executive director hiding with rebel groups. of the Manila-based Institute for “If Usman is in your territory, Political and Electoral Reform. I expect you to surrender him to “It’s the biggest political crisis authorities, help arrest him, or he has faced. The survival of his don’t interfere in the manhunt,” administration, his legacy, and the Aquino said, addressing the Moro peace process are all at stake,” Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Casiple said. “To those who have lost their “This can cost him his life. way, who would still stand in our This is a very dangerous situation way, remember this: you are fight- because he picked a fight with his ing the state, and we will run you bodyguards... It’s a terrifying situ- over,” he said. ation,” he said. The MILF signed a peace The Philippines has a long his- treaty with Manila last year tory of military uprisings, includ- aimed at ending a decades-old ing two that toppled presidents rebellion that has claimed more Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and than 120,000 lives. Joseph Estrada in 2001. “May this serve as a warn- Aquino was ambushed in a ing and a reminder: we will get failed coup against his mother, Banners and placards are displayed during an interfaith prayer rally in Manila yesterday to support the peace process amid calls to scrap the peace Usman, whatever you decide, democracy icon Corazon Aquino treaty with Muslim rebels. regardless of who provides a in 1987. A bullet from the attack safe haven for him, regardless of remains lodged in his neck. to the end of my days,” he said. because the sacrifices involved are Alan Purisima, who oversaw the was a “big name”, but said his where he may be hiding,” he said. Aquino tried to calm the furore The president was savagely massive,” Casiple said. police assault. death would not have a huge Aquino has been heavily criti- during his Friday speech, pledging criticised after he skipped arrival Aquino said he made his own Zulkifli’s death was the “most impact on the new generation cised over the botched January support for the slain police offic- honours for the policemen’s informal investigation into the significant terrorist kill in recent of fighters. 25 raid on the southern island of ers’ widows and orphans. remains at Manila airport. He incident and found that the situ- years,” international terrorism “It’s symbolic because he was Mindanao which descended into “I am the father of this country also arrived late to funeral serv- ation on the ground was “vastly expert Rohan Gunaratna, of one person who always seemed chaos when police were ambushed and 44 of my children were killed. ices the following day. different” than expected during Nanyang Technological University to evade capture,” said Jones, the by rebel forces, including mem- They can no longer be brought “He has gone from one blunder planning. in Singapore, said. director of the Institute for Policy bers of the MILF. back. This tragedy happened dur- to another... This is a slow-burning He also announced Friday the Jakarta-based security ana- Analysis of Conflict. Usman, charged in Philippine ing my term, and I will carry this crisis that is very difficult to stop resignation of national police chief lyst Sidney Jones agreed Zulkifli AFP

Myanmar monks US slams ‘unconscionable’ Bangladesh unrest as toll rises threaten protests DHAKA: Two more opposi- Another Jamaat supporter bring the government to its knees. “There is simply no justification for a new polls under a neutral tion activists were killed in a was killed in the western city of The US State Department for such actions in a democratic government. over Rohingya new bout of political violence Jessore during a shootout with issued a statement late Thursday Bangladesh,” she added, urging The blockade unleashed in Bangladesh yesterday after officers, police told reporters. saying there could be “no justi- the government “to provide the unprecedented violence with anti- the US voiced grave concern Rights groups say the shootouts fication” for such violence while necessary space for peaceful polit- government protesters targeting vote change about the unrest and slammed are fake and are nothing but cold- also calling on the government to ical activity”. buses and trucks with petrol a spate of “unconscionable” blooded executions of opposition allow peaceful protests. The unrest began when secu- bombs. YANGON: Nationalist monks firebombings. activists. “The United States is gravely rity forces confined main oppo- The government has deployed and some political leaders in Police shot dead an Islamist A total of 65 people have been concerned by the ongoing unrest sition leader Khaleda Zia to her thousands of security forces Myanmar have threatened to protester from the Jamaat-e- killed in political violence in the and violence in Bangladesh,” offices after she threatened to nationwide and arrested some hold mass rallies to protest a Islami party and wounded two last month, according to a tally, deputy state department spokes- lead a mass rally against Hasina’s 10,000 protesters as part of a parliamentary decision giving more after they threw a molo- as an opposition alliance tries to person Marie Harf said in the government on January 5, the crackdown on the unrest. the Rohingya ethnic minority tov cocktail at a police van in force the resignation of Prime statement. first anniversary of disputed Thousands more demonstra- voting rights in a referendum to Rajshahi, northwest of Dhaka, Minister Sheikh Hasina. “We deplore the unconscion- polls. tors have gone into hiding and amend the constitution. after midnight ysterday, local Many of the victims have been able attacks including bus burn- A confined Zia then called Zia has remained holed up in her Most of Myanmar’s 1.1 million police chief Alamgir Hossain travelling on trains or buses that ings, throwing incendiary devices, for a nationwide blockade of office, after her Internet, mobile Rohingya Muslims live in apart- said. have been firebombed by opposi- and train derailments that have roads, railways and waterways phone and satellite television con- heid-like conditions in Rakhine “Three police constables were tion activists as part of an ongoing killed and wounded innocent in an effort to topple Hasina’s nections were cut. state in the west of the predomi- injured in the clashes,” he added. transport blockade designed to victims. government and pave the way AFP nantly Buddhist country. Many in Myanmar consider them illegal immigrants even though they have lived in the area for generations. Few Rohingya are full citizens, but most hold temporary national Pilot’s body identification cards known as TransAsia crash probe focuses on engine failure white cards. They were able to found clutching vote in a 2008 referendum to TAIPEI: One engine failed approve Myanmar’s military- plane’s controls on the TransAsia plane that drafted constitution, as well as crashed in Taiwan this week in elections in 2010. TAIPEI: The pilot of a doomed with the loss of at least 35 lives, Parliament on Feb. 2 approved TransAsia plane, hailed as a and the pilots may have inex- a referendum law that allows hero for his actions in the final plicably shut down the other, white card holders to take part moments before a crash that investigators and experts said in a future referendum on amend- killed 35 people, still had his yesterday. ments to the constitution. Many hands on the controls when his Initial findings from the plane’s say the constitution needs reform, body was found, media reported black boxes were released as because it reserves substantial yesterday. reports emerged that the chief power for the military and bars The pilot, identified by TransAsia pilot was still clutching the joy- Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu as 42-year-old Liao Chien-tsung, stick when his body was found in Kyi from the presidency, among has been praised by Taipei’s mayor the cockpit, after he apparently other contentious clauses. for steering the plane between battled to avoid populated areas. While members of ethnic apartment blocks and commercial The Civil Aeronautics minorities including those of buildings before ditching the stalled Administration (CAA) also dis- Indian and Chinese descent also aircraft in a river. closed that TransAir Airways hold white cards, about two thirds TransAsia Flight GE235 was had failed to meet around a third are Rohingya, according to the carrying 58 passengers and crew of the regulatory requirements government. when it lurched nose-up between imposed after another fatal crash The constitutional referendum buildings, clipped an overpass and a just seven months ago in Taiwan’s has yet to be scheduled, but par- taxi with one of its wings and then western Penghu islands. liament’s decision also strength- crashed upside down into a shallow On Wednesday the French- ens the chances that white card river after taking off on Wednesday. made ATR 72-600 plane, equipped holders will be able to cast ballots The bodies of Liao and his with two Pratt & Whitney tur- in general elections later this year. co-pilot were retrieved from boprop engines, plummeted into The prospect of the Rohingya the almost-new turboprop ATR a river after clipping an elevated Reporters photograph the black box of the crashed TransAsia Airways plane at the Aviation Safety Council in being allowed to vote has alarmed 72-600’s cockpit, with their legs road, as shown in dramatic dash- NewTaipei City, Taiwan, yesterday. nationalist monks and politicians badly broken, investigators said. cam footage. who have threatened to hold mass “They were still trying to save In the first account of the council’s director Thomas Wang any judgement yet,” he said. is designed to fly on one engine,” protests next week to pressure this aircraft until the last minute,” last moments of Flight GE235, told a news conference. But analysts said it was prob- he noted. parliament to reverse its decision. Taiwanese media quoted uniden- Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council “The pilot tried to restart the able the crew made an error. “What happened was that a “No matter what the parlia- tified prosecutors involved in the said the right engine had “flamed engines but to no avail. That “It looks like they shut few seconds after engine two ment has adopted concerning this crash investigation as saying. out” about two minutes after means that during the flight’s the wrong engine,” said Greg flamed out, they (the pilots) cut issue, the ANP will continue fight- Media quoted city officials as say- takeoff from an airport in north- final moments, neither engine had Waldron, the Singapore-based the fuel to engine one, and when ing relentlessly until the white ing the death toll would have been ern Taipei. any thrust,” he said. “We heard Asia managing editor at aviation they cut fuel to engine one that’s card holders are not allowed to much worse if the plane had crashed Warning signals blared in the ‘Mayday’ at 10:54:35.” industry publication Flightglobal. when things started to go haywire vote,” the Arakan National Party, into any of the buildings it narrowly cockpit and the left engine was Wang said it was “not clear” “The right-side engine flamed because the plane was not pow- an ethnic political party from missed. Fifteen people survived. then shut down manually by the why the left engine was shut down out but that in itself is not enough ered anymore.” Rakhine state, said in a statement. REUTERS crew, for unknown reasons, the manually. “We are not reaching to cause a crash because the ATR AFP REUTERS SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Experts advise caution Afghan president arrives in Munich on judges appointment Repeated reforms could harm selection process: Lawyers

ISLAMABAD: While many “At no point did parliamen- 175-A of the Constitution. await the outcome of yet another tarians wish to curb or interfere But the debate over the ideal proposed constitutional amend- in the independence of judiciary procedure for the appointment of ment in Pakistan, suggested by and believe that superior court judges refused to die down. The the eight-member bi-partisan judges are ideally placed to judge process also become controver- parliamentary committee to the calibre and ability of the indi- sial under former Chief Justice further reform the procedure viduals to be elevated and assume Iftikhar Chaudhry, who recom- of appointing superior court the highest judicial offices in the mended over 120 judges for eleva- judges, legal experts fear that country,” he said. tion to the superior judiciary. repeated modifications could “We just want to strengthen As a result, the perception that harm the process more than the process of scrutiny and there- the parliamentary committee had improving it. fore have proposed that the time become useless grew in the wake of “The existing system of judges’ period, during which recom- the growing powers of the judicial appointment, as laid down in mendations of the judicial com- commission, where nominations for Article 175A of the Constitution, mission must be ratified by the the elevation of a judge could only should be allowed to function parliamentary committee or be be initiated by the chief justice. unhindered,” senior counsel Yasin considered final, be extended from This led the Pakistan Bar Azad, who represents legal fra- a fortnight to around one month,” Council to first boycott the com- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrives at ‘Bayerischer Hof’ hotel for the 51st Munich Security Conference ternity in the judicial body that he explained. mission’s proceedings and then in Munich yesterday. selects judges, says. He said they had also suggested suggest amendments to the com- On February 2, the parlia- the setting up of an ‘initiation mission’s rules, something they mentary committee that met committee’ that should consist are still seized with. at Parliament House under of chief justices of the high court Azad, meanwhile, suggested the chairmanship of Senator concerned as well as two of the that parliamentary committee’s Sharif in a fix over Senate chief Haji Adeel, approved signifi- court’s senior-most judges, the proposed amendments should cant changes in the procedure law minister concerned, repre- be widely published so that the of appointing high court judges, sentatives of the provincial bar opinion of jurists, legal bodies ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Out of 104 Senators, 52 are around four from Balochistan, which would be brought about by council and the respective advo- and other stakeholders could be Nawaz Sharif is in a fix over going to retire on March 11, 2015, two from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a 22nd amendment. cate general. ascertained. selection of his party candidates including its current Chairman two from Islamabad and one from The committee’s suggestions This committee would deliber- Lahore High Court Bar for the Senate election. Nayyar Bukhari and Deputy the tribal areas. Out of PML-N’s were the outcome of the widely- ate on names for judges before Rawalpindi chapter’s former pres- Sources say this is especially Chairman Sabir Baloch — both of 16 existing Senators, eight are held perception that the com- sending them on to the judicial ident Sheikh Ehsanuddin opposed so about the chairmanship of the Bilawal Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s going to retire next month. mittee had become “virtually commission. “We believe there is the recommendations and said upper house, as his family wants Party. Sources believe that Sharif redundant” when it came to the no need of putting retired judges they would adversely affect the him to name a female chairper- Sources said the Sharif family and his daughter Maryam are in appointment of superior court in the judicial commission that is cherished concept of the inde- son while the senior leadership of has almost finalised the names favour of Nuzhat Sadiq as next judges. already chaired by the chief jus- pendence of judiciary. his Pakistan Muslim League-N is of the Senate candidates during chairperson of Senate. Sadiq’s But this was rejected outright tice of Pakistan,” he said. Disturbing the existing system in favour of appointing someone their deliberations in Murree and father-in-law, Sheikh Masood, by ruling party PML-N Senator The judicial commission and would politicise the procedure of from Balochistan. Raiwind but they are still mulling was the finance minister in Ayub Rafiq Rajwana, another member the parliamentary commit- judges’ appointment, he said, but Sources privy to the develop- over who to appoint as the next Khan’s cabinet. However Sadiq’s of the commission, who explained tee are two limbs, created by admitted that there was room for ment say that the premier is con- Senate chairman. one dilemma is that she belongs that the committee’s suggestions the 18th and 19th amendments improvement. tinuously deliberating upon the The party anticipates that it to Punjab. had been misconstrued. through changes in Article INTERNEWS March 3 Senate elections. will bag all 11 seats from Punjab, INTERNEWS

Committees Troubled Quetta faces major challenges of governing itself to protect QUETTA: Quetta, the capital of I am.” That does mean too old. get Quetta out of this mess. He building rules are followed and will be completely apolitical,” he Pakistan’s troubled Balochistan Dr Kaleem Ullah, 77, was born claims he has been serving the there is no room for encroach- says. “In Quetta, we are a single women from province, is accused of many in Pishin three years after once people in different capacities for ment. He will work to protect and nation.” things. It is infamous for suspi- nature reshaped Quetta in 1935 decades now. preserve the environment and That is why, he says, he will try cions of sheltering some Afghan when the earth around it shook, He has served twice as provin- see that the waste is disposed of and make sure no one is punished harassment Taliban leaders and murder- nearly burying the entire town. cial minister in the mid-90s and properly. for belonging to a particular eth- PESHAWAR: The government ers of Hazaras. Only hardcore Before the disaster, Quetta is runs a health foundation which But how will he go about his nic or religious group. in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber political issues and security said to be a beautiful and pros- has a 200-bed hospital in Quetta. business? He has a textbook “My dream is to see 200 Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province problems make news here. perous place in which the British He claims he had to sell his assets answer for that. He will listen to empty beds in my hospital,” he has finally stepped in, after a But in the rush of things it is saw the glimpses of a typical little to run the foundation. “I want to the advice of the intelligentsia. says, using the idea of no sick meeting of the provincial watch mostly forgotten that Quetta is European town of the time. pay back what the people have He will accommodate his worst people in his hospital as a meta- committee was called for the also guilty of being an extremely After the earthquake, the given me,” he says. of enemies for the greater good. phor for an absolutely peaceful second time since the harass- ill-governed town, with more mayor says, when the city was He joined politics in 1974 and The incompetent and the corrupt Quetta. ment at the workplace act was residents it was designed to hold, designed to function again, the since then has been a member of will be kicked out. However, things might not be promulgated in 2010. more vehicles its roads meant to administrators had 170,000 people the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami In a province of nationalistic that simple in Balochistan which Not many have heard of the entertain. A reputation, says its in mind and now it has a popula- Party, which is currently in power politics where the names of most is a politically tense province. provincial watch committee new mayor Dr Kaleem Ullah, that tion of around three million. “This in the province. parties start with either the word Some trace back the reason of which was created to expedite the is about to change. makes the functioning of the town He plans to restore the tax col- Baloch or Pakhtun or Hazara, will this political dissent to 1839 when implementation of the Protection “Quetta needs reshaping,” he very difficult.” lection structure. “There is abso- Dr Kaleem Ullah, a Pakhtun, only the British came and conquered against Harassment of Women at says. “The current infrastruc- Indeed it does, and Dr Kaleem lutely no system of tax collection,” look after the interests of his own Balochistan. the Workplace Act 2010. The Act ture design is almost as old as Ullah feels he is the right man to he says. He will make sure that vote bank? “My administration INTERNEWS was passed at the federal level and is yet to be absorbed by the provincial law book. According to insiders, the Rooster fight meeting on February 3 was the only one held after the commit- KP province jails to have tee’s first one in June 2014. At the meeting, the govern- ment decided to form monitoring and capacity-building commit- Aids treatment centres tees as well as harassment watch committees at the district level. PESHAWAR: The govern- own facilities for screening and The Act itself focuses on inquiry ment in northwest Khyber treatment of the disease. committees at all public and pri- Pakhtunkhwa province ruled The provincial government has vate companies-not just govern- by Imran Khan’s Pakistan started work on the establish- ment departments-and makes it Tehrik-e-Insaf government will ment of HIV treatment centres mandatory to have a provincial establish HIV/Aids screening for the prisoners. The centres will ombudsmen. and treatment centres in jails be fully equipped and the patients It was acknowledged harass- to protect inmates from the will get counselling as well as ment was being reported but was deadly disease. treatment services to control the not being investigated. Sources here say prisoners blood-borne disease. “Yes, we have received several tested positive for HIV will get the The National Aids Control complaints. Majority of them are desired facilities inside jails. The Programme will provide antiret- from the industrial area where federal government has approved roviral drug to the patients free working women are being har- a request by the provincial gov- of cost. The province’s jails have assed,” an official privy to the ernment to establish HIV/Aids a number of inmates, who have matter told The Express Tribune. treatment centres for patients in been tested positive for HIV/ “Nurses in hospitals also complain jails after detection of many cases AIDS, but the authorities aren’t of harassment.” He said the meet- Afghans watch a rooster fight in Herat, yesterday. Gamblers sometimes bet up to 500 per fight. A system during the past two years. able to transport them to the ing on Tuesday was held with the similar to boxing is used, with marks and rounds. The owners decide when to stop the match and which The proposal has been included treatment centres outside jails social welfare and women empow- bird is the winner. in the five-year (2016-2020) HIV/ in Peshawar or Kohat because of erment department, NGOs and Aids Control Programme to be security concerns. civil society activists. implemented by National Aids Peshawar and Kohat have HIV/ “Women aren’t just harassed in Control Programme. Aids treatment centres, which the provincial capital; we need to Currently, the provincial and are located in the hospitals. At focus on all government depart- Indian film Sholay set for screening federal governments in collabora- present, there is no mechanism ments across the province,” said the tion with UNAIDS, UNFA, UN for diagnosis and treatment of official. “Clear directions have been Office on Drug Control and Global Aids among prisoners which has issued to all departments across the KARACHI: Nadeem is right to screen it in cinemas Interestingly, Sholay’s release Fund are engaged in formulating escalated the threat of spread of province to constitute committees Mandviwalla, the owner and man- for Pakistani audiences. However, date is the same as that of the HIV/Aids prevention policy to stem the disease among the prisoners to probe harassment complaints.” aging director of Mandviwalla Mandviwalla noted that since the Pakistani crime-caper film Jalaibee, tide of the disease, officials associ- and the establishment of exclu- Sources privy to the meet- Entertainment, Pakistan’s larg- classic films that have been re- which has been directed by Yasir ated with the development say. sive treatment centre is seen as ing said two different commit- est entertainment chain, has released in Pakistan have not gen- Jaswal. Mandviwalla said this was The policy, which will be final- the only way to reduce the risk of tees were formed this week. The said Indian film Sholay will be erated business at the Pakistani box a strategic move on their part. ised by April this year, will be spreading of the virus. monitoring and compliance com- screened in the country shortly. office, it remains to be seen whether “March 20 would be a long week- sent to the federal government Authorities have been carrying mittee comprises UN Women “Sholay is such an iconic film, Sholay can change that trend. end due to the public holiday on for approval and release of funds. out screening of the prisoners for representative Syed Wajid, Blue it is a classic. But many people in Previously, movies such as, March 23. Plus, the movie is releas- Officials said the proposal was HIV/Aids from time to time but Veins member Qamar Naseem Pakistan have not seen the film in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom ing towards the business-end of the floated by the prison department there are no permanent arrange- and a gender specialist from the cinemas,” he said. Menace, Lion King and Titanic, have ICC Cricket World Cup, so only a of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in view ments to check the disease and social welfare department. He added that since the movie been re-mastered and re-released few matches would be left,” he said. of the detection of several HIV/ take steps accordingly. INTERNEWS has been re-mastered, the time in 3D format in Pakistani cinemas. INTERNEWS Aids patients as it wanted to have INTERNEWS SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Court rejects Delhi votes Togadia’s plea to enter Bangalore

BANGALORE: The Karnataka today; 13 hurt High Court yesterday dismissed the interim prayer of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia to stay the police ban on his entry into this in clashes city to attend a religious con- vention tomorrow. Upholding the ban order imposed by city Police Commissioner M N Reddi AAP rejects Imam’s support offer on Togadia, Justice S Abdul Nazeer, however, observed that NEW DELHI: Delhi will support to AAP. Modi and BJP his petition was maintainable vote today in a keenly fought president Amit Shah have done and he had the right to appeal election with the BJP and the aggressive campaigning after in a higher court for relief. AAP vying for power and an propping up former Kejriwal The week-long ban from Feb also-ran Congress desperate associate Kiran Bedi, India’s first ruary 5-11 barred Togadia from to make a mark. Although the woman police officer, as the BJP’s entering the city and participat- election is only to pick a new chief ministerial candidate. ing in public meetings or functions city government, it has become The Congress effort is led by for seven days on the grounds a high-profile battle, with Prime Ajay Maken, a former central that his provocative and inflam- Minister Narendra Modi coming minister. Congress president matory speeches would have grave out vocally against the AAP and Sonia Gandhi and party vice pres- consequences and cause breach former chief minister Arvind ident Rahul Gandhi also held ral- Election staff get instructions on the usage of electronic voting machine in New Delhi yesterday. of peace.Earlier, Togadia’s counsel Kejriwal. lies but far fewer than Kejriwal. B V Acharya told the court that With pre-poll surveys indicat- Opinion polls have come out messages in the widely used Delhi his unsolicited support. parts of the state. Three AAP banning his client’s entry into the ing a tough fight, the Bharatiya with varying predictions of who Metro urging people to vote today. “We not only reject the offer workers were injured after being city was against the fundamental Janata Party (BJP) has said the will be the winner. Some say the Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer by Bukhari but also condemn his allegedly attacked by work- right of a citizen and constitu- election outcome won’t be a refer- BJP will edge past the AAP to Chandra Kumar Bhushan said politics and what he stands and the ers of the BJP in Uttam Nagar tional rights of freedom of speech endum on Modi. Any reverses for take power while others have said his office was “fully prepared” to ideology he stands for,” AAP leader late on Thursday night. “One of and expression. State advocate the BJP could have ramifications that the AAP will be an outright ensure a smooth election. Ashish Khetan told reporters. the alleged attackers has been general Ravivarma Kumar, how- nationally. At least 13 supporters winner.The best hope for the once At 18, Burari constituency Khetan said that when Bukhari arrested and a case registered,” ever, defended the ban on Togadia, of various political parties were powerful Congress, which ruled in north Delhi has the highest annointed his son as the Jama Deputy Commissioner of Police as he was a “dangerous man who injured in three separate inci- Delhi for 15 long years until number of candidates. Ambedkar Masjid’s Naib Imam, he had invited Pushpendra Kumar said. could disrupt communal harmony dents of clashes in the past 24 December 2013, would be a hung Nagar in the south has the least: the Pakistani Prime Minister but The second incident was in the state through provocative hours, police said. assembly — when it ended with four. While 9,369 voters are home- not the Indian Prime Minister. reported yesterday around 4 speeches”. A total of 673 candidates are just eight seats and propped up less, 311 are over 100 years old. The number of Muslims con- pm from north Delhi’s Adarsh in the fray for the 70-member Kejriwal. The 2013 election saw a record testing the assembly polls in Delhi Nagar area where a clash broke assembly, which is witnessing its Kejriwal, who resigned in polling at over 66 percent. The has fallen significantly in compar- out between supporters of the Police hunt second election in a over a year fol- February 2014 after 49 days in number of candidates then was ison to 2013. And Muslim leaders Congress and the AAP. Police said lowing a hung verdict in December power, countered him: “I am 810. Today, there will be 11,763 and pundits feel most Muslims at least seven members from both suspect over rape 2013. Sixty-three contestants are happy and confident that we are polling stations in 2,530 locations. are likely to vote for the AAP. sides were injured in the scuffle women. Over 13.3 million voters forming the government in Delhi.” Officials said nearly 55,000 police- Of the 673 candidates, only 68 that broke out after the support- and murder of girl are eligible to vote. Some 5.9 mil- The AAP won a surprising men and paramilitary personnel are Muslims — down from 108 ers of one side found the other lion of them are females. 28 of the 70 seats in its election would be deployed. The results two years ago when the total distributing liqour to lure voters. BANGALORE: Police in With her own axe to grind vis- debut in 2013, causing nationwide will be declared on Tuesday. number of contestants was 810. Three AAP members, includ- southern India were yesterday a-vis the BJP, West Bengal Chief sensation. The BJP finished with AAP yesterday rejected the Up to eight constituencies have ing its candidate Akhilesh Tripathi searching for a man suspected Minister Mamata Banerjee has 31 seats — five less than the 36 offer of support of Shahi Imam significant Muslim presence. from Model Town constituency, of raping and murdering an asked the people of Delhi to sup- needed to form a government. Syed Ahmed Bukhari of Jama These include Okhla in south were injured in the attack while eight-year-old girl, in the lat- port the AAP, which is just over The campaign this time was Masjid. Delhi, Mustafabad and Seelampur four supporters of the Congress est shocking sex attack in the two years old. The Left parties as much on the streets as in the “The AAP seems to be in a in east Delhi and Matia Mahal also received injuries in the attack. country. Superintendent B have reportedly decided to sup- social media and over radio. position to form the government, and Ballimaran in Old Delhi. The third incident happened in Ramesh said they are hunting a port the AAP in those constituen- There are over 227,000 first- and we must give them strength,” Muslims account for over 11 per- west Delhi’s Narela area where man in his early 20s, captured cies where they have not fielded time voters. The Election Bukhari of the 17th century Jama cent of nearly 17 million popu- three men allegedly barged into on CCTV, who is thought to candidates. Welfare Party of India Commission is making efforts for Masjid in Old Delhi said earlier in lation in Delhi. Pre-poll clashes the office of a Congress candidate have bitten the child’s genitalia (WPI) has also announced its greater voter participation with the day. The AAP quickly rejected were also reported in various to threaten him. AGENCIES before smothering her to death. “The victim was molested and raped before she was smothered to death by an unidentified youth aged (between) 22 and 25 years,” Ramesh said. “We have formed Christians, Muslims hail Obama’s tolerance call eight search teams to trace the culprit.” CCTV footage released by police showed a man playing NEW DELHI: Muslim and attacking each other. “I don’t think with the schoolgirl before lead- Christian leaders yesterday- anyone will disagree with what he ing her into a deserted car shed warned of growing fear among (Obama) has said as he has said it on the outskirts of Bangalore, the India’s religious minorities after for all and it is the reality in India,” state capital of Karnataka. US President Barack Obama he told the NDTV network. Later he is seen emerging from said Mahatma Gandhi would Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the the shed without the girl and have been shocked by commu- chief cleric in India’s only Muslim walking away. Police found the nal violence in the country. majority state of Jammu and mutilated body of the victim late Only days after warning in Kashmir, said it was “disturb- on Thursday after her parents, New Delhi about the need to pro- ing” that Hindu hardliners were who were working at a local brick mote religious tolerance, Obama becoming more powerful under factory at the time of the attack, invoked the memory of India’s Modi and were spreading “a feel- reported her missing. independence icon to drive home ing of insecurity among religious a similar appeal during a speech minorities”. in Washington on Thursday. “There is no denying the fact Swine flu claims While praising its “magnificent that divisive Hindutva forces are diversity”, Obama then described gaining strength in India,” he said. two more lives India as a place where “religious “This is a dangerous trend. The faiths of all types have, on occa- world will do better to see it for in Telangana sion, been targeted by other peo- what it is.” ples of faith, simply due to their Modi was persona non grata in HYDERABAD: Swine flu heritage and their beliefs”. the US for a decade following anti- continues to claim lives in Such “acts of intolerance ... Muslim violence that left at least Telangana with two more people would have shocked Gandhiji”, 1,000 people dead in Gujarat, where succumbing at a hospital here Obama added — using a term he was state chief minister before since Thursday. Government- of respect for the late icon — in winning the 2014 general election. run Gandhi Hospital, which is comments that made front-page He has also been criticised for the state nodal centre for swine headlines in Indian newspapers failing to speak out against a BJP flu, reported two more deaths. yesterday. The issue of religious Christians in Bangalore hold candles after attending the silent protest to condemn the recent attack on church lawmaker who called for Hindu With this the toll due to swine freedom in India — an officially in New Delhi, yesterday. women to have at least four chil- flu rose to 41 since Jan 1, officials secular country — has become dren to “protect” their religion said. According to a bulletin by particularly contentious since a spate of attacks on churches about religious intolerance in “For President Obama, this is and a recent spate of “re-conver- the health department, 89 sam- the election last year of Prime ended in clashes with police that India was growing and the nature as direct as he can get.” sions” to Hinduism. ples were tested for H1N1 virus Minister Narendra Modi, a fer- saw a nun knocked to the ground of Obama’s comments was par- Father Dominic, the spokes- Around 80 percent of India’s Thursday and out of them, 20 vent Hindu nationalist. in the violence. ticularly striking. man for the Delhi Catholic 1.2 billion population is Hindu were found positive. The authori- Obama’s comments came on John Dayal, spokesman for “The entire world is speaking Archdiocese, said that India but it is also home to large num- ties screened 2,212 samples since the same day that a protest in the United Christian Forum for about the fears of religious minor- needed to face up to the “real- bers of Muslims, Christians and Jan 1 and out of them, 738 were Delhi by Christians to denounce Human Rights, said the unease ities in India,” Dayal said. ity” that different religions were Buddhists. AFP found positive. AGENCIES JD-U crisis deepens, supporters of CM Manjhi and Nitish clash

PATNA: The crisis in Bihar’s ruling Amid speculation that the JD-U is action would be taken against him for In a related development yesterday, Manjhi would openly revolt against the Janata Dal-United yesterday deep- heading for a split, Manjhi’s support- describing the legislature party meeting Sharad Yadav urged Bihar Governor party’s decision. Tyagi said: “We never ened further over the party’s vis- ers also clashed with some supporters called by Sharad Yadav as unconstitu- Keshri Nath Tripathi not to accept expected that Manjhi will openly revolt ible move to replace Chief Minister of Nitish Kumar near the JD-U office tional and if he fails to attend it. Manjhi’s any recommendations as he does against the party’s decision.” Jitan Ram Manjhi by his predecessor on Birchand Patel Marg here, leaving at Manjhi targeted Tyagi by describing not enjoy support of majority of party leg- Tyagi told IANS here that the party Nitish Kumar with the support of Lalu least 12 people injured. him as a “pagal” (mad) and ‘Yamraj’. He islators. “Sharad Yadav in a letter to the was uncomfortable with Manjhi’s Prasad’s RJD. The clashes broke out when Manjhi’s said no one can remove him and he would governor informed him that Manjhi does repeated controversial statements that Nitish Kumar’s supporters and Manjhi slogan shouting supporters burnt an continue to be chief minister. Manjhi not enjoy support of majority of party damaged the party’s image among people. and his backers in the party yesterday effigy of Nitish Kumar and shouted slo- announced that he would fight any move legislators,” a JD-U leader said. “Manjhi is not above the party and the locked in a war of words, with the chief gans against the former chief minister, to remove him. The JD-U leadership is fearing that party’s decision is final and supreme.” minister terming the Sharad Yadav- police said. Manjhi also hit back at Nitish Kumar Manjhi may recommend the governor to “Manjhi is in minority and Nitish convened meeting of the JD-U legislature “Dozens of Manjhi supporters entered by describing him as ‘Bhism Pitamah’. dissolve the Bihar assembly ahead of his Kumar enjoys support of majority in the party today as illegal and unconstitu- the JD-U office and tried to ransack it “Nitish Kumar is behaving like Bhism likely replacement. party,” Tyagi added. tional and Nitish Kumar camp threat- and damage the property,” a police officer Pitamah of Mahabharat as he is not Earlier in the day, Tyagi said a major- Two ministers, Brishen Patel and ening to take action against Manjhi. said. Manjhi’s supporters took to the opening his mouth and maintaining ity of party leaders, including legis- Nitish Mishra, Friday declared their sup- Manjhi, who earlier refused to resign, streets after JD-U national general sec- silence over ongoing development in the lators, were with Sharad Yadav and port to Manjhi and said they would not called a counter-meeting of the JD-U leg- retary K C Tyagi yesterday said Manjhi party,” Manjhi said Friday in Khagaria Nitish Kumar. He, however, added that attend the legislature meeting called by islature party on February 20. would be replaced by Nitish Kumar and district. the JD-U leadership never expected that Sharad Yadav. IANS SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Gold dips Isolated Greece rejects bailout extension 2pc after US Finance minister returns empty-handed after European tour; Athens wants bridge agreement data; set for ATHENS/BRUSSELS: commitments made by previous Greece’s new leftist-led govern- Greek governments. weekly fall ment, isolated in the euro zone Tsipras and his ministers and under pressure from the promised in their first days in LONDON: Gold fell up to two European Central Bank, vowed office to raise the minimum percent yetserday as global yesterday not to accept any deal wage, re-hire some sacked gov- shares and the dollar rose after in crunch talks next week that ernment employees and stop some monthly US non-farm pay- keeps its current international privatisations. rolls data showed the United bailout programme in place. This clashed with conditions States job market remained on Instead, a government offi- set by the International Monetary a strong footing. cial said Finance Minister Yanis Fund and eurozone countries, Nonfarm payrolls increased Varoufakis would ask for a which have lent Athens a total of 257,000 last month, topping “bridge agreement” to keep state ¤240bn ($270bn). expectations for 234,000 jobs, and finances running until Athens can Adding to pressure on Tsipras, data for November and December present a new debt and reform the United States told Greece was revised higher. The unem- programme. through its ambassador on ployment rate ticked up to 5.7 “We will not accept any deal Friday to work cooperatively with percent as a result of an increased which is not related to a new European partners and the IMF labour force. programme,” said the official, who and “exercise fiscal prudence”. “The US employment report asked not to be named. The new premier will need to was good and there has been Varoufakis returned empty- tread a fine line when he delivers quite a sharp adjustment in handed from a tour of European a policy speech to parliament on interest rates expectations, with capitals in which even left- Sunday and seeks a vote of confi- 10-year Treasury yields up 10 leaning governments in France dence on Tuesday. basis points,” ABN Amro analyst and Italy insisted Greece must The ECB raised the stakes this Georgette Boele said. stick to commitments made week by deciding to bar Greek “I expect lower precious met- to the European Union and banks from using Greek govern- als prices for the next six months International Monetary Fund and ment bonds as collateral to bor- up to the moment the US really rejected any debt write-off. row from the central bank as starts hiking interest rates.” Euro zone finance ministers long as there is no prospect of an Spot gold dropped to a three- will discuss how to proceed with agreed bailout programme. week low of $1,237.39 an ounce in financial support for Athens at a That makes lenders dependent earlier trade and was down 1.9 special session next Wednesday on more costly emergency liquid- Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis speaks to reporters as he arrives at the ministry to meet with a US percent to $1,240.15 an ounce by ahead of the first summit of EU ity from the Greek central bank, delegation in Athens yesterday. 1508 GMT. The metal has lost 3.2 leaders with new Greek Prime which the ECB can stop at any percent so far this week, which Minister Alexis Tsipras the fol- time. Portuguese Economy Minister he was not concerned about any which expires at the end of would be its largest fall since the lowing day. Greek bank shares fell further Antonio Pires de Lima rejected risk of contagion from Greece February. week ending October 31. Participants said no progress on Friday at the end of a week any kind of debt renegotiation for to his own country, pointing to This is anathema to the Greek It gained 8.4 percent in January, was made at a preparatory meet- of wild trading swings, as bro- Greece, saying Athens must play Lisbon’s bond yields which are government, led by Tsipras’ left- its biggest monthly rise in three ing of senior finance ministry kers cut their forecasts on wor- by the rules established by euro now trading near record lows. wing Syriza party, that came to years, lifted by global economic officials in Brussels on Thursday ries over dwindling deposits and members, especially considering “The project of the single cur- power on a wave of anti-austerity caoncerns and political uncer- because Greece and its euro zone brinkmanship between Athens his own country’s sacrifices. rency is not at risk,” he said. “At anger in elections last month. tainty in the euro zone. partners were so far apart. and its creditors. He told the Reuters Euro Zone the end of the day, Greece is mas- Euro zone officials say Greece is US gold for April delivery “It was Greece against all oth- Portugal, which emerged from Summit that Lisbon had chosen ter of its own destiny.” free to design its own reforms in dipped 1.6 percent to $1,241.30 an ers, basically one versus 18,” one its own EU/IMF bailout last year, a route “which was not the easi- The Greek official said line with Syriza’s campaign prom- ounce. The dollar rose 0.9 percent official said. joined a chorus of countries insist- est one” to recover credibility and Varoufakis was expecting tough ises, as long as the result is in line against a basket of leading cur- Athens’ partners broadly ing that Greece must stick to the return to growth, and “that is also treatment from his partners with commitments to stronger rencies, helped by a rise in the lined up in support of a hard- austerity medicine as Lisbon had our attitude to the situation in at next Wednesday’s meeting, public finances, debt repayment benchmark 10-year US Treasury line German document reject- done and respect past agreements other countries”. including a demand to extend and reforms. yield to 1.9 percent. ing any roll-back of reforms or with EU partners. The Portuguese minister said the existing bailout programme, REUTERS REUTERS

Euro holds up on relief over Greek Strong US job, wage gains open door to mid-year rate hike WASHINGTON: US job previously reported, bolstering gains were the largest since May straight month of job gains month after falling five cents in bank funding growth rose solidly in January views consumers will have enough 2010, when employment was above 200,000, the longest streak December. That took the year- and wages rebounded strongly, muscle to carry the economy boosted by government hiring for since 1994. Economists polled on-year gain to 2.2 percent, the TOKYO: The euro held up a show of underlying strength through rough seas. the population count. by Reuters had forecast hiring largest since August. against the dollar in Asia yes- in the economy that puts a mid- “By any measure this was While the unemployment rate increasing 234,000 last month and Interest rate hike expectations terday after rallying on assur- year interest rate increase from an extremely good report. This rose one-tenth of a percentage the unemployment rate holding had been dialed back to September ances Greek banks will get the Federal Reserve back on the report continues to add evidence point to 5.7 percent, that was steady at 5.6 percent. in the wake of December’s sur- emergency funding. table. that the consumer has the poten- because the labor force increased, a The continued improvement in prise drop in wages. The Fed last The single currency bought Nonfarm payrolls increased tial to continue to move along at sign of confidence in the jobs mar- the labor market comes despite week ramped up its assessment of $1.1469 in Tokyo afternoon trade 257,000 last month, the Labor this very constructive pace,” said ket. US stock index futures rose on the economy slowing. Sputtering the labor market. Brisk job gains against $1.1475 in New York on Department said yesterday. Data Tom Porcelli, chief US economist the data. The dollar rose against a growth overseas and lower oil and the improvement in wages Thursday afternoon, while edging for November and December at RBC Capital Markets in New basket of currencies, while prices prices have weighed on exports could harden expectations of a down to 134.57 yen from 134.89 was revised to show a whopping Yo rk . for US Treasury debt fell. and business investment. June policy tightening. yen. “The euro has reversed 147,000 more jobs created than At 423,000, November’s payroll January marked the 11th Wages increased 12 cents last REUTERS Thursday’s Asian slump that saw a low of 1.1305... as the (dol- lar) eases moderately across the board,” National Australia Bank Friendly bell said in a note. The dollar slipped to 117.33 yen Oil poised for biggest from 117.55 yen in US trade on Thursday. The euro plunged on Wednesday after the European Central Bank weekly gain in 4 years said it would no longer allow Greek banks to use government LONDON: Brent crude oil was support from falling rig counts debt as collateral for loans. on track for the biggest weekly and positive jobs data,” said Bjarne However, it said Thursday lend- rise since 2011 as fighting in Schieldrop, chief commodities ers could still tap its emergency Libya and stronger economic analyst with SEB in Oslo. liquidity assistance programme, signals from the United States The average number of US helping quell fears of an immedi- helped futures rebound from rigs drilling for oil fell by 199 in ate banking crisis. near six-year lows. January from December, following The access should help protect Prices have rallied nearly 20 the largest weekly drop since 1987 them against a possible run by percent over the past six sessions, last week, Baker Hughes said. depositors while Athens seeks to but they remain roughly 50 per- Benchmark Brent crude traded renegotiate its international bail- cent below their peak from the $1.40 higher at $57.97 per bar- out with creditors. middle of last year. rel by 1454 GMT. The weekly National Australia Bank said it No sustained recovery is increase was poised to be the was monitoring the Greek situa- expected in the near term amid highest since 2011. tion with a view to sell the euro rising global inventories and US crude for March delivery again. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (centre) leads the opening bell ringing at the Philippine Stock steady Opec supply. But further traded at $51.58 per barrel, up by AFP Exchange in Makati city, metro Manila, yesterday. A delegation of business executives from Japan is in Manila falls in the US oil-rig count, con- $1.10, after trading more than $2 this week to advance bilateral economic relations. cerns over dented output from higher. The contract was on track Libya, a key Mediterranean oil to close with the highest weekly producer, and stronger US job gain since at least 2013. figures boosted prices. Fighting across Libya, where two Nonfarm payrolls increased governments and parliaments allied Sri Lanka cabinet allows China port city deal 257,000 last month, data released to rival armed groups are vying for on Friday showed, while data control, highlighted the threat of a for November and December breakup in the country, imperilling COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cabi- Senaratne said President last month’s presidential vote he EIA has been done for land reclama- was revised to show a whopping the country’s oil exports. net said it would allow a $1.5bn Maithripala Sirisena would, how- would cancel the deal if his party tion. However, it needs a second EIA 147,000 more jobs were created Schieldrop added that the bal- “port city” deal with China to ever, discuss arrangements over came to power because no envi- for constructions after the land is than previously reported, bol- ance in global supply and demand go ahead, dropping a threat to the freehold of land to be used ronmental impact assessment reclaimed,” Senaratne told reporters stering economic confidence in is “still out of reach,” and the cancel a project approved by the when he visits China in March. (EIA) or feasibility study had on Thursday, adding that a feasibil- the world’s largest oil consumer. prices are likely to come back previous government. Prime minister, Ranil been presented to parliament. ity test had been carried out. “It’s still a bull trend (this down. Cabinet spokesman Rajitha Wickremesinghe, said before “The prime minister said that an REUTERS week), and you get additional REUTERS SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Siemens says Petrobras shares to cut 7,800 jobs in drive plunge on new to cut costs

BERLIN: German engineering giant Siemens said yesterday it CEO reports was slashing 7,800 jobs world- wide, more than 3,000 of them in Germany, as part of an ongo- ing restructuring plan aimed at Bendine to head troubled oil firm saving about ¤1bn. “In a drive to streamline SAO PAULO: Shares in party, but he is seen as close to administrative and overhead Brazilian oil giant Petrobras Rousseff’s Workers’ Party (PT) functions, about 7,800 jobs are to plunged yesterday on reports and her predecessor and mentor, be cut worldwide, including some that banking executive Aldemir Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. 3,300 in Germany, “ the company, Bendine, who is seen as close He has spent 32 years at Banco which employs more than 300,000 to President Dilma Rousseff’s do Brasil, the largest bank in staff, said in a statement. party, will be the scandal-hit Latin America, where he was Chief executive Joe Kaeser firm’s new chief executive. named chief executive in 2009. unveiled a mass streamlining plan Petrobras, the largest company “Bendine is a career Banco in May 2014 aimed at dramatically in the world’s seventh-largest do Brasil professional, a trusted reducing both the number of divi- economy, has been thrown into ally of ex-president Lula. So his sions and hierarchy levels within crisis by allegations that execu- appointment maintains the politi- the industrial group by 2016. tives colluded with construction cal connection with the PT, which Job cuts had been expected firms to steal $4bn from its cof- the market didn’t like,” said econ- under the restructuring plan but fers, with some of the cash being omist Eduardo Velho of consul- the group had given no indication paid out in bribes to politicians— tancy INVX Global. of the number, saying it wanted to including members of Rousseff’s “The market was hoping for first hold talks with staff repre- coalition. someone with more ties to the W orkers hold a banner in front of the Petrobras headquarters in Sao Paulo yesterday. The banner reads: “Petrobras sentatives, which took place this Neither the company nor private sector,” he said. belongs to the Brazilian people and not the financial market”. week. the government confirmed that Ex-CEO Graca Foster resigned “These steps will bring our Bendine, the chief executive Wednesday over the scandal along “isolate himself from the political and an investigation of the kick- Brazilian media reports say businesses closer to our customers of state-controlled Banco do with her entire board of directors. crisis” and “rescue the company’s backs scandal by the Securities suspects arrested in the inves- and make us significantly faster,” Brasil, had been named to head She had weathered the kick- credibility with the markets,” said and Exchange Commission in the tigation have told police that Kaeser said in the statement. Petrobras. back allegations for nearly a year Edmar Fagundes de Almeida, United States, where the com- Vaccari funneled illicit cash from Siemens’ new Labour Director The name of the new CEO will with Rousseff’s backing, but her an energy economist at Rio de pany is also listed on the New Petrobras to the party. Janina Kugel said the com- only be officially announced after position grew increasingly unten- Janeiro Federal University. York stock exchange. The oil firm’s former engineer- pany wanted to start talks with markets close around 5.30pm, able as Petrobras repeatedly “The market wants to know The scandal has meanwhile ing chief, Pedro Barusco, report- employee representatives about Brazilian media said. delayed the release of its third- what the company’s real situation spread dangerously close to edly told investigators that the the cuts in Germany as soon as But Petrobras shares fell nearly quarter results. is, how much it lost to corrup- Rousseff, who was sworn in for a party received between $150 mil- possible and “search constructively eight percent on the Sao Paulo They were finally published last tion,” said Lauro Vilares, tech- second four-year term on January lion and $200 million skimmed for socially responsible solutions”. stock exchange after the reports, week, but without undergoing an nical analyst at brokerage firm 1. Rousseff chaired the Petrobras off the 90 largest Petrobras con- Siemens is seeking to boost its as investors registered disap- external audit or stating the com- Guide Investimentos. board from 2003 to 2010, during tracts from 2003 to 2013, and profitability by focusing on certain pointment that the post would pany’s losses due to corruption. “And it’s important that it much of the time when the illicit that Vaccari “participated” in the divisions, such as energy, medical apparently not go to an apoliti- That kicked off a devastating undergo an external audit to cor- activity is said to have been going scheme. equipment and digitalised sys- cal, technical expert. week in which the company was roborate the numbers.” on. Vaccari’s lawyer said his cli- tems for industry and transport. The stock later recovered some downgraded by two ratings agen- Petrobras has also been hit On Thursday, the treasurer of ent had always acted in “absolute ground and was down about 4.5 cies and lost nearly $9bn in stock hard by tumbling oil prices, a the Workers’ Party, Joao Vaccari compliance with the law.” percent in midday trade. value. separate controversy over its Neto, was detained for question- The Workers’ Party also Turkish lira hits Bendine, 51, has said he is The state-controlled firm’s $792 million loss on the purchase ing in the graft probe before being rejected allegations of wrongdoing. not affiliated with any political new chief executive will have to of a refinery in Pasadena, Texas, released after several hours. AFP all-time low against dollar

ISTANBUL: The Turkish lira weakened to an all-time low of Wage cuts as Swiss firms respond to franc strength 2.4720 to the US dollar yester- day, dropping in line with other emerging currencies after US ZURICH: Swiss companies are whose products became far more small- and medium-sized compa- Nearly 289,000 people work in contested by unions, but the employment data pointed the cutting prices, asking suppli- expensive to euro zone customers nies have fewer natural defences. Switzerland but live in neighbour- government has approved a com- way to mid-year rate hikes by ers for discounts, paying staff overnight. Schneeberger’s Fuchser said ing countries such as Germany, pensation scheme that will allow the Federal Reserve. in euros and demanding new Ripples of the currency cap he had no choice but to respond France and Italy. companies to cut production by US job growth rose solidly in hours to protect profits from a removal are expected to spread aggressively to the central bank’s Straumann is also cutting shortening the working hours of January and wages rebounded soaring franc currency. in the coming months, from decision. Based in Roggwil, bonuses for Swiss-based staff and employees without their staff los- strongly, a show of underlying The central bank last month the tourism sector that took roughly 70km west of Zurich, is asking some of its suppliers to ing their pay. strength in the economy that puts abandoned its cap on the Swiss an instant hit, to banking and the company draws the majority cut prices and invoice in euros Lawmakers also agreed to a mid-year interest rate increase franc, causing the currency to engineering. of its supply in Swiss francs, but instead of francs. debate relaxing stiff regulations from the Fed back on the table. strengthen and prompting firms Some think tanks such as the sells roughly 40 percent into the “We want to convince our sup- on shop hours for the tourism “After strong US data sig- across Switzerland to warn of a KOF Swiss Economic Institute eurozone. pliers that they should carry the industry, which were the first to nalled earlier-than-expected plunge in profits. The 1.20-per- have warned that the move econ- It has cut prices by 12 percent currency risk. That will make us report cancellations following the rate hikes from the Fed, the lira euro cap had protected the omy could tip the economy into to keep its clients and is seeking better prepared for situations franc surge. is weakening like other emerg- export-reliant economy from the recession this year, with exports similar discounts from suppliers. like what we’ve seen in the past In the Joux Valley near the ing currencies,” said Muammer effects of a strong currency since sliding and the unemployment Also, it is asking staff to work 42 few weeks,” said Chief Executive French border in the east, com- Komurcuoglu, economist at Is 2011. rate rising to 3.4 percent — still hours a week instead of 40, effec- Marco Gadola. panies are more relaxed about the Investment. “We did the math, and would low in comparison with the rest tively cutting wages, and will cut Private bank Julius Baer, which franc. The lira has already been under have gone into the red from of Europe. temporary jobs, Fuchser said. analysts estimate generates about “What you need in this situa- pressure in recent weeks as criti- normal profitable numbers this Analysts estimate that most Other companies are getting 60 percent of its costs in francs tion where you have more com- cism of the central bank by min- year if we hadn’t done anything,” global players on the Swiss blue- similarly creative. Dental implant while more than 80 percent of its petition is to be more innovative, isters as well as President Tayyip said Adrian Fuchser, the head of chip index will be spared a major maker Straumann has asked revenues are in other currencies, reinforce your ‘Swiss-made’,” said Erdogan, a long-time champion of Schneeberger AG Lineartechnik, hit from the strong franc because employees who commute from announced plans this week to cut Nick Hayek, the chief executive lower interest rates, has suggested a maker of precision machinery. their global footprint means their Germany or France to accept about 200 jobs in response to the of Swatch , whose brands include to investors that the bank’s inde- The small family-owned firm sales and costs are spread out payment of their salaries in euros SNB decision. Breguet and Omega. pendence may be under threat. of 230 employees is typical of one over a variety of currencies. But instead of francs. Wage cuts will be hotly REUTERS AGENCIES

Jet Airways flies back into profit Singapore Rescue deal bank letter Airlines Q3 profit surges was forged: Sahara SINGAPORE: Singapore MUMBAI: Indian conglomer- America account. Airlines yesterday said its ate Sahara Group described as Sahara chairman Roy, who third-quarter net profit more fake a Bank of America letter during his heyday socialized with than quadrupled, boosted by intended to show a US-based presidents and film stars, has one-off gains from its absorp- firm had enough funds to been held at a New Delhi jail since tion of struggling budget car- arrange a $2bn deal to bail out March on contempt charges, after rier Tiger Airways. its jailed boss, Subrata Roy. he failed to comply with a court Net profit in the three The statement, issued on order to repay investors in a bond months to December 31 surged Thursday, came a day after scheme that was later ruled to be to S$202.6m ($150.6m) from Reuters reported evidence that illegal. Roy is being held on $1.6bn S$50.1m a year ago. Saransh Sharma, a California bail, the largest ever in India. “The improvement was primarily man who was leading the deal On Thursday, following the attributable to a S$56m exceptional through his company Mirach Reuters story, Sahara said in a gain compared to an exceptional Capital Group, didn’t have the statement that it had found out loss of S$80m last year,” the airline, money to pull off the transaction. that the Bank of America let- known as SIA, said in a filing to the Mirach, in a statement, denied ter, submitted by Mirach to the Singapore Exchange. forging the document and said Supreme Court as proof that it But the Asian carrier warned Sahara’s lawyers had verified the had set aside “sufficient funds” for plummeting oil prices were not company’s financial capabilities. the transaction, was forged. necessarily a boon for the avia- Mirach also said it was no longer Sahara said it had asked its law- tion industry, predicting that willing to raise funds for Sahara yer in London to visit the Bank of the slump could herald a global by refinancing the conglomer- America branch in Los Angeles and economic slowdown. SIA cur- ate’s overseas hotels but “remains verify it: “We have now received the rently owns 55.8 percent of Tiger ready, willing and able to facilitate report ... it was a forged letter,” the Airways after making annexing it an acquisition of these assets”. The company wrote in a statement. as a subsidiary following after the hotels include New York’s Plaza Sahara did not specifically con- Singapore-based low-cost carrier and Grosvenor House in London. firm deal talks had now been called suffered heavy losses. Mirach’s Sharma had said he off and said it would take initiate SIA’s own third-quarter earn- A Jet Airways passenger plane prepares to land past a new air traffic control tower under construction at the was backed by a group of US and civil and criminal legal proceed- ings last year were weighed down Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. The airline yesterday reported an operating profit of Rs30m UK investors for the deal, whom ings against Mirach and its offi- by a huge legal settlement in the ($486,200) for the three months to December 31, ending seven consecutive quarters of losses after it benefited he declined to name, and said cials in India and in the United United States. from a drop in fuel costs and increased revenues. they were the source of funds States for “reckless conduct.” AFP supposedly placed in the Bank of REUTERS SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 CLASSIFIEDS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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DBQJUBMDMFBOJOH!HNBJMDPN SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 Whatmore Clarke doubtful for opener looks to Australian ODI captain says team medics to make call on his fitness lift ‘fed up’ Zimbabwe SYDNEY: Captain Michael for a Cricket Australia XI against to mark the launch of the official Clarke admitted yesterday he is Bangladesh on Thursday. World Cup video game by Disney. CAPE TOWN: New doubtful for Australia’s World Clarke hit 51 for a local Sydney “When you are playing in Zimbabwe coach Dav Cup opener against England on team last weekend in his first out- Australia the wicket should be Whatmore says the players February 14 and that medics ing back since a serious hamstring the traditional Perth wicket that are fed up with failure and would make the call. injury forced him to pull out of we always see. Real bouncy, fast are looking to make a state- The 33-year-old has had two Australia’s Test series against wickets. Sydney should have some ment of their potential at the easy run-outs in the last week as India in December. pace. World Cup in Australia and he bids to recover from hamstring Cricket Australia have given “Adelaide should be low and New Zealand. surgery and chronic back pain. Clarke until the team’s second slow. Brisbane should be seaming. Zimbabwe returned But noting he still had a “gap” pool match against Bangladesh The wickets should be traditional deflated from a dismal tour of to fill to be 100 percent fit, he said on February 21 to prove his fit- Australian wickets that we are Australia’s Bangladesh late last year that he did not know if he would be ness for the World Cup. used to and grew up playing on.” Michael saw them lose all three test strong enough in time to play at Coach Darren Lehmann on The 38-year-old Lee, one of the Clarke is matches and whitewashed 5-0 the top level. Wednesday suggested Clarke fastest bowlers of his time, feels seen during in the one-day series. “I think you should ask that could ready to play earlier than Australia have the ideal mix of a training That prompted Zimbabwe question to the medical staff,” expected, saying “fingers crossed bowlers to dominate batting sides session in Cricket to dump former coach Clarke told reporters. he might be” as he threw his during the 50-over tournament. this 2014 file Stephen Mongongo and bring “I don’t know the answer to support behind the middle-order “If they are all firing on one photo. in the vastly experienced that question. I have been fol- batsman to return as captain. particular day, it’s Australia to Whatmore, who led Sri Lanka lowing their (medical) guidelines Meanwhile, f ormer Australia me that are very balanced,” said to the global title in 1996. from day one and I’m extremely paceman Brett Lee has picked Lee, who played 76 Tests and 221 He will have had just six thankful and grateful that I sit in his country’s bowling attack as ODIs during a 13-year interna- weeks to work with the players this position now because of their the most balanced for the World tional career. when the World Cup starts, not advice and guidance. Cup and hopes the pitches during “They’ve got a strong bowl- long enough to iron out major “So I will 100 percent be dic- the tournament will retain their ing attack. You got (Mitchell) flaws but time to improve strat- tated by what they feel and tradition of being conducive to Johnson, (Mitchell) Starc, (Pat) egy and build confidence. believe.” fast bowling. Cummins and (Josh) Hazlewood “I got a sense of genuine- Clarke rebuffed fears he would There are concerns that the just to mention a few.” ness to turn things around, not be able to play all the games Australian pitches for the Feb. England, South Africa, New especially from the players,” due to a heavy travel sched- 14-March 29 tournament might Zealand and India also had the Whatmore told ESPNcricinfo. ule including trips to Brisbane, be better suited to batting after variety in bowling to succeed at Australia, but it wouldn’t be fair Ireland, who famously defeated “They seem to think enough is Auckland and Perth. a record number of runs were the tournament, according to the of me not to take the opportunity Pakistan and England in the 2007 enough and want to do better. “I’ve missed enough cricket scored during India’s recent four- right-arm paceman. to try and pass on some knowl- and 2011 editions of the tourna- They want to move on. over the last six months,” he said. test series Down Under. The twice World Cup winner edge to younger players coming ment, have been paired in Pool “I am always an optimist but “As soon as I can get back on “The wickets when you play in will pass on his experience and through,” said Lee, who agreed a B against cricket powerhouse I am going in with my eyes wide the park I’m keen to play every India should be low and slow turn- knowledge about the local condi- short-term deal to help Ireland South Africa, India, Pakistan, open. They can play and they game for Australia.” ing wickets. That’s what India is tions as a bowling coach for giant- during their warm-up period. West Indies, Zimbabwe and the are tough enough. They’re just Clarke bowled two overs and about,” Lee told reporters during killers Ireland during the event. “It is my chance to give some- United Arab Emirates. looking for more of what they knocked a breezy 34 while opening a video-conference from Sydney “My allegiance is with thing back to cricket.” AGENCIES need to perform.” Key to Zimbabwe’s chances will be the form of batsman Governing body ICC cracks ICC approves Brendan Taylor, the most accomplished of their top six Rahat’s and the player they try to build down on live betting their innings around. induction for Captain Elton Chigumbura SYDNEY: The International Cricket Council vowed yesterday to provides power-hitting down clamp down on live betting to try to ensure a corruption-free World the order and is also useful with Cup in Australia and New Zealand. World Cup the ball. Anyone caught breaking the rules will be barred from the whole There has been a recall for tournament, which starts on February 14. KARACHI: Cricket’s govern- spinner Prosper Utseya despite Live betting or “pitch-siding” involves gamblers at sports events ing body yesterday approved the International Cricket gaining an upper hand on other punters by taking advantage of the paceman Rahat Ali as a replace- Council banning his off-break short time-lag, usually a matter of seconds, between play and live ment player for injured Junaid ball because of an illegal action, international broadcasts on television. Khan in Pakistan’s squad for the with the player now trying to Sir Ronnie Flanagan, head of the ICC’s anti-corruption and security World Cup, which starts next reinvent himself as a medium- unit, said the issue went far deeper than a few clever people getting week. pacer who bowls cutters. one over on betting shops. The 26-year-old Ali played his All-rounder Hamilton “I think the risk is that this feeds into a wider and more sophisticated only one-day international against Masakadza and left-handed network of illegal betting, often in the Indian sub-continent,” he said. Sri Lanka in June 2012, and was a middle-order batsman Sean Gambling is mostly illegal in India, but betting on cricket matches surprise replacement for Junaid, Williams are other play- thrives through networks of underground bookies. announced by the Pakistan ers to watch, while the pace “Facilitating people to either bet on events which are then known Cricket Board on Thursday. attack will be led by Tinashe events or in terms of illegal bookmakers adjusting their odds to know The International Cricket Panyangara, who is the liveliest they should be shortening the odds on something ... I think that’s where Council (ICC) said its technical of their quicks. it is a risk of being some sort of minor contagion.” committee for the World Cup Zimbabwe will expect to beat At least three examples of pitch-siding have been reported during approved Pakistan’s request to United Arab Emirates in their the southern hemisphere summer, with one man thrown out of two replace Junaid with Ali. first round pool and will likely T20 Big Bash League games and another ejected from the first match “Any injury or illness-based have to overcome Ireland to of the ODI series against India. replacement requires a written stand a chance of a place in the Flanagan, a former British chief constable, said the ICC was sharing submission to the Event Technical quarter-finals. Victory would information with the New Zealand and Australian governments as well Committee along with a diagnosis still be needed over at least one as state administrations. He urged players to be wary of criminals who from a medical practitioner as to of South Africa, West Indies, might seek to take advantage. the extent of the injury or illness,” Pakistan or India. “In our line of work, we too often meet and know that there are said the ICC. Since the last World Cup in rotten people out there, criminal people out there, who will do all in Once replaced, a player may 2011 they recorded home wins their power to get at players and others of influence within the game,” not return to the squad save as an against New Zealand, Pakistan Flanagan said. approved subsequent replacement and most recently Australia last “They will trick them, they will coerce them, they will try and attract Ronnie Flanagan, head of the ICC’s anti-corruption and security, takes a for another injured or ill player, August, but those matches were them. They are almost like paedophiles in how they attempt to groom seat to speak at a press conference in Sydney yesterday. The International the ICC said. played on low and slow condi- people into ultimately attempting to do what suits their nefarious Cricket Council vowed to clamp down on live betting, often known as pitch- Junaid failed to recover from a tions that will not be found intentions in terms of illegal betting and other elements of criminal- siding, at next week’s cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. leg injury sustained last month. Down Under. REUTERS ity.” REUTERS REUTERS Tendulkar’s absence gives Pakistan hope against India

NEW DELHI: India go into the tournament, ending his World high-profile matches against World Cup without the reassur- Cup career with a creditable aver- Pakistan, contests that were fol- ing presence of retired batting age of 56.95. lowed passionately by millions of superstar Sachin Tendulkar for Tendulkar often spoke of his fans on both sides of the border. the first time since 1992, which dream of winning the World Cup In his first tournament in 1992, surely must bring relief to arch- for India, saying he was inspired Tendulkar top-scored with an Indian cricketers rivals Pakistan. as a 10-year-old by the country’s unbeaten 54 in India’s 43-run win Sachin Tendulkar Pakistan have lost all their five triumph in the 1983 editon when in Sydney. But Pakistan survived (left) and World Cup meetings against India Kapil Dev’s men stunned favour- the morale-sapping defeat to win Mahendra Singh and Tendulkar, who featured in ites West Indies at Lord’s. the title even as India crashed out Dhoni celebrate all of them, proved a stumbling He saw action from close quar- in the first round. after winning block on at least four occasions. ters as a ball boy at Mumbai’s He made 31 in the 1996 quar- the semi-final India and Pakistan face each Wankhede stadium when India ter-final in Bangalore which India match of the other in a high-voltage clash at co-hosted the World Cup with won by 39 runs and 45 in a second Cricket World the Adelaide Oval on February 15 Pakistan in 1987, two years before round match at Old Trafford four Cup against to kickstart their campaigns in he burst on the world scene as a years later that helped fashion a Pakistan at the the 2015 edition of cricket’s show- 16-year-old. 47-run victory. Punjab Cricket piece event. Tendulkar was the tourna- Tendulkar’s spectacular assault Associaton (PCA) Tendulkar, who retired in 2013 ment’s leading scorer when India on Pakistani tearaway Shoaib as the world’s leading run-getter made the semi-finals in 1996 and Akhtar on way to a glorious 98 Stadium in Mohali in both Test and one-day cricket, the final in 2003 before he realised off 75 balls at Centurion in 2003 yesterday, in this added colour to the World Cup, his dream when Mahendra Singh is part of World Cup folklore that March 2011 file both literally and metaphorically. Dhoni’s side won back the title on enabled India to chase down a photo. Coloured clothing was intro- a memorable night in Mumbai on challenging 273-7 with six wick- duced to the World Cup when April 2, 2011. ets to spare. Tendulkar made his tourna- The 41-year-old, whose six “That innings must rank as one ment debut in Australia and World Cups is a record matched of the best I have played because New Zealand in 1992 after the only by Javed Miandad of of the immense pressure it was first four editions were played in Pakistan, has been apppointed played under,” Tendulkar wrote in whites. as the brand ambassador for the his recent autobiography ‘Playing cricket, to be out in the middle for streaky, but match-winning 85, to be the top score in the match Over the next six editions, the upcoming tournament by the It My Way’. my team, on the world’s biggest after being dropped four times by which India won by 29 runs in prolific Mumbaikar scored more International Cricket Council. “The ground was buzzing hours cricketing stage, against India’s Pakistani fielders and let off twice front of a sell-out crowd that runs (2,278) and centuries (six) Tendulkar appeared to reserve before the match. It was sport arch-rival.” In the 2011 semi- by the umpires’ review system. included the Prime Ministers of than any other batsman in the his best at the World Cup for the at its best. This is why I played final in Mohali, Tendulkar hit a Tendulkar’s knock turned out both nations. AFP SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Brandon Pirri of the Cavaliers stretch streak Florida Panthers takes a shot on goal during a NHL game with win over Clippers against the Los Angeles Kings at BB&T Center, NBA: Love, James star in 12th straight victory for Cavs yesterday.

CLEVELAND: The Cleveland late in the opening quarter, but Cavaliers stretched their NBA Cleveland responded with a 15-4 winning streak in emphatic style scoring run that continued into Pirri powers Panthers yesterday with a 105-94 victory the second frame to seize control. over the Los Angeles Clippers. “We had a really good game Kevin Love scored 24 points plan going against them on our and pulled down nine rebounds home floor,” Love said. to victory over Kings and LeBron James added 23 James, who scored six points points and nine assists and the during the surge, capped it with NEW YORK: Centre Brandon Palat had two assists for Tampa Cavs notched their 12th straight back-to-back baskets. Pirri scored with 3:05 left in the Bay in a win over Dallas. victory – one shy of the club He drove from the left wing for third period to lead Florida to The game was tied 2-2 after record 13 in a row set during the a two-handed dunk before racing its second consecutive win, a two periods, and it was 3-3 with 2009-10 campaign. past Blake Griffin from the right decision over Los Angeles. less than four minutes left. With the latest win, the for a layup that put Cleveland up Pirri scored a goal for the Johnson scored the game-winner Cavaliers seized first place in the 37-22. fourth game in a row. He has nine with 3:37 to play, and right winger Central division. JR Smith drained four three- goals this season and six in the Nikita Kucherov added an empty- They also looked like the title pointers and finished with 16 past seven games. Centers Nick net goal with 1:17 remaining, seal- contenders they were expected to points and Timofey Mozgov Bjugstad and Aleksander Barkov ing the win. be when James opted to return to chipped in a dozen points and nine also scored for Florida, which got Red Wings 3, Avalanche 0 his home state this season after rebounds for the Cavs. 29 saves from Roberto Luongo. Goaltender Petr Mrazek his stint with the Miami Heat. Kyrie Irving had 16 points, five Los Angeles goalie Jonathan stopped 28 shots for his first shut- The final score flattered the rebounds and five steals. Quick, who led the Kings to two out of the season as the Detroit Clippers, who trailed by as many Smith’s three-pointer late in Stanley Cup titles in the past beat Colorado. as 32 in the third quarter and the first half staked the Cavs to a three years, finished with 17 Left winger Justin Abdelkader 31 in the fourth before closing 65-42 advantage at the interval. saves. He is now 1-6-3 in his past scored the deciding goal for the the gap against the Cleveland Cleveland, who out-rebounded 10 games with a goals-against- Red Wings. Centers Darren Helm reserves. the Clippers 52-43, took a 94-63 average well over 3.00. and Luke Glendening had empty “I think we had a concentrated lead into the final quarter and Defenceman Jamie McBain net goals for Detroit, which won effort on both ends,” said Love, cruised home, not before the frus- and right winger Marian Gaborik eight of its last night to move who scored 10 points in the first trated Clippers were slapped with scored for Los Angeles. into second place in the Atlantic quarter as the Cavaliers took four technical fouls. Blues 3, Sabres 0 Division. Meanwhile, Anaheim charge early. In addition to taking the Goalie Jake Allen made 23 saves defeated Nashville 5-2 in other “I thought tonight on the defen- Central division lead -- one half- to lead St. Louis over Buffalo. It match. REUTERS sive end we did a really good job game ahead of Chicago -- the was the fourth career shutout for of stepping it up and taking away Cavaliers are now tied for third Allen, who was terrific and made NHL Results the very good offense that they overall in the Eastern Conference several standout stops. Dallas 3 Tampa Bay 5 have.” Jamal Crawford’s jumper with the Washington Wizards, Right winger Vladimir pulled the Clippers within 22-18 who suffered their fifth straight Tarasenko, defenseman Dmitrij Ottawa 1 Washington 2 defeat on Thursday, 94-87 at Jaskin and left winger Jaden Florida 3 Los Angeles 2 Charlotte. Schwartz scored for St. Louis, Vancouver 1 San Jose 5 NBA Results Cleveland will try to keep their which improved to 12-0-1 in its Colorado 0 Detroit 3 Cleveland 105 LA Clippers 94 streak going when they visit last 13 games. The Blues are also Arizona 1 Carolina 2 Portland 108 Phoenix 87 Indiana on Friday. Philadelphia 76ers center Nerlens Noel (left) shoots over Cleveland winners of seven in a row. Nashville 2 Anaheim 5 In other matches, Portland and Lightning 5, Stars 3 Sacramento 78 Dallas 101 Cavaliers forward Kevin Love during the second half of their NBA game Buffalo 0 St Louis 3 Charlotte also registered victories at Quicken Loans Arena. The Cavs won 97-84. Centre Tyler Johnson scored Charlotte 94 Washington 87 over their opponents. AFP two goals, and left winger Ondrej Philadelphia 2 NY Islanders 3 Nedobity takes pole for Ashkanani claims first race of Qatar Challenge at Losail

DOHA: Pavel Nedobity took Eric Zimmerman won yester- the pole position today at day the first race of Radical Round 4 at Porsche GT3 Cup Losail International Circuit Middle East Cup held at Losail in the fourth round of Qatar International Circuit. DOHA: Kuwait’s Zaid Challenge, yesterday in Doha. The duo of car number 95 Ashkanani was unbeatable The Lotus Exige driver made a started in second position in the as he led from start to fin- best lap time of 2:28.388 and will grid and took the lead immedi- ish in Race 1 of Round 4 of the start in front of the leader of the ately after the first lap until the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge at championship, Mark Holroyd who checkered flag. Losail International Circuit in did a lap time of 2:28.789. The second position was for the Doha, yesterday, cutting the “I am very happy to have quali- Russian driver Sergey Shalunov gap to series leader Clemens fied in second place , now for me of the team Arloid Intrahouse Schmid to just 8 points at the the season is about reliability and while the third position in the top of the Drivers’ Standings keeping my car working. I made Supersports category was for the and securing him his first win an OK lap but I think I can be French duo Romain Lutter and of the season. very competitive in the race’ Ludo Loffreda who got the pole After reaching the half way Holroyd said after the qualifying position yesterday. mark of Season 6 at Losail session. In the Clubmans category, the International Circuit at the end Holroyd is leading the champi- win was for Salman Al Khater of January following three rounds onship with 89 points and has a from Qatar and the second and six races, Race 1 of Round 4 gap of 41 points ahead of Peter De place was for Catalin Voicu from represented the start of the sec- Vido who is second in the stand- Romania and Hamad Al Asam ond half of the season with the ings with 48 points. from Qatar. John and Matt drivers being tested on the floodlit The race for Qatar Challenge Illingworth came in third position. track. is scheduled at 19:00 at Losail. Trophies were presented by Despite practicing in daylight, In the other championships Mr.Sultan Zaher Al Morraikhi, the racers qualified and competed taking place at Losail, in the QMMF Board Member. in night conditions making Qatar Radical Middle East Cup Free In the Porsche GT3 CUP one of the most technically chal- practice 2, the french duo Romain Challenge ME, the Kuwati driver lenging races in the series. Lutter and Ludo Loffreda were Zaid Ashkanani won the first race After posting a blistering time the fastest drivers with a time of of Round 4. Ashkanani took the in qualifying defending champion 2:00.458 and in the Porsche GT3 pole position yesterday and lead Ashkanani showed his class to CUP Middle East Cup the 12 laps race until the end. hold on to his lead despite early Meanwhile, Ollie Smith and THE PENINSULA pressure from current champion- ship leader Schmid. Securing the success for the Kuwaiti was a quick start that allowed him to close off any gaps as well as the correct technical Top three finishers in Race 1 of Round 4 at the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge pose for a group picture on the setup from his crew which saw podium along with officials and organisers at Losail International Circuit in Doha, yesterday. him only pull further and further away from his nearest challengers as the race went on. first corner. As soon as the lights way through the pack and up to take place in the same conditions The win means Ashkanani now went Ashkanani shot off and fourth as Al Harthy began to slip as Race 1, under the floodlights sits eight points behind Schmid in moved to the middle of the track down. of Losail International Circuit. the overall championship with five to defend his early lead which Sensing an opportunity it was Following the Qatar weekend the more races to go in the season. he held through the first cor- Al Mehairi who made the most drivers head to Round 5. Speaking after his first victory ner. Following close behind was of the racing conditions and Set to take place at Dubai of the season Ashkanani said: “I the Saudi Arabian driver Fahad squeezed past Raffii into fourth Autodrome, it tees up a final have a great car so the Porsche Algosaibi who started third and spot. showdown in Bahrain which will 911 GT3 Cup is the biggest win- maintained his position Some slight damage to the act as a support race to the offi- ner here. It’s really consistent and Further back in the field front of Al Maktoum’s car meant cial Bahrain Grand Prix weekend this is one of the biggest factors Ahmad Al Harthy launched off he was forced to retire at the half- in April, signifying that the com- in helping me succeed but I could the start line and up to an out- way stage. petitors are entering the most not be happier but it wasn’t easy.” standing fourth from ninth posi- As the race continued crucial part of the season. After qualifying in first place, tion at the expense of Charlie Ashkanani only built on his lead The region’s leading drivers will the start of the race was going Frijns and the Skydive Duo. over Schmid with Frijns pressing line-up in the Porsche 911 GT3 to be crucial for defending cham- Close tussles during the first lap Al Harthy and pushing past him Cup again as the star attractions Pavel Nedobity in action at Losail International Circuit in the fourth round pion Ashkanani with Schmid saw Sheikh Hasher Al Maktoum in the closing stages. at Losail International Circuit for of Qatar Challenge, yesterday in Doha. eyeing a good start to try and and Charlie Frijns drop back fur- The drivers now look ahead Race 2 Round 4 on Friday the 6th get the better of his rival on the ther as Raed Raffii worked his to Race 2 of Round 4 which will of February. THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Tennis: Sharapova targets Olympics as Russia tackle Poland

PARIS: Maria Sharapova leads Russia in their Fed Cup World Group opener against Poland this weekend looking to take a step closer to the 2016 Olympics. It will be the first meeting between the two countries and a rare Fed Cup appearance by 2012 Olympic silver medallist Ahmed Rashed Al Dawas of Kuwait celebrates winning the Pro Marathon race at the UIM Qatar Cup on the Corniche bay in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Thamer Ahmed Al Darwish heads out Sharapova, who must compete to deep waters during yesterday’s action. in the women’s team event if she wants to bid for gold in Rio next year. The Russian star, runner-up to Serena Williams at the Australian Open last Saturday, has played just three ties for Russia since her 2008 debut and has a 3-1 singles Kuwait’s Rashed wins race record. Champions the Czech Republic open their defence against Canada Qatar Cup: Qatar’s Abdullah Mohammed Ali claims runners-up spot in Quebec City, as 2014 runners- up Germany host Australia in Stuttgart and France travel to DOHA: Kuwait’s Ahmed play Italy, last year’s semi-final- Rashed Al Dawas claimed vic- 2015 Qatar Cup 2015 UIM Qatar ists, in Genoa. tory in the Pro Marathon race The hardcourt clash today and- for aqua bikes, held in conjunc- Today’s Timetable of Events Cup tomorrow at Krakow Arena will tion with the exciting UIM Qatar 09.00 - 09.45 Inshore race 2 (C2) see 27-year-old Sharapova return Pro Marathon race results Cup in Doha Bay yesterday. 10.00 - 10.45 Inshore race 2 (C1) to Fed Cup for the first time since The Kuwaiti fended off a yesterday: February 2012. 11.00 - 11.45 Inshore race 1 (C225) strong Qatari challenge for over- 1. Ahmed Rashed Al-Dawas (KUW) Attention will also be focussed all honours, which saw local hero 14.30 - 15.15 Offshore race 2 (SuperCat Lite) 2. Abdullah Mohammed Ali (QAT) on her new team captain Abdullah Mohammed Ali claim 15.30 - 16.15 Offshore race 2 (SuperVee and 3. Mohammed Al-Haidus (QAT) Anastasia Myskina, who a decade second position and fellow Qatari SuperCat) 4. Hamad Al-Dalali (KUW) ago threatened to pull out of the Mohammed Al Heidus round off Russian team if Sharapova was 16.45 Awards ceremony 5. Waleed Al-Sharshani (QAT) the podium places. selected. Kuwait’s Hamad Al Dalai on the clear waters of Doha Bay 6. Rashed Al-Mannai (QAT) Myskina, the first Russian reached the chequered flag in yesterday. 7. Abdullah Al-Nadi (KUW) woman to win a Grand Slam at fourth overall and the Qatari Yesterday was a relatively quiet 8. Rashed Rashed Al-Muhannadi (QAT) Roland Garros in 2004, the year racers, Waleed Mahmoud Al day by UIM Qatar Cup standards, 9. Mubarak Khalifa Al-Khuleifi (QAT) she spearheaded their first Fed Sharshani and Rashed Al Mannai, but it gave all the registered Pro 10. Khaled Mohammed Al-Malki (QAT) Cup victory, retired as a player in were fifth and sixth. Marathon aquabike racers from 2007 and took over the Fed Cup Kuwait’s Abdulaziz Al Najdi Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, Saudi take centre stage on the Inshore captaincy in 2014. and the Qatari trio of Rashed Arabia and Jordan the chance to course from 9.00am until 10.45am Russia are favourites with Rashed Al Muhannadi, Mubarak impress in their very own race. and they precede the UIM World world number two Sharapova Khalifa Al Khuleifi and Khaled Doha Bay was then opened for 225 Championship race, starting Rashed Rashed A Muhannadi of Qatar makes a splash off the Doha joined by 27th-ranked Sveltana Mohammed Al Malki rounded off both Inshore and Offshore testing at 11.00am Corniche in Pro Marathon race action yesterday. Kuznetsova, a two-time Grand the top 10. late yesterday afternoon. The afternoon belongs to the Slam winner, Anastasia Ten other racers, including Today is the final day of the Offshore racers and SuperCat Pavlyuchenkova (34), and Vitalia entrants from Saudi Arabia and inaugural Qatar Cup and the Lites venture out on to the The second encounter for the 15.30hrs before the awards cer- Diatchenko (82). the UAE, failed to finish a thrill- busiest of the four days. water for their second race from SuperVee and SuperCat entrants emony at 16.45hrs. World Group newcomers ing race held in perfect conditions The second C2 and C1 races 14.30hrs. brings the racing to a close from THE PENINSULA Poland will be led by former Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska, ranked eighth, after her run to the fourth round of the Australian Open, alongside her younger sister Urszula, ranked 135. Alicja Rosolska and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik will be on doubles duty for Poland. In Quebec City, the Czech hold- Sailors in action ers are favourites having won all on day three of five of their previous meetings the Sail the Gulf with the Canadians, despite being competition off the without top players Petra Kvitova coast of Katara in and Lucie Safarova. Doha yesterday. World number 20 Karolina Around 110 sailors Pliskova, 68th-ranked Tereza representing 20 Smitkova, 107th-ranked Denisa countries are taking Allertova and doubles specialist part in the event. Lucie Hradecka, will line out in the first meeting between the BELOW: Young two sides since 2002. Canada, sailors negotiate the whose best result was a semi- high tide during the final in 1988, will be without world same event which number seven Eugenie Bouchard. ends today. In Stuttgart, Australia face Germany for the third time in four years. World Group II also has a smattering of stardust with both Serena and Venus Williams appearing for the US against Argentina in Buenos Aires. REUTERS Qatar’s Waleed shines at Sail the Gulf Fed Cup Fixtures PARIS: Fed Cup fixtures DOHA: Qatar’s Waleed Al Nasr finished in 8th spot (45). today and tomorrow: Sharshani yesterday topped Pakistan’s Najeeb Ullah was in the Laser Standard card with red-hot form as he topped the World Group I an overall nett score of 9 on Laser Radial class. Najeeb man- At Quebec City the third day of the Sail the aged a tally of 9 while UAE’s Gulf competition off the Katara Saeed Al Zaidi posted a score of Canada vs Czech Republic coast. 10. At Genoa Al Sharshani finished ahead India’s Vir Amar Menon (10) of Oman’s Hussain Al Jabri who was third. Italy vs France managed a tally of 10 while com- In the 470 class, India’s Praveen At Krakow patriot Ahmed Al Balushi ended Prabhakar (10) and Vishnu the day with a nett score of 12. Sujeesh topped the charts along Poland vs Russia In the Laser 4.7 class, UAE’s with the duo of Duarte Monteiro At Stuttgart Hamza Al Ali with a nett score of (Portugal) and Adeel Khan Germany vs Australia 13 was a couple of notches better (Pakistan). than Bahrain’s Saoud Al Naar and Around 110 sailors from 20 World Group II Qatar’s Abdurrahman Al Jinah. countries including Argentina, At Apeldoorn Al Naar and Al Jinah managed Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, an identical tally of 15 each. Canada, Britain, Denmark, Netherlands vs Slovakia In the Optimist class, India’s Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, At Galati Chitresh Tatha emerged a con- Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, vincing winner with a nett score Oman, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania vs Spain of 9. Romania, UAE and Qatar are At Helsingborg UAE’s Saif Al Mansoury taking part in the four-day (14) finished second while championship. Sweden vs Switzerland Netherlands’s Florine Bramervaer Today is the final day of the At Buenos Aires (22) finished in third spot. championship, organisers said Argentina vs USA Qatar’s Abdulrahman Al yesterday. THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Morocco Lekhwiya consolidate top banned from next two Nations Cups spot with Al Gharafa win MALABO: Morocco have been banned from the next two African Nations Cup tourna- Umm Salal crush Al Shamal 5-0, Al Kharaitiyat pip Al Shahaniya 4-0 ments as punishment for with- drawing from hosting the 2015 finals over fears of the spread of DOHA: Defending champions the Ebola virus. Lekhwiya maintained their top The Royal Moroccan Football place at the Qatar Stars League Federation (FRMF) has also been (QSL) points table when they fined $1m and ordered to pay defeated Al Gharafa 3-2 at their 8.05m euros ($9.12m) in damages own backyard. to the Confederation of African Yesterday at the Al Gharafa Football and their partners, CAF Stadium, the Michael Laudrup’s said in a statement. side dominated their opponents, CAF’s executive committee in contrast what the score-line rejected claims of force majeure suggests. from the FRMF and found the Andres Sebastian Quintana federation financially liable for was the star with a brace as the decision to withdraw from the title-holders took a 3-0 lead hosting the finals. till 50th minute of the match. Morocco had asked for the Mustafa Abdulla reduced the lead tournament to be postponed by a with a goal in 61st minute before year to allow the Ebola outbreak Lekhwiya’s Ahmed Yasser Aziz in west Africa to be contained. scored an own goal by mistake in The north African country 91st minute, helping Al Gharafa was stripped of hosting rights by to narrow the margin of defeat. CAF in November as the tourna- Meanwhile, Umm Salal and ment was switched to Equatorial Al Kharaitiyat registered huge Guinea. victories by taming their respec- CAF said at the time that tive opponents. At the Qatar SC Morocco’s concerns were alarm- Stadium, Umm Salal thrashed Al ist, notably the fear the com- Shamal 5-0 with Ismail Mahmoud petition would attract tens of Mardanli being their star with thousands of visitors from west the second half brace. Africa where the World Health Al Kharaitiyat, on the other Organisation estimates almost hand pummelled Al Shahaniya 9,000 have died due to Ebola. 4-0 with all their goals coming Moroccan Youth and Sports in the final session. The other Minister Mohamed Ouzzine sug- match saw El Jaish collecting gested at the time that players full points with a 2-0 win over Al based in Europe would not take Arabi. THE PENINSULA part in the tournament, render- ing it a flop for all concerned, but that has not materialised. QSL Results CAF has also given the Tunisian Lekhwiya bt Al Gharafa 3-2 Al Gharafa’s Hussain Ali Shehab (left) gestures as Lekhwiya’s players celebrate a goal during their QSL match at the Al Gharafa Stadium in Doha Football Federation until March Umm Salal bt Al Shamal 5-0 yesterday . Lekhwiya won 3-2 to consolidate their top position in the league. RIGHT: Al Arabi’s Paulo Sergio (front) wins the ball against an El Jaish 31 to apologise for the behaviour Al Kharaitiyat bt Al Shahaniya 4-0 player during their match at the Al Arabi Stadium. of their players and TFF presi- El Jaish bt Al Arabi 2-0 dent Wadie Jary following the controversial quarter-final defeat by Equatorial Guinea or face Al Kass Cup: Aspire exclusion from the 2017 edition. PSG look to reclaim top spot Jary has been suspended from Academy hit Kobe for six all CAF activities after he accused PARIS: Champions Paris Lyon’s French the organisation of bias against Saint-Germain can reclaim the his country following a conten- defender top spot in Ligue 1 tomorrow, DOHA: Aspire Academy romped an emphatic victory yesterday tious penalty handed to Equatorial Lindsay Rose but they need to beat current evening, hitting Vissel Kobe for six and delivering a resounding Guinea that allowed them to take leaders Lyon away from home to runs during statement of intent in the process. the tie to extra-time. do so. a training Having suffered a 3-2 defeat to Arsenal the day before, Vissel went CAF said Jary must apologise It’s a tough assignment for session into the game knowing they must earn at least a point in order to keep or submit a letter with “irrefu- Laurent Blanc’s men, but they yesterday, their Cup dreams alive. table, tangible evidence” to sub- were boosted by a 1-0 win over at the Tola Yet it was Aspire Academy who emerged the hungrier of the two stantiate his claims. Lille in midweek that took them Vologe training sides. With a capacity crowd in the stands to cheer on the Doha-born Tunisia have already been fined into the French League Cup final. center in Lyon players, Aspire made the most of their home advantage and completely $50,000 for what CAF termed With the Cup behind them ahead of L1 overwhelmed Vissel with their pace and energy up front. “the aggressive attitude of some and the Champions League clash match against Asserting themselves from the get-go, Aspire bagged their first goal supporters in the stands, inva- against Chelsea coming up, the Paris Saint- after just four minutes after a crunching tackle felled striker Hazem sion of the pitch after the final Ligue 1 giants need to focus on Germain (PSG) Shehata on the edge of the Kobe box. whistle by players and substitutes improving their league ranking. tomorrow. Aspire’s Khaled Mazeed stepped up to float the resultant free kick ... insulting the referee and try- “It’s not a final but it could be the ball into the Kobe box. Khalid Al Naimi snuck away from the pack ing to physically assault him and the turning point of the season”, to meet the cross at the near post and fire past keeper Kaito Tsurata. the regrettable behaviour of the admitted Blaise Matuidi. “If we lose on Sunday in Lyon, only dropped points at Monaco. On 27 minutes the home side doubled their advantage thanks to some president of the Tunisian Football “We’ve got a lot of avenues open people will talk about a crisis But, just as they did in the individual magic from Khalid Mazeed, who demonstrated incredible Federation.” REUTERS to us and we want to do well in all at PSG. Our aim is to win and Principality, Lyon will have to do confidence to take on four Kobe defenders, break into the box and fire the different competitions,” said reclaim the top spot”, said the without their number one striker at goal from a tight angle. Matuidi. Italian midfielder. Alexandre Lacazette (21 league Tsuruta could only divert Mazeed’s ambitious effort into the path ‘Zidane could With 15 games to go, PSG have The pressure is thus on goals). of Meshaal Faraj, who slotted home with ease. little margin for error. Laurent Blanc and his men. Second place Marseille could With the game rapidly slipping away from Vissel, Aspire confounded The defending champions have Bernard Lacombe, special advi- also take the reins, should they the Japanese side’s misery by recording their third goal just before be future yet to hit their stride during a sor to Lyon president Jean-Michel manage to win their first away half-time. mediocre campaign but maximum Aulas, knows that and cunningly game since October at Brittany Newly introduced striker Hassan Palang used his pace to beat Kobe points at Gerland would take PSG added to their burden. outfit Rennes, who are winless in defenders Haruka Motoyama and Tomoyuki Maekawa before finish- Real coach’ ahead of their rivals in the table. “PSG will be champions. At five Ligue 1 outings. ing confidently, ending Kobe’s chances of progression with 45 minutes The Ligue 1 title race has effec- one point, the Parisian players Marcelo Bielsa squad was still to play. Despite recording 68% possession, Vissel had managed MADRID: Zinedine Zidane is tively become a three-way tussle are going to rebel. Let’s hope it’ll boosted with the arrival of Lucas just a single shot on target, while Aspire had converted all three of shaping up as a future coach between current leaders Lyon on be as late as possible”, Lacombe Ocampos from Monaco this week their efforts on goal. of Real Madrid coach, present 49 points with Marseille and PSG told Radio Scoop. while their target man Pierre With the game finishing 6-1, Vissel Kobe are now unable to progress incumbent Carlo Ancelotti said hot on their heels on 47. Lyon, who are surprise leaders Andre Gignac is on clinical form from the group stages. They will however get the chance to fight for yesterday. And PSG have no choice in at this point in the season, are on in front of goal with a league tally some pride on Monday when the 3rd placed teams from each group Zidane, who is currently coach- Lyon, as Thiago Motta explained. eight-match unbeaten run, having of 14. AFP compete for 8th place. THE PENINSULA ing the Real reserve side Castilla, “has all the qualities” required to take the the helm of the club, Ancelotti told a news conference. Al Kass stars warned of social media hazards “I enjoy Zidane’s work, he’s doing very well,” Ancelotti said. After a difficult start of the DOHA: As social media usage However, while such activity football coach Bora Milutinovic, season, Castilla are top of Spain’s has rapidly expanded in recent is generally nothing more than Dutch legend Edgar Davids, and third tier league. years, it forms an increasingly harmless fun, some experts are ICSS Head of Anti-Corruption “He’s doing very well in his first colourful addition to the excited warning of the growing dangers & International Development year in charge. He’s taken Castilla chatter around the Al Kass that social media can present to Partnerships, Werner Schuller. to first place and he needs to keep International Cup. young footballers. Advising the players as to up the good work. It’s pretty For the young, web-savvy play- According to the International how they can fulfil their dreams, clear to me he has all the quali- ers, platforms including Facebook, Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), Davids said: “Each day you need to ties to coach a big team. And that Twitter and Instagram present many criminals and match-fixers look at yourself and ask whether includes Real Madrid,” said the fantastic opportunities to share are now utilising sites like Twitter you have done everything to suc- Italian manager, who appointed their experiences in Doha with and Instagram to approach and ceed. If you can yes, you should the French legend last season. fans, followers and friends alike. groom young footballers. have no trouble sleeping. If you After seeing Castilla lose five This year a record level of ‘self- In an effort to encourage say no then you are obviously not of their first six initial games, ies’ are predicted as more and greater awareness of these risks, making enough of yourself.” Zidane has turned things around more participants utilise social Al Kass and the ICSS hosted a Meanwhile Milutinovic, who and his young charges have now media to publicise their football- joint event yesterday to highlight has coached five teams at the lost just once in the past four ing feats, perhaps with the long- these hazards to the tournament’s World Cup during his career, months. term aim of building up personal young players. offered his own thoughts: “You They could increase their online ‘brands’. The lessons form part of a have to pay a very high price to lead when they take on Athletic With the tournament just a wider legacy initiative by the Al succeed in football. I was an aver- Bilbao’s reserves on Sunday, a couple of days in, the photography Kass International Organising age player but I was also known match which could see Norwegian phenomenon has already been Committee to ensure that play- for my positive behaviour and teenage prodigy Martin Odegaard, embraced by the AC Milan team ers leave Qatar with more than this made me easy to coach and snapped up from under the noses who celebrated their 4-3 victory just a football education. improve. When a player is truly Al Kass and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) host a joint of many European giants in the over River Plate with a joyful vic- Among those who addressed focused he will become an excel- event yesterday to highlight hazards of social media. transfer window, could make his tory selfie at the side of the pitch yesterday were legendary lent asset. ” THE PENINSULA debut.” AFP SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Cyclists in action on the final day of the 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar in Doha yesterday.

Results at Ladies Tour of Qatar DOHA: Results and stand- Courageous Armitstead is ings on the final day of the 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar which ended at Doha Corniche yesterday. Top 10 riders in stage four 1 Elisabeth Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team new queen of the desert 2:24:15 2 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle Honda 3 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Velocio-SRAM Ladies Tour of Qatar: Final stage win powers the Briton to title glory 4 Roxane Fournier (Fra) France 5 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica BY RIZWAN REHMAT - AIS 6 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv DOHA: Celebrated British Women Cycling Team cyclist Lizzie Armitstead yes- 7 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport terday edged Australian rival LEFT: British cyclist Lizzie Vlaanderen - Pro-Duo Chloe Hosking in a photo-finish Armitstead is seen with Australian 8 Elena Cecchini (Ita) Italy to take the final stage at the rival Chloe Hosking (right) and 9 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France Ladies Tour of Qatar where Netherland’s Ellen Van Dijk (left) 10 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) the Boels Dolmans star was after the top three riders in the Velocio-SRAM crowned champion after the last general classification were handed Final general classification bunched sprint. their trophies on the final day of 1 Elisabeth Armitstead (GBr) Armitstead made the most of the 2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar in Boels Dolmans Cycling Team defending champion Kiresten Doha yesterday. Armitstead won 9:59:25 Wild’s absence to take stage the fourth and the final stage 2 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle three on Thursday and stage ahead of Hosking to seal her Honda 0:00:12 four yesterday to complete her maiden win in Qatar. BELOW: 3 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels maiden triumph in Doha ahead Qatar Cycling Federation (QCF) Dolmans Cycling Team 0:00:22 of Hosking and Netherland’s Ellen President Sheikh Khalid bin Ali 4 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Velocio- Van Dijk. SRAM 0:00:29 The 26-year-old Briton, a silver Thani hands over the winner’s 5 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica medallist at the London Olympic trophy to Armitstead. PICTURES: - AIS 0:00:30 Games, was roundly cheered after SYED OMAR 6 Jolien D’hoore (Bel) Wiggle she beat Hosking in a sprint fin- Honda 0:02:26 ish in the 85km race that started from Sealine Beach Resort and 7 Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Velocio-SRAM 0:02:29 ended under sunny conditions on the Doha Corniche. 8 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France Hosking, who failed to win “I think in the last stage it was 9 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team a stage over the course of four bitter-sweet but I am proud how Liv-Plantur days, shared the two intermediate we rode. You know it’s a good sign 10 Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica - sprints with Armitstead who also for the season,” the Benigo-born AIS 0:02:37 topped the points classification to said. Points classification pocket the silver jersey to go along “It was a long and hard sprint.I 1 Elisabeth Armitstead (GBr) with her champion’s golden jersey. was so close. In the I got beaten Boels Dolmans Cycling Team After her victory at the by a better ride. She was in 50 pts Commonwealth Games and her really, really good shape. I am 2 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle UCI World Cup crown last year, not ashamed to have lost to her,” Honda 43 the Yorkshire rider was thrilled Hosking said. 3 Shelley Olds - Evans (USA) to add another prestigious title “I think what really let me Bigla Pro Cycling Team 23 to her career. down was the time bonuses on the 4 Lucinda Brand (Ned) Rabo Liv “I mean it was a bit of a dif- second and third stages. I really Women Cycling Team 21 ficult day. The peleton was so big messed myself around. But like 5 Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica - there was not enough wind,” I said the stronger rider won. I - AIS 19 Armitstead said. “I really have to finished second overall so it’s not 6 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Velocio- say ‘thank you’ to my team-mates. bad,” the Wiggle-Honda rider SRAM 17 I finish off with a very close vic- said. 7 Ellen Van Dijk (Ned) Boels tory,” she added.. After the dominance of Wild Dolmans Cycling Team 15 “It’s fantastic to start the these last few years, Armitstead 8 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Ale season with a win. We clicked has now become the first British the pack remained bunched all too concerned by the Chinese Barbara Guarischi. By claiming Cipollini 15 together as a team. It worked so rider to win the Ladies Tour of the way to the first intermediate escapee, the pack awaited the sec- her second consecutive win, she 9 Jolien D’hoore (Bel) Wiggle well which means we will have a Qatar title. sprint. ond crossing of the line to really supplemented her overall lead and Honda 14 great season,” the Boels Dolmans Earlier yesterday, the wind Led out by her Boels Dolmans start reacting. claimed her first ever Ladies Tour 10 Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle rider added. had seriously picked up for the sqaud, Armitstead proved to be As expected, Jiang was gob- of Qatar crown. Honda 14 “Victory here means my team final stage of the 7th edition of the fastest to the line gaining bled up by the hungry pack just Beatrice Bartelloni finished as has done well. We really domi- the Ladies Tour of Qatar as the three precious seconds while before the penultimate lap as the best young rider of the event Team classification nated and it is fantastic to start 83 remaining riders took off from Hosking had to settle for second Hosking went on to claim maxi- while Wiggle Honda claimed the 1 Wiggle Honda 30:02:00 the season like this. It is one of the Sealine Beach Resort for the ahead of Emma Johansson. mum points and seconds ahead title of best team. 2 Orica - AIS 0:02:04 the best organised races of the 85-km stage heading north to the The Brit had increased her of her team-mate Julien D’Hoore Hosking, who finished 12 sec- 3 Boels Dolmans Cycling Team season. The sun is always shin- Doha Corniche. overall lead to 10 seconds. Just and Armitstead. onds adrift of Armitstead, said 0:09:03 ing which makes racing great,” All the pressure at the start was after the first battle of the day, Despite a few breakaway she was in no mood to give up on 4 Velocio - Sram 0:11:00 Armitstead said. on the shoulders of Armitstead China’s Xiu Jie Jiang managed to attempts, the pack remained the Qatar race win. 5 Ale Cipollini 0:15:21 Hosking, who was seeking her only enjoying an 8’’ advantage break away. bunched all the way to the final “I said that last year (laughs) 6 Rabo Liv Women Cycling first race win in Qatar, presented over her team-mate Van Dijk and Like on the very first day of straight. and the year before. I love com- Team 0:22:32 a calm exterior. 9’’ over close rival Hosking. the event on Monday, she enjoyed The expected sprinting battle ing to Qatar and I will be com- 7 France 0:24:25 “It was a really good week. It The first part of the stage was her moment of glory as the gap took place but once again there ing back next year. I always come was my first week racing with my a real struggle for the riders fac- reached 55’’ at the 47-km mark. wasn’t much anyone could do to with the objective to win so hope- 8 Team Liv - Plantur 0:24:44 new team. I think we did great ing a fairly strong head wind At the first passage on the line stop Armitstead. fully fourth time lucky (laughs),” 9 Hitec Products 0:33:51 to come together as a team,” (33.2kms covered during the first of the final circuit her advantage The Briton powered to the Hosking said. 10 Topsport Vlaanderen-Pro- Hosking said. hour). Despite a few attempts, had increased to reach 1’35. Not line beating Hosking and Italy’s THE PENINSULA Duo 0:36:12

Lizzie Armitstead gets a bouquet from Amani Al Dosari, General Coordinator of Tour of Qatar events, in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Photographers shoot pictures at the final prize distribution ceremony yesterday. Most Popular Bangladeshi Newspaper

SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 PROTHOM ALO WEEKLY Published every Thursday 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Available in all leading stores in Qatar       Tel: 4465 0600 Email: [email protected] Al Attiyah grabs lead on day one Qatar International Rally: Home hero on course for 12th straight win, Yazeed gives chase

DOHA: Nasser Saleh Al midday regroup and looked set Attiyah remained firmly on to reach the overnight halt in a course for an unprecedented similar position until they report- 12th victory at the QMMF edly punctured again on the last Qatar International Rally after stage and dropped nearly four six timed special stages in the minutes to the leader and moved Qatar deserts yesterday. into fourth place. The Qatari and co-driver Kuwait’s Salah bin Eidan and Matthieu Baumel have teamed new Slovenian co-driver Vili Oslaj up for a full programme of FIA held sixth and led the Group N Middle East Rally Championship category from the sole-surviving events in a Ford Focus RRC and Iranian crew of Ali Mesgarha and lead the 13-stage event by 1min Vahidreza Vahdatinikzad until the 17.50sec heading into the final half last stage. dozen timed tests today. But they too hit serious sus- “It’s a nice position to be in at pension trouble and the Iranians this point with a good lead and held the showroom category lead six stages to go,” said Al Attiyah. at the overnight halt. Only five “But, I suppose I was a little for- of the 12 starters reached the tunate this morning. I was push- overnight halt, although the rest ing quite hard and managed to should return in Rally2 today. avoid the punctures that affected Al Attiyah led 11 rivals into the others and cost them time. I the opening 21.63km of the tricky do have a good lead, but one punc- Umm Wishah stage in his newly- ture tomorrow and that can all be liveried 2014 Ford Fiesta RRC. lost. I need to manage the race He already knew that Al Rajhi’s carefully now.” strategy was to attack from the Punctures wrecked the chal- start and the Qatari laid down lenge from both of his major the gauntlet with a time of 10min rivals. Abu Dhabi Racing’s Sheikh 31.20sec and gained 21 seconds on Khalid bin Faisal Al Qassimi was the struggling Saudi, as Abdulaziz forced to stop and change a wheel Al Kuwari pipped Al Qassimi to on the second of the day’s spe- second. cials and the delay cost him 3min Al Rajhi’s co-driver Michael 50sec. He reached the end of the Orr had noticed low pressure in leg in third overall. a rear tyre before the start of Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed the special and the wheel was Al Rajhi and his Ulster co-driver changed, but Al Rajhi clouted a Michael Orr complained of han- rock early in the special and com- dling issues on the first stage, but plained that the car was pulling the Riyadh driver settled into an to the right. All 12 cars reached impressive pace from then on to the stage finish. hold third place and he moved up Nasser Al Attiyah was now in a to second on the last test of the focused mood and a stunning time day. through the first Al Shabana spe- Abdulaziz Al Kuwari com- cial saw his lead over Al Kuwari pleted eight kilometres of the climb to 40.2sec when his rival second stage of the day on a flat sustained a rear, right flat tyre Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah in action at the QMMF Qatar International Rally in Doha, yesterday. tyre and lost half a minute. The and was forced to drive for 8km Qatari and his Irish navigator on the deflating rubber. Al Naimi was also in trouble. loop of three stages, with Al Al-Rajhi collected a puncture Bin Eidan relinquished his grip on Killian Duffy held second at the The stage was also a critical After sustaining a puncture, his Attiyah leading from Abdulaziz within sight of the finish and the Group N lead after stopping one for Al Qassimi: he eventually Mitsubishi took off over a huge Al Kuwari, Al Rajhi, Khalid Al changed it on the road section. with terminal suspension damage. finished 3min 43sec behind the jump and the resultant impact Suwaidi, Khalifa Al Attiyah, Abdulah Al Kuwari had com- Today, crews tackle the remain- 2015 QMMF Qatar leader and wrecked his chance of broke a turbo pipe and damaged Al Qassimi, Group N leader plained of a sore hand after ing six special stages of the MERC a maiden Qatar win. the front of the car. He managed Salah bin Eidan, Ali Mesgarha the earlier power steering issue opener, starting with 20.90km International Rally “After about two or three kilo- to finish the stage before retiring and Abdullah Al Kuwari, who and he began the stage before near Mekanes at 08.38hrs. Runs (Positions after SS7 (SS1 cancelled) metres, in a tight right-hand cor- and returning to the service park. incurred a hefty time penalty of returning to the start to retire through the 15.33km of Salwa at 1. Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah (QAT)/Matthieu ner, a rock had been pulled out Al Attiyah increased his lead 4min 44sec and slipped to ninth. soon afterwards. There was no 09.11hrs and a QMMF-backed Baumel (FRA) Ford Fiesta RRC 1hr 03min into the track and we clipped it. over Al Kuwari to 50.20sec Al Attiyah had vowed to ease stopping a defiant Al Attiyah in 27.56km special at 09.49hrs pre- 08.9sec I carried on a little, but we knew through Al Kharsaah 1 and his pace a little to preserve his SS6 either and the Qatari shaved cede a regroup and service stop 2. Yazeed Al-Rajhi (SAU)/Michael Orr (GBR) Ford there was a problem and decided reached service without issues. Ford Fiesta, but was a mere three seconds off his morning’s at the Qatar Aqua Park. Fiesta RRC 1hr 04min 26.4sec to change the front wheel. But A slow puncture had slightly 7/10ths of a second slower on his time to extend his advantage to The three specials are repeated 3. Khalid Al-Qassimi (ARE)/Chris Patterson there was also some damage delayed Khalifa Al Attiyah, repeat run through Umm Wishah. 1min 05.40sec. at 11.52hrs, 12.25hrs and 13.03hrs. (GBR) Citroën DS3 RRC 1hr 07min 20.3sec under the car and we had to jack Abdullah Al Kuwari complained Al-Qassimi only dropped a He was again quicker on his After a final service at the Aqua it up from the back. This cost us of power steering problems and second to the defending regional second attempt at Al Kharsaah Park, cars then return to the 4. Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (QAT)/Killian Duffy (IRL) even more time, he said” A heavy the Iranian driver Mohammed champion, but suspension arm and reached the overnight halt QMMF on the Salwa Road in Ford Fiesta RRC 1hr 08min 09.3sec landing after a jump sidelined Ghalehbani was sidelined in the issues sidelined Al Suwaidi, as with a lead of 1min 17.5sec. Khalifa Doha for the ceremonial finish 5. Ali Mesgarha (IRN)/Vahidreza Vahdatinikzad Edith Weiss’s Mitsubishi with special with technical trouble. Al-Kuwari and Al Rajhi main- Al-Attiyah lost fourth place with and prize giving from 14.30hrs (IRN) Subaru Impreza 1hr 28min 45.7sec suspension damage and Rashid Nine cars began the second tained second and third. reported axle issues and Kuwait’s onwards. THE PENINSULA Highlights of Qatar International Rally

Sheikh Khalid bin Faisal Al Qassimi of Abu Dhabi racing team gets ready for the action. RIGHT: Iranian driver Mohammed Ghalehbani accelerates on the opening day of Qatar International Rally in Doha, yesterday.

Abdulaziz Al Kuwari of Qatar andKillian Duffy of Ireland in action on opening day of Qatar International Rally.

Killian Duffy with the flat tyre that cost Abdulaziz Al Kuwari 30sec in SS3 of the Qatar International Rally, yesterday in Doha. SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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DHAKA 23/16 Partly cloudy 24/17 Clear ing codebreaker Alan Turing in the end of the Second World War handsome but has remarkable Cumberbatch first caught the atten- DELHI 22/13 Clear 20/12 Clear The Imitation Game, insists he can but ended his life in despair after allure — entire fan sites are dedi- tion of the critics a decade ago in a ISLAMABAD 18/08 Partly cloudy 18/06 Partly cloudy and has played idiots. being prosecuted and then chemi- cated to his cheekbones —and in TV biopic of wheelchair-bound the- “If anyone’s got any other cally castrated for being gay. 2013 was named Empire maga- oretical physicist Stephen Hawking. stupid people I can play, let me S Barry Cooper, a maths zine’s sexiest movie star. AFP Jamaica fetes 70th birthday Rare collection of antique cars under the hammer in Paris PARIS: A treasure trove of Panhard-Levassor, Maserati, keeping the exact location secret Delon. Delon was photographed But how did such a jackpot of of late reggae extremely rare classic cars, dis- Ferrari, Delahaye and Delage — they found a hodge-podge of with American actresses Jane mythical automobiles end up on covered rusted and weather- have been described by Artcurial makeshift structures, describing Fonda and Shirley MacLaine in a rural French farm, left to rust beaten on a farm in western as “works of art.” shock after shock as they realised the car, which historians thought for half a century? great Marley France last year after lying Among them is one of only 37 the treasures they contained. was lost forever. While classic cars are now forgotten for half a century, is Ferrari 250 GT SWB California “This was somewhere between The actor himself has criticised snapped up and extremely valu- KINGSTON: Jamaicans cel- expected to fetch millions at Spiders ever made, valued at up a metallic graveyard and a Artcurial for “using my name to able, this was not the case a few ebrated the 70th anniversary of auction in Paris yesterday. to 12 million euros, which was dis- museum,” said Novikoff, describ- push up the price.” decades ago when inventor and the birth of late reggae legend The cars, described as “sleeping covered under a pile of dusty old ing valuable cars covered with ivy, “I only had the car for two automobile enthusiast Roger Bob Marley yesterday with a beauties” by the Artcurial auc- car magazines. and in some cases corrugated iron years,” he exclaimed. Baillon became one of the first jamming session at his former tion house, will be sold in the state The once-in-a-lifetime discov- resting directly on the cars. “Everything that has been indi- collectors. home and a free concert as they were found, having been kept ery, announced in December, was “We were overcome with emo- cated, mentioned, written about He had a transport business in the Caribbean island continues in makeshift shelters exposed to likened by Artcurial managing tion. Probably much like Lord the sale of this car has been done the west of France where he in to wrestle over his place in its the elements. director Matthieu Lamoure to Carrington and Howard Carter, without my consent.” 1947 designed and built his own pantheon of heroes. Artcurial has previously sug- stumbling upon the car world’s on being the first for centuries to Also uncovered is an extrava- car known as the Bluebird, all Marley, who was born in Nine gested the cars — amassed by an equivalent of the tomb of Egyptian enter Tutankhamun’s tomb,” said gant Talbot Lago T26 Cabriolet while raking in a fortune in the Miles, northwest Jamaica, died on enthusiast on the property with pharaoh Tutankhamun. Lamoure. that belonged to Egypt’s last mon- post-WWII boom in the sector. May 11, 1981, in a Florida hospital the hope of turning it into an Lamoure and senior specialist The rare California Spider — arch King Farouk, an immensely He bought the property in from cancer age 36. automobile museum — could sell Pierre Novikoff got a tip-off about a car which features 13 times on rich ruler known for grotesque 1953 to turn into an automobile A “mini-jam session” is sched- for around ¤16m ($18m). the timeworn fleet while criss- the list of the 100 most expensive extravagance, and avid collector museum, snapping up classic cars uled at Marley’s former home at The 60 classic gems, with crossing the country hunting for cars ever sold — was bought new who along with fast cars amassed — some saved from the scrapyard Hope Road, north of Kingston, legendary names like Bugatti, rare pieces. by French actor Gerard Blain and one of the world’s most famous — between 1955 and 1965. as well as discussions on reggae, Hispano-Suiza, Talbot-Lago, On the farm — Artcurial is later sold to fellow actor Alain coin collections. AFP a popular genre that began in Jamaica in the 1960s with strong influences from calypso and jazz and lyrics of social protest. A free concert on the Kingston waterfront on Saturday is 50 years on, quirky guide expected to draw crowds, and local reggae artists, including one of Marley’s sons, Ky-Mani, are set to perform. Police have announced to London still shows way traffic detours and street closures in anticipation of the throngs. LONDON: Arguably the best else between Uxbridge to the west “I was not around when Bob guide to London published this and Dagenham in the east. was alive ... but people are still season was written nearly 50 Most of the buildings he writes excited about his music,” said years ago. about are still there, although inev- Marcia Facey, 32, a fashion “Nairn’s London” by Ian Nairn itably some have since changed use designer who lives in Kingston. first appeared in 1966 and has or disappeared. He chose places Jamaica has debated for years been reprinted after fans of the the public could get into. adding Marley to its Order of idiosyncratic architectural enthu- It’s an extraordinary catalogue, National Hero, its highest honor. siast mounted a public campaign. the product of an exhausting Jamaica’s current seven heroes The author, a former Royal Air amount of legwork enlivened by are dominated by political figures. Force fighter pilot who badgered a literary style that is waspish, No new heroes have been added the editors of the Architectural informed and opinionated. since the 1980s and a commit- Review into giving him a job Nairn very much likes the tee has been examining nomi- and who went on to become the Soane Museum, the former nations for the last three years, Observer’s architecture critic, home of the architect Sir John with Marley and former Prime died of drink in 1983, aged 52. Soane in Lincoln’s Inn Fields now Minister Michael Manley among He made his name as an agi- crammed with his collection of art a list of 10 names mentioned. tator against poor quality build- and antiquities. REUTERS ings being thrown up after the Although unremarkable from An Airbus A380-800 aircraft arrives at Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport. Arguably the best guide to London published war, coining the derisive term the outside, what lies inside is “an this season was written nearly 50 years ago. “Subtopia” for the damage being experience to be had in London inflicted on Britain’s suburbs and and nowhere else, worth travelling that you ought to try Fernet- spot for Sunday strollers, also notice. Of the Albert Memorial, starting a campaign against bad across a continent to see in the Branca at least once,” Nairn says comes in for some criticism. “This Queen Victoria’s elaborate modern architecture called “Stop same way as the Sistine Chapel or of the square’s striking yellow is the creepiest place in London,” Kensington tribute to her Prince the Architects Now”. the Isenheim altarpiece”. Further brickwork and white pilasters. writes Nairn. Consort, Nairn says: “The ele- Nairn’s guide to the capital north, an early Victorian develop- “It is as near to expressing evil “Nothing seems real but death phant on one of the corners has contains 450 entries describing ment in Islington, Milner Square, as a design can be.” at its creepiest and clammiest. a backside just like a businessman churches, galleries, offices, houses, provokes an equally forthright Highgate cemetery, the north The cemetery closes well before scrambling under a restaurant monuments, bridges, markets, reaction, this time negative. London necropolis where Karl dark, and a good job too.” table for his cheque-book.” pubs and just about everything “Not to be missed in the sense Marx’s body lies and a popular Not much escapes Nairn’s REUTERS