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Tuesday 26 August 2014 • 30 Shawwal 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6169 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 UAE, Egypt ‘plot’ Tripoli strikes Rafah crossing woes US administration kept in dark about air raids on militias: NYT report

DOHA: Twice in the past eight directly on the strikes. But on the new Egyptian government, NYT quoted one senior American days, Egypt and the UAE have Monday, an Emirati state news- Saudi Arabia and the UAE have official as saying. secretly teamed up to launch air paper printed a statement from formed a bloc exerting influence The strikes have also proved strikes against militias battling Anwar Gargash, Minister of State on countries around the region counter-productive so far: The for control of Tripoli, Libya, The for Foreign Affairs, calling ques- to roll back what they see as a Islamist militias fighting for con- New York Times reported, quoting tions about an Emirati role “an competing threat from Islamists. trol of Tripoli successfully seized four senior American officials. escape” from the recent election Arrayed against them are the its airport the night after they Washington was caught by sur- he suggested showed a desire for Islamist movements, including were hit with the second round prise by the act of Egypt and the “stability” and a rejection of the the Muslim Brotherhood that of strikes. Emirates. Both close allies and Islamists. sprang forward amid Arab Spring US officials said Egypt had pro- military partners, acted without Allegations about the UAE role, revolts. vided bases for the launch of strikes. informing Washington or seek- he said, came from a group who Several officials said US diplo- President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and ing its consent, leaving the Obama “wanted to use the cloak of reli- mats were fuming about the air other officials have issued vigorous administration on the sidelines, gion to achieve its political objec- strikes, believing they could fur- but carefully worded public state- the US daily reported. tives,” and “the people discovered ther inflame the Libyan conflict at ments, denying any direct involve- Egyptian officials explicitly its lies and failures”. a time when the United Nations ment inside Libya by Egyptian denied the operation to American The report said: Since the and Western powers are seeking forces. THE PENINSULA diplomats. military ouster of the Islamist a peaceful resolution. “We don’t Continued on page 3 The UAE has not commented president in Egypt one year ago, see this as constructive at all,” the See also page 6

A Palestinian man, hoping to cross into Egypt, holds his daughter as he waits at the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday. Panel to review F-Ring Road to open by mid-September Report on page 5 holding of expos DOHA: The most-awaited another entity for review, which Thumama, via Mesaimeer, behind F-Ring Road, which will con- will be handed over to Ashghal. Barwa Residential Complex Discovery to cure black DOHA: A high-level joint com- nect Hamad International F-Ring Road will enhance con- (Mesaimeer Masakin), through mittee has been set up to review Airport (HIA) to merge with nectivity of the Industrial Area Woqod Roundabout to merge to rules for organising events and the Industrial Area Road, is set to HIA and Doha and is expected Industrial Area Road. spots on date palm leaves exhibitions. to open by mid-September, Al to reduce pressure on other vital According to the report, con- DOHA: A team of researchers at the Agriculture Research The idea is to encourage local Sharq reported yesterday, quot- roads, including D-Ring and struction work on almost all seg- Department, Ministry of Environment, has announced a scien- players to get involved in the ing a source in Public Works E-Ring roads. It will also improve ments of the eight-lane road are tific discovery to cure a popular disease related to date palm, QNA ‘events and exhibition’ business. Authority — Ashghal. connectivity to Salwa Road via nearly complete, including work reported yesterday. The committee will conduct a Contracting companies are E-Ring Road, which will intersect on a 688-metre long underpass, The researchers have not only found the reasons responsible for study on the local market with busy giving final touches to sup- at Al Obaidly Roundabout, now an which also has eight-lanes (for to black spots (fungi) on date palm leaves but also discovered and isolated the help of exhibition organising porting infrastructure on the 8km intersection. and fro traffic), each with a maxi- a resistant micro-organism (bacterium) to cure it. The findings are companies and partners to meet ring road, such as sewage and This will avoid frequent traffic mum width of 3.65 metres. part of a coveted project initiated to pioneer in the field of date palm its requirements to increase the other installations. Firms have jams and reduce time of motorists Work on a 128-metre long over- research in the world. participation of exhibitors. fixed side barriers, signals and using E-Ring Road to access the bridge, part of the road, is near- The project, in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medical College The panel comprises repre- other road safety requirements. Industrial Area, Central Market ing completion. Finishing touches (Qatar), was funded by the National Science Research Priority sentatives from the Ministry of Once work on each segment of and Salwa Road. are being given to interlock of the Programme, which had allocated about QR16.4m ($4.5m) to complete Economy and Commerce, Qatar the road is completed, the project The road starts from Air flyover and street pillars are being the research. The research team discovered the micro-organism from Tourism Authority and Qatar will be handed over to a consult- Force intersection (formerly a provided with power. the same environment which has the ability to resist and cure the fungi. Chamber. ant for final inspection. The con- roundabout) and passes through THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA sultant will submit a report to South Thumama to West Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3 TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar signs deal to finance two projects in Morocco $170m initiatives to develop pastures, irrigation in desert regions

DOHA: The Moroccan Prime Minister, Abdul Ilah bin Kiran, yesterday met the Finance Minister H E Ali Sherief Al Emadi in capital Rabat. Discussions focused on ways of bolstering relations between the two countries. Qatar and Morocco also signed a grant agreement to finance two devel- www.swiss-belhotel.com opment projects. Al Emadi signed the deal Tel with the Moroccan Minister Fax of Economy and Finance, Mohammed Bou Said, and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Aziz Akhannouch. Tel The cost of the two projects Fax is estimated at $170m. Implementation of the The Moroccan Prime Minister, Abdul Ilah bin Kiran, with the Finance Minister H E Ali Sherief Al Emadi. (Below) projects comes within a series of The Finance Minister signing a grant agreement in Rabat. development initiatives under- taken by Morocco. Tel The first project involves Fax development of pastures and organising movement in desert and semi-desert pas- tures in Sous-Massa Draa and Tel + 974 44298888 Guelmim-Es Semara regions. It aims to improve the pas- Fax toral environment and upgrade living and educational con- ditions for the people of the Tel region. The second project is part of a national programme Fax to expand irrigation to improve living conditions for the people of the region and promote and Tel develop their organisational and Fax occupational capacities. QNA

Tel Fax Hospital received 30-40 heat Greeting cables www.doha.hilton.com sent to Uruguay Tel 44233333 974+ exhaustion cases daily last week DOHA: The Emir H H Fax 44233000 974+ Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad DOHA: The Emergency care during this period as we low blood pressure upon stand- Al Thani yesterday sent a Department at Hamad have seen a sudden surge in ing, muscle cramps, nausea, and cable of congratulations to General Hospital (HGH) has cases of heat exhaustion due headache.” the President of Uruguay, received between 30 and 40 to the sharp rise in humidity,” Professor Cameron said Jose Mujica, on his country’s heat exhaustion cases daily said Emergency Department every patient suffering from National Day. during the last week. Chairman, Prof Peter Cameron. heat exhaustion was given The Prime Minister and In July, the department He said people who work out- prompt treatment, including Interior Minister H E Sheikh received 77 cases of heat doors are highly susceptible to intravenous fluids and electro- Abdullah bin Nasser bin -related illnesses and 118 in heat exhaustion. “It is impor- lytes to quickly rehydrate them. Khalifa Al Thani sent a simi- Tel June. tant to ensure people exposed “Colleagues should also watch lar cable. Hamad Medical Corporation to the sun and heat take rest at for signs and symptoms of heat Fax (HMC) has urged people to regular intervals between 10am exhaustion in their co-workers Kerry thanks take extra precautions and and 3pm, which is the hottest and once they discover some- safeguard themselves against period of the day because that is one in distress, they should Qatar over scribe heat illnesses such as exhaus- when we see more cases.” take immediate action by giv- Tel tion and stroke. According to Prof Cameron, ing them cold drinks, bring- DOHA: The Foreign Fax Heat exhaustion is a con- majority of patients being seen ing them to a shaded and cool Minister H E Dr Khalid bin dition whose symptoms may are young men, including those area.” He said if the affected Mohamed Al Attiyah yester- include heavy sweating and a with underlying illnesses which person does not improve or day received a telephone call rapid pulse as a result of the aggravated their conditions. shows drowsiness or confusion, from US Secretary of State Tel body overheating. It is one of “Only a few patients required an ambulance should be called John Kerry who thanked Fax three heat-related syndromes, short stay at our facility because immediately. Qatar for efforts made to with heat cramps being the they have other health condi- “The sudden rise in heat secure the release of US jour- mildest and heat stroke the tions aside the heat exhaustion. stroke cases took everyone by nalist Peter Theo Curtis in most severe. Otherwise, a good number are surprise, but I reiterate that Syria. Causes include exposure to mild cases. cases in general are not on the Tel high temperatures, particu- “Signs and symptoms of rise this summer compared to New chairman Fax larly when combined with high heat exhaustion may develop last year. It shows that most humidity, and strenuous physi- suddenly or over time, espe- construction companies are for WISH forum cal activity. Without prompt cially with prolonged periods complying with the government treatment, heat exhaustion of working under high humid- guidelines for outdoor workers.” DOHA: The World Innovation Tel can lead to heat stroke, a ity or exercising. Possible heat HMC urged anyone experi- Summit for Health (WISH), life-threatening condition. exhaustion symptoms include encing signs and symptoms of a global initiative of Qatar Fax Fortunately, heat exhaustion is cool, moist skin with goose heat illnesses to seek urgent Foundation for Education, preventable. bumps when in heat, heavy professional advice or dial 999 Science and Community “We are asking people, espe- sweating, faintness, dizziness, for Ambulance Service. Development (QF), has cially outdoor workers, to take fatigue, weakness, rapid pulse, THE PENINSULA appointed Dr L Suzanne Tel Suggs, Associate Professor of Fax Social Marketing and Head of BeCHANGE Research Al Zaman Exchange customer wins prize Group, Institute for Public Communication, Universita della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland, to chair its Communicating Complex Health Messages Forum. Suggs will lead a multidis- Tel ciplinary working group of Fax experts to produce evidence- based research and recom- mendations to address key challenges facing policymakers, Tel governments and other groups Fax responsible for communicating difficult and complex health policy issues. www.marriottmarquisdoha.com The forum will assess, among other things, public under- Tel + 974 44195000 standing of the science behind Fax + 974 44195100 complex health issues; define what complex health issues are, and analyse how commu- As part of the ‘Win Everyday Promotion’ held by Xpress Money during Ramadan, Mohammed Sultan nication differs between non- Saheeruddin, a customer of Al Zaman Exchange, won the grand prize. The prize was presented by Al complex and complex health Zaman Exchange Operation Manager, Zubair Abdul Rahiman, in the presence of Xpress Money Country issues with different audiences. Head, Vimal Nair, and Al Zaman Exchange Senior Accountant, Shajahan. QNA TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Campaign to counter myths about cancer Prominent Qatari personalities appear in videos

BY FAZEENA SALEEM cancer do not show up for screen- Pledge to Stand Up to Cancer,’ ing. They come to the emergency another five Cancer Champions DOHA: With 10 percent of department with other complica- take a pledge to take action to deaths caused by cancer in tions at a late stage of cancer,” fight cancer in Qatar with the Qatar, a campaign has been said Walsh. aim of raising cancer awareness launched to counter myths Breast cancer is more common in the country. about the disease and urge peo- in the country, while the preva- The video features famous ple to seek medical advice when lence of lung cancer is also high. Qatari singer Fahad Al Kubaisi, Staff from the Ministry of Interior at a workshop on money laundering and drug trafficking yesterday. needed. The first video, titled Katara’s Public Relations Director The National Cancer Program “#QatarAgainstCancer”, features Malika Al Shuraim, iLoveQa- (NCP), a collaboration between NCP’s Cancer Champions, who tar’s co-founder Khalifa Saleh the Supreme Council of Health, are a group of high-profile per- Al Haroon, who is also head of Hamad Medical Corporation sonalities in Qatar who endorse Interactive and Innovation at US experts train MoI staff and Primary Health Care the programme, promote healthy Vodafone Qatar, popular Qatari Corporation, recently released lifestyles and encourage cancer stand-up comedian Hamad Al DOHA: A three-day work- money laundering and terrorist workshop was aimed at strength- two videos featuring influential screening. Amari, and fashion designer shop on money laundering financing, financial investigation, ening the capacity of participants people and activists in Qatari It features Dera Al Dosari, Fahad Al Obaidly. and drug trafficking, organ- sources of money laundering, field from various search and investiga- society, highlighting the impor- media consultant for the Ministry In the video, the Cancer ised by the Drug Enforcement monitoring and delivery monitor- tion departments, such as DEA, tance of cancer awareness and of Youth and Sports and a TV pre- Champions take a pledge to end Administration under the ing etc. Preventive Security Department, calling on everyone in Qatar to senter; Buthaina Al Ansari, HR myths about cancer and to seek Ministry of Interior started at Top experts and officers from and CID, in their search and take action against the disease Director of Ooredoo and founder medical advice when needed. the DEA headquarters yester- the US DEA office in Dubai will investigation operations against and shatter myths about it. and chairperson of Qatariat; Most importantly, the Cancer day. It is being held in association give lectures during the workshop. money laundering. Emma Walsh, Programme Wedad Al Kuwari, distinguished Champions pledged to spread with the US Drug Enforcement Captain Muhammad Abdullah He added that money launder- Manager, Cancer Prevention, Qatari writer and screenwriter hope and courage among those Administration. Al Khater, head of the Studies ing was interconnected with drug- Awareness and Early Prevention known for her popular Gulf fighting the disease. The workshop will cover topics and International Affairs Section related crimes as drug were the at NCP, during a discussion yes- drama series; and Hassan Al Sai, The videos are on YouTube, are including money laundering and of the Drug Enforcement main source of the funds. terday, said, “There is strong a media personality known for being aired by Al Rayan TV and the drug trade, different stages of Administration, said that the THE PENINSULA stigma for people to receive diag- hosting Qatar Radio’s ‘Watani Al will be screened in cinemas across nosis and go to society.” Habib’ and Qatar TV’s ‘Al Dar’ Qatar in September. She also said that people delayed programmes. In October, NCP will hold a screening and that prevents early In the video, they urge people slew of programmes to raise detection of cancer and they end to “break the silence barrier” and awareness about breast cancer, up going to the hospital when the ask them to come forward to fight especially in universities and at UAE provided aircraft, pilots disease has struck deep roots. cancer in the country. the Women’s Hospital. “Many people with suspected In the other video, titled ‘I THE PENINSULA Continued from page 1 A second set of air strikes took meanwhile, argued on condition The officials said that the UAE place south of the city early on of anonymity that the strikes must — believed to have one of the most Saturday, hitting rocket launchers, be the work of the United States, effective air forces in the region, military vehicles and a warehouse, contending that Western powers thanks to American aid and train- all controlled by Islamist-allied wanted to ward off the danger ing — provided the pilots, war- militia. posed by Libya’s Islamists. planes, and aerial refuelling planes Responsibility for the air strikes On Monday, however, American Orientation begins at new school necessary for the fighters to bomb was initially a mystery. After the officials said that the second set Tripoli out of bases in Egypt. first set, several American officials of strikes had provided enough DOHA: Loyola International The first strikes occurred before initially said that signs pointed to evidence to conclude that the School Doha (LISD), a new dawn a week ago, hitting positions the United Arab Emirates, but Emirates was responsible, even Indian school approved by the in Tripoli controlled by Islamist- some said that the evidence was providing the refuelling planes Supreme Education Council friendly militias, blowing up a not conclusive. necessary for fighters to reach (SEC), has started orientation small weapons depot and killing A former Gaddafi official now Tripoli from Egypt. for parents who have got their six people. consulting with the Emirates, THE PENINSULA children enrolled there. The school is all set to com- mence the academic year next month. The school’s campus, spread across 5,000 square metres, is located on Al Andalus Street at Al Sadd (Fereej Al Nasr). With a special focus on the quality of educational facilities, a balance between academics and extracurricular activities, a lush green campus with outdoor The premises of Loyola International School. play areas, Loyola International School is making all efforts to ensure the development of its to continuously monitor the expressed sincere gratitude to students’ mind, body and soul. performance of every child and the SEC for its timely advice Speaking about the enormous provide ongoing reports to the and approvals, as well as all par- response received by the school, parents.” ents who have trusted the school its director said: “We are very The school is also establishing and confirmed their children’s thankful to all the parents and an online Campus Management admissions for the upcoming their children who have visited System, that will be used for com- term, and assured them of the the school campus till date for munication between the school school’s commitment to continu- admissions or enquiries. and parents about the various ous enhancement of its academic “We are extremely thrilled aspects of their child’s progress and non-academic facilities. to bring the Loyola Authentic and attendance, and parents can The location map and other Magical Programme (LAMP), use this system to make special details of the campus and the an innovative development pro- requests to the teachers and school are available on its web- gramme that will be used by management of LISD. site (www.lisdoha.com). the staff and teachers of LISD The LISD director also THE PENINSULA

Pesticide use will be reduced Continued from page 1 and a bacterium, which has high Massoud Jarallah Al Marri, ability to suppress all these fungi Director of the Agriculture and stops their growth.” Research Department, said: “This “From these bacteria we can is a very important discovery also produce cure for pathogen- which will substantially reduce eses responsible for the disease, the use of pesticides. This great which will replace the pesticides discovery will not only benefit the and insecticides that are harmful agriculture (date palm) but also to the environment and people,” protect the environment.” Al Badawi said. Al Marri said that the research- Yet another scientist, Dr Ali Al ers have also found out the kind Kharbatli, who is also the team- of environment and ideal condi- leader in the research project, tions in which the fungi grows added: “We have successfully man- and prospers rapidly. aged to isolate the fungi, which Another member of the belong to Trichoderma family, research team, Dr Noha Fareed causing problems to the date palm Al Badawi, said: “Now in the labo- leaves and productivity.” Indian based in ratory we have isolated five fungi THE PENINSULA Doha dies DOHA: Vipin Chandran, a res- ident of Doha for the last three Work unaffected by summer timings years, died in Koothattukulam in the southern Indian state of Continued from page 1 31, all companies have to resched- Kerala yesterday. He was in his Work on the installation of a ule their working hours, giving hometown for the funeral of his long, 40-inch diameter water pipe a break to workers engaged in father. is also progressing rapidly. work outdoors from 11.30am to The 25-year-old Vipin was The source in Ashghal also 3pm. electrocuted while doing some stressed that the project will be The road will provide better maintenance work, officials in his completed on time as work on the connectivity between southern company said yesterday. road construction was not affected Doha and the western areas of He was working for Helpline by the mandatory summer work- the city, including Abu Hamour, Services, a Doha-based firm. His ing schedule implemented by the Muntaza, Ain Khalid and the funeral will be held today. Ministry of Labour. Central Market. THE PENINSULA Between June 15 and August THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME QA increases number QC, IHH to boost cooperation of flights to Dubai Two charity groups to benefit from each other’s resources, expertise DOHA: With effect from October Doha on the hour and from DXB on DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) 26, 2014, Qatar Airways will the half hour. With the convenient and the Foundation for Human increase the number of daily flights timing of the flights, local passengers Rights and Freedoms and to Dubai International Airport will have greater flexibility added to Humanitarian Relief (IHH) (DXB) to 14 and to Dubai World their travel plans. have signed a memorandum Central Al Maktoum International Apart from DXB and DWC, Qatar of understanding to take their Airport (DWC) to four. Airways also operates three flights a cooperation to a new level. Doha-Dubai (DXB) has the high- day to Sharjah and six daily flights The agreement was signed by est frequency in Qatar Airways’ route to Abu Dhabi, and is the only airline Yousef bin Ahmad Al Kuwari, network. The route is now served by which operates to these four airports CEO Qatar Charity, and Fahmi the airline 91 times a week, and this in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Bulent Yeldrim, President of number will increase to 98. Flights to Qatar Airways Group Chief IHH, at QC’s headquarters DWC, now numbering 21 a week, will Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker recently. increase to 28 a week. said: “We are dedicated to increasing The deal takes the lim- The additional daily flight to DXB our presence in key markets like the ited and seasonal nature of will depart at 1000 hours, arriving in UAE and adding capacity on one of cooperation between the two DXB at 1210, and the return flight will our most popular routes like Dubai organisations to a strategic and leave DXB at 1330, arriving in Doha demonstrates this commitment. As permanent level. It is expected at 1335. To DWC, the fourth daily one of our closest neighbours in the to bring together QC and IHH flight will depart at 0130, arriving in Gulf, it is of key importance to offer in immediate, medium and DWC at 0340, and the return flight excellent and frequent air travel con- long-term joint efforts to serve will leave DWC at 0625, arriving in nections to the UAE, and the increase their humanitarian goals and Doha at 0630 hrs. in capacity will offer our passengers to rationalise the use of their Qatar Airways has revised its Doha an even wider variety of options when resources to achieve maximum and DXB departure timings to signifi- they are looking to reach their final impact. cantly improve customer convenience. destinations.” Al Kuwairi said that their The 14 daily flights will depart from THE PENINSULA immediate focus was to jointly provide relief to war-affected regions like Syria, Palestine and Iraq, and they would also do joint relief projects in other countries, like the Central African Republic, Myanmar and Airport prepares for Turkmenistan, among others. He said they were not allocat- Yousef bin Ahmad Al Kuwari, CEO of Qatar Charity, and Fahmi Bulent Yeldrim, President of IHH, exchange ing a specific budget for specific documents after the signing of an agreement yesterday. projects at present and that back-to-school rush they would keep their budgets relief and development works to and IHH to exchange exper- initiatives that can be entered open to the needs of people they achieve the desired humanitar- tise and information, integrate into and agreed to hold a two- DOHA: Hamad International be processed at the parking pay- are providing relief. ian and development objectives their roles and projects, benefit day workshop in the next couple Airport (HIA) is preparing for an ment machines located in the bridge Yeldrim said aggravation of in line with, but not limited to, from each other’s resources and of months for professionals from increase in arriving passengers connecting the Passenger Terminal humanitarian crises across the the United Nations Millennium capabilities and engage in joint both organisations to prepare before schools in Qatar reopen. Complex to the car park. world and the prevalence of Development Goals and other initiatives. a joint action plan within the Staff at HIA have taken a range Free parking can also be found poverty on a large scale require regional and international Following the signing of the framework of the memorandum of measures, including extending in the long-term car park, which various actors to increase their initiatives. agreement, both sides dis- of understanding. the queue layout at the taxi pick-up includes a bus ride to the bus termi- cooperation and partnership in The agreement will allow QC cussed the most important joint THE PENINSULA points to ensure passengers receive nal at HIA. All unattended vehicles quick travel services, deploying parked on the curb side throughout extra staff in the terminal to offer the HIA facility will be towed away guidance and advice, and placing by the authorities. additional baggage trolleys in the Abdulaziz Al Mass, Vice President baggage reclamation hall. Commercial at HIA, said: “We are Al Jazeera Media Going green important to Members of the public collect- much better equipped to handle ing arriving passengers can avail of the increase in passenger traffic free parking at HIA for the first 30 this summer, and with the modern Network opens minutes in the short-term car park; technology available to us at Hamad people in Mena region thereafter, car parking is charged International Airport, we can ensure at QR5 per hour. Prior to exiting that all our passengers enjoy a seam- Innovation Challenge DOHA: Some 96 per- Renewable energy out documents, and 30.2 the passenger terminal, payments less, hassle-free experience.” cent of respondents in sources, such as solar percent stateed that they for the short-term car park must THE PENINSULA DOHA: The Innovation and Research group at a poll in the Middle and wind energy, were were ‘sometimes’ encour- Al Jazeera Media Network has kicked off its East and North Africa considered the most up- aged to do so, though they first major community initiative with an online (Mena) region consider and-coming technologies still relied heavily on print- Innovation Challenge. It is an open competition going green is important by 71.3 percent of the outs on certain occasions. aiming to elicit new ideas about storytelling in to their lifestyle, and half respondents. Alternative A fifth (20.6 percent) of Qatari youth to take part in GCC workshop mobile and web applications. of them said that they fuel vehicles, such as the respondents said that The Innovation Challenge competition offers were encouraged to use those that run on elec- they were required to DOHA: A Qatari youth delegation will participate tomorrow in a work- substantial rewards, including the possibility of email or online resources tricity, will take off in have paper copies of eve- shop organised in Bahrain by the GCC general secretariat under the future incubation of winning ideas, invitations to instead of printing out the future, according to rything. Recycling boxes theme of “Building Society and Youth Initiatives.” large innovation events in the future, and $25,000 documents. 16.3 percent. Four in 10 are provided in 43 per- The Ministry of Youth and Sports has urged the delegation’s members, in cash prizes. The recently conducted (42.3 percent) respond- cent of Mena offices, and whom it has nominated, to actively interact and participate in discussions dur- In a statement yesterday, Morad Rayyan from Bayt.com poll on ‘Green ents currently use public seven in 10 (66.4 percent) ing the two-day workshop to underline the role of Qatari youth on all fronts. Al Jazeera Innovation and Research invited soft- Workplaces in the Middle transportation to travel respondents recycle paper The ministry’s youth activities department said that all members of the ware designers, technologists and developers from East and North Africa’ to their workplace. at work, and 49.8 percent delegation must do their best in representing Qatar and share the expertise around the world to participate: revealed that there is a “There seems to be recycle paper at home. they gain in the workshop with their peers in Qatar. “The topic of exploration for this first Challenge keen desire in the region growing awareness on the Interestingly, 74.1 per- QNA will be ‘non-linear narratives’. to adopt a greener life- importance of sustainabil- cent of respondents stated “Typically, the stories and content we create style, both at work and at ity and green energy,” said that they did not conserve and consume are linear, and follow a logical, cause home. Suhail Masri, VP of sales, energy or water, either and effect structure. Yet our minds and memo- For 72.5 percent of Bayt.com. “More than 40 at home or in the office. ries work in a non-linear way, and this offers an respondents, going green percent of respondents Despite this, eight in 10 opportunity for new types of storytelling, and new is something very impor- use public transporta- (83.7 percent) claimed to methods of media consumption. tant to their lifestyle, with tion to go to work. That’s use energy-efficient light- “The applications and software put together a further 23.2 percent a very positive number. ing at home, and 71.2 per- for the Innovation Challenge should provide new, considering it ‘moder- Also, imagine if alterna- cent of the respondents flexible, and reusable methods of creating or con- ately’ important. Some 80 tive fuel vehicles were claimed that their compa- suming such non-linear narratives.” percent stated that envi- adopted by the 39.3 per- nies used energy-efficient Al Jazeera is looking for participants from ronmental issues, such as cent of respondents who lighting for the office. its global audience with a variety of expertise, pollution and conserva- drive to work. It could More than half (57.8 ranging from idea conception, through design/ tion of natural resources, mean significant carbon percent) put their compu- prototyping, and all the way to development. concern them ‘to a large savings.” ter into sleep mode when Full eligibility requirements are available at the extent’, demonstrating When at work, more not using it. Challenge website. that despite low aware- than half (52.3 percent) Data for the poll was Early registration is encouraged so participants ness of technical concepts of respondents say that collected online from June can start drafting their submissions, or browse such as carbon footprints they reuse items rather 24 to August 12, 2014, from existing submissions as they begin appearing. (with only 27.7 percent of than throwing them 7,925 respondents from Challenge participants can also team up survey respondents say- away. Paperless offices Qatar, the UAE, Saudi through the platform with others who are look- ing they are “very aware” are popular, with 49.1 Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, ing for assistance with their ideas, which would of the concept), there is a percent stating they are Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, be helpful considering that the time period for significant desire among encouraged to use email Jordan, Algeria, Egypt, submissions is limited. Mena residents to begin or online resources all the Morocco and Tunisia. THE PENINSULA living more sustainably. time rather than printing THE PENINSULA

Eid charity to collect funds for Gaza

DOHA: Sheikh Eid Bin Muhammad QR81.5m on a relief package for Gaza Al Thani Charitable Association will people. launch a fresh charity drive to collect Of this, QR11.5m was allocated to buy QR100m to support Gaza. food and medicines, treatment of the A three-day campaign titled “Gaza, wounded and shelters for the displaced ihna laha” (Gaza, we are for it) will start in the first phase. In the second phase, on August 28, 2014. The drive is being the foundation spent QR40m to repair launched in collaboration with local TV and rebuild houses and other facilities channels, radio stations, newspapers that were destroyed. In the third phase, and commercial centres, QNA reported QR30m was earmarked to provide a yesterday. source of income to families affected by “The Association pledged to provide the Israeli offensive in Gaza. QR100m aide to Gaza people in three The group has been providing humani- phases,” said Ali Khalid Al Hajari, who is tarian aid to people in Gaza for several in charge of foreign projects at the char- years, including food and medical services ity. “The first phase includes an urgent and building mosques, Islamic centres relief package worth QR30m,” he added. and schools, said Al Hajari. So far, the Association has spent THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 No let-up in Israel’s deadly Gaza raids Eight Palestinians killed as Egypt presses on with truce efforts Ex-US judge GAZA CITY: Violence rever- anonymity because of the sensi- appointed to berated across Gaza with at tivity of the negotiations. least eight Palestinians killed in Another Palestinian official said Israeli air strikes yesterday as Egypt might invite Palestinian UN probe panel Egypt proposed a new ceasefire and Israeli negotiating teams to that would open key crossings return to Cairo within 48 hours. GENEVA: Former New into the blockaded territory. “Efforts are ongoing to reach York judge Mary McGowan Since an earlier truce collapsed an agreement,” Hamas spokes- Davis was appointed yester- on August 19, the death toll in man Sami Abu Zuhri said, with- day to a UN commission prob- Gaza has risen steadily with 110 out going into specifics. ing Israel’s Gaza offensive and Palestinians killed in more than Daud Shihab, Islamic Jihad’s the actions of Islamist militant 350 Israeli air strikes across the spokesman, confirmed such group Hamas, the world body’s territory. Over the same period, efforts were under way. Human Rights Council said. more than 650 rockets have “The success of contacts (talks) The move comes after struck Israeli territory, one of to reach a ceasefire depends on Lebanese-born British lawyer which killed a four-year-old boy Palestinian demands being met,” Amal Alamuddin — Hollywood over the weekend, army figures he said. There was no immedi- star George Clooney’s fiancee — show. Around 110 rockets were ate comment from Israel, with turned down her nomination shot down. Netanyahu’s spokesman Mark citing existing professional Since midnight on Sunday, Regev saying Israel’s position of commitments. McGowan Davis 30 Israeli strikes killed eight no negotiations under fire had is likely to prove a controver- Palestinians, including a woman, “not changed”. sial choice for Israel, having a 78-year-old man and a three- But Israeli Science Minister served on a previous team that year-old boy, raising the Gaza Yaakov Peri, an observer at the investigated a 2008-2009 offen- death toll to 2,131, with 10,890 security cabinet and former head sive and whose findings were wounded according to the emer- of the Shin Bet internal security rejected by the Jewish state. gency services. agency, said if the rocket fire The UN Human Rights On the Israeli side, 68 people stopped, it was likely talks would Council ordered the Gaza have been killed, the vast major- resume, although probably not investigation last month, in the ity soldiers. Yesterday, 71 rockets immediately. “I don’t think it will face of fierce opposition from fired from Gaza struck southern be a matter of a few hours,” he Israel and the United States. Israel, while another nine were told army radio. “I think this time The decision came during a shot down, the army said. Israel will try to make sure over Palestinians inspect a destroyed car after Israeli air strikes killed eight in Gaza City yesterday. marathon seven-hour emer- But there was also increasing several more hours or a day that gency session of the 47-nation talk about a possible new ceasefire the ceasefire is holding.” Israel would support the deploy- truce and return to the negotiat- provide for a lifting of Israel’s council, where Israeli and agreement which would see dele- “If a ceasefire ... sticks, there ment of Palestinian Authority ing table in Cairo. crippling eight-year blockade and Palestinians delegates accused gations return to Cairo to resume is a good chance that the prime security personnel at the termi- Abbas is expected to convene the opening of a seaport and air- the other side of war crimes. discussions on an Egyptian pro- minister will instruct the del- nal, he said, defining the shape of a meeting of the Palestinian port, while Israel has demanded The probe team was set up posal to broker a longer-term end egation to return to the talks in an initial arrangement. leadership in the West Bank Gaza be demilitarised. under a resolution lodged by to the violence. Cairo,” he said in a separate inter- But a more comprehensive city of Ramallah on Thursday, a Senior Palestine Liberation Palestine, which has observer “There is an idea for a tem- view with public radio. deal — with Israel facilitating the Palestinian official said without Organisation official Wasel Abu status at the council, but UN porary ceasefire that opens the “Generally, we will agree to reconstruction of Gaza in exchange elaborating. Yusef said the Palestinian lead- officials say its goal is to address crossings, allows aid and recon- open the crossings,” he said, for its demilitarisation — was “far Previous temporary ceasefires ership is to demand the UN all violations of international struction material, and the dis- referring to Erez and the Kerem off”, he said. The invitation to new have failed to produce agreement, Security Council set a deadline human rights and humanitar- puted points will be discussed in Shalom commercial crossing for truce talks came after Egyptian although back-to-back extensions for ending the Israeli occupation. ian law in Gaza, regardless of a month,” a senior Palestinian humanitarian aid, which Israel President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi have given millions of people peri- Such a move would likely be which side is involved. official said in Cairo. “We would was “also willing to increase”. met Palestinian leader Mahmoud ods of relief from incessant bom- vetoed by the United States “In carrying out its work, be willing to accept this, but are Regarding Gaza’s Rafah cross- Abbas on Saturday. bardment and rocket fire. which traditionally opposes any the Commission of Inquiry waiting for the Israeli response to ing with Egypt, “that is a deci- Egypt has repeatedly urged all Hamas, the de facto author- step perceived as anti-Israeli at will aim to establish the facts this proposal,” he said, requesting sion for the Egyptians,” although parties to accept an open-ended ity in Gaza, says any truce must the Security Council. AFP and circumstances of human rights violations and crimes perpetrated in order to iden- tify those responsible,” the Jordan charges council said yesterday. Israel Tehran vows to arm Palestinians has denounced the probe as 8 with anti-US, slanted against it — echoing TEHRAN: Tehran will “accel- Guards, in a statement on their struck Israeli territory from Gaza system and shot down by a its criticism of previous UN Israeli plots erate” arming Palestinians in official website sepahnews.com. and around 100 others have been Revolutionary Guards surface- investigations. retaliation for Israel deploying Last month, Iran’s supreme shot down. to-air missile,” Hajizadeh said. An acting justice on the AMMAN: Jordanian mili- a spy drone over Iran, which leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran’s warning came a day after According to Hajizadeh, the supreme court of the state of tary prosecutors yesterday was shot down, a military com- urged the Islamic world to arm the Guards said they had downed drone was equipped with two New York from 1986 to 1998, charged eight suspects, includ- mander said yesterday. Palestinians to allow them to coun- an Israeli “Hermes” stealth drone cameras capable of taking high- McGowan Davis is a renowned ing a Syrian fugitive, with plot- Iran, which does not recog- ter what he called Israel’s “geno- above the Natanz uranium enrich- quality images. Footage of the expert on transitional justice ting to attack US soldiers and nise the existence of Israel, has cide” in Gaza. He also said Israel ment site in the centre of the coun- recovered drone pieces was and human rights law. Israel’s embassy in the kingdom confirmed it supplied Palestinian was acting like a “rabid dog” and “a try. Natanz is Iran’s main uranium aired on Iranian television. Iran The Gaza commission is and recruiting people to join fighters from Hamas and the wild wolf”, causing a human catas- enrichment site, housing more and the P5+1 powers —Britain, being led by Canadian interna- Hezbollah. Islamic Jihad with the technol- trophe that must be resisted. than 16,000 centrifuges. Around China, France, Russia, the United tional lawyer William Schabas, “State security court prosecu- ogy for the rockets being fired The death toll from seven weeks 3,000 more are at the Fordo plant, States and Germany — are in and includes Doudou Diene of tors accused the eight men with relentlessly into Israel from Gaza of violence in Gaza rose to 2,124 buried inside a mountain and hard negotiations to secure a nuclear Senegal, who has previously plotting to carry out terrorist since July 8. “We will accelerate on the Palestinian side yesterday. to destroy. Israel has often threat- deal. They reached a six-month served as the UN’s watchdog acts, including attacks against US the arming of the West Bank and Sixty-eight Israelis have been ened to attack Iranian nuclear interim agreement under which on racism and on post-conflict soldiers in 2006 and the Israeli we reserve the right to give any killed, four of them civilians and installations. Iran suspended part of its nuclear Ivory Coast. They have been embassy in Amman,” a court response,” said General Amir-Ali the rest soldiers. Since a ceasefire An Israeli spokesman said activities in return for a partial tasked with reporting back to official said. “The suspects, seven Hajizadeh, commander of aerial arrangement collapsed on August in Jerusalem on Sunday after lifting of international sanctions. the council by March. AFP Jordanians and a Syrian fugi- forces of Iran’s elite Revolutionary 19, more than 650 rockets have the report that the drone had AFP tive, also recruited people to join been shot down (Lebanon’s Shia militant move- that the mili- ment) Hezbollah,” he said, adding tary does “not that the group was arrested in address foreign May last year. media reports”. The official gave no further Hajizadeh details, but said the suspects face said at a news life imprisonment if convicted. conference Jordan is home to around broadcast on 600,000 Syrian refugees. television that In May, the military tribunal the unmanned handed jail terms of between four aircraft shot and 20 years to 11 people it con- down was a victed of plotting to attack the US “Hermes” embassy for Al Qaeda in 2012. stealth drone Meanwhile, Lebanese MP that “can Walid Jumblatt rejected the idea evade radar”. that Hezbollah and IS were of a “Pieces of the similar nature, saying that accu- drone have sations comparing the two were been recov- nothing more than “political ered intact and accusations.” are being ana- “Likening Hezbollah to IS is a lysed,” he said, political accusation” the leader adding that it of the Progressive Socialist Party had a range of said in the Aley village of Keyfoun An alleged Israeli drone that was shot down by Iran’s Guards above the Natanz uranium 800km. “It was yesterday. enrichment site on Sunday. Natanz is Iran’s main uranium enrichment site, housing more spotted by our AGENCIES than 16,000 centrifuges. surveillance Nuclear steps agreed with IAEA in process: Iran VIENNA/DUBAI: Iran is remarks came a few days after says is peaceful. military dimensions of Iran’s “in the process” of complet- diplomatic sources in Vienna Under an accord reached atomic activities. “They have ing measures on transpar- said the UN watchdog’s inves- by the UN agency and Iran five questions and demands ... ency in its nuclear research tigation into suspected atomic in November in an attempt to some are completed and oth- that were agreed with the bomb research by Iran appeared revive the long-stalled investi- ers are in the process of being UN atomic agency, a sen- to be making only limited gation, Tehran agreed in May to completed,” Irna quoted Salehi ior Iranian official was headway. carry out five specific steps by as saying, without elaborating quoted as saying, suggesting Western officials say Iran August 25 to help allay interna- on what these were. Tehran had at least partly must address the questions tional concerns. The IAEA earlier said it met yesterday’s deadline for of the International Atomic They include providing would not comment on the cooperation. Energy Agency (IAEA). They information about two issues issue yesterday. Diplomats say Atomic energy chief Ali say that would be an important — for example, alleged explo- it may only release details of Akbar Salehi did not give details boost for parallel diplomatic sives experimentation — that any Iranian response in its next in remarks reported by the offi- efforts to end the dispute over are part of the IAEA’s inquiry quarterly report, expected next cial Irna news agency. Those a nuclear program the country into what it calls the possible week. AFP TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Saudi could earn $8.5bn Syria ready from Haj: Study to work with MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia could earn $8.5bn from this October’s Haj, according to a study published yesterday, which predicted that two West to fight IS million Muslims would make the pilgrimage to Makkah. The Makkah Chamber of Commerce said revenues from Kurdish forces retake three villages the world’s largest annual gathering of Muslims would KHANAQIN, IRAQ: The UN emergency session on the crisis. increase by three percent from yesterday accused jihadists in The watchdog also said it was last year. Iraq of waging a campaign of time for the UN Security Council The study was based on “ethnic and religious cleans- to deploy a “peace force” to create estimates that 1.98 million ing”, as Syria said it was ready a “safe zone” around Nineveh. pilgrims will travel to the to work with the global commu- Iraq is struggling to regain holy Muslim city of Makkah, nity against “terrorism”. significant parts of the country including 1.38 million, or 70 The accusation by UN human after the jihadists led a lightning percent, from abroad. rights chief Navi Pillay came as militant offensive, seizing second According to the report, a Kurdish peshmerga forces pushed city Mosul in June and sweep- pilgrim who has travelled from back Islamic State (IS) jihadists ing through the country’s Sunni another country will spend an northeast of Baghdad a day after heartland, as security forces fled. average of SR17,381 ($4,633) the militants overran a key mili- The IS militants have also during Haj, which runs for tary airport in Syria. taken control of swathes of neigh- five days. Pillay said in a statement the bouring Syria contiguous to the A domestic worshipper pays IS reign of terror in Iraq against land seized in Iraq, declaring an around SR4,948 ($1,319), the non-Arab ethnic groups and non- Islamic “caliphate” straddling Members of Kurdish security forces take part during an intensive security deployment on southern Kirkuk in Iraq study found. Expenses include Sunni Muslims alike involved both countries. yesterday. Peshmerga Kurdish forces intensified their defences in the southern parts of the oil-rich city. housing, food and drink, gifts targeted killings, forced conver- Syria, locked in a civil war with and phone bills. sions, abductions, trafficking, and various rebel groups including IS The resolution, passed earlier against our country” and said Yesterday, the peshmerga re took Millions of people visit destruction of holy and cultural since March 2011, said Monday this month, seeks to cut funds operations against the group in three villages in the Jalawla area Islamic holy sites in Saudi sites. for the first time it will work with and the flow of foreign fighters Syria may also be necessary. northeast of Baghdad from jihad- Arabia for the Haj, a pilgrim- “They are systematically tar- the international community, both to the Islamic State and to US air strikes have allowed ist militants and also held off two age all Muslims are expected geting men, women and children including the United States, to Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, Al the peshmerga to claw back assaults elsewhere, officials said. to make at least once in their based on their ethnic, religious or tackle the problem. Nusra Front. some lost territory, but the cam- The Kurdish fighters also took lives if health and finances sectarian affiliation and are ruth- Foreign Minister Walid Western powers fear the IS paign has so far been limited to control of a main road used by permit. lessly carrying out widespread Muallem insisted at a news “caliphate” — a successor state to northern Iraq. jihadists to transport fighters Saudi Arabia also hosts mil- ethnic and religious cleansing in conference in Syria’s capital, historic Muslim empires — could Citizens from various western and supplies, peshmerga mem- lions of Muslims annually for the areas under their control,” however, that any strikes on its become a launchpad for a new countries are fighting with IS, bers said. the lesser Umrah pilgrimage, Pillay said. territory must be coordinated round of global terror attacks. further raising fears that they In Syria, the jihadists on which may be undertaken at “Such persecution would with Damascus. Those fears were exacerbated could carry out attacks at home. Sunday won a bloody battle for any time throughout the year. amount to crimes against “Syria is ready for cooperation by the grisly IS beheading of In a statement on Sunday the Tabqa military airport, the Around six million Muslims humanity,” she added, as the UN and coordination at the regional American journalist James Foley claiming a string of attacks in last stronghold of the Damascus took Umrah during the fasting Committee for the Elimination of and international level to fight who was abducted in Syria. the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk regime in the northern province month of Ramadan in July this Racial Discrimination urged the terrorism and implement UN Washington has ramped up its that killed 24 people the previ- of Raqa, a monitoring group and year, according to authorities. 47 nations that make up the UN Security Council resolution 2170,” rhetoric following the behead- ous day, IS identified two of the state media said. As well as Makkah, Saudi Human Rights Council to hold an Muallem said. ing, calling it “a terrorist attack three suicide bombers as German. AFP Arabia is also home to Islam’s other holiest place — Madinah. AFP Iran deputy foreign minister heads to Libya turmoil deepens as Islamists name PM TRIPOLI: Libya’s Islamist- members met. At the same whose re-emergence plunges and the government headquarters militias to be disarmed, while Riyadh for talks dominated General National time, Libya’s new army chief Libya’s rocky political transition building has been threatened, he agreeing with Cairo that there Congress yesterday threw down declared “war on terrorists” after into fresh crisis, met following added. Telling of “threats, thefts should be no foreign intervention DUBAI/RIYADH: Iranian the gauntlet to the interim gov- the elected parliament, holed up a request from Islamists, who and looting” in the capital, Thani to stem spiralling lawlessness. Deputy Foreign Minister ernment of the near-lawless 16,000km from Tripoli in the east- accused parliament in Tobruk said “no public service can oper- Libyan jihadist group Ansar Hossein Amir Abdollahian left North African state by naming ern city of Tobruk, selected him to of complicity in raids last week ate in these conditions. “Libya Al Sharia yesterday urged other for Riyadh, state news agency a prime minister-designate to tackle unrest sweeping the nation. by mystery warplanes on Islamist cannot be ruled by force of arms. Islamists to unite under its ban- Irna reported, in the first visit form a rival administration. “Allow me to declare, from this positions near the airport. Thani Only the police and army should ner. Ansar Al Sharia, which to Saudi Arabia by a senior The GNC, officially replaced moment on, war on obscurantists, rejected the GNC’s motions, saying have weapons,” the premier said. Tripoli and Washington have both government official since Iran’s earlier this month by a freshly- terrorists and takfiris (extrem- its decisions were illegal. Parliamentary speaker Aguila branded a “terrorist” organisa- political landscape shifted in elected parliament, selected pro- ists),” said Abdel Razzak Nadhuri, “The meeting was illegal, its Salah Issa told the news confer- tion, urged other Islamists to 2013. Islamist Omar Al Hassi to form a promoted to general on taking up decisions are illegal and the only ence he will go to Egypt today for beware what it dubbed Western Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi “salvation government”, a spokes- his new role. legislative body is parliament,” talks with President Abdel Fattah plots aimed at “opposing the Arabia are enmeshed in a strug- man said. The GNC meeting, for its part, Thani said in a televised news Al Sisi. The swearing-in of new mujahedeen under the pretext gle for influence across the Middle “The GNC dismissed (interim gave its support for “legitimate conference from Tobruk. He said chief of staff Nadhuri came as that they are extremists”. East and back opposing sides in premier) Abdullah al-Thani as moves aimed at liberating the Islamist militants had ransacked Libya’s foreign minister and his “Unite with the mujahedeen conflicts and political disputes head of government and gave country,” Ahmidan said, refer- and set fire to his house in Tripoli. counterparts from neighbouring in Benghazi so together we can in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Bahrain Omar Al Hassi a week to form ring to the weekend capture of “The homes of many Libyans have states met in Cairo to discuss the defend the same objective — a and Yemen. But both Riyadh and a salvation government,” Omar Tripoli international airport by suffered the same fate,” Thani Islamist threat. total rejection of any Western Tehran welcomed this month’s Ahmidan said at a news con- the Fajr Libya (Libyan Dawn) said, blaming Fajr Libya fighters. The neighbours backed an plan” for Libya, it said in an appointment of incoming Shia ference in Tripoli, where GNC Islamist coalition. The GNC, The whole of Tripoli is unsafe Egyptian call for Libya’s rival online message. AFP Prime Minister Haider Al Abadi in Iraq, which is battling to con- tain the extremist threat of the Islamic State militant group. Irna said Abdollahian is sched- uled to meet Saudi Arabia’s Saudi jails 17 for up to 33 Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal on issues concerning the two countries, in the first such years on terrorism charges visit since the election of Iranian President Hassan Rowhani in RIYADH: A Saudi special court sentenced 17 people to between 2013. A spokesman for Saudi nine and 33 years in jail for joining a “terrorist cell” in the kingdom Arabia’s Foreign Ministry was and fighting abroad, state news agency SPA reported yesterday. not immediately available to The group were found guilty of “adopting an extremist ideology,” comment. “disobeying” authorities by travelling to fight abroad and “joining a One of Rowhani’s first official terrorist cell” inside the kingdom, said SPA. comments after being elected The group had also “contacted members of the terrorist organisation was a pledge to improve ties with ... established a media outlet in support” of it and “financed terror,” the Islamic republic’s Gulf Arab said the statement, in an apparent reference to Al Qaeda. neighbours, but mutual suspicion The men were also accused of “possession of arms and ammunition has persisted. ... to undermine security,” in addition to other charges, said SPA. In May, Prince Saud said he The 17 are part of a larger group of 67 defendants on trial over had already invited Iranian similar accusations. The statement did not specify the nationalities of Foreign Minister Mohammad the defendants or where they had fought. Javad Zarif to visit the kingdom But in July 2011, the kingdom began a series of prosecutions for for talks, but Iran later said the alleged offences committed during the peak of Al-Qaeda violence in invitation was only to participate Turkey’s President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets the press as he arrives for a cabinet meeting in Ankara the kingdom between 2003 and 2006. in a wider Islamic meeting and yesterday. The Custodian of the Thow Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin that he could not attend. Abdulaziz in February decreed jail terms of up to 20 years for citizens who travel to fight abroad, as the country struggles to deter young Dutch to end Turkey Patriot Saudis from becoming jihadists, after Syria’s conflict attracted several 170 bodies found hundred Saudi nationals. in shipwreck missile deployment in January GUARABOULI, LIBYA: S Sudan rivals sign new truce deal Libyan rescuers have recov- AMSTERDAM: The neighbouring Syria. the threat to Turkey from bal- ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan’s warring leaders signed a fresh ered the bodies of around 170 Netherlands will end its con- Ankara has been one of Syrian listic missiles persisted. ceasefire deal yesterday vowing to end more than eight months of people after a boat carrying tribution to Nato’s deployment President Bashar Al Assad’s fierc- “They’ve been deployed 24/7 for conflict, according to mediators who threatened sanctions should illegal migrants from sub- of Patriot anti-ballistic missile est critics during Syria’s civil war, almost two years and you can’t the agreement fail once again. Saharan Africa sank at sea last systems in Turkey at the end of which began in 2011. prolong it any longer,” the spokes- East Africa’s regional IGAD bloc, which mediated the talks between week, a coast guard official said January, the government said Shells fired from Syrian ter- woman said. President Salva Kiir and his sacked deputy Riek Machar, called on the yesterday. yesterday. ritory frequently land inside “We’ve announced this now so leaders to forge a unity government within 45 days. “We freed about 100 bod- The Netherlands, Germany Turkey, drawing a response in that Nato can take a decision on Thousands of people have been killed and more than 1.8 million have ies trapped in the hold of the and the United States each sent kind from the Turkish military. how to continue.” fled civil war sparked by a power struggle between Kiir and Machar, 16-metre (50-foot) wooden boat two Patriot missile batteries A Dutch defence minis- The Patriot batteries had ini- who met Monday for the first time in more than two months. which foundered not far from and soldiers to operate them try spokeswoman said the tially been expected to remain in An IGAD communique welcomed the “signature by the warring the coast,” Abdellatif Mohammed in early 2013 in response to a Netherlands no longer had the Turkey for up to a year but no parties” to the deal, “which obliges the parties to bring the conflict Ibrahim said. request from Nato ally Turkey resources to keep its batteries time limit was ever set. to an end”. Three previous ceasefire commitments have been broken AGENCIES for help against attacks from deployed in the field, even though REUTERS within hours. AFP TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Town under Russia plans new aid convoy to Ukraine DONETSK: The Kremlin announced plans yesterday for a second aid convoy into Ukraine, heightening tensions on the eve of crunch talks, while fresh Islamic law: clashes raged along the border and around the main rebel-held city. A Ukrainian military spokes- man said troops were battling a contingent of “10 tanks and two Boko Haram armoured personal carriers” fly- ing rebel flags that had crossed a southern part of the border with Militant chief’s claim on video Russia and was heading towards the government-held city of ABUJA: The leader of Nigeria’s immediately respond to a request Mariupol. Islamist group Boko Haram for comment. Local newspaper Some 120 kilometres to the said his fighters were now rul- ThisDay quoted Major-General north, AFP journalists also wit- ing the captured northeastern Chris Olukolade as saying the nessed heavy fighting raging to town of Gwoza “by Islamic law”, claim Boko Haram controls the south of Donetsk, the main in the first video to state a ter- Gwoza was “false and empty”. rebel bastion, a day after separa- ritorial claim in more than five In an attack on Sunday in the tist leaders said they had deployed years of violent insurrection. remote northeastern town of tanks and artillery to the area. The Nigerian military denied Gamboru, the insurgents killed Explosions rang out and smoke Boko Haram had taken control 15 people, survivors said yester- rose from towns to the south of of the town during fighting over day. The gunmen came in armed the city. Ukraine’s military said the past week, although security pick up trucks, throwing explo- four soldiers had been killed and sources and some witnesses said sives and spraying the town with 31 wounded in the past 24 hours. police and military there had been bullets. Many fled over the border The latest fighting comes pushed out. into Cameroon, witnesses said. as Ukrainian President Petro Abubakar Shekau’s forces have “They were shouting ‘Allah Poroshenko and Russian leader killed thousands since launching Akbar’ (God is Greatest) and Vladimir Putin prepare to meet an uprising in 2009, and are seen were shooting sporadically,” Alice for the first time in months along- as the biggest security threat to Adejuwon, a businesswoman and side top EU officials in Minsk Ukrainian soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint on a road near the city of Dnepropetrovsk yesterday. Kiev said its the continent’s leading energy resident of Gamboru, told Reuters today. forces clashed with an armoured column that crossed from Russia. producer. by telephone. There was additional pressure The militant leader’s often “We saw corpses on the streets on the talks after the Kremlin Ukrainian forces must cease their rambling videoed speeches have as we ran out of the town.” said yesterday that it planned to punishing offensive. become a regular feature of his The video includes footage of send another controversial aid Parliament dissolved, vote in Oct Lavrov played down hopes for bid to project himself as public what appeared to be an attack on convoy into east Ukraine “this a major breakthrough in Minsk, enemy number one in Africa’s Gwoza, showing fighters, backed week”. Russia sent 230 lorries KIEV: Ukrainian President “I have decided to pre- saying only that the talks would biggest economy. by armoured personal carriers, carrying what it claimed was Petro Poroshenko signed maturely end the author- “facilitate the exchange of opin- In the latest video released late pick-up trucks with attached 1,800 tonnes humanitarian aid a decree yesterday to dis- ity of parliament,” he wrote. ions” about “efforts to start the on Sunday, the militant who says machine guns, and one tank-like to the rebel-held city of Lugansk solve parliament, he said on Under the law, the election political process to settle the he is fighting to create an Islamic vehicle with track wheels and a without Red Cross monitors on a Twitter post, paving the must be held within 60 days political crisis.” state in religiously-mixed Nigeria, large gun. Friday after accusing Kiev of way for a new election on of the decree being published. Both sides are under pressure said his forces had taken control They unload salvos of gunfire intentionally delaying the mission. October 26. REUTERS from the international commu- of the hilly border town of Gwoza, across the town from trucks and Kiev condemned the move as a nity to find a compromise. near the frontier with Cameroon. on foot. The fighters are all armed “direct invasion” but the trucks represent a new push by rebels in more than four months of fight- German Chancellor Angela “Allah has granted us success with AK-47s or rocket propelled returned to Russia on Saturday territory controlled by Kiev. ing that has left residents in some Merkel called for a bilateral in Gwoza because we have risen grenades, some in military uni- without incident. A resident in a nearby town rebel-held cities without water or ceasefire and tighter border con- to do Allah’s work,” Shekau says, form, others in civilian clothes. “We would like to agree on told AFP by telephone that explo- power for weeks. trols during a visit to Kiev over reading out a statement off a Many of them walk casually as the conditions to send the con- sions could be heard coming from Poroshenko has pledged to “talk the weekend while stressing sup- notebook, with two masked gun- they take over the town. voy on the same route with the the direction of the frontier. peace” with Putin when they meet port for Ukraine’s territorial men on each side of him and three They also fire into the hills at same participation of Ukrainian But Lavrov dismissed the today but insists the withdrawal integrity. four-wheel-drive vehicles behind what appear to be fleeing secu- border guards and customs offic- claims, saying: “I haven’t heard of pro-Kremlin forces is the only She said later in an interview him in thinly forested bush. rity forces and civilians, and they ers as soon as possible,” Russian about it, but there has been more way to end the conflict in east she wanted to find a way out of the “Allah commands us to rule help themselves to weapons and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov than enough disinformation about Ukraine. crisis “that doesn’t harm Russia” Gwoza by Islamic law. In fact, he ammunition seized from security told a news conference in our invasion. No doubt some for- Kiev has accused Russia of with the EU and US already hav- commands us to rule the rest of forces. It ends with scenes of exe- Moscow. eign newspaper will print that ramping up arms supplies to ing slapped the harshest economic the world, not only Nigeria, and cuting captives in pre-dug mass There were conflicting accounts ‘news’ tomorrow.” the rebels as government troops sanctions on Moscow since the now we have started.” graves, some of them beaten to of yesterday’s fighting along the Over 2,200 people have died and have cut deeper into their terri- collapse of Communism. Nigerian authorities did not death with spades. REUTERS border, which if confirmed could 400,000 fled their homes after tory. Moscow has retorted that AFP

New Slovenian Hollande tells PM to form new govt WHO sends supplies PM vows to PARIS: France was thrown revive economy into fresh crisis yesterday as to Ebola-hit Congo President Francois Hollande told his prime minister to form LJUBLJANA: Law profes- a new government after dam- GENEVA: The World Health being analysed, he said. sor Miro Cerar vowed to bol- aging splits within the rul- Organisation (WHO) said yes- Hemorraghic gastroenteritis, ster Slovenia’s shaky economy ing Socialist party burst into terday it has sent protective malaria and shigellosis have also yesterday as he was voted in the open. equipment for medical staff to been identified in the area, he as prime minister of the tiny It is the second reshuffle in Democratic Republic of Congo, said. At least 70 people have died Alpine country. just five months as the Socialists where authorities have con- in northern Democratic Republic The political newcomer, 51, struggle to pull stagnating France firmed two cases of Ebola in a of Congo from an outbreak of who won snap elections on July out of the economic doldrums and remote area. hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, the 13 despite having set up his cen- the party is riven by infighting “The Ministry of Health has WHO said last Thursday, dismiss- tre-left party just a month before, between left-leaning members declared an outbreak and we ing reports that the illness was said he would push for jobs and and those who veer more to the are treating it as such,” WHO Ebola. growth. centre. spokesman Tarik Jasarevic Ebola virus, which was discov- He faces a tough task of putting A presidency statement said said in Geneva in response to a ered in the former Zaire in 1976, the eurozone country’s finances Prime Minister Manuel Valls had query. is endemic in the area. back in order after the past two tendered the resignation of his The current Ebola epidemic, This is the seventh known governments fell after little more government and the new line-up which has killed at least 1,427 outbreak of the deadly disease a year after being hit by corrup- would be announced today. French President Francois Hollande speaks with children on the Ile de people, has focused on Liberia, in the country, according to the tion trials and political infighting. “The head of state asked him Sein, an island located near the Pointe-du-Raz, off the Brittany coast of Guinea and Sierra Leone with WHO. But the leader of the main (Valls) to form a team consistent France yesterday. several cases also in Nigeria. Countries in east and south- opposition Slovenian Democratic with the direction he has himself Democratic Republic of Congo ern Africa have imposed travel Party, former prime minister set for the country,” it said. not be in the new cabinet as did only prolonging and worsening declared an Ebola outbreak in its restrictions to prevent Ebola Janez Jansa, slammed Cerar’s lack The move caught France by his ally Culture Minister Aurelie a “serious, destructive and long” northern Equateur province on reaching their shores while bat- of clear policies. surprise and sparked concern Filippetti. crisis in Europe. Sunday after two of eight patients tling global perceptions that they “No candidate to head a gov- that Hollande, whose popularity is Montebourg also announced “For two years, I fought tire- tested for the virus came back are no longer safe for foreign ernment has ever presented a at a record low at just 17 percent, that Education Minister Benoit lessly to convince, I wrote notes positive, Health Minister Felix tourists. South Africa has banned programme without any figures will lose further support by alien- Hamon, another member of the and letters to the head of the Kabange Numbi said. entry for non-citizens arriving or deadlines,” said Jansa, who was ating key members of his party left-leaning clan of the party, executive and made private and Congolese authorities who went from Sierra Leone, Guinea and allowed to attend yesterday’s ses- that still wield influence. would not take part in the new public declarations to attempt to to the remote area found 24 cases Liberia. sion despite serving a two-year Economy Minister Arnaud line-up. convince and implore the presi- of hemorrhagic fever of “unknown Ebola is spread between jail prison term for corruption. Montebourg, whose comments Echoing his weekend com- dent to refuse excessive measures origin”, including 13 people that humans through direct contact A commission is currently over the weekend slamming ments in stronger terms, the for our country that risked dam- had died, Jasarevic said. with infected body fluids. It is one probing whether he should the country’s economic direc- anti-globalisation advocate aging and sinking our economy,” Of these, two have tested posi- of the world’s deadliest diseases, remain an MP. tion and France’s ally Germany warned in a speech yesterday he said. tive for Ebola, but other samples with up to 90 percent of cases Cerar said the main priori- sparked the crisis, said he would that austerity measures were AFP taken from suspect cases are resulting in death. AGENCIES ties of his new government will be “economic growth, preserving existing jobs and creating new ones and increasing international competitiveness”, along with the stabilising the health system, he German ruling coalition bickers over highway toll tax said yesterday. His SMC party has already agreed to a three-party centre- BERLIN: German Chancellor motorways and other roads. They on motorists and cause more exposed the split in Germany’s The issue is especially sensitive left coalition with the pension- Angela Merkel’s Christian say it is unfair that foreigners problems than they would solve conservative camp on the eve of in Bavaria, a major crossroads for ers’ DESUS party and the Social Democrats (CDU) and their travel for free on German motor- for Germany’s regions. elections in three German regions foreign motorists travelling from Democrats (SD), which will give Bavarian coalition partner have ways while Germans have to pay Their criticism drew an angry that start on Sunday. northern European countries to them 52 seats in the 90-seat clashed in an unusually public tolls in neighbouring countries response from CSU deputy leader “The toll is going to be intro- the Balkans and southern Europe. parliament. spat over plans to introduce a such as Austria, Switzerland Andreas Scheuer in yesterday’s duced on all roads in Germany,” The motorway toll issue has His coalition is set to continue motorway toll that critics say is and France. Senior CDU mem- Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily. Scheuer said, whose conserva- dominated German media for with the former government’s designed to fleece foreigners. bers, Armin Laschet and Thomas “That just shows how com- tive party agrees with the CDU months, vying with major inter- efforts to reduce the deficit and Bavaria’s Christian Social Strobl, said the introduction of pletely clueless they are,” he said, on most other issues. national crises such as Ukraine, with the privatisation of state- Union (CSU) want foreign tolls on all roads and motorways in a surprisingly sharp rebuke Opinion polls show Germans Syria and Gaza for public owned companies. AFP motorists to pay tolls on German would impose an excessive burden of the centre-right CDU that favour a road toll for foreigners. attention. REUTERS TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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yria’s readiness to join hands with other countries in fighting the Islamic State shows its desperation. Another dimension has been added to the more Sthan three year old Syrian conflict. The enemy of an enemy, the adage goes, is a friend. Syria is trying this out with All eyes on Obama over the United States, which doesn’t have any love lost for Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. In a major change of course yesterday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem virtually invited Washington to join hands in fighting the Islamic State. This can be seen in the immigration reform light of the seriousness of the threat which the Jihadis pose to S President Barack Obama perhaps to also include their parents Syria, Iraq and the larger Middle East. has vowed to take action on or even grandparents. It is not the first time that the Syrian regime of Bashar Al immigration before summer’s But Lynn Tramonte, deputy director Assad has been rocked by Islamists. A large number of fighters Uend. Now millions of hopeful of America’s Voice, a group that advo- In early 2013, after a owing allegiance to Al Qaeda and other Islamist groups have undocumented immigrants are eagerly cates for immigrant rights, expects given a hard time to Syrian troops fighting a raging insurgency awaiting his move — as are Republican something more. bipartisan bill written leaders who accuse him of abusing his “I foresee a major policy change,” she from early 2011. The unrest has claimed close to 200,000 and power. told AFP. by senior senators, displaced over a million people. Coming as it did about the Back in Washington after two weeks After six years of deportations time the Arab Spring revolts in other countries started, the of a golf-filled family vacation on a small and minor reforms, “we are ready Obama predicted a insurgency was initially seen as an outpouring of years of island in Massachusetts, the US presi- for a major change, we are ready for reform that would disenchantment in the population. However, the unrest started dent is readying to take on a issue which the Obama administration that we transforming into a sectarian war with hardline extremist is especially sensitive in the run-up to expected to come into office after the permit millions of illegal November’s midterm elections. 2008 election,” she said, denouncing a groups targetting minorities including Alawites. “The American people don’t want me “fundamentally broken” system that is immigrants to come out With the death toll rising sharply in the West Asian standing around twiddling my thumbs “working against families. country and tens of thousands of displaced Syrians causing waiting for Congress to do something,” But in acting alone on the issue, the of the shadows overcrowding in neighbouring said Obama, frustrated by the lack of president has sparked criticism he is Syria’s Jordan and Libya, the crisis in Syria action by lawmakers on Capitol Hill, encroaching on the role of Congress, was close at hand. triggered calls for intervention by before he left. with some lawmakers accusing him of readiness to Details of any defying the spirit of the Constitution. world powers. US President Barack executive orders He would also risk harming the join hands with Obama was seen as dithering to be signed by chances of vulnerable Democrats fight- to pass any kind of legalisation for on intervention in Syria. With Obama’s the president are ing to retain their seats in conservative anybody else.” If, during the midterm other countries Washington embroiled in wars in not yet known — states — where reform is unpopular Congressional elections on November 4, Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama didn’t predecessors, the White House — and who are crucial to their party’s Republicans retain control of the House in fighting the says a range of hopes of hanging on to the Senate. of Representatives and take control of want to dissipate US military power Islamic State from Republican options is being Obama’s predecessors, from the Senate, Obama risks finding himself on another intervention. Ronald Reagan considered — but Republican Ronald Reagan to Democrat even more politically isolated during his shows its Walid Muallem, who has been Obama’s politi- Bill Clinton to Republican George W final two years in the White House. the public face of Bashar Al to Democrat cal opponents are Bush, each signed orders specific to cer- Pre-election executive orders could desperation. Assad through the insurgency, already angry, tain categories of immigrants coming therefore be his last chance to leave said yesterday that the Syrian Bill Clinton to threatening a from China, Kuwait or El Salvador, for a mark on the immigration system — major political example. though far short of what he promised government is ready to join hands with other countries in Republican crisis. But Mark Krikorian, director of during his two presidential campaigns. fighting the Islamic State, but any strikes on Syrian soil have Some hope for, the Center for Immigration Studies, a In early 2013, after a bipartisan bill to be coordinated with the government in Damascus. George W Bush, while others fear, think tank that argues for reinforcing written by senior senators, Obama pre- “Syria, geographically and operationally, is the centre of each signed that a presiden- the borders, insists an executive order dicted a reform that would permit mil- the international coalition to fight Islamic State, Muallem tial decision could from Obama offering temporary legal lions of illegal immigrants to come out said. “States must come to it if they are serious in combating orders specific to offer a reprieve status to a large number of undocu- of the shadows was close at hand. to nearly half of mented immigrants would be in a dif- But the prospect of a consensus in terrorism,” he added. certain categories the around 11 ferent category — and, in the long term, Congress rapidly fell apart. Before the Islamic State ran riot in Iraq and Syria, the million undocu- counter-productive. The Republican party was torn military was slowly gaining ground in the fight against of immigrants. mented immi- “Those small actions were all radi- between the fierce opposition of Tea Islamist militants. It had retaken several towns and for some grants, many of cally different from what the president Party lawmakers and the desire to time it seemed that Assad’s forces would finally beat back the whom have lived for years in the United is proposing,” Krikorian said, empha- appeal to Hispanic voters — more than States, but who live in constant fear of sising that each was linked to a very 70 percent of whom cast ballots for insurgency. However, the arrival of the Islamic State changed deportation. specific crisis. Obama and without whom it will be the dynamics. One of Obama’s options would be For example, amnesty was given to increasingly difficult for Republicans to Now that Damascus would be ready to join hands with the to expand the “Deferred Action for some Czechoslovakian citizens in 1968, regain the White House. Since a mas- US in a joint fight against the Islamic State, the stage is set for Childhood Arrival” or “DACA” pro- when the Soviet Union invaded. sive amnesty programme in 1986, all a blitz on the Jihadis. Seeking international help, though with gramme, launched in 2012, which offers According to Krikorian, Obama’s efforts at reform have failed, including, a rider, shows that Assad’s regime is truly threatened by the temporary visas to minors who arrived proposal “would poison the well, it notably, under the presidency of George in the United States before age 16, would make it impossible for Congress W Bush in 2007. AFP Jihadis and his cry of help is driven by desperation• The other side Quote of Legislation must keep pace with terror tactics the day he new anti-terrorism law this muddled situation to disseminate one example of the atrocities commit- prove difficult to turn back. To do so approved by the President, its flawed ideology and radicalise a ted by the group. will require officials, corporations and H H Sheikh Khalifa bin whole new generation of recruits. It When such videos are posted on individuals to take a stance against TZayed, introducing harsher is using all kinds of social media – social media, they serve as a powerful sharing such images – and it will penalties for acts related to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, in recruiting tool and an effective way to require legislators around the world to extremism is a critical step towards particular – to promote its agenda. spread propaganda targeted towards ensure their anti-terrorism laws remain preventing such crimes. But, as we As The National reported yes- the young and the impressionable. up-to-date, effective and enforceable. have previously argued on these terday, the recent video of the US Mercifully, the pushback against The Islamic State’s toxic rhetoric pages, addressing terrorism also photojournalist, James Foley, being such cheap tactics has begun, as can only be beaten by a concerted Snap parliament requires the debunking of extremist beheaded by a member of the Islamic witnessed by a Twitter hashtag – response. That riposte should begin ideas, something that the UAE is also State group sparked worldwide revul- #ISISmediaBlackout – gaining popu- with an understanding that the front polls are part of working hard to address. sion. The clip also contains a threat to larity after a Muslim woman asked line of the battle against terrorists lies my peace plan. Elsewhere in the region, particularly kill another reporter (believed to be people to stop sharing images and as much in the chaotic modern land- in Iraq and Syria, deep instability and freelancer Steven Sotloff) if the US videos released by the organisation. scape of the digital world as it does chaos have created a huge void for continues its campaign of targeted While there are reports that Twitter in the distressed terrain of Iraq and terrorist ideas to fill. The Islamic State air strikes in Iraq. has also started removing some Syria. Petro Poroshenko militant group has taken advantage of The simple truth is that this is only material, the tide of such videos will THE NATIONAL Ukrainian President TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Rise of IS: Obama ignored Syria for too long Letting a region take care of itself is impossible to allow when your spies are telling you about the rise of a terror group across the world, including the West – of terrorists that are effectively becoming a global movement of disaffected Muslims everywhere.

BY AMMAR ABDULHAMID Now, IS has a vision being carried out – effectively, if with pure evil – by tech- arack Obama is embarking nocratic leaders with succession plans, on a global course correction, flexible but enduing structures, and major if not an outright reversal: funding, with major operations based the policy of “don’t do stupid out of its hub in Syria. Soon, some of its stuff” – the non-intervention- acolytes might make like Hezbollah and Bism so praised by the Farid Zakarias and run legitimate businesses across multiple Tom Friedmans of the world – is getting countries that secretly fund terror; some forced out, albeit in the typical Obama already appear to be attracted to the fashion of admitting nothing and never radicalised appeal of IS leader Abu Bakr going fast or far enough. Al Baghdadi declaring a new Caliphate. And to hear the Chuck Hagels and No wonder Obama is finding it so John Kerrys of the administration tell difficult to justify a policy of minimal the story for him, it’s all the fault of the engagement anymore – perhaps even The ‘Act now to stop war and end racism’ (Answer) coalition holds a rally outside the White House in Washington last year. Islamic State (IS), which is “beyond just to himself. Blanket, cold-hearted real- a terrorist group”, “an organisation that ism doesn’t work when networked, cold- arm moderate rebels in Syria, to bomb IS and secularist currents. But by control- It’s about time for the Obama admin- has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic hearted terrorism does. The line between bases in both Syria and Iraq and to finally ling the flow of humanitarian aid and istration to do the right thing. It’s about vision and which will eventually have to realism and cynicism has always been too impose a no-fly zone on the Assad regime. the funds required for the reconstruc- time, after doing so much stupid stuff and be defeated” – a feat which, realistically, thin, and has long been crossed by the This combination of tactics could allow tion processes, the administration and aiding in the rise of IS, to begin resolving will require some intervention not just in Administration. the Syrian opposition – which has thus other members of international commu- a conflict that has killed close to 200,000 Iraq … but in Syria. While realism is laudable, cynicism far been unable to govern the liberated nity could exercise leverage to allow for people in less than four years, and pro- It’s difficult to do the right thing when ends up producing the very outcomes areas due to Assad’s use of aerial strikes, compromises to be reached. duced millions of refugees, becoming the you’ve already end up so badly. When the that realism intends to avoid. Letting a including barrel bombs, scud missiles, Obama already plans to take a lead- worst humanitarian disaster since the Obama administration refused to enforce region take care of itself is impossible and, on occasion, chemical weapons and ing role at next month’s UN General Cold War. a no-fly zone over Syria in 2011, the indif- to allow when your spies are telling you poison gas – to move in and work with Assembly, where strategies for holding Yes, American strikes may make disaf- ference gave rise to despair and forced about the rise of a terror group across the local councils to begin returning the back IS will be a top priority. But Western fected Muslims more eager to join IS. Yes, people to abandon their nonviolent ways the world, including the West – of ter- basic services to the local communities, and Middle Eastern leaders need to begin we may be witnessing the birth of a new to defend themselves, effectively trans- rorists that are effectively becoming a bringing a measure of relief to the local preparing for a peace conference follow- Islamic sect. But Barack Obama needs forming the nonviolent protest move- global movement of disaffected Muslims civilian population. ing such strikes, because a real transition to stop fighting the symptoms while ment into an armed resistance. everywhere. Imposing a no-fly zone also avoids hav- plan for a post-conflict and post-Assad embracing the disease – to become a true Obama’s refusal to then support the Some “realists” are advocating coop- ing to supply advanced weapons to rebels, Syria needs to be developed. realist and not a cynical one. Sectarian rebels following the advice of his then- eration with Bashar Al Assad. But that including TOW missiles and MANPADs, Talks will not be easy (and could drag violence was not inevitable in Syria, as secretary of state, among other officials, wouldn’t just being doing “stupid stuff” thus minimising the risk of having them out for months if not longer), but if some analysts argued at the beginning created a vacuum that was gradually – it would be downright delusional, since end up in the wrong hands. the regime’s ability to wreak havoc on of the revolution, but indifference and filled by extremist elements emerging out cooperating with dictators who abuse Still, the opposition will have its work rebel communities is curbed by strikes cynicism made it so. of the woodwork and jihadists pouring their own people is exactly what gives rise cut out for it in terms of ensuring effec- and the economic blockade against it is Obama needs to engage in the region across the borders, a combination that to extremist anti-Western movements. tive governance of the areas under their strengthened, time will not be on its side with a positive mindset, knowing that he paved the way for the emergence of the The only way for Obama to stop doing control, especially when it comes to – rendering hopes for an eventual break- can actually make a positive difference. newly troubling and feared IS. stupid stuff with his foreign policy is to reaching agreements between Islamist through more realistic. THE GUARDIAN Black America: Burden of the perfect victim If only we English could In a nation where police often shake up our democracy approach black communities with BY SUZANNE MOORE magine having a say, an actual say, in how your country is run. a dragnet, stopping and frisking You might even consider big questions, like the distribution of wealth, the dividing up of resources, your tiny country’s place in everyone, marking as many black Ithe big bad world. You may go down the pub and argue with your friends about what your identity actually means, you may be already certain and slag off those who think differently on Twitter, you may men as possible with a record, it be wavering on several issues. You may be just 16 and able to vote for the first time in your life. would be hard to find a black male This may or may not be my business, depending of course which way Scotland votes in a few weeks time, but as this referendum hoves into view with another televised debate tonight, my main emotion is who looks like an angel. perhaps pathetically English. It is one of envy. This conversation, this questioning about who you are, how you are BY TOURÉ I feel confident stating that to live and who is to be in charge, shows the essential internal organs Police point their weapons at a car as it pulls away after tear gas was used neither Brown nor Wilson is an of a political system being openly tested and examined. n information war angel — because no one is. But by authorities in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 11, 2014. Here in Albion, there appears to be only stubbornly undiagnosed is being waged in that doesn’t matter, because the organ failure. I do not know what it is to be Scottish and feel utterly Ferguson, Mo, each two men have been reduced to those are not violent acts. More But when individuals arrive disconnected from Westminster politics. I only know what it is to be Asalvo meant to shape symbols. Information wars sug- important, none of that sheds any in the court of public opinion, or English and feel like that. public perceptions of Michael gest that character is destiny and light on what happened the night in a court of law, the burden of Every time I voice that, inevitably, I am told that somehow I should Brown and Darren Wilson. that character is knowable, as if George Zimmerman shot him. being a perfect victim in order vote more. When and where exactly? Instead I see that power clus- Through this war we’ve learned a handful of snapshots or tweets We all remember Rosa Parks to receive justice is impossibly ters in ever closer elites at the top of society. These closed shops hug that the 18-year-old Brown had constitute an autopsy of the soul. and how she earned sainthood heavy. It doesn’t allow for human themselves tighter than David Cameron’s wetsuit. marijuana in his system when he They are waged in all kinds of status within America’s civil fallibility. Is there any information The problem, we are told, is that Cameron surrounds himself with was killed, suggesting he was of legal battles, from civil suits to rights mythology: On December from your past that could make yes men. And the trouble with Ed Miliband is that he surrounds him- poor character, and that police contract negotiations to public 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up you look bad? self with people who are very similar to him, and so it goes on until officer Wilson shot Brown six divorces. her seat on a segregated bus in Most of us have something the only real alternatives on offer are Nigel Farage or Boris Johnson. times, a use of force that could But when there’s a black victim Montgomery, Ala, and became an in our pasts we would not Some choice. As I see it the Scots are always patronised by talking seem reckless or excessive. We’ve involved, the information takes a icon. But Parks was not the first to want revealed. And for black about independence in terms of marriage, divorce, and breaking up been told that Brown was a “gen- different and predictable turn: defy the rules. Nine months ear- Americans, those facts too often the CD collection. Yet I wonder what kind of relationship ever existed tle giant” who would have started The victim becomes thuggified. lier, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin are used to suggest that victims in the first place. attending classes at a technical This is an easy leap for many refused to give up her seat on a of injustice don’t deserve justice, For many decades the Scots legal system was unique for being the college this month, but we’ve also minds, given the widespread Montgomery bus. In an interview because they weren’t some sort only legal system without a parliament. This ended with the advent of seen a grainy convenience-store expectation of black criminality. last year with Democracy Now, of credit to their race. In a nation the Scottish Parliament, which legislates for Scotland. Many features video in which he does not look If you become nervous when you Colvin said that when the cops where police often approach black within the system have been preserved. gentle. We have seen a video of see a young black male approach- arrived and ordered her to get communities with a dragnet, It has long been apparent that what has gone on in the south-east, Wilson receiving an award, look- ing on the street, it is not hard up, “it felt like Sojourner Truth’s stopping and frisking everyone, and in the City of London in particular, has clearly not been faithful to ing professional and happy, but to convince you that a kid who hands were pushing me down marking as many black men as any of the values of a fairly basic social democracy. It has been about we’ve also heard about him curs- was shot was not one of the “good on one shoulder and Harriet possible with a record, it would strident privatisation and the dismantling of the welfare state. Scotland ing at a Ferguson woman who ones,” that he was scary and Tubman’s hands were pushing me be hard to find a black male who at least gets the chance to reject this, English people don’t. Because had been maced, weeks before the maybe did something to deserve down on another shoulder, and I looks like an angel. many of us have never lived in a United Kingdom. These words mean town began to smoulder. it. Information wars thrive on could not move.” But it doesn’t matter whether nothing to me. Whatever the Scots decide, England will shake. And it Such snippets and images are America’s empathy gap — the So they pulled her up and jailed Brown was an angel. He was young needs shaking. If England is actually a Tory land and needs Scotland as efforts to shape public opin- way some people struggle to see her. Also, shortly after her arrest, and growing and human, and he a Labour colony, then England should face up to itself, and its demons. ion about these men. They any kinship or shared humanity Colvin became pregnant. She gave made mistakes. That’s OK. The Independence is also often framed in terms of maturity. Is Scotland could influence St Louis County with strangers who don’t look like birth the same month as Parks’s real question is not: Was Brown ready for independence? Surely it is the other way round. Is England Prosecutor Bob McCulloch as he them. historic arrest. It’s clear why the a good kid? The real question grown-up enough to see itself the way it actually is? For that, we would weighs whether to bring charges So after 17-year-old Trayvon civil rights leaders did not want is: How are police officers sup- have to be seen and heard, reconnected to the democratic processes, against Wilson. They could also Martin was killed in Sanford, Fla, to coalesce around an unmarried posed to treat citizens? California and be far more honest with ourselves than we are often prepared to be. influence the potential jury pool, on February 26, 2012, people were teen mother. She was not a per- Attorney General Kamala Harris, The best debates about Scottish independence have asked big ques- showing prejudicial evidence that told that he had been suspended fect victim. a former prosecutor, has put it tions and often there are no easy answers. There is a truthfulness in may not be admissible at trial. from school, that he had written Her life and image could have well: “Our penal code was not cre- that. Imagine if England could ask the same questions of itself instead In an information war, the news graffiti, that he had smoked mari- distracted from the message. ated just to protect Snow White.” of assuming that all was settled long ago. Imagine if we could do this media is deployed as a weapon, juana. As a result, many saw him I understand that there was a Michael Brown was not perfect. without ceding to Ukip-style regression. our collective mind becomes a as a thug — even though many movement to shepherd and that But few of us are. And that does Scotland will do whatever it does. As I watch from afar, I can’t help battlefield, and biases are land non-thugs have been suspended the wrong standard-bearer could not speak to whether we deserve thinking for us English, chance would be a fine thing. mines waiting to explode. from school or gotten high, and have kneecapped it. to die. WP-BLOOMBERG THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com US destroys weapon at trial launch Hypersonic armament malfunctions

WASHINGTON: A hypersonic part of the Prompt Global Strike weapon being developed by the programme. The craft had suc- US military was destroyed four cessfully flown from Hawaii to the seconds after its launch from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall a test range in Alaska early Islands during a previous test in yesterday after controllers November 2011, she said. detected a problem with the The weapon, described by the aircraft, the Pentagon said. Army as a first-of-its-kind glide The craft was destroyed to vehicle, was supposed to fly from ensure public safety, and no Alaska to the Kwajalein Atoll dur- one was injured in the incident, ing Monday’s test. which occurred shortly after 4am Schumann said that, in addi- EDT (0800 GMT) at the Kodiak tion to the previous successful Launch Complex in Alaska, said flight test, the hpersonic weapon Maureen Schumann, a spokes- had “gone through a series of woman for the US Defence ground testing and modeling and Department. simulation.” She said she wouldn’t The congregation during Michael Brown’s funeral at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St Louis, Missouri, yesterday. “We had to terminate. That’s characterise yesterday’s termi- correct,” Schumann said. nated flight as a significant set- “The weapon exploded during back for the prompt global strike takeoff and fell back down in the programme. range complex,” she said, adding “This was one concept that we Emotions run high at black teen’s funeral that the test craft was destroyed were looking at in a range of pos- in the first four seconds of its sible CPGS (Conventional Prompt ST LOUIS: Michael Brown, the impassioned speech that drew St Louis Cardinals baseball cap his body. Family couldn’t come launch. Global Strike) concepts,” she said. black teen whose shooting by a shouts of agreement from the was placed on the coffin next to a through the ropes. Dogs sniffing “I don’t know the exact alti- “The whole CPGS programme is white officer ignited protests mourners. large bouquet of red roses. through. What did you do?” tude, but it was not very far,” she event-driven, not time- or sched- and a national debate on race, “This is not about you. This Relatives and friends remem- Brown, Sharpton said, would said. ule-driven. So we learn, we keep was eulogised at a cathartic is about justice. This is about bered him as a “gentle giant” who not want to be remembered for The weapon was developed learning from a variety of ground funeral service yesterday as a fairness. And America is going turned to religion in his last days the riots that erupted after his by Sandia National Laboratory testing and modeling and simula- victim of abusive policing whose to have to come to terms when and had premonitions of his own death but rather “as the one that and the U.S. Army as part of the tion and other tests done on the untimely death demands justice. there’s something wrong,” the death. made America deal with how we military’s “Conventional Prompt range of concepts under CPGS.” Brown’s family bid farewell civil rights activist added. But Sharpton brought the serv- are going to police in the United Global Strike” technology devel- Schumann said officials from to the 18-year-old with gospel People filled the 5,000-seat ice back to the fatal act that riv- States.” opment programme, which is the programme, the US Army, hymns and fiery orations that Friendly Temple Missionary eted the nation and reopened old Absent from the service was seeking to build a weapon that Navy and Missile Defense Agency rocked a packed Baptist church Baptist Church for a service that wounds of racial discrimination Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, can destroy targets anywhere on were conducting an extensive not far from the St Louis suburb drew activists and religious lead- and distrust. who was asked by the family to Earth within an hour of getting investigation to determine the of Ferguson where he was killed ers, as well as the Brown family He recalled the scene after stay away. data and permission to launch. cause of the accident. August 9. and their friends. the shooting: “Michael Brown, After the funeral service, Schumann said the craft, The investigation will inform “All of us are required to Brown’s closed bronze casket 18-year-old boy, laid out in the Brown was to be buried in a known as the Advanced future tests for the weapon and respond to this. And all of us must was flanked by large portraits of street, hour and a half before the private ceremony in St Peter’s Hypersonic Weapon, was one of other prompt global strike vehi- solve this,” said the Reverend him as a young man and smaller detective came. Another hour or cemetery. several platforms being tested as cles, she said. REUTERS Al Sharpton, who delivered an ones showing him as a baby. A so before they came in remove AFP Director Sir Richard Attenborough is dead LONDON: British Prime played his first film part in Noel Three go missing as Minister David Cameron led Coward’s ““In Which We Serve”. tributes yesterday for actor and He later joined the Royal Air director Richard Attenborough Force, qualifying as a pilot, and in storm lashes Mexico who died just days before his 1944 volunteered for a unit film- 91st birthday after a career ing over Germany. CABO SAN LUCAS, the Los Cabos region. in the film industry spanning Attenborough played under- MEXICO: Hurricane Marie The government of Oaxaca, one over six decades. dogs and misfits in a string of was pounding heavy waves of the country’s poorest states, Tributes poured in from the character roles after World War into Mexico’s Pacific coast yes- declared an emergency in ten worlds of entertainment, sports Two, notably “Brighton Rock”, terday, where three fishermen municipalities home to the 10,000 and politics for Attenborough, “Seance on a Wet Afternoon” went missing after their boat families affected by the storm. who died on Sunday, praising and “10 Rillington Place”. capsized. Area highways were damaged his film work, his charm, and his But it was directing ““Gandhi” The eighth hurricane of the and landslides blocked travel in commitment to do good through that won him a string of inter- eastern Pacific season also dam- rural areas, said Felipe Reyna various humanitarian causes. national awards and established aged the property of some 10,000 Romero, the state’s civil protec- One of Attenborough’s great- him as one of Britain’s best- families in the southern state of tion director. est achievements was overcom- known cinema personalities, Oaxaca, officials said. Rivers had overflown and ing 20 years of resistance from known for his habit of calling Marie, expected to reach south- homes flooded, he added. Hollywood studios to finally everyone “darling”. ern California today, was headed The Miami-based National make a cinematic tribute to Five years after “Gandhi” he up the coast of the Baja California Hurricane Center (NHC) said Mahatma Gandhi in 1982 with British Lord Richard Attenborough (right) and his wife Sheila Sim arriving made “Cry Freedom”, the story Peninsula when it sank the fish- “some weakening is forecast dur- the $22m epic “Gandhi” winning at the Guards Chapel, Duke of Wellington Barracks in London on August of South African black activist ing boat. ing the next 48 hours ... but Marie eight Academy Awards includ- 31, 2007. Steve Biko who died in police “Unfortunately, we have is expected to remain a major ing best film and a best director custody, that also went on to box three missing fishermen,” said hurricane through early Tuesday.” Oscar for Attenborough. office success. Wenceslao Petit, the director of The hurricane briefly hit cate- He also won acting fame for a directing of “Gandhi” stunning. 2004 when their daughter Jane, But not all of his films were civil protection in the tourist hub gory five, the most powerful storm list of movies including playing “Richard Attenborough was one of their three children, and successful. His 1992 biopic of of Los Cabos. rating on the Saffir-Simpson a theme park owner in “Jurassic one of the greats of cinema,” granddaughter Lucy were killed Charlie Chaplin failed to make The navy went to the rescue of scale, before slightly losing steam. Park”, Kris Kringle in the 1994 Cameron wrote on Twitter. in Thailand in the 2004 Boxing money and “Grey Owl”, about the Tio Chori, which went out to The NHC said the eye of Marie Christmas fantasy film “Miracle Attenborough, the elder Day tsunami in Asia. a British schoolboy turned sea with seven fisherman aboard. was “very near” Clarion Island, on 34th Street”, and Big X in brother of naturalist and broad- Born on August 29, 1923, Canadian Indian environmen- The boat overturned after being more than 700 kilometers off the prison camp drama “The Great caster David Attenborough, was in Cambridge, England, talist, received scathing reviews. rammed by heavy waves caused by Mexican mainland. Escape”. in poor health since suffering a Attenborough longed to act from His final film, “Closing the the storm, but four of the fisher- The storm was packing maxi- Cameron said Attenborough’s stroke in 2008. He lived in a care the age of four and won a schol- Ring” in 2007, received mixed men were able to swim to shore. mum sustained winds of 230 kil- acting in the 1947 film “Brighton home for people from the the- arship to the Royal Academy responses and was deemed a A ground and air search was ometers per hour and moving Rock”, in which he played psy- atrical profession with his wife of Dramatic Art in 1941. That muted finale to his distinguished underway for the three still northwest at 13 miles per hour chopathic teenager Pinkie of 59 years, actress Sheila Sims. year he made his stage debut in directorial career. missing. according to the latest bulletin Brown, was brilliant and his The couple was devastated in London’s West End and in 1942 REUTERS The civil protection agency from US forecasters. declared a state of emergency in AFP Final debate over Scotland’s separation begins Quake damage

GLASGOW: Two of Scotland’s undecided respondents, found keep the pound, how many barrels Darling criticised Salmond for leading politicians began a final support for a breakaway stands of oil are left in the North Sea, failing to spell out a “plan B” if TV debate last night, just weeks at 43 percent against 57 percent and whether Scotland’s publicly the British government refused before a historic independence for staying in the UK. funded health service would be to formally share the pound in a referendum, with secessionists But expectations were riding better off in a breakaway state. currency union, the nationalists’ looking for a game-changing high for the second of two live TV Salmond unexpectedly failed preferred option. performance to catch up in debates with Alex Salmond, 59, to dominate the first debate All three major UK-wide par- the polls. leader of the pro-independence on August 5, in which Alistair ties have ruled out such a union, As the September 18 vote nears, Scottish National Party (SNP), Darling, the leader of the anti- but Salmond predicts their posi- polls show the campaign to sever enjoying a reputation as a canny independence “Better Together” tion will change if there’s a “yes” Scotland’s 307-year union with campaigner who has unexpectedly campaign, put him in the spot vote in September . England and leave the United won elections in the past. over the issue of currency in an Bookmaker Ladbrokes had Kingdom is trailing in support, “This is our time, our moment. independent Scotland. Salmond as the favourite again as it has been from the start. Let us do it now,” Salmond told Darling told voters last night before yesterday’s debate, but he Several recent polls have shown the audience in an emotional that choosing full independence is less heavily touted this time. support for independence climb- opening statement, urging Scots and taking Salmond at his word A spokesman for the pro- ing a few points, but the most to vote for full independence. was too risky a prospect. independence “Yes Scotland” Rubble that fell from the Vintner’s Collective tasting room on Main recent “poll of polls,” on August The TV debate is expected to “He’s asking us to take his word campaign said the debates were Street lies on the sidewalk yesterday after a 6.1 earthquake struck the 15, which is based on an average centre on three issues: if and how for it. Well, I’m sorry I can’t,” said important because they reached Napa Valley area on Sunday in Napa, California, USA. of the last six polls and excludes an independent Scotland could Darling. a large audience. REUTERS TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Japan PM visits Thai king endorses Prayut as PM landslides-hit Hiroshima City Coup head set to pick a cabinet, to propose ministers for the king’s approval in September TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday pledged BANGKOK: Thailand’s coup The junta, formally known as full support for victims of last leader was formally endorsed as the National Council for Peace week’s massive landslides in prime minister by the nation’s and Order (NCPO), says it Hiroshima, as he made his first revered king yesterday, in a was forced to take power after visit to the Japanese city. step towards forming a gov- months of protests left nearly 30 The death toll from the mud- ernment to oversee sweeping people dead and hundreds more slides, which buried dozens of reforms in the politically turbu- wounded, paralysing the govern- homes, rose to 54, with a further lent kingdom. ment, cramping the economy and 28 people missing as of yesterday, Army chief General Prayut frightening off tourists. according to Hiroshima police. Chan-Ocha, 60, who ousted an It has ruled out holding new Those missing include a newly- elected government in a bloodless elections before October 2015, wed couple in their 20s, who had power grab on May 22, was cho- despite international appeals for moved to the area just a month sen uncontested as premier last a return to democracy, vowing before the tragedy. The young week by a national assembly made first to oversee reforms aimed at wife was seven months pregnant, up mainly of military figures. cleaning up politics and society. local media said. In a brief but elaborate cer- Japan, Thailand’s single biggest Some 3,000 rescuers, including emony to receive the royal com- foreign investor, yesterday urged soldiers, were continuing to dig mand, Prayut -- wearing a white a “smooth and early transition” through mud and debris at the official uniform -- knelt and to an elected democracy. various disaster sites on the out- bowed in front of a large portrait The statement, by the Ministry skirts of the city, but their round- of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, also the-clock search was occasionally “His majesty the king has said Japan was “particularly hampered as fresh rain stoked appointed me prime minister. I attentive” to the protection of fears of further landslides. am extremely grateful... this is “basic rights and freedoms” in “The government wants to a great honour for me and my the kingdom. closely coordinate with the local family,” Prayut said after the Rights groups have condemned authority,” said Abe, who wore ceremony. the junta for smothering dissent the light blue protective clothing “I will work with honesty and since seizing power. Japanese politicians often don for the benefit of people and the Protests are banned under during disasters to signify they nation,” he added. martial law while hundreds of are part of the recovery effort. The top general, who was activists and political opponents Newly appointed Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-Ocha with his wife Naraporn during a ceremony to receive “We will do our best to have vic- endorsed as premier on Sunday were summoned by the military the royal command at the army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. tims return to normal life as soon but was officially given the royal after the coup -- although most as possible,” he told reporters. command a day later, will also were released within days. More than 1,600 people were remain head of the junta as the The United Nations last week protected by tough defamation revived, the UN said, warning of led by the powerful Shinawatra taking refuge in schools, town military appears to tighten its also expressed alarm at a number laws that carry a maximum jail the “chilling effects” of such cases clan. halls and other public buildings. grip on power. of arrests and stiff jail sentences sentence of 15 years for each on freedom of expression. Yingluck Shinawatra was prime The city has issued evacuation A junta spokesman said Prayut meted out since the coup for conviction. Critics say months-long pro- minister until she was thrown out advisories and orders for more would pick a cabinet and propose defaming Thailand’s monarchy. At least 13 new royal defa- tests that proceeded the coup pro- of office by a controversial court than 150,000 residents with heavy ministers for the king’s approval King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 86, mation cases have been opened vided a pretext for the power grab decision weeks before the May 22 rain expected in Hiroshima later in September. is revered by many Thais and while other allegations have been against the former government coup. AFP in the day. AFP

Anwar dismisses offers of exile abroad KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim China officials meet over HK poll reforms has rejected offers of asylum abroad ahead of a final appeal in October on an abuse conviction that could see him jailed, a political BEIJING: The top committee Pro-democracy campaigners whether to revise the election to China by Britain on July 1, aide said yesterday. of China’s rubber-stamp leg- from the Occupy Central group method, Xinhua said previously, 1997 under a “one country, two Anwar was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison in arch islature opened a session yes- have pledged to mobilise thou- among other Chinese issues. systems” agreement, which for abusing a young former male aide, but is free pending a final appeal terday that will discuss issues sands of protesters to block the One of the organisers of Occupy allows residents civil liber- set for October 28-29. including the election method financial district later this year Central said he was “anxiously ties not seen on the mainland, The 67-year-old has dismissed the case as fabricated by the govern- for Hong Kong’s chief execu- if authorities reject the public’s awaiting” the outcome of the including free speech and the ment to ruin his political career. The aide declined further comment tive, according to state media right to nominate candidates for session. right to protest. but said a media report on the asylum offers was correct. reports. the post. “The bottom line is universal But Beijing is insisting that The Star newspaper quoted Anwar as saying he had received several The meeting of the stand- But the movement has been suffrage that satisfies interna- candidates be vetted before the offers by “foreign leaders” to go overseas but would not accept them. ing committee of the National strongly criticised by Beijing and tional standards must be granted, 2017 vote. “I met up with a few foreign leaders who advised me to go overseas People’s Congress comes with city officials as illegal, radical and allowing people of different politi- Tens of thousands of people, to escape a possible prison sentence. At my age, they say they cannot public discontent in the former potentially violent. cal backgrounds to contest the organised by the pro-govern- imagine seeing me behind bars,” Anwar was quoted as saying. British colony at its highest for At the standing committee ses- election,” Chan Kin-man said. ment Alliance for Peace and The story did not specify which countries Anwar was speaking of. years over perceived interference sion -- due to run until Sunday “If there is no room for genu- Democracy, earlier this month The accusation surfaced shortly after Anwar led a three-party alli- by Beijing and growing divisions -- lawmakers will review a report ine elections we will be forced to marched through Hong Kong ance to unprecedented electoral gains in 2008. A lower court acquitted over how its next leader should be from Hong Kong’s current Chief launch our occupation.” to protest against the Occupy Anwar in 2012, but an appeals court overturned the in March. AFP chosen in 2017. Executive Leung Chun-ying on Hong Kong was handed back Central campaign. AFP

Macau police Bangla court orders Philippine activists, priests join protest arrest five over MANILA: Thousands of peo- That rally, called through a solidarity. Thank you for mak- trial of 147 over blast ple including activists and clergy vigorous social media campaign, ing democracy alive and active. democracy poll gathered at the Philippine capi- had captured the outrage follow- Thank you for advancing decency DHAKA: A court in boycotted the January 5 elections, tal’s main park yesterday in a ing reports of a scam involving in public life,” the senior church HONG KONG: Police in Bangladesh yesterday ordered allowing the ruling Awami League rally to denounce the “Priority tens of millions of dollars from leader said. Macau detained five people the trial of 147 people, including party and its allies to clinch all Development and Assistance the PDAF of congressmen. Peachy Bretana, an anti-PDAF involved in staging an unoffi- senior leaders of the main oppo- parliamentary seats in a poll Fund” system which they blame Such allocations are supposed official, which was one of the cial referendum on democracy sition party, over an explosion marred by violence and wide- for spreading corruption. to pay for the pet projects of leg- organisers, told ABS-CBN televi- in the southern Chinese terri- outside their headquarters last spread fraud. Organisers said almost 20,000 islators but large amounts were sion the issue was non-partisan. tory, organisers said, nearly two year. Defence lawyers blasted the people joined the rally but observ- allegedly siphoned off. “This is not about parties. This months after activists angered The move to charge them with latest charges, calling them a ers said the crowd was much Three powerful senators have definitely is not anti-administra- Beijing by conducting a similar setting off explosives in capital “ploy” by the government to derail smaller, with police putting it at already been jailed over the tion. This is pro-people,” she said. poll in Hong Kong. Dhaka came as the opposition fresh opposition protests to force about 5,000 at its peak. controversy. But many of the protesters at The informal referendum mounted fresh protests to try to an early general election. The crowd, which included Influential Manila archbishop the rally used the issue to attack among Macau’s 600,000 resi- unseat a government they say is “It came at a time when the nuns, priests and lawyers, was Cardinal Luis Tagle praised those President Benigno Aquino, whom dents coincides with the widely illegal. opposition has called for a new significantly smaller than a simi- taking part in the “march against they accused of abetting the expected reelection of local leader Hundreds of opposition sup- movement against the govern- lar rally over the same issue last PDAF” in a statement posted on PDAF system and of seeking a Fernando Chui next Sunday. porters have been charged since ment,” defence lawyer Sanaullah year which observers said drew at a church social media site. second term despite being limited But it is an official body of 400 violent protests over disputed Miah said, adding at least 20 least 250,000. “I extend my greetings and by law to only one term. AFP that elects the leader similar to elections in January left more senior opposition officials were Hong Kong where a small com- than 500 people dead across the among those charged. mittee of largely pro-Beijing loy- country. He said at least 250 BNP fig- Yudhoyono in East Timor alists chooses who gets on the The latest case concerns small ures, including former ministers ballot, effectively rendering the explosions in March 2013 outside and lawmakers, had been charged ability to vote meaningless. the main opposition Bangladesh with violence in recent weeks The informal referendum in Nationalist Party (BNP) head after BNP leader Khaleda Zia Macau, the world’s biggest gam- office. After the blasts, police urged supporters to return to the bling hub, asks whether the new stormed the building, ransacked streets for countrywide protests. leader should be elected by uni- rooms and arrested key officials, Zia, a two-time former prime versal suffrage in 2019. in a raid shown live on private minister, is also facing two cor- Activists and local media television channels. ruption cases that could see her said yesterday five people were “All 147 were charged under the barred from politics if found arrested for allegedly breaching speedy trial laws. They could be guilty. the privacy law. Among those jailed for up to 10 years if found She has called the new govern- detained was organiser Jason guilty,” Prosecutor Abdullah Abu ment illegal and called her sup- Chao, who was charged with said. The court also issued arrest porters to regroup for nationwide “serious disobedience with police’, warrants against 48 people who protests to topple the govern- activists said. The five have been failed to turn up at the court, he ment. Abu said the judge had set released. said. September 25 for hearing. Police in Macao shut down The BNP-led 19-party alliance AFP locations where electronic tablets were available to vote on whether the new leader should be elected by universal suffrage. Bill Chou, vice president of the China continues Diaoyu Islands patrol New Macau Group, a grassroots organisation in Macau, said the BEIJING: Vessels of the China Coast Guard (CCG) conducted a crackdown was unnecessary and patrol mission in China’s territorial waters surrounding the Diaoyu high-handed, adding that every- Islands, according to China’s News Agency (Xinhua). The vessels Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife Ani Yudhoyono arrive at Komoro airport in Dili, one being polled had done so by are CCG 2305, 2146, 2102 and 2113. China has been conducting East Timor, yesterday on an official visit to strengthen relations. consent. REUTERS patrols on a regular basis. AGENCIES TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Kabul poll row delays presidential induction Prolonged vote audit puts strain on security, economy

KABUL: Afghanistan’s next was due to begin throwing out, Things are unpredictable,” said president was due to take over or ‘invalidating’, ballots deemed Abdullah’s spokesman, Mujib yesterday but an inauguration fraudulent in an audit of all eight Rahman Rahimi. deadline has been pushed to million votes cast, organised An official for Ghani’s cam- September as rival candidates as part of a deal to resolve the paign, who declined to be identi- fail to agree on who won an elec- stand-off. fied, said little progress had been tion meant to mark the coun- “The Independent Election made in interpreting the frame- try’s first democratic transfer Commission is trying very hard to work for a power-sharing deal. of power. finish the process as soon as pos- “Nothing yet has added to the Rivals Abdullah Abdullah sible,” said its spokesman, Noor political framework and the com- and Ashraf Ghani, as part of a Mohammad Noor. mission couldn’t reach an agree- US-brokered deal, must form a The new inauguration tar- ment in most of the areas,” the government of national unity and get date of September 2, if met, official said, adding that the can- cooperate on an audit of all eight would allow the next leader to didates were meeting to try to million votes that were cast to take power before a Nato sum- break the deadlock. eliminate concern about wide- mit in Wales, which starts two Many Western diplomats also spread electoral fraud. days later. say the process is unlikely to be Afghanistan has been in a state Countries at the summit are resolved in time. of crisis since the disputed first due to determine how much aid “I don’t see how there will round of the presidential election Afghanistan will get after most be any space for compromise, in April and the stand-off has foreign troops pull out at the end because the pie is too small and dashed hopes for a smooth tran- of the year. there are too many people who sition of power from President A peaceful transfer of power want a piece,” said one Western Hamid Karzai, who has run the would allow the United States official. country since 2001. and Afghanistan's other Western Results from the June run-off Afghan election commission workers sort ballot papers during an audit of the presidential run-off vote in the Karzai had earlier said the allies to trumpet a degree of suc- put Ghani, a former World Bank general election at a counting centre in Kabul yesterday. new leader would take over on cess as their troops leave after official and finance minister, in August 25 but a spokesman for nearly 13 years of inconclusive the lead. Abdullah, who came the president said yesterday that war. out first in the first round but life, particularly in security, econ- “They tried to narrow the dif- President Karzai signed one and date was never set as the inaugu- fell short of the 50 percent needed omy and governance,” Karzai’s ferences down and find some was expected to sign the other ration date. UNPREDICTABLE for an outright win, rejected the office said on Sunday after a common ground ... but they could quickly. The first law to be signed Whatever the plan, yester- But officials from the rival second-round result, accusing his meeting with the candidates to not agree,” said Rahimi. lays out the composition and rules day, the Independent Election camps, as well as from the elec- rival’s team of vote rigging with urge them to cooperate. “This “The two camps are represent- for Afghanistan’s election commis- Commission was still pouring over tion commission, doubt that the Karzai’s help. must end as soon as possible.” ing two different philosophies.” sion and a separate commission to votes cast in a second-round run- September 2 date would be met. Ghani and Karzai have denied A commission appointed by the On 17 July 2013, the Parliament adjudicate complaints about voter off held under UN supervision on “Honestly, I cannot come out the accusation. two camps has been meeting for of Afghanistan passed a pair of fraud and other irregularities. The June 14. with something definite on that, “Prolonging of the presidential days to work out a solution but it election laws considered crucial other one governs how the vote will In particular, the commission but I hope. It’s Afghanistan. process has affected people’s daily has made little progress. to holding the election on time; be held. REUTERS

Pakistan launches polio Roadside bomb Nato truck driver gunned down blast kills four PESHAWAR: Gunmen in as a result of the firing, adding two out by the end of this year. drive in tribal regions northwest Pakistan opened other persons including a helper The 2011 Nato attack in Afghan soldiers fire on tankers carrying fuel and a passerby were injured. Pakistan, also known as the Salala for Nato troops in Afghanistan Khan said the remaining five attack, occurred when US-led PESHAWAR: Pakistan yes- But violence has badly ham- KABUL: At least four Afghan yesterday, killing a driver and tankers returned to Peshawar, the Nato forces engaged Pakistani terday launched a fresh drive pered the campaign to stamp out National Army (ANA) soldiers wounding two others, officials capital of northwestern Khyber security forces at two Pakistani to vaccinate more than 700,000 polio in Pakistan, where militant were martyred following road- said. Pakhtunkhwa province, after the military checkposts along the children in its restive tribal belt groups with strongholds in tribal side bomb explosion, defence The incident happened in attack. Afghanistan–Pakistan border. against polio, but officials said areas -- including the Pakistani officials said yesterday. Jamrud area of Khyber, one of Another local administration Two Nato Apache helicop- nearly 300,000 others would Taliban -- see vaccination cam- General Zahir Azimi, spokes- seven semi-autonomous tribal official Mehtab Khan confirmed ters, an AC-130 gunship and two miss out because of threats paigns as a cover for espionage. man for the Afghani Ministry regions where the military has the incident and casualties. F-15E Eagle fighter jets entered from militants. Some 56 people including of Defence (MoD), said the four been battling the homegrown Nato supply trucks, which by varying estimates as little as The World Health Organisation health workers and police pro- Afghan soldiers were martyred fol- insurgents for years. carry everything from fuel to 200 metres to up to 2.5 kilometres declared a global ‘public health viding security have been killed lowing improvised explosive device “A convoy of six oil tankers munitions and food, often come into the Pakistani border area of emergency’ in early May after in militant attacks on polio vac- (IED) attack in the past 24 hours. was heading towards Afghanistan under attack on their journey Salala in the Baizai subdivision new polio cases began surfacing cination teams in Pakistan since He did not disclose further when four attackers riding two between the Pakistani port city of Mohmand Agency, FATA from and spreading across borders from December 2012. information regarding the exact motorbikes attacked the first of Karachi and border crossing across the border in Afghanistan countries including Pakistan. “A four-day vaccination drive location of the incident, according tanker, killing its driver,” sen- points. and opened fire at two border It is one of only three coun- began today to administer to the Afghan (Khaama Press). ior local administration official The coalition is winding down patrol check-posts, killing up to tries, along with Afghanistan polio drops to children in tribal The anti-government armed Irshad Khan said. operations in Afghanistan with its 24 Pakistani soldiers and wound- and Nigeria, where the crippling regions," senior campaign official militant groups frequently use He said the tanker overturned 44,000 combat troops due to pull ing 13 others. AFP disease remains endemic. Ikhtiar Ali said yesterday. AFP improvised explosive device to target Afghan and coalition secu- rity forces. According to security officials, the Afghan army deaths stands at four service members daily on average which is mainly caused due to improvised explosive device Ex-official: 2013 poll in Pakistan was rigged attacks. General Azimi said Afghan ISLAMABAD: The prevail- around the ‘35 punctures’ that armed forces are currently ing stalemate between the Imran Khan often talks about, engaged in 15 military opera- government and the Pakistan Mohamad Afzal Khan alleged that tions conducted in 13 different Tehreek-i-Insaf was jolted those involved in fixing the elec- provinces. yesterday night when a tions had applied a lot more than former official of the Election ‘35 punctures’. Commission of Pakistan “The chief election commis- Malala angered (ECP), who was directly sioner was a silent spectator while involved in the preparations Justice Kiani played a major role. by pop music for and execution of the gen- He is the man who tarnished the eral elections of 2013, came out image of the ECP,” he said ISLAMABAD: Malala in support of Imran Khan’s “Everyone, myself included, Yousafzai, the activist schoolgirl allegations of electoral rigging. was involved in the rigging proc- shot in the head by the Taliban, The legacy of the elections has ess in one way or the other,” he has said she is angered by how been marred by allegations, and added. pop music represents women. proof of rigging along with tam- To a query, he said that Interior The 17-year-old campaigner has pering within the bureaucracy. Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali claimed most female artists in The secretary of the Election Khan should be asked who told the West have accepted that they commission resigned and said him that votes polled in the 2013 should be ‘treated like objects’. that ‘historic rigging’ was seen in elections were unverifiable. She rose to prominence after these elections which had been Talking about the role of elec- surviving an assassination attempt unprecedented before. tion tribunals, the former ECP in October 2012 when her calls for Mohammad Afzal Khan, who additional secretary claimed that equal rights angered militants in also goes by the name of Afzal these too were used to cover up her homeland of Pakistan. Qadhafi, appeared on the ARY rigging. A bullet narrowly missed her News show ‘Khara Such’, hosted Meanwhile, the Pakistani rupee brain and she was airlifted to Queen by Mubasher Lucman and alleged has lost more than four percent Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham that the general elections were against the dollar in a little over where she was treated for life- ‘massively rigged’ and pointed two weeks as an on-going politi- threatening injuries. the finger squarely at former cal crisis weighs on the economy, The schoolgirl has settled chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Supporters of PML-N demonstrate in support of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore yesterday. analysts said yesterday. into a new life in the city with Chaudhry and retired Justice The slide began when crick- her family, but revealed she has Riaz Ahmed Kiani, the ECP eter-turned-politician Imran been shocked by some aspects of member from Punjab. worked until 2003. in January 2012 and Afzal was but managed to cover up his Khan vowed to march on the Western culture. Afzal was the additional secre- He was appointed the NWFP made a director general, a posi- own wrongdoings by influenc- capital to stage sit-ins aimed at “What I get a bit angry about tary at the ECP from 2012 until information secretary the next tion he retained until his eleva- ing the erstwhile Chief Election toppling the government, which is the image of women. It gets his retirement just after the elec- year, but returned to the ECP as tion to his penultimate post. It Commissioner, retired Justice he accuses of rigging last year’s quite difficult for me when I lis- tions in May last year. the provincial election commis- is not clear what made him keep Fakharuddin G Ebrahim. election. ten to pop music. I don’t often He began his career as a sioner for the same province from quiet for over 14 months since his “To save his skin, the CJP The currency fell from 98.85 understand the words, but when journalist with the state-run July 2008 to March 2010. retirement. ordered Fakhru Bhai to submit to the dollar on August 8 to 103 someone translates them to me, Associated Press of Pakistan in In April 2010, he took charge Afzal alleged that the chief an application seeking the apex rupees to the dollar in the official I think, ‘What is this song rep- 1979 and served there until 1996. as a joint secretary at ECP head- justice had interfered in the court’s assistance in appointing interbank market yesterday -- a resenting? That, women are just He then joined the ECP as direc- quarters in Islamabad. ECP’s mandate by appoint- ROs,” Afzal revealed. slide of 4.2 percent. there to be treated like objects?’ tor of Public Relations, where he The post was re-designated ing returning officers (ROs), Referring to the scandal AGENCIES AGENCIES TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Congress, Lalu-Nitish derail BJP in by-elections Congress wrests Bhagalpur seat in Bihar, scores gains in Karnataka and Punjab but loses in Madhya Pradesh

NEW DELHI: In results it came in Madhya Pradesh where Sabha disaster, they ended their Sinha said the results showed admitted were not to its lik- its candidates won from Aagar animosity of two decades to take that the “magic of Lalu and Nitish ing, the BJP suffered stun- and Vijayraghavgarh constituen- on the BJP. Lalu Prasad tweeted has clicked and the Modi factor BJP vows to win in Kashmir ning reverses in by-elections cies, while the Congress snatched from Mumbai: “It seems people has failed”, referring to Prime JAMMU: BJP president Amit Shah yesterday vowed to lead his in Bihar, exactly three months Bahoriband from the BJP. have corrected the wrong of the Minister Modi. party to victory in coming elections in Jammu and Kashmir, and after it swept the Lok Sabha BJP vice president Mukhtar Lok Sabha polls.” N Y Gopalakrishna of the asked Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to quit. polls. The Congress scored Abbas Naqvi said here that the Nitish Kumar vowed to step up Congress trounced Obalesh (BJP) “I have come here to ensure public support to get 44 seats in the gains both in Karnataka and results were not to the party’s efforts to form a nationwide anti- by 33,104 votes in Bellary, 330 km state assembly and I am sure we will get that,” Shah thundered at Punjab but lost 1-2 to the BJP in satisfaction but claimed they did BJP front. from Bangalore. He secured 83,906 a public rally at Kathua town, 90km from Jammu city. “The next Madhya Pradesh. not reflect the national mood. RJD’s Ajay Kumar Bulganin and Obalesh 50,802. In Chikkodi- government in Jammu and Kashmir will be ours,” he added to loud In the first pan-India popular- “The results do not reflect the won from Mohiuddinnagar by Sadalga, Ganesh Hukkeri of the applause and cheering. ity test after the May Lok Sabha national mood. There were local 21,530 votes. His colleagues Congress won by 31,820 votes The BJP president, a confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, verdict, the new alliance of the issues and factors such as popu- Ramawatar Paswan was elected defeating K M Mallikarjun of also said that India would give “a befitting reply” to Pakistan for its Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the larity of the candidate,” he said. from Rajnagar by 3,448 votes the BJP. In Shikaripura, B Y frequent violations of the 2003 ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir. Janata Dal-United and Congress He added that the results did not while Randhir Kumar Singh won Raghavendra of the BJP defeated At the same time, he questioned Abdullah’s right to criticise the shocked the BJP by winning six indicate a revival of the Congress from Chapra by 24,106 votes. H S Shanthavirappa Gowda of the central government over these violations. of the 10 assembly seats in Bihar. which won only 44 seats — its JD-U’s Rishi Mishra made Congress by 6,430 votes to retain Saying the people of the country were with the people of Jammu The Congress wrested Bhagalpur, worst ever showing — in the Lok it to the assembly from Jale by the seat. and Kashmir, the BJP president said the National Conference-led an urban seat, from the Bharatiya Sabha battle. 7,720 votes and Ramanand Prasad Congress candidate and former government had no right to stay in power. Alluding to the Abdullah Janata Party after a gap of 23 years. The Congress was buoyant. Singh won from Parbatta by union minister Preneet Kaur won family, Shah appealed to the people of the state to end dynastic rule In Karnataka, the ruling “The BJP gave the impression that 56,990 votes. from Patiala in Punjab, defeat- in Kashmir. Shah blamed the state government for mishandling the Congress wrested the prestigious the Narendra Modi wave, which In Bhagalpur, Ajit Sharma of ing Bhagwan Dass Juneja of the clashes during this year’s Amarnath Yatra. Senior Congress leader Bellary reserved seat and retained was based on false promises, will the Congress won by 17,000 votes. ruling Akali Dal by over 23,200 and two-time Lok Sabha member Choudhary Lal Singh joined the the Chikkodi-Sadalga seat. The carry it through in the bypolls The BJP’s Awadesh Singh won votes. Preneet Kaur is the wife of BJP at Amit Shah’s Kathua rally. IANS BJP won from Shikaripura in but unfortunately people did not in Hajipur by 6,127 votes, Nirmal former chief minister Amarinder the August 21 by-elections held vote as they expected,” Congress Ram (Mohania) by 19,851 votes, Singh, now a Lok Sabha mem- in four states. general secretary Shakeel Ahmed Rashmi Verma (Narkatiaganj) ber from Amritsar. Akali Dal’s Brajendra Mishra of the Congress Manohar Untwal vacated this In Punjab, the ruling Shiromani said. “The results are a positive by 15,742 votes and Ram Narayan Jeet Mohinder Singh won from in Vijayraghavgarh by over 50,000 seat after being elected to the Lok Akali Dal and the Congress won signal for the Congress,” he added. Mandal (Banka) scraped through Talwandi Sabo by over 46,600 votes. Pathak was the outgoing Sabha from Ujjain. The Congress one seat each. The Aam Aadmi RJD chief Lalu Prasad and by 711 votes. votes, defeating Harminder Singh Congress legislator who joined the hit back in Bahoriband where Party, which won four Lok Sabha JD-U leader Nitish Kumar, both Its ally, Ram Vilas Paswan’s Jassi of the Congress. BJP. In Aagar, BJP’s Gopal Parmar Sourabh Singh defeated BJP’s seats, was defeated in both places. former chief ministers of Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party, was routed. In BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, trounced Rajkumar Gore of the Pranav Pandey by over 7,000 votes. The best news for the BJP were jubilant. After the Lok RJD leader Ashok Kumar BJP’s Sanjay Pathak defeated Congress by over 27,000 votes. IANS

Clegg meets Modi Bangalore, Pune top in Bank account for each household home value appreciation national priority, NEW DELHI: Mid-segment res- “Despite the disparity in levels idential properties witnessed the of average appreciation in capital highest appreciation in Bangalore values in the past, it is hearten- says Premier in the past three years, while in ing to see that against poorer the high-end category the credit economic sentiments, all markets NEW DELHI: In an email went to Pune, says a study. have recorded capital apprecia- to all bank officers refer- As per the report by global real tion. It is interesting to note that ring to his financial inclusion estate consultants, Cushman and markets which are largely end scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Wakefield, mid-segment resi- user driven are also the ones to Dhan Yojana, Prime Minister dential property prices almost record highest average increases Narendra Modi has described the doubled in the north-west part in capital values while investor task of achieving a bank account of Bangalore, while they were up driven markets such as Delhi- for each household as a national nearly two-thirds in some areas of NCR and Mumbai have remained priority, the Prime Minister’s Pune. The study spanned between contained in appreciation received Office (PMO) said yesterday. first half (January-June) of 2011 over the period,” said Shveta Jain, “We need to enrol over seven and first half of 2014. executive director, Residential crore households and open their In the mid-segment, Chennai Services, Cushman & Wakefield. accounts. This is a national pri- with 27 percent, Delhi region with In the last three years, Bangalore ority. There is an urgency to this 22 percent and Kolkata with 17 witnessed the highest average capi- exercise as all other development percent, also saw some notewor- tal value appreciation in the mid activities are hindered by this sin- thy increases, while Mumbai saw segment of the top seven Indian gle disability,” he wrote. the second-lowest jump with 16 cities. Chennai witnessed steady Urging bank officers to “put your percent, following Hyderabad capital value appreciation in both shoulder to the wheel and try your with 14 percent. In the high-end mid and high-end segments during level best to ensure that no one is properties market, Pune recorded the period, while Hyderabad wit- left without a bank account”, Modi the highest increase in capital val- nessed capital value appreciation said he would eventually recognise ues of 39 percent while Bangalore of 14 percent in the mid segment the achievements of the best per- recorded 37 percent average and 16 percent in the high-end forming branches. increase in capital values in the segment. Under the Jan Dhan Yojana, period between 2011 and 2014. The high-end segment in to be launched simultaneously The high-end property seg- Kolkata witnessed average capital across the nation Thursday every ment in Chennai market recorded value appreciation of 26 percent account holder gets a RuPay debit an average increase of 34 percent in the last three years. Average card with a Rs100,000 accident in capital values in the three-year capital values in Mumbai’s mid cover. “As we go along, they will period, while Mumbai and Delhi- segment increased 16 percent be covered by insurance and pen- NCR recorded identical average during the period and capital val- sion products,” Modi said. increase of 24 percent. Hyderabad ues in Delhi-NCR appreciated 22 With a bank account, every with 16 percent remained at the last percent in the mid segment and household gains access to bank- Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (left) shakes hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during on the table for average increase in 24 percent in the high-end. ing and credit facilities, which will their meeting in New Delhi yesterday. Clegg is on a three-day visit to India. capital values over three years. IANS enable them to come out of the grip of moneylenders and keep away from financial crises caused by emergent needs, Modi wrote. “We want to integrate the poorest of the poor people with Re-evaluation of marks not Seaplane service begins in Mumbai bank accounts,” the prime minis- ter announced during the course of his Independence Day speech. an exercise in futility: HC MUMBAI: The first sea- are fully booked till September 15. serviced by trains, the Mumbai- “Why is our farmer committing plane service on mainland “The service will boost tour- Pune expressway and the Mumbai- suicide today? He takes credit, but NEW DELHI: The Delhi High concluded July 7 and Goel had was launched with an aircraft ism immensely, and seaplanes will Pune highway. The company has can’t repay. So he dies,” Modi said. Court yesterday held that re- applied on July 10. taking off from Juhu Airport turn vacation destinations into two aircraft in service and will evaluation of marks is not an Goel said he had applied for here and touching down on weekend destinations. Besides, acquire another Cessna 208 next MOM-AND-POP SHOPS “exercise in futility” and has admission in the college and had the waters of the Pawana Dam the fatigue involved in reaching month, followed by two more simi- Finance ministry officials said to have some “significance and also applied for revaluation but yesterday. these destinations would also lar aircraft by the year-end. besides the organised financial sys- import”, while directing the there was a delay on the part of Pawana Dam is located in decrease drastically,” said MTDC Besides Pawana Dam, MEHAIR tem, some 225,000 mom-and-pop Shri Ram College of Commerce CBSE in revaluating his English Lonavala in Pune district. The Managing Director Jagdish Patil. is planning services to Mula, shops that function as correspond- (SRCC) to admit a student paper. He had contended that service has been launched by The service — to be operated Gangapur and Dhoom dams in ent bankers or representatives will denied entry due to a delay in students with percentages less the Maritime Energy Heli Air with Cessna 208 (nine-seater) and Pune district, and a training cen- be roped in to provide all the finan- the process. than him have been admitted to Services Pvt Ltd in collaboration Cessna 206 (four-seater) amphib- tre for seaplane pilots to meet the cial inclusion schemes. Justice Manmohan, ask- the college. with the Maharashtra Tourism ian aircraft — will slash travel time requirements of its fleet. The officials said the mis- ing SRCC to grant admission Keeping in view the fact Development Corporation. between the two points, currently IANS sion will have two phases — one to Sunny Goel in this academic that the overwhelming major- The maiden flight, with nine starting immediately with a year, also said that if the college ity of students admitted to DU passengers on board and a flying year’s target for universal bank- hasn’t been left with any seat, a belong to CBSE board, the court time of 25 minutes, cost Rs2,999 ing and the second from the next supernumerary seat should be be directed the CBSE chairman to per head one way — with the fare Independence Day that will take created by the Delhi University. have meet the DU vice chan- likely to be revised next month. up insurance and pension and In the judgement, the court cellor to ensure that from next The service will be extended to conclude on August 14, 2018. said: “After all a student applies academic year, “students’ re- other water bodies in the state The mission will dovetail into for re-evaluation not just for evaluation marks are taken into having tourism or pilgrim centres it the RuPay credit card scheme ‘statistical reasons’, but to take account while granting admis- but lacking air connectivity. launched by the state-run benefit of the increase in marks, sion to colleges of DU”. “This is the first step towards National Payments Corp in May if any.” “For this purpose, either covering India with a seaplane to enable ATM withdrawals and Goel, who had sought admis- the re-evaluation process may network over the next three-five electronic payments at all Indian sion in B.Com (Honours) in SRCC be cut-short or cut-off date of years. It will become a vital cog banks and financial institutions. after his best-of-four percentage colleges may be postponed by a in the tourism initiative of the As per 2011 Census, only 58.7 increased from 95.5 percent to reasonable time,” said Justice state as well as pilgrimage with percent Indian households availed 97.5 percent following revaluation Manmohan. connections to tourist and pil- banking services. The finance of his papers by the Central Board The court asked the CBSE to grim centres,” said MEHAIR co- ministry estimates that 75 million of Secondary Education (CBSE), hold a meeting within the next founder and director Siddharth households still do not have access moved the high court, after the two weeks and a decision be taken Verma. He added the service has A man takes a picture of a Cessna 208 Caravan 1 seaplane before it departs to financial services. Around 600 college denied him admission on within eight weeks thereafter. received tremendous response from Juhu Aerodrome in Mumbai yesterday. million people are also under- the ground that the the process IANS and the daily and weekly flights banked. IANS

TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Coal blocks Assam floods allocations illegal: SC Flaws in awards between 1993-2009

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Many blocks were awarded Court ruled yesterday that all during under the Congress gov- coal block allocations made by ernment, led by Manmohan the government between 1993 Singh. It was ousted in May after and 2009 were illegal, throwing a decade in power by the right- the already energy-starved coun- wing BJP led by Narendra Modi, try’s power sector into turmoil. who vowed to stamp out corrup- The Apex Court said there tion. The scandal came to promi- were “legal flaws” in the proce- nence under Congress although dure for awarding the nearly 220 the BJP was also in power for part coal blocks in India, which relies of the period cited by the court. on the fuel for two-thirds of its Shares of Jindal Steel and power generation. The allocation Power fell 14 percent to Rs253.15 of so-called “captive” blocks to while Hindalco plunged 9.6 per- private steel, cement and power cent to Rs164.65, as investors firms for their own use has long worried about whether the firms been dogged by allegations of would lose their coal blocks. Both corruption. companies are heavy users of coal School students and villagers cross a make-shift bamboo bridge in the flood-affected Morigaon district of Assam yesterday. Reports state that the “The allocation of coal blocks from the blocks. flood situation in Assam’s Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts has deteriorated. (between 1993 and 2009) based on “The question is whether the recommendations made in all the court will simply levy a penalty 36 meetings of the (government) against companies like Hindalco screening committee is illegal,” and Jindal or take away their said Supreme Court Chief Justice licences,” Alok Brara, publisher of Rajendra Mal Lodha. “There was leading Indian industry magazine Bus fares no transparency and guidelines PowerLine, said. Temple stampede kills 10 in MP have seldom guided it (the com- Lawyer Prashant Bhushan, a mittee),” the judge said. key figure in the legal fight against BHOPAL: A stampede at a police Additional Superintendent thousands of Hindu pilgrims during hiked in Another court hearing will be the coal block allocations, called Hindu temple in central India Amit Saxena told the NDTV news circumambulation of Kamadgiri held next Monday to consider the ruling “historic”. Some of the killed at least 10 people and network. hill gave way...resulting in a stam- whether the allocations should be blocks are still lying idle, but min- injured scores early yesterday, Television footage showed pede,” said police Inspector General West Bengal cancelled. The BJP government, ing is under way in others. The the latest in a string of deadly bodies of the victims placed side Pawan Srivastava. which took power in May, brushed government has already seized accidents at mass religious by side, with clothes, shoes and Madhya Pradesh Chief KOLKATA: Increasing the bus aside suggestions the ruling could back around 80 blocks because events, officials said. belongings scattered around. Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan fares, the West Bengal govern- further fuel doubts about India’s they were not being exploited. Hundreds of pilgrims gathered Tearful relatives were seen help- announced Rs200,000 ($3,300) for ment yesterday announced set- reliability as a place to do busi- Separately, the Central Bureau at a holy hill in Madhya Pradesh ing police carry the injured to the families of those killed. ting up of a task force to revise ness. “The economy can now move of Investigation said it was set to state for a ritual that involves waiting ambulances. Home Minister Rajnath the fares in accordance with the forward rather than being cast in drop a corruption case against rolling on the ground along the “The place is still very cha- Singh offered his condolences increase and decrease in diesel the shadow of uncertainty,” junior billionaire industrialist Kumar “path of worship” around the site, otic and crowded, but police and to those involved. “Deeply sad- prices. The announcement was power minister Piyush Goyal said. Mangalam Birla and a former top a state official said. ambulances have reached the dened to know of ten pilgrims made by Minister of Legislative The Supreme Court said the bureaucrat in the coal ministry, P Rope barriers designed to con- spot,” local police control room death in a stampede at a temple Affairs Partha Chatterjee fol- allocation process suffered from C Pareck. tain the pilgrims appeared to have official Vinay Kumar Singh said. in Chitrakoot area of Madhya lowing a meeting with Chief “arbitrariness” and declared that The case involving the 2005 given way, sparking panic during The devotees gathered on Pradesh,” Singh said on Twitter. Minister Mamata Banerjee “common good and public inter- awarding of a coal block to the ritual at Chitrakoot in the Kamadgiri hill, 520km from the India has a long history of with six bus owners’ associa- est have thus suffered heavily”. Hindalco, part of the Aditya state’s east, the official said. state capital Bhopal, for Somvati deadly stampedes at religious tions who have been clamour- The auditor general charged in Birla conglomerate, had sent “Ten people were killed and Amavasya, a new moon event to festivals, where large numbers ing for fare revision amid steep 2012 that governments colluded shock waves through India’s busi- over 60 are suspected to be injured honour deity Shiva. of people crowd into congested hike in diesel prices. The mini- with companies to underprice ness community as Birla is one in the stampede,” M L Meena, a Pilgrims roll in a clockwise cir- areas. Safety regulations are few, mum fare of buses and mini coalfields at a cost of Rs1.86 tril- of the country’s most esteemed senior state government official, cle along the “path of worship” — while inadequate policing can buses would now be Rs6 and Rs7 lion ($30bn) to public coffers, and businessmen. “This would mean said. “During the parikrama (roll- a 5km circular stretch around the sometimes cause panic. Some 115 respectively with an increase by said the blocks should have been there is no finding of any criminal ing), there was a situation of suf- hill, which has a chain of temples devotees were crushed to death or Re1 in each stage. The revised auctioned. Experts say that while act,” CBI spokeswoman Kanchan focation and then people started along its base. drowned on a bridge near another fares will come into effect after the loss was large, that estimate Prasad said. falling over each other and that’s “The accident occurred when Hindu temple in Madhya Pradesh a gazette notification is made in may be too high. AFP what triggered the whole thing,” the rope barriers set up to contain last October. AFP this regard. 30 shops gutted in Delhi fire CBSE system NEW DELHI: Over 30 shops Gangsters luxuriate and an NIIT centre were gut- making inroads ted in two separate fire inci- dents yesterday. Three fire into Vietnam in Bihar prison service officials suffered minor injuries. The first incident HANOI: India’s Central Board was reported from A-block in of Secondary Education (CBSE) PATNA: Gangsters lodged in official said, referring to the report. Connaught Place where a fire educational system is making a jail in Bihar were found to be “We were shocked to learn broke out around 7.50am inside quiet inroads into Vietnam, enjoying a lavish lifestyle, with about unlawful activities by Jha an NIIT (National Institute of thanks to the efforts of the mobile phones, liquor, air-condi- and Choudhary inside the jail Information Technology) com- Indian diaspora. tioners in cells that had floor tiles in connivance with Sitamarhi puter training centre situated The all-India education system found in rich homes. A gangster jail officials,” Inspector General on the first floor of a commer- is being popularised in a small way was even allowed to build a tem- Meena said. cial building. Around 15 fire in this Southeast Asian nation by ple inside Sitamarhi jail. Meena said the department will tenders rushed to the spot and Navneet Kalia, founder and chair- This was revealed in a joint take administrative action soon. it took around three hours to person of Ismart Education. Kalia, report by the Sitamarhi district Three officials, including the dep- douse the fire which was caused who has been living in Vietnam magistrate and superintendent uty and assistant superintendents by a short-circuit. In the sec- for the past 15 years, has intro- of police after a violent clash of Sitamarhi jail, were suspended ond incident, a fire broke out duced the CBSE teaching method between policemen and prisoners, on charges of negligence of duty in Kinari Bazaar in old Delhi’s in three subjects — Math, Science mainly supporters of two gang- and jail superintendent Avinash Chandni Chowk area — a whole- and English — in junior classes sters — Santosh Kumar Jha and Kumar was transferred. sale retail market specialising across 25 schools in major cities Madhav Choudhary — inside the When Meena ordered the shift- in wedding attire and accesso- in Vietnam. jail earlier this month. ing of Jha and Choudhary from ries — around 2.30pm. Over 30 Kalia, who launched his Ismart Bihar Inspector General Sitamarhi jail, their supporters shops were gutted in the fire. Education Foundation three years (Prisons) Prem Singh Meena said clashed with officials and pelted ago, said the CBSE teaching Jha and Choudhary were found stones at them on August 10. UP rape accused method has caught on, winning to be involved in illegal activities The Sitamarhi jail is not an more schools every year. inside the jail. An official said isolated case. Prison department not to be charged In India, CBSE has 12 million that the report said it was called officials said the use of mobile students under it across 12,504 a prison “but there is nothing to phones was common in Beur jail in NEW DELHI: Investigators schools, including 1,002 Kendriya suggest that it is a prison”. Patna, and in central jails in Gaya, said yesterday that they would Vidyalayas, 1,944 government According to the report, the pris- Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur. not charge five men detained schools, 8,966 independent schools, oners loyal to Jha and Choudhary “Access to liquor, mineral water, earlier this year on suspicion of 562 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. used mobile phones inside the cell phones and pornography is raping and murdering two teen- Ismart holds special training jail, and liquor and other banned possible if an inmate bribes jail age girls in a case that sparked sessions for Vietnamese teachers items were also made available. officials and policemen,” a prison global outrage. The cousins, on the CBSE method of teaching Choudhary managed to get a gen- official said. aged 14 and 15, were found hang- English, Math and Science, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (left) with Vietnam’s President erator installed in the jail, provided In the past, raids in jails have ing from a tree in an impover- Kalia. He has now approached Truong Tan Sang in front of a statue of the late Vietnamese revolutionary ceiling fans in every ward and got led to the seizure of television ished village in northern Uttar India’s Human Resource leader Ho Chi Minh at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi yesterday. his ward paved with tiles. sets, mobile phones, imported Pradesh state in May. The Development ministry to ask if liquor and cigarettes. Central Bureau of Investigation they can formulate a “partial cur- the CBSE system till grade 12 Kalia, who is married to a TEMPLE INSIDE JAIL Criminals-turned-politicians (CBI) said it would not “as yet” riculum” based on the three sub- in Vietnam. “I have seen how Vietnamese and has two daugh- Both Jha and Choudhary like Pappu Yadav, Anand Mohan file charges against the men, jects for countries keen to absorb the CBSE method is popular ters aged 10 and seven, was here installed air-conditioners in their and Mohammad Shahabuddin hit citing a lack of evidence, but the Indian education system. in Vietnam. We plan to take it as part of the gathering of India ward during summer. What sur- the headlines for holding durbars did not rule out future charges. The 25 schools are located in across all schools in the country, diaspora who had come to inter- prised prison department officials (courts) inside jails. The men are expected to be capital Hanoi, in Ho Chi Minh, and soon take it to other coun- act with visiting Indian External was that Choudhary was busy con- A few years ago, then Bihar released on Friday after 90 days Nha Trang, a coastal city and tries in the neighbourhood, and Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. structing a temple inside the jail. director general of police Anand in detention. Media reports say capital of Khánh Hòa Province, even beyond. The CBSE method Swaraj arrived here on Sunday “Masons, labourers, and con- Shankar had directed policemen the CBI’s decision was based on on the south central coast of is as good as the best educational on a three-day visit. There are struction material like cement, to stop providing mineral water to forensic tests that had ruled out Vietnam, and other cities, he said. system in the world, so it is good over 2,000 Indians in Vietnam. tiles, sand and bricks had inmates and stop befriending them. sexual assault in the case. Kalia’s future plan is to take if we can spread it,” said Kalia. IANS unchecked entry into the jail,” an IANS AGENCIES TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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MUSCAT 30/28 Clear 30/28 Clear MAKKAH 43/31 Clear 42/30 Clear KUWAIT 48/28 Clear 46/28 Clear BAHRAIN 41/33 Clear 38/33 Clear Europe sees five possible sites for comet landing SANAA 28/17 Thunderstorm 29/18 Partly cloudy RIYADH 42/29 Partly cloudy 45/29 Clear PARIS: The European Space Agency process,” it cautioned. The topography must This cosmic rubble is essentially a time cap- DUBAI 38/33 Partly cloudy 40/33 Partly cloudy (ESA) yesterday said that it had drawn up be relatively flat and clear, and the surface sule — the oldest, least-touched material in BAGHDAD 47/29 Clear 48/29 Clear a shortlist of five possible sites for carrying stable. There also has to be sufficient sunlight our stellar neighbourhood. Understanding its out the first-ever landing on a comet. to recharge the lander’s batteries beyond its chemical ID and physical composition will give THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Astronomers have been scrutinising high- initial 64-hour lifetime — yet not so much as insights into how the planets coalesced after definition photos sent back by the Rosetta to cause overheating. the Sun flared into light, it is hoped. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER spacecraft, which rendezvoused with Comet At the same time, though, the site must Rosetta is equipped with an array of sensors 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on August offer the most potential to find scientific treas- to help answer the question, but the biggest ATHENS 31/25 Clear 33/26 Clear 6 after a 10-year chase through the Solar ure. Comet “67P” comprises two lobes joined discoveries could be made by the 10 instru- WASHINGTON 27/20 Clear 34/22 Clear System. by a narrow neck, which has made it look like ments aboard the 100kg lander. SYDNEY 17/12 Rain 17/12 Chance of rain In mid-November, ESA intends to send a rubber duck in space. The 4km comet is on a 6.5-year orbit around LONDON 18/12 Rain 21/16 Mostly cloudy down a robot laboratory, Philae, which will Three of the candidate sites are on the the Sun and today is 522 million km from the PARIS 21/17 Chance of rain 21/18 Chance of rain harpoon itself to the comet’s surface and carry smaller lobe, or head of the “duck,” and two star. At their closest approach on August 13 ISTANBUL 27/22 Clear 28/20 Clear out a battery of scientific tests. Five “candi- are on the larger lobe, or the body, ESA said. 2015, the comet and Rosetta will be 185 mil- MANILA 30/25 Thunderstorm 30/25 Chance of storm date” zones for the landing have emerged, ESA Comets are believed by astrophysicists to be lion km from the Sun, meaning an eightfold DHAKA 31/26 Thunderstorm 33/26 Chance of storm said in a press release. ancient ice and dust left from the building of increase in the light received from the Sun DELHI 40/27 Partly cloudy 39/27 Clear “Choosing the right landing site is a complex the Solar System around 4.6 billion years ago. compared with present levels, ESA said. AFP ISLAMABAD 33/22 Chance of storm 32/24 Partly cloudy

Miley Cyrus wins top prize Sydney’s Doll Hospital restores childhood memories SYDNEY: Making customers business his father started more reactions when they collect their cry may not be most shopkeeper’s than a century ago. prized possession. “It’s both men at MTV Video goal, but at Sydney’s 101-year-old Since then, the Doll Hospital and women, obviously more women Doll Hospital workers take tears has restored more than three are getting dolls and teddies Music Awards as a sign of a job well done. million dolls, teddy bears, rock- repaired, but there’s quite a few In an age of mass-produced ing horses and wheeled toys for men attached to teddy bears too,” INGLEWOOD: Miley Cyrus plastic dolls, few doll hospitals Australian and New Zealand chil- Chapman said. “We’ve had cus- won the award for Video of the around the world have survived, dren. “We’ve had clowns as big as tomers who’ve burst into tears” Year for her hit single Wrecking the owners said. a person, and a 12-foot crocodile when they saw the treasured doll Ball, at Sunday’s 2014 MTV “We’re one of the last ones that — plush — not real,” Chapman or teddy as good as new, he said. Video Music Awards outside does everything, when it comes joked, noting that “the most com- Located behind a toy shop on Los Angeles. to dolls, there’s very few that mon problem usually is the hair a busy suburban street in south A combination of pictures shows one doll’s head through various stages of its The singer beat out Beyonce are capable of that sort of work,” and the eyes”. Sydney, workers fix fingers, toes repainting by Australian doll repairer Kerry Stuart, a 25-year veteran. BELOW: and her husband JayZ, nominated said Geoff Chapman, 67 and “sur- One of the pleasures of working and heads, and repair broken Stuart rubs a filling compound into the cracked head of a plastic doll. for Drunk in Love, as well as Iggy geon-in-chief” at the family-run at the hospital is seeing customers’ eye sockets in dolls — victims of Azalea featuring Charli XCV for childhood tantrums, dog attacks Fancy, and Pharrell Williams for or sibling rivalry, sometimes as Happy, and Sia for Chandelier. long as decades ago. But Beyonce shined as she “A lot of our tools are like closed the show, showing off her surgeons’, operating on human vocal power in front of a special patients,” said Kerry Stuart, who audience member — her daughter, has worked there for 25 years. Blue Ivy. Like a real hospital too, work Cyrus, who sparked a furore at depends on the availability and last year’s MTV awards show with schedule of a specialist, as well her controversial “twerking” on as the backlog. Gail Grainger, for stage, avoided scandal this year. example, specialises in repairing Rapper Drake won Best Hip- legs, feet and fingers. Hop Video for Hold On (We’re Stuart said the most difficult Going Home), which had also been job is repairing “celluloid dolls” contested by Canadian duo Majid because the material is very thin, Jordan. like tissue, having been made from Princess of pop Katy Perry won one of the first synthetic plastics. the trophy for Best Female Video “The thing I like least is eyes. with her song Dark Horse, fea- It’s a very difficult balancing act turing rapper Juicy J. The men’s to get them right, so it does take category was won by Ed Sheeran, a while. Sometimes I have to 23, for his Sing, a duet which he do them three times before I’m recorded with Williams. happy with them,” she said. Best Pop Video went to the The Doll Hospital was opened young Ariana Grande, the lat- by Chapman Senior as part of his est pop sensation, for the song general store after a batch of cel- Problem, which also features Iggy luloid dolls made in Japan arrived Azalea. And New Zealand singer- damaged and Chapman had to songwriter Lorde took home Best repair them. Rock Video for Royals, a song Demand for the hospital’s serv- that, in January, won her the ices skyrocketed during World Grammy for Song of the Year and War Two when import restric- Best Pop Single. The first MTV tions meant new dolls were no awards were handed out in 1984. longer an option and parents Winners receive a statuette of an brought in broken dolls for repair. astronaut on the moon, known as “My father was through the a “Moonman” award. AFP war years, that was the busiest Customers Sue and Allan Paviour are pictured with their teddy bear that time at the Doll Hospital. At the had been repaired. peak they had 70 staff and six workrooms,” Chapman said. and older women wanting to pass fixing plastic parts is a big part of Today, the Doll Hospital has on childhood toys to grandchildren the work carried out, hair trans- up to 12 staff, some of whom and others restoring memories. plants also are high on the list. “I work remotely, and handles up “When they were children think there were lots of budding A sign at Sydney’s Doll Hospital shows the various ‘wards’ where dolls, to 200 dolls and toys a month. “I they possibly only got one doll, hairdressers that took to their rocking horses and prams can be admitted for repair. Opened in 1913, would say about 80 percent of our not a new doll every time you dolls and thought it was going Sydney’s Doll Hospital has worked on millions of dolls, teddy bears and work comes from ‘big children’,” go down the supermarket like it to grow back. Well it didn’t grow Chapman said, a reference to the happens today. That’s why it’s so back, did it?” Chapman laughed. other toys. clientele being mostly middle-aged emotional,” Chapman said. While REUTERS Tuesday 26 August 2014 30 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6169 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 US crude falls Qatar listed firms’ profits beat forecast in light trading Q2 aggregate profits QR100m higher than estimates, says SICO Ivestment Bank report on weak data

SATISH KANADY prices and higher than expected and petrochemical companies increased 14 percent YoY led by earnings. Fifty five percent of NEW YORK: Brent crude oil impact from planned shutdown. beat estimates. Saudi Electricity higher trading gains. the consumer companies reported rose yetserday and US crude fell DOHA: Qatar’s listed com- Profits of GCC listed compa- reported net income of SR3.7bn in Majority of banks, petrochemi- lower than expected earnings and in light trading, as support from panies recorded better-than- nies increased by 17 percent YoY 2Q14 vs estimated SR1.6bn due to cals and telecom companies beat 50 percent of the real estate com- geopolitical tensions in Ukraine expected profits during the to reach $17.7bn. Double digit reversal of SR2.6bn of provisions; analysts’ estimates whereas panies missed profit expectations and Libya countered ample second quarter of 2014 (Q2, 14), YoY profit growth has witnessed excluding which, the company majority of consumer and real primarily led by Saudi-based real supplies and anticipated weak but saw a nince percent year- across all countries except for would have missed analysts’ esti- estate stocks missed earnings’ estate companies. demand after a slew of disap- on-year (YoY) fall. Kuwait and Qatar. Kuwaiti com- mates and aggregate Q2, 14 Saudi forecasts. 67 percent of GCC tel- The SICO report noted more pointing economic data from The SICO Investment Bank panies’ profits increased seven companies’ profits would only be ecom companies beat analysts’ than half of the companies in all the United States and Europe. in its ‘GCC Equities - Q2, 14 percent YoY while Qatari com- higher than forecasts by SR0.3bn. estimates, followed by bank, and GCC markets announced better- “Liquidity is down because of snapshot’ issued yesterday noted panies saw a nine percent YoY fall In Q2, 14, the aggregate prof- petrochemical companies. than-forecasted profits. Oman the holiday in London and the Qatari companies’ Q2, 14 aggre- in aggregate earnings. its of the 477 listed GCC com- Banks’ profits increased by 14 listed companies performed best usual August vacation time, And gate profits were QR100m higher Over half of the GCC listed panies, increased by 17 percent percent YoY led by strong earn- among peers as 67 percent sur- while the market continues to than estimates. Ooredoo reported companies reported higher-than- YoY. Most sectors reported dou- ings growth across, except for prised investors with higher- see increasing geopolitical risk in earnings of QR817m vs forecast expected 2Q14 profits than ana- ble digit growth except for pet- Al Rajhi and QNB. Most banks than-expected profit, followed by Libya and the Russia, Ukraine sit- QR583m. QNB’s profits reached lysts’ estimates. rochemical and transportation reported higher-than-expected UAE companies where 63 percent uation, traders are more focused QR2.6bn, higher than analysts’ Fifty two percent of Saudi companies which witnessed single trading gains which helped boost beat analysts’ forecasts. 50 per- so far on concerns about slowing estimates by QR119m. companies’ earnings beat ana- digit growth and insurance, real bottom line to a certain extent. cent of the Bahraini companies demand with the weak data from Industries Qatar (IQ) missed lysts’ estimate with earnings estate and packaging firms who QNB’s 2Q14 profit increased by a and 73 percent of the Kuwaiti Europe and the United States,” analysts’ profit estimate by being her by SR2.9bn in absolute reported YoY decline in earn- mere 2 percent YoY due to con- companies missed estimates. said Phil Flynn, analyst at Price QR346m due to weaker urea terms, as most banks, utilities ings. Aggregate banks earnings solidation of NSGB’s first half THE PENINSULA Futures Group in Chicago. London financial markets are closed because of a national bank holiday. Brent crude rose six cents to $102.35 a barrel by 12.38pm EDT Qatar Exchange index (1638 GMT). It hit a 14-month low of $101.07 on August 19. US crude fell by 39 cents to $93.26 a barrel. jumps 112.38 points “The market’s range-bound; it’s consolidating and finding support DOHA/DUBAI: Spurred while 14-day momentum formed against previous lows,” said Bill by industries and top banks’ a negative divergence — all bear- Baruch, senior market strategist stocks, Qatar Exchange index ish short-term technical signals at iitrader.com in Chicago. jumped 112.38 points, or 8.2 per- that suggested the market might Brent crude has traded largely cent, yesterday when the bourse be peaking. within a $101 to $106 range in closed trading at 13,865.89 The index had jumped over 13 August, and U.S. crude has mostly points. percent since the stock market remained between $93 and $99. The trading value reached regulator said on July 22 that it QR965.48m with a volume of would allow direct investment Iran delays London 16,759,297 shares changing hands by foreigners in the first half from 8,488 transactions yesterday. of next year. It published draft oil conference to From the 43 listed companies, regulations for the reform last a majority from the 26 gainers Thursday. February 2015 advanced significantly. Another factor behind the Shares of six banks made uptrend was expectations that DUBAI: Iran has postponed by gains from 3.72 percent to 0.25 Saudi banks, which are to a three months a conference to percent while eight companies considerable extent financed by offer multinationals the rights from industrial sector advanced. Islamic deposits bearing no inter- to develop oil deposits, giving Qatar Industrial Manufacturing est, will benefit from the expected time for sanctions on the coun- Company was the only one to lose rise in US interest rates. The try’s oil sector to be lifted, a slightly, 0.21 percent. Saudi riyal is pegged to the US senior official said yesterday. Islamic Holding share jumped dollar, meaning Saudi rate policy “We want to provide for all 4.01 percent, up QR3.60 to follows US policy. the companies to participate and close at QR93.40 while Qatar But some banking stocks have Tim Hortons employees prepare coffee prior to the company’s annual general meeting in Toronto. we know they will have difficul- International Islamic Bank share now overshot even the most ties before November 24,” Mehdi gained 3.72 percent, up QR3.30 to optimistic price targets. Alinma Hosseini, the head of the Oil close at QR92. Bank, which slid 2.4 percent to Burger King in talks to buy Tim Hortons Contracts Revision Committee, From the real estate sector, 24.80 riyals and was the main said yesterday. Mazaya Qatar was up 4.07 per- drag on the index yesterday, had The London conference, previ- cent when it closed at QR24.82 surged 34 percent since the July MIAMI: Burger King is in to transfer money earned over- that total tax costs in Canada ously scheduled for November 3, with a fair trading volume of 22 announcement. talks to buy doughnut chain seas to the parent company with- are 46.4 percent lower than in will take place in late February 2,418,771 shares. The median target price for the Tim Hortons and create a new out paying additional US taxes. the United States. 2015. He expressed hope that Thirteen companies declined stock, based on estimates from holding company headquar- That money can be used to rein- Burger King said its major- Iran would reach a comprehen- yesterday. Qatar Islamic five analysts surveyed by Reuters, tered in Canada, a move that vest in the business or to fund ity owner, investment firm 3G sive nuclear deal with the world Insurance was down 2.16 per- is 19.90 riyals and the highest esti- could shave its tax bill. dividends and buybacks, among Capital, would own the majority powers by the deadline. cent to QR90.60. Four companies mate is 23.30 riyals. Such an overseas shift, called a other things. of shares of the new company if a Iran and six global powers have remained unchanged. Egypt’s bourse also retreated tax inversion, has become increas- Companies like AbbVie, a phar- deal were to happen. given themselves until November Meanwhile, stock markets in from a six-year high and fell 1.0 per- ingly popular among US com- maceutical with its headquarters 3G Capital, which has offices 24 to reach agreement on Iran’s Saudi Arabia and Egypt edged cent. Among the main drags were panies and a hot political issue. just outside Chicago, have tied in Brazil and New York, is known nuclear programme whereby Iran down yesterday as investors stocks that had posted big gains Burger King was founded in 1954 up with companies overseas to for its aggressive cost-cutting. would limit its atomic activities. booked profits after strong gains. in the last few days, such as prop- with a single restaurant in Miami, achieve that type of tax cut. More The firm bought Burger King in In exchange, the West would lift Saudi Arabia’s main stock erty developer Talaat Moustafa where it is currently based. recently, Walgreen backed away 2010 and went to work trimming sanctions that are hurting Iran’s index ended a six-day upswing, and Global Telecom, which fell 1.7 Shares of Burger King and Tim from such a plan under intense overhead costs and revamping oil-dependent economy. closing down 0.6 percent after and 2.8 percent respectively. “I Hortons both jumped 17 percent pressure and criticism at home. operations before taking the chain “American companies have the earlier in the day rising above the think it’s just profit-taking as the before the opening bell, heading Burger King and Tim Hortons public again in 2012. Last year, most problems legally because psychologically important level (second-quarter) results season is toward all-time highs. cautioned on Sunday that there 3G also teamed with Berkshire of the sanctions. We thought it of 11,000 points for the first time over and the market is just tak- In a tax inversion, a US com- was no guarantee a deal would Hathaway Inc. to take H J Heinz would be better to postpone the since January 2008. ing a breather,” said Harshjit Oza, pany reorganises in a country happen, and it’s not clear exactly Co private in a $23bn deal, and conference to provide an oppor- Trading volume soared when assistant director of research at with a lower tax rate by acquiring how much a tie-up would reduce has been cutting costs there as tunity for them and all foreign the index began falling and shrank Naeem Brokerage. or merging with a company there. Burger King’s tax costs. But a well. companies to come back,” he said. when stocks came off their lows, AGENCIES Inversions also allow companies recent report by KPMG found AP AGENCIES

New home sales fall, but US economy stays on solid ground

WASHINGTON: Sales of new solid growth path, given relatively annual rate of 412,000 units, the Data last week showed a jump firm Markit said its preliminary a weather-related slump at the US single-family homes fell for strong job growth and manufac- lowest level since March, the in new home construction and services Purchasing Managers start of the year. a second straight month in July, turing activity. Commerce Department said. increased confidence among Index dipped to 58.5 this month Housing shares on Wall Street but a surge in the stock of prop- “The housing market continues While sales were weaker than home-builders about future sales from 60.8 in July. Still, the index underperformed the broader mar- erties on the market and slower to recover,” said Sam Bullard, a economists expected, data for the and buyer traffic. Home resales remained well above the 50 ket, where the Standard & Poor’s price gains should help stimu- senior economist at Wells Fargo past three months was revised to hit a 10-month high in July. threshold that separates expan- 500 index rallied to a record high, late demand in the months Securities in Charlotte, North show 33,000 more new homes sold Economists took the new sion from contraction, and it con- crossing the 2,000 threshold for ahead. Carolina. “The fundamentals of than previously reported. homes sales data with a grain tinued to mirror the strong gains the first time. The housing index Other data yesterday showed strengthening job growth and The soft July sales pace is at of salt given it is highly volatile seen in manufacturing. was down slightly, with home- activity in the vast services sec- hopefully stronger wage gains are odds with other data that have sug- from month to month. Compared The data suggested economic builder DR Horton off 1.3 percent tor slowed again in August. The still favourable.” gested the housing market recovery to July last year, new home sales growth will continue to move for- and Pulte Group down 0.3 per- reports, however, did little to New home sales slipped 2.4 is back on track after buckling in were up 12.3 percent. ward at a steady clip in the third cent. Toll Brothers fell 1.1 percent. change views the economy is on a percent to a seasonally adjusted the second half of last year. Separately, financial data quarter, after bouncing back from REUTERS TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Espirito Santo Chinese economy falters clan in 11th hour borrowing spree Issues $6.6bn debt in H1 this year

LISBON: The corporate empire months of the year were pack- of Portugal’s Espirito Santo aged, marketed and sold to clients, family issued ¤5bn ($6.6bn) of according to the people familiar new debt in the first six months with the examination. of 2014, according to people Espirito Santo International familiar with the matter, just as (ESI), the family’s umbrella com- the clan’s businesses were near- pany, is under court protection ing bankruptcy. and could not be reached for com- The bonds were sold via a com- ment. Espirito Santo Financial plex transatlantic scheme involv- Group (ESFG), another family ing companies in Panama and company now under court pro- Europe, the people said. Much tection, also could not be reached of the debt ended up with Banco for comment. Espirito Santo and its custom- Novo Banco, the new bank that ers, they added, accelerating the has been created after Banco financial woes that led to the Espirito Santo’s bailout, declined lender’s state bailout earlier this to comment on the bonds. The month. bank pointed to previous state- The 11th-hour borrowing gam- ments in which it said all retail bit uncovered by Reuters is being clients who bought very short- examined by Portuguese finan- term debt from Espirito Santo People use an escalator as they pass in front of an advertisement sign at a subway station in Shanghai yesterday. More Chinese manufacturers are falling cial regulators who are trying to companies would be repaid. behind on their payments as economic growth falters, causing accounts receivable to spike 1.1 trillion yuan ($179bn) in the first six months this year. determine whether it was legally The Espirito Santo family’s permissible, according to people woes became public in May, when close to the examination. it was disclosed that ESI, which is It shines new light on the based in Luxembourg, had serious lengths to which Portugal’s big- financial difficulties and account- Germany should drive Europe recovery: IMF gest corporate dynasty went to ing irregularities in its accounts. save their empire from collapse, ESI in turn owned a stake in mixing family affairs with those ESFG, another Luxembourg- GENEVA: IMF chief Christine of the French Socialist government’s had “room for manoeuvre”, as right, including Chancellor Angela of the country’s then largest listed based company that owned a Lagarde wants Germany to play policy caused a crisis on Monday seen in recent wage negotiations. Merkel, who believe that low-wage bank, in which until recently large stake in Banco Espirito a bigger role in propelling eco- when President Francois Hollande “That leeway has been disclosed policy has given the country its they were the single-largest Santo. nomic recovery in Europe, she told Prime Minister Manuel Valls in the salary negotiations between competitive edge. shareholder. Portuguese regulators had been hinted in an interview broad- to form a new government. the unions and the employers’ But France and other European The collapse of the 145-year-old aware of the problems at the start cast yesterday, suggesting that Lagarde told Swiss public organisations,” she said, adding states have argued that Berlin’s Espirito Santo group has caused of the year and said later in pub- German wages should rise. broadcaster RTS: “What I think that “hopefully that movement big foreign trade surplus is hurt- turmoil in international markets lic statements that they required Part of her remarks may be is very important for Germany will be amplified and will help ing them. and rocked Portugal’s political the family to pay back bank cli- interpreted by personalities on the is to participate in the recovery propel the European recovery.” Since the start of the eurozone and business world. ents who had bought bonds in the left of French politics as going in movement in a very intense way. Last month, Bundesbank chief debt crisis in 2010, Germany has Regulators and prosecutors troubled family companies. Some the same direction as criticism of It has the means to do so.” Jens Weidmann said that German faced accusations that by not are examining possible fraudu- ¤1.7bn of short-term debt had French, German and European Describing the European eco- wages had scope to rise by up using its standing as Europe’s lent behaviour behind the fall. been sold to BES retail clients by Union austerity policies by French nomic recovery as “laborious”, to to three percent because “we biggest economy to do more to As part of their investigation, the end of 2013, according to pub- Economy Minister Arnaud the head of the International are practically in a situation of kickstart growth, it is leaving regulators are looking into how lic BES statements. Montebourg at the weekend. Monetary Fund stressed that the full employment”. But this runs struggling partners in the lurch. the bonds issued in the first six REUTERS Montebourg’s attack on the thrust continent’s economic powerhouse counter to many on the German AFP Argentina to Statoil to keep tie-up appeal WTO ruling with Rosneft on import curbs BUENOS AIRES: Argentina OSLO: Norwegian energy Arctic and East Asia. will appeal a World Trade group Statoil said yesterday it Western sanctions against Organisation ruling against intended to continue its part- Russia targeting sales of technol- its use of import restrictions, nership with Russia’s Rosneft, ogy destined for some areas of the according to a senior Argentine despite Western economic sanc- oil sector — shale oil, deep-water official. tions imposed on Moscow for its oil and Arctic production — could On Friday, a WTO dispute role in the Ukranian crisis. affect the development of the panel found against Argentina “Of course, (the imposition of agreement. “This will be a more in a 2012 case brought by the sanctions) hasn’t made it any eas- bureaucratic process, so that things United States, the European ier for either Rosneft or compa- will take more time,” Lund said. Union and Japan relating to the nies working with that company Norway is not a member of the South American country’s licens- and other Russian companies,” European Union, but imposed ing rules used to restrict imports. Statoil chief executive Helge Lund similar sanctions to those decided The panel said the rules violated told Dow Jones Newswires. by the bloc. WTO agreements, and urged the “But our aim is to continue the The Nordic country and, to government of President Cristina (Rosneft) partnership, and we hope a larger extent, Russia are the Fernandez to bring them in line for diplomatic solutions” to the ten- biggest fossil fuel producers in with international trade regulations. sions between the West and Russia, Europe. Earlier this month, The country would appeal the he added on the sidelines of a press Statoil and Rosneft began explo- ruling, confirmed deputy economy conference on the oil industry in ration in Norwegian waters of the minister Emmanuel Alvarez in Stavanger in southwestern Norway. Barents Sea, in the joint Pingvin comments on the radio on Saturday. In May 2012, the state-con- exploration licence granted by “Argentine customs are not closed, trolled Russian and Norwegian Norwegian authorities in 2013. but looked after,” he said. giants announced a strategic Rosneft also anticipated the The United States, EU and partnership, Rosneft’s third alli- coming into force of the sanctions Japan had argued that Argentina ance with a Western company as it announced in late July the did not automatically grant after US-based ExxonMobil and lease until 2022 of six rigs from licenses to importers as required Italy’s Eni. North Atlantic Drilling (NADL), by WTO rules, allowing it to The partnership with Statoil a subsidiary of Norway’s Seadrill. shield its vulnerable economy. concerns joint explorations in the AFP REUTERS

Harvest season

Farmers collect produce in the Khiyam valley at the Lebanese-Israeli border, southern Lebanon, yesterday. TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

No acquisition interest Indian rupee Corpbank looks ends lower after Yellen to Oman for speech

MUMBAI: The rupee fell yes- restructuring erday, retreating from a three- week high hit last week, as the dollar gained after US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen was Bulgarian bank’s fate in limbo seen as more hawkish than her European counterpart at a cen- SOFIA: The majority owner of information on the financial state tral bankers’ meeting. Bulgaria’s troubled Corporate of the lender. Most emerging Asian curren- Commercial Bank (Corpbank) Yesterday, Vassilev said the cies eased on Monday after Yellen said yesterday it was working central bank had not asked him called for a “pragmatic” approach with Oman’s sovereign wealth to present a plan, branding this as to US monetary policy on Friday fund and other interested inves- an attempt to avoid responsibility at a speech in Jackson Hole, tors to restructure the lender. for its handling of the case during Wyoming. Corpbank’s fate has been in special supervision. Some caution also prevailed limbo since June, when a run on Bulgarian prosecutors have ahead of gross domestic product deposits prompted the central charged Vassilev with embezzle- data for the April-June quarter bank to seize control of it and ment and said that an interna- on Friday and possibly current close its operations, sparking the tional warrant for his arrest had account deficit numbers sometime worst banking crisis in the poor been issued. this week. Black Sea state since 1990s. Vassilev, whose current where- A man walks past in front of a cigarettes store displaying an advertisement of Mevius, one of Japan However, broader sentiment Tsvetan Vassilev’s Bromak abouts are unknown, was locked Tobacco Inc’s brands in Tokyo, yesterday. Japan Tobacco Inc is currently not interested in further acqui- remained supported by solid for- owns just over half of Corpbank, in a public feud with a rival at the sitions of vaporisers or electronic cigarette brands, its president said yesterday. eign flows into bonds and stocks. the Balkan country’s fourth- time of the run on Corpbank. He On Friday, foreign funds bought largest lender. Oman’s sovereign has repeatedly denied any wrong- debt worth $286.69m, and around wealth fund is the second-biggest doing and said the run was a plot $49.95m in shares, official data shareholder with a stake of about hatched by his competitors. showed. 30 percent. “My role and attention in the S&P 500 tops 2,000 mark for first time “It is the foreign fund flows The central bank said on Friday current moment is focused on that have supported the rupee, it had asked the two shareholders presenting an overall concept plan and will continue to do so in the to unveil plans for the bank’s res- and coordinating the steps to exit NEW YORK: The S&P 500 up more than eight percent for that they would keep easy-money near term,” said Surendran A V, cue by the end of August. the crisis by finding an adequate topped the 2,000 mark for the the year. The tech-rich Nasdaq policies in place — and, for the head of treasury at Dhanlaxmi “I believe we are close to unveiling balance between capital adequacy first time yesterday helped by Composite Index meanwhile ECB, add to them — as long as Bank. a decision in principle for the bank’s and liquidity, including through more promises of economic sup- gained 27.53 (0.61 percent) to necessary to boost employment. The partially convertible rupee rehabilitation that will fully comply the provision of liquid assets, port from the US and European 4,5666.08, its highest level since Roche’s $74 a share offer for closed at 60.5650/5750 per dollar with the legal requirements for capi- which used to be financed by the central banks. the dot-come crash 14 years InterMune, which developed a compared with 60.4650/4750 in tal adequacy and liquidity,” Bromak bank so far, which would facilitate A fresh burst of merger activ- ago. treatment for the deadly lung the previous session. owner Vassilev said in a statement future investors in their decision ity also sparked buyers, with Patrick O’Hare of Briefing. affliction pulmonary fibrosis, sent The falls in the rupee came posted on his personal website. to take part in the restructuring,” Switzerland’s Roche paying com said markets were helped InterMune’s shares up 35.6 per- after the US dollar rose to a near Two days after Bulgarian Vassilev said. $8.3bn for smaller pharmaceuti- by “signs of relief that central cent to $72.96. one-year high against a basket of Interim Prime Minister Georgi Also yesterday, Bulgaria’s cal company InterMune, and fast- bankers are still pushing policy Burger King said it was in talks six-major currencies. Most Asian Bliznashki said an unidenti- Ombudsman Konstantin Penchev food chains Burger King and Tim accommodation; signs of relief to buy Canada’s coffee and donut emerging market currencies also fied fund based in Vienna had accused the central bank of inac- Hortons discussing a tie-up. that Russia didn’t attack Ukraine; chain Tim Hortons with the aim fell. expressed interest in rescuing tion. “The Bulgarian National An hour into trade, the Dow signs that M&A activity is picking of moving Burger King’s head- The rupee also faltered after the bank, the central bank said Bank is in a state of total pas- Jones Industrial Average was up up; and signs that market rates quarters from the United States the Nifty edged lower yester- it had sent letters to the two sivity on the case of Corpbank,” 91.32 points (0.54 percent) to continue to be repressed.” to Canada to take advantage of day after hitting a second con- shareholders. Penchev said. 17,092.54. Speaking at the Federal lower corporate tax rates. secutive record high as gains The central bank said in its “Unfortunately, we are going The S&P 500 added 10.49 (0.53 Reserve’s central banking sympo- Burger King shares gained in blue-chips were offset by a statement that Bromak had nowhere with Corpbank’s case. percent) at 1,998.89, after ear- sium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 14.9 percent while Tim Hortons, slump in resources firms follow- not yet notified it of any ini- BNB keeps explaining that noth- lier having just barely topped the on Friday, both Fed Chair Janet traded on the Toronto exchange, ing the top court’s ruling on coal tiative regarding support for ing can be done. This is not true.” 2,000 mark for the first time ever. Yellen and European Central added 20.23 percent. allocations. Corpbank nor had Bromak sought REUTERS The broad-based index was Bank chief Mario Draghi assured AFP REUTERS Lonmin aims to slash up to 5,700 jobs in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG/ “restructuring of our business has to end the strike, which will see LONDON: Platinum producer become inevitable”. its members get pay increases of Lonmin aims to cut around Job cuts could trigger more up to around 20 percent annually 5,700 jobs, about 21 percent of labour unrest, including potential for the next three years. its South African workforce, as strikes by the hardline Association “The settlement was a short- part of a drive to restore profits of Mineworkers and Construction term solution to get the mines after a five-month wage strike Union (AMCU), whose members running again. But the only way this year, sources familiar with have downed tools in the past to Lonmin can afford it is to cut the plan said. protest against planned lay-offs. marginal shafts,” said the source, The plan would see the closure “There will be six shafts closed who added he had been provided of four to six of the company’s 11 and 5,700 jobs will go. That is the with an outline of the plan by a shafts, the two mining industry plan,” the Johannesburg source, top Lonmin official. sources, one in London and the who declined to be identified, The London-based source said other in Johannesburg, said. said. Lonmin has a staff of around at least four shafts would be closed Lonmin spokeswoman Sue Vey 27,000. and the board was putting together said in response to questions from The source did not disclose a plan that should be announced Reuters that she had “no knowl- which shafts would go but said before the end of the year. edge” of the plan. Lonmin had decided it “could no The plan may be Lonmin’s best The company, the world’s longer subsidise the loss-making chance at returning to healthy third-largest producer of the pre- shafts and had to focus on the profit margins as it struggles cious metal used for emissions- profitable ones”. to recover from the strike at a capping catalytic converters in A key reason behind the time when platinum prices are automobiles, said in June that restructuring is the wage settle- depressed. the strike and low prices meant ment reached in June with AMCU REUTERS

Indonesia fuel subsidy

A fuel station worker talks with his colleague as he holds a placard informing customers that fuel sub- sidy has run out at a fuel station in Jakarta, yesterday. President-elect Joko Widodo will sit down with outgoing leader this week in the hope of reaching an agreement to raise fuel prices. TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Rivalries test German luxury car dominance Sales race undermines brand exclusivity

PARIS/BERLIN: Berlin- segments like compacts,” said based PR executive Herbert Bernd Hoennighausen, an auto- Franz should be a soft target for motive consultant. German luxury automakers — “They’ve pushed volume with his last car was a BMW X3 — fleet discounts of around 20 per- but he can’t wait to leave them cent,” said Hoennighausen, who behind. previously managed corporate “This car is hip,” said Franz, 52, fleets for Deutsche Bank and BNP at the city’s biggest Jaguar Land Paribas. “This may open the door Rover showroom, while eyeing up to newer players like Jaguar, who a British-built Evoque SUV that are starting to offer fleet-relevant he fully intended to purchase. products.” Decked out in bright red blazer Among others waging or plan- and canary yellow trousers, Franz ning new offensives are Fiat- might not be the typical customer owned Maserati and Alfa Romeo, in Germany’s conservative pre- Nissan’s Infiniti, and Volvo, a unit mium market. But his shifting of China-based Geely. taste in cars foreshadows less “Our theory is that there’s comfortable times ahead for glo- room for something visibly dif- bal leader BMW, as well as Audi ferent that is styled in a more and Mercedes-Benz. provocative manner,” said Andy The German premiums have Palmer, the senior Nissan execu- long been on a roll, producing an tive charged with achieving a export-driven sales explosion and breakthrough for the 25-year-old huge returns while mass carmak- Infiniti brand. The world’s first eight customers of the new BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car receive instructions during an official delivery in Munich. ers struggled through Europe’s “It’s particularly true for crisis. China,” Palmer said. “Chinese demand shrank by a quarter over growth in 2014-18, raising their down on the unprecedented growth “Unless you’ve got history, But in a headlong sales race, consumers will cross-shop — the period. current 12.5 percent market share. ... that enabled premium auto man- you’re not going to create the second-placed Audi and runner- and Audi only has the market Superior scale also brings cost Pressured by the increasing ufacturers to generate outsized brand,” the chief executive told up Mercedes have both vowed to to lose because they’ve been so advantages — from research to competition, the Germans’ return returns”, he added. reporters recently. depose BMW, giving rise to heavy dominant.” production and marketing — on invested capital will continue BMW shares are up 5.4 per- Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover discounting, which sullies luxury For now, the Germans remain that are not going away. BMW falling away from historic peaks of cent this year, beating the wider recorded 19 percent sales growth brands and creates opportuni- firmly on top. Their combined has led the charge into new around 30 percent in 2010-2012, European auto sector’s 0.4 per- last year, thanks in large part to ties for the growing competition, sales amounted to 4.7 million niches, launching dozens of mod- the bank predicts. cent slide. But Daimler is 1.1 the compact Range Rover Evoque observers say. vehicles last year, almost 60 per- els including SUVs in every size “There’s also an inherent con- percent lower and VW down 15 coveted by Franz, and aims to fol- Now a host of younger or cent of the global luxury car mar- category, with Audi close behind. tradiction between premium percent, hit by cost overruns. low up with the imminent Jaguar revived premium marques are ket, according to consulting firm Nonetheless, some analysts and concentration,” UBS analyst A Maserati push is making XE sports sedan and a later SUV. poised to follow JLR by pitching IHS Automotive. believe the tide is beginning to Philippe Houchois said. “Buyers of headway, with first-half ship- Land Rover has proved that dozens of new models against the That represents a 38 percent turn against the Germans. premium-branded cars are look- ments quadrupling on new mod- the Germans can be challenged, big three, whose very ubiquity is gain since 2007, the eve of the UBS expects the same group ing for some degree of exclusivity els launched under Fiat Chrysler said Eric Neubauer, joint-CEO of taking the shine off their prestige. financial crisis, when the big of challengers, plus Tesla’s zippy that will set them apart from less boss Sergio Marchionne, who France’s Neubauer Group, whose “The German premiums have three claimed just over half of the electric cars and DS models from fortunate car owners.” hopes a revived Alfa can also use Paris-area dealerships sell 19 car sacrificed some of their exclusiv- market. Global car sales grew 21 PSA Peugeot-Citroen, to grab 30 The resulting market fragmen- its pedigree to outrun upstarts brands from Kia to Ferrari. ity by entering smaller, volume percent overall, while European percent of global premium sales tation is “bringing the curtain such as Infiniti and DS. REUTERS

Pakistan rupee China tells German auto suppliers to find local partners slides against FRANKFURT/SHANGHAI operate their Chinese subsidiar- “I believe this is an attempt to overall value creation in the auto- joint ventures. The China units : Three German car parts sup- ies on their own but only as part catch up on know-how and inno- motive industry is expected to rise of US engine maker Cummins Inc dollar amid pliers have been told by China of a joint venture in the future,” vation,” he told the paper. to 81.1 percent by 2025 from 77.3 and France’s Faurecia SA said they can no longer manage ElringKlinger’s Stefan Wolf was Foreign automakers like pct in 2012, according to the firm. they were unaware of any policy their Chinese units independ- quoted as saying in the Monday Volkswagen and Daimler are German auto parts maker changes. political crisis ently but need to form partner- edition of Stuttgarter Zeitung. obliged to form joint ventures in Robert Bosch GmbH’s China unit A spokesman for automotive ships with local peers, the chief Wolf said he knew of three China, but several overseas com- said it has not received any noti- cable and wiring systems supplier KARACHI: The Pakistani executive of auto parts maker companies that now needed to ponent makers have not been fication from Chinese authorities Leoni AG said it too was unaware rupee has lost more than four ElringKlinger told a German look for a Chinese partner, but subject to the same requirements. with regard to changes of foreign of a current request, but acknowl- percent against the dollar in a newspaper. did not name them. He said Those companies have investment policies related to the edged that Chinese authorities little over two weeks as an ongo- Such a decision, if substanti- ElringKlinger had not been expanded their operations in automotive component industry. had been in touch about forming ing political crisis weighs on the ated, would fit with an increas- affected for now. China, the world’s largest auto “We believe that foreign invest- a joint venture in the past. economy, analysts said yesterday. ingly tough stance adopted by “If that were to happen, it market, and grabbed a bigger ment will continue to play a vital China last week fined a dozen The slide began when cricketer- China’s competition regulator, would be an attack on intellec- part of the industry’s value chain role in China’s economic develop- Japanese parts makers a record turned-politician Imran Khan the National Development and tual property. Fifty percent of the as car manufacturers cut back ment and foresee (an) improving $201 million for manipulating vowed to march on the capital to Reform Commission (NDRC), company is being taken away — on research and development to investment environment of fair- prices, and European car brands stage sit-ins aimed at toppling the towards the foreign car industry. this, effectively, is expropriation,” keep down fixed costs. ness and open competition in including Volkswagen, Audi, government, which he accuses of It recently began to investigate Wolf said. In 2012, suppliers spent ¤37bn China,” Bosch said in an e-mailed BMW and Mercedes are scram- rigging last year’s election. foreign carmakers following com- The companies targeted tend ($49bn) on research and develop- statement. Bosch already has bling to lower prices for new The currency fell from 98.85 plaints that they were overcharg- to have expertise in key technolo- ment, equivalent to 69 percent of some joint ventures in China. cars and spare parts to appease to the dollar on August 8 to 103 ing Chinese customers. gies, Wolf told the paper, adding global automotive research and Continental, another major Chinese regulators who have rupees to the dollar in the official “The Chinese state has told that ElringKlinger had already development spending, according German automotive supplier, said accused some of them of anti- interbank market yesterday — a several (German car) suppliers transferred a lot of know-how to to consulting firm Oliver Wyman. it had received no requests from competitive behaviour. slide of 4.2 percent. that they are no longer allowed to its Chinese division. As a result, their share of the Chinese authorities to form REUTERS Followers of Khan and another opposition leader, populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, have been massed outside parliament since August 15 in a bid to force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign. Roche shares up after Pakistan was granted a $6.8bn IMF bailout package last year to help the country achieve eco- nomic reforms, particularly in its $8.3bn deal for US firm troubled energy sector, but ana- lysts warned gains the country ZURICH: Shares in pharma- strengths in pulmonary therapy,” has made are at risk. ceutical group Roche rose yes- said Roche CEO Severin Schwan. “The fears loom large that the terday after the Swiss giant “We look forward to welcom- current political crisis would lead announced an $8.3bn takeover ing InterMune employees into to distracting from economic of US firm InterMune, boosting the Roche Group and to making reforms under the IMF deal,” said its role in the lung disease sec- a difference for patients with idi- Taha Khan, head of research at tor and reducing its reliance on opathic pulmonary fibrosis, a dev- Taurus Securities. cancer drugs. astating disease,” he said. “If any change occurs in the With analysts saying that the InterMune’s flagship medi- government, it would raise con- high price paid by Roche for the cine pirfenidone has already won cerns among IMF officials as to California biotechnology company approval in the European Union how the fund facility would go on.” would be worthwhile eventually, and Canada as a treatment for idi- Imran Khan has vowed to the group’s stock rose by 0.38 opathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), default on the country’s interna- percent to 262.25 Swiss francs and is under regulatory review in tional loans if he comes to power ($286.92) in Zurich. the US. IPF causes a progressive and has also called on citizens The overall SMI index was loss of lung function due to fibro- to stop paying taxes as part of a meanwhile up by 0.5 percent. sis, or scarring, and can be fatal. campaign of civil disobedience. Roche’s announcement late on Roche is already present in the Pakistan’s foreign exchange Sunday of a $74-per-share deal sector thanks to its drugs Pulmozyme reserves stood at $7.8bn before with InterMune corresponded to and Xolair, and has other therapeu- the IMF package was approved a premium of 38 percent on the tic medicines targeting respiratory but later nearly doubled to Californian firm’s Friday closing diseases in the pipeline. $14.8bn — though they have since price, the Swiss group said. The Swiss group’s purchase is slid to $13.9bn according to the “We are very pleased that we part of a move to lessen its reli- latest figures. Ministers have said reached this agreement with ance on its bedrock anti-cancer the political impasse is costing the InterMune. Our offer provides drugs, noted Rainer Skierka, economy millions of dollars a day significant value to InterMune’s an analyst at the bank J Safra due its impact on trade, the stock shareholders and this acquisi- Sarasin. market and foreign investment. T he logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche outside their headquarters in Basel. tion will complement Roche’s AFP AFP TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Dollar stores in battle to Don’t fear growth, it’s not double down on the poor the enemy of the planet BY JILIAN MINCER and LISA BAERTLEIN BY CHRIS HUHNE and gas. The simple answer was green puri- house, that is a saving of £460 a year. ike millions of Americans, Darnel Ware needs to save tanism: change our lifestyle. Don the hair- Some of this is simply a response to the money, even if it’s 40 cents on a bag of flour. ntil now the story of human shirt. Stop consuming more. Stop growth marketplace. Oil in the late 60s cost $3 a He searches for those savings during his daily vis- prosperity has been all about – and therefore stop pollution. barrel. It now costs $103. Not surprisingly, Lits to the Family Dollar Store near his home in Fraser, cheap, abundant energy. The good news is that we can increasingly rising energy costs have put a premium on Michigan, sometimes stopping by as many as 10 times a week “if However, something big has see a future where technology does most new energy-saving technologies and the there are things I need,” said the 51-year-old home care provider. been happening. For the first of the change for us. The UK economy has roll-out of existing ones. “I buy a lot of everything; merchandise and food products.” Utime in history, we are growing richer while doubled in real terms since 1985, but total Businesses are bound to be early adop- He said he typically spends about $30 a trip on items like the using less energy. That is unalloyed good energy consumption is exactly the same as ters of energy-saving technologies, because soft drinks, paper cups and cookies he bought on a recent after- news for budgets, incomes and the planet. it was in that year. Indeed, energy consump- retailers and distribution firms can spend noon at the small store in a strip mall alongside other discount We have reached a technological tipping tion has fallen since 1970 while the economy a fortune on energy. They are used to retailers and small factories five miles from Detroit. point. has nearly trebled in size. assessing investment and returns, whereas The small but frequent purchases of low-income customers such From the middle ages, living standards Of course, industry is a big user of energy, householders are often put off by the higher as Ware add up: Family Dollar Stores,, which operates about 8,200 just edged up at a snail’s pace, and we did and a lot of heavy manufacturing has initial cost, and poorer households simply stores in mainly urban sections of the US, is the target of an $9bn little damage to the planet, because growing migrated to China and other low-labour cost cannot afford the switch of energy efficient cash takeover offer from rival Dollar General and an $8.5bn cash forests absorbed carbon from wood burning. parts of the world. Global energy use and products even though they pay back quickly. and stock offer from Dollar Tree. Both competitors are betting The population was small. We led lives that carbon emissions are rising because of popu- Poorer householders simply cannot afford not only on the health of the deep discount retail sector but also were, in Hobbes’ phrase, “nasty, brutish and lation and income growth, but the energy- the up-front cost. on the intractability of poverty in America. short”. Then we started burning coal on saving trend is visible even in developing It is also why one of the most short- Mid-market retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Macy’s Inc and a large scale in the 18th century, and the countries. Global GDP per unit of energy is sighted decisions of this government was JC Penney Company Inc have been struggling in recent years as industrial revolution made the graph look 35 percent higher than it was in 1990. to halve the amount of support for energy consumers have been slow to return to their pre-recession, freer like a hockey stick: suddenly incomes were What has been going on? Cars are far saving through the eco subsidy, and just this spending ways. On Wednesday, Target said it was cutting its full- doubling in decades, following centuries of more efficient, even though larger. A good summer to end the cashback scheme for the year earnings and slashing prices. stability. After allowing for inflation, real supermini now runs more than 70 miles per energy-saving green deal because it was too But the popularity of so-called dollar stores is growing. GDP in England and Wales doubled from gallon of fuel, whereas the most efficient successful. The £120m budget allocated until Shopping by the 46.5 million Americans living below the poverty 1830 to 1864, again by 1898, and again by mini in 1965 did 43 miles per gallon. With next spring was exhausted in six weeks. line poor helped boost the annual US market for deep discount 1951, despite two world wars. hybrids and fully electric vehicles, there is Bad policy, and Treasury short-termism, stores by 45.7 percent to $48.2bn between 2008 and 2013, according Gross domestic product is a measure of more fuel economy coming. We are also tak- is a crying shame (if nothing new). But the to London-based market researcher Euromonitor International. activity, not welfare. But there is plenty of ing the train more: electric trains run better big picture is clear, and optimistic. Energy- The firm projects the sector to grow to $57bn in 2018. The US evidence of real progress. If life is better than diesel. Nearly two-thirds of our energy saving is working. Green growth makes Census sets the poverty line at $24,000 a year or less for a family of than death, this surge of growth was more bills go on home heating, and our boilers are sense, and is happening. There is a future four. Such forecasts help explain the battle over Family Dollar, the good news. Green thinkers have rightly been better and homes more insulated: “Which?” that preserves the gains of industrialisa- number-two deep discount chain. Market leader Dollar General suspicious of economic growth: the curve of estimated recently that a new condensing tion without its polluting losses. Our living Corp on Monday made its $78.50 a share bid, which Family Dollar rising living standards has been tracked by boiler will save 39 percent over an old heavy standards are rising, while our energy use rejected on Thursday, citing antitrust concerns. the curve of rising energy use from coal, oil boiler. For a typical British semi-detached is not. THE GUARDIAN In July, the third-ranked chain, Dollar Tree Inc, bid $74.50 a share. Family Dollar has said it prefers Dollar Tree’s lower offer. The deep discounters’ reliance on poor Americans, who made up 15 percent of the US population in 2012, compared with 12.5 percent in 2007, has been validated by investors. From 2000 to now, as the poverty rate rose 11.3 percent to 15 percent, Family Dollar’s stock price rose by about 300 percent. Against that backdrop, the bidding over Family Dollar, said Kurt Jetta, CEO of retail analyst Tabs Group, reflects an “acceptance that there will be a sizable and perhaps growing low-income population that makes dollar stores an ongoing opportunity.” Not all analysts agree that dollar stores are poised for continued growth. Roger Davidson, a former grocery executive at Wal-Mart, Whole Foods Market Inc and Supervalu, said dollar stores face increasing competition from other discounters, including Wal- Mart, which is opening smaller neighbourhood stores. Deep discount dollar stores have been around for decades, but have grown by about 10,000 to about 24,500 stores in the last decade. Combined sales of the big three - Family Dollar, Dollar Tree and Dollar General - have grown to $35bn. Dollar stores offer their customers low prices, but not necessarily the best value. For example, Huggies diapers this week were selling in a Family Dollar store for 27 cents a diaper in an 80-diaper pack. But at Walmart, shoppers could pay 17 cents a diaper if they purchased the larger 120-diaper pack. The poor often don’t have the funds needed to buy in bulk, experts said. Nor do they necessarily have the wherewithal to travel to often remote big-box stores like Target and Walmart. The dollar stores play the role of “fill in” retailers, said Joan Storms, a retail analyst at Wedbush Securities. Their customers try to do most of their shopping at places like Walmart when they get paid or receive benefits, she said, but they pick up necessities and other items at the deep discount stores. The expiration of unemployment benefits for millions of job- less Americans and a reduction in food stamp payments last year also helped the deep discounters, analysts said. With less cash on hand to make regular “big shops” at places like Walmart, these consumers are more likely to turn to the dollar stores to buy a few items at a time to feed their families. With wages stagnant, even middle-class consumers follow this shopping pattern, giving dollar stores a source of revenue not wholly dependent on the lowest-income Americans. In real dollars, the median US wage has declined since 1999, when it was $56,080 compared with $51,017 in 2012. Everything is going up. So you’ve got to save what you can. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Stop picking passengers’ pockets and bring trains back under public control

BY WILL HUTTON around, but there are already incredibly expensive commuting What’s more, it was crazed to up borrowing of £30bn to finance rolling stock leased to the train straws in the wind. First, there the only viable option for many believe a public good required rail investment, but at higher operating companies are owned or 30 years, privatisa- was the fiasco of the Royal Mail first-time buyers; mortgage minimal or no public grants. rates of interest than if it had in Jersey, the third is owned in tion of public assets has privatisation, where already the repayments and fares consti- Lastly, it was asinine not to been openly acknowledged that it Luxembourg. None shows any been portrayed as an easy new owners and managers are tute almost half of their dispos- understand that private capital was publicly owned. The cumula- interest in supporting rolling Fwin-win. The state gets questioning how long they can able incomes. Commuters suffer demands financial returns well tive extra servicing cost is more stock manufacture in the coun- a much-needed one-off boost to sustain universal postal provision. overpriced, crowded trains and above the cost of capital available than £150m, but as the Office for try they so casually pillage. The its revenues and the now priva- Then there was the monumen- unacceptable unpredictability in to the low-risk state. National Statistics is now calling ultimate owner of Virgin trains tised business gets all the dynamic tally misjudged low price at which their service. They are but pawns As a result, there have to be for the con to be ended and the are Branson’s family trusts in the benefits of private ownership. It the shares were sold. – overcharged and underserved never-ending and ongoing effi- debt reclassified as public debt, it’s Virgin Islands. Operating in a tax will be more efficient, prices will Now privatisation is being ques- and told by centre-right politi- ciency gains beyond the initial all for nothing. Brilliant. haven allows him to move from be lower, subsidies reduced and a tioned on a second front. The next cians how happy they should be round of layoffs and wage cuts Directly Operated Railways is business to business without mas- regulator will act as a long stop to round of rail fare increases will because they use a privatised to deliver those extra returns. the 100 percent publicly owned sive tax liabilities. ensure that the public interest is mean that fares will have risen industry. After all, investment is That cannot be done even by the company that took over the east Properly owned private com- protected. What could be better by almost a quarter since 2010. booming, passenger numbers ris- hand of God. The only recourse coast mainline when the incompe- panies are a force for good, but than that? Given the chancellor’s ambitions ing and safety is better. It’s not is poorer service provision, struc- tent private operator walked away they do not belong everywhere. Britain pioneered privatisa- to eliminate the public sector defi- all bad. turing activities through offshore from its obligations in 2009. Five Networks of key public services tion, but other countries have cit solely by spending cuts, thus But at what price? Voters are tax havens to avoid tax and ever years of public ownership and such as rail are natural monopo- eagerly followed. All around the reducing further subsides to the right – the system may be improv- higher fares. The bits of the sys- it is now the best run and most lies; ownership in other countries world, super-rich plutocrats have rail industry, another 24 percent ing but it is incredibly expensive. tem that work are those that efficient operator, making a net respects that truth, and Britain’s emerged, growing fat on priva- rise is in prospect by 2018. This Even buying the right ticket is a have been redesigned to accept surplus of £16m for the taxpayer. attempt to escape it has been a tised plunder – Russian and Latin is devastating. British rail fares, minefield. Conceptually, it was economic logic and the “public- Its reward? costly debacle. American oligarchs can thank the highest per passenger mile of absurd to divide the network from ness” of what is of necessity a To be sold back to a private It’s time to build and expand privatisation for their riches. So any country in Europe, are set to the train companies that run on public monopoly network. The operator next February that will the public institutions we have can Virgin’s Richard Branson and become higher still. This is a poll it; any rail system works as an collapse of Railtrack in 2001 redirect the surplus through a and insist that any private holder Stagecoach’s Brian Souter. But tax on wheels, to many, an una- integrated whole. It was equally after the Hatfield disaster forced tax haven as dividends, game the of a franchise designed to deliver at least the quid pro quo is that voidable impost that must be paid a conceptual disaster to imagine the creation of Network Rail, a Department for Transport for a public good is constituted as a assets have been better managed at the same rate by rich and poor that because each train licence is not-for-dividend statutory cor- higher government support and public benefit company with a than they would have been under alike, even though rail transport of necessity a monopoly. poration limited by guarantee, walk away if the financial returns charter that sets outs obligations the “dead” hand of the state. is an indispensable public service. As a result, the holders are an elaborate organisational con are not good enough. Thus the to match the privileges, including Or have they? And is privatisa- Small wonder that rail re-nation- invited to be short-term value to avoid the dread words “public benefits of British-style private paying UK tax. It’s time to end tion quite the panacea it is alleged alisation is emerging as one of the extractors rather than long- company” and “nationalisation”, ownership in a public network. the rip off. Commuters of Britain to be? It will take years for the most popular policies with voters. term value creators, hired hands even though it is 100 percent Meanwhile, the absurdities of pri- unite! You’ve nothing to lose but lazy assumption that privatisa- In London and the south- to drive down costs paying high owned by the state. The de facto vatisation continue. Two of the your overpriced season tickets. tion is always best to be turned east, high property prices make dividends to whatever tax haven. state backing has allowed it to run three companies that own the THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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NEW YORK: Max Scherzer tied the Major League lead with his 15th win as Detroit beat sixth career PGA title Kansas City to move within two games of the Royals for first place in the American League US golfer wins Barclays by two strokes, Tringale shares second spot Central Division. Scherzer, the reigning American League Cy Young win- PARAMUS, United States: ner, allowed three runs on seven Hunter Mahan fired a six- World Rankings hits and a walk in five innings. under par 65 yesterday to win 1. (1) Rory McIlroy (Britain) 11.10 The Tigers scored a two runs the US PGA Barclays tourna- 2. (2) Adam Scott (Australia) 9.16 in three straight innings to run- ment by two strokes, giving the 3. (3) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 8.02 away with the contest as Victor American his first tour victory Martinez and Torii Hunter each 4. (4) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 7.73 in more than two years and had four RBIs. sixth PGA tour title.. 5. (5) Justin Rose (Britain) 7.30 Tsuyoshi Wada flirted with Hunter Mahan Mahan, who had not taken 6. (6) Jim Furyk (US) 6.96 a no-hitter through six hit-less holds the a title since the 2012 Houston 7. (9) Jason Day (Australia) 6.88 innings to lead Chicago past the Barclays Trophy Open, birdied the 15th, 16th and 8. (7) Matt Kuchar (US) 6.74 first-place Baltimore Orioles. after winning 17th holes to seize a three-stroke 9. (8) Bubba Watson (US) 6.48 Baltimore outfielder Steve lead, then sank a clutch eight-foot the the Barclays Pearce homered off Wada in the 10. (10) Phil Mickelson (US) 6.06 bogey putt at 18 to claim the first golf tournament seventh, but that was the only hit event in the US tour’s season- 11. (13) Rickie Fowler (US) 5.52 with a score of the Orioles managed for the game. ending play-offs. 12. (11) Tiger Woods (US) 5.44 14 under par Wada exited in the seventh “Haven’t played my best this 13. (12) Jordan Spieth (US) 5.31 at Ridgewood after he struck out eight batters year so to get a win in an event 14. (14) Martin Kaymer (Germany) 5.17 Country Club, in the game. like this and the timing what it 15. (15) Zach Johnson (US) 4.89 yesterday. First baseman Lucas Duda was, it feels incredible,” Mahan homered twice and the New York said. chase, giving him the best chance Mets turned a rare triple play in a Mahan, who had only a pair of at the $10m bonus for the season rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers. top-five finishes this season before points winner. REUTERS this week, finished 72 holes on “I felt great the past few 14-under 270 with Australians weeks,” Mahan said. Jason Day and Stuart Appleby “The game was starting to Baseball Results and American Cameron Tringale come around, making some NY Yankees 7 Chicago White Sox 4 sharing second on 272. putts. I knew it was around the Cleveland 3 Houston 1 Four-time major winner Ernie corner but to do it today is really nine, with birdies at the 11th and with Furyk. Day opened with a bid on his 27th birthday. “Being Tampa Bay 2 Toronto 1 Els was on 273 with Americans incredible.” par-5 13th before his key run of birdie and birdied the next three my birthday, I was going to have Cincinnati 5 Atlanta 3 William McGirt and Matt Kuchar Mahan was surprised at the three in a row, the last a 25-footer odd-numbered holes with bogeys a great day no matter what,” Seattle 8 Boston 6 with Jim Furyk another shot 18th green by his wife Kandi and that eased the pressure on 18, mixed in at four and six. Tringale said. Washington 14 San Francisco 6 back, his winless streak when daughter Zoe, who flew to subur- where he found trees off the tee A bogey at 11 was answered by “I just played with a peace and leading or co-leading after 54 ban New York to see his first win and went over the green on his birdies at 13 and 14 but four pars a vast understanding. I felt in Philadelphia 7 St Louis 1 holes stretching to eight events as a father. approach only to make a vital into the clubhouse for a 68 were control of everything.” Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 3 since he last won any title back “There was a lot going on in my putt. not enough to overcome Mahan’s Appleby birdied five of the first Detroit 13 Minnesota 4 at the 2010 Tour Championship. head right then, but it’s always When Day failed to hole out sizzling finish. six holes on the back nine to post Chicago Cubs 2 Baltimore 1 The event launched the season- great to see them,” Mahan said. from the rough in the last group Tringale, who turned himself the score to beat thanks to a clos- Texas 3 Kansas City 1 ending series of tournaments that “They make every day a little bit just behind him, Mahan had the in for a violation that disqualified ing 65. NY Mets 11 LA Dodgers 3 reduce fields until 30 players qual- better.” victory. him from the PGA Championship “It was nice to get out there Colorado 7 Miami 4 ify for the Tour Championship Mahan opened with a birdie Day endured a second consecu- earlier this month, birdied 15, 16 and feel comfortable,” Appleby finale next month in Atlanta. and added another at the fifth, tive roller-coaster round to stum- and 17 on the way to a 66 but a said. “It was a great stretch and San Diego 7 Arizona 4 Mahan now leads the point but he made his move on the back ble after sharing the 54-hole lead closing bogey doomed his title nice to see more putts drop.” AFP LA Angels 9 Oakland 4 Mission accomplished as Phelps Bouchard, Halep seek Grand Slam success gains rhythm at Pan Pacific NEW YORK: Eugenie two of them this year, she has Bouchard, tipped as the next quietly risen to number two in GOLD COAST, Australia: seconds on Sunday, after breaking superstar of women’s tennis, the world -- aided by the injury Michael Phelps says he accom- her 400m mark on Saturday. arrives at the US Open seek- absence of China’s Li Na -- and plished all he wanted to in his Ledecky also won the 200m and ing to take a year of remarkable goes into the Open seeded second first international meet back 800m freestyle golds, and was part Grand Slam success to the last behind five-time champion Serena from retirement, after win- of the American women’s winning level -- victory. Williams. ning three gold medals at the 4x200m freestyle relay team. The 20-year-old Canadian has “I think there is a good group Pan Pacific Championships in “I knew it was my last race of accomplished the rare feat of of us coming up,” Bouchard said. Australia. the meet and the last race of the reaching at least the semi-finals “For sure, we probably motivate The all-time greatest Olympian, season and I wanted to finish a of the year’s first three Grand each other a little bit, as well. who has won 18 gold medals at really good season on a good note,” Slams. “I think it’s just so interesting the Games, improved through the she said of the 1500m. Tall, blonde and photogenic, she to have great champions who are four-day meet at the Gold Coast The Americans finished the has a knack for social media and a still playing so well but are getting which finished Sunday, winning top nation, with 14 golds ahead of boatload of endorsements. older, to see them play against the the 100-metre butterfly and as hosts Australia’s 10 and Japan’s Her first trip to a Grand Slam young guns who are going out part of the successful men’s med- seven. final at Wimbledon resulted in a with nothing to lose,” she said. ley and 4x200m freestyle relay Australia proved their suprem- crushing defeat at the hands of “I think it makes very interest- teams. acy over the Americans in the Petra Kvitova. ing tennis.” Four months into his comeback, sprints, winning both 100m free- But New Yorkers find her this Both Halep and Bouchard have his form was in stark contrast to style gold medals and the two week on the cover of the New struggled in the hardcourt build- this month’s US Championships, 4x100m freestyle relays. York Times Magazine’s US Open up to the Open. where he failed to win. Cameron McEvoy swam the edition -- a marquee moment that Halep opens her campaign on (From left to right) Matt McLean, Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps and Coner But the 29-year-old said there race of his life in the 100m free- Bouchard calls “an honor”. Monday, in the first match of the Dwyer of the USA stand during their medal ceremony at the Pan Pacific was room to improve as he looks style to post the third-best time The fanfare surrounding sev- tournament on the 23,771-seat Championships at the Gold Coast, Australia in this August 22 file photo. to next year’s world champi- this year of 47.82 seconds ahead enth-seeded Bouchard is in con- Arthur Ashe Stadium court. onships in Kazan, Russia, and of US Olympic champion Nathan trast to the relatively low profile It could be an intimidat- further ahead to the 2016 Rio Adrian (48.30) and dual world of Simona Halep, the 22-year-old ing prospect, but Halep doesn’t Olympics. champion James Magnussen Romanian who fell in the French think she’ll feel the pressure of World champ Campbell “I think for my first real inter- (48.36) with Phelps ending up Open final to Maria Sharapova. the occasion against US wildcard national meet back we accom- fourth. Halep reached the quarter- Danielle Rose Collins. plished everything we wanted World and Commonwealth finals at the Australian Open “I have experience everywhere to,” he said. champion Cate Campbell out- in January, and was beaten in now to play, so I feel prepared for to undergo surgery “We were able to find out paced her sister Bronte in the the semi-finals by Bouchard at everything,” she said. some of the things that I need to women’s 100m event at 52.72sec, Wimbledon. “I have just to do my game on GOLD COAST, Australia: freestyle and medley relays. improve on over the next year and after posting the year’s best time And with eight career titles, court.” AFP Australia’s Cate Campbell (pic- Campbell, who won the 100m things I want to improve on. of 52.62 in the heats. tured) said she’s willing to sac- freestyle world title in Barcelona “It is frustrating at times, but Campbell now has her eyes on rifice her world sprint freestyle last year, said the surgery would it’s usually how I respond well, so the Olympic title in Rio. title in order to be fit for the remove a bone spur that was this is going to be a fun year and “I’ll definitely be taking some 2016 Olympics after announc- pinching a nerve on her right it’s going to be an exciting year. time off and then refocusing. ing a shoulder operation to end shoulder, ensuring she would miss “I have already started talking We’ve got two years to go and it’s months of chronic pain. the rest of the year. with (coach) Bob Bowman about looking very good,” she said. Eugenie The world, She said she was pre- some of the things that I need to Japan continued its strong Bouchard Commonwealth Games and pared to miss defending do, like times that I need to go showing by pushing the Phelps- of Canada newly-crowned Pan Pacific her 100m freestyle title at even before the world champs led Americans all the way in the receives help 100m freestyle champion next year’s world champi- next summer.” 4x200m freestyle relay and going from her said next year’s world onships in Kazan, Russia if Phelps said he was pleased with down by just 0.13secs. coach during championships in Russia it meant she was fully fit how he was finishing races. The Japanese highlight was previews for were “not a major drama” by the 2016. “It shows that I can finish races Kosuke Hagino’s win over Phelps the US Open compared to the Rio de Campbell revealed she well. I finished pretty strong in all by just two-hundredths of a sec- tennis at USTA Janeiro Olympics. had been in “chronic pain” my swims here, now I just have ond to deny the American titan Billie Jean “I’m actually getting shoul- for months. to step on the first half,” he said. his second individual gold medal King National der surgery next week,” she told “I’ve been keeping it under While there was much inter- of the meet in the 200m individual reporters, after winning the 50m wraps because I’m not one to est in his performances, team- medley. Tennis Center freestyle gold. complain or make excuses but mate Katie Ledecky was the Ryosuke Irie downed US yesterday in Campbell, 22, was the dominant now that I’m finished (the season) undisputed star of the meet with Olympic champion Matt Grevers New York. women’s sprinter at the Pan Pacs, you probably won’t be seeing me five gold medals and two world in the 100m backstroke, Yasuhiro which finished on the Gold Coast for the rest of the year,” she said. records. Koseki won the men’s 100m Sunday, winning the 50m and “It hasn’t hugely affected my The 17-year-old carved almost breaststroke and Hagino also 100m freestyle events and help- training but it’s something I need six seconds off her 1500m record claimed the 400m individual med- ing Australia win the 4x100m to fix out from Rio.” AFP with a swim of 15 minutes 28.36 ley. AFP TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Farah breaks two-mile European record

LONDON: Distance-running “When you’re at the top it’s star Mo Farah marked his first harder. When you go through Qatar’s Mutaz appearance on a home track in a struggle you are more deter- Essa Barshim more than 12 months by smash- mined, you want it more. competes in ing Steve Ovett’s 36-year-old “Sometimes getting beaten the Men’s high British record for the rarely or getting ill makes you want it jump during run two miles at the Diamond more.” the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham Farah collapsed after finishing League on Sunday. second in the New York City Half- Athletics The Olympic, world and Marathon in March, was a dis- European champion at both 5,000 appointing eighth in the London meeting in and 10,000 metres, Farah won in Marathon the following month Birmingham on a time of eight minutes 07.85 sec- and missed the Commonwealth Sunday onds as he comfortably surpassed Games after having to be airlifted the 8:13.51 secs mark of Ovett, the to hospital amid concerns over his 1980 Olympic 800m champion. heart. “Early on I felt a bit tired and There was more home success then as I got into it I just felt bet- as Lynsey Sharp reversed the ter and better,” Farah said. “I kept placings at the Commonwealth looking at the clock and thinking, Games in Glasgow by beating ‘I can do it, I can do it’.” Kenya’s world champion Eunice Farah won both the 5,000 Sum to win the 800m in 1:59:14. and 10,000m at the European Olympic champion Kirani Championships in Zurich ear- James of Grenada won the men’s lier this month, having started 400m in 44.59 secs, with Britain’s the season with an unconvincing European champion Martyn marathon debut in London and Rooney third. then suffering a shock health Another London 2012 cham- scare which ruled him out of the pion, Kenya’s David Rudisha, won Qatar’s Barshim wins Commonwealth Games. the rarely run 600m, having taken But, with next month’s Great 800m Olympic gold two years ago. North Run in Gateshead, north- In the women’s 400m, Britain’s east England, set to be his final world champion Christine race of the season before he Ohuruogu won in 51.40 secs while begins preparations for next Commonwealth gold medallist year’s World Championships Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica was latest high jump epic in Beijing, Farah reflected on a first home in the women’s 400m roller-coaster campaign. hurdles. AFP Indoor champion beats Bondarenko at Diamond League

BIRMINGHAM, England: champion Christine Ohuruogu, (From left to right) Mutaz Essa Barshim and who ran a conservative first 200 Britain’s Tiffany Bohdan Bondarenko staged before finishing strongly to win another of the epic men’s high Porter, Dawn in 51.40. jump duels which have illumi- Haprper-Nelson of Jamaican Kerron Stewart won nated the 2014 athletics season the US and Queen the women’s 100 in 11.22 sec- at the Birmingham Diamond Harrison of the US onds after American Tori Bowie League meeting on Sunday. compete in the failed to finish. Bowie, the fastest Britain’s Qatar’s world indoor champion women’s 100m woman in the world this year, who Mo Farah Barshim eventually prevailed, hurdles during the had won her heat, limped off the competes to winning on a countback with a Diamond League track clutching her left thigh. win the men’s height of 2.38 metres after both Athletics meeting Australian Olympic 100 metres two-mile men failed three times at 2.41 in Birmingham on hurdles champion Sally Pearson, race during metres. Ukrainian Bondarenko, Sunday. who was disqualified for a false the Diamond last year’s world outdoor cham- start at last week’s Stockholm League pion, was second with the same Diamond League meeting, was Athletics height. Olympics when he broke the struggle coming back from injury first out of the blocks on Sunday meeting in “I’m happy, I got the win which world 800 metres world record last year,” said Rudisha. but was then overhauled by is all that matters,” Barshim said. in the final, failed in an attempt Olympic champion Kirani Americans Dawn Harper-Nelson Birmingham “It’s the battle they are all on the world 600 metres mark set James, of Grenada, made no and Queen Harrison, the winner on Sunday. talking about, Barshim versus in 1986 by American Johnny Gray. contest of the men’s 400 metres, in Stockholm. Bondarenko. I’ve got a lot of com- As he did in London, Rudisha easing to victory in 44.59 seconds. Harper-Nelson, the fastest petitions coming up so there is a led from the start to cross the Britain’s new European champion woman in the world this year, lot to still compete for. line in one minute 13.71 seconds, Martyn Rooney finished third. edged Harrison to win in 12.66. Bondarenko added: “To jump the fourth fastest time ever in an “I am very pleased with that,” New Zealand’s Olympic and 2.38 was a good result and second event which rarely features on the James said. “I’ve had a successful world women’s shot put cham- place was okay.” programme. end to the season, it’s always good pion Valerie Adams, unbeaten Kenya’s David Rudisha, who “This is my first 600 metres, to finish on a high.” since 2010, extended her winning produced the finest track per- so I guess it was difficult to judge The women’s 400 provided a streak to 55 with a best mark of formance of the 2012 London the pace, it has been a bit of a popular winner in Britain’s world 19.96 metres. REUTERS

Sad end for Yousef in Norway down Qatar to clinch bronze, Nanjing Slovenia dethrone Egypt for gold medal NANJING: Qatar’s campaign in the second Youth Olympic NANJING: Qatar could not Games in Nanjing came to an push their performance bar Handball Results unfortunate end with Idriss higher and finished as the fourth Gold Medal: Slovenia bt Egypt 31-25 (half- Moussa Yousef being disquali- best team in the men’s section time 13-11) fied on the ground of technical at the second Youth Olympic Scorers – Slovenia: Gal Marguc 8, Blaz Janc reason in the men’s 800m A Games handball yesterday. 8, Jaka Malus 6, Tilen Sokolic 3, Rok Cvetko 3, final yesterday. At the Jiangning Sports Centre, Leon Raso 1, Darko Stonjnic 1, Matic Kotar 1 Early in the evening when Qatar, playing the bronze medal Egypt: Aly Refaat 5, Ahmed Salem 4, Yahia Qatar suffered defeat against play-off, lost the match to Norway Omar 4, Shady Ramadan 4, Hady Morsy 3, A Qatari player faces Norway in the bronze medal 25-33. Ahmed Abdelaal 3, Omar Belal 2 the challenge of three match, it had become evident that Slovenia, later in the day, Bronze Medal: Norway bt Qatar 33-25 (half- Norwegian players Yousef was the last medal hope. clinched the gold medal, dethron- time 19-13) during the handball Yousef perhaps knew it and in a ing Egypt 31-25. The champions Scorers – Norway: Magnus Abelvik Rod 11, bronze medal play-off hurry to get to the front-running were narrowly ahead at the inter- Aksel Horgen 6, Eirik Kopp 4, Tormod Hauane at the Youth Olympic group, he committed the infringe- val with 13-11 edge. 4, Sindre Andre Aho 4, Jonas Berggraf Olsen Games in Nanjing ment of the lane rule. As a result, Powered by Gal Marguc and 1, Simen Nicolay Schonningsen 1, Sander yesterday. though he finished sixth in the Blaz Janc, who blasted eight goals Andreassen 1 race, won by American Myles each, Slovenia took the match in Qatar: Faruk Colo 6, Amor Dhiab 5, Jovo Marshall, the result of the Qatari their grip and did never let it Damjankovic 2, Abdulaziz Helali 2, Adson runner was declared disqualified. slip off. Ali Refaat was the main Bajrik 2, Amine Guehis 2, Nour Ahmed 2, Yousef was pitched against striker for Egypt with five goals. Mohamed Abdelraouf 2, Moustafa Heiba 1, a quality field and he tried his After days of intense competi- Omar Abdelfattah 1. best to place himself in the lead- tion in Nanjing, the responsibil- ing bunch. After the first lap, he ity of winning a medal had fallen strike and Aksel Horgen. Then it moved up to the fifth spot. on the Qatar handball team and was an uphill battle for Qatar to As the race drew to the close, 800m runner Idriss Moussa return into the match. The gap Moroccan Mohamed Elamrani Yousef. kept widening and it was 14-8 by winners, despite suffering two he was hoping his team would decide the qualifiers for the World attacked and Marshall quickly Qatar, however, appeared to be 21 minutes. Qatar tried to bounce suspensions of two minute each. be able to return home with a Championships in Russia. That is shifted into higher gears, scotch- struggling to overcome the set- back and reduce the deficit a bit Horgen netted six. Eirik Kopp, medal but it was not possible for also high on our priority list. The ing his bid to come to the front. back of losing the semi-finals to but Norway again increased it to Tormod Hauane and Sinder his inexperienced team. fourth place is also good for us. Then as the finish line loomed Egypt. six goals at the interval (19-13). Andre Aho all cracked four goals “We came to Nanjing with the Team manager Ali Madadiy closer, Marshal accelerated and The kind of spark and flair were There was some early pres- each. preparations for the upcoming said Qatar were not able to get won the gold medal in 1:49.14. needed against Norway, they were sure by Qatar after the resump- For Qatar, Faruk Colo was Asia Cup in mind. If we had won over the setback of losing to He was followed by Ugandan missing a bit and the European tion and their best moments in the top-scorer with six. Amor something, it’d have been an icing Egypt. Geofrey Balimumiti, who was team controlled the proceedings the match were when they struck Dhiab had five. Six players - Jovo on the cake. We tried our best but “The team’s performance was timed at 1:49.37 for the silver after Qatar failed to utilise early three goals in a row to come close Damjankovic , Abdulaziz Helali, the competition level was quite looking still affected by the defeat medal. This was the personal fast breaks and attacks. (21-25). Norway quickly stepped Adson Bajrik, Amine Guehis, different here. at the hands of Egypt. There best time for the Ugandan runner. After tying scores thrice inside up the attack and scotched any Nour Ahmed and Mohamed “Next week, we’ve to go to were many things in the mind at The bronze medal was claimed by six minutes, Norway forged 6-3 hopes of comeback that Qatar Abdelraouf, chipped in with two Jordan to play in the Asian the same time so it was slightly Ethiopian Bacha Morka Mulata ahead through tall left-handed had. Rod was outstanding and each. youth championship, which is difficult to focus on the bronze with a time of 1:49.73. QOC Magnus Abelvik Rod’s double contributed 11 goals alone for the Coach Chouaib Kafi said that also very important and will medal match.” QOC TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Australia crush Zimbabwe by 198 runs in first ODI Marsh, Maxwell blitz takes Aussies to record ODI tally in Harare England’s World Cup-winning captain Katy McLean HARARE: Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh both fell ago- Scoreboard nisingly short of centuries but still helped Australia to a record AUSTRALIA Sikandar Raza c Marsh b Lyon ...... 33 A Finch c (sub-Sibanda) b Nyumbu...... 67 H Masakadza st Haddin b Smith...... 70 England one-day international tally at the Harare Sports Club as they B Haddin b Chigumbura ...... 46 B Taylor c Finch b Johnson ...... 10 crushed Zimbabwe by 198 runs M Marsh c Raza b Chatara ...... 89 E Chigumbura c Haddin b Faulkner ...... 0 yesterday. G Bailey c Utseya b Williams ...... 14 S Williams c Maxwell b Marsh ...... 1 women’s Australia’s 350 for six off 50 G Maxwell c Mawoyo b Chatara ...... 93 R Mutumbami lbw Lyon ...... 11 overs beat by 10 runs the highest S Smith (run out) ...... 1 P Utseya c Starc b Smith ...... 9 total for any team at the venue J Faulkner (not out) ...... 5 T Panyangara b Starc ...... 1 rugby team in an ODI and marked a satisfy- M Johnson (not out) ...... 20 J Nyumbu c Faulkner b Smith ...... 1 ing start to preparations for the Extras (B-l, LB-4, W-7, NB-3) ...... 15 T Chatara (not out) ...... 6 World Cup they co-host with New Total (for 6 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 350 Extras (LB-2, W-7) ...... 9 Fall of wickets: 1-98, 2-145, 3-178, 4-287, Total (all out in 39.3 overs) ...... 152 goes pro Zealand early next year. Zimbabwe could only muster 5-298, 6-317. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-64, 3-83, 4-86, 5-88, 152 in reply, bowled out with more Bowling: Panyangara 7-1-68-0; Chatara 9-0- 6-117, 7-138, 8-144, 9-144, 10-152. LONDON: England’s lead- than 10 overs left in the opening 77-2; Nyumbu 8-0-64-1; Williams 10-1-59-1; Bowling: Johnson 6-2-7-1; Starc 6-1-23-2; ing women rugby union players match of the triangular series in Chigumbura 6-0-33-1; Utseya 10-1-44-0. Richardson 5-2-28-0; Marsh 5-0-15-1; Lyon will have the chance to become Zimbabwe’s capital. ZIMBABWE 7-1-42-2; Faulkner 6-0-19-1; Smith 4.3-0-16- professionals for the first time The 25-year-old Maxwell hit a T Mawoyo lbw Starc ...... 1 3. next month, the Rugby Football rapid-fire 93 off 46 balls before Union announced yesterday. being caught in the deep as he over struck the window of the side displayed some fighting spirit. Following England’s recent swung lustily trying to hit a third television commentary box, shat- But after Raza was caught, victory in the Women’s World successive six. He had been on tering the glass and cutting com- Masakadza watched a proces- Cup final, the RFU will issue course to break team mate James mentator Mpumelelo Mbangwa, sion of partners come and go at 20 central contracts to create a Faulkner’s 57-ball record for the the former Zimbabwe test bowler. regular intervals before he was fully professional sevens squad fastest Australian ODI hundred. He was not seriously hurt. seventh man out, stumped for 70. ahead of the abbreviated game’s Marsh was out for 89 off 83 Aaron Finch helped Australia Johnson conceded only seven Olympic debut at the 2016 Games balls but the century partnership get off to good start but was runs in the six overs he bowled, in Rio. between the pair contributed to caught down the leg side for 67 taking one wicket. Earlier this month, England’s a blistering 147 runs off the last while fellow opener Brad Haddin Australia next play South amateurs won the Women’s World 10 overs. was first out for 46 just before Africa at the same venue tomor- Cup for the second time, beating Maxwell included an outra- Australia reached three figures row in the second game of the Canada 21-9 in the final in Paris. geous display of ambidextrous in the 18th over. tri-series. Now 12 members of that squad Australia’s Glenn Maxwell plays shot making in his innings, hit- Zimbabwe lost their first Australia, without captain will be among the 20 receiving a shot during the ODI tri-series ting nine fours and clearing the wicket after eight balls when Tino Michael Clarke who missed the full-time funding, with England’s boundary five times. Mawoyo was trapped leg before game because of a hamstring World Cup-winning captain Katy opening match against Zimbabwe But the most powerful shot of by Mitchell Starc but Hamilton strain, were playing their first McLean set to give up her day job at the Harare Sports Club yesterday. the innings came from Mitchell Masakadza and the Pakistan- ODI since beating England in as a teacher. Johnson whose six off Tinashe born Sikandar Raza put on 63 Adelaide in late January. “This is fantastic news for the Panyangara in the penultimate for the second wicket as the home REUTERS sport and exactly what we need as an England squad to continue to be at the top of our sport on a BCCI calls Younis returns global scale,” said McLean. England have no hope at “I am extremely excited about after family this new challenge and where this Dhoni full time programme can take us tragedy as an England team.” World Cup, says Swann England’s 20 centrally con- comments KARACHI: Veteran bats- tracted players will train five BRISTOL: Graeme Swann Nottinghamshire opener Alex man Younis Khan (pictured) days a week during the season, ‘personal (pictured) believes England “do Hales. The 25-year-old scored will play no further part in excluding tournament commit- not have a cat in hell’s chance” of England’s first Twenty20 inter- Pakistan’s one-day series in Sri ments, based at Twickenham and winning next year’s World Cup national century when he made Lanka following the death of his Guildford’s Surrey Sports Park, opinion’ unless they add more firepower 116 not out from 64 balls against 10-year-old nephew, an official south of London. to their top-order batting. Sri Lanka at the World Twenty20 said yesterday. England Women’s Sevens coach MUMBAI: The Indian cricket Sunday saw England captain in March. “Younis will return home on Simon Middleton said. “We are board (BCCI) has labelled Alastair Cook suggest that the Swann played in the last World Monday as his nephew Saad Khan delighted to be able to offer a full Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s com- team’s prospects for the tour- Cup in 2011, where England died while having a liver trans- time Sevens programme for next ments as “personal opinion” nament in Australia and New bowed out with a 10-wicket defeat plant in India,” a Pakistan Cricket season. after the national team’s cap- Zealand were “very good”. by Sri Lanka in the quarter-finals Board spokesman said. “The inclusion of Sevens in the tain said beleaguered coach But former England off-spinner in Colombo. The 36-year- Olympics has meant that a sig- Duncan Fletcher still called the Swann was far more pessimistic. Recalling that match, Swann old Younis nificant number of sides we are shots and would lead them into Swann, speaking to BBC Radio’s said: “I remember (Jonathan) made only 3 in competing against have been full- next year’s World Cup. Test Match Special as rain washed little place in a one-day context Trott getting 86 in Colombo. We’d Pakistan’s four- time for a year or more. “I have not spoken to Dhoni and out the first one-day international where big hitters dominate at the batted to our batting plan per- wicket win in He added: “We have been plan- so the BCCI will not like to react against world champions India in top of the order. fectly, got 229. the first ODI in ning to do this for some time but to his comments,” BCCI secre- Bristol without a ball bowled yes- “I love Cooky totally, but I do “They (Sri Lanka) knocked it Hambantota on we needed to make sure that we tary Sanjay Patel told Reuters on terday, insisted England were “so not think he should be both- off in 40 overs. Saturday. could focus on the XVs Rugby Monday about Dhoni’s comments far behind other teams” in their ering playing one-day cricket “That’s how we always played Saad’s body World Cup whilst also ensuring on the eve of their one-day series approach to the limited-overs any more,” said the 35-year-old it. It’s crazy. The batsmen who was sched- we had the building blocks in against England which appeared game. Swann, who played 60 Tests and won’t win you World Cups in uled to reach place to guarantee that a full-time to undermine former captain Ravi “If he (Cook) truly believes 79 ODIs for England before retir- Australia will probably do very Pakistan yes- programme is effective. Shastri. England can win this World ing during the team’s 5-0 Ashes well in England. terday and would be flown to the “With two years to go until the “However, it seemed to me as Cup...I am the greatest patriot thrashing in Australia. “If you’re not getting over 300 family’s hometown in the coun- 2016 Olympics Games we felt this his personal opinion.” there is but we do not have a cat “Let young people (play) who now on good wickets you’re not try’s northwestern province of was the right time to move for- Shastri was appointed as in hell’s chance,” Swann said. want to smash it everywhere,” he going to win games.” Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the ward.” AFP director of cricket for the one- Opening batsman Cook’s posi- added as he called for promising Michael Vaughan, England’s funeral will be held. Pakistan have day series as part of a coaching tion in the one-day side has been batsmen James Vince and Jason captain at the 2007 World Cup, already lost ace spinner Saeed shake-up following the 3-1 Test called into question, with many Roy to be added to the squad. added: “We’ve made the same Ajmal, who will miss the first two Wallabies series defeat. pundits arguing his orthodox If the rain had held off in mistake now as we did in my time, ODIs to have his suspect bowl- The appointment had created approach, while well-suited to Bristol, England would have five to six years ago and in the ing action tested in an Australian seek ‘mental questions about Fletcher’s role Test cricket, has increasingly given an ODI debut to dynamic 1990s. AFP biomechanics lab. AFP after bowling coach Joe Dawes relaxation’ and fielding mentor Trevor Penney were also given a ‘break’ India-England series begins with Bristol washout MELBOURNE: The Wallabies for the series by the BCCI. will have plenty of down-time Sanjay Bangar and Bharat over the next week to “men- Arun were made assistant tally relax” after their humilia- coaches and R. Sridhar named Covers protect the square from tion by the All Blacks at Eden as fielding coach. rain at the County Ground in Bristol Park, captain Michael Hooper The 52-year-old Shastri, who yesterday. The opening one-day has said. played 80 Tests and 150 ODIs for international in a five-match series The 22-year-old flanker was India, said after his appointment between England and India was one of the few Australian play- the team staff, including Fletcher, abandoned without a ball being ers to stand up during the would report to him. bowled in Bristol yesterday due 51-20 onslaught, which kept the The 33-year-old Dhoni, who to heavy rain. Umpires made the Bledisloe Cup, the annual tro- leads India in all three formats decision to cancel the game after phy contested between the two and captained the side to their downpours throughout the night nations, in New Zealand hands 50-over World Cup victory at and morning left standing water for a 12th consecutive year. home in 2011, however said on the outfield. This meant that Australia have two weeks to Fletcher was still firmly in charge. hard-hitting Nottinghamshire stew over the loss before they “Definitely he (Fletcher) will take on South Africa in Perth, in opening batsman Alex Hales’s lead us into the World Cup,” their third match of the Rugby one-day international debut was Dhoni told reporters in Bristol on Championship, but will not get the eve of the five-match series. put on hold. Hales has appeared another crack at the All Blacks “Also he is still the boss. in 32 Twenty20s for England and until Oct. 18 when the neighbours “We have Ravi (Shastri) who scored his country’s first century play a third, dead rubber match will look into everything, but in cricket’s shortest format when for the Bledisloe in Brisbane. Duncan Fletcher is the boss. It’s he made 116 not out from 64 balls Having raised expectations at not as if his powers or his position against Sri Lanka at the World home of an upset at Eden Park by have been curtailed. Twenty20 in March. drawing the first match 12-12 in “I don’t know what you feel Sydney a week before, reality set from outside, but still operations in at the airport on the way home remain the same. REUTERS from New Zealand. AFP TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Second seed Halep survives scare at US Open

NEW YORK: Second seed over Collins, who was playing her Simona Halep survived a scare first tour-level main draw match. Order of Play at the US Open by overtaking “She played a tough match, I Arthur Ashe Stadium American wild card Danielle want to congratulate her,” world (All times in GMT) 1500 Danielle Collins 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-2 in yes- number two Halep said in an on- Alison Riske (USA) vs Ana Ivanovic (SRB x8) Collins of the terday’s opening center court court interview. “First set I was Not before 1700 US reacts match. a little bit nervous. This court is Marcos Giron (USA) vs John Isner (USA x13; during her The French Open finalist huge. “It’s my best ranking ever Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) vs Kristina Mladenovic match against moves on to face Slovakian Jana and best moment of my life. I (FRA) Simona Halep Cepelova, a 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 winner have to enjoy it, but it’s not easy. 2300 over Spain’s Maria-Teresa Torro- Everybody is telling me I have of Romania at Marinko Matosevic (AUS) vs Roger Federer Flor, in the second round of the chances to win this title.” the US Open (SUI x2); Serena Williams (USA x1) vs Taylor at the USTA season’s last grand slam. Meanwhile, World number Townsend (USA) But the 22-year-old Romanian one Djokovic, recently married Billie Jean Louis Armstrong Stadium 1500 had a tricky time getting by and soon to be a father for the King National Collins, a US college champion first time, is gunning for a fifth Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) vs Sam Querrey Center, from the University of Virginia. straight US Open finals appear- (USA); Olga Govortsova (BLR) vs Eugenie yesterday. Bouchard (CAN x7); Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Down a break at 3-4, the ance and a second title to add to RIGHT: Halep vs David Ferrer (ESP x4); Jarmila Gajdosova 20-year-old American brought the one he won in 2011. (AUS) vs Madison Keys (USA x27) reacts after the set back on serve at 4-all He was set for a first career winning Grandstand 1500 and with her confidence growing meeting with Diego Schwartzman, a point Samantha Stosur (AUS x24) vs Lauren Davis the collegian ran away with the a 22-year-old from Argentina. against her (USA); Pablo Andujar (ESP) vs Jack Sock decider by taking advantage of a “I know he’s very quick on the counterpart. slew of errors from Halep. court,” Djokovic said. “He defi- (USA); Misaki Doi (JPN) vs Victoria Azarenka That shock seemed to snap the nitely has nothing to lose. I’m (BLR x16) Romanian back to attention, and going to try to use my experience Not before 2100 bring her groundstrokes under on the center court and get a Gael Monfils (FRA x20) vs Jared Donaldson control as she roared to victory win.” REUTERS (USA)

Barca made errors over Female stars gear up for youth transfers: President

BARCELONA: Barcelona made errors in the transfer of FINA World Cup in Doha under-age players but will go to CAS over the severity of the FIFA transfer ban for two con- Reigning champion Hosszu, Belmonte look to dazzle in mega event secutive windows, said presi- dent Josep Maria Bartomeu. FIFA upheld a decision last DOHA: Organisers of the two- a successful showing in the 32nd Wednesday to sanction the day FINA Mastbank World Cup European Championships in Catalan club for breaching rules Doha 2014 starting tomorrow Berlin, were she took Gold in the on the international transfer of have confirmed that some of the 400m and 200m Individual medley under-18 players and it means world’s leading female swim- and set two championship records they now cannot register play- mers including internationally in the process. ers in the next January and July- renowned stars Katinka Hosszu Speaking ahead of the FINA August 2015 windows. (Hungary), Mireia Belmonte Mastbank World Cup 2014 open- The initial ban was suspended (Spain) and Marieke D’Cruz ing meet in Doha, Katinka Hosszu World champion pending Barca’s failed appeal, (Australia) will be in Qatar to said: Katinka Hosszu of allowing the likes of Luis Suarez compete at the mega event. “I’m really looking forward to Hungary is among to be brought in during this win- Doha marks the first of seven the opening of the series in Doha, the star swimmers dow, but Bartomeu said they will highly anticipated meets for the facilities are world-class and who will be vying for now take the fight to get the the FINA Mastbank Swimming it’s a perfect place to start the honour at the FINA penalty reduced to the Court of World Cup 2014 with a number World Cup,” she said. World Cup starting Arbitration for Sport (CAS). of female champions announced “I’ve carried the momentum from tomorrow in “We were conscious that the to join a host of Olympians, World from 2013 into 2014 and feel good Doha. ban was going to be ratified Champions and world record about the series ahead. I feel fit because we have committed some holders already confirmed in the and healthy but swimming is as errors,” he told Spanish television. line-up including men’s Olympic much a mental sport as physical “We will go to CAS. We are champion Chad Le Clos, three- so a strong performance in Qatar going to work on a good defence time Olympic medalist Oussama for the opening of the World Cup so that in the coming months the Mellouli and four-time Olympian will give me the opportunity to situation can be resolved more from South Africa, Roland draw upon that experience when favourably for us. Schoeman. we return in December for the “We have a few weeks to send The addition of Hosszu ‘the FINA World Championships our motives for wanting to have Iron Lady’ to the impressive entry (25m).” records in the short course 400m, an important gauge to see who free-to-attend FINA Mastbank the ban reduced. Often these list is welcomed news for all fans Joining Hosszu in Doha and 800m and 1500m freestyle. Like is strongest at this part of the Swimming World Cup, Khaleel Al cases end up with CAS. We rec- who can witness the excitement one of her closet challengers for several competitors to swim in season.” Jabir, President, Qatar Swimming ognise that we have done things of the meet with open admission the title of World Cup Champion Doha, Belmonte is set to increase Fans will get a chance to wit- Association said: badly but the sanction is very across two days action at the is Spain’s towering all-rounder her grueling multi-event pro- ness up to 140 elite athletes from “The swimming world will heavy.” Hamad Aquatic Centre. Mireia Belmonte. gramme during 2014, using the 36 countries in the meet includ- descend upon Doha in 2014 as The world governing body Hosszu, the reigning World A holder of world records, FINA Mastbank World Cup 2014 ing experienced campaigner we have the privilege of host- also rejected Barcelona’s appeal Cup Champion has continued her World Championship podiums series as a transitional period Australia’s Marieke D’Cruz, the ing the first World Cup meet against a 450,000 Swiss francs dominant form in 2014 following and European titles from 400 to aimed at securing gold in the Rio former world record holder in the and the FINA World Swimming ($493,637) fine and they have a remarkable 2013 World Cup in 1500m freestyle, 200m butterfly 2016 Olympic Games. 50m butterfly and 50m breast- Championships,” he said. been given 90 days to regularise which she set six world records, and 200 and 400m medley and Belmonte said: “The FINA stroke. D’Cruz won the overall “It is a very special time for the situation of all the minor play- winning 32 events and the overall two-time silver Olympic medal- Mastbank World Cup series Swimming World Cup title in for Qatar. To have an interna- ers concerned. title by a stunning 537 points. ist (200m Butterfly & 800m always brings together the best 2008 and is a short course spe- tional entry list of this quality is Suarez led a long list of recruits Known as one of the fittest Freestyle) at the London 2012 swimmers in the world so the cialist, having won two silvers extremely pleasing. Qatar is ready during the close season and Barca swimmers in history with world- Olympics, Belmonte is the com- competition is always tough. But in the 2012 short course world to welcome the leading swimmers have especially reinforced in class freestyle times from 200m to plete swimmer. that’s what everyone competing championships. and host an exceptional World defence after fortunately being 800m, the 25 year old Hungarian She also had great success in wants. We all swim to win and Delighted at the contingent of Cup for all athletes, fans and offi- able to sign players before the will arrive in Doha direct from 2013 including breaking world the opening meet in Doha will be female stars set to compete at the cials.” THE PENINSULA appeal was heard. REUTERS F1: Hamilton wonders whether Rosberg can be trusted in future SPA, Belgium: Lewis Hamilton the controversy, Hamilton fuelled anything into my own hands.” In rivalry on to another level. An (pictured) says he no longer the flames by telling reporters a potentially lethal sport where accident waiting to happen for knows whether to trust Rosberg had said in a post-race drivers go wheel-to-wheel at some, although not in Hamilton’s Mercedes team-mate Nico meeting he did it on purpose to speeds in excess of 300kph, trust book, it was the first time they Rosberg on the track after they ‘prove a point’. is essential. Racers need had collided and done serious collided at Sunday’s Belgian “When you’re out to be sure that others damage to the prospects of a Grand Prix but has ruled out there you have to trust will be firm but fair, team that had started one-two retaliation. people to think with not weaving more than and expected to finish that way. The incident, with Rosberg’s their heads and not do allowed or closing the “He basically said he did it on front wing making contact with things deliberately. But door entirely. purpose,” Hamilton had said on Hamilton’s rear tyre and caus- after that meeting I Deliberately driv- Sunday. “He said he could have ing a puncture on the second don’t really know how to ing into a rival to gain avoided it. He said ‘I did it to lap of the race, was an avoidable approach the next race,” an advantage or out of prove a point’.” one that wrecked the Briton’s Hamilton said. revenge is a no-no, even Mercedes motorsport head afternoon. “I’ll have to make if several examples from Toto Wolff later attempted to Hamilton eventually retired sure we’re not wheel-to-wheel,” the times of Ayrton Senna and clarify that, explaining that “Nico after struggling with a damaged he added when asked whether Michael Schumacher come to felt he needed to hold his line. He British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (left) of Mercedes AMG car while Rosberg, now 29 points he would trust Rosberg in simi- mind. needed to make a point. It wasn’t GP in action against his team-mate German Formula One driver Nico clear in the Formula One stand- lar circumstances going into the The Mercedes pairing have deliberately crashing. That is non- Rosberg during the 2014 Belgium Formula One Grand Prix at the Spa- ings with seven races remaining, chicane at Monza next week. banged wheels before this sea- sense. “If he could turn back time, Francorchamps race track near Francorchamps, Belgium on Sunday. finished second. “Whatever the case I will always son, without consequences, but he would probably not do it again With the Spa paddock swept by put the team first and I won’t take Sunday’s incident moved their in the way he did.” REUTERS TUESDAY 26 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Striker Messi scores twice as 10-man Barcelona sink Elche New Catalan coach Luis Enrique off to winning start despite Mascherano’s red card

BARCELONA: Lionel Messi found it difficult to break down a wasted little time in finding well-organised Elche. his stride as he struck twice to Munir has looked sharp during lead 10-man Barcelona to a 3-0 pre-season and his quick move- home win over Elche and hand ment and shot almost gave Barca new coach Luis Enrique a happy the lead midway through the first start to the La Liga season on half but his effort came back off Sunday. the crossbar. Youngster Munir El Haddadi Iniesta also struck the wood- hit the woodwork as did Andres work from 25 metres and Dani Iniesta before Messi made the Alves failed to hit the target from breakthrough, turning well in inside the area before Messi gave the box and slotting in after 42 them the lead. minutes. Mascherano’s dismissal for Barca’s job was complicated upending Rodrigues as last man with Javier Mascherano sent did not unsettle Barca and hav- off for bringing down Garry ing quickly got their second from Rodrigues a minute later but Munir they never looked back. Munir, drafted into the side as Messi was found by Alves and a replacement for the injured he toyed with the Elche defend- Neymar, clipped home to make it ers, looking to go one way then 2-0 shortly after the restart. the other, before picking his spot Messi, whose Argentina side to complete the scoring. were beaten in the World Cup In other matches, Eibar made final by Germany in July, was the their debut in the top flight with talisman once again for Barca. a 1-0 victory over neighbours Real He made space for himself on Sociedad with Javi Lara scoring the edge of the area and found the only goal before halftime. the back of the net again after Joaquin Larrivey, Fabian 63 minutes. Orellana and Nolito gave Celta The result handed Luis Enrique Vigo a 3-1 victory over Getafe a promising start with Barcelona whose only reply came from Jorge after the club failed to win any Sammir. major trophy last season under Villarreal beat derby rivals Gerardo Martino. Levante 2-0 with second half “I’ve always said that Messi is goals from Ikechukwu Uche and the best player in the world in all Denis Cheryshev. the ways that you want to look Champions Atletico Madrid at it,” Luis Enrique told a news Barcelona’s Lionel Messi (left) scores a goal against Elche during a La Liga match at Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on Sunday night. were scheduled to begin their conference. title defence yesterday at Rayo “If Messi wanted to be a the best in the world as long as he bit deeper but with the team we given a chance in attack alongside his place and the Croat slotted in Vallecano having lifted the Super defender he would be the best wants to be. have and Messi in form it worked Messi. It was a sign of veteran effortlessly in the midfield. Cup on Friday with a 2-1 aggre- in the world defending. We have “The game was made more dif- out.” Xavi’s changing role in the side It was the usual Barca style gate win over Real Madrid, who seen him do more difficult things ficult with the sending off and the Luis Enrique put his confidence that he was on the bench with with more pace than they showed also host Cordoba in their La Liga in training and he will keep being team had to respond by playing a in youth with Munir and Rafinha new signing Ivan Rakitic taking for much of last season but they bow yesterday. REUTERS Leaving Algeria ‘Not good enough’: England was suspend all a mistake, football after Van Gaal on start SUNDERLAND: Louis van the $99m-rated Argentinian player death Gaal (pictured) has demanded midfielder. says Balotelli an immediate improvement “I can’t say about transfers ALGIERS: Algeria have sus- from Manchester United after at the moment,” he explained. LONDON: Mario Balotelli pended all football this weekend admitting their start to the sea- “When a transfer has been fin- admitted he was glad to be back in memory of Albert Ebosse, son has not been good enough. ished then we can say something in the Premier League after the striker killed on Saturday They avoided matching their but now you have to wait and see. the controversial Italy striker after being struck by an object worst opening sequence to a “The club has to announce it. completed his $26.5m move to thrown from the crowd during Premier League campaign since When we are thinking it’s the Liverpool yesterday. a Ligue 1 match in the north 1992 by earning a point with an right time to announce it then Balotelli left England in In this picture taken on October 23, 2011, Mario Balotelli celebrates African country. unconvincing display in a 1-1 draw we’ll come to you and say we’ve January 2013 after a series of The Algerian Football at Sunderland. bought this player or that player, after scoring a goal against Manchester United at Old Trafford. problems on and off the field Federation said in a statement But after the first-day defeat but at the moment we can’t say See chart below. prompted Manchester City to it was considering several puni- at home to Swansea, the new Old anything.” sell him to AC Milan. tive measures including expelling Trafford manager was left with Showing his sense of humour The 24-year-old had grown the Champions League with weren’t nice with me but that’s Ebosse’s club JS Kabylie from all much to ponder, his assertion that hasn’t been diminished by his weary of his reputation as a bad- Inter Milan in 2010, has ambi- normal — it’s football!” Balotelli competitions. It did not specify a his side need a miracle to win the testing introduction to life at Old boy and believed a return home tions of repeating that feat with said. time period. title this season looking increas- Trafford, van Gaal added: “People to Italy, where he had previously Liverpool on the Reds’ return to “Now that I play for Liverpool, The Cameroon forward was ingly accurate. have asked me if I like di Maria. starred for Inter Milan, would get Europe’s elite club competition I can see the expectation in peo- struck on the head by an object He revealed confidence was low Well, I like Lionel Messi also. his career back on track. this season. ple. They’re very happy and that allegedly thrown from a section after seeing Juan Mata’s goal at There are a lot of players in the But he endured a difficult spell “I want to win another makes me very happy at the same of his club’s own fans as the play- the Stadium of Light on Sunday world I like, but they can’t always with Milan and was subjected to Champions League for sure, time. ers left the field at the end of a cancelled out by Sunderland’s come here.” racial abuse from opposing fans. because the Champions League “To play here for Liverpool 2-1 defeat to USM Alger in Tizi Jack Rodwell to leave the United defender Chris Smalling After sealing his switch wasn’t all mine, I was in a team,” excites me, but if you’re an oppo- Ouzou, a match in which he had former champi- limped off before to Anfield on a three-year he said. nent it’s difficult. scored his side’s goal. ons already five half-time with £90,000-a-week contract, which “I always start a competition “Liverpool are one of the best JS Kabylie confirmed in a state- points behind the a groin injury to includes an option for a further wanting to win it. I want to take teams here in England. The foot- ment posted on the club’s website early pace-setters add to the lengthy year’s extension, Balotelli con- this team to the Champions ball is very good here. It’s a great that he had passed away in hos- in their attempts Old Trafford ceded he had been wrong to ever League.” team with young players, and pital later on Saturday, though to improve on injury list before leave England. Balotelli suffered a hostile that’s why I came here.” they did not give the exact cause a disappointing the club return “I’m happy to be back because reception from Liverpool fans Balotelli was not eligible to of death. seventh-place fin- to action against I left England and it was a mis- during his visits to Anfield while feature against his old club The federation said the deci- ish in May. MK Dons in the take. I wanted to go to Italy with City, but he has already been Manchester City in yesterday’s sion to cancel all matches this “So much is League Cup on but I realised it was a mistake,” given a warm welcome by sup- Premier League clash, but he weekend was also to protest down to confi- Tuesday. Balotelli told Liverpool’s website. porters who gathered outside the could travel to Manchester to “the irresponsible action of dence,” van Gaal Van Gaal — “English football is gener- club’s training ground to catch a watch the match after complet- fanatics and hooligans who per- said. “In pre- who refused to ally better. English football is glimpse of the striker. ing a one-on-one training session petuate violence in stadiums season, our confi- condemn Ashley beautiful.” “I didn’t expect it (the warm with the Reds’ head of condition- which has reached unacceptable dence was much Young for a sec- With his future now lying on reception) because whenever I ing and fitness Ryland Morgans proportions”. better than it is now. “We’re ond-half dive that earned the Merseyside, Balotelli, who won played against Liverpool, the fans at the club’s Melwood base. AFP The federation and JS Kabylie working hard to improve and if England midfielder a caution — said an immediate sum of $100,000 we win the next match then that said: “We had seven players out had been given to Ebosse’s family confidence will start to come injured before this game, so now Balotelli’s five moments of madness and the remainder of his contract back.” with Chris, that’s eight. Bad first impression City youth team players through Enock were arrested stroll- would also be paid out. The Dutchman added: “The “It’s too early to say if he might Just days after signing for a training ground window in ing through the grounds of a The 24-year-old Ebosse players are disappointed because be out for some time. I’m not a Manchester City in 2010, March 2011. No one was hurt women’s prison in Brescia, near was the leading scorer in the we thought we would win today doctor. It’s an unusual situation Balotelli hit the headlines after in the incident and he escaped Milan, in October 2011. Algerian league in the 2013- (Sunday), and yet we have one to have four midfield players out crashing his Audi R8 en route punishment. Balotelli is said to have told 14 season with 17 goals having point and it’s not good enough for injured. That would impact on to the club’s training ground. Fireworks off the pitch police that curiosity got the bet- played the previous season in Manchester United. any club. The Italian striker was found Balotelli had a run-in with the ter of him and “just fancied hav- Malaysia. “I can’t say it was a better per- “That’s why I played Adnan to be carrying £5,000 in cash emergency services in October ing a look”. The world players’ union formance than last week because Januzaj in central midfield when at the time of the accident and 2011 after a firework was set off Banned after Parker stamp FIFPro said the incident was a we didn’t create as many chances I brought him on.” when the police asked why, he in the bathroom of his home, Balotelli was charged with reflection on the poor manage- as against Swansea. Our passing Sunderland performed well reportedly replied: “Because I triggering a fire. violent conduct by the Football ment of football in Africa. needs to be better because we enough to have claimed a first am rich”. The next day, he scored in Association, and subsequently “In recent years, we have gave the ball away a lot when I home league win over United for Dart shame the Manchester derby and cel- handed a four-match ban, after constantly had to denounce the didn’t expect us to.” 17 years. Balotelli once again showed ebrated by revealing a T-shirt appearing to stamp on the head flagrant lack of professionalism Van Gaal couldn’t lift spirits But coach Gus Poyet was far his lack of maturity and poor which reads: “Why always me?” of Tottenham’s Scott Parker among African executives,” said with a positive update on United’s from disappointed after his side judgement when it emerged that Bizarre prison break during a Premier League match Stephane Burchkalter, general pursuit of Real Madrid’s Angel di claimed a second point of the he threw darts at Manchester Mario and 17-year-old brother in January 2012. AFP secretary of FIFPro’s African Maria, as he remained cautious campaign with a battling display. division. REUTERS over the prospects of signing AFP Tuesday 26 August 2014 30 Shawwal 1435 Volume 19 Number 6169 Sport Price: QR2

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Al Sadd players, coach weakens and backroom staff gather Guangzhou around for a team talk at Jassim grip on title Bin Hamad SINGAPORE: Guangzhou Stadium Evergrande face a serious test in Doha of their resolve this week after yesterday. Al a triple player suspension and Sadd host touchline ban for coach Marcello Saudi Arabia’s Lippi loosened their grip on the Al Hilal for AFC Champions League title. their return A 1-0 quarter-final first-leg leg of the AFC deficit against Western Sydney Champions Wanderers does not seem insur- League mountable at Guangzhou’s Tianhe quarter-finals stadium, but disciplinary woes today. have complicated the Chinese champions’ task today. Last week’s red cards to Zhang Linpeng and Gao Lin have robbed Guangzhou of two of their most dependable players, while Lippi earned a touchline ban for storm- ing onto the pitch in protest at the late dismissals. The Chinese champions will be further weakened by the loss of Qatar’s Al Sadd seek quick Korean centre-back Kim Young- Gwan, who is ineligible after pick- ing up his second yellow card of the knock-out rounds in Sydney. Zhang and Kim have started every game for Guangzhou in this goals to overturn deficit season’s competition, while Gao has played in eight of their nine matches. However, they will take comfort from playing the second AFC Champions League: Qatari club hosts Saudi Arabia’s Al Hilal today leg of the quarter-final at their home stadium. Wanderers head coach Tony BY RIZWAN REHMAT receive one goal. The only way to The Al Sadd coach admitted his Popovic remains wary of the qualify is to score. If we play like camp was feeling the pressure as Chinese club, who still have DOHA: Former Asian champi- a team, then we can get a good were the home team fans. former Italian internationals ons Al Sadd will be looking for game,” he added. “Sure, we are all under pres- Alessandro Diamanti and Alberto an early goal in hope of over- Amute said he was pleased to sure (smiles) - the team, and the Gilardino available. turning a 1-0 deficit when they see Al Sadd - champions in 2011 fan, everybody is under pressure,” “There is no one getting car- take on Saudi giants Al Hilal - battle it out in front of a hostile Amute said. ried away in our dressing room,” in the return leg of their AFC crowd last week. “It is a big game. We have to Popovic said. “We have a slight Al Hilal Champions League quarter- “I think they (Al Sadd players) give all what we have - technically, advantage but we are just in front coach finals clash today. did good (in front of 63,500) fans). tactically and mentally. We have at half-time. Of course we antici- Last week, former champi- They were focused,” Amute said to play with character,” Amute Laurentiu pate a really difficult game, but ons Al Hilal relied on Salman Al when asked about crowd pressure said. Reghecampf they go home knowing they antic- Faraj’s second-half strike to beat last week. The Al Sadd coach was quick to is seen ipate a difficult game as well.” a resolute Al Sadd side in front of “And I think we defended well. point out that scoring goals would during The Chinese Super League side more than 63,000 fans at the King But we didn’t take too many remain key in today’s clash. a press are trying to become the first club Fahd Stadium. chances in the attack because we “I think we have to go forward conference since Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad in “If we can score in the first had only two people up front. I to score to qualify for the semi- at Al Sadd 2005 to successfully defend the 15 minutes, it will be good for us guess it is a home game and we finals. But we have to keep our Stadium Asian title. to continue the game,” Al Sadd will take more risks. I hope that balance - we have to keep good in Doha The winners will face either coach Hussain Amute said yes- we score from the opportunities balance in attack and defence. yesterday. last year’s runners-up, FC Seoul, terday. “It will be difficult if we we get,” the Moroccan said. If we receive (a) goal it will be or 2009 champions Pohang very difficult to score against Steelers in the semi-finals. Their a top side. I think we have to all-Korean quarter-final is still defend well and take some risks very much in the balance ahead in front,” he explained before add- of today’s return match at Seoul ing that his side was free of injury World Cup Stadium after a goal- concerns. less draw in the first leg last week. Al Hilal, the two-time Asian REUTERS winners, have not been to the semi-final stage of the continental leg - will be forced to open up the tournament since 2010 and two game tonight. AFC Champions League Quarter-final years ago they were eliminated “We saw that Al Sadd play too from the quarter-finals by even- much on the defence in the last Fixtures tual winners Ulsan Hyundai of game. They tried to close out our DOHA: Fixtures from the Asian Champions League Quarter-final Korea Republic. best players. I think tomorrow second leg matches (all times GMT): Yesterday, Al Hilal coach night they are going to open the Today Laurentiu Reghecampf seemed game,” Reghecampf. Quarter-final, second leg miffed at being asked to do the “They have to do that. They Al Sadd (Qatar) vs Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) (1600) mandatory press conference in have to score. I think our team Al Sadd coach the morning, just hours after his will have more open spaces to Al Ittihad (Jeddah) (Saudi Arabia) vs Al Ain (United Arab Hussain Amute side landed in Doha. score. That’s why I think we Emirates) (1750) directs his “We came yesterday (Sunday) will play very good and score,” Tomorrow team during a night. I think this is not the right he added. “We are not fearful. FC Seoul (Korea) vs Pohang (Korea) (1030) training session time for a press conference,” We have come here to win. We Guangzhou Evergrande (China) vs Western Sydney Wanderers FC at Al Sadd Reghecampf said. When asked to don’t have to fear any side. It is a (Australia) (1200) Stadium in clarify the concern, he added: “I football game. Everything is pos- Doha. don’t have nothing to say. What I sible. We are playing against a say is enough. It wasn’t very nice big team. We are also one of the “If we can score in the “We came yesterday to come for this press conference best teams in Asia. We have very first 15 minutes, it will be (Sunday) night. I think this is when we have training in the good players. The atmosphere is not the right time for a press night. I think that is not respect very good that’s why I am happy good for us to continue for us.” to play a good team,” Reghecampf the game. It will be diffi- conference. We saw that Al Turning his focus to the game thundered. cult if we receive one goal. Sadd play too much on the tonight, an angry Reghecampf hit “We have come here knowing The only way to qualify is defence in the last game. back: “I think the real game is on that we are playing against a big to score. If we play like a They tried to close out our the pitch and not before. And we team. They have good players. best players. I think tomor- are ready to give answers on the They played a very good game in team, then we can get a pitch.” Riyadh. We are ready for that. good game. I guess it is a row night they are going to He added: “I hope we are ready I think they are going to make home game and we will open the game. They have to for the game. And I am sure our changes. That’s why we have to be take more risks.” do that.” players are ready to play.” very careful. I think our team has Al Sadd coach Hussain Al Hilal coach The 38-year-old retired the power to win the game tomor- Amute Romanian international said Al row night,” the Romanian said. Laurentiu Reghecampf Sadd - trailing 1-0 from the first THE PENINSULA