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Thursday 27 November 2014 • 5 Safar 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6262 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Ministry survey Qatar win Gulf Cup on work habits sparks debate We are hardworking, say citizens

DOHA: An official survey have the household and children suggesting that Qataris spent to take care of. much less time on income-gen- Meanwhile, a senior offi- erating activities has kicked cial from the Ministry of up a row, prompting the Development Planning and planning ministry to issue a Statistics, said at a news briefing clarification. yesterday that the lower average Some public representatives working hours mentioned in the objected to the survey whose survey were the average for the findings on Monday said the country’s entire population and average Qatari spent barely a not for Qataris alone. few hours a day on income-gen- Economically active Qatari erating activities. men on average actually spend If Qataris didn’t work hard, eight hours and 11 minutes Qatar wouldn’t be where it is a day on income-generating today in terms of economic and activities and this average was social advancement, said a public seven hours and 26 minutes for representative. (economically active) Qatari Qatari players celebrate with the Gulf Cup trophy after defeating Saudi Arabia 2-1 in the final of the 22nd edition of the tournament at the King Mohamed bin Ali Al Athba, women. Fahad Stadium in Riyadh yesterday. member of the Central Municipal The survey on ‘time use’ was council (CMC), told local Arabic conducted on 16,574 men and daily Al Arab in remarks pub- women (both, Qataris and expa- lished yesterday he rejected the triates) in the country for the No immediate plan to cut expat New firm to survey’s results. first time, said Nasser Saleh Al “Citizens get up quite early Mehdi, head of Family Survey monitor quality in the morning and begin their Department at the Ministry. work which lasts until 2pm,” said The lower average released on workforce, say Gulf ministers Al Athba. Monday was for the entire popu- of taxi service It is not true, as suggested by lation consisting of both, economi- DOHA: The GCC states are didn’t propose an immediate cut in states, Al Humaidan said it is only the survey, that nationals spend cally active and non-active people, likely to adopt a unified mecha- the expatriate workforce in mem- a proposal and includes ideas for DOHA: With a phased increase more time sleeping and shopping, he said. nism to rationalise employment ber countries. further studies. No final decision in the number of taxis in the he added. Qatari students, on the other of foreign workers and regulate “What the ministers agreed has been taken on this issue. country, public transport com- “They go shopping once a hand, spent eight hours and 19 their movement within the mem- is not to reduce the percentage of “This study will be circulated to pany Mowasalat is planning to week, and mostly shopping for minutes studying. ber countries by mid next year. expatriate workers but on job ration- members countries for their feed- set up a new company to moni- them is done by their drivers.” These figures were for men. This proposal was discussed by alisation and employment of citi- back and in mid 2015 there will be tor the quality of taxi service, a “Go to the airport and see. You Female students devoted eight the GCC labour ministers at their zens by preparing them to replace a workshop to discuss their views senior Mowasalat official said will find Qataris working there for hours and 24 minutes to studies. just-concluded meeting in Kuwait. expatriates in a number of areas to know the trends in employment yesterday. eight hours at a stretch,” said Al These are the best averages in They, however, postponed approval through training and rehabilitation of foreign workers and their move- Currently four private compa- Athba. the world and not less than the of the proposal until mid 2015, programmes,” said Humaidan. ment within the member coun- nies, besides Karwa are operating And housewives don’t spend figures for the advanced coun- Saudi daily Al Iqtisadiya reported, Regarding a study presented tries,” said the minister. taxis and two more private com- so much time on entertainment tries, said Al Mehdi. quoting Bahraini Labour Minister by the UAE at the meeting on THE PENINSULA panies will soon enter the fray, as suggested by the survey. They THE PENINSULA Jameel Humaidan. The meeting reducing expat workers in GCC Continued on page 9 Ali Bahzad, director, Taxi and Limpousine Services at Mowasalat told the International Association of Public Transport conference at Qatar National Convention Center. Each of these private com- GCC approves Ferguson protests panies will be operating 800 taxis under a five-year agreement with unified police spread across US Mowasalat. Mowasalat is not likely to fur- KUWAIT: GCC countries FERGUSON: Police arrested scores ther expand its fleet of Karwa have eventually decided to have of people in cities around the United taxis and restrict them to the a unified police force to help States who were protesting a Missouri existing 1,200 to allow the fran- boost their internal security. The grand jury’s decision not to indict chise firms to expand their busi- regional police force will have its a white police officer for killing an ness, hinted Bahzad. headquarters in Abu Dhabi, GCC unarmed black teenager, authorities “The current Karwa fleet is Secretary-General Dr Abdullateef said yesterday, but the town where 1,200 with additional fleet of bin Rashid Al Zayani, said, QNA the shooting took place was a little about 3,000 from our franchises. reported yesterday. calmer. We would maintain Karwa taxi The ministers of interior of GCC Protests in Boston, New York, Los to 1,200 and will allow our fran- states yesterday gave green signal Angeles, Atlanta and elsewhere came on chisee family to expand business to the proposal to set up a com- a second night of street violence in the opportunity and add more taxis mon police force, Al Zayani added. St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, gradually to reach a total of 7,000 The Prime Minister and Interior where policeman Darren Wilson shot before Qatar hosting 2022 FIFA Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah to death 18-year-old Michael Brown on World Cup,” said Bahzad. bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani August 9. The shooting has highlighted Mowasalat has set up a taxi attended the meeting in Kuwait. the often-tense nature of US race rela- management office which is A study was conducted by the tions and the strains between black com- responsible for laying down qual- interior ministries of the GCC Demonstrators march to the City Hall as they protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict white police munities and police. ity standards for taxi service. This on the proposal to set up uni- officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, in St Louis, Missouri, yesterday. See also page 14 office functions like the Road fied police force after the GCC Transport Authority in the UAE, leaders at one of their Summits said Behzad, giving a presenta- approved it. THE PENINSULA tion on the salient features of taxi transport in Qatar. Vehicles on loans to be registered in buyer’s name THE PENINSULA Israel president Continued on page 9 DOHA: The Traffic Department taken on loan and hypothecated get the vehicle registered in his second after real estate that has blasts Jewish bill will discontinue registering to banks and financial institu- name. Such complexities in the been booming and it would be vehicles bought with bank loans tions will have to change the registration process with regard hit by inflationary pressure due TODAY’S EDITION OF TEL AVIV: Israel’s president, in the name of lending institu- ownership. to vehicles bought with bank to the new registration system Reuven Rivlin, has voiced his tions, from early next year. They will need to provide loans would be removed once the being introduced. A national told THE PENINSULA strong opposition to a contro- Such vehicles will instead be details of the loans taken and new system is implemented from Al Sharq that lenders would suffer INCLUDES versial new law that would registered in the name of the repayment schedules with docu- the start of 2015. under the new system as people define “national rights” in Israel buyer directly, a local Arabic mentary proof, after which a vehi- Banking sources said car loans could run away with cars bought as reserved for Jews only. daily reported. This means that cle’s registration will be changed. could now be given by banks as with bank loans. The “Jewish nation-state” bill for registration purpose, the traf- Under the current system, the personal loans where the salary The new system would, though, would recognise Israel’s Jewish fic authorities will not take cogni- road permit mentions if a vehicle of the borrower transferred is the make it easier for people crossing character, institutionalise Jewish zance of hypothecation—whether has been bought with loan from only guarantee of repayment. Car the border by road in their cars law as an inspiration for legisla- the buyer is an individual or a a bank or a financial institution. dealers, on the other hand, said as they wouldn’t need to produce GUIDEGUIDGUIDE NOVEMBER 2014 tion and possibly de-list Arabic as company. And once the loan has been repaid the new system would likely make authorisation letters from banks a second official language. Once the new system is in the buyer must get back to the bank automobiles more expensive. and the traffic department. GUARDIAN NEWS force, buyers of vehicles that are and seek a clearance certificate to The automobile sector is the THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME 60pc of graduates want PM attends meeting in Kuwait to pursue higher studies Seminar held for female engineering students

DOHA: Nearly 60 percent Engineering as part of a pro- believe that investing in education of Qatar University’s female gramme of initiatives supported today is essential to our country’s undergraduate engineering by Oryx GTL to help build the future, Dr Rashid Alghithani Al students are considering pur- National education capacity Marri, Head of Logistics, Oryx suing postgraduate education, required to deliver a knowledge GTL, told the audience of women a survey of students revealed economy, especially to enhance engineer students. “Being Qatari, recently. the prestige and attitudes toward I am really proud of myself for “Our job as educators is to research-focused education for getting a PhD. “Why should you make sure that we make you Qatar as a major component to go for masters or doctorate. Ask intellectual entrepreneurs,” fulfilling its National Vision 2030. yourself why shouldn’t you? The Professor Yousef Haik, Associate Qatar’s quest to become a global government has provided to all VP for Graduate Studies, Office research and development (R&D) Qataris everything you need. of the Vice-President and hub for the energy industry dates Other countries don’t have that Chief Academic Officer, Qatar back to 2006 when the government opportunity; you do have that University, told the audience of announced that it would allocate opportunity in Qatar. Take advan- 100 young student engineers. 2.8 percent of its gross domestic tage of it.” “My point of view is as long product (GDP) annually to pro- Dr Rashid Alammari, Dean, as you are capable of getting an mote research, technology and College of Engineering, Qatar advanced degree, whether outside innovation via the Qatar National University, and Dr Wyatt R Qatar or preferably in Qatar, you Research Fund (QNRF). The per- Hume, Executive Director, should pursue it as it’s not just centage is above the 1.9 percent Education, Training and affecting you personally, but it’s allocated by the UK government to Development, Qatar Foundation affecting the next generation for R&D relative to GDP in 2010 and Research and Development, the country.” equal to Germany’s 2.8 percent , also participated in the Student The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani visited Kuwait The Student Seminar was according to World Bank data. Seminar, which was produced by yesterday to take part in the 33rd meeting of GCC interior ministers. hosted in the New Library by “At Oryx GTL, we are passion- Gulf Intelligence. Qatar University College of ate about education and we truly THE PENINSULA WISH to support UHC Day DOHA: The World Innovation have access to health care without of Denham, Executive Chair Summit for Health (WISH), suffering financial hardship. This of WISH, said, “It is unac- a global initiative of Qatar essential human right is a corner- ceptable that over one billion Foundation, has committed its stone of sustainable development people currently live without support for the first Universal and global security. Yet currently, access to quality healthcare. Health Coverage (UHC) Day one billion people lack access to This basic human right should which will be observed on basic health care, and a further not be dependent on where you December 12. 100 million struggle financially to were born or what you do for The global day of recogni- access it. a living. To ensure real impact, tion is the first time the impor- In response to this challenge, it is vital that organisations tance of UHC has been given a WISH has established a Forum across the globe work together platform to galvanise support on Universal Health Coverage, to address this urgent health across the world. WISH will chaired by Sir David Nicholson challenge. stand alongside over 270 part- KCE CBE, former chief executive “As part of WISH, our UHC ner organisations from 64 coun- of the National Health Service Forum will look to deliver prac- tries, including World Health in England, which has grown to tical, evidence based methods for Organisation, Oxfam and Save become one of the world’s largest extending quality healthcare pro- the Children. publicly funded health services vision to the world’s poorest and UHC is the basic concept that since its launch in 1948. most vulnerable people.” Officials of Qatar University and Oryx GTL at the seminar. every person, everywhere, should Professor the Lord Darzi THE PENINSULA

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Minister to launch cleanliness drive

DOHA: The Minister of Environment H E Ahmed bin Amer Mohamed 18 women graduate from QRC’s Al Humaidi will launch the 10th National Cleanliness Campaign on Saturday. The campaign, which will focus on cleaning beaches and islands, will last two months in a step to improve the spirit of volunteer work, particularly in Springboard programme the field of protecting the environment. A number of state institutions and ministries will participate in the cam- paign, in addition to students from universities. The Ministry already set up a committee to plan and monitor the campaign. Members of poor families benefit from three-week course The committee includes representatives from different ministries such as Ministry of Interior, Defence, Municipality and Urban Planning, Supreme DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Education Council and Qatar Petroleum. (QRC) celebrated the gradu- QNA ation of the third batch of trainees in the Springboard programme aimed at empow- ering Qatari women. The programme is organised by QRC in cooperation with the British Council in Qatar and Springboard UK, for the goal of achieving professional, eco- nomic, and social empowerment of Qatari women. The three-week course was attended by 18 women from poor families in Qatar. The programme comprises four workshops that provide the par- ticipants with practical train- ing and activities in successful planning for their lives, priori- tisation, orientation, perfection, teamwork, and building of posi- tive relationships. They also meet with promi- nent figures from different walks of life, who share their success stories, the challenges they faced, and how they could overcome them. This can motivate them One of the graduates receiving her certificate during the graduation ceremony. toward dedication, persever- ance, and commitment to their Rashid bin Saad Al positively with different situa- which is an award-winner as the goals. Mohannadi Director of QRC tions, set and pursue clear goals best women’s personal develop- The programme is organ- Social Development Department for themselves, and enhance ment program, with its goals of ised under a memorandum of and Al Khor Branch, said that significant skills such as self- empowering women to achieve understanding (MoU) between this programme was a prod- confidence and balance between their potential and improve QRC and the British Council. uct of cooperation with such a work and personal life,” said their professional and personal During the two last courses, globally pioneering institution Manal Al Sulaiti, Head of QRC lives,” he said. the programme received 36 as the British Council, in line Community Development. N Q a trainee, thanked QRC women from QRC-associated with the concept of partnership Martin Hope, Country for giving her the opportunity to families, at a cost of QR76,000. with civil society organisations Director, British Council in participate in this course, which It is developed by two of the toward the sustainable develop- Qatar, said that the British helped her to overcome life dif- world’s top personal devel- ment of all segments of society, Council works hard to build ficulties, fear, and helplessness. opment consultants, Jenny particularly women, who consti- individual and institutional “Actually, I have great aspira- Daisley and Liz Willis. It was tute one half of society and the bridges between the UK and tions, and this course strength- launched in Qatar in 2009 in maker of the second half. Qatar, through exchange of ened my self-confidence and cooperation with the Qatari “Springboard is a highly knowledge and ideas in vari- uncovered my underestimated Businesswomen Association, the sophisticated professional devel- ous fields, including community creativity. I became able to sur- programme awards certificates opment program that provides partnerships. vive hardships and understand from Springboard UK and the housewives the opportunity “We are happy to partner things thoroughly,” she said. British Council. to communicate and interact with QRC in Springboard, THE PENINSULA Eight schools added to British Council’s ‘Kids Read’ programme

DOHA: ‘Kids Read’, a pro- have been held for children and Read academic year. During her gramme sponsored by HSBC parents to share the benefits of visit to Maymouna Independent Bank and developed by the reading. Primary School for Girls in Qatar, British Council, is being held Abdul Hakeem Mostafawi, she shared her popular stories for the fourth year in Doha. CEO of HSBC in Qatar said: and experiences with children, The programme is continuing “There is a saying that children teachers and parents through its drive to encourage children who read become adults who storytelling sessions and teacher and their families to read for think. With our investment training workshops. pleasure, in English, and this in the Kids Read programme, Martin Hope, Director of the year it has added eight schools we have been cultivating young British Council Qatar said: “We across the country; taking the minds to be great thinkers and are delighted to be working with total in Qatar to 24 participat- leaders in the future. As part of HSBC again to provide young ing schools. HSBC’s corporate sustainability Qataris and their families with Since the start of the pro- vision we recognise our responsi- the opportunity to read more gramme in 2011, ‘Kids Read’ has bility to invest in the communi- inside and outside their class- reached approximately 50,000 ties in which we operate and Kids rooms. Together we are com- children and directly engaged Read has successfully contributed mitted to providing high quality with 1,000 teachers across twelve to this investment over the past resources and training to help countries in the Mena region. three years.” children learn to read well as Over 17,000 story books have been The well-known children’s numerous studies show that donated to schools to either start author, storyteller and performer strong readers outperform their an English section in their library Julia Johnson visited a number peers in terms of exam results or to complement an existing of countries across the Mena and their future career”. collection and 150 family events region to kick off the new Kids THE PENINSUA

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Emir gets message Qatar moves 8 from Sudan president DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani notches up in has received a written message from President of the Republic of Sudan Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir, pertaining to bilat- world ICT index eral relations and issues of com- mon interest. The message was handed over by Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti at the Huge rise in household connectivity Emiri Diwan yesterday. BY SACHIN KUMAR ranks 166 countries according to Foreign Minister their level of ICT access, use and DOHA: Qatar is among the most skills. South Korea and Sweden meets Italian, dynamic countries in the world came second and third respec- in Information Communication tively. ITU’s index combines 11 Sudan ministers and Technology (ICT) develop- indicators into a single measure ment. It has achieved this feat that can be used as a benchmark- DOHA: The Foreign Minister by moving up eight places to 34 th ing tool and in tracking progress H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al position in the ICT Development in ICT development over time. Attiyah yesterday met Italian Index 2013 (IDI) released Other countries which have Defence Minister Roberta recently by the International made it to the club of most Pinotti. They discussed issues of Telecommunication Union dynamic countries include United Katara General Manager Dr Khalid Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, Polish Ambassador Krzysztof Suprowicz and Qatar Fine common concern. The Foreign (ITU). Arab Emirates, Fiji, Cape Verde, Arts Society Chairman Yusuf Al Sada and Polish Artists Association President Jacek Maslankiewicz during the Minister separately met his The index measures ICT Thailand, Oman, Belarus, Bosnia opening of the exhibition. Sudanese counterpart Ali Karti. access, use and skills, and includes & Herzegovina, and Georgia. such indicators as mobile cellular Bahrain, standing at 27th rank, Minister receives subscriptions, households with a emerged as the most ICT devel- computer, Internet users, fixed oped country in the Arab world. Polish art expo opens at Katara Mauritanian and mobile broadband Internet United Arab Emirates was ranked subscriptions, and basic literacy 32, Saudi Arabia 47 while Oman DOHA: Seventy-nine artworks and artistic scene by supporting fine arts with a long history in the envoy’s credentials rates. was ranked 52 in the index. by 17 of the most prominent art- local artists and attracting artists arts and with the Polish Artists “In particular, Qatar exhibits “The performance of GCC ists in Poland and Europe are from other countries to present Association celebrating 100 years DOHA: The Foreign Minister some of the highest increases in countries underlines the link featured at an exhibition which their experiences, which helps since its inception. He said next H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed household ICT connectivity. The between IDI and GNI (Gross opened on Tuesday at Katara local artists through exchange of year a number of Qatari artists Al Attiyah yesterday received proportion of households with National Income) per capita, with Building 13. experiences and skills. will feature in an expo in Poland a copy of the credentials of Internet stands at 96 percent high-income countries attaining The expo, supported by Katara, The exhibition follows the suc- to share their experiences in the Mauritania’s Ambassador to and the proportion of households higher IDI values,” said the report. was a result of cooperation cess of two previous expos organ- field. Doha Sidi Mohamed Laghdaf. with a computer at 97 percent in A recent report by ictQatar between Qatar Fine Arts Society ised in this context namely the Jacek Maslankiewicz, President The Minister wished the new 2013,” said ITUs’ ‘Measuring the showed that Qataris are not only and Polish Artists Association. It ceramics expo by Sudanese art- of the Polish Artists Association, ambassador success in his job Information Society Report 2014’. almost all very well-connected was opened by Katara General ist Dr Laila Mukhtar and just expressed his happiness with this and wished bilateral ties more The report is widely recognised at home, but have a multitude Manager Dr Khalid Ibrahim recently Iraqi-Canadian artist Al exhibition, which he said enabled progress and prosperity. as the repository of the world’s of devices at their disposal. Over Al Sulaiti, Polish Ambassador Al Mimar’s “Neigh in the Time of him to meet and exchange expe- most reliable and impartial global the period 2012- 2013, the own- Krzysztof Suprowicz and Qatar Silence” expo on Arabian horses. riences with a number of Qatari Qatar takes part data and analysis on the state of ership of devices such as mobile Fine Arts Society Chairman Polish Ambassador Suprowicz artists. global ICT development. phones and laptops increased Yusuf Al Sada. said the exhibition captures the This, he said, was the first time in Francophonie “The report identifies a group significantly within the country’s Dr Al Sulaiti stressed that strong cultural relation between he had been to an Arab country of ‘most dynamic countries’, mainstream population. In Qatar, organising the exhibition comes his country and Qatar through and was particularly impressed Summit which have recorded above-aver- the proportion of households with as an important part of Katara’s the cooperation between the two with the stunning evolution of age improvements in their IDI Internet stands at 96 percent and strategy to develop and deepen fine arts association from both Qatar’s art scene. DOHA: The Minister of Culture, rank over the past 12 months,” the proportion of households with artistic taste and identity. countries. THE PENINSULA Arts and Heritage H E Dr said the report. a computer at 97 percent in 2013. He said Katara will continue Al Sada lauded Poland as one of Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari Denmark topped the index that THE PENINSULA to work to enrich the cultural the leading European countries in headed to Senegal yesterday leading Qatar’s delegation to the 15th Francophonie Summit, due to be held in the Capital Dakar from November 29 to 30. The theme of this year’s AAB, Toyota create world record of largest SUV convoy Summit is “Women and Youth: Vectors of Peace and Actors in Development.” Participants will DOHA: To mark its 50th year of vehicles traversing through the dunes work on adopting an eight-year association with Toyota Motor of Mesaieed to cover a distance of strategic plan and a four-year pro- Corporation, Abdallah Abdulghani 34kms. AAB and Toyota rewrote gramme of activities to deal with & Bros Co (AAB) invited hundreds the existing record with 154 off-road the social, economic and politi- of residents who own off-road vehi- vehicles successfully completing the cal challenges particularly facing cles to break a world record for the event, after meeting the strict regu- women and youth. The Summit largest SUV convoy. lations of Guinness World Record will also adopt the first economic The “1 Nation 1 Record” campaign Representative. strategy for La Francophonie as aimed to form the world’s largest off- Takayuki Yoshitsugu, Chief well as a youth strategy. road convoy by organising SUVs into a Representative of Middle East QNA line that travelled a distance of 34km. & North Africa Representative UAE holds the previous Guinness office (Menaro) of Toyota Motor Al Fakhoora holds World Record in this category, after Corporation, and Ismail Yagan, PR 153 cars successfully drove 30km dur- Manager, also from Menaor were workshop in ing an off-road convoy event last year. also present along with hundreds of The convoy for the Guinness Toyota SUV owners. Amman Record attempt began with 411 Because the event celebrates DOHA: Education Above All’s (EAA) Al Fakhoora programme along with UNDP, UNICEF and UNWRA held a workshop on Monday and Tuesday in The off-road vehicles during the record bid. Amman, Jordan, to identify the recovery, reconstruction and Toyota’s legacy here in Qatar, site, with bouncy castles, face Murugan, Director of Sales and psychosocial needs of the edu- only Toyota SUV models where painting, food stands, games Marketing, AAB, concluded the cation sector in Gaza. allowed to enter the competition. and competitions for those who event with a thanking note. The workshop saw the three A “family zone” was set up on want to enjoy a day out. R K THE PENINSULA UN agencies operating in Gaza present a detailed overview regarding the situation on the ground in Gaza and the priority areas for interven- tion in the short to medium term, modes of implemen- tation of projects as well as the human resource needs. Based on the presentations and relevant findings Al Fakhoora will subsequently assess how it can provide assistance to education projects in Gaza. Farooq Burney, Director of Al Fakhoora, said: “This workshop has provided an opportunity to receive a comprehensive and updated overview of the recovery, reconstruction and psycho- social needs of the educa- tion sector in Gaza. Each UN agency has provided detailed information rel- evant to its specific area: development, children and refugees. This is important as it allows us to take stra- tegic action working with our partners in the areas which are most in need, and we are grateful to the recent donation received from the Qatar Development Fund which will enable us to put many projects into action.” THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Sidra Research Centre to host health experts from Sudan

DOHA: Sidra Medical and representatives from over 20 hos- to host such a substantial delega- Research Centre will host a pitals and healthcare institutions tion of colleagues from Sudan. One delegation of more than 100 in Sudan, including Professor Abbo of Sidra’s key pillars is education, obstetricians and gynaecolo- Hassan Abbo MD, FRCOG from and making world-class training gists from Sudan as part of the the University of Khartoum, who accessible to a broad pool of clini- joint Sidra Symposia Series- is a leading expert on fistula treat- cians is something we strive for Royal College of Obstetricians ment. Physicians will be offered in every event we bring to Qatar,” and Gynaecologists ‘Hot Topics a variety of training workshops said Sidra’s Deputy Chief Medical in Obstetrics and Gynaecology’ such as simulation debriefing and Officer Dr Joachim Dudenhausen. conference. It will take place early trimester ultrasanographic The three-day programme will in Doha from November 30 to diagnosis. They will also take part feature a series of special lectures, December 2. in conversations on issues of sig- interactive panel discussions, The aim of the event is to stim- nificance in the region like cer- hands-on workshops, interactive ulate a discussion and dialogue vical cancer prevention and the case studies and training courses. between international experts need to increase exclusive breast Over 30 international and regional about the future of obstetrics and feeding rates. experts will discuss topics ranging gynaecology and the profession’s “We are excited that our joint from patient safety to prevention development in the Mena region. meeting with RCOG is just a few of caesarean sections. The delegation comprises short days away and we are honored THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Gulf Cup victory celebration Restaurant blast QC team reviews hearing adjourned to December 16

DOHA: A lower criminal aid project court hearing the Istanbul Hala restaurant gas explosion case that killed 11 people and injured several others late last in Bethlehem February adjourned the matter to December 16. The court headed by judge Abdullah Ali Al Emadi asked Housing, education for Palestinians some of those injured to bring medical certificate at the next DOHA: A Qatar Charity del- were either partially or totally hearing to prove the extent of egation has carried out a field destroyed; having a significant their injury. visit to inspect housing projects positive impact on their lives. Only three of the injured who that are being restored and On the side-lines of the field appeared in the court yesterday rehabilitated in Bethlehem, visit, the delegation met with had brought medical certificates Palestine. Sheikh Hatem Al Bakri, Head of that showed their injuries to be The projects are being held the Islamic Charitable Society, minor — one to two percent in the framework of the third which directly oversees the imple- only. and final phase of the ‘Al Ra’id’ mentation of the programme. The The court of first instance in programme implemented in meeting included a number of Al Sadd which is hearing the collaboration with the Islamic Islamic charity staff and project case began hearing at 10am sharp Development Bank and the engineers, who are involved in and within 10 minutes the judge United Nations Development the restoration and rehabilitation ordered adjournment. Programme. project, in order to discuss the The court conceded the plea of The delegation included progress of work and any follow- a defence lawyer for one of the the Director of QC’s Palestine up developments and successes or accused that a police officer who office and Muhammad Raheel failures. Football fans celebrate the victory of Qatar team in the Gulf Cup on the Corniche last night. Qatar beat Saudi was one of the investigating offic- Musharraf’s of QC’s sponsorship The programme is the Arabia 2-1. BAHER AMIN ers depose as a witness during the programme, who visited a number result of a tripartite agree- next hearing. of houses that have been restored ment between QC, the Islamic in the refugee camps of Dheisheh Development Bank, Jeddah, and Guided tours for and Aida and the village of Artas the United Nations Development in the city of Bethlehem, as part Programme, designed to improve Qatar e-Nature includes mammals Ahmad’s expo of the Al Ra’id programme. the lives of the Palestinian people. QC is providing approximately The program is implemented in at Katara QR16.5m funding for the pro- three phases over three years, two DOHA: Qatar e-Nature, a free council will work through its rela- opportunity of the cooler months gramme, which is implemented of which have been completed to application created by Sasol in tions with both private and public ahead to go out into Qatar’s wild DOHA: Guided tours are being in three phases over three years, date. association with Friends of the schools to introduce this applica- areas and discover the beauty of held for Qatari artist Yousef two of which have been completed The agreement stipulates that Environment Centre (FEC), tion to the students and encour- its diversity.” Ahmad’s latest exhibition at to date. the IDB is the main financier of has now been updated to include age them to know and protect “The response to the Qatar Katara, as part of an education The programme is providing the programme, with QC contrib- mammals and reptiles that are their environment.” e-Nature application among programme on his work. aid to the Palestinians across uting $1.5m (around QR5.475m) found across Qatar. High quality photography, students, in particular, has been During one of the tours, the several areas, including housing annually with a total contribution Available in both Arabic and vivid descriptions and accurate fantastic,” said Marjo Louw, artist gave students insight into and restoration of housing, health of QR16.425m. English, the application, which data provide a simple means of President of Sasol Qatar, “We his exciting career, explaining and education, in addition to eco- QC follows the implementation was launched in December identifying and learning about extend our deepest gratitude to how his first job as an art teacher nomic empowerment and income- of the programme through its field last year, first focused on the the animals. Easy to navigate the Friends of the Environment at Qatar University inspired him generating projects. The amount office in Palestine and with the flora, birds and insects in the and rich in content, including Centre, with whom we worked to use many local materials in his of QR3.146m has been allocated support of the United Nations who country. a full range of bird call sounds, closely to develop the applica- artworks, and encouraged stu- within the framework of the pro- will implement the program in It is the first of its kind in the the expanded content provides tion, and the Supreme Education dents to do the same. gram for the rehabilitation and cooperation with competent local region and is available in applica- entertaining education for new Council for supporting our effort Titled Yousef Ahmad: Story restoration of 143 houses for poor institutions such as the Islamic tion stores for smartphones and and existing users. Users of the in expanding its reach within of Ingenuity, the exhibition families, helping to alleviate their Charitable Society and others. tablets. app can now discover mammals Qatar’s schools. Adding mammals highlights the Qatari artist’s suffering. The program aims to provide The Supreme Education like the Arabian Oryx. The com- and reptiles gives explorers of all body of work through a selec- The aim of the delegation’s assistance to poor Palestinian fami- Council (SEC) will lend its sup- prehensive update also features ages more to discover, right from tion of his most striking art- visit was to learn about the lat- lies, including QC sponsored fami- port by rolling out the applica- a comprehensive guide on the their smartphone or tablet.” works from his early career in est developments relating to the lies and covering several areas, such tion in all schools across Qatar. reptile species in Qatar, includ- Work is also underway to the 1970s until today. Yousef work of restoration and rehabili- as housing renovation involving the With the SEC’s support, the ing lizards and snakes. gather information about fish in Ahmad: Story of Ingenuity tation and to listen to the views of restoration of old and damaged application will enhance environ- FEC founder, Dr Saif Al Hajari, Qatar to add to this application. is located at the QM Gallery, the owners of these houses, their homes and rehabilitation including mental awareness at a grassroots said: “It was our intention from Users may visit the App Store, Building 10, Katara and on dis- circumstances and most urgent adding rooms, such as kitchens and level. the beginning that the application Google Play or the Windows play until February 14. needs. bathrooms, and providing necessary Fawziya Al Khater, Director of would be dynamic and continue to Phone Store to download the Schools can register for a The beneficiaries expressed furniture. And within the frame- the Education Institute at SEC, evolve. The addition of the mam- update, while the app will be guided tour by emailing publi- their sincere gratitude to QC, its work of the health sector, provision said: “The SEC is pleased to sup- mal and reptile data adds a new updated directly for users who [email protected], and partners and all those involved of health care, health insurance and port the efforts of Sasol and FEC dimension. We thank Sasol for have automatic updates. The the artist himself will be visiting in the project, which has made it emergency surgery for the benefit via the Qatar e-Nature applica- continuing its commitment to this information is also available on schools across Doha to give art possible for them to access decent of poor households. tion. Protecting nature starts partnership on Qatar e-Nature, www.enature.qa. workshops to students. housing again after their homes with understanding its value. 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Wyndham holds breast cancer Kulluna invites applications for child safety workshop DOHA: With a majority of actually use these seats, Kulluna The course will be held safety seat checkup event. instructions, proper use and awareness parents still ignorant about fix- (all of us) – Hamad Medical between January 11 and January To pass the combined quizzes, a installation of child restraints ing the child’s car seat and need Corporation (HMC)’s safety ini- 14. Interested applicants could candidate must answer at least 42 and safety belts and the ability to help to get it right, Kulluna, the tiative, in conjunction with Safe apply through http://kulluna.qa/ out 50 questions correctly, which teach parents and caregivers how programme national safety campaign, will Kids worldwide – is training vol- campaigns/car-seat-safetycpst/. means a passing score of at least to properly protect their family host its next Child Passenger unteers to become child car seat The course and all official 84 percent. on the road. DOHA: Wyndham Grand Safety Technicians (CPST) technicians and instructors. written documentation and Instructors will test the candi- According to Kulluna, more Regency Doha, in collabo- work shop in January. Anyone above the age of 18 correspondence for CPST cer- dates with three hands-on skills than half – some 54 percent – of ration with Qatar Cancer The CPST is being held by years is eligible to register for tification are only available in assessments, and will award a deaths among children up to four Society, hosted a “Think Pink” Kulluna most importantly that the course, but its compulsory to English. grade of either pass or fail fol- years old in Qatar are caused by breast cancer awareness event proper use of child car seats could attend every part of the course, The course combines class- lowing each assessment. traffic accidents, but with the recently, inviting breast can- prevent deaths and serious inju- earn passing grades for three room instruction, indoor and The checkup event includes proper use of child carseats, cer survivors to give their tes- ries among children due to road sets of tests with written quizzes, outdoor hands-on activities, analyzing the skills learned many of these deaths are entirely timonials and share their life traffic accidents. hands-on skills assessments and skills assessments with car seats during class, the ability to fol- preventable. changing experiences in hon- To encourage parents to a checkup event. and vehicles, and a community low event procedures and THE PENINSULA our of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The event was customised in all things pink from ribbons Al Dana Green Run on Saturday and balloons to a buffet and gift items offered to all participants. Cabinet nod for formation Colleagues and associates from Wyndham Grand Regency Doha and Qatar Cancer Society joined together to show their support of tenders committee and to learn about the disease and how to create awareness within DOHA: The Deputy Prime on modifying the formation of the community. Minister and Minister of State for the water resources permanent Guests like Sandee Thompson Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin committee. and Lenny Lopez also opened Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud The meeting agreed a draft up to share their stories. “I had chaired yesterday the Cabinet memorandum of understanding the perfect cancer,” said Sandee meeting yesterday. Al Mahmoud with the government of Algeria in Thompson. “I was able to save said the Cabinet reviewed top- the field of export development and my life by having a mammo- ics on the agenda, taking a set of approved a draft agreement in the gram done at an earlier age decisions and measures. field of air services with Mexico. than doctors recommend. If I The Cabinet approved a draft The cabinet reviewed amending had not done the mammogram Cabinet decision on the formation some provisions of Qatar Financial I would not be standing here of a committee for tenders at the Center Law No. 7 of 2005. It also today.” Ministry of Youth and Sports. The discussed a report by the head Lopez added “I have been can- committee shall assume the pow- of the Tax Appeal Committee of cer-free for eight years. I faced ers of the committees of the central the Ministry of Finance, review- so many obstacles; I did not cry and local tenders, stipulated in the ing the committee’s work in the when I was told about my diag- law regulating tenders and auctions first six months of 2014. The com- nosis, but when I had to tell my promulgated by Law No. (26) for mittee reviewed 35 complaints son I might die the tears kept the year 2005, in respect of tenders and produced 16 reports. The falling.” and auctions related to the ministry. cabinet discussed a report by the Listening to the survivors of It approved a draft decision to Ministry of Transport on the out- breast cancer generates a real Doha Bank will be host its 10th Al Dana Green Run on Saturday at Aspire Zone. This year, the event will include form a committee for tenders at comes of the 27th session of Arab appreciation for the strength of participation from a group of workers. The run will kick off at 1pm and will cover a 3-km circuit around Khalifa the Ministry of Transport. The Transport Ministers’ Council held survivors and potential for a cure. Stadium. Participants can register at www.dohabankmarathon.com. cabinet also approved a proposal in Alexandria last month. THE PENINSULA by Minister of Energy and Industry QNA THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 HOME / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Regime air strikes kill 95 in Syria Syrian minister meets Putin

BEIRUT: Syrian regime air retreat in Sochi yesterday. strikes on the Islamic State But the content of the closed- group stronghold Raqa have door discussions was not revealed. killed at least 95 people, while Ahead of the talks, Russia’s a delegation from President foreign ministry said the issue of Bashar Al Assad’s government “mending the political process” held talks yesterday with key would be high on the agenda. ally Russia. Two rounds of UN-brokered The bombing Tuesday was the talks were held in Switzerland in deadliest by Assad’s air force early 2013. Both ended without in Raqa since fighters from the agreement. Sunni extremist IS seized the city After yesterday’s meeting, last year and declared it their Russian news reports quoted capital. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov More than half of the dead as saying no new talks were pos- were civilians, according to the sible at this time. Syrian Observatory for Human “If you think that a conference Rights. will be announced similar to the It was unknown how many one that was held in... January jihadists were killed. this year with the participation of Raqa was the first and only 50-odd states, thousands of jour- provincial capital lost by the nalists, bright lights, there won’t An image grab taken from a video made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Raqa yesterday shows smoke rising from burning cars following an regime, and was later overrun by be such a conference,” Interfax alleged air strike by Syrian government forces in the Islamic State (IS) group controlled Syrian city of Raqa. IS, which has used it as the head- quoted him as saying. quarters for its self-proclaimed Lavrov blamed “external inter- “caliphate” straddling Syria and ference in the Syrian conflict” for neighbouring Iraq. undermining the prospects for The multi-sided Syrian con- new direct negotiations. Iraqi troops battle IS in Ramadi, Kirkuk flict has killed more than 195,000 A former leader of the National people and forced millions from Coalition, Moaz Al Khatib, is BAGHDAD: Iraqi security Shandukh said, adding the gov- has since been overrun by IS, yesterday morning against three their homes since it began three reported to have held talks at forces and allied tribesmen were ernment complex area was now prompting warnings it could fall villages west of the city of Kirkuk, and a half years ago as an uprising the Russian foreign ministry on battling yesterday to defend being defended by security forces completely. sparking fighting that lasted for against Assad’s regime. November 7. the governor’s office in Anbar and hundreds of tribesmen. Iraqi security forces wilted hours, Rasul and two other offic- The government has stepped The coalition, which has been province capital Ramadi from Another officer, Colonel Salah under the initial June IS ers said. up air strikes against IS-held internationally recognised but an attack by the Islamic State Arrak Al Alwani, also confirmed onslaught, but are now backed IS managed to seize one village, towns in the north and east in lacks influence in Syria, has jihadist group, officers said. fighting in central Ramadi, and by US-led air strikes, interna- but Kurdish forces backed by air recent months, with most of the voiced scepticism about prospects Kurdish peshmerga forces said it had been going on for nine tional advisers, Shia militiamen strikes later succeeded in retak- casualties reported to have been for progress. also engaged in hours of heavy hours. and Sunni tribes, and have begun ing it. civilians. The delegation from Damascus fighting in Kirkuk province in “If we lose Anbar, that means to claw back some areas. One policeman and five pesh- Raqa has also been the target of was also expected to push for the northern Iraq against IS, which we will lose Iraq,” the province’s Kurdish peshmerga forces have merga, including a colonel and repeated air strikes by the US-led delivery of long-sought S-300 spearheaded a major offensive in governor, Ahmed Al Dulaimi, also battled IS across a front the son of a Kurdish politician, coalition fighting the jihadists. anti-aircraft missiles. June that overran key parts of the told Al Anbar television from stretching from the border with were killed and 28 wounded in the Syria’s exiled opposition In September, Putin said their country. Germany, where he is recovering Syria to Iran, sometimes in con- fighting, officers and a doctor said. National Coalition condemned delivery had been suspended “We are defending and pro- after being wounded by a mortar cert with federal forces and other When federal security forces the strikes as a “brutal massa- without saying why, though the tecting the governmental com- round in September. times alone. crumbled under the weight of the cre”, warning that “many seem decision came after Israeli Prime plex” in Ramadi, said police “I will very soon be with the Yesterday, the peshmerga held June offensive, Iraq’s autonomous now convinced that Assad is the Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Colonel Hamid Shandukh, add- tribes and the security forces in off a major attack by IS forces in Kurdish region took control of a major beneficiary” of the coalition visited Russia to ask Moscow to ing militants were within a few Anbar to fight” the Islamic State the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, swathe of disputed northern ter- strikes” against the jihadists. halt the shipments. hundred metres (yards) of the group, Dulaimi said. officers said. ritory it wants to incorporate In Russia, a Syrian delega- After the meeting, Lavrov was governor’s office. Parts of Ramadi and all of “They are targeting Kirkuk and against Baghdad’s wishes. tion headed by Foreign Minister quoted as saying “Russia will The fighting began when sol- Fallujah, to its east, have been they want to control the oil sites,” But IS turned its attention Walid Muallem held talks with continue helping Syria protect diers and police pulled back from outside government control said peshmerga Major General north in August, driving Kurdish Assad’s key ally President itself against terrorism,” without Al Hoz, an area that stretches since the beginning of the year, Westa Rasul. troops back toward their regional Vladimir Putin at his Black Sea elaborating. AFP from Ramadi’s south to its centre, but much more of the province The attack began early capital Arbil. AFP

60 nations to meet Yemen unrest over IS on Dec 3 BRUSSELS: Foreign ministers Netanyahu defends from up to 60 countries form- ing the US-led coalition against Islamic State militants will hold Jewish State law their first meeting next week in Brussels, US officials said yes- terday. The December 3 meeting JERUSALEM: Prime Minister “not understand the interest of will be chaired by US Secretary Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday this law.” of State John Kerry. REUTERS defended his government’s sup- “Placing the state’s Jewish port for a proposal to enshrine character before its democratic in law Israel’s status as the character puts into question Mowasalat plans national Jewish homeland, its principles in the declaration after criticism from President of independence, which stated to add 300 public Reuven Rivlin. Israel’s Judaism and democracy Critics say the move — backed were values of equal importance,” buses every year by the cabinet on Sunday — will Rivlin said during a speech in the come at the expense of democ- southern port city of Eilat. Continued from page 1 racy and institutionalise dis- Israel’s identity is already crimination against minorities, contained in its 1948 declaration “A new company is to be including Arabs. of independence, according to launched to manage and moni- “The aim of this law is to the Israel Democracy Institute, tor quality of taxi service in the guarantee the future of the which said the new proposal country,” said Bahzad. He said a Shia Houthi fighters ride a truck outside the house of Sunni tribal leader Sheikh Sadiq Al Ahmar in Sana’a Jewish people on its land,” fails to emphasise “commit- unified call center (UCC) for all yesterday. Five people were killed in clashes between Houthi fighters and members of the Sunni Al Ahmar Netanyahu told parliament, hit- ment to the equality of all its the taxis will be launched soon. clan in Sana’a early yesterday. ting back at “those who want to citizens”. In another presentation on question the national right of Netanyahu insists the law Qatar’s Bus Action Plan 2015- the Jewish people (to live on) would balance Israel’s Jewish and 2020, Mohammed Bashar Ourabi, this land.” democratic characteristics. Strategic Planner at Mowasalat On Tuesday, President Rivlin, The country’s parliament, the said that Mowasalat plans to add UN nuclear watchdog needs who also hails from Netanyahu’s Knesset, is to vote on the proposal 300 public buses every year taking rightwing Likud party, said he did on December 3. AFP the total number of buses to 1,900 by 2020. This is in an addition to the school buses being operated more funds for monitoring Iran by Mowasalat. The total number of buses including school buses is VIENNA: The UN atomic exchange for limited sanctions of about ¤6.5m to cover its extra No move to cut number of expat workers expected to rise from the existing agency will need more funds easing, will remain in force. It was Iran-related costs. 3,000 to 8,000 by 2020. from member states to help designed to buy time for the talks Because of the deal’s political The Bus Action Plan also pay for its monitoring of an on a final settlement. importance, diplomats have said Continued from page 1 includes increasing the number of extended interim nuclear deal The International Atomic there should be no problem rais- He added that no final decision has been taken on movement of bus depots to six and bus stations between Iran and six world Energy Agency (IAEA) has ing the required funds. expatriate workers within member countries. It will be finalised after to 11. Currently there is only one powers, it said yesterday. seen its workload increase “Taking into account the exten- the study. bus depot and one bus terminal. Iran and the United States, under the preliminary accord, sion period, additional contribu- The Kuwaiti Minister of labour and social affairs Hind Al Subaih “A main challenge for future France, Germany, Britain, China, including its inspectors visit- tions will be required,” senior also said that there is no decision to reduce the number of expatriate is to reduce the travel time for and Russia failed to meet a ing Iran’s uranium enrichment IAEA official Serge Gas said in workers. bus passengers, which at present November 24 deadline for resolv- facilities of Natanz and Fordow an email. “The agency will com- GCC still needs expatriate workers as they are implementing major is not impressive, to effectively ing a 12-year-old dispute over daily, compared to about once municate with member states as development projects, the minister was quoted as saying. compete with private cars,” Iran’s nuclear programme and a week before. The preliminary soon as we identify our needs.” The ministerial meeting agreed on job classifications and the uni- said Ourabi. The three day gave themselves until the end of accord was initially due to run The UN agency’s “verifica- fied GCC employment guide which has been developed and revised. UITP public transport for large June for further negotiations. for six months from January but tion effort in Iran has doubled” The guide will be used on an experimental basis throughout next year, events summit and showcase As a result, a preliminary first extended in July and again under the interim accord, IAEA said Humaidan. and UITP Taxi Conference and agreement reached late last this week. Director General Yukiya Amano The guide includes all professions in the GCC and their classifica- Showcase will conclude today. year, under which Iran halted its It earlier this year asked for told the United Nations General tion and description in line with international standards. It deals with THE PENINSULA most sensitive nuclear activity in voluntary financial contributions Assembly this month. REUTERS citizens as well as expatriates. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 10 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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RESIDENT Reuven Rivlin is the latest Israeli politician to oppose Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial ‘Jewish nation-state’ bill. The bill is aimed Pat stripping Israeli Arabs of their key rights. It would recognise Israel’s Jewish character, institutionalise Jewish law as The law may have spoken but an inspiration for legislation and de-list Arabic as a second official language. It is being promoted vigorously by Netanyahu and his rightwing supporters and was approved by the Israeli cabinet on Sunday. As expected, it has attracted fierce criticism from all over Ferguson verdict is not justice the world, including the US and the European Union. “What is the point of this bill?” Rivlin asked, adding: “Does BY GARY YOUNGE exonerated. The grand jury decided bare the limits of what constitutes this bill not in fact play into the hands of those who seek to there was not even “probable cause” success in the post civil-rights era. slander us? Into the very hands of those who wish to show that T IS customary, when distur- to put him on trial. As the website Racial disparities are simultaneously even among us, there are those who see contradiction between bances follow a verdict of the kind FiveThirtyEight points out, this is very so brazenly displayed and denied that our being a free people in our land, and the freedoms of the non- delivered by theFerguson grand rare. The Bureau of Justice reveals the country risks imploding under the Jewish communities in our midst?” Ijury, for those in authority to that in 2010 US attorneys prosecuted burden of its history, even as it trum- buttress their appeals for calm with a 162,000 federal cases, and grand juries pets its achievements in overcoming Some prominent politicians have spoken against the law. higher calling: the rule of law. Without declined to return an indictment in that same burden. Yesterday, former defence and foreign minister Moshe Arens it there would be chaos; only through just 11. So those who misunderstand the condemned the new legislation. The centrist parties have it can there be order. As President The fact that most people nonethe- verdict as an isolated incident are threatened to vote against it when it comes before parliament Barack Obama said on Monday: “We less expected such a verdict – Ferguson doomed to misunderstand everything next week. are a nation based on the rule of law was effectively under military occupa- that flows from it: from the riots, jus- Netanyahu and his rightist colleagues are pushing Israel into a so we need to accept that this was the tion for the last week in anticipation of tifications, denials and rationalisations special jury’s decision to make.” the disturbances that would inevitably to the calls for calm and expressions dangerous spot. The Jewish state is facing international isolation The trouble is that the United occur when Wilson walked – simply of rage. For this was never just about under him, and Western public support for his government’s States, for far longer than it has been illustrates how much of a sham the one teenager, one policeman, or one illegal actions is dwindling. The Jewish bill will do more damage a “nation of laws”, has been a nation of whole process has been.There is a verdict. than good. Israel has been priding injustice. And in the absence of basic glaring exception to these odds: police On Sunday a black 12-year-old, itself on its democratic credentials, justice such laws can amount to lit- officers involved in shootings. An inves- Tamir Rice, was shot dead by police trumpeting that it’s the only tle more than tigation by the Houston Chronicle dis- in a playground in Cleveland after he The Jewish codified tyranny. covered that a Houston police officer went for his fake toy gun. Three days nation-state democracy in a region of autocracies. When a white hasn’t been indicted by a grand jury earlierAkai Gurley, 28, was shot dead Democracy advocates inclusion; cop,Darren in Harris County, Texas, since 2004; in his stairwell in Brooklyn. A neigh- bill which equality of all citizens is its basic Wilson, shoots between 2008 and 2012 grand juries bour called the cops, not realising that principle, and discrimination destroys an unarmed in Dallas have indicted just one officer it was a cop who shot him. The New Netanyahu has its very foundation. The bill will make The fact black teenager, involved in a shooting. York police department apologised, Michael Brown, So when it comes to the lethal use of admitting the shooting was “acciden- Israeli democracy unique – one that introduced will that people dead and then is force the police do not just constitute tal”. In St Louis alone two young black divides citizens and creates walls, not indicted, the a special category, but a protected and men have been shot by police since do more harm very much unlike the European and expected a contradiction is elevated one. In this “nation of laws” Brown’s shooting. American models Tel Aviv has been white cop like glaring. For a those charged with enforcing the law Nor is it a morality play in which a than good to bragging about. world where it evidently operate above it, while the decent, black child is slain by a mali- By pursuing an aggressive rightist is not only legal judiciary exists not to mediate between cious, white cop. The inherent nature Israel. Darren Wilson for people to the police and the public but to defend of the injustice was not systematic agenda, Netanyahu is closing the to escape trial shoot you dead them from the public. (Wilson had never discharged his gun door on a two-state solution. With while you walk And they employ these privileges before), but systemic. He operates in Netanyahu’s 20-month-old, right- shows the down the street, with great prejudice. According to an organisation where few police are wing coalition looking increasingly shaky and talk of early but where they analysis by ProPublica, black kids are sanctioned for killing black youths; and elections growing, all the constituent parties are trying to shore process is a can do so in the 21 times more likely than their white in a culture where armed white men up their base. The threat to Netanyahu comes from nationalist name of the law, counterparts to be killed in police can cite their fear of unarmed black sham. is one in which shootings. If white youths were killed men as a defence. A fear so intense groups on the far-right, and so he has sought to head off their some feel they by police at the same rate they would that they have to shoot them. Have challenge. have nothing to die at a rate of more than one a week. to. Since, apparently, no other possi- Israeli politicians must realise that their rightward shift have lose. And, in the Together these statistics, along with ble outcome was possible. He “had the profound, long-term consequences. The last round of peace talks words of James Baldwin: “There is discrepancies for stop-and-search, most intense aggressive face”, Wilson between Israel and the Palestinians was called off in April, after nothing so dangerous as a man who sentencing, incarceration and execu- told the grand jury. “[He] was like a has nothing to lose. You do not need tion, set police power and black life at demon, that’s how angry he looked.” nine months of largely fruitless discussion. The Palestinians said 10 men. Only one will do.” opposite ends of a value system which “A system cannot fail those it was Israel was not meeting its commitments on settlements and It is through this chasm, between is not only morally indefensible but, never meant to protect,” wrote the prisoner releases. Since the collapse of the talks, Israel has been the official claim to an impartial legal ultimately, socially unsustainable. The black intellectual WEB Dubois. The aggressively building more settlements against all international system and the reality of endemic sight of a split screen – with the first verdict has met the low expectation of opposition. The global support for Palestinians is on the rise, racial injustice, that Wilson made his black president appealing for calm on many African Americans. The law has especially from Israel’s allies. Netanyahu is actually making escape, with the flames of Ferguson one side, and alienated black youth spoken; justice has yet to make itself in hot pursuit. For Wilson was not looting and burning on the other – lays heard. THE GUARDIAN Palestinians’ work easy. Letters

SEC must review its child evaluation system

ARLIER this year I moved year of study according to the report of knowledge, as it is currently based grade higher than the SEC letter indi- hence will get bored at school. readmitted to that schooling system to Qatar and submitted my cards, irrespective of how far they had on the home country’s report card. A cated). We now have the problem that 3. This creates extra work for the based on the grades passed in Qatar. kids reports to the SEC for completed the current year. common test administered by the SEC the school cannot register the child on teacher to occupy a child at a different My request is for the SEC to please EEvaluation at the Evaluation 2. The education systems around the should suffice in this regard moving the SEC database and the only way that academic level in the same class. re-look at the process of evaluations, Institute in C-Ring Road. I had submitted world differ, and therefore, a Grade 2 in forward. they can do this is to demote the child 4. The child is affected psychologi- and up until a time that the SEC has all report cards as well as transfer letters South Africa (10 year education system) 5. Age of child is not taken into con- to a lower grade and thereafter register cally as you are telling them they are their own test that they can adminis- from the school in my home country of cannot be compared to a Year 2 in Qatar sideration, as only completed report them. The above process has the fol- not good enough for the current grade ter and a common way of assessing South Africa. The SEC then issued a (12 year system). cards are used. lowing drawbacks : (which they are – reports and tests prove the children’s abilities, they should not letter for each child indicating which 3. The Evaluation institute does not During admission at the school, and 1. The child has already completed this). enforce the rules currently imposed on grade the child will need to register for in take into account the different academic due to the lack of a common assess- most of the first term at the higher level 5. The child is now elder than the the schools regarding registration of the coming academic year (2014-2015). year cycles (January to December in the ment tool by the SEC as indicated (or rather appropriate level) and now has other kids in the grade that they are kids. I am sure there are hundreds of My problem with the above process southern hemisphere). above, the school conducted their own to move to a lower grade, purely due to being demoted to. kids who are affected by this unfortunate is as follows : 4. The Evaluation institute does admission test based on the ages and administration issues. 6. In the event that the child has situation of being demoted. 1. The Evaluation institute has graded not have a uniform way of assess- report cards of the children. They were 2. The child will be doing subject mat- to return to the home country, they in Imraan Peerbhai, them according to the last “completed” ing the child’s capabilities and level then placed accordingly into classes (a ter that was already covered previously, effect lose out 2 years of schooling when Concerned parent! THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 QATAR PERSPECTIVE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Saudi Arabia, the GCC and Egypt

terrorist aggressions, led by the DR MUHAMMAD SALEH AL MISFER settlements and leaders of the Zionist state, and to work hard towards protecting Jerusalem ike everyone inter- to successfully bridge the gap in from Israeli violations. ested in the affairs of the GCC and brighten the pros- We, the countries of the GCC, the Gulf and the Arab pect of a bright future based on have all the means of strength and countries in general, good intentions and knowledge of coercion if we have the political and since the start of the dangers that surround us all. will; all we should to do is share Lthe Arab Spring from Tunisia on Thanks are also due to H H our duties in order to serve our January 4, 2011, I have observed Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al interests and the interests of our the role of the Gulf media in that Thani, the Emir of Qatar, for greater Arab and Islamic nation. revolution. his excellent handling of the cri- It is not right that we antago- Some believe that the well- sis that arose between the three nise all Islamic movements, and known Gulf media organisation GCC member states and Qatar, I put a special emphasis on the Al Jazeera played a positive role which led to the withdrawal of word “all”. We should not have in conveying facts about the the ambassadors of the three animosity for nationalists or lib- popular revolution in Tunisia countries from Doha in March erals, because we need them all. and other Arab countries that 2014; and for working with his What we ought to do is improve were swept by the winds of the counterparts, the Saudi king our dealings with these groups Arab Spring. Others argue that it and the Emir of Kuwait, for the instead of clashing with them. By had a negative impact; and both return of the ambassadors and cooperating with all forces, we sides have their reasons to sup- normalcy in the bloc. will be able to defeat terrorism port their opinions. In January 2002, during the and uproot it. I am not trying to play the GCC summit in Muscat, King When the Gulf states’ deter- role of an analyst on the subject Abdullah made a very important mination was in accord in 1973 of Arab media’s support for the statement: “We do not go beyond and they used the oil embargo to Arab Spring and who were for or the truth if we all recognise, and achieve their goal of freeing occu- against it. However, without any I don’t exclude anyone, that we pied Arab territories, they were doubt, Al Jazeera was extremely have done wrong against our victorious. If it wasn’t for some influential. greater nation when we allow our Arab leaders they would have What prompted me to say Arab and Islamic relations to be liberated Palestine that year, but what I have said above is the based on suspicion and mistrust President Anwar Sadat let them address by the Custodian of instead of honesty and directness; down; may God reward him with the Two Holy Mosques King as we seek help from the West what he deserves. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz some and have forgotten those who are My final word for us, Gulf days ago to Egyptians. He called near.” A file photo of GCC leaders during one of their summits. people, is to collectively agree on on intellectuals and the media in Today we don’t go beyond the achieving our interests without Egypt to work towards achieving truth when we say we were wrong spiteful or envious rivalry. Let’s convergence, which aims to end in our dealings with each other in beginning of the Arab Spring of the Two Holy Mosques, may Abdullah. Therefore, it has to come together for truth. In the all disputes, whatever their rea- the GCC. Today we have turned in late 2010, we realised many God protect him, to our broth- fulfil its duties by first releasing end, the security and safety of sons. Wisdom, as the king said, around to take the correct path achievements at the political level ers in Egypt, says, “I appeal to all Al Jazeera journalists detained our countries and the sovereignty is the “goal of the believer”. Do due to the efforts of the three unprecedented in the history of the Egyptian people and its lead- for no fault of their own, and lift- of our homelands will not be those engaged in private and offi- leaders, King Abdullah, Sheikh Gulf diplomacy. Some might say ership to strive with us for the ing the siege on the Gaza Strip achieved without our unity, love cial Egyptian media realise the Sabah of Kuwait, and Sheikh they were negative achievements success of Arab solidarity as we forever to allow aid from people for each other and cooperative importance of what was said by Tamim. Now we must build a while others may disagree, and I have always known you to be sup- in the Gulf to reach their broth- work. We should not allow any His Majesty? I hope so. bright future for the children of do have my opinion on this but portive of collective efforts.” ers trapped in their own home- defamer and slanderer to have a I have no better words than this sensitive part of the world. this is not the time to discuss it. Here I say that Egypt’s effec- land. After all, it is not right for privileged position in the midst to say, “Thank you, Custodian I want to remind every deci- However, when we disagreed, we tive role and esteem are unques- Arab Egypt and Israel to treat of our rulers. of the Two Holy Mosques”, and sion-maker and every influential lost Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Yemen tionable since it plays a key role the people of Gaza the same way. “Thank you, H H Sheikh Sabah person that when Saudi Arabia, and Libya while we reclined hap- in directing Arab solidarity as Finally, we request Egypt to The views expressed in the articles on this Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE were pily in our sofas. advocated by the Custodian of support the people of Jerusalem, page do not reflect the viewpoint of the newspaper. Emir of Kuwait”, for what you did united and in agreement at the The appeal of the Custodian the Two Holy Mosques, King who are exposed to atrocious

KHALID AL JABER Only reform will wean away youth from violence n June 7, 1494, the two big- was covering the television screen Violence in Arab world gest powers of the time, ABDUL AZIZ AL MAHMOUD to avoid looking at some scenes, OSpain and Portugal, signed which I felt were too insensitive. the Treaty of Tordesillas, which I wondered why was it broadcast ow to handle all the madness associated with violence in divided between them newly dis- forming odd newborn countries. and what was the benefit from it? the Arab world? It is as if the “spring” was just waiting covered lands outside Europe. I won’t give examples but the Is it to spread terror? Maybe! Hto explode in our faces, with all its historical, religious, The Pope in Rome then blessed Arab Spring occurred to fix a It is clear that the youth indulg- sectarian and ethnic manifestations. It is built on excluding the this agreement, which sliced the mistake that was made 100 years ing in violence reached the state other, exiling him and killing him in cold blood. world into two halves; the old ago. The tragedies, wars, blood- of desperation waiting for the The phenomenon of resorting to violence is old; it goes back to world with all that it contained, It is difficult to shed and humiliation we have world and their rulers to reach the time of Cain and Abel, when the sacrifice was accepted from including people, mountains, land, seen are similar to the experience out to them and look after them. Abel but not from Cain. The latter, instead of thinking about it water and air, was the property control a group our ancestors went through 500 They chose to express their anger and finding out the reasons, threatened to kill his brother, and of the king of Portugal; and the that feels it has years ago. and discontent in this bloody way eventually killed him. new world with everything in it I wonder sometimes, how long as if it is a message of death sent Psychologist define violence as a belonged to the king of Spain. been oppressed will we remain vulnerable to to the world: “You either stop behaviour resulting from frustra- This agreement blessed the for many decades interference? And what is the way messing with us or we will mess tion; some of them describe it as a The remedy for killing of the defeated, confisca- and try to out of our weakness? with you.” behavioural pattern that results to tion of their wealth and the viola- It is difficult to determine the It is difficult to control a group frustration, accompanied by ten- violence lies in tion of their honour. Based on it, convince it by road map out of the humiliation that feels it has been oppressed sion and containing a long-last- Spain sent fleets to control South saying that there that we are currently suffering. for many decades and to try to ing deliberate intention to cause fostering a culture America, where many massacres is no need for However, some have decided that convince it by saying that there is physical or mental harm to a living took place. Massacres proudly the best ways are fighting, forcing no need for violence when it feels thing, or a substitute thereof. of non-violence recorded by the victor while for- violence. and demonstrating strength, as that it is a victim of violence. At Leo Buck Sundy, a psychol- gotten by the conquered people. done by some regimes. But this this stage, I really don’t see any ogy researcher, conducted anal- through the This led to the extermination method is not accepted by the alternative except real reform ysis on the family tree of the of a large percentage of the indig- afterwards and never-ending general public because its con- that will wean away those who famous Russian writer Fyodor psychological, enous population through sick- conflicts have claimed the lives sequences will definitely worsen have embraced violence or are Dostoyevsky. He discovered a long ness, hunger, and subjugation. of many people. Citizens of many their lives. going to adopt it. However, the lineage of criminals and saints; spiritual and They were removed from history countries suddenly found them- After trying hard, I was able world has decided on its own way some of his predecessors were and the world map by the force selves under emergency mili- to watch “Though the unbelievers to resolve this issue, which is saints while others were crimi- intellectual of arms. They had to leave their tary rule without their consent. are averse”, broadcast by the local like a closed circle burning from nals, and his aunt had killed her homes and settle in mountains Random borders were created government. It is a clip that is within. husband with poison. faculties that allow until they were mostly eliminated. that divided families and tribes, extremely hard for me to watch; I Therefore, he put forward the Their descendants got their rights hypothesis that the biological the individual only in the late 20th century after foundation was the same in both some of them came to power in cases. However, the difference lies to adopt a non- some Latin American countries. in the choices that one makes in violent attitude in In the East, where Portugal life. The temperamental side of possessed the entire ancient Dostoevsky’s family was dedicating his personal, social world, carnages that are difficult time to idealism, which produced to describe took place. Like Spain, saints, while at other times it was and political life. Portugal used the Inquisition in the complete opposite, producing large parts of the world while it criminals. evangelised people by force or On the other hand, this hypoth- burned them alive, even killing esis pushes us to the conclusion that the same person can be a them in ways that can be devised saint and criminal at the same time. Pointing out that we are all only by a demonic mind. This descendants of Cain and that’s why we have a tendency for violence occurred in the coast of Africa, and the desire to eliminate our enemies (i.e. the desire to murder India, the Asian archipelago and is either conscious or unconscious) exists in all of us. the Gulf region. Though some of us excel in controlling desires, therefore become This story has been repeated Abel-like, others surrender to negative feelings such as envy, several times throughout history; revenge, anger and hatred, and become Cain-like. most recently after the Sykes- Gusdorf says: “The dual ego of ‘I and the other’ is composed in Picot Agreement of 1916, which the form of a conflict. Human nature is characterised by selfish- divided the Arab world into its ness; therefore, for survival it becomes a must to eliminate the currently known states. Several other who is a threat to its existence. This is due to the human state models were negotiated until reality that consists of dissimilar socio-psychological combina- the two aforementioned individu- tions of races, which makes a person, according to Hobbs, “a wolf als chose one that satisfied them against his fellow man.” and their greedy governments. Violence is a negative behavioural disorder that only results in The massacres that took place more violence. The treatment lies in fostering a culture of non- after the Sykes-Picot weren’t violence through the psychological, spiritual and intellectual facul- as bad as the massacres of the ties that allow the individual to adopt a non-violent attitude in his late 15th century. However, the A file photo of rebels from Jabhat Al Nusra waving their brigade’s flag as they stand on a Syrian air force helicopter personal, social and political life. wars that the region experienced at Taftanaz air base in Idlib province, which was captured by the rebels. THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Egypt court France wants jails 78 minors over pro-Mursi to fight terror demonstrations CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced 78 minors to between two and five years in prison for taking part in demon- with Egypt strations calling for the return of ousted president Mohammed Mursi, judicial sources said. Sisi, Hollande talk business in Paris The authorities have engaged in a crackdown on Mursi’s sup- PARIS: France yesterday that this crisis can be solved porters since his overthrow by urged Egypt to continue its purely by force,” added the source. the army last year, with hun- path towards democracy, as Sisi called for the international dreds jailed in mass trials which visiting President Abdel Fattah community to “support the insti- the United Nations has described Al Sisi sought to restore his tutions, the authorities and the as “unprecedented in recent country’s reputation with his national army” in Libya. history”. first European tour after a Meanwhile, Hollande vowed Yesterday, a court in the deadly crackdown on opponents. to “do everything to ensure that Mediterranean city of Alexandria “We want the process to con- the rule of law is reestablished sentenced 78 teenage boys aged tinue, a process of democratic and prevent terrorism becom- from 13 to 17 for joining Muslim transition which respects the ing entrenched in the south that Brotherhood rallies during the roadmap and allows Egypt to suc- threatens the whole region.” past three months, a judicial offi- ceed fully,” said French President Hollande and Sisi also talked cial said. Francois Hollande at a joint news business, with France hoping to “The 78 minors, members of conference after talks with Sisi. sell Mirage 2000 combat jets to the Muslim Brotherhood, were Hollande called for a “clear” the Egyptian military. arrested for participating in relationship between Paris and French shipbuilder DCNS Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi (left) with French President Francois Hollande during a joint press conference protests organised by the group Cairo after talks that focused on has already signed a contract after their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, yesterday. calling for the downfall of the the fight against Islamist extrem- estimated at ¤1bn to supply regime where they blocked ists as well as several bilateral four Gowind-class corvettes to roads and transportation, business deals. Egyptian forces. and frightened citizens,” state “We have to act together to “This deal opens doors because agency MENA also reported. fight against terrorism,” stressed it is prompting enormous interest Egypt cabinet okays draft Egyptian authorities have clas- Hollande. in the Gulf countries,” a French sified the Muslim Brotherhood Sisi arrived from Italy, where government source said. as a ‘terrorist organisation’ last he was hailed as a “strategic part- The pair also inked a multi- December. ner” of Rome and Europe, in the million-euro deal to develop the anti-terrorism legislation Since the army ousted Islamist latest sign of Cairo’s international metro system in Cairo and the president Mohammed Mursi in rehabilitation. Egyptian delegation will meet top CAIRO: Egypt’s cabinet economy after Mubarak’s fall. The proposal must be approved July 2013, the government has This is partly due to shared French business officials on the approved yesterday a draft The draft legislation, however, by a judicial advisory body before launched a bloody crackdown problems and enemies, notably second day of the trip. anti-terrorism law that would would help enshrine the security Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who as head against his supporters leaving at the lawlessness in Libya and the Amnesty International France give the government blanket crackdown in the criminal code by of the armed forces ousted Mursi least 1,400 dead and more than challenge posed by the Islamic called on the French authori- power to ban groups on charges permitting authorities to classify in July 2013 and was elected pres- 15,000 jailed. Several Brotherhood State group’s deadly insurgency ties not to sell weapons to ranging from harming national groups as “terrorist” according ident in May this year, can sign figureheads, including Mursi him- across Syria and Iraq. Cairo because of human rights unity to disrupting public order. to a long list of offences, some of it into law. self, are facing trials in several Sisi hopes to coordinate concerns. Authorities have cracked down them non-violent. Egypt declared Mursi’s Muslim cases punishable by death. an international response to Ahead of the talks, a French hard on Islamist, secular and lib- “A terrorist entity is consid- Brotherhood a banned terrorist About 200 hundred supporters fighting in Libya between gov- source stressed that the issue eral opposition alike since the ered any organisation... which organisation last December and of the Islamist movement have ernment-backed troops and of human rights would not be army toppled elected Islamist practices or seeks in any way to Egyptian courts have sentenced been sentenced to death after Islamist militias. ignored. “We are aware of ten- president Mohammed Mursi last disrupt public order or exposes hundreds of the group’s mem- speedy mass trials. Hollande has described Libya’s sions, of journalists impris- year after mass unrest against society’s integrity, interests or bers to death in mass trials that An Egyptian committee inves- descent into chaos after the 2011 oned and repression which goes his rule, dashing hopes for a more security to harm,” the draft leg- have drawn strong international tigating political violence made a overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi well beyond the fight against robust democracy stirred by the islation reads. criticism. rare break yesterday with judi- as his “major concern”, sounding terrorism.” fall of longtime autocrat Hosni Any group designated as ter- The Brotherhood formally cial support for heavy-handed the alarm over what Paris has As Sisi left for a meeting with Mubarak in 2011. rorist would be dissolved, the renounced violence as a tool of state tactics, recommending termed a “terrorist hub”. the head of France’s parliament, The government already has draft stipulates. It also allows for political change decades ago and the government should amend The Egyptians “have the feeling a handful of protesters attempted broad security powers and has the freezing of assets belonging to has denied any link with increased a law restricting protest. The that they weren’t heard in 2011 to unfurl a banner reading: “No to been able to exercise them largely the designated group, its mem- Islamist militant violence follow- government-ordered inquiry is when they warned of the dangers the murderer’s visit” before being at will — jailing thousands of bers and financiers. ing Mursi’s exit. investigating acts of violence of a Western intervention. They moved on by police. Mursi supporters and more The government is already able But Sisi’s government does not after the army toppled President hope to be heard today,” said a The Egyptian leader recently many leading lights of to seize Brotherhood assets based distinguish between it and mili- Mohammed Mursi in July 2013 French government source. also launched an appeal to the 2011 uprising — because of on a specific court order; the new tants based mainly in the Sinai and cracked down on his Muslim “They believe we need to re- French tourists to visit the many Egyptians’ weariness with legal draft would ease such action Peninsula. Brotherhood supporters. intervene in Libya but we doubt country. AFP lawlessness that crippled the against other groups. REUTERS AGENCIES

Bahrain jails Egypt opens Rafah crossing to let Palestinians reach Gaza

12 for jailbreak GAZA: Egypt opened the to 4pm (0500-1400 GMT) today. Rafah border crossing yester- Impatient to return home, DUBAI: A Bahraini court has day for the first time in a month hundreds of Palestinians swiftly sentenced 12 people to up to to allow thousands of stranded started to cross as soon as the 15 years in prison after they Palestinians to return to the border offices opened. took part in a jailbreak earlier Gaza Strip, border officials said. “The situation was very dif- this year. However, the frontier remained ficult. People ran out of money, Two inmates who escaped from closed in the other direction, others were sick, it was tough for Jau prison in April were jailed for making it impossible for the vast everyone. Some went to mosques 15 years along with four accom- majority of Gazans to leave the to sleep because they had no plices, Northern Governorate densely populated Mediterranean money,” said Fadwa Almoghrabi, Attorney General Hussain enclave. who was stuck in Cairo for 20 Al Bouali said in a statement on The Rafah crossing was shut days on her way back from visit- Tuesday’s sentencing. on October 25 after Islamist mil- ing relatives in the Gulf. The others received prison itants in Egypt’s adjacent Sinai Travellers said a combined 11 terms ranging from five to seven region killed 33 members of the hours of openings would not be years, according to the state- security forces in some of the enough to allow the thousands of ment published by the official worst anti-state violence since stranded Gazans to return. BNA news agency. Seven of the Islamist president Mohammed Rafah is the only major bor- defendants, including the two Mursi was toppled in July 2013. der crossing into the impover- inmates who escaped, were also The month-long clo- ished Gaza Strip that does not go convicted of possessing “unli- sure marooned around 6,000 through Israel, which also block- cenced” weapons. Palestinians in Egypt and third ades the territory. The pair were being held over countries, while around a thou- Gaza is controlled by the mili- their alleged involvement in Shia- sand people in Gaza are desperate tant Islamist group Hamas, which led protests in early 2011 that to get out for medical treatment has long had ties to the Muslim were crushed by the government. in Egypt, officials in Islamist- Brotherhood that was ousted They were caught two days after ruled Gaza say. from power in Egypt when Mursi their escape, which prompted the Egyptian state television said was overthrown. Hamas’s rela- dismissal of the Gulf kingdom’s A Palestinian woman returning to Gaza carries her child at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the outbound traffic would be allowed tions with the current Egyptian prisons chief. from 12pm to 4pm (1000-1400 government are tense. southern Gaza Strip yesterday. AFP GMT) yesterday and from 7am REUTERS Popular Lebanese singer Sabah passes away at 87

BEIRUT: Iconic Lebanese beloved as both a singer and a as well as folkloric ballads, though also performed on the stage and to Najib Shammas, who fathered singer and actress Sabah movie star who was never afraid it was her light-hearted style that on television, will be remembered her son, Sabah. Her daughter (pictured) died yesterday aged to challenge social convention. endeared her to fans. almost as much for a tumultuous Huwaida was born from her 87, after a seven-decade career Born Jeanette Gergi Feghali on She was also an icon of the big love life that at times threatened union with Egyptian violinist and a colourful love life that kept November 10, 1927, she later took screen, launching her career in to overshadow her reputation as Anwar Mansy. Her other hus- her in the headlines until the end. the screen name Sabah (Morning Egypt, the centre of the Arab film a performer. bands included Egyptian televi- A glamorous platinum blonde in Arabic) but was affection- industry, and appearing in more She is believed to have tied the sion presenter Ahmad Faraj and and one of the Arab world’s best- ately known by the diminu- than 90 movies, including her first knot at least nine times, though Lebanese member of parliament known divas, Sabah died in the tive Sabbuha, or the nickname “The Heart Has One”. the precise figure has been dis- Yusef Hammoud. Her marriage hotel where she lived just out- Shahrura (songbird). She starred alongside many puted, ensuring that her pri- to Abaza lasted just days, but the side Beirut, her manager Joseph She began performing in the Egyptian heart throbs, includ- vate life was perpetually in the longest of her unions, clocking in Gharib said. Her death was major 1940s, earning a reputation for ing Rushdi Abaza, one of several headlines. at 17 years, was to Lebanese artist news in Lebanon, where Sabah is her renditions of patriotic songs men she would marry. Sabah, who Her first marriage, in 1946, was Fadi Lebnan. AFP THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Zimbabwe VP Fears over Crimea military build-up ousted from Cash machines dry up in Donetsk party post in KIEV: Nato’s top military com- Ukraine to establish a land corri- mander said yesterday he was dor to Crimea, which was annexed succession war “very concerned” that Russia’s by Russia in March. HARARE: Zimbabwe’s vice military build-up in the annexed “We are very concerned with president has been ousted from Crimean region could be used as the militarisation of Crimea,” the ruling party’s leadership a launch pad for attacks across Breedlove said following meetings after a sustained campaign led the whole Black Sea region. with Ukraine’s top political and by Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace, US General Philip Breedlove’s military leaders in Kiev. as the battle to succeed the long- comments come amid fears in Kiev “The capabilities that are being serving president heats up. that Russian-backed rebels will installed in Crimea ... are able to Joice Mujuru came under attack try to grab more land in eastern exert influence over the entire after Grace Mugabe accused her Black Sea,” he said, highlighting of corruption and fomenting fac- the influx of cruise missiles and tionalism which is threatening to Lithuania may surface-to-air rockets. tear apart the ruling ZANU-PF Russia’s defence ministry said party. yesterday that it had deployed She has also been accused of supply arms a batch of 14 military jets to plotting to assassinate the presi- Crimea as part of a squadron of dent, as factions within the party to Ukraine 30 that will be stationed on the jostle for power when 90-year-old peninsula. Mugabe steps down or dies. VILNIUS: Lithuania may Breedlove also repeated accu- Yesterday, it emerged that supply weapons to Ukraine sations that Russian troops were Mujuru’s bid to seek reelection as part of military aid it inside east Ukraine “training, to the ruling party’s central com- promised to help Kiev fight equipping, giving backbone” to mittee was foiled when ZANU-PF pro-Russian separatists, the rebel forces, as Ukraine’s mili- rejected her election papers ahead Lithuanian defense minister tary said several more columns of a key party congress next week. told Reuters in an interview of military hardware and troops “A number of other ZANU-PF yesterday. were spotted crossing over the bigwigs linked to her nefarious “All things should be on the border from Russia on Tuesday. activities to oust President Robert A Russian orthodox priest blesses a SU-27 SM fighter jet on the airfield of Belbek military airport outside Sevastopol. table,” Lithuanian Defense Moscow fiercely rejects any Mugabe also (failed) to make it,” Minister Juozas Olekas said claims that it is involved in the Ten Russian SU-27 SM and four SU-30 fighter jets arrived in Crimea yesterday. the Herald newspaper said. when asked whether the Baltic fighting in east Ukraine but gives Mujuru and powerful Justice state could support Ukraine open political backing to the of Donetsk, life for ordinary peo- the establishment yesterday. In a sign that the meas- Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa with weaponry. rebels, who now boast the heavy ple grew harder as cash machines There are no more money trans- ures could be starting to bite, were seen as the leading con- “We’ve agreed (with weaponry of a regular army. dried up after Ukraine’s central fers here,” said Valery, a worker Ukraine’s military said the tenders to replace Mugabe, the Ukraine) that they will check Meanwhile, deadly clashes bank gave the order Tuesday to at state-run Oschadbank. number of people leaving the firebrand who has been in power what they need and we will between government forces and shut down the banking system The move is the latest step insurgent area over the past day since independence from Britain check what we can send them, the separatists rumbled on, with in areas controlled by the rebels. by Kiev to cut off the separatist increased 10-fold to 5,677. in 1980. and then we will find a final Ukraine’s military saying two A journalist saw dozens of peo- territories following a November Some one million people have But several of her close aides conclusion - what we can do, soldiers were killed in the past ple queue up outside banks in the 14 decree by President Petro so far fled the fighting in east have been suspended ahead of the how we can support,” he said. 24 hours. biting cold in the vain hope of Poroshenko to halt all state Ukraine, with the majority head- congress, in what appears to be REUTERS On the ground in east Ukraine, withdrawing money. services including schools and ing over the border into Russia. a purge. in the beleaguered rebel-held city “We received the order to close hospitals in the conflict zone. AFP The battle escalated following Grace Mugabe’s surprise nomina- tion to lead the powerful women’s wing of ZANU-PF, prompting speculation that she wanted the top job herself. Bulgaria charges seven over IS support Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest Spain health minister leader, is expected to be confirmed SOFIA: Bulgarian prosecu- and “inciting war” between July wanting to join IS fighters in Syria as party chief at the congress, but tors yesterday charged a con- and November, deputy chief pros- and Iraq. the fight for positions on the pow- quits in graft scandal troversial imam and six others ecutor Borislav Sarafov told a Ahmed was already twice given erful politburo could be decisive with inciting jihad and accused press conference yesterday. jail time, including as recently as for the campaign to succeed him. the group of serving as a link He showed journalists videos of March, for promoting radical ide- Mujuru’s failure to win a place MADRID: Spain’s Health planned to ask Mato whether for Westerners seeking to join Ahmed and the other defendants ology in mosques, conferences and in the central committee means Minister Ana Mato resigned she knew the provenance of gifts Islamic State fighters. posing in white T-shirts sport- cafes. But he remained free pend- she all but ceases to be in the yesterday after an investigating received by her family while she Ahmed Mossa Ahmed, a ing the IS symbols. Other videos ing appeal. party’s top leadership even before judge accused her of benefiting was married to Sepulveda, the Bulgarian imam in a tight-knit contained preachings by Ahmed On yesterday, his lawyer Elvira the congress starts on December from a kickback scheme that court ruling said, such as family Roma neighbourhood in southern as well as IS leader Abu Bakr al- Pankova told public BNR radio 3, although she remains vice presi- has already damaged Prime hotel stays, car rentals, flights, Bulgaria, was detained Tuesday Baghdadi praising IS jihadists in that her client said he “was not dent at least until then. Minister Mariano Rajoy’s luxury goods and family parties. along with five men and one Syria and urging an Islamic war. guilty of the charges.” “We are witnessing something People’s Party (PP). Unlike Sepulveda, Mato has woman in a massive operation According to Sarafov, Ahmed The office of the country’s strange in ZANU-PF where all of Mata stood down a day before not been charged, but yesterday’s by police and prosecutors that had followers from Roma Muslim Chief Mufti, the spiritual leader us who were in the struggle are Rajoy is due to argue for anti-cor- court documents named her as included a raid on a mosque. communities in Germany, France of Bulgaria’s Muslims, mean- being accused of trying to assas- ruption legislation in parliament, a suspected beneficiary of crime. They have been charged with and the Netherlands and the while distanced itself from the sinate the president,” said Rugare seeking to lift flagging support for The PP itself was also named “preaching the ideas of the ter- Bulgarian group was serving as suspects. Gumbo, a party veteran who was his party before an election year. as a suspected beneficiary of the rorist Islamic State (IS) group” a link for western Europeans AFP suspended as spokesman after Spain’s High Court has charged kickback scheme in an earlier being accused of conspiring with Mato’s former husband, Jesus stage of Ruz’s investigation. Mujuru to topple Mugabe. Sepulveda, of receiving more Ruz’s investigation has uncov- Mujuru, 59, went by the name than 500,000 euros ($625,000) in ered a web of payments made Teurai Ropa (Spill Blood) when kickbacks in exchange for pub- to PP politicians in return for she served in Mugabe’s guerrilla lic works contracts when he was business contracts, damaging Romania leader’s brother under house arrest forces during the war against mayor of a Madrid district and the government’s credibility at a white minority rule in the former married to Mato. time of acute economic hardship BUCHAREST: A Romanian The president’s 60-year-old months in jail by the Supreme Rhodesia. The health minister, widely rid- for many Spaniards. court ordered yesterday the brother and the man who alleg- Court in May 2014. After independence in 1980, she iculed for her handling of Spain’s The bill Rajoy is due to advo- brother of outgoing president edly delivered the cash, Marian The case has been an embar- served in a series of ministerial Ebola crisis earlier this year, pro- cate in parliament includes Traian Basescu released from Capatina, had asked several times rassment for Traian Basescu, who posts until being appointed vice tested her innocence in a state- restrictions on party financing. custody and placed under house to be allowed to be detained at made fighting corruption a cen- president in 2004. Mugabe hinted ment but said she did not want Surveys indicate that corrup- arrest during his trial on charges home rather than in jail. trepiece of his 10-year presidency. then that Mujuru was destined for her continued tenure to damage tion is the second-biggest concern he accepted bribes to influence a Anti-graft prosecutors allege He repeatedly denied any higher things. the government or the party. for the electorate after unemploy- mobster’s case. Mircea Basescu, whose trial began knowledge of the bribes and fought But in recent months the “The ruling in no way accuses ment, and that disillusionment Mircea Basescu has been November 14, used his ties to the off demands from the opposition country’s most powerful woman me of any crime,” she said. “It sig- with the two main political par- detained since June over suspi- president to convince crime boss for his resignation. has been displaced by Mugabe’s nals that I had no knowledge of ties has fueled support for a rising cions he took a €250,000 payoff in Sandu Anghel that he could get The judiciary in the poor EU 49-year-old second wife, a former any crime that could have been leftist newcomer, Podemos (“We 2011 to intervene on behalf of a him a lighter sentence. member state has stepped up its secretary, amid speculation that committed.” Can”). crime boss on trial for attempted Anghel was ultimately sen- fight against high-level graft in he could be grooming her to take Investigating judge Pablo Ruz REUTERS murder. tenced to eight years and nine recent years. AFP over. AFP

Sheepish protest Russia postpones Polish priest, other hostages Proton-M launch freed from CAR abductors due to defect YAOUNDE: Fifteen announced Dziedzic’s release and MOSCOW: Russia’s space Cameroonians and a Polish said “his condition isn’t perfect agency said yesterday it was priest kidnapped by suspected but he’s feeling fine and there is postponing the launch of a Central African Republic mili- no threat to his life.” Proton-M rocket carrying a tants in September and October He was “en route to the Congo satellite in order to correct a have been released, officials said capital Brazzaville, where he is to defect, in just the latest problem yesterday. spend the night”, foreign ministry to ground the rocket. A statement from Cameroon’s spokesman Marcin Wojciechowski The glitch was yet more bad presidency said an operation by told reporters. news for Russia’s troubled space the country’s security forces had Wojciechowski said Dziedzic industry, which earns millions led to the release of the 15 local was freed following negotiations of dollars from the launches of hostages kidnapped on September involving several countries, includ- Western and Asian commercial 20 and October 24 by “a Central ing those in the region, and inter- satellites. African armed group” as well as national organisations. He singled The rocket had been due to take the Polish national. out the role of France, which has off carrying a Russian satellite on The 15 Cameroonians were peacekeepers deployed in the Friday from the Baikonur cosmo- kidnapped in eastern Cameroon, country in a bid to stem ethnic drome, which Russia rents from while Polish Roman Catholic priest and sectarian violence there. Kazakhstan. Mateusz Dziedzic was abducted The priest from the Polish The space agency Roscosmos on October 12 in western Central town of Tarnow had been living in said it had found a problem in the African Republic. The two coun- Baboua, in western CAR, when he controls of the Briz-M upper-stage tries share a border. was kidnapped at night by armed used with the Proton-M rocket. Further details were not men. The men said they wanted It said a commission had given on the operation or the to trade him for one of their decided to halt preparations for Cameroonian hostages, and it was leaders detained in neighbouring the launch and move the rocket Sheep are seen in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg during a demonstration by shepherds against a not clear if any ransom had been Cameroon, according to the Polish into a test zone to correct the law that protects wolves. Some 100 attacks by wolves on sheep have been counted in 2014 in the Vosges region. paid. branch of the Vatican’s Pontifical problem. AFP Poland’s foreign ministry also Mission Societies. AFP THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Wintry weather Ferguson protests spread across US causes travel Police arrest scores in cities havoc in US FERGUSON: Police arrested a thousand demonstrators. NEW YORK: More than 3,000 scores of people in cities around Wilson said he was acting in flights were cancelled or delayed the United States who were self-defense and his conscience yesterday in the US northeast as protesting a Missouri grand was clear. He told ABC News that a winter storm delivered freez- jury’s decision not to indict a there was nothing he could have ing rain and snow ahead of the white police officer for killing done differently that would have Thanksgiving holiday, one of the an unarmed black teenager, prevented Brown’s death. But the year’s biggest travel weekends. authorities said yesterday, but parents of the slain teenager said A wintry mix was falling in the town where the shooting they did not accept the officer’s Boston, Philadelphia, New York took place was a little calmer. version of the events. and Washington, according to the Protests in Boston, New York, “I don’t believe a word of National Weather Service, which Los Angeles, Atlanta and else- it,” Brown’s mother Lesley forecast “havoc” for travelers along where came on a second night of McSpadden told “CBS This the east coast from the Carolinas street violence in the St. Louis Morning” yesterday. up through New England. suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, Tensions between police and The storm is not predicted to where policeman Darren Wilson black Americans have simmered leave more than an inch or two shot to death 18-year-old Michael for decades, with many blacks of snow. Brown on August 9. The shooting feeling the US legal system and But with the American has highlighted the often-tense law enforcement authorities do Automobile Association predict- nature of US race relations and not treat them fairly. For exam- ing 46.3 million Americans will the strains between black com- ple, blacks account for dispro- travel 80 kilometres or more for munities and police. portionate percentages of the the holiday, most by car, the bad There was less violence on the overall prison population and of weather could create big problems streets of Ferguson than on the the inmates sentenced to death. on highways. previous night, as the deployment The crowds in Ferguson were By last afternoon, 597 flights had of some 2,000 National Guard smaller and more controlled than been cancelled and another 2,537 troops to the area helped police on Monday, when about a dozen were delayed. The most affected prevent the rioting, looting and businesses were torched and oth- airports were Philadelphia, arson that erupted on Monday ers were looted amid rock-throw- Thousands march in protest on the streets of Washington DC after a grand jury decision not to prosecute a white Newark in New Jersey and night. ing and sporadic gunfire from police officer for the killing of an unarmed black teen in Ferguson, Missouri. LaGuardia in New York. Police made 45 arrests in protesters and volleys of tear Reagan National Airport in Ferguson from Tuesday night gas fired by police. More than 60 Washington was also impacted. into early yesterday for offenses people were arrested then. threw water bottles and other Reed said protesters also threw BMO Harris Bradley Center, United Airlines reported aver- ranging from a couple of dozen “Generally, it was a much bet- objects at officers outside city rocks at police cars and dam- where the Milwaukee Bucks were age delays of 90 minutes at JFK misdemeanours for unlawful ter night,” St. Louis County Police police headquarters and later aged property, including a bank playing an NBA basketball game, International in New York and assembly to five for assaulting Chief Jon Belmar told reporters obstructed both sides of a down- and a taxi cab. No officers were police said. No arrests were made. 190 minutes in Newark and law enforcement officers. Thirty early yesterday, adding there was town freeway with makeshift hurt, the mayor said, adding the In Oakland, California, protest- LaGuardia. of the arrested listed Missouri very little arson or gunfire, and roadblocks and debris, authori- city police force used a strategy ers set rubbish on fire in the mid- Flight traffic at Boston’s Logan addresses and one was from that lawlessness was confined to ties said. of “available force with a light dle of a street and swept onto a airport was also disrupted. Berlin, Germany, police said. a relatively small group. Atlanta police made 24 arrests touch.” downtown stretch of Interstate Thanksgiving, celebrated each In other cities, demonstrators In New York, where police used Tuesday night, including some in “I’m not going to have the city 980, briefly halting traffic. year on the fourth Thursday in marched through city streets, pepper spray to control the crowd a group of about 150 people who of Atlanta look like it’s under Four people were arrested for November, is a popular US holi- sometimes blocking traffic and after protesters tried to block the broke away from an otherwise martial law,” he said. blocking a roadway in Denver, day. Americans gather with family scuffling with police. Police in Lincoln Tunnel and Triborough peaceful protest of more than Two Milwaukee police offic- where police said several hundred for a big meal that traditionally Boston said yesterday 45 peo- Bridge, 10 demonstrators were 1,000 people and blocked traffic ers suffered minor injuries on people turned out for a protest features roast turkey, cranberry ple were arrested in protests arrested, police said. on a downtown freeway, Mayor Tuesday when they tried to stop march. sauce, sweet potatoes, and pump- overnight that drew more than Protesters in Los Angeles Kasim Reed said yesterday. protesters from entering the REUTERS kin pie. AFP Top contender for Pentagon job bows out Britain unveils tough

WASHINGTON: A former sen- the Pentagon, wrote to the board “family-related,” the source said. Foreign Policy. “After much agoniz- ior US defence official touted as of the think tank she leads and The Foreign Policy website first ing, we decided that now was not anti-terror bill the most likely candidate to suc- founded, the Center for a New broke the news. the right time for me to re-enter ceed Chuck Hagel as Pentagon American Security (CNAS), say- Flournoy’s withdrawal presents government. The good news is that LONDON: Britain yesterday documents of people thought to be chief has taken herself out of the ing she would not be taking up the a potential headache for President you all are stuck with me for the unveiled draft legislation to ban going abroad to engage in terror- running, a source familiar with position. Barack Obama as he searches for indefinite future!” extremist preachers from uni- ism and relocate terror suspects the situation said on Tuesday. “I can confirm she has writ- a candidate that can gain accept- Flournoy told board members versities, increase surveillance to different parts of the country. Michele Flournoy, 53, was con- ten to the CNAS board informing ance from lawmakers from both that family health considerations on suspected radicals and stem David Anderson, the independ- sidered the frontrunner for the them she has taken herself out of parties. had influenced her decision to the flow of jihadists joining the ent reviewer of anti-terror legis- post of defence secretary and if the running for the defense sec- “Last night I spoke with withdraw, as well as the prospect Islamic State group. lation, criticised the plans. confirmed would have been the retary’s job,” said the source, who President Obama and removed of her two children leaving for The Counter-Terrorism and “Where are the courts?” he first woman to hold the position. spoke on condition of anonymity. myself from consideration due to college in the next two years, the Security Bill has already come asked at a parliamentary com- But Flournoy, the former The reasons she cited family concerns,” Flournoy wrote source said. under criticism from Muslim mittee on human rights, adding number-three-ranking official at for the decision were to the CNAS board, according to AFP rights campaigners and civil liber- that there may be a “more sen- ties groups who have raised con- sible” way of dealing with those cern about measures not subject suspected of terrorist activity. to review by the courts. “The role of the courts... is “We are in the middle of a gen- important if you don’t want these erational struggle against a deadly laws being abused,” said Simon UN aid official Valerie Amos to step down terrorist ideology,” Britain’s inte- Palombi, a consultant for the rior minister, Theresa May, said. international security department “In an open and free society, at the Chatham House think tank. UNITED NATIONS: The top for more than four years, oversee- as under-secretary general for Ban expressed gratitude and we can never entirely eliminate Palombi said the “most con- UN official for humanitarian ing major aid operations in Syria humanitarian affairs and emer- praised the 60-year-old former the threat from terrorism. But troversial” measure was obliging aid, Valerie Amos, who oversaw as well as in South Sudan, Iraq and gency relief coordinator until British minister for the extensive we must do everything possible Internet service providers to hand international relief efforts in the Central African Republic. March. experience she brought to the post. in line with our shared values to over data on Internet Protocol Syria and other trouble spots, Her departure comes as the No reason was given for her She “has helped find solutions reduce the risks,” she said. (IP) addresses to trace individual is stepping down, Secretary United Nations is struggling to departure, but a UN official told for people who are facing the One of the most contested smartphone and computer users. General Ban Ki-moon said cope with a record 50 million peo- AFP “she feels it’s time to move worst experiences of their lives,” proposals is a ban for Britons Making schools and universi- yesterday. ple displaced from conflict. on” after having been in the posi- he said in a statement. suspected of fighting in Iraq and ties legally liable for helping to Amos had been in the key post Amos will stay on in her post tion since August 2010. AFP Syria from re-entering the coun- deter radicalisation was also “a try for up to two years unless they very slippery slope”, he warned. agree to be subjected to strict Shami Chakrabarti, director monitoring. of rights group Liberty, strongly Critics have said these “tem- criticised plans to curb suspected porary exclusion orders” come radicals returning to or leaving Farc to free close to making British citizens Britain. “stateless”, a breach of interna- “Dumping suspect citizens captive general tional law that could also create like toxic waste, abdicating your a headache for transit states like responsibilities to the inter- on Saturday Turkey. national community, is a very Police will also have the power strange way of promoting the rule BOGOTA: Colombia’s Farc to seize passports and travel of law,” she said. AFP guerrillas will on Saturday release an army general whose capture has derailed peace negotiations, President Juan Manuel Santos announced, say- ing the necessary security pro- Haitians want president to quit tocols were in place. “In accordance with the proto- PORT-AU-PRINCE: Thousands of anti-government protesters cols, this can be done on Saturday. in Haiti called on Tuesday for the resignation of President Michel So it will happen Saturday,” Martelly, whom they accused of trying to reinstall a dictatorship. Santos said yesterday. Opposition politicians called for the protests, which took place in In addition to General Ruben several neighbourhood of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Alzate, the leftist rebels will also The protests were held amid worries that Martelly could try to rule release two army captives taken by decree when parliament expires in January following three years alongside him, Corporal Jorge of election delays. Rodriguez and adviser Gloria Politicians and former members of parliament joined the demonstra- Urrego, he said. tion, also calling for Martelly to step down. The three were captured on The protests were dispersed before demonstrators reached the November 16 as they traveled national palace, where police had erected barricades. by boat to visit a civilian energy Organisers said at least two people were arrested, but no injuries project in Choco, the jungle-cov- were reported. ered western department where Haitians were supposed to go to the polls on October 26 to elect Alzate heads a task force charged 20 senators, 102 deputies and municipal officials, but the National with fighting rebels and drug Assembly did not pass an electoral law in time because of a political traffickers. impasse. The mandate of the parliament and senate is set to expire The general is the highest- Colombian soldier Jonathan Diaz (right), who was freed by Farc rebels, meets Colombia’s Defence Minister Juan on January 12 and if elections are not held, Martelly could take over ranking captive taken by the Farc Carlos Pinzon in Bogota on Tuesday. amid a political vacuum. in 50 years of conflict. AFP AFP THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 HK police clear main road of protesters Student leaders arrested as tension runs high in Hong Kong; arterial street blocked for two months cleared

HONG KONG: Hundreds of heart. We can go somewhere else Hong Kong police yesterday (to occupy). It doesn’t need to be cleared a pro-democracy protest here,” Kelvin Ng, 21, told AFP. camp, arresting Joshua Wong Demonstrators are demanding and another student leader and fully free elections for the lead- reopening a main road blocked ership of the semi-autonomous for almost two months. southern Chinese city in 2017. But Pushing back protesters, China has refused to budge on its police with the help of workmen arrangements for the poll. removed tents and other obsta- Police said they arrested a total cles blocking the six-lane Nathan of 148 people, including a 14-year- Road in Mongkok district. old boy, in the two-day Mongkok It is seen as the most sig- operation and that 22 police offic- nificant move so far in efforts ers were injured. to clear away protest camps at “If anyone attempts to block three separate locations in the reopened roads...police are duty city, as public sympathy with the bound to take resolute actions,” demonstrators wanes. Police spokesman Hui Chun- Scuffles broke out earlier in the tak told media at a briefing day as police wearing helmets and yesterday. Yesterday’s clearance brandishing batons moved in to was the third since Hong Kong’s protect the workmen from the high court granted injunctions crowds that surged forward to try ordering the operations, respond- to stop them tearing down road ing to petitions from a building barricades. owner and public transport oper- The operation went ahead a ators. “Please obey the injunction, day after nearly 150 demonstra- leave immediately,” a court bailiff tors were arrested as authorities told the crowd before the opera- cleared a smaller section of the A riot police officer holds a baton as he confronts pro-democracy protesters at Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong yesterday. RIGHT: A girl is tion began. Mongkok protest camp. grabbed by policemen during a confrontation. Civilians wearing “I love HK” Hundreds of police quickly T-shirts and red baseball caps pushed protesters back, and began removing barricades removed wooden and metal bar- Lester Shum were arrested at the pair said on his Facebook page “It is possible we won’t get bail yesterday after scuffles the pre- blocking the road but protesters ricades, tents and other obstruc- scene, according to protest group that they were being held at a tonight and will be at a magis- vious day when police used pepper remained defiant. tions along a 500-metre stretch of Scholarism and the Hong Kong police station. trates’ court tomorrow.” spray on protesters at the site. “I won’t leave. It’s (the sit-in) Nathan Road. Around two hours Federation of Students. “I am at the Kwai Chung police Police were unable to immedi- Mongkok was the scene of been illegal from day one with or after the operation started, only A well-known protester and station, next to me is Joshua and ately give a reason why the three some of the most violent clashes without the court order,” said one a handful of protesters remained member of the League of Social Lester, we have been charged with had been arrested when contacted since the sit-ins began in the city demonstrator, wearing a yellow at the edge of the site. The move- Democrats party, Raphael Wong, contempt of court and obstruct- by AFP. on September 28. helmet and a mask, who refused ment’s student leaders Wong and who was arrested along with the ing public officers,” Wong wrote. Tensions were running high “If we lose here, we won’t lose to give his name. AFP

Powerful China drafts first law against domestic violence earthquake BEIJING: China has drafted — because the issuing of a draft away that it doesn’t extend to any shuffled from police to women’s tackling this epidemic of domestic its first national law against means it will now enter the law- non-family relations”. federation to neighbourhood com- violence in China,” she said. domestic violence, with activ- making process — we will be “We know that domestic vio- mittee, with authorities reluctant Currently little protection is sparks panic ists hailing it yesterday as a very pleased,” said Hou, whose lence is also occurring in the to intervene unless serious injury available if a partner threatens step forward in a country where centre is one of China’s longest- context of other relationships not is involved. violence against a victim who abuse has long been sidelined as running anti-domestic violence defined as family relationships,” “It’s very important for China tries to leave, activists note, as in Indonesia a private matter. organisations. “At the very least, including dating, cohabiting and to have some kind of nationwide, restraining orders are rarely The new law formally defines there’s finally movement on this queer couples, Broussard said. targeted domestic violence leg- issued in China and shelters are domestic violence for the first law,” she said. But advocates also “And so, our concern is that islation on the books, because it nearly non-existent. MANADO, INDONESIA: A time and streamlines the process say the draft law, released by some of the violence is not going has not had it, and it’s been a real Courts must rule on restraining powerful undersea earthquake for obtaining restraining orders — the Legislative Affairs Office of to be addressed by the law,” she legal barrier for a lot of women order requests within 48 hours, rocked eastern Indonesia yes- measures long advocated by anti- China’s State Council on Tuesday, added. Less than two decades seeking to extricate themselves according to the draft law — but terday, causing fresh panic in domestic abuse groups. excludes unmarried and divorced ago, physical abuse was not even from very abusive relation- if one is granted, the victim must an area that has been hit by “Over the years, we’ve many couples and falls short in some acceptable as grounds for divorce ships,” said Leta Hong-Fincher, start a lawsuit within 30 days or a series of strong tremors in times felt powerless ourselves to other areas. Julia Broussard, in China. In 2001 the marriage author of “Leftover Women: The it will lapse. recent days. No tsunami warn- help victims,” said Hou Zhiming, a country programme manager for law was amended to explicitly Resurgence of Gender Inequality Experts say that it is rare for ing was issued and there were veteran women’s rights advocate UN Women, said that UN agen- ban domestic violence for the in China”. domestic violence laws to require no reports of casualties or dam- who heads the Maple Women’s cies were “thrilled” to see the first time. “Despite the shortcomings we victims to undertake a lawsuit age after the quake, which the Psychological Counselling Centre law made public after more than But without a legal definition of need to acknowledge that this is in order to obtain or maintain a US Geological Survey said had a in Beijing. a decade of efforts by Chinese the term, many victims — if they important legislation and a very restraining order. magnitude of 6.8 and was 41 kil- “If this law is actually enacted advocates, “but we did note right report abuse at all — have been important first step towards AFP ometres under the Molucca Sea. But people ran out of their homes in the city of Manado, on the northern tip of nearby Preparing for danger Sulawesi island, where the quake was strongly felt. “I was watching television when Philippines to simplify I felt the ground shake strongly,” Hendra Pontoh, a resident of Manado, told AFP. weather warnings “I screamed to my wife to get out of the house and quickly took my five-year-old son, who was MANILA: The Philippines will layman’s terms in its bulletins. asleep in the bedroom, out of the simplify its weather warnings About 20 typhoons and storms house.” to make them easier to under- hit the country each year, trig- The initial quake was followed stand in order to prevent the gering floods and landslides that by three aftershocks measur- annual loss of hundreds of lives kill hundreds. ing more than magnitude 5.0, from natural calamities, offi- Earthquakes and volcanic erup- said Jerisman Purba from the cials said yesterday. tions are also an ever-present Indonesian meteorological agency. The state weather service of threat in the Asian archipelago The quake, which struck at one of the world’s most disaster- that forms part of a “Ring of Fire” around 10:30pm (1430 GMT), prone nations is working with lin- of Pacific islands formed by vol- was the latest in a recent series of guists to ensure that the threat canic activity. tremors under the Molucca Sea. posed by typhoons, floods and “People with lower levels of On November 15, a 7.1-mag- other events would be fully under- education at times have trouble nitude quake sparked a tsunami stood by people, they said. understanding technical terms,” alert and generated tiny waves, “People need to be told in a conceded Lani Aquino, a public but did not cause any casualties or language they can understand relations officer for the Philippine damage. After yesterday’s quake, the dangers that they face,” Atmospheric, Geophysical and the Pacific Tsunami Warning said Roberto Anonuevo, execu- Astronomical Services. Center said there was no threat tive director of the government’s “So what happens is they do of a tsunami and local authorities Filipino Language Commission. not make the necessary precau- did not issue an alert. AFP A view of a simulated air crash conducted for Malaysia Airports to test their airport emergency procedure at “Typhoons and storms are tions for certain meteorological Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang yesterday. a common occurrence, so they events,” Aquino, no relation to the become complacent. This will help president, told AFP. The weather them to respond. This is poten- service spokeswoman said it was tially life-saving,” he told AFP. reviewing a 300-word glossary of Giant walls of seawater, more easily understood weather Xi and wife’s romantic video is an Internet hit called “storm surges” generated terms prepared by the language by Haiyan, the strongest ever commission, including the words typhoon to hit land, were blamed for storm surges in the country’s BEIJING: Christmas appears YouTube-like websites, the video party but has allowed the video to for negative interpretation on for most of the 7,350 lives lost in major dialects. to have come early for China’s shows a montage of Xi and Peng be viewed more than 125 million the first couple’s relationship — the central Philippines a year ago. Aside from Filipino-language ruling Communist party after exchanging subtle glances and times in the last week. a topic deemed highly sensitive Even though the hardest-hit weather bulletins, Anonuevo a video literally singing the has been heavily promoted by “We saw a lot of pictures of the by the party. “Xi Dada loves Peng areas were warned beforehand, said they will also seek to make praises of President Xi Jinping state-run media. Written by two couple and thought their story Mama, this sort of love is legen- the weather service and other English-language weather bul- and his wife went viral online. musicians from central China, the would make a good love song,” Yu dary,” is one verse. “Flourishing officials later admitted that the letins, which routinely throw up Catchy hit “Uncle Xi loves song has reminded some online Runze, who sang and composed family, flourishing country, flour- victims were unfamiliar with the obscure terms such as “inter- Mother Peng” — celebrating the commentators of the personality the hit, told AFP. ishing under heaven!” term “storm surge”, which they tropical convergence zone”, more “legendary” romance between cult built around China’s former “During the creative proc- China’s leaders are notoriously said failed to adequately convey intelligible. Xi and first lady Peng Liyuan leader Mao Zedong. ess we spoke to a lot of children secretive, and Xi has cracked the deadly threat. The commission’s linguists are — comes as China’s ruling party But it clearly struck the right about their views, because they’re down on dissent by stepping up President Benigno Aquino has also translating English-language seeks to burnish Xi’s image as a note for China’s vast propaganda the flowers of the motherland,” controls on writers and journal- been among the weather service’s disaster preparedness manu- man of the people. apparatus, which deletes online he added. The song’s childishly ists who challenge the party line. most severe critics, often lectur- als put out by the country’s civil Posted on one of China’s content critical of the Communist innocent lyrics leave no room AFP ing its forecasters publicly to use defence office, he added. AFP THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN

US drone strike Gunmen shoot 4 kills at least 8 in Pakistan polio workers to tribal belt

PESHAWAR: A US drone strike killed at least eight sus- death in Quetta pected militants in Pakistan’s restive tribal belt yesterday, security officials said. The unmanned aircraft hit Vaccinators demand protection a compound in Kund Sar vil- lage, 60km south of Miranshah, QUETTA: Gunmen killed four workers, a husband and wife, died the main town in the North members of a polio vaccina- of their injuries on their way to Waziristan tribal region which tion team in Pakistan’s restive hospital. borders Afghanistan. southwest yesterday, and one The attack was later con- “The drone fired two missiles, survivor recounted screaming demned by federal Information killing at least eight people and at police and dozens of pas- Minister Pervez Rashid, who said injuring two others,” a security sers-by for help before it finally militants would not succeed in official in the area said via phone arrived. their “nefarious designs”. on condition of anonymity. The attack — the latest in a Haleem Shah, president of “There may be more dead bod- series by militants in Pakistan the Polio Workers Association of ies under the rubble,” he said. — happened on the eastern out- Baluchistan, said his colleagues An intelligence official in the skirts of Quetta, the capital of would not go back to work until area confirmed the attack and Baluchistan province. they were assured of greater said militants loyal to the war- Thousands of other polio vac- security. “The government pro- Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Prakash Man Singh (right) welcomes Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani at lord Gul Bahadur and the feared cinators will refuse to go back to vides security for one day and if Kathmandu Airport, yesterday. Haqqani network operate in the work unless they are assured of nothing bad happens then they area, as well as foreign Uzbek greater security, a representative take the security back,” he said. fighters. said. “We are in contact with the gov- Ghani warns against Afghan proxy war Another security official in “A team of seven polio work- ernment and we have demanded Peshawar also confirmed the ers was getting ready to launch that we won’t participate in the strike and said the Haqqani net- the fourth and final day of the campaign until we are provided KATHMANDU: Afghanistan’s “We will not allow our terri- depth of our fall from our sense of work and foreign militants are campaign when two men riding security.” new president told the Indian tory to be used against any of shared humanity and the values active in the area. a motorbike opened fire on their Pakistan is one of only three and Pakistani leaders yester- our neighbours. But we will not of our great religions,” he said. The strike came a day after vehicle,” provincial home secre- countries where polio remains day he would not let his coun- permit anybody to conduct proxy The leaders of the eight South Pakistani jet fighters killed 20 sus- tary Akbar Durrani said. endemic. Attempts to stamp it try become the battleground wars on our soil either,” he told Asian Association for Regional pected members of the Haqqani The vaccination team leader, out have been badly hit by oppo- for a proxy war, as the enmity the leaders including Indian Cooperation (SAARC) countries network, accused of some of the who wished to be identified by her sition from militants and attacks between South Asia’s arch- Prime Minister Narendra Modi are meeting for the first time bloodiest attacks in Afghanistan first name ‘Rubi’, said the driver on immunisation teams, which rivals cast a shadow over a and Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif. since the election of a new Indian including a blast that left 57 peo- of her minivan fled when the men have claimed more than 60 lives regional summit. Ghani’s predecessor Hamid government eager to improve ties ple dead last weekend. on the motorbike pulled out in in the last two years. Nuclear-armed neighbours Karzai frequently accused in the face of growing Chinese In a similar attack on October front and flashed a gun. District health officer Sher India and Pakistan — bitter and Pakistan of trying to destabilise influence in its backyard. 30, a US drone strike killed at “Then they started firing from Muhammad said the campaign sometimes bloody rivals since the Afghan government by giving Regional leaders stressed the least seven militants including the front, I received bullets and was launched in eight districts of gaining independence from Britain sanctuary to Taliban fighters. need for greater cooperation to an important commander of the fell down, I was bleeding. Then Baluchistan including Quetta three in 1947 — have long accused each Only last week, former Pakistan combat poverty in South Asia, Haqqani network in the village of they went to the side of the vehi- days ago. “It was the last day of the other of using proxy forces to try president Pervez Musharraf where cross-border trade remains Nargas in South Waziristan. cle and started firing,” she said, campaign to administer drops to to gain influence in Afghanistan. warned that the departure of minimal due to mistrust and weak Security officials at the time Rubi and others got out of the the remaining children,” he said, But the imminent departure NATO troops could provoke a infrastructure. “My vision for our said the commander Abdullah minivan after the gunmen fled adding that the campaign was of Nato combat troops from proxy Indo-Pakistan war involv- region is a dispute-free South Asia Haqqani was responsible for the scene — but minutes passed stopped in Quetta after the attack. Afghanistan has raised fears that ing members of Afghanistan’s where instead of fighting each sending suicide bombers to before they could flag down help. The militants have in the past rivalry could escalate, further rival ethnic groups. other we jointly fight poverty, illit- Afghanistan. “I was bleeding and feeling so claimed that the polio vaccina- destabilising the two countries’ Without mentioning Pakistan eracy, disease, malnourishment North Waziristan is one of weak but I struggled to get down tion is a cover for espionage or troubled neighbour as it tries to by name, Ghani said state sponsor- and unemployment,” said Sharif. the seven lawless tribal districts and saw a policemen nearby. I a Western conspiracy to sterilise rebuild after decades of war. ship of non-state actors could have But the summit, which comes that border Afghanistan. It has screamed for help but he walked Muslims. Opposition to immu- President Ashraf Ghani issued “blowback effects”, and described just weeks after some of the worst long been a hub for Al Qaeda and away and disappeared down nisation increased after the US his warning to South Asian lead- the aftermath of a suicide blast at cross-border violence in the dis- Taliban militants. a street,” she said. “I kept on Central Intelligence Agency ers meeting in the Nepalese a volleyball game in Afghanistan puted region of Kashmir for a The area is generally off-limits screaming, begging for help but orchestrated a fake vaccination capital Kathmandu to try to that killed 57 people on Sunday. decade, is already being overshad- to journalists, making it diffi- vehicles wouldn’t stop.” campaign to help catch Al Qaeda reinvigorate regional cooperation “To hold wounded children in owed by the rivalry between India cult to independently verify the A motorcycle rider finally chief Osama bin Laden. held back by decades of rivalry one’s arms in a hospital, as I was and Pakistan. number and identity of the dead. came to their aid. But two more AFP between India and Pakistan. late Sunday evening, is to feel the AFP AFP

Warming up Traders, PTI Proposal to raise girls’ move court over November marriage age to 18 PESHAWAR: The Khyber of the offence as currently, the 30 protest Pakhtunkhwa Child Welfare offence was non-cognizable. and Protection Commission The CWPC deputy chief com- ISLAMABAD: Traders and (CWPC) has drafted the Child missioner said under the law, the the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Marriage Restraint Bill 2014 minimum age to marry was 18 (PTI) have filed competing peti- proposing to increase the mini- years for boys and 16 years for tions in the Islamabad High mum age of a girl to marry from girls and that the commission Court (IHC) focusing on the the existing 16 years to 18 years. had proposed that it should be 18 latter’s rally on November 30. “The draft of the proposed law years for girls, too. All traders’ associations of has been sent to the law depart- He said though the issue of Islamabad have challenged the ment for vetting. Once the bill is marriageable age was thorny, the rally, fearing it would hamper vetted, it will be shared with the commission would try to convince routine life in Islamabad and members of the provincial assem- lawmakers about it. have asked that demonstrators bly for approval,” CWPC deputy Child protection commissioner be shifted from the vicinity of chief commissioner Ijaz Khan Dr Murad Afridi said the work- Blue Area, the main business cen- told a conference on ‘Domestic ing group, which had prepared tre in the capital, to some other Violence and Child Early and the draft law, had recommended area such as industrial exhibition Forced Marriages’ here yesterday. increasing punishment for all ground near Faizabad or the F-9 The event was organised by those involved in child marriages. park, the traders said in their Aawaz Programme, a consor- Barrister Hashim Raza dis- petition. tium of four NGOs, including cussed another proposed law, PTI, on the other hand, has M en warm themselves by a fire in Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. Afghanistan’s winters are very harsh with Aurat Foundation, Strengthening Domestic Violence (Prevention filed an application seeking the temperatures falling well below freezing point in most parts of the country, and the nights are especially bitter. Participatory Organisation, South and Protection) Bill, 2014, pre- lifting of Section 144 imposed Asia Partnership and Sungi pared by the Aurat Foundation. in the federal capital since the Development Foundation. He pointed out flaws in the bill start of Muharram, calling it Ijaz told participants that and made recommendations to a violation of fundamental CWPC would lobby for the pro- remove them. He said a bill on rights. MPs reminded to file tax returns posed law’s smooth passage in the domestic violence was tabled in PTI lawmaker Asad Umar, in assembly and meeting lawmakers the National Assembly but it was a separate petition, sought court was part of it. unfortunate that no law had so far directions to restrain the gov- ISLAMABAD: Federal Board returns, and another 38 percent within the time allowed by law,” He said if flaws were pointed been enforced at national level. ernment from illegally harassing of Revenue (FBR) of Pakistan declared no taxable income dur- the chairman FBR said. In this out in the proposed law, they Aurat Foundation regional chief their workers. Chairman Tariq Bajwa has writ- ing the last financial year. way, he said, it builds people con- would be removed to ensure effec- Shabina Ayaz said it was unfortu- Hearing the traders’ petition, ten letters to Chairman o0f the According to WB, a total of fidence and belief in the legitimacy tive legislation against child mar- nate that Sindh and Baluchistan Justice Athar Minallah of the Senate and Speaker of National 88 members of the federal and of the tax system. riages in the province. had made laws on domestic vio- IHC has directed the Islamabad Assembly as well as four provin- provincial cabinets in Pakistan The Chairman FBR recalled The CWPC deputy chief com- lence but Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Capital Territory (ICT) district cial assemblies for reminding par- have paid a total tax of Rs35m that during previous financial missioner said after enforcement, had yet to follow suit. magistrate to address the traders liamentarians to file their income of which Rs28m came from the year, Pakistan became the fourth the proposed law would replace Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly grievances. tax returns within stipulated federal cabinet members in last country in the world which made the Child Marriage Restraint Act Speaker Asad Qaisar, who was the If the district magistrate fails deadline of December 5, 2014. financial year. tax records of Parliamentarians 1929. “The existing law is outdated chief guest on the occasion, said to resolve the issue, the petition- According to official communica- However, the chairman public. and therefore, it has not been resolving the women’s problems ers can come to the court again. tion sent out by Chairman FBR to FBR in the letter for pursuing “Quite a few members filed serving the purpose. The penal- were among the priorities of the Eight traders associations of all concerned, the FBR seeks this Parliamentarians to file their their returns declaring nil tax,” ties in the law are very nominal PTI government in the province. Islamabad from G-6, G-9, G-10 opportunity to exhort members of return during the on-going finan- the chairman said and added that and the mechanism provided for He said child marriages and through their counsel Sardar Parliament as well as provincial cial year stated that it may kindly although there is possibility of a checking child marriages are also domestic violence had caused Arshad Mehmood advocate filed assemblies to file their returns by be appreciated that people see member having no taxable income not effective,” he said. unrest in society and therefore, the petition. the due date, if not filed already. their representatives as role mod- or being dependent on other fam- Ijaz said the bill proposed laws to check them would be made They adopted before the IHC It is relevant to mention here els and evidence suggests that tax- ily members during previous year, that the offence of child mar- and enforced. Qaisar said the that the business community felt that after publishing of tax direc- payers’ behaviour is influenced by the situation for the current year riage should be non-bailable and prime responsibility of an MPA threatened and endangered by the tory of Parliamentarians, the the behaviour of their role models. has changed as every member has non-compoundable meaning that was to legislate and that he could PTI chairman Imran Khan’s plan WB in one its report had stated “Voluntary compliance by earned taxable income at least no compromises could be made proudly claim that the Khyber to reactivate his Dharna (sit-in) that out of the 1,168 members taxpayers increases when they to the extent of salary received among the relevant parties. Pakhtunkhwa Assembly members and so called Azadi-March on presently in the Senate and the believe that their leaders and role by them from 01-07-2013 to He said the commission had had made scores of laws fulfilling November 30 at D-Chowk. national and provincial assem- models are making payment of 30-06-2014. proposed that the police should their prime responsibility. INTERNEWS blies, 8 percent did not file tax due taxes and filing their returns INTERNEWS be empowered to take cognisance INTERNEWS THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 Modi, Sharif avoid meeting at Saarc Pakistan blocks three Saarc connectivity pacts KATHMANDU: Pakistan yesterday blocked three major Saarc connectivity projects initiated by India, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi conspicuously avoided meeting his Pakistani coun- terpart Nawaz Sharif while he met five other South Asian leaders here. The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit appeared to become a non- starter with agreement on the three projects — an electricity grid and trade in electricity, and road and rail connectiv- ity — stalled by Pakistan on the premise that it still had to conclude its “internal processes” on it. While Modi, who gave a forceful maiden speech at the summit on the need for seamless connectivity, met his Bangladeshi and Bhutanese counterparts Sheikh Hasina and Tshering Tobgay, and later the presidents of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Maldives — Ashraf Ghani, Mahinda Rajapaksa and The Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif walks past Narendra Modi before Abdulla Yameen — Sharif was addressing the opening session. not on the list. Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks as Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani watches during the opening India’s external affairs session of 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit in Kathmandu yesterday. ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said there was “no saath” (standing together). nations has grown from under India’s proposals for greater When Sharif walks for speech, structured meeting” planned He pitched for seamless con- $140m in 2008 to $878 million in Saarc integration comes amid between the two leaders as India nectivity in the region and pro- 2012, according to figures. China’s push to get its observer Modi reads newspaper had not received any request for posed trade in electricity and But it still accounts for less status upgraded to that of a mem- such a meet from Pakistan. pushed for connectivity and than five percent of the region’s ber. Pakistan mooted the idea of KATHMANDU: The frostiness of ties between India and Pakistan However, there is specula- services by rail, road and air. total commerce, according to the upgrading China’s and South was visible in the Nepalese capital at the 18th Saarc Summit’s inau- tion that the two leaders could He said India will now give Washington-based Brookings Korea’s status in the organisa- gural session yesterday. First, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif meet today during the retreat at business visa for 3-5 years for Institution. By contrast, trade tion at a meeting of Saarc foreign totally ignored his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi after entering the Dhulikhel resort. Both prime Saarc and also issue a Saarc between East Asian nations ministers Tuesday. the podium to take his seat. He did not look at Modi and proceeded ministers are here for the two-day Business Traveller Card. accounts for nearly 35 percent It was quickly rebuffed by straight to his seat. Saarc summit that began yester- Referring to India’s huge of that region’s total. India, with the foreign minis- Then, when Shaif’s name was announced to make his speech, Modi day. Nepal is trying its level best trade surplus with Saarc coun- Security is also likely to try spokesperson saying intra- started reading a newspaper supplement related to the Saarc summit. to see that the summit should tries, Modi said, “I believe that be discussed after Al Qaeda Saarc cooperation needed to be As other heads of state and government clapped at the announcement of not go empty, and trying to this is neither right nor sustain- announced a new South Asia deepened first. the name of Shairf, Modi was seen busy reading the paper. get Pakistan on board for the able”, and assured to address branch and claimed responsi- In his address, Sharif stressed But when Modi’s name was announced by the chair, Nepal Prime agreements. their concerns and provide a bility for a deadly attack on a the role of observers, while Minister Sushil Koirala, Sharif and all other dignitaries clapped. Nepal’s Foreign Affairs level playing field in India. Karachi naval yard. Rajapaksa, whose country also Both the leaders are staying under the same roof at Hotel Soaltee. Both Minister Khagnath Adhikari He urged the seven other Much of the attention has has increasing interaction with of them have met with others delegates but have turned their backs to each said: “Our last ditch effort will nations to invest in India “to focused on whether the leaders Beijing, said: “It is imperative to other. be continued until today. We are produce for the Indian market of India and Pakistan will meet seek ways and means in enhanc- After concluding the inaugural session of the summit, all attending heads trying to have at least an energy and create jobs for your youth”. on the sidelines of the summit. ing this engagement with the of the state and government were told to assemble at a holding room inside related pact in the summit.” In health, he said, India will Hopes of a move towards observer states, and consider the main venue, National City Hall, in the heart of Kathmandu. Modi urged the South Asian meet the shortfall in funds to reconciliation were raised graduating their role to a more Besides Modi and Koirala, all the heads of the state and government nations to work together to establish the Saarc Regional when Modi invited Sharif to project based, results-oriented assembled inside the holding room, but Koirala and Modi did not leave “change cynicism to opti- Supra Reference Laboratory for his swearing-in ceremony, but partnerships.” the podium. Modi categorically tried to avoid meeting with Sharif and, mism” and said it was time TB and HIV and also offer the his right-wing nationalist gov- China, which shares border instead, started talking with Koirala on the podium after the six other that the member nations were five-in-one vaccine for children ernment has adopted a more with five Saarc nations, is among heads of the state and government assembled in the holding room. not just “paas paas” (next to of South Asia. aggressive policy on Pakistan the nine observer nations. After two minutes of conversation, Modi and Koirala departed for the each other) but also “saath Trade between the Saarc than its centre-left predecessor. AGENCIES holding room where the Indian and Pakistani leaders hardly had any chance to meet. IANS

Channel banned for six days NEW DELHI: Entertainment channel Comedy Central was taken 26/11 trial in Pakistan going slow: India off air in India for six days after a court upheld a ruling by gov- ernment regulators who took offence to simulated sex scenes and “vulgar” language. KATHMANDU/NEW The order that came into effect from midnight resulted from a DELHI: India yesterday said court battle between the government and media company Viacom the trial of those responsible 18, which launched the 24-hour English language channel in India in for the 26/11 terror attack on January 2012. Mumbai was progressing “very Two of the channel’s shows — “Stand Up Club” and “Popcorn” — slowly” in Pakistan, as Prime came under the scrutiny of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Minister Narendra Modi last year for showing content that was considered indecent. recalled the 2008 horror at the The scenes “depicted women as a commodity of sex” and posed a Saarc summit. threat to “public morality or morals,” according to a notice issued to Modi, who is in Kathmandu the broadcaster at the time. for the Saarc summit, stressed The government found scenes in “Popcorn”, including one that the need to combat “terrorism showed someone simulating sex with a dummy, “to be vulgar, obscene, and trans-national crimes”. offending good taste and not suitable for unrestricted public exhibition “Today, as we remember the and children,” the court said. horror of the terror attack in Although the channel was shut down for four days last year, it was Mumbai in 2008, we feel the end- allowed to recommence broadcasts pending an appeal against the ban less pain of lost lives,” the prime that was finally heard on Monday at the Delhi High Court. minister said at the opening of The judges ruled the government acted lawfully in ordering the the two-day summit. suspension, and the channel must therefore go off air for the remain- “Let us work together to fulfil ing six days of the original ban. It was also told to pay a `20,000 the pledge we have taken to com- ($320) fine. bat terrorism and trans-national The temporary ban has shone a spotlight on some of the rules and crimes,” he added. regulations for satellite broadcasters that experts say are in breach of Home Minister Rajnath Singh, constitutional provisions on freedom of expression. meanwhile, said the trial of those responsible for the attack was progressing “very slowly” in Pakistan and should be expedited Actress Khushboo joins Congress on a priority basis. “Heartfelt tributes to people Shushila Ughade, who lost her husband, cries after paying tribute at the memorial built in memory of the victims, NEW DELHI: Actor Khushboo Sundar yesterday officially joined who lost their lives in Mumbai at Cama hospital, on the sixth anniversay of terror attack, in Mumbai yesterday. the Congress, nearly six months after quitting the DMK. terror attack of 2008. The perpe- “I finally feel I am home,” she told reporters after meeting Congress trators of Mumbai attack are yet president Sonia Gandhi. to be punished,” Rajnath Singh personnel who laid down their a reign of terror. the state in paying homage in Following her victory in the legal battle over her controversial said in a tweet. lives to protect several lives on India has repeatedly told the morning at the 26/11 police remarks on pre-marital sex, the south Indian actress began her “The trial of those responsible that fateful day. They are our true Pakistan to take action against memorial raised at the Mumbai political career with the DMK in 2010 when it was in power in for Mumbai attack is progress- heroes,” he said. those responsible. Police Gymkhana. Tamil Nadu. ing very slowly in Pakistan. The “Today is a day to reaffirm our It has termed Lashkar-e-Taiba He paid floral tributes to the However, she quit the DMK in June, saying her “hard work for the process should be expedited on a commitment to work together to founder Hafiz Saeed as an “evil brave security personnel who DMK had been a one-way path”. priority basis,” he said. combat the menace of terror and mastermind” of the attack and laid their lives battling the 10 In the absence of senior leader and former union minister G K Vasan In a separate message, Modi uproot it from the face of human- demanded early action against Pakistani terrorists during the who quit the Congress and floated a new party in Chennai recently, saluted the security personnel kind,” he said. Rajnath Singh also him. The two houses of parlia- Nov 26-29, 2008, attack. Khushboo’s entry is being seen as someone who could strengthen the who laid down their lives dur- paid homage to the brave security ment also paid tributes to the Mehta was standing in Congress based on her political experience. ing the attack. “We remember personnel who sacrificed their security personnel who laid down for Chief Minister Devendra “Yes, she will add strength to the party, and we will utilise her based the horrific terror attacks in lives while fighting the attackers. their lives during the attack and Fadnavis who was accompany- on her experience and stature,” said Tom Vadakkan, secretary of the Mumbai on this day in 2008 and As many as 166 people were also remembered the people ing President Pranab Mukherjee Congress’ media wing. pay homage to the innocent men killed in the Nov 26-28 attack, in killed in the incident. at various functions during his The Congress failed to win any Lok Sabha seat in Tami Nadu. And and women who lost their lives. which 10 gunmen from Pakistan Maharashtra Industry two-day visit to the state. Vasan’s exit only added to the party’s woes. We salute the brave security sneaked into India and let loose Minister Prakash Mehta led IANS AGENCIES

THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Black money: 250 admit Miss Wheelchair India to foreign bank accounts Government to reveal identity: Finance minister

NEW DELHI: Finance the media.“Disclosure of names, now, the Swiss authorities have Minister Arun Jaitley yester- without following the proper pro- been persuaded to at least estab- day said the identities of 427 cedures, would only benefit the lish the veracity of any evidence overseas account holders have account holders,” he added. that the Indian government and been established and 250 of The opposition led by the the special team managed to pro- them had conceded to hold- Congress sought to tear into the cure from various sources regard- ing these accounts. He refuted government on the issue and ing these accounts. opposition charges that the gov- asked it to “apologise” for mak- “In the next stage now, we’ll ernment was doing little to get ing “false promise” of bringing start a dialogue for automatic back the illicit money stashed black money back from foreign exchange of information. With away by Indians abroad. banks during discussion in both countries all over the world we’re Replying to the debate on black houses of parliament. The discus- going to have automatic exchange money in the Rajya Sabha, Jaitley sion could not be completed in the of tax information”, he said. said the government wanted to Lok Sabha. In the Rajya Sabha, The finance minister said that follow the correct procedure in Congress leader Anand Sharma of the 627 names of Indians hold- disclosing names. said the BJP had “misled” the ing bank accounts overseas, that “The issue is not to disclose or country by making tall promises. were furnished to the Supreme not, but how and when to disclose He hit out at Prime Minister Court in a sealed envelope, 427 the names,” he said. Narendra Modi, saying: “In all had been identified. Rajalakshmi (centre), 28, smiles after winning the Miss Wheelchair India beauty pageant in Mumbai yesterday. He said this was because since his pre-poll rallies, the prime Out of that, he added, 250 had Seven women from across the country participated in the second wheelchair beauty pageant, which aims to the evidence of black money minister said `85 lakh crore was admitted to such accounts. open doors for the wheelchair-bound in modelling, film and television, according to organisers. stashed away by Indians was out- in banks abroad. Now the prime He said the first act of the Modi side the Indian shores, the gov- minister says he does not know government was to constitute a ernment must get evidence first about it.” Special Investigation Team to from other countries, using the The Congress attack in the Lok probe the black money issue, and various treaties that New Delhi Sabha was led by Mallikarjun that the panel already had these entered into with them. Kharge. Some opposition par- names. Steep rise in rape cases, “The names will become pub- ties staged a walkout in the Rajya Jaitley also reiterated what lic,” Jaitley assured, when some Sabha before Jaitley could conclude was told to the apex court by the opposition members demanded his reply. Jaitley said the govern- government. All the 627 accounts that the government reveal ment was actively engaging with in the list are at an HSBC Bank assaults on women in Delhi the identities of the perpetra- other countries to widen its scope branch in Geneva and the details tors right away, since they were of operations against black money. were secured from the French NEW DELHI: Incidents of with intent to outrage her mod- by police has been designated as already being talked about in He said that as things stood government.. IANS rape in the capital more than esty have spiked five times, from a criminal offence. doubled between 2012 and 2013 727 to 3,515 and total registered Rijiju said the ministry has while cases of assault on women crimes against women have more sanctioned Rs.321.69 crore out of increased by five times, the gov- than doubled from 5,920 to 12,853 the Nirbhaya Fund to implement ernment said yesterday. cases during the same period,” he an emergency response system to AAP promises 200,000 toilets for women in Delhi Minister of State for Home said. “In Delhi and NCR, the total attend to calls from women in dis- Affairs Kiren Rijiju told the registered crimes against women tress and provide them immedi- NEW DELHI: 200,000 public Garden in the heart of the said every DTC bus would have Rajya Sabha that there has been rose from 11,419 in 2011 to 12,288 ate assistance. toilets for women, new courts capital, Aam Aadmi Party chief a marshal to stop harassment an increase in crimes against (in 2012) and the figure last year He said the government has to fast-track rape cases and Arvind Kejriwal also promised of women. women both in the National (2013) was 21,887,” he said. established 225 Anti-Human Wi-Fi connected CCTV cam- that women would be allowed to In its 10-point agenda for Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi He said there were “various Trafficking Units (AHTUs) in eras were some of the promises pass a resolution to close down women, which the AAP prom- and the National Capital Region reasons (societal, economic etc.) various districts of the country. made by the AAP yesterday in liquor vends in their areas. ised to implement if voted to (NCR). for rise in crimes against women To create a mechanism for the second round of its ‘Delhi “Forty-seven fast-track courts power, figured the Women’s Citing information provided and children”. tracking ‘missing’ and ‘found’ Dialogue’ programme which would be built and made func- Security Force to be formed by by the National Crime Records The minister said the spurt in children, the women and child focused on women. tional and later increased up to utilising Delhi’s 12,000-strong Bureau (NCRB), Rijiju said rape cases in 2013 can be attributed to development ministry has devel- Addressing a gathering of 100,” said an AAP source. New Delhi Home Guards and cases in Delhi rose from 706 in enactment of the Criminal Law oped a national portal called over 500 women at Talkatora The former chief minister also Civil Defence Force. IANS 2012 to 1,636 in 2013. (Amendment) Act, 2013 under ‘TrackChild’ which has data on “Cases of assault on women which non-registration of cases such children. IANS

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Qatar world’s second infrastructure market Total infrastructure investments to breach $200bn mark in the next 10 years BY SATISH KANADY as the top market. The US and Doha sees total infrastructure to finance will be critical for construction leading to increased of construction materials have the UK have entered the top investments in Qatar breach- the top-tier countries scale up competition for resources. The increased by as much as 5-10 per- DOHA: Qatar is the sec- 10 for the first time, indicating ing the $200bn mark in the next investment, including Qatar. In key risk in these markets there- cent in the last twelve months”, ond most attractive market improvement in their economies 10 years. Mohammad Moataz Qatar and the UAE in particular, fore is inflation in construction he said. in the world for investments and fr the US in the growing need Al Khayyat, CEO, Al Khayyat national vision strategies com- resources from manpower and In its “Qatar: Avoiding the in infrastructure. A global for investment in infrastructure. Contracting and Trading, a lead- bined with major international specialist skills to construction Inflation Bubble” report from Infrastructure Investment Despite Qatar’s hydrocarbon ing international design and build events have led to expectations commodities. 2012, ARCADIS predicted that Spending Index that measured enriched positions the country is company headquartered in Doha, of phenomenal peak spend in the “While the future prospects for construction inflation could reach world’s 41 potential countries all experienced in harnessing pri- Monday said that Qatar’s state next 4-5 years. Qatar’s infrastructure projects 18 percent between 2016 and 2019. with the greatest potential for vate investment. Qatar has relied funding alone has been estimated Almost half of the investment market look promising, supply However, given overall investment infrastructure investments on access to cheap debt to finance to reach $160bn. He believes, planned relates to transporta- and construction costs issues will levels around the region mean up ranked Qatar the most dynamic investment. Looking ahead, there however, that additional invest- tion, with every major city in eventually surface and must have to 20 percent construction infla- infrastructure market. UAE are expectations that government ments will pour in from the pri- the region planning to build a to be addressed, said Mohammad tion is more probable. This is has overtaken Canada to make will seek to diversify funding vate sector to complement what metro system with lines being Moataz Al Khayyat. “Al Khayyat compounded because of the firm the third rank. streams further, accessing capital the government is doing to boost constructed simultaneously in a is currently developing many deadlines around projects related The globally reputed ARCADIS market finance to support spend- infrastructure development in the relatively short period of time. At projects, and is feeling the bur- to Qatar’s 2022 FIFA World Cup Global Infrastructure Investment ing plans. country. the same time ports, airports and den of rising construction costs. and Dubai’s 2020 World Expo. Spending Index, ranked Singapore A leading contractor based in ARCADIS report noted access a heavy rail network are all under By Al Khayyat’s estimates, prices THE PENINSULA ‘Golden decade’ for GCC Govt plans to set up petrochemicals industry arbitration

DOHA: The GCC petrochemi- According to the GCC “North American chemicals cals sector is entering a prom- Petrochemicals & Chemicals will double in the next decade, centres ising phase in its development Facts and Figures 2013, the pet- giving them capabilities to be in and has to leverage opportuni- rochemicals capacity of the GCC markets that we thought were DOHA: The government plans ties in order to overcome chal- reached 140.5m tonnes in 2013, traditionally ours,” said Al- Falih. to set up a number of arbitra- lenges from global competition, an 8.7 percent increase from “European markets are closing tion centres to resolve civil and said speakers at the 9th Annual 2012. The sector is also profit- down their inefficient plants. And commercial disputes. The idea Forum, hosted by the Gulf able: Revenues from the region China is changing as well… it is is to help lighten the increasing Petrochemicals and Chemicals hit $89.4bn in the same year, a 7.3 growing relatively slower, however burden on the civil courts. Association (GPCA) in Dubai. percent growth from the previous Chinese companies are looking at Presently, due to the continu- “The Gulf’s investments in period. coal to chemical opportunities.” ing economic boom, there is a petrochemicals have a strategic Dr Al Sada advised that three “As the region experiences a substantial rise in the number importance as they help grow developments would influence the youth bulge, we will see an entirely of commercial and civil disputes economies and satisfy the growing region’s petrochemicals industry. new generation of men and women. going to the courts. demand for [petrochemical] prod- “As oil prices reach their lowest Some 60 percent of the workforce The Cabinet yesterday approved ucts,” said H E Dr Mohammed bin levels in 4 years, downstream at Saudi Aramco will be 35 years a draft law on civil and commercial Saleh Al Sada, Qatar’s Minister of economists have to re-evaluate or under by the end of the decade… arbitration after reviewing it fol- Energy and Industry, in his ple- their strategies. The impact of US Young people today are simultane- lowing observations made by the nary address. “Qapco’s birth in shale gas on the competitiveness ously more skeptical and hopeful Advisory Council and the Ministry Qatar 40 years ago marked the of our region’s industry is putting than my generation ever was,” con- of Justice about its provisions. start of the GCC’s petrochemi- downward pressure on gas prices tinued Al Falih. According to a QNA report, the cal industry, creating a new set in the region and the emergence Ultimately, the Gulf is well on Minister of Justice will issue exec- of opportunities.” of coal based polyethylene in its way journey towards a period utive regulations to help imple- Notable guests at the Annual China shows that the country is of prosperity and progress. “We ment the law (once it is put into Forum included Suhail Mohamed looking at alternative feedstock to are in the Golden Decade for the force after necessary approvals). Faraj Al Mazrouei, Minister develop their downstream sector,” Gulf and for the petrochemicals The draft defines the scope of of Energy of the UAE. Aside he said. industry and it’s a once in a gen- the law’s application, arbitration from Dr Al Sada, top speakers Al Falih said that regional eration opportunity,” concluded agreement, terms of reference at the event included Khalid development in petrochemicals Al Falih. The 9th Annual GPCA and composition of arbitration Al Falih, President and CEO, has focused on manufacturing Forum hosted over 2000 inter- tribunal, arbitration proceed- Saudi Aramco; and Andrew commodities, however, devel- national and regional chemical The Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada ings and awards. But above all, Liveris, Chairman and CEO, Dow opments in other markets may industry executives. addressing delegates at the forum. the draft law talks of recognition Chemical Company. prove to be significant. THE PENINSULA and execution of arbitration and establishment of arbitration bod- ies and centres. The branches of foreign arbitration centers can be set up subject to the decision of Stevens resigns as Group the Minister of Justice. Tenders for Airport City project Executive regulations will determine the rules and condi- CEO of Commercial Bank tions for granting and cancelling DOHA: The Chairman and Board of Directors of the Commercial the license of an arbitration cen- Bank of Qatar yesterday announced the appointment of Andrew only after two years: Official tre and the fee charged. A record C Stevens as Advisor to the Board of Directors. of approved arbitrators is to be BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB Andrew, who has held a series of senior management roles at the International Airport (NDIA) developed by the justice ministry. Bank over the past 25 years, has resigned from his current role as and now renamed HIA, said: Contacted for comment, promi- Group Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect to assume the DOHA: Official announcement “Work on the Final Phase of the nent lawyer, Yusuf Al Zaman, said responsibilities of the new role. about inviting tenders to award HIA will begin by the end of next the idea of setting up arbitration His responsibilities will include advising the Board as well as rep- contracts for the construction year, which will take another two centers is to lighten the burden resenting Commercial Bank on the Board and Board Committees of Qatar’s ambitious Airport to three years to complete the on the civil courts. of the subsidiary and associate Banks, Alternatifbank in Turkey, City project will not be possible new airport project.” He said once the law is put into United Arab Bank in the UAE and National Bank of Oman in Oman. before the 2016-end, according The Phase One of the airport, force, a copy of the arbitration Andrew’s current responsibilities across the Group will henceforth to the Chairman of Qatar Civil built at a cost of about $15.5bn, award (decision) signed by the par- be managed by Commercial Bank Chief Executive Officer, Abdulla Aviation Authority (QCAA). comprises a 600,000 square metre ties to a dispute will be forwarded Saleh Al Raisi and his executive team. The multi-billion riyal Airport three-storey Terminal 1, three to the civil court for endorsement. The Bank’s Chairman, Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali bin Jabor Al Thani, City project, spread over an area of concourses with 22 remote gates THE PENINSULA said: “I would like to congratulate Andrew on his appointment to about 10sq km, will have four circu- and 41contact gates, six of which this new role, and to extend my thanks on behalf of the Bank and lar zones, namely, Business District, have been specifically designed to the Board of Directors for his service over the past 25 years, when Aviation Campus, Logistics District QCCA told this newspaper on the cater to A380 (Superjumbo). Oil price falls he held a number of the most senior leadership positions. His efforts and Residential District — con- sidelines of an event recently. The terminal has the capac- over this period have contributed to the Bank’s growth to become nected by a Green Spine parallel The proposed project, where ity to handle up to 30 million NEW YORK: Oil prices fell yes- the second-largest bank in the country. As Advisor to the Board of to the second runway of Hamad some 200,000 people will live passengers a year, which will be terday after Opec increased sig- Directors his expertise and experience will contribute as the Bank International Airport (HIA). and work after completion, will increased to over 50 million by nals that it would hold off making continues to expand and grow.” “We are still in the concept be strategically located parallel the time the airport project is any major production cuts this Hussain Alfardan, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, added: design stage of the Airport City to the west runway of the HIA fully complete and operational. week. Benchmark Brent futures “Andrew leaves his current position as Group CEO after a quarter project, which needs to be devel- linking with the city of Doha and The Final Phase, once completed, were down 68 cents at $77.65 a of a century of service which saw Commercial Bank achieve its oped further… so the announce- the airport. will have an additional 24 contact barrel by 1820 GMT, having hit prominent position in the Qatar financial sector. We wish him every ment of the tenders will not Asked about the Final Phase gates, to take the total number to a low of $77.30 in the session. success in his new role as Adviser to the Board and with his future be possible before another two of the HIA, Al Noimi, who is also 65, six of them will cater for the US crude was down 53 cents at plans outside of the Bank.” THE PENINSULA years,” Abdul Aziz Mohammad the chairman of the Steering world’s largest aircraft (A380s). $73.56, having hit a low of $73.30. Al Noaimi (pictured), Chairman, Committee of the New Doha THE PENINSULA REUTERS THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Moody’s cites four risks that may curb growth Annual Global Sovereign Outlook released

DOHA: A gradually recover- the US economy, though the nor- with their government budgets set ing global economy will support malization of US monetary policy to benefit from subsidy reforms. continued stable credit qual- also poses risks to those countries In addition, political stability sets ity of the world’s sovereigns in with currency pegs to the US dol- the scene for an improvement in 2015, says Moody’s Investors lar, should market participants growth and government finances Service in its annual Global come to fear that the process will for Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia. Sovereign Outlook, published be a disorderly one, says Moody’s. Moody’s notes that the oil- on Tuesday. However, Moody’s “Turmoil in the Middle East exporting countries of the Gulf sees four risks on the horizon will continue to impact investor Cooperation Council (ratings that could interrupt growth confidence in the affected coun- range from A1 to Aa2, with stable and undermine sovereign credit tries and neighbouring regions, outlooks) in 2014 have continued worthiness across the globe. though we expect that the impact to register large fiscal surpluses, Qatar Fuel Additives Company (Qafac) Chairman Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi (inset), addressing the Middle Moody’s report, entitled “2015 on sovereign creditworthiness will accumulate offshore assets, and East Methanol Forum organised by the Qafac at the Al Sharq Hotel in Doha yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT Outlook: Global Sovereigns,” notes continue to be limited to those maintain low government debt the principal risks to sovereign governments in closest prox- levels. The rating agency expects creditworthiness across the globe imity to the crisis in Syria and the combination of the recent are the possibility of confidence Iraq, unless the conflict signifi- decline in global oil prices and Forum hears benefits of methanol shocks from the expected rise in cantly escalates,” says Tom Byrne, rising fiscal breakeven oil prices US interest rates, especially in the Senior Vice President in Moody’s to only dent their fiscal buffers DOHA: The first Middle East global housing market, increased “Direct methanol fuel cells con- case of a disorderly market reac- Sovereign Risk Group. modestly in 2015. Methanol Forum (MEMF), demand for cleaner energy and tains non-explosive liquid that are tion, the impact of lower growth While Moody’s maintains Another major trend that could organised by Qatar Fuel the new technologies like metha- user-friendly, easily transport- in China and the euro area, the negative outlooks on Lebanon affect global growth is the con- Additives Company Ltd (Qafac), nol to olefins (MTO). It is esti- able, and costs less for stationary overhang of geopolitical risks, and (B1), Tunisia (Ba3) and Bahrain tinued economic slowdown in effectively showcased the wide- mated that the global methanol or mobile storage,” Boettcher said. reform fatigue. (Baa2), which have marked dete- China, with growth expected at ranging benefits of the use and industry generates $36bn in eco- “Thus, it can deliver better On the positive side, global riorations in public finances in between 6.5 percent and 7.5 per- application of methanol. nomic activity every year, while ROIs in logistics applications GDP growth is likely to continue response to social unrest, other cent in Moody’s baseline scenario. The Forum, whose key theme creating over 100,000 jobs around versus extra batteries, charging at a steady pace in 2015, though at countries have proven more resil- A steeper-than-expected slow- was “Miracle Energy on Hand the globe, he said stations, and battery replace- lower levels than before the crisis. ient, as illustrated by Moody’s down could negatively impact sov- (MeOH)”, held here yesterday During one of the panel dis- ment. In addition, methanol fuel For the MENA region, strength- change of Egypt’s outlook to sta- ereigns with heavy reliance on oil was attended by 180 global indus- cussions on “Making the Case cells deliver lower TCO/LCOE ening US growth should imply ble from negative in October. The exports to China, such as Oman, try executives and senior govern- for Oxygenates in the GCC”, (transparent conductive oxide positive economic conditions for ratings of both Jordan (B1) and Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. ment officials participated. Chief Executive Officer of Salalah and levelised cost of electricity) sovereigns with trade links to Morocco (Ba1) are also stable, THE PENINSULA Qafac Chairman Hamad Methanol Company in Oman, than diesel generator sets or H2 Rashid Al Mohannadi noted that Awadh Hassan Al Shanfari, fuel cells in off-grid locations such the combined production capac- pointed out that Oman is review- as telecom base stations. ity of over 90 methanol plants ing fuel blending standards and As far as the use of methanol across the key regions is about regulations in the country, consid- as marine fuels is concerned, 100 million metric tonnes. Each ering methanol blending in petrol. Project Manager for Methanol ECB hints at sovereign bond purchases day more than 165,000 tonnes Chairman of Oorja Protonics Adaptation at Wartsila Sweden, of methanol is used as chemical Inc and General Partner at Focus Toni Stojcevski, revealed that feedstock or as an energy car- Ventures, US, James Boettcher, some of the conclusions derived FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank downward spiral of falling prices — in the 18 coun- rier in transport fuel. According noted in his presentation that from using methanol in the diesel will be able to gauge next year whether it needs tries that share the euro, the ECB has cut its key to the Methanol Institute (MI) methanol’s use in cooking and process of marine engines include: to start buying sovereign bonds to help stimulate interest rates to new all-time lows and pumped methanol is currently the world’s heating is especially important engine output and efficiency is the eurozone economy, its deputy president said. unprecedented amounts of liquidity into the system. second ranked chemical trans- as a replacement for the indoor equal to diesel engine; significant “During the first quarter of next year we will be More recently, it has started buying covered bonds ported, with more than 80,000 burning of wood, charcoal, coal, reduction of NOx and particulate able to gauge better” whether the ECB’s previous and asset-backed securities with a view to increasing tonnes shipped daily from one etc, which can cause serious matter as compared to diesel; life stimulus measures are working, the central bank’s the size of its balance sheet in order to boost inflation continent to another, he said. health problems. He also pre- span of major engine components number two, Vitor Constancio, said in a speech pre- in the single currency area. It has said it wants to The global demand for metha- sented how Oorja uses methanol will be similar or even better pared for delivery in London. “If not, we will have bring its balance balance back to the size it had in nol in 2013 was 60.7m tonnes. The to provide enough power to sup- than the diesel engine; and that to consider buying other assets, including sovereign early 2012, which would entail boosting it by around estimation for 2020 will be around plement or supplant diesel gen- no change in oil change intervals bonds in the secondary market,” Constancio said. ¤1 trillion ($1.25 trillion) from its current level. 120m tonnes, driven in large erator sets and batteries in target are expected. In a range of measures to avert deflation — a AFP part by the resurgence of the markets and applications. THE PENINSULA Qatar, UAE share first place in terms of ease in paying taxes DOHA: Paying taxes has its tax obligations dropped by four an average time to comply of respond to megatrends impact- government of Qatar is commit- per the findings of the report that become easier over the past hours last year, according to the 160 hours. ing us; such as rapid urbanisation, ted to in further improving its the Middle East tax environment year for medium-sized compa- Paying Taxes 2015 study. Overall ranking for Middle demographic changes in addition interaction with business remains the least demanding, how- nies around the world. Qatar The report also revealed that East countries in the global top to achieving sustainable govern- “As we have seen with the ever it also highlights an important and UAE share an equal first the total amount the average 50 ranking are: Qatar and the ment fiscal positions.” recent and substantial tax area that the region needs to work place in the overall tax ranking, company paid in taxes and the UAE (1st), Saudi Arabia (3rd), Commenting on Qatar’s move reforms in different countries hard on, which is improving the use according to the latest report number of payments it made also Bahrain (8th), Oman (10th), to the number one position Neil in the region, governments in of electronic filing and payment from the World Bank Group declined in the past year. This is Kuwait (11th), Lebanon (40th) O’Brien, Tax Leader in PwC the Middle East are very much mechanisms.” and PwC. a trend seen every year over the and Jordan(45th) Qatar, noted that this aligns with engaged in deliberations con- Only 15 percent of the econo- The two fast growing Gulf ten year period covered by the Commenting on the report the Government strategy and the cerning tax reform, not just mies in the Middle East region states, with a Total Tax Rate of publication. Dean Kern, Partner, PwC’s Middle policies they have implemented in in terms of fiscal balances, but have implemented electronic sys- 11.3 percent, 41 hours and 4 pay- According to the study, the East Markets, Tax and Legal making tax compliance easier for also with broader policy objec- tems for filing and payment of ments for Qatar; and a Total Tax Middle East continues to be Services Leader, said: “The Paying business. Adding the recent elec- tives such as encouraging eco- taxes for at least one type of tax Rate of 14.8 percent, 12 hours and the least demanding tax frame- Taxes report helps inform the dis- tronic filing initiative is again a nomic growth,” said Jeanine that are used by the majority of 4 payments for the UAE occupy- work, with an average Total Tax cussion around tax reform, a topic further demonstration of the con- Daou, Partner and Middle East companies. This is second lowest ing the top position. The time it Rate of 24 percent, 16.8 aver- which is very relevant for govern- tinuing programme of improve- Leader for Indirect Taxes and result across all the regions. takes an average company to meet age number of payments and ments in the region who need to ment and modernisation that the Fiscal Policy. He added: “It’s clear THE PENINSULA

Qatalum takes part in Arabal Work on Holiday Inn Doha-The Business Park under way DOHA: The construction The Hotel, which is set to open of Holiday Inn Doha – The its doors in the second quarter of Business Park is well under way 2016, will also feature a ballroom in The Business Park compound – by far, the largest in the coun- situated along the Airport try - a number of meeting rooms, Road. Holiday Inn Doha – The three restaurants, fitness centre, Business Park will be its first swimming pool and spa. The hotel chain in Qatar, where the hotel is situated in The Business Park management agreement was compound, along with its sister signed in the second quar- hotel Crowne Plaza Doha – The ter of 2013 between Sheikh Business Park, and just 2km from Mohammed Hamad Abdullah Hamad International Airport. Sheikh Mohammed Hamad Abdullah Jassim Al Thani (the owner) THE PENINSULA Jassim Al Thani and InterContinental Hotels Group (the operator). Alan Watts, COO of IHG for Asia & MEA, attended the ground breaking ceremony of this 320- key room hotel, together with cli- ent representative and executive manager of Trans Orient Hotels, Fathi Aburish. Also present in the ceremony were Pascal Gauvin, COO of IHG for India & MEA; Bander Harbi, VP for Operations – IHG Saudi Arabia, UAE & Qatar; Andreas Pfister, Qatalum is participating in the 18th edition of the Arab International Aluminium Conference and Exhibition Area General Manager of IHG (Arabal), the most important trade event for the aluminium industry in the Middle East – which concludes Qatar; and Savino Leone, General today in Manama. Qatalum has sent a high-level delegation to Arabal, headed by CEO Tom Peter Johansen, Manager of Crowne Plaza Doha – The Business Park. Deputy CEO Khalid Mohammed Laram, in addition to a number of directors, various heads of departments, The Holiday Inn Doha – The and specialists. Qatalum is taking part in the Arabal exhibition, held on the conference sidelines. Picture Business Park will be an addition shows officials at the Qatalum stand. to the ongoing growth of chains of Officials at the ground-breaking ceremony. business for Trans Orient Hotels. THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

HSBC to refund Qatar bourse Mideast, Africa customers DUBAI: HSBC will refund cus- tomers across five countries index gains in the Middle East and North Africa for charging them exces- sive foreign currency fees on debit and credit card transac- tions, the lender confirmed to Reuters yesterday. 94.52 points The step was taken after an internal review of the bank’s terms and conditions for those Most Gulf markets slide products, a spokeswoman for the bank said without elaborating. DOHA: Qatar Exchange index uncertainty about oil prices How much banks charge cus- gained 94.52 points or 0.70 per- prompted investors to sell stocks, tomers in fees has come under cent when the bourse closed while energy importer Egypt scrutiny recently as consum- trading yesterday at 13,518.35 posted strong gains. ers and regulators put lenders points. The market capitalisa- Brent crude traded below $79 under pressure to operate with tion increased to QR735.12bn a barrel after Saudi Arabia sig- more transparency. HSBC would from QR731.29bn registered on nalled it was unlikely to push for refund amounts charged in excess Tuesday. a major change in Opec oil output of the costs set out in the lender’s Indices of all sectors entered despite a collapse in prices. Saudi terms and conditions, according the green zone, barring con- Arabia’s index fell 1.7 percent to to an email it sent to customers. sumer goods and services sector, 9,081 points, its lowest level since “We found we could have bet- which went down 0.32 percent early March, as most shares Officials pose for a group picture. ter explained how we charged fees to 7,677.39 points. The insurance declined. Saudi Basic Industries for foreign currency transactions, sector rebounded most, gaining and National Commercial Bank especially if more than one fee was 63.96 points or 1.65 percent from each fell 1.1 percent. The mar- applicable,” the spokeswoman said. Tuesday’s position of 3,879.44 ket, however, closed well above QBWA, Turkish Airlines sign MoU “HSBC believed the right thing points. The transport sector its intraday low of 8,922 points, to do was to refund customers moved up 1.32 percent to 2,410.7 which would have been a 3.4 per- DOHA: The Qatari Business- and Turkish Airlines’ efforts to that the Agreement will benefit any amount that was not entirely points. Of the 43 companies listed, cent decline. women’s Association (QBWA) supporting projects that ensure Qatari women and society, and clear in the terms and conditions.” 22 advanced, 18 declined and two Dubai’s bourse dropped yesterday announced to have more effective participation of we are looking forward to work- HSBC’s actions affected cus- remained unchanged. 2.5 percent after losing sup- signed a Memorandum of women across all economic and ing with Turkish Airlines and tomers in the UAE, Egypt, Oman, Qatar’s bourse was the only port from global funds which Understanding (MoU) with commercial sectors. proving that Qatari women can Bahrain and Lebanon, the spokes- Gulf market to post gains. Doha were buying several stocks on Turkish Airlines, setting the Through QBWA’s network, make the most reliable partners woman said. Many banks in the usually attracts regional inves- Tuesday because their weight- stage for more cooperation Turkish Airlines will also launch to boost the company’s com- region have fallen back on fees and tors near the end of every calen- ings increased in MSCI’s emerg- to implement multiple future special flight offers for women and mercial activities and further charges as a way of offsetting pres- dar year as they look for stocks ing markets index. projects of mutual interest, families and be able to promote expand their social responsibil- sure on the profitability of lending, offering good dividends. Emaar Properties tumbled 5.3 according to a press statement. Turkish tourism and commercial ity,” said Aisha Al Fardan, QBWA which has been squeezed by intense At 4.0 percent, according to percent to Dh10.75, falling below The MoU incorporated a sectors in general. Vice-Chairwoman. competition in retail banking. Thomson Reuters data, Qatar has immediate support at Dh11.15 number of key terms, the most “This partnership with Turkish Mehmed Kursad Caymaz, HSBC Middle East posted a 9.2 the third-highest expected 2014 which was its November high until notable of which is the non- Airlines has a special importance General Manager of Turkish percent rise in net fee income to dividend yield in the region, trail- this week. exclusive deal related to women for QBWA, and we are delighted Airlines, Qatar, said: “As part of $289.7m in the half year to June ing Oman and Abu Dhabi. But Abu Dhabi’s index fell 0.9 per- empowerment and engagement to work with a global institution Turkish Airlines efforts to engage 30, while profit attributable to Oman’s market is much smaller cent and First Gulf Bank was the projects, as well as planning and of such magnitude, particularly with the local community and shareholders of the parent com- and less liquid while in Abu Dhabi main drag, dropping 2.4 percent seeking to carry out a wide vari- that it considers CSR as part facilitate growing business rela- pany rose 4.4 percent to $467.4m a bulk of dividends comes from after also losing support from one- ety of social initiatives. and parcel of its overall growth tions between Qatar and Turkey over the same time period, its Etisalat whose shares can only be off buying related to MSCI index The agreement supports the strategy. Partnering with Turkish we are honoured to have part- financial statement showed. held by UAE citizens. adjustments. social strategies of the two par- Airlines highlights the fact that nered with QBWA. Supporting One customer said they had Also, bourse data showed strong Egypt’s index rose 1.3 per- ties with QBWA’s inherent goal a productive common ground to QBWA in their efforts to high- been informed by email that they foreign institutional buying in cent in a broad rebound ahead to boost women’s economic par- generate both social and commer- light women’s contribution to would receive more than Dh3,000 Doha, indicating some funds may of a central bank meeting widely ticipation and build a network cial gains is always possible, and Qatar’s economic activity consti- ($817) in refunds dating back have continued buying local stocks expected to keep interest rates on of relationships and partner- even a necessity in today’s busi- tutes a real gain both to Qatari several years. Other customers following the MSCI index review. hold to support economic growth. ships with major companies and ness world. women and the society at large.” were notified they would receive Other Gulf markets fell as QNA/REUTERS organisations around the world, “We are highly confident THE PENINSULA smaller amounts. REUTERS Qatar’s trade balance declines

DOHA: Qatar’s year-on-year the other hand, the imports of Japan (in October 2014) topped trade balance in October 2014 goods in October 2014 amounted the export destination with declined to QR26bn, down by 13.7 to QR9.6bn, showing an increase QR8.1bn, accounting for 22.9 percent compared to QR30.1bn of 17.3 percent over the value percent of total exports, South in October 2013, according recorded in the same month last Korea with QR5.6bn (15.8 per- to the latest data released by year. cent), then India with QR4.5bn the Ministry of Development The year-on-year decrease in the (12.5 percent). Planning and Statistics. value of total exports was mainly During October 2014, Motor The Ministry yesterday due to lower exports of Petroleum cars and other passenger vehicles released preliminary figures of gases and other gaseous hydro- was at the top of the imported the value of exports of domestic carbons (LNG, condensates, pro- group of commodities amounting goods, re-exports and imports pane, butane, and other) reaching QR800m, showing a decrease of 23 for October 2014. Trade balance QR22.1bn in October 2014, down by percent compared to October 2013. represents the difference between 5.7 percent compared to the same In October 2014, USA was total exports and imports of goods. month last year. the leading country of origin of In October 2014, the total Revenues from petroleum oils Qatar’s imports with QR1bn, exports of goods (includ- and oils from bituminous miner- accounting for 10.4 percent of ing exports of domestic origin als (crude) reached at QR 5.6bn the total imports, followed by and re-exports) amounted to (25.1 percent), and Petroleum oils China with QR900m (9.8 per- QR35.5bn, showing a decrease of and oils from bituminous miner- cent), and Japan with QR800m 7.1 percent compared to the cor- als (not crude) to reach QR1.8bn (8.2 percent). responding month of 2013. On (15 percent). THE PENINSULA

Nigeria’s naira hits new low

LAGOS: Nigeria’s currency touched a record low against the dollar yesterday, a day after the central bank devalued it by 8 percent, complicating efforts to contain inflation before presi- dential elections early next year. Falling world oil prices and a retreat from emerging markets have put pressure on the cur- rencies of several oil produc- ers, including Angola, where the Kwanza also hit a record low, as well as that of Africa’s top pro- Officials at the thanq prize draw. ducer Nigeria. The central bank has spent several billion dollars defending IBQ names Nov winner of thanq the naira this year but it devalued the local unit and raised interest DOHA: International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) has announced the rates sharply on Tuesday to try November winner of the bank’s monthly prize draw for the ibq loy- to stem its losses. alty programme, thanq. Fortune smiled on Pablo Emilio Mejias this Yesterday, the bank sold $667m month, as the lucky winner of 100,000 thanq reward points in a cer- at its twice weekly forex auc- emony held at the bank’s headquarters in the presence of Andrew tion to meet a backlog of dollar Ball, Head of Retail Banking. demand, which combined with “We are very happy to announce that Pablo Emilio Mejias is this dollar sales from some multi- month’s lucky winner of our thanq prize draw. Thanq presents them national oil companies enabled with a unique opportunity to travel the world taking advantage of the naira to close up 0.3 percent exceptional travel offers that are unmatched in Qatar” said Ball. at 176.80. But that was still just Thanq rewards programme gives IBQ customers the opportunity to below the central bank’s new tar- accumulate points across a wide range of IBQ products and services get band of 5 percent either side and then redeem them by booking flights on over 800 airlines and of 168 to the dollar. accommodation in 160,000 hotels worldwide. THE PENINSULA REUTERS THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Juncker unveils €315bn investment plan Bid to kick-start stalling EU economy

STRASBOURG, FRANCE: be approved by leaders of the European Commission chief 28-nation EU — which together Jean-Claude Juncker revealed represents the world’s largest a huge ¤315bn investment plan economy with a population of Wednesday to “kickstart” the more than 500 million people — stalling economy, saying it at a summit in December. would show the world Europe is Juncker took office as head back in business. of the European Commission— The eagerly-awaited plan, the the EU’s executive branch — on keystone of Juncker’s five-year November 1 and immediately mandate, involves the EU setting vowed to unveil the plan by up a ¤21bn ($26bn) fund with the Christmas so that it could be up aim of drawing in 15 times that and running as soon as possible. amount in private investment. “I promised to present an Juncker hopes the proposal will ambitious investment package by boost efforts to create desperately Christmas. Today Christmas has needed jobs as well as growth come early,” he told parliament. amid concerns that Europe’s fail- The former Luxembourg prime ure to recover from the financial minister said he had a vision of crisis is dragging the world econ- children in the Greek city of omy down with it. Thessaloniki going to a school “Europe needs a kickstart and filled with computers, and French today the commission is pro- drivers charging their electric viding the jump cable,” Juncker cars by the side of a motorway. told the European Parliament in There have been criticisms that Strasbourg, France. the fund contains no new money “We need to send a message and only re-engineers existing to Europe and to the rest of the funds, and of the calculation that world: Europe is back in business.” the seed money will attract 15 The announcement comes a times the initial amount. EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker (centre) speaks while unveiling an eagerly awaited €315bn investment plan to “kick-start” the economy, at day after Pope Francis said in an The fund involves ¤8bn of EU the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, yesterday. address to the same parliament budget funds, backed by ¤5bn that Europe had become an “eld- from the Luxembourg-based and fresh investment,” Juncker losses. A team of experts will also however. Manfred Weber of Germany and austerity,” he said. erly and haggard” grandmother, European Investment Bank and said, speaking in a mix of English help investors choose new projects Juncker’s own centre-right The run-up to the announce- and urged it to reclaim global ¤16bn in guarantees that are also and German. for the plan. European People’s Party said the ment has been dominated by a con- leadership. from the EU’s own budget. He said the plan would not Europe’s main stock mar- plan was “convincing” but called troversy over tax breaks offered by German Chancellor Angela But Juncker said the plan break the EU’s strict budgetary kets rose on the announcement, for EU states to make necessary Luxembourg to major international Merkel — the austerity-pushing would draw vital interest from rules, adding that “money will not coupled with a signal from the reforms to their own economies. firms when Juncker was premier. leader of the EU’s biggest econ- investors who have stayed out of fall from the sky, we don’t have European Central Bank that it But Dimitrios Papadimoulis of Juncker faces a confidence vote omy — said she backed the plan Europe in recent years, even as a money printing machine.” EU could begin purchasing govern- the European United Left said in the European Parliament on “in principle” so long as the funds they piled into the United States. officials explained that the fund, ment bonds next year in a further Juncker’s plan was not enough. Thursday after eurosceptic law- were invested wisely. “I often hear what we need is which should be operational by attempt to stimulate the economy. “It’s a drop in the ocean. Your makers filed a motion against him, The new European Fund so called fresh money but what mid 2015, aimed to draw in inves- Reaction to the investment famous package is just business but he is almost certain to survive. for Strategic Investment must I believe we need is a fresh start tors by promising to cover initial plan in parliament was mixed, as usual, a Europe dominated by AFP

Alibaba founder promises to invest more in India New delays hit Saudi Aramco’s NEW DELHI: E-commerce transform the country’s future. Alibaba’s revenues following its billionaire told a New Delhi busi- for entrepreneurs” from the some- giant Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma, on a whirlwind 48-hour record $25bn initial public offer ness audience on his first visit times fractious neighbours, Ma Ma promised yesterday more trip with a nearly 100-mem- in September. to India since the IPO. Ma, who said. Jizan refinery investment in India where ber Chinese business delegation “We’ll invest more in India, founded China’s biggest e-com- Speaking about broader strat- online sales are soaring, pre- to India, has been scouting for work with Indian entrepreneurs, merce company 15 years ago in his egy, Ma said of his company: KHOBAR/SEOUL: A con- dicting that the Internet will investment opportunities to drive India technology companies,” the apartment with $60,000 collected “Over the next three years, one tract disagreement between from friends, divulged no figures of the key strategies for Alibaba Saudi Aramco and South for his Indian investment plans. is to globalise... help more small Korea’s SK Engineering & India’s e-commerce sales businesses around the globe, use Construction is delaying con- totalled $2bn last year a puny sum our services to do businesses.” struction of a 400,000-barrel- compared with China’s $300bn. But he’s treading carefully, per-day oil refinery in Jizan But Indian sales are expected warning in the wake of Alibaba’s in southwest Saudi Arabia, to hit around $15bn by 2016, successful IPO: “People think we industry sources said. according to analysts, thanks to are too good — we can do any- Despite the disagreement, an increasingly affluent middle thing. This is the most dangerous which focused on claims for com- class, rising Internet penetration moment.” Ma’s spokeswoman said pensation for change orders, the and growing smartphone use. he would participate “in a number contract has not been terminated, Ma, regarded as an Internet of meetings with local businesses” the industry sources in Saudi visionary, hailed India’s new in India, declining to give details. Arabia said, denying reports in tech-savvy Prime Minister Alibaba already has a small Gulf business media. Narendra Modi’s commitment Indian market presence with a Other contractors on the to making India a fully-con- business-to-business sales start- project have had similar issues, nected business destination. “As up launched in 2010, while Indian requesting compensation for a businessman, I was inspired merchants are the second big- losses incurred for design changes and moved,” he said. “I was a gest sellers on Alibaba after the and delays caused by the slow rate teacher earlier and the Internet Chinese. Analysts expect Alibaba of work on related infrastructure, changed my life and I absolutely to expand in India’s e-commerce the sources said. agree India can be changed by market, possibly teaming up with The refinery, valued at $6bn to the Internet too.” Snapdeal, which bills itself as $7bn, is the centrepiece of a wider The 50-year-old executive chair- India’s version of Alibaba. plan to revive the economy in one man of Hangzhou-based Alibaba Both Snapdeal and Alibaba of Saudi Arabia’s poorest regions said India’s burgeoning youth pop- allow online retailers to list by developing an industrial city ulation would fuel the Internet’s wares from cooking oil to shoes that produces and uses oil prod- growth, adding: “The Internet is a and televisions. Japan’s SoftBank, ucts for manufacturing. business of young people.” There Alibaba’s largest shareholder with The complex had been sched- Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma addresses a gathering at an event organised by the Federation of is huge scope for technological a one-third stake, last month uled to be completed in late Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) in New Delhi yesterday. cooperation between India and became the biggest single inves- 2016, but industry sources in China, and “a great opportunity tor in Snapdeal. AFP the kingdom said last year that it faced delays of six to 12 months because work on associ- ated infrastructure was behind schedule. Thomas Cook hit by shock CEO departure TALKS CONTINUE A spokesman for SK E&C said on Tuesday that the company was LONDON: British holiday company matter of being told, it is a matter of jointly to 420.2 pence, the largest faller in the still in talks with state-run Saudi Thomas Cook defended its decision to deciding when is the right time,” he said. FTSE 100 index. Meysman said he didn’t Aramco to carry out construction replace Chief Executive Harriet Green Meysman conceded that her exit had think Green had another job lined up, but of the crude distillation and vac- yesterday after the abrupt departure of come faster than either of them had her statement in the company press release uum distillation units. the woman credited with reviving the expected. However, Fankhauser had skills implied otherwise. Saudi Aramco declined to com- business hammered its shares. more suited to leading the next phase of “I always said that I would move on ment when asked if the contract Chief Operating Officer Peter Thomas Cook’s turnaround. to another company with fresh chal- with SK had been terminated. Fankhauser has replaced Green with “We feel it is time to move to somebody lenges once my work was complete. That “If the contract gets termi- immediate effect, moving up to the top job who has been groomed as a CEO who time is now,” the 52-year old said in the nated, who will take over? There after 13 years with the company, the last comes from the industry,” he said. statement. will be a big impact then on of them in his current role. Numis analyst Wyn Ellis said the mar- Green had no prior travel experience schedule of the whole refinery, Shares in the world’s oldest travel com- ket was reacting with justifiable scepti- and was formerly chief executive of elec- on all contractors, on Aramco,” pany fell as much as 23 percent on news cism to the timing of Green’s departure. tronics company Premier Farnell. said a source who declined to be that the highly regarded Green was leaving “After all the hype the transformation She shed jobs and closed stores at identified. plus its warning that growth would slow to of Thomas Cook is far from complete. Thomas Cook to reduce debt and improve Little progress has been made “a more moderate pace” in 2015, to reflect The timing is unfortunate especially as profit by as much as £500m between 2012 on the construction of the refin- a tougher trading environment. the trading environment appears to be and 2015. ery since contracts were awarded Green joined the company in July 2012 deteriorating,” he said. That represents a recovery from a dra- in 2012. and led a recovery that increased its mar- Investors were disappointed by the matic slump in 2011, when the firm was hit When complete, it will proc- ket value from £148m ($233.6m) to just loss of Green who once told a newspa- by the euro zone debt crisis, high fuel costs ess heavy and medium crude oil under £2bn. per that she got the top job at Thomas and political turmoil in popular holiday des- into around 75,000 b/d of gaso- Seeking to explain Green’s departure, Cook by telling the chairman: “I think tinations such as Greece, Egypt and Tunisia. line and 250,000 b/d of ultra- chairman Frank Meysman said the plan you need me.” The company yesterday reported a 44 low-sulphur diesel. Products had always been to bring in a new CEO The stock fell 17 percent to 115 pence percent jump in earnings before inter- will also include liquefied once Green had overhauled the firm. at 1600 GMT, wiping out nearly all the est and tax to £323m for the year ended Customers use cash machines outside a petroleum gas, sulphur, asphalt, “This was a unanimous decision by the gains made in the last month. Shares in September, broadly in line with forecasts. Thomas Cook shop in central London yesterday. benzene and paraxylene. board which included Harriet so it is not a rival TUI Travel were down 1.5 percent REUTERS REUTERS THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

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DOHA: The stellar line-up for 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle Germany will also compete in Doha has marked this year as the 12th FINA World Swimming in Doha, leading many to believe Doha. Their best medal chances its year of swimming. As well Championships keeps getting he has a real chance at a world come in the form of Markus as the upcoming FINA World better — Cesar Cielo Filho, the record in the 50. Russia will be Deibler, who set a new German Swimming Championships, the most successful Brazilian swim- looking to better their nine- record of 1:52.38 in the 200m indi- city has already successfully mer in history, has added his medal tally of the 2012 World vidual medley this season, and staged the first meet in the FINA name to list of world-class swim- Championships in Istanbul where 20-year old Sarah Kohler, the Mastbank Swimming World Cup mers who will take to the blocks they finished fifth in the medals German champion in the 400m, and is the first city to host a World at Hamad Aquatic Centre here table as they prepare to send a 800m, and 1500m freestyles. Cup and a World Championships between December 3 and 7. 36-strong team to Doha, which Markus’ brother, Steffan Diebler, in the same year. It will also Filho has won three Olympic also includes Evgeny Korotyshkin, could also provide a medal in the host the 3rd FINA Aquatics medals — including Brazil’s only Olympic medalist and double- 50m butterfly. Conference from November 29 swimming gold — six individual world record holder in the 100m Australia has confirmed that to December 1, which includes World Championship gold medals butterfly and 4x100m medley three rookies will join 11 mem- the FINA Swimming Coaches and two long-course world records relay. bers of Australia’s successful Golden Clinic and the FINA in 100m and 50m freestyle. Other world-record holders set Commonwealth Games team and Extraordinary Congress. However in Doha, the Brazilian to compete in Doha include Italy’s seven Olympians in a 20-strong The 12th FINA World will face stiff competition from Federica Pellegrini (200m but- Australian Swim Team for the Swimming Championships will be Russia’s Vlad Morozov in the 50m terfly), Agnel Yannick of France 12th FINA World Swimming held over five days with morning freestyle category. Morozov is the (400m freestyle), South Africa’s Championships (25m). Australian heats starting at 9.30am and finals defending World Championship Roland Schoeman (50m freestyle) short-course record holders Mitch kicking off from 6pm. Fans can Cesar Cielo Filho, the most successful Brazilian swimmer in history, will silver medalist in the event and and Sweden’s Malin Therese Larkin and Emily Seebohm will purchase their tickets at Virgin compete in the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships at the Hamad one of the best short-course Alshammar (50m butterfly) to be ones to watch in Doha, both Megastores or online at tickets. Aquatic Centre in Doha between December 3 and 7. swimmers in history. name but a few. having shown excellent form this virginmegastores.qa. Tickets start The Russian will only swim the Twenty-four athletes from season. at QR10. THE PENINSULA NHL: Ducks beat Flames at Play-off contenders feature home for 19th straight time in US Thanksgiving games

ANAHEIM: Corey Perry, Matt caromed off the right skate of DALLAS: The Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia and the divisional Eagles team coming off a 43-24 Beleskey and Kyle Palmieri defenseman Kris Russell and past and Philadelphia Eagles meet fight could last into the final rout of Tennessee. staked Anaheim to a big lead, Hiller’s left skate. today in a showdown of NFL weekend of the year and season. “Eagles-Cowboys games always and the Ducks then held on for Almost 3 minutes later, Hiller divisional co-leaders with The Cowboys have a home-field seem to have something special their 19th straight home victory got a break of his own when four other clubs fighting for edge but are coming off a victory going on and the fact that this against Calgary, beating the Beleskey’s one-timer from the slot play-off spots also on the US over the New York Giants on year we’re both 8-3, yeah, we Flames 3-2 on Tuesday night. hit the left post. But Perry made Thanksgiving holiday slate. Sunday night, giving them a short know it’s big,” Eagles safety Chris The Flames haven’t won in it 2-0 at 5:04 of the second period In addition to the Cowboys- rest for the mid-week matchup. Maragos said. “We know what’s Anaheim since January 19, 2004. with his team-high 12th goal. Eagles matchup of 8-3 teams “The excitement that comes at stake,” Eagles cornerback Only three players who played for Beleskey was hit in the skate by for the NFC East lead, reigning with this can override how tired Brandon Boykin said. “I know the Calgary in that game are active Francois Beauchemin’s slap shot, Super Bowl champion Seattle will you are,” Cowboys tight end Jason fans are going crazy.” in the NHL. and kicked the puck to Perry. visit San Francisco and Detroit Witen said. “It’s a great oppor- The Cowboys feature the Jonas Hiller, who spent his The Ducks went the entire will play host to Chicago in tunity for us. You have to get NFL’s leading rusher in DeMarco first seven NHL seasons with game without a power-play, and nationally televised games. The through it and move forward. Murray, with 1,354 yards in 11 Anaheim before signing with have had no more than three in champion Seahawks and 49ers are You’re going to be tired regard- games, and a consistent pass Calgary in July, stopped 29 shots Anaheim Ducks’ right-wing Corey their last eight games. Calgary both 7-4, two games behind NFC less. You have to find a way to get threat in Tony Romo and receiver in his return. Perry controls the puck against was 0 for 4 with the man advan- West leader Arizona, and trail- through it and move on to the Dez Bryant. Anaheim got to the playoffs the Arizona Coyotes during the tage, making Anaheim 5 for 43 on ing in the wildcard play-off fight next one. That’s the focus. “We’ve got to stop Murray, five times in Hiller’s seven sea- first-period at the Honda Center in the penalty kill the past 14 games. by tie-breakers to Detroit, which “You love to play in these because they’re going to try and sons, but never made it past the California on Tuesday night. AGENCIES at 7-4 is one game behind NFC games. You just have to make sure run the ball,” said Eagles line- second round. North leader Green Bay. you get yourself ready to play.” backer Brandon Graham. “We’re The Flames, coming off a 4-1 Andersen made 32 saves. “Guys really understand the The Cowboys could still be on just trying to hold him down so we homestand that included shoot- Another potential goal by NHL Results sense of urgency that’s needed a roll from their triumph, Dallas can win. That’s the biggest thing.” out wins over the Ducks and New Johnny Gaudreau with 3:11 Winnipeg 4 Columbus 2 in this part of the season,” 49ers defensive end Jerome Mincey said. The 49ers, who face a home Jersey Devils, spoiled Frederik remaining was overturned by Ottawa 3 St Louis 2 receiver Anquan Boldin said. “We “Sometimes it’s good to play rematch with the Seahawks in Andersen’s shutout bid with 8:58 video replay after he was ruled Nashville 4 Los Angeles 3 just feel like we are in the playoffs. games closer together,” he said. two weeks, need a fourth con- remaining when T.J. Brodie beat to have kicked the puck in during Dallas 3 Edmonton 2 That’s our mindset. We feel like “Your wind is up because you just secutive victory to gain an edge him with a screened slap shot. a delayed penalty. we have got to win at any cost.” played a game. We look forward on Seattle in the wildcard fight Colorado 4 Arizona 3 Jiri Hudler made it 3-2 with The Ducks opened the scoring The Dallas-Philadelphia loser to the challenge. We know what and as they try to catch Arizona, 25.4 seconds to play after Hiller at 4:37 of the first when Beleskey’s Vancouver 2 New Jersey 0 will suffer a setback but the teams we’re up against.” a team the Seahawks beat 19-3 was pulled for an extra skater. intended centering pass for Perry Anaheim 3 Calgary 2 meet again on December 14 at That would be an emotional last Sunday. AFP

Pacquiao tastes defeat after Curry scores 40 to power ring triumph Golden State over Miami MANILA: World boxing cham- pion Manny Pacquiao resumed MIAMI: Stephen Curry his Philippine pro basketball scored 40 points, and the career yesterday with a crush- Golden State Warriors beat ing defeat that extended his the Miami Heat 114-97 on team’s losing streak to eight Tuesday night for their sixth games. consecutive victory. Three days after dominating Golden State scored 14 American Chris Algieri in the straight points to open a 107-95 ring, Pacquiao suited up as coach lead with 2:50 to go. Curry and of the Kia Sorento team but did Thompson capped the run with not see action on the court. consecutive 3-pointers. Pacquiao’s team lost by 11 Thompson had 24 points for points to the more experienced the Warriors, who shot 57 per- and more popular Purefoods Star cent. Curry was 12 for 19 from Hotshots after leading by as many the field, including an 8-for- as six points in the third quarter. 11 performance from 3-point “I am here to support my team. range. I hope my presence boosts their Chris Bosh scored 26 points morale,” Pacquiao said at his for Miami, and Luol Deng had team’s dugout before the game, 16. James Ennis’ dunk with 9:11 which was broadcast on national left was the Heat’s last field television. goal. Golden State Warriors’ guard Stephen Curry (right) drives to the “I don’t feel any pain in my body Miami led by 16 in the first basket as Miami Heat forward Josh McRoberts defends during the from the fight (with Algieri),” said half, but Golden State closed first-half of a NBA game at the American Airlines Arena on Tuesday. Pacquiao, who had a visible bruise the second quarter with a 23-8 under his left eye. surge. Draymond Green made to clinch the game after the of the game, lost guard Derrick The 35-year-old told his team two free throws with 9.8 sec- Wizards made a late push. Rose to left hamstring tight- to improve on their rebounding onds left to cut the Heat’s lead John Wall scored 21 points ness in the first half. in an animated pep talk that was to 62-61 at the break. for the Wizards (9-4), who had Kings 99, Pelicans 89 preceded by a prayer session. Golden State carried the won five of six before Tuesday’s Omri Casspi, playing for Pacquiao, the shortest player momentum over to the second- loss left them 2 1/2 games off injured starter Rudy Gay, on the court that night at 1.69 half. Curry hit three 3-pointers the Eastern Conference lead. scored 14 of his team-high 22 metres (5’6”), wore a jacket over in the third period, and his two Nuggets 114, Bulls 109 points in the second half and his red jersey with the words free throws with 58.2 seconds Ty Lawson had 20 points and center DeMarcus Cousins “head coach” emblazoned on its remaining put Golden State 12 assists, including a big basket added 22 points and 13 rebounds back. ahead, 89-82. late on, as the Denver Nuggets to lift the Sacramento Kings to The boxing champion appeared Hawks 106, Wizards 102 beat the injury-ravaged Chicago victory over the New Orleans to have boosted his team’s morale Jeff Teague led the way with Bulls to win their fifth game in Pelicans. AGENCIES during the closely-fought first half 28 points and a 22-5 fourth a row. up to the third quarter, where his quarter run propelled the Jimmy Butler scored 32 NBA Results team led by six points. Atlanta Hawks to victory over points and grabbed nine Atlanta 106 Washington 102 But a three-point fastbreak by the Washington Wizards. rebounds, and forward Pau Golden State 114 Miami 97 Purefoods and a turnover in the Atlanta (7-5) turned a tight Gasol contributed 22 points and Milwaukee 98 Detroit 86 fourth quarter wiped out Kia’s but sloppy contest into a 92-78 11 rebounds for Chicago. lead and left Pacquiao scratching lead with 4:03 remaining but The Bulls (9-6), down two Sacramento 99 New Orleans 89 his head on the benches. AFP needed to rely on free throws frontcourt players at the start Denver 114 Chicago 109 THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Hughes ‘remains in Hafeez lifts Pakistan on critical’ condition SYDNEY: Australia cricketer Members of the Australian Phil Hughes (pictured) was national team, including the cap- still fighting for his life yester- tain Michael Clarke, spent hours opening day in Sharjah day as family and friends kept at his hospital bed, comforting vigil at his hospital bedside. the stricken player’s mother and Hughes remains in an induced sister. coma after undergoing emergency As a sign of respect, Cricket Misbah’s men score 281-3 against NZ after opener’s 178 surgery on Tuesday when he was Australia (CA) called off the struck in the head by a bouncer, entire round of matches in the SHARJAH: Opener a devastating blow that experts country’s domestic first-class Mohammad Hafeez struck Scoreboard likened to the trauma experienced competition. a dominating century to lift by car crash victims. CA has offered counselling to Pakistan (I innings): Pakistan to 281-3 in the third The 25-year-old underwent players who witnessed the inci- M Hafeez (batting)...... 178 and final Test against New further scans yesterday morning dent, including paceman Sean S Masood b Craig ...... 12 Zealand in Sharjah yesterday. but medical staff at Sydney’s St Abbott, who bowled the ball that A Ali c Taylor b Craig ...... 39 The 34-year-old anchored Vincent’s hospital did not disclose reared up and struck Hughes. Y Khan lbw Vettori ...... 5 Pakistan’s innings with an the results. Abbott was one of the first Misbah-ul-Haq (batting) ...... 38 unbeaten 178 – his seventh Test Pakistani “Phillip’s condition is players to aid Hughes when he Extras (LB-4, NB-1, W-4) ...... 9 hundred and second in the series batsman unchanged and he remains crumbled on to the pitch. Total (for 3 wkts) ...... 281 – as Pakistan dominated the day Mohammad critical,” the Australian cricket “Sean will have all the sup- Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-131, 3-160. after winning a crucial toss and Hafeez team doctor Peter Brukner told port he needs around him,” CA To bat: A Shafiq, S Ahmed, Y Shah, M Talha, Z deciding to bat on a flat, grass-less plays a shot reporters. chief executive James Babar, R Ali Sharjah Stadium pitch. “If there are any Sutherland said. Bowling: T Boult 17-5-47-0(w-1); T Southee during the Hafeez added an invaluable 121 further developments “I’m sure his team 18-3-43-0; D Vettori 12-4-28-1; C Anderson first day of for the fourth wicket with skipper we will let you know mates and everyone 12-4-28-0(nb-1 w-3); M Craig 16-3-67-2; I the third and Misbah-ul Haq who was not out immediately.” don’t feel in any way Sodhi 15-2-64-0. final Test on a chancy 38 and 87 for the sec- Hughes needed ill of him for what New Zealand: B B McCullum, T W M Latham, against New ond wicket with Azhar Ali (39). CPR and mouth-to- happened. It’s a freak, K S Williamson, L R P L Taylor, C J Anderson, Zealand at It was an aggressive knock mouth resuscitation freak incident that’s D L Vettori, B J Watling, M D Craig, T G the Sharjah during which Hafeez drove and after he collapsed at happened.” Southee, I S Sodhi, T A Boult. pulled with authority, clobbering Cricket the Sydney Cricket The horrific injury 23 boundaries and three sixes. Stadium Ground when he was suffered by Hughes Misbah, batting in his usual a day before the Test,” said Ali of in Sharjah, struck in the back of providing a sobering cautious style, benefitted from a Hafeez who had a bio-mechani- yesterday. the head by a short- reminder of the risks dropped catch on 20 when wicket- cal analysis of his bowling action pitched delivery. that cricketers face every time keepe BJ Watling failed to hold reported during the firstTest. He was rushed by ambulance to they go out to bat. an edge off leg-sppiner Ish Sodhi. “That did not deter him and he the nearby hospital and immedi- Although life-threatening inju- New Zealand’s three-spinner played a brilliant knock. ately underwent an operation to ries are rare, Hughes is not the attack failed to get any spin with “We won the toss but needed to relieve the pressure on his brain. first player seriously hurt after Mark Craig getting 2-67 and score big and we are on course for Peter Larkins, one of Australia’s being struck by a cricket ball. recalled Daniel Vettori 1-28. that, a total of 500 or above would leading sports physicians, said Former New Zealand interna- New Zealand, seeking to level help us dictate terms.” people who suffer serious injuries tional Ewen Chatfield swallowed the three-match series after los- Younis, who hit three hundreds can remain comatose for days but his tongue and stopped breathing ing the first in Abu Dhabi by 248 in Pakistan’s 2-0 rout of Australia He was accorded a guard of dropping out-of-form opener can still make full recoveries. after being hit in the head while runs and drawing the second in last month and one more in the honour by New Zealand players Taufeeq Umar and Ehsan Adil, “While it’s an extraordinary batting in a Test match against Dubai, hit back in the second ses- first Test of this series, was as he entered the field. who suffered a side-muscle strain. injury in cricket, such head England in 1975. sion by dismissing Ali and in-form trapped leg-before by left-armer Hafeez reached his hundred They brought in Hafeez and pace- trauma injuries are seen in high He said in an interview : “You Younis Khan for five. Vettori. with a couple of boundaries and man Mohammad Talha. speed car crashes all the time and don’t like seeing people getting Pakistan were comfortably Vettori, recalled in place of a single, reaching the mark in 130 New Zealand brought there are some miracle stories injured seriously. placed at 82-1 at lunch but Ali Jimmy Neehsam, is playing his balls aided with 14 boundaries and Vettori, playing his first Test of full recoveries,” Larkins told “It’s just one of those very became off-spinner Craig’s sec- 112th match for New Zealand, two sixes. for 28 months, replacing Jimmy Reuters. unlucky things you see in sport.” ond wicket, caught in the slip off becoming his country’s most In the first session, Pakistan Neesham. The cricketing community The injury to Hughes also a loose shot. capped player beating Stephen had a confident start of 44 before Pakistan lead the three-match remains in a state of shock with turned attention on the helmets Ali said Hafeez was focused Fleming who played 111. Craig bowled Shan Masood for 12. series 1-0, after winning the first players from around the world after manufacturer Masuri said even before the Test. Vettori also played one Test for Pakistan made two changes Test in Abu Dhabi and drawing sending their well wishes to the Australian was not using the “He came back from England an ICC World XI in 2005. from the Dubai Test line-up, the second in Dubai. AFP Hughes. latest version. REUTERS Scoreboard BANGLADESH V Sibanda c Sunny b Mortaza ...... 9 Ali’s ton in vain as SL draw Tamim Iqbal (run out) ...... 40 T Maruma c Mortaza b Rubel ...... 8 Anamul Haque c (sub) b Kamungozi ...... 95 B Taylor lbw Shakib ...... 28 Mominul Haque c Maruma b Masakadza .... 15 S Mire c Rahim b Sunny ...... 12 S Al Hasan c Chigumbura b Panyangara ..... 40 R Chakabva b Mahmudullah ...... 14 Mushfiqur Rahim b Panyangara ...... 33 E Chigumbura (not out) ...... 53 first blood against England Mahmudullah (not out) ...... 33 P Moor lbw Rubel ...... 2 Sabbir Rahman c Maruma b Madziva ...... 22 N Mazdiva c (sub) b Sunny ...... 11 COLOMBO: Mashrafe Mortaza (not out) ...... 2 T Panyangara b Sunny ...... 0 A magnificent Mendis and his efforts were ulti- Extras (LB-10, W-4, NB-3) ...... 17 T Kamungozi b Sunny ...... 4 century by Moeen Ali went mately in vain despite England Total (for 6 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 297 Extras (B-8, LB-1, W-11 ...... 20 in vain as England suffered a apparently cruising at one stage, Fall of wickets: 1-121, 2-160, 3-167, 4-239, Total (all out in 39.5 overs) ...... 173 25-run defeat to Sri Lanka in reaching 107 for one in 15 overs. 5-244, 6-290. Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-22, 3-39, 4-80, 5-82, the first of seven one-day inter- Ian Bell, Joe Root and Eoin Bowling: Panyangara 10-0-54-2(nb1); Madziva 6-119, 7-126, 8-153, 9-153, 10-173. nationals yesterday. Morgan all fell quickly and 9-0-60-1(w2, nb1); Chigumbura 3-0-18-0 (w2, Bowling: Mortaza 7-2-24-2, Shafiul 2.1-0-20- The left-handed opener struck although a superior scoring rate nb1); Kamungozi 10-0-40-1; Maruma 2-0-15- 0(w2), Rubel 5.5-0-22-2(w1), Sabbir 2-0-16-0, 119 as England replied to Sri kept England interested, regu- 0; 10-0-64-0; Masakadza 5-0-25-1; Mire Sunny 8.5-0-27-4, Shakib 7-1-19-1(w1), Mah- Lanka’s 317 for six but the chase lar wickets proved to be their 1-0-11-0. mudullah 5-0-29-1(w2), Mominul 2-0-7-0. petered out once he was dismissed undoing. ZIMBABWE Result: Bangladesh won by 124 and lead the in the 30th over. Ravi Bopara staged a lone bat- H Masakadza c Rahim b Mortaza ...... 12 five-match series 3-0. Half-centuries from openers tle at the end with four bounda- Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kusal ries and two sixes in his 62-ball Perera set up Sri Lanka’s innings. 65 but was the last man to fall as Put in to bat after a rain- England were all out for 292 with Bangladesh seal series delayed start, they built on 17 balls to spare. an opening stand of 120 from Thisara Perera was the most Dilshan (88) and Perera (59) to successful bowler for Sri Lanka set England a challenging target. with three wickets for 44 runs. with massive victory Moeen (119) then made full use Ajantha Mendis and Rangana of a run of luck to give the visitors Herath picked up two wickets DHAKA: Opening batsman Zimbabwe 2-22, and spinners did a lightning start with his maiden apiece. Anamul Haque top-scored with the rest. Arafat Sunny mopped up ODI ton coming in 72 deliveries. Earlier, Dilshan and Mahela 95 as Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe the tail to finish with 4-27. The left-hander, who scored Jayawardene (58 in 55 balls) by 124 runs in the third one- Skipper Elton Chigumbura England’s second fastest half-cen- anchored Sri Lanka’s innings day international to wrap up staged a lone battle for Zimbabwe tury in just 25 balls, batted with with a 76-run stand for the third the five-match series in Dhaka to stay 53 not out. ease and sublime timing and his wicket and laid the foundation for yesterday. Haque was named man of the 87-ball knock was studded with a late assault. The hosts took an unassail- match for his 120-ball innings. 11 fours and five sixes. Captain Angelo Mathews (33 able 3-0 lead in the series after Tamim uncharacteristically The 27-year-old was lucky too. off 24 balls) and Jeevan Mendis winning the first two ODIs in took the role of an anchor in the On seven the ball found the edge (14-ball 30) provided just that for Chittagong by 87 runs and 68 stand before he was freakishly of his bat and rolled on to the the hosts who added 94 in the last runs respectively. run out for 40. stumps but failed to dislodge the 10 overs. ames Tredwell was the Anamul and Tamim Iqbal laid Shakib al Hasan (40 off 33 bails while he was also dropped pick of England’s bowlers with the foundations for a big win, balls) and Mushfiqur Rahim (33 twice later – on 72 and 89. He two for 52 while Chris Woakes Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan (right) celebrates after dismissing England putting up an opening stand of off 22 balls) added 72 runs for the was finally out offering a tame also scalped two but gave away captain Alastair Cook during their first ODI in Colombo yesterday. 121 runs – their second century fourth wicket in just eight overs return catch to leg spinner Jeevan 68 runs. REUTERS partnership in as many matches, to excite home crowd. which guided Bangladesh to 297-6. Mahmudullah (33 not out off 26 Scoreboard Zimbabwe were never up to the balls) and Sabbir Rahman (22 off Pakistan to host Kenya task and were bowled out for 173 13 balls) also enjoyed a run fest as SRI LANKA M Ali c&b J Mendis ...... 119 runs in 39.5 overs. Bangladesh added 103 runs in the T Dilshan c&b Woakes ...... 88 I Bell c M Jayawardene b T Perera ...... 35 Mashrafe Mortaza (2-24) had last 10 overs to post their highest K Perera (run out) ...... 59 J Root c Sangakkara b T Perera...... 2 in Lahore one-dayers an opening-spell blast to leave total in the series. AFP K Sangakkara lbw Ali ...... 2 E Morgan b A Mendis ...... 1 M Jayawardene c Buttler b Tredwell ...... 55 J Buttler b Prasad...... 21 KARACHI: A Mathews c Stokes b Tredwell ...... 33 R Bopara c K Perera b T Perera ...... 65 Kenya will (PCB) official said Kenya would Bangladesh’s T Perera c Cook b Woakes ...... 4 B Stokes st Sangakkara b Herath ...... 16 become only the second team reach Lahore on December 11 for Rubel Hossain L Thirimanne (not out) ...... 27 C Woakes st Sangakkara b Herath ...... 7 to play international cricket the five one-day games. (second right) J Mendis (not out) ...... 30 J Tredwell b A Mendis ...... 6 in Pakistan since militants “All the will be played at the celebrates with Extras (LB-2, W-17) ...... 19 H Gurney not out) ...... 1 attacked the Sri Lanka team Gaddafi Stadium,” he said. team-mates Total (for 6 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 317 Extras (nb-1 w-8)...... 9 in Lahore in March, 2009 by Kenya, once regular qualifi- after dismissing Fall of wickets: 1-120, 2-128, 3-204, 4-253, Total (all out in 47.1 overs) ...... 292 agreeing to a one-day series. ers for the ICC World Cup, have Zimbabwe’s 5-253, 6-263. Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-107, 3-121, 4-124, Since the attack, Afghanistan struggled in recent years although Peter Moor Bowling: Woakes 10-0-68-2 (w4); Gurney 5-159, 6-203, 7-243, 8-259, 9-286, 10-292. are the only national team to have they played in the last World Cup played in the country with Test in 2011. during their 10-0-66-0 (w6); Tredwell 10-0-52-2; Stokes Bowling: A Mathews 3-1-17-0; D Prasad 5-0- nations staying away due to secu- The PCB official said Kenya third ODI 4-0-36-0 (w4); Ali 10-0-66-1 (w2); Root 2-0- 51-1(w-1); T Dilshan 6-0-33-1(w-1); A Mendis 12-0; Bopara 4-0-15-0 (w1). 9-0-55-2(w-3); R Herath 9-0-58-2; T Perera rity concerns, leaving Pakistan to had agreed to play because they in Dhaka, schedule their ‘home’ series in the were keen to raise their pro- yesterday. ENGLAND 9.1-1-44-3(nb-1 w-3); J Mendis 6-0-34-1. A Cook lbw b Dilshan ...... 10 Result: Sri Lanka won by 25 runs. United Arab Emirates. file before the ICC division two A Pakistan Cricket Board cricket league. REUTERS THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Chess: Qatar Masters Open 2014 kicks off in Doha

Action from the first day of the Qatar Masters Open 2014 chess tournament at Hotel Crowne Plaza in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia enters the championship hall. The Qatar Masters, a new mega-open chess tournament, is being conducted according to the Swiss System of nine rounds and if necessary a play-off. The total prize money is $110,000. The first place winner will get $25,000. First place for ladies will win $5,000. The 11-day event is contested by 160 players representing 40 countries. The event will end on December 4. PICTURES BY: DMITRY RUKHLETSKIY/MARIA EMELIANOVA Cavani, Zlatan see PSG past Five-star Chelsea smash Ajax in Group F

PARIS: Edinson Cavani scored twice and Zlatan Ibrahimovic was also on target as Paris Saint- Germain beat Ajax 3-1 at the Parc Schalke to reach last 16 des Princes in Champions League Group F on Tuesday night. Cavani’s first-half opener was Messi sets record, Suarez breaks duck in win; Aguero shines for City cancelled out by Davy Klaassen midway through the second half as Ajax looked set to leave GELSENKIRCHEN, European Champions the French capital with a point, Germany: Jose Mourinho’s but Ibrahimovic scored his first Chelsea marched into the League Results goal for his club in nearly three Champions League last 16 as PARIS: European Champions months to put the hosts back in Group G winners on Tuesday League group results on front in the 79th minute. night after their emphatic Tuesday night: And Cavani then made sure of 5-0 win at Robert di Matteo’s Group E the victory as PSG moved a step Schalke 04. At Moscow closer to their objective of advanc- Mourinho’s Premier League CSKA Moscow (RUS) 1 (V. Berezutsky 90+3) ing to the last 16 as group win- leaders brushed Di Matteo’s Roma (ITA) 1 (Totti 43) ners, the result allowing them to ineffective Royal Blues aside At Manchester, England maintain a one-point lead over in Gelsenkirchen as captain Manchester City (ENG) 3 (Aguero 21-pen, 85, Barcelona with a trip to the Camp John Terry put them ahead 90+1) Bayern Munich (GER) 2 (Xabi Alonso 40, Nou still to come next month. within just two minutes of the Lewandowski 45) Barcelona won 4-0 away Group F kick-off. to APOEL in Cyprus in the At Nicosia Further first-half scores by night’s other game, but with Willian and an own goal from APOEL Nicosia (CYP) 0 Barcelona (ESP) 4 (Suarez both sides already through to 27, Messi 38, 58, 87) defender Jan Kirchhoff were fol- At Paris the last 16 before this match- lowed by second-half strikes from day, the French champions now Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 3 (Cavani 33, 83, Didier Drogba and Brazil mid- Ibrahimovic 78) Ajax (NED) 1 (Klaassen 67) know that a draw in Spain next fielder Ramires. Group G month will see them progress in “I am very happy, it was a very At Gelsenkirchen, Germany first place. impressive performance,” beamed Schalke 04 (GER) 0 Chelsea (ENG) 5 (Terry The statistics make for impres- Mourinho. 2, Willian 29, Kirchhoff 44-og, Drogba 76, sive reading for Laurent Blanc’s “We weren’t coming here to see Ramires 78) side, who have now won eight if a point would be enough to put At Lisbon games in a row in all competitions us through and we showed that Sporting Lisbon 3 (Mané 10, Nani 35, Slimani 65) and remain unbeaten this season, from the first minute. Maribor 1 (Jefferson 42-o.g.) a status shared only with Chelsea “It was 90 minutes of good Group H in Europe’s leading leagues. football.” At Borisov PSG are also now undefeated The result matched Schalke’s BATE Borisov (BLR) 0 Porto (POR) 3 (Herrera 56, in 32 European outings at the record European home defeat Martinez 65, Tello 89) Parc des Princes, a record that when they were hammered 6-1 Lionel Messi (left) of FC Barcelona in action during the UEFA Champions League Group F match against APOEL At Lviv, Ukraine stretches back over eight years, by Real Madrid in last season’s Nicosia in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Tuesday night. Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 0 Athletic Bilbao (ESP) although Ajax could count them- 1(Dominguez 68) round of 16, first leg, in February selves a little unlucky to return to this year. “I was surprised by our lack of since a club record move from had the final word as he turned the Etihad Stadium. But a mis- Amsterdam with nothing to show Chelsea remain unbeaten in confidence, we weren’t aggressive Liverpool in July with a fine turn home Pedro Rodriguez’s low cross take from Alonso enabled Aguero for their efforts. all 19 matches this season and enough and we gave them far too and finish on 27 minutes. three minutes from time to take to equalise in the 85th minute and The Dutch champions, with are now four points clear in the much space. However, he was upstaged by his tally to 74 Champions League six minutes later the Argentine only one player aged over 25 in table ahead of their final match at “We have to look ahead now his Argentine team-mate as Messi goals in 91 games. Sergio Aguero exploited an error by City old boy their starting line-up, played the home to second-placed Sporting and put this behind us as quickly surpassed Real Madrid legend scored a sensational hat-trick Jerome Boateng to give Manuel better football for long spells but, Lisbon in a fortnight. as possible.” Raul’s mark of 71 goals just days as Manchester City stunned Pellegrini’s side a dramatic having already been eliminated Di Matteo’s unbeaten home Meanwhile, Lionel Messi after also becoming the top scorer 10-man Bayern Munich 3-2 to victory. before this game, can now look record after four wins was ended became the all-time top goals- in the history of La Liga when he reignite their hopes of reaching City will now go into their forward to a home game with by his former club in brutal corer in the Champions League stabbed home Rafinha’s mishit the Champions League last 16. final game away to Roma level on APOEL in two weeks in which fashion. with a hat-trick and Luis shot 10 minutes later. Aguero scored from the pen- points with the Italian side and they will hope to secure the con- “It was already a difficult Suarez registered his first goal Messi added his second of the alty spot mid-way through the CSKA Moscow, meaning they solation of a place in the Europa evening for us and we made it for Barcelona in a routine 4-0 evening just before the hour mark first half after Mehdi Benatia will qualify if they win and the League in the new year. even harder by conceding so win away at APOEL Nicosia on before both sides were reduced had been sent off, only for goals Russian champions fail to win at The loss of captain Nicolai early,” said Di Matteo, who apol- Tuesday night. to 10 men as Rafinha and Joao from birthday boy Xabi Alonso Bayern, who were already guar- Boilesen to injury after just 10 ogised to Schalke fans for the Suarez finally got on the Guilherme saw second yellow cards. and Robert Lewandowski to put anteed to qualify as Group E win- minutes came as a blow to Frank performance. scoresheet in his fifth appearance And fittingly it was Messi who Bayern in front at half-time at ners. AFP de Boer’s side. AFP

Mercedes on Al Attiyah congratulated on FIM feat top in final 2014 practice Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, President of Qatar Motor and Motorcycle ABU DHABI: World champi- Federation (QMMF) cutting ons Mercedes wrapped up the a cake with QMMF staff 2014 season in style yesterday, after he was re-elected as topping the times in the closing Deputy President of FIM practice session of the year in in Jerez, Spain recently. Abu Dhabi. The event was hosted On Sunday, the Yas Marina by officials of the Losail Circuit here was the setting for Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton’s International Circuit and second world title coronation. QMMF to congratulate Al Now it was the turn of Attiyah on his win. RIGHT: Mercedes’ official reserve driver The QMMF President Pascal Wehrlein to take the spot- poses with a souvenir on light, the 20-year-old German the occasion. topping the times on the second and final day of practice. His best time of 1min 42.624sec kept him ahead of the pack. AFP THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29 Qatar’s sporting ambitions soar Doha will become the world’s capital of sports, says Sports Minister Ghanem Al Ali

DOHA: Corruption claims sur- roundings 2022 World Cup bid have not dampened Qatar’s appetite to become the “world capital” of prestigious sport events. Cleared last week by FIFA of wrongdoing in gaining the right to host the World Cup, Qatar last Tuesday won the right to organise the 2019 Athletics World Championships. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced Doha had beaten off Barcelona and Eugene, Oregon. The Gulf state, which sits on the world’s third largest gas reserves, has also offered help - ultimately rejected - organis- ing the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015 after Morocco refused to host the tournament over fears of the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. “Doha will become the world’s capital of sports,” Sports Minister Salah bin Ghanem Al Ali said. The energy-rich country has employed its wealth to lead Arab countries in hosting global sports events. It is reaping the benefits of a policy launched in the 1990s H E Salah bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al Ali, Minister of Youth and Sports. RIGHT: A beautiful view of illuminated Qatar Handball Association Complex, one of the four venues to host the Qatar under which it invested tens of 2015 World Handball Championship. billions of dollars in sports, both at home and overseas. Qatar also owns the BeIN “confidence of the international summer. Meanwhile, the Al Attiya corruption suspicions, the bash- And Qatar’s sponsorship of the economic progress and develop- Sports television channel, which sports community in Qatar’s Arena, built in only 18 months to ing will continue,” said Hassan prestigious $5m Prix de l’Arc de ment. Entire cities have been has an increasingly large audi- ability to organise international host the men’s handball world Al Thawadi, secretary general of Triomphe has made it the world’s transformed thanks to hosting ence spread beyond the Middle sporting events,” he said. championship between January the 2022 World Cup organising second richest horse race after large events, or big sports tour- East. Qatar’s 2022 World Cup 15 and February 1, boasts digital committee. the Dubai World Cup. naments,” he said. The country will organise the Organising Committee unveiled maps and high-tech screens to “We will respond by continuing Richard Attias, the French Frederic Giqueaux, a French world short-course swimming in Riyadh on Monday a model of display results. to work and win,” he said. organiser of Doha Goals, which businessman who came to Doha championships in December, the renovated design for Khalifa It can be converted into an ice Qatar’s interest in sports was held in Doha recently, said to offer his services in events the handball World Cup in Stadium with a seating capacity hockey rink within 48 hours. goes beyond organising events it is normal that the investment security, described Qatar as a early 2015 and the world cycling of 40,000 and equipped with a Qatari officials say it is inevi- to even include buying football portfolio of the country includes “very promising land”. road championships in 2016, Ali cooling system to overcome the table that the country’s success clubs, like Paris Saint-Germain, sports. “It is a very dynamic country noted. desert country’s temperatures has courted controversy. “Despite and sponsoring others, like “This is simply because it is which has a capacity to achieve The busy agenda reflects the that exceed 45 degrees celsius in FIFA’s decision to clear Qatar in Barcelona. also a marvellous way to achieve its ambition,” he said. AFP

Military Sailing: Germany retain Al Shamal, El Jaish register wins lead, Russian women bounce back

DOHA: Germany dominated on day two of the 47th Military Sailing Championship to Sailors tak- brighten their chances of win- ing part in ning the men’s title while the the 47th Russian women bounced back to Military Sailing take the top spot here yesterday. Championship The German pair of Baldewein Dustin and Wagner Jan-Jasper, in action at which led at the end of the first Doha Bay day with a net score of three, has yesterday. five at the end of the six races. Today the final Overnight second placed three races Ukraine team comprising of Pavlo will take place. Matsuyer and Borys Shvets con- The closing tinued in the same place, with five ceremony will points separating them from the be held on leaders. Saturday. The final three races will take PICTURE BY: place today in the nine-race KAMMUTTY competition. VP The Indian pair of Posmarajan Pandian Mottu and Norender Singh Rajput held on to their third place. Following the top three were Poland’s Marcin Czajkowski and Piotr Przybylski in fourth place CISM officials heap praise with a net score of 16 points while the hosts team, comprising of by Jassim Al Sulaiti and Waleed Al Shashani, are in fifth spot with 19. on Doha for a perfect show The six-day championship is contested by 100 sailors from 17 DOHA: International Military continue the race,” Weller said. countries. Sports Council (CISM) officials Meanwhile, Waltervan praised Action from the Qatar Basketball League (QBL) match between Al Sailors from Canada, Sri Lanka, have praised Qatar Emiri Naval the logistic services provided by Shamal and Al Wakra at Al Gharafa Stadium yesterday. Al Shamal won Germany, Pakistan, Denmark, Forces for a perfect organisa- the organizing committee for all 87-81. BOTTOM: Players of Al Arabi and El Jaish vie for ball possession France, Norway, Poland, Ukraine, tional at the 47th World Military the participants. in the QBL match. El Jaish won 74-69. Finland, Tunisia, India, Turkey, Sailing Championship. “There are more than 100 male the USA, Indonesia and Qatar are Bram Weller Chairman of the and female participants repre- competing in the men’s section. Technical committee of the cham- senting 17 countries which is In the women’s section, the pionship and Colonel Waltervan very good comparing to previous Russian team of Alisa Kiriliuk of the CISM, have said the hosts championships. These countries and Liudmila Dmitrieva, who have shown outstanding abilities Bram Weller (left) and Colonel are representing Asia, Africa, were languishing in the third in organizing the championship Waltervan Europe and South and North place, leapfrogged to share the which is rarely witnessed in other America. first place with overnight lead- championships. “I am was happy with the ers France and pushing overnight “Technical Committee headed championship,” he added. female participation in the cham- second placed Ukraine to fourth by Colonel Hassan Abdulah Weller pointed out that the pionship as it is one of the most spot. Muhsen abided by all CISM referees are doing great and the important goals that CISM sup- France and Russia both have a rules and regulations which were observers are on the spot to pick ports,” Waltervan said. net score of seven going into the applied in similar championships up any infringements. Seven countries are taking part final day. so we didn’t witness any objec- “Onshore and offshore referees in women section of the Doha The Ukraine team of Anna tions from the participating coun- are continuously communicating championship, while 17 countries Kyselova and Anastastsiya tries so far,” said Weller. to ensure all participants are are taking part in the men’s sec- Krasko, have a score of 18 and “The boats Qatar provided for abiding by the law. In case any tion. Today is the last day of the third-placed Germany 17. the championship were manufac- participant commits any fault championship and three races will Poland are in the fifth place fol- tured according to the Olympic red flag will be raised and the be held today. The closing cere- lowed by USA and Indonesia. standards showing that Qatar defaulting boat has to circle full mony will take place on Saturday. THE PENINSULA wanted to host a successful 360 degree in order to be able to THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2014 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

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H E Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, Personal Representative of the Emir, H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, lifts the Gulf Cup trophy with Qatari players at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh yesterday. Qatar are Gulf Cup champions Al Annabi stun hosts Saudi Arabia 2-1 at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh

RIYADH: Qatar saved their best for last yesterday as they rallied from a goal down to beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 here to win their third Gulf Cup title. It was also their first Gulf Cup triumph away from home soil. Saudi skipper Saud Kariri sent the huge crowd at the nearly-full King Fahd International Stadium into raptures in the 16th minute when he rose unmarked to plant a diagonal header home after Al Abid whipped in a free-kick from near the corner flag. But Qatar held their nerve and responded within two minutes. Hassan Khalid’s left-sided cor- ner was met by Al Mahdi Ali at the near post and he nodded an angled effort in beyond goalkeeper Waleed Abdullah to silence the Qatar Football Association President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani lifts the Gulf Cup trophy with player Bilal Mohammed (left) at the celebrations in the stands. King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh yesterday. RIGHT: Qatar’s Al Mahdi Ali (left) celebrates after scoring the first goal against Saudi Arabia The swiftness of the Qatari during the Gulf Cup final yesterday. riposte clearly stung Saudi Arabia and they only managed to regain The Saudis, however, tried to Hamad Al Thani on this brilliant Striker Meshal Abdullah cred- together and kept fighting against their composure towards the end make a fight of it and strove hard achievement by Qatar. I have to ited the team’s fighting spirit for a very good team.” of the first-half. for the equalizer. Tempers began say it was a brave show by our yesterday’s victory. Striker Boualem Khouki said In fact, Salem Al Dawsari flaring and the referee had to dig boys. They fought all the way “I think our team spirit was the Al Annabi had proved many missed a golden opportunity to into his pocket for numerous yel- and never looked like giving in to key. We worked extremely hard doubters wrong. “I think we put the Green Falcons ahead low cards. pressure. I am sure the fans will and never gave up even when he proved many people wrong. I am again, six minutes before the But the Qatari defence was be thrilled with this win,” he said. had those three draws,” Abdullah sure this is the perfect gift for our break, when he latched onto impregnable and the Maroons “It was a very important event said. fans. The boys did not get nerv- Al Abid’s pass and carelessly slot- maintained their lead till the for us and I am pleased with the “We were the better side and ous or get overwhelmed in front of ted wide of Qasem Burhan’s far final whistle to secure a famous way we played. We have more we played with with heart and such a huge crowd. Despite their post. victory. events coming up that are crucial courage,” he added. early (Saudi) goal we knew we The exclamation point in the Qatar Football Association for our team,” the QFA President Experienced midfielder Wisam would fight back,” he added. game came in the 58th minute. (QFA) President Sheikh Hamad said. Rizq said: “This win will delight Ali Mabkhout of the UAE Qatar’s Boualem Khoukhi Boualem Khoukhi netted the bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani “I am sure the boys will keep our fans. It was an amazing fight bagged the top scorer award while celebrates after scoring the match winner from inside the lauded the players’ courage. “First working hard, just as we did today. by Qatar. We were confident of Qassem Burhan of Qatar claimed winning goal against Saudi Arabia box when his spectacular volley of all, I would like to congratulate We won’t stop here,” he added. fighting all the way.” the best goalkeeper prize. The during the final of the Gulf Cup beat the Saudi goalkeeper hands the Emir, His Highness Sheikh Qatar’s next big assignment is Forward Hassan Al Haydos player of the tournament went at the King Fahd International down and thudded into the back Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia said: “We thank God for this to Nawaf Al Adib of Saudi Arabia. Stadium in Riyadh yesterday. of the net. His Excellency Sheikh Jassim bin this January. amazing achievement. We were THE PENINSULA