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Sunday 3 August 2014 • 7 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6146 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 New parliament New exhibition of Libya meets for first time

BENGHAZI: Libya’s new centre likely to nationalist-dominated parlia- ment held its first meeting yes- terday, boycotted by Islamists, in a sign of deep divisions still plaguing a violence-racked open next year country from which thousands are fleeing. Parliament, elected on June 25, DECC to house five pillar-free halls is to take over from the interim General National Congress cho- DOHA: The upcoming Doha centre will overtake Al Dafna sen in the wake of the 2011 Nato- Exhibition and Convention hall in terms of capacity as aver- backed revolution that ousted Centre (DECC), which will be age area ranging from 5,500sqm longtime dictator Muammar housing one of the biggest halls to 7,500sqm. Gaddafi. in the world, is expected to open The exhibition centre is des- See also page 4 for public early next year. tined to become an important According to sources, the con- regional and international loca- Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in the east of Gaza City yesterday. Sudan floods hit struction of the centre is almost tion for events such as expos and complete and it is expected to be exhibitions, with expansive retail handed over to the government areas to be dedicated to luxury 3,000 homes by the end of this year. brands and exhibition space. Israel leaves parts of Gaza, snubs talks KHARTOUM: The Sudanese One of the attractions of the Located in the lively West Bay Ministry of Health yester- convention centre is the mas- area of Doha, the exhibition and GAZA CITY: The Israeli army far claimed 1,698 Palestinian lives number of wounded at over 9,000. day said floods that hit half sive space it will offer to event convention centre will be con- yesterday gave a first indica- and forced up to a quarter of the Meanwhile, air strikes and tank the states in the country had organisers. nected to the Sheraton Park tion it was ending operations in population into exile. fire pounded huge areas of Gaza destroyed more than 3,000 The centre has five big halls through an underground tun- parts of Gaza, while continuing The move came after an army into rubble, killing four members homes in the past month. that are column-free. Their com- nel that will bring visitors to the to bombard other areas ahead spokesman said Israel was “quite of a family in Deir Al Balah and It said 22 areas in eight states bined area is more than 32,000 crescent-shaped Doha Corniche. of fresh truce talks in Cairo. close to completing” the destruc- eight from two families in Rafah, were affected by floods and rains square metres and their height In the first phase of the con- As a Palestinian delegation flew tion of tunnels used for infiltrat- taking the toll to 112 yesterday. and 184 people were injured. 18 metres. struction, the ground floor was to Egypt in search of a cease- ing southern Israel, the main Israeli’s army said it inter- See also page 3 The pillar-free halls will ena- completed. The second floor has fire, the Israeli army conveyed objective of the ground operation. cepted two rockets from Gaza. ble exhibition organisers to take five halls and 22 rooms for con- a message to residents of part of Israel’s security cabinet Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Fire breaks out in big machines, cars, boats and ference and meetings. The cen- northern Gaza that it was “safe” decided against sending a dele- Al Sisi said a Cairo truce plan can other heavy equipment easily tre will have kitchen which can to return home. “They have been gation to ceasefire talks with the offer a solution to violence. in warehouse inside the halls. The vast spaces prepare food for 3,000 guests. The informed it is safe for civilians Palestinian delegation in Cairo. The Palestinian delegation com- are enough to accommodate work on the design of the project to return to Beit Lahiya and Al A senior political official quoted prising intelligence chief Majid DOHA: A warehouse located in around 3,500 visitors at a time commenced in 2006, while the Atatra,” a spokeswoman said, in by army radio said Hamas was Faraj, senior Hamas official Mussa the Industrial Area caught fire and the halls can be merged by construction began in 2007. what was understood to be a con- “not interested in an arrange- Abu Marzuq, and Ziad Al Nakhale, but no casualties were reported. removing partitioning. The completion of the project firmation that troops had stopped ment”, with some commentators a leader of Islamic Jihad arrived in The Ministry of Interior With parking facility for nearly will provide fillip to the trade and operating there. suggesting the pullback could sig- Cairo. US Middle East envoy Frank tweeted about the fire at around 5,000 vehicles and a multi-func- industry in Qatar. The ongoing Witnesses in the north con- nal the start of a unilateral Israeli Lowenstein was also expected to 5.30pm giving no further details tion hall, the convention centre economic boom in the country firmed seeing troops leaving withdrawal. arrive in Cairo. as to how the blaze took place and spans an area of 90,000 square has led to a massive increase in the area as others seen leaving Since midnight, more than 74 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin what was inside the warehouse. metres. trade in the country which has another flashpoint area in south- people have been killed, the vast Netanyahu said they would keep up The ministry tweeted at 8.30pm Currently, Al Dafna Hall at the created demand for more exhibi- ern Gaza. It was the first time majority in Rafah, emergency assault “as long as necessary” and again saying firefighters from the Doha Sheraton is the biggest in tion centres. troops had been seen pulling back services spokesman Ashraf Al Hamas vowed to continue fighting. Civil Defence were busy dousing Qatar which can accommodate THE PENINUSLA since the start of Israel’s devastat- Qudra said. The vast majority of AGENCIES the blaze. around 2,500 visitors. The new Continued on page 3 ing 26-day operation, which has so the dead are civilians, with the See also page 5 AGENCIES SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME EAA slams raids on Gaza educational facilities Education Above All says attacks unacceptable, reminds all parties of obligations under international law

DOHA: In light of new reports, of innocent civilian lives, mostly plea for an end to attacks: “This Declaration of Human Rights, independent investigation into with international and local part- confirmed by UNRWA’s initial women and children seeking ref- is the sixth time that one of our condemning Israeli actions as the credible allegations of vio- ners to offer scholarships, sup- assessment, indicating a deadly uge from the fighting. schools has been struck. Our contrary to international law. lations of international law and port, psychosocial and disability attack by Israeli defence forces While the death toll of this lat- staff, the very people leading the “These attacks on schools, welcomes the decision of Human programmes and rebuild many on a UN school in the Jabaliya est school attack is still being tal- humanitarian response, are being whether intentional or not, can- Rights Council to establish a com- of Gaza’s damaged or destroyed refugee camp, Education Above lied, the impact is clear: If schools killed. Our shelters are overflow- not be tolerated. Schools should mission of inquiry. higher education buildings. All (EAA) has condemned the are not a safe haven, then no place ing. Tens of thousands may soon be a safe zone, and the sanctity “It is imperative that the inter- EAA’s programme, Protect killing of and injuries to inno- can be. The attacks point to vio- be stranded on the streets of and security of places of learning national community facilitates Education in Insecurity and cent children and other civilians lations of international law and Gaza, without food, water and must be respected and preserved. and ensures accountability for all Conflict, (PEIC) serves on the caught in repeated destruction are unacceptable to sentiments shelter if attacks on these areas “Standing with members of the violations of international law and steering committee of Global of educational institutions as of humanity and morality. continue. international community, EAA does not, nor is seen to, tolerate Coalition to Protect Education part of the ongoing crisis in the Under humanitarian law, delib- “We have moved beyond the calls on both parties to immedi- continued impunity for its breach. from Attack (GCPEA). Gaza Strip. erate attacks on civilians or civil- realm of humanitarian action ately discontinue making schools EAA’s programme, Al PEIC was created in 2010 to EAA is a Qatar-based foun- ian objects, including students, alone. We are in the realm of and educational facilities targets Fakhoora, has been working respond to the devastating impact dation created and chaired by teachers and schools, that are not accountability. I call on the inter- in this crisis. in Gaza for five years through of insecurity and armed conflict H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser to being used for military purposes national community to take delib- “There is no reason that con- projects that support protection on education in countries across support the fundamental right to are prohibited and war crimes. erate political action to put an dones or justifies such actions,” and access to quality education. the world. It co-funded GCPEA’s education. Indiscriminate and disproportion- immediate end to the continuing said Marcio Barbosa, CEO, EAA. Taking its name from an recent report, Education under International media reports ate attacks are also prohibited. carnage.” With the death toll reaching UNRWA school that was the Attack 2014, which documents indicate that for the second In a statement, UNRWA The UN Human Rights higher than 1,000 in the incur- scene of an Israeli military significant patterns of attacks on time a UN facility has been hit Commissioner-General Pierre Council adopted a resolution on sion, EAA stands with calls attack during the 2009 offensive education in over 30 countries. by ordnance, resulting in loss Krahenbühl made an impassioned July 24, invoking the Universal for a prompt, impartial and on Gaza, EAA has collaborated THE PENINSULA

Ooredoo opens up Myanmar mobile market with low-cost SIM cards DOHA: Ooredoo began selling low- which retail at about $200. Under junta eventually by Telenor and Ooredoo last cost SIM cards in Myanmar yes- rule a SIM could go for more than June saw some 90 firms compete for the terday, opening up access to mobile $1,500. 15-year licences, the first to be awarded services in one of the world’s last vir- Ooredoo billboards advertising tra- by Myanmar. tually untapped phone markets. ditionally-garbed women holding a The two firms will soon com- Less than 10 percent of the popu- parasol in one hand and a mobile in the pete against each other and existing lation are thought to have access to a other have plastered downtown Yangon state-owned giant Myanmar Post and telephone in Myanmar where the exor- streets for weeks, helping build a buzz Telecommunication for a potentially bitant cost of a SIM under former junta around the launch. lucrative pool of customers among an rule made mobile phones a luxury. Several million SIM cards will be on estimated 60 million people. But last year the reformist gov- sale from 6,500 dealers, according to The national company also started ernment led by President Thein Sein Cormack, ahead of a wider rollout to selling low-cost SIMs last year, but awarded telecom licences to Ooredoo cover 68 towns and cities, around and through a lottery system which is rela- and Norway’s Telenor, part of a wider including the three hubs launched yes- tively small in scale, leaving many people move to open up markets previously terday, by mid-August. to still rely on manned roadside stalls monopolised by state firms. But some shops were reported to have where they can use conventional tel- “This is history that we made here started selling advance stock as early as ephones to keep in touch. today,” Ooredoo Myanmar CEO, Ross last week with cases of vendors demand- Alongside opportunities of entering Cormack, told a press conference in ing above the retail price and selling out. one of the world’s few remaining fron- capital Yangon. “I bought two SIM cards yesterday tier mobile markets are challenges of He said the firm was bringing the for 5,000 kyat each. The price is still reaching scattered rural communities. very latest technologies to the long- very cheap if you compare it with what Patchy power, poor road connections isolated nation. was previously available,” Khaing Moe, and regulatory issues such as land rights The SIM card was officially launched a university student, said. are among the problems companies face for sale yesterday in the major cities of Telenor, which also plans to sell its in building a mobile network. Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw at a SIM cards for 1,500 kyat, said it would The growing Buddhist nationalist price of 1,500 kyat ($1.5), a fraction of launch in September. movement has also posed a threat. People line up to buy Ooredoo SIM cards at a mobile phone shop in Yangon yesterday. the cost of ordinary cards in Myanmar But the telecoms tender process AFP SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 HOME / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Emir receives Nusra chief in Syria’s call from Ban Fresh spell of windy, DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Idlib ‘killed in attack’ yesterday received a phone call from UN Secretary-General BEIRUT: A local chief of Al combat IS in a widespread back- Ban Ki-moon. dusty weather likely Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate Al lash against its extremist ideology They reviewed developments Nusra Front has died in an and abuses of civilians and rival in the Palestinian territories in apparent assassination after a rebels. light of the Israeli aggression on Coastal areas to be especially affected during day time bomb went off in his car, a mon- However, in recent weeks, Gaza Strip, and efforts to stop itor said yesterday. Nusra has also been fighting some it and provide protection for DOHA: The country is The wind will lose its sting at weather is likely to be dusty, “Nusra’s emir in Idlib (prov- of those erstwhile allies. Palestinian civilians. expected to witness a fresh night as its speed would come with temperatures varying from ince), Yaacub Al Omar, was That has further complicated spell of windy and dusty down to moderate levels. 30 degrees (at places at night) killed overnight when a bomb the Syrian conflict, which began Greetings sent weather from tomorrow until The sea will be rough with to 46 degrees (during daytime). went off in his car near his house as an uprising against President the end of the week, according wave heights reaching up to four Al Khor, some 42km north of in the Khan Al Subul area,” the Bashar Al Assad’s government, to Macedonia to forecasters. to eight feet. Doha, is expected to witness the Syria Observatory for Human but has degenerated into a com- Coastal areas will be espe- Forecasters said the deepen- maximum variation of 16 degrees Rights said. Two of his sons were plex war involving multiple fronts DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh cially affected during day time, ing of the Indian monsoon will between day and night tempera- wounded in the blast, the Britain- and foreign fighters on both sides. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as northwesterly wind blowing be creating the above weather tures as the maximum tempera- based group added. The fighting between Nusra sent a cable of congratulations at speeds ranging from 12 to 24 conditions. ture forecast is 46 degrees and Omar, a Syrian in his for- and other rebels began in early to the President of Macedonia, knots at times and reaching up Mercury levels are expected to the minimum 30. ties, took over as local chief in July, with a particularly bloody Gjorge Ivanov, on his country’s to 30 knots at places, will kick range between 38 and 43 degrees Dukhan and Al Ruwais, on the April after his predecessor, Abu battle breaking out in the Jisr Al National Day. up dust. Celsius, which is the typical range other hand, will witness the least Mohammed Al Ansari, was killed Shugur region of Idlib a week ago. The Prime Minister and The strong northwesterly for this time of the year. variation of nine degrees in day by the jihadist Islamic State Fighting there left dozens dead Interior Minister H E Sheikh wind, accompanied by dusty Scattered clouds could be and night temperatures as the group. on both sides, according to the Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa weather at times, will decrease seen all over the country on maximum temperature forecast Despite both having their Observatory. Al Thani sent a similar cable. horizontal visibility, particularly Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, is 41 degrees and the minimum roots in Al Qaeda, Nusra and the Rebels in the region have QNA in open areas and on highways, said the forecasters. 32. Islamic State, formerly known as accused Nusra of trying to push said the forecasters. However, as for today, the THE PENINSULA the Islamic State of Iraq and the them out of Idlib so the group can Levant, have been in conflict since create an “Islamic emirate” to the beginning of 2014. rival the “Islamic caliphate” that Both groups oppose the Syrian IS has declared in parts of Syria regime, but Nusra joined mod- and Iraq under its control. Floods hit half of Sudan states over Ramadan, Eid erate and Islamist rebels to AFP KHARTOUM: More than Many people in the capital In August last year, the On Friday Malik Bashir, an Hopes in Libya 3,000 homes have been region live in homes which are Khartoum region was hardest hit engineer who heads Khartoum destroyed by floods that hit poorly constructed or built from by floods which swamped Sudan. state’s rainfall emergency bureau, almost half of Sudan’s states mud bricks, leaving them vulner- At that time the United “asserted stability of the situ- over Ramadan and the Eid Al able to sudden torrents of water. Nations said more than 180,000 ation” after water drained into Fitr holidays, official media said An AFP journalist on Saturday people were affected by the worst the Blue and White Nile rivers, yesterday. found residents climbing through flooding in the capital for a quar- SUNA reported. AFP The capital Khartoum was the rubble of their collapsed ter of a century. among the areas inundated, houses. There were about 50 deaths prompting an opposition party to Among the victims were nationwide, most of them in accuse the government of lying more than 3,000 inhabitants of Khartoum. about its preparedness, after Jaborona, near Khartoum’s twin “Khartoum state is telling lies Expo centres vital deadly floods in the city last year. city of Omdurman, said Kabi about its preparation for the rainy “Twenty-two districts in eight Jeremiah, humanitarian attache season,” the opposition Reform Continued from page 1 states were affected by flooding at the South Sudanese embassy. Now party said in a statement In the past few years, Qatar has and heavy rain,” the SUNA news Shelters housing South on Saturday. seen a sharp rise in the number agency reported, citing the federal Sudanese there have been It called for the suspension of trade and business exhibitions. Libyan women walk with their luggage as they cross the border at health ministry. destroyed, he told AFP on of Khartoum governor Abdel Businessmen say the construc- Ras Al Jedir Ben Guerdane, southeast of Tunis, yesterday. Western There were 184 injuries during Thursday. Rahman Al Khidir “because he tion of such centres is the need governments, who have mostly evacuated their diplomats from Libya the deluge which affected around Thousands of impoverished completely failed to have a solu- of the hour because the country after two weeks of fighting, hope the new parliament can create space 6,100 families, about half of them South Sudanese have been living tion to the rainy crisis which is is attracting large international for negotiations after the worst clashes since the 2011 war that ousted in Nile and North Kordofan in rough shelters in Jaborona and repeated every year”. crowds by organising world-class Muammar Gaddafi. states, SUNA said. numerous other outdoor settle- Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani, a events. THE PENINSULA Water also poured into ments in the Khartoum area. former adviser to President Omar Khartoum homes when rain and They have been waiting in vain Al Bashir, founded Reform Now high winds lashed the region last for assistance to travel to South last year after the ruling National Tuesday night and on July 25 at Sudan after the country’s inde- Congress Party expelled him for the start of the rainy season. pendence three years ago. dissent.

Malabar Gold & Diamonds hosts Iftar in GCC for over 65,000 people

One of the Iftar events organised by Malabar Gold & Diamonds as part of its CSR initiative.

DOHA: Ramadan has ended In Kuwait, it provided Iftar In Saudi Arabia, the jewel- and Muslims all around the meals for over 4,300 people at lery group provided Iftar meals world celebrated Eid Al Fitr labour camps in locations like to over 1,500 people at a labour with fervour and gaiety. Meena Abdulla, Meena Al Zoor, camp in Riyadh, in association Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one Wafra Dessert, Hassawee and with Riyadh Muslim Coordination of the leading jewellery retailers Mahboula, in association with Committee. intensified its corporate social Kerala Islamic Group, Youth It also hosted Iftar in Jeddah, responsibility (CSR) activities India and Kuwait Kerala Muslim attended by over 900 people. during the holy month and hosted Association. Since its inception in 1993, Iftar in GCC, in association with In Bahrain, it provided over Malabar Group has been involved like-minded organisations. 3,750 meals to labours in locations in CSR activities to make a dif- In Qatar, the jewellery chain like Asker, Jau, Asari, Hamad ference to the community in and organised Iftar in a labour Town and Durrat Al Bahrain, in around their area of operations. camp near Karwa headquarters, association with Discovery Islam The importance of CSR activi- attended by over 875 people. and Al Hedaya Centre. ties for the group has grown over In the UAE, such events were The jewellery chain also organ- the decades and it sets aside a conducted in Dubai, Sharjah, ised Iftar at Friendship Society certain percentage of its net profit Abu Dhabi, Ajman and Ras Al for Blinds, Bahrain, for the visu- for the benefit of the needy. Khaimah, in association with ally impaired members of the It undertakes social welfare Sharjah Charity International, society and their families. activities all year long, focusing Community Development In Oman, it hosted Iftar at on five priority areas — medical, Authority Dubai and AWQAF, Muttrah Souq, Muscat, Dhofar educational sector, environment, Sharjah. Over 50,000 Iftar meals Club, Salalah, and Ruwi. Over housing and women’s empower- were distributed in the UAE. 4,350 people benefited. ment. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Libya’s new Shrimps in Kuwait assembly holds first meeting Islamists boycott parliament session

BENGHAZI, LIBYA: Libya’s new to assume office. nationalist-dominated parliament Ever since Gaddafi was ousted held its first meeting yesterday, and killed, the new authorities have boycotted by Islamists, in a sign of struggled in vain to rein in the many deep divisions still plaguing a vio- militias, which have carved out their lence-racked country from which own fiefdoms and often clash. thousands are fleeing. Fighting at the airport resumed in The parliament, elected June 25, earnest yesterday after relative calm is to take over from the interim the previous day, with the sound of General National Congress chosen explosions and gunfire audible as far in the wake of the 2011 NATO-backed away as the city centre. revolution that ousted longtime dic- There were no immediate reports tator Muammar Gaddafi. of casualties. It was to have convened in A blaze at a fuel depot near the Benghazi tomorrow, but the meet- airport erupted last Sunday when a ing was brought forward and shifted rocket hit a storage tank. to Tobruk for security reasons. A civil defence official yesterday Both Benghazi and the capital, reported progress in putting out the Tripoli, are the scene of regular fight- fire engulfing three tanks and threat- ing that has killed more than 200 ening more than 90 million litres of people and wounded another 1,000 fuel, as well as natural gas stocks. A Kuwaiti boy, Mohammad, poses amid baskets of shrimps yesterday at the main fish market in Kuwait City. Shrimp fishing resumed in in the past two weeks. But later a fourth tank was hit by a Kuwaiti waters after a break of six and a half months to allow the species to reproduce in territorial waters. Growing insecurity has prompted rocket and set ablaze, said Mohamed thousands of people to flee, mostly Al Hrari, spokesman for the National overland to neighbouring Tunisia, Oil Co. and numerous countries to close Benghazi, the scene of regular their embassies and urge their citi- clashes between Islamists and forces zens to leave. backing a retired general who has Somalia rebels kill lawmaker, fifth this year Tripoli airport has stayed closed launched a campaign against them, since gunmen, mostly Islamists, was relatively quiet yesterday. During MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Madeer was chairman of and AU troops that they are attack on Nairobi’s Westgate assaulted it on July 13 in a bid to the meeting in Tobruk, presiding MP Shabab insurgents said they the parliamentary finance winning the war. mall in which at least 67 people take over control from the Zintan Abu Bakr Biira issued a call for recon- had assassinated a lawmaker committee. Last month, the Shabab were killed. brigade of former rebels who have ciliation between rival factions, saying in Mogadishu as he left “He returned from a mosque launched an assault on the The latest killing comes amid held it since 2011. “we want to unite the homeland and prayers at a mosque on Friday, near his house... when two gun- presidential palace using simi- growing warnings of a humani- The brigade’s opponents view it put our differences to one side.” the fifth MP killed this year in men shot him dead. Now we are lar tactics deployed in an attack tarian crisis in the war-torn as the armed wing of the nationalist He said yesterday’s closed-door a string of attacks. preparing his burial,” Madeer’s on the same fortified compound country, three years after more movement, and the battle is seen as gathering was purely consultative “This was a legitimate relative Nur Mohamed said. in February. than 250,000 people, half of part of a struggle for political influ- and that a formal inaugural ses- target, and he was killed on Shabab fighters fled fixed posi- In May, the Islamist insur- them children, died in the dev- ence as the new parliament prepares sion would be held tomorrow, also in the orders of Allah,” Shabab tions in Mogadishu three years gents also launched a similar astating 2011 famine. Tobruk. spokesman Abdiaziz Abu ago and have since lost most attack against the national The United Nations has And he claimed that 160 of the Musab told AFP, adding that large towns to a 22,000-strong parliament. warned Somalia is sliding back 180 members of the new parliament the Al Qaeda-linked insurgents UN-backed African Union force, Shabab spokesman Musab into an acute hunger crisis, had made their way to Tobruk, 1,500 were “preparing to kill all the fighting alongside government said the extremists were target- with over 350,000 people in kilometres from the capital, near the other MPs”. soldiers. ing MPs as they had “authorised Mogadishu in need of food aid, Egyptian border. Gunmen opened fire from a But they still hold sway in the deployment of foreign troops with parts of the city facing It was not possible to independ- car in a drive-by shooting in the vast swathes of the rural hinter- in Somalia, and were a pillar of emergency levels just short of ently confirm that number. centre of the city before racing land from which they regularly the apostate government.” famine. But while outgoing GNC presi- off, witnesses said. launch guerrilla raids. The Shabab have also Recent UN assessments dent Nouri Abou Sahamein also said “Sheikh Adan Madeer was Recent Shabab attacks in increased attacks against show “above emergency levels the inaugural session would be held shot and killed in central Somalia have targeted key areas regional countries with troops of malnutrition” in seven towns, tomorrow, he insisted the venue was Mogadishu by gunmen, the of government and security in the AU force, with a series of including the major centres of Tripoli. gunmen then fled,” witness forces in an apparent bid to dis- killings in neighbouring Kenya, Garowe, Galkayo and Kismayo, The international community has Abdisalan Mohamed told AFP. credit claims by the authorities following last September’s as well as Mogadishu. AFP pressed the new legislature to move quickly to assume power amid con- tinuing turmoil. Analysts say most of the seats in the new assembly were won by Militants may nationalist factions, who complain Air Algerie crash site probe ends that the defeated Islamists are stir- ring trouble to delay the new legis- free 49 Turks lature taking over. GOSSI, MALI: The investigation at the site samples to identify the dead, mostly because of the In response to the growing chaos, kidnapped from in northern Mali of the Air Algerie plane state the bodies were found in. The extreme heat Smoke rises after rockets fired by one thousands of people have fled the crash has been concluded along with the task at the crash site further complicated their work. of Libya’s militias struck and ignited a country. of collecting the remains of the dead, French “We scraped the sand and gathered everything tank in Tripoli yesterday. AFP consulate in Iraq police said yesterday. so there is nothing belonging to a victim that Flight AH5017 from Burkina Faso to Algiers could have been left behind,” Touron told AFP. ANKARA: Islamist militants crashed in bad weather on July 24, killing all “We have carried out a zoning of the whole who kidnapped 49 Turks at a 116 people on board. Forensics specialists from area with the help of military forces on the site Turkish consulate in northern France, Mali, Spain and Algeria have spent a to ensure that no personal objects belonging to Iraq in June will likely free them week scouring the site in the Gossi region, around a victim could have been left behind.” in the next day or two, Turkey’s 150 kilometres from the city of Gao in north- During a brief ceremony, Touron officially Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz eastern Mali. “I have finished my investigations turned over the crash site to the Malian military. said yesterday. relating to accident investigation and identifying Up to 1,200 samples from human remains have “We are pursuing contacts with the victims,” said Colonel Patrick Touron, dep- been collected, according to investigators. all parties in Iraq. They (the hos- uty head of the French gendarmerie’s Criminal A first batch of 146 samples was sent on Friday tages) may come back tomor- Research Institute. from Bamako to Paris, where they will be ana- row or the day after tomorrow,” Forensic experts were forced to use DNA lysed by Touron’s colleagues. AFP Yilmaz said, quoted by the Dogan news agency. Yilmaz said Ankara had opted for dialogue with the hostage-tak- Famine feared in South Sudan ers after ruling out any military operaton that could endanger the hostages. Fighters from the jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) — later renamed Islamic State — kidnapped the 49 Turks, including diplomats and children, from the Turkish consulate in Mosul on June 11 as they captured swathes of north- ern Iraq. Yilmaz’s announcement was the first official word in weeks on the fate of the hostages, who include the general consul. A few days after the abductions, a Turkish court imposed a black- out on media coverage of the inci- dent citing fears for the security of other Turks in Iraq. The militants had also snatched 32 Turkish truck drivers during the offensive, releasing them on July 3. Observers saw the hostage- takings as retaliation soon after Ankara added the then-ISIL to its list of terrorist organisations. Turkey has advised its nation- A man weaves a fishing net in the UN Protection of Civilians site in Upper Nile State capital Malakal, als to leave Iraq apart from the South Sudan. The country’s warring leaders will resume peace talks next week, mediators said, amid relatively safe Kurdish region in warnings of famine within weeks if fighting continues. the northeast. AFP SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Hamas denies abducting Israeli soldier Palestinian group owns responsibility for ambush blamed for 72-hour ceasefire collapse

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Hamas ambush and assess that these Qassam Brigades said. claimed responsibility yesterday troops were probably killed by “These enemy forces could for a deadly Gaza Strip ambush enemy bombardment, including easily come in contact with our in which an Israeli army officer the soldier said to be missing — deployed ambushes, which will may have been captured, but presuming that our troops took lead to a clash.” said the incident likely preceded him prisoner during the clash,” Israel launched a Gaza air and therefore had not violated the Brigades said in a statement and naval offensive on July 8 fol- a US- and UN-sponsored truce. issued in Arabic and English. lowing a surge of cross-border The statement by Hamas’ “The Qassam Brigades has no rocket salvoes by Hamas and armed wing, the Qassam information as of this time about other Palestinian guerrillas, later Brigades, appeared aimed at the missing soldier, his wherea- escalating into ground incursions preempting any intensification of bouts, or the circumstances of centred along the tunnel-riddled Israel’s 25-day-old Gaza offensive his disappearance.” Israel, with eastern frontier of the enclave as well as deflecting international US backing, had said that during but often pushing into residen- blame for the collapse of Friday’s any truce its ground forces would tial areas. ceasefire. continue their main mission of Palestinian officials say 1,650 Israel says Palestinian gun- locating and destroying tunnels Gazans, most of them civilians, men stormed out of a tunnel to that have been used for Hamas have been killed, including a ambush its infantrymen in south- for several cross-border attacks. muezzin who died in an Israeli ern Rafah at 9.30am, one and a Israeli officials have long strike on a northern mosque half hours after the halt to hos- voiced concern that Palestinian yesterday. tilities came into effect, killing guerrillas would try to capture Sixty-three Israeli soldiers have two and hauling away an army a soldier or an Israeli civilian. been killed, and Palestinian shelling lieutenant, Hadar Goldin. In 2011, Israel released more has killed three civilians in Israel. Hamas said that if Goldin had than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners Hamas said it launched long-range been captured he may have been in exchange for Gilad Shalit, a rockets yesterday at the Israeli cit- killed in Israeli hostilities that fol- soldier snatched by Hamas five ies of Haifa and Tel Aviv. There was lowed the raid. years earlier. no word in Israel of Haifa being The incident triggered mid- Hamas, whose gunmen are dug struck, but the military said its morning Israeli shelling of Rafah in for battle in Gaza’s battered Iron Dome interceptor had shot that killed 150 Palestinians. By districts, deemed such Israeli down rockets over Tel Aviv and the early afternoon, Israel declared moves potential provocations. southern city of Beersheba. No one an end to the truce — which Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in front of the White House in Washington yesterday to demand an end to “We informed the mediators was hurt by the salvo. was meant to have lasted 72 the war in Gaza and US aid to Israel. who participated in arranging After Friday’s ceasefire was hours, allowing for humanitar- the humanitarian ceasefire of our shattered, Israeli Prime Minister ian relief to reach Gaza’s 1.8 mil- Turkey, Qatar and US-backed and demanded Goldin’s release. said yesterday it believed that agreement to cease fire against Benjamin Netanyahu called his lion Palestinians and for further Palestinian President Mahmoud Citing an internal investiga- the ambush took place at 7am in Zionist cities and settlements security cabinet into special ses- de-escalation talks. Washington Abbas. The United Nations, while tion complicated by inability to response to advances by Israeli and that we cannot operationally sion and warned Hamas and accused Hamas of a “barbaric” saying it had not verified the cir- communicate with its gunmen in ground forces. cease fire against troops inside the other militant groups they would violation of the Egyptian-mediated cumstances of the flare-up, ques- the area of the ambush in eastern “We lost contact with the Gaza Strip that conduct opera- “bear the consequences of their agreement that has also involved tioned Hamas’ truce commitment Rafah, Hamas’ Qassam Brigades (Hamas) troops deployed in the tions and move continuously,” the actions”. REUTERS

Sisi for Gaza talks Four killed IS militants kill 46 Kurdish, in Lebanon pro-govt troops in Iraq clashes ARBIL, IRAQ: Islamic State Iraq’s second city, and move claiming 37 IS fighters were fighters killed 16 Kurdish into much of the country’s killed. LABWEH, LEBANON: troops in attacks in northern Sunni heartland. Using the western city of Gunmen killed four people in Iraq, while 30 pro-govern- Many government forces Fallujah as a rear base, jihadists eastern Lebanon yesterday, ment forces died battling the retreated in the face of the have repeatedly attacked Jurf including two soldiers, after jihadists on other frontlines, onslaught, and peshmerga Al Sakhr, where pro-govern- clashes erupted following the officials said yesterday. troops seized the opportunity to ment forces are keen to prevent arrest of a Syrian accused of IS fighters, who control Iraq’s fill the vacuum and seize long- a foray that would expose the belonging to a jihadist group. main northern city of Mosul, coveted areas the Kurds were nearby holy Shia city of Karbala The clashes prompted the attacked a nearby dam and oil in dispute with Baghdad over. and further encircle Baghdad Lebanese army to issue a statement facility on Friday but Kurdish Two other peshmerga were by cutting the main road to the pledging “decisive and firm” action peshmerga deployed in the area killed yesterday in fighting that south. to prevent the Syrian conflict from fought them off. erupted in the nearby Kasak In other attacks yesterday, spilling over into Lebanon. The jihadist fighters area close to a border crossing five would-be volunteer fighters The violence began after troops “attacked a peshmerga post in with Syria, a senior peshmerga were killed and 16 wounded in detained Imad Ahmed Jumaa, a Zumar (Friday) and a fierce source told AFP. a suicide car bomb attack on a Syrian man accused of belonging battle erupted,” an official in the The officer said the Kurdish Shia militia recruitment centre Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi (second left) with Italian Prime Minister to Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Al Patriotic Union of Kurdistan troops temporarily pulled back to in the town of Balad, north of Matteo Renzi after a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Cairo Nusra Front, in the Arsal region told AFP. allow the Iraqi air force to bomb Baghdad, police said. yesterday. “The Egyptian initiative is a real chance to find a real solution to of eastern Lebanon by the Syrian He said 14 peshmerga fight- IS positions both in Zumar and Further north in Samarra, the crisis taking place in the Gaza Strip,” Al Sisi told a joint news conference border. ers were killed there, a toll con- near the border post. In equally a Sunni-dominated city with a with Renzi. The army said in a statement firmed by a senior officer in the intense overnight fighting on the heavy militia presence protect- that it had detained Jumaa at Kurdish force. main front south of Baghdad, at ing one of the holiest sites in noon, and security sources and The PUK official said the least 23 pro-government forces Shia Islam, two policemen were local residents said unidenti- peshmerga killed “around 100” were killed by relentless mortar killed in a roadside bomb blast, fied gunmen began to surround IS fighters and captured 38 in a shelling of their positions in Jurf police and medical sources said. local army checkpoints shortly battle that lasted several hours. Al Sakhr. And further up the same afterwards. Zumar is a small Kurdish- IS militants began attacking main northbound road, in the Exchanges of fire between the majority outpost northwest of the town late Friday, killing 11 town of Daquq, an air raid gunmen and troops broke out, and Mosul, which used to be under soldiers and 12 members of the meant to stop an IS attack the militants entered the town of federal government control but Asaib Ahl Al Haq militia, an resulted in the deaths of six Arsal, storming a police post and was taken over by the pesh- officer and army medic said. civilians, a top health official killing two residents who tried merga in June. Another seven soldiers said. The United Nations’ envoy to block their attack, security IS fighters, who had already were wounded during a sub- in Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, sources and Lebanon’s National been running large swathes of sequent government operation expressed concern on Friday News Agency (NNA) said. neighbouring Syria, launched a against jihadist fighters in Jurf over the high number of civil- NNA later said two Lebanese blistering offensive on June 9 Al Sakhr, Al Hamya and ians killed in the Iraqi conflict. soldiers were killed in attacks that saw them capture Mosul, Latifiya, the sources said, AFP on checkpoints, and the army acknowledged “deaths and inju- ries” among its ranks, but without giving further details. In a statement, the army warned of the seriousness of the Syrian forces kill 50 rebels situation in Arsal, a predomi- nantly Sunni Muslim town where QALAMOUN, Observatory for Human support for the uprising across BEIRUT: At least 50 Rights said. the border in Syria runs strong. rebels were killed in The ambush took “The army will not allow any an ambush by Syrian place around the town of party to transfer the battle from government forces in Al Jobeh, around 10 km Syria to its territory (Lebanon),” a mountainous area from the border. the statement said. near the Lebanese The Observatory’s “The army will be decisive and border yesterday, director Rami firm in its response and will not activists and security Abdurrahman said it remain silent as foreigners try sources said. was not clear exactly to turn our land into a field for Forces loyal to how many rebels died crime and terrorism, murder and President Bashar Al in the fighting in the kidnapping.” Lebanon’s Prime Assad backed by allies region, but the total was Minister Tammam Salam, in a from the Lebanese Shia “at least 50”. statement published on NNA, con- militant movement A youth, who is internally displaced due to fighting, Lebanese and Syrian demned the Arsal assault as a “fla- Hezbollah have largely peeks out of a hole in a tent in Al-karameh and security sources put the grant attack on the Lebanese state pushed insurgents from Zahra refugee camps. death toll much higher, and the Lebanese armed forces”. towns and villages in the saying around 170 rebels “The Lebanese government is Qalamoun region bor- were killed, but this dealing with these developments dering Lebanon since March, but some pockets could not be independently confirmed. They in a firm manner,” he said, calling of rebels have held out. said nine Syrian government fighters and two on “all political forces to exercise Yesterday, pro-government militias and Hezbollah fighters had also died. wisdom and responsibility and Hezbollah fighters led an artillery ambush kill- Tensions also flared across the border in to make every effort to protect ing “dozens” of rebels, including from the Al Lebanon in the Sunni Muslim border town of Lebanon and distance it from the Qaeda-linked Nusra Front and the Islamic State, Arsal, where tens of thousands of Syrian refugees dangers around it.” AFP an Al Qaeda offshoot, the Britain-based Syrian have fled the fighting. REUTERS SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Experts find more human remains Ukrainian army making gains; Obama and Putin at odds following phone call

GRABOVE, Ukraine: Government troops and pro- some 1,150 lives since mid-April International experts with Moscow separatists battling raged on. Ukraine’s military said sniffer dogs yesterday recov- across the war-torn region had its positions continued to come ered the remains of more vic- pledged to halt fighting around under heavy fire and that separa- tims from the downed Malaysia the rebel-held site, where the tists had hit an army drone with Airlines jet in east Ukraine plane was shot down over two a missile similar to the one they despite shelling limiting access weeks ago killing all 298 people say downed MH17. to some parts of the vast crash on board. Government forces have made site. The perilous security situa- major gains over the past month Seventy Dutch and Australian tion highlights the difficulties and say they are getting close to police investigators spent the sec- facing investigators as they cutting off the main rebel strong- ond day of their operation scour- try to recover remains and hold of Donetsk from the Russian ing more of the wreckage strewn then puzzle together what hap- border and a second insurgent over some 20 square kilometres, pened, a grim task that those bastion of Lugansk. after only managing to screen a in charge say could take some In a telephone call with Putin tiny patch previously. three weeks. on Friday, US President Barack “Today, because they had more The United States accuses Obama expressed his “deep con- time, the experts were able to insurgents of blowing the air- cerns” about Moscow’s increased comb through a bigger area,” liner out of the sky with a sur- support for the separatist Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, head of face-to-air missile likely supplied fighters. the Dutch police mission said. by Russia, while Moscow and the Obama said he hoped Putin “They again found human rebels have pointed the finger at would heed international pres- remains and personal belongings.” the Ukrainian military. sure to defuse the crisis and help But while work continued More than 220 coffins have Russia’s economy stave off the undisturbed for the bulk of the already been sent back to the threat of recession caused by the experts, mortar fire forced a small Netherlands, which lost 193 citi- sanctions. team of investigators to hurriedly zens in the July 17 crash, but more “But sometimes people don’t leave a village where more debris body fragments are still lying out always act rationally,” Obama lay. in the cornfields where the plane warned. “We heard at a distance of came down. The Kremlin said the two lead- approximately two kilometres The latest remains recovered ers had agreed that the standoff incoming artillery from where are being sent to a waiting foren- was “not in the interest of either we were and that was too close sics team in the government- country”. to continue,” said Alexander controlled city of Kharkiv by Pentagon and NATO have said Hug, deputy chief monitor with refrigerated van before being sent Russia was continuing to rein- the Organisation for Security and westwards, Dutch police said. force its military presence along Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Across the rest of the region the border with Ukraine. Australian and Dutch investigators examine the area of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash site, near the mission in Ukraine. the violence that has claimed AFP village of Grabove, 100km from Donetsk, Ukraine, yesterday.

Seleka rebels West Africa seeks to seal off Ebola-hit regions refuse to CONAKRY: West Africa’s 70 percent of the epidemic,” socio-economic disruption and a plan that will see several hundred contact tracing to be carried out Ebola-hit nations have agreed said Hadja Saran Darab, the high risk of spread to other coun- more medical staff deployed to effectively,” she said. The meet- recognise CAR to impose a cross-border isola- secretary-general of the Mano tries,” Chan said. battle the epidemic. ing came after Dubai’s Emirates tion zone at the epicentre of the River Union bloc grouping the She described the outbreak The three countries will also became the first global airline world’s worst-ever outbreak, nations. as “by far the largest ever in the bolster efforts to prevent and to announce it was suspending ceasefire amid warnings that the deadly “These areas will be isolated nearly four-decade history of this detect suspected cases, urge bet- flights to the stricken area, while epidemic is spiralling out of by police and military. The peo- disease”. ter border surveillance, and rein- the United States, Germany, BANGUI, Central African control. ple in these areas being isolated “It is taking place in areas with force the WHO’s sub-regional France and Italy have issued Republic: An influential fac- The announcement came at will be provided with material fluid population movements over outbreak coordination centre in warnings against travel to the tion of the former Seleka rebel an emergency summit in the support,” she said at the meeting porous borders, and it has dem- Guinea. three African countries. coalition in the Central African Guinean capital yesterday to in Conakry. onstrated its ability to spread via Darab did not outline the US President Barack Obama Republic said yesterday that it discuss the outbreak, which has Opening the summit, WHO air travel, contrary to what has exact area to be part of the iso- announced on Friday that the does not recognise a ceasefire killed more than 700 people, with chief Margaret Chan told lead- been seen in past outbreaks,” she lation zone, but the epicentre of United States would screen del- agreement signed last week by the World Health Organization ers that the response of the told the summit. the outbreak has a diameter of egates travelling from Ebola-hit major players in the country’s warning Ebola could cause “cata- three countries to the epidemic “Cases are occurring in rural almost 300 kilometres, spreading countries to Washington for a ongoing crisis. strophic” loss of life and severe had been “woefully inadequate”, areas which are difficult to access, from Kenema in eastern Sierra three-day Africa summit next “The military wing of Seleka economic disruption if it contin- revealing that the outbreak was but also in densely populated Leone to Macenta in southern week. does not recognise the agree- ued to spread. “moving faster than our efforts capital cities. This meeting must Guinea, and taking in most of Two Americans infected with ment” signed in the Congolese “We have agreed to take to control it”. mark a turning point in the out- Liberia’s extreme northern Ebola in West Africa will be evac- capital on July 24, said a state- important and extraordinary “If the situation continues to break response.” forests. uated back to the United States in ment by Seleka military chief actions at the inter-country deteriorate, the consequences The leaders of Sierra Leone, “The healthcare services in the coming days to be cared for in General Joseph Zoundeko. level to focus on cross-border can be catastrophic in terms Liberia and Guinea used the these zones will be strength- strict isolation, US officials said. Under international pressure, regions that have more than of lost lives but also severe summit to launch a $100m action ened for treatment, testing and AFP the mainly Muslim Seleka rebels and Christian “anti-balaka” vigi- lante forces agreed to a tentative ceasefire at talks in Brazzaville, Paratroopers Day in what was hailed as a first step French police arrest to end the bloodshed in one of Africa’s poorest countries. “Nobody was mandated to put a signature at the bottom of the militant at Paris airport agreement on behalf of the Seleka,” Zoundeko said in a statement, a PARIS: French police yes- police custody pending formal copy of which was obtained by AFP. terday arrested a Franco- charges. A judge had previously “However, we remain open to dia- Moroccan man they described opened a preliminary investiga- logue,” the statement added. as an Islamist militant at Roissy tion to determine whether the Appointed as military chief of international airport on suspi- man was part of a conspiracy to the Seleka last May, Zoundeko cion that he was part of a con- carry out attacks, the statement and the few hundred fighters he spiracy to carry out attacks in said. controls are based in and around France. Suspects in terror-related the central town of Bambari The man, whose name and cases can be detained for up to -- the scene of intercommunal age were not made public, had 96 hours without being formally clashes that have killed more than just disembarked from a plane charged. a hundred. Zoundeko has called arriving from Istanbul after his The statement did not say for the partition of the Central expulsion by Turkish authorities, where the man had travelled African Republic, claiming “the the Interior Ministry said in a before reaching Turkey, which behaviour of Christians has made Former paratroopers give a salute as they take part in the celebrations for the Paratroopers Day in the central statement. is a common way station for it impossible to have peace” in the park in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, yesterday. The man was being held in European. AFP country. AFP Tensions continue to flare over Nagorny Karabakh

BAKU: Azerbaijan said yes- de facto independent, with occa- ministry said. “As a result of the Yesterday Armenia announced seized Nagorny Karabakh from peaceful settlement,” deputy State terday it had lost four troops sional skirmishes along the front. clash, four Azeri troops died,” the that President Serzh Sarkisian Azerbaijan in a 1990s war that Department spokeswoman Marie in new clashes with arch-foe The sudden surge in tensions in ministry said in a statement. would meet with his Azerbaijani claimed 30,000 lives. Harf said in a statement. Armenia near the disputed a region that has been on a knife- Authorities in Nagorny counterpart Ilham Aliyev in the Despite years of negotiations Energy-rich Azerbaijan has Nagorny Karabakh region as edge for years comes as Armenia’s Karabakh for their part said a Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi since the 1994 ceasefire, the two threatened to retake Nagorny mediators sounded the alarm ally Russia is locked in a confron- 25-year-old ethnic Armenian sol- next week to discuss the crisis. sides have yet to sign a peace deal. Karabakh by force if negotia- over a spike in tensions in the tation with the West over the dier had been killed, and accused “The meeting between the Russia on Saturday sounded tions do not yield results, while protracted conflict. future of ex-Soviet Ukraine. Azerbaijan of trying to carry out two presidents will take place the alarm, calling the clashes a Moscow-allied Armenia has The fresh confrontations -- A leading Azeri military expert “sabotage and reconnaissance on August 8 or 9, in Sochi,” “serious violation of a ceasefire vowed to retaliate against any which also led to the death of an said earlier this week that Baku activities”. Armenian Prime Minister Ovik agreement and stated intentions military action. Agasi Yenokyan, a ethnic Armenian soldier -- come has not suffered such losses in They claimed three Azeri Abraamian was quoted as saying to reach a settlement through political analyst in Armenia, sug- after Azerbaijan said Friday a single bout of hostilities since troops had been killed and seven by the Interfax news agency. political means”. gested that the clashes may be in that eight troops had been killed 1994, when a ceasefire was agreed. were wounded. ‘Further escalation “A further escalation is unac- the interests of Russia, which he in three days of fighting, with The defence ministry in Baku Armenia said weapons includ- unacceptable’ ceptable,” the Russian foreign claimed wants to station troops Moscow and Washington both said yesterday: “Armenia’s recon- ing grenades and mortars had Co-chaired by France, Russia ministry said. in Nagorny Karabakh to boost its expressing concern over the naissance and sabotage groups been used against Nagorny and the United States, the Minsk The United States on Friday presence in the Caucasus. violence. once again tried to attack Azeri Karabakh troops and that the Group of the Organisation for also renewed a plea for the presi- “Armenian authorities have The two ex-Soviet Caucasus positions at the line of contact” Azeri troops’ actions contradicted Security and Cooperation in dents of the two countries to hold several times hinted they are nations have been locked in a long- near Nagorny Karabakh. the negotiations under the aus- Europe has for years tried to talks. capable of preserving peace in simmering conflict over Nagorny Azeri troops repelled the over- pices of the OSCE Minsk Group broker a breakthrough in the “Retaliation and further the region themselves, without Karabakh, a majority Armenian night attack, forcing Armenian and threaten large-scale military conflict. violence will only make it the help of third parties,” he said. region within Azerbaijan that is soldiers to retreat, the defence hostilities. Armenian-backed separatists more difficult to bring about a AFP SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Little flowers US House nod to border infiltration bill President Obama vows to act alone

WASHINGTON: The US congressional action on immigra- Congress has passed two meas- tion is expected until September. ures to stem the flow of Central Since October, more than 57,000 American children into the unaccompanied minors have been United States despite the strong detained crossing the US-Mexico objections of President Barack border, about three-quarters of Obama, who vowed to address them from El Salvador, Guatemala the crisis unilaterally. and Honduras, Central American The Republican-controlled countries where youths are fleeing House of Representatives late poverty and gang violence. Friday approved allocating $694m Homeland Security Secretary to deal with the influx of minors Jeh Johnson has warned that into the United States from Immigration and Customs Mexico. The measure was approved Enforcement could run out of 223-189. money by mid-August, leaving The amount is much less than Border Patrol cash-strapped by the $3.7bn Obama requested to September as a result. ease what he has called an “urgent The House votes came just humanitarian situation.” hours after Obama said he would The House measure would redeploy existing resources to increase funding for the Border tackle the border crisis because of Traditional ‘silleteritos’ children participate in a parade during the Flower Festival yesterday in Medellin, Colombia. Patrol and the National Guard, Congress’s inaction. increase the number of immigra- “I’m going to have to act alone, tion judges, and change a 2008 because we don’t have enough anti-trafficking law so the child resources,” Obama said. “We’ve run migrants can be whisked home out of money.” without deportation hearings. Obama reiterated that the gov- Report may reveal UK role in torture House speaker John Boehner ernment required an urgent injec- described the measure as “a tion of funding to carry out basic LONDON: The British government the Senate committee were to be disclosed,” went to trial — and now we learn the British responsible bill” that will “help functions at the border, which has stands accused of seeking to conceal Hague wrote. government is leaning on the Americans secure our border and ensure the been overwhelmed by the tide of the UK’s role in extraordinary rendi- Cori Crider, a director at Reprieve, not to air Britain’s dirty laundry. It exposes safe and swift return of these chil- young immigrants seeking to enter tion, ahead of the release of a declassified accused the UK government of seeking to their litigation stance as mere posturing,” dren to their home countries.” the United States illegally. intelligence report that exposes the use of redact embarrassing information: “This she added. If Obama “needs these resources, The Republicans “say we need torture at US secret prisons around the shows that the UK government is attempt- Confirmation that a British territory was he will urge Senate Democrats more resources, we need tougher world. ing to censor the US Senate’s torture report. involved in extraordinary rendition could to put politics aside, come back border security in this area, where The Senate report on the CIA’s inter- In plain English, it is a request to the US to leave the government vulnerable to legal to work and approve our bill,” these unaccompanied children are rogation programme, due to be released keep Britain’s role in rendition out of the action. Last month the European court of Boehner said. showing up. We agree,” Obama in days, will confirm that the US tortured public domain.” human rights ruled that the Polish govern- The House also passed a meas- said. terrorist suspects after 9/11. In advance Lawyers representing a number of ter- ment actively assisted the CIA’s European ure gutting the Deferred Action for “We put forward a supplemental of the release, Barack Obama admitted rorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay “black site” programme, which saw detain- Childhood Arrivals (DACA) pro- to give us the additional resources on Friday: “We tortured some folks. We believe their clients were rendered via Diego ees interrogated in secret prisons across gramme, a 2012 Obama adminis- in funding to do exactly what they did some things that were contrary to our Garcia. Papers found in Libya indicated that the continent. The court concluded it was tration scheme protecting young say we should be doing. And they values.” the US planned to transport Abdul-Hakim “established beyond reasonable doubt” that people who came to the United can’t pass the bill.” Now, in a letter to the human rights Belhaj, an opponent of Muammar Gaddafi, Abu Zubaydah, a Guantanamo detainee the States illegally as children and who Obama had called on Congress group Reprieve, former minister for foreign and his wife via the territory, an atoll in US mistakenly believed to be a senior mem- grew up in the country. The bill to release $3.7bn to increase border affairs William Hague has confirmed that the Indian Ocean leased by Britain to the ber of Al Qaeda, was flown from Thailand was approved 216-192. security and hire additional immi- the UK government has held discussions US. The government has denied Belhaj was to another CIA prison in Stare Kiejkuty in In a statement, the White House gration court judges. with the US about what it intends to reveal rendered via Diego Garcia, but there are northern Poland. said the bill could result in the But late Thursday, a $2.7bn pack- in the report which, according to Aljazeera, suspicions that others were held on the atoll. The judges concluded that not only was deportation of hundreds of thou- age proposed by Democrats in the acknowledges that the British territory o f Crider said the UK’s attempts to lobby Poland “informed of and involved in the sands of such youths, describing Senate failed during a procedural Diego Garcia was used for extraordinary the US into redacting parts of the report preparation and execution of the [High them as “Americans in every way vote. The border crisis has emerged rendition. “turns the government’s defence in the Value Detainee] Programme on its terri- but on paper.” as a hot-button topic ahead of the “We have made representations to seek Libyan renditions case of Abdul-Hakim tory”, but also “for all practical purposes, House Minority leader November mid-term elections, assurances that ordinary procedures for Belhaj and his wife entirely on its head”. facilitated the whole process, created the Nancy Pelosi called the vote where control of the Senate is at clearance of UK material will be followed “The government protested America conditions for it to happen and made no “unconscionable.” stake. in the event that UK material provide[d] to would be angered if this kidnap case ever attempt to prevent it”. THE GUARDIAN Neither measure would likely be US politicians widely agree that approved in the Senate — already federal immigration laws badly on its five-week summer recess — need reforming, but disagree or signed into law by the president sharply on what needs to be done. US court okays Ebola victim arrives in their current version. No further AFP groin searches at Guantanamo WASHINGTON: A panel of federal judges has upheld a new policy allowing guards at the US “war on terror” prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to search the groin areas of suspects meeting with their lawyers. The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled unanimously on Friday that such searches of clothed inmates were “reason- able security precautions” that promote “the safety of the guards and inmates by more effectively preventing the hoarding of medi- cation and the smuggling of dan- Members of the media wait in front of Emory University Hospital after an ambulance carrying American gerous contraband.” doctor Kent Brantly, who has the Ebola virus, arrived via Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Atlanta, Georgia In the 14-page ruling Judge yesterday. The first of two American aid workers infected with the deadly Ebola virus while in Liberia Thomas Griffith overturned a landed in the United States, en route to an Atlanta hospital for treatment. 2013 ruling by District Judge Royce Lamberth ordering a halt to the intrusive searches. “It has long been Guantanamo policy that detainees are searched both before and after any meeting ‘15 doses of untested drugs with a visitor. Standard protocol in military prisons calls for a non- invasive search of the genital area used in botched execution’ of a prisoner. In the past, searches at Guantanamo departed from that element of the protocol in an WASHINGTON: The two- usual 10. His attorney late Baich said. “The execution logs effort to accommodate the reli- hour-long execution of a US Friday released 331 pages of released today by the Arizona gious sensibilities of the detain- inmate last month required 15 documents he had received Department of Corrections ees,” Griffith wrote. doses of a relatively untested from the Arizona Department shows that the experimental “Concerns arose that not drug cocktail, according of Corrections, which examined drug protocol did not work as searching the genital area was to documents, prompting Wood after the procedure, and promised. Instead of the one posing a security threat. Those renewed calls for an inde- said the use of that quantity of dose as required under the pro- concerns escalated with the sui- pendent investigation. medication was a violation of tocol, ADC injected 15 separate cide of a detainee who took an Arizona’s July 23 execution official procedures. doses of the drug combination, overdose of medication that he by lethal injection of double “The Arizona execution resulting in the most prolonged had smuggled into his cell and murderer Joseph Wood was protocol explicitly states that execution in recent memory,” the discovery of shanks, a wrench, drawn out for an agonising a prisoner will be executed he added. “This is why an and other weapons in the hous- 117 minutes, during which the using 50 milligrams of hydro- independent investigation by a ing camps that had evaded the condemned man gasped and morphone and 50 milligrams non-governmental authority is searches.” AFP snorted, rather than the the of midazolam,” lawyer Dale necessary.” AFP SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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t a time when the world is struggling to find solutions to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, outbreak Aof Ebola in western Africa also needs immediate attention of global leaders. Considered as the worst Ebola outbreak in history, the virus US losing clout in Mideast has infected more than 1,300 people, and more than 700 have died since March. If no immediate attention is given to this problem, more people would lose their lives as there are BY ARSHAD MOHAMMED in the Middle East. problem. “Apparently, people have for- no licensed drugs or vaccines for the disease. Other contributing factors include gotten that America, as the most pow- Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been the worst he US failure to secure a tensions among big Arab players, who erful country on earth, still does not affected countries with fatality rate of about 60 percent. firm ceasefire in the Gaza see the conflict as a proxy war against control everything around the world,” Strip despite two weeks of Hamas and its Islamist allies, some he told reporters. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has also seen cases. Tintense diplomacy reflects new clumsy US diplomacy, including bad “Our diplomatic efforts often take One of the main reasons for containing the outbreak of the regional dynamics in which the world’s timing, and strains between the United time. They often will see progress disease is that it is very difficult to distinguish between most powerful actor has diminished States and Israel. and then a step backwards,” he added. Ebola and the symptoms of malaria, typhoid fever or cholera influence and fewer allies. “There is no question that US influ- “That’s the nature of world affairs. It’s because early symptoms of an Ebola infection include fever, When Secretary of State John ence has diminished” in the Arab not neat and it’s not smooth.” Kerry left Washington on July 21 world, said Daniel Kurtzer, a former US The US task has been made more headache, muscle aches and sore throat. Only in later on a mission to try to halt the latest ambassador to Israel and Egypt now at challenging by the cleavage within the stages do people get diagnosed with Ebola when they begin Israeli-Palestinian war, more than 400 Princeton University. Arab world between Islamist forces bleeding both internally and externally, often through the Palestinians had been killed, mostly US credibility has also been under- such as Hamas and Egypt’s Muslim nose and ears. civilians, along with 20 Israelis, 18 of cut by its reluctance to intervene in Brotherhood and traditional powers It will be a blunder to consider it a local phenomenon and them soldiers. Syria’s civil war; Kerry’s failed push for who see them as a direct threat. become complacent because it has the potential to spread to Nearly two weeks later, after Kerry’s wider Israeli-Palestinian peace, which Egypt is a case in point. Al Sisi, who extensive face-to-face diplomacy in collapsed in April; and Iraq’s insta- was the country’s top military officer, other countries and continents. It has already infected two Cairo, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Tel Aviv bility despite a decade of massive US came to power after the Egyptian American aid workers working in Liberia. and Paris and scores of telephone calls, intervention. military toppled Mohamed Mursi, an The recent statements by officials of the World Health the death tolls have tripled, two cease- US nuclear negotiations with Iran elected president who emerged from the Organisation (WHO) are fires have collapsed and the violence have also fanned Arab fears of a rap- Muslim Brotherhood, which has deep The outbreak sufficient to ring alarm bells. rages. prochement between Tehran and ties to Hamas. The gravity of the situation can Israel declared Washington. “The role of Egypt has changed from a 72-hour Gaza “It doesn’t convey a sense that the being a credible intermediary to being cannot be be gauged from the fact that ceasefire over on US has a full grasp of the complexities seen as virtually a protagonist, with controlled just WHO chief Margaret Chan told Friday within of the region,” Kurtzer said, suggesting its own interests at stake and inimical a meeting of the presidents of The US task has hours of its taking that a perception has begun to take hold (to or at least) at odds with Hamas,” by releasing Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone effect, saying that among some countries in the region that said Rob Danin, a former US State that the epidemic was outpacing been made more Hamas militants they can defy Washington without pay- Department official now at the Council breached the ing a price. on Foreign Relations think tank. funds or efforts to contain it and warned challenging by the truce soon after it In one telling incident, and a remark- The stakes for both sides have relying on of catastrophic consequences in began and appar- able breach of protocol, Kerry and his increased since Israel began an aerial lost lives and economic disruption cleavage within ently captured top aides were briefly searched with and sea bombardment of Gaza July 8 to the efforts of if the situation were allowed to the Arab world one Israeli officer metal-detecting equipment as they try to stop Hamas rocket fire from the global health deteriorate. while killing two arrived for a meeting with Egyptian coastal Mediterranean strip and then Another casualty of the outbreak between Islamist others. President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in Cairo followed up 10 days later with a limited Renewed on July 22. ground invasion. organisations. is the ongoing peace efforts forces such Israeli shelling In Israel, hostile media reports, The scale of the casualties — more in Africa. The epidemic has killed more than apparently fanned by Israeli officials, than 1,500 Palestinians have been killed, prompted some international as Hamas and 70 Palestinians harshly attacked the US secretary of most of them civilians, as well as 63 organisations to withdraw. The US Peace Corps has said Egypt’s Muslim and wounded state as he left the region. Israeli soldiers and three Israeli civil- it was withdrawing 340 volunteers from Liberia, Sierra some 220, hos- “John Kerry is an ongoing embar- ians — makes it harder for each side to Leone and Guinea. The US aid group Samaritans Purse also Brotherhood and pital officials rassment, with the characteristics of disengage without something to show said, and Israeli a snowball. The further he rolls, the for the bloodshed. said on Friday it would complete the evacuation of its 60 traditional powers Prime Minister greater the embarrassment,” centrist Neither appears near achieving their international staff from Liberia over the weekend. Benjamin columnist Ben Caspit wrote in the aims: Hamas seeks an end to the Gaza The WHO is launching a $100m response plan and the US who see them as Netanyahu Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv. blockade and Israel is trying to degrade is providing material and technical support to the three a direct threat. warned Hamas Several analysts said neither side the Palestinian group’s military capa- countries. Further assistance will be discussed at a US- and other mili- seemed ready to stop fighting when bilities, including its rockets and tun- tant groups they Kerry began his shuttle diplomacy, nels, and deter it from future attacks. Africa summit in Washington next week. would “bear the consequences of their suggesting his timing was off. It is now While on Thursday the White House The outbreak cannot be controlled just by releasing funds actions.” unclear when, or whether, Kerry might pressed Israel hard to do more to pre- or relying on the efforts of global health organisations. Beyond the animosity of the two return to the region. vent Palestinian civilian casualties, it The alarming situation in West Africa needs coordinated sides — neither of which seem close to President Barack Obama defended appeared to temper its stance on Friday efforts of global health organisations, affected countries, achieving its aims — Washington’s dip- Kerry on Friday even as he derided following the apparent abduction of an non-governmental organisation (NGOs) and pharmaceutical lomatic challenge has been made more the notion that the United States had Israeli soldier. complex by the erosion of its standing lost influence or that it can solve every REUTERS companies that are working to find vaccines• The other side Quote of Best state: Indiana, for attracting tourists the day ugust is upon us, the month however, no state does a better job one way, away from home.” Of course $8.6bn, than Indiana, a return of $115 when millions of Americans put attracting visitors than Indiana. 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Abdel Fattah Al Sisi From a public policy perspective, trips and day trips of 50 miles or more, erated only a little more tourism activity, WP-BLOOMBERG Egyptian President SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 US-Africa summit aims to strengthen ties

stifled from representing American inter- The Obama ests to about a quarter of the world, are frozen in political limbo, their embassies administration is without steady leadership. The candi- dates are waiting for the Senate to con- firm them, but the Senate Republicans attempting to create won’t vote. Secretary of State John Kerry is as outraged as a diplomat is allowed. ties with African At least eight nations of those without ambassadors are African: Sierra Leone, Niger, Namibia, Cameroon, Lesotho, leaders here, with Mauritania, Zambia and Algeria. (One media outlet lists the African number as the obvious irony high as 13.) So the Obama administration is attempting to create ties with African leaders here, with the obvious irony that that it is not able it is not able to forge official diplomatic ties in many nations there, where it really to forge official counts. “It sends the message that the United diplomatic ties in States doesn’t care,” says US Rep Gregory Meeks, D-NY, co-chair of the Congressional Black Caucus’ Africa many nations there, Taskforce and a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He wants the where it really Republicans in the Senate to “stop play- ing political games” and give Obama the 60-vote threshold he needs to approve counts. these appointments so that Africans and Americans, especially African- Americans, can do business. BY TODD STEVEN BURROUGHS The role of an ambassador cannot be overstated, explains Moses Tesi, a profes- lack people who look to defend sor in the political science department of US President Barack Obama answering questions from the audience during a summit for young African leaders in Washington on Monday. President Barack Obama Middle Tennessee State University and against other black people editor of the Journal of African Policy who claim he hasn’t done any- Studies. it leaves a “void” that can be — and will their land to do so. The human rights in influencing African governments to thing particularly “black” as An ambassador, Tesi describes, is one be — exploited, he argues. violations in some of the African nations govern democratically.” Bpresident have had plenty of ammunition of the most important on-the-ground Perhaps the most important issue is cannot be easily ignored, and shouldn’t If US ambassadors can help Africa this week and will have more the next. liaisons between the business commu- not the Senate Republican obstruction be. And, speaking of human rights, not work for the Africans themselves as The first black president, the son of an nities of both nations, including those or the not as exciting as it was in 2008 only have “our girls” in Nigeria not been much as they provide a liaison to what African immigrant, is also the first to who import and export. He or she is also Obama symbolism, but how Africa will brought back after more than 100 days, the late Gil Scott-Heron used to call “the convene a US-Africa Leaders Summit, a leader in cross-cultural exchanges, develop itself on its own terms. After all, but Boko Haram just this week kid- Dollar Eagle,” then the Republicans in officially starting next week. But the whether educational or cultural, Tesi as both Hueys and others have reminded, napped the wife of the Cameroonian vice the Senate deserve all the scorn the Obama machine has already sounded the adds. the United States was built on stolen minister and is responsible for a 10-year- American public can give. representative cues, with the president Without an ambassador, Tesi warns, land. Is the US just another greedy 21st old girl blowing herself up on a Nigerian But if all of this — the summit, the telling Africans to stop making excuses the US cannot leverage its power in century neocolonial power in Africa, try- college campus. But the continent has ambassador issue — is just another and blaming colonialism (a favourite ways that benefit all parties — leverage ing to shove other greedy 21st century always had serious issues to face, at least opportunity to carve up the continent theme of his, it seems, no matter what that nations like China, Japan and Brazil neocolonial powers out of its way? since it was carved up and raped in every — kindly, this time! — Then it might be black group he deals with), and the first are fast developing with many of the 54 To say the continent has serious issues conceivable way by the European powers appropriate, in this 50th anniversary sea- lady — ever the soul sister, when the need African nations. to face is an understatement. The Ebola- at the Berlin Conference in 1886. son of African independence and move- arises — embracing both her African He gives a very painfully political exam- virus outbreak has caused Sierra Leone, If the summit leads to more manufac- ment power, to do what the Obamas seem ancestry and her African sisters! ple: Boko Haram, the radical Muslim ter- one of the African nations without a turing in and exporting by Africa, pre- to be suggesting: Stop making excuses Meanwhile, Republicans in the US rorist group that kidnapped 200 Nigerian US ambassador, to declare a state of dicts Tesi, it will be a success. “No country (for Obama’s white conglomerate-loving Senate, determined to stop Obama from girls from their school this spring, is also emergency. can develop by always importing,” he says. leadership), embrace our heritage, and doing anything rational, have created a active in Cameroon and Chad. Without a Nations and corporations across the “That is Africa’s main problem. raise up some ‘60 flags and some fists on diplomatic logjam. US ambassador in Cameroon to gather world are revolutionising farming in As far as democracy is concerned, both sides of the Atlantic. More than 30 ambassador candidates, information and collaborate with others, Africa — and kicking small farmers off investments could be the tool the US has WP-BLOOMBERG Farage luring Tories into long-term decline When presidents lie He will have his work cut out just to make a war assembling an army of several BY D D GUTTENPLAN hundred prospective parliamentary nce there was a president who warned the world about con- duct his government would not tolerate. And when this “red candidates, none of whom has a line” was crossed, or seemed to be, he took the US to war. OThough this might sound like America’s involvement in Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Belgrade, or Libya, and what may yet become a lurid past in neo-Nazi agitation, wider war in Syria, this story began 50 years ago, on 4 August 1964. That was when Lyndon Johnson interrupted TV broadcasts shortly petty crime or vile rhetoric. before midnight to announce that two US ships in the Gulf of Tonkin had come under fire in international waters, and that in response to what the president described as this “unprovoked” attack, “air action BY RAFAEL BEHR Ramping up the rhetoric against is now in execution” against “facilities in North Vietnam which have benefit-snaffling immigrants has, been used in these hostile operations”. wo months ago, when in theory, the additional ben- The Americans launched 64 bombing sorties, destroying an oil depot, British politics was all efit of making the Labour party a coal mine and a significant portion of the North Vietnamese navy. The European election was a triumph for Ukip leader Nigel Farage but the about European parlia- uncomfortable. Three days later, both houses of Congress passed a joint resolution Tmentary elections, Nigel This is a strategic gambit that Electoral Commission was disappointed by its expat vote campaign. authorising “the president, as commander-in-chief, to take all neces- Farage was everywhere. The Ukip comes direct from the playbook sary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the US leader made immigration the big of Lynton Crosby, Cameron’s in people’s heads – even when day for the party to emerge with and to prevent further aggression”. Within three years the US would campaign question and inserted Australian campaign director. Farage isn’t around to whistle it more seats than Labour in a have 500,000 soldiers in Vietnam. Even today, the Gulf of Tonkin reso- himself into the answer. Since Crosby has a graph showing, on – while also reminding them how hung parliament. It is plainly not lution remains the template for presidential war-making. then, he has been relatively quiet. one axis, issues that people care little expectation they have that a strategy for winning a broad- That 4 August, Daniel Ellsberg was starting work at the Pentagon. A He popped up in the Telegraph passionately about at one end and the prime minister will get the church majority. young mathematician who had served as a captain in the marines, then a couple of days ago to heap scorn care little about at the other end. moves right. For that, the party would have gone on to graduate study at Harvard and a job as a civilian analyst for on David Cameron’s announce- On the other axis are issues The effect of all this is to send a to strive once again to shed the the Rand Corporation, where he had helped shape America’s response ment of yet another tightening where voters think the Tories signal that Ukip concerns are the “nasty party” residue that clings to the Cuban missile crisis, Ellsberg was among the first to receive the of the rules applied to immigrants are strong at one end and weak right ones but that the current to its brand. Craven aping of classified “flash” signal from the USS Turner Joy, the battleship that claiming benefits. at the other. Conservative leadership is unable Ukip’s agenda takes it in the claimed to be under attack. But by the standards of Farage’s So for example, the NHS is to deliver the goods. opposite direction. At the time a devout cold warrior, Ellsberg told me his initial reac- frenetic work rate, a sneering something people care about but Or, in short: if you like what This, ultimately, is why Tories tion was “We must strike back”. op-ed accusing the prime minister don’t trust Conservatives to sort Ukip has to say, vote Ukip, which who care about their party’s I recently interviewed Ellsberg for the BBC. His memory of the Gulf of missing the point is a day off. out. Clamping down on benefits is is why Farage can spend some health should be anxious about of Tonkin incident was vivid, detailed and totally consistent with the A small party such as Ukip also something people care about time in bed and let Cameron do a the current strategy. documents – many of them classified “top secret” – which historians once had to clamour for attention, but happen to think Tories are summer campaign for him. The Ukip leader has been noted have spent years tracking down. But what struck me most forcefully setting off provocative fireworks rather good at. The counter-argument from for his passionate and sometimes in talking to him and to other witnesses and historians about those to be noticed. It follows then that an election the Tories is that Farage’s vote controversial speeches in the events were the remarkable parallels with our world today. Now the balance of power has campaign should aggressively tar- will collapse next May when vot- European Parliament and has Like Barack Obama, Lyndon Johnson was a president who felt “the shifted. The mainstream – spe- get the bits of the graph where ers are seriously contemplating strongly criticised the euro, the fierce urgency of now” to address the glaring inequalities of American cifically the Conservative party – there is a happy confluence of who to put in government. There European single currency. society. Just a month earlier, with Martin Luther King Jr standing at keeps the Farageist fire burning public anxiety and confidence in is still plenty of nuttiness and The Australian pugilist is being his side he had signed the civil rights act, ending racial segregation. when Farage himself is otherwise Cameron. Other issues must be fruitcakery around in the Ukip paid for one thing only: to get Reading headlines from Syria, or watching the news from Iraq – engaged. closed down. ranks to make reasonable voters Cameron over the finish line a where an army which had been trained and equipped at enormous So it is hardly surprising when The problem with this approach recoil. step ahead of Ed Miliband. expense simply laid down their weapons and ran away, abandoning a new survey shows around a is that it presumes voters who Farage will have his work cut It could work. Labour is obvi- territory that had cost British and American troops their lives –it has third of Tory voters preferring are angry about an issue have out assembling an army of several ously beatable. The Tories might been impossible to resist the sensation, in the words of the great Yankee the idea of a coalition with Ukip nowhere to go but to their least hundred prospective parliamen- scrape through and hold on to catcher Yogi Berra, that this was “deja vu all over again”. Listening after the next election to a con- despised option. tary candidates, none of whom Downing Street for another term. to Obama and David Cameron respond to the debacle in Iraq, I kept tinuation of the existing arrange- This is the case in Australia has a lurid past in neo-Nazi agita- But a heavy price will have been hearing echoes of President Kennedy declaring in September 1963: “I ment with the Liberal Democrats. where there are two big parties tion, petty crime or vile rhetoric. paid in terms of long-term electa- don’t think that unless a greater effort is made by the government to The Conservative leadership and voting is compulsory. In the And Conservative headquarters bility and moral credibility. win popular support that the war can be won out there.” has done everything in its power UK, voters who are animated by will strive to expose every Ukip Crosby will be banking his fat Thanks to Edward Snowden and the Guardian we know a great deal to signal affinity with those voters resentment of foreign infiltration loony it can find. cheque for services rendered, more about how Britain and America view the world – and their own currently tempted to back Farage. can stay at home on polling day So the Crosby approach may looking for his next gig, while the citizens – than was even suspected in 1964. But we still may have to At one level this is rational or back Ukip. yet do the trick, in the sense task of decontaminating Toryism wait decades to find out what George Bush said to Tony Blair about politics. So one possible effect of that it may galvanise just enough as a majoritarian project will have Iraq, or what Obama told David Cameron about Syria. Cameron is losing support to Cameron dancing to Farage’s angry Tories and Ukip waverers to begin all over again. We can, however, finally tell the full story of what happened – and Ukip and he needs to win it back. tune is that it keeps the tune to get behind Cameron on polling THE GUARDIAN didn’t – in the Gulf of Tonkin. THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA Ex-Malaysia China factory explosion kills 69 PM calls for Internet curbs 187 hurt; officials detained for probe KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian Prime Minister KUNSHAN: A massive explo- declined to be named said. He Mahathir Mohamad has called sion killed 69 people yesterday said the blast occurred as workers for the Internet to be censored as it ripped through a factory were changing shifts, resulting in to preserve “public morality,” in in eastern China, officials said, higher casualties. what the opposition suggested as badly burned victims were “The scene is a mess, it’s unrec- yesterday was an attempt to rushed to local hospitals. ognisable,” a witness at the scene silence government critics. The blast in Kunshan, a city wrote on Sina Weibo, a Chinese Mahathir, who was the coun- in coastal Jiangsu province near equivalent of Twitter. try’s longest-serving prime min- Shanghai, also injured 187, in Police sealed off the area ister, in office from 1981 to 2003, what appeared to be an industrial around the factory, part of a remains an influential figure in accident, state-broadcaster China development zone in northeast Malaysian politics. Central Television (CCTV) said. Kunshan, about 75 kilometres “The Internet has played a Photos taken shortly after west of China’s commercial hub major role in undermining public the explosion show victims with Shanghai. morality,” 89-year-old Mahathir their clothes burned off lying on A large police presence, includ- said in a blog posting Friday. the ground outside the white fac- ing officers with riot shields, “I don’t care how sacred is tory complex which was billowing was stationed outside Kunshan freedom but I think the time has black smoke. Number One People’s Hospital, come for governments, at least State media said the plant pro- where staff said some of the the Malaysian government to cen- duced car parts for automotive injured were taken. sor the Internet.” companies, including US giant Medical staff have been sent Mahathir pledged in the 1990s General Motors. from Shanghai to treat burn vic- that the government would never A worker at a neighbouring tims, the People’s Daily added in censor the Internet, in a bid to Japanese owned factory said he an online post. lure high-tech foreign investment. had seen dead and injured victims Kunshan mayor Lu Jun “Not knowing the power of covered in brownish dust after announced the latest death toll the Internet, I promised that we the explosion. at a press conference where city (speaking then as the prime min- “Their skin was broken. It was officials stood and bowed their ister of Malaysia) would not cen- gone,” he said. heads in front of reporters. sor it. But today I have changed A reporter at the scene saw a More than 260 workers were in my mind,” he said. badly burned body on a stretcher the factory at the time, he added. Doctors and nurses rush a victim for treatment at a hospital in Kunshan yesterday. Mahathir, an avid social media being wheeled by hospital staff. The firm identified by CCTV, user, said Internet content was The explosion began in a wheel Taiwanese-invested Kunshan already censored. hub polishing workshop, the offi- Zhongrong Metal Products Ltd Forty people were killed at the safety standards are often lax. Kunshan is a centre for “I myself have suffered from cial Xinhua news agency said. says on its website it employs 450 scene, while more than 20 oth- A fire at a poultry plant in the Taiwanese investment, with fac- such censorship. When I put on Preliminary investigations workers. ers died in hospital, CCTV added, northeast of the country killed 119 tories supplying China’s vast auto- my blog, an article on the Jews, show that the blast was caused Two senior executives at the showing footage of a huge plume people last year. motive manufacturing industry. without any explanation, my by dust produced as workers pol- firm were detained by police, of black smoke. Reports at the time said that The blast comes two days after article was prevented from being ished metal meeting with high according to Xinhua. The windows of the factory managers had locked doors inside at least 26 people were killed in linked to Facebook,” he said. temperatures or an open flame, Taiwan’s Central News Agency were blown out in the explosion. the factory to prevent workers the southern Taiwanese city of Tony Pua, an opposition law- the ministry of public security quoted the company’s general Neither the company nor a from going to the toilet, leading Kaohsiung in a suspected gas maker with the Democratic said on a verified microblogging manager as saying two of its staff spokeswoman for General Motors to the high death toll. pipeline explosion. Action Party, said that supported account. were “under the care of police in China were immediately avail- Many local and foreign com- A pipeline explosion in the “some degree of Internet control” “We heard the explosion and assisting the investigation.” He able for comment. panies have facilities in Jiangsu Chinese coastal city of Qingdao against pornography but there we were all shocked,” a security added that the factory “would be Industrial accidents occur with province producing goods for last year killed 62 people and should be no censorship of news guard from a nearby factory who closed for some time.” some regularity in China, where export. injured 136. AFP or opinion pieces. AFP Protest over unpaid wages Two Americans S Korea storm damages held in N Korea properties, halts flights seek US help SEOUL: A severe storm hit destination for local and regional SEOUL: Two US tourists being South Korea’s southern regions holidaymakers. held in North Korea have called yesterday, forcing flights to be There were numerous reports on the US government to help grounded and causing property of damaged roofs, shattered win- secure their release from the damage. dow panes, broken traffic lights isolated country, in an inter- The storm, packing winds of up and fallen trees on streets across view with the Associated Press to 90 kilometres an hour swept in the southern regions of South Television Network. from the Pacific dumping heavy Korea. North Korea has said Matthew downpours on the southern island Gale force winds also briefly cut Miller and Jeffrey Fowle, held of Jeju. power to some 1,600 households since early May, would be put on The storm also brought up to on Jeju yesterday. trial for crimes against the state. 868 millimetres of precipitation As the storm moves north, “I am now requesting help on Mout Halla. strong winds and heavy rains are from the American govern- More than 200 flights to and expected in Seoul and its sur- ment, the citizens of America from Jeju were scrapped and all rounding areas early next week, and the world to release me beaches were closed to bathers. the weather authorities said. from this situation,” Miller, 24, The island is a popular AFP from Bakersfield, California, said in the interview, recorded in Pyongyang on Friday. Save Palestine Bangladesh activists and garment workers shout slogans during a protest over unpaid wages in Dhaka yesterday. The video also showed a hand- written letter from Fowle, 56, of Miamisburg, Ohio, that said he was arrested for leaving a bible Nepal landslide sparks flooding fears at a site visited by his tour group in the northern city of Chongjin. “I feel a great urgency to get KATHMANDU: A mas- said Prakash Adhikari, press be damaged if the water level kept back to my family! Please help me sive landslide in north-eastern adviser to the prime minister. rising. A police official at the come back home!,” the letter said. Nepal left at least eight people The debris has created a lake scene of the disaster said elec- Fowle said of the letter: “My dead and dozens missing yes- measuring at least three kilome- tricity lines had snapped, leaving aim is to get that message out terday, burying a hydropower tres by 300 metres and already hundreds without power. to as many people who can hear plant and putting several vil- flooded a 2.6-megawatt hydro- The government has declared it, to help us come home.” Both lages at risk of flash floods due power plant on the river accord- the area a “flood crisis zone” and men were talking to someone off to debris blocking a major river, ing to Himal Hydro, which built ordered the army to use explo- camera. Neither made eye contact officials said. the project. sives to try to clear the river. with the camera. It was not clear The landslide struck in the “We have shut down the Home ministry spokesman if the interview was given in the early hours, burying two dozen Sunkoshi hydropower project Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said police presence of North Korean govern- homes before dumping mud due to flooding, another trans- and army officials had retrieved ment officials. and stones into the Sunkoshi mission tower has also been eight bodies and airlifted 16 North Korea has three US river, northeast of the capital damaged,” said Arun Rajoria, injured people to safety. citizens in custody, including Kathmandu, an official in the deputy general manager of “Dozens more are still missing, Kenneth Bae, a missionary of prime minister’s office said in a Himal Hydro. we are trying to find them and Korean descent who was arrested statement. Officials scrambled to clear also evacuating everyone living in November 2012 and convicted “We are trying to find a way to the river, fearing that two more along the river in case of floods,” and sentenced to 15 years hard release the blocked water safely,” power stations downstream could Dhakal said. AFP labour last year. REUTERS Malaysian activists hold placards during a protest in Kuala Lumpur yes- terday calling for an end to Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Taiwan blast city residents blame authorities, want pipelines moved

KAOHSIUNG: Residents of yawning trench running for hun- accused the southern city’s prevented if the source of the blast, said he wanted the pipe- leaks were reported. a Taiwanese neighbourhood dreds of metres down a series of authorities of acting too slowly leak was located at the first pos- lines relocated. “The pipelines Officials have said some evi- rocked by deadly gas explosions major thoroughfares. to stop the gas leaks which locals sible time and the pipelines shut were installed many years ago dence indicated that a propene yesterday accused authorities The blasts were so power- said were first reported three down,” added a 60-year-old res- when our neighbourhood was not leak from the pipe system of LCY of not acting quickly enough ful cars were flipped over while hours before the explosions struck taurant owner who declined to densely populated but now there Chemical Corp might have caused and called for the relocation of a moped landed on the roof of a shortly before midnight. give his name. are so many people living here. Of the multiple gas explosions. industrial pipelines running five-storey building. Nearly 300 “I think the authorities didn’t Kaohsiung lies adjacent to course they have to be removed President Ma Ying-jeou underneath the island’s densely people suffered injuries, including handle this well, if they had a huge petrochemical complex because they are unsafe,” he said. inspected the disaster site and populated second city. serious burns, during the explo- turned off the pipelines right housing dozens of plants and Kaohsiung’s city government was expected to pay his respects The blasts sparked massive fires sions and subsequent inferno. away there would not have been many pipelines run under the has defended its handling of to the deceased later yesterday which tore through Kaohsiung’s As rescuers continued the grim any explosion that followed,” local densely packed city. the crisis, saying it was “racing at a local funeral home and visit Cianjhen district late Thursday, search for human remains buried resident Lin Chung-hua said. Lin, whose shop lies on one against time” and had carried out some of the injured in hospital. killing at least 27 and leaving a under the rubble, many residents “The tragedy could have been of the streets torn apart by the the correct measures. once the AFP SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 21 Filipino workers return from Libya Ship to pick up ‘Pinoys’ in Benghazi, Misrata & Tripoli

MANILA: A small group of “At first he refused, insisting it Affairs) is appealing with urgency Filipino workers flew home was safe to stay. How can it be to those who have not made from strife-torn Libya yester- safe when there were stray bullets the decision to be repatriated day, grateful to have escaped flying around? After three days he to please consider doing so as the conflict but anxious about finally let us go,” she said. the avenues of repatriation are bleak job prospects in their own The Philippine government quickly diminishing,” the state- country. imposed a travel ban on Libya ment said. The 21 Filipinos, red-eyed and on May 30, when it also warned Foreign Secretary Albert del weary from lack of sleep and a Filipinos there to leave. Rosario, in neighbouring Tunisia long journey, arrived at Manila Manila then issued a manda- to coordinate the evacuation, airport using tickets paid for by tory evacuation order last month fears the sea route “may be the the Philippine government, which following the beheading of a only means of repatriation”, it has ordered a mandatory evacu- Filipino construction worker in said. ation of its 13,000 nationals from the eastern port of Benghazi. He said the Tunisia-Libya bor- the North African nation. A Filipina nurse was also der crossing was closed on Friday “It was difficult. There were abducted and gang-raped in following a shooting incident, explosions night and day,” oil Tripoli on Wednesday. while a crossing to Egypt has been pipeline welder Michael Antalan, A ship chartered by Manila is closed for months. 37, said. set to sail from Malta in the com- Filipino officials have said ships Their Libyan company stopped ing days to pick up Filipinos from would be able to carry about 1,500 work on July 20 and allowed them Benghazi, Misrata and possibly people at a time. Overseas Filipino workers from Libya arriving at Manila’s international airport yesterday. to seek refuge in the embassy in Tripoli, a foreign department The Filipinos who flew home Tripoli, about two hours’ drive statement said yesterday. yesterday all said they had yet to away. Despite the dangers, the recoup expenses they incurred in Manila. “However I need to find settle for $460 a month -- what he the late dictator Moamer Kadhafi. Rose Biros, 33, a domestic department said only about 800 securing their Libyan jobs. a job in another country. We can’t earned in Libya -- if he could find However, about 1,600 Filipinos, worker in Tripoli, and husband have returned to the Philippines. “I won’t be going back there, really afford to have only one a job near their home in Naic, a mostly doctors and nurses, elected Abraham, the family cook and also About 10 million Filipinos work it’s too dangerous,” said Antalan, spouse working,” he said, add- coastal town just south of Manila. to stay throughout that upheaval. 33, sought permission to return around the world, earning more whose wife works as a maid in ing he would never find a local The Philippines previously The Philippines lifted a travel home after a bullet slammed into money than they could in their Dubai while their five-year-old employer willing to pay the $1,000 evacuated its nationals from ban to Libya in 2012, but reim- a terrace wall of their employer’s struggling homeland. daughter stays with his parents a month he was earning in Libya. Libya in 2011 during the violent posed it in May. home on July 20. “The (Department of Foreign in Mayantoc, a town north of Abraham Biros said he would chaos leading to the toppling of AFP Palace rejects 2016 election budget claims Coast Guard probes

MANILA: Absurd was how “For example, the DENR elections. The government for which the law intends them Malacañang described claims (Department of Environment cranks up spending for infra- to be spent. That is clear and we shark fin smuggling that the proposed national and Natural Resources), when structure and construction the can look at the track record of budget for next year could they propose a programme, it year before elections. Concrete President Aquino when it comes be used for the 2016 elec- should be accompanied with a projects create the impression to that. Everything is clear after MANILA: The Philippine Coast importation and exportation of tions in view of its numerous budget and indicate their tar- of growth, though it is a chal- auditing,” she said. Guard (PCG) in Zamboanga is sharks and rays. The cargo was mis- lump sums and automatic gets and objectives in putting it lenge to sustain this growth for “Let us not confuse the public investigating the shipper and con- declared as assorted items. appropriations. there,” she said. “We hold our- the next years,” she said. by throwing such kind of state- signee of four sacks of dried shark “When we confiscated them the Deputy presidential spokes- selves accountable. That’s why Valte denied claims half of ment that when you look at it, fins that were recently discovered sacks were sealed so the Bureau of person Abigail Valte yesterday we put out the information.” the budget would be at the it’s a half truth or it’s just being on a cargo ship as it passed through Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said the public could easily University of the Philippines discretion of the President, crafted to deceive the public,” the Zamboanga port. (BFAR) is determining from what check the budget proposal and professor and former national citing the Contingency Fund she added. PCG Zamboanga station head species of shark were the fins taken,” scrutinize where the funds treasure Leonor Magtolis- under the Special Purpose Meanwhile, Senate commit- Lt Jomark Angue said the shipper said Angue. The 5,404 gross tonne would go. “This is where you Briones said almost half of the Fund, which would be used for tee on finance chairman Sen was identified as Dennis Atillo while M/V Span Asia 1 left Dadiangas, should hold us accountable budget were lump sums and calamities and other unfore- Francis Escudero said it was the consignee is Richard Jose from General Santos City on July 24 and because all the agencies and all automatic appropriations, and seen expenses. unfair for the critics of the Manila. He said it is possible the passed by Cotatabo and Zamboanga. the departments have put tar- warned that might turn out to “I think the use of these funds administration to describe the names are fictitious. Manila was its final destination. gets,” she said over radio dzRB. be the biggest election budget in the last few years will show lump sum items as the priority The five-tonne dried shark fins, Shark fin soup is a highly priced She said the budget proposal in history. you that the funds are being fund of the President or an elec- estimated to be worth P400,000, were and much sought after Chinese now has six books from the pre- “This is similar to the 2012 spent well and that they are tion budget. seized for violation of the law that delicacy. vious two because of the details. budget that preceded the 2013 being allocated for the purposes THE PHILIPPINE STAR bans the catching, sale, purchase, THE PHILIPPINE STAR

Post-Haiyan assistance Napolcom nod to promotion of 47,185 cops

MANILA: The National Police Commission (Napolcom) yes- terday gave Philippine National Police chief, Director General Alan Purisima, the green light to promote 47,185 police offic- ers to fill up vacancies for the ranks of senior police officers 1 (SPO1s) to superintendents. Napolcom Vice Chairman and Executive Officer Eduardo Escueta said the Commission en banc has approved Resolution No 2014-253 granting Purisima the authority to fill up promotional vacancies in the second level ranks in order to stabilize the pyramidal structure of the PNP organization and reduce the sig- Agriculture Secretary, Proceso Alcala, (fifth left) assuring stakeholders on Samar Island of the government’s nificant variances in some 2nd level ranks. continuous help to rebuild their livelihood after being hit by super storm Haiyan. Alcala visited Samar on “The PNP regular promotion Wednesday to hand over livelihood assistance worth P7.65m. programme is aimed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization by promoting and placing the best and most Clan war behind Sulu bloodbath? qualified Police Commissioned Officers (PCOs) and Police Non- Commissioned Officers (PNCOs) ZAMBOANGA CITY: Rido Fitr. Most of the victims were Investigators have gathered to the next higher rank through or clan conflict is emerging as women and children. 20 statements of witnesses in merit and fitness,” Escueta said. the possible motive that trig- Authorities initially sus- identifying the gunmen. Escueta said that the PNP has gered the killing of 23 people pected the Abu Sayyaf bandits Armed Forces chief General been authorized to fill 975 promo- in Talipao, Sulu last Monday, led by Iddang Susukan and Pio Catapang Jr said security tional slots for superintendent; a security official revealed Pisih Sibih staged the ambush. forces have been deployed in 1,035 for chief inspector; 1,273 for yesterday. The security official, how- Talipao to maintain peace and senior inspector; 1,904 for inspec- The security official based in ever, pointed out the manner order in the town. tor; 11,219 for SPO4; 11,360 for Sulu said their initial findings of killing the helpless civilians. The military and police forces SPO3; 14,484 for SPO2; and 4,935 indicate clan feud as the motive “The way perpetrators killed have intensified the security in for SPO1. There are no vacancies in the ambush. their victims showed deep rage the area to avert possible retali- for PO2 and PO3 ranks. “Screening A total of 23 civilians were and it appears it was not just ation by surviving families of the and evaluation of applicants shall killed and eight others wounded mere ambush, because no one victims. Reports said the survi- never be conducted without the when unidentified gunmen was spared, including those vors positively identified some of presence of a Napolcom repre- opened fire at their vehicles on innocent children,” the official the gunmen in the attack. sentative,” he added. their way to celebrate Eid Al said. THE PHILIPPINE STAR THE PHILIPPINE STAR SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Afghan vote audit halts over disagreement Differences over criteria to address alleged fraud; timetable for inauguration of new president abandoned

KABUL: Attempts to resume resume yesterday after the UN boycott, it is not an attempt to June 14 run-off showed former teams fought over disputed bal- April 2014, with a second round the audit of Afghanistan’s pres- and the country’s Independent disrupt the process, the issue is finance minister Ghani well ahead lot papers. held on 14 June. idential election stalled yes- Election Commission (IEC) on how to maximise the criteria of Abdullah, with the latter claim- The timetable for the new pres- Incumbent President Hamid terday as candidate Abdullah said both candidates had agreed for invalidation,” he said. ing ‘industrial-scale’ fraud had ident to be inaugurated on August Karzai was not eligible to run due Abdullah disagreed over the to a UN-backed proposal that The UN expected the audit denied him victory. 2 has been abandoned and no new to term limits. criteria to address alleged fraud included criteria for invalidating to restart today after the IEC The bitter impasse over the date has been set. The registration period for in the June run-off election. fraudulent ballots. agreed to another 24-hour delay. vote to succeed President Hamid The political wrangling also presidential nominations was Abdullah and rival Ashraf Abdullah’s observers however “The audit process will resume Karzai had raised fears of a return comes during a Taliban spring open from 16 September 2013 Ghani agreed to the inspection of did not show up at the election tomorrow and Inshallah we are to the ethnic violence of the 1990s. offensive that has seen an esca- until 6 October 2013. all 8.1 million ballots cast in the commission in Kabul, with his not thinking of any more delay,” In a bid to pull the country lation in fighting and brazen A total of 27 candidates were June 14 poll in a deal brokered spokesman saying they were still IEC chairman Ahmad Yusuf back from the brink of crisis, attacks targeting Kabul as well confirmed to be running for by US Secretary of State John negotiating with the UN. Nuristani said yesterday. Kerry flew into Kabul early last as the volatile south and east of office. However, on 22 October Kerry, but the recount has since “The IEC has adopted the UN “The postponement was to month and persuaded the two the country, with US-led foreign Afghanistan’s Independent faced several suspensions as the proposal but we still have our allow Abdullah to finalise the opponents to agree to the audit. forces due to leave at the end of Election Commission disqualified candidates sparred over how to observations,” Abdullah’s spokes- audit agreement with the UN,” The process has since fallen this year. 16 of the candidates, leaving only disqualify ballots. man Mujib Rahman Rahimi said. he added. behind its initial three week Afghan Presidential Elections 11 in the race. The audit had been expected to “What happens today is not a Preliminary results from the schedule as the rival campaign were held in Afghanistan on 5 AFP Tea vendor Two more bodies of US nod to 1,000 more visas Karachi bathers found for Afghans WASHINGTON: The US KARACHI: Rescuers recov- “The number of people who Senate passed legislation on ered two more bodies from died after drowning in the sea Friday authorising 1,000 more rough seas off Pakistan’s biggest reached 37 after navy rescu- visas for Afghan civilians who city Karachi as the search for a ers pulled out two more bodies,” worked with American troops group of bathers who drowned Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui, Karachi’s and diplomats - often risking earlier this week continued yes- top administrator said. their lives - sending the meas- terday, officials said, raising the “We will continue the search ure to the White House for death toll to 37. operation until all the bodies have President Barack Obama to Dozens of people drowned been recovered but it is difficult sign into law. off the Arabian Sea shore on to say how many people are still The bill, passed unanimously, Wednesday after defying a ban missing,” he added. expands the 2009 Special on swimming during the monsoon Navy helicopters and speed Immigrant Visa programme to season. boats led the search operation, 4,000 from 3,000 visas. The bathers were among both along the coast and in the The House of Representatives thousands who had taken to the open ocean. passed the measure, also unani- beaches to celebrate the Eid Al The relatives of some of the mously, on Wednesday. Fitr holiday marking the end missing were still at the beach The measure is intended to of Ramadan, which began on anxiously waiting for word of assist Afghans who worked for Tuesday and continued until their loved ones. Americans, mostly as inter- Friday. AFP An Afghan tea vendor prepares a cup for a customer on the Wazir Akbar Khan hilltop overlooking Kabul yesterday. preters and guides, during the Afghanistan’s economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, largely because 13-year-long war. of international assistance. It also aims at easing the dif- ficult process of getting visas to come to the United States. Many of the Afghans have had to go into hiding while waiting Govt reaches out to still angry Imran Khan for visas because the Taliban views them as traitors to their homeland because they worked ISLAMABAD: Despite stat- The ruling Pakistan Muslim confirmed yesterday that in remained there for some time. has met Khan in recent days,” for the United States. ing categorically that the time League-N led by Prime Minister a major development Interior However, both parties are not said Information Minister Pervaiz Afghan Americans have a long for talks with the government Nawaz Sharif has managed to Minister Nisar Ali has met Khan willing to officially confirm the Rashid, adding that PML-N history of immigrating to the is over, it seems the opposition engage Khan and the two parties at the latter’s residence and meeting, but statements issued by will continue efforts to bring United States, as they may have Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) of have been in constant contact, requested him to postpone the both sides acknowledge that they both Khan and Pakistan Awami arrived as early as the 1920s. Imran Khan is still keeping its discussing various alternatives to planned march. have been in contact for several Tehreek chief Tahirul Qadri to During the 1930s and 1940s, options open about the upcom- the August 14 agitation seeking The sources said Ali arrived at days now. the negotiation table, ‘which is the well-educated Afghans entered ing long march to Islamabad on radical electoral reforms. Khan’s residence in his private “I am not aware of a meeting democratic way to resolve political the US. the country’s independence day. Sources in both parties here vehicle without any protocol and on Thursday, but I know that Ali disputes.’ INTERNEWS REUTERS Afghan attacks Smuggled fuels continue to flow kill 29 militants ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s presence with matching human to interdict the menace of KABUL: At least 29 Taliban Federal Board of Revenue resource and firepower to coun- smuggling of such products. militants were killed following (FBR) has conceded that ter the smugglers in these areas “Coordination has been military operations by Afghan despite its efforts petro- of Balochistan,” it said. ensured with the Coast Guards, national security forces in leum, oil and lubricants According to the FBR, the the FC personnel and other Afghanistan. (POL) products are continu- average monthly quantity and agencies operating on smug- The interior ministry of ously being smuggled into volume of POL products smug- gling routes from Iran, in addi- Afghanistan following a state- Pakistan through Iran and gled from Iran and duly confis- tion to official correspondence ment said yesterday that the Afghanistan borders. cated by Customs authorities on the matter to help check militants were killed or injured In a statement submitted in in the current calendar year is smuggling of petroleum prod- during coordinated operations in the upper house of the parlia- 131,238 litres. ucts,” it said. the past 24 hours, Khaama press ment in response to a question, However, it claimed that The FBR said it has formed reported. the FBR claims that it is sensi- the FBR has formed a joint three special anti-smuggling The statement further added tive to smuggling of the Iranian strategy and its field forma- squads and one check post to that the operations were jointly POL products. tions have enhanced their intercept and seize smuggled conducted by Afghan national “[This smuggling takes place] anti-smuggling operations. POL products on the inter- police, Afghan national army and through non-specific routes Joint anti-smuggling teams provincial borders as well as on Afghan intelligence – national across the borders and unin- have been constituted, which highways. It claimed it has also directorate of security (NDS) habited beaches on the sea, are working under the control covered roads and unfrequented operatives. where only Coast Guards and of FBR’s Directorate General of areas for any possible infiltra- AGENCY Frontier Corps [FC] have their Intelligence and Investigation, tion. INTERNEWS Aid for displaced persons

A soldier directs people to wheelbarrows containing aid for internally displaced people at a food distribution centre in a sports stadium in Bannu in northwest Pakistan. Thousands of women displaced by fighting are struggling to get food and other aid because they lack identity cards and elders have forbidden them from going to distribution centres. SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Flood alert in Bihar Celebrating Teej after Nepal landslide Tributary of Kosi river blocked by mud dam PATNA: Bihar has issued an a massive water body, the Nepal Response Force have also been alert over likely floods in four Army is likely to blast the block- rushed to tackle any emergency districts and ordered evacuation ade, which is bound to cause an in view of the floods. of people due to fears of a dras- abrupt rise in the water level of Prime Minister Narendra Modi tic rise in the water level of the the Kosi,” Chaudhary said. yesterday expressed concern over Kosi river following a landslide The state disaster management the blockage of the Kosi’s tributary in Nepal that blocked a tribu- department has asked officials to in Nepal. tary of the river. start evacuation of people living “He (Modi) has directed that all The alert was sounded in near the embankments of the Kosi possible help should be provided to Supaul, Saharsa, Purnea and in the four districts. the Bihar government and Nepal,” Madhepura districts in the Kosi “We have directed the district said a statement from the Prime region. administrations to evacuate people Minister’s Office. Water Resources Minister Vijay and see that they don’t get trapped The Nepal government has Kumar Chaudhary said the gov- when the river level increases. urged the administration of ernment sounded the alert after Hundreds of thousands of people Sunsari district, where the Kosi massive landslides on Friday night live in villages situated within the barrage is located, to open the 56 killed eight people, trapped many embankments of the Kosi,” said gates. “The massive rise in the more and blocked the course of a disaster management department water level may hit the barrage, river in Nepal. special secretary Anirudh Kumar. so we have instructed the home “As the landslide blocked the Five teams of the National ministry to open the gates of the main course of the river and Disaster Response Force and Kosi barrage,” said an official. Students from a women’s college wearing traditional Punjabi attire sing folk songs dedicated to their husbands water accumulated there forming three teams of the State Disaster IANS or to-be-husbands and perform the folk dance ‘Giddha’ during an event to celebrate Teej Festival in Amritsar yesterday. Teej is celebrated during the Saawan month in the Hindu calendar, which falls in July-August. Death toll in Malin disaster rises to 82 Modi to strengthen PUNE: Maharashtra’s worst people so far, including Rudra, a the necessary formalities. rehabilitation package for the landslide disaster, in Malin three-month-old boy, from under They are also spraying chemi- survivors. village of Pune district, has the debris in the past three days. cals in the area to prevent the The package will include trade ties with Nepal claimed the lives of 82 people, The village of around 200 outbreak of any disease. repair or rebuilding of their half of them women, officials people was almost entirely bur- Rescue operations, including damaged homes and provision NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Constituent Assembly, only the said here yesterday. An esti- ied under a landslide early on efforts to trace more than two of official documents, household Narendra Modi yesterday said second foreign leader after former mated 130 villagers are still Wednesday following torrential dozen students who took shelter articles and farming require- he would try to identify steps to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, trapped or missing. rain. in the village temple and were ments to enable the survivors strengthen cooperation in energy, who had done it in the early 1990s. “We have recovered 82 bod- Inclement weather condi- reportedly washed away in a to restart their lives. trade and investment between He will also address the Nepalese ies so far.... Rescue work is still tions, wet and sticky soil, the nearby flooded river, will con- Rajya Sabha member and India and Nepal in his talks with business community. under way,” Additional District stench from the decaying bod- tinue until today, officials said. Republican Party of India (A) Nepalese leaders. India Inc has welcomed the Collector Ganesh Patil said. ies of humans, and animal car- The toll has made the Malin chief Ramdas Athawale, who “We will identify steps to strengthen strengthening of business ties Among the dead are 42 casses are hampering rescue tragedy the worst landslide dis- visited the site on Friday, yes- our bilateral cooperation in key sec- between the two countries. women, 30 men and 10 children, operations. aster in the state. terday announced a donation of tors, including trade and investment, The Federation of Indian he added. On Friday, NDRF officials Prior to Malin, the worst land- Rs2.5m from his MP fund, which hydro power, agriculture and agro- Chambers of Commerce and Industry Since Friday morning, no ruled out the likelihood of any slide was in Mumbai’s Sakinaka will be spent on rehabilitation of processing, environment, tourism, (FICCI) expressed the hope that the survivors have been dug out, more survivors being found as area, which killed over 75 slum the survivors. education, culture and sports,” Modi visit would add momentum to Indo- dimming all hopes of any more their gadgets do not indicate dwellers on July 13, 2000. Earlier, Mumbai’s said in a statement ahead of his two- Nepalese trade and investment ties. victims being extricated alive otherwise. In Mumbai, the Maharashtra Siddhivinayak Temple Trust day visit beginning today. “Indo-Nepal ties evoke a rich tap- from the debris. The rescuers are mak- government announced aid of committed Rs5m for rehabilita- The prime minister also said he estry of relations framed by trade Teams of the National Disaster ing arrangements to cre- Rs500,000 to the kin of each of tion of the survivors and rebuild- would discuss with the Nepalese lead- and investment, culture and robust Response Force (NDRF) and mate the bodies as soon as the dead, free medical treatment ing the devastated village. ership and business leaders “how we people-to-people contacts”. other agencies have rescued 23 possible after completing for the injured and a complete IANS can harness the full potential of the “There are six million Nepalese new digital age to empower and cre- working in India and there are ate new opportunities for the youth 600,000 Indians who have made Nepal of the two countries.” their home. We need to harness this Modi’s trip will be the first bilat- by exploring the untapped potential KCR, Naidu eral visit by an Indian prime minister in hydropower, tourism, agriculture Taslima assured of visa extension to Nepal in 17 years, after IK Gujral and food processing towards mutu- had travelled there in June 1997. ally beneficial economic growth and KOLKATA: Seeking long- visa for the 52-year-old, who has Nasreen said so long as the finally come The prime minister will hold development,” said Jyotsna Suri, sen- term extension of her residence been living in exile since 1994. Mamata Banerjee government in talks with his counterpart Sushil ior vice-president, FICCI. permit, controversial author Nasreen, however, expressed the state continued to bow to the face-to-face Koirala and address that country’s IANS Taslima Nasreen yesterday met her surprise over intellectuals whims of religious fanatics, her Union Home Minister Rajnath from Kolkata — her “home” — return to the city was not possible. HYDERABAD: Amid Singh. remaining silent on the issue. “By banning my tele-serial bitterness between Nasreen had expressed her “I am surely surprised that ‘Dusahobas’, this government Telangana and Andhra anguish after the government on people in Kolkata, known for denied me a slice of livelihood. I Pradesh on various issues, Wednesday refused her a one- their righteous stand, have cho- have been repeatedly writing to the chief ministers of the year visa, instead granting her a sen to remain silent. But at the Mamata Banerjee expressing my two states came face to temporary permission to stay in same time I must admit I have wish to come back to Kolkata, but face yesterday. India for two months. “I met Singh gotten used to this. There were so long as she continues to listen to Telangana Chief Minister today and he assured me that my not many voices to come out when the fanatics my return will never K Chandrasekhara Rao and stay in India will be extended. I I was thrown out of my home — be possible,” she added. his Andhra Pradesh coun- gave him my book Wo Andhere Din Kolkata,” she said. She said ‘Dusahobas’, a story of terpart N Chandrababu (Those Dark Days), and in return Exiled from Bangladesh in 1994 three sisters and their triumph Naidu met for the first he said my dark days were over,” for “hurting religious sentiments” over the injustices meted out by time since assuming office Nasreen said. with her novel Lajja, Nasreen took the patriarchal society, would have in June. Following her outburst on a refuge in the city in 2004. But been a source of inspiration at a The occasion was receiv- social networking site, support for after violent protests in the city time when crime against women ing President Pranab her has been pouring in from vari- in November 2007, the erstwhile was on the rise in the state. Mukherjee at the old air- ous quarters, with Press Council Left Front government whisked Following protests by minority port at Begumpet here. of India Chairperson and former her away to New Delhi, where she religious groups, telecast of the TV KCR, as Rao is popularly Supreme Court judge Markandey has been living since. serial was blocked. known, welcomed Naidu Katju demanding a permanent Eager to return to Kolkata, IANS when he reached the air- port. The chief ministers of the two Telugu-speaking states shook hands and Down the Brahmaputra exchanged pleasantries. KCR introduced his two deputy chief ministers and other ministers to Naidu. The two leaders were seen engaged in cheer- ful talk along with E S L Narasimhan, the governor of the two states. Naidu was seen patting his one-time confidante, who quit Telugu Desam Party in 2000 to float Telangana Rashtra Samithi to revive the movement for a separate Telangana state. KCR had last month skipped an Iftar party hosted by the governor to avoid meeting Naidu. He also turned down an invi- tation to the swearing-in ceremony of Naidu. The two states are locked in a bitter row over various issues, includ- ing merger of over 200 Telangana villages with Andhra Pradesh, sharing of electricity, division of A boatman paddles down the Brahmaputra River at sunset near Ujanbazar Ghat in Guwahati, in the north- employees and reimburse- eastern state of Assam, yesterday. ment of students’ fees. IANS SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Shutdown in Srinagar Foreign reserves Less than 10pc jump to $320.5bn

MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves grew by $2.71bn to $320.56bn due to a Indians want to sharp rise in currency assets for the week ended July 25, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data shows. The reserves had increased by leave Libya $163m to $317.84bn for the week ended July 19, 2014. According to the RBI’s weekly statistical supplement, foreign No threat to safety, says envoy currency assets, the biggest com- ponent of the forex reserves, also NEW DELHI: Less than 10 Indian embassy in Libya, a request gained $163m to reach $291.05bn percent Indians living in Libya he had happily granted with visas. for the week under review. have expressed a desire to leave He said the security situation in The RBI said that foreign cur- the country and that demon- Libya had not affected the coun- rency assets, expressed in US strates there is “no serious try’s democratic process and the dollar terms, include the effect threat to their safety,” Libya’s new parliament will be convened of appreciation or depreciation of ambassador to India Ali Al Isawi on August 4, as announced earlier. non-US currencies held in reserve has said. “The good thing is the violence such as the pound sterling, euro He said that the North African affecting Libya is not affecting the and yen. country was “committed” to pro- democratic process. The sched- However, India’s reserve posi- viding “any kind of help” to Indian uled meeting of the parliament on tion with the International nationals amid inter-militia fight- August 4 is on; the handing over of Monetary Fund (IMF) declined ing in Libya’s capital Tripoli and power to new parliament is under by $5.3m to $1.70bn. Benghazi that has left more than way,” the envoy said. The value of special drawing 100 people dead. He said evacuation of diplo- rights fell by $13.6m to $4.43bn. “Regarding the state of Indians matic personnel from Libya by the A paramilitary soldier checks the identity card of a motorcyclist during restrictions in Srinagar, the summer The value of gold reserves in Libya, I can assure you that United Nations and many other capital of Jammu and Kashmir, yesterday. Hardline leader Syed Ali Geelani had called for a shutdown to remained unchanged at $20.63 bn. they are safe,” Al Isawi said in an countries, including the US, which protest against the start of Kouser Nag yatra, a Hindu pilgrimage, in an ecologically fragile area in southern IANS interview here. also closed its embassy in Libya, Kashmir. The government has denied giving permission for the pilgrimage. When asked about India’s mis- should not be seen as an absence sion in Tripoli advising Indians of support from the international to leave the strife-torn country, community. Al Isawi said the wish of Indian “The situation was mainly nationals would be respected. caused by panic. Mainly, some “The request for returning back countries took the shutting down India, US to discuss ‘converging interests’ (to India) came from less than of the US embassy as an indica- 10 percent of the total number tor for themselves. For the US, NEW DELHI/ situation in Afghanistan, accord- with the country which is playing In his talks with Jaitley, Hagel of Indians living in Libya. It is a there was a different situation WASHINGTON: Strategic ing to Pentagon Press Secretary an “active role” in strengthening will discuss the Initiative. clear indication that they are safe. and different reasons which were partners India and the US will Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby. security in Asia. Hagel will deliver a speech at the We are working closely with the not valid for others,” Al Isawi said, hold talks next week on defence The two countries held a round “We welcome India’s increas- Observer Research Foundation in Indian government to give any adding that the number of peo- cooperation and their “converg- of strategic dialogue this week ingly active role in Asia’s regional which he is expected to talk about facility to Indians, to either ensure ple leaving the border had now ing interests” in the Asia-Pacific and Hagel’s visit is another step institutions, which strengthens the converging interests and the their safe stay in Libya or facilitate “decreased by 50 percent.” region, ahead of Prime Minister in American efforts to prepare for regional order. We also welcome enormous opportunities to be their departure to India,” Al Isawi He contended that Libya’s dip- Narendra Modi’s visit to the Modi’s visit to the White House India’s growing defence capabili- capitalised on in the region. stated. lomatic ties with western coun- country next month. next month. ties and its commitment to free- After visiting India, Hagel will Prior to the civil uprising in tries remained strong in the wake US Defence Secretary Chuck Kirby said the election of the dom of navigation in the Indian go to Australia. Libya in 2011 that brought an end of the internal disturbances. Hagel will discuss with Defence new Indian government “offers an Ocean.” Kirby said the trip underscored to the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, “The government is working Minister Arun Jaitley strengthen- opportunity to fulfil the potential To further strengthen US-India Hagel’s personal commitment to the number of Indians living there with other countries, giving sup- ing bilateral defence cooperation, of our strategic partnership.” defence ties, “I plan to play an US partnerships and “shared was estimated to be more than port to their embassies, diplomats including co-production, co-devel- “Secretary Hagel’s meetings active and very personal role in interests in a stable, rules-based 18,000. Most of them were evacu- and also getting their assistance in opment, research, new technolo- will focus on the United States’ expanding this (Defence Trade order that can continue to deliver ated, but a few hundred Indians return,” he claimed. gies, and military exercises. and India’s converging interests and Technology) initiative because peace, he added. continued to serve in Libya even He said reports of Libyan Hagel is likely to call on the in the Asia-Pacific.” it is a centrepiece of America’s Across the Asia-Pacific region, during the revolution. At present, Islamists seeking to align with prime minister and will meet In a wide-ranging policy speech defence cooperation with India, the US plans to increase foreign about 6,000 Indians are said to be Al Qaeda affiliates or the Islamic other Indian leaders during his at the Shangri-La Dialogue in and it should reflect the trust and military financing by 35 percent living there. State had to be taken with a pinch three-day visit beginning on Singapore in May, Hagel had confidence President Obama and and military training and educa- Al Isawi said that India had of salt. August 7. said his visit to India was aimed I have in our nation’s relationship tion by 40 percent by 2016. insisted more staff be sent to the IANS Both sides will discuss the at “transformational cooperation” with India.” IANS

Rains in Delhi Syndicate Bank Tension in Haryana town CMD arrested as gurdwara under siege NEW DELHI: The CBI yester- day arrested S K Jain, chairman CHANDIGARH: Tension like swords, spears and sticks. and managing director (CMD) prevailed in Haryana’s Police said they were trying to of state-owned Syndicate Bank, Kurukshetra town yesterday pacify the HSGPC and it support- along with five others for alleg- as leaders and supporters of ers and stop them from turning edly taking a bribe of Rs5m, an the newly-constituted Haryana the situation into a violent one. official said. Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak The HSGPC had on Friday Jain was arrested in Bangalore Committee (HSGPC) laid siege asked the SGPC to hand over following charges of demanding a to a big gurdwara. records of gurdwaras in Haryana bribe to extend credit facilities to Heavy police deployment was to it. The SGPC had categorically some companies, an official of the seen near Gurdwara Chatti refused to do so. Central Bureau of Investigation Patshahi as leaders of the HSGPC Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali (CBI) said here. and their supporters marched Dal and the SGPC are locked in a The CBI has registered two towards the shrine, one of the big- row with the Haryana government cases against Jain and 11 other gest in the state, in a bid to take over the creation of the HSGPC. persons, including the CMD and control of it. They broke two police They have strongly opposed the directors of two Delhi-based pri- barriers put in their route. creation of HSGPC for adminis- vate firms on charges of crimi- Members of a task force and tration of Sikh shrines in Haryana. nal conspiracy and under the other volunteers of the Amritsar- On June 11, the Haryana assem- Prevention of Corruption Act. based Shiromani Gurdwara bly passed a bill under which a “It is alleged that S.K. Jain has Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), committee would be set up to been indulging in negotiations for which still controls Sikh shrines manage gurdwaras in Haryana. illegal gratification directly as in Haryana, gathered inside the The SGPC, the mini-parliament of well as through middlemen for shrine premises, ready to resist Sikh religious affairs, loses control extending undue favour to private any attempt to forcibly take it over gurdwaras in Haryana under companies,” an official said. over. Many people from both the new law. Boys run through a waterlogged street after monsoon rains in Delhi yesterday. Heavy rains disrupted road IANS sides were carrying weapons IANS traffic and flights. Nine flights had to be diverted because of the bad weather. Rehabilitation policy necessary for those returning from Gulf he safe return of distressed on home soil following their evac- not get jobs with the promised Affairs (MOIA). Later, slightly in rural Indian bank branches, Indian workers from dif- uation from the strife-torn Gulf THE NR EYE salaries to save money to even modified and renamed as the the hassles in opening a new NRE Tferent parts of West Asia country. repay their debts. Most of those Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi account, the cap on drawing from is not the end, as the government They have joined legions of Moiz Mannan caught in this tangle had borrowed Suraksha Yojana, it was first the pension fund until the age of appears to think, but rather the confused and dismayed return- upwards of Rs100,000 from pri- launched in the United Arab 60, and the stipulation of a mini- beginning of an anguished life for ees from earlier incidents such as proportion of the Gulf returnees vate moneylenders to pay the touts Emirates in October 2013. mum deposit of Rs5,000 to avail the returnees. the ‘Gulf war’, the Saudi amnesty belong to this category of workers. and agents. Now the lenders are at The response has been pathetic, of the government’s contribution. Sporadic and isolated philan- scheme for illegal migrants, the There is yet another dimension their throats. with less than one percent of the Apart from this, there is a general thropic initiatives by government recession-prompted construction to the problem of unemployment P Narayan Swamy of Migrants intended beneficiaries enrolling for lack of awareness about the ben- departments, voluntary organisa- sector layoffs and ‘nationalisation’ among Gulf returnees. They are Rights Council has made a rep- the scheme. efits of the scheme. tions, business groups and indi- policies. For some it is alright to status-conscious, and their actual resentation to External Affairs Under the scheme, if a sub- Even otherwise, considering viduals may sometimes seem to say that they have returned to a occupations abroad are often con- Minister Sushma Swaraj demand- scriber contributes Rs5,000 each the meagre sums promised, the tackle the issue, but they fall short state they were in before bagging cealed. They will not risk their ing action against agents who took year — Rs1,000 towards the scheme can at best be a part of a of addressing the issue, which is a ticket to El Dorado. But only the prestige or their backs by taking heavy sums from the workers National Pension System (NPS) broader and more comprehensive effective rehabilitation and reset- affected souls know the severity of to farming, nor will they ever con- and calling for directions to the Lite and Rs4,000 towards the UTI rehabilitation package which has tlement of migrants whose rosy the psychological and emotional template turning again into por- Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Monthly Income Scheme (MIS) — not been forthcoming. dreams have been shattered. trauma of re-adjusting to penury. ters, waiters or labourers. governments to rehabilitate the the government puts in Rs1,900. Besides putting together a We saw how some well-mean- The most significant problem of Already there are media reports workers. Of this amount, Rs1,000 goes to proper migration policy to include ing businessmen came forward in Gulf return migration is the eco- regarding the plight of the latest It was with much fanfare sev- NPS and Rs900 to MIS. The lat- rehabilitation of returnees, it has Kerala to rehabilitate the nurses nomic integration of the returnees. Iraq returnees. eral years ago that the Indian ter is used for two purposes: old been suggested that the govern- who had returned from Iraq. A The problem of unemployment In Hyderabad alone, nearly 500 government had launched a age pension and for the person’s ment set up a permanent advi- few days ago, another lot of Indian is particularly acute among the such workers have landed from ‘Resettlement and Rehabilitation return and resettlement. sory committee to follow up on workers, mostly from Andhra highly educated and technically Iraq. The worst hit are those who Fund’ under the aegis of the There are some technical flaws the problems of Gulf returnees, Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, landed qualified persons. A substantial could not stay long enough or did Ministry of Overseas Indians such as absence of ECS facilities in particular.

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DUBAI 39/28 Clear 40/29 Partly cloudy BAGHDAD 43/31 Clear 43/30 Clear THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Japanese men’s HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Fish stocks changing life expectancy ATHENS 30/24 Clear 30/21 Clear WASHINGTON 31/23 Chance of storm 33/25 Chance of storm SYDNEY 17/10 Partly cloudy 20/13 Mostly cloudy crosses 80 LONDON 28/16 Clear 28/16 Clear TOKYO: The life expectancy PARIS 27/20 Chance of storm 28/19 Clear of Japanese men stood at 80.21 ISTANBUL 29/22 Chance of storm 26/22 Partly cloudy in warmer seas years in 2013, the first time MANILA 28/25 Thunderstorm 29/25 Chance of storm LONDON: Cod and chips could relatively shallow continental monopolised by the ‘big five’: that men have gone past the DHAKA 31/25 Thunderstorm 32/26 Thunderstorm soon become a dish of the past, shelf of Europe, and the enclosed cod, haddock, tuna, prawns and 80-year mark in the Asian coun- DELHI 33/27 Rain 35/27 Partly cloudy as Britain’s waters become ever nature of our seas – the North salmon,” said Professor Stephen try, according to the country’s ISLAMABAD 32/26 Mostly cloudy 31/25 Chance of storm warmer. Marine experts have and Irish seas and the Channel Simpson of Exeter University. ministry of health, labour and warned that rising sea tem- – have intensified the impact of “But very few of these are caught welfare. peratures are transforming the global warming. in our waters. So we have to The data, reported on Friday makeup of fish stocks in our As a result, our waters are now import them – cod from Iceland, by national broadcaster NHK, coastal waters. attracting more and more unex- tuna from the tropics, for exam- reveals a rise of 0.27 years com- Where cod and haddock once pected visitors, including dolphins ple – or they are grown on fish pared to 2012. thrived, sea bass, hake, red mul- and a pair of humpback whales farms, like the salmon. Only had- At the same time, life expect- let and anchovies are now being – a rarity for UK waters – that dock survives in some northern ancy among Japanese women is caught in rising numbers. If were seen in the Irish Sea last UK waters.” 86.61 years, once again the highest Britain wants sustainable fisher- month. Other changes have been At the same time, however, in the world. ies round its shores, it will have to even more profound. “Over the stocks of gurnard, sea bass, John For 26 consecutive years until turn to these for the fish suppers last 35 years, 15 of the 36 species Dory, ling, hake, sardines and 2010, Japanese women had the of the future, they add. surveyed in the North Sea have other fish are spreading from the highest life expectancy in the “We are going to have to shifted latitudes,” said oceanog- south into British coastal waters. world. However, in 2011 and 2012, be much more flexible about rapher Professor Callum Roberts “Unfortunately, UK fishermen they were overtaken by the women the fish we eat as our coastal of York University. “The average who are bringing them in cannot of Hong Kong, mainly due to the waters continue to warm,” said shift was 300km north.” find any market for their catches large number of deaths, more than Professor Richard Lampitt of the Cold-loving fish have moved in the UK. 20,000, caused by the earthquake National Oceanography Centre, north towards Iceland and the “As a result they having to sell and subsequent tsunami that dev- Southampton. Faroe Isles while warm-water them to Spain and other European astated northeastern Japan on “The idea that the cod is the fish have moved up from the countries,” said Simpson. March 11, 2011. only fish worth eating is part of south to take their place, added “We should be eating these The published data also place a mindset that we can no longer Roberts. Cod is now hardly found fish. They come from our waters Japanese men fourth on the support.” in our waters, for example, while today and if we ate them instead world’s longevity list, behind those Marine scientists have found the John Dory, a narrow-bodied of cod we would no longer have from Hong Kong, Iceland and A file photo of rock guitarist Dick Wagner. that the seas round the UK have fish with a long, thin jaw that was to import so much fish. But we Switzerland. The figures for this risen in temperature by a remark- once found only near the south- won’t do that until we change year show a 0.07 year reduction able 1.6C since 1980, a jump that west tip of England, has colonised our attitudes to the fish we eat in the difference between the life is almost four times the global the North Sea as far as Scotland. in Britain. We are out of date. It expectancy of Japanese men and Guitarist Dick Wagner dead average rise for ocean tempera- “The trouble is that our is as simple as that.” women to 6.40 years. tures. Britain’s position on the national appetite for fish is still THE GUARDIAN IANS PHOENIX: Rock guitarist Dick Wagner, whose prolific session work graced the albums of such acts as Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Kiss and Aerosmith during the 1970s, has died at age 71 in Arizona, his manager has said. Lion cubs The Michigan-bred musician, featured on scores of albums and hailed by fans as “the Maestro of Rock,” suffered from a number of health problems in his later years, including two heart attacks and a stroke. He died on Wednesday at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, succumb- ing to respiratory failure about two weeks after undergoing a cardiac procedure, his manager and business partner, Susan Michelson, told Reuters. Wagner began his rock career in the 1960s with the formation of an early Detroit-area band called the Bossmen. He gained wider notice after establishing the Frost, recording his first three Billboard-charted albums with that group. After moving to New York he formed another band, Ursa Major, whose original but short-lived lineup included Billy Joel on keyboards, a juncture that led to Wagner’s longtime association with music pro- ducer Bob Ezrin. Teamed up by Ezrin with fellow session guitarist Steve Hunter, Wagner went on to lend his talents to Lou Reed in the studio and on tour, including work on the seminal live album “Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal.” Ezrin also recruited Wagner to play lead guitar solos on Alice Cooper’s breakthrough “School’s Out” album, performances that were credited at the time to the Alice Cooper band, according to Wagner’s official website. The Wagner-Cooper collaboration continued as Cooper went solo, starting with “Welcome to My Nightmare” and lasting for several more albums and tours in the 1970s. Wagner also was a co-songwriter for a number of Cooper tunes, such as “Only Women Bleed,” “Department of Youth,” “I Never Cry,” “Go To Hell” and “From the Inside.” Wagner’s guitar licks were fea- tured on releases such as “Get Your Wings” from Aerosmith, “Destroyer” from Kiss and Peter Gabriel’s self-titled solo debut. Wagner also penned songs for the likes of Meat Loaf and Air Lion cubs (FROM LEFT) Leon, Lonka and Leonora sit in a basket at Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany. They were born on July 21 and were Supply. christened yesterday. REUTERS Sunday 3 August 2014 7 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6146 Price: QR2

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BRASILIA: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe occupancy in three years touted the success of his economic policies on a visit to Brazil on Friday and said it was time for the two nations to expand their trade and invest- Survey shows 76.7pc average occupancy in May ment partnership. On the first visit to Brazil in a decade by a Japanese DOHA: Hotels in Doha which comprised 47.5 percent of of April through May, with the prime minister, Japanese banks extended $700m recorded the highest occupancy total revenues. Strong top-line addition of four international in loans to boost Brazilian soy and corn exports to levels seen in over three years, performance in conjunction with routes, Goddard noted. Japan and help finance oil platform construction for according to a MENA chain the 2.1 percentage point drop in Dubai’s hotel industry ben- Brazil’s growing offshore oil industry. hotels market review. payroll costs boosted profitability efited from solid leisure demand Abe told Brazilian business leaders that Japan has The latest HotStats survey of levels by 23.1 percent during the coupled with several high-profile closed a 15-year deflation cycle since his stimulus full service hotels in five MENA month to $184.78. international vents during the policies began to kick in and there is great poten- cities, commented on by TRI “Historically, Doha’s occupancy month of May. The city main- tial to expand trade and investment with Latin Hospitality Consulting Middle levels have ranged from 67-68 tained strong occupancies of 82.2 America’s biggest economy. East, shows average occupancy percent in May, however, this percent, marginally lower than “With Japan growing again, we can grow with at four and five star hotels in year occupancies are pushing 77 the previous year by 0.9 per- other nations,” he said in comments to executives Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and first lady Akie Doha reached 76.7 percent in May percent. This level has not been centage points. However, aver- translated by an interpreter. attend a planting tree ceremony at a Japanese pavilion 2014, rising 11.2 percentage points experienced in the past three age rates increased 4.6 percent “Japanese companies are eyeing Brazil with great in Sao Paulo yesterday. compared to the same period last years, and exceeds performance to $301.09, boosting RevPAR 3.5 expectations,” he said later at a deal-signing meeting year. This rate is expected to push levels witnessed during peak peri- percent to $247.61. with President Dilma Rousseff. further up in the coming next ods of demand,” commented Peter High demand drove growth in Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro Besides shipbuilding, Japanese companies are months. Goddard, Managing Director of F&B and conferencing revenues, SA signed up for a $500m loan from Mizuho Bank interested in investing in the infrastructure Brazil Despite a decline in average TRI Hospitality Consulting. which supported the 4.1 percent Ltd to build eight hulls that will be converted into needs to continue growing, Brazilian and Japanese room rates (ARR) of 4.1 percent Hoteliers were able to capitalize rise in TRevPAR to $464.14. In floating oil platforms for deep-water oil production. officials said. A plan to build a high-speed train to $222.19, the growth in demand on developments in the events and turn, profitability grew 5.8 per- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC), the between Brazil’s two largest cities, Sao Paulo and drove revenue per available room airline industries to increase over- cent reaching $208.15, the highest main banking unit of Tokyo-based Sumitomo Rio de Janeiro, is particularly promising, they said. (RevPAR) up 12.2 percent to all yields. Growth was seen in the amongst the five MENA markets Mitsui Financial Group, agreed to loan Brazilian Japan is Brazil’s sixth largest trading partner, $170.48. Coupled with increased meetings, incentives, conferencing surveyed by HotStats. agribusiness company Amaggi $200m for soy and with two-way trade of $15.7bn in 2012. Brazilian performance in the rooms and exhibitions (MICE) segment In Dubai, hoteliers yielded the corn projects that will improve shipments to Japan. agribusiness is the second-largest supplier of corn department, the 15.6 percent where the country’s largest ICT highest growth in average rates Brazil’s state development bank BNDES agreed and soybeans to Japan. rise in total revenue per available event, QITCOM 2014, attracted from the MICE segment, where to join forces with Japan’s bank for international Japan’s enthusiasm for Abe’s economic stimu- room (TRevPAR) was supported 11,000 visitors. Additionally, Qatar ARR increased 18.4 percent on cooperation, JBIC, to look for areas to promote lus policies has waned this year after the country’s by double-digit growth in Food Airways accelerated the expan- the back of strong demand. investment by small and medium-sized Japanese growth sagged and investors grew impatient for & Beverages (F&B) revenues sion of its network from the end THE PENINSULA companies in Brazil. more drastic structural reforms. REUTERS SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Airbus, Boeing battle triggers warnings of oversupply Both manufacturers of large jets dismiss talk of aircraft ‘bubble’, see room for over 4,500 jets over 20 years

PARIS: Airbus’s summer and Boeing has updated its larger full throttle, there could be seri- for 25 percent less than a 787 segmented 787 pricing to offer His Airbus counterpart John sales campaign with the new 777, even as both companies pour ous problems at the end of dec- - the main 787 model is worth discounts to airlines that don’t Leahy said he was “not at all” A330neo airliner has triggered billions into developing next-gen- ade,” said Richard Aboulafia, $257m at list prices - and that it need the aircraft’s long range. worried about the A330neo desta- warnings of potential oversup- eration models such as the 787 vice-president at Virginia-based can do this without eroding sales But the A330’s refusal to die bilising margins or supplies. ply in the wide-body market and the forthcoming A350. consultancy Teal Group. of its own A350. may also force Boeing to renew “In 2008/9 people were herald- and of a bruising price battle But big jets bring proportion- Airbus and Boeing, the world’s Boeing’s business case for the an attack on costs within the ing cuts in aircraft production of as the older-generation model ally bigger risks. only manufacturers of large jets, 787 assumed a large premium for company and its supply chain so 35 to 45 percent; they were abso- undercuts rival Boeing’s 787 Now a debate is growing over both dismiss talk of an aircraft carbon-fibre technology over pre- that it can shave prices further lutely certain production cuts Dreamliner. whether the airline market can ‘bubble’. vious metallic jets. It says it can without sacrificing margins. were required. What happened? Two weeks after Airbus absorb the industry’s older mod- Over the next 20 years, they compete with the A330 on value Even then, Boeing is expected Production wasn’t cut.” announced a revamp of its A330 els at the same time as state-of- both see room for over 4,500 jets rather than lower prices. to look seriously at whether it Despite the concerns, some at the Farnborough Airshow, the the-art new ones. That, analysts worth $1 trillion in the 250-300 “We think what customers are needs to increase supplies of the analysts say the jet market, once battle for wide-body sales is heat- say, could have a bearing on pric- seat category, where most A330s really interested in is efficiency 787 to avoid being left out of the subject to wild swings, itself has ing up as Delta Air Lines seeks to ing and margins right across the and 787s are sold. That makes it and lower operating costs in market, as Airbus seeks to add to the means to prevent a glut. renew part of its fleet. industry. the largest part of the wide-body the long term. Operating costs 127 provisional sales. Recent output delays have The head of the US carrier is so “I think particularly in the wide jet market by volume and vital to that you pay day in and out are Boeing is producing 10 787s a left some older aircraft flying confident of getting a bargain he bodies, the market is looking over- their business. what drive profitability year in month. It plans to increase this and their retirement would help began negotiating in public, say- heated. The herd is running, and Buyers of the A330neo and 787 and out,” said John Wojick, sen- to 12 a month in 2016 and 14 by absorb the new supply, said Adam ing he would take the A330neo for the A330neo is the latest example: say there is room for both. ior vice president, global sales & the end of the decade. Pilarski, senior vice president at barely a third of its $275m official the market wants the airplane,” “I think there is a nice match. Is marketing, at Boeing Commercial Its options include accelerating US consulting firm Avitas. price. said Jerrold Lundquist, managing it a perfect match? That depends Airplanes. that build-up or adding an extra Despite bitter exchanges at the His “high 70s, low 80s” bid was director of the Lundquist Group, on the how the world economy step in order to bring production air show, he doubted Airbus and below the market value of such who advises private equity inves- goes, but when we look at the Boeing Options as high as 16 a month. Boeing would allow themselves to jets — but not by a massive mar- tors in aerospace. “There appears supply-demand curve, it looks fine Behind the scenes, many say Some industry-watchers do slip into a price war of the kind gin, analysts said. to be demand for it now, but it to us,” said Jeff Knittel, president Boeing is in a mood to fight. not rule out a cautious increase many people believe they have The aerospace industry is just adds to the ordering.” of US lessor CIT Transportation. It is expected to compete in overbooking. The practice of waged on smaller jets, where they focusing on squeezing the maxi- Such warnings come on top of The aircraft may indeed find aggressively to prevent strate- selling more than you make to face not just each other but also mum life out of existing products investor concerns that a recent homes, analysts say, but the ques- gic customers from choosing the insure against default is widely new competition. following some expensive upsets, boom in aircraft demand is peak- tion is at what price and whether A330neo over the 787 and trim- used in smaller jets, but is rare for “If Airbus and Boeing have including delays and technical ing, causing the sector to lag glo- both planemakers can meanwhile ming its market-share advantage bigger models because they are rational thoughts, they should problems on the 787 and Airbus’s bal stocks by 4 percentage points preserve pricing power for their for high-margin, long-haul jets. harder to switch around. realize there is no competitor A380 superjumbo. since Farnborough. newer jets. To win some flexibility, Boeing Boeing’s Wojick declined to there. So why worry, why fight?” Airbus has upgraded the A330, “If everyone persists in going Airbus says it can sell its A330 may change tactics by introducing comment on specific options. REUTERS ARTIC announces rebranding, launch of Marriott Marquis

DOHA: AlRayyan Tourism Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Africa, commented: “Marriott and Investment (ARTIC), the Thani, Chairman of Al Rayyan Hotels is our flagship brand hospitality subsidiary of Al Tourism Investment Company designed for frequent travellers Faisal Holding Company, has (ARTIC), said: “ARTIC’s invest- who want to make the most of announced a new hotel brand in ment portfolio is renowned for every opportunity presented by Doha’s West Bay, where three its high quality properties. There travel. In addition, the iconic hotels will be merged to become are three elements on which we Marriott Hotels brand is on a one property. never compromise when buying continuous journey to maintain ARTIC yesterday said The or developing any property — its position as a leader in innova- Renaissance Doha, Courtyard quality, location and architectural tion to satisfy guests and thereby Doha and Marriott Executive design. It is these core values that attract strategic partners like Apartments Doha will collec- enable us to attract world class ARTIC.” tively be rebranded to become the international operators with Andreas Wissdorf, General Marriott Marquis City Center high-end brands to partner with Manager of the Marriott Marquis Doha Hotel. us. By introducing Marriott’s City Center Doha Hotel, said: Marquis is a brand extension modern and elegant “Marquis” “The Marriott Marquis City of the Marriott Hotels and JW brand in Doha we will further Center Doha Hotel is located Marriott Hotels brands. enhance the high-end market in the heart of West Bay, with The 5-star Marriott Marquis offering and add significant value a direct connection to the City Executive Lounge Marriott Marquis City Center Doha Hotel. City Center Doha Hotel, located to our hotel portfolio.” Center Mall with over 340 stores. at Omar Al Mukhtar Street, Alex Kyriakidis, President and The Hotel offers 17 state-of-the- food and beverage options from finest spas in Doha, the Saray and products and provides an West Bay, is directly connected Managing Director of Marrriott art meeting rooms and a range around the world. The Marriott Spa. This serene spa offers tradi- authentic reviving experience.” to the City Center Mall. International Middle East and of restaurants and lounges with Marquis also offers one of the tional Middle Eastern treatments THE PENINSULA New generation Cayenne comes in five versions

DOHA: Firmly cemented in its position as a sports car among SUVs, the new Porsche Cayenne is poised to redefine the segment with a sharpened design, enhanced efficiency and an extensive selection of exciting features as standard. With more power and comfort than ever before, the new Cayenne is extending the brand’s heritage of performance excel- lence and showcasing the latest evolution of Porsche design DNA. The new generation Cayenne will launch in five versions: Cayenne S, Cayenne Turbo, Cayenne Diesel, Cayenne S Diesel and, for the first time, the Cayenne S E-Hybrid, the first plug-in hybrid in the premium SUV segment. This model, together with the Panamera S E-Hybrid and the 918 Spyder, make Porsche the world’s only carmaker to offer three plug-in hybrid models. Adding to the new Cayenne’s attributes, all derivative engine versions now boast upgraded performance figures as well as superior fuel economy compared to that of previous versions. The Cayenne S will show- case an entirely new 3.6-litre V6 biturbo engine fully developed by Porsche. The Cayenne is not only boosting profit- able growth at Porsche, it is also creating bi-xenon headlights and four-point LED optional seat ventilation now available for a solid economic foundation for invest- daytime running lights. The layout of the the first time. ments in future generations of sports cars. model’s rear lights creates a three-dimen- The new Cayenne models can be ordered First introduced in 2002 the model set a sional effect with the brake lights designed as of now. First vehicles will arrive at new standard as the superior sports car in in four elements. The license plate, boot Porsche Centre Doha on October 11, 2014, the SUV segment. Sales have exceeded all handle and lights are now integrated more delivering high-end dynamic performance expectations with over 579,000 units pro- elegantly into the boot lid. In addition to with the typical Porsche spread of efficiency, duced since its launch. other modifications, the newly developed undiminished ride comfort and exclusive In its latest version, Porsche engineers exhaust tailpipes are now incorporated in features fitted as standard. have given the Cayenne an even sharper the lower rear section, while an automati- The basic retail prices in Qatar are as design with precise lines and purposefully cally activating boot lid is fitted as standard. follows: placed light refracting edges. Front body, In the interior, much of the layout has Cayenne S: QR321,700, Cayenne Turbo: front wings, bonnet and air blades are also been shaped around the driver, with a new QR 514,000, Cayenne Diesel: QR270,600, newly shaped. multifunction sport steering wheel featuring Cayenne S Diesel: QR326,700, Cayenne S At first glance, the new Cayenne is a shift paddles as standard. The rear seat- E-Hybrid: QR314,800. Porsche through and through with its ing system is even more comfortable, with THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Microsoft sues Samsung alleging contract breach South Korean giant accused of licensing violation

NEW YORK: Microsoft on The legal pact involved Microsoft closed the deal for Friday fired a legal salvo at Samsung paying to use Microsoft Nokia’s smartphone business in longtime partner Samsung, intellectual property, according to April with some adjustments accusing the South Korean the post by deputy counsel David from the announced price of giant of breaching a contract Howard. $7.52bn (€5.44bn). over licensing of technology Samsung’s smartphone sales Nokia was the world leader in used in the competitive smart- have quadrupled since the con- mobile phones before the intro- phone market. tract was signed as the company duction of Apple’s iPhone in 2007 “After becoming the leading grew from shipping 82 million and the onslaught of Android player in the worldwide smart- Android-powered handsets in phones, mainly from Samsung. phone market, Samsung decided 2011 to shipping 314 million three Microsoft in June opted for late last year to stop comply- years later, Microsoft maintained. the Android operating sys- ing with its agreement with tem from arch-rival Google Microsoft,” the US technology Samsung a smartphone star for its new Nokia smartphone, firm’s deputy counsel said in an Samsung has become a smart- in a move aimed at regaining online post. phone Goliath, and the biggest momentum in the competitive The complaint filed in fed- maker of handsets powered by mobile sector. A man walks past a Microsoft sign outside a Microsoft office building in Beijing. eral court in New York alleges Google’s free Android software. Microsoft said the Nokia X2 Samsung is balking at making “Samsung predicted it would was “designed to introduce the the intellectual property to hand- and we are confident the contract “I am at a loss to understand payments for patented Microsoft be successful, but no one imag- ‘next billion’ people to the mobile set makers. will be enforced.” why Samsung stopped paying the technology used in smartphones ined their Android smartphone Internet and cloud services.” Samsung has been a long- Microsoft said this was the first money.” and tablets. sales would increase this much,” The device is an updated ver- time Microsoft partner, making time it has sued Samsung and Microsoft’s track record leaves “We will review the complaint Howard said. sion of a phone unveiled by Nokia an array of computing devices that its intent is to keep getting little doubt it would fight to in detail and determine appro- After Microsoft made a deal before Microsoft acquired the powered by the US company’s royalty money due under terms of enforce a legal contract, accord- priate measures in response,” last year to buy Nokia’s smart- handset division of the Finnish software, including a version of the contract, along with interest ing to the analyst. Samsung said. phone business, Samsung stopped giant. Windows for mobile devices. charges for late payments. If anything, buying Nokia’s Microsoft contends the South abiding by the cross-licensing “Microsoft values and respects “Unless one side or the other smartphone business would Korean consumer electronics contract, the US company says. Samsung baffles our partnership with Samsung screwed up in writing the con- strengthen Microsoft’s intel- colossus is not adhering to a con- Microsoft said in the filing that Microsoft said that Android and expects it to continue,” tract, I don’t know what Samsung lectual property portfolio not tract from 2011, and said it filed Samsung used the Nokia business software incorporates some of Howard said. is thinking,” said Silicon Valley weaken its position, Enderle the court action after months of acquisition as grounds to step its patented technology and the “We are simply asking the analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle reasoned. “painstaking negotiation.” away from the licensing deal. company’s practice is to license court to settle our disagreement, Group. AFP Kuwait’s Investment Dar loses protection against creditor legal claims

DOHA: Investment Dar, the Kuwaiti to reorganise under Kuwait’s Financial July 24 court ruling had stated that legal total amount of 440m dinars ($1.56bn). It outstanding creditors, with one of the rea- firm whose assets include a stake in Stability Law - introduced in 2009 to protection from creditors would be lifted in didn’t specify if this was the outstanding sons cited for the proposal a failure to yet luxury carmaker Aston Martin, said assist debt renegotiations in a country accordance with the financial stability law. amount left to repay to creditors. secure ownership of a major asset through yesterday a local court had ruled to lift with opaque bankruptcy rules. “This decision is disappointing for us Since agreeing a restructuring plan in a court process, which it had hoped to sell protection the company had against As part of that legislation, Investment and for many investors, but we respect 2011 which covered debts worth 1bn dinars, to fund repayments to creditors. legal action by creditors. Dar secured a halt to all legal cases being it and respect the opinion of the Kuwaiti Investment Dar has twice attempted to Investment Dar has been embroiled Investment Dar was one of several brought against the firm in relation to judiciary,” the firm’s statement said. make new offers to creditors to exchange in a long-running legal battle with local financial firms which struggled to non-payment of debts to allow it to It added Investment Dar remains com- their debt for alternative instruments. Commercial Bank of Kuwait over a stake refinance debt in the aftermath of the implement its restructuring. mitted to repaying all three groups of In May, the company proposed a vol- in Kuwaiti Islamic lender Boubyan Bank. global economic crisis but was the first However, a company statement said a creditors under its restructuring plan the untary settlement-in-kind offer to REUTERS

Apple $450m e-book settlement Singapore’s GIC warns wins court approval of tough investment NEW YORK: Apple Inc on Friday won preliminary court approval for its $450m settle- climate in next decade ment of claims it harmed con- sumers by conspiring with five publishers to raise e-book prices. SINGAPORE: Singapore sov- In approving the accord, US ereign wealth fund GIC, which District Judge Denise Cote in manages more than $100bn of As central banks Manhattan overcame concerns the city-state’s foreign reserves, she had expressed over a settle- yesterday warned of a tough unwind monetary ment provision allowing Apple to investment outlook over the pay just $70m if related litigation next decade as global central stimulus measures were to drag out. banks withdraw ultra-easy Apple has been appealing monetary policies. and interest rates Cote’s July 2013 finding, in a case GIC said the prices of all major brought by the US Department asset classes have been inflated by increase, financial of Justice, that it violated anti- the massive stimulus measures, trust laws for colluding with the and now face weak future returns. assets will see publishers to drive up e-book “Global financial markets have prices and impede rivals such as been recovering strongly from diminished returns. Amazon.com Inc. the 2008/09 global financial crisis, In June, Apple agreed to set- supported by low interest rates tle related class-action litigation and unconventional monetary In its annual report this year, brought on behalf of consumers policies,” GIC said in its annual the fund said the Americas region and 33 US states. report. including the United States That accord calls for Apple As central banks unwind mon- accounted for 42 percent of its to pay $400m to consumers etary stimulus measures and portfolio in the year to March and $50m to lawyers if the fed- interest rates increase, “finan- 2014, two percent lower than the eral appeals court in New York cial assets will see diminished previous year. upholds Cote’s findings, and noth- returns,” it said. Its exposure to Europe was at ing if the Cupertino, California- The US Federal Reserve is 29 percent, four percent higher based company wins its appeal. expected to end multi-billion dol- than in 2013. But if the appeals court over- lar bond purchases in October, Its holdings in Asia stood at 27 turns Cote and returns the case winding up a five-year stimu- percent, one percent lower than to her, perhaps for a new trial, lus effort to support the world’s 2013, while the remaining two Apple will owe $50m to consum- biggest economy. The European percent was concentrated in the ers and $20m to lawyers. Central Bank has said it will reas- Australasia region. During a July 24 teleconfer- sess its stimulus measures at the Twenty-nine percent of its pot- ence, Cote called that last sce- end of this year. folio was in developed markets nario “most troubling.” “The investment environment equities, 19 percent in emerging But in Friday’s decision, she for the next 10 years will there- markets equities, 31 percent in noted that the states and con- fore be more challenging for glo- nominal bonds and cash, seven sumers “strongly believe” such bal investors, including GIC,” the percent in real estate, nine per- a scenario is unlikely, and that fund said. cent in private equity and the the settlement has provisions to GIC said its assets earned a 4.1 remaining five percent in infla- reduce its likelihood. percent annualised real rate of tion-linked bonds. She also said the plaintiffs return over the past 20 years in Among its latest investments, agreed to provide more details the year to March 2014, almost in June GIC acquired a stake in about the settlement to consum- the same as last year’s 4 percent. US-based anti-plagiarism soft- ers, to help them decide whether It does not report the value of its ware maker iParadigms, and in to accept its terms or sue Apple assets. May bought into a Philippine hos- separately. Lim Siong Guan, GIC’s presi- pital group as well as Brazilian “The proposed settlement dent, said the fund is committed online sports retailer Netshoes. agreement is within the range “to ride out significant short-term GIC is one of two Singapore of those that may be approved volatility and focus on long-term sovereign wealth funds, the other as fair and reasonable, such that fundamentals”. one being Temasek Holdings. notice to the class is appropriate,” GIC last year unveiled a new The net investment returns Cote said. “Preliminary approval investment strategy that split its from GIC, the central bank, and is granted.” global portfolio into three seg- Temasek account for about 15 Cote set a final fairness hearing ments, a move it said was in antic- percent of the total government for November 21. ipation of a “more challenging and budget in Singapore. REUTERS complex investment environment”. AFP SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Most firms see no US rate hike before H2 2015 Despite sharp sell-off in Wall Street, analysts feel it is too early to worry about a correction

NEW YORK: A majority of Nonfarm payrolls increased dealers now expect the Fed to Federal Open Market Committee, – and that’s producing volatility.” product at 4 percent and favora- Wall Street’s top bond firms see 209,000 last month, missing econ- target the funds rate at a range, the central bank’s policy-setting The Federal Reserve’s mon- ble revisions to first-quarter GDP. no move by the Federal Reserve omists’ median expectation of a rather than keeping a specific group. etary policy has been favorable The CBOE Volatility index .VIX, to raise interest rates before the gain of 233,000, after surging by rate level as it customarily did for the markets, and though the Wall Street’s so-called fear gauge, second half of next year, and 298,000 in June. before the latest financial crisis. Analysts bullish Fed is expected to begin raising jumped to 17.03 from 12.69 after most see the US central bank “It fits into (the Fed’s) view of A month ago just two of 16 dealers Wall Street’s worst week in two rates next year, the absence of Portugal’s Banco Espirito Santo sticking with a range rather the world. There’s progress in job saw the Fed opting for a range. years was enough to get investors wage pressures has kept moves reported an unexpectedly large than a specific target for the key growth, but slack is still ample. Since December 2008, the Fed worried about whether a long- in Treasuries yields relatively loss for the first six months of the fed funds rate, a Reuters survey There was no growth in aver- has targeted a range of zero to overdue correction is coming, but muted. year that raised concerns about showed on Friday. age hourly earnings,” said Jay 0.25 percent for its key funds rate. analysts are still leaning bullish. While the spread between long- the bank’s solvency and after U.S. The results are otherwise Feldman, economist at Credit In Friday’s survey, nine dealers The S&P 500 ended the week and short-dated Treasuries has employment cost pressures came broadly unchanged from a survey Suisse in New York. forecast the Fed would target a down 2.7 percent, its biggest narrowed of late, which tends to in higher than anticipated. taken in early June. Concern about wage inflation range of 0.25-0.50 percent once weekly loss since June 2012, a happen as the economy slows, But the VIX remains well under Twelve of 18 primary dealers, intensified on Thursday as data it begins to raise interest rates. decline that had followed several the difference between the two- the long-term average of about or the banks that deal directly showed US labour costs recorded Two more see a range with 0.50 weeks of selling. year and 10-year Treasury notes 20, and stock valuations remain with the Fed, said the US central their biggest gain in more than percent as the upper band, with The market is undoubtedly ripe is more than 2 percentage points reasonable. The S&P 500 .SPX is bank’s first rate increase would 5-1/2 years in the second quarter. the lower ends at 0.30 percent and for a correction - the current rally - still a favourable sign for eco- trading at an average price-to- occur between July 2015 and June However, Friday’s data showed 0.35 percent. A sole dealer fore- has continued for nearly three nomic growth. expected earnings ratio of 15.4, 2016, the survey found. average hourly earnings rose only cast the range to be between 0.175 years without a decline of more On Wednesday, the Federal which is not very stretched rela- All but three of the 22 primary one cent last month. percent and 0.375 percent. than 10 percent. The Fed looks Reserve gave a rosier assess- tive to the historical average of dealers participated in the survey. In the survey, 15 of 17 Wall Street Among the five dealers that see closer to raising rates, and hous- ment of the US economy while around 14.1. The view that ultra-loose pol- firms expected the Fed would stop a specific target for the fed funds ing and auto sales figures suggest reaffirming that it is in no hurry “The economic environment icy would continue for some time reinvesting the proceeds from rate, three have it pegged at 0.50 those markets may be softening, to raise interest rates. The US remains healthy. As such, vola- persisted after Friday’s monthly maturing bonds it holds on its percent and two at 0.25 percent if only temporarily. central bank also, as expected, tility should decline and stocks employment report, which showed $4.4 trillion balance sheet after or once it begins to rise. “The summer has been just reduced its monthly asset pur- should rebound,” said Jonathan the US economy added more than around the same time as the first Among 15 primary dealers, tough because there has been chases to $25bn from $35bn. Golub, chief US market strategist 200,000 jobs for a sixth straight rate increase. That compares with the median forecast for the Fed’s very little to buy,” said Kathleen Although government data on at RBC Capital Markets. month in July - a string of gains 12 out of 17 who responded that long-term neutral target rate, Gaffney, portfolio manager of the Friday showed US job growth Even so, the fact that the not seen since 1997 - and after way a month ago. which is seen as a level that pro- Eaton Vance Bond Fund. “But I slowed in July and the unem- benchmark S&P 500 hasn’t been data earlier in the week showed motes growth without firing up think what is happening is we are ployment rate unexpectedly rose, able to crack the 2,000 milestone the economy grew at a faster- Fed Seen Setting Range inflation, was 3.50 percent. seeing the markets adjusting from recent economic data has been despite a few approaches suggests than-expected 4 percent annual The most marked difference This was below the current an environment of lower inter- largely positive with growth in some exhaustion is setting in. rate in the second quarter. from June’s survey was that most 3.75 percent estimate from the est rates to higher interest rates second-quarter gross domestic AGENCIES

$15bn T-Mobile offer is Sharp’s Q1 real, says Iliad founder operating NEW YORK: French telecom Telekom. Niel said he was open to upstart Iliad’s founder said on working with partners on such a deal. profit up 55pc Friday that the company’s offer “If there are people that want to for US-based T-Mobile is “real” accompany us, we are open,” he told TOKYO: Japan’s Sharp Corp said it and that he is open to working the Journal. expected revenue from Chinese smartphone with partners on a deal. “Our offer “There are no formal discussions makers to increase fivefold in the six months is fair, and it is the only one that with anybody at this stage. But there to September after a jump in smartphone is real,” Xavier Niel told the Wall are some people with whom we have panel orders helped boost operating profit Street Journal. talked.” by 55 percent in the first quarter. Referring to the purported inter- Niel said the French firm is a Sharp, which supplies panels for Apple est in T-Mobile by US rival Sprint, good match for T-Mobile. “We and Inc’s iPhone, said increased demand from Niel said: “You cannot compare (our T-Mobile are made of the same DNA. major customers led it to earn an operating bid) with an offer that doesn’t exist.” We are both aggressive challengers,” profit of 2.1bn yen (£12m) in its LCD panel Iliad’s bid announced on Thursday Niel said in the interview. business after posting a 9.5bn yen loss on the came as a surprise and drew skep- He added that T-Mobile CEO John unit in the same quarter last year. ticism about whether the relatively Legere “has done a great job at start- A big part of that recovery was due to small French group could outma- ing to animate competition, but we demand from rising stars in China’s smart- noeuvre Sprint, which is controlled by can do more.” phone market. Sharp’s president, Kozo the large Japanese group SoftBank. The Iliad offer was described as 42 Takahashi, said the company expected rev- Iliad offered $15bn for 56 percent percent above what T-Mobile’s price enue from Chinese handset makers to swell A customer looks at Sharp LCD TVs on display at a retail store in Tokyo on Friday. of T-Mobile, which is the fourth larg- had been before reports of a potential to 100bn yen in the first half of the business est US wireless group and is major- Sprint tie-up began circulating. year to September 30. to 50 percent. Going over that would require Its net loss was slightly deeper than ity owned by Germany’s Deutsche AFP “We’ve been so surprised by the increase more investment,” Takahashi said. expected, although it narrowed to 1.79bn in business we will have to review our fore- Takahashi added that investment would yen from 17.9bn yen in the same quarter casts, but will do so based on negotiations run to several billion yen for new equipment, last year. going forward,” Takahashi said. but that Sharp would not need to extend the The company said its equity ratio, a meas- Sharp issued guidance earlier this year factory building itself. ure of financial health, had risen to 9.4 per- for 1 trillion yen in sales from LCD panels Sources with knowledge of the matter cent at the end of June from 8.9 percent at for the year to March 2015. say that Sharp uses the Kameyama No. 2 the end of March, although that was still Demand for its LCD panels has been a factory to make panels for Chinese smart- short of the 20 percent considered ideal. boon for Sharp as it restructures to recover phone maker Xiaomi’s RedMi phone and its Solar panels were a dim spot, with a drop from a massive 545.4bn yen net loss in the RedMi 5.5 inch phablet. Xiaomi has grown in demand for residential applications in year to March 2013, with the panel division rapidly to become the world’s fifth-largest Japan where the panels became popular now accounting for 46 percent of operating smartphone vendor, according to market after the Fukushima nuclear plant disas- profit and a third of sales. research firm Strategy Analytics. ter in 2011. Operating profit in the energy Driving profitability is a shift away from Sharp is said to have also started mak- solutions unit shrank 97.3 percent to 100 larger panels for TVs and toward the more ing panels for the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 at its million yen in the first quarter. lucrative small panels used in smartphones Kameyama No.1 factory with the new model Sharp said last month it would post a 14.3 and tablets that account for 65 percent of scheduled for release around September. billion yen loss this year from exiting solar sales and all of the profit in the LCD unit. cell production and solar power generation Sharp increased the proportion of small Solar Power Dims in Europe, but it did not change its full-year and mid-size panels for smartphones and Sharp posted an overall operating profit net profit forecast as it also expected a boost tablets at its Kameyama No. 2 plant to 35 of 4.67bn yen, falling short of expectations from asset sales. percent in the three months between April- of 5.21 billion yen, which was the average Sharp’s share price dropped 0.6 percent June from 28 percent in the previous quar- of seven analyst estimates according to ahead of the earnings release, in line with ter, the company said. Thomson Reuters Starmine, but beating the same percentage fall in the benchmark “On a unit basis, I think we can soon get its own guidance to just break even. Nikkei index. REUTERS

Axeon bought Kurdish crude weeks before Iraq suit

HOUSTON: An asphalt Axeon have spread all over the basis from a reputable supplier.” sees the revenues as central to maker in New Jersey became global market. The Minerva Joy tanker is securing greater autonomy from the second US company But even those cargoes are slated to deliver on August 11 Baghdad. to publicly confirm buying coming under greater scrutiny after leaving a Turkish port After confirming it bought Kurdish crude oil, saying on after Iraq won a US court order used to export crude trucked two cargoes in May, Lyondell Friday it had imported a cargo this week to seize a one-million- in by the Kurds, according to did not say if it had agreed to just weeks before an Iraqi law- barrel shipment that arrived shipping data available via buy the one-million-barrel cargo suit over a separate $100m in the Gulf of Mexico only a ThomsonReuters Eikon. currently on the tanker United shipment offshore Texas. week ago in a dispute that has Kalavrvta off the coast of Texas. In response to questions, spooked buyers. Risky Business That cargo, now idle for sev- Axeon Specialty Products said On Thursday, after a report So far, Iraq has focused its eral days, is at the center of a it received the Kurdish Shaikan identified it as having imported crackdown mainly on large legal dispute between Iraq and crude cargo in June at its Kurdish crude, LyondellBasell tankers departing Ceyan, Kurdistan over who owns it. Paulsboro refinery. confirmed it recently bought Turkey, where a pipeline from Despite objections from The company did not say “modest quantities” of “Iraqi Kurdistan ends. Vessels loaded Baghdad and occasional dis- whether it is the buyer of another crudes” but that it would halt at Dortyol with trucked in oil quiet in Washington, a number cargo carrying Kurdish crude further purchases because of can be tougher to follow and of major US companies, includ- from Turkey on the 300,000-bar- the dispute. have generally been easily sold. ing ExxonMobil Corp, Chevron rel Minerva Joy tanker now For its part, Axeon did not say Though purchases aren’t Corp, Marathon Oil Corp and headed for New Jersey, according if it would buy any more cargoes banned, Washington has told US Hess Corp, are operating in Iraqi to sources and ship data. of Kurdish crude, but acknowl- companies that buying Kurdish Kurdistan. Kurdish crudes such as Although Baghdad objects edged it was “the importer of crude can be risky. Shaikan, Taq Taq and Tawke are to any independent financial record for the June shipment,” Iraq’s central government has also being sold to the European deals with Kurdistan’s Regional according to a company official. stepped up efforts to block inde- market, including to Russian firm Government, small shipments of “We purchased this cargo on a pendent oil sales by Kurdistan’s Rosneft’s Ruhr Oel refineries in oil such as the one imported by delivered Paulsboro, New Jersey, Regional Government, which Germany. REUTERS SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Is everything on a dollar Latest renewable energy menu costs a dollar? BY PETER VAN BURE target review is garbage ow expensive are those everyday low prices? How much do things really cost on that fast-food restaurant’s dollar BY LANE CROCKETT sector, suppressing wholesale electricity But you don’t have to rely on a battle menu? The answer is more than you think, but maybe prices and driving lower retail electricity of economic models to understand that Hnot for the reason you think. here is a pungent aroma ema- bills as a result. Another key finding that Australian Chamber of Commerce and The Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Programme (SNAP, nating from the latest piece of is revealed from this vast body of work is Industry and their friends have force-fed the current name for food stamps) is often thought of as some- economic work being spruiked that the losers from having more renewable the Deloitte model a constant diet of rub- thing for the unemployed, though nothing could be further from by the Australian Chamber of energy are the big energy companies. bish. Just recently, Ipart in New South the truth. Actually, 73 percent of those enrolled in the country’s Commerce and Industry (ACCI) In fact, the Deloitte report reveals that if Wales released their gas price determination major public benefits programmes are from working families, just Tabout the claimed economic disaster that is the RET were reduced, revenues for existing for the next two years. This price determi- stuck in jobs whose paychecks don’t cover life’s basic necessities. befalling the nation, because of the renew- fossil fuel generators would increase by up nation indicates an increase in gas prices The United States now has the highest proportion of low-wage able energy target (RET). to $5.652bn, while greenhouse gas emissions for an average residential customer over workers in the developed world, most of whom receive only the Underneath the media statements, there would skyrocket by 8 percent. the next two years will be between $136 per minimum wage (the federal standard is $7.25 an hour) and typi- are two unpleasant smells. The first is the The overwhelming weight of evidence annum to $230 per annum. cally are capped by their employers well below 40 hours a week, unmistakable stench of the garbage assump- against their vested interests has obviously At least Deloitte recognise that differ- so they won’t qualify for benefits. Hard work doesn’t always pay tions that have been shovelled into the sent a wave of panic through the likes of ences in assumptions such as these will have off. The math: even full-time work at $7.25 an hour only adds up Deloitte economic black box. The second ACCI and other sponsors of the Deloitte a significant impact on the results. to $290 a week. How do you live on that? is a subtle whiff of desperation that comes work, the Business Council of Australia and The admission that they were not asked You don’t. You turn to food stamps and other forms of public from a group of big business and their lobby the Minerals Council of Australia. to model the broader benefits of the RET, assistance to make up the gap between minimum wage and a groups that find themselves backed into a It would appear that ACCI and their such as industry development, nor were they living wage. Which is just what large minimum-wage employers corner. mates, having seen that rational, logical asked to assess the environmental costs and count on you doing. As the Dick Warburton-led RET review assumptions would not deliver the answer benefits of abolishing the renewable energy Fast food workers claim public assistance at more than twice has unfolded over the last few months we they were after. For example, the Deloitte target, are also telling admissions. the rate of other employed people; McDonald’s workers alone have seen numerous economic assessments report assumes that gas prices will fall below Given all of this, it’s difficult to take any of receive $1.2bn in federal assistance each year. About one out of of this critically important and already suc- the expected trend when every other credi- the findings of this report seriously. However, every three retail workers gets public assistance. After analys- cessful initiative. Most of these assessments ble industry body knows they are increasing. despite what is clearly an economic study ing Medicaid data, the Democratically led House Committee have focused on the likely impact on retail They also utilise out of date renewable designed to justify a predetermined view on Education and the Workforce estimated a single 300-person electricity bills. At least 67 countries, includ- technology costs and assume they will and an act of desperation from ACCI and Wal-Mart in Wisconsin costs taxpayers $5,815 per associate in ing 27 EU countries have renewable energy increase, when they have consistently fallen their mates to demonise renewable energy, public assistance paid. policy targets of some type. over the past decade and, according to the the unbearable economic impact that we Overall, American taxpayers subsidise the minimum wage with Publicly released reports by Roam, International Energy Agency, are expected will suffer amounts to $1 per week. $7bn in public assistance, which is what makes it possible for huge SKM, IES, Schneider Electric and the to fall over the decade to come. Seriously, it costs more than that to have companies to get away with paying people so little. Add in the government’s own modelling conducted These are two glaring examples of where my local council come and empty my rub- taxes you’re paying, and there’s nothing on the dollar menu that as part of the renewable energy target the assumptions used in the Deloitte work bish bin every week. At least I know where actually costs only a dollar. review, confirm that the RET is increas- diverge from reality and really should have they are leaving the contents. Why else do many large companies like food stamps? Because ing competition in the energy generation been consigned to the wheelie bin. THE GUARDIAN poverty is big business. Public benefits are now a huge part of corporate profits. The CEO of Kraft admitted that the mac ‘n’ cheese maker opposed food-stamp cuts because beneficiaries were “a big part of our audience.” One-sixth of Kraft’s revenues come from food-stamp purchases. Yet lobbying by the soda industry keeps sugary drinks on the approved list, allowing companies like Coke and Pepsi to pull in $4bn a year in SNAP money revenues. Yum Brands, the operator of KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, tried unsuccessfully to convince lawmakers in several states to allow its restaurants to accept food stamps. In a January 2014 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Wal-Mart was oddly blunt about what SNAP cuts could do to its bottom line. Wal-Mart’s business risks, the filing said, include: “changes in the amount of payments made under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Plan and other public assistance plans, [and] changes in the eligibility requirements of public assistance plans.” How much profit does Wal-Mart make from public assist- ance? In one year, nine Wal-Mart Supercentres in Massachusetts received more than $33m in SNAP dollars, more than four times the SNAP money spent at farmers’ markets nationwide. In two years, Wal-Mart received about half of the $1bn in SNAP expen- ditures in Oklahoma. Overall, 18 percent of all food benefits money is spent at Wal-Mart. That’s about $14bn. Others also profit well from food stamps. Food stamps are dis- tributed via Electronic Benefits Transfer or EBT (some recipients claim the acronym really means “Eat Better Tonight.”) JPMorgan Chase holds the contracts in half the United States to handle the transactions. In Florida, JPMorgan’s contract is worth $83m, and in New York, it’s worth more than $112m. Meanwhile, until recent changes, customer service for the JP Morgan EBT programme was done via offshore call centres in India and Mexico who paid far below domestic wages. So don’t believe anyone who says raising the minimum wage will automatically drive prices up. Whatever you think you are saving at the cash register in Wal-Mart (or at McDonald’s, KFC, Target…), you are paying in taxes to feed the woman ringing you up. If the business paid a living wage, there could a lessening in demand for public assistance. At the same time, give some thought to how much tax money is ultimately finding its way into the hands of a few large corporations via SNAP sales, another form of welfare, albeit the corporate kind. Higher prices? You’re already paying more than you think. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Rivals’ unfair advantage contributes to Royal Mail shares plunge

BY NILS PRATLEY Royal Mail’s GLS operation in unstable at some point. horrible. In March last year, of chairman would improve oper- Tougher regulation, better laws France is one of several compa- Royal Mail has been a tizzy when Standard was completing ations on the ground. and more prosecutions are the ow are those super, nies suspected of anti-competitive ever since TNT Post, which oper- a decade of unbroken growth in Sands and Peace are clearly way forward. A criminal offence soaraway Royal Mail practices. ates an every-other-day service, revenues and profits, it was £18. determined to stay. The best argu- of “reckless banking”, as proposed shares doing? Not so All could be filed under every- announced plans to cover 42 per- Now it is £12.22, a price first seen ment for making bankers swear by regulators, would be a useful Hsoaraway. Priced at day thrills and spills. A fourth fac- cent of UK addresses, but only 8.5 as long ago as 2006. Naturally, an oath of good behaviour is the deterrent, whatever the practi- 330p at flotation, the stock hit tor should concern everybody, not percent of the UK geography, by some shareholders are asking possibilities for entertainment. cal difficulties of securing convic- 600p in January but touched 415p only shareholders. It is the seem- 2017. TNT postmen are already how a bank that breezed through There could be an annual event, a tions. Oaths are flim-flam. this week, the lowest they have ingly haphazard way in which on the beat in London, Liverpool the financial crisis can take bit like Trooping the Colour, with An idea for Dave Lewis, incom- traded. The market has had a competition is being injected into and Manchester. such a tumble in gentler climes. a regiment of Barclays forex trad- ing boss of Tesco: study that BT serious rethink about prospects. the UK letter delivery business, Ofcom, the postal regulator, Emerging markets – or some of ers marching behind a company of sharesave scheme paying out an This does not mean business especially the end-to-end market points out that end-to-end let- them – have weakened, but is RBS small business consultants. average of £42,000 to partici- secretary Vince Cable was right where new entrants can use their ter competition was less than this a case of management losing The oath idea, promoted by pants and see if you can invent a all along about the Royal Mail’s own postmen to cover “the final 1 percent of market volumes in its grip? Did the $667m (£396m) think-tank ResPublica, is non- souped-up version. valuation. The silliness of privati- mile”. March this year and that it will penalty for breaching US sanc- sense. Nobody would take such These schemes only work so sation lay in the sale of 60 percent “Direct delivery is in reality assess any “emerging threat” to tions on Iran throw the organisa- pledges seriously since good spectacularly as motivational of the shares in one go. It would not level playing field competi- the USO. Royal Mail chief execu- tion into confusion? behaviour in banking is dem- tools when they start by catch- have been much better to sell in tion that brings benefits to con- tive Moya Greene complains that Fund managers’ muttering is onstrated by deeds, not pious ing a low in the share price. BT stages: slip out 20 percent initially sumers,” complains Royal Mail. without regulatory intervention undeniable but it is hard to make declarations. in 2009 was at an all-time low and allow the market, rather than “Rather it is ‘cherry picking’ arbi- she won’t be able to achieve the 5 an overwhelming case for board- The supposed golden age of and the price has improved five- ministers and civil servants led by trage.” That is a self-interested percent to 10 percent profit mar- room change at this point. Sands gentlemanly bankers whose word fold since then, which is why the City advisers, to assess the right view but it is persuasive. Royal gin deemed sufficient to protect neglected to charm his investors was their bond was riddled with payout numbers are so large. price. Mail’s obligation to deliver to the USO. during the glory years, leaving insider trading. In recent times Tesco, even with a following That argument can be put on every address in Britain six days Standard Chartered has the job to now departed finance cuddly old Co-op Bank traded wind, would struggle to double in the shelf until Lord Myners offers a week at a uniform price – the already told us that its first-half director Richard Meddings, but on its claimed ethical superior- value in five years, even from its a view in his report on privatisa- Universal Service Obligation, or figures next Wednesday will be he has accumulated credit for ity but still pumped out payment shrunken share price of 253p. But tions in the autumn. The question USO – relies on cross-subsidies. horrible. The emerging markets Standard’s 2007-2012 record. As protection insurance with the rest perhaps shop-floor staff could be now is why Royal Mail’s shares The lucrative bits, such as serv- bank warned last month of a fall for Peace, he got it plainly wrong of them. offered deeper discounts on their are falling so rapidly. ing densely populated cities, sub- of about 20 percent in operating on remuneration (there was a 40 HSBC used to be terribly proud shares, or straightforward cash Three reasons are obvious. sidise deliveries to rural areas. If profits caused by weak markets in percent shareholder rebellion at of its upright reputation but still payments instead if profit targets Competition has stiffened in the rivals have a free hand to operate India, Korea and Singapore plus a Standard’s annual meeting) and forgot to erect money-laundering are met. parcels market across Europe; only in cities, and to deliver only jump in bad loans by “a high-teens needs to rectify the mistake of controls to prevent Mexican drug Something needs to happen to Amazon in Britain is delivering presorted utility bills and bank percentage”. setting overly short-term targets, cartels laundering billions of dol- reverse the sense of drift. more of its parcels itself; and statements, the USO will become The share price also looks but it’s not obvious that a change lars through its branches. THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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CAPE TOWN: South Africa year, who impressed on debut Bernard Foley scores late winner in Sydney thriller captain Jean de Villiers has against Scotland in June. recovered from the knee Two senior Springboks who SYDNEY: Bernard Foley kicked injury that kept him out of the will play in Japan in the coming a long-range penalty a minute June tests against Wales and months, JP Pietersen and Schalk from time to give the New Scotland and was back in the Burger, were not considered for South Wales Waratahs their Springbok squad for the Rugby the start of the competition. maiden Super Rugby title with Championship. “Obviously the squad can a 33-32 victory over the seven- Centre De Villiers was one of change during the course of time champion Canterbury six players returning from injury the Rugby Championship and Crusaders in a thrilling final — Tendai Mtawarira (prop), although JP and Schalk were yesterday. Frans Malherbe (prop), Eben not considered at this stage, they The Waratahs dreams of a Etzebeth (lock), Patrick Lambie could still feature later in the first title in their third final were (flyhalf/fullback) and Damian de competition,” Meyer added. hanging by a thread when the Allende (centre) being the others. Locks Flip van der Merwe Wallabies flyhalf calmly slotted Stormers midfielder De (knee) and Pieter-Steph du Toit his seventh penalty of the night Allende, who was forced to (knee), loose-forwards Arno from 44 metres to send the record withdraw from the squad in Botha (knee) and Pierre Spies crowd of 61,823 at the Olympic June because of a knee ligament (bicep), scrumhalf Fourie du Stadium into raptures. injury, and Sharks scrumhalf Preez (ankle) and centre Jaque The Waratahs also had tries Cobus Reinach are the only two Fourie (ankle) had all featured in either side of half time from cen- uncapped players in the 30-man 2013 or earlier in the year for the tre Adam Ashley-Cooper but they squad. Boks but were not available due had to dig deep in the second half De Villiers will regain the to injuries. The Boks begin their when the Crusaders erased an captaincy that was temporarily Rugby Championship campaign early deficit and took a slender handed to veteran lock Victor against Argentina in Pretoria on lead. Matfield and young centre Jan Aug. 16. They also play Australia It was a first win in 12 matches Serfontein in his absence. and New Zealand home and away. over a decade against the New “It’s great to have Jean back REUTERS Zealanders, who had won the first to lead the side,” coach Heyneke two finals between the teams in Meyer said in press release issued 2005 and 2008. by the South Africa Rugby Union Squad “The Crusaders really lifted yesterday. their game in the second half and “Victor Matfield and Jan Forwards (17): Willem Alberts, Bakkies showed why they’re the kings of Serfontein both did superbly Botha, Schalk Brits, Marcell Coetzee, Lodewyk the finals,” said Waratahs coach well in his absence, but he is our de Jager, Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis, Eben Etzebeth, Francois Louw, Frans Michael Cheika, who has trans- New South Wales Waratahs celebrate after defeating the Canterbury Crusaders in the Super 15 Rugby Union captain and I’m sure he will slot Malherbe, Victor Matfield, Teboho Mohoje, formed the underachieving state final in Sydney yesterday. back into the side without any side in his two years at the helm. difficulty. Tendai Mtawarira, Trevor Nyakane, Gurthro “But we’ve been working really looking fragile at the set piece resulted in Nadolo touching down to launch another assault with “The same goes for Eben, Frans Steenkamp, Adriaan Strauss, Duane Vermeulen hard on our persistence all year — and two more Foley penalties in the corner. Ashley-Cooper again crashing and Patrick, all of whom have Backs (13): Damian De Allende, Jean de and it paid off for us.” extended the lead to 14-0 after 15 It was a controversial deci- through tacklers to give the home been part of the squad before.” Villiers, Bryan Habana, Cornal Hendricks, The Crusaders had tries from minutes. sion confirmed by referee Craig side the lead at 30-26. Also included in the squad Francois Hougaard, Patrick Lambie, Willie le flanker Matt Todd and winger The New Zealanders had too Joubert only after review of the Slade kicked two more pen- was 20-year-old flyhalf Handre Roux, Lwazi Mvovo, Ruan Pienaar, Handré Nemani Nadolo — his 12th of the much quality to simply lie down, TV pictures, which suggested the alties, though, to give the Pollard, the current International Pollard, Cobus Reinach, Jan Serfontein, Morne season — along with 20 points though, and from a counter- Fijian’s foot might have gone into Crusaders a two-point lead but Rugby Board junior player of the Steyn from the boot of flyhalf Colin attack from inside their own 22 on touch. ultimately it only set the stage for Slade but their wait for an eighth 18 minutes, number eight Kieran Slade converted and added a Foley, who got his chance when title will now go into a seventh Read offloaded to flanker Todd, penalty after the Waratahs scrum Richie McCaw infringed at the season. who brushed off Ashley-Cooper’s collapsed under pressure in the breakdown. The Waratahs, as they have tackle to score in the corner. 48th minute to put the Crusaders “We’re absolutely gutted,” said often this season, started at a Dan Carter added the extras ahead for the first time at 23-20. Crusaders skipper Read. canter and were 8-0 up inside in one of his last contributions Foley missed a chance to level “We definitely started slowly five minutes after Foley kicked his before he departed the contest on the scores a couple of minutes and I was proud of the way we first penalty and Ashley-Cooper the half-hour mark with a corked later but made no mistake with fought back. In the end it came finished off a breathless move by thigh, leaving Slade to trade a his next attempt only for Slade to down to one kick. That’s footie I barging through three tacklers to couple of penalties apiece with slot another penalty to maintain guess.” touch down. Foley before the break. the three-point cushion. The crowd was a record for a The Crusaders appeared Three minutes after halftime The Crusaders were now domi- Super Rugby match, beating the shellshocked by the Waratahs’ and the scores were all square nating the breakdown but the 55,000 that watched the Bulls beat opening salvo — making unchar- at 20-20 after another sweep- Waratahs stuck to their task and the Waikato Chiefs in the 2009 South Africa captain Jean de Villiers. acteristic handling errors and ing Crusaders counter-attack managed to get enough quick ball final in Pretoria. REUTERS Pacers and US star George suffers major leg injury

LAS VEGAS: Indiana Pacers Colangelo said decisions star Paul George suffered a grisly about the final US selection lower right leg injury on Friday for the Basketball World night in a United States intra- Cup, to be held in Spain squad scrimmage in preparation August 30-September 14, for the Basketball World Cup. would take a back seat to The injury was bad enough that making sure George was the exhibition before fans at the cared for properly. Thomas and Mack Center was “Our first concern, our immediately halted and George was primary concern, is Paul quickly hospitalised. George,” he said. “And so, as He later tweeted his thanks an organization, we’re just for the outpouring of concern he going to let a little bit of time received. go by here before we address “Thanks everybody for the love rosters or any of that stuff. It and support.. I’ll be ok and be back seems unimportant.” better than ever!!!” he said. George, 24, has been an Although he was upbeat, the All-Star each of the last reaction from those who saw the two years. He averaged 21.7 injury occur — either first-hand or points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.5 via video replays, showed just how assists in 80 games last sea- shocking it was. son for the Pacers, who lost “It was difficult to watch the to Miami in the Eastern injury that Paul George sustained Conference finals. tonight while representing his Pacers president of bas- country,” NBA commissioner Adam Paul George is carted off on a gurney after injuring his leg during the ketball operations Larry Bird Silver said in a statement. “The USA Basketball Showcase at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on said the team was monitor- thoughts and prayers of all of us Friday night. ing the situation. at the NBA are with Paul and his “We are aware of the family.” “With the serious injury that we had and injury sustained by Paul The Pacers small forward landed hard the fact that we stopped playing for a long George in Friday Night’s Team USA game and his leg buckled horribly near the basket period of time, and out of respect for Paul in Las Vegas and we are obviously greatly stanchion after he had fouled James Harden and his family, the scrimmage is done,” he concerned,” Bird said in a statement. on a drive early in the fourth quarter of the told the crowd. “At this time our thoughts and prayers are contest. USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo with Paul. We are still gathering details and Harden immediately doubled over in did not immediately confirm the exact will have an updated statement Saturday.” shock upon seeing the injury to his US nature of the injury, but said the organiza- None of the players on the court with team-mate and medical personnel, US coach tion’s only concern at the moment was for George spoke to the media. Mike Krzyzewski and members of George’s the player. However, Houston Rockets guard Harden family attending the game moved to comfort “This is a very tough blow,” a grim-faced was among George’s NBA colleagues to use the stricken player. Colangelo said at a news conference. “It’s Twitter to wish the injured player well. After George had been taken from the a tough situation for our entire organiza- “Prayers go out to Paul George and his court with his leg in a splint, Krzyzewski tion, our coaches and players are very, very family!” Harden tweeted. “Keep ya head up announced that the contest would be halted. emotional.” G!” AFP SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Sanogo shines as Arsenal beat Benfica French striker scores four times to upstage club’s star signing Alexis Sanchez

LONDON: French striker home a left-foot volley in the 40th Yaya Sanogo scored four times minute. as Arsenal crushed Portuguese Improbably, there was time for champions Benfica 5-1 at the Sanogo to complete his hat-trick Emirates Cup friendly tourna- before the interval. ment in London yesterday. He tucked away a volleyed cross The 21-year-old, who has never from Campbell in the 44th minute scored a competitive goal for the and then flicked in a centre from club, claimed a first-half hat-trick Kieran Gibbs at the second and added another goal in the sec- attempt in stoppage time. ond half to upstage star signing The towering former Auxerre Alexis Sanchez, who made his first striker claimed his fourth four appearance as a late substitute. minutes into the second period, Costa Rica forward Joel rolling the ball into an empty net Campbell, back at Arsenal after after Benfica goalkeeper Artur three seasons out on loan, scored Moraes had parried from Ramsey. the hosts’ other goal, with Nicolas Gaitan headed in from a long Gaitan replying for Europa throw-in with half an hour League runners-up Benfica. remaining, but Arsenal’s fans Arsenal manager Arsene were given further reason to cheer Wenger hailed Sanogo and when Chile forward Sanchez Campbell, 22, for their displays replaced Campbell to make his and said that he did not intend debut following his switch from to send either of them out on loan Barcelona for a fee of around this season. £30m ($50.4m). “They need to play, of course, Arsenal’s new number 17 almost but they need to play here,” he created a goal for fellow substitute said. Francis Coquelin in injury time, “Sanogo came here last year on but the French midfielder’s shot a free (transfer) and we worked came back off the post. very hard for six months with Arsenal play Monaco on Sunday him, and from January onwards before facing Manchester City in he was slowly getting better. Now the Community Shield next week- we want him to stay here.” end, while Benfica will close the Wenger added: “It’s very dif- tournament against Valencia. ficult to draw any conclusions Joel Campbell (left) of Arsenal celebrates with his team-mates Yaya Sanogo (centre) and Hector Bellerin (right) after scoring a goal during the Emirates “The quality of Arsenal’s after a game like that. But for Cup soccer match between Arsenal FC and Benfica Lisbon in London yesterday. players exceeded our expecta- long spells we played the way we tions,” said beaten coach Jorge want to play football, and that’s competition, which concludes unfamiliar position at centre- skimmed the crossbar. in devastating fashion. Jesus. the most positive thing.” today. back alongside fellow full-back But after Campbell had Sanogo broke the deadlock in “The difference in today’s game The game at the Emirates Wenger used the occa- Nacho Monreal. scuffed wide from Aaron the 26th minute with a clever was the defensive side. We were Stadium here followed the 2-2 sion to cast his eye over some After Campbell had seen an Ramsey’s dinked pass and Sanogo back-heeled finish from Ramsey’s close to what we were last year on draw between Valencia and fringe players, with new signing early penalty claim waved away, had steered a low Hector Bellerin right-wing cross. the offensive side, but defensively, Monaco in the first match of Calum Chambers — formerly of Gaitan gave Arsenal a scare cross the wrong side of the near The adventurous Bellerin then we were very far from what we the four-team friendly Southampton — starting in an with an adroit half-volley that post, the hosts clicked into gear teed up Campbell to bludgeon want to be.” AFP Ibrahimovic brace powers PSG to victory in Beijing BEIJING: French Ligue 1 title- physical condition. The big Swede was enjoying holders Paris Saint-Germain “But we have young players a purple patch and in the last added the Champions Trophy and it’s the coach’s job to have minute tried his luck from inside to their growing list of acco- faith in them, like tonight.” his own half, although without lades with a 2-0 win over Cup It was the capital-based outfit’s success. winners Guingamp in Beijing second successive victory in the Frighteningly, Blanc said yesterday. competition, between the French there is a lot more to come from Star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic champions and Cup winners, hav- Ibrahimovic. scored both goals inside the open- ing defeated Bordeaux in Gabon “Ibra is not in top form, like ing 20 minutes as the champions in 2013. the rest of the team,” said the effectively ended the match as a They also won the first ever former France coach. contest inside the first period. edition in 1995, beating Nantes “We expect to have a lot of “We came here (to Beijing) on penalties. competition from teams who because of the Champions Trophy Guingamp coach Jocelyn are further advanced in their and therefore to win it,” said PSG Gourvennec said his side’s defeat preparation than us but despite coach Laurent Blanc. was no surprise. all that, we always want to play “It’s something very positive. “PSG won in a logical manner. good football and to finish off The other positive is that we We had a few chances to get back chances, and Ibra finishes off a continued our preparation, our into it with dead-ball situations lot of chances for us. hard work and we didn’t reduce but it was tough chasing the ball “Consequently, it’s not unsur- our training programme due to in this heat and they hold it bet- prising that he made the differ- today’s match.” ter than us,” he said. ence and was man-of-the-match.” PSG were without several “No team in France and very Guingamp’s best opportu- regular starters who are still few in Europe manage to have nity came in the 31st minute recovering after their World more possession than PSG.” when Brazilian centre-back Cup exertions, including captain Ibrahimovic opened the scor- Marquinhos was harshly adjudged Thiago Silva and new signing ing after just nine minutes when to have brought down Claudio David Luiz, but Blanc used the taking goalkeeper Mamadou Beauvue, but Italian goalkeeper opportunity to give some younger Samassa by surprise with a Salvatore Sirigu, who was a vir- players a chance. shot from 20 yards. On 20 min- tual spectator throughout, saved “This month of August will be utes he doubled the advantage Mustapha Yatabare’s spot-kick. quite strange as we have play- form the penalty spot after PSG begin their quest for a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic (centre) lifts the trophy with his team-mates after winning ers arriving at different times Jean-Christophe Bahebeck was third straight Ligue 1 title on the match against EA Guingamp at the Workers Stadium in Beijing yesterday. and not everyone is in the same brought down by Lars Jacobsen. Friday at Reims. AFP Lampard set for Manchester City loan Real’s Ronaldo ruled out of Frank Lampard (pictured), who spent 13 seasons with Premier League side Chelsea, could face his former club in September under a loan deal from Manchester United friendly his new Major League Soccer team to Manchester City. The New York MADRID: Real Madrid for- Cup friendly tournament. Daily News reported yesterday that ward Cristiano Ronaldo was Real lost their opening two Lampard, who signed a two-year ruled out of yesterday night’s Group A matches against Serie deal last week with New York City friendly in Michigan against his A sides Inter Milan and AS Roma FC, will be loaned to Manchester City former club Manchester United respectively and Ancelotti said he for six months by the US expansion but the La Liga side are hoping and the players were determined team, which will play its first MLS he will be fit for the European to put on a good show despite season next March. The 36-year-old Super Cup. already being eliminated. England midfielder hopes to keep his The Portugal captain and “There are never any friendly name in the mix for national team World Player of the Year has been games against Manchester duty with the move, according to the hampered by a left knee problem (United), and less so in a stadium newspaper. Lampard, a member of in recent months and was clearly like this,” Ancelotti said. below his best at the World Cup “We have to finish this tour off the England squad that exited this in Brazil, where the Portuguese in the best way possible,” added year’s World Cup in Brazil in the failed to progress beyond the the Italian. group stage, has scored 29 goals group stage. “We are proud to play this in 106 appearances for his country “Cristiano Ronaldo is doing match and we want to finish well since making his international individual work and the plan is before playing the Super Cup.” debut in 1999. Manchester City continue with the programme and Real begin their La Liga cam- and Major League Baseball’s New on Aug. 5 he will train with the Cristiano Ronaldo paign on Aug. 25 at home to pro- York Yankees partnered to create team again,” Carlo Ancelotti, the moted Cordoba. the new MLS team and have also coach of the European champions, in time for the European Super The first leg of the Spanish signed Spanish star David Villa for told a news conference preview- Cup against Real’s La Liga rivals Super Cup against city rivals the squad. Manchester City will host ing the match at the University and Europa League winners Atletico Madrid is at Real’s Chelsea in the Premier League on of Michigan stadium. Sevilla in Cardiff on Aug. 12. Bernabeu stadium on Aug. 19 and September 23. Ancelotti added that he was The game against United is part the return is at the Calderon on counting on Ronaldo recovering of the International Champions August 22. REUTERS SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Serena enters Stanford last four, sister Venus not so lucky Top seed fights back to beat Ivanovic; eighth seed Petkovic battles past elder Williams

STANFORD, California: Top seed Serena Williams came from a set down to book her place in the Stanford Classic semi-finals with a hard-earned 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 win against fifth-seeded Serb Ana Ivanovic on Friday night. Serena, whose sister Venus was beaten in three sets by Germany’s Andrea Petkovic earlier in the day, initially struggled on a fast playing surface but gradually found her range to seal victory in just under two hours. “It wasn’t very easy,” Serena, who will face Petkovic in the last four later yesterday said. “Ana plays very well. This surface was a little fast so she was hitting a lot of shots. “But I just fought it and stayed in there. I just tried to do every- thing that I worked on.” Serena was broken in the first game of the match, then double- faulted to lose serve again in the fifth and trail 1-4 before losing the opening set in just under 30 minutes. However, the American used

WTA Stanford Venus Williams of the United States reacts during her match against Andrea Petkovic of Germany during a WTA Stanford Classic match at the Taube Family Tennis Stadium in Stanford, Classic Results California, on Friday night. RIGHT: Serena Williams of the United States during her match against Ana Ivanovic of Serbia. her crunching ground strokes faster, you have to turn faster, Petkovic battled past Venus wasn’t as on today as in previ- while Varvara Lepchenko crushed Results from Friday, the fifth to great effect in the next two everything you have to do just a Williams 6-1 3-6 7-5 in a pulsating ous days,” said Venus. “I came fellow American Sachia Vickery day of the $710,000 WTA hard- sets and, helped by 10 aces, she little step faster. match lasting nearly two hours. close, but she was just too good. 6-1 6-0. court tournament at Stanford (x wrapped up the win when her “But I am feeling really good. I Former world number one She’s been having a great year “It was a very good match for denotes seeded player) opponent sent a forehand service had some long rallies and I wasn’t Venus, who had upset fourth seed and she managed to play those me,” said Kerber. “I played good, Quarter-finals: Serena Williams (USA x1) bt return wide. out of breath at all so I was like. Victoria Azarenka in straight sets last few games just a little bit aggressive tennis. I knew before Ana Ivanovic (SRB x5) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Andrea Asked how she had adjusted to ‘Yeah’,” added Serena, who suf- in the previous round, fought back better.” the match it would be a tough Petkovic (GER x8) bt Venus Williams (USA) 6-1, the slick conditions on the hard- fered a surprise third round loss from 6-1 and 2-0 down to level the In the other two quarter-finals, one because she hits the ball very 3-6, 7-5; Angelique Kerber (GER x3) bt Garbine court surface, Serena replied: at Wimbledon in her previous match but the German regained third-seeded German Angelique fast, so I was just trying to play Muguruza (ESP) 6-2, 6-1; Varvara Lepchenko “You just start running. You have tournament. control in the decisive third set. Kerber swept aside Spaniard point by point. I’m happy about (USA) bt Sachia Vickery (USA) 6-1, 6-0. to see faster, you have to move Earlier, the eighth-seeded “She played really well, and I Garbine Muguruza Blanco 6-2 6-1 my game today.” REUTERS Raonic, Gasquet advance to Washington semis

WASHINGTON: Wimbledon 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), Gasquet is 2-0 It’s very important to keep your semi-finalist Milos Raonic and 6-2, to extend his Washington Open vs Giraldo, win- belief.” 2013 US Open semi-finalist best run in three ning at Lyon in Nishikori connected on 62 Richard Gasquet advanced to years. 2008 and in a percent of his first serves to 58 the last four of the ATP and “He’s very tal- Results 2011 Wimbledon percent for Gasquet, but the WTA Washington Open with ented and he’s Men’s Quarter-finals: Donald Young (USA) bt opener, but lost Frenchman won 85 percent of his straight-set triumphs on Friday very dangerous,” Kevin Anderson (RSA x7) 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2; his only match first-serve points to 64 percent night. Raonic said. “He Milos Raonic (CAN x2) bt Steve Johnson (USA) against Pospisil for Nishikori. Canadian second seed Raonic neutralizes well. 7-6 (7/2), 6-2; Richard Gasquet (FRA x6) bt Kei last year at “This is very disappointing,” fired 16 aces and lost only nine He defends well.” Nishikori (JPN x4) 6-1, 6-4; Vasek Pospisil (CAN) Shanghai. Nishikori said. “Didn’t do any- service points in defeating French sixth v Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 30-0, Gasquet, thing. I could do better. Hopefully suspended by rain until Saturday. American Steve Johnson 7-6 seed Gasquet who improved I’ll play better next week.” Milos Raonic (left) and Richard Gasquet (7/2), 6-2, taking only 79 minutes ripped Japanese Women’s Quarter-finals: Svetlana Kuznetsova to 5-0 against Young’s Washington run is his to book his third semi-final of the fourth seed (RUS x6) bt Vania King (USA), walkover, right Nishikori, with- deepest since reaching his only season. Kei Nishikori hip injury; Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt Bojana drew from ATP final in 2011 at Bangkok, “I’m getting better and bet- 6-1, 6-4 in only Jovanovski (SRB) 6-4, 6-4; Kurumi Nara (JPN) Atlanta last week where he lost to Britain’s Andy Goffin wins maiden ATP title ter,” Raonic said. “I played the 59 minutes to bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-3, 6-1; Ekaterina with a sore right Murray. “I’m just believing a little right way at the end of the sets. reach the other Makarova (RUS x2) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova arm, but fired more. I’m staying in the matches KITZBUEHEL, Austria: Belgium’s David Goffin (pictured) When I got the advantage I kept semi-final, but (RUS x5) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3. nine aces and more, not tapping out,” Young claimed his first ATP Tour title by beating local favourite Dominic the intensity. I’ve gotten better at he would have to won all three said. Thiem to win the Kitzbuehel Cup yesterday. knowing what I need to do. I step wait till yesterday night to learn break-point chances he created On the women’s side, Russian Both players were looking for first titles but up in the tie-breakers and that his opponent. against 11th-ranked Nishikori. sixth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, it was wildcard Goffin who prevailed on the has worked out well.” Canada’s Vasek Pospisil, who “It’s a big victory for me to win the 2004 US Open and 2009 claycourts in the Austrian winter sports resort, Raonic, seeking his sixth ATP upset Czech top seed Tomas against him,” Gasquet said. French Open champion, won coming back to win 4-6, 6-1, 6-3. title, lost the Rome semi-final to Berdych, and Colombia’s Santiago Gasquet, nagged by a back by walkover when American It continued an incredible sequence of vic- top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Giraldo had their quarter-final injury earlier this season, reached Vania King withdrew with a tories for the 23-year-old Goffin who, since at Wimbledon to 17-time Grand suspended by rain two points into his fourth semi-final of the year in right hip injury. Japan’s Kurumi losing to Andy Murray in the first round Slam winner Roger Federer. the third set. quest of his 11th career title and Nara defeated France’s Kristina of Wimbledon, has claimed 20 consecutive Next up for Raonic is a first Giraldo won the first set 7-6 first since last October at Moscow. Mladenovic 6-3, 6-1 to reach a match wins, a run that has earned him three career meeting with 25-year-old (7/4) while Pospisil took the “I was stopped for about three semi-final against New Zealand’s Challenger titles. US left-hander Donald Young, second set 6-3 and the first two months,” Gasquet said. “It’s dif- Marina Erakovic, who beat World number 50 Thiem had been hoping to who outlasted South African points of the third set on his serve ficult. The level is very high and Serbian Bojana Jovanovski 6-4, become the first home winner of the tournament since former world seventh seed Kevin Anderson before play was halted. you have lost your confidence. 6-4. AFP number one Thomas Muster triumphed 21 years ago. REUTERS Tiger, Phil together again at PGA Championship

LOUISVILLE: Tiger Woods champion who will be making Martin Kaymer of Germany and will be notable as well. and Phil Mickelson have been only his fourth start since back Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy, American Rickie Fowler, who paired together for the first surgery four months ago, will winner of last month’s British shared second at the US and two rounds of the 96th PGA be joined by Irishman Padraig Open, will start off the first tee British Opens and fifth at the Championship, the PGA of Harrington. at 1.45 in the afternoon Thursday Masters, will be joined by South America announced on Friday. That trio tees off Thursday at and off the 10th tee at 8.35 Friday Africa’s Ernie Els and France’s Five-time major winner 8.35 local time in the morning morning. Victor Dubuisson on Thursday Mickelson is 10th in the American from the 10th tee and Friday at Jason Dufner, last year’s PGA morning and Friday afternoon. standings, while Woods is 69th 1.45 in the afternoon off the first Championship winner, is paired One group behind them will after missing most of this year tee. with Keegan Bradley, who beat be top-ranked Adam Scott of while recovering from back Woods, who won the 2000 Dufner in a playoff to win the 2011 Australia, American Jordan surgery. PGA Championship at Valhalla, PGA Championship, and South Spieth and England’s Lee Groups revealed for next has a checkered history with Korean Yang Yong-Eun, who Westwood. Thursday and Friday at the year’s Mickelson, notably a Ryder Cup became the first Asian man to England’s Justin Rose will final major at Valhalla Golf Club pairing in which he delievered a win a major by capturing the 2009 be paired with South African also saw the traditional pairing death-stare glance at Mickelson PGA Championship at Hazeltine. Louis Oosthuizen and American of the three major winners from in a foursomes match after the They start at 1:55 Thursday Matt Kuchar while Spain’s earlier this year. left-hander sent his tee shot into afternoon off the first tee and 8:45 Sergio Garcia plays the first two Mickelson, who failed in his the deep rough. Friday morning off the 10th tee, rounds alongside American Steve bid to complete a career grand Reigning Masters cham- just behind the three 2014 major Stricker and Tom Watson, the US Tiger Woods (left) and Phil Mickelson slam in June at the US Open, pion Bubba Watson of the winners. captain for this year’s Ryder Cup. and Woods, the 14-time major United States, US Open winner Two other back-to-back groups AGENCIES SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq speaks during a press conference before leaving for Sri Lanka in Karachi yesterday. RIGHT: Pakistan team members leave for Sri Lanka. Pakistan open the tour with the first of two Tests in Galle starting from August 6. They will also play three one-day matches. Pakistan target top Test spot Test series in Sri Lanka: Misbah wants to spoil Jayawardene’s farewell party

KARACHI: Skipper Misbah-ul Haq and head coach Waqar Younis yesterday said they were Banned Malik, Aamir aiming for Pakistan to claim the top Test spot as they left for a Test and one-day series against Sri Lanka. back prison terms Pakistan, currently third in the Test rankings, briefly attained world number two in 2006 but have never been number one. for match fixers Misbah said Pakistan could take the top spot if they won in KARACHI: Pakistan’s banned cricketers, Sri Lanka and against Australia Salim Malik and Muhammad Aamir have in October. backed moves by New Zealand’s government “We have a very good chance to enforce prison sentences for players found and it’s a big motivation for us to guilty of spot or match fixing. become top Test team,” Misbah Malik, who is serving a life ban for match told reporters as the team fixing and Aamir who is in the fourth year of a departed for Colombo. five year ban for spot fixing, said prison terms Pakistan open the tour with the would help curb the menace of corruption. first of two Tests in Galle start- “I think it is a good move by New Zealand’s ing from August 6. They also play government and other cricket playing nations three one-day matches. should also follow it,” Malik, who has pleaded “We will do our best to grab innocence since being banned in 2000, told Salim Malik this as we have a very good oppor- Reuters. tunity to reach the top,” said “I know how much I have suffered because of this match fixing Misbah. stigma. I think it is time similar law was also enacted in Pakistan Misbah said playing Tests after so that cricket players can be clean of such allegations once and for a gap of more than six months all,” Malik said. since their last series in January Aamir, 22, was banned for spot fixing in 2010 and believes the had mixed effects. threat of going to prison would deter players from being tempted to “I think everything has its get involved with match fixing. advantages and disadvantages and “It is a reality that some people try to lure players down the wrong playing a Test after a gap too has Coach Waqar Younis speaks during a press conference. RIGHT: Younis Khan leaves alongside team members path,” he said on the Geo Super channel. “I have experienced it. its good and bad effects,” he said. for Sri Lanka. “I think such laws will definitely make players think twice about “We got a gap so we worked on what they are doing. What I did was wrong and it has been hard our fitness and worked on some going without cricket for all these years. tactical issues but the disad- win them,” said Waqar, appointed spoiling senior batsman Mahela is the mainstay of the Sri Lankan “But I think more anti-corruption steps are required to clean up vantage is that we need time to for two years in May. Jayawardene’s farewell party. batting. Misbah predicted a tough the sport,” he said. return to the Test format but we Waqar said Pakistan can take Former Sri Lanka captain series against the Sri Lankans Aamir also adviced the PCB to set up a committee of senior players have the first Test at Galle in our inspiration from their last Test Jayawardene, who has scored who have a strong home record. who could guide young players at domestic and international level focus and will have to be up to the win over Sri Lanka in Sharjah 11,671 runs in 147 Tests averag- “It is going to be a tough series and educate them about the pitfalls of modern day cricket. mark,” said Misbah. when they chased 302 on the last ing over 50, announced last month because Sri Lanka have been play- The chief operating officer of the PCB, Subhan Ahmad said Misbah predicted a close series day. he would retire from Test cricket ing lot of test and other cricket. Pakistan supported New Zealand’s move to curb fixing in sports. with Sri Lanka, who last month “That win in Sharjah will be a after the home series against But we have prepared hard and I “This has been discussed at the ICC level by the anti-corruption lost to South Africa 1-0 in a two- great motivation because we were Pakistan starting at Galle on have confidence in our bowlers,” unit,” he said. Test series. really positive in that chase,” said Wednesday. said Misbah. “There are similar laws already prevalent in England and in “Both teams know each other Waqar. “If we are to win the series “Our spinners have tradition- Pakistan also we will be engaging with parliamentarians to enact a well,” said Misbah of Sri Lanka, “We should continue that and in Sri Lanka, we have to ensure ally done well in Sri Lanka but we similar law,” Ahmad said. The New Zealand government decided to who Pakistan have played in five like South Africa, who are world’s that their top batsmen, particu- are banking on our pace bowlers move the Crimes (Match-fixing) Amendment series in as many years. best team, do our best.” larly Jayawardene, is not allowed as well.” Bill 2014, which entails a seven-year punish- “I think both the teams have Waqar said the induction of to get many runs,” Misbah told a Misbah, who turned 40 in May ment if found guilty of match-fixing after the good combinations and it will be former Zimbabwe opener Grant news conference on the eve of the and has a modest strike rate in recent scandal where former New Zealand a close Test series,” said Misbah. Flower as batting coach would team’s departure for Sri Lanka. one-dayers, was coy about his batsman, Lou Vincent confessed to indulging Waqar agreed Pakistan’s next help the team. “I have a lot of respect for what chances of leading Pakistan in in spot fixing. two series are as important as “He has a very good reputation he has achieved but we are going next year’s 50-over World Cup in Pakistan has been hit the hardest by fix- next year’s World Cup. as a very positive and gritty man to Sri Lanka to win the two-test Australia and New Zealand. ing scandals with four of their current play- “The main target is the World so his induction will surely help series and we know how impor- “I just focus on the match ers including Aamir, Muhammad Asif, former Cup but we have very important the team,” said Waqar. tant it is for us to not allow their at the moment because that is captain Salman Butt and leg spinner Danish series in Sri Lanka and then two Meanwhile, Mishab said senior players to score.” important. No one knows what Kaneria all banned for fixing in the last four more against Australia and New Pakistan will do whatever it Jayawardene, 37, has also scored will happen after one day so why Muhammad Aamir years. REUTERS Zealand so we have to focus on all takes to win the two-Test series 11,681 runs in 420 one-dayers and think about the World Cup. these events and try our best to in Sri Lanka even if it means with stalwart Kumar Sangakkara REUTERS Six-star Ali excites England coach Moores

SOUTHAMPTON, United 266 runs at Southampton on bloke and that is one of his real off-spinner, Ali has so far taken 15 on. Mo is a very sensible lad. He Moores. “That’s exciting, because Kingdom: Moeen Ali’s perform- Thursday to level the five-match strengths,” he said. “He stays wickets at an impressive average knows he’s got to keep doing a lot you don’t know when he’s going ance in taking six wickets dur- series at 1-1. calm under pressure. So he took of 26.46 in the India series, with of work.” to stop. ing England’s first Test win in His bowling display saw the it for what it was and moved on.” only England’s James Anderson Ali had already proved his “To get people like (Cheteshwar) nearly a year has left national 27-year-old Worcestershire all- After off-spinner Graeme (16 wickets) a more successful worth as a batsman, making a Pujara and (Virat) Kohli out early coach Peter Moores excited rounder, a practising Muslim, put Swann retired during England’s bowler so far in the first three Test hundred at Headingley in on -- they’re very high-class play- by the heights the off-spinner to one side the controversy he had 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia, Tests. June that so nearly saved the ers of spin -- that’s a very good could yet reach in international generated earlier in the match by England decided this season to “Test match cricket is about match and the series against Sri sign for the future.” cricket. wearing wristbands proclaiming give Ali, primarily a batsman, a how rapidly people grow in it,” Lanka. And following his dis- His efforts in the third Test Ali’s second-innings return ‘Save Gaza’ and ‘Free Palestine’. chance to stake his claim as their said Moores, now in his second play at the Ageas Bowl, it seems also demonstrated Ali’s ability of six for 67 was instrumental Not that England coach Moores leading specialist slow bowler. spell as England coach. his bowling will be treated with not just to bowl conventional off- in skittling India out for 178 as was surprised. Often damned with the faint “He’s grown very quickly as a greater respect. breaks but to utilise the variation. England won the third Test by “Moeen is a very level-headed praise of being a ‘part-time’ bowler and I hope that carries “He keeps getting better,” said AFP SUNDAY 3 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Qatar set to host finale of World Superbike Championship series First-ever night-time race of WSBK at Losail International Circuit on November 2

DOHA: The final of this year’s However, the South African European Superstock 600 and World Superbike Championship round at Phakisa will now not European Junior Cup, powered by (WSBK) will be held under take place as the circuit did not Honda, could be presented either floodlights at the imposing meet with the FIM’s homologation at the French Round, scheduled Losail International Circuit, the standards and the series is now on October 5 in Magny-Cours, or FIM and Dorna have confirmed looking for an alternative venue. at the new venue.” here yesterday. “Regarding the Round in South “This is good news for us,” said The organisers have also con- Africa originally scheduled to Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, firmed that the November 2 race take place on October 19, FIM and President of Qatar Motor and be the series’ first-ever night-time Dorna WSBK regret to announce Motorcycle Federation. race. Constructed in record time that, despite the efforts of the “I am sure Losail Circuit can of just nine months, Losail Circuit local promoter (GAS Sport), the add value to the World Superbike hosted the World Superbike fam- works carried out on the race Championship. The more world- ily for five years but the last edi- track are not advanced enough class races we stage, the better tion was staged in 2009. to meet the conditions required exposure our circuit gets. We are However, whilst those events to achieve FIM homologation,|” happy with that,” Al Attiyah said. took place during the day, this said a WSBK spokesman. The WSBK joins a host of year’s event will be the first-ever “Dorna WSBK Organization events which the Losail Circuit Superbike round to take place and the International Federation hosts under floodlights. In 2007, under floodlights. are looking into the possibility Qatar hosted the first ever night Thirteen rounds were to be of finding a replacement for this race and has been welcoming the held in the 2014 WSBK, which race. Depending on the replace- MotoGP family for the season is run by Dorna, the ruling body ment venue, the awards for opener ever since. that manages the MotoGP show. the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, THE PENINSULA 2014 World Superbike Calendar February 23 Phillip Island, Australia April 13 Motorland Aragon, Spain April 27 Assen, Holland May 11 Imola, Italy May 25 Donington, UK June 08 Sepang, Malaysia June 22 Misano, Italy July 06 Portimao, Portugal July 13 Laguna Seca, USA Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) President Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah (left) and Carmelo September 07 Jerez, Spain Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna are seen in this file picture. The FIM and Dorna have confirmed that the final round Qatar’s Losail International Circuit, the venue for the final race of this October 05 Magny-Cours, France of the 2014 World Superbike Championship will be held at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar and be the year’s World Superbike Championship. November 02 Losail Circuit, Qatar series’ first-ever night-time race.

Qatar Al-Anabi Sizzling Sergio seizes Bridgestone lead Racing impress AKRON, United States: place with South African Charl at Seattle Sergio Garcia surged to the top Schwartzel (69) on six-under. WGC-Bridgestone of the Bridgestone Invitational Garcia, who tied for second leaderboard with a sensational behind McIlroy in the Open at Invitational Scores qualifying nine-under par 61 yesterday Hoylake in July, moved to the top AKRON, United States: that included eight back-nine of the leaderboard when he rolled Leading second-round KENT, Washington: The birdies. in a 12-foot birdie putt at 16. scores yesterday in the $9m Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top The Spaniard was a sedate one- With his closing two birdies, World Golf Championships- Fuel team, the three-time and under for the day through nine he matched the course record Bridgestone Invitational (USA defending NHRA Mello Yello after a birdie at the second hole. of 61 set by compatriot Jose unless noted, par 70): Top Fuel World Champions But he caught fire after the turn Maria Olazabal in 1990 and twice owned by Sheikh Khalid bin 129 Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68-61 at Firestone Country Club. matched by Tiger Woods, in 2000 Hamad Al Thani, picked up A birdie at 10 was followed by and 2013. 132 Justin Rose (ENG) 65-67 right where it left off after a a par at 11, before Garcia raced Woods carded a 61 in the sec- 133 Marc Leishman (AUS) 64-69, Rory thrilling all Al-Anabi Racing home with birdies at the last ond round here last year on the McIlroy (NIR) 69-64 final round last Sunday in seven holes to match the course way to his eighth triumph at 134 Rickie Fowler 67-67, Charl Schwartzel Sonoma, California. record and build a 36-hole total Firestone. Yesterday the 14-time (RSA) 65-69 Reigning World Champion of 11-under 129. major champion had to settle 135 Patrick Reed 67-68, Keegan Bradley Shawn Langdon is third, and last He was three strokes ahead of for a one-over 71 that left him 68-67 week’s winner, Khalid alBalooshi England’s Justin Rose, who posted one-under for the tournament 136 Graham DeLaet (CAN) 67-69, Brandt is sixth after the first day of quali- a three-under 67 for 132. and tied for 25th. The 38-year- Snedeker 68-68, Hunter Mahan 71- fying at the O’Reilly Auto Parts “I’ve been fortunate to have old superstar is playing just his 65 NHRA Northwest Nationals some good rounds, but I think third event since back surgery on near Seattle, the 16th of 24 races 137 Jim Furyk 69-68, Adam Scott (AUS) that was my lowest round in tour- March 31. He needs strong fin- making up the United States’ 69-68, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 69- nament play and also my lowest ishes this week and in next week’s NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing 68, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 71-66, nine holes. So, it was very nice,” PGA Championship at Valhalla if Series season. Qualifying resumes Francesco Molinari (ITA) 67-70, Matt Garcia said. he is to make the US PGA Tour’s Saturday with eliminations set for Kuchar 71-66 “I did get a little bit lucky on FedEx Cup play-offs and give Sunday. the front nine. I hit three bad tee himself more tournaments to 138 Gary Woodland 70-68, J.B. Holmes Langdon’s silver Al-Anabi car shots and I got good breaks, and impress US Ryder Cup captain 69-69, Harris English 69-69, Ryan was brilliant in the first qualify- was able to save par. And that Tom Watson. Moore 65-73, Noh Seung-Yul (KOR) ing round blistering the subur- kept my round going.” Woods said his play yesterday 69-69, Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 68- ban Seattle race track with a Recently crowned British Open wasn’t going to get the job done. 70, Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 69 69 3.807-second effort at more than champion Rory McIlroy fired a “I didn’t hit the ball well. I 139 Bubba Watson 69-70, Tiger Woods 317 mph and was the No. 1 quali- six-under 64 for 133, where he didn’t putt well. I didn’t do any- 68-71, Jimmy Walker 69-70 fier after the first session. was joined in third place by over- thing well,” Woods said after post- 140 Steven Bowditch (AUS) 69-71, Ernie That run gave Langdon’s night leader Marc Leishman of ing three birdies and four bogeys. Els (RSA) 71-69, Zach Johnson 70- team a spot in the last pair of Australia, who posted a one-under “The only thing I did well was Sergio Garcia of Spain hits off the sixth tee during the third round of the 70, Bill Haas, 71-69, John Senden cars in the second session when 69. Rickie Fowler, who shared I fought hard, grinded hard. World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country (AUS) 74-66, Branden Grace (RSA) racing conditions are fastest. 69-71, David Howell (ENG) 69-71, second at the British Open with Unfortunately, it wasn’t very good Club South Course in Akron, Ohio, yesterday. Langdon’s car was on a daz- Garcia, fired a 67 to share fifth today.” AFP Matt Jones (AUS) 70-70 zling run when it smoked the tires down track – just like it US PGA Reno did in the Sonoma final round today – and Langdon aborted Scores the run. His afternoon run Watney heads leaderboard in Reno RENO, United States: was so strong, however, that it Leading scores yesterday in was still good enough for third RENO, United States: Nick eagle, two points for a birdie and and he goes into the weekend try- There’s some scorable holes but the second round of the US quickest after the first day. Watney collected eight points zero points for a par. ing to keep making birdies. there’s also a few really tough ones. PGA Reno tournament (USA “The Al-Anabi team made a yesterday to maintain his lead A player loses one point for a “We’ve got a long way to go, and So anything over five or six points unless noted, scores based on really good run in the first round,” at the US PGA Tour event in bogey and two points for a double- just try to keep my head down is a good day.” Modified Stableford points Langdon said. Reno, three points ahead of bogey or worse. and stay focused on where I’m Watney is seeking his first top- system): “We were on a great pass that Geoff Ogilvy. Ogilvy earned seven points dur- at,” he said. 10 finish of the season. Currently 26 Nick Watney 18-8 probably would have given us the Watney, who is seeking a sixth ing his second round to sit alone in In 10 starts since the calen- 124th in the Fedex Cup standings, 23 Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 16-7 No. 1 qualifier when it smoked the career win on the PGA Tour, fin- second place with 23 total points, dar turned to May, Watney had a spot in the US tour’s playoffs tires a little bit down track. We 22 Wes Roach 10-12 ished two rounds at Montreux while American Wes Roach col- missed six cuts but boasted a pair could also be on the line for him. were in a perfect position to go for Golf and Country Club with lected 10 points on Friday to sit of top-15 finishes including one at The winner of the tournament 21 Tommy Gainey 10-11, Tim Wilkinson the No. 1 qualifier so we did – we 26 points under the Modified in third with 22 points. last week’s RBC Canadian Open. also secures a place in the final (NZL) 5-16 just overpowered the race track Stableford scoring system that New Zealand’s Tim Wilkinson This week he has notched 14 bird- major championship of the year, 20 Jeff Overton 13-7, Bryce Molder 10- a little bit. We’re in good shape rewards birdies and better and (5) and Tommy Gainey (10) were ies and just two bogeys in his first next week’s PGA Championship 10, Brendan Steele 11-9 for race day on Sunday, and we deducts points for bogeys and tied for fourth with 21 points. 36 holes. “Well, I feel like 18 (points at Valhalla. Ogilvy, the 2006 US 19 John Huh 7-12, Woody Austin 8-11 hope to put this silver Al-Anabi worse. Watney said the rarely used is) good,” he said of his strong open- Open champion, nabbed five (Points awarded: 8 for double eagle, 5 for Top Fuel car in the winner’s circle Players gain eight points for scoring system doesnt change his ing round. “I’m definitely proud of points with an eagle on the par- eagle, 2 for birdie, 0 for par, -1 for bogey and on Sunday.” a double-eagle, five points for an approach when he’s on the course, that round yesterday. I played great. five 13th. 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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 History-making Adams targets Rio gold English fighter becomes first ever female Commonwealth Games boxing champion GLASGOW: Nicola Adams first gold of the Games. has set her sights on defend- Laishram had no complaints ing her Olympic title at Rio in about the defeat. 2016 after winning a controver- “It was a fair result. I lost to sial gold in the historic women’s him in the Olympics in London Commonwealth flyweight final in the quarter-finals and I hope I yesterday. can beat him next time we fight,” Adams had started the bout as the Indian boxer said. favourite but was met by a bar- More gold was to come for rage of punches from Northern Northern Ireland in the men’s Ireland’s Michaela Walsh as soon bantamweight. as the opening bell sounded. Michael Conlan was only passed The English boxer recovered fit to fight on Saturday morning well to take the second and third after suffering a deep cut above rounds before Walsh edged the his eye in his semi-final defeat of last. Sean McGoldrick. With two judges ruling it a However, the Northern Irish draw, and each picking a different boxer showed no ill effects from boxer as their preferred winner, his injury as he slugged it out with it was left to the third judge to England’s Qais Ashfaq on his way shade the result in Adams’ favour. to being crowned champion. “She was quite tricky but again The roof at the Hydro venue I’ve managed to create history,” was raised as Scottish boxer Adams said after becoming the Charlie Flynn’s victory in the first ever female Commonwealth men’s lightweight final was met boxing champion. with a wall of noise and an out- “Having this gold medal makes pouring of emotion. all the hard work worth it. I’ve Flynn won an unanimous deci- been thinking of this since the sion as he showed great energy London 2012 Olympics. It’s on to and skill to out-box his oppo- Rio now. I would love to be there nent in every round with his and that’s the next step.” clever combinations leaving the Walsh, who was left in tears Northern Irishman reeling. after the defeat, was clearly irked The atmosphere was electric by by the decision of the judges. Nicola Adams of England celebrates after defeating Michaela Walsh of Northern Ireland in their women’s flyweight boxing final at the 2014 Commonwealth the time fellow Scot Josh Taylor “I’m heartbroken. I worked so Games in Glasgow yesterday. walked out for his light welter- hard and I felt like I won the fight. weight bout with Namibia’s Junias I feel like I’ve been cheated but saw Australia’s Shelley Watts back to dominate the final three flyweight as Devendro Laishram everything he had at him in Jonas. Taylor seemed to feed off a close fight against the Olympic crowned champion. rounds to win an unanimous lost to defending champion Paddy the final round the Northern the energy of the crowd on his champion is always going to go A strong start from Laishram decision. Barnes of Northern Ireland. Irishman had done enough to earn way to gold and an unanimous her way,” the 21-year-old said. Devi saw the Indian claim the There was more heartache for Barnes bossed the bout and an unanimous decision from the victory, much to the delight of The women’s lightweight final first round but the Australian hit India in the final of the men’s light despite Laishram throwing judges and collect his country’s the home crowd. AFP India fightback sets up Australia final India win maiden

GLASGOW: India will face opponent, but our boys did really Australia in a repeat of the well today,” said Australia coach Commonwealth Games men’s Graham Reid. squash gold medal hockey final from four years ago “Scoring a goal with two min- in New Delhi after producing utes gone in the match is some- GLASGOW: Joshana Chinappa silver medal of the Games after a stunning comeback from 2-0 thing we dream about. We always and (pictured) Dipika Pallikal losing out to Nicol David in the down to beat New Zealand 3-2 try to create opportunities for to ensured India’s maiden singles final but she insisted she yesterday. make that happen.” Commonwealth Games squash was happy with her fortnight. Earlier, Australia had secured Harry Martin briefly gave medal was a gold as they shocked “I’m not disappointed that we their place in a fifth successive England hope when he bundled top seeds Laura Massaro and didn’t win, we gave it our all and Games final with a 4-1 rout over home from close range on 52 min- Jenny Duncalf of England with I’m proud of our silver,” she said. England. utes to half the deficit. an 11-6, 11-8 win in the women’s “I’m more proud of our per- New Zealand had won all four However, England never looked doubles final. formance in the doubles, we don’t of their matches in the pool stages like levelling and Australia The Indian pair won the tacti- play for four years and for us to and looked well on course for the rounded off their victory with two cal battle as they pulled the top come together as a pair with very final thanks to early goals from more goals in the final 10 minutes seeded duo out wide to create gaps little competition practice and Simon Chile and Nick Haig. Indian players celebrate during the men’s semi-final field hockey match as Chris Ciriello fired a penalty in the middle as they achieved a perform like that on the big stage However, India rallied just against New Zealand at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre yesterday. corner low into the net before surprise gold despite being 7-2 is something to be proud of. before half-time with a penalty Eddie Ockenden had the simple down in the second game. “Coming away with two silvers stroke being awarded when the “I think we did really well in “It’s going to be a lot more task of finishing into an open goal. “We are really excited, not only isn’t quite a gold, but it’s every ball had been illegally blocked the second half. We changed the intense. We will pressure all “We’re very disappointed. We for us but for Indian squash in four years and you do your best on the New Zealand line from a game and created more opportu- around the field and go forward thought we could win but we general,” said Pallikal, in the moment.” penalty corner and captain for nities to score even without hav- with Indian-style skills.” weren’t quite there today,” said who missed her home England’s Alison the day Rupindeer Singh slotted ing too many penalty corners. We In the pouring morning rain England coach Bobby Crutchley. Games in Delhi four Waters and Emma home. were more dominant as a team,” it was England who were caught “We didn’t create a lot and they years ago due to illness. Beddoes earned a And the game was turned on said India’s Australian coach cold after just two minutes as made it quite difficult for us.” “We have been in the straightforward its head during a five minute Terry Walsh. Tristan White gave Australia the England do, though, at least shadows for a very long bronze medal after spell early in the second-half And Walsh is confident his perfect start from a penalty cor- have the chance to secure a time and hopefully this comfortably beat- as Ramandeep Singh skillfully men can beat his compatriots on ner before Simon Orchard dou- medal in the bronze medal match can open up to a lot of ing Kasey Brown and flicked home a low cross before Sunday despite having already lost bled their lead just eight minutes on Sunday. “We don’t want to girls. Rachael Grinham. Akashdeep Singh blasted high to the world and Commonwealth later. leave here with nothing,” added “Even when we were Meanwhile David into the roof of the net to give champions 4-2 during the group “We expected a very tough Crutchley. “We want that bronze down in the second Palmer became the India a deserved victory. stages in Glasgow. game against a very strong medal tomorrow.” AFP game we still had the most decorated belief that we could do squash player in the it and we never wanted to let go Commonwealth Games after of any point. And I guess that is guaranteeing himself two more what made the difference. We medals to take his lifetime tally could have come out 1-1 and a to eight. third game would have been very Australian Palmer has a chance tough. of making them gold as he takes FROM LEFT: Novlene Williams- “I think just that desire kept us on defending champions Nick Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Christine going. We have come so far that Matthew and Adrian Grant in Day and Stephanie McPherson we didn’t want to settle for silver. the final of the men’s doubles — Jamaica’s women’s 4x400m We don’t like silver, we like only with partner Cameron Pilley after relay team — celebrate after gold. I don’t think it has sunk in beating English pair Daryl Selby winning the gold medal at the yet.” and James Willstrop 11-4, 11-4. 2014 Commonwealth Games in “Hopefully this will bring more Earlier in the day Palmer made Glasgow yesterday. England won recognition to squash in India,” it to the mixed doubles final the men’s4x400m relay. added Chinappa. alongside Grinham with an 11-7, “It’s definitely growing leaps 11-4 victory against compatri- and bounds but hopefully now, ots Pilley and Brown. England’s winning a medal, the government Peter Barker and Waters await will be that much more excited in Sunday’s final after they beat about the sport as well.” Martin Knight and Joelle King of For Massaro this was a second New Zealand. AFP