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A goof-up by a Oil seesawed yesterday Tim Southee and Malayalam TV channel while heating oil rose Brendon McCullum led has led to confusion in as severe cold weather New Zealand to a huge members of the Indian crimped output at three win over England in the community in Qatar. US refineries. World Cup yesterday.

SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 • 2 Jumada I 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6348 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 $12.5bn to be spent on housing until 2022 Oil fall won’t delay 2022 projects; Emir leaves Japan

DOHA: An astronomical The minister was part of the closing ceremonies and the final $12.5bn is to be spent to cre- Qatari delegation that accompa- match of the 2022 tournament. ate adequate housing stocks in nied the Emir, H H Sheikh Tamim According to him, $3bn is being Qatar to cater to the growing bin Hamad Al Thani, on his official spent on building stadiums. At population ahead of the 2022 visit to Japan. least three workshops were held Fifa World Cup. Several top Qatari businessmen, as part of the meeting between the The sum (QR45.52bn), to be CEOs of private and public sector Qatari and Japanese businessmen. spent over the next seven years, corporations, heads of key state Various agreements were signed will also cover the basic infrastruc- institutions and agencies, among during the meeting, including one ture needed to create and support others, were in the delegation. on cooperation between Qatar the massive housing stocks. The minister was delivering University and a number of This was announced by the opening address at a meeting Japanese educational institutions. the Minister of Economy and held in Tokyo between the visit- The minister highlighted Commerce, H E Sheikh Ahmed ing Qatari businessmen and their Qatar’s economic diversifica- bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al Thani, Japanese counterparts to discuss tion plans and said efforts in this in Tokyo yesterday. business and investment opportu- regard were bearing fruit as the Addressing elite members of the nities in Qatar. non-hydrocarbons sector had a Japanese corporate world, Sheikh Sheikh Ahmed said Japanese share of almost 50 percent in the Ahmed reiterated Qatar’s resolve businesses and investors were wel- country’s economy. In 2013, its to complete all 2022-related come to take part in the develop- share in the GDP was 46 percent. projects despite the falling oil ment projects related to the 2022 The private sector’s contribu- prices. World Cup. tion to the economy is also rising Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Qatari ministers at a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and He said: “The projects linked to The total value of these projects rapidly as evidenced by its increas- 2022 are stimulants for the Qatari is a huge $200bn, of which nearly ing share in the GDP (from $33bn Japanese officials in Tokyo yesterday. economy and that’s why the World a fourth ($45bn) is being spent on in 2009 to $58bn in 2013). Cup fixture is so important for us”. Lusail City alone. Qatar’s trade surplus has amounted to $137bn in 2013. The total value of Qatar’s exports a big chunk of Japanese exports “Qatar is committed to com- The minister said that Lusail risen massively, from a mere Japan is one of Qatar’s major to Japan in 2013 was $40bn, while to Qatar. Vehicle imports totalled pleting all 2022-linked projects in City would house some 450,000 $23bn in 2009 to $110bn in 2013, trade partners and remains the the trade volume between the two $2bn in 2014, according to the time. None of these projects will people and the stadium being built due to fast-expanding exports. largest importer of Qatari oil and countries totalled $42bn during minister. be delayed.” there will host the opening and The revenue from exports gas. the year. Automobiles comprised THE PENINSULA

Emir to visit US

DOHA: The Emir H H MERS deaths Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad GCC chief denies reports on Egypt ties Al Thani will pay an official surge in visit to the United States, RIYADH: GCC Secretary- in the Riyadh Agreement and region and the world are going GCC countries also support all during which he will meet General Dr. Abdulateef Al in the Complementary Riyadh through and which require close military actions taken by Egypt President Barack Obama on Zayani has denied statements Agreement endorsed by leaders interconnection among nations. against terrorist groups in Saudi Arabia February 24. attributed to him about Gulf- of the GCC countries, who rec- The GCC Secretary-General Libya following the killing of 21 The two leaders will dis- Egypt relations. ognise the importance of cohe- noted that the GCC countries Egyptian Copts by Islamic State RIYADH: Deaths from the cuss relations between their Al Zayani stressed that the sion and integration with Egypt, had confirmed their full support militants in Libya, stressing that MERS virus have surged in two countries and means of GCC countries had always sought considering that the security and to Egypt and its people in the it was the inherent right of states Saudi Arabia, health ministry developing them further, and to support Egypt under the stability of Egypt represents the fight against terrorism and in the to maintain their security, inde- figures showed yesterday, after review regional and interna- leadership of President Abdel security and stability of the Gulf protection of its citizens both at pendence and the safety of their authorities warned of a sea- tional issues of mutual con- Fattah Al Sisi in all areas, add- states, particularly in the shadow home and abroad. citizens. sonal increase in Middle East cern. ing that such support was clear of the sensitive circumstances the Dr Al Zayani added that the QNA Respiratory Syndrome corona- QNA virus (MERS-CoV). The ministry recorded five deaths on Thursday alone, bringing to 16 the number since February 11. Snow in Jerusalem Wind, dust forecast today That figure compares with a single death from the virus in the DOHA: The meteorology department has said that the weather first 10 days of the month. could be windy and slightly dusty early this morning and visibility Saudi Arabia is the country could drop to 2,000 metres at places at times. There were chances hardest hit by the MERS virus, of scattered rains in northern parts of the country last night, said which was first identified in 2012. a forecast. The wind speed could go up to five to 30 knots at places A total of 899 people have been at times, both inland and offshore. infected in the kingdom, of whom 382 have died. Paediatric emergency to get bigger Doctor Abdul Aziz bin Saeed, who heads the centre coordi- DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation has plans to expand the Al nating the ministry’s response Sadd paediatric emergency centre. Some 13 beds are being added, to MERS, warned earlier this which will take the total number of beds at the emergency centre month that a surge in cases typi- to 58. New buildings are also being built to expand the facilities at cally occurs around this time of the centre to cater to the growing population. year, because of the risks posed by newborn camels. QU medical college to prefer Qataris The World Health Organization (WHO) has cited the preliminary DOHA: Qatari students are to be given preference in enrolment results of studies indicating that in the medical college being opened as part of Qatar University. people working with camels are Enrolment in the college begins today and ends in July. Students at increased risk of infection from who have scored a minimum of 85 percent marks in the 12th grade MERS-CoV, and young camels with biology, chemistry and physics as their main subjects are eli- are particularly susceptible. gible to apply. Some 400 students are expected to be enrolled, of Saeed said, “You have more which 50 are likely to be Qataris. Al Sharq said Qatari students will infected camels right now be given preference in enrolment, and after them expatriates will circulating.” be accorded preferential treatment. The ministry reported new THE PENINSULA cases from across the kingdom. Half of those who died were in Girls walk in snow outside Jerusalem’s old city yesterday. People in Jerusalem woke up to around 25 centi- their 70s or 80s. metres of snow after the second major blizzard of winter swept across the hilltop holy city. See also page 8 A public awareness campaign is continuing. The WHO urged peo- ple working with camels to pay Greece wins eurozone bailout deal particular attention to personal BRUSSELS: Europe yesterday granted Greece a crucial extension hygiene. April census to cover single workers to its massive debt bailout, ending weeks of tension, but at the cost Experts from WHO, the Food of huge concessions including a commitment to spell out reforms and Agriculture Organization and DOHA: Single workers living in to assess the requirement for pub- of Development Planning and within two days. other UN agencies are concluding labour camps and visitors to the lic facilities such as hospitals and Statistics. The 19 single currency finance ministers reached the hard-won deal a mission to Saudi Arabia after country staying in hotels and health centres, schools and roads. Modern methodology of data to end a stand-off pitting Greece against an angry Germany, suspicious “a surge in cases in the past few hotel apartments will be covered Some 260 researchers will fan collection will be used, so time and that the radical leftist government in Athens was looking to ditch its weeks,” WHO spokesman Tarik during the two-day mid-term out in the eight municipal areas of costs will be saved and accuracy austerity obligations. Jasarevic said. population census to be con- the country to collect data, includ- will be guaranteed. Fertility, mor- In exchange for the four-month extension, Greece agreed it would He told reporters in Geneva ducted on April 20 and 21. ing on amenities in buildings, both tality, internal and international submit a list of economic and other reforms by Monday which its that more than 40 cases have About a million people in fami- residential and commercial. migration of people, education, eurozone partners will then review to see if they go far enough. been reported in the kingdom this lies and 1.2 million single workers The outcome of the census will agriculture and economy will also On Tuesday, they will report back to Greece and decide whether to month, including some contracted are to be covered in the interim be made public in July this year be covered in the census. proceed with yesterday’s agreement. See also page 14 inside health facilities. census, which is being carried out on the website of the Ministry THE PENINSULA AFP AFP SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Emperor Akihito at Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Qatar, Japan sign cooperation deals TOKYO: Emir H H Sheikh share views on matters related to The Emir also met mem- Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani youth and sports. bers of Japanese Parliamentary yesterday met Emperor Akihito A cooperation agreement in Association for Friendship with at Imperial Palace in the the field of tourism was signed Qatar, Keiji Furuya, Yorkio Japanese capital and reviewed by Qatar Tourism Authority Koike, Tadahiko Ito and Tsukasa relations and topics of mutual and Japan’s Tourism Agency to Akimoto, at his residence and dis- interest, Qatar News Agency develop, plan and invest in the cussed cooperation. reports. tourism field while the foreign Separately, the Emir received Emperor Akihito hosted a ministries from both sides inked heads of top Japanese firms at Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend the signing of a luncheon in honour of the Emir deals on the prevention of dual his residence. Talks dealt with defence cooperation agreement in Tokyo and his delegation at the palace. taxation and visa exemption for cooperation and topics of mutual Crown Prince Naruhito, Prince holders of diplomatic passports. interest. Akishino and senior officials were Qatar Rail and a coalition of He also Qatari students present. Japanese firms led by Mitsubishi and trainees at his residence The Emir and Prime Minister signed a deal on installation and and stressed the importance Stability ‘in Middle East Shinzo Abe oversaw the signing maintenance of rails and railway of benefiting from opportuni- of several agreements. systems. ties made available to them to A cooperation deal in the field The Supreme Education enhance capacities and skills and of information technology and Council and Japan’s Ministry strengthen bridges of relations communications was signed by of Education, Culture, Sports, and cultural exchange as ambas- base for global peace’ the Ministry of Communication Science and Technology signed an sadors of their country. and Information Technology agreement to encourage modern The Emir also met Chairman TOKYO: Emir H H Sheikh to the Japanese people on the kill- earthquake hit northeast Japan and Japan’s Ministry of Internal education techniques. of General Council of Japan, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and ing of two Japanese in Syria and in March 2011. The Japanese side Affairs and Communications. Nibras Energy Qatar signed a Toshihiro Nikaio, also President Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held expressed solidarity with Japan. hoped that Qatar would remain Another agreement in the deal on cooperation in electricity of Japanese Parliamentary talks at Cabinet Headquarters Both sides agreed to remain a reliable source of natural field of defence was signed by the projects across the globe, particu- Association for Friendship with in Tokyo yesterday. united in confronting the threat resources and will contribute to defence ministries of both sides. larly in the Middle East. Qatar, at Tokyo International They valued growing relations posed by terrorism and working realising a more competitive and The Supreme Council of Qatar Chamber of Commerce Airport. and agreed that stability in the to maintain peace and stability in flexible LNG market, including Health signed a deal with Japan’s and Industry also inked an agree- Later, the Emir left Tokyo at Middle East is the base for global the Middle East. the easing of destination terms. Ministry of Health, Labour and ment with its Japanese counter- the end of his two-day visit. He peace and prosperity. They decided to continue to Qatar welcomed the participa- Welfare to benefit from Japan’s part on removal of trade and was bid farewell by Nikaio, Qatari Japan explained its efforts to promote the frameworks of the tion of Japanese companies in the experience in medical care and investment barriers. Both sides Ambassador to Japan Yousif contribute to global peace, sta- first political dialogue conference development of oil and LNG such insurance, human resource devel- will also exchange information on Mohammed Bilal and Japanese bility and prosperity within the in Doha in January last year as the Block A project and LNG opment and medical equipment. trade and investment. Ambassador to Qatar Shingo context of a pre-emptive peace and the first security dialogue in projects in Qatar. The Ministry of Youth and Qatar University signed deals Tsuda. The Emir sent messages to contribution policy based on Tokyo in June 2014. Qatar praised contribu- Sports signed a deal with Japan’s with Foreign Trade Council to Emperor Akihito and Abe, thank- international cooperation, Qatar Both sides expressed keenness tions of Japanese companies to Ministry of Education, Culture, boost joint scientific research ing them for hospitality accorded News Agency reports. to make the UN Conference in Es’hailSat-2, helium and Doha Sports, Science and Technology and establish a student exchange to him and his delegation. Qatar supported the policy Sendai in March a success. Metro projects . to exchange visits of experts and program. THE PENINSULA and stressed that global peace They decided to expand the Qatar showed interest in and stability cannot be achieved strategic dialogue between the Japan’s advanced agricultural without dialogue based on the GCC and Japan and to work method (Plant Factory) and principle of equality, adherence to towards the success of the United hoped cooperation would be international laws, implementa- Nations Congress on Prevention enhanced in the field. tion of global resolutions, respect of Crime and Criminal Justice Both sides expressed interest of human rights and revitalisation to be held in Doha in April. The in expanding cooperation in the of the United Nations Charter to Qatari side backed Japan’s can- development of infrastructure prevent disputes by addressing didacy for hosting the 14th UN projects related to Qatar National their root causes through peace- conference. Vision 2030 and 2022 FIFA World ful means. Both sides will continue to use Cup. Japan welcomed the launch Referring to the joint state- the Joint Economic Commission of Japanese language courses at ment ‘Strengthening of the as a forum to exchange views on Qatar University in September Comprehensive Partnership economic cooperation and exert 2014 and the start of the first towards Stability and Prosperity’’ efforts for the early resumption phase of a three-year educational issued during Abe’s visit to Qatar of negotiations on a free trade project ‘Japanese Language Study on August 23-24, 2013, both sides agreement between the GCC and Institute for Qatar Leaders’. vowed to continue strengthening Japan. Qatar urged Japan to grant and expanding cooperation in Qatar and Japan will also multi-entry visas to Qatari hold- various fields within the context continue discussions on the lift- ers of regular passports and Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with Qatari students and trainees at his residence in Tokyo. of the comprehensive partnership. ing of restrictions on Japanese expressed readiness to take simi- The Emir offered condolences food products, imposed after an lar measures. THE PENINSULA Qatar slams Mogadishu blast Prisoners complete electrical, welding training DOHA: Qatar yesterday condemned the suicide bombing at DOHA: The Reformatory & Central Hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, which killed Penal Institutions Department 10 people and injured the deputy prime minister and minister of held a graduation ceremony transport and many others. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry of the fifth and sixth electri- slammed the criminal acts that are contrary to humanitarian val- cal and welding workshops for ues as they target innocent people and reiterated its denunciation inmates, in association with of all forms of violence no matter what its source or motives are, Qatar Red Crescent (QRC). Qatar News Agency reports. The ministry extended condolences Brig. Muhammad Abdullah to victims’ families, the government and the people. Al Ahmad, Head, Inmates’ Affairs Section, Maj. Jassim QRC opens West Bank health centre Muhammad Al Kaabi, Head, Care and Rehabilitation DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has opened the health centre Section, Lt. Adil Mirza Qasim, in Kafr Nima town in the West Bank after renovation, expan- Warehouse Officer, and QRC sion and providing equipment, in cooperation with Palestinian Red representatives attended. Crescent Society at a cost of QR1m. It will serve 50,000 people of Brig. Al Ahmad praised Kafr Nima and 10 neighbouring towns in Ramallah and Al Bireh efforts of the department and Governorate, QRC said. The centre also aims to meet the needs of QRC and inmates’ keenness to more patients and improve services for the Palestinians amid hard train. economic and living conditions. An engineering and soil survey for He said it is the right of the 158sqm building found that a 93sqm part needed to be demol- inmates to become self-depend- ished and rebuilt, another 65sqm was maintained, and 54sqm were ent through rehabilitation and added, with works covering 212sqm. QRC also built a 222sqm second care. Qatar will always support floor and provided furniture, equipment and medical instruments. inmates at correctional insti- It is the only healthcare facility in western Ramallah. Established tutions until they return to in 1987 by Kafr Nima Town Council, it offers 12 specialities, includ- their families, trained in better ing laboratory, vaccination, maternity and childhood programmes, behaviour and trades, he added. Officials at the welding workshop. school health, emergency, diabetes, dermatology, ENT, urology, QRC has developed a strategy orthopaedics, general medicine and pharmacy. THE PENINSULA to reinforce human resource in of Interior, and focuses on inmates, to enhance their role community. cooperation with the Ministry those needing care, including in the security and safety of the THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Confusion as TV goofs over labour law change DOHA: A major goof-up by a became viral in the Malayalam- treat our workers nicely or they or households like maids, cooks popular Malayalam TV chan- speaking community in Qatar would leave”. and drivers, are not covered by nel on Wednesday has led to and the rest of the Gulf. The workers, ecstatic as they the labour law. huge confusion in the sizeable The community’s social were, wouldn’t listen when told The labour law has noth- Malayalam-speaking mem- media was also abuzz with the that the TV channel had got ing to do with the sponsor- bers of the Indian community news. the news all wrong. ship of foreign workers or the in Qatar. In Qatar, low-income work- On Thursday and yesterday, exit permit they need to travel The channel said a law had ers in the community, mostly this newspaper got calls from overseas. been issued that had removed employed by neighbourhood readers from the Malayalam- It deals with private sector the exit permit and sponsorship stores, supermarkets and stalls speaking community asking if workers, their working hours, systems for foreign workers. at the central markets run media reports suggesting that weekly day off, their mode of It cited a Qatar News Agency by Malayalam-speaking peo- Qatar had done away with exit payments, types of leave and report that said some provi- ple, rejoiced, while managers permit and sponsorship sys- allowances they are entitled sions of the labour law (No. panicked. tems were true. to, among others. 14 of 2004) had been amended “We were so happy because Exit permit and sponsorship The amended labour law vide a new law (No. 1 of 2015) we thought we could change regulations are part of Law No. whose news was flashed by passed by Emir H H Sheikh our jobs and travel home when- 4 of 2009 regulating the “Entry, QNA was only about it being Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. ever we wished,” said a grocery Exit and Stay of Foreigners as made mandatory for private QNA flashed a one-line news store worker in the Old Airport well as their Sponsorship”. companies to pay the salaries item announcing the above in locality, not wanting his name It comes within the purview and allowances of their workers the evening. It neither said in print. of the Ministry of Interior and through banking channels six anything further nor explained His shift manager, also from covers all foreigners in Qatar. It months after it (the new law the changes. Details came later his community, looked glum- is being amended and a draft of No 1 of 2015 amending Law No that evening. faced. He told this reporter: a proposed law is ready but yet 14 of 2004) coming into force. www.swiss-belhotel.com Citing the QNA flash, “This is bad news for us. We to be approved. The new legislation, to Tel the channel said Qatar had have so many workers. They The labour law, on the other be published in the official removed the sponsorship and could leave us for better pros- hand, comes within the juris- gazette before being put into Fax exit permit rules for expatriate pects if we don’t raise their diction of the Ministry of force, gives the Minister of workers. wages.” Labour and Social Affairs and Labour authority to increase The channel and its radio In another grocery store covers only private companies the grace period of six months station are popular in the GCC. nearby, workers appeared too and their workers. to a similar period or more for Tel As soon as channel flashed happy but a shift manager said Government sector workers companies. Fax the misleading news item, it in a lighter vein: “We must now and those in the mixed sectors THE PENINSULA

Tel Qatar to host seminar for Fax

Tel + 974 44298888 MICE industry professionals Fax Tel DOHA: Qatar will host international associations. is February 26, adding that a using traditional and modern Fax International Association IAPCO’s education pro- certificate of attendance from communication tools. The intro- of Professional Congress gramme is regulated by IAPCO IAPCO will be awarded to all ductory session will focus on the Organisers (IAPCO) Regional Training Academy where over participants. organisation of international Seminar on March 10-11 at 1,700 people worldwide have Hamad Al Abdan, Director, association meetings, provid- Tel Qatar National Convention obtained an IAPCO seminar Exhibitions, QTA, said: “In line ing insight into principles that Fax Center (QNCC). certificate of attendance. with the objectives of National can be applied to meetings. It The seminar, ‘Delivering Qatar Tourism Authority Tourism Sector Strategy 2030, will also highlight changes and Professional Congress (QTA) invites all its stakehold- QTA exerts efforts to support future trends of the interna- Organization: engaging all’ ers from the public and private the international meetings sec- tional association market, play- Tel will train all those involved in sectors to take part as it believes tor, leading to a successful and ers and how their demand affect Fax Meeting Incentives Conventions the seminar will provide insight sustainable tourism industry. successful delivery of events. and Exhibitions (MICE) indus- into latest methods and trends “The seminar will provide A session on project planning www.doha.hilton.com try, including professional con- in business. tips, trends and planning, with will offer advice for those who ference organisers, destination, QTA has stressed that the detailed organisational and have won bids to host confer- Tel 44233333 974+ association, event and exhibi- seminar is structured to suit operational elements to man- ences on where to start from tion management companies, Qatar and the Gulf for world- age international association and how to create the struc- Fax 44233000 974+ convention and visitor bureaus, class knowledge, training and meetings.” ture for such forums and how venue operators, travel agen- best practices. It will cover project and to direct teamwork to ensure cies, tourism entities, hotels, It said participation is limited financial planning of meetings full detailed implementation of special venues and hotels, and and deadline for applications and how to market an event the project. THE PENINSULA Qatar, Russia discuss UN Congress preparations Tel DOHA: Maj. Gen. Abdullah Fax Yusuf Al Mal, Adviser to the Interior Minister and Chairman of the preparatory committee for the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention Tel and Criminal Justice, led a Fax delegation to Moscow to dis- cuss preparations for the forum to be held in Doha from April 12 to 19. Tel The delegation separately Fax met Ilya Rogachev, Director, Department on New Challenges and Threats, Foreign Ministry, and Igor Zubov, State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Interior, Tel and reviewed Qatar’s logistic Qatar’s delegation with Russian officials in Moscow. Fax preparations. They also discussed Russia’s Russia and Qatar, which chairs received an invitation from Mohammed bin Ali Al Nuaimi stances on matters on the ongoing consultation rounds in Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid handed over the invitation dur- agenda of the congress, concerns Vienna to prepare draft Doha bin Mohamed Al Attiyah to ing a meeting in capital Sofia. Tel in the field of crime preven- Declaration. attend the congress, Qatar They also discussed means of tion and justice, and coopera- Meanwhile, Bulgarian News Agency reports. strengthening relations. Fax tion between the delegations of Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov Qatari Ambassador THE PENINSULA

Play time Tel Qatari embassy Fax distributes relief in Nepal KATMANDU: The Qatari embassy in Katmandu has Tel distributed humanitarian aid Fax offered by the Qatari govern- ment for those affected by floods that hit several prov- inces leading to loss of lives Tel and damage to homes and Fax other properties. The aid was provided in coor- dination with Islamic Centre www.marriottmarquisdoha.com and a charity association in Nepal. Tel + 974 44195000 It comprised food stuff includ- Fax + 974 44195100 ing rice, sugar, lentil and cook- ing oil, and blankets which benefited 1,126 families compris- ing 4,260 members. Children play at the public park above the newly opened Souq Waqif underground parking. With its Beneficiaries praised Qatar’s strategic location and facilities, including an amphitheatre, fitness equipment and sitting areas, the park support during their ordeal. is attracting a large number of visitors during weekends. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH QNA SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME MoI plans awareness Silatech trains 12 Somalis campaign to combat juvenile delinquency to provide career guidance DOHA: Silatech and Somali NGO Shaqodoon have con- DOHA: Minors escaping minor as a person aged up to 16. cluded a programme in from homes and driving cars According to the Qatari law, Hargeisa, Somaliland, train- without licence are some of children under seven cannot be ing 12 advisers to implement the cases of juvenile delin- questioned for crimes they have Tamheed career guidance quency reported in Qatar, say committed. programme. officials. Experts have been calling on It was the first Tamheed train- Then, there are cases of phys- Qatar to raise the age of the ing in the country. ical assault involving minors minor to 18. Silatech is a regional social ini- and many not respecting elders, Various departments of the tiative that works with partners particularly parents, accord- ministry, in cooperation with in the Arab world to promote ing to senior law-enforcement the Department of Community large-scale job creation, entre- officials. Policing, are preparing to launch preneurship, access to capital Officials say a lack of parental an awareness drive to combat and markets, and participation control and the weakening role juvenile delinquency. and engagement of young peo- of the family in child-rearing According to local Arabic ple in economic and social are among the factors respon- daily Al Raya, a symposium on development. sible for such delinquencies. the issue was held recently to Since its inception in 2008, There is a mix of imported discuss the awareness plan. Silatech has financed over cultures in Qatar and the role The target group will be indi- 104,000 youth-owned businesses of maids in family life is becom- viduals aged seven to 17 years, and created or sustained over ing too important, which is also Brigadier Ibrahim Al Buanain 134,000 jobs. negatively impacting children’s said. Developed by Silatech and behaviour, say officials. The campaign will be a pilot UK-based Mindmill, Tamheed “There are also broken fami- project as its impact on the tar- analyses the personality and Officials with career advisers and students at the event. lies and in many cases, emo- get group will be assessed and aptitudes of young people and tional support for children is feedback will be taken from peo- helps them align with available business support services. entrepreneurship training, busi- my potential in a short time and lacking,” said Captain Bana Ali ple, including suggestions and career paths. These centres in main city ness development services and gave me advice on what kind of Al Khulaifi from the Ministry observations on how to control Tamheed is available through centres of Hargeisa, Bosaso and linkages with partner microfi- careers might suit me best.” of Interior. the menace. Silatech partnerships with uni- Mogadishu and easily accessible nance institutions. Youth unemployment in the When there is a lack of moni- “We are using society and versities, NGOs, and government by youth and employers, serve as Twelve students took part Arab world stands at 28 per- toring by the family and par- police as proactive partners in institutions in Qatar, Egypt, knowledge and career guidance during the last day of training, cent — the highest in any region. ents, it is easier for children to combating juvenile delinquency,” Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, hubs for jobseekers and entre- providing an opportunity for Although they comprise around fall in bad company. said Captain Al Khulaifi. Tunisia, Algeria, Syria, Saudi preneurs and employers looking newly-trained advisers to con- two-thirds of the labour force, Schools’ role as a disciplining He said the campaign will Arabia and Somalia. for skilled youth. duct career counselling sessions unemployment rate among young agency is also on a decline. be implemented in four phases Tamheed, part of a partnership Services available for jobseek- to help them choose careers. Somalis is one of the highest in Juvenile delinquency is illegal and the impact of each will be between Silatech, Shaqodoon and ers include soft skills training, Fahad Shaker, a student, said, any country. According to a 2012 behaviour by minors — younger assessed. An overall assessment American Refugee Committee, Tamheed career guidance and “The system is almost magical UNDP report, unemployment than the statutory age. will be made at the end of the was signed last June to develop a work placement and financial in that it reflected my person- among Somalis in the 14-29 age In Qatar, the law defines a phases. THE PENINSULA network of ‘One-Stop Shop’ cen- literacy training. Young entre- ality and behaviour as they are. group was 67 percent. tres for youth employment and preneurs are able to access The adviser helped me identify THE PENINSULA GU-Q film screened at Abu Dhabi festival QA’s B787 Dreamliner DOHA: The award-winning short film Hind’s Dream by debuts in Tunisia Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) staff and students from DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) board QA Dreamliner.” QA has Georgetown Film Society (GFS) has extended its Boeing 787 254 custom-made seats across its was screened yesterday at Dreamliner route network to 787 Business and Economy class Imagine Science Film Festival Tunisia with the launch of serv- cabins with specially designed in Abu Dhabi. ices to capital city Tunis. interiors. Business Class is con- It depicts a Bedouin girl The increase in demand in figured in a 1–2–1 layout with 22 recounting a strange dream about the region and QA’s commit- seats and Economy class has a wandering the desert and glimps- ment to the Tunisian market has 232 seating capacity in a 3–3–3 ing a future desert city, reflecting resulted in the introduction of layout. All seats in Business class the history, modernity, and folk- the Dreamliner on daily flights are reclinable with fully-flat beds. lore of Qatar. between Doha and Tunis, bring- QA’s 787s are the world’s first The film premiered at 2014 Abu ing an additional capacity of over fully connected Dreamliners with Dhabi Film Festival and screened 92 percent compared to A320 that wireless facilities for passengers at 2014 Ajyal Film Festival where operated on the route. to remain in touch with friends it won the jury award for ‘artistic QA’s daily seat capacity to and colleagues through the vision’. Tunisia has grown from 132 Internet and SMS mobile texting “GFS is a club where peo- on A320 to 254 seats on 787 service available across Business ple get together to learn more Dreamliner. QA is the first and Economy cabins. The 787 about movies and moviemaking. to commence a scheduled 787 Dreamliners complement the Taking part in the film did not Dreamliner service to Tunisia. ultra-luxurious customer service give students academic credit, “We are proud to introduce and experience QA promises to but contributing to the crea- 787 Dreamliner to Tunisia, which passengers. tive community and being part The team behind Hind’s Dream at 2014 Ajyal Film Festival. will not only offer an increase in Daily flights from Tunisia con- of a student club is an essential capacity to the route but will also nect via Doha to popular business characteristic of the Georgetown redefine inflight experience of our and leisure cities in QA’s global spirit,” said writer and director from the community during the poem rather than finding lit- Qatar through this film outside passengers travelling to Doha and network, including Doha, Dubai, Suzi Mirgani, Manager and Editor the making of the film, espe- eral translation. Given that it was the classroom. Looking at it from beyond,” said QA Group Chief Guangzhou, Shanghai, Bangkok, for Publications at Georgetown’s cially after production and its a poem, I also tried to ensure that a Georgetown student’s perspec- Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker. Kuala Lumpur and more, Center for International and promotion. a poetic melody came through. 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In Hind’s Dream, I that our passengers flying to and takes off from Tunis at 15:00 to into an artistic language that can versary,” added Mirgani. GFS member Athanasios employed those skills not to judge from Tunis will luxuriate in the arrive in Doha at 22:05. be shared with a wider audience,” Student Haya Al Rumaihi, Sardellis played one of the two or pity Hind but to imagine and enhanced travel experience on THE PENINSULA said Mirgani. majoring in culture and politics lead characters along with co- understand what a woman like “Georgetown has always pro- and tasked with translating Suzi’s student Asli Altinisik, both cul- her might feel about living the life moted creativity outside the class- poem into Arabic, said: “I was ture and politics majors. portrayed,” said Altinisik. room and we received support aiming to grasp the meaning of “It was interesting to ‘study’ THE PENINSULA Five-star hospitality for Hamburg Girls’ Choir to perform on Friday jewellery expo visitors DOHA: The Doha Jewellery A luxurious lounge will offer DOHA: Award-winning and Watches Exhibition is five-star services for VVIPs and Hamburg Girls’ Choir will per- expected to attract a large VIPS to relax between tours and form in Doha next weekend. number of visitors. conduct one-on-one meetings. The choir comprises 49 girls Qatar Tourism Authority will Roger Abi Haider, General aged between 14 and 22 and their host the expo under the patronage Manager, q.media events, said, repertoire contains German and of Prime Minister and Interior “The exhibition is a luxury international choir music. Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah event and we have left no stone The main emphasis of their bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. unturned to provide five-star work is to cultivate the singing To make visitors experience services to exhibitors and visitors. of a-cappella music, or unaccom- as pleasant as possible, q.media “Every part of the process has panied singing. Events, official organisers, has put been considered and every facility The choir was a finalist in in place facilities in collaboration extended so our visitors can relax the German Choir Competition with partner Fira Barcelona. and enjoy unique creativity and (Deutscher Chorwettbewerb) Like any international pre- exquisite beauty that will abound and is one of the leading girls’ mium event, the expo will provide at the expo.” choirs in Germany. valet services for those with VIP For more insights about the Doha Youth Choir and and media invitations. exhibition, visit the official website American School of Doha are VVIP visitors will be received www.djwe.qa and register online. co-hosting the choir and will by personal assistants for an effi- You can also check social media participate in workshops and The 49-member choir. cient tour of the exhibition to pages on Facebook - www.face- concerts. help them meet all exhibitors in book.com/DJWExpo, Instagram People can watch the choir in German International School, Proceeds will equip the instruments for its programmes. an organised manner, allowing and Twitter -@djwexpo-. a concert on Friday at 7pm at followed by a reception. school’s music department with THE PENINSULA them time at every pavilion. THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 IS claims deadly Libya bombings 31 killed in three simultaneous attacks in Al Qoba town

TRIPOLI: The Islamic State LIBYA tackle the militants. But Western (IS) group claimed deadly car Three car bombs killed and Arab states have flinched bombings in Libya yesterday as dozens of people on Friday, at the suggestion of force, and the international community UN envoy Bernardino Leon told struggles to find ways to end security officials and the UN Security Council on the chaos in the North African medics said. Wednesday that the only cure nation. for Libya’s trauma was political. Libyan security sources said GREECE Some analysts have warned 31 people were killed and 40 however IS was expected to gain wounded in three simultaneous more strength in Libya, after hav- attacks in the town of Al Qoba TUNISIA ing seized swathes of Syria and that targeted a police headquar- Tripoli Qubbah Iraq, and said the international ters, a petrol station and the community was running out time. home of the parliament speaker. But others cautioned that mili- A statement signed by the IS tary action in Libya, which has Libyans burn an American flag during a protest in the eastern city of Benghazi yesterday, calling on the international branch in the eastern Cyrenaica been awash with weapons since community to lift the ban on arming the Libyan army. region said two of its militants dictator Muammar Gaddafi was carried out suicide bombings in LIBYA ousted and killed in a 2011 Nato- Muslim extremist IS. In recent a conference centre, days after the jihadist group. IS is also said retaliation for air strikes on the backed uprising, would pour fuel weeks IS has claimed sev- taking control of state radio and to have cells in Libya’s vast south- militants stronghold of Derna this on the fire. eral bloody attacks, including other government buildings in the ern desert, as well as in Tripoli. week. It said the attacks targeted The oil-rich North African a January assault on a Tripoli coastal city, witnesses said. Yesterday, five Egyptians were forces of General Khalifa Haftar NIGER nation has two rival governments hotel that killed nine people, five Sirte, the hometown of Gaddafi, among the 31 people killed in Al 200 miles who launched a bloody campaign CHAD and parliaments, one recognised of them foreigners. is a stronghold of Ansar Al Sharia, Qoba, a local official and med- in May last year to rid Libya of 200 km by the international commu- “The threat of IS in Libya is set classified as a terrorist organisa- ics said. Most of the dead were Islamist militias who have thrived nity and the other with ties to to increase exponentially,” ana- tion by the United Nations which queueing for petrol at a station in since an uprising more than three Source: Reuters Islamists. lyst Mohamed El Jareh, a non- is known to be close to Al Qaeda. the town. Medics said parliament years ago. Since Gaddafi’s ouster, Libya’s resident fellow with the Atlantic Ansar Al Sharia has also a pres- speaker Aguila Salah Issa was not “This is a message to anyone beheading of 21 Coptic Christians, beleaguered authorities have been Council’s Hariri Centre for the ence in Benghazi, where Haftar at home at the time of the bomb- who is tempted to attack the sol- most of the Egyptian. struggling to rein in powerful Middle East, warned yesterday. has been battling Islamists, as ings. The internationally recog- diers of the caliphate (IS) or any After its citizens were mur- armed militias who have mush- There has also been increased well as in Derna — historically nised parliament has been based Muslim,” the IS statement said. dered, Egypt called for interna- roomed after the uprising and are reports that gunmen who claim Libya’s most radical Islamist city in Libya’s remote eastern city Egypt, in coordination with tional military action against IS fighting for power. affiliation to the group are tight- — and Sabratha in the west. of Tobruk, since the Fajr Libya Haftar’s forces, pounded IS posi- and echoed demands by Libya’s There is increasing concern ening their grip on power. Its ties with IS are unclear militia alliance overran Tripoli in tions in Derna on Monday after recognised government for the that some of these militias have On Thursday a group of armed although several of its members August. a gruesome video showed the lifting of a UN arms embargo to pledged allegiance to the Sunni men seized Sirte university and are reported to have defected to AFP Finding Libya solution a daunting task, say experts

TRIPOLI: Having balked at launch air strikes against the Khalifa Haftar, whose forces are to begin “indirect” talks last wants”, the supreme leadership the region need to stop interfer- Egypt’s call for military inter- militants in Libya and call for an fighting militias in battles that week between the internation- of Libya’s armed forces, in return ing in Libyan affairs. It is foreign vention in Libya, the inter- international coalition to hit IS. widen the gulf between compet- ally recognised government and for forming a unity government intervention that complicates all national community faces a Claudia Gazzini of the ing factions. One UN diplomat the General National Congress, made up of representatives from political processes,” he said. daunting task to find a political International Crisis Group said a said lifting the arms embargo which is under the leadership of both sides. Analysts said the situation solution to the lawless North political accord would be “difficult, would be tantamount to pour- Fajr Libya, a coalition of mainly This week a lawmaker party has been further muddied by African country’s crisis, ana- but not impossible to achieve.” ing fuel on the fire. Mohamed El Islamist militias currently con- to the talks, Tarek Al Jerouchi, Libya’s rival factions each hav- lysts say. “The international community Jareh, non-resident fellow with trolling the capital Tripoli. said world leaders wanted their ing its own regional backers. Roiled by turmoil ever since must stay focused on supporting the Atlantic Council’s Hariri But observers believe efforts favoured parliament — exiled Egypt, the UAE and Saudi the Nato-backed ouster of dicta- the dialogue efforts and resist Centre for the Middle East, said to bridge the gap between the in the remote east since Fajr Arabia are said to support tor Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, calls to lift the arms embargo,” the international community two sides will fail so long as Libya took Tripoli last year — to Haftar, with Qatar and Turkey Libya’s security has continued to the analyst said. was “running of out of time” to their respective armed fac- remove Haftar from the scene. favouring Fajr Libya. deteriorate, prompting calls for Libya is awash with weapons save Libya. tions — Haftar for the elected It is a demand supported by “In Libya there is a fight for an easing of an arms embargo and rival militias are battling for “The threat of Islamic State in government and Fajr Libya for Ibrahim Al Karaz, political sci- influence between regions and to help the internationally rec- control of its cities and oil wealth. Libya is set to increase exponen- the GNC — are not at the same ence professor at the University tribes. Each of them wants to ognised government regain some It has two rival governments and tially,” he warned. Since launching table. of Tripoli, who said he viewed say their piece. The interna- control. parliaments, one recognised by efforts at dialogue in September, “It is very difficult, but with Haftar as an “obstacle” to a tional community needs to reas- The beheading this week the international community and Leon has been unable to bring dialogue everything is possible,” political solution. sure each player and make them of 21 mainly Egyptian Coptic the other with ties to Islamists. together leading players from said Libya analyst Khaled Al Karaz also criticised Egypt for understand that they all have a Christians by the Islamic State Any additional weapons could rival camps. The UN envoy’s Hetch. He sees one solution as getting involved in the Libyan cri- place in the new Libya.” (IS) group sparked Cairo to strengthen the divisive General best achievement so far has been “giving Haftar the post that he sis. “Egypt and other countries in AFP

Tehran keeps tighter leash Rebels target Somali officials, kill 10 on strays with GPS collars

MOGADISHU: Islamist rebels TEHRAN: Some dogs wan- teaching if they live inside. detonated a car bomb near a dering the streets of Iran’s Walking a dog in public or hotel in the Somali capital yes- capital may be strays but having one in a car is forbidden, terday and then set off another authorities plan to ensure and lawmakers in November bomb inside where politicians they are never truly lost by submitted a bill that proposed had gathered, killing at least fitting them out with GPS, punishing dog owners with 74 10 people including a lawmaker media reported yesterday. lashes or heavy fines. Many and lightly wounding two According to Tehran munic- strays live in the mountains ministers. ipality, which works with a north of the capital, where Al Shabaab, which claimed number of animal protection Tehranis like to meet or go for responsibility for the attack, aims agencies, the project to vac- walks. The animals move in to topple the Western-backed cinate and track strays in the packs and often descend into federal government and impose city aims to protect them from central Tehran in search of Islamic Shariah law on the Horn the public. food, raising fears of attacks. of Africa nation that is struggling The campaign began last “This campaign aims to help to rebuild after two decades of week in the northern district the animals and create a cul- war. The bombers targeted the of Darakeh and will cover some ture of animal protection” in Central Hotel around midday yes- 3,000 animals, media said. Iranian society, Ghadimi said. terday, typically a busy time for “After being vaccinated, the Tehran municipality “will hotels as it is the Somali weekend. dogs will be trackable thanks use other methods other than Ambulances wailed as they raced to a collar fitted with GPS so killing dogs to prevent them to the scene where a huge plume they can be treated regularly,” from entering the city and to of smoke rose above the Indian city official Reza Ghadimi was control their population,” he Ocean coastal city. quoted as saying by the official added. Local animal charity “We are behind the attack,” Irna news agency. worker Ali Jalali said the vac- Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, Al Dog ownership in Iran is cination and GPS programme Shabaab’s military operations frowned upon as a Western would “reassure people that spokesman, told Reuters. “We import, and the animals are these dogs will not attack targeted government officials Somali security forces guard the entrance to the Central Hotel, close to the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu considered impure in Islamic them”. AFP in the hotel; this is part of our yesterday. Al Qaeda-linked Shabaab insurgents killed 10 people in an attack on a popular hotel in the capital. operation in Mogadishu.” The car bomb went off inside security officers and civilians, Farah Hirsi were lightly wounded suicide bombings continue to the Central Hotel compound said police Major Nur Mohamed. in the attack. He earlier wrongly exert pressure on the government which also houses a small mosque “But the death toll may rise,” he identified one injured minister as to improve security. Moroccan court jails ex-Spanish soldier popular with government officials. said. Abdirisak Omar Mohamed, Transport Minister Ali Ahmed A military campaign launched Police said a suicide bomber ran Somalia’s Internal Security Jamac. by African Union peacekeeping RABAT: A Moroccan court sentenced a former Spanish soldier into the mosque during Friday Minister, said that it was unclear Information Minister forces and the Somali govern- to eight years in jail yesterday on charges of leading an Islamist prayers and blew himself up. how a car laden with explosives Mohamed Abdi Hayir Mareye ment forces ousted al Shabaab network in the kingdom that was plotting terror attacks, the state “We are very sorry that the managed to breach hotel secu- told a radio station that “many from Mogadishu in 2011 and from news agency MAP said. terrorists again attack Muslims rity to park inside the compound. died” including a lawmaker and major coastal towns. But persist- Seventeen other members of the group, all believed to be Moroccans, in Friday prayer in a mosque in “(National intelligence) are going the deputy mayor of Mogadishu. ent attacks in Mogadishu, while were sentenced to between two and 10 years in prison on a variety of Central Hotel,” Somali President to interrogate the management of He said more details would follow. less frequent, have complicated charges. The Spaniard was only identified by his initials—J.F. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said in the hotel,” he said. Al Shabaab once dominated the government’s efforts to secure He was arrested in January 2014 and the Interior Ministry said at a statement. “We shall continue Farah Abdullahi, a police cap- much of Somalia but it has been the nation for a referendum on the time that he had served in Melilla, a tiny Spanish enclave on the the fight against the terrorists.” tain, said Deputy Prime Minister slowly pushed out of strongholds a new federal constitution and a Morocco’s Mediterranean coast. He resigned his commission and joined At least 10 people had been Mohamed Omar Arte and Ports across the country. However, its presidential election during 2016. al Qaeda in Afghanistan where he learned guerrilla tactics, it said. killed, including a lawmaker, and Marine Transport Minister Nur guerrilla-style gun assaults and REUTERS AFP SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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ERRORISM unites and separates countries. Cooperation on fighting terrorism cements relations, while the unwillingness to do so or the Tactual or perceived support for a terrorist group Ads hurt press freedom, sullies ties. With the world shaken daily by terror attacks, cooperation in rooting out this global menace has become a priority in the to-do lists during visits of leaders to other countries. Terrorism (read Taliban) had separated Pakistan and the alternative is worse Afghanistan to some extent. Now it is uniting them, if BY SIMON JENKINS statements from leaders and officials on either side are architecture of the British establishment. journalistically barren, private owner- An American newspaper is said to have ship is a mess. It is a market dominated any indication. There is a realization that Taliban is a EWSPAPERS are institution- carried the ironic motto “As independent less by money than by power, influence common enemy and a common, powerful enemy can be alised hypocrisy. They exco- as resources permit”. Any student of the and glamour. defeated, tamed or befriended only through cooperation. riate yet they cringe. They press knows what this means. A business Most serious publications have for half “We welcome the recent position Pakistan has taken in Nspeak truth to power and then page protocol ordains gentle treatment a century depended on subsidy, which pronouncing Afghanistan’s enemy as Pakistan’s,” Afghan sup at its table. They stick their moral of proprietorial interests. Fashion pages leaves them at the mercy of their boards noses in the air while their bottoms rest would not exist without kickbacks, or and benefactors. The Independent strug- President Ashraf Ghani said yesterday. Two major events on festering heaps of deals, perks, bribes travel pages without “contra” deals on gles under the generosity of an oligarch. have helped bring the two countries together -- one in and ads, without which they would not hospitality and mentions. I remember The Times depends on some rich man Yahya Khel in Afghanistan in November that left nearly 50 exist. The most amazing thing is that perfume firms threatening to withdraw craving its ownership. The Telegraph people dead, and the second, and more important, a Taliban this murky edifice has delivered Britain ads after stories on animal cruelty. survives through staff cuts and deals massacre at a school in the Pakistan city of Peshawar in a remarkably robust and free-spirited There is no question standards are with advertisers. The Guardian’s security December that killed 153, mostly children. The scale of the press. slipping. Page layouts are “bastardised” has been bought at the expense of years A commentator on the Daily Telegraph, by wraparounds. Ill-shapen ads jut into of closures and job losses at its media attack and its shock changed Pakistan. The government of Peter Oborne, broke cover this week with editorial space, a once unthinkable con- subsidiaries. Nawaz Sheriff declared an all-out war against the Taliban, a searing indict- cession to ad managers. I cringe when The best guarantor of editorial integ- a declaration which united the nation, including disparate ment of his paper’s I see “sponsored content” supplements rity remains an organisation stable political parties, organizations and the evident reluctance full of “advertorial”. I gather some titles enough to protect its staff and their work The mood common people. to cover the HSBC now actively seek corporate sponsorship from the tempests of the marketplace – Kabul needs Pakistan’s help to lay tax evasion saga. for columnists. including advertisers. is upbeat as A searing Newspapers Rupert Murdoch was robust in back- Many such organisations exist. I don’t the groundwork for peace with the indictment of tend to downplay ing investigative reporting at Times share the media commentator Clay Pakistan and Taliban insurgents because Pakistan the scoops of oth- Newspapers, especially on the Sunday Shirky’s forecast of an industry “going the Telegraph’s Afghanistan has huge influence with the Taliban. ers, as many did Times. He did so to a fault in the case of bankrupt gradually then suddenly”. Nor A report in the New York Times HSBC reporting the Guardian’s the phone-hacking News of the World. do I see the digital media, as does Andrew are coming said Pakistan’s top military and WikiLeaks and But his Times undoubtedly restrained its Keen, as a hell of virals, angries, trolls, underlines the Snowden rev- China coverage when he was struggling click farms and “abrasive young men with intelligence officials have already together on critical balance elations of 2011 for a media deal with Beijing. personality defects … in which trust is the begun pressing the Taliban to sit and 2013. But a Even the Guardian cannot be greatest casualty”. Taliban. down for face-to-face discussions with between holding big story trumps regarded as immune from such pres- Newspapers and broadcasters still have Afghan government. It further said readers’ faith such rivalry, as the sures. In March 2007 Labour’s short- the resources and skills to digest, process Taliban appeared willing to meet for negotiations in the Telegraph found to lived Pathfinder scheme, involving dire and transmit masses of information in coming month. and staying in its advantage with housing demolitions in the north, was such a way as to hold the faith of read- business. its MPs’ expenses inexplicably eulogised in a Guardian ers. That is a vital democratic construct. Any success with Taliban has the potential to change the exposé in 2009. supplement in return for an undisclosed There is no question that the private geopolitical equations. It will be a sharp reversal for all the Oborne’s charge payment from the government. Today sector is an insecure way of financing a three parties involved: first, for the Taliban, who have fought – denied by the its “branded content partner zone” is free press that does not make money. a deadly 13-year campaign against the government, who are Telegraph – is that the newspaper was occupied by Unilever, “whose sources But all other ways are worse. There are now spreading their influence and giving sleepless nights to soft on the story not out of rivalry, nor of revenue allow us to explore, in more still as many daily newspapers published the government of Ashraf Ghani after the exit of US forces; even to its owners’ residency in a Channel depth than editorial budgets would oth- in Britain (nine) as there were 50 years Island tax haven, but from a fear of losing erwise allow, topics that we hope are of ago, a continuous diversity available to second, for the Pakistan military, which has been accused advertising revenue. interest”. Hence this week’s frothy pro- no other western country. Online has not of going soft on Afghan Taliban and third, for Afghan HSBC had stopped advertising in the motion, under the Guardian masthead, wiped out print. It has enhanced the pen- government, which is desperate to blunt the Taliban and Telegraph in 2012 over a similar story of a “green sex sustainable” condom – etration and prominence of both. enter into negotiations that can finally lead to a settlement. to the Guardian’s, about tax evasion in though it’s also fair to point out that In which case, we can only thank good- A rapprochement will benefit the region and the world. Jersey, and the management was frantic the Guardian columnist George Monbiot ness for expediency. The only champion to see revenues restored. In other words, launched awithering attack on the part- of a free press is not some regulator or Improved Pakistan-Afghanistan relations will reduce HSBC was not just illegal and unethi- nership in these pages. commission or charter board. It is the tension in the region and boost development. Also, any cal but also a bully. The Guardian also The worst newspapers are run by gov- free press itself. Plurality, rivalry, dis- opportunity to strike a deal with the Taliban and even recently had its HSBC ads “paused”, but ernments, be they the organs of authori- closure, exposure and sometimes fury enter into talks with them should not be missed. And if declined to yield. That HSBC was chaired tarian regimes or the limp newssheets are the best guardians. That is what we the militants are not willing to talk, they must be crushed, by an Anglican priest who took the gov- issued by local councils following the col- saw this week. One Oborne is worth 10 which is possible only with ample cooperation between ernment shilling as an ennobled minister lapse of a local press (aided by the BBC’s Levesons. merely illustrates the many-splendoured local radio). But if state ownership is THE GUARDIAN Islamabad and Kabul. The other side Quote of A thoughtful Obama the day F TAKEN at face value, President countries, the UN Secretary-General While Mr. Obama deserves credit entire George W. Bush presidency. The Barack Obama’s closing address and other senior officials, Mr. Obama for outlining a nuanced view of the bombing of IS bases by the US-led to the Summit on Countering made two significant points. First, he social origins of terrorism, and a coalition of nations in Syria and Iraq is IViolent Extremism could signal a made an exceptionally strong plea to more humane, long-term and inclu- part of the continuum of war set by the repositioning of the official White House cut through the terrorist narrative based sive approach to a possible solution invasion of Iraq by the same forces in No one should line on the war against global terrorism. on “twisted interpretations of Islam” that to extremism, it would be unrealistic 2003. Fighting them today is a deadly The President’s speech was a carefully allows groups like IS to act in the name to expect a radical shift in US policy and ruthless war machine operated by have the illusion calibrated response to the recent wave of Islam. Secondly, he directed the towards this phenomenon. Despite the religious extremists. IS is a deadly men- of attacks by militants from the Islamic attention of his audience to the need to softer rhetoric, the Obama administra- ace to the civilised world, with its acts that they can State (IS) in those countries that are transform the environments of economic tion’s response has been far sharper of public brutality designed to radiate part of the US-led war in Syria and Iraq. impoverishment in which young people, and intensive than what was viewed as terror. While the US and its allies are gain military Rather than the shrill notes of threat and trapped without education or any the heavy-handedness of his predeces- compelled to root out this sinister chal- superiority over retribution that usually attend US policy avenues of advancement, turn rich sor in office in conducting its global war lenge, the imperative is for the global rhetoric on the global war on terror, pickings for terrorist recruiters. “So if against terror. Across Pakistan, Yemen community to move ahead on issues Russia, put any what the Summit heard from Mr. Obama we’re serious about countering violent and Somalia, the Obama administration such as Palestine which could conceiv- were thoughtful insights into the human extremism, we have to get serious launched more than 390 drone strikes ably lend more moral force to anti-IS kind of pressure rights origins of terrorism. Speaking to about confronting these economic in its first five years. This is eight times operations in the Middle East. Vladimir Putin a gathering of Ministers from nearly 70 grievances,” he declared. as many as were launched during the THE HINDU on it. Russian President SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Can Iraq Sunni tribes awaken to fight IS? The Sunni tribes are not only vital to beating the IS forces, but their buy-in will be necessary to avoid more sectarian conflict down the road.

BY BY ELI LAKE rebellion against the IS in western Iraq, Wissam’s tale is a cautionary one. The s President Barack Obama Sunni tribes are not only vital to beat- wades deeper into the war ing the IS forces, but their buy-in will be in Iraq, Sheikh Wissam Al necessary to avoid more sectarian conflict AHardan would appear to be down the road. Yet the Obama adminis- just the kind of man America needs. He tration is still insisting that the Sunni Sheikh Wissam Al Hardan is a Sunni Muslim. He is from Anbar sheiks brave enough to side with the US Province, the western area of Iraq where make the same mistake Wissam made in up much of the fight against the Islamic a self-declared caliphate has already won 2012 and formally align with Iraq’s Shiae- State. If Obama were now to arm Sunni over many tribes. Most important, he was dominated government, now led by Prime militias directly, he would not only under- one of the founders of the Awakening, Minister Haider Al Abadi. mine his plan to rebuild Iraq’s military a group of Sunni tribal leaders who in John Allen, the retired general who is but he would be giving these tribes guns 2006-07 fought alongside American Obama’s special envoy to the global coa- they could use eventually to break away troops to take back their towns and vil- lition against the Islamic State, made from Baghdad altogether. lages from Al Qaeda in Iraq, the Islamic this point explicitly at a January press Nonetheless, many of the Sunni- State’s (IS) predecessor. conference in Baghdad. “We are working dominated nations in the region say it’s But Sheik Wissam made a major very closely with the Iraqi government, worth that risk, and are pushing the mistake. He trusted the government the minister of defense and the Iraqi White House to arm the Anbar tribes of Nouri Al Maliki, the prime minister Security Forces,” he said, “for them to directly. One senior Arab diplomat in who stepped down last summer under work with tribal fighters, not just to arm Washington this week for the president’s Iraqi soldiers launch a rocket against Islamic State militants during an operation to retake heavy international pressure. In 2012 them, but to train them, so that they can conference on countering violent extrem- Sayed Ghareeb, near Dujail, some 70km north of Baghdad from rebel control. and 2013, when Maliki waged a political provide important functions in Iraq, as ism told a small group of journalists and and military crackdown on Iraqi Sunnis, individual tribal elements, but also, very policy makers that the White House Sheik Wissam remained a public ally and importantly, in conjunction with the Iraqi had promised many of Iraq’s Sunni Arab who was the US Army’s translator with were not affiliated with the IS — issued accepted money from the government, Security Forces, as they continue to move neighbors that support for the tribes, the Iraqi tribal fighters during the surge an important communique last weekend. ostensibly to keep the terrorists at bay. into the attack more aggressively.” including arms and training, would be in 2007 and 2008, said Janabi’s tribe was “They said the population does not trust Today Wissam is a sheik without a Last month, a delegation of Awakening coming. “This has not taken place also crucial to any US efforts to rebuild an the Iraqi government, but they do trust tribe. Earlier this month, over lunch leaders led by Sheik Ahmed Abu-Risha and this has worried us,” he said. awakening movement in Iraq. “If you the Americans,” Rawi told me. “They at his suite in the Cristal Grand Ishtar came to Washington to ask the White This diplomat expressed concern that want a tribe that will mobilise Sunni want to destroy the IS and they want to Hotel in Baghdad where he spends most House to reverse that policy. They areas of Iraq he felt could and should be Iraqis in areas around Baghdad against destroy the Shia militias, but they need of his time, he told me he has carried a pleaded for the US to begin arming and liberated from the Islamic State by Sunni the IS, the Janabi tribe are the ones to the Americans to help them.” gun since he was nearly killed by suicide training them independent of Baghdad. tribes will end up falling instead to a mix do it because of their history with ... Al He continued: “President Obama’s bombers at his family home last year. He While they garnered the public support of the Iraqi army, Iranian-backed Shia Qaeda in Iraq,” he said. strategy to train the Iraqi Sunni tribes said 6,000 fighters that used to be under of former President George W Bush, militias and US air support. “If Mosul Jensen explained that unlike other into a national guard, if this is going to his command have not been paid in 10 there has been no signal of change from is liberated with a Shia militia on the groups who publicly aligned with Maliki be directed, guided and organised by the months. “I feel sorry and ashamed the the Obama administration. ground and the American Air Force, it after the withdrawal of US troops in US, will work. But if he will make the Iraqi government deals with the Sunnis Sunni leaders I talked to in Iraq also will give IS the biggest propaganda coup 2011, the Janabi tribe “is not seen as Iraqi government in charge of this, it as if they were all the Islamic State,” he made a central point of independence they would ever want,” he said. traitors who have jumped in with the will never happen.” One thing is certain. said. “The government is afraid to arm from Baghdad. However well-intentioned His concerns about Shia domination government.” Sheiks such as Wissam Al Hardan feel the tribes and the Awakening ... so the Abadi may be, most Sunni leaders will are not just hypothetical. Shia militia Waleed Al Rawi, a former Iraqi general burned by their experience of trusting Sunnis and the Awakening are in the never trust a Shia central government leaders in some cases are exercising now living in Florida who has advised the Iraq’s Shia-dominated government. From middle, between the hammers of both again. It puts the US in a tough spot. direct command over uniformed Iraqi US government on working with tribal his suite at the Ishtar in Baghdad, he sides. The IS is killing our people and the Obama is committed to the territorial troops. Just this week, a popular Sunni groups, said he has heard a similar mes- seethes as he watches the US and Iraqi government is not supporting the tribes integrity of the country and to eventu- sheik, Qasim Al Janabi, was kidnapped sage from Iraqi tribal leaders. He said government neglect the men he believes and the Awakening.” ally having Iraq’s military absorb the and murdered. His family blamed Shia a meeting of 22 Sunni groups — includ- can save his country from the caliphate. As the US tries to stoke a new sectarian Shia militias that have taken militias for the crime. Sterling Jensen, ing some anti-government insurgents who WP-BLOOMBERG Argentina, Iran and the Jeb Bush carries a heavy burden death of Alberto Nisman As Jeb wages his own struggle with his BY GABRIEL BRACESCO

last name, his problem isn’t so much to ilently marching through Buenos Aires in the heavy rain, the mourners remembered a father, an ex-husband, a son, a col- differentiate himself from his father’s one- league. With 400,000 people standing alongside them seeking term presidency as it is to avoid reminding Sjustice for Alberto Nisman, it took the group of prosecutors, Nisman’s former wife and his daughters, mother and relatives, almost two and a half hours to walk the 10 blocks that separate the Plaza de voters of the trauma of the eight years his los dos Congresos from the Plaza de Mayo. Yet, Argentinian people know that with every day that passes they brother was in office. are getting further from learning the truth about Nisman’s death on January 18. The late prosecutor had been carrying out the judicial BY MARGARET CARLSON overcompensating psychologi- investigation of Iran’s involvement in the attack against the Argentine cally or politically for his father’s Israelite Mutual Association of Buenos Aires in 1994, in which 85 eb Bush is asking us to do alleged wimpiness, or merely people died. During a 10-year investigation, Nisman gathered phone the impossible — forget acting under bad-dad Cheney’s recordings that revealed an impunity deal between the Iranian and that he’s the son of one influence, George W undertook Argentinian governments in exchange for economic benefits. Nisman’s Jpresident and the brother the disastrously misbegotten report explained that in the midst of a reserves crisis, Iran would sell of another. invasion and occupation of Iraq, Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush speaks to guests at a luncheon hosted cheap oil and buy grains and weapons from Argentina. “I’m my own man,” he pro- a catastrophe that would define by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in Chicago, Illinois. Furthermore, in some of the calls, the activist and politician Luis tested at a much-heralded meet- his presidency. We still live with D’Elía was given orders from an alleged Iranian spy, Yussuf Khalil. And the- Bush-you-don’t-know speech the consequences — and Jeb is left By and large presidential siblings with W naming his brother “the it was uncovered that this representative communicated such infor- on foreign affairs in Chicago on with some explaining to do, even only hurt themselves, not the can- controlling legal authority,” a role mation with Iranians including Mohsen Rabbani, one of the accused. Wednesday. as his brother peacefully whiles didate or the country. W is a one- the governor-brother initially Nisman affirmed that these deals had been guaranteed by President Alas, this declaration of inde- away the days with his paints and man WMD for Jeb. shunned but eventually accepted. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the current Argentinian minister pendence didn’t withstand his brushes in his art studio in Texas. That his older brother got to “I can’t recuse myself from my con- of foreign relations, Héctor Timerman, among others. first major effort to address the In his Chicago speech, there was the White House first must be stitutional duties as governor,” he Four days after Nisman submitted his findings, and the day before dynasty question. Instead of get- a brief moment when it looked as particularly galling for Jeb, who said. “I can’t recuse myself frankly he was scheduled to testify in front of Congress about his accusations, ting us to see a different kind of if Jeb might admit that George W was groomed as the good brother of being my brother’s brother, he was found dead in his apartment. Bush, he reminded us that his big had made a boo-boo in Iraq even if who was destined to go furthest. either.” When news of Nisman’s death broke, an official statement announced brother had made precisely the it was couched in an unsatisfying George was the party- hearty The longer the recount went that he had committed suicide. Media financed by the government told same point in almost the same lan- mistakes-were- made way. “There sort during the first 20 years on, the more Florida came in for the same story. Additionally, the accounts of officials and the police guage at roughly the same juncture were mistakes made in Iraq, for of a checkered career, coasting ridicule for its seniors who drive seemed to contradict each other about facts such as the time they in an election. And George W was sure,” Jeb declared. But then he through school on the gentleman’s too slowly, eat too early and can arrived and what they said; or it emerged that they simply forget to half right. When it came to sepa- quickly blame-shifted, attributing C plan, getting bailed out of oil manage 12 bingo cards but not a carry out judicial expertise, which is their daily job. That is why we rating from his father, he was his the mistakes in question to the busts. Meanwhile, Jeb worked butterfly ballot. Antiquated vot- can say that this death smells fishy. own man. He may have taken the “intelligence community in multi- hard and played by the rules. ing machines churned out chads, Now, over a month since Nisman died, the authorities have yet to separation business a bit too far, ple countries” whose information As his dad advised, Jeb made raising suspicion that the Bush determine whether his death was suicide or murder. Details of basic however, leaving his real dad so on weapons of mass destruction his fortune before making a bid clan had rigged the election like procedures, such as the autopsy confirming how the bullet entered his far behind in favor of a surrogate turned out “not to be accurate.” for office, and slowly climbed the some banana republic dynasty. head and the toxicological result, have not been released. Yet doubts father, Dick Cheney. As Jeb wages In any case, he added, whatever party ladder in South Florida. At one point, consideration was and scepticism increase each day as information trickles out. his own struggle with his last mistakes were made under his Then, W’s career took a sudden given to the idea of resolving the Two of Nisman’s bodyguards have given contradictory explanations name, his problem isn’t so much brother’s watch were mere pec- spike upward when he became recount by Jeb naming a slate of the events that took place the night of Nisman’s death. The judge, to differentiate himself from his cadillos compared with the mess part owner of the Texas Rangers. of electors to defeat the popular Manuel De Campos, was prevented from entering Nisman’s apartment father’s one-term presidency as President Barack Obama has He won his 1994 race to become vote, which would have made him for 30 minutes, until the state secretary for public security arrived. it is to avoid reminding voters of made by withdrawing US troops Texas governor in a walk. That the first governor to award the The prosecutor Viviana Fein appeared on the scene 10 minutes the trauma of the eight years his from Iraq. Slam-dunk. same year, Jeb lost his first bid presidency to his own brother. later, and is said to have immediately lost control of the situation. The brother was in office. Jeb isn’t the first presidential for governor in Florida. Barbara Instead, Jeb punted to Secretary security cameras of the building did not work properly. Two witnesses You have to follow the bouncing hopeful to be burdened with an Bush went around exclaiming, of State Katherine Harris, who have said that inside Nisman’s apartment more than 50 people were at Bushes here. George W played out albatross of a brother. Think Billy “Can you believe it?” relished the fight. In the end, the the scene, eating croissants and drinking mate (a typical Argentinian the father problem, treating dad’s Carter or rock musician/felon By the time Jeb won, in 1999, US Supreme Court pulled George herbal drink). It was also alleged that any person could go through the presidency as a template for what Roger Clinton, named Headache it was too late. In 2000, he was across the finish line. door of the bathroom where Nisman’s body was found, and that they not to do. No way did he approve by the Secret Service on account relegated to the post of warm-up The good news for Jeb is that saw traces of blood in the hallway. Even Fernández feels that there is of Dad resisting calls to take the of all the trouble he stirred up. act, introducing W as “my older, unlike Billy Carter and Roger something strange going on, proclaiming “the suicide (I’m convinced) Gulf War beyond Kuwait, or doing For much of his adult life, W smarter and wiser brother.” Clinton, George seems happy to was no suicide”. But Fernández’s theory damages her reputation as she the right thing by raising taxes seemed on the road to becoming George joked that if Jeb didn’t stay out of the spotlight. Maybe could be blamed, at least, for being ineffective in controlling the services to tackle dangerous deficits. For a rich man’s Billy Carter — and deliver the Sunshine State, he’d in exchange for his continued she has been managing for 12 years. The president is yet to express her his trouble, Dad got booted out these days, Jeb is probably wish- “be washing my car over vacation.” silence, Jeb can promise George condolences to Nisman’s family, instead saying of the demonstrators: “We of office. ing he had kept on that path. But Scrubbing George’s pickup might that he will be commissioned to choose singing and happiness, and leave silence to them,” – which speaks George W got to act out instead George W stopped drink- have been preferable to the self- execute the official portrait of the volumes. Slowly, a criminal case is turning into a political affair with no his separation fantasies after ing, found religion and the rest abnegation that was in store for 45th president. end in sight. And the investigation is falling to pieces, at the convenience Septmber 11. Whether he was is history — ours unfortunately. Jeb. The vote in Florida seesawed WP-BLOOMBERG of those who didn’t want Nisman around. THE GUARDIAN SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST UN readies Syria ‘war criminals’ list Investigators plan to publish the list on March 17

GENEVA: United Nations of child soldiers, said the inter- but with that avenue blocked by war crimes investigators plan national community had failed divisions on the UN Security to publish names of suspects in its duty to protect Syria’s Council, it said an international involved in Syria’s four-year war civilians. ad hoc tribunal should be urgently and push for new ways to bring The fighting has killed more considered instead. them to justice, in a radical than 200,000 people and forced 10 The investigators said they had change of strategy announced million from their homes, trigger- increasingly been sharing infor- yesterday. ing a regional humanitarian crisis mation with countries planning Diplomatic sources said the that shows no sign of ending. to prosecute their own citizens independent Commission of Without naming Syrian for crimes committed in Syria, Inquiry, led by Brazilian investi- President Bashar Al Assad’s allies and they also would be willing to gator Paulo Pinheiro, may pub- such as Russia and Iran, nor coun- share information with states try- lish some or all of hundreds of tries backing rebel armed groups ing to prosecute foreign nation- names on secret lists of suspects such as the United States, Qatar als under the rules of “universal at the UN Human Rights Council and Saudi Arabia, the investiga- jurisdiction”. “It’s absurd that on March 17. Pinheiro, speak- tors made plain that they blamed the International Criminal Court ing to reporters after infor- such countries for the continuing does not have jurisdiction and is Palestinians perform Friday prayers in front of the snow-covered Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem’s Old City. Snow mally briefing the UN Security bloodshed. not investigating,” Britain’s UN fell early morning yesterday in parts of Israel, including Jerusalem, and various towns and cities in the north and Council, refused to be drawn, “The consistent support pro- Ambassador Mark Lyall-Grant south of the country, causing school closures in areas affected by the weather. saying any release of names vided to the government by its said. would need to “be of some use” international backers, in terms Syria has refused to cooper- and have some “follow-up”. of military equipment, advice and ate with the investigators and its “You have to understand that training, encouraged it to per- UN Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari Blizzards sweep across region we have to keep the suspense,” sist in its military and security called their inquiry biased. he said. The investigators have approach based on the excessive “All this propaganda aims at JERUSALEM: Snow blan- but reopened at around midday, warnings advising people not to already drawn up four lists use of force,” the report said. diabolising the Syrian govern- keted much of Israel, Jordan police said. Earlier, few cars were drive or even venture outside including military and security Meanwhile support for oppo- ment and misleading public opin- and Lebanon early yesterday seen on the icy streets except for unless absolutely necessary, sug- commanders, the heads of deten- sition armed groups was too ion. They did it in the past and with many residents urged to emergency vehicles or those with gesting that people stay at home. tion facilities, and commanders of restricted to enable them to they will do it in the future.” stay in their homes because of four-wheel drive. There was also rare snowfall non-state armed groups, includ- seriously challenge government Meanwhile, a Swedish free- blocked or icy roads. “There’s heavy snow falling in in southern Israel’s Negev desert, ing the so-called “emirs” of radi- forces, and had strengthened the lance journalist has gone miss- People in Jerusalem woke up Jerusalem, about 25 centimetres the meteorological service said. cal groups, they said. They now hand of radicals, it added. ing in the Syrian-Turkish border to around 25 centimetres of snow (10 inches) so far and it will con- In December 2013, the heavi- have a fifth list ready. “The support given to the so- area, the Swedish newspaper after the second major blizzard tinue to fall throughout the day,” est fall in decades since a metre “Not to publish names at this called ‘moderates’ has ultimately Expressen reported yesterday, of winter swept across the hill- Israel Meteorological Service of snow fell on Jerusalem in 1920 juncture of the investigation consolidated the dominance of without disclosing its sources. top Holy City. In January, 10-15 forecaster Rinat Rehamim told blocked roads across Israel and would be to reinforce the impu- extremist groups such as ISIS and The journalist was not identi- centimetres fell, media reported. public radio. The landmark Dome the West Bank. nity that the Commission was Jabhat Al Nusra, which managed fied but was described as in his Schools closed for the day on of the Rock in the Al Aqsa mosque After the latest blizzard, the mandated to combat,” they said to overrun the positions of mod- 30s. He had planned to enter an Friday and urban bus services compound was frosted with snow army has put tracked vehicles on in a report to the Human Rights erates and to gain loyalties among area of Syria controlled by Islamic were limited. The two main high- and Palestinian children threw standby to help civilians in the Council. The report, the latest their ranks.” State militants via the Turkish ways into Jerusalem, which climb snowballs in its forecourt. least accessible areas. In neigh- in a series documenting human The inquiry has repeatedly town of Gaziantep but had not to around 795 metres (2,600 feet) Snow also covered much of bouring Jordan, many roads were rights abuses such as torture, called for Syria to be referred to been heard of for four days, the above sea level, were closed in the occupied West Bank, and blocked, including in the capital sex crimes, murder and the use the International Criminal Court, paper reported. AFP both directions for several hours Palestinian authorities issued Amman. AFP

Sandstorm hits Kuwait Yemen parties close to Turkish court dismisses case deal to end crisis: UN against doctors

SANA’A: Yemen’s political par- of formerly independent South ISTANBUL: A Turkish ties are edging closer to a deal Yemen, while women and youth court yesterday dropped a that would resolve the crisis groups would get a 30 percent and case against dozens of doctors caused by the Shia Houthi mili- 20 percent quota respectively. who treated protesters during tia seizing power, UN envoy The two chambers together nationwide anti-government Jamal Benomar has said. would form the “national council,” demonstrations in 2013, local Parties including the power- the UN envoy said. media said. ful Huthis have agreed on the “This progress is not an agree- The Health Ministry had filed “form of the legislative authority ment, but is an important break- a lawsuit against the doctors for in the interim period”, Benomar through that paves the way setting up makeshift clinics for wrote on his Facebook page late towards a comprehensive agree- thousands of protesters wounded on Thursday. ment,” he wrote. during the protests and for refus- He hailed the preliminary On Sunday, the UN Security ing to share personal information accord as an “important step Council urged the Huthis, with the government on the pro- towards achieving a compre- known officially as Ansarullah, testers they treated. The ministry hensive political agreement that to “immediately and uncondi- had also accused the doctors of would end the current crisis”. tionally” engage in “good faith” in “praising the criminals.” The Houthis seized Sanaa in UN-brokered negotiations, with- The Ankara court threw out September before tightening their draw their forces from govern- the case after hearing several wit- grip and prompting Western- ment institutions and relinquish nesses, including two opposition A view of a main road as a massive sandstorm hit Kuwait yesterday. According to local reports visibility was backed President Abedrabbo power. lawmakers and Metin Feyzioglu, reduced to 200 meters. Mansour Hadi to offer to resign In a new resolution, adopted the president of the Turkish Bar in protest. unanimously by all 15 members, Association, Dogan news agency They dissolved parliament and the council also demanded that reported. installed a “presidential council” the militia release Hadi, his Prime Feyzioglu told the court that on February 6, sparking secu- Minister Khalid Bahah and other the efforts of the doctors had South Sudan war foes head for talks rity concerns that saw several officials and activists under de saved “hundreds of lives” and Arab and Western states close facto house arrest or in detention. that they should be “thanked,” JUBA: South Sudan’s warring ceasefire deals have failed. complicated. “There is a split in their embassies and evacuate In response on Monday, the “not punished.” rivals headed for the latest round “We are going there with the the rebel ranks, and this split may diplomats. Huthis told the Security Council The Turkish Union of Doctors of peace talks yesterday, with hope of coming back with peace have an effect... we need to know The new deal stipulates that to “respect the will and sover- (TTB) released a statement fol- government negotiators saying to the people of South Sudan,” with whom are we going to nego- the current parliament dominated eignty of the Yemeni people, and lowing the decision and said they were “optimistic” of a deal he added. Rebel negotiators were tiate,” he said. by ousted president Ali Abdullah to be accurate and objective”. doctors were “performing their despite fighting continuing. reported to have already arrived Regional bloc IGAD has set a Saleh’s party would remain in Since overrunning Sanaa unop- ethical duty” to provide care “We are going there with high in Ethiopia. March 5 deadline for Kiir and place, while a parallel “People’s posed in September, the Huthis for patients and ensure their hopes,” Information Minister Fighting continued in the Machar to reach a final peace Transitional Council” would be have expanded their control to confidentiality. “This shameful Michael Makuei and government northern Upper Nile state, agreement, but previous dead- formed to include “unrepresented coastal areas and regions south of case has finally come to an end. delegation chief told reporters as Makuei said, warning that rebel lines have been repeatedly ignored components”, Benomar said. the capital, but have faced fierce Providing care for the service of they left for the Ethiopian capi- forces were splintering -- mak- despite the threat of sanctions. Half of the seats in the new resistance from Sunni tribes and humanity cannot be considered a tal Addis Ababa. Seven previous ing any negotiations increasingly AFP council would go to representatives Al Qaeda militants. AFP crime,” it said. AFP Israeli campaigning revels in dirt, avoids real issues JERUSALEM: Israel goes to the polls The incoming government will have the costly July-August Gaza war and empty bottles returned from their official vendetta by the left.” next month facing Middle East tur- to deal with a raft of serious issues. unemployment running at 5.7 percent in residence. Netanyahu is also having fun with the moil and growing diplomatic isolation, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, interna- December. But such numbers also hide a Her husband denied the allegations. social networks. In one video he parodies but campaigning has been dominated tional aid agencies and diplomats are all large income divide. A report by the government watchdog attacks on him when he is seen in the by the lifestyle of the prime minister warning of another outbreak of fighting Israeli expatriates in Germany sparked this week said Sara Netanyahu had called middle of a strategic telephone call and and his wife. One might be forgiven for with Israel unless conditions in the pov- controversy last autumn when they in an electrician for their private sea- an aide bursts in with news of the latest thinking that the conduct of Benjamin erty-stricken territory improve. published on Facebook grocery receipts side home in Caesarea every weekend scandal. “There are snails in the garden!” Netanyahu and his wife Sara is the While prospects for peace with showing prices far lower than at Israel’s for three months, including on a public he gasps. most important issue facing Israel. the Palestinians remote, in the north cheapest discount chain — and urged holiday when staff were off and unable Another shows him confronting a Between comic and sometimes bizarre the Syria conflict is also exerting new compatriots back home to join them in to assess whether work was urgently crowd of unruly pre-school children, one videos on social networks, simplistic pressures. Berlin. As campaigning grumbles into its needed. of whom represents political rival Tzipi sloganeering, personal jibes and a total With just eight million citizens, Israel final weeks, voters have heard more about Despite the possibility of police prob- Livni while the boys bear the names of absence of serious debate, rarely has a looks on with deep disquiet at the spread the Netanyahus’ recycling habits, dizzying ing such allegations they may not harm other challengers. In another, playing on campaign sunk so low, political scien- of jihadist groups in the region and sees domestic cleaning bills and penchant for Netanyahu politically, says Emmanuel his nickname Bibi, he is the only per- tists say. President Reuven Rivlin agrees. the influence of arch-foe Iran everywhere. pistachio ice cream paid for by the public. Navon, professor of international rela- son, in a sketch called “The Bibisitter”, “When the slogan is the be all and end Domestically, Israel enjoyed enviable Media reported in January that Sara tions at Tel Aviv University. “It will only to whom a young couple is prepared to all, we are left with a problem,” he said economic growth of more than 7 percent pocketed at least $1,000 (¤885) worth of play in his favour,” he said. “Rightwing entrust their children. of electioneering for the March 17 vote. in the fourth quarter of 2014, despite public cash by collecting the deposits on and undecided voters perceive this as a AFP SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Hack gave US, British spies access to billions of phones FRANKFURT: US and British GCHQ had hacked into its systems a large portion of voice and data immediately reached for comment. were identified by the Intercept as published by the website. spies hacked into the world’s big- to steal encryption keys that could mobile communications around A European security source said countries where Britain’s GCHQ The Intercept published what it gest maker of phone SIM cards, unlock the security settings on bil- the world without permission that mobile devices were widely intercepted encryption keys said was a secret GCHQ document allowing them to potentially lions of mobile phones. from governments, telecoms com- used by terrorist groups and that used by local wireless network that said its staff implanted soft- monitor the calls, texts and The report by The Intercept panies or users. intelligence agencies’ attempts to providers. ware to monitor Gemalto’s entire emails of billions of mobile users site, which cites documents pro- “We take this publication access the communications were Gemalto makes SIM (Subscriber network, giving them access to around the world, an investiga- vided by former NSA contractor very seriously and will devote all justified if they were “authorised, Identity Module) cards for phones SIM card encryption keys. The tive news website has reported. Edward Snowden, could prove an resources necessary to fully inves- necessary and proportionate.” The and tablets as well as “chip and report suggested this gave GCHQ, The alleged hack on Gemalto, if embarrassment for the US and tigate and understand the scope source did not confirm or deny pin” bank cards and biometric with the backing of the NSA, confirmed, would expand the scope British governments. of such sophisticated techniques,” that the documents were from passports. It produces around unlimited access to phone com- of known mass surveillance meth- It comes just weeks after a said Gemalto, whose shares sunk GCHQ. two billion SIM cards a year and munications using Gemalto SIMs. ods available to US and British British tribunal ruled that GCHQ by as much as 10 percent in early The source also said Western counts Verizon, AT&T Inc and French bank Mirabaud said spy agencies to include not just had acted unlawfully in access- trading yesterday, following the agencies would sometimes hold Vodafone among hundreds of wire- in a research report the attacks email and web traffic, as previ- ing data on millions of people in report. on to data over time in order to less network provider customers. appeared to be limited to 2010 and ously revealed, but also mobile Britain that had been collected by A spokeswoman for decrypt the communications of The European security source 2011 and were aimed only at older communications. the NSA. Britain’s GCHQ (Government specific intelligence targets. said that an assertion by The 2G phones widely used in emerg- The Franco-Dutch company The Intercept report said the Communication Headquarters) The source added that wireless Intercept that GCHQ had taken ing markets, rather than modern said yesterday it was investigating hack was detailed in a secret 2010 said yesterday that it did not networks in Iran, Afghanistan and control of Gemalto’s internal smartphones. It did not name the whether the US National Security GCHQ document and allowed comment on intelligence mat- Yemen were viewed as having sig- network was speculative and source of these assertions. Agency (NSA) and Britain’s the NSA and GCHQ to monitor ters. The NSA could not be nificance intelligence value. These not supported by documentation REUTERS Russia sending more tanks to Ukraine: Kiev Thousands pay tributes to killed Maidan activists

DEBALTSEVE: Kiev accused tanks, 10 missile systems and People’s Republic flew over the Russia yesterday of sending busloads of troops had crossed the town hall. Artillery could be heard more tanks and troops into border into Ukraine. The United in the distance. eastern Ukraine and said they States also says it has sighted Heavily armed rebels and tanks were heading towards the rebel- Russian reinforcements. patrolled the streets on the out- held town of Novoazovsk on the Kiev said rebels had attacked 49 skirts, where bridges had been southern coast, expanding their times in the last 24 hours, proof blown up and the railway appeared presence on what could be the that they were still ignoring the to have suffered major damage. next battlefront. truce, despite having achieved A separatist fighter picked out Russia did not immediately their main objective this week ammunition left by fleeing govern- respond to the accusation which, by capturing the railway hub of ment troops from the rubble. if confirmed, would help kill off a Debaltseve. The rebels said gov- “These are ours now, and we’ll European-brokered truce that was ernment forces also fired. use them against them. We have met by relentless rebel advances Western nations have pub- to expand,” said the rebel who since it came into force on Sunday. licly clung to the hope that they refused to give his name. Moscow has always denied charges can revive the peace deal bro- The town held around 27,000 in the past that its forces are fight- kered by France and Germany people before the fighting. Most ing in Ukraine. in the Belarussian capital Minsk fled during the battle, but thou- Novoazovsk lies on the Sea of on February 12, even though sands remained trapped inside, Azov, 40 km east of the port city the rebels ignored it to seize sheltering in cellars during days of of Mariupol. It was captured by Debaltseve, inflicting one of the relentless bombardment. Several People pray at the “Heavenly Hundred” monument to killed Maidan activists in Kiev during a memorial ceremony rebels last year and Kiev fears it worst defeats on Kiev of the hundred lined up for food in the could be a launch pad for strikes 10-month-old war. centre of town. Many were weep- marking the first anniversary of the killings, yesterday. on Mariupol, a government-held “We are more convinced than ing as they stood in the queue. port of 500,000 people that con- ever that they must be applied — “We’re waiting. They should gunned down in the final act of a tumultuous chain of events that state security told me that special trols routes to the south and all the agreements, nothing but bring dry meals in blue packag- dramatic uprising. saw Russia seize the strategic forces operatives gave evidence possibly to the Crimea peninsula the agreements,” French President ing since the pasta is already fin- The street where protest- Black Sea peninsula of Crimea that the Russian presidential aide annexed by Russia a year ago. Francois Hollande said in Paris ishing,” said Yulia, 28, a teacher, ers were shot by security forces and a the launch of a pro-Moscow Vladislav Surkov led the organi- “In recent days, despite the alongside German Chancellor holding her 10-year-old niece by was bathed in red light and giant uprising in the industrial east. sation of groups of foreign snip- Minsk (ceasefire) agreement, mili- Angela Merkel yesterday. the hand. screens showed images of some Ukraine’s President Petro ers on the Maidan,” Poroshenko tary equipment and ammunition In Debaltseve, where Kiev was In Kiev, thousands of Ukrainians of the estimated 100 people killed Poroshenko accused a top aide to told some of the relatives of those have been sighted crossing from forced to withdraw thousands of gathered yesterday for an emo- during the demonstrations that Russian President Vladimir Putin killed, according to his website. Russia into Ukraine,” military besieged troops this week, the tional ceremony on Independence toppled Kremlin-backed president of being behind the sniper killings Russia’s Foreign Ministry called spokesman Andriy Lysenko said. black, blue and red flag of the Square to mark one year since Viktor Yanukovich. of the Ukrainian protesters. the accusation “madness”. He said more than 20 Russian rebels’ self-proclaimed Donetsk scores of demonstrators were The deadly protests set off a “Just a few days ago, the head of AGENCIES

Train crash in Switzerland Copenhagen gunman buried

UK police launch COPENHAGEN: Hundreds of people yesterday attended the Islamic burial of the gunman who killed two people in twin appeal to find shootings in Copenhagen last weekend. Omar El Hussein, 22, was placed in an unmarked grave in the ‘Syria-bound’ Muslim cemetery in Broendby, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, watched by around 500 people, mostly young men. schoolgirls El Hussein, a Danish citizen of Palestinian origin, has been iden- tified by police as the gunman who shot dead a film-maker and a LONDON: British police volunteer Jewish security guard in the Danish capital last weekend. launched an appeal yesterday to Before the burial, a short ceremony was held at a Copenhagen trace three London schoolgirls mosque following Friday prayers. who are believed to be making their way to Syria, having flown US names envoy to Colombia talks to Turkey earlier this week. The three friends, two aged 15 WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday named a special and one 16, left their east London envoy to the Colombia peace talks in a bid to help nudge along homes on Tuesday and travelled negotiations to end one of the world’s longest running conflicts. to Gatwick airport, where they Talks between the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia caught a Turkish Airlines flight (FARC) rebels and the Bogota government are seeking to end a to Istanbul without telling their half-century old insurgency. families. Top US diplomat John Kerry told reporters Washington had Police said they were working agreed to a request by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to with Turkish authorities to try “take a more direct role” in the negotiations which resumed earlier to find the girls and bring them this month in Havana. Kerry named veteran Latin America diplo- home. mat Bernie Aronson to the post — paying tribute to his past work “We still think there’s a possi- in helping resolve conflicts in El Salvador and Nicaragua. bility they’re in Turkey and that’s Rescue workers inspect the site of a train crash at Rafz train station, near Zurich, in northern Switzerland, why we’re having the appeal,” US firm in Cuba phone service deal yesterday. Two trains slammed into each other, tipping over carriages and injuring at least six people. Richard Walton from London police’s counterterrorism com- HAVANA: IDT Corporation, the largest US-based provider of mand told reporters yesterday. international long distance calling, has reached an agreement The three girls, two of whom with Cuba’s ETECSA telecoms company to provide phone service were named as British nation- between the two countries as they normalise relations. als Shamima Begum and Kadiza The Cuban company, Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba SA, US cold snap breaks records Sultana, were pupils at the said in a statement yesterday that the deal enables “the reestablish- Bethnal Green Academy. ment of direct communication between the United States and Cuba.” NEW YORK: Millions of people neighborhood, Mohammad Islam, the Ronald Reagan Washington They are friends with a fourth IDT said the agreement was filed this week with the US Federal awoke to painfully cold weather 30, anticipated selling a lot of hot National Airport. The bitter cold teenage girl from the same school Communications Commission and is subject to FCC review for a in the eastern United States yes- coffee as the temperature outside cracked rails on the city’s subway whom police believe is already in period of 10 days. If the deal is approved, IDT will be the only US terday, with temperatures frigid hovered around minus 15.6 degrees system, causing delays. Syria, having travelled to Turkey carrier to have a direct interconnection into Cuba. enough in New York City and Celsius, beating the record low of In Philadelphia, the Roman in December. Washington to break decades- 7 degrees set in 1950 according to Catholic archdiocese deemed it Their families were surprised UK to extradite Sicilian mafioso old record lows for February 20. National Weather Service records. too cold for children, and closed and devastated by the disappear- New Yorkers hid much of The National Weather Service all the schools it runs in the city. ance of the girls, Walton said. LONDON: A convicted Sicilian mafioso who spent two decades their faces under hoods, hats and said widespread subzero tempera- At least four people have died Security forces estimate some living incognito in Britain will be extradited to Italy after a court scarves but could not entirely hide tures were recorded overnight on because of the cold weather in 600 British Muslims have travelled yesterday overturned a previous ruling that prison overcrowding their grimaces as they hurried Thursday, from Illinois to western Kentucky, officials said, and at to Syria to join the conflict there, there could breach his human rights. down sidewalks to work. Parts of Virginia, and predicted that highs least two people froze to death some of them with the Sunni Domenico Rancadore, 65, faces seven years in jail in Italy after the East River had scabbed over would struggle to leave the teens outside in Pennsylvania. Islamist group Islamic State. judge Howard Riddle ruled in favour of extradition at Westminster with ice. Commuters’ breath was yesterday. Record lows were also reported Around half have since Magistrates’ Court. Rancadore had left Italy with his British wife visible on subway platforms deep A 119-year-old record for the in parts of Florida, although in returned, and dozens have been and two children in 1993 and established a new life under the name below the ground and the wind. date was broken near the US capi- some cases having to put on a arrested in Britain under anti- “Marc Skinner” in a house in west London. He was discovered and At his small grocery store tal, with a temperature of minus sweater was the only hardship terrorism legislation. arrested in August 2013. AGENCIES in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene 15 degrees Celsius recorded at after dawn. REUTERS REUTERS SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA Dozen injured as Jakarta delays car bomb rips through southern execution of Thailand town

NARATHIWAT: Around a dozen people were wounded Australians when a car bomb detonated by remote control ripped through a karaoke bar in Thailand’s Muslim-majority deep south Official cites technical reasons yesterday, officials said. The blast, which occurred after JAKARTA: Indonesia has because it was causing an uproar Friday prayers and also destroyed delayed the execution of two in Australia,” he said. several houses in the provincial Australian drug smugglers by “If he backs down, he will face capital of Narathiwat, comes as up to a month, backtracking on the Indonesian public.” the Thai junta seeks negotiating an earlier pledge to put the pair This month, Indonesia’s foreign partners to restart peace talks before the firing squad by the ministry informed the Australian with insurgents. end of February. embassy that the execution of the Thailand’s southernmost prov- Vice-President Jusuf Kalla’s two drug convicts would be car- inces, bordering Malaysia, have office yesterday said the execu- ried out in February. been blistered by more than a tion of Andrew Chan and Myuran But since then it has announced, decade of violence between insur- Sukumaran, the ringleaders of and subsequently backtracked, on gents seeking greater autonomy the so-called “Bali Nine” heroin details of the executions plan for for the culturally distinct region trafficking group, “will be delayed Chan and Sukumaran. and Thai security forces. for between three weeks to a On Monday it was announced More than 6,300 people have month from now due to techni- the pair would be transferred this been killed — the majority civil- cal reasons,” without elaborating week from Bali to a high-security ians. “A car bomb was detonated further. prison on Nusakambangan — sig- by remote control outside a kara- Indonesian authorities insist nalling a date for their execution Residents walk past a fallen tree brought down by Tropical Cyclone Marcia in the northern Queensland town of oke bar,” Anurut Kritsakaraket, they will proceed with the execu- was near — only for that decision Yeppoon yesterday. police commander of three tions despite this delay. to be reversed 24 hours later. southern provinces of Pattani, Widodo — an ardent sup- Indonesia said it delayed their Narathiwat and Yala said. porter of the death penalty who transfer because of logistical dif- Twin cyclones slam into Australia Although the bar was closed, a has refused clemency for the two ficulties at Nusakambangan — the dozen people eating nearby were Australians — denied pressure notorious island prison where five wounded by the blast, with one from Australia had swayed his inmates were shot last month— ROCKHAMPTON: A pow- “Stay indoors, take the safest in Yeppoon,” Melanie Cobb told in a serious condition, Anurut resolve to see drug traffickers with facilities at the execution site erful cyclone slammed into room in the home and let the Reuters as she sifted through added. Bomb disposal experts executed. “No such thing,” he told already at capacity. northeast Australia yesterday, storm pass,” Queensland Fire and the rain-soaked contents of her also defused a bomb hidden on reporters yesterday. “This is our Tony Spontana, a spokesman destroying homes, upending Emergency Services Assistant grandmother’s 80-year-old house a motorcycle parked nearby and judicial sovereignty.” for the attorney-general’s office trees, cutting power lines and Commissioner John Watson told where one wall had been ripped another smaller homemade device Canberra has been ramping up which oversees the executions, causing flash floods, while a sec- media after the storm passed over away. Among the ruined contents 500 metres from the blast site. diplomatic pressure in recent weeks said once the prison was ready to ond storm severed communica- the coastal city of Rockhampton, was Cobb’s childhood teddy bear. for the pair to be spared, straining receive the prisoners the execu- tions to a northern island where home to 75,000 people, and headed More than 10 percent of Australia’s ties between the two countries, but tions would proceed. “What needs heavy damage was expected. south towards Australia’s third- sugar crop was at risk from Marcia, Sri Lanka analysts say public perception will to be underscored is the execu- Tens of thousands took what shel- largest city, Brisbane. an industry body warned. BHP guide Indonesian President Joko tion will still be conducted,” he ter they could as Cyclone Marcia There were no reports of Billiton suspended rail lines hauling enacts witness Widodo far more than pleas for said after the postponement was caught Queensland state almost deaths or injuries and the storm coal from its inland collieries to the mercy from Australia. announced yesterday. unawares, gathering strength in just was downgraded to a category Hay Point shipping terminal. protection law Widodo has shocked rights He has said previously the a few hours before making landfall 2 by evening. But authorities Marcia’s forecast trajectory groups with his support for capi- prisoners would only be taken midmorning as a category 5 system warned heavy rains and flooding indicated the impact on coal min- COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has tal punishment for drug dealers, to Nusakambangan three days — the highest rating. were likely to continue for several ing was expected to be less severe adopted a witness protection vowing he won’t grant clemency before their execution. Death Emergency services scrambled days and extend inland. than in 2011, when Queensland law ahead of an investigation to anyone caught selling narcotics row inmates must be given 72 to evacuate thousands of homes Some 48,000 homes were left missed its annual coal export into suspected human rights to his countrymen. hours’ notice under Indonesian before pulling out and warning without power, Watson added, bro- target by 40 million tonnes after abuses in a 26-year civil war Hikmahanto Juwana, an inter- law before facing the firing squad. anyone who had not left to bar- ken power lines and flooding leav- storms dumped unprecedented which foreign governments national law professor from the Indonesia also claimed they ricade themselves inside to avoid ing some areas too dangerous for amounts of rain into pits. have said is necessary for a rec- University of Indonesia, said the delayed the transfer because wind gusts peaking at 285kph. energy companies to begin repairs. Data supplied by the Bureau of onciliation with ethnic minority majority of Indonesians shared Australia had requested the men Rail lines to coastal ports, an The storm roared over the Meteorology showed Marcia mov- Tamils. Widodo’s tough stance on traffickers be granted more time with their essential part of Queensland’s coastal town of Yeppoon which, ing inland rather than directly The United Nations Human and expected him to tackle the “drug families, but denied Jakarta was A$280bn ($218bn) commodities like Rockhampton, was facing a impacting the Gladstone indus- Rights Council has separately emergency” facing the country. bowing to pressure from Canberra. export-driven economy, were night without power. trial hub. investigated war crimes in the “He should not back down AFP brought to a standstill. “The home is one of the oldest REUTERS final stages of the war against Tamil separatists but this week it deferred its report, saying Colombo had shown a new will- ingness to open up to scrutiny. Under the law passed by the Sri Lankan parliament late on At least 30 dead in Boko Haram raids near Chibok Thursday, the government will set up safe houses for witnesses giv- KANO, Nigeria: At least 30 at least 30 people were killed in Bitrus said the latest attacks said they appealed to troops based Nigeria’s military said on ing testimony to the inquiry com- people were killed in Boko the attacks,” he added. happened about noon (1100 GMT) in Chibok some 25 kilometres Thursday that fighter jets had mission. “This will allow people Haram raids on two villages in Luka Haruna, who lives in on Thursday. away but they allegedly refused bombarded Sambisa Forest after to give evidence and participate northeast Nigerian Borno state Chibok, some 15km away, gave The insurgents were passing to deploy. Chad, which is involved in the in the domestic probe,” Deputy near the town of Chibok, a com- an identical death toll and added: through the two neighbouring The militants fled when sol- regional fight-back, attacked the Foreign Affairs Minister Ajith munity leader and resident said “The two villages were completely villages as they fled the nearby diers were eventually sent. Some nearby town of Dikwa. Perera said. yesterday. destroyed.” town of Askira Uba, which they left towards Gwoza, on the border Bitrus said: “The insurgents The United Nations estimated The attacks on Thursday Chibok gained notoriety last invaded on Monday evening, he with Cameroon, and the Sambisa mowed everything in sight as they in a 2011 report that about 40,000 targeted the villages of April when Boko Haram fighters added. Forest, where Boko Haram has fled Askira Uba and these two vil- Tamil civilians were killed in the Thlaimakalama and Gatamarwa, kidnapped 276 schoolgirls, causing Hundreds of Boko Haram fight- camps. lages which they passed through final weeks of the war that ended which were torched by the ram- global outrage and a social media ers stormed Askira Uba, burn- Boko Haram seized Gwoza in became targets. in 2009, mostly by the army. paging militants, said Pogo Bitrus, campaign to release them. ing homes and public buildings, June last year and later declared “They opened fire on residents The government of the majority head of the Chibok Elders Forum. Fifty-seven managed to escape despite a regional campaign to it a part of their Islamic caliphate. and set houses on fire as they Sinhalese country rejected that “From information coming in but 10 months on, 219 are still crush their six-year insurgency. The town is considered to be the drove in a huge convoy.” assertion. from residents of the two villages being held. Residents who fled the town group’s headquarters. AFP AGENCIES

Chinese MH370 Philippine rebels claim relatives criticise Malaysia Airlines self-defence in clash KUALA LUMPUR: Grieving MANILA: Philippine Muslim broadcaster ANC, adding the Chinese relatives of MH370 rebels said yesterday they acted unannounced police presence gave passengers blasted Malaysia purely in “self-defense” in a the rebels the impression that Airlines yesterday, detailing a clash that killed 44 police com- they were under attack. long list of complaints and trau- mandos in the volatile south last “The combatants did it in self- mas they said were suffered as a month, despite police claims defence.... On that basis, they did result of the flight’s mysterious that they were ambushed. no wrong,” he said. disappearance 11 months ago. January’s botched anti-terror Civilians who were awakened The 21 family members arrived operation in Maguindanao prov- from their sleep also joined in the in Malaysia last week from China ince saw the single biggest loss of fighting, thinking they too were to demand authorities cancel a life of government forces in recent under attack, Jaafar said. declaration that the plane’s 239 memory and has cast doubt over “When a stranger enters your passengers and crew were pre- the peace process, sparking calls house, and you think your life is in sumed dead, and voiced discon- for the resignation of President danger, you have to defend your- tent over the airline’s responses Benigno Aquino. self,” he added. to questions they submitted on a The commandos were hunt- Eighteen rebels were also killed litany of issues. ing for one of the world’s most during the chaotic 12-hour gun Using a projector at a news con- wanted terrorists, Bali bomber battle. ference held at a Kuala Lumpur and Jemaah Islamiyah militant A finger that police cut from hotel, they showed journalists Zulkifli bin Hir, who initial DNA what was believed to be Zulkifli’s photos of relatives of the pas- Chinese relatives of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 passengers hold letters from Malaysian Airlines during tests show was killed during the body was sent to the FBI where sengers suffering emotional and a press conference at a hotel in Seri Petaling near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, yesterday. fighting. a preliminary DNA test showed a physical trauma in China, includ- While authorities claim police “possible relationship” with one of ing one elderly man whom they contradictory and not within the found. I don’t think they are off howls of protest from next of came under ambush by the Moro the militant’s relatives. claimed suffered a stroke after scope of the questions asked.” searching at the right area,” she kin in Malaysia and China, many Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) The US had offered a $5-million hearing of Malaysia’s declaration Xu Jinghong, 43, whose mother said. of whom have sharply criti- — who occupy the area where bounty for Zulkifli, a Malaysian about the passengers. was also on MH370, told AFP the “I don’t think it’s in the sea.” cised the airline and Malaysian Zulkifli is believed to have been bomb-maker who had been hid- “We are extremely dissatisfied Malaysia Airlines support centre The declaration that MH370’s government. hiding — the MILF vice chairman ing in the southern Philippines with the replies from Malaysia in Beijing was not helpful and disappearance was an “accident” Authorities say the declaration gave a different version of events. for over a decade. Jaafar said the Airlines,” said Jiang Hui, whose expressed fears search operations and that the crew and passen- allows families to move on and “They (rebels) did not ambush MILF were still conducting an mother was on the ill-fated flight. might be called off. gers—two-thirds of whom were seek compensation. the PNP-SAF (comman- internal probe into the incident. “The answers were “We think the plane can be Chinese—were presumed dead set AFP dos),” Ghazali Jaafar told local AFP SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Afghans arrested Uighurs to ‘aid Taliban talk bid’ Uighurs handed over to China; Beijing ‘playing its role’, says Pakistan military official

KABUL: Afghanistan arrested the Afghan government. officials said had trained in mili- Xinjiang and other parts of the about militants from Xinjiang assured Chinese President Xi and handed over several Muslim Pakistan has been under pres- tant camps across the border in country in recent years in which province receiving training in Jinping of Afghanistan’s help in Uighur militants from China’s sure from China, which is con- Pakistan, were handed over to hundreds have been killed. Pakistan,” Rubin said. fighting militants. west in an effort to persuade cerned about Islamists among its Chinese officials last month. Exiled Uighur groups and China is likely to have played a Last week in Pakistan, visiting China to use its influence with Muslim minority, to step up pres- A second security official said a human rights activists, how- significant role in moves toward Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Pakistan to help start negotia- sure against militants. total of 15 Uighurs were arrested ever, say repressive government starting talks with the Taliban, Yi said China would help mediate tions with the Taliban, Afghan Three senior Afghan police and — three in the capital, Kabul, and policies in Xinjiang, includ- he said. in efforts to engage the Afghan security officials said yesterday. intelligence officials described the 12 later in the eastern province of ing controls on Islam and on “I’m sure they have weighed in Taliban in negotiations. The deal sheds light on operation last month to capture Kunar bordering Pakistan. Uighur culture, have provoked quite decisively, quietly.” A week later, Pakistan’s power- China’s increasing importance ethnic Uighur militants, mem- They had been in contact with unrest. Pakistan is seen as having other ful army chief visited Afghanistan in Afghanistan and Pakistan, bers of a separatist movement Al Qaeda and other militants China’s concerns have led it to reasons for pushing the Afghan with a message for Ghani that with its involvement in efforts to opposed to Beijing’s rule over the operating in Pakistan, accord- engage in the so far fruitless effort Taliban to talk to Kabul, in par- Taliban leaders had signalled they end the war with Taliban, who Xinjiang region, which is home ing to a member of Afghanistan’s to negotiate an end to the Afghan ticular the hope of Afghan help in were open to talks. have been fighting since 2001 to the Turkic-speaking, mostly intelligence agency. war, said Barnett Rubin, a former tackling Pakistani Taliban hiding It is not clear how signifi- to re-establish Islamist rule in Muslim Uighurs. A Pakistani Taliban com- State Department official who is in east Afghanistan and launch- cant Afghanistan’s arrest of the Afghanistan. “We offered our hand in coop- mander in the border area said by now a senior fellow at the Center ing attacks in Pakistan, including Uighurs was in the push for nego- Hopes for a peace process eration with China and in return telephone that a group of Uighurs on International Cooperation. the massacre of 153 people at an tiations. A Pakistani military were raised on Thursday when we asked them to pressure had been based in the Pakistani In particular, China is believed army-run school in December. officer said China was “playing Pakistani and Afghan officials Pakistan to stop supporting the border region of North Waziristan to have used its influence with Pakistan has long seen the its role” in the effort. said members of the Taliban lead- Taliban or at least bring them but left when the Pakistani army Pakistan to persuade it that it was Afghan Taliban as a tool if old rival Pakistani Foreign Office ership had signalled they were to the negotiating table,” said launched an offensive there last not in Pakistan’s interests to turn India were to become too influen- spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam willing to begin talks as soon as one of the security officials, who year. a blind eye to the Afghan Taliban tial in a hostile Afghanistan. said it was unfair to suggest that next month. attended a meeting with Chinese “They have shifted to and other militants operating But Afghan President Ashraf China or any other outsider was The apparent Taliban change officials to arrange transfer of the Afghanistan,” he said. along its border. Ghani, who took office last year, behind Pakistan’s involvement in of position was said to have prisoners. China has increasingly been “Pakistan’s attitude to militant has made improving relations pushing for talks. been made under pressure from Chinese officials in Beijing and concerned about activists from groups fighting in Afghanistan with both Pakistan and China a “Peace and stability in Pakistan, although the official at the embassy in Kabul did not Xinjiang getting militant train- has evolved ... China has played cornerstone of his administration. Afghanistan are in Pakistan’s Taliban spokesman denied any respond to requests for comment. ing in Pakistan. It says Uighur a role in Pakistan’s evolution Ghani’s first foreign visit was interest,” she said. move toward negotiations with The Uighurs, who the Afghan militants were behind attacks in because China is very concerned to Beijing in October when he REUTERS

Protest against mosque attacks Tax dodgers barred Five militants, soldier killed from Senate polls in exchange of

ISLAMABAD: The elec- from Fata, rejected the nomi- fire on border tion authority of Pakistan has nation papers of Munir Khan rejected nomination papers Orakzai. He was parliamentary ISLAMABAD: An exchange of nearly two dozen candi- leader of Fata in the National of fire between the Pakistani dates from the northwestern Assembly during 2008-13. security forces and militants Federally Administered Tribal Nomination papers of a sit- yesterday killed five rebels and Areas (Fata) seeking to secure ting Senator Muhammad Idrees a soldier in a restive Pakistani a seat in the upper house of Khan Safi whose six-year term tribal region near the Afghan parliament on grounds of tax is expiring this March, have also border, the military said. evasion. been rejected. The exchange of fire took It is for the first time in the Among other prominent names place during a cordon and search country’s electoral history that who appear to be out of the race, operation near the Datta Khel tax evasion has become an issue unless cleared at the appeals area of North Waziristan, where for those who aspire to become stage, include former MNA the Pakistani authorities are public representatives through Akhunzada Chittan and a former carrying out a major offensive finding a berth in the Senate in senator Hazif Rasheed Ahmed. against the Taliban and other the March 5 polls. For the Senate polls, it is for insurgents. Yesterday, the first day of scru- the first time the ECP is getting The conflict zone is off-limits to tiny, the returning officer (RO), services of FBR, NAB, FIA and journalists, so there is no way to director general of Election other allied departments for their independently verify the number Commission of Pakistan (ECP), input before judging the creden- and identity of those killed. rejected nomination papers of tials of the contestants. Pakistan began a long-awaited 21 candidates from Fata, among These institutions have sent Pakistani Shia Muslim demonstrators hold photographs of the victims of a bomb attack during a protest push to clear insurgent bases them some sitting and former their reports to ECP for every against a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in Peshawar yesterday. from North Waziristan last June parliamentarians. individual candidate. after a bloody Taliban attack on However, those whose nomi- Besides many other criteria, Karachi airport finally sank fal- nation papers have been rejected anyone who has not been filing tax tering peace talks. from Fata argued that Fata is a returns for the past three years is Air strikes, artillery, mortars tax-free zone, hence, they were not eligible to contest polls. Probe into rising food prices begins and ground troops have all been not obliged to pay taxes. An official of Pakistan’s federal used to take back territory. A total of 43 candidates from board of revenue (FBR) said that The semi-autonomous tribal Fata had filed nomination papers filing of tax returns is mandatory ISLAMABAD: The particularly, fruits, vegeta- A spokesman for the com- areas on the Afghan border for the four seats from the area for everyone, including those Competition Commission of bles, milk and pulses, during mission said that through this have for years been a hideout for being contested for the upper belonging to areas declared tax- Pakistan (CCP) has initiated a the National Price Monitoring investigation, the CCP would Islamist militants of all stripes, house when 52 outgoing senators free zones or those whose income country-wide inquiry into pos- Committee meeting held earlier determine whether the price hike including Al-Qaeda and the will be replaced by new members. is less than a minimum threshold sible anti-competitive behaviour this week. in the food commodities market Pakistani Taliban as well as for- The RO has cleared 12 candi- where income tax applies. behind rising prices of essential The CCP has decided that in was due to anti-competitive prac- eign fighters such as Uzbeks and dates, rejected 21 and objected to He also said a person from food commodities in the infor- the first phase of the investiga- tice, such as cartelisation or abuse Uighurs. six others for their incomplete Fata who has income from some mal sector. tion crucial information regard- of dominance or otherwise. documents. sources outside Fata, like any The probe has been initiated ing undertakings that manipulate Once the process is complete, Peshawar hires Most of those whose nomina- business or job in settled areas, after concerns were raised by the pricing and supply of essential the CCP may impose substantial tion papers were rejected faced have to pay tax. public and the government that commodities is being gathered. penalties on the undertakings ‘rat killer’ to tackle the charge of tax evasion as they The RO has asked these candi- some undertakings in the infor- Provinces and district admin- involved in accordance with pro- had not been filing their tax dates to file a clearance certificate mal food markets are manipu- istrations have been approached visions of the Competition Act rodent problem returns while papers of a few from FBR or they can contest lating supply and prices of food by the Commission and it is to protect consumers. However, others were turned down on the their case in the appellant tribu- products. expected that the CCP would the challenging part for the CCP PESHAWAR: A government grounds they had criminal cases nals which will be hearing appeals Even the Federal Finance soon have all relevant infor- would be to establish flaws or agency in Peshawar has hired a pending against them. against decisions of ROs at a later Minister, Ishaq Dar, expressed mation and data required to manipulations in the supply chain man who claims to have killed Usman Ali, who was acting as stage. concern over the price hike seen take strict action as per the for farm produce. 100,000 rats in a bid to rid the retuning officer for candidates INTERNEWS in essential food commodities, Competition Act, 2010. INTERNEWS northwestern Pakistani city of the rodents that plague its streets. Nasser Ahmad, who has been ‘Power work’ assigned the straightforward job title of “Rat Killer”, will receive a Afghan-Pakistan ties monthly salary of Rs15,000 ($147), as well as a Rs2,000 bonus per mission. Ahmad says he has already never better: Minister killed more than 100,000 rats in the past 19 months, inspired WASHINGTON: Relations military said. The two men had to take action after seeing the between Afghanistan and also praised improved relations wife of a friend hospitalised Pakistan have never been better, between the neighbors, which have after being bitten by one of the a top Pakistani minister said, seen a series of high-level talks. rodents. adding there had also been “a Khan was attending a three- “We have been receiving quantum leap in trust” between day White House summit on ways complaints about the growing Islamabad and Washington. to battle violent Islamic extremist number of rodents in the city, “I think Afghanistan and groups. Kerry also praised what which were causing damage to Pakistan, working in close hands he called “an unprecedented level the fabric of houses and shops, and in close cooperation, it will of effort to try to produce coop- and contaminating food,” Nasir do wonders for the cooperation eration” between the two neigh- Ghafoor, the general manager in the field of counterterrorism,” bors which he said was producing of Water Supply and Sanitation Pakistani Interior Minister Nisar “some signs of real results.” Peshawar, said. Ali Khan said as he met with top Ties between Washington and “I called Ahmad and gave him US diplomat John Kerry. Islamabad hit a low point in a job in the firm, creating for the “Relations between Afghanistan recent years after the 2011 kill- first time in the history of the city and Pakistan have never been bet- ing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin the post of rat killer.” ter, and that is a very, very posi- Laden. But both countries have Ahmad, who has thus far tive development.” worked to improve relations, done the job with just a hoe, a Pakistan’s army chief General and Kerry visited Islamabad in wheelbarrow and plastic gloves, Raheel Sharif held talks in Kabul January as the two nations vowed has been assigned a staff of five, An Afghan working on electricity poles in the Padkhab district of Logar province, Afghanistan, yesterday. on Tuesday with Afghan President to step up cooperation to track and plans to train others in a According to Afghanistan’s Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), 90 percent of Afghanistan’s electricity is Ashraf Ghani on boosting security down militants in Pakistan’s law- bid to tackle Peshawar’s rat imported from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Iran with $230m allocated for this purpose in 2014-25. and continuing operations against less tribal areas. problem. Taliban militants, the Pakistani AFP AFP SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Budget document among leaked papers: Report

NEW DELHI: The sensational petro- red-handed with photocopies of some Bassi said that Lalta Prasad and leum ministry document leakage case secret documents in Shastri Bhawan on Rakesh Kumar lifted documents indis- assumed wider dimensions yesterday- February 17. criminately. “The arrested people with the arrest of a former journalist Based on information provided by (Kumar and Prasad) did not steal par- and an energy consultant and revela- them, government employees Asharam, ticular documents. They instead used to tions in the police complaint that the 58, and Ishwar Singh, 56 were also lift any document lying on the table,” he papers stolen included inputs for the arrested. They were part of the multi- said. The theft of documents was taking forthcoming union budget and a letter tasking staff (MTS) in Shastri Bhawan. place in the office of the ministry located relating to the PMO. Police said Lalta Prasad and Rakesh in the high-security Shastri Bhawan near The stolen documents were also Kumar were on the payroll of Jain and the Parliament House complex. related to the power and coal ministries, he used to pay them Rs.40,000 each per All the seven arrested so far have police said. Delhi Police earlier yesterday month. The first information report been charged under sections of the IPC arrested Santanu Saikia, who runs a web (FIR) filed Wednesday accessed by the relating to stealing, forgery, trespass and portal for his alleged role in providing media Friday details the photocopies of criminal conspiracy, Bassi said. secret documents of the petroleum min- documents recovered from the five people Police are also mulling whether the istry to corporate houses. initially arrested in the case. arrested people can be booked under the The most high profile person among Some of the documents are latest and Official Secrets Act. Crime Branch offi- the seven people held in the leak case, have been signed only this week. cials had also taken the five accused to Saikia is a former journalist who cov- Among the photocopied documents is Shastri Bhawan to recreate the scene. ered, among other areas, crime and a monthly gas report of December 2014 The FIR details how the “secret petroleum ministry. Later, he came an of the planning and analysis cell of the papers” were photocopied after office hours energy consultant. ministry. It was signed on February 16. by the arrested who used duplicate keys In a post on his facebook page, Saikia There is a letter of Nripendra Misra, to open the offices after entering Shastri had brought to the attention of his principal secretary to the prime minister. Bhawan on forged identity cards and tem- friends and visitors about how the Official Journalist Santanu Saikia gestures as he is escorted back to a cell ahead of a court The photocopied documents also porary passes obtained fraudulently. Secrets Act was being “misused” by the appearance in New Delhi yesterday. Police have arrested six people including a senior included “inputs material on natural gas Meanwhile, Reliance Industries government. He also quotes The Week’s journalist on charges of stealing top-secret documents from petroleum ministry and selling grid for inclusion in Finance Minister said it has launched a “robust inter- story on CBI in December 2010, which them on to energy companies. Arun Jaitley’s budget speech for 2015-16”, nal probe” into detention of one of its mentioned “my 10-year court battle to police said. The budget is regarded as a employees by Delhi police in connection escape prosecution from the CBI”. this information with some individuals in Essar groups. Delhi Police on Thursday top secret document till it is unveiled by with alleged official document theft in Prayas Jain, a Melbourne-based energy return for money,” Bassi told reporters. arrested five people — two petroleum the finance minister in parliament. the oil ministry. consultant, was also arrested. Delhi He, however, refused to reveal the ministry employees and three others - The information about leakage of “It has been brought to our notice that Police chief B S Bassi said Saikia and Jain names of the organisations which ben- for stealing documents and leaking them budget inputs has come three days before one personnel has been detained by law- ran an independent website where they efitted from it. to corporate houses. the commencement of the budget session enforcement authorities. We are unaware uploaded the analysis of the documents “It will not be good to reveal the names Rakesh Kumar, 30, Lalta Prasad, 36 of parliament. Police also said yesterday of more details. As per SOP (standard which were photocopies of the originals. of these organisations as the investigation — both brothers and residents of Delhi, that documents relating to the power and operating procedure), a robust internal “And this information was further used is still on.” Police officers, however, said and Raj Kumar Chaubey, 39, a resident coal ministries were also recovered from probe is underway,” a company official by corporate houses. They also shared they were questioning officials of RIL and of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, were held the people arrested initially. said. IANS

Aerobatic show Manjhi quits, Nitish to be next Bihar CM JD-U leader to take oath tomorrow

PATNA: JD-U leader Nitish work,” he said. Nitish Kumar said Kumar (pictured), will take he will work in the same manner oath as the new chief minister in which he had worked during of Bihar tomorrow after Jitan his last eight and a half years as Ram Manjhi resigned yester- chief minister. day, less than an hour before “For me, governance and only a confidence vote in the state governance will be the priority,” assembly. he said. Nitish Kumar said the Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party’s game yesterday invited Nitish Kumar plan has failed. “The BJP tried to form the next government, a to split the JD-U but failed and party spokesperson said. Manjhi fled the field,” he said. “Governor Tripathi has invited The former chief minister said Nitish Kumar to form the next the BJP wrote the script for government after he met him at the current political situation Raj Bhavan and formally staked in his state. “The BJP supported claim,” Janata Dal-United spokes- during his half-an-hour address Manjhi.” person Neeraj Kumar said. to the media here. He made it “But Manjhi resigned after he Britain’s aerobatic team performs during the “Aero India 2015” air show at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru Manjhi claimed he as well as clear that he will not take any failed to get adequate numbers to yesterday. some legislators supporting him such emotional decision in the prove his majority in the assem- had received threats to their lives. future. Manjhi yesterday resigned bly,” he said. On February 8, the Nitish Kumar yesterday pub- just ahead of a confidence motion JD-U submitted letters of support licly apologised to the people for in the assembly. to the governor staking claim to Video of Pakistani boat released his “mistake” for having resigned “I have submitted my resig- form the government. The move as chief minister last year. nation letter to the governor. I came a day after Nitish Kumar “I admit that I made a mistake should have quit before,” said was re-elected the legislature NEW DELHI: The Coast in flames without any apparent Rajratan, involved in the opera- by resigning as chief minister. Manjhi soon after he met Tripathi party leader. Manjhi was picked Guard yesterday released a damage to its structure that could tion on December 31 that he had I publicly apologise for it to the here yesterday. by the former chief minister as video of the intruding Pakistani have been caused by any shelling. received no communication from people of Bihar. Please forgive me, Nitish Kumar described his replacement when he quit last boat that was intercepted off A Coast Guard press release Loshali. The government had ear- as I will not repeat my mistake,” Manjhi’s sudden decision to quit year after the JD-U’s rout in the the Gujarat coast on December said Loshali was served a show lier this week found itself in a spot Nitish Kumar said at a press con- as chief minister just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. 31 last year to reaffirm its cause notice Feb 18 and his reply over Loshali’s remarks. ference here. floor test as a “unique situation”. In the 243-member assembly, assertion that the vessel was set has been found to be unsatisfactory. Defence Minister Manohar Nitish Kumar saying sorry was “There was high-voltage drama.” the JD-U has 115 legislators — on fire by its occupants. “Therefore, in accordance with the Parrikar had said he would akin to Aam Aadmi Party leader “This is perhaps happening for most of whom are with Nitish The video was released on the extant procedures, a board of inquiry inquire into the matter while Arvind Kejriwal’s apology for the first time. The governor was Kumar. The party has the sup- day the Coast Guard ordered a (BOI) has been ordered to investi- indicating possible disciplinary resigning as the Delhi chief min- to address the joint session. Half port of 24 Rashtriya Janata Dal board of inquiry (BoI) into DIG gate the details and establish the action against the officer. ister after 49 days in power last an hour before that, the chief min- (RJD) legislators, five Congress B K Loshali’s purported remarks, facts. Suitable action will be taken He also said the government year. The AAP made a stunning ister resigned,” Nitish Kumar told legislators, two independents and which he denied later, that he on receipt of the proceedings of the “stands by its statement” that the comeback in the national capital, reporters. Countering Manjhi’s a Communist Party of India leg- ordered the Pakistani boat that BOI,” the release said. boat was blown up by the “sus- winning 67 of the 70 assembly accusation, Nitish Kumar said it islator. The BJP has 88 legisla- was allegedly trying to sneak into It said it has also been estab- pected terrorists” themselves and seats. was “hilarious”. tors and is supported by three Indian waters be blown up. lished from the Commanding was prepared to release evidence Nitish Kumar apologised twice “I have never interfered in any Independents. IANS The new video shows the boat Officer of the Coast Guard Ship to this effect. IANS

Govt lacks specialists to prepare budget: RBI governor Modi seeks new image after poll rout

PANAJI: There are far too few people in the government NEW DELHI: It’s out with the elections is imminent.” In the space and even the party faithful said it “There is no change in their who can even prepare a budget, Reserve Bank of India flashy suit, in with religious toler- of a week, Modi, a Hindu nationalist undermined the voter-friendly nar- regard and admiration for Narendra (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said yesterday adding ance for India’s Prime Minister who rarely attends events organ- rative of Modi’s humble beginnings Modi,” Naidu told Headlines Today that well-trained economists were at a premium through- Narendra Modi, who is seeking ised by religious minorities, deliv- as the son of a tea seller. “Modi’s television this week. “People love out the government sector. to soften his image after an elec- ered a long-awaited speech about image as a son of a tea vendor was him.” The day after Naidu spoke, “(There are) too few people who can prepare a budget, too toral pounding in New Delhi and inter-faith tolerance to a Christian his trump card,” said a senior elec- senior BJP official Prodyut Bora few people who can do public debt management. We need far grumblings in his party about his congregation. tion campaign adviser to the party. quit. In his resignation letter to the more capacity in government,” Rajan said while speaking at top-down leadership style. Leaders of the hardline Hindu “Voters admired his simplicity, but party’s president, Amit Shah, the an ongoing lecture series here. Abruptly ending a string of group Vishwa Hindu Parishad asso- now he is viewed as a flashy leader.” rebel complained about the centrali- The RBI governor’s comment comes ahead of the budget national and regional election victo- ciated with the BJP have cautioned The day before the suit went sation of power in the prime min- session of Parliament, where union Finance Minister Arun ries, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party members across India against mak- on auction, Modi broke months of ister’s office. Jaitley is expected to present the first full budget of the (BJP) was thrashed in the capital ing comments that “hurt Narendra silence after a series of attacks on Bora, who set up the BJP unit National Democratic Alliance government (NDA). this month, a defeat many blamed Modi’s image”. Christian institutions in New Delhi that spread the party’s message As the economy develops, the country would need special- on a perception that Modi was tac- A saint-like bust of the prime and vowed to protect all religious through social media, said Modi’s ists with domain knowledge and experience in many areas of itly fanning Hindu extremism. minister was removed from a tem- groups. “Voters did not expect him leadership style was damaging governance and regulation and there are few going around, “The Delhi election results ended ple in his home state of Gujarat to be silent after churches were democracy within the party. Rajan said. the party’s honeymoon period with after he tweeted his disapproval, attacked,” said the BJP leader. “We People might soon forget that “For instance, well trained economists are at a premium a jolt,” a senior BJP leader in New and a designer suit he wore to meet realise that it was a mistake.” Modi’s monogrammed pinstripe throughout the government. There are far too few Indian Delhi said, asking not be identified US President Barack Obama was Urban development minister suit cost as much as a million Economic Service officers to go around and I know because I as he is not authorised to speak to auctioned for charity in Gujarat. Venkaiah Naidu said the Delhi elec- rupees ($16,100), Bora said. “But the was for a little while, the head of the service and got constant the media. “If we don’t start the The navy blue outfit, embroidered tions were a setback for the BJP and increasing arrogance of top (party) requests,” Rajan said. damage control and make immedi- with gold pinstripes bearing Modi’s cause for introspection, but denied leaders does not seem to be fading IANS ate corrections, defeat in other state name, was mocked by his opponents, Modi had lost touch with voters. away,” he said. REUTERS SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Swine flu toll Snow cuts off Kashmir sets alarm bells ringing Dealy virus claims 743 lives

NEW DELHI: The number of swine flu in Aizawl. She was in deaths across the country due to New Delhi for a short period swine flu reached 743 yesterday, and it is suspected that she con- with 40 more people, including tracted the H1N1 virus in the a 23-year-old pregnant woman national capital,” the nodal officer in Delhi, succumbing to the of Mizoram Integrated Disease disease. Surveillance Programme, Pachuau The woman, a resident of Lalmalsawma, told reporters. Krishna Nagar in east Delhi, was Another woman in Nagaland’s infected with swine flu during her Dimapur too tested positive for pregnancy. This was the seventh the virus as the state’s health death due to the viral disease in and family welfare department the national capital which has so sounded a high alert in all its 11 far reported 1,917 cases. district units. Across India, the number of The woman works in Chennai, cases rose from 11,071 Thursday and had come to Dimapur via to 11,955 Friday, a health ministry Kolkata Feb 13, a health depart- Stranded vehicles wait for the opening of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on the outskirts of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir, yesterday. official said. ment official said. Kashmir remained cut off from the rest of the country as heavy snowfall in the Pir Panjal mountain range closed the highway, authorities said. The So far, Rajasthan has reported As a result, the Assam, highway is the only road connection between the landlocked valley and the rest of the country. 202 deaths, Gujarat 155 and Tripura, Manipur and Meghalaya Telangana 49. Twenty-seven peo- governments have also sounded ple have died in Punjab while 20 high alerts and directed medical have succumbed in neighbouring authorities to be ready to deal Haryana, six have died in Delhi, with any eventuality. Nigerian woman gangraped in Delhi four in Kashmir and three each The northeastern states in West Bengal and Chandigarh. share international boundaries However, no fresh case was with China, Myanmar, Bhutan, NEW DELHI: Police in Delhi around half an hour, during which relevant sections.” Bhagat said the after being gang-raped on a mov- reported in Himachal Pradesh Bangladesh and Nepal and there arrested four men yesterday time the alleged gangrape took four men arrested were Indians, ing bus, prompting mass protests yesterday, though 16 positive is frequent cross-border move- in connection with the alleged place, before pushing her out of and the car allegedly used had and triggering a series of policing cases and three deaths have been ment of people in the region - gangrape of a Nigerian woman the vehicle. been impounded. Local media, and legal reforms. recorded till date in the state. legally and illegally. in a moving car, the latest in The woman, who cannot be quoting police sources, said the Last year, a driver for US-based The northeastern states Meanwhile, a team of experts a series of sex attacks in the named, was finally rescued after victim was in an inebriated condi- online taxi service Uber allegedly sounded a high alert after from the health ministry was capital. a passerby spotted her on the tion at the time of her rescue and sexually assaulted a woman pas- two women tested positive in visiting Telangana, Gujarat, The 35-year-old, who has been side of the road in Mayur Vihar, had suffered minor injuries but was senger in New Delhi while driving Nagaland and Mizoram. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and staying in India on a tourist visa, around 20km away in east Delhi. released from hospital by after- her home from a dinner. Police A woman in Mizoram was Maharashtra to extend techni- told police the men kidnapped her “We have received a complaint noon. Nigerian embassy officials figures released earlier this year detected with swine flu, the cal support to these states while after midnight outside a popular from the woman and investiga- were not available for comment. said 2,069 rape cases were regis- first case in the state bordering union Health Minister J P Nadda shopping mall in New Delhi’s tions are ongoing,” Delhi police The city sealed its reputation tered in New Delhi during 2014, a Myanmar. reviewed the health situation in Saket area before bundling her spokesman Rajan Bhagat said. as India’s “rape capital” two years 31 percent jump compared to the “A woman tested positive for Uttar Pradesh. IANS into a car. They then drove for “We have filed a case under ago when a medical student died previous year. AFP PM flags off Arunachal-Delhi train Diamond trader buys

ITANAGAR: In a historic Modi suit for $700,000 development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday AHMEDABAD: A diamond flagged off the first express train trader from Narendra Modi’s from Naharlagun in Arunachal home state yesterday won the Pradesh to New Delhi. bidding for the personalised Modi, who arrived in Arunachal pinstriped suit the Indian prime Pradesh capital Itanagar to minister wore to meet Barack participate in the state’s 29th Obama, tendering nearly foundation day, flagged off the $700,000 at a charity auction. Naharlagun-New Delhi Express The bespoke wool suit with the by pressing a button at a func- words “Narendra Damodardas tion held in Indira Gandhi Park Modi” woven into the pinstripe in Itanagar. The prime minister proved a hot ticket at the three- hoped the boost in communica- day auction, sparking a bidding tion through the railway will war that pushed the price up to propel growth and development `43.1m ($692,000). in Arunachal Pradesh and other The suit was among more than parts of the northeast. 450 lots put up for auction by Modi, who was accompa- Modi in the city of Surat in his nied by Union Railway Minister home state of Gujarat. Suresh Prabhu, Minister of State Modi has won a reputation as for Railways Manoj Sinha and a fashion icon for his sometimes Minister of State for Home Kiren daring sartorial choices. Rijiju, also inaugurated an inter- But wearing a suit with his own city train between Naharlagun and name on it was seen by many as a Guwahati and laid the foundation Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the Arunachal-Delhi AC Express train during celebrations for the 29th step too far, drawing accusations stone of 132 KV power transmis- Statehood Day in Itanagar, capital of Arunachal Pradesh, yesterday. To his right is Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. of narcissism — possibly the rea- sion project and another project to son Modi decided to sell it off. avail pure drinking water for the seen in last 28 years,” Modi said The railway will give speed and power potential to a great extent. The money raised will go residents of capital town. while addressing a huge crowd. the project for 132 KV power Similarly, Arunachal Pradesh also towards cleaning up the holy Modi’s visit assumes sig- “The Naharlagun-New Delhi transmissions will give power to has tremendous power potentials Ganges river — a pet project of nificance as President Pranab AC express train is a gift of the the state, which also plays a vital and it can light up the entire India’s Hindu nationalist prime Mukherjee’s visit to the state last government of India to the people role in development,” said the country by connecting with it,” he minister. year had drawn sharp reactions of Arunachal Pradesh on its 29th prime minister. said and added that utmost care Winning bidder Lalji Patel, from China, which has often laid statehood day. Railways is not Modi also took up the issue of should be given while dealing with owner of the Dharmanandan claim to the state. merely a mode of communication. hydropower projects in Arunachal those people who will be affected diamond company, said he had “Arunachal Pradesh is the larg- The railway network is the spine Pradesh and apprehensions of a due to the power projects. wanted to do something for his est state in northeast in terms of development,” he said, adding section of people over those and “We must ensure that the country. The suit worn by Prime Minister of area. There is less population that the connectivity will help the said that Nepal and Bhutan also affected people gets the maxi- “Buying this suit was all I Narendra Modi, bearing his here but tremendous potential for state in many ways in achieving had similar problems in the past, mum benefits and that we have wanted. It feels good to know own name, during a joint press growth. I assure you that you will new milestones of development. which they have overcome. to ensure a better life for them that the money will go towards conference after delegation-level witness more development in the “The railway and electricity are “In India, Himachal Pradesh than they used to have,” he said. the cleaning of the holy river,” he talks with US President Barack state in next five years than it had very important for development. has succeeded in harnessing its IANS told reporters. AFP Obama in New Delhi.. China protests Modi’s visit to disputed border region Need to tackle Hindutva: Prakash Karat BEIJING: China said yesterday it had lodged an official protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to a border ALAPPUZHA, KERALA: should be tackled. He was speak- going to be amended, which will advise the government in areas region claimed by both countries. There is a need to tackle two ing here at the inauguration of be detrimental for farmers and such as education, security, econ- China disputes the entire territory of the northeast Indian state of forces — big business houses the 21st Kerala Communist Party the beneficiaries would be the big omy, defence,” said Karat. Arunachal Pradesh, calling it south Tibet. Its historic town Tawang, a and Hindutva — in the country, of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) party business houses,” he said. The Hindutva forces have key site for Tibetan Buddhism, was briefly occupied by Chinese forces CPI-M general secretary Prakash conference, which will continue Attacking the Modi govern- organised programmes like ‘Ghar during a 1962 war. “The Chinese government has never recognised the Karat said while attacking the for four days. ment, Karat said the central Wapsi and Love Jihad’. so-called ‘Arunachal Pradesh’,” a statement on the Chinese Foreign Narendra Modi government. “To appease the corporates, the government has become a joint “To fight such forces, there Ministry’s website said yesterday. Karat said big business houses Modi government has gone ahead enterprise of the Bharatiya Janata has to be a united move from the It said Modi’s visit was “not conducive to the overall development and corporates who are get- by passing three ordinances, it Party (BJP) and the RSS. secular and democratic forces. of bilateral relations”. ting numerous benefits and the includes increasing the FDI in “You must have read about the The CPI-M and the Left have a Modi visited Arunachal Pradesh yesterday to inaugurate the opening Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh the insurance sector. For the first formation of a coordination com- role to play here. In West Bengal, of a train line and power station. In January, China objected to state- (RSS) which is pushing forward time, the coal mining is going to mittee, set up by the BJP and the we have a tough time. We should ments by Japan’s foreign ministry supporting India’s claim to the region. its communal agenda under the be opened for the private sector. RSS to run the country. They broaden the Left unity across the AFP nine-month-old Modi government The Land Acquisition Act, 2013 is have formed six groups which will country,” said Karat. IANS SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Greece reaches draft accord with creditors Ministers agree text that could extend bailout

BRUSSELS: Eurozone finance Merkel, speaking after talks in possible so that we can arrive at a ministers drafted an outline Paris, said all EU partners wanted mutually beneficial solution, based agreement yesterday that could to keep Greece in the euro but on the principle of double respect: form the basis for extending added: “There is a need for sig- respect both to the principle of Greece’s financial rescue pack- nificant improvements in the sub- EU rules and to the electoral age, officials on both sides said. stance of what is being discussed result of member states,” he said. However they stressed there so that we can vote on it in the Varoufakis said on arrival for was no formal deal on a com- German Bundestag, for example the Brussels talks that Athens mon text in the full 19-nation next week.” had gone “not just the extra mile Eurogroup of ministers. The Greeks won sympathy from but the extra 10 miles” and it was European Union paymaster Italian Prime Minister Matteo up to its partners go the rest of Germany, Greece’s biggest credi- Renzi. “I believe that the principle the way. tor, had demanded “significant of doing reforms in exchange for French President Francois improvements” in reform com- more time is just and correct,” he Hollande, who promised Tsipras mitments by the new leftist said after a meeting of his govern- he would work on Merkel to find government in Athens before it ment in Rome. a solution, insisted there was no would accept a six-month exten- After preliminary talks with scenario envisaging a Greek exit sion of eurozone funding. Greek, German and IMF offi- from the single currency. “There is an initial agreement cials, Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Maltese Finance Minister on a joint draft text among the Dijsselbloem said there was “rea- Edward Scicluna echoed wide- institutional partners, which is son for some optimism” but the spread exasperation with Greece now being presented to all of the search for agreement remained when he told MaltaToday on ministers,” a Greek government very difficult. Thursday: “I think they’ve now official said following prepara- Finance ministers arriving reached a point where they will tory talks involving the Greek and from other euro zone states lined tell Greece ‘If you really want to German ministers, as well as the up to insist on more guarantees leave, leave’.” managing director of the IMF. for creditors that Greece will fulfil Greece could run out of money “Details may be defined later. the bailout’s strict conditions on by the end of March without new But let’s see.” budget discipline and economic external funds, people familiar With the ¤240bn EU/IMF reforms to win their agreement. with the figures say, driving it bailout programme due to expire Athens is determined to loosen nearer to the euro zone exit. in little more than a week, austerity to revive its economy Euro zone officials said Greece’s Spanish Minister of Economy Luis de Guindos (left) and Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis at the start of a Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras but Dijsselbloem kept open the track record and the combative special Eurogroup meeting of Finance Ministers on the situation in Greece, at the European Council headquarters, voiced confidence of an agree- possibility that the differences behaviour of its new leaders have in Brussels, yesterday. ment despite the objections to could be bridged. undermined their confidence in the request made in a letter to “There is still reason for whether Athens will deliver what hardliners like us have to give Greeks are nervous before a as its share of the EU/IMF Dijsselbloem. some optimism, but it is still it agrees to in talks with the other the benefit of the doubt to a com- three-day weekend, given memo- bailouts. As Europe’s biggest “I feel certain that the Greek very difficult,” he said after countries sharing the euro. munist in a Burberry scarf,” an ries of capital controls imposed in economy, it would take a hit in letter for a six-month extension the preparatory meetings with “Unfortunately the changing official of one hawkish European Cyprus in 2013 over a long week- the turmoil that might ensue if of the loan agreement with the Greek Finance Minister Yanis rhetoric of the Greek authorities country joked. end, a senior banker said. Monday Greece defaulted and left the conditionalities that accompany it Varoufakis, German Finance has created a certain erosion of Adding to pressure to reach is a public holiday in Greece. euro area. will be accepted,” Tsipras said in a Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble trust, so we must build this once a deal, Greek savers have with- Tsipras, elected last month on a However, whether for tacti- statement to Reuters hours before and International Monetary Fund again at this Eurogroup meet- drawn their money from the platform of scrapping the bailout, cal reasons or out of deep exas- the crucial Brussels meeting. chief Christine Lagarde. ing and we are hopeful a solu- banks at an accelerating pace says austerity has strangled his peration with Athens, Germany A report by German magazine Tsipras had a long telephone tion can be found based on the despite government assurances country’s economy and caused a has conveyed the message that a Der Spiegel that the European call with Merkel on Thursday current programme,” said the that there is no plan to intro- humanitarian crisis. Greek exit, while not desirable, Central Bank was making contin- and has spoken repeatedly to the European Commission’s vice- duce capital controls to stem the Merkel has in the past agreed would be manageable. gency plans for a possible Greek leaders of France and Italy in the president for the euro, Valdis outflows. financial rescues only at the very The euro rose against the dol- exit from the currency area if search for a solution that allows Dombrovskis. Deposit outflows rose to a total last moment when she could tell lar after news of the draft accord the talks fail, on which the ECB his radical government to fulfil Some pointed comments were of over ¤1bn in the past two days, Germans the future of the euro yesterday and Greek government declined comment, highlighted election promises and hold its directed at Varoufakis, an outspo- some of the highest daily levels zone was at risk. bond yields fell on optimism for a the high stakes. head high. ken Marxist economist and blog- seen this year, three senior bank- Berlin is Greece’s biggest debt deal. German Chancellor Angela “Greece has done everything ger, and his casual style. “Even ing sources said. creditor, owed 50 billion euros REUTERS

Oil seesaws, Apple poached electric battery maker staff, says suit heating oil NEW YORK: Apple has employees. A123 is a subsidiary of iPads. Bloomberg on Thursday he views an “iCar” as unlikely but said Apple could introduce “an been sued by developers of an Chinese car parts giant Wanxiang said production of an electric car suggests that Apple may be work- operating system for the car that spikes as cold advanced automotive car bat- Group, which invested in the could begin as soon as 2020. ing on an improved technology connects all the electronics/info- tery for allegedly poaching key Massachusetts firm in 2013. The move, according to platform for connected vehicles. tainment subsystem and sensors.” employees, providing evidence Apple did not respond to a the Journal, would allow the In a note to clients, Mohan Ben Reitzes at Barclays said hits US refining that the California tech giant is query on the lawsuit, and it has Cupertino, California group to said of the Apple car speculation: the Apple effort “makes sense to working on an electric vehicle. not commented on reports in the expand its product offerings to “There is no clear technology us down the road given the car is NEW YORK: Oil seesawed The lawsuit filed Wednesday in past few days that it is developing reduce its dependence on phones adjacency to existing products,” becoming a natural extension of yesterday while heating oil hit Massachusetts by A123 Systems its own electric car. and tablets. and noted that “the margins and the connected home and mobile a more than four-month high claims that five employees were The Wall Street Journal reported This month Apple became the returns are significantly lower ecosystem.” as severe cold weather crimped recruited by Apple in violation of that Apple has hired several hun- first company to be valued at over than existing products.” Reitzes said Apple’s strategy output at three US refineries, a “non-compete” clause in their dred people for the project with $700 billion after recently posting Mohan added that Apple may be an effort “to make sure raising worries about higher contracts. the code name “Titan,” which an unprecedented $18 billion in “largely operates an outsourced Android (and its link to Google crude supplies and a possible The complaints allege that according to the report could be a quarterly profits. manufacturing model that does Maps) isn’t the dominant OS in squeeze on refined products. Apple “tortiously interfered” with car that incorporates some of the Wamsi Mohan, analyst at Bank not exist for automobiles.” the car over the long term.” At least three refineries that those agreements by “poaching” technology used on iPhones and of America-Merrill Lynch, said On the other hand, the analyst AFP account for more than two-thirds of the US East Coast’s output experienced significant disrup- tions due to single-digit tem- Job-hunting rally in Japan peratures that sent the entire Northeast into a deep freeze. Gold rebounds, but set Bets on a further drop in the US oil rig count and short-cov- ering in US crude futures ahead of the expiry of the front-month for fourth weekly drop contract provided some support to oil, traders said. LONDON: Gold rebounded and between $1,180 and $1,240 for a “It’s sell crude, buy products world shares weakened yester- while.” today,” said Dominick Chirichella, day before a meeting of euro The dollar firmed after upbeat senior partner at the Energy zone finance ministers that US jobless claims data, while Management Institute in New could put Greece on its way to the euro dipped after a report Yo rk . exiting the bloc, but prices were on German news magazine “The issues with the East still headed for their fourth Spiegel that European Central Coast refiners have certainly been straight weekly drop. Bank officials are preparing for weighing on the market, though Spot gold, lower initially, rose a departure of Greece from the people will also be wary of the 0.4 percent at $1,211.90 an ounce eurozone. rig count data due later in the by 1243 GMT. The metal has lost Investors were waiting for the day and the possible activity in 1.6 percent so far this week, dip- outcome of Greece’s debt talks, U.S. crude before March futures ping to its lowest in six weeks at scheduled to start at 1530 GMT expire.” $1,197.56 on Wednesday, when in Brussels. The March contract in US hopes for a successful resolution On Thursday, Germany rejected West Texas Intermediate (WTI) to Greece’s debt talks boosted Athens’ proposal for an exten- crude, which will go off the board investor appetite for risk. sion to its loan agreement. Berlin at Friday’s settlement, was down US gold futures for April deliv- stance set the scene for tough 45 cents at $50.71 a barrel by ery were up $3.90 an ounce to talks at the crucial meeting. 11:51am EST (1651 GMT). $1,211.50 on the day. Traders were set to focus on Benchmark Brent crude for “Germany rejected the Greek the US Federal Reserve and its April was up 8 cents at $60.29, proposal ... the market has had monetary policy for clues on a after falling to a week low of just a tiny knee-jerk reaction to possible interest rates hike by $57.80 on Thursday. Japanese college graduates shout in a display of self-encouragement during a job-hunting rally at an outdoor that,” NRC Commodities analyst June, despite caution evident in Brent’s premium to US crude theatre in Tokyo yesterday. Some 1500 graduates from Japanese vocational schools attended a pep rally Andrey Kryuchenkov said. the minutes from the latest Fed rose to almost $9 a barrel, the designed to boost their morale as they break into the job market this year. “But the dollar is still king and policy meeting. widest in nearly six months. we are likely to sit in this range REUTERS REUTERS SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 RBI warns banks Gearing up for Expo 2015 against making mockery of rules Central bank getting tough on credits

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank volatile. Furthermore, tight liquid- of India is getting tougher on ity constrains lending with banks extending unlimited credit to worried they will be caught short the country’s banks to try to of funds, according to bankers. ensure they push interest rate Only three of 45 commercial cuts through the financial sys- banks have cut base lending rates tem and to stop them from since the RBI’s surprise easing making what one official called this month, hurting the gov- a “mockery” of its operations. ernment’s drive to lift business India’s commercial banks read- investment. ily borrow from the central bank The sources said the RBI is at the policy rate but then lend adamant it will not inject addi- that money out at a high rate, in tional liquidity after loosening the what RBI Governor Raghuram statutory liquidity ratio further to Rajan describes as a culture of give banks more available cash. “lazy banking.” The RBI argues The ratio is the proportion of this reduces the effectiveness of deposits that banks must hold in its monetary policy decisions and government bonds, cash or gold. the cheap funding rates for banks It also ruled out for now intro- are not passed on to retail and ducing longer-term repos beyond corporate borrowers at a time the 7-day and 14-day repos. when the economy is only gradu- A firm RBI stance risks increas- ally recovering from a slowdown. ing market volatility at a time The Expo 2015 flags are seen outside new headquarters of the Lombardia Region in downtown Milan, yesterday. This year’s Expo has the theme “They have made a mockery of when analysts expect the central “Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life”, and will run from May 1 to October 31. our monetary policy transmis- bank to cut rates by another 50 to sion framework,” said one official 75 basis points this year after last familiar with the RBI’s thinking. month’s 25 basis point cut. Another senior official with The overnight cash rate surged knowledge of the central bank’s to as high as 26 percent this month. views said the RBI wanted to end Ideally, it should closely track the EU to reframe Russian energy ties a “whenever you want, you come” RBI’s 7.75 percent repo rate, the key mentality that many lenders had policy rate. Tough-love tactics by BRUSSELS: The European “When the conditions are right, deliveries after the Commission “We have to move away from an regarding funding. China’s central bank in 2013, seen Union will consider “reframing” the EU will consider reframing brokered a deal that lasts until economy driven by fossil fuels, an “It is not actually the respon- as a way to stop banks from using energy relations with Russia the energy relationship with the end of March. economy where energy is based sibility of the central bank to short-term funds to mask their based on market conditions Russia based on a level playing So far, the Commission has not on a centralised, supply-side always keep the tap open,” he said. activities in risky wealth manage- when the time is right and for field in terms of market opening, been able to start negotiating a approach and which relies on old An RBI spokeswoman did not ment products, also sparked spikes now will focus on its strategic fair competition, environmental new deal. technologies and outdated busi- have immediate comment. in short-term lending rates. gas partnership with Ukraine, a protection and safety,” a draft Underlining the energy ten- ness models,” the draft document Reducing banks’ reliance on Yet, lacking any means to draft document shows. of the Energy Union Package sions, Russia on Thursday started says. overnight funding from the cen- penalise banks beyond verbal arm The European Commission, showed. supplying gas to rebel-held east- Environmental campaigners tral bank is a key part of Rajan’s twisting, analysts say the RBI will the EU executive, has set as a For now, it says it will concen- ern Ukraine after Kiev suspended say the Commission’s strategy goal of reforming Indian money struggle to change banks’ behav- priority creating a single energy trate on upgrading “the strate- deliveries, citing damage to the is still too focused on fossil fuels, markets unveiled in January 2014. iour, with only a few incentives market, based on cross-border gic partnership on energy” with networks. The Commission is rather then the renewable sources The RBI believes that banks left such as shifting the timings connections to improve security Ukraine, improving its gas transit expected to publish its energy that cut dependence on imports. which manage their assets and of fund infusions to earlier in the of supply and reduce dependence infrastructure and energy effi- strategy on Wednesday. Eurosceptics are also criti- liabilities without always tapping day when cash needs are higher. on Russia, which provides roughly ciency to reduce Kiev’s need for Apart from making the EU cal, accusing the Commission of the central bank for cash, will be Banks have grown accustomed one third of EU energy. Russian gas. more resilient to any disrup- trying to steal authority from more efficient and so will react to easy overnight funding because Russia’s long-standing energy In parallel with the fighting tion, a robust energy union national governments. more quickly to changes in mon- the RBI was previously seen as relations with the EU and in eastern Ukraine, Kiev and would increase competition and “A so-called energy union is in etary policy through their deposit always willing to inject funds, a Ukraine, the main transit route Moscow are at odds over unpaid lower prices for consumers, the fact just an attempt by Brussels to and lending rates. practice that Rajan derided as for Russian gas to the EU, have gas bills. Commission says. grab control over all international India’s banks rely on overnight “bailing out the banking system” deteriorated since Russia’s seizure Russia’s Gazprom last June A better grid can also inte- energy deals,” British party UKIP borrowings to fund longer-term and subsequently curbed. of Ukraine’s Crimea region last halted supplies to Ukraine over grate more carbon-free renew- said in a statement. lending and these rates are often REUTERS year. the gas dispute, only resuming able energy. REUTERS

US fines Takata Subsidy cuts in Indian budget may disappoint investors for not NEW DELHI: India may slash official, who has direct knowledge India last May. It produced an Choksey, managing director at funds into bank accounts of over its food and fuel subsidy bill of the matter, told Reuters. That interim budget in July that was Mumbai brokerage K R Choksey 100 million households earlier this by about $8bn in next week’s calculation was echoed by another largely designed by the outgoing Securities, who called for more year for subsidised cooking gas cooperating in budget, two sources said, but source privy to budget discussions. Congress party government. welfare schemes, including ferti- alone is expected to contribute despite the impressive headline, Fuel subsidies are expected The numbers imply four-fifths lisers, to shift to direct cash pay- over one billion dollars towards air bag probe the cut is not as radical as free to drop by around two-thirds to or $6.5bn of the total subsidy ments to avoid fraud. overall savings next year. market champions had hoped Rs220-230bn in the fiscal year savings will come from lower The sources suggested that the Nearly Rs100bn ($1.6bn) of the WASHINGTON: The United for in Prime Minister Narendra that starts on April 1, thanks above fuel subsidy costs. Other subsidy focus on savings would be on cut- savings could come from clamping States is fining air bag maker Modi’s first full budget. all to a halving of international oil costs will only be cut by around ting waste rather than more radi- down on corruption in fertiliser Takata Corp $14,000 per day for Most of the 20 percent cut in prices to around $60 a barrel. five percent. cal free market efforts some policy distribution and adjusting food failing to cooperate fully with the budget for subsidies results The sources said Finance That could disappoint inves- advisers have been lobbying for. subsidies, he said. the government investigation from lower global oil prices rather Minister Arun Jaitley was likely tors, who see the February 28 According to calculations The officials said the thrust of into the company’s defective than structural changes, with the to set the total budget for subsi- budget as a test of Modi’s stomach described by the first source, the budget was to improve the airbags, the US transportation government’s appetite for reform dies at about $32bn, down from for unpopular reforms, with some lower oil prices combined with economic environment by trying secretary said yesterday. tempered by a heavy local election $40bn in the current financial critical that he has not moved measures to deregulate fuel prices to spark consumer demand and Transportation Secretary defeat in New Delhi this month. year. faster to revive the economy. and clamp down on fuel benefit investment without overshooting Anthony Foxx said the National “The total subsidy bill could It will be the first full budget “The direction of subsidy fraud will account for four-fifths a fiscal deficit target of 3.6 per- Highway Traffic Safety come down to around Rs2 tril- presented since Modi’s Bharatiya reduction is perfect but we need of the savings. cent of GDP. Administration (NHTSA) issued lion ($32bn),” a senior government Janata Party swept to power in more to be done,” said Deven The launch of direct transfer of REUTERS two orders late last year requiring Takata to provide documentation and other material relating to the agency’s investigation of defective air bags made by Takata. “Takata has not fully cooperated with the inves- Sri Lanka reviews land tigation,” Fox said in a statement. “Safety is a shared responsibil- ity and Takata’s failure to fully cooperate with our investigation transfer to China is unacceptable and will not be tolerated,” he added. “For each COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is hotels, apartments and marinas. day that Takata fails to fully coop- reconsidering the outright “There is a new suggestion erate with our demands, we will transfer of a parcel of land to not to give freehold land and hit them with another fine.” China under a $1.5bn port city that land should be control- The NHTSA has said at least deal signed by a previous gov- led and subjected to the Sri 7.8 million cars are potentially ernment, the energy minister Lankan law,” Power and Energy affected by defective air bags said, amid concerns it could be Minister Champika Ranawaka made by Takata. used for Chinese naval activity. told a Foreign Correspondents The agency is trying to deter- China’s port and other infra- Association Forum. mine whether Takata air bag structure investments in Sri India, which lost out to China inflators made between 2000 and Lanka are under the scanner ever in infrastructure development 2007 were improperly sealed. since former president Mahinda on the island, was in particular Bags inflating with too much force Rajapaksa lost power in an elec- worried about the security threat potentially could spray metal tion last month. He had pursued posed by Chinese ownership of shrapnel at occupants. They have close ties with Beijing, drawing land, aggravated by the docking of been linked to four deaths and neighbouring India’s ire. submarines in Colombo last year. resulted in several lawsuits. Under the plan, 108 hectares of India and China are build- The NHTSA has urged owners of land next to the main commercial ing ties but they remain wary certain Toyota Motor Corp, Honda port of Colombo would be taken of each other because of a long- Motor Corp Ltd, Mazda Motor over by China Communications running territorial dispute in the Corp, BMW AG, Nissan Motor Construction Co Ltd, including 20 Himalayas and a more recent Co Ltd, Mitsubishi Motors Corp, hectares on an outright basis and contest for influence across the Subaru Co Ltd, Chrysler, Ford the rest on a 99-year lease. Indian Ocean through which Motor Co and General Motors Co Sand is being dredged from the sea and sprayed during reclamation at a Chinese investment “Colombo Port The development would include much of their trade transits. vehicles to replace the air bags. City” in Colombo yesterday. shopping malls, water sports, golf, REUTERS REUTERS SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CLASSIFIEDS

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Australia and Bangladesh at While a few might argue Factbox on today’s World Cup storm-battered Brisbane will whether the 27-year-old is indeed match between Australia and go-ahead once the devastation currently the world’s best all- Bangladesh at the Brisbane from Tropical Cyclone Marcia rounder, there is not an iota of Cricket Ground: has been assessed. doubt that Shakib is the best AUSTRALIA Marcia, a category five tempest, cricketer Bangladesh has ever slammed into the Queensland produced. Captain: Michael Clarke coast just after 2200 GMT The Coach: Darren Lehmann Thursday with its landfall com- attack- ing just hours after a second big ing mid- Squad: Michael Clarke, storm -- Cyclone Lam -- hit fur- dle-order George Bailey, Aaron ther north in Australia. batsman Finch, Steve Smith, David The deluge is expected to became the Warner, Shane Watson, Pat swamp the city’s famed Gabba first from Cummins, Xavier Doherty, ground and an International his coun- James Faulkner, Brad Cricket Council statement issued try to cross Haddin, Mitchell Starc, Josh Friday said: “ICC Cricket World 4,000 runs Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Cup 2015 organisers are work- in one-day Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell ing closely with authorities in interna- Marsh Queensland regarding tomorrow’s tionals on Results so far at 2015 World match between Australia and Wednesday Cup: Beat England by 111 Bangladesh given the extreme and is runs. weather situation in the State and fourth on Top performers: Aaron Finch the forecasts for ongoing rain in the list of test runs, boasting an (135 runs); Mitchell Marsh Brisbane.” average better than the three (5 wickets); Steve Smith (2 The statement added: “Our ahead of him. catches). thoughts are with the people Made captain at the age of 22, affected. However as there is no he also sits top of the list in test BANGLADESH reserve day for pool matches, we wickets with his left-arm spin and Captain: Mashrafe Mortaza will continue to prepare in the Australian captain Michael third in ODIs, again with a better Coach: Chandika hope that the match can go ahead. Clarke (left) speaks with coach average than the two men ahead Hathurusingha The ICC match officials will make Darren Lehmann during an indoor of him. a decision on the match tomorrow training session yesterday. The kind of celebrity Shakib Squad: Mashrafe Mortaza, (Saturday) based on conditions enjoys in Bangladesh can perhaps Anamul Haq, Tamim Iqbal, at the time. The match can still only be matched by top cricketers Mahmudullah, Arafat Sunny, go ahead with a delayed start if makeup of his Australian team five-wicket defeat coming in in neighbouring India. Mominul Haq, Mushfiqur necessary. A match can be suc- under wraps as deteriorating Cardiff in 2005. He can’t risk going out for a Rahim, Shakib-Al Hasan, cessfully completed if each side weather threatens today’s World “The forecast is obviously lazy stroll on the densely-popu- Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain, has a minimum of 20 overs, which Cup match against Bangladesh in not great but to be honest our lated streets of Dhaka, the capital Sabbir Rahman, Soumya means that it is still possible to Brisbane. main focus is on the people of of the world’s eighth most popu- Sarkar, Taskin Ahmed, Taijul achieve a result with a start after Clarke, who is back after ham- Queensland,” Clarke said. lous country. Islam, Al-Amin Hossain the scheduled innings break.” string surgery, said concerns over “(But) if we get on the field we “I don’t go to any of the shop- Results so far at 2015 World If the Pool A match is called off, the format of the game amid will be 100 per cent ready.” ping malls -- I can’t go there. I Cup: Beat Afghanistan by 105 a no-result will be declared and forecasts of flooding rain from Australia had been tipped to go to a few of the restaurants, runs the teams awarded a point apiece. Tropical Cyclone Marcia lashing unleash four quicks on a bouncy but selected ones. I don’t go out Meanwhile, Gabba head the Queensland coast would pre- Gabba deck but Clarke would not much,” Shakib, whose wedding Top performers: Mushfiqur groundsman Kevin Mitchell vent him from revealing his hand. give anything away yesterday. was broadcast live in Bangladesh Rahim (71 runs); Mashrafe admitted he wasn’t optimistic “We’ve selected a team but I’m Clarke said he was primed for a in 2013, told the Cricket Australia Mortaza (3 wickets); Sabbir that the game, set for a 0330 not going to announce it today comeback after being rested from website last month during the Big Rahman, Soumya Sarkar, GMT start, would go ahead. in case the format of the game Australia’s World Cup opening Bash League. Mashrafe Mortaza, Rubel “Obviously with the forecast changes,” Clarke told reporters win over England. In November, he joined Imran Hossain, Anamul Haq, of the cyclone moving down the today. “So if it becomes a 40-over “This is the first time in my Khan and Ian Botham as the only Mahmudullah (1 catch each) coast it doesn’t look that great. game, a 20-over game whatever it career that I have had to have men to take 10 wickets and score Australia vs Bangladesh head to head You are always hopeful but it is is that gives the selectors options surgery,” said Clarke, who suf- a century in the same Test match Total played: 19 not promising,” Mitchell told the if they want to change the team, fered the hamstring injury in when he achieved the feat against Australian Associated Press. so I don’t think it would be smart the first Test against India in Zimbabwe at home. Australia won 18, Bangladesh He added it could take hours of me to announce that right December. Runs and wickets also flowed in won 1. to prepare the field -- if the tor- now.” “I had niggles in the past but the five-match ODI series follow- Last match rential rain stopped. The match will be Clarke’s first I haven’t missed as much cricket ing the tests and the result was April 13, 2011: Australia “The way the system is track- ODI since undergoing hamstring as I have in the last couple of his elevation to the top of the all- beat Bangladesh by 66 runs at ing it will be north of Brisbane surgery in December, but his months. But I put faith in my rounders’ rankings in all three Dhaka. around lunch time tomorrow highly-anticipated return could preparation and work I have done. formats in January. (Saturday),” he said. be curtailed by the elements. “I am 100 percent confident I Critics blame Shakib for a lack LEFT: Australian cricketer David “And considering it is a wide Clarke said Australia would not can walk out on the field and help of control over his temper and say Warner bowls during an indoor system, it will be a long time to take Bangladesh lightly if they got the team achieve success.” his achievements and stardom training session in Brisbane go until it eases.” on the field today. Stand-in skipper George Bailey have gone to his head. yesterday. Meanwhile, returning skipper Australia have lost only once is tipped to make way for Clarke. The start of 2014 saw him Michael Clarke is keeping the to Bangladesh in 18 ODIs, the AGENCIES banned by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for three matches for mak- ing an indecent gesture during FACTBOX Pakistan the live telecast of a match. Later in the year he was Pakistan batting concerns Misbah vs West Indies handed a six-month ban for a ‘severe attitude problem’ and told Factbox on today’s World Cup CHRISTCHURCH: Pakistan you just win the game. The guys he would not be allowed to play in Pool B match between Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq dis- who are not at the moment per- overseas competitions until the and West Indies at Hagley Oval, missed talk of panic in the forming, we know that they are end of 2015. Christchurch: ranks yesterday but conceded good enough players, and they can Shakib was accused of travel- PAKISTAN their batting woes needed to be just come to the party in the next ling to the Caribbean to play a addressed ahead of their crunch games.” West Indies Captain: Misbah-ul-Haq Twenty20 tournament without World Cup match against the Pakistan reached 102-2 against batsman Coach: Waqar Younis clearance from his board and West Indies. India before the batting imploded Chris Gayle Squad: Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, had an altercation with coach The two sides go into today’s with three wickets for one run prepares to Younus Khan, Misbah, Haris Sohail, Umar Chandika Hathurusinghe. match at Hagley Oval in before they limped through to bat in the nets Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Local media reported that he Christchurch desperate to get 224, well short of India’s 300. during training Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail threatened to quit playing for the points on the board after both Misbah said moving him up the ahead of their Khan, Wahab Riaz, Ehsan Adil, Rahat Ali, country over the dispute. lost their first matches in Pool B. order from his number four slot 2015 Cricket Yasir Shah The ban was lifted after two Pakistan suffered a dramatic was not the answer. months, however, allowing his World Cup Results so far at 2015 World Cup: Lost to batting collapse when they were “We just collapsed in the mid- return for the home series against match against India by 76 runs. outclassed by India while the West dle order, so it wasn’t a problem Zimbabwe. Pakistan Top performers: Misbah (76 runs); Sohail Indies were upset by Ireland. at the top. What we are missing, Khan (five wickets); Misbah (2 catches) Shakib is well aware that the “This is an important game, I think, is that we need to have today. World Cup is the perfect stage to WEST INDIES and both teams need to win. We better partnerships on a regu- resurrect his image and make a Captain: Jason Holder know that,” Misbah said, adding lar basis, whether it’s at the top, mark. Pakistan knew they had to rectify whether it’s in the middle order. Coach: Stuart Williams “The World Cup is perfect,” he their problem batting. “Any pair who is batting, they Squad: Jason Holder, Marlon Samuels, said. But he added “we are not pan- need to just develop a partner- Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Jonathan “To perform on the big stage is icking,” when questioned whether ship, and that’s what we missed Carter, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Nikita a great opportunity.” there would be changes to the side in India’s game. After losing the of the match between two sides Africa as well as Zimbabwe and Miller, Denesh Ramdin, Kemar Roach, Andre He has started well with a 63 to face the West Indies. second wicket we just lost three fighting to get points on the board the United Arab Emirates. Russell, Darren Sammy, Lendl Simmons, under pressure and two wick- Misbah’s 76 against India wickets in nine balls and that in Pool B after suffering first-up “We can’t let our defeats get us Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor. ets against Afghanistan in their was the only half century in the really cost us the game.” losses. down. Obviously we lost a game Results so far at 2015 World Cup: Lost to World Cup opener and coach Pakistan innings but he said he Meanwhille, West Indies The West Indies suffered a sur- against Ireland. It was a tough Ireland by four wickets. Hathurusinghe knows the worth should not have been responsible linchpin Darren Sammy has prise four-wicket loss to Ireland loss, but if we get ourselves down Top performers: Simmons (102 runs); of his all-rounder. for holding the innings together. been cleared to play in their piv- in their opening World Cup it’s hard to pick ourselves up so Taylor (three wickets); Ramdin (2 catches), “We have the number one “It doesn’t mean that all the otal World Cup match against encounter. we are trying to keep the mood Bravo (2 catches) all-rounder in all formats. I am time it should be me. It should be Pakistan in Christchurch today Despite being beaten by one of going,” Holder said. Pakistan vs West Indies head-to-head expecting (Shakib) to perform two other guys out of six or seven after being hampered by a back the minor teams, Holder said his “What is clear for us is if we and take a lead role,” the former Total played: 126 batsmen that are playing,” he said. strain in their first up loss to team remained upbeat in their execute our plans and we carry Sri Lanka cricketer said. Pakistan won 55; West Indies won 68, tied 3. “This is how normally cricket is Ireland. belief they will be one of the four out what we want to do we know “He’s an explosive batter who being played. Every time all seven “We should have a full comple- teams from Pool B to qualify for we can be very successful so it’s Last match can get in and control the game. batsmen don’t perform and maybe ment to choose from,” captain the quarter-finals. just about consistency,” he added. July 24, 2013: Pakistan won by four wickets He is a very clever bowler.” two or three just score runs and Jason Holder declared on the eve The pool also includes South AGENCIES at Gros Islet. REUTERS SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 New Zealand annihilate England Seven-star Southee, record-breaking McCullum shine in eight-wicket drubbing

WELLINGTON: Paceman Tim Southee recorded the best one- day figures by a New Zealander while Brendon McCullum hit the fastest World Cup half- century to lead their team to an eight-wicket rout of hapless England yesterday. Southee took seven for 33 in England’s nine overs as England collapsed Steven Finn to 123 all out in just 33.2 overs. (right) reacts New Zealand captain after New McCullum’s rollicking 25-ball 77 Zealand’s with seven sixes and eight fours captain at the top of the order then saw Brendon the tournament co-hosts romp to McCullum hit victory in just 12.2 overs of their a boundary reply in Wellington. during their When the umpires called for a World Cup dinner break with New Zealand match at needing just 12 more runs to win, jeers rang out around the packed Wellington 33,000 capacity Westpac Stadium. Stadium in But although the amount of Wellington, cricket played was under half the yesterday. scheduled 100 overs of a One Day International, the crowd certainly got their money’s worth. Victory gave New Zealand, one of the tournament favourites, their third win in as many Pool A games while England were left with two defeats in two following a 111-run thrashing by Australia. “It was an incredible perform- fastest-ever one-day international ance. We wanted to bat first too fifty, off just 16 balls, made against New Zealand vs England Highlights and it shows the ability of our the West Indies last month. WELLINGTON: Latest from the World Cup Pool A match bowlers to get swing through the Earlier it was Southee who left between New Zealand and England at Wellington Regional air,” said McCullum. England clueless after Morgan Stadium yesterday. England were bowled out for 123. England skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and batted on a flat said that he was always expecting looking pitch. New Zealand innings two tough games first up. Southee achieved the third- 1st over: England make an ominous start to the innings with James Anderson bowling a wide off “We need a win as soon as pos- best figures in all World Cups and the first ball. Martin Guptill hits the fourth legitimate ball for a boundary: NZ 9-0 sible now. Batting in those condi- beat the previous best by a New 2nd over: Brendon McCullum hits Stuart Broad’s first delivery for six then hits each of the last New Zealand’s Tim Southee (right) celebrates after dismissing England’s tions and trying to get 270 plus Zealander in all ODIs, recorded three balls for boundaries: NZ: 27-0 Jos Buttler for three runs during their World Cup match at Wellington was tough,” said Morgan. by Shane Bond, now the team’s 3rd over: McCullum pounds two boundaries off Anderson as New Zealand’s batsmen signal Stadium in Wellington, yesterday. Sensing an easy win, McCullum bowling coach, who took six for 19 their intentions to go for a quick kill: NZ: 37-0 launched a ferocious attack on the against India at Bulawayo in 2005. 4th over: Broad is taken out of the attack after just one over and replaced by Steven Finn, who England bowling, hitting Stuart Only Joe Root, last man out in does not fare any better as McCullum smashes two sixes and two fours off his first over: NZ: 57-0 Broad for a six off the first ball the 34th over, offered resistance 6th over: McCullum breaks his own record for the fastest 50 in a World Cup, reaching his half- Scoreboard he faced. with 46 while opener Moeen Ali century off 18 balls, and hits four successive sixes off Finn: NZ: 96-0 Fast bowler Steven Finn was made 20 and Morgan managed 17 ENGLAND 5-104, 6-108, 7-110, 8-116, 9-117. 8th over: McCullum falls for 77 when he tries to smash a slow full toss from Chris Woakes but I Bell b Southee ...... 8 Bowling: Southee 9-0-33-7 (3w); Boult 10-2- not spared as McCullum hit in an otherwise disappointing bat- six, four, four and six off the ting display. “It’s a bit of a blur at bottom-edges the ball on to his stumps. McCullum’s innings lasted just 25 balls but featured Moeen Ali b Southee ...... 20 32-1 (1w); Milne 5.2-1-25-1 (2w); Vettori 7-0- eight fours and seven sixes. NZ: 109-1 G Ballance c Williamson b Boult ...... 10 19-1; Anderson 2-0-8-0 (1w). Middlesex paceman’s first four the moment,” said Southee dur- balls and then another six to ing the change of innings. “We’re 9th over: A 40-minute break is taken after nine overs with New Zealand needing just 12 runs J Root c Vettori b Milne ...... 46 NEW ZEALAND to win: NZ: 112-1. E Morgan c Milne b Vettori ...... 17 B McCullum b Woakes ...... 77 bring up his fifty off just 18 balls. good swing bowlers and, although J Taylor b Southee ...... 0 M Guptill b Woakes ...... 22 McCullum held the previous we lost the toss, the ball swung J Butler c Ronchi b Southee ...... 3 K Williamson (not out) ...... 9 record for the fastest World Cup throughout the innings. two runs with four ducks in his Buttler (three), Chris Woakes C Woakes b Southee ...... 1 R Taylor (not out) ...... 5 fifty, off 20 balls against Canada “They say that when there’s a previous five innings, holed out at (one), Stuart Broad (four) and S Broad c Vettori b Southee ...... 4 Extras (LB-4, W-8) ...... 12 at St Lucia in 2007. bit of blue sky in Wellington, the long-on off Vettori. He was left to Steven Finn (nought). S Finn c Taylor b Southee ...... 0 Total (for 2 wkts in 12.2 overs) ...... 125 Finn’s two wicketless overs cost ball swings.” rue his shot as England lost their He took his final five wickets in J Anderson (not out) ...... 1 Fall of wickets: 1-105, 2-112. a whopping 49 runs before Chris England were looking at a last seven wickets for just 19 runs. the space of just 18 balls to record Extras (LB-6, W-7) ...... 13 Bowling: Anderosn 5-0-37-0 (3w); Broad 2.2- Woakes ended McCullum’s knock revival at 103 for three with Openers Ian Bell (eight) and the third best figures in all World Total (all out in 33.2 overs) ...... 123 0-27-0 (1w); Finn 2-0-49-0; Woakes 3-1-8-2. by bowling him off a bottom edge. Morgan and Root at the crease. Moeen Ali (20) were both bowled Cups behind the Australian duo of Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-36, 3-57, 4-104, Result: New Zealand win by eight wickets. South Africa’s AB de Villiers But former Ireland left-hander by Southee, who subsequently dis- Glenn McGrath (7-15) and Andy holds the record for the Morgan, who had managed just missed James Taylor (nought), Jos Bichel (7-20). AFP McCullum stunned by No need for panic, says Morgan

‘bizarre’ Kiwis victory WELLINGTON: The England captain Eoin Morgan insisted Boycott rips WELLINGTON: Record- “It’s one of the best spells of bowl- there was no reason to panic breaking New Zealand cap- ing I’ve seen for a long time. even after his team suffered a into feeble tain Brendon McCullum said a “Tim’s been leading our group second humiliating loss at the crushingly lopsided World Cup for a long time and with Trent World Cup yesterday. win over England in Wellington Boult, he got the ball swinging a England could hardly have England again was a “bizarre” achievement. huge amount. made a worse start to the sport’s New Zealand paceman Tim “To win by that sort of mar- most important tournament, LONDON: England are not Southee took seven for 33, the gin, it’s bizarre really. We’ve losing by 111 runs to Australia as good as they think they are third-best World Cup figures of earned ourselves a good break last weekend then suffering an and have a lot of hard work to all-time, as England were bowled after a great first week of the embarrassing eight wicket loss do to even qualify for the World out for just 123. tournament.” to New Zealand yesterday. Cup quarter-finals, said former McCullum then piled on the Southee, roared on by a capac- But Morgan said things were batsman Geoffrey Boycott. agony for England with the fast- ity 33,000 crowd at the Westpac not as bad as they seemed and he “Perhaps they are not as good est-ever World Cup fifty, off just Stadium, said: “A packed house urged England’s growing band as they think they are,” Boycott 18 balls, on his way to a whirlwind was pretty special to come out in of critics to keep faith with the told the BBC. “I said that about 77. front of. We’ve been bowling well players. the captain Morgan and eve- “It’s a great win, while England as a group for a long time and “Certainly you don’t want to rybody went mad, but maybe have probably struggled of late, today was one of those moments get into a state of panic where England aren’t either.” we knew we’d have to keep them when it all went well for us. we make three or four changes England lost their last seven quiet,” McCullum said at the “Our bowling coach, Shane in one day,” he told reporters after wickets for 19 runs and New presentation ceremony. Bond, does a lot of work behind Friday’s thrashing. Zealand seamer Tim Southee As for man-of-the-match the scenes and puts confidence “That’s certainly not what I’m became only the fourth bowler Southee’s haul, McCullum added: into us.” AFP about. I’ve always believed in to take seven wickets in a World making good decisions and back- Cup game. ing the right players at the right “This was not an uncovered or time. grassy pitch seaming all over the “I believe at the moment that place,” Boycott said. “This was a any of our players can play. The flat 270-pitch minimum and they players that played today I believe New Zealand’s captain Brendon McCullum (left) touches England’s made a right mess of it.” were the best to win today, and captain Eoin Morgan on the shoulder after their World Cup match at The mauling by New Zealand given conditions, we’ll change Wellington Stadium in Wellington, yesterday. followed a heavy defeat by plans accordingly.” Australia and England will need The magnitude of England’s to win at least three of their four loss to New Zealand could hardly shouldn’t be beaten by this much,” Afghanistan, and will probably remaining Pool A games to have a have been more emphatic. After Morgan said. need to win at least three of them chance of reaching the last eight. winning the toss and choosing to England came into the World to make the knockout stage. “England are not out of the bat first at Wellington, England Cup with few real expectations of “We can still make the quarter- World Cup,” Boycott said. “They could only muster 123, the lowest winning and faced a difficult start finals, as soon as we start winning have to beat Scotland, Bangladesh total by any team so far in the to the tournament after being and getting into the next game,” and Afghanistan and then they’re tournament. drawn to play both co-hosts in Morgan said. “I think when we’re through to quarter-finals. They Then England’s bowlers showed their opening two matches. not doing our basics well, we’re have got a lot of hard work to do,” little when they had the ball as Morgan, who is also under fire being exposed by good teams, and Boycott said. New Zealand cruised to victory in for his own batting performances, we’ve seen that today. “We’ve had an interminably just 12.2 overs, completing one of said there was no getting around “I certainly agree that we have eventful few months with things the most one-side matches in one- the fact England had started to turn things around quickly. We going on. What have New Zealand England’s Joe Root (second right) reacts as he walks off the field with day international cricket history. badly but he said all was not lost. need to start winning, and we’ll been doing? They’ve had a settled team-mate James Anderson (right), New Zealand’s Martin Guptill (left) “These first two games were England have four pool games work to get momentum to get to side, good leadership and winning and Kane Williamson after their match in Wellington, yesterday. going to be difficult games play- left to play: against Scotland, the quarters, to the semis and so matches, while we don’t know our ing in these conditions. But we Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and on.” REUTERS best batting line-up.” REUTERS SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Qatar’s big day in the UAE

The Qatari team earned a place at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final and a qualifying spot for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with a convincing victory in the second leg of the Furusiyya 2015 series in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In a fascinating contest, it was last year’s winners from Ukraine who lined up second ahead of an impressive foursome from Egypt in third, while France slotted into fourth ahead of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Germany in equal-fifth spot. The competition was the sole Furusiyya qualifier for the Middle East, and it was the Saudi Arabian side that claimed the second of the two tickets to the series Final in Barcelona, Spain next September. From a field of 11 nations, Italy lined up seventh ahead of The Netherlands in eighth, but the competitors from Morocco, Jordan and United Arab Emirates were obliged to sit it out after the first round when only the leading eight nations returned to battle it out in the closing stages.

NBA Results Golf: Struggling Oklahoma City 104 Dallas 89 LA Clippers 119 San Antonio 115 Desert wins for Preston, Tiger to miss NHL Results NY Islanders 5 Nashville 2 Honda Classic Vancouver 5 NY Rangers 4 LOS ANGELES: Former Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 2 world number one Tiger Woods, Columbus 2 Pittsburgh 1 who has vowed not to return Abou Shaibah, Abu Issa to competition until his dete- Washington 5 Winnipeg 1 riorating game improves mark- Florida 3 Montreal 2 edly, won’t play next week in the San Jose 5 Dallas 2 QMMF organises popular racing event at Sealine PGA Tour’s Honda Classic. The 39-year-old American, chasing Jack Nicklaus’s record NFL: Chargers, DOHA: The Qatar International of 18 major championships, has Endurocross, organized by plummeted to 66th in the world Raiders plan Qatar Motor and Motorcycle rankings after suffering a series Federation (QMMF), attracted of injuries and a severe slump in shared NFL plenty of drama and racing thrill form. at Sealine with the participation “We continue to wish Tiger of 44 competitors from different a speedy recovery,” said Ken stadium in Los nationalities. Kennerly, executive director of KTM rider Jake Preston won the tournament in Palm Beach Angeles both races in the E2 category, Gardens, Florida. taking the lead in both races and “Tiger has been great to the LOS ANGELES: The San had an easy win to this fifth vic- Honda Classic and we look for- Diego Chargers and the Oakland tory of the season. ward to his return to tournament Raiders yesterday proposed a Preston now leads the E2 cat- golf in the coming weeks, and plan that would have the teams egory with 145 points, 16 points to welcoming him again at the share a new stadium in the ahead of Mohammed Jaffar who Honda Classic in future years.” Los Angeles area if they fail to finished second in the podium. In his statement yesterday, solve their current venue dilem- “Round 3 was really good. I Kennerly said that Woods’s agent mas, the teams said in a joint managed to get a good start in the Mark Steinberg had notified the statement. first moto and it’s good because I tournament that the 14-time The two National Football didn’t get stuck behind with the major champion wouldn’t play. League teams, who both played fastest rider,” Preston said. Woods could now target a in Los Angeles before relocating, “In moto 2, the track was really comeback at the Arnold Palmer promised to continue negotia- hard but it was a challenge. The Qatar’s quad star Mohammed Invitational March 19-22. He tions at home even as they move track today was really long, longer Abu Issa celebrates one of used his website on February 11 forward on the new stadium that last time but it was good. I his two wins at the Qatar to say he was taking a break from that would be located in Carson, enjoyed it. QMMF put again a International Endurocross tournament golf in a bid to get his California. great event,’ Preston added after at Sealine yesterday. QMMF faltering game in shape. “For the remainder of 2015, we the podium ceremony. President Nasser bin Khalifa However, he had held out the intend to move down two tracks Kuwaiti KTM rider Jaffar had Al Attiyah is at right. RIGHT: possibility that he would be ready simultaneously: on track one, we a tough fight in both races with Kuwaiti rider Meshari Abou to return for next week’s tourna- will continue to work in our home his coach Mohammed Al Balooshi ment, which is near his home in Shaibah. TOP, RIGHT: markets to find permanent sta- and the competition between Jupiter, Florida. He had until yes- Mohammed Jaffar overcomes dium solutions that are publicly them was so hard and to the limit terday to confirm his entry. acceptable,” the statement said that in the race 2 both riders hit a high obstacle. Woods’s announcement last yesterday. together and Balooshi crashed week came after a disastrous fort- “On track two, we will work in finishing in fifth position. night which included a career- Carson to preserve our options “Today I had a lot of bike issues. lead in the championship. The the race. Yannic Le Gourvenec great events but this one is very worst round of 82 and last-placed and the future economic viabil- In the first race I broke the fourth Yamaha rider has won all the from France finished second and unique,” Abu Issa said. finish at the Phoenix Open and a ity of our franchises, in the event gear so I had to finish the race races from the start of the season Saif Al Kumiti, also from theUAE, “I am very happy to see that mid-round withdrawal at Torrey that our efforts in our local mar- with the 3rd and 5th gears, and in is in front of the championship was third. the event is growing so fast and Pines with a bad back. kets fail,” it added. it was an impossible mission but I with 150 points. Qatari rider Mohammed Abu hope more riders will join us. It They are just the latest set- The move would have to be finished second,” Jaffar said. Compatriot Moath Al Ansari Issa won both races in the quads is an honour for me to represent backs in a turbulent career approved by three-fourths of the The third place in the E2 race finished in second position in the category. Qatar in such races,” he added. marked by marital infidelity league’s owners, the statement was secured by Abdullah Al podium and Barak Al Jasmi, also Abu Issa finished ahead of The third quad rider classified and mounting injuries. His lowly said. Shatti. from Kuwait, finished in third British rider Paul Holmes. was Abdullah Nasser from UAE. ranking means he won’t qualify An hour after the announce- In the E1 category, Kuwaiti place. “I really enjoyed the race The next and last round will for the World Golf Championships ment, a group called rider Meshari Abou Shaibah won In the veteran’s category, today and it is such a great be on March 14, organisers said. event at Doral March 5-8. Carson2gether posted a video the two races and increased his Mubarak Al Ali from UAE won event. QMMF organizes so many THE PENINSULA REUTERS on YouTube of the proposed sta- dium, which the Los Angeles Times reported will cost an estimated $1.7bn and would be built on a 168-acre property. LEFT: Aisha Hussam The Chargers currently play Saber celebrates at Qualcomm Stadium, built in after winning the 1967 and upgraded twice, accord- Ladies Endurance ing to the stadium’s website. Ride yesterday. The Raiders, play in the O.co PICTURES: JUHAIM Coliseum, built in 1966 and reno- vated for $120m in 1995, the sta- dium’s website said. Meanwhile, Denver Broncos General Manager John Elway said yesterday he expects Peyton Manning to return next season and predicted the quarterback would thrive in the team’s new offensive system. Elway said he had not been given a “definitive answer” from Manning but had spoken with the five-time NFL most valuable player after his post-season physi- LEFT: Winners pose with cal examination. their trophies at the prize “I believe he will be back and I distribution ceremony of believe he will be our quarterback the Ladies International next year,” a confident Elway said, Endurance Ride yesterday. adding that Manning was pleased RIGHT: Aisha receives her by the examination results and trophy after winning the felt good about his physical condi- feature race yesterday. tion. AGENCIES SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

EPL Fixtures Today, February 21 (GMT) Aston Villa vs Stoke City Pliskova, Halep reach final (1500); Chelsea vs Burnley (1500); Crystal Palace vs Arsenal (1500); Hull City vs Queens Park Rangers (1500); 2015 Dubai Open: Both semi-final winners stretched to three sets Sunderland vs West Bromwich Albion (1500); Swansea City DUBAI: Karolina Pliskova, the “I felt tired so I wasn’t expect- vs Manchester United (1500); Manchester City vs Newcastle steep-serving 22-year-old from ing it,” said Pliskova, who could Results United (1730) Prague who last month became rise to a career high world the youngest player in the cur- number 12 irrespective of the ATP Marseille Tomorrow, February 22 rent top 20, reached the big- result of today’s final. (GMT) gest final of her career with her “We both have great serves so Open Tottenham Hotspur vs West third outstanding win at the it doesn’t matter if you go love 30 Quarter-finals Ham United (1200); Everton Dubai Open. or love 40 down.” Karolina vs Leicester City (1405); Gael Monfils (FRA x7) bt Having already ousted two Pliskova looked the more dom- Pliskova of Southampton vs Liverpool seeded players Pliskova followed inant player in the first set but Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-4, 6-4; the Czech (1615) it with a nerve-shredding 6-4, took a long time to make it count, Roberto Bautista (ESP x4) bt Republic 5-7, 7-5 victory over Garbine needing ten break points before Dominic Thiem (AUT) 7-6 (9/7), SPL Muguruza, an elegantly gifted she was able to convert one. That celebrates after 6-3. 21-year-old from Barcelona, and happened in the seventh game, winning her Today, February 21 (GMT) snatched a memorable victory and it was enough to take the set. match against ATP Delray Beach Garbine Aberdeen vs St. Mirren just as her chances seemed to be Much might have been different (1500); Dundee United Muguruza of fading. though if Muguruza had taken the Open vs St. Johnstone (1500); Spain during She will take on top seed option of calling for a video review Second round Inverness Caledonian Thistle Simona Halep of Romania in the at a vital stage in the sixth game. the semi-finals Donald Young (USA) bt vs Kilmarnock (1500); final today. It happened when Pliskova was of the WTA Motherwell vs Dundee (1500); Halep yesterday beat third seed break point down, and her first Dubai Duty Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) 6-3, 6-2; Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR Partick Thistle vs Ross County Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark serve was deemed to have been an Free Tennis (1500) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. ace after the umpire over-ruled x3) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-2, Championships 6-4; Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Regular - Preliminary Round Pliskova always had the steeper the line judge’s call. on February 20, Viktor Troicki (SRB x8) 6-3, 6-7 more dangerous serve, and her 13 TV replays showed the line Tomorrow, February 22 2015 in Dubai. (2/7), 6-4; Yoshihito Nishioka aces extended her year’s total to judge to have been correct (GMT) (JPN) bt Marinko Matosevic 145, the most on the WTA Tour. however, and after Muguruza (AUS) 6-1, 6-3. Celtic vs Hamilton Academical But there were phases near the accepted the wrong call, she was (1300) end when it seemed that might unable to win the rally against ATP/WTA Rio Open not be enough. Pliskova’s second serve. La Liga She had to save two break Muguruza began to make bet- Men Second Round points at 3-4 in the final set, ter progress in the second set, Today, February 21 (GMT) Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Pablo holding serve with the help of a earning four break points in the Carreno Busta (ESP) 7-5, 6-3; Barcelona vs Malaga (1500); video review which showed she sixth game, none of which she was Fabio Fognini (ITA x4) bt Pablo Cordoba vs Valencia (1700); had landed another ace, and then able to convert, and getting one Andujar (ESP) 6-3, 6-2; Pablo Atletico Madrid vs Almeria slipped to love-40 when she was set point in the ninth game. That Top seed Nadal battles into Cuevas (URU x6) bt Albert (1900); Deportivo Coruna vs trying to close the match out at chance too eluded her. Montanes (ESP) 6-2, 6-2; Celta Vigo (2100) 6-5. But Pliskova delivered a dou- Federico Delbonis (ARG) bt Throughout much of the sec- ble fault at the start of the tenth Rio quarter-finals Tomorrow, February 22 Martin Klizan (SVK x8) 6-2, (GMT) ond half of the final set Muguruza, game, and then another to con- 6-1. who had beaten three seeds her- cede the set, and for a while after- RIO DE JANEIRO: Clay king and world number three Rafael Real Sociedad vs Sevilla Women Second round self, possessed the more supple wards it seemed that Muguruza Nadal thwarted a determined challenge yesterday from fellow (1100); Athletic Club vs Rayo and flexible game, giving her more might be the more likely winner. Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta to reach the quarter-finals of the Sara Errani (ITA x1) bt Lourdes Vallecano (1600); Villarreal vs options in a tricky wind. She could not force home her ATP Rio Open. Dominguez (ESP) 6-0, 7-5; Eibar (1800); Elches vs Real But in the fraught final game best chance though, allowing Top seed Nadal won 7-5, 6-3 against 55th-ranked Carreno to advance Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) Madrid (2000) bt Polona Hercog (SLO x7) 6-1, Pliskova was prepared to gamble the Czech to go through to her to a Friday meeting with Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas, ranked 23. Cuevas Monday, February 23 (GMT) on hitting flat and hard, some- first 500 level tournament final, saw off Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-2. 6-2; Anna Schmiedlova (SVK thing which paid off as she clawed against Halep, the top-seeded Fourteen-time Grand Slam champion Nadal missed three set points x6) bt Paula Ormaechea (ARG) Levante vs Granada CF (1945) back four points in a row, and six Romanian, who beat Wozniacki, in the opener and had to dig deep as his rival fought tigerishly to keep 6-0, 6-2; Veronica Cepede (PAR) out of seven, to close the match the former world number one pace with his decorated rival, who is bidding to retain the title he won bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x3) 6-2, Ligue 1 6-3. out. from Denmark. REUTERS in Rio 12 months ago. REUTERS Today, February 21 (GMT) Paris St Germain vs Toulouse (1600); Caen vs Racing Lens (1900); Evian Thonon Gaillard West and Today’s Programme FC vs FC Lorient (1900); Stade Rennes vs Girondins Simon make 24th Qatar International Arabian Horse Bordeaux (1900); Bastia vs Show (QIAHS) at the Outdoor Arena of Lille (1900) Qatar Equestrian Federation. Tomorrow, February 22 steady (GMT) 9:00am – 12:00pm: QIAHS – Ridding Class En Avant Guingamp vs progress Montpellier HSC (1300); 3:30pm – 7:00pm: QIAHS – Championships Olympique Lyon vs Nantes JEREZ, SPAIN: During & End of the Show (1600); Stade de Reims vs the second big test of the new Metz (1600); St Etienne vs Moto2 Grand Prix season at Olympique Marseille (2000) Jerez, Anthony West and Julian Simon made steady progress in Serie A their search for the best set-up solutions on their new Speed Up Today, February 21 (GMT) prototypes. Sampdoria vs Genoa (1945) Rather than joining the hunt for the quickest lap time, both Tomorrow, February 22 QMMF Racing Team riders (GMT) focused on testing a new swin- AC Milan vs Cesena (1400); garm and on learning as much Empoli vs Chievo Verona as they possibly could about the (1400); Lazio vs Palermo characteristics of the recently (1400); Parma vs Udinese introduced WP suspension. (1400); Verona vs AS Roma West, 33, had a breakthrough (1400); Fiorentina vs Torino in his understanding of the sus- (1945) pension system on the third and Monday, February 23 (GMT) last day, but couldn’t improve on his best lap time due to a lack of Napoli vs Sassuolo (1800); grip in warmer conditions in the Cagliari vs Inter Milan (2000) afternoon, and finished the test in 21st position. RIGHT: Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Bundesliga His 27-year-old team-mate (QREC) Chairman Sheikh Mohammed bin Faleh Today, February 21 (GMT) Simon also put in his fastest time Al Thani is seen during one of his visits to the on day two and ended up right stalls erected at the course venue yesterday. The FC Augsburg vs Bayer Leverkusen (1430); Mainz vs behind West in 22nd place. hugely popular H H the Emir 24th International The former 125 cc world cham- Eintracht Frankfurt (1430); Equestrian Sword Festival kicked off on Thursday Freiburg vs Hoffenheim pion is still in the process of evening with a spectacular opening ceremony at adapting his riding style to the (1430); SC Paderborn vs the same venue. More than 700 delegates from Bayern Munich (1430); new machine and the new suspen- the equine world are present in Doha for the sion, but keeps gaining confidence Schalke 04 vs Werder Bremen festival that will culminate with the H H The Emir (1430); Cologne vs Hanover 96 with every lap. Sword Race on February 26. Also seen are horses (1730) “We tested a new aluminium swingarm and I am quite happy being put their paces at the Outdoor Arena of Tomorrow, February 22 with it,” West said. Qatar Equestrian Federation. PICTURES: JUHAIM (GMT) “A few points seem to be better Hamburg SV vs Borussia than with the carbon swingarm Moenchengladbach (1430); VfL that we’ve been using until now, Wolfsburg vs Hertha Berlin without making sacrifices in other (1630) areas. “At the moment I think there Dutch League is nothing negative about it, but I am not 100 per cent sure because Today, February 21 (GMT) we had a few other issues that ADO Den Haag vs PEC Zwolle made it difficult to get a clear (1730); Go Ahead Eagles picture,” the Australian added. Deventer vs AZ Alkmaar Simon said yesterday: “I tried (1845); Heracles Almelo vs the new swingarm on the second Utrecht (1945) day of testing and it felt good. Tomorrow, February 22 Especially in the fast corners, the (GMT) sensations were better than with the carbon version, with more Heerenveen vs Groningen feedback from the rear tyre. But (1130); Twente Enschede vs the best chassis and suspension Vitesse Arnhem (1330); PSV set-up is still work in progress for Eindhoven vs FC Dordrecht me and I am still trying to adjust (1330); Willem II Tilburg my riding style.” vs Ajax Amsterdam (1330); THE PENINSULA Feyenoord vs Excelsior (1545) Most Popular Bangladeshi Newspaper

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Singapore’s Lin Ye Sin tosses the ball to serve against Hyow Seo of South Korea during their women’s singles first round match at the GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open, yesterday at the Women’s Sports Community Hall in Doha. CENTRE: Qatar’s Li Ping (left) plays a forehand shot against Hyundeok Seo of South Korea during their men’s singles match. LEFT: Hyowo serves during her match against Ye Sin. PICTURES BY: BAHER AMIN

Qatar’s Li Ping fights back Mexico withdraws as host of 2017 to enter pre-quarter-finals worlds MEXICO CITY: The Mexican Seasoned player beats Korea’s Seo after marathon contest, Aia falls city of Guadalajara has announced it has withdrawn as host of the 2017 world swim- DOHA: Qatar’s Li Ping staged ming championships because a brilliant fighback to advance ITTF World Tour of financial problems caused by into the pre-quarter-finals of falling oil prices. GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Guadalajara organisers said Tour Qatar Open men’s singles, Qatar Open Results they could no longer afford to overcoming Hyundeok Seo of stage the two-week event, which Men’s Singles South Korea in what was long- costs around $100m, after the est battle in the first rounds, Ovtcharov Dimitrij (GER) bt Skachkov Kirill Mexican government cut its 2015 yesterday (RUS) 4-0; Gacina Andrej (CRO) bt Jeong budget by nearly three percent as But, it was the day of mixed Sangeun (KOR) 4-1; Jung Youngsik (KOR) slumping crude oil prices pressure fortunes for the hosts as Aia bt Chen Weixing (AUT) 4-3; Gorak Daniel public finances. Mohamed lost her opening round (POL) bt Joo Saehyuk (KOR) -; Cho Eonrae The government relies on oil match in the women’s singles, at (KOR) bt Filus Ruwen (GER) 4-2; Habesohn revenue to fund about a third of the Women’s Sports Community Daniel (AUT) bt Gauzy Simon (FRA) 4-2; its budget. Hall. Li Ping (QAT) bt Seo Hyundeok (KOR) 4-3; Guadalajara’s withdrawal Experienced Li Ping who Freitas Marcos (POR) bt Lee Sangsu (KOR) comes just over a week after the failed to enter the main round of 4-1; Chuang Chih-Yuan (TPE) bt Jang Woojin Canadian city of Edmonton pulled recently-concluded Kuwait Open (KOR) 4-1; Tokic Bojan (SLO) bt Aruna Quadri out of the race to stage the 2022 showed huge improvement as he (NGR) 4-1; Gardos Robert (AUT) bt Tan Commonwealth Games, also cit- fought back after dropping the Ruiwu (CRO) 4-1; Tang Peng (HKG) bt Kim ing the drop in oil prices. first two games. Donghyun (KOR) 4-0; Wu Zhikang (ISIN) bt Jesus Mena, the director of the Seo claimed the first two games Mengel Steffen (GER) 4-3; Monteiro Joao Mexican National Commission for 8-11 and 9-11 involving long ral- (POR) bt Kin Minseok (KOR) 4-1; Steger Physical Culture and Sport, said lies, edging the home player with Bastian (GER) bt Kang Dongsoo (KOR) 4-1; in a statement he had broken the better accuracy. Samsonov Vladimir (BLR) bt Li Hu (SIN) 4-0. news to swimming’s world gov- But Li Ping refused to surren- Women’s Singles erning body. der as he came back strongly with Feng Tianwei (SIN) bt Winter Sabine (GER) “After reviewing the budget, an aggressive display and leveled 4-0; Jeon Jihee (KOR) bt Lin Chia-Hui (TPE) we have determined that we must the battle by winning the next two 4-0; Jeon Jihee (KOR) bt Hu Melek (TUR) inform FINA that Mexico cannot games 11-3 and 11-9. Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany in action during 4-2;Li Xue (IFRA) bt Lee Ho Ching (HKG) host the world championships,” After his South Korean oppo- his first round match against Kirill Skachkov of bt 4-0; Yu Fu (POR) bt Chen Szu-Yu (TPE) Mena said. nent took the fifth game 7-11, Russia. He won 4-0 RIGHT: Elizebeta Samara 4-1; Jiang Huajun (HKG) bt Szocs Bernadette Mena said the city had already (ROU) 4-1; Yang Xiaoxin (MON) bt Shan Li Ping leveled the match again of Romania prepares to reply a shot from Dora spent $9.5m preparing for the Xiaona (GER) 4-3; Han Ying (IGER) bt Tie by taking the penultimate game Madarsaz of Hungary during their women’s championships and may have to 12-10 on a tie-breaker. Yana (HKG) 4-2; Seo Hyowon (KOR) bt Lin pay a $5m fine to FINA for pull- singles match, yesterday. The Qatari player saved his Ye (SIN) 4-0; Wu Jiaduo (GER) bt Liu Hsing- ing the plug. best for the final game which he Yin (TPE) 4-3; Lee I-Chen (TPE) bt Mohamed Guadalajara was awarded the won 11-8 relatively with comfort (Poland) winning their opening In contrast, veteran Yanfei who reached the main round after Aia (QAT) 4-0; Samara Elizabeta (ROU) bt championships in 2011 after to seal the 4-3 win. round matches. Meanwhile, Aia Shen of Spain maintained her beating Hong Kong’s Li Ching Madarasz Dora (HUN) 4-3; Shen Yanfei (ESP) FINA picked the 2015 and 2017 The first round of men’s sin- failed to replicate her perform- form to enter the last-16 stage Wan in seven games fell against bt Pota Georgina (HUN) 4-2; Bilenko Tetyana hosts simultaneously. The Russian gles also saw Dimitrij Ovtcharov ance of qualifying stage as she with a 4-2 victory over Georgina Elizebeta Samara of Romania in (UKR) bt Cheng I-Ching (TPE) 4-0; Zhou sports city of Kazan was awarded (Germany), Andrej Gacina went down to Chen Lee 0-4 in Pota of Hungary. another marathon thriller. Yihan (SIN) bt Yang Haeun (KOR) 4-1; Liu Jia 2015 while Hong Kong missed out (Croatia) and Daniel Gorak one-sided affair. Dora Madarsaz of Hungary THE PENINSULA (AUT) bt Doo Hoi Kem (HKG) 4-1. on both. REUTERS QSL: Al Kharaitiyat stun Umm Salal

DOHA: Placed on 11th posi- Sadd netting the leveler. As the Al tion at the Qatar Stars League game approached to an end, both Kharaitiyat’s (QSL) standings, Al Kharaitiyat the team exchanged attacks at Hasan scored in stoppage time to shock short intervals before Mahmoud fifth placed Umm Salal 2-1 at heads the all-important goal. Abdelfattah the Qatar SC Stadium. In other exciting game yester- Mahmoud Hasan Abdelfattah Mahmoud day, Al Gharafa and Al Sailiya (left) was the star for the winners with were engaged in a 3-3 draw at the attempts to a goal in the 93rd minute as Al Al Wakra Stadium. score against Kharaitiyat bounced back after Issam Jemaa scored the leveler Umm Salal conceding an early goal. for Al Sailiya, just two minutes during their Jermie Ali Adiere gave Umm before full time as he completed QSL match Salal the lead early by scoring the his brace. at Qatar SC goal in eighth minute. The other match between Al yesterday. It took Al Kharaitiyat 54 min- Khor and Qatar SC also saw a PICTURES BY: utes to level the score with M draw with both teams locked 1-1 BAHER AMIN till the final whistle. QSL Results In today’s matches title-con- tenders Al Sadd will take on Al Al Kharaitiyat bt Umm Salal 2-1 Arabi while Al Ahli will meet El Al Khor draw with Qatar SC 1-1 Al Kharaitiyat’s Assie Koua Vivien (right) and Ismail Mohamoud of Umm Jaish in other match of the day. Salal fight for ball possession during their QSL match, yesterday. Al Gharafa draw with Al Sailiya 3-3 THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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Nebraska, the city where Buffett his old Cadillac personally if the Bernard Madoff, including REUTERS Knight returns Captain Phillips star hopes for another Somalia to jail after trip NAIROBI: As a gun-toting a single gunshot the whole time best supporting actor for his role insurgents staging regular attacks kidnaps, recounts the true story Somali pirate, Barkhad Abdi I was there — and I didn’t see in the 2013 film Captain Phillips, to topple the government. But out- of the Maersk Alabama, a vessel from court was terrifying, earning an a pirate either,” Abdi said in a dreams some day of a film that side main war zones in the south, with a US crew that was hijacked Oscar-nomination for his role in green garden in the Kenyan cap- shows a different side of Somalia. some progress is being made. in April 2009 off Somalia. Captain Phillips with the chilling ital, days after returning from “I hope to tell a different story, Barkhad visited Somalia’s At their peak in 2011, Somali to hospital line to Tom Hanks: “I am the Somalia earlier this month because there are so many inspi- northern Puntland region to see pirates held over 700 hostages captain now.” “The Somalia I saw was a coun- rational people, stories of strug- the work of the Somali aid agency but rates of attacks have tumbled, LOS ANGELES: Rap mogul They liked it in Somalia too: try that was in the process of gle,” he said. “There is a lost Adeso, which trains unemployed prompted partly by the posting of Marion “Suge” Knight, who is when Abdi returned to his birth being rebuilt. There is more there generation, and now that I have youth by giving them practical armed guards on boats and navy charged with murder in a hit- nation for the first time in more than war, drought, and hunger.” a voice, I want to help them out.” skills. “It is not as bad as people patrols. and-run death, was hospitalised than two decades, he was mobbed Before Captain Phillips, Somalia Abdi was born in the Somali think,” Abdi said. Still, changing stereotypes and on Thursday before his sched- by fans who “wanted their photo- was known to outsiders because capital Mogadishu six years “We still need a lot of help, but reputations will take time, Abdi uled Los Angeles court appear- graph with me”, he said. of Black Hawk Down, the 2001 before war followed the overthrow we don’t just need food and money admits, who recently played the ance in a separate camera theft But the image of Somalia as blockbuster telling the story of of dictator Siad Barre in 1991. — we need structure, strong gov- role of a fugitive African warlord case, a court official said. shown in such films of relentless the 1993 battle in Mogadishu, The country is still one of the ernment and we need peace, we in the US crime drama Hawaii Los Angeles Superior Court war, famine and piracy is one when American soldiers fought most violent and dangerous on need our people to help them- Five-0, modelled on Uganda’s Commissioner Mark Zuckman the 29-year-old is determined to through the capital after two of earth. selves and be independent.” Lord’s Resistance Army rebel said in court that Knight, the change. their helicopters were shot down. Large areas remain at war, with Captain Phillips, which starred chief Joseph Kony. 49-year-old co-founder of influ- “I didn’t see a war, I didn’t see Abdi, who won a BAFTA as the Al Qaeda affiliated Shebab Hanks as the captain Abdi AFP ential hip-hop label Death Row Records, “suffered some medi- cal condition and was taken via ambulance to an undisclosed hospital.” Knight was later returned Why do blockbusters to jail, said Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Steve Wyatt. “He’s back in a gen- eral population jail so he’s obvi- rarely win at Oscars? ously OK,” Wyatt said. This marked the second time HOLLYWOOD: So who has Hawking — did better ($98m) this month that Knight was taken actually seen the top Oscar and The Grand Budapest Hotel to a hospital on a day he had a movies? Film buffs, mostly. made $174m, but that’s still a court hearing. Sheriff’s officials, That’s because — let’s face it— long way from the year’s biggest citing patient confidentiality, most of the films shortlisted for blockbusters. have released no details about Academy Awards glory are rela- “A lot of times, ‘Oscar bait’ mov- his ailments. tively small-budget independ- ies are very personal projects that Knight and comedian Katt ent flicks, not crowd-pleasing have meaty roles for actresses and Williams, 43, were scheduled to blockbusters. actors, but don’t necessarily reach appear in court in Los Angeles. And it’s even more the case this a wide audience,” said Jeff Bock Both men have pleaded not year, with only one of the eight of box office tracker Exhibitor guilty to robbery charges in the films up for best picture produced Relations. September 5 theft of a camera by a major Hollywood studio. A decade ago, Hollywood block- in Beverly Hills. Knight had Take the two frontrunners: busters were more regularly been expected to enter a plea Birdman was written, pro- rewarded by the Academy: The to a new charge of terroristic duced and directed by Mexican Lord of the Rings: The Return of the threatening. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for King won the best picture Oscar Knight was taken by ambulance some $18m, while Boyhood cost in 2004, after Gladiator in 2001 from the courthouse, Zuckman only $4m to make — over 12 years. and Titanic in 1998. A worker checks a machine at the “Buettenpapierfabrik Gmund”, a papermill in Gmund, southern Germany near said, but he did not make an That is a drop in the ocean com- More recently, voting mem- the lake Tegernsee. The family enterprise is the manufacturer of a precious paper, called “Treasury”, which is used appearance in court. pared to the $100-200m budgets bers of the Academy of Motion for the envelopes of the famous Academy Awards. If Knight is convicted in the of studio hits from last year like Picture Arts and Sciences, which camera theft case, he faces a pos- Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, hands out the golden statuettes, been a huge box office hit, mak- away this month’s box office maverick in Iraq, which only sible sentence of 25 years to life Guardians of the Galaxy or Big Hero 6. have honored indie darlings such ing $400m since its December 25 smash hit, amassing more than made $49m worldwide. under California’s three-strikes Each of them made at least as No Country for Old Men (2008), release, with $300m in the United $300m worldwide since its open- Other recent winners includ- law, which gives stiffer sentences $200m at the North American Slumdog Millionaire (2009) and States and Canada alone. ing about a week ago, despite ing Crash (2006), The Artist (2012) to those previously convicted of box office alone. The King’s Speech in 2011. Its $60m budget puts it some- decidedly lukewarm reviews. and even last year’s 12 Years a serious felonies, prosecutor Keri By comparison, Boyhood and This year, the exception is Clint where between an independent In Oscars history, the biggest- Slave — all low-budget indies with Modder said last week. Birdman have so far earned $44m Eastwood’s American Sniper. and a big studio movie in terms budget film ever nominated was modest domestic box office hauls. Knight has convictions from and $72m, respectively, in world- It’s the only studio film — pro- of cost. James Cameron’s sci-fi block- Ethan Hawke, nominated for 1997 on two counts of assault wide ticket sales. Other best pic- duced by Warner Bros — in the As Hollywood’s finest gather for buster Avatar, which made $2.8bn best supporting actor for his work with a deadly weapon, according ture Oscar nominees like Whiplash best picture race and is nomi- the Oscars on Sunday, US film- at the global box office. on Boyhood, said there is a crucial to court documents filed by the and Selma made even less. nated in five other categories. going audiences have made their But it was beaten at the 2010 link between independent movies Los Angeles District Attorney’s The Theory of Everything — the The movie, based on the life of tastes known. Erotic romance Academy Awards by The Hurt and awards season. Office. story of British scientist Stephen Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, has Fifty Shades of Grey is far and Locker, about a bomb squad AFP REUTERS