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Chemical arms body wins Peace Nobel OSLO: The watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical arse- nal won the Nobel Peace Prize yester- day for its efforts to rid the world of the devastating weapons. In a surprise choice, the Nobel committee honoured the UN-backed Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for “its extensive efforts” in banishing the scourge of chemical arms. “Recent events in Syria, where chemical weapons have again been put to use, have underlined the need to enhance efforts to do away with such weapons,” the Norwegian jury said. Full report on page 9 Top Pakistan Taliban leader captured by US WASHINGTON: US soldiers have cap- tured a senior leader of the Pakistani Taliban in an operation in what could prove a major blow to the Islamic militant group. “I can confirm that US forces did capture... terrorist leader Latif Mehsud,” State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said, describing him as a sen- ior commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. It was not immediately clear if Latif Meshud is related to Hakimullah Mehsud who took over as the commander of the Pakistani Taliban in 2009. Dozens killed in new migrant shipwreck PALERMO, SICILY: Dozens of peo- ple died yesterday when a boat carrying around 250 migrants capsized between Sicily and Tunisia, in the second such shipwreck this month, the Italian coast- guard said. The Italian news agency ANSA said around 50 bodies had been sighted, including 10 children, following the incident about 100km south of the tiny island of Lampedusa. See also page 9 DEBATE One person killed in Egypt protests THE ISSUE CAIRO: One person was killed in clashes during protests in Egypt yes- from traditionalism to modernity. statutes and sculptures but the Muslims didn’t terday, state news agency MENA said, The display of public art in Doha “This is a serious dichotomy and needs to be destroy them when they began their rule. They as Islamists pressed on with demonstra- in the form of the unveiling of the addressed. While we have accepted to host the exist even to this day. “If they are not ‘haraam’ tions against the army-backed govern- World Cup in 2022, we are refusing to change in one Islamic country, why should they be ment. Ambulance service said the death sculptures on the Corniche and our thinking and outlook on life,” says a promi- here?” wondered Al Malki. occurred in the Nile Delta province of at Sidra Medical and Research nent psychologist. “Our problem is that we spend our time dis- Sharqia. Earlier, police fired teargas in Centre, is indicative of changing Dr Moza Al Malki said hosting the World cussing irrelevant issues. When in the early the coastal city of Alexandria to break Cup was not just about holding the event. “So 1980s television came people were discuss- Design: Abraham Augusthy up clashes between opponents and sup- trends in the Qatari society and many things go with it. For two months there ing its disastrous impact on our families and porters of ousted Islamist president culture. will be so many people here from different culture.” Mohammed Mursi, security sources said. parts of the world, so we need to be ready not And now the topic of heated debate in the he development has triggered a huge only physically but mentally, too”. GCC communities is the new and emerging Syria rebels accused debate in the Qatari community About the sculptures, she said the criticisms technology, she said. “People feel threatened which presently stands at a cross- are basically on account of religion. “People by things that are new.” of war crimes roads between modernity and tradi- think they are idolatrous and ‘haraam’ (for- The mufti of Al Azhar in Cairo, Egypt, which T DAMASCUS: tion. The debate is healthy, though, with a lot bidden) in Islam, but the fact of the matter is is the most respected Sunni Islamic body in the Jihadist fighters were of criticism being made by the people, which that they are not”. world, Dr (Sheikh) Ahmed Al Tayeb, issued accused yesterday of war crimes over is ultimately in the larger interest of society. People should not look at the sculpture from a fatwa (edict) on June 7, 2010 that says that the killing of 190 civilians from Syrian The more progressive elements in the Qatari this angle. “People were worshipping idols so sculptures and statues are not ‘haraam’. President Bashar Al Assad’s Alawite community are not quite happy about the neg- Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) declared them “As we do not worship the statues and sculp- minority, in the largest atrocity ever ative public reaction in the local social media to ‘haraam’.” tures anymore, making and buying and sell- attributed to rebels. A Human Rights the sculptures that have been recently installed But that practice having gone, sculptures ing them are not forbidden in Islam,” said the Watch report on the killings of Alawite inPAGE Doha. They say if this6 is the way people are now have a different role — they reflect his- mufti. “People here would do better to refer to villagers said another 200 people, mostly reacting to the work of art then how the coun- torical events and figures and act as a con- this fatwa,” said Al Malki. women and children, were taken hos- try would be mentally prepared for a transition stant reminder. Pre-Islamic Egypt was full of See also page 2 tage in the rebel operations in August. It said at least 67 people were “executed or unlawfully killed.” See also page 8

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Pics: Shaival Dalal, Abdul Basit & AFP Culturally progressive step The installation of public statues, though controversial, reflects changing cultural trends in Qatar

BY RAYNALD RIVERA major location in the country next year. It is a 5.5-metres-high sculpture of two atar was in the international large granite boulders seemingly balanced media for a different reason this one on top of the other. time — for the display of public Other projects under the programme Qart in the form of huge statutes included the monumental sculpture and sculptures. resembling a spider titled Maman by For the global media, the installation French-American artist Louise Bourgeois of these sculptures pointed to changing at the Qatar National Convention Centre, trends in what is largely considered as American artist Richard Serra’s 7 at the conservative Qatari society. Museum of Islamic Art, Gandhi’s Three Not surprisingly though, the move Monkeys by Indian artist Subodh Gupta attracted huge public criticism with peo- in Katara, the 53 pannels by Tunisian ple expressing their views openly on the graffiti artist eL Seed along Salwa Tunnel local social networking sites. and Sarah Lucas’ Perceval at the Aspire Qataris could not help but pour their one asked. Park. sentiments on the Twitter and other Others suspect acquiring the “head Of all the public artworks already social networking sites about the pub- butt” sculpture was part of Qatar’s prepa- installed the sculptures by Abdessemed lic sculptures set up as part of Qatar ration for the World Cup 2022. and Hirst however were the only ones Museums Authority’s public art program. “I think fixing these statues in various which have attracted criticisms from the Commentators seemed mostly riled by “I think what is more important areas in Qatar is to show that the country public. these sculptures. for the community is to be able is qualified to host the World Cup and Meanwhile, Qatari columnist Faisal One of them said Doha was “now filled that we love football because this shows a Al Marzouqi is critical of the display of with strange sculptures”, while another to talk about the art and to be part of the history of the sport,” a Qatari public art in the city for a different reason talked of “a shameful episode in the able to express their concerns. reacted. and says even if the sculptures are not history of football”. He was referring We are very sensitive to the While there are many who attack the forbidden (haraam) in Islam, they are not to British artist Damien Hirst’s “The statues as inappropriate, others are cam- part of Qatari culture and people don’t Miraculous Journey” and Algerian-born community and we are listening paigning toward its removal, with one accept them. French artist Adel Abdessemed’s “Coup to their comments,” saying, “I hope the youths go there at In remarks to The Peninsula, he said de Tete.” night and turn the statue into a Picasso.” yesterday the problem with the Qatar Hirst’s 14 monumental sculptures Responding to a media query about Museums Authority (QMA) was that depict the gestation of a foetus from con- the reactions of the community regard- it didn’t involve Qataris while planning ception to birth and were unveiled outside in World Cup 2006 after that incident,” ing the sculptures, Kimberly French, exhibitions or installation of sculptures Sidra Medical and Research Center on commented another. Chief Marketing Officer at QMA, said, or anything of that sort. Monday, while Abdessemed’s “Coup de Jean Paul Engelen, Director of Public “The purpose of public art is to encour- Qataris, he claims, are not represented Tete,” which was installed on the Corniche Art at QMA, explained that the sculpture age discussion and debate about what it on the committees that are tasked with last week, shows Algerian-French foot- shows the “human” side of footballers who means whether you like it and how you holding such events or carrying out such ball player Zinedine Zidane’s infamous are almost worshipped by their fans. feel about the art, so we’re very excited installations. “Why don’t they involve citi- headbutt on Italian footballer Marco “Adel Abdessemed’s sculpture tells a that the public is engaged and interested zens, for they know the local sensitivities?” Materazzi. 21st Century story in a 19th Century style. in all of the installations that we had this According to Al Marzouqi, the QMA A Twitter hashtag in Arabic, “statues It looks to the ancient Greek tragedies to week.” instead depends on foreigners who have zidane corniche”, quickly grew to dozens trace doomed heroes and the frailties of “I think what is more important for no familiarity at all with local culture, of outraged tweets. human nature. the community is to be able to talk about values and sensitivities. “They need to “We in Doha feel ashamed of this five- “In our world we look to football players the art and to be able to express their consider the taste of local people and their metre sculpture fixed on the Corniche,” as super heroes like their classical fore- concerns. We are very sensitive to the sensitivities. Ignoring that leads to a gap said one Twitter user referring to the bears, ultimately they display the same community and we are listening to their between the Authority and the Qatari “head butt” sculpture. faults and defects we have particularly comments,” she said, adding the statues community.” While the sculpture enraged many, when family honour is at stake.” are part of a big slate of programme by Zinedine Zidan’s statue is okay from they also became the subject of jokes with Some critics say the Zidane statue does the QMA. sporting point of view. “It depicts an inci- one Twitter user saying “Soon the name not have a rightful place in Qatar and that The sculptures were installed following dent in football’s history, but such statues of the Corniche road will be changed to there are other historical figures whose QMA’s recent announcement of a series of are simply not accepted by Qatari people Head Butt road.” exceptional deeds need to be remembered public art initiatives whose purpose is to and society,” said Al Marzouki. A tweet in Twitter hasthtag in Arabic by everyone, thus deserve to have statues bring art out of the walls of the museum He said some subways here were “remove statues corniche” called the erected in their memory. making it accessible to the public every painted by a French artist who, obviously, Zidane sculpture “haram” and expressed “Why are they giving a lot of impor- day, and encourage discussion and debate. didn’t know the local culture and values fear that the visually arresting “headbutt” tance to this (statue) disregarding sig- “Rock on Top of Another Rock” by and taste. “Eventually, the artist sought figure might be imitated by children. nificant figures in the history of Arab acclaimed Swiss artists Peter Fischli and help of locals to complete his work,” said Abdessemed’s sculpture, which was also Muslims such as artists and scientists?” David Weiss will also be installed on a Al Marzouqi. THE PENINSULA displayed in Pompidou Centre in Paris, was reported to be permanently fixed on its present location as part of a series of public art displays under the QMA’s public art programme. “These idols should not be placed on the streets even for one day. The fact that they would be there permanently is alarming because they would be familiar to people who see them every day,” said another Twitter user. While some could not see the rationale in erecting the statues, others question the reason for particularly choosing the statues. “Why immortalise this headbutt scene? How about the best moments in the history of football?” one Twitter user questioned. “Zidane’s head butt is not something to be proud of but rather the worst act in the history of the sport because France lost Home OCTOBER 12, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY

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DOHA: A video showing sev- the footage, some even wondered it is criminal art,” he said. eral chickens on fire as they why anyone would hurt animals In a press preview, the cura- hang against a wall has led to by burning them live. tor of the exhibition, Pier Luigi shock in the Qatari commu- “It is a kind of ritual in some Tazzi, said that the purpose of the nity, and in the process stoked religions,” one commentator said ‘Printemps’ was to show violence a controversy. while trying to make some sense that has no rationale. The video is an artwork dis- out of the video. “This shows the kind of vio- played at the Arab Museum of Some people said that they vis- lence, which does not have any Modern Art (Mathaf) in an exhi- ited the exhibition only after they motivation. There is no reason for bition by Algerian-born French heard about the ‘cruel’ nature of why it is happening,” Tazzi said. artist Adel Abdessemed. some artworks, which according He said that the birds did not ‘Printemps’, which means to critics, may have served the die during the shooting of the ‘spring’ in French, is paradoxi- purpose of the exhibition. video. In fact, Abdessemed went cally the title of the artwork that “This is not about chicken through the ordeal himself first explores violence with live chick- burning but burning Islamic val- before he ‘applied’ the same to ens burning and screaming. ues,” wrote another commentator another living being. A scene from the controversial video. “What is happening in Qatar on a social networking site. “The artist experimented this now? Why are they provok- Columnist Faisal Al Marzouqi on himself first and then he did it ing people with such ruthless said that the authorities should on the chicken. The same gel that not repeat this work because it brutal way. There is no aesthetic L’âge d’Or (The Golden Age) shows?” one visitor of the exhibi- punish the artist instead of show- he put on the chicken, he put on was very violent. reason behind it. It’s not beauti- is on display at Mathaf until tion posted on Twitter. ing his work as art. himself,” Tazzi explained. “He (Abdessemed) wants peo- ful but you have to be confronted January 5. Confused by the brutality of “This is against Islamic values, He also said Abdessemed would ple to face violence, in a very with it.” The exhibition titled THE PENINSULA Qatar Foundation committed to sustainable development: Official DOHA: Qatar Foundation’s ongoing efforts to provide a sus- tainable future for younger gen- erations and the Foundation’s role in supporting the nation on its journey from a carbon- based economy to a knowledge- based economy was explained at Officers from the Coasts and Borders Security Department who have completed the training recently. the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum in Kyoto, Japan. Faisal M Alsuwaidi, President Borders Security officers of Research and Development at Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, joined prominent receive emergency training academics and researchers to dis- cuss the future of sustainability at DOHA: Around 50 officers job” training with the Ambulance to see the Coasts and Borders the forum. During a plenary session from the Coasts and Borders Service paramedics to see how Security Department’s commit- entitled ‘How do we move forward Faisal M Alsuwaidi, President of Research and Development at Qatar Security Department recently these skills are used in the field ment to help us extend that care to maintain sustainability for the completed the First Responder and in emergency situations. offshore.” future of humankind?’. Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, speaking training, which covered criti- Director of the HITC, Dr Brigadier Ali Ahmed Al Badeed, Alsuwaidi underlined Qatar at the STS forum in Kyoto, Japan. cal first aid techniques and was Khalid Abdulnoor Saifeldeen Director of Coasts and Borders Foundation’s ongoing efforts conducted by experts from the said the graduates are now Security said it was the third First to provide a sustainable future enhancing the well-being of its The tenth annual STS forum, Ambulance Service and the able to use their skills as “First Responder course to be held in for younger generations and people while making a world- held at the Kyoto International Hamad International Training Responders” in emergency situ- cooperation with HMC and HITC. explained the Foundation’s role wide impact. In order to main- Conference recently, aims to cre- Center (HITC). ations. “HITC and HMC are “Those officers who partici- in supporting the nation on its tain sustainable development for ate a global network while pro- The course included rescue first pleased to share our knowledge pated in this course and the two journey from a carbon-based humankind, strategic choices viding an open framework for aid, life support and cardiopulmo- and experience with our col- previous ones are now better able economy to a knowledge-based must be made that facilitate discussions related to the progress nary resuscitation (CPR) in addi- leagues from other organisations to classify and manage injuries economy. the pursuit of education and of science and technology, and the tion to theoretical lectures and who respond to emergency situa- offshore, while making sure the He said, “Ultimately, Qatar’s research, so that truly innova- ethical predicaments it can create practical demonstrations. tions,” he said. “We are committed patient reaches the shore safely,” cumulative research and devel- tive scientific and technological for the future of humankind. The unique training programme to providing the best patient care he said. opment efforts are aimed at developments can be achieved.” THE PENINSULA also included a week of “on the nationwide and I am delighted THE PENINSULA HBKU hosts annual Doha Counsellors Day DOHA: Hamad bin Khalifa University (HBKU)’s annual Doha Counsellors Day (DCD) attracted over 90 counselors from both Independent and pri- vate schools. DCD aims to pro- vide counselors and other school administrators in Qatar with in-depth information regard- ing the admissions process for FROM LEFT: Dr Ken MacLeod, President, CNA-Q; Irene O’Brien, Dean, School of Health Sciences; Gail HBKU partner universities, Gosse, Dean, School of Business Studies and Lonnie Croal, Coordinator, Security Academy. with a particular focus on how they can support students to be successful in preparing for CNA-Q launches 4 new courses the future. As HBKU seeks to raise awareness of the value of counseling, and more specifically DOHA: College of the North a certificate and diploma Hamad Medical Corporation’s university advising; the event Atlantic–Qatar (CNA-Q) option, with students complet- ambulance service. is also meant to be an impor- launched four new pro- ing the certificate in one year The Dental Hygiene program, tant networking opportunity for grams in the areas of and the diploma in two-years. the first of its kind in Qatar, counselors and admissions pro- Business Studies, Health Both programs arm graduates was instituted after local advi- fessionals to meet and share best Sciences and Security. The with problem-solving abilities, sory committees identified a practices. new diploma programs, in the ability to work in a team need for locally-trained Dental Dr Khalid Al Khanji, Vice Banking, Advanced Care environment and be able to Hygienists. Students in this President of Student Affairs at Paramedicine, Dental Hygiene work in today’s ever-changing program will complete a combi- HBKU said: “Today’s school coun- and Emergency Management, business environment. The nation of traditional classroom selors are vital members of the are a direct result of consul- programs are tailored to local education and hands-on clinical education sector and valuable tation with local government industry, with courses devel- training at CNA-Q’s own state- partners to university admission and industry in order to train oped to comply with the rules of-the-art dental clinic. teams, providing guidance to help graduates in careers that and regulations of both Qatari The Emergency Management students achieve academic success will be vital in the continued and international law. Diploma also will have two exit through their careful planning and growth of Qatar. The Advanced Care points, a certificate in emer- advanced knowledge of the univer- “The purpose of a commu- Paramedicine program was gency management after one sity admissions process.” nity college is to respond to developed to meet the profes- year of studies and a diploma The HBKU Student Affairs the needs of local students sional practice standards of in Emergency Management for team will also design and deliver and industry,” said Dr Ken the critical care practitioners those who graduate from the several workshops and programs MacLeod, President, CNA-Q. in Qatar. It also has two com- two year program and com- aimed for schools administrators, “Since 2002, CNA-Q has led pletion points, after 6 semesters plete all required professional counselors and principals. The the way with new and innova- graduates receive the Primary certifications. Graduates of goal of these workshops is to pro- tive programming designed to Care Paramedicine diploma, the diploma program will be vide counselors with information meet the needs of Qatar’s grow- making them eligible to be employed as vital partners in about HBKU partner universities ing economy. Our graduates are licensed as ambulance care par- local sectors including oil & in addition to tools to help them renowned across the State for amedicine. After 10 semesters, gas, petrochemical, transpor- better advise students applying to being able to move from the graduates receive the Advanced tation, health care, government these universities. The workshops classroom to the worksite with Care Paramedicine diploma agencies and with international will start this fall, and will run little transition.” making them eligible to work as humanitarian organisations. throughout the academic year. 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HE Nobel Peace Prize committee is known not only for picking the prize winners, but for creating surprise and shock. This year, the committee picked Tthe Hague-based Organisation for the Prohibition of Forty years after embargo, Chemical Weapons for the coveted award. Those who heard the Nobel committee official announce the award with grim seriousness must have experienced a sense of déjà vu and a feeling of letdown. US is energy giant What is the point of bestowing such a coveted prize BY ROBERT BRYCE on an international agency for a work it is supposed to be 1974, those imports jumped again by 85 Adding to the U.S.’s enviable energy doing, is doing well, and will anyway do well with or without million barrels. position is its shale gas boom. In 2012, the award? There is no doubt that the OPCW is doing an HE modern global energy market Since then, although oil remains a the country produced an average of immensely valuable and successful job and will continue bears scant resemblance to what critically important commodity, petro- almost 66 billion cubic feet of natural Texisted 40 years ago. Today’s mar- leum’s share of the global energy market gas per day — more than at any other to do so, irrespective of the prize, but the prize could have ket is far more diversified and resilient. has been in steady decline. In 1973, it time in its history. Prices have fallen been used to honour individual contributions. The Nobel Thanks to the shale gas revolution and accounted for 48 percent of all global (they’re now at about $3.64 per mil- committe chairman, Thorbjørn Jagland, said the prize soaring domestic oil and gas produc- energy use. Last year, its market share lion British thermal units) to the point recognises the organisation’s wider efforts, and is meant to tion, the U.S. has reduced the cost of fell to 33 percent. where the U.S. has a price advantage encourage other nations to sign up to the chemical weapons its energy and become a major exporter That slide has largely been caused by over every other country, with the pos- of refined products. Add in the politi- the increasing use of coal, natural gas sible exception of Qatar. Cheap gas prohibition treaty. There is no doubt that the prize will help cal and economic tumult within many and nuclear power. Over the past four is fueling a resurgence in U.S. manu- bring into international spotlight the great work of OPCW, OPEC member countries, and it’s clear decades, oil use has grown by 34 million facturing of everything from steel to but it will be naïve to believe that those haven’t signed up to that, by almost any measure, OPEC is barrels per day, or 61 percent — on its fertilizer. The surge in natural gas pro- the chemical weapons prohibition treaty will feel forced or far weaker and the U.S. is far stronger face, a healthy increase. At the same duction has occurred alongside a major obliged to fall in line after the announcement of the prize. than in 1973. time, coal use has soared by nearly 44 increase in oil output. Last year, U.S. The OPCW, which has 500 staff, Nevertheless, the U.S. continues to million barrels of oil equivalent per day, production rose by about 800,000 bar- mandate the use of corn ethanol — a or 140 percent. The next biggest gainer rels per day, the biggest annual increase is the 25th institution among the 94 farm subsidy that has been masquerad- has been natural gas, of which global since 1859. This year, it is expected to Why winners in the prize’s history, and ing as an energy consumption has increased by about 39 climb by another 600,000 barrels per reward an the second in succession after the program since the million barrels of oil equivalent per day, day. And that has helped spur a huge controversial choice of the EU in 2012. 1970s. And the or 184 percent. During that same period, increase in exports. Yes, exports. In July, international promoters of eth- nuclear energy saw huge percentage the U.S. exported an average of nearly When news of its win leaked there This diversification agency for was skepticism. Some experts in the anol still hype the growth, rising by 1,100 percent. In abso- 3.9 million barrels of refined products of the energy supposed danger lute terms, however, nuclear remains a per day, up from a paltry 211,000 barrels the work it is Middle East warned it was premature of “our depend- relatively small player, producing about per day in 1973. to honour the OPCW just a matter of market, along with ence on imported 11 million barrels of oil equivalent per At the same time, OPEC’s oil pro- supposed to weeks into its mission to assess and growing national oil.” Every admin- day, which is less than 5 percent of glo- duction has been languishing. Ongoing do? destroy Syria’s chemical weapons. strategic petroleum istration since bal energy demand. conflicts in Libya, Nigeria and Iraq have This year’s choice is as drab and President Richard This diversification of the energy reduced output. Iran remains ham- reserves, has Nixon’s has market, along with growing national strung by Western sanctions over its lackluster as last year’s. In 2012, the engaged in slo- strategic petroleum reserves, has made nuclear program. In Venezuela, where European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting made the global ganeering about the global economy more resilient to crime and inflation are soaring, oil pro- peace, democracy and human rights over six decades, economy more energy independ- sudden changes in oil prices. For its duction stands at its 1994 level, about 2.7 a morale boost for the bloc as it struggled to resolve its resilient to sudden ence — including part, the U.S. has also become more effi- million barrels per day. economic crisis. It’s true that the EU has transformed Barack Obama’s, cient in using petroleum. Back in 1973, Considered as a whole, OPEC mem- most of Europe from a continent of wars to a continent of changes in oil just this past it consumed about 17.3 million barrels of ber countries have a combined pop- August — despite oil per day, using it to generate almost ulation of some 429 million — about peace, and its exemplary efforts needed to be recognized, prices. increasing global 17 percent of its electricity. Today, that 115 million more than the U.S. — yet but without the award the European body would have interdependence. share is down to about 1 percent. their combined GDP is $3.3 trillion, a contributed as beautifully to the cause. In 2009, US Looking back, it’s obvious that the Americans are also getting more eco- fourth that of the U.S. OPEC’s per- President Barack Obama was awarded the prize for his OPEC embargo itself was largely a sym- nomic growth from each barrel of oil capita GDP is $7,800, which is about seminal contributions for peace, but he failed to live up bolic move. The main reason for gasoline they consume. In 1973, the U.S. popula- 62 percent of the world average and to the award. Especially on the issue of Palestine, Obama shortages in the wake of the embargo tion was 212 million; its gross domes- less than one-sixth that of the U.S., was not a lack of crude oil, but rather tic product was $5 trillion. Today, the which is nearly $50,000. OPEC-bashing was hamstrung by Israeli intransigence and couldn’t move federal price controls, Anas Alhajji population is about 316 million, and makes for good political sound bites. forward. of NGP Energy Capital Management GDP has grown to about $14 trillion. But the reality is that the U.S. does not Malala supporters were unhappy that she wasn’t awarded and other economists have concluded. (Both GDP figures are in 2005 dollars.) need to achieve energy independence. the prize. ‘Very disappointed Malala didn’t win the Nobel Indeed, America’s crude-oil imports In other words, the U.S. has increased It is becoming ever more interdepend- peace prize. Nobody in the world right now is a more in 1973 exceeded those in 1972 by 372 its population by half and nearly tripled ent in the global energy market. And million barrels, data from the Energy its economic output, while consuming that’s a good thing. powerfully eloquent advocate for peace,’ was one common Information Administration show. In only 7 percent more oil. WP-BLOOMBERG reaction in the social networking sites• The other side Quote of Janet Yellen as US Fed chief won’t make a difference the day

HE most powerful individual by the central bankers of the US’ ail- governor, Ben Bernanke, but she is It says something that no one is quite in the global economy is ing domestic economy. It helps that likely to roll out a more consistent and certain what her inheritance will be. set to be a female: Janet Yellen’s academic focus in life has predictable melody. She may end up managing the tail- I do not think that TYellen, the first chairperson- been unemployment. This will help mitigate the fallout of end of the tapering, the last vestiges more than 100 armed designate of the United States Federal Heretically for monetary policy- the slow drop in liquidity that everyone of the subprime financial crisis. She Reserve Bank. Though probably not makers, she has argued for a tol- expects to afflict the global economy could also end up crisis managing vehicles can seal off President Barack Obama’s first choice erance of inflation if it helps keep in the coming months. the blowout of a US sovereign debt the hotel district (in for the post, there is every reason to jobless rates down. The orthodoxy The best of all solutions would be default — a global upheaval that believe she reflects the same broad, surrounding quantitative easing is a for New Delhi to be in a position to would dwarf the 2008-09 crisis. Tripoli) to people easy-money viewpoint that Obama is mixed blessing for emerging econo- be unconcerned about what the US That would be the sort of test of without a command known to embrace. mies like India. central banker was thinking. That not merely Yellen, but the entire US Continuing to release billions of Yellen, by most accounts, will not would require India to get its own financial and political system, that will being given. This bears dollars into the world economy is still necessarily sing a different tune about economic house in order. Yellen will hopefully never come to pass. the hallmarks of an the consensus medicine prescribed monetary tapering than the present not officially take office until next year. The Hindustan Times attempted coup d’etat Ali Zeidan against legitimacy. Libyan Prime Minister OCTOBER 12, 2013 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Afghanistan: US patience growing thin Karzai views unilateral US talks with the Taliban as evidence of American roadblocks in the path of his negotiations with the militants.

BY KAREN DEYOUNG and Aimal Faizi said. In doing so, Faizi added, ERNESTO LONDONO the Americans foiled a months-long bid by the Afghan government to wean the uring a testy video confer- Taliban commander from the battlefield ence in June, President and use him to help launch substantive Barack Obama drew a line peace talks. Faizi called the Mehsud in the sand for Afghan seizure a major breach of sovereignty. President Hamid Karzai. If Although Karzai has not mentioned the Dthere was no agreement by October 31 case publicly, his private fury has been on the terms for keeping a residual US reflected in recent suggestions that military presence in Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan might forgo a bilateral pact. warned him, the US would withdraw all In a separate incident, Pakistan last of its troops at the end of 2014. month freed a top Afghan Taliban official, With that deadline less than three Abdul Ghani Baradar, whom Karzai sees weeks away and deep rifts persisting, the as a possible interlocutor for his peace White House appears increasingly willing efforts and whose release he had long to abandon plans for a long-term, costly demanded. This week, however, Pakistan partnership with Afghanistan. Despite again placed Baradar under house arrest the Pentagon’s pleas for patience, much in the port city of Karachi. Karzai imme- of the rest of the administration is fed diately suspected an American hand at US Army 101st Airborne Division and Jordanian soldiers make their way to a 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules cargo up with Karzai and sees Afghanistan as work; US officials said they feared that plane at Forward Operating Base Salerno, in Khost province. US troops continue to pull out of Afghanistan. a fading priority amid far more ominous Baradar would return to plotting attacks threats elsewhere in the world. against American forces in Afghanistan “October 31 is our goal,” a senior if he were left on the loose. west. Together, they would allow the are the depleted remnants of Al Qaeda. official said, have been asked to draw up administration official said. “The pres- Both the CIA and the Defence State Department to maintain a secure Afghanistan wants all intelligence shared. plans for what the US role in the country ident has been clear. There can be no Department declined to comment on diplomatic and development presence But the most serious dispute is over would look like without a BSA. For the reason” for failure “other than the fact either incident. Karzai has expressed outside of the protection of the US Karzai’s push for a pledge of US defence State Department, the absence of US, that the Afghans don’t want what we’re some legitimate concerns during the Embassy in Kabul. against any outside intervention. That, German or Italian troops would mean offering.” negotiations, such as those dealing with The international community has also US officials say, is code for protecting closing the US Consulate in Herat and Serious new irritants in the relation- civilian casualties in US air attacks, said pledged to spend at least $4bn a year Afghanistan against Pakistan. US refusal scrapping plans for diplomatic facilities ship have convinced Karzai that he was the senior administration official, one of after 2014 on equipping and otherwise to grant what it says would require a in Mazar-e Sharif and Kandahar. right to question American good faith several who spoke on the condition of assisting Afghan security forces, as well Senate-ratified treaty is seen by Karzai The official said the Pentagon has in year-old negotiations on a deal. The anonymity to discuss the state of nego- as an additional $4bn in economic and as proof of US-Pakistani collusion at his responded with plans for a 600-troop accord is considered critical for the inter- tiations. But “some of them are frankly development assistance. The bulk of the expense. presence, inside the embassy compound. national community to continue funding something between frustrating and offen- money would come from the US. Similarly, officials said, Karzai views A senior defence official disputed that the Afghan government and shoring up sive,” the official said. Most “unfathom- When negotiations began in November, unilateral US talks with the Taliban as account, saying that “we are only plan- its nascent security forces. Under the able,” he said, is Karzai’s long-standing success seemed a foregone conclusion. evidence of American roadblocks in the ning for options that assume the BSA is Bilateral Security Agreement, or BSA, belief that the US is colluding against him Unlike in Iraq, where last-minute fail- path of his own negotiations with the mil- done.” Former deputy assistant defence the US plans to leave a still-unspecified with Pakistan and the Taliban. ure to negotiate a continued US presence itants. The administration has insisted secretary David Sedney, who until May number of troops — between 5,000 and The official said that there would be no led to an abrupt and total withdrawal at that its primary goal is to facilitate oversaw Afghanistan policy, said there 10,000, most probably — in Afghanistan “magical event that occurs, that flips a the end of 2011, Afghanistan expressed a Afghan government peace negotiations. was deep concern in defence circles that to train and advise its security forces switch,” at the end of the month and that strong desire for the Americans to stay. This summer, the administration con- the administration has failed to pay after the final withdrawal of what are there was always a possibility that some And unlike Iraq, Afghanistan desperately sidered restarting low-level talks where enough attention to Afghanistan over now 52,000 combat and support troops. level of accord could still be concluded, needs the financial and security support. Taliban representatives remain in a lux- the past year amid a flurry of domestic Karzai was enraged several weeks ago, either with Karzai or with a new presi- The October deadline was also seen as ury hotel, about small-scale initiatives and overseas crises. Afghan officials said, when US forces for- dent to be elected in April. “But it does crucial to avoid letting the negotiations and the prisoners. But Defence Secretary “It appears our attention to cibly took custody of a senior Pakistani represent a point at which we would have become an issue in the Afghan election Chuck Hagel successfully argued in a Afghanistan is drifting, and if we don’t Taliban leader whom Afghan intelligence to reflect upon why it’s not done,” he said. campaign, which began last week. recent meeting with national security do something soon, it may drift too far was trying to recruit. Pending a US accord, other inter- Although much of the BSA is com- adviser Susan Rice and Secretary of to recover,” Sedney said. One official said In the previously unreported incident, national partners have said that they plete, the remaining issues of conten- State John Kerry that there should be no Obama and Rice appear only marginally US forces intercepted an Afghan govern- would also leave forces behind, includ- tion include US insistence on freedom such US-Taliban contact until the com- interested as attention has shifted to ment convoy and seized Latif Mehsud ing a German contingent in northern to conduct intelligence and counterter- pletion of the BSA. All US departments Syria and a growing Al Qaeda presence in Logar province, Karzai spokesman Afghanistan and Italian troops in the rorism operations against what it says with a presence in Afghanistan, one in Africa. WP-BLOOMBERG A no-fly zone of its own for Syrians Immigration bill is territory, can hit targets over virtually all of silly authoritarianism Assad appears to populated Syria. And Assad appears to have held at least one squadron of his best air-to- BY GARVAN WALSHE have held at least one air fighters in reserve, specifically to combat foreign intervention. Nearly three years into the civil war, Assad’s support the government, but this new immigration bill is just squadron of his best aircraft roam freely over Syria. Nato mis- another helping of the most absurd New Labour-style authori- siles and Turkish and Jordanian jets keep the tarianism. They turned employers into unpaid border agency staff, air-to-air fighters in Syrian warplanes from wandering over bor- Imaking them check everyone’s passports before giving them a job; ders, but the planes fly near the borders with this administration wants to do the same to landlords. impunity. It’s as though they didn’t know that it’s easy enough to pay for a reserve, specifically Colonel Zeyad Haaj Abayed had served for sublet in cash. As for the ban on driving licences: rare is the undocu- 29 years in the Syrian air force, flying jets and mented migrant who chooses to apply for official state documentation. to combat foreign helicopters. Like many other regime officers, In fact, any free country’s bound to enjoy considerable illegal immi- he defected to the rebel cause after the regime gration. Actually cracking down on renting property to them would attacked peaceful demonstrators in 2011. require a huge apparatus of desk-bound investigators scouring Gumtree intervention. Now a top commander in the rebel Free for every sublet, assisted by agents prowling the streets hoping to Syrian Army’s eastern command, Abayed puts overhear a conversation about a room somebody’s uncle has going. BY DAVID AXE his combat flying experience to work teaching It’s possible to get large institutions to deny the paperless salaried opposition fighters to target regime aircraft employment, but this won’t do for the informal sector. Is that kitchen or two years, the rebels in Al Qusair using heavy machine guns. porter or waiter “employed” or “self-employed”? What about a woman held out against the forces of Syrian Syrian President Bashar Al Assad The key, he tells them, is to shoot aircraft who buys seized contraband at police auctions and then sells it at the President Bashar Al Assad. Then in in the tail as they pull up and away after a market? A government that wanted to stamp this out would have to FApril the regime, supported by fresh bombing run. monitor almost every economic transaction. And were these measures fighters from the Lebanese militant group northern Iraq protected ethnic and religious Using that method, rebels have managed actually to succeed (there are for example supposed to be hundreds of Hezbollah, renewed its attack on the mountain minorities from dictator Saddam Hussein in to shoot down “a few” regime warplanes — thousands of Brazilians, the only ones in the world pretending to be town overlooking the Lebanon border. the 1990s and early 2000s. mostly helicopters, Abayed said in an inter- Portuguese, in London), it would take quite a bit of time to deport them But it wasn’t Hezbollah that made the dif- A Nato no-fly zone shielded civilians and view. Sitting in a dingy Free Syrian Army all. They would have to be transported to “detention facilities” before ference. It was the relentless bombardment rebels from Serbian forces in Kosovo in the headquarters in Bab Al Hawa, surrounded by being removed at vast expense. by Assad’s air force that shattered the rebel late 1990s. In 2011, Nato flew top-cover for his personal squad of young fighters, Abayed It’s no coincidence that these look like the measures of a police state. defences — killing 80 opposition fighters and Libyan rebels. seems to accept that the West will probably If they were fully enforced they would create an underclass of homeless sending the survivors into retreat. Assad’s But despite the pleas of Syria’s rebel lead- not be sending F-15s to clear the skies of and destitute beings cut off from the rest of society, excluded, like the jets and helicopters, unleashed against rebels ers, neither the US nor Nato has advocated a Assad’s planes. women in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale, even from having bank and civilians alike in mid-2012, have proved no-fly zone — for several reasons. For one, all His fighters could do the job themselves, accounts, denied medical care unless they paid a fee that they are not a decisive force in the now 30-month Syrian major no-fly zones have been legitimised by Abayed insisted. They just need “a small allowed to earn money to afford. civil war. resolutions by the United Nations Security number” of heat-seeking, shoulder-fired sur- The ministers charged with bringing in these policies can console Because of this aerial onslaught, the rebels Council. face-to-air missiles, like US-made Stingers their consciences with the fact that none of them will really be put in have begged the US and its allies in the North But Russia, a strong ally of Syria, holds veto or Russian SA-7s. The Stingers the CIA pro- place. They will, by and large, be evaded as landlords, business-owners American Treaty Organisation to enforce a power over UN Security Council resolutions. vided to the Mujahideen Islamic rebels in and, we must hope, doctors, look the other way. Their aim is purely no-fly zone over rebel-held areas concentrated American military leaders are not inclined to Afghanistan in the 1980s helped them shoot electoral, and derives from a strange obsession with a particular kind in Syria’s mountainous north. Barring that, support a unilateral US no-fly zone, in part down scores of aircraft belonging to the occu- of swing voter. opposition leaders have an alternative pro- due to the American aircrews’ elevated risk. pying Soviet forces. This kind of politics failed utterly. We’d tried it before of course, in posal: Washington and its allies supply rebel Though Libyan regime forces only put up Syrian rebels have gotten their hands on a 2001. It doesn’t work because even if those voters approve of its harsh- fighters with the weapons they need to defend minimal resistance, the Pentagon still lost few such missiles. At least two YouTube vid- ness, many more recoil from it. Like those egregious vans, our “control- a no-fly zone on their own. two warplanes enforcing the 2011 no-fly zone. eos show opposition fighters firing the guided led immigration” message has long been forgotten by the people it was But Washington says these weapons pose a Fortunately, one of the downed US aircraft projectiles at marauding regime aircraft. It’s meant to target, but remembered elsewhere where it’s seen as a clumsy security risk. So it remains unlikely that the was a drone helicopter; the two-man crew of unclear how or from whom the rebels acquired attempt at covert racism. Far more people are generous-minded and US will offer them to Syrian fighters. the other plane, an F-15, successfully ejected. the rockets. believe Britain should be an open, multi-ethnic country that thrives on No-fly zones, enforced by air-defence mis- Syria’s airspace would be far more dif- So Abayed probably can’t count on supplies its diversity. When Boris Johnson appealed to such a Britain, he won, siles and jet fighters, have developed into a ficult to control. Russian-made, long-range of missiles. And Syrian warplanes are likely twice, in an overwhelmingly Labour city against a popular mayor who favourite tool of international intervention. air-defence missiles with updated Chinese to continue their relentless bombardment. had personified London for 20 years. It’s time we learned his lesson. Twin US no-fly zones in southern and radar, situated deep within the Syria regime’s REUTERS THE GUARDIAN OCTOBER 12, 2013 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Bashir relatives Syria jihadists accused of war crimes rally for free Second team of chemical weapons experts arrives; Assad forces capture village near Aleppo speech in Sudan

DAMASCUS: Jihadist fighters second team of OPCW inspec- KHARTOUM: Two relatives were accused yesterday of war tors arrived to help supervise of Sudanese President Omar crimes over the killing of 190 the destruction of Syria’s chemi- Hassan Al Bashir led an anti- civilians from Syrian President cal arsenal under the terms of a government protest yesterday Bashar Al Assad’s Alawite UN resolution. calling for freedom of expres- minority, in the largest atrocity The United Nations and the sion and a transitional adminis- ever attributed to rebels. chemical weapons watchdog have tration, a reporter said. A Human Rights Watch now doubled to 60 the number of Al Tayeb Mustafa, Bashir’s (HRW) report on the killings of experts and support staff on the uncle, and Amin Banani, who is Alawite villagers said another 200 ground, a UN statement said. related to Bashir’s family by mar- people — the vast majority women The team “has made good riage, joined about 150 other peo- and children — were taken hos- progress in verifying the informa- ple in the rally at the gates of a tage in the rebel operations in tion submitted” by the Syrian gov- central Khartoum mosque. August. ernment and inspected three sites “We want freedom of expres- The report, which urged an in its first 10 days of operations. sion... and freedom of peaceful arms embargo on groups sus- It has also overseen the demonstration,” said a memo- pected of war crimes or crimes destruction by Syria of some randum to the president read out against humanity, said at least 67 munitions and chemical weapons by Banani, a former minister in people were “executed or unlaw- production equipment, the state- Bashir’s government. fully killed.” ment said, as the conflict which Banani now heads a small fac- HRW said the killings began on has cost more than 115,000 lives tion of the opposition Justice August 4, the first day of the Eid neared its 31st month. Party. Al Fitr holiday ending the Muslim In fierce fighting yesterday, Mustafa is chief of the extrem- fasting month of Ramadan, in Syrian forces captured a village ist Just Peace Forum party and villages in Latakia province, a southeast of Aleppo as they closed runs Al Intibaha, Sudan’s most New recruits perform during their graduation ceremony after Free Syrian Army military training in eastern Al Ghouta, stronghold of Alawites, whose in on a major rebel stronghold popular newspaper. After the faith is an offshoot of Shia Islam. near Damascus. The newly graduated fighters will operate under the Abu Mussa Al Ashaari brigade. nearby, according to the Syrian newspaper criticised a govern- “These abuses were not the Observatory for Human Rights. ment decision to slash fuel sub- actions of rogue fighters,” said Front, Jaish Al Muhajireen Wal They had also abducted and International Criminal Court. The Britain-based monitor- sidies, state security agents in HRW’s Joe Stork. “This opera- Ansar and Suqur Al Ezz. killed the area’s Alawite religious The opposition National ing group said the fighting took September ordered Al Intibaha tion was a coordinated, planned HRW said that, in some cases, leader, it said, quoting Al Nusra Coalition expressed “deep con- place near a large military facil- to stop publishing. attack on the civilian population.” fighters from the Sunni Muslim- as saying he had been executed cern” about the reported atroc- ity where the government stores The government’s September The 105-page report, based led opposition executed or gunned because he supported the regime. ity and distanced itself from those chemical weapons east of the city, 23 cut in subsidies sent thousands on interviews with 35 survivors, down entire families, or killed the HRW said the ISIL and Jaish responsible. which is split between govern- of people onto the streets to pro- emergency personnel and fight- elderly or infirm who had been Al Muhajireen Wal Ansar were “The incident reported by ment and rebel forces. test as petrol prices rose more ers on both sides, said at least 20 left behind by those who fled. still holding 200 hostages, mostly HRW in today’s report does not In other clashes, Syrian sol- than 60 percent. groups were involved, but that It also said “some of the opposi- women and children. represent an effort by the true diers backed by the Lebanese Shia The demonstrations and their five “are responsible for specific tion atrocities... had clear sectar- “We have documented abuses Syrian opposition, but rather a militia Hezbollah recaptured two Arab Spring-inspired calls for the incidents that amount to war ian motivation”. by opposition forces before, shameful one-time attack by out- localities in the southern suburbs downfall of the regime were the crimes.” In one village, it said fighters but never on this scale,” HRW lier extremist groups that thrive of Damascus close to the Shia worst urban unrest of Bashir’s It named them as Ahrar Al intentionally damaged an Alawite researcher Lama Fakih said, under the hand of the Assad holy shrine of Sayyeda Zeinab, 24-year rule. Sham, Islamic State of Iraq and maqam, a site where a religious adding “violators on all sides” regime,” a statement said. the Observatory said. “We call for a government the Levant (ISIL), Al Nusra figure is buried. should be referred to the In Damascus meanwhile, a AFP representing all Sudanese,” said a sign carried by the protesters outside the mosque. Police surrounded the group, preventing it from marching, but the protesters later dispersed without incident. Their memorandum called for Pilgrims pour into Makkah before Haj the dissolution of the govern- ment, which took power in a 1989 MAKKAH: Hundreds of thousands of performed Friday prayers at the Grand emissions, some pilgrims and security official permits were turned back. This year, Islamist-backed coup. It pro- Muslims have poured into the holy city Mosque as the cleric who officiated called men wore face masks and also covered security patrols are deployed in remote and posed that the country be run by of Makkah for the annual Haj pilgrimage for a peaceful and quiet Haj. their heads to protect themselves from the deserted roads to block illegal pilgrims. a “national presidential council” of as Saudi Arabia issued a stern warning Sheikh Saleh bin Mohammed Al Taleb scorching heat. The pilgrimage starts tomorrow and ends prominent figures for 18 months against politicising the world’s largest also called on Muslims to unite and end Officials said around 1.4 million pil- on October 18. until elections are held, and said all annual gathering. disputes. grims have already arrived from abroad, Monday marks the most important day, political parties should participate People dressed in ihram, a two-piece Authorities stepped up preparations as with expectations of around two million when everyone assembles at Mount Arafat, in drafting a new constitution. seamless garment of white cloth, filled the police closed most entrances to the Grand pilgrims this year. That is sharply down just outside Makkah, for the peak of the Haj. The memo was signed by 15 area around the Grand Mosque, Islam’s Mosque to vehicles, turning traffic in from last year’s 3.2 million, due to forced The kingdom has mobilised 95,000 mem- small opposition parties. holiest place of worship, which houses the the area around the site into a menacing cuts as a result of expansion work and the bers of the security forces, in addition to Bashir is also facing discon- cube-shaped Kaaba and is witnessing mas- experience. scare from MERS, short for Middle East troops supporting the defence ministry, the tent over the subsidies decision sive construction work. Due to the scare from the MERS corona- Respiratory Syndrome. national guard and intelligence, according from within his ruling National Just two days before the official start virus, which has already killed 51 in Saudi Road blocks were set up on all roads lead- to the interior minister. Congress Party. of the Haj, around one million faithful Arabia, and high pollution from vehicles ing to Makkah and people who did not carry AFP AFP

Suspended sentence for Israeli settler bludgeoned to death BROSH: Suspected Palestinian had suffered minor injuries. and, hours after the killing, secu- film-maker militants bludgeoned to death They also said the killing rity forces were still sweeping a settler yesterday in the third was “definitely” the work of the rocky surroundings for the TUNIS: A Tunisian killing of Israelis in the West Palestinian militants, but an perpetrators. film-maker who threw an Bank in as many weeks, police army spokeswoman said it was Police said later that a number egg at a minister received said, prompting calls to suspend still too early to say what the of people had been detained for a suspended five-month peace talks. motive was. questioning, although they were sentence yesterday while The wife of the murdered man, Public radio said the couple had not necessarily murder suspects. charges were dropped a retired army colonel, was injured been in their home at about 1am Army radio said five Palestinians against the videographer in the night-time attack on their when they heard a noise outside were being interrogated. who filmed the incident, home at the settlement of Brosh in and dogs barking. “No one will rest until the their lawyer said. the northern Jordan Valley. Ofer went outside to investigate murderers are brought to jus- “Nasreddine Shili was The attack was followed by and was attacked with iron bars tice,” Israeli President Shimon sentenced to five months calls from right-wing Israeli MPs and axes by two Palestinians, the Peres said in a statement. in prison, suspended, for the suspension of low-profile station said. His wife Monique Palestinian negotiator Nabil while the charges against peace talks between the two sides was also injured but escaped and Shaath yesterday slammed what Mourad Mehrezi were and of the expected release of raised the alarm. he called Israel’s unwillingness to dismissed,” their lawyer more Palestinian prisoners. The radio station said the cou- coordinate on security. “Under Koutheir Bouallegue said. Army radio named the dead ple lived alone at the isolated our (security) agreement, the The egg attack on man as Sarya Ofer, a former com- property, which they ran as a vil- Israelis should have come to us Culture Minister Mehdi mander of Israeli troops in the lage guest house. There were no immediately asking for security Mabrouk took place at a Gaza Strip and of various special visitors at the time of the attack. coordination” following the latest memorial ceremony on forces units. The army said roadblocks were violent incidents, he said. August 16 to mark 40 days Police said Ofer’s wife set up in the area of the attack AFP since the death of a fellow artist and was filmed by Mehrezi, who works for Astrolab TV. Four injured in Abducted Libya PM slams ‘coup’ bid Yemen attack BENGHAZI: Prime Minister the hotel with a fake arrest war- democratic means, they resorted Ali Zeidan said yesterday his rant allegedly issued by the pros- to the use of force.” ADEN: A suspected hours-long kidnapping was a ecutor general. Zeidan said his political detrac- Al Qaeda militant blew coup attempt, as a car bombing Zeidan said “a political party” tors had blocked legislation on a himself up yesterday in a outside Sweden’s consulate in was behind what he termed the national budget and efforts to market in Lahj province second city Benghazi underlined “criminal and terrorist act.” He establish a new army with the aim in south Yemen, killing Libya’s increasing lawlessness. appeared to be referring to the of “pushing the country towards himself and wounding “I do not think that more than Justice and Construction Party, chaos.” four people, a security 100 armed vehicles can seal off the the political wing of Libya’s A car bomb set off a loud explo- official said. hotel district (in Tripoli) to people Muslim Brotherhood and other sion yesterday in front of the In southeastern without a command being given,” Islamist blocs. Swedish consulate in the eastern Hadramout province, uni- he said in a televised address. The prime minister, regarded city of Benghazi, causing seri- dentified gunmen shot dead “This bears the hallmarks of as a liberal, said the unnamed ous damage but no casualties, a security officer yesterday, an attempted coup d’etat against party had tried but failed earlier Colonel Abdullah Zaidi said. The the official said, adding that legitimacy,” said Zeidan, who was in the week to garner enough Swedish mission is one of the few a day earlier an intelligence abducted on Thursday from the votes in the National General remaining diplomatic offices in officer was killed by gun- Corinthia hotel, where he had Congress, Libya’s highest political Benghazi, which was the cradle of men in Al Mukallah, capi- been living for several months for authority, to have him dismissed. the uprising but now frequently tal of the province. security reasons. “When they failed to bring sees attacks on security forces. AFP The assailants had presented down the government through AFP OCTOBER 12, 2013 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY Chemical arms watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize UN-backed OPCW has destroyed 57,000 tonnes of chemical weapons

OSLO: The watchdog now “Certain states have not observed non-proliferation agreements one of the OPCW inspectors cur- overseeing the destruction of the deadline,” the jury said. “This in history,” said Karl Dewey, rently in Damascus. Syria’s chemical arsenal won applies especially to the USA and a London-based expert with “I guess it’s a time for cel- the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday Russia.” defence consultancy IHS Jane’s. ebration but he’s in Damascus for its efforts to rid the world of OPCW head Ahmet Uzumcu “It has near-universal cover- so it’s not easy to celebrate,” she the devastating weapons. told reporters in The Hague, the age and the OPCW, the body that said in The Hague, asking not to In a surprise choice, the seat of the organisation, that the oversees compliance, has helped be named. The OPCW said on Nobel committee honoured the prize could help boost his group’s shape the international norms on Tuesday it was sending a second UN-backed Organisation for the efforts. the non-use of chemical weap- wave of inspectors to bolster the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons “I hope this prize will give new ons,” he said. Swedish chemical disarmament mission in the war- (OPCW) for “its extensive efforts” impetus in the future,” he said. weapons expert Aake Sellstroem, ravaged nation. in banishing the scourge of chemi- “Syria remains a great challenge head of UN weapons inspections Since the OPCW came into cal arms. to the organisation.” in Syria, welcomed the attention existence 16 years ago, it has “Recent events in Syria, where The OPCW was not consid- given to chemical weapons with destroyed 57,000 tonnes of chemical weapons have again ered among the front-runners the Nobel Prize. chemical weapons, the majority been put to use, have underlined for the prize until the eve of the “Later on, once we have got of them leftovers from the Cold the need to enhance the efforts announcement. Teenage Pakistani rid of all chemical weapons, it’s War between the United States to do away with such weapons,” education activist Malala time to tackle nuclear weapons,” and Russia. the Norwegian jury said in its Yousafzai and Congolese doctor he told Swedish news agency TT. “It’s the slow steady laying statement. Denis Mukwege had been among Until recently operating in down of bricks over the weeks, A team of around 30 OPCW the favourites for this year’s prize. relative obscurity, the OPCW months and years, people sit- arms experts and UN logistics This marks the second con- has suddenly been catapulted into ting in control rooms watching and security personnel are on secutive year an organisation the global spotlight because of its this stuff going into the chutes,” the ground in Syria and have has won the prestigious award. work supervising the dismantling OPCW spokesman Michael started to destroy weapons Last year’s award went to the of Syria’s chemical arsenal and Luhan said recently. production facilities. The jury European Union. facilities. To date, the OPCW has 189 directly criticised the United The OPCW was founded in This has to be completed by members representing more than States and Russia for failing to 1997 to implement the Chemical mid-2014 under the terms of a 98 percent of the world popula- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director- destroy their chemical weapons Weapons Convention signed on UN Security Council resolution. tion, with Syria due to become a General Ahmet Uzumcu speaks during a press conference in The Hague, by April 2012, as required by the January 13, 1993. The convention “I’m proud of him and the full-fledged member of the con- The Netherlands, yesterday. Chemical Weapons Convention. is “one of the most successful organisation,” said the wife of vention on Monday. AFP

UK parties agree to new press Dozens dead as migrant Community service awaits Berlusconi boat sinks off Sicily ROME: Italy’s former prime min- declared residence, will decide what them. “The person requesting com- guidelines ister Silvio Berlusconi has asked form the service will take, a source munity service usually names several PALERMO, ITALY: Dozens of people including to serve his 12-month sentence for close to his legal defence said on con- organisations so as to avoid finding LONDON: Britain’s three main women and children died yesterday when a boat tax fraud in the form of community dition of anonymity. themselves cleaning toilets in the rail- political parties reached agree- carrying around 250 migrants capsized and spilled service, his lawyers said yesterday, Berlusconi, who has always sworn way station,” the legal source said. ment yesterday on a new set of them into the sea between Sicily and Tunisia, the as Italians speculate with delight as his innocence in the case, had initially A charity that helps former rules to govern the country’s second such tragedy in a little over a week, the to what his punishment could be. rejected doing community service drug addicts, the Italian Centre for newspapers following months Italian coastguard said. The Italian news agency The supreme court on August 1 “like a common criminal”. Solidarity, or CEIS, in the capital of haggling over how the often Ansa reported that around 50 corpses had so far turned down Berlusconi’s second and But experts say the option he judged is seen as the most likely choice for raucous industry should be been sighted, including around 10 children, follow- final appeal in the tax fraud case, humiliating is that which would give Berlusconi. Cesare Previti, a friend of policed. ing the accident about 60 miles south of the island handing him his first ever definitive the Cavaliere the most freedom since Berlusconi’s and former defence min- Prime Minister David Cameron of Lampedusa. conviction in a long history of legal under the rules of house arrest in ister in one of the three-time prime had struggled to find a compro- At least 339 people drowned on October 3 when woes. A four-year prison sentence Italy, a criminal has to make a specific minister’s governments, did his com- mise between those demanding a boat carrying Eritrean and Somali migrants sank handed to the former premier was request for every movement outside. munity service at the centre when he tougher regulation of newspapers, near the tiny southern Italian island of Lampedusa, commuted to one year because of an All eyes are now on exactly how was convicted of corruption. and angry newspaper barons and southwest of Sicily. The Maltese navy said one of its amnesty in place. Berlusconi will get his hands dirty Some media have also floated the senior colleagues who argued that ships had rescued 150 migrants and that an Italian And, because of his age, the 77-year- in the community. The flamboyant idea of Italy’s ex-leader working for an the freedom of the press was in navy vessel had saved 56. The most seriously injured old does not have to go to prison and tycoon could find himself working in organisation that campaigns against jeopardy. were being taken by helicopter to Lampedusa. instead had the choice of asking for an old people’s home, stacking shelves the death penalty around the world. Last November, senior judge Maltese authorities were coordinating the rescue either house arrest or community in a supermarket or cleaning up graf- That group is linked to the Radical Brian Leveson concluded a year- operation, which was in international waters but in service, which would afford him fiti. This is seen as unlikely though, Party, which is calling for an over- long public inquiry into press a Maltese rescue zone, and a Maltese ship was on the greater freedom of movement. in part because as a former head of haul of Italy’s justice system — a sub- ethics with his 1,987-page report scene. According to the UN High Commissioner for Procedural delays mean that the government Berlusconi travels with ject very close to Berlusconi’s heart. denouncing certain newspaper Refugees, 32,000 have arrived in southern Italy and billionaire magnate’s punishment is a contingent of bodyguards. Community service has the added tactics and calling for an indus- Malta this year alone, around two thirds of whom not likely to be meted out before next Charities around Italy — from a incentive of rewards for good behav- try watchdog, enshrined in law, have filed requests for asylum. REUTERS year. clown-therapy workshop to a dog iour. If Berlusconi impresses, his sen- to regulate journalists’ behaviour. If his request is accepted, a court in pound — have jokingly requested tence can further be commuted to Rome, where Berlusconi has officially Berlusconi come and do his stint with nine months. AFP Vatican withdraws misspelled medals Workers’ protest

ROME: The Vatican has with- drawn thousands of official papal medals from sale after discovering they had misspelled Jesus’ name. A Latin inscription around the edge of the medals to mark the first year of Pope Francis’ pontificate referred to “Lesus”. The medals, pro- duced in gold, silver and bronze by the Italian State Mint, went on sale in official Vatican stores on October 8 but were with- drawn two days later after the error was noticed, the Vatican Publishing House said. Before they were withdrawn, four peo- ple purchased medals displaying the error, which could fetch high prices on rare coin markets, Italian media reported. Workers of Paris’ palace “Le Lutetia” demonstrate yesterday, a day after the announcement of a three years closure of the hotel for renovation. Brazil gang runs $60m crime trade Senate Republicans call Obama SAO PAULO: Brazil’s powerful PCC prison gang runs a nation- wide criminal business worth $60m a year with operations meeting constructive, but no deal extending into neighboring Bolivia and Paraguay, according WASHINGTON: US a short-term extension of the Republicans appeared on to an official report disclosed Senate Republicans described debt limit. morning television shows to yesterday. their White House meeting After the first signs on express optimism now that The so-called First Command of with President Barack Obama Thursday of movement in the talks have started with the the Capital, whose leaders oper- yesterday as respectful and standoff, both sides worked White House. ate from jails in Sao Paulo state, constructive, but they said no furiously to find enough agree- California Republican is present in 22 of the coun- deal was reached to raise the ment to get federal workers Representative Howard try’s 26 states as well as in the debt limit or end a govern- back on the job and extend McKeon, chairman of the House Federal District (Brasilia). It is ment shutdown. the government’s borrowing Armed Services Committee, regarded as one of the country’s “There was talks about eve- authority past the October 17 said the White House and top crime syndicates. The daily rything,” said Senator Dan limit. Republicans agreed to focus on Estado de Sao Paulo, citing a Coats of Indiana. “That was Republicans have dangled moving forward. report drawn up by Sao Paulo constructive. But there was the possibility of a quick reo- “There’s no sense dwelling state prosecutors, said the PCC no resolution” of differences pening of government if there on the past. Mistakes have was a huge organization with over raising the debt limit and was a commitment by Obama been made. But at least now various divisions to coordinate ending the 11-day shutdown. to broader deficit reduction we’re talking, and it’s time to the drug trade, commit crimes, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah steps. Obama had asked for a move forward. It’s best for the provide legal defence to its mem- said Obama expressed con- short-term debt limit increase American people,” McKeon said bers and manage its finances. cerns about the duration of a with no conditions attached. on MSNBC. AGENCIES House Republican proposal for A handful of House REUTERS OCTOBER 12, 2013 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Asia Japan hospital fire kills 10, injures five Victims were exposed to smoke as fire doors were open

TOKYO: A fire that ripped of 10 people -- eight in-patients conference. “We received news of through a hospital in Japan as and two hospital workers,” said a the fire at a very late stage, and patients slept killed 10 elderly local police spokesman. The two there had been no attempt (by people yesterday and prompted hospital workers were a former staff) to tackle the fire in its early government demands for safety hospital director and his wife, stages,” he said. reviews across the country. police later said. “Patients on the second and The blaze, which broke out in All of those who died were third floors were exposed to a lot the middle of the night, left a fur- between the ages of 70 and 89, of smoke because fire doors that ther five people injured, police said, police said. The fire raged for would have stemmed the flow had with the fire and disaster manage- around two hours, having started been left open,” he said, referring Firefighters carrying out rescue operations at the hospital in Fukuoka, southern Japan, yesterday. ment agency saying four of them at 2:20am at the four-storey build- to the first and second floors in were in a serious condition. ing, which opened as an orthopae- British English. Video footage aired on public dic hospital in 1970. “We will start an investigation” the hospital rushed out and asked administrative guidance to fire belching flames and smoke when broadcaster NHK showed fire- The hospital has 19 beds, with into the cause of the fire, the offi- a taxi driver to make an emer- headquarters nationwide that fire engines arrived. fighters surrounding the hospi- suites for orthopaedics, rheuma- cial said. gency call,” he added. officials check hospitals to ensure Private broadcaster TV Asahi tal in the city of Fukuoka, in the tism and rehabilitation. Hospital Another fire station official said Local media reported the fire medical organisations are pre- said around 20 fire trucks had southwest, as smoke poured from staff lived on the top floor, a local that the fire appeared to have may have started at a treatment pared for nighttime fires. attended the blaze. the front entrance of the partially fire station official said. begun somewhere on the ground room which had a laser device and It also sent seven officials to the Latest television footage showed gutted building. Dark streaks of “We did our best in fire fighting floor, but he did not know the spe- thermal therapy equipment that scene to probe the cause of the dozens of police and fire depart- soot were smeared across the sec- to save lives... but it was a diffi- cific place or cause of the fire. used a water boiler. Hours after disaster, an agency spokesman ment officials conducting on-site ond floor windows. cult situation,” a fire station offi- “We first received the report of the tragedy, Japan’s fire and dis- said. NHK quoted a firefighter as investigations. “We have confirmed the deaths cial told a hastily arranged press a fire after a nurse who was inside aster management agency issued saying the building was already AFP China on alert for typhoon Park pushes for Jakarta free trade China slams Spain over BEIJING: A yellow alert has JAKARTA: South Korean and comprehensive economic partner- leaders preached free trade to been issued ahead of Typhoon Indonesian businesses inked ship agreement (CEPA), which is buoy the global economy. Korea is lawsuit against Jintao Nari, the National Marine more than $4bn in trade deals currently under negotiation and one of many nations looking to tap Environmental Forecasting yesterday as Korean President will break down trade barriers, into Indonesia’s booming economy BEIJING: China yesterday Spanish court agreed to hear a Centre said yesterday. Nari, Park Geun-Hye lobbied to would be finalised at the earliest -- it is already Indonesia’s third- criticised a lawsuit in Spain lawsuit against Hu as part of an which will be the 25th typhoon fast track a free-trade agree- possible date. biggest investor and fourth-largest against former Chinese presi- investigation into whether he car- to hit China this year, is ment with Southeast Asia’s top “This pact will contribute trade partner this year, accord- dent Hu Jintao over allegations ried out genocide in Tibet in the expected in the middle and economy. greatly to expanding trade volume ing to the Indonesian Chamber of of human rights abuses in Tibet. 1980s and 1990s. The court decided eastern parts of the South Indonesia and Korea have between the two countries,” Park Commerce. “Tibet is an inseparable part of to hear the complaint after accept- China Sea by noon today, agreed to more than treble trade said of the agreement, which has Park told local media that she China,” foreign ministry spokes- ing an appeal against a decision by the centre said. Waves of up from $29.6bn in 2012, and both gone through five rounds of nego- hoped to boost defence ties with woman Hua Chunying said at Judge Ismael Moreno, who in June to six-metre are expected governments have expressed hope tiations since talks began last year. Indonesia, having clinched a $1.1bn a regular briefing, adding the had rejected it, according to a judi- in the southern part of the of finalising a free-trade agree- Among the deals signed, worth deal in late 2011 to build two region’s affairs are a Chinese cial decree published Thursday. East China Sea, the Taiwan ment by year-end. $4.14bn collectively, was a $3bn submarines for the country and “domestic” matter. The lawsuit, which was filed Strait and the northeastern “We need a firm institutional investment into a railway to transfer technology so Indonesia “We are firmly opposed to any by the Tibet Support Committee, part of the South China Sea. framework if South Korea and transport coal and $600m into a could build a third. country or any individuals’ inter- targeted seven past Chinese lead- The centre said Huangyan Indonesia are to achieve the goal of power plant. Park’s push for the Park is scheduled to meet ference in China’s domestic affairs ers, among them former president Island, in the mid-east region expanding trade volume to $100bn agreement comes on the back with Indonesian President Susilo under the pretext of the Tibet- Jiang Zemin and former prime of the South China Sea, will by 2020,” Park said. of the Asia-Pacific Economic Bambang Yudhoyono today. related issue,” she said. minister Li Peng. be heavily affected and asked Park said she hoped the Cooperation summit, where AFP Hua’s comments came after a AFP China Coast Guard vessels patrolling around the island to take precautions. The cen- tre also warned fishing boats not to sail in severe weather Australia boat conditions in the South China N Korea warns of counter-attack on US warship Sea and the Beibuwan Gulf off south China’s Guangxi arrivals slow as SEOUL: North Korea yester- Peaceful Reunification of Korea improve readiness for humanitar- powerful to date -- sent tensions Zhuang Autonomous Region. day threatened to “bury in the said in a statement. ian disasters. soaring, the temperature has been China has a four-tier colour- smugglers held sea” a US aircraft carrier, as it If the three countries launch “a Seoul and Washington last week lowered in recent months after a coded weather warning sys- slammed a three-nation naval nuclear war while talking about agreed a joint strategy to address series of conciliatory gestures by tem, with red representing SYDNEY: Australia said yes- drill involving US, South Korean ‘sign’ and ‘preemptive attack’ what they described as the mount- Pyongyang towards Seoul. the most severe weather, fol- terday just one asylum-seeker and Japanese warships. despite repeated warnings of ing threat of a North Korean But acute concerns remain over lowed by orange, yellow and boat has been intercepted over The latest warning from the (North Korea), its revolutionary nuclear attack after Pyongyang the North’s nuclear programme, blue. the past week, marking a sharp isolated regime came a day after armed forces will immediately restarted an ageing plutonium with South Korea’s spy agency reduction under the govern- the United States launched a two- mount counter-attack to bury the reactor. Analysts have attrib- telling lawmakers on Tuesday that Malaysia model ment’s hardline policy, while day joint military drill with South aggressors, provocateurs in the sea uted the regime’s recent bellicose Pyongyang has restarted its ageing eight alleged people-smugglers Korea and Japan off the southern together with the carrier,” it said. rhetoric to its desire to attract the Yongbyon reactor. for world: Kerry were arrested in Indonesia. coast of the Korean peninsula. North Korea has repeatedly United States’ attention and draw Nuclear plants in North Korea Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s The drill involved the nuclear- condemned joint military drills it back into dialogue. have caused international concern KUALA LUMPUR: US vow to “Stop the Boats” was a powered aircraft carrier USS south of the border and threat- The United States and South since the 1950s as they are capable Secretary of State John centrepiece of his recent elec- George Washington, guided-mis- ened counter-attacks that have Korea have long demanded that of assisting in the development of Kerry lauded Malaysia yes- tion campaign and Immigration sile ships, anti-submarine helicop- not materialised. Pyongyang show commitment to nuclear arms. terday as a modern, innova- Minister Scott Morrison said ters and early warning aircraft. On Tuesday North Korea ending its nuclear weapons pro- Following North Korea, with- tive and multi-faith model for the policies were working. Under “The war drills show that the warned the United States of a gramme before six-nation talks drawal from the Nuclear Non- the world, heaping praise on Operation Sovereign Borders, US-Japan-South Korea tripartite “horrible disaster” over the latest on disarmament, which have been Proliferation Treaty in 2003, a country the US regards as a 215 people had been intercepted military alliance has developed drill and put its troops on alert. stalled since December 2008, can it was subject to series of sanc- valuable Muslim ally. On the in the last three weeks, signifi- into the nuclear war alliance and US and South Korean offi- resume. tions against by the UN Security final day of a curtailed Asian cantly down on the thousands has become operational in actual- cials have described the drill as Although the North’s atomic Council tour in which he has filled in who were routinely arriving each ity,” the North’s Committee for the a search and rescue exercise to test in February -- its most AFP for President Barack Obama, month earlier this year. Kerry said Malaysia’s young “The experience of people people were an inspiration confronting our policies and our Li meets Shinawatra for the Arab Spring. “Here resolve is what makes the differ- in Malaysia, people of differ- ence,” Morrison said in a weekly ent heritages have been in briefing. China detains activist conversation for a long time,” The policies include turning he told young entrepreneurs back people-smuggling boats in capital Kuala Lumpur. to Indonesia and plans to pre- He cited the symbolism of emptively buy up rickety fishing amid rights crackdown Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas vessels and pay villagers for intel- Towers, the world’s tallest ligence. The government has also BEIJING: China has detained had appealed to authorities in twin skyscrapers, having maintained the policies of the old a prominent rights activist for Guangdong province to gain blended modern engineering, Labor administration in which all more than two months without access to their client five times traditional Muslim design, asylum-seekers arriving by boat formally charging him, his law- without success. Malaysian vision, a US archi- are sent to Papua New Guinea or yer said yesterday, the latest “This case is politicised,” Lin tect and Asian builders. Nauru in the Pacific for process- case in a crackdown on free- said. “Of course he’s a famous ing and resettlement. dom of assembly. democracy and human rights Army chief Morrison refused to say if any The length of Guo Feixiong’s activist, so political persecution boats had been towed back to detention exceeds the 37-day is something he can’t escape. replaced Indonesia, their usual point of limit allowed for holding an indi- “Disrupting the public order departure. “The practice in these vidual without a formal arrest is a very ordinary charge and it SEOUL: North Korean briefings is not to comment on and charge under Chinese law. should not present a problem state media confirmed that operations that might jeopardise Guo, a longtime advocate for for him to see his lawyers. We’re the nation’s hawkish, ageing current or future operations, so democracy and human rights concerned this means that he’s army chief has been replaced I won’t be commenting on those based in the southern city of come to some harm.” in a reshuffle observers say matters,” he said. Guangzhou, has also been denied Guangdong police could not be sought to tighten leader Kim The government has come access to legal counsel and any reached for comment. Jong-Un’s grip over the mili- under fire for not providing the contact with his family mem- Guo’s case is the latest involv- tary. Rumours had circulated public with more timely details bers, said Lin Qilei, one of Guo’s ing more than a dozen rights in August that Kim Kyok- on boat arrivals or tow backs, but lawyers. activists detained or formally Sik, 75, had been replaced Abbott denied trying to prevent Guo was detained for dis- arrested on charges of disrupt- as chief of the army’s gen- any bad publicity. Indonesian rupting order in a public space ing order in a public place. Rights eral staff by Ri Yong-Gil. Ri, police were also seeking an arrest on August 8, Lin said. But he groups say the charge is tanta- believed to be in his 60s, had warrant for a suspected people- Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (right) and China’s Premier said authorities had provided mount to punishment for form- been previously mentioned smuggling kingpin, he added, Li Keqiang meet at the government house in Bangkok yesterday. Li is in no details of any event or crime ing organisations that criticise as head of the army’s general without going into further details. linked to his client on that day. government policies. staff operations. AGENCIES Thailand on an official visit until tomorrow. AFP He said he and a colleague REUTERS OCTOBER 12, 2013 Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY

EU, Swiss aid US backing on maritime dispute to help OFWs save money China angered over Philippines’ arbitration case with UN on South China Sea MANILA: The European Union said on Thursday it BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: the Philippines and Vietnam. would help fund a project to US Secretary of State John The last four are members of encourage families of millions Kerry gave tacit backing to the the 10-member Association of of overseas Filipino workers Philippines’ stance in a tense Southeast Asian Nations. (OFWs) to save money and maritime dispute with China on The row is one of the region’s use it to develop their home Thursday, saying all countries biggest flashpoints amid China’s towns. While Filipinos remit- had a right to seek arbitration military build-up and the US ted close to 1.03trn pesos to resolve territorial claims. strategic “pivot” back to Asia sig- ($23.8bn) home last year, The Philippines, a US ally, has nalled by the Obama administra- only a trickle went into sav- angered China by launching an tion in 2011. ings accounts, according to arbitration case with the UN Diplomatic efforts to ease ten- officials at the project launch. to challenge the legal validity of sions are now centred on Chinese Rebeca Grynspan, Associate Beijing’s sweeping claims over the talks with Asean to frame a Administrator for the UN resource-rich South China Sea. code of conduct for disputes, but Development Programme, The US has refrained from Beijing has restricted talks to said the Philippines was one taking sides in the dispute, one low-level consultations rather of eight countries supplying of Asia’s biggest security head- than formal negotiations. labour overseas that would aches, but expressed a national The annual East Asia Summit get funding over three years interest in freedom of navigation ended without progress on the under a $10m global “migra- through one of the busiest ship- dispute, with an Asean-China tion and development ini- ping channels. statement saying both sides tiative”. The programme, “All claimants have a respon- had agreed to “maintain the expected to cost about sibility to clarify and align their momentum of the regular official $900,000, will be funded by claims with international law. consultations”. the EU and Switzerland and They can engage in arbitration Frustrated by the slow pace run by the Philippine gov- and other means of peaceful nego- of diplomatic efforts to resolve ernment’s Commission on tiation,” Kerry said at the East the dispute, the Philippines has Filipinos Overseas. Asia Summit in Brunei, in the hired a crack international legal presence of Chinese Premier Li team to fight its unprecedented Filipino Marines (centre) teach their US counterparts how to cook rice using bamboo during an exercise on survival Woman faces Keqiang. arbitration case under the UN in tropical jungles, at a Naval Reserve in Zambales yesterday. “Freedom of navigation and Convention on the Law of the Sea, court over tax overflight is a linchpin of security ignoring pressure from Beijing to in the Pacific,” he added. scrap the action. Philippines of pursuing the case concern that Asean-China con- claims. The US and Japan, which MANILA: A woman who China claims almost the entire Any result will be unenforce- to legalise its occupation of islands sultations are a bid by China to has its dispute with China, pres- drew outrage after posting oil- and gas-rich South China able, legal experts say, but will in the disputed sea and said it delay an agreement on a code sured China to abide by rules for pictures online of her lavish Sea, overlapping with claims carry moral and political weight. would never cooperate. while it expands its naval reach the South China Sea. REUTERS lifestyle, including one show- from Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, China has accused the Diplomats have expressed and consolidates its expansive ing her bathing in money, is to be charged with tax evasion, officials said on Thursday. Jeane Napoles, whose mother is being investigated over one of the biggest corruption scandals, earned derision for Govt optimistic over peace deal; seeks case against Misuari her social media posts featur- ing flashy cars and a swanky MANILA: The Aquino to reach an agreement with up with viable solutions to the for the Bangsamoro as envisioned the arrest of Misuari and his top condominium in the US. “We administration is optimistic the Milf, at least on the power- Bangsamoro problem. by the Framework Agreement on lieutenants for the attacks in the read newspapers. We follow that the government and the sharing annex, following the Milf chief negotiator Mohagher the Bangsamoro. city that left hundreds of people the Internet. That is where we Moro Islamic Liberation Front resumption of the 41st for- Iqbal, in his opening statement, Meanwhile, President Aquino dead and thousands wounded and heard about her,” said Bureau (Milf) peace panels can finish mal exploratory talks in Kuala proposed to “finish the two has not decided on the bounty homeless. of Internal Revenue chief Kim the power-sharing annex of the Lumpur in Malaysia early this remaining annexes especially on the government could offer for Misuari and 60 of his men were Henares. Investigators allege Framework Agreement on the week. power sharing.” the capture of Moro National accused of rebellion and viola- Napoles’ mother Janet, a busi- Bangsamoro (FAB), a senior Both parties stressed the need The wealth-sharing annex was Liberation Front (MNLF) tion of Republic Act 9851, or the nesswoman, helped members official said yesterday. to ensure just and acceptable signed by both parties after con- Chairman Nur Misuari. Philippine Act on Crimes Against of parliament embezzle 10bn “Both sides are extremely opti- solutions to address the decades- cluding the 38th series of explor- Aquino told reporters that International Humanitarian Law, pesos ($230m) of government mistic that... they both expressed old conflict in Mindanao. atory talks in Kuala Lumpur, he wanted a strong case Genocide, and Other Crimes funds. their optimism as well as their During the opening ceremo- Malaysia last July. against Misuari. He said Justice Against Humanity. commitment to have something nies for the 41st formal explora- The parties believe that the Secretary Leila de Lima went to Apart from Misuari, the court Six dead in done by this round,” deputy pres- tory talks in Kuala Lumpur this annex on wealth sharing will Zamboanga City to personally also ordered the arrest of MNLF idential spokeswoman Abigail week, the government peace provide sufficient guidance for talk to the witnesses and get commanders Habier Malik, epidemic Valte told reporters. panel Chair Miriam Coronel- the crafting of the Bangsamoro their statements. Assamin Hussin and Bas Arki, She said the government Ferrer reiterated the impor- Basic Law’s provisions on wealth The Zamboanga City regional who are all at large. MANILA: A bacterial epi- peace negotiators are optimistic tance of due diligence in coming sharing and revenue generation trial court on Tuesday ordered AGENCIES demic caused by water con- taminated with rat urine hit a flood-ravaged region in the northern Philippines, killing six people, a health official said. At least 132 people were infected with leptospirosis in Flood-prone Philippines braces for Typhoon Nari and around the northern city of Olongapo, following deadly MANILA: Typhoon Nari of the storm is expected to say the intensity of storms is flash floods last month, gained strength as it swept make landfall, and government believed to be increasing because health department epidemi- towards the Philippines yes- weather forecaster Bernie Belen of climate change, chaotic urban ologist Jessie Fantone said. terday, prompting warnings said the capital would likely planning and clogged waterways “This is a bacterial infection of more brutal weather for again endure floods. also exacerbate the floods. caused by exposure to rat tens of millions of people liv- “Even without a storm, heavy The deadliest recent flood- urine in flooded urban areas. ing in around the flood-prone rains can cause floods in Manila. ing in Manila occurred in 2009, Hospitals in the area have capital. How much more when there is when 460 people died after been overwhelmed. We have Nari forced US Secretary of a typhoon?” Belen said. Tropical Storm Ketsana left dispatched more personnel, State John Kerry on Thursday Heavy rains are expected to more than 80 percent of the beds and medicine.” to cancel a visit to Manila, and persist across much of the main capital under water. weather forecasters said it had island of Luzon today as Nari The strongest storm to hit Heavy fishing since been upgraded from a travels west, before blowing out the Philippines this year was tropical storm to a typhoon as into the South China Sea in the Typhoon Usagi, which had nets ban soon its wind gusts increased to 160 evening. winds reaching 195 kilometres kilometres (100 miles) an hour. The Philippines is hit by about an hour and killed about 30 peo- MANILA: The Philippines Nari was expected to hit 20 major storms or typhoons ple late last month. is banning heavy-weighted farming regions on the east each year that occur mainly Kerry was scheduled to visit fishing nets that drag along coast of the main island of Luzon between June and October. Manila yesterday and today, the ocean floor inflicting late last night, with “heavy to Manila, a sprawling coastal ending an Asian tour that had damage to seabed communi- intense” rain forecast across its megacity of more than 12 mil- taken him to Indonesia, Brunei ties and coral reefs. The ban 500-kilometre-wide footprint, lion people, regularly sees water and Malaysia. But he cancelled on “Danish seine” nets will A worker takes down a large billboard in Quezon City as the Philippines geared the state weather service said. climb up into homes during the on Thursday, citing the dangers take effect in mid-March, up for likely strong winds with Typhoon Nari yesterday. Manila is about 135 kilome- rainy season. of Nari. giving fishing boats time to tres south of where the eye While government authorities AFP switch their equipment, said Asis Perez, head of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. “This is because of their adverse effect on the environment. The nets have Palace welcomes probe into bonuses Restaurants to be ranked by weights attached to them, they drag on the ocean floor, MANILA: Malacañang yes- SSS employees got bonuses. board members are entitled to a hit the corals and damage the terday welcomed the Senate Lacierda also noted that the bonus since certain requirements taxes they pay, not menu marine life.” inquiry into the grant of fat bonus was given after the SSS must be met. bonuses to officials of the Social managed to obtain savings and Meanwhile, various workers MANILA: The Philippines has put out a unique ratings guide for Grenade blast Security System (SSS) amid “some good investments.” groups burned pictures of SSS restaurants, ranking them by taxes they pay rather than their plans to hike the contribution of “We can only declare bonus if chief executive officer Emilio de menu to shame those cheating the state out of revenues. suspect nabbed its members. the GOCC (government-owned Quiros and President Aquino dur- The system, a unique twist on the world-famous Michelin guide, is “We respect the prerogative and controlled corporation) is ing a protest in front of the SSS part of a government drive to bolster its coffers and make it less reli- MANILA: A suspect in the of the Senate to look into it,” earning, and in this case, SSS has office in Quezon City yesterday. ant on debt to finance its operations. grenade-throwing incident presidential spokesman Edwin been earning huge. And we know “The executives of the SSS “The goal of this campaign is to increase transparency in tax pay- in the city’s Barangay North Lacierda said, even as he clari- that there is also a corresponding should immediately return their ments and encourage the people to be conscientious in paying the right Signal, which left five people, fied in a text message to reporters bonus for the employees,” he said. 2012 bonuses to the members’ taxes,” the presidential palace said. including a 10-year old boy that the “SSS directors have not He also debunked claims that fund. As long as SSS members It said the guide would be updated every week and published in major injured, was arrested, police yet received their Productivity the SSS would source the bonuses suffer from worsening hunger newspapers and on the Finance Department’s website. said yesterday. Lester Daga, Performance Bonus.” for its officials and employees from and poverty, there will never be President Benigno Aquino, who won the 2010 election on an anti- 31, a janitor, was identified by He said the grant of the incen- the contributions of its members. a reason for them to pocket huge corruption platform, has vowed to put the finances of the cash-strapped a witness as one of two men tive was “defensible” as it was “The bonus is contingent on the bonuses,” Kilusang Mayo Uno government in order. The government has launched a highly publicised seen fleeing the scene after “based on very strict guidelines” revenues generated along with the chairman Elmer Labog said in a campaign against tax cheats, including celebrities and professionals. the grenade exploded in front that the Aquino administration other requirements,” he said. statement. Congress also passed laws raising “sin taxes” on cigarettes and alcohol of a house. AGENCIES has imposed. He added that even He added that not all SSS THE PHILIPPINE STAR to raise about $800m this year. AFP OCTOBER 12, 2013 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan

14-day remand Kerry in Kabul for Musharraf ISLAMABAD: A court yes- terday ordered former mili- tary ruler Pervez Musharraf to be held for 14 days over a to push for 2007 raid on a radical mosque, a decision that means he must remain confined to his villa. Police arrested him late on Thursday over the mili- security deal tary raid on the Red Mosque which left dozens dead a day after a court granted him bail in a separate case. The US official holds talks with Karzai 70-year-old has been con- fined to his villa on the edge KABUL: US Secretary of State into signing the deal, and would of Islamabad, which has John Kerry held talks with seek approval from a traditional been declared a “sub-jail” President Hamid Karzai here grand assembly of tribal leaders since April over cases dat- yesterday to advance troubled in about a month. ing back to his 1999-2008 negotiations on US troops stay- “If it doesn’t suit us and if it rule. The Supreme Court ing in Afghanistan after 2014. doesn’t suit them, then naturally on Wednesday granted him Karzai said this week he was we will go separate ways,” Karzai bail over the death of a rebel prepared to walk away from said in a BBC interview. leader, a move that could have Bilateral Security Agreement The agreement would see a few seen him freed once release talks if Afghanistan was not thousand US troops remain in procedures were completed. happy with its conditions. Afghanistan to train local forces He had been granted bail in The US has pressed for the and target Al Qaeda remnants. A policeman stands guard in front of the Malala Yousafzai Girls School in Karachi yesterday. two other cases, including pact by the end of this month, so Kabul said talks ground to a one relating to the assassina- that the US-led Nato coalition halt over US demands for the tion of former prime minister can schedule withdrawal of 87,000 right to conduct unilateral opera- Benazir Bhutto. “The court combat troops by December 2014. tions, and on how the US would Taliban ‘delighted’ Malala didn’t get Nobel remanded Musharraf for 14 “President Obama and pledge to protect Afghanistan. days. The next date of hearing President Karzai reaffirmed in Kabul has dismissed the pos- MIRANSHAH: The Pakistani ambassador for children’s rights. struggling for Islam. Malala is is on October 25,” a court offi- January that the goal here was sibility that the US may enact the Taliban said yesterday they were Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid against Islam, she is secular.” cial said. Musharraf’s lawyer to complete the pact in October,” “zero option” of a complete pull- “delighted” Malala Yousafzai, told AFP the 16-year-old had done Malala won the European Afshan Adil confirmed the a State Department official trav- out after its soldiers have fought the teenage education activist nothing to deserve the Nobel, Parliament’s Sakharov rights prize order. Though Musharraf’s elling with Kerry said. the Taliban since the 9/11 attacks they tried to kill, missed out on which went to the Organisation on Thursday, which the TTP con- lawyers said Wednesday’s bail “We continue to believe that in 2001. “Negotiations have been the Nobel Peace Prize. for the Prohibition of Chemical demned in similar terms, claiming order meant he was a “free is preferable and doable. It is going on for 11 months. We are at The Tehreek-e-Taliban Weapons (OPCW) for its work to “her struggle against Islam” was man”, in practice his life is only October 11 at this point. a pivotal period,” the US official Pakistan (TTP) shot Malala in rid the world of chemical arms. the reason the West was honour- in such danger that he can- Uncertainty about an incom- said, adding the deal would not be the head in her school bus on “We are delighted that she ing her. not leave his villa, where he plete pact could erode the resolve signed during Kerry’s visit. October 9 last year for speaking didn’t get it. She did nothing big Feted by world leaders and is guarded by 300 policemen among Nato allies, makes (it) Karzai has had a tempestu- out against them. so it’s good that she didn’t get it,” celebrities, Malala has addressed and soldiers. The Taliban more difficult to plan for the US, ous relationship with the US and After the shooting she was Shahid said by telephone from an the UN, published an autobiog- have threatened to kill him makes (it) more difficult to plan other foreign allies since he came flown to Britain for specialist care undisclosed location. raphy, and would have been the as he allied Pakistan with for our Nato allies.” to power in 2001. and made a remarkable recov- “This award should be given youngest Nobel Peace Prize lau- Washington in the US war on Karzai has refused to be rushed AGENCIES ery, going on to become a global to the real Muslims who are reate if she had won. AGENCIES terror in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. There were rumours that a deal would be reached to allow him to leave Pakistan before his trials were com- pleted. One theory was that Role for Karzai if brother succeeds him he might be allowed to visit Shafi named new UK his sick mother in Dubai. KABUL: As President Hamid in need of senior people like the too if they win. He agreed that Karzai’s brothers began a cam- president, who have worked for Hamid, the youngest of the three, WB puts growth paign this week to take power 13 years to keep the country could play an official role. high commissioner in war-shattered Afghanistan, together.” “My criticism is based on policy, at 3.5pc they left open the prospect that The election is considered the not his personality. Mr. Karzai is ISLAMABAD: As part of foreign policy. In an interesting the incumbent will be able to most crucial since the U.S.-led a great man. In fact, if we win, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s coincidence, Indian and Pakistani ISLAMABAD: The World use family ties to remain in gov- overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, he might be our political adviser. new foreign policy, a major shuf- foreign secretaries have been Bank sounded optimistic ernment after his second term which brought Hamid Karzai to We will ask him,” Mahmoud fle in top slots associated with transferred from Germany back yesterday as it projected ends next April. power, and an opportunity to push Karzai told Reuters in a separate external affairs has begun. home. Both are friends. that Pakistan’s economic Despite the years of feuding the country away from years of interview. Former principal information Indian Secretary for External growth would remain steady that has riven the hugely wealthy damaging allegations of corrup- During two terms as president, officer of the Benazir Bhutto gov- Affairs Sujata Singh moved from at 3.5 percent in the current clan, the Karzai brothers plan to tion and maladministration. Karzai has had a rocky relation- ernment, Kamran Shafi, has been Berlin in August and Khan is financial year, underestimat- offer the outgoing president, who Analysts say a successful ship with many of his family designated for appointment as returning home. ing adverse impact of tight is constitutionally barred from Karzai family alliance could shield members, but gofficials and ana- high commissioner to the UK. He Khan may like to exploit this per- monetary and fiscal policies running again, a position in their the outgoing president from being lysts expect him to back Qayum’s will replace Wajid Shamsul Hasan. sonal rapport for the improvement on growth and job creation. government. pursued over graft allegations. tilt at the presidency. Shafi is a well-known columnist. of ties between both countries. According to the bank’s South “I think he deserves a role,” A third brother, the business- His siblings have already prom- Sources in the Prime Minister’s He belongs to the 1982 batch of Asia Economic Focus report, elder brother Qayum, who will minded Mahmoud, will support ised not to investigate allegations Office said new Foreign Secretary Pakistan Civil Service while Singh there will be a marginal run for the president, said. Qayum’s bid to rule the country, of corruption in his administra- Abdul Basit Khan had been is from the 1976 batch of Indian decrease of 0.1 percentage “Afghanistan is particularly seeing an official role for himself tion. REUTERS briefed on new priorities of the Civil Service. INTERNEWS point in real gross domestic product growth compared with 3.6 percent the coun- Bridal Week try achieved in the last fiscal year. The bank’s estimate is Indian shelling one percentage point higher Court rejects plea to include than the projection made by kills one in the International Monetary Musharraf in Exit Control List Fund. Kashmir: Official Gwadar port MUZAFFARABAD: Indian ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad the Lal Masjid operation in 2007, troops fired mortars across the High Court rejected a petition and therefore he should be barred work on track disputed border in Kashmir submitted by Haroon Rasheed from leaving the country as the yesterday, killing a child and Ghazi, a son of the slain Lal former dictator may not return ISLAMABAD: Gwadar Port wounding three others, sen- Masjid cleric Maulana Abdul again if he was allowed to leave . will be made fully functional in ior local administration official Rashid Ghazi, which sought to Meanwhile, an Islamabad five months, Federal Minister Masood-ur-Rehman said. add Musharraf’s name to the sessions court hearing the Lal for Ports and Shipping Kamran The incident took place in Exit Control List, it was learnt. Masjid cleric’s murder case sent Michael said on Thursday at Nakyal sector, along the Line The court said that the former the former military strongman on the inaugural session of the of Control (LoC), the heav- president was already under cus- a 14-day judicial remand. 3rd International Conference ily militarised de facto border tody of police, adding that it was The court had earlier rejected and Exhibition on Shipping, between Pakistan and India, in the Interior Ministry’s responsi- the request of Islamabad police Logistics and Supply Chain the disputed Himalayan region bility to add names to the ECL. seeking physical remand of Management 2013. Almost 60 of Kashmir. Earlier, the bench led by acting former president Gen (retired) percent of development work “An 11-year-old boy was killed Chief Justice of the IHC Justice Pervez Musharraf. with specific reference to and three others, including two Riaz Ahmed Khan while adjourn- Police had submitted a request road infrastructure has been women, were wounded,” he added. ing the hearing had reserved its seeking five-day-remand of the completed at the site, he told The latest incident came almost judgment. former dictator over the case per- the participants of the event two weeks after the prime minis- In his petition Ghazi had taining to the alleged murder of which was organised by the ters of the two countries pledged claimed that the Aabpara police cleric Ghazi Abdul Rasheed and Publicity Channel in collabo- to restore calm on their disputed station in Islamabad was inves- his wife during the Lal Masjid ration with the Ministry of border in Kashmir, at a meeting tigating Musharraf for ordering military operation. INTERNEWS Ports & Shipping, Pakistan in New York. A model presents a creation by Pakistani designer HSY at the Pakistan International Freight A deadly flare-up along the LoC Fashion Design Council Bridal Week in Lahore Thursday. Forwarding Association, in January brought a halt to peace Pakistan Shipping Agents talks that had only just resumed Association and Air Cargo following a three-year hiatus Agents Association. sparked by the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people. Karachi consumers hit by shortage of medicines Two injured in Fresh skirmishes erupted on KARACHI: Some key medi- syrup, Benatuss, Xaltide inhaler for at higher rates?” they asked. in some antibiotics. According to the LoC after five Indian soldiers cines, including life-saving asthma, Salbo inhaler and Ativan. Similarly, Ativan tablet, accord- chemists, a few important drugs grenade attack were killed in a raid in August. drugs, cough syrups and pain- Medicine dealers are charging ing to the retailers, also costs that are short include Gelusil (a Delhi blamed that ambush on killers, are being sold for twice Rs15 for a Panadol strip plain at Rs10 but it is available at Rs20 at leading antacid), Acefyl syrup ISLAMABAD: Two peo- the Pakistan army, but Islamabad their original prices as they are retail stage. Some are demanding wholesale. Xaltide Inhaler rate is (for cough), Xanax (used to treat ple were injured and three denied the claims and has repeat- not easily available in markets. Rs20, attributing the price hike at Rs195 but it is available at triple anxiety and panic disorder) and vehicles damaged in a hand edly called for restraint and Retailers and wholesalers with the wholesale trade. the original retail price. For con- Erythrocin antibiotic. grenade attack on a factory dialogue. stocks of these drugs are fully The box of Panadol of 160 tab- sumers, shortage of medicines and Sources in the pharmaceutical near Chamra Chowrangi in Kashmir, a Muslim-majority exploiting the shortage. lets now costs Rs200 compared to the blackmarketing have become a industry said many drugs made Karachi’s Korangi industrial territory, is divided into Indian Some of the prominent medi- Rs160 at wholesale market, they routine. But the Drug Regulatory through toll manufacturing are area yesterday, Geo News and Pakistani-administered sec- cines are Avil injection, Sosegon said, disagreeing that retailers are Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has not being produced due to non- reported. The attack also tors but is claimed in full by both injection, Stilnox tablets, Panadol responsible for the price hike. not taken any serious step to check issuance of licenses by the Drug damaged a bank building. sides. plain, Panadol CF tablets, Nuberol “How can we sell Panadol at its whether the shortage is genuine. Regulatory Authority (DRA). AGENCIES AGENCIES Forte, Optalidon, Trisil, Sancos actual retail price when we get it Retailers said shortage also looms INTERNEWS OCTOBER 12, 2013 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY

Officers, troops Ministerial panel meets on Telangana come to blows Seemandhra limps back to normalcy; fasting Chandrababu Naidu taken to hospital in Meerut;

NEW DELHI/ The Group of Ministers (GoM) It promised to take the “opin- Hyderabad Friday called off their minister. The schools and colleges three injured HYDERABAD: The ministe- meeting in Delhi discussed a ion of stake-holders on all impor- 38-day-long strike following talks will reopen on October 17 after rial panel set up to work out broad outline of issues relat- tant subjects while formulating its with Chief Minister N Kiran Dussehra and Eid holidays. MEERUT/NEW DELHI: In modalities for formation of a ing to the proposed bifurcation recommendations”. Kumar Reddy. However, over six lakh gov- yet another instance of indisci- separate Telangana held its of Andhra Pradesh against the According to the home ministry The employees’ leaders claimed ernment employees in all 13 pline in the army, a soldier and first meeting yesterday while backdrop of widespread protests statement, the GoM will look into that Kiran Reddy assured them Seemandhra districts continued two officers, including the sec- Seemandhra started limping over the union cabinet’s decision various aspects like water shar- the state would remain united as their two-month long strike, with ond in command of a unit, were back to normalcy with electric- to carve out India’s 29th state. ing, finances, law and order, and long as he was the chief minister. their leader P Ashok Babu mak- injured in a violent clash dur- ity employees resuming work “The GoM discussed the formulating a legal framework. After five days of strike, elec- ing it clear that the strike would ing a boxing match near Uttar and teachers also calling off approach and methodology to be Information will also be sought tricity generation and transmis- continue till a clear assurance Pradesh’s Meerut city, army their strike though protests adopted by it,” said a home min- from the state government on sion was restored as employees that the state would not be split. officials said yesterday. continued. istry statement. these issues and the process will returned to work. They had Though employees of state- A senior army official said In Delhi, Telugu Desam Party Keeping in mind the large scale start immediately, said officials. Thursday agreed to call off their owned Andhra Pradesh State in New Delhi that the incident (TDP) chief N Chandrababu protests in Seemandhra — as the The next meeting of the GoM, strike in view of the cyclone threat Road Transport Corporation occurred on Thursday evening in Naidu was yesterday taken to coastal Andhra and Rayalseema on October 19, will be a full- to the state. The storm from the (APSRTC) are reportedly will- the 10 Sikh Light Infantry bat- the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital regions are jointly called — the fledged one and will discuss the Bay of Bengal is expected to hit ing to end the strike, the talks talion, based in Delhi but cur- from the venue of his fast at GoM assured the state’s people parameters of the bifurcation, the land by Saturday night. between their leaders and the rently on “collective training” Andhra Bhavan even as hundreds that “the relevant issues as well as said officials. Over two lakh teachers also chief minister did not take place at Dabathwa, about 15km from of his supporters tried to stop their concerns would be addressed Andhra Pradesh secretariat “temporarily” called off their yesterday. Meerut. police from moving him. with fairness and objectivity”. employees from Seemandhra in strike after talks with the chief IANS The Sikh Light Infantry is the parent regiment of Army chief Gen Bikram Singh. He said that the two officers injured in the clash were of the rank of major. India, Indonesia vow The official said a court of inquiry has been ordered and the injured have been admitted to the military hospital. to expand cooperation “The incident happened yester- day (Thursday) in 10 Sikh Light JAKARTA: India and common development concerns Infantry which was on training. Indonesia yesterday deepened and faced similar security chal- A scuffle took place during the their strategic partnership by lenges, which have brought them inter-company boxing competi- agreeing to expand their eco- together. tion. Two officers and one other nomic and security cooperation After talks with Prime rank suffered injuries,” he said. further in the areas of trade Minister Manmohan Singh at The official did not give details and investment, co-production the Istana Merdeka (presi- about the cause of incident, saying in defence, nuclear energy and dential secretariat), President there were several versions which space application. Susilo Bambang Yodhoyono said need to be verified. The two countries agreed the unfolding strategic reality in He also did not confirm if it was to explore a Comprehensive Asia has pushed the two countries a clash between officers and other Economic Cooperation “closer”. ranks and the number of people Agreement (CECA) that, they Manmohan Singh said India involved. said, will unleash the growth and Indonesia have “converging However, another officer said potential of the two countries, interests and responsibilities” at that group of officers and soldiers especially in view of the Asean bilateral, regional and multilat- were engaged in a verbal spat dur- Economic Community coming eral levels. ing a boxing event that deterio- into being in 2015. Both leaders said they have rated into fisticuffs. Setting virtually a template for asked officials to gather ideas He said that junior commis- bilateral strategic collaboration, and suggestions about the future sioned officers (JCOs) and sol- the two countries agreed to hold agenda to advance bilateral and diers ganged up to take on senior annual summits, including on the multilateral engagements. officers, adding that the matter margins of international events, The two agreed that a CECA was “very serious” and the probe and consult on issues concerning between the two should be in would identify the guilty. the World Trade Organisation place to diversify two-way trade “Nobody will go unpunished. (WTO), food security, energy, and promote investments, ben- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (centre) salutes as he inspects the honour guard at State Palace in Jakarta, Such acts cannot be tolerated in combating terrorism and ensur- efiting both the countries. Both Indonesia, yesterday. a highly disciplined environment,” ing maritime security. sides agreed to take bilateral the officer said. They agreed that the Joint trade to $25bn by 2025, and a They also agreed to explore memoranda of understanding Rim Association for Regional There have been instances of Commission should meet every high-level B2B task force would collaboration in sale and co-pro- (MOUs) covering areas like dis- Cooperation (IOR-ARC) and “scuffles” involving officers and year and an Eminent Persons look into growth of business in the duction of defence equipment, aster management, fighting cor- Indian Ocean Naval Symposium. other ranks over the past few Group be formed to bring out two countries. defence related research and ruption and narcotics, health and Recently, India held a track- years raising concerns about the within a year a vision document The two sides agreed to renew training, increasing the frequency capacity building, and on institu- II dialogue with Indonesia and stress levels in the force that is to take the relationship to the the agreement on cooperation of joint exercises, including among tional collaborations. Australia on issues pertaining to proud of its discipline and work next level by 2025. in nuclear energy for peaceful special forces. They also agreed to step up col- the Indian Ocean. ethos. The two sides said they have purposes. They also signed six laboration in the Indian Ocean IANS IANS Odisha launches massive evacuation drive

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha yesterday In Ganjam district, which is expected take sustained wind speed of 210-220kmph, he launched a massive drive to evacuate the worst hit as the cyclone is likely to make said. The state government said it has coastal villages as the severe cyclonic landfall near its Gopalpur town, authorities heightened preparedness to deal with the storm Phailin is advancing from the Bay have started moving 100,000 families from cyclone, which could cause devastation in of Bengal and is expected to make land- low-lying areas to safer places like cyclone the state’s southern coastal districts. fall this evening. shelters and school buildings, he said. Stocks of food grain and other essen- The state government has planned to The storm over east-central Bay of Bengal tial commodities are being put together in evacuate about a half million people along moved north-westwards and lay centred cyclone relief centres so that people do not the coast. “We have so far moved two lakh about 500km south-southeast of Paradip in face difficulties. Arrangements are being people to safer places, the remaining would Jagatsinghpur district and 490km southeast made to provide people cooked food at relief be shifted late today (Friday) night”, a sen- of Gopalpur in Ganjam district in Odisha, centres. ior disaster management department offi- S C Sahu, Director of the Bhubaneswar Relief and rescue officials have already cial said. Meteorological Centre, said. arrived at vulnerable places, in readiness to While more than 5,000 families from low- It would move north-westwards and cross start operations as soon as required. At least lying areas of the beach town of Puri have north Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast 28 teams of National Disaster Response already been moved to safer places, authori- between Kalingapatnam and Paradip, close Force (NDRF) would also be pressed into ties plan to move more than 30,000 others to Gopalpur in Odisha, by this evening, as a relief and rescue work. in the area later in the day. very severe cyclonic storm with a maximum IANS

Road accidents High Court clean chit for Chandy major killer KOCHI: The Kerala High Court yesterday gave been registered in connection with the solar in India Chief Minister Oommen Chandy a clean chit in scam, and none of those whose made the com- what has come to be called the “solar scam”. plaints have so far questioned the fairness of the ALIGARH: Road accidents This comes just a day after Chandy announced state police or the conduct of its investigations. result in a major loss to the the terms of reference for a judicial probe into Chandy, asked for a response to the court’s economy, opined experts and the matter. The judicial probe would inquire into observations, said: “What can I say?” surgeons from Uttar Pradesh whether the chief minister’s office and Chandy The court’s observations, however, come as at a three-day workshop on himself had a role in the “solar scam”. major reprieve for Chandy, who has been put on trauma, organised by Aligarh The clean chit came as the court disposed of the defensive by an aggressive Left opposition Muslim University’s (AMU) a petition by activist K Joy, seeking that CCTV ever since the scam broke out in June this year, medical college here yesterday. visuals from Chandy’s office be examined to check with the arrest of Saritha Nair. Habib Raza, Organising if one of the accused, Saritha Nair, was at his Sreedharan Nair, one of those defrauded in Secretary and Chairman of office, accompanied by Sreedharan Nair. the case, complained that he had lost money he department of surgery said that The businessman has claimed that he made entrusted to a couple who promised him an agency in comparison to neighbouring an investment in the fraudulent enterprise led to manufacture solar panels. He had asserted that countries, India has the largest by Saritha Nair and her live-in partner Biju he had even met the chief minister, accompa- number of road accidents. Radhakrishnan after Chandy asked him to invest. nied by Saritha Nair, an accused in the case. Two He said: “In India, reported “Saritha Nair might have business interests, weeks after the arrest of Saritha Nair, her live-in road traffic fatalities in 2010 but there is nothing to prove that Chief Minister partner Biju Radhakrishnan was also taken into were 133,938, out of which 85 Chandy had a role in the matter, or that he did custody. The couple allegedly defrauded people by percent were male and the rest anything wrong. There is nothing to implicate offering solar energy solutions at huge discounts, were female. The estimated GDP him, and there is no evidence against him,” the and often lured people into investing in their loss due to road traffic crashes court said, adding that there was no reason to enterprise by citing an acquaintance with people amounted to three percent. examine the CCTV visuals. in high office in the state government. IANS The court also pointed out that 33 cases have IANS OCTOBER 12, 2013 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business

French court US to overtake rejects plea against hydro Russia as top fracking law PARIS: France’s constitutional council rejected yesterday a challenge to a law banning oil producer hydraulic fracturing for explo- ration and production of the country’s shale gas and oil. The ruling is a boost for Major producers turn to Asia President Francois Hollande, who has opposed the technology along- LONDON: The United States energy arm of the Organisation side ecologist Greens in his ruling will become the world’s largest for Economic Co-operation and coalition — to the dismay of some oil producer next year — overtak- Development (OECD) estimated allies who believe France is sac- ing Russia — thanks to its shale that US liquids production will rificing access to a cheap source oil boom which has transformed average 11 million bpd in 2014 ver- of energy. the global energy landscape, the sus 10.86 million in Russia. US-based firm Schuepbach West’s energy watchdog said The spike in US production will Energy had challenged on four yesterday. allow total non-Opec supply to counts a ban introduced in 2011 The prediction comes only days grow by an average of 1.7 million Model post boxes in a souvenir shop in central London, yesterday. Share prices in Britain’s Royal Mail soared due to potential risks to the envi- after estimates by the US govern- barrels per day in 2014, peaking at by more than a third, to as much as 450 pence, during their market debut yesterday. ronment, which led to two of its ment showed the United States, 1.9 million in the second quarter, exploration permits being can- the world’s largest oil consumer, the highest annual growth since celled in southern France. has ceded its ranking as top global the 1970s, the IEA said. Strong Royal Mail market debut “The constitutional council oil importer to China, thanks to That robust growth will threw out these four complaints the shale revolution cutting import compensate for disruptions to and ruled that the disputed com- needs. Organization of the Petroleum ponents of the July 13, 2011 law “The United States’ place in Exporting Countries’ produc- fuels debate over price comply with the constitution,” the the driver’s seat of growth is also tion and provides a cushion for court said in a statement. a throwback to decades past,” the oil prices, which otherwise could LONDON: Shares in Britain’s on demand. By 1253 GMT the 102 million shares had changed The Constitutional Council, International Energy Agency said have spiked much higher than the Royal Mail rocketed to a near shares were trading at 440p. hands in the first hour, almost a made up of judges and former in its monthly report. current $110 a barrel. 40 percent premium above Business Secretary Vince fifth of the total on offer. “Clearly French presidents, has the power The US resurgence as an oil Opec crude supplies slipped to their issue price in yesterday’s Cable denied the government had there has been an awful lot of to annul laws if they are deemed producer is already reshuffling the below 30 million bpd for the first stock market debut, fuelling undervalued Royal Mail, whose euphoria and maybe an element to be unconstitutional. cards in the game of world energy time in almost two years, led by a debate about whether they red post boxes decorated with the of hype ... so maybe people have France’s Energy Minister diplomacy, playing it a new hand in steep drops in Libyan and Iraqi had been priced too low in Royal Crest are a feature of land- got a bit carried away,” said David Philippe Martin said the rul- relations with long-term ally and exports due to unrest and terminal order to guarantee a successful scapes from Land’s End in south- Jones, IG’s chief market strategist. ing meant the law banning top Opec producer Saudi Arabia. repairs, and despite Saudi Arabian privatisation. west England to John o’Groats in Brokerages including fracking, in which pressurised Major producers such as Russia output topping 10 million bpd for The share price increase, the far north of Scotland. Hargreaves Lansdown reported water, chemicals and sand are are now forced to invest billions of a third month running. which lifted the value of the “You get an enormous amount the surge in demand meant some pumped underground to release dollars into new pipelines towards The IEA said that growth in near 500-year-old company to as of froth and speculation in the customers had problems access- gas trapped in shale formations, Asia as they can no longer rely on non-Opec production was so much as £4.56bn ($7.3bn) in one aftermath of a big initial public ing their accounts. A spokesman was now safe from other legal demand from the West, and have strong that it further reduced its of Britain’s biggest state sell-offs offering (IPO) of this kind,” Cable said Hargreaves had put six times challenges. to deal with increasingly assertive estimates for demand for Opec for decades, came after criticism told the BBC. “What matters is the normal number of people on “It’s a legal victory, but also an Beijing. crude next year by an average of from the opposition Labour party where the price eventually settles the dealing lines taking calls. environmental and political one,” “With output of more than 10 100,000 bpd to 29 million bpd — that the government was short- and ... that’s what we’re really The appeal of the stock was Martin said at a news briefing. million barrels per day for the last effectively one million bpd below changing taxpayers. interested in.” boosted by a lucrative dividend The US Energy Information two quarters, its highest in dec- current pumping levels. The stock hit an early high of After receiving around £27bn promise, consisting of a final 2014 Administration (EIA) estimates ades, the nation is set to become The IEA left its global oil 456 pence after the hugely over- worth of orders for the £1.7bn dividend totalling £133m, equating shale gas reserves worth five the largest non-Opec liquids demand growth forecast for 2014 subscribed sale of a majority worth of shares on offer, the gov- to a full-year payout of 200 mil- trillion cubic meters could lie in producer by the second quarter broadly unchanged at 1.1 million stake, priced at 330p and gener- ernment allocated 33 percent of lion or an implied yield of 6.1 per- French soil, mainly in the Paris of 2014, overtaking Russia. And bpd, an increase of 1.2 percent, say- ating £1.7bn for the government the offering to members of the cent — attractive at a time when basin and the Rhone valley — that’s not even counting biofuels ing the macroeconomic backdrop before fees and a possible “overal- public, with the rest going to a regular UK savings account is equivalent to 90 years of current and refinery gains,” the IEA said. was improving. lotment” option of extra shares institutions such as pension funds. yielding less than tjhree percent. French gas consumption. The agency, the Paris-based REUTERS which can be sold depending Financial bookmaker IG said REUTERS REUTERS Tanzania rejects Alitalia bailout plan not enough: Critics proposal for ROME: Italy’s government drew fire yester- stumping up ¤200m in new loans, sources close offshore LNG day after stitching together an emergency bail- to the matter said. out for Alitalia that critics said should involve By midday yesterday, according to other less taxpayer money and more long-term strat- sources with knowledge of the proceedings, the terminals egy, while top shareholder Air France-KLM government had secured ¤225m, with a consor- refused to commit to the plan. tium of banks — as yet unnamed — providing DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania , Alitalia, which last turned a profit in 2002, ¤150m alongside the post office’s commitment. which is sitting on natural gas needs to secure funding of ¤500m ($676m) by Business leaders said the state-funded plan reserves estimated at double today or risk its planes being grounded. Creditor lacked a clear strategy to make the airline a long- Europe’s annual demand, wants Eni has threatened to cut fuel supplies unless term viable business. “If it’s an emergency band- the country’s future liquefied the airline can show it is a business “we expect aid to stop the bleeding, so be it. But we’ll need to natural gas (LNG) terminals to to exist six months from now.” have a serious think about a plan in the medium be built onshore to benefit the After being turned down by several national and long term once and for all,” said Giorgio domestic economy, its energy companies, Rome finally found life-saving fund- Squinzi, the head of business lobby Confindustria. minister said. ing for Alitalia late on Thursday, persuading the The bailout will be presented to Alitalia’s board Tanzania and its southern state-owned post office to commit to providing yesterday afternoon. It is regarded as only a stop- neighbour, Mozambique, are ¤75m via a capital increase while the government gap until Air France-KLM, which owns 25 per- locked in a race to be first to provides another 75m in loans. But the emergency cent in Alitalia, can agree a deal with the airline’s export gas from Africa’s eastern plan relies on existing shareholders giving another other investors for it to double its stake. seaboard after huge discoveries 150 million between them and the country’s banks REUTERS offshore recently that could trans- form their struggling economies. Both face hurdles. Tanzania has yet to finalise its natural gas pol- icy, while debate rumbles on over how much gas should be sold to foreign investors and how much left for domestic consumption in a country historically dogged by power outages. Britain’s BG Group and Ophir Energy have been at the forefront of exploration in Tanzania, while energy majors Exxon Mobil and Statoil have also found gas. BG and Statoil said in March they planned to build a $10bn LNG terminal. “No LNG plant will be built offshore. We have rejected those proposals,” Sospeter Muhongo, Tanzania’s energy and minerals minister, said yesterday in an interview. Muhongo said Statoil and BG were expected to submit proposals for a plant soon. Natural gas is the fastest-grow- ing fossil fuel and the region’s proximity to Asia’s major LNG consumers makes its reserves attractive to energy majors. REUTERS An Alitalia plane takes off from Fiumicino airport near Rome yesterday. OCTOBER 12, 2013 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY Legal wrangles eat into profits of JPMorgan Biggest US bank posts $380m Q3 loss

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase sons and daughters of executives & Co yesterday posted its first of Chinese state-owned compa- Qatargas contractors and officials during the forum. quarterly loss under Chairman nies, possibly fraudulent sales of and CEO Jamie Dimon after a mortgage securities, and its role tangle of legal and regulatory in setting certain benchmark bor- probes cost the biggest US bank rowing rates. Qatargas hosts Contractors Forum $7.2bn. The bank has been focusing on Dimon managed to avoid post- its mortgage issues recently. In DOHA: Qatargas hosted for the It was a unique opportunity for Saving Rules were also high- a more responsive Company- ing losses during the financial September, it tried to reach a set- first time a Contractors Forum open communication between lighted during the day. Qatargas’ Contractor Relationship”. crisis as the bank shied away tlement with the US Department at the Hilton Hotel in Doha. Qatargas and its contractors and expectations from contractors Jassim Abdulla Jassim Al from the worst subprime mort- of Justice and other federal and The forum brought together to build relationships for sustain- during the tendering process were Mohannadi, Qatargas Onshore gage assets. But now legal woes, state agencies in which it could Qatargas’ key contractors able growth. also discussed and the forum, a Operations Manager, delivered at least some tied to banks that have paid as much as $11bn to under the theme “Fostering Presentations during the forum press release issued by Qatargas an address in which he put an JPMorgan bought during the cri- resolve claims against the bank Relationship”. helped the participants to under- said yesterday. emphasis on looking ahead, sis, are taking a toll. over its mortgage businesses. It was conducted in line stand more about Qatargas oper- Delegates were welcomed Qatargas’ expectations and JPMorgan posted a loss of Dimon went to Washington to with the Qatargas covenant to ations, new and ongoing projects, by Abdulla Al Subaey, Supply outlining the common areas of $380m, or 17 cents per share, for meet with US Attorney General respect and value its contractors. and maintenance activities. The Manager and rolled out the improvement to enhance per- the third quarter, its first loss Eric Holder on September 25 as Qatargas reinforced its commit- forum highlighted Qatargas’ com- theme of the meeting “Fostering formance, skills, expertize and since the second quarter of 2004. part of the talks, but no deal has ment to support and develop the mitment to maintain the highest Relationship - Grasp the capabilities among the Company’s A year earlier it reported a profit resulted. local service providers on its jour- safety, health and environmen- Opportunities, Strengthen col- contractors. of $5.71bn, or $1.40 a share. Some of those claims relate ney as the premier LNG company. tal standards. Qatargas’ 10 Life laboration and push forward for THE PENINSULA Excluding litigation expenses to mortgage bank Washington and other special items, the com- Mutual and investment bank pany posted a profit of $5.82bn, or Bear Stearns, two failing compa- $1.42 per share. nies that JPMorgan took over in Analysts on average had fore- 2008. cast earnings of $1.17 per share Regulators pressed JPMorgan India sells 30,000 tonnes of wheat to UAE excluding special items, according to acquire both companies, a fact to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. It that Dimon alluded to in a state- was not immediately clear if the ment yesterday, noting that the SINGAPORE: India has sold the market from December. India’s Indian wheat with 12 percent India, which had been aggres- results were comparable. bank was seeking a fair settle- 30,000 tonnes of milling wheat wheat stocks at government ware- protein was sold by private trad- sively selling wheat in the past The legal expenses — $9.2bn, ment with the government on to the United Arab Emirates, houses stood at 38 million tonnes ers at $285 a tonne, free on board, two years, saw exports dwindle or $7.2bn after taxes — include mortgage related issues, “and its first private deal since late as of September 1 against a target and with up to 13 percent protein earlier this year with increased money it is setting aside for future one that recognizes the extraor- August as tightening Black Sea of 17.1 million tonnes. was traded at $315 a tonne. The competition from low-cost sup- settlements. The bank disclosed dinary circumstances of the Bear supplies open a brief window for “Global prices have risen as cargo is scheduled to be shipped pliers such as Russia and Ukraine. exactly how much it has set aside Stearns and Washington Mutual exports from the subcontinent. supplies are getting tighter in the in November, two traders with The Indian government has for settlements, fines and other transactions, which were under- Along with lower output in Black Sea region while export ter- knowledge of the deal said. been unable to sell wheat in ten- legal expenses: $23bn. taken at the request or encour- major producers China, Brazil and minals in the United States are International traders are also ders in the last two months as it is “While we expect our litigation agement of the US Government.” Argentina, this has opened a win- busy with soybeans and corn,” said a in talks to sell up to 100,000 unwilling to cut prices below $300 costs should abate and normal- Speaking on CNBC earlier dow of opportunity for India to sell Singapore-based trader. “We expect tonnes of Indian wheat to millers a tonne, but rising world prices ize over time, they may continue this month, former Treasury down its massive stockpiles before more demand for Indian milling and in Indonesia and Thailand, deal- have revived export hopes. to be volatile over the next sev- Secretary Hank Paulson said that Australian new-crop supply enters premium varieties of wheat.” ers said. REUTERS eral quarters,” Dimon said in a JPMorgan was “begged” to take statement. Washington Mutual and Bear JPMorgan faces a welter Stearns, but added that JPMorgan of regulatory issues, includ- took on potential legal liabilities Toyota unveils ing a Securities and Exchange as part of the deal. “Jamie knew Commission investigation into that at the time,” Paulson said. cars with auto possible bribery in the hiring of REUTERS

QATARI MARKET pilot system Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 102.33 0.28 % Aa2 AA TOKYO: Toyota yesterday Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 104.75 1.63 % Aa2 AA unveiled the next generation of Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.38 2.73 % Aa2 AA cars featuring an auto pilot sys- tem that will swerve to avoid Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.63 3.02 % Aa2 AA collisions and also keep to the Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 106.88 3.53 % Aa2 AA middle of the road, all without Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 155.00 4.89 % Aa2 AA drivers touching the wheel. Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 116.38 5.24 % Aa2 AA The Japanese giant autos using Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 108.75 5.16 % Aa2 AA the self-driving technology could be available on the market in just Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.13 1.15 % Aa2 AA a few years’ time. Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.38 3.28 % Aa2 AA “These advanced driving sup- Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.13 1.17 % A1 A- port technologies prevent human Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.25 2.40 % A1 A- errors, reduce driving stress QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.00 1.80 % NR NR and help drivers avert acci- dents, which has a big potential QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.75 1.31 % Aa3 A+ to reduce the number of traffic QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.75 2.21 % Aa3 A+ deaths,” Toyota managing direc- Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.00 2.28 % A2 A- tor Moritaka Yoshida said at a Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.13 1.95 % A2 A presentation in Tokyo. Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 123.38 3.31 % A2 A Leading automakers and tech- nology firms, including Toyota, Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 105.75 3.84 % A2 A rival Nissan and Internet giant Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 101.00 4.89 % A2 A Google, have been working on Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 104.50 0.74 % Aa3 A self-driving and assisted-driving Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.50 3.51 % Aa3 A technology for years. Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 107.75 4.01 % Aa3 A Toyota, the world’s biggest automaker, said that while driv- SOVEREIGNS ers would still need to be alert Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P and take part in the driving proc- Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 102.50 0.23 % Aa2 AA ess, it essentially lets them put the vehicle on auto-pilot, leaving Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 123.13 2.25 % Aa2 AA most of the work to the computer Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.75 2.13 % NR NR system. Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.25 3.03 % NR NR The Automated Highway Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 118.38 4.64 % NR NR Driving Assist (AHDA) system Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 110.13 4.98 % NR NR lets vehicles communicate wire- lessly to avoid running into each Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.95 0.84 % Aa2 AA other while keeping the car in the Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 110.88 3.90 % NR BBB middle of the road lane — no mat- Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 101.50 5.22 % NR BBB ter how many twists and turns Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 92.00 7.31 % Caa1 CCC+ lie ahead. Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 100.63 4.39 % NR BBB- “Cars with these technolo- gies recognise the accelerating *Periodic Distribution Amount or slowing speed of those ahead, IMPORTANT NOTE: Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which which also helps avoid traf- is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services fic jams,” said project manager Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data Mitsuhisa Shida. “They can wire- and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of lessly exchange data once every the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into 0.1 seconds.” account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and The company plans to install does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not a reliable AHDA in its commercial models indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your over the next few years. financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. Toyota has already introduced the pre-collision braking assist system in its Lexus luxury sedan and plans to install it in other models by 2015, with the other technologies to follow. AFP OCTOBER 12, 2013 ON SATURDAY 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business Views

Royal Mail sell-off not Yellen: The new Fed chair about bean-counting same as her predecessor BY HA-JOON CHANG BY JAMES SAFT purchases at this meeting might trigger more hawkish and less asset-inflation- alancing the books — or counting beans, if you want to an additional, unwarranted tightening of friendly had he taken a third term. be dismissive about it — is what this is all supposed to be he Yellen era will feature more financial conditions, perhaps because mar- To be sure, the current morass in about. The cuts in social spending are regrettable, we are of the same: the same monetary kets would read such an announcement Washington may, ironically, cause the Fed to Btold, but they have to be made because the government policy and the same unanswered as signalling the Committee’s willingness, close ranks behind continued QE. I have lit- cannot have more outgoings than its income, as no sensible house- questions. notwithstanding mixed recent data, to take tle doubt the Fed will respond forcefully to a hold should. Didn’t Adam Smith, the grandfather of economics, tell Appointed today as Ben an initial step toward exit from its highly default and to the financial market dislocation us that what “is prudence in the conduct of every private family TBernanke’s successor as Fed chief, Janet accommodative policy,” the minutes said. that would ensue. Should a default happen, can scarcely be folly in that of a great kingdom?” Yellen is likely to pursue a similar approach The opposing view: that delaying would not only won’t tapering happen, but the Fed The argument for book-balancing has been used even to justify to monetary policy. That makes any taper undermine the central bank’s credibility and will do its best to provide additional stimulus. the privatisation of Royal Mail, not least because the usual argu- in bond buying likely to be later and gentler, make it only more difficult to climb down That’s both right and proper and a real ment about inefficiency of public enterprises does not apply to it. a factor which will support, all things being from the position later. Sadly, both argu- shame. Right and proper because a default The sale will increase government revenue and thus reduce budget equal, riskier assets. ments are, if anything, now more true than would deal a real blow to the economy and deficits, it is said. In the same vein, the government has patted Less clear, and also unchanged, is how in September. The budget impasse, espe- would dislocate markets in a way which only itself on the back for selling (and planning to sell) the shares of she and her highly divided colleagues at the cially the possibility that the US may shortly a central bank can handle. A shame because the bailed-out banks at a profit, further reducing deficits. Fed will react as yet another year of unsat- default on its debt, leaves the doves with it would extend what is looking like a failed Don’t be fooled by all the boring language of bookkeeping, how- isfactory growth and low inflation call into more reason to believe that higher interest experiment in monetary policy, and because ever. Behind it lies an ambitious project to restructure British question the wisdom of the whole approach. rates don’t make sense. it would reinforce the Fed’s role as provider society fundamentally by expanding the domains of our life that What this means is that riskier assets like And Yellen will, as the hawks clearly fear, of insurance against dumb behaviour. are subject to market forces. In the last few years, regulation has equities will probably do better in the short be in a position where she must guide a For investors, the advent of the Yellen Fed been strengthened for the financial sector, although not as much term under Yellen than under the alterna- market with less faith in her institution’s highlights two conflicting truths. as you would have thought, given the mess that it created. But in tive choices, notably Larry Summers, who transparency and in its commitment to so- First, investors ought probably to take on almost all other areas of life, the trend has been an unleashing of withdrew from consideration last month. called forward guidance, a fancy monetary more risk, or rather keep their portfolios market forces. And the results have been rather stark — and will That ‘better’ performance, however, comes policy term for convincing people that you relatively aggressive. The Fed is paying you become more so, if the project is allowed to continue. at the price of some serious embedded risks. will or won’t do something far in the future. to take risk, and so long as the debt debacle Thanks to cuts in social spending, the disabled and the elderly First, let’s look at the just-released Fed Remember too that when we say Yellen doesn’t lead to fundamental doubts about have had to buy more expensive supports from the market — or, minutes from the September meeting, at embodies continuity, what we really mean is US creditworthiness, these are payments more typically, put up with greater discomfort and indignity. With which they took the decision to delay the that unlike Summers she hasn’t got a track it is good for. cuts in unemployment benefit, an increasing number of workers taper amid what looks from the outside like record of over-confidence breeding major Second, investors probably ought to be have been forced to accept zero-hour contracts and other employ- much disagreement and unease. errors. She is human, however, and though less optimistic about long-term returns. All ment conditions that are more fitting for developing countries, if Fed officials in favour of holding off on superbly qualified, may well diverge in time of this misallocation of capital is not cheap, not exactly for the Victorian era. tapering feared how well the economy could from Bernanke’s policy path. and we will all pay in the end through lower Privatisation and contracting-out of government services have withstand less bond buying, and the tighter Indeed that Bernanke was close to lead- growth, more volatility and lower returns. meant that more and more services that used to be provided on conditions tapering implies. ing the consensus of the FOMC to tapering Sounds a bit like the last 15 years, doesn’t it? the basis of citizenship are now distributed according to how “The announcement of a reduction in asset is evidence that he may well have become REUTERS much people can pay. As we have already seen with energy, water and railways, privatisation of “natural monopolies” means higher prices and/or lower quality services, unless regulation severely constrains market forces, as it does in countries such as Japan. In the most extreme cases, privatisation of natural monopolies can mean more deaths — ranging from casualties of rail accidents caused by under-investment in safety to untimely deaths of pen- sioners weakened by inadequate heating. The point is that markets are run on the principle of “one pound, one vote”, which means that those who have enough money can fulfil even the most frivolous of their desires, while those who don’t may starve to death. And it is because we don’t want such outcomes that humanity has learned to control market forces through public regulation — ideally decided on the “one person, one vote” principle of democracy. As a result, over time, many things have been taken out — at least partially — of the market: human beings (slaves), child labour, public offices, basic education, healthcare and so on. Even for the marketed things, how you can make money out of them has come under increasing restrictions. For example, in the old days drugs did not require an approval before sales, and companies did not have to reveal anything about themselves when selling shares. The argument that there are no natural boundaries of the market is best illustrated by Singapore. This successful country is often portrayed as the paragon of free market, but it is actu- ally something quite different. All of its land is publicly owned, 85 percent of housing is supplied by the public housing corpora- tion and more than 20 percent of national output is produced by public enterprises, in industries ranging from shipbuilding and semi-conductors to airlines and banking. Saying that there is no one correct way of drawing bounda- ries around the market is, of course, not to say that we can do without markets. Vibrant markets are essential for generat- ing prosperity and improving human welfare, as the counter- examples of the Soviet bloc countries show. But that does not mean that more market forces are always better, in the same way in which salt is essential for our survival but too much of it is harmful. Markets are in the end man-made devices for utilitarian purposes, not a force of nature that we should not try to resist. If they end up serving the interests of only a tiny minor- ity, as is increasingly the case, we have the right — and indeed the duty — to regulate them in the interest of greater social good. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Learning budget lessons from Japan and Britain

BY ANATOLE KALETSKY recovery in the cause of fiscal downgraded — and compared of fiscal austerity and a belated the additional borrowing is scheme, to postpone the scheme’s discipline implies that those of with last year’s miserable 0.2 per- acceptance of much wider deficits undertaken by the government or expansion from newly built homes hile the world is us who believed Abe was making cent growth rate, it feels almost than European and US politicians the private sector is of secondary to existing properties or maybe transfixed by the an unconditional commitment to like a boom. seem willing to tolerate. importance. If additional govern- even to cancel it altogether. US budget paraly- do whatever it takes to achieve First, the British government, Secondly and more importantly, ment borrowing is unaccept- Cameron responded to these crit- Wsis, fiscal policies economic recovery were simply despite its tough fiscal rhetoric, this year’s revival of growth in able for political reasons, while ics by doing the opposite. have been moving in several wrong. Now that the forces of has actually relaxed its efforts at Britain has resulted directly from large-scale business borrowing is Cameron probably made this other countries, most notably in budgetary austerity have reas- deficit reduction and has effec- an audacious government policy unlikely because of weak demand, decision for political reasons — he Japan and Britain, with lessons serted themselves, Japan’s prob- tively abandoned its commitment to promote huge increases in then a boom in household borrow- wants the property and mortgage for Washington and for other gov- ability of ending its decades of to balanced budgets. highly-leveraged mortgage debt. ing will do almost as well. boom to be in full swing by the ernments all over the world. stagnation is much reduced. In 2010 and 2011 Britain’s This mortgage-support plan is Bizarrely, the government’s plan time of the 2015 general election. Let’s start with the bad news: Now for the good news: a change structural deficit was slashed by equivalent, from a macroeconomic to create a property and mortgage But in doing so, he showed a Shinzo Abe’s decision to increase of attitude to debt and borrow- 4.3 percent of GDP, by far the standpoint, to a huge expansion boom attracted little attention better understanding of eco- consumption taxes from 5 to 8 ing is transforming Britain from biggest fiscal tightening in any of government borrowing. When among economists, even though nomics than many economists. percent next April. This massive the second-weakest G7 economy major economy. In the next two George Osborne, Britain’s finance Osborne described it clearly last Recessions are caused by excess tax hike, to be followed by another (after Italy) into a world cham- years, 2012 and 2013, the pace of minister, announced last March March, promising to create £130bn savings and this means that increase in 2015, threatens to pion of growth. deficit reduction has halved to that the Treasury would provide of new debt over three years, a higher borrowing, whether by the strangle Japan’s consumer-led As recently as last April, the just 2 percent, and according to unprecedented guarantees to sup- credit stimulus worth 4 percent of government through fiscal policy growth from next year onwards, British government was attacked the IMF’s latest analysis there port the reintroduction of 95 per- GDP annually. Although the pro- or by the private sector through since Abe looks unlikely to offset by the International Monetary will be no further tightening at cent mortgages he immediately posed credit stimulus was roughly the housing market, is a necessary this massive fiscal tightening with Fund’s chief economist for “play- all in 2014. So instead of a near- transformed Britain’s economic three times the size of this year’s condition for economic recovery. stimulative measures that would ing with fire” by trying too hard balanced budget, Britain will next prospects, as explained here at fiscal tightening, many economists Nations that try simultaneously maintain consumers’ spending to reduce its budget deficits. year still have the biggest budget the time. ignored it. to reduce their public and private power. Even if Abe delivers on This week the IMF World deficit among the advanced This announcement meant As recently as last month, the debts are doomed to stagnation, his vague promise to compen- Economic Outlook praised Western economies: 5.8 percent that Osborne was finally accept- IMF, the Financial Times and with monetary policy almost pow- sate with business tax reduc- Britain’s rapidly improving of GDP, against 4.6 percent in ing the fundamental principle of several business lobbies, respond- erless to help when interest rates tions, these will only aggravate economy and upgraded 2013 the US, 3.5 percent in France Keynesian economics: a country ing to the rapid increase in house are near zero. Britain now under- the over-investment and corpo- growth projections by 0.5 percent- and 2.1 percent in Italy. Thus emerging from recession must prices that started within days of stands this, while Japan appar- rate cash hoarding that have long age points, to 1.4 percent. That Britain’s better growth perform- increase, not reduce, its borrow- Osborne’s March announcement, ently does not. Could someone distorted the Japanese economy. may not sound like much, but ance, far from demonstrating the ings, until the point is reached called on Cameron to reduce the please explain it to the budget Meanwhile, the government’s this improvement comes when wisdom of relentless budget cuts, where the economy’s excess sav- maximum borrowing of £600,000 warriors in Washington. willingness to risk economic almost every economy is being has actually reflected an easing ings are fully employed. Whether permitted under the guarantee REUTERS OCTOBER 12, 2013 Classifieds www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 ON SATURDAY

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SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic stayed on course Stanislas Wawrinka, and is just one win away from for a potential blockbuster Shanghai Masters title qualifying for next month’s World Tour Finals in match against Rafael Nadal yesterday, surviving a London. withering assault from Frenchman Gael Monfils to “I played very well today, very solid,” said Del Potro, win his quarter-final 6-7 (4/7), 6-2, 6-4. who has overcome a fever in Shanghai. “I played Elsewhere in last-eight action, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga aggressive. I hit my forehand very well. I like the and Juan Martin del Potro breezed through their way I played today. I just want to keep improving matches in straight sets as they hunt berths at next and keep going far in this tournament.” month’s elite World Tour Finals. Del Potro, 25, is wary of a possible match-up with In a first set full of brutal baseline tennis, Monfils the Spanish world number one, describing him as and Djokovic swapped two service breaks each before “unbeatable”. “You have to have a perfect day with the match settled into a more regular groove, going Rafa. We’ll see how it’s going,” he said. to a tie-break won by the Frenchman when the top Seventh seed Tsonga was equally impressive in Required for a flower An Interior Design seed went long with a backhand. securing a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 victory against 50th- Company has a job But Monfils, cutting an imposing figure in his ranked Florian Mayer of Germany in just 64 minutes. shop: opening opportunity. bright orange top with a shock of dark hair, let Tsonga, who landed just 54 percent of his first A designer with at least his intensity slip at the start of the second set and serves but saved all four break points he faced, admit- • Experienced Djokovic immediately seized the initiative with a ted he was not quite 100 percent fit after problems one year experience in 3D break. with his knee, which forced him to miss the US Open. Florist Desgin and the availability A time violation against Monfils rattled the But he believes he will have a fighting chance • Driver or possibility of getting a Frenchman, who became embroiled in an argument against the top seed even though he has lost his past release. with the umpire and was soon flat on his back receiv- six matches against the Serb. familiar with all areas Please contact: ing treatment on his stomach as the set slipped away “He was the number one for many, many weeks, of Qatar. Mr. Mohamed from him. and he was playing well, he was confident,” said Monfils, who conquered Roger Federer in the pre- Tsonga, 28. Call: 66894823 GSM: 77508708 vious round, re-discovered his mojo at the start of the “I think he lost more matches this year than the decider, rattling Djokovic, who hurled his racquet in other years, so maybe it’s an opportunity for me,” Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after beating disgust after one mistake. he said. 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In one passage, he says he was simply “looking Mohammed Ahmad Al Zeyab Strycova (Czech Republic) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 for love, a feeling of security”, adding, “when you do Office Furniture, Est. announces sale of tents not have that at home then you may look for that Electric and Electronics and Pakistani Tarabels, Linz WTA Results elsewhere, when the opportunity presents itself.” The resulting divorce from wife Barbara Feltus items... Senahat, Tent Cloth, Tent LINZ, Austria: Results from the WTA tourna- cost the three-time Wimbledon champion millions. Fridge, A/Cs, Freezer, TV Nails and Brown, Green ment in Linz yesterday (x denotes seeding: Becker’s first autobiography “The Player”, released and Computers. Tour, Bed Cloth and Ropes. in 2003, made headlines worldwide with its booze- Carla Suarez (ESP x4) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL soaked tales of championship tennis, luxury hotels Call: 55878123 Call: 70343404 x5) 6-1, 6-3. and a string of female conquests. Former tennis player Boris Becker arrives to present The London-based sportsman said on Thursday Das Leben ist kein Spiel Second Round: Sloane Stephens (USA x2) bt his biography ‘ ’ (Life is not that he found his fame as a tennis star and later on Andrea Petkovic (GER) 7-6 (7/1), 4-6, 6-3; Stefanie a game) at the Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, as a celebrity hate figure “difficult” and thought such Voegele (SUI) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; yesterday. The Frankfurt Book Fair lasts until October BUYING attention could even be “dangerous”. Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x7) bt Katarzyna Piter 13. About 250,000 visitors are expected. The book, drawn from interviews conducted We buy all kinds of used household items. (POL) 6-0, 6-1; Patricia Mayr (AUT) bt Maryna Office Furniture, Electric and Zanevska (UKR) 6-1, 6-7 (1/7), 6-4; Angelique over two years with German journalist Christian Schommers, was “a need to express my opinion, my the German public in particular the reality of his life electronics items.. Fridge, A/Cs, Freezer, TV Kerber (GER x1) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROM) & Computers. 6-1, 6-0. truth, my views,” he said. today as a broadcaster and commentator. Becker claimed the work was an attempt to show REUTERS Call: 55505773

Baseball: A’s For advertisements, call: fall again to Lewis rules out comeback 44557857 Tigers and LONDON: Lennox Lewis (pictured) took to Twitter yes- He’d previously talked of $50m being the required amount terday to deny a report in Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper to make him contemplate a return to boxing. he was considering returning to the ring to fight one of the However, the Mail quoted Lewis saying: “I said at the time SITUATION WANTED Verlander Klitschko brothers. that it will take $50 million to get me out of my pyjamas but It is nearly a decade since British boxer now I have to consider the value of my leg- DETROIT: The small-budget Lewis retired as the undisputed heavyweight acy of having retired as undisputed cham- A FILIPINO Oakland Athletics came close champion of the world. pion. That will cost them $100 million.” With ample job experiences, knowledgeable in MS Office again against the visiting But the Mail quoted him as saying he But for Boente this was all very familiar. Detroit Tigers but fell short of would fight one of the Klitschkos, who “That isn’t the first time that he (Lewis) Programs, excellent in written and verbal English, reaching the American League between them hold all the major versions of has offered to fight for a sum like that. flexible in work attitude, hard-working, is looking for a job as Championship Series with a 3-0 the world heavyweight title, if they offered “He nearly always says that when he is Warehouse Supervisor, Warehouseman, Storekeeper, loss in a deciding Game Five him $100m dollars (£62.6m) -- the biggest in Germany as a guest at a Klitschko fight. Forklift Operator or a Receptionist. yesterday. purse in boxing history. “I saw him in the Moscow in the ring, he Please contact: GSM: 70065721 It was deja vu all over again as However, the 48-year-old Lewis told his is not fit anymore and has a belly. E-mail: fl[email protected] Tigers ace Justin Verlander shut Twitter followers: “A hypothetical answer “And at 48, he isn’t the youngest any them down in the showdown to a hypothetical question does NOT equal more.” game just as he had last year. reality £NoComeback. Lewis beat Vitali Klitschko on cuts in Los “When you don’t get a runner “I’m not stepping back in the ring but I Angeles in 2003 and a year later retired FOR SALE past first base, it’s tough,” said AM looking for the next crop of new tal- without having boxed again. Oakland catcher Stephen Vogt. ent!”, added Lewis, born in London but who The older of the Ukrainian brothers, Verlander carried a no-hitter won Olympic super-heavyweight gold boxing the 42-year-old Vitali, who holds the WBC INFINITI G37 - MODEL 2009 into the seventh inning before for Canada, where he grew up, at the 1988 world title and harbours hopes of becom- Yoenis Cespedes singled sharply Games in Seoul, South Korea. ing president of Ukraine, has long wanted Purchased in January 2010. Silver colour. up the middle. He gave up two Earlier the Klitschkos’ manager rub- a return bout. Done 73,000 kms only. hits in all with one walk and 10 bished reports of a Lewis comeback. Had Lewis been serious about coming Excellent condition. Price QR.67,000. strikeouts over eight innings. “That’s absurd, it’s garbage. We don’t give back, he would have been older than George Please contact: 55897451 The defeat stung the A’s, who something like that any thought,” Bernd Foreman, then aged 48, was when the US had claimed the AL West title for Boente told SID, a news agency subsidiary, boxing great regained the world heavy- a second successive season despite in Berlin. weight title. having Major League Baseball’s The Mail reported Lewis, who has resisted several attempts Foreman beat Michael Moorer in 1994 having first been NISSAN SUNNY - MODEL 2001 27th smallest payroll at $71m to lure him out of retirement, saying he was offered $5m crowned champion in 1973 Maroon colour. after having the lowest in the (£31.3m) in Moscow at the weekend while attending Wladimir Wladimir Klitschko, 37, retained his WBA, IBF, WBO and Road permit till 2014 September. majors last year at $59.5m. Klitschko’s successful defence of his world titles against IBO titles with a unanimous points win over Russia’s Povetkin Please contact: 55741125 REUTERS Alexander Povetkin. in Moscow last Saturday. AFP OCTOBER 12, 2013 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Strauss wants Mominul lifts Bangladesh no new row with Pietersen The 22-year-old smashes 181 against New Zealand in first Test LONDON: Former England captain Andrew Strauss said yesterday he didn’t want to CHITTAGONG: Young left- Anderson was the lone New become involved in a “war of hander Mominul Haque scored Scoreboard Zealand bowler to emerge with words” with Kevin Pietersen an impressive 181 as Bangladesh New Zealand (I innings): ...... 469 credit in unhelpful conditions, over the Indian Premier made light of New Zealand’s Bangladesh (I innings): returning with figures of 2-23 League. bowling attack on the third day Tamim Iqbal c Williamson b Boult ...... 0 from 14 overs. Strauss retired last year of the first Test in Chittagong Anamul Haque lbw Bracewell ...... 3 Fellow newcomer Ish Sodhi Bangladesh following a series with South yesterday. Marshall Ayub c Watling b Anderson ...... 25 went for 1-89 in 22 overs of leg- cricketer Africa where Pietersen was The 22-year-old anchored the Mominul Haque lbw Anderson ...... 181 spin, while left-arm slow bowler Mominul accused of sending derogatory innings to notch up his maiden Bruce Martin conceded 83 runs texts regarding his then skip- Shakib Al Hasan c Watling b Williamson ....19 Haque Test century as the hosts, reply- in 21 unsuccessful overs. per to Proteas’ players. Mushfiqur Rahim c Taylor b Bracewell ...... 67 reacts after ing to New Zealand’s 469, cruised Mominul, nicknamed Sourav The opener had previously Nasir Hossain c McCullum b Sodhi ...... 46 scoring 150 to 380-7 by stumps at the Zahur Sohag Gazi (batting) ...... 28 by team-mates for a batting style been a member of an England Ahmed Chowdhury stadium. that reminds them of former runs during management group who found Abdur Razzak (batting) ...... 1 the third Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (67) Extras (LB-8, W-1, NB-1) ...... 10 India captain Sourav Ganguly, hit themselves opposed to star added 92 for the fifth wicket with 27 boundaries. day of the batsman Pietersen’s desire to Total (for 7 wkts) ...... 380 first cricket Mominul to lift Bangladesh to Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-8, 3-134, 4-180, He fell just 19 runs short spend more time playing in Test match 301-4, before both batsmen fell in 5-301, 6-301, 7-371. of becoming only the second the lucrative Indian Premier against New the space of six deliveries after Bowling: Boult 17-7-32-1 (w1); Bracewell Bangladesh batsmen after Rahim League tournament. tea. 18-2-71-2 (nb1); Martin 21-2-83-0; Sodhi to score a Test double-century. Zealand at But in his recently pub- Debutant left-arm seamer 22-2-89-1; Anderson 14-7-23-2; Williamson Skipper Rahim hit 200 against Sri the Zahur lished autobiography, ‘Driving Corey Anderson, who had con- 24-3-74-1. Lanka in Galle in March this year. Ahmed Ambition’, Strauss wrote ceded just 10 runs in his first 10 “I am disappointed that I could Chowdhury England “run the risk of slip- overs, was rewarded for his accu- not get to 200, because I don’t Stadium in ping behind other teams in racy when he trapped Mominul Black Caps further with a 70-run know when I will get another Chittagong both ODI and Twenty20 cricket leg-before. stand for the seventh wicket on a chance,” Mominul said. yesterday. if our players don’t participate Rahim fell in Doug Bracewell’s slow pitch that offered no assist- “There was no pressure on me (in the IPL). next over, caught by a diving Ross ance to the bowlers. yesterday and I was able to play That led Piers Morgan, Taylor in the slips, as the hosts The hosts, who have lost eight my strokes freely. But today it was the former editor of Britain’s slipped to 301-6. and drawn one of their nine Tests different because I had to make Daily Mirror newspaper turned Nasir Hossain (46) and Sohag against New Zealand, trail by 89 a hundred. New Zealand also US-based television chat-show Gazi (28 not out) frustrated the runs with three wickets in hand. bowled really well.” REUTERS host who has written of his friendship with Pietersen, to tell his Twitter followers: “The Amla, Steyn cheek of Andrew Strauss (part 2) -- made all that fuss re @ return to India bids adieu to ‘favourite son’ KP24 & IPL, and now he’s not captain, says this.” Twenty20 MUMBAI: It was a gloomy morning as his left arm as the winter sun peeked from 2009 column for the publication. “If there was Pietersen did not comment India’s top newspapers yesterday reflected behind his helmet. a resonance I found of myself in his batting, it directly on Morgan’s remarks on the depressive mood of the cricket- The Hindustan Times newspaper said as is the intent that he communicated.” but did retweet them. internationals crazy country after its favourite son, Sachin much in their banner headline “There will India wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Strauss, in an interview with Tendulkar, announced his retirement from never be another you”. Dhoni was elevated as the team’s captain on BBC Radio on Friday, said: JOHANNESBURG: Test stars all forms of cricket. Former Australia captain Steve Waugh said: Tendulkar’s recommendation and later spent “Piers Morgan’s got some very Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn The Times of India dedicated four more pages “He was the Don Bradman of our times” in quite a bit of time chatting to the master bats- strong opinions on the game of will return to the South African to the world’s most prolific international run- a 2009 column for Times of India, which was man, who used to stand beside him at first slip. cricket, hasn’t he? Twenty20 squad for two matches scorer, who announced on Thursday that he republished on Thursday. Dhoni said he had too much respect for “The point I was trying to against Pakistan at the end of will retire after playing his 200th Test match “Sachin was always a favourite with his cricketing idol and was overawed by make is I think there should be the current tour to the United at home against West Indies next month. Australian crowds and had the unreserved Tendulkar’s presence during his debut series a window for the IPL, I think Arab Emirates, Cricket South The diminutive batsman, now 40, has been respect of Australian cricketers because he in Bangladesh in 2004. the ECB (England and Wales Africa announced yesterday. the face of Indian cricket since he burst onto possesses many traits that we respect and “I couldn’t muster enough courage to speak Cricket Board) should look to Batsman Amla has not played the international scene as a 16-year-old curly- value among sportsmen,” Waugh wrote. to Tendulkar, so I would avoid eye contact with create that. for the Twenty20 side since the haired boy against arch-rivals Pakistan in a “He was fiercely competitive, never backed him,” Dhoni wrote in a column published in “But until there is a window, World Twenty20 tournament Karachi Test. off from a contest, never gave up but was the same newspaper. there’s no way. It creates a hor- in Sri Lanka last year, while And after 24 years, more than 34,000 inter- always fair.” Harbhajan Singh, who shared a dressing rendous precedent if someone fast bowler Steyn missed South national runs and a century of international Tendulkar’s dominating batting display dur- room at club and international level with misses a Test match to play in Africa’s most recent 20 overs hundreds, the news of Tendulkar’s parting ing his initial years has been often compared Tendulkar, summed up the esteem held by the IPL,” he added. series against Pakistan and Sri made the top story on the front page of every with the swagger and style of West Indian Indian cricketers for the ‘little master’. “Kevin’s doing his own thing, Lanka. publication in the country. batting great Viv Richards. Richards agreed. “I can tell my kids I captained Sachin,” said he’s got his own issues and his Amla and Steyn replace “The Void” was what the Indian Express “When in full flow, the mild-mannered boy- the off-spinner, who skippered the Mumbai own thoughts, and I’m sure Farhaan Behardien and Rory used on top of a picture of Tendulkar walk- ish cricketer could look extremely intimidat- Indians in the Indian Premier League. one day he’ll write a book and Kleinveldt from the South African ing out to bat with his willow tucked under ing in the middle,” Richards also wrote in a REUTERS he’ll have his own point of view squad which beat Sri Lanka away on everything that happened in August. last summer, and that’s fine,” Twelve of the 15 players will be said Strauss, who succeeded playing in a five-match one-day Pietersen as England captain. international series ahead of the Warner gets message from Taylor “Do I really want to enter Twenty20 games, which will be a war of words with Piers played in Dubai on November 13 SYDNEY: Wayward Australian batsman constant trouble over form issues, this week received a one- Morgan or Kevin Pietersen? and 15. David Warner (pictured) says former Test this year. match suspended ban for failing to play in a No. Life’s too short, let’s move The three additional players are captain Mark Taylor has helped him realise Punching Sydney club game last weekend, which he put on. The Ashes series is com- Henry Davids, Aaron Phangiso he needs to grow up and stop being “a pest”. England Test down to a “misunderstanding”. ing up and hopefully England and David Wiese, who will replace Warner, 26, admitted he has taken his opener Joe Root “The old saying is that things come in can win in Australia again and Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander cricket for granted and a frank discussion in a Birmingham threes, and I think I’ve had my turn now,” hopefully we’ll be talking about and Graeme Smith from the pre- with Taylor this week reinforced the need to pub cost him Warner said. the death of Australian cricket viously announced one-day squad. pull himself in line and avoid squandering his his place in “There’s always going to be ups and downs rather than anything Kevin The Pakistan Cricket Borad talent. Australia’s in your life but it’s probably been a pretty bad Pietersen did.” (PCB) has already announced “I’ve probably been a pest in the past but Champions six months for myself, but now it’s about mov- Pietersen was a member of their squad. now it’s about maturing and settling down and Trophy squad ing forward and getting on with cricket and the England side that recently South African squad: Faf du actually working hard at the game,” he told and two Ashes trying to be a mature adult.” completed a 3-0 home Test Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Sky Sports radio. Tests, an incident He said the message was rammed home series win over Australia -- Henry Davids, Quinton de Kock, “I know the last probably three or four years that came after after his talk with Taylor. their third successive Ashes tri- AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran I probably have taken things for granted. he was fined for “The way that you act and the way that umph against their arch-rivals. Tahir, Ryan McLaren, David “I’m not getting any younger, the age a Twitter spat you can lead around the team by example, And the talented shotmaker Miller, Morne Morkel, Wayne keeps going away from you so hopefully I can with Australian and the role model that you are, that’s how is in line to play his 100th Test Parnell, Aaron Phangiso, Dale leave this game in 10 years as a person to be cricket writers. you get remembered,” he said, citing Taylor, for England in Brisbane next Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, David remembered.” Warner, who was also axed from Australia’s Steve Waugh, Allan Border and Ricky Ponting month. REUTERS Wiese. REUTERS The dashing top order batsman has been in current one-day and Twenty20 tour of India as examples to follow. REUTERS

Qatar coach to pick team ‘Al Anabi’ train at Al Gharafa Stadium on merit for Yemen match

DOHA: Qatar coach Fahad Thani said he will pick players on form rather than reputation for the team’s key 2015 Asian Cup qualifier tomorrow Qatar players are seen “Every game is played with certain strategies in mind. We will do the training at Al Gharafa same for our next game but the players who are in form and show good Stadium in Doha. Qatar fitness will get picked,” coach Fahad Thani said after a training session. will take on Yemen Qatar host Yemen on October 13 at Al Gharafa Stadium. in a 2015 Asian Cup The Qatar team has trained at the same venue after switching from qualifying match at the Aspire Academy where the team is usually camped. same venue tomorrow. “We don’t pick players according to wishes of fans or supporters. Qatar coach Fahad Players who have shown good form so far are part of the national Thani announced his squad,” he added. squad for the match last “My players know that collective team effort will be key and we are week. The qualifying going to play as a unit,” he said. “Players who show good form on the pitch select themselves,” the match will kick-off at coach added. 7:30pm. Coach Fahad Thani said he hoped that the team gels well in the game against Yemen and carries that form to their forthcoming matches. About the form of the players in the Qatar Stars League (QSL), he said the players have hit modest form. He said the real form of the players and teams will be seen around the fifth week. The match tomorrow will kick-off at 7:30pm at Al Gharafa Stadium. THE PENINSULA OCTOBER 12, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY

Your TV guide for Germany and Belgium live matches today Event Competition Time Channel Brazil vs Korea International Friendly 13:30 HD5 Plymouth vs Portsmouth English League 14:15 +1 qualify for World Cup Burkina Faso vs Algeria World Cup Qualifier 17:00 HD2 Al Sadd vs Muaither Qatar Stars Cup 18:15 2 Eljaish vs Al Ahli Qatar Stars Cup 18:15 HD3 Switzerland book Brazil berth; England close in on finals Real Madrid II vs Recreativo Spanish 2nd Division 19:15 HD4 Ivory Coast vs Senegal World Cup Qualifier 20:00 HD6 ZAGREB: Belgium reached midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger Al Rayyan vs Al Khor Qatar Stars Cup 20:30 Global their first World Cup finals back in the side after a six-month Al Gharafa vs Al Wakah Qatar Stars Cup 20:30 2 since 2002 after on-loan Everton break to earn his 99th cap. Fluminense vs Gremio Brazilian Championship 00:30 HD6 striker Romelu Lukaku scored Joining Germany and Belgium England’s two excellent first-half goals to will be Switzerland who qualified Wayne earn a 2-1 vic- for the World Rooney tory in Croatia Results Cup thanks (right) Martino rotations will yesterday. to a 2-1 win PARIS: celebrates The result European zone over Albania in with Daniel means Group A World Cup qualifying results Tirana. Welbeck leaders Belgium yesterday: Second-half prevent another Barca are uncatch- Group A goals from after scoring able with 25 Wales 1 Macedonia 0 Xherdan Shaqiri his team’s points from nine Croatia 1 Belgium 2 and Michael first goal flop, says Fabregas against matches ahead of Group B Lang gave their last quali- Ottmar Hitzfeld’s Montenegro MADRID: Gerardo Martino’s daily Marca published yesterday. Denmark 2 Italy 2 fying game at side an unassail- during policy of alternately rest- “We were in a mess and really home to Wales Malta 1 Czech Republic 4 able 21 points at their 2014 ing key Barcelona players will weak towards the end of the sea- on Tuesday. Armenia 2 Bulgaria 1 the top of Group World Cup help prevent the team suf- son,” added the former Arsenal It ends a Group C E. qualifying fering a similar slump to the captain, who was part of Spain’s wretched 12-year Germany 3 Ireland 0 The Swiss will match at one that wrecked last season’s squad for the World Cup quali- period during Group D be playing in the Wembley Champions League cam- fier at home to Belarus which they have Andorra 0 Romania 4 finals for the Stadium paign, according to mid- yesterday. also failed to third time. in London, fielder Cesc Fabregas “From February on Netherlands 8 Hungary 1 (pictured). reach the finals Elsewhere, yesterday. we were having to force of the European Estonia 0 Turkey 2 England took Under Martino’s pred- things. We were lacking Championship. Group E a big stride ecessor as coach, Tito in bite at the time when Else where, Albania 1 Switzerland 2 towards the Vilanova, Barca struggled everything was decided. triple former Iceland 2 Cyprus 0 World Cup finals past AC Milan and Paris “Tata is calculating champi- Group F when they over- St Germain into the last the playing time really ons Germany Azerbaijan 2 Northern Ireland 0 came some anx- four of Europe’s elite club well. That will help on secured a place ious moments to competition last term a physical level and in Luxembourg 0 Russia 4 at next year’s beat Montenegro before they were trounced by terms of competition in the squad Group G World Cup with 4-1 at Wembley Germany’s eventual winners Bayern Munich. because nobody knows who will a game to spare Lithuania 2 Latvia 0 to remain top of The German side swept Barca play or who will be rested.” Philipp Lahm in Group C Bosnia-Herzegovina 4 Liechtenstein 1 qualifying Group aside with a combination of physi- Unbeaten Barca have started (left) and qualifying after H with one cal intimidation and lethal fin- this season in impressive form, Greece 1 Slovakia 0 Sami Khedira sweeping Ireland Group H match to play. ishing to inflict a 7-0 aggregate winning all eight of their domes- aside 3-0. A Wayne celebrate defeat on their Spanish rivals, tic league outings and both England 4 Montenegro 1 Sami Rooney strike Khedira’s by far Barca’s worst reverse in Champions League games and Khedira’s Ukraine 1 Poland 0 after 48 minutes, goal during Europe. beating Atletico Madrid over two deflected shot Moldova 3 San Marino 0 an own goal from their FIFA Since taking over from the legs to win the Spanish Super gave the hosts Branko Boskovic World Cup ailing Vilanova, Martino has Cup. a 12th-minute lead and Andre after 62 minutes, a stunning third 2014 qualifier implemented a policy of resting The players return from Schuerrle made it 2-0 in the sec- on his debut by Andros Townsend against Ireland some of his top performers for La international duty next week ond half following a fine turn. and an injury-time penalty in Cologne, Liga games, including Fabregas and Barca’s next match is a Mesut Ozil then made sure from Daniel Sturridge secured Germany, and fellow Spain midfielders La Liga clash at Osasuna on of victory with the third goal in England’s victory. yesterday. Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Sergio October 19 before they play at stoppage time. Montenegro scored through Busquets. Milan the following Tuesday Despite having more than half a Dejan Damjanovic after 71 min- “What happened last year was and host bitter rivals Real dozen injury absentees, Germany utes but England weathered the a lesson,” Fabregas said in an Madrid for Spain’s ‘Clasico’ on were always in control with storm to win. AGENCIES interview with Spanish sports October 26. REUTERS Zaccheroni Ex-England star Campbell criticises FIFA to use backs winter German 2022 World commission’s lack of diversity goal-line

Cup in Qatar LONDON: Sol Campbell (pic- seems the same situation keeps technology SERBIA: Alberto tured) said yesterday he was cropping up,” the 39-year-old Neymar can be world’s Zaccheroni, coach of Asian unhappy with the lack of black added. champions Japan, has thrown football figures on a commission “The FA has got to start open- in Brazil his support behind switching set-up to look into the state of ing up, spreading its wings and ZURICH: Referees at next the date of the 2022 World the English game. looking at different people from best player: Ronaldo year’s World Cup will use Cup in Qatar from July to The eight-strong panel named different backgrounds who have goalline technology for the January. by Football Association chairman done great things for club and SAO PAULO: Young Brazil playmaker Neymar has improved since first time to settle some of the “Personally I think there Greg Dyke earlier this country to get the leaving Santos for Barcelona in June and could go on to become the disputes that have marred would be a higher quality week are all white views they need to best player in the world, according to compatriot Ronaldo. past tournaments. World Cup by moving it,” the and for black former move on,” the former “He has evolved and I am sure he will evolve even more,” former Germany company Italian told reporters in Serbia England defender Tottenham, Arsenal Brazil and Barcelona striker Ronaldo told reporters in Rio de Janeiro GoalControl will supply the ahead of Japan’s friendly clash Campbell that was a and Portsmouth centre- yesterday. camera-based technology, FIFA yesterday. worrying sign. back added. “If he keeps getting better he will be the best player in the world.” said, following a successful trial “Matches should be enjoyed “I wouldn’t mind if “You can’t have Ronaldo said Neymar could be firing on all cylinders by the time he during the Confederations Cup in a pleasant environment and they had some black similar people, similar returns to his home country for the 2014 World Cup. in Brazil earlier this year. moving the tournament to players in there, black mindsets, in one com- “I am sure he’ll be coming to Brazil an even better player,” he added. GoalControl uses 14 cameras January would be the answer.” players who have actu- mittee if you want to Ronaldo, whose sports marketing company has Neymar on its books, around the pitch to monitor Zaccheroni led Japan to a ally done something expand and find differ- has good reason to talk up the 21-year-old and told the former Santos whether the ball has crossed record fourth Asian Cup title for club and country,” ent solutions.” player that he needed to go to Europe to fulfil his potential. the line, sending a signal to the two years ago in Qatar, when Campbell told the Meanwhile former While the young playmaker has been criticised for diving, he has referee’s watch within a second organisers opted to host the BBC. England striker turned shown in his first few months in Spain that he can shine alongside the to confirm that a goal has been event in January. “Football is a diverse game and BBC football presenter Gary best in the world like Barca team mate Lionel Messi and Real Madrid scored. FIFA president Sepp Blatter that should be reflected in the Lineker said most members of and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo. FIFA noted there were no has launched a consultation committee.” the commission were “utterly “I am delighted with Neymar’s start, he’s playing well and scoring close calls on goal-line incidents process to decide whether the Joining Dyke on the panel are pointless”. and creating goals,” said the Brazilian Ronaldo who also had spells with during the Confederations Cup first World Cup in the Middle former England manager Glenn “No wonder they announced Real, Inter Milan and AC Milan. but added that the technology East should be held in the Hoddle, ex-England defender Glenn Hoddle early on. Most of “He has Messi alongside him, who is out of this world. In every game had functioned well. burning hot summer months Danny Mills, former Leeds the others are utterly pointless. he is brilliant and scores two or three goals,” he added of the Argentine FIFA decided to adopt tech- or moved to the winter. manager Howard Wilkinson, Expected better from Greg Dyke,” forward. REUTERS nology after England were Blatter has said he would Professional Footballers’ Lineker, a former England cap- denied a goal when Frank prefer a winter World Cup in Association chairman Ritchie tain, said on Twitter. Lampard’s shot hit the bar and Qatar with European Football Humphreys, Crewe director of English footballers account for Brazil’s bounced over the line during a Federations saying it would be football Dario Gradi, FA vice- less than a third of all the minutes Neymar 4-1 defeat by Germany in the ‘impossible’ to stage the event chairman Roger Burden and played in the Premier League, shoots a 2010 World Cup. in the summer. Football League chairman Greg according to a State of the Game ball during For the Germans, it was a Qatar World Cup organis- Clarke. study published by the BBC. a training fitting revenge for the most ers have said they are able to However, Dyke did say it was Since winning the 1966 World session at famous disputed goal of all time stage the event at any time of possible other names could join Cup as hosts, England have only Seoul World - Geoff Hurst’s shot against the year thanks to a cooling tech- the commission at a later date. reached the semi-finals of two Cup Stadium bar that formed part of his hat- nology they are developing for “There is enough experi- major tournaments and the com- in Seoul trick in England’s 1966 World stadiums, training area and ence there but I wouldn’t mind mission will investigate the rea- yesterday. Cup final win at Wembley. fan zones which is powered by if they looked at other avenues sons for their recent failings. The English Premier League, Brazil will renewable energy. and maybe put some black play- Clubs in the Premier League the first domestic league in play an A decision on the dates of ers in there to mix it about,” said who’ve declined the chance to Europe is using goal-line tech- the tournament is expected Campbell, who won 73 England have a representative on the com- international nology supplied by British- after the World Cup in Brazil caps before retiring last year. mission but who have said they friendly based company Hawk-Eye from next year, Blatter has said. “It seems like that’s overlooked will assist it’s work -- have been against South this season. REUTERS all the time. I don’t know who’s criticised for relying too heavily Korea today. REUTERS whispering in their ears but it on foreign talent. AFP OCTOBER 12, 2013 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Williams snubs New Ex-F1 test driver Maria de Zealand to stay in Rugby Villota found dead in hotel League WELLINGTON: Cross-code The 33-year-old Spaniard dies from natural causes, says a source superstar Sonny Bill Williams (pictured) will not rejoin the All Blacks next year, opting MADRID: Former Formula us,” read a message from her instead to stay in Australia’s 1 test driver Maria de Villota family posted on De Villota’s National Rugby League, the died from natural causes, a Facebook page. New Zealand Rugby Union source close to the case has “It is with great sadness that (NZRU) said yesterday. confirmed after an autopsy was we learned a short time ago of the Speculation about Williams’ carried out on her body yester- news that Maria de Villota has future mounted after he helped day afternoon. passed away,” the Marussia team the Sydney Roosters win the The 33-year-old was found said in a statement. NRL title dead in a hotel room in Seville “Our thoughts and prayers are last weekend, yesterday morning. with Maria’s family and friends at with the New “The cause of death was natu- this very difficult time.” Zealander ral. We cannot say much more at The news has shocked the considering a this stage out of respect to the world of motorsport with tributes return to the family,” the source said. to a female pioneer in the sport All Blacks De Villota was in the pouring in. for the 2015 Andalusian city to take part in De Villota had hoped to become World Cup. a conference organised by the just the third woman in history But Neil “What Really Matters” founda- to take part in a Formula One Marussia’s former Formula One test driver Maria de Villota of Spain smiles during a news conference, her first Sorensen, tion promoting human values race and Sauber team principal public appearance after losing her right eye in an accident, in Madrid, in this October 11, 2012 file picture. De NZRU’s and was due to launch her book Monisha Kaltenborn, who became Villota, one of the few women to come near to competing at the top of the sport, was found dead in a hotel General titled “Life is a gift” in Madrid the first female team principal in Manager in the southern Spanish city of Seville, a police spokeswoman said yesterday. De Villota, 33, lost her right eye on Monday. the sport in 2012, hopes she has Professional Rugby, said Williams and fractured her skull in a horrific accident at a straight-line test at Duxford airfield in England in July 2012. The daughter of former left a legacy for future female decided against another switch of Formula 1 driver Emilio De drivers to follow. She recovered from life-threatening injuries but no longer competed again. RIGHT: A file picture dated March sporting codes and will remain Villota, she was the first Spanish “If anybody represented 15, 2012 shows de Villota posing during a photo session at the paddock of the Australian Formula One Grand with the Roosters in 2014. female to enter the sport when strength and optimism, it was Prix at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. He said the NZRU were keen she joined the Marussia team in María,” she said. to re-sign the athletic 28-year- 2012 as a test driver. “Her sudden death is a big loss she dreamt (after the crash), a testament to her strength of was in shock after finding out the old, who helped New Zealand However, just four months later to the motorsport world as she she didn’t give up her passion. character and her positive out- news ahead of the Japanese Grand claim the Rugby World Cup on De Villota suffered severe injuries, was an important ambassador for Hopefully she has made a differ- look,” added the Scot from the Prix at Suzuka this weekend. home soil in 2011. including the loss of her right eye relaying important messages to ence. Now it’s up to us to transfer Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. “It’s hard to talk about Maria “We obviously worked pretty in a crash while testing at Duxford the youth, and particularly girls that message further.” “After the accident she was so de Villota right now, as I had only hard to bring Sonny home, and we Airfield in Cambridgeshire. that aspire to a career in mot- Susie Wolff, a Williams devel- behind me and had such a lust for just taken my helmet off, when I have had some really good conver- “I hope that, without having orsport. Maria was an example opment driver who had a test for life, she was so happy to be alive was told about her death and at sations with him,” Sorensen said to go through an accident like of someone who never gave up, the team last July and knew de and that she’d survived it and she the moment, I still can’t believe in a statement. mine, you can feel the joy of being she always had a smile on her face Villota well, said: “I feel I owe it had so many great plans for the it and need a while to stop and “This is disappointing but we alive and enjoy life,” she wrote in and we will dearly miss her.” to her (to say something) because, future. think about it,” he said. know we put our best foot for- the introduction to the book to “She gave young girls strength. out of the paddock and out of the “She was just an incredible “Of course, it’s very sad news ward, and in the end Sonny has explain the motivation behind it. Undergoing what she did and to motorsport bubble, she was an lady, no matter about what she for the world of motorsport made his decision.” “Maria has left us. She had to still come out there and still be incredible character, she was a did on the racetrack. She was just as Maria was loved by every- He said lines of communica- go to heaven like all the angels. I so convinced. fighter.” an incredible character.” one. Now, all we can do is pray tion would be kept open with the give thanks to God for the extra “Even if she maybe couldn’t “She had such a spirit for life Two-time Formula One cham- for her and for her family,” he mercurial player, who only this year and a half he left her with drive in Formula One the way and what she came through was pion Fernando Alonso said he added. AGENCIES week changed his mind about playing for New Zealand in the Rugby League World Cup later West and this month. In a brief statement, the Vettel quickest in Suzuka as Roosters said Williams had com- Sucipto keen mitted to playing for the club next year, although nothing had been signed. to improve in “The club anticipates that death tragedy shocks drivers Williams will officially sign qualifying in mid-February 2014 for the SUZUKA, Japan: Runaway remainder of the season on the leader Sebastian Vettel timed same terms and conditions as his quickest ahead of the Japanese SEPANG, Malaysia: Qatar 2013 contract,” it said. Grand Prix yesterday as Motor and Motorcycle Auckland-born Williams Formula One reeled from the Federation (QMMF) Racing began his career in league, win- tragic death of a former reserve Team riders Anthony West ning the 2004 NRL title with the driver. and Rafid Topan Sucipto ended Canterbury Bulldogs in his debut Vettel avoided a rash of spins the first day of practice for the season before controversially and crashes yesterday to clock Malaysian Grand Prix in 22nd walking out on the team mid- 1min 33.852secs in the after- and 33rd position. contract to play rugby union. noon session, 0.168 quicker than Both riders tested different He was equally successful in the team-mate Mark Webber, in hot chassis versions of their Speed 15-man code, contributing to the conditions. Up prototypes in order to gather 2011 World Cup win and snaring The performance was omi- data and riding sensations for the 2012 Super 15 title with the nous from Vettel, who will win the ongoing development of their Waikato Chiefs. his fourth straight world title if bikes, results and rankings were An NRL title was added to his Fernando Alonso finishes outside not the main focus in the two free bulging trophy cabinet this year the top eight tomorrow. practice sessions. and many pundits believed he Stoner to be The Ferrari man was 10th in The 32-year-old Australian is would rejoin the All Blacks for a the second session. Mercedes aiming for top positions both in tilt at the 2015 World Cup. honoured as driver Nico Rosberg was third qualifying today and in the race, Chiefs head coach Dave Rennie with Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen his 19-year-old team-mate from said he had not given up hope of ‘MotoGP Legend’ fourth. German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing sits in his Jakarta, Indonesia, is still busy eventually luring Williams back. “It’s good to see we are up team’s garage during the first practice session of the Japanese Formula finding his way around Sepang “While we are disappointed SEPANG, Malaysia: Two- there today, but it’s not always so One Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan, yesterday. RIGHT: Circuit but aims to improve. that Sonny won’t be with us in time world champion Casey important,” Vettel said. “We need Fernando Alonso of Ferrari relaxes ahead of his practice session. West said: “Today (yesterday) 2014 now, we’ll be keen to keep Stoner (pictured) is set to be to step up our game for tomor- was interesting for me and the talking to him about future inducted into the top motor- row, as Mercedes will be strong whole team. The result in terms options,” he said. cycling competition’s hall of in qualifying.” after the second practice session. of lap times is of course not what If Williams stays with the fame as a “MotoGP Legend”, But proceedings were over- “At the moment, I still can’t Pedrosa fastest I expected or hoped for, but it was Roosters in 2014 it will be the an official said yesterday. shadowed by news that Spain’s believe it and need a while to stop good to confirm some feelings that first time he has played consecu- The Australian, who will Maria de Villota, 33, was found and think about it. Of course, it’s in Malaysian I already had with the bike and to tive seasons for the same team turn 28 next week, retired last dead in a Seville hotel room a year very sad news for the world of learn new things that stem from since leaving French club Toulon year. He won the championship after she lost her right eye in a motorsport as Maria was loved practice the different chassis that we used in 2010. in 2007 and 2011. serious accident in testing. by everyone,” he said. today. In a nutshell, I learned that Since then, he has turned “He has been one of the News of her death broke during The news detracted attention the chassis we’ve been using so far out for no fewer than four club best riders in the history the second session, prompting a from an incident-filled day of SEPANG, Malaysia: Spain’s has more rear traction, which is a sides, as well as winning the of MotoGP,” said Carmelo flood of tributes from drivers and practice. Dani Pedrosa rode his Honda to strong point that we have to con- New Zealand heavyweight box- Ezpeleta, the chief executive officials. De Villota had the acci- Sergio Perez, who suffered a the fastest times in yesterday’s tinue to reinforce. On the other ing title, leading to criticism he officer of Dorna, which runs dent while testing for Marussia hair-rising puncture at last week- combined free practice ahead of hand, I had pretty much the same flits between rugby union, rugby MotoGP. last year. end’s Korean Grand Prix, skidded tomorrow’s Malaysian MotoGP. feeling from the front with both league and the fight game. “His skills are amazing, and “Today’s news about Maria de into a wall at high speed, leaving Pedrosa outperformed cham- versions, which is a bit vague and He did nothing to dispel his he did something very special Villota is horrendous and tragic,” his McLaren badly dented and pionship leader Marc Marquez, floating.” impulsive reputation this week by winning two champion- said McLaren’s Jenson Button. needing to ice down his right wrist posting a best lap of 2min He added: “We’ve been work- when he initially told the New ships on two different makes, “She had been through so much after returning to the garage. 00.554sec. ing on this issue for some time Zealand Rugby League he would Ducati and Honda,” he added in - much more than most people Alonso, one of many drivers The Honda team-mates now and we managed to improve not play at the upcoming league a press release yesterday. will ever have to go through in who blasted tyre-makers Pirelli were followed by Britain’s Cal things, but today showed us that World Cup, only to change his Casey’s induction will their lives - and it’s been so tough after Korea, spun at the tricky Crutchlow, seven-time world we have to continue to work in mind hours after the Kiwi squad take place next week at for her. ninth turn, trashing his com- champion Valentino Rossi and this direction. In general, my big- was announced. the Australian Motorcycle “This is a real shock to the pound rubbers in the process. defending champion Jorge gest problem today was a lack of The backflip forced coach Grand Prix, where he will whole Formula 1 ‘family’ and the Kimi Raikkonen lasted just two Lorenzo. grip, but I was not the only one. It Stephen Kearney to make room join fellow Australian world world of motorsport. My thoughts minutes on his medium tyre run, After the practice sessions, was an issue that the majority of for Williams by axing rookie Tohu champions Wayne Gardner are with her family at this time.” forced to abandon his Lotus after Pedrosa, he still felt pain from riders had and I’m confident that Harris, whose parents had already and Mick Doohan for a Alonso, a compatriot of de burying it deep in the gravel, but a crash caused when Marquez with our planned set-up changes, booked tickets to Britain believing “lap of honour”. AFP Villota’s, was given the news as still posted the fourth-quickest touched his bike at the last race we can be clearly faster tomor- they would see their 21-year-old soon as he removed his helmet time of the second practice. AFP in Spain. AFP row.” THE PENINSULA son in action. AFP OCTOBER 12, 2013 Break Time www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 ON SATURDAY

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SYDNEY 29/15 Clear 36/12 Chance of storm media gains importance, a sur- And 28 percent of Fox watch- showing that nightly network The feature, akin to Harry LONDON 13/10 Chance of rain 13/10 Chance of rain vey showed yesterday. ers also check in on MSNBC, the newscasts draw far larger audi- Potter’s invisibility cloak, will PARIS 12/09 Chance of rain 12/12 Mostly cloudy A Pew Research Center anal- findings showed. ences than the primetime cable be removed, meaning that ISTANBUL 23/11 Clear 19/11 Fog ysis found that 71 percent of Roughly half of the viewers of news shows. someone looking for another MANILA 29/23 T-storm 31/23 Chance of storm Americans watch local television those two channels also spend But the new findings indicate Facebook user can more easily DHAKA 32/24 Clear 31/24 Chance of storm news at home and 65 percent time on CNN. that cable news watchers are find that person. DELHI 31/22 Chance of storm 32/24 Clear view network newscasts over the “The perception is that because more highly engaged, which may “The setting was created ISLAMABAD 30/21 Partly cloudy 32/18 Partly cloudy course of a month. of their distinct identities... the explain its ability to influence the when Facebook was a simple Some 38 percent of adults cable news channels appeal to national debate and news agenda. directory of profiles and it was watch cable news, according to different, politically segmented Across all platforms, Pew found very limited,” said Facebook’s Pew, and many of these viewers audiences. However the data show a large gap between the heaviest chief privacy officer, Michael are highly engaged “news junkies” something different,” Pew said. news consumers and everyone Richter. German man forgets who spend more time watching Yet despite some crossover, else. It said the top third of net- The setting made Facebook than most others. Pew found some viewers watch work news viewers average almost search “feel broken at times,” Pew analyzed data from the only one of the three cable chan- 32 minutes a day watching these Richter added in a company ratings agency Nielsen, includ- nels. Fox News Channel nar- shows. The next third spends blog on Thursday. bride at road stop ing Nielsen’s national panel of rowly has the largest singularly about a sixth as much time, or five “For example, people told us metered homes. dedicated audience of 24 percent minutes, watching network news. that they found it confusing BERLIN: A German man got wife was asleep in the back of The findings also show consid- of US adults, while 23 percent The most dedicated cable news when they tried looking for his marriage off to a bad start their minibus and kept driving erable “crossover” of the major watch only CNN and 15 percent viewers average 72 minutes a day someone who they knew per- after he drove for two hours for two hours, listening to music cable news channels — CNN, Fox MSNBC. watching, compared with about sonally and couldn’t find them down the motorway before real- and wondering why the children News and MSNBC — despite the The report showed cable news 32 minutes for the heaviest net- in search results, or when two ising he had forgotten his new were acting up, the woman later popular belief that these organi- watchers devote twice as much work news viewers and 22 min- people were in a Facebook bride at a petrol station. said. sations have polarized viewers time to viewing as local and net- utes for the most engaged local Group and then couldn’t find The hapless husband took off When he finally realised she through political partisanship. work news viewers. news audience. each other through search.” from a highway stop while, unbe- was missing, he went to the police, Pew said 34 percent of those The findings are in line with a The report is based on Nielsen Facebook announced last known to him, his wife had gone who had already been contacted who watch the “liberal” MSNBC 2012 Pew Research Center sur- data during February 2013. year it was ending this fea- to the toilet. by the abandoned woman. in their homes also tune into Fox vey, which found local television AFP ture for new users, but allowed He only realised his mistake The newlyweds, from a transition for a “small per- 200 kilometres down the road. Brandenburg state near Berlin, centage” of users who had that “My first reaction was: is he were reunited after five hours at feature enabled. stupid?” the 33-year-old bride the petrol station in central Hesse Richter said the change recalled on private radio station state, police confirmed. should not have an impact on FFH about being left stranded by The wife told the radio station Paul McCartney overall privacy. the side of the Autobahn highway. she didn’t hold a grudge. “I’m not “Whether you’ve been using “I had no money and no telephone angry with my husband,” she said. plays surprise the setting or not, the best way with me.” “He didn’t mean it.” to control what people can The man thought his new AFP concert in find about you on Facebook is to choose who can see the individual things you share,” Times Square he said. Facebook, which has been NEW YORK: Former Beatle under scrutiny by privacy Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton Paul McCartney performed advocates, recently revamped a surprise mini-concert in its search functions to include New York’s Times Square on so-called “graph search” reunite on new duet Thursday to the delight of that allows users to search throngs of workers, tourists through a wide range of posts NASHVILLE: Three decades after their unforgettable team up on and fans. on the world’s biggest social “Islands in the Stream,” Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton have a new McCartney, 71, and his band network. duet out on Rogers’ latest album. sang tracks from his upcoming In a separate development, The title song from “You Can’t Make Old Friends” shows once again album, “New,” which is due to be Google announced yesterday the special chemistry he and Parton have. But Rogers says it stops there. released in the United States on it was following the lead of “Working with Dolly is a great rush for me because we are good friends October 15. Facebook to allow users’ pic- and we have been forever,” Rogers said. “People always thought we were “Wow! Really excited to be play- tures and endorsements to be having an affair and we didn’t want to ruin it because if we’d had an ing New York Times Square at 1 used in product ads. affair, we’d lose that spark. We just flirted a lot.” pm this afternoon!” McCartney The change will take effect Not even one stolen kiss? tweeted about an hour before the November 11, Google said in its “I can’t explain it but flirting is more electric than passion, it’s the packed mini-concert. updated terms of service. anticipation,” Rogers said. “She does it better than anybody I’ve ever “Come on down to Times “We want to give you — and seen, and it’s just fun. It’s fun to be in the room with her.” Square. It’s all going to be hap- your friends and connections — Rogers asked songwriter Don Schlitz, who wrote “The Gambler,” pening there!” he added. the most useful information,” to come up with a song he could sing with Parton that defined their Security guards at the site the document said. relationship, and “Old Friends” was the result. said the 15-minute, lunch-time Paul McCartney performs songs from his new album “New” at Times Square “Recommendations from There was no such premeditated planning for “Islands in the Stream.” concert was kept a secret until on Thursday. people you know can really The song, written by Barry Gibb of the Bee shortly before its start. help. So your friends, family Gees, would eventually become a No. 1 hit “I loved it. It is hard not to like of new material in six years. New York borough of Queens. and others may see your profile on both the pop and country charts. But this band. They have been play- “A lot of the tracks are quite The school was founded by singer name and photo, and content Rogers admits struggling with it before ing together for so long; they just varied and not necessarily in a Tony Bennett, who attended the like the reviews you share or Parton entered the studio. make perfect music every time style you’d recognise as mine,” performance. the ads you (liked).” “I sang it for four days without her and I they hit a stage,” Said Hamdan, the singer and bassist said on his McCartney and drummer Google said users can opt said, ‘I don’t even like this song anymore,’” 51, a teacher in New York who website. “But I didn’t want it to Ringo Starr are the only sur- out of this feature, however, Rogers said. “So my manager had just run learned about the concert through all sound the same.” viving members of the British and added that it will not into Dolly and he brought her in, and in 40 Twitter, said. On Wednesday, the singer did rock group the Beatles that also use endorsements from users minutes it just took on a whole different “New,” which features 12 tracks a special show and master class included guitarists John Lennon under 18. personality.” including “New” and “Queenie for 400 teenagers at the Frank and George Harrison. AFP AP Eye” is McCartney’s first album Sinatra School of the Arts in the REUTERS